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of ten months, thirteen months, fourteen months, and eighteen months, and th i s was a state of things was the conduct pursued existing, and this by men in the receipt of public money to the amount of thirteen or fourteen hundred a year. Before he con cluded, he would say, that if the Government were to attempt to enforce the powers of this poor-law, they would have a rebellion in a week. They could not en= force it against the rich, it was the poor alone whom they soald so oppress. They should become the pro tectors, instead of the oppressors of the poor, for there did not exist a more loyal, a more patient, a more obe dient, a more industrious class upon the face of the globe. And what they could have done to merit such treatment, neither he nor any man could fathom. They had borne their misery for thirteen years, let them depend upon it the day of reckoning was at hand. they had trampled upon them, they had deprived them of their dbarest rights, and they could not now appeal to them with that generous confidence which they could have done before they inoculated the laws of England with the acc urse d p r i nc ipl es o f M a lth us . They would have no right to appeal to them for allegiance when they refused them protection. He would conclude by moving that the Bill be read that day six months. Mr. WAKLEY seconded the motion. Mr. ROEBUCK—The Hon. Gentlemanmig e h a t sy do to much mischief and effect little good. It was very talk about the 43d of Elizabeth, the tyranny of the Poor law Commissioners, and inalienable rights, with s ou a t i u t n e d e e v r i : standing anything of the three s ubject a l a dent the Hon. Gentleman had nevero t l h t e w 4 a 3d g of Eliza beth; he was quite ignorant of it much so that he would lay anything that he had noteyse Nothing r re opened the pages of was so easy as to the Act that contained it. rant about what one did not understand, and nothing so easy to obtain popularity by a sham affectation of a de- votedness to the caul® of the people. Now he should i g norance the Hon. Member, He would prove that the prove the . 4 n 3 c d ef of Elizabeth had not been departed from. In the time of Elizabeth the convent s were put down ; the Act to which he alluded sprung from the su ppression of these religious houses, for they had been in the habit of maintaining a certain number of poor around them. They came to the door of the monastery, and they received relief proportioned to their wants ; and they might talk as they liked about the Reformation, and " no Popery," and all that sort of thing—they might do very well le be let off as cannon against one another —but they/0111d not controvert the fact of the immense good ethich they conferred on the districts where they were founded. However, after their suppression, a number of sturdy beggars wandered over the country— such are the words of the Act—and for these it was necessary to provide. From hence sprung the 43d of Elizabeth, which enacted that churchwardens should ha appointed, whose duty it would be to set to work such children as had been deserted by their parents, an also all such persons as were maimed or infirm, or who had no means to support themselves. They heard a great deal of the rights of the poor, but what he desired was the rights of the industrious poor against the l.ize poor. These latter braved the authorities of the parish, they came into the vestry, they demanded relief, if and the p :or farmer was frightened out of his wits,because, he refused, his stacks were fired, his cattle wereh b oughed„ T and he himself stood in terror of his life. elocal authorities were totally unable to deal w i t h this growing of mischief ; they said, let us unite a number.,t 1 . , parishes, and let U 3 put the authority at a dis a..,e from us. Let there be a central board in London, to whom an appeal can be made. And now what is the meaning r'- ell this talk about inalienable right? He reneembere ' _.ceding a poem in his boyhood, The Country Justice," he thought it was by Dyer, in which these petty feeds were happily painted, fur the poet described a woman lyi ng -i n i n a cart, wh i le two J parishes were fighting almost which of them should re- I ceive and maintain her.—(Hear, hear.) The advantage of this law then was the central authority—it w as w h at all desired; but as Leon asihree men are selected, as so. n as they enter Somerset house they are marked out, aed there is not a traleg politician who does not point his finger at them in reproach ; and then the Hon. Menah• r cones forward and talks of the people of England, much Vter the fashion of the three tailors in Tooley- street. Depend upon it they would never have heard of these evils were it not inr the appointor at of these three Commissioners. With one or two e seeptions, those who spoke so loud about the poor-law were those who were most opposed to giving political rights. Some test was absolutely necessary in order to enable a distinction to be made between the idle and the industrious poor. This test was found in the poor house test, an I nothing was easier than to find persons who were ready to find fault with this test, upon all such popularity-hunting opponents of that test he would put the stamp of canting hypocrites. It was considered by the law that that man who was con tent to come to the poor-house and receive relief was a man deserving of relief. Now, a great deal had been said about the inalienable rights of the poor to relief conferred on them by the 43d of Elizabeth. The 11 , ,n. Member had quoted from Coke and Blackstone, but it was his (Mr. Roebuck's) opinion that the Hon. Member did net know which of those great writers first wrote upon the subject. Now, what was the meaning of in alienable rights? If they were defined, as the Hon. Member said, by an Act of Parliament, then those rights could be altered or removed by another Act, and the Act abolishing those inalienable rights would be the law of the land, as well as that which conferred this inalienable right. The inalienable right spoken of was a right to relief, but a relief to be given only by labour. It was his habit day after day to go into the habitations of his poorer countrymen, and it was his firm opinios that there were thousands of the people of this country worse clad, worse fed, and worse housed than those who were taken wider the protection of the poor-law, net with standing the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. Waldey) hurl ventured to call the poor-houses a den. A poor man said that he was unable to support himself, he came to the state exchequer, and was told that iF he came into the poor-house his wants would be provided for. But then came in the pathos of the novelist and the poet, who said what a hardship it was to separate the wife facen the husband and the children. Why, that was a thing occurring every day in the life of the soldier anti Vile sailor, and even the experience of Irish Members evould add another chapter to the patriotic pathos of -novelists, for in most cases they were compelled to leave their wives and children in Ireland, but no Hon. Members were in the habit of standing up in that House and in a burst of patriotic enthusiasm calling public attention to their distressing situation.—(Laughter.) He was quite aware that this workhouse test was a very unpopular terns, and then just at the close of the seventh session of Parliament it was a very enticing subject to lay hold of. He knew well the risk which attended the course he was taking upon this subject, but as he had commenced his political career so he inten-led to con ttnueit in spite of all opposition to the contrary. It was s matter of absolute necessity that a test should be provided for the able-bodied poor. Now, with respect t) the Poor-law Commissioners, he must say with regret that they had not acted according to the law. They had quailed before another power. The Times newspaper was the great point of all the opposition to this n-asure, and the Honourable Member for Knares burough was but a faint shadow, a sot.: of will o'- the-wisp, of that journal—(Laughter) —and every thump upon that red box, every parenthesis, every accent in the speech of the lion. Member was nothing bet a bad imitation of the Times newspaper. The arti cles of the Times newspaper were, however, written by a gentl.eman conversant with the subject upon which he wrote, and acute enough to see that the Commissioners were not acle.pted to carry out the provisions of a good and wholesome law. And this was the real cause of the bad working of the measure—the Government had chosen persons to carry out the measure who were unfit for the task. Then the 43d of Elizabeth stated that work should he provided for the able-bodied poor; but it had been said that bones were given to the paupers to crush. New was there :eat in the different classes of society many persons employed in trades and callings which, if they were set to by the Commissioners, would have raised such a storm as nothing could have crushed? What was the trade of a nightman ?--(Laughter)—ur the typo-founder, whose life was destroyed by the small iron filings vvhich entered into his system,—or the painter, afflicted as he was with disease consequent upon the pursuit of his calling,—or the collier, working many fathoms under ground in about two feet of space, in obtaining the coals which made the cheerful Christmas fire ? What were all these but as different species of that labour which was the common :lot of humanity, and by which man was to obtain his liaelihood. Yet what a cry had been raised about the ems loyment of the poor at Andover, while all the great max s of the enjoyments of society in general had been overlooked. Was it to be said for a moment that the idle vagabond at the gate of the industrious man should be entitl!ed to say " Give me of your substance, fur you . are rich ?;'' The industrious man would have a right to say "1 have a a ife and children, I support my family honestly; and why should John Thomas, the idle eaeabond,' ' be entitled to claim my hard-earned money?" But heew was this John Thomas, the idle Taeabond, to be distinguished from John Smith, the in dustrtous man? Why, what more natural, than to give him work? Then. it had been said, they were set to work in a shed, /Ten to all the windows of heaven. I Not's% however, the buildings were well built and well ventilated. Ah ! 'but, then, said the Hon. Member for Finsbury, it was - a gaol, and the dress was a prison could . say much better dress, such as it was , was sled much d t wraarmer than the dress of the honest man out of doors a brown or grey colour and u;n-l f :lut because it was of taioorm, then it was a prison drees. Now what could be absurd than to have a question depending upon the colo ur re or cut of a coat. if . the colour had For 50 this eveStion - really was, fur would not be been red and the drsss uniform, then •callad a prison dress. But now the real it i - whst was to be lone for the po.ir of Elg C4 la, e u l t P " T .was jion. Members 'or Kneresborough and Finsbur-es, he foe -ward some neasure upon the subject thecYlselZf On 5 , fancy a Bill drawn up by the lieu. Member for Ts" ' here u - I) What would he (Mr. Roebuck) give to seiusre3 • , e • see esi Asst f , r the poor drawn op by the Hcn. Member sh. If that Hon. Member would only be that he had for Keareelierou kin I enough (floc there was . no d . oubt . in him) to bring self( spsrl: of k:n , lis - feeling in se ell a measure, he (Air. Roebuck) would undertake to rrste him and s Bill out of the d :or in a very . fee minus se. A specimen of legislative confusion had arisen lately in all the hurly burly of a Committee appointed to ::tqnire into the Law of Sittlement. Mk. F'. RORTHWICK—The law of settlement has nothing steelo with the poor-law. 4lt. ROEBUCK—That was now one of the bad effects of s p e aking on a subject upon which the person was unacquainted, anct.Opit oposhness with whi c h :A . 4n vsa isw •• ushed in where angels dared to tread." es , s .sse - ftl,, ing this, that he w as spea ki ng the senti ,,..:,Z; : it . .. :of this country. The ra ti ona l part of the e -- • t al part of the labouring population, agreed . . , • • ‘, - e` Or •t maintain the argument that men were '•-• :.ssa .e W I pq lead, whether honest or dishonest ; for when 2 7. __„,,,,.,,, r ,„„he might obtain relief—that he could de , iiisseeerlea et* OA or unabie to obtain work, he considered' -: ' ''--.:: .1 S that the glory of this country would depart; but when they told him that it was the last resource of an honest ma .d n, in wh t e h n e he was wholly unable to support himself, that it was! !sa condition a were n s e season of need, and only on that occasion they would e s the lords of the human kind. But if a man p P p P u u i t a o ti s e a n y ; : h ‘ e l y a w sk e , nld and yon a shallera craving, sub servient , dign ifiedninbssteeradvieonft,a subjected tai amongthis poor, and not to give to great measure of relief , to g ive to lation—a miserable race of cringing s l aves ,caus instead of a race of he believed it w as upright and honest men—( the first duty of the nation m aintain a ) our people, and, therefore, he e asked bes tuhcehthe them a to character main deservingn the undeserving poor, that to whi c h law, had not had that stedf t with the carrying out of t he as ness they were not entitled. Tho y se fo w r h t o he ha p d r h p i e t r he e r e t r o rr b . e on e rg n do e u n t tr o u f s t t hee d , of mind which was neces sar y entrusted the ° Noble I. law ; and, therefore, r e nto :a matter which affectedt o let no personal feeling- enter and to give them Sc)s vasta number of the industrious classes , sion free from, and, consequently, above, all suspicion. Mr. BANKES was rather surprised that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman should treat the opinions of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough (Mr. Ferrand), so lightly, when he himself was no great authority upon pub lic matters of this kind; but when he taunted the Hon. Gentleman wished not to bring in a Bill as expres sive of his views ; he merely repeated the taunt which the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had thrown out at the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the other night.—( A laugh.) Tha only difference in the new Commission would be, that it would be the same as of old, with the addition of more honour to those who would comprise the body, inasmuch as its members would have seats in that House ; but this must be viewed in a constitutional light, and it was well to do so at the outset. He feared the Noble Lord, who he admitted was op pressed by business, had not had time to look into this Bill and into others which had been recently introduced with the sanction of the Government. For instance, the Health lof Towns Bill and other Bills, which would create a number of new offices, bat the Health of Towns Bill had been proved to be an useless measure, and that it would in terfere with private rights and private property, and the Noble Lord bad not been able to dine with his constituents until he had told them that the city of London would be exempted from the operation of the Bill, and subsequently he had ex cluded other metropolitan districts.—( Hear, hear.) The new Prison Bill, which was of this kind of measure, would create a number of new officers who would supersede those who had been entrusted with the government of the poor in their respec tive localities for many years.—(Hear, bear.) Swift in his " Advice to Servants," said, " spend all your master's income, because the more you cause him to spend, the more he will be respected"—(Laughter)--and the Noble Lord seemed to act upon this principle, and to get rid of any surplus by creating new offices to spend it upon. Thus he had pre pared two new placemen in connexion with this Bill, shortly after the proposition to appoint a new railway commission had been submitted to the House.—(Hear.) He (Mr. Bankes) had always considered that the body which had the manage ment of the poor should be represented by one member of the body in that House; but do not let two of the present body be so elevated, because the nation was dissatisfied with them. L Why not have two of the Lords of the Treasury , two of the of the Admiralty, or two of the Board of Ord na nce? — (Laughter.) He could not, therefore, for9sese reasons sup port the Bill. He objected to the ma king of laws by the Commissioners, in their own chambers , and cons id er ed that the Ecclesiastic al: Commissioners had failed to give satisfaction in this respect, notwithstanding the Attorney. General had quoted that body as an instance of success in the forming of general rules. He saw no reason, therefore, why any alteration in the laws relating to the poor should not come under the revision of the House.—(Hear, hear.) He did not think it would be even approved of in this House to make measures without due consideration of the circum stances of these measures. The great benefit of this measure, asserted by the advocates of the measure was, that it would unite all classes; but the present law, did not effect that object. The petition he presented was in conformity with these views. If they persisted they would render the measure most unpopular. He would propose the second read ing of the Bill. Sir G. GREY said that he would trouble the House with a few observations on what had fallen from the Hon. Gentleman. The Hon. Gentleman said that his greatest difficulty was founded on the amount of new patronage which this Bill bestowed on the Government. His patriotism had drawn him away from the sanatory considerations attached to the Bill. But he could assure the Hon. Member that the patronage of the Crown would, in a pe cuniary, as well as official point of view, be dimi - nished instead of any thing else, for several offices which had before existed, were now abolished, and of this he was anxious to inform the Hon. Member, in order to allay his anxieties ; because he seemed to think that we had better go on with filth and fever, rather than create a few new officers, who are to inspect the health of towns. The same objec tions, however, did not extend to the Prisons' Bill. Bat he was surprised that the Hon. Gentleman did not support the measure, seeing so few points of difference existed between them. He (Mr. Bankes) supported the Act of 1834. He was also in favour of a central authority, and considered that they should be represented in that House. Holding such opinions, he was surprised that he had not voted for the Govern ment, instead of for the Member for Knaresborough.— ( Hear, hear.) Her Majesty's Government had come to the opinion that it was better to have a responsible body re. presented in that House, than have them suffer from the im perfect vindication' of the officers of the Crown. They were also told that it was too late in the session to intro duce such a Bill. He was very happy to hear that it was late in the session ; but he would ask, looking back on the mode in which the last three months had been spent, was it possible that it could have been introducedearlier ? however, the Hoe. Gentleman had told them to withdraw the Bill, and that there was plenty of time to introduce another.—(Hear, hear.) But whether it be late or early his Noble Friend near him, had stated in the early part of the session, the principles on which the measure had been founded, so that there had been plenty of time for consideration. Colonel SIBTHORP said that if the Hon. Member for Knaresborough divided the House upon his amendment, be would be very happy to vote with him. The Bill did nothing more than change the names of parties, and they had ne inti mation of what was to be the salary of the president or in spectors—whom he would rather call spies—nor even of their number. When once a Bill received the second reading in that House, it might be considered as booked—(Laughter.) A few Members attended the Committee This was known to every Member, even of one year's standing in the House; he, therefore, protested against the Bill, which was one got up at the latter end of the session ; it was an ad captanduin measure, such as was the Health of Towns Bill, for the Government only desired to have the people say-- " See what luminous fellows we are."—(Loud laughter.) He had seen so many strange things go on—( Laughter)—that he believed Government patronage was only intended for the purpose of giving rise to a host of needy expectations— (Laughter.) He (Colonel Sibthorp) knew a good deal of life —(Great laughter)—he heard out of doors a great deal of hard times, and a scarcity of money, and, as an Hon. Friend re minded him, of Exchequer bills at a discount.—(Hear, hear. ) And they were to have a Commissioner. Was he a guardian to sit down with a fellow—a Government inspector or spy— ( Great laughter)—who came down to see what they did— ( Roars of laughter)—a fellow who would talk to him— (Laughter)—and say, " I'm your inspector. If you disobey me, woe betide you." Me! what a fellow, sent down in Government pay—a fellow dressed in Government livery.— (Roars of laughter.) He (Colonel Sibthorp) had a sort of honest pride—(Hear, hear)—that as a poor.law guardian, and as a Member of that House, he was above the fellows that Government might send down to rule them. He considered that the Bill which the Government now attempted to bring before them, was another of a piece with the Health of Towns Bill, which exempted London and St. Giles's, and Marylebone ; but the• Noble Lord at the head of the Government told them that to touch on London was dangerous ground.—(Laughter.) The Ministry dined there—(Continued laughter)—and therefore the city of London was holy ground. He should support the motion of his Hon. Fr:end Mr. Ferrand, because he was one of tli ee persons much wanted in that House. He was an honest man. Mr. CHRISTIE moved the adjournment of the debate, which was agreed to. LOAN DISCOUNT BILL. Mr. SPOONER wished to know when the Government were prepared to take the Loan Discount Bill for the third reading. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed to take it for Thursday next. Mr. WAK LEY said that the country expected a very different poor-law from that which had been introduced, and he thought, therefore, that time should kbe given for an expression of feeling upon the subject. He considered that the Loan Discount Bill should be taken first, and the Poor-law Bill afterwards. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that with regard to the Loan Discount Bill, it was desirable to get it through the House before the Whitsun holidays. He believed that no opposition was offered to the Bill on principle, however much might be objected to it in detail, and he should therefore wish to take it as early as possible. SCOTCH REGISTRATION BILL. In answer to a question from Mr. Oswald relative to the Registration (Scotland) Bill. The LORD ADVOCATE said that the Bill would be brought forward at an early period. Mr. LOCKHART regretted that in accordance with the universally expressed opinion of the Scottish people, the Bill was not given up altogether. Mr. FOX MAULE trusted it would not be given up, be cause when he recollected the Prisons Bill, which he had him self! introduced, he feared that the only objection which existed was on account of a little expense. Mr. FORBES said that great opposition was manifested to the measure in the county which he represented. Mr. F. MACKENZIE regretted that it was the intention of , Hon. Gentlemen opposite to go on with the Bill. He would not deny that the present system of legislation in Scotland was imperfect, but he did maintain that a far less eom bersome, and a far less expensive system could be dis covered. He should, therefore, move that this Bill be committed that day six months. The galleries were then cleared for a division, but none took place, and, on our return to the gallery, we found Mr. C. BRUCE; protesting against the principle of the Bill as it at present stood. He thought this Bill had been brought out at an unseasonable hour, and the further discussion upon it ought, therefore, to be postponed. Lord J. RUSSELL said he would consent to take the dis cussion upon the Bill on the 31st of May, if there was — time for 'doing so, after disposing of the Irish Poor-law, which would then have come down from the Lords. Should it happen there would not be time, he would propose to take the discussion on Monday following. Mr. FORBES MACKENZIE was glad the Noble Lord had made that concession, because it afforded a sufficient in ducement for him to withdraw his amendment. The Bill then went through Committee. The Burgage Tenure (Scotland) Bill and the Crown Char ters (Scotland) Bill went through Committee. The Drainage of Lands Bill was postponed till Friday. SEDUCTION AND PROSTITUTION SUPPRES- SION BILL. Mr. SPOONER moved that this Bill be read a first time. witiVr.atCtb.:lßlEatHeKlloEull:Ec:flitir/ebineiegtdl:toanidheipitlhl the Hon. Membergnproceeded versisted in his motion, he would move as an amendment that the 'House do now adjourn. Colonel SIBTHORP suggested to his Noble Friend op- Irtruec, ttotfhae clause et in n f Ithbee Health l lt m h ig of ht To b w e attained Towns B il l by the in - The Hous e then . di ......... when .... n ... u7 ... b ... .r ... 5 .... ..: .... the amendment . against ....... 7 it"ellial,l:eel;tafter, on the Another divisaCttOok iat this debate be now adjourned. Far the amendment ... non Agai .. ................................. 5851 ..... .. Majority — nst it fo 1 When we were admitted we found . Colonel SIBTHORP addressing the House. He asked what hindered the chief officers of . the City of London from sweeping out the soilAcatn,dthiempHuereityth f o r f om Tow th n e s, mßeiltlro: Ponlis.e What aided that gr eat e_ übmtetpubrye.a cHlaensesugingetbsteedHtebalattilitef City object o He thought it would be , better in the hands of d that the Bill should be read this the Government. nifustthibseßlilul pur e— nn doubt day six months. Towns' Bill. On the question, He move THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY Mr. NEWDEGATE expressed himself surprised that Hon. Gentlemen would not allow this Bill to be tested by a Com mittee. Sir GEORGE GREY hoped the Bill would be allowed to be read a first time. It was an unusual thing to oppose it on the first reading. Mr. C. BERKELY agreed with the gallant Colonel ( Sib thorp) that the Bill ought to be handed over to the Govern ment, and ;certainly should not be discussed at that hour of the night. He moved that the House do now adjourn. Mr. FORBES was surprised that Hon. Gentlemen should meet this Bill at the very earliest stage, and oppose the first reading. He trusted that, out of respect to the feeling of the country, expressed at different meetings, and in courtesy to the Government, the House would allow it to proceed. The House then divided. The numbers were— For the adjournment ... ... 6 Against it ... ... 51 Majority ... On our re-admission to the gallery, Mr. SPOONER was expressing his willingness to consent to the adjournment of the debate to Friday next. The debate was accordingly adjourned to Friday. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and The House adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'clock. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. 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To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which will be pre sented the Pas de la Couronne, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon A new Pas de Deux (by M. Perrot), by Mdlle. Rosati and M. Perrot. And Pas Styrienne, by Matinee Cerito and M. St. Leon. To conclude with a Selection from the admired Ballet (by M. P. Taglioni), entitled CORALa, Coral* Mdlle. Rosati; Huldebrand, M. L'Dor ; the Squire, M. Gouriet ; Bertha, Mdme. Petit Stephan ; the Page, Mdlle. Honore ; Duke,: M. Gosselin ; Fralsoudin, M. Venefra ; Ulrich, M. Di Mattia, The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully in formed, that a grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURS DAY EVENING, May 20, when will be performed Meyerbeer's Opera, entitled ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. Alice, Mdlle. Jenny linsi;lsabella, Made. Castellau ; Roberto, Signor Fraschini ; Rambaldo, signor Gardoni; Sacerdote, Signor Betiche ; and Bertram, Signor Staudigl. To be f.dlowed by various Entertainments in the BILLET DE PARTMENT, combining the talents of Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdrne. Petit Stephan, Mdlles. Cassan, Honore, James, Julien, Lamoureux, and Mdlle. L. Grakn. M. Perrot and M. St. Leon. _ _ . • The doors open at Seven. The Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. Pit 110 ets may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. GRAND EXTAA. NIGHT, combination of talent, THURSDAY mixt, May 20, when will be performed the Opera of LUCREZIA BORGIA. The principal characters by Madame Grist, Signora Albont, Signor Mario, Signor Marini, Signor Tamburini, Signor Ley, Signor Po!onini, Signor Lavia, Signor, Tulli, Si;nor Piacentint, and Signor Tagliaflco. To be followcd by the Second Act of the Opera of L'ITALIANA I ALGIERI The Principal characters by Signora Alboni, Mdlle. Angelini, Mdlle. Bellini, Signor Salvi, Signor Rovere, Signer Polonlni, and Signor Marini. To conclude with a new grand Ballet, in three Tableaux, entitled LA SAL A MANDRINE. In which Mille. Fanny Elssler and Mdile. Dumilatre will appear ; also Mdlles. naderna, Bailin, De Melisse, Delechaux, M. Felipe, M. Mabille, &c., will dance. The ballet by 31. Plasis, the music by Signor Currni, the scenery by Messrs. Grim and Telbin, and the costumes by M. Bailey. _ _ .• The Doors will open at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Opera will commence at Eight. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow street ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. H. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comedy, called TEMPER, Sir Marma duke Topple, Mr. Farren ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hudson; God frey, Mr. Tilbury; Emerson, Mr. Webster ; Cyril Tempest, Mr. Howe; Lady Tempest, Mrs. Seymour; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Glover; Florence Wilmot, Mrs. Fortescue; Miss Fielding, Mrs. Humby. After which, the FOUR HUNGARIAN INSTRUMENTAL VO CALISTS will give their imitations of various instruments, with the Lips only. To conclude with the Astronomical Extravaganza, called THE NEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin out of Place. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed the original Drama, called THE ;LOWERS OF' THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishinael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, M-. P. Bedford; Leybourne, Rr{' Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Stailight Bess, Mrs. Filzwilliam; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. To be followed by the Onera Buff& Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Prlicipal characters by rofessrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. TO conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Chr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyard, Miss Harding, and Miss Maplin will perform. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Wilibe presented the Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Creswick ; Baron Steinfort, Mr. Ryder ; Solomon, Mr. Granby ; Peter, Mr. Cowell ; Mrs. Haller, Mrs. Butler (her last appearance but one). After which, the Comic Opera, called THE BARCAROLE. In which Messrs. Walton, Bodda, Leffler, Allen, Miss E. Honer and Mbis Anne Romer will appear. To conclude with the Farce, entitled KEEPING A PLACE. Spikespur, Mr. Granby ; Crocus, Mr. Compton ; Dorothea Danvers, Mrs. Fosbroke ; 'I idy, Miss Laporte. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. • Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Last Three Weeks of the present Management and Company. THIS EVENING Will be performed PERSONS ABOUF TO MARRY. Characters by Messrs. Mathews, Wigan, Turner, Kinloch, Mrs. Woollidge, Mrs. Wigan, and Miss Alden. After which a new Farce, called WANTED A HERMIT. In which Messrs. Wigan, Turner, Kinloch, Keeley, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley will perform. To be followed by the new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ers: by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravanza, called THE WOOD DEMON ; 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. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed SANS NOM ; ou, Drames et Romans. M. Bonhomme, M. Tourilton ; Felix Bonhomme, M. Dumery ; Paul de Saint-Mary, M. Masquillier ; Angela, Itildme. Grassau ; Juliette, Mdlle. Cordely. After which, the new Comedic, UN COUP DE LANSQUENET. Desrousseaux, M. Regnier ; La Marquise du Pray, Mdlle. Denain. To conclude with the popular Comedy of OSCAR ; on, Un Mari qui Trompe:sa Femme. Oscar, M. Regnier ; Juliette, Mdlle. Denain. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3t.; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, M. Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. CLOSE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT. The nobility, gentry, and the public are respeetftilly informed, that the popular Entertainment given by the Ethiopian Serenaders, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, wilt be positively ter minated at the end of the ensuing month of June, previously to the fixed departure of the Company for the Continent, on the sth of July. Since the commencement of this Entertainment, more than four hundred performances, public and private have been given in London ; and, notwithstanding the numerous vulgar imitations which have been recently attempted in the metropolis, the unapproachable superiority of the above party is established by their undiminished popularity and success. During the few remaining weeks of their engagement, the performances will be continued every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings, and a Morning Performance will take place every Wednesday. The entertainments of the Thursdays during the month of June will be appropriated for the separate Bene fits of each member of the Company. And, in order to produce an agreeable souvenir of the unparalleled popularity of these perform ances, it is intended to present to every visitor of the private boxes and stalls a portrait of the beneficiare in his private appearance, and also in his professional capacity, illustrating some favourite melody. inch portraits will be executed from the life, in the finest style, by H. Maguire, Esq., and are already nearly completed. The benefits will be arranged in the folloving order : Thursday, June 3, for the benefit of Germon (tamborine), Thursday, June 10 ditto Stanwood (accordion), Thursday, June 17 ditto White (banjo), Thursday, June 24 ditto Harrington (banjo), Thursday, July l ditto Pell (bones) previously to the last Farewell Performance, on Saturday Evening, ju l 3. ts and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal nanny. _ _ . . Last nights of tho grand Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacles, pro ., vious to the Whitsuntide splendid productions. THIS EVENING Will be performed Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE or A.BYDOS ; or, The Corsair. Unequalled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with the performances of the Arabian horse, Diamond of the Desert ; the four Mexican Antipo dean Artistes ; and the celebrated Clown. Mr. W. F. Wallet. To conclude with ZARAH ; or, The Gipsy Tribe of Bohemia. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, Gd. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed RU CH ; or, The Lass that Loves a Sailor, Bernard, Mr. Hicks ; Ruth, Miss Vincent. After which, the Farce of the LOTTERY TICKET. Wormwood, Mr. Gardner. To conclude with THE WIZARD OF TELE WAVE ; or, The ship of the Avenger. Captain Faulkner, Mr. Hicks. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c. Open every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The Proprietor begs to announce that he has, at a considerable expense, erected a new Entrance, and a Magnificent Walk, with bower borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, in front of the grand Pictorial Representation of THE TOWN AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. The Menagerie contains many specimens, including the Giraffe, Gazelles, &c. The Promenade Concerts, conducted by Godfrey. A representation of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge of Statues. The grand Pyrotechnic idsplay, representing the SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR: Showing the commencement of the Bombardment, partial destruc tion of the Town, and Blowing up of the Battering Ships. Daring the season, M. JULLIEN will give a series of Concerts; the Band will consist of one it mdred Performers. Admission, One Shilling. The Royal South London Floricultural Society will hold their Grand Spring Flower Show, on Wednesday, May 26. NEW INSPECTOR-GEN EL AL.—The trade of Liver pool has increased so rapidly within the last year, that, on a recent visit of the Chairman of the Board of Customs to that 1 3 9 rt, it was deemed requisite to have a second inspetor general to supervise the large revenue department established there, and to Tett the increased wants of the trade. Mr. F. St. John, an intelligent and active landing-surveyor of the pert of London, has been selected for the appointment. THE WEATIIER.—SurN OFTiICE, MAY 18. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 51 ; llig'nest, 67 ;. Noon, 65. BAROMETER, 29.99,—W1ND E.S.E.; fine. Hldli WATER AT LONDON-BaIDGE THIb DAY. Morning .. 10 minutes after 4. E'rening 31 inintitts kale? 4. EVEN IN G. MAY 18, 1847. Baron of Besborough, in the Peerage of Ireland; and as Baron Ponsonby, of Sysonby and Duncannon, in the Peerage of Great Britain. His Lordship was closely allied to the most distinguished families of the Liberal aristocracy, through his mother, Lady HENRIETTA FRANCES, daughter of the first Earl SPENCER, and his grandmother, Lady CAROLINE, eldest daughter of WILLIAM, third Duke of DEVON - SIIIRE. The loss of this eminent servant of the Crown will very long be lamented, and his recent labours in Ireland cannot speedily be forgotten. We had hoped that, severe as have been, and doubtless still are, the privations of the lower classes, consequent upon the excessive prices to which the necessaries of life, more especially bread, have been raised, we should have passed over the present crisis without the exhibition of such painful and dis graceful scenes as occurred in Exeter on Friday last. We derived our hope, first, from the conviction that the distressed condition of the humbler orders would not be much longer protracted ; next, from the feel ing of gratitude on the part of our poorer country men towards the affluent for the munificent benevo lence they have displayed in all directions, and in every shape, ever since the evil of scarcity has threatened the land, and, lastly, from the known love of order and loyalty for which Englishmen from the highest to the lowest are peculiarly charac terised beyond any other civilised race. We regret that our hope has been partially dispelled, and the more so because, since the law is sure to be promptly and efficaciously vindicated, it frequently happens, in the prosecution of rioters, that ignorant and mis guided persons are made to feel the severe penalties of justice in common with the worst principled and most infuriated of their illegal coadjutors. For up wards of three hours on Friday afternoon the city of Exeter was exposed to the unbridled license of a nu merous and clamorous mob. The potato merchant, the corn merchant, and the baker were severally at tacked in different parts of the town. Severe injuries were inflicted both on their persons and properties. Whilst some bakers saved their windows by pitching out their loaves among the excited multitude, others, who did the very same thing, could not succeed in preserving their premises from injury. The most lamentable feature ,throughout this flagrant breach of the law is, that it commenced with some frenzied women, who had determined upon adopt ing the most violent means for furnishing food to their famishing children. Every one must sympa thise with the desperate condition of those unfortu nate creatures, at the same time that all must condemn the insane folly of their proceedings. Withdrawing our mind from this disgraceful outbreak, we turn to the agreeable duty of informing our readers, that the intelligence we are daily receiving confirms our pre vious impression that our social condition will soon be improved. The bullion is increasing in the Bank ; money matters are conducted with less stringency than they were three weeks since ; every twenty four hours enhance the quantity of our imports in grain ; from the Baltic, Egypt, and America, we shall soon be receiving immense supplies already contracted for; and, what is still more important and cheerful, the appearances of the coming harvest throughout Europe at large, are represented as of the most promising kind. In a short time, therefore, the country will have securely passed the goal of in quietude. '-''lliitiailt_ii iin; LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1847. A maiden speech in the House of Lords could scarcely have been uttered upon a more propitious theme than that delivered yesterday evening by the Earl of ELLESMERE. It was followed by the second reading of the Factories Bill, with a majority of forty-two in a House of sixty-four. A more appro priate juncture could scarcely have been selected for the passage of this benevolent measure than the one which has just arrived. Everything combines to de monstrate the foolishness of the policy which has hitherto been adopted in commercial matters. Every thing goes to show that the opponents of Mr. FIELDER have argued upon the shallowest principles, upon the most preposterous premises, upon the most contradictory and frivolous calculations. Lord ELLESMERE availed himself of none of these ad vantages for the purpose of mentioning the an tagonists of the Bill in the language of derision, or opprobrium. He restricted his observations to the benefits which must infallibly accrue to society by the carrying out of its provisions; he spoke ear nestly in behalf of those who are without a voice in the Legislature ; he pleaded the cause of the un enfranchised manufacturing operatives, who are com pelled to yield to the ordonations of their taskmasters without an opportunity of bringing those taskmasters to a judicial tribunal for the purpose of relieving them selves from an insufferable drudgery, and visiting their employers with a deserved punishment. We congratulate Lord ELLESMERE upon the honour able course he has pursued upon this question ; we congratulate the Upper House upon the almost una nimous manner in which it has received the measure; we congratulate the Baron DUPIN upon the approxi mating fulfilment of his generous and philanthropic anticipations, and upon the chance which must speedily be afforded him of introducing a similar measure to the French Chambers, not merely " wafted thither by numerous petitions signed by the opera tive classes themselves," but enforced by the emphatic and ennobling decision of the British Par. liament. And was not the Noble Earl, who moved the second reading of the " Ten Hours' Bill" last evening, correct in observing that "England has hitherto been quoted and referred to by the other manufacturing countries of Europe as the model and pride in commercial legislation ?" If our reformatory movement in the emancipation of the negro races has elicited the approval of all civilised nations, except ing that bastard republic which cherishes despotism under the very banners of freedom, and treats all other men with the most supercilious contumely, while eulogising and adoring itself: if our minor enactments for the prevention of cruelty to animals have appeared worthy of foreign panegyrics, and not un worthy of foreign imitation : if our great effort to consummate the national freedom by extending that freedom to internal and international trade, has been welcomed with the acclamations of the most en lightened of the continental states, and has insured for one of our own merchants, RICHARD COBDEN, such an ovation as man never had before—then may we assuredly look forward to the extension of the blessings of Mr. FIELDEN'S measure, not merely to the artizans of these islands, but to the millions who earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brows, in the most remote as well as in the most ad jacent quarters of the habitable globe. When this noble and beneficent scheme shall have passed triumphantly through the Committee, and the third reading of the Peers, when it shall have passed into a law with the superscription of the potent syllables La reine le veute—then may the unhappy victims of a selfish and inexorable avarice be in a more favourable position for the development of their moral, physical, and intellectual faculties. Mothers will no longer be merely toil-worn automata; children will cease to be stunted in their bodily growth by premature labour, cramped in their knowledge by a total neglect of the most elementary tuition, and dwarfed and distorted in their moral character by precocious sor rows and untimely destitution. GOD knows, there is no mere affectation of philanthropy in all this ! And experience has shown that our auguries are not merely coloured by the benevolence of our wishes, but that whenever a legislature has interfered for the protectione m helpless, whene ver a s t a t e h as t rin to il prevent s of the ovveer employment o f it s indus trious r a kingd om h as soug ht to striven vo w ht e the e effect the equalisation of work and the juster distri bution of wealth, incalculable good has resulted instead of evil and confusion. We are grateful to the Members of our Legislature for the honesty and benevolence of their recent decisions. The sounds of wailing and lamentation are again wafted from the Irish shores ; hut it is not merely the misery or the suffering of Irishmen that has occasioned an universal gloom to diffuse itself throughout all ranks and classes in the sister kingdom. They mourn for the illustrious dead ; they weep for the kind-hearted and benevolent nobleman, who, during a season of unparalleled affliction, had occupied the highest station in their land, who, as the representative of their SOVEREIGN, had struggled with an energy and devotion, which it is feared may have hastened his own end, to mitigate the sufferings, to alleviate the wants, and to relieve the distresses of his unhappy compatriots. At eleven o'clock on Sun day night the Earl of BESBOROUGH expired, after a protracted struggle of several wee ks' duration, during which period but little hopes remained of his ultimate recovery. His Excellency con tinued in full possession of all his faculties to the last moment, and, although fully aware of his ap proaching end, he evinced the most perfect resigna tion and submission to the Divine will that his friends could have desired. He could look back upon his useful career without one feeling of regret. A peaceful conscience smoothed his dying pillow. For such a man death possessed no terrors ; he yielded up his spirit surrounded by those who were near and dear to him, and by whom he was deeply and fondly loved, while a grateful people thankfully acknow ledge his beneficent intentions, his anxious wishes for the amelioration of their condition, for their elevation in the social scale, and grieve for the heavy loss they have sustained in the death of their benefactor. His Excellency was born on the 31st of August, 1781, and was consequently in the 66th year of his age. He succeeded to the family honours on the 3d of February, 1844, on the death of his father, FRE DERICK PONSONDY, third Earl of BESBOROUGH, whose life was protracted far beyond the common lot, His Lordship early entered into political life, and from the first was a liberal and consistent politician. He represented his native county (Kilkenny) in Parlia ment for many years. On the accession of the Whig Ministry, under the Premiership of Earl GREY, he joined the Administration, and contested the representation of the same county with the Honourable Colonel BUTLER, brother to the Earl of KILKENNY, and a strong upholder of the repeal movement. Lord DUNCANNON was, not withstanding the influence of his antagonist, returned by a majority of 336 to 269. On the general election of 1832 he started for Nottingham in the place of Sir Thomas (now Lord) DENMAN, who had just been appointed to the Chief Justiceship of the Court of Queen's Bench, and was, in conjunction with Sir B. C. FERGUSON, returned by an overwhelming majority over the Tory candidate. In the July of 1834 the Noble Lord w as called by writ of summons to the Upper House. On the formation of the Melbourne Cabinet, Lord DUNCANNON was named Secretary of State for the ' Home Department, subseq u ently Chief Commissioner of her MAJESTY'S Woods and Forests, and Lord Privy Seal. Upon the death of his father, as we have already stated, his Lordship succeeded to the title as Earl of Besborough, Viscount Duncannon, and ' M • ; 40 ,1 - p0t , 4 0%. 1 . 11 ,k 7 4M9.4 7 AM1NEL. kW' qittgetx 1, ;(74Fm.' ‘;•;47411320: iko Madrid papers of the 11th instant have arrived. It is said that in consequence of differences among the Ministers, on the subject of the financial meactires of Senor SALAMANCA, the Ministry will be broken up and a new Ministry formed, of which General SERRANO and Senors OLOZAGA and SALAMANCA will be members. Other reports say that Senor PACHECO alone will retire, and be appointed either Ambassador to Rome or President of the Chamber of Deputies, and that General NARVAEZ will be the new President of the Council. Senor SALAMANCA has returned from Aranjuez to Madrid. The KING left on the 11th for the Prado. MADRID BOLSA, MAY 11.—The Three per Cents. were done at 31 for cash ; the Debt without Interest at 5% ; and the Five per Cents. at 19 1 / t for paper. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Government of M. GUIZOT is, according to the general opinion, tottering to its fall. His ill success at Madrid and at Athens, and his failure to bring about an entente cordiale with Russia, have shaken the confidence which the majority of the Chambers have hitherto reposed in him, and the discovery of the wholesale system of corruption which he has used as his great instrument of home government has tended so to damage his cha racter that he may now be considered almost as a Minister on sufferance merely. An article which appears in the Journal des Debats of Sunday, in which certain officials are vehemently attacked, is a proof that M. GUIZOT himself considers his Minis terial position insecure. The article in question alludes to a letter addressed to the editor by several merchants of Paris, in which the writers say— " You will not believe that in our days the administration of the Customs has had recourse to the most odious means employed by the police in the worst of times. Our servants ar•e suborned, our clerks paid to denounce their masters; persons sent by the agents of the Custom-house continually present themselves in oar houses to ask us to sell foreign articles, or propose such articles for sale. Our houses, as well as those of our friends, some of whom are not engaged in buiness, are publicly invaded by a crowd of agents, sc. ccmpaiied by a commissary of police, in quest of a booty, which they divide among themselves; for you must know that the objects seized and the fines imposed benefit ex elusively the Custom-office agents and the informers, and not a fraction enters the coffers of the State. Within a few days the Customs officers have visited the establish ments of from 40 to 50 merchants in Paris. What did they seize? Goods which had been lying between five and fifteen years in their stores! The whole value of the seizures does not exceed 20,000 f. or 25,000 f. In that estimation we in clude French goods mistaken for English ; small pieces of cloth, and even waistcoat patterns for tailors' shops, have been likewise searched." On this statement the Debats observes:— " It i 3 not possible that the principle of absolute prohibi tion which warrants those attempts against liberty, public morality, and property, should remain any longer inscribed in our codes. Let it be replaced by duties of 30, 40, or 50 per cent., if necessary, although Colbert, whose authority is always invoked by,the Protectionists, never established a duty higher than 10 per cent. It is time to put a period to that barbarous institution, which is an insult to common sense, and the present moment is the more favourable as the Chambers are about to discuss a new Customs' Bill." M. GUIZOT is evidently preparing to organize an opposition party, on which to fall back when he quits office. Free trade will no doubt be his cheval de bataille. The Committee of the Court of Peers appointed to investigate the case of General CUBIERES sat during four hours on Saturday, and was again to assemble on Sunday. Another search had been made in the do micile of M. PARIIENTIER. There were rumours on Saturday that a political conspiracy had been discovered, and that M. CoNst- DERE, who has frequently been in custody as a poli tical offender, had been again arrested. At Lille public tranquillity has been completely restored. The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de l'Opera on Sunday at 77f. 95c. Lroxs, MAY 14.—Paris and Rouen, 932 f. 50c. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 753 f. 75c. ; Vierzon, 591 f. 25c. ; Northern, 606 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 433 f. 75c. ; Orleans, 1,2321. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 17. Luxembourg, 1 1 A —Namur and Liege, 33 4—Northern of France, 11% The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel gives a Parlia mentary dinner on the 27th inst. to a very numerous circle. The Right Hon. Baronet and Lady Peel and family left Whitehall -gardens yesterday for Drayton Manor, Stafford shire, from whence they return to town on the 26th inst. ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. —The annual meeting of this society was held last evening at Finsbury Chapel. The Right Hon. Dr. Lushington presided, and the Conde de Montemolin was present at the proceedings. The report con gratulated. the subscribers t o th e soc i ety on the progress which antislavery principles were making, although in some places they had been considerably retarded. The receipts for the year had been 1,715/. 13s. 6d. ; the expenditure 1,426/. Gs. ; leaving a balance cf 2891. 7s. DA. to the credit of the society. Sir George Strickland, in moving the adoption of the report, severely denounced the conduct of the Ame ricans on account of their maintenance of slavery, but ex pressed his conviction that even in that country slavery would, ere long, be extinct. The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr. Elihu Burritt, Mr. Sturge, Mr Hinton, and others ; and resolutions deprecatory of the system of slavery were adopted. A vote of thanks to the chairman, which was briefly acknowledged, closed the proceedings. ROBBERY OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER ON TILL HIGHWAY.—On Saturday night last Mr. James Gibson, commercial traveller to the firm of Messrs. Thomas Gibson and Co., hat-manufacturers, Castle.green, Bristol, while tra velling after dark, on the road between Cirencester and Stroud, was attacked by three men, who rushed out suddenly from the road side, seized the head of his horse, and then dragged him from the gig, and used him with great violence. One of them knocked him down, and then knelt on his chest and gagged his meuth, to prevent his resisting or giving an alarm, while a second plundered his person of his watch, chain, and seals, and cash and notes to the value of between 1501. or 2001 . Fortunately about 501. in sovereigns, which was in the driving-box of the gig, escaped their notice. After threatening him with further violence if he attempted to pursue them, they decamped with their booty. aIONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUAI?TER TO THREE. Tile Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was very firm. Sales 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 were Amerk.,an for export and 000 on speculation. Prices were 1 / s d. to Md. per lb. higher than on Friday last for American. There were 4,000 bales American sold at 6d. to 7 1 4 d., 600 Surat at 370. to 0,40., and 40 Sea Island at 14d. to 17d. In Shares very little was done, and prices were again lower. There are no later arrivals from any quarter except Aus tralia, whence we have now the wool ships reaehing daily with important additions to our supply. The sales which have recently concluded have gone off quite as well as could have been anticipated, but at a decline, nevertheless, of about Id. per lb. on the lower qualities, the better descriptions, owing to the small supply, realising nearly previous rates. The advises from South Australia to-day are to January 13 inclusive, and they are of a very favourable tenor. Thu colony progresses well, and in mining pursuits stands pre eminent. The state of the food markets, and the effect that will be produced on the exchanges by the imports of grain when they commence actively, are still sub jects of anxious consideration, and respecting this point opinions are conflicting. Of the ultimate arrival of abundant supplies of food, and of the recent serious rise being partly artificial, and produced by speculation, we entertain no doubt, but unless our manufacturers are liberally aided in their business operations by advances of capital, we must look for a further drain of bullion. There are plenty of orders from the United States, and as the execution of them involves no risk, and the payment is certain, the Bank of England must use every possible effort to favour advances of money to the manufacturers upon terms which it may be worth their while to accept. The exportation of goods can alone check that of gold. The following is an extract from a letter, dated Dublin, the 16th inst., and written by an experienced party, who, we believe, accompanied M. Sayer to that city :—" The use of the kitchen which we erected I took upon myself to offer to the South Dublin Relief Committee until the Ist of November next, when the Act expires, and also my services at a good remuneration, and should I be called away by Go vernment to find a person in my place. I have not only agreed to make porridge and soup, but bread at I%d. per lb. I shall have to produce every week 150,0001bsoof bread, and as I find the temporary kitchen which we erected would not he large enough for ovens, &c., I have got the committee to take a large place containing stores, &c., well situated, and having a good house for myself, gardens, and three acres of ground, a small river running round the place. lam in hope to begin there on ➢londay week. I only got pos session yesterday. I intend to erect a steam-engine for the dough and also for the stirabout which we make. I have now the purchase of all the provisions ; our consumption is at present 4% tons of rice and 4% tons of Indian meal per week, but in a short time it will be three times that. You will perhaps not believe it, but they say that the people, al though starving, will not eat brown bread, and that all the rye flour that was here is re-shipped for London." The Funds have been very flat again to-day, and there is an idea that even the increased interest upon Exchequer bills will not allow of their being kept in circulation, so that a funding of some portion may possibly be resorted to. We cannot expect an improvement in stocks while such an apprehension hangs over the market. Con suls have been 86% % for transfer, and 86% 3 / 4 for account. Exchequer-bills have been marked par to 1 premium. Bank Stock is steady, at 189 to 190. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 86 3 to 87. The Foreign Securities have been flat again. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 33 3 / 4 , and Portuguese Four per Cents. 34 1 / 1 %. Brazil Bonds have been 82. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. have been 57% to 57%. Railway Shares are heavy. nitiTisli FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. iinnk Stock .. 189 190 190 fliree per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 854 85 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. % 86% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 87 86% 87 87 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 98% Ditto. 30 years, Oct. 10,-1859 .. Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 9% 3-16 9 3-16 India Bondi, 1,000/. .. Ditto. under 1,000/. 20ni , o1s for May 27 achequer Hdls. 1,000!_. 500/. .. Ditto, Small 2p 2p . • •• •• •• 86 %%%ii 86% I%d 2d. 1 p par 2p 2 dis 2p 4 p par ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 82 Ditto, Small .. .. • • .. .. 84 Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, Four per Cent .. 34 341,4 Ditto, for the Account .. 34 1 % 34 14 Russian Bonds .. 108 1 % 109 109 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent '.. .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account 33% Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent .. 114 f. 50c. Exchange .. .• .. 25f. 80c. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 57 1 % %% PRICES OF BUSINESS PAID. DONE AT CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Buckinghamshire .. 61.45.... 1% dis.... •• • 1% die. Caledonian • .. 30 .... 23 1 ,5 ••.• • • 23% Eastern Counties .. .. 20 18% .. lB% Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. .........„ b p Ditto, ditto.. .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. % p.... .•• par East Lancashire .. ••• • • .. 17 .... Ditto New .. .• .. • 5% Ditto, ditto New Scrip .. 1 . 1 ,41 East Lincolnshire .. •.. • • .. Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 67 14 •• • Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester ... 2% .. 11,4 Great Northern .. 3% .... 2% 2.. •• Do., London & York Extension 2!4 ••••• • • • • • Great Western •. 85 ....109 .. ••• • .. . 109 Ditto, Half Shares . .. 50 .... 62 63 .. ••• • . 63 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12 1 % .... 15% %•••• • • • • 1514 Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 24% ...... 24% Ditto, New .. .. • • •• • • 6 % 7 6% Hull and Selby .. .. 50 •• .• •••••• • • •• Ditto, Half Shares .. 25 51 .......... Lancaster and. Carlisle .. 50 .... ••••• • • • • • Ditto, New Leeds and Bradford • • .. .. 40 .... ...... . Leeds and Thirsk 26 .. • • ...... Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. • • 3 1 ,E .... 3 1 ,E ..... London and Blackwall .. .16/. 13s. 4d. 71r1Z .... • • .... London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 .... 51 .••....... London ant North-Western ..100 ....170 ••.. • ..... Ditto, Quarters .. L. and B. 7 .... ...... Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 11 • • Ditto, Fifths .. 2 15% . . Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. .. 40 66 654 66.... Ditto, 101. Shares M. &IL (13) 5 .... 10 . • ........ Ditto, 10/. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 •• • • 5%Y. London and South-Western 411. 6s. 10d... GI ti• Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • . 50 .... 51 1 / Ditto, Scrip.. .. • . .. 5 .... 4 1 % Lynn and Ely .. .. 25 .... 26 Manchester and Leeds .. 82 .... -. f• • • CLOSING PRICES. 22% 114 f. 50e. 25f. 80c. 5714' 170 21 111 i IN 51 _4% Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. 71. 45..... dis Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... if, % dis. Midland ..100 —.11314 112 1 / • • 114 Ditto, New .. .. 6 .... Do., Consol. Bristol and Birm. :.•ix per Cent. ..100 ..123 •• •• • • Newmarket and Chesterford .. 10 •• • . 7 ••••• • •• • • North British .. 25 .• .. •••-•• • • Ditto, Quarter Shares •. .. 3 .... 3 - y; 4 Ditto, Extension .. . ..... Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... 5414 North Staffordshire .. 71 4 .. • • 914 • • .... •• •• Preston and Wyre.. 25 .. 35 Beading. Guildford, and Reigate 5 •• .. ...... • • Royston and Il,itchin . • • • - 1 % ••• • ••••• • • • • • Shrewsbury and Birminghain .. 3%.... 3 ••• • • • Ditto, Class B .. • • .. • • 3 •• • • 1% .... ••.. • Shropshire Union .. .- 4 .... 2 Soutii Eastern and Dovor .. •• . 331,{ .. • • 3514 • Do., New (do. 10/.) .. No. 4. 5 .... 4% Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 425. York and Newcastle .. 25 .... Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 .... 13N% Ditto, Preterence .. 4 .... 614 % York mid North Midland .. .. 50 Ditto. Preference .. 2 .. • • 9% %•••• • • • • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 20 .... "15 Namur and Liege .. 10 .... ak, 3i •••• • • • • Nortliern of France .. .. 8 11%.... ••• • • • Rouen and Ilavre . 20 24 A •• • • Sambre and Meuse .. .. 14 Tours and Nantes . .. 8 4 .......... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. British North American ~. 50 .... 441 •• •••• • • • • Provincial of Ireland • • • • .. 25 .... 45 44 .•..• • • • MINES. 54% 9 34% 5 I% 2% 1-71, 14 6% Real del Monte, Unrezistered •• •. •• ••• LLOYD'S SHIPPING=—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 18.—Wind E., light breeze, and fine. DEAL, MAY 17.—Wind W.S.R., strong and squally. P.M., S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Louise, Curry, 'South Seas; Mary Bloss, South Seas; Sumatra, Duncan, Ceylon; Lancashi re Witch, Monte Video ; Lotus, South America; Elizabeth, Midwinter, Grenada. Arrd. from the River for Australia, Batavia ; John Cobbold, Jaffa ; Indus, Pernambuco; Grange, Demerara; Glaphyra, St. Kitts; Amilla, Jamaica. OFF DOVER, MAY 10.—Jason, Schilling, New York for Ilamburgh. 14. Kestrick, Wise, Lima. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 17.—Wind W.—Sld. Thames steamer, West Indies. PLYMOUTH, MAY I7.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. General He wett, Norfolk. LIVERPOOL, MAY, 17.—Wind W.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Sandford, Cellar, Calcutta ;;Cape packet, Lamb, Mauritius; Sultana, Longmuir, Monte Video; Shamrock, Wiseman, 13ahia ; Alecto, Ashford, Barbadoes ; Vigilant, Cuthbertson, Rio Hacha ; Ganges, Smith, New Orleans; Sir Charles Na pier, Webster, New Orleans; Colombs, Burnell, New Or leans; Birmingham, Robinson ' New Orleans; Covenanter, Patterson, Apalachicola; Ann Kenny, Baldwin, Charleston; Liverpool, Eldridge, New York. Off port, t. Lawrence, Bombay, Hindu, —. WIVENHOE, MAY 17.—The Hopewell, of and from London to Amsterdam, was totally lost last night en the Gunfleet Sand ; crew saved. the Hluptrh., instant,AlA vl7.—The e P n sunk in the Trent on Caledonia, New York; Edla, Lander, Matanzas; Florina, Drinkwater, li rTi:e ix d. (tug), York. Sld. Rodney, CORK, MAY 15.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Henry,3 Quebec New York; Swan, Robertson, New • . MAT 17 Wind N. Arrd. Prince George, BRISTOL,• Foster, Callao- MAY .—Arrd. T, Australia. MUMBLES ROADS, Thel7 Rhine, from Stoc aglioni kton arrived 11 MAY. I t 7 act with the W e s packet off Hambr o t and both received considerable damage. Head 14th ins t., here, was in con MARKET NCEOLWONST(r HIS DAY.) S U GAR.— The market for British plantation is steady, A. a b ou t 450 hhds having b een sold without alterat ion in value. tli'hseblic sales have consisted chiefl y of 10,522 bags Manzi ,- p Mauri tius, 4,669 u bags 141 chest s Ben g al, 1,723 bags Madras, an d 210 hhds Porto Rico, nearly all of which so ld at steady prices, with the ex ce p tion of the latter, which 000 bags Manilla have been disp ose d of at being held above the mar ket value w as all withdrawn. Pri vately about 5, 4s 6d, being a full price. The quantity of British Planta tilon landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,451 hhds 104 tier ce s; there were tak en for home consump tion 1,143 hh , ls 140 tierces; the stock in the same places is 10,180 hhds 892 tierces. Comm. -133 bags Plantation Ceylon, 422 bags Mysore, and 141 bales Mocha. The Ceylon realised steady prices, but the Mysore and Mocha were taken in. n u m.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 876 puns 37 hhds. There were taken for home consumption, 325 puns 70 hhds, and exported 88 puns 52 hhds. The stock in the same place is 9,120 puns 504 hhds. RICE.—At auction 2,937 bags 1,857 pockets Bengal, 2,538 bags Madras, 285 tierces Car o li na, 2,940 bags Java, and 493 bags Manilla, which nearly a ll so ld , the better_ qualities 9 at the previous currency, whil s t on the lower kinds a reduction of 3d to 6d was submitted to. SALTPETRE —1,590 bags Bengal were withdrawn SFxcEs.-200 bags Pi mento, 314 bags Malabar . Pepper, and P ppe and 140 chests Cassia Li gnea were offered by auction. The Pimento and Pepper re a li se d f ormer prices, but the Cassia Lignea was withdrawn. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 47s to 47s 9d per cwt on the spot, and Town 49s 6d. TEA.—This article is quiet. COrrON.—There is an increased disposition to buy. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The May adjourned sessions for the county of Middlesex, commenced this morning at the Court-house, Clerkenwell green, before the Assistant-Judge and a full Bench of Ala" gistrates. The names of 82 prisoners appeared for trial in the calen dar, of whom seven were charged with misdemeanour, the remainder being indicted for felony. Of those, 46 were de scribed as able to te,ad and write imperfectly, 9 only ab !e to read, and 27 wholly unacquaLited with either reading or writing. The AssisTitisT-JUDGE, in his charge to the grand jut' , said there was one most important matter with respect to the effects likely to be produced upon females who were sen tenced to transportation, to which he could not allow the present opportunity to pass without adverting—ha meant , that system of reformatory discipline which the Government had established wtthin the last feur years in relation t o the female convicts in Van Dieman's Land. By that system the colony of females received the best of moral and religious in struction, and were also instructed in such domestic duties as would fit them for becoming useful members oftha society, t and when they showed by their conduct they had availed themselves of the benefits of the systeini tickets of leave were granted to them, and they were pls out as servants with persons of approved character. Ithto true the period of three or four years was not enoug-- ° , • enable them to form an opinion of the perfectability able system like this, but still there were sufficient facts to ea re them to come to the conclusion that it was one fully des e ing of a trial, and he hoped it would have a fair one Learned Assistant-Judge concluded by adverting W v ader system at present pursued at Parkhurst, so that boy s v a certain height were refused admission, by which runny fitting objects were precluded from its benefits. there William Burke, for picking pockets, against whom am , were several previous convictions, was sentenced to tea Ye -- transportation. Edward Aiken was indicted for stealing a purse contai nin g seven sovereigns and other monies, the property of Lothian Nicholson, from his person. The prosecutor, an officer in the Royal Engineers, N1 2, 1 :1 4 coming up from Woolwich by one of the steam boats, sul upon the vessel reaching Blackwell he missed his purse,ske.l recollecting that a man very like the prisoner, who can; a cloak on his arm, had pressed closely against him, be information to one of the pier police, who took the proe li Z e into custody. Six sovereigns were found upon him when was searched, and he accounted for them by first saying. that they were the result of his hard work as an um brella maker, and next that he got them from a youn g girl . 1 '; whom he was about to be married. The prisoner dolga that the cloak was his, but it was identified by a policeman e s belonging to the prisoner. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said, the prisoner was a most not(27; rious character, and always hanging about the Blacks steam-vessels and piers, for the purpose of robbery ; aa, d " - should, therefore sentence him to be transported for the ' sr,u of ten years. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY') Thomas Sparrow, a cab driver, badge No. 2,535, aPPesi— n i in answer to a summons chargi n g him with making us e - abusive language to Mr. David Falake, 394, Oxford•stree t- The complainant stated that on Saturday, the Bth inst al l about a quarter to one o'clock, he called the defendant's en off the rank opposite the American stores in Oxford-streetj and told him (the defendant) to drive to Park-lane, a n t from thence to Grosvenor-square, when he got out for abea, a minute. He then ordered him to drive him (compleinal ti to 36, Park-street, mid then to No. 107 in th e .. street, at each of those places he remained a bout t five minutes. Complainant then desired defendant to drive him back to Oxford-street. Instead of drive ing him to his own residence, defendant dray; to No. 384, where complainant got out and offered defends!' Is, 6d. for his fare. Defendant refused to take the money' and said What do some elver ? that is fare." Corn' fplainant then took some silver from his pocke t poand told de7 ondant to take what he thought was his fare. Defendan: replied that he was not going 'to be given in charge f t old robbery, and declined taking any. Complainant then the defendant that he lived at No. 394, and that be couldr. have redress by summonsing him. Defendant would neither do one thing or the other, and began to abuse him and en!: him a swindler, and said he (complainant) should In swindle him. Complainant then said that hi. would would summons the defendant, who replied that „,, v . did not care, as he had got plenty of 111 °,." It • Complainant was then surrounded by a mob least one hundred persons, who hooted him and pushed J . 3 'r: about. At length a neighbour, who saw the predicamen t which he was placed, came to his assistance, and wisheaF!r. to come into his house; but the defendant refused to let DLit go, and detained him till his (complainant's) brother 5.!; and paid the defendant 25., who returned 4d. chana ge. Liu ho mob, plainant then managed to get away, followed by hooted him all the way home. Mr. Wontner, who attended for the defendant, called pe tal witnesses, who proved that the complainant was very abn:l4o and excited, and that the defendant was remarkably and temperate in his behaviour. t he Mr. BINGHAIf, after going through the whole of .he coal" evidence, dismissed the summons, and ordered --, plainant to pay the costs. DEATII 7r s 67%, 11A DUBLIN, SUNDAY NIGHT. His Excellency Earl Besborough, Lord-Lieutenant of/ Ireland, breathed his last at eleven o'clock to-night. His Excellency continued to sink from nightfal, and he was quite aware of his approaching dissolution. Shortly after ten o'clock he sent for the several members of his family, who were for some time in constant and close attendance upon him, and severally took leave of them. His Excellency continued in perfect possession cf his senses up to the fatal moment that death separated him from all he loved so dearly. The melancholy event, notwithstanding that it has been long expected, will be received with deep concern by all classes of the population of this unhappy laud' whose sufferings his Excellency struggled to mitigate with heartfelt zeal. _ _ 4,ebtri) WZitttoll EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) The CRAVEN STARES of 10 sovs, each, for three yrs 6st 81b ; four, Bst 101 b ; five, 9st 41b ; six and aged* 9st 101 b. The last mile and a quarter of the Ne w Derby Course. (10 Subs.) Crozier ... ..................................................... 1 Spider. ......................................................... 2 Wilutonia Eight ran. Won by a length. The WOODCOTE STAKES of 10 Sovs. each, for two yro old. T.Y.C. - - Flatcatcher 1 Woodcraft 2 Dover 3 Fifteen ran. Won by three lengths. the t he Ho ln se th of e d L i o v r i d s s i , on on o F n ri t da he y I n r ig is h h t, P t o h o e r- n la am w e ß o il f % Vis count Combermere was inserted by mistake amongst the contents, his Lordship having paired with the Earl of Rose bery. FALMOUTH, MAY 15.—The Prussian barque Leo pold, Holtz master, arrived off this port to day from Monte Video, and proceeded without anchoring for Rotterdam. She sailed on the 27th of February, but it does not transpire that she brings any intelligence of moment. Mr. Thomas Moore, of poetical celebrity, we ob serve, has arrived at 7, Montpelier Spa-buildings, the resi dence of Mr. James Cony, who collected a party of him' friends to welcome the bard of Erin.—Cheltenham Looker-on- On the 14th inst., at Babraham, Cambridgeshire, the lady of the late Henry John Adeane, Esq., of a son. On the 14th inst., at Eastbourne-terrace, Sussex-gardens , the wife of Charles Pemberton, Esq., of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Clapton-square, Mrs. F. Engelhardt , of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at Highbury-grange, Mrs. James B. Scott, of a son. On the 15th inst., Mrs. Joseph Ludlam, of u daughter. MARRIED. On Monday l as t, a t th e Unitarian Chapel, Park-fields , Diss, Norfolk, by the Rev. Thomas Hunter, Mr. S. V.. John son, one of the representatives of Mr. Henry Cuthbert, Wine and spirit merchant, to Catherine Elizabeth, youngest' daughter of Mr. John Mallott, all of Dias. On the 11th inst , in Paris, at the Catholic Church of Notre Dame de Lorette, and afterwards at the Protestant Chard' of the Oratoire, Flora Frances Rebecca Davison, eldest daugh ter of Major-General Davison, of Northumberland , to the Vicomte Henri de Milhau, of the Chateau de la Baullginer Toulouse, Haute Garonne, France. _ DIED. On the 17th inst., at 27, Polygon, Somers-town, William Miller Whitehead, aged 60, for upwards of 30 years employed on " The Sun" newspaper. On the 13th inst., at Harrogate, Roger Kynaston, Est On the 14th inst., at Trinity- terrace, Borough, Mr. John Beard Oram, aged 28. On the 14th inst., in Aldermanbury, Mr. Edward Edwards- On the 14th inst., at Dulwich, John H. Gowan, Esq. On the 14th inst., at Clifton, Rebecca, relict of the Re- William Lowder Glover. On the 14th inst., at Stoke Newington, Jean Pirie, wife of Mr. Patrick C. Leckie, of Old Broad-street. On the 15th inst., at Brighton, Isabella, the daughter of the Rev. Richard Smith, of Sutton Rectory, Pett____ London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of Na. 11 zr Strand, Printer, at The Bun Office, N 0.112, Stra Mo nd, In the nein; of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex. nday, 1847. . THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. The following official letter is from the Lord Mayor:--- "TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL'' " Mansion-house, Sunday Night , May, 16, Twelve o'clock. " Sir,—l have just received the following communica tion, announcing the melancholy intelligence of the death of his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant. I have the honour to be your faithful servant, " ' Dublin Castle, " MICHAEL STAUNTON. " Half-past Eleven P. M., May 16. "My Lord,—lt becomes my painful du t y to inform you that his Excellency the Earl of Besborough de parted this life at the hour of eleven o'clock P.M., at the Castle of Dublin.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your obedient servant, "T. N. REDDINGTON. " The Right Hon. Lord Mayor.' " C . ray:: !, Ir `i i