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and there was no sum voted in the estima tes, _ over which such surveillanc e was exercised. The result would be that the voluntary system would be stimulated, because before paying 2,000,0001., 4,000,000/. would have to be paid by those locally interested in the schools. He thought, therefore, he had met that part of the objections with regard to the proposed scheme in creasing the influence of the Crown. Then it was stated that it was unconstitutional, and that Parliament in adopting it would exceed its functions. He really wished that those who urged this doctrine had shown Ip what way the plan was unconstitutional. Tell him what principle of the constitenion would be violated. Fifteen or thirty times the Hon. Gentleman the Member fora Finsbury, in the course of the speech, urged that the Committee of the Privy Council was a self-elected body—a self-constituted body ; and inquired if the House would place so much irresponsibility in the hands of such a body ? Why it was not more a self-elected body than the Board of the Treasury—it was appointed by her Majesty, under the advice of her responsible Minister. He confessed that he was quite at a loss to understand how he could say that it was a self-elected office any more than that of the Secretary of State. Then what constitutional principle was violated? He said they ought to have an Act of Parliament. True, they required an Act of Parliament to give the Crown any power which it did not possess; but if the Crown possessed the power of dealing wi th this matter, and the House should vote the money soi; soug ht, surely the Crown would not act unconstiiTti.vioas v ): n u nconstitutionally expending it for the purpose forwhich Surely these were fair principles —surely they were con stitutional. Were they illegal o n the part of those who thought proper to expend their money upon them ? Might he not give a stipend, out salary to a stipendiary of his own private resources, to a schoolmas ter — a monitor, or to a pupil-teacher ? s al Surely he might do so without seeking an Act of Parliament to legalise such roceeding. The cases were strictly analagous--(Hear.) 1 4%/ ) hy, the Eton. Gentleman seemed to talk as if nothing of the kind had ever occurred before in this countr y ; for instance, grants of money had been voted for the mili tary schools, and for the Military Asylum, for granting aid to which an Act had been passed. When he was Secretary at War, he found no difficulty in inducing Parliament to grant a sum of money for an institution which was established for the purpose of educating the daughters of soldiers. That was the usual, the constitu tional way of giving the Crown money for legal pur poses. If the Crown asked for what it had no powers to arry out, they must have a separate Act: this he thought was the proper interpretation of a constitutional grant. Then, again, the Ministers were responsible for the proper distribution of the money. As between Church men and Protestant Dissenters, it was impossible for him to conceive a system of stricter impartiality, as Baptists, Dissenters, Free Churchmen, Presbyterians, and Members of the Church of Scotland, would equally participate in the advantages which it would bestow; the advantages were all in common, and a certificate of a dissenting clergyman or of a parochial minister would be of equal importaace and have equal weight, and the boys of the dissenting school were Just as likely . to be come stipendiary monitors as those brought up in the Established Church, or to be Queen's scholars. The same observations would apply with equal truth to the schoolmasters, where four churches of diffe rent sects existed in a neighbourhood, no one would possess a greater advantage than the other. Then the Dissenters would not be worse off than they were now. --(Hear, hear.) They would increase the uses of na tional schoolmasters, and that could do no injury to the Dissenters ; and he hoped that the Non-conformists who had gone away from them in a moment of irritation, would not show themselves non-conformist or unchris tian..—(Hear, hear.) The Churchman was as deeply interested in the education of the people as the Baptists, Presbyterians, or Dissenters. He thought it was for the great interest of all, that in some form the great body:of the common people should be educated.—(Haar, hear.) Then with respect to the expense. No man who con tributed to the education of the people could say that he would not gain any advantage—(Hear, hear)—because he utterly denied that the Dissenters gained nothing by a man being made a good man, and a goo 4 Christian ; it wss.just as much a matter of interest to him as it was that the defence of the coast should be preserved and kept up in an efficient manner.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman had asked them for a Committee to in quire into the effects which this educational system would have upon the civil rights of the people. In what way it was to effect their civil rights, he did not think it necessary to inform us. He ought to recollect that in a densely populated country in which the system of unions was carried out, civil liberty could hardly be more than a name. He was a very short sighted,friend of the people, who, in making great efforts to give them additional franchises, made no effort, but rather offered resistance to an extended system of educa tion. From the clamour, then, which has been raised, (continued the Hon. Gentleman) I appeal with confi dence to the country, to whom, in no long time, we must render an account of our stewardship. I appeal to a future age, which, when enjoying the blessing of a sound and efficient system of education, will look back with astonishment to the resistance which our present efforts meet, and with still more astonishment that such resistance was offered in the name of civil and religious freedom. (The Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat amid loud cheers.) Mr, ROEBUCK heartily agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman that it was the duty of the Government to educate the people. But he would carry the argument further, and say that it was also the duty of the Govern ment not to throw any obstacle in the way of carrying out that duty. This was the charge which he made against the Government. The Right Hon. Gentleman had elided in his false conclusions on indisputable pre mises. He dissented with the Honourable Baronet who eat near him (Sir R. Inglis), in his argument, which went to prove that it ought to be the business of the Government to keep the people in igno rance. The Noble Lord found the people heated with religious differences, and he sided with the majority. He quarrelled - with the Government because they had not found, as it was their duty to do, a system—a national system. The Government found it necessary to do something. A general election was at hand. The Noble Lord tells the Catholics to remain quiet—that a new mi nute can be made—and that if they only held their peace everything should be right with them. He would wish to know if this was the sort of proceed ing for the Government to adopt; did they doubt that this was an attempt on the part of the Government to conciliate interests which were wholly irreconcileable? Solong as the Government of this country chose to mix up religion with national education, so long would all attempts fail to raise the people from that grovelling ig norance in which the Right Honourable Gentleman had described them to be—so long would all their endeavours fail to remove the evil. Let the question be tried by the issue. They might say that they would have schools. In different religions, suppose they had a community in a small village, they could not have all separate schools. They could only have one school, and what would they do with those who did not agree with one favoured sect in religion?—said the Noble Lord, in such a school we shall teach a religion after the fashion of the Church of England, within schools—and what woo to be done with the Catholic, the Wesleyan, and the Baptist ; should they be excluded from these national schools? It was said that a secular education was not complete without religion. What was the Church of England about—what was it for—not to inculcate her doctrines upon the members of the Church. All those who belonged to the Church of England ought to receive religious instruction according to the forms of that Church. The Noble Lord only performed one half of his duty to the population, if he excluded half of them from the benefits of this measure. He wished, however, to know how the money was to be applied. If he voted away any sum fur the army or n avy, he knew it was to be applied fur a specific pur pose, but in this instance the Government came down and asked fur so many hundreds of thousands to carry out a minute of C o uncil, which they might alter at pleasure. It woul I be said that the Administration were men with liberty on their lips, but who, when the time came to try them, were found far from equal to the exigency. He thought, also, that the time wouli come when thi;. country would have to look to other parties to guide them, and when to the hand which struck down the corn-laws, they would have to leek for the esta blishment of a real liberal system of education. He . had made this explanation in order to guard the vote which he intended to give. He maintained that the principle of the Government was ne t th e one l a id d own by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Edin burgh. He (Mr. Roebuck) said it was the duty of the Government to educate the people, but he denied that it could be done by the narrow and sectarian mode of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Mr. EWART, who rose with Mr. Hindley, then moved the adjournment of the debate, which was agreed to. SERVICE OF HEIRS ANDa CROWN CHARTERS BILL The Service of Heirs and the Crown Charters (Scot land) Bills were read a second time. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS BILL. The Parliamentary Electors Bill was read a second time. QTUAKERS' AND JE WS' MARRIAGES wa BILL. he Q uakers and Jews Marriages Bill s read a second time. .The oth er or d ers were t h en di spose d of, and the House adjourned at halt-p ast Twelve. areinTiPert. ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE CRICKET 5 i ., A mEn.--Yesterday o'clock, an accident of afternoon, between one and two most frightful character occurred board the Cricket ste am a er, on ,f roin London-bridge to the of the penny boats that ply ° D e ox-under-the-Hill, near Hun- p g . Market, to John and Stevens, aged forty-eight, em hand Yed as stoker on board, th o e'i r by a°rae as to cut otT fingers, and he sustain ed a l n e e r rY inuri es by the L a rid so dreadfully jammed in means, got his to the Charing two .of his occurs ence. The poor fellow wa s t a k e cross moepital, when Mr. Steghall, theamn pruetsaitdieonntnihuosutsbee . surgeon, considered that the process of '7.‘' . resorted tt, , , in order to prevent gangrene takin g .., • vessel wan on its way from London-bridge atte pl tlm ee e . of the accident. H EAL TH OF Towss BlLL—Yesterday, pursuant -' to previous arrangement, a general Conference of dele gates from the various metropolitan parishes, Brighton and other provincial towns took place at the Court-house, Marylebone, with reference to the Bill introduced into Parliament by Government, for the improvement of the health of towns. Resolutions in opposition to the Govern . merit plan were severally agreed to, and the Conference • ,separated. THR BISHOP of SODOR AND MAN.—We deeply regret to state that during the last few days the indisposition ::-., • .., = 4,lldisingjiits assnmed a most alarming aspect, so -• desdkAissib b little hopes have been entertained of ~. - 14ktest information i s u p t o y es terday ..„.. o r deal; atAtepolktinae his Lordship was a li ve , b u t littl e o r !, '.. itiO hn or I , op 7r—pw goAltillesienae were entertained. We trust, how ;_osyer,„ fn tom tyi; . , b 4. Shirley has been Bi s h op o f thi s .i -d i -I littiainitalfraulpree months.—Lie of Ma u Ti mes . i 4C6143 114 gra.2d3i-A.The new hall o f this nati ou a ifitoggizarat Ira plifirdsy op to th+ public A S 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. COLBURN WILL PUBLISH DIME DIATELY THE FOLLOWING NEW WORKS : NARRATIVE of a JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD, Prin cipally Overland. By SIR GEORGE SIMPSON, Goy ernor in Chief of the Hudson's Bay Company's Territories IL, North America. 2 vols. Bvo., with Map, &c. MEMOIRS of VISCOUNTESS SUNDON, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Caroline, Consort of George 11. ; including the Correspon dence of the most Celebrated Persons of her Times, now first pub lished from the Originals. By Mrs. A. T. THOMPSON, author of " The Life of the Duehess of Marlborough." fee. 2 Toll, Bvo.. with Portraits. VOLUME IX. of AGNES STRICKLAND'S LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND. IV. LORD LINDSAY'S LETTERS on the HOLT LAND. Fourth and Cheaper Edition, comprised in One Volume. Price 100..1.4. bound. 17 EVELYN lIARCOUB,T, a Novel. By Mil. GASCOIGNE, authoress of " Temptatloa; or, a Wife's Perils," &c. 3 vols. 'Leary Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. NEIV NOVEL BY THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo.. MARMADUKE HERBERT; Or, The Fatal Error. A STORY FOUNDED ON FACT. By the Countess of BLESSINGTON, Author of " The Femme de Chambre," Ste. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed Verdee celebrated Opera . _ Mdme. Castellan ; Giovanna, Mdrne. Solari ; Don Carlos, Sig. Superchl ; Ruy-Ootneis, Sig. Bouche ; Ernani, Sig. Fraschinl. Betwten the acts a Divertissement, in which will be introduced the celebrated Pei! de Quatre, from La Las des Fees, by 31 dlle. Cerito (her first appearance this season), M. St. Leon, Mdlles. Cassia and Henore. A new Pas de Dent, composed by M. Perrot, Mdlle. Rosati and M. Perrot (his first appearance this season) ; and the admired Spa nish dance La Mavola, by 3ldlle Cerito and 3t. St. Leon. To conclude with the new successful Ballet, in Two Tableaux, by M. Paul Taglioni, the music by Signor Pugni, entitled THEA. ; OU, LA FEE AUX FLECKS. Principal characters by Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, M. Paul Taglioni, &c. It Is respectfully announced that Mdlle. Jenny Lind has arrived, and will shortly:appear. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility. Subscribers, and the Public, are respectßilly in formed, that there will be a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT on Thursday next, April 22, when will be performed Donizetti's Opera, L'ELISIR D'AMORE. Adina, Madame Castellan ; Nemorino, Signor Gardoni ; Belcore, Signor F. Lablache ; and Dr. Dulcomara. Signor Lablache. In the court. of the evening a Divertissement from the favourite Ballet of Lana Rookh, in which will appear Mdlles. Cerito, Rosati, Miren. Taglioni and L. Grahn, M. St. Leon and M. Perrot. After which, the Third Act of I DUE FOSCk.RI. To conclude with ORITHA. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA; COVENT GARDEN. On Thursday next, April 22, an Extra Night, on which occasion will be performed the Ilrst act of SEMIRAMIDE, in which Made. Grist, Madlle. Alboni, and Signor Tambnrini will appear. After which, the second act a LA SONNAMBULA, is which Made. Persiani and Signor Mario will perform. To conclude with a new grand ballet, LA SEINE DES FEES. Composed by M. Albert ; music by Signor Carlini. Principal cha racters by lladlle. DumllAtre, Madlle. Berlin, Madlle. Neodot, and M. Petipa (from the Grand Opera, Paris). Tickets, stalls, and boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow. street ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. The doors will be opened at Ralf-past Seven o'clock, the perform ance to commence at Eight. PILICES 07 ADXISSION. Pit Stall ........ ••••.. • • • •• .. Zl 1 0 First Amphitheatre Stalls, First Row ...... 0 14 0 Ditto, Second and Third R0w5........ ...... 0 12 6 Second Amphitheatre 5ta115................ 0 7 0 Pit Tickets • • ........ ...... 0 g First Amphitheatre ...................... 0 8 0 Second Amphitheatre •.•• • • •• 0 5 0 THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Positively the Last Night; oitie..NewGrand - Oriental Spectacle, and of Mr. Hughes's Mammoth Establishment. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Grand Opera of THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreillle, Mr. Rafter ; Morliere, Mr. Horncaetle; Ardenford, Mr. W. Harrison; Mal-a-Propos. Mr. Harley ; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss R. Isaacs ; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After which the New and Original Oriental Spectacle, called THE DESERT; or, The Imann's Daughter. In which the Two Elephants, upwards of Sixty Horses, and the Camels will appear. The Imaun I.7seph, Mr. Howell; Hafez, Mr. Rafter; Barek, Mr. W. H. Payne; Fuzel Oela, Mr. Harley ; Maleck, Mr. T. Matthews ; Ahabeck, Mr. Hutchison ; Kuzliraga, Mr. L. Lee; Princess Ipomaye, Miss Mersent ; Nilda, Miss Collett ; Girgee, Miss R. Isaacs. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new and original Comedy, called THE SCHOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far ren, Stuart, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, Brindal, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Ilumb,y, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Fortescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey. colds, &c. After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, called THE NEW PLANET ; or, Har'equin out of Place. To conclude with the Comic; Drama, called THE LIGHT TROOPS OF ST. JAMES'S. blaster Thomas Smalibonea, Mr. Buckstone Maids ct Honour to the Queen, Mrs. Clifford, Mrs. Seymour, Mrs. Yantold, Miss Carre, Miss Telbin, and Mrs. Caulfield ; Jane Roiterts, Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. nder the direction of Madame i:eleste. THIS EVEN ING Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Olpsy Story. Cheap John. Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedtord; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; flarlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzvrilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After which will be produced an Opera Buffa apropos sketch. called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullentord, and Miss Woolgar. Tu conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be presented the Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Principal characters by Messrs. Granby, Ryder, Vin ing, Cowell, Walton, Compton, Miss Flower, Mrs. Stirling, Miss A. Homer, and Mrs. Fosbroke. After which, Shakspero's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The principal characters by Messrs. 11. Hughes, Ryder, J. Vining, C. Fisher, Wynn, and Compton ; Miss Winstanley Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. H. Hughes, Miss S. Flower, Miss Anne Homer, Miss Marshall, and Miss Smithson. TIIKATRE ROYXL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING will be performed a New Drama, called THE CREOLE. Characters by Messrs. F.Mathews.Leigh, Murray, Emery, Kinloch, and Keeley, Miss Dickinson, Miss May, Miss 31. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, an entirely new occasional Dramat'c 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 be followed by the New Vaudeville Extravaganza, called CRUSOE THE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley; Miss Dickenson, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. And other Entertainments. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. Last Night but Four of the Appearance of Mad lle. ROSE CHERI. TO-MORROW EVENING the performances will commence with the admired Play of REBECCA. Rebecca, Mdlle. Rose Cheri ; Gianina, Mdlle. Duverger. After which (second time in this country) IRENE ; on, Le Magnetisme. M. pe Brienne, M. Langeval ; Le Yicomte de Cler mont, M. Rhozevil ; Irene, Mdlle. Rose Cheri. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3.. ; Gallery, 25. 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. THIS EVENING . Doors open at Eight. Day performance on Wednesday morning, April 21, ceminending at Half-past Two. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pen, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS at the St. James's Theatre. Th• evening performances will be continued every Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturday, Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Emily. Proprietor and Manager. Mr. W. Bath. THIS EVENING, TIIIRD WEEK OF THE SUCCESSFUL GORGEOUS SPECTACLE OF Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of TILE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or, THE CORSAIR, introducing Mr. Batty's numerous and highly trained Horses and Fairy Ponies, living Elephants, Camels, Zebras, Deer, &c. With brilliant feats of Horsemanship. First 'Night of Mr. Henderson, the Loftiest Living Leaper, with other productions which this Theatre can alone produce, and for wtdch it is so justly celebrated. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box Office open from Eleven till Four. Box Book-keeper, Mr. Sheffield. Performance commences every evening at Seven o'clock, doors open at Half-past Six. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Monsgement of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE BUFFALO GIRLS, ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, With Coloured Concert, Nigger Songs, Bank 4, Bone, Tambourine and ivlin Accompaniments, the Railway Overture, and Grape Tine Twist. All by Female I'rotessors. THIRD IVEKK, and Last Five Nights, of the truly wonderful BEDOUIN AICABS. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence with THE ANCHOR OF HOPF: ; or, The Seaman's Star. Mr. Dumnore, Mr. Conway ; Squire liar- Ireave, Mr. T. Fredericks; Captain Walton, Mr. Tindel ; Mary Wheatly, Mrs. Ware. After winch THE BUFFALO GALS; or, Female Ethiopian Sere naders. To be followed by THE BEDOUIN* ARA BS. To conclude ri ith THE WANDERING BOYS. Boxes, Is., Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at six, commence t Half-past Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. • THIS EVENING JACK LONG OF TEXAS; or, THE SHOT IN THE EYE! Jack Long, Mr. Hicks; luinch, the Regulator, Mr. Searle ; Ben Small, Mr. Gardner ; Noah Gibbs, Mr. Dale ; White, Mr. Bird ; Rector, Mr, Howard ; May Gibbs, Miss Vincent, &c.. After which THE BLACK DOC T OR. Fabian, Mr. Hicks ; Pau line la Raynefte, Miss Vincent. To conclude with THE HOUSE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. Boxes. Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6(1. ; Gallery. 3d. Private Boxes Parties of Four, from 10s. 6d.; and. Parties of Eight, 11. Is. THE WEATEIER.--Birs OFFICE, APRIL 20. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37 ; Highest, 51 ; Noon, 51 BAROMETER, 29 95.—WIND, W.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 12 minutes after 5. J Evening .. 34 minutes after 5. , ,AF. , .: . 0•• • , , . :. 4,, e -ti, . ...„ 4 ", ....4 • rx4,:" . r .;..., ,J. ''',, k 7 ' skivl_:....:7,- laprA_ ....., • , , a 4. - -.•) - •' '-:- ••"*., ~.,- -2 .4.73,...," r •' • , .„. ~ .f.s,„ ~.., , • m 05✓7 , ..i. ,' ' ite IT •'. = 4 ;7' -- •,-, . . • .!:,;•:•..."''' DI E v '... ti s irtiS ~ ' ~...- , 14: 0 ~ ,_ - "'l. Ottning LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1847. Queen IsAnELLA is at length being cheered on in her Constitutional policy by the enthusiasm of the Spaniards. A. marvellous contrast is presented be tween the sombre multitudes assembled along the causeways of Madrid for the reception of the Duc DE MONTPENSIER, and the uproarious crowds collected together in the same locality for the laudation of the youthful LAUELLA. It were absurd, never theless, to place any extraordinary reliance upon a popularity whose very suddenness and ecstacy is an indication of its evanescence and fickleness. Much, however, may be accomplished in the event of her Spanish MAJESTY availing herself of these extrava gant expressions of loyalty, and of effectually Strangliog. _the nearly exhausted f ac ti on , by whose - . • execra bl e selfishness the Peninsula has been nearly deprived of its 131 . tiouslity. The taitiatin bay certainly been already taken in this labour of reforma tion by the dispersion of the Sotomayor Cabinet, by the dismissal of the detected chief of the Camarilia, 'the Marchioness of SANTA Cauz, and subsequently by the confinement of FRANCISCO CHICO in the castle of Almeira, and the incarceration of AVIRANETA in the castle of Alicante—Cilia) being the Afrancesado Due D'OTRANTO, and AVIRANETA. the Afrancesado VIDOCQ. It is among the many anomalies visible in the political vicissitudes of civilised Europe that the administrations of Spain are as dissimilar in colour and design as the broken bits of glass and stained beads in the cup of a kaleidosccp-.., and that the temperament of the populace fluctuates and alternates in like manner. Nothing has appeared more self evident than this variation during the past sixteen months of Spanish history. Out of the very torpor and phlegm with which the machinations of Louis PHILIPPE were observed has emerged a fury and frenzy of delight upon the counteraction of thole machinations. Madrid puts on its holiday garments, hangs its tapestries and brocades out of the windows, scatters blossoms and garlands on the gravel, and makes the streets ring with novel acclamations— Viva nuestra arnada Reina! )luera los Afrancesados ! Vica la Independencia Nacional ! Meanwhile the puppet imbecile, the King-Consort FRANCISCO mopes in the more secluded chambers of the palace, and— " Crasse de 1' oisivete— learns by rote the political amulet of his patron Guizoz-- " Fide la Liberte 1 A bas la Liberte !" It is very romantic and :picturesque, no doubt, for the Queen IsAner.LA to receive coronals of flowers from her loving lieges when taking an airing in her carriage, and it is still more romantic and still more picturesque for her MAJESTY to shelter a carrier pigeon (adorned with the national ribbons) in her lap. But, gratifying as these incidents may be to her sus ceptible, and apparently not volatile disposition, Queen Is.mam.w.. must not rest satisfied with the fleeting jubilations of the hour. Her Most Catholic MAJESTY must remember that:she is only now welcomed with these affectionate eccentricities because of the hopes she is inspiring—not because of the good she has yet accomplished, but because of the good she promises to accomplish. Let ISABELLA 11. bear this in recol lection, or the paroxysm of love and gladness may be followed by a paroxysm of abhorrence and despera tion. That tide in her affairs has arrived, which, " taken at the flood," may conduce to a pro tracted, prosperous, and glorious reign. Let not that auspicious flood subside without some cor responding movement. Let not the golden op portunity float past like a vision of the morning. Iberia is by no means freed from her relentless anta gonists—from those enemies to her independent existence, who, by their hypocrisy, are more formi dable than declared foes. As the Edinburgh Review observes, " MACHIAVEL would have admired the skill with which the game of the MONTPENSIER marriages was played by the French Government ;" and as it was such a masterpiece of diplomatic cun ning, it requires more than one convulsion to be rid of its consequences. Like the system adopted by SINBAD the Sailor, the grape must be pressed, the juice fermented, and the potion im bibed, before the old:monster can be shaken off, and brained with his own calabash ! Unless the liberal policy of Queen ISABELLA be more fully developed, we shall infallibly see a disastrous re-action. The attention of the House of Lords was last night directed by the Marquis of WESTMEATH to the painful scene which took place the other day at Bury St. Edmund's, where the extreme sentence of the law was carried into execution on the person of CATHERINE FOSTER, who had been found guilty of having poisoned her husband. In consequence of the unskilful manner in which the execu tioner discharged the dreadful functions of his office, the unfortunate woman was kept in such protracted agony that the feelings of the spectators were completely shocked ; and the most vehement expressions of indignation escaped the lips of the surrounding multitude, which amounted to several thousands. Even if the above were a solitary instance in which the extreme penalty had been put in force in a manner revolting to public sentiment, it could not be properly passed over in silence, because, as the end of public executions is to present a dread warning to the people that the deprivation of life will be the certain punishment of those found guilty of committing crimes of the highest magnitude, so is it of the utmost consequence to public morals, and with the view of rendering the solemn spectacle of an exe cution as efficacious as' possible as a salutary example, that, when the majesty of the law is thus vindi cated, every care should be taken that indignation against the authorities does not usurp the solemn reflections which it is intended should be generated within the precincts of the scaffold. But these shocking mishaps have become too frequent of late not to require something more than a passing re buke. When TAWELL was banged, for the murder of SARAH HART, his torture was said to have been unnecessarily prolonged through some defective ma nagement of the apparatus of death ; and very recently, when WELSH and MATHEWS expiated their crimes at bI orpeth, a most harrowing exhibition of protracted suffering took place, owing to the ropes placed round their necks being too long. The consequence was, the feet of the wretched men found a resting place, and in that position they ejaculated the most piteous cries, to the great grief and horror of the spectators. The executioner then lifted them up by the ropes, and, after some time, terminated their suf ferings by sheer strangulation. We hope the Secretary of State for the Home Department will institute such inquiries connected with this painful subject, and provide such regulations for the future, that the public will be spared the repeti tion of anything similar to that which occurred on Saturday last at Bury St. Edmund's. Although we think that hanging is not an unexcep o ti nli o ve n o a af b r l ae e nbs method heootttueplr : d ;e pb f ta o hur r ete ,d d om e ft p oo r as i lt v ir i ensegtor substitutes,omcnri m leyn i u d a 1 the heoef object ou l i nib f se e s Ititot y hue e l t i h g ic a ll eo w tte e , which was last night suggested by the Marquis of WESTMEATH. From the different accounts we have read of this plan of execution, which is adopted in Spain, we are sure it is the last that would be tolerated by the English public. The Irish Poor-law and the Landed Property (Ireland) Bills, which received the final sanction of the House of Commons on Friday evening, were la3t night introduced into the House of Lords. The second reading of each was fixed for Thursday week, the Noble President of the Council having most judiciously decided that the measure which is in tended to afford facilities to the proprietors of land in Ireland for the improvement of their estates should be considered at the same time with one giving the poverty a right to relief out of the property of the country. It is just that the one, which is universally received as a great and valuable boon to the landlords, should proceed pari passu with the other, which is viewed with marked apprehension, and regarded as a means by which they will be reduced to poverty and de prived of the greater portion of their resources. They must, however, receive as well the bitter as the sweet. We doubt not but that when time, " the great discloser," shall have revealed the secrets of futurity, it will be found how few of the vaticinations and prophetic intimations of coming ruin were justified by the results. The ques tion whether Ireland is to have a good and efficient poor-law now rests with their Lordships. The re sponsibility is now cast upon them, and although we cannot doubt the successful issue of the proceedings, sufficient has taken place in the Upper House to indi cate that great exertions will be made to impair its efficacy and to neutralize its advantages. The battle of the landlords will be fought under the banners of Lords STANLEr and Mom.- EAGLE, and powerful aid will be rendered to the same side by the Archbishop of DUBLIN, a prelate who is not usually to be found in the ranks of the opponents of a liberal and enlightened policy, and one so loudly demanded by every consideration of Christian benevolence and genuine philanthropy. The hostility of such persons cannot safely be despised or slighted, and although the feeling that has been manifested throughout the country in general is su c h, t h at a direct refusal could not b e gtven to the measure, yet ithendnient6 - abd alterations 1224 y be iztaviuced of awl 1:11Wit injUZIOUS CLOArPter. These attempts must be watched with the utmost vigilance, and the greatest caution must be exercised in consenting to any change whatsoever. Already two clauses of doubtful propriety have been introduced avowedly for the benefit of the landowners. The provision, that no person who shall be in possession of any quantity of land exceeding a quarter of an acre, can by any possibility, or under any circumstances, be afforded relief, either in or out of the workhouse, until he shall have absolutely parted with his holding, is in every respect objec tionable. It may possibly, in some few instances, deter such persons from seeking assistance, but in many others it will greatly increase the sufferings of those, who, ,by illness or some other casualty, have been driven to accept temporary aid, and make them perpetual incumbrances on the rates, when a little aid in the extremity of distress might have enabled them to overcome their difficulties, and maintain their independence. The clause, too, relating to the as sistance that may be rendered. to the emigration of any cottier tenant surrendering his boiling to his landlord, is one that we fear may be carried to an extent far beyond any ihing at present contemplated. The system of emigration is one that is fondly re garded by a large class of . landlords as a panacea for the ills of Ireland ; there is nothing that they will not gladly undertake to forward their pet projects, and to drive the poorer inhabitants into banishment from their native land, They would gladly have the expenses of that which they erroneously believe to be for their benefit de frayed from the national resources. They ask th e imposition of an income:tax, by which not only all the property of every description in Ireland, but the skill and labour of the professional man, and the enter prise of the merchant, should be taxed for their ex clusive advantage. They forget even the claims of humanity in their zeal. They know not how, or by pauper emigra n t w ill b e supported which he may be c ons i gne d. Q ua d i w n h a til t e m p e l a a n o s e , t t o he volumus facile credimus, they desire to believe that he will be able to earn a subsistence for himself, and they easily persuade themselves that such will be the case. The recent dispatch from the Governor of Nova Scotia to the Colonial Secretary shows how futile are the hopes held out in too many instances. He emphatically warns the people against the delu sion ; he tells them " there is no demand for un skilled labour ;" and " that the means of remunerating agricultural labour are greatly diminished ;" and " that extreme misery and privation must necessarily be the lot of any who should go to that colony in search of any hind of employment without the means of self support for two years at least." These are home truths, coming from a person whose trustworthiness and means of information can not be impeached, and should induce great deli beration before any general system of emigration is sanctioned. Lord MONTEAGLE is avowedly the strenuous and indefatigable , advocate of that system, and peculiar care must be taken that the principle is not advanced or recognised by the Legislature in the shape of some further extension of the twelfth section of the new Ad. Letters from Rome of the Bth inst. contain the following:— " Petitions are daily received by the Government de manding the institution of a civic guard throughout the Pontifical dominions, the re-organization of district and provincial councils, and the appointment of a Consulta, or Council of State, composed of the notable inhabitants of the provinces. The Pope arid Cardinal Gizzi are dis posed to grant those concessions, for the Roman states want both administrative and political reforms, and thoso required are certainly moderate. But the other Govern ments, and Austria in particular, are unfortunately op posed to the establiThment of liberal institutions in Cen tral Italy. Tile gratitude of the people to the Holy Father has been of late enhanced by an abundant distri bution of money trom his own private chest to the indi gent of Rome. He has even ordered that one-half of the collections made in the churches for the souls in purga tory be divided amongst the poor. Pius IX. is accord ingly called tuome delta carita' (the charitable man). A Committee was to be charged with the re-organiza tion of the army, of which General Armandi, the Mi nister of War under the Government of Central Italy in 1831, is to form part. It is also believed that M. Orioli, the Minister of Public Instruction at the same period, would be appointed memberof the Committee on educa tion. M. Silvani, the Minister of Justice, is one of the lawyers attached to the_ Committee of Legislation; so that three members of the insurrectionary Government iu 1831 have been chosen by Pius IX. to take part in important labours. The Pope is to hold on the 10th a Council, at which the expediency of instituting a Council of Ministers will be discussed; and on Monday he will preside at a consistory for the ..nomination of several bishops. It is said that on this occasion Pius IX. will nominate two French Cardinals, one of whom will be the Archbishop of Cambria." All diplomatic relations between Turkey and Greece ceased on the 31st ult. Madrid journals of the 12th and 13th inst. have arrived. The Afrancesado party are frantic, and in their un governable frenzy have endeavoured to remove all obstacles to the succession of the Duchess of MONT pEssIER, by attempting to assassinate the QUEEN. On Sunday her MAJESTY rode out in her phamon as usual, and was received with loud cheers by the people. In passing through the street of the Pla terias a shot was fired at the carriage, which wounded a police officer. Several arrests of persons supposed to be concerned in this atrocious attempt were made in the course of the evening. Among the persons arrested were Senor FRANCISCO Casco and Senor AVIRANETA, late chiefs of the police under, the Afrancesado Ministry. An order has since been issued by Senor ESCOSURA, the Political Chief, forbidding all cheering on the passage of her MAJESTY. Thus the Herald() has obtained its wishes. Senor OLOZAGA took his seat in the Chamber of Deputies on the 12th. It was reported that news had been received from Portugal, announcing the relief of Estremoz by the QUEEN'S troops, after an engage ment with Count MELLO. MADRID BoLsa, APRIL 12.—The Three per Cents. were done on the 12th at 324 for cash; the Five per Cents., at 201 ; the Debt without interest at 6 ; and the Coupons at 17. On the 13th the Three per Cents. closed at 32 for cash ; the Five per Cents. at 201 ; Debt, v% ithout interest, at 6 ; and the Coupons at 17. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. It would appear from the statement of the Union Monarchique that M. GI IZOT is sorely puzzled by the speech of the King of PRUSSIA. So accustomed has M. GUIZOT been to use language for the purpose of concealing his thoughts and intentions, that when he meets with a straightforward . man who uses language for honest purposes, he cannot comprehend him. " Although," says the Union Monarchique,— " The Friday's receptions at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs are in the eyes of the diplomatic world but friendly and non-official meetings, still the representa tives of all the great and minor Northern Courts at tended at M. Guizot's on Friday last. The cause of this eagerness was, as may be easily conceived, the desire to discover what effect had been produced in the higher regions of Government by the speech of his Majesty the King of Prussia, received in Paris that morn ing. We are, however, assured, that notwith standing dexterously combined efforts, the curiosity i of foreign diplomacy was not gratified, M. Guizot having throughout the whole evening adhered to the following evasive phrase, twisted and turned twenty different ways:—` That it had been out of his power to form a correct opinion at the first view on the speech of his Prussian M a j esty, f or h e h a d only read a translation of it into Fre nc h, an d th at the French language was, he thought, wh o lly i na d eq uate to giving the full sense of the German l anguage , especially where there were poetical images and philosophi ca l ideas.' Was this said by M. Gui zot ironically or di p l o matically? This ques tion no one ventured to decide." A petition was presented to the Chamber of Depu ties on Saturday praying that the decoration of the Legion of Honour should bear the portrait of NAPO.. LEON, as it had done at its first institution, instead of that of HENRY IV., which had been substituted for it at the restoration; also that the name of Napoleon ville should be restored to the town which at the re storation was ordered to be called Bourbon Vendee ; and also for the repeal of the law prohibiting the re turn of the Bonaparte family to France. The two first prayers were ordered to be referred to the Pre sident of the Council ; the last, which was warmly opposed by the Ministry, was rejected. The prices in the Paris corn market still evince a tendency to rise. There was little done in the Funds in Paris on Sunday. The Three per Cents , were nominally at 77f. 80c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Aram 19. Demerera, 33/4—Dutch Rhenish, 4 1 ,i—East Indian, 1 /,( — Madrid and:Valentia,:Ys—Nortlieru of France, 12%—Paris and Lyons, s—Paris and Strasburg, 2—Sambre and Meuse, 6—West Flanders, 41/;,. We regret to learn that the Countess Reventlow is suffering' from ari itta4 of rheuraatianb wbieb confines ker to her mom. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS: , , CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about 4,000 bales, including 100 Pernam at Bd. ; 100 Egyp tian at ;id. to Bfid. ; and 300 Surat at 4d. to sd. ; and the rest American at 6id. to 7id. per lb. American closed fully itd; per lb. lower than on Friday, but other sorts were unchanged. In shares the business done was limited, but the market was firmer. There are no later ship arrivals to-day from any quarter. We have before noticed the excellence of Mr. Gordon Fyfe's plans for central sugar factories in our West India colonies, and we have since had many other ad vocates of the same system, or modifications thereof, appearing in the field: Some observations have been forwarded to us upon this subject, and also upon GI vern merit restrictions on the admission of sugar in a state of syrup, and with suggestions for the improvement of manu facturing processes, Mr. Charles Jay, the writer, states, that " One very serious objection urged against the se paration of the manufacture of sugar from the occupa tions of the planter is, that the manufacturing companies would obtain a monopoly of the sugar manufacture. This objection would be quite true, if the canes were to be taken to one milt at the factory ; but it, according to my plan, the crushing mills were upon the cane-lands, with tramroads to the factory or shipping port, agree ment might be made with the company on such terms that, at the end of a certain period, the crushing mills and the use of the tramroads, should come so far into the power of the planters as to enable them to secure them selves against monopoly. But further, if this did not satisfy the planters they should stipulate that a cheap and efficient apparatus for the concentration of syrup should be annexed to each mill, and that, at the expira tion of the stipulated period, the mill, the concentrating apparatus, and the use of the trammed, should come into their hands on fair terms, to be in the first instance agreed upon. The concentrating apparatus would be very simple, just sufficient to produce a marketable syrup." The spirit of inquiry in connexion with West India affairs has been so far aroused that some practical good therefrom may be confidently predicted. 1 It is stated, in accounts from Berlin, that the Prussian Government has positively declined to suspend the an nual assemblage of the troops and militia upon any con sideration. This is in answer to the application from the magistrates owing to the scarcity of food. The Money Market seems again to-day to be rather easy, or at least the speculators represent it as being so. We believe, however, that with the mercantile interest affairs have not yet altered. There have been further purchases of Consols to-day, and money bargains have been' done as high as 87} stock being temporarily scarce. For May the dealings have been at 871 Consols Scrip is 2s. discount. It is hinted that some assistance may be expected by the Bank from the Emperor of Russia. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 871 to 881. Bank Stock is firmer at 104 to 105. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 2s. discount to ls. premium. The Foreign Securities have been dull. Spanish Five per Cents. have realised 251, and the Three per Cents. 36 to 36i-; Portuguese Four per Cents. hav e b een __ marked 344 to . Grenada Bonds are 19i. Dutch Four per Cents. have been 89i to 901. For Railway Shares the market is very quiet, but holders are firm. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. •• 105 104 103 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 86% % 86% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 87%3 % 34 8754 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 88 87% 88%34 88 % Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 9 8 15-16 8 15.16 Ditto. 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 8% 13-16 8 13-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto, under 1,000/. .. 3 dis 3 dis South Sea Stock .. 97% 97% Consols for May 27 .. 87343434 % 87% Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip .• • • • 2 dis 2 dis Exchequer Bills. 1 lict. 2d. 1,0001... 2 dis 1 p 1 p 5001. 2 dis 1 p I p Ditto, Small 2 dis 1 p 1 p ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent - 8334 Danish,•3 per Cent • • • • • • •• 86 56 Equador Bonds .. 2% 2% Grenada, 1 per Cent .. . 1934 20% Ditto, Deferred 344 Portuguese Four per Cent 341% 3434 Ditto, for the Account 34% 34 % Russian Bonds .. 1093¢ Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account • • .. 2534 2554 Ditto. Passive Bonds Ditto, Three per Cent .. 36% 36% Ditto, for the Account 3634 -Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 58% 59 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 89% 90% 90% PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING DONE AT RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE:s. Binning., Wolvcr., and Dudley.. 5 ...... •• .. 10% Buckinghamshire 6/. 45... .. 1 / 8 dis... 34 dis. Caledonian .. 30 .... 26 25% • • .... 25% Chester and Holyhead .. 27% .... 22 .. Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 15 .... 4 . . . 4 z atern C oun ties .. 20 194 19% .... 1934' Ditto, York Extension 6% .... 5% ...... 5 3 4 Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .......... Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 1234.... ..... 17% Great Northern 3% • 34 ..... 314 Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 .... 25% 25 26.... 26 Great N orth 01 England . ..100 ••••.• • • .. 232 Great Western .. .• • . 85 •• • • ••• • • • .... Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 .... 68 ...... 68 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12%•••• 1554 1814 Huddersfield and Manchester .. lb .... 18% Ipswich mid Bury St.Edmunds 1 .. 10 .. 10 Leeds and 13radiord .. • • .. 40 .... 8334 . Leicester and Bedford .. 16s. % dis % dis. Lortion, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 .... 5214 .......... 52 Ditto, Censol. Eighths 10 .. • . 11 .......... 1134 London an North-Western ..100 —175% • • 174 Ditto, Quarters ... L. and B. 7 .... 23 .......... 23 Ditto, Fifths 2 .... 16 .-•• •• 16 Ditto, 401. Shares M. & 15. .. 40 .. • . 67 .. •••• • • .. 67 London and South-Wester • • 411. 6s. 10d... 6334 6434 .... 6434 Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .... 4$ 48 Ditto, New .. 2734 30%.......... 2934 Ditto, Scrip.. .. • . • • .. 5 .... .......... 5 Lynn and Dereham .. • • 20 .... 21 ..... ....• 21 Manchester and Leeds .. .. •• 82 . ..... . half Shares 38 .... 46% Ditto, Fifths .. • • • • • 5 •• • • 934. ••••• • • .• 9% Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. .. • • 71. 45....• 138 11•• • • Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .... par ••• • . • par Manchester and Southampton .. 2 1 Midland ..100 .......... Ditto, New •• •• 36 •• • • 3914 •• Ditto, New .. 2 .... 434% .. 4% Ditto, Consol. Bristol aid Bir mingham 6 per cent. .. ..100 ....12234 12234 Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 20 .. • • 26.:• • ...• 2634 Ditto, New .. • • • • • • 5 •• • • 7 % •••••• • • • •' Norfolk ..100 ....131 .......... 131 Northern Counties Union .. .. 4 .... 1% • • ........ 1% North British .. • • 25 •• • • 31 3 4 32 • • 32 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 1214.... 1531 1534 North Staffordshire .. • • • • 5 .... 7%34........ 734 Preston and Wyre .. • . • • 25 .... 353 3 35 ... - • 34% Ditto, Half Shares (B) • • .. 134.... 1% 1% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 • • 4% s 5 Scottish Central • • .. . 17% .... 24% Scottish Midland .. .• .. • • 174 t .... 20% ••..• • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham- 334 —• Dine, Class B .. • • • • • • 3 •• • • ••••• • • • • • 234 Shropshire Union .. . 425..... I%dis • • • 1% dis South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33 %.. • . 373( Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 5 .... 5 1 14 South Wales .• • • • • 10 •• • • 71• ••••• •• •• 7 1 14 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and 2 •••• 1 %•••••••••• 1 % West Riding Union • • .. .. 4/. 25... 34 p York and Newcastle .. • • .• 25 •• • • 34 ••••• • • • • • 3414 Ditto, Preference .. • • • • 4 .... 734% 7% 5 • Ditto. Preference • • • • • • 2 .... 1 10% .... • • 10% M on idlan . d . ; 0 5 8 4 2 0 % 4 8 0 3 Yo D rk itt a : d E N . o t rth ensi FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Lyons and Avignon .. • . • • 5 •• • • 3 214 Over Yssel 41. 3s. 4d.... 3 2% dis... 274 dis Paris and Lyons • • .. • • • • 8 •• • • 538 ••••• • • • • • 5 % Paris and Rouen .. .. • . .. 20 .... 36 Rotiof. and Ilavre . .. 20 .... .. ••• • • • West Flanders . 8 .. • • 454 434 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered 334 ••• • • • • • • 334 Erratum in Yesterday's List—Read London and Brighton Gua ranteed 9 instead of London and Greenwich, and York and New castle Preference 7 1 4 % instead of 734 %N. Tibittou - NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) The Coffee-room Stakes of 50 sovs, each for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b ; the produce of mares which never produced a winner. A.F. (4 Subs.) Zipporah colt 1 Projectile Handicap of 10 sovs. each. D.M. Farthing Candle Prussic Acid 2 TWO TIIOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES, By subscribers of 100 sous. each, h ft; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b. R.M. (28 Subs.) Conyngham Planet Won by a length. Ten ran. LLOYD'SSHIPPIN 6-(THIS DAY.) LO'CDON, APRIL 20.—Wind S.W., light breeze and fine. Dim., Aram 19.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrd. C reo l e Alford, Dominica ; Cassibelannus, Jamaica for 1. ,, nd0n ; Walter Scott, Nassau. Sld. Gibraltar, Ilavannah ; Inc, St. John's, New Brunswick. Arrd. from the River, Avon, ditto. OFF DUNGENESS, Armr, 15 .—Albeatina, Fith, New York for Antwerp. 16 . Lou i se , Lansen, Havannah for Bremen. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 19.—Wind S.E. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Susannah Maria, Meyer, Surinam for Amsterdam, left Jan. 4. =OFF PENZANCE, Aram 18 .—Competitor, Hyde, Port Ade laide, sailed Dec. 12. GLOUCESTER, Aran. 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Thomas Reeves, Bailey, Baltimore. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) cozormat. St - GAIL—The market for British Plantation continues heavy, only about 150 hhds having been sold at rather lower prices. Pie public sales have comprised 5,613 bags Bengal, 882 bags Madras, and 131 baskets Penang, which went off heavily, and only partly sold, in some instances at a further decline of 6d per cwt. The principal transactions privately com prise two cargoes of Java consisting of 1,200 tons, deliverable m Holland, and about 650 boxes yellow Havannah on the spot at 26s 6d fof mid quality. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,933 hhds 148 tierces 416 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 571 hhds 51 tierces 130 barrels. The stock in the same places is 5,637 hhds 450 tierces 1,636 barrels. • COFFEE.-247 bags Ceylon at auction brought very full prices, viz., from 54s to 80s for tine to fine fine ord. RICE.--470 bags Bengal, 2,109 bags Madras, sold at full prices, viz., 16s to IBs for cargo Bengal to mid white Madras. Rux.—The quantity larded last week at the East and West India Docks was 461 puns 146 hlids. There were taken for home consumption 201 puns 15 hhds, and exported 61 P una-22 hide. The stock in the IMMO place is 7,80 puns 1,761 hick TEA.—The - market has been steady. There is a good consumption going on. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) Their Lordships sat in a Committee for Privileges to day. The- Peers present were the Earl of Shaftsbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Redesdale, Lord Camoys, the Marquis of Huntley, the Earl of Mount Edgecombe, Earl Charleville, Lord RI ougham, Lord Lyndhurst, and Lord Colville. THE PERTH AND DRIIMHOND PEERAGE. Witnesses were examined on behalf of the claimants in this peerage; the further consideration of which wan adjourned to Tuesday, the 11th of May, when the counsel for the claimant will sum up his case upon the evidence adduced on his behalf. GAHATY V. DIALONE. The further arguments hi this part-h€ard appeal, oc cupied their Lordships the remainder of the morning. VICE-CHANCERY.-,'PHIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND ) MOSELEY V. ALSTON. THE NARROW V. THE BROAD GAUGE. The further arguments on this part , heard motion fcr an injunction, were resumed this morning, and occupied his Honour the whole day. (Before Sir J. WIGRAM.) TRAIPSON V. MOODY. His HONOUR gave judgment in this cause to-day. The testator had by his will given 1001. per annum to the plaintiff till'her marriage, and if she married with consent of the trustee it was to be continued, but if not it was to cease. A sum of 1,128/. was also left her by her father, to be given to her upon her attaining her 22d year. Au annuity of 500/. was also left to a lady named Elizabeth Quentrey, provided she remained single, but in the event of her marrying, it was to be reduced to 3001., and 2001. per annum was then to go to the plaintiff. After carefully reading the will, he was of opinion that this direction had nothing to do with the annuity of 1001. per annum of the plaintiff, to which he was of opinion she was justly entitled as long as she complied with the terms of the will, and that she would also become entitled to the annuity of 2001. if Elizabeth Quentrey should marry. EXCHEQUER.--(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) HARRIS V. GRISSELL. This was an action tried before Sergeant Gazelee at the last assizes at Worcester, when there was a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 5001. Sir F. KELLY moved for a rule to show cause why that verdict should not be aet aside, and a new trial had, on the ground of misdirection. The plaintiff was the owner of a mill, situated upon a stream which flowed into the river Severn ; and the defendants were substantially the Commissioners under an Act of Parliament for the improvement of the Severn, and ren dering it navigable. In consequence of the various weirs, locks, and dams, which defendants constructed for the purpose of improving the navigation of the river, the stream was c-'nverted into a canal, but the conse quence was mot injurious to the plaintiffs, as the effect of those works was to throw back the wat2r so as to flood and encumber the works of the mill. The defendants justified their acts in the construction of the cuts, and canals, and other works by the Act of Parliament, and he apprehended, if he established that point, he was entitled to a verdict for the defendants. —Rule to show cause was granted. COMMON PLEAS. , -.(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court was occupied to-day with motions for new trials, but nothing came before it possessing any feature of public interest. BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT. (THIS DAY.) (Before D. D. HEATH, Esq., Judge.) GREDLAND V. BOUNDS. This was an application for a writ against the body of Thomas Bounds, the defendant. It appeared that during the time the old Small Debts Act was in force the defendant was summoned at the Middlesex County Court for the recovery of 1/. 18s., and in consequence of his not appearing, a verdict was given for the plaintiff, ordering immediate payment. sub sequently, an execution was issued against his goods. The landlord of defendant, upon the officer making his appearance, would not permit .the seizure, alleging that he had a superior claim upon the goods for rent. The house was in MarylebOne-lane. . The JUDGE did not .understand how the law stood upon that point at present ; but he thought it only laid in his power to grant a certificate of his application to this court, the plaintiff then c.uld take out another exe cution from the Marylebone district. The plaintiff stated that he had also taken out a judg ment summons for the committal of the defendant, but that had also proved ineffectual. The JUDGE directed Mr. Wright, the clerk of the court, to draw up a certifivate of this application. Plain tiff would then be enabled to take out a new judgment summons at the Marylebone County Court for an im mediate execution upon his body, but would not be enabled to recover the costs of the first judgment summons. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The April adjourned quarter sessions commenced this morning at the Court•house, Clerkenwell-green, before the A s sistant-Judge and a full bench of magis trates. The number of prisoners for trial amounted to seventy, cloven of whom were charged with misde meanour. The number of juvenile offenders in the calendar was below the average. . . The ASSISTANT JUDGE briefly charged the grand jury. _ At the last sessions a bench warrant was obtained, at the instance of the London Society for the Protection of Young Females, for the apprehension of a person styling hersdf Madame de Souza, Charles Smith, and Mary Stevens, described as a cook, fur keeping a house of ill fame in Gr:fton-stret•t, Fitzroy-square. On last Tues day Mr. Field, one of the society's officers, succeeded in apprehending the parties named in the vwarrant, and the present session was fixed for their tall. The trial was, however, on the application of the prisoner's counsel, postponed until next session. The means employed to Einveigle these unfortunate victims may be judged of from the following aAvertise ment, which appeared in the Timcs :—"%h anted in a millinery essabiishment of, fashionable resort, six young females who understand their business. In return for their services they will be well boarded and provided for, and a due attention pail to their moral and religious duties. Resprctable references will be required. Apply at Madams de Souza's, No. 4, Grafton -street, Fitzroy square, between the hours of ten and twelve o'clock." Robert Grandson was indicted for stealing a Mackin tosh cloak, the property of Edward ilsx. It appeared that the pri , oner tried the trick of calling with a message from some imaginary perbonsge, and then taking advantage of the t,ervant's ab6ence to make off with whatever inure articles he might find in the hail. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against the prisoner, and several previous convictions bring record( d against him, he was sentei.ced to be transported for seven year. Bryan Tolin was found t uilty of stealing two trowels, the property of William Eilis and .Joseph Nottige, and being an old off nder, wa sent , need to a sunilur term of t ratispgrtati.)ll. WORSIIIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) SUPPOSED liODDEßY..—Charles iVoye, a middle-aged man with a most repulsive aspect, was charged on sus picion of stealing a silver milk ewt r, the property of some person or persops at present unknown. Charles Graham, assisLant to Mr. Bexter, pawnbroker, Union-street, Spitalti, Ids, deposed that about ten o'clock on Saturday night last the prisoner came into his master's shop, and offer, d the ewer now produced, and which was then completely flattened, in piedge. Wit ness asked him if it was his property, and how he came possessed of it, but his answers were so evasive and un satisfactory that he told him he must accompany him to the station-house. The prisoner, however, bolt , d out of the shop with great nimbleness, and he was so busy at the time that he was unable to pursue him. The prisoner, however, came into the shop last evening, and demanded the return of what he called his property. Witness seized the prisoner, and took him to the station. house. The prisoner, in answer to Mr. Arnold, the magis trate, said that he had picked up the property in the street in the state it was found, wrapped up in a hand kerchief. Mr. ARNOLD remanded the prisoner until Friday next, in order to give the police time, to find out, if possible, the owner of the ewer, which has incribed ou it the initials " A. B. MORE NICE THAN WlSE.—During the late severe weather, and the destitution occasioned by want of employ ment amongst the poor labourers in the neighbourhood of Bexley, in Kent, an extensive dealer in provisions manifested a charitable feeling, by sending a large quantity of Berwick pork to be sold by a tradesman, fer the relief of the starving sufferers, at the low price of fourpence per pound. Notwith standing the same pork was selling in London at 7d. and Bd., and was of the best quality, the poor refused to become buyers, on a belief that an inferior article was sent to them, and that the intention was no take an advantage Of their dis tresses, by forcing upon them food not fit for human suste nance. However strange it may appear, the fact is, that they would not eat it, and the liberal object of the provision mer chant was defeated. Finding the pork thus rejected, he sent it to another village, a mile and a half from the shop where it had been offered for sale, and every piece was sold for 7d. a pound. ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.--Yester day the quarterly general court of the members of this cor poration was held at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. Rear•fidmiral Sir Charles Malcolm pre sided. The receipts since the last meeting were stated to be 1,685/., including a former balance of 4971.,donations, interest on stock, &c., I,IBBE The expenditure included grants, and other items, there remaining a balance of 1,0001. 15s. A letter was read from Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, de clining the office of president, as he intended to proceed to the Continent at the expiration of his command at Ports mouth. Lord Radstock was then unanimously elected to the vacant office, and Rear-Admiral 11I•Kinley was elected vice-president, in the room of the late Sir IV. Lake. After some further business, the Court proceeded to consider the cases for relief, amounting to 97, and a sum of 480/. was dis tributed. A vote of thanks having been passed to the chair man. the meeting separated. SILESIA.—We are obligecl to relate that another most alarming destruction has taken place of one of our , towns by fire. On the Bth, the largest and finest p ar t o f t h e town of Randtem, was completely destroyed, 98 dwelling houses, 23 barns, and 75 stables and outbuildings were com pletely reduced to ashes. By this melancholy event, above 180 families have lost their all, and great distress and misery prevail in consequence. We have not heard whether any lives were lost. Major-General W. Yapier, C. 8., does not racate the appointment of Lieutenant-Governor of the Wanda of Guernsey and Alderney. The paragraph in our but wu tem bra daily paptrewernhad miNtwd OssOkt !RAILWAY COMMITTEES, (THIS DAY.) ~. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XVI. The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock, DU• Kemble in the chair. • GREAT NORTECERN IMAM:MEE. The first witness examined was Mr. Cater, an extensive master at Ware, who said he was constantly ha the habit of sending large quantities of malt to London to the brewers, and that he should - use the MP.: - Hertford Branch and the Great Northern for • e purpose of transmitting it to its destination. lu station at King's-cross of the Great Northern Bawer would be of great advantage to him, being convenient, It. would enable him to save several hundreds a year. Be. sides, it was much nearer the large breweries. Did not C 011• , -ider that the unopened line from Stratford to the Thames would be available for the purpose of taking malt from the. main line to the Thames, for the purpose of being transe_ red by barges to the breweries contiguous to the river. Pa' was generally in favour of the proposed branches, as cnig • : munication east and west was greatly required. In fact, was in favour of all the lines, as competition brought dot° the prices to a fair amount. Mr. Nunn, a surveyor and innkeeper at Hertford, gri ll corroborative evidence. The only public conveyance tr 37, tween Hertford, Hatfield, and St. Alban's, was a ee're van for goods and passengers, which went to a day. b Mr. W. Nunn, an ironmonger at Hertford, Web and 31r. W° a landowner, gave similar evidence. The rest of the day was occupied in hearing traTcevlE and fro .on ce deuce. • GROUP XXXIV. MANCHESTER DISTRICT'. This Committee, consisting of Mr. Francis Baring , , 11 1,,, r ' Palmer, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Compton, and Mr. WYkr i : Martin, met for the first time at half-past twelve o'clock "". day, in Room No. 31. The Bills submitted to them for consideration were--...As I The Rochdale Canal (sale to the Manchester an d .V9s. Railway Company). Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (station apPolGli in Manchester). Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (branch L ila Ashton-under-Lyne to Oldham). Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Ashton w— el. " Purchase). Huddersfield and Manchester (Deviations). Ditto (Branches). London and North-Western (Lease of Blanchester and Huddersfield Railway). &c. t al Mr. BARING having taken the chair, announced ths no report had been received from the Railway Commission 0u any of the schemes in the group, the Committee R om • adjourn till that day week. 'The Committee thereupon adjourned. WESTMINSTER ELECTION... There is an old adage—" When certain peo ple fall • out, honest men get their rights." From the folloW: ing hand-bill and letter now in circulation, it Y1". 14 appear that the honest men of We s tminster are lik el i to get theirs. We copy these for the enlightpa rnent of those few benighted individuals, who may 1181 e thought that patriotism alone was the inducement ot. Mr. Cochrane, and Ihis supporters. • The squabbler of the Moral Candidate, Don Juan de 'V e t the Moral Agent, Mr. Savage, and the EleoP_ A °L Agent, Mr. Croucher, form an interesting ePi suue ' • from which the Electors of Westminster ma dow their own conclusions:— • " WESTMINSTER ELECTION. the " A public meeting of electors will be held at • Grapes Tavern, Old Compton- s tr ee t, on Friday eva ni , n a April 23. 1847, to give Mr. Savage an opportu alt Y addressing the electors, in exposition of his conduct , reference to his connexion with Charles Cochrane, ?Is and his election for Westminster. Chair taken at e 'g o'clock. Mr. Cochrane and the Chairmen of his Cal mittees have been specially invited to attend. "Committee-room, Grapes Tavern, 4 : , Old Compton-street." • ose, Sir,—lt is at all times a painful circumstance to - when my duty in election matters calls we to al. with prompt severity towards any parties wh o ti t% been acting with me • but, in promoting and pr oteol Z , the interests of Mr. 'Cochrane, it is my imperative (17. to concur in what he has done, and announce to ,You 0 course it has been fout;d necessary to take in referea to Mr. Savage and Mr. Strachan. Pet"' In consequence of the unwarrantable. attempt r e , o f last night, by Mr. Strachan, at the committee tneenit r . St. George's Outward, 13-Igrave Hotel, to 14 1 i P °`°: ',tees - Savage " moral age at" of the whole of the colnrol- 1 .0• formed to conduct Mr. Cochrane 's election, 1 sun ~ strutted to inform ou that Mr. Cochrane has , from laas night, deemed it his duty to cease to emp!oy.Mr. Savage , - feeling assured this mural agency, sa return it called,is for mweesstro so m e thing more than securin g minster. This attempt, repeated for the third time last ereninf o was conducted by Mr. Strachan, a member of the cony' mittee of St. John's and St. Margaret's who bed secretly, and on his own authority alone, and in dir ect opposition to the instructions sent from this office, sutra' moiled the chairmen of committees to meet at the,B grave Hotel, although the object of the meeting of the committee of St. George's Outward was to transact their own local business. In consequence of Mr. Strachan's unhandsome 1111 d injudicious conduct, Mr. Cochrane feels he must deol'ln all future co-operation or communication with him. am instructed, but not without regret, to make the for lowing statements—which, from a feeling of considers' Lion towards Mr. Savage, on account of his family, sod the persecutions which he is reported to have endures Mr. Cochrane had anxiously desired not to disclose; but since Mr. Savage will continue to persist in cuuntenanc ing the fomenting of dissension, in order to get hin2s ol appointed a moral ugent," as his friends call him. Ai ° necessary ycu should be informed why Mr. Cochran: feels he has a right to control his conduct, the real., being, Oat ever since Mr. Savage has been empl o i ed Mr. Cochrane he has been regularly paid for bis ser vice has s From December, 1846. to February 23d, 1847, be received one guinea a day; his son, one guinea a wr o 'd s and all expenses paid besides. Since the latter Per i o f from three to five guineas a week to the present in'tirrl removal. Mr. Cochrane has for several weeks pat, ~ curred considerable anxiety, and lost much of his.fa_ ol 6o . tile time, in counteracting discreditable intrigues create dissension, and to bring his agent and other Z u. ployed parties into discredit; and he trusts that you at once see the propriety of his adopting the above eoo s ij o , as no cause can succeed without unanimity of 9c , and honesty of proceeding. If you have any opittiovs to convey, or objectfottit; make, you are particularly requested to favour me o p e tiw. d them, as they shall be immediately and attended to. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, J. CROUCHEX, 34, Leicoster-square, Friday, April 9, 1847. --- riou A s c a C cc lD id E u N a T and Old Kent. road , een day, to a butcher of the name of Slack,c e ft l I , A ,e)f R ((t),Aif o'clock 5 1 ; market-cart, the horse shied, and lie was thrown from the oc l c N urre T d riE bet ß w in cart with great violence on his head; he was taken up was returning front market along th Blackfriars-road in A • perfect state of insensibility. and ci4iveyed to the surgery oe Mr. John Brady, who fortunately was at home, arid who niel, every means to resto re him that scienc e or humanity could suggest. After a lapse of some time he was restored to new sibility, but serious apprehensions are entertained as to the after effects of the injury which his head has sustained. T HE QUEEN'S MONUM ENT AT GUERNSEY Y' e understand that the committee for the erection of the mono' ment in commemoration of her Majesty's visit to Guernsey have made choice of a plan for the building, and that he architect by whom it h as b een f urn i shed is shortly eXP ecte in the island for th e p urpose of making the necessar y ar rangements for the com mencement of the work. The ment is now, therefore, arrived when the question of uo the site must be decided. The committee, we believe, consider"' ing themselves bo un d b y t h e vote of the subscribers, tall it for granted th a t t h e co l umn must be placed on the qt now occupied by th e win d m ill , b ut we know that a ve r y large number of the subscribers stillprefer the groU ot new —Guernsey Star. GENERAL LYING-IN HOSPITAL.—Yest erda y th e meeting of the governors of this charity , Was held in board room of the H o spit a l i n th e Y or k-road,Lambeth. The Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair. The report stated the, hospital was f.unded is 1763, as an asylum for the wives ol , poor industrious tradesmen and mechanics (and pr inci p a.. r for the wives of soldiers and sailors), and supplying .17 1 married women at their own habitations with profession advice and medicine free of expense. During the Pa!, year 320 in-patients had been admitted, and 556 atten ded " home. The financial statement_was satisfactory, there beinC a balance of 6461. in the bands of the bankers. SMALL SALMON.--There was killed in the Tweed , at Birgham, with the 'rod. on the 7th instant, by Robert Kerss, son of Mr. Ralph Kerss, a clean salmon, of the ex traordinary weight of only eleven ounces.—Kelso 81117118. On the 15th inst., Mrs. William Audi, of Brixton, of daughter. On the 15th inst., Mrs. Edward F. Starbuck, at 111/t. bourne-terrace, Hyde-ark, of a daughter. f a son. On the 16th inst., the p lady of T. M. Willson, Esq. , On the 17th inst., at L ans d owne - crescen t, Kensingt on park, the wife of Henry Liggins, Esq., of a d au ghter. On the 17th inst., a t Al scot - par k , Gl ouces t e rshire, he ° of J. R. West, Esq., of a daughter. tßoo O js su n : the ria, sqE, l l: 3 zo t ar h bue i et n ho s ; t g . de , "s a ut t rge ß h M et y t l e, d r :e v it I,oeftslftteDnihif. Westminster. Dunbar On the 15th inst., at Swindon, Henry of Singleton, to Jessie Dalrymple, eldest daughter of Arargie Goddard, Esq., of the Lawn Wilts. El• bath On the lbth inst., at Lan le Burrell, Wilts, Eliza , ritiEsdswe-yavrdiTD:nh, EOUSsqi: Penelope, second daughter of g the late Lieutenant -Colony Clarke, 46th Regiment, to Charles Hall Clarke,i.v. DIED. widowOn the Bth h B e th lat o e f February, ! r e . b l ru v i a i rL, m a is t u P r e r n e nvill e, At Egremont-place, King's-cross, Abraham Day, Es 5. On the 9th inst., at Rossie House, Perthshire, James Oliphant, Esq., of Rossie. On the II th inst., at Worthing, George F. Byass, Es 4 "' surgeon, Worthing. On the 13th inst., in Bans-place, Sloane-street, John Teit l3 ' Esq., aged 89. On the 13th inst., at Grove Cottage, Mrs. Murrell Captain William Scale, aged 35. On the 15th inst., at Ferne House, Wilts, Thorns' -- Esq., aged 89. d 8 6 . Teignmouth, roc;e::: On the 16th inst., at Colchester, Thomas Thorhy, ae, 1 0. On the 16th inst., in John-street, Bedfora-row , Pulley, Esq. On the 16th inst., Jane, wife of Mr. Thomas Stroud , o f Victoria-square, Pimlico. 'V • S. On the 16th inst., at Brighton, Mary Matilda , wife 4) * - Danvers Esq. 1 7 ; London: Printed and, Published by 5111111:0 Y0U114,, of Igt ese t strand, Printer, at The Sun Mao, N 0.112, Strand, la tioi r r cu ar tke WWI La tits , OF icultro• 7 0 0 4 . 6 ' PA, THE SUN, LONDON, _TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1847. I ~ h` `