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Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 - vols., THE JESUIT AT CANEBELIDGE. By Sir GEORGE STEPHF:g. Henry Cothrum, Priblisher, 13, Great YAarlborough-street. ^ Now ready at I di the Libraries, in 3 vols., post avo, 1. Or, 'THE APPARITION. Y; By Mrs. THOMSON, Author of " Widowf; and Widowers," " Ragland. Castle," " The Chevalier," &c. Tracy' possesses excr;llent construction, and continued variety of action. The characters are sketched with a masterly hand, true to nature, and yet marked by traits of individuality, which throw over them an originality, and prove how acutely the artist must have obserred."—Literary Ga:r.ette. Richard IS, tntley, New Burlington-street. HALLWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AEC !TIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends end die Public for Lb eir continued support and patronage, and to annoonce that the it Public Sales of Railway Shares, Sic., sake Mace every TUI::SDAT and Duper. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, ehreadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing in structions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addmssed. All Scrip and St ,are Certificates must be deposited, the day orevious to their t,eing offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instmetions. Offices. Hall at Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. - HER AJESTY'S THEATRE. First appearance, this season, of :Nile. Carlotte Grisi. TO-MORROW EVENING, Saturday, May 22, will be performed Donizettes Opera, entitled LUCIA. DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia. Mad. Cabtellan; Edgardo, Signor Frascluini ; Bidebent, Signor Solari ; and Enrico, Signor Coletti. To conclude with the revived Ballet A (by D M. Perrot). entitled LA ES NI ER L A. The principal characters by Mdlle. Carlotte Grist (her flrst appear ance), Mdlle. Copere, and Mdme. P. Stephan. M. St. Leon, M. Gosselin, and M. Perrot. Pit Tic , ets may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each. 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 next, May 27, on which occasion Mdlle. Jenny Lind will ap pear in one of her favourite characters. To be followed by various Entertainments in the Ballet Depart ment, combining the talents of Mdlle. C. Grisi, Mdlle. L. Grahn, Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdme. P. Stephan,!and Mdlle. Cerito. M. Perrot, and M. St. Leon. The Free List is suspended, the Publlc Press excepted. The doors open at Seven. The Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. TO-MORROW, Saturday, May 22, will be performed Reashaea Opera Buffa, IL BARBIERI DI SEVIGLIA. Rosins, Mdme. Persiani; Berta, Mdme. Almaviva, Signor Salvi ; Figaro, Signor Roneoni ; Bartilo, Signor Rovere ; Basilio, Signor Marini. To conclude with the new grand Ballet, in three Acts, entitled LA SAL kMANDRINE. (Composed M. Blasts, the music composed and arranged by Signor Cunni, the scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin.) Principal characters by Mdlle. - Fanny El.lsler and Mdlle. Dumilatre ; also Mdlles. Bsrtin, Neodot, De Melisse, Delechaux, O'Bryan, and Pstipa. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow street ; and at Cramer, Reale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. The Doors will open at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Opera will comments at Eight. TEI EAT RE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comedy, called TEMPER. Sir Marina duke Topple, Mr. Farren ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hudson; God frey, Mr. Tilbury; Emerson, Mr. Webster ; Cyril Tempest; Mr. Howe t Lady Tempest, _Mrs. Seymour ; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Glover ; Florence Wilmot, Mrs. Fortescue; Miss FL Iding, Mrs. fiumby, After which, the FOUR HUNGARIAN INSTRUMENTAL VO CALISTS will give their imitations of various instruments, with the Lips only. . . _ To conclude with TEIE I Si - VISIBLE PRINCE! or, The Island of Tranquil Delights. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVEN}NG Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. ,Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, 31r. P. Bedford ; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliarn ; Lady Agnes, ?diss Harding. To be followed by the Opera Bun Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullentord, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce, called THE DOUBLE-BEDDED ROOM. Dulcimer Pipes, Mr. Lambert ; Major Minus, Mr. Selby ; Spigot, Mr. Cullenford ; Joseph, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Deputy Lomax, Mrs. Laws; Nancy Spigot, Miss Chaplin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. 11., Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspere's Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET. Prince Sea Mr. Walton ; Paris, Mr. A. Harris; Montague, Mr. Honner; Capulet, Mr. Granby ; Benvolio, Mr. C. Fisher ; Romeo, Mr. Creswick ; Mercutlo, Mr, J. Vining. Jul et, Mrs. Butler (her last appearance) ; Lady Capulet, Miss Winstanley. After which, the new Farce, entitled A WIFE FOR AN HOUR. Principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Granby, Vining, Cowell, Compton, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled THE SLEEPING DRAUGHT. Vincolo, Mr. Granby ; Bruno, Mr. Walton ; Rinaldo, Mr. Fisher ; Popollno, Mr. Compton ; Gabriotte, Mr. Cowell ; Yaldo, Mr. Smith; Signora Francesca, Mrs. Hughes; Norma, Miss Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Last Three Weeks of the present Management and Company. THIS EVENING Will be perfornar d PERSON-; ABOU l' TO MARRY. Characters by Messrs. Mathews, • igan, Turner, Kinloch, Mrs. Woollidge, Mrs. Wigan, and iss A den. After which a new Farce, called WANTED A HERMIT. In Which Messrs. Wigan, Turner, Kinloch, Keeley, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley wit perform. To be followed by the new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JENNY LLND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac era by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the new Burlesque Extravaganza, called TIIE WOOD DIEMON ; or, One o'Clock, In which Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, E. Matthewa, Bellingham, Kinlocb, Silver, Miss Dickinson, 311.5 s Daly, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will be performed the amusing Comedie, entitled L'ENFANT TROI7YE. Delbar, M. Regnier; Castelville, M. Cartigny ; lien riette, Mdlle. Vallee ; Marianne, Mdlle. Thin. To conclude with the popular Cornodie of LES DEMOISELLES DE ST. CYR. Dubouloy, M. Regnier; Charlotte de Merian, Mdlle. Denain. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-offlce of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIA.N SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. CLOSE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT. The nobility, gentry, and the public are respectfully informed, that the popular Entertainment given by the Ethiopian Serenaders, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will 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. Such 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 following order : Thursday, June 3, fur the benefit of Germon (tamborlne), Thursday, June 10 ditto Stanwood (accordion), Thursday, June 17 ditto White (banjo), Thursday, June 24 ditto Harrington (banjo), Thursday, July 1 ditto Pell (bones) previously to the last Farewell Performance, en Saturday Evening, July 3. Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprieter and Manager Air. William Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal EAmily. Last nights of the grand Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacles, pre vious to the Whitsunthle splendid productions. Tills EVENING Will be performed Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or, The Corsair. Unequalled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with the performances of 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, 55.; Boxes,4s.; Upper Boxes, 33 ; Plt, 2s. ; Gallery, I s Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed RIT .1.1; or, The Lass that Loves a Sailor, Bernard, Mr. Hicks ; Ruth, Miss Vincent. After which, THE SHIP BOY; or, The White Slave of Guada leupe. Julian, Miss Vincent. To conclude with JACK AND JACK'3 BROTHER ; or, The Smuggler Farmer of Kent. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, Gd. 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. Achnission, One Shilling The Proprietor begs to announce that he has, at a considerable expense, erected a new Entrance, and ^ magnitlcent Walk, with flower borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, in front of the grand Pictorial Representation of THE TOWN AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. The Nrenagerie contains many specimens, including the Giraffe, Gazelles, &c. The Promenade concerts, conducted ny Godfrey. A representation of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge of statues. The grand Pyrotechnic , isplay, representing the SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR. Showing the commencement of the Bombardment, partial destruc tion of the Town, and Blowing up of the Battering Ships. During the season, M. JULLIEN will give a series of Concerts ; the Band'will consist of one h-ndred Performers. The Royal South London Floricultural Society will hold their Grand Spring Flower Show, on Wednesday, May 26. THE WEATHER.--buN UFFICE, MAY 20. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 50 ; Highest, 66 ; Noon, 62, BA rt ()METER, 29.88.—W1ND S. W. ; fine. 111 (411 W _ ATE—It AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .- 23 minutes after 6. Evening .. 48 minutes after 6. consciousness of good shall shine where a debasing acquaintance with evil bad formerly glowered, when virtue shall have become as much the characteristic of poverty as vice had hitherto been the companion of destitution—among these generous aspirants is Lord BROUGHAM. It is no sudden or eccen tric movement on the part of the ex-Chancellor ; it has been the ,labour of his illustrious life. The ardour with which the Noble and Learned Lord strives to promote the tuition of the uninstructed multitude continues as great now that his intellect is mellowed in the autumn of his career as it was under the vernal and freshening influences of his youth. Since the first foundation of the establishments called Ragged Schools we have looked with peculiar interest upon their extension, and have witnessed, with a gratification we cannot sufficiently express, their rapidly enhanced prosperity. For the first time in the history of the People it was demonstrated beyond denial that the proffering of knowledge to the outcast children of the rookeries was not tantamount to the casting of pearls before swine. Rising up in the din, the stench, and the squalor of the most abandoned localities, these little unpretending seminaries for the regeneration of juvenile repro bates have expanded and multiplied with extraordi nary quickness. They are already effecting such manifest improvements in the metropolis, that they are invested with an air of dignity in spite of their very lowliness. Lord BROUGHAM on Wednesday presided at a public meeting in aid of one of the most conspicuous among these reformatory institutions—the school in question being the Lamb and Flag Ragged School, and the place of meeting being an apartment in Am well-street, Pentonville. As the Bishop of NORWICH very beautifully observed, " one argument was audible on his entering the rooms, which scattered to the winds a thousand arguments against ragged schools—he had heard the children praising GOD with lips which would have otherwise blasphemed Him." Re membering the peculiar character of his audience, the Noble Chairman addressed them in that language of simplicity and earnestness which was best calculated to penetrate their understandings and to find a facile entrance into their hearts. And he augured, in con clusion, that.with the multiplication and enlargement of these Ragged Schools would result to their patrons " the sweet satisfaction of benevolence, at tended by that without which benevolence is a barren plant—bene ficence ; the doing good as well as the meaning good:' Cordially do we commend this reflection to the mil lions who have themselves tasted the nourishment of instruction; heartily do we adjure them to weigh the matter calmly in their minds before they dismiss it from their consideration. We would remind them that a more appropriate moment could not well be selected for the extension of this species of charity— a charity immeasurably above the gaudy, but grace fully intentioned charity of bazaars, and infinitely be yond the bounties extended to other eleemosynary establishments. Never let it be forgotten that the benefits accruing from these Ragged Schools are not only immediate, but that they extend onwards indefinitely into the future ; that they are not transitory, but permanent ; that they apply not merely to individuals, but to gene rations. Hitherto, in sad truth, the schoolmaster has been abroad—now he is coming home. He is coming home not so much - to the hearths of England as to the byways, and the foul avenues, and the dernoraliEing dens of England. He is coming home not so much to the well-clad, and the well-fed, and the well looking, as to the dirty, the ill-conditioned, the famishing, the forsaken, the despised, and the de graded. And the advantages which must perforce result from this novel movement are not merely men tal advantages and moral advantages, but social advantages and physical advantages. The de praved children who have hitherto grovelled in the kennels and imbibed premature draughts of villany from the very forlornness of their condition, will, by these Ragged Schools, be purified alike in disposition and in habits—they will learn at once the rules of rectitude and the advisabi lity of cleanliness. Among all the schemes which have been propounded for the popular improvement, this of the " Ragged Schools " is emphatically the most generous and the most rational. Now that the Irish Poor-law has virtually become the law, it is essentially necessary for the owners and occupiers of land in that cuuntry to exert ' themselves zealously in order to provide useful em ployment for the able-bodied labourers in every dis trict. They can no longer hope to avert an efficient and permanent measure for the relief of the destitute. No complaints on their part, or gloomy vaticinations, can obstruct the progress of the Bill. All cavillings and objections are fruitless and unavailing. Even should any alterations hereafter take place in its de tails, those changes cannot possibly be introduced for another year. All parties are now fully apprised of their liabilities, of the burdens which may be imposed on them—and for which they must provide. It is for them to consider whether they will maintain a moiety of the population in idleness, permitting them to consume the produce of the soil without making any return, or afford them less expensive support in exchange for their labour, which being ex pended on the soil will obtain an ample increase, far exceeding the value of the outlay. .No sane man can hesitate as to the course to be adopted, the line of conduct to be pursued. Neglect and apathy must be in the highest degree injurious, if not ruinous, to the sluggards, while those who avail themselves of the means within their power, of the proffered as sistance which is tendered for their acceptance, will find not merely safety, but great and lasting advan tages. Let all parties throughout the kingdom act on the advice lately offered by the Landlord and Tenant Association of the county of Wexford. Let the ratepayers in every locality co-operate together in order to provide the necessary employment for the people. Let every individual fairly perform his part ; let him not seek to evade the duties for which he is responsible, to fling the burden from his own shoulders to those of his neighbours. The ultimate results will depend on the spirit with which the measure is re ceived and brought into operation, and the precautions that are taken to obviate the necessity of any, save the helpless, the infirm, or the disabled, from having recourse to its provisions. The wealthy and unencumbered landowners—those who can obtain money for the improvement of their properties at an easy rate—should recollect that the fund which is to be advanced from the national ex chequer is limited in amount, that it was sanctioned by the Legislature with the avowed object of being lent to those who without such assistance would be wholly unable to provide funds for the necessary improvement of their properties, that every shilling they may obtain is diverted from its proper destina tion. Grave censure has deservedly been passed on many of the humbler classes, who, although removed from absolute destitution, put themselves upon the relief lists, and accepted the aid which was only in tended for those who had no other resource. Let not the example be followed in higher quarters, where it would be more culpable. Such conduct on the part of the wealthy and affluent would indeed be wholly inexcusable, and subject the delinquents to well merited reproach. Every application will be duly registered, and returns will be published setting forth the amount asked for by the several claimants. We trust that the loans may be widely diffused, and in small sums, and that the recipients may be selected from the small proprietors and those whose estates are already burdened with heavy charges and encum brances. The Commissioners will have to exercise considerable caution in their adjudication on the seveappearsuch a list. r s a , l )f claims those , and must rigidly re j ec t th e applica o shoulde Meanwhile, e r7 n i o t their t s names b t e lost by the rea ll y o eserving objects in putting for ward their pretension. and t asking f or a port i on of that fund w hi ch the which,hew wholly the event n'a will ion design e d f or t h e i r use, absorbed bof undue p rocrastination . y the e ar li er, though per haps less merit or i ous butt , applicants. nthe We have more than once endeavoured t upon the affluent olasscs th e propriety of limoitiiraPresi cowurnrtion of bread in th e i r domestic establish ments until the supply of corn in the country shall be found to have squared itself with the demand, and our 1 .,• brethren he relieved from the severe Pr i vat i ons or, they are at present subjected. Prlidt.nc e arAl recoumendll.r policy of placing the population upon short commons. Her 2dAJESTY, as we had occasion to notice last Week, has set her subjects a becoming example. Not doubting that many whose benevolence is commensurate with the wealth they enjoy, have already privately adopted the same means of domestic economy in this trying period, we, nevertheless, regret that men of rank and influence, and the representatives of the various public bodies throughout the empire, have as yet neglected taking some prominent means for convincing the distressed orders of society of their liveliest sympathies, and of their voluntary determi nation to lighten their afflictions, so far as they can minister to the same, by an economical distribution of the staff of life among their immediate dependents. As an earnest of this truly benevolent spirit, public assemblies should be convened and appro priate resolutions solemnly passed. The moral effect would not be lost upon the country. It is a trite observation, that what is everybody's business is nobody's. There are many things which a single in dividual feels ought to be done for the general good, but refrains from carrying out in practice, under the belief that as thousands may be indifferent to their expediency or wisdom, his own personal example would be of little account. One advantage of public meetings is that such impressions are frequently dis covered to be erroneous ; or, if otherwise, it often times results, that through the production of sound information, aided by enlightened counsel, a strong impulse is generated in the minds of the auditors, and united energy cheerfully enlisted in furtherance of patriotic objects. As a general rule, men do not sign resolutions without feeling the moral responsibility of the act. An upright man regards his signature as an honourable pledge of his sincere participation in the views of his co-resolutionists. These public assurances are ofsignificant value ; unfortunately, however, they are seldom given till the last moment. A perilous con juncture is too often the only means by which men are awakened to a sense of their duty. The serious bread riot which occurred in Exeter last week has been happily quelled. The chief residents have since met and considered the condition of the people. Amongst other public measures that have been adopted we find the following : " A paper, pledging the parties signing it to limit the con sumption of bread-stuffs in their families to the lowest pos sible amount, is lying for signature at the banks and at the institution. Many influential names are already attached to it. "A memorial to the corporation of the poor requesting them to give such relief to parties requiring it as the exi gencies of the time demand, has been numerously and in fluentially signed. "The guardians of the St. Thomas Union, at their weekly meeting on Friday, authorised the relieving-officers to give relief according to their discretion, without regard to the regulations of the Poor-law Commissioners." Had these steps been taken a fortnight ago, in all • probability the public peace would not have been disturbed, whilst the poor would have felt thankful for such acts of seasonable benevolence. We hope that this warning in favour of preventive charity will not be disregarded, and that in every part of the empire the authorities and influential gentry will be on the alert to give to the distressed every public demonstration that their most strenuous efforts will not be wanting to succour them in the hour of need. A letter from Bologna of the 9th says that Cardinal AMAT, the Legate, has just nominated the candidates among whom the POPE 15 to choose the deputies of that province. They are six in number, because it is hoped that Plus IX. will consent to allow two de puties to Bologna, which is the largest state of the . Papal dominions. All six are highly esteemed by the public. The columns of the civic guard, which were formed at Forli and Cesene to prevent smug gling in grain, have spontaneously dissolved them selves, thereby complying with the wishes of the authorities. In the sitting of the Prussian Diet of the 12th the Marshal read the replyof the KING relative to the peti tion presented by the deputation of the Grand Duchy of Posen. It is couched in very kind terms, and the KING, for the first time, speaks of his subjects of the Polish nation, and promises to comply with such parts of the petition as may appear to him to be well founded. We learn from Stockholm that the King of SWEDEN has just appointed a commission charged to draw up a new tariff of customs, in which considerable re ductions will be made and many prohibitions be re moved. The young Prince ERNEST, second son of Prince JOHN of Saxony, died at the palace of Wessenstein on the 12th, of a disease called morbus maculosus, which came on after a long attack of influenza. Madrid journals of the 13th instant have arrived. The QUEEN'S levee at Aranjuez, in honour of the birthday of the KING-CONSORT, was numerously at tended. The KING-CONSORT himself was absent. According to the Faro, Queen CHRISTINA has de manded explanations of the Government respecting the misssion of General CONCHA. A letter from Barcelona of the 12th, in confirming the account of the capture of a merchant vessel of the United States by a small craft under the Mexican flag, says— " On the Ist, a small vessel, about 45 tons burthen, belong ing to this place, having obtained a Mexican commission to act as a privateer, hoisted Mexican colours, and brought into this port an American barque of 280 tons, laden with coffee belongin? to English merehants, having captured her off Ma jorca. '1 he circumstance created the greatest interest here. The authorities took up the matter with spirit, and after due examination they condemned the privateer as a pirate, and of course the American vessel will be restored to her captain to pursue his voyage. I learn there are three other craft in this neighbourhood with similar commissions. The Spanish authorities behaved very well in the affair. When the war craft arrived with her prize she had a portion of the Ameri can crew on board as prisoners, while a part of her crew was on board the barque to navigate her in." Madrid Bourse closed on the 13th, being the fife of the Ascension. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The discussion on the Bill relating to the Royal Chapter of St. Denis commenced on Monday. This Bill is likely to meet with serious opposition, and is stigmatised by the Liberal party as an attempt to restore the old system of Court chaplains and con lessors, and by the Legitinaatists as tending to weaken the power of the hierarchy, by placing the members of the Royal Chapter beyond the jurisdiction of the bishops. The division is looked forward to with anxiety as a test of the present strength of M. GUIZOT, as it is believed that on this question the " Progressive Conservatives " will to a man vote against him. Considerable alarm has been excited by discoveries made in consequence of the seizure of certain papers belonging to the Marquis DE PASTORET. These papers, it is said, reveal a series of conspiracies con cocted,by the Legitimatists for the restoration of the Due DE BounExux. Several arrests have taken plaCe, and increased precautions to ensure the personal safety of the KING and of the Royal Family have been adopted at Neuilly. The Committee on the Finances have presented an amended report, omitting the passage at which M. LACAVE LAPLAGNE took umbrage, as reflecting on his administration of the finances. The ex• Minister has expressed himself as perfectly satisfied. The Committee of Peers appointed to investigate the charges of corruption, brought forward by General CURIERES, examined on Monday M. TEST; who was Minister of Public Works at the time the alleged corrupt bargain took place. It is said that General MOLINE DE SAINT-YON, the ex-Minister, of War, is to be appointed Aid-de-camp to the KING, and that Admiral MACKAU, the ex- Minister of Marine, is to supersede the Prince DE JOIN VILLE in the command of the Meditteranean squadron. The Union MOnarchique and the National state that one of the "Officiers d'Ordonnance" of the KING was discovered cheating at lansquenet, at the Chantilly races, and ordered to quit the place instantly by the Dukes DE NEmoußs and D'AUMALE, and that on his arrival in Paris he received immediate orders to quit France. That the offender is a person of some cele brity is evident, for the National speaks of "the glorious remembrances attached to the name which he bears" PARIS BOURSE, MAY 18.—The Stock Market has shown rather more firmness to-day, and the closing prices of yes terday h ave b een we ll ma i n t a i ne d, the last quotation of Threes being 77E 85c., and of Fives 115 f. 65c. The market account, 77f. 85 c. ; closed as follows :--Three per Cents. for cash, 77 f. 75 c. ; for account, 115 f. 65c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,235 f. ; Nea -scocP2ll:747oT.chde politan, 102 f. 75c. ; Spanish Threes, 33 u - Ditto, Fives, not quoted. irees, 0 4 , i ,:s ii h v la e ,r2e2 peri: !BarkerC2se c n .h t ; s a . si f t o bo r euee c nn a s d h at, , ,i:d l , 2 1 1, 5 n : ai ~,t .1 4 :, 5 ee , c v . 6a ; sr i2 f a o f... r ereau, z of. ; Northern, 5931'. i;Teoaf,yr!ce.s through the tiav but trilling. Foticash—N f-, , and 432 f. .50c.7Lr7:e3aLti7x5,c5. 0 ; 3 S i t . • 1' ; a s 7 b s u c r . g_ and . Basle 187 f. 50c. ; Mont 75 i c I)aPriasriasnd'ansdtraLLorngs: .....,2, , 4 ;2 1124 • - , .. , , "A ~.,,,, ~,- . •:6 , ,,,....“ , 19 - "` , 41 -.. 4 ,1 _ 3......... N...,. r; .., ~.., ..„.....,.„ _ , ..,__,..,.,_,_,.,;,,,, .....,,44. _ t,::,: ' '' ----,.. iltat tirtff I.ONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1847. Lord BaouG fIAM perseveres nobly in aiding in the dissemination of knowledge among all classes of his fellow -countrymen. While certain theoretic philan thropists are wrangling in provincial town-halls, and expatiating in provincial newspapers, upon the pro priety of different schemes of education, the true and earnest wen .wishers of the multitude are setting their shoulders to the wheel, are scattering the darkness itic l e°' of 4,-0,441 . ice by lt;ndling the lights of intelligence, sod, aet • d by an enriuNing ambiti,n, are pm:A , t: .- L i 4 itv ..; AP4i ig. in the developinem of the podnLr V tt,,(1,1-, Nr!`' 4,,,..1 ,, A4., i t i1...0 . , u iti. a S g the , e :acpimiti.• for ri, ,, r, 4 ; 'millennium when just law 6 shall have re dering enactments, when an elevating ~~~ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1847. 417 f. 50c.; Nantes, 405 f.; Lyons and Avignon, 435 f.; Cette, 442 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY . 19. Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Constituted), 2 Northern of France, 111 A. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 20.—The Clyde arrived this morning, at 8.45, with 71 passengers, 1,073 oz. of gold dust, 202 casks of coffee, 16 bales of tobacco, 24 of sar saparilla, and 53 sundry packages. Her dates are—St Jago do Cuba, April 24; Jamaica, 25th; Jacmel, 26th; Porto Rico, 28th; Demerara, 19th; Tobago, 21st; Tri nidad, 21st; Barbadoes, 24th; Grenada, 26th; St. Vin cent, 26th ; St. Lucia, 27th ; St. Martinique, 27th ; Dominique, 27th ; Guadeloupe, 27th ; Antigua, 28th ; Montserrat, 28th ; Nevis, 28th ; St. Kitt's, 28th ; Tor tola, 29th; St. Thomas, Ist of May; Fayal, 13th. The mails will leave by the eleven o'clock train. The crops were highly favourable, and the weather equally so; the weather home, however, was very unsettled, and a severe gale was encountered on the 14th and 15th.— Herald. RIVER PLATE. By the Danish brig Ernest Lorenz, Rohns, master, arrived from Monte Video, whence she sailed March 21, we have our usual advises and papers. Rivera had re turned from Maldonado to Monte Video, when he so licited the protection of the British and French Ad mirals, and by whom he was sent to the island of Martin Garcia, and there kept under surveillance. He had made an attempt to escape, which was frustrated, and his family had been sent to him from Monte Video. Oribe was 5,000 men strong, and continued in his position before Monte Video. D. Manuel Rodriguez, the Bolivian Minister to the Argentine Republic, had been assassinated in the public streets, at Buenos Ayres. The number of marines had been augmented for shore service at Monte Video, both by the British and French. The Firebrand sailed from Monte Video on May 25, for Rio de Janeiro, with invaltets; and the Curacoa was about to sail for Rio. PROVINCIAL BANK OF IRELAND. The twenty-second general annual meeting of the proprie tors of the Provincial Bank of Ireland was held yesterday at the offices of the company, 42, Old Broad-street. The chair was taken at twelve o'clock by Oliver Ferrar,'Esq. The Secretary having read the advertisementconvening the meeting, the report of the directors was read, which stated that, notwithstanding the great calamity which had befallen Ireland, the affairs of the society were most flourishing and prosperous. The report was received with much satisfac tion. From the statement of the accounts we extract the following breviate The account submitted to the yearly meet ing in May, 1846, showed the amount of rest on uniiivided profits in 1846 to be ...Z114,923 10 4 From which has been deducted the amount of two half -yearly dividends paid to the proprietors, viz : At Midsummer, 1846, 4 per cent. ....£21.600 At Christmas, 1846, 4 per cent.... ...... 21,600 Together 43,200 0 0 Leaving a balance of £71,723 10 4 To which there has since been added the amount of nett profits for the year ending on the 27th, being the last Saturday of March, 1847, after deducting property-tax and all expenses, and providing for all bad and doubtful debts Making the rest, or amount of undivided profits, at the 27th March, 1847 126,196 12 1 Five years had elapsed since th e proprietors had any participation in the reserved profits, Nvhich had been during that time gradually accumulating ; and the di rectors, therefore, had the satisfaction of announcing it to be their intention to pay in July next a bonus of one pound on cash 100/. shares, and Bs. on each 10/. of the capital stock of the bank in addition to the usual half yearly dividend of 41. per cent., which will make the sum to be then paid, 21. on each 1004, and 16s. on each 101. share, for the half year ending Midsummer next; and the directors purpose to pay the property-tax for the proprietors, as heretofore. Resolutions for re-electing the following directors, who went out by annual rotation, were then moved and passed unanimously—John Aleston, Esq., James Farrar, Esq., J. P. Muspratt, Esq., and Alfred Thorpe, Esq. Resolutions expressing general satisfaction and confidence having been proposed and unanimously carried, A vote of thanks were passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. COURT CIRCULAR. _ The Queen held a Privy Council at three o'clock yes terday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. It was at tended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Mar quis of Lansdowne, Loid President ; Lord John Rus sell, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; Earl Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; the Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Sir John Hobhouse, President of the Board of Control for the affairs of India • The Right Hon. T. B. Mac au l a y, Paymaster-General of the Forces ; the Earl Spencer, Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of Norfolk, Master of the Horse ; the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert ; and the Earl of Clarendon. Her Majesty in Council was pleased to declare the Right Hon. George Earl of Clarendon Lieutenant- General and General Governor of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Queen gave audiences to Viscount Palmerston, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the Earl of Clarendon. The Court was attended by the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord in Waiting; the Marquis of Londonderry, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Vice - Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, and Sir Frederic Stovin, Groom in Waiting. The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by the Hon. Miss Dawson, Lieu tenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon. Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, honoured Her Majesty's Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Canning, Hon. Miss Dawson, the Marquis of Ormonde, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the Hon. A. R. Gordon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, also honoured the performance with her presence. The Queen inspected yesterday Mr. H. Moseley's portrait of Major-General Sir Harry Smith, G.C.8., when her Majesty was graciously pleased to give per mission that the Lithograph from the picture should be dedicated to her Majesty. It being the Queen's intention to hold a Drawing Room in St. James's Palace o❑ Thursday, the 27th inst., to celebrate the Queen's birth-day, the exhibitions of the Royal Pictures must close atter Saturday next, the 22d inst., and it will be resumed on Saturday, the 29th inst., the interval being necessary to prepare the Palace for the Drawing Room. No tickets to view the Royal Pictures will be issued from Saturday next, the 22d inst., to Saturday, the 29th inst. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes terday in a carriage. Her Majesty visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Wednesday at Gloucester House. Her Royal Highness the Duehess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, left town yesterday morning for her residence, Frogmoro House, Windsor. Her Royal Highness returned to Clarence House, St. James's, at six o'clock. Lord Sandon, M.P., bad an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home Office. Air. Richard - Yorke, and a deputation from the city of York, consisting of Sir John Simpson, Mr. Chad wick, Mr. Jackson, Mr. John Wood, and Mr. Richard son, had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yester day, at the office of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. The Right Hon. H. Labouchere (Chief Secretary for Ireland) left town yesterday for Dublin. The Commissioners for Metropolitan Improvements had a meeting yesterday at their office in Whitehall place. There were present Viscount Morpeth, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Colborne, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, Sir Robert H. Inglis, Sir Charles Lemon, and Mr. Milne. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. Lord %Moment% had an interview with the Right II?n. Edward Strutt yesterday at the office of the Com missioners of Railways, in Great George - street. A deputati on on the Health of Towns Bill, including the Mayor of Sunderland and Mr. Alderman Moor, of y. Sunderland, h a d an i nterview w i t h Viscount Morpeth yesterday at the office of the Woods and Forests. The Rey. D r. P . Shuldham H enry , an d M r . G eorge Bankes, had interviews with Sir George Grey at the Home- o ff ice yesterda Disp a t c h es were received yesterday at the Colonial office f rom the Governors of the West India colonies, and also from the Governor of the Mauritius. II 111/ ld his _ER _AJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Royal High ness Prince Albert, accompanied by her Ro y a. Highness the D uc h ess of Kent and h i s Serene Highness the Prince of Lei n i ngen, and attended by V i scoun t es s Canning, r esence yesterday Lady Augu s t a Bruce, the Hon. Miss Dawson , the Mar q uis of Ormonde, Lieut.-C o l onel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and the Hen. Captain Queen an._ Gordon, honoured the performances at her Majesty's Th eatre with their evening. Am ongst the general co mpany were his Royal H i g h • ness Prince G eorge, Prince Louis Napoleon, t h e C o nde Mon (Thursday) p temolin, attended by the Marquis de Villa Franca, Gen. Don Juan de Montenegro, and Colonel Don Francisco Merry, his Excellency the A us t r i an Am b assa d o r, and the Countess Deitrichstein, t h e Duke of Wellington , the Duchess of Sutherland, and Lady C. L ev i so n Gower, the Duches s of Somerset; the B aroness Brunnow, an d Mademosielle Olga de Lechner, th e Marq n uis and Marchi oness of Aber corn, the Marchioness of Douro, the Earl of Mun ster, the Ea r l o f Cardi a t h e Earl of Lonsdale, the Countess Ki nnoul and Lad Sarah Hay , the Earl of De la Warre Viscount Cantilu e, Vi scou nt Morpeth, Lord and Lady C. Wellesle Y , Lord B P urhleih, Lord Ga rdner, Lad y g Fitzroy and Mi ss Somerset, LadV Eli za beth Macdonald, Lady Carre, Lady Wirarn, the Hon. Colone l, Mr., and Miss Cavendish, M. Cale Koudriaffs'cy, Sir A. Woodford, Hon. Mrs. Saunde rsen, Mrs. Stevenson an d party, who occu pied her Royal Highness the the Duchess of Ca mlnid g e's box, it J. Conroy, Capt a i n Conroy, Sir R. and Lady Howare, C. iitaio r‘1,ylo:11, R.N., ',"iajryrthring, Mr. W. \v . .. V,'illirons, Major Buckley, Mr. and M rs. a l ontgo mery, Mr. Grote, Mr. J. L. Jones, Colonel Vaugh an Mr. Bateson, M.P., Mr. Sac- vin DL e Fox, M.P., Mr. Mackinnon, Y-1 Mr. Hubert De Burgh, &c. &c. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sua of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 3,000 to 4,000 bales, including 1,000 bales of American for exporta tion. Prices were without alteration. There were 3,500 bales of the quantity American, which sold at N. to VAd. per lb. Railway shares had been very dull again, and at low rates. Accounts from Vienna of the 10th instant state that the exportation of grain was prohibited for the next five months. This had the effect of reducing the price of wheat from 24 to 17 florins per metzen (100 metzen are equal to 21 quarters), but subsequently a rally occurred to 19 and 20 florins. The Clyde steamer, from the West Indies, arrived at Southampton at nine o'clock this morning, but we have not yet received her letters. In the London (C. W.) Times of April 1, it is stated that the Provincial Government have been making inquiries as to the number of persons that might be advantageously dis tributed as farm servants among the settlers. This step may be very well if the object be to furnish information to the Colonial•office. The answer is, however, obvious—that while such labourers would be very desirable in harvest time, say for two months, in order to enable the firmer to cut and stack or house his grain, after that time these labourers would be almost thrown out of employment; and if no other plan was devised to help or direct the immigrants, the great mass of the labouring class of them would, in a short time, become absolutely destitute and helpless. " While on this subject," says a writer in the Toronto Patriot, ", we have heard from an authentic source, that the country about Lake Nippissing is an extremely desirable one for its fertility and salubriousness. The great difficulty to any of these plans is the want of funds; but we cannot be lieve that Government would find any difficulty in obtaining these, if they once determined to carry the matter out. " The recent Immigration Act of the Legislature of New York will probably increase the number of immigrants to our province, whether they come to settle or only to pass through, instead of taking a route which their own parti cular circumstances might have made them prefer." The general Money Market is easier, owing to the in creased facilities afforded by the Bank of England. In Liverpool and Manchester also the pressure is much less felt, and payments are said to have been very well met. Stocks are again rather weak, and there is not much disposition to speculate. Consols have been 86% for transfer, and have dropped since to 86 1 / 2 . Time bargains have been effected at 86% 3 / 4 . The New Three. and-a- Quarter per Cents. have realised 87 to 1 4, and the Three per Cents. 85% to 3 A. Exchequer-bills have not been higher than 2s. premium to Is. discount. The Foreign Securities have been again neglected. Spanish Three per Cents. are 33%, and Mexican 20. Brazil Bonds have been at 82. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 57 3 / 4 . For Railway Shares the market is heavy. BRIT'S!' FUNDS. ONE CLOSINU O'CLOCK. PRICES. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 85%% 85% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 86% 863( 4 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 874 87 87% Long Annuities, Expire ;an. 5, 1860 .. 8X 8 15-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 8 3 4 13.16 8 13-16 India Bonds. 1,0001. .. „ Ditto, under 1,0001. Consols for May 27 Exchequer Bills. 1,0001... 5001. Ditto, Small 5 dis par . 86 3 4 5 % 1 • • M.2d. 2 p par 1 dig 4p 3 5p ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 82 Ditto, Small .. • • .. 83% Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 38 Equador Bonds .. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 20 • Ditto, for the Account ..Poruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. .. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 82 Ditto, 4 per Cent .. ~ Spanish Bonds, bper Cent Ditto, Fassive Bonds „ Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. 33% Dividend"; on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent .. —f. —c. Exchange .. . —f. —c. Belgian Four-and-a-Stall per Cent .. 91 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 57N Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 88 116 f. 50c, 25f. 60c, PRICES OF US [NESSCLOSIN G DOSE AT RAILWAY SHARES. PAID.PRICES ONE O'CLOCK. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. ........ Caledonian Eastern Counties .. .. 20 18 7( % Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. ........ Ditto, ditto.. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. par 1 4 p.... Ditto, York Extension .. 7%.... ....... East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 17 •• .. Ditto New .. .• .. • 5%..... .., East Lincolnshire .. .... 774 •. • . • • Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 67 Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 12%.... 15%........ Ely and Huntingdon .. 15 ~.. 15%........ Great Northern .. .. ........ Great North of England . ..100 ........ Ditto, New .. . .... 61% .. Great Western .. 85 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 611¢ ........ Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .... 15% Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 .... 2 4 14 Ditto, Yew .... % Hull and Selby .. .. •• 50 102 Lancaster and Carlisle .. 50 •• • • .... Leeds and Bradford • • • • .. 40 .... 83% Leeds and Thirsk .. 26 .... 19 4 ........ Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. • • 314 .... ........ Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. .... 1 London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 .... 514 ........ London an North-Western • .100 ....169 170.• Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 7 .... Ditto ditto, New Shares . • .. 2 .... ...• Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. •. 40 .. 65 • • • • , Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 .... 5% ..... London and South-Western 411. 6s. 10d... 61 60% ... Ditto, Scrip.. .. • • • • .. 5 .... •- • • Lynn and Ely .. .. 25 .... 26% Lynn and Dereham .. 20 .... • - • Blanchester and Leeds .. 82 •• .. . • Ditto, Fifths .. .. 5 8 Ditto, Sixteenths .. .... 7%........ Ditto, Thirds (Keg.)..45... .. iq % Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .... 14 dis. Manchester and Southampton 2 .... % ........ Midland ..100 ....113% 3 4 ...... Ditto, New .. .. 36 .... 38% •• • .•... Ditto, New .. .. 6 .... .. ••• • .. Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 89 • • Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 20 .• 24% %.... •• . Ditto, New .. 5 •• .. 6% North British • • .. • • • . 25 •• .. 30% .. ••.- • • • Ditto, Half Shares .. • . 12%.... 14 137' Ditto, Thirds .. • • 1 .• • . 24 %••• • • • • Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 ......... Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% .... 14% .•..• • .. • North Staffordshire .. 7% .. .. 98% .... •• • Ditto Scrip (late Churnet and Blythe) • • • .. .. 2 1% .... • .... Oxford, Wor'ster, & Wolverhamp. 22% .... 13 . • • Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .. • .4%......... 3hropshire Union 4 .... ......... South Eastern and Dover .. 33 % •. 35% ......... Do., New (d 0.33/. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .... 11 .......... Ho.. New (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 5 .... 4%% • • ..4% West Riding Union • • • ..41.2s % di5........ dis York and Newcastle .. .. 25 Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 York sad North Midland .. .. 50 Ditto. Preference • . .. 2 .... 914 %• . • ..... 9% Do. R. and W. Riding Extol— 10 •• • - 19% ••• • • • ...• 19% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 20 .... 16 ••••• • • • .. 16 Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) • • • • .. .. 12 ••..•• • • .. 14% Namur and Liege .. • . .. 10 .... 3A 34 •••• •• 3% Northern of France .. • . 8 .... 11 .... ••• • • • 10% Orleans and Bourdeaux 6 .... 5% •• • • Paris and Lyons • . 8 .... 5 .. •••• .. • . 454 Sambre and Meuse .. .. 14 .... 6% • • ........ 6% JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland • • • . 25 .... 45% .... MINES. 613 i • 109 61% 15% 2414 . 63 , 4 . 102 59% . 83% . 1914 . 3% Real del Monte, 'Unregistered .. .... 3% .......... TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In a letter which appeared in the Times of yester day, addressed to the editor by Mr. George P. Putnam, my name is included among a number of English publishers who are termed by the writer " Fagins of letters," and " very respectable dealers in stolen goods." In reply to this letter, I think it only due to myself to state that I have had the honour to be connected for many years with most of the eminent American writers, and during that period have paid them for their copyrights in Eng land considerable sums. As it cannot be expected that I should divulge confidential arrangements with individuals, it will, I trust, be quite sufficient for me, in order to rebut this impudent accusation, to state that between 14,000/. and 15,0001. have been paid by me to three American authors alone. _ _ _ I beg to refer any person desirous of knowing the nature of my dealings with literary men in America to Colonel As pinwall, Consul-General for the United States in London.— I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, RICHARD BENTLEY. 8, New Burlington-street, May 20. THE POLISH BALL. The Duchess of Sutherland, the Duchess of Bedford, the Duchess of St. Albans, the Marchioness of Aile.qury, the Lady Charles Fitzroy, the Lady Caroline Sanford, and the Lady Agnes Duff, were among the ladies' patronesses of the above ball who attended the final meeting at Willis's Rooms on Tuesday last. The following is the programme adopted : " The ladies patronesses to rendezvous in the tea-room at ten o'clock. "The ladies and their partners belonging to the fancy quadrilles, to rendezvous in the lower room at ten o'clock, viz.:— " The Camelia Quadrille, under the direction of her Grace the Duchess of Bedford. " The Strawberry Quadrille, under the direction of Lady Charles Fitzroy and Viscountess Milton. " The Polish Colours Quadrille under the direction of Vis countess Ebrington. " The Mazurka, under the direction of Lady Agnes Duff. " The ladies and their partners belonging to the above dances will proceed to the ball-room, where the ladies will take their seats. As soon as they are assembled, the doors will be thrown open, and the ladies patronesses will make their entrée two and two in order of precedence. " Whilst the procession is entering th e b a ll -room, the Polish national anthem will be played, after which the dances will be danced in the order as above detailed." THE COURT.—Her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the Royal Family, are expected to leave Buckingham Palace for Windsor on Monday, the 3lst inst., for the purpose of spending the Ascot-race week at the Castle, during which period a succession of visitors will be received by her Majesty at the royal residence. Should the Duchess of Kent not leave England for the continent previously, her Royal High ness will take up her residence at Frogmore House during the stay of the Court, which will not exceed a week or ten days, at the Castle. Her Royal Highness will be accompanied to Germany by his Set ene'Higliness the Prince of Lemingen, who is now ona visit to he • Majesty. ARRIVAL OF RARE tkuns.—A pair of those beau tiful and rare birds, the Impavan pheasant (hophernis impey anus) from the Himalaya Mountains, have been brought over by Captain Watt, 6th Bengal Light Cavalry; they arrived in the ship Alfred, and were yesterday deposited in the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens. Nothing can exceed the beauty of these birds, the male in particular. Larger than any pheasant, the c olours of the male are dazzling to look on. They are the first ever brought alive to this country, and must prove an object of great attraction. MR. O'CONNELL.—GENOA, MAT 12.—Mr. O'Con nell arrived here on Friday, on his way to Rome, but has been attacked by an illness so serious, that he is cositined to his bed at the Hotel Feder, and one of his physicians tells me this morning that it will be some days before he can be moved, if he move at all. The other day (Monday) they were much alarmed for his life, as in addition to his malady, which is cerebral, he suffered from intestinal inflammation, with a violent diarrhoea ; however, a ft er applying leeches and other remedi es , the symptoms of immediate danger disappeared, and he was better yesterday, and this morning iii! i_‘,ntiutu,s improving, although he I.:iluself says that be ,110.1 l cot li i e thme clav6. 11:1 , two phys;ciar:s, OLC a Lit nooeotnd the other an Englishman established here, and they concur in saying, that although he may rally, his con stitution is so enfeebled that it is scarcely possible for him to survive a long time.—P.S. Many have called upon Mr. O'Connell, but he receives no one. EPSOM RACES. THURSDAY. Under ordinary circumstances, the Grand Stand Han dicap would have been a good betting race, and would have insured a large company ; but coming, as it did, between the two great days, it excited but little nt rest in the ring, and the assemblage, even mere select than on Tuesday. The sport yesterday turned out very indifferent, every race but the first having been won in a canter, without a semblance of competition. The weather was favouralele. The DunDANs STAKES of 10 sows. each, 5 ft, if declare d by ten o'clock on the night before running, with 50 soya added ; three yrs old, 6et 101 b ; four, Bst 1210 ; five, 9st 61b ; six and aged, 9st 101 b ; winners twice in 1846 to carry 31b, an d t h r i ce , 51b extra ; w i nners twice in 1846, and once in 1847, to carry 51b extra ; winners thrice in 1846, an d once i n 1847, to carry 7lb extra ; maiden tour yrs old and upwards, and horses which shall have run in any race on the day ef the Derby, allowed 51b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; horses entered to be sold, if de mended, &c., for 500 sovs, allowed 311) ; for 300 sovs, allowed 91b ; for 250 sovs, allowed 121 b ; for 150 sovs, allowed 1 elb ; and for 100 sovs, allowed 211 b, over and above other al lowances ; the second horse to receive back his stake. The last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course. Mr. Mytton's Miles's Boy, 3 yrs (200) ..(Docket ay-) Hon. S. Herbert's Sir Siteon, 4 yrs (200) Mr. O'Brien's Conceit, 3 yr, (100) The following were not placed :—Mr. Drinkald's dred, Mr. Mostyn's Queen Mary, Mr. N. T. Thompson's Anna the Third, Mr. G. Hobson's Binnacle, Count Bat thyany's Teresina, Mr. O'Brien's The Emerald Isle, Captain Gambier's Dean Swift. Betting :-7 to 4 agst Emerald Isle, 4 to 1 agst Wi dred, 5 to 1 agst Queen Mary, and 6to 1 agst Miles's Boy. Emerald Isle made the running, followed by Miles's Boy, Conceit, and Binnacle. This lot held the front to the turn, where Miles's Boy took the lead, Bin nacle declined, and Sir Simon and Widred became second and third ; they ran this way to the half distance. where Sir Simon attempted to go up ; Miles's Boy, however, hung upon him, and thus maintaining his lead, won by half a length, Conceit a good third, and Widred fourth. Run in 2 min. 19 sec. The winner was objected to by Sly, but the stewards, on hearing evidence, awarded the race to Miles's Boy. The GRAND STAND PLATE of 200 SOVS. in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; the se cond horse to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes, and the third 25 sovs. ; the winner of either the Chester Cup or Suffolk Stakes to carry 71b, of both, 101 b extra ; Great Metropolitan Stakes Course, two miles and a quarter ; to start at the Winning chair. Lord Eglinton's Ery x, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (J. Prince) 1 Mr. Parr's The Attorney, 5 yrs, 7sz, 81b . 2 Mr. O'Brien', The Liberator, 3 yrs, Est 13tb The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. l‘lostvies Camera Obscure, Sir J. B. .Mills's Giantess, Sir G. fleathcote's c by Amato, out of . La File mal eareliie Sir J Hawley's Bravissimo, Mr. Meiklam's De loraine, and Mr. Jackson's Conjugation. Betting-2 to 1 agst Eryx, sto 2 agst Bravissimo, and 3to 1 agst Giantess. Bravissimo went off with the lead, followed by Giantess, The Attorney, and Eryx, the others lyieg well up, with the exception of The Liberator and Conjugation. They ran in this order to the turn, when Giantess obtained the bad, which she maintained to the mile-post, where Bravissimo again took up the running, and carried it on to the road. The Attorney now showed Mead, and wi;h Camera Obscure, Eryx, and The Libe rator in waiting. cut out the work to the stand. Eryx then came, had it all his own way, and won by a couple of lengths ; The Liberator a bad third. Run in 4 min. 23 sec. The COBHAM STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added; three yrs old, 6st 71); four, Bst 71b; five, Bst 121 b; six and aged, 9st llb; mares and geldings, and horses which have run in either of the preceding races, al• lowed 3113; the winner to be sold for 150 suvs. Ileats, one mile. Mr. Parr' Icicle, 4 yrs Lord Chesterfield's Maid of Saragossa First Heat-6 to 4on Saragossa. Wun by three lengths. Second Heat-5 to 2 on Icicle, who again won by three lengths. The DENntEs STAKES of 3 sovs. each, with 30 added; three yrs old, 6st 101 b ; four, Bst 41b ; five, Bst 91b ; six and aged, Bst 121 b; mares and geldings' allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 120 sews. Heats, last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course. (7 Subs.) Lord Strathmore's Satyr, 6 yrs (Crouch) 1 1 Colon.l Anson's Treacle, 3 yrs Mr. C. Brewer's Sarah Sykes Mr. Drewitt's Clemanthe, 3 yrs Betting—First heat, 6 to 4 agst Treacle and 2 to agst Satyr—won by three lengths. Second heat, 3to on Satyr, who won in a canter, by several lengths. The winner was claimed. PROBABLE STARTERS AND RIDERS FOR THE OAKS. TRAINER. Mr. Clifton's Brown Bess Daley Mr. Mostyn's Alsatia (Quilt Arnold's dam) Blenkhorn Calloway Mr. Crockford's Kite Ridsdale W. Cotton Lord Strathmore's Sultana Masser Crouch Mr. Merry's Maid of Mother well... l'Anson Holmes Sir J. Hawley's Vanity . Beresford Boyce Sir J. Hawley's Miami Berestord Templeman Mr. Bradley's Exhortation Bradley Bradley Mr. Drinkald's So Nice Lumley Ford Mr. Payne's Clementine M. Dilly Nat Sir G. Ilesthcote's Nannette filly Sherwood Chapple Mr. Douglas's Maria Louisa Price P. Price Mr. E. Griffiths's Lady Lift E. Jones Marlow Sir C. Monck's Cast-steel filly J. Scott Butler Mr. Robertson's Noiseless Forth Sly Mr. G. Day's Farmer's Daughter Mr. Mostyn's Slander... Kent W. Abdale Mr. Gratwicke's Joyful Kent H. Bell Lord Exeter's Cosachia Harlock Mann Lord Chesterfield's Game- Lass fitly Taylor J. Sharpo Lord Chesterfield's Lady Lurewell Taylor Whitehouse Mr. T. Parr's Maniac (Maria filly) —4 Stinton Wakefield Mr. Brook's Luminous Dawson Cartwrigh Mr. Bowes's Etlerdale Dawson LATEST BETTIS G 2 to 1 agst Clementina—t. to 1 agst Miami 9 to 1 agst Ellerdale 15 to 1 agst Sultana 15 to 1 agst Slander 15 to 1 agst Lady Lift 15 to 1 agst Maniac (Maria f) JOCKE Y C. Daley ON THE DOWNS. 115 to 1 agst So Nice 16 to 1 agst Cast Steel filly 16 to 1 agst Alaid of Mother• well 20 to 1 agst Vanity—taken to 300/., aft. offered THE ASCOT STAKES. Lerd Strathmore's Crown Prince and Secundus are declared not to start. We are enabled to contradict the report that all Mr. Gully's horses are scratched for their Ascot engage ments. NAMUR AND LIEGE RAILWAY The second annual meeting of the proprietors in this rail way took place yesterday, at 12 o'clock, in the London Ta vern, Biahopsgate-street. The chair was taken by Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., President of the company. The Secretary having read the advertisement convening the meeting, the report was read, which was a very lengthy document, and related principally to descriptions of the works and cuttings carried on on the main line and its branches. It was stated, that between the bridge over the Meuse at Hemalle and the Pont du Val Benoit, on the right bank of the river, the greater part of the land has been acquired, and that the works were proceeding rapidly. A similar statement was also made respecting the line between Namur and Hey, which comprises a distance of ' eighteen miles and a quarter. The construction of the bridge over the Meuse at Hemalle is also actively progressing. This bridge will consist of five segmental arches, 82 feet in span, with a versed line of 10 feet. The directors had not been able to hopen any part of the line as yet, but they hoped soon to be enabled to do so. _ _ _ A discussion arose as to the forfeiture of the Line, in consequence of the works being incompi eted ; but the directors assured the company no such advantage would be taken of them, for, in the first place, the deliy in the com pletion of the works was occasioned by t he Government them: selves ; and, in the second, it was too much the interest of the Belgian Government that the line should be made. It was also stated that the directors were willing to pay five per cent. on the remainder of the capital to be paid up. The resolutions adopting the reporr were unanimously adopted, and a vote of thanks havink, been passed to the Chairman the meeting separated. .1: with h c h oiotk t i o es e------ ---- -- - DEATHBLOW TO THE LOCOMOTIVE. —We had the the ,, pr n h a , a ti t o e n v a i l o p y; il o os f o a ph n er w , invention privilege b v i‘i r William,Nes t yesterday Martin,darof a .11 M " a l r i t n i b n b d l i e sp H en u s d es so l' w n . hand labour. Two or three and e d his"supersede.steam,ow n a l O f e a ol expressivefalls locomotive.' m a phrase, c o k tr u v p e o . ' n ' I V ' I T r i men, turning a crank, wit! move a train at the speed (as th e Americans would s a y ) of ' greased lightning." We congra tulate Mr. Martin on his great mechanical achievement. Its simplicity is remarkable. — Gateshead Observer. BO'NESS.--MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday morning, a little before ten o'clock, an engine stalk, whi c h has lately been erected by John W ilson, Esq., near the School yard Pits, Bo'ness, fell with a tremendous crash in the di rection of the School-brae ; destroying one house of four storeys in height, and another of one storey. The inhabi tants of the buildings were buried in the ruinusi,efrroomadwohvicehr o ne female was taken o ut dead, and several others severely injured, but who a re since p ro g ressin g favourabl y. It is re markable that more lives wer e not lost, as which the stalk fell is the one leading to the parish school, arid the accident happened at the very hear of the assembling of the school. Some su c t s on c mi a c p sa, e t s firoo t n o m o h k z p ir I . abceee.n Parker,Tr h e c e oen e iev r erec tion Lion was upwards of 100 feet in height.—lnverness Journal. t t ilt s hi e e c c r C e o ta Ami ri mE es AisLs t i o .o—n t e h Ar e s Lords Commissioners of her Nlaj •ty' Treasury, stating that he has been directed by their Lord ships'- to transmit to them a copy of a memorial from an emi nent firm, praying the admission of rice meal duty free; and that he was to desire that the Commissioners would give directions for the admission of rice meal duty free until the Ist of September next. ELOPEMENT IN HIGH LIFE IN PARlS.—Certain unfortunate disclosures were lately made upon the trial for settlements in the affair of Madame Charles Lafitte, the banker's wife, who, acting as the French choose to call it, a h Anglaise, has deserted her husband and family, and thrown herself into the arms of her lover, to the horror and scandal of French society, where such an event as this never occurs, and where outward decorum at least is preserved evf - n when disorder and disoltrion of iage tie 131 , " bnlg creut in. The fair lady if; question has caused some little rumour in her day, '46 she wag one of the most fashionable of 14,11 the fantastic lionnes of Paris. H er ma id en name was Con i ug h am , and although no longer young, she is still in the possession of great beauty. IMPERIAL PAIttLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, May 20. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. SUNDAY TRAINS ON RAILWAYS. The Bishop of HEREFORD presented several peti tions against the running of trains upon Sundays. Ordered to lie on the table. NORTH KENT AND MID KENT LINE. On the motion that the Liskeard and Caradon Rail way Bill be read a second time, as also the South.. EaAern Railway (North Kent Line) Bill, the South.. Eastern Railway (Stroud to Maidstone) Bill, and the South-Eastern Railway (Mid-Kent and Direct Tan" bridge) Bill, The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that these Bills sought to give fresh powers to the South- Eastern Company. He was anxious that all these railways should be rendered as useful as P° sible, and that every measure should be adopte! which could ive the Uovernent a knowledge of who' was being tra give the Uovernment a knowled was being transacted. It was m obvious that it would bee_ very great object to the c o unty of Kent and t he town of_r Dover to bring them into such a close approzie!atlL with the metropolis. He would moveithat the Dills ea referred to the Railway Commissioners. lad Lord BROUGHAM said that he was extremely g that his Noble Friend bad taken this subject int° 11 1 3 ", hands. It well became his Noble Friend , because it h been his constantrecommendation to Parliament that 3 more care should be taken recommen of these railway achenles. railway schemes, and he would propose tla,_ more attention and care should be bestowed • He (Lord Brougham) was always of opinion that reuecsels should be referred to a Select Committee. The Earl of RADNOR, said that it appeared veP: Bills were the very parties that got up strange that those gentlemen who now opposed t he these Bills. No less than a million had been expan ded upon the line to Folkstone. 00 4 Lord BROUGHAM said he wished to be underet as not referring to any petitions on the th m e a that the Earl FITZWILLIAM said, that tea or twelve yet: ago he had suggested that Government should 11,17_ powers to exercise a certain degree of control over 11 O tt p e p r. ositi ou de t ! . ways, in fact that the whole subject should be UlL t into the hands of Government, and be was of W e ' opinion still. had The Duke of WELLINGTON . said that ,b e r d thought it necessary to call the attention of theil',T, ships to this question. He entirely concurred w i t, o f Noble Friend (Earl Fitzwilliam), that the su b P7 rails ays should be under the control of Governt oeil L,st Lord REDESDALE said that he thought it of ir ii ;i t e importance that the present Bills 'should be i li u e se before the Hou,e. It would be impossible to pe o Bills before next session, as the matter stood at L ai sent, and ye: the re were no Bills of greater by.,,P 49l4 „ ff he on the railway question, and, if possible, the Bul to be got through this session. Sele 6 The Lillis were then ordered to be referred toe Committee. FACTORIES BILL. n The Esrl of CL ARENDON presented a petit i o n feela Halifax against the Factories Bill. REPORTS. seco nd The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid the citbe report from the Relief Commissioners i n Irelan report 01 the Co mm i ssioners on Lunatic AB9 l a m hips Laid) fur 1846, and other reports, on th eir Lo 3 table. The NOBL E M ARQUIS also moved, that the ffollie'llt its rising, d o a dj ourn t ill F r iday week.—Agzeed to. CLERGY OFFENCES BILL. f the Lord CAMPBELL moved the second r eading Clergy Offences Bill. The Bishop of LONDON, who was but indieti,pcstilingl heard in the gallery, s aid that alteration i n the eIEL„,,.. law was allowed on all hands to be absolutely necesanfo Ile himself submitted a Bill last session to person:o7e were well acquainted with the state of the law. s one siastical and common which was intended to effen'rel of these alterati ons . The Bill of this ye ar refer ns of those cases of offences in the doctrines and oPinl°heee the clergy to the usual,, the ancient court, ~Ae . those sat on the bench who were acquainted with Lb: 7 0 n a si l a te s r ti a c t a i l on an t d n the the t c r o i m al m o r a lcalwer.gytanproposed like bi l shop . d an t/ Hitherto that had been conducted withobuetithreeintbaterveo“d of a jury. Now, however, there was a constitrcanoo organized body in the Church, the canons, residentary, including the archdeacons; and in who should be no canons residentiary, the rural dear4,used should be a jury, with ower to the w e the next of challenging; two of the jur y. and iikefsvis by the two that should be appointed in room 0- thes e . st the hop. The Bill, likewise, Provided again, head suspension of accusations over a clergymaa .„‘ for a length of time,--it provided that__nuswt person should have power to prefer a charge lig"' he a clergyman after five years subsequent to t alleged occurrence, except the bishop. He had nesse there stated to their ordships his views with regard to this Bill. It was not so arbitrary as the measure under which the clergy now laid, for, under the old JaW they might be brought to the bar of the court without any assistance from either their brethren or counsel. The, might be now brought before the court assisted by:the ir brethren, who would naturally be inclined to protect thee 4 and by experienced lawyers. He would attend as far as was consistent with the main principle of the Bill to poi suggestion o t n o .r constitutionoT f her e justice,w ae eoifth te either the (I)3i l contrary clergy, o fo r r t t oo its the hh a ee l tes principlespr a i r t i i nothing c r urc tb h e ecclesiastical. He only desired to give to the cle r g, that protection which the law as it now stood did new give. Lord BROUGHAM (who was nearly inaudible) wee not prepared to deny that some such measure as .yv t" . one proposed by the Right Rev. Prelate was nee: 99 ,7s Cases of the most scandalous description ba° c o me before him in the Court of Queen's Beec h t his would have come completely under the operation 0 , e o f law. He was, however, far from saying that the wh?" - ,,,,i this measure ought to be carried into effect,and hews tri civil or shortly to state two objectionable points to which b ar: to direct the attention of their Lordship. The deputies might be chosen by the Crown, and indeed therefirert nothing to limit the choice of them ; but, ia t he tan g, place, such a court was not a regu lar, meet e°slsas or permanent court, and it could only mee distinct court every time any offence was comnilor", There were some provisions to which he could not gin: his adhesion. He would be anxious th at the Bill sholiteela go into Committee, and they would t hen be able to what beneficial alterations they co uld make. , fle. ee r . tainly was, however, of opinion t hat the clause giving right of challenge was also defective. astical court was originally constituted, it was . i i ppeal n tended to be strictly and purely a court of a, Ihe Bishop of EXE I'ER said t hat when the eceles: n i ecclesiastical matters. It was not a ;Batter 0f blame to those that sat in the other law courts that they should be incompetent to adjudicate upon ecc es tical matters when they had not received the necessary education upon ecclesiastical subjects. e Act of H. my the Eighth, giving power t° the law courts to deal with ecclesiastical q uer dons, was oppo-ed to the spirit of the Constitutio n. He rejoiced in the hope of his Noble and Learn ed Friend applying . his strong and powerful mind t° a mending the Bill. But he thought that to leave th e d.ctrines of the Church of England to th e d ec ision of • single . mind was injudicious a nd i m p ract i ca bl e , a nd rat of the Ch urc h o f E ng l an d were ofopinion that a court cf di v i nes s h ou ld b e a ppoint to try , and decide wi ll “ the doctrinescases of this sortele Th rsr e Any measure to be passed ou g ht t o b e an e ffective mea sur They were tried by the Archbishop, The Bishops were u n d er a str i ct l aw of disciPlia e • wit • h six Bieb °ol as assessors. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he could not feel very confident of the result of the measure which ba d just been brought in. A treasure which bad be l orought in by himself, with the consent ° o n the one of the Right R ev er en d Prelates front bench (Londo n ), but it was thrown out because of the opposition of th e Ri g h t R ev . Prelate %Al° h ad spoken last. It seemed, h owever , that all parties now , agreed, and that Right Rev. Prelate with them , Ls° cc '!" in plain of those bad effects which that measure was tended to remedy. Not only would the existence of court of appeal operate beneficially upon individuals, I it would exercise a wholesome effect upon those who au__ minister justice. Those who know the matter wesroo .veil acquainted with the fact tha t no court could be efficiently constituted as not to make the judges of the 'same perform their duties better by the knowledge) that they were under the jurisdiction of another court. The conclusion of the Lord Chancellor's speeoh was quite inaudible in the gallery. The Bishop of LONDON said he was prepared to adopt any system that would work beneficially. After a few words in explanation from Lord BROUGHAM, Lord CAMPBELL replied. He said there was al ways a degree of suspicion about the fairness in c lerical, trials, and the common law judges and doctors of ciru law. The Bill before the House left it very much in t he same state as it was. The Bishop of OXFORD said there was grea t necessity of interposing by a stringent law not to convict the innocent but to protect the inno cent by convicting those who were really guilty. —(Hear.) Clergymen felt often a great raper lay upon them, if there was an impure could their body, whom no law and no conviction could reach.. He wished, especially, to press this upon the attentao of the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack, fin e his colleagues. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM , The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed this day fortnight, r Earl FITZ WILLIAM then moved for an ace° 6llt from each rateable district (whether union, electoral .division, or otherwise) of the rates struck, levied, end in arrear, under the provisions of the Act for the teal' porary relief of destitute persons in Ireland accounts of the number of persons, distinguishing m ach and females, adults, and children, to be relieved in aid such district, according to those provisions of the sar Act by which lists of such persons are to be ullut e within each electoral division ; also return of the eel: mates (made by the relief committees of each electors' division) of the sums needed from time to time for the purchase, &c., of food, under the provisions of clause 7 of said Act ; and also a statement of the rate per ee.ut• of the rates, whether struck or levied, upon the valuatton of the district according to the poor-law valuation. ; also After a few words from Lord MOUNTCASEIEL, E•irl GREY said be had no objection to the returng• The motion was then agreed to. ARMY SERVICE BILL. On the bringing up of the r e p ort of the ATM' Service Bill, Lord AUCKLAND proposed elvcral amendiron.ts. One of thrsc %v.'', a clause enabling Cie ofa ;ors p inflict c h were sum mary punishment for se veral offences whi specified. Lord COLCHESTER did not rise to Woo t4e clause. He thought the clause a great ireproreinetit 011, par 863% CLOSING PRICES. 5% 7% 67 15% 15 .51k 169 8M 7% 1 / 2 dis X, dis 113. 3814