The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-11 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, MAY 10. TuzaviomETEß, Lowest, 49 ; Highest, 63 ; Noon, 65. BAROMETER, 29 88.—WIND S.S.W.; fine. - _ NEW NOVEL BY MRS. GASCOIGNE. Immecllate7, in 3 v 017,. post Bvo., VELYN HARCOURT. By Mrs. GASCOIGNE. Authoress of " Temptation; or, A Wife's Perils," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Gruat Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., MARMADUKE HERBERT; Or, The Fatal Error. A STORY FOUNDED ON FACT. By the Ccuntess of BLESSINGTON. Author of " The Femme de Chambre," Scc. " A powerfully written novel."—Athenaeum. " A novel cf uncommon merit, and replete with interest."--Lite rary Gazette. " A wo , k of extraordinary interest, and high literary finish,"— Morniag Yost. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. _BAILWAY BY PUBLIC SALE. ItrESSRS. LAM()ND and Co., RAILWAY .LV-1.. SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends Ind tne l'uWic for their conthsneal support and patronage, and tc annomce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, Ficc.. take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place. favours, containing instructions (with a reference). are respectfully feineste I to be aldress.:d. All Seri-„,and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day tredous to their being oiterea : and advicea of results will be lormarded by the tlrst post atter the sale. ant the proceeds home disp.sed eat according to Instructions. tiiilecs. o: Commerce. Threadneedle-street.London. TIER nAJES l'Y'S THEATRE. THIA EVENING, Tuesday, May 11, will be performed DOni- Zettes Opera e titled L'ELISIR D'AMORE. Mina, Madame Castellon ; Neinorino, Signor Cardoni; Belcore, blignor F. Lablache; and Dr. Dulcamara, Signor Lablache. Itetwe.n the Acts, a DIVERTISSE:dENT. Pas de Cing, by Millie. C,rito and M. St. Leon, as-isted by Mdlles. Cassan, James, and Honore. Pas de la Rosicre, by Mdlle. Marie Taglioni (her last appearance but two). La Manola, by Madile. Cerito and M. St. Leon. To be followed by the Last Scene, by Signor Coletti. T conclude with the favourite Ballet THEA ; OU, LA FEE AUX FLEURS. Principal character; by Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie Taglionl, and I. Paul TaAioni. Meyerbeer's Opera, Roberto it Diavolo, will be repeated forthwith. VI:, doors open at Seven. The Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully in formed, that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY n 3 xt, May 13, when will be performed Bellini's Opera, entitled LA SONNAMBULA, A mini, Mille. Je,ny Lind ; Lisa, Madame .olari ; Count Rodolpb, Signor F. Lablache ; and Elvino, Signor Gardoni. • With various h ntertainments in the BALLET DEPARTMENT, coma icing the talents of 31dlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Rosati, Mdlle. M. Mdlle. Petit Stephan, 31dlles. Honore, Cassan, Julien, La rnlut eux, and Mdlle. L. Gratin. 31. Perrot, M. P. Taglioni, and M. St. Len. ROYAL I FALUN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. On THURSDAY next, May 13, an EXTRA NIGHT, on which occasion the combined strength of the Company will perform. Tr,e OPERATIC PERFORMANCES will embrace the talents of Madame Grsi, Madame Pe.•siani, Signora Alboni, Signor Mario, Signor Salvi, Signor Rovera, Signor Marini, and Signor Tamburini. The BALLET will be supported by Mdlle. Fanny Elssler, Mdlle. Dlinilatre. Mdlle. Vedanta, Mdlle. De Melisse, Sidlle. Auriel, Ma d .the Delchaux, M. Petipa, M. Croce, M. O'Bryan, M. Delferier, &c. The Doors will open at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Opera will commence at Eight. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow- Vreet ; and at Cramer, Beale. and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. tinder the Management a THIS EVEN Mr. It. Webster, sole Lessee. EVENING Will he performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir An thony Absolute, Mr. W, Farren ; Captain Absolute, Mr. H. Holl ; Faaiklana, Mr. Stuart ; Acres, Mr. Webster ; Sir Lucius O'Trivger, :NH'. Hudson; Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Glover, Lydia Languish, Miss Juila Benn,tt ; Lucy, Mrs. Humby. After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, called THE NEW MAN ET ; or, ITarlermin out of Place. 'lO conclude with the Farce of THE IRISH ATTORNEY • , or, Galway Practice in 1770. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Did !r* the direction of Madame ('eleste FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. JAMES WORRELL. THIS EVEN4NG Will he performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS Cl' fliE 101:EST ; a tipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Islunftel, Mr. 0. Smith; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cyhthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; St tr'ight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After which the New Opera Buffa Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOUR. Mr. Frampton. Mr. Worrell ; Sam Hobbs, Mr. Lambert ; Dick Dumpy, Mr. Munyard ; Miss Leslie, Miss Harding; Nancy Scraggs, Mrs. Matthews. I•RINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Ma.idox, sole Ls see and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comic Opera, called THE ,WREN. The Doke, Mr. Walton; Scipio, Miss S. Flower; Balhaya, Mr. Leffler ; Tempesta, Mr. Allen ; Pecchione, Mr. Dclavanti ; Mathea, Madame Peron; Zerlina, Miss G. Smithson. After which, the new Farce, entitled WIFE FOR AN HOUR. Principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Granby, Vining, Cowell, Compton, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with the Comedy of THE HYPOCRITE. In which Messrs. Ryder, Vining, J. 'A ebster, Granby, Fisher, Compton, Mrs. Fos •roke, Mrs. Hughes, and Mrs. Stirling will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING Will he performed the. new Drama, called THE CREOLE ; or, Love's Fetters. Damiron, Mr. F. Mathews; Alphonse, Mr. Murray, Hyacinthe. Miss Dickinson; Bokes, Mr. Keeley; Latour, Mr. Emery ; Virginie, Miss M. Keeley ; Loui se , Mi ss May; Helena. Miss Daly. erl:vhich, the entirely new occasional Dramatic Sketch. called JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ters by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham. Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley. To cone nde with a new Burlesque Extravanza, called THE WOOD D. MON . ; or, One o'Clock, In which Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, F. Matthew., Bellingham, Kinloch, Silver, Miss Dickinson, Miss Daly-, and Mrs. Keeley will appear._ FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MORROW EVENING will he performed the Comedic of LE MANTEAU ; ou, Le Reve do Ma I. Darliere, M. Langeva ; Gillot, M. Tourillon; Mathilde, Mdlia. Vallee ; Emelie, Mdlle. Detain ; t,a Baronne, Mdlle. Angele. After which, the Comedic of LE MARL A LA CAMPAGNE. Colembet, M. Rev.ier ; Ursule, Mdlle. Denain. To conclude will LE MEDECIN MALGRE LUI. Sganarelle, N. Regnier ; Martine, Mdme Grassau. Boxes, Cs. ; PR, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 34.; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, lt,nd-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN %ERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, li'l.ite, Stanwood. and Germon, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS at the St. James's Theatre, THIS EVEaING, Tuesday, May 11, and next Saturday Even ing, May 15. Doors open at Eight:o'clock. They will also give aDAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, May 12, com mencing at Halt-past Two o'clock. • Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond•street ; and at the Box-office. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager. Mr. William Batty. ider the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. THIS EVENING Will he 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, Pearl of the Desert ; the four Mexican Antipo dran Artistes ; and the celebrated Clown. Mr. W. F. Wallet. To conclude with ZARAH ; or, The Gipsy Tribe of Bohemia. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes. 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. lrfuler the Management or Mrs. Frances Davidge, Les - see. Last Four Nights, previous to tte Opera Season. Whit-Monday. . Immense success of the Hall of Rome. THIS EVENING . be performed the popular Drama of JURY RAT FLEE ; or, The Progress of a Scamp. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. _ _ _ After which the HALL OF ROME, by the celebrated Tableau Vivants and Poses Plaitique. To conclude with THE BUFFALO GALS ; or, Female Ethiopian Serenaders. (loxes, 23. Pit, is.; Gallery, 6d. Doorg open at Six, commence At Half•past Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. FOR TUE BENEFIT 0 , MISS VINCENT. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspere's Play of AS YOU LIKE IT. Duke, Mr. Dale ; Jacques, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Orlando, M. Hicks ; Touch stare, Mr. Gardner; Adam. Mr. Searle; Audrey, Miss Burrough cliffe ; Rosalind, Miss Vincent, After which, the Drama of THE SHIP BOY; or, The White Slave of Guadaloupe. In the course of the evening, the Ethiopian Serenaders, and the Black Gals of Ohio; a Comic Ballet, called Harem Scarem ; and Mr. Cox's Grand Dissolving Views. To conclude with the Nautical Drama of GALE BREEZELY. Supported by the principal talent of the Company. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. WATvit. AT i.ONDON-RULDGE TEII6 DAY. ;11)rning .. 50 minutes atter 10. I Evening .. 23 minutia "Pe' 11 Z1 ..4 j - T Ina o:ri nut , t 4 LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1847. From time immemorial the judges of the land, superior and subordinate, have been in the habit, on occasions which they have considered appropriate, of making from the bench extra-judicial observations upon the policy of any given law under which they have been called upon to pass sentence. Considering how much our criminal code formerly stood in need of reform (and, indeed it still does to a considerable extent), the practice referred to has unquestionably been favoured by our l ega l functionaries to a very limited. degree ; and ther e can b e no doubt that, owing to the remarks thus delivered b y t h e judges, our legislators have been at times quickened into pro siding remedies for the abuses denounced. Still, the practice is bad in principle, though its occasional eiTect has not been unserviceable to the public inte- Strictly viewed, the practice is unconstitu- rkx:s. ttcna! The province of the judge is faithfully to aqininister the law in the shape in which he finds it entrusted in his hands for execution. With its fit nu's or unfitness lie has nothing to do, so far as his ministerial functions are concerned. To give an extra judici:d opinion from the ?eat of authority, either as to the merits or demerits of any law, is, pro tante, to entrench upon the province of the legislator. The duty of the judge is solely to uphold and maintain the law as laid down by the Legislature. In his pri vateArgilioint a4awtnay be held to be good or bad. .11 - rCis private opininnie favourable to its continuance, the fact of adverting to it in terms of com mendation would only be an act of supereroga tion.; if, on the other hand, it should be un favourable, the expression of his views in open IA „s cut 4, 4 , ,•1•• - '..47,q.41111040” , 7 1' , 4 T • x05;;:',..:,.”.4017130'.2.-4 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1847 court would naturally tend to shake the con fidence of the public in the law which it is the duty of the judge to cause to be respected and duly en forced. In the latter case a judge gets himself into a dilemma, and indirectly compromises his efficiency as a servant of the Crown, for the purposes with which he has been invested with authority. Moreover, the judges can always, collectively or individually, com municate the results of their observations and experi ence to the Secretary of State, whose duty it would then be to confer with his colleagues in office, among whom there are always men of the highest legal attainments, with the view of considering whe ther they should invite Parliament to legislate con formably with the judicial recommendations that may have been made to them. Again, independently of the Government, there are always in the House of Par liament Members who have earned eminent distinction in the legal profession, whose services can be easily enlisted for introducing measures to improve our laws. These are, therefore, additional reasons why the judges should confine themselves strictly to what is enjoined them in the discharge of their solemn functions. We have been led into these remarks in conse quence of some public comments that have been offered with respect to the observations made by Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, in the case of ELIZA Jourssos, who last week pleaded guilty to having committed a theft, and who confessed she had done so from a desire to be sent out of the country, as she was completely tired of the life she had been pursuing. The girl, twenty years of age, had never been convicted before. Upon these facts, Mr. Sergeant ADAMS made a long speech upon colonial transportation, the ten dency of which was to inform the public that the treatment of female convicts was much improved in Van Diemen's Land, and that therefore he had less compunction in sending out females, to that coun try than he had formerly. The next day the Learned Sergeant sentenced the prisoner to seven years' transportation, with the remark that "he did not know whether he was doing right in acceding to the prisoner's request." IVe cheerfully pay our tribute to the character for humanity enjoyed by Mr. Sergeant ADAMS; but we have no hesitation in telling him he was clearly wrong in the course he adopted. In the first place, he acted directly in contravention to the rule laid down by the superior judges, which is, never to fulfil the object for which a crime has been committed when they can avoid it; and, in the next place, he had no business to assure the prisoner, by the statement he made, that the punishment of trans portation was materially mitigated by reason of the benevolent agency of Mrs. BOWDEN. It is naturally supposed that the prisoner left the dock considerably relieved in her mind by the favourable picture he had drawn, and, perhaps, not a little heightened in her own opinion, from the success which had crowned her desire to be transported. All punishment is vin dicated by the intended effect of example, not only upon the criminal himself, but upon society at large. In the case before us the Learned Sergeant has acted in a way to deaden the effect of example. The con sequence to society is likely to be pernicious. We should not be surprised to find, in a short time, the number of female candidates for transportation largely on the increase. We hope Mr. Sergeant ADAMS will act with greater discretion in future. Mistaken hu manity works infinite mischief. Letters have arrived from Berlin, dated the 3d ult In the sitting of the Prussian Diet of the preceding day the Government seem to have carried the first article of the Bill relating to the exclusion of Depu ties under sentence of criminal tribunals or courts of honour, though not without experiencing considerable opposition. FREDERICK WILHELM IV. had, for the first time since the establishment of the new Constitution, appeared at the opera on the last evening of April. This interesting event is thus mentioned in a private communication : "The Queen accompanied his Majesty. The opera was Iphigenie ea Tauride. They were received with unanimous cheers from all parts of the house. The Queen acknowledged the greetings with great condescention, remaining standing at the front of the royal box for several minutes. The King was evidently much affected, and his countenance expressed the most lively satisfaction." Information from Madrid to the ad ultimo is of comparatively little interest. A fresh evidence of liberality has been given by the Government of ISABELLA in the amnesties granted to General RoDIL and General NOM:TREAS. The fact is mentioned by the Progressista newspapers. Before the departure of NARYAEZ for Paris, he appears, by a private letter received in that city, to have been present at a festivity which is thus re counted : " The Duke of Glucksberg, Minister Plenipotentiary of France, gave yesterday, at the hotel of the Embassy, a grand dinner, in honour of the fête of his Majesty Louis Philippe. All the Ministers of the Queen. and Gen. Narvaez, Ambassador to France, were present at the dinner in grand costume, as were also all the members of the corps diplo tnatique. During the dessert toasts were drunk to the Royal Families of France and Spain, to the union of the two nations, and in particular to the maintenance of the health of his Majesty the King of the French." Her MAJESTY was to leave for Aranjuez on the 6th, with the intention of returning before the ex piration of a fortnight. The Minister for Foreign Affairs during the Re gency of ESPART EEO (M. GONZALEZ) had been elected Deputy for Osuna. All the Madrid journals of the 3d ultimo appeared in mourning, in commemoration of the butcheries perpetrated upon the inhabitants of that capital in 1808, by command of the Grand Duke of BERG. Our intelligence from France, together with the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday, reached us as usual this morning. Notwithstanding the expectation very recently ex pressed that no Ministerial changes would occur be fore the ter ”aination of the present session, a great and important modification of the Cabinet has actually taken place. Three members of the Administration have definitely resigned, namely, M. LACAVE LAPLAGNE, Minister of Finance, General ST. YoN, Minister of War, and Admiral MACKAU, Minister of Marine. If we may credit the reports which were prevalent in the French capital, and which are differently ex• pressed by the various Parisian organs, the Baron DE BOSSIEREC was to be the successor of Admiral MACEAU in the Marine Department, the Marquis DE LAPLACE had already been installed at the War office, and the most probable candidate for the admi nistration of financial affairs was considered to be M. PASST. The great difficulty, however, appears to be the filling up of the latter appointment ; and the remarkable embarrassments of the money market at this moment tend to enhance the interest attached to the Ministerial crisis. On the first announcement of the resignation of M. LACAVE LAPLAGNE an offer of his vacated post was made to Count D'AncouT, the Governor of the Bank of France, but, notwithstanding the pressing solicitations of the Government, it is presumed that the noble financier will give the preference to his present more lucrative, more influential, and more secure position. M. VII.= was likewise mentioned as one eminently calculated for the Ministerial selec tion. When our intelligence left, however, M. PASSY still continued the "favourite." Although the excitement caused by these official "exits and entrances" was remarkable, it was as nothing compared to the prosecution of General CUBIERES, which yet remains undetermined. A royal ordinance was presented to the Chamber of Peers on Friday; and the object of that royal ordi nance, says the Reforme— " Is to deprive the civil tribunal of the Seine of the right of inquiring into the facts denounced by General Cubieres. It was at first believed that the General would be accused of calumny and defamation for having written this memorable taining those w H or e cil sentence._' Remember that the Government is in rapacious took kt place tii without publication t the ef participation letter con o - f and corrupt hand s.' which gave rise to lecciniect the General. and swindling. eiviN suit, prosecution is this ;-1,.111 - corruption the Cabinet of the conseq uently, to be tried for the fact and under the charge of Now, the political motive of the 29th of the Ist of March charges impeaches of October with corruption, and a member of the Thiers the Guizot Ministry rraption. The gravity Administration for swindling absolution Peers is now obvious. ti l o: of one would be of the task imposed on the jhaamndh ec r An acquittal is impossible; the it n a t i he inflexible so thaettstltiewGuizot the same the condemnation of the other. But the it i hz e t o h n er rpenalt y igou rigour f . O n its t he terms,c o rruptor still atld tfhuor corrupted,further, fo r Ministry would be, beforehand, infallibly condemned M. Cubieres be found guilty or declared innocent. sequently, difficult to foresee the conclusion of this drama,- unlOss some unknown deity interferes, as in the theatres of old. The Deus ex machimi was never invoked with more fervour by all parties." Considerable doubts are entertained as to whether General CUBIERES could be impeached upon the article 405 of the French Penal Code, or upon the article 179. Under either circumstance he is consi- dered likely to pass the ordeal unscathed, or if not unscathed, at the least respected for his boldness, and his evident anxiety to explain the whole truth. We cannot afford a more brilliant testimony as to the spirit by which the Opposition is actuated at this instant than by transcribing the stern and impas sioned language uttered by the Presse. It says— " What is the conduct of the Opposition? In place of attacking the Ministry on its weak side, it attacks it on that where it has two decided advantages—that of talent and that of position. The Opposition, being the attacking party, is often obliged to speak at random, whilst the Government, which is on the defensive, can never speak except with a certainty of what it is doing. It can conceal the cards it plays with, which the Opposition never can. If the Opposi tion desired to overturn the Ministry of Oct. 29, what had it to do? Precisely the contrary of what it had done to strike down that of April 15. But where it ought to act in quite a different manner, it acts exactly the same. And, in conse quence, what has come to pass! Every time that the Minis try was on the point of dying away, in a state of downright languor, the Opposition has re-animated it by a discussion, or strengthened it by some triumph in the tribune. It is this which explains the duration of the Cabinet of Oct. 29 for seven years! But what has the country gained thereby? What progress have its institutions made? What questions have been resolved ?—what difficulties smoothed down ? Look at the finances after a reign of seventeen years and seven years' tenure of office, in what a state they are in ! Look at the public works! Everywhere they are com menced, nowhere finished ! In one place, useless works, where tens of millions have been flung away; in another, necessary works to carry on which a centime cannot now be obtained ! A budget, which exceeds 1,500 millions, and departments all the resources of which will not suffice to terminate for the next fifty years the roads placed at their charge —a fine example of expense and indigence! The speciality introduced by distrust into our budgets, employed when it is an obstacle, and violated when it is a guarantee Centralisation and complication, purchase of votes and arathy, that to say, the forced union of what are incon gruous! The army in time of peace costing 365 millions a' year, for what purpose and against what? Algeria, which costs us so dear in money and men, abandoned without di rection to the will of Marshal Bugeaud 1 The navy pos sessing so much less vessels that more money is expended in them The English alliance as solid and not less sincere in 1847 than in 1840." _ _ As to the critical condition of the finances of the country here alluded to by our Contemporary, it 'nay be observed that the retirement of M. LAPLAGNE very much increases the immediate trepidation, but by the judicious selection of his successor ultimate advan- tages may compensate the market for all existing inyolvments. Everywhere it is acknowledged that the French Government must shortly be under the necessity of contracting a loan, but there appears ne vertheless to be an inexplicable unwillingness on the part of the Administration to open up the necessary negotiations on that point. Before the departure of our dispatches a general rumour was afloat that the interest on the Bons Royaux was to be reduced to four and a half per cent., in the event of which re port proving to be authentic a certain preparatory step would thereby have been taken by the Cabinet for obtaining the requisite assistance. Previous to his retirement f General ST. Yox re ceived the Arab chief Bou MAzA at the War-office. The African warrior expressed his gratitude for the permission he had obtained to enter Paris, and prof erred his services to march against ABD.EL-KADER. The Journal de Debats gives the following lively description of the foreigner : _ . . " Bou Maza is 25 or 26 years of age ; his stature is above the average height; hi.: physiognomy expresses audacity and energy; his eyes are fine, black, and full of fire; his nose is aquiline; his lips thick; his face long: and on each cheek near the nose is a little blue mark, which is said to be the dis tinctive sign of the Chirepian nobles. His hands are large and long. He wears the same sort of costume as Abd-el- Kader: an haik in wool and silk of extraordinary white ness, and which surrounds his dark visage like a light cloud ; a little brown cord made of camel's hair fixes the vestment round his head ; his bournous is black, of the kind called zourdani ; and his boots, called toumak, are of orange-co loured skin. The conversation of this young cherif shows an energetic and resolute character." The steam corvette Pluton had arrived at Toulon on the 2d instant from the island of Hyeres, where she left the first division of the Mediterranean squadron. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Saturday at 78f. ; the Five per Cents., 1151. 95c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,235 f.; Havre, 937 f. 50c ; Great • : - Northern, 606 f. 25c. ; Avignon, 763 f. 75c.; Vierzon, 591 f. 25c. ; Bordeaux, 511 f. 25c.; Boulogne, 407 f. 50c. ; Basle, 192 f. 50c.; Dieppe, 322 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 422 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes. 410 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 430 f. ; Lyons and Avignon, 445 f.; Cette, 441 f. 25c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 35 1 4. MARSEILLES, MAY 4.-Marseilles and Avignon, 775 f.; Northern, 618 f. 75c. LYONS, MAY 6.-Paris and Rouen, 945 f. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 763 f. 75c. ; V ierzon, 581 f. 25c. ; Northern, 612 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 430 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Liverpool Cotton market was on titurday rather cheaper. American realised 6d. to 6 1 /,..d. per lb. Prices were much the same. In shares there was w improvement, and the business done was very limited. There has been again a very satisfactory budget of news from the West India colonies. The weather vas exceedingly favourable, and the crops were promising. In Demerara, Governor Light had announced that it wouldprobably be the last time he shocld have occasion to make a speech to the Legislature. It is stated in advices received from Russia that the manu facturers were anxious to obtain the sanctiot of the Govern ment at Berlin, to a remission of the duty of three rix dollars per quintal on twist, where the fabrics of which it is composed, are exported, because this will enable them to compete for some of the benefit to be derive 4 from the orders which the United States has sent to England, France, and Belgium. The Indigo prompt, amounting to about 150,000/., was paid on Saturday, and as there is no present want of money dis counts are likely to rule easier this week. The fine weather and increased imports of corn from America may ere long check the advance in grain here, for Wheat is to-day Bs. to 10s. per quarter dearer than on Monday last. There has not been much doing to-day in the Stock Market, but the tone is still heavy. The advance in corn is the principal cause of the continued heaviness. Consols have been 6% to IA for transfer, and 86% to 86% for time; Exchequer-bills are ss. to 2s. premium; and India Bonds, of 1,0001., 2s. discount. Bank Stock has been marked 189 to 187. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, have been quoted 87 1 / 8 to 86 3 %. There is very little doing in the Foreign Market, and the quotations participate in the heaviness of the English Funds. Mexican Bonds have been marked 19 3 / 4 , Grenada 19 to IA, Equador 2%, and Brazilian 83. Venezuela Stock is 37 to 37 3 4. Dutch Four per Cents. have been 87% to 3 %. The Railway Share Market has been again depressed. Great Western are 112, North-Western 1681 t o 170, S out h- Western 60, South-Eastern about 35i. Eastern Counties 18/ Brighton 504 to 514-, Midland 113 toll 4, North Stafford (with 71- paid) 8i to 9b, York and Newcastle 34 to a, and Northern of France Ili. Great Southern and Western of Ireland are 25. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 188 189 187 188% 189 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 85% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. ms, 14% 86% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 87 % 86% 87 87 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 18.16 9 9 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 India Bonds, 1,0001. .• •• • • •. 2 dis 2 dis Ditto, under 1,000/. .• • • • • •• 5 P 5 p Consols for May 27 .. •• •• •• 56 3 s %it 86% Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. 1,0001... 4 5 2 p 2 p 5001. ,„ 2 5 p 5p Ditto. Small 6 4 7 p 7 p ONE CLOSING FORE lON FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 104 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 83 82 1 4 Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 83% Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. . Ditto, 3 per Cent .. 51% 51% Danish, 3 per Cent -.— 82 Equador Bonds .. .. 2% 2% Grenada, 1 per Cent _ „ . 19% 19% Ditto, Deterred 3 3 Mexican Bonds. 1846, 5 per Cent •• 19% 20% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 62 82 Russian Bonds _ 108% •• •• .• Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. •• Ditto, Passive Bonds .. • • 4 % % 4% Ditto, Deferred .. 16 16 Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • •• Ditto, for the Account .. •• • • —33 Y., Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. • • 3 74 i 37% Ditto, Deferred .. 11% 11% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Ilalf per Cent •• 5 7U 14 57% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates •• 87%%% 87% PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. oNtOMATK. PRICES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. .. • • 2 % ••• • •••• • • • • Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 1674 Bristol and Exeter .. 75 .... 72 Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares 2 1 14 •• .. 1% Chester and Holyhead .. .. 27 1 % .... 20% Eastern Counties .. 20 .. • • 191 % %•••• • • • • Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. Ditto, ditto.. .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. Ditto, York Extension 61 ,4 •• • • 4 % %•••• • • • • East Lancashire .. .. • • • • 17 '• •• '•"•• • • • Ditto New .. 7)4 6 ........ East Lincolnshire 6% •• • • 7 % %•••• • • • • 7% Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .... 69 70 70 Ely and Huntingdon .. .. 15 -, .. 14% 14% Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2% • • 1 % • • Great Northern ..• .. • • 3% •• • • 2 % •• • • 214 Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 .... 25 Great North of England . ..100 .. .. 230 231% .. 231 N Great Western .. 83 • • ..112 .. • • .... . 112 Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 .• • • ••.. • • 64 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12 1 ti .... 16 1 4 .. • • 1614 Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 .... 25% 25 34 Ditto, New 41% .. • . 7% •• • • 7 1 4 Ipswich mad Bury SLEdinunds .. 14 .• • • • • ..... Leeds and Bradford .• • • •• 40 ••• • 83 •• • Leeds and Thirsk 26 .... 20% .... •• •• 20% London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. Ditto. New, No. 1 • • Ditto, New. No. 2 .. 11. 13s. 4d. % p.. • London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 .... 511 , 4 50% 51 S I IU Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .. • • 9 ••••• • • • • • 9 % London an North-Western ..100 ....169 1 14 168% 170 170 Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 7 .... 2134 % 22 Ditto ditto, New Shares .. 2 .... 11 % • ..... • • 11% Ditto, 10/. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 .• 6% 6 •.. • • London and South-Western • • 41/. 6s. 10d... 60 .... 60% Ditto, New .. • • 22 .... 22 .... ••.. • • Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. 50 .... 5134 .... ••• • • • Ditto, ditto .. • • • • • • • • 40 •• • • ••••• • • • • • Lynn and Ely .. .. 25 .. 261 4 1 17 Manchester and Leeds .. .. 82 . .. • • Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. .. • .71. 45..... par Midland ..100 ....114 113 1 % .... • • Ditto, New .. • . .. 36 •• .. 38 1 14 .... • •. • • Ditto, New .. .. 6 .... 7 1 14 14 • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3% .... 3 1 14 %.. •• • • Ditto. Class II .• .. 3 .... 2 .... ••.. • • Shropshire Union .. 4211. ...... •• • • South Devon .. .. 40 .... 29 .... • • .... South Staffordshire • • .. 21. 125... 1 die... ••• • • Ti dis South Eastern and Dovor .. 33 1 4 .......... 36314 114 16% 72 23% 114 20% 18% Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 20 •• .. Do.. New (d 0.33/. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .... 12 .......... Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 5 .... 4%N ••.. •• South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole .. .. • .. 2 .... 1 West Riding Union • • • . ..41.23....• p Windsor. Staines, & S. Western.. 425..... p ...• • • York and Newcastle .. 25 .• .. 34 %. . Ditto, New.. . • .. • • 10 •• . • 14 Ditto, Preference . • • . .. 4 .... ••..... . York and North Midland • • •• 50 .• 8i Ditto, Extension • • • • •• 25 •••• 40 . 1 Ditto. Preference ......2 •• • • 10% Do. E. and W. Riding Exten • • 10 •• • -20 u ........ FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bord., Toul., & Cette (Constituted) 4 Central of France (Orlea ns and •• • •• Vierzon) • • • • • • • • •• 12 .......... Demerara .. • • • • • • • 2 % •• • . Louvain la Sambre .• • • • • 6 Luxembourg Northern of France • • • • • • 8 •• • . 11% Paris and Orleans .. .. 20 ••• • • •• •• •• • •• • Paris and Rouen .. • • • • .. 20 MINES. . ..... Real del Monte, Unrezistered .. .... 314 .......... P 1134 38% 7 38 3% 2 2 1 p 31% 81% 40 1 A 101 A 14% 27i 1 111 114 4 4GIA, 364 We observe that Mr. James Worrell takes his an nual benefit this evening at the Theatre Royal Adelphi ; when will be performed Thu. Dowers of the Forest, Jenny Lind, with other entertainments. From the popula rity of this clever comedian we doubt not that he will receive the reception to which he is so well entitled from his friends and the public, and be may therefore count upon having a bumper. M R. R A y NE R. —This celebrated comedian has an nounced his final retirement from the stage this evening, at the Strand Theatre, of which he was the original projector and proprietor, and whose struggles with the authorities in the Lord Chamberlain's-office to ob tain a licence for which attracted considerable share of pub lic attention at the time. He ultimately succeeded, but it not unfrequently happens tkat victory is worse than defeat, and this was the case with Mr. Rayner. The performances this evening will be under the immediate patronaoe of the Earl of Chesterfield, and he will be supported by powerful auxiliary aids, including Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mr. Itansford, Mr. H. Smith, (of America), Mr. Robinson, &c. The first appearance of Mr. Rayner, at the Lyceum, in the part of Giles, in the Mil'er's Maid, and at Covent•garden shortly afterwards as Tyke, in the School of Reform, esta blished his professional reputation as a first-rate actor of Yorkshire or rustic characters, and no unworthy successor of John Emery. After a long and successful career, he now makes his last appeal to the kindness of his friends. He will doubtlessly find a host of friends to support him. DESTRUCTION OF GAME BY POISONING. —A great bustle, approaching to a consternation. has, during the last few days, prevailed in the " preserves" of Lord Middleton near this town, in consequence of it having been discovered that a great number of birds, principally pheasants, had been destroyed through the agency of poisoned grain, which had been strewed about the fields in the neighbourhood of the plantations. We understand that nearly a hundred dead birds of the nobler class have already been picked up; and it is expected that many more remain to be discovered in the woods. Such has been the enormous quantity of the game preserved on the Wollaton and Trowel estates, during the last few years in particular, that as many as from thirty to fifty bares and rabbits may frequently be seen at the same time in a field of but a few acres in extent. We have no doubt but that instances could be furnished from farms in these lordships, where the produce of grain actually realised by the cultivator at harvest time did not exceed more than four or five bushels per acre, when the crop, but for the de struction created by the game, would have furnished from three to five quarters per acre I One afternoon, during har vest time, no fewer than thirty-seven pheasants were counted hard at work in a field of barley, in the parish of Woollaton, without stepping a yard from the pathway ; and there is no doubt that twice or thrice that number of birds might have been discerned in the field, could it have been looked all over at once from the spot where the observer stood.—Nottingham I'aper. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—On Sunday a sermon ou behalf of the above valuable institution was preached at the chapel of King's College, by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Oxford. In the course of a most eloquent appeal, the reverend prelate stated that the charity had relieved 1,276 in-patients, and upwards of 17,000 out-patients, at an ex pense of about 4,000/., but that the funds fel l s hort of its re quirements by upwards of 6001. The Comm ittee were making exertions to increase the amount of a building fund which was commenced some time ago, in order to erect pre mises more suitable for the accommodation of the numerous sufferers who daily apply for admission and relief. At the termination of the sermon a collection was made, amounting to 104/. Lord Brou g h am h as ki nd l y conse nted to take dip chair at the s econ d annual meeting of the Lamb and Flag Ragged Schools, on Wednesday, the 19th May, at six o'c l oc k precisely. The m ee ti ng w i l l be held in the large parochial school-room, Amwell-street," Pentonville. AN ECCENTRIC CLERGYMIN.—The Cincinnati Ad vei:tivr tells a story of an eccentric clergyman, who, not being a very animated and interesting preacher, was often de serted by his flock, at least by parts of them, on the Sabbath. The old gentleman finally adopted rather a novel method of keeping the delinquents up to the point of duty. When any family was absent two or three Sabbaths in succession, Mr. S. would publicly state to the congregation, that as Mr. -- 7 's family had b een f or some ti m e absent from public worship, he presumed th ere was s i c k n ess or trouble in their household, and would appoint a prayer meeting in their house on the next Tuesday afternoon. The old gentleman, on one oct.a,ion, also, caug h t t h e wan derers by the following piece of "guile." On one Sabbath afternoon he told his people that he should take a short journey the next day, and be absent for a short time; but he would take care that some person should come from Boston and supply his desk the next Sabbath. On the next Sabbath morning the meeting house was filled. The whole town turned cut to see the Boston minister. They waited awhile in eager expectation of entrance, when in marched the I{ ,, v. Mr. S-----, and walked up the broad aisle as he had been accustomed to do many years gone by. On ascending the pulpit he smiled graciously upon his large audience, and said, "I am glad my dear brethren, that I have you out. Yon are all here, as you ought to be, and I hope your minds are prepared to receive instruction. I came front Boston yesterday myself." COURT CIRCULAR. - - The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual walk yes terday in the pleasure grounds and plantations of Osborne. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal went in a carriage to the sea beach yesterday forenoon, and took riding and walking exercise. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, left Buckingham Palace yesterday fur a drive in an open carriage and four. We are authorized to state that no tickets to view the Royal pictures by Winterhalter, in St. James's Palace, will be issued from the Lord Chamberlain's Office after Thursday next, the 13th instant; and that on and after Monday next, the 17th instant, tickets may be obtained (in the same man ner as ordered to view the State Apartments in Windsor Castle) upon application to : Messrs. Paul and Dominic Colnaghi, printsellers, No. 14, Pall-mall East. • Mr. Moon, printseller, No. 20, Threadneedle-street. Mr. Mitchell, librarian, No. 13, Old Bond-street. Messrs. Ackermann and Co., printsellers, No. 96, Strand. Among the visitors to view the royal pictures on Saturday and yesterday were the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Marchioness of Exeter, the Bishop of Winchester, the Countess of Zetland, the Earl of Cawdor, Earl and Countess Brownlow, Earl of Morley, Lord Alford, Lady Charlotte Copley, Colonel Hugh Baillie, Lady Elizabeth Dawson, Lady Caroline Somers Cocks, Lady Charles Fitzroy, Lady Wil loughby Gordon, and Lord J. Fitzroy. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Viscountess Barrington, Lady in Waiting, took an airing yesterday in an open barouche and four. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left town yes terday morning, for her residence, Frogmore House, near Windsor. Her Royal Highness returned in the afternoon, at six o'clock, to Clarence House, St. James's. Colonel Mure, M P., had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Commis sioners of Railways, in Great George-street. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial-of f ice, from the Governors of the West India Colonies. Dispatches were also received yesterday from the Governor of Malta. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE TAT FERSALL'S—MoNDAy. THE DERBY.—Both J. Day's favourites were in great request, Cossack, however, being backed for the largest amount—nearly 10,0001., and with a shade the best of it. Van Tromp was also in force, and on the strength of a considerable outlay advanced 13 to 2. Next to the Oxonian, Montpensier and War Eagle were most frequently inquired after, and in each of these cases the prices showed an improvement. Planet, Mr. Martin, and Glentilt were not in much favour, and Ulysses was sent to the extreme outside. It was mentioned that Horn of the Chase was objected to as having been wrongly described in the entry as out of Victoria, by Philip, instead of out of Victoria, by Philip the First; 20 to 1 was offered to be laid that be will not be disqualified. THE OAKS —Clementina was steady at 4 to 1, and some hundreds were laid out on the Farmer's Daughter, at 6 to 1, 11 to 2, and sto 1. The general betting was far from brisk. Latest averages: DERBY. 7 to 4 agst John Day's lot—taken and aft. offered 11 to 1 agat Furth's lot—taken 12 to 1 1000 to 50 agst Mr. Gully's lot —taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's The Cossack—taken 5 to 2 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham—tak. & aft. offd. 13 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—taken 7 to 1 15 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken and aft. offered 16 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Mar tin —tak. & aft. offered 20 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Wanota—tak. & aft. offered 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—t. and aft. off. 25 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Montpensier-30 to 1 t. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller's Oxonian—take 30 to 1 30 to 1 agat Mr. Gully's Mathematician—t. and aft. off. 30 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—t. and aft. off 33 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt-40 to 1 laid once 40 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Nottingham—taken to 1(0 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote 50 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo—taken to 100 1000 to 20 agst Colonel Anson's Bingham —t. and aft. off. 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Gully's Buckskin—t. and aft. off. 50 to 1 agst Mr. Robertson's Good Coin 1000 to 10 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Ulysses 1000 to 10 agst Lord Stanley's Bowstring. OAKS. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Clementina—t. and aft. of. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Day's The Farmer's Daughter 9 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander—t. 13 to 1 agst Mr. Quartermain's Lady Lift—t. 15 to 1 15 to 1 agst Capt. Harcourt's Ellerdale—t. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Maid of Motherwell—t. The subscription room will be opened every day this week. It is proper to remind those who have bets on the Derby and Oaks that Thursday next is comparing day. SHREWSBURY RACES—FRIDAY (CONCLUDICD). The Walford Mancr Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 20 added. Heats. About 2 miles and a quarter. (6 Subs.) Mr. Raworth's Idolater, b yrs (Bradley) 2 1 1 Sir C. H. Cockerell's Carissima, 5 yrs Mr. Davenport's Zeta, 6 yrs Mr. W. Scott nd Pinkinkindness, 4 yrs _ _ _ .... , . Mr. Barton's Reliance, 5 yrs 0 0 dr The Severn Stakes of 5 sous. each, 2 ft, with 20 added_ Heats. One mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. Price's Gaffer Green, aged, Bst 111 b (Arthur) 3 1 1 ➢lr. Skerratt's Urania, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b Mr. Copeland's Cheapside, 3 yrs, 6st 71b 2 2 dr LON DON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 8. Demerara, 2 1 / 2 —Northern of France, ilr s —Paria and Lyons, s—Rouen and Barre, 25—West Flanders, 4. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. (From the Graham's Town Journal of March 6.) His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Henry Pottinger arrived at Graham's Town about five o'clock on the afternoon of this day se'nnight. lie was met a few miles from Town by the Commander of the Forces, Sir George Berkeley, by Colonel Somerset, by the Civil Commissioner of the District, by all the other civil and military authorities in Graham's Town, and by a considerable number of the inhabitants. The recep tion of his Excellency was most cordial, all classes appearing to vie in their endeavour to give expression to their satisfaction at the arrival of his Excellency at the scene of his future labours, and on which, we may con fidently assert, he enters with the fervent wishes of the whole community for his speedy and complete success. His Excellency alighted at Government House, which hart been hastily prepared for his reception, but dined s3on after his arrival with the Commander of the Forces at Styles' Hotel. CONFIDENCE AND NO CON FIDENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—The infatuation under which the public is la• bouring at this moment of crisis as to the temporary character of the causes producing it, it concerns the na tional weal to remove as quickly as possible. Want of confidence is the cry of the merchants and bankers of the cities of London, Liverpool, Manchester, &c , whereas want of property is the real evil. We have stocks of nothing ; our large consumption has devoured everything. Wheat, from scarcity—known long ago to those who bad followed the subject, but just found out by the confiding multitude,—is at 1003. a quarter. All other articles of consumption are comparatively high, also, from the same cause, money with the rest of them. The most solid borrower in the country, the Govern. ment, is obliged to pay 41. 11s. per annum interest on its Exchequer - bills. Confidence and more paper is to be the cure for a real deficiency,—so say the deputations of the commercial interests of Liverpool and the loan in terests of London. Bank of England directors tell you that affairs in the city are better, because more gold, the result of a forced action on the exchanges and denial of accommodation to customers, has come into their own coffers. Why, Sir, one month's supply of wheat alone at the present price would carry off 5,000,0001. of gold. In such a state of things, I say, that all these efforts to inspire confidence are keeping up a fatal delusion. Assuming the coming harvest to be as abundant as the most ardent friends of their country's prosperity can desire, we cannot reach the period of its arrival if we consume at the pace we are going. Instead of wanting confidence, we have been too confident all along. Had the price of all articles been as high as they ought to have been, but far funded and railway speculations, six months ago, the process of 'economy would have been going on from that time, and the accumulations upon such a period of time would have gone some way to assisting us through the three to four months that must elapse before we can expect any new return. As it is, we suddenly arrive at the awful conviction that we are without stores at all, and we are told to issue more paper and have confidence. Rigid and universal economy, with as large a sale as we can make of transferable securities, for the purpose of procuring supplies from every quarter from which they can come, is the only escape from our present dilemma. If we get gold from other countries, we must ge t i t w i t h the certain conviction that it will be required to pay for our most urgent wants. Other countries in the same predicament with ourselves, having spent too much, and being short of supply, will be active competitors with us. We must be prepared, therefore, for sacrifices, and enor mous ones.—Your obedient servant, London, May 8. R. ANTWERP, MAY B.—Lady French and family, and Captain Story, were among the distinguished passengers that arrived here yesterday, by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Venezuela, that left London the day previous. Sir David Cunningham arrived in London on Saturday afternoon, by the General Steam Navigation Com pany's steam ship Sir Edward Banks, from Ostend. THE THREE COUSINS.—A NOVEL. BY MRS. TROLLOPE. —ln this novel Mrs. Trollope maintains, with unabated spirit, her reputation for vigorous character draw ing. " The Three Cousins" represent the three states of womanhood ; the first is a wife, the second a widow, the third a maid. Their ages climb the scale in the same way. Mrs. Cobhurst, the intriguing widow, is capital—a lady of thirty-four and upwards, who claps her hands joyously like a girl of sixteen, and looks. into gentlemen's eyes as if her young soul within were inching with its first emotions. But the most perfect characters in the book are the gentlemanly dinner-giving Bi-hop of Solway and his wife, Mrs. Morrison. They stand out from all the rest. " The constitutional good nature of the lady showing itself through the conventions of her position, the smoothness" of the Bishop, who loves to live in good repute, and whose selfish pleasures take an out- i ward shape of social enjoyment that might almost be mis taken for geniality, are bit off with a knowledge of human nature which places them amongst the most successful of , the Thatched House Tavern i s expec t e d to be most nume rously attended. A mi ne d , great many of the members are deter :great supporters of f it i ballot as a general measure, but but its benefit, as one in club; which tends to anything candidate. There are a g r e l a a c t k m b i t ball e n u b t bl o e f m teenn and is fatalg gentlemen t t l o e m t e h n e proposed for this m eet ing. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. The opening match of the season will take place on Tues day next, when three very handsome pieces of plate will be given by the club ; two of the first-class, and one for the second-class yachts. The distance to be sailed is from Eritli round a flag-boat moored off the Chapman Head, below Gravesend, and back to Greenwich. The Meteor is engaged by the club to convey the members and their friends, and will leave the Adelaide. hart, London- bridge, at a quarter before ten, calling at Greenwich and Blackwall at half-past ten. The following is the entry of the yachts, with their station *— Stn. Yachts. Tons. Owners. I Belvidere 2 Ino 3 Prima Donna 25 4 Secret ... 25 5 Fawn SECOND CLASS. 1 Ranger ... .. 12 4 Whisper l2 ...... T. Eveleigh, Esq. VENUS ATTIRING. We have been much gratified by a recent :visit to the Egytian Hall, where this exquisite production of art, and—what is more—of genius, is now exhibiting. The sculptor is Mr. John Henry Nelson, who has tarried for a short time in the metropolis, on his journey to Rome, where the model is to be sculptured in marble. The statue is of an exceeding beauty. It is the very embodiment of chastity, of grace, and of symmetry. The proportioning of the limbs, the indication of the anatomy of the female figure, and the natural position of the goddess of love, are conceived and executed with extra ordinary skill and fidelity. The form is nearly in an erect position, without a single shred of drapery. Venus is clasping a jewel upon her wrist ; her head is alightly bent; her ancles and arms are modelled, as indeed is the entire figure, from the life—and they are modelled with consummate delicacy. Regarded from all points of view the statue is in no way marred by angularities ; every separate outline presents a peculiar variety, and all are characterised by a bewitching softness. As Ariadne was to German art, and Eve to English art, Venus is to Irish art. It is an honourable effort on the part of Mr. Nelson to elevate the taste of his country men, and should be visited by every cordial lover of the least perishable of the fine arts in the metropolis. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 9.—His Royal Highness Prince Oscar, of Sweden, is hourly expected at this port in a frigate, com manded by himself. Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart, the Cominander•in-Chief, is anxiously on the look out for his Royal Highness, and will pay him the most hospitable atten tion. Mr. Mears, the superintendent of the South-Western Railway Station at Gospert, has also received instructions from the company to place special trains at the command of his Royal Highness for himself and suite. A vast number of the best seamen in the British navy who were on board the celebrated inconstant, 36, throughout her commission, and recently paid off from that splendid model of a perfect frigate at Devonport, have, we are cre dibly informed, entered on board the Brazilian frigate Con stitucion at that port, as well as numerous other able seamen who were tired of waiting for an English man-of-war to be commissioned. The Apollo troop-ship, Commander W. Radcliffe, arrived from Sheerness yesterday morning, having had a complete refit. The Quail lighter, from Pembroke-yard, with stores, arrived yesterday. The Mercury tender, Mr. Walker, Second-Master com manding, sailed yesterday with men for the Howe, 120, Captain Sir James Stirling, at Sheerness. The Geyser, steam-sloop, Commander F. T. Brown, arrived this morning from Scotland. . . A Swedish corvette, believed to be the Nayaden, arrived at Spithead this afternoon, but the Swedish Prince was not on board. The Recruit, 12, Commander A. Slade, is to leave the har bour to-morrow morning, and sail immediately for Plymouth with the blue jackets belonging to the Caledonia, which have been employed in navigating the Avenger. PROMOTION. Lieutenant—F. Beauchamp Seymour, Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, to be acting Commander of the Collingwood. Mr. Seymour has been five years absent from England, serving in China and the Pacific. APPOINTMENTS. Captain—W. H. Hall, to the Dragon. Commander—C. J. Balfour, to study steam at the Wool wich factory. Lieutenants—R. D. Aldrich, to the Howe; Sir Godfrey Webster, to study steam at the Woolwich factory; E. A. Glynne. to command the Dart, new brigantine; J. F. Slight, E. A. T. Lloydd, and T. D. A. Fortescue, to the Dragon ; H. M. Kinsman, to the Avenger. Masters—W. Archer, to the Avenger; J. Chambers (acting), to the Dragon. Paymaster and Purser—T. E. Gould, to the Dragon. Secretary—George P. Martin, clerk, to be Secretary to Commodore Lambert. Surgeons—James Carmichael, M.D., to the Howe; John Davidson,secon Second Masters-Edward t he aon . . Tucker, to Wil liam Moorman, to the Howe; G. H. Green, er the to T the rib p l r e a • gon. Assistant- Surgeons—James Peters and Henry Piers, to the Poictiers ; Thomas Kincaid, Frederick Joseph Brown, M.D., and W. B. Dalty, to the Howe; Nicholas Littleton, to Green wich Hospital; J. T. Trousdell, to Plymouth Hospital; John G. Campbell, to the Dragon. Clerks—O. D. Sibbald, to the Avenger; J. M. Moore to the Caledonia. Masters' Assistants—Robert Martin Curry, to the Dragon ; Alfred Forester, to the Bloodhound. The Majestic, 80 guns, building in Chatham, is to be pro ceeded with so as to be launched this year. Wootwicit, MAY B.—Lieutenant Louis, two sergeants, two corpocals, two drummers, and seventy privates of the Woolwich di v i s i on o f the Royal. Marines, embarked at Wool wich Dockyard at twelve o'clock to-day in the African Steam-vessel, for conveyance to Sheerness, to join for service in her Majesty's ship Howe, 120 guns, commissioned at that port by Captain Sir James Stirling. The remainder of the Marine force required for the Howe will be made up from the second division of the Royal Marine Artillery. The Atholl troop-ship, Command er Peam, disembarked Major James's company of Royal Artillery, at seven o'clock this morning, at the dockyard, and they marched to the garrison. Major .James, Lieutenant Anson, and Lieutenant Power arrived with the company from Malta, and disem barked at the same time. The Atholl will proceed to Dept ford to take in stores and return to Woolwich to embark Captain Bingham's and Captain Fitzmayer's companies, both of the Bth battalion, for a passage to Ceylon, to relieve the two companies at that foreign station. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, May 10. Ths LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. THREATENING LETTERS BILL. Lord DENMAN proposed the second reading of this Bill. In doing so, he said he conceived that his motion would not met with the slightest objectio' us it was to amend the present anomalous state of the law with respect to persons sending threaten ing letters for the purpose of extorting money. The existing law was so imperfect, that unless a letter of this nature was actually addressed to the person from whom money was sought to be extorted no offence was committed, and the object of the Bill was to render it equally criminal to send a letter with the view of extorting money from a person to that person's relations or friend-. The Bill was then read a second time. THE TOWNSEND PEERAGE. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from a gentleman named Charles Townsend, "coin moldy called Lord Charles Townsend and Marquis of Townsend," playing for an alteration of the Act passed three years ago with respect to the Townsend Peerage. CORN. The . Earl of HARDWICKE gave notice that he would ask her Majesty's Ministers two questions, first, whether they knew what quantity of wheat was in Cele country ; and, second, what Quantity they expected to be imported. RATING IN IRELAND. The Earl of ST. GERMANS presented a petition from the rate-pa) ers in the County Down, praying that the rates shiaitd be as usually charged, one-half upon the landlord, and one ha:f upon the tenant. THE FAG I ORY BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented several pe titions from various parts of the country in favour of the Factory Bill PUBLIC-HOUSES IN SCOTLAND. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH presented a petition praying that their Lordships would take into considera tion some measure for licensing public-houses in Scotland. ARMY SERVICE BILL. On the motion of Lord STANLEY, the further read ing of this Bill was postponed till Fricay next. LANDED PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL. The report on this Bill was postponed till to-morrow. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. On the order of the day for going into Committee upon this Bill being read, The Earl of WICKLOW rose to propose an amend ment to the 20th clause, of which he had given notice, but was interrupted by Lord STANLEY, who said that he wished to ask her Majesty's Government whether they intended to insert a clause in this Bill respecting electoral division. He would put it to the Government whether they did not think that by argreeieg to the words " electoral divisions" after the word " union" they would render more effectual the working of this measure. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was understood to say that power already exist, d to alter the extent of the electoral divisions. Lord STANLEY complained that the Noble I:arquis had not answered his question. He thought that the Commissioners should hare the power to make those alterations, and not only that the Commissioners should have the power, but that the Executive should give the Commissioners authority to exercise it, and to reduce the area of unions of large electoral divisions. Lord BROUGHAM said, that under the law of settlement, power was given to divide parishes in such cases as those which were of great extent, and lie thought that similar power ought to be conferred in the present Bill. After a few words from the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Clancarty, and Lord Recicsdale, The Earl of WICKLOW said that he was - quite aware of the existence of the power to which the Noble Marquis (the Marquis of Lansdowne) had referred. He wanted to impress upon their Lordships what ap peared to him to Le a grievous injustice, namely, throw ing upon certain rural districts the whole weight of the support of the pauper population of the towns. He considered that the pauper population of an union should be supported by the union at large. Un less this were the case, the expense which would be thrown upon the towns would be enormous ; in fact, property in towns would be destroyed altogether. After the opinion of their Lordships the other night he conceived that their Lordships would accede to the following amendment : " In clause 20 to insert, after the word ' repealed' in twelfth line, the words and that it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, when they shall see fit, to form into separate electoral divisions towns with a population of three thousand, or upwards.' " He said 3.000, because be believed small towns of that size would be best accommodated by such an arrange ment. After a desultory conversation, in which Lord Moat eagle, Lord Campbell, and Lord Brougham took part, Earl GREY said, the clause which already existed in the Rill was word for word the same with the amend ment of the Noble Earl, as far as could be. After a few words from the Marquis of Clancarty. Earl Grey, and the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl FITZWILLIAM said, the amendment of the Noble Earl raised questions of a most important charac ter—how, and on what principle they were to form the new communities which they were about to form in Ire land? The Noble Earl (Grey) thought the Commis sioners had power enough, and the amendment had the effect of extending that power. He asked any Noble Lord whether he thought the Commissioners under the clause of the Bill would act in the way proposed by the Noble Earl? What he asked to know was why the re lief of the poor should fall upon the electoral division and not upon the whole union? That was a question deserving attention. Another was, whether the town poor ought to be relieved by the country division also, or ought rather to be separated from the country. These were important questions. He said he would support the amendment of the Noble Earl. The Earl of CLARICARDE said the whole question under the present amendment was the area of the elec toral rating, and all that was meant by the Noble Earl in his amendment was, not that he differed from the principle of the clause in the Bill, but that he wished to suggest some duties to the guardians or commissioners for acting upon. But many other suggestions as well as this might be made. He thought then it would be far better to leave the commisiouers in power as they were by the Bill. The amendment was then put to their Lordships, and was lost without a division. The Earl of WICKLOW then rose to propose ano ther amendment, of which he had given notice, but after a few words from the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Noble Earl withdrew his amendment. The clause was then agreed to. Clauses 22 and 23 were then agreed to. On the 24th clause being proposed, Lerd NIONTEAGLE said that if they attempted to remove the children from those workhouses, they would deprive them of all chances of education ; and, on the other hand, if they retained them, they would be bring ing up a pauper population which they could not turn to any account. He would suggest that those Poor-law Commissioners should have the power of effecting a union of unions, and that the education of industry should be superadded to that of intellectual education. Thus the children would be properly educated and pro perly taken care of. He merely wished to suggest the insertion of such a clause as the one ho had prepared. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE admitted the im portance of the Noble Lord's recommendation, and inti mated that her Majesty's Government were favourable to the introduction of industrial as well as educational training into the schools. He would, however, take the suggestion into consideration. Clauses up to 30 having been agreed to, Lord STANLEY rose to propose the insertion of the following clause in the Bill :—That, save as herein after provided, it shall not be lawful for any occupier of rateable property holding under any lease or agreement to be made or entered into after the j assing of this Act, nor for any tenant at will, or from year to year, after the Ist day of January, 1849, to deduct from the rent to which he may be liable in respect of such property any amount whatever in respect of any rate which may be imposed at any period subsequent to the date of such lease or agreement, or subsequent to such Ist day of Ja nuary, as the case may be. That all the provisions of the Act 6th and 7th Victoria, c. 92, intituled, " An Act for the further Amendment of an Act for the more effec tual Relief of the Destitute Pcor in Ireland," for the charge and recovery of rates upon property rated to a net annual value not exceeding 41, shall be deemed and taken to apply to the like property rated to a net t a h n e n es. ! value value not exceedingunfit; 51. ; providedsor holdingnevr and be it enacted, that no immediatealee; or entered into any lease or agreement to be mace be authorised to de after the passing of this Act, duct from any rent by . him.payable under such lease or agreement to his superiorlanpdmloayrdb, eaniympamosoeudnattwahhaytepveef in respect of any rate which riod subsequent to the date of such lease or a g ree ment. He said the time had now arrived when it became his duty to submit for the adoption .of their Lordships th e amen dment o f which he had given notice. He wa s quite sure t h a t their Lordships, proceeding with th e di s cussion, and with the a mendment, of this mos t im portant subject , would approach it without any reference on their pi!rt, or without any influence on their mi n d s misapprehension and misrepresentation w hi c h fromhad the been industriously circulated, not only within the walls of that House, with regard to the object as well as the motive which had led him to propose the clause— that they would not consider whether the vote which he asked them to come to, should confer upon them a mo mentary popularity, or the reverse of popularity—th a t they would not either bo influenced by those insinua tions which had been very liberally circulated with re gard to the probable political consequences of their Lordships' adoption of the motion which he had submitted for their consideration and adoption. (Hear.) It had been stated that his was a landlord's amendment. N ow , he denied that altogether—(Cheers) —nay more, he should be ashamed of himself if, connected as he m with property in Ireland, he submitted to th e i r Lord ships' consideration a clause intended or calculated, ex clusively or even primarily, to benefit that class to h e himself belonged.--(Hear.) H e s h cu l d be yet more ashamed of himself, if that advantage were to be pur chased by any corresponding advantage upon any. other class of scciety ; but hi s fi rm conviction was, that so far from being a landlo r d' s quest i on, if it be any thing it was especially a labourer's, and not a landlord's ques t i on .— (Loud cheers.) Th e o bj ect whichhad in view was— and which he was su re a ll t h e i r Lordships e had in view— was how they Could best conduct this perilous experi ment, upon which they were called upon to enter, upon which you had decided and notwithstanding all the objections, and all the difficulties, and all the dangers, he thought, upon the , whole they had w i se l y decided to enter, but it was for their consideration, and it was important that they should all consider it calmly and deliberately, how to conduct that experiment, so as to render the property of Ireland", test able to bear the burden, which was about to be thrown upon it ; and best ale to bear this burden of the employm.et of those labourers whom they desired to rescue from a pressure upon ths poor rates. Ile was not then deter red by any of the considerations to which he had referred, from submitting. to heir Lordships an amendment, which, in his conscience, be believed was nesessary for the safe working of this measure. He was not even deterred from submitting this amendment, by the rather unusual intimatien con tained in that extraordinary message from the House of Commons, which was conveyed to their Lordships a few nights ago—(Cheers and laughter)—by my Noble Friend the Noble Earl on the cross benches : who, for the purpose of influencing your Lordships' deliberations and decisions upon this measure, thought it necessary to state to your Lordships that he was in a posit cr ioe to state from authority that Earl Line, In had cha n t his his mind upon the subject of an Irish poor-law.—(Ch eers and laughter.) Undoubtedly, recent events had wade it perhaps convenient that when there was a n y g eneral change in the House of Commons En masse, early led' fruition should be given to your Lordships of such change, but he (Lord Stanley) with all the resp ect which he had for his Noble Friend on the cross benches, and it was most unfeigned, :and the other Noble Lord to when' he r, ferred, he hardly thought that such an intimation was likely to have an undue influerce on your Lord ship's deliberations, wh, n his Noble Friend on the cross benches, stated that he was authorised, on aut hority, t 0 state fur the information of your Lordships , that Lo rd Lincoln had changed his opinions.—(Laugh ter.) was also farther deterred from bringing forward thi! question, than by that which had much greater weit,h4 In his mind—namely, the expressed objection of r e l Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Brougham) w hore he did not see in his place, and also from the objections of the N o ble Marquis Cbartsi downe) on the opposite benches. He rePeate their that he was not even deterred b y objections, but he thought the objections of his Noble and Learned Friend had reference more particularly to what were fallaciously announced to be the object the ions to the measure. The Noble Marquis, in stating ground of his objections, stated what he (Lord Stanlen considered a most dangerous principle to enunciate of which a public man could be guilty, nansely•--that the l, must legislate, not upon principles, but upon impress's% —(Hear.) This was a matter of too great consequeitece for them to consult impressions ; they must look to t t a effects—to consequences. They must see that theirete: gislation did not obtain momentary popularity. but ta a a' it would lead to placing the country out of haz ard 'al i se enable them to legislate safely for her defence ; f felt convinced that, unless they adopted the princn'r o f the amendment he had intrusted to thew, they ce" n hope that this experiment could be conducted the most dangerous and cruel results. He ask ed it tfe to deal with Irish property as they would think '"The to deal with English property.—(Loud cheers-) great body of them, perhaps, were unconnected with property in Ireland ; they were called upon to leg is t with regard to that country, and he asked th e ` - :, before they decided, to place their hands or"' their hearts, w ithout and say whether they would doe to propose, or whether they could carry: l es effect a poor-law for England based upon the prineiP s of this poor-law ?—(Renewed cheering)—and deprives; of the safeguard which they had in England ag ai -,:b abuse.—(Hear, hear.) Why, if they could not , r ' i s m ho p w ose of hope of success, could what y t what conscience, with ,1 that which they knew they could not impose upon Eng lan t At all events they must show him that this experimen r e for was dangerous for England, and that it was safe et c Ireland, before they rejected his proposition ; the, in i e - s s u r p e o a n am lre w l i a t n h-W1 :; point out the circumstances which rendered it e ; te a injurious to Ireland th an t o E ng l an d. On then' rVhe n the onus of proof, and cot Is, on r they asked him to cra m p th e r e lief to the Pe°. in Ireland, be asked th e m, on the othal side, to show that that system of relief whic h was safe tor England, was safe for Ireland, and would be a c , companied by a safeguard. They must explain the, li t fereuce. The measure which they were about to so*. would, by the confessionof heavily or"' every man, press tee s the parishes, and their object was—and his main otel was—to relieve too great a p ress ure upon the poor rat; not by a straightened and n i ggar dly parsimony, rot by withdrawing relief f rom th ose rea lly destitute• not jut pushing and grinding down relief to a minimum r ega in rural districts, but to supersede the necessity for 1 1 ) , o e ur perism, by furnishing the means for independent l a he ir —(Loud cheers.) Now let him first recal to t hich Lordship's attention what was the principle w ea nts the Legislature imposed on the landlords and tenants the with respect to the payment of the rates? its t"--eeltt existed, the rate was in the first instance levied e :hig sively on the tenant, but when he paid his rent to the landlord he deducted not one-half of the amount ° whic h rate, but one-half of the poundage upon his rent, wo' on was equal to one-half of the poundage charged .oPthe the rateable value of the laud. Such at this period Isthat practice. He had heard many Noble Lords bet ty n n this burden was, after all, equally distributed betwee the landlord and the tenant. It was no such thienger-y (Cries of " Hear, hear.") It was notorious to every (Cries one of their Lrdships conversant with the „ land of Ireland, it was not or i ous th a t the rated valise„ e was invariably upon an average below the fair rent•Ta ate ue of the land. He beli eve d.h e s h ou ld n ot much ex a gg er when he stated, that in some cases a piece of land WO rated at 201. • yet, without bein overrated, it was worth 301. ; still the ' tenant only paid rates for the 201., et which it was rated. A shilling rate was levied upon the tenant, and he paid one shilling upon each pound Of his rate-201. ; but he was entitled to deduct Is. 21 from his rent to defray the expense of the rate, and h e deducted, not 205., but thirty sixpences, or 155., from his landlord, out of the 20s. ehich he had been called upon to pay. (Hear.) The result was this, that one-fourth of the rate was borne by the tenant, and three-fourth s was borne by the landlord.—(Hear, hear.) He did think that this, was exaggerated; it was rather below than above the mark. The occupying tenant paid one-third, and the landlord the remaining two-thirds.—(Heat', hear.) Now, the relations between landlord and tenant were far better understoo d here t ha n in Ireland, and the condition of the tenant was eminently expensive England to what it was in Ireland. Farmers, for in• stance, were larger here than in Ireland. lie should be content to rest the whole question oa this ground. lie asked those who considered the poor-law advantageous in England, what would be the condition. the social and moral condition of a parish, in which the farmer should have the power to levy rates, two-thirds of those rates having to be paid by the l an dlords? --- (Loud cheers.) Ho did not ask th em what they thought would be the effect upon the landed property—tha t w as f an important question ; but it was not the only one b o t great importance ; and he asked them wha t they thereugr would be the social condition of the laboure r ?—("e, a of ' What would be their state—what would be the elle% t the magnitude or diminution of pauperism in t p a arish ? He asked them what inducement th ere woo be to the farmer to employ additional hands and to me" improvements upon his holdings if he had not the alter native, as in England, that unless he employed ther he would have to pay for their support in the union, but that if he did not comply, then they roust be supported by the parish, out of rat es lei ied indirectly frons. his soil. He was certain th a t if i n England O d a ' attempted to introduce such a measure, that it w" -- , lead infallibly to the destruction add of the moral and sou' condition oc , that parish, to the destruction of inn e : , of f n th d e ent labour, to the increase not only of the rates, he: ate number of paupers ; that it would absolutely On' . andhil all exertions at the improvement of that parish, it would be overwhelmed by flood of universal pauperism. Was there a a ships man among their w ee , I who would deny that that would be the whew result of of such a measure in Eland? Was the re ' among their Lordships prepared fellow P th. " to u ter legislation by assenting to a similar measur e England? And upon what ground did they refuse to ~t do so? If they did not, the farmers in England relig"i say, " This is what the farmers in Ireland have obtaine,-, why ought we not to be placed in a similar position? They would say that if the landlords in Ireland we'i compelled to pay the rates that the landlords in Engler' should do the same.—(Hear, hear.) Now, was t hat wise, was it politic, was it just, was it safe to c reate such an anomalous state of things between to o cou ntries? Let them tell him upon what ground, upon what argumen t ' , they could resist the demand to grant them the stone privilege which they were willing to allow to the Irish tenants ? Well, if none of their Lordships would deny the character of the state of things in England, let thera tell what was the safeguard wbich they could rely upon in introducing such a system as this into Ireland. Was Ireland more wealthy, were her means of permanent employment greater than those of England ; were the relations between landlord and tenant more confidential, more thrifty, and was she more capable of employing labour than encouraging pauperism ? But it was noto rious that the reverse of all this was the fact. If there was security in the relations between the land lords and tenants, and that that security existed la England, he saw no reason why the law with respect to the two countries should not be assimilated. H e did not know whether he would not venture to trust such a power as that proposed by tl e Bill, to Scotch proprietor+ and Scotch tenants. Looking at the intelligence Of the farmers, to the habits of the country, ed to the extent of their farms—th e i r k now ledge o f "' en. respective duties—it could b e carr i e d into effect with more advantage ; b u t h e s h ou ld b e sorry to trust to the operation of such a measure in En an d (Hear.) England. ` I But he was certain of thi s th a t i n Ireland woUld b e bsolute abso!utely and entir e ly ru i nous —(H e ar) — and a ruin not only to the landlord, not to the landlord prima.' rily, but absolute and entire ruin to the whole pr ropertYlass of the country, whil s t th e pl an h e proposed would create a body of independ e nt l a bourers, and also a c of farmers. If th ere was a hope of effecting th is objecte and without this object there was no hope for t he socilit regeneration of Ireland—if there was a hope of effecting this object it was by promoting the interest of the °ea; pier, by increasing the amount of labour on the Irina which he occupied. Really the principle enu merated by that Bill was so Utopian, not to sal. so monstrous, that he could not believe tha t would be entertained by s uch an assembly this. If it could not be safely applied to England it Was for them to show that it could be safely a pp lied to Ire. land. But he wanted to know what the circumstances were which rendered the adoption of the same p rincipt„ to both cour tries dangerous. Perhap s he mi g ht be to!? that they could not trust the Irish landlords to Off: agreements with their tenants. That really was is only argument he had heard against t he principle okra! amendment. He did not wish to take t he burden the shoulders of one body and to place it thia shoulders of another, but he sought to affirm to ee Bill a principle which he believed would be . _T + the greatest advantage to the people of Irentu n u t He asked them to interfere with no existing agree re k e e d —he asked them to violate no present law. He "e ked —he them to interfere with no existing contract or agree mo • between the landlord and tenant as it stoocaber that s the raent but this he did ask thens:—That principle is sound and just that the occupier, who alon e w d. r~ U ~~ _. I upon