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He could 1, and as f 3 rt a worn'• doubt but r the pnr st the lair. e constable Bingham) mection lot DAT') s oballe d ife. th of t ime d, and that starved q by lira ft lile it disdain, it into her he wanted separated in charge rest. The f she still • a pply to d she cer nY ag ainst lan ded. the ja w et Taylor, from DTr• nfortunate of having ained woe had re: on him . s. i mashed to apPear rged .) ince trail- The 1 01 " be wo uld se. T. " 7itty into ,ner, eDd I, but was EiSiOn, the in effec t. has been. s comps been tried guilt) , of II t serious itrge, he lerrnon ched at Bishop eal, c i 1,276 an ei" f its re !e were i g fund e t pre merouS At the unting TOO: 1-rceu , ge bea ,bough Juror. Babes • April nY ammo , Olt Ole f RE DUCHIES OF PARMA AND PLACENTIA. To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. „ Si rt — lll a :nofniog i_mpel or 'la y : my attention hes been dir ec t e d t o a correspon 9etin s letter from Mil an, conta i n i ng some very interesting details on Italy ; and after referring to the deplorable state of degradation to which the in habitants of Parma and Placentia are reduced under the present for m of government ; allusion is made to t he "Ex Empress Maria L ou i sa ' s w i s h t o dispose of these duchies at the present moment to the Duke of Lu e ca for a million of ducats, provided any good t) • amaritan or Israelite in London will advance the money to purchase h er out, i n consequence o f th ese possessions reverting to the Duke of Lucca by the last treaty of Vienna. The i mpossibility of obtaining access to enlightened ;1 ” ks °n political or hi s t or i ca l su bj ec t s, i n a ll par t s o f ace Austri an dominions, sufficiently explains any in , c uracy into w hi c h t h e correspondent at Mil an may aye been l e d ; f or this clause of reservation does not exist in the treaty of Vienna. gI am therefore desirous to state that neither by the de-grant of these possessions with Guastalla to the uchess o f P arma, or in virtue of any treaty during Y minority in 1815 a t Vi enna , o r 1817 in Paris, eculd such a result be tolerated, in accordance with TY heredit ary r i ghts as a S overe i gn P r i nce, an d t h e : 44 V e nations; and I feel convinced that more just vad satisfactory compensations might be awarded to ,",_ e Duke of Lucca, without prejudice to his interests, urlncroachment on prior claims. chit will suffice to observe that Guastalla was pur -se" of Torelli in the year 1539, by Prince Fer rari e y bi of Gonzaga, son of our ancestor in direct line, obi. ' F r . an9ois Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Isabella rec 'ste, and this possession was erected into a sove f-gn duchy in 1621, by the Emperor of Germany, and iinand II . n in favour of Ferrante IL, di Gonzaga, Austriahis descendants. Guastalla was incorporated by without a shadow of right, with the duchies P arma and Placentia, during the minority of my gran dfather, Prince Philippe Louis di Gonzaga, aged 1 -, °lll Y six years, on the death of Gonzaga, Duke of G uastalla,, in 1746. thMY protestation s against this act are addressed to e Soverei gns o f E urope, on th e 26th A pr il , 1843 ; 21st June, 1846 ; and also an important article on this subject . may be referred to in the Gazette de Pranc e of Feb. 3, 1842: With regard to the duchies of Parma and Pla • eentia, various resolutions have taken place in these states. The Emperor Otho 111., by a diplome dated at ltome, the 11th June, 996, confirmed Bernard I. Prince of Gonzaga in his rights as Count Sovereign of Parma, for him and his descendants. Prince mnenry de Gonzago (son of Adalbert I. of Gonzaga, 4 ,Y the grace o f G o d, C oun t S o vereign of Milan, of essino, and of Valais, Prince of Lombardy, and pa r quis of Gonzaga), married in 1071 Imelda of e, i re att, great grand-daughter of Gonzaga, Count of 3. On this marriage, the Emperor Henry IV. 247 - ,_`' e ci Parma into a diplome by diploe dated the June 1075, in favour of the above-mentioned br enrY di ' Gonzaga and his descendants in all the The of th e f am il y. Marquisate of Parma belonged ; the house of p: nz agn until the revolution in Italy during the urteenth century,when Parma became a republic. In 1545+this the Holy See being in quiet possession of 1 , 41 1 e s r!: State, n the Pope, Paul 111., formerly known as wander di Farneze, disposed of it in favour.of , Peter Louis Farneze, first Duke of w ar ms, Placentia, and Castro, who, being unpopular, tta,.3 assassinated on the 10th of September, 1547, and favour the some opposition on the part of the Emperor p c r es had announced his resolution to /Tante di Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla in 1546, to tavi o p restoraflon of the Gonzagas), his son, Oc arneze, who was confirmed in the same rights and titles on his marriage with Margaret of Austria, _ nat ural daughter of Chales V. Parma and its de geardiencies were assured to the house of Farneze neze t" centuries, until the death of Antonio Far ast Duke of Parma, the 20th February, 1731. sa. ±_n : e treaty of the Quadruple Alliance, Art. sth, Tus cany The Duchies of Parma, Placentia, and Tus 11178uacre held . as masculine fiefs of the empire. Wh en th _ cession of these States shall be open " (which z,,'Y)ceuld only be on the death of the Duke of Gon- Guasta.lla, and the Prince Gonzaga Castiglione, Zan?ntically acknowledged as rightful heirs of the zals _ z . l ,e9 l they will be given to the eldest son of Eli ot.7tn. Farneze, a second wife of Philippe V., King Art 3 d 173 D of the T rea ty o f Vi enna (16th M arc h, or pi(' says:_" Th e Emperor accords the succession r o i s _ l za to D on Carlos, Infanta of Spain, and pro itsee'n't to dispose the other States of the empire to prince t: this arrangement, on . condition that no a :his tr State s , c aring the crown of Spain shall possess these th„ Posed • Rop e Clement XII. not only formally op into eaty, but also the entry of the Spaniards Sece n u n es ° Duchies, declaring that Parma and Pla- S ee — w ere fiefs immediately emanating from the Holy . and that, in default of the above mentioned male el ,rs he alone had the right to dispose of these Duchies. T he Pope's protestation against the right of inves "ture is dated the 30th of December, 1731. The Prise d e possessione, in the name of the Infanta Don Carlos, was on the 29th October, 1731. Don Carlos, and his brother Philippe, Infanta Of Spain, abdicated successively the Duchies of Parma and Placentia, for the crowns of Spain and Naples, consequently our rights to these possessions are Proved, and by succession in the femaleline established by the following marriages :- Ist, Margaret Farneze, daughter of Alexander Mike of Parma, and Placentia, married in 1581 Vin cent di Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. 2 d, Marcella di Malespina, grand-daughter of Francois Farneze, Duke of Latera, married in 1615 Prince;; Christian Gonzaga di Castiglione and Solfe iln my ancestor in direct line. 3 d'l) lsabella di Martinengo, grand - daughter of Remise I Farneze, Duke of Parma and Placentia, P rince in 1647 Prince Charles V. di Gonzaga, rrinc e of Castiglioni, Solferino, and Medole, my great randfather. 4th, Princess Julia Clitteria Caraccoli St. Buono, grand-daughter of Lavinia di Farneze, and the Mar rs Alphonse d'Azalos, married in 1772, Prince Gonzaga Mantua Castiglione my great great -grandfather. the presence of these facts, it will be perceived that vv e s .treaties those laws which bind all interests, and ico " t i eh are the political code of nations, had been for ties tee during my minority in 1815, and the minori eve:tr,,nly father and grandfather, or retarded when that •" e Princes of the house of Gonzaga reclaimed their s so so l emn ly p rom i se d t o r e i ns t a te them in r, so vereign ri g ht s . eelit.trastalla, Parma, and Placentia, during the last th e belonged to no person definitely ;at one time s..in,eeror pretends to dispose of them to Spain, and o rn disposes of them to the Emperor. And in virtue not right do these Princes act ? The treaties do ;Tit rn.ention this ; on the contrary, they establish as a LastnibellePle that there exist Princes of the house of Gon g', f Mantua, and Castiglione, who have an incon right to th ose sov e r ei gn tie s . ° ..aThe order of succession, says Montesquieu, is or- Med in monarchies for the good of the state, which de mands misfortunes which arise from despotism, where all is uncertain, because all is arbitrary. In Italy the fatal policy of Louis XIV. still bears its fruits. Lawful sovereigns have been hurled from their throne?, and princes in their minority sup planted, to pave the way for his ambitious views, and their places filled by strangers to the land; for it is a remarkable fact, that with the exception of our well beloved Pope Pius IX. and the King of Sardinia, no prince of Italian origin is on any throne in Italy. The Sovereigns of Tuscany, of Modena, Parma, and even Austria, are all Princes of the house of Lorraine. Accept, Sir, the assurance of my high consideration, ALEXANDER, Prince de Gonzaga, Mantua, Castiglione, Due de Mantua. 19, Dorset-place, Dorset-square, May 6, 1847. IiTHE NATIONAL DRAMA IN SIRELAND. (FROM AN IRISH CORRESPONDENT.) rent.We regret to an that failures to a considerable th_ have taken place within the past week, and others itillyhdoeurly expected, but we know of none that more develops the condition of Ireland's metropolis than t) ", s 7 Present position of the national, and we may say t;:3', theatre of the country. Under the able manage lite" °I. Mr. Calcraft it has up to the present nobly ntehbelyvwariitehd ttilcr the pressure of the times ; indeed, reattexPensive engagements entered into from late by the eat agernent it seems to have been the lessee's t obj e 'e n ct th t (we mar the public regardless of self. But raentlaY without punning say) solitary place o. even vamuse of v ' 44 3 of late failed though aided by the variedtalT e t t i, this eatrie, Mathews, and Madame Anna Bishop, eh 3 be ever ehla a utiful theatre is shaken to its very centre, vs , r ' we be surprised, even while we write, tha h t . i , t , /o e r e °use d. However " out of evil good may spri g it, the Ma ao , present deprived of the superintendence of , ti e 11- Fer, has, With the judgment which has dis !appointed hint throughout a long theatrical career. , o`;,l,36epoireitetdru,4otr. recommended those parties connected w t i l t i t troperty, to J . appoint jo v w a h gentleman r f or with the establishment, is e ti mv i c e arny p y a w r y t a y eya s rw e s l o e br e c t 7 e ) : ' I I r this now he Office, and we would say wisely so, ,; ) r well has he discharged the duties of his new positio! - I. 13' e his Ty,;1.1 e ; --4 and temperate conduct he has succeeded II well the company together, and much are they,_a i ! iniw a s the citizens of Dublin, indebted to him for h , carted exertions in the cause of the drama. ........,......_ ........„,_____-. -------- retle;h_e_e_omrnittee of the British Association for the i rons ?! distress in Ireland and the Highlands, have received f which English at Florence, a remittance of 1,000/, 0 :1 vi '" °KV. was raised at a ball, and 2001. had been pre .., Ot ts l,- _ . 3 / 4 1 ' • • .1 t i remitted. I --- , •- # I : . - Tl IP: SUN, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. On Saturday night Roberto it Diavolo was repeated ; fin I Jenny Lind added another triumph to tho , e ;;(.,r singer and ft ;.", i u!r,a,ly acurk,ved in this country. A turti:er htuti•lug gives these further results as regards her musical power: her capacity to execute volant passages surpasses that of any known vocalist, each note being accurately and sepa rately articulated with the nicety and finish of an in strument ; but her merits do not stop there, for these mechanical arts are entirely subordinate to the poetical expression, and the hearer is not so much surprised as intensely gratified by her execution. That she is an . excellent Musician there ate proofs in her taste, her modes of phrasing, her exquisite sostenuto, and her rare judiciousness. A safer singer it is impossible to con ceive ; or one who risks less, or rather who hns more thoroughly blotted out the word " chance" from her artistic vocabulary. Another pleasing feature in her execution is the mode of emission of sound—it wells out like a full spring, clear and free, without effort and without straining. In no respect is there the slightest grounds for impeaching her title of the " Queen of Song." She has the genius and the science of Malibran, with more than Malibran's execution—if that were possible ; and she has unquestionably a far superior organ to that gifted and extraordinary singer. Her voice is a pure soprano, rich, full, and mellifluous—clear, distinct, and bell-like, with a wondrous evenness of texture through out. It extends to Din alt, a point she rea2hes without loss of pow.-- or tone, and fully realises the beautiful description of the poet (Shelley, " Prometheus Un bound") : " Clear, silver, icy, keen, awakening tones Which pierce the sense, and live within the soul ; As the sharp stars pierce winter's chrystal air, And gaze upon themselves within the sea." Her execution is, perhaps, the most extraordinary thing ever known in music. She not only enunciates every note with the distinctness and precision of a piano forte, but she enriches the cantabile as well as the ean tilena of her song with the most beautiful embellish ments. Not only is she enabled by the force and flexibility of her organ to exhibit the swell or nzessa di voce, which singers of the highest pretension pride them selves upon possessing, but she has also the power of expressing the opposite attribute—a power singularly rare in vocal mechanism, namely, that of attenuating a ❑ote so delicately as to give the sound all the effect of extreme distance. Here is also the full fa culty termed tempo rubato—that is to say, the faculty of retarding or accelerating the " measure " at will. Add to this, that her shake is open and perfect—that desideratum in vocal execution ; that her cadenze are appropriate and masterly ; that the purity and rapidity of her chromatic passages are beyond de scription; that her velocity is only equalled by her neat ness of execution in those parts that need it ; that her voice has that rare combination of qualities in a singer, mellowness, distinctness, and sweetness ; and that her intonation is so perfect that it would almost appear im possible for her to sing out of tune, and the reader will have a faint idea of the gifts of this extraordinary artiste as a vocalist. As an actress she is no less excellent ; and the impression she made in that capacity was no less profound than that which she produced as a singer. There is no conventionality about her, no seizing the strong points of a character and letting all the rest drop. She acts her part thoroughly; and whether she is singing or is confined to mere by-play, her histrionic exertions are of the same nature—excellent. Hence a perfect na- tural expression, and an infinite variety of ges'tuie. All seems dictated by the moment, and yet all is graceful. There is no stereotyped form fur love, anger, or passion; each action has the impress of immediate inspiration. tier whole performance was a conception of the first order adequately expressed ; a histrionic study of which each feature is equally good. Apropos of feature, the reader will doubtless desire to learn something about the personal appearance of this gifted lady ; and albeit unused to the descriptive in mat ters pertaining to the fair sex, the writer will endeavour to gratify him. Among the "thousand and one" por traits of her, that published by Mr. Mitchell, of Bond. street, gives ,the character of the countenance most satisfactorily, though in some resp , :ets it differs from the original. She is not plain ; and she is not handsome. She is not plain, because the deep-seated eye and the broad and lofty brow redeem the other features of the face from such an imputation; and she is not handsome, because there is no beauty without regularity of feature. This is premised of her face in a state of repose. But she is more than beautiful when her soul lights up her countenance—when she warms to her part in the mimic scene, and embraces it with all the intensity of an artist; and though the features may not be regular, ntr the traits of her countenance of that classical character which men in all ages have agreed to exalt and elevate as the standard of perfection, she possesses that which is more precious than mere physical perfection—the vivida vis anirni of the poet, and the spectator beholds, with astonishment and delight, "The mind, the music, breathing from her face." "Remarkably modest and prepossessing in looks, with goodness and amiability written upon every feature," observes an able contemporary, " there is a charm encir cline her to which few could be indifferent. Her fair hair, her blue eyes, and her slight figure, are facts to be jotted down; but the intelligence and child like good nature which overrule every thing else, are less tangible, and it would be hard to de fine:the sensibility, the benevolence, and the innumerable little graces reflective of femine worth and guilelessness which play over h er v i sage , p ro d uc ing an effect ineff a bly special, amiable an d engag i ng ." The same int e lligent critic adds, with equal appropriateness and apparent truth—" When Miss Bremer, in the novel which first made Jenny Lind's name known to the English public, described nu b ; l e lan d enendsd h theahreerf asfaithful tpthi um : ru c eal a -t captivating ,' iavferanAttedi Andersen, piousr't friend'—the e t en . s t yha r nen c l dpp e s tak r tnhi i s nis h edhs e —p w oaa p e a ttn s :on n bhc o leoe i justify it, though no one can tell wherefore." ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Denizetti's opera of Maria di Rohan was produced at this theatre on Saturday night for the first time in this country. The plot is taken from Un Duel sous Richelieu, a vaudeville, which had a considerable run at Paris some years ago. The scene is laid in Paris during the reign of Louis XIII. The Count de Chalais (Signor Salvi). the favourite of the king, is deeply attached to Maria, Countess di Rohan (Signora Ronconi), who, however, is secretly married to the Due de Chevreuse (Signor Ronconi). Maria sends a billet to Chalais, requesting an interview, she wishes to engage his interest on behalf of her husband, who has killed the nephew of the Cardinal in a duel, for which his life is forfeited. Chalais, however, obtains for him the royal pardon. Gondi (Madlle. Alboni), a Court gallant, impeaches the character of Maria, and is at once contradicted in the strongest terms by Chalais. The result is an appointment for a duel on the following day. Chevreuse volunteers to become an additional second, two on each side being e.istomary in deadly quarrels. The intelligence is then r i% ed that Richelieu is deposed, on which Chevreuse announces his marriage, which he had been obliged to keep secret, as the Cardinal had designed Maria to be the wife of his nephew, who had fallen by the hands of Chevreuse. Chalais, who is in despair at the prostration of his hopes of obtaining Maria, is appointed Prime Minister, and receives the congratulations of the assembled courtiers on his as sumption of office. This . terminates the first act. the second act opens in the palace of Chalais ; he is writing a farewell letter to Maria, to be delivered, in the event of his death in the coming duel. He sings an aria, "Alma soave e cara," in which he was encored. Gondi enters and demands a delay of an hour, which his opponent concedes. An exceedingly effective aria, by Alboni, "Son leggero nell' Amore," again com manded an encore. Maria now enters in dis guise. She has learned from the Queen that Riche lieu had been reinstated in favour, and that Chalais, his rival, will in the morning be condemned to chains and death, and she hastens to save the life of the man who had preserved her husband. The voice of Chevreuse is heard approaching, to summon Chalais to the field. Maria is hastily concealed from his presence, and on his departure again implores the Count to fly the fate that awaits him. He however hesitates, urging that the contest is necessary for the vindication of his honour, and is decided by the call of his other second, De Suze, who announces that the hour is passed, and that Chevreuse has proposed to fight in his place. He rushes wildly to the field, followed by the wretched Maria. The third act passes at the mansion of Chevreuse. He has been wounded by Gondi in the duel. He joins Maria in ha ploring Chalets to fly, but the latter, who fears he will thereby lose both his love and honour, hesitates. He, however, is informed by his secretary that his papers, in cluding the letter to Maria, have been seized, and that a body of archers are on their way to seize him. He is hurried off by Chevreuse to a secret passage which leads to the outside of the city walls. The letter which he had written to Maria, in anticipation of the duel, is placed in the hands of Chevreuse after his escape. Chevreuse is indignant at discovering that he had been assisting his wife's lover, and, as he conceives, to his own dishonour. Two solos were admirably given by Ronconi in this scene, each of which were loudly applauded and encored. " Bella edi sol vestita," and " Ogni mio bone in to sperai." He overwhelms the hapless Maria with reproaches, and infers from her consternation and fear that Chalais intends to re- -- turn. At this momen t the - secret door flies open and Chalais reappears, and is received by Chevreuse with a fierce joy, who challenges him to mortal combat. The knocks of the Royal Guard are heard at the door, but Chevreuse seizing one pistol and handing another to 'his opponent, rushes out at a side door, Maria falls senseless, the door is beaten down, the archers appear, at this moment the report of pistols are heard, and Chevreuse entering announces the death of Chalais, and that lite with shame and infamy is to be the lot of Maria. She sinks to the earth, while Chevreuse is arrested by the Archer guards, and the curtain falls. We cannot say much for this opera. It is by no means a favourable specimen of Donizetti's style. It is altogether a weak and incoherent composition. The overture was noisy, and gave no clue to the succeeding music. The gem of the opera is decidedly the Romanza for the contralto, " Per non istare all' ezio," which was exqui sitely rendered by Alboni, and its repetition unanimously called for. Madame Ronconi is by no means likely to prove an acquisition. Her style is uncultivated, and her voice by no means a powerful one. While Signora Grisi and Persiani are on the strength of the establishment, it is indeed surprising that a part of such importance should have been entrusted to her. Ronconi was very efficient, more particularly in the latter scenes, which gave sc o p e f or much powerful emotion. Salvi gave portions of his part with much taste and feeling, while Alboni was in every respect ad mirable. The house was very well filled. THE APPROACHING ELE CTION- - Alderman John son intimated on Saturday at Guildhall his determination to stand for the city of London at the next general election, upon the Tory interest, COURT CIRCULAR. - The Queen and Prince accompanied by the Princ,3 of ;Vales, ani the Princess lloyal, and the I •:' • 1 - ..•1H •, , T . ~e ;at 12 a If-p•st one o'eloe; on Friday aft,rno,,/, The S u it e consisted of the Countess of Desart, Hon. Miss Dawson, Major-General Bowles, Lieut.- Colonel the Hor. C. B. Phipps, Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, and Dr. Meyer. On Saturday her Majesty and her Royal Consort, and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, walked in the pleasure grounds of Osborne, and the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal took their ac accustomed airings. Yesterday morning the Prince of Wales and th e P,iacess Royal took walking and riding exercise on the sea beech.: Her Majesty and Princa Albert, and the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, attended Divine service in Whippingham church yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena at Buckingham Palace yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Prin- cese Alice took an airing, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lytteltoo, on Saturday. Her Majesty the . Quee tr Dowager and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended Divine service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. T. Helmore and the , p , r w ea her e e d wi b t y hal th sh e al ß l e a v y . T xt h r e . i a i n n t;i v e e m tt lessons by the Rev. J. V. Povab. The ser mon was oung man." preached Was pre sided at the organ. The Queen Dowager was attended by the Viscountess Barrington and Earl Howe. The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Augusta Bruce. The Dean of Here ford was the Deputy-Clerk of the Closet in Waiting. Among the Nobility present were the Duchess of Beau fort, the Marquises of Anglesey, Northampton, and Worcester, Ladies Wilton, St. Germans, and Palmerston; Lords Fortescue, Spencer, Devon, St. Germans, Cawdor, Talbot, Palmerston, Castlereagh, and Ebrington. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. Jame*. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated, and the Rev. T. Mills preached the sermon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday, at Marlbo rough House. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yes • terday morning, in the Chapel of the Female Orphan Asylum. Major Stephens was in waiting on his Royal Highness. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with her presence on Saturday evening. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Lord John Rus sell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmer ston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Council sat an hour and a half. _ A deputation from the Council of the National Insti tute of Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, consisting of Mr. Pennington (president), Mr. Thomas Martin, of Reigate and Mr. Clifton (vice-presidents), Mr. Fuller, Mr. Bird, Mr. Ancell, Mr. Webster, and Mr. Burnett (members of the council), and Mr. Ross (secretary), had an interview with Sir George Grey, at the Home-office, on Saturday, on the subject of medical reform. A deputation from Whitechapel, consisting of Sir W. Clay, M.P., Mr. Plunipton (churchwarden), Messrs. Hen derson and Liddle, and Mr. Smith, (vestry clerk), had a❑ interview with Viscourt Morpeth on Saturday, at the office of her Majest3's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in WhitA:ill-place. Dr. Paris, President of the Royal College of Physi cians, Dr. Burrows (Senior Censor). Dr. Budd (Censor), Dr. Francis Hawkins (Registrar of the College), and Dr. Nairre, had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a committee meeting on Saturday. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Lawrence, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and Messrs. Travers and Stanlays, Vice President of the College, had an interview on Saturday with Sir George Grey. The Archbishop of Canterbury h:d an interview with Lord John Russell on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Ridout, Master of the Society of Apothecaries ; Messrs. Bean and Callender, Wardens of the Society ; Mr. Bacot, Deputy-Master of the ,‘..3ociety ; and Mr. Upton, the Clerk to the Society, had an interview with Sir George Grey, on Saturday, at the Home-office. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST-END. DERBY. 7 to 4 agst John Day's lot 13 to 2 agst Kent's lot 14 to 1 agst Forth's lot 5 to I agst Mr. Pedley's The Cossack—taken 11 to 2 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham—taken 8 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—taken freely 13 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Mat tin 16 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Wanota 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—no takers 28 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mathematician 33 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart . 40 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Nottingham—taken 40 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulksley's Montpensier—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller's Oxonian—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Ulysses 50 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote—taken 1000 to 15 .agst Mr. Worley's Old Port 80 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Signet 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Greville's Mirmillo—taken OAKS. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Clementina 5 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Farmer's Daughter 12 to 1 agst Mr. Mosty's f out of Quilt Arnold's dam 15 to 1 agst Mr. Quartermain's Lady Lift We are authorised to state, that a paragraph in a Sunday paper to the effect that, Mr. Whalley has sold Burgundy to Mr. Moore for 1000 guineas is wholly without foundation, in fact, he is still the property of Mr. W halley. SHREWSBURY RACES—FRIDAY (CONCLUDED). The Watford Manor Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added. Heats.Abeut 2 miles and a quarter. (6 Subs.) Mr. Raworth's Idolater, b yrs (Bradley) 2 1 1 Sir C. 11. Cockerell's Carissima, 5 yrs Mr. Davenport's 'Lela, 6 yrs Mr. W. Scott nd Pinkinkindness, 4 yrs Mr. Barton's Reliance, 5 yrs 0 0 dr The Severn Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft, with 20 added_ Heats. One mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. Price's Gaffer Green, aged, Bst I llb (Arthur) 3 1 1 Mr. Skerratt's Urania, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b Mr. Copeland's Cheapside, 3 yrs, fist 71b 2 2 dr 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 Eritti 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 •i‘ harf, London• bridge, at a quarter before ten, calling at Greenwich and Blackwell at half-past ten. The following is the entry of the yachts, with their station 7- FIRST CLASS. Stn. Yachts. Tons. Owners. 1 Belvidere 2 Ino 3 Prima Donna 25 4 Secret 5 Fawn ..... —.. 25 1 Ranger 4 Whisper SECOND CLASS. 12 12 I V e b e o n h e s fi e t r t e c that r o M w r . e v J e a n m i n e g s % a V t rr eI l the Theatretale shis Royal- Adelphi ; when will be performed The Flowers of the Forest, Jenny Lind, with other entertainments. From the popula rity of this c l ever come di an we doubt not that he willreceive the reception to which he is so well entitled from his friends and the public, and he may therefore count upon having a bumper. MR. RaYNER.---This celebrated comedian has an nounced his final retirement from the stage to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, at the Strand Theats e, 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. Ile ultimately succeeded, but it not uufrequently happens that victory is worse than defeat, and this was the case with Hr. Rayner. The performances to-morrow evening will be under the immediate patronage of the Earl of Chesterfield, and he will be supported by powerful auxiliary aids, including Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Mr. Ransford, Mr. lk Smith, (of America), Mr. Robinson, &c. The first appearance of Mr. Rayner, at the Lyceum, in the part of Giles, in the..2llWer's Staid, 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. Sir Robert and Lady Peel gave a grand entertain ment on Saturday last to Major-General Sir Harry Smith, G.C. 8., and Lady Smith, at the Right Hon. Baronet's resi dence in Whitehall-gardens. His Excellency Count Schem melpenich, Viscountess Hardinge, Lord Heytesbury, the Earl and Countess of Haddington, Sir Andrew Barnard, the Right Hon. Henry and Mrs. Fitzroy, the Right llon. Henry and Lady Harriet Corry, Sir Frederick and Lady Thesiger, Mr. and Mrs. Young, Mrs. Hope, and a distinguished circle, were among the guests. Lady Peel subsequently received a numerous assembly of the members of the corps diplomatique and leading nobility. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord and Lady Beauvale, Lord and Lady Ashley, Sir Alexander and Lady Malet, the Hon. W. Cooper, Colonel and Mrs: Windham and Miss Windham, Mr. Repton, &c., at dinner on Saturday, at their residence at Carlton-gardens. Her Ladyship, at a later period of the evening, had a soirée, which was both fashion ably and numerously attended. ROYAL NAVAL FEMALE SCHOOL.—The members of this institution held their annual meeting on Saturday last at Willis's Rooms. Earl Manners presided, supported by several naval officers. According to the report there were in the institution at Richmond eighty-two pupils, fitly-five of whom paid each 121. per annum to the funds, and twenty-seven each thirty guineas per annum. Of the whole, five had lost both parents, and twenty-six their fathers. At the last annual election eight candidates otout vacancies f a o n r e t e s h . a d T b h e e cn s u e m l e c o t f e d , 3 o a o n i d . h t a e d n h b a e de been i a n d c e d a s i u c to o e e d 2 t 11 c e l b f n u n i i d d e i d n g p f r u o!: t d y had, Yi b ' e h e i n c h i n e n r o e s a y se 7a b c y h e t s 4,0 h ea B d s di /. ; n addition and (1 h 7o t ol e . The total receipts, including a previous balance, were stated to be 4,103/. Bs. 9d., and, deducting the expenditure, a balance of 4951. 10s. 7d. remained. The report was agreed to, and some other bush.ess tr.ziisacted, when the meeting separated. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1847. IRISH LANDLORDS. (From the Times.) We might in vain search the annals of the most corrarted ariomerseii, for a more revolting outrage on public opiniot auu common humanity than'the present conduct of the Irish pa; ty in the House of Louis. Never was there a more awful calamity; never were the sores of a nation so exposed, and the previous neglects of its rulers so demonstrated; never .was a crisis met by a people at large .with such lavish gene rosity, and at so great a sacrifice; and yet, in the midst of all these apalling events and touching circumstances, never did the class immediately to blame exhibit itself so utterly impenitent, shameless, and hardened in selfishness and wrong. England itself bleeds at every pore that it may stanch the the wounds of Ireland. At a word from the Minister, it surrenders thrift, and resigns prosperity ; it retraces the dark path of debt, an d girds itself for the hardships of economy and the drudgery of repayment. After being amused for years with dreams of this or that tax reduced or abo lished, at once a whole people, forgetting both hope and complaint, resigns itself to ,a hide-bound commerce, to straitened and precarious ernployment, and to a daily increasing want of the comforts and necessaries of life. The working population of this country is dividing its last loaf with Ireland. Meanwhile the faction of landlords is wholly occupied in plotting, in canvassing, in seducing, in corrupting the younger, the less wise, or the less respectable of the hereditary Legislature, in order to fight its battle inch• by inch against the obligations of humanity. Such are the splendid lights, and such the black shade of the picture. Owing to peculiar circumstances to which these proceedings cannot fail to draw the attention of the country, a mere handful of men are able to offer a serious obstruction to the measures demanded alike by the desperate necessity of Ire land and the unanimous sentiment of this country. In a House consisting of about 440 Peers, a most miscellaneous body of 73, some of whom are new to legislation, others un known to fame, and others unfortunately known too well, are able to speak not only for the whole house of which they constitute so miserable a fraction, but, thus far, for all three branches of the Legislature. It seriously concerns all that portion of the House which chooses to put it self in abeyance at this crisis, that they do not give a new demonstration o f th e i r uselessaes,s to a people and an age already su ffi c i ently zealous of prescr i pt i ve pri vilege and authority. Power that is not exercised is not long retained, and effete senates are seldom renewed. The credit of the Upper liouse has been too frequently and too recently shaken to be ca re l ess l y tampere d w ith. The great territorial potentates of England, willingly or unwillingly, observe in this island the laws of humanity, and are accord ingly honoured and loved. Why should they be involved in the Irish quarrel with the whole human race? Why should the House of Lords be absorbed in the Irish party, and seem to stand out, with regard to that island, for an immunity which they consider disgraceful and criminal in this? A vast part of the English population must soon be in that un happy state which always has and always will express itself in political discontent. Dearth of food and want of employ ment broke up the old Tory party, carried the Reform 13..11, and•the other changes in its train, and still more recently originated the League against the corn laws. While we write there are already near fifty thousand men, women, and child,en out of work in Lancashire, and living on their means. The dearth, which still increases, and to which no living man with sense enough to be worth a moment's atten tion will dare to prophecy a limit, besides its immediate effect on the store of the labourer and the artisan, reduces the demand for manufactures, and must eventually shut np the mills. Starving millions will then ask why food is dear, why taxation continues to press so heavily on the comforts and the commerce of the country, why their larders are empty, and why their mills are closed. It will be answered that England is still forced to send annual millions to Ire land, to maintain those whom the local proprietors will not maintain ; that when the whole people and two branches of the Legislature were anxious to make property do its duty, and a moderately effective measure was passed by the Commons, the Lords, by compliance, or no less shameful default, allowed a few Irish landowners, who did not disguise their utter hostility to the Bill, to damage, to mutilate, and entangle it till it became absolutely inope rative; that, as the Bill now stands, the rates cannot be col lected, the poor are driven into towns, where they accumu late into such hideous and gigantic masses as to exhaust the local resources, and fall back on the national charity; that, in effect, the working men of this country must continue to maintain all the ppverty of Ireland, and for all their lives and the lives of their children there is no other prospect. Thus the Irish proprietors and thus the House of Lords have decreed it; and that decree cannot be changed. What sort of answer will this be to a starving population? It may be as well to recapitulate the successive steps of mutilation de vised by the landowners. The first was to reduce all the clauses relating to the relief of the ablebodied poor from a permanent to a temporary measure of very brief duration. The second was to confine the whole of the rating to the nar row limits of the electoral division, and thus to enable land owners commanding such divisions to drive out all their poor of all descriptions into towns, the rates of which being insufficient for their maintenance, they must speedily perish or become a burden on the British public. The value of this alteration, in the landlord's eyes, will ap pear from the fact that the 150,000 poor creatures recently cast upon Liverpool had all been immediately before ejected by the landlords, and driven upon the towns, which, in their turn, passed on to our shores the current of misery. The third step is that which is to be moved, and doubtless carried, by Lord Stanley this evening. Its object is to secure for the landowner a perfect immunity from rating, and leave that disagreeable burden to a class which, in Ireland, is notoriously neither willing nor able to endure it. It will prevent a poor rate from offering any interruption to the old order of things so painfully familiar to all who know anything of Ireland. The wretched cotta-s will still bid for lafid ; the landlord will still get extravagant rents; the tenan's will pay their rent with tolerable punctuality, in orde* to keep their land,—but they will refuse to pay their rate, even if their exorbitant rents should leave it in their power; if the rate is enforced, they will combine and offer a successful resistance. The rate will not be collected. The poor will be left to perish. The British public will have to pay, and the landlord, as usual, escape scot free. Such is the game. Lord Stanley. who has never omitted any opportunity of parading his contempt for the great industrial interests of this country, and his de sire to increase their burdens beyond their utmost powers of endurance, is very properly selected for a motion which has the inevitable consequence of transferring the whole poor- rate of Ireland from the Irish landlord, and the Irish tenant also, to the industrious taxpayer of this country. It is mere waste of words to address an appeal to the national pride of men who are at this moment wilfully leaving the peasantry born on their estates to perish in masses, and whose thought at such a calamity is how they way_ secure its continual recurrence. B ut we d o app e a l to thb House of Lords—we do appeal with confidence to the present House of Commons, and still more to the constituency, which will soon have to elect its successor. The honour of England, the glory of the British name, is deeply compromised by what is now passing. Ireland, the sister of England, her ancient conquest, and still too much her dependent, is now begging and receiving the a l ms of the whole earth. No distance, no difference of race or religion, prevents the intrusion of her claims, and, it is fair to add, their ready admission. But can we feel unmixed satisfaction in hearing that our rivals and our calumniators, in whose mouths Ireland h as ever been the worst opprobrium their jealousy, th e i r malice, or their ia- nor anee could suggest, are now besto w i ng their charity on our unfortunate fellow subjects? From all parts of the United States have come subscriptions mixed with a sympathy neither flattering nor safe to this nation. At Constantinople there has been a sub scription, to•which the Pope has ordered pray the churches acknowledging Ireland in all Sultan has largely contributed. The prefers and coll:ctions for and West Indies we can better receive such expressions of his authority. From the East interest; but we cannot honestly ro fess unqualified plea sure at hearing th a t M arseilles had p subs cr ibed more for Ire land than for the sufferers by the inundations in France. Now, there is not the smallest occasion for these world-wide appeals. Ireland is as well able to help herself as France or any other country. Nay, there ar e par t s of France and Belgium probably still poorer. The only difficulty arises from the inhumanity o f the landowners. The whole earth is doing duty for them. Meanwhile, however, England— that England which is Payin g 10,C30 wholeooo/. for the relief of Ireland, figures neverth e l ess b e:ore the earth, partly as a tyrant, and partly as a beggar. Simple foreigners conclude they are supplying our o m i ss i on. So, howevei, it must con tinue to be. As long as we weakly suffer the Irish proprie tors to be inhuman, we m ust share the odium of the i r inhu manity. It is the usual f a t e of weakness to be mista k en f or the wickedness it permits. THE LATE DAGENHAM MURDER ILFORD, SATURDAY EVENDiG.—It having been rumoured that Ki,mpton, one of the constables who, it will be recol lected, gave false testimony before C.C. Lewis, Esq., coroner for Essex, at an inquest on the body of G. Clarke, the police constable of the K division, who was so brutally mur dered at Dagenham, in the month of June last, would be brought before the magistrates at the' Angel Inn, Ilford, for the purpose of being admitted to bail, the room in which the sessions are held was crowded by the respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood, for the purpose of hearing the pro ceedings. At the last assizes for the county of Essex a true bill was found against Sergeant Paraons and Constables Kimpton and Hickton, for conspiracy and perjury. The only one who appeared was Kimpton, and on the conclusion of the assizes, nut being prepared with sureties, he was committed to Ilford Gaol 'anti( the summer assizes. During the past week an Application was made to Mr. Maule, the solicitor of the Trea sury, to allow bail to be put in. Mr. Blaule expressed his readiness to advise G overnmen t to receive bail, provided the sureties offered were good. In consequence of this, Thomas Kimpton was placed at the bar. He appeared very pale and emaciated, his imprison ment having bad considerable effect upon a once robust frame. His bail also took their places by his side. Mr. George Thorpe, of Cambridge-road, Mile-end, builder, and Mr. John Kimpton, of Finctilev, harness-maker, entered into the required securities, and Police-con s t a bl e Ki mpton was liberated, the recognizances being that h e s h all appear at the next assizes to take his trial. With reference to the murdered man, the inhabitants of Dagenham, assisted by the constables of the K division, have entered into a subscription for the purpose of pl ac i ng a mo nument to his remains in Dagenham Ch urc h yard. The mother of Clarke has recently visited the town, and has de tailed the particulars of a dream which she had. In re counting the dream she states that she was sitting on her son's grave when it opened, and she sawhim lying i n hi s coffin. She asked him who had done it, and h e rep li ed a person who is not in custody. This .by the lov ers of the won derful is looked upon as proof positive , and that p arty i s now as freely made the murd erer a s 1 ersons was a sh or t time since. E XTRAORDINAR Y ESCAPE.-011 Friday night, about gaff -past nine o'clock, as a four - oared cutter an d a light wager boat were coming down the river on the Surrey side, below Battersea -bridge, the cutter being inshore, the)• sud denly observed a steamer right ahead of them. As was dark, the rowers lustily hailed the steamer, when about 0 00 yards in advance, but unfortunately the captain of the steamer only saw the cutter, and in turning out into the middle of the channel to give it room ran right into the wager-boat, which it cut clean in half, taking the seat trans versely. Mr. Clifford, who wasrowing the w ager -b oat, seeing the impossibility of clearing the steamer, though an , expert rower, had the presence of mind to jump from the boat just before the steamer had struck her, and dive com pletely under it, receiving only a slight blow from the paddle. wheel as the vessel passed over him. When he rose to the surface he swam to the cutter, from which he was put on board the steamer almost unhurt. But for this sudden and desperate alternative, nothing could have saved him, as the boat was con,pletely divided at the seat, and the two halves taken to the British Flag Tavern, Batte rsea, opposite which the accident occurred. F DESTROYING BROODS OF PH. —s 4. —abur, a ay, at the Richmond petty sessions, John Chamberlains and William Chamberlaine, jun., fisherm en, at T w i ckenham,were charged with unlawfully destroying a brood of fi s h . From the evi deuce of Thomas Webb, an assistant water-bailiff, it appeared that on the 29th ult. he saw the defendants dragging the engine produced along the shore of the river Thames, at Ham, in Surrey. It was not a net, but made of canvass and baize, and was used to catch small fish to sell as live bait, and was a wholesale destruction of the broods of fish. The defendants were fined Ws. each. LOAN DISCOUNT SCHEME. (From the Times City Article.) I The nature of the results which the Chancellor of ti.e Exchequer may contemplate in his proposal to allow a rate of discount (originally refused) for prompt payment of the instalments of 8,000,0001. seems quite beyond comprehension. On the payment of the last dividends the balances of the Exchequer being inadequate, Government found themselves compelled to borrow of the Bank on deficiency bills. The necessity for this advance to Government limited to a pro portionate degree the power of the Bank to advance upon discounts (because the Bank had indiscreetly suffered its re serve to fall so low that it was impossible for it to accord even a temporary assistance without calling its resources from other quarters), and hence arose an amount of pressure and inconvenience in the discount market, which, on ac count of its suddenness, was a cause of general reproach. Moved by this cause, and almost as if fancying that the re proach is in some measure levelled at the Government (although timely notice had been given that the advance would be required, and it was the business of the Bank to have prepared for it), it would seem that the Chancellor has now an idea in his mind of attempting to prevent the possi bility of a recurrence of such circumstances; but if this really be his object, it is plain that his new proposition, while it involves a considerable expense to the country, will not carry him a single step towards its attainment. He pro poses by the payment of a heavy rate of interest (for the rate must be heavy to cause the contemplated payments to be made in advance) to put himself in possession of funds which he is not likely to want for some time, in order Co insure that when the period arrives at which he will need them he may be independent of the Bank, and that no with drawal shall be requisite from that establishment such as to render necessary another violent contraction of its ordinary accommodation to the public. But the ques tion is, what does he intend to do with these funds pending the time when he will require them ? It is not to be as sumed that he will lock them up in a strong box in imita tion of the American sub-treasury plan, which would be simply creating a pressure new by withdrawing the money at once from the market in, order that he should not have to create the pressure in. July, and we must, therefore, infer, that it will find its way to the Bank, there to swell the " public deposits," and to be used according to the discretion of the directors. Of course the use they will make of it will be to lend it to the public, and it will be upon the discretion with which these loans may take place, that the simple question of whether a sudden contraction may not again be ren dered necesssary will wholly depend. Under present circum stances, therefore, bid banking may effect just the same results next July as were effected by bad banking last April. All that the present operation can do will be to cause a withdrawal from the banking balances of private individuals to increase the banking balances of the Government—in either case they are alike liable to find their way to the public in the shape of discounts or of advances, and also to be withdrawn from that mode of employment when the wants of the Government render a call for them necessary, so that the real result of the affair is that the country will pay some five or six per cent. for a month or two for funds which it does not require in order that these funds (which must be withdrawn from pri vate bankers and other parties) may be deposited in the Bank of England fcr that establishment to employ them for its own especial profit. Whether the general circumstances which have recently occurred have been such as to render the public desirous of thus liberally contributing at this time of pressure to the future dividends of the proprietors of Bank Stock is a question that seems not to have been considered. (From the Chronicle City Article.) The statement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer last night has had a very depressing effect on all classes of public securities, except Exchequer-bills. This depression has, no doubt, arisen from the fact that in the course of yesterday, and even on Thursday, rumours, stated to be "on the best authority," prevailed in the City, that the Right Hon. Baronet would make a statement which would be calculated very much to allay all further apprehension, and to make money much easier. These statements produced an exaggerated expectation of what the Government was likely to propose, and transactions were entered into in con sequence of them. It now appears evident that the state ment of the Chancellor, although calculated to allay anxiety with respect to the Government finances, has no such direct tendency on any other interest. It has indeed been said to-day, that the object of the Chancellor in offering a discount upon the instalments of the loan has it in view to induce larger sums of money to be paid into the Bank on account of the Government, in order that they may have more which they agai❑ can advance to the public. It is, however, difficult to see bow any such effect could be produced. If the Bank receive more notes in payment of these instalments at an earlier period, and so in crease their reserve, as it is stated, then the quantity of notes held by other bankers must be correspondingly diminished. Indeed, the probability is, that no notes whatever would pass in such a payment, but that the payments would be made either by a cheque upon themselves, or by notes drawn out of the private deposits. At best, then, such an anticipation of a payment could only be an earlier transfer of the money in all probability, from the " private deposits" to the " public deposits." The only object which we believe tho Clianceller has in view is, to secure an early payment of these instalments, in order to place him in as good a position as possible for the payment of the July dividends, in order that he may not be nependent upon the Bank for so large a portion of the means to discharge as he otherwise would be. This is an intelligible reason ; and if such an effect is pro duced, and the Chancellor is relieved of the necessity of issuing " deficiency bills" at that time, or at least only for a small amount, the Bank directors would no doubt in the meantime feel more at liberty in giving accommodation to the public. (From the Post City Article.) The proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to allow a certain advantage in the shape of discount to scrip holders for anticipated payments of the instalments of the 8,000,0001. Irish loan, as a means of recruiting his coffers, has, it will be seen by the quotations, done nothing for the stock market. The hands of Government may be a little strengthened by such payments, and, indirectly, those of the Bank directors also; but they cannot, viewed ab stractedly, add to the general supply of money. The value of stock was in some measure affected by the apprehension of such further disturbance as might be cre a t e d by a sudden dissolution of Parliament, an event to which the result of the Irish Poor•law Bill debate, as foreseen from the discussion on that question now in progress in the Upper House, seems to be tending. The advance of the rate of interest on Ex chequer-bills to 3d. per diem is unfavourable to stock, Consols, at the price of 86, yielding only 31. 9s. 9d. per annum, against 4/. Hs. 3d. (From the Herald City Article.) The comparative view of the Bank returns for the week ending on the Ist instant justifies the course adopted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer last night, as far as the Government finances are concerned. As we expected and announced, the Ministers have taken their stand on main taining the present banking and currency laws in their in tegrity; and, therefore, under existing circumstances, it has become imperative on the Government to require no ad vances from the Bank at the end of the quarter. It only re quires a glance at the state of the reserve to see that the Bank has not the means of making any advance whatever but by reducing her securities, which, in other words, means that it can only be done at the expense of restricting the ac commodation to the trade of the country. The Chancellor must, therefore, hold out an inducement sufficient to com mand payments on the loan to a considerable amount in ad vance, but it is not very easy to determine, in the present state of the market, what amount of discount will be suffi cient. The more the measures adopted by the Bank Directors to make advances on Exchequer-bills is considered in all its bearings, the more is the wisdom of the course called in question, on the assumption that in proportion to the amount lent it shackles the directors from accommodating trade to support the Government stock. The reasoning on this sub ject is, we think, clear and conclusive. Whilst the British Stocks continue the highest in Europe, it is not likely that the Russian Government or any other persons able to make investments, will select them for the purpose, and yet above all other modes that is the most desirable for us to liquidate the foreign balances against the country. We have received the following case and opinion from a respectable solicitor in town, involving a question of perma nent interest, at the present moment, to an immense amount of trust and other property. The cases cited appear to be conclusive, and it is self-evident that if the funds locked up in stock can be so rendered available, it would afford a vast relief to the money market, and at the same time greatly increase the income of trust property. "COPY OF A CASE AND OPINION. " CASE, " A B agrees to lend C D 2,0001. Consols, upon the se curity of two leasehold houses. The said C D to re-transfer on a particular day the said 2,000/. Consols at whatever price they may be, and in the meantime to pay or the several dividend days, July and January, the rate of 5 per cent. on the Consols, instead of 3 per cent. (not on the value, but on the gross amount). The dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. to cease on the day the re-transfer takes place. "Q. Whether such a transaction is legal or illegal, as re gards the usury laws? " OPINION. "The various authorities I have perused wherein a greater interest than 5 per cent. has been allowed by the Court, turn upon this point—that the capital lent was in danger of being depreciated in value. In those cases where the capital was certain, the Court invariably disallowed the amount of per centage over and above the legal interest, namely 5 per cent. The abovo case appears to me to fall within those cases where the Court has allowed more then 5 per cent. For let u, suppose that A 13 were to lend C 1J 2,0001. Consols to-day which are 87, to be re-transferred to A B on the sth of May, 1850. It is very probable that the Consols on the sth of May, 1850, would be depreciated to 60, 50, or even lower. A war with France would undoubtedly make them fall to a very great depreciation ; and as such an. event, or other equally great, might occur, A B's chance of recovering his 871. from C D is very precarious on the sth of May, 1850. " The authorities confirming me in my opinion that the above case (submilted to me) is perfectly legal, are the fol lowing : "lastin v. Abdee,' 1 Sh om er, p. B.—lt was a gree d b y th e Court that whe re th ere i s a hazard that the lender may less than his princip a l, it is • have no usury, although the interest do exceed the allowed rates. "`Tate v. Wellings ' 3 Term , Reports, p. 531.—0 n the de fendant applying to the testator (of whom the plaintiff was executor) to advance the money, he agreed to lethim it, but told hi m t h at b e should expect the same interest le ' which he received in the Short Annuities—namely, 8f per cent.; and, which being assented to, it was agreed that the money should be raised by a sale of Short Annuities, to tlie amount of 9121. 12s. 6d., which the defendant was to replace in the same stock by the Ist September, 1785. "Lord Kenyon.—A mere loan of stock is not usurious, nor the payment of the dividends in the mean time, though they exceed the legal rate of interest. " Ashurst J.—ln giving the same opinion, added that the lender ran the rick of the fall of the stocks. "Buller J., said this has been assimilated to an action on the Statute for Usury, but I think it is different. This is not like the case cited from p. 508, Croke, James, where the principal was, at all events, secure, for here the testator might have been a loser, in the event of his stock , . rising after the tirst yelr. "Grose, J.—Declared himself of the same opinion. " ' Pike v. Ledinell and Monprivat,' 5 Espinasse, 164. — The defendant Monprivat, being desirous of advancing her son, agreed to sell and dispo se of 4001. stock to the p laintiff for 1601. The said stock to be transferred when her son was of age—namely, the 11th February, 1804. Lord Ellenbo rough said that ' contingency in the thing purchased was incompatible with the idea of usury, in which the principal must be always certain.'—Verdict for the plaintiff. " Maddock v. Rumball,' 8 East, p. 304.—The defendant was indebted to the plaintiff in 4861. 4s. 6d., for which he was sued, and the plaintiff wishing to invest the amount of the debt in stock on the 19th of November, 1803, when the same would have purchased 908/. 16s. 7d. stock; in consi deration of forbearing his action and demand till the 19th of November, 1804, takes a bond from the defendant, Condi tioned for the transfer by him to the plaintiff, on that day, of 9081. 16s. 7d. stock, with such interest as the same would have produced as such stock in the meantime. All the Court agreed that this was not usury, as th e amount of the sum to be paid depended upon a contingency. If the stocks had fa llen in the meantime to 501 . , the plaintiE , w ould have received le ss than his principal anlegal interest would have amounted to. This was no more lent, • usur y than an agreement to repla ce stock which, though once con tended to be usury if more than the principal and legal inte rest were thereby obtained, had teen long settled to be legal. " GEORGri COCHRANE, "Chancery-lane, May 5, 1847." THE BOSJESMANS, OR BUSH PEOPLE FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA. These living types of a race, perhaps one of the lowest in She scale of humanity, and now becoming rapidly extinct, offer a subject of the greatest interest, alike to the man of science, the studait in human physiology, and the'enrious, as being the first living specimens of this singular variety of the great human family—the Ishmaels of the African conti nent, who have been induced to visit the abodes of civilised man ; and for descriptions of whom we have hitherto been entirely dependent upon the testimony of the few travellers who have visited their desolate and far off region. To the student in phrenology, these Bush people offer an especially in teresting study, as affording strong corroborative evidence in support of the now almost universally-admitted truths of that science. The heads of this singular group, and a skull of one of their fellows, in the possession of the gentleman who has brought them to this country, exhibit almost as striking an absence of the intellectual and higher faculties as is obser vable in the skull of that mockery of humanity, the baboon ; while the pr e p on d erance of the animal is almost equally great. There is, however. a marked superiority of phreno logical development in the mother of the child born on their passage to this country over any of her compa nions, and she exhibits a much greater degree of intel ligence than either; while we learn from their guardian that she is ,a most excellent mother, kind and affectionate in her disposition, and exceedingly docile; the others, on the contrary, being very self-willed and difficult to manage. The kindness, however, with which they have been treated since their arrival, does not by any means appear to have been th rown away, as they seem perfectly happy and contented, and on the receipt of an orange or other trifle, exhibit the liveliest emotions of gratitude, by kissing the hand of the donor, and manifesting other unequivocal s i gns o f pleasure. They were fairly in toxicated with delight o n th e two females being presented with a necklace each, by one of the company present, com posed of round metal buttons, and a smaller one for the child—the female exhibiting all that passionate love for adornment which seems inherent in the breast of every daughter of Eve, whether civilised or savage; and the males scarcely less so, in the speechless admiration with which, so decked, they appeared to regard their spouses. We may mention that they are natives of the country bordering the great Orange river, in the interior of Africa, 1,200 to 1,400 miles from Cap e Town; and their supposed ages vary between 30 and 50, the mother of the child being the oldest of the group. They have picked up a few words of English and Dutch ; but their intercourse with their guardian is chiefly carried on by pantomimic signs. Their own language appears to be singularly barren, exceedingly harsh and unpleasant to the ear, and used with much ges ticulations. Its most remarkable feature is, that min gled with the articulate tones, and the gutturals and nasals, are some inarticulate clicks or clucks, produced by the tongue being struck against different parts of the mouth, so as to produce an audibla sound not easily described on paper, but varying in depth, with the part of the mouth from which the tongue is struck. The stature of these people is another peculiarity : the two couples are considered as of two quite different tribes, though both speak the same lan guage ; but there is a striking difference in their stature. The larger couple are about five feet three inches in height; the smaller no more than four feet, and these suggest the idea of the " pigmies" of the ancients. The strange mixture of the Mongolian, Malay, and Negro in their characteristic form land features is very striking; and while they seem but little elevated in the chain of being above the baboon and the chimpanzA, we learn that the tall and athletic Kafir flies from one of these diminutive creatures with the greatest terror,—for their want of physical strength is compenssted by their skill in the use of poisoned arrows, a wound from one of which is almost always mortal. These creatures are continually smoking the wild hemp of their country —a plant from which they also obtain the poisonous juice in which they dip their arrows. They go through a sort of perform. ante; all four dancing one of their national dances, which somewhat resembles those of the North American Indians, especially in its being conducted and regulated by a double stroke of the hand, as a substitute for a tom-tom or drum. The two men display their mode of stealing on their foes ; and certainly it must be no pleasant thing to see a man stealthily prowling in your neighbourhood with a poisoned arrow fitted to the string—waiting only till you give him an opportunity of stealing upon you unperceived, to send the death-shalt on its flight. As a variety of the race of man never before seen in England, we recommend a visit to these Bush people.—Manchester Guardian. [We perceive by an advertisement, that Dr. Knox, F.R.S.E., delivers a lecture on the Bosjesman, on Monday evening next, at Exeter Hall, at which the above described singular ' race will be introduced.—En. Sun.] THE TRIP TO BIRMINGHAM IN TWO HOURS. We learn, upon further inquiry into the particulars of the stated trip from Euston-quare to Birmingham, with a train of about 35 tons, in two hours, exclusive of the loss of time when the train was in a state of rest during five stoppages, that the accuracy of the performance, as published, is strongly affirmed by those who, it is pre sumed, are in possession of the official notes of the working of the engines. At the same time that this is affirmed, the strict accuracy of our analysis of the per formance is not called in question. We pointed out that to accomplish 1121 miles in two hours " travelling time," the average running speed over the greater part of the journey must have been 66 •miles per hour, and that over other considerable portions of it the average running speed must have respectively been upwards of 70 and 80 miles per hour. This is not denied. A great commercial as well as a great corporate question is involved in the accuracy of this stated performance of the narrow-gauge engines. The question is importatant, not merely to the broad and narrow gauge parties, but to the public, whose interests may, through proctedings now pending before Com mittees of the Commons, be seriously affected by the establishment of the correctness or incorrectness of the statement alluded to. If the narrow-gauge engines can take even light pas senger trains at an average running velocity of sixty-six miles per hour over the entire gradients of the London and North-Western line, we must perforce admit that the broad-gauge engines with their as sume d a d vantages, will have to hid e th e i r diminished heads; but we are of opinion that some serious error, some, at present, unac countable mistake, has been made by the gentlemen who noted the workings of the engines; that either they or we labour under a strange delusion. In short, we be lieve that the engines in question did not, and can. not do what they are stated to have performed; and that, instead of their maximum speed having been eighty-four miles per hour, it was some twenty miles below that figure. But if the engines did perform this alleged extraordinary working, they can, of course, do it again. We repeat that it is most important to the Lon don and North . -Western Company that the accuracy of this alleged working of the narrow gauge engines should be made manifest to the world. The establishment of it would be a giant's strength to them in support of several of the Bills they are now promoting in Parliament. That company have, therefore, a direct and vital interest in setting the question at rest; let them, then, run another, special train between London and Birmingham. We shall be happy to send a gentleman from this establish ment to take the workings of the engines, and to give the particulars fully and faithfully. We have always believed, and still believe, that the broad gauge is supe rior in speed and power to the narrow gauge, and we have given numerous facts in support of our opinion; but we should, under all the circumstances, and consider ing how much uniformity would simplify the railway system of this country, be exceedingly gratified—al though our own predictions would be sadly shaken there by—to have it in our power to state that the narrow gauge is equal to the stated extraordinary performance which is at present attracting, or rather distracting, the attention of the railway world.—Herald. Lord Brougham has kindly consented to take the chair at the second annual meeting of the Lamb and Flag Ragged Schools, on Wednesday, the 19th May, at six o'clock precisely. The meeting will be held in the large parochial school-room, Amwell-street, Pentonville. PRESENTATION OF A REWARD ON BOARD lIER MAJESTY'S Star Vicrouir.—A short time since George Veary, an old sailor and a pensioner on board the Victory, gallantly jumped overboard and saved a boy from drowning. The committee of the Royal Humane Society, in considera tion of the age of Veary, departod from their rule which re stricts pecuniary rewards to London and the environs, and voted him a medal and 21. The following interesting letter from Captain Pasco, RN., describes what took place on the presentation :—(Copy.) " Her Majesty's ship , Victory, Portsmouth, May 4, 1847. Sir—On Sunday last I per formed a most pleasing duty, by presenting the medallion and a pecuniary reward of 21. to George Veary, A.B. of this ship, before the assembled crew and the boy whose life he s 'Ned ; and George Veary expressed his thanks very warmly for the distinguished honour done him by the committee stepping aside from the usual practice. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient (Signed) John Pasco R.N. To the Secretary of the Royal Humane Society." [ADVERTISEMENT.3—The Registered Paletot of Llama cloth, the most tashionable coat for both the present and approaching seasons, still retains the same moderate price, which, with its usefulness and gentlemanly appear ance, has secured such general popularity. It has been made by special command for their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the several royal visitors to the British Court. In London it can only be purchased of the peentees, E. J. and D. Nicoll, Court tailors, 114, Regent-street, and 22, Coruhill. Agents for Liverpool, Dawbarn and Son, 80ld -street; for Dublin, Geo. Macdona, Molesworth street; for Birmingham, Wareing and Son, New-street; for Edinburgh, Christie and Son, George street; and the principal tailors in other large towns. AN ECCENTRIC CLERGTMAN.—The Cincinnati Ad vertis,r 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 a b sent two or t h ree Sa bb at h s i n succe ssion, INlr. S. would p u bli c l y state to t h e congrega tion, that as in Ilr. —'s family had b een f or s o me time absent from public worship, he pr e sumed there was sickness or trouble their household, and would appoint a prayer meeting in their house on the next Tuesday afternoon. The old gentleman, on one occasion, also, caught the wanderers 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 tow n t urned out to see the Boston minister. They waited awhile in eager expectation of entrance, when in marched the RTv. lilt. 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 g l a d my dear brethren, th a t I h ave you out. You are all here, as you ought to be, and I hope your minds ate prepared to receive instruction. ' I came from Boston yesterday myself." THE ARMY.—Lieutenant C e T ' Proby has been re stored to his co mm i ss i on in the 431 Foot. It will be recol lected that this o ffi cer absented him self some months since from his corps f or t h e purpose of visiting a sick brother at Rome, and in consequence of which his commission was cancelled. • The Commander-in-Chief has, however, taken a favourable view of the case, and Lieutenant Proby has been permitted to return to his duty. It need scarcely be added, that the punishment for absence without leave is usually a heavy one. The Admiralty have given notice to all the depart ments under them, that her Majesty's birth-day is to be kept on the 27th inst., when the usual holiday will be granted. I THE JOB- AND POST MASTERS' (OF ENGLAND) PR3VIDENT FUND. The fourth anniversary dinner of the above institution took place oa Friday at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street. Sir Richard W. Balkeley, Bart., M.P., presided on the occasion. „ - The chair was supported by several noblemen and I other distinguished members of the turf. Among the company present we observed Earl Strathmore, the Earl of March, Lord Somerton, Lord G. Lennox, Sir J. Trol lope,' Bart., M.P., Hon. P. J. Pierrepout, Admiral Collier, Colonel Knox, Count Batthyany, Rev. 3. Svden ham, B. Memo, Ecq., Methalfe, E,q., G. Wood:Esq., Mr. Gullan, &c. &c. Upon the cloth being removed, the " Non nobis" was swig by Messrs. Ransford, F. Smith, Binge, Genge, and Taylor. The Healths of the Queen and the • Queen Dowager, given by the CHAIRMAN, were responded to in the usual loyal and national style. In proposing the health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family, the CHAIRMAN took occasion to remark that a hatever might be the nature of the education to be bestowed upon his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, care should be taken to train him in that which would not in the least detract from the dignity of his position, but add to the estimation in which he would be held by the people of England, viz., that he should be a good horseman. The toast was responded to in the most enthusiastic manner. The next toast was that of " Prosperity to the Fund." The CHAIRMAN, in proposing that toast, said that there was perhaps no country in the world where the extremes of affluence and destit u tion were to be found in such close proximity as in this country. Such a state of things was inseparable from a great commercial coun try, where great enterprise was always going on, and, consequent upon that, great risks and ruinous losses. To provide against the evils of such a state of things, numerous charitable institutions had arisen—such as schools for the instruction of youth, and asylums as places of re fuge for age and destitution. The present institution was founded with such benevolent intentions, and per haps in no calling or profession in the world were there more risks attending its pursuit, than that to guard against which this society had been founded.—(Hear.) Who was there present in that-room, who was not made fully aware of the uncertainty in the value of that noble animal—the horse?—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lords upon his right and upon his left had had disappointments again and again upon the " turf."-,-(Cheers.) Why, the first favourite at the Derby this year, may kick out the front pannel of a cab next year.—(Laughter and cheers.) Not all the judgment which they could bring to their calling, and noz. all the cunning with which those who dealt in horses had the reputation of possessing— (Laughter)—could bring that calling out of the general rule which governed other commercial enterprises.— (Cheers.) He was happy to see that, during the six years this society had been in existence, that it had received so much encouragement. The funds at present invested in the name of the society amounted to 6,4011, and its membeis numbered 222.—(Cheers.) He hoped that those present would not relax their exertions in behalf of the good cause. He gave, then, with the greatest pleasure, " Prosperity to the fund." Sir J. TROLLOPE proposed the next toast, which was " The Hon. Sydney Pierrepont, the founder of the fund," and in doing so passed a high eulogium on the character of that gentleman, and spoke in high terms of the ser vices he had rendered to the " good cause," since the time of its foundation ; his own private subscriptions to the fund had amounted to 500 guineas.—(Cheers.) The Hon. S. P. PIERREPONT returned thanks in a brief and appropriate style, and proposed the next toast, which was, " Our Noble President, his Grace the Duke of Richmond." The Earl of MARCH, in returning thanks, said he was requested by his father to state that, bad it not been for the debate on the Irish Poor-law in the House of Lords having been adjourned till that night, he would most certainly have been present, and much regretted his in ability to attend. He could assure the company that his father esteemed it both a pride and an honour to be the president of the society, and felt a deep interest in the success of the fun('. BRISE PEARSE, Esq., proposed the next toast, " The Vice•presidents, Patrons, and Benefactors to the fund." The Earl of Manca gave the next toast, " Mr. Tat tersal (the treasurer), the Directors, and Officers of the institution." The remaining toasts were, "Mr T. Clark, th secretary to the fund," proposed by the Chairman; " The Chairman, Sir Richard Bulkeley, Bart . .;" " The Stewards of the day;" " blis Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, the Chairman elect;" "The Ladies." The com pany separated at a late hour, Among a list of subscription!, announced in the even ing, amounting to a total of between 500/. and 600/., we noticed the following: —The Earl of March, 51; Earl Chesterfield, 201; Baron Rothschild, 101. lOs ; Sir R. W. Bulk e l e y, 211 .; Rd . Tattersall, Si. ss., seco nd . dona tion; Sir J. Trollope, Bart., 51., third d onat i on; L or d Strathmore, 101 10s. ; F. Salmon, Esq., 21.25. ; T. Gullar, Esq., 51. 5s.;C. Paris, Si.; Count Batth3 any, 51.55., second donation ; Brise Pearse, 51 55., second donation; J. Fielding, 51.55.; . Robert Boyle, 21. 25.; S: W. Metcalfe, 51.; George Wood, 21.; Mr. Allen, 101. 10s. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Moody, and he, with the assistance of his able colleagues, Messrs. Ransford, Genge, Binge, Taylor, and F. Smith, aided in no small degree in keeping up the interest of the occasion. The dinner was served up in excellent style, and the whole of the arrangement s we r e suc h as to afford the fullest satisfaction to the numerous company present (amounting to upwards of 300), and to reflect the highest credit upon the judicious arrangements of Messrs. Bathe and Bache. THE IRISH POOR-LAW. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,--I think it my duty, at this critical moment, as an Irish landed proprietor, to return you my thanks for your able advocacy of the Irish Poor law Bill, and the view you take of the condition of my wretched country. I do so now, as it appears that a majority in the Lords (about one half of whom are Irish landed proprietors) are bent on defeating that most beneficial absentee -tar, fnr it is that, and nothing else, the only absentee-tax we can obtain, and an absentee tax of the best kind. Twenty two years ago I introduced into Parliament a s Bill for the relief of the destitute poor of Ireland, and for twenty-six years I have possessed a tolerable pro perty in that country, and have ever supported my tenants. I can, therefore, safely and positively assert, from my own experience, that by compelling all land lords to attend to their property and visit their estates, not leaving them, as at present, to interested agents, and more interested and unprincipled bailiffs, you can alone hope for general and permanent peace and pros perity in Ireland, and that can only be done by an effi cient and permanent poor-law, operating on all parties. Ido therefore, entreat of you to p ersevere , i n sp i te of the idle talk of confiscation, or of political economists, to whom so many lives have already been sacrificed, desolating the country with a pestilence which carries away the best of our people. Do then, good Sir, con tinue to advocate the cause of the poor and destitute— a truly righteous work, in that neglected, afflicted, and necessarily abandoned country. Accept these few lines from a practical man, no theorist, and long a Member of Parliament.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, 1, Sackville-street, May 7, 1847. J. GRATTAN. CONFIDENCE AND NO CON FIDENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TlMts. Sir,—The infatuation under which the public is la bouring at this moment of crisis as to the temporary character of tge 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 snore 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. Cie 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 p t r , i , ce f would carry off 5,000.0001. of gold. such confidence Ire I say, that all these efforts to , insp i r e keeping up a I,tal delusion. Assum ing friends theco wing harvest to be as abundant as the most of cannot reach their country's prosperity car. desire, we the period g of lna it t s ea tt d r t r i i t v a a . l an it t ' in w v e ceonse confidence,. at w t e h e ha p v ac e e hr w e e are n tunc g o oi n n fiient 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 upontmo assisting h a elapse periodu before throught time c hne expect threeop‘el lcdt e re o t sn u ot r nih u se . twh i t' s it is, we suddenly arrive at the anyth v f e o n u g e r o w n m awful conviction that we are without st ores at a ll , an d ire are told t o i ssue more paper and have confidence. Rigid and universal economy, with as large a sa l e as we can malie of t rans f era b le 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 get it with 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 ranch, 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. OXFORD, MAT 7.—Mr. John Buttanshaw, from Tunbridge Grammar-school, was this day elected to the Kent Scholarship at Corpus Christi College. The Rev. Charles Browne Dalton, M.A., of Wadham, Examining Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of London, will preach at St.. Mary's, on Sunday next, in the forenoon; and the lion, and Hey. Samuel Waldegrave, M.A., late Fellow of All Souls, in the afternoon. The Rev. H. W. Phillott, M.A., Stu dent of Christchurch, will preach at Christchurch on Ascen sion-day. GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.—At a meeting of the Senate of the University, held after the distribution of prizes on Saturday, the . Earl of Eglinton was unani mously elected Dean of Faculties for the ensuing year, in the room of Lord Meadowbank, whose term of office had expired. , o