The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-18 00:00:00

Mr. NEWDEGATE expressed himself surprised that Hon. Gentlemen would not allow this Bill to be tested by a Com mittee. Sir GEORGE GREY hoped the Bill would be allowed to be read a first time. It was an unusual thing to oppose it on the first reading._ Mr. C. BERKELY agreed with the gallant Colonel (Sib-. thorp) that the Bill ought to be handed over to the Govern ment, and certainly should not be discussed at that hour of the night. He moved that the House do now adjourn. Mr. FORBES was surprised that Hon. Gentlemen should meet this Bill at the very earliest stage, and oppose the first reading. He trusted that, out of respect to the feeling of the country, expressed at different meetings, and in courtesy to the Government, the House would allow it to proceed. The House then divided. The numbers were— For the adjournment Against it ... Majority ... On our re-admission to the gallery, Mr. SPOONER was expressing his willingness to consent to the adjournment of the debate to Friday neat . The debate was accordingly adjourned to Friday. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and The House adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'clock. ... 51 _ -45 MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, In 3 vols., THE T HREE COUSINS, A NOVEL. BY MRS. TItOLLOPE, Author of "Father Eustace," " The Barnabys," ez.c. Henry Golburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in small Bvo., price les. 6d , OTTINGS from the VETE S A RA BRETASCH of a CHELSEA N. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ro lae had of all Booksellers. New Burlington-street; May 18, 1847. ~fr. BENTLEY begs to announce that he WILL PUBLISH HOME AND ITS INFLUENCES. By the Hon. ADELA SYDNEY, In Three Volumes, ON THE 21sT INSTANT. P.AILVJAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. l ESSRS. LAMOND an d C o ., RAILW A Y ‘ 4 ._ SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to t h an k t h e i r Friends f and Ind Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., sake place every Tuna , sr and FZIDAY. at One o'clock, at the dull of commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which piece, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. dll Scrip and Share Certificates must be dsposited. Use day ore fiollll to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Jaunt elate:), disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hail of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. HER .11AJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Tuesday, May IS, will be performed Bellini's Opera, entitled LA SONIk.iAMBLILA, Amina, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Madame izolri ; Count Rodolph, Signor F. Lablache ; and Elvino, Signor Gardonl. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which will be pre sented the Pas de la Couronee, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon. A new Pas de Deux (by M. Pi -rot), by Mdlle. Rosati and M. Perrot. And Pas Styrienne, by Niadlle. rrito and M. St. Leon. To conclude with a Selection from the admired Ballet (by M. P. Taglioni), entitled CORALIA, Coralia, Mdlie. Rosati ; Huldebrand, M. L'Dor ; the Squire, M. Gouriet ; Bertha, Mdme. Petit Stephan ; the Page, Iddlle. Honore ; DukeZ M. Gosselin ; Fraisondin, M. Venefra ; ti lrich, M. Di Mattis. The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully in formed, that a grand EX iltA NIGHT will take place on TII t'it DAY EVENING, May 20, when will be pertbrmed Meyerbeer's Opera, entitled ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. Alice, I.ldlle. Jenny Lind ; Isabella, Made. Castellon ; Roberto, Signor Fraschini ; Rambaldo, Gardoni ; Sacerdote, Signor Bouche ; and Bertram, Signor Staudigl. To be fillowed by various Entertainments in the BALLET DE p.ikamENT, comh!Mlig the talents of :Mae. Cerito, Mdlle. C. Rosati, )fdme. Petit Stephan, Mdlles. Casson, Honore, James, Julien, Lamoureux, and Mdlle. L. Gralen. M. Perrot and M. St. Leon. The doors open at Seven. The Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. Pit lie!, eta may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, combination of talent, THURSDAY next, May 20, when will be performed the Opera of LUCREZ[A BORGIA: The principal characters by Madame Grisi, Signora .Alboni, Signor Mario, Signor Marini, Signor Tamburini, Signor Ley, Signor Po:onini, Signor Lavia, Signor, Signor Piacentini, and Signor Tagliafico. To be foll.wcd by the Second Act of the Opera of L'ITALIANA IN ALUIERI. The Principal characters by Signora Aiboni, Aidlle. Angelini, Bellini, Signor Salvi, Signor Eovere, Signor Polo:mini, and Signor Marini. To conclude with a new grand Ballet, in three Tableaus, entitled LA SAL xMA:N.TDRINE. In which Fanny Elseler and Nhille. Dumilatre will appear ; also Minks. Saderna, Benin, De Melisse, Delechous, M. Petipa, 31. Mabille, &c., will dance. The ballet by M. Plasis, the music by Signor Curet', the scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin, and the costumes by M. Bailey. will T E h omence at rs will open ht. at Ilolf-past Seven o'clock; and the Opera ig Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bo w _ street ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Under the Man2gem.ent of Mr. 11. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comedy, called TEMPER. Sir Marina dalte Topple, Mr. Farren ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hudson; God frey, Mr. Tilbury; Emerson, Mr. Webster; Cyril Tempest, Mr. Howe; Lady Tempest, Mrs. Seymour; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Glover; Florence Wilmot, Mrs. Fortescue; Miss Fielding, Mrs. Hamby. After which, the FOUR HUNGARIAN INSTRUMENTAL VO CALISTS wilt give their imitations of various instruments, with the Lips only. To conclude with the Astronomical Extravaganza, called TIME NE W PLAN ET ; or, Harlequin out of Place, THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVE-NtNG Will be performed the original Drama, caned TUE FLOWERS CF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; St Lriight Bess, Mrs..Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. To be followed by the Opera Buffa Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Be.dlord, Lambert, Selby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. In which Chr. Lambert, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Munyani, Miss Harding, and Miss Maplin will perform. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING WiE be presented tha Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Creswiek ; Baron Steinfort, Mr. Ryder ; Solomon, Mr. Granby ; Peter, Mr. Cowell ; Mrs. Haller, Mrs. Butler (her last appearance but one). After which, the Comic Opera, called THE BARCAROLE. In 'which Messrs. Walton, Bodda, Leffler, Allen, Miss E. Homier and Miss Anne Ramer will appear. To eonclude with the Farce, entitled KEEPING A PLACE. Spikespur, Mr. Granby ; Crocus, Mr. Compton ; Dorothea Danvers, Airs. Fosbroke ; 'tidy, Miss Laporte. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. Last Three Weeks of the present Management and Company. THIS EVENING Will be performed PERSONS ABOIT P TO MARRY. Characters by Messrs. Mathews, W igan, Turner, Kinloch, Mrs. Woollidge, Mrs. Wigan, and miss Aden. Aftei which ' a new . Farce, called WANTED A HERMIT. In which Messrs. Wigan, Turner, Kinloch, Keeley, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Keeley will perform. To be folloWed by the new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAST ; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ters by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnoid, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravanza, called THE WOOD DAMON ; or, One o'Clock, In which Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, Y. Matthew:, Bellingham, Kinloch, Silver, Miss Dickinson, Miss Daly, and Mrs- Keeley will appear. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed SANS NOM ; ou, Isrames et Romans. M. Bonhomme, M. Tourilton ; Felix Ilonnonnue, M. Dumery ; Paul de Saint-Nary, M. Masquillier ; Angele, Mdme. Grassau ; Juliette, 3ldlle. Cordely. After which, the new Comedie, UN COUP DE LANSQUENET. Desronsseaux, M. Regnier ; La Marquise du Puzy, Mdlle. i) enaln. To conclude with the popular Comedy of OSCAR ; ou, Un Mari qal pronme:sa Femme. Oscar, M. Regnier ; Juliette, Mdlle. Denain. "Boxes, 6.1. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 35.; Gallery, Zs. 'Motes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 23, Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. I ;THIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. CLOSE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT. The nobility, gentry, and the public are respectfully Informed, that the popolar Entertainment given by the Eth opian Serenaders, Pell, Barrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will be positively ter minated .at the end of the ensuing month of June, previously to the fixed departure of the Company for the Continent, on the sth of July. Since the commencement of this Entertainment, more than four hundred performances, public and private have been given in London ; and, notwithstanding the numerous vulgar imitations which have been recently attempted in the metropolis, the unapproachable superiority of the above party is established by their undiminished popularity and success. During the few remaining weeks of their engagement, the performances will be continued every Tuesday, Thar sday, and Saturday evenings, and a Morning Performance will take place every Wednesday. The entertainments of the Thursdays duriug the month of June will be appropriated for the separate Bene fits of each member of the Company. And, in order to produce an agreeable souvenir of the unparalleled popularity of these perform ances, it is intended to present to every visitor of the private 'boxes stud stalls a portrait of the beneficiare in his private appearance, and also in his professional capacity, illustrating some favourite melody. Such portraits will be executed from the life, in the finest style, by M. Maguire, Esq., and are already nearly completed. The benefits will be arranged in the folio wing order : Thursday, June 3, for the benefit of Germon (tamborine), Thursday, Jane 10 ditto Stanwood (accordion), Thursday, June 17 ditto White (banjo), Thursday, June 24 ditto Harrington (banjo), _ _ . _. _ .. Thursday, July 1 ditto Pell (bones) previously to the last Farewell Performance, on Saturday Evening, July 3. Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL .A.MPMTITEATRE, - Proprietor and Manager, Mr. William Batty'. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Spectacles, Pre' Last nights of the grand Equestrian and Dram od ati u vtotus to the Whitsuntide splendid pr 7 ., THIS EVENING e ctios. Wla be perfornaed Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF AZYDOS ; or, The Corsair. Unequalled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with the performances of the Arabian horse, Di amond of the Desert ; the four Mexic an A n tip o - To conclude withdean Artistes ; and the celeb rated Clown. Mr. W. F. W a ll et. Stage Ma ZARAII ; or, Th e Gipsy Tribe of Bohemia. Stalls, So. ; Boxes, 4s. ; der' Mr. W. D. Bro a df oot Upper Gallery, 6d. Co . Upper Boxes, as ; Pit. 2s. ; Gallery, Is - mmenee ev ery evenin g at Seven o'clock, ROYAL VICTORIA THE TH IS EVENINGAT Rt. Lass that Loves a Sailor, WiII be perfrmed RUM ; or, Th e t. mard Mr. Hicks ; Ruth, Miss Vincen After which, the Farce of the LOTTERY TICIEET We wood, IV. Gardner. q'o conclude with THE WIZARD OF THE WA.YE ; or, The Ship Captain Faulkner, Mr. Hi c k s. a Or die Avenger. Boxes, is.; Half Price, 6(1. Pit, 6d. ; G a ll ery, ads ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN tinder the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal liighneas Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c. Opcn every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The Proprietor begs to announce that he has, at a considerable expense, erected a new Entrance, and a magnificent Walk, with flower borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, in front of the grand Pictorial Representation of THE TOWN AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. 'the Menagerie contains many specimens, including the Giraffe , Gazelles, &c. The Promenade Concerts, conducted by Godfrey. A representation of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge of Statues. The grand Pyrotechnic Display, representing the SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR. Showing the commencement of the Bombardment, partial .destruc tion of the Town, and Blowing up of the Battering Ships. During the season, M. JULLIEN will give a series Of Concerts; She Band will consist of one h. aidred Performers. Ad,nission, One Shilling. The Royal South London Floricultural Society will hold their agf.nd Spring Flower Show, on Wednesday, May 26. 11•1•1.51.' _SSW INSPECTOR-GENZSAL.—The trade of Liver pool has increased so rapidly within the last year, that, on a receeit visit of the Chairman of the Board of Customs to that port, It was deemed requisite to have a second inspector getie.val to supervise the large revenue department established there, and to meet the increased wants of the trade. Mr. F. St. John, an intelligent and active landing-surveyor of the port of J4ondon, has been selected for the appointment. THE WEATHEIt.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 18. HER3IOIIETER, Lowest, 51 ; Highest, 67 ; Noon, 65, BAROMETER, 29.99.—W1ND E.S.E.; fine. lili4H WATER. AT LONDON-131 1 . 11) GE TlllB DAT. Mori.ing .. 10 minutes after 4. I Evening .. 31 minutes after 4 SECOND EDITION. ..4y , (4...iri,:i„ , 1- , : 41 014: TRI .4.T ., ' r eeillilft 11 l' O , AP:. DIED 0- - ... .,..4 *, <, r • m 0,4 ',.....;,... ..:.•..",.. '''''' Ro s•‘_ 1 " 4 -..‘ Tian SUN, _LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1847. Ekening .-1•111 t UNDON, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1847. A maiden speech in the House of Lords could scarcely have been uttered upon a more propitious theme than that delivered yesterday evening by the Earl of ELLESMERE. It was followed by the second reading of the Factories Bill, with a majority of forty-two in a House of sixty-four. A more appro priate juncture could scarcely have been selected for the passage of this benevolent measure than the one which has just arrived. Everything combines to de monstrate the foolishness of the policy which has hitherto been adopted in commercial matters. Every thing goes to show that the opponents of Mr. FIELDER have argued upon the shallowest principles, upon the most preposterous premises, upon the most contradictory and frivolous calculations. Lord ELLESMERE availed himself of none of these ad vantages for the purpose of mentioning the an tagonists of the Bill in the language of derision, or opprobrium. He restricted his observations to the benefits which must infallibly accrue to society by the carrying out of its provisions ; be spoke ear nestly in behalf of those who are without a voice in the Legislature ; he pleaded the cause of the un enfranchised manufacturing operatives, who are com pelled to yield to the ordonations of their taskmasters without an opportunity of bringing those taskmasters to a judicial tribunal for the purpose of relieving them selves from an insufferable drudgery, and visiting their employers with a deserved punishment. We congratulate Lord ELLESMERE upon the honour able course he has pursued upon this question ; we congratulate the Upper House upon the almost una nimous manner in which it has received the measure; we congratulate the Baron Dnepr upon the approxi mating fulfilment of his generous and philanthropic anticipations, and upon the chance which must speedily be afforded him of introducing a similar measure to the French Chambers, not merely " wafted thither by numerous petitions signed by the opera tive classes themselves," but enforced by the emphatic and ennobling decision of the British Par liament. And was not the Noble Earl, who moved the second reading of the " Ten Hours' Bill" last evening, correct in observing that "England has hitherto been quoted and referred to by the other manufacturing countries of Europe as the model and pride in commercial legislation ?" If our reformatory movement in the emancipation of the negro races has elicited the approval of all civilised nations, except ing that bastard republic which cherishes despotism under the very banners of freedom, and treats all other men with the most supercilious contumely, while eulogising and adoring itself : if our minor enactments for the prevention of cruelty to animals have appeared worthy of foreign panegyrics, and not un worthy of foreign imitation : if our great effort to consummate the national freedom by extending that freedom to internal and international trade, has been welcomed with the acclamations of the most en lightened of the continental states, and has insured for one of our own merchants, RICHARD COBDEN, such an ovation as man never had before then may we assuredly look forward to the extension of the blessings of Mr. FsmasEN's measure, not merely to the artizans of these islands, but to the millions who earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brows, in the most remote as well as in the most ad jacent quarters of the habitable globe. When this noble and beneficent scheme shall have passed triumphantly through the Committee, and the third reading of the Peers, when it shall have passed into a law with the superscription of the potent syllables La reine le veute—then may the unhappy victims of a selfish and /Roza:able- avarice be in a more favourable position for the development of their moral, physical, and intellectual faculties. Mothers will no longer be merely toil-worn automata; children will cease to be stunted in their bodily growth by premature labour, cramped in their knowledge by a total neglect of the most elementary tuition, and dwarfed and distorted in their moral character by precocious sor rows and untimely destitution. GoD knows, there is no mere affectation of philanthropy in all this ! And experience has shown that our auguries are nut merely coloured by the benevolence of our wishes, but that whenever a legislature has interfered for the protection of the helpless, whenever a state has striven to prevent the over-employment of its indus trious millions, whenever a kingdom has sought to effect the equalisation of work and the juster distri bution of wealth, incalculable good has resulted instead of evil and confusion. We are grateful to the Members of our Legislature for the honesty and benevolence of their recent decisions. The sounds of wailing and lamentation are again wafted from the Irish shores ; but it is not merely the misery or the suffering of Irishmen that has occasioned an universal gloom to diffuse itself throughout all ranks and classes in the sister kingdom. They mourn for the illustrious dead ; they weep for the kind-hearted and benevolent nobleman, who, during a season of unparalleled affliction, had occupied the highest station in their land, who, as the representative of their SOVEREIGN, had struggled with an energy and devotion, which it is feared may have hastened his own end, to mitigate the sufferings, to alleviate the wants, and to relieve the distresses of his unhappy compatriots. At eleven o'clock on Sun day night the Earl of BESBOROUGLI expired, after a protracted struggle of several weeks' duration, during which period but little hopes remained of his ultimate recovery. His Excellency con tinued in full possession of all his faculties to the last moment, and, although fully aware of his ap proaching end, he evinced the most perfect resigna tion and submission to the Divine will that his friends could have desired. He could look back upon his useful career without one feeling of regret. A peaceful conscience smoothed his dying pillow. For such a man death possessed no terrors ; he yielded up his spirit surrounded by those who were near and dear to him, and by whom he was deeply and fondly loved, while a grateful people thankfully acknow ledge his beneficent intentions, his anxious wishes for the amelioration of their condition, for their elevation in the social scale, and grieve for the heavy loss they have sustained in the death of their benefactor. His Excellency was born on the 31st of August, 1781, and was consequently in the 66th year of his age. He succeeded to the family honours on the 3d of February, 1844, on the death of his father, FRE DERICK PONSONDY, third Earl of BESBOROUGII, whose life was protracted far beyond the common lot. His Lordship early entered into political life, and from the first was a liberal and consistent politician. He represented his native county (Kilkenny) in Parlia ment for many years. On the accession of the Whig Ministry, under the Premiership of Earl GREY, he joined the Administration, and contested the representation of the same county with the Honourable Colonel BUTLER, brother to the Earl of KILKENNY, and a strong upholder of withstanding the repeal movement th of e a irl e . u t e a n 2 ce of his antagonist, returned Lord DUNCANNON was, not of 1832 he started for Nor. On the general election Dvstingham in the place of Sir by a majority who had just been THOMAS (now Lord) of . the Court of appointed to the Chief Julsitre'sh- Queen's Bench, and was, in c b o y nju l a n ' a ct on with Sir R. C. FERGUSON, returned majority over the Tory candidate. In h July of 1834 the Noble Lord was called tbve writ of summons to the Upper House. On the formation of the Melbourne Cabinet, Lord DUNCANNON was named Secretary of State for the Home Department, subsequently Chief Commissioner of her MAJESTY'S Woods and Forests, and Lord Privy Seal. Upon the death of his father, as we have already stated, his Lordship succeeded to the title as Earl of Besborough, Viscount Duncannon, and Baron of Besborough, in the Peerage of Ireland ; and as Baron Ponsonby, of Sysonby and Duncannon, in the Peerage of Great Britain. His Lordship was closely allied to the most distinguished families of the Liberal aristocracy, through his mother, Lady HENRIETTA FRANCES, daughter of the first Earl SPENCER, and his grandmother, Lady CAROLINE, eldest daughter of WILLIAM, third Duke of DEVON SHIRE. The loss of this eminent servant of the Crown will very long be lamented, and his recent labours in Ireland cannot speedily be forgotten. We had hoped that, severe as have been, and doubtless still are, the privations of the lower classes, consequent upon the excessive prices to which the necessaries of life, more especially bread, have been raised, we should have passed over the present crisis without the exhibition of such painful and dis graceful scenes as occurred in Exeter on Friday last. We derived our hope, first, from the conviction that the distressed condition of the humbler orders would not be much longer protracted ; next, from the feel ing of gratitude on the part of our poorer country men towards the affluent for the munificent benevo lence they have displayed in all directions, and in every shape, ever since the evil of scarcity has threatened the land, and, lastly, from the known love of order and loyalty for which Englishmen from the highest to the lowest are peculiarly charac terised beyond any other civilised race. We regret that our hope has been partially dispelled, and the more so because, since the law is sure to be promptly and efficaciously vindicated, it frequently happens, in the prosecution of rioters, that ignorant and mis guided persons are made to feel the severe penalties of justice in common with the worst principled and most infuriated of their illegal coadjutors. For up wards of three hours on Friday afternoon the city of Exeter was exposed to the unbridled license of a nu merous and clamorous mob. The potato merchant, the corn merchant, and the baker were severally at tacked in different parts of the town. Severe injuries were inflicted both on their persons and properties. Whilst some bakers saved their windows by pitching out their loaves among the excited multitude, others, who did the very same thing, could not succeed in preserving their premises from injury. The most lamentable feature throughout this flagrant breach of the law is, that it commenced with some frenzied women, who had determined upon adopt ing the most violent means for furnishing food to their famishing children. Every one must sympa thise with the desperate condition of those unfortu nate creatures, at the same time that all must condemn the insane folly of their proceedings. Withdrawing our mind from this disgraceful outbreak, we turn to the agreeable duty of informing our readers, that the intelligence we are daily receiving confirms our pre vious impression that our social condition will soon be improved. The bullion is increasing in the Bank ; money matters are conducted with less stringency than they were three weeks since ; every twenty four hours enhance the quantity of our imports in grain ; from the Baltic, Egypt, and America, we shall soon be receiving immense supplies already contracted for; and, what is still more important and cheerful, the appearances of the coming harvest throughout Europe at large, are represented as of the most promising kind. In a short time, therefore, the country will have securely passed the goal of in quietude. Madrid papers of the 11th instant have arrived. It is said that in consequence of differences among the Ministers, on the subject of the financial measures of Senor SALAMANCA, the Ministry will be broken up and a new Ministry formed, of which General SERRANO and Senors OLOZAGL and SALAMANCA will be members. Other reports say that Senor PACHECO alone will retire, and be appointed either Ambassador to Rome or President of the Chamber of Deputies, and that General NeavAsz will be the new President of the Council. Senor SALAMANCA has returned from Aranjuez to Madrid. The KING left on the 11th for the Prado. laDam 80t.5.4 MAY 11.—The Three per Cents. were done at 31 for cash; the Debt without Interest at 5 ; and the Five per Cents. at 19 % for paper. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Government of M. GUIZOT is, according to the general opinion, tottering to its fall. His ill success at Madrid and at Athens, and his failure to bring about an entente cordiale with Russia, have shaken the confidence which the .majority of the Chambers have hitherto reposed in him, and the discovery of the wholesale system of corruption which he has used as his great instrument of home government has tended so to damage his cha racter that he may now be considered almost as a Minister on sufferance merely. An article which appears in the Journal des Debate of Sunday, in which certain officials are vehemently attacked, is a proof that M. GUIZOT himself considers his Minis terial position insecure. The article in questiun alludes to a letter addressed to the editor by several merchants of Paris, in which the writers say— " You will not believe that in our days the administration of the Customs has had recourse to the most odious means employed by the police in the worst of times. Our servants are suborned, our clerks paid to denounce their masters; persons sent by the agents of the Custom-house continually present themselves in war houses to ask us to sell foreign articles, or propose such articles for sale. Our houses, as well as those of our friends, some of whom are not engaged in business, are publicly invaded by a crowd of agents, ac companied by a commissary of police, in quest of a booty, which they divide among themselves; for you must know that the objects seized and the fines imposed benefit ex clusively the Custom-office agents and the informers, and not a fraction enters the coffers of the State. Within a few days the Customs officers have visited the establish ments of from 40 to 50 merchants in Paris. What did they seize ? Goods which had been lying between five and fifteen years in their stores 1 The whole value of the seizures does not exceed 20,000 f. or 25,000 f. In that estimation we in clude French goods mistaken for English ; small pieces of cloth, and even waistcoat patterns for tailors' shops, have been likewise searchecL" On this statement the Debats observes:— ] "It is not possible that the principle of absolute prohibi tion which warrants those attempts against liberty, public morality, and property, should remain any longer inscribed in our codes. Let it be replaced by duties of 30, 40, or 50 per cent., if necessary, although Colbert, whose authority is always invoked by i the Protectionists, never established a duty higher than 10 per cent. It is time to put a period to that barbarous institution, which is an insult to common sense, and the present moment is the more favourable as the Chambers are about to discuss a new Customs' Bill." 111 GulzoT is evidently preparing to organize an opposition party, on which to fall back when he quits office. Free trade will no doubt be his cheval de bataille. The Committee of the Court of Peers appointed to investigate the case of General CUBIERES sat during four hours on Saturday, and was again to assemble on Sunday. Another search had been made in the do micile of M. PARMENTIEB. There were rumours on Saturday that a politica' conspiracy had been discovered, and that M. Conn- DERE, who has frequently been in custody as a poli- tical offender, had been again arrested. At Lille public tranquillity has been completely restored. The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de l'Opera on Sunday at 77f. 95c. LYONS, MAY 14.—Paris and Rouen, 932 f. 50c.; Avignon and Marseilles, 753 f. 75c. ; Vierzoi, 591 f. 25c. ; Northern, 606 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 433 f. 75c. ; Orleans, 1,232 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 17. Luxembourg, I%—Namur and Liege, 3 3 / 4 —Northern of France, 11% The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel gives a Parlia mentary dinner on the 27th inst. to a very numerous circle. The Right Hon. Baronet and Lady Peel and family left Whitehall-gardens yesterday for Drayton Manor, Stafford shire, from whence they return to town on the 26th inst. ANTI -SLAVERY SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this society was held last evening at Finsbury Chapel. The Right Hon. Dr. Lushington presided, and the Conde de Montemolin was present at the proceedings. The report con gratulated the subscribers to the society on the progress which anti-slavery principles were making, although in some places they had been considerably retarded. The receipts for the year had been 1,7151. 13s. 6d.; the expenditure 1,4261. Os. 4d. ; leaving a balance of 2891. 7s. 14-d. to the credit of the society. Sir George Strickland, in moving the adoption of the report, severely denounced the conduct of the Ame ricans on account of their ii.aintenance of slavery, but ex pressed his conviction that even in that country slavery would, ere long, be extinct. The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr. Elihu Bunitt, Mr. Sturge, Mr. Hinton, and others; and resolutions deprecatory of the system of slavery were adopted. A vote of thanks to the chai;man, which was briefly acknowledged, closed the proceedings. ROBBERY OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER ON THE HIGHWAY.—On Saturday night last Mr. James Gibson, commercial traveller to the firm of Messrs. Thomas Gibson and Co., hat-manufacturers, Castle-green, Bristol, while tra velling after dark, on the road between Cirencester and I an? e t h -I. e 9 m aaside'Be Stroud,,) was attacked by three men, who rushed out suddenly i, while a second pl and gagged his meuthhi:i chain,al andseals, One f him knocked g i g and used him with great violence. and cash m e u nt seized the dd t a oe h n wredendn, prevento head anthei B.had : st of his person resisting se s o ktnvinnaelogluft horse, eoorho nfgi s a hib ; ews d i tnwcag t hte h cee anh e sn n box of )'ahout 501. was in the driving. 150/. or 200/. Fortunate in sovereigns, which threatening him with fur the ther violen if pursue them, they decamped with •ce he attempted to their booty. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was very firm. Sales 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 were American for export and 500 on speculation. Prices were 1 / a d. to Md. per lb. higher than on Friday last for American. There were 4,000 bales American sold at 6d. to 7 1 4 d., 600 Surat at 3Y 3 d. to d., and 40 Sea Island at Md. to 17d. In Shares very little was done, and prices were again lower. There are no later arrivals from any quarter except Aus tralia, whence we have now the wool ships reaching daily with important additions to our supply. The sales which have recently concluded have gone off quite as well as could have been anticipated, but at a decline, nevertheless, of about per lb. on the lower qualities, the better descriptions, owing to the small supply, realising nearly previous rates. The advices from South Australia to-day are to January 13 inclusive, and they are of a rep , favourable tenor. The colony progresses well, and in mining pursuits stands pre eminent. _ _ _ The state of the food markets, and the effect that will be produced on the exchanges by the imports of grain when they commence actively, are still sub jects of anxious consideration, and respecting this point opinions are conflicting. Of the ultimate arrival of abundant supplies of food, and of the recent serious rise being partly artificial, and produced by speculation, we entertain no doubt, but unless our manufacturers are liberally aided advances of capit a l, we mus t of bullion. There are plenty of orders dS by States, and as the executi o n o f th em i the payment is certa i n, t h e B an k of lookt in o vlv theire from rsbusiness ono am furtherrtishke, operationstj nandidraint e England must use every possible effort to favour advances of money to the manufacturers upon terms which it may be worth their while to accept. The exportation of goods can alone check that of gold. an exp er i ence d part, w h o, The following is an extract from a letter, d a t e d D u bli n , Sayer to that city:—" Ike use took upon myself to offer mrnittee until th e I s t o f ottwohf we believe. ht l he 6 e t khi South i c n o hu s e t at n . hc, accompanied iu d pcbha w l wn r i e i etdt Relief I re el. ic b et r ,fe d clo November next, when the Act expires, and also my services at a good remuneration, and should I be called away by Go vernment to find a person in my place. I have not only agreed to make porridge and soup, but bread at I%d. per lb. I shall have to produce every week 150,0001b5. of bread, and as I find the temporary kitchen which we erected would not be large enough for ovens, &c., I have got the committee to take a large place containing stores, &c., well situated, and having a good house for myself, gardens, and three acres of ground, a small river running round the place. lam in hope to begin there on Monday week. I only got pos session yesterday. • I intend to erect a steam-engine for the dough and also for the stirabout which we make. I have now the purchase of all the provisions; our consumption is at present 4% tons of rice and 4% tons of Indian meal per week, but in a short time it will be three times that. You will perhaps not believe it, but they say that the people, al though starving, will not eat brown bread, and that all the rye flour that was here is re-shipped for London." The Funds have been very flat again to-day, and there is an idea that even the increased interest upon Exchequer bills will not allow of their being kept in circulation, so that a funding of some portion may possibly be resorted to. We cannot expect an improvement in stocks while such an apprehension hangs over the market. Con sols have been 86% % for transfer, and 86 1 / for account. Exchequer-bills have been marked par to 1 premium. Bank Stock is steady, at 189 to 190. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 86N to 87. The Foreign Securities have been flat again. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 33%, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 34 1 % 14. Brazil Bonds have been 82. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. have been 57% to 57%. Railway Shares are heavy. iIItITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock • • .. .. 189 190 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 8514 34%34 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities . 86% %34 % New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Ames. 87 86% 87 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .• 98% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9% 3-16 India Bonds, 1,000/. .. .. • • • • • • Ditto, under 1,000/. • . .. 2 p Consols for May 27 .. .. • • .. • . 86% % Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. 1,000/. .. .. • • 1 p par 5001. •• • . 2p 2 dis 2p Ditto. Small • . 4 1 p par PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • . 82 Ditto, Small .. . • • • • . 84 Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent. .. Ditto, Four per Cent • • • • • • 34M Ditto, for the Account • • .. 34% Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • 108% 109 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. • • Ditte, Three per Cent ...... Ditto, for the Account • • . • 33% Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent. .. 1141. 50c. Exchange .. .• 25f. 80e. Dutch Two-ami-a-Half per Cents. 57% %% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Buckinghamshire .. .. 6/. 4s 134 dis. to Caledonian .. 30 23%.... to Eastern Counties .. 20 18%34 .. to Dp.,Perpetual, s PerCt. No. 1, Si. 13s. 4d Ditto, ditto .. No. 2, 61. 13s. 4d. • • East Lancashire _ 17 .. • • to Ditto, New .. 7% 534 to Ditto, ditto, New Scrip 134 1 .... to Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester .. 2%.. • • 1% .... to Great Northern Great Western • • 85 lO9 .• to Ditto. Half Shares .. 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 1234 Ditto. Fifths 20 Ditto, New .. .. • . 454 Hull and Selby .. .. • • _ 50 Ditto, Half Shares .. 25 Leeds and Thirsk .. 26 .... to Do.. do.. Preference, 6 per Cent .. 334 334 .... to London and Blackwell • 161. las. 4d. ...• 756 •• .. to London, Brighton, and South Coast .. 50 London and North-Western • . 100 .. l7O . .. to Ditto, Quarters .. L. and B. 7 .. •• .... to Ditto ditto New .. .. • 2 Ditto, Fifths .. • • .. 2 Ditto, 401. Shares .. M. and B. .. 40 Ditto, 101. Shares .. 31. and B. (B) 5 Ditto, 101. Shares .. M. and B. (C) I London and South+Western 411. 6s. 10d. Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • • • • 50 •• • Ditto, Scrip .. •• • • • • • • 5 •• • 4% to Lynn and Ely .. • • • • • •• 25 ••• • 26 to Manchester And Leeds .. .•82 Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) • • • • • • 7/. 45... •• 34 die... to Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock -. 425..... 1,4 % dis. to Midland •• •• ••102 —11334-- to 11234 Ditto, New • • • • • • •• •• • • 6 •• • • 7%... • to Ditto, Coneol. Bristol & Birmingh. 6 per cent. .. • • • • • • • • 1 00 ....123 .... to Newmarket and Chesterford •• • • 10 .... 7 .... ~ __ North British ..........25 .. ,_ .... t o ‘ Ditto, Quarters •• • • • • • • • • 3U .. „ 3y. .... to 4 5 .... 35 4, ........ t to . _— Ditto, Extension • • •• •• • , s z is •• •• .% ••.• to Northern and Eastern • .. •• •• 50 .• • • 5414.... to North Staffordshire •• • • •• • • 7%.... 9,„ .... to— Preston and Wyre • • • • • • •• 25 „, ~ ''' (a) ** 3 3i •• •• 3 79 .... to Ditto, ditto (B) • • •• • • •• 3 .... 1% .... to Shrewsburyßeading,Gul tu l li d o r Birminghamd ,an d Rel Reigate t e . . (do. 151.) No. 4 .• • • b .... 4% .. • • to Shropsnire Union • • • •• •• •• 4 •• .. 2 .... to iouth Eastern and Dover .. .. •• 331.25. 4d. 35% .... to York Ditto, Nev and Newcastle • • • • ••• •• 25 .... ••• • to Ditto, New • • • • • • •• •• 1 0 —• • 13% %..to Ditto, Preference • • •• • • •• 4 .... 6% %.. to York and North Midland • • • • •• 50 ...„ .... to Ditto, Preference • • • • • • • • 2 .... 9% %.. to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens • • • • .. 20 .... 15% ... ,to 16 Namur and Liege • • •• •• •• 10 .... 3% li .. to Northern of France • • •• • • • • 8 .... 11U .. ••to Rouen and Havre • • •• • •• 20 .... 24% .... to Tours and Nantes • • • • .. , . 8 .• • • 4 .. • . to JOINT-STOCK BANKS. British North American • • • • •.. 60 .... 44%.... to Provincial of Ireland • • . • • • 25 .... 45 .... to 44 MINES - -- - - -- '— Real del Monte. Unregistered .. .. .... 3U .. •• to LLOYD'S SHIPPING —(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 18.—Wind E., light breeze, and fine. DEAL, MAY 17.—Wind W.S.W., strong and squally. P.m., Bloss, South Seas; Sumatra, Duncan, Ceylon ; Lancashire S.W.,Wit c South Seas ; Mary S C o u u7l; , America ; Elizabeth, h Witc h, moderate.—Acrd. Monte e Video Arr Louise ,otL otus, s, Midwinter, Grenada. Arrd. from the River for Australia, Batavia ; John Cobbold, Jaffa ; Indus, Pernambuco ; Grange, Demerara ; Glaphyra, St. Kitts ; Amine, Jamaica. OFF DOVER, MAY 1 0 .—Jason, Schilling, New York for Hamburgh. 14. Kestrick, Wise, Lima. Sourna.mzroN, MAY 17.—Wind W.—Sld. Thames steamer, West Indies. PLYMOUTH, MAY 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. General He wett, Norfolk. LIVERPOOL, MAY, 17.—Wind W.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Sandford, Cellar, Calcutta ;rape packet, Lamb, Mauritius; Sultana, Longmuir, Monte Video; Shamrock, Wiseman, Bahia; Alecto, Ashford, Barbadoes • Vigilant, Cuthbertson, Rio Hacha ; anqes, Smith, New &leans ; Sir Charles Na pier, 'Webster, 'New Orleans; Colombs, Burnell, New Or leans; Birmingham, Robinson, New Orleans; Covenanter, Patterson, Apalachicola; Ann Kenny, Baldwin, Charleston; Liverpool, Eldridge, New York. Off port, St. Lawrence, Bombay, Hindu, —. WIVENHOE, MAY 17.—The Hopewell, of and from London to Amsterdam, was totally lost last night en the Gunileet Sand ; crew saved. HULL, MAY 17.—The Phoenix (tug), sunk in the Trent on the 11th instant, has been raised. &MELDS, MAY 17.—Wind E. to E.N.E.—SId. William, Quebec. CORK, MAY 15.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Caledonia, Henry, Matanzas; Florina, Drinkwater, New York; Edla, Lander, New York ; Swan, Robertson, New York. Sld. Rodaey, Quebec. BRISTOL, MAY 17. Wind N. Arrd. Prince George, Foster, Callao. MUMBLES ROADS, MAY 17.—Arrd. Taglioni, Australia. WILLS, MAY 17. The Rhine, from Stockton, arrived here, was in contact with the Wells packet off Hambro' Head 14th inst., and both received considerable damage. MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.) RAY MARKETS. Sb arnputz.D.-41eiClow Hay, 2112 s to 3/ 162 ; Clover ditto. il 31 8 s to 4/ 16 s ; an d S traw, 11 lOs to 1/ 14 s p er l oa d. Trad e dull, at ba re l y l ate rates. CUIII ' ERL A RD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 31 18s; Clover ditto, 3/ 10s to 4/ 14s ; an d St raw , 11 12s to 1/ 16s per load. A full average suppl and a sluggish demand. WzirriccuaPur..— eadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31 16s ; Clover ditto, 8/ 10 8 t o 51 ; and Straw, 1/. lOs to 1/ 14s per loal. Supply good, a n d trade dull. SUGAR. —The market OLONIAL for British plantation is steady, about 450 hhds having been sold without alteration in value. The public sales have consisted chiefly of 10,522 bags Mauri tius, 4,669 bags 141 chests Bengal, 1,723 bags Madras, and 210 hhds Porto Rico, nearly all of which sold at steady prices, with the exception of the latter, which being htild above the market value was all withdrawn. Pri vately about 5,000 bags Manilla have been disposed of at 44s 6d, being a full price. The quantity of British Planta tion landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,451 hb,ds 104 tierces there were taken for hom e consump tion 1,143 hhds 140 tierces; the stock in the same places i 3 10,180 hhds 892 tierces. CoFFR E..-133 bags Plantation Ceylon, 422 bags Mysore, and 141 !bales Mocha. The Ceylon realised steady prices, but the Mysc rre and Mocha were taken in. Rum.- —The qua n ti ty landed last wee k a t the East and West India Docks was 8 76 puns 37 hhds. There were taken for home consumpti on, 325 uns 70 hhds,and exported 88 puns 52 hhds. The stock inp the same place is 9,120 p uns 504 hhds t. Rim.--At auction 2,937 bags 1,857 pockets Bengal, 2,538 bags Ma dras, 285 tierces Carolina, 2,940 bags Java , and 493 bags Ma villa, which near l y all sold, the better qualities at the previous currency, whil st on the l owe r kinds a reduction of 3d to 6d was submitt e d to. SALTY ICTRE.-1 ,F -- AA -- b ags Bengal were withdrawn. SPICE 3.-20 bags Pim ento, 314 b ags Malabar Pepper, and 140 chests Cassia Lignea were offered by auction. The Pimento and Pepper realised former prices, but the Cassia Lignea wi is withdrawn. TALLOvr.—P.Y.C. is 478 to 478 9d per cwt on the spot, 1 and Town 49s 6d. TEA.—'lbis article is quiet. CorroN,-.-There is an increased disposition to buy. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The May adjourned sessions for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning a. the Col:rt-house, Clerkenwell green, before the Assistant-Judge and a full Bench of Ma gistrates. The names of 82 prisoners appeared for trial in the calen dar, of whom seven were charged with misdemeanour, the remainder being indicted for felony. Of those, 46 were de scribed as able to read and write imperfectly, 9 only able to read, and 27 wholly unacquainted with either reading or writing. The ASSISTANT-June, in his charge to the grand jury, said there was one most important matter with respect to the effects likely to be produced upon females who were sen tenced to transportation, to which he could not allow the present opportunity to pass without adverting—he meant that system of reformatory discipliue which the Government had established wtthin the last four years in relation to the female convicts in Van Dieman's Land. By that system the colony of females recei ve d th e b est o f mora l and religiousin struction, and were also instructed in such domestic duties as would fit them for becoming useful members of society, and when they showed by their conduct that they had availed themselves of the benefits of the system, tickets of leave were granted to them, and they were placed out as servants with persons of approved character. It was true the period of three or four years was not enough to enable them to form an opinion of the perfectability of a system like this, but still there were sufficient tacts to enable them to come to the conclusion that it was one fully deserv ing of a trial, and he hoped it would have a fair one. The Learned Assistant-Judge concluded by adverting to the system at present pursued at Parkhurst, so that boys under a certain height were refused admission, by which many fitting objects were precluded from its benefits. Wikiam Burke, for picking pockets, against whom there were several previous convictions, WEI . S sentenced to ten years' transpor t at ion. Adward Aiken was indicted for stealing a purse containing seven sovereigns and other monies, the property of Lothian Nicholson, from his person. The prosecutor, an officer in the Royal Engineers, was coming up from Woolwich by one of the steam boats, and upon the vessel reaching Blackwall he missed his purse, and recollecting that a man very like the prisoner, who carried a cloak on his arm, had pressed closely against him, he gave information to one of the pier police, who took the prisoner into custody. Six sovereigns were found upon him when he was searched, and he accounted for them by first saying that they were the result of his -hard work as an umbrella maker, and next that ho got them from a young girl to whom he was about to be married. The prisoner denied that the cloak was his, but it was identified by a policeman as belonging to the prisoner. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said, the prisoner was a most noto rious character, and always hanging about the Blackwall steam-vessels and piers, for the purpose of robbery; and he should, therefore sentence him to be transported for the term of ten years. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Sparrow, a cab driver, badge No. 2,535, appeared in answer to a summons charging him with making use of abusive language to Mr. David Falake, 394, Oxford .street. The complainant stated that on Saturday, the Bth instant, about a quarter to one o'clock, he called the defendant's cab off the rank opposite the American stores in Oxford-street, and told him (the defendant) to drive to Park-lane, and from thence to Grosvenor-square, when he got out for about a minute. He then ordered him to drive him (complainant) to 36, Park-street, and then to No. 107 in the same street, at each of those places he remained about five minutes. Complainant then desired defendant to drive him back to Oxford-street. Instead of driv ing him to his own residence, defendant drove to No. 384, where complainant got out and offered defendant ls. 6d. for his fare. Defendant refused to take the money, and said " What do you mean? that is not my fare." Com plainant then took some silver from his pocket and told de fendant to take what he thought was his fare. Defendant replied that be was not going to be given in charge for a robbery, and declined taking any. Complainant then told the defendant that he lived at No. 394, and that he could have redress by summonsing him. Defendant would neither do one thing or the other, and began to abuse him and call him a swindler, and said he (complainant) should not swindle him. Complainant then said that he would summons the defendant, who replied that he did not care, as he had got plenty of money. Complainant was then surrounded by a mob of at least one hundred persons, who hooted him and pushed him about. At length a neighbour, who saw the predicament in which he was placed, came to his assistance, and wished him to come into his house; but the defendant refused to let him go, and detained him till his (complainant's) brother came and paid the defendant 25., who returned 4d. change. Com plainant then managed to get away, followed by a mob, who hooted him all the way home. Mr. Wontner, who attended for the defendant, called several witnesses, who proved that the complainant was very abusive and excited, and that the defendant was remarkably civil and temperate in his behaviour. Mr. BINGHAM, after going through the whole of the evidence, dismissed the summons, and ordered the com plainant to pay the costs. DEATH THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. DULIN, SUNDAY NIGHT. His Excellency Earl Besborough, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, breathed his last at eleven o'clock to-night. His Excellency continued to sink from nightfal, and he was quite aware of his approaching dissolution. Shortly atter ten o'clock he sent for the several members of his family, who were for some time in, constant and close attendance upon him, and severally took leave of them. His Excellency continued in perfect possession cf his senses up to the fatal moment that death separated him from all he loved so dearly. The melancholy event, notwithstanding that it has been long expected, will be received with deep concern by all classes of the population of this unhappy land, whose sufferings his Excellency struggled to mitigate with heartfelt zeal. The following official letter is from the Lord Mayor:— "T 3 THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL.' "Mansion-house, Sunday Night, May 16, Twelve o'clock, " Sir,—l have just received the following communica tion, announcing the melancholy intelligence of the death of his Excellency the Lord- Lieutenant. " I have the honour to be your faithful servant, " MICHAEL STAUNTON." " Dublin Castle, Half-past Eleven P.INI May 16 " My Lord,—lt becomes my painful duty to inform you that his Excellency the Earl of Besborough de parted this life at the hour of eleven o'clock P.M., at the Castle of Dublin.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your obedient servant, "T. N. REDDINGTON. " The Right Hon. Lord Mayor.' " THE PRUSSIAN INVESTMENT IN THE FRENCH FUNDS. The Journal de Saint Petersburg publishes the follow ing explanation from the Russian Government of the late purchase of 50,000,000 f. in Rentes of the Bank of France:— " In a fiscal point of view there was a real advantage in converting a part of the metallics which constitute our reserve fund into a purchase of secure Rentes. There cannot be a shadow of a doubt as to the solvency of France, and it is certain that nothing can be more relied upon. than the payment of the public debt of that country. The Imperial Treasury has made this pur chase at a period when the French funds were low—the Five per Cents. being down to 115 f. 75e. At no distant period of time this stock must rise again to its natural value. Last year the Five per Cents. were quoted at 122 f., so that, independently of a revenue exceeding , 2,000,000 f., which Russia will derive from this inve.,t went, the Imperial Treasury has the chance of reselling its Rentes with a profit of several millions upon the capital. But these profits are only secondary when compared with the great commercial advantages upon which we have to congratulate ourselves. The known scarcity of corn in France renders it necessary for her to draw enormous supplies from abroad. The circumscribed exports of France to Russia reduces her to pay in specie for nearly all the supplies she must come to seek from our ports. Now it is precisely in specie that France is deficient. This circumstance was of :a nature to induce the French dealers to direct the operations in preference to the United States of America, which abound in grain, and to which the exports from France represent a value eight or nine times greater than those to Russia. By facilitating to France the payment for our corn by the purchase of her Rentes, the Imperial Government naturally brings back the commerce of that country to our ports in the Black Sea and the Baltic, and procures for Russia a market for her grain at prices which the extraordinary demand has caused to rise to a rate that will give considerable profits to o ur growers. Thus by coming to the relief of France, whose monetary distress reacted in a greater or less degree upon the other Ex changes of Europe, the Imperial Government has made an operation which is advantageous both to th e T reasury a nd the commerce of the Russian empire." After passing in review:the various objections raised in R uss i a against the transaction, the Journal de Saint Petersburg concludes in these terms: The limits of this arti c l e w il l not permit us to analyse the political considerations which the different organs :of the press and the spirit of party have en deavoured to connect with the transaction between the Imperial Government and the Bank of France. Sorce have represented it as being an intended interposition of Russia between France and England, with the view of disuniting them still more widely ; of establishing a change in the political relations between the Cabinets of St. Petersburg and Paris. Others have attributed to the Imperial Government the idea of obtaining the means of dictating the law in the 13ourse of Paris, by throwing upon it the weight of these 50,000,000 f. at the moment of a crisis, and thus making the prices fall, which i. saying, iu fact, though in other words, that Russia would go and sell for 45,000,000, or even 40,000,000 what had cost her 50,000,000 f., and thus make a sacrifice of five or ten millions of francs for no other motive than to annoy France." DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.—It was currently rumoured in political circles yesterday, that the Parliament would be dissolved as early as the 19th or 26th of next month, if public business would admit; if not, the dissolution would certainly not be later than the first week in July. REPRESENTATION OF WESTMINSTER.--LaSt night a meeting of the friends of Mr. C. Lushington took place at the Belgrave Hotel, Pimlico, Sir W. Molesworth in the chair. A resolution was passed, stating that Mr. Lush ington was a fit and proper person to represent Westmin ster. An amendment was also proposed, but afterwards withdrawn. The Duke de Terceira and suite arrived yesterday at Illivart's Hertel from Portugal. RAILWAY COMMITTES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP VI. WILTS, SOMERSET, AND IVEYDIOUTE AMENDMENT (NO. XI.) The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock; Mr. Deedes chairman. Mr. W. Giles was the first witness called, residing at Frame, in Somersetshiae. He had lately carried on the busi ness of a carrier in that town. The population of Ermine was about 12,000 ; t here was also a large population, amount ing to upwards of 20,000, exclusive of an immense popula tion composed of colliers and labourers, in the towns of Brad ford and Troubridge. The population of all the towns on the Scuth-Western line between Salisbury and Exeter did not amount to that of the four towns he had mentioned. There was a coach running on alternate days from Bath, through Frome, to Poole. There was also a cough running between Frome and Weymouth daily, through the town of Sherborne, and so to Weymouth. Large quantities of cloth were manufactured in the districts near Bradford and Trou bridge, a great quantity of which found it way to the towns of Sherborne, - Yeovil, and the southern parts of the country. He had given up the business of a carrier from the time that the Great Western Railway was opened in that county. GROUP XVII. The Committee on this group re-assembled to. day at the usual hour, in Room 11 ; Sir John Bulwer East, in the chair. GREAT NORTHERN (XIEVIATIONS FROM LONDON TO GIIIINTHILM). Mr. DENISON on the part of the promoters of the Biil, re plied, and closed the case with respect to the deviation from Careby to Grantham, and called upon the Committee to sanc tion this part of the line. GROUP XVIII. The Committee met this morning, the Earl of Lincoln in the chair; and it being stated that the opponents were un able to come to any arrangement, Mr. Stephenson was called to show the engineering quali ties of the line, and stated that the line was intended to proceed by the present broad gauge line, but to avoid any junction at the stations, as is the case at the present time. on the line of joint gauges between Gloucester and Chelten ham. lie intended to have the station at Bristol some feet above the Great Western station at Bristol, where the com pany had already land in possession fi r the station. Mr. Sanders, inspector of the Birmingham and Gloucester, said that between 80,000 and 90,000 passengers had passed over the line to Bristol last year, and that there had been 47,798 tons of goods carried, of which only about 4,000 would have been transhipped, if the Midland Company had possessed a station of their own. The trains had been running over the mixed gauges for the last two years, but no actual collision had occurred, although there had been several alarms, in con sequence of which complaints had been made to the Great Western Company, and some of their servants had been re moved. Mr. Helps was examined, on the part of landowners, re specting the relative convenience or inconvenience to passen gers who go either from Wales or from Cheltenham, and stated that passengers going to the north after their arrival from Wales )vould have to tranship themselves and their baggage some distance from the station of one gauge to that of the other. The traffic, however, on the line is chiefly a Bristol and Birmingham traffic and no inconveniece practi cally would be experienced from that circumstance. Mr. Payne, the traffic-manager of the line, confirmed this evidence, and stated further that a quantity or the goods which now went by water would go by railway, and be carried in a much better condition than that in which it now reached the hands of the owners. The quantity of goods now taken up or put down between Gloucester and Bristol was very large, and at the present time great incon venience is experienced, in consequence of the great traffic which is brought from two thousand miles of narrow-gauge railway into the joint station at Bristol. GROUP XX. This Committee re-assembled at the usual hour this morn. ing ; Mr. Goulburn in the chair. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER• HAMPTON (CHELTENHAM AND EVE. SHAM LINE). Mr. Vignoles gave evidence at considerable length as to the practicability and facility of working railways on the mixed gauge. GROUP XXVII. This Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock; Mr, Cardwell in the chair. LYNN AND ELY RAILWAY (LYNN AND WORDICE OAT NAVIGATION). Mr. Sergeant WRANQHAM opened the case on behalf of the promoters of the Lynn and Ely Railway (Lynn and Worme gay Navigation), and contenced at great length that the constru'ttion of the proposed line would tend, in a great de gree, to improve the Wormegay navigation, which at pre sent stood in need, of considerable improvements. At the conclusion of the address of the Learned Counsel, Mr. Rendall, C.E., was called. and gave evidence upon the injurious nature of the proposed line. GROUP XXXI. LONDON AND YORE (DEVIATIONS BE. TWEEN DONCASTER AND EDINXITIUGH) The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock, Mr. Shaw in the chair; and the remaining clauses having been gone through, the Committee adjourned till the 7th of June. GROUP RXXV. The Committee re-assembled at the usual hour this morn ing, in Room 22; Mr. Fitzroy in the chair. BLACIEBUELN, CLITIIEEOE, AND NORTH- WESTERN. The early part of tha sitting was occupied with genera, evidenceinfavour of this scheme. GROUP XXXVI. The Committee on this group re-assembled to day in Room 14, at the usual hour; Mr. Roebuck in the chair. LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT, AND BRANCH. The clauses in this Bill, the preamble of which was proved yesterday, were agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be re ported to the House. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHPORT AND BRANCHES. The consideration of this case, which was opened yester day by Mr. Hilditcb, was resumed by Mr. TALBOT, on the part of the promoters. He obj ec t e d to the East Lancashire: Railway Company being heard in opposition, and maintained that they had no locus sta n di against the Bill. - Mr. Sergeant WRANGRAM, on the part of that company, contended that they had a right to be heard, as their interests wculd be materially affected, if the proposed line was made. GROUP XXXIX. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits 01 the Bills comprised in this group, re-assembled at the usua hour this morning ; Lord Charles Wellesley in the chair. yon! AND NEWCASTLE (PURCHASE OP THE HARTLEPOOL DOCK AND RAILWAY). Mr. ROSE was engaged the whole of the morning, in ad dressing the Committee in opposition to the scheme, on behalf of the Hartlepool West Dock and Harbour Company. GROUP XLV. This Committee met for the first time this day, in Room 41 (one of those placed under the leads). Present, Sir Denis Le Merchant (chairman), Major Beresford, Mr. Scott, the Hon. Mr. Fitzwilliam, and Mr. Boyd. The railway Bills comprised in this group are : Edinburgh and Northern (Burntislaud Pier, Ferry, Pur chase, &c.) Edinburgh and Perth Railway and Branches. Edinburgh and Northern (St. Andrew's and Newburgh Branches.) Edinburgh and Northern (Tay Ferry Improvement.) Edinburgh and Northern (Branch from Burntislstnd to Dun ;:termline Branch, &c.—No. 2.) The CHAIRMAN announced that the Edinburgh and Perth would be taken after the holidays. The Committee then proeeeie j dto take the EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN (BURNT. ISLAND PIER AND FERRY PURCHASE). The Bill was unopposed. Sergeant BELLASIS very briefly stated the objects of the promoters. The proofs were pat in, and the preamble was de clared proved. GROUP XLVI. This Committee met this morning at one. The following Bills are referred to this group:— North British (No. 1) Bill. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Leith Extension) Bill. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton ( Union Canal and Caledonian Junction) Bill. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Leith and Granton Junc tion) Bill. Edinburgh and Northern; and Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Amalgamation Bill. Caledonian (Edinburgh Station and Branches to Grantor, and to the Edinburgh and Glasgow) Bill. The Committeeinthe usual formal was occupiedarrangeam considerablearrangements attendant uponportion enter ing time the ing the appearances on the various petitioners for and against the schemes. GROUP XLVIII. This Committee met to• day at twelve o'clock; Lord Courtenay in the chair. GLASGOW, AIRDRIE, AND MONRLANDS JUNCTION (COWLAIRS, CARMYLE, AND CZNTRAL JUNCTION BRANCHES). Mr. Adie, C.E., was re-called and cross-examined at so me length on behalf of Mr. Dixon, iron master, of Glasgow. GROUP LI. The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock ('Jr, Cripps in the chair), and proceeded to take evidence on the EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW (AMEND. MENTS, &c.) An objection was raised by M . F. Andrew to the admi ss i on of the Scottish Central as petitfoners against the Bill, but the objection was overruled by the Committee. Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the company, was examined. COMMITTEES on PRIVATE BILLS. (THIS DAY.) LIVERPOOL WATERWORKS. The Committee met this morning, at twelve o'clock, and were occupied during the whole of the morning with the consideration of clauses to protect the inhabitants of the district* intermediate between the springs of supply and the town of Liverpool. CROYCON COMMERCIAL GAS. The Committe e meet this morning (General Lygon in the chair ), and the Bill being unopposed, it was referred to Mr. Greene, the Chairman of Parliamentary Committees. In the division on the Irish Poor-law Bill, in the House of Lords, on Friday night, the name of the Vis count Comb;rmere was inserted by mistake minongst the contents, his Lordship having paired with the Earl of Rose bery. FALmotmr, MAY 15.—The Prussian barque Leo pold, Holtz master, arrived off this port to• day from Monte Video, and proceeded without anchoring for Rotterdam. She sailed on the 27th of February, but it does not transpire that she brings any intelligence of moment. Mr. Thomas Moore, of poetical celebrity, we ob serve, has arrived at 7, Montpelier Spa-buildings, the resi dence of Mr. James Cony, who collected a party of his friends to welcome the bard of Erin.—Cheltenham Looker-on. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS' NORTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—WMEATS.—In order to obtain as correct information as possible on the state of the growing crops, we have recently made very extensive tours throughout this entire district, and find, that in the north clays the crops was never recollected to have a more promising appearance. At Grove, Treswell, Ramp ton, North and South Leverton, Sturton, North and South Wheatley, Bole, &c., all concur in this opinion. In the early part of some years the plant becomes spiry, or what is commonly called " prick-eared," in which case an abundant yield need never be calculated upon. But the present growing crops are the very reverse cf this. In April the stems seemed to lower to the ground, and this has enabled the plant to stool in a remarkable de gree, so that no fear of a thinness of stem need be anti cipated. On the loamy and calcareous soils, too, the plant is equally strong and luxuriant; and it is to be feared that in the carrs and commons of Gringley, Ever ton, Mistertcn, and Misson, therelmay ultimately be superabundance of straw, which may prove a drawback to the general crop, should the forcing weather continw as at the present time. On the forest lands, we beard some time back that the plant was somewhat thin on the extremely light soils ; but our recent visit enables us to state that a finer prospect never presented itself. Bash west, north, and south the eye is gratified with the moes luxuriant crops ; and, we say it without fear of contra" diction, that a spring so promising of plenty of food for„ man and for beast has not b een w it n essed for sever al years. Within the last few days such a stimulus bag been given to all descriptions of growing crops, and such a change has been effected in the face of nature, that it may truly be said " the clouds drop fatness.. BARLEY.—The long-continued and somewhat ex.* tremely severe winter protracted the commencement of spring sowing to a somewhat later period than usual, but such was not without the most beneficial influence upon the state of the soil. The lengthened frost we bad experienced c 3mpletely pulverised the soil, and a fit o f dry weather setting in, the barley went in in capit al condition, and finding a dry bed and a loamy soil, wit s ! sufficient moisture in the sub-soil, it was remarked that no sooner was the seed deposited than the blade Ras visible ; and this very circumstance, in the view of practical farmer, augured well for the future well-being of the plant. Subsequently we had a succession of frosts , which it was greatly feared would damage the young - • plant. This, however, it did not do ; but on many of the lighter soils, tl.e hurricanes of wind towards the end of the month had a more devastating effect. Being only felt here and there, its bansful influence cannot be veri, extensive. Our accounts from a ll p ar t s n ow speak, °^ the prosperous at. to of the gr o wi ng cro p s ; the lan d is well covered in, and thus the moisture will be preserve in the soil, w hich last season was abstracted before the plant could cover the surface. A large crop is therefore now reasonably anticipated. OATs.—Many of the remarks made relative to the, barley crop, are equally applicabl- to this description 01 grain. Soon after the blade made its appearance above ground, it was assert, d that on many of the soils w hich had recently broken up the wire-worm was performing its unhallowed functions, much to the annoyance of the farmer and the detriment of th e cropas had the effe ct 01 s. The rain , he n ever, corning stopping the ravages o f t hi s d estruct i ve i n sect, and fe y : complaints are n o w h ear d o f i tscaus i n misch ief. g further misch ief. o i l most opportunely h The plant generally l oo k s h ea l t h y and strong', but the breadth occupied with this description of grain in this district is mare circumscribed than usual, its place being occupied by a more extensive growth of wheat. BEANS.—It is several years since our north clef farmers have reaped what may be called an v.verago cr o p of beans, and th e f a il ure i s now s t ar tli n gly apparent . the great paucity of those now brought to market. our rambles we here and there see a straggling stack' but these are exceedingly thinly strewed, and we believe the stock in the hands of the farmers to be very so indeed. A better p ros p ec t now li e s before them, the plant everywhere having come up most regularly, Con trary to general anticipation. In addition to this, it is rank and gross, and of a capital colour ; and the ica_. petus it has received from the late rains is almost p as t belief. In the stron g cl a ys a t R a mpton, Treswell, and the Wheatleys, this is pre-eminently the case , an d, should the season for blooming prove favourable, ther e never was a prospect of a more abundant produce. PEAs.—These are not extensively grown in this ItT mediate locality, but thos e crops we have seen are ecl the promising with any o th er . 'The colour is good , and '"e stamina of the plant as strong a s the most sang uine agriculturist could reasonably desire. the GRASS.—At the commencement of the present month it was affirmed that such was the backward state of pastures and other grass lands, that there would be no grass for the cattle at Old May-day; but what has nature effected since then? Why, that the fields are now covered with verdure, and in a few more days grass will be most abundant. Everywhere it is highly pro mising, but on the warmer soils it is more than ordi narily so. On some of the higher and colder soils, as about Grove, it is later , but even here the beneficial change of weather is fast taking effect. POTATOES. —If we may judge from what has already happened in Ireland, and the want which bas been experienced in our own country from the partial failure of this valuable edible for the last two or three years, its future well-being and prosperity must be of the highest importance-to all classes ; and it is most important to have some accurate information as to present ap pear' ances and future prospects. At present it would be pre' mature to offer any decided opinion upon the subjeet, but we may state that these prospects are much brighter ) and more favourable, and present appearances indicate that the disease has either passed, or is fast passing away. The young plants in the open air look remark ably vigorous and healthy, and even those already arrived at maturity in the frames have been found almost en tirely, it not altogether, free from disease. HOPS.—It was exceedingly late before the blues made their appearance above the surface this spring, and even when they did so it was only to suffer a loss. The severe frosts of April had a most telling effect upon the young shoots, and left them in such a plight as to have the sr pearance of having been scathed with fire. This state of things was followed by another of more serious ins port—viz , the appearance of the flea in considerable numbers, which produced immense mischief. This species of insect generally appears in the early part of the year, when the nights are cold and frosty and the days hot and dry, and this was especially the case two or three weeks ago. The insect on the occasion of which we are speaking actually eat off the tender tops as fast as they came to the surface, and left the rest of the bine in the most shattered condition imaginable. During the last few days, however, they have nearly vanished, and the plants are showing signs of great improvement; yet we have frequently observed in former years, they leave the plant more exposed to the attacks of other diseases.—Nottingham Journal. MR. COBDEN IN ITALY- CoLb e d t e t n e r a s r r f i r v o e m d i ß n ol t o h g a n t a, c i o ty f itnh et t h B e t h e v i e n n s i t n a g n t a , f state 4 t t h ia _c . hetti the following morning he was wa it e d u p on by M. Ming ite d and Count Annibate R anuzz i, i n w h ose com pany he vls the curiosities of Bologna. On the 6th Mr. Cobden _7: present at a grand banquet, give n i n th e Palace Dat, chiochi, by the members of the Society of Econorare. and Moral Sciences, and at w hi c h were present—d. roti, the English Vice-C onsu l ; the Marquis Mazza cura f President of the Chamb er o f Commerce ; the Secretary of the Legate, Cardi na l A mat ; and the deputation from r c e ... r° rara, who had com e t o i nv i te Mr. Cobden to their eity• veral speeches were delivered by Messrs. Cobden, Mi n e e. and others, and t oas t s proposed to Pius IX., to Queen vic toria, to the E ng li s h nation, to the Commercial League', to the prosperity of Italy, &c. In the evening Mr. Co bden repaired to the theatre, and on the next day lett for Tus cany. DEPLORABL E DEATH AND CHIL D THE A M O THER THE PENITENTIARY.—AR inquiry took place on Saturda4 before Mr. Bedf or d, i n the Milbank Prison on the body Agnes Dewsnap, w h o di e d under the following melanoht-i. circumstances;—Mr. Laurent, th e D eputy -Governor of t", prison, stated that the d ecease d was admitted on the loth of February, from York Castle, having been convicted at t he Nheffield sessions of stealing boots, and sentenced ( a fter a previous conviction) to seven years' transportation. Mr' Anthony White, the eminent surgeon, of Parliament-stree t r deposed that on the 3d of May he was sent for to the prison, He saw deceased, who was suffering under puerpeal convol sions and in labour. He saw Mr. Davy, the resident surgeon . ? cause and her sugg death.ested T her tin e me mechanicaldiateeffort proved orth e e unavailing, from the excessive size of the bones of the child s be ad, and si after some time was effected. It had probably i t n h o e t i h r e e r x , c i e t s t a v s e d h e a e r zn d e n d e e s x . been sa dead peAdisentthteo only remove hop t e h s e o c f d v : nwg the some hours. In answer to the Coroner, Mr. White said that all had been done in good time, and to his perfect satisfaction by Mr. Davy. Mr. Davy, the resident surgeon, and other witnesses, stated that the deceased had gone on well up to Tuesday last, when she was taken ill, and died the next day. Übe jury returned a verdict of "Natural death," and paid a high compliment to Mr. Davy, for the skill and kindness he had shown. BIRTHS. On the 14th inst., at Babraham, Cambridgeshire, the lady of the late Henry John Adeane, Esq., of a son. On the 14th inst., at Eastbourne-terrace, Sussex-gardens. the wife of Charles Pemberton, Esq., of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Clapton-square, Mrs. F. Engelhardt, of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at Highbury-grange, Mrs. James R. Scott, of a son. On the 15th inst., Mrs. Joseph Ludlam, of a daughter. .- On Monday l as t, a t the Unitarian Chapel, Park-field , Diss, Norfolk, by the Rev. Thomas Hunter, Mr. S. R. John" son, one of the representatives of Mr. Henry Cuthbert, Wine and spirit merchant, to Catherine Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Mr. John Mallott, all of Diss. On the I lth inst , in Paris, at the Catholic Church of Notre Dame de Lorette, and afterwards at the Protestant Church of the Oratoire, Flora Frances Rebecca Davison, eldest daugh ier of Major-General Davison, of Northumberland, to the Vicomte Henri de Niihau, of the Chateau de la Baulbene, Toulouse, Haute Garonne, France. DIED. On the 17th inst., at 27, Polygon, Somers-town, Miller Whitehead, aged 60, for upwards of 30 years empleru on " The Sun" newspaper. On the 13th inst., at Harrogate, Roger Kynaston, Est On the 14th inst., at Trinity-terrace, Borough, Mr. John Beard Oram, aged 28. On the 14th inst., in Aldermanbury, Mr. Edward Edwards. On the 14th inst., at Dulwich, John H. Gowan, Esq• On the 14th inst., at Clifton, Rebecca, relict of the Rev William Lowder Glover. On the 14th inst., at Stoke Newington, Jean Pirie, wife o f Mr. Patrick C. Leckie, of Old Broad-street. On the 15th inst., at Brighton, Isabella, the daughter of the Rev. Richard Smith, of Sutton Rectory, Petworth. On the 16th inst., at the Club Chambers, Regent-street, Lovewell, Esq., aged 61. On the 16th inst., in Cadogan-street, Sloane-street, Miss Susannah Helena Macdo na ld, only daughter of the late General Alexander Macdonald, aged 76. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 1 12 : Strand, Printer, at The Bun Office, No. I 12, Strand, In the Precinc a the Bow, in the Countl of Middlesex. Monday', MaY '- 1847. :,. ~,.,. /~ r• .~4 , ■