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1,14 E gUN, LONDON.) W.EDNESEIJkair MVENING, MAY 2, 1649.

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Northern of France
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7
Pint, and tirleans ..
Paris & Strasbourg .......... 10 - •,. to
Sambre and Meuse
4

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Ditto St. John Del Roy ... 15 ..... 12 8 to 13

JOINT STOCK /SANK,.

London Joint Stock
London and Westminster... 20 ...••• 2354 to
Union of London ... 10

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•25 70
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Bourdeaux.... ..... • 25 60
Frankfort on Maine.... 121 M
Petcrsburgh, Sil. lible 36 IA
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Trieste, 11 42
Madrid .... • 49
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Leghorn 32 40
Genoa .... • • 25 90
Naples 40
Palermo, 1 16%
Messina 120
Lisbon.... • •
0p0rt0.... 534
Ito Janeiro 25
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Philadelphia ....
PRICES OF BULLION, FEB. 02
Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9
Portwgal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
New Dollars ••. • • • 0 4 104
Silver in bars 0 4 11X

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LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MAY 2.—Wind N.N.W., light brecze and
dull hazy weather.
The Allen Potter, Hutchings, of St. Stephen's, New
Brunswick, sld. from Baltimore Bth November for Liver-
pool, and has not since been heard of.
GUERNSEY, APRIL 28.—The Robert Bradford, Jersey
to Liverpool and East Indies, was assisted into this road-
stead yesterday, having carried away her toasts above
the tops.
LIVERPOOL, MAY I.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. 30th ult.
Princess Victoria, Johnston, Maranham; Birkenhead,
Phelan, New Orleans; Mary Caroline, Delano, Mobile;
Aun Hall, ditto; Jessie, Ford, Apalachicola; Naomi,
Wright, Savannah. May 1, Joshua Waddington,
Walkin, Talcuhuana; EL Dorado, Thompson, New
Orleans; Ceres, ditto; Samosit, 'fucker, Charleston.
Sld. 30th ult. Hannah Codner, Leghorn; Trout, Buenos
Ayres; Carl Ernie', St. Croix; Senator, New York;
Albion, Newfoundland. May 1, Bonita, Pernambuco;
Countess of London, New Orleans; Mersey, Savannah;
Margaret, New York; John Walker, Restigouche; Ca-
ledonia, Quebec ; Edward, Newfoundland; Mary Ann,
ditto. Off port, M. J. Ward, Trott, Mobile; Arat; Rap-
pahannock.
OFF HASTINGS, APRIL 30.—Kezia, Mauritius.
OFF DOVER, APRIL 29.—Jeantina, Renkin, Surinam.
LONDONDERRY, APRIL 26.—Arrd. Azof, Furbie, New
York. Sid. 28th, Lord Maidstone, Philadelphia; Gar-
land, ditto;;Mary Campbell, Quebec; Abercrombie, ditto.
CORK, APRIL 30.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Stranger,
Barbadoes; Ready Rhino, St. John's. Ski. 29th, Har-
lequin, Barbadoes.
DUBLIN, APRIL 28.—Arrd. Odessa, Laverty, New
York. Sld. Defence, New York.
PLYMOUTH, MAY I.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. 30th ult.,
Josephine, Stromstadt, New York for Bremen. Sld. Duke
of Roxburg, Sydney, New South Wales; David Banks,
Fugueira and Bahia. Off port, Ist, American Eagle,
Chadwick, New York, for London. _ _

DEAL, MAY I.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. 28th ult., Jean-

tina, Renkin, Surinam, for Amsterdam; George Turner,
New Orleans for Antwerp; Russia, New Orleans. Arrd.
from the river and ski., Ist, Nova Scotian, New York.
SOUTHAMPTON, May 2.—Medway steamer, West
Indies, on freight 80,000 dollars.
PORTLAND, APRIL 26.—Off port, Christiania, Suri-
nam, for Amsterdam. 27th, John Marshall, Baltimore,
for Rotterdam. 29th, Durchem, Birchen, Batavia.
LIMERICK, APRIL 30.—Wind S.—Arrd. Great Bri-
tain, Wilson, Philadelphia; Alexina, Platt, ditto. Sid.
Faithful, ditto; Anna Maria, ditto.
SHIELDS, APRIL 30.—S1d. Emanuel, North America.
May I, Havering, London; and Maria, Williams, Quebec.
SKIBBEREEN, MAT I.—Off port, Kingstown, New
Orleans.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COADIONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock.
PETITIONS.
Mr. MASTERMAN presented petitions against the
removal of Smithfield-market.
Mr. FORDYCE presented petitions from the county
of Fife against the Marriage and Registration Bills.
Mr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from the
Nonconlormist clergy against the Bill legalising mar-
riage with a deceased wile's sister.
Sir J. Y. BULLER presented petitions from a place
in Devonshire in favour of the Clergy Relief Bill.
Mr. BROTHERTON presented petitions praying for
the suppression of beer-shops.
Mr. B. HUGHES presented petitions from Carnarvon
in favour of international arbitration.
Mr. H. BERKELEY presented two petitions from
Bristol against beer-houses.
Mr. BERNAL presented a petition in favour of inter-
national arbitration.
Mr. K. SEYMER presented petitions from places
in Devonshire against the Bill for legalising marriage
with a deceased wife's sister.
Mr. GLADSTONE presented petitions to the same
effect from the Archdeaconry of St. Albans.
Mr. SOTIIERON presented a petition from places in
Wiltshire to the same effect.
Mr. BOURKE presented petitions from Kilkenny
and the counties of Cork and Dublin, and other places
in Ireland, in favour of the Cattle and Sheep Bill.
CANADA. _ _

On the motion for proceeding to the order of the day,
Mr. HERRIES rose to inquire whether the Govern-
ment had received any communication from the Gover-
nor-General of Canada, stating that there was a Bill
before the Legislative Assemblies of Canada providing
that recompense should be given to those who had suf-
fered losses during the rebellion; and, secondly, whether
it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to
give, or whether they had given, their sanction to any
such Bill?

Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, in :reply to the first
part of the question of the Right Hon. Gentleman be
had to state, that although no public dispatches had been
received, the Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial
Department had received several private letters upon the
subject from the Governor-General of Canada, extracts
of which would at the proper time be laid upon the table
of the House. With regard to the second part of the
question of the Right Hon. Gentleman, he could only
remark, that when the matter came officially before him,
Lord Elgin would be in possession of the feelings of the
Government at home, and would be prepared to exercise
his discretion respecting the Bill, and would, no doubt,
exercise that discretion beneficially for the empire, and
with advantage to his own reputation. When dispatches
were received, such parts of them as were necessary for
promotingi the public service would be presented to the
House.

Mr. BERRIES inquired whether the Government did
not intend to publish the whole of the dispatches.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that it had frequently
been found very inconvenient to publish the whole of the
dispatches received from the colonies. In some in-
stances—ho might cite that of Jamaica especially—the
publication of the dispatches had produced great irrita-
tion in the dependencies.
Mr. GLADSTONE wished to know whether it was
necessary for the Governor General of Canada to send to
the Home Government before he gave his sanction to a
Bill of the Colonial Legislature.
Lord J. RUSSELL said, that certainly it was not ne-
cessary; speaking from his own recollection, he should
say, not usual, tor the Governor• General of Canada to
communicate with the Home authorities before giving
his sanction to a Bill of the Colonial Legislature,
although he thought that it was advisable to communi-
cate with the Home authorities on matters of peculiar
importance, so that all might work together in har-
mony.—(Hear, bear.)
Mr. HENLEY wished to know whether he heard the
Noble Lord aright when he understood him to state
that it was customary fur the communications between
the Colonial authorities and the Home Government to
take place rather by private letter than by public dis-
patches.

Lord J. RUSSELL—Certainly not. Private matters
were usually communicated by private letters; commu-
nications respecting public affairs came in the form of
public dispatches.—(Hear, hear.)
CATTLE STEALING (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. BOURKE then rose to move the second reading
of the Cattle Stealing Bill, and in doing so, he said it was
only necessary to state some facts briefly for the necessity
of the Bill, and to show how fearfully this crime had
increased. In 1645 the number of offences under this
head reported by the constabulary was 620, in 1846 the
number reported was 3,025, and in 1847 they had risen
to the startling number of 10,044, out of which only
about 1,500 convictions occurred. It was not owing
entirely to distress that an increase had arisen in that
particular class of crime, but the fact was that evil-dis-
posed persons who were to be found in every community
had availed themselves of the distress to commit de-
predations. The evil, he regretted to say, had materially
increased during the last year. Mr. Baren Lefroy, in
his address to the jury at the Galway Assizes, states
that the number of cases on the calendar was 764, of
which there were 115 for sheep and cattle stealing, and
57 for cow stealing; and added that, although it might
in a great degree be attributed to the failure of the
potato crop, it could not be longer endured, now
that efforts had been made to alleviate distress in Ireland.
Mr. Baron Richards had also stated to the grand jury
of the county of Kerry that cattle and sheep stealing was
on the increase, and that some effort should be made to
put a stop to it. The Honourable Member called the
attention of the House to several letters which he
had received from magistrates and others not only from
places where distress existed, but from the county of
Wicklow, which was peculiarly exempted in that res-
pect, and which was remarkable for its good order, stat-
ing that scarcely a night passed without de-
predations being committed; and that, although
the guilts parties were in most cases known, a con-
viction could not be obtained under the law as it
DOW stood. The usual practice after stealing the
animal was to skin it and cut it up, and to destroy
or dispose of the akin in order to prevent identification
The present Bill was merely the revival of an old one,
which was repealed by the 9th of Geo. IV., c. 55, and
which was in operation in Ireland for many. years. It
was generally regretted by all parties that it had ever
been repealed. The Bill was introduced in 1839, by
Lord Morpeth and Mr. Pigott, and although there were
only 272 cases of cattle and sheep stealing reported by
the constabulary in the previous year, the Government
deemed that a sufficient cause to recommend the passing
of the measure. He, therefore, thuught when he
showed by returns that there were now as many as
10,000 cases, that he was entitled to ask
the Government to support the present Bill.
A statute similar to this was to he found in the 7th and
Bth of Geo. IV., which enacts, among other things, that
every one to whose possession meat suspected of being
stolen was to be traced should be made to account fur

it in the same way as the present Bill provided. An
enactment of a similar nature was to be found in force
in Ireland as regarded timber. Now, he thought he
had shown that it was not asking too much of legisla
tion to endeavour to mitigate the dreadful evil which
was so ruinous to the farmers in Ireland. It was the
general wish of the inhabitants of Ireland at large, both
of proprietors and small farmers—more particularly
those very small farmers whose sheep were so
few, and whose flecks were so small that
they could not afford to pay for watchmen to
protect them during the night against nocturnal depre-
dators, that this Bill should pass into a law. In corro-
boration of that he had a resolution passed at the quarter
sessions of Waterford, signed by the lord-lieutenant of
the county, and by every magistrate there assembled.
A number of petitions had been presented in favour
of the Bill, including not less than twelve grand
juries of Ireland. It had attracted very considerable
attention in this country, and all with whom he had com-
municated on the subject had concurred with
him in opinion that the Bill should pass :into a law.
He hoped that the House would permit the principle of
the Bill ut least to pass into a law, which placed the
onus probandi on the person in whose possession meat
suspected to have been stolen was found of showing that
he lawfully and honestly came by the same.
Sir GEORGE GREY said, notwithstanding the con-
cluding sentences of the Honourable Member's speech,
he (Sir George Grey) felt that it would be still his
duty to oppose the Bill in its present shape.
The objections which be entertained towards the
Bill would be very much removed if very considerable
modifications were made in it, without affecting its prin-
ciple. He had given the Hon. Gentleman an-intimation
to that effect the other day. The first clause appeared
objectionable, because it proposed to enact what was the
law already. It empowered magistrates to grant search
warrants against any person who was suspected of hav-
ing stolen goods in his possession. He did not know
how this Bill passed through the House on the former
occasion ; but, at all events, he felt it to
be his duty to object to its passing
through the House in its present shape.
He thought that the Hon. Gentleman from whom the
Bill had emanated had rather overstated the necessity of
it.—(Bear, hear.) He said that the offence of cattle
and sheep stealing in Ireland had greatly increased of
late years. From a Parliamentary return which he (Sir
G. Grey) held in his hand, it appeared that the number
I of commitments in 1844 was 315. In Ireland the losses
from sheep stealing had been greater that in this
country. In 1848 the number of commitals were 2,830,
and the convictions 1,574, which he thought showed
that the difficulty of convicting persons was not so great
as he had stated to the House. He said that
there existed gangs of sheep stealers who
resided together in certain neighbourhoods, and
whose foots'eps would be traced from the places
where they killed the animal and flayed it to the houses
in which they lived ; and that further the remains
of slaughtered animals were found in their houses. In
one case that occurred to his (Sir George Grey's) me-
mory, blood was found on the knee of a suspected in-
dividual. Under such circumstances it would not be
difficult to incuce a jury to believe that a person traced,
and in whose house there was fresh meat, which did not
appear to have been cut by a butcher, was an offending
party. Ia such a case sufficient evidence could, he
thought, bo adduced to show that there was moral
evidence of guilt, though, perhaps, the person
to whom it belonged could not swear to it. The con-
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Mr. S. CRA W FORD should oppose the Bill, believing
and perpetuate than dimi-
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nish the evil complained of,

persons convicted of the offence did not care for the in-
fliction of the utmost punishment which the law awarded
for the offence. In support of this view he read the report
of the trial of 4 young men for sheepstealing, who pleaded
guilty, and besought the assistant-barrister who tried
them to transport them, as if they were liberated after a
short imprisonment they must commit some other crime,
in ordc r to provide the means of existence, for they were
starving. He acceded to their prayer, and they were all
transported for seven years, which seemed to gratify
them exceedingly. This Bill provided that a suspected
person might be brought before a magistrate, and if he
could not show how the property came into Ms posses-
sion, and there was reason to think he had not come by
it honestly, that he might be committed for not less than
three months, or until a fine was
paid. Why this would
induce persons to commit the offence in order thatthey might obtain a comfortable asylum in
prison. He opposed the Bill, and recommended
its withdrawal, because he believed it would be.alto-
gether inoperative. Arbitrary laws might be necessary,
and be for one would support such laws if they were likely
to do good, but this measure was notof that class. From
the facts quoted by the lion. Gentleman who bad in-
troduced the Bill it appeared that the great cause of
crime wai absolute famine. Was it right, therefore, he
asked, to pass a law like this against such a people as
the Irish ?

Hamburgh, &c., Tuesday and Friday evenings—due
Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Holland, &c., Wednesday and Saturday mornings—
due Mondays and Thursdays, by the General Steam
Navigation Company's packets, via the Thames.
Mails will be made up in London on the evening of
the 4th inst. for Madeira, San Nicolas, Cape de Verde
Islands, Portendic, Sierra Leone, and the Island of As-
cension, to be forwarded by her Majesty's sloop Heroine,
appointed to sail from Devonport on the morning of the
sth inst. Letters to Madeira, &c., will be charged a
postage of 1s: 10d. per halt-ounce; newspapers, 2d. each,
which must be pre-paid. Sierra Leone and Ascension
letters, ls., newspapers free of postaze•

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SWICIDE.

Yesterday morning, at an early hour, some excite-
ment was occasioned in the neighbourhood of Lime-
house, in consequence of a coalwhipper named Daniel
George Holmsdeu, having attempted to murder a female,
named Martha Jane Bryden, by cutting her throat with
a razor, and afterwards attempting his own life in a simi-
lar manner.

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she had two children by him. He had frequently pro-
mised her marriage, but when the day arrived he never
made his appearance. Some Sundays since the banns
were published in Limehouse church, and last Sun-
day was appointed for their marriage. They had
saved up a sufficient sum of money to defray the
expenses of the wedding, and it was placed in the
care of Holmsden. On Saturday last he was out all
the day. When he returned home a quarrel ensued
between him and Bryden, who declared she would live
with him no longer. She separated from him, and
it was agreed that be should allow her a maintenance
for the support of herself and her children. She took
lodgings in Nightingale-lane, Limehouse, and yesterday
morning, about eight o'clock, during the half hour he
was allowed for his breakfast, he visited her, and par-
took of some coffee. He endeavoured to persuade her
to live with him again, and become his wife. She re-
plied that she would not, and he instantly rose from his
seat, and grasped her violently by the back of her neck,
and before she was aware of his intentions, he opened
a razor, which he took out of his pocket, and dashed it
across her neck. She screamed violently, and succeeded
in escaping from him, and ran into the street. She bled
most profusely, and ran upwards of 150 yards, with the
blood streaming down her clothes, when she fell sense-
less to the ground. She was removed into a house by a
neighbour, and means were applied to stop the bleeding.
Holmsden followed her, with the open razor in his hand,
and finding that she had escaped from him, he drew the
razor across his own neck with such force as to divide
nearly all the principal arteries of his throat. He fell
to the ground in an insensible state, and the blood
flowed copiously from his wound. Both were imme-
diately conveyed to the hospital. Holmsden is not ex-
pected to recover, but the injuries sustained by the
woman are slight.

FIRES WITH LOSS OF LIFE.
During Saturday not fewer than seven fires broke
out in various parts of the metropolis. One was at
No. 77, Edgeware-road, occupied conjointly by Mr.
J. Keene, a solicitor, and Mr. F. Bostock, a shoe-
maker. It was caused by a spark from a candle,
which set the contents of the back-room first-floor in
a general blaze. An immediate alarm was given, but
before assistance could be obtained, the flames made
great progress. The engines of the London brigade
promptly attended, and the firemen, having set their
engines to work, it was eventually extinguished, but
not until the whole range of premises was
considerably burnt or damaged by fire and water.
The sufferers are understood to be insured. The
second was at 6, Taylor's-yard, Borough, in
the occupation of Mr. Haney ; but, owing to the
timely aid afforded, the damage was not very serious.
The third outbreak was at No. 1, Hatfield street,
Goswell-street (belonging to Mrs Smith). The en-
gines of the London brigade and the Royal Society
fire-escape quickly attended, but the flames could not
be extinguished until great damage had been done
by fire and water. The fourth fire was at No. 35,
King-street, Snowhill, in the occupation of Mr.
Isaac Armstrong,. saddlers' ironmonger, and was at-
tended with fatal consequences to one of the female
domestics. It appears that at ten o'clock at night
Mr. Armstrong's attention was directed to the lower
part of the premises by hearing violent screams pro-
ceeding therefrom. On going to that part of the
house to ascertain the cause, he found one of the
females who had been in his employ for a period
of 24 years, in a general blaze. The inmates tried
all they possibly could to extinguish the flames
about the unfortunate creature, and sent a messenger
for the fire-engines. The brigade engines from Far-
ringdon-street promptly attended, and when the fire
was put out the flesh of the poor creature hung in
shreds from her arms and other parts of the body.
Mr. Loder, of the brigade, and other parties, carried
her to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where everything
was done for her that the nature of the case would
permit of, but in spite of which death terminated her
sufferings at two o'clock yesterday morning. Another
fire broke out at Mr. G. Harcott's, wheelwright, in
Clarke's-orchard, Rotherhithe. The brigade engines
attended quickly from town, but fortunately their ser-
vices were not required, the inmates having during
the interim succeeded in getting the fire out. The
sixth fire was at 29, North Bank, St. John's-wood, in
the occupation of Mr. John Hill. It was caused
from some defect in the kitchen flue, which set the
hack and front rooms on the ground floor in flames.
The whole of the residents at that time being in their
beds asleep, they narrowly escaped being burned
to death. The engines of the London and West of
England establishments attended, and the fire was
subdued, but not until the whole of the building and
the contents were damaged. The seventh fire was at
No. 13, Mill-place, Commercial-road East, in the
tenure of Mr. P. ole. The flames began in the
basement, and when discovered they were mounting
up the staircase. The residents succeeded with great
difficulty in effecting a safe retreat, but the flames
could not be conquered until a great destruction of
property had taken place.

BURGLARY. AT HILLSDEN.
So many burglaries have occurred during the past
winter in the county of Bucks, and in the neigh-
bouring county of Oxford, as to have excited consi-
derable anxiety to break up the gang engaged in
their perpetration. It is to be hoped that the cap-
ture and committals of four robbers will lead to that
result. On Saturday last William Green, John
Sheppard, and7Williarn Sheppard (father and son),
and William Warner were brought before the magis-
trates (the Rev. J. C.:Gray, and J. T. Senior, Esq.),
charged with breaking into the farm- house.of Mr.
llines, standing in a lonely situation, about two
o'clock on Friday morning. It appeared from the
evidence of Mr. Hines (a respectable elderly farmer
and grazier at Hillsden), that he and his wife were
awoke in the night by hearing a talking in the room
above them, where were sleeping two servants, a man
and a boy. Mrs. Hines called cut" Richard," thinking
that it was the man stirring. There was, however, no an-
swer. Immediately after this a noise was heard at the
bed-room door, which was fastened. Mr. Hines got
out of bed, and demanded " Who was there ?" No
answer was returned, and soon after the door was
burst violently open, and two men entered. One was
armed with a gun and the other with a brace of
pistols, and two other men came in afterwards. It
seems they had already been up-stairs' and had
frightened the servants, and the man with the pistols
stood at the bed-room door, pointing them up the
stairs, further to intimidate them. The robbers
brought lights into the room, when one of them said
to Mr. and Mrs. Hines, that they wanted victuals and
money, and they would have them or their lives They
took a purse out of Mr. Hines' breeches pocket, con-
taining only ls. 6d. They then made Mrs. Hines get
out of bed, and then they searched the bed. After
this two remained with Mr. Hines, whilst the other
two obliged his wife to go down stairs with them
in her night clothes, to show them where she
had a little money, which she gave them. They
next searched for and found a dozen or two
of silver spoons, a silver cream. jug, and some
other small articles of plate. They then took a
bottle of rum, a bottle of wine, some cold meat, &c.,
and having collected together their booty made off.
As early as possible, however, when Mr. Hines and
his family had recovered from their panic, informe.tion
was conveyed to the local constables, who by actively
going in pursuit came upon the robbers at Stoken-
church-hill, where they were found comfortably taking
their ease on a bank by the road-side. After Mr.
Hines had given his evidence, and Mrs. Hines had
been called forward as a witness, the prisoner William
Green said, "He should not like the lady to be put
out of the way at all; there was enough evidence of
what had been done." The goods were, of course,
recovered and identified. The gun, with a kind of
old-fashioned duelling pistol (neither of them loaded),
and a small pistol, which was loaded, were taken from
the prisoners, and were produced. These men evi-
dently form a portion of a regularly organized band
of professional burglars, whose head-quarters are in
London. They were committed for trial at the
assizes, none of them denying the facts proved against
them.

CEIURCII MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The annual meet-
ing of this society was held yesterday, in Exeter Hall,
the Earl of Chichester in the chair. The report shoe is
the funds of the society to be in a satisfactory state, th 0
income amounting to upwards of 101,000/., and the ex-•
penditure being 87,0001. The lastly ear havin
was hgeld and a
been the'
50th anniversary of the society, a jilee
jubilee fund formed, which amounts to 53,0001. It is
proposed to appropriate 20,000/. of this sum to the fund
already formed for the relief of sick and aged mis-
sionaries, The Bishops of Norwich and Winchester,
and several other speakers, addressed the meeting.
MR. FORBES, M.P.—lt is with deep regret we
have to state that our much esteemed county member,
Mr. Forbes, of Callender, met with a severe accident, in
consequence of being thrown from his horse on the 13th
instant. lie had been hunting with the Stirlingshire
hounds, near Avon-bridge, when the animal came down,
and Mr. Forbes being thrown, as stated, he received
fracture in one of his legs. The latest account is, 6. Mr.
Forbes is doing well.—Stirling Observer.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 27, 1849.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Louis
Leon Bucquet as Consul at Newcastle, and of M. Eu-
gene Pero as Consul at Port iu the MuuriEius,
for the French Republic.
DO WNING•STREET, MAY 1.
The Queen has been pleased to ..ppoint Henry George
Ward, Esq., to be her Majesty's Lord High Commis-
sioner in and for the United States of the lonian Islands.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Patrick
Augustus Boyle, Esq., to be Colonial Surgeon for her
Majesty's Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast.

WHITEHALL, APRIL 30.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John
Robin to the Church and parish of Burntisland, in the
presbytery of Kirkcaldy, and county of Fife, vacant
by the deprivation of Mr. James Mackintosh, late
minister thereof.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Edinburghshire.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Charles Hope Gibsone to be
Deputy Lieutenant, Ap: it 16.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Derby.
George Henry Cavendish, Esq„ to be Deputy-Lieu-
tenant, April 21.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Montgomery-

sh ire.

Montgomeryshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—
Cornet Robert Davies Jones, to be Captain, vice Beck,
deceased; David Jones, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Jones,
promoted; Maurice Evan Lewis, Gent., to he Cornet,
vice Nicholls, deceased.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire.
South Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalr)
Lieut. Charles Spencer Lloyd to be Captain, vice J. A.
Lloyd, Esq., resigned; Henry Crowe, Gent., to be Vete-
rinary Surgeon.

ADMIRALTY, MAY 1.
Corps of Royal Marines—Colonel and Second Com-
mandant Walter Powell to be Colonel-Commandant, vice
Colonel John Wright, retired on !nil-pay; Lieutenant-
Colonel Richard Edwards to be Colonel Second Com-
mandant, vice Powell, promoted; Brevet-Major Charles
Compton Pratt to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Edwards,
promoted ; First Lieutenant and Adjutant Augustus
Dover Lyddon Farrant to be Captain, vice Pratt, pro-
moted; Second-Lieutenant James Elphinstoue Lock to
be First Lieutenat, vice Farrant, promoted.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 26.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Lawrence
Banks, of the town of Brecknock, in the county of Breck-
nock, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High
Court of Chancery.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, APRIL 28.
Easter Term.—Twelfth Victoria.

This Court will hold sittings on Wednesday, the 9th
day of May next, and on Thursday the 10th,
Friday the 11th, Saturday the 12th, Monday the
14th, and Tuesday the 15th days of the same
month; and, at such sittings, will proceed in disposing
of the business then pending in the Paper of New
Trials, the Paper of Demurrers, and the Paper of Spe-
cial Cases, and in giving judgment in all matters then
standing for judgment.
FRED. POLLOCK, R. M. ROLFE,
J. PARKE, T. J. PLATT.
Read in open Court, E. Bennett.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, NAY 1.
Easter Term.—Twelfth Victoria.
This Court will, on Wednesday, the 9th, and Satur-
day, the 12th days of May, inst., hold sittings, and will
proceed in disposing of the business in the Special Paper
on the 9th inst., and the Crown Paper on the 12th inst.,
taking the cases in their order, unless special application
be made to postpone any of them before the last day of
term; and will give judgment in cases previously argued.
BY THE COURT.