The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-05 00:00:00

E SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1847.

TUE COURT OF QUEEN CAROLINE.
Now ready, in 2 vols., post tivo., with Portraits,
m
EMOIRS OF LADY SU.NDON,
AND OF THE
COURT OF QUEEN CAROLINE, CONSORT OF GEORGE 11.
Including Letters of the Most Celebrated Persons of the Time,
Now first pul)iished from the Originals,
By MRi. MSON
Authoress of " Memdrs of the THOCourt of, Henry VIII.," &C.
Henry C )Iburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

THE NEW NOVELS,
New Ready at all the Libraries.
MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL,
THE THEE. COUbINS.

EVELYN HARCOURT. By Mrs. GASCOIGNE.
THE JESUIT AT CAMBRIDGE. By Sir G. STEPHEN.

IV.
TEMPTATION and ATONEMENT. By Mrs. GORE.

LILLY DAMSON,

By Mrs. CROWE.

The 11011ANCE OF Waft. By Captain GRANT,

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VII.
EMILIA WYNDHAM. By the Author of "Two Old afens' Tales.

VIII.
Ready,
THE PLAYERS; OR,AIm THEJust STAGE OF LIFE. By T. J
BERL E. Esq.
Henry Colburn. publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

To be had at all the Libraries,
T" E HON. ADELA SIDNEY'S
NEW NOVEL,
HOME AND Ets INFLUENCE. Three Vols.
Richard Bentley, New Ilurlington-street.

HER MAJESTY'S TUEATILE.
THIS EVENING, Saturday, will be performed Donizetti's
opera

LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO.

Maria. 'Wile. Jenny Lhid ; LaMarchesa di Rerkentield, Madame
.
Bolan; Suipere sers.fente, sig. b . Labtache ; Tonto, Gardoni.
Between the acts will be presente-1 the Second Act of the admired
ballet or L Case' le, CarlottaGrisl.
To conctu•te with a seivetion from the admired ballet of °SHINE.
Comprising the Fete de la Madonne, Pas de la Coneille. by 3fdlle.
Cer'to and M. St. Leon support-•d by Mdlles. Cassan and Honore,
and the celebrated Pas de TOmbre by Mdfle. rento.
Th. Nootlity, Subscriber; to the Opera, and the Public, are re-
sleettlilly to ormed. that there will be a grand EXTRA NIGHT
on THURSDAY NEXT, on which occasion 3ldde. Jenny Lind will
appear In one of her favour to eha-acters.
1.4" ("Om OP= at halt-past Seven. The Opera to commence at
Eight o clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. Is. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the new Comedy, called TEMPER. Sir Marina-
duke Topple, Mr. Farren ; Sir Charles Tempest, Mr. Hndson; God-
frey. Mr. Tilbury; Emerson, Mr. Webster; Cyril Tempest, Mr.
Howe; Lady Tempest, Mrs. Seymour ; Mrs. Herbert, Mrs. Glover ;
Florence Wilmot, Mrs. Fortescne; Miss Fl 'ding, Mrs. Hamby.
To be followed by a Miscellaneous Concert, in wiPch the FOUR
HUNGARIAN INSTRUMENTAL VO. !A LISTA will give their Imi-
tations of various instruments, with the*Lips only.
To be followed by an entirely r,ew and original farce called WHO
DO THEY TAKE ME FOR? Colonel Templeton, Mr. Howe ;
Terence O'Reill►, Mr. Ilud4ort ; Mrs. Dorrlngton, Mn.i Seymour;
Miss Frithiice Pickings, Mrs. Hamby.
To conclude with the Astronotnical Extravaganza, called THE
NEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin out of Place.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
Under the direction of 3l.iarne'este.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS
CF THE FOREST ; a tapsy Story. Cheap Jcrt, Mr. Wright;
Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybotirne,
Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar;
Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding.
After which (never acted) an entirely new Petite Comedy, called
FLYING COLOURS; or, Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sans-
sour4l, Mr. Webster; Margaret, Miss Woolgar; Helen de Montereau,
Madame Celeste ; Justine, Miss Ellen Chaplin.
To be followed by the Opera Buffa Sketch, called JENNY LIND.
Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert,
Selby, Culleniord, and Miss Woolgar.

TIIEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
Under the Matia,:ement of Mrs. KeeleY•
(Last Night but Seven of the present Management and Company.)
Tills EVENING
Will be performed PRESUMPTION. Principal characters by
Messrs. Leigh Murray, Oxberry, Turner, Kinloch, Bellingham, and
Emery; Misses May, Bromley, Forster, and Mary Keeley.
After which, a Sketch from the popular Ballet of ONDINE : or,
LA NAIADE!
To De followed by the new occasional Dramat'c Sketch, called
JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac-
ers by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Tuner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingkain,
Nr Bender, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley.
To conciude with the new Burlesque Extravaganza, called TilE
IVOOD D.-EMON ; or, One o'; In which Messrs. Keeley, A.
Wigan, F. Matthew; ' Bellingham, Kinloch, Silver, Miss Dickinson
SLai Daly, and Mrs. Keeley will appear.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell.
On MONDAY EVENING,
Will be performed the vaudeville of UN 31ONSIEUR ET UNE
DAME. Vit Monsieur, M. Duinery ; Une Dame, Mdlle. Kinn.
Atter vr;lich, UNE FE 31E QUI SE JETTE PAR LA FE-
NEM E. The characters by M. Dumery, 31. Ilhozevil, Mdlle.
Vallee, Mme. Grassau, and Mdlle. Duverger.
To be followed by a vaudeville, entiled L' ARTICLE 213; on,
Le Mari dolt Protection Characters by MM. Dumery,
Langeval, David, Dorgen,rt, and Mdlle-s. Duverger an:t Vallee.
To eoncliVe with the VAEIIICVI le, entitle., L'IMAGE. De Ke-
randal. 31. Daniel"' ; Leopold,
Madeleine, Nid tie. linverger. 1141thmevil ; Mauclerc, IL Pr.stou ;
Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3*. 6,1. ; Amphitheatre, 34.; Gallery, 2s.
lloxes and stalls may he enctzed at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library,
33, Bond-itreet ; and at tht, Itox-office of the theatre, which is open
daily from Eleven till Five.

ONE HUNDRED TIIOUSAND POUNDS.

.EftENADEIts, sT.JAAD
In consequence of the increasaig success wiich attends every re-
prestrttation given by Vie celebrated ETHIOPIAN SEItENADERs,
Pell, tlarrington, ire, Stanwood, anti Gomm], they will repeat
their 114118,1 EN CERTAINMENTS at the above Theatre, THI,
EVENING, and every Tue,day, Thursday, and Saturday
Event .g. I hvrA .1; en at Eight o'clock. They will tat give a DAY
PERFfIIIMA NCE on Wednesday Morning next, commencing at
Ilalt-cart Two o'clock. Thursday Evening next willbe Cur the Be-
nefit of Mr. Stanwood.
1.14.xe5: and •ztalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, 011 Bond-street,
and at !he Box-office of the theatre.

11:1:CCESS'S P. E.ITIZE, OXFOILD-6 PREF: V.
J. M. Maddox. 41,1 r an•l Manager.
T I: EVEN (No.
Will be presented the Comedy of TUE MERRY WIVES PF
WINDSOR. Principal characters by 11!esirs. Granby, Ryder, Yin-
ing, Cowe:l, Walton, Coirp,ton, Miss Smithson, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs.
11. Hugh, s, and Mrs. F.mbroke.
To be tiillowed by a new comedletta. in two acts, entitled RO
MANCE AND REAL The Urn. Captain Montague, Mr. J.
Webster; Vincent Dunbar, 31r. Vining; Florence, Mrs. Sterling;
Emily. Miss Emma Stanley.
Alter which a new Drama. entitled THE KING AND THE
PIPER. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Walton, Barker,
Wynn, Delay:lntl, Granby, Miss E. Stanley, Albs G. Smithson, and
Miss Marshall.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL itMPIIITREATRE,
Propriiiiii.r &nil Manager
.-:r. tiAtiain
Uneet the patronage of rhi, Queer, Prince Albert, and the
Royal F.unily.
Splendid txmlonntron of N ovelties, in addition to nlitch 31. r. Batty
has engiged Mdi:e. Latirini, t e Female Equestrian.
TFIB EVENEN(I
Will be performed the Equestrian 3lairica' Sketch, THE GOLDEN
F001E1) STEED; or, The Charmed Horse of the Black Valley.
Cne. tailed SCENES hi the CIRCLE, with a brilliant display of
Horsominship, introducing the Foreign and British Artisteb.
To cooclude with Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE
OF AB Y DOS ;or. The Corsair.

Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Droadfoot.
rs. ; Dozes. 45.; Upper ItoxeA, 3< ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ;
Upt.zr Gallery, ret. Commence every evenin.f at Seven o'floelt,

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davldge, Lessee.
THIS EVENING
Will be presented a new ballad opera, the libretto by Mr. E. Fitz.
ball, the music and overture by Mr J. 11. Tully, entitled THE
FOREST MAIDEN AND THE A:00RIAII PACIE. Philip of Spain,
Mr. Leffler, Francis Huntley, Mr. W. Harrison ; Sir Edward Cop-
ley, Mr. M'Mahon; Queen Mary, Mrs Henry Vininz; Alice Copley,
Miss Itainforth ; Leon, the M,,,,r611 Pa,. Miss Rebecca Isaac
To be followed by the Interlude of PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT.
Hernandez, Mr. Neville; Don Gaspard de Rosellas, air. Heslop ;
Donna Lorenzo, Miis Vaughan , Juana, Miss E. Terry; Beatrice.
Mrs. W. Daly.
Tocct.r.,•lde with th,• new Natvical Drama, called THE WRECK
AND l•l:v REEF. C,:ptain. Mr. Title I; Halstead, Mr. Horn-
castle; :te:t Block. Mr. Net tile; Christmas, Mrs. Ware.
Dolce?. •dl., Pit, Is.; Gallery, fki. Doors oven at aix, commence
Elatf•-rrrt

ItoYAL VIC ,oletA THEATE.E.
EVENLN(.
Will ix: n2rformed THE LONELY MAN OF THE OCEAN; 0-,
the N 1,4711. lletnre the Bridal. Characters by Messrs. N. T. Hicks,
Dale, geatle, Itnq. itavinond, Gardner, Miss Vincent, Mrs. G. Lee,
and Vis, 2torrofzhci:tt,
After which a ImPet, entitled the COBLER AND TIIE TArLon.
Timothy Twit:, Mr. Ruck.
To 1,(.. fellowt,l by Uwe,: DISSOLVING VIEWS.
To crnetu.te with A DMIRAL SAM. Supp rted by the entire
Ottongth of tho Company.

Boxei, Lift Pee*, 6(1. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOtiICAL GARDENS.
Under the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince

Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c.
:Open every 31onday, Tuesday. Wednesday, and Thursday.
Ad.nission, o:4e Shining.
SECOND WEEK OF M. .117 LIEN'S ENGAGE3f ENT.
First Week of the Army Quadril'es.
No Extra Charge
On MONO t June 7.
The Proprietor has much pletsu e n announcing to the Subscribers,
Amateurs of Music, and the Public, :hat he has suece,Oed in engag-
ing M. JULIA EN and the Principal Solo Performers of his unrivalled
bay d, ine!iftllng Richer sod. Baumann, Barret, Lazarus, Prospero,
Co Bizet, and iTer lut.niy, fir a I;mited nuinber of nights. Which,
with Mr SD' enlid itand. aided by a Ile lec tion from
the principal bands hi the Metropolis, will :Oral an orchestra of One
Ilundrid Peribrrikrs.
The Proprietor begs to air.ounce !hat he has, at a condderable
expense. erected a new Entrynce, and a tYmiguideent Walk, with
flower borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, In front of the
grand Pictorial Representation of
Till,. TOWN AND B. 1.1( OF GIBRAT.TAR.
The Menagerie contains many specimens, ineluiing the Giraffe,
Gazelles. But. The Promenade Concerts, conducted Godfrey. A
representation of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The gothic Bridge
Of Staines. The grand Pyrotechnic l,isplav, representing the
SIEGE OF GU:BALT-tit.

SI:ow! !!4, the commencement of the llomhardtnent. partial destruc.
ti ;rie IV,s-n, nod 1t owing up of the Flattering Ships.

THE WEATHER.—Stm OFFICX, JUNE 4.
THRBM,YI ETER, Lowest, 52 ; Highest, 74 ; NS n, 6

B ROM ETE a, 30.32.—W1ND N. KE. ; fine.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1847.

RICHARD COBDEN will speedilyteturn to England
--to England which he has liberated from the thral-
dom of monopoly—to England, where his eloquence
and his patriotism have been so gloriously manifested
la the great victory achieved over the ignorance and
selfishness of generations. Since his departure from
us in the first blush of his commercial triumph, our
distinguished countryman has received the congratu-
lations of the continental and peninsular multitude,
of enterprising merchants, and of enlightened princes.
Unattended and untrumpetted, save by the voice of
his pacific fame, this shni•le cotton Printer of England
has received such an ovation during his passage
throughout Europe as uncrowned bead never received

13, Great Marlborough-street. before—spontaneously. In the chivalrous land of
1140 RD CASTLEREAG
ISH'S NARRATIVE
the Cm he Es been welcomed with acclamation, in the
OF H
JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS, kingdom which gave birth to BA Y D, in the, home of the
Will be puHishel on MONDAY neat, June 7, In 2 vols., small Bvo.,
with numerous Engravings, price 245. bound. Roman conquerors, on the shores of the Atlantic and
Henry Coburn, publisher, 13, Great ‘iarlborough-street.
Orders received by all Booksellers. the Mediterranean, he has been feasted and ap-
plauded. From the lips of King Louis PHILIPPE, of
the Sovereign of the two Sicilies, of the-Monarch of
Sardinia, and of POPE Pius IX., Mr. COBDEN has
heard the expressions of royal approval of the prin-
ciples of free trade. In Bordeaux, in Paris, in Cadiz,
in Madrid, in Genoa, in Naples, in Rome, in Florence,
in Turin, and elsewhere, the prominent orator of the
renowned League has received the felicitations of
those who are most competent to pronounce an
opinion upon the most rational system of exchanging
the productions of nature and the fabrications of in-
genuity. After this triumphal journey,- after having
participated in the solemn funereal ceremonies
attendant upon the deceased Liberator of Ireland,
RICHARD COBDEN will return homewards, we ear-
nestly trust with a renovated constitution.
, Let us welcome our illustrious fellow-citizen in a
manner befitting ourselves as men conscious of the
advkntages resulting from an emancipated commerce,
and in a manner due to himself as a distinguished
public benefactor. An admirable opportunity is af-
forded just now by the announcement of the com-
mittee of the Cobden Testimonial that the proper
time appears to have arrived for the closing of the
' contributions. With that announcement the sum
&ready accumulated is declared to have reached
a magnificent total of 80.4831. 13s. Bd. Considering
the financial pressure which has so long cramped the
operation of the money market, and materially inter-
fered with individual interests, we do conceive
that we are justified in calling this a mag-
nificent expression of notional sympathy and
gratitude. Previously we have recommended that
the difference should, if possible, be realised, and that
the fund, having already exceeded eighty thousand
pounds sterling, should, by a vigorous movement
on the part of the committee, and a generous co-
o?eration on the part of the community, be carried
to the complete amount of
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS.
To say that such a requisition would be unreason-
able were preposterous. The blessings bestowed upon
the contemporary million, and upon all future gene-
rations, through the instrumentality of RICHARD COB-
DEN—through the oratorical masterpieces by which
he elicited the eulogiums of the Prime Minister—
and especially through the gratuitous toil by which
he destroyed his domestic comforts and undermined
his bodily health—are utterly incalculable. Our
recommendation then is most moderate and most
rational. The sum still required to complete the
golden plum which we would see presented by the
nation to its patriotic chieftain is surely of compara-
tive insignificance, namely, 19,5161. 6s. 43. Cannot
this be obtained with sufficient rapidity to anticipate
the closing of the Testimonial Fund ? Why, a
halfpenny subscription from every enfranchised free-
trader would do it in a fortnight ; or a sixpence ad-
ditional from those who have already forwarded their
donations would carry the gift to the desire:l
maximum. We offer our suggestion with all earnest-
ness ; let there be but a quick response in copper
pieces, and the hundred thousand pounds will, within
three weeks, be in the possession of the committee.
On the return of RICHARD COBDEN to England,
therefore, the National Testimonial might be presented
to him at some appropriate monster demonstration,
say in the vicinity of his old successes, at the
Theatre Royal Drury-lane. Banquets have
been given to RICHARD COBDEN by congenial fo-
reigners; let us afford him a similar welcome on his
restoration to us, let us gladden his heart with the
sound of English cheers, and tender him a fitting
estimonial for his national and patriotic services—a
testimonial of

The Secretary of State for the Home Department,
n moving on Thursday the committal of the Prisons
iiii and the Custody of Offenders Bill, explained the
Ministerial policy and intentions with respect to the
more serious cases of secondary punishments in a
speech of singular clearness and ability, which de-
Invcdly elicited the approbation of the House. For
many years past the Legislature has adopted a more
mitigated code fur the repression of crime. Very
many cases, formerly visited with the ex-
treme penalty of the law, now only subject the
offender to the loss of liberty, either by a prolonged
term of imprisonment, or what is known to the law
as transportation, whether for life or a term of years,
In many of these cases the widest discretion is neces-
sarily entrusted to the presiding judge, who will
hare it in his power either to expatriate the
criminal from his native land for the re-
mlinder of his life, or to dismiss him with the
infliction of a nominal fine, or a brief detention
in cii,tmly. Capital punishment has been practically
abolished, save in cases of wilful and aggravated
murder ; all offences, therefore, against property; and
all against the person not involving the death of the
aggrieved party; are treated as secondary crimes, and
visited only with secondary punishments. It be-
comes, therefore, a matter of the deepest interest to
the people generally, who have cordially assented to
the present more humane state of the law, that the
secondary punishments should be placed on a sound
and wholesome footing, so as at the same time to re-
press crime, by creating a salutary dread of its in-
evitable consequences; and, secondly, to afford the most
reasonable prospects for the reformation of the cul-
prit, and his restoration to society on some future
occasion, a wiser and a better man. To the attain-
ment of these points, the discipline to which
he shall be subjected, the place and man-
ner of his confinement should be directed.
It is due to those who yield a prompt and ready
obedience to the law, that they should be protected
in the full enjoyment of their rights and privileges,
that no morbid feelings of sensibility for those con-
victed of crimes and inisdemei.nours should encourage
others to commit similar offences. It is not fur the
sake of vengeance that the majesty of the law
is vindiated, but that a warning an i ex-
ample might be held out to all. This primary
object being attained, it is incumbent upon us, as
a humane and Christian people, to win back
our 'erring brethren from the paths of vice, to
teach them their duty as members of society, to in-
diwe them, if possible, to earn their daily bread by the
exercise of their honest industry, and to remove them
from every temptation by which they may be induced
to relapse into their former errors—into a state of
demoralization similar to that from which they have
been for a time reclaimed.
The M i nisteri al plan just developed appears well cal-
cu'atecl to attain those great objects. It makes the
convict go through a variety of probationary states,
in each of which the severity is gradually relaxed,
and his situation rendered more tolerable. His pro-
gress from one of those stages to another will be
mainly dependent on himself; on the evidences he
may afro' d of a healthier state of feeling, on the pro-
priety and rectitude of Ids conduct from the com-
mencement of his sentence. The separate system is
held in the greatest dread by those who care little
for imprisonment, so long as they are allowed to
associate with others, to boast of their former exploits,
o corrupt their companions, and to harden themselves
[n their guilt and their depravity. The silence and
seclusion that attends the separate system gives time
for reflection ; the criminal, too, is removed from
the ridicule with which guilty associates are too I
much in the. habit of treating any symptoms
of amendment evinced by any of their companions,
and by which too often they succeed in banishing
the better feelings that are struggling into existence
and nipping them in the bud. On his removal from
this state the prisoner will not, howeser, be imme-
diately cast loose; ha will enter into the second stage
of punishment, in which he will be employed on
public works, either in this country or in some of
our colonies, where his services may be wanting.
Here, also, the strictest surveillance will be kept up
over his conduct. From his condition will be
on
the
timehishultimate rhet,lveeasebNeveinll
gradually
depend, not
Ylnltelhniot the least
confined alone, hut on the quantit
labour, assisted by good conduct•
favourable, part of the present plan that it introducers
no new machinery, that there is nothing theoretical
or experimental propo,ed—it is merely a ju...A;c :
.mus
arraug.,m-nt of existing materials and existing di.„ei•
pline brought into use in a regular mode of pro-
gression.

We certainly have no great confidence in the law
as l►id down under the authority of the judges who
at present preside in the Court of Queen's Bench.
It is at all times invidious to draw distinctions; but
since the characters of public men are, to a certain
extent, public property, we would remark, that whilst
we should place little reliance upon the collective
wisdom of the Court in question upon any important
point that might be submitted to their decision, we
should be disposed to waive our impression in favour
of any isolated opinion of Mr. Justice PATTESON.
Still, to the Court of Queen's Bench, such as it is, all
matters affecting life a::d liberty are peculiarly re-
ferred. A decision was given on Thursday, which, it
appears to us, demands some significant observations.
A person named KEINING, who had been com-
mitted to prison for forty days, on an order
of the Commissioner for the Sheriffs' Court, for hav-
ing failed to pay an instalment of 21, was brought up
under a writ of habeas corpus and claimed bis dis-
charge, inter alia, upon the ground that he ought to
have been summoned and heard as to the reasons of
his default before he was taken into custody. Upon
this, the main point, the Judges were equally divided
in opinion, Lord Dusiman and isir. Justice ERLE, on
the one side, resisting, Justices PATTESON and COLE-
RIDGE, on the other, approving of the application.
Hereupon the prisoner was remanded. Not
denying it to be according to precedent that,
where the judges of a superior court are balanced in
their sentiments with respect to any proceeding of
another court, the latter should be upheld in its deci-
sion, we think that, apart from the importance of the
subject, where personal liberty is involved, reason
demands that this practice should be discontinued.
Even when the appeal is made from the opinion of a
judge of equal rank to those of the appellant court,
we should still support this view; for, although
it might be urged that we should then have virtually
three out of five judges of equal dignity agreeing in
opinion,
and therefore the prisoner should not be re-
leased, yet it is to be remembered that a question is
always presumed to be more elaborately argued in
a full court, that continued reflection may have fur-
nished new arguments, and that "in the council of
the multitude there is wisdom ;" and it is not. to be
presumed but that if the judge, whose original
decision is excepted to, were present when it is
solemnly reviewed, he might be disposed to consider
it erroneous. But, be this as it may, when the
opinions of the superior judges are equally divided in
regard to the act of a judge of an inferior court, a
fortiori we would urge that the presumption of law,
in favorem libertatis, should prevail, and especially
where, as between the judge of a sheriff's court and
the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench, the differ-
ence in point of experience, learning, and ability
may be taken vastly to preponderate in favour of the
latter. We hope the observations we have thrown
out will quickly engage the attention of the judicial
authorities and of the Legislature, and the more so
since the principle of law is, that where a doubt exists
the prisoner is entitled to the benefit; and certainly,
in the case we are treating of, and for the reasons we
have advanced, he should not be deprived of it. NV e are
glad to perceive that steps have been already taken in
the Common Pleas for impeaching the soundness ofthe
respective opinions of Lord DENMAN and Mr. Jus-
tice ERLE in Mr. KEINING'S case. We shall, there-
fore, upon a future occasion, proceed to show that
the prisoner was entitled, both by the spirit and
letter of Bth and 9th Vic., c. 127, to the summons,
as urged in his late unsuccessful application.

The Madrid papers of the 28th ult. contain no
news of any importance.

MADRID, BOLSA, MAY 28.—Three per Cents. 30
to 301, Five per Cents. 201, Passive 51 to 6. Ex-
change on London 49.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.
In the Chamber of Deputies, M. GIIIZOT stated
that he considered it his duty, in the present state of
affairs, to decline giving any explanations relating to
the intervention in the affairs of Portugal.
The Moniteur announces that the Government had
received accounts from the Bourbon station, dated
the 2d of January. The Belle Poule, having suf-
fered considerably in her masts and rigging during
the hurricane of the 15th of December, was then
undergoing repairs at Sainte Marie, Madagascar,
and would soon be able to put to sea. The corvette
Berceau bad sailed from Bourbon the day before the
Belle Poule. The commander of the station hoped
that she had not experienced more injury than the
Belle Poule, but he nevertheless felt much uneasi-
ness as to her fate. The hurricane had been ex-
tremely violent, and the frigate Belle Poule, " hav-
ing no wind to fill her sails, was a long time lying
on her side unable to rise." The Archimede steamer
was to be dispatched in quest of the Berceau.
The Marshal DE Gaoucur died on the 29th ult.

2 4p
6 7p
10 7p

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Small .
Grenada. I poreent
Mexican Bonds, 1i.146;'.5 per Cent
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent ..
Itu.isian Bonds ..
Spanish lion4s, 5 per Cent
Ditto, for the Account
Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. 4
Ditto, Three per Cent ..31
Dividena. on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 93!4$
Dutch Two-and-a-Bali per Cent
Ditto. t per Cent. Certificates

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.

at St. Etienne, in the 82d year of his age. His body
has been brought into Paris. He has left three
children, Major-General Count ALPHONSE DE
GROUCHY, Colonel DE GROUCHY, of the Hussars,
and the Marchioness D'ORMESSON.
The Courrier Francais states that the fortifications
of Paris are so badly built, that they are already fall-
ing down. Questions are to be addressed to the
Minister on this subject in the Chamber.
Letters from Toulon of the 30th ult. announce that

the squadron commanded by the Prince DE JOINVILLE
had sailed from the Island of Hyeres in the direction
of the coast of Africa. According to the Sentinelle de
Toulon, it was to proceed to Algiers.
Orders have been received at Rochefort to put on
the stocks two second-class frigates, the Circe and
Fiore, and to carry them up to 6 24ths in 1847. The
first-named has been placed en the stocks lately oc-
cupied by the Inflexible, and the other will be placed
on those occupied by the Renommee, which is to be
launched towards the end of July. Orders have been
given for the launch of the Heliopolis, a third-class
vessel. The steam-frigate the Alogador, of 650-
horse power, is being put-led forward with activity,
and will be launched at the end of the year.
The accounts of the growing crops published in the
French papers continue to be most satisfactory.
The Mayor of Lyons had given notice to the in-
habitants that, in consequence of the splendid appear-
ance of the crops and the fall in tht price of grain,
the distribution of bread-tickets to the indigent
clasees would cease on the sth instant.

•• •• •• 32%
•• •• •. 11014
22

614
[27
9 t,
10%
3.34

144
dis.
361,

V, (1I
37
141,
7

The Three per Cents., as we have just stated, closed on
Wednesday at 78f. 80e. the Five per Cents., 116 f: 95c.;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,257 f. 50e.; Rouen, 9621
50e.; Havre, 660 f.; Great Northern, 608 f. 75e.; Avignon,
745 f.; Vierzon, 590 f. ; Bordeaux, 510 f.; Basle, 188 E 75c.;
Paris and Strasburg, 4281. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 415 f.;

Paris and Lyons, 433 f. 75c.; Lyons and Avignon, 446 f.
25c. ;Cette, 447 f. 50c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 35.
Lyons, MAY 31.—Paris and Rouen. 930 t. ; Avignon and
Marseilles, 738 f. 75c.; Northern, 606 f. 25c.; Paris and
Lyons, 433 f. 75e.

MINES.

lid:rshylineßbo.uLa.in 0 0 0
Real del Monte, Unrezistered .......... 31
COURSE' OF EXCHANGE.
Amsterdam ...... C.F. 12 654
Ditto, at sight ...... 12 34 Leghorn • • .. • • ao 65
Rotterdam •• 2 U. 12 7 ,•enoa ..•••••• ••••••.. 26 10
Antwerp....
Flanthargh ......M.B. 13 13%
ciltooa• • .. .• •• •• • • •• Naples •• •• 40%
Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 75 Palermo, 119%
Ditto, . • • • .. • • • • • • • • 26 5 Lisbon.— • . • .. 52%
Marseilles •• •• •• • • •• • • 26 10 Oporto • • ....
Bourdeaux.. • • • • 26 10 Itio Janeiro • •
Frankfort on, Maine.... 122% Bahia .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Petersburgh, 3 U 5......
Vienna, eiree.tle• • .... Buenos Ayres .. • • .. • .
N'ew York, 21 days' sight
Trieste, ditto....
10 10 Philadelphia . • • • •ra.11.1.......1.:31,1171-09z.
8i1ba0....
1'770110
EF.oo:srr,tee:iwglliciiG:l;o4ol
0 4 9%
Bareeloca ............ Apanlsh Doubloons .. 0 0 0
4evilie"
• • •• .• Silver lu bars

BUSINESS DONE TN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TFIE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 3.
Northern of France, 12—Parts and Lyons, 6.—Rouen and
Havre, 251%.

MAJEFTY'S Tu EAT RE.—Her Majesty the
Queen Dowager, accompanied by her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent. honoured the performances at her Majesty's
Theatre on Teursday evening, with her presence,
occupying the Queen's box. The royal suite comprised the
Earl and Countess Bowe, the Earl and Countess Brownlow,
Lidy Augusta Bruce, Hon. Miss Gore, and Lord James
Murray. In her Majesty the Q.seen Dowager's box were the
Duke and Duchess of Montrose, and Mr. and Lady Charlotte
Montgomery. Amongst the company were the Duke of
Wellington and the Marquis and Marchioness of Druro, the
Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, the Marchioness of Ayles-
bury, the Marquis of Donegal, the Earl and Countess of
Wilton, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl and Countess of Rose-
fiery, the Earl of Longford, Viscount Cantilupe, Lord and
Lady Ernest Bruce, Lord Wrottesley, Lord Tenterden, Lord
Decies, Lady Hastings, Lady Kinlock, Lady Abinger, Lady
Graham, Lady Morgan, Lady Ramaden, Lady Ward, Lady
Somers, Lady Faulkner, Lady Heade, La ly Thesiger, Lady
Lake and Mi,:s Lake, Lady C. Neeld, Mr. and Lady Augusta
Wentworth, Dowager Lady Somers, Sir E. Codrington,
dart.; Sir G. Baker, Admiral Manning. Lieutenant-Colonel
Ill‘Dowell, Colonel Whitlow, Misses Burns, Mr. Grote, Mr
Csnning, Mr. T. Fitzherbert, Mr. Byng, Miss Hankey, Mr.
Tudor, and Mr. Locke.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
In
(From last night's Gazette.) Account, pursuant to the Act 7t and Sth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday, h the 29th day of May,1847.
ISSUE IMPARTMENT.

Notes Issued.... •• .• 23,290.420

Government debt 11,015,100
Other securities •• • • 11.98 i,900
Gold coin and bullion 7,806.303
Sliver bullion ••• • • • 1,484,11.7

X 23,290,420
Dated the 3d day of June. 1847 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

423,200,420

The following paragraph, regarding the state of
the leather trade during the past month, is from the circular
of Messrs. T. I. and T. Powell : --" Tne amount of business
in leather during the past month has been exceedingly
limited compared with that of the same month in the pre-
ceding year; this, however, is not at all surprising. The
high price of food is alone sufficiPnt to account for an im-
mense falling off in sales, as it mu.t be remembered that the
great consumption of leather is by the working classes.
when therefore the absolute necessaries of life arc so high that ,
they cannot purchase shoes, the demand for leather is neces-
sarily reduced. This consideration, combined with the high
rate of interest, cau,,e.l chit fly by the extended calls for rail-
way puryses, and which restricts the mcmetary accommoda-
tion to the tra.sing communit7, may essily account for the
diminished transactions in leather; but as there is now a
r.tJ:sei-,,,o:rti:ro a,
pl
r3,:eTaiit :een, i awyi..ll" T 1 1 e
prospect of an abundant harvest, and as trade generally is
improving, we may very soon
,expect to be able to give a
more cheering report."
In reference to the proceedings inserted in our
be listen: d to by
, to be avne'r'ioYeki
be cfferted byQueen v. Smerden ;" we are a tho-
oif
Co to state th►t no solicited 41 for forbearance, nor ov /tire
e ds
the outbiet olaloeur3,a: t
apology
.c i ) :Hissas ai
Ott;dc Cook
inn tarl
a andi
edi I oe ut
isi
owner 11
Charactertug may

,EPAILTMEN T.

Government securi-
ties (including Dead
Weight Annul ty)• • 111,52,305
Other securities •• • • 17,041,936
sates ••••••• • • • • • .. 4,628,030
Gold and silver coin•• 879,301

Z 34,201,573
MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(F 0-7. 7he u.. Las• Nitrite)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were 4,000
bales, including 400 American fir expert. The market closed
quietly with prices of American, Surat, and Egyptian un-
changed. Brazil was 14d. higher. The business consisted
of 500 Egyptian, at 7%c1. to NO. ; 500 Surat, at 4d. to 4Sd. ;
400 Pernams and Maranhams, at 7d. to Bd. ; and the remainder
American, at 61A d. to 73/4d. per lb.
The Share Market was rather fl.tt to-day, and the prices
&Mined at the sale of Railway Shan s, by Messrs. Larnetet
e„,, Gt.. did tee (mite reach list stele's quotetions. The fol-
lowing are a few of the principal sales:—
Louvain Ato satnbre .... £o 19 6
Reading, Guildford. and Reigate -
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock.
West Riding Union
Manchester and Southampton 0 10 6
Great Northern .... ..... ,
•„
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 6 0
Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 8
Royston and Elitchin
1 7 6
Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire .... 010 6
Eastern Counties, York Extension 6 8 6
North Staffordshire
......
9 11 0
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) 3 2 6
South-Eastern and WNW, No. 4 4 17 6
Shropshire Union and Canal
The preepects of the Money Market will not be clearly
asce.tained until it is seen how far the Government can
overcome the difficulties which in some measure appear to
exist in connexion with Exchequer-bills. Report states
that money will be demanded for them to the amount of one
two millions sterling. and great curiosity is. therefore,
felt to ascertain whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer
will fund, raise the interest, or get the assistance of the
Bank, in ce-operation with other wealthy establishments,
' to take the new bills, and get them out gradually on the
market. Most likely the payments on the loan have fur-
uished ample funds to meet the claims of dissentients.
The author of some letters, which appeared in The Sun
newspaper of the year 1843, under the signature of "lota,"
' considering that our present monetary difficulties offer a
seasonable opportunity again to bring forward his suggestions,
and that a "Correct Monetary S 3 stem" is essential to a
Free Trade System," remarks that—" The injustice of the
oe c
at 3/. 17s. 101/,d, per ounce, though the, di-
idsye
mayslg: on
de
which requires the Bank of England always
compelled to give 4/. per ounce for it, is
3', as it regards the British
public, has been shown re. my former letters. All mer-
cantile men know how dreedfuliy they have been
i~unisengagentents at those
periods when ion has been a profitable
transaicetdi
nto;
Bank
the
teetn
oetbxhp
oedi3rr,
tc pecuniaryaont
wii;nhii
Prop
riety blame the direc-
tors of the Bank for having refused to supply, at those
times, the usual amount of accommodation to their custo-
mers, seeing that a more liberal policy weuld have endan •
tiered the safety of that establishment. Rather let blame be
attached to that law which put it out of the power of the
directors to administer the ample resources of the establish-
ment with a steady and uniform liberality."
The illustration is given as follows : •
" The panic of 1825 shows how individual selfishness may
be tempted, under our present monetary system, to act pre-
judicially to the public welfare. But, assume the market-
price system of cash payments to have been in operation at
dint time, and the 'milt would have been widely different.
For the sake of argument, we may admit, that the extrave-
„rant speculations of 1824 hail taken place. and that, from
he extraordinary facilities which this country then aflimisti
for borrowing money, and the increased value it ct mmanded
throat!, an export of the precious metals had commenced,
which threatened to drain the coffers of the Bank of
England. All that the directors need to have done in such
t case, under the assumed syetem, would have been to offer
o give or take gold, i.i its relations to British bills, after the
-ame rate of value that the gold commanded abroad. Tbi,
'could at once have checked any unnatural demand, whilst
any legitimate and natural demand would have been sup-
elied upon fair commercial terms. But the most important
eart of the case would have been, that the Bank could they
have safely continued to supply bank notes for all domesti •
transactions of our merchants, without any danger of being
called on immeeiately afterwards to give gold for them upon
cheaper terms than they could buy it."
'There have been some few money sates of s'ock again to-
day, but as the corn ma-ket is dull, prices are kept tolerable
steady. Consols have been 881/y to 88% fer present transft r,
sod 88% % for July. Exchequer- bills are firmer, at 2s. t'
Is. premium, The New Three-attd-a-Quarter per Cents.
have been 883/ to 89. Bank Stock is firm at 195.
In the Foreign ltivestmehts the business done has not been
,tf any extent. The accounts from Lisbon have not depressed
the value of Portuguese Stock below
.32:3/4 14, because there
ire adverse statements as to whether the Junta will accept
eur mediation. Spanish Three per Cent. Stock has been
quoted 34. Grenada Bonds have been at 20. Dutch Four
per Cents. are 8934 to 90, and Russian Bonds are 110.
Railway Shares have been vere dull to-day, but are look-
ing up again, and in general cannot fail to be benefited by
Legislative interference to check cads.
"EITIBII FUNDS. ONE CLOSV
Bank Stock
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
• • • • • • ** 195 195
tiree per Cent. Reduced Annuities 87 Li 87 8714, Etiree per Cent. Consols Annuities 88tq 88
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Arms. 88i 89 88i 89
Lone Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 8 15-16 8 15-16
India Bonds, 1,0001. .. •• • • •• --
Ditto. under 1,0001.
.. 3
South Sea Stock- • • • • • •
Ditto Old Annuities 8 .54
"onsols for Opening, July 16 .. .. gB.
Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip ..
Exchequer Bills. 1 d.
1,0001...
5001.:.
Ditto, Small

PORTUGAL.

SOU; 11,1 NI PTON. JUNE 4

The Tig-r arrived from the Peninsula, this morning
We have riTeived by her accounts from Lisbon to the
29th ult. The Bulldog arrived from EnglAnd on the
27th, with important dispatches. The impression pre-
vdled that England was prepared to enforce the condi-
tions imp,sed by her by recourse to arms—if necessary;
iud ed, Sir J. Se) mour had notified to the Junta and to
Sada Madeira that ,he ships of war at his disposal
would be used to prevent the lauding or transportation
of their troops.
A good deal of firing was heard in the direction of
St. Uoes on the 28.. h. Conflicing reports were in cir-
culation. One was that the Junta would yield; another,
that it would fig'3 to the last. The Gladiator cros,ed
the bar of Oporto on the 29:h, and came out crowded
with English residents.

Her dues of departure are as follow :—Gladiator,
25th May, 7.40 P.M. ; Cadiz, 26th ; Lisbon, 29th ;
Oporto, 30th ; and Vigo, 31st.

Specie, 6 packages ; dates, 31 boxes ; saffron, 2
ditto ; leeches, 16 ditto ; oranges, 21 chests ; ditto.
716 half chests ; lemon•, 87 half chests ; potatoes, 25
bstrt.l.l, also 2 boxes; onions, 3 bat;kets ; and 6 bullocks
ou deck.

Ships of War lying at Gibraltar:-25th, noon, her
Majesty's steamer Virago, sailed to the eastward.—At
Cadiz: None.—At Lisbon: Trafalgar, Hibernia, Cano-
pus, and steamer Bulldog —At Oporto: Off the bar,
S. V. Sidon, brig Nautilus, S. V. Gladiator.—ln the
offing at anchor: Frigate America, and Spanish frigate
Ville de Bilboa; also the Junta steamers, Mondello,
Royal Tar, and Oporto, all embarking troops as fast as
possible for St. Übes. At Vigo: Portugese frigate Donna
Maria and brig Douro, Spanish schooner Minerva,
English schooner Oporto of Dublin.
On the 3d of June the Tiger saw a large steamer with
four masts, at 10 A.m., supposed the Great Western,
sailing to the south vc ettward.

The Tiger brings 87 passengers from the various
ports, many of whom have left in anticipation of the
hostilities.

THE BILL OF 1844.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—When the immediate pressure of any evil under
which men have suffered has passed over, they are apt in
some degree to forget it, and neglect consequently the
necessary measures fur its rem,,val.

A general elefnicm is at hand. In the nbence of
political topic., of inkre4t, what subject, may I ask, cAI•
be so important to a c iwtnercial community as the ques-
tion of the artificiAl restrictions placed upon its currency
the Bill of 1844?

I will not trespass on your space by entering into a
'iscussion on the qui stion. The Effects of the Bill are
feelingly known throughout the country.
We must decide at the next e!ection whether a mea-
..iure which is conderened by all Lombard-street, and by
every practical man of businet,s thrilighout the country,
is to be pernAtted to remain on the statute-book ; for,
assuredly, it we are apathetic, the commerce and pro-
:levy of the country sill be subj-ct to constant damage
row the operation of a law which causes an artificial
monetary famine at a time when our c,ffers are full of
gold.—Your obedient servant,
June 3, 1847. A COUNTRY BANKER.

MEETING OF THE DEBENTURE
HOLidElics OF THE LYt:EUM. THEATRE.
An adjourned meeting of the debenture holders of the
Lyceum was held yesterday at half past one o'clock, in the
-moon of the theatre, fiir the purpose of receiving the report
•if the commieee of three (Messrs Warrington. Powell, and
Struct), who were appointed at the meeting held in the same
place this day three weeks for the purposeot makingapplication
ro the trustees for their accounts. The attendance of de
benture holders was much more numerous than it was on
he former occasion.
Mr. Warrington having been called to the chair,
Mr. STaurr proceeded to state to the debenture holders
what had been done by himself and his colleagues to carry
out the resolution agreed to at the last meeting. They had
addressed letters to each of the trustees, and to Mr. W. A.
Arnold, the mortgagee in possession of the theatre. From
11r. Hullett they had received an answer, stating that
he had no accounts to exhibit, never having received funds
applicable to the purposes of the trust, and for any intorma-
tion on the subject he reterted them to Mr. Johnson, of
Uheneery-lane, who had drawn up the trust deed, and who
In ad been deputed by Mr. W. Arnold to act in the affairs of
the trust, to keep them (tistiuct hem his accounts as mortgagee.
From Lerd Salteuit they had received an answer stating that
his Lordship had never received anv monies applicable to
the trust; and from Sir Andrew 'Barnard and Mr. S. J.
Arnold no answer had been received. ;From Mr.
Walter Arnold a letter had been received, referring to his
letter to Mr. Strutt of the 16th of April, for his answer to
the request. Since then, Mr. Walter Arnold had addressed
a letter to the debenture holders, which letter he
would wish to have read, and to some of the state-
ments in which he should feel it his duty to reply,
(The letter, which appeared in most of the newspapers a few
,lays since, and which is dated 31st May, was then read. It
denied the truth of the charges which had beta brought
agatnst the writer, aye' stated that the expenses incurred
would all but absorb the ideal balance which Mr. Strutt wished
to make it appear he had in hand ; stated that the
orivete box to which allusion had been made had been spe-
,Jally reserved for Mr. W. Arnold's father, and for his use,
when the theatre was let; denied that it was because
;le had been remonstrated with on the subject of letting
that box that he had refused to let Messrs. Strutt
and Keeley have the theatre, denied that he had ever re-
'used to let them have it; but asserted, on the contras, that
heir quitting was their own act—that he had refused to re-
Wee their rent, and that therefore they had given notice to
q'sit. The letter concluded by saying tied he should be
sorry to foreclose his mortgage, but that if he were driven to
the adoption of hostile proceedings, they would be conducted
as vigorously as they would be commenced reluctantly.
Mr. Strutt denied that he had made any charge
tg.iinst ior. W. Arnold. All that he had done
had been to take that gentlemen's own sta4e-
oiits, and to snow that they required explanation,
And he had said before as he said now, that it was the duty
of Mr. W. Arnold to be present to answer for himself.--
( Hear, hear.) With regald to the sum charged for
Insurance, the accuracy of his statement concerning which
Mr. W. Arnold had denied, all he could say was, that he
iftd received his ieformati, n from one of the directors of the
West of England Fire-office. (After going over several of
the items of account Mr. Strutt continued.) With re-
tard to the private box, it had been reserved for the
use of Mr. Arnold's father and his friends every
ight, but that did not give Mr. Arnold a right
-o let it, and dep ive the lessee of twelve guineas a
welk for having the best box in the theatre; it would be
-ure to be let first. The Nat quis of Exeter had
never let his box, and Mr. Arnold might as
well sell the eight double or& rs which he had the
privilege of writing every night. With regard to hie giving
IA the theatre, it happen ,d in this way :—Af er he and Mr.
Weley had had the theatre some time, and had retrieved its
prospects, they applied for a renewal of the term, and Mr
W. Arnold refused to let them have the theatre except
they bound themselves to pay a rent, increasing by 200/•
every two years, and to spend at:tonally a certain sum in
decorating the theatre. Last year du: ing tt e warm t
weather
tney lost 1,600/., as nothing during such weather would
attract people to the theatre. They applied to Mr. Arnold o
assent to, any reductioon in the rent Coney were
also
paying
him 2,910/. per annum), which he refused, as to forego
the increa,e of 2001. a year upon the present rental, and they,
knowing that at such a rent the theatre must be carried ou
at a los,. had given him notice to quit.
Mr. MAYHEW knew that when the private box was first
given to Mr. Arnold it was not given with the idea that he
was to let it. He knew Mr. W. Arnold to be a very
honourable man, and therefore did not think he would
put his threat of foreclosure into execution. Sill
it was ill-advised and unwise in him to hold out such a
threat to those who had come forward to assist his father
in his difficulties.—(Hear.) He also thought he acted im-
properly in paying himself the interest on his mortgage,
while, at the same time, he had neglected to pay the ground-
rent. This threat of foreclosure showed that the property was
not so bad as it was represented to be. and it might be worth
the while of the debenture holders to consider whether they
should not buy up the mortgage, and thus be enabled to take
tt e property under' their own management. He believed
that Mr. Arnold was sore at what had been said by Mr.
Strutt, but be believed that he would show the accounts to
any debenture holder who was an indifferent party between
them

85N

ONE CLOSIN4
O'CbOCE. PRICES

90 8994 83%
BUSINESS CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT
ONE O'CLOCK.
i:oston, Stamford, & Birmingham 5 .... 5% .
Eastern Counties .. •. ••-. 20 19% • • ..... •• • 19%
Do. Perpet., 5 par Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. % p....
91, I.
Ditto, York Extension .. •. 6% ..
East Lancashire .. • • .. 17
.......
Ditto New .. •• • • • • 7% .. • 6%
East Lincolnshire .. • • • • • • 6% g .
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 .. 69
Ely and Huntingdon .• .. • • 15 15% % „
Great Northern • • • • .... 2
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 .... 22%
Great North of England . ..100
........
Great Western • • • • • • •. 85 .. 115....
London. Brighton, & =out'. Coast 50 53%
London and Greenwich.. 12/. 15s. 4d... • • 8%
Leeds and Bradford
...)151011 30 North-Western •• lOU ....175% 174% ..
Ditto, QuarterF L.
London and South-Western 411. 6s. 10d... .......
Ditto, New • • • • • • • • 27% ••• • •••• • • •
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • • 50 .... 53% ......
Lynn and Dereham ._ • • •• 20 .... 20% •• • • .
anchester And heeds .. 82
Ditto, Thirds (Beg.) • •
_•• • •71. 45..... di5......
'fidland •• •• • • • • 100 118 119.....
Ditto, Fifths • • • • • • • . 2 .. 39%
Ditto, New • • .. 6 8%
Ditto, Birmingham and
_Derby 100 .. 91
.......
Do., Consol. Bristol and•Birm.
ix per Cent. • • • • • • 100 ...
.......
an—d
I. 470
Newcasi le and Berwick • . .. 20 .. • • 2654 27 ...,
Ditto, New • • • • • • 5
Norfolk • • .... • • • • .. 100 ....
Ditto, New . • . 6 .......
Ditto. Extension .. • • .. 10 10% .......
North British • • • • • • •• 25 .... 32% .......
Ditto, Half Shares .. • • .• 12% .• • . 15
Ditto, Quarter shares .. • • 31,4 • 4% .
• Ditto, Thirds .. - •• 1 •• 2%%
North Staffordshire .• • • • • 7% ...• %
Ditto Scrip (late Churnet and
Blythe) • •
North Western • • •• •• • • 4 • • 2%%5%.:::'
••
Oxford, Wor'ster. & Wolverhamp. 225 13%
Preston and Wyre.. 25 36 ~Scottish central •• .. •• ••
1152 .... 24% 24 ....
ilieffield, Rotherham. & Goole .. 5
... •
Sri rew.oury and ibruiniginun
..... 3 .
Ditto, Class B •• • • • • 3 ....
south Staffordshire • . • • .. 2/. 125... % dis. •• • •
south Eastern and Dovor 33 361
nth Wales
south YorkshirN Doncaster, and
t;uoleWest Militia Ilnion .. • • %14 dis •• ••
York and Newcastle ..•
.. 25 . ~.. 37 . •
I)Itt), New.. .. to 1494 . .... •
Ditto, Preference 4 675 7.... ..
York and North Midland
.. 50 • • • - ••
Ditto. Preference .. 6 .... 14% 15 ..
Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten-10 ... 20% ........
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Paris and Lyons .. .. 8 .... 5
Rouen and llavre - .. 20 .... 25%
Sambre and Meuse .. 14 .
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminster 20

22%
230

5.3 k
1754,
22

MitmAn. of Bath, had advanced his money to assist
Mr. Artuld, and he thought it was a very ungrateful return
for such kindness for Mr. W. Arnold to turn round upon them
with a threat of foreclosure. He thought he was a very im-
proper person to be trusted with the management of the
property, and he hoped steps would be taken to remove him.
Mr. LI.V.H,EY had seen Mr. Arnold that morning, and he
had stated his willingness to show the accounts to any de.
benture holder who would call at his house.
Mr. F, THOMPSON attended that meeting as the friend of
Mr. W. Arnold. He had himself seen the vouchers for
the repairs and the different items of expenditure. It was
natural that he should feel sore at the charges which
Mr. Strutt had made, and for which ha (Mr.
Thompson) believed there was no foundation. but he
was certain that he would give to the debenture holders any
explanation.
ar. Sun= denied that he had made any charge; but
it was the duty of Mr. Arnold to come there and explain
his conduct to the debenture holders.
Mr. MILLAR. asked the gentleman who appeared for Mr.
Arnold to explain by what right Mr. Arnold charged the
150/. a year for receiving his own money?
Mr. F. Inomrsox had no explanation to give on that
point._

A VOICE—Then you have not received proper instruc-
tion., sir.
Mr. GRISSELL explained that Mr. Walter Arnold bad pur-
chased the mortgage held by himself and his partner Mr.
Peto, in 1838.
Mr. STRUTT said that since then Mr. Walter Arnold
had transferred that mortgage to Lord Thomas Cecil,
and there was no notice of any re-trail, fer in the register -ho-k.
It was therefore necessary to know by what right Mr. W.
Arnold claimed to be mortgagee in possession.
Afier a somewhat lengthened discussion, a resolution was
proposed by Mr. MAYmtw, appointing a committee of five—
viz., Mr. Strutt, Mr. Warrington, Mr. Powell, Mr. Lumley,
and Dr. Jay -to wait On Mr. Arnold, and go through
the accounts, with an accountant, anti report on the same to
a mueting to he hereafter summoned, when such accounts
shall be made out.
Ott the motion of Dr. JAY, seconded by Sir Cusitt.Es F.
FORBES. the thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr.
Strutt ; and,
Oil the motion of Mr. STaurr, seconded by Mr. Luatimr.
thanks were voted to the Chairman; atter which the meet-
ing separated.

TR _E MURDER rx M iltYLETlONE.—Thursrlay, in
pursuance of the order or Mr. Wakley, Mr. Moat, the sur-
geon, of Upper Berkeley-street, Brygristo.,e-square, made a
post otortem ex; urination of the body of the murdered woman,
Mary Stowell, and- it appears that strangulation was the
primary CUM of cloth.

ASCOT HEATH RACES.
FRIDAY.
The general results of the meeting., taken up to th,
close yesterday afternoon, have (twit-1y home out tk e
pinion we hazarded at its eommeocereent. The weaqo
"5 tine to )11,... en,i, and although in two or three -in•
at awes t e &ids W. small(, and If e bets ng en a 1 I,
extensive scale than formerly, we question it better :Tort
teas ever been be.ttre Vk 1 s 11. The att,,tkince •
day was much larger rh n for s m, p 'st, arid the
r,ceipts at the Grand Stand show, d an inere
over 1846 to the extent of 5001. The manage
went of the Noble nister of the Beek-hounds wits
quiet. courteous, and eft. ctive—n t a complaint reached
us: his subordinates are equally rattled to notice 'or
t' • very s itisfectory manner in winch the-e dirties were
pertorrned. We have t' e-pl sane. to ad:?, as an addi
in:nal proof of the success of; the wee iug, and cn tin
gratification it has ~tf 'riled to the supporters of the flirt,
that t-tere are already the "not, eed a ed number of 218
subscribers to the Ascot Stakes for 1848, and that the
oth“r stakes are pregr,,s:it:: most satisfeetorily. The
lacing yesterday comineceeil half an hour c•ailier tha,
usual, aid being eotitin, d to five events, was got over a
an early hour. Gail fields came to ih p .st
Haudi.mo 11.ces, and specula :o.i was tolerably animated
the a3Anianee t °rum; classes an,
a few lasilluotabies who have been stay it% zit the neigh
ootarh,,od. Toe rye. s (mime off
Second Coiss of the Wokingham Stak a of 5 sovs. each
(libwitcal.). Lust three-quarters of the new
(16 subs )
L od Exeter's Bishop of Romr G.b, aged. 9, t 41b
Mr. Merton's Atri,an, ages. B,t 13 b
Mr. Ricardo's The Wilow, ag.d. 7st lib
Tue tollovving wer.• not placid :
Mr. Roit's ...;ollingwoott, Mr. Stephenson's Doctrine
Lord Chesterfield's Cherry, .11r. S todford's Kitrble•
..orth, Mr. Herbert's f by Elis, out of alessa, Duke ol
Beautort's I by :Esmeralda, out of assassin, and Mr,
Mitchell's Sultan.
Betting-4 to 1 agst Bishop of Rom rord's Cob, 4to 1
agst African, 4 to 1 agst KimtOesworth, 5 to 1 agst
Assassin, 5 to 1 agst Cherry, and 7 to 1 agst Doctrine.
Cherry took the lead, and with the Cob and
African in waiting, made play at a goad
pace, until within a distance and a halt
of home; the Cob then took up the runr.ing,. went in
with a gradually impioving lead, and won by do
lengths, the Widow a good third, and the Assassin filly
four:h. Sultan ruptured a blood vessel atter starting,
threw his jockey and fell, but recovered in a short time;
the boy was not hurt. Run in 1 min. 21 sec.
Swepstakea 50 soya each, h ft, for th, ee yrs old; colts,
Bst lib; filltezt, Bit 41b; those by untried stallions, or
out of untried mares, allowed 41b. New mile. (6 Subs.)
Lord Stradbroke's Conings4 (Nat) 1
Mr. Watsori's Dr. Goodall (41b)
5 to 2 and 3 to 1 on Cuningsby, who waited on the
Doctor to the stand, and won in u canter by two lengths,
Run in 1 min. 58 sec.
The First Class of the, Wokingham Stakes.
Lord Chesterfield rid Pic-nic, 5 yrs, 7st 11lb ...(Nat)
Mr. Shelley's Millwood, 3 yria 51b
2
Mr. A. W. Hill's The Cur, 5 yrs, Bst 71b 3
Mr. C. H. Moore's Wooden Wall, 4 yrs, 7st 71b 4
The following also started but were not placed:— Mr.
Drinkald's Mistress Jean, Captain Gambier's Dean Swift,
Mr. Drewitt's Canapencro, Mr. S. Scott nd Elimia, Mr.
E. R. Clarke's Miles's Boy, Lord J. Russell's f by Camel
or Nonsense, out of the Queen of the Gipsies dam, Mr.
Death's Guaracha.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Pic-nic, 3to 1 agst Millwood, and
4to 1 agst The Cur. Dean Swift, Millwood, and Lord
J. Scott's filly, went off in front, which they kept to
;.heurselvestothe road ; Pic-nic then took up the run-
ning, was never afterwards headed, and won cleverly by
a length. Run in 1 min. 19 scc.
Three Hundred Sovs., the gift of the Great Western
Railway Company, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs.
each ; for three yrs old, and upwards ; the second to
secure 50 soya. out of the stakes ; winners, extra.
Swinley Course. (48 Subs.)
Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 5 yrs, Bst 31b ..... 1
Lord Exk,ter's Wood-pigeon, 5 yrs, Bst 81b (including
71bextra ..s .................. 2
Mr. Irwin's Patriot, 6 vrs. Bst 71) ........................ 3
.. Colleen
Colons Anson's Don Crasar,
.531yr.rsB,
05ysett4,,s1,b
also start,eodr,esbtuFtble.erer,
not
placed
atonit.htys:
The following
BLaowrdn,Sstriardibir.oFkiee'estLwyoondc,e,urs
Bieayr,Bonvl
Whirligig, Count Batthyany's Tragical, Mr. Leigh's
cChoirldre,sctDC,aurgdh,tMerr.oSt. tteptehesntsaorn, 'ssiDr Doctrine, Baron
and Mr. Winch's Faunus.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Lady Wildair, 7to 2 agst Wood-
niqann. 4 to 1 agst Don emsar, anu 1 t 1
net
Tragical.
a of eat F'ower made"the running, followed by Lynceus,
j Vanity, and Tragical, all the others lying veiy well np.
No change was observable until they appro;ehed the
distance, where Lady Wildair took the lead, and with
Wood pigeon and Patriot next, carried the running on
to the end, winning by a length; the same between the
secoNd and third ; Don Canar a bad fourth; nothitS
else near. Run in 2 min. 40 sec.
The Borough MembWs Plate of 80 Soy's., Wed to a

which,nlc E i.
11‘71p i
11111: —atii.hhee
Epnrgermisihumminortipgrio.celdoaft3Tls.. 0
1014 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange
is ONerEniirof
which,
hg,o
al gold isth 06 .
Englishl 8 per cent.
iindt dearer in 25.58; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being
[ i 2554. 63244; perit follows
than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold
price of 3/. 175.
10%d, '
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange v
13 93 •
w , and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at bort
_l_).ing 13.9 h, it follows that gold is 0.29 per cent. dearer in
Hatuburgh than in London. The course of exchange at Neal
York on London is 107 per cent., and the par of ex-
change between England and America being 109 23-40 per
cent., it follows that the exchange is 2,58 per cent. against
England. But the quoted exchange at' ew York being for
bilk at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from
the above difference.
in 'Ando;
ale clam'
The Duke of Devonshire gives a grand f
pare on Tut sday next, the Bth inst., to his Imperial High-
ness the Grand Duke Constantine, at his beautiful villa at
Chiswick. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince Hereditary
of Lucca, the Heredi Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of
Saxe Weimar, the Duketa
and Duchess of Cambridge, and the
the Duchess of Gloucester, are invited to be present on the
occasion.
ink; QunaN DOWAGER.—We understand that it ie
not the intention of her Majesty the Queen Dowager to again
reside at Cashiobury-park for the winter, from having expe-
rienced but indifferent health while resident there last year.
It is her Majesty's intention, at the advice of her physicians,
to pass the next winter at Madeira for the advantage of the
climate. The Doer Queen will be accompanied by the
principal memberswag of her court. and a limited suite of' do-
mestics; and a vessel of the Royal Navy will convey her
I Majesty to her destination.
HOSPITAL FON CONSUMPTION AT BROMPTON.---rs
Thursday evening, a meeting of governors and direcS2The
took place in the board-room of the above institution. ,_
routine business having been passed, it was stated that
e .
the out-patiente
present sixty beds were occupied. and that
under treatment were six hundred and ninety-seven. Jaci!
Royal Highness the Duke of Canibridge will visit the
building previous to his taking ths chair at the fOrthoMwg
azuzusl fietird.