The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-03 00:00:00

brand Lord George Gordon. The sketch given of
the personal aspect of that celebrated madman is al-
most as vivid ;s the one given by Boz, in his
tale of " Barnahy Runge." The progress of
the riots, however, is more temperately depicted
by the Roman Catholic priest than by the popular
novelist, and hence what is lost in picturesque effect
is gained in accuracy. We shall watch this narrative
of the riots of 1779 and 1780 with interest. The
next article bears a rather odd title for insertion in a
Roman Catholic publication ; it is headed " Catho-
licity in the Dark Ages." The writer endeavours to
vindicate his religion from the accusations with which
it has been very long assailed in respect to the middle
ages. We do not remember to have ever met before
this with a distinct contradiction of and argument
against those accusations upon the Roman Catholic
faith. The subject and the purpose of the contri-
bution
of it must command for it a very general pe-
rusal. We perceive by a note appended to the paper
that the article, together with a continuation, being
" Remarks on the Government Scheme of National
Education," addressed to the Catholics of the United
Kingdom, and dedicated to the Right Rev. Dr. Wise-
man, Bishop of Melipotamus, and President of Oscott
College" is in course of publication in a separate
form. A pleasant melange of anecdotes, inscribed
" Lepida," or, in other words " A 'Wag
gish Chapter of Scraps," with the average number
of criticisms, bring the number to a conclusion. In
lamenting over the decease of the Liberator, Dolnian's
Magazine mourns that "that voice, so pregnant with
wit, and wisdom, and rareA eloquence, will never,
never be heard again, until the last trumpet of the
archangel shall sound." The commemorative notice is
briefly but earnestly written.

THE ME t iiOPuLITAN.
Nearly as this periodical is approaching to the
completion of the two hundredth month of its exist-
ence, it has still some indication of its pristine vigor.
The flavour of its spring-time is still detectable
though considerably diluted. " The Battle of Be-
nevento," which seemed to be almost as in-
terminable as a prize fight might be between
" The Pluckly Crusher" (see "Christopher Tadpole")
and "The Game Chicken" (see "Dombey and Son,")
is at last brought to a conclusion with the twenty-
sixth round—or rather chapter. May it sleep peace
fully in its natural grave—oblivion ! "The Cant of
the Present Age" is a clever conceit by the editor.
"Twining on the Picturesque," being a miniature
criticism upon a book partially published last year, is
followed by tales precisely to the taste of the readers
of the " Metropolitan," engagingly headed " The
Double Romance," " Marmaduke Hutton; or, The
Poor Relation," and " Sir Monk Moyle," the first an .I
last being continuations. " Sir Monk Moyle" suits
our palate but little ; it is flippant and bigotted
throughout. There is not about it the agreeable
flavour of good-fellowship. It is a thing to be spat
rorth derisively, as it deserves. "Copenhagen as it
was" is about the best contribution in the number,
though the writer of it is a sad chatterbox.

THE PEOPLE'S JOURN4L.
In transcribing the following exquisite poem by
John Critchley Prince—one who has drank the true
hippocrene from the chalice of Nature—we shall make
no apology whatever for its unusual length as a
metrical quotation. As Keats says in one of his
delicious sonnets to poor Haydon, " Listen awhile, ye
nations, and be dumb !"
HYMN TO THE CREATOR.

(By J. C. PitincE,nuilioroT:lfours with the Muses.")
Praise unto God! whose single will and might
Upreared the boundless roof of day and night,
With suns, and stars,and gorgeous cloud-wreaths hung;
The 'blazoned veil that hides the Eternal's throne.
The g'orious pavement of a world unknown,
By angels trodden, and by mortals sung.
To God ! who fixed old ocean's utmost bounds,
And bade the moon, in her harmonious rounds,
Govern its waters with her quiet smiles;
Bade the obedient winds, though seeming free,
Walk the tumultuous surface of the sea,
And place man's daring foot u; on a thousand isles!
Praise unto God ! who thrust the rifled hills,
With all their golden veins and gushing rills,
Up from the burning centre, long ago;
Who spread the deserts, verdureless and dun,
And those stern realms, forsaken of the sun,
Where Frost has built his palace-halls of snow

To God ! whose hand hath anchored in the ground
The fbrest-growth of ages, the profound
Green hearts of solitude, unsought of men !
God I who suspends the avalanche, who dips
The Alpine hollows in a cold eclipse,
And hurls the headlong torrent shivering down the glen
Praise unto God ! who speeds the lightning's wing
To fearful flight, making the thunder spring
Abrupt and awful from its sultry lair,
To raise some latent function of the earth,
To bring some natural blessing into birth,
And sweep disc rder from the troabled air t
To God ! who bids the hurricane awake,
The firm rock shudder, and the mountain quake
With deep and unextinguishable fires;
Who urges ghastly pestilence to wrath,
Sends withering famine on his silent path,
The holy purpose hid from our profane aesires.
Praise unto God ! who fills the fruitful soil
With wealth, awaking to the hand of toil,
With germs of beauty, and abundance, too •

Who benrls athwart the footstool of the skies
His braided sunbow of resplendent dyes,
Melting in rain-drops from the shadowy blue!
To God 1 who sends the seasons, " dark or bright,"
Springs frequent resurrection of delight;
Summer's mature tranquillity of mien ' •
The generous flush of the autumnal time,
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A lowly dweller on this lovely sphere—
This temporary home to mortals given •
Which holds its silent and unerring way
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To God ! who sent me hither to prepare,
By wordless worship, and by uttered prayer,
-By suffering, humility, and love,
By sympathies and deeds, from self apart,
Nursed in the inmost chambers of the heart,
For that transcendent lite of purity and love 1"
With such original contributions as this the People's
Journal is in truth calculated to elevate the thoughts
of the population. One improvement, however, we
would suggest to the editor; that is, a better selec-
tion of subjects for his illustrations than the silly pic-
ture, by Alfred Taylor, of a Boy selling Peppermint
and Ginger Drops, or the • indifferent engraving of
Three Italian Boys, from a water colour painting, by
Oakley. Portraits of eminent men, and especially of
public benefactors would surely be preferable.

STATE OF TRADE.

(From Ferguson aed Taylor's Monthly glade Circular,
cruel Manchester Prices Current.)
The month just conduled has been one of great trial
to the interests embarked in the cot ton inaeulactures of
this country, and it is most satisfactory to observe that
the crisis, so far, has been pasted without having been
' attended by any of those commercial disruptions which
have usually accompanied former periods of less severe
monetary restriction; thus affording a pretty sure proof
that the business of this district has latterly been con-
ducted on sound and prudential pt inciples. Under the
combined disadvantages of a stringent money-market,
and a rapid and extraordinary advance in the prices of
corn and provisit ns, no other effect could be expected
than a paralysed demand for manufactures, and con-
sequently, during the earlier part of the mouth, the
enerations of buyers were almost entirely suspended
Prices, under such circumstances, naturally tended down
wards, but the decline was not nearly so great as might
have beers expected from the operation of such powerfully
depressing influences. Spinners and manufacturers
having circumscribed their cotton operations and other
liabilities within the narrowest compass possible, hive
found themselves also suppered by the cemparative
lightness of stocks, and therefore, notwithstanding the
contraction of demand on the one hand, and the difficul-
ties of discounts on the other, there have been fewer
sacrifices made of goods than we ever remember at any
similar periods of monetary scarcity. It is also a grati-
fying sign of the times, and of the progress of correct
opinions amongst the operative classes, that notwith-
standing the severe privations to which large masses of
them have been exposed by the high prices of food and
loss of employment and wages by the partial or total
stoppage of so many of our factories, we have had no
tumultuous assemblages to alarm the public peace, such
as a few years ago always followed in Manchester upon
times like the present. The recent change in the weather
and the rapid progress of vegetation in this country, corn-
bined with the highly favourable reports of the prospects
of the continental harvests, have given ae improved tone
to this market within the past ten days. The interven-
tion of the Whitsuntide holidays prevented business
operations during the past week, but to-day there has
been a marked activity. and sellers have in many in-
stances established an advance ; the greater ease in the
money market, and the declining value of bread stuffs,
are a gratifying change in the right direction ; and if
the, present splendid harvest prospects continue, we may
expect a speedy revival in the home and colonial demand
for our manufactures, and, consequently, an upward
movement in prices, in aid of which latter, the rates of
cotton (which are steadily progressing) and the limitation
of prod uetion a hich still continues, will be found operating.
Our impression is that the present is a favourable time for
investing in yarns and goods, since any decline in the
value appears impossible, under the circumstances of the
short supply of the raw material, whereas, if money be-
come cheaper, and the cost of food be materially re-
duced, which appears highly probable, capital is very
likely to be attracted to our manufactures (the produc-
tion of which will be limited by the deficient 'supply of
cotton), as a lucrative speculation. Great intereqs are
at stake upon the issue of the next six weeks or two
months. If the weather continue auspicious, we have
little doubt that the autumn trade will be in the highest
degree satisfactory.
GOODS MARKET.—As already said, the operations dur-
ing the month have been exceedingly limited, and priees
have been, in consequence, very irregular. The manu-
facture of 26-inch Printers of the lower fabrics (31bs. to
31bs. 60z.), has been almost entirely abandoned, but the
better class of this width have been most sought after,
from motives of economy, as substitutes for 27 inch
makes. The prices of the narrower fabrics have there-
fore been better sustained. There has been but little
demand for the better descriptions of Printing Cloths
-luring the month, and the prices of good 66 reeds have
ranged at about 4s. 6d. to 4s. 9d., and 72 reeds at ss. to
ss. 3d.; to-day higher rates are demanded and have been
conceded. Stocks are not heavy. 9-Bth Maddapolams
are depressed, and are the turn lower than last
month, but manufacturers are firmer to-day
in their demands. 36-inch Shirtings have been
only of limited demand, but as stocks are very moderate
there has been no decline in prices; to-day they are
hardening. 40-inch G. E. India Long Cloths have
been comparatively neglected, and in some few cases a
rather considerable decline has been submitted to by
parties anxious to make sales. A large parcel of 72
reeds of a very fair make, weighing rather better than
9illes. having been bought at 9s. 6d. ; higher prices are
now demanded. Good 66 reeds are quoted at about Is.
per pound, and 72's at Is. ld.—prices which will not
pay the manufacturer, whilst fair Orleans Cotton ranges
at 7d. to 70. per lb. There has been a fair demand for
45 and 50-inch makes, which being of more limited
production, are somewhat higher in price than the ttar-
rower fabrics. G. E. Cambrics and Jacconets are little
inquired for, and the prices paid are complained of as
being unretnunerative to the producers. Domestics and
.
Stout Long Cloths are moderately plentiful Stock,
notwithstanding the diminished supply, and prices have
therefore been with difficulty sustained. The advancing
rates of Cotton have had the effect of making holders
rather firm, but no advance has yet been obtained.
Fustians and Velvets remain without change in prices,
and the demand very limited. Printed Cottons are much
depressed, very little being done in them during the
month, either for home demand or export ; Stocks,
however, are very light.
YARN MARKET —The yarn market, during the former
part of May, was quiet, but in the last fortnight there
has been more doing by the Germans and Russians,
who now buy freely any yarns they can meet with at
moderate rates. The Greeks have also shown more

disposition to buy, but only at low rates. The trans-
actions for India are exceedingly limited, if not entirely
suspended Doubled yarns and warps and cops aro in
good demand. The advance obtained in cotton last week
puts the spinner in as bad a positi,n as at any time
,tiring the year, and must check any increased produc-
tion.

BRADFORD MARKET.—WOOI remains in the same
state as at the date of our last issue, without any change
worthy of note. The same remarks apply to yarns,
which are in limited demand, and yield no remuneration
to the spinners. Piece goods are yet in excellent re-
quest, with every prospect of a continuance for some
time to come, the only exception being lastings, which
are entirely neglected at present, and may be bought at
the very lowest rates. Best hand-loom, 6in the reed,
No. 35 quality, are quoted at 365. 6d. for black; power-
loom makes, at Is. to Is. 6d. per piece less. Makers of
these latter can only realise by sacrificing, say from Is.
to 2s. 6d. per piece below the cost of production. In
other respects this market is rather improving, with fair
orders for the United States. Should the anticipated
demand for the home trade spring up, which the present
favourable weather bids fair to hasten, an extensive
autumn business may be expected.
COTTON MARKET.—The improvementd in money
matters, and the decline in the value of bread stuffs,
have served to stimulate the Liverpool market. Spinners
running bare of supply, have availed themselves of the
holidays, thinking of doing a quiet business at the re-
duced rates, but the number of operators gave an im-
pulse to the markets, and the rates of American were
advanced id. to id. per lb , the sales of last week amount-
ing to nearly 40,000 bags ; prices quoted for Fair
Boweds being bid. to 63d. ; Orleans, 60. to 70 ; Per-
nuns, 71d. to 81d. ; Egyptian, 7d. to 72d. From the
last advices, we learn that the deficiency in the receipts
at the ports of the United States were estimated (15th
May) at 221,000 bales, but some difference of opinion
exists as to the actn deficiency in weight. Already
rumours are put into circulation to influence opinion
respecting the growing crops, the best cotton lands in
the States of Mi-sissippi and Louisiana being represented
as under overflow, whilst the 'rime of the caterpillar
are viewed with apprehension in other States. It
is high tim., that some great movement should be made,
with the view to removing the obstacles which at pre-
sent impede the culture of the cotton plant in our pos-
sessions in India, and our colonies in British Guiana, the
Cape of Good Elope, &c., in order that so vast a trade as
our cotton manufactures should not be dependent on the
present limited sources of supply. It seems highly pro-
bable that the value of the staple will be maintained for
some time, especially as the sdvices which will be taken
out by the packet of the 4th instant, will give firmness
to holders on the other side, and the limited stocks held
here will enable the possesscrs to dictate theirown terms
to consumers. With these circumstances in view, it is
evident that higher prices must be paid for yarns and
goods, or " short time" must be persevered in.

REFUGE FOR PRISONERS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—The new system about to be developed by Go-
vernment of employing prisoners during their sentence,
will soon prove the great advantage over the present
one, and will work as well here as in the Continental
prisons, where the recommitments have thus been re-
duced at least 25 per cent.
Granting tickets of leave on their arrival to those
transported whose conduct justifies their beximing tree
settlers for life, is another good feature, and both
measures are a large instalment gained by the com-
mittee and a considerable advance in the right direction.
Thanks to public opinion and to the press for the pro-
gress thus made in the cause of justice atd of mercy,
much praise is also due to the Duke of Richmond, the
Marquis of Westminster, Earl Denbigh, the Bishops of
London, of Norwich, and of Oxford, as well as the
influential of both Houses, for their able advocacy in
Parliament, of the humane measure which is also in ac-
cordance with the opinion of Richard Cobden, expressed
to me as follows :—" Most cordially do I sympathise
with you in your views upon the subject of the necessity
of employing those discharged from custody. I scarcely
know any other question in our social economy that so
loudly calls for the attention of all humane and en-
lightened patriots, I wish I were able to co-operate with
you, but I am worn in another cause."
It is the duty of the State to punish rigorously, but, at
the same time, it is its bounden duty to prevent crime,
and as the remedy is in the power of the Legislature,
who by education can save the juveniles, it has also the
power to provide employment for adult=, and save
thousands from being the inmates of our gaols for life;
and if only a portion of the immense annual expenditure
of our criminal jurisprudence (in repeatedly prosecuting
the same individual) were employed in the cultivation of
the large tracts of waste lands in this country and our
colonies, it would not only yield a large return for the
outlay, but would prove a remedy for emergency and
scarcity of food to which we are liable.

Not only would it be a productive labour, but a great
moral saving, as welt as a test of the worthiness or
worthlessness of individuals, who might by such means
be enabled to return again to industrious habits, or the
country be at once relieved of so many contaminating
and expensive criminals, who are the continued pests of
Society.—l am, your obliged servant,
JOHN LAURIE.
1, Hyde Park-place, June 1, 1847.

THE LATE MR. O'CONNELL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—The unanimous regret shown by all parties
really acquainted with Mr. OConnell's lite and actions,
leaves now but the last tribute we can pay to him (ex-
cepting the historian) in the manner we shall sr should
demonstrate over those great remains.
I think, taking him for all in all, notwithstanding
many differences of opinion with regard to O'Connell's
motives, he has shown during his life towards England,
many struggles by his eloquence and influence to benefit
this country. We ought, therefore, to testify our regret
at some public meeting, the great loss we have sustained,
for his name and influence in this country, his own,
and, you may say the whole civilized world, bas left a
blank which no one will ever fill. Even the House of
Commons has lost one of its greatest ornaments—one of
the people's best friends. He was the advocate of the
slave—the advocate of commerce—the advocate of free
religion—the advocate of peace.
As an Englishman, and a Protestant, I deeply regret
his loss. The many times I have been one of the au-
dience Mr. O'Connell addressing, I look in vain, and
shall look I think, for one to touch again the quick
feelings of an admiring audience.
I admire the lYst feelings which have been shown by
the Press. Mr. O'Connell, his actions, motives, and
ways, have employed the faculties of the talented Press
many years. It has lost one of its chief arguments.
I am, Sir, very respectfully,
AN ENGLISHMAN.
Mile End-road, June Ist, 1847.

ELOPEMENT.—Last week great excitement pre-
vailed in the neighbourhood of Chapel-street, Luton, owing
to a report, which was industriously circulated, to the
effect that a merchant of the town, a married man, had
eloped with a married lady. The gentleman, whose wares
ccaisist of rags, bones, and old clothes, had succeeded, by
the extraordinary grace of six feet three inches, in in-
sinuating himself into the good opinion of the lady, who—
to show a woman's devotion for the man of her choice—
consented to bid adieu to a large husband and small
family, and share the fortunes of her paramour. Ac-
cordingly, the worthy couple proceeded en route for
the metropolis; and having !cached a place where the prying
eye of curiosity could not peer upon them, they halted to
recruit their strength and enjoy the novelty of their situ-
ation. The gentleman, whose organ of caution was in full
exercise, began to marvel at his temerity, and expressed his
chleimtesrenllfinatigni of going back to Luton, and after showing
his acquaintance, to return and escort the
lady onward. Acting upon this manoeuvre, in order to
prevent any disagreeable reflections being cast upon his
character, he entered the town, and to make sure that
his presence was known, he invited two companions to
join him in discussing the merits of a pot or two of porter,
but his feelings arising with the stimulus of the liquor, he
communicated the secret to them. The pot, which was the
bond of their friendship, had no sooner been left behind, than
the sceret oozed out with the excitement of the liquor,
and found its way to the relatives of the lady. Two of her
brothers accordingly went in search of the delinquent, and
meeting him just as he was upon the point of taking his de-
parture to rejoin his mistress, they accused him ofthe act,
which he smilingly denied. Their indignation at his conduct
being too big for words, the parties assumed a threaten-
ing attitude, and six feet three inches was thereupon soundly
thrashed, and knocked into the middle of the road, where he
boldly exerted himself in crying out murder, to the no small
amusement of a few spectators; but a cart coming down the
road, the driver of which feeling inclined to put an end to his
cries by running over him, he jumped up, took to his heels,
and finally disappeared. A vehicle was then procured, and
the o lady" brought back to her family, after an absence of a
day and a night.—iferts Mercury.
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a strange position for its nest, near the Plumpton- station, on
the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. It has placed its nest
in a hollow beneath one of the permanent rails of the line, over
which trains are passing hourly. The nest at present con-
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TIIN SUN, LONDON, TRURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1847.

PRINCESS S THEATRE.

A highly interesting and amusing petite comedy, under
the title of Romance and Reality, was produced for the first
time at this theatre on Tuesday. The story upon which the
piece hangs is exceedingly simple, but the plot is so well
developed, and the dialogue so excellent and spirited, that
the interest of the piece is maintained throughout. In the
first scene three married ladies—Florence, Emily, and Isa-
bella—who were once schoolfellows, and are now only in the
meridian of their beauty, are congratulating each other upon
meeting after an absence of several years. The conversation
turns upon the incidents they have encountered since their
separation, and they narrate the circumstances which attended
their respective marriages. Isabella, whose story was the most
romantic, was left a widow shortly after her marriage, but in
travelling through Spain afterwards, she met with a Count
Serano, who secured her affections, and who she took to be
the height of perfection, for, besides being handsome in
person, he had the additional qualification of being exceed-
ingly chivalrous. Unfortunately, however, her jealousy was
excited by seeing the Count pay his attentions to a lady at a
bed masque, and in a rage she tore off the mask of the lady,
who she discovered was no less a person than the sister of the
Count. A quarrel ensued between the Count and Isabella,
and the latter returns to England. Florence, whose father
was a rich merchant, was compelled to marry a Captain
Montague, who she had never seen before, but on the day the
ceremony took place her husband was ordered off with dis-
patches to Spain, and she had not heard from him for some time.
Emily, who professed to have a more sensible idea of matri-
mony than her two friends, had married a Chaaceryibarrister
of some eminence and ability, and with whom she lived in
great happiness. Such was the state of the three ladies.
Florence, who had a great idea of the romantic, was delighted
with Isabella's graphic description of the chivalrous Count,
and was almost disposed to fall in love with him and forget
her husband. The conversation of these three heroines
was over heard by Vincent Dunbar, the husband
of Emily, who determines to assume the disguise of the
Count Serano, in order to see how far Florence's romance
would lead her. lie accordingly announces his arrival, and
had an interview with Florence, and succeeded in securing
her affections. In the meantime, her husband arrives from
Spain, where he had been detained as a prisoner, and is
astonished at the coldness with which he is received
by his wife, who, almost admits, by her manner,
that her affections are retained by some other
person. The mischievous Count, otherwise barrister in
disguise, however, in his next interview with the lady,
purposely makes himself so disagreeable, and advances his
suit so rudely, that she is glad to withdraw her affections
and return them to her husband. The barrister having suc-
ceeded in curing the lady of the romance, at length throws
off his disguise, to the astonishment of all parties, and ex-
plains that the Count has not arrived from Spain, but that
he was soon expected, and would no doubt consummate the
happiness of Isabella by making her his wife. The different
characters were sustained with great spirit and ability, and
the piece was loudly cheered at its conclusion.

STATE OF THE CORN MARKETS

IN FRANCE.

The proceedings of the past week show a decided im-
provement in the general aspect of affairs. In no part of
France have we to report an advance in prices—in seve-
ral districts a slight fall has taken place—and, in the ge-
nerality of markets, matters are calm, and giving pro-
mise of lower quotations. The fineness of the weather
throughout the kingdom giving promise of an abundant
harvest, has had an effect on prices ; speculators no
longer engage in affairs of importance ; a hand-to-
mouth kind of business at present prevails, the only
object in view being to get through the ten or twelve
weeks that must elapse before the new grain can
be in the markets. In all the markets of the interior
buyers now purchase as little as possible ; and the acti-
vity which a couple of months ago was perceptible in the
inland markets is now removed exclusively to the sea-
ports, and particularly to Marseilles and Havre. At both
these ports, particularly the latter, purchases have been
made during the week for England. Prices are at present
higher in London that at Havre. Wheat at the former
place is from 44f. to 50f. the hectolitre, whilst at the
latter it is only 40f. to 42f. American flour is also sold
at London at 651. to 67f. the barrel, whilst at Havre
it is only 551. to 57f. This difference is so great
as to cause fears to be entertained of its pro-
ducing an effect on prices in France. But
supposing a temporary advance was thereby caused, still
the position of France is superior to that of other na-
tions. Not only are supplies expected to succeed each
other with regularity, but the harvest will be, in the
usual course of things, a fortnight or three weeks at
least earlier than in England, Belgium, or Holland. If,
therefore, no demand were to arise from England
tending to advance prices, it might be considered pretty
certain that corn and sour would go no higher in
France before the new harvest, and that the supply
until then is assured. Looking at the general rua
of affairs during the week, we find in all the markets
round Paris a slight decline ; the supply is not large,
but purchases are made so cautiously that sellers
are obliged to lower their pretensions. In Normandy
prices are firm at former quotations, and the same is the
case in the north; the conduct of the socides de prevoy-
anift, in attempting to supply the markets, and thus
keeping away the trade, has in no small degree, as we
have stated on former occasions, contributed to this re-
sult. In Alsace and Lorraine prices are stationary in
some markets, but lower in the generality. In the Vosges
a decided fall has taken place. In Champagne and
Burgundy prices are the same, but the quantity con-
sumed appears to have diminished; indeed, this fact
of a dimunition in the consumption appears to be
remarked in most parts of the kingdom, partly owing to
the necessity of economy being more and more felt,
and partly from the coming in in abundance of spring
vegetables. The south is stationary ; Marseilles has had
largo arrivals, but no small quantity of grain has been
taken off to Belgium and to England. Boni, aux mid
Bayonne maintain their former pricei, but the tenleney
is rather downwards. Brittany is also unchanged. In
Paris prices have fallen. Scarcely any thing was done
in wheat.—Galignani's Messenger.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty the
Queen Dowager, attended by the Earl and Countess Howe,
the Earl and Countess Brownlow, the Hon. Miss Seymour,
and the Hon. William Ashley, honoured the nerformances at
her Majesty's Theatre, on Tuesday evening, with her presence.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
attended by the Baroness Hammerstein, the Earl of Clare,
the Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmund St. John Mildmay,
were also present. Her Majesty's box was occupied by the
Duchess of Norfolk, Lady Mary Howard, Lady Adeliza
Howard, the Hon. Robert Clive, Mr. Grant, and the Hon.
Mr. and Mrs. Dalrymple. Amongst the general company
were :—The Duke and Duchess of Leeds, the Duke and
Duchess of Cleveland. the Duke de Palmella, the Marquis
and Marchioness of Druro, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Clanricarde, the Marquis of Huntley. the Marchioness
(Dowager) of Downshire, the Marquis of Donegal, the Mar-
pie and Marchioness of Sligo, the Marchioness of Ely, the
.Marchioness of Blandford, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl
of Scarborough, the Earl Fitzwilliam, the Earl of Cardigan,.
the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Earl of Bective,
the Baroness Brunnow, Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner, and
the Viscountess Dungannon' his Excellency the Hanoverian
Minister, M. C. de Koudriaffaky, Viscount Cantilupe, Lord
and Lady Charles Wellesley, Lord Sandys, Lord Byron, Lord
William Powlett, Lord and Lady Pollington, Lord Berwick,
Mr. and Lady Augusta Wentworth, Lord and Lady Ernest
Bruce, Lady Fitzroy Somerset and Miss Somerset, Lady
Willoughby D'Eresbv, Lady Colborne, Lady Stratford Can-
ning, Lady Sarah Lindsey, Lady Wombwell, Lady Byron,
Sir J.Yar.e Buller, M.P., and Lady Buller, Sir George Womb-
well, Sir A. Barnard, Sir G. Talbot, Hon. General Upton,
Hon. F. Willoughby D'Ersby, Colonel Bowers, Mr. Cullen
Smith, Mr. Norman Macdonald, Mr. Painther, Mr. Josiah
Bailey, M.P., Mr., Mrs., and Miss Brereton Trelawny, Mrs.
Whitbread, Mr. and Mrs. Byng, Mr. Esington, Mr. Stratford
Canning, Mr. Stewart, Mrs. Bury, Capt. Smith, Major
Buckley, Mrs. Crawshay, Baron Goldsmid, &c., &c.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT. GARDEN.—OII
Tuesday evening her Majesty's box was occupied by the
Countess of Jersey, Lady Clementine Villiers, Lady Rendle-
sham, and the Hon. Miss Thellusson. There were also pre-
sent his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of
Granby, Marquis of Huntley, Marquis of Kildare, Marquis
of Donegal, Marquis de Lisboa, the Count de Jarnac, Count
Louis de Noailles, Earl Bruce, Earl Grosvenor, Earl of
Cadogan and the Ladies Cadogan, Viscount and Viscountess
Castlereagh, Viscount Morpeth, Viscount Templetown, Lord
Brooke, Lord Carington, Lady Camoys, Lord Foley and the
Hon. Miss Foley, Lord Henry Lennox, Mr. and Lady Caro-
line Maxse, C. Townley, Esq., and Lady Caroline Townley,
Lady John Beresford and Miss Leslie, Lord George Manners,
Hon. John Fortescue, Hon. Mrs. Tollemache, Hon. Francis
Stonor and the Hon. Misses Stonor, lion. George Byng,
Baron Palavecini, Sir Bellingham and Lady Graham, Sir
Alexander and Lady Spearman, Admiral Sir E. Ckidrington
and the Misses Codrington, Sir Oflley Wakeman, Sir Henry
Webb, Sir Thomas Hare, Sir Robert Lynch Blosse, Sir
Jasper and Lady Atkinson, Sir Charles Ibbotson, Sir Michael
Shaw Stewart, Sir Augustus, Lady, and Miss Clifford, Sir
Arthur Aston, Sir J. Campbell, K.C.T.S., and Lady Camp.
bell. Sir E. Johnson, Sir Coutts Lindsay, Sir Charles Mar-
shall, General P. Campbell, Colonel George Knox, W. Wil-
shere, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Wilsbere, Mrs. Mountjoy Martyn,
W. Ewart, Esq., M.P., Miss Byrne, Captain and Mrs. Crowle,
G. T. Braine, Eq., and Mrs. Braine, Edward Delatield, Esq ,
Arthur Webster, Esq., Mr. and -.l.rs. George Stuart, Mr. and
Mrs. Coghlan, Mr. and Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Chai les Mills, H.
Halsey, Esq., Lady Helton, H. Bailey, Esq., J. H. Smith,
Esq., Charles Deane, Esq., Mr.. St. Quintin, A. Rebello, Esq.,
Fitzpatrick Hume, Esq., Mrs. Hope, &c.
MAAYLEBONE ELECTION.—Mr. Dyke, Chairman of
Mr. John Bagahawe'sCommittee, yesterday morning received
a letter from that candidate, withdrawing from the contest.
The interest of the majority-of his_ friends, who are the most
influential body in the borough (the Reform Association ), is
transferred to Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart. But it is in-con-
templation to ascertain the relative position of that noble-
man and Mr. D. Salomons by a ballot of the electors, such as
was had previous to the last election to determine the chances
of Sir C. Napier and Mr. Young. At a meeting of electors
and non-electors, held on Tuesday at the Assembly-rooms, in
Circus-street, a resolution was passed condemnatory of this
latter plan, and a committee was appointed to call public
meetings.
INDIAN POSTAGE.—The following Post-office ar-
rangement with respect to letters and newspapers by the
East India Company's express came :into operation on Tues-
day, the Ist of June:—" Persons in this country may for-
ward private correspondence by the Government express
from Bombay to Calcutta and Madras; all persons desirous
of availing themselves of this privilege will be required to
mark upon the covers of their letters the words 'By express
from Bombay;' and, in addition to this special address, it
will be necessary that all letters intended to be forwarded by
the way of Southampton should be endorsed as hitherto.
The postage to be charged in India on the delivery of letters
sent by this express will be in addition to the ordinary inland
rates ; viz., one rupee for every letter not exceeding half a tole
in weight; two rupees for every letter above half a tola, but
not exceeding one tola in weight ; four rupees for every letter
above one tole, but not exceeding two toles in weight; two
toles being the maximum weight of letters to be conveyed
by express. On Newspapers—Each newspaper-office in Cal-
cutta and Madras will be allowed to receive two newspapers
at the ordinary rates of inland postage; on all other news-•
papers forwarded by express a postage of five rupees will be
charged, and no newspaper will be received for the express
exceeding three toles in weight. N.B.—One tola and a
quarter is nearly equivalent to 11al.f, an ounce avoirdupois.
The rupee is about is. 104. English
We regret to announce the demise of the Right
Hon. Lady
Madeline Palmer,
er, who. expired on Tuesday, in
Chapel-street, Grosvenor-place, in her seventy-sixth year.
Her Ladyship was the second daughter of George, fourth
Duke, and sister of George, fifth and last Duke of Gordon,
and was twice married ; first to the late Sir Robert Sinclair,
Bart., and secondly to the late Charles Fyshe Palmer, Esq.
Her Ladyship bad but one son, Sir John Gordon Sinclair,
Bart., who ikicceeds to her Ladyship's estates. '1 he Duchess
dowager of Bedford and the Marchioness Cornwallis are the
oalr turflifiDg alitara ci Lady Kulelius Palmer.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
On Tuesday a Court was held in consequence of the
application of Dr. Lynch and a number of the inhabi-
tants of various divisions of the ward of Farringdon
Without, relative to the sanatory condition of that ward.
The galleries were crowed with the constituency, and, by
the direction of the Lord Mayor, crowds of strangers
were allowed to sit within the bar of the Court, the in-
terest excited by the notice of the discussion being so
great as completely to obstruct the avenue to the Council
Chamber.
The preliminary matter having been speedily disposed
of, Dr. Lynch was called upon to proceed with the peti-
tion of the ward of Farringdon Without.
Mr. King moved that the standing order, that " no
petition or memorial be received by the Court before
two o'clock in the afternoon unless the other business
on the paper be completed before that time," be read
lie objected to the irregularity which the consideration
of the petition before the stated hour, according to the
standing orders, was calculated to sanction, and sug-
gested the propriety of moving the suspension of the
standing order.
M. Anti‘Tton—Certainly, the Court was appointed
for the consideration of the particular subject. I shall,
therefore, move that the standing order be suspended, in
order that the subject of the petition be at once enter-
tained,
The question that the standing order be , suspended
w s negatived by 61 to 30.
FRAUDS IN THE COLLECTION OF TBE WINE DUES.
The i.utject of the late extraordinary frauds in the col-
lection of the City's dues on wines, which has caused so
much excitement in the corporation, was then entered
upon.

The following are extracts from the report of the
committee of officers and clerks to whom it was referred
to consider the nature, duties, and emoluments of the
office of collector of the City's dues on wines, and the
necessary regulation to be adopted for its future ma-
nagement:—
" We are of opinion that the following regulations
should be adopted:—
"That the person to be appointed be required to
attend personally to the receipts of the dues, and any
deputy on his part to act only in case of his unavoidable
absence; all such cases of absence to be reported to the
Chamberlain, and the receiver to give security against
any misconduct of his deputy.
" That, inasmuch as the scale of charges heretofore
used for many years was computed as nearly as prac-
ticable in conformity with the Act of Parliament, the
same be continued. That the custom of giving credit
be abolished. That the collector be required to pay the
full amount of all moneys 'received by him into the
chamber once in each week at least, accompanied by a
statement in detail setting forth every particula. That
his accounts be audited by the Coal and Corn and
Finance Committee quarterly. That he be required to
give security with two sureties in the sum of .5001.
"Your committee are unanimously of opinion thst
the salary to be allowed to the collector should be 4001.
per annum."
The report, after having certified as to the necessity of
the appointment of a person, to be denominated the
comptroller of the City wine dues, concludes with the
following paragraph:—
"And we, your committee, being of opinion that the
original statements respecting Mr. Fellowes' conduct
connected with his receipts and collections of the City's
dues upon wine have been fully borne out; we have, in
consequedce thereof, directed Mr. Fellowes ;o be pro-
ceeded against criminally, for embezzling various sums
of money received by him; and true bills of indictment
have been found against him for the same."
Mr. BURN (the chairman of the Officers and Clerks'
Committee) moved that the report be agreed to.
Mr. SELSoN called the attention of the Court to the
subject of the extensive frauds to the complete detection
of which the inquiry entered into by Mr. Lart and him-
self had necessarily led, and moved an amendment to
the motion, by adding the following words, viz.—" Ex-
cepting that both elections, viz., of collector and comp-
troller, be with this Court.
Mr. R. L. JONES, as chairman of the committee to
which the subject had been originally referred, declared
that there had not been brought before the committee
any evidence to show that the conduct of the accused
was criminal. The proofs of fraud were not produced
until the investigation advanced. The cemteittee had
acted all through with no object but the desire and the
determination to investigate the truth.—(Hear.)
Mr. LAWRENCE said that nothing could be more un-
just or absurd than the accusation of a committee for
not having acted upon evidence which was never brought
before them. Ihe report, which stated the criminality
of the accused, was founded upon testimony got together
subsequently.—(Hear, bear. )
Mr. LART entered into a justification of the whole
course of his conduct, in detecting and exposing the
gross frauds committed by Mr. Fellowes, who had in a
few years actually received 12,5004 from the public more
than he paid into the chamber.
The motion was then carried, with Mr. Selson's addi-
tion, by a vast majority.
The salary of the collector of wine dues was then
fixed at 4001. a year.
Mr. PRENDFRGAST moved that the thanks of the Court
be given to Mr. St-lson and Mr. Lart for their zeal and
perseverance in inquiring into and detecting the delin-
quencies of a public servant of the corporation.
Mr. STEVENS seconded the motion, which was carried
by acclamation.
Mr. J. Temple was unanimously appointed hall-
keeper of the corporation, and the Court was occupied
in appointing other officers until a late hour, so that Dr.
Lynch and Mr. R. Williams, of Farringdon Ward, were
obliged to walk out, the petitions for sanatory aid being
regularly barked till the 10th of June.

GUERNSEY.
(From thd Guernsey Sun.)
The following correspondence apps ars in' the diiernscy
San :-- 6 15.11,

" Sir kennels Drake Steam packet,
" Stonehow,e, 20;h April, 1847.
" My Lord Duke,—l beg leave very respectfully to
lay before the notice of your Grace (as 'head of th 9
Trinity Board) a subject of immense importance to this
great commercial country. The subject to which lam
about to allude is th necessity of placing a lighthouse-
on the western seaboard of the island of Guernsey.
"1 bag to state to your Grace that I have already
pointed this out to the Secretary of the Trinity Board,
to Admiral Beaufort, hydrographer to the Admiralty,
and to the Committee of Management at Lloyd's, and
they all have acknowledged the positive necessity of
such a light, yet at the same time no measures are being
adopted towards carrying so desirable an object into
effect. The cause appears to be some conflicting interes t
between the elder brethren of the board and the island
authorities.

" I assure your Grace that the annual de3truction
of life and property is so great upon and about
the dangers which surround the Channel Island,,
that common humanity calls aloud on the par-
ties in whom the vested rights are placed to remedy
such a crying evil, and which has been so long
overlooked. This has induced several respe stable and
influential individuals to recommend my bringing the
matter to the notice of your Grace. I beg, further, to
state that I have already furnished detailed statements
to the before-mentioned public boards. Also, that, since
my own personal knowledge of these islands, more than
100,000/. worth of property, and above 300 lives have
been sacrificed. In addition to these, many other
vessels have been lost, of whom nothing has: been known
but that of dead bodies being washed on shore, and frag-
ments of wreck picked up by the natives after a preva-
lence of heavy westerly gales during the dark winter
nights. Every nautical man is surprised and astonished
that such a serious barrier to the navigation of the Bri•

tish Channel as this island presents should have -been
allowed to remain so long in total darkness, when every
other part of the world, where thought necessary, is pro-
perly lighted, so as to warn the mariner of his approach
to danger.
" To trouble your Grace with a further detail of my
remarks on the subjeet would, I feel convinced, be un-
necessary; and I assure you that they are deduced from
my own personal experience, and that I can safely defy
contradiction from any one. I, however, take the li
berty of sending you (as below) a copy of a statement
now before me, made by. that eminent surveyor of the
Channel, Captain Martin White, RN., than whom
better authority cannot be found.
"Trusting your Grace will excuse my troubling you
on the subject, when I assure your Grace that nothing
but humanity and a desire to serve my fellow-creatures
prompted me to do so. I beg most respectfully, your
Grace,

" To subscribe myself
Your Grace's most obedient and very bumble servant,
" WM. SADDLER,
" Commanding Sir Francis Drake Steam-packet."

(Copy.)
" Having been frequently referred to by certain par-
ties in the islands of Guernsey and Jersey for an opinion
as to the utility of a lighthouse on the south-western end
of the former island—viz., Vleinmont, for which it seems
a petition is in course of signature, and having, during a
period of 40 years and upwards, personally experienced
the vicissitudes which attend the navigation among these
islands, and along the French coast—particularly during
the long dark and dreary nights of winter—l consider
the erection of such a building (on the heights above al-
ludt d to) to be of vital importance to the 44terests of
trade generally, and to such vessels as are bound to the
islands more especially, and equally conducive to the
safety of such of her Majesty's cruisers as may at any
time sojourn among this rocky group ; and I do, there-
fore, after mature consideration, earnestly recommend its
adoption.
(Signed) " MARTIN WHITE, Capt. R.N.
" Dated in Jersey, the Bth April, 1847."

REPLY FROM HIS GRACE Till,
LE
oDnUdoKnE, OAFpWriiE2LLI,INGTON.
1847.
" Sir —I have had the honour of receiving your letter
of the 20th instant, referring to the want of a light upon
the western sea-board of the
power, islatdiosf Guernsey.notin,
nl
37
..Although I am the elected master of the Cor-
poration of the Trinity House, iti
and it is my duty to avoid interfering with af-
fairs under the direction and control of the
corporation, excepting in my place at the board.
I have, therefore, transmitted your letter to tilt
deputy master, with a request to him to lay it before the
corporation, together with a copy of this letter ; and
you may rely upon it that the earliest attention will be
paid to the important facts and casualties to which you
have referred, and the means of preventing in future the
evils alluded to.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient
bumble servant,

" WELLINGTON."
IWe perfectly agree with the tenor of the letter of
Captain M. White, R.N., respecting the necessity .of
light on the western side of this island, feeling convinced
that it will be the means of saving twiny lives and much
property,ED, Say.]