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London, England, 1847-02-17 00:00:00

N 0.16,978. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING SUN.
FEBRUARY 17, 1847.

PUBLICATIONS.

RED LION INN and POSTING-HOUSE, BOSTON.
CAROLINE MINTON takes the earliest oppor-
tunity of expressing her grateful thanks to the public for the
very liberal support they have bestowed upon her late husband, and
more especially to those kind friends who have sympathised with
her in her deep of ; and begs most respectfully to inform them
that, with the assistance of her Son, she purposes carrying on the
Red Lion Inn, and the Business attached to it, in all its branches ;
in which she trusts she shall meet with a continuance of their
patronage, which she will endeavour by every effort in her power
to merit. It will be the aim of Caroline Minton and her Son to
retain for the Red Lion Inn the character it has hitherto borne, of
a comfortable Family Hotel ; to increase its accommodation to those
agricultural friends who have so long frequented it ; to extend its
advantages as a Commercial Inn; to pay unremitting attention to
the Posting Department ; and, by selling none but the best Wines
and Spirits, and paying constant regard to the wishes of her guests,
to strive to gain the favourable opinion of every class of her
customers.
The Red Lion Brewery will be conducted as usual, under the
most careful superintendence, and with a due regard to the produc-
tion of the best article, at the lowest prices consistent with a fair
remuneration.
Boston, Feb. 8, 1847.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Her Majesty's Theatre opened last evening for the season,
and, notwithstanding the difficulties with which Mr. Lumley
has had to contend, notwithstanding that it opened with an
almost entirely new orchestra, an entirely new chorus, and,
with one exception, an entirely new company, the opening
night of the season of 1847 is without comparison the best
opening night of any opera season within our remembrance.
The orchestra is the most perfect that has ever performed
within these walls—more full and more complete than the
former orchestra; there is also a greater degree of-ensemble in
its performance. Mr. Balfe conducts it as though it were
one great instrument, which he guides according to his vo-
lition. It has, moreover, the advantage of numbering among
its members the Chevalier Anglois, the greatest contrabassist
in the world, who is what Dragonetti was twenty years ago.
The orchestra is peculiarly rich in bass instruments, and the
effect produced by the unison of the violincellos, the double
basses, the trumpets, and the trombones, is indescribably
sublime. The chorus, too, is very strong, and admirably
drilled, and, unlike the old chorus, instead of arranging them-
selves in a semicircle on the stage, each chorus singer is an
actor and takes a part in the scene. They divide into groups
and re-unite, and act, instead of standing still like automatons.
The greatest credit is due to Mr. Balfe for the infinite
pains he must have taken in making the orchestra and chorus
so perfect, and we congratulate Mr. Lumley on having en.
gaged the most perfect orchestra, and the most perfect chorus
ever heard within these walls. The opera was Donizetti's La
Faverita, the plot and music of which is familiar to every
English playgoer, and the following was the cast :
Fernando, Signor Gardoni (his first appearance in this
country); Alfonso XI., King of Castile, Signor Superchi (his
first appearance); Baldassan, Signor Bouche (his first ap-
pearance); Leonora, Mdlle. Sanchioli; Ines, Mdlle. Nascio
(her first appearance in this country). Signor Gardoni is
quite worthy of the high fame which ha has acquired. His
voice is a tenor of moderate power, of considerable compass,
of great flexibility, and of excessive sweetness. It is capable
of great variety of expression, and is completely under ma-
nagement. Judging from his Fernando, we should say that
the tender and the pathetic is his forte. In Elvino, for in-
stance, we should 'vine that he would be inferior only to
Rubini. He is a remarkably handsome man. His features
are perfectly classical. To look at him in repose he seems
the model of some antique statue. The duet with Sanchioli in
the first act was exquisitely given, and the grand scene at the
conclusion of the third act, in which he casts his broken

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARIPER TO THREE.
The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was very dull,
and the sales amounted only to 1,000 bales, at about previous
rates.—Shares were neglected.
The sale of Railway Shares yesterday, by Messrs. Lantond
and Co., proceeded without much alteration; prices were
steady, and a good proportion of the shares were sold. The
following are a few of the principal sales :
East Indian ... XI 8 6
Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia ...... 0 5 0
Great Western of Bengal 0 5 6
Calcutta and St. George's Point 0 4 0
Boston. Stamford, and Birmingham 1 13 6
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole
Eastern Counties
Eastern Counties, York Extension ... 411 6
Shropshire Union and Canal 1 6 6
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3 15 0
Newmarket and Cheeterford..
Cornwall 0 17 0
North Staffordshire
Manchester and Southampton 1 11 0
North British, Extension 1 6 0
Great Northern (London and York Reg.) 3 16 0
Buckinghamshire .
Taw Vale Extension and Dock .. 3 5 0
The large majority against Lord Qeorge Bentinck's Rail-
way Bill for Ireland has afforded much satisfaction
here, because it will afford Government a reasonable
opportunity of proposing its financial measures unshackled
by engagements previously entered into by Parliament.
Most persons expect a plan from Lord John Russell that will
partly meet the object sought by the protectionists, and not
derange the money market so much. Until the budget is
announced, it is not considered probable that the Bank of
England will further advance the rate for discounts.
Advices of December 20, from the Cape of Good Hope,
state that there had been no farther hostilities between the
Kafirs and troops, but that matters could not be considered
to be entirely settled. The Brilliant had arrived at Pert
Elizabeth with stores, and 40,0001. in specie. The Kafirs,
who had submitted were in course of location. The latest
dates received out from England were to Sept. 30.
In the Grand Duchy of Baden great regard for the poor is
manifested, for in all the provinces of that state, councils,
made up of clergymen, burgomasters, and the leading
citizens, have been appointed, whose duty is to see that the
unemployed poor are set to work on things of public utility,
and also to make wholesale purchases of provisions to be sold
to them at a moderate price, or given gratuitously, as cir-
cumstances may require. The means will arise from the
contributions of the benevolent, and the funds of the different
communes ; and in cases where the communes are too
poor for the purpose, then at the expense of the State.
In 1839, says a letter from St. Petersburgh, the Empress
of Russia expressed her satisfaction at the first attempts of
the Agronomical Society of Moscow to introduce the cultiva-
tion of silk into that country, and ordered a small establish-
ment for that purpose to be prepared at the Castle of Hude••
netz, under the superintendence of the Horticultural Society
of Moscow. This patronage led several Russian'. adies
to establish plantations for that purpose to which
they attended personally. Amongst these was the
Lady 'Berednikof, wife of the Privy Councillor
of that name, who in the year 1845 obtained a sufficient
quantity of silk for the production of various articles of
elegance for the exhibition in that city, and which, being
afterwards sent as a nuptial present to the Archduchess Olga,
obtained for the Lady Berednikof a magnificent gift of bril-
liant earrings from the }lmpress of Russia, in token of her
approval of the success attending her cultivation of this new
article of industry.
The English Funds have been very well supported again
to-day, and the large ministerial majority has reassured the
speculators. Consols are 90% to 91 for present transfer
and the 25th instant. The value of Exchequer..
bills has rallied to one shilling and four shillings premium.
A funding of this security, since the Marsh bills are to be re-
newed at lid. per centum per diem, appears to be determined
on. Bank Stock has been quoted at 203 to 204, and India
Stock 250.
Foreign investments have been quite neglected again.
Grenada are 19%, and Brazilian 86. Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. have realised 58i to %.
The market for Railway Shares has been steady.
BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. .. 204 203 203
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 91% 914
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 90% 91 91
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 92%%%34 93
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9% 9%
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 9% 97.
250
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• • 250
10 5 p
Consols for Account •• • • .. 90% 91 91%
ituditta
ft o Stock
nds
Exchequer Bills. 13(d.• 14c1.
.... 3 1 4 4
40. 001•.• p
2 1 pus. 5
Ditto, Small •• •• 2 pm. 6
Ditto, Advertised •• •• 4 pm. 1

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THE POACHER'S WIFE;
A STORY OF THE TIMES.

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"The Game Law is founded on the unreasonable notion of perma-
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delphia ; Probus, De Vries, New York ; Shendon, Cornish'
ditto; Princess Alice, St. John's, New Brunswick. Put back,
Lanercost, Hong Bong; Dalmatia, N.Orleans. Off,Highlander.
It blew a heavy gale last night at W.S.W., but moderated
this morning. The Jane Tudor, Baltimore to this port, was
wrecked last night, off Ormshead ; crew saved. The Aris-
tides, Calcutta to Cape of Good Hope, was passed between
the Cape and Madagascar, waterlogged and abandoned, by
the Senator, Wilson, arrived at St. Helena. The Govan,
Hill, Ardrossan to Runcorn, was in contact in the Mersey
last night with the Joseph Anderson, Ridley, from London,
and afterwards went on shore in Bootle Bay, but came off,
and arrived here ; the latter lost head, cutwater, &c.
CARDIFF, Fan. 15.—The Rienzi, from Plymouth, got on
shore on the south-west point of Sully Island yesterday, and
sank ; crew saved. Two other vessels are reported on shore,
between Sully and Barry, one laden with barley, and the
other with pig iron. 16th. The Earl Grey, from Glasgow to
Bridgewater, went on the sands yesterday, was towed off,
and sank in deep water; crew saved. The Mary Joseph, of
Dungarvon, has been got off shore, after discharging a small
part of her cargo.
TAIDACH, FEB. 16.—The Emile, from Newport to Mar-
seilles, was wrecked on the 14th instant under the cliffs near
Nash Point.

SWANSEA, FEB. 16.—Wind W.—Arrd. Alderman Pink,
Hagan, Cuba.
CLYDE, FEB. 15.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Catherine Jamieson,
Hutchison, Batavia; Indian, Mackie, Mauritius; Christian,
M'Kellar, Demerara ; Gauntlet, M'Gregor, Demerara ; Ma-
donna,. Caldwell, Demerara; Talent, Madgwick, St. Do-
mingo; Rolla, May, Nassau; Robertson, Stewart, Balti-
, more; Actaeon, Dagget, New York; • Potomac, Lothress,
Boston; Colony, Jamieson, Rio Janeiro; Jane Christie,
Spears, Berbice ; Harlequin, Pitcairn, Havannah ; Lncius
Carey, Brown, St. John's, New Brunswick.
CowEs, FEB. 16.—The Emma, Rouke, St. Domingo to
Hamburgb, arrived here to-day, leaky ; loss of boats, bul-
warks, &c., and part of cargo thrown overboard.
HOLYHEAD, FEB. 15.—The Minerva, kenta, from Ant.
werp to Belfast, got on shore to the southward, and is likely
to become a complete wreck ; crew saved.
WELLS, FEB. 16.—The Oves came off shore last night,
after throwing part of cargo overboard.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY

Since Monday scarcely any fresh English Wheat has been
received for our market, coastwise or by land carriage, con-
sequently we had an unusually small quantity on offer. All
descriptions commanded a very steady sale, and in some in-
stances a further slight improvement in value was obtained
for selected parcels of both white and red. Owing to the
high rates demanded by the holders of foreign Wheat, the
amouat of business doing in that article was small, yet pre-
vious rates were firmly supported. Barley moved off freely
at the late advance in the quotations. The show of Malt
being trifling, the factors refused to sell except at a rise of is
per quarter. Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour were in short
supply, and fair inquiry at Monday's prices.
ARRIVALS.
Wheat. Barley.
1,210 qrs. 970 qrs.
63S
Malt, 650 qrs.
Although the supplies on offer were moderate, the demand
was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. Beef, 23
8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 43 to ss; and
Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81bs by the carcase.

Oats I Flour.
660 qrs. I 1,150 sks,
1,590 I and
810 i 950 brls

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
John Gibbs, Henry Chandler, John Richards, and John
Bowen, were placed at the bar, having been remanded several
times on a charge of attempting to pick pockets.
They had been seen by an officer named Dunn,-and by Mr.
Grosvenor, the box-keeper at the Lyceum, loitering'about in
Wellington-street, and trying the pockets of several ladies.
Trot less than a dozen policemen from various divisions
were in attendance to give the prisoners" a character." They
were all known and suspected. Chandler, Richards, and
Bowen had been frequently summarily convicted, but Gibbs,
though known as an associate of thieves, was not proved to
have ever been in custody.
Mr. Robins, who appeared for the prisoner Chandler, sub-
mitted that there was not sufficient evidence to conviet,
inasmuch as there was no evidence to show that they fre-
quented the place for the purpose of committing a felony,
as required by the Act.
Mr. HENAY said that what the Act required was, that
they should be proved to be "suspected persons frequenting
any place of public resort with intent to commit a felony."
Now, it was proved that they were suspected persons—three
of them convicted persons—and as to the " frequenting with
intent," &c., the best evidence of the intention was their
conduct, as they did actually attempt to pick pockets. He
would, therefore, convict them all; but as Gibbs had never
been in custody before, he would make a distinction in his
case. He would sentence Chandler, Richards, and Bowen,
to three months' imprisonment each, and Gibbs to one month.

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russia, &c., have manifested by the la ;flscas '`f this -.-
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receive the eight provincial diets of the
assembly, not only # when a new levy or au
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taxes may be required, but also for other o inapor-r
tance. The finances of the state, thanks to along and
happy peace, are in a well ordered condition, but as there
are some important affairs upon which it is proper to
consult the Diet, and as in these circumstances we feel the
necessity of forming a central and regular re-union of the
states, for the purpose of consulting them upon those affairs,
and upon the periods at which we wish to assemble the faith-
ful states of our monarchy for the future, we have con-
sequently resolved to call together the General Diet in
our capital and residence of Berlin on the 11th of April of
the present year, and to open them in person, and we charge
the Minister of State to cause the convocation to be made
by the Minister of the Interior, and to make the necessary
preparations.
" Given at Berlin, the Bth Feb. 1847.
(Signed) " FREDERICK WILLIAM."

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

Last evening, when Mr. Elliott had disposed of the business
of the day at Lambeth Police-court, and was about to leave
the bench, a respectable man, accompanied by his wife and
two constables belonging to the V division of police, entered
the court, and applied for the magistrate's advice and assis•
tance to obtain possession .of his son, a lad of fifteen years of
age, who was kept from his home under the following extra,
ordinary circumstances:—From the statement of the appll•
cant and his wife, it appeared that their son had a situation
in the office of a merchant in the City, and had unfortunately,
as they said, been taken particular notice of by the widoW of
a very distinguished officer, recentlydeceased, when that lady'
called to see her nephew, who was employed in the same
office. About three weeks ago the lady in question invited
the lad to spend some days at her house at Clapton, with two
or three youths from the west end of the town; and they (his
parents) feeling flattered at the time at what they conceived
to be a great mark of kindness and condescension, gave their
consent to the acceptance of the invitation. His visit to the
lady was prolonged beyond the time originally intended ; for,
instead of returning to their (the parents') house at Lea-
bridge, he proceeded to Clapton-hill. ' There was not the
slightest suspicion of the existence of anything improper,
particularly as the two youths from the west end of the
town continued to remain at the lady's house. On Saturday
last, isoweva, the nephew of the lady had brought them a
letter, which had been received on that day from their son,
and in which he tendered the resignation of his situation,
and stated that he should not again return to his office.
Astonished that her son should have written such a letter,
and give up a situation that was likely to lead to a perma-
nency for life, the mother hurried off to the residence of the
lady before alluded to, where she found her-son, and, upon
demanding an explanation of his extraordinary conduct, the
promising youth coolly replied that he was in a fair way of
being made independent for life, or something to that effect.
His tone and manner were, however, such as to leave no
doubt that a more than ordinary and more than proper inti-
macy had taken place between him and his lady patroness.
This being the opinion of the mother, she at once demanded
an interview with the lady, when the latter, who is verg-
ing on sixty years of age, unblushingly admitted the
truth of the mother's suspicions, made the most fervent
avowal of her passionate attachment for the boy, and de-
clared it to be her intention at once to marry him ! The
mother, shocked and disgusted at this disclosure, insisted
upon taking her son home with her, and after much difficulty
she succeeded in getting the lad away. On Sunday the two
boys who were staying with the lady called at the house of
the parents in a cab, and requested that, as the lady was
going out of the country, he (the son) would pay her the
last visit. This the parents consented to, but accompanied
him themselves to the house, but after the interview he re-
fused to leave. On the following day (Monday) the lady
removed from her residence, N 0.3, Grove, East Clapton, and
took apartments at the Railway Hotel, Nine Elms Station,
intending to start for Guernsey, and there to get married.
Here, however, they (the parents of the youth) had traced
her, and having seen their son they endeavoured to prevail
upon him to return with them ; but he refused to do so, and
they now wished to know how they were to act to get him
away from the woman.

Mr. Eworr remarked, that the parents had acted very
foolishly, when they got the boy home, not to ,have kept
him. The only course was to get him away, give him a good
flogging, and keep him at home.
Bent, one of the constables who accompanied the parties,
said, that on the day before the son of the applicants and the
other two lads, one of whom appeared to be eleven and the
other twelve, while out had picked up a little girl, whom they
took home to the lady, and the latter at once engaged her as
a servant. In the morning the lady ordered an expensive
dinner for five, including herself, the three lads, and the ser-
vant last-mentioned ; but Mr. Howse, the proprietor of the
hotel, refused to prepare it. The constable also said, that he
ascertained Mrs. Boys had presented the son of the applicant
with the most expensive rings, a splendid gold watch, and a
massive neck chain ; and further, on that morning, she
handed him 131. for pocket money.
The mother of the youth here observed, that these costly
presents from a lady whose hair was perfectly grey and cer-
tainly old enough to be his grandmother, had, she doubted
not, turned the head of her poor boy.
Mr. ELuorr thought the father would be perfectly justified
in taking away his son and giving him a good flogging.
The parties left the court, declaring their determination to
have him one way or the other.