The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-12 00:00:00

MAY 12, 1847.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF
MURDER.
Yesterday Gilbert Macdonald, a ship joiner, about forty
years of age, was brought before Air. Yardley, at the Thamea
Police court, charged with the wilful murder of Agnes, his
wife, who died in the London Hospital yesterday morning.
The case was involved in some mystery, and the magis-
trate bad a difficulty at getting at the facts, in consequence
of the ignorance of the policeman who had chary of the
case. It appeared that the prisoner, who has the appearance
of being a very dissipated man, lived with his wife, in Ray-
mond's-place, Green Bank, Wapping. The deceased was
also a person of dissipated habits, and lived very unhappily
with her husband. They repeatedly quarrelled, and she was
in the practice of taunting him and using very provoking
language, tor which he frequently beat her. A woman,
named Sarah Gray, who lived in the room underneath the
parties, had often interposed during their quarrels, and pro-
tected the deceased from the violence of her husband. This
witness described the prisoner as a most violent man when
he was inebriated, but on the contrary, when sober he was
particularly harmless and quiet, and had more than once re-
quested her and others to keep him away from his wife when
he was tipsy, for she was a very bad woman. He had re-
peatedly said that he would be hanged at Newgate for his
wife, and that she wasted his bard earnings. The quarrels
of the prisoner and his wife had lately been more frequent.
Three weeks ago the prisoner beat his wife severely, and
said she had spent all his money. On Saturday, the
Ist instant, • the prisoner and his wife again quar-
relled, and she absented herself from home, and
did not return until Friday, assigning as the rea-
son, that she had spent all her husband's money, and was
afraid of him. The husband persuaded her to come home
on Friday night, but on Saturday morning, at one o'clock,
either through caprice on her part, or owing to some threats
on the part of the prisoner, she left her own room, and came
down stairs to the one occupied by her landlady, in which
there was a mangle, and crept under it. She remained under
the mangle until her husband left home after breakfast on
Saturday morning. On the afternoon of the same day,
about half-past two o'clock, the deceased was in her landlady's
room when her husband returned home. He was rather in-
ebriated, but knew what he was about, and after some
friendly conversation -with his landlady, he man to con-
verse with his wife, and in a jocular tone Allite had had
his spree out and should go to work again on Monday, and
bring up his lea-way. His wife commenced abusing him,
and although her landlady requested her not to kick up a
row, she taunted her husband in a very fbolish strain. The
prisoner said that his wife's slanderous and provoking tongue
caused all the troubles and the rows between them. After
a while the prisoner said he had money enough for a drop
of gin, and invited his wife to accompany him to ti
public-
house close by. They left the house together, and proceeded
to the Anchor and Hope in the adjoining alley. Neither
the landlady or Mrs. Gray saw the man and his wife return
home, or heard any more of them until about five
o'clock in the evening, when Mrs. Gray, hearing some
one moan, opened her room door, and found the de-
ceased on the landing, at the top of the second flight of stairs,
and close to her own room, weltering in her blood, which
was flowing profusely from her mouth, nose, and ears. Mrs.
Gray raised the woman from the floor, and she faintly
articulated, " Don't let him come near me, I am dying."
Mrs. Gray asked what her husband had been doing,
and she said he had kicked her and jumped on her
breast. The deceased was assisted into her landlady's
room. She appeared greatly disfigured. Her clothes
were torn and very bloody. and there was a severe wound
on the side of the head from which the blood was flowing
copiously. It would appear, however, from the evidence of
the landlady, that the excessive hemorrhage which took
place arose from another cause, and it is supposed that
some internal bloodvessel was ruptured by a kick, or by
the prisoner trampling on his wife. Mrs Gray no sooner
saw the deceased in her landlady's room, than she ex
claimed, " She is done for, if ever she was." A policeman
named Sheehan, an Irishman, No. 313 K, was called in, and
upon reporting the condition of the woman at the station-
house, she was removed on a police stretcher to the hos-
pital, where she lingered till yesterday morning, when
death put an end to her suflerings. Directly after the de-
ceased was found in the situation above described, Mrs.

llookham, the landlady, and Mrs. Gray, went into the pri-
soner's room. They found him lying on the bed, and in-
formed him that his wife was very seriously injured. He
treated the matter with some indifference, and on his way to
the station-house said that his wife woula not appear against
him, and that she had fallen down stairs. There could be
no doubt the deceased received the wound on her head and
the other injuries before she left She room, as no part of her
body was upon the stairs when she was discovered by Mrs.
Gray. The prisoner's son was in the room when the quarrel
took place between his parents. He is only eight years of
age, and with very little intelligence. He was called upon
the bench, and some questions were put to him by Mr.
Yardley, but he professed his ignorance of a future state;
and on being asked if he said his prayers, he replied that he
did sometimes, but only to please his father. His replies ge-
nerally to the questions put to him were such that the ma-
gistrate did not consider it safe to examine him as a witness;
and it appearing that he had no relatives, or any cne to take
care of him, Mr. Yardley directed that he should be taken to
the workhouse, where he would receive some instructions to
qualify him to take an oath.

The magistrate inquired of Sheehan, the police-constable,
if he had made search for any instrument by means of
which it was probable the wound might have been inflicted,
and he replied in the negative. He was also asked if he had
examined the stairs and the room for the purpose of ascer-
taining if there were any stains of blood discernible, and he
said he had not, and excused himself by saying there was no
light. He was then asked if he had examined the prisoner's
dress or his boots, and he said he had not thought of
doing so, and knew very little of the affair, although
specially directed by his inspector to make the necessary
inquiries.
Mrs. Hookham, who exhibited more tact and discernment
than the police-constable, locked the door of the prisoner's
room, after he was taken into custody, to prevent any one,
entering the apartment. Some time afterwards she pro-
cured a light and examined the stairs, and the landing, on
which she discovered a great deal of blood. It was quite
fresh. She also stated there was a "clod of blood" on the
floor by the side of the bed. She thought the wound on the
deceased's head had been inflicted by a kick, and that the
prisoner wore very heavy boots.
Mr. Yardley directed Roche, the gaoler, to remove the
prisoner's boots from his feet, which was immediately done.
There were stains of blood on both sides of the right boot,
just above the sole.

The iprisoner appeared to be somewhat staggered at this
discovery, and he said there was no blood on his shoes, that
his shoes never touched his wife at all; bat
Mr. Yardley said there could be no doubt of the fact, and
Mr. Ross, a surgeon, who was present as a witness, said
the stains on the boots were certainly those of blood.
Mr. Yardley expressed his astonishment at the neglect
and ignorance of the police-constable Sheehan, who had neg-
lected to de those things which he ought to have done, in a
case of very great importance and involved in some mystery.
He asked the policeman if he had traced any blood upon the
stairs or in the room, and the excuse he got was that it was
dark, and that he had no light. The old woman, Hookham,
appeared to have acted from the dictates of common sense, a
quality which the policeman did not possess, and she had
done just what the constable ought to have done. Various
other things ought to have suggested itself to the policeman,
who had done nothing, and made no inquiries about the affair.
Mrs. Hookham was then further questioned by the ma-
gistrate, and she stated that she believed the prisoner had
kicked his wife, and her reasons for thinking so were, that
he was always very handy with his feet—very, indeed. All
the deceased's clothes were torn but her chemise, and she
complained a good deal of some pains about the abdomen.
Mr. Yardley asked how long it was before the deceased
was seat to the hospital after she was found bleeding on the
top of the stairs? Sheehan replied an hour or more.
Inspector Bilson asked the police-constable if he did not
issue orders for the woman to be removed to the London
Hospital immediately he heard of the affair. Sheehan—Yes,
sir, you did.
Inspector Bilson said that directly he understood the case
was a very serious one he ordered four men to convey the
woman to the hospital on a stretcher, which was done with-
out delay.
Mr. Yardley—Perhaps the constable means it was an hour
after she received the wounds before she reached the hos-
pital.
The prisoner asked Mrs. Hookham if his wife did not re.
turn home bleeding very much? Mrs. Hookham—No, no;
no such thing.
Mr. Yardley--Did any one see her return home with her
husband? Mrs. Hookham—No one, sir..

Sheehan was then called up:m to relate a conversation
which took place at the station-house, but he did it 80 im-
perfectly that Mr. Yardley called upon
Inspector Ellison, who was sworn, and he stated that,
after taking the charge and reading it over to the prisoner,
he said, " I struck her, but she fell down stairs.* Witness
then questioned the lad, who said " He did jump upon her,
I saw my father jump upon my mother and kick her. "I lie
prisoner again said, " I did not ;' I struck her and she fell
down stairs."
The prisoner, in defence, said his wife fell down stairs as
she was returning to her own room in his company, and that
after he went to bed she was continually passing up and down
stairs. She abused him very much, and was very tipsy, and
she was always abusing him.
Mr. Yardley said this case was not so clear as it might
have been if the police-constable had only displayed com-
mon intelligence, and that all the witnesses who could throw
any light on the transaction must be produced at the next
examination. He should remand the prisoner on the charge
of wilful murder until Monday next.

IRISH CUNNING.—A few days since a man and
woman of the lower class of Irish were placed at the bar
before the magistrate at Worship-street Police-court, charged
with the following attempted extortion upon the parish offi-
cers of Whitechapel. The man was dressed in an excellent
strong coat very little the worse for wear, good waistcoat,
knee-breeches, and blue-ribbed stockings, and had a nearly
new pair of shoes upon his feet ; the woman also had good
clothing, shawl, bonnet, and strong shoes, and was altogether
well-dressed, though of a homely description. The parish
officers stated that on the evening before the two prisoners
applied at their workhouse for relief, and declared that they
were penniless, almost starving, and had not had food
for many hours. The porter asked them to wait outside
until the arrival of the relieving-officer, who was momenta-
rily expected, and promised that their case should be then
immediately attended to. Both prisoners declared that they
would not wait, demanded to be admitted instantly, and
made such a clamour and displayed such violence that the
porter at length shut them out. The prisoners then ham-
mered at the gates, and harangued the passers-by so loudly
upon their starving condition and the hardship of their being
refused relief, that a large mob collected round the work-
house, who displayed their indignation at the officers' con-
duct in most unmeasured terms, calling out " Shame," and
taking the prisoners part vociferously. The prisoners con-
tinued this conduct for a length of time, and, being encou-
raged by the m ib, made such a disturbance that the police
were obliged at length to be called, and they were given
into custody, when, upon searching them at the stat ion-
house, the woman was found to have money about her to the
amount of several shillings, and the man silver to the value
of nearly a pound' The magistrate severely lectured them
upon their audacious effrontery, and discharged them, as no
relief had been given them, but warned them decisively that
if they were brought there again for similar attempts at ex-
tortion, he would make a summary example of both.
VIENNA.—An official letter from the President
of
the Aulic Council of War orders that the army shall wear
mourning for the late Archduke Charles six weeks longer.

PRICii: 50.

BURIAL of DUROC and BERTRAND
BESIDE THE TOMB OF NAPOLEON,
The following narrative has appeared so beautiful to
us in its simplicity, and so historical in its character,
that we have translated it from the columns of our con-
temporary the Constitutionne/:
" The anniversary mass, which has been celebrated in
the Invalides every year since the remains of the Em-
peror were placed under the dome of that sacred edifice,
attracted a greater number of spectators than usual on
Wednesday, the sth ult. It was generally known, some
time before, that the bodies of the Grand Marshals of the
Palace, Duroc and Bertrand, were on that occasion to
be interred in the vaults which had been reserved for
their reception on either side of the entrance to the
imperial tomb. Our readers will remember that we have
already announced the arrival of the remains of General
Bertrand in Paris, and the modest —the almost too
modest—manner in which they were conducted to the
Invalides--not a single picquet of troops being nomi-
nated as their escort. Even to-day they continued in
the same way without any suitable attendance ; not one
soldier had been summoned to take arms for the purpose
of rendering a last homage to the ashes of two illustrious
captains. A solitary picquet of " Invalides," armed
with half-pikes, and bearing funereal torches, alone as-
sisted in the ceremony of the sepulture. All those
however belonging to the establishment, who were not
incapacitated by illness, eagerly pressed around the two
catafalques. Upon the left reposed the body of Duroc ;
upon the right that of Bertrand. Around the latter
were grouped the children of Napoleon's companion in
exile ; around the former stood the parents of the Due
of Friuli.
" Beyond these were gathered together a crowd of
officers of all ranks and men of all classes. Among
these we remarked Generals Gourgaud, Fabvier, and
Pailloux, the Marquis of Cramayal, Count Rambuteaux,
the Due de Padoue, the Due de Vincenze, MM. de
Tracy and de Beaumont (Somme), M. de Segur, Colonel
Chapeais, and several of the officers of the fourth legion
of the National Guard. --- '
"In the upper galleries were a multitude of ladies, and
among these the Princess Matilda, niece of the Emperor,
besides the ladies appertaining to the families of the two
Marshals of the Palace.
"After the celebration of Mass, which was accompa-
nied with military music, the coffins were carried down
ii.to the graves which had been prepared, and over which
were engraved the names of Duroc and Bertrand.
Duroc, who had been conveyed thither the first, was
placed in the grave on the ijrt of the entrance of the
imperial sepulchre, and Bertrand in the grave situated
on the right. 'When the body of the Emperor shall be
it! the tomb (sent dans la tombe), Duroc will thus find
himself on his right blind and Bertrand on his left. The
two coffins were carried to their last resting place. s sur-
rounded by the subordinate officers.
" General Fabvier pronounced these few sentences at
the moment when the remains of Duroc were entombed.
" Gentlemen,—lt is not under this roof, which
shelters so many of the valiant defenders of France,
that it befits rue to speak to you of the services, of the
wounds, of the brilliant actions of Duroc ; since they-
have been ever accompanied by intrepidity, devotion,
disinterestedness, modesty. I shall only say to you one
word : it is sufficient for his glory. Napoleon, disarmed
by those whom he wished to defend, departed with the
intention of retiring into private life : he only asked
permission to finish his career under the name of Colonel
Duroc. Such is the magnificent, the imperishable
monument, which the tender heart of Napoleon has
raised at once to the memory of Duroc and to his own
also !

Dear and venerable veterans, when you go to re-
join the chief, tell him that his glory increases and
brightens every day! Tell him that even this ceremony
is a homage which we render to his loving heart in thus
bringing near his inanimate remains his two faithful
friends
" Marshal Oudinot, notwithstanding his eighty years
and his twenty-eight wounds, descended from his apart•
ments, supported by several attendants, to sprinkle holy
water upon the coffins of his old companions in arena.
" A large crowd were collected together round the
outer walls of the Invalides, and all persons in uniform
or in mourning were admitted into the interior."
As an appropriate corollary to the foregoing, we can-
not but give what it has at once called to our recollec-
tion, the memorable epitaph written by Napoleon upon
the spot where Duroc fell in 1813:—" Here the General
Duroc, Duke of Friuli, Grand Marshal of the Palace of
the Emperor Napoleon, gloriously fell, struck by a
cannon ball, and died in the arms of the Emperor, his
friend,"

The beautiful account of Napoleon's emotion on the
death of his beloved adherent, as given in Archibald
Alison's " History of Europe," is perhaps the noblest
memento to his loving heart: we transcribe it for the
perusal of our readers :
" Napoleon pitched his tent in the neighbourhood of
the cottage where Duroc lay, and seemed for the time
altogether overwhelmed by his emotions. The squares
of the Old Guard, respecting his feelings, arranged
themselves at a distance, and even his most confidential
attendants did not, for some time, venture to approach
his person. Alone he sat, wrapped in his grey great
coat, with his forehead resting on his hands, and his
elbows on his knees, a prty to the most agonising re-
flections. In vain Caulaincourt and Murat at length
requested his attention to the most pressing orders.
To-morrow—everything,' was the only reply of the,
Emperor, as he again resumed his attitude of medita-
tion. A mournful silence reigned around ; the groups
of officers at a little distance hardly articulated above
their breath ; gloom and depression appeared in every
countenance, while the subdued hum of the soldiers pre-
paring their r,past, and the sullen murmur of the artil-
lery waggons as they rolled in the distance, alone told
that a mighty host was assembled in the neighbourhood.
Slowly the moon rose over this melancholy scene ; the
heavens became illuminated by the flames of the adjoin-
ing villages, which had fallen a prey to the license of
the soldiers ; while the noble bands of the Imperial
Guard played alternately triumphal and elegiac strains,
in the vain hope of distracting the grief of their chief."
Those great pageants and sorrows are alike ended ;
and the Emperor with his two faithful friends lie side by
side under the dome of the Invalides.

DEATH OF GENERAL WILLIAM DYOTT, COLONEL
OF THE 63n FOOT.--This General, one of the oldest in the
British army, died on the 7th inst., at his seat Fairford, near
Lichfield, after a lengthened illness, at the expiration of
more than sixty-seven years' service. After a probationary
course he entered the army as Ensign on March the 14th,
1781, and his further commissions were thus dated :—Lieu-
tenant, May 9th, 1782 ; Captain, April 25th, 1793 ; Major,
May 19th, 1794; Lieutenant-Colonel. September 18th,
1794; Colonel, January Ist, 1800; Major-General, April
25th, 1808 ; Lieutenant• General. June 4th, 1813 ; General,
July 22d, and Colonel of the 63d Foot, April 7th, 1825. The
deceased officer served in America in the early war ; in 1796
lie proceeded to the West Indies, and in 1801 took part in
the memorable campaign in Egypt. In 1809 he was en-
gaged in the disastrous affair at Walcheren. His subsequent
military duties were principally confined to peace service.
General Dyott had the honour of enjoying the friendship of
his late Majesty George 111., to whom be was for many
years aide-de-catnp, ae well as that of his illustrious son, the
Duke of York. The latter, while holding the rank of Com-
mander-in-Chief, in 1825, presented the Colonelcy of the
63d Foot to the deceased. The vacancy was occasioned by
the death of the Earl of Balcarras. The family to whicu
the deceased belonged is a most respectable one, and some of
its members on late occasions have been candidates for the
representation of Lichfield.

DEATH OF SIR JOHN MAY K.C.8., K.c.a--
.
This distinguished artillery officer died on Saturday last, at
his residence in Hyde Park-street, aged sixty-seven. He
was son of John May, Esq., for many years Storekeeper of
the Ordnance at Guernsey, and was lineally descended from
John May, the historian and poet of the time of Cromwell
and Charles 11. In 1795 the deceased entered the Royal
Artillery, and after passing through the various gradati:Ms
of rank with much success, was promoted to the rank of
Major-General in 1838. Sir John's services were of a dis-
tinguished character. He took part in the engagements at
Badajos, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive,
and Toulouse. For these services he received a cross and
three clasps. He also served during the Waterloo campaign,
and was at the battle of Quatre Bras and the memorable
one which terminated the war. For his services at Waterloo
he received the Order of St. Anne of Russia Second Class,
and was nominated a Knight of the Tower and Sword of
Portugal in 1815, fur his conduct in the Peninsula.
ROBBERY AT THE BRIGHTEN RAILWAY TER-
MINIM—A daring robbery was committed, Monday morning,
at the Brighton Railway Terminus. As usual, on Monday
mornings the first train was heavy; and an extraordinary
degree of bustle occurred at the terminus from the
were
een
circum-
stance that the brethren of the order of the Foresteers_astings.
the point of starting for their summer excursion Hastings.
Soon after the departure of the first train, thetbe ts,,uspaefer,i,n,taTi,d-
dent of the station missed nearly 3001.
immediately dispatched an engine tlovefrra.
and if possible to discover
the bustle to pounce
some London thief took advantage of etubpepfioresetd train,tba
upon the booty. the thief. It is supposed
gotPuOpSTp- ttaoandontghatht
gmoedmlyo;irael.,
POST-OFFICE.—We understand
the office here altogether on Sunday, has
questing the postmaster-general_ adz our postmaster
local by shutting up
led to the appointment of a gentleman now resident at the
Royal Hotel, to inquire into the circumstances. We need
hardly say that such a gross attempt at outrage on the feel.
ings and wishes of the mercantile and industrial part cf the
community will meet with the opposition it deserves.—Aber-
deen Herald.
DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'S SOCIETY..--This so-
ciety have lately lost one of its members by the demise of the
late Mr. Andrew Macklew, who has bequeathed a handsome
legacy of 500/. to the funds of the charity.
PRESTON PEERAGE.—.A claimant for the Preston
and Esk Peerage has made his appearance in the person of
Sir R. Graham, Bart., as will be seen by the following entry
upon the journals :—" Petition of Sir It. Graham, Bart., pray-
ing her Majesty to declare and establish the right to the title,
honours, and dignities of Viscount Preston and Baron Gra-
ham of Esk to belong to the petitioner and his heirs." It
has been referrel to the Committee of Privileges.
We have extreme satisfaction in being enabled to
announce that tartly justice has at last been rendered to one
of the greatest of our naval heroes. The Government have,
we are informed, upon a further investigation of Lord Dun_
donald's case, recommended that he be reinstated
hinicthhehOe Ord
of the Bath, which he so gallantly won, and of ,
pleased of to
oer Miuisters.— Tim&
so unjustly deprived. We need scarcely
signifyadi tnaht nererrea,
Ma-
jesty has been graciously
• acquiescence in the recommendation

THE CORN TRADE.
I(From the Mark-lane Express.)
Great excitement has prevailed iu the grain trade
during the week, and at no former period of the ;ke
duration since harvest has so her) ;rtaet, a rise been
iestablished in prices. The excitement has not been that
of speculation, but rather that of alarm; & Chi the advanc6
has been caused more by the extreme shertuess of the
supplies than by any unusual extent of demand. It is
now admitted
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millers,ile n, dh aivti
remaining in the hands of the growers are fearfully
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nothing
notoriousgbeteon btaui3i
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ct,fkrtohumep
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case the weekly supply
proves inad satisfythe
consumptive to
consumptive demand, to which ' •
point affairs appear to be
rapidly approaching. Without something like absolute
scarcity
scarcity such prices as are at present obtainable are
nhagoastinlditaditloleelnagolherands that the seeks a corn
seldom or never reached, even in times when capital is
abundant and speculation rampant ; but for wheat
to rise progressively from about 445., at which good
qualities were selling immediately after harvest. to
945., the present worth of the same description,
indicates but too plainly the position the country must
be in with respect to stocks. Where the upward move-
ment will end it is totally impossible to foretell; and if
America and Russia should be enabled to fur-
nish fully the amount Of bread stuffs the most
sanguine dare to calculate on, even in that case
moderate price, are, we fear, out of the question for
months to come. The probable re,,ult of the next har-
vest has hitherto been wholly disregarded; the grand
point for consideration having been how sufficient food
is to be obtained to feed the people until such time as
the produce of the present year can possibly be avail-
able. If a large portion of continental Europe were not
unhappily in precisely the same plight as Great Britain,
there would be less reason for serious unea-mess; but
considering the state of distress already suffered by the
people in France, the interior portions of Germany. and
the Netherlands, we may well feel uneasy how our own
inhabitants may fare during the next four months. The
advices from all parts of the kingdom are of the same
character; short supplies and rapidly rising prices have
characterised the trade at all the leading provincial
markets.
At Liverpool great pressure for money appears to
have been felt, in consequence of which sales of flour
have in many cases been made at a considerable sacri-
fice, and even on Friday this article was much cheaper
there than with us. Good brands of Western canal
were offered, in the beginning of the week, at 425. 6d.
per barrel, and might, in particular instances, have been
bought even lower for cash. The exciting reports from
Mark-lace had, however, the effect of causing a subse-
quent rise, and on Friday there were few sellers below
445. 6d. per barrel. Wheat was quoted 6d. to 9d. per
701 b. higher on Tuesday than on that day se'nnight, and
on Friday a further rise of 4d. to 6d. Fer 701 b. was
established. In the foregoing remarks we have spoken
more particularly of wheat and flour, but the advance
in the value of all kinds of spring corn has been fully in
proportion with that on wheat. Barley and oats appear
to be nearly exhausted in many parts of the country,
and there can be no doubt that districts which have until
quite recently been sending supplies of these articles to
London and other large consuming markets, will have
to draw, in their turn, from the ports where foreign
arrivals may take place.
From Scotland we learn that the continued rise in the
south, and a gradual reduction of the stocks at the lead-

ing markets, had led holders of what grain remained on
hand to insist on enhanced rates ; but the rise has
hardly been in proportion there to that establi.hed in
the English markets.
In Ireland affairs appear also to have remained com-
paratively quiet; the quantity of Indian corn at one or
two of the principal ports being still heavy, and the
anxiety to get rid of some portion of the same had in-
fluenced the value of ether grain.
The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have
again been very small, only 24,162 (-piercers having cone
to hand during the week ending this (Smeui day) evening.
The quantity exhibited at Mark lane by Led cerriage
samples from the borne counties has been equally unim-
portant; indeed we do not recollect to have seen the
mat ket in so bare a state as on Wednesday and Friday
for a long time past. Factors nave, there fore, had no
difficulty in establishing a further s.dvanc e the ebeirlute
wants of the millers having obliged them tai boy without
much regard as to price. The blLiiness tlor,e on ‘Vedues-
day was at rates fully 2.;. per quo 0 r above those cur-
rent in the beginning of the week ; and for
the few small parcels on sale on Friday fiti. per
quarter more was obtained than similar quali-
ties were sold at on Monday. Foeeign wheat br met
eite a very lively demand, nut only for local use but to
forward to different parts of the country, where the
stocks of home growth are too nearly exhaustea to fur-
nish the needed quantity. Several purchases have also
be en made for shipment to France and the Netherlands,
and the granaried stock has been redqeed below 20,000
quarters. Meanwhile the arrivals front abroad have been
tolerably good, but the fresh supplies have met a decided
preference over the stale warehoused parcels; sales have
been easily effected of nearly all that has come to hand
from on board ship. The prices obtained have been so
high and irregular that we feel it difficult to state the
exact advance, but some notion of the value of foreign
wheat may be drawn from the fact, that the tolerably
' good qualiries of new Lower Baltic red have been sold at
94s per quarter. _

Town-made flour has been taken to some extent during
the week at the recent enhancement, and country marks
have likewise commanded full terms; whilst in American_
a large amount of business has been done at from 445. to
48s. per barrel. Even at these rates the latter is rela-
tive cheaper than flour of home manufacture; and the
stock having been reduced to about 50,000 barrels quo-
tations are likely to go still higher.
The quantity of English barley exhibited this week
has been quite scanty; and thcugh 11,807 quarters have
arrived from abroad the supply has not been more than
necessary to meet the inquiry. Some further purchases
have been made for shipment coastwise, and as the malt-
sters and distillers have likewise bought to a fair extent,
last Monday's currency has been exceeded by Is. to 2s.
per quarter as well for the finer as the ordinary qualities.
Holders of malt have also raised their pretensions,
and the article being really scarce necessitous buyers
have had to pay high terms.
Judging from the very rapid manner in which the
supplies of oats from our own coast and by rail have
lately fallen off, and the increase which has at the same
time taken place in the country demand, we are forced
to come to the conclusion that the stocksof English oats
are nearly exhausted. During the week now about to ter-
minate 16,646 quarters have entered the port of London
altogether ; of which 700 quarters are from our own
coast, 700 quarters from Scotland, 3,098 quarters from
Ireland, and 12,148 quarters from abroad. On Wednes-
day we had a numerous attendance of country pur-
chasers, and though the large dealers acted on the
reserve a good business was dune at rates Is. per quarter
above those of Monday; subsequently the inquiry be-
came more active, and on Friday geed corn was fully
2s. per quarter dearer than in the commencement of the
week.

Of beans very few parcels have been brought forward,
and in the absence of bmitiess of consequence quotations
have remained nominally unaltered. Egyptian beans
were, however, held is. per quarter higher at :he close
than in the beginning of the week.
Peas have been in request for shipment coastwise
and abroad, and the trifling parcels u&red for sale have
brought high terms.

Rie has likewi,e been taken for export at rates not
previously obtainable•.

Indian corn has been hi-11 several shilling; per quarter
higher, which has in some degree checked business ;
still a good may barg,ins have been ckeeq.
We have advices from New York up to the 16th ult.;
large number of vesstls had, it appears, arrived at that
and some of the other leading ports in search o: cargoes,
which had had the effect of causing a material decline
.in the rates of freight to Great Britain. Oe how-
ever, to the smallness of the available stocks (the sup-
plies from the interior having hardly commenced coming
forward) the shipments in progress w, re not very la, go.
Charters had been closed to load floor for Liverpt.ol at
48. 6d. per barrel, hieing but little more than half the
rate demanded a few weeks beFore. Good brands of
mWuecsitle Western-canal - adnoal flourss. h aasn
dr elani ids
ieadn 7
cdo , drrll. s 9.
57(5, e.r; e hbeuasth
(als.
Nothing very definite can be collected from the reports
from the other side of the Atlantic as to the probtble
quantity of bres,dstuffs likely to be shipped during the
summer months, but the general impres.:ion appeared to
be that the supplies from the interior would full short of
expectation.

The ace mints from the northern ports of Europe are
not quite so wild this week, hut that stocks of grain are
unusually low all over the Baltic there can be no (lace
tion. From Dantsic we have letters of the Ist of May,
which inform us that the inclination to buy wheat bad
subsided, and that for a day or two little or nothing had
been done. The last operation of importance had been
on the 29th ultimo, when 110 lasts of wheat had been
at 71s. to 725.
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to Great Britain.

From Konigsberg we have advices of the 27th
of April ; grain of all descriptions was then very
scarcem
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trheadd articlesfprere-
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equally high.
At Rostock, on the 3d of May, prices were nearly
nominal.
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had
beenscale ;Onitnbr whichtbe q
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were then no sellers of wheat below 775. 6d. per quarter,
free on board.
The reports from Hamburgh of Tuesday last are not
of se excited a character as previous advices thence, but
not the slightest reaction had occurred in quotations.
The business done in wheat had been strictly confined
the purchases made for the consumption of the city,
extensiveo
thedel
deliveries
v
nothing having been done for export. Good red Marks
and Upland, weighing from 601 b. to 621 b. per bushel,
• •
had realised equal to 84s. to 88s. per quarter, free on
board. Springcorn of all kinds had become very scarce,
and fine heavy barley had risen to 535. to 545., and oats
to 30s. per quarter, free on board.
Antwerp we learn that wheat had been sold
at 25 florins, equal to 102 s. per quarter. In Holland
From
prices were also, according to the latest accounts, very
high ; and in France wheat and flour appear to have
risen materially.
From the Mediterranean ports the accounts are, or
the whole, less flat than last week. We have Marseilles
letters of the 28th of April ; wheat, after having for a
time been somewhat neglected, had again begun to excite
attention, and for the best Polish Odessa on the spot 625.
to 645. per quarter had be en paid. There were still
sellers of fair quail ies, deliverable in May, at 585., or in
June, at 555. per quarter, free on board.

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HER MA.) -,TY'S THEATRE.

The Nobility, -Subscriber , a;ci the Pabllc, are respectftillY in-
formed, that an EXTRA :NIGHT will take place TO-MORROW
EVENING, May 13, when will be performed Belllin's Opera,

LA SONNAMBULA,
Amin.% Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Madame 4olari ; Count Rudolph,
Signor F. Lablaehe ; and Elvino, Signor Gardoni.
With various . ntertalnments in the BALLET DEPARTMENT,
combining the talents of Mille. Cerito, Mdlle. Rosati, Mdlle. M.
Taglioni, Mille. Petit Stephan, Mdlles. Honore, Cassan, Jul:en, La
mow ems, and Mdlle. L. Gratin. M. Perrot, M. P. Taglioni, and M.
St. Leon.

ROYAL I iALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.
TO-MORROW EVENING, May 13, an EXTRA NIGHT, on which
occasion the combined strength of the Conn. any will perform.
The OPERATIC PERFORMANCES will embrace the talents of
Madame Grsi, Madame Peoiltud, Signora Alboni, Signor Mario,
Signor Salvi, Signor Rovers, Signor Marini. and Signor Tambarinl.
The BALLET will be supported by Mdlte. Fanny Elssler,
Damilatre, Mdlle. a adenaa, Mdlle. De 3lelisse, lldlle. Anzio!, Ma-
d,me Delchaux, 31. 1 utipa, M.Croce, M. O'Bryan, M. Delferier, &c.
The Doors will open at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Opera
will comrzence at Eight.
Tickets. Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow-
street ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street.

1-7-iIiATH.E ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under she Management 9f Mr. B. Wbster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of TUE LOVE
CHASE, Sir William F•mciiove, Mr. Tilbury; Master Waller, Mr.
Howe ; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Constance, Mrs. Nisbett.
After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, called THE
NE W PLANET ; or, Harlequin oat of Place.
To conclude with the new Comic Drama, called WHO'S YOUR
FRIEND? or, The Queensberry Fete. Viscount Leatherhead, Mr.
Tilbury ; Sir Felix Lovel, Mr. Holl ; Giles h airland, Mr. Webster ;
The Countess of Rosendalo, Miss Bennett; Lady Bab Blazon, Mrs.
Glover ; Mittens, Miss Carre.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste
FOR THE Bt. NEM OF MRS. FITZWIL]
THIS EVENING

Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS
OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ;
Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybourne,
Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ;
Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilllatn ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding.
After which, Buckstont's Comedy of MARRIED LIFE. Coddle,
Mr. Lambert ; Lynx. Mr. Boyce ; Dove, Mr. Bnckstone ; Young-
husband, Mr. Selby; Dismal, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Coddle, Mrs.
Matthews; Mrs. Lynx, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Dove, Mrs. Clifford;
Mrs. Younghusband, drs. ; Mrs. Dismal, Mrs. Laws.
To conclude with the Farce of THE DEVIL TO PAY. Loverule,
Mr. Stoker ; Magician, Mr. Cullenford ; Jabson,: Mr. Bnckstone ;
Nell, Mrs. Fitzwiliiam.

t•RItiCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
J. M. Maddox. sole Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Play of THE WIFE.
Principal characs ers by Mrs. Butler, Miss E. Honner ; Messrs.
Creswick, J. Webster, Ryder, Harris, H. Hughes, Fisher, Hornier,
Cowell, T. Hill, Wynn, &c.
Atter which the Comedy of THE HYPOCRITE. In which
Messrs. Ryder, Vining, J. Webster, Granby, Fisher, Compton, Mrs.
Pos')roke, Mrs. Hughes, and Mrs. Stirling will appear.
To conclude with the Farce, entitled KEEPING A PLACE.
Spikespur, Mr. Granby ; Crocus, Mr. Compton; Dorothea Danvers,
Mrs. Foshroke ; idy, Miss Lapotte.

THEITRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
Mider the Management of Mrs. Keeley.
THIS EVENING

win he performed the new Drama, called THE CREOLE ; er.
Love's Fetters. Darniron, Mr. F. Mathews ; Alphonse, Mr. Murray.
Hyacinthe, Miss ,ickinson ; Bokes, Mr. Keeley; Latour, Mr.
E:nery ; Virginia Miss M. Keeley; Louise, Miss May; Bellona.
Miss Daly.

Af erwhich, the entirely new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called
JENNY LIND AT ; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac-
ters by Mr. A. Wigan, 21r Turner, '4r. Kinioch, Mr. Belling*am,
Mr. ileniler, Mr. Yarn,Jid, and Mrs. Keeley.

To cone tide with a new Burlesque -Extravanza, called TOE
WOOD Ii,EMONT; or, One o'clock, In which Messrs. Keeley, A.
Wigan, F. Matthew., Bellingham, Kinloch, Silver, Miss Dickinson,
Miss Daly, and Mrs. Keeley will appear.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell.
THIS EVENING
Will he p,rformed the Comedie of LE MANTEAU ; on, Le Reve
du Mari. Darliere, M. Langeva ; Gillot, aI. Tonrillon ; Mathilde,
dlle. Vallee; Emetic, Mdlle. Denain; La Baronne, Mdlle. Angele.
After which, the Comedie of LE MARI A LA CA MPAGNE.
Colembet, M. Regnier ; Ursule, Mdlle. Denain.
To conclude with LE MEDECIN MALGRE LUI. Sganarelle,
11. Reenter ; Martine, Mdme Grassan.
Boxes, 65.; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3,.; Gallery, 2s.
Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library,
23, Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open
daily from Eleven till Five.

ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
The celenrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington.
White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeating
their inimitable EN rER TAI N lIENTS at the St. James's Theatre,
on SATURDAY EVENING next, May 15. Doors open at Eight
o'clock. They will give a DAY PERFORMANCE this Morning,
Wednesday, May 12, commencing at Halt-past Two o'clock.
Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ;
and at the [lox-office.

AsTLEvs ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Proprietor and Manager Mr. William Batty.
Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the
Royal Family.
THIS EVENING
_ . _

Will be performed Lord Pyron s Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE
OF ADYDOS ; or, The Corsair.

Unequalled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with the performances of
the Arabian horse, Pearl of the Desert; the four Mexican Antipo-
dean Artistes ; and the celebrated Clown. Mr. W. F. Wallet.
To conclude with ZARAII ; or, The Gips? Tribe of Bohemia.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.

Stalls, 55.; Boxes, ' 45.• Uppet: Boxes, 33; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is.
tipper Gallery, 6d. Commence every eveninz at Seven o'clock,

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
I:r.der the Management of Mrs. FrancesDavidge, Lessee.

Last Four Nights, pr-evioui to the Opera Season. Whit-Monday

Immense success of the Hall of Rome.
THIS EVENING

will be performed the Play of THE GAMESTER. Principal
characters by Messrs. Fredericks, Johnson, Neville, Lewis, Hawkins,
Tindeil, Phelps, Mrs. Vining, Miss Vaughan, and Miss Maynard.
After which the HALL OF ROME, by the celebra:ed Tableau
Vivants and Poses Plastique.

To conclude with THE BUFFALO GALS; or, Female Ethiopian
Serenaders.

Boxes, 25., Plt, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence
at Half-past Six.

ROYAL VIC TORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed THE SHOT IN THE EYE; or, Jack Lon; of
Texas. Characters by Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Searle, Bird, Howard,
Gardner, Mrs. 0. Lee, Mss Burroughcliffe, &c.
After which, RICHARD THE THIRD. Richard, Mr. Hicks.
To conclude with THE HOLSTEIN HUSSAR ; or, The Grenadier
Guards. Supported by the entire strength of the Company.

Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS,

Under the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c.
WILL OPEN OS MONDAY, Niay 17.
The Proprietor begs to announce Ihat he has, at a considerable
expense, erected a new Entrance, and a magnificent Walk, with
flower borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, in front of the
grand Pictorial Representation of