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THE SUN, LON DON, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1847

strays of our senatorial dilatoriness are gathered up 1 resistance. The titheowner was compelled to sur-
in their allotted season. So must it some time be render a certain portion of his income, in order
with the Factory Bill—even with the Factory Bill! to obtain payment of the residue. A bonus of 25
The very garrulous opposition which has been per cent. was given to the landlords, in order
excited against the propositions of Mr. FIELDEN to induce them to take upon themselves the liability
are absolutely becoming intolerably tedious. On
for the balance, and the Act was passed for the abo-
Wednesday afternoon the Hon. and Learned
lition of compositions in lieu of tithe and the substi-
Gentleman, the Member for Bath, explained in some tution of a rent-charge in place thereof. By that
measure, the origin of this opposition ; he stigma- statute the rent-charge was made a lien upon the
tised the scheme then submitted to the deliberation lands, and the owner of the first estate of inheritance
of the House as a species of punishment inflicted was made responsible therefor, while in the event of
upon the manufacturers by the agriculturists—as, non-payment a summary jurisdiction was given to
- the courts of equity to grant a receiver over the
in short, an invidious compensation for the accept
ance of the free-trade principles! That then is rents, issues, and profits of the lands liable for the
the delusion, that is the hobgoblin, that is the payment; from thenceforward there has been no pay-
spectral monstrosity which has affrighted the ment of any kind of demand in Ireland made with
susceptible imaginations of so many honourable such regularity and punctuality as -that which
Represesentatives. Why, now that the " mur_ could not previously, by any means, be enforced
der is out," the apprehensions entertained for or obtained.
so long a period may be very readily dissipated. The The clause in the Poor-law Bill which was
terrible phantom which has appalled so many proposed by Lord GEORGE BENTINCK in the
stalwart gentlemen may be as easily shown Commons, and rejected only by a majority of
to be a silly device as the veriest village ghost may three, and which will again be brought forward
be proved, on inspection, to be a turnip, a rusblight, in the Lords, if made part and parcel of the Act,
and a sheet! will occasion a renewal of the scenes of 1832,
Never was a really philanthropic measure so and the subsequent years, and practically render the
monstrously traduced as this measure for the eman- law inoperative and inefficacious. The occupying

cipation of the over-worked and neglected factory
artisans ! A plan that has originated in the purest
and loftiest benevolence is stigmatised as the offspring
of rancorous animosity and pitiful spite. Accord-
ing to Mr. ROEBUCK, that battle of High Principle,
which has for several years been eliciting the admi-
ration of the GOD-adoring and Man-loving multitude,
is in reality nothing better than a Faction Fight !
According to the hypothesis of Mr. B. ESCOTT, Lord
ASHLEY is—notwithstanding his partiality for the late
anti-corn-law agitation—an unconscious implement
for ensuring revenge to the Protectionists. Accord-
ing to the suppositions uttered yesterday in the
House of Commons, her IttazsTT's Ministers
are very innocently, but very energetically, carry-
ing into effect the invidious projects of Lord
GEORGE BENTINCK and his followers. Deluded
Lord JOHN RUSSELL ! benighted Privy Coun-
cillors ! deceived Commissioner of her MAJESTY'S
Woods and Forests ! are you then, out of the very
plenitude of your charity towards the suffering
children in the manufacturing districts, degenerating
into the tools of your bitterest antagonists, of the
lovers of a fiscal bondage, of the so-called, and satiri-

tenants will believe, and with reason, that they
are treated with injustice that the entire
burden is shifted from the shoulders of the
landowners to their own. By the law as it now
stands they are entitled to deduct from their rents a
certain proportion of the rate, and by a wise regula-
tion that deduction is in the inverse proportion to the
rent they pay. If that is a rack rent higher than the
poor-law valuation, the chief portion falls on the
landlord—if very low, on the tenant. He is, in fact,
entitled to deduct a moiety of the rate per pound
from every pound of rent he pays. If no such al-
lowance should be made from this time forth,
nothing could convince the occupier that
he was not seriously aggrieved, and passive
resistance would again be introduced by a people,
who from their former triumph were made acquainted
with their real power. It is incumbent, therefore,
on all friends of the measure to oppose the introduc-
tion of the clause to the uttermost, for, if carried, it
will render the entire enactment worse than useless,
and occasion the greatest confusion and disturbance
in the land it is intended to benefit.

cally so-called Country Party ? Alas ! for the pit-
fals and quagmires of political ambition !
But, seriously and solemnly, it is maintained that
the Ten Hours' Factory Bill is nothing more than a
retailiation for the triumph of free trade, and most

A very interesting disci&s'ion took placeon Wednes-
day night in the House of Commons in Committee on
the Naval Prisons Bill, of which the object is to sub-
stitute imprisonment for corporal punishment in cases
where naval officers are at present empowered to inflict
the latter without the intervention of a court-martial.
To invest officers with this alternative would be at once
a wise and humane act on the part of the Legisla-
ture, and we have no doubt that the discretionary
power now proposed to be given would be accept-
able to the commanders of her MAJESTY'S
ships. Heretofore the officers, whose first duty is to
maintain an efficient state of discipline, have felt
themselves compelled to resort to corporal punishment,
because they have not had the power in their own
hands, nor have there been available means, for com-
mitting the refractory seaman to prison. And thus
it has frequently happened, that an excellent and
humane officer, who has only faithfully discharged
his duty to his SOVEREIGN, has bad his character for
benevolence wantonly impeached, simply in con-
sequence of the defective and indiscriminately limited
system of regulations which has hitherto prevailed
for the suppression of naval offences. The Admiralty
are, therefore, entitled to great praise for having in-
troduced the measure in question. It is a proof of the
earnest desire by which they are animated to do all
in their power to redress the grievances which have
been reasonably complained of, both before and since
their accession to office ; and that these have not been
light cannot be questioned. Captain PECHELL, him-
self a naval officer, on Wednesday acknowledged, in
the House of Commons, " his wonder how the sailor
formerly bore the grievances to which he was sub-
ject." The sentence of imprisonment in solitary con-
finement for 28 days, which it is intended to authorise
rammanders to pass, cannot be carried into effect, unless
it be first approved of in writing by the chief com-
manding officer at the port, place, or station where
the ship to which the offender belongs may happen to
be. This is a proper check and commendable
guarantee for securing the sailor against the exercise
of undue severity, or unjust treatment. 'Whether
this provision should not be hereafter enlarged, so as
to protect the accused against imprisonment unless
sanctioned by a court-martial, is a point which will
fairly admit of future consideration. The Admiralty
have a great responsibility, and whilst they are pro-
ceeding in a right direction, and making benevolent
experiments in accordance with the public feeling,
we think they are to be praised for framing their mea
sures with due caution. Too precipitate a relaxa-
tion of power, in the first instance, might have
the effect of defeating the very object which we
believe is entertained by the Admiralty, in common
with the most philanthropic of the nation at large,
that of improving the general condition of all the
subordinate ranks in the navy, and of removing, as
speedily as possible, the various causes which have
hitherto rendered a severity of punishment indis-
pensable. We certainly deem it desirable that naval
and military punishments should be assimilated as
closely as may be feasible, and we except altogether
to the practice of the lash being applied, as it now ifr
with greater severity to the body of the sailor than
to that of the soldier. There should be no difference
in the cat-o'-nine-tails in either service; neither do
we see why the instrument should be wielded by
a powerful boatswain in the navy, when, in the army,
it is placed in the hands of a drummer. If the ser-
vices of a boy are sufficient in the one case, they
ought to be considered equally so in the other. At
any rate, were there to be no difference permitted in
the severity of the lash, naval or military, it would
scarcely, we presume, be contended that the services
of a boatswain in the navy, and of those of a boy in
the army, would be justified by any assumed differ-
ence in the relative physical strength of the sailor com-
pared with that of the soldier. Other matters were
elicited in the course of the debate which redound to
the credit of the Admiralty. As soon as ever the
public finances will admit of it, they intend
to increase the pay of the petty officers, and likewise
to introduce some honorary distinction. They have it
also in contemplation t) give rewards to sergeants
of marines, whose services for the preservation of
discipline received from the Secretary of the Ad-
miralty a just tribute of admiration. Altogether, it
is manifest that the present Lords of the Admiralty
are not men who hold out expectations to the public
which they suffer to sink into oblivion with the ter-
mination of a debate in St. Stephen's. The country
will feel grateful for the zeal and activity with which
they have applied their minds to the important duties
incidental to their high office.

seriously and most solemnly we aver that never was

any true struggle in the cause of humanity so shame-
_ ._

fully and causelessly traduced. As well might we

designate the charitable labours of him who is corn-
monly called ST. VINCENT DE PAUL as efforts for

he destruction of all pedlars and costerrnongers ; as

well might we distort into the patronage of im-

morality the immaculate sentiments uttered by
HOWARD to the inmates of foreign dungeons.

Despite these absurd misrepresentations, however,
the Bill introduced by Mr. FIELDEN has progressed

another stage. In the teeth of a virulent animosity
it has advanced through the ordeal of Committee—it
has passed unscathed over the burning ploughshares
of amendments and cavilled-clauses. On Thurs-

day evening it is to be revived for the third reading,
conditionally—in other words, the third reading
will come on, with the understanding that it will be

postponed for another occasion. By this quibbling
procrastination the discussions have been spread over
a great multitude, of hours already ; yet, thanks to
the innate goodness and vitality of the principle at

stake, there has been no escape through any one of
the thousrAnd loopholes to reach which its opponents
have striven so perpetually. The numerous
obstacles which the Bill has already conquered form
to us a guarantee that it must ultimately prove
victorious!

There are few persons who are at all acquainted
with public affairs, or were in the habit of reading the
public journals some fifteen years since, who must
not have fully in their recollection the daily accounts
of tumultuous assemblies, and too frequently of san-
guinary conflicts taking place in Ireland, occasioned
by the attempts then made by the titheowners of
that country to collect the compositions established
in lieu of tithe from the occupiers of land. What was
termed a passive resistance was organised. No farmer
or cottier paid the portion chargeable on his holding,
without, in the first instance, opposing the recovery
of the demand in every manner possible. Every de-
lay permitted by the law was interposed; every
means of opposition that legal ingenuity could devise
no matter how vexatious or expensive it might be to
the parties, was had recourse to before a decree or
order could be obtained ; all the machinery of the
law was brought into operation by the litigants on
either side. No tribunal throughout the land, from
the highest to the lowest, from the Court of Cnancery
to the magistrates at petit sessions, was
free from tithe cases. Bills were filed in
Chancery and in the Equity Exchequer.—
proceedings instituted. and nisi prius records made
up from the common law courts—processes before
the assistant barrister at quarter sessions, and sum-
monses at petit sessions, were all in turn adopted,
and in almost every instance successful in obtaining
favourable decisions for the plaintiffs. But that
which usually terminated the difficulties of creditors
in ordinary cases proved, in these instances, but the
very beginning of their trouble. The payments could
not be enforced lay any power that could be made use
of. If a %man party attempted to take the
goods of the debtor they were beaten off
and corApelled to relinquish their 'seizure, and fre-
quently considerably injured by the assailants. If a
lager force was employed, and the aid of the civil
power invoked, blood was shed either on the side of the
police:or the people—the enforcers or the opponents of
the law. Gortroe, Carrickshock, and many other
places obtained an infamous celebrity for the fearful
scenes enacted, and numerous widows and orphans
had to lament the loss of their protectors, whose
lives were sacrificed, and who became the
victims of the state of demoralisation and
opposition to the law, so universal throughout the
island. The military were called in many instances,
the troops in addition to their ordinary duties were
converted into tithe proctors and bailiffs, to compel
submission to the law. Captions were effected and
triumphantly borne to the neighbouring towns, and
there offered for sale by public auction, in order to
realise the amount of the debt and costs, but the result
was scarcely more favourable for the claimants. True
it was that the overwhelming force employed
prevented the assembled multitudes from using open
violence, or attempting the rescue of the goods by the
strong hand ; but thousands flocked In from every
side of the country, and with folded arms and lower-
ing brows regarded the progress of the sale, and
curses both loud and deep were uttered against every
person participating in the proceedings. Bidders
could not he obtained on any terms; fat cattle were
knocked down and sold for as many pence as
they were worth pounds, but they had previously
been branded so as to indicate that they had been
sold. for the payment of the obnoxious demands, and
the purchaser could not avail himself of his bargain,
or make it in any degree useful, for it was followed
from place to place, and looked upon as something
unholy, to call down the vengeance of Heaven on its
possessor; while he himself, in his person and pro-
perty, was made to expiate the offence he had com-
mitted in at all meddling. He could not safely show
himself at fair or market; his house and the produce
of his farm were consumed by the acts of incen-
diaries, his cattle houghed or butchered in his fields,
and
everything belonging to him devoted to destruc-
tion.

Accounts from Rome state that Don ENRIQUE, on
his arrival there, "demanded an audience of the POPE,
who, in reply, desired that he should be presented by
the Spanish Ambassador; but as this functionary had
made pretension to being present at every audience,
the PRINCE declared that he could not admit of any
witness to any conscientious intercourse that might
take place between him and the Sovereign Pontiff
Consequently, he announced his intention of address-
ing his Holiness directly, the first time he met him in
public."

A Berlin letter of the 15th states that the pro-
posed Address, in answer to the KING'S speech, was
read at that day's sitting of the States-General, and
immediately taken into consideration. The terms
are said to be rather violent, and if the Address were
voted without modification, it would probably lead
to unfortunate consequences. Therefore, Count
D'ARNIM, late Minister of the Interior, wishing to
prevent all conflict between the SOVEREIGN and the
States, proposed, in a speech which had great effect,
an amendment, which appeared to be ftvourably
received by the majority of the Assembly.. The
amendment maintains the same sentiments, ;hut ;Ai
more temperate language. The debate was expe., sted
to last two days at the least.
The Cologne Gazette: states that the Prussian
Cabinet has decided on not renewing the narigat ion
treaty
of 2d March, 1841, between the Zollvet' ein
which is about to terminat::: he
saonudthEernnglsatuadtes of Germany objected to the treat
being discontinued on account of the effect it mould I
have on the importation of sugar; but the Z'

In the meantime the persons who were dependent
on the collection of the tithe composition for the
means of livelihood were reducedusuai to the greatest dis-
tress. Not only were their
weraendfordinary sup-
bath,: legal
sup-
plies withdrawn, but they
ai -
verished, by being obliged to urth iulostiexpenses of the proceedings tey defray
tuted. Parliament came to their assistance,
an
of one million pounds sterling was first voted on their
behalf, which was subsequently converted into a gift
from the State to those whose legal rights it was un-
able, with all its power, to enforce, and Parliament
acknowledged that all its authority was set at nought
by the wide-spread, the universal organization and

states were unanimous in resolving that it should not
be renewed in its present form. The Cologne Gazette
adds, that the dispatches directing the cessation of
the treaty were sent to London last week.

Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived.

The QUEEN attended a bull-fight on Monday, and,
notwithstanding the bando of the Political Chief, was
greeted with loud vivas on her appearance.
The Ministers have introduced into the Senate a
Bill of Indemnity for havingbanishedAviaaNEra. and
Casco to Alicant and Altneira. The Minister of the
Interior, who introduced the measure, declared that
he had no moral doubt of their guilt. The Bill
authorising the Ministry to collect the taxes has
passed the Senate by a large majority.
Senor OLOZAGA, who has taken his seat in the
Chamber, had solicited an audience of the QUEEN, in
order personally to thank her MAJESTY for having
permitted him to return to Spain.
The Clamor Publico publishes a memorial ad-
dressed to her MAJESTY by MENDIZARAL, CORTINA,
MADOZ, and GomEz DE LA SERNA, praying that
Generals IRIARTE, LINAGE, RODIL, CAPAZ, and
SANTA CRUZ may be permitted to return to Spain.
The Spanish Government has not received any
official account of the landing of any English troops
in Portugal to protect the QUEEN.

The Tiempo states that the negotiations between
Spain and the Papal See are going on very favourably,
and there is every reason to hope that they will be
speedily terminated satisfactorily.

MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 14.—Three per Cents.
32k money, 321 paper; Five per Cents. 201 money;
Dnembtowneiyth,olu7tiirpitaepreers.t 6 money, 61 paper; Coupons

COURT CIRCULAR,

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
The debate on the motion of bf• REMITSAT for ex-
cluding placemen from the Chamber of Deputies still
continued, and was the subject of comment in all the
Papers•

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by Frances
Lady Clinton, visited the Queen yesterday, at Bu2king-
ham Palace, and remained to luncheon with her Majesty
and Prince Albert.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert and the
Duchess of Kent, visited yesterday, at Willis's Rooms,
the Bazaar for the Relief of the Famine in Ireland and
Distress in Scotland. The Prince was attended by Mr.
G. E. Anson and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon; and
the Royal Duchess was attended by Lady Augusta
Bruce, Lady Fanny Howard, Sir George Couper, and
Lord James Murray.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Helena, walked and
rode on ponies yesterday in the Royal Gardens.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Prin-
cess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton,
took an airing in an open carriage-and-four yesterday.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured her Ma-
jesty's Theatre with their presence last evening. The
royal suite consisted of the Countess of Charlemont,
Hon. Miss Kerr, Earl of Morton, Major- General W enayss,
and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon. Her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta
Bruce, also honoured the performance at her Majesty's
Theatre with her presence last evening.
Among the visitors to inspect the pictures of the Queen
aria Prince Albert and the Royal Family at St. James's
Palace yesterday, were the Belgian Minister and
Madame Van de Weyer, the American Minister and
Mrs. Bancroft, Count Revel, the Sardinian Charge
d'Affaires ; the Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Earl of
Clarendon, Lady Cottenhani, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer and Lady Mary Wood, Sir James and Lady
Graham, and the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough
House.

On Monday there was a riot of a somewhat serious
character at the College de France. The Minister of
Public Instruction, M. SALVANDY, had, in pursuance
of the reactionary plan which he has long been
steadily carrying out, forbidden M. QUINET, the
great opponent of the Jesuits, from con-
tinuing his lectures on the literature of
Southern Europe. In these lectures M. QUINET had
exposed the intrigues and doctrines of the Jesuits,
and it was doubtless at the instigation of that bod 3
that M. SALVANDY issued his prohibition. On Mon-
day M. QUINET presented M. DUMAS lIINAirr as his
substitute. The pupils, considering M. DUMAt,
HINART as a mere tool of the parti-pretre, refused
to listen to him, and at length compelled him to re-
tire. It certainly is strange that M. GUIZOT, with
all his experience, should abet M. SALVANDY, in
his absurd crusade against the University. Has M.
GUIZOT forgotten the days of the Ilfini.stire deplorable,
when he himself was forbidden to lecture ? Has he
forgotten the triumph of his restoration to the pro-
fessor's chair under the Martignac Ministry—a
triumph which led ultimately to his attaining his
present high position ? But perhaps M. GUIZOT is
anxious that M. QUINET too should become a Member
of the Chamber and a Minister of the State—if so, he
cannot do better than aid M. SALVANDY in these pro-
ceedings.

A deputation respecting copper ore, had an inter-
view with Lord John RusF;ell yesterday, at his official
residence, in Downing-street. The deputation consisted
of Sir Howard Douglas, M.P.; Mr. J. H. Vivian, M.P.;
Mr. John Masterman, M.P.; Mr. G. F. Mintz, M.P. ;
Mr. David Morris, M.P. ; Mr. Edward Protheroe, M.P.;
Mr. J. Dennistoun. M.P. ; Mr. W. Aldha►n, M.P.; Hon,
C. P. Villiers, M.P. ; Mr. James Pattison, M.P. ; Mr.
W. Brown, M.P.; Mr. T. Thornley, M.P.; Mr. Rogers,
of Wolverhampton ; Mr. Basley, President of the
Chamber of Commerce, Manchester ; Mr. Henry Ash-
worth, Mr. Vincent Potter, Mr. Robert Gardiner.
From London—Sir John Pixie, Bart., Mr. C. P. Gren-
fell, Mr. Templeman, Mr. Gibbs, and Mr. Leckie.
From Liverpool—Mr. Brownell, Mr. Boardman, Mr.
Budd. Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Todd Hayles, Mr. Keates,
Mr. Lockett, Mr. Imrie, Mr. Bibby, Mr. George Bar-
well, Mr. James, and Mr. George F. Young. Also—
Turton, Master Cutler, of Sheffield, and Mr.
Dixon, for the Mayor of Sheffield.
The Marquis of Northampton, Lord James Stuart,
and a deputation had an interview with Sir George
Grey yesterday at the Home office.
Mr. Riley, Chairman, and Mr. Holt, Solicitor of the
Company of Proprietors of the Liverpool Water-works,
usually called the Bootle Water-works Company,) a
deputation on the Health of Towns Bill, had an inter-
view with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at the office of
her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests in
Whitehall-place.

The Buzancais rioters were executed on Friday.
The 2lioniteur announces that the Chamber of
Commerce, desirous to participate in a grand and
highly useful enterprise, had voted a sum of 5,000 f.
(2001.) to defray part of the expense of the explora-
tion of the Isthmus of Suez preparatory to the open-
ing of the canal which is to unite the Mediterranean
and the Red Sea.

According to the Siecle, M. GUIZOT has become
so alarmed at the present state of affairs in Spain that
he has determined to send Count BItESSON to Madrid
without delay.
COURS AU7iIENTIQUI.—PARis, APRIL 20.—French Fivi-
per. Cents., 115 f. 55c. 50c. 45c. Four per Cents., 100 f. Three
per Cents., 77f. 85c. 78f. Bank of France Shares, 3,265 f.
Obl. of the City, 1,300 f. Neapolitan (Rothschild's) Deiini-
tires, 102 f. 35c. Romans, 102 f. Belgian Five per Cents.
(1840) 99%f. Ditto, Three per Cents. (1847) 684. Spanish
Passive, 5%. Exchange on London :—One month, money,
23f. 524 c.; three months, paper, 25f. 30c. ; money, 25f. 25c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 21.
Boulogne and Amiens, 17—Dutch Rhenisb, 41A—Namur
and Liege, 4%—Northern of France, 1274—Paris and Lyons,
514_,--Paris and Rouen, 36,72—Rouen and Havre, 26%—
Sambre" and Meuse, 5%.

Mr. J. B. Buller and Mr. J. W. Badham had an inter-
view with the Right lion. Edward Strutt, yesterday, at
the office of the Commissioners of Railways, in Great
George-street.
Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General to
the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-
street.

A deputation from the Rochester Waterworks Com-
pany, including Mr. W. Roberts and Mr. Thomas Booth,
had an interview with Viscount Moi peth 3 esterday.
Lord Portman had an interview with Sir George
Grey. Mr. Hutt, M.P., and Lord Villiers had also in-
terviews with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday, at the
Home-office.

A deputation on the subject of the Factory Bill, con
sisting of Messrs. Greg and Shawcross, from Manchester
(cotton) ; Mr. Gott, from Leeds (woollen) ; Mr. Mar-
shall, from Leeds (flax) ; Mr. Taylor, from Preston ;
Mr. Bayley, from Stayley Bridge ; Messrs. Ackroyd
and Morris, from Halifax (worsted) ; and Mr. Baxter,
from Dundee (flax), had an interview with the Marquis
of Lansdowne yesterday at the Privy Council Office,
Whitehall.

DEATH OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.—Died of dysen-
tery at the Cape of Good Hope,on his way home from Madras,
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Walter Scott, Bart., of Abbotsford,
eldest son and last surviving child of the author of " Waver-
ley." Sir Walter was born in 1801, and was a Lieut.-Colone;
in the 15th Hussars. The baronetcy is extinct, but the
Abbotsford property passes to Walter Scott Lockhart, a
Cornet in the 16th Lancers, the only son of the editor of the
Quarterly Review, mat the only grandson of the author o
" Waverley." Sir Walter was married in 1825, to a Miss Jobson,
of Lochore, Fife, who still survives to lament, as all who knew
him must do, an excellent officer, with many amiable quali-
ties and much kindness of heart.
GRAY'S INN, APRIL 21.—Edward Crispe Eller"
Esq., was this day called to the degree of Barrister-at-law
by the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn.
PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.—We understanc
that an Amateur Performance will take place on Saturday
the 24:h instant, in aid of the funds of the Printers' Pension.
Society, at the Olympic Theatre. This excellent Society i
for the support of aged and infirm printers. An Arnateu•
Performance in aid of its funds took place last year at th'
Strand Theatre, which produced 541. We trust that thi
year that sum will be exceeded.
PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.--SECOND AMATEUI,
DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE AT THE OLYMPIC THEATRE.—
A rumour having obtained extensive circulation that th
sale of some portion of the properties of the Olympic Theatr,
will prevent the performance in aid of the Printers' Pension.
Society, announced to take place there to-morrow (Satur
day), we have great pleasure in giving the flattest contra
diction to such rumour. The performance will take plan..
and, we doubt not, with the success equal to that whici
attended the efforts of the amateurs in beha:f of the charity
at the Strand Theatre last year.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, :ADMIRALTY EXTEN.
stoic —Wednesday evening the operation of laying down tilt
metal tubes through which the communicating wires pas:
was concluded. The course taken from the telegraph office.
is the Strand is as follows :—On the north side of the Stran
to Nelson's Pillar, across Cockspar-street, through Spring
gardens, passing Lord Fitzhardinge's mansion into St. James's
Park, alongside the railings of Spring-gardens and under
neath the Admiralty garden to the Telegraph-offices, whici.
are already fitted up with the necessary apparatus, so thai
communication can be transmitted as soon as the wires arr
connected with the terminal. The above circuitous rout
has been adopted to obviate the inconvenience which mus`
necessarily have occurred by the passage of the pipes throng!
the principal entrance. To preclude the possibility of an,
defect in the communication, each wire is tested previoust
to being encased in the tubes.
DESTRUCTION OF AN ANCIENT MONUMENT.—Tht
Inverness Courier mentions, amongst other casualties of th,
late gale which visited Scotland on Thursday week, the par•
tial destruction 'lt 1, ancient obelisk, or standing stone a,
Stanwick, parish Nigg, which was thrown down anti
broken. The obehe > had various hieroglyphic sculpturing.
and was supposed to commemorate the death and burial
a Danish sea king, who, in the days of the Vikingr, was
wrecked and drowned off the coast.

The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
general meeting yesterday.
Sir Bellingham Graham had an interview yesterday
with the Right Hon. E. Strutt.
_ _

TUE Loss OF THE TWEED.—The subscription ser
on foot for the purpose of rewarding the conduct of Captait
Camp, the master, the chief mate, officers, and crew of th,
Spanish brig Emilio, whose intrepid exertions saved the live:
of 79 persons, who were wrecked on board the Tweed, alreaks
amounts to 1,373/. ss.

The Metropolitan Improvement Commission had a
meeting yesterday in Whitehall place. The commis
sioners present were Viscount Morpeth, the Lord Mayor,
the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, Sir Robert Inglis, Sir
Charles Lemon, Mr. Hope, Mr. Gore, and Mr. Milne.

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NATIONAL HALL, HIGH lionsonN.—A concert waF
given here on Wednesday night in aid of the Metropolitat,
Benefit Societies' Asylum, Ball's Pond, Islington, establishes:
for the reception of aged and infirm members of benefit so-
cieties of both sexes, and the members of the Loyal United
Friends, Old Friends, Foresters, Manchester Unity, Odd
Fellows, Druids, and all societies having gift funds. It was
numerously and respectably attended, and consisted of t,
very agreeable and judicious musical melange, selected from
the works of Barnet, Turner, Weber, Bellini, Rossini, Horn
&e-
,Most. of the popular vocal performers at concert
were engaged,
who acquitted themselves most creditably, am
were generally applauded. Among the numbers were th,
Mialp Adams, Thornton, and O'Connor; Mesdames A. New
ton, Ellis, and Dixon ; Messrs. Shoubridge, Sporle, Buckland,
iiiedgeritck. aid Cornish, whose names are a sufficient
warrant of the style and efficiency with which the perform-
ances were conducted.
AeLARMIN G FIRE IN GREEK-STREET, SOHO.—
ay night,
e out aboutlititetnhoe'ecxloctekn,saivfierepitlheaoticrbeuaitleddinciponssiidtuerast-,
sd Tuble alarm bro lt•
at 59, Greek-street, Soho-square, occupied by Mr. Roger,
; carver and gilder; Mr. Pierson, a cabinet-maker; Mr
James Walbv, a boilerand steam-apparatusmannfacturer, and
Mr.
.W. Joeh man, a schoolmaster; the Jews' Indigent School
was also It aid on one of the floors. It appears that th,
fire was fir, it perceived by one of the neighbours raging to
the fourth. floor, tenanted by Mr. Rogers. An instanl
alarm was spread, and intelligence was sent to the engine-
stations;. but before a single engine had time to arrive th,
flames ',fad penetrated to the rout, and they were ascendink: a
consi':terable height. The various engines of the London
brigade, St. Ann's parish, the County, and West of Englanti
office, arrived at the scene in rapid succession, and plenty
of water being at hand, about half-a• dozen of the machine:-
we're called into acquisition, but owing to the immense sizt
of the premises, it was with great difficulty that the firemen
'could find out the exact seat of the flames, meanwhile the
fire continued to progress, and very speedily it travelle,
round the whole of the floor, doing serious damage to a vast
number of valuable frames and pieces of ancient carving.
route of the latter articles were stated, by one of the Work
men, to belong to Lord Erskine and other noblemen. The
firemen, by dint of great exertions, succeeded in getting tb .
flames subdued by ball-past eleven o'clock, but not until
very serious damage was done to Mr. Roger's stock in trade
by tire and water. The roof is likewise part y '6l: • burned off.
and the whole of the lower floors are saturated with water.
['he stock of Mr. Pierson is likewise extensively damaged,
and so are the Jews' school, and Mr. Joelman's academy.
It could not be ascertained how the fire originated ; the
workmen all left their employment at nine o'clock, at which
hour the building was locked up, when it appeared per-
fectly free from fire. None of the parties, it is believed, are
insured.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Last night was one of the long Thursdays," and a
glorious long Thursday it was; certainly the best " long
Thursday" of the present season. The great event of
the night was the first appearance of Mademoiselle
Cerito, and of M. St. Leon. The first act of that most
magnificent of ballets Lalla Roohh was produced
for the debut of Cerito, and the pas de Schalls
was given with exquisite grace and elegance.
She afterwards appeared with St. Leon in the
celebrated pas des quatre, from the Lac des fees. She is
looking better, and danced with greater spirit and
abandon than ever. In her peculiar line no danseuse has
ever equalled the little realist of Naples. With her the
dance is not the mere poetry of life—it is life itself.
She dances from the very overflowing joyousness of
her heart, and of all danseuses, she, par excellence,
seems to enter into the spirit of the scene.
ft is this which renders the dancing,of Cerito su fascinat-
ng and never was she more fascinating that last even-
ing. She was received with applause loud and long
continued. Seldom is it that the aristocratic audience
Hof her Majesty's Theatre displays such enthusiasm as
,hat with which Cerito was greeted last evening ;
ynd seldom, indeed, is it that the applause has been so
sell desired. We rejoice at the return of Cerito,
o the scene of her many former triumphs, where,
doubtless, many frseh triumphs are in store for her. The
~pera was the Elisir d'Arn6re, with Lablache as the
Doctor, Madame Castellan as Adina, Gardoni as Neme-
rino ; and though last, not least, F. Lablache as Belcore.
To say that Lablache was Dr. Dulcateura, is to say
:hat the part of the Doctor was represented in a
manner in which it could be represented upon no other
Lyrical stage in the world. When an actor shall ari*e
who shall be superior to Kean in Sir Giles, to Cooke in
itichard, to Kemble in Coriolanus, to Liston in Paul
"Ory. and to old Charles Alathews in Sir Fretful Pia-
then, and not until then, may we hope to see the
equal of Lablache. An apology was made for Madame
. .

Castellan, who it was saidwaslabouring under initispo-
iition, but the apology was not needed ; she sang and
acted beautifully, was repeatedly encored, and
was the very Adina of the author. Gardoni was an
admirable Netiaorino. Had Donizette composed the
nusic for him he could not have been fitted better. He
was in good voice, and sung and acted exquisitely. The
car-famed duet obbligato was never more tastefully ren-
lered than it was last night by Gardoni and Lablache. F.
I,ablache, too, was admirable as Sergeant Belcore. He is
mellowing into a richly humorous buffo, and is worthy
of the name he bears. All the artistes were called for
At the conclusion of the opera. Then followed the selec-
tion from Lalki Rookh, with Cerito and St. Leon, to
,vhich we have before alluded ; and then we had the
last act of 1 Due Foscari, in which Coletti, as usual,
created quite a furore. Marie Taglioni then danced her
exquisite pas from Caralia. and then followed the pas de
,uatre from the Lac des Fees, for Cerito and St. Leon.
the ballet of Orithia (in which was introduced a pas for
i'errot and Rosati) concluded the evening's entertain-
:flent. The acting of Lucile Grahn in this ballet is
beautifully classical. Imegine a chef d'oeuvre of
.Incient Grecian statuary endowed with life, and you
may form some idea of Lucile Grahn in Orithia.
the music of this ballet is very beautiful ; it is more
characteristic, more original, more thoroughly original
than that of the generality of compositions of this nature.
There is a little solo bit for the oboe, which is a perfect
gem ; it was exquisitely given, and was most deservedly
applauded. The house was crowded to excess in every
part.

NATIONAL CLUB.—We perceive, from an adver-
tisement which appears in another column, that the new
club-house of the National Club is opened for members. It
is evident that the National Club intend conducting matters
with spirit; and it therefore behoves the free traders, and the
members of the liberal party, to be on the qui vice.
His Excellency the Baron Schemmelpeninck, Dutch
A.mbassader to the British Court, arrived in London yester-
day by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam
ship Giraffe, that left Rotterdam the previous day.
An incident took place on the Custom House-quay
on Tuesday, which deserves to be noticed. A strapping
young country girl. along with her sweetheart, embarked on
ooard one of the emigrant ships then lying at the quay,
with the intention of sailing for America, and being there
married. The fair emigrant was possessed, moreover, of a
dot of 2001., which she discreetly placed in the hands of
the captain of the vessel, and had hardly done so when ber
companion and intended applied to her for a portion of it.
f his she refused; whereupon he coolly bid her good morn-
:fig, and disembarked. The deserted damsel, however, ad-
vanced to the gunwale, there harangued a large mob, who
,ptedily collected to hear her, and ended, not by throwing
herself into the river, but by assuring the crowd that if any
young fellow who heard her, was willing to take the place of
tier faithless swain, she was quite ready to accept of his ser-
vices upon the same terms. A handsome young mason who
happened to be among the atanders by, immediately offered
himself, and was accepted on the spot. The captain very
oroperly sent to make inquiries about him, and found that
tie was, as he represented himself, a single man ; and tilt.
lartips to this extempore match sailed with that very tide
for the shores of America.—Dublis Herald.
HEALTH or TOWNS.—Medical gentlemen in the
country are now closely drawing their attention to the state
and condition of dwellings, and to the inmates of them, both
,n towns and villages, in order to the affording information
therron. Every person valuing cleanliness, good health, and
comfort, will be very glad of this. Landlords who do not see

t() their. tenants' dwellings being in a proper condition may
iiot only expect (through ill-health and disease) to lose rent,
hut entail upon the ratepayers at large a great burden, by
causing increased claims upon the parochial funds. It is a
lamentable fact, that numbers of landlords have looked but to
one thing—reNt ; and have, in consequence, brought upon
themselves a vast amount of blame.

SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.—Mr. Alfred Barnard, o
. 'teller, informs us that he "has had the honour of sub

mitting plans to Lord John Russell (in the event of war) t,
connect the Channel Islands, Southampton, and the Admi-
ralty, by submarine telegraph, consisting only of one wire.
the Qea forming the trough to complete the return of th,
electric current; when, simultaneously, a peal of bells mg,
rimy, here and at Southampton, calling the attention
the officer to the communication about to be transmiLt
This experiment," adds Mr. Alfred Barnard, "has just he
‘NAccorily proved near the palace at Osborne. —Jersey
Pm,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was very
feeble. American sorts declined id. to -id. per lb. for
ord. and mid. Fair and bettor qualities were less
offered. Brazil, Surat, and Egyptian were id. per lb.
lower. Sales, 2,000 bales.—ln Railway Shares there
was no improvement. There was a scarcity of money
beginning to be felt severely, and much dullness prevailed
in consequence.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.
_ ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY.
__

Sweepstakes iN;iiTner to I;e sold for 801.
-B f by AssasAn, out of Esmeralda—Toads—Millwood--
; Fistiona—lbrabim Pacha—b f by The Saddler, out of Fou-
r chon—and Jollity.

Handicap, T.Y.C.
Bishop Romford's Cob, aged, Bst 101 b Garry Owen?
aged, Bst 61b—Jinglepot, 5 yrs, Bst—Best Bower, 6 Yrs 9
7st 61b—Cocoa Nut, 6 yrs, 7st 31b —Kite, 3 yrs, 6st 1011).71:
Don Caesar, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Jollity, 3 vrs, sst 31b. Three pal
Queen's Plate, le C.
Alarm, 5 yrs—Wolfdog, 5 yrs—Flahowlagh, 5 - Yrs---
113-dranger, 4 yrs—Humdrum, 4 vrs.

A very considerable degree of interest is felt in the
City in the promotion of the subscription in favour of
the captain and crew of the "Emilio," who so humanely
went out of their course to rescue that portion of the
crew. and the passengers of the Royal Mail steam-
packet which was wrecked on the Alacranes reef,
during the passage of the ship from Havannah
to Vera Cruz, on the 12th February last, the
details of which unfortunate loss have been already fully
made public. Including the subscriptions up to this
day, very nearly 1,5001. has been received, in which we
reckon the amount given by her Majesty's Government
to Captain Camp of 5004, with a gold medal. It is
most sanguinely expected that the sum raised
will far exceed the amount above stated. To
encourage such praiseworthy exertions on the
part of foreigners towards our ships and crews i❑
distress and danger, too strong a demonstration cannot
be made in such a maritime country as this.
Much curiosity is evinced in the perusal now of letters
from the provinces when any authentic information is
contained of the state of trade or the eff.ct of
the Bank of England measures. As far as
can be ascertained, the country banks are following in
the wake of the Bank of England, and are compelled to
limit the accommodation usually afforded to their cus-
tomers. The intelligence from Paris also indicates the
continuance of rather an uneasy state of things, princi-
pally owing to the money wants of the Government.
At Amsterdam the rate of discount on bills of exchange
rules as low as four per cent., but the higher charges
prevalent here will attract capital from that quarter.
As the Bank of England now declines some of
the paper offered to it, and discounts generally
above the " minimum" rate, where paper has more than
a short time to run, it is hardly expected that there
will be any further public announcement of an increased
charge, for the present, even though the rate out of
doors is above the Bank of England terms.
The Funds have receded to-day. Consols have been
864 to 87 for transfer, and 861 to 87* for May. Ex-
chequer• bills are par to 2s. premium, and East India
Bonds have been done at par. Bank Stock is worth
193 to 195. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
have been 874 to 88.

LATEST BETTING.
BETTING ON WEDNESDAY
1,000 GUINEAS STAKES.
13 to 1 agst Brown Bess

_
Even on Slander
3 to 1 agst Ciementina

CHESTER CUP.
8 to 1 agst Dulcet I 25 to 1 agst Annandale
9 to 1 agst Mendicant I 30 to 1 agst Plaudit
10 to 1 agst The Lamb I4oto 1 agst Gwalior .. ,
17 to 1 agst Camera Obacura s') to 1 agst,Prussic Acai kV
(taken) 50 to 1 agst Sylvanus (t)
25 to 1 agst Inheritress
Jinglepot and Sting are declared not to start.

TUB DERBY.
5 to 1 agst Couyngham (t)
11 to 2 agst Van Tromp
15 to agst Glen tilt (t)
20 to 1 agst Cossack I
4421
ttttoooo I
aaa'''gggg:sstttt
uo'Alltix:ra:obrsollieli
sa':art il fie ( t I
No others mentioned.
OAKS.
7to I agst Slander (t) Ilsto 1 agst Brown Be' b.
Arriv,,ls—Lord3 Stanley, W. Powlett, Macdonald, Bdrg
ley and Bateman.
QUICK V`i onx.—The result of the Two Thousand Guinea'',_
which was not run until a quarter past three o'clock, ";
sent by our correspondent, by horse express to Cambridge,c_
distance of thirteen miles, within thirty minutes, and then 0
to Sboreditch by electric telegraph.
NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, 1847'
WEDNESDAY.—Acceptances fur the Suffolk Stakes.
lb.
Age. st. lb. Age. st 6 13
Wood Pigeon 5 8 7 Scarlet Runner....... 5 , 8
Jinglepot 5 8 5 Ridiculus Mus .....•. 5 " 1
The Cur
Paultons - 1
Young Lochinvar . 3'a 7 13 Doctrine 5 13
Giselle .. ' 4 710 The Emerald 151 e.... 3 3 II
St. Dern etri 4 7 9 Watchdog ............ 7
Jenny Wren 57 6 Mogulistan .... . 3 6
Colleen Bawn 5 7 5 Lazarillo 3 u
Hydrangea 4 7 1 Mirmillo 3 5 3
3
Leopard
Ukraine
The Farthing g Candle 4 6 13 ofPrizeFower'sdam 3
The highest weight accepting being Bst 61b, it Was'cib,
cording to Rule 71 of the Jockey Club), altered to fist
and the others in proportion.

The Foreign StCocks are completely neglected.
Spanish Five per Cents. realise 24i, and the Passive,
51. Brazil Stock is worth ii 334. Dutch Four per
Cents. are 90 to 89i.
Railway Shares have been flatter.
BRITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. . • .. .. • • 195 193 195 195
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 85% 8654 85%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 86% 87 97
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Arms. 87%34 88 87%
Long Annuities, Expire •lan. 5, 1880 .. 8 15-16 9 1-16 8 15.16
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 8%
India Bonds, 1,0001. .. par par
Ditto, under 1,0001. .. .. 2 p 2 p
South Sea Stock ..
Ditto, Old Annuities
Consols for May 27
Exchequer Bills.
1,0001... .„
5001.
Ditto, Small

.. .. .. 8444 841 i
• .. .. .. 86% 87% 87
IN& 2d.
-- .... par 2 p 2 p
.... 2 dis par par
.... 2 dis 1p 1p

ONE
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 83!4
Ditto, Small • • .. ..
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. . ..
Danish, 3 per Cent •• .. • • • •
Grenada, I per Cent .. .
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent ..
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. ..
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 24%
Ditto, Passive Bonds .. 5%
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Hall per Cent ..

Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates
Ditto. Bonds ..
PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.

.. 90 89%

CLOSINi,
PRICES.
83%
84

BUSINESS -
CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT
ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
_

Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction •• 2%
... •• IN .. 134
Bristol and Exeter .. .. .. 75 ... 73 •
....
Buckinghamshire ..61.45..... die.
Caledonian 30 .... •
Ditto, Half Shares 24 .... 2 .......... 2
Ditto, Clydesdale Junction .. 25 ... ... 39
Eastern Counties .. 20 18% •18%
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. —..........—
Ditto, ditto.. .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. p•• .. ••' P
Ditto, York Extension ~ 6%.... 5% ........ 5
East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 17 •• • • .. ••..• • • •
Ditto New .. 7% .. • • •• • • • •
..........
Ditto, New Scrip • • .. 1%• • •• I ••• • • • 111
East Lincolnshire .. .. 4 .... .• ••.. • ... 6
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ....... _ 71
Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 124 .... 17% ..... 1734
Ely and Huntingdon 15 .... 153 • ..... 1534
Great Northern .. * . 3N • • 3 •••• • • • . 3
Do., London & York Extension 25.2 .... 2 ..
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 ....
Great North of England . ..100 • • •• .. 231
Ditto, New .. •.. 5 .... 59% .. • • ...... 5914
Great Western .. .. 85 1 I ..... „ 115
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 1234 .... 17% ..... 17g
Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 27. .......... 27
Hull and Selby .. .. •• 50 ...
Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 25 .... 57
Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 50 .... 61 6034
Ditto, New
Leeds and Bradford .. .• .. 40 .... 83% ..........
Leeds and Thirsk 2234 ..........
Ditto, New .. .. 10 .... 7% • •
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport 2 ....
Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 234.... -
London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. ..... •
Ditto. New, No. 1 5 .. 53!
London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 .... 51%% • ...... 5134
London an North-Western • .100 ....1725¢ 173 17234 17234
Ditto, Quarters
Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 11% ..........
Ditto, Fifths . .. 2 .... 15% 16 ......
London and 2.outh•Western • 41/. 6s. 10d..• 63%
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • • 50 .... 524 ..........
Ditto, Scrip.. .. .. 5 .... 434 ........
Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 .... 2134 .. •
Lynn and Derehatn ,
Manchester and Leeds ..
Ditto, Fifths ..
Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. .. • . 71. 45..... p.
Ditto 34 (late liudiers. & Sheff.) 23 .. • • 24% .. • •
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • • par.. • • ......
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1 • • .......
Midland ..100 .... 115 114........
Ditto, New .. 36 .... 39% ........
Ditto, New .. .. 2 .... 4 %
Ditto, Consol. Bristol and Bir-
mingham 6 per cent. .. ..100 .. • • 122 N 123% ,
Newcastle and Berwick .. 20 .... 25% %
Ditto, New . • •• . 5 ....
Nortblic • • .. • . .. 100 .....
Ditto, Extension .. .. 10 .... 10 ........ 1
Northern Counties Union .. .. 4 .... 1% . •
North British .. .. •• 25 .. • • 3134 32 .... • • 31
Ditto, Extension % 14 ...... 1
Ditto, Thirds 1
North Staffordshire .. • • • . 5 7% %•••• • • • • 7in
Preston and Wyre .. • . 25 .... 35 .......
Scottish Midland .. .. 174 194
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3% .... .... •• •• . 334
Shropshire union 425. I%dis.
South Eastern and Dovor 3356 36% .. • • .. • . •
Do.. New (d 0.32./. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .... t 274
Do.. New (do. 30/.) .. No. 3. 15 •• • • •
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 4 .... 5 .... • • • •
South Wales .. .. 10 .... 734 7
West Riding Union .• .. 4/. 25..... % p
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 20 .... I I .... •• ••
York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 34 3334 •• •
Ditto, Preference ..
York and North Midland .. 50
Ditto. Preference • • .. .. 2
Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten... 10 .• 20 .. •••• .. • •
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
East Indian .. . ss. .... 34 .. •• •
Northern of France • • .. • • 8 .... •.. •
Paris and Lyons .• ....
Paris and Strasbourg .. .. 5 .... 1N
Sambre and Meuse .. .. 12 .... 5% • • ......
West Flanders . 8 .... 4 • • • ......
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
British North American .. .. 50 ....
MINES.

1

.. .. .. 20 .... - - ..,

11%
16
63%
53
4%
21%
20%

.....
••••• I% P
24T.
Par
1
115 U
394

7V,
% P
It
33%
7%

Real del Monte, Unregistered ..........

DEATII OP ♦ LADY 1,1/0141 ALLEGED DESTITUTION

—Wednesday Mr. Wakley held an inquest at the University
College Hoipitat, an the body of a female, supposed to be
about sixty years of age, and named Lydia Ann Downes,
whose death took place under the following circumstances.
Thomas Delluaey, police-constable 230 S, deposed that on
Sunday night, about twelve o'clock, he was on duty in Sey-
ucustruonn-
there was a woolen in his tap-room he feared dying. ascitiuoantePublhice-nhohuese,waanadseinntfofrmeredbyththaet
lmanotidrlo-etrrdeeoftihEe
of the
Wit-
ness went them and found deceased. lying upon on
benches
andked for The half a pint of
she came in about ten o'clock, as
is an apparently dying state.
with her into the tap room.
d to that
ed Basis' &ace, and brought decease
Witnissi procured
1 ts were administered. She was in-
sensibleporter made hot, which she took
hospital, where stimulants
but rallied sufficiently to state that she
at the time,
lived in and died in au hour after. She
Somers-town, but again relapsed
a a
frightfully emaciated and filthy
condition. Mr.
was in a Johnson-street, Somer 8 Town, said the
Francis Cook, of
.
Johnson-street,
of the top rooms of his house
into tatjeeohfnsuinsnenast
which she paid 2s per week quarterly. She
four years, for .
deceased had occupied one
was a most eccentric character, and no human being ever
en
he had found, there was no doubt she had
tered her apartment but herself, until since her death, and
from documents
been highly connected. Among them were receipted bills
made out in the deceased's name, to the amount of 23,0001.
e bill was for post-horses at a guinea per day; another,
1001. for garden seeds ; but the most important were legal
documents, showing that the deceased had been the defend-
ant in a Chancery suit, and that by an adverse decision of
the court she had been entirely deprived of very
large estates in Northamptonshire. Another bill
showed she had paid four guineas and a half for a
white silk bonnet. Deceased was a remarkably fine
and high. spirited woman, and although she appeared in the
deepetit pov,erty, she would never ask a favour. He be-
lieved deceased was a recipient of some annuity, which she
obtained from the Strand somewhere, but he could not tell
where. It must, however, have been very stall. She
always paid her rent punctually, and a quarter was due on
the 27th inst. Deegosed bit home on Sunday night, about
ten o'clock. On entering her apartment since death a
frightful scene of misery presented itself, the whole of the
furniture, consisting of a broken table and chair, and a mat,
which served as a bed. The floor was sole deep in filth, and
on the mattress being moved, it wds one mass of vermin.
There was no property, or a particle of food, clothing, or,
firing in the place. After some further evidence the jury re-
turned a verdict, "
That deceased died from natural
causes,
mb uot.whetherr
iferso mu f
leixfeh, a
tuhset
ri oenwparso dnuoctedsut tiheentwealnitdoenfeceoint;
show."

DEPLORABLE IGNORANCE.—If the " Education
Question" is allowed to pass, we propose that the first per-
sons to receive the benefits of the new Act should be Mr.
Meagher and the Irish patriots who have been lately dis
playing their sad want of education at the Irish Confederation
n Dublin. It is pitiable to think that persons who have the
; ;wer of doing so much mischief should be allowed to re-
nain in their present hopeless state of ignorance. It is
he bounden duty of the Government to teach them better.
—Punch.

THURODAY.
t O
The racing this ,afternooa had several features in liMbar,
with Tuesday—the events for decision were six in
including a Royal Plate and a stake—the "One 110'7
Guineas" of as much importance with respect to
wit the
speculations as the Two Thousand Guineas. The v' the
too, was fine, and numbers only were wanting to ma'" was
similarity complete; in this respect, however, Tuestefotasf
'
immensely superior, not only to this but to every racing 000
that has preceded since 1810. Speculation on the ,
Thousand Guineas Stakes, notwithstanding its result,di'li
certain to lead to a change in the prices of the two le
favourites for the Oaks, and was far from brisk; Slander, as
have stated in our report of the betting on Wednesdaytedi
left off at evens with the field. Brown Bess, who had nffera
backed at sto 2, having receded to 3to 1, similsr oa
having been offered agst Clementine, who was '3111Y:rood
minally in the market. The betting this morning di", to
essentially from these prices, Clementine having sprun&
wh"" .„
'
6 to 4, of course to the prejudice of Slander, agst
fioeti
5 to 4 was offered currently. 6to 4 was laid agst a•
Bess, and 7to 1 agst The Emerald Isle. We should inf'
tion, too, while speaking of the betting, that Van TromP
col s,
110
backed at 5 to 1 for the Derby, and Cossack at 20 to 1
and Sir Martin and St. Lawrence at 30 to 1 each -r
Chester Cup.
Red 1144
Re
The racing commenced at two o'clock, and irotw
having delighted the " fielders" by defeating -c'Prtiag
and Cocoa Nut having carried off a very ,_
v'
er Cob.
handicap, after a very severe race with ta
,tae
the start took place for the principal event nat,
day, for which five competitors appeared at theder-d- la
all more or less fancied except Cosacbia. The race en _.tog
favour of Clementine, by half a length ; Slander tefiaa
Brown Bess by a length. Like the 2,000 Gulnese_.!riat
the pace was slow, and also like that was fatal to the
Plofavourite for the great event to come off at E I"'tter
Goodwood horses in each case proving second beat- need' .
agreeable surprise awaited the " fielders" in the four
Plate, in which the favourite, after one of the sever being
mile contests ever witnessed, was beaten by Humdrlon the
the second race of the day on which 5 to 1 was 13 'dock.
loser! The list was got through by half-past four nold colts.
Sweepstakes of 100 soy. each, h ft, for three year
51b extra. D.M. (S Subs.)
1
(Nat)
Bst 71b. The winner of the 2,000 Guinea Stakes to carry
Duke of Richmond's Red Hart
Mr. Bowes's Epirote
Epirote all
the running, and won by two lengths,Epirote
having stop
Betting-5 to lon . The non-favorite mader._A
a few yards from the chair. Run in 1 minute 47 seconl,t,_
Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soy. each, and only 5 ft, 11,"4
Glared, &c., fur three year olds and upwards. T.Y.C.
Subs , 3 of whom declared.)
.1 1 I
Lord Exeter's Cocoa Nut, 6 yrs, 7st 31b (W. Abd...e, 2
Mr. Rolt's Bishop of Romford's Cob, aged, Bst 10113 " &en
The following were not placed ;--Mr. Byng's Garr"'
-met,
Duke of Rutland's Jinglepot. Mr. Pemberton's Best -„,! R.
Mr. E. Crockford'a Kite, Col. Anson's Don Cmsar,
r.
Betting, 2 to 1 agst Jinglepot,
Royce's Jollity.
6 to 1 agst Cocoa Nut, and 6 to 1 agst Bishop of Kt:urora 0
Cob.
jingler_
3 to 1 agst Don Cxs'!,r!
Jollity made play at a capital pace followed by
Cocoa Nut, and the Con ; this lot forming the front rank
.10_,Ls"
the cords. Cocoa Nut and the Cob then singled themse!val
out, and raced home together, the mare winning by a
Jollity a bad third, and Garry Owen fourth. Run in 101
14 sec.
The 1,000 Guineas Stakes of 100 sous. each, h ft, for three-
yrs-oid fillies, Bst 71b. D. J. (30 Subs. (Nat)
Mr. Payne's Clementina
Mr. Mostyn's Slender .....................................
_ _

~
Mr. R. Clifton's Brown Bess ... ******** -• ...... - .
Lord Exeter's C05achia.............. ....- ........................ ;
Mr. O'Brien's Emerald Isle .......... ..- ..... •• ..... 5;101
5 to 4 on Slander, 5 to 2 agst Clementina, 4 to 1 ags ,ide the
Bess, and 10 to 1 agst Emerald Isle. Emerald We m'_tains
running, followed by Slander, and Cosachia, Clefrenerald
ling off; they came thus to the new ground, when ' Cle-
isle gave way, and Slander went on with the running_,u., to
mentina still waiting, on entering the cords she wen,' kalifs
Slander, headed her half way up and won cleverly b} der.
length, Brown Bess third, beaten half a length from Stan
Run in 1 min. 48 sec.
Match, 100, last half mile of Ab. M.—Mr. Merton'ealtlyers,e'
5 yrs, Bst 71b, (Nat), beat Mr. Barne's Blackwell Ito
6st 31b. Betting, 2tol on Idas, who won by a near-
in 51 sec.
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; for four
five, lOst 71b; six and aged, 10st 121 b.
j. x‘ ‘-'
( Marson) 1
Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum, 4 yrs #-• ............ ' 2
...
........... _
Mr. Moore's Wolf-dog, 5 yrs - ........
........ v
-yrs-01_d!,,2.5t 131 b ;
Lord Milltown's Flahowlagh, 5 yrs ...................
un•
_ jog to
Betting-5 to lon Wolf-dog, who made the e
joins. hie"
the corner of the plantation, when Humdrum cerity,
tl.e race home was contested with extraordinary ,,,„ 0
Humdrum, who ran the longest, winning on the post "
neck. Flahowlagh a bad third. Run in 7 min. 41 seci
„,,,,
Sweepstake of 10 sous. each ; for three yrs old colts, 8a 1.1-
ii
anddem afinlldiees,d4Bs,st:„.4lhF.irst Thehalwf
oinfnAebr.tiAii.be
csoidsuhb)rs.)Bo soVto 4
Duke of Bedford's Fistiana (Pettit) ~,.
Lord Lonsdale's Ibrahim Pacha •.........,.
...... !
Duke of Beaufurt's fby Assassin, out. of Einierahla ......... ,J,
The following. were not placed:--Mr. Shelley's Millva
Mr. R. Boyce's Jollity, and Lord W. Poulett's f by The
Sa.idter, out of Fanchon. . a #0 1
Betting-2 to 1 agst Millwood, sto 2 agst Fistiana, 4 '-',IA
agst Ibrahim Paella, and 4to 1 agst Jollity. Fistiana no,-,
all the running, arid won by a length; the same betweell -
and 3d. Run in 53
fromTs eac_.
.eldoOfohrfefitt. gst
71b,recei Match,.CL.o—Duke
,erdyfpobrdons, EBsott.h4:el
be;that
The Committee c f the Subscription Room have decided
~,
the settling day for the Derby nd Oaks shall be on Monday
atter the races, instead of Tuesday, as heretofore.

REGISTRY of BIRTHS and DEATH
DURING THE WEEK ENDING APRII, 17._,.k.
Deaths registered in the week. Births registered in t e "674
Males ... ... ~. 493 Males ... •••
Females ... ... 488 Females ... ••• _44
1,338

---
Total . . 981

Total

THE LATE ACCIDEbT AT THE EARL OF HARD
RINGTON'd.—The footman who received the other day 111,
accident at the Earl of Harrington's while carrying a till°
upstairs, died on Wednesday at the Westminster HoSlll3''
SUPPOSED SUICIDE BY A DRUNKARD —011111e5;
day an inquest was held before Mr. W. Baker, at the Moore
Arms, Bow-common, Bromley, on view of the body ,°'
Susannah I)egray, aged twenty-two years. of No. IR, Svhfa:
street, Poplar. It appeared from the evidence that the ruwif
cnenaysse,d
and‘va s
ot on be
Fridaymarried
ev
etoninagsaLlo,rt ntahtenve d b
oPierce
went in tit:s",
lodging house: in Silver-street,saiPnleoipwinlaamrs,ov-dfieeirrr3a,
ttiehnetegnipuper;,s..2t.e:bo:o;
hheirrinhgafbutrtsn:salniedd
aafptearrtndlteinntksi.ng
to rum, she
heabnedcasmheef Ne-lelrdyemwnucihn itnhte koxeicnanteelds.evSerhal
tev(insg: eeuP.,wstai er
companion, Pierce, raised her from the ground, and one• ed
assisted to a friend's house in Tiller-street. She r_einielPly
there drinking for a considerable time, when she s" beam,
threw her bonnet and shawl of and darted from the
She was immediately
directly afterwards was
gs weresruigli ..,.and
fsoelelonwetd by her ' t r-in-1a.., i
house Cut °J
spturbu public-house, cg-1
ihnogu sier:
th where
e was
waltietersof t
the river
to be quite
the river Lea. The dradeceesv-
ngisszainerodethe
was shortly afterwards recovere and conveyed to the above
jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased was found
came so there was not sufficient evidence before the sagi
jurors." ' dat
EMIGRATION.—As emigration is being Carrie
on a vary large scale in Ireland, could not the Smith o'l3llll
extinct. above
Lea, but how she
rbull.
party be induced ti leave the country? We are not plt A
cular where they go, providing it is as far away from Ire:011:
as possible. Government might pre,ent them with
.„5 she
snug little island at the Antipodes, where they IniPlant 71 ba
APeeches to the natives as much as they pleam'' -7f this
allowed to legislate for themselves. We are confident, i
,est
scheme was properly carried out, it would be the great.
boon„to Ireland that has happened since the day when P
Patrick " drove out all the varmint. —punch.
Q r Of'
THE TALLOW-CHANDLERS' BENEVOLENT .."0-ivr,,, . .
—The anniversary festival of this charity took place on
mew. °1
nesdav at the London Tavern, and was well attended by_sa
bers of the trade. Lord R. Grosvenor presided, and Al,!_r. tric
Challis, Sir U. Larpeut, Alderman kart,comn, and ilovr_,4
Hawes, were among the guests present. The ben? Orr,
objects of the charity are the relief of indigent and 'nolo
citated tallow-chandlers, their widows, and others coanti
with the trade. From the report it appear! that the Boeun''"o
although only in its infancy, has already been the in a,f.,
much usefulness; and the increasing amount of donau__(o7.o'
.Ixceeding this year the sum of 3001., gives every Tea's
believe that it will be enabled ma • erially to extend the 0_13.',0„,
of its operations. The dinner and its accompanying array
ments were all that could he desired. The - exanlP
ExAm .-"
iNATION OF ARTICLED CLERKS if fixed
nation of persobs applying to lie admitted attorneys ,_ of ,
for the 27th List., at hall-past 9 A.M. and the articl7_,
!
clerkship and assignment, it any, with answers t 0 the ctu_74
tions as to due service according to the regulati, pa rinis
by the Judges, should ip, tett at the usu,l pla, e'li
23d inst. The [lumber of attorneys applying to be igigui
in the prom; Wm iti 131. .