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THE SUN, LONDON,_ FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1847.

self, that she had great hope that this event would improve
the amicable feelings between this country and Russia. To
that he would only say, if the result of his visits was to be
such acts as the suppression of Cracow, he hoped he would not
put himself to any personal inconvenience in visiting this coun-
try, or in gracing them with his presence.—( Laughter and
cheers.) He begged, however, to thank the Hon. Member
for Montrose, in the name of his constituents, for bringing the
question before the House so that he had given the Noble
Lord, who aspired to be the future Chancellor of the
Exchequer, an opportunity of expressing his sentiments on
the subject. The money part of the question he (Mr. Dun-
combe) thought the least important, but the opinion of the
House ought to be expressed in the most decided terms, in
order to strengthen the hands of the Government should it ever
be required.
Sir ROBERT PEEL said, if the views of the Hon.
Member for Montrose, in proposing his resolutions, were just
and right, he would at once admit the consistency of proposing
a series of resolutions in relieving themselves from the obliga-
tions which the Conventions of 1815 and 1831 imposed, in
taking on themselves the payment of the debt contracted by
Russia with the subjects of Holland. He thought the Hon.
Gentleman has pursued a Parliamentary and consistent course
in proposing the practical resolution by the circumstances on
which that motion was based, and if they agreed to the 4th
resolution there would be no great difficulty in affirming the
resolutions, if not in their present form, at least in substance.
But he had the greatest doubt as to the right of this country
to relieve itself of the obligations of the Convention of 1815
and of 18.31, and if there was any question as to the right, he
doubted the policy of construing the convention in favour of
such a course.—( Hear, hear.) By the convention of 1815,
this country assumed the obligation of the debt on two grounds.
The first was on account of the exertions made by the Powers
who were party to the treaty of Chamount, inducing Belgium
to part from France, and to annex herself to Holland ; and the
second, which was one that affected the honour and character
of England, was not because peace had been concluded, but
because Holland had consented to give up to this country the
valuable possessions of the Cape of Good Hope, Essequibo,
and Berbice. He thought the letter of the Marquis
of Londonderry, which had been recently published,
decided this question. That Noble Lord said that the prin-
ciple of the convention was such as he had described, and that
while it contained the obligation that the payment of the inte-
rest on the debt to Russia should be transferred to England,
while the latter, as an equivalent for this pecuniary payment,
should take possession of the colonies in question. But what
else did the treaty stipulate ? It expressed the stipulation
which had been recognised by an Act of Parliament, and this
was a matter not before referred to in the debate. It expressed
the stipulation that this obligation should endure—that the pay.
meat of the half of the interest of the Russia-Dutch loan should
continue even in the event of war between Russia and
this country.—( Hear, hear.) Supposing, then, with the
Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Montrose, that the treaty
had been violated in so flagrant a manner as he had described,
and even were a war to arise, he (Sir Robert Peel) con.:
tended they were bound to continue the. payment. While it
was expressly stipulated that Russia should be botaepta
arraneements eolesae-- :of 7v"1" 8".
bounds in consideration of the colonies which bad been ceded
to her, even in the case .01 a war with. Russia, to pay the in-
terest on the debt.
Mr. HUME.—Was there not another condition—the an-
nexation of Holland to Belgium ?
Sir ROBERT PEEL said there was no such ob-
ligation, though . against England, in the event of
hostilities with Russia, there was a distinct and enduring ob-
ligation to continue the payment of the debt. It was because
he doubted the right of England to relieve herself, that he op.
posed the resolutions. Consistently and equitably he main-
tained that the spirit of the convention imposed on this country
the payment of the debt, and they had no moral right to
relieve themselves. Whatever pretext they might
have at any other time to relieve themselves,
at the present time such a course could only lead to suspect
their motives, and it would be said that the object they had in
view was to gain a pecuniary advantage. He was more
anxious than ever that they should honourably and equitably
fulfil their engagements, because of the different sentiments
of the Minister of France in relation to this transaction. M.
Guisot said in his protest, " No power could free itself from
the obligation of treaties without freeing others that were also
parties to it. France had not forgot the fearful sacrifices
imposed on ber by the treaty of 1815, and such a violation
of a treaty as bad now taken place would be made a precedent
for the regulation of the conduct of other powers." He
(Sir Robert Peel) protested against the language of the
Prime Minister of France. He totally denied that the mis-
deeds of certain powers—if misdeeds they were to be considered
—could sanction the violation of a treaty by those powers,
because he believed the present state of Europe was such as to
make such a proceeding dangerous. By adhering to trea-
ties, was the best mode of securing peace. If they
stood alone they ought to furnish an honourable example
in the face of the world of maintaining inviolate the
obligations they entered into with other nations
On these grounds--on grounds connected with the' name and
honour of England—he could not concur with the Hon. Gen-
tleman in taking the first step towards relieving themselves
from this liability. He. found that there were gentlemen who
concurred with him in thinking that the obligations of the con-
vention were still binding, and although they dissented from'
some of the resolutions of the Hon. Gentleman, they con-
curred with him thus far in believing that the three Powers
had violated the treaty. Now he (Sir R. Peel) thought the
resolutions of the Hon. Gentleman consistent, if a practical
conclusion could be arrived at; but if no conclusion was in-
tended to follow, the three first resolutions were without support
or foundation. The Hon. Gentleman wished them to declare
that they viewed the proceedings of the three Powers with
alarm and indignation. On the part of the Hon. Gentleman,
this resolution might be very proper, and with his opinions it
comprised everything. After a solemn declaration in the face
of Europe, were they to view the conduct of the three powers
with alarm and indignation,? What did the Hon. Gentleman
propose that they should do ? He did not think that for a po-
pular assembly for the representation of England a proceeding
like that recommended by the Hon. Gentleman would be a
very dignified one, unless they were prepared to follow that
proceeding up by some practical and determined step. He
considered the Noble Lord was justified in the distinction which
he drew between the executive Government and a popular as-
sembly. The Crown had entered its protest against the annihi-
lation of Cracow as a free and independent State. It was the
duty of the Crown to make such a protest on the part of this
great empire ; it was the duty of the Crown to make a repre-
sentation of that nature. The Crown was the channel throu,eli
which the embodied opinions of this country should be made,
but he confessed that as .they were not prepared to take any
practical step on these reaOlutions, he felt the difficulty of ac-
ceding to them, although they themselves abstractedly consi-
dered might appear fair and reasonable. He could not see the
necessity of coming to any of the resolutions brought forward
by the Hon. Member. He thought that the House should
rather leave the matter in the hands of the Government ; he
thought that they should rather leave it in the di.cretion of
Ministers, and refer it to the responsibility of the executive.
On these grounds, he could not agree with the Hon. Gentle-
man in supposing that any practical conclusions could be founded
on his resolutions, and therefore he was not prepared
to accede to them. At the same time, although it was
his opinion that to assent to these resolutions would lead to no
practical result, at the same time that he deprecated any mere
declaration of opinion on the subject, he felt it his duty to ac-
company these expressions of opinion with the distinct declar-
ation that he (Sir R. Peel) adhered to the opinion which he
had expressed on the first day of the Session—that the Act of
the three Powers, extinguishing the independence of Cracow—
in annihilating its existence as a free state—was equally con-
trary to the stipulations of the treaty, as it was inimical to the
confidence which ought to exist between the great Powers of
Europe ; and, therefore, while he retained his opinion that,
while it was of the utmost importance that they should main-
tain friendly relations with these three great Powers, he, for
one viewed with the utmost satisfaction the amicable under-
standing that for some years past had existed with the neigh-
bouring country—an understanding only interrupted by
what bad taken place with respect to the Spanish
marriages. He perceived with satisfaction the cordial relations
which exfsted between this country and France, because these
relations were of the greatest importance to the cause of civili-
zation and the peace of the world, and it was with pain that he
had seen that interruption ; but white he was strenuous for the
cultivation of friendly relations with France, he never wished
to cultivate these relations by any secret understanding with
France that should give cause of suspicion or jealousy to the
other Powers with whom it was .expedient that they should
maintain similar relations with those three Powers, as would be
honorable to the parties concerned—serviceable to the cause
of civilisation—to the general interests of humanity—and con-
ducive to the peace of Europe. He mutt say, that in his ex-
perience the cordial relation which England had maintained
with Prussia, Austria, and Russia, was justified by their ac-
tions towards Great Britain, and the just confidence they
had placed in this country's policy. He thought that the
maintenance of their friendly relations with France was per-
fectly consistent with their maintaining similar relations with
the other powers. He thought, as he had already stated, that
these three powers, during the five years of which he had had
experience, had justified the confidence which had been placed
in them, and therefore it was that from a feeling of this kind,
that he was obliged` to express his regret that he could not
concur in the opinion which the Noble Lord had just expressed
that these countries were entitled to a public acknowledgment
on the part of England. He could not find in the elaborate
argument of Prince Metternich a justification for the conduct
of these Powers—for if he took the general treaty of. the
Congress of Vienna, he was told that the liberty which was
given to Cracow was given by some separate and independent
act to which England was not a party. He was told that the
three Powers consented among themselves—consented to give
Cracow her independence—and that France and England were
merely passive and registering parties to the• policy pursued by
these three Powers. When he reed that treaty, he found that
the contracting parties had, on the 30th of May, 1814, in
pursuance of the 32d article of that treaty, met at Paris for
the purpose of embracing as one common transaction the
various results of that negotiation. They united in one gene- '
ral act the various treaties which had been signed by the
different powers. If he were not to assume that these several
acts were to foraeone treaty—if the language did not convey
that these separate treaties were not to form portion of this
one act—what, he asked, could be the meaning of the term
that the separate treaties would have the same force as the
general act, if they were not intended to be so ? Did it
mean that a part of the treaty had a bearing on
some -of the states of Europe, and that other
parts of the treaty had not such a bearing ?
The Ministers had met together for the purpose of confirming
these treaties, and after they had been confirmed, was it pos-
sible to maintain that they had not the same force when united
into one general treaty, as if the Ministers of every country had
been at the framing of each separate treaty ? He found that
the parties met at Vienna. He would not speak of the several
conventions of Cracow and of Warsaw, but he would refer to
the sixth article of the treaty of Vienna, and he did not see that
any circumstances could arise that would in any way
invalidate the substance of that article. By that
sixth article, it was expressly guaranteed that the
independence of Cracow should be supported, and he
did not see that anything had occured to invalidate
the terms of that treaty, or that the terms of the sixth article
was in any way to effectuate the destruction of the terms of
that sixth article. He did not wish to• invalidate in any way
the terms of the general treaty. Far from it. He could well
consider t hat events might well take place, which would render
the continuance of its existence an intolerable grievance to
the neighbouring powers, and prove injurious to their interests.
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would not speak of the position position at all affected the question before
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had to settle the matter on another account ; but there was one
question that was alike of importance to tehfiesndcoinugntrtyheassttroonalgl
countries, and that was the principle of d
against the weak. In this country, if a complaint was made by
a pauper it was taken up by the parties, but much more
—espe-
cially in proportion as the poor man was able to keep his posi-
tion in the State. (Loud cheers.)
He deeply regretted that
this measure had been viewed as it had been by the Govern-
ments of Wirtemburg and Russia, for both were vitally inte-
rested in the preservation of the independence of Cracow
surrounded as it was by powerful states. It was, therefore,
doubly unwise to take this question as it affected the geogra-
phical position of Cracow.--(Lowl cheers.) Then, with re-

Bard to the position of this country, he could not but feel that
the restitutions which this country was enabled to make, that
the subsidies which she had granted, was a sufficient guarantee
of the faith which they had professed to keep. When he
looked to the noble post which this country assumed, and
which she had been enabled to maintain—when he recollected
that this country had acted as a sea-mark to the whole world,
he felt assured that whatever position she might assume, that
her honour and her principle remained intact. When he
looked back to the position which she had taken at the earlier
period of the revolutionary war of France, and at the
position which she had assumed afterwards, he felt this re-
proach to be utterly unmerited, and that her disinterestedness
was entirely clear. In making this candid avowal he was
perfectly frank in the declaration of his opinions, and in the
firm belief that after a treaty of thirty years standing that no
infraction ought to have been committed without a previous
announcement to all the parties interested, and the three
Powers who had been parties to this contract ought not to
have acted without notification to the other great Powers with
whom they were engaged—( Hear, hear)—and he thought
that this was a question amenable to the public opinion of
Europe.—(Cheers.) He greatly questioned the policy which
had been pursued, for be did not believe that it would be wise
to act upon the wild declarations of demagogues rather
than upon the assumptions and deductions of statesmen.
But there did at the same time pervade the intelligence and
feeling of a great part of the community, a sincere desire to
witness the progress of sober and well considered national
freedom, there had always been felt a strong objection to any-
thing like retrogressions, there was a strong feeling now in ex-
istence which sympathised with one power whose liberality was,
perhaps, least to be expected. There was a strange desire in
this country to assist the progress of those reforms which were
being carried out by the spiritual power of another country.
and with respect to Cracow it was felt that the three Powers
had violated every principle of intelligence and independence.
The treaty of Vienna, in providing for the freedom of the
town of Cracow, intended to give an example of
a free Palish constitution, and independence: The
Noble Lord opposite had stated that it was impossible
that Poland could be restored to its previous ex-
istence, but he begged to remind the Noble Lord that he
would find in the correspondence of Lord Castlereagh a dis-
tinct suggestion to the Emperor of Russia, that his moral du-
ties would compel him to ameliorate the condition of his
poorest subjects. Now, there was one method by which the
Emperor of Russia could have carried out that suggestion in a
favourable manner, namely, by restoring the Poles to
their rights as an independent community. Lord
Castlereagh conveyed to the Emperor of Russia,
on the part of Austria and Prussia, a dis-
tinct assurance that those Powers would readily acquiesce
in the necessary accomplishment of that object. The Noble
Lord would find that the correspondence contained a feeling,
he would not say a condition, that the Emperor of Russia
would give to Poland in a new form something of a national
character. In the treaty of Vienna it was declared that Poles,
who were the subjecti of Austria and Prussia, should obtain
representative and- national institutions,
_to be regulated ac-

d'OvernmenTs to which they belonged should judge expedient
and proper. 'Whether or not the conduct of the Poles
in 1831 justified- the withholding of these national institu-
tions was another .matterl but what he contended for
was, that the treaty of .Vienna intended that independence and
free Government should be given to the Poles, who were the
'subjects of Austria, Prussia, and Russia. He must again say
that he deeply regretted what had passed. He could not find
any sufficient justification for this conduct with regard to Cra-
cow. He thought the arguments urged in support of the course
were as serious as the course itself, and he heartily approved
of the protest that was entered to it by the Noble Lord. He
thought the Noble Lord acted wisely in deter-
mining the relations in which this country stood with
regard to France to protest on behalf of this country,
in a perfectly separate and independent character.
He concurred in the tenor of the protest, and felt it to be his
duty to give to the Government such support as might be found
in the simple expression of his opinion in favour of the course
they had, and were, pursuing.
Sir J. WALSH moved the adjournment of the debate.
Lord J. RUSSELL could not too strongly express his un-
willingness that this debate should be adjourned.—( Hear,
hear.) Because it would be exceedingly injurious to the
carrying on of the public business of the State. They had
before them a mast Important question, deeply affecting the
welfare and safety of one portion of the United Kingdom, and
the adjournment of the, debate might interfere with its pro-
gress. He had repeatedly felt in the past session the greatest
inconvenience from having Bills of great importance deferred
till a late period of the session, when the number of Members
attending the House of Commons was greatly diminished,
while he had felt still more strongly the inconvenience arising
from sending measures to the Upper House of Parliament
when a sufficient number of Peers could not be found in Lon-

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don to attend deliberately and properly to the necessary legis-
lation of the country. He therefore objected on
public grounds to this debate being adjourned till Tuev'ay.
He thought that the motion of the Hon. Member should not
be allowed to interfere with those great subjects brou2ht no •
der the consideration of the House by the Government v i,li re-
spect to Ireland. He hoped the debate would be continti..d un.
til it was decided, and that the House would not come to an
adjournment,— ( Hear, hear.)
Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN thought that justice would not be done
to the subject by continuing it at the present time. lie had
wished to address the House himself upon the subject, and he
had also had a communication with his Hen. Friend the Member
for Shrewsbury, and several other Hon. Members, who had not
yet addressed the House, but wished to do so. He hoped that
the debate would be adjourned, and if the Government were
not disposed to concede that point, he was prepared to divide
the House upon the question of adjournment.
Mr. LABOUCHERE was surprised that any argument in
favour of the adjournment of the debate should have come
from the Hon. Member for Limerick.—(Cheers.) The Go-
vernment had been accused by that Hon. Member, and other,
Irish Members, of doing nothing for Ireland, and he certainly
was not prepared to hear any proposition for putting off the
measure proposed by the Government, emanate from the Irish
Members. He thought that it would be most unfottunate,
considering the present affairs of Ireland, if the present debate
was adjourned. It was absolutely necessary that a speedy de-
' cision should be come to by the House upon the subject of the
measure proposed by 'the Government for Ireland, and he hoped
that nu course would be pursued by the House calculated to im-
pede the progress of those measures. He thought that for Irish
Members to propose the adjournment of a debate upon Poland,
to the exclusion of questions relating to Ireland, was certainly
most strange, especially after the charges which had been made
' by Irish Members against the Government.
Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN, who rose amidst cries of '‘ Spoke,"
expressed a hope that the House would allow him a few words
in explanation, after the charge made against him by the Right
Hon. Secretary for Ireland. If he had thought that the ad-
journment of the debate would have interfered in the smallest
degree with the progress of Irish business, nothing would have
induced him to move it He had no intention of moving the
adjournment to that dap ( Friday), but thought that the re-
sumption of the debatealn Tuesday could not possibly cau,o any
delay in those measures.
Mr. M. O'CONNELL had heard with regret the language
of the Right Hon. Member the Secretary for Ireland to the
effect, that Irish Members ought not. to take a part in debates
upon the condition of Poland, he thought that there was no
question so near to Irishmen. and upon which they might so
well claim the attention of the House, as upon questions con-
nected with Poland, the eastern Ireland of Europe.--( Hear, )
Mr. LABOUCHERE denied that he had said anything
which might
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of Poland. What he had said was, that he was surprised that
Irish Members should, for the sake of Poland, oppose any
obitacles to the measures proposed by her Majesty's Govern-
ment for the relief of the great distress at present existing in
Ireland. _

Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he did not distinctly hear
what the Hon. Member said when he moved the adjournment
of the debate. He thought. he appointed this day for resuming
the debate, and it was upon that understanding that he madethe obseriations he did. He had no objection, however, that
it should be adjourned till Tuesday the day the Hon. Member
appointed.
The debate was accordingly adjournedtill Tuesday.
HARBOURS, DOCKS, AND PIERS BILL.
This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com-
mitted.
LANDED PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL.
On the order of the day for the further consideration of the
report on this Bill,
The Earl of LINCOLN moved the amendment he proposed
on Monday last with respect to corn mills
Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN seconded the motion.
After a few words from Mr. BELLEW and Mr. VEsirlr,
Sir D. NORREYS and Sir R. FERGUSON were in favour of
making the clause as general as possible.
Sir R. PEEL considered that a greater number of corn-
mills would be constructed, if they were left to private interest
than if they were interfered with, as propned by the Bill.
aoccrdedse adfte to
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The CHANCELLOR of the- EXCHEQUER
the proposition of the Noble Lord, and all the words
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interested. clause—thus
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made, the report was agreed to.
The House then adjourned at One o'clock.

warn the public of a form of imposition which appears to be
still extensively practised on the benevolent portion of the
CAUTION.—We have frequently had occasion to
community, by parties transmitting letters from Ireland,
rAceiv'd belonging to the
detailing cases-Of touching distress,. and implo2;:inggentle-
means of returning to their native country.
of tlio d monts,
the humbler
from a Mrs. Ann ,Mills,
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classei, and parporting to conic
apparently
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who, with three thildren, had been wrecked off Cape
Clear, while on.her passage to join her husband in Ame-
rica, who was represented as a colour-sergeant the
person
77th Regiment. The letter was accompanied by a printed
certificate, .pretending to be signed by two justices of the
peace, and otherwise bearing marks of authenticity ; but on
the gentleman applying to the Dublin Police•office, he was
favoured with a series of other documents, detailing similar
cases of fictitious distress, the particulars of each being
slightly varied. It is almost unnecessary to add, that these
are all fabricated statements, and the chief difficulty in the
way of the conviction of these parties lies in the want of legal
proof. However, it is hoped that an exposure of their nefa-
rious scbemeS will have the effect of preventing their realiza-
tion.—. Aberdeen Herald.
DARING OUTEAGE.—A few days ago, two ruffians
unceremoniott.-ly entered a house during the day at Bal-
gonie Castle, and seeing no ono but a woman, they very
rudely demanded money from her; when, in order to get
rid
of such
to
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few quicklycoasr possible, she
consented s,
which
they-
scornfully rejected, and with threatening language at-
tempted to compel her to yield to their unjust demand ; one
of the villains at the same time produced a pistol, and
sternly demanded & 11. note from her, while the other ac-
complice seized a gun which was in the apartment, when
both gave vent to fearful threats with the view of extort-
ing the above-named sun. The woman by this time was in
great terror. Her husband was absent, and there was no
one within cry of her to lend assistance in such a perilous
moment. She was just about to submit to their heartless
demand, when a stratagem occurred to her of loudly calling
with energetic impatience on some one she feigned to ad-
dress from the window of the room. The plunderers on
seeing this fled, without waiting for their object, and scam-
pered off in full speed, nor have they been heard of since.
Intimation was without delay conveyed to the police station
at Markinch, and ever since a careful search has been maki
for the merciless depredators.—Edinburg,, Advertiser. ng
AN EXTENSIVE SLIP.—An extensive slip has oc-
curred at Shakspeare's Cliff, which seems to be gradually
breaking up its establishment and leaving England indis
gust. This may be in consequence of the little hold Shak-
speare has lately had upon his native country; and the cliff,
probably, is only crossing the Channel to seek home in
more congenial lands. Whither will it go to? Will it settle
on the French coast, or sail direct for New York? It would
be curious to find Shakspeare's Cliff at Calais with a board
stuck up, " Removed from over the way." We are con-
fident that Shakspeare himself would be thought all the
more of if he had a firm footing in France, amid - that his
drama and his cliff would rise much higher in the public
estimation when pieces of it could be taken front the French.
—Punch. .. . • • • The Postmaster-General had an interview, yesterday, with
the Chancellor o the Exchequer.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

THURSDAY, 21TARCH 11.
NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE.
'The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a
second time:—

MONDAY, MARCH 15.
Midland (Mangotsfield to Bath).
GlAsgow;Paisley, and Greenock (Branches at Port Glasgow).
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Branch to the Caledonian
Railway and Diversion of Canal).

THURSDAY, MARCH 18.
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Act Amend:nen
and Branches.
South Devon Extension and Amendment).

HER: MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Last night was the first " long Thursday" of the season-
the first of those extra performances which are always so de-
lightful, and always so crowded. The performances last
night were Lucia de Lammermoor, in which Fraschini, as
Egardo, more than sustained the high reputation which
performance on Tuesday had acquired for him. A diver-
tissement, in which a new pas. entitled La Slavonian, was
produced, for Mademoiselle' Rosati and M. Paul Taglioni,
and which bids fair to rival the Cracovienne in popularity;
the last act of La Farorita, with Gardoni and Sanchioli ;
and the superb ballet of Coralia. The house was crowded to
excessin every part. Among the elite of the beau monde present
we observed ILR.H .the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by
Baroness Hammerstein, Mrs. de Burgh, and Baron lineFebeck ;
Baroness Brunow and Madlle. Olga de Lechna, his Excellency
the Baron Hugel, the Baron and Baroness de Linden, the
Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of
Munster, the Count de Courcy, the Earl Grenville, Lady
Brougham, the Viscount Duncannon, Lord A. Fitzclarence,
M. de Coulter, Hon. Wm. Wellesley, Mr. Hubert de Burgh,
Sir W. Ball, Mr. and Miss Brereton Trelawny, Captain Gre-
vale, Captain and Mrs. Townley, Major Baring, &c. &c.

ADEL PHI THEATRE.
A new three act melodrama from the pen of Mr. Buck-
stone, entitled Flowersof the Forest, a Gipsy Story, was pro-
duced here last night, with the most complete success. The
scene opens in a wood near the Cumberland hills, and we
find Lemuel (Miss Woolgar) a poaching gipsy, gun in hand,
looking out for game. He is met by Captain Lavrock (Mr.
C. J. Smith) the Lord of the Manor, and horsewhipped by
him. However Lemuel manages to kill his hare and sells it.
The next scene is the boudoir of the Lady Agnes (Miss
Emma Harding), the sister of Lavrock. She is engaged to
be married to Alfred ( Mr. Boyce), and this is the eve of her
wedding day. Alfred arrives accompanied by Lavrock, but
Alfred is out of spirits. He relates to Lavrock a romantic
adventure which had occurred to him in Italy. Ho bad
been attacked and wounded by brigands, had been found
by a gipsy tribe, and had been tended and carefully watched
by the daughter of the gipsy chief. The remembrance of this
was still fresh in his recollection, and that remembrance
made him unhappy. We are next introduced to the gypsy
camp near the Lakes, and we find Starlight Bess (Slrs.
Fitzwilliam) a warm-hearted basket-maker, ballad-singer,
and fortune-teller, who has so long told fortunes, which
have so strangely come true, that she more than half
believes in her supernatural powers, Kinchin (Paul Bedford)
a rejected lover of Starlight Bess, and Lemuel the Poacher,
her accepted suitor. In this scene these three sing a gipsy
trio, full of spirit and humour (the composition of Mr. Ed-
ward Fitzwilliam) which was deservedly encored. Then
comes the scene of the wedding. The scene represents the ex-
terior of a country chtirch ; groups of rustics are scattered
around, awaiting the approach of the marriage pro-
cession of Alfred and Agnes. As the procession is
about to enter the-church, Cynthia, the Zingana (Madame
coleeto rises from behind a tombstone arid confronts Alfred.
It is the Italian 'gipsy who has saved his life. It
is in vain' that her father, Ishmael -(Mit• 0. Smith)
reproaches her with his treason •tb 'her race ;" it
is in vain that Lavrock orders her to be removed; she will
approach Alfred ; not that she has any' Claim on him—not
that the wishes to interrupt the marriage ceremony—not
that she desires that he should lova her—but she adores him
as a superior being, and she rushes towards him, falls at his'
feet, and worships him. Lavrock, in indignation, orders the
marriage ceremony to be stayed, and challenges Alfred to meet
on the morrow morn. The two meet alone at the foot of
Skiddaw. It is in vain for Alfred to urge any excuses,
Lavrock insists on fighting him at ten paces, produces pistols,
and as Alfred discharges his pistol in the air, Lavrock falls
dead from a shot from the gun of Lemuel, who
had watched the whole scene, and who shoots
him out of revenge for the horsewhipping of
the day before. The report of fire arms brings around them
the peasants from the neighbourhood. Lavrock, with his
dying breath, declares he has been killed by Alfred, who is
arrested on the charge of murder. Ishmael, who has seen
the whole transaction, comes forward and praises Lemuel
for his daring, and solemnly swears that he saw Alfred
murder Lavrock. The scene then changes to a country wake,
where we find Cheap John (Wright) an itinerant auctioneer,
selling goods by Dutch auction and unheard-of low prices,
which he is enabled to do by being in league with Kinchin,
who steals the goods which Cheap John sells. Bess arrives
at the fair with Cynthia, and induces Cheap John and
Kinchin to navigate a boat on the lake under the walls of
Lavrock Hall, to aid in the escape of Alfred, of whose inno•
cence Cynthia is convinced; in fact, she suspects her father
to be the murderer. The escape is effected, and Alfred is in
the gipsy encampment, from which, however, he is retaken.
The opening scene of the third act is in Bess's tent. Lemuel
is sleeping, but his sleep is disturbed. Bess wakes him, and
at length, unable to bear the tortures of conscience, he con-
fesses that he has committed the murder for which Alfred is
to be tried. That confession is overheard by Cynthia, who
rushes from her concealment, seizes Lemuel by the throat,
and, with superhuman strength, drags. him to the assize,
court, and delivers him up to justice just in time to save
Alfred, who is acquitted, while Lemuel is condemned. On
her return she is cast out by her tribe, her father
uttering imprecations on her head. Bess, who. has
returned heart-broken from the assizes, finds her
exposed to the pelting of the storm, takes pity
on her and leads her back. to her tribe. They agree to
receive her on one condition, that she shall stab a Gentile
who has taken refuge in their tent. That Gentile is Alfred,
who, on being released, has sought the gipsy tents to rescue
Cynthia from the vengeance of her kindred. She accepts the
conditions, takes the fatal knife, and with it stabs herself.
At this moment Alfred's friends, who have traced him oat,
arrives, and the curtain falls upon the tableau. Nothing
could exceed the intensity of the acting of Madame Celeste
as Cynthia ; and Mrs. Fitzwilliam, as Bess, sung her snatches
of ballads, and acted with that mixture of naiveté, humour,
and pathos, which no actress saveherself can infuse into a part.
She can compel tears and smiles at pleasure. In fact, Buck-
stone has admirably fitted every member of the Adelphi
company in this new melodrama, which.bids fair to rival in
popularity even The Green Bushes. The principal artists
were called for at the c nclusion, and there was a loud call
for Buckstone, who appeared and bowed his thanks. The
piece, which is admirably mounter in every"respect, was an-
nounced by Madame Celeste for repetition every evening,
amidst the unanimous applause of a house crowded to the
ceiling. „

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—TitURODAy.
Very few horses were backed yesterday for anything like
"sums," still, bad as the business was, it led to some changes
in the Spring Handicaps. Doleful became first favourite for
the Northampton Handicap, and Lynceus and Vanish first
and second for the Newmarket; the Euclid colt, although
not backed, was also in higher favour. The Liberator }vas
in demand for the 2,000 Guineas, and all the money that
could be got on Antler for the Chester Cup at 20 to 1 was
invested ; the final offers did not exceed 17 to 1 ; there was
no other alteration of any consequence in the betting
on the last-mentioned race. The Derby bets were
6 to 1, in ponies, agst the favourite, 11 to I in fifties, and 10
to 1 to 2001. agst Planet; 600 to 50 agst Epirote, 28 to 1 •to
2001. apt Horn of Chase, 2,000 to 40 agst Old Port, 1,000 to
15 agst Oxonian, 50 to 1, in ponies, agst War Eagle, and
1,000 to 10 agst Philosopher. Closing prices
LEAMINGTON STEEPLE CHASE.
9 to 2 agst Mr. Ouseley Higgins's Pioneer—taken
9 to 1 agst Mr. Preston's Brunette—taken
NORTHAMPTON HANDICAP.
Bto 1 agst Mr. GratwiCke's Doleful—t. and aftds. offd.
10 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Euclid colt
10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo—taken
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
9 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke'a Lynceus— taken
10 to 1 agst Sir C. .lionck's Vanish—taken
13 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Euclid colt—take 14 to 1
14 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—take 15 to 1
25 to 1 agst Crozier—taken
THE PORT.
100 to 40 agst Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tattoo Sykes laid
90 to 30 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting in one
90 to 80 agst Colonel Anson's Ingo et
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
8 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson's Sheraton—take 9 to 1
20 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Pink Bonnet—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Devil-me-care—taken
TWA THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
6 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham—taken
8 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Liberator—taken 10 to 1.
11 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb colt—taken
11 to 1 agst Mr. S. Conway's Christopher—taken
CHESTER CUP.
17 to 1 agst air. Herbert's Antler—taken 20 to 1 freely
26 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Camera Obscure
1000 to 30 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken
45 to 1 agst Captain Pettatt's Newcourt—taken to 50!.
50 to 1 agst W. Scott's Sir Tattoo Sykes=taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress—taken
2000 to 30 agst Lord Eglinton's Plaudit—taken
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Payne's Queen Mab—taken
Offers to take 30 to 1 about Punch.
DERBY.
6 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp
10 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken and aft. off.
12 to 1 aget Mr. Bowes's Epirote—.taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken
28 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Holm of Chase—taken
35' to 1-agst Mr. O'Brien's Liberator—take 40. to 1
40 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb colt—taken
2000 to 40 agst Mr. Worley's Old Port—taken •
1250 to 25 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—t. and aft. off.
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Fuller's Oxottian—taken and aft. off.
„WOO to 10 agst Mr, Fox's Philosopher--taken.
NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, -1647.'
Vita:lA-tr.—Lord E. Russell's Reminiscence, agst Mr. A. W.
Hill's Will-o'-the-Wisp,, both three years, old, Bst. 7{b. each.-
Al'. 200 h. ft:'

CAPTUItE OF A GHOST.—For some weeks com-
plaints have been made to the police that several persons
had been sadly frightened at the.awful appearance of some
supernatural monster in the neighbourhood of Bloxwich,
having a huge pair of horns, and enveloped in white. In •
structions were given to the police to use all diligence to
effect his capture, .but somehow or other his ghostship
became aware of the attention paid to him by the "men in
blue," and started like a guilty thing urn a fearful sum-
mons." Nothing more was heard of him until the night of
Monday, the 22d ultimo, when he was seer traversing, with
"martial stalk," the neighbourhood of BloK.wich-green, ex-
hibiting, as on former occasions, a huge pair of horns. After
frightening one or two persons, who fled st the top of their
speed, he came in contact with a "field caipenter," a young
man, named Wm. Adams. Adams, it aprears, was return-
ing from his work, having his tools on is back, and not
liking the ways of his ghostly acquaintalce (who, by the
way, became more pressing than pleasant), sought to free
himself by means of a bradawl which he had in his
hand, and with which he dealt a severe blow at the
left thigh of the ghost, who immediately fill upon his knees,
roaring piteously. Adams then proceeied to dismantle
him of his masquerade dress, when the unfortunate hero of
the night's adventure turned out to be a +oung man named
John Perry, a stirrup-filer, of Bloxwict; well known to
Adams. Several persons were promptlyon the spot, and
conveyed the ghost to his home, where ie was put to bed,
and a surgeon sent for to dress his wolind, which, fortu-
nately for him, though .a severe one, vas not considered
dangerous, but he has been confined to his bed in conse-
quence nearly ever since. As soon as he was sufficiently re-
covered Perry procured a warrant against Adams for stabbing
him, and had him apprehended. The amused was brought
before the magistrates at the Guildhall on Wednesday last,
but the complainant did not appear, aid Adams was dis-
charged.— Wolverhumptori Chronicle.
INTRA-MURAL B URI A Ls.—We learn on good
authority that Government have prepared a Bill to prohibit
the farther interment of corpses in the churchyards of large
towns and popular districts. The greate3t and most
gust-
Mg national nuisance of modern times a,
h e holdersth of shareserefoZt, likelydis to
be sooner abated than was expected. 7
in
Sunda cemeteries
s will not look grave at this intelligence.—
y Time.
DUTCH VEGETABLES.—We observe, on reference
to the list of arrivals of cattle and provisions from the con-
tinent of Europe on Monday last, that a steam-ship from
Harlingen brought 385 bags and baskets of potatoes, being
an unusually large quantity from Holland, and that another
vessel from Rotterdam brought twentplve packages of
cucumbers.