The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-29 00:00:00

suN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 29. 1847.

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SATURD IY, MAY 29. 1847.

Preparatory to a general election there is naturally
much uncertainty in every constituency 'of the United
Kingdoms as to the individuals about to be selected
as representatives to Parliament. This uncertainty
is the inevitable consequence of the perfect liberty of
opinion among a vast majority of the enfranchi,,ed
population. Since the destruction of the odious
horo;nz:,-niongering system the uocer.ainty aVervi
dant up:in the dissolution of Parliament has obviousb,
increa,,ed. Candidates come forward on the hosting:,
under , very variety of colour and circumstance. Old
candidates, f:r exAmple, appear either with the
presrgp of lone-trio rind:duly-appreciated services,or under the odium of broken engagements and

TIIE

neglected duties : they have satisfied or displeased
tL eir constituents: they have remained staunch to
their coin. • 0., principles, or they have modulated the
tune of their pt.iitical creed with the modulated
toile of the p ople. dew cani;dates, on the
contrary, pews torn % ard, ft% m a solicitude to conci-
the %titers: their language is sugary with the op
parent coincidence if their opinions : their lips
4tower down the p arls and precious stones of pro-
mise : they pint a flattering and may-be sincere, or
a specious and may-be delusive, future. The difficulty
is, therefore, to di-criminate with caution in a
matter so momentous individually to the local inha-
bitants, and collectively to the general community.
A heavy respotkihility indeed presses upon every
separate elector—a responsibility demanding the
calmest exercise of the judgment, and the most unim-
peachable and stoical integrity. Unless this sacred
responsibility is felt and remembered by the consti-
tuent, he is morally answerable before Heaven for its
I non-fulfik.ent. Each polling-booth in the country
is, so to speak, the nucleus ot a separate battalion in the
great national army, by which the social and political
victories of seven campaigns are to be obtained; and
unless each of those battalions, nay, unless each man
in each of those battalions, is true to the sublime
cause of the nation, that cause is perilled by treasonous
inertness.

Long before the actual period of election arrives
there is among every sagacious constituency an
agitation of the subject upon which so many interests
are dependent. That agitation has already com-
menced in Bath. The two Liberal representatives of
that city—long tried, fully proven, and unanimously
applauded by the enfranchised lovers of political
freedom in that locality—the Noble representative,
Lord DUNCAN, and the Hon. and Learned representa-
tive, Mr. ROEBUCK, appeared on Thursday evening
before their electors in the Guildhall of Bath, and re-
ceived the approval to which they are eminently
entitled, and which must have equally been to
them a source of the profoundest gratification. The
immediate reason for the sudden appearance of these
two Members before the constituency of the chi.f
city of Somersetshire was one which we can
not but regret. We mean the announce-
ment of the intention of Lord ASHLEY to
oppose one or other of them at the ensuing elec-
tion. For Lord ASHLEY, as an individual, we have
the deepest respect; for him, as a politician, we have
the most cath)lic indulgence ; for him, as a practical
philanthropist, we entertain sentiments of lively gra-
titude. But we are very far indeed from wishing to
see the Noble Lord a rF presentative of Bath, either
in the room of Lord DUNCAN or of Mr. ROEBUCK.
11 ah eild lament such a decision on the part of the
constituents as a dereliction of duty, as an act of
odious ingratitude, and as a proceeding of the most
egregious inconsistency. We have said that we re-
gard Lord ASHLEY, as a politician, through a medium
of the most catholic indulgence. We do so,
knowing that party is scattered to atoms, that
NVhig, awl Tory, and Conservative are the mere
names of things that have been, and that the vast
maj')rity of the political million, including private
citizens and statesmen together, are now merged into
one general body of Liberalists, with a petty °pp-
sitien of Obstinates to deal with, we can and do
regard Lord ASHLEY, as a politician, with the most
catholic indulgence. But Lord DUNCAN and Mr.
ROEBUCK have been the faithful, and consistent, and
untiring friends of liberality from the very com-
mencerNent. Mr. ROEBUCK, indeed, has been
the represent:itive for Bath for a period of fifteen
Years. On Thursday evening the Honourable and
Learned Gentleman submitted himself to a severe
test—a test such as but few men could have
borne. He compared his conduct during those fifteen
years of representation in the House of Commons
with the principles and engagements embodied in his
address to the Bath electors, when he for the first
time requested their suffrages, namely as far back as
1832 ; and through that formidable comparison Mr.
Roenuca passed triumphantly—with acclamation.
In 1832 he had pledged himself to struggle for a
municipal reformation ; that reformation had with his
assistance been obtained, and as a proof of its efficacy
the meeting he addressed was then (May 27, 1847)
convened in the Guildhall, from which the consti-
tuency in 1832 had been excluded. In 1832 Mr.
ROEBUCK. had advocated the principles of free trade;
those glorious principles were now, in 1847, embodied
upon the statute-book. In 1832 Mr. ROEBUCK had
proclaimed his anxiety to forward a plan of national
education, superin'ended by the Legislature, without
distinctions of either class or creed; and now, in
1847, his name was numbered amongst the mino-
rity who protested against the exclusive system
adopted by the present Administration. Besides
proving faithful to his original engagements
with the constituents of Bath, Mr. ROEBUCK has re-
flected very considerable honour on that city. In
1832 he was but little known ; and now, in 1847, he
is among the most distinguished Members in the
British Parliament. Up to this period then Mr.
ROEBUCK and his noble colleague, Lord DUNCAN,
have honestly performed their legislative duties; in
gratitude and in truth, it is incumbent upon the
electors to perform theirs by returning their two
eminent and excellent representatives at the next
general election.

The dreadful catastrophe which has occurred on
the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway, hurrying in
an instant numerous passengers into eternity,
and inflicting the most serious injuries upon
those who have almost miraculously survived
the accident, is enough to cause a panic in the public
mind. From the statistics authoritatively furnished
from time to time, great room was afforded for con-
gratulating the public that, apart from the advantages
of superior accommodation and of unprecedented
speed, peculiar to railway travelling, the new system
of locomotion admitted of a most favourable contrast
with the old in regard to its comparative freedom
from mortal injuries, and other grievous casualties to
human life. It is true that, occasionally, some de-
plorable accidents have occurred on different lines,
hut then upon investigation it was discovered that
they were for the most part, if not all
of them, attributable to carelessness; and
the public, therefore, felt that, since they
could be easily protected against the repetition
of them, by simple and obvious regulations on the
part of the directors, who would be directly interested
(setting humanity aside) in seeing them duly en-
forced, they were, comparatively speaking, safe,
and a feeling of general confidence was rapidly
engendered in favour of inland communication
by the steam-engine. Of late, however, some very
startling facts have transpired to detract from the
confidence which prevailed that the safety of the
passengers lives bad been consulted to the utmost.
Most important works on various lines have given
way, and evidently from inferior &nil inefficient con-
struction. Wherever, therefore, either from the use.
of improper materials, which may have been resorted
to with the view of squeezing out a profit from a con-
tract too econonical to prove remunerative, if boner
fide fulfilled, or from improper haste in the formation
of the rlilways, works exist similarly defective with
those which have already given way, it is manifest
that the lives of thousands are daily exposed to the
most imminent peril. It is a danger, t ao, that i.
la.ent, and cannot he foreseen. Moreover, the worst
feature that presents itself to the mind in its solemn
review of the extreme danger to the public, to which
we have just adverted, is that the accidents which
have recently taken place of this description have
~ccurred upon the lines but newly opened to the
public. This shows that the preliminary inspection
of a Government officer, before a railway can be
used by the public, is something far short of
what we require. It seems to us that rail-
ways should not merely be most minutely inspected
Alien completed, but that they should be subjected to
a thorough system of
In the case before us, not many weeks
iin: had certified to the
solid construction of the back, the Government inspector
mo‘t hOn Wednesday last a
eartrending disaster
quest ,bnrisdugese
Ifalllsveinh,avaendnothdoubt the in
to elicitest the before the
ally true
Coroner will be conducted so as
cause of the catastrophe. Its proceedings .
natu-
be watched with jealous interest.

Mwild journals of the 21st have arrived. Ti. e
Ga ette w" the 13th stares that some men belonging,
an En.4i:.h.brig lying off the coast of Tetuan, having
been sent on shore to procure forage, had been seized

by the Moors, who, however, consented to release them
in consequence of the remonstrances of the Spanish
general, ORDONEZ. The Ministerial crisis was at
an end, as Gent.ral SERRANO had not the moral cou-
rage to undertake the formation of a Progressista
Cabinet, and the Nurvaez intrigue had been de-
feated. The QUEEN was to return to Madrid on
the 23d

The Esperanza announces that the Portuguese bri-
gadier, Baron DE YESFLIES, and the troops he had
brought with hini into Spain, had been permitted to
re-enter Portugal by Ciudad Rodrigo, the Governor
of which place had ordered 200 muskets and a pro-
portionate quantity of ammunition to be placed at
their disposal.
MADRID BOLSA, MAY 21.—The Three per Cents. were
done at 3014 for cash ; the Four per Cents. et 1834 ; the
Debt without Interest at 578 ; ard the Coupons at 16.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday

Rumours were rife that a change of MiniAtry was
inevitable, and the Rational has published the follow-
ing as the list of the members of the new Cabinet :
" Count Mole, President of the Council, and Minister
for Foreign Affairs.

" M. lJufuure, Minister of the Interior.
"M. Hippolyte Pass}, Finance.
" M. Dude de la Brunerie, War.
" M. Billault, Marine.
" M. Vivien, luNtice.
" M. Data, Public Woks.
" M. Saint Marc Girardin, Public Instruction.
" M. Bignon, Commerce and Agriculture."
It is evident that the Ministry is at present in a
very ricketty condition, and is by no means secure of
its majority on financial matters.
The Union Monarchique says—

" We are assured that the committee on the budget
has assumed a determination of the highest impor-
tance, of which the anticipation has, we have no
doubt, influenced M. Dumon to quit the Depart-
ment of Public Works with so much alacrity. It
is said, in fact, that the committee has thought it ne-
cessary to reduce by 81.000,000 f. the estimates furnished
by the Minister of Public Works, amounting to
131,000,000 f., for extraoroinary works to be executod
during the year 1848. The half of this enormous re-
duction applies to railroads. It is added that M. Jayr.
the new Minister, has acceded with the best grace to the
wishes of the commission."

The same paper states the fortifications of Paris
have been so carelessly constructed, that the fortress
of Mont Valerien, the keystone of the system is
already crumbling into ruins.
The appearance of the harvest throughout France
is most promising, and the vines are in a flourishing
condition.

The Chamber of Deputies resumed on Wednesday
the discusAion on postal reform. The first article
amended by the Committee stood thus :—" From the
Ist of January, 1848, every letter weighing less than
7f grammes, circulating through France, will be
liable to a uniform postage of 20 centimes (2d.)"
XI. MURET DE BoED and M VUITRY proposed to
substitute the following paragraph :—" Single letters
carried a distance of 40 kilometres shall pay a postage
of 20 centimes ; above 40 kilometres and under 80,
30c. ; above 80 kilometres and under 150, 40c. ; and
above 150 kilometres, 50c.” Itl. VUITRY developed
his amendment, which was opposed by M. DUFAURE,
who was left speaking.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wed-
nesday at 78f. 30c.; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 60c.: the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,238 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 957 f 50c.;
Havre, 6471. 50c. ; Great Northern, 607 f. 51/c. ; Avignon,
7371. 50c.; Vierzon, 587 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 510 f.; Boulogne,
405 t. ; Basle, 187 f. 50c. ; Dieppe, 320 f. ; Paris and Stras-
burg, 430 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 4131. 75c.; Paris and Lyons,
4401 ; Cette, 450 f.; Spanish Domes: ic Debt, 291/.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 27.
Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 1434—Dutch
Rhenish, 334—Lyons and Avignon (Constituted), 234—
Northern of France, IVA—Orleans and Bordeaux, 614—
Paris and Strasbourg, I%—Rouen and Havre, 251/a—
Sambre and Meuse, 7,4.

BANK OF ENULAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 22d day of May, 1847.
ISSUE IMPARTMENT.
X.
Notes Issued— •• • • 23,200,775

£2 ;,200,775

Dated the 27th day of May. la.

BANKING DJ
X•
Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000
Rest
Public deposits (in-
sludiou Exchequer,
Commissioners of

National Debt, Sav-
ings-bank a, and Di-
vidend accounts) .. 6,141,624
Other deposits .. • • '8,233,60
Seven day and other
bills ... • ..... .... 797.903

X 33,253,785

Government debt .. 11,015,106
Other securities .... 2,98 i. 900
Gold coin and bullion 7,716,658
Silver bullion •••. • • 1,484,117

Dated the 27th day of May, 1847,

4 23,200,775
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

'AZTMEN T.

Government securi-

ties (including Dead

Weight Annuity).. 11,403.858
Other securities .... 16,5 a 1,674
Notes • ... 4,420,395
Gold and silver coin.. 717,858

X 33,253,785
r. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICK-
LOW, AND DUBLIN RAILWAY.
A special general meeting of the proprietors of the
Waterford, Wexford, and Wicklow Railway was ht hi
yesterday, at the company'a office, No. 449, West
Strand, for the purpose of taking into consideration the
draft of a bill to authorise certain alterations of the
line, and to amend the Act relating thereto. Mr. Bar-
low in the chair.
Tile CHAIRMAN stated that the meeting was purely
fornal, convened under Lord Wharneliff-'s Act, to ugrt e
to ttse Bill mentioned in the advertisement.
Mr. Perry and Mr. Dixon, two Irish proprietors, raised
a lengthero.d discussion as to the validity of the meeting,
the same Bill having been submitted to a former meeting,
when it was nor voted for by the majority required by
the standing orders of the House of Lords. The two
honourable gentlemen handed in a protest against going
to another vote on the Bill.
The heads of the Bill were then read, and
The CHAIRMAN moved that the Bill be approved of.
Mr. PERRY moved an amendment to the effect, that as
the subject had been disp ised of at a former meeting it
was illegal to proceed with the Bill.
The CHAIRMAN declined to entertain the amendment.
Mr. Dlxort said, then be would move an amendioent.
It was to the effect, that, as the affairs of the company
were so depressed, it was impolitic to proceed with the
Bill.

The CHAIRMAN declined also to entertain this o^e.
Mr. DucoN would simply move then that the Bill be
not approved of.
On a division, there appeared 4 for the amendment and
13 tigainst it.
The original motion was then put and declared to be
carried.

THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.—We are requested to
state that the following interesting new works will be
published on Monday morning by Mr. Colburn :-1.
1 he Tenth Volume of the Queens of England, by Agnes
Strickland-2. Zenon, the Martyr, by the Rev. R.
Cobbold, 3 vols.-3. Zoological Recreations, by W. J.
Broderip, F. 11.5., 1 vol.-4. Memoirs of Viscountess
Sundon, MiAress of the Robes to Queen Caroline, Con-
sort of G, urge IL, including Letters of the most cele-
brated Persons of her Time, by Nlre. Thou a w., author
or " Memoirs (4' Vie Court of Henry VIII.," &c., 2 vols.
post Sel, with I'ortra'ts.
DissoLuTioN OF PARLIAMENT.—The statement of
ad- cf baneou= estimates and civil contingencies, which
Lorl John Russ,ll will mike this evening, will proba-
;l37 be accompanied with a programme of the baseness
;, r thkl r.-mainder of the sf-ssion. The dissolution. we
;,. here. w 111 not be deferred much. if at all, beyond the
end of the next month. The election, in that case, will
be got through in the interval between hay and corn
tvirvest; and those of our honourable representativ, s
who will eguiu be summoned to the Great Council of the
Nation will have time to recruit their strength for the
laboars of a supplementary ses‘ion, in autumn.—Times
of ve,terday.

D'-)CKYARD BATTALIONS.—PORTSMOUTII, MAT 27.
—The Admiralty have signified to the Admiralty Super-
intendent, that all officers selected for the battalions
ill receive commimitons from her Majesty, and their
names appear in the Lo;,don Gazette. It is se-tied that
the first master-attendant and the master-shipwright are
to be lieutenant colonels ; the second master-attendant
And the storekeeper and store-receiver to be majors ; the
other officers of the yard, the clerks, Ste., to be captains
and subalterns.

ExrzysivE PROSECUTIONS.—It lately transpired in
the Court of Bankruptcy that the costs of the great pro-
(ecutions of the Maynard and Garratt gang, convicted
for num,>romi railway robberies, amounted to 5001. in
cash payments, and 2771. for the lawyers' bills, and were
defrayed by the united railway companies. The costs
of successfully defending the action for false imprison-
ment arising out of those prosecutions cost the two de-
endants, who were defended by the railway company,
above 3501., and the other defendant above 7001, which
he has had to I.),:ar. though his exertions I,d to such im•
p irtant results to the public, as well as to the companies
interested.

MEDAL OF O'CoNNELL.—We have seen a medal
of Mr. O'Confir 11, executeci by Mr. Geoghegan, of Yds.
grave-place, and just now opportunely published- The
medallion of the celebrated deceased is bold and well
excuted, the authority for the portrait being a bust the
production of Mr. Jcnes, the sculpt-r, and which was
always thought highly of by Mr. O'Connell and his
family. It represents him at an advanced period of his
life, but still full of vigour, and is unquestionably a very
strong likeness. On the reverse are the dates of some of
the most remarkable epochs in Mr. O'Connell's career,
rßsbinilesiWnoirl:laame.
surrounded by a wreath of shamrocks.
INDUCTION OF ARCHDEACON 'TALE TO THE
VICARAGE OF ST. GILES. CRIPPLEGATE.--Ttle VeliV-
:o.atle Hale, MA. Archdeacon
gaters.wthe rightful sw.cessor to the vicarage of Crip-
a havingaao been declared by the Bishop of London and his
of Lond, n,
ple
A l as formally inducted on Wednesday morning.
letter froni St. p
etersburgh states that M.
freedom to 8,,„„.. Russian proprietor, has presented their
"." gie r t •
a of both sexes belonging to him.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The Cotton market at Liverpool advanced again yes-
terday kd. per lb. Sales 7,000 to 8,000 hales Shares
were still improving, and with a good business doing.
There was a very consid:rtole improvement today'
in the prices obtained at the sale of Railway Shares ty
Messrs. Lamond and Co., and a large balance was done
at the advance. The following are a few of the prin-
cipal sales.—
Newmarket and Chesterford, Extension £2 4 0
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 0 0
Manchester and Southampton 0 10 6
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western 2 18 0
East Lancashire (Scrip)
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 8 0
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston 1 10 0
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 4 15 6
Royston and Hitchin
North British, Thirds
North British, Extension
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham . 5 6 0
Shrewsbury and Birmingham ( A)... 3 5 0
There are no later arrivals to-day with news of
general interest, but we have the exchange from Ilam
burgh, under date of Tuesday, a lower.
The Corn market has given way again, and even at
the decline no one seems inclined to buy.
Money is very easy. The Bank of England now loans
upon bills up to August, and we hear also, is lending
more money on stock.
The burden uponaoluarrgceoavvshtianrgfintgreardeinisthberocuigtyli!
and,
prospect of attracting attention in
aiwnsaflwrudeenbtioa2;3lleqr,u.waHritathelri'sa. This gentleman states:--
~ England is, as far as I am aware, the only country
in the world that permits the burden of all lights—the
benefit from which is one shared by the whole commit
,pity, but more particularly by the public naval force o;
the kingdom—to be defrayed hy charges exclusively im
posed upon the merchant end shipowner. France,
America, Russia, and Prussia, support the lights upoe
their respective coasts out of the funds of the State, and
make no separate charge upon shipping for the sup-
port. of them. It is reserved fur England, the
queen of commerce. and the self called centre of
commercial enlightenment, to fetter the industry of her
children with a heavy and onerous tax, rendered still
more irk.ome by a clumsy, inefficient, and expensive
mode of collection:
"To show how unevenly this system presses upon
that part of the -shipping of the country which can
least alf)rd to bear the t)urden, it will only be
necessary to call to mind that a ship trading
to the East Indies, or to China, earning a
very large freight, and occupying about a year
on the voyage out and home, pays only a few of these
lights twice during that time, and that such payment
amounts only to a small per tentage upon the fright
earned by the ship ; whilst a coaster, which is constantly
pas-mg the lights on her voyages. and earns but a coin
paratively small freight, pays each time she passes a
iight a sum which, in the aggregate, frequently amounts
to us much as 5 or 6 per cent. on the gross freight, and
60 ver cent, upon the net profits of the ship.
" To illustr,oe this point, allow me to call attention to
some of the cases laid before the committee upon lights,
to which I have belbre alluded ; and the first case of in-
justice I will mention is, that of a small vessel belonging
to the Edinburgh and Dundee Steam Comp..ny, which
passes several lights during the day, fulfilling her voy-
age in daylight, and never sailing at all at night. In the
year 1843, the amount paid by that vessel for lights,
which she never saw or had occasion to use, was no less
than 7021. in forty nine weeks.
`0 In coasting vessels the same hardship exists in a
still greater degree, inasmuch as their net profits are
reduced almost to nothing—in many instances their
light dues fair exceeding the profit which the °wile'
makes upon his whole cargo.
"In tne years 1843-4, the Trinity house received
'rotn the coating trade 126.6731., whi!st the over-ste,
British trade paid only 970541., and foreign ships
33,648/ "
The Funds are buoyant again this morning, and many
are sanguine of seeing them higher yet. At present the
market is decidedly supported by many influential
parties, but whether temporarily only remains to be
seen.

Consols are 88i to 888 for present transfer, and 888
to 888 for time. New Three-and• a-Quarter per Cent,.
are 88.1 to 888. Bauk Stock is 190 to 192. Excht.qtr2r-
bills have improved to par and 3s. premium.
There is a firmer market also for the Foreign Bonds.
Spanish Five per Cents, are 221 8, and the Three per
Cents. 34 to I. Mexican Bonds are up to 20i.
In Railway Shares a moderate business is doing, a
fuller prices.
ottlilsll FUNDS.

ONE CLOSINC,
O'CLOCK. PRI. 'ES,
Bank Stock
hree per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 874 87 87
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 88% % % 88%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 88%76 X 88%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 8, 1860 .. 8 15.1 ii 8 15-16
India Stock .. . . .• ••• .. .. 241 241
India Bonds, 1,0001.. .. .. .. .. _—
Ditto. under 1,0001. „
Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip .. .• •
Console. for Opening, July 16 .. .. .. 88% % %
Exchequer Bins. I %d. 2d.
1.0001... , -..— .. • • par 3 p
5001. . . •. • • 3 5 P
Ditto. Small .... 3 7 p

.. .. .., 1 dis 3p

3p
1 di`
83X

ONE CLOSIN
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRIC Es
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 84
Grenada, 1 per Cent .. 2O
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account .. 20%
Russian Bonds .
.• .• •• •• 110 109
Sdanish Bonds, 5 per Cent 22 Yti
Ditto, for the Account .. .. 22%
Ditto, Three per Cent 34k 34
Dividends on the above payable in London
Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 92
Dutch Two-and-a-halt per Cent .. 58%
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certhlcates

209 i
20%
109
223
2234
34

' PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.

PAID. I IBUOSNI NE EAS CLOSING
PHICEe,.
ONE O'CLOCK.

Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction . • • • • 2% ....
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 16%1.
Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. 5 .... 101rn ..........
Caledonian
Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • ...
Eastern pounties .. ••• . 20 .... 19%%%......
Ditto, York Extension .. •• 7% .... % ...... .
.
East Lancashire .. ..• • • • • 17 ..
1
East Lincolnshire • • •• 6% % .. 84,
%
Edinburgh and Glasgow •• •• 50 .. Gs%
DDiitttto°, New
* New . ° . ..
Scrip —l% ••., •• •
Ditto, Half Shares .. • • 15 2214 •' •... 21.34
34
Ely and Huntingdon .• ••• . 15 1514 .......• 15%
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2% .......
• ••
11,4
Great Western .• .. • • •. 85 113 •• •.
113
Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • . 12% .... 17 ISLA
GrDeaot.,NLoorntdhoonrn &
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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Don -,izetti's comic tipera, La Figlia del rieginzerio
(better keeen as La flute du Regiment), was predeced
eerie en r; 'ay evening with the to:lowing cast:—
Maria Nestle. Jenny Lind,
La Marchese di Eerketifir,id Madame Solari.
Tonic) . . Sig. Gardeni.
Su:pzio (a sergeant)
The following is the " argument " of the opera, as
prefixed to the libretto:—The scene of the action is in
the Tyrol. during the occupation of that country by the
French. Tee heroine is Maria a Vivandiere, a settler
girl, the daughter of the 11th Regiment of the Grand
Army of Napoleon. She has be iome the adopted child
of the regiment, because Sulpizio, a sergeant of that ex-
cellent corps, found her after a battle, and with her a
le ter from her father, a captain. The letter was ad-
dressed to a Marchioness of Berkenfield. The good
sergeant kept the letter carefully, and the gallant re-
giment adopted the child, who, from a little girl, has
grown up into a sprightly young woman—a suttler
full of* spirit and enterprise, whomarches and drinks with
her collective lather—that is to sa), the whole regiment
In the Tyrol she meets with a young peasant, whc
eaves her life when she is on the point of falling down
a precipice, and then becomes in love with the vivandiere
—a love which she returns from gratitude, and from
other reasons still more potent. Tonio, the young Ty.
relese, follows the regiment in all its movements, and in
spite of every obstacle, and even the threat that they
will hartg him as a spy does not deter him; on the con-
trary, he ventures even to make bold to a'k of the father
the hand of his daughter. The regiment, true to its
paternal character, assembles and holds a council on the
important subject, of which the result is, they will con-
set.t to the match on the condition that Tonio will enlist
into the regiment. Tonio at once aecepts the condition,
and becomes a soldier in the hope of being united to
Maria. But in this conjecture he experiences a new ob-
stacle in the person of the Marchioness de Berkenfield.
' On hearing her name, Sulpizio (the sergeant) remem-
bers the letter addressed to her he found at the same
time as Maria; he gives it to the Marchioness and she
're,o4nises the settler girl as her niece, the offspring of
the secreL m irriatte of her sister with the French cap-
tain. The haeghty lady claims her niece, Maria, in
eider to have an education given her worthy her ration
in society. The 11th Regiment is obliged to ab late
its paternity, and to return Maria to her real relative;
curia is forced to leave her military father,
and likewise poor Tonto, who very fruitlessly
has made the sacrifice of deserting to the enemy.
Itt the secoLd act Maria is seen at the Castle of Birken-
field; she has renounced the costume, and with it the
manners of a suttler girl. She is obliged to learn the
nearing and accomplishments of a young lady of fashion
she is tiught to dance and to sing, but it is no longer the
joyous songs and unconstrained dance of the came—on
the contrary, Maria is much annoyed by her stilted ex-
istence; she regrets-her former freedom and habits, and
very frequently resumes them, to the great annoyance
of the proud Marchioness. Her regrat for her past mode
at life, and still more for Tonio, is preying upon her
.nind, when all at once the sounds of drums and trum-
pets are heard approaching the castle. These warlike
sounds announce the approach of the 11th Regiment.
which takes possession of the castle, having for its head
tat less interesting person than Tonle, who, thanks to
his gallant conduct, has become a field officer, A mutual
aid most joyous recognition of course takes place be-
tween Maria and her lover, who now possessing military
rank, asks of the aristocratic aunt that hand in marriage
which he obtained before from her lather with the
bayonet. The Marchioness rejects the offer, having pro
mised the hand of her neice to the son of a duchess, her
aeighbour. Tonio then determines on carrying her off.
to which Maria consents, indignant at her aunt's cruelty.
l'o prevent this, by establishing a cl dm on her feelings.
the Marchioness reveals that Maria is, in truth, her
d slighter—a fact which she had withheld to conceal the
narrnage she had formed so much beneath her rank.
Maria, who had reiused to obey her aunt, cannot refuse
consent to the will of her new• found mother ;andoilthough
n utter despair, consents to marry the young Dukeinstead
of Tonic). But this proof of devotion awakens the dor-
mant feelings of a mother in the heart of the Marchie- ess.
and she consents at last. to the union of Tonio and Maria
file character of the Vivandiere has, on the continent,
been ever considered as one of the most popular of the
characters of Jenny Lind, and most justly has it been
so consid red. Wonderful as she is in Alice and in
Amine, she is equally wonderful, equally great, in
Marta. This alone would prove her to be one of the
-..reetest wastes that ever lived. In characters in which
pathos alone is to be exhibited, in characters in which
humour alone is to be exhibited, it is perhaps not so
aitlicult for an artist to be great. There is one unin-
terrupted current of feeling running through the whole
drama—similar in kind albeit varying in intensity—and
when once the genius is " screwed up" to the particular
passion all goes on smoothly, but in such characters as
the Vivandiere, in which simplicity and archness, path. s.
and fun are blended together, it is most difficult to give
to each its due proportion, and that artiste who does this
in perfection may be truly said to have achieved a
iriumph—mal such a triumph did Jenny Lind achieve
last evening. She is as great to the full in comedy as
she is in tragedy, and commands the tears or the smiles
irf her audience at will. She makes her appearance in
the second scene, and enters dressed in her Vivandiere
costume. singing an air in honour of her regiment; this
was lodow, d by a lively duet, " Io vidi la luce sul camp,
guerrier—E it suon del tamburo min solo placer," which
she sung with F. Lablache (who supported her mos!
efficiently throughout the opera), and which she gave
with true military spirit and gusto. The scene ends with
the "Plan Plan Ratamplun" march, which she marched,
acted, and sang admirably. Tonio is then brought in
as a spy, and a change comes over her. They are about
to execute him, and the merry VivandierZ be-
comes all earnestness, as she asks if he shall die who
saved her life ? His life is spared and all is joy, atid
Maria sings the favourite song of her comrades, " Cies
can lo dice—ciaacun lo sa," a song composed in honour of
the regiment, and which ends with a refrain in which
ad join,

"Egli e
Ecco Fundecimo c'egual non ha."
Ifer acting here was full of spirit. Well might the
regiment be proud of :uch a Vivandiere. The chorus,
too, WAS admirable ; their making up was superb, and
they v► ere excellently drilled, speaking not only in a
musical sense, but in a military sense also; it elicited
ihouts of enthusiastic applause. The scene in which
Toni► declares his love was excellently given. " You
lo not believe it—listen, then, decide," exclaims Tonio.
Nothing can exceed the dry humour, the espiegle arch-
ae,s with which, assuming an air of mock dignity, she
replies,

"Vidiam udiam
Ascoltiam e guidichiam."
We will see—we will hear—we will consider—we
will judge.) The scene ends with an exquisite duet
the gem of the first act); " A confession st ardente,"
vhich was deliciously given by Jenny Lind and Gar•
Boni, arid in which the marvellous power which she pos-
sesses of throwing her voice into distance and again in-
creasing its force like the swell of an organ, was
exhibied wiih most telling effect. The applause at th.-
a onclusien lasted for some minutes, and the repetition
of the duet was loudly called for from every part of
he house. Her acting in the scene in which
she parts from her old comrade a, as she is led
off by the Marchioness to become the lady of fortune,
was beautifuily pathetic—pathetic from it-, very smaph
ciiy—the perfection of acting, because there was no
iron at acting—and here the astonishing power of hc•
voice was made more manifest than it has been in
any scene in which she has yet appeared in this country.
'The love of I)onizetti for noisy choruses and noisy ac-
companiments is well known, and here he had an oppor-
tunity of indulging that propensity, of which he did not
fail to avail himself ; but above the mul:Ludinous voices
of the chorus—above the braying of trumpets and
horns, ai,d the growli' g o! bassoons and ophAclides—
above the spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing. fife,"
was heard the clear, rich, full, soft, yet powerful voice of
Jenny Lind, and this not only without screaming, but
atis dut.dy without any appArent effbrt or exertion. It
is in edless to add that ste was called for at the conclu-
sion of (he first act. The second is very short, but very
exctilent. Vlsti find our merry Vivandiare living in the
chateau of the Marchioness, who is in vain endeavour-
ing. to transform her into a fine lady, so as to mske her a
,41:table t,itr. fo; the Duke of Krakenthorp. Her only
s,l9ct. is an o:.cAsi,iiital chat with Sulpizo on the glories
of the regiment. The Marchione-s has determined that
Vlaria shall in ,ke a grand musical display, and has
ch s n an old romance, the music of which is by the
Atiestro eaffariell:e Dressed eit grunde dame she enters
In meet- Su Ipielo, to whom she confides her sorrow. "She
wants me to slog before all the grand people to-night,"
says rlaria, " I know not what piece of antiquity th4t
she has chosen from her hoards of old trash. "Ma to
vedrai,” she adds, with the most fascinating archness
non ne cereal() niente" (You shall see ,e will do'
,lathing of the sort). The Marchioness enters with
(his exquisite romance in her hand, she seats herself at
the piano, and handing the music to Maria, orders her
t.o commence Maria commences the romance, accotn-
pania d by the Duchess, en the pianoforte ; while she is
sieging Su:pizio :ipproeches her, and whispering to her
he old refrainliantanplan, she strikes up immediately
the favourite air of the regiment, and marching about,
to the great horror of the MarehiJne,s, sinel the
praises of the regiment—a• Eco l'utidechno clebegual
in ha." The Marchioness, in a tone of offended
dignity, remonstrates with her, and Maria, indignant at
to: attempts ma, e to instruct her in the art of singing
fine," commences a regular sol-fa exercise, in which
..,he introduces all sorts of roulades and shakes, to the
astonishment of the Marchioness and the delight of the
anlienee, and at length dashing her music hook on the
gteamd in a fit of passion, leaves the room. The acting in
nis scene was one o! Cie richest pieces of comedy we have
over seen, she excited a perfecifu, ore. At th e conclusion the
audi. nce was so enthusiastic in their applause that they
would not b., sad-fled moil Jenny Lind had come for-
ward twice to acknowledge the c,inpliments paid to her.
Equally great was she in the next scena, " Deeiso e
du que," in which, in terns of extreme pathos, she la-
ments the hard fate which has condemned her to
he a fire lady, and to leave her dear fullers,
the regiment. Suddenly she hears military music in
the distance. " Oh! transporto! oh! dolce ebrezza."
It is the old 11th. She is a Vivandiare again, and,
bursting out with the old military air "Evviva la
!'atria," she fiads herself once again in the midst of her
old comrades. Her transition in this scene from grief
to exuberant joy was one of the finest pieces of acting
ever seen, an I h r accuracy in taking up the sudfle
change in the character of the music at the tune tuns
,gas ef facility. A trio, "Streit' insim,:follows,
It is a rattling, rapid affair. and was given with immense
spirit by Jenny Lind, F. Lablache, and Garden!: and
told most effectively. Tire finale, "Deice Tesoro, was
beatiiitully given; nothing cou!cl exceed the grace and
the precision, and the luxuriance of her fionture. in this
finale. At the tall of the curtain she was called for
three times, and bouquets a loison were thrown upon the
atsge. Garduni waai in admirable voice, and sang and

acted beautifully, and F. Lab:ache, as the Sergeant, gave
us more than once, both in his singing and in t.is ti ling
a touch of the quality of his mighty sire. At the con-
clusion o`• the op-ra the National Anthem was surg (in
honour of the Queen's birthday) by the whole corps
operat;que, Jenny Lind. Castellon, and Lablache taking
part in it. The appearance of the house at this mo-
ment was superb. Not only was every box filled. ex-
cept the royal box (her Majesty and Prince Albert,
who were present during the whole of the opera,
and who were enthuisastic in their applause of
Jenny Lind, left at its conclusion, without wait-
ing for the National Anthem), but there was
not &place in stalls, pit, or gallery, not a nook or corner,
in which it was passible for a human being to be within
sight or hearing of the stage unoccupied. It was a rer-
feet realisation of the vision of Victor Hugo of a theatre
overflowing with music, with applause, with beauty, and
with light.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.

A rich treat was en°, dedon Thursday night at this
theatre. Il Don Giovanni, the chef d'oeuvre of Mozart,
was presented in a manner worthy of the great master.
The cast was, indeed, one of unprecedented strength.
It was not simply that some of the parts were admirably
filled, but every link in the chain was complete in itself;
there was no failure in any part; every conception of the
gifted composer was fully interpreted, and clearly ex-
pressed. There is, perhaps, no opera that demands so
powerful a corps musicale to bring it properly forward—
there is no portion of the music that can properly be
entrusted to a second-rate performer. Hence, although
there is no other production which possesses so great
popularity, which attracts such overflowing houses, and
which so entirely enthrals the admiring audience, it is
not so often produced as the wishes of the public,
and the interests of the managers, would seem
to demand. There is no class to whom its exquisite
and thrilling beauties do not come home. The finished
amateur, the scientific musician is impressed with the
wonderful skill of the inspired author. He may test i.
by the most stringent rules, and can find needing at
which to cavil or object. It sets all criticism at defiance.
the most querulous and captious railer can suggest ne
improvement, while at the same time its simple and
touching melody goes to the heart of even the most
ignorant. It requires ne knowledge of the art to feel
and appreciate its beauties. None but those wholly in-
sensible to the concord of sweet sounds could remain in-
different. As long as music is cultivated, so lung will it
retain its popularity.
We conteas that we find it difficult to select a point
from whence to commence our notice of the performance.
Grisi and Persiani, each in one of her most pPrfect
characters, renders it a matter of no trifling
difficulty to say with which we shall open. It would
almost seem as if each character had been expressl3
written for those brilliant artistes, to draw forth their
peculiar graces. We always felt as if we admired most
hichever of the two we last heard, until some new
• ffusion of the other's genius changed our sentiment
We shall, therefore, take those incomparable p-irnu
donnas in the order in which they appeared. We hav
never heard Grisi in better voice ; and it is hare
to say whether her acting or singing was most to b,
admired ;—her resistance to the licentious nobleman, de
termined to retain her hold until she had brought her
insulter to deserved punishment—her horror, when she
finds that her father has fallen a victim to his efforts te
protect his child—the agony at his death, mingled with
die bitter feeling of vengeance against his assassin.
were given in her best style ; and the exquisite due
with llario, " Fuggi crud -le fuggi," at the end of the
second scene, elicited the most enthusiastic applause
The recitative in the eighth scene, when describing to hei
lover the attempt on her honour, and its fatal result, ami
her discovery of the murderer, when she bursts into th
aria " Or Sal chi l'onore" were powerful indeed, and de
servedly obtained a most rapturous encore ; while
the air" Non mi dir," which, for a long period, had been
omitted, for what reason we know not, she again receive i;
the heartfelt homage of the audience. The rustic
coquette, Zerlina, is one of Persiani's mast finishe
pe.r‘brinances, in fact, it has never been more
perfectly rendered in any country. Her grace..
vivacity, and extraordinary execution give ful
expression to the part. The well-known and beauti
ul duet, " La ci damn," with Tarnburiai, of cours•
commanded an unanimous encore: The " e nee,
vorrie," half yielding and half resisting, was perfect.
The " Batti, batti," where she throws hersel
upon her incensed lover's mercy, saying tha
,he will patiently submit to any punishment,
and implores him even to beat her, was indeed beau-
tiful, and again obtained a similar tribute with ethic'.
she readily complied. It would be unjust to leave unno-
i;ced the exquisite violoncello accompaniment of the ve
reran Lindley to this air. Her " Vedrai Carino," war
also enthusiastically called for, but her great previote
exertions rendered her unable to comply with the de-
mand.

Tile Elvira of Mdlle. Corbari is decidedly the best wc
have ever heard ; her rich soprano was heard to the
greatest advantage in the complaint, "Ah ! chi re-
dice," while, all the intricate and difficult passages in th.
Mi tradi," which was also last night restored.
were fully and completely rendered. •
Tamburini was in admirable vace—he was not tilt
mere vulgar libertine, but the finished and perfect gen-
tleman. You could scarcely wonder at his suceebseb
with the fair sex. We have not left ourselves, space t.,
notice the Ottavio of Mario, in which he surpassed him•
self, or the I,porello of Rovere, which has fully main-
tained the high position he established for himseli
in Dr. Dulcamara. The other parts, too, were, a,
we have already stated, all well filled—while Farm)
Elssler as the cavalier, and Dumilatre as the lady of th,
olden time, twice gave the minuet with the most perft.c,
grace in the ball scene. After the opera the Nationai
Anthem was given by the whole strength of the compan).
the solos being sung by gesd Imes Persiani and Grisi.

nois

Mr. Gratwieke's Doleful, 5 yrs—Mr. S. Graham ns
Fancy Boy, 4 )rs—Mr. Gully's Mendicant, 4 yrsft.
Hudson's ns Prrniile, 3 yrs—Mr. O. F. Meyriek ns
tj
So Nice, 3 yrs—Mr. Mostyn's Swallow, 3 rs—Mr.
Mytton 115 Dreamer, 6 yrs—Lord Newport ns Mathe-
matician, 3 yrs—Mr. O'Brien's Mentor, 5 yrs—Mr•
Payne ns Poynron, 4 yrs—Mr H. Padwick ns The
Hero, 4 yrs—Duke of Richmond's Halo, 3 yrs•—gr•
Bolt ns Ellerdale, 3 yrs—Lord Suffield ns Mr. Tilbury
Golden lime, aged—Sir W. M. Stanley, ns Pyrrhus the
Fin,t, 4 yrs—Lord Waterford's Woltdog. 5 yrt:-..-Bar°,ll
Biers b c Sunbeam, (bred in Germany) 4 yrs—Cap.ain
James's Arab Horse, Monarch, 6 yrs—Mr. Irwin
's
Oxonian, 3 yrs—Lord E. Russell's Dulcet, 5 Yu.

LAMBETH ELECTION.
A meeting of the electors of Lambeth was held Oa
Thursday night at the Horni, Kennington, to take the
conduct of Mr. Hawes, M.P., into consideration- Sr'
Bigg in the chair. TTa wee,
Mr. I. L. STEVENS read letters from Mr. Li
M.P., and Mr. D'Eyncourt, M.P.,
c utd not attend any meeting on so short a netice,
rea_
especially on Thursday night, as they were necessa ly_
engaged otherwise, and because the notice calling.T.
meeting was signed by nobody. But they would
_D.!
happy on any occasion, after due notice, to attend
meeting of the electors duly and respectably called...XL
r 10
Stevens then read, amidst much confusion, a letter 1 01"
come of the electors calling upon Mr. D. W. Harveey. _
become a candidate for the borough, and was proce dis 3
to read Mr. Harvey's answer, but the noise and dame
for
stating that al,
of parties calling out " Question," and " Authority
writing," were so great, that
would permit the proceedings to advance quietly, as r,
The Rev. JOHN BURNET rose to beg the meeting
came a deliberative assembly. Without resumilwmag
-eat he proceeded to move, " That Benjamin 11
_00:
Esq., having recently voted against the entire repeals'.
_1
the corn-laws, the extension of the suffrage, and the_ w_
raying clausee of the Reform Act, and in favour of t.r•
tete,
eueal punishment in the army, the vote to May. noe_.
end the Government plan of education ; and baTrg heis
cepted office as a minister without consulting with
constituents, had forfeited the support of the el
.I,LI-14
11e. was opposed to votes from Government for 0:).0..1e_`•,`,,
for which Government was not instituted. He diel.o4;
wijeet to another receiving that which he would ts,",.
himself. He would refuse a pension for himself, fore;
schoolmaster, or for his brethren in the ministrY---le.entt
fusion. -He did not object because the vote flan nen 7to
otdowed ; he did not wish that he should
to the Catholics. He would not have the Indepeedc°_,
of the Catholics, arid why should they conle;nerpePnile
heir hands into his pocket ? It was for thee"cee'snd
,fence of England that this should be the floc" j; lA'
the practice of her Government and her ne°,P-e'elibe'
trusted the meeting would desist from noise, and
-
-rate on the resolution calmly. . lia'
Mr. FULLER, an elector, seconded the resolution.
von.
eonsidered that Mr. Hawes had pledged himself toiso
get the 0307 t.
For the entire and immediate repeal of the Orn.seio
1-le had done so at a meeting held on a former o%tro,
n that room, but when Mr. Villiers's motion was ,I 0 of
lured, and when the House divided he went inntisoi
.obby with the Government. Mr. Hawes bad el. otei
ally professed to be the friend of civil and re gee.i
liberty. But how did he act on the occasion ofics`la
Duneombe's motion fa• the repeal of the ratel_Yoe
elauses ? He was in the House on that occasion, be era'
in the Conservative gallery, and would bare sit:, bad
)it, but Lord John Russell wanted his vote, end e wia
ime to get round to the door of the House to votre. f
he 58 majority who threw out that liberal neiTisieuh ;4
eight go through many other votes bY wi -old.
lawes showed himself opposed to many of the pre . fti,
,o which he had pledged himself, and acted like a lac
,f Lord John Russell. and 5ia.„114,.
The CHAIRMAN then read the resolution, ---d s
_e eye
could be glad to hear any of the supporters
;lawes in reply.
Mr. GRADY come forward, and said he felt soeecleffet
lent of the high merit and consistent conduct 1 ' of
',Umber, that he only wished an e
ward. He said he disliked the intolerant bigotry 411ree,i,
esolution, and he would not be turned from tree Be
luestion before the meeting by it. He then rirtevi,
onendment, to the effect that the long and 0° 0
ervices of their Member, Mr. Hawes, for the lastd tb I.
ears in favour of the interests of the borough se
udentlf
eount-y were such, that certain questions, inlPr of if
App retbuy,
evethdrae
irged furward upon the new Ministry on the
eneral election, would not induce them to Ti'
'd of tbt'
heir votes. He said that much had been sa'.. Ree
cote to Maynoeth. Was it not right? Did alsish tt
Mend have any religion in his heart and not
ww.,,,_01
,ropagate religion? But could they ad
so
eruwi'vel4
ducating the clergy? The Catholics, o
chich had been taken from them? He trusted to he._ ,
00 poor, and had they no right to receive back
to more of that. But why speak of the cornela7
_the: '
:ere they not ended?—(Laughter.) And the fran_ 1110
vas ended too, for Lord John Russell was about to
brf
le a Bill which would clear the franchise entirely.
ell
l'e
what was the position of Mr. Hawes? Why,. be
been singled out to bear part in an Administration; te.,
lid they not feel it an honour to themselves, and a 11;1
~her honour to return him?—(Noise, and themselves"
No, 11°'
1 .le had been driven into a corner by a question inVill,i
lently put forward on the eve of an election, and 0,3
which Lord John Russell had been so imprudent as ' .
tsk him to vote.—(Laughter and noise.) He hoped the
woar
uild.
AHEADsttppo support
secondedt
he
the
amendment.
amedment. He thought n tbs./
were dealing hard by Mr. Hawes to condemn hinl4l
• hrec votes, one of which had bean misstated.He ' 12,;
voted against the income-tax; he had voted for SP'
o uncombe's resolution freeing all trades from the ine
,ition of the tax; for Mr. Villiers' motionegalns t tlis
orn laws in 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845 ;lor g_dr'
Ward's
motion in 1842, 1843, and 1845, for an inquiu
into the burdens of land; for Cobden's motion for 0
inquiry into the effects of the protective systein,..l?:
Lord J. Russell's motion for the reduction of the do/
on sugar; for Sir John Easthope's Bill for the abolition
:.if• church-rates; for Ward's motion on the Irish Church;
cor the Maynooth grant; and against Mr. Roebuoll9S
motion for a purely intellectual system of education+
telling the country that he would vote for no educatio,e
not b-ssed upon religion. But the fact was, the prese7
novement was one suggested by Dissenters, and wit.,,13 8
cow to strike, not at political dereliction, but at '
edvence of the Church of England.
Mr. MACLEOD and Mr. BROWN afterwards eddies
sea
the meeting.
Mr. FALL objected to the way in which the motif)!
-tad been called. It had been called by nobody keiare
whom, and on a night when they were well aware '.
Hawes himself could not attend.
The Rev. J. BURNET replied. toe
The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment to
meeting, and declared it to be negatived by a lerg
major.
Mr.ity Tlioreas HARVEY then moved, as an amendment
to the original resolution, that this . d• ur° meeting be ajo
Da
for a week, that the Members ' might have an opportu
of being present.
The CHAIRMAN put tare and e amendment, declared it
negatived.
The original resolution was then put and carried,net
, ...
more than some -ten hands in a very crowded meetinlb
icing held up against it.
The Rev. _r m. -- M ARAMS then moved—" That this
meeting, not satisfied with the
court on his Parliamentary d attendance of Mr. D'uties, and as he had refitsEraii
with Mr. Hawes to attend this meeting, f
, e coalitionhat course, and his probabl with his colleague'
• sapproved 0
di
%Ir.future."
. Hawes,in
re:de-and-cornerSome, he said, called that a
meeting; but it was one which fir'
Ilawes feared,
sive, for
thorn to theyattend, had
persons requesting
end, and had canvassed n • d
houses of a in the counting'
Mr. the electors.
Tn WASTES seconded the resolution.
Mr. DRUMMOIID
as a
gentleman who had i
reduce the borough in every instance striven to
rates.
It was discovered this.
at point that Mr. Nerve/
T.
was not an elector in the borough, and his amendment,
was declared irregular.
Mr. DRUMMOND therefore moved the
adjournment of
the meeting for a fortnight.
It was seconded, and on being put to
negatived.

The resolution was then passed unanimously.
Mr. ELLINGTON said, as an elector and a former friend
of Mr. Hawes, he was sorry to tell them,
:hat gentleman, that he did not think he any longer de-
,.erved their votes. He hoped they would now put theta"
selves in a bt tter position. Ho had a gentleman to
propose for their suffrages—a genth man into whose
character he had inquired, and found it all that the
meeting could desire in a representative. He moved"'
become
•‘ That D. W. Harvey, Esq., be invited to - can'
didate for the borough of Lambeth." as he had told

Mr. FULLER. seconded the resolution.
ellauldipirttiliceteNea nlisisanwigdes the
iegemohemt dnmioit now propertebeewrheoat haddo wtor
ti institutedhtee i,
o lif
met-
ing if it was desired.
Mr. STEVENS then read a letter from Mr. Harveis
stating that though a clause had been inserted in the
Metropolitan Police Bill for his exclusion from rarlle;
tnent, he would, when it was clear that the electors 0!
Lambeth would return him to Parliament, that moment
resign his situation in the Police Commission. His prin-
ciples were unchanged, and he would, when it was under:
stood that the electors disapproved of their present
theiial
Harvey,
, ere
3e
,sC ,
can-
didates, be happy to meet them.
A gentleman on the platform announced that Genre©
Thompson, Esq., had resigned ..
his intention of coming
forward as a candidate for the borough.
The resolution was then put, and declared carried by

t large majority.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman for his impartiality
was then carried, and the meeting, which had been virY
throughout. terminated.

PARISH Or ST. CLEMENT IJANES.—Thursday even-
ing, at seven o'clock, the parishioners of St. Clement
Danes, Strand, assembled in the vestry-room, facing the
church, the Rev. W. Webb Ellis, the Rector, in the chair-
elle accounts of the late churchwarden showed the re'
ceipts to have been, including pew rent, 230/. ls.
and church rate, at 2d. in the pound,
1,351/. Os. 7d., and there was a balance after paying the
necessary expenses of 1791. ss. 7d. The estimate wile
d to
n.
produced. whe a rate of 2d. in the pound was agree
unanimously. 615/ Bs.
FOREIGN SUrri.lrS.—The arrivals of grain, cat,
Rm.: provisions, at the commencement of the yr";
a ~,ru the continent, were considerable. Every privilef
t at it is possible to concede, in order to land th, r Pro-
vision from the importing vessels, and bring them in t°
consumption without the least delay, is granted by the
revenue authuritics. As yesterday was a
general
day, and business was suspended, especial permission
was, at the request of the parties interested and CO
eerned, granted for the requisite attendance of a portion
of the officers of the revenue, in order to prevent ;neon.
venienco and facilitate the admission of these articles of
food.

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