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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING. APRIL 3 1832.

A Cabinet Council was held this day at
half-past one o'clock, at the Foreign-office,
which was attended by the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR, Earl GREY, Lord PALMERSTON,
Lord MELBOURNE, Lord ALTHORP, Lord
GODERICH, Lord HOLLAND, Lord JOHN
ItUSSELL, the Duke of RICHMOND, Sir
JAMES GRAHAM, the Right Hon. CHARLES
GRANT, and Mr. STANLEY. The meeting
11A4 not broken up when we went to press.

It is with great regret, and no slight mis-
givings, we perceive that nothing definite, no-
thing decisive, on the subject of a new creation
of Peers—except, indeed, a rumour, rife about
town for the last few days, that the new patents
are ready,—has yet been put forth either in or
Out-of Parliament. On this point of vital
im-
portance to every interest in the kingdom, the
People are still in the dark. They arc exhorted,
indeed to be confident, and to hope for the best ;
they are assured that every thing is going on
just it should do; that the great cause progresses
steadily to a successful termination ; but about
the one great question, which alone can justify
their conSdence, they are not told a single sylla-
ble. Now, of what avail are all general assu-
rances, unaccompanied by a direct promise of a new
batch of Peers ? To what do they amount but
to a declaration on the part of Government
that the people have no right to be inquisitive,
even on a point which to them is a matter of life
or death ?

By his present perplexing silence, Lord GREY
is actually persuading the country to hope against
probability ; to believe that they are standing in
the sunshine, whe❑ they are enveloped in the
deepest shade. Far better that he should at once
declare his intentions ; far better that he should
say boldly to the people, " I will not make
another new Peer," than that he, should tanta-
lize them by this shilly-shallying, vacillating,
fast and loose sort of policy. The country de-
mands a plain Yes or No from the Noble Premier,
anti he puts them off, like Lord BURLEIGH,
With a Mysterious shake of the head. Really this
is most unaccountable conduct.

We do not desire to hamper a Goverment
which is already quite sufficiently beset with diffi-
culties ; but is it not evident, even to the most un-
reflecting observer, that the cause of Reform, if not
in actual jeopardy, is in a state of the most bewil-
dering uncertainty ? Is it not evident, nay have
they not themselves said it, that the Anti-re-
formers are as staunch to their text as ever ? As
for the declaration of Lords WHARNCLIFFE
and HARRoWBY that they will allow the Bill to
pass into Committee, we lay not the slightest
stress on this; for it amounts to nothing more
than an assurance that they will play with the
measure, like a cat with a mouse, and allow it to
run one stage further, only for the purpose
of pouncing on it the very instant it has reached
the allotted distance. Lord GREY, it is plain,
is not unawake to this manoeuvre ; but how does
lie propose to neutralize its mischief? By
creating new Peers? No. HOw then ? Why—
credite Posteri !—by coquetting with the Bench
of Bishops, with that very Bench which *has al-
ready shown how little it is to be trusted by
either party ! . Really it is a bad—a very bad
sign for the country, when a great national
question is thus reduced to the neces-

y of being dependent on the caprice
of the Episcopal Bench. Having once
detected the cloven foot among them, Lord
GREY should be cautious how he again confides
in the liberalism of the Reverend Prelates. He
should say to them, " I shall be glad of your sup-
port if you will give it me ; but I will not
let a mighty question like Reform be de-
pendent on your favour : no, I will place it
beyond the reach of peril, whether from false
friends or open foes ; if, therefore, you vote with
Government, your votes will not constitute, they
will only serve to swell, our majority." This
should be the language of Lord GREY, for it is
the language of candour, common sense, and
energy. If he adopt another style of argument,
or conduct; if he flatter when he should insist,
talk when he should act, vacillate when he should
decide ; then, so surely as to-morrow's sun shall
rise, so surely will he be defeated, even at the
very moment when he expects most to trinmph.
We repeat, we do not put forth these remarks
in any spirit of to the Government, but
simply because we see, or imagine we see, in
the present uncertain state of the political hori-
zon, a little black speck to windward, indicative
of an approaching hurricane.

Since the above was written, we have heard a
report, which bears every appearance of authen-
ticity, that a new creation of Peers will appear in
this night's Gazette, or on Friday's at furthest.
For the sake of Ministers,—for the sake of the
country, na,—for the sake of his MAJESTY
himself, we sincerely trust that this is the case.

A curious and very useful document has been
laid before the House of Commons. It is a
return of the number of persons capitally con-
victed and executed in London, and in the Coun-
ties of England and Wales, within three equal
periods of seven years, respectively terminating
in December 1817, 1824 and 1831. The num-
ber of persons committed throughout England
and 'Wales (exclusive of the Metropolis) for the
three periods, is as follows :

1817 56,308
1824 92,848
1831 121,318

Total 270,674

This makes an average of 12,889 commit-
ments every year, for the last twenty-one years.
Of these 270,674 cases, the Grand Juries have
ignored the Bills, or the Petty Juries have ac-
quitted in the periods terminating
Ignored. Acquitted.
1817 9,281
1824
1831 12,819

34,834 52,912
Thus the remainder, or persons convicted have
been, in
1817
1824 R2,412
1831 85,257

I 52,903
Of these convicted criminals there have been
executed,

1817
18:3 e2o
1831

1,620
This is an annual average within the respec-
tive periods, terminating,
1817 B3
1824 B9
1831 5B

The inferences to be drawn from these data
are by no means flattering to our national vanity,
for in what can the character of a nation be in-
voked, more than in the merciful or sanguin-
ary nature of its criminal code ? Our only
consolation is, that our thirst of blood has
gradually decreased ; for taking the ratio
of eighty-three executions per annum within
the first period of seven years, and calculating
upon our increase of population, the numbers
in the last period, to December, 1831, ought to
have been about 110, instead of 58. Thus the
scaffold has yielded up one-half of its prey. If
the number of executions be compared to the
number of commitments within the two extreme
periods, the ratio of these legalized murders has
decreased more than one half. The executions
are to the total commitments as one to 1178, to
the total number of persons tried as one to 795,
and to the total number of persons sentenced to
death as one to 97. The numbers sentenced
to death have been in the period ending—
Sentenced. Executed.
1817 4,95'2
189.4 7,988
1831 9,316

22,256

1,620

Thus it appears that, upon an average of the
last twenty•one years, our laws have annually
sentenced more than one thousand of our fel-
low-creatures to the gallows ; whilst, with all the
Nero propensities of the Pitt and Castlereagh
school of statesmen, it has been found impossi-
ble to hang more than one man in a hundred of
those whom the law has declared unfit to live.
We observe with pain that the laws have been
the most rigorously executed, during the period
that we were under the domination of what are
termed the Ultra-Tory saints—Lords L VER•
POOL, CASTLEREAGH, and their disciples. It
must surprise such men as Lords ELDON, SID-
MOUTH, BEXLEY, and their school, to find that
our country can prosper with one-half the num-
ber of executions which were inflicted when their
party were the lords of the ascendant. It
is curious to scrutinize the different crimes
for which men have been sentenced to death,
with the proportion of pardons and executions.
For murder, the pardons have been, within the
first period, 19 out of 151 ; in the second, 18
out of 122 ; and in the third, 13 out of 100.
The ratio here is about uniform, whilst in every
other case the pardons have increased with the
improved humanity of a reforming age. The
atrocious spirit of the law has been insatiable in
cases of arson and forgery ; but it is impossible in
many cases to trace any analogy between crime
and punishment. It will hardly be credited that
under the government of a pious Lord Chan-
cellor, and an equally pious Chancellor of the
Exchequer and Secretary of State, two human
beings were executed for sacrilege ; whilst within
the period of twenty-one years, of one hundred
and three convictions of this least in the cata-
logue of the mala prohibita, no other statesmen
inflicted the punishment of death. For the crimes
of uttering base coin, grand larceny, sending
threatening letters, and for ten other offences, all
equally criminal, by our Draconian Code, there

not been a single instance of an execution in
tlic twenty-one years. Nothing can be more use-
ful than to reflect upon this appalling fact—
the domestic annals of nations contain
nothing more horrible, than that so recently
as the reign of GEORGE 111., persons were burnt
alive, by that pious monarch, for coining, whilst
ii► the last twenty-one years, out of 114 persons
convicted, only thirteen have been executed. In
the seven years ending in 1817, one in 66 was
put to death for this offence, whilst, under the
reign of the ultra Tory Sai►►ts, five persons out of
thirteen suffered the last extremity of the law. In
the first 14 years of the 21, we find 11 executions
for high treason—anglice, low treason—for the
traitors were as low, and their notions as im-
practicable and as little dangerous or contagious,
as Lord SIDMOUTH himself could imagine.
Under the feudal system, and when the barons
of England were as dangerous in arms as they
are now mischievous in counsel, high-treason
was really an offence most disastrous to a com-
munity ; but to hang such pot-house, small beer
traitors as we have seen executed in the present
state of society, is to hang men upon NERo's
principle of firing Rome—that the favourite of
the gods might fiddle and enjoy the sight.

In the London calendar for the same period we
are sorry to see that the Government has in-
creased, instead of decreased its severity : we
especially allude to the executions for coining,
larceny, breaking open letters, &c. In the
country the pardons for murder are as 50 to
373. In London, there have been forty-one
convictions and forty executions for murder.

People are too prone to write and talk about
the abuses of the Church, the revenues of the
Bishops, and even about the bigotry, narrow-
mindedness, and political corruption of these
wealthy and clerical aristocrats. It is but fair
to point out the logic and high moral sense
which are displayed by our Prelates. If a mem-
ber of the Bench be accused of four or five
offences, some worthy Prelate proves that
he is innocent of one or two of the
charges, and proceeds to anathematize his
mendacious accusers. There is another art
peculiar to these political Christians, of proving
that whoever is attacked in their profession is
the very acme of all perfections, human and
divine. One would imagine that no man
attacks a member of the Church, except he
be a concentration of all the virtues, and a
physical repellant of the deadly sins. Last
night the Bishop of DURHAM asserted
that his brother of St. David's had given up a
very good thing fur one of inferior value, and
that the Bishops of BRISTOL and CHESTER
had done precisely the same. He next said that
the Duke of WELLINGTON'S brother, Dr.
WELLESLEY, intended to quit the flaunting
town, and to resign all the charms of Hamp-
ton Court, with the Duke of CUMBER-
LAND'S society, and to devote himself exclu-
sively to his Prebend of Durham and the Rec.
tory of Bishop-Wearmouth. The Catholics
have a proverb, that a certain place is paved
with good intentions ; and we suspect that
this place is the English House of Lords.
We now find, according to the Bishop
of DURHAM, that one Mr. THORPE accepted
"an Arch-deaconry which carried with it a
Rectory, but Mr. THORPE would not have one
sixpence more by being an Archdeacon," nor
we suppose by being the Rector. Excellent
Mr. THORPE—worthy of such a Bishop is
such a Rector, and worthy of such a Rector
is such a Bishop ! The Bishop of BRISTOL de-
clared that lie would willingly resign his objec-
tionable appointment, only he should impoverish
his see for his successors. This is precisely
Lord LONDONDERRY'S excuse upon the TOO-
BAD job. He did not seek the pelf for himself,
but lest he should resign the claims and rights of
the corps diplomatique. One observation in the
Lords is amusing—that the Pluralities' Bill was
unexceptionable, only that it did not go far
enough. When a body is a confluent mass of
virulent diseases, it makes only the difference
between life and death, whether the patient take
enough or too little of the antidote.

The following are extracts from Dutch papers
received this morning. No mention is made of
Count ORLOFF or his mission ; but the army is
to be reinforced. Wherefore ?
THE HAGUE, MARCH 30.—1 n the sitting of the Se-
cond Chamber to-day, the project of law relative to the
excise on soap was adopted, after a very long debate, by
a majority of 33 to 11.
Bois-LE-Due, MARCH 27.—We have little to say
respecting the troops in the field. Furloughs are very
rarely granted, and then only for a short time. There is
a report of the speedy departure of the Princes for the
Hague, jut no day seems to he fixed fur it.
BREDA, MARCH 27.—1 t is said that the army in the
field will be shortly reinforced by infantry and artillery,
BREDA, MA Kcal 28.—The general in.pection of the
troops, which was ordered to take pl ice this month, is
nearly ended, and we shall probably be shortly able to give
some account of the object of their services. Many con-
jectures are afloat on the subject; but as none of them seem
to be founded on any solid foundation, we have not comisu-
nicated them. Every thing, however, seems to indicate
that the opinion we originally gave was correct, namely,
that it is to introduce a new organization of the standing
army, and also of the militia.
THE HAGUE, MARCH 30.—M. Laurence, French
Consul at Rotterdam, has writte❑ a letter to the editor of
the Journal of the Hague, in which he corrects the ex-
azgerated accounts given by the Brussels papers, of a❑
attack made on him in the streets of Rotterdam. He says,
it was not in the middle of the day, but between mid-
night and one o'clock in the morning, when very few
persons were in the streets. " That coming post from
Brussels with my wife, I had got out of the carriage and
was walking before to shew the postilion the way, when
two men, who had followed me from the moment I had
crossed the Meuse, and afterwards a third, had surrounded
we, and after using insulting language and endeavouring to
throw me into the water, though I told them who I was,
which they seemed indeed to know, I owed my life to
the vigorous resistance that I made, while the cries of
Madame Laurence, who arrived in the carriage and saw
my danger, having drawn some persons to their windows
and into the streets, my assailants fled."

M. Laurence adds, that the zeal displayed by the Ma-
gistrates of Rotterdam, and the application of the French
Ambassador to the Government at the Hague, area pledge
to him that every thing has b. en done to di-cover the
and that the kind attention shewn him by the
citiums of Rotterdam, indemnifies him and Madame Liu-
rence from this exit aordlnary and unforeseen attack.

♦MSTERDAM, MARCH 30!
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 4l to 414
Amort Syndic, 4Y2 per Cent 68% to 69
Ditto, ditto, 3% per Cent.
Voluntary Loan, 1831
Exchange on London, one month ll 95
Two Months ll 87 5-10
POLISH FRONTIERS, MARCH 15.—1 t is said that se-
veral corps which were on their march from Poland to the
interior of Russia have received counter-orders. Now as
the most profound tranquillity prevails in that unhappy

country itself, and there is not the smallest appearance n'
its b-ing disturbed by the population, which is thinned bi
war and emigration, it 4 to be conjectured that this mos.
sure is founded on the general policy of Europe. It i
observed, that since th- return of Prince Paskewit•ch iron
St. Petershurgh, the Poles are more mildly treated than 1)..-
fore. Several gentlemen who had been strictly guarded
in the places assigned them for their residence, enjoy no.
entire liberty ; all the Rus.ian military in the province.
have been enjoined not to ill-ti-eat the inhabitants in thi
«lightest degree and they have been warned that if coin.
plaint should be made against them and appeir to be wel.
founded, they may expect severe punishment.
VIENNA, MARCH 23 —Five per Cent Metalliques
87 9-16 ; Four per C-nt. '764; Bank Stock 11491.

EDUCATION IN IRELAND.-(THIS DAY.)

This morning a public meeting of the friends of the Kildare-
street Society was held at Exeter Hall, Strand, for the purpose
of promoting Scriptural education in Ireland.
A great many ladies were present, and we observed on the
platform Lord Bexley, the Earl of Winchilsea, Lord Lorton,
Lord Cholmondeley, Mr. Shaw, M.P. Mr. M`Kinnon, M.P. &c.
The Rev. Mr. DALEY opened the proceedings with a prayer
suited to the occasion.

Lord BEXLEY, on taking the Chair, said the present meet-
ing was called in consequence of proceedings which had taken
place at one held a few weeks ago. At that meeting it was una-
nimously determined to support the principles of National and
Scriptural Education, as taught by the schools of the Kildare_
street Society, in preference to the new and unscriptural system
since proposed by his Majesty's Government. On that oc-
casion the history of the Society was recounted ; but upon
thepresent occasion they would be addressed by some gentlemen
who were practically engaged in its operation. In the year
1812, the Kildare:street Society had eight schools, but they in-
creased until they arrived at their present number, 1600. From
that Society Government had determined to withdraw the grant
0125,0001. a year, which had been its chief support ; and conse-
quently, unless it was liberally supported by British bounty, it
Was in the greatest danger of being greatly curtailed in
its operations, if not wholly discontinued. The Noble
Loi'd called upon the meeting to come forward and replace the
suln. withdrawn by the Government, so that the Society might
be enabled to flourish as hitherto. It was charged against the
society that it greatly interfered with the religious principles of
the Roman Catholics; but that charge was refuted by the rea-
diness with which the Roman Catholics availed themselves of
its benefits. When the most strenuous efforts had been made
by the Roman Catholic hierarchy to withdraw the Catholic
children from it, there still remained 30,000 of them who re.
fused to leave the schools, and the number afterwards
increased to the amount originally benefited by the
schools. Besides the establishment of the schools, the
Society had published many valuable works, which not
only formed valuable libraries for the use of the 1,600 schools,
but the books were also supplied to private individuals; so that
a very great step in the road of improvement was effected by
pouring knowledge into the inmost recesses of Ireland. It
was said that the new system was introduced to benefit Ire-
land. Now he knew many of the best friends of Government
who regretted the error into which his Majesty's Ministers had
fallen. He could readily conceive that many persons would be
of opinion that it would be better to try the comparative benefits
of the two systems : he for one was not of that opinion, and he
could never give his support to a trial between a scriptural and
an unscriptural education. He would only give his support to
that system which was founded on the basis of the Scriptures,
because he knew of no other basis on which religion could be
founded. He might be accused of bigotry and fanaticism; but
if it be bigotry and fanaticism to offer to the public the whole
of the Scriptures, then he would confess he was indeed guilty
F. SHAW, Esq., M.P., lamented that the present meeting
was not so numerous as that which was held a few weeks ago
on the same subject. He tendered his gratitude for the warm
and Christian reception which he met with upon that occasion,
when he made an appeal to them on behalf of his poor, dis-
tracted, suffering and benighted country. He had since taken
an opportunity of his visiting Ireland, to induce some members
of the Society to form a deputation for the purpose of visiting
this country, and of claiming, in person, the benefit of the
principle established at the last meeting, viz, that there
could be no other sound or solid basis of national education than
the whole, unadulterated, unmutilated word of God. Those gen-
men were now present to explain the history, principles and
practical utility of the Society. In the present hour of adversity
the Society had been forsaken by Parliament—it had been aban-
doned by the Government because it would not consent to
abandon its own principles, and it had at length cast itself on
the sympathy of a British public. The Society disclaimed all
political feelings : they were actuated by higher consi-
derations than worldly politics. If he did not think
that in every jot and tittle of its principles he could
claim their support on the broad basis of scriptural
education he would not expect it to receive one farthing. It
not only provided for a scriptural, but also for a united educa-
tion. If he wanted any authority to prove that the great and
leading feature of the Society was its scriptural character, he
could find that authority in the charges brought against it
by its opponents. In one little point only did the two
systems agree, viz., in a united education; but the Kil-
dare-street Society held that the bond of union should be
the word of God while the new system declared that the word
of G)d should be the deed of divorce.—(Hear, hear.) If they
were to choose between the two systems—if they were to put
in one scale the Bible, that Bible would remain fixed and im-
movable to the truth it contained, even if they put in the other
policy, expediency, and all that human laws could suggest, and
which would be scattered as dust before the four winds.—
(Hear.) It was solely on the grounds of promoting a scriptural
and united education, that they could venture to appeal to a
British public, and they now called on that public to consider the
peculiar situation in which their Christian friends in Ireland
were placed. On their last meeting he offered proofs to their
notice of the opposition in Ireland to the new plan of the Go.
vernment ; since then a protest against it—firm, but tempe.
rate—had been made by 18 of the 23 Irish Bishops—(Cheers)
—an example that had been followed by the Bishops of this
country; for upon a recent division in the House of Lords upon
this subject but one English Bishop had voted against the Bible.
—(Hear.) Notwithstanding the present distressed condition of
the Protestant Clergy in Ireland, they had boldly taken their stand
in favour of the Society, and all they asked of the British public
was their support. If they desired that clergy to yield their
principles to the arm of power—if they desired them to lie
down in despair and despondency because Government had
withdrawn the annual grant—if they desired the clergy, living
in the midst of a modern desert, and surrounded by supersti-
tion and ignorance—if they desired the Bible to be placed
under the bushel of expediency, then, indeed, they were lost.
—(Hear.) They were engaged, not in a political warfare, but
one that was pure and holy; the banner under which
they fought was the Cross, and they would not trail it through
the mire of human folly. He disclaimed, while he advocated
the Kildare street Society, any intention that it should occupy
the place of any other society. They only wished to exhibit
to the British public the peculiar difficulties with which they
were surrounded, and it was for that public to say whether
they would permit so powerful an instrument of good to sink—
whether 1,600 schools should be broken from its connexion—
and whether upwards of 137,000 children should be sent adrift
from that instruction which they were now receiving.—(Hear.)

Viscount LORTON rose for the purpose of proposing the
first resolution:—" That the meeting entirely concurred in the
resolution adopted by the meeting for the promotion of Scrip-
tural Education in Ireland held in that Hall in February last,
that the education of youth in the principles of the word of God
was a duty and divine obligation, and was essential to the
permanent happiness of mankind." In doing so, the Noble
Viscount bore testimony to the necessity of any system of edu-
cation being introduced into Ireland being founded on the
Holy Scriptures, and those alone.—(Hear.)
The Marquis CHOLMONDELEY, in seconding the reso.
lution, stated that he felt himself compelled to come forward
on the present occasion, from a sense of duty, to express his firm
conviction that no system of education would do for Ireland,
unless founded on the word of God. His Majesty's Govern-
ment, however,—and in stating this he disclaimed all party
rancour—had withdrawn the funds from that system of edu-
cation in Ireland which was founded on the Bible, and were
about to transfer them to a system avowedly founded on no
such basis. In his opinion nothing was more important than
to impress on the minds of children that the Bible was the most
valuable thing which the world contained.
The Rev. JOHN CUNNINGHAME, Vicar of Harrow,
in supporting the resolution proposed and seconded, felt some
comfort in being called upon only to make the third of a
speech. He recollected that it was an observation of Locke's
that he was exceedingly fond of men, not who were skilful in
pulling down, but in building up. Nothing was more easy
than to pull down an object; but it was far snore difficult to
build ; or, when a man had stated objections to a system to find
out some better system by which it could be replaced.—(Cheers.)
When the meeting last assembled its business then was to pull
down and object ; its purpose then was to take into con-
sideration the plan of his Majesty's Government on this
subject, and to see whether reasonable objections
could not be made to it ; but the present meeting was called
together for the more difficult purpose of building up: it
objected to one plan, and its business and duty now was, not to
set up a new one in its room, but to raise up an old one, and
to show the reasons why the old system should be sustained.
In doing so, it must consider that in Ireland it had not to
deal with a people united and agreeing in the inter-
pretation of the Scriptures. The object of the system
of education now existing in Ireland, was to promote
the welfare of children, and how could that be done by the new
system proposed to be introduced by Ministers, which denied
them that food by which alone that object was to be accom-
plished ? Another great object was to cement society, and
he knew of no other way of effecting that, but through
the medium of the Bible. lie felt exceedingly happy at hear-
ing what had fell from the Learned Recorder of Dublin, in
which he disclaimed any political feelings in the objections to
the new measure. He did not believe that the Government
of the country, when they proposed the enactment of
the measure, were either ill-disposed or indifferent to reli-
gion ; but he firmly believed from his conscience that they
were acting from a mistaken feeling; that there had been a
wish to do what Ministers believed in their conscience to be best
for the moral Government of Ireland no one could doubt.—
(Cheers) Ministers, however, had been mistaken in their
measures in three important particulars—first, in facts ; se.
condly, in principles; and thirdly, in consequences and effects.
The Rev. Gentleman had not concluded his address when our
Reporter left.

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

LADY BARRYMOBE AGAIN.

Mary Ann Pearce, better known by the cognomen of" Lady
Barrymore," was introduced to Mr. MINSHULL, the Magic.
trate, by one of the enemy, a policeman of the F division, who
discovered her ladyship disguised in liquor last night in Drury.
lane; and fearing she might get into trouble, he took her to the
station house, but not without the usual difficulty.
Her ladyship now began to be pdihtlic, and told his Worship
that she was actually tired of the life she had so long led, and
that she was willing to submit to whatever punishment he
might be pleased to inflict upon her.
Mr. MINSHULL—Poor creature, she asks to be sent to
prison, it will be really a mercy to do it ; and the Worthy Ma-
gistrate inquired what prison she would prefer.
Her ladyship requested she might be sent to her old domus,
Tothill-fields, where she had at intervals resided for many years.
Mr. MINSHULL—You shall have your wish, I will commit
you to that prison for one month.
Her ladyship thanked his Worship, and was removed by
the gaoler.
DISTURBANCE AT THE ADELPHL

Mr. Henry Hill was charged with having, last night, created
a disturbance in the pit of the Adelphi theatre, and with as-
saulting Shaw, the constable, belonging to the house.
The complainant stated, that Mr. Hill and his friend per-
sisted in annoying the audience, by making a great noise,
and keeping the lobby door open, although he had re-
Peatedly closed it; that upon remonstrating with them upon
the impropriety of their conduct, they not only refused to
desist, but Mr. Hill pushed against him, and struck him, where-
upon he took him into custody.
Mr. Hill, in answer to the complaint, said that he had struck
the officer in consequence of his blackguard behaviour. With
respect to keeping the door open, he fully admitted the fact,—
he had done so owing to the excessive heat in the house, which
was crowded to suffocation.

Mr. MINSHULL—When people go to theatres they must
comply with the rules. He recommended a settlement between
the parties.
Mr. Hill and the officer took the hint of the Worthy Magis-
trate, and a golden remedy having been applied, the business
was settled.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S

FALMOUTH, APRIL I.—Wind variable, light breezes.—
Arrived his Majesty's ship Aurora.
CORK, MARCH 30.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Red Rover,
Chrystie, from London, for New South Wales.
YARMOUTH, APRIL .—Arrived the Aimable, Guilmette;
and Gohebel, from Charente.
WATERFORD, MARCH 30.—Arrived the Margaret, Evans;
and Victoria, Hodge, from London.

The Ranger, Cutting, and the Romulus, Baker, from Sun-
derland, got in contact at Helvoet, Dth ult. and sunk.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

TATTERSALL'S.

The near approach of the Newmarket meetings has at length
given some interest to the betting, which is daily undergoing
some change. Lord Exeter's Byzantium is now all the rage; he
was backed yesterday to a considerable amount, and, before the
close of the room, was third favourite. Thus Lora Exeter's'
horses are first, second, and third favourites—a position almost
unprece.lented in the betting on the Derby, or any other stakes.
Several outsiders were backed—among tham Roue, an Irish
horse, belonging to Lord Langford. This colt ran six times on
the Corragh last season; in the September meeting he was twice
beaten by Kildare, once at even weights, and the second time
with an allowance of 21b. ; in the same meeting he ran second to
Lord Langtord's Lady Racket; in the October meeting he beat
Kildare twice, received slb. in the first aace, and carrying even
weight in the second; in his sixth race he was second to a filly
by Byron, to whom he gave 41b. His pretensions, therefore, are
very feeble. For the Oaks, 800 to 100, and 1,51/0 to 200 were
token about Dryad, and 1,640 to 200 about Advance. The closing
prices were thus.:—

RIDDLESWORTII
2 to I on the field
4 to 1 agst the Pastile colt (taken)
OATLANDS, FIRST CLASS.
5 to 2 agst Oxygen (taken)
3 to 1 agst Mazeppa (taken)
DERBY
S to I agst Lord Exeter's Beiram
91 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Spencer
12 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Byzantium (taken)
12 to 1 agst Mr. Dilly's Margrave (13 to 1 taken)
12 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Non Compos (taken)
20 to 1 agst Lord Mountcharles's Minster
20 to I agst Mr. Ridsdale's Trustee
20 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Darioletta colt
22 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Gratis (thken)
2.5 to 1 agst Lord Mountcharles's Caliban
35 to 1 .agst Sir M. Wood's Count Robinson (akEn)
30 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Pastille colt
40 to 1 agst Lord L,ngford's Roue
40 to 1 agst Mr. Dunaas's colt
50 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Damascus
2500 to 60 agst Duke of Richmond's The Hermit (taken)
31)0 to 230 Beiram agst Spencer
600 to 500 and 500 to 400 Spencer agst Byzantium
5 to 2 agst Lord Exeter's lot

OAKS.
15 to 2 agst Captain Byng's Dryad (taken)
8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Advance (taken)
8 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Emiliana

GREAT STEEPLE CHASE, 25 SOT'S. EACH.

The Steeple Chase Sweepstakes open to England, and which
has been on the tapir ever since the great race at St. Albans,
came oft' yesterday in the neighbourhood of Bushy. The fol-
lowing horses started:—

lir. Elmore's b. h. Moonraker Rode by Mr. Bean.
Mr. Anderson's g. h. Grimalkin Rode by Mr. J. Anderson.
Mr. Tilbury's br. h. Ratler Rode by J. Tilbury, jun.
Captain Horne's c. h Rode by the Owner.
Several others were named, but did not start. The ground
was well chosen, being from the back of the Windmill public..
house, Bushy Heath, to a field adjoining Oxley Wood, a dig.
tance of four miles over a most stiff, difficult country, full of
heavy fences and two awkward brooks. Moonraker took the
lead, and made run nearly the whole of the way, winning
cleverly by one hundred yards. Mr. Anderson's Grimalkin
was second, owing to Ratter having a severe fall in following
Moonraker over a strong timber fence the last field but one
from the winning point. Captain Horne, who rode with great
skill and courage a most difficult horse, had also three severe
falls; both his horse and himself were slightly hurt. The
three beaten horses are perfectly thorough-bred, and two of
them been winners on the turf; but Moonraker appeared to
have a marked advantage over them from the quick manner in
which he got over his fences, which are never too high or too
difficult for him. Grimalkin is also a neat fencer and a fast
horse, but has not the same power as Moonraker, who has now
defeated him for the third time. The country also was pecu-
liarly adapted to Moonraker, being exceedingly stiff and full of
fences. The distance was done in seventeen minutes.