The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-17 00:00:00

THE WILLS FORGERIES.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
THE SLACK CASE.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. W. Page was then examined by Mr. BODKIN—I
occupied the house, No. 8, South-place, from September,
1842, to October, 1843. During that time no person of
the name of Slack lived in that house.
Martha Ann Neville, examined by Mr. CLARKSON—I
live with my father, at No. 7, Francis-street, Tottenham-
court-road. In March of last year the prisoner Dorey
came to our house to take lodgings for a lady who was
coming out of the country, about law business, and
she added that she could not give a reference, but she
offered instead to give a week's rent hi advance. She
said she would come again in about two hours, but I did
not see her again on that occasion. In the evening I
found that a female had taken possession of the lodgings,
but I did not see her till the next morning. This per-
son was the female prisoner, Saunders. She passed by
the name of Miss Slack, and remained in the lodgings
three weeks or a month, when she went away with Geor-
giana Dorey, who came for her in a cab, and they went
away together. While the second lady lodged in our
house, the prisoner Dorey used frequently to come and
visit her. At this time the prisoner Saunders wore light
flaxen-coloured ringlets, but on my going into he room,
I observed that there was dark-coloured hair in ksr
comb. She always wore a bonnet when in the house
When Mrs. Dorey came, she used always to ask for
Miss Slack. The prisoner Saunders used to tell me
that if any one came to see her but her lawyer, I was to
say she did not live there. A dark gentleman, whom
she described as her lawyer, used to come and see her
once or twice a week, but I do not recollect his person.
By Mr. STONE—I am sure it was on the 9th of March
that she came to our house, and I did not see her for
twelve months afterwards, when she was in custody. I
had seen Mrs. Dorey before that, in Oxford-street, but
I did not know Mrs. Saunders was her sister until I
went to the Mansion-house. I am sure they were
false ringlets that Mrs. Saunders wore. They hung like
false ringlets, and there was also dark hair in her comb,
which satisfied me they were false. I told this to For-
rester, the officer. I don't know that the officer made a
search for false ringlets at Mrs. Dorey's house. Mrs.
Dorey used to come and visit her sister. She had dark
hair, but I don't know that she had any opportunity of
using her sister's hair-brush. I have always told the
the same story about this transaction.
By Mr. WILKINs—She did not tell me what the name
of her lawyer was. I never heard her say his name was
Jones. The prisoner Fletcher is very much like the
person whom she called her lawyer, but I cannot speak
positively to him.
By Mr. CLARKSON—The moment I saw the prisoner,
Lydia Saunders, I was sure she was the same person,
and before I had seen her I had spoken about the light
ringlets.
By Mr. Justice Wuxtems—l pointed out the prisoner,
Lydia Saunders, the moment I saw her. As she was
walking past me at the Mansion-house, I said to Mr.
Weare, " That is the person ; I am quite sure she is the
person."
By Mr. CLanxsori—While she was in our house, I
used to wait upon her every day, both at her meals and
in her bedroom.
Martha Neville, the mother of the last witness, con-
firmed her testimony relative to the circumstances under
which her lodgings were taken by the prisoner, Lydia
Saunders. She spoke positively to the fact of that pri-
soner having lived in her house under the name of Miss
Slack.
By Mr. STONE—There is nothing at all unsual in pay-
ing a week's rent in advance. Did not see the prisoner
any more from the time she left her lodging until she
was in custody at the Mansion-house. She after-
wards went to Mrs. Dorey's house, in Oxford-street, ac-
companied by Mr. Weare, and she recognised her directly
as the person who had first engaged the lodging.
By the COURT—The woman who lodged in my house
wore light flaxen ringlets, and her appbarance now is
very much changed, but I am quite sure she is the same
person.
Mr. Justice Wuziams—This is a very serious mat-
ter, you know Mrs. Neville. Have you the slightest
doubt as to this being the person who came to your
house in the name of Miss Slack ?
Witness—l have no doubt whatever she is the person.
Mr. Wills, examined by Mr. ERLE—I am a proctor in
Doctors' Commons. The prisoner Barber came to my
office on the 16th March, 1843, accompanied by a female
who was represented as Emma Slack, and who was in-
troduced to me by that name. I have very little recol-
lection upon the subject; but from what I do remember
I should say the prisoner Lydia Saunders resembles her.
The will was produced, and I obtained probate upon it,
and the female who accompanied Barber signed the affi-
davit as executrix. The value which the effects were
sworn was under 5,000/. and I received a cheque from
Mr. Barber for 80/. for payment of the stamp duty. I
obtained the probate on the 22d March, and sent it to
the office of Messrs Barber and Bircham.
By Mr. STONE'-The parties were not in my office
more than five minutes, and a great many people came
to me under similar circumstances. I do not recollect
hearing the females speak one word during the transac-
tion.

By Mr. WILLIAMS—Mr. Barber's conduct, so far as I
witnessed it, was that of a perfectly honourable and
honest attorney. When the lady was introduced to me
as Miss Slack, I implicitly believed it, and merely asked
the usual questions that were necessary to enable me to
fill up the forms. I had done business with Messrs.
Barber and Bircham before, and always looked upon
Barber as an honest and honourable man.
By Mr. ERLE—I took all for granted that was stated
by Mr. Barber. All that Mr. Barber did h this tran-
saction was to employ me to obtain probate, which is
one of the most ordinary transactions in my office.
Mr. John Weldon examined by Mr. CLARKSON-4
am clerk in the will taking n_ o_
f
England. A probate of the will
_offi;lBe in the Bank of
nin3, and an e Slack was left
at the Bank on the 27th of March,
appli-
cation was also made to the Governor of the Bank to
re-traer the stock from the Commissioners for the
Reduction of the National llebt to Emma Slack. The
probate was afterwards delivered out to Messrs. Barber
and Bircham.
The letter applying for the restoration of the stock,
signed by Emma Slack, as the sole legatee and executrix
of the deceased Anne Slack, was then put in and read.
Mr. William Smee proved that, by order of the Go-
vernor of the Bank of England, he re-transferred the
stock to the name of Emma Slack, of Frances-street,
Tottenham-court-road, and that an order for the pay-
ment of the unclaimed dividends upon the stock was
made at the same time. The amount of the principal
was 3,500 L, and the unclaimed dividends amounted to
1,1511. 18s. 10d.
By Mr. WILKINS—Mr. Philpot, a stockbroker, identi-
fied the parties. •
Mr. Noble, a clerk in the Accountant's-office of the
Bank of England, proved that, on the 7th of April, the
prisner
.Barber, accompanied by a woman, whom he
represented as Emma Slack, came to the Accountant's-
office. To the best of his knowledge and belief the pri-
soner, Lydia Saunders, was that person. Mr. Barber
said he came to receive the dividends upon the stock
that had been transferred from the Commissioners to the
name of Emma Slack. Finding that the stock had been
transferred, lie told the prisoner that it would be neces-
sary Emma Slack should be identified before the money
could be paid. Mr. Barber then went away, and came
back accompanied by Mr. Philpot, a stockbroker, who
identified Emma Slack, and witness then gave Mr.
Barber a document, which, being signed by Emma Slack,
would entitle her to receive the sum of 1,1511. 18s., the
amount of the unclaimed dividerids upon the. stock in
question. •

By Mr. STONE—This took place on the 7th of April
last year. There was nothing out of the ordinary course
of business in the transaction. He should say that the
woman was in the office for a quarter of an hour, but he
did not hear her speak at all. He did not see the pri-
soner any more until she was at the Mansion-house, and
he went there for the purpose of seeing her. He re-
marked that while she was in his office the woman
stooped, and appeared suffering under some infirmity.
She had a black veil on.

By Mr. ERLE—Iie had an opportunity of seeing her
features.

By the COURT—I entertain no doubt in my own mind
that Lydia Saunders is the person who on that occasion
represented herself to be Emma Slack.
Other clerks in the Bank of England were then
called, to prove the payment of the amount of
the unclaimed dividends. It appeared to have been
paid with 6001. in gold, and the rest in notes.
The several documents connected with the transfer
of the stock, on the payment of the dividends, were
then put in, and read by Mr. Straight.
At this stage of the case, the Court adjourned until
ten o'clock the next morning.
Griffin, one of the accused parties, but who was ad-
mitted a witness for the Crown, was discharged from
custody yesterday evening.
[All the prisoners were accommodated with chairs. Bar-
ber, however, stood, and continued from time to time to
make copious notes ; the. others sat down, and appeared
greatly dejected.]

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice MAtax.)
At two o'clock the Learned Judge entered the Court, whet
Mary Farley, a married woman, thirty-six •ears of age,lwas
indicted for the wilful murder of George Purley, her male
child, in the month of March last, by carrying and casting
him into a certain navigable canal.
The case for the prosecution was stated by Mr. Prender •
gest ; the prisoner was undefended, but the presiding Judge
adopted the good old-fashioned plan of being her counsel; by
objecting to the evidence where it appeared either illegal or
irrelevant.

Several witnesses were examined, and the purport of their
testimony has already been before the public.
It appeared by the evidence to-day, that some time before
she committed the dreadful crime, she and her two children
were inmates of Bethnal-green workhouse, which place she
left voluntarily on the 20th of March, when she was
paid a small sum of money by the master. After
she left she compla:ned to her friends that the children
had not been kindly treated in the union, and evinced
great distress of mind ; and she told one of them
(Mary Butler) that that day would end her trouble, for both
her and her children would meet with a watery grave. On
that evening about half-past eight she took away her
youngest child, and shortly after she was seen by Mr. Gard-
ner, a bargemaster, at the Regent's Canal, near the Mile-end-
road bridge. He hearing a moaning went to the place from
whence the sound proceeded, when lie saw something float-
ing nearly fifteen feet from the bank. He put out his boat-
hook and caught hold of the prisoner, who exclaimed, " Oh,
my child!" lie asked her where it was, and she said "In
the water," and he saw it drop from under her arm while she
was speaking. The witness conveyed them to the Globe
Tavern, and Air. New, a surgeon, was sent for, who pro-
nounced the child dead, but by means used the prisoner wag
resuscitated. After she recovered she attempted to make
away with herielf and child, on account of the ill-treatment
she had met with in the workhouse.

Several female paupers who have infant children there
were called by the Judge, and strictly examined as to the diet
allowed to infant paupers. They all declared that the food
and nutrition was good in quality and sufficient in quantity.
Mr. New having deposed that the deceased infant was a fine
healthy child, and that death arose from drowning,
The prisoner was called on for her defence. The unfortu-
nate woman, who is a well-favoured person, and fluent of
speech, arose and addressed the jury for nearly a quarter of
an hour, and detailed some facts relative to the barber to
the workhouse, when half drunk, operated upon the head of
her elder child, and cut pieces of flesh or skin therefrom as
big as farthing pieces. In addition to six shillings she had
when she left the workhouse, her friends made some small
contributions to enable her to get employment at shirt-mak-
ing, but she could with hard labour finish three iu a day, for
which she received seven farthings each. The day before
she went to the water she determined on laying out her little
stock of money in muslin and ribbon, and making up some
dress caps, but when she got to the shop to make the pur-
chase, she found that some person had stolen her green silk
purse and money. After a short pause and considerable fal-
tering, she added, " My Lord, I had no prospect before me
but to go to the workhouse, to which I had such an aversion,
that I preferred death to myself and child." She concluded
by saying, " I did not go into the water, but slipped off the
plank at the wharf."
Mr. Justice MAULE summed up the evidence, and left it
for the jury to say whether they thought, after the declara •
tions she had made, she had wilfully cast herself and child
into the water, or whether she had slipped in by accident,
as she had just said.
The jury consulted ten minutes, and then declared her
Guilty.
Proclamation having been made by Mr. Miller, the officer
of the Court,

The Learned JUDGE addressed the prisoner with great
earnestness and solemnity, and concluded by passing the
awful sentence of death, after the usual form.

The prisoner clasped her hands together, and exclaimed,
" What shall Ido ?" She was removed rom the bar in an
agony of grief.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
BOW-STREE7.

Mr. _Edward Lacey was summoned before Mr. Jardine
for having opened his house, the Garrick's Head, Bow-
street, for the sale of wines and liquors at five minutes
before one o'clock on Good Friday morning.
Inspector Mullins stated that he was on duty at five
minutes to one o'clock on Good Friday morning, at
which time he was passing the Garrick's Head Hotel in
Bow-street. He went into the coffee-room, and he saw
seven gentlemen there. Liquors and water were on the
table. Mr. Nicholson was present, and he said that the
gentlemen present were members of his establishment,
and belonged to the Judge and Jury Society. Witness
was not in the room more than three or four minutes.

Mr. Wire said that the parties who were in the house
were only gentlemen who had been invited to sup with
Mr. Nicholson on the occasion of his birth-day. He
then called

Mr. Renton Nicholson, who stated that he was the
manager of Mr. Lacey's establishment. He was in the
house when the inspector came in. All the gentlemen
who were in the room were friends, who had been
invited to supper. No liquor whatever was sold after
twelve o'clock.

Mr. JARDINE—I think this is an answer, and I shall
therefore dismiss the case.

The summons was dismissed accordingly.
Mr. Rhodes, the landlord of the Coal Hole, in the
Strand, was summoned for a similar offence, alleged to
have been committed on the same day, at the same hour.
The case was precisely similar to the last. The
inspector heard voices in the house, and he knocked at
the door. It was immediately opened, and on going into.
the house he discovered three or four gentlemen sitting
in the bar.

Mr. Rhodes, in his defence to-day, called one of these
gentlemen, who stated that the persons whe were at the
bar 'were gentlemen who lodged in the house.
►Summons dismissed.

Mr. Rhodes, brother of the last defendant, the landlord
of the Cider Cellars, in Maiden-lane, was summoned to
answer a similar charge. . .
The case was precisely similar to the last, as was also
the defence.

Mr. JAIIDIN.E at once dismissed the summons.
CLERKEN WELL.
John Robinson was charged with having in his pos-
session a quantity of stolen property, and with attempt-
ing to cut the throat of a young woman named M'Evoy.
Police-constable Baker, 108 E, deposed, that being on
duty in Buckeridge-street, St. Giles s, that morning, he
heard cries of "murder!" and the violent screaming of
a woman proceed from a house there ; he hastened to the
place whence they proceeded, a back room in an upper
story. When he entered the apartment he saw two
women and the prisoner there. The prisoner, on seeing
witness immediately attempted to conceal a lump of
pewter beneath his dress, and to remove a pan which
had been on the fire, and in which were particles of
pewter pots, some of them in a liquid and part in a_so_
d
state. The prosecutrix was screaming,. and showed
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fastened his teeth in her head, and inflicted a severe
wound upon it. (The girl exposed the wound). She arose
from the ground, and cried out " murder!" upon which
he seized a knife that lay on the table, and, throwing
one of his arms round her neck, so as to pull back her
head, drew the knife (which was produced) twice across
her throat—the knife being very blunt did not cut deep,
and she was endeavouring to withdraw herself from his
grasp when the constable arrived.
The prisoner refused to give any account of how he
came by the pewter. The girl, he said, had attempted
to cut her throat, and he prevented her.
Mr. COMBE said he would send him for two months
to the House of Correction and hard labour, for the
possession of the stolen property. At the termination
of his imprisonment, the prosecutrix must again come
forward, and the prisoner would then be dealt with for
the attack upon her.
The prosecutrix, crying,-declared she was in danger
'of her life from the prisoner's associates, who had threat:.
ened to murder her.

Mr. CoMBE ordered warrants to be issued against the
parties.

[ADVERTIEMENT HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND
OINTMENT.—Dreadful swellings of the whole body ae7
.companied with a loathsome skin disease, and their won-
derful cure!—A child, aged five years, named Jones
(Whose parents live at No. 4, Horseshoe-alley, Wilson.
street, Finsbury, London), was from the age of sixteen
months fearfully swollen in body; and covered with large
sores. The taco was frequently quite black, like that'of
a black child's. She had been taken to all the hospitals,
and most of the surgeons.of eminence, but met with no
relief. She has, however,- just been radically cured by
means of the.above invaluable medicines, which are sold
at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand
(where advice may be had gratis); also, by most re-
spectab!e Chemists throughout the civilized world.
'run GUANO TRADE.—A sailor coming from Liver-
pool to Preston, who has been with a vessel for guano, states
it to be a most lucrative speculation. He said t hat the ves-
sel was ten weds on its passage to Africa, nine weeks return..
jug, and seven lading—altogether a few weeks over half a
year. The article itself, he states, costs not a farthing.
The vessel carried 500 tons, which at 81. a ton, would make
4,000/. The expenses, he thought, would.not exceed 5004;
but if we call them 1,000/., the importation of guano LI not
a bad ipeculatlea.—Lancaster Guardian. -

On the 25th of April will be Published,
VOL. VII. of MISS STRICKLAND'S
LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND.
Containing
IfIE SEQUEL or the LIFE of QUEEN ELIZABETH, and the
complete. LIFE of ANNE of DENMARK, First Queen Consort of
Great Britain.

Also, Just Published,
LETTERS of 31.1.1tY QUEEN of SCOTS, Illustrative of her
Personal.: history. Edited, with an historical Introduction and
Notes, by AGNES STRICKLAND.- - New- and Cheaper• Edition,
with numerous Important A,dditlorts, the 3 vols. of the First Edition
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" 'Undoubtedly the most valuable, and by far the most interesting'
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given to tlio world."—Edinbufgh Ev.ming Post.
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; • HER MAJESTY',S THEATRE.
The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re—
anectfuls Wort* that there will be an extra Night (not included
in the Sllrception) TO-MORROW EVENING, when will be pre.
sorted Rossini's Opera Stria; in two Acts. entitled
SEMIRAMIDE,
Sernirarnide, . Mad. Grisi ; ATSICe, Male. Favanti ; Idreno,
Corclli ; Assn!, St. For nasari; and Oroe, Sig. Libliche (for this
et:futon only).
In the 'comae of the evening the celebrated Polka, by Mdlle Car.,
tette Grisi and M. Pe, tot.
• To conclude with the Balet of GI SELLE.
Principal Characters —Giselle, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Bertha,
Madame Copere; MJIle. Ferdinand ; Myrtha, Mdlle.
t-cNeft',..r; the Prince of Courland, M. Gosselin ; }illation, M. Coulon;
Waifi,t; M. Gantlet ; Noblemen, MM. Yenafra and Bertram; and
the Duke of Siiesi., M. St..l.eon.
A pp,icat ioni Tor Boxei, Stalls,-and Tickets to be made at the Box
()thee, Opera Colonnade. . -

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THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LAN&
THIS EVENING, APRIL 17,
Wit be performed IHE LADY OF THE LAKE. James the
Falb, Mr. Rai ker ; Douglas, Mr. Stretton Allan •a e, Mr. G.
HirricaStle; Ithotlerick Ohn, Mr. W. Harrison ; Murdoch, Mr.
Pings, Malcolm Orwme, Mrs. Alfred :haw; Ellen Douglas, Miss

To be follo-a ed by M WIFE'S COME.
A Pet which mil be repeated a NeW,Oallet, entitled LADY HEN-
RIETTA; or, The statute Fair. -"L'yOrni Silvain; Walter,
Mr. Howell ; Sr Tristram, Mr. O'Bryan ; Queen Anne. Slits
(YBryari ; Lady Henri tta, Mdl Grahu, Nancy, Miss C.
Webster ; Mina, Miss Carson.
Diem; Boxes is., Second PriC, :is. ext. ; Upper Citeles of
Bbstesso..
&yowl Pries ; Pit Second. Price Gallery es.,
8 zeolid• Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is 4 Second Trace dd.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKP:T.
Mtt. BENJAMIN 'AV EBST ER. LESSEE.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 17,
Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir
Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis
Leech, Mr Tilbury ; Wurzle, James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia
I3ennett ; Lady nutterbucli, Mrs Humby.
Atter which. a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE
M Marquis de Richerille, Mr. uks Mathews ; Francine,
Madame Vest ris.
bo be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra.
vaganza. founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or,
An Even.ng with Puff: Principal Characters by Mr. C.
Mr. J. liLnd, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Muss P. Horto,i, and
Miss Lee.
To conclude with the Extraordinary Performances of Professor
RISLEY and his I NFANTSON surnamed " Le Petit Mercure."
Orchestra Stalls, Ss. ; Boxes, se. ; Pit, ?s. ; Gallery, Is.; Upper
Gallery. la. Half-price—Boxes ,a. ; Pit, 9.5.; Gallery, is. ; Upper
Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past six, and the Performances
e.mme4ce at Seven
Mr. W. Farren will appear oh Monday, April 22, as Sir Peter
Tear'e, in the School for Scandal.
rickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box-
slice, from Ten till Five.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE.Ir." J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 17,
Will be performed an Eng ish version of OTELLO. Otero,
Mr. Allele; Elrniro. Mr. 'Weiss; Roderigo, Mr. Gardner ; lago,
Mr. Burdini; Deg:lemons, Madame Eugenia Ga cia ; Emilia, Mi a
E tlOnner.
To which will be 'added, the Farce of the SPEPALFIELDB
WE MIER.
To conclude with a new Fairy Burlesque Ex' ravagan za, cal'ed FAIR
STAR or THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE DANUING
WATERS. The principal characters by. Me4Sl 4. Wright, Paul
Belford, Oxbnry, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Miss Fortescue.

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THEATRE ROYAL LYCFAIM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA.
HOUSE.
• Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY.
• THIS EVENING, APRIL 17,
.Will he repeated the ,New Comedietta, in 'lwo Act:, entitled
11 A Y CONCLUSION& Principal Chat actet sby Mews. Diddear,
F. mithew., F. Vining. Emery, Miss Fairbroi her, and Mrs 'Keeley.
After which. MY WIFE'S OUT. Principal Characters by Mr.
Keeley. Mr Wigan, Miss Chaplio,and Mrs. Keeley.
Fe I,e folkwed by. New Drama, in One Act, railed THE POST
OF H../NiSUtt. t'haiacters by Mess's. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch,
J Colier, St •nton, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the t heatre Royal,
Adelph i, her first appearance at this 'theatre). and Miss Grove.
Td conclude with an entirely new timid Bulge que hairy Extra-
Mama, called 4iPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. (ha.
racteis by Miss Woolgar, Miss K Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Mi.s
Turner, Mi-s Grove, Mi s. Wig in, Miss James, Miss Paitbrother,
and M.'s. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, 'limier, Yount, Wigan,
Yarnold. and Chaplin.
PRICEs OF AD AISSION.—First Price—' oxes, 45.; Upper
Poxes, 3s. ; Fit. 2s. • Gallery, fitl. Second Price -Balcony Boxes, 2s. ;
Upper Boxes, Is fxi. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony 1 ier
((holding eight pnrson.), guineas, Private Boxes on the Second
(ho 4.ing eight •peiso4s), (hie Guinea and a.Half. Private
Poxes on the Pit t ier (holding fix per.ons), One Guinea. Free Ad-
mission Tickets (for the tint forty night.;), One Guinea. Nightly
ansferrable t ree Tickets (for the first forty nights% hree Guineas.
Doors open at Half-past 'ix Performances begins it Veven o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY.
Teumphant Success of the Grand Natiors4l Spectacle.
' - - *THIS EVENING. APRIL 17,
Will be reratcd the Hi•torical Spectacle of the INVAS" ON OF
ENOLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR; or, the Batt'e
fH. stings. With al'. the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death
of Harold, &c. •
Monsieur Plege rn the Tight Repe, New Scenes in the Circle, by
eminent Frenco and Bri ish Art rtes.
To conclude with a Favourite Fare • _

MT. Batty (the rrop rietir) bets respectfully to :cquaint the
Nor,' (lento,. and' public that, encouraged by the flattering
Su daring the' past year, and finding the theatre not suffi-
ciently commodious for its numerous p trona, he entered into an
extensive arrangement w,th Messrs. Harvard and Nixon. the erni-
nent builit?rs of Lamir_sth, for the re-cons ructing on a magnificent
and novel prineiple, the whole of the interior of the Theatre,
which has heex rebuilt; dress b^xes enlarg,el, upper boxes widened,
and pit and galleries extmaively improved bourteeti glass lustres
are added, a.,d a tirecian dome ceiling, with entirely new sp eniiid
clalsic decorations, and gorgeous art.!, meats, which,.with the
fi•st-ratc taint to be offered, he presumes cannot tail of obtaining
that support so liberally bestowed on his endeavours during the
seas..n. The grand Easter national Spectacle will combine all the
splendid hister,cd effects of the Norn,an Conquest of England,
produced by Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. The Cirque Olyropique will in-
troduce un quailed equestrian taleat, and the dou le company com-
prise mien• of the highest order.
'the do,ir will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances
commence st s'ven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The
private boxes have Leen reconstructed and decorated with care and
splendour.
Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.

UWE'S ROYAL SURREY THEAI Kt
This Esta liniment again takes the lead—Whiteriars, with its
tp endid effects, and the t'capegrace of Paris;are the theme of ad.
soimtion. 'the '1 hentre has been more crowded than any former
Easter Hoffdays.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 17,
Will be repeated an entire New Drama, embracing all the
ittriong efts of the celebrated work, eutitled WHITEFRIARS,
in which the entire Company will perform.
After which. THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS, sup it rted by all
the lending Favourites of the EstablishmenL
To which wi I added the Wonderful Performanc: of Herr
BENGLER on the Corile Fatigue, and the Carlo Family in their
Unrivalled Glmaastiques.
To oenclude with, a New Drama of peculiar construction, entitled
BARAK JollNS sN; or, The Blind Witness.
Paces and 'Private Boxes to be had at Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.
elite, from Eleven .o Four.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
'rats EVENING, APRIL 17,
Wil be performed the Popular-Play of THE STRANGER. The
Stranger, Mr; Osbaldiston; Mrs. Haller, Miss Vincent.
After which, the New ropalar Drama, called LEONTINE; or
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO Fitzarlington. Mr. Gab:CcListon ; Ar.
Mar, Mr. C.. 1. Bird; Mat, Mr. Freer; Paul, Mr. Coreuo ; Leon.
tine, Miss Vincent.
'With the Grand Fairy Ballet of ONDINE; by Mr. Frampton
and his Pupils.
To conclude with A LUMPING LEGACY.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPH I.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 17.
If crowded, fashionable, and brilliant .stidieriees every night
syn.ptorn. of surreal, the Pearrmances of the W.IZARD
NOR CH has made the greatest hit of all the LANIER NiVEL-
IES, for the Adelphi has been crammed to the ceiling; his mighty
wonders are of to staitti g a nature, that the brill ant multitudes of
cleighted • peciators sit, as if spell-bound, gaze with weauer and
abs zrineot at the seeming soperhuman miracles of the
MODERN FAUSTUS.
'lf the lovers of 1. ottld Ireland," IrV'hmen, and Irish Music, wish
to enjoy a treat, they will spend
AN HOUR IN IRELAND
with Mr. MALONE RAYMOND, at the Adelphl, whose tales,
.ongs, and anecdotes of the Green Isle" have been tightly received
with bursts,of lauzhter an I applause. He wi!l appear nightly, be-
tween the parts of the Wizard's performanucs. assisted by Mrs.
MA LONE RAY MoND and Miss LINLEY.
.The GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH will nightly prove
that there are more strange things in heaven ant eaith, than arc
dreampt of in mortals' Otitis, phy.ll
Box es, as. I'it. Is. M. Gallery, eat. stezond Prica.at Nine o'clock.
o..tors open at Seven, the Performances commence at half-past.

ROBERT PEEL said he could not at present lay before
the House the papers respecting negotiations between
Great Britain and the Porte, with regard to the exe-
cution of criminals on religious grounds.
Mr. WTsE moved for a return of the names, offices,
places of birth, salaries, and ages of all persons hold-
ing offices in the thistoms, Excise, and Post-office
Departments in the United Kingdom. The object of
the motion, it would _ appear, was to asoertain how
many Irishmen were employed, as compared with
Englishmen and Scotchmen.
Sir ROBERT PEEL had a good reason for refusing
such a return. There were at least 22,000 persons
included in the return required, and be satisfactorily
showed that, so fur from any prejudice being exhi-
bited against Irishmen, most of the leading men in
the late transactions in the East, which had conferred
such honour on the country, were Irishmen, and
among others, he mentioned Sir H. Govcu and Sir
H. POTTINGER. Mr. HUME also opposed the motion,
on the ground that everything that tended to keep up
distinction in the three countries was wrong. The
motion was negatived.
Mr. Alderman COPELAND moved for returns rela-
tive to the working of the Anatomy Act.
Sir J. GRAHAM opposed the motion. The Act
had hitherto worked well, and he considered any dis-
cussion on such a subject could lead to no good. The
motion was withdrawn.

EGYP ILAN HAL L, • Pit:CADILLY.
IMPORTANT NO'I1(E.

Mr. HUME brought forward a motion for opening
cathedrals and other national buildings to the public.
Mr. WYSE seconded the motion, which was opposed
by Sir R. INGLIs. After a lengthened discussion,
Mr. lluma withdrew his motion. It would be
difficult to give an outline of the speeches made on
this motion, and we . therefore refer to the report,
which proves that even in the utmost recesses of
cloisters the pressure from without is not disregarded.
Sir A. L. HAT then. moved for an address to the
QUEEN, praying her to confer honours on the sur-
viving officers who served in the Peninsular war. It
was opposei by Sir.'il. HARDING; and eventually
withdrawn.

, ONE SHILLING . Admission to TAP, NAPOLEON MU--
SEI7M, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo
rVeal Cnriosities and Works of Art ever known to hove been formed
by Out Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborateresearch, at a
cost of 01,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in-
structive and interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro-
history Tl 7 —CH %RI FS • 1., OLTFER CROMWELL, and
LOUIS Xlv., to. the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR
NAPOLEON, in,1821. This unique Museum has been visited often,
daring the last and present year, by the 'Royal Family, the Duke of
Wei/Mg:toff, the FOTMVI Princes, Ambassadors, and their T,adies,
*lst* many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro-
prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fne
pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number_ and variety of
MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other
tinriosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it
°nett to be, a National 3luseum. Many thousand have Inspected it.
and. VIIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS
have stated that It ought fo be seers by every One. The price of admis-
sion is rqinecti to ONE sim,LlNg.
• The ,NAPOLEON 1111SF,VM:is to be seen only at the " Egyptian
HMV riccacHlly, daily froni Teri till. Dusk,

.
Lord EBRINGTON moved for a return of the num-
ber of stipendiary magistrates, and defended Earl
FORTESCUB from the imputation of an improper exer-
cise of his patronage., -
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed
of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter-past One.

• THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL IL
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 45; highest, 62; Noon, 60.
BAROMETER, 30.28 WEND, S.E.
Nr)7ir.—The inunber 32 on the Therrnoineter denotes the
f tein.g point, and 55 tempeiate. In Barometers fair is
wally placed opposite 30, and rain at 23. •

- _
IV GM WATER AT LOYDON-ni:IDGE TICS
Morning ... 4t minutes alter 1 I Evening 0 minutes trete! 9.

So, Mr. THOMO BARING, the rejected of the
London constituency, and the champion of the mono-
polists in their great bittle with the free traders, is to
be brought into Parliament for the close borough of
Huntingdon l That,- which the •voice of the people
would not do for him,- is to be effected by the means
of priVate influence ; and the would have been repre-
sentative of the first commercial city in the world, is
contented to creep into Parliament under the auspices
of the protectionist nobleman, who has taken the dis-
comfited citizen under his guardian care. Well, this
is as it should be—the merchant is rejected by mer-
chants, because of his anti-trade opinions—he is
selected by agriculturists, because they cannot find
one of their own body.to say a word in favour of the
privileges they claim; and a BARING supplies their
wants. It is not very clear, how merchants are
interested in restrictions and prohibitions upon
trade ; but the BARINGS have always had the
happy knack of thinking one way and acting
another; as Lord 'ASHBURTON generally spoke,
on the contrary side to that on which he votod. It
is no clear indication of the opinion of Mr. BARING,
that he is now found supporting the sliding scale ;
and at his srst coming forward for Londcn, it was for a
long time doubted, whether he was not a fixed duty
man? Far better fir the free traders that be should
he what he is, than what he was believed to be ;—the
fixed duty principle is the rock ahead of the anti-
monopolists, and they have far more cause to dread
the trimmers who would support a fixed duty, than
the thick and thin protectionists of the sliding scale,
as by law established.
Specious as are the arguments that may be brought
in favour of a fixed-duty upon corn, • they sink into
nothingness before the, touchstone of truth, of sound
policy, of real benefit to the farmer, and of sub-
stantial justice to all classes. Why should
there be any protection-for the landed interest of this
country, in the shape Of a fixed duty upon corn ? Why
should there be a fictitious and. not a real settlement of
the corn-law question? Why should not a final and a
permanent adjustment be come to, instead of
a mere temporary and fleeting arrangement ? The
farmer is interested, beyond all men, in knowing the
state of the law upon which his welfare rests; he is
anxious, above all things, for certainty and full
assurance in his undertakings. A complete
settlement is to him invaluable ; nothing else holds
out to him any security; and he has no enemy so
greet to fear, as uncertainty. A certainty of
rental, without re-adjustment—a certainty in the
corn market, subject-alone to the difference of price
caused by the seasons, and, freed from theoperations
of speculators—a certainty, that, as tenant, he shall reap
all the benefits of his exertions and improvements,---will
amply compensate the-farmer for a total and' imme-
diate repeal of the corn-law. But any fixed duty, be
it at any scale, however small—be it 25., or more—
is only a temporary expedient—it must and
Would leave the certainty of uncertainty —the
conviction of mere momentary arrangement—and
all parties would - know that it was only a
fancied settlement,"' to be unsettled at the very
first-, opportunity. When Factory Bills for the
limitation of labour are brought in—when they
are supported, upon the necessity of watching over
the poor, who are unable to take care of them-
selves—and when even: Whig legislators shall aid and
abet them—it may well be asked, how is it, while all
this care is taken to prevent the poor from labouring to
excess, that laws shall be so carefully kept on the
statute-book which make labour imperative, or dam-
; tion certain ? Why shall the Legislature enact, at
the same instant, a necessity for labour, and a re-
straint upon industry ? Why ?—because a landed
aristocracy seeks to draw the uttermost farthing from
the pockets of the poor-manufacturing labourer, and
at the same momant'.to gain credit for a desire to
raise the price of his labour, by limiting the number
of hours that he shall be allowed to work. In plain
language, to diminish his hours of work, and thereby
compel an increase of price for the diminished supply
'in the labour market. Out upon such pretexts, be
they urged by Whig or Tory. The plain, the intel-
ligible principle of leg,isla,tion is, to free labour from
its shackles, and to allow free trade in every article
of necessity or of comfort. But when Tories enact
and support corn-laws, and Whigs join in abetting a
fixed duty. on corn—when labour is sought to be
restrained, by the one party, solely because it is sought
to be left unshackled by-the other, we confess 'that we
go not impute great honesty to either side ; but we
regret that statesmen shall be found in these days, so
totally ignorant of the-true principles of government
as to make bread dear, hard labour compulsory, and
yet claiming the merit of philanthropy,in seeking the
good of the peopla in every direction,' save the only
one in which it can be found.

We believe we may.announce, without fear of con-
tradiction, that THE' GOVERNMENT HAS ABANDONED
rue limn REGISTRATION BILL. In our yesterday's
impression, we prepared the public mind for the pro-
bability of this occurrence ; for most certain was it
that no such measure could pass, either this or any
other session, whilA one independent Irish Member
of Parliament sat in the House of Commons. But
wcih.a.teranGmoeNn-etrument is this country blessed with !—a
Nll but totalliymnv::
_ u/7—no, not even powerful for
yetheatt'acnayntnboitn
anything
powerless for good. A Government
' The Holise of Lords Met yesterday for the first
. yaina
sn
tytthheinirgofppoorntehnetisr. own party, nor
A' number of petitions was
'time after the recess.
And let us look beyond their Irish Registration
,preSented, and several Motions, were postponed, but
Bill to their domestic
,itarrangements.trulyin Isotrreiorw,At-
earlytransacted," andhouserose
hour. , torney-General, we say
In the Commons the South-Eastern, Canterbury,
, about to quit England for some months, to find,'
Ritusgate, and Margate 'Railway Bill, was Passed the genial clime of Italy, thaltlheieralbt,hoi
solicitor-General,
ihto. rb- 'G
en e r :In,
..Ic.. in this
als.) the Marehesterand Birminghath (including the
country,
_.
..
he car.not regain.
111celesfield and Poynton branches). .„ . .
oat of Parliament, however competent he may be in P
. 'Nir. Tuotossitty gave notice that on the 30th of
April Mr. Comex would move for a Committee to II .h i o sto do the legal, business of the Government?
-
inquire into the etTect of protective duties on the 1 How is that to be carried on? The only man who
'national revenue. could have done it, KELLY, was not deemed worthy to
zit: „lii:-• 96-Aver: t 43 a queitim from Mr. frumE, Air. trusted with thela.k, although the Premier him-
-7::,--c.;.J.AnsTflut said' the . be en •
Railway Committee were ex- .
a close in a
i. Then, again,
self has condukd With him, by letter, upon the sad ne-
. ;:..11mlete4 to being their investiga.ion to - cessity u!hich preveniei il his appointment.
(1
§401:1 time,. arid. then their report would be laid before .
'to India ? s i .true is : Sir JAMES GRAHAM going
I 't ' that the Government,
.o\''''''l6.-..,llViit 014ia.u.r.' inoveil :Or vario and the India Beim!, and the East India House,
..611,-1.-: 'rl. ~ ''''.4 -- - US returns
f'
\\,....... guiß., wtgalown 'Jai-Cour and the King6to„ tremble for the state .of affairs in ' India? .Is
t os ri4ailway, which were ordered. .it true that the Indian army is unsettled, that
at yer to a question front 201 r, 144455i' dissatisfactionuprevails, 4 that WoriiisoloUG4-12u
1 4: 1 all

SECOND EDITION.

played his game, so as to bring general want of con-
fidence in his talents ?

the limits of his duty, when he reps-med the insolence of the I
English agents at Otaheite. We have only to read the re-
cital of the intrigues of Pritchsrd, shutting up Queen Pomare
to prevent her from communicating with the representative of
France, and to imagine the pliition of our seamen, when they
saw M. 'coup landing soldiers and establishing signal-posts,
and the flag of the protectorate obstinately replaced by an-
other flag, hoisted and lowered daily with that of the English
frigate. Suppose, as the Admiral.has well observed, any Euro-
pean rower had conducted itself in the same way in China
as England did at Otaheite, that such Power had induced the
Emperor of China to remove the. outward sign of his alliance
with England, and to hoist one showing that he had placed
himself under the protection 'of that Power, would not Eng-
land in such case have felt that she had a right to demand
from the Emperor of China an account of his conduct, and to
chastise him, by deposing him if she had the power to do so?
What England would have expected from her officers under
such circumstances is precisely what our officers have done.
It its not necessary, however, to. go so far as China to find
striking comparisons. England exercises a protectorate
over an archipelago almost at our gates—the lonian
Islands. Let us send missionaries thither, and persuade
the unhappy Greeks to hoist another flag thanl that of the
Lord High Commissioner, and -which should correspond
with the tri-colour flag, and see whether ourneighbours would
disavow the Admiral who should convert the protectorate
into poSsession. England. in such case could not stop there,
and the' unhappy islands would soon be covered with
scaffolds." . _ .

Do these things reflect credit on the strong Go-
vernment of this clay ? And when we see this, can
we avoid viewing it as retributive justice, Which,
sooner or later, overtakes all Governments that take
office by false pretences ?

Sir ROBERT INGLIS. is a kindly, sincere, well- I
intentioned man, who, never advocates any measure
that he does not really believe is for the benefit of the '
people ; but he has a slight touch of intolerance in
his nature, and is apt to be crotchety and led astray
by prejudice on all questions wherein the interests—
or presumed interests-s-of the heirarchy are con-
cerned. On every occasion of this sort, Oxford never
fails to rise up like a menacing phantom before him,
and scare him from the straight-forward path of obvious
justice and common-sense. Were he to consult the
unbiassed suggestions of his own reason, his votes
and speeches would, we suspect, he very often
different to what they are; but he is fettered
by the necessities of his position, and entertains
a lively and discreet recollection of the unceremonious
manner in which Sir ROBERT PEEL was cashiered,
when, on the memorable question of Catholic Eman-
cipation, he ventured to set up his own judgment in
opposition to that of his rigid "Church and State"
constituents. Sir ROBERT INGLIS has no inclination
to exhibit similar independence. He has reached that
sedate and unheroic time of life when a taste for
martyrdom loses all its relish ; so is content to leave
things as he finds them, and run tractably in Oxford
harness. This is the secret of his decided and almost
solitary opposition to Mr. Homes motion, last night,
in the House of Commons,for opening the cathedrals to
the public. Sir R. Iteous' judgment—at least,we infer
so from the exceedingly lame, clumsy, and sophistical
manner in which he handled the subject—told him
that this motion was a rational one ; but his discretion
compelled him to enter an earnest protest against it.
If there was no struggle at work in his mind between
his convictions and his sense of expediency, how are
we to account for such shallow, inconclusive reasoning
as the following, which he seems to have urged with
no other view than to maintain his consistency at the
expense of his good sense ?—" The Hon. Member
for Montrose," observed Sir ROBERT INGLIS, "ar-
gued that the opening of the cathedrals would be the
means of enlightening and improving the people ; but
for his own part he did not believe that there was
a necessary connexion between intellectual and moral
excellence, and therefore he did not feel called
upon to support this motion. At the brightest
period of the intellectual world, they had found that
there had existed the greatest masses of public and
private corruption. Many were the instances of great
taste being connected with great personal depravity ;
and for these reasons he was satisfied that, to make
the people skilful judges of statuary ar.d painting,
was not the soundest mode of enlightening them in
the doctrines of Chrietianity." This is a mere begging
of the question—a palpable evasion of Mr. Ilumn's
argument. No one evr dreamed of insisting, cer-
tainly not the Hon. Member for Montrose, that there
is a " neees'sary connexion between intellectual and
moral excellence," for great powers of mind has e in
all ages of the world been occasionally found asso-
ciated with great vices ; but these are merely ex-
ceptions to the general rule ; in by for the majority of
cases, virtue and morality have never failed to fellow
in the train of mental cultivation. As regards the
lion. Baronet's remark, that " at the brightest period
of the intellectual world, they had found that there
had existed the greatest masses of public and private
corruption," ancient and modern history alike prove
this to be erroneous. Was there more profligacy
during the Augustan age of Risme, than during the
later and more degenerate period of the CARACALLAS,
the lIELIOGABALUSES, the GORDIANS, and their suc-
cessors, when the national intellect had become
enfeebled and corrupted ; -when eloquence and
poetry were mute; when public patriotism and pri-
vate worth were all but extinct ; and the " Mistress
of the World," was indebted for existence, not to the
high courage of her own citizens, but solely to the
su ords of rude, foreign, mercenary soldiers ? Pass-
ing to modern times, was there a greater amount of
corruption during the highly-intellectual period of
the Grande Monarque's reign, than.during the coarser
and more brutalising reigns of the Regent ORLEANS
and Louis XV., when manners, intellect, and taste
had all equally degenerated from the exquisite tone
of refinement which they possessed but a few years
before ? As regards our own country, was there a
greater mass of corruption and profligacy during the
Elizabethan period—our Augustan age—than during
that of CHARLES 11., when small wits and dramatists,
and still smaller poets and orators, were all
that Great Britain had to boast, in the
way of national intellect ? There is scarcely
one epoch in history of any moment that does not
prove the fallacy of Sir ROBERT INGLIS' assertion.
But his argument is not merely fallacious—it is open
to a still graver objection, for its obvious tendency is
to discourage all attempts at civilisation, and indi-
rectly to insinuate the vast moral superiority of the
dark ages over those which have been more enlight-
ened. In direct opposition to the crotchety Member

Vv
The Journal des Debats has no article on the sub-
ject, but the Globe, a Ministerial paper, thus defends
the Government, and blames the Admiral :

"There was wanting only to justify the conduct of the Govern-
ment in the affair of Otaheite, the report of Admiral Dupetit
'ThOuars. It will be seen by it-Ist, that at the time et' the
occupation by the Admiral, the flag of the protectorate had
not ceased to float over every point where it had been set up;
2d, that this -flag had •never been hoisted at the residence of
Queen I'omare, and that, consequently, it was not neces-
sary to lower it in order to hoist the funcyjlay, composed of
leaves of the pains tree,; 3d, that, independently of the ill
feeling, not of the English G9Yernment, but of some Eng-
lish subjects, independently of the regret of the Queen,
which is easily to be accounted for, if not justified, the Ad-
miral does not mention a single fact of a nature to compel him
to act as he slid act, without waiting for instructions from his
Government." - . _ _

.....
The Moniteur publishes returns of the last quarter's
revenue, which show an increase of 1,007,000 f., as
compared with the same period last year, and the
large amount of 7,647,000 f. over that of 1842. There
had been a decrease, however, in the customs' duties.

On Monday the funds, with the exception of the
Five per Cents., remained firm. Large purchases
had been made in that stock, which brought down
the price to 122 E 90c. The Threes closed at 83f. 40c.

THE BOURSE MONDAY, Arm 15.

First

for Oxford, we are for throwing open our cathedrals
and churches unreservedly to the public, for the
contemplation of such imposing objects cannot
fell, by the thoughtful and refined habits they

engender, to make the people better citizens-
and better Christians. Within the walls
of our grand ecaesiastical edifices, the man of even
ordinary faculties may find the materials of poetry, of
histcry, of religious and philosophical contemplation.
The hallowed spirit of the past is about him ; voices,
solemn" and affecting in their tones, speak to him
from the tombs of the illustrious dead; his soul, in
spite of himself, confesses the magic influence of the
spot ; his very tread—and we have seen this not once
but a dozen times—is that of awe and reverence ;
and when he quits the consecrated walls, he quits
them, for a while at least, an altered man.
" Whatever," says old JOHNSON —we quote the

passage from memory, and. therefore with hesita-
_

'ion—" mhatever withdraws us from the power of
our ordinary senses, and makes the past predominate
over the present in our minds, advances us in the
dignity of thinking beings." Now, none can deny
that the contemplation of our cathedrals—those mag-
nificent monuments of ages long since gathered to
the years beyond the flood—possess, in a high degree,
this salutary—this ennobling influence ; and, there-
fore, we repeat, we arc zealous 'advocates of Mr.
llumE's proposal for throwing them open, uncondi-
tionally, to the public.

We have intelligence from Madrid to the 9th inst.
The Gazette contains two decrees—one conferring
the Grand Cross of the Military Order of San Fer-
nando on General RONCALI, who commanded at
Ali Cant ; and the other the Order of Charles
on the Minister of the Interior. The General was
daily expected at Madrid.

On Tuesday, the 9th, - the Bourse was open,
.when
the Three per Cents. were done at 361 for cash, and
37 at sixty days; and the Five per Cents. at 231 at
sixty days.

The Paris papers are almost entirely filled with the
dispatch of Admiral DUPETIT TIIOUARS, and com-
ments on that singular document. It has been a
God-send to the Opposition. They had got through
all their stock of motions against the Gnizor Minis-
try, and had no hopes of bringing forward any sub-
ject that could lead to a division, when fortunately
M. REINE arrives with the dispatch in his pocket. It
shows great hostility to the English, and consequently
is held in high estimation both by the Tunas party
and the Legitimatists. They are determined, there-
fore, to make the most of it, and have entered into a
coalition for the purpose of shaking the Ministry, and
perhaps turning-them out. On Monday they met in
one of the Committee-rooms of the Chamber, and,
among other leaders present were MM. THIER9,
BERRTER, REMUSAT, ODILON BAEROT, BILLAULT,
and VIVIERS. After some discussion they agreed
that one of them, probably M. BILLAULT, should,give
notice of a motion on the subject; but as they had
not agreed to the exact form in which it should be
made, he resolved to postpone the question till the
following day. In the meantime their journals are
doing everything to excite the Chamber and the pub-
lic against the Court and the Cabinet. The follow-
ing extract from the National is moderate when com-
pared with the statements in some other journals
~,uppo,ing the report of M. Dupetit Thouars has
undergone no change or mutilation in passage through the
bureaux of the Ministry, and that it is published just. as _it
was received, there is still twenty times mere than was
nece;gry to prOTO that the Admiral cetfuleci himself

Highest Lowest Last

Price. nice. Price. Price.
French Fire per Cents ••• • • • 123 .• 123 •• 122 85 122.85
Three per Cents.— 83 50 • • 83 55 • • 83 3.5 • • 83 40
Bank of France.-- ..... .• 3100 • • 3100 —3050 ••3100
Laffitte Bank, 5,000 f. lillarceslss ..5155 • ..5155 ..5155
Belgian Bank • • •• • • .. 710 .. 710 • •
_7lO- —.710

1841.•••...•1115 ;•1115 ..1115 ..1115
Belgian Flves,lß3l
1840 • • •• • . 1063 .. 1061 .. 106 .. 106
1842 • • 1071 .. 1071 1071 107;
Dutch Two-and-a-Ilalf 6l .. 61 .. •61 .. 61
Spanish Threes •• . • ........ 371 .. 37/ • • 371 .• 371
New Deferred
Neapolitan lO2 .. 102 10 .• 102 • • 102
Roman

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