The Sun.
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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 4 , 1845.

the Board of Works should undertake to keep the
building in repair, and that suitable apart-
ments should be provided for the president,
professors and students. He did not propose to
give the visitors greater powers, but he proposed to
increase their number to five, and to make the visitation
annual, instead of triennial, giving the Lord-Lieutenant
power to order a visitation whenever he may see fit.
The visits would have no reference to doctrine or dis-
cipline. He could assure the House that the measure
had not been brought forward without consultation with
those who might be supposed to be acquainted with the
feelings of the Catholic body, and he believed
that it would meet with the general appro-
bation of the Catholic hierarchy. The measure
itself was nothing more than a liberal fulfilment of those
obligations into which the Legislature of the country
had entered with the Roman Catholics of Ireland. Ile
deprecated any attempt at making the grant a pretext
for intermeddling with the doctrines of the Roman
Catholic Church, as ungracious, unjust, and uncalled for.
He thought they would be amply remedied by the im-
proved education among the Roman Catholic ecclesias-
tics of Ireland, and he believed that he violated none of
the obligations of honour and good faith in promoting
improvement in the character of those who were en-
trusted with the education of those who were to be
spiritual guides and instructors of millions of our fellow-
countrymen. He concluded by moving for leave to bring
i❑ a Bill to alter the law relating to the college of May-
nooth.

According to the Government journals, the parties were
implicated in a plot to restore ESPARTERO, but we be-
lieve this statement to be entirely without foundation.
At the meeting of the Senate on the 26th, Senor CARASCO
asked the Minister of Finance whether any concession
had been made to France injurious to the Spanish tariff,
or was in contemplation ? Senor Mon replied in the nega-
tive. No concession had been made to France, but if the
Noble Peer alluded to the refusal of the French Ministry
to allow the Spanish Three per Cents. to be quoted on
the Bourse, he must decline answering the question.
The Three per Cents. closed at 34 3 16 for cash, and
34i at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 25} for cash, and
25 15-16 at 60 days ; the Coupons at 28,} at 60 days ;
and the Debt without interest, at 8, at 56 days.

Sir R. H. 'sous in rising to oppose the motion remarked
upon the single fact, that all the cheering, during the
Right Hon. Baronet's speech, had come from the Oppo-
sition side of the House, while the usual supporters Q f
the Government remained silent. Although he
would have offered little objection to the con-
tinuance of the usual grant, yet he thought even
that uncalled for. There was no compact
either expressed or implied by which Parliament was
bound to uphold the College of Maynooth. The mea-
sure was wrong in principle, he considered, and as a
matter of expediency he felt convinced it would fail. He
regretted that Sir R. PEEL, had not stated his views on
the subject in 1840. For himself, taking his stand on
Protestant Christianity, he should certainly move a
negative on the question.
Captain B. OSBORNE approved of the increased grant,
and hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would not be de-
terred from his principles by the No Popery cry, but
he thought that instead of the money coming out (.f
the pockets of the people, it ought to come out of the
fonds of the Established Church.

Mr. GREGORY opposed the increase of the grant.

Lord F. EGERTON, although deeply sensible of the
fact that his vote that night would be at variance
with the views and opinions of those who supported
him—of those, the representing of whom he always
considered the greatest honour he could obtain—
yet felt compelled to vote for the Ministerial proposi-
tion, which he considered a just and reasonable one.
Mr. WARD complimented the Minister on the manner
in which he had introduced this measure, which should
have his most cordial support ; although, at the proper
time, he should propose that the money be taken from
the revenues of the Irish Church, instead of from the
pockets of the people.
Mr. LAW opposed the Government proposition.
The House was afterwards addressed by Mr.
BELLEW, Lord SANDON, Mr. PLUMPTRE, Lord
JCHN RUSSELL, Mr. S. WORTLEY, Colonel SIBTRORP,
Mr: SHELL, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, and other Hon. Mem-
bers ; and, after a lengthy discussion, the resolution of
Sir R. PEEL was carried by a majority of 102.
The House adjourned at 20 minutes to Two o'clock.

the Nitrate of Soda are about to be imported from Africa.
If so, a wider field for the employment of British shipping
must be opened.
A good deal of business has been transacted in the un-
funded Debt today, and at prices varying from 61s. to 645.
premium. Consols for the Account have been quoted at 99%;
for Money, from 99% to 99%, and Bank Stock at 215 and
215% for the Account.
In the Foreign Market business has been slack. Colombian
has touched 161% ; Mexican, 353/4 ; Spanish Three per Cents.,
4014 ; and the Consols 29% 291%.
The Share Market has been most active. The French lines
are more in request, as the quotations annexed will show.
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
3 per Cent. Consols
Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1.li6o
Bank Stock for Account 215% 215 215
Consols for Account ....• .. 99% 99%
Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 11,4 d. 64 63 65 61 63 pm. 63
Ditto 5001. .
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised pm. -
CLOSING
PRICES.
15%
333/4 %
35
16%
32%

DUTCH AND HAMBURGH MAILS.
THE HAGUE, MARCH 29.—The answer of the Government
to the observations of the Chamber on the tariff, import,
export, and transit duties, contained, among others, the fol-
lowing remarks:—
" From the observations communicated in the preliminary
report of the central section. on the principle which should
form the basis of a tariff of duties for the Netherlands, no
other inference can be drawn than that the majority of
the Members of the Second Chamber who took part in the
discussion in the section agree: as far as the wants of the pre-
sent moment are concerned, with the principles adopted by
the Government and acted on in the tariff. On the whole, how-
ever, the opinion or the majority of the Chambers and that
of the Government is, that the system of protection is a
departure from the principles of sound political economy, but
that through long-continued observation, it has become ne-
cessary, which cannot be done away with at once. A sudden
change is the less advisable, because, in almost all the States
with which the Netherlands have commercial relations, the
principle of protection is the basis of their commercial legis-
lation.
THE HAGUE, APRIL I.—The accounts of the state of the
rivers received to-day, state that the water continued to rise
and that, in consequence of the late storms, the dikes in some
places have sustained some injury. The Rhine, at Cologne,
was, on the 27th of March, at 19 feet 4 inches ; on the 28th, at,
2.3 feet, and on the 29th, at 28 feet 10 inches, having risen
eight feet and a half in three days.
DUSSELDORF, MARCH 30.—The Rhine has risen 2 feet 10
inches since yesterday, and is now at 26 feet 10 inches.
Almost the whole of the west part of the city is under water.
The Cologne steam-boats began their voyages on the
Rhine for this year on the 27th. The Dutch steamer The
Louis proceeded up the Rhine, and sailing vessels began to
appear in the river:l
VIENNA, MARCH 20.—A sensation not to be described has
been produced by the Imperial decree published the day before
yesterday, which abolishes the punishment of the pillory,
except in the case of criminals sentenced to death. This
new relaxation of the rigour of our criminal laws is greatly
to the honour of the Emperor. The enthusiasm and attach-
pent of the public to his Majesty increases daily, and the
more so as it is known that a new criminal code has been long
in preparation, and that the Emperor thought fit before it
was promulgated to abolish the punishment of the pillory,
which has long been objected to.
BERLIN, MARCH 23.—Our negotiations with Denmark for
the regulation of the Sound duties have hitherto failed of
success, not so much through the independent opposition of
that little kingdom as through the supp ;it which it finds in
the great Powers, all of which, however friendly in other
matters, cannot bear the idea of seeing Germany independent,
united, and powerful. England fears that it would lose a
considerable part of its commerce if this restriction on the
trade of the Baltic were removed.
CHRISTIANA, MARCH 21.—Hopes are entertained here that
a very necessary reform in the representation of our country
abroad will be made as speedily as possible, for we are con-
vinced that foreigners will never look on our country as a free
and independent state so long as it is represented by Swedes.
BRESLAW, 'batten 20.—The official paper of Government
announces that "Count Von Arnem, Minister of the Interior,
with the approbation of his Majesty the King, prohibited
the journal, called the Vateriandsbiatter, published at Leipsic,
in the Prussian dominions."
The Dusseldorf Journal observes, that the paper prohi-
bited is that in which Rouge last appeared, by publishing in
",t his letter to Bishop Arnoldi.

The French Chamber of Peers, after discussing for
several days a modified Bill against jobbing in railway
Companies, rejected it, on Tuesday, by a majority of 86
against 51. Count D'ARGO UT, Baron DIIPIN, and almost
every practical man in the Chamber were opposed to
the scheme, and the result, consequently, was placed

beyond doubt, even at the introduction of the measure.
The Deputies were engaged in the Sardinian treaty.
An amendment was proposed, to continue the high duty

on cattle imported from Sardinia, and resisted by the
Government, on the ground that it was necessary to

protect the consumer as well as the agriculturist. The
former duty on cattle was far too high, and the conse-

quence was, that the price of butcher's meat had
greatly increased throughout the whole of France. The
Chamber rejected the amendment, and adhered to the
lower scale of duty. In resisting the amendment, M. GuIZOT

thus stated his opinions, and the resolution of the Go-
vernment to make the carrying of the treaty a Cabinet
question:—" In 1842, when the amendment was carried
on the right of search, the Government could accept the
amendment, after having opposed it, the general policy
of the Cabinet not being involved in it, as the results had
proved.—(Dissent.) Three days back why had the
Government accepted the amendment on the Bel-

gian treaty? Because the rights of the Crown were re-
spected. In the question at present beforo the Chamber
that was not the case, for if the amendment of M.

MAIIRAT BALLANGE were adopted, the treaty would fall
to the ground at once, and the policy of the Government
beyond the Alps would be compromised. We cannot

lend ourselves to such weaknesses. When two months
back we remained in power, at the solicitations of our
friends, we felt that we must expect difficulties and an-

noyances. We have more than once despised vain
clamours, in order to maintain our policy and steer it
safely through difficult trials. But to support trials and
disappointment in order to behold this policy compro-
mised and perhaps destroyed—that we shall never con-
sent to. In the amendment which you discuss, it is our
policy itself that is involved. We shall defend it firmly
to the last extremity; and if it is to be changed and de-
stroyed, that destruction shall not be attempted under
my name and by my hands."
The Ministerial paper, the Globe, thus ridicules the

attempt of the Opposition to raise the price of meat:—
"The Hall of Conference resembled on Monday the tent o
Napoleon during the night that preceded the battle of Aus.
terlitz ; the emperor, M. Thiers, was surrounded by his mar.
shals ; he gave his instructions, and dispatched his aides-de.
camp. The corps of M. Maurat Ballange was to attack on
the left; M. Billault was to make a strong demonstration in
the centre, and the moment the enemy's ranks were thrown
into confusion, M. Thiers was to charge in person and decide
the victory. But, alas! the Opposition experienced the fate
that befel the unfortunate Melas the day of the battle of
Marengo; the couriers who were to carry the news of the
victory left too soon, and he had to send off others to an-
nounce his defeat. The corps of M. Maurat Ballange was
overthrown ; that of M. Dezeimeris wasrouted ; another, under
M. Gautier de Rumilly was put to flight ; and, after the
speech of M. Guizot, the coalesced army shamefully retreated,
without noise, reserving their last cartridges, which they
were afraid to fire. The rout was so complete, that they did
not even dare to avow their intention to give battle. Poor
M. Maurat Ballange, who devoted himself, like Curtius, was
completely abandoned, and his own friends, heedless of so
much courage thrown away, only witnessed his ridicule."
The latest accounts from Switzerland lead to a belief
that a collision will soon take place between the parties.
The Journal des Debate says :
" According to the news we receive from Switzerland the
free corps have made their first move. In the evening of the
29th the Bale. country volunteers are said to have taken two
cannon and a quantity of ammunition from the arsenal of
Leichthal, and with them joined the free corps of Arau. It
was generally reported that Lucerne was to be attacked on
the 30th, on which day the volunteers of Soleure were also
to march. The Government of Berne had on its part taken
energetic measures for preventing the free corps of that,
canton from leaving it. It is certain that the radical com-
mittee at Arau has been in permanent sitting for the last
fortnight, and has publicly enrolled the refugees from Lu-
cerne and volunteers from other cantons. In the cantons of
Argau, Berne, Soleure, and Bale country, no obstacle has
been thrown in the way of men moving to join the free corps,
and who were easily recognised by the shape of their hats
and their arms, which they conveyed in carts. On the other
hand the Government of Argau is restrained by the fear that
during the excursion of its volunteers the Catholic party may
rise. The Vorort had also called out the whole of the federal
contingent, and had taken measures to mobolise the Land -
sturm. The first battalion of the Austrian troops, intended
to form a corps of observation on the Voralberg frontier of
Switzerland, had arrived at Feldkirch."
We have accounts also from other parts of Switzer-
land, describing the unsettled state of the public mind,
and the preparation of the adjoining States to cut off all
communication with the country unless these civil broils
are speedily settled.
THE BOURSE--TUESDAY, APRIL 1.

First 114 h• st Lowest, Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. •• •• 117 90 .. 117 90 .. 117 80 .. 117 80
Fours ... •••• • - • • • • • 107 .. 107 .• 107 • • 107
Three per Cents •• •• 85 70 85 90 .. 85 70 .. 85 90
Loan .•• •• •• •• 86 55 • • 86 55 .. 85 SO •• 86 50
Bank of France • • • • • • • • • • 3200 ..3210 ..3200 • • 3210
Gouin Eank. I,ooof Shares.. 1090 —1690 • • 1085 —lOB5
Belgian Bank .•..•
Belgian Fives, 1840.. ••• • • • 105 .. 105% .. 105% • • 105 %
1842
Four-and-a-Half
Spanish Active......
Passive .••••• • • • • • 7 • • 71% • • 7,i • • 71,i
Roman ..• 106 .. 106 • • 106 • • 106
RAILWAY SHARES.

St. Germain • •
Versailles, L.B•• •• •• —— 402 50 • 405 .. 402 50 .. 402 20
Souen••••••••••••••••••••1160 • 1160 ••1160 ••1160
Rouen to Havre.• ,•
Orleans • •
Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 343 75 .. 343 75 .. 341 25 .. 341 25
Avignon to Marseilles•• ••••1:35 ..1135 —ll3O . 1132 50
Bordeaux to Teste •• •• •• •• 2,0 •• 232 50 •• 230 .. 231 25
RAILWAYS FOR TIIE ACCOUNT, APRIL 3.
or;.ieeannsto Havre ........... 940805
St. Germain ....1205 —l2 2 50 ..IAS ..1205
Versailles, R. 8...... ••• • • 678 75 . • 678 75 .. 650 .. 650
•1167 50 ..1172 50 ••1167 50 ..1172 50
....
940,02 50
••
94050
••••••••,!310 ..1320 ..1310 ..1312 50
Strasburg
t°13ale•••• Marseilles...,„1137
•• 345 .. 345 •• 343 75 .. 343 75
Avignon to 3larseill
Bord to
eau: Te5te.........
es•••••• 1137 50 —1137 50 ..1135 ••1135
2' 2 4 50 .. 232 50 .. 232 50 .. 232 50
..
-9470 50
a A

,cceunts from Nladrid of the 26th ult. state that
twenty person., had been arrested on that day in the
capital. and committed to prison without being allowed
to communicate with their friends or counsel. One of
the persons arrested, a notary, named PONTADA, fired a
pistol at the police and wounded one of the constables.

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 161 14 16
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... 3534
Ditto, Account —
Ditto, Deferred
Peruvian Bolids 6 per Cents 321/2
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent -
Ditto, Account — 66
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto Account
pi
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... ... .. 4012
Ditto. Account ..... ...
Dutch, 21/2 per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 97141/2 971
PRICES OF PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING
liIILWAY SHARES PRICES.
Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% 1%3/1
Birming. and Gloucesterloo
Ditto % Shares
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 621/4 61
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln PA.-- 91/2% ON
Chester and Holyhead... 5
Citurnet Valley
Coventry, Bedworth, and
Nuneaton
r
Coventry and Leicester
Cornwall
Diss, Beccles, Yarmouth 1%
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and Belfast June. 21/2 10%34 1/434
Dublin and Galway 2%...... ei% 5%......
Dublin and Mullingar 2%
Eastern Counties 25 ... .. 21%34
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1....41.135. 4d — 111
Eastern Union lO ...
Ditto Extension
3N
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ely and Bedford
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of England..loo 195
Ditto New 5
Ditto New 2 22% 23
Great Western BO lB2l/ 183 lB3
Ditto 1/2 Shares 5O lO2l/2 ... lO2
Ditto Fifths
Guildford, Fam'in,Ports. 2%... 5%
Harwich
Hull and Selby
Ditto Quarter Shares 121/2...... 22
Lancaster and Carlis1e... 15
London and Birminghni (Stock)...
Do. 1% Shares
~, ,
London and Blackwell. 161. 13s. 4d. 7544%3/1 8
London and Brighton... 50 ...... 6514 6434
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 1734 1814
London and S. Western 4116 s 10d 80% 81 8034
Do. New consolidated Bths 6
Do. New
Do. New
London and York ...... • _ 21
Lynn and Ely
Manchester and Leeds... 73 148
Do. Sixteenths 2% -
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Do. Quarters 4 ...... 11 10% ... ..... 10%
Midland 100 157 159 156%
Do. New
Midland, Birm., Derby 100 llB 119 ll7
Newcastle and Darling 51
-
ton Junction 25
Do. New Brandling... 10
Newvastle and Berwick 1% l6l 17%
Newry and Enniskillen. 2% 3p 1A 3, 314
Newark and Sl.effield ... 1% ...... 63 87 /4 734
North British
Do. New
North Kent
North Wales
Norwich and Brandon... 10
Do., New ... ..... ..... 1
Preston and Wyre
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Midland 1%...... 456 % % ..... 4%
Shrews., Wolverhamp ,
Dudley, and Birm 2%. .... 434 % 47
South Devon... lO ... 21
South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 431/2 43
Do., No. 2.
Do. No. 3
South Wales .. 2% 6 %14
17 614
Trent Valley
1A
Waterford and Kilkenny 1
York and North Midland 50 lO4 105 ... 105
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20
Do. Extension
FRENCH. RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amien5... 4
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette ......... . ... ..... 2
1/
.8.

31,!2
62
1%

Great North. of France.. 4
Lyons and Avignon
Orleans and Borde tux... 2
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2
Paris ar. d Lyons, Gan-
n eron's,
Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Strasbourg ... 2
Rouen and Havre
Royal North of Spain ... 2
Tours and Nantes, Mac-
kenzie's
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Union of London.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 2.—The sales
are ;—Birmingliam and Gloucester, New Shares, 4; Eastern
Counties, 21% 3/4 ; London and Brighton, 651/ ex new and
ex div. ; London and South-Western, New Shares, 12% ;
Manchester and Leeds, 1471 A ex div. ; Ditto, Sixteenth
Shares, 7 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 591/ ex new and
ex div. ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 1014 ex new and ex div.;
Ditto, New Quarters, 6% % prem. ; Manchester, Bury, and
Rossendale, 1614 ; Midland Railway Consols. 156 ; Ditto,
Preferential, 4; Ditto, 401. Shares, 21 ; North British, 17% ;
Preston and Wyre, 34% 3/4 ; Sheffield and Manchester,
118 120 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 163/4 % ; South-Eastern,
43 1-4 'ex div. • Ditto, No. 3,8% 9 ; Earnsley Junction, 10 ;
Ditto, Half Shares, 3% ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and
Cheshire Junction, 11% 13-16 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and
Accrington, 87% •, Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 4% ;
Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 131/ ; Caledonian, 11 ; Cam-
bridge and Lincoln, 834 9 ; Churriet Valley, 7% ; Direct
Northern, 51% 5-16 ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 8%;
Dublin and Galway, 4; Erewash Valley, 151/ ; Glasgow and
Dumfries, 19s. 6d. 20s. ; Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and
Manchester Junction, I% ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield
Junction, 5 14 ; Huddersheld and Manchester Railway and
Canal, 31/ 7-16 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7 ;
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 •, London and Wor
tester, Oxford and Rugby, 4 1-16 ; London and York, 31-16 ;
Lynn and Ely, 7 ; Manchester and Buxton, 3 111 ••'
Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 81/4 ; 'Sewark
and Sheffield, ; North Wales, 3 1-16 %; North Western,
33/4 prem. ; Scottish Central, 534 ; Scottish Midland, 3 ;
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 235. 245.; Shrewsbury,
Wolverhampton, Dudley, &c., 43/4 5 ; Southport and Euxton,
2%; Trent Valley, 17% 14 ex new; West Yorkshire, 3% 3/4 ;
Great Northern of France (English), 6% ; Paris and Lyons
(English), 3% ex new.

314
2%
2%
513/4
31%

Her Majesty has graciously presented a donation
of 501., to the Artists' General Benevolent Institution,
whose anniversary dinner will take place on Saturday,
the 19th inst., when the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere
will preside.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The great impression
created by the performances of Duprez last year have
led to his present engagement, which commences, we
find, on Monday next. The extraordinary reputation
enjoyed by this eminent a, tisk, throughout the entire
continent, is, fully sustained by the extraordinary genius
be possesses, which has so long and so completely deve-
loped itself both on the French and Italian stages, and
which was last year equally manifest in his performances
at this theatre.

CAUTION TO PUBLICANS.—A fellow dressed in a
large blue great coat, having engaged a bed at the
William the Fourth, Ship yard, Temple-bar, managed
to leave the house early in the morning, taking with
him a new counterpane and a great coat, from a sitting
room belonging to the landlord. The person is in height
about five feet eight inches, dark complexion, having the
appearance of a respectable drover.
FATHER MATHEW.—We are informed that the
subscriptions to compensate this gentleman for his heavy ex-
penses while prosecuting the cause of tecotalism, have
already exceeded 7,0001.—a sum nearly sufficient to cover
the rev. gentleman's liabilities, but of course not enough to
support the expense of another campaign.
CAUTION TO EQUESTRIAN GENTLEMEN.—Wednes-
day forenoon, Captain J. F. Marsden having occasion to call
at the residence of the Rev. Dr. Wilmot, Holland-place,
Hampstead-road, incautiously left his horse, a young and
spirited animal, in the care of a boy who was loitering about.
When Captain Marsden left the house, after an absence of
ten minutes, he could perceive no vestige of either horse or
boy. On inquiry, however, he ascertained that shortly after
the horse had been left with the boy, another youngster came
up, and put forward his claim to the holding of the animal,
on the plea of having followed Captain Marsden from Upper
Baker-street. The first boy stoutly resisted the infringe-
ment on his right of possession, and during the contention
the horse galloped off. After the lapse of nearly an hour,
the Captain succeeded in recovering his steed, with both its
knees broken, and numerous cuts and dislocations in various
parts. The horse bad run nearly four miles before it was
secured, and had knocked down and severely kicked a man
who had attempted to arrest its progress.
Lord Southampton, one of the stewards of a dinner
in aid of the funds of the Metropolitan Benefit Societies
Asylum, has presented a very handsome donation, and his
Lordship likewise consents to become a vice-patron of this
most excellent institution, at which Lord Robert Grosvenor
will preside.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE.--The some
given on Wednesday night by the President and Council of
this Institute, at their rooms, in George-street, was fashion-
ably attended. The tables were loaded with books, prints,
and objects of vertu • and Miss Steele and Miss Lucombe
contributed a variety of singing. Mr. Buckingham's native
urbanity of manner, and his attention to the comfort and
enjoyment both of guests and members make these re-unions
extremely agreeable. There is an aristocratic style inva-
riably incident to the proceedings ; but there is no formality,
the prevalent aspect being that of elegant and refined da:
meaticity.