The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 90, 11145.

terred}-made a very clever, a vigorous, amusing, and
pointed speech. We have perused the report of it with
great pleasure, and are fully prepared to concede to it no
ordinary degree of praise. It was a speech honourably
distinguished from the general run of Parliamentary
orations on analogous subjects, by the bold reliance of
the speaker on his own powers of illustrating its official
and statistical details. Confining himself, strictly encugh,
within the limits prescribed by the forms of the House
and the real exigencies of his subject, he yet availed him-
self abundantly of every legitimate opportunity that
presented itself for expatiating into large and well consi-
dered views of European statesmanship in its adminis-
tration of that policy which should direct its views of
colonial connexion. It manifested, also, a becoming
scorn for that sort of cant—that overt zeal for Church
Propagandism which, in the case of New Zealand, as in
very many other instances, has been intimately connected
with covert selfishness and grasping avarice on the part
of men calling themselves " Church missionaries." In
addition to these qualities of excellence, Mr. CIIARLES
BULLER'S speech showed a mastery of its matter—a
richness and variety of details—and a lucidity of ar-
rangement as agreeable and instructive as they are rare
in discussions on colonial affairs, in which it appears to
be the fashion with either House of Parliament to sup-
pose,-1. That the Colonial Department must be omnis-
cient as to the facts, motives, and opinions, involved in
the history of any questions arising within its jurisdic-
tion ; 2. That all human information, possible or actual,
to which any character of authenticity can apply, must
be comprised within the mystic pages of those " Blue
Books," that, like the Sybilline leaves of yore, are for
ever being blown out of the recesses in which they are
elaborated with the certain fate of being gathered up
and perused by no men, or proving utterly beyond the
comprehension of the men who do gather up and con-
sult them. Mr. BULLER not only diffused his materials
with a lavish hand throughout his elaborate address, but
took care that they should tell with all who heard them.
But, entertaining these notions of the speech, we must add
that it did not accomplish, in our opinion, more than one
of the two main objects for which, we presume, it was de-
signed. It was a masterly exposure of the bad faith, the
ruinous mistakes, the undignified petulance manifested
by Lord STANLEY and his subordinates in the Colonial
Department in the history of the transactions that were
recapitulated by the Learned Member for Liskeard.
But it was not to our mind anything like an
adeqaate vindication of the New Zealand Company, of
which Mr. BULLER himself is a most active and an in-
telligent Director, or a successful apology for the still
unexplained, aye, and unatoned delinquencies of a direc-
tion which then, we believe, boasted, as it now boasts,
of Mr. SOMES, the Conservative Member for Bridport,
for its governor, or chairman. We do not see that any
plea, in justification, has been established, to remove
from them the serious charge of having induced parties
here to purchase lands of them in New Zealand—which
the Company cannot have believed themselves, surely,
pending their unsettled and uncompleted negotiations
with the Government, to have possessed so ab-
solutely as to be entitled to make them the
subject of bargain and sale with others. We do
not see that Mr. BULLER has purified the Broad street
rection from permitting, soliciting, encouraging
British subjects to emigrate to a most remote and savage
country, upon their arrival in which they found
that the lands which they had travelled some twelve
thousand miles to settle upon, were not yet so far
within the possession—or even the jurisdiction of the
Company—as to enable the latter to locate a single
settler there with a valid or effectual title. But as the
New Zealand Company, for our present purpose, are not
upon their trial, and for the purposes of the debate re-
cently raised in Parliament, the Colonial Department
are ; we shall advert only to a few points that
possess an interest so intrinsic as to be inde-
pendent either of the one or the other of
these points of view. As to the excellencies which
the Learned Member claimed for a well-conducted sys-
tem of colonial emigration in general, we are as little
disposed to contest them as we are to give an unquali-
fied concurrence in the eulogies he so unsparingly pro-
nounced on the system adopted by the New Zealand
Company in particular. Equally sceptical are we as to
the " disinterestedness " of the latter body, notwith-
standing the warm eulogiums he passed upon it. But
we can fully enter into the warmth and earnestness with
which the Learned Member takes up the cause of the
British settlement in that noble country, in its present
condition, through whatever course of events it has been
attained. The total of land in the islands of New
Zealand, of a quality available for settlement
and cultivation by British subjects, is not less,
it seems, than sixty millions of acres, the far greater
portion of it readily accessible from a line of coast ex-
tending nearly 3,000 miles—and its soil producing some
of the finest ship timber and other woods in the world,
and eminently prolific in its yield of all the principal
grains, pulse, and roots forming the staples of Europea❑
subsistence. Mr. BULLER developed, with a simplicity
and force every way worthy of his theme, the remark-
able natural advantages of geographical position, and
still more singular accidents of political importance, that
now combined to impart a character of growing conse-
quence to New Zealand. The recent occupations of
France in the Marquesas and the Society Islands—the
establishments of America among the Sandwich group—
the probable early accomplishment of a permanent com-
munication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by
the Isthmus of Panama, of Darien, or even of Tchuhan-
tepec;—the great dominions of the States of Mexico,
Chili, and Peru, and our important territory of the
Oregon along the western and north-western shores of
America; these points are well worthy of all the con-
sideration which the Learned Gentleman desires to draw
to them. We reserve our examination of the general
deportment of the Colonial Government to this colony
in its latter days—to its unaccountable coquettings with
the Crown rights of possession, and the chartered
reply of the New Zealand Company—its deplorable
slumbering in the first instance over the questions of title,
government, protection; or no title, no government, no
protection; its backing up of Captain FITZROY, and Captain
FITZROY'S ogre-like patronage of the ruffian chief who
concocted the massacre which we have had so lately to
deplore. It is not our design at present to enter upon
any facts of which our present knowledge depends on
mere ex parte statements. Neither shall we attempt to
prove to Mr. BULLER that which we think we could
readily do, that he has much underrated the aboriginal
character of the New Zealander, both for its moral and
its intellectual qualities, in the parallel he has run be-
tween it, and that of the Nomadie savages of North
America, and the Red Carib. But we cannot close this
notice of thanks to the Learned Member for a very ad-
mirable speech, without expressing our respect for the i
clearness and good sense of some of the opinions avowed
by him on the general rights of civilised men to settle '
on unoccupied lands forming part of the country of
barbarians, the paucity of whose numbers bears no rela-
tion to the vast extent of their territory. The strongest
point he has established in favour of the New Zealand
Company is, that they have voluntarily secured to the
native proprietors of all lands which they have dealt
with there for a permanent property or freehold in one-
tenth of such lands. This will always form a redeeming
feature in contracts where the consideration paid by the
European purchaser to the barbarian seller appears to
be most inadequate. But here we reach a subject which,
more especially in connexion with the land.jobbing
activity of the Church missionaries, is too important not
to form matter for a separate paper.

The Madrid journals of the 11th contain no political
news. In one of them appears a letter from the Marquis
VILUDIA, who has been charged with intriguing for the
restoration of absolute government, and aiding the
Camarilla in bringing about a marriage between the
QUEEN and the Prince of ASTURIAS. He denies the
charges, and says he is not the head of a party desirous
to elevate the dignity of the QUEEN on the ruins of the
Constitution. Politics had been abandoned for a season
at Madrid, the inhabitants being fully occupied with the
bull-fights. The Tiempo of the 10th gives the following
account of one which had created much interest, from
the number of foreigners who entered the arena :

"Yesterday. between three and four o'clock, the bull.fight, so
much talked of in this capital, took place in the Jesuits' garden be-
longing to M. Fagoaga. The bills had not ventured to state that
the bulls would be fought, nor should we venture to affirm it ; but
it is fact that the bulls made their appearance in the arena, and that
they were dispatched (to use a technical term) in the best style the said
amateurs could manage it. We believe we are not indiscreet when
we say that the combatants in this strange fight were the very flower
of diplomacy and of the society of Madrid. Among them figured
the Duke of Glucksberg (the Paris papers contradict this), M.
Mercier, of the French Embassy, MM. Beauvallon and
D'Epervilly, who have sought refuge in Spain in consequence
of a well.known occurrence at Paris, the Count de
Castella, Mr. Russell, Count de Caceres, the Duke d'Alba,
Mr. Moore, Senor Fagoaga, Den Jose Domingo, and Mr. Living-
stone. Four nations were, therefore, in presence, Spain, England,
France, and the United States. Senor Tolgiaria killed the first
young bull ! M. Beauvallon killed the second, which was a rather
more formidable one, and dexterously wounded by Mr. Moore with
several darts ; the third died by the hand of Mr. Livingstone.
The fourth was spared at the request of a lady. M. Beauvallon
was to have slain the fifth, but that matador hurt his hand :with
his sword, and the bull was killed by M. Mercier. The sixth was
truly a formidable bull, judging from the general desertion that took
place in the lists, and he was dispatched by a professional matador.
Two young bulls next appeared, and were spared. The combatants
proved themselves capable of eclipsing in due time the glory of the
Romeros and Illos, and the amusements would have been com-
plete had it not been for the accident that happened to M. Beau.
vallon, who, in addition to the wound already noticed, also received
some horn.thrusts. But let us not forget the Picadores and Ban.
derilleros, who behaved superbly. M. Rupel and the Count de
Castille displayed both courage and skill ; a horn killed a horse
under the tomer. The Viscount D'Eperville) and the Duke de
Glucksberg rivalled their two companions by the intrepidity with

which they assailed the two most dreaded young bulls. The Vis-
count D'Epervilley received a blow which prevented his resuming
his lance, but it was fortunately attended with no serious come.
quences. Among the Banderilleros and Capcadores were Mr.
Moore, the Mzrquis de Caceres, and Senor Fagoaga, who distin-
guished themselves. The Duke d'Alba received a horn wound."

The Funds had risen, in consequence, it was said, of a
loan having been obtained at Paris for the purpose of
supporting Spanish Stock. On the 11th the Three per
Cents. closed at 31 13-16 for cash, and 328 at 60 days ;
the Five per Cents. at 211 for cash, and 218 at 60
days ; and the Debt without Interest at 68 for cash, and
7+ at 60 days.

We learn from the Paris papers, that, in addition to
the Bills to be carried this session, mentioned in The
Sun of yesterday, the Chamber of Deputies, after some
discussion, had sanctioned the following :—Bills for
Trans-atlantic steam-boats, for improving the harbours
of Toulon and Port Vendres, repairing the Cathedral of
Notre Dame, rescinding the Bth clause of the Railroad

Act of 1842, and establishing a branch of the Bank of
France at Algiers, and for preventing the adulteration
of wine. The Chamber, on Tuesday, continued the dis-
cussion on the army estimates, in the course of which M.
DUPIN complained of the frequent changes made in the
uniform of the troops, which caused great expense to the
officers as well as the country. The Committee on the
Great Western Railway took into consideration a pro-
position made by a new Company, formed by the Rouen
and Versailles Companies, for the purpose of making
branch lines to Lisieux and Alencon, should the line pass
through Leo Mans. In that case the localities now
demanding the postponement of that Bill, would by this
arrangement be fully satisfied. The Committee and the
Minister of Public Works were understood to have ac-
cepted the offer. The Peer.; had appointed Committees
to examine the Bills for the lines of railway between
Paris and Lyons, and Lyons and Avignon. All the
Members are in favour of the Bills. The KING held a
Cabinet Council on Tuesday at the Tuileries, and after-
wards proceeded to the Louvre, and laid the first stone
of a pedestal for the equestrian statue of the Duke of
ORLEANS.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Bourse on Tues-
day at 84f. 10c. ; the Five per Cents. at 122 f. 10c. ;
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,217 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,087 f.
50c. ; Vierzon, 785 f.; Havre, 870 f.; Avignon, 1,030 f. ;
Basle, 266 f. 25f.; Spanish Three per Cents., 41.
The following are the quotations fur the new lines:—

Orleans and Bordeaux, 2021. 50c. prem.; Boulogne, 1071.
50c. ditto ; Troyes and Montereau, 40f. ; Paris and Lyons
(Laffitte), 18f. 75c.; ditto (Caton), par; ditto (Ganneron),
61. 23c.; Northern line ( Laffitte), 32f. 50c. ; ditto (Ro-
samel), 6f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 91. 50c. ; ditto
(Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 71. 50c. ; ditto (Jacques
Lefevre), par; Lyons and Avignon ( Lecointe), 201. ; ditto
(Talabot), 41f. 25c. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 7f. 50c. ;
Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), If. 50c. ; ditto and
Cette (Espeleta), 7f. 50e. ; Creil and St. Quentin, If. 50c. ; Paris
and Strasbourg (Ganneron), 1 If. 25c; Dijon and Mulhausen,
If. 50c.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number of
deaths during the last week was 845, showing an in
crease of only 6 over the previous week. The violent
deaths were above the average, amounting to 30, of
which 20 were from accidents, 2 suicides, 1 execution,
and 2 from burns and scalds. There were 14 deaths
from small-pox at the following ages :—three under
1 year ; three 1-3 ; three 3-5 ; two 5-10 ; one 14 ;
one 15 ; and one 26 yearF.

Amber-gate, and Manchester, 'rs 1 prem. ; Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton, 5 5-16 ; Shrewsbury, Hereford and
North Wales, % prem. ; Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union,
2% ; South-Eastern and Dover, 48 ; Ditto, No. 3,8% ;
Wesh Midland. 4%; Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe
Union, 13-16 prem.; Manchester Fire and Life Assu-
rance, 111/2.
We have accounts from Sydney as late as March 15.
Wool had been lower during the previous month, on account
of the decline here last October, upon second qualities. For
advances upon the staple, 5 per cent. discount was readily
given. The commercial markets were not active.
According to the latest accounts from New Zealand that
we can find in the Sydney journals, a collision between our
troops and the natives was considered inevitable.
By another arrival there are dates of the Bth and 11th,
from Van Diemen's Land. The colonial press was grumbling
at the prospect of increased taxation to meet the deficient
revenue, at a time when they were so little able to afford it.
The East India letters have been delivered, and describe
the state of the markets for European imports as being still
rather satisfactory, compared to what it was a month or two
back. There was likely to be a good crop of indigo, and
many other important articles promised well.
From Ceylon it is stated that—" The weather since our
last has been of the most favourable cuaracter for the coffee
estates, and we imagine it is seldom that planters have a
prospect of a heavier crop than is this year promised ; the
blossoming has been abundant and healthy, and the season-
able showers seem to have turned every flower to account.
Two full blossomings have already taken place, and the buds
of a third are in an advanced state. The -earliest forward
berries look healthy, and are rapidly swelling, and as the
monsoon now appears to be changing, and we may expect
moist weather, an abundant and early crop must Fie the
result.*

The Funds have been verysteady to-day, but Consols have
not risen above 991/s. The premium on Exchequer-bills also
continues depressed at 57si to 555. New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. are 102% to and the Three per
Cents. 99% to %. Bank Stock is at 211.
Spanish Stock is very heavy still, the Five per Cents.
being 281/,„ and the Passive 71/ to %. There is scarcely
anything doing in the Foreign Bonds. Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. are 63:4, and Mexican Deferred, 211/.
There is rather more doing in Shares, principally in South-
Eastern, which have advanced. Cambridge and Lincoln
have been flat.

ONE
PRICES OFEBRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock

CLOSING
PRICES.
211

3 per Cent. Reduced
New 314 per Cents .10214%14 1021%
Long Annuities toexpireJan.lB6o 11 7-16% 11
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859... 1114 1114

Bank Stock for Account 212

Consols for Opening 991/8

99%

Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I', d 57 55 pm. 55
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... •
Ditto. Deferred

Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 173/4
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... —
Ditto, Account 371%
Ditto, Deferred
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, Converted 663/4
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 671%
Russian Bonds ... ... 118% 1181,4 i
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto Account
Ditto, Passive
Diti.o, Indemnity — 68
Ditto 3 per Cent. .. — 4114
French, 5 per Cent l2lf. 50c. 122 f. 45c.
Exchange
Belgian 412 per Cent. ..... 993/4 993/
Dutch, 2% per Cent .
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 9914 991 t

PRICES OF PAID. A ONK O'CLOCK. gLOSING
fi &ILWAY SHARES PRICES.

Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% —
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Bri'ton, Lewes, & Hast. 20
Bristol and Exeter
Do. New .... . ......... 2 ..5011/2
Caledonian
Ditto Extension ...... 21/2...... 23/4 3 2,g
Catnsridge and Lincoln 11/2...... 0414
Chester and Holyhead... 10
Chichester and Brighton 20
Coventry, Bedworth, and
Nuneaton ........ ...... 114 ...... 2 13/4 l%
Coventry and Leicester 114 2
Cornwall
Dublin and Belfast June. 21/2 —
Dublin and Galway 2l/2...... 414 3% 3.%
Dublin and Mullingar... 21/2
Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 20%% 2l
Ditto New 4' 16s.
Eastern Union l5 .. ...
Ditto Extension . ... 11/2 2%
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/,
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great North of England..loo 230
Ditto New
Great Western BO 204 2021/2 203... 203
Ditto Helf Shares
Ditto, Fif,hs

Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 2 lii... .. 5%
Hull and Selby
Lancaster and Carlisle... 20
London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...240
_ _

Do. 1% Shares —
2 —
London and Blackwall. 16/.135.4d. 111 103/4
London and Brighton... 50
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 20
Do. Guaranteed 5 per
Cent.
Lund. & &Western 411 Gs 10d B3 82 ...... ..... 82
Do. New
Do. New
London and York 2% 414
- -

Londonderry and Ennis-
killen . -21 A;

/ 4 4
Lynn and Ely • 2% 6%
Manchester and Leeds... 73
Do. Quarters
Do Sixteenths ..... ... 3i/, 9f4 914
Manchester and Birmin. 40
Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock 225.......
Midland 100 186

Do. New
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction 25 ...... 53% ... . 53%
Do. New Brandling... 10
Newcastle and Berwick 11,4 lB% lBl/2
Newry and Enniskillen. 21/2 4% 4%
Newark and SLeffield .. 11/2 2% „. 2Y
North British
Do. New
Northern and Eastern... 45
North Kent
Oxford and Worcester... 21/2 5l/2% 54
Rugby, Wovstr, & Tring 1
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 21,12..... 4% 4%
Shrewsbury and Trent
Valley Union 22s.
South Devon... l5 ...... 251/ 261/
South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 41.. 4734 %14 48

-.A.
Ai.,
Do., No. 1 8 y
191/g 18%
Do., No. 2.
Do., No. 3
South Wales 2l/4...... 51/2%1/8 ... ...... 6%
Trent Valley 2 ..... ... l9
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Waterford and Kilkenny 1
Welch Midland
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20
York and North Midland 50
Do. % Shares
_ .
Scr

Ditto Tarboro' Branch. 25
Do Selby

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 4
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette
Great North. of France

(Laffitte's)
Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 ...... 2% 2%
Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . 6 ... ........
Orleans and Vierzon ... 6 ...... 163/4 l7
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2
Over Yssel 413 s 4d
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2
Paris and Lyons, Gan-

2
•'43
neron's,
Paris and Strasbourg
(Ganneron's) ... 2
Sambre and Meuse ~... 4 ...... 83/4 B%
Tours and Nantes, Mac-
kenzie's
Verona and Amon i 1

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HAMPTON RACES-THURSDAY.

The weather having undergone a favourable change, the
second day's racing attracted a bumper attendance, and passed
off with unequivocal succes,s, enabling the lessees and their
sub-tenants to realise more than sufficient to cover their losses
on Wednesday.
For some hours previous to and after the races, the road, the
river,- and the rail, were alive with the passing to and fro of
the thousands who, for the long period occupied in getting
through the list, had been congregated and half-broiled within
the narrow confines of the Hurst; yet, great as was the crowd,
we are not aware that any accident involving loss
of life or limb occurred—albeit, from the awkward-
ness of the approaches, ample work was provided
for the coachmakers; in fine, if we except the grumbling at
the very heavy toll exacted for the admission of vehicles on the
course, the disregard of time between the heats, and the some-
what negligent manner in which the course was kept, we must
give the stewards and their officials the credit of having, on
the whole, materially improved the character of the meeting.
The company, as we have intimated, was numerically great ;
the mobocracy, of course, being in a majority ; still it had a
dash of royalty and fashion, as the following brief selection will
make manifest :—His Royal Highness Prince George of Cam-
bridge, Lords Edward Russell, Maidstone, Glammis, Suffield,
Chetwynd, H. Lennox, A. Lennox, G. Paget. A. Paget,
Dillon; Count Bathyany, Sirs W. M. Stanley, S. Spry, W.
W. Wynn, and G. Heathcote ; Honourables E. M. Most) n,
G. Fitzroy, H. Forrester, Stanley. H. Rota, G. Ongley, F.
Villiers, H. liaring, J. Macdonald; Messrs. Worley, Magen-
nis, S. Graham, P. Williams, R. Clifton, Shelley, H. W.
Johnstone, Shedden, Barron, Lowther, Pettat, Brooke, Rams-
bottom, &c.

The rases began shortly after two o'clock with
The Hurst Cup, of 301., added to a sweepstakes of 5 sous.
each; for 3 yrs old, 7st 41b ; 4 yrs, 9st 1113; 6 yrs and aged,
9st 51b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Winner to be
sold for 1501. ; heats, once round and a distance. (1.2
Subs. )
Lord Lonsdale's Loadstone, 3 yrs (Esling) 1 1
Hon. G. Ongley's Fama, aged
Sir G. Heathcote's f by Velocipede, 4 yrs ... 2 3
Mr. Becher's Devil-among• the-Tailors, 6 yrs 4 dr

Mr. Graydon's BlunderbUss, 3 yrs - 0 0
Mr. T. Smith's Pimento, 4 yrs
Mr. Mostyn's Master Stepney, 3 yrs
First heat-5 to 2 agst Fama, 3to 1 agst Master Stepney,
3 to 1 agst Miss Wilfred, and 5 to 1 agst Loadstone.
Won hard held by a neck, Master Stepney a bad third.
Second heat-5 to 4 agst Loadstone, and sto 2 agst Fama.
Won cleverly by half a length, the Miss Wilfred filly a bad
third.

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas. For 3 yrs old, 7st
51b , 4 yrs, 9st llb ; 5 yrs, 9st 11Ib ; 6 yrs, lOst 21b.
Heats, 2 miles; winner to be sold for 5001., &c.
_ _ _

Mr. Cook's What, 5 yrs. (Hutchinson) 1 1
Mr. Werninck's Patchwork, aged 0 2
Lord Glamis's Satyr, 4 yrs 2 2
Mr. Mostyn's Master Stepney, 3 yrs 0 4
Sir G. Heathcote's f by Samarcand, out of Lafille
Malgardee
Lord Caledon's Auld Lang Syne, 5 yrs . 0 dr
Mr. J. Mill's Elizabeth, 5 yrs, (211bs over) dis
First Heat—. 6 to 1 agst What, and 2to 1 agst Satyr. The
race was entirely between the two favourites ; What, who made
all the running, winning cleverly. Second Heat-3 to lon
What, who again made the running, and after a severe race
up the distance with Patchwork, won by a head ; Satyr a bad
third.

The Claremont Stakes of 10 sous. each, 5 ft, with 25 added,
for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b; winners
once 31b; twice, or of the New Stakes at Ascot, 710 extra.
T. Y. C. (5 Subs. )
Mr. Treen's Astonishment (J. Howlett) 1

Sir W. W. Wynn's Anna Bullen
Mr. Booth's Moose Deer ....

Mr. Chester's cby Aluley Moloch, out of Runaway .. ...... 4
2 to 1 on Astonishment, who made her own running, and
won in a canter by two lengths.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 40 added.
One mile. (11 Subs.)

Mr. G. Ongley's Queen of the 'Gipsies, g yrs, Bst 81b . 1
Mr. Cook's What, 5 yrs, Bst 41b
Lord Rosslyn's Elemi, 4 yrs, 7st 21b
Mr. Clifton's Robin Hood 4 yrs, 7st 1 Olb

Mr. Dockeray's m by Camel, out of Sketch, 3 yrs, 7st 5
Mr. May's Corinthian Tom, 3 yrs, 6st 71b 6
sto 2 agst Queen of the Gipsies-3 to 1 agst What-4 to 1
agst Robin Hood. Queen of the Gipsies took the lead, kept
it, and won in a canter.
TATTERSALL'S.—YEaTERDAY.
THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
6 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress—taken
8 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Little John, 3 yrs—taken
8 to 1 agst Colonel Cradock's Pagan—taken
12 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Coheiress—taken
GOODWOOD CUP.
20 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Golden Rule—taken
ST. LEGER.
20 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken
28 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Hedger—taken
400 to 10 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas—taken
1,250 to 25 agst Ile Baron winning this and the Liverpool
St Leger—taken
The attendance was thin and the betting to small sums.

LLOYD S SHIPPING.
IMPORTANT TO MARINERS.

SOUTH SEA WHALERS-FREE PORTS IN VAN
DIEMEN'S LAND.

The following is an extract of a letter received at Lloyd's,
from their agent at Hobart Town, dated March 8, 1845 .
" By an Act of the Legislative Council of Van Diemen's
Land, the ports of Hobart Town and Launceston are declared
free ports for all vessels in the South Sea whale fishery. All
tonnage, light, harbour dues, and pilotage being entirely abo-
lished ; vessels engaged in the whale fishery can now enter this
port free from all port charges, and, on application to the col.
lector of customs, can land a sufficient quantity of oil and bone
to pay their expenses of outfit, &c. The oil and bone landed
here is only liable to a duty of five per cent., and is always
saleable at remunerating rates. Fresh meat, vegetables, and
every description of ships' stores, are to be had at moderate
prices, and an abundant supply of wood and water can be had
with every facility."

LONDON, JUNE ib —Wind N..E., light breeze and Intzy, but fine.
OFF THE START, JUNE 17.—Elvira, Guthing, China ; Atalanta,
Dleduehsen, Sierra Leone for Weimar.

OFF I'Lniount, JUNE 16.—Republic, Rio for Hamburgh ; Susannr'.l
Cumming, Clark, Baltimore fir Amsterdam.
FALMOUTH, JUNE 18.—Wind W.N.W., fresh breezes.—Acrd. off,
Malviene, Moll, Havannah for Riga; Marie, Porto Rico for Ham-
burgh ; Princess Louise, Yoosbury, Rio ; Solids, Bahia for Gotten -
berg ; Messeuger, Boston for Hamburgh ; Medora, Burmuda; Surge,
China.

OFF FOLRSTONE, JUNE 17.—Rotterdam, Vis, Java for Rotterdam.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 18.—Wind N.W. to W.—Arrd. her Majesty's
ship Carysfort,Valparaiso, sailed March 11, on freight 1,500,000 dolls.
COWES, JUNE 18.—Wind W.—Arrd. Otto, Eons, HaVaMlall.
OFF PORTLAND, JUNE 16.—Minerva, Havannah for Antwerp.

OFF DUNGENESS, JUNE 16 —Admiral Zoutman, Java.
OFF THE START—Agostima, Volum, Launceston, sailed March 11.
OFF KINGSBRIDGE.—Gratitude, Brown, Launceston.
OFF PLYMOUTH.—Sir Robert Peel, Champion, Sydney, New South
Wales, sailed March 15.
OFF FALMOUTH.—CamiIIa, Pernambuco, for Havre ; Grant and
Christalne, St. Croix, for Copeoliagen.
BRISTOL, JUNE 18.—Wind W.—Arrd. Five Sisters, St. John's, New

NEWPORT, JUNE 16.—Arrd. Friendship, St. John's. Sld. Chance,
Callao ; St. Vincent Planter, Princess Island.

LIVERPOOL, JUNE IS.—Arrd. Benjamin Boyd, Sydney; Robert
Pulsford, China ; Chatham, Ivanhoe, and Gardner, Calcutta ; Aristo-
crat, Thompson, Buenos Ayres; Enterprise, Davies, La Guayra; St.
Cloud, New Orleans ; Coromandel, Mobile ; Emily, Bermuda.
Sid. Anne Armstrong, Bombay; Swordfish, Pernambuco; Columbus
and Southerner, New York ; Olinda, Halifax ; Courtenay and Huron,
Quebec. Off, Marion, Calcutta; Beilona, Montreal; Malcolm, Ma-
tilda, Cressida, and Vesula, India; Havanno.h packet, (supposed)
Africa.

DEAL, JUNE 18.—The brig Adelia was fallen in with on the 30th
uit. in lat 45 lon. 46 W., water-logged and abandoned, by the Erin,
arrived in the Downs.

WIVENHOE, JUNE 17.—The Felix, Donnadieu, reported to have been
wrecked on the Long Island on the 13th inst., has been brought in
here by some smacks, with considerable damage amidships.
CLYDE, JUNE 17.—Arrd. Peggy, Smith, Jamaica ; Albion, from
Montreal, 21 days. Ski, Pamper°, Singapore; Conqueror, Trinidad ;
John, Quebec ; Medora, Trinidad ; Farile, Quebec.

GRAND ASSAUT O'ARMES AT
WILLIS'S ROOMS.

M. Leon Gillemand, the Professor of Fencing, of Savile
House, Leicester-square, gave his annual public Assaut
d' Armes yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, at Willis's Rooms,
King-street, St. James's. The rooms were well attended,
and we were glad to see several ladies present. If ladies
patronise fencing—which, even as an amusement is as elegant
as dancing, and infinitely more useful and manly—the day is
not far distant when to be " cunning of fence" will be again an
essential accomplishment for every gentleman. The following
professors fenced in the course of the evening :—Sig. Gandini,
Mr. Germain, Mr. Breck, Sig. Chiosso, Mr. Tinniel, Mr.
Mondhair, and M. Leon Gillemand. The match between M.
L. Gillemand and Signor Gandini, and that between Gandini
and an amateur which followed, were beautiful displays of
science. Mr. Chtosso acted as magister ludorum. The Assaut
concluded with the hard sabre assault by M. Leon Gillemand
and Signor Gandini—a wonleriul exhibition of power and
science combined. There was an instrumental concert given
in intervals between the assaults by a band of 35 performers,
including Koenig, Collinet, Prosper, Arban, Nicholson, Jar-
rett, and Keating, which was admirably conducted by young
Laurent:

I. SYLUM for AGED FREEMASONS.
On Wednesday evening the tenth annual festival of this
admirable Institution was celebrated at the Freemasons' Ta-
vern, when about 150 members of the masonic order and their
friends sat down to a very excellent dinner, which was served
up in the Messrs. Bacon's best style. The object of the Asy-
lum is to provide that shelter and support in his latter days for
the worthy, aged, and decayed Freemason, which nearly all
other classes have already done for those connected with their
happier hours, and dependant on their benevolence; and it cer-
tainly seems strange that while England abounds in homes or
benevolence for the distressed, that the aged and decayed Free-
mason alone should be without this cheering prospect—an ano-
maly rendered more striking from the fact that no body of
men has had higher patronage, richer members, or more bene-
volent objects.
The chair was taken by B. B. Cabbell. Esq., who was sup-
ported by the Rev. Mr. Laing, Dr. Lane, William Shaw,
Esq., E. Brewster, Esq., &c.
As is usual upon this annual re-union, a concert forms pai
of the festival, and on the present occasion the following
ladies and gentlemen gave their services gratuitously :—The
Misses Williams, the Misses Turner, Miss Hill (pupil of Signor
Negri), Miss Julia Warman (pupil of Mr. Crouch) fantasia on
the pianoforte ; Mr. F. Chatterton, solo on the harp ; Signor
Brizzi, Mr. Genge, Signor Fornasari, Signor Corelli, Mr. C.
E. Horn, Mr. Jolley and his pupils, Mr. Kingsbury, Signor
Ferrari, Mr. Collyer, and Mr. F. N. Crouch.
The cloth having been removed, and the usual loyal toasts
given from the chair having been responded to with enthu-
siasm,
The CHAIRMAN gave the health of the Earl of Zetland, the
Grand Master of the Order of Masons, He then gave the
Grand Masters of the order in England and Scotland.
Mr. MoRAN returned thanks for the latter proposition.
The CHAIRMAN said they had now arrived at the chief
business of the evening, which was to drink prosperity to the
Aged and Decayed Freemasons' Asylum.—( Hear, hear. )
In making this proposition he felt some difficulty, for he
knew he was unequal to the task of doing justice to the
object which they had in view, in carrying forward this in-
stitution. The Chairman then alluded to some differences
which existed in the mind of the late illustrious Grand
Master (the Duke of Su.,sex) in respect to the establish-
ment of the Asylum ; but observed, that as the great prin-
ciple of Masonry was charity in its fullest extent,
they were bound to believe—and he was sure they :elt as he
did in this respect—that the illustrious person to whom he had
referred, was actuated by the purest prine;plea of honesty in
the courye which he adopted on this sublect ; cor he was a
man whose high attainments, whose honesty of purpo .e, and
liberal and enlightened understanding, outshone eve a his rank
and exalted station.—( Cheers. ) They had, however, carried
out their purposes in part, although they had riot yet succeeded
in erecting their asylum.—( hear. ) Now, he thought,
that as they had in part succeeded, they ought to see how far
they would be able to establish an asylimi for the widows of
masons.—( Loud cheers.) He thought this principle could be
admirably. engrafted on that which they were now celebrating,
and if it were, he was sure that it would meet with the cordial
support of not only all good Masons, but with the public ge.