The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-19 00:00:00

,THE OPERA-COLONNADE HOTEL (late Feuillade's), Charles-street, Haymarket, IS NOW OPEN. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. On EASTER MONDAY, will be produced Shakspeare's historical play of KING HENRY V. King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean ; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean. N EW THEATRE; - ROYAL, Ab ELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. On EASTER MONDAY, THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs. B. Webster, &c. After which, THE DEEM ON TWO STICKS. Mr. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, Arden, and Kate Kelly. Followed by THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STIEBERG. Mr. B. Webster, Killington, Eburne, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, . ad Arden. 'Acting manager—Mr. .Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Moe open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND. THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough On Easter Monday will be produced a new Comedietta, by J. M. Morton, Esq., supported by the company. After which, THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. To conclude with VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark, and Miss 3f. Ternan. Commence at 7o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Extraordinary Attraction for Passion Week. THIS EVENING, the performances will consist of novel and unequalled Equestrian Entertainments. First Appearance of Mr. Henry Cooke, from the Cirque Napoleon in Paris, with the astonnding Quadrupedical Won ders, consisting . of Pantomimic Degs and Monkeys, as ex hibited before the Emperor and Empress of France. After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, introducing the great Star Riders and Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madlle. Fleurette, and Madame Francisco, being the greatest amount of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night in any theatre. Grotesques—Messrs. Hemming and Thorne. Mr. W. Cooke's stupendous Elephant Ajax, with all his highly trained stud of beautiful Horses. In addition to this galaxy of attraction the renowned rider Jahn Henry Cooke, the greatest equestrian the . .world ever produced, will appear. Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke. The splendid romance of IVANHOE ; or, The Knights Templars, is in active preparation, and will be produced on Easter Monday wtth extraordinary magnificence. Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Galle M. Private Boxes, £4 48 ry , , £2 2s, and £1 Is. Commence at Seven : Carriages at 11. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.-- Proprietor —C. MORTON. The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE ARTS GALLERY, in connection wit} the above Hall, IS NOW OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, f rom 11 o ' clock a.m. until 12 )'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec- Jon of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters • and is also devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the Kingdom. The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at Seven o'clock. In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET FAMILY, of Amsterdam .Eight in number, whose varied. Instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, wil= )erform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock. THE WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, APRIL 19. THERMOMETER, Ix THE SIIADE. 4S—highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day at noon. IBAnostrrED-29.68—falling. WIND, North-Easterly; light;with fine cold weather. PR OROG-lki - TION OF PARLIAMENT. • Her Most Gracious Maje s t y h as, in the following of its dismi ssa l : terms, announced to her fifth P ar li ament the fact MY LORDII AND GENTLEMEN, We are commanded by her Majesty to inform you that it is her Majesty's intention forthwith to dissolve the present enable her Parli ament, with a view to people to express, in the mode prescribed by the Constitution, their opinion on the state of public affairs. GENTLEMEN OF THE 1 101;SE OF COMMONS, We are commanded by her Majesty to thank you for the wise liberality with - which you have granted the necessary su pplies for th e m i l i tary an d naval defences of the sion which you have c ountry ; an d for the provi made f or the exigencies of the other branche s o f interval which must elapse before the estimates for the year can be considered by th e new Parliament, called. which her Majesty will d irect to b e immediately My LORDS AND GENTLEXEN, Her Majesty commands us to info rm you that make t o h er people the appeal which s h e i s about to by the difficulties ex has been rendered necessary nerienced in carrying on the public business of the country, as indicated b y t h e fact, that within little more than a year tw o successive Administrations have failed to retain the confidence of the House of ys that, und er th e is about to take may ha ve th e Commons ; and her Majesty Prays blessing of Divine Providence, the step which she erect of facilitating the discharge of her high functions, and of enabli n g her to conduct the government or the country under the advice of a Ministry p ossessed or the eon . fidence of her Parliament and her people. respecting - --------7--- The anxiously-looked-for revelations the state of affairs on tho Continent to both Rou ses of Parliament have been duly m a d e. It will b e seen that her MAJESTY'S Government have all through preserved a firm and coneiliat c „, -„, co , the best calculated to preserve p eace and tran quillity, and to prevent " the dogs of w ar o: from being let slip throughout the fairest regions' of Europe. That Austria was the original delinq uent is unquestionable. It was her most unwarrantable interference with quasi independent Italia n S tates, reducing their Sovereigns to mere German satraps, and suppressing every aspiration for freedom an d improved institutions on the part of the oppressed peoples, that led to the grave complications which have not as yet been disposed of. There is an in• nate feeling of despotism prevailing in every Ger man Court, which nothing can mitigate or amelio rate. . "families," as they are styled, fondly imagine - that any increase of liberty—any consti ti:tvicts°nioaniPorf privilege conferred on a community—is an their own rights, and must be resisted at any cost. It is true that they may not be in any degre e interfered with, or personally concerned. But it would be a bad example, and they might be expected to make concessions, if any of the neighbouring r u l ers showedmore than the way. Thus we have heard something more hints, that " free institutions were on their trial;' and even the Ulysses of the House of Co Luuu is not dispo se d t o yield a single point which he ooraa safely re t a i n, and by the close double matrimonial alliance with FRANCIO JOSEPH, has afforded u • nequivocal evi dence of the direction in Which his sympathies arc pathie s are most powerfully engaged. It was Austria. which, in this instance, jointly with France, crushed' the rising hope of decided ameliorations, not only in the Eternal City, but in the States of the Church. It 'was their occu pation by foreign bayonets which' protracted— fortunately it could not perpetuate—one of ever afflicted the worst Governments that • 'a community, and ruled with a rod of iron the As ,we have People committed to its charge. tated, Lotus NAPOLEON was a co -delinquent so 41k / - Or" ••••" " • \ , • ' '" " , ` 44 llllMBlio - ',210 T E SUN. TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1859. far as the POPE was concerned, but it was Austria alone that influenced Parma, Modena, and Tuscany, that erected the formidable fortress at Piacenza, and encouraged even Naples to persevere in the conduct of which POERIO and his liberal associates were at once the scandal and the victims. Towards the close of last year the true state of feeling between France and Austria became known to the Government, and immediate instructions were given to our representatives at both countries to do all in their power to remove any existing misconception. The first overt act, the inauspicious statement by the Emperor NAPOLEON, which entitled her MA JESTY'S Government to more direct interference, was not made until the opening day of the year, and no time was lost in directing every energy to the preservation of peace and averting war. Lord COWLEY ascertained the views and sentiments of NAPOLEON, and, after a brief conference in Lon don, proceeded forthwith to Vienna. His mission was one of mediation, and it was eminently suc- cessful. Everything promised to be speedily and satisfactorily arranged, so as to get rid of the dead weight that was consuming the resources of both countries, and acting on their finances with almost as destructive an operation as even war itself. It was at this stage of the proceedings that Russia most unfortunately, and, we fear, somewhat designedly, interfered by proposing THE BUBBLE CONGRESS, which knocked every beneficial and satisfactory arrangement on the head. The Cabinet of St. Petersburg well knew the difficulties that impeded every attempt at forming such an assem bly with full and ample powers to remove every difficulty. It might have been that they were jealous of exclusively British mediation, or that they desired delay for any of the purposes to which delay might be turned; and the certainty of the exhaustion that must have attended the costly arma ments maintained by the rival Powers might not have lessened its anxiety to do a little quiet mischief with perfect impunity. Its exertions in the cause of peace (!) would give it an additional claim on the Bourses and Stock Exchanges , of Europe to meet its little demand of ; 612,000,000 a mere trifle to the Autocrat, but which might lcie &nployed in rather a different manner from that anticipated by the over-credulous lenders. The course proposed had, however, the sanction and acceptance of NAPOLEON, and therefore could not be rejected ; certain conditions, however, were introduced—" Subject to the general condition that the Congress was not to interfere with the settle ment of 1815, which was uniformly admitted. The four conditions on which it was agreed the Congress should meet were :—First of all ,he evacuation of the Roman States by foreign troops ; second, the reform of the administration of the Roman States ; third, the best means of preventing a war from breaking out between Austria and. Sardinia; and, fourth, the providing a substitute for the separate treaties between Austria and those of the Central States of Italy, between whom and Austria separate treaties have been en tered into. Those conditions were accepted by France, by Russia, and by Prussia; and they were accepted by Austria, with a fifth condition, which in reality was only her interpretation of the third condition. Thb third condition was the means by which peace can be best preserved between Austria and Sardinia; and the fifth condition of Austria was, as we have said, an interpretation of the third condition, for it was a definition of it—namely, that in the opinion of Austria it involved the dis armament of Sardinia. This last condition we long since repudiated, as we are happy to say it has been repudiated by statesmen of all parties—by the Earl of MALMES BURY and Mr. DISRAELI in the first instance, and subsequently by Lord. PALMERSTON and others of the Opposition. It had been suggested that if Piedmont would voluntarily disarm, she would receive the guarantee of the great Western Powers to protect her against any attack by Austria. We do not see that this proposition was by any means open to the objec tions that have been offered against it by those only anxious' to damage her MAJESTY'S Govern mentperfas aut nefas. It is scarcely possible that Austria would have ventured on any onslaught, when she must have brought against her such formidable opponents as England and France. The proposition for a general disarmament was, however, a more felicitious solution of the great problem. And that although accepted by the Five Great Powers, has been rejected by Sardinia. It will, however, be easy to bring VICTOR EMANNUEL to his senses. The English Government has faith fully and efficiently discharged its duty, and we are rejoiced to find that England will preserve a neutrality, albeit, it may be an armed one should war unfortunately ensue. There is, however, still hope of peace, and for that we shall be indebted to the prudence and discretion of her Majesty's Ministers. This great fact cannot be lost sight of at the approaching elections, and Lord PALMERSTON may see cause to regret having elicited the explanations in every respect so creditable to his opponents. We are of course set down es impracticables, by all the timid and all the trimmers. We can see bat one thing, and we would peril everything for one favourite point. The 81424 has identified itself With the Ballot ; and whoever is in office, Whigs or Tories—whoever presents himself at the hustings, Vnlig, Radical, or Tory, Conservative or Liberal Conservative—we give them no rest, we must have the Ballot. The best man of the day must be told he is not up to the mark unless he will support our object. In a word, say some, we would spoil all for eue thing. ow, we are not very desirous to repudiate any thing but the obvious temper of such accusations. The substantial justice of the description of our P o licy is undeniable. We have repeatedly told a Tory Cabi ne t th a t t o conce d e the Ballot would be to establish their power ; that it must be forced from them on, day if they would not give it, and better g ive it and keep in than withhold it, go out, and leave others to go in and give it. We had little hop e , i ndeed, of our arguments being successful, but w e would the Ball o t ten times rather have Toryism with than pseudo-liberalism without it. We have also b een JOHN," or ever ready to " embarrass Lord even Mr. BERKELEY, or Mr. Anybody, when they were not taking what we thought the manly and fair course on what we deem the most fundamental of all reforms. We have stuck to our point in season, and out of season, too, as some will think. We stick to it still, but we nevertheless have a practical suggestion to offer ; we have made it before, but it may be of special use just now. We will admit that there may be apprehensive, timid Liberals, as well as hypocritical ones—men who really are in favour of popular liberties, but who think, as people say of slaves, or as Austrians say of Italians, that the people are not prepared yet fo r too much liberty. We may know that a dcandidatenot really does l ean t o popu l ar r i g ht s , an d es use them only as a hustings cry ; and we confess it m ay b, hard, Liberal constit uency, may - perha,pr% split up a and " let in a Tory," if such a "good-hearted candidate" be required to swallow the Ballot unmodified and entire. We say then, THE SUM iLONDON, TUESDAY EVENINt 0-, APRIL 19, 1859. under peculiar circumstances, and not to drive things to desperation, test him with the Permissive . Ballot. It was at one time said, we believe not without some foundation of truth, that a permissive ballot was contemplated in the Government Bill, but it may be worth a moment's thought whether it shall not be made the testing point with =di , dates, in certain cases. But let good care be taken,that.the word be not abused. A ballot permissive to individuals is as bad as no ballot at all. It needs but a moment's thought to understand that if a person has only the option of voting by ballot, and if he be dependent on any landlord, employer, mortgagee, lawyer, or banker,—he will receive a pretty definite hint, that for him to vote secretly will be as dangerous to his pecuniary interests as for him to vote the wrong way. Indeed, neither friends nor enemies of independent voting have ever seriously proposed a ballot permissive to individuals only. But a ballot permissive to entire constituencies is a very different thing. So far as that consti tuency is concerned, if it be of any reasonable size, it will be protected. There, at least, justice will be done to the mode of voting, which we insist on as essential, in the actual state of human nature, to thorough electoral independence. We should not be unwilling to vote, in certain cases, for a candi date who would sincerely endeavour to secure, in some places, a fair trial for the Ballot. But the fair trial itself must be made fairly obtainable. It has been proposed that three fourths of the registered electors should have power to demand the Ballot. This is simply absurd. Three fourths of the electors is frequently the most which can be brought to the poll. How could they be expected to sign a memorial ? Moreover a large proportion, a majority of the .electors, in boroughs which most need the Ballot, would for that very reason be afraid to append their names to a memorial or a petition. It is just where intimidation and corruption most prevail that only a small number of really independent electors dare petition for the application of the Ballot to their constituency. This points to giving to one-fourth, or at most to one third, of the average number of electors who have voted at con tested elections, the right to demand that the votes in that place shall be taken by Ballot. But the fairest plan of all is—and the one which we should insist on—that it should be competent to a very small number of electors to require of the returning officer that he should take by ballot the opinion of the whole constituency on the question whether they wished to adopt the practice at all future elections. •If the majority of the electors really do wish it, then on what pre text can the most hardened old Whig persist in refusing it to that constituency ? They must obvi ously best know the difficulties under which they vote, and ought to decide on the •best mode of exercising their suffrage. We should think , any professedly Liberal candidate who refused, to allow a constituency to decide by the Ballot whether it would have the Ballot or not, a political hypocrite. We would not have him at any price. He must be as averse to electoral independence as ' the most avowed old Tory, and we would rather have the latter than a man who professed liberalism, but who only wanted to keep us under his thumb. There has recently sprung into existence a very humane project of the simplest kind well ! im aginable, and yet at the same time one of the most practically and directly benevolent. It is 'sub; sidiary to the temperance movement ; and so directly subsidiary to that movement that the Reverend Father THEOBALD MATHEwhiinself need not have disdained the glory of suggesting the generous enterprise. The originator of this scheme, so far as we can learn, was Mr. CHARLES MELLEY, .. , a young merchant of Liverpool. That benevolent young merchant at his own expense xaised a public drinking fountain in Liverpool —a drinking fountain which he has since then (also entirely at his own cost) multiplied in that town to the num ber of thirty-five. Besides these thirty-five foun tains erected solely by the public spirit and private munificence of Mr. MELLEY, there are a few more erected by other means in Liverpool—increasing the 1 aggregate of fountains in that town and its vicinity to somewhere about forty-five altogether. Else where the movement has already advanced, and is still steadily, in some places, rapidly advancing. There axe twelve of these drinking fountains erected in Aberdeen ; there are two in Bolton ; there is one in Bradford; there is one in Rochdale; there is one in Edinburgh ; there are • three in Burnley ; there are four in Birkenhead ; there are thirty-two in Gla3gow ; there are seven in Sunder land. Already, incleed, it is known that, in the aggregate, there are os many as 250 of these public drinking fountains erected, andlenceforth perpetu ally flowing in various parts of the United king dom. No wonder that the Movement should have at at length found its way to the Metropolis. The marvel is rather that it should, not have extended sooner as far as London and Westminster. As yet, in all this wide, wide world of London there is only one of these public drinking fountains in actual course of erection at the present moment. Glasgow, as we have seen, has already thirty-two fountains — Liverpool, as we know, has some forty-fire in. all — London has yet got—not ,quite one ! And that solitary fountain the capital owes, in a great mea sure, to the public spirit of Mr. GURNEY—the MELLEY of the Metropolis. Competent authorities estimate the expense of raising these fountains differently— the simplest not exceeding - in cost £lO, the more ornately decorated requiring no more than £3O, at the most liberal calculation; •As to the benefits likely to accrue from the more general adoption of the project, these have been admirably sketched out recently by the rector of St. Giles'-in the-Fields. " It is impossible," says that rev. gen tleman (Mr. THOROLD), "to overestimate the benefits which will arise from the establishment of drinking fountains in various parts of the metro polis, more especially in localities where the poor are thickly planted and are constantly moving about to or from their work. When a man actually earns his bread by the sweat of his brow, he finds out what thirst means. It is no inconsiderable kindness to enable him to quench that thirst with out risk to himself or to his family. And, indeed, the mischief which these drinking fountains will obviate preponderates, in my own view of the case, very considerably over the positive advantages which they will confer. ' Drinking,' like many other bad habits, does not always spring from a love of vice for its own sake. 'No man is very bad all at once,' and no man is a drunkard all at once. It is the habit of drinking intoxicating liquors un der the pressure of thirst, in default of any better substitute, that has gradually turned a sober fellow into a drunkard almost without his know ing it ; and I am convinced that hundreds of working men will only be tco glad to aroid temptation and keep their money in their pockets, if they can quench their thirst with a dranght of cool pure water close by. Drinking fountains will pre vent drinking, and.all who subscribe to them may have the satisfaction of knowing that by means en- tirely unobjectionable they are lending a most real aid to the diminution of intemperance among working men." In testimony that theSe great advantages are not in any way merely hypothetical, it will b e sufficient to direct attention to the undeniable any perfectly reliable facts accumu:ated by the secre - tarp to the association, which has been already formed under the happiest auspices, far Promoting ' the Erection of Drinking Fountains in the Mero polls. That official, Mr. WAKEFIELD, has issued a selection from the facts in the form of an attractil - e little pamphlet, entitled " A Plea for Free Drink. ing Fountains," in which we read, among other most encouraging statements, in reference to Mr. MELLEY'S Fountains in Liverpool, that—" a calcu lation based upon a series of osservations, taken at different seasons, and in different parts of the town, by persons of perfect reliability, employed for the purpose, gives an average number of upwards of l 1,000 persons drinking every day throughout the year at each of the 40 fountains scattered through out the town and its outskirts. This would givE fifteen millions of persons who annually drill] , at the Liverpool fountains. And in a subs( quent communication, dated March 5, 1959, M r. MELLEY writes that he is quite sure that if 20 me ire fountain's were judiciously placed in Liverpool, br )th the new and old fountains would average 1,000 each the year round—that is, if Liverpool were adequately supplied with fountains, they would b e frequented 22,000,000 timES in the course of the year." Immense, however, though the advance already made in that locality by the erection of as many as 45 fountains there in all, it is calculated that no less than 80 fountains altogether would alone be adequate to the wants of Liverpool. Supposing which estimate to be- in any degree accurate, actually 400 fountains would be neces sary' to meet the requirements of London and Westminster. Nobly, most eloquently, did the Earl of CARLISLE close his admirable appeal in behalf of the humane project for extending the boon of these Free Drinking Fountains to our metropolis, with the utterance of these fervent and impassioned words—" I have only further to remind you of the value that has been attached by the holiest lips that ever spake on earth to the cup of cold water; and I think I am not making an irreverent allusion to it, when I ask you on this occasion to give it a literal interpretation." Beyond these there could not be more earnest or more impressive words of persuasion. MR. MACINTOSH'S INCENDIARY MATERIALS FOR WARFARE. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SUN. Si ,—ln justice to Mr. Macintosh, I beg to cor rect an error which I perceive you have made in your number of yesterday ; and having given so prominent a notice to a letter sent to you relative to Captain Norton being congratulated by the son of General Sir William Napier (sent to Capt. Norton at Sir William's request), " as being now generally allowed to be the real originator and inventor of the great improvements in gunnery projectiles," &c., I beg to state, in explanation , that although Captain Norton has amused himself (for some time past) by experimenting at Chatham with • shells filled with liquid and other incendiary materials, he has done so, well knowing that the inflammable materials he was using were not compositions of his own inven tion, but were those of Mr. John Macintosh, of North bank, Regent's-park. Although Captain Norton was "fully aware" that he was experimenting with materials patented and invented by another inven- , tor, he has not had the courtesy of explaining this fact, nor has he yet requested any of the periodicals or newspapers to correct the error they have all invariably committed, in ascribing the invention of the compositions he experiments on, when using incendiary shells, to him, wbereas,Mr. John Macin tosh is the true and real inventor. I beg to add that both the " War and Admiralty. Departments" have been fully cognisant, since 1853, prior to the last Russian war, and have made several official experiments with Mr. Macintosh's incendiary com positions for filling shells, which, although satisfac tory, have not yet been adopted into the ser vice, • for reasons which the late Secretary of State for War, Lord Panmure, can best explain ; he having, as you are already aware, "officially sealed-up" Mr. Macintosh's patent, No. 1774, during the continuance of the last Russian war, and then allowed Mr. Macintosh to obtain his patent, "after" the war was concluded, and then refused to either purchase it, or adequately remunerate him for this illegal seizure. The application for the "New Patent Law" sufficiently , explains this fact, and further; that this "New Patent Law" has entirely originated from the result of Mr. Macintosh's inge nious and laborious inventions. Trusting you will kindly give equal publicity to this statement,—l am, sir, &c., April 19. JUSTICE. N.B.—Mr. Macintosh's specification, No. 1774, can be inspected . at the Great Patent Seal Office, 25, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen held a Privy Council at one o'clock yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. It was attended by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord President ; the Lord Chan cellor, Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Privy Seal; the Earl of Derby, First Lord of the Treasury; the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the Right Hon. Sotheron Estcourt, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; Major-General Peel, Secretary of State for War; Sir John Pakington, First Lord of the A.drniralty ; Lord John Manners, First Com missioner of Public Works; the Marquis of Exete;, Lord Steward ; Earl de La Warr, Lord Chamberlain ; and the Duke of. Beaufort, Master of the Horse. At the Council Parliament was ordered to be prorogued from this day (Tuesday) until the sth of May. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. At the Queen's Court Mr. Justice Hill was presented to her Majesty at an audience by Mr. Sotheron Estcourt, Secretary of State for the Home Department, kissed hands on his appointment as one of the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench, and received from her Majesty the honour of knighthood: • The Earl of Derby, Sir John Pakington, the Marquis of Salisbury, Major-General Peel, and the Duke of Beaufort had audience of the Queen. The Queen and Prince Consort left Buckingham Palace for Windsor Castle at 25 minutes before 4. o'clock yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and the Princesses Alice, Helena, Louisa, and Beatrice. In attendance were Lady Churchill, Lady Caroline Barring ton,-the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lieutenant -Colonel Cavendish, Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, Captain Plat, the Master of the Household, and Major Elphinstone. A detachment of Light Dragoons escorted the Queen from the Palace to the Great Western Railway Terminus at Paddington. A special train conveyed her. Majesty to Windsor. The Duke of Oporto, attended by his Excellency Count .de Lavradio, Lieutenant-General Visconde de Campanha, and Captain Sergio, went yesterday morning to inspect the Great Eastern steamship. His Royal Highness took leave of the Queen at Buckingham Palace on her departure for Windsor Castle, and left London in the afternoon for South ampton. The Marquis of Londonderry left his residence in Grosvenor-square, yesterday morning fOr Mount Stewart, county Down. • The Earl and Countess of Clarendon and family will leave town on Thursday for The Grove, near Wat ford. The Earl and Countess of Craven and family left town yesterday for Ashdown Park, Berks, for the Easter holidays. The Earl and Countess of Suffolk, and the Ladies Howard have left Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia, for Charlton House, Wilts. .The Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam have left' town for their_seat, Wentworth House, Yorkshire, to pass the Easter holidays. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston. will leave Cambridge House to-day for their seat, 13roadlands, for the Easter lielidays.. TILE DISSommoN.--L-Though the prorogation of the existing Parliament will take place this day, we believe that• the writs for the new Parliament will not be issued until Saturday. They will be proclaimed in the several boroughs and counties on Monday, and when three clear days have elapsed from that date the elections for the new Parliament will begin in.theboroughs, and three days after wards in the counties. • According tO'the advices from Piedmont the war preparationS iii that country, as well as in France, require some further weeks of active effort for full completion. Clara Seyton, whose power of personation , ra natural gift, unattainable' by those who are not s trangely . plastic—is very extraordinary, offers her oinnibusful of singular characters, for the fi.st time to a London p ublic,: on Tuesday; at St. Martin's Hall. ' In the principal to of the provinces, carrying, alike, sketches from Went street, our sea.poit and from the -wilds of Yorkshire, — from the United States on the one hand, and from France on the other—she has been met with admiration, laughter, and warm applause. LATEST NEWS. THE BOMBAY MAIL. The following telegram has been received by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com- pang " MARSEILLES, TUESDAY MORNING. " The. Ellora, with the mails from Bombay, arrived at Marseilles at 7 this morning. "The mails left for London at 10 a.m. ic Thirty-three hours' quarantine enforced." THE CONGRESS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : :PARIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 19. The Moniteur of to-day contains an article on the present state of affairs : " The different European Powers have expressed themselves on the following four points as the basis of the deliberation of the Congress : "1. To concert means for the maintenance of peace between Austria and Sardinia. " 2. The manner in which the evacuation of the Roman States by the French and Austrian troops may best be effected. 3. Whether it is desirable to effect reforms in the internal administration of the Roman States and the other States of Italy whose administration may be faulty to such an extent as to a create a permanent and dangerous state of trouble and dis content, and what these reforms shall be. " 4. To substitute for the treaties between Austria and the Duchies a confederation of the Italidn States for their mutual protection, both internally and externally. "Austria has since demanded the disarming of Sardinia, and then subsequently proposed a general disarmament. England modified Austria's proposal in the sense that it should only be necessary to admit the principle of a general disarmament, re serving the manner of regulating its execution until after the assembling of the Congress. France believes that Piedmont could not be invited to dis arm if she is not to be represented at the Congress. " The English Government having, howeVer, in sisted upon it, France, willing to prove her con ciliatory disposition, has promised to request Pied mont to disarm, on the condition that Piedmont and the other Italian States be invited to take part in the Congress. The article goes on to cite historical precedents, and hopes that this proposal Will meet with the unanimous consent of the Powers. France has even added that she is disposed to assent to a general disarmament previously , to the Congress." Everything, therefore, justifies the belief that, even if all difficulties are not yet removed, a definitive understanding will ere long be established, and that no further obstacle will oppose the assem bling of the Congress. MARSEILLES, MONDAY, APRIL 18. Advices have been received from Rome to the 16th inst. The departure of volunteers, which had hitherto been inconsiderable, now begins to in crease rapidly. 250 young men have left Perouse for Piedmont. A seditious riot took place the day before yesterday among the students of Bologna, and the troops were obliged to fire upon them. It is stated that several persons were wounded. Austria is increasing the garrison of Ferrara. Advices have also been received from Naples to the 16th - inst. • After a terrible attack of his malady, the King received the sacrament and afterwards blessed and bade farewell to his family. Signor Filangieri has been summoned to Caserta TURIN, MoNDAY. The Piedniontese Gazette of to-day publishes the answer of the Sardinian Government to the London Cabinet with reference to the request of the latter that Sardinia should consent to the principle of a general and simultaneous disarmament before the assembling of the Congress, This answer was forwarded by telegraph, and the following is its text : " If Sardinia had been admitted to the Congress on the same footing as the other great Powers, she would, like France, have accepted the prin• ciple of a general disarmament in the hope that her assent would not produce consequences detrimental to Italy. Her exclusion, from the Congress does not permit her to make any such engagement, and still less the engagement which England requires. However, to conciliate the efforts of England in behalf of the safety of Piedmont, and in order to maintain tran quillity in Italy, Sardinia is willing, if Austria will cease sending fresh troops into Lombardy, to undertake : " 1. Not to place her reserve under arms, as had been resolved on since the Austrian reserves had been called in. " 2. Not to mobilise her army, which is not on a war footing. " 3. Not to move her troops from the purely de fensive position which they have occupied forthree months." The news received favour the expectation of an early assembling of the Congress. TRIESTE, APRIL 18. The shipchandlers of this town have received orders from London to be prepared for the arrival of English men-of•war. The Austrian. Government has hired six Austrian Lloyd steamers. PIEDMONT. The Nord of yesterday publishes the following telegram :-- " GENOA, SATURDAY. " Six hundred Tuscan volunteers have arrived, and a second detachment of the same strength is hourly expected. " Letters from Milan state that the Archduke Maximilian has Jeft for Vienna." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. BoußsE,, April 18.—The market opened very steadily, and with an upward tendency, as it was reported that the Powers had agreed on the pre: liminary conditions for the meeting of the Congress. Threes began at 67f. 60c., improved to 67f. 90c., and are now at 67f. 70c. Mobilier have been done at 667 f. 50c. to 685 f. ; Austrian, from 518 f. 75c. to 520f.'; Orleans, 1,262 f. 50c. to 1,265 f. ; Lyons, 825 f. to 827 f. 50c. ; Northern, 902 f. 50c. to 905 f. The market continued firm till towards the close, when in consequence of numerous offers there was a-slight decline. The following were the last quotations :- 41 per CentFi. 95 Credit Fancier 645 Do. end month -- I Belvan 41- . 9B 38 3 `per: Cents. 67 55 Piedmontese (5) 76 Do. end month.... 67 GO Roman Bank Shares 2760 Austrian Credit Mobilier 682 50 Spanish Threes Do. Adcount AYS. Cash. Account. 1275 .. 1267 50 TC) l r e t a h n e s ri; .. 1 0 7 _5O .. 905 New ditto. . 7. ,_ .. 78a Lyons and Mediterranean l 6 °o .. 830 N ew ditto -- • • ...... r-.. o.2neva 515 -- .. 510 I%tidi • -- -- .. _ _ Southern Western 5 , 3 „° .. 632 50 os Eastern 0 .. 627 50 Grand Central Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 74e. ; money, 251.21 c.; three months, paper, 21f, 95e.; money, 24f, 90e. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 18. At noon to-day the royal mail steamship Niagara, Captain Millar, arrived in the Mersey, from Boston and Halifax, bringing dates from New York, by telegraph, to the 7th, direct from Boston to the 6th, and Halifax to the night of the 7th. Her specie is 31,250 dols., and 81 passengers. On the 14th inst., in lat. 48.58 N., ion. 28.38 W., passed the royal mail ship Arabia, and also a screw steamer, supposed to be the Jura. On the 15th, in lat. 15.16 N., 23.17 W., spoke the iron ship Jamaica, of Glasgow. On the 17th, at 11.50 p.m., passed the royal mail ship Africa, hence for New York. The screw steam-ship New York, from Bremen and Southampton, arrived at New York on the sth. The trial of Mr. Sickles for the murder of Attorney-General Key commenced on the 4th, but up ,to the latest the proceedings had not gone beyond the impanelling of a jury. One day was spent in obtaining Five, and a second in securing three more. The case is expected to occupy a fortnight. The number of witnesses is very large. The elections, so far as they have gone, are highly favourable to the Republican party : There are several large crevices in the Mississippi, above New Orleans. On tho 4th they were flooding many plantations at Diamond Island, and great fears are entertained of a break just above the city. Five hundred men are employed strengthening the levee. The river is nine inches higher than it was last year at Vicksburg. The St. Joseph Journal learns that an extensive war is on foot between the various Indian tribes on the Plains, headed by the Minnecougues, and that negotiations are now pending between the Chey ennes,, Arapahoes, Crows, and other tribes. NEW YORK, APRIL 7. The steamer Indian, from Liverpool, arrived at Portland to-day. Our cotton market is firm, and pretty active. Middling uplands, 121 c. Bread stuffs are generally unchanged, but flour is rather lower. At New Orleans, on the 6th, cotton closed firm, 12c. for middling. A cotton press and numerous adjoining buildings have been destroyed by fire. A large quantity of cotton was consumed. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS DAY). The House of Lords met this day, according to usual custom, to prorogue Parliament, previous to the dissolution. The prorogation took place by Royal Commission. ROYAL ASSENT. The Speaker and members of the louse of Commons were.summoned to hear the royal assent given by commis sion to the following bills : Exchequer Bill; £13,274,400, Consolidated Fund Appropriation, Manor Courts (Ireland), Evidence by Commission, Medical Act (1858) Amendment, Indemnity, Nottingham Charities, Marriage Validity, , Recreation Grounds, Local Government (Supplemental Act), Manslaughter, Public Offices Extension, Confirmation and Probate Act (1858), Naval Medical Supplemental, Revision of Penalties, Affidavits by Commission, Supperannuation Combination. of Workmen, Municipal . Elections, Kirkwall' Harbour, -Londonderry Bridge, Sunderland and South Shields Water, Weymouth' and Melcombe Regis Railway, Glasgow Corporation Water, Travellers' and Marine Assurance and Accidental Death Insurance Amalgamation, Findhorn Railway, • Banff and Macduff Railway, . Great Western Railway, Falmouth Docks and Harbour, Norwich (City) Water, Glasgow Public Parks and Galleries, Kingstown Water, Mersey Docks and Harbour, Poole Water, Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway, ' People's Provident Society, Scarborough Gas, Standard Life Assurance, Tralee and Kilkenny Railway, Commercial Docks Amendment, Belfast and Londonderry Junction Railway, Tavistock Markets, Leominster and Kingstown Railway, - Great Northern Railway, East Suffolk Railway, Purday's Disabilities Removal, and several afher private bills. The Lord Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of llardwicke, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Exeter, and Earl Delawarr. ROYAL SPEECH. The LORD CHANCELLOR then read her Majesty's most gracious speech, which will be found in another, column. _ _ . ..... At the conclusion of her Majesty's speech, Parliament was declared prorogued in the usual form. Their lordships then broke up. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tms DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter to two o'clock THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Sir B. HALL moved that there be added to the return relative to the Polytechnic accident, &c., ordered on the 11th of April, a copy of the official report of Mr. Christo pher Eales, architect, made to the Coroner of Middlesex; as to the accident at the Polytechnic Institution,—Agreed to. THE DISSOLUTION. Mr. T. MINCOMBE said it was understood that the prorogation was to ttike place to-day, and he 'therefore wished to ask the honourable gentleman opposite when the dissolution would actually take place ; when the notice 01 that dissolution would appear in the Gazette, and when the writs would be returnable? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said a council would be held on Saturday, at which her Majesty would be advised to dissolve Parliament, when the writs would go out on Saturday evening. POOR RATES. Mr. NEWDEGATE moved an address for a return of the number of persons rated to the poor, at the sums of £5O, £4O, £3O, £2O, £lO, and upwards, respectively, in each county or division of county, exclusive of the represented cities and towns in England and Wales; distinguishing, as far as possible, the number who are householders (in the same form as return No. 508, of session 1854).—Agreed to. Precisely at two o'clock Sir Augustus Clifford, Usher of the Black Rod, entered the house and summoned the Speaker and Members to the House of Peers, to hear her Majesty's Speech read by Commission, on the occasion of the prorogation of Parliament, and also the Royal assent to several public and private bills, The SPEAKER immediately left the chair, and accompa• nied by the whole of the members present, about fifty, pro. ceeded to the House of Lords. On their return the SPEAKER read the Royal Speech, and having shook hands with several of the members, left the house. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. THIRD EDITIOIN. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock, AQUATIC'S. The boat race between Chambers, of Newcastle, and White, of London, for £lOO a-side, took place to-day, at Newcastle. Chambers was for some time past the favourite. White took the lead at starting, but Chambers came in an easy winner. LOND ON GAZETTE-( THIS EVENING ) BUCKINGHAM PALACE, APRIL 16. This day had audience of her Majesty :—Monsieur Tous saint and Monsieur Madiou, Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary from Hayti, to announce to her Majesty the establishment of that Republic, to &liver their credentials; to which they were introduced by the Right Hon. the Earl of Malmesbury, her Majesty's Principal Sec retary of State for Foreign Affairs ; and conducted by Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Mafter of the Ceremonies. INDIA-OFFICE, APRIL 16. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Lieu tenant-Colonel Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, K.C.8., to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Shah of Persia. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, APRIL 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Doctor Wawa Baly, F.R.S., to be Physician Extraordinary to her Majesty. . _ _ WHITEHALL, APRIL 15. The Queen has been pleased to grant the place of one of the Lords of Session in Scotland, to Charles Baillie, Esq. , her Majesty's Advocate for Scotl an d, i n t h e room of Sir John Archibald Murray, deceased. WHITEHALL, APRIL 16. The Queen has been pleased to-graut the office of bet Majesty:B Advocate for Scotland to David Mure, Esq., her, Majesty's Solicitor-General for Scotland, in the room o f Charles Bailie, Erq., appointed a Lord of Session. WHITEHALL, APRIL 19. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed, under the Great Seal, appointing the Right Iron. Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Knt. ; Sir William Page Wood , Knt., a Vice-Chancellor; the Right Hon. Sir Georg° Cornewall Lewis, Bart.; the Right Hon. William Samuel, Baron Wynford ; Robert Phillimore, LL.D. ; and John Young, Esq. ; to be her Majesty's Commissioners teinquir° into the expediency of bringing, together, into one place or neighbourhood, all the Superior Courts of Law and Equio the Probate and Divorce Courts, an d th e C ourt of Admi; ralty, and the various offices belonging to the same, and into the means which exist, or may be supplied, for pro' viding.a site or sites, and for erecting suitable buildings, for carrying out this object°. The Queen has also bden pleased to direct letters paten t to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing Sir Jolla, Wither Awdry, Knt., the Right Hon. William Reigns/of Earl of Devon, and Richard Jebb, Esq., Barrister-at-Leo*/ to ba her Majesty's Commissioners to inquire into eel report on the Civil, Municipal, and Eccle s i as ti ca l L a ws and Customs now in force in Jersey. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters pato, to be passed under the Seal appointed by the Treatl Union to be kept and mad e use o f in p l ace o f th e G rea t bet' of Scotland, appointing the Right Hon. Sir George Clem , Wart., of Pemcuik, in the county of Edinburgh ; James Campbell, Esq., of Craigie, i n th e coun ty o f A yr; Alen' ender Earle. Monteith, Esq., Advocate, Sheriff of the county of Fife ; Archibald Campbell Swinton, Esq., the younge r ' of Kimmerghame, in the county of Berwick and Professo r of Civil Law in the University of Edinburgh; Leslie, Esq., of Warthill, in the cou n ty o f Aberdeen i• Alexander Maclean, Esq., of Ardgour, in the coun ty o f Argyll; and Foster Alleyne M‘Geachy, Esq., of ShenleY" in the county of Middlesex, to be her Majesty's Conuale; sioners to inquire into the laws regulating the sale . and consumption of Exciseable Liquors in Scotland. • • • .ADMIRALTY, APRIL 14. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenants IL Hewe l Edward M'Arthur ' Henry B. Roberts James Shute, Jo" — i.„ Busteed Seymeur, Arthur John Stuart, Chas Barker Parker and John Yate Holland, to be Captains. Second Lientli nants George Francis Gamble, Samuel Edward Weathers', 'Hemmans, Edward H. White, Alfred Fonblanque, AlSek,a Andrew H. J. Heriot, Joseph Robert Leeds, BenjeJY'r_.., Dutton Kennicott, George Clement Boase, Willi a m IV I °U, Pribhat, William V. B. Hewett, George . M. Shewell, ~ M. Hamilton, John S. Bontein, James W. Scott, Hen"- 1 ; Wolrige, Samuel T. Collins, Geor g e Ly o n T u p man , Go r e t : H. Elliot, William W. G. B. Willis, George Wm. Oliv e ; John Gore Fitzgerald, William E.Despard, and Walt Julius Barker to be First Lieutenants. ' COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN..,,, Suflolk Artillery Regiment of Militi a —P a t r i c k _, patrick, Gent., to be Quartermaster, from the Bth of Marc"' 1859. ANT COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light I n fa n t q) ReSi ment of Royal Lancashire Militia James - Frel`d, Steiner, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Edwin Ri c kard 1 0 -' ,,, promoted. 6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Mer Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign; Thomas Henry Tracer , Gent., to be Ensign. 10' sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of , dlesex Militia—William Griffin Stack, to be Lieuten°' vice Cockney, resigned. East Suffolk Regiment of Militia Artillery Corps—Fi, l4 „ Lieutenant Wickham Talbot Harvey to be Captain, 'o e i Barlow, resigned; Edward Griffith Austin, Gent., late c r i t Bengal Aatillery ; Joshua Thellu son R ow l ey, Gent It°l'e Welch Coates, Gent., John Bryce Wilki nson, G en t., to b i ° First Lieutenants ; Gerard Th omas W or thi ngton F e rvor; Gent., Charles Abercrombie Cooper, Gent., Cooper Chao ° Rankin. Brooke, Gent.,.to•be Second Lieutenants. moo City of Edinburgh Regiment of A r till ery Militia.—lft r t Davidson, Gent.,, to be Second Lie u t enan t , vice 1 1 •°" -- • Nicol, prometted. BANKRUPTS. Richard Geddes, coal merchant, Homerton, Middles to surrender, May 5, at eleven, and June 3, at one, a Court of Bankruptcy. William Pritchard, builder, Bushey, Hertfordshire , ~.11 . • 3 and 31, at two ) and May 31, at one, at the Court of D'u" - ruptcy. a o • `William - Parrinder, grocer, Liverpool, April 27 an d Live pool, 30, R0 at bert Joyner, grocer, Lat the Liveol District Cour s t and 27, at tile Liverpool District Court. 1 JohnsacttroTßobert eloroetsti. e Gloucester,ropl ey, an a ci n d Junel I h o 6 l , s t e a r t e r, t h W e e B s t r i e s t t 5 District Court. ands 9n li d a A n i n a ah y 3 F il le a c t so t n ss: , e lli w i e ; laitn E tehr l s i e z , acoF Brighton,ulrete s, Bankruptcy. L m u a c 3 F l a e t es t o h n r , e e , 29, and Emdawyar2dtbaototealenvdensh, shoe mthaekeßrinninShregwhasbuturY33isAgic Joseph Cowan, corn merchant, Liverpool, May 5 and 21 ' en aptetnhneisLiviverliotoel a D n i ci stri j c o t hn Cou G rt re . gory, East Inds ar my agents, May 11 and June 3, at eleven, at the Cow Bankruptcy. half-past AMa J oi yi e es s :3 e rNl p g oa f 1 ths u r r wwweal e lv l l a id e, : a fha n aatat d rrnmt h : hee e reN : C r oFo g rui e fsorh r ic sb Newcastle-uponoru mf e h e ßi n a rae n k , iha m i I pyat. ni,cr l y3 e , : naA s e , tp ß r io nu rig eleven, Court. at a George Bleackley, bre wer , S a lf or d, March 6 and 'WI eleven, at the Manchester District Court. William James Tomlinson and Michael Lawrence. li oa e. . launay, shirt manufact urers , Manchester, May 5 and ''''' at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. 1 SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. George Somerville, power-loom tenter, Glasgow. ..... fa .. William Dick and Company, potato merchants, 1!'" barton and Alexandria. Thomas Scott, Clyde-street, Edinburgh. David Milliken, draper, Kilmarnock. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—This D Al• Amsterdam 11 Ditto Rotterdam — 11 16f 11 11 0 Antwerp Brussels - -25 15 2 22 Hamburgh --10 Paris I Short. 25 2f 25 Ditto 25 31 Marseilles — 25 27i 117; Frankfort on Maine — 1171 12 •` 2 ''' Vienna Trieste -11 10 344 - Petersburgh —34 a Madrid Cadiz — 491 3 0 6 Leghorn — 29 90 25 371 Genoa — 25 301 401 Naples 1 Palermo — 121 1 122 Messina — 121 52 52 52 Lisbon 1 1i 53 Oporto Rio Janeiro ... Aj New York — B.'. Co's bls. House iiie• 26 241 Calcutta, Co.'s rupee --"" 261 241 Bombay ditto - 26 241 Madras ditto . 9 th inst. East India CompanY 5 the Bills drawn, from the 26th uii..• to Bengal .................. £ 433 6 8 0 0 0 Madras 0 0 0 Bombay. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. --Meadow hay, £2 16s to £4 108 ; clover, do., £4 Os to £5 ss; and straw, £1 4s to £1 8s per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 lOs ; clover do., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 9s per lead. A fair demand, at late rates. WHITECTIAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 lOs ; clover do., £4 5s to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 3s to £1 7s per load. Both hay and straw moved of steadily at our quotations. COLONIAL. TEA.—An extensive business has been transacted, and the trade have bought freely, prices showing a further up ward tendency. Good common Congou is quoted 141 d per lb. SUGAR.—The market has been moderately active, and prices of all descriptions are fully supported. The stocks on hand at the present time show a deficiency of about 4,200 tons compared with those of the same time last year. In the Refined Market there has been rather more activity, previous rates being well maintained. COFFEE.—The private contract market has been un favourably affected by the unsettled state of political affairs on the Continent. A fair supply has been received of the new crop of plantation Ceylon, and at public sale previous rates were in most instances realised. Rice..--=There has been a steady demand for East Indian have been i nqu i re d qualities, itu._ a G nd ood qu q o u t , a il t i i t o i f e l s s a o r f e firm. Demerara for, and prices range from 2s 2d to 2s 3d per proof gallon. SALTPETRE. —The market has been firm, a fair amount of business having be en t r ansacted at fully late quotations. TALLOW.—Advices from St. Petersburg announce a fur ther advance in prices, and quotations are firmer. P.Y.C., on the spot, is now at 545. April perA e p l l t t . o June delivery, 5 4 s 6 d, and last three months, 5 COAL MARKET. APPIL 18. (Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market.) Walla End. R. . Wylaia .... . l4 "0 Howard's West Hart ley,. l5 0 Hiswell Gas ll 6 Walker Prim r( ,e ll 6 Tanfield - Moor 11 0 Holywell 13 6 s. d . Benson.... l4 0 Hartlepool... • • 17 0 Harton .. l4 3 Eden Main ...15 6 Russell' Hetton 15 9 South Hartlepool. 15 3 Nixon's Merthyr 21 0 Powell's Duffryn Steam 21 0 Keiper Grange.-- l6 0 Kelloe l6 6 Heugh Hall 15 0 Trimdon Thornley 14 0 et, 98—Sold, 68. Walls End. Haswell.... l7 6 Lambton. 17 6 Riddell ' 14 3 Braddyll's Iletton 16 0 Ships at mark( A supplement to the Gazette of Friday has just been published, containing several orders and despatches received by the Secretary of State for India. Their con tents have been already anticipated. REPRESENTATIVE OF ROB ROY. —We are assured that Major M'Gregor, a nephew of the late Mr. Dunbar, who lately arrived here, is a lineal descendant of Rob Roy. Whether he possesses the distinguishing quali ties of his illustrious progenitor We are unable to tell.— dam 0' aMa Journal, £133 6 8 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz, £3 17 0 Mexican Dollars Sil v er in Bars (Standard) 0 5 /9 THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. 4 LONDON, April 19.—Wind this day at nomit S - ' . light airs, and fine. , PORTs.mounr, April 18.—Wind N. to N• et Queen of the Wave, for Madras. _.„„d--O ef PLYMOUTH, April 18. L—Wind S.W.—A... A • - viz* Majesty's ship Termagant, from Portland. Sailed ty'o Cape Rouge, and Birmingham, for Quebec ; her Mai ° ship Perseverance, for Milford. 1 d --11°' FALM O UTH, April 18.—Wind variable.Soi° eat 1 300 land, and Electric, for New York; Gullerus, for United States. ' ° a, ieetio C LY DE, April 18.-IVini N.:W.—Arrived —F from Mauritius. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) L IVERPOOL , Tuesday Mallilifv. Wind N•W., fine. Arrived—Same l Fales, from Bombay. Calpe, screw steamer, off the port. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPIL.) • GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morn Wind E. • tide first hour's flood • fine. 00 11 Arrived, ' April 18—Odin, from' Frederickstadt ; Cecilia, from Souraba. tac it ; Arrived, April 19.—Justitia, from Fred ericks Janskia, from Ottendorf. bI Sailed—Quiver, for Corfu.; Southern Cross, for dras. DEAL, Tuosday Morning.' Wind N. 8., moderate.. No arrivals. F.ailed—Atabtuzo, the last one of he outward boucl. '~~ ~