The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-21 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. %UM DAT —Morning 5 min. after 3 I Evening 21 min after 3 To - lloasow—Morning 35 min. after 3 { Evening 50 min after 3 THE WEATHER—Suit Otaricz, APRIL 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. s ' 2 —highest since noon yesterday. 30—lowest this morning and during the night. 5 2—this day, at nom. Bazonavita, 56.15. WLID variable from S.E. to S.W.—light breeze and fine sunshiny weather. --- DAILY WEAr gIFIt. TABLE. plac tit e a s te at of y th in e e W o i , n e d ioc a k nd y N e V a e te a r th aer at each of the following are arranged in order of latitudeaY morning.--The stations ppgolLssm_owuniin-d Ewingierabg.r,eeti3ine-3_:ldberuedezlese_s.cioudless. cloudy. BitIGITTON.-.Virind N. 8., breeze -partially HAsnz i G g-Wind S., gentle breez e -p artially soinsia7,roN-Wirl S.E., strong reeao-cloudless. bre cloudleas. FOLKIESTONE---W hid S., light air- Partially cloudy. TUDIBRIDGE--- Wind W., strong gen br ue -cloudless. finless. ciiiEE NWICII- s. W ‘P.l d g S en W tle"breez e - c l ou Sr ROOD -Wind LEIGIfrOZI -ind N.E., gentle breeze-_ COLCICSTER.-Wind N.E., calm-cloudless.' cAmanDa g-Wind S.W., gentle breeze- c loudl ess. ymmovra-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-cloudless. The returns from t he iollowiag places ir,thcate the state of Vie wind and weather on Monday mornin g at n i ne o'clock :-- cK-Wind W. cArn -cloudless. trataxr MorantaAn-Wind S., gentle breeze-cloudless. Latowroic-Wind N. E. gentle breeze - p artially cloudy. HOLTIi XAD -,-. Wind S.lii., gentle breeze-partially. n i nedy LA.MIASTIS it—Wind N.W., c em-FilleiPaßY c l ear. - . tli EnT3r- W ind.S., gentle bre,eze-twereast. Dan LLIGTON....A; iad S. S. E., gentle breeze-cloudless. 14411AP-v4 Ind S.W.. calm-partially cloudy. 131'170ex-Wind N.W , gentle breeze--overcast. • At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean daily reading of the barometer was 30 - 055 in. on Sunday, it rose on Monday, and on Tries Jay was 30-i7O in , and con tinued above SO in. till Friday ; - the mean of the week was 30.012 in. The mean daily temperature was 42-7° on Sun day, or 3.2° below the average of corresponding days in ten years; it rose continuously till Wednesday, when it was 57.7°, or 11.3° above tha average. It fell below the average on Thursday, and on Friday was only 4 1 -s°, which is 5.3 ° below the average of the same day. The mean tempera ture of the week was 47 0 . The wind was generally in the east till Friday, on which day and Saturday it blew from the -north-east. if;•-:., .; 5 , -- , 7;7, ), 7,-.../.. •:,;.; \ . L. ',..',,,-.,' ~ t • 'T , IA A . ‘''''' ' 1 - r::: ---. . Ar l• , , -e; _...,', \ 1 !•`-' , Z • ''',. I "N"'' )' *,`":-.4 . 1 ,L,... , .• ' -', _':' / ..', - -- . 4 ' ',.. ,/ ~ T- , ;\ ::'',,,_) N • `,..,,,:. -'"'"::::', r ;-::, ': - 7:•:' - ; - , - t-s ' 0 . ;$1-s- - h -- oiftl. ',',,, "-,,,:, -,-- .. 4 ,,,-;*:-- ...71:7 •,.::.% o'‘ ..) '''' ..' ' V.,;:,... HER MAJESTY S THEATRE. Diaul e. JOHANNA. WAGNER. It is respectfully announced that the talent of Ifadile. JOANNA WAGNER is secured exclusively to her Majesty's Theatre, by an engagement dated the 9th of Nov ember last, and signed by this cele brated artiste, and also by her father Mr. Albert Wagner. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. First appearance in England of Madlle. Johanna Wagner. First appearance this season of Signor Mario and Herr Formes. First sight this season of Le Prophete. On SATURDAY, April 24, Will be performed Meyerbeer's grand Opera, LE PROPHETE. Fides, Madlle. Johanna Wagner (Prima Donn J of of Ley the Royal Theatre at Berlin) ; Bertha , Madame Castel= ;Jean Signor Mario ; Count Oberthal, Signor Tagliafico ; Serjeant, Signor Soldi ; Peasants , Signori Mel and Rommi ; Gioni, Signor Silgolll Mathiesen, Signor Polonini ; Zaccaria, Herr Formes. The ihcidental. Ballet and Skating Scene will be supported by 'ladlles. Kolemberg, Leblond, and Robert; MM. Alexandre, Flusse, Ruault ; and comprise the ceated Quadrille des Patineurs. Commence aught o'clock. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, shadr. Costa. '" 'rickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit may e (for the (rSeason), at the 'Box-office of the Theatre, which is open em Brev.en till FiTe o'clock ; an d of the principal librarians and .insicsellers. R O Y AL MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. Attractive Novelties *Hie Easter Holidays. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, A new Characteristic Address, by the Manager. After which the SWISS COTTAGE. To be followed by a grand Ethiopian Musical Entertainment by an extraordinary Troupe of Ebony Marionettes. To conclude with an entirely new version of the Grand Eastern Spectacle of ALADDDI ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. A Morning Performance on Saturday next. Doors open at Half past Two, and commence at Three o'clock. There will shortly be produced several New Pieces, which are now in active rehearsal. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. Madlle. Sofle Cruvelli. Signori Calzolari, Belletti, Ferlotti, and Lablachei TO-MORROW Will be presented Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madlle•Sofie Crnvelli ; II Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Cal zoleri ; Figaro, Signor Belletti ; Basilio, Signor Ferlotti ; Don Bar lobo, Signor Lablache. Between the acts will be presented the revived favourite Diver tissement, L'AIJRORE. To conclude with a new Spanish Ballet Divertissement, entitled IJN BAILE DE CANDIL, In which Mdlle. Guy Stephan, Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, Allegrini, La ra ottreux,M. Di Matti., and M. Mathieu will appear. A new Grand Opera, by Meyerbeer, is in preparation. A new Ballet is in preparation for the rentree of Madlle. Carolina Rosati. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Box-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. The Directors have the honour to announce that TO-MORROW, Will be produced, for the second time in this country, Doulz.etti's Opera, entitled I MARTIRI, As performed at the Academie Royal, Paris. With new Scenery, Costumes, and Appointments. Paulin, Madame Jullienne (of the Academie Royale, Paris, her second appearance in England) ; Seven's, Signor Ronconi ; Felix, Signor Marini ; Nearcns, Signor Stigelli ; a Christian, Signor Soldi ; Calisthenes, Signor Polonini ; Polyutns, Signor Tamberlik. The incidental Divertissement in the second act of the Opera will be sustained by Muffles. H. Bellotti, L. Bellotti, Leblond, Solem berg, and Robert. The Scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin ; the Costumes by Mrs. E. Bailey and Madame Marzio ; the Appointments by Mr. Prescott ; the Machinery by Mr. Allen ; the Dances by Mons. Alexandre ; the Spectacle arranged by M. Laurent. Composer, Director of Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. T2EATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS BVENING, Will be performed MONEY. After which a new Burlesque on a frightfully popular subject, to be called 0, GEMINI ; or, the Brothers of Co(u)rse. Characters by Messrs. Backstone, Bland, Woolger ; Mesdames Buckingham, C ol lins, Caulfield, Honey. ece. To conclude with BOX AND COX, by Messrs. Keeley and Buck stone. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Leasei, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVEN - LNG, Will be performed a new Drama of powerful interest, called THE QUEEN OF THE 3IARKET. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Emery, Honey, Worrell ; Mesdames Chaplin, Harding, and Keeley. After which, a devilish new Extravaganza, called MEPHISTO PHELES. Characters by Mr. Honey, Miss Fitzwilltam, and Miss Woolgar. With WHO STOLE THE POCKET-BOOK' or, a Dinner for Six. 3.JYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Cinder the X.megemer.t of Mr. C. Ream. Trills +WEN LNG, Will be performed Shakespere's Historical'Play of KING JOHN. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Addison, Meadows, J. Vining, C. Fisher, Graham, F. Cooke, Everett, Vezin, Cathcart, and Wheatleigh ; Miss Phillips, Miss Robertson, Miss Mur ray, Miss Kate Terry, Mrs. Dlly, and Mrs. C. Kean. After which a Fairy Tale, in IV° Acts, entitled WITTIKIND AND HIS BROTHERS; or, The Seven Swan Princes and the Fair Melusine. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, F. Cooke, Flexmore ; Sirs. Winstanley, Misses Marshall, Ilobertsen, M urra y, Leclercq, Daly, Yiyash, Newcombe, K. perry, and Madlle..Auriol. ROYAL L YCE U. 1,1 TIMATRE• Under the Management of :madame Vestria. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. ZVE211214, Will be produced a drancatic story, In eight acts, entitled A CHAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Frank Matthews, Robert Roxby, Belton, Baker, Suter, Horncastle, Rosiare, Butler, and Homier ; Madame Veatris, Miss Laura Keene, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss Julia St. George, Miss Wright, Miss Oliver, Mrs. Horn, Mrs. 3lacnamara, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Grove, and Miss Foote. • ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Leasee and Manager. Mr. W. Farren, THIS EVENING, Will be performed HONESTY THE BEST POLICY. To conclude with THE CAMBERWELL BROTHERS ; or, The Mystic Milkman. To conclude with THE HOLE IN THE WALL. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. Tin.= EVEIT , JI NG. Will be presented A VILLAGE TALE. Characters by Messrs. E Rogers, Attwood, Moreland ; 3lesdarnes Copeland, Selby, and Mas• Yell. - To be followed by MATRIMONIAL PROSPECTUSES. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Attwood ; Mrs. Selby, and Miss :Maskell. After which ANTHONY AND CLE )PATRA, by Mr. Walter Lacy and Miss L. Howard. To be followed by th• grand Ballet of VIVANDIERE, by M. Milano, Madlle. Therese, and a fall Corps de Ballet. Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Amphitheatre, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Halt each. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty end his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre in London. THIS EVENING, Will be presented a new grand Military Spectacle, which is now exciting all Paris, entitlei BONAPARTE IN EGYPT; or, the Battle of Aboukir. To be followed by Batty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. To conclude with a Laughable Farce. Tickets to be had at the Box-office mom Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager. Mr. Leclercq. ~,, , ~ , , ' * 5 t.' 1 AtTLIC *---11.1t, - ~ 4 . - ;,- ' ' . Losb o N WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1852. nutlet* Imo - 42. towards that p et s us to wish well, very cordially, the United States 1 : expedition which the citizens of —prudence protapti::tting out against the Japanese pate but comparatiel;a; at the same time, to antici enterprise in which th e advantage from an are so cxtravagantly disproportionate. Altogeth er sl . 9 . ►ill consist of three pewerfuT • Proposed squadron sailing frigate, one corvette, a n d o a n te e 'n'frigates, one lie, aid of this force, 2 000 men, na tre ship. With polder like purpose to wreak vergemice for tw o ~,n a t u d2 k i litarY, interrupted cruelty upon an enor mous ilues of un- Japan, an island embracing an extent equivalent to more than the whole of E D 21 .,,, C°11 . n trY 131100 , united! Namely, six r ' Itud Veneta to as 1 extent of country spreading over no less than 266,600 square miles ! Or, to calculate the matter yet more glaringly for its extravagance- 2,000 Americans pitted against 30,000,000 Japanese. For at that enormous aggregate has the population of Japan been computed—the lowest estimate being 20,000,000 for its actual inhabitants. Yet with the " ridiculously small amount" of the squadron already specified do the citizens of the United States dream of humbling the pride of this haughty and not undis ciplined race of islanders. The number of fighting -men to be entrusted with this somewhat hazardous task, is, on the first blush, altogether inadequate, alike for the purposes of conquest or chastisement. Hazardous we call the undertaking advisedly, be cause although the multitude to be assailed are un questionably barbarous in their utter igno rance of civilization, they are, nevertheless, hardy warriors enough, warrior:, too, not unskilled in the diplomacy of conflict, or the manoeuvres of battle. During a certain period, indeed, the adven turous sons of Japan were employed as habitually in the character of mercenaries in the adjacent islands of the Pacific, as the Swiss in the Courts of Europe, or as our own Sepoys in Hindoston—acting, moreover, in that ,capacity with all the rugged valour of the ancient condettieri. It appears manifest, therefore, from the consideration of all these facts, from our knowledge of the warlike disposition of the Japanese, from our knowledge that their community is va riously estimated at an aggregate ranging from 20,000,000 as a minimum to 30,000,000 as a maxi mum, that the preparations made by the United States are altogether insufficient for the exigency of the occasion, while with a painful sense of this very probable inadequacy it is impossible not to wish the fullest success to the projected expedition. Humanity, we have said, induces us to look for ward with eager solicitude ,to the triumph of the American arms over the arms of the Japanese. Nor in so speaking have we uttered anything like words of extravagance. For the punishment proposed to be administered to the people of Japan will be expiatory of acts of cruelty on their part, more dastardly and prolonged than have ever been recorded of any race, however far removed from civilization, unless they have happened to be two-legged wild beasts, such as mere cannibals or anthropophagi I According to a compact entered into some 200 years ago, the Dutch have, been nominally allowed to send one animal ship to Nangasaki, but otherwise the people of Japan have traded with none but the Chinese. Foreigners of every other country have been prohibited during the past two centuries from holding any intercourse whatsoever with the inhabitants. The penalty inflicted upon such strangers to the soil as dared to penetrate be yond . its sacred frontiers was almost invariably death, sometimes, but very rarely, commuted to per petual imprisonment. With such rigorous severity have these most infamous laws of exclusion been en forced that even foreign vessels in distress have been repulsed from the inhospitable shores of Japan, while shipwrecked mariners saved from the tempest have been thrown into dungeons, exhibited in iron cages ) and afterwards most cruelly executed. Against these inhuman proceedings the United States (which of all the powers of the world has, of late years, been the most frequent sufferers in consequence) is at length about to protest with the logic of bullets and the eloquence of cannon balls. Considering that the crimes about, therefore, to be thus avenged are in open violation, not merely of the inalienable rights of nations, but also of the sacred and immutable laws of nature, it is, we repeat it, again and again, most earnestly to be hoped that the efforts about to be adventured upon by the Republic of North America may be aignally decisive in their character, leading, in fact, to the speedy and, of course, compulsory abandonment of the system of exclusiveness hitherto enforced by the Japanese. Unfortunately the principal cities of Japan will be found by the United States' squadron unassailable from their inland situation. The buildings of the ca. pital, Jeddo, may, it is true, be beaten down by the American artillery, but with a force so pecu liarly insignificant as that of merely two thousand, when brought against a hardy race of disciplined barbarians numbering, as we have said, from 20,000,000 to 30,000,000 altogether, it would be vain or rather absurd to dream of pushing forward to the wealthy and luxurious city of Meaco. Never theless, while these adverse circumstances are indis putable, there is likewise one remarkable fact which is no less so—the fact that the idolatrous fanaticism of the Japanese cannot be very readily roused against their assailants by the spiritual potentate of the island, the ancient influence of the Dairi having long since passed away, giving place to the more matter-of-fact power of the CUB°, or secular Emperor. With his soldiers the naval and military forces engaged iuthe United States' expedi tion will have to compete—and that the struggle may prove very speedily advantageous to the latter is most fervently to be desired, not only on behalf of the sacred name of humanity, but likewise and in a par ticular manner of the no less holy cause of civili zation. It is impossible to overrate the importance of the measure of Chancery Reform introduced by the LORD CHANCELLOR • into the House of Lords on Monday evenint. It strikes at the very root of one of the most serious abuses that has sprung up during successive generations. It is the practice in the Master's office, together with the entire system of reference to other and different officers, that led to the interminable delays and ruinous ex penses that were so loudly and so justly complained of, and which, in fact, caused the entire tribunal to stink in the nostrils of the public. For that Lord ST. LEONARDS has brought forward a radical remedy, one which will completely eradicate the disease, and he has acted wisely and judiciously in limiting the present Bill to the abolition of the office of Master in Chancery, and the changes neces sary in " consequence of that abolition. It must not for a moment be supposed that it is the only measure of legal reform Which the Noble and Learned Lord intends to submit to the con sideration of Parliament.. On the contrary, we are assured an the highest authority that a Bill to carry out the recommendations of the Chan cery Commissioners is at this moment in progress, and that, in the course of the next three weeks, a measure will be laid before their Lordships, intended to carry into effect all the propositions which the Commis sioners suggested. This is satisfactory intelligence, which will convey comfort to many an anxious suitor, now suffering under " the hope deferred, that maketh sick the heart." _ _ with the ano df w t y riprevent t on the The p fi r rs e t s en d t ay ßill , as we have stated, only deals Master'soofff;lcieje. Michaelmas is to came into F o r p e e m ra t t b io a n t perlod vi th b e ie f b our senior Masters m a a s re t e o r r m et . ire on full sa laries,leave five Masters, ness now before them w ,. ther being ll at present one vacant) will business as during the inoatiedravrateoltoawi,,inndaeupefaalluethhe other may think fit to confide to their decision. They will, powers enabling however, themha have additions ) to expedite the LORD CHANCELLOR conferred on them, matters so as to bring every and itio lie t r h suit to a speedy termination dilly dallying that has been so extensivelydiscreditably . :occupyi ng The t h t h e resorted to by a certain elms eminently beneficial Noble and Learned Lord had, woolsack in Ireland, introduced certain strange to a ny, regulations Had they with thii. object, which proved in their operation, but which, haVe n been not yet been imported into this country. B e, they would have removed 'many well-founded complaints• But the Masters still sat for single hours, considerable intervals elapsing between each hearing, so that every question should be re peated over and over again, nsque ad nauseam. A decision thu3 became unattainable, and the proceedings became interminable. Either party could resort to the Fabian policy, and procrastinate to almost any extent, if w illi ng to incur the risk of costs, a danger that was but slightly regarded when there was a "fund in court" at which all sides could pull with impunity. Now, however, matters must be proceeded with, or the Master will know the reason why, and, as he will be armed with stringent powers to stimulate the tardy, we may reasonably anticipate that every cause will be brought to a speedy conclusion unless good and sufficient reason should be assigned for its retention within the jurisdiction of the Court. So far for the suits now pending, and which have already been referred to the Masters for inquiries and reports. Bat the improvement will he more striking, I and far more beneficial, in all C3UR .I hritny.tt the Gaut in ana cAfter Mich..- T. - forward there will be no references. The Judges in Equity, the Master of the Rolls, and the three Vice• Chancellors, will, with the assist ance of their respective chief and second clerks, dispose of all the business heretofore transacted by the Masters. The whole of the cumbrous machinery, which so fearfully multiplied the expenses and re tarded the progress, will be completely got rid of. The same person who decides on the facts will de termine the law applicable to that state of facts ; or if it be impossible to pronounce a complete decision, he will be enabled personally to conduct the necessary in quiries, to see that they are pertinent, and to prevent either party from riding off on collateral issues. The Judge-Master question will thus be satisfactorily decided, the important problem raised by the Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law, so ably argued in the Lew Review, and which we have ourselves advocated for many years, will at length be solved, and that in the most complete and conclusive manner, so that cases will, under the new regime, be disposed of in as many days from the first hearing and the interlocutory judgment, as they have here tofore required years, and that, too, at a tithe of the outlay. The learned and distinguished Judges who have lent their aid to carry out this admirable plan —the MASTER of the ROLLS, and Vice- Chancellors TURNER, KINDERSLET, and PARSER, have entitled themselves to the marked thanks and gratitude of the community, for the patriotic feeling which has in. duced them freely, and gratuitously, to undertake so large additions to their already onerous duties. They, hive disregarded all personal considerations, looking only to the public benefit, and we trust that the pc). ple will duly estimate the zeal that has induced these Learned Gentlemen_ to consent freely to the chang4 , involving so much additional labour on their parts. There is no portion of theßill in:which Lord BT.; LEONARDS has exercised a wiser discretion than in his resolute avoidance of Southanapton.bdildings. If the clerks once got from under the eyes of their respec tive principals, they would become to all intents and purposes "masters," carrying on separate and indei pendent jurisdictions. Now, l it is the chief objeCt of the present measure that they should ha in all re= spects subordinate, diminishing the labour . of dui judge, by clearing the way, and leavindonly essential points on which his opinion should be taken, kit Poi being in any degree substitutes or deputies. ./701 the, present suitable chambers are to be provided Lincoln's Inn for these learned judges and their re spective Staffs until proper courts can be.erected. No expense of any consequence will be necessary, for the sale of the chambers .in Southampton-buildings provide the requisite fundy. The change will also . have this good effent,:that the courts must heneefor .; ward hold their 'sittings at Lincoln's Inn, and no longer vibrate between it and 'Westminster. When this is affected perhaps suitable courts will be erected in the vicinity of the different inns of court : for the transaction of all the law. business of the country. ' To-morrow evening the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Manchester will bring under the consideration . of the House of Commons the different taxes on knowledge, and .will move, in separate resolutions—That such financial arrangements ought to be made as will enable Parliament to dispense with the duty on paper. That the newspape stamp ought to be abolished. That the tax on advertisements ought to be repealed. It ,is morei than probable that Honourable Gentlemen, who will speedily have to meet their constituents face to face, will lend their aid in 'cairyirig out some or all of these important objects. It is also'certain that the *CHANCELLOR of the EICRECiuER. will receive suggestion more favourably than' his prede-, cessor, to whom the• gross and palpable in ! justice of any - impost appeared to be its strongest recommendation. We can scarcely conceive Mr. DISRAELI affirming the propriety of a law which charges as high a duty on the humble appli cation of a wretched sempatress or servant-maid out of place, fore. employment as on the an• nouncement of the sale , of widespread domains, or the organization of Leviathan companies with millions of capital. We do not mean to say that the tax on advertisements is not objectionable in every case. It is, indeed, equally impolitic in all, as crea ting an impediment to the publicity that is exceed ingly desirable. But it is not attended with the same heartrending results, which render it as cruel as it is unjust and inexpedient. There are many, alas ! too many persons, whose only capital is their labour, whose only aspiration is to obtain that occupation which will enable them to gain an honest livelihood To these we refuse assistance through this infa mous law. They shall not make their wishes known unless on payment of a sum which would supply them with bread for a week, and hence many hundreds, aye, thousands are driven to the union workhouses, or to the most heartrending miseries through the malign operation of the tax on advertisements., Gladly would .we, see the other matters alluded, to by Mr. GIBsoN abolished, but• 'the adver-; tisement duties are even mire pressing ; and we would gladly accept their repeal as an instalment of justice during the present session. Mr. DISRAELI has a large surplus, and although there are many claims on him, he might surely make some concession in a matter which poasesses peculiar claims on his consideration. A boon on such a point gracefully conferred would have a strong effect at the present moment, and afford the best answer to the prejudiced reports that have been raised against him. The repeal of the advertisement duties, and an equitable modification of the income-tax, would be most favourably received throughout the length and breadth of the land. There is not a single constituency in the empire in which they would not be bailed with pleasure and gratitude. PORTUGAL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ) PORTSMOUTH, W EDESDAY MORNING. Her Bisjesty's ship Eneountcr (14), Captain Gor. don, arrived at Spithead this morning from Lisbon which she left on the 15th. The Queen and King had embarked in the war steamer Terceira at 7 in the morning of the 15th to proceed up the Tagus as far as Villa Franca, whence the Court would go on to Coimbra, Leiria, Porto, and Vianna, returning to Musa and Cintra about the 15th of May. The Duke of Saldanha ac companied their Majesties, but the Duke of Terceira had not arrived at Lisbon in time, the French war steamer Newton not having returned with his Grace from Cadiz at the time appointed. The Tagus packet, with the Peninsular mails of the 7th, arrived at Lisbon on the 11th, and left for Gib raltar on the 12th. The Teviot, with the Brazil mails of the 9th, ar rived on the 13th, and left for Madeira on the 14th, at seven in the morning. All well. Our correspondent feared that few of the mer chsnts would have been enabled to answer their Eng lish letters, as the Encounter's leaving for England on taking a mail bad been posted at the British post office at two r u , and it was understood she was to leave in two hours after that time. THE SUN, LONDON,: CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. • Her Majesty's ship Orestes , 14 , Commander Hawker, arrived at Spithead this morning from the Cape. She sailed on the 14th of February. No news.—Times. we are of M mr r . . H P o e r t s o m an , s paired motion.with ~.. Mr. D. Waddington in favour IteLlAsz OF release of the Irish State Mitchell, and their companions; subject,. going t o press we learnMß. t S h M at l . T or n der? i h i3 a ß ye lE b il e . erT As issued for the 'Smith ho O w ' e l3 v r e ie r n /to jo th h e n condition that they are not P N 'York Truth-teller. King dom. Particulars in our next.— ere Nr k A prisoners, to set footsiTnEtah.ll,:ietkiedieKruinayg., FUNERAL Or MR FltAxx Fon. . ~ ezaencorrespondent,ttend girirto the the Metropolitanremains Commission ..l'orst er o , f recencySewers, were interred in the Highgate Cemetery. A large . a _ }E m : sn e cig m . i: b e e : ei s r.sp o: : _ e n „ e 1 attend ance of civil engineers upon the mournful OCC4BIW I witnessed at once to the existence of an honourable esprit de. Nips in the gentleman. In the cortege were the carriages of Sir W. Cu ; S C I r a . pta i Captain Stephenson, Claxton ' I" 'P R.N. ' bitt, Mr. R a the profession, and to the worth of the departed gate of the 'cemetery. 'Arnow , them an :we i r r e . considerable numbe r of gentlemen met the procession at the (President of the Institution of Civil GregorY, Martin, Glynn, C. Hanby, fiesz.er3ain.tp.etAo, Bette, Phillips, Donaldson, lelazaigetti, Smith, Munday, Wild, Gotto, Pollard,lf Bless r e t . d w E i r a ri n g Clark, —nropbries; Harding, Hatton, Scott, and other members of the 'profession. ALDERMAN SALOMONS.--It was stated in the Court_ of Aldermen yesterday, th at cuted for the purpose of obtaining the decision of the highest judicial tribunal in the kinmi --° ,ll , upon the important ques tion recently decided by the• Court of Exchequer. a writ of error is prose loading fur the United MESSINA, APRIL 21.—T he States, t ook p under without daurge. Coquette , tcpwmaesrigcket, WEDNES, Y, l yr EVENING, APRIIO._ : 21, . 1852. THE SHARE MARKETS. X,V.I7XSIi: .72 e,1:1.:-7,60::::9, Railways. Nominal Prices. Aberdeen ... . all paid, Amb., Not., Bost & Junc. . ........ pd Bir. Wolv., and Stour, Valley • all pd. Birk., Lan., & Ch. Jct., late 33/, 6e.8d.. 26/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 50/. St 25/. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto .. . 1714 pd. Brist. & Eset.,loo/. P( 1 .1 C a l e donian ... 50/. pd. Chest. & nolyh., all pd. Dub. & Self. Jet. 451 pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen Junc. ... all pd. Ditto, New •.. all pd. East Anglian (2 51 . L. DEEEOaa Eastern cBrn d io. TEn . t & ro e D sa. . ) .)l a aos s pll d. p Add d late E. U. shrs., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/. pd. Do., do., B. & C., all pd. East Lancashire, all pd Do. New Quar., all pd E . & W. India Docks] an d Bir. Junc. , all pd. E. & W. Yk. Jac., all p Edinb. & SOL pd Edin-Per. VDun. 25/. p Glas. S.-est., 100/.p Great North ern, all pd Do. Halve. A def., all p Do. do. 13, 6 pr. c. p Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all G re at Westn. , 100/. pd Lane. & Carlisle, a u pd Do.Thirds,ll/-13.4 pd Lane. & York- 100/.pd aartars ~all pd DJ., F Q ifths 141. pd D0.,1V. Rid. Un. 11%p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv•Crsby &Sthpt.l7ip Lond. & Blackw.,di pd Lon.,Brig.& 5.01.100 p L. N.West., 100/. p Do. Quarters 22/. pd Do. Fifths . 12/. p 4 Do. 10/.,A1 &B. (c) lip Lou. & S.-West. 100/. p Do. New 501 ., 421 p d Do. New 40/ 344 pd Man. Shef. & 1,in.,100/p Do. Manch. &Lincoln Uniati a 2 .4 pd Midland."„ . .100L.pd Md. Gt. "Wt. (Ire.) 47% N N NN andeeeowwwr t m e ri:H a a Newmarket k re : Ev e f t oon C n.: tr. rnts ... i . k i 1aa a 271701 1 1 / 5 " %1.i 1 l pdd P pp pp cl dpd Newport, Abergaven., ral Norfolk ... . . ... 100/. pd North. Conn. Un. % pd ll North British _25/. pd I asSNNNSODDDDlcci!Voorcr.3°orroSciftte°.:l.t...ttwhißriNNi Scottish Scottish rB.leuu e ' s c-Vrwwa Quarter a A hCVBcel l 33 .afftVs te2 . i .&13 le d . i or r e l ji . Prr I d .ASuc A t . rSiel 31:1° , bas. , 2 l.ncYtt l 9 s 4 I.lel/1 1 / r6a: l iP d Li p &PnPpd d 1. Do. B ... . all pd Shrew. Do.o &: es e try r. pd S p lir o e . w l s ip b al u ay . te s u p :..e Cheater it 1. d. (Nor. W. Min.) all pd er S. rope Union ...61A pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. u South Devon all pd South-Eastern 30/. pd South Wales all pd S mith Yorkshire and River Dun 15/. pd Do. Do. 5L pd. Stir]. & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Har. 16/ 2s. 3d. Taff Vale 126/. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...181. pd Vale of Neath...l7l. pd Waterfd. & Bilk. all pd l Waterfd. & Lim. all pd Waterford, Wes. Wick.; and Dublin 3/. pd West Cornwall 13/. pd "West London all pd Yk., New. & Bar 25/. p Do. & New. Es 20/. p Do. G.N.E. pure. 9/. p. York & N. Mid. 501. Pdl Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. Caledonian, 101. all pdl Cbes. & Holyhd. all pd Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd E. Ang.(3/ 10s)6 p c. all Do. 51.) 7 per ct. all p Do. ( 71175) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. 10 Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p Do. 10/. Deb. Sb. all pi East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Shrs. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5% per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. Con 100/. Gt. North. 5 p. c all pd Do. 5 p c. red. sc 9% p Great Soutb. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berke & H.' Ex. 5 per cent.) all pd Gt.W. fixed 4% 100/. p Do. Do. ...801. pd Lancashire and York shire, F. 20/. 6/. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 1001. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 13/. pd Do. Do. No. 2 17/. pd Do. Do. No. 3 5/. pd Do. Qrs., 1848...91. pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. —lOO/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 100/. Do. Con. 5 p c, 1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6 p c 100/. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 13% pc!, Lon. & S.W. New 51. p Lon. & En. % Sb. all p Man., Sheff., & Linen. Qr. Sh., No. 1...a1l pd Do. New, 10/. ...all pd Do. 61. 3/. pd Mid. Con. 6 p c Sr 1001. Do. Con. Brie. & Bir., 6 per cent.... 100/. pd Do. Erewash Val. 100/ Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 100/. p Do. Preference ...5/. p Norfolk Exten... all pd Do. Gr. pct. all p Do. Wavny. Val. 2/. p North British 5l. pd North Stafford all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15/. 4 per cent 10/. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N:W. 31in.) 8 per c aIl pd South Devon all pd St...Ett. 4 1 / 2 .p c. 10/. pd Sth. York. 4 p c gd. 20/. Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & 6 per cent. 3/. p d York, Netvc. & Ber. Gt. N. of E. Pur. all pd Do. D 0.... 6/. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Purch. 10/. pd 14 to 14% 6 ';4 ere 10 io% 121 ,E —11 1 ,! d. 16% : 7 - 17% 94_ -96 ' 2034 21% —22 14 —l2 d. 6 -- 7 4 1 A - I 4% 3%- 31,‘ 6 % - 7 ••• 17 % - 17% 51 -53 32 :: ii 5% -6% 20 % - 26% 6 1 / 2 6 % 14% -15 39% - 49 9 1% - 92 77 -80 8% -9% P 78% - 74 dis. ci-434clis. 1834_18% 8 — 8 12354 104% — l 10 055% —4 5 % —5% P 4 —4% p 2 234 p 91 1 ,4 92 4 die. 4 die. 2y B —25 34 —35 3% dis. 67% -681 A. 35 —36 ; 43 4 - 4y& die. ii —3 7 11 —lO dis. 3% _ 3 dis. By a —8% 73/ 7'/ di s. 7y, —7% dis. 1/ -1, P• 18 1 / 2 -19 17% 11 -12 .-- -iyi 7 % 5 —• 5 % 4 3 die. 13 15 71 / 4 10 — ll 2 7 4 d. Ie - -ii 22% —22 n 35 —36 % dis. ••• 1150 - 151 2A 8 4 3 die. — 5% 20 —22 4 dia. ..• ••• 18% 19 6 1 ,4 6 dia. 2 7 / 8 —2% die. 25% 25% PREFERENCE 5 I% % diz. 8 5 / 8 - 8 7 / 8 17% -18 5 -5% 34- 3% 1 % p % p x.d 13 13% 13 3 4 14% ay,— 14% - 15 IY B . - . 1% p 8 1 4- ... ... 1% LINES ramaz AT rxxxxo SENTALLB. Railways. Leasing ,Conopanies. t _____----- BR & Bitch., all p Lon.&N.W ••• ••• Bir.& Oxf., gua. all GL Wawa. 29 1 / 4 801 / 4 Do. without, all p; Do. Bir.Wolv. & Dud.,' , guar ... . ... all pd, Do. ' 29 1 / 4 391 / 4 Do. without,all p D o. 28 —29 Buckidgbash. a ll plon.&N.W V I A 18 18 Clydsdale Jc., all p,Caiedoni an 45 — 47 E. Lin., g ua . 6 pert Nominal Prices. to-day. cent. ......all pd , Gt..Northn. 35 9511 Gloucgst. & Dean . Forest... 22'4 p ( lGt.Westrn. , 3is 41 / 4 P Hartlepl. Dk. & 1 S Yk. l New.l . ••• Railw....all pd &Berw. f•• • Hull & Selby; a ll p Yk. &N.M. 108 -- Do. Quart all p D o , .25 —27 Lon. & Grenvv., all S. Eastern.... 2Y t 102 103 Leeds &Balt., a ll t• ' Midland 12% Do. Pref.... a ll p 54 _4l Do. Halv es ., a ll p Do. 0 2 1 5 —26 Do Lowestoft., te.t. tI Lowestoft., g ua . 41 Do. Do. ..,aalillPtip Norfolk .. 16 1 / 4 -- 17 1 / 4 Middlesbe & Red. ' • , car, 6 p. c., a ll p S tktn &Dar •_•• —i.; N. & E., sp. c ., a l l E . Counties 60 s•- Do. po .Ne Do. 6p' vv a e i . 1 . t . p : aaal paid & L l 1 p; p 1 D D t ° ) a .. •• . & le, f . .. - • . _ ••• Prestn. & Wyre. f L.&N. W I -- ... . Do•Illves, A, all p Do. - Read., Gulldf., and 23 22% 3 2% Reigate ... all pd S. Easterp 2 2 M, _ 8% Roy. & Hit., G% p G t.Northn - 936 9 • ' P/C9 Do, litep.Ex.,ll Do. - ' CI '" . Slot: Rili. & • Giiol e , -- sp. c., 18.11.6 p Lan. & Yks •••, —___ 1 di.. S. Staffdsh., 9 1 / 2 -1., AlrM'Clean 1 1 f. Wear Val. 6pc. al Stckt& Dar' i • 9 • l4 ..... IP% Do. d 0.... all pd Do. Do. d0._... all pd D o. wilte.& born., all 1, Cit. Westr33- 97 '.". 9 Cent. France (0.V.) all Char]. & Erquel all pd Demerara all pd Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd East Indian 181. pd Do. Do. _2O/. pd Gt. Indian Penin. all p Do. Do 4 1 % pd Louv. a la Sambre 7 Luxembourg l3l. pd Do. (Railway) 101. pa Do. ll. pd Do. (Canal) 2t. pd Maria Antonia 27i pa Do. New BIA pd Namur & Liege all pa North. of France,l6/.pd Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p Orleans & pd Paris & Lyons ...61. pd Paris & Orleans all pd Paris & Rouen ...all pd Paris & Stras. ...all pd Rouen & Havre...all pd Sambre & Meuse all pd St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4/. pd! Tours & Nantes 17/. pd West Flanders...B% pd West. of France 6/. pd 23% —24 x.d 13% 13% 3 1 / 4 3%dis. 3 3 % % Y 8 P .)(3 Ya P Agna Fria all pd Anglo-Californian, all p Asturian 151. p Australasian 2 /- pd Australian Si. pd , Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Blaenarvon I. & C. all p Brit. Aug:. Gold all pd British Iron 13/. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24% Do. Coca. & Cui. all Do. St. Job. del R. 15/. Carson's Creek all pd Cobra Copper ...40/. pd COPIIP O 141 pd Eag. & Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain all pd Great Polgooth all pd Mexi. & S. Amer. 91. p Nouveau Monde all pd Port Philip ... ...1/. pd . Santiago de Cuba 10 0 4 Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd 454- 4 3%- 378 IA - 3 / 8 v - 7/8 6 24 3 / 1 25 1 / 4 13% 13 1 / 4 44 4 3 / 4 p 5 5 47 49 1 / 4 x. p d 31 —31% 23% 23 1 / 4 12% 12% x.d 4 3 / 5 JOINT Australasia all pd Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 25/. pd Com. of London 20/. pd Lon. & County 20/. pd London,tlt. Stk. 101. pd Lon. & NVestm. 20/. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 351. pd Do. New lO/. pd Nat. of Ireland 22% p Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd Prov. of Ireland 251 pd. Do. New all pd Union of Austral all pd Do. New 2 l /2 pd Union of London 101. p Union of Madrid all pd 5% 5 3 4 die. 3 31,4 MINES. 7 / 8 - 1 p % - 5 / 8 P p 1 1 / 4 dis par ' die. y i die par 1%= . 2 ... -... 'A-YIP %,dis par d 1 —1% p p P %-YBp 9 3 % 10 1 / 2 21—.2j % 1 / 2 dis '-STOOK HAN 39 40% x.d, 49% 50 11% 12% 24 251/2 MIS , Canada 32% pd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd Penin. & Or; St. all pd Do. Do. ...151. pd Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization, 2/. p. 18 -18% 28% - 29 17 3 / 4 -17 34 .-:- 35 434-44 15 7 / 8 - 16% 37 -38 3 -3% 14 3 / 4 -15% iCELLANEOU 148 - 49'/2 28 1 A - 28% 80 - 79% x.d 63 / 4 24%% 13% . 1576 x.d 31 1 / X 23% 12 X x.d 43/4 11% 5 4 % 7% 8 MS. 18% 29% MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, TWO O'CLOCK._ The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 8,000, bales of which 3,000 American were taken for export and on *speculation. The market closed firmly with American fd. per lb. higher. The sales comprised 7,000 American, 300 Perm= and 61aranbam, at 6d. to 6fd.; 300 Egyptian. at 6id. to 7d.; and 500 Surat, at 3kd. to 4P. per lb.—Railway Shares were quiet, at rather lower prices. The Amsterdam Stock Market on the 19th inst. was tolerably animated, for Dutch Stock. Spanish Bonds were in favour. In Austrian not much was done. a The rates for Bills of Exchange upon the Contidental cities were barely supported yesterday afternoon. Ninety days' Bills were taken et 25.571 to 62} on Paris, 12 if to •12 12 on Amsterdam, 13 11 to Ilf on Ham burgh, and 12 28 to 12 32 on Trieste. The committee'of the Stock-Exchange have had the following posted in the " house":-- " Notice—An application having been made to mark the Spanish Three per Cent. Interior Debt, the commit tee will meet specially on Friday next, the 23d inst., to take the matter into consideration. (Signed) " G. WEBB, Sec."' This idea originates with parties in the Dutch in terest, the Home Debt being habitually dealt in at Am sterdam, but the proposal should be instantly scouted, for it would open the door to a perfect inundation of similar trash over the amount of which no control could be exercised. The English Funds have suffered to the extent of 1 per cent, by sales that have been pressed, and although Money Stock has been brought to market a little by the public "banging" has been resorted to for the sake of effect, and, as usual, many timid individuals close their accounts, and thus fall into the trap laid for them, There are, however, as we have before stated under this head, motives for caution. The uncertainty con cerning the Budget, the anxiety with whi c h Louis Napoleon's career is watched, and the electioneering that is to take place here, must all deter purchasers. Consols have been 99* to 99i for Transfer, and 99i to for May. The prices now are 99} 1, and 99/ /. The New Three -and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been at 1001 to /, and the Three per Cents at 981 to 4. Bank Stock is weaker, at 2191. Exche quer -bills of June are 655. to 685., and India Bonds 86s. premium. There has been a good deal of activity in the Foreign Market,', but values have all gone back in sympathy with Consols. Mexican have been 34k to I, and are now 34j to /. The New have been 271 to 281, and now are 28 to Spanish Three per Cents, are 47/ to /, and the new Deferred 21 to / The Committee's Certificate is 21 to 21. Brczqian Old Stock is at 99, and Grenada Deferred are 101 to 1. Portuguese Four per Cents. are worth 39. Dutch Four per Cents. bring 93k, and French Four Cents. 90 50, with the Exchange at 25 45. The Railway Share Market has been flatter through out, and there has been considerable flactuation. Bristol and Exeter have touched 97, and are now 95k. Amber gate are 6i to 7. French Shares are a little weaker as regards Northern, Orleans and Bordeaux, Rouen and Havre, and Tours and Nantes, but Paris and Rouen are dearer. Within the last half-hour Shares are rallying again. Gold Mines continue steady. South Australian Copper are called k premium. Royal Australian Gold toad Refining Company 3-16. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols 991 Ditto Account May 11 .. 99i BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK ( From the Official List.) Bank Stock 219 1 4 8 per Cent. Reduced 98%34 IA 3 per Cent. Consols Anns. New 3 1 4 per Cent. Aims. ..100%%%% Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... 6% 6 18-16 D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859... 6% 6% Do. 30 Years. Expire Jan. 5, 1860... 7 1-16 India Bondsunder 1,0001 B6 s Consols for Account 9 9 % 541i% Exchequer Bills.] 41. March. June. 5001. — 65 68 p .. ••• PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent. 99 Cuba, 6 per Cant 77 Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent lO5 104% Grenada, 114, per Cent. ..... Do. Ex Dec. Coupons 1849 — Ditto Deferred Biexicao Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 34% Ditto Account .... % Ditto 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, b per Cent -77 64% Do. Deferred 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 39 Ditto 4 Der Cent. Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent Ditto 4% per Cent. ....... Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1840 _ 96 % 96 spanish Bends, 5 per Cent, g 54 Ditto Passive Bonds Span i s h Bonds. 3 er Cont 47% %% % Ditto, New p ed .. . 21% 21 Spanish Com. Cert. Cetip e .no rr t funded,. ~v i den4e on the above payable in Londe, French Rentes , 4 per. Cent, . • 9of. 50c. • Exchange 2.5f. 45 c . D utc h z, per Cent- 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 93 HANGE.—TVESDAY. Gihraltar.• •• .• •• •••• •• ..., L enoa .• eghorn•• •. 000000 . ••.. p g 30 32% ••• •... •• . es 6 Milan •.-..„. .• •• .. ••• Venice...• •• .. •• .• •• •• gaplee ..'............ 40% Palermo, per0z........ 122 Memine 00000 • •.•• •• •• 122 Lieb 0n.............. 53% 0 p 0 r10.............. 63 'i )zio Janeiro ........ •ilecos Ayres •• • • Yew York,6odaya'aight Philadelphi a .• •• •• •• "' 7 . oz. meta or ammo , ' , , 7 9 _ Foreign Geld inbsra.• g: .0 o Vortugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Spanish. Doubloon/ • New Dollars !**,2 •• •• --. le 4 la b - 4 ' lonlverlia44i-a - " 4' COURSE OF EXC Aingtord tat • • •• .. 12 1 Ditto, three months.. 12 2 Rotterdam • . .•.. • • 12 214 &atwerp • • • ... • ... 25 625, Brussels • • ..... 25 62 Ilambargh Paris, 3 clayenght 25 45 Ditto. 3 months 2 62% Marseilles •• •. •••••• •• 25 62x . rranklorton Mains.... 12`iy, Vienna, ellen. C 0...... 12 35 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... J 2 38 Petersburgh,Eitl.Rble., a 7 Ni iladrid •• •••• -••••••• 49N Cadiz •• •• •a• •• SO Baree:Wila ** ....... . NAVAL OFFICERS' STS REA. The Board of Cus toms have issued an order, directing that no rent be charged on stores forming the remains of the sea stock t f naval tfficers paid off from her Majesty's ships, until the same shall have been in the Queen's warehouse twelve months. LLOITII'S SHIPPING- , -(97ITS 1) V. Mpri:.r,sl wRg g ent F n s. whir.h q li r ngt itytirct•- !' `, wr,c,r; tho tropect- , i 0 /7 iry btu tlack •-• noltriveti ;o fast, n it to tnt, ‘iwy pt . :, of the c.-it *blab admitted of such en act. She had placed this knotted handkerchief round her neck; and then deliberately strangled herself. To effect her purpose shewstobl i ged to adopt a kneeling position. The doctor, o n B ooing the knots, and their pressure on the throat, said that death must have ensued in about five minutes. The magistrate was informed of the occurrence, - 41 Da directions were given to forward the requisite statemell; t , ) the district coroner. ~:! LALLE, York. .: ~ Sid. N OFF THE OLD HEAD OF KINSILE.—SewaI], New York, for Liverpool. OFT GULLEY HEAD.—Coquette, Africa, for Liverpool. OFF THE SEVEN HEADS.—Araby, (Everest, deemed —mate in charge,) Charleston for Liverpool. SUNDERLAND, APRIL 20.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. D'Arcy, Demerara. WEYMOUTH, APRIL 20.—The wird which foun dert d ou the 16; h il , St.. afo.r beit. g run into by the Triton. Cardiff 10 13...-tuoti, Was the Maria Jonatin., of Roto-rd , rn Ltvi-rpool t i Liebau. NEWPORT —Sid. Con,tant.,, DEAL, APRIL 20 —Wied NAV 9rax , S. W.---A rrd, St. Thomas packet, Mayagatz tor Hawourg; Graaf Von Hogendorf, Batavia tor Rotterdam ; Atalanta, Sr. Croix for Copenhagen. Arrd. from the River Cressy, Madras, Arrd. from the River and sailed William Jardine, Fre mantle, W. A. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 20 —Wind S.W. to N.W.—Arrd. Caroline, Nascnito, New Orleans; Elizabeth Bentley, ditto; Franklin, King, ditto; Guy Mannering. Nevv York; Clymene, Calcutta; Nitb, Bombay; Shark. Sal dahlia Bay; Hibernia, Callao; Mary Rthiell, Valpa raiso; Elena, ditto; Creole, Monte Video; Emma, Macao; Windsor, Para; Rosina, Demerara; Marianne, Jamaica; Hermann, Theobald, Galveston; Rappahan nock, Now Orleans; Home, ditto; Abraham Young, Charleston; William Botsford, Alexandria; Huguenot, New York; Isaac Webb, ditto. Sid. Henrietta Maria, Manilla; State Rights, Staten Island; Glasgow, St. John's, New Brunswick; Clara Sjmes, Quebec; Marietta, St. • Thomas; Betty, Maracaibo; Sea King, Virginia; Eliza, F. Mason, Baltimore; Faneuil Boston. Off port Ann, Saldanha Bay ; Town of Liver pool, Buenos Ayres. 21st, (by Electric Telegraph)—the Town of Liverpool, from Buenos Ayres, which was in tow of a steam tug last night, struck on Burbo Bank, and dries at low water; she is to be logged. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 20. Wind E.S.E. Arrd. Amelia. Rto de la Hacke. Off port, Madras, South Seas. FALMOUTH, APRIL 20.—Wind S.E., fresh.—Arai. Carlos, Habanero; May Queen Hitmburgh; Donna Theresa, Aux Cayes; J. H. Beater, Gonaives, for Ant werp; Antonia, Laguna, for Havre. Off port, Singapore, Batavia; Prince Albert Bahia; Dromo, Cape Coast Castle. QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 19.—Wind S.—Arrd. Marvel, Mauritius; Alexander, Harvey, Calloa; Glanmore, Bar badoes. Off port, Loyalist, Barbadoes. .. Irish •• •• •• • roreign .. •• . • Wheat. I Barley. Malt. QTB I Qr s . Qrs. 1,360 990 1,370 500 I 2,010 S,ekp G5O 1,740 130A013 . 0.11 b2.O.ZeiJIL.WS. The general demand is st.ady, and late rates are we supported. The chew of .*ampler is very moderate. WIIITECTIAPZI. For each kind of tnk:at we nay./ a dull inqury, and prices are nut supported. Beef, from Is 10d to 3s; Mutton 2&61 to 3s 6d; Lamb, 4s 64 to 5s 4d; Veal, 3s to 4s; Pork, 2i 4d to 3s 6d per Blbs by the carcase. CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) (Bef.re the LORD :CHANCELLOR.) : IMPERIAL PA RLIAMEN T. (THIS I)A. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes after Twelve o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. COCHRkNE BAILEY took the oaths and his 8"" for the Muntiaouili burghs, in the room of the late Mein' ber, Mr, Blewicr.. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Glasgow Union Arcade Bill was read a third time and passed. The Mtdina River Navigation Bill and the Rye Div provement Bill were also read a third time and pa 8644, The Sheffield Bridges and Streets Bill was considelw and agreed to. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the nooth grant. Mr. FERGUS presented a petition from Fife, pay . for the inspgetion of religious houses. Sir CHARLES BURRELL presented a petition ft Sussex against the Militia Bill. Mr. FREWEN _presented a petition from 5115 against the malt•tax. - Mr. SLANEY presented a potition from the met polis in favour of the Industrial Societies' Bill; a similar petitions from the operative tailors of Glasg. from the Universal :Society tf Salford, and from 01 , parts of the country; also two petitions from Stye; bury, one against calling out the Militia, and the ot against tho church rates. Mr. COCHRANE BAILEY presented two petiti , from Abergavenny in favour of retaining the Cry Palace. Mr. ADDERLEY presented a petition from the T nicipality of Cape Town, complaining that the Legi tive Council of the colony had resolved to delay the ngo of the ordinances which bad been sent out granting a constitution to the colony, and imploring House to pass a Bill during the present session for ring the ordinances into effect. THE LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD. Captain SCOBELL said, es the public were par lerly interested in knowing whether it was expedien otherwise to fit vessels in compartments, be wishe inquire of the Secretary of the Admiralty whethe could inform him if the Birkenhead was built in partments, and if so in how many? Mr. STAFFORD said he had to inform the Hon. Gallant Member that the Birkenhead was built in compartments. to! 1 61‘ ;13' or ' tO r : hr - - ) Or. . 4 :, _ IRISH FISHERIES BILL. Mr. CONOLLY, in moving the second reading of Bill, said ho was not the advocate of any particular or interest in Ireland, and would shrink from min forward a measure of such importance on say but lie, grounds. There were three interests connected I salmon fisherit a in Ireland, and, though they were i gonistic to each other, they had only one common identical object, via., kecing up the supply of fish it best and most sppreved manner. The public had like a great interest in the question, for, it was of import in lhem that a good maximum - . 'supply of fish sh always be m initained. What had been the stet il t i b w an as tw P w : n t e d181,4(2, less five old statutes respecting fisheries in the a hg e t i c Bl h a'i° dealt o r w i it t h hi'' un s d ub c j o e n e s t !ilid j a country, but tie fillt justified in saying that the mot which that measure treated existing rights shameful and unconsritudoettl. From the time of NI Charts, up, to 184.. these fisheries were virtually pi property, though very much drawn upon by privet' tereats, but since then the public had been deprive. their undoubted rights, and the fisheries had bec a monopoly in the hands of p r i va t e individi 1.4 1 ; The Bill of 1842 proce e d e d upon the principle as if ti 44 5 was no such thing as public right; and he content H,, that this was a very ser i ous error. It, in fact, e ats fished a monopoly in the landowners against the Pu a right, and so th e L earne d Judge announced from t. i I . bench who t r i e d - certain persons at Waterford f or 9 ti fringing its provisions. That learned person, in P ° , .e of . fact, . gave it as his opinion that , ' 0 e l provisions of the Bill repealed the rights of the people. a relation to fisheries as they were explained and confers 0 in Magna Charts. The law as it now stood went 11 : A the theory of non-interference by Government. " I . indeed left to the public to see that it was propel.? d 4 a forced, and the consequence was it was never enfnr ce i I/ all. Now this defect in the law ought to be immediat of remedied, and a Bill passed to give the upper 1 : to prietors on the Irish streams the same inducemen, , t; 0 preserve the fish that were enjoyed by the proprit. i 0 , on . the . lower waters. The 11th and 12 ° 1 u ., * •ty toria, relating to this branch of • the 0 1 '1 1 I, he readily admitted had worked exceedinglY,wa i and all he wanted the House to do was to exi„ s e nu _ by i r enlarge its provisions. The Act of the Hon. Da.e i r .• for Youghall was also an improvement upon the old s 7 g tern • but still, notwithstanding all these remedial ° 115 ,.. 1 in the law, the quantity of fish in the Irish l'i'N o a i had of late years very seriously diminished. The 'a .0 Gentleman then proceedei to read passages from 1 i i , annual reports of the Irish Fishery Commission, :v, A the view of showing that although there bad,. _ 1 '. 0 ., 1842, been an increase in the supply of fish, yet 0 1 it ,e crease did not proceed from the fruitful characte r 01. ,_ so waters, but from the facilities which the defective s 1 4 7 of the law afforded to poachers. 4 ' (LEFT SPEA KING.) i thiSi e lasi' •• 14: • vat oiltit Abi t 'T. ; of tide or n. tiR • MARKET NE WS.--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. To-day's market was vury scantily supplied with Eng lish Wheat, coastwise and by land carriage. Although there were very few large buyers in attendance, the de mand was considered steady, at prices fully equal to those paid oii.Monday, and at which a good clearance was affected. There was rather more doing for forward delivery. Only 500 quarters et foreign Wheat have come fresh tohapd since Saturday, and the show of gra neried samples was linaitud. Selected qualities moved off steadily at fully previous rates. Low and Middling kinds were quite as dear. Floating cargoes of Egyptian were freely offered at 28a 6d, all charg.s iixtuded. Malting Barley sold at full currencies. Grinding and distilling qualities were rather dull. Malt moved off slowly, but we have no change to notice in prices. We bad a free sale for Oats at fully Monday's currency. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour ruled firm, and the quotations were well supported. tICRIVALPS THIS WEEK Oats. I Flour Wilittot YORK SPRING MEETIN (THIS IY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPILy The Trial Plate. Gossainer ••• Lady Agnes ••• Won in a canter. The Cup. 1 ••• , 1 ••• Vatican ••• ••• ••• Cll. ••• % Paquetta ••• ••• ••• ••• ... ••• OAKS BETTING. 10 to 1 ag , t Gossamer —taken , - , , or W E SLEYAN REF o RM. — LRA evening a meeting et the advocates of Wesleyan Reform took place at Exe fe Hall, Strand , for the p ur p ose o f reviewing the proceedi ll i 1 - and recommendations of the Conference Memorial Ce ll i I. mittee, and of the President's select laymen. Mr. G•. i ' t t H arr i so n, of Wakefield, occupied the chair, a n d s t ate d tol, j the main object of the meeting was to obtain a reform i I , Methodism in its judicial and diciplinary organizati o e since the ministers of their connexion had for a long riT a past been more anxious to obtain ecclesiastical power tiol a to spread evangelical truth. Tire secretary then rei!dj a ~ declaration of principles," which stated that it had or deemed expedient, in vindication of the rights and liberty - of the people called Methodists, to prepare a documents,,,, . a ting forth their object and intentions, and express iu w, , 0 1. d belief that the restoration of all preachers, officer% ' " t b 0 members, who had been expelled in consequence of " t 1 if futurer N e v e i e l n li t a proceedingsmpeaFce. Gandr iffi 7 o so, f s po t en h rei e t y C o f o o n f f t e h r te e h n e c e exc,op ngilledn was ex essential jon_ T . to l , 0.. 00 ,(0 , ministers, P: posed , and the Rev. W. L. Griffiths seconded a resole L . , protesting against th e c l a i m of the P res ident's select o y e , men to be representatives of the Methodist People, and i _„, flouncing the proceedings of the Confere nce Memorial C Mt mittee and lay Convocation as an insult to the Meth( FfL . The motion w as a reed to, and was followed by other rt >r 40 Societies, a n d su b versive of the tru e interests of Christiat g P fr lutions of a simila r tendency , a fter which the nroceedi 7 / ' terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. titian cf this city AN OPTICAL ILLusloN.—Some years ago an op 1 glass eye of the proper size, OIL" a small 01 it with distilled water, and put therein . eel. A g a , es . of a distinguished advocate on "'''. 3 tleman of subtle wit, 11 0 temperance question, saw the bauble, v 1 I , wrong side of the it, and departed. Sho rt - idea, purchased e struck with an public were running down Park-row, so' st afterward the with . ~ v .: made a .. a horse a snake in his eye," the Brea o p, where, to see wonder of the age• Money came plentif u ll y ' to the Catar and the show w e nt on bravely until the o pti c i an inad . rain mentioned_ the glass eye, and then the whole as tently ork Tribune whole . collapsed.—New le _____..... •- BIRTHS. OF A ROL 011. the 186zthi f' nat., at Cuckfi e ld, t h e wife o f the R All re d Y. Bett. On the 17th inst., the wife of G. Pinkerton, Esq. 1.11 On the 18 th inst. , at Sussex-place; K ens i ng t on , the . John Woollett, Esq., barrister-at-law. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 11th inst., at Uffington, Lincolnshire, the Wi fe the Rev. G. P. M‘Douall. On the 15th inst., at Edi nc hi p, P erthshire, the .9—w ay (4 Thomas W. Murray Allan, Esq., of Ilarering. MARRIED. eye! , On the 17th inst., at Richmond, Surrey, Lord C., 11 T - Paget, son cf the Marquis of Anglesey, to Martha S tu lea, youngest daughter of the late Admiral Sir Robert Iv Otway, Bart. On the 17th inst., at St. John's Church, Paddington , I ` lr 4' Thomas. Wilkinson, of R egent street, to B a rnet, widow , the late Mr. Th omas A ndrew Bridge. • e On the 15th inst., North-DIEI4 Edward Grahav ag . t , d 65.. th-hall, Sussex, Ors the 16 h inst., a t K ent i s h-t own . Edwin Sandys, Esc!' .- ' aged 82. On the 17th inst., at Piccadilly, Mr. Thomas Collin h aged 79. ' ()n the 17th i ns t., a t Chobham, Mr. Mumford, aged 83. On the 18th inst., at Barnet-common, Mr. James aged 73. On the 18th inst., at Peckham , Bo yee Thornton, Esc'''. aged 64. On the 18th infit., William Alonkhouse, EN., of Tburloe squ e,'ir aged 65. On thr 18th ir et,. at Hercinffafe, Frances Harriet, aid: , at " !.ht. Rev. John Pear on. axed 42. - Mr. On the ISth in 4 t.. a t L.v. rpool-street, isisho,,sgate, Philip Youngman. aged 73. priwto Jvis P11.1.-)60-1,4i IF )) MITRDO Tt )Ijrii 4 .; Printer: +4l 7 1 / 1 4 Strand. : tr , L b, cops ty of giddloor.. Wodoo4day. April 21, 1802 Business done to-day. 13% 14 13,4 6/ 7 97 95 1 ,i 20% y,i 4% 3A 9YB 34 34 17% Y, 82% % 82 46 20% rs 6% 14% 'S 6.9%-; 92 91% 73% % % pm 18% 3 , 8 % 1 12 0 4 4 123 1 A % 27% 91% % % % 67 % V 2. 351 t .. 8% % 34 9% NI 18% 1 ,4 18 17% 11% 11 IN % 8522% 21% 18% % 24%%a 8% 'A 11, pm . %pm x.d 14Z % 123 611/2 3 % - k p 11 'A - 12 10% -11% 13 - 13% % - p 139 - 141 dis. par 19 -20 - 1 - 5 -5% ifi dis p 10 10% 1 5 %--16 13 % -14% 104 - 16 3 % .434 - 43/4 - P IN RE THE NORTH OF ENGLAND BANKING COMPANY : EX,PARTE NELSON. This was en appeal from an order of the Vice-Chan cellor Knight Bruce, retaining the petitioner, ,as the executor of one Strafford; on the list of. contributories for 900 shares. • The objections to the liability were the absence of any formal and perfect transfer of any of the 700 shares, saver 10, the non-execution of the deed of settlement, and the want of any binding consent on the part of the directors in any of the sales made to Studs ford. In answer to these points, the official manager proved waiver of, objection to informalities, and the con stant receipt of the dividends as long as there were any to receive. • - His LORDSHIP this morning, in giving judgment, said that it was fortunate for the people of this country that the view of this case endeavoured to be forced upon him by the appellants was neither the law of this Court nor. of any other Court in the kingdom. • Mr. Strafford had undoubtedly become a member of the company in regard to all the shares. Every one of the conditions required by the Act of Parliament had been compiled with in the transfer of those shares, and if there had been a profit to receive instead of a burden to bear, the Court would never have heard of any attempt to repu diate membership. In his opinion the executor of Mr. Strafford were fully liable, and the appeal must therefore be dismissed. IN RE OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND CHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY, EX PARTE SHARPE AND JAMES. This was an appeal petition under the Winding-up Act. The Master placed the petitioners on the list for 500 shareQ, and as the Vice Chancellor Knight Bruce had decided a similar question in " Ea parte Morrison," they were, by permission of Lord Truro, allowed to bring the question at once before this branch of the Court. The petitioners were managing directors, and, as such, they agreed to take, and did take, 100 shares. By a scheme subsequently agreed on the directors appor- tioned 8,000 shares to be divided among the members of the board of management and the provisional committee. Of these shares the proportion of the petitioners was 800, and the question now argued was their liability to contribute on those 800, for they did not deny the liabi lity on the original 200. His LORDSHIP, in giving judgment, said the Court had. great reason to complain of the manner in which this case had been brought before the Court. No fact in it seemed to have been ascertained wish any certainty, and the progress of the Court bad been frequently interrupted by disputes as to the truth of some material allegation of fact. Atter going carefully through the case he had come to the conclusion that there was no evidence to show that Mr. Sharpe or Mr. James were liable for any more than the 100 shares each, of which they bad already accepted the liability. With regard to the additional 400 shares each in the new scheme, there was nothing to show that they had ac cepted the allotment of them, and the mere tact of their being on the managing committee could not render them liable. In Upfit's case, which bad been relied on, there had been an acceptance, but in this there was noel?. and here were other circumstances which made it A cliff: h a considerably from ,this.. The liability of Sharpy e nd Mr: must .there'or e resuicted to 100 a b e res d struck off the list.—D eeree accordlugly. each, and with reg ar d t o t h e o th er shares they must IN RE SMITH. In this case, in which the Lord Chancellor ordered Mr. Ho lland to make an affidavit explaining the part which he had had in the transaction for which Mr. Smith was last Friday struck off the rolls, Mr. Holland being this morning in attendance, The LORD CHANCELLOR said he bad read Mr. Hol land's affidavit, which completely absolved him from any knowledge of the improper conduct of which Mr. Smith had been guilty. He was perfectly satisfied on this point; and be discharged Mr. Holland from further at tendance on the Court, as free from blame. • QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE announced at the sitting of the Court this morning that Mr. Justice Coleridge would attend in tho full court to-morrow to bear motions for new trials in the cases which had boon tried before him on circuit. The Court was occupied the whole of the morning with the Crown paper. poorly -d ressed POLICE 'IN'T'ELLI G ENCE . peor MARLBOROUGH- STREET Mary Ann Bill, aged 52, a b m r a o n n 9 gh li t v .b in e g to i r a e Miari.tillieardVnicikd, street,Cha rg e outsided 1) r Pl a i r t e t '. in:teneeciai'llien9iwg-auti jog and two basins from the No. 36, Princes-street, Leicester squarec.f a china shop, James . Chilman, a lad in the employ- about half-past nine that china and earthenware dealer, 3 6, Princes-street, said , of Thomas Grant, hthaidn justgs outside taken tbesh o, morning, as he was putting and two basins,a gentleman told him a woman pursuit of the yards from the shop, something away. Witness missed 'a jug is. 6c1., and immediately went in woman, and overtook her •about e woman The prisoner,: who was the her in question, denied P h . aving anything, but on . lit t „w : shawl the property was discovered. The prisoner g • up the things . The prisoner, who di , cl us n e o r t elT an s and ran off, but she was ov ertaken and given int o Custody. e motion while at.the br k them in a n ungu arde a4 d moment. f i e d st in a n d y e . i p e a n r e t 2 i7 , ll too been in nay senses at the time. I could not have The for pris c o o n m er m w it a m s e th nt e s t . n removed rem to the . ordinary lock up cell tuation. The ,prioi,,;,. acquaint her friends wi.h her si . The gaoler, , Welao, inquired if he should send and was ignorant of what had and she had no money to occurred; be ihdeawhaussol;ttnetl,f7wibto}lko, tow. weiA vpii,d I,e pay a f p,..ateng.-r to ,Spli . . himself, -u Itig ii , - , him• ti• - ilab th, T - J , the chance .of the husband ',Tap ~ . , would provide a tioeseenger and pay him t k• left the cell, leaving the priacw-:r quite tranqutl. Ti,, prison van in it few minutes came to Eno ootirr., and the gaoler went to the witgiiiiratea' clerk, Air. Bishop, fo r the commitments. The tirril required for this was very short, and there e-uld:nOt have elapsed ny.rn than fi - , teen -minutes since - he •left the pnsurwr in the c, 11. go going. dawn to. the cell he. remarked thAt - roun , :the :Srating — ln -- the ; 0-0,, ,:-‘vhici-i admit rd ,:,•iiO4..t -'lnd 'air - a -portion — of - Cares's- cva; pi :cid; ' He 61 3 4.-c,i the door or the c:•il, ing •11, ar:d fi t ,d b t ' * put his head in. a , .(1 on FPoiti:4 the' art 0 , r11,,f10n I, ptisontr hato ! o, a h , called out to the atsistata c. , rt,t,11- to o'roo to h:; a,- instance. Without a mom ent ', d e l ay , ur waiting to force open the door, the g ao l er w i th his kn if e cut the nonst, and the . ptieoner, fell lifeleao on the Om of th e cell .- 54% . T f {~ ~~ ~~