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.-- - LORD BROUGHAM'S NEW WORK. Just ready, in royal Bvo. with Portraits, The SECOND VOLUME of LORD BROUGHAM'S LIVES of MEN of LETTERS and SCIENCE, Who tiourithed during the Reign of George 111. ; WITH ORIGINAL LETTERS. 1 Comprising Dr. johii,3on ' Adana Smith (with an analytical view of his great work), Laroisier, Gibbon, SirJ. Banks, and D'Alembert. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 51arlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LA.MOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to annoutics that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all lemurs, containing instruction, are respectfully requested to be d4ressed. Al Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered; and 'dykes of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, l the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Sabscriberg, and the Public are respectfully informed that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, APRIL 23, Vhen will be. performed (for the first time this season), Rossinfs celebrated Opera, entitled IL BARHIER.E DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Grisi ; Bertha, Madame Be ;Il Conte d'Alinaviva, Signor Mario ; Bartolo, Signor Lablache ; Signor F. Lablactie ; FigAro, Signor Fornasari. In the course of the Evening, Selections from Donizetti's Opera, LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. In which Madame Castellan and Madlle. C. Brambilla will appear. To be followed by various Novelties In the Ballet Department. In which will appear Mallel. L. Gratin, L. Tagliont, Moncelet, De raelisse, Cassan, Madame Y. Stephan ; MM. Perrot, Gosselin, Ber trand, and Di Mattia. Applicat'ons for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box oflic.e, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-pact Seven o'clock. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, ARIL 18, Will be perform Ned GI MOVAN Nlozart's chef d'oeuvre, DO. Donna Anna, Madame Grist ; Donna Elvira, Madlle. Sanchioll ; Zetrtlal,na,o Madame Castellan. Don Giovanni, Signor Fornasari ; Don l, Signor Mario ; I 1 Commandatore, Signor Botelli ; 3fasetto, Signor F. Lablache ; Leporello, Signor Lablache. Between the Acts, a PAS DE TROIS, by 3fdlle. L. Taglioal, Madame Petit Stephan, and M. Perrot. To conclude with the admired Ballet °MOLINE ; ou, LA DRYADS. Arranged by M. Perrot, in Three Tableaux. Eoline, :tractile. Lucile Grahn ; Rubezahl, 31. Perrot ; Count Edgard, 3.ladlle. Petit Stephan ; Prince of Silesia, DI 3lattia. In the course of the ballet, Waltze Silessienne by the coryphees of the corps de ballet. Pas de la Fiancee, Madde. Lucille Grahn ; supported by Madlle. Moncelet and Madlle. Cossan. 3lazourka d'Extase, Madlle. Lucile Grabn and M. Perrot. Grand Pas de Dryades, by Madlle Lucile Gratin and the corps de ballet. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed an Opera, entitled THE CROWN JEWELi. Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss ; Don Henrique, Mr. Marrison ; Dom Sebastian D'Ave3l'o, Mr. D. W. King ; Rebolledo, ➢dr. BOrTalli ; La Catarina, Madame Anna Thillon ; Diana, Miss Poole. After the Opera, Mons. Franc s Prume, the celebrated Violinist, will make his first appearance in England, and perform two of his most popular compositions. To conclude with the grand Divertissement of LA BAYADERE. In which Mdlle. Louise, Mr. A. Webster, les Sceurs St. Louln, &C., w:11 perform. TIIY,ATRK ROYAL. RAVI/AMU:T. THIS EVENING Will he performed a New and Original Comedy, called, A BECGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cymon Foxall, Mr. Webster ; More craft, Mr. W. rarrett Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. 11. 801 l ; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei de ar.n, tar. J. Bland ; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover ; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, Mrs. Seyrnorir. The Band will perform the Overtures, " La Symphonic," and " La Nelge ;" a Fantasia, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop,' and "Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz. After which, an experiment will be tried upon THE BIRDS OF' ARISTOPHANES : on which occasion they will be presented to the public with new Names, new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. James Bland, Hudson, Tilbury. Brindal, Caulfield, T. F. Mathews, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with a I , ew Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Hamby, &c. TUEATRE POYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANIGEMENT OF ➢IRS. KEELEY. Unprecedented Attraction for the Easter Holidays. of GENERAL TOM THUMB ! Re-engagement Who having, on each appearance in the Burlesque of " Hop o' my Thumb," been welcomed with most enthusiastic shouts of ap plause, and excited the astonishment and approbation of at: elegant and delighted auditory, by his almost Incredible .Dimi• native Pei son and his equally Incredible Mind, the Management has much pleasure in announcing his Performance for ever} Evening during the Holidays. THIS EVENING The performances will commence with a New and Original Comic Drama, in Three Acts, calle.l HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan, ant Keeley ; Miss Pillars, M. A. Wigan, and MIS. Keeley. After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE 3INRULF MAI T)EN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, ant Miss Laidlaw. To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled 110 P 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and his Seven-League Boots. Hop '0 My Thumb, General Toni Thumb. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Charactes by Messrs. A Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arde i, Pillars, and Howard. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. TriEATRE ROYAL, ADELPSLI. A New Drama, and a New and Magnificent Burlesque. THIS EVENING Will be presented a New Drama, in Three Acts, called, IN DUSTRY AND INDOLENCE; or, The Orphan's Legacy. St. Amour, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rollin, Mr. 0. Smith ; S:.nsonet, M.. Wriqht ; Mons. Del imare, Mr. Perkins ; Batifole, Miss Woolgar ; Ntiu, Miss Webster ; Cecile, Madame Celeste. -Vier which, a New Burlesque, entitled, PETER WILKINS ; or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal chgacters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Man) ard, &c. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Iloneybun, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Criulk, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. Iloneybun, Miss Emma Harding. PRLICCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. Macready Edgar, Mr. Wallack; Cordelia, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled LADI GODIVA AND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY. In whicl: Messrs. Walton, Wynn, Compton, Cfranby, Oxberry ; Miss Taylor, Miss E. Stanley, Mrs. Fosbroke, Miss Honner, &c., will appear. ASTLEY'ii ROYAL AMPHITHEATLE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her most gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Priscess Royal.—Entertainments Extraordinary for the Holiday Visitors.—Flrst Appeal ance of the celebrated Clown Wallet, in conjunction w . th Barry and Rochez. THIS EVENING Will be performed an entirely new Equestrian Oriental Spectacle, entitled, THE ARIB AND HIS DESERT STEED; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. The Characters personified by the principal members of the Company and numerous auxiliaries. New and Popular Scenes in the Circle, by the Foreign and British Professors. To conclude with a favourite Afterpiece. Box-office open from eleven till live o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE Holiday Attractions, on a scale of Novelty, Talent, and Variety never before offered. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Burlesque Spectacle, entitled JA...IR THE GIANT KILLER. Supported by Messrs. Rogers, Cowell, Lewis, Heslop, WilLams ; blesdms. Hughes, M. Glover, &c. After which, a New Farce by Mr. E. Stirling, entitled, ON THE TILES ; or, A Night at Greenwich. To be followed by a Grand Ballet of Enchantment, called, DER riumois YAGER ; or, The Fiend on Earth. By the Deulin Family. A Tab!eactx of the Great Indian Victory will be exhibited. To conclude with a New Melodrama, called, THE RATS OF HAT CASTLE. ROYAL VICTORIA TIIEATRE. The mos powerful .% - u - T.l — varied Entertainment ever offered to the Public 1 TIIIS EVENING Will be performed an entirely new Drama, entitled LAID UP IN PO i. P ; cr, Sharks along Shore. Principal characters by Messrs. Fredericks, Saville, Raymond, Tlndell, niggle, Searle, Burton ; Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terry, &c. After which, THE warm CROSS KNIGHT. To conclude with a romantic Drama, entitled TIIE DEVIL'S DEN ; or, The Mint, the Maize, and the Maiden. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. NEW STRAND THEATRE. -- - ENTIRE CHANGE.—NOVELTIESI AND MAGIC EFFECTS. " La g,alete est la sante de l'ame, La tristesse en est le poison." • M. PrIILLIPFE, in returning his grateful thanks to his kind Patrons, and feeling anxious to merit a continuance of past favours, so liberaliy bestowed upon him by the discerning Public of this great metropolis, b. 30 leave to announce that he will Resume his EN T'oRTAI ,MENT at the above Theatre, Tars EVFNING, When he will have the honour of Introducing an ENTIRE CHANGE in his PERFORMANCE, which has been prepared at a great expense and labour. The New Feats and Miraculous Scientific Experiments are of the mast extraordinary and astounding de scription, and must be celi to be believed. M. PIIILLIPPE will commence the Entertainment by Lightirg Two Hundred and Fifty Wax Candles by a single Pistol Shot ! This unique and brilliant Experiment was originally performed by Mons. nillippe for upwards of 700 consecutive nights in Paris. Dturtn4 the Evening M. Phillip pe will introduce his GRAND mo-riiEr.'s CAP, with ail its tiapid Transformations. During the Easter Week there will be a Morning and Evening P at er l f , o v -m r .. o a , li el c o e o e ( le ; l m t Dap. g Performance. ng The Morning Performance will commence Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, s.la quarter t i o .z.v i a g t h e t. Boxes, 11. ls., said 67. 7 ' 64.1 THE WEA.THRII..—Sex Omen, APRIL 17.- I.IISAMONETER, Lowest, 45; Highest. 62; Noon, 58 BAROMETER, 29.95.—W1ND S.W.; fine. IVAITH AT LONDON-2iM*I)HE THIS DAT. Marring •. 19 mlnates atter 5. I Evening 42 minutes after 5. N. .„..:3:::,,,.. tt I • tn : ., i ~ ,, ,t i el ..i . '3l,i' 4-72-V.7;" 64,11:1 etg . ' _ . - ' • N 4l ? '; ' i,t - '9fg::: < f .1,. ~, .. . ' I?? ' ,...r ., • • .1.. T ‘. • 7. '''--- .M.-7 " ' .-ajpi • " " • ,i b; ri I -v SECOND EDITION. Lo lung LONDON, FRIDAY. APRIL 17, 1846. The speech of M. TIIIERS, on Wednesday, in the French Chamber of Deputies, his visit to this country last autumn, and the complimentary return made by Lord PAL3IERSTON, are all favourable symptoms that the phrase entente cordiale is something more than mere words. The condonation, too, has come from tho right quarter—from the artgry party that, till very lately, miss:A no opportunity of declaiming against the selfish disposition of England, snd of her wish to overreach France, and interpret the words of the French KING only to her own advantage. The speech to which we vefer, and which was not finished at the hour of post on Wednesday, related to the strength of the French navy, and the comparative power of England and France at sea. Judging from M. Tunas' work on the " Con guilt° and the umpire," we are led to believe that he 2onsidered France quite an equal match for this country, both as regarded the skill of her nav al officers, and the bravery of her sailors. He never relates an encounter at sea, in which France had not the superiority, or was not robbed of the victory by some accident, or some. malevolent, unexpected, and unwarrantable trick on the part of the islanders. Sea-fights, which En lishinni had been taught to believe were in their favour, and which they h a d ce l e brated by tEe `firing of cannon, by illuminations and bonfires, were, according to the French historian, no victories at all; they were all mere delusions ; the French, it is true, had suf- fered in some -instances, but, as VOLTAIRE says of the Britis'a troops at the battle of Fontenoy, their defeat was as glorious as a victory. In every instance that oc curs to us, M. TRIERS gives the preference to his coun trymen for naval tactics, hard fighting, and daring cuter prise, and is only a little puzzled in winding up his tale to account for the result. From these facts, we are justified in inferring that, in his reveries about the vic tories which, under the ORLEANS dynasty, should equal those of the empire, he dreamed of the dominion of the sea as well as the boundary of the Rhine. All these visions, however, have vanished, for in the speech to which we allude, he fully admits that France cannot compete with England at sea . For fort y ships of the line which France can build and maintain, he said Eng land could raise one hundred, and the vast difference be tween the respective forces, therefore, could leave no room for doubt as to which would ultimately prevail. This is an important admission from one hitherto so vain glorious, and who may in a few years be again Prime Minister of France. But this apparent change of opinion :s accompanied by other circumstances of far more .eight. Latterly the tone of the Paris journals has exhibited a great diminution of asperity in reference to the policy and power of England. They reason calmly on her victories in India—even praise the moderation of the Governor-General ; and one of them, usually most hostile to England, admits that " no nation more extensively fulfils its providential mission." The op• position in the Chamber has undergone the same re generation —even M. BILLAULT can speak of England with decent composure; and all these violent and un becoming displays which some years since made the events at Otahelte, and especially the PRITCHARD affair, Absolutely ridiculous, are never by any chance re peated. At one time it was understood that the ex-Minister was paying his court to the Duke DE NEMOURS and his brother JOINVILLE, in the hope hat they disapproved of the peaceful policy which has so honourably distinguished the reign of their rather, and that they might join with him in reviving the glory of the French army, and defeating England in her own territory by means of steam-boats. But he evidently has met with no favourable reception from that quarter, and is obliged to fall back upon the rely chance of recovering power left to him, and become a warm advocate of peace with England. Lord Pea, neasTos is in somewhat a similar positien ; Earl GREY had pronounced a ban upon him, which went forth to the vhole of Europe and met with warm approbation from ,he friends of peace, as well as from all those Powers .vho reprobated the Syrian expedition. The French ')pposition were in ecstacies to find their most dangerous opponent blackballed by his own colleague, and the war tike spirit of Lord PALMERSTON made the real ground 'or demolishing the RUSSELL Cabinet. A brand was .hus fixed upon the ex-Foreign Minister, which no ex • planations, no professions of a sincere desire fur peace, no expressed determination to maintain to its full extent the entente cordiale, could efface, and the appointment of Lord PALMERSTON to his former office, in case of a change of administration, would have been regarded by the French Chamber as a declaration of war ; for they night well say—" This is not our opinion only, you :ourselves admit the fact; you wish to live at peace, but it the same time, men who know your Cabinet secrets matter than we do, t.:11 us plainly there can be no secu city for peace while PALMERSTON is at the Foreign• Itfice." The impossibility of giving a satisfactory reply to such an argument has not been without effect, and )robably has mainly contributed to the friendly inter :ourse of civilities which are now going on at Paris. Whatever may be the real cause, however, the friends of peace will rejoice in the result. By personal communi =dons, by witnessing improvements as observable in France as in England, by experiencing the hospitality and the warm congratulations of Frenchmen of all par ties, and also by judging more intimately of the real cha racter of the people, Lord PALMERSTON may learn an useful lesson, and he and M. THIERS may the more rea- (lily admit the folly, as well as the wickedness, of bring ng into collision, from personal pique or some cause equally undignified, two nations whose friendly co operation is absolutely necessary for promoting the wel fare of both, and securing the peace of the world. Another glance at the devastations which still pro ceed in our beautiful, but doomed Ireland, is almost re quisite, from the terrible character of the most recent intelligence from that quarter, nor can it but be inte resting at the present juncture. To-night Parliament will resume its sittings by taking under immediate con sideration the kind of legislation which should be adopted towards the Irish multitude, and hence it be comes absolutely necessary to weigh every indi cation of mai. government by which the species of correctives to be employed become more recog nisable. During some_ months it has been our un fortunate duty to comment upon the exigencies of that wretched population, and to insist earnestly and inces santly upon the certainty there was of such ulterior woes as would baffle the interposition and hamper the movements of the Legislature. Again and again our voice has been raised in supplication for the destitute millions of Irish, and in warning against that accumulation of ills by which the efficacy of any Government intervention would then become null and powerless. Unless a more rapid policy be adopted by Parliament in dealing with the wants of Ireland—unless efforts of a more sponta neous nature be made in behalf of the famine-stricken millions, the " Great Ministerial Difficulty" will defy the ingenuity of the mass of remedy-mongers. Circumspection is, undoubtedly, a wholesome adjunct in legislation, but there are circumstances in which an over-scrupulousness would be criminal in the rulers of a great empire. When thousands are pinched with the fiercest pangs of hunger ; when tumultuary crowds defy the arm of the law by their insubordination ; when whole parishes are abandoned to disease and death, with nothing but poisonous food, it is as suredly not the moment to cavil over the propriety of this detail or of that ,formality. An awful example of this ill-timed controversy has been given us by our illustrious and incomparable Hooara u : every one will remember the picture in which he delineates the heroine of Marriage a la Mode expiring in acute torments, while the rival physician: are wrangling over their panaceas. Here is the potion —here is the inestimable pill; both are paraded as cer tain to prove remedial; but in the midst of the argu ments the patient attains the climax of the disorder, and renders recovery through human power all but impossible. There is a resemblance in the comparison closer than the superficial might at first conjecture. WILLIAM HOGARTH, in that production, advanced a great moral truth of universal application ; what bolds good in this rt spect individually, holds good also in the multitude ; what is appropriate in this particular to the physician, is appropriate hkewi-e to the legislator. Unless, therefore, some speedier means be applied for the reclamation of Ireland, the evils of famine, of contagion, of insular dination, will exceed all ordinary bounds of uppression. The great under-current is in motion; an effective effort must be made at once, or the consequences must prove dire beyond calculation. We do not aspire to the post of those who would needlessly gene rate a panic; we abhor conduct of such wilful our fellow country men goa d e d on b y starvat i on an d atrocity but when we beh o ld so man y thousands of t its dreadful concomitants, though w e would still depre cate any undue Ireeipitation, we would have the legis lative remedy advanced with vigour and alacrity ; with out any petty attention to the minutim of separate clauses. We cannot but hope that the MembPrs of the L ower House will perceive the real urgency of the case, and spurn from their counsel anything like captious opposition. We earnestly trust that, with the various indications of the present mal-administration of affairs in Ireland—the incessant and wholesale evictions—the indifference to the effusion of blood—the • riots around the il,ur-dray at Tipperary, and the ferocious assault upon the mills, at Clonmel—we earnestly trust, that with these sig nificant facts before them, a conscientious sense of the responsibility which devolves upon them will impel them to some conclusion forthwith. Accord ing to Freeman's Journal, the wretched beings who mingled in the last-mentioned outbreak were " reduced to the utmost extremity of distress; their bones protruding through the skin which covered them." These are the people for whose redemption from the jaws of death, and for whose preservation from anarchy, Government has to legislate. 'They are not therefore a race admitting of a tardy or elaborated policy. What good Las to be done in their regard, must be done at once. Delay is ruin. The following letter from Cracow, dated April 5, is pub lished in the Unir4rsal German Gazette of the 12th : " The officer of the militia, M. Ducillowicz, who betrayed the conspirators to the authorities, and apprised them of the hour fixed for the explosion of the insurrection, has been struck with apoplexy, and is at present in the hospital. A nervous fever prevails amongst the Austrian corps of occu pation in this city. Letters from Warsaw state that the Go vernor of that city has adopted strong measures to preserve order. The troops sleep in the streets, and at 3 o'clock the houses are closed. We are ignorant of the state of Gal, as all communication has been interrupted. We merely know that the peasants had not yet returned to their duty. The Austrian army had suffered some loss in the forest of Niepelomidec. The insurgent s dug pits, which they covered G with loose earth, and when the cavalry chared, several were dismounted, and put to death without mercy. When in want of provisions, the peasants advance to Bochnia, and even to Wretitaka." There are no later accounts from Madrid than those re ceived yesterday, wbich announced the accession of PIDAL, and AR HERO to the LTURITZ Cabinet, b' which M. ISTURITZ had been enabled to form a Governmevi. EGASA, the favoUrite of Queen CHRISTINA, has been foie a tc, retire, so that either CHRISTINA'S influence is failing or she is getting alarmed. General SAN; Captain-General of Grenada, had joined the Cabinet as Minister of the War Department. The ceremonies of the Holy Week commenced on the 9th. The QUEEN, accompanied by MARIE CHRISTINA, the In fanta LUISA FERNANDA, the Infant DON FRANCISCO DE PAULO, and a numerous and brilliant suite, went on foot to seven churches, to fulfil the seven stations appointed by the Church. Her MAJESTY washed the feet of twelve poor per sons of both sexes. The QUEEN and her mother walked between two rows of pikemen, 'attired in the new uniform, which is copied from the soldiers of the Prussian army. The whole procession was witnessed by multitudes of people, who were very orderly. IsTuErrz, as President of the Council, walked on the QUEEN'S right hand. General NORZAGARAY bad left for Estramadura, where he was to replace in command of that province General AMOR, Wl.O is recalled. The announcement made in the Paris papers of the arrival of NARVAEZ in that city on the 15th is incorrect (indeed, it is contradicted in the Paris papers received this morning). On that day he was still at Bayonne. The Madrid papers of the 9th state that the insurrection in Galicia had been completely repressed. It is stated, that in consequence of attempts having been made to seduce the troops in Catalonia from their allegiance, th 3 Captain-Gene ral of the province had issued a proclamation offering their discharge from the service and three ounces of gold to the soldiers who should denounce the persons engaged in these attempts. Don Hit is Still at Bayonne, but mt under surveillance. There is passing," says the Courier Fi anfais," at present at Bayonne a veritable comedy, On Monday the telegraph transmitted to the authorities of that city orders to cease all surveillance over the Infante Don Henry, to pay him all the honours due to his rank, and in his place to watch General Narvaez, whose intrigues the Spanish Government, it appears, is apprehensive of. What renders this change the more amusing is that the police of France were set on the traces of Don Henry at the formal demand of Narvaez." The Madrid Bolsa was closed on the 9th. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. They are almost exclusively filled with the report of the debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the Naval Budget on the day preceding, and with comments on the speeches delivered on that occasion. M. BILLAULT, during the discussion, made a furious attack on the Government, and was replied to by Baron DE MACKAU, the Minister of Marine, in a speech of which the Presse says— " Admiral de Mackau has not often obtained the appro bation of this journal. Our friends have even sometimes accused us of a spirit of hostility with respect to him. We shall to-day prove that we have never offered a systematic opposition to any one. We, therefore, declare that the honour of yesterday's sitting must be awarded to the Hon. Minister. Taken unawares, by a most aggressive speech of M. Billault, Admiral de Mackau, whom we have again found such as he was when he first spoke in Parliament, met the attack with a firmness and precision, which not• withstanding some appearance of fatigue towards the close of his speech, constantly captivated the attclition of the Chamber." In the course of his speech, the Minister, speaking of the increase in the steam navy, said :—" We have augmented the number of those vessels; we now possess. of from 450 to 540 horse-power, 1 of 320, 9 of 220, 22 of 160, 1 of 150, 17 of 120 and under, and, finally, 17 trans-Atlantic steamers ; so that, if the Chambers decide that the latter shall belong to the royal navy, we have now at our disposal 72 steam. vessels." He concluded by announcing his determination to maintain the number of ships of the line at forty, and of frigates at sixty. The discussion was resumed on Wednesday by Admiral DE HELE, who was followed by M. TIMMS, who condemned the Ad ministration because it had not repaired the faults of its predecessors. As France was a commercial nation, it was necessary that she should have a navy, but it should be remembered that France was essentially a con tinental power. Ile then compared the relative forces of the French and English navies, and expressed it as his opinion, that at sea France was in no condition to compete with England. It was reported in the Chamber that the Deputies would have finished their labours by the 31st of May, that the Peers would rise between the 15th and 20th of June, and that a dissolution would-immediately follow, so as to have the elections in July. _ . King LOUIS PHILIPPE went, on Wednesday, to Fontaine bleau, to inspect the preparations ordered by him for the re ception of Queen VicromA. The Austrian, Prussian, and Turkish Ambassadors, Lord and Lady COWLEY, and several English noblemen and ladies of distinction, were present on Tuesday at a grand dinner given by M. GUIZOT to Lord and Lady PALMERSTON. The strike among the colliers at St. Etienne is said to be subsiding, and there were hopes that they will return to work in a few days. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE is in Paris. He has taken up his abode at the Hotel Meant ige. The Moniteur, of the 15th, contains a royal ordonnance appointing members of the Council of Health attached to the Ministry of Manufactures and Commerce—M. FOULLIOY, Inspector-General of the Naval Service of Health ; M. MOIZIN, Member of the Council of Health of the Army ; and M. PIRON, one of the Administration of the Post-office. In expectation of the arrival of IBRAHIM PAUL. at Bor deaux on the 18th, General FouvuELLE had addressed the following appeal to the National Guards of that city : " A Prince, an ally of France, whose military qualities have been appreciated by our soldiers,—lbrahim Pacha, is to enter our walls on Satuiday. His Highness will review the regiments of the garrison of Bordeaux and Libourne on Sunday, the 19th. To impart more solemnity to that mili tary exhibition, the Lieutenant-General commanding the 11th division is anxious that the National Guard should figure at it. National Guards ! you will hold to render his Highness the honoar due to him, and piove that Bordeaux, as well as the entire of France, shares the sympathies of her _ _ Tie Funds and every description of securities were heavy on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday, and the prices declined. The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. GOc.; the Five per Cents., 120 E 5c.; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,215 f. ; Rouen, 1,0281. 75c.. ; Havre, 747 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 761 f. 25c.; Avignon, 908 f. 75c. ; Vierzon, 6681. 75c. •, Bor tleaux, 6221. 50c. • Boulogne, 505 f ; Basle, 230 f. Dieppe, 450 f; Paris and gtrasburg, 522 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 545 f; Paris and Lyons, 575 f.; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents, SG. The following are the quotations for other lines : Lyons and Avignon Definitive, 5GOf. : ditto (Talabot) 5101. ; ditto (Lec o i ue t e ), 5031. ; Charleroi, 496 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 16. Dutch Rhenish, s%—Great Northern of France Constituted, Is—Lyons and Avignon, 2—Luxembourg, I—Namur and Liege, I4—Paris and Orleans, 48%—Parrs and Rouen, 40—Rouen and ilavre, 29 %—Sambre and Meuse, 2% —Tours and. Nantes Consti tuted, 6%. ROYAL FAVOURS. Lord-Ell----'s campaigns an earldom get which N p I p S e Il a ;Set appeared NT— i n . The T hse. nyesterday, hea C d A it r ; P Sir Henry Smith's— a b arone t . w v as lith writ tli te i n g by a correspondent. Mr. Fairs, who has acquired so much of deserved celebrity in the art of decorating houses, is removing from llanover-street, where his indisputable taste was rendered so manifestly superior to all his compeers and by its splendid front, and which it is universally acknowledged has nothing to compete with it throughout London. Its chaste and classical composition is of the early Italian school of archi tecture; and within, the magazine and show-rooms are worthy of its classic front. The residence, No. 2, is al so de serving the same compliment; it is doomed to change hands next Tuesday, through the instrumentality of Mr. George Robins's hammer. All the fashionable world are flocking daily to see this beautiful specimen of Mr. Fairs' handiwork. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE JUPITER STEAMER.— On Wednesday night, about ten o'clock, as the Jupiter steam-packet, which is placed on the Bristol and Cork sta tion by the General Steam Navigation Company, in place of the Sabrina, refitting, was coming up the Bristol river from Cork, with a, valuable cargo of horses, cattle, pigs, and mer chandise, the night being very dark, she ran aground at a little below Round Point, a projection in the river about one mile from Bristol, and, the tide being on the ebb, as the water left her she heeled over on her side, and a scene of in describable confusion instantly ensued. The horses, being frightened, broke loose from the horse-boxes, and seven va luable hunters, belonging to the stud of Mr. Mason, a gentle man resident in Oxfordshire, who bas been hunting in Ire land this season, with seven or eight head of horned cattle, and, as it is believed, upwards of 200 pigs, were drowned; the vessel was also seriously injured, and the general cargo much damaged. The scene at this moment, it is said, was almost an indescribable one ; the utmost confusion prevailed, horses and cattle were floating up and down the river, and this morning the shore was literally strewn with . carcases. The vessel was got off this morning, and is now lying at the entrance of the Cumberland basin ; it is found that she makes water, and is otherwise injured, but the extent of the damage is not yet known. The Jupiter is a tine vessel, and of upwards of 200 horse-power. DREADFUL FERRY-BOAT ACCIDENT AND Loss OF LlFE.—Much painful sensation was produced in Bangor, North Wales, on Easter Monday, by an accident of an appal ling kind, which completely marred the festivities of the day. A few mintites past 12 o'clock the ferry-boat, managed by one man and a boy, with, it is calculated, some fiftaen pas sengers, of both sexes, started from the off, or Angles e y s id e, for Bangor, and before they had got good steerage-way on the craft she was struck by a squall, heeled over, filled, and went down. Boats from the ferry-house put off to the assistance of the struggling people, as soon as was practicable, and thirteen persons, including the crew, were picked up in lei's than a quarter of an hour, and conveyed to the ferry-house. In the course of an hour medical aid was had from Beau mauris, and exerted in such cases as needed assistance with success, save in the case of two, namely, William Rowlands, of Trecastell, I'enmon, neat Beanmaris, a resp ec t a bl e and in telligent farmer, thirty-four 3 ears of age, who has left a widow and eight children to bewail his untimely fate, and Anne Owen, single woman, aged twenty-four, a native of Beaumauris, on the eve, alas ! of being united to the object of her affections. The ferry, which is called the Garth ferry, is situated about two miles and a half from the far-famed illenai suspension-bridge, and is a great sea thoroughfare, one mile in 'extent at high water. When strong winds pre vail, as was the case last Monday, there is a heavy sea run ning; but a long term of years' impunity from accident had inspired the utmost confidence in the passage and boats, which are considered good sea-boats--now unfortunately shaken. Ma. M'ACiIEADY.—This eminent tragedian has en tered into an engagement to perform twenty nights at the Surrey Theatre for 1,000/., commencing next September. GRAVESE ND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY. The fol lowing are the traffic returns for the week ending April 11, 1846 :—Passengers, 11,426 ; amount received, 28C1. 2s. 4d. TROTTING 'MATCH. —Yesterday, Mr. Marsden's cob, which was matched to trot two miles under seven minutes , for a stake of 101, decided the issue at Streatham, and won by twenty seconds. PEDESTRIANISM.--The match between Sam East, of Westminster, and Robert Fuller, of London, will come off on • Monday next at Cannick• corner , o n the Barnet road. The didance is twenty miles, and the stakee 2001. THE PUN, ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) Lord Langdale sat to-day at ten o'clock. RAVEN V. TAYLOR. . The cross-petition in this case, which was part heard, was resumed to-day. Messrs. Turner and Harding replies on the part of the petitioners. Lord LANGDALE said this case had occupied a consider. able portion of time at various periods, and yet he could not make any adjudication on the case. He could only say what should be done with reference to the costs. He did not know whether any suit would be instituted in this cause, and he was extremely de sirous of not expressing any opinion on the cause, which might become the subject of litigation. He certainly had expressed his dissent from some of the arguments which had been used. That opinion, however, would not be of any im portance in future proceedings. The case appeared to be simply this :—There was a creditor, wbo administered to an estate, which it was considered ' desirable to sell, and a portion of the money to be given to Mr. and Mrs. Ashwell for their lives, and the residue for their children's use. A petition had been brought forward in the cause, which, however, did not comprise all that was ne cessary, and another petition was presented by Mr. Ashwell, complaining of gross misconduct with respect to the trustees. It did, however, appear, from all, the circumstances set forth, that Mr. Ashwell had cause to complain. Having re gard to the cross-petition, he could not give that relief which was sought. Under all the circumstances, he could not do I better than order that there should be no costs on either side. VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRA3I.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. THE CORPORATION OF CONGLETON. The arguments on a motion for injunction in this case were concluded to-day. Details were gone into only so far as they affected the motion immediately before the Court, but the power of appointing a master to the Free Grammar School of Conglston, which has been exercised for at least the last 400 years, seems to be brought into dispute at present by the religious differences of the day. It appeared in evidence that the master of the school has hitherto been a member of the Church of England, and in several instances in priest's orders, discharging the duties of the sacred office at a small chapel close by the school, for which the corporation acted as trustees. Tee books of the corporation show that they have been in the custom of paying the master of the school 161. yearly since the year 1390. It was contended, therefore, on the part of the Attorney. General, that the corporation were mere trustees, and as such had no power to interfere with the school, or with the character of the education hitherto given. When Mr. ROSRLLY had replied, Mr. ANDERTON proposed, on behalf of the mayor and the corporation of Congleton, that litigation should be stayed by a decree, made by consent of both parties, declaring that the liability of the corporation to pay 16/. annually to the master, and their power of appointment to the vacancy, should, both cease and determine henceforth. The case was postponed for consideration. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, at Westminster Hall.) WOOD V. LORD PORTARLINGTON. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL Said he applied for a rule to show cause why an order should not be made to strike the name of Mr. Macy off the roll of attorneys. It appeared that the charge against Mr. Macy was that he had been guilty of subornation of perjury. Mr. Macy had been an attorney for the last fifteen years, practising in this Court, during which time not the slightest imputation or suspicion had been cast upon his character. This charge was a most serious one, and was to the effect that Mr. Macy had induc Al another party to swear to certain matter, of the truth of which he was not aware. This charge had been distinctly denied by Mr. Macy, upon his solemn oath ; and he (the Salicitor-General) trusted he would he able to show the Court that the charge was unfounded, and had been made to extort money from Mr. Macy. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, on the other side, said that as the result of the applicatio n wou ld b e t o sen d ie case before the Master, he would suggest, for the convenience of the Court, that that course should be now adopted. The .Soucerort GENERAL said he bad no objection; and that course was agreed to. WOOLMAR V. TOBY. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE applied for a rule to show cause why the verdict in this case should not be set aside, and a new trial had. The grounds of the application were upon the facts of the case as they appeared on the trial, which have already been published in The Sun at length. The facts were shortly these :—The defendant applied to the Direct Exeter, Plymouth, and Devonport Railway directors for forty shares, for which he was to pay within a reason able time; but defendant found that in the meantime the names of the provisional committee and directors had been altered, and other names substituted; he also alleged that there was an abandonment of the scheme at the time of the allotment; that the application for the payment of the de posit was not made within a reasonable time; and that there were variances in the mode of setting out the number of shares ; and that the Company were bound to go before Parliament. There was also a series of resolutions to the effect that the Company should be dissolved, and the scheme abandoned, on the 30th of December.—Rule granted. FOSTER V. BANK OF ENGLAND. Mr. Sergeant SHEE applied for a rule to show cause why the verdict in this case should not be set aside. This ca'e was tried at Guildhall in the last term. The facts of the case were these :—lt appeared that a person named William Oxley, who had been 37 years a clerk in the Bank of Eng land, had been intimate with the husband of the plaintiff; who was an illiterate old woman, and whose affairs he undertook to manage after her husband's death. That the plaintiff had given Oxley about 400/. to lodge in the Bank, which had been entered to her credit, but had been converted into stock. and sold out by him without her authority. Oxley at the trial contended that he had the plaintiff's authority for the transfer, but admitted that he took the money, and did not pay it to her; he alleged that she had given him the authority to transfer, upon his having represented that he could procure her a larger amount of in-• terest than what she was paid by the Bank of England. After the Learned Sergeant had argued the case at great length, Lord DENNAN said it appeared to him that the transfer had been a valid transfer. The other Learned Judges were of the same opinon. Rule refused. BAIL COUItT..—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) Mr. Thomas Campbell Foster, the " Times Commis sioner," took the oaths on being called to the bar. HARRIS V. KIMBERLEY. Mr. Sergeant ALLAN moved for a rule to set aside a non-suit obtained by default, the plaintiff having been absent when the cause was called on. This was a cause which was put down for trial by a special jury at the last Gloucester Assizes, and there be ing 13 or 14 common jury trials to come on on the Tues day, the special causes were ordered for hearinc , on the succeeding morning at nine o'clock. The Lord Chief Baron, however, without notifying his intention of doing so, sat at eight o'clock, and thus when the plaintiff and his witnesses arrived in Court, they found that a nonsuit had been entered in their absence. His LORDSHIP granted a rule to show cause, reserving the question of who should bear the expenses till a future period. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi frius before_ Mr. Baron ALDERS€N and Common Juries.) His Lordship disposed of several undefended cases. THOMSON V. GREGORY AND 'WIFE. This was an action to recover two sums, one of 24'. 19s. 51d., and the other 111. 19s. 3d. In respect of the second claim the defendant paid the sum of 121. into court, and pleaded "not indebted" as to the first. Mr. Chambers and Mr. Lush were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Jervis and Mr. Peacock for the defendant. The plaintiff in this action is a grocer, carrying on busi ness at Hampstead, and the defendant is Mr. Barnard. Gregory, the comedian. There was a lengthened examina tion of witnesses into the circumstances under which the alleged debt took place, but the case possesses no public interest to warrant a more detailed report.—Verdict for the plaintiff. The next case was one equally destitute of interest, and occupied the attention of the Court for nearly the remainder of the dsly. It was an action to recover damages for a col lision that had taken place down the river between two barges. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) PIGOT V. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Mr. SergeaniSnEA moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial Should not be granted in this case, which was tried at the last Chelmsford Assizes, before Mr. Baron Alderson. The application was made on the ground of the improper admission of evidence by the Learned Judge. The action was brought by the plaintiff for damage done by fire on his premises, contiguous to the Eastern Counties Railway, occa sioned by a spark or sparks from one of the engines of the Company. A verdict was given for the plaintiff, and the amount of damages was settled out of Court. There was no dispute set up by the defendants that the fire was not occasioned by a spark from the engine, as it appeared the fire, which originated in the plaintiff's cart shed, was occasioned in the way alleged; but the objection taken by the defendants was to the plaintiff's declaration, which alleged that the damage arose from negli gence and unskilfulness on the part of the Company, in not using a fire-screen or " bonnet,' such as is used on other rail ways, for the prevention of sparks flying off; and also in the use of engines inadequate in power to the work. Two scientific witnesses were called in support of this declaration, and several other witnesses were examined, who stated they continually saw sparks emitted, some as large as an orange, and that they saw several flying into the premises of the plaintiff. Evidence of this kind was admitted to an unli mited extent, to the admission of which the defendants ob jected, on the ground that the declarations severally attri buted negligence and unskilfulness in the management of the railway, whereas he submitted the declarations should have been confined to the particular case at issue, and to the pre cise facts of negligence in relation to it.—Rule to show cause granted. The Court shortly afterwards rose. SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary PorrEn.) cLartms V. ALSToX. This was an action on a bill of exchange for 15/. 16s. 6d., of which the defendant was alleged to be the acceptor. The defendant pleaded that it was not his acceptance. Mr. PEARSON appeared as counsel for the plaintiff, whom he said is an oilman in Fore-street, City, and the defendant is a beer-shop keeper in the v i leinity. He would call two witnesses to prove that the defendant had admitted to them that he had accepted a bill for 15/. 16F., drawn by a Mr. Hude and indorsed to Mr. Hamond, who had paid it away to the plaintiff. What evidence could be called to rebut this he was at a loss to conjecture. The first witness called . was a clerk to Mr. Hammond, who proved that tho defendant called on him and said his name was Alston, and he had called about a bill drawn by Hude, which he was told was in Mr Hamond's hands, and he wished for a little thlte. The bill had however been paid to the plaintiff. The clerk to the plaintiff's attorney, proved that when he served the writ, the defendant said that he had accepted a bill for the accommodation of nude, who was to have assisted him in taking it up, but he (defendant) would pay it in a short time. Mr. HUGHES, for the defendant, elicited that the witness did not know the handwriting, nor was the bill in question produced to him. The Learned Counsel then addressed the jury, and submitted that they were.bo9nd to go by the evi dence, and there had not been any given as to the hand writing. Tliat there had been- bill transactions with Hude there couldle no doubt, but there might have been many other bills to the same amounts. Hude ought to have been Called to have shown the bill was the one the defendant had signed. The jury gave A verdict for the plaintiff. BOW-STREET.--(THIS LA Y.) Elwin Ball, and Frederic Sampson, both persons of gentle manly dress and appFaranc were charged with throwing a trussel into the river from Waterloo-bridge, and thereby en dangering the lives of people upon 'the river. Policeman F 72 said that he was on duty on Waterloo bridge at about half-past two o'clock this morning, and saw the prisoners standing in one of the recesses, over an arch, with two women of the town. He heard one of them shouting out to some person below, he supposed, a bargeman. He then saw them run across the bridge and go into another recess. There was another gentleman besides the prisoners. Witness seeing them go into the recess on the opposite side crossed over for the purpose of watching them, and met the Sergeant F 4, with whom he had some conversation about what was going on. They had not been together many minutes when they heard a splash in the water. The ser geant said, " I suppose they have thrown a trussel over," and witness went to see whether that was the case while the Sergeant stopped the prisoners who were walking quickly away. The trussels were wooden beams which were laid across the carriage way in order to force carts, carriages, &c. to go over the part of the road that bad been newly maca damised. They were very heavy and could not have been thrown over by one man. Witness had seen a trussel lying in the recess a few minutes before and missed it after hearing the noise. The person who was with the prisoners had parted with them before the splash was heard. He went with them to the station-house, but did not give any evidence. Police sergeant F 4, corroborated the evidence of the first witness. He bad been tent to " visit" him. The prisoners made no attempt to escape. The police had received orders from Mr. Powel, the solicitor to the Waterloo-bridge Com pany, to take care of these trussels. Mr. Powel, solicitor to the V 1 aterloo. bridge Company, proved that the trussels were the property of the Company, and were put there for the purpose described by the con stable. They were very heavy, usually weighing from 1 1 / 2 to 2 cwt. if a barge had been passing at the time, the trussel falling into it would have knocked the bottom out. Witness had been to the spot this morning, and had missed one of the trussels. There were marks on the bench and parapet, and particles of wood, as if a trussel had been thrown over. A man was tried at the Old Bailey for manslaughter, having thrown a stone over and thereby killed a boy. Mr. Logan, the inspector, said that at the station the pri soners made no direct denial of the charge; but only contra dicted the statements of the officers in minute particulars. Ball had dust on his shoulders, as if from lifting a trussel. The prisoner Ball was vociferous in complaining that the women who were with them on the bridge were not admitted to give evidence at the station house. Neither he nor the other prisoner made any state ment in answer to the charge, but called a witness to dis prove the statements of the policemen. This was the person who was with them at the time the officer first noticed them, and his evidence went.to show that the time between his parting from the prisoners and their being taken in charge was so short, that it was impossible for them to have thrown the trussel over. On the way to the station-house one of the policemen said that "it was a pity they did not throw one of the women over." Mr. JARDINE said-he would not decide the case at present, as he was not sure - under what Act he would adjudicate. Under one clause of the Waterloo-bridge Act be could fine them for the injury (lone to the trussel, but he would prefer to treat it in another way. lle must refer to the Thames River Acts, in order to ascertain how it came under his juris diction as an offence against the safety of the public. In order to refer to these Acts, he would remand the prisoners till Tuesday next; but, in the meantime, he would admit them to bail, in_ two sureties of 20/. each, and their own re cognisances for 4/. The prisoner Ball inquired whether one surety would be sufficient for him? Mr. JARDINE—Yes ; if you can get one person to be bound for 501. We believe the necessary bail was obtained. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. (MEETING THIS DAY.) A meeting was hell to-day at the London Tavern, at 12 o'clock, to hear the statement of Lientenant Waghorn re specting the advantages of the overland communication with India, and thence by that route to Australia and New Zea land. Shortly after the hour specified Mr. Waghorn began by observing that twenty-five years of his life had been dili gently employed in effecting steam communication with India. At present a great part of the object was effected. He had, therefore confined himself to the remainder of the route, and he proposed to go by Singapore to Australia. The distance between these two points was 4,450 miles, and the way which he advocated was from Singapore to a port in Java, thence to Port Essenden, in Batavia, thence to Wednesday Islands, in Australia, and thence to Port Jackson ; thus dividing these 4,450 miles into four stages, He had yesterday had an interview with a member of the Government, who had stated that this route, and this alone, would be approved of by them. By this route they believed that the communication would be effected, and the further object would be served of establishing a steam navy in Australia. Letters were then read from the Liverpool and Manchester Chambers of Commerce, and from an eminent house in Leeds, all approving of the design, and giving answers within thirty-six ho urs o f th e dispatch of the inquiries. On the motion of Mr. WAGBORN. Sir GEORGE LARPENT was called to the chair who, after thanking the meeting for the honour done him, . stated that the object of this meeting was to establish a branch on the great trunk steam line to China and the remote east. With the benefits of steam navigation all were acquainted, and it was needless, therefore, to attempt to enter upon - them, but this much he might observe, that in a great commercial empire like this, steam communication was the great bond by which it was to be tied together in one firm unity, and that, in fact, it might be said to be essential to its security. His own correspond ence with Australia quite justified the belief that the scheme would be eminently beneficial to both portions of the empire. But the question was, how were the expenses to be met ? It appeared, then, that the Government were ready to approve of the plan which Mr. Waghorn had devised, and it might, therefore, be anticipated that some assistance from that quarter might, with reason, he expected; but yet it must be met by the energetic co operation of those around him and of the other merchants of Great Britain. With this remark, he would call upon Mr. Scott, the agent of Australia, to move the first re solution.—(Cheers.) 3/Ir. Scorr, in moving the first resolution, which was approving of Mr. Wagarn's plan, alluded to the anxiety universally felt on the arrival of ie Less from India; and after referring to the superior benefits of peace over the glorious triumphs of war, he would not hesitate to assert, that the boundless plains of Australia would be productive of far greater wealth than the mines of Mexico and Peru. He believed that the difference between the value of the trade with foreign countries and that with the colonies was but little known, and he would, therefore, take the opportunity of contrasting the value of these several trades now carried on with countries com prising one-fourth of the population of the globe, a popula tion indeed not less than 160,000,000. He found then Prussia took 6d. a head of our goods and manufactures, the countless millions of Russia took Bd. a head, France Is. 51. a head, the united States of Germany 3s. 10d., and the United States of America now took si. Bd. a head, but he should observe that before the United States ceased to be a colony of this country it took 1/. a head. But what was the case be as a - i d t , h the colonies? Why Canada takes 11. 15s. the West Indies takes 2/. 17s. 6d. a a head, and at one time New South Wales took 101. a head, though now it had declined to 71. 10s.; and the whole average of the consumption of the colonies was 11. 14s. 6d. a head, and he fourid that this country abso lutely furnished, on an average, as much as Is. a heal to every inhabitant of the globe. In 1840, the Australian Co lonies took as much as 2,630,0001. worth of the produce and manufactures of this country, while from all the world beside O th n ey an to n o v k er o o n g l e y 03f85t,b0e00/. lasta mfiovneg y a e a p r so the r it e t i n o I n t m o I f ) e r l,3 o o f o, sh oo ip O s . inwards was 605, with a tonnage of 141,000, and of those cleared outwards was 138,000, though during the last year these numbers had declined respectively to 417 ships in wards, with a tonnage of 87,000, and 569 ships outwards, with a tonnage of 109,000. On an average of the last five years the imports had been 1,895.0001., although last year they had declined to 931,000/. The exports, during the same period, had been 1,158,000/., but last year 1,128,000/., giving employment, one way or the other, to upwards of 3,000,0-0 of individuals. During the year 1844, no less than 13,500,0001b5. of wool had been imported into this country alone; and if he might. trespass still further, he would ob serve, that within the fifteen years in which this colony had been brought to its present importance, the stock had risen from three ewes and one ram to flocks consisting in the aggregate of 6,000,000 sheep; and from two cows and one bull to herds of upwards of 1,200,600 head of cattle. It had been ascertained that the southern provinces of Australia were in every way fitted for the growth of the orange, the mulberry, and tobacco, while the northern provinces were equally adapted for rice; cotton, and other products of tropical and semi-tropical countries. By the establishment of this means of communication the benefits would be conferred on larger and more populous countries than any other. He had made these remarks becauie he believed that the value of Australia was very insufficiently known, and with this remark he would move the resolution. Mr. BOYLE, in seconding the resolution, said that he and other friends were exceedingly desirous of establishing a communication, but before taking any decided course they had thought it necessary to consult that great and enter prising man who had already brought Bombay within twenty-six days, eight hours, of London, and through whose aid he hoped that Australia would be brought i within 56 days 8 hours of this metropolis. By iPanamailos.,Ll The distance was greater than by this route by 2 only unite the several colonies with • establishment of this line of communication u m n u ie t a b t e i r on:a u s o - i o o ,t u r n l ) d ,, b n u o t t with attending it of facilitating inthe supply each other. It would, however, ps'oratsunsietyll as have tohfe assistancefurther advantage and h e of giving to the settlement of new colonists th o o f se ln d d iLtan t t he lan op d obtaining recreation and health in a milder climate than their own. inhabitants After a few words from Mr. Henderson, in favour of a line which would make the Isle of France the point of rest, and other observations from Mr. Evans Smith, who objected to the meeting pledging itself to the particular route by Singapore, The CHAIRMAN stated, that as it was exceedingly desirable to have unanimity lie had, in order to obtain it, avoided the specialty of the motion, and it was, therefore, altered to the effect, that this meeting highly approved of the establish.. nient of steam communication with Australia. On the motion of Mr. WISE, it was resolved that a com mittee should be appointed to take measures for establishing the line, and such assistance as the Government might be ready to render. The motion having been carried, Captain BARBER said that, before moving the next resolu tion, he wished to observe that this was no new plan, for, in 1836, lie had himself called a meeting, which was very nu merously attended, at .which meeting a committee had been formed. Nor had they been idle, for they had made a report to a subsequent meeting, and he would, therefore, suggest that some such plan as was then adopted should now be followed. After some conversation, on the suggestion of the Chairman the movers and seconders of ,tha resolutions were then ap pointed a committee, with power to take evidence, and to report at some subsequent meeting what, in their opinion, was the best route to Australia. Thanks were then moved to Mr. Waghorn, for calling the meeting, and for his energy and courage in opening the route to India. Thanks were also voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. --- JERUSALEM BISHOPRIC.—Various reports in refer ence to this appointment have found their way into the daily papers. All doubts on the subject, however, are now set at rest by the appointment of the Rev. Samuel Gobat, vice principal of the Protestant College at Malta, formerly mis sionary in Abyssinia. The new bishop is a Swi.4s, and of Christian descent.--Jewish Chronicle. We learn that the wood trade is Tery dull ; and, ur.- fortunately, the intended arrangement about railways will not assist it. Some measure of the kind is, however, unques tionably needed. —Brighton Gazette. I FLANDERS and HAMBURGH MAIL. Bnussims,.Arnit, 14.—The average price of wheat in the weak ending on Saturday, the 11th of April, was 23f. 57c., and that of rye 17f. 54' per hectolitre. L Argane des Flanders has the following paragraphs : In the course of the morning some groups of spectators, attracted by curiosity, took their post. in the Place du Ven dride. About half-past ten half a dozen ill-disposed persons and some young vagabonds uttered seditious cries, and one of the foremost broke a lamp. He was immediately arrested by the police. In order to prevent any, disorder, a detachment of fire men occupied the outlets of the small streets issuing on the Place du Vendride, and twenty mounted gendarmes made the idle spectators retire, so that in a few minutes the Place was cleared. Two individuals who had instigated the work men were arrested ; one of them is said to be a butcher, of Memise. Eight or ten others have been erre: ted, because they disregarded the watch-word. Four of them were in a state of intoxication. All those who were suspected of having a share in the distribution of the pamphlets, are now in the hands of justice. The magis trates have manifested on this occasion the most praiseworthy activity, they have taken prompt and vigorous measures in order to disable the guilty from doing any mischief. One o'Clock—The gendarmes being almost alone on the Place du Vendride, are returning to their barracks. Four o'Clock—The fircnnen for the same reason are also retiring at this moment; there are only some police-officers and a few idle spectators in the Place du Vendride. They are all running away as fast as they can to escape a dreadful storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied with a dense shower of rain and hail which has suddenly come up. A letter from Ghent, dated at nine o'clock in the evening of the 13th, says everything is now quiet. Information derived from good authority informs us that the manufacturers of Ghent, as soon as they were ac quainted with the extravagant excitements, addressed their workmen, gave them notice that though there was a consi derable decrease both on the manufactures and sales, they would continue to give them work, but if any of them ap peared on the Place du Vendride in the course of the 13th, this fact alone would be a cause for their immediate dis charge. To-day (the 14th), which was appointed for a meeting of the workmen of Flanders, at the Place de la Nation, at Brussels, perfect tranquillity prevails in our city. There is no meeting even of curious spectators in any place. TRANSGLOANIA, MARC!! 24.—For some time past numbers of emigrants, chiefly from Wurtemburg, have arrived in this country. They go to the districts of the Saxons—that is, of the Germans who came to Transgloania several centuries ago, but which are already occupied by a dense population. Many, however, go to the more northern districts, inhabited by Hungarians, where they seek for employment in the estates of the great landowners, where, indeed, they are not very likely to acquire any hereditary property. They must find a great difference in the price of corn in comparison with that in their own country, for it is not so high, yet here too we complain that corn is dear. WARSAW.—Our readers know that the inhabitants of the whole kingdom of Poland were ordered to give up their arms. This order has been lately confirmed by a further proclamation of the Prince Governor, which allows only a very few exceptions in favour of persons employed as guards on the frontiers, gamekeepers, conductors of the mails, &c., so that the whole kingdom may now be said to be disarmed. —Allgemeine Zeitnng, April 12. BRESLAW, APRIL 9.—We understand that her Majesty the Empress of Russia will visit Silesia at the end of May, and, if the weather permits, will spend sometime in the mountairs. or favour Breslaw with a visit, and reside in the Government House. BRESLAW, APRIL 6.—Great sensation is caused here by the report that the insurgent natives of Russian Poland are to be given up; and it is even said that to-morrow is the day fixed. Many of the insurgents from Russian Poland, who are detained in Mosel and Neisse (if we may believe what is generally reported) have endeavoured to obtain poison to put an end to their lives the moment they enter the Russian territory. We now learn that the most influential persons of this city intend to intercede in favour of the prisoners. The President is said to have already resolved to delay giving them up, as the King does not like collective petitions. Application will be made to him by the chief Burgomaster, the Prince Bishop, and other distinguished persons. VIENNA, APRIL 6.—lt is affirmed that the mission of Count Figuelmont to Berlin relates to a new military con vention of the three great powers, RUSSIP, Prussia, and Aus tria, in consequence of the late events in the Prussian pro vinces. Conferences, it is said, will be held at Berlin, in which it will be decided how many troops each of the three powers shall constantly have ready to maintain order in the Polish provinces. It seems that Prussia is already again on the point of dis banding the Landwehr which has been called out in Silesia. But Austria, whose attention is directed more than ever to Italy, is resolved first to secare tran qu illity i n Poland.—Bre men Gazette HA.SIBURGH BORSENHALLE, Amu, 14. Bills. Haney. Austrian 5 per Cents ••.•••••• • • • • • • • 113 Bank Shares •••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 1600 Anglo-Russian Loan .•.••• • • • • • ..• • • 107% 107 Russian 5 per Cent., Harub. Certificate 101% 10111 Ditto Ist series Inscription 102% Ditto, Ilope and Co., 3d and 4th series 96 Ditto, in Certiflcate.......... •••• .• • • 96 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. 68% Ditto Stieglitz .• . ...... . BB% $8 Spanish New 5 per Cent • • . • • l7 163 k Ditto 3 per Cent 28X Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 234 per Cent — Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent -•• • • 59 Ditto 3 per Cent.:. .••.••• . • • • • • • Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 81 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••.• • • 87 National Bank Shares THE INFANTE DON ENRIQUF. A. correspondent at Paris, on the authority of a traveller . just arrived from Bayonne, communicate s to u s some inte resting particulars respectinc , the arrival of the Infante Don Enrique in that city. We have reason to believe in the ex actnesi of the facts, which we submit to our readers. The following is the communication ofour correspondent " I thick that you will be pleased to receive trustworthy intoligence respecting the unexpected arrival of the Spanish Prince Don Enrique in the city ofbavonne. These particulars I derive from a person of credit, and I can assure you that the young Infante is by no means unworthy of the hand of his angnq cousin the Queen of Spain. This was the first i which struck my mind on conversing with Dun Enrique, since, judging from his antecedents, the fact of his being a candidate for the royal hand is the principal cause which ha necessitated his absence from Spain, where his presence gave umbrage to the reactionist party, who could not be hold with any degree of satisfaction a Prince of the blood, much looked up to by his party, who has declared openly in favour of legality and of constitutional principles, at the same time that he declared, in his celebrated though perhaps some what inopportune mansfesto, his desire for the reconciliation of all Spaniards who were willing to recognise the Queen and the fundamental laws of the state. " The passport which he bears from the Captain-General of Galicia, expresses that he goes with royal lermission W take the waters of the Pyrenees ; but, notwithstanding thii official formality, there can be no doubt that the true object of his involuntary journey is to keep him at a distance from Spain, in order to enable the Camarilla to ripen the matri • monial projects in vogue, bat which will be realised with difficulty, since the Spanish nation is utterly avcrse either to the marriage with Trapani or that with Alontemolin. "According to information and reasoning which I believe to be most exact and conclusive, I am convinced that either of these marriages will entail immense calamities on the Peninsula ; and anarchy and the purest theocratical despo tism will be the final result of either of these most unpopular unions. To hold any other opinion would be most illusory , and both England and France are interested in preventing the success of both. " I certainly was far from being a partisan of the preten sions of the Infante Don Enrique, but the information I re ceive from most respectable persons, who have seen and conversed with him, and have possessed ample opportunities of judging with impartiality, induce me to think that this marriage, at once natural and national, will be the easiest and most simple solution of the great question in Spain that it will give general satisfaction to the people, and will conciliate the respective objects of England and France, both of whom must desire to see the throne of the Queen and a reasonable and just liberty for the Spanish nation peacefully and substantially consolidated. It is incomprehensible to suppose that the King of France and M. Guizot could ever regard the Montemolin marriage in any other light than as a stepping-stone for the restoration of tae Duke of Bordeau]F• " The Infante Don Enrique joins to affable and agreeable manners, and to a person interesting though not striking, th e most noble and conciliatory sentiments; and with regard _to his opinions on international subjects, I can assert, on the authority of conversations from the lips of the Prince, that , without ceasing to be enthusiastically Spanish, and a friend_ to the independence of his country, he entertains a warn' desire ,for ~the friendship of England and France, a close; alliance with which our young sailor regards as most useful to Spain, as tending to consolidate in her that constitutiona . Government which the nation has earned by so many an d such painful sacrifices. " The success of the claims of a son of the Infante Dal!. Francisco can alone remove all difficulties, and is capable of removing whatever European complications may opPos o themselves to the settlement of a question which is, after all, purely Spanish. If France desires that a Prince of th e house of Bourbon should possess the hand of Isabella, 11 0 7 can she, after due reflection, oppose the claims of a Spanis h Prince educated with the sons of Louis Philippe, agreeable to the Queen and to the nation, and who certainly is not dis" approved by England ? I feel that, owing to my desire to save Spain from trouble and sorrow, and to remove European complications, I have wandered into diplomatic discussions; but, to return to my task of narration, I may mention that the Prince left Corunna on board of the brig of war Coo' stitucion, landed at Socon, and arrived at Bayonne on th e evening of the sth as a private individual, accompanied bY the Spanish Vice. Consul and the Mayor of St. Jean de Luz,w" requested his Royal Higlinzss's permission to accompany hit The suite of Don Enrique consists of Senor Pineiro, capta"" in the navy, who is attached to him in the quality of sear tary, a steward, and two servants. The brig, immedistelt after landing the Prince, started, according to instructiona for Ferrol. The Prince was in that town when he reeeiv?,.. an order to present himself before the Captain-General, a r " t lalonga, who had arrived a few days before at Corunna from Madrid. This order could not fail to surprise the Prita c i e S and persons of all the different political parties, who wq th have been pleased to see an Infante of Spain treated lo ot rsore respect, for, it would have app eare d more natural, of regard for the Royal Family, that General Villalong; should have proceeded in person to Ferrol to communi c f to the Prince the i ns t ruc ti ons h e h a d rece i ve d f rom her 3,.. jesty's Government. The Prince, however, proceedeclL, Corunna, and, havin g rece i ve d th e di spa t c h es f rom the ut Y e, tarn-General, his Royal Highness prepared for his voYl i f e .. and received a p ass p or t to proceid to the baths of the 11 nees with royal license. "The authorities of Bayonne, who considered it neu essi !h rl e: to apply to Paris to know if they should pay the Prince,fr..e.. honours due to his rank, received orders in the affirinaleePto and hastened to do so on the 7th inst., paying their re,sl e ) in a body, and granting him a guard of honour ; but t u ,,,, st ed requ„ s fante desiring to live incognito and retired, has that the guard should be withdrawn. It is not yet auy,, re .., when lie will quit the city. All the persons who hail a Y r ds, sented themselves to him, whether French or Sio n ' s slc unite in praising the amiability of his manners, and re , ill inot that in his conversation he speaks in terms of the U .s i an respect and attachment towards his august Que en cousin."— Times. The Duchess of Kent asked Garrick one daYt Be Love was always represented as a child ? He repliedt 13 e r • cause Love never reaches the age of wisdom and exp er ! ene Mr. Edward Laws Pym (who was recently t ried of Winchester, and acquitted of all participation in the deat h to the late Mr. Seton, who fell in a duel) has been res tored his former rank in the Royal Marine corps, by her 1119Js t Y • Order in Council. A correspondent informs us that he has seen a letterf from Lady Sale, written in a style worthy the heroin? Caubul. Lady Sale was at Simla, where s h e intende d '„ reside. It is said that Colonel Gough, nephew of the C°,lnto mander-iu-Chief, received no less than six balls in the action, but remained notwithstanding is the tkld,--019ns' Gazette. 1110. - INE Y and CO MMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were again large—about 700 bags—of which 1,000 were taken on specu lation. Prices were firmly supported. There are no arrival, in the City to-day, and the state of matte's generally is very quiet. The Funds have not rallied from yesterday's quotations, and except in the Three - and-a-Quarter per Cents., which have been marked 96% %, there has not been much doing. Consols are 95% 3 / 4 for present transfer, and 96 for time, though almost nominal. Bank Stock has been Arm at 205 to 206. Exchequer-bills have teen marked 19s. to 235. prem. The Foreign Stocks have been for the most part a shade lower than yesterday, but we can quote no decided alteration. Spanish Five per Cents. realise 25, and the Three per Cents. about 36% 1 ,4. Mexican are flat at 31 1 4, and Brazilian at 81 1 ,! to 82. French Five per Cents. are 119 25, with the exchange at 25 80. Russian Bonds are 111. The Share Market has been dull, and the chief business out of doors has been in buying up scrip where there is a chance of receiving back more of the deposit than will cover the amcunt laid out in the purchase. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. • • • • .. • • .. .. 205 206 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. t 43 % Three p2r Cent. Consols Annuities .. 95N % New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. A ins. 96% % 44% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 3-16 1-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% India Bonds, 1,0001. • • .. • • Ditto, under 1,000/. Console for Account .. • Exctequer Bills. 134 d. 1,0001. • • .. • • .... 19 23 pm. 5001. • • .. . • .... 23 24 22 Ditto, Small 24 21 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brattlian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 81 1 % 92 Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent .. 87% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 31% Ditto, Deferred .. . : • . 16% Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent. .. 81 Ditto, 4 per Cent .. 573{% Russian Bonds • . 111 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. .. 25 Ditto, Deferred .. 16 1 4 Dividends on the above payable In London. French Reutes, 5 per Cent. .. 119 f. 25c. Exchange • • .. 25f. 80s. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAI7.WAYB. PAID. PEI SnARE. Aberdeen . .. 10 33 to Binningham and Gloucester • • • .100 ....125 .• .. to Caledonian 10 %14 to Ditto Half Shares .. 216.... .... to 1 Chester and Holyhead .. 20 .... 18% •• .. to Cork and Waterford .... to Direct Manchester (Remington's) • • 2.74 •• • • %Ys•• to Direct Dialtelle.sLe.i, - • 6 •• • • ay, .. • . to 130. Direct Northern 23, .... 1% to Dublin and Relfase•Tunction .. 10 .... 4% t.) Eastern Counties .• • . 141. 165.01..... 221% %.. to Ditto, New .. •• •• 81. 16s. Od. • • 7% p.. to 6% P Ditto, York Extension 10s. .... 1 %%.. to Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 ••.•7134• • . . to Ditto, Half Shares .. 10 1634 .... to Great Western .. 85 ....145%.... to 145 Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 .... 34 .• •• to 33% Hull and Selby .. ~ 50 ....101 .• .. to 100% Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 35 .• 49 .... to Ditto, New .. .. 5 •• .. 9% •• • . to London and Birmingham ..100 to 224 Ditto. Thirds •• .. 24 .• 611, .... to Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 2 .... 28 %.... to Lozdon and Brighton 50 •• .. 62% •• .. to 113 London and Croydon .. .. 131. 15s. 9d. •• .. 21% .... to 22 London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. •• • • 9% .• .. to London and South-Western.. 411. 6.6 10d. •• .. 77 75% to 76% Ditto, New .. 1234 21% ... to London and York .......254.... 1%%.. t, Londonderry and Coleraine • • • • .... 314 •• to Lynn and Dorebam .. 10 .• • • 6% . to Manctester and Leeds 82 ....122 .... to Ditto, Quarters .. .. 2 •• .. 9 .• .. to Ditto, Extension 425. •• .. 1% p.• to Manchester and Birmingham .. .. 4 0 •••• to Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • .. 1 • • .. to Midland •• .. —lOO ....144%.... to 143 Ditto, New .. .. 18 .• 2916% .. to Newcastle and Darlington Junction •. 25 •• .. 44 .... to 43% Ditto, New, Brandllng 25 .... 43% .... to Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .... 17% xdtolB x d Newark, Sheffield, and Boston • . .... 1% .... to North British .. .. 20 •• .. 2 4 % .... to 25 % North Staffordshire .. 425. •• .. 2 p.... to Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 12% • • .. . to Preston and Wyre . 25 •• .. Z 334% .. to Scottish Midland • . • . .. 10 6 .• • • to South Midland • „ 425. .... dis ••to South Eastern and Dover .. 331, to Ditto, New, No. 2 .. .. 10 •• . 10% •• .. to Ditto, New, No. 4 .. •• • • • • 2 1 ,4•••• 2%•... to West Riding Union _ „ .. 425. • ... 1% %pto W o l r lts' an S t NColtarrsteht,3ainiddlainVdeym.o.uth.. .. 5 .... 3 .... to 1 - k ..50 97 .• .. to Ditto, Scarborough Branch • • .• 25 • • 463 •••• to Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 .... 81.1 to 934 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 12 •• 12 •••• to Bord., Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 -• .• 1 % to Dutch Rhenish • • . • •• 5 .• • 5%74.. to East Indian ss. .... 3. . to Great Northern of France Constituted 5 •• .. 14% .... to Paris and Rouen •• •. •• •• 20 .• .• 40% .... to Paris and Strasbourg Constituted •• 5 .... 5%% .. to Rouen and Havre .. 20 .• 29% .... to Sambre and Meuse 8 • • .... to 5 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 ...• 25 1 ,4% • to Australasia .. • . .. • . MINES Real del Monte, unregistered • • .• •• •• 3N .• • • to LLOYD'S SHIPPIN6—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 17.—Wind S.W., light breeze and fine. DUNDEE, APRIL 14.—The Modern Athens steamer, from Montrose to Edinburgh, caught fire at sea on the 12th inst., and sunk with her cargo. DEAL, Arm. 16.—Wind S.E. to E.S.E.—Arrd. from the river and sailed, Miramichi, Boyd, Quebec; Watermillock, Comer, ditto; Portly, Read, Bordeaux and Mauritius. Sld. Orator, Tayt, Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta; Timandra, Skinner, ditto; Australia, Gall, Callao, and not Moulmein as reported yesterday. OFF lIASTDiG, APRIL 16.—Wind S.E.—Prince Albert, Freeman, Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, APRH. 16.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. John Brom ham, Batrell, Sierra Leone. COWES, Arum 16.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Manilla, LloyJ, Manilla ; Chanticleer, Putt, Bahia; Enterprise, Leufstadius, Bahia ; Herman Foss, Krogh, Santos ; Ann Dingwall, Loney, Port-au-Prince Altorf, Snell, Matanzas. OFF THE WlGHT.—Asiatic, 3Arton, Mauritius. _ _ . FALMOUTH, Amur. 16.—Wind N.N.W.—Std. Alchymist, Wills, Quebec. Put back, Freia, W - anberg, Rio'Janeiro, leaky. WORKINGTON.—SId. Thompson, Burton, Quebec ; Hero, Harrison, Quebec. DUBLIN, APRIL 15.—Wind Henry Duncan, Kent, Quebec. WATERFORD, APRIL 15.—Wind S. to S. S.E. and N.W.— Sld. Velocity, BPGrath, St. John's, N.B. CORK, APRIL 14.—Wind S.E., fresh.—Acrd. Cape Packet, Lamb, Mauritius ; Augusta, Grant, Patagonia. POOLE.—SId. Experiment, Robbin, Newf o undland. OFF le OR TLAND.—Zwalien, Ilooff, Cape of Good Hope; Columbas, Wood, New York for London. SALCO3IBE, APRIL 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Restaurador, Jozegli, Dartmouth for Liverpool, with loss of head and other damage, having been in contact with a steamer. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 16.—Wind variable.—Shl. William Lushington, Gill, Quebec ; Hercules, Quebec. JERSEY.—Arrd. Lady Falkland, Pernambuco. Sid. Ips wich, Shire, River Plate. PWLLIIELI—Put back, Agnes, Evans, for Quebec, leaky. BEAUMARIS, APRIL 15.—Wind variable.—Sld. Chief tain, Williams, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 16.—Wind S. to S.E., moderate.-- And. John O'Gaunt, M'Donald, China; Washington, Benson, New Orleans; Bona Dea, Brown, ditto; Pursuit, Spence, ditto; Brilliant, Narper, ditto; William Penn, Ste • phenson, ditto; Calliope, Piott, ditto; Richmond, Western, Apalachicola; Oneco, Drew, ditto; Waterloo, Allen, New York. Sld. for, Lismoyne, Black, Calcutta; Helvellyn, 011iver, Cape of Good Hope and Madras ; Sandbach, Bellis, Demerara ; Maine, Littlefield, New York ; Clipper, Holland, Constantinople; Resurrexione, Camalich, Rio Janeiro; Raritan, Adams, New. Orleans ; Henry Pratt, Hartley, New York; Montezuma, Lowlier, ditto; Grampian, Graham, Stat en Island; Chusan, Charleson, ditto; Evening Star Hannah, Richebucto ; George, Gilles, Quebec; City of York, Campbell, ditto; Brilliant, Furlong, Newfoundland; Flora, Shaddock, Newfoundland ; Trial, Tiffin, ditto. OFF CAPE CLEAR.—Lord Ashburton, New Orleans; Sarah Sheafe, Apalachicola. SUNDERLAND.—SId for, Harrisons, Summers, Quebec; Jane Thompson, Cork, Falkland Isles. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. The arrivals of English Wheat in the port of London, during the present week, hare been considerably on the increase ; yet, as nearly the whole of the parcels from Lincolnshire have gone direct to the millers, the show of samples of that article here to-day, was small ; still, however, the demand was in a sluggish state, at barely Monday's prices. Upwards of 20,000 quarters of Foreign Wheat have come to hand, and been landed in bond. So little was doing in it, free as well as under lock, that the quotations were almost no minal. Barley and Malt, though in short supply, were excessively dull, and prices had a downward tendency. From all parts, the re ceipts of Oats were very small, owing to which, the Oat trade was firm, at an advance in the quotations, of quite 6,1 per quarter. Beans were a dull sale; but Peas were quite as dear. In Flour next to no thing was doing. ARRIVALS. Barley. 3,020 qrs. Wheat. English ...... I 6,610 qrs. Irish .. Foreign •...... Oats Flour. 4,060 qrs. 1, 5 340 sks, 1.480 2,930 —. 20,410 Malt, 4,290 qrs. SD=I Ill'InLID. Notwithstanding the supply of beasts on sale was but moderate, the demand for that description ofstock was in a very sluggish state, yet prices were supported. There were in the market 35 Oxen and Cows, together with 40 Sheep, front Holland, as also 110 Scots ; by sea from Aberdeen. The numbers of Sheep were again ;limited, other kinds suffer e d a d ec li ne o f 2d per while the Mutton t r ade ruled firm, at fully pr evious q uotations. From the Isle of Wight 144 Lambs came to ha nd p er railwa y . Prime Essex qualities moved off steadily at full p rites, but the value of supply and slug g i s h d eman d, a t l a t e r ates. In Pigs very little was Blbs. Calves were in short doing, yet pri ces were maintained. ankh Cows dull, at from 161. to 181. each, incl u di ng the small calf. Ink the offal. . Per Sibs. to s . s. d. s. d. ii. d. to s. d Inferior Beasts .... 2 6 3 0 Second quality ditto 4 4 4 6 second quality ditto. 3 2 3 6 Coarse-woolled - ditto 4 6 4 8 Prime large Oxen.. 3 8 310 SouthdownWethers 410 5 0 Prime Scots •• .• .. 4 0 4 2 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 4 4 5 0 Large Hogs •••• • • 3 6 4 6 Prime small ditto .. 5 2 5 4 Small Porkers —• • 4 8 5 0 InferiorSuckling T hes Calv es usphpe ISupp l ie s . 2 .. 1 8 3 0 0 30 4 20 Lambs Quarter . i r . . .. .. 1 5 6 4 0 20 7 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I sh ee p. I Calves. I ?ids. 761 middling 4,860 143 320 NEWGATE AND LEADENHAIM. ruled heavy, at our quotations. of mea t w 6 ere n 2 ot e t , o say large, 3et the general demand At per stone, by the Carcase. a. d. to q d. e. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior...... 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior .. 3 4 3 8 4 4 4 6 somewhat Vea1......... --- small .• • • ... • 4 6 5 0 ---- prime Primc large : .. 23 10 4 -3 3 6 2 ------- Pork — , larg mP e ri . irud . 4l . 6 . l 7... • ..• 3 43 1 4 40 4 4 ..... 4 4 5 4 Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 6d. 330RouGg Hop PE.A.R.ICET. week's finest Hops, in pockets, are in steady reuest, at fully last with di ff iculty quotations. the increase—exceedingly al other s — the ltttis doing,supply an supported. ofd prices which 13 evening, ....-- ' uT cRER B ' CHARITABLE I NSTIT UTION.—On Thurs dayfriends of th e a b ove Institut i on took place at the Free masons' Tavern, Mr. J. Sharp in the chair, for the purpose a special general meeting of the members and , that, ' of confirming resolutions passed at a previous speci al meetin g . The chief o bj ects under di scuss i o n were as to whether the fancy fair, on t h e 30th of June an d I s t o f July, should be held at Walh am - green (the alms h ous es) or at the Zoolo gical gardens, a s l ast year. Th e latter place, it was deemed by many, would be most profitable ; but, cn the other hand, it wa s considered the asylum at Walham-green, many subscribers were gained. Th e by inducing parties to visit question having been put to the vote, it of hands, that the fa nc y fair for this year should tak e p l ace at the Alms h ou se=, at Walham-green. Some other routi ne b usiness hav i ng b ee n disposed or, the meeting broke up.