The Sun. — London, England, 1846-05-12 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENEVG Will be produced (for the first time in this country), Verdi's cele in Four Parts, entitled, brated Opera, I LOMBARDI : ALLA PRIMA CROCIATA. Griselda, Madame Grisi ; Arvino, Signor Corelli ; Pagano, Signor Fornasari ; Viclinda, Jldlie . Corhari ; Flrro, Signor Botelll ; Oronte, Signor Mario. The epoch Is that of the first Crusade. The following is the de scription of the incidental scenery : Part First.—Scene of action is Milan, in the 11th Century. Scene I. Moonlight—Cloisters and church of St. Ambrose, built in the 7th Centary. Scene 2. Night—Gallery in the Palace of Polio. Part Second. —Scene of action, Antioch, and its vicinity. Scene 1. Hall in the Palace •f Acciano, at Antioch. Scene 2. View of Palestine —The prominence of a sloping mountain. Scene 3. The Interior of the Harem at Antioch. Part Third.—Scene of action, the vicinity of Jerusalem. Scene I. The Valley of Jehoshaphat—Jerusalem ; Mount Moria, crowned by the celebrated mosque of Omar. Scene 2. Arvin's tent. Scene 3. 1 grotto on the shores of the Jordan. Part Fourth. —Scene of action continued. Scene 1. A cavern in Palestine. Scene 2. Encampment cf the Lombards, near to the sepulchre of Rachael. Last Scene. Arvino's tent. Tableau. To conclude with the grand Ballet, by M . Deshayes, re .arra nge d in Three Tableaux, by M. Perrot , the Music by M. Costa, entitled ALMA ; on, LA FILLS DU FEU. The principal characters by Mdlles. Cerito, Demelisse, Moncelet, Cassan, L. Taglion: ; MA. St. Leon, Gosselin, Bertrand, and Perrot A New Grand Ballet is in active preparation, and will shortly be produced. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular Opera, called MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar de Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. Stretton ; Maritana. Mies Romer ; Lazarillo, Miss Poole. Between the first and second Acts of the Opera, will be intro duced a Pas de Bergers, by thirty-six of - the celebrated Danseuses, with a Pas Seul, by Fanny Prager i and between the second and third Acts, twenty-four Danseuses Viennoises will execute the famous National Polca Paisans. After which, the celebrated Ballet of LA GISELLE. Duke of Silesia, M. Mathis; Hilarion, Mr. W. H. Payne • Prince of Cour land, Mr. Howell ; M. Adrien ; Giselle, Mdlle. Sali ; Mirtha, Mdlle. Louise; Princess Bathilde, Mdlle. St. Louin; Bertha, Mrs. Payne ; Principal Willis, Mesdames Adele and Giubilei. During the Ballet will be introduced Le Pas Oriental, by forty eight of the Pupils of Madame Weiss. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir An thony Absolute, Mr. Farren ; Capt. Absolute, Mr. Holl ; Acres, Mr. Webster ; Sir Lucius O'Trigger, Mr. Hudson ; Fag, Mr. Brindal David, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Glover; Lydia Lan guish, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lucy, Mrs. Huinby. The Band will perform the Overture, "Edonrdo e Christine," the Fantasie, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," " Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz; the "Chatsworth Quadrilles;" and the " Brunow Polka." To be succeeded I.y an Original Farce, called THE IRISH TIGER. Sir Charles Lavende.:, Mr. Howe ; Paddy Ryan, Mr. Hudson ; Alderman Marrowfat, Mr. Tilbury ; Bilbury, Mr. T. F. Mathews ; Julia, Miss Telbin ; Nancy, Mrs. Caulfield. After which, an experiment will be tried upon THE BIRDS OF ARISTOPHANES : on which occasion they will be presented to tne public with new Name:, new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. James Bland, Hudson, Tilbury, Brindal, Caulfield, T. F. 31 athews, and Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. I7NDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Another brilliant Triumph ! " Robin Hood and Richard Coeur de Lion" every Evening; and (by express desire) " The Cricket ou the Hearth." TIT'S EVENING Will be performed THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. In which Mrs. Keeley, Miss Kee:ey, Mr. Emery, Mr. Vining, and Mr. Keeley win perform. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec tacle, founded upon certain Stuffing and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD CCEUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING Will be performed a popular Comedy, entitled EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY ; or, Who's to Father Me ? Sam Swipes, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Swipes, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Miss Melrose, Miss Chaplin , Lady Cranberry, Miss Harding. Atter which a new and Original Farce, called, WHO DID IT or, WHAT'S IN THE WIND ? Vandyke Brown, Mr. Wright ; Ramona Peewit, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by the Burlesque, entitled PETER WILKINS ; or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Munyard, Mr. Mitchenson, &c. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, Miss Taylor, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the favourite Drama of DON C2ESAR DE BAZAN. Don Cm 3ar, Mr. Wallack; Maritana. Mrs. Stirling. After which, s New DIVERTISSEMENT. In which all the principal dancers will appear. To be followed by a New Drama, entitled ERNESTINE. The principal characters supported by Messrs. Cooper, Wallack, Leigh Murray; Mrs. Stirling. Miss E. Stanley, Miss May, Ste. To conclude with a New Farce, called TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH. Gregory Granite, Mr. Compton; George, Mr. Oxberry ; Fanny, Miss E. Stanley. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHEA.TIZE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Ender the especial patronage of her - most gracious Majesty, and their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Priacess Alice. Uninterrupted career of success of Mr. Leman Rede's popular Asiatic Spectacle, which is nightly hailed With the most enthusiastic applause. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB AND Ills DESERT STEED; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. Introducing the double stud, &c. New and popular Scenes of the Hippodmme. First appearance of the astonisl Mg French Artiste, Mons. Leonard Houck, aided by the British Professors. First Week of a Novel Grotesque BALLET. In which the prin cipal Pantomirnists of the Establishment will perform. On Monday next, May 18th, M. Lelim Bridges, the famed eques trian, will appear. Box-office open from eleven till lava o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Brilliant success of the new Play of " Bianca." First appearance of Miss Brentnall, from the Theatre Royal, Bath. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Play, entitIeVBIANCA ; or, The Three Trials. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Maynard, Johnson, Lewis, Cowell, Hesiop, Edgar ; 3lesdms. H. Vining, Martin, Daly, &c. After which, GYMNASTIC EXERCISES by Herr Deulin and Herr Nicolo, es Les Deux Chimis. To be followed by a New Ballet, called LA STATUE BLANCHE. Le Tonneau Roulant ; or, Running Tub, by Herr Nicolo. NEW STRAND THEATRE. ENTIRE CHANGE.-NOVELTIES AND MAGIC EFFECTS " La galete ed la sante de I'ame, La tristesse en est le poison." THIS EVENING M. PrIIILIPPE begs leave to announce that, In eonsecimence the Triumphant Success that has attended his EASTER ENTER TAIN3IPNTS, they will be repeated every Wednesday and Sa turday Morning, and every Evening until flirther notice. M. PHILLIPPE will commence the Entertainment by Lighting Two Hundred and Fifty Wax Candles by a single Pistol Shot! This unique and brilliant Experiment was originally performed by Mons. Philippe for upwards of 700 consecutive nights in Paris. M. Philippe will also have the honour of introducing HIS GRANDMOTHER'S CAP, with all its laughable and rapid Trans formations. The E Nntertainments , and th wl4l be e varied by the D anc i ng of the CHIARIIL FAMILY RICAN BROTHERS. Ol y m pic Gambols of the AME- The Morning Performance will commence at Two o'clock ; the Evening at a quarter to Eight. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes, 11. Is., and 108.6 d. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. MONDAY, MAY 11. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the f ormer, and represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her culaneum and Pompeii took place : produced under the direction of Mr. Danson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will be brilliantlylllum Mated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS are again confided to Mr. God frey. The Band is most complete in all its departments, and includes many eminent native and foreign musicians. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Disp7ay a novel exhibition will be intro duced, representing the Descent of Phoebus in the Chariot of the San. Mons. Farinstli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in height, on to the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive him and bear him to his chrystal home. An Illuminated Marine Cave, and the Glass Conservatory, splen didly ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivora by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivora at five ; the Pelicans, Sze. at half-past Ave ; Concert at six; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission. is. MR. MAXwELT,'S NEW WORK, • Immediately, in 3 vols., post Svo., CAPTAIN O'SULLIVAN; or, ADVENTURES, CIVIL, MILITARY, AND MATRIMONIAL, OF A GENTLEMAN ON HALF-PAY. By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq., Author of " Stories of Waterloo," Ike. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LORD BROUGHA3I'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in royal Bvo., with Portraits, 21s. bound, The SECOND VOLUME of LORD BROUGHAM'S LIVES of MEN of LETTERS and SCIENCE, Who flourished during the Reign of George 111. ; WITH ORIGINAL LETTERS. _ _ Comprising Dr. Johnson, Adam Smith (with an analytical view of his great work), Lavolfder, Gibbon, SirJ. Banks, and D'Alembert. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. ATESSRS. LAMOND, SiMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TITESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all favours, containing instractions, are respectfully requested is be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madame GRISI has the honour to acquaint the Nobility, Sub scribers, and the Public, that her BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, MAY 14, When will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled, I LOMBARDI : ALLA PRIMA CROCIArA. With new scenery, dresses, 3:c. ' • the scenery by Mr. Marshall. Gr selda, Madame Grisi ; Sofia, Madame Bellini ; Viclinda, Mdlle. Corbari; °route, Signor Mario; Arvin°, Signor Corelli ; Pirro, Sig. Botelli ; Acciano, Sig. Giubilei ; Pagano, Sig. Fornasari. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which will appear Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, Lucile Gratin, Moncelet, Cassan, De- Melissa ; MM. St. Leon and M. Perrot. After which (for this occasion only), Gnecco's Opera Buffs, LA PROVA D'UN OPERA SERIA. Campanone, Signor Lablache ; Fedrico, Signor Corelli ; Griletto, Signor F. Lablache ; Yiolante, Madame Bellini ; Corilla, Madame Grist. To conclude with the admired Ballet of ONDINE. Ondine, Mdlle. Cerito ; Matte°, M. Perrot ; Glannina, Mdlle. Louise Taglioni. box office, for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at th e b o office, Opera Colonnad e . Doors o p e n at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. SOUTH AMERICA.-ORINOCO FLOATING LIGHT. The Government of Venezuela has given notice, that a Ponton Faro, or a vessel carrying a light, has been moored in the Boca Grande, or mouth of the River Orinoco. She lies in 28 feet at low water, with BArima Point bearing south. MAt-Dox, MAy 2 . —WRECKED GOODS.—Three barrels and a kild er ki n of potter, with an empty barrel and kilder kin, and a windlass and anchor, which were clandestinely landed and concealed at the basin,by some Colchester fisher men have this day Saturday)been recovered and secured by the ' Comptroller o f Customs from a vessel belo ng i ng to Sout . hwo t ld,B Ipresumed they came Bucksea, a portion of whose cargo, con sis t ingte.! recked on the of brandy and some casks of porter, hs of a hogs head kinto Burnham, and delivered to the officer of custorat a sF i v e of the casks landed here are branded Freeman, and . the other Reid and Co., London.—Chelinsford Chronicle. THE ASSASSINATION IN DRIIRY - LANE.—D EATH of BLlWlTT.—Yesterday morning, soon after one o'clock, the unfortunate man Bleivitt expired, in the King's College Hospital, from the effect of the injuries caused by the shot fired at him in Drury-lane, on the evening of Saturday fortnight, by the lad Gratis ai, who Tug on 134turday remanded at Bow-street until nest Wedne sdaY•i THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 11. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 45; Highest, 70; Noon, 65 BAROMETER, 30.13.—W1ND S.W.; fine. iliGli WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIIIS DAY. Morning .. 24 minutes after 2. 1 Evening .. 43 minutes after 2. 1, ::. C;'..f ' 4t. 1 " ~•, . .''' 4 ' gA .,- _ ,.. tr ~ .r . .v 4ii. h , -... .4 . ::: . 6 0" , ',.'' 2 , , 5.°.' ~_ .. 1.110 -- ,• t - • 0 .1: ,4,44., ' s "' *-' 0 ' '.• . ' ,- -- '...„ , ' . ....'. ^ 1 1.11Ard , ,0 , .o.M.i', ....,. , . . -,,... i fillE SUN ) LONDON, TUESDAY 'MORNING, MAY 12, 1846. r uninteresting to notice the proportion which that ma jority will bear in its relation to the aggregate number of representatives. It would be almost frivolous to anti cipate a division this evening, because of the habitual propriety observable under similar circumstances among our legislators. Something indicative of deliberation in the settlement of a question of so much importance is but naturally to be expected in every national assembly, if only in deference to the extent of their responsibility, the comprehensiveness of the proposed change, and the abstract welfare of the empire. Some such evidence of caution is indeed for these reasons almost requisite. Hence we may naturally look for one adjournment of the debate, though we earnestly pray that such an adjournment may meet with no repetition. Nothing, we conceive, is necessary to prove that no actual necessity exists, as far as argument is con cerned, for further procrastination. The whole debate has so manifestly dwindled away in energy and bulk, and illustration. Protectionists and Free- traders, Conser vatives and Liberals, Mmisterialists and Opposition, have severally elucidated or obscured the matter under dis cussion, and have absolutely exhausted the vocabulary of their different opinions —a more indubitable sign of whiek could not possibly have presented itself than the so-called debate of Friday evening, which, under the appearance of being devoted to the corn ques tion, was composed principally of the most irre levant personalities. A small, an insignificantly small, amplification of the tedium Hite, in listening to shrice-repeated platitudes from the gentleman seated behind the front row of the Ministerial benches, is now all that is expected from the supporters of this gigantic measure, so as to terminate for ever those " impolitic and unjust" restrictions which have ground down the multitude for the emolument of a paltry faction of mo nopolists. This additional annoyance—but one which however irksome in itself is as nothing in comparison with the abrogation which it will ensure—this additional annoyance, we repeat it, is all that is now expected by the people from those legislators who have already battl e d f or t h e general interest on so 1 many previous occasions. It is a sacred duty, incum bent upon those lion. Members individually: nothing except of [the most extraordinary importance should be regarded by them as having superior claims upon their attendance. By enrolling their names in the majority catalogue, they will moreover be inscribing them in letters of light upon one amongst the brightest pages in our national records— they will be associating themselves with an epoch and an achievement the remembrance of which can never fade. Personal ambition, but above all, the good of their country, of mankind, and of posterity, call upon each of those Members to deliver in his vote upon the final reading of this glorious Bill. The division list will be the third and the most momentous blow ever struck at an infamous and pernicious monopoly; let the increase of the majority infuse into that blow an additional and irresistible energy! MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was quiet, but a fair business was done. The sales were 5,000 to 6,000 bales, including 1,000 bales for exportation. Shares weredull. In mercantile and trading circles a considerable degree of interest is felt and expressed as to the result of the motion to be brought forward this evening for the third reading of the Corn Bill. Most earnestly is it hoped and expected that the majority in its favour will be so numerically influential that the 'Upper House will see that a real and determined opposition must be futile. The commercial interests are to a man anxious to have so important a matter settled promptly. Ample means are there for the employment of capital in fresh enterprises were the main points of the policy of the Premier conceded, i.e., the passing el the Corn Bill. A stimulus would by a such a most wished and de sired advent be given to trade generally, and in some re spects lost time in the spring trade recovered. There are not any later accounts from the British Coloniee of importance. We regret to state that more than one firm has been an nounced to have been placed in difficulties this morning. It is not prudent to refer more particularly to the subject at the present moment, as in all probability some arrangement for the benefit of all parties may be accomplished. It is a fact worth noticing, that within one week . , wheat at Mark. lane has fallen 6s. per quarter. Consols for the Account have been very firm at 96 3 % to day, but for Money the price has ruled from 96% to 96%, a few sales having just been made. Exchequer-bills have been quoted at 235. and at 275. premium, Bank Stock at 205%, and India Bonds at 325. premium. Russian Stock has gone back this morning from 110% to 109%. Spanish Consols are at 24 3 / 0 the Three per Cents. at 37, the Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, at 96, Mexican at 32 1 4, Grenada One per Cents. at 224, and Mexican at 32 1 / 8 . Railway Shares are rather looking up this morning. The transactions are to a moderate extent, and chiefly for money BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. 205% 206 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95% % 95% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 96%34 966 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Aura. 97% 5 4 97% India Stock .. - _ .. .. .. .. Ditto, under 1,0001. .. .. .. .. 32 p Consols for Account • • • • • • • • • • 96 %% Exchequer Bills. 130. 1% d. 1,0001... .. .... 24 27 23 26 pm. 26 5001... .. .... 24 27 23 26 pm. 26 Ditto. Small .... 24 27 23 26 pm. 26 ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Grenada, 1 per Cent .. .. .. .. 22 % 22 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 8 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 32% 32% Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. .. .. _ 15% Russian Bonds • . .. • • . 11034 10934 10934 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 24% 24% Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. s i, 5% ~, Ditto, Three per Cent .. Dividends on the a b ove payable in London. 37 Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 95 96 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent 59% 5934 Ditto, for the Account .. • • . 59ji 59% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92 923 i BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. 5% PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Aberdeen .. • • • • • • • • • . 10 - Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. • • _ 2 %.... 1 ..... . Birmingham and Gloucester .. • .100 .. .. 126 . . Ditto New (issed at 7% ( Hs.) • • 17% ... 31%• • • . • Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .. • . 2% 3..... Bristol and Exeter .. 86 Buckinghamshire • • • • • • • . 425. .. • • % % • p .. laledonlan .. • • • • • • •. 10 .... 12% Ditto, Extension .. • • • • 2;4 .. 2 _ • • •• • _ • Chester and Holyhead .. • • • . 22% .... 22% Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% .„. Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) Direct Northern • • • • • • • • 2% .... 1% Dublin and Galway • • .. ..4 2 ....... Eastern Counties .. • • . 141. 16 5 ..... 24 23% . 24% .. Ditto New .. • • • • • • 8/. 165... _ 7%3i Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. - • Ditto, ditto, .. • • No. 2. 6/. 138. 42. - • . .. .... . Ditto, York Extension ..10c.... i% Edinburgh and Glasgow • . • . 50 ....... 77 .... Ditto % Shares .. .. • • • 12y, . • .... .. . Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 425. • ILI 3, 11834 .. Great Eastern and Western • . 2y .. . . . . Gt. Grimsby, Louth, Horn. ,&c... 42 5 . .... Great North of England . ..100 - .. .213 . . Great Western .. • • •. 85 • ..151 _ ..... .... Ditto, Half Shares .. • • 50 .... 88% .......... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 .... 17% 18% .... Ditto, Fifths • • • • • 2O .... 35 • Harwich & Eastera Count. Janet. 2 ... 2 Ilull and Selby .. .• • • •. 60 ..... 102% .. 102% Ditto, Halt Shares .. • • • • 7 .... 2734 27 Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 40 .... 57% . .. 5734 Leicester and Bedford . . Leicester, Tamworth, &c. 428. - .......... 1 die Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 2% % ...... 2 34 London an 1 Birmingham . lOO .... - .......... 227 Ditto Thirds .. .. • • Ditto Fifths .. • . .. 2 .... 26 London and Blackwell .. 16/. 13s. 4d. 7% .......... Ditto, New 2% .... 3 34 London and Brighton .. 50 .... GG 65% .. London and Croydon .. .. 131. 158. 9d. 22% London, Hounslow, & Western .. 2 .... .......... London and South-Western.. 41/. 6s. 10d. 80 78 . .•• • • 7_ Ditto, New . .• • • .. 17% - • . ...... .. 30 London and York .. .. • . 2%.... %• • .... • . London, Salisbury, and Yeovil • • 234 -1% Manchester and Leeds 82 ....127 .• • • 127 Ditto Extension .. 425..... p .. 3 3i3 P Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 81% 81 6 • • 81 Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 • • 8% 9.. Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• 1% %% P• • • p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 21 4 2- • • 2 Midland ..10J ••154 . .... •• • • 154 Ditto, New ~ .. 18 .. • . 3332 34 33% .. ; Newcastle and Darlington Janet. 25 .... 45 ...... 45 Ditto, New . .. • • .. I .... 10 1 4 Newcastle and Berwick .. 15 26 .• .... •• Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2%.... 1% 2. , North British .. 22%.... 29% 30 29% .. 29% Ditto, Half Shares ..8% 11 ..... 11% Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 134 •• -- 234% ••..• • .. 2 S 4 North Devon .. • • 2 .... 1 • . ..... 1 North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2 % •• • • i 334.. North Staffordshire .. • • 425..... 4%54 %p• • 4% P Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverhmptu. 1234.. • . - ••.•• • • • • • 8% Perth and Inverness • • .. • • 2 % •• • • - .. Shrewsbury Sc Pr o es tt th ish an Ce d nt a W r n al d .. • Yre. Birmingham . Shropshire Union .. 425. % dis ••• • .. dis. Shrewsbury and Hereford .. • • 1% ••• .. • Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and 2150 234.... %. ' 38• •• ... •. ... .. ... 3135144 % South Staffordshire Junction .. 2% - ••••• • • • • • 33 8 Sonth Midland .. 425. 1% 21% 234 p 2% p South and Midlands Junction .. 425..... 1% di5..... • • 134 dis South Eastern and Dovor 3354 40% 1 4 • ..... 41 Ditto, New (iss. at 32/.) No. 1. 16 •• - ••••• • • • • • 20% Do., New (do. 331. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .•• . - ••••• • .. • . 14% Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 18 ........ 18 1)0 6, New (do. 15/.) No. 4, 234 .... 31 %a ••• • • ....• 3% Swans. & Loughor & Cameron's.. 2 •••2U%•• • • • • • • 2% WaterfiL, Wexfd., Wick., & Dub. 154 3434 Wexford, Waterford, & Valeatia 1% -•••• • • • • • 34 West Riding Unio n .. • • .. 42 9 . •• • • 31 ,4 P• •••• • • • 334 p West Cornwall .. 2 .... Whbeach and St. Ives .. .. •• 2 •• 1 %•••• • • • • • • Wilts, Somer.:et, and Weymouth 5 .... 4• • .... •. . 4 Worcestr., Herefd., Ross, So Glou. 425. - ..... dis York and Carlisle . 234 .... • York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... - .. • • • •••• Do. E. and W. Ridi ng Exten.- 1 .. • • 11343, .•• • • • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 12 .... 12% •• • • • . Dutch Rhenish .. , . 5 .. • • 6 % • • • East Indian .. • ss. • • 7it • • • • Louvain and Jemepp e .. 4 . 1% ........ Luxembourg _ _ 4 - •••• • • • • Namur and Liege .. • • Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 • • 754%.. Paris and Rosen .. 20 .... 40% • Sambre and Meuse • • 8 '• •• . MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered • • - ••••_ 3 % • • • • • • •• • 3i iy4 12 4g 7.4 4o 5% RZYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Mr. Tyler commenced his summer campaign last evening, and commenced it gloriously. In our yesterday's paper we gave a detailed account of the various improvements which he has made in the laying out of the gardens during the recess, which were illuminated last evening, Lights, flowers,andmusic made it a perfect scene of enchant ment. The pyrotechnic display was superb. The eruption of Vesuvius, and the destruction of the doomed cities, more than realised th e most sublime imaginings of Bulwer, in his description of the destruction of Pompeii. The Gardens were crowded. Colonel and Lady Alice Peel received Lord Brougham, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, and a distinguished party at dinner, on titlarda7l At the Ge'Ant C01911014110/10, 111 Park-Alice, St, James's. filffmiitt -'ssAltv4 LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1846 The accounts from Mexico brought by the last packet from the United States are of a very alarming character, and leave scarcely any hope that peace can be longer maintained between the two republics. Ever since the accession of PAREDES to the Presidency no: secret what ever has been made by the Mexican Government of its hostility to the Americans, of its indignation at the deceitful and unprincipled occupation of Texas, and of its wish to recover a territory of such importance and so long united to Mexico. For these reasons the President refused to receive Mr. SLIDDELL, the American Minister Extraordinary, sent to complete the settlement of the Texan question, as well as to enter upon negotiations respecting California, or some other province that had attracted the cupidity of these friends of peace, liberty, and justice. PAREDES had enough of pub lic spirit to reject such a negotiator. SLID DELL, of course, was obliged to return to Wash ington without having been allowed even to open his dispatches or show his credentials, and this is regarded as a grievous insult to the majesty of the great republic. The American President must, as a matter of course, view this contemptuous treatment of his Ambassador as a serious offence, to be expiated only by some new concession, some strip of territory that lies convenient for annexation to Texas, or some portion of California, or perhaps the port of Vera Cruz, as a security that the Mexicans will know better for the future how to conduct themselves to wards Mr. SLIDDELI: or General GREEN, now plotting at Mexico, or any other great Genera] that may be appointed as representative of POLK. Preparations have evidently been made for some display of the kind. The American army sent to protect Texas bad been ordered to advance to the Rio del Norte; the Mexicans were, of course, compelled to take the same course, and the consequence is that these two hostile forces are arranged against each other on the opposite banks of the river, and the slightest accident is sufficient to cause a eollision. Possibly the Mexicans might have the advantage should a battle ensue, but they have not the means, we fear, to maintain their ground. They unfortunately, too, are divided among themselves. There are Ame rican agents at the capital for the very purpose of sow ing divisions and creating anarchy in the Government. They have no fleet, they are sadly deficient in the ma nagement of state affairs, and altogether Mexico at pre- sent appears totally incapable of defending herse; against a fifth-rate power. On the other hand, the Ame aicans are of one mind—at all events they will act as a people of one mind ; the army on the Rio del Norte will be speedily increased, plenty of emigrants from other states will be found to offer themselves as volunteers, on the security that they are to be remune rated by large grants of land in Texas, and not a few, too, may join their ranks under the conviction that in a few years the Americans may encamp under the very walls of Mexico itself. The American fleet is powerful and active, and could, if left at full liberty to carry on its operations, bombard or occupy every seaport of Mexico, for even the ports in the Pacific are open to the attacks of the ships cruising at present in that quarter, and in a very few weeks. every vessel belonging to Mexico, whether armed or engaged in trade, would be cap tured, or shut up in some creek. Mexico—for the fact cannot be disputed—is totally unable to cope with her powerful and encroaching antagonist. When the last accounts left Washington, it was understood that the President would forthwith send a message to Congress complaining of the insult offered to Mr. SLIDDELL, the hostile spirit displayed by PAREDES in his last proclamation, his abuse of the Americans, and especially of those who consummated the annexa tion of Texas, and the general tone of hostility displayed by the Mexican Government ever since the new Presi dent was elected almost by acclamation. The Congress, no doubt, would willingly recommend the most active and warlike measures, provided PoLx could have induced England and France to concur with him in his beautiful theory of non-interference, but against that these two powers have expressed themselves in the most decided language, and they will not suffer Mexico, though weak and helpless, and divided against itself, to be devoured by her unprincipled and avaricious neigh- hour. We must wait for more precise intelligence from those parts in order to form any conclusive opinion, but as far as can be judged from a concurrence of circum stances, war between the two countries is certain, and Mexico can be saved only by the interference of European powers. We insert elsewhere a letter from Mr. WILLIAM H. LE MARCHANT in reference to the article contained in The Sun of Saturday, respecting the Channel Islands. Mr. Lx MARCHANT impeaches the accuracy of our statement on two grounds. He says, "it is there as serted that the most valuable prerogative of the Crown, that of mercy, is practically abolished ;" and his answer is,Sthat the sentence of a man named NICOLLE had, within the last six weeks, been commuted from death to trans portation for life. Such may have been the case, and our statement be true and correct in every particular. That statement in substance was —" That no appeal lay from the decision of the Court in criminal cases, that the majority decided as to the guilt and its punish ment; no matter how erroneous it might be in point of law, there was no power of revision ; that no power existed in the island to stay the execution; none to mitigate the punishment ; and we drew the natural consequence of such a state of facts by adding—thus the most valuable prerogative of the Crown, that of mercy, is practically abolished." If he read further, he would see that we said " True it is, the QUEEN in Council may pardon or lessen the punishment." Does our correspondent venture a denial of any one of the statements? Does he show to what tribunal the appeal lies, or in what manner the sentence, if erroneous, can be revised? or does he refer to the authority existing in the island by which the execution can be stayed or the punishment mitigated? No, he well knows that he cannot do so with truth, and he therefore attempts to infer that we have stated what was not the fact by showing that a sentence has re cently been commuted from death to banishment. Does he :not know that the exception proves the rule, that a total silence is better than a bad defence? Our argument was against the extraordinary accumulation of powers vested in the Court. Does he attempt to show that the sentence might not havo been carried into execution, without time having been afforded to the criminal to apply for an extension of mercy? Far from it. On the contrary, by his silence he prac tically admits the truth of those statements, which he has not ventured to contradict. The second ground on which Mr. LE MARCHANT im pugns our statement is , that we of we say, that no record of any of the proc eedi ngs: to Court is kept; or, if k ept , it is net opert public e in spection." We add e d, " A ll they condescend a announce in any case, c i v il , or criminal, is then to con clusion they h ave arr i ve d at, the sentence they have pronounced." In answer to this, Mr. LE AIARCTRAN T says—" That a full record is kept of every proceeding, and that these records are open to public inspection, at least as much as those of any court in England." We shall merely say that our informant is a gentle man of the highest character and respectability, and that we place the most implicit confidence in the truth of his assertion, and it will require something more than the uncorroborated statement of Mr. LE MARCHANT to shake oar faith in his cre dibility ; the result of the Commission just appointed will satisfy the public as to which is the most trust worthy. We again re - assert on that authority the truth and accuracy of the statements we have made. Having thus disposed of the points on which a contradiction has been attempted, let us see what remains untouched. Has anything been said of the mode of election of the jurats, the corrupt influences brought to bear during such election, of the limited number of the electors, and the total want of any qualification on the part of the newly-elected jurat, of his prejudice in favour of his friends and in opposition to his enemies; that t here is no legal education of any kind—no knowledge of the law necessary for this expounder and administrator of the law? What answer is given to the extraordiyaary accumulation of powers, executive, legislative, and j,udi- cial? What to the magisterial capacity, the acting as a police-court, and the secret investigation, we should rather say inquisition, which takes place previous to the public criminal trial? What to the assumed right of making ordinances, by which laws may be enacted rind taxation imposed without reference to any other brody whatever? No, the champion is silent on each and every one of these points, " Save me from my friends," is An old and true adage, and the Royal Court of Guernsey may justly deprecate the continued advocacy on their behalf of Mr. WILLIAM IL LE MARCHANT. The state of affairs in the Austrian dominions appear to be anything but satisfactory to the Government. From a Bo hemian correspondent of the Swabian Mercury, whose letter is dated April 26, we learn that the disturbances in Austrian Galicia had produced a great agitation among the popula tion of Bohemia, who were beginning to suffer from want of food. " A slight cause," says this writer, " would be suffl • cient to induce the peasants to rise against the nobles." Letters from Constantinople of the 22d ult. announce the arrival in that city of Vice-Admiral Sir W. PARKER. He had gone as far as Gallipoli in the Hibernia, of 120 guns, from whence he proceeded to Constantinople in the Virago steamer. The greatest attention has been paid to him by the SULTAN and his Ministers. In consequence of the mediation of the Russian Minister the differences be tween the Greek Patriarch and the Porte had been arranged In Austrian Galicia the people are suffering from the want of food, and a letter from Lemberg, of the 30th ult.. published in the Augsburgh Gazette, states that many of the peasants refuse to perform the duties they are bound to perform to their landlords, and declare that the land ought to be equally divided among all the inhabitants. The Go vernment both in Galicia and Bohemia were endeavouring, to the utmost of their power, by providing food, to alleviate the sufferings of the people. Madrid papers to the 3d have been received. In the Gazette of the 2d we find the official announcement of the execution of Sous and eleven (not fifteen, as at first stated) of his companions, followed by a decree, ordering that the lives of the other prisoners should be spared. The; Gazette of the 3d contains a royal ordon nance, abrogating the ordonnance of the 15th March, relative to the offences of the public press. MM. BERROGIN, VELD, ESCULANTE, and SAcasxr, who bad been arrested in Madrid at the commencement of the Galician insurrection, were liberated on the Ist of May. It was supposed that the Government would suppress the pr2vincial battalions. A letter from Valladolid, of the 20th, says:— " The sergeants of a company of the regiment of infantry of Zamora were brought before a court-martial in this city on a charge of having taken part in the rebellion of Galicia, under General Iriarte. The accused, in their defence, said, that they had passively obeyed the orders of their chief, and that not knowing General ,Iriarte personally, they imagined with the other insurgents that he was legally invested with the functions of Captain-General. The court martial, considering that the facts did not involve capital punishment, and disregarding the requisitory of the judge advocate, who called for 10 years' transportation to the Pre sidios, merely condemned the sergeants to four years' trans portation. The Captain-General, to whom this sentence was submitted, refused to ratify it, on the ground that it was in violation of the law, and ordered that not only the president and the judges, but also the judge-advocate--for not having demanded capital punishment—should be suspended from their functions, and imprisoned until the decision of the Queen should be known on the subject. Another court-martial was summoned, and this also declared that the offence was not punishable with death, and bad given a sentence of ten years' transportation to the Presodias ; the members of the court and the assessor have been suspended from their functions and shut up in a fortress." We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. On Friday the first article of the Central Railway Bill, au thorising the construction of the section between Chaleauroux and Limoges, was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies by a majority of 232 to 6. The Gray and St. Dizier Railway Bill, as amended by the Committee, was adopted, and it was ordered that, if within six months no company should offer to undertake the construction of the road the Government should commence the works forthwith Among the addresses of congratulation received by the KLNII on Friday was one from the Lord Provost, magistrates, and Town Council of Edinburgh. The Epoppe says that Duke PASQUIER, the Chancellor, is perfectly astonished at the cool ness and intelligence exhibited by LECOMTE in answering his interrogatories, the Chancellor has been heard to say of him, "He has an intelligent head, with a heart of iron." The compliment has not been thrown away on LECOMTE, who declares that if Duke PAseuxEn should be removed by death, he can never be replaced. Happy Duke PASQUIER, thus to possess at the acme time the confidence of the KLNG and the regicide, and to be able to reciprocate compliments with both. On Friday, the colours taken from the Buenos Ayrean troops in the engagement of the Obligado were presented to the KING by the Minister of Marine. On Thursday, according to the Courrier Francais, an ex press was sent off by the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the French Ambassador in London, with copies of dispatches from Admiral LAINE and other documents relating to the affairs of La Plata, which were to be communicated by Count D'S. ST. ASLAIRZ to the British Cabinet. The success of the attempt to bring the Indian overland mail to England, rid Trieste, has had the effect of putting the French authorities on the qui vice, and the Journal des Debats has an article showing the necessity of reforming the whole of the Levant service, so as to facilitate the communication between Alexandria and Mar seilles, and also of abolishing, or, at all events, materially ameliorating the present vexatious system of quarantine. For years past scientific and commer cial men have been urging the necessity of these reforms As long as France thought she possessed a monopoly these suggestions remained unattended to. Now the vexations will probably be removed, and for their removal we shall have to thank the much-abused principle of competition, which brings Governments as well as individuals to reason. The Inree per Cents. closed on tne rams Boyne on aaturaay at 831. 95c. ; the Five per Cents, 120 f. 20c.; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,2501.; Rouen, 1,040 f.; Havre, 757 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 7651.; Avignon, 920 f. ; Vierzon, 670 f.; Bordeaux, 6251. ; Boulogne, 506 f. 25c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 4031. 75c. ; Basle, 2171. 50c. ; Dieppe, 450 ; Paris and Strasburg, 5151. ; Tours and Nantes, 5361. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 567 f. 50c.; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 56N ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 31% The following are the quotations in railway shares .--. Lyons and Avignon Deflnitives, 527 f. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cette Definitives, 511 f. 25c. MARSEILLES, MAY s.—Marseilles and Avignon, 927 f, 50c.: Northern, 767 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 5721. 50c. LvoNs, MAY 7.—Marseilles and Avignon, 9361. 25c. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,262 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 686 f. 25c.; Northern, 7731. 75c. ROSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAT 9. Central of Spain, 1 1 4—Dutch Rhenish, 6% —East Indian, % Great Western Canapa, 4—Jamaica South Midland Junction, 2 Luxembourg, I —Namur and Liege, 4 1 ,4—Orleans and Bor-deaux, 10%— Parja and Lyons COustituted, 7%--Paris ants Strasbourg Con stituted, 5%. CORN IMPORTATION BILL. (From The Sun of Last Night.) Seldom, if ever, has an announcement been made in The Sun of such incalculable importance, or one which augurs such beneficent consequences both to the present and to all after generations, as the one which we have at length the happiness of making.—This evening the Ministerial Bill for the total abolition of the Corn-laws will be submitted to the House of Commons for a third reading.—ln the estimation of too many sceptics, a pre diction to this effect uttered only three years previous to its actual fulfilment would have been scouted as the very insanity of hopefulness. Nevertheless, as expe rience has repeatedly shown, principles originally re garded as chimerical, and ruinous, and revolutionary, are ultimately sanctioned by the unanimous voice of the Legislature. Never was this extraordinary fact more glaringly attested than upon the present occasion ; never did its demonstration give promises more glorious of in creased happiness, and security, and tranquillity to the entire human family. What so many popular advocates have striven for, earnestly, manfully, and perseveringly, during so many years of disparagement, and contumely, and discomfiture, is now rapidly drawing to its realisation. The convic tions which the eloquent associates of the League have been so long fructifying in the popular mind, amidst a torrent of mingled ridicule and vituperation, have re ceived the acquiescence of the representatives in a tnix House. hhe3hoearnouts egee,miniscence British Parliament. The spontaneous labours of COBDEN, and VILLIEns, and BRIGHT have been eminently vic torious, while the counter-labours of their antagonists have been eminently futile, for, in all human likeli hood, before the termination of this very week the obnoxious enactments which have hitherto restricted the importation of foreign provisions, whether grain or cat tle, will have received their final condemnation from an overwhelming majority of the Commons. Of this occur rence there is now no vestige of scepticism ; the accepta tion of a free-trade policy by Government is as certain as it was once considered impossible. And yet, with that invariable quiescence which is the accompaniment of a knowledge of assured conquest, the public contents itself with a noiseless though an earnest sense of satis faction; it entertains one general sentiment of gladness at the boon, but that boon is already so certainly its own that any violent jubilation at its possession becomes su perfluous. Natural, however, as this feeling is, we cannot but look upon our own tranquillity in making the above announcement without some real astonishment. The most sanguine worshipper of free trade could not possibly have anticipated a triumph SO p a ob h i nOeeysra of l t b n : e e de : aro h ri nv i do n aoreb g li dgol eu i it t :hs s tai hsa c t neogo originated those conclusion n u t tht s hoo i : er nore measure bamsbi rememb er —and men t wonderfully which whichodA Protectionists,ieulrttreuil Although lhujuhagunvafhsaitc facile, inrl retarded eca solelytf i nor one so marvellously rapid, as y of s th s e o m u o t n i r o e n te o n f t t i h v e e memory Honourablea s to b eincapable cz s f tho incessant o contemp tuous rejection and almost Pa LHAlei VILLIERS session after ses • sion, cannot but feel a considerable amount of amazement when they that recollection with the progress which I, tallying in every parti cu l ar w i th those inculeett4in incifheast motion of the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton have at this moment made in Parliament. As we have a i reac ly observed, the acceptation of those principles is now SO perfectly secure that any ovation or any conspi cuous complacency on that very account becomes an unnecessary exhibition of enthusiasm. We are reduced to the happy necessity of quietly subsiding into a con templation of the consequences likely to result from so thorough an alteration in the commercial system. Bearing in recollection, however, the influence which the majority on the Corn and Customs' Bill will un doubtedly have upon the House ofPeers, onits beingfor warded thither for their sanction, it becomes not altogether RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand . 190% Gloggnitz .. Vienna—Milan ••• •• ••• • • • ••• • • • •• • • 120% Leghorn .. .• •• • • ••••.•••.• • • . • • . • • 112 Sienna ........ Grosetto ..... ....... Oldenburg ................ Pestoja ................ Apenninen ............ Pesti' Bridge .......... —AllgeMeine Zeltung, May 5. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, MAY 8. Bills. Money, Austrian 5 per Cents ••• • .. 113 Bank Shares . 1590 Anglo-Russian Loan ........ •••• • • • • 107 RusiJan 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 101% 101% Ditto Ist series Inscription....... • .. • . 102% Ditto, Kope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96 Ditto, .n Certificate.......... •••• . • •• 96 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ...... 88% Ditto Stieglitz • ......... ......... 67% Spanish New 5 per Cent ........ • . •• 18% 18% Ditto 3 per Cent 29% Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • • Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per cent .•• • • 59 Ditto 3 per Cent. Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844. •.. SI Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •••• • • 86% 116 1 A National Bank Shares BELGIAN FUNDS —BaussaLs, May 9. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ........ • . .... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ..... Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.... Ditto Three per Cent ......... ......... Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ...... Ditto, ditto, 1840 •• • ....... •••••• • • • • • • 100% Ditto, ditto, 1842 ••••• • • • .. 102 Ditto, 1844.............. •• • .• • • • • •.. 106 Ditto, 1836... • ..... .................. Ditto, 1838 .............. •••••• • • • • .. 74% Ditto of the City, 1832 ••• • • • .... Ditto, 1843 Bank ofßelgium...... • • ....• 895 -Brussels Papers. May 9. DUTCH FUNDS.—AYSTXRDAM, MAY 8. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent....... • ... 60 60% *itto, 3 per Cent ............ .. Ditto, 4 per 93% 9434 Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent Ditto, 3% per Cent.........• •• •• • • 83% 88% Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • 168 168% East India Loan, 4 per Cent...... •• • • 93% 83% Exchange on London, at sight 12 27 Two m0nth5......... ••• • • • 12 20 On Hamburgh, at sight Two m0nth5.......... ••• • • 85 75 .Dateh rapers, May 8. ........ ..... ... 120 THE SUPPLY OF SUGAR. Great anxiety now prevails with regard to the supply of sugar. Serious fears are entertained that the importation of colonial and other admissible growths will fall far short of the consumption, so as to leave little or none at the end of the year to meet the spring demand. The Government have been disappointed in their expectations ; our colonies have not increased their production in the ratio that was antici pated, and the arrivals of foreign free-labour sugar have ,been comparatively insignificant; nor does the future pre sent a more flattering prospect. A drought, of unusual se verity, has visited the West India colonies, and well-in formed parties calculate that it will cause a deficiency in the crop to the extent of many thousand tons. The lowest esti mate of the deficiency is 15,000 tons, the highest 40,000 to 45,000—it may be safely assumed to be 30,000, or a full eighth of the usual importation from all the colonies. This misfortune will not exercise so injurious an effect on the Bri tish public as it must have done before the admission of free labour foreign sugar. It cannot, however, fail to raise prices, and that very considerably, because the quantity of Java and Manilla, or other free-labour sugar, that can arrive for several months, is so small as to go but a short way to com pensate for the deficiency in the West India importation. There were only about 8,000 tons of free-labour sugar im ported last year. Even supposing this to be doubled in the course of the present year (a result not unlikely to be at tained by the close of the season), parties versant with the sugar trade reckon upon the supplies, taken as a whole, proving quite insufficient for the now enlarged consumption. Three estimates of the probable importation of all admissible descriptions for the current year have been shown, amount ing, respectively, to 220,000, 240,000, and 255,000 tons. The average of these three estimates is 238,000 tons. Last hear the consumption re ac h e d 240 , 000 . Thi s year it can ardly be so low as 260,000, and may possibly be 270,000 even at present prices, with the probability of reaching 280,000, if, by any means, prices fall materially. It thus appears, that the supply is likely to prove 22,000 tons, or about 8 per cent. short of the smallest estimate of consump tion. In consequence of this state of the trade, prices have advanced materially during the last year, particularly for sorts adapted to the wants of the country, which have be come scarce, so much so, that the stock in London of West India sugar is less than half of what it was at the corre sponding period of last year; and there are only about 250 hogsheads of West India, in first hands, at this great em porium—not a single cask at Bristol, and only 93 in the parts of Clyde. The bulk of the stocks now held are East India, a growth most of which enjoys no favour with consumers. The article of molasses is in a still more striking position, the stocks in the country being less than two months' deli veries, and the import for the year not likely to reach three fourths of what would be required for the year's consump tion, even at the present rates of delivery ! The prices, as might be expected, have advanced greatly, not less than 40 to 50 per cent. on the currency of the corresponding month of last year; indeed, they are higher th an b e f ore the reduc• tion of duty, which took effect on the 14th March, 1845 The following figures exhibit the present value, in bond, of West India and foreign sugar:— Good brown for Fine yellow refining, grocery. A. . s. Colonial 3B 0 """'••42 Free labour ......... Other foreig 21 n —Liverpool Times. SHRE WSBURY and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the proprietors of this Com papy was held, at one o'clock y( s:erday, in the London Taverr, for the purpose of giving their sanction or otherwise to the Bill now before Parliament to construct a railway from Bir mingham to Shrewsbury, with branches. There was a very numerous attendance of scripholders. W. 0. Gore, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Company, pre sided. The CHAIRMAN explained that the meeting had been called in accordance with the sessional orders of Parliament, in order to ascertain their opinions as to the propriety of dissolving the Company or going on with the scheme, which had already been stamped with the approbation of the House of Commons and of the Board of Trade. There could be no doubt of the ultimate success of the project if per severed in ; for, from the dense population on the line, the large mineral traffic which existed, and for which there was at present no railway accommoda tion, the directors had been compelled to estimate for qua druple rails —(Cheering)—and therefore, he repeated, that he had no hesitation in characterising this scheme as decidedly one of the best in England. The directors had entered into arrangements with the London and Birmingham Railway and with the Birmingham Canal Company to the extent of one-third of the proposed capital between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, which would obviate the necessity of making calls upon the subscribers for a considerable time after the passing of the Bill. He was authorised to mention that not less than 33,113 registered holders of scrip were in favour of going before Parliament. Having thus briefly stated the objects of the meeting, he would leave it to them to whether they should proceed, or disso:ipi the Company. The question having been put, it was unanimoued y re solved that the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Raii - way pro ceed to Parliament. Thanks having been voted to the Chairman 'and directors, The CHAIRMAN again rose, and after retarding thanks of the part of his colleagues and himself for the confidence re posed in them, repeated that if this measure passed the Legis lature—and he entertained no doubt that it would--he had no hesitation in saying it would be one of the first in El igland. The meeting (one of the most unanimous 'we have f• ver at tended) then broke up. GLASGOW.-DEATH OF PROFESSOR MEIBLEFf AM.— William Meikieham, Esq , LL.D., Professor of Natural Phi losophy in the University, died on Thursday, at his house in the College, here. His removal strikes off the last link, except one or two, of those which remained to connect the present protestors with the. dis tinguished men—Millar, Jardine, Wilson, Young, Richardson, and others, who, about the close of the last, and the Commencement of ' the present, century, shed lustre on the UniverSily, and conferred. final benefits on education.—.Ycotcle Reformers' Oases.' KENSINGTON GARDENS.—On Saturday the band I )f the Ist Regiment of Life Guards commenced playing for the sea son In these delightful gardens, and certainly a finer or more auspicloi is day could not have been selected for their performance. The ban I win, we understand, continue to perform every Tuesday and Pride( y from ball-past four to half-past EiX. BEETHOVEN'S PIANOFORTE.—This instrument, pre sented to Beethoven by Messrs. Broadwood, on which Addison , Cra , and }loschelos have played, has been given by Dr. Spin/ , Into whose possession it came after Beethoven's death, to Liszt. 1./, eetho yen's piano could not certainly be In better hands. AN M.P. JUROR. —On Saturday John Temple ea der, Esq., the Member for Westminster, was called on the Petty ; Tor . , at the Loneswa Sessions ; and not answering, would have been f! not the off ned, had some of the Cou r t s t ated, that when he served the • ons he found that Mr. L ea d er was a Member of Parliament, b been called on in d ue course, as his name stood on the jury . and lad IP7OXBII2Ptia 911 g 4 t tO have btca C 1441204 WWI th e ust Ynte ; HANIBURGII and FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, MAY 7.--The Chamber of Representatives, in its sitting yesterday, adopted unanimously the budget of public works. The Senate continued the political discussion summoned yesterday on the late Ministerial negotiations ; Messrs. Dimon, Dumercher, de Theux, the Minister of the Interior, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and several other Members spoke. The discussion will be continued to-day. BRUSSELS, MAY B.—The Chamber of Representatives, in its sitting to-day, rejected a project of law the object of which was to grant a drawback of 2f. to. per kilogramme on the exportation of Lemburg cheese. The Chamber pro ceeded to discuss some other projects of law relative to the promotion of the army, &c., which were agreed to unani mously. It resolved to discuss a project of law for granting supplementary rates of credit on the budget of 11it45 for the Veterinary School and the Marine. The Chamber then proceeded to the general discussion of ah. budget of the Department of the Interior. The Senate continued the political discussion. The Minister of Finance and several others spoke. The central section of the Chamber of Representatives has just rejected the project of law on sugar. Of the seven Members comprising the central section, two voted for, three against the project of law, and two declined voting. FROM TIIE GALICIAN FRONTIERS, APRIL 29.—For SOME days past it has been reported that the Austrian Government intends to fortify Podgorcze, which on one side form, with Cracow, the gate of Galicia. On the other hand, well-in formed persons affirm that Podgorcze will have no other for tifications than a tete de-pont on the Vistula. There are still reports in Cracow of fresh disturbances, which are to break out on the 3d of May. It may be hoped, however, that the 3d of May will pass over as quietly as the Easter holidays did. The accounts from Galicia are favour able. Tranquillity is everywhere restored, corporal Szela, who voluntarily appeared befure the Bailiff of Tarnow, is stated in an unconfirmed report, to have been afterwards arrested. The expense occasioned to the Austrian Government by the Galician insurrection is said to exceed four millions.— A/igen:eine Zeitung, May 5. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Biumnr, MAT 7. Bills. Money. ISt. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent •• • . 97% 96% Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent.. • Foreign Exchanges •• • • • Exchange on London, .£1 Sterling, 3 Months. 6 25 Hamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 149% 149% Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months ..... 80 1-12 On Paris •• • •• • • Two months. .. • . .• .. • —Universal Prussian Gazette, MAY 8. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIINNA, MAT 2. 5 per Cent. Metallielues ••.• • • .. 112 4 per Cent. ditt0....... ..... •• • ... 101 3 per Cent. ditto •••• • •• •••••• • • • • . 75 Loan, 1834 •. • . .. . Ditto, 1839 .. . . Bank Shares •. • . • • •• • • • Esterhazy's Loan .. ••.• .• . .• •••• • • 59 32 p 9631 126 31% 34 P 12% 2 v 24% P P P Is% N P 217 151 88 17% 35 7% 3% 65% 22% COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was on horseback, and the Equer ries in Waiting, Colonel Buckley and the Hon. Captain Gordon, at. tended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went yesterday afternoon to lay the foundation -stone of the church for the seamen of the port of London, in Dock-street. His Royal Highness was attended by the Marquis of Abercorn, Captain Francis Seymour, and the Hon. Capt. Qordon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent visted her Majesty yesterday. Ihe Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Viscountess Can ning, Hon. Miss Kerr, the Marquis of Ormonde, Colcniel Buckley, and the Hon. Captain Gordon, honoured the performances of the French Plays with their presence yesterday evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and Captain the Hon. James P. Murray, also honoured the French Plays with her presence last evening. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager honoured the Rehearsal of the Concert of Ancient Music, at the Hanover-square Rooms, with her presence yesterday morning. Her Majesty was attended by the Dowager Lady Clinton, lion. Mary Seymour, Hon. Charlotte Hud son, the Earl of Denbigh, the Hon. William Ashley, and Captain Somerset. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at tended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. Edmund Mildmay, ho noured the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichsteiu with their company yesterday evening. A deputation from Gas Companies, consisting of Mr. Richards, Mr. Gray, Mr. Stewart, and Mr. J. Wilkin, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie, on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Railway Termini had a meeting yesterday. There were present Viscount Canning, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Right Hon. F. C. Herries, the Lord Mayor, and Sir F. Smith. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a Committee meeting yesterday. There were present the Archbishops of Canter bury, the Bishops of London, Winchester, Carlisle, Oxford, Ripon, Rochester, and Salisbury ; the Earl of Devon, and the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse. The Chairman of the Customs had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Butler, M.P., had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. Lord Dunsandle had an interview with Sir George Clerk yester day at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial -office from the Governors of New South Wales, South and West Australia, and the Mauritius. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. The Chester Cap settling was resumed yesterday afternoon, and, as we predicted last week, proved very easy. The Derby betting was not heavy, nor was it by any means important. We may observe, however, that Humdrum, Crown Prince, and the Peri colt had seve ral friends ; Humdrum with by far the strongest party. Fancy Boy was also backed for several hundred pounds at 11 and 12 to 1, the layers, at the finish, not at all disposed to baulk his supporters. Sir Tatton Sykes was likewise laid against at 6 to 1 to three or four hundred, but in this case it struck us that the takers were in the ascendant. Sting was backed for 2001 at 3to 1 ; Brocardo, in several places at 25 to 1 ; the Traverser at 20 to 1, in hundreds, and a few out siders at odds. A few small bets were laid on the Oaks at 12 to 1 against Osprey, 20 to 1 against Wilderness, and 25 to I against Princess Alice. DERBY. 14 to 1 agst John Day's lot—taken 3 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—taken and aft. of f ered 6 to I agst Mr. W. ecott's Sir Tatton Sykes—taken 11 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Tom Tullock 12 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklaw's Fancy Boy—taken 20 to 1 agst Sir J. llawley's Hutadrum—taken freely 20 to 1 agst Mr. 07trien's the Traverser—taken 22 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's the Crown Prince 25 to 1 agst Gen. Shubrick's Brocardo—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Wigram's Phenericus—taken 1000 to 30 agst Mr. Merry's Teri colt 40 to I agst Mr. Wyatt's Nutleaf 50 to I agst Mr. Waller's Maid of Hampton colt—takers 50 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Draco 1000 to 25 agst Mr. Wreford's Westeountryman—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Mostyn's L'llirondelle colt—taken 1000 to 15 agst Lord Orford's 131ackie—taken. PLOT OF VERDI'S NEW OPERA The new opera on the point of being produced at her Majesty's Theatre is by Verdi. Its success on the con tinent has been very great, which is attributable, first of all, to its music; next, to the interest of the pit, taken from the most romantic era, and admitting of a wise en scene of most striking effect. At her Majesty's Theatre it is to be produced with surpassing splendour—the cast embracing Grisi, Mario, Corelli,Fornasari, Botelli, and Corbari. The chorusses have been doubled; there will be new and striking scenery, taken from sketches of Rhodes and Palestine, and every effort has, we hear, been made to produce with the utmost bril liancy the Asiatic as well as the picturesque chivalric costume of the middle ages. The opera is entitled I Lombardi —The Lombards. The epoch is that of the first crusade. The dramatis personcc are Pagano (For ' nasari) and Arvino (Corelli), sons of the Prince of Rhodes, a descendant of a Lombard knight, who con quered the island; Viclinda (Corbari), the wife ofArvino; Giselda (Grisi), their daughter; Acciano (Giubelei), the Saracen tyrant of Antioch; Sofia (Bellini), his wife (se cretly a Christian); their son Oronte (Mario). There is besides Pirro (Botelli), squire and unscrupulous confidant of Pagano; the Prior of Milan (Dai Fiori), and a host of other characters, monks, nuns, knights, Christian and Saracen soldiers, &c., &e., presenting an unusual variety of bright and picturesque costumes and extraordinary opportunity of scenic display. The plot is the following:—Pagano, deeply enamoured with Viclinda, and enraged at her preference •f his brother, attacked, wounded him, and then fled his country. As the curtain rises, you behold the monks and the people assembled before the Church of St. Ambrose, in the island of Rhodes, to celebrate the return of the pardoned culprit. He arrives, and his in jured brother cordially forgives and embraces him. But, in the heart of the latter, the same unquenchable feelings still rankle. He meditates once more the destruction of his brother, and the possession of his sister-in-law. At night he invades with an armed band his abode, to which he has set fire ; but, in the dark, he mistakes his victim, and kills his own father instead of his brother. Remorse takes possession of his heart, and he flies to a wilderness in Palestine to expiate his crimes, and under the garb of a hermit he acquires a great reputation for sanctity. Years of repentance have elapsed —it is the moment when all Christian knights and princes have been summoned to the first crusade, and Arvind and his followers have landed in Palestine, obedient to the call of Peter the Hermit. Here he soon hies to the holy recluse (Pagano) in his mountain retreat, seeking counsel and consolation in his sorrows from the hermit, for the Saracen chief of Antioch in the conflict has carried away his daughter. Pagano, concealed by his garb, promises a termination to his brother's sorrows ; which he knows he can effect, for Pirro, formerly his squire and confident, now a repentant renegade, has pro m i se d t o y i e ld Antioch, where he hold s a command, to the Christian band. In that city is Giselda, placed in the harem of the Prince Oronte, but protected by his mother Sofia (secretly a Christian), and passionately beloved by her son, who, under the double influence of love and con viction, determines to become a convert to her faith. Giselda forgets her Christian friends, and listens but too readily to the vows of the Saracens. But Antioch i s betrayed to the Christians, led by Arvino and Pagano ; all the Saracens are put to death, and Giselda, by her lamentations over the fate of her true lover, brings down on her head the wrath of her fath , r In the retreat where she has taken refuge, her ' Oronte, who h a s esca p e d f rom his loverenemies, re-appears in the di sgu i se o f a L om b ard. fly together, but being pursued by the Chri The lovers stians, Oronte receives a wound, Pagano comes, and t .akes him :o his cell, and there the Saracen prince a Christian con vert, whilst Giselda, in her despair , through Divine in • terposition, is consoled by a eisie,n - of Paradise. Pagano, who has become the guardiar., spirit of his injured bro ther, accompanies him to t :ne siege. of Jerusalem, and is his cowl, atondderaevtheadlesfe.finir:;mg name.him. dies he forme removesthe final catastrophe of. the opera. A variety of very charring objects, sculptured in Italy, from beautiful Cararra marble, are to be sold atßobins's Auction Rooms, on Thursday. We particularly noticed the figures of Diana, Pysche, Cupid, Cleopatra, the Virgin, and Infant Samuel a7 i d St. John, as being very fine examples of modern art ; likewise a noble model of the Warwick Vase, with soin.e remarkably fine busts ; whilst the chimney pieces, of various forms, covered with the in os t b eaut if u l sculpture, WC aid adorn a palace, and, as the opp ortunity to obtain such splendid objects seldom occurs, we have little doubt the present will be well appreciated. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean's visit to America is pro ducing golden results, and were th ey to repeat their engage ments at all the places where they ai . e solicited to do so, their return to this country would be extended to an indefinite period. They were last heard of at [Mobile, from whence they were proceeding to St. Louis. Wixosoß CasTLE.—We are Xt) rry !to hear it is in contemplation to close the royal spar tins nts at the Castle to the public altogether. Should this take pines, Windsor will become one of the dullest towns in the country. The small number of rooms at present shown, and those only on three d ays of the week, by tickets to be obtained in London. has already operated muoh against the trade of the town; and we hear soveral.tof the old tradsspeocle in tend leaving it altmetithrr.aarkthire CI ON , mete. The consumption of butcher's co eat in Paris last month was as follows :-6,888 oxen, 1,143 cm rs, 6,509 calves, and 88,656 sheep. LOUIS PHILIPPE A CITIZEN Cur PERTH—It will be observed that the town council, at its ft rat meeting since the late at tempt on the life of the King of the rn.inch, passed an address of congratulation to his Majesty on his pi evidential* eseape from rot, th hand of the assasin. It m a y seem t o s . eine a little out ta wayof the i bat Scottish burghs to obtrude their courte: 3on such his Majesi retains a vivid and p of the fair city, and that it may net be generally known that I Iv, French Sovereign ld summer bur gessisleaasin at the I'm e es, Iri his Majtaly referred neighbourhood • and ilheepoallreicat,ioloo ay whenfact dining g n the Ea: t Kinnoul was last to Perth str . : t it s scenery, as well as th at of the , Lordshipted— expressing sur hadhttaded,lh:.,afeectupzaeiritiocfulaurilaypilnatceer.estuedpoilnh iat which related to it, being a d " Yes, and the Pr''.,e, at _the announcement, his A when a guest of your late noble father." It s i: j ! ) : l: 3 liYn th C e a n st d ie etailed the whole reedom was conferred upon Louisme arthDi th earrival of the Lord Provost, *with the burgess ticket and t s h ce e n c e o — uncil'saddress—and the speeches 14 hick followed on both sides; a a f nd ti a la dd ce e n d t t a h r a y t ) su a c a li t h ae on t o m u i r a s e w ro c a r s e w at t iti time an(adbotuhtethocecbasegioinnnliiandg made no slight impression on his Inv= Ty, as was evinced in the circumstantiality with which the whol 'as detaiLd. Courier. A FEROCIOUS Sow.--A short time ago, at Kellett Ground, Kirkby Ircleth, a sow belonghsg to a person named Pottle thwaite, attacked a lamb. In vain did. the ewe, throwing aside its natural timidity, do battle in defence of its onpring. The lamb wts worried by the ferocious animal, and the •oid ewe had nearly shared same fate.— Westmoretand Gazrette. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF A FI'ILIATION.--A case of affiliation, which we scarcely suppc se has ever been exceeded in the extraordinary character of the circumstances it re vealed, occurred at the Leeds Coral - house, on Wednesday, before the Mayor and William P awson, Esq., the pre siding magistrates. Mr. Sandersoii, solicitor, who appeared for the defendant, elicited from th.." Inother that the child she appeared to affiliate was the seventh bastard child she had had, all to dif f erent fa shears —that she was forty years of age—that she had bo roe to different fathers two children within the last two years—that all her children were at present living-4.nd that her eldest son was older than the alleged putative father of her last child. At the close of the mother's evidence (which it may be re marked wss abruptly terminated by her refusal to answer further questions relative to her lea meful life), the Mayor, who had evidently heard the case wi th feelings of extreme disgust, properly characterised her as a living disgrace to her sex, and remarked that he did not previously think there was such a creature in existence as s 1 e had proved herself to be from her own lips. By refusing tt ) answer questions put to her, she vitiated her case, and there fore the Bench refused to make any order whatever upon the alleged father. The name of the mother is Elizabeth Say ille, who resides in one of the town's houses at Armley. Tb e last will therefore be the seventh burden of the kind Abe has brought upon her parish, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE SQUADRON OF EVOLUTION. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The sailing of this force is put off until Wednesday or Thursday next, on what account is not clearly apparent, although several causes are alleged. We believe the fact is, that the squadron is not ready to sail, several of the ships being defective in their sea-going ap pointments. We have to complain of a gross act of injustice performed by the Admiralty towards a meritorious officer of one of the ships forming the squadron of evolution. Lieutenant Henry Need, 1841, of the Terrible ; this officer was appointed to the Terrible on the 6th of December last, when she was commissioned, and has remained in her until two days ago, when an order came down for him to remove forthwith into the St. Vincent, and, at the same time, Lieutenant the Hon. J. W. S. Spencer, 1841, was appointed te, the Terrible vice Need. No cause was assigned for this peremptory and unexpected order, and Mr. Need had to turn out of his berth without time even to write respecting the astounding cir cumstance, and has been put to great personal inconvenience and expense. Lieutenant Need joined the Terrible ex pressly for the purpose of studying steam, and now that he was about to reap the benefit of his application he is turned out of his ship without any cause being assigned, to make room for a young officer, who, &fur returning from a cruiee of five or six weeks, will be thrust into the royal yacht and made shortly afterwards a commander Lieutenant Need is a very meritorious officer, having distinguished himself when mate of the Druid at the attack upon Canton, and while lieutenant of the Harlequin, under Commander (now Captain) the Hon. G. Hastings, served in her boats in desperate encounter with pirates on the coast of Sumatra, in 1844. Such jobs as these are not likely to increase the Peru" larity of the service or engender respect for the officers Who , by such acts, abuse the power vested in them of dealing out injustice. We regret to have to record the death of Mr. Bignall (sea of Captain Bignall, R.N.), assistant clerk of the Belleisle troop ship, fitting at Devonport, who fell down the main hatchway one day last week into the main hold, a depth of 40 feet. He was promptly removed to th e h osp it a l, but never rallied from insensibility, in which state he died next day. The Eurydice, 26, will hoist the pendant again in a day or two, Captain George Elliott, who recently paid her off before the expiration of her time, being re-appointed to her. The Penelope, 22, steam-frigate, Commodore Jones, lea St. Nicholas on the 13th ult., but did not communicate with the island, being apprehensive of coast fever • which, how' ever, under the z ea l ous exert i ons of Dr. M'William, was rapidly subsiding. She touched at Madeira for coals, but the authorities would hold no intercourse with a vessel from the coast of Africa, and sent out armed boats to row guard round the vessel to prevent such intercourse ; she consequently came away without replenishing fuel, but fortunately fell in with a brig bound t o Gib ra l tar w i th coals, and lying by her for two days, on account of a fresh breeze, at length suc ceeded in taking out of her 130 tons in open sea, which en abled her to work up to tipithead. Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Bart., the Commander-in-Chief, went on board her yester day afternoon, and was received under manned yards and a salute from her heavy guns, fired in smart style. She appears a very unsightly vessel, nothing to compare with the other large steamers; although rigged similarly to the Terrible and carrying more guns, she appears very insignificant in every respect but length, on comparison with the latter. A white funnel, red streak, and blue paddle-boxes and boats, do not add to her warlike looks. The Nautilus transport, Lieut. Saunders, agent, arrived on Friday evening from the Falkland Islands, which she left on the 18th of February, and from Ascension, whence she sailed on the 14th of March with invalids and old stores. The damage sustained by the rollers at the latter place were bein , ' repaired with all dispatch, but with the greatest exertions the work could not be completed in less time than two months. Water was still scarce when the Nautilus left, but the stock of turtle was still replenishing- The following officers came home passengers in the Nau tilus : Lieutenants Rivers, of the Albatross, a nd Field, of the Kin g fi s h er; the Rev. G Bellamy, chaplain of the Tortoise ; Dr. Andrew, assistant-surgeon ; and Mr. Arledge, clerk of the Penelope. She sailed this day at noon for Del** ford to refit. The Childers, 16, Commander Pitman, sailed yesterday morning for the Cape of Good Hope with mails and dis patches, thence to Van Diemen's Land with a ton and a half of copper coin for the colony, and thence to join the squadron under Rear-Admiral Cochrane, China, by Bases Straits. The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, was at Port Royals Jamaica, on the 31st of March. The Vindictive, 50, Captain Seymour, flag of Vice , Admiral Sir F. Austen, arrived at Bermuda on the 10th of April, 18 days from Port Royal, with loss of both her grader boats and sprung bow sprit. Prior to the departure of Lord Ellenborougli, on Wednes" day, a new method of impelling heavy ordnance -without the assistance of man, harness, or drag ropes, was exhibited on Soutsea-common before his Lordship by the author of the. invention. The gu ns (24- pounders and 6-pounders), mounted on travelling-carriages, were moved across the shingly bead' without the aid of drag-ropes, first with the new impelling principle, and then with the man harness ; the result was strikingly in favour of the former, greater ease and facility in working being apparent. The gunners of the Roy el Marine Artillery much approve this new method ; as also does, we are informed, Captain Steevens, of that distinguishe d corps, under whose direction the experiment was tried. The Right Hon. T. L. Corry, First Secretary to the Ad miralty, and family, went out to Spithead to-day in the Lightning steamer to inspect the fleet. They attended church service on board the St. Vincent, and afterwards partook of luncheoewith Commodore Collier, who accost' panied them ashore. The Athol troop-ship, Master Commander Pearn, rived this morning from Woolwich to embark troops from Parkhurst-• barracks, Isle of Wight, for services in the West Indies. The Goodwill navy lighter, Pledge, master, arrived on Friday night from the eastern yards with stores. The Barretti Junior transport, Lieutenant E. Griffiths, agent, came into harbour yesterday to embark stores. The Calypso, 20, Captain Worth, was spoken on the 17th ult., in lat. 28 N., lon. 21, by the Penelope, 22, arrived at Spithead. PROMOTIONS. Mates—M. TEI. M. Muad3:(lB43), C. G. Macgregor (1840), C. T. W. G. Cerjat (1840), P. W. Darrell (1843), and b• Gabon, (1843), to the rank of Lieutenant. AppoINTmENTs. Captain—G. Elliott, to the Eurydice. Lieutenants--F. Egerton, to the Raleigh ;J. E. Parish and C. Coles, to the St. Vincent. Surgeons —G. Mackey, M.D., to the Avengr ;A. AM e - strong, M.D. (assi s t an t), to H asler Hospital ; J. Robinson, M.D. (assistant), to the Avenger ; R. Wallis, M.D. (assis . tant), to the Retribution ; J. W. Slight (assistraat), to the Victory. Mate—C. Dickson, to the Terrible. Clerk—J. C. Mattley, to the Queen. Midshipmen —P. E. Luard and J. T. Seymour, to the Con stance ; S. P. Brett, to the Retribution. Master's Assistant--F. Inglis, to the Belleisle. Naval Cadets--T. M. Riddell, to the Canopus ; Ir• Phillamore, to the Devastation ;A. F. Manna ux, to the St. Vincent. ROYAL MARINES. Major Spry, of the Woolwich division, to the recruiting service at Bath. T GUARD. Lieutenant R. Ellis, app COAS ointed to command Fairlight sta' ion, vice Ranier, previously removed. THE HERO OF ALIWAL. Major -General Sir H. G. W. Smith, Bart., G.C.8., entered :le 95th, now Riffle Brigade, in 1805; was adjutant at the siege, storm, and capture of Monte 'Video, and was t h an k e d by the Command e r-in -Chief, Sir Samuel Auchmaity, for his intrepidity ; was in the affair of Colonio del Sacramento, under Sir Dennis (then Colonel) Pack; was takeii prisoner at Buenos Ayres, in the church of St. Domingo, with General Crawford; proceeded with the army to Sweden, wider Sir J. Moore, and with that army to Portugal; was distinguished in the affair of Calcavellos, in the retreat to Corunna. Ia 1809 he again embarked for Portugal, with the Light Bri gade, under General Crawford, and reached Talavera the morning the enemy retreated behind the Alyerea, and Ivo sharply engaged skirmishing; was p ar ti cu l ar l y emp l oye d by , General Craword in the Light Division, during the French siege of Cuidad Rodrigo, and in the various skirmishes of that period. At the affair of the Coa he wali severely wounded, and inuch commended for his conduct alt the Inc'' ment ; he was present at Massena's retreat; wai; in every affair of posts, Pombala, Redhina ; Casalhova, Cond eixa, Foy: d'Aruz ( where he wa s appointed Major of Brigade to the 2d Light Brigade), and served in that capacity until the end of the war, in the Light division; Sabrigal ; battles of Fuentes d'Onoro ; siege, storm, and capture of Badajos • battle of Se' lamanca ; retreat from Madrid ; affairs at San ' Milan ; battle of Vittoria; pursuit of the enemy after the battle of Paul' plono; distinguished in storming the heights of Vera, also in the storm of the entrenched camp of Irun ; crossing the Bi dassoa ; battle of Nivelle Nile; affairs near B:ayonne ; Tarbes; battles of Grilles and Tolouse. In 1814 embarked in the Ga ronne with the troops under Major-General Ross; a pp o i n ted de•:, puty Adjutant-General; battle of Bl a d ens b erg, and capture of Washington; was the bearer of dispatches to Government , and highly commended by Major-General Ross; w as pro moted to the rank of Major; returned to America with Major-General the Hon Sir Edward Pakenham ; as As" sistant Adjutant-General was most actively employed during the various affairs of New Orleans, and appointed Military Secretary to Sir J. Lambert, in whose dispatches his conduct was particularly brought to notice ; capture of Fort Boyer. On the coneli s uso Assistant Quarter f America, he returned to Europe ; was was a n t o te pe s a ie ct e w ag and, for his conduct, promoted to the rank of Li eutenant - Colonel.W Indies; had an Served in America and the est master-General of the 6th Division at the battle of Waterlso, important command Kaffiron the frontierof the C a p e o f G o od Hope, during the Kffi irruption into the col ony, 1835-36 ; hi g hly commended for his conduct by the Governor, Sir B. D'Urban, and thanked by the inh a bi tants of the colony, at large, and subsequently by the Minister for the Colonies, Lord Glenelg, as deserving " the grateful acknowledgments of her Majesty's Government, not only for his military.ser vices, but for his zealous, humane, and enlightened adminis tration of the civil government of the province under his charge." When ordered to take the command of the fron tiers of the Cape of Good Hope, he rode from Cape Town to per" hour. In 1840 he was appointed Adjutant-General to her Majesty's forces in India, and was in the battles of Gwar at the rate of fourteen miles en and Marajahpore, in 1843. During these eventful services ,_e t was on the staff of Major-General Sir Sidney Beckwith, Major- General Drummond, Major-General Robert Crawfil,r? Major-General Skerritt, Sir J. Vandeleur, Lord Seaton, Su A. Barnard, Major -General Ross, Major-General the lie! Sir E. Pakenham, Sir J. Lambert, the Right Hon. Sir Jar .: Kempf, L or d K eane, the Hon. Sir Lowry Cole, Sir B. P " ban, and Sir Hugh Gough.—John Bull. E - - p Of tJi r be RRATU3I.—In our account of the meeting 0- t London, Ilonuslow, and Western Railway Company, on Saturdait we stated that " Mr. Megson said a gentleman in Leeds had ascer tained from the secretary that the expenses had been 161., with other liabilities"—it should have been 16,0001., with other liabilities. SUICIDE FROM LOSSES BY FIRE.—On Saturday e Ve __.. ll. ing Mr. Payne held an inquest at th e R e d Li on, Re d Lion-court, Fleet-street, on the body of Mrs. Sarah Brown, aged 35, grocer,by whose shop, No. 6, Great New-street, Fetter-l ane , wa s destroye d Fire on Thursday night. Julia Macdonald said that the ilec ea g..., had carried on her business until a fire broke out th e re on Thur s o 7, night last, when she and witness were got out of the parlour Willa and removed to the Red Lion. She lost a great deal of proPertf by ~ the fire, and was very melancholy a ll th e nex t d a y. That Lao" — (Saturday) witness awoke and found h e r sus p e nded by S "' idler ; said chief to a rail of the bedstead. The landlord of the Red Lien deceased told him that she was insured for 2501. in the L avri Insurance Office. Several witnesses said that deceased's behaviour was recently very different from what it had formerly business did not answer, and that she had much trouble in matters. Verdict, " Temporary insanity." arty DRAGONETTL—Rumours are abroad that the prop of this eminent musician is not nearly so large as was antici pate d— five thousand pounds being much nearer the mark than five-Rua" twenty thousand. The bulk of what property there is is lett to Ile' sister—if she can be found ; and the legacies to friend s and It quaintances are chiefly in the shape of music, instruments, ..C•n ei seems the old man squandered his means in the accumulatio IV curious rubbish, to whidi no sort of money value oan be 14040 13 *d his executors. peen --;hat her The English bar is composed of above 3,010 b ar : * ten, exclusive of 11$ sergeants-at-law. Thai are T 4 Itucc a- ikuneel. incutakir tin Att 9 Tue7 gad