The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-19 00:00:00

tt trti lEition+ SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. TATTERSALL'S.—THIS EVENING. o'cadam. PLYING DIITCHMA.N HANDICAP. 100 to 60 eget Voltigenr—taken 5 to 1 sgst Haricot—taken 5 to 1 agst Lucio—taken TWO THOUSAND GUDTEAS. 4 to 1 apt Hombre/Tad 9 to 2 agst Maidstone CHESTER CUP. 15 to 1 agst Scarecrow 20 to 1 agst High Sheriff 20 to 1 agst Hesse Homburg 25 to 1 agst Joe Miller DEBBY. 7:to 1 Kat Hobble Noble—taken 20 to 1 agst Augur 25 to 1 agst Maidstone 45 to 1 agst Barbarian 1,000 to 10 agst Mimaive—taken TURKEY. We find the following in the Constitutionnel : " We have received accounts from Constantinople to the sth inst. Public attention was much excited in the Turkish capital by the movements of troops which were taking place in the neighbourhood of the Moldavia- Wallachian provinces, and by the presence of the Em peror Nicholas in Bessarabia, where he was about to pass some grand reviews. The Divan does not, however, ap pear to share in the apprehensions entertained by the pubic on thi s su bj ec t. Foiled Effendi, who left for Alexandria on the 27th of March , only took with him his son, his private secretary, and his physician. He will be able to announce to the Pacha of Egypt the dismissal of the three Pachas who quitted his service and demanded posts from the Sultan. This fact formed one of the complaints of Abbas Mirze, and it would appear that the Porte is anxious to do everything in its power to conciliate, so that in case of a rupture no reproaches could be made towards it. One of the Sultanas has recently been confined of a son, who has received the name of Mohammet Ruchdi. Admiral Remain DesfosEes has been admitted to an audience of the . Sultan, with all his staff. Abdul Medjid expressed a wish that he would p ro l ong hi s so j ourn a t C o nstantinople, and gave orders for him to be every where received with the honours duo to his rank. A grand review by the Sult an i s t a lk e d o f , to w hi c h th e Admiral will be invited. Mehemet Ali, brother-in-law of the Sultan, and High Admiral, has visited the French Admiral on board the Pandore. A sad accident hap pened yesterday to a boat belonging to the French frigate, which, while coming on shore, was run down by a steamer. There were 16 men in the boat, but for tunately only one was drowned, and another wounded, though not dangerously, by the paddle of the steamer. Oa hearing of the accident, the Porte immediately sent a message on board the French frigate to express regret, and to ascertain whether the Turkish captain was in fault. A letter from Alexandria states that Fouad Effendi had arrived there on the 2d inst., and on the following day had proceeded to Caire." The Journal des Dibats has the following on the same subject : "We have news from Cairo to the sth. The situa tion was becoming every day more and more compli cated, without, however, inspiring up to the present time any serious apprehensions amongst Europeans, who persist in their opticism. It is not the same with respect to the Viceroy, whom the encouragements of Mr. Murray do not always succeed in reassuring as to the consequence of the difference which has arisen between him and the Porte. However, it is stated that the last Vizirial letter, which the Court of Cairo appeared to dread exceedingly, particularly since the return of Reschid Pacha to power, is not of a nature to cause any very great apprehension to his Highness. This letter, it is said, has by no means the character of a menacing ultimatum, as it merely confines itself to renewing the determination come to by the Porte, and to expressing the conviction that the will of the Sultan would receive that full execution which was to be expected from a faithful vassal of the empire." The 'Jibes adds a postcript that Fouad Effendi, who had reached Cairo on the 6th, had met with so affectionate a reception from the Viceroy as to have given rise to the best hopes as to the result of his mission. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS: The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woo] sack at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from Gal way and Limerick against the Ecclesiastical Titles Act. The Earl of SLIAFTESBURY presented petitions from Dumbarton, Plymouth, and other places, against the Maynooth grant. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from Dun stable, Fraying for the retention of the Crystal Palace. His Lordship added, that ha did not join in the prayer of the petition. MASTERS IN CHANCERY. The LORD CHANCELLOR laid on the table a Bill for the abolition of the office of Masters in Chaneery, and substitute other officers to perform their duties. The Bill, his Lordship observed, had been submitted to the Master of the Rolls and the Vice-Chancellors, whose approval it had received. The number of masters at present was nine, and by this Bill the four seniors would retire from their duties, anti the other five would remain to wind up suc'a matters us might be left in their offices, and any other matters which the Lord Chan cellor might devolve upon them, until the new scheme should come into perfect operation. The new,scheme was that th 3 Master of the Rolls and theVice-Chancellor, each of them with a chief clerk, and each clerk with a sesond clerk, should carry on in chambers, without reference to any official unconnected with them, the whole business of his court. An objection had been urged against this. scheme ,that 4when the Viee-Chancellor left court to attend to chamber business, he would leave no one behind him to transact the public business of the oourt, as was the case in the common law courts; but he hoped that the speedy, inexpensive, and satisfac tory manner in which business would be carried on un der the new scheme would compensate for any small inconvenience of this sort. He intended in a short time to introduce another measure, which also had the sanc tion of the other judges of the equity courts, which along with this Bill would do all that was required to e€ect that reform and amendment of the Court of Chancery which was so anziously looked for by the country at large. Lord CRAN WORTH was glad to sae that the Noble and Learned Lord had shown such readiness to comply with the recommendation of the Chancery Commission, for the abolition of the Master's offices. The present Bill had his full approva l. Lord CAMPBELL said that he considered the Master's office the root of all the evils of the Court of Chancery, and he was glad to see that the first step taken towards Chancery Reform was the abolition of these offices. The Bill was then read a first time. BISHOPRIC OF QUEBEC BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. On the motion of the Earl of DERBY, the Mutiny Bill, and the Marine Mutiny Bill, we read a third time and passed. re Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before Four o'clock. cLIARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. Corporation of the The Sheriffs of London appeared at the bar and xempt from de livered in a petition agre e d . t o by the that tile City charter may be e City, praying Charitable Trusts Bill. new writs the operation of th ekiliaW WRITS. l a E vi i stock Mr. Fs.uirMolAk C a KE nd N , Z .r , the On the motion of were ordered for East di h Lord Ren es am, deceased, and former in the room of TrelawnY, who had the latter in the room of Mr . t_ 0 cut Hundreds, ere ac cepted Le office of Steward of b ILLS. PRIVATE B read a third time and The following Bills were palmed:— Barnstaple Markets/and Fairs. Great Munster Fair. Ilkley Waterworks. Kelvin Bridge (Gl asgow ) and other Works. ugh Bi shop 's London and South am pton Road, thro Waltham. Medina River Navigation. Rhyl Improvement. Skipton and Craco Road. Sunderland Waterworks. The following Bills were considered and agreed to:-- Aberdare Market and Slaughterhouses. Cheshire Constabulary. Dudley Waterworks. pastern Counties and Novniarket and Chesterford Rail way Companies. Glamford Briggs Waterworks. Great Southern and Western Railway (Ireland). Lockwood and Meltham Road. Newmarket Railway. Norfolk Railway. Retford and Littleborough Read. Rowse Broug ht on , Broug ht on , Stockbridge, and Wallop Roads. Stockton and Darlington Railway. '''"/Ltb , Essex Estuary and Reclamation. The following Bills were read a second time, and rnitob e comm i t t e d : —Wedmire Road—Hteldersfield ''''''','.:groimd. xt,,,,M SG On the ta ATE ROYAL UR BILL HARBO . Sir J A 4tu tor the second reading of this Bill, Admiralty i ht . m .Y IKE wished to know whether the which manifestl:L to 4 0 anything• to remedy the defects gate A=rbour. ' "anett M the management of Rams- Mr. STAFFORD 5 ,,, sideration of the AdZ ai t t he subject was under the cone would ba no time to bring i y n ; bet he was afraid there ee this session. The present B i ll ,1111: to remedy all e 44 he should therefor e a t_tigated some of them, Akp u r the understanding th at " a It ßil t l o pass, but e Ile tel ° I),ject. next scission ythieZosuhloduklie al: ‘4. . i ~.- a Bi ll , is read a second ti me, ' Y',. be cnimiltect — \ ~ ,,l . 'w kl (..! , ---.. _- - . • r ~ PETITIONS. i'" , - o•varat petitions were presented, prayin g lo t t h e re. k , fit .-- (. , z-,.-/ 11 „\ - L•=/ ...)- ia.-i~ .a.Rt:~c THE SUN, Sir J. DUKE presented several petitions from the City in favour of a uniform poor-law. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Bris tol against the Maynooth grant. Mr. HEYWARD presented a petition from Colne to th, to same effect. Mr. C. BRUCE presented a petition from Ross-shire against the repeal of the Test Acts. Sir F. THESIGER presented a petition from the so licitors of Manchester, praying for the repeal of the attorneys' certificate duty. Mr. WILLIAMS presented petitions from Truro, praying for the preservation of the Crystal Palace. Lord HOTHAM presentd a similar petition from a place in the East Riding. Colonel THOMPSON presented several petititions against the Extradition of Marine Deserters' Bill. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT presented a petition against the Maynooth grant. Mr.',WALPOLEI presented a petition from the attor neys of Midhurst against the certificate duty.. Mr. HUME presented several petitions from various parts of the country praying an equalization of taxes. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL intimated that he would postpone this Bill until this day week. Mr. GEACH presented a petition from Coventry against the Militia Bill. Mr. SOTHERON presented a petition from Wiltshire against the attorneys' certificate duty. LONDON, great territory he thaught tho returns upon the table I would gtve equal satisfaction to the House. The i nterest payable on the Indian debt did not exceed two millions a year, and even that was gradually being reduced, as the works which the Government had undertaken were getting into reproduc tive operation. Many of these works consisted of high roads, and not a few of them had been undertaken within the last twenty years. Therefore, in considering the management and conduct of the Government of India these matters should not be lost sight of. And with reference to the railways which had been projected in various parts of India, he thought the works generally which had been undertaken were called for by the exi gence of the State. The ecclesiastical establishments of India stood upon a very satisfactory footing, and the in crease which had from time to time been made is the num ber of Indian clergy displayed a laudable desire on the part of the East India Government to secure: the reli gious instruction of the people. At present there were 130 clergymen employed in various parts of the empire, besides three bishoprics. The patronage of the East India Company was impartially distributed, but with regard to political affairs the East India Company was only the agent of her Majesty's Government. The re sponsibility, therefore, fell upon the Home Ad ministration; but it would, nevertheless, be a great mistake to ;suppose that that Company was simply an agent or tool, because it partook of a mixed character, and, in some respects the respon sibility of Government, beyond its ministerial capacity, rested as well upon the shoulders of the Company as upon the Ordnance. Occasionally it came to pass that a difference of opinion arose between her Majesty's Government and the executive of the Com pany; but still, upon the whole, he thought it was infi nitely to the advantage of the public service that this system of mixed governmet should be continued. This, however, was one of the subjects which the Committee would have to take into its serious consideration, and he hoped having now gone through all the topics which suggested themselves to his mind, thei House would have no hesitation in agreeing to his motion.—(Hear.) The motion having been seconded, Mr. ANSTEY rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) THE REV. MR. BENNETT. Mr. HORSMAN gave notice that he would move on an early day for an address to her Majesty, praying for an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the appointment of the Rev. Mr. Bennet to the living of Frcme. CRYSTAL PALACE. Mr. HE YW06.5 ga;en;ticeiiiaChe would postpone his motion respecting the Crystal Palace until the 29th of April. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL. Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice that when this Bill came on for a second reading he would move that it be read a second time that day six months. MILITIA BILL. _ Colonel SIBTHORP also gavo notice that when it was moved to read this Bill a second time, he should propose an amendment that it be read a second time that day six months,—(A laugh.) EXPULSION ,OF BRITISH SUBJECTS FROM AUSTRIA. Mr, ANSTEY gave notice that to-morrow he would ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the cor respondence between the Government and the Cabinet of Vienna respecting the expulsion of the Rev. Mr. Edwards from Austria was sufficiently complete to be laid before the House. PUBLIC BUSINESS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice he would move that on Thursday, the 29th of April, and on every subsequent Thursday, the orders of the day should have precedence of notices of motion. CITY GRAND JURIES. The'ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to move for leave to bring in a ,Bill to render it necessary to summon grand juries within the metropolitan district, and for the amendment of the criminal law in other particulars. The subject of this Bill had excited a good deal of public attention ; it could not be said to be new, for in the year 1341, when he had the honour of filling the same office which he now held, he suggested, amongst other things, to the then Government a Bill of precisely similar character. The Bill was brought into Parliament in the year 1849, but although a Committee was appointed, and several witnesses were examined upon it, the Committee only reported the evidence, and the Bill fell through. He would not trespass upon the time of the House by stat ing in detail the precise nature of the measure, but upon the second reading he would go fully into the reasons which induced him to propose this alteration in the law. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. AFFAIRS OF INDIA. Mr. BERRIES rose to move for a Select Committee to iequire into the operation of the 3 and 4 Will. 4, 0. 85, " for the better government of her Majesty's Indian territories," and to report their observations thereon. The House would be aware that the object of this Com mittee was to take into consideration the propriety of renewing the charter to the. East India Company. He need scarcely state to the House that hitherto the East India Company had exclusively enjoyed our In dim territories, end it was equally unnecessary for him to inform the House of the extraordinary progress which the Indian empire had made since the year 1784, when the present system of government began. Since that period there had been a gradual tendency to abo lish as much as possible the exclusive rights and privi leges which the East India Company enjoy. For instance, in the year 1793 the charter underwent a considerable modification and a great inroad was made upon the pri vilege of the Company. Amongst other things a new system of private trade was introduced, which was car ried on not only in connexion with, but under the imme diate direction of, the East India Company, and s i nce then this private trade had developed itself to an almost fabulous extent from that period down to 1813. About this latter period a very great alteration in the exclusive right of the East India Company as traders was made, and private traders were admitted. The only exclusive right, in fact, reserved to the Company was the trade to China, but, with that exception, all their other trading privileges were removed. New re gulations were introduced at the time of a most valuable nature, and these regulations continued for some time. These new regulations were the result of an inquiry which the House had instituted, and they were con tinued down to 1333. At that time a new Act for regulating the charter was introduced and by this Act all the rights of the company, including those of trading with Caine, were modified, and from this time they ceased to be a trading company. All their powers were made over to the,Crown, and their commer cial assets were disposed of under that Act. The Act was to continue for twenty years, namely, from 1834 to 1854, and it was agreed to by the company on certain conditions. The first con dition for the immense sacrifice which the company made was that their stock, amounting to, as he was informed, 6,000,0001., should not be subject to redemption for forty years. That was, it was not to be called in for forty years after the passing of the Act he had mentioned, and also if, during that period the Government should deprive them of any privilege in cluded in the Act, they should acquire a right of de manding a redemption of their stock of 2001. for every 1001. This certainly was no great boon to the Com pany, for at this present moment the 1001. stock of the Company he understood was worth 260/, The affairs of India under this arrangement had con tinued to be administered from 1834 up to the present time, and they would continue to be administered till the year 1854, after which it would be for this and the other House, and the Crown, to determine whether the same or another system should be adopted. The Government had thought it necessary to submit the question with regard to the renewal of the charter to Committees of both Houses of Parliament. They considered that there were three courses open to them— first, to let the Act expire; secondly, to propose the re newal of the Act without further enquiry; and thirdly, to propose an inquiry before any further steps were taken in the matter. The present and the late Govern ment thought the latter was the best and most becoming course to adopt. Infinite benefit was found to result from the inquiry which was instituted previous to the granting of the last charter. He did not apprehend any difference of opinion with regard to the appointment of a Committee. Twenty years had nearly elapsed since 1833, and it was neces sary to inquire what effect the system of government in India had produced on the welfare and progress of that country during this period. The revenue had in some instances been satisfactory, in others unsatisfactory. At:the commencement of the ;period the total income was 18,407,000/. and there had been a gradual increase in that sum during every succeeding year, and in the present year it amounted to 24,379,000/ e the difference being not less than 6,000,0001. He was sorry to say, however, that the charges had increased from 18,000,000/. in 1834, to 25,000,000/. in the present year, thus exhibiting a deficiency of 678,0001. It would natu rally be inquired how this deficiency arose. In the first four years there was a considerable surplus, but after that period there had been almost a con stant deficiency, with the exception of one year, when there was a surplus of 350,0001. The increase of charges was occasioned by the disas trous wars in which India was involved during the whole of the period. The miserable undertaking called the war of Affganistau bad drawn certainly no less a sum than 10,000,0001. Then the war in Scinde, and the first had hhth: evdseeb been ee n ableadded and second war in the Panjaub, cost also an enormous sum. It appeared, from the best accounts he c w os a t ra a , less' sumcollect that ' all these wars could not large additional expenditure altomuch as than 36,000,000 1 . There of interest. Therepto the national debt in consequence of as Otooot,ohoeol., country which in the involved shap a e u e r we t z e , however, some points for con had nearly doubled, 20 con gratulation. sive increase in the tonnage years the exports and andim ports there had been a progres outwards. They had populaa e o d n a also ooltstvarais both inwards and great augmenta tionl6s,ooo square miles of territory , I.a of territory and than nine millions and inany cears tainly not less popu lation had been added to their S d of India. On the whole he thought the future °lnini°llB in of India was incomparably more advantageous Prosperity now than at an y former period of it s hi story. It had been said that the natives were precluded from all share in the administration of affairs in India, but the fact was that the Government encouraged the employment of natives, and a l so promoted their eduction, in order to fit th ee for that employment. The total number of natives employed in administrative offices vary ing from sala ries of 1,560 L to worked exceed ingly was 2,84 6 The courts of' I n dia had on the whole ingly well, and it was satisfactory to know that of late years they had considerably improved. The appeals had been few in number , and the administration of th e law had on the whole bee n wise and salutary. Then, again, with regard to the important subject of education, he found that the educational establishments of India had of late years been greatly augmented. At one time there were only two, one in Calcutta and the other in Benares, but in 1835 there were no less than fourteen in existence, while last year it was found that there were no less than forty existing in Bengal and the north-west part of the ter ritory. The systems observed in these educational eiitilit India then . establishments were based on sound religious prin ciple, and there could .be no doubt that the a p l ec a p s le we c l o l ln a in s i a ttej or t a o l Goveonment bad all along displayed an anxious desire their charge, to improve condition ia a h ed h o c f stateand roe of i g i a o f t h a s i r 3 p while with regard to th© boththe of view.—(Hear, hear.) The educational was most gratifying financial - condition of that THEA TRICAL INTELLIGENCE. THE " TWO HOUSES" AND AIDLLE. WAGNER.— The theme which now gives rise to so much conjec ture and much surprise in the musical world is the announcement at each operatic establishment of the forthcoming appearance of Mdlle. Johanna Wagner, the prima donna of the Berlin Opera, whose fame has already been loudly trumpeted in England. The facts of the matter we believe to be as follows, and we merely state what is now reported as the true version of a somewhat curious incident. By the en gagement drawn up between Mr. Lumley and Mdlle. Wagner, it was agreed that, as an assurance of good faith on the part of the former, a certain amount of deposit money was to be paid to the prima donna on a certain day, by the non-fulfil ment of which agreement the engagement was ren dered void. The directors of the Royal Italian Opera, it would appear, learnt the conditions insti tuted, and had their doubts as to the probability of their final settlement ; in the meantime they so arranged their plans that some one p ossessin g their authority was upon the spot when the deposit money became due. Mr. Lumley's representative arrived in Berlin late in the even ing of the day appointed, and deeming it advisable not to disturb the prima donna at so late an hour, de termined to fulfil his mission on the following morn ing. In the meantime, the emissary from the manag ement of the Royal Italian Opera, finding, on application, that the deposit had not been made, im mediately offered Madlle Wagner an engagement, which was as promptly accepted. Stich we be lieve to be the facts of the matter, and from these only can we draw our con clusions. In the case of two operatic establish ments, instituted the one in direct opp o siti on t o th e other, we hold that each is possessed of f u ll ri g ht t o take advantage of the slightest failing on the part of its rival, and for this reason we cannot blame the con duct of the directors of the Royal Italian Opera ; but having been previously, and in the first case, applied to by the lessee of her Majesty's Theatre, the hasty . conduct of Madlle. Wag ner cannot be possibly justified, and casts a repulsive shade upon her character as a lady, which is by no means likely to benefit her at the moment of her forthcomin g a pp ea rance. The consequences, in the case of the above facts being fully true, are likely to prove seriously injurious to Mr. Lumley, who is, under the circumstances, en titled to the kindliest consideration from the public and the press. We may, perhaps, be premature in the expression of our opinions, but we derive our con clusions from what we believe to be the facts of the case. HAYMARKET.—A new three-act comic drama, written by Mr. Mark Lemon, and entitled Mind Your Own Business, is in rehearsal at this theatre. Mr. Webster having given English opera a full and fair trial at this theatre, finds that it does not command sufficient public patronage to warrant bis continuance of it. If the public and the patrons of native talent" do not support that talent when a ma nager produce at a heavy expense the best that the country affords, the fault rests only with the public, and the lessee must be absolved from blame, if he ceases to expend his money upon an unremunerative species of entertainment. We fear that the difficul ties of managers in the endeavour to maintain an operatic company are greatly aggravated by the con ceit, the arrogance, and the stupid impracticability of certain artists, whose abilities by no means entitle them to extraordinary consideration. JENNY Linn..---The most strenuous efforts are making to induce this lady to lend her all-powerful aid in support of her Majesty's Theatre during the present season. At no previous period in the history of Italian opera has this establish ment stood so much in need of the co-operation of those who should be interested in its being upheld. Without detracting in any way from the eminent position of this distinguished vocalist, it cannot be denied it was here she first achieved her English fame, and it would be a proud reflection for her in after life, that by her assistance this time honoured resort had been enabled to withstand the difficulties and obstacles by which it is now sur rounded. The New York Daily Times states that Jenny Lind Goldschmidt and her husband will sail for Europe, in the steamer Atlantic, in May, but that previous to their departure they will give three con certs in New York in the latter end of the present month. __ ENGLISH VOCALISTS IN NEW YORK.—The fa vourite opera of The Child of the Regiment has been performed at Niblo's. Madame Anna Thillon, Mr. Hudson, and Mrs. M'Kenna, formerly Miss Melton, sustaining the principal characters. The last-named lady is a vocalist and actress of considerable talent, who has not appeared on the stage for some time ; she was a great favourite at the Theatre Royal Dub lin, previous to her departure for America, where she sustained her professional reputation in various theatres of the union. THEATRE ROYAL, EDINBURGH.--A large audience attended on Monday night, the occasion being Mr. Glover's benefit. The performance commenced with the new melodrama of The Corsican Brothers. After the ghostly melodrama Mr. Barnett appeared in the little interlude of Monsieur Jaques. A more finished or artistic piece of acting, in its own line, than Mr. Bar nett's portraiture of the poor old Frenchman it would be difficult to conceive. It is an exquisite cabinet pic ture, so to speak, made up of many minute and deli cate touches, yet not over elaborate, and full of true feeling and quiet pathos. Not a few of the audience testified by their tears to its touching truthfulness and power, and the call for Mr. Barnett at the end was enthusiastic. EMILE P 11,IIDENT, the justly-famed pianist and composer, is now in London, and purposes giving a grand concert at the close of the present month. FERDINAND HILLER—This gentleman, whose fame as a composer i▪ s acknowledged throughout Germany, has arrived during the past week, with the object of superintending some of his musical works, to be pro duced during the present season. Ma. AIA CARTHT.—This old and favourite actor, w hose delineati▪ ons of Irish character have been highly appreciated by the public, is about making a profes sional tour through Scotland and Ireland with his daughter, Miss Macarthy. ROBERT I:Toupin, the famed conjuror of the Palais Royal, is performing his wonders before large an dieoßnycEaelx% aor. tthe Rotunda, Dublin. —Meyerbeer has written a cantata for the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the mar riage of Prince Charles of Pr ussia . This new composi tion of the great master i s to be executed during the sejour of the E mpress of Russia.-- The Philharmonic Society gave its last con cert for the season on the 24th, under the d ht i o r ew ec rn t ds io hi n of M. Leopold Ganz. At the Frederick 'William College the students of the first class have given a performance of the tragedy of Antigone, as originally written, and in the Greek language, with the chorasses of Jstlendelssohn. The Theatre Frederick- William ße g i nine. - eenr h e. a w s iptrotclhuecedwithgr.eat himsuccessgreatestsuccess.Switzerland engagements. TnE R oyal, w l l 4 ,ouE, APRIL 10.—The French Theatre of the Roiie-11 has been closed for more than four months, h a s d i e us i re-opened with . the three act opera oheme, by Saint Georges, and the M. Lazsr e Martin. The house was well m attended.usi music b y CONSTANTIN OPLE.— Our theatre is getting on more prosperously than f or some time past. T he young violinist, Horace Po lls , ard, has been giving concerts here with great success, s powt ,A recent tourist . in Germany gives the following interesting notice of this talented musical known all. over the country gs " $e is composer : MONDAY EVENING, APRIL l 9) 1861 Father Spohr,' and the venerable bearing, the -tranquil and benevolent expression of the gigantic old man well justify the title. Where false notes and false time are out of the ques tion, and German politics are not on the Lapis, he is one of the mildest of men, with congenial spirits, most social, and in domestic life even playful to the last degree. Cassel, his house, and his garden are to him the nearest approach to Paradise which this lower world of ours can show. He has visited London and the other great capitals more than once, yet ever re turns from them only with fresh devotion to his own home." —Sunday Paper. iIIARRIAGE OF JENNY LIND. (Extract of a Letter of Feb. 7.) I have a little bit of news to tell you, of an event that has taken place, and having been one of the actors, or perhaps a supernumerary in it, can give you some particulars .that may interest you—l mean Jenny Lind's wedding. She left New York for Bos ton about three weeks since, and shortly after wrote me a long letter, confessing what she had been too bashful to reveal before, viz., that she was engaged to be married to a young German artist—Otto Goldschmidth, and to whom she was very tenderly attached. She asked me to draw up her marriage contract, gave me the particulars how she wished her property to be settled, &c., which was don e i n d ue f o rm ; and in con nection herewith, I will mention, that, with that high spirit of generosity that has always marked her character, she set apart 20,0001. to found a charity a ahool in Sweden ! Last Wednesday I went to Bos ton, a nd she approved of the marriage contract ; and the next day, the sth inst., she was married to Mr. Goldscbmidt, at the house of Mr. Ward, a friend of hers and Goldschrnidt's. The morning was bright and cloudless, and prog nosticated well for h er marr i e d state. She was d re ssed in white silk, with a veil, and orange flower wreath, intermingled with myrtle a la Suedoise, with a bouquet or or corsage of the same, and looked very charming. The quer,e3 were pronounced by the Rev. Dr. Wainwright, a clergyman from New York, whom she had invited for the purpose. Only half a dozen friends were present ; among them Mr. Everitt, w h o was • minister to London a few years a go. Then came the kissing of the bride, peformed by the st a id guests by imprinting a beneficial kiss on the forehead, except f as hioned Swedish ki ss . Sh e see med a very Arnica, Jenny embraced, and gave an old , by one, whom so joyous, so happy, stepping on air, as it were. After a while she sat down to the piano, and sang " Ah non mange' ) with a heartiness that would have brought the whole Opera-house at her feet. In the afternoon they went off to a country seat at Northamp tom, about one hundred miles from Boston, which they have hired for a few months. In the summer they return to Europe. Mr. Goldschmidt is seven years younger than herself—about 24 years old, a small, very good-looking man, of a high-toned character, From the th w e er ae hsi? Companion.father anon a . well educated, a n d d evo t e d to her. He is from Ham burgh,e respected merchant.— EXTRAORDINARY CAREER OF A LON. DON CLERGYMAN. The inhabitants of the district of St. Barnabas, in the parish of St. Luke's, Old-street-road, have been painfully excited for some time past by a se ries of statements, which have resulted in the re vocation of the license of the Rev. Richard Jones Temple by the Bishop of London, and a prohibition against again taking clerical duty in the metropolitan diocese. The case will be understood from a brief recital of the facts, us they are stated by Mr. Hill, in a pastoral letter to his parishioners. Mr. Hill states that during the last few months he has found that he was losing the esteem of his parishioners which he formerly enjoyed, and on making inquiries he had reason to suspect that the minds of his friends were being poisoned by Mr. Temple, his curate. Other circumstances arose which compelled him, in justice to himself, and for the satisfaction of the Bishop, to institute a searching inquiry as to Mr. Temple's previous career. Mr. Hill states that Richard Jones alias Risiart Johns, alias Robert K. Jones, alias Richard Jones Temple (for by all these fictitious names was the identity of his cuirate mys tified), commenced his public or ministerial life in December, 1844, at the Independent Dissenters' School at Blackburn, in Lancashire, which school, being subsequently limerged into a more general col lege, near Ma nc hester, in 184 3 , the inmates of the Blackburn school were received there as first stu dents in preparation for the Ministry among the dis senting bodies, and included in the number thus transferred was Richard Jones. From that college Richard Jones was publicly expelled by tua Act of the general committee of management, on the ground of such moral deficiency of character and conduct as in the opinion of the authorities wholly unfitted him for the ministry Shortly after this Mr. Jones changed his name and his religious principles. He qecame a baptist. and as the Rev. Risiart Johns was inducted into the office of pastor of the Baptist con gregation at Whitchurch. While holding this posi tion he gave out that he was engaged to a Miss Mary Owen, a young lady at Bangor, who during his resi•• dente at Whitchurch became suddenly possessed of 18,000/., bequeathed to her by an uncle in India. One morning he informed some influential member; of his congregation that be had dreamed that his betrothed lady had been thrown from her carriage by a runaway accident, and that dreadful and ghastly ap pearances had told him that the lady was hopelessly injured. On the strength of these representations 101. were advanced to him to enable him to go to Wales a letter written in Welsh, which none o f his people could read, purporting to come from Bangor, and confirmatory of his dream, having been produced. This letter, he said, inform e d hi m th a t Miss Owen had died from concussion of the brain. He started accordingly for Bangor, but proceeded as far as London only, and then returned to Whitchurch some days after, stating that his health bad there failed him, and that his physician bad, told him that to prosecute his journey into Wales wouldimperil his life. Not appearing ill on his return, he was taunted at his quiet re signation and submissive apathy under the loss of an heiress of 18,0001., and doubts arising as to the truthfulness of the story, c onnec t e d w ith o th e r cir cumstances which had occurred, inquiries were pro secuted. The clergyman and th e reg i s t rar o f Bangor were written to, as well as the registrar of Somerset house, and it was ascertained that no such accident had happened at Bangor, nor was any such person as Miss Owen known. The Rev. Gentleman was consequently obliged to leave Whitchuroh, and having become acquainted with a clergyman of the Established Church, the conversation frequently turrned upon the subject of Church and State, and and in the course of time, Mr. Risiart Johns ac knowledged the errors he had fallen into in keeping aloof from the Established Ch urc h. H e sought employment within its pal e , an d after six months' privacy, he re -appeared, Richard Prit chard Jones, in the character of an Irish Scripture reader, and was eventually admitted into holy orders by the Bishop of Cashel. In the course of a few months he left Ireland, and on his arrival in England assumed the name of Richard Jones Temple. Having succeeded in induc ing Mr. Hill to appoint hi m curate o f St. Barnabas, application was made to the Bishop of London for a license, but his Lordship refuses to receive any clergyman from another diocese who has not been in orders two years, and he had there fore to seek clerical employment elsewhere. This he found a t N or th amp ton, receiving the appointment of curate of St. Sepulchre's. Immediately the Marquis of Sligo, that he had on entering upon that sphere of labour, he informed certain members of the congregation that he was in heritor of a fortune, that he had lived in the family of 1,500/. per annum. That he Fi ll ed ze b s u of writing leading articles for the London morning newspapers, whence at one time he . realised . been in the habit obtained He rem a intimate with Shell and Tom Moore , was intimate with . Earl . Spencer when Lord Althorp, that he was very and . that he had Northampton, and then returned to St. Barnabas, a license to which Mr. Hill informed the Bishop he obtained from his Lordship by a in ta s h i t youthttime at t o s r o d r i t tn ai guished poems. forged testimonial. This testimonial purported to be signed by the Rev. J. Jackson, vicar of Tallow, county ' Waterford,;but Mr. Jackson disavowedall knowledge of it. All these circumstances were represented by Mr. Hill t o th e Bi shop, and a vast quantity of docu mentary evidence, consi sting of letters from all parts of the country where Mr. Jones, Johns, or Temple was known, was put in, in confirmation of th e charges m a d e aga i nst him by his incumbent, with regard both to his previous career and his con duct since filling the curacy of St. Barnabas. They convinced the Bishop that all his statements were un true, and his Lordship, after a careful consideration of the case, prohibited the Rev. Gentleman from the exercise of his clerical functions in the diocese, and admonished him to seek in some remote part of the world, in [som e su itable calling, a name that might atone, as far as p oss ible, for his previous unbridled career of duplicity and falsehood, and there to earn for himself a character for honesty of pu rpose truthfulness in its pursuit. This extraordinary parih, has been producti ve of much ill feeling in the efore s it and it is feared that much time will elapse h is allayed. for Halifax —_,_---- —.----.---- S 17 —The a LIVERPOOL, —ITURDAY", APRIL —The crew steam-ship City of Manchester, Leitch commander, which sailed from Philadelphia on the Ist inst., arrived in the Mersey at 9 15 r. u. on Friday, after u run of upwards of 15 days. The Royal Mail stearnship Niagara, Stone comman der, sailed from the Mersey at eleven A.M. to-day, and Boston. with the usual mails and upwards of 70 p assen . gers. The United States' mail steam -ship Pacific, Ny e , eom . mander, will sail from this port for Now lQrk 911 W ma, with the wails, &G• • - - - ediaeaday POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK. Jamea Welsh, a well known pugilist and publican, was brought before Mr. Combo on a warrant, by Guest, 52 L, charged with assaulting George Thomson, a betting man, by attempting; to gouge his eye out. Complainant, whose right eye was completely closed up, stated that on the previous evening, a little after eleven o'clock, he went into the parlour of Mr. Patten, of the Star Inn, High-street, Borough, to see some friends. He sat down quietly for acme time, when the defendant entered the parlour in a very excited manner, exclaiming that he. " should like to knock somebody's ear off." Witness asi'eed him " Whether he meant his?" when he replied, " Yes, you ." Tho defendant then came up to him suddenly and pushed his finger into his right eye, and called out that " he would kick his brains out." Witness was in such agony that he could hardly help himself, and defendant nearly forced his right eye out. Ho hero produced a certificate from a surgeon, showing that he had received a severe injury to the eye. Mr. COMBE—What is the reason of all this ill feeling between you? Complainant --I believe it is some thing about his wife and marriage. I now go in bodily fear of him, as he assaulted me iu a cruel manner once before. In cross-examination by Mr. Hutchinson, complainant said he was a betting man, and got his livelihood by at tending races. He was not a member of Tattersall's, but went round the country and bet upon horses that he thought would win. There were about twenty persons in the room when ha was assaulted, and he was playing cribbage with a friend. Mr. - Hill, from the office of Mr. Roberts, requested an adjournment of the case, as the complainant had a num ber of respectable witnesses to corrobei ate his testimony, but they were unable to attend that day. Mr. Hutchinson said his client was a very respectable man , an d at present looking out for a public house. He should bo able to prove on a future occasion that the complainant was the aggressor and brought all upon himself. . Mr. COMBE asked whether he had any witnesses in court? Mr. Hutchinson replied in the negative. His client had surrendered to the warrant, therefore his Worship would be pleased to accept of bail should he feel inclined to adjourn the case. He had several re sponsible tradesmen in court who would be answerable for his attendance. Mr. ComBE said that it appeared to be a quarrel be tween them, and resulted in one of them being worsted. He should, however, remand the detendant until Satur day next, and accept bail for his attendance. Bail being put in he was dis barged. LAMBE7 H. Upon the Hon. Mr. Norton taking his seat a certifi cate was produced from the County of Surrey Lunatic Asylum respecting the state of mind of the lunatic and murderer, Thomas Wheeler, from which it appeared that he had been discharged from that asylum in February of last year at the urgent request of his mother, who had given the required undertaking in pursuance of the Lunacy Act. On reading the document Mr. NORTON said it was a lamentable thing that the law as regarded lunatics was not more stringent. It was evident that this man was quite unfit to be at large, and there ought to be a law empowering the lunatic asylums to insist upon the most ample security that a discharged lunatic would be pro perly taken care of. They ought not to be given up at the mere request or caprice of any of their family, but some protection should be given to insure the public security. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. I THE WAR-OFFICE AND THE RAILWAYS. The following circular has been issued to every rail way in the United Kingdom:— 1 " War-office, April 5, 1852. " Sir,—The S ecretary a t W ar having had under his consideration the subject of the fares at present paid by the public for the conveyance of tvops by railway—viz., 2d. per mile f or each officer, and 'id. per mile for each soldier, and being of opinion that rates more favourable to the public may now be fairly expected for such con veyance, considering the large number of the military R be use the railways at small trouble and inconvenience to the companies, the managers being previously warned of the exact numbers abo u t to b e f orwar d e d , an d consi dering the very general reduction that has taken place in passengers fares, especially in the case of excursion trains, I am directed to request that you will bring the subject before the board of directors, for the purpose of ascertaining whether they would be willing to enter into an agreement with the Secretary at War for placing the charge fur the conveyance of troops, especially when moving in large bodies, on a more favourable scale, pro portionate to those usually charged to passengers by excursion trains. " The following rates are those which the Secretary at War would propose, and which are not lower than what the public have, he considers, an equitable right to expect for a service of this description:— " For officers proceeding singly or with a body of troops less than 50 in number—lid. a mile each. " For soldiers proceeding singly or in less numbers than 50—id. a mile. "For their wives or widows—id, a mile each. "For officers proceeding with a body of trocps of 50 men and upwards-Id. a mile each. " For soldiers proceeding in bodies of fifty men and upwards, id. a milo each, a day's notice being given to the company. " For their wives, if proceeding with them, 1-3 d. a mile each. "Soldiers' children under three years of age to be conveyed free. "Above three and under twelve years of age, at half the foregoing rates. Above twelve, at full fare as charge able for their parents. "The amount of luggage to be conveyed free of charge to remain as at present, •i2l.:—For every officer, one hundred weight; for each soldier, soldier's wife, or widow, one half-hundred weight. " The Secretary at War is anxious to obtain ss early as possible the decision of the various railway companies on the proposition now submitted to their consideration beton) the annual removal of the troops takes place. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) "B ElAwEs." YORZ AND NOXTI MIDLAND.—It appears that the long pending suit between Messrs. Crawshaw, railway contracto:s, of Tork, and the above company has been at length brought to a termination. The action was commenced in October, 1847, and in November, 1849, was referred to the Recorder of London, who concluded his investigation about the end of October, 1851. The sum sought to be recovered by the plaintiffs, for cor.- tract work done on the York and Scarborough branch railway, amounted to 142,5601., and the amount or the award, to be paid on or before the Ist of May, is 34,1761., being 100,384/. less than the claim. The com pany will have to pay the costs, which it is believed will be very heavy. CORNWALL.—The report of the directors of this com pany, to be submitted to the shareholders on Wednes day, states that the warrant of the railway department of the Board of Trade has been obtained for abandoning the branches and reducing the capital from 1,600,0001. to 1,125,0001., which they believe will be more than ample to complete the main line from Plymouth to Falmouth. The 25/, shares aro converted into 201. shares, thus reducing the liability of the shareholders one-fifth, while full credit is given for all past payments, equal to 31. 15s. on each 201. share. It is proposed the proprietors who have more shares than they can conveniently hold should have the opportunity to lessen their liabilities, by forfeiting one•fourth of their shares, on paying the call now mope of 15s. per share on the remaining three-fourths. The directors believe that further calls to the amount of 101. 10s. per share will suffice, with the borrowing powers of the company, to complete the works and provide the working stock. It is proposed to make a single line, but to provide suffi cient land, and construct bridges and tunnels for a double line. The experience of the West Cornwall, now in course of construction. proves that the works can be completed for the present estimate. Full confidence is placed in the friendly feeling anti liberality of the land owners along the line. The traffic already realised on the West Cornwall Railway confirms tke estimates oftraffic made for the Cornwall Railway that the latter will ield a return on the outlay of at least 4 1 per cent. The y di rectors congratulate the shareholders on the prospect now opened of making the line at a small cost , and com pleting a continuous line of railway from London to Falmouth and Penzance. READING, GUILDFORD , AND REIGATE.—The land ownersd inhabitants o f the districts ad j oinin g this railway an have just presented a memorial t o t h e President of the Board of Trade, setting forth that the company obtained their Bill from Parliament on the express ground of furnishing accommodation to the inhabitants of the west of England, particularly of Bristol, Exeter, and Plymouth, so as to enable them to proceed direct to Dover, Folkstone, and other places on the south-eastern coast, and ultimately to Paris, Brussels, and the conti nent, without being obliged to go round by London; that since the completion of the line no such communi cation as the public were led to expect has been afforded, but a spirit of hostility to other companies who will not accede to their terms appears to have actuated the direc tors in violation of their original engagement, and to the sacrifice of the public interest; that no proper ar rangements has been made to meet the trains upon the Great-Western and South-Western railways, but, on the contrary, alterations of time have been made, apparently with no other object than to force those companies to a concession, and thus the convenience of the public has been sacrificed to the dissensions of the respective managers. The memorialists represent that this conduct is a breach of faith on the part of the directors, inasmuch as they have not continued their line into the station of the Great Western at Reading, thereby entailing the re m ?Ned of luggage and passengers to a distance of a quarter of a mile by road, and causing serious public unnecessary loss and expense. The memorialists call upon the Railway Board to exert its authority in com pelling the directors to fulfil the conditions upon which they obtained their Act, and if the Railway Board pos sess no such power, they then call upon the board to apply to Parliam e nt to h ave additional p o wer vested in the board for such p urpose. - RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. B, A 17. STOCK EXCHANG RISTOL PRILE.—The share market was firm and active to. day. Great Westerns were done at 92. LIVERPOOL, Apatt. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was not quite so good to-day, but prices remain without material alteration. The transactions were as follow Caledonian, 20 1 / 2 Grenock, guaranteed, 1 5—Eastern Counties, 95/B—Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 74 1 A —Ditto, Fifths, 6 dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union) 4 1 ,1 3 dis.—London and North-Western, 125—Ditto, New Quarters, I 5 p. —Ditto, Fifths, p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, New 61. Preference, 13-16 p.—Midland, 6 8 1 / 4 —Ditto, Consolidated (Birmingham and Derby), 36—Newcastle and Carlisle, 78—Shrewsbury and Chester, Preference, guaranteed 8 per cent., 15 13-16 South-Eastern and Dover, 22%—York and North Midland, 25n—Dutch Rhenish, 3:;8 dis. MANCHESTER, APRIL 17. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow : Ambergate, 2 1 ,8 dis.—Blackburn (No. 1), 53. 1 1 Caledonian, 203i—East Lancashire, Preference, Fifths, 3-16 p. —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 74 1 / 2 —Ditto, Fifths, 1 dis.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34 15-16—Ditto, New Cl. Preference, % p.—Midland, 681—South -Eastern and Dover, 22 %. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 17. been STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market l ex tremely firm to-day, but there was very business r ci d , o h i ng. The only transaction reported was—South 1% dis. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Aran. 17.—T0-day prices in Brunswick street are very firm, and we have a good demand. MANCHESTER, APRIL 17. —During the present week an improved feeling has gradually gained ground in the flour trade, which has, consequently, assumed a firmer tone, leading to an increased, but by no means extensive, business at fully previous prices. Ia other articles no change has occurred. Into Liverpool and Runcorn the arrivals from Ireland are moderate of oats lad barley, r market and good of oatmeal; whilst about 2,500 quarters of mlt const itute the only suppli es of moment coastwise. Froma a b ro ad the imports are wholl y of wheat and ri of these articles the y are on a liberal scale, () flour, b ut this morning was of a more animated charactbeortthhawnhefaort som e time past. In most cases holders of and flour demanded sli g h t l y enhanced rates, but any ad vance was not so generally obtained as to enable us to raise our quotations. .. NOTTINGHAM, APRIL 17.—At Derby, on Friday, with a small attendance of buy ers, and not a great num ber of sellers, wheat sold at fully the terms of the pre vious week. No change took place in the value of any other article, and but little business was transacted. Wheat, red, 40s to 428; white, 46s to 48s per 36 stone; old, 505 to 525; barley, for malting, 28s to 325; for grinding, 28 s to 308 pE r 30 stone; oats, old, 21s to 24s per 24 ston e ; new, 218 to 24 5; b eans , old, 39s to 403 per 38 stone; nJur, 31s to 325; superfine, 33s to 34s per 29 stone. Very little was done at Worksop, Mansfield, Retford, Grantham, Melton, and Lincoln, but t h e Atour tran sactions effected were on fully previous ter ms. was very own market to-day was gi ven for the supply of w heat limited, and an advance of is per quarteritsters in the market. good qualiti es . We had but Our quotations may for were in better de answer fe wf r In fr a esh threshed samples, any others were unsaleable. white, old, mand, and beans held their val v e. foluw:_Thwe u p o re a s t, ent prices of grain in Nottingham areas new,t 42s to 475; red, 38s t 46s to 49s per 36 ston e; 27s to 31s per quarter; for 435; barley, for malt e i r n g 3 ,0 stone; oats, 20s to 235 per 24 grinding, 27s to 28s _ p s stone• b ea ns, o ld , to 36s per 38 stone; new, 30s to 335; E; gyptian,34 30s to 31s; flour , superfine , 30s to 355 per 20 stone; ditto, 28s to 295. Stourbridge was but scantily sup ar p li e d with gr ai n k Fi nn, on Friday m of all kinds. Wheat and barley were p r etty well in •demand at fully last week's currencies, with Beans and peas fully maintained last a firm trade.week's rates. Oats flat , and not much doing< At Wolverhampton market also the supplies of wheat were small, and both farmers and dealers looked for fully last week's prices. Malting barley was in good supply and rather cheaper, prices average 28s to 303 per quarter. Little doing in oats at unaltered curren cies. English oats, 23s to 248, and Irish 21s per 3121 b. Beans worth from 13s Gd to 14s per ten score for old and lls 6d to 12s for new. , Kidderminster market, too, w as sparingly supplied with wheat, and although the business transacted was 1 1 . '404' 11P911 ti limited Dole, Prigc 4 wore km Who malting trade is now become dull, maleters have now for the most part reticle their season's purchases. There was not much on offer at late rates. Beans were in quired for at former prices, and a fair average amount of business done. There was also a pretty brisk demand for oats. In peas nothing doing. In the great malting districts of Suffolk the maltsters have nearly done malting for the season. Barley is cheaper and has not so ready a sale. At Woodbridge barley sold slowly at is less money. Oats also were cheaper. On Thursday, at Stovvmarket, barley was reduced 13 to 2s per quarter. WORCESTER, APRIL 17.—The market to -day was rather locking up, the absence of foreign arrivals in this country- stimulating the demand for home produce. Ari advance of Is per quarter on late rates was realized in some instances. English white wheat rules at 153 to 163 64 per bag of three bushels, and red 153 to 153 6d. Malting barley firm at 3s 6d to 3a 9d per bushel, and distilling qualities 33 3d to 3s 61. New English beaus 4s to 4$ 6 , 1 per busbd, and old 4s 6d to ss. Foreign avers:„e about 3s 6d per bushel. Old English oats are worth 3s 64 per 391 b, and new 3s to 3s 3d. Irish 133 m. pies from 28 9d to 33. Spring vetches 4s to 43 6d PI bushel. Waite p•-as from 4 s to 4 s 43 per bu shel, an Tray from 3s 6d to 43 per bushel. The last wheat ais' rage b(.ro is 38s 84 per quarter, and barley 29s 6d. DALKEITH, Arasa 15.—The relative weight per four bushel* of the three prices of wheat were 18 st 111 b, 18 st 41 b , and 170 31b. Oats, 12st 101 b, 12st 01b, and Ilst 11b. Barley, 16st 4 11), 15st 91b, and 15st 21b. Peas and beans, 19st Ilb, 18st lib , and 18st Olbs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 241 Wheat .. £2 5 0 £2 1 0 £1 17 ° 798 Oats 70 Barley 54 Peas and Beans 1 13 0 1 12 0 1 1 0 " Average of whew 405 3d. ABIRDEZIT, APRIL 16.—Grain—Oats 17s 9d to 1 83 ° 4 401bs per bushel ; barley, 245 6d to 00s Od. 521bs per bush el bear, 24s 6d to 25s Od, 521bs per bushel; wheat, red 355 to 375, ditto, white 42s to 435, 621bs per bushel; oatmeal, 1 4 s od to 15a per boll ; flour, 32s to 32 s 6d per sack. Provisions --13e !A f ' 4d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, to 6d ; pork, per stone, 3s to 3s 6d ; lamb, per yr., 55 to b s tallow, per stone, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; potatoes, per 07, 4d to 6d ; rabbits, each, Od to Od; hares, eactl,;; to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 8d W u: g ; eggs, per doz, 5 d to 7cl ; cheese, per cwt, Os to Os Od ; be r pe, pair, 28 6d to 35 Od; chickens,ditto, 2s 6d to 3s Od; duck* 1 / 2s Od to 2s6d; ducklings, ditto, Os to Os Od; turkeys, per pa ' • to 6s Od; geese, ditto, 7s to 8s ; butter tor exportation (pr cure), per cwt, IJOs to 58s • eggs, wholesale price, per doze to ; 41b loaf, 6d; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stoma of 1., 3 _, 1 7 0. d to Os od; poi k fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork, ' l 'l '3 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 ibs , Os Do „". Meal—Oatmeal, is 5d to Is 6d; barley dust, 9d to uti peasemeal, is lOd to 2s Od ; side Od to 7d ; bererneal, 15 10 to is sd; flour, Is 9d to Is 10d; barley, per lb, lid to 2d; b flour, is 5d to is 6d. wag DUBLIN, APRIL 16.—The corn-market to-day an agat , ext- mety dull for every description of wheat I" barley, and our quotations of Tuesday were barely el; ported for those articles. Oats met rather a better „ e , maud, and in some instances realised a trifling adrol ts There was rather more inquiry for Indian corn a improvement of about 6d per qr. Wheat, white, 233 to 2° o; red ditto, 22s to 23s 6d ; here, Os to Os Od ; oa ts, 10 '.mr 12s Od ; oatmeal, lis 6d to 12s Od; bakers' flour, L. cwt.. 12s 6d to 15s; barley, 12s 6 d to 15 s; Indian ocuel per 4801 b, 29a Od to 31s Od; rapeseed, 14s Od to 1 7 ° per barrel. EXECUTION OF ABEL OVANS On Friday the convict Abel ovans underwent the ex treme penalty of the law in front of Monmouth county gaol for the murder of his illegitimate child, by drown ing it in a stream of water at Newport. Sarah Dove, the mother of the child , wh o also was at T t h h e e p l r a is s e t n M er o w nm as ou tr th i o d w a e ls v o er ; , fo st r i , ll a u cc n o :c d r . - days before that ap pointed found guilty, but reprieved three ed A b s e si f z o e r s e M wi r t . h Ju a s w tic o e m l a V n ig n h a tm m a e n d is, however, ing to the statement of Ov ens, it was she w ho stripped the child of its clothes a nd threw i t into the water. When the respite was made known to Dove, she ex. tainwhe f t o h r er h s e h r e ex w e i c ll at n io o n t . be l e t xec claimed, " Ah, I knew they would not do it; they dare not." However, since that time she has made certain statements to those who have attended upon her in pri son which tend to corroborate what her paramour had previously stated; and the governor of the gaol, Mr. Barrett, thought it to be his duty to proceed to Loudon to lay those statements before Mr. Justice Wight man, which he did on Thursd a y. At four o ' clock on Friday morning a letter was received from the Home office, directing the full penalty of the law to be carried out on Ovens, but not on Dove, and the drop, a simple piece of mechanism, was erected in a couple of hours. By seven o'clock in the morning a large concourse of spectators had congregated from the surrounding district of,Dean Forest, Chepstow, Ross, Collford, &c., in front of the gaol, and by nine o'clock, the hour appointed for the execution, upwards of 4,000 persons had congregated in view of the drop. Of these a large majority were women, who behaved in anything but a becoming man ner. Many arrived at Monmouth on the preceding night, and others had to travel through the night. At the appointed hour the culprit ascended the scaffold with a firm step, and having shaken hands with the under sheriff, the governor, and Calcraft, the cord was adjusted and he died without a struggle. After remaining sus pended the usual time, the body was cut down, and the crowd dispersed. EXTENSIVE FIRE. On Sunday morning, a few minutes before one o'clock, a fire broke out in the extensive premises be longing to Mr. J. Hill, camp equipage and wholesale trunk manufacturer, situate at No. 212, Piccadilly. The flames originated from some unknown cause in the ma nufactory behind the dwelling-house, and owing to the large quantify of stock in the place the fire extended with more than usual rapidity ; so that in the course of a very brief period the flames shot through the dif ferent windows and also from the roof, to the danger of destroying every building near. Messengers were dis patched in sundry directions for proper assistance, and two of the Royal Society's escapes and another belong ing to St. James's parish attended. These were fol lowed by numerous engines of the London Brigade, West of England, and St. Anne's parish. Before, how ever, the firemen had time to reach the premises the flames rushed from the factory into the private resi dence, setting the third floor in a blaze. Fortunately a bountiful supply of water w as p rocured from the mains of the Grand Junction C om p an y , and the en g ines bein g manned by nearly 100 hired auxiliaries, co p ious streams of water were s cattered over the burnin g mass, but in spite of which the work of devastation con tinued, and in order to stop the further spread of the alarming element, the firemen were obliged for some minutes to leave the main body of fire while they beat down the flames raging in the surrounding houses. The latter having been accomplished, the whole force was brought to bear upon the factory, and, after some hours' hard working, the flames were eventually extinguished. The damage done is thus officially re turned by Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the London Fire -Engine Establishment:--" Sunday, April lg.—At half-past 12, A.M., called to a fire at Mr. Hill's trunk manufactory, in Piccadilly, which was extinguished in ffi en roof th ff insured. The t s third r Ameliad u floor sck o windows the d house by firemen with seven engines of the establishment, that of the West of Eng land, and S t . Anne's parish. Two inhsse burned burned o ut, out. and part lnsured of off; S ; urn rest t ffi o c f e house.. Mr fl oo rs of the workshops are completely burned out, the r oof cff, rest of building and contents damaged by water, &c. d InsuredSunlo y fire F iContentsr e ad water.e. not T Miss - o Thomas s Stillman, contents ii damaged the surgeon.nl Price, milliner. Considerable damage by fire and water. Insured in the Globe Fire-office. No. 2, iEa ge place, Piccadilly; Mr. J. Everard, f ru it erer . C on tents not insured; building, unknown; back windows de molished, and frames burned." A great crowd of persons were present, but, owing to the admirable exertions of police, no accident occurred. t o f the the agpralutnmde n flt oohprahadroeunstes: with nn sit_ fiehereabe h 0 t h SEVEN CHILDREN BURIVED TO DEATH. The village of Renton, situated about sixteen miles west from Glasgow, was, on Thursday evening, the scene of one of the most appalling catastrophes which ever occurred in that part of the country—the destruc tion of two dwelling -houses by fire, and the death of seven children by the same means. The particular scene of the calamity was in Main-street, of the above named village, and it appears that between six and seven o'clock on the evening mentioned volumes of smoke were seen issuing from the window of a garret occu pied by a labourer named James Lay, in which his two sons, along with five other children, had been amusing themselves in the afternoon, during his absence at work t at Dumbarton, where he is employed as a labourer. takenl was at first conjectured that only the chimney had d with such fire, but the flames soon appeared and a blaze, and had likewise ignited t end. There is every cent dwelling-house in the back 1 fearful rapidity that in a few minu h te e s ♦illagers were ignorant of the reason to behove that the villag t e s of the garret, for no impending fate of the occu e p sc a u n e them from the flames, attempt was made to r ;tiexblltl o i 1 1 i f .,...v u i y i S t h h a stated that he heard the t t h hs a ep t r c re h eaof of was th the all ad j ina half-past six o'clock. dense smoke which filled t an early period of the evening, the ill- fated childrenthaue and although that till were e e n r a e n prevented from continuing their Any Us for assistance. ineffectual, and the roof soon and who were distinguish ca the fi re were It is probable, however a , s f u t t e ff h r o a w e t a a t r t h e d d e s and t a ttempts which were made to here being no fire-engine in the village the totally consumed.odies were extricated from the smonld aces . were as follows;—Michael La er t were so much charred and disfigured as be r ecognisable not to of the brothers Lay, who had • the exception , , evidently cn t i nu e e v d e b n u b r y nin th g e t ir ill o b w o n th perished h their respective sizes. The names of the deceased and their 12; James Lay, 4; Hugh Sinclair, 6; Elizabeth Sharp, 6; James Stewart, 4; Janet Paul,4; and Samuel Wilson, 5 years of age. How the fire originated is unknown, and the fact of the eldest boy Lay not leaving the apartment and giving an alarm is probably accounted for by the door being locked at the time. The occurrence i n g W r h u e i has naturally caused a great deal of excitement in the village and throughout the neighbourhood. STATE VISIT OF THE — JUDGES TO ST. PAT'L' EL Yesterday being the fir s t S un d ay i n E as t er Term the Judg es proceeded in s t a t e to St. Paul's Cathedral, w h e re they were met by the L or d M ayor, the Sheriffs, Ald er men, and an T un usually large num b er of Common C o uncil members. he distinguished pemna ges havin taken their ices in the sacred edifice, a ve r y impressivge and eloquen t )ctoroflet wyrui sermon was delivered by th e R ev . M r . ChampneY B, th e re . White chapel, wh o se l ecte d f or hi s text, 11 ,, thaw, xv., 20, " I{9 W i 4 CbrChristriata from VII deb" places CORK, APRIL 16. In the trade here we have no new feature. "'.,„ market is still very dull, but we observe rather ra°l%; firmness displayed Shan of late, with a dispositiou the part of holders to seek enhanced rates, which, .brir., ever, we imagine, they will find a difficulty to obt31001"„; The arrivals from abroad during the week have been numerous. '.l he receipts of home grain conine`; very trifling, the quantity for the week being —, 81 brls, at 19s to 22s per brl ; barley , 720 brls, at 12? . to 14s 4d per brl; oats, 1,37 4 brls , at 9s to Ils 9d p er b a t: There has been little variation i n the p rice of any Iro scription of green corn. Foreign wheat is held vri' little more firmness, but there is only a small busi ve: f passing in the primer descri p tions. Some sale ut Egyptian of a secondary quality . have been macial about 183 3d per barrel. Barley is scarce and main' o's , its value. In oats we have no transactions to recoti holders are asking lOs 9d to lls per barrel for bilui b u t without finding purchasers. The trade in fine ll°° is very dull, the purchases being made only for Dol e ; dill° consumption. Coarse flour continues tomed)... 0 go od demand. The business passing in Indian 0.01 very restricted, and we have no improvements to LO o f either in demand or val ue . W e quote the vela© (lale'z 71 2 s 6d per ton. Barrels. Gurrev o l• 4o o O White wheat 00 s Od t o 00 s Od 00s Od- 20 -- 0 Red wheat ...00s Od to 00a Od dm O Ditto ....,.005... Od to 006 Od -- 00s Od' O Ditto 57 Barley 12s 6d to 13s 7d do O Ditto O Ditto oos Od to 00s Od- 13s 6c1.....00 00s Od to 001 Od • O Bere oos Od to 00s Od Os Od 124 Oats 9s Od to Ils 5d O Ditto ... oos Od to 00s Od }. lOs (1. O Ditto ... oos Od to 00s Od 3 Pigs. 31s Od to 321 Od 00s ad Pe r Quantity sold at the Highest Pricer.-- ostfl; 0 barrels white wheat; 0 red ; 14 barley; 0 lore; 2 Qu antity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last wea - Wheat. 81. Barley, 558. Oats, 1595. P 4 °' 1 0. Return of Cattle sold for week ending April Pigs, 28. Sheep, 476. Co'ws 103. 6,t; CORY. —Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s 6d; ex tra 2 4 4 to" seconds, 10s 6d to 12s Od; households 9s to 10. 6 d; thirrl. - 01•1 1 ' per cwt. Oatmeal 10. 6d to 11s; Indian meal 7 9 3d W 7a 'oa Pgf meal, 00. to 00* 00 per cwt. Indian corn 71 Os G d toil"' age ton. Bran 8766 d to 9.)s per ton. Hay—Farmers 20s to 30s; r o ot 265; dealers 30s to 40. Od; average 35sper ton. S traw. "' 000 °4 13s Od to 20e Od; average 186; dealers 306 Od tO „ to 03; average 001 Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf Or g c l to household loaf bid to Od per 41b. Fresh ' butter• co .ie 10d per lb. Eggs-4s 43 to 45 6d per hundred. celok Newport 15s Od ; Lydney 15 , 1 • Landore 005 ; T 12s 6d per ton. Tallow 37s Od to 3 86 Pa fed Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. a to —Bee/ 4id to 7d; mutton 5d to bid; veal pe r lb to 7d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages bd 8186 to 9/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 2/ 176 6d to 31 01 pe Bark, red 71 to 8110 s per ton. Fleece wool 14s to 151 P P", 61 Hemp 29/ to 341 per ton. Fish—Seotch herrings 19. toml, ditto, 245 to 006 per barrel ; Newfou ndland, 10/ Os to 114 8 4 ton. Timber—Memel, 70s per ton; red pine, 31 fre ; ditto, 2/ Iss per ton ; deals, 151 to 181 per 100. filero Market 18s to 255; salted 20s to 266 per tort ,• calf Pi e , Sid to Od per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 9d; pleli 10d to 12d. Guano— Peruvian. 101 10* to Ill; lehabett 2; to 91 06 per ton. Tar —Archangel, 191 per barrel. SEABORNE MAILS. v ort4 o. [N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Pa m by the night—and M by the morning—kspateh.] bithe night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] ---------- When made np in From what ighe ia PLACES., General Post -office port dis - do London. patched ...... . ..............•" 1 ..••••••,........ 1•-- A nril 0 America (by Brit. pkt.)N April 23 .. .. I LiverpOel • • " f g 6 America (by U.S. pkt.) N April 20 .. .. ,Li v erpool .• AT' America (by U.S. pkt.) M April 28 .. .. Southampt. „,„ 2 Africa (West coast).. N 14th or the month Plyrooath I I 18 Alexandria* •....... N 19th & 30th of me. Dover • • -,f, j, y Belgium .. .. .. N Daily ......Dover • • ...' 14 Brazil .. .. ~h tt 9th of the month Southampt. Dila. , 1 6 Buenos Ayres .. .. Al 9th of the month Soathampt. i Ma i ? i r i 0 California(viaCkagreoM 2d& 17th of month Southampt.lAP 5 Cape of Good Elope N 14th of month Plymouth .•1 5,13 2 r it /0 3 1 12 7 d th & 17 I th 7th 27 o t f h at of e mz soDouvtehrampi..,A,Pr.,i44l ro.._i Constantinople* .. •• Central America • • Channel f W t r h ed e ., m t . F th ri. so So u u th th ain am p p t t : A Til p •j e f 0 cu. Isle! .. N . .. ..._ Franco • .. .. MBo N Twice daily .. .. Dover .. TWI O l o M M l7 o th n. o , .. N7th 17th 27th of mo Dover • . April pt. N Tuesday & Friday London .. Toes., 2 Dof uGraemecbenorgh.. .... • .. .. .. M Wednes. & Satan London .. Mos;',2o .. M E.r. N,Twice daily .. .. Holyhead .. 'TWA' U° o ll ud a u nd .... .. . N 17th of the month Southampt. ,A4 o , l _,'' 00 31 20th of the month Southampt. 3 5. 11r .nth seil am les P j ) N sth& 24th efmonth Dover • • 5 147- 3 lllii Ireland ja ( vvl : Mediterranean (via Southsurnton) .. 111 I 20th of the month g On th am pt. Mediteri..nean (via Marseilles) .. .. ,Bth& 24th of month Do ver • • 31ar ; IT M e xico .. .. .. 11(12d of the month.. :S oat h am pi. ru.. c r f 1 6 isindetra • • .. Mi9th of the month 'Southampt• i'''' - ' 18 Malta"' .. .. I 7t s , , h i l o 7 t t h h o , If9th,f7th i Dover APril month An d/ f 2 Naples*' • • • • •• Ni'Lth 15th 25th ofme Dover .- '...--- /4 Papal States* .. .• Nl s llllsth 25th of mo Dover .. April , renir_sular.. .. t • April 27, • • M;7th 17th 27th ef mo SoutharaP — - 2. Peru .. ~ .„ April ' V:est an l:die: M c l o l un nti tri O es t the th thus SoutharnPt• Apr il . • • • • N,sth 15th 25 th of me Dover April 20 West Indies * The ni. - Havanna & N as sau) In m arked (*) are convey French packet vi ,l 4 Marseilles. emnotlinth.. SS°ouuth—anialltt.. Mays a air: teaBSolrtha'iiseM3ll2l:thofor thethe IP" - ' RECORDERSHIP OF ABINGDOPL—Thomas fi'S Eso m - oga. Inn, has been appointed recorder of the borough of Abi -'-'• A-, of St. John's College, Cambridge, and Li. llc° ,.o, vice H. J. Shepherd, EN , Q C., resigned. Vo l% riso , (ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE EARL O F ALDE. , -low AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An astounding cure medicine, alter every other means had failed. See extract 2i, i sri , Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, F °l ?,,„hafe_.t Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that yonr 1 3 .,', - , h eow!i fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach Nrhicli SI 1 9 ,4 vv• by this Irdirrte; of eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the contin, e „ n :d or ei been able to effect; nay, not even tho waters of Cans" - .4111 Pl a° 1 1 7 0 rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBOSOTJOH." These wonde...-01100_,,, cure any dieease of the liver or stomach.—Sold ( 513° , a r r atul. P w...- Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 2 4 . 1 , '''''" by all medicine, s,ndors thromthout the civilised woru - _______/ BIRTHS. OF A VON. l vifo el On the 15th inst., at Oakfield, Chudleignp the Joseph Oldham, Eq. s On the 15th inst., at North-terrace, AngleanY , G°6P-, r t, tlie wife of Captain James H. Freeth, Royal Enginee r "' Wif e °- On the 16:11 inst., at Tottenham, bliddlesex) the Henry Edward Vale, Esq. ,„, n , the OF • DAUGH On the 10th inst., at the Downes ne ar SouthanlP" wife of Andrew Saunders, Fqq k ' the On the 14th inst., W Spencer, in Albert-street, Regent's-Or wife of .F. Eq _____----------- A A R I i R s / a E i n n t s; On the 10th inst. a .ar t Richard Hamilton liankin, of Loudoun-road, Sr- - 1/0 00 3, wood, to Mary, the only daughter of the late Thomas '-' Esq., of the Island of Grenada W. I. 'sr k-Pl acer Church, On the 14th inst.. at St. 'George's Chapel, -° r s a rsb , Edinburgh, Duncan Forbes, Esq., late of China, r°,,„i e vsrt second daughter of the late Sir John Forbes, of Cratb Bart. w ellt ,-. gi ber f On the 15th inst., at the parish church, , - ,6 ~,hter 0 Thomas Galabin, Esq., to Eleanor Ann, only daub John Jarvis, Eiq. ---___ Marqeob4ooo,s.: DIED. k W d' il liap On the 11th inst., at Holtby - house , nea r Yor- , Briggs, Esq., a ged 53. OXf °r On the 14th inst., William Co urtne y , Esq., a terrace, Hyde-park, aged 70. wlithio On the 14th inst. , at Lower Stakesb y , near tree l Abel Chapman, Esq.. aged 95. 4 On the 14th inst., Mr. James Ball, of Great NW ° On the 14th inst ., at Bannin g -heath, sent, Racnz Gough-square , age d 70. . 1, wio Esq., aged oti. of George Haley, YOVI 4(J ' ° Lon d o n: Printed and Published by MURDO , 05, No. 112, Stra n d , Print er , at Me Sun Office, a St ra nd, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the O w ''' . 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