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NEW WORK, BY J. FENIM ORE COOPER, ESQ. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Svo., AVENS N E S T. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq. Author of " The Pilot," " Thinbearer e Last of the Mohicans," " The Cha," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAAIOND, SMALE, 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, Scc., take place every TUESDAY and FZIDAT. at One o'clock,. at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all favours, containing instructions, are respectfully requested ts be Addressed. AU 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. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectflilly informed that this Theatre will RE-OPEN on TUESDAY NEXT, APRIL 14, When will be performed (for the first time this season), Bellini's Opera, I PURITAN'. Elvira, Madame Grist (her first appearance this season) ; /star°, Signor Mario (his first appearance this season) ; Riccardo, Signor Fornasari ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache (his first appearance this season). To conclude with the highly successful New Grand Ballet, by M. Perrot.o AT The music by Signor Pug L ni, entitled, ARINA ; ou, LA FILR DU BANDIT. The principal parts by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlles. Moncelet, Cassan, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglioni ; Gusselin, Bertrand, Di ilattia, and Perrot. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully Infbrmed that an EXTRA NIGHT Will take place on THLTRiDAY, APRIL 16, When will be presented Mozart's chef d'ceuvre, DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madame Grist; Donna Elvira, Madlle. Sanchioli ; Zerlina, Madame Castellan. Don Giovanni, Signor Forlasari ; Don Ottavio, Signor Mario; Commandatoe, Signor Botelli ; Masetto, Signor F. Lablache ; Leporello, Signor Lablache. To conclude with the highly suecessful New Ballet, by If. Perrot, entitled, CATARINA ; on, LA FILLB DU BANDIT. The principal characters by Madlle. L. Grahn, Madlle. P. Stephan, and Madlle. Taglioni ; )I.M. Perrot, Bertrand, Di Mattia, and Gosselin TIIZATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. ON EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 13, 'Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS, The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Bar- Dorrani, Ilorncastie, S. Jones, Weiss. htretton, D. W. King, 311gi homer, and Miss Rainforth. Atter which, will be produced the Ballet d'Action, entitled PEROC-;E ; or, The Desolate Island. Principal characters by Madlle. Louise, Madame 4,iubilei, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mr. Howell, 3.1 r. T. Matthews, Mr. Wieland, and Master F. Payne. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. ON EASTER MONDAY Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, called, A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cymon Foxall, Mr. Webster; Mote craft, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir Jo hn Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. H. Holl; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson; Schnei dermann, J Bland ; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover ; Selina Coverdale, MISS Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, Yrs. Seymour. ; • The Band will perform the Oyartures, " La Symphonic," and " La Neige ;" a Fantasia, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," and Antoinette," Cellarins Waltz. After which (for the first time) an expe r iment will be tried upon THE BIRDS OF ARISTOPHANES ; on which occasion they will be presented to the public with new Names, new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. James Blan Hudson, Tilbury, Brindal, Caulfield, T. F. Mathews, and Miss P. Horton. To conlude with a New Comic Drama, caned THE IRISH POST. Ch a racters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Humby, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Unpreceiented Attraction for the Easter Holidays. Re-engagement o f GENERAL TOM THUMB ! who h av ing, on each appearance in the Burlesque of " Hop o' my Thumb," been welcomed with most enthusiastic shouts of ap plause, and excited the astonishment and approbation of an elegant and delighted auditory, by his almost Incredible Dimi nutive Person and his equally Incredible Mind, the Management has much pleasure in announcing his Performance for every Evening during tke Holidays. ON EASTER MONDAY The i,,.rfonnances will commence with a New and Original Comic Drama, hi. Three Acts, called HON. OURS AND TRICKS. D i d, characters characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vlning, Wigan, Didaear, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MARBLE MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Loidlaw. To conclude with an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled HOP 0' MY TIIUMI3 ; or, The Ogre and his Seven-League Boots. In which Geeral Torn Thumb, who is engaged expressly for this occasion, will n have the honour of making his appearance. stalls, 'ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. r: HiEATKE ROYAL, ADELPSII. A New Drama, and a New and v. agnificent Burlesque. ON EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 13, Will be presented a New Drama, in Three Acts, called, IN DL'STRY AND INDOLENCE ; or, The Orphan's Legacy. St. A m our, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rollin, Mr. 0. Smith ; Sansonet, Mr. Wright ; Mons. Delsmare, Mr. Perkins ; Batitele, Miss Woolgar ; >BO, Miss Webs! er ; Cecile, Madame Celeste. After which, a New Burlesque, entitled, PETER WILKINS ; or, The Loa.dstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Woolgar, Taylor, E. Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, &c. To conei'llde with a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR wily; TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr. Wright: Isaac Crank, Mr. O. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. Honeybun, Miss EMMA, Harding. PRlNC.Ntattrill THEATRE. 9XFORD-STREET. The Public is respectfully' informed, that the eminent Tragedian, MACREADY, is re-engaged for a limited number of Nights, and will appear on EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 13, when will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy urr of ayHAMLET. Ch her a racters by Messrs. Ma cread y , Granby, L. M, Ryder, Fis, J a mes Vining, Wynn, limner, Walton, Compton, Oxberry, and Comer , Mrs. Ternan, Miss Emma Stanley, and Miss E. Runner. After Which. a New Grand Fairy Extravaganza, entitled LADY GODIVA AND P EEPING TOM OF COVENTRY. In which Messrs. Walton, Wynn, Compton, Granby, Oxberry ; Miss Taylor Atlas E. Stanley, Mrs. Fosbroke. Miss Homier, Ice., will appear. NEW STRAND THEATRE. ENTI R E CHANGE.—NOVELTIES AND MAGIC EFFECTS. " La gaiete est la sante de fame, La tristesse en est le poison." PHILLIPPE, in returning his grateful thanks to his kind "'Atreus, and feeling anxious to merit a continuance of past favours this , so iiberaly bestowed upon him Sy the discerning Public of great m etropolis, begs leave to announce that he will Resume his .EN TERTA I N MENT at the above Theatre, ON FASTER MONDAY NEXT, When he will have the honour of introducing an ENTIRE CHANGE in his PERFORMANCE, which has been prepared at a great expense and.latoour. The New Feats and Miraculous Scientific :Experiments are of the most extraordinary and astounding de scription, and must be -ten to be believed. M. PEHLL [PPE Will commence the Entertainment by Lighting Two Hundred and Fitty Wax Candles by a single Pistol Shot ! This unique and brilliant Experiment was originally performed by Mons. Phillippe for upwards of 700 consecutive nights in Paris. During the Evening M. PhillipPe will introduce his GRAND MOTHER'S CAP, with all its Rapid Transformations. During the Easter Week there will be a Morning and Evening Performance each Day. The Morning Performance will commence stTwo o'clock ; Evening-Perrmnce at a quarter to Eight. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pitfo, Is. a ; Gallery, 6d. ; PrTate Boxes, 11. Is.. and 11. lls. 6d. ASTLEYN, ROYAL ANIPLUTILILATEE. Proprietor, Mr , W. Batty. "atron2sed by her most gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Easter Entertainment extraordinary for the holiday visitors. The Public are most respectfully apprised that the Summer Season will commence on EASTER MON DA.Y, APRIL 13, With an entirely new Equestrian Oriental Spectacle, replete with gorgeous pageantry, intense incidents, splendid scenic effects, com bining the whole resources of the Dramatic and Eqaestrian Com panies, aided by the bes.utiful Stud. Yew Scenes In the Circle ; with other Entertainments, which will be fully expressed in the bills of the day. BoX.-office open from eloYen till five o'clock.—Tuition in the art of riding daily. TILE WEA'FIIER.--Srx OFFICE, APRIL 11. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 44; Highest, 59; Noon, 56. BAROMETER, 29.58. WIND S.E.; morning, fine: afternoon, rail. „fort WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. m Q , m i n g .. 41 minutes after I. I Evening .. 58 minutes after 1. - _ ,-- ~ :"..-• ----------- - $ -A, • ;73;4. '• ~.rto , • Atit. ‘ /0 , 6 •••P ' , 5i1...,?a,,,6 ...,?a,,,6 _.....*,.. ..,- -- ;: s , "4, • ... N. • ‘- e. • ,.4, ,. .", 0 1 , ....., . - SC ` (1/ 14 .' 1 ... ' ; ~ -..:; -1,4,......,1a1tr . ,•,4t,,;;;;• , ,, , •••• ' • ..... d i ,•!..• , - ...•-•,• .Ato ,4 /.,:, ' •• 7.. 1 'W.!. '• , `t - . 4 7" , ; '•%, qx,e,,..):• -* * --- -' ' i 91;• h' 4 l' 4., ' -1 ,0 - , ' ' • , 1••• , ' SECOND EDITION. i ty l einin int - _ LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 11146. The intelligence received from the United States, up to the 18th of March, though not very precise in its cha racter, nor announcing any decision on the Oregon q'ies tion, is altogether, however, more important than any which isas arrived since POLK'S offensive and violent Message. Thanks to the firmness of the British Go vernment, and a portion of the British press—nearly the greater portion, we are glad to say—both the Senate and the President begin to consider seriously what may be the effects of a war with England. The Senate is evidently in no hurry to come to a decision—not from an y love or respect for this country ; for the great ma jority of the Members are as hostile as any of the re presentatives of those inland states which neither British ships, nor cannon, nor bayonets can reach—but from a regard for the safety of the union, and a fear of unfor seen events which may spring out of a war so unpro voked, and a selfish and unjust policy, denounced as much by French and German writers as by the press of England. They begin to see that if a war, under such circumstances takes place, they must fight single handed with the most powerful nation in Europe, that they can expect no sympathy from any one European state, for all were alike insulted by POLK'S Message, anti that even the people of France, so long attached to the United States from former recollections as well as policy, is more indignant against them than the people of the United Kingdom. The manner in which General Cass conducted himself, when at Paris some eight or ten years since, and the rude and haughty manner in which the large su m of 2 5,000,000 f. was extorted from the Chamber of Deputies for losses said to have been sus tained by the Milan decrees, have sunk deep into the )aearts of all true Frenchmen, and they have sunk the dee,,er, because the money was extorted from a friendly p a nnle, who cheered on the American patriots to resist the despotism of the mother country, and who mainly contributed to that independence and power which en abled theist LO enforce this base act of ingratitude. But independent of these considerations, by no means light. the Americans know that a struggle with Eng land, when seriously provoked, is a fearful alternative; their statesmen, and their me itfi an ts, and slave owners know, if the common people - ;o not, that since the days of the obstinate and imbeeileGEOßGE 111., and his still more imbecile Ministry, the strength of England has never been put forth in any quarrel with the Republic— that the collision of 1813-14, was merely a n episode i„ the great contest with the French, and that when the principal war was brought to a glorious termination, the English people and the Goren: wen; looked upon the i • -.0,4;04 American affair as a sort of by-play or adventitious scene, which must necessarily close with the great drama. Affairs are new different. Pretensions are put forth to which no independent European nation can submit — encroachments are made upon a neighbouring state of the most unjust, violent, and deceitful character—the very existence of all the British colonies in the New World is endangered by this invasion, as well as b) threats not disowned by American statesmen or Ameri can presidents ; and should a war about the Oregor. commence, it would involve many points, is comparison of which the navigation of the Columbia, important as it is, or the fixing of any particular line of latitude, or the possession of Vancouver Island, or any island or territory what• ever in that quarter, sinks into absolute insignificance. American statesmen have long been well aware of these facts, and they now make no concealment of their ap prehensions. Mr. CALmoux but the other week earnestly impressed upon the Senate a speedy adjust ment by compromise, because, " among other measures, the settlement of our controversy with Mexico depended upon the adjustment or non-adjustment of the conflict ing claims to Oregon between us and Great Britain. In the event of a war upon this question, Mexico would at once act upon the offensive, and by Mexico on the south, under the discipline of British officers, and by British steamers along the sea-board, the Canadians on the north, a British fleet upon the lakes, and the Indians on the west, we should be enfiladed on every side." Be sides, it is well known they have no navy, no war-steamers, that can for a moment be taken into account with those of England. They have no debt, it is true; at least they acknowledge none, but that is counterbalanced by a very important consideration—they have no credit. No human being, not even a Yankee, would lend money tc the American Government, and any loan-contractor commissioned by President POLK to raise money on the Exchange at Hamburgh, or Amsterdam, or Paris or London, would be received with universal derision. We put all this, however, out of the question. What Eng land wants is only justice, the settlement of her rightful claims on the shores of the Pacific, as well as in the Gulf of Mexico, and a security that her colonies shall not be endangered by such wanton acts as the annexation of Texas, or by the enforcement of such preposterous and insolent claims as those put forth by American senators in regard to the interference of European powers with the political affairs of the new world. Sir ROBERT PEEL and Lord ABERDEEN have only to re main calm and firm in their purpose, for that is the only certain means for preserving the blessings of peace. As a better opportunity is now afforded us, by the Easter recess, for taking into consideration matters not immediately comprehended in the current Parliamentary business, we gladly take advantage of the interval to emphasise (by repetition) our opinions upon education as a means of exercising a vast moral influence over the multitude. Our views upon this particular theme received a fresh illustration only yesterday in our reference to the last monthly meeting of the magistrates for the metropolitan county. It is, however, with renewed pleasure, that we observe almost every successive day some circumstance transpiring which tends materially to enforce the advisability of some official interference with the social condition of the humbler classes of our fellow-countrymen—some equit able exchange of principles, such as the resignation of an exclusively penal system for the purpose of interpo lating certain pages in the criminal code o: an educational character. That irresistible sub current of public opinion, which ultimately subverts every fallacious doctrine, moral, political, and social, is, we firmly believe, pressing forward rapidly and evenly to the realisation of that scheme, the advocacy of which we regard as one of our most sacred duties. Everything shows that this under. stream is working, and that too With indomitable assiduity; the noise of its progression occasionally bursts up through the silent superficies by which it is otherwise concealed. In this manner, establish ments for the instruction of the destitute children of this great capital have been organised with much sagacity, and have already received considerable encouragement, under the generic title of " The Ragged Schools." The introduction of elementary works into the cells of such institutions as the model prison at Pentonville, was an indication of the same secret movement. Something of a similar nature was apparent in the demonstra tions elicited by the Recorder of Birmingham, and the City Solicitor, and an increase of influence Was imparted to those demonstrations by the influential patronage which came forth like a necessary sequence to each. Nor, indeed, could the adjournment . f the Honourable the House of Commons be per mitted before the question of education in at least two of the divisions of Great Britain had been mooted — first, by the Member for Coventry with reference to Wales, secondly, by Mr. WYSE, with reference to Ireland. These facts of themselves would be, undoubtedly, sufficient evidence that a large proportion of the most powerful members of the community is striving boldly and unswervingly in the proposed direc tion. Nor are the instances we have already adduced all that can be enumerated : a spirit equally en lightened and benevolent has manifested itself in other quarters deserving of especial attention, and if we mistake not, such efforts are only the precursors of others yet more strenuous, and extending to a somewhat more comprehensive unaminity. Nobly has the Mar quis of WESTMINSTER pressed forward amongst the foremost of these peaceful agitators to proclaim himself the champion of his less elevated countrymen, and to insist upon the excellence and feasibility of some ame liorative measures in their behalf . . This grati fying announcement was repeated by the Noble Marquis at the Dorset Quarter Sessions, on Tuesday last. He introduced it unostentatiously enough, as a mere appendix to a motion of local interest for some modification of the plan adopted at the county gaol ; nevertheless, the nobility of the cause then sup ported by the Marquis of WESTMINSTER cannot but bruit a mere whisper in its favour like a trumpet-blast over the land. There was something practical as well as concise in the language uttered by the noble speaker ; he seemed anxious to place the matter in its most common-sense light, and while insensibly engaging the hearts of his hearers, to arouse their co operation through the medium of their sound reason. Thus he demonstrated how infinitely tardy the inhabi tants of this country were in the effectuation of this im provement., by reminding them that already the Parisians had allotted a portion of their prisons to the moral tuition of juvenile culprits, and that so admirably effectual was this arrangement in its opera tion, that " if a cnild was even about to fall into evil, he was brought by his parent and immediately incar cerated." Thus again the Marquis appealed, we will not say to the cupidity, but to the regard to economy by which society is so wonderfully guided in the adoption of any novel scheme " He could give them one instance of sixteen children, at Liverpool, that cost, from the frequency of their re-committals, 601. a piece; whereas at an establishment in the county of Warwick, out of 77 children 64 had been returned to their friends, and usefully and profitably employed for many years ; the expense of these children was only 251. a piece." Let England, however, look to her sluggishness in this instance, and become abashed into some concession to the advancing spirit of the age ; let that Parliamentary paper just issued, containing the tabular statistics in• cident to education in British India, be generally exa mined : it comprises many incentives to our home exertions, though we must acknowledge that yet - more might be expected from the prodigious wealth and extraordinary area of our Oriental possessions. The amount devoted 'to the purposes of native education during 1843 by the Indian Government was 830,772 r. I la. Ip. ; and that for regions extending throughout the several presidencies of Bengal, North-Western Pro vinces, Port St. George, and Bombay. But a very competent authority has elsewhere calculated the distance we are behind other countries on the score of education. Mr. KAY, the Travelling Bachelor to the University of Cambridge, in a very ex cellent work recently published, says " Unless the State steps forward to assist the Church and the Dissenters in an efficient manner, so long must we remain by far the worst educated country in Europ e — a country where towns of the importance of Oldham and Rochdale have only 1 in 150 of their inhabitants receiving education, whilst in the cantons of Berne and Vaud in Switzerland, the proportion is 1 in 4:f." Such is the opinion cf one whose ideas must be re ceived as in some measure authoritative as the mouth piece of one of our universities. In another portion of his volume this gentleman has, if possible, a yet more striking antithesis. He proves that, for the edu cation of England and Wales alone, forty normal schools, at the very lowest computation, would be ne cessary fur the training of our schoolmasters, and then expresses his mortification at our only possessing five .uch establishments. The subject, however, is of such paramount importance, and has been treated hitherto w ith such egregious injustice, that it swells out to an al most interminable length. We must, nevertheless, hope, and strive courageously for its definite settlement. The Madrid journals of the 4th inst. contain the his tory of the late Ministerial crisis. It apears that EGANA and PFZCELA , n ot being able to agree with NARVAEZ, BURGOS, and ORLANDO, on the subject of the &Tree for th e reg ulation of the Stock Exchange, resigned, and that their resignation was accepted. On the 3d of April General MAZZEREDO, a strong partisan of NARVAEZ, was appointed in the room of Etzums, but on the same lay GONZALES BRAVO, for whom NARVAEZ had des ined the portfolio of the Foreign. office, not only refused o join the NARvAEz Ministry, but resigned his post of Ambassador to the Court of Lisbon, and announced his ietermination to energetically support a liberal line of policy. NARVAEZ being unable to fill up the vacancies occasioned by the refusal of GONZALES '3RAVO and the retirement of EGANA, tendered his own resignation on Saturday, which was accepted by the QUEEN, who immediately sent for M. ISTURITZ (who was Prime Minister at the period of the Revolution of La Granja, and who under the MIAAPLORES Cabinet was Minister of the Interior), and commissioned him to form a Government. U. ISTURITZ, who at once acceded to her MAJESTY'S desire, was immediately appointed President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs. General ARMERO, who remained with MoN, PIDAL, and MAYANS, to the last in the MARTINEZ DE Ls Ross Cabinet, was appointed Minister of Marine. EGINs remained as Minister of Justice, and there was every probability of MON resuming his portfolio ai Minister of Finance, and of his friend Piaui., who has already afforded him great assistance in carrying out his rinancial reforms, also becoming a Member of the ISTURITZ Cabinet. This is the most efficient Ministry that has been formed in Spain since the downfal of ESPARTERO. ISTURITZ, although a Conservative Moderado, is a con stitutionalist and a statesman, and Molt is certainly the most honest, firm, and trustworthy financier that Spain has yet produced. If the intrigues of NARVAEZ and CHRISTINA do not overrule the Cabinet (and M. ISTURITZ is not the sort of man to submit to the dictation of a Camarilla), the future prospects of Spain are brighter than they have been for years past. For the sake of that unhappy country, it is to be desired that the ISTURITZ Ministry should last, and that its chief should acquire the confidence of Queen ISABELLA, who cannot have a better tutor in the art of reigning as a constitutional monarch than M. ISTURITZ. It appears from advices from Bayonne and from the north of Spain that the movements of the In fante DON ENRIQUE are strictly watched, both by the French and the Spanish authorities, as it was suspected that his object in repairing to France was to place him self at the head of the discontented in Upper Ariagon. . _ MADRID BoLse, APRIL 3.—Three per Cents.. 31k at 30 days ; Five per Cents., • 201, for money ; Bank of St. Ferdinand, 280 ; Bank of Isabella, 170 ; Company of Iris, 125 ; Company of Probity, 185 ; General Assu rances, 82 ; Alliance, 170 ; Anchor, 170 ; Gas, 160. Exchanges—London, 37k ; Paris, 16. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. The annual promenade of Longchamps commenced on Wednesday, and although the weather was remarkably fine, there were but few elegant equipages. Thursday and Friday are, however, the grand days. On the Thursday the weather was not quite so fine as it had been on the preceding day, but the Champs Elysees were crowded, and the number of carriages out was very great. Madame NARVAEZ, who is by birth a French lady, had left Paris for Madrid, to join her husband. She arrived at Bordeaux on the 6th. Thu Moniteur contains a report of Marshal BUGEAUD to the Ministe. of War, dated April the 2d, announcing, on the authority of information received from General MARCY, the retreat of ABD•EL-KADER to the country of the Ouled Sidi Chikks, within two days' march of the Morocco frontier. The march of the light column of General JOUSSOUF had been delayed several days, he having been obliged to wait for the arrival of the barley and provisions which he had seat for to Boghar and Teniet-el-Haad the only points where he could procure resources. The dispatch of the Marshal incloses a re port from General LAMORICIERE announcing the submis sion of several of the native tribes, and stating that he was marching to reduce to obedience the tribe of the Harass and several others, which had made overtures to him, and which had heretofore supplied ABD•EL-KADER with the greater portion of his cavalry. The Moniker likewise contains the official report of General CAVAlG ruc's victory at Tlemcen, an account of which appeared in the Semaphore de Marseilles a few days since. The Arabs were under the command of MOHAMED ' BEN ADDALLAIi, a pretended prophet, calling himself " the chosen of GOD, the image of the LORD JESUS, JESUS resuscitated," and he had written in his prophetic cha racter to General CAVAIGNAC, calling upon him to submit. The prophet, however, did not trust to spiritual weapons alone, for he had collected from among the emigrant Arab tribes who had taken refuge in Morocco a force of from 700 to /100 cavalry and 1,200 infantry to fight for the faith. General CAvAinies.c, at the head of 300 cavalry and three battalions of infantry, attacked and routed these fanatics, killing a hundred of them. The French loss was one officer and one private killed, and nine wounded. The National, under the head of " Important tidings of the insurrection," gives the following intelligence from Poland : " Events are becoming more and more conspicuous, and the insurrection, transiently repressed, is reviving and recovering fresh strength. We have this day learnt, by our private correspondence, the situation of the insurgents, their precise organisation, and the unex pected succour that a felicitous direction has yielded them. We need not tell the reasons that prevent our publishing these ,details, but we can announce that, on the 22d, the insurgents had an encounter with a squa dron of Austrian cavalry, and completely routed it, after killing twenty-five men. This first success was not the only one. On hearing of this defeat, the com mandant of the troops assembled in the environs of Tarnow, sent on two battalions and three squadrons. These forces advanced against the insurgents, who re tired to the forest, wherein they had entrenched them selves ; the march continued thus on the 23d ; and, after some skirmishes, the Austrians stopped at the ap proach of night. Fires were lighted by the insurgents ; but, whilst the enemy were in frost awaiting daylight to continue their march, the columns of peasants took up positions scarcely accessible ,to, infantry, and inacces .sihle to cavalry. Whilst-this was passing to the south west of Tarnow, another column of insurgents, after re inforcing themselves at Wornski and Borec, surprised at night the Austrian garrison at the little town of Chrzanow, and massacred it." On the subject of the Polish insurrection, the Presse observes:— " We eannot help noticing the circumspection main tained by all parties in England in presence of the in surrection of Cracow. The English have abstained from all manifestation calculated to encourage a movement which could have no other result than to entail fresh misfortunes on the heads of a population worthy of a better fate. This conduct appears to us much more skilful and wise than to chant the " Marsellaise" without an, echo, to throw to the wind phrases which are here merely ridiculous, but which may he homicidal else where, and to make much ado about abortive subscrip tions." Suleiman Pasha, the new Ambassador of the Sublime Porte, presented his credentials to the King, on Wed nesday. • The Constitutionnel announces that the Prince de Joinville has been appointed to the command-in-chief of the Mediterranean squadron, by a royal ordinance of the 9th ult. Rear-Admiral Hernoux, Aide-de-camp of his Royal Highness, was to act as Major-General, and to be assisted in his functions by Captain Touchard and Rear-Admiral Quesnel was to command a division of the squadron. The Journal de Debats has a long article on the Irish Coercion Bill, consisting for the most part of a summary of the late debate in the House of Commons on the sub ject. The following is the concluding paragraph of the article in the Debats:— " Sir J. Graham considers that the poor of Ireland are sufficiently well off as to their church to be able to dis v ense with a mode of subsistence being ensured to them. This is certainly a very great eulogium addressed to the Catholic Church; but is the Protestant Govern ment of England, with such ideas, right in maintaining this monstrous anomaly, which imposes on an impercep tible minority the supremacy of a hostile creed, enriched with the spoils of the national church? It is impossible that such a paradox can be much longer maintained in an enlightened country. The relation between landlord and tenant will be always difficult to regulate; it is one of the greatest evils of Ireland; but by its side is another which the law can reach, and that is, the position of the national church. As long as these two great questions are not courageously grappled with, Coercion Bills, cur few measures, the re-enactment, in fact, of the codes of the middle ages, will be only temporary palliatives of the evil. Ireland may be kept down, but she will never be pacified." The Constitutionnel contains a long letter officially ad dressed to Count DE CASTELLANE, from Vienna, and which report attributes to the pen of Prince METTER- Nica. This letter contradicts the statements made rela tive to the massacres alleged to have been committed by the peasantry of Gallicia at the instigation of the Aus trian Government. It also contains some curious details as to the state of the peasant proprietors of Gallicia since the abolition of serfdom in 1811, when each peasant be came possessed of a certain portion of land, which he can neither sublet, subdivide, nor part with; to which he cannot add by purchase, from which he cannot take any by alienation, of which he cannot be deprived, and which descends to his heirs for ever, subject to all the fiscal imposts and to the jurisdiction of the lord paramount. The following appears in Galignani's Messenger of Thursday : " The Harmonic whaler has just arrived at Havre, after having touched at Papacti. She left that harbour on December 16, and after a rapid passage of three months and a half, brings the latest news that could arrive from that part of the world. Dispatches have been received by her for the Government, the dupli cates of which are on board the Somme store-corvette, which left Otaheite at the same date. Theircontents have not transpired ; but the Journal du Havre says that, from the information it has been able to collect, the state of distrust and secret hostility which has bk en so long existing between the French authorities, the natives in their entrenched camps, and Queen Pomare, who'was still taking refuge in the windward islands, continued to subsist without any improvement. The French occu pants, confined to a small portion of the shore, where works of communication and defence protected their position, were almost entirely without intercourse with the interior of the island, and each day their position was becoming more difficult." The Funds opened at a rise on the Paris Bourse on Thursday; but, owing to a report that the arrangement concluded between Baron DE ROTHSCHILD and M. CHARLES LAFITTE, respecting the Western Railroad, had been cancelled, they afterwards declined. This re port produced a similar effect on the Share Market. Spanish Stock alone improved. The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 60c. • the Five per Cents., 1201. 15c. ; the Orleans Railroad ;hares, 1,2251. ; Rouen, 1,0321.50 c. ; Havre, 740 f. ; Great Northern, 7571. 50c.; Avignon, 9001. ; .Vierzon, 6721. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 6221. 50c. ' • Boulogne, 505 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 420 f. ; Basle, 233 f. ' 75c. ; Fampoux, 460 f. • Dieppe, 4501.; Paris and Strasburg, 521 f. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 550 f.; Paris and Lyons, 575 f. ; Belgian Two-and-a• Half per Cents., 56 1 ,4 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 36%; ditto Domestic Debt, 30 3 / ; ditto Passives, VA. The following are the quotations for the new lines:- Lyons and Avignon Definitive ' 5401.; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 502 f. 50c.; ditto (Espeleta), 5091. LYONS, Amu. 7.-Marseilles and Aviguon ' 922 f. 50e.; Paris and Orleans, 1,2321. 50c.; Rouen, 1,028 f. 75c. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There is no cotton market report from Liverpool to day, as yesterday was observed as a strict holiday. Most of the private letters from the West Indies were opened to-day by our City merchants connected with the trade in that direction. Their contents, as communi cated to us, are of a satisfactory character, very gene rally speaking. The Bank of England's return, published last evening, as compared with the one preceding, gives the following results:- A decrease in the amount of the notes issued of 87,2651., or to 27,181,4801. An increase in the Rest of 9,5371., or to 3,799,5081. A decrease in the public deposits of 245,5991., or to 7,074,026/. A decrease in the other deposits of 340,8811., or to 16,763,047/. An increase in the day and Other bills of 11,8671. or to 965,4461. A decrease in the amount of bullion held, of 162,024/., or to 13,825;521/. • It will be apparent from an inspection of the returns connected with other deposits, that cash lodged with the Bank of England and the Accountant-General, for new railway deposits, is gradually finding its way back into circulation. The Stock markets have been very thinly attended this morning, but still a very fair amount of business has been entered into. Consols for the account have been very steady at 961 I. For the first transfer day next week the quotations have ruled from 96* to 96*. The premium upon Exchequer-bills has been rather fiat at a tall from 275. to 245. and 255. Bank Stock has fallen from 206;, to 206'; and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. from 97 to 96i. Not half-a- dozen bargains have been made in the Foreign Funds this morning. Mexican Bonds have fallen from 32 to 314. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been done at 571, tie Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 59*. and the Four per Cents. at 92. Many bargains have been made in Railway Shares this morning, but prices have not varied to any material extent. The official list is annexed. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. • • • • •• 206% 306 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95%4 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • • 96 4%% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. _97 96% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 11160 lO% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 2 15-16 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 lO 7-16 % Consols for Account •• • • • • •• 96 % % Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1 ct. 1,0001. .. •• - • 27 24 25 - pm. 5001. • • • • - 24 28 - - pre. Ditto, Small .• - 24 28 - - pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 80nd5,1837, 5 per Cent • • - Ditto, for the Account •• • • 32 31% Portuguese Four per Cent • • .. • 57% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92 1 % 92 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pan SHARE. Aberdeen .. • .. .. 10 •• • • 2 .... to - Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. .. • 1 •••• to - Birmingham and Gloucester • . .. 100 .. 124 .•.. to 125 Caledonian .. .. 10 •• .- 7 to 6% Ditto Extension • • . 236 •. • • 134 .... to - Chester and Holyhead • • .• -. 20 -17% ex inst. to - Direct Northern .. • • • . .„ .. 2 % - Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 .I .• .. to - Eastern Counties .• •• .. 141. 16s. ed.• • 21%4 y o to - Ditto, New .. .• •• 81. 16e. Od.• • 6% p.... to - Do., Perpetual, per Ct. No. 1, 61 13s. 4d - .... to - Ditto, ditto •• .. N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d... 4 p x.d. I. - Ditto, York Extension 10s. • • Edinburgh and Glasgow • • .. .. 50 .• •• - .... to - Ditto, Hall Shares • • •• .. 10 .• 163( .... to - Ditto, New Quarter Shares .. .. 10 - Edinburgh and Perth • • • .. .. 3 .• 24.... to - Great North of England • . ..100 • 2Il .... to 210 Ditto, New • • • • .. - Great Western • • •• $5 • - to - Ditto Half Shares • • . 50 .• 84% to - Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 - Hull and Selby . • • • 60 lOO .• •-• to - Ditto, Half Shares .. • • .. .. 7 - Lancaster and Carlisle • • .. .• 35 .• 4934 .... to - London and Birmingham •• •• ..100 • 221 220.. to 222 Ditto. Thirds .. •• • • •• •• 24 .• • 62% - London and Blaekwall • • 161. 1311. 4d. •• • • 7%•••• to - Lolicion and Brighton • • • • • • •. 50 London and Croydon .• .. 131. 15s. 9d. .• 214 .... to 21 London and South-Western • • 411. 6.1. 10d 76 . to 77 Ditto, New • • • • • • • • • 123{ ...- 20% •..to - London and York • • • • • •• 231, .•to - Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • • 2% - London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 2% ...• 1% %.. to - Manchater and Leeds • • • • •• 82 l2l to - Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • •• 38 • • - Ditto, Quarters ,• • • • • • • • 2 to ,- Ditto, Fifths • • • • • • •• • • 3 .. • • 11 'x .... to Ditto, ExtensiOn • • • • • • • • 425. • • Manchester and Birmingham • • •• 40 - Ditto, Quar.er Shares ( It) • .. 2 • 94 to - Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • .. 1 - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. 425. - Manchester and Southampton 2 • 1 ' a .... to - Midland •• .. • • •• ••100 145 .... to 144 Ditto, New • • • • • • • • • • 13 •• • • 294 ... to - Newcastle and Darlington Junction .• 25 to Ditto. New • • • • • • • • •• •• 1 Newcastle and Berwick • • • • •• 10 INN •.to - Newark, Sheffield, and B oston 2% . „ to - North British • • • • • • • • • • 2 0 • 2 4 1,4 to - "I 42 2 5. ....1 . . Ditto, half Shares ........6 - Ditto, • Carlisle Extension • • • • 14 1% .... to - Northern and Eastern • • •• •• 50 - North Staffordshire •• • • • • • • 4211. 13i p.. to 2 p Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 12% „ 5%.. • to Perth and Inverness • • " • • • • 2% •• .• 1% to- Portsmouth Direct • • • • •• • • 3% •• • • 1% • to - Rugbyl % to o Scottish. Central •• •• •' '••• 10 10 13% %•• to 14 .. and Hunting . don .. - Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• • • 2 34•••• 1X.... to - South Midland South Eastern and Dover • • •• • • 33 36 to 35 Ditto, New, No. 1 •• •• •• 10 • - Ditto, New, No. 2 • • • • • • ••10 • • - Ditto, New, No. 3 • • • • • • • • 15 •• .. 13%.... to - Ditto, New, No. 4 • • • ' • • •• 2 36 •• • . to - South Wales .. • • • • • • • • • • 5 •• •• 14.... to - Vale of Neath • • • • • • • • •• 2 1 .... to - Welsh Midland •• • • • • • • • • 2 36 •• 136 4 • to 1 West Riding Union • • • • • • • • 42e... 1% p.. to - York and Carlisle • • • • • • •• •• .... to - York and North Midland • • .. .50 •• - .... to - Ditto, Scarborough Branch •• 25 .... 4534 .... to - Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 834 % to - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish .• • • •• • • •• 5 •• • 5%34 % to - East Indian • • • • • • • • • • •• 54 . •• • • %34.. to Great Nerthent of France Constituted 5 .... 14% .. to - Great Western Bengal • • • • •• ss. .... %.... to __l Orleans and Bordeatuc. .• .. 6•• •• 10% X..to - Sambre and Meuse =• • • • • • •• 6 •• •• 3 •• to - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia .• 40 .... 25 4xd . to - Commercial of • London • • •• • • 20 .• • . 22% .... to - Provincial of Ireland .. • • 25 .... 4834 1 4.. to - MINES Real del Monte. Unregistered •• •• - ••.. 3% ...• to - LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) Losnos, Arm 11.—Wind E., moderate, and hazy. WitirEitAvEs, Arial , B.—Sld. Thomas Herbert, Quebec. CLYDE, APRIL B.—Sld. Gleaner, Duncan, New Richmond; Louisa, Watson, Pugwash; Lord Sidmouth, Daw, Quebec. RAMSGATE, Arum 9.—The Pfeil, Hentz, frcm liamburgh to Lisbon, put in here this morning leaky, and with other damage, having been on shore on the Goodwin Sands. PORT TALBOT, Anat. B.—The Magnet, Davis, which was on the bar, was hove off this morning without damage. LlvEnroot, Arm, 9.—A bale of cotton, apparently not long in the water, was passed 22d ult. in lat. 44 ion. 34, by the John Garrow, arrived here. SniEws, Arum 9.—The Bernhardine, from Aberdeen to this port, which was on the Herd Sand, was get off this morning without material damage, and brought in here. OFF ST. Anwas's HEAD, APRIL 7.—Emile, Bahia. PORTLAND, APRIL 6.—Arrd. Emily, Raupart, Anguatura ; 7th, Garonne, Texas ; Christian, Batavia. OFF' TORBAY, Amt., B.—Lady M'Naghton, Calcutta, /cc. FALMOUTH, Anna. 9.—Wind N. to N.W., moderate.— Arrd. Freeia, Wanberg, Newcastle for Rio Janeiro, to stop Johannes a leak. HOLYHEAD, APRIL B.—Wind N.E., fresh.—Sld. Aurora, Scott, Que'oec. BEAUMARIS, APRIL 7.—Sld. Hindoo, Hughes, Boston. OFF POINT LYNAS.—Elizabetb, New York. run Liv foul E it o fobo MUMBLES,i. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL B.—Wind N.N.E. to N.—Arrd. to Liverpool Hager, Rasmusser, for Copenhagen, from Rio Janeiro; Sornersetshire, Dempster, London, for Quebec, with damage, having been in contact with the ,Eneas, for Cal cutta, off the South Foreland. Sid. Hull, Putman, Sumatra. S OUTHAMMON.—Arrd. Avon steamer, West Indies. I. '"*EY, APRIL 9.—Wind N.—Sld. Good Intent, Quebec. :.A APRILAPRIL 0: 7 94 . -.-1-oTiah. Oak, ,e of Wanderer,Catherine,Neath, Wa rd, anDda llyos t from rnei toi Rose, taili was iiafas xt . , was abandoned in a sinking state 26th January, in lat. 46, lon. 37 ; crew arrived. Two casks of oil, large i(uantities o f b ro k en b oar d s, apparent l y d amage d , an d p i eces of wreck, were passed on the 18th and 19t h F e b ruary b y t h e Indiana, arrived at New York. In the Gazate of last night we find that her Nfajosty has been pl ease d to create Major -G enera l S i r Harry Smith a Baronet, in addition to the military honour previously con ferred upon him. 03tNinus COLLISION.— On Friday afternoon, as one of the Poplar omnibuses was turning sharply a corner near Whitechapel Church, it came in violent contact with one of the Bank omnibuses which was proceeding in an opposite AP direction, and th e wheels of the ve hi c l e s became locked. The collision had th e effect of jerk i ng f ro m the outside of the omnibus seve ra l persona into t h e roa d, none of whom, how ever, fortunately susta i ne d i n j ur y beyond a few bruises. DESERTION OF SEA pr actice of d esert i on of ships by sea apprentices, espeda'ly in the coal, coast i ng, and colon i a l t i m ber trades, has become such a source of PRENTICES. —The frequent annoyance to the ship-owners, that some of them contemplate memorializing the Government to enact a law providing that sea apprentices who shall be guilty of desertion a second time shall, upon conviction, be sent to serve out their apprenticeship on board a ILIIIII-of- war.— Nautical Standara. 1 MARKET NEWS.—(THIS , DAI.) COVENT-GARDEN. There were full average supplies of vegetables on sale, yet good clearances were effected by the salesmen at our quotations. Potatoes from 4s to 8s ad per cwt ; Turnips, 10d. to is 8d; Carrots, 4s to 5s 6d; Spring Onions, 1s to 2s ; Greens, Is 6d to 2s 6d ; and Leeks, Cd to is 2d per dozen bunches; Apples, is fd to s s; and Spinach, 4d to 8d per half-sieve; New Potatoes, 2d to ad per lb; White Cabbages, is 6d to 2s; and Cauliflowers, is 6d to 5s per dozen; Celery, 8d to 2s ; Horse. radish, Is 6d to 4s; Forced Asparagus, 4s to 6s; and Rhubarb, 4d to Is 2d per bundle ; Oranges, 7s to 15s ; and Lemons, is to lOs per 100; Seakale, is 3d to 8s 6d; and Small Salad, 2d per punnet; Turnip Greens, ld to 2d; and Brocoli Sprouts, 4d to 8d per bushel; Radishes, 4d to 8d per dozen hands; Cos Lettuces, id to 2d ; and Cucumbers, 3s to 9s each ; Straw berries, 15s per small basket. mina GERFOILD. The suppliesof most kinds of produce on sale were tolerably extensive. Generally speaking, the demand ruled heavy, at but little variation in prices. 21Z - VirGATM AND LEADENNALL. Lamb and Veal sold readily, at the late advance in the quotations; while the value of other kinds of meat was steadily supported. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, as 6d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 6s 4d to 8s ; Veal, 4s 4d to 53 4d ; and Pork, 3s 6d to 5s per 81bs., by the carcase.—Turkeys, 4a to 9s ; Geese, 4s to 6s 6d ; Ducks, is 6d to 2s. 6d ; tame Rabbits, is 6d to is 9d ; wild ditto, 4d to 10d ; Pigeons, 6d to 10d; roasting Pigs, 6s to 9s ; and Guinea Fowls, 2s 6d to 3s 6d each; Fowls, 4s 6d to 9s; and Chickens, 3s to 6s. per couple. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3510 d to 4s 8d; Veal, 4s 6d to ss, and Pork, 4s to 58 per Blbs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbot, 9s to 15s; Brills, 3s to 4s 6d ; Cod Fish, 4s to 8s; Whiting; 4d to 8d; Mackarel, 4d to 8d; Lobsters, ls to 3s; and Crabs, 8d to 2s each ; Soles, 10d to 3s 6d per pair; Smelts, is 6d to 2s 6d ; and Thames Flounders, is 6d to 2s per dozen ; Salmon, 10d to is 4d ; Eels, 4 d to is ; and Crimped Scate, 7d to 9d per lb. WIIITECHAPEZ. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3a 6d to 4a 8d; Lamb, 6s to 8s ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s per Sibs. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in ths metropolis are from Bid to 9d; of Household ditto, 6101 to 8d per 4lbs loaf. BIDE MARKET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to 3d per lb ; do. 641 b to 721 b 3d to 8 1 4 d ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3 1 / 4 d to 3 W i d ; do.llolbtoBBlb 3%d to 3 3 / 4 d ; do. 881 b to 961 b, 3 3 / 4 d to 4d ; do. 961 b to 1041 b 4d to 4 1 / 4 d ; Calf Skins, each, 3s 9d to 6s 9d ; Horn Hides,l33 ; Polled Sheep, 4s 6d to 6s 6d ; Half-breds, 4s to 5s 7d ; Downs, 3s to 4s 4d ; Lambs, 2s 8d to 4s. ; Shearlings Gd to 9d. NAY DI ARMLETS. Smrritsizt.D.—Meadow Hay, 3/ 35 to 4/8s; Clover ditto, 4/ 8s to 51 16s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 123 to 11 14s ; Wheat Sraw, 11 14s to 11 16s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 105 ; Clover ditto, 41 5s to 5/ 15s ; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL—Meadow Hay, 3/ 3s to 418 s ; Clover ditto, 4/ 5s to Si 18s • Oat Straw, 1112 s to 1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1/ 16s per loa. Trade steady, at but little alteration in prices. • • LONDON SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD MAYOR, RECORDER, and ALDERMEN.) These sessions were holden this morning. The cases set down were principally for assaults. APPEALS.—The RECORDER, on taking his seat, said that the Couit had c( me to the decision of adjourning the Court for the purpose of hearing appeals. This, for the convenience of the public, for the first day was ge nerally occupied in criminal cases, and persons were thus frequently kept in waiting to no purpose. The Court had fixed this day fortnight. An application was made that one of the cases set down for hearing to-day be adjourned till next session. The RECORDER said he could not grant the applica tion, the Court must be inflexible in the rule unless under special circumstances. Mary Ward, a young woman, was indicted for assault ing Mrs. E. Page, licensed victualler, of No. 17, Minories. It appeared from the evidence, that on the Saturday evening mentioned in the indictment, the prisoner and others were drinking in front of the bar, and about seven or eight minutes to twelve were told it was time to leave, on which, without the slightest provocation, the defend ant threw a pint pot at the prosecutrix, which struck her on the mouth and knocked her down. 'the prisoner was sentenced to fourteen days impri sonment, and to find bail for 201. to keep the peace for twelvemonths. _ _ A man named Jones, was indicted for violently assault ing three police constables named Brand, Butler, and Templemau, in the execution of their duty. The prosecution was at the instance of the authorities, and Mr. Ryland and Mr. Laurie appeared on their behalf. Mr. RYLAND said that this was a case of assault under very extraordinary circumstances. It appeared that on the 2d of March the officers were conveying two pri soners to the justice-room, Guildhall, when they were surrounded by a crowd, amongst whom the prisoner was the principal, who attempted to rescue the prisoners, and it was with the greatest difficulty that the original prisoners could be gut before the magistrate. The pri soner and another were then secured, after a very desperate resistance, and the prisoner was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, but at the instant he struck Brand, police-constable 227, a violent blow under the ear. On this the Alderman rescinded his order, and sent the prisoner for trial. The City authorities deemed this to be a case for prosecution, for as they were most anxious to bring the officers to justice when they mis conducted themselves, they were also anxious to protect them to the utmost when they were faithfully and pro perly performing their duty. The officers were called and proved the violence in flicted. The prisoner appeared to be quite sober; he was so desperate that it required seven officers to secure acd handcuff him. On their way to the Comptor, he turned round to one of the officers and said he would mark him, and serve him out when he got out. 'I he prisoner denied the assaults. The turnkey of the Compter said that the prisoner had been confined there for theft.—Verdict, Guilty. The RECORDER said, that the prisoner had been con victed of a series of most violent attacks. It was a very high offence to commit an assault in the presence of a magistrate' ift• the - performance of hise - official duty, and for that alone he would formerly have been indicted. The sentence of the Court was that he should be im prisoned for four months in the House of Correction, and afterwards enter into his own recognizances to keep the peace for three years. SIR F. TRENCH AND LORD LIN COLN. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l have been much surprised and annoyed to see in the Times of this morning two letters of mine, which ought not to have been made public without my sanc tion. I called at your office to inquire how y , u kid become possessed of them, and by what authority you had published them, but could not obtain any satisfactory ex planation. I had caused these letters to be printed, to secure uni formity of paper and type, with sundry hints for the improvement of the metropolis, which are in my pos session, but they were not intended for publication, and my printer assures me that no copy, has escaped from his office. I hope, therefore, you will give immediate insertion to this expression of my regret and indignation at the dishonesty or breach of confidence which has placed these letters in your hands. I have the honour to be your obedient humble servant, F. W. TRENCH. 85, Pall-mall, Wednesday night. P.S. Thursday, 11 °clock, A.. 151. -I have this moment received your note, in which you state that the letters in question " were sent by a correspondent to your office, printed as a circular, and with an intimation that they were at the editor's service." . In reply, I beg to ob serve that they were not " printed as a circular," nor " intended for circulation," as your note intimates ; and I must repeat my regret that letters bearing my signa ture, should have been published without my sanction. F. W. TRENCH. [Sir F. Trench asserts that the letters were not "printed as a circular." When two letters are printed upon one sheet, and folded as if for the purpose of being sent by post, we were until now under the impression that they were in the form of " a circular." Why, too, letters should be printed in this or any other form which are not intended for circulation, we are at a loss to con ceive. Our belief; when we received them was, that they had been forwarded to our office by Sir F. Trench him self.] —Times. THE STATE'APARTMENTS AT WINDSOR CASTLE.— Between 800 and 1,000 persons availed themselves on Friday of the privilege of proceeding over the state apartments. The great majority of these parties had fortunately provided themselves with tickets previou-ly to leaving town. Others, however, who had not adopted this necessary precaution, were either compelled to pay most exorbitantly for the Lord Chamberlain's tickets, or forego altogether their intended visit to the Castle. A set of persons, in Windsor termed " guides," have always a good supply in hand of the Lord Chamberlain's admissions, which they obtain through the medium of their agents in London, from one of the four respectable parties who have been specially appointed to issue tickets, at their respective establishments, to all per sons who may apply for them. In many 'instances, in the course of Friday, five shillings were modestly demanded, and given, for one of these tickets, which admit seven per eons (and which are to be procured gratuitously in London), by parties who had visited Windsor, without being aware that admissions were not to be obtained in the town. There is very little doubt that a stop will speedily be put to this description of traffic, by causing some plan to be carried into effect, so that the public may be saved from im position, either by an office being opened in Windsor b fo . r i t e h c e i, issuing of tickets, or by the ticket system being abol is hed altogether. It being now upwards of four months since any public notification appeared of the places where ad missions to view the interior of Windsor Castle are to be obtained, it may save those parties, who are a bout to visit the royal re sidence, some little trouble, as w ell as prevent their being imposed upon, if we insert the list. They are as follow : Mr. Alderman Moon , 20, T h r eadneedle-street; Mr. Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street; Messrs. Colnaghi, 14, Pan-mall East; and Messrs. Ackermann.96, Strand. We may observe that it was contemplated, when no persons would be allowed to enter the Castle but those provided with tickets, that the sight-seers would be far more select than before; but the fact of the Lord Chamberlains cards of admission being hawked about Windsor at from Is. to ss. each (the price being regunded according to the demand, pretty clearly proves that, when the demand is not very brisk, any seven persons who can muster a shilling amongst them (or a trifle more, as the case may be), can purchase a view of " the state apartments," without any regard to the " select" character of the parties themselves. THE COST or FASHION.—It is said that five hundred millions of dollars are spent annually in the United States for such articles of dress as are subject to the fluctuations of fashion. Of this sum it is computed that 16,000,000 are spent for hats, probably about 20,000,000 for calm and bon nets, and for other articles of dress not less than 400,000,000. EASTER TERM.—The ensuing term will commence on Wednesday aext, upon which day the ...ord Chancellor will entertain the Judges and members of the inner bar with th e usual Easter Term (Weiner at his Lordship's house, whance they will proceed to Westminster Hall, abort olare vootk. 1 METROPOLITAN TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION. A soirée and an aggregate meeting of the friends of, the Metropolitan Temperance Association was held, last evening, in the Royal British School, Cowper-street, City-road, Mr. John Cassell in the chair. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the meeting upon the formation of the Association, and expressed a hope that by an union among the various societies in the metro polis, the consummation so devoutly to be wished would be accelerated. He regretted the want of previous cor dial co-operation, but he trusted they were now in a position to achieve great triumphs in the cause of tee totalism. He next referred to the advocacy of temperance principles by the press, as a proof of the rapid progress it was making throughout the country. He could not, how ever, but lament that greater efforts were not made by the religious portion of the press to disseminate prin ciples of a character so well fitted to prepare the minds of men for the reception of the great truths of the Gospel. He complained that the conductors of the Wesleyan Magazine had refused insertion to a temperance advertisement in that publica tion, and had in other respects acted very partially, and had, in fact, manifested the most decided opposition to the teetotal movement. He could not un derstand what right the editors of that magazine had to complain of the Americans being anxious to stifle dis cussion upon the question of slavery, when they them selves endeavoured to stifle the promulgation of princi ples in which 600,000 immortal souls were involved in one of the worst kinds of slavery that ever existed under the canopy of heaven. He was glad, however, to congratulate them upon the growing strength which the cause was, day by day, acquiring, notwithstanding all the disadvantages with which they had to contend ; and he was satisfied that if they continued their united exer tions, they would, ere long, have the satisfaction of reap ing some of its fruit. He urged them not to relax, but rather redouble their labour in their philanthropic Cause. Mr. D. WALTERS next addressed the meeting, and drew a graphic picture of the squalor and misery at tendant upon drunkenness, and contrasted it with the comfort and happiness of a life of sobriety and morality. The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr. Bayliss, Mr. Whittaker, Dr. Oxley. Mr. Buckle, and the Rev. Dr. Campbell, of the Tabernacle. A collection was then made to defray expenses and for the general pur poses of the association. Mr. HUDSON then addressed a few observations to the assembly ; after which the meeting separated. TELE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL n, IRISH PROVISIONS. The following articles of general consumption have been imported into this country through the principal ports of the kingdom from the Irish ports since our last notice of the subject :—On Thursday and Friday, in the past week, the arrivals in the river Thames from Ire land consisted of 2,220 barrels and 1,500 quarters of oats, 75 barrels of pork, 68 packages of bacon, 10 pack ages of hams, 85 firkins and 9 casks of butter, 54 pack ages of eggs, 100 packages of malt, and various other articles. The importations into the ports of Bristol at the same period from the Irish ports, consisted of 139 packages of bacon, 125 of lard, 28 of whisky, 18 quarters of malt, 57 of pork, 841 packages of taitter, 26 of pollard, 60 sacks and 750 barrels of oats, besides a quantity of seeds and other articles of Irish produce. On Saturday four vessels arrived at the port of London from the quarter alluded to, laden collectively with 1,000 bar rels and 2,32o'quarters of oats, 100 packages of t bacon, 40 of waste, 80 of pork, 45 of beef', 68 of hams, and other articles. The following were the arrivals at the port of Liverpool during the week from the principal ports of Ireland, being from the 27th ult. to the 2d inst., inclu sive :-2,756 firkins and 98 half firkins, 435 baskets, casks, &c., and 117 boxes of butter ; 606 sacks, 2,028 barrels, 83 quarters, and 54 tons' weight of wheat ; 2,675 sacks and some barrels of flour, 150 tons' weight and 74 bags of oats, 1,102 sacks, 40 tons' weight, and 134 other packages of oatmeal ; 299 sacks and 20 quarters of malt, 28 bags of beans and barley, 21 casks, 1,149 kegs, and 120 firkins of lard, 337 barrels, 50 quarter barrels, and 11 kegs of pork ; 235 sacks of meal, 492 boxes and tierces, 19 bales and some other packages of linen and cottons, several packages of general provisions, 74 pun cheons and 8 casks of whisky, 51 sacks of groats, 550 barrels and 18 tierces of bacon, 72 packages of hams, 15 of seed, 222 sacks of farina flour, and numerous other articles of minor importance. On Monday, in the pre sent week, no less than 11 vessels arrived in the Thames similarly laden, their cargoes comprising collectively 6,736 quarters of oats, 789 packages of butter, 2,604 packages of bacon, 1,030 packages of lard, 1,555 of pork, 55 of hams, 23 of middles, 7 of tongues, 330 of eggs, and 120 of malt, in addition to 120 of general merchandise, 187 bales and 2 tons of paper, numerous packages of porter, whisky, and other articles of too great a variety to be further particularised within our prescribed limits. On the same day 4,175 bushels of oats were imported into Runcorn from the port of Bally raine. Finally, on the following day four vessels arrived here from the same quarter, having on board 45 pack ages of hams, 564 packages of bacon, 1,427 packages of pork, 771 packages of butter, 126 packages of lard, 887 of evgs, 158 of general provisions, 58 of middles, 264 barrels of porter, 141 pigs (loose), and 10 crates of the same description of animals, besides numerous other packages containing a variety of articles of food and merchandise. N ANAL INTELLIGENCE. CHATHAM - , APRIL 10.—The Raleigh, 50 gulls, Cap tain Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., has this week received on board nearly all her sea stores; she will be put ow. of dock on Monday next; she will then drop down to Folly Point, off Gillh gham, to take in her guns, powder and shot, and to be completed in her painting previously to her proceeding to sea. Twenty-seven seamen riggers have been drafted from this dock-yard for her. The Southampton, 50 guns, will be taken into dock on Monday, vacated by the Raleigh, to make good defects and to be fitted for sea. The Cockatrice schooner, fitted for a victualling ves sel for the coast of Ireland, is completed. She is taking, in part of the frame of the Nankin, 50 guns, ordered to be built at Woolwich, after discharging her cargo. She will be given to the victualling establishment at Deptford. The Cressy, 80 guns. Shipwrights have commenced laying the blocks to receive the keel of this vessel, or dered to be built on the Ist slip, from plans proposed b) Messrs. Cruise, Reed, and Chatfield, the late committee of naval architecture: The following workmen have been superanuated thi week from this yard, viz., W. Finnis, leading man shipwrights, at 34/. per annum; Robert Hall, shipwright, 20/. per annum; John Mirton, caulker, 241.; John Bower, 22/.1 Charles Friday, 20/ ; and Thomas Bever stok, ropemaker, at 241. per annum. LICENCING MEETING.—To-day a special session was held at Guildhall for the transferring licences to inns, ale houses, &c., and it was also the first transf er o f billi ar d and bagatelle licences under the new Act of Parliament. No applications were made in either case, but on the Court sitting to hear appeals, an application was made by Mr. G. E. Healey, for a licence to a house in Old Change, which had been refused on the adjourned licencing meeting. It was now shown that the refusal had been founded on the state ment of the applicant, that he had taken a lease of the house condiconally on obtaining a licence. It appeared that he had mistaken the question, and now produced the deed. The house had been shut up for two years by the former pro prietor, and the applicant had laid out a large sum of money. The licence was granted. _ ALARMING STEAM-BOAT ACClDENT.—Yesterday the Laurel, a Richmond steamer, while proceeding on her first passage for the season, with upwards of 150 passengers on board, ran foul of Battersea-bridge, in attempting to pass through one of the arches. Considerable damage was done to the vessel, and her stern and one of her paddle-boxes much shattered. Several passengers were thrown down and injured, and the consternation among the crowd on board was dreadful. The steamer put back, in a crippled state, to the Yorkshire Grey, at Chelsea, where the passengers were landed, and subsequently proceeded in another steamer to Richmond. The old bridge at Battersea is a very danger • ous one at all times for steamers to pass under, and numerous accidents have occurred there. It has been frequently com plained of by the civic authorities, coroners' jades, and by the lightermen and bargemen, and ought to be demolished, and a new bridge erected. ST. JOHN'S GATE.—The owners of this ancient struc ture have relinquished the idea of compoing the gate, and have determined to re-case it with stone where defective. The ornamental portions, such as embattlements, labels, &c., are to be restored by the public, under the direction of the com mittee and Mr. W. P. Griffith, architect. A HINT TO PAROCHIAL AUTHORITIES, &C., CON CERNING GAS.—The reduction lately made in the price of gas from 9s. to 75., is a mere farce, as the daily complaints of numerous respectable tradesmen that their gas expenses per annum (with the same number of lights) are heavier than before sufficiently attest. The reason is obvious, for supposing the companies now obtain 10,000 cubic feet from a chaldron of coals, and after a time they were to think it pru dent to reduce to 55., they have only to give the coal an extra baking and produce 14t,0rula0bOourele6rie0 reduction. cubicfe B feet, and t they at once more th an counterbalance is the consumer benefitted by this? By will n the to pro portion as the quality becomes deteriorated, suet in the same degree burners require a larger quantityno means, 11 a s'o aa, of light, and to this cause may be attributed the great heat, and deleterious effects exper ie nced where gas is used. These facts have been proved by eng ineers and chemists before com mittees of both Houses of P arliament, and cannot be con troverted,only matter of surprise is, that the con sumers the London have so long suffered suc h a of dis graceful systemgaanad in exist, as the remedy is with themselves, and they ought by this time to be full aware that the com panies7i'll do nothing except by compuls ion. Why no t t a k e the b m atter into their ow n hands, and f orm di str i ct gas consumers' co mpanies. or (what perhaps would b e pre f erable), let the parishes take up the business and manufacture their own gas, as in Manchester, where from the profits of the gas establish ment, the watching, lighting, paving, and other rates are paid, and this too when the price of gas was only ss. per 1,000 cubic feet, and it was from the same source that the funds were provided necessary for building their splendid town hall.— Con espondent vethe Builder. ACCIDENT AT A SHOOTING M ATCH ,- -Yesterday fore noon an accident, attended with very distressing circum stances, took place at the shooting ground adjoining the Dartmouth Arms Tavern, Sydenliam. It appears that a gen tleman named James Andrews, aged 28 years, residing in the Southwark Bridge-road, and several others, assembled at the above tavern, for the purpose of shooting a match at pigeons. The gentleman above named was in the act of taking his aim at a bird, when the gun burst, shattering his left arat in a fearful manner, and severely injuring several persons who were standing near. He was promptly removed to a sur geon's, where the injuries were found to be so extensive, that it was deemed necessary to convey him to Guy's Hospital, where he was put under the care of the house-surgeon. From the serious nature of the injuries he has sustained, it is feared that amputation of the limb will be necessary. DEVONSHIRE CREAM.—This far-famed luxury, the choicest production of the dairy, is now to be had in Liver pool, and from its being conveyed from Exeter, a distance of 300 miles, in nine hely% arrives there in a high, state of perfection. N; CorATo ROT.—We have been told by some practical farmers that. the potato rot is still fearfully pro gresiing. The hi used potatoes, that seemed perfectly sound a little time since, are now quite bl ac k an d unf i t for use. Much inqury is making for good seed potatoes.-- Waterford Chronicle. COMPRESSED AIR LOCOMOTIVE (From the Manchester Courier.) A competitor for the supremacy which steam has so long and justly held in this country, as the means of expeditious travelling, and for most manufacturing pur poses, was, daring last week, introduced to the notice of the Manchester public, among whom, it is scarcely needful to add, are many men fully competent to inves tigate and give judgment upon the merits of the new candidate for popular favour and support. The con ception of condensed air as a motive power recommends itself at once to the judgment of the merest tyzo in science ;. but though the conception has always been so palpably correct, a practical development of it has never until the present time been produced which was competent to the end the theorist hoped to attain. A Mr. Arthur Parsey, whose name, though but littleknown w fame as yet perhaps, must soon, if his adaptation of the pneumatic principle be found efficient, take rank with that of Watt, and others of our giants in science, has produced a machine in which the diffieulty of ap plying the power economically and with regularity has been overcome, and that in the most simple manner. Mr. Parsey has patented his engine, and a company is formed for the purpose of obtaining from him the benefit of the patent right of his invention in Great Britain and its colonies by means of licenses for its use. Under the auspices of this company a working m odel was sent down to Blanchester, and exhibited in the El change ante-room, Mr. Parsey and his son attending W give all necessary information respecting it. We saw the model, and were much pleased with it and its in venter, who displayed an anxiety to give the fullest details respecting the working, without thrusting the interest of the company, with which of course hie own is bound up, upon the notice of his visitors. When we entered the room the engine was traversing a miniature railroad with great and noiseless speed. The simple carriage does not differ from that of the common locomotive in form, so that the engine can work on any established line; unlike the atmospheric mode of pro pulsion, which requires an expensive line of tube in ad dition to the ordinary rails. At each end of this carriage an egg-shaped receiver, for holding the condensed air power, is placed. From these reservoirs the air is con ducted into a large cylinder, called a receiver, and from it into two smaller cylinders, where it works two pistons, , which act by means of cranks upon the driving wheels in the ordinary manner. The regulating of the power is effected by a simple expedient: a piston is let into the large receiver, and supported upon it is a spiral spring' which is connected with a nicely-regulated valve in the pipe, which admits the air into the receiver. This spring is adjusted to the admission of a certain power, and Ito sooner does the air in the receiver exceed that p o wer than the spring closes the valve, and, of course, shuts uP or diminishes the passage for air, returning to its original place as the power is expanded. After the examination of the machine comes the ques tion, in what particular is it superior to the steam loco motive ? The great expenses of steam-engines may be comprised under the general heads—cost of constrno" tion, cost of maintenance in proper working order, and the production of propelling power. On all these Mr. Parsey claims a great superiority. The engines can be built at a decreased cost, say one-fourth of the whole. The wear and tear will not be anything ill comparison with that of a steam-engine. Oise great destroying agent in the steam engine is the heat neces sary to generate the power, and the heat of that power when generated ; in the air-engine there is no action ' beyond that upon the pistons of a body nearly of the same temperature as the atmosphere, while the Oa" chinery is certainly not more complex than in the coin:, mon locomotive. The stoker and his coke and fire You' be dispensed with altogether, and with him will dis appear all the annoyances of heat, smoke, dirty tender+ black chimney, specks of coke, and the hundred little things which teach railway travellers how to make 0 virtue of necessity. The condensation of air will be carried on at stations on the line, certainly not mor ° ,, numerous than at present r equ i re d f or co k e an d water. Eight pounds of coal in a stationary en" gine, at 9s. a ton, will produce it is asserted, the sato° amount of power as 601bs. of ! coke, at 20s. a ton, in e steam locomotive. The a ir, w h en con d ense d, ca n Du kept ready "bottled for use," and " warranted not W deteriorate in quality by age." Then as to the facility for moving upon a line. Tte engine will be lighter than the locomotive by a ton or two perhaps, the advantag e gained by the removal of boilers, fire- boxes, chimneys' &c., being lost in the weight of metal for the r ece ivera i l the tender also will b e a b sent. B ut as the engine rill' require to be made up to the same weight as the 100: motive in order that the wheels may bite on the rails, it is proposed to carry the requisite weight in goods, or "" reserve bottles of air, over the receivers. thus renderiei that weight pecuniarily valuable. A train can be started with greater facility. Fora locomotive to get up uesta . , requires a long time; an air engine can be eburged ready for starting in a few minutes i • when th e stemn_l up in the locomotive it must be blown off and waste' if the train be not ready for starting—in the air-engine the communication has only to be shut off from d reservoirs, and the power rem a i ns rea d y i n un di n i n ishel volume, for use when wanted. The risk of explosions of boilers is avoided, for the reservoirs only O r taming air of a low temperature are not exposed to the expansive power which weakens steam generator° after they attain a certain temperature. This is above ,by the circumstance, that the small portable gas ceivers in which Mr. Parsey keeps the air for the suPPe t of his model engi ne h ave b een subjected to the of ],2oolbs. to the square inch, and are capable of 0 .. ,"1 taming a pressure of 2,000, w hi le w i th steam they w°''' not sustain more than 400. Besides this, the p o wer is gradually and e qua ll y di m i n i s hi ng w i th each stroke of .he pistons. The rate of travelling, it is said will be equal to anything yet attained by steam, and With , t great a load. Thirty m il es an h our is fixed, wit h - common load. The facilities for stopping, at road S t ' bons are as great as w i t h t h e l ocomotive. These sty some of the advantages claimed for Mr. Parsey's inve ,ion, when use d on a ra il way, over the steam-04'1'; Of course the stati o n ar y engine part i c i pates i n all the advantages, so far as peculi ar t o t h at c l ass o f engine this addition , : that where wat e r or w i n d p o wer C r,r, be applied f or t h e con d ensat i on o f a i r, there w ill be 111 ^ entire saving of fuel for steam. tS Withoutgiving an opinion u p on th e comparat i ve mere of the two methods of propulsion, we can only say 111 4 there is in this new engine something really deserving; the candid inq u i r y o f a ll who are interested in the 11:',";;; gress of the arts an d sc i ences, and the well-being of I"- 1 country generally. • THE BASHFUL JUROR. A SCENE IN THE BEVIIRLEY COU RT - ttous....; A 2 , laughable scene oc curre d i n the Sessions Court, ist verley, on Wednesday last. A man had been charb - e d with stealing an axe, and, the chairman having surno 3 up, the jury "laid their wise heads together," 6 .tir from the earn e st an d energetic manner in which the consultations were continued, it seemed quite evident oi l , ' there was some k no tty p o i nt i n the case, which yo u d not very speedily be settled. The foreman appea rt ,i. particularly resolute and ve h ement. After some all— derable time had elapsed, The Chairman said,—Gentlemen, if you have I A doubts in your mind resp ec ti ng t h e verdict you s l o give, the better course would be for you to retire t 0,,, room, where you can confer together more convenienw than in open Court. Here the jury, after a moment's conference, sat do Clerk of the Peace—Have you considered your 4 0 diet, gentlem en ? D o you find the prisoner, 0° Garton, guilty or not guilty ? No reply was made to this question, for the forenl, despite th e angry glances of his eleven brethren, rn • lutely buried his face in his hands, and maintaineu dogged silence. en' The Chairman—H ave y ou come to a d ec i s i on , g j, tlemen? A juror—Ees, zur: we be all o't same 0 01 0 The Chairman—Then why does not your foreln h . return the verdict? Is he ill? Juror—N aa y, zur; "- be nean ill—nobbut stunt loike.—(Laughter.) . The Chairman -= lf you have come to a verdict, P let us have it. Here the nearest neighbours of th e o b st i na t e forel vigorously shook him, saying, " Speyk up, man, 131*/ up!" aracclse lou h d laugter of the'Couit. Ise fli I ' t t Foreman— t th Neay, neay, lads, it's o'n a use; o e goin' to say a word about it to all th em gent l e f o lks. - no orator.—(Loud laughter.) The Chairman—What is your verdict? A jar Not guilty, Sir., The Chairman—The verdict must be delivered your foreman. Foreman,(with a desperate effort)—Weel, if I W l° , say it, we're all o' one moind mat he isn't guilty— Jr,. you've getten it.—(Renewed laughter, amid which L' clerk recorded the verdict, and the prisoner was charged.)—Hull Packet. ON THE EMPLOIMENT OF 11 `;,:$ MONIACO-MAGNESIAN PHOSPHATE prnpaeganre t s o i a n be phos e p mosthat c n o e n c e t a s is s r it forh ekeMANURE. BY M. BOUSSIN GA.ULT. mwohniciahcoa meAntms development of plants ; it also possesses one of the P o f • parties viz., a very belon g i ng to gypsum, slig ht degr ee solubility. . y of On the Ist of M ay l ast the author put a quana,;to% arable earth into stone vessels, capable of conta%tip about nine square feet. These vessels were divided : to ,: two series ; sixteen grammes of ammoniaco-mage% or phosphates were a dd e d to t h e eart h conta i ne d i n rot the first series, and in all the vessels a quantity of ° ri es. or Indian corn, which had already germinated', opo planted. All the vessels were pl ace d ou t i n the t) air, and wa t ere d w ith an equa l quant i ty o f water whe requisite. hae During the first fifteen day s a ft er raising 5 -- ro cs ground, all the plants presented the same &Pg.!, opal • and vigour ; it was only after th e twenty-fifth akT ep til a difference was perceived, an d w hi c h was subsecill continued. crieg' On the 25th of July the sp rou t s o f th e first s tri ics' i which had been treated with t h e p h osp h ate , were, r oes as high and three times as quick as th ose w hi c h bat' from the unprepared earth. On the 25th of August these proportions were . $ ll- ent ; the blade of the fi rs t b e i ng h a lf as l ong agel-„ ' . twice as thick, as the second. ' hose All the blades were in ear at the same time ; ` s wee which had been tr ea t e d w ith th e d ou bl e sa lt her!, , v o lt t/ ears, two perfect and one imp er f ec t ; an d t he othT f the one perfect and one impe r f ec t ear . Th e g rain pr o , first weigh e d more th an th a t o f t h e secon d, in .i.e, portion of two and a quarter to one. ' s° er• CURIOUS DISCOVERY.—On Wednesday, wbiln ' men were engaged in removing a hedge ?tithe' 'r copper' two c WI eeler's-street, Birmingham, they diAcovered a uto: • plates, evidently constructed for fo rg i ng 11. and 2L die the Bank of England, of date 1814. There apPO_'' . .. e e d no 7‘. been a quantity of what are believed to be eti gth'r o placed between the plates ; but owing to th e _ At i c ed time they have been concealed, they were almos? re7 u3 l4 England.... The plates have been forwarded t. the 31,