The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-25 00:00:00

13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. -LADY HESTER: STANHOPE. The TRAVELS of this distinguished Lady, forming the Completion of her MEMOIRS, narrated by her Physician, will be Ready in a few days ; and those who may desire copies of the work on the day of publication are requested to send their orders immedi ately to their booksellers, to prevent disappointment. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MRS. GORE'S NEW WORK. MRS. GORE'S SKETCHES of ENGLISH CHARACTER. MAY NOW BE HAD AT ALLL THE LIBRARIES. In 2 vols., post Bvo., Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NOTICE. IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. DUBLIN TO GALWAY. Parties who signed the last subscription contract, and I:olders of scrip, are informed, that petitions toboth Houses of Parliament, " To stay the progress of the Bill, to cancel the liability of the subscribers to the contract, and return to the shareholders the unspent deposits," lie for signature ?at the Shareholders' Committee-room, Founders' Hall -court, Lothbury, from 11 to 4 o'clock each day. April 21, 1846. R. THOMPSON, Secretary. 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, take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London, to which place all favours, containing instructions, are respectfully requested t• be addressed, All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; axd Sdvice3 of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, an , l the proceeds im me di ate l y d i sposed of accor ding to instructions. 0 !Ices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. . _ WIL SON'S OPENING N LGHT• MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, at Eight o'clock. 3f r. WILSON begs to announce his FIRST ENTEITAIME: will T the SEASON, in the Music Tall, Store-street, when he variety of the SONGS OF SCOTLAND, Some of them for the first time. Pianoforte --Mr. LAND. ?art I.—O weel may the Boatie row — Of a' the Airts the mind d an can blaw—Wha'll buy Caller Herring ?—Hame cam our gudem at e'en—Owen the Water to Charlie—Bonnie Bessie Lee—The Married Man's Lament —Pibroch o' Donald Dhu. Part ll.—The Flowers o' the Forest —Th e A u l d School — Woo'd an' Married an' a' .— A uld Joe Nicolson's Bonny Nannie—Get up and bar the Door. Private Boxes for Six, 15s. ; for Eight, 11. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Aad f Ile. LUCILE GRATIN respectfully informs th e Nobility, Sub- - Sub scribers, and the Public, that her BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, APRIL 30, When will be performed (for the first time this season), Donizetti's Opera, entitled DON PASQUALE. Norina, Madame Grist; Dr. Malatesta, Signor Fornasari ; Ernesto, Signor Mario ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. In the course of the Evening will be revived the Ballet Diver tissemet.t, by M. Perrot, entitled, LE DELIRE D'UN PEINTRE. Stephano, M. Perrot ; Blanche cl'Oviedo, 3ladlle. L. Gratin. Together with a Selection from the admired Ballet, CATARINA ; on, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. During the Evening various Dances and Pas de Caracteres by Madlle. L. Grahn, 3ladlle. Taglioni. and M. Perrot. To be followed by the last Act of Verdi's celebrated opera. entitled, N N , NiLug, Signor Fornasari ' • Idaspe, Signor Corelli ; Orotasphe , Signor Botelli ; Tenena , Mdlle. Corbari ; Abigail, Mdlle. Sanchioli. To conclude with Selections, including the Dryade Scene from the admired Ballet of EOLLNE ; ou, LA DItYADE. Eollne, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-past Seven o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Rossini's celebrated Opera, entitled, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Regina, Madame Grist ; Il Conte d'Almaviva, Signor Mario ; Bartolo, Signor Lable.che ; Basilio, Signor F. Lablache ; Figaro, Signor Fornasari. To conclude with the admired Ballet, by M. Perrot, in Five Tableaux. The music by Signor I'ugni, entitled, CATARINA ; on, LA FILLB DU BANDIT. The principal parts sustained by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn and Madame L. Taglioni ; sI.M. Gosselin, Bertrand, DI Mattia, and Perrot. THICATRE ROYAL. DitURY-LANL. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. liar- Rorrani, Honieastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King, 'aliss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. After which will be protuced a New and Original Ballet, eniitled IMELDA. The Duke, Mons. Adrien ; Count Alberti, M. Mathis ; Governor, Mr. T. Matthews ; Fabric'o, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Imelda, Madlle. Sall, T.HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, called, A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cymon Foxall, Mr. Webster; More craft, Mr. W. Farren: Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. H. Ho 11; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei derrnann, Mr. J. Bland; Thomas, Mr. Briudal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett; Emmeline, Mrs. Seymour. The Band will perform the Overture, " La Symphonic," the Fantasie, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," •6 Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz ; tin "Chatsworth Quadrilles ;" and the " Brunow Polka." After which, an experiment will be tried upon THE BIRDS OF ARISTOPHANES on which occasion they will be presented to the public with new Names, new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. James Bland, Hudson, Tilbury, Brindal, Caulfield, T. F. Mathews, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Humby, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Unprecedented Attraction for the Easter Holidays. Re-engagement of GENERAL TOM THUMB ! Great success of the New Comic Drama I THIS EVENING The performances will commence with a New and Original Comic Drama, in Three Acts, called HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan, Diddear, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MARKLE MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Lnidlaw. To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and his Seven-League Boots. Hop 'o My Thumb, General Tom Thumb. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Character by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard. Stalls, Is. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELYIII. THIS EVENING Will be presented a New Drama, in — Three Acts, called, IN DUSTRY AND INDOLENCE ; or, The Orphan's Legacy. St. Amour, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Rollin, Mr. 0. Smith ; Sansonet, Mr. Wright ; Mons. Delamare, Mr. Perkins ; Batifole, Miss Woolgar ; Nini, Miss Webster; Cecile, Madame Celeste. Aster which, a New Burlesque, entitled, PETER WILKINS ; or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Munyard, &c. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. Honeybun, Miss Emma Harding. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled ERNESTINE. The principal characters supported by Messrs. Cooper, Wallack, Leigh Murray ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss E. Stanley, Miss May, &e. To conclude with THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Sir Patrick O'Plenipo, Mr. Collins ; Isabella , Miss Emma Stanley. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled LADY GODIVA AND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY. In which Messrs. Walton, Wynn, Compton, Granby, Oxberry ; Miss Taylor, Miss E. Stanley, Mrs. Fosbroke, Miss Honner, &c., will appear. ASTLEY'% ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her most gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal.—Extraordinary hit of Mr. Leman Rede's New Equestrian Spectacle, which has been pronounced by the public press to surpass all former productions. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Original Asiatic Drama of TEE ARAB AND HIS DESERT STEED; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. Magnificent effects, grand equestrian tableaux, &c. The Scenes in the Circle will, this present week, prove more than ordinarily brilliant, presentin the whole troop of British and Foreign Professors, aided by the inimitable Clowns, Barry, Wallet, and Rochez. To conclude with a novel Afterpiece. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clocl. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURIU THEATRE. more Novelty! A New Drara. a. Great success. Crowded houses, TIIIS EVENING Will be performed THE LAS KISS or, the Soldier's Grave. 31e , srs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Lewis, ileslop, Wil 31amson, Mesdins. Vining and Martin will support the principal ,characters. Attar which, a New Farce by Mr. E. Stirling, entitled, ON TILE TILES ; or, A Night at Greenwich. To be followed by a Gr.m.l Ballet of Enchantment, called, DER CHAMOIS YAGER ; or, The Fiend on Earth. By the Devlin Family. '"o conclude with a New Melodrama, called, THE RATS OF RAT CASTLE. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATI.E. Great Success of the New Drama of " Laid up in Port." THIS EVENING Will be performed an entirely new Drama, entitled LAID up IN PORT ; cr, Sharks' along Shore. Principal characters by Messrs. Fredericks, Saville, Raymond, Tindell, Higgie, Searle, Burton ; Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terry, Ste. After which, THE BRIDE'.; JOURNEY ; or, the Escapes of Adelalde of 1 resden. In which 31i s Vincent will perform. To conelld e w ith a N ew Drama. entitled THE FACTORY LADS; c. , The Workman's Saturday Night. In which the whole Company will appear. NEW STRAND THEATRE. CIIANGE.—.NOVELTIE AND MAGIC EFFECTS. " La gaiete eat la sante de Fame, La tristesse en eat le poison." M. PHILLIPPE begs leave to announce that, in consequence of Vie Triumphant Success that has attended his EASTER EN TER TAT `IMF.NTS, they will he repeated every Wednesday and Sa y Morning. and every Evening until further notice. THIN EVENING, M. PHILLIPPE will commence the Entertainment by Lightirg Two Hundred and Fifty Wax Candies by a single Pistol Shot I This unique and brilliant Experim en t was originally performed by Mona. Phillippe for upwards of 700 consecutive nights in Paris. M. Phillippe will also have the honour of introducing MEi GRANDMOTHER' CAP, with all its laughabl e and rapid Trans- S formations. - _ _ The Entertainments will be varied by the Daucing of the CHIARINI FAMILY, and the Olympic GamboLs of th e lE_ RICAN BROTHERS. The Morning Performance will commence at Two o'clock ; the Evening at a quarter to Eight. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Fr'vate Boxes, 1/. Is., and 10s. 6d. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 25. THEIIXOMETER, Lowest, 43; Highest. 55; Noon, 55. BAROZETER, 29.98.—W1ND E.; showery. WATER AT LONDON-lIRLDGE THIS DAY. morning •• 20 minutes after 1. I Evening .. 42 minutes after 1. ,e -._r, 1, 6'; , ' kyi,, ,•S' ' ~,i'L -:- ' l,-.'<,-'7.trT ' .A, 1 .. ‘1 .,.,,... , ' ; ,VI •OP -Iva'' ' . ' ' ' l '' ',', - 1 (- '-' 4 —.;* 1 7 : f." '''" C -- ~ c 't. - r •t,, „,,,,,, i , e.l ..'' • - -,' 1- i , - ~.- ;;4,..• , ,ffitollon.' s tr -..:.;-,' , •,,,,, ...,,„„ 4 ~ Nit,„ i;:,„, ,t, ~,zu ~.. ` tU~ . . .. ~ ._.....0. , k41L...i.,-- -, • SECOND EDITION. ettelltipl giltlt LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1846. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. A somewhat lengthened conversation took place, on the subject of the new Houses of Parliament, in the course of which Dr. Reid's plan of ventilation, as far as the House of Lords was concerned, was ackno wledged to b e a f a il ure. Their Lordships then adjourned. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Mr. C. Woon, Lord DALHENY, Mr. B. ScO:rr, Sir W. s o _ zsnvir.LE, and Lord CLAtDE HAMILTON were sr►orn at the table to try the merits of the Bridport election, and appoi nted to sit to-morrow at eleven o'clock. Mr. B. COCHRANE trusted the House would not adopt its usual eourse in this case. He had been told that he was charged with bribery, and at the present moment, the .night before the Committee was to sit, he did not know the Par ticular case that was to be made against him. His agent had been served with ninety-six cases of objection, but what these objections were he could not even surmise. After some short discussion, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the House ;had nothing to I do with the question—it lay with the Committee. The Committee was then ordered to meet to-morrow at eleven o'clock. Sir R. PEEL, in answer to a question from Mr. B. Coch rane, said that the Government had done all it could for the relief of the families of Captain Stoddart and Captain Co nolly, and that any further relief must be looked for to the East India Company. On the motion for the resumption of the adjourned debate, Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN wished to know from the Noble Lord the Member for Lvnn whether, supposing the Government were to bring in a - Bill proposing to allow corn to be brought into Ireland duty free, he would support that measure. The Hon. Gentleman, in putting the question, went again at ing among teople in con siderable length into the alarming condition of I herelpand, and the state of want and miser y different parts of that country. Mr. Roche, Mr. Stafford Mr. O'Connell, Mr. P. O'Brien,LordG B i e r n . tisner,mAalrn. Crawford,V. Smith, Scrope, and Mr. Cobden, having addressed the House, Mr. S. O'BRIEN wished to know if the Right Hon. Gen tleman was willing to accept the terms of his offer? Sir R: PEEL said that he had no hesitation in at once say ing that he could not accept them. Mr. DISRAELI rose to charge the First Minister of the Crown with cheering an expression in the Hon. Member for Stockport's speech, namely, that the inhabitants of the "towns should rule the country party." The Hon. Gentle man having very warmly adverted to the circumstance, Sir R PEEL said " I totally deny the fact." Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL moved ' the adjournment of the House. A warm discussion then arose, as to the previous misun derstanding, in which several Hon. Members joined in stating that Sir Robert Peel did not cheer at the time alleged. Mr. DISRAELI then explained, and apologised for his mistake. The adjourned debate having been resumed, Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL addressed the House at some length, after which, on the motion of Mr. M'CARTHY, the debate was adjourned to Monday. The other orders of the day were then disposed of and the House adjourned. Lord CAMPBELL, who has already distinguished him self so highly by the judicious legal reforms he has in troduced, last night added to his well-merited reputation by moving the second reading of two Bills, viz., the " Deodands Abolition Bill" and the " Death by Acci dent Compensation Bill." It is difficult to conceive why the law relating to deodands has been permitted to remain so long in its present state ; it is one of the relics of the darker ages. The principle on which it was originally founded was, that anything by which human life was destroyed, or its loss was caused, should be forfeited, and its very name " deodand," or a gift to GOD, implies its original object, viz., that its value should be applied in pious uses, for the repose of the soul of the deceased person. When the State no longer recognised such an object the' Crown retained the forfeiture for its own use, and in every coroner's inquest a part of the duty of the jury was to find what was the thing by which the death was caused, and what was its value. For many years it was usual for the jury to assess a nominal sum as the value of the deodand, but when numerous deaths ensued from railway accidents —many of them resulting from negligence on the part of the servants or officials of the company—the almost obsolete law was revived, for the purpose of inflicting a punishment where no adequate one was in existence, and largo sums were assessed as the value of the engine or carriages causing the accident. The magnitude of the fines inflicted .induced the parties interested to remove the proceedings into the Court of Queen's Beach, in which they were almost invariably quashed. Mr. WAKLEY, who has applied his great ex perience to a subject so peculiarly within his province as one of the coroners for the county of Middlesex, has stated that no benefit whatsoever arose in any instance from deodands under the present law. This being the case it is surely high time that so useless a law should be abrogated. And we are happy to find that by the second Bill, which is intimately con nected with the former, an efficient and valuable enactment will be substituted in its place. Hitherto, by a strange anomaly is the law, although a person could recover pecuniary damages as compen sation for any minor injury he might sustain, caused by the default or neglect of another, yet, if the greatest injury of all was sustained—if death ensued—there was no remedy for his bereaved family, who might in a moment be reduced from comfort and affluence to misery and destitution, without being enabled to obtain any redress from the person by whom so heavy a loss was occasioned. A better state of law exists in Scotland and in all the continental states on this subject. We have lately seen a sum of two thousand pounds awarded to the relatives of a person who met his death by an accident on one of the Scotch railways; and in France, a sum of twenty thousand francs against Monsieur BEAU VALLON, as a compensation for the death of the gentle man who unfortunately fell by his hand in a duel, although he was acquitted of the capital charge ; and we have no hesitation in saying that such decisions were received with approbation by the public. The present state of the law forms an exception to the general rule—that wherever there was a wrong inflicted, the law should give a compensation. The Noble Mover seemed to fear that in the Commons difficulties would be thrown in the way of the Bill passing into a law, from the strength of the railway interest in that House. We eannot think so badly of our Legislators as to sup pose it possible that private interests should be suffered to impede the progress of a measure so just and equitable in itself, and one in favour of which there is so strong a feeling on the part of the public. At the commencement of the present month we gladly seized an opportunity which enabled us to give a voice to that general sentiment of loathing in the public mind towards the hideous scenes enacted in too many of our London churchyards, and which sentiment, though shrouded by something very like apathy in the parties towards whom we are entitled to look for repa ration, is, we might undertake to avouch, more prevalent and more earnest than possibly any other excited by a social grievance. The op portunity to which we refer was the introduction of a Bill, by Mr. MACKINNON, for the removal of burial from towns, the prosecution of which laudable project has, however, been prevented by the extraordinary pro longation of other discussions in the Lower House. Nothing further has transpired in Parliament in refeeence to this very important matter, by which additional comments have been either alto gether precluded, or rendered to a considerable extent useless. In this manner an affair involving not only the cleanliness, but the decency ; not only the decency, but the health ; not only the health, but the morals of the populace, has been left in abeyance. The evil is still rife in some of the most dense and populous quarters of this great city, and no effort has been made to alleviate, much less to eradicate, the nuisance. Clear passages are carved through the heart of St. Giles's ; the few tenements still remaining are by that means exposed to a salubrious ventilation ; and by a recent parochial re solution, we observe that it is proposed to root our some of the most infamous dens in the vicinity of West minster Abbey, and transform the neighbourhood into re spectability both in its appearance and in the character of its inhabitants. Those, undoubtedly, are admirable approval movementsfar theyrig h as t go—butdirection, t they hey are deserve all The sanatory position of the people is regard e d i n one essential particular, b ut in anoter it is forgotten or efacarraeortnenseds simply e r p , ral 3 the contemned—the h omes of the living homeswha twhatever. of e rthe Now, dead i r a w r e treated re at considered as thu t og h u e ag s rh e e i yei h n; i : coos rr l e po g it i r s ah l n l a teue t nmd o d r as s n , wei w tfi ythht.ehot the most T r e tr ah r h i ee n i esi - yrt f their political infl uence , t h ey would fully t t m r e e s s t , e s t e t e h in e g re th m a e t t e a s l t l o p ar h ah i tta l ih o gve s eu o i p rt systems excessive a barbarism, reverence f knew that any decay of feeling in this regard would tend inevitably to subvert some of the most humanising principles of our common natu re . A s an evidence of this esteem even for the perishable remains of their fellow-men, we may incidentally mention the costly sarcophagi and perfumed mummies of th e E gyptians, the mausoleums which flanked the principal roads of entrance to the Eternal City, the solemn funeral cere monies even of savages, but especiaNy the impressive 'and beautiful rites of death peculiar to Christianity. Everything conspires to prove that some respect either of heart or of formality is requisite to maintain the com monest sentiments of decency and humanity among the people. Experience shows this, so also does reason. But there are other and no less important lights in which the matter can he regarded. Due attention to in terment is necessary for the preservation of bodily health, as well as for the cleanliness and adornment of our towns. These things are so manifest in them ! se l v es, we have already so fully exposed their sufficiency in The Sun, and circumstances of a most harrowing nature have so adequately demonstrated the truth of such conclusions, even within the bounda ries of the metropolis, that any amplification of the like arguments would now be superfluous. A pamphlet, very recently published, with the quaint heading of " Burial ground Incendiarism," written by Mr. G. WALKER, an untiring advocate for the suppression of interment within cities, will afford any one unacquainted with the details of our London churchyards a frightful bird's-eye view of the occurrences enacted in those pernicious nests of decompositi on . H e w h o i s a stranger t o the facts will shudder over their dismal record ; he will hear of coffins and human bones piled up into bonfires, and burnt to make room for a fresh supply of the dead ; he will be told of gravediggers driving their spades into the ground hap-hazard (with injunctions to dig through whatever may intercept their progress), and casting up shovels full of flesh, and hair, and shrouds ; he will even hear of one REUBEN ROOM, who asserted upon oath that he had at times stood up to his knees in human flesh, stamping with his feet to com press it into a narrow compass; he will read tl;lese things and possibly throw the pamphlet aside as an exaggeration—as a fiction. But those disclosures are all true—and more! It is from the hideous character of the facts, and from the terrible consequences which result from those facts, that we derive so much satisfac tion on finding a movement just now reviving for the cor rection of similar abuses in Spafields Burial-ground—a spot notorious for their recurrence. The heart has a spontaneous impulse of joy at intelligence so much in accordance with its better feelings, with its reverence for the dead, and with its affection for the living. 11€ nee do we look forward to the continuation of Mr. Mec- KirotoN's efforts in a cau,e so politic and so venerable, while we are fain to anticipate that ecclesiastical inter ference in its behalf, of which Sir JAMES GRAHAM has spoken with so much confidence. Madrid papers and letters of the lith have been receivt'd• The Gazette contains a circular, issued by M. PIDAL, the Minister of the Interior, authorising all the political chiefs of Spain, in consequence of the " military rebellion' in Galicia, to adopt all the extraordinary measures, such as .the procla mation of martial law, that the maintenance of order may require." From the dispatches published in the same Ga zette, it would appear that the QUEEN'S troops had entered the suburbs of Lugo, but that the town itself was still in possession of the insurgents. El Heraldo says that CONCHA has taken General IRIARTE prisoner. The rumour, however, wants confirmation. There were likewise rumours of pronundamientos having taken place at Cadiz, Saragossa, and Valencia. They could not, however, be traced to any authentic source. A deputation from the authorities and inhabitants of Val ladolid had arrived in Madrid, to beseech her MAJESTY to show mercy to the prisoners taken by General CoweiTA, in the affair of Astorga. The British Minister, Mr. BuLWER, had also interceded for the prisoners, and it was rumoured that the Council had determined in consequence to spare the privates, but to try the officers and sergeants by court martial. Several fresh arrests have taken place in Madrid, and the Eco del Commercio has again been seized. General RONCALI has, it is said, withdrawn his acceptance of the Governorship of Havannah, and will probably be ap pointed Captain-General of Grenada, in the room of General SARI. On the 16th Don FRANCISCO DE FALTLA held a grand re• ception in honour of the birthday of his son, Don ENRIQUE. These journals contain no further intelligence on the sub• ject of the Ministerial crisis. _ MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 17.—Three per Cents., 31% for Cash ; Five per Cents., 20 1 / 4 for Cash ; Exchange on Lon don, 37%. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. LECO3ITE was transferred to the Luxembourg prison at Rine o'clock on Wednesday. He states that he fired at the KING because his MAJESTY in reply to his petition, on the subject of his pension, had referred him to Count MONTA , - LIVET, which he considered as tantamount to a refusal. The Journal des Debats publishes a note which has just been presented by M. DE BOUTENIEFF to the Court of Rome, on the subject of the alleged persecutions of the Ba silian nuns in Minsk. The Russian Government declares that it has caused the most searching inquiry to be made as to the truth of the facts alleged, and it gives the most solemn, formal, and explicit contradiction to all the statements of the person calling herself the Basilian Abbess—statements which are pure fabrications, forming part and parcel of the con spiracy for getting up the insurrection which has recently broken cut in the provinces of ancient Poland. This is the note : "Additional information to complete the preceding note on the soi-disant Abbess de Mieczislawska. " Addition the first.—On her arrival in Paris, the woman Mieczislawska began by calling herself abbess of the convent of Kowno, and the Univers observed on this occasion that the Basilian nuns have been established from time imme morial near the village of Kowno. Subsequently the in ventors of this fable must have learned that there exists no convent of Bazilian nuns either in the town of Kowno or the province bearing that name. It was then that they made Mieczislawska assume the title of abbess of the convent of Minsk, which has just as little existence. In more precision we will remark that up to the year 1834 there was a con vent of Bazilian nuns at Minsk, but in that year the convent was transformed into an hospital. In exchange, the former convent of the Carmelites at Madgioly, a small town in the same government, district of Villeika, was placed at the dis posal of the Basilian nuns, and they were transferred to Madgioly, with an increase of revenues and other advan tages, amongst which was an annual contribution of 1,500 silver roubles, which the abbess of this convent, Lewchetzka, enjoys to this day. All this passed five years before the union of the United Greeks with the Church of the State. " Addition 2.—lt has been proved that the Bazilian nuns who had expressed a desire to live with their relations of the Roman Catholic faith continue to be with them, and that not one of them has disappeared. " Addition 3.—The following is an account of the nine convents of Bazilian nuns, with the names of their supe• riors at the time of the union :-2. At \Vilna, the Abbess Wichinska ; 2. Grodno, Bolkouna ; 3. \Vitebsk, Kasimirska ; 4. Polosk, Koulechauka ; 5. Pinsk, Korewianka ; 6. Mad gioly, Lewchetska (this is the person who was abbess of Minsk when the convent of that place was transferred to Madgioly in- 1834); 7. Orka, Schthepanowska ; 8. Polounce, Tchernikowska; 9. Woliany, Pechkowska. Of these nine Basilian convents one only has been suppresed since the union namely, that of Wilna, where there were only four nuns, two of whom entered the convent of Woliany, and two that of Polounce. The internal direction of the convents has been preserved by the same superiors and maintained precisely on the same footing as before the union. No change whatever has taken place in the former mode of administration. In the apocry phal interrogatory published by the Univers and the Journal des Debats, the woman Mieczislawska mentions the co-ope ration of the civil governor of Minsk, Usrakoff, in the mea sures of violence of which the Basilian nuns are said to have been the victims. There is no governor at Minsk of the name of Usrakoff. He has been confounded with the Coun sellor Souchkoff, who has been governor of Minsk since the year 1838, at which time these pretended persecutions are said to have commenced. Now. M. Souchkoff declares in the most positive manner, that during the whole of his go vernment no incident has come to his knowledge of a nature calculated in any way to explain the source of the odious narrative of the woman blieczislawska ; no com plaint or remonstrance On the part of the Basilian nuns has ever been addressed to him ; lie has never heard of any complaints of the nature in question; never, in his fre quent communications with the clergy of the two religions, or in his tours of inspection, which have more than once led him to the convents, has he received the slightest indication which could induce him to suppose the existence of abuses. In the same interrogatory, the woman Mieczislawska termi nates her recital, with an eulogium on the Mother-General of the order of Basilian nuns, the Princess k.,4'uphrosina Giedy min, descendant of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, aged more than 80. She says—' 'When the persecution began to rage, she sustained and encouragod the sisters by her example. Being sent into Siberia, she died during the way,' &c. In the first place, we will observe that Basilian nuns have never had a Mother-General of their order in Russia. In the second place, it is positive that the Princess Euphrosina Giedyinin, who is brought to life in 1838, died in Rome on the 12th of November, 1239, more than six hundred years ago. W e have consulted her genealogy, as also the authors who speak of her. Renowned for her piety, her memory is principally kept up among the Basilian sisters. This single fact, it appears to us, ought to suffice to show the measure of veracity of all the other assertions of the woman illieczislawska. St. Petersburgh, March, 1846." The Journal cics Disats states that the Minister of Ma rins has given orders that at each of the French dockyards a ship-of-the-line should be built without delay. This mea ' sure, says the Debats is equivalent to keeping five new ships-of-the-line afloat, because it is an easy matter to keep on the slips ships ready for launching. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday, at 83f. 65c. • the Five per Cents, 120 f. 10c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2371. 55c. ; Rouen, 1,040 f. ; Havre, 7551. ; Great Northern, 768 f. 75c.; Avignon, 9251. ; Vierzon, 6•;37f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 627 f. 50e. ; Troyes and Montcreau, 4101. ; Basle, 2301.; Fainpoux, 4501. ; Dieppe, 4571. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 5201.; Tours and Nantes, 5451. ; Paris and Lyons, 575 f. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 75f; Spanish Actives, 32%. The following are the quotations in the new lines : Lyons and Avignon Railroad (Talabot), 5121. ; ditto (Le cointe), 806 f. ; ditto Bordeaux and Cette (Macknzie), 501 f. 50c. ; ditto (Espeleta), 5117 f. 50c. ; Charleroi, 4951. LvosTs, APRIL 21.-3tarseilles and Avignon, 895 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,2021. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,020 f. ; Lyons, 5651. BUSINESS LONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 24. Boulogne and Amiens, 11%—Dutch Rhenish, 614—East In dian, 36—Great Northern of France Constituted, 1536—Namur and Liege, 1 1 4—Orleans and Bordeaux, 11—Paris and Strasbourg Con stituted, 536 —Rouen and Havre, 3 036—Sambre and Meuse, 5 Teurs and Nantes Constituted, 6%. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 25.—Wind, N.E., su nr i se , li g h t b reeze, and flne clear weather ; 10h. 39m. cloudy ; 1 lh. heavy rain and hail ; at noon, light breeze and fine, but cloudy at times. DEAL, APRIL S.E. to S. moderate.—Arrd. Palmer, and sld. for Ghent ; Watenvitch, Strugnell, St. Michael's, Arrd. from the River. Hindostan, Lamb, Bombay ; Tyne, Montreal. Arrd. from the River and aid. Duke of Portland, Cubitt, Bombay. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 24.—Wind N.N.E., light breeze.—Arrd. Par land, Smith, New Orleans ; Abagun, Finney, Charleston ; Ranawan, Swasey, Wilmington. Sid. 24th, Buona Amicizia, Bassi, Rio Janeiro ; Pakenham, Bourne, Barbadues ; Washington, Wilkie, Staten Island; Nelsen packet, Meadus, Newfoundland. SHIELDS, APRIL 22.—Sid. Walker, Coson, North America; Hope, Mirasnichl. PENZANCE, APRIL 22.—The schooner Lady of the Lake, reported yesterday ashore on Chyandour Beach, came off last tide without ap parent damage. CARDIFF, APRIL 23. —The Enterprise, Berwick, from Londcn, was got off Brcaksea Point yesterday morning, and brought in In the evening. MUMBLES, APRIL 22.—The Hope, M`Davis, from Port Talbot to Perthcawl, parted chain and drove on shere at high water, but ap parently has sustained no damage. HARTLEPOOL, APRIL 23. —A board, marked in gilt letters "Sir W. Wallace," was washed on shore near the Black Rock 9, north of this place, on the 20th inst. • SHIELDS, APRIL 23.—The Alexander, of this port, from London derry to St. John's, New Brunswick, with emigrants, is reported to have put back to Ireland, having been dismasted off Tory Island. OFF FALMOUTH, APRIL 23.—Malabar, Bointuay, for London. NEWPORT, APRIL 24.—__Sld..Fame, Dixon, Aden. F St a is w a c n e , t S t :i s ld ll an go h a a n ß d a l;;;ebec. 31 13 poota,y. — l \ i Hind E E . 7— A S rr id d : T.A,PAnrIRLIL242.3—. CABINET DINNER.—There will be a Cabinet dinner on Wednesday next, but it Is u n c e r t a in whether the Earl of Aber.. deen er the Right Hon. William E. G lads t on e will g iv e the entertain ment. THE QUEEN DOWAGER. —The negotiation for the Queen Dowager's occupancy of Blenheim Palace, the residence pf the Duke of Marlborough, has been broken off. The object her Ma. jesty had in visiting Cashiobury, Herts, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Essex, was preliminary to completing an agreement for renting it for two years; and we can state that yesterday her Ma jesty accepted the terms of the noble owner, HOLLOWAY FAlR.—This pleasure fair will be revived on Monday next, and continue four days. A large portion of tlke ground Is already covered with booths and shows. MONEY and CONIMMICIAL NEWS. ! CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, were about 6,000 bales, the market closing steadily at a alight decline from Friday last. In Railway Shares there was an improve ment, and more business doing than for some time past. At the public sale of Railway Shares yesterday afternoon, by Messrs. Lamond and Co., there was a good demand, and very fair prices were obtained. The following were the rates for some of the lots :—Rugby and Huntingdon, 1/. 3s.— London and Manchester, Remington's, 19s.—North Stafford hess.—Worcester, Hereford, —Bandon and Bantry, Ss.—lpswich, s i Ross, r and Chu G r o e u t , e es and te r Pf 9 t s t . e r es , 4' Norwich, and Yarmouth, 11.5s.—Great Eastern and Western, ls. 6d.—Cornwall and Central Devon, 11. 9s. 6d.—South and Midland, 11. Is.—Warwick and Worcester, 12s. 6d.— Direct Birmingham and Leicester, 1/.—East Indian, 10s.— Louvain it la Sambre, 1/. ss.—Bridgewater and Minehead, 18s.—Waveney Valley, 15s. There have not been any arrivals announced from the Colonies to-day. ' The Bank returns made public last evening show the fol . lowing results upon a comparison with its predecessor:— , An increase in the notes in circulation of but 1,255/., or to 27,031,510/. An increase in the Rest of 6,69 a, or to 3,359,0841. A decrease in the Public Deposits of 1,013,947/., or to 3,197,0201. A decrease in the other Deposits of 359,0061., or to 17,710,987/. A decrease to 18,736,602/. in the General Securities, but there is a slight increase in the amount of Seven. day's Bills in hand. The bullion in store last time was 13,572,027/. Now It is stated at 13,627,170/. Increase, 55,143/. Altogther it seems that the position of the Bank of England is gradually becomit:g more and mare favourable, Bank Stock remains at very tirm prices. A very firm market has prevailed to-day for the British Securities, Consols for Money have been quoted at 957 k to 9N, and (or the Account from 96 to lA. RI ducal Annuities ar. , , however, rather heavy at 93. The New Three-and-a. Quarter per C:ntss are ai; 97 1 4. Exchequer bills are rather lower, viz., at 245. premium. Not much business has been done in the Foreign. Funds to-day. Brazilian Five per Cents. opened at 82, but are now at 81. Mexican, for Account, are at 31%; Portuguese at and: the Dutch Two- The Railway Share Market is buoyant to-d a y. The value a s n B d lj t_a ; -H th a e lf S p p e a r n c is e h nt Passives a at ssiv s e 9 s l4 a t y 2. A $ of most of the old Shares are looking up. The latest accu rate prices are annexed c BitlTlkal FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) Three per Cent. Heducad Annuities .. 95 95 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities . vo pi 96 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 975 Long, Annuities, Expire Jan. 8, 1860 .. 10% PlllO, 50 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10 India BOTICIA, t,OOOl. Ditto, under 1,0001. ft ** n Consols for Account • . • • ~ •, £xcl.equer Bills. I%cl. 11“. 1,0001. ..•• 27 24 pm. 5 0 01. • • • • •• • . 24 27 prd. ERlCE: e o: ca :O ß l o tE m l ls G , Ditto, Small .. .. 24 27 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS N S p n e B r CentA ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent . • 82 81 Ditto, for the Account .• 81% Portuguese Thre,2 per Cents. .. 58 1 4 Sganisli Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • • • nit to, Passive Wm', • • • • • • 5 14 Dividends on the above payable In London. Dutch Two-and.a-Half per Cents. 59 414 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates . • 9214 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RtaLwAvs. PAID. PER S 1 1411 1 E• Birmingham and Gloucester .. ..100 125 .• .. to 124% Birmingham and Oxford JllllCtion .. 2 .• 1%14 to Caledonian .. „ 10 ~.. G l 4 .... to Ditto Half Shares .. 2 1 % .• • • 14, 1 4 ••to Chester and Holyhead 22% ••• • 2 1 •• • • to Co:ilwall and Central Boron 2% •• • • 1% .... to Direct Manchester (Remington's) • • Direct Manchester (Rastriek's) .. • • 5 1 ,4 •• • • 3% •• '• to Direct Northern .. _ 2% .... 1% •• .. to Dublin and Galway „ .• .. 2 .... to Eastern Counties • • • • • . 14/. 165. Oct. •• • • 23%% to Ditto, New • • Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No.l, 6/ 13s. 4d. •• .. is p.. to Ditto, ditto • • • • N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d.• •.. p• •to Ditto, York Extension 10s. •• .. 1% .• to Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .• •• ..., to Ditto, Halt Shares 10 • • 16% .... to Ditto, New Quarter Shares .. .. 10 • • 14% • ••to Ely alai Huntingdon . 7% •• • • 3 % • ••tO Goole, Doncaster, tlud Sheftltdd, &c. • • 425. •• .. dis.— Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 20 23% .... to Great Western „ 85 ....143 •• .. to Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth • • 2 ' • 1 "• • to Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 40 • • 55A • • • 11) London and Birmingham ..100 •• • • •• .. to Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 2 .... 2814 N• . to Ditto, Fifths .. .. 2 •• • • 24% •• • . to London and 131aekwall .. 161. 135. 4d. •• .. 8% .... to London and Brighton •• 50 64 % .. to Ditto ditto Fifths 20 .... 29% .. to -- London amt Croydon .. 131. 15s. 9d. .... 22 % .... to 22 % London and South-Western.. 41/. 6... 10d. •• •• 78 77 % to 78 % Ditto, New .. „ 12%'. 22% %%% to Ditto, New .• •• ••• •• 1 0 •••• 18 .... to London and York .. .. .. • • 1 %%.. to Ditto, Half Shares .. 2% •• • • 1 3 , •• • to Lynn and Ely „ „ .. 10 •• • • 6 % .. •• to 7 Manchester and Leeds .. 82 •• • • to -- Ditto, Half Shares • • • . _ 33 .... 55 .... to Ditto, Extension 423. •• • • 1% % pto • Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 ••• • ••to Ditto, Quar.er Shares (II) .. 4 12% • Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 .... ... to Midland ' ..100 —146 .... to Di:to, New .. 18 .• .• 3114.... to 30% Ditto, Birmingham and Derby .. 100 .... 118 to Newcastle anti Darlington Junction • . 25 .• .. 45% to Ditto, New .. _ 1 .... 9 . .. to 8% Ditto, New, Brandling 25 .... 46 •• • . to Newcastle and Berwick .. 10 •• .. 19 .. to North British .• .. 20 .• .. 26 .• .. to 25% Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 6 .... 834.... to Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1% .... to Northern and Eastern .. 50 71 .• • • to North Staffordshire .. 425. 214 p.. to Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 12%.... 814 %.. to Portsmouth Direct • • .. • • 3% •• • . •- • • to Shrewsbury and Birmingham 236.. .. 2 .... to South Devon .. • • .. 35 .... 31%.... to South Midland • .. 425. % dis par to M dis. South Eastern and Dover .. .. • • 33% • • 33 .• • • to 37% Ditto, New, No. 2 .. .. 10 ...• 12 .... to 11% Ditto, New, No. 3 .. .. 15 .... to South Wales .. .. 5 .... 2 .... to 134 Vale of Neath .. 2 .... dis.. to Welsh Midland .. 2% • . 1%.. ••to West Riding "Union .. • • .. 428..... pto York and North Midland • • •• 50 .... to Ditto, Extension • • • • .. 15 .... 33 .. • to Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 .... 9 3 % %% to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish • • - • • • • • • • 5 .. 6% 1% .. to East Indian .• •• • • • • .. 53. .... to Great Northern of France Constituted 5 .... 15%.... to Louvain and Jemeppa ,• • • .. 4 .... 1% .... to Madrid and Valentia • • • • • • • • 2 .. • . 1 .• • • to Namur and Liege • • • • • • • 4 .. • • 1% .. •.to Paris and Orleans • • • • • • • • 20 .. • • 4814.... to Rouen and Havre •• •• • •• 20 .... 30! 4 %% to 30 MINES Real del Monte, Unregistered • • ~ _ .. 3% .. • • to MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Although we had large supplies of most articles in season here, the demand ruled steady on the following terms :—Potatoes frem 45 to Greens, is 6d to 2s 3d ; and Leeks, 6d to is 8s 6d per cwt ; Turnips, 10d to is 8d ; Car ro t s, 4s to 5 s 6 d ; Spring Unions, 10d to 2s ► 2d per dozen bunches. Apples, is Gd to 5s ; and Spinach, 4d to 8d per half sieve. New Potatoes, 2d to 6d per lb ; White Cabbages, 8d to Is 6d ; and Cauliflowers, Is to 4s per dozen. Celery, 8d to 25 ; Horseradish, is 6d to 4s ; forced Asparagus, 4s to 6s ; and Rhubarb, 4d to Is 2d per bu n dl e. Oranges, 7s to 14s ; and Lemons, 7s to 12s per hundred ; S ea -kale, Is 34 to 3s ; and Small Salad, 2d per-punnet; Turnip Greens, Id to 2d ; and Brocoli Sprouts, 6d to 8d per bushel; Radishes, 4d to 6d per dozen hands ; Cess Lettuces, Id to 2d ; and Cucumbers, 2s to 8s each; Straw berries, 12s per small basket lIEUZZGETZPORD. Our market was fairly supplied with most articles, which met a slow inquiry, at but little variation in prices. NEVTGATE AND LEADEIVECALI.. Prime Mutton and Lamb commanded a ready sale at full prices. Otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 2s Gd to 3s Gd ; Mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 5s Gd to 6s 8d ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 24; and Pork, 3s 6d to 5s per illbs. Full average supplies of Poultry were on sale, general speaking the demand ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices. Turkeys, 4s to tis Gd ; Geese, 45 to 65 ; Ducks, Is Gd to 2s 6d ; Tame Rabbits, Is Gd to is 8d , Wild ditto, 4d to 10d; Pigeons, 6d to 10d; Roasting Pigs, 6s to 8s ; and Guinea Fowls, 2s 6d to 3s 6d each; Fowls, 5s to 8s ; and Chickens, 3s to Gs per couple. NEWPORT. Beef from 2s 104 to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s Gd to 4s Gd ; Lamb, Gs 8d to Gs 104 ; Veal, 4s 44 to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s per Blbs. =LIAM GSGATE. Turbots, Ss to 150 ; Brills, 33 3d to 4s 6d ; Cod Fish, 4s to 8s ; Whitings ' 44 to Sd ; Mackara, 44 to 84 ; L o b sters, Is to 3s 64 ; anti Crabs, 84 to 2s 3d each ; Soles, 104 to 3s Gd per pair ; Smelts, Is Gd to 2s lid, and Thames Flounders, Is 6d to 23 per dozen ; Salmon, 10d to Is 44 ; Eels, 4d to Is ; and Crimped Scate, 71 to 8d per lb. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s Gd to 33 6d ; Mutton, 3s Gd to As 61; Lamb, 5s 4d to is Ed ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; and Pork, 35 Sd to is per Sibs. _ _ DREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 8d to 9d ; of Household do., Gd to Bcl pLr 4lbs loaf. HIDE IV/AI:ACME'. Market Milos, 561 b to 641 b, 2d to 3d ; do. 641 b to 721 h, 11 to :3'4d; do. 7218 to 80Ib, 314 d to 3Y 2 d ; do. 8018 to 881 b, 3y, dto 3%; 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 4d; do. 961 b to 10418, 4,1 to 4 1 4 d ; Calf Skins, 3s 9d to 6s 6d; Horse Hides, 13s; Polled Sheep, 4s Gd to Gd ; Halfßreds, 4s to 5s 8d ; Downs, 2s to 4s 6d ; Lambs, 2s 9(1 to is ; Shearlings, Gd to 9d. OAT MiIitHETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 315 s to 41 Ss; Clover ditto, 4/ Ss to 51 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ Its to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1/ 162 per ioad. Trade dull at barely stationary prices. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow Hay, 31 58 to 4/ 10s ; Clover ditto, 415 s to 51 14s ; Oat Straw, 11 12s to I/ 14s; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 17s per load. Supply moderate and trade inactive. WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 Ss ; Clover ditto, 41 Ss petor6lola;dO. a n t t ki h t r i a i a ll y -, a l n 1 d l2 s s t r t a o w l m / l e 4 t s a ; inquiry,dull S t ra a w, 14s t tbalrell barely late rates. /62 l ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) Lord Langd a l e , h av i ng di spos ed of several consent peti tions, proceeded to h ear s h ort cau ses, of which there was a considerable number on the list. RYVES V. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. Mr. TURNER, w h o appeared for the d e f en d an t in this case, to which there was a demurrer, said that as some very im enilis:\ti Tin e : t , ligoln. t to fivepbeportant questions might arise in this case, which would re quire a little consideration, he had to apply to the Court for a short postponement of the hearing. Mr. KINSDERSLEY, OR the part of the plaintiff, having con sented, His Lorrnsmr directed the cause to stand over till Saturn day, the 2d May. The ooicotalasztoeixire)pn,p;switoveThaesEjeodings were quite devoid of public interest. the BishdAto VICE -CH Ry.—(THIS DAY.) ANct , 58 A 11. " C l milespro pri aotfe Durham,prop e property to the (Before Vi ce . Charcellor Sir J.\VIGnAM.) from l v , an Act enabling oapb establishmentec havea rnnndEi Chapter 6vi c :ea o lsp )r . t, te ed o dri F voui n ofdnf u eDdo a aae cu H nri csrd A oh3a 3 lawrl f belonging to the see, in so applied. The order was made. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) Mr(.SGitotinnsgosNi,n Banco, before Mr. Justice COLER IDGE. ) SOUTH. EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Qs- " , applied to the Court fur a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, directed to the South-Eastern Railway Company, calling on them to pay nthilessAlodnmerisraflotyr e t x h e e e s u u t m i, of 10,000 i., according to a clause M England the sum of 10 their Act. heT Learned Counsel stated, that under a clause in the Act of a railway company, called the Brighton and Lewes line, which was to cross the river Rother, near Rye harbour, that Company was compelled to pay to the Coin :ogoot the to o ffi e e for the improvement of .the river Bother and Rye harbour. The South-Eastern Compan which was empowered under high ius jve Admiralcontrol, Brighton and Lewes Railway, and a clause was an Act of William IV., clia y' 7s, seemed to have been endea vouring to make a brand ) : in tha same direction as the Act l' i lPOWering them to take in a portion of that railway. That clause 9 Vic aotf t i l j ie ° i r r d exc v.'3o p4t in their Act under the Acts 8 and toria, section 89. 'lll. --- coUsizt cif the landowners having been obtained, a certain portion Of l aid Brigao and Lewes line was transferred to the South -Eastern "Cordlual put in their ik hei r ng that portionliable to the payment of 10,000/. This baYins bet'? ' 419.0 sgl the Bth of February last, the South- Eastern Company Were asked to pay the money. The appli cation was made to the solicitor of the company, the person to whom under the Act the application should be made but no answer was received, and the application was renewed. In answer to that application a letter was received from the company's solicitor, stating that he was sorry that the pay ment of the 10,0001. had been delayed, but it had passed the finance committee and board, and a cheque fur the amount should be ready on the following Friday. The money was not forthcoming on that, day, and another application was made, the answer to which stated that the c'3Eque was ready and would be forwarded. As the money was not forth coming, and as it was necessary that their Lordships—who had waited as long as their duty would permit—should have the money to be applied to the purpr.,ses alrlady stated, it became necessary fur them to make this application to the Court. Mr. Ju6tice COLERIDGE—Take a rule, IN RE GfiAMIIARS V. 'WILTON. The Sommort-GliiimeAr, applied to the Court to revise certain judgments which had been . given by Mr. Chambers to a Mr. Wilton, and also for a writ of sore facies, to make the assignee of Mr. Wilton, under the Insolvent Debtors' Act, a party to those judgments It appeared that Mr. Wilton had for some years acted as attorney for Mr. Chambers, who was a banker, and against whom a munias.ion bankruptcy had been ia:ared, and had received four warrants of attorney on which judgment had been entered up. It was in respect of one (f these warrants that the present application was made. One of these war rants was a bond, under a penalty of 1,000/., to indemnify Mr. Wilton against certain costs in an action which was then pending, and also in certain other proceedings involving the validity pf the bantrttptcy ag,ipst Qiunbers. An other of them was a bend'," under a pe,:alty of 10,00 X, to secure 5,0001. by way of gift or gratuity to'Mr. Wilton, in respect of certain services which he had Derformetl, and cite two other judgments were simply for costs!,:onefo,r a stun of between 4,000/. and 5,0001.; arid the other for 3,00/. fur cost due from Alr. Chambers to ni certain Chancery proceedings, Judgment wad entered on all these warrants, and as 'bey remained unsatisfied, in January, 1837, a rule was obtained calling on Mr ; r i lt.oirl to show cane why judgement aliorricl not be "vacated. The ground on which 'the. apPiication was made was, that at the time these coats were incurred Mr. Wilton was not an attorney duly qualified to act in that Court, or at the time when the warrants were made. The matter was discussed in that Court, and the rule was made absolute for vacatina the jridgments, with a qealifieatio n th a t th e y were to be referrefi to the Master to ascertain how much was due from Mr. Chambers to Mr. Wilton for money actually paid, and subjecting these warranty to thc.s. payment of whatever money might be due ripen that ground. The matter was referred to the Master, and it seemed that from 7001. to 001. were dare from Mr. Chambers to pa. Wilton for money paid. After that Mr. Chambers proceeded in Chancery against Mr. Wilton, in order to have that sum still fArther reduced, and to obtain an order of the Court to ascertain how much of this 7001. was for business done in the Court of Chancery, when Mr, Wilton was duly qualified to practise as an attorney. To questlon was un6pr a dem..tat order of the Court referred to a Master, and the result was that instead of 700/., only l ills was found to be due from Mr. Chambers to Itr. Wilton, and wordipAly A deers,: wad obtained that on payment of that sum satisfaction should be entered upon the warrants. In the meantime Mr. Wilton had assigned two of these jttdappenta to a gentleman named Greene, whp was conse quently interested in these proceedings, and would of course be entitled to some portion of the 111/. Mr. Wilton took the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act end a Mr, Sturges was 4pPoillteil a 4 his assignee. The result was that Mr. Wilton, who was entitled to the pay ment of 111/. before Mr. Chambers could enter or cause to be entered satisfaction on the warrants, ceased to have any inte rest in them, as hp had subscribed them to Mr. Greene and to his assignee. Mr. Chambers was perfectly willing to pay the 1111., but could only pay it on satisfaction being entered on ebese judgments. only the other hand Mr. Greene was willing to arrange his claims, and Mr. Sturges, the assignee, was willing to cancel the judgments on the receipt of I An application was made by Mr, Chambers some time since to enter up judgment on payment of 111/., but the objection was that it was a proceeding for the Court of Chancery, and the rule was accordingly discharged. The present applica tion was made on behalf of Mr. Wilton's assignee in order that judgment might be entered up, and the 111/., subject to the claim of Mr, Greene, should be paid to him to distribute amongst the creditors of Air. Wilton, for be could not obtain the money except on satisfaction being ent , reel. This tran saction took place 15 years ago, and the present application was made to revive these judgments and to make Mr. Sturges a party to them. The only question was whether under these circumstances it was necessary to have a rule nisi to show cause, or to serve a rule op Mr. Wilton to enable him to show cause. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—To avoid any trouble you ha( better take a rule to show causo. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Baron ALDEnsoN.) SLACK V. FRANCIS. This was an action brought to recover the possession of certain deeds which had been placed in the defendant's hands for the purpose of raising money on a bill, the deeds being placed. as the defendants considered, as a collateral security. The plaintiff, before the money was advanced, changed his intention, and demanded the repossession of the documents, but the defendant Francis refused to deliver them unless he was paid his costs. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff of 400/., the payment of which was to be enforced, if the defendant did not give up possession of the deeds. WINTERBURN V. BROOKS AND °TITERS. This was an action brought to recover damages which the plaintiff had sustained, by means of an assault committed, and false imprisonment sustained, at the instance of the defendants. It appeared, from the evidence for the plaintiff, that Mr. Winterburn happened to have a very ill-conducted youth for a son, who was accustomed to keep very bad company, and on the day in question, the 21st of December last, the son bad stolen from his home, to go to his usual haunts, and Mr. Winterburn followed to drive him home. It happened whilst he was administering chastisement with a strap, which was shown to be by no means grievous, Mr. Brooks, a Mr. Wil kinson, and a Mr. Herbert, seized hold of Mr. Winterburn, shook him, and led him by the collar to the station-house. [The Court then rose to enable his Lordship to attend the Crown cases.] COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court, which rose at an early hour, was engaged dur ing its sitting in hearing motions which were of no interest whatever but to the parties concerned. LONDON SESSIONS.-THIS DAY (Before the RECORDE a.) The Court sat to-day to hear appeals. ST. CLEMENT DANES V. ST. GILES, CRIPPLEGATE. In this case the pauper had been the subject of appeal for nearly twenty-one years; and it was now proposed that thu matter should be referred to a barrister, to decide on the settlement. The RECORDER said if it stood over for three months. reflection might bring both sides to their common sense, and the appeal to years of discretion.—(Laughter.) The pauper was made a perfect shuttlecock. ST. LEONARD, SHOREDITCH, V. ST. GILES. CRIPPLEGATE. The pauper in this appeal was a lunatic, and had been confined in a privats lunatic asylum. The order for confine ment did not set forth that there was no lunatic asylum for the City. The RECORDER said that the City was a county of itself. The City could build an asylum, or, under the new Act of Parliament, have one in any adjoining county. The fact ought to have been stated that there was no such asylum in the City. The appeal, therefore, could not be heard. • It appeared that both parishes had made themselves liable to indictment, but the matter was arranged. A very lengthened argument took place in several cases as to the time required for giving notice. By the New Poor-law Amendment Act thirty-five days were allowed, but it was contended that was only admitting a different mode of relief by appeal, but did not alter the Act. The COURT decided that it was peremptory that the notice must be given within twenty-one days after the order wac served, and notice of the ground of appeal within fourteen days further. The Court also decided that an appeal could not be entered and respited, but that notice of the intention to apply must be given at the first session, as a matter of course, although it was strenuously urged that it had long been the practice of this and the Middlesex sessions. The Recorder said no practice could be maintained contrary to an Act of Parliament. These decisions were considered of great importance. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. Last evening - a performance of sacred music, consisting ol a cantata by Mr. G. Perry, the 114th Psalm by Mendelssohn, and Haydn's Service NO. 2, was given by the above society, aided by a powerful chorus, and by the following professionals, viz., Miss Dolby, Miss Birch, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Lockey, and Mr. Leffler. The cantata, " 13 elshazzar's Feast," was the principal feature of the evening's entertainment, being the composition of Mr. Perry, who conducted in person. On his entrance and at the conclusion of the oratorio he was much applauded. We have often had occasion to notice the talent of this gentleman; to him the public are indebted for the delightful accom paniments to the works of Handel, &c. ; these bear testimony to his being a perfect master of the science. The cantata is a bold and effective composition, abounding with many fine passages. The overture was a fine effort, and elicited much applause. Several beautiful horn movements are judiciously introduced, particularly in the air "Jerusa lem's walls are forsaken," sung by Leffler. Miss Dolby had a charming recit. and air, "Devoted to the e ," w hi ch elicited great applaus e , and was encored. Mr. Phillips was in excellent voice, and gave the recit., " Thy gifts be to thyself" in a most impressive manner. An air also by Leffler, "To gilded shadows," had a violoncello accompaniment, which Mr. Lindley per formed in his usual able mann er . Th e concluding chorus, Hear, 0 ye nations," is a magn ifi cent one, but the Amen was too tedious and injured th e e ff ect Which' it would other wise have produced. The whole is capable of improvement; and although the choruses were, in most instances, ad mirably given, and with remarkable precision, yet it bore evidence of the lack of sufficient practice. Men delssohn's 114th Psalm, " When Israel out of Egypt came," commenced the second part. This was the first time of its performance in London, and although exceedingly difficult, was very well performed. Had it been given with eight voi ces , f or w hi c h it i s set, it would have been more pleasing ; w ith th e f u ll chor c u o society it was much too noisy. The Se rv ice, which the evening's performance is a truly delightfulchorus of the one. In our opinion, were those masses more generally known and oftener performed, they would becon - i eas is announced for popular as the oratorios. Haydn's oratorio, The Creation performance on Friday next. _ - " THE SUN" EXPRESS.—We are indebted to our able and zealous Contemporary for an express edition of The Sun, re ceived this morning in Exeter at daybreak, containing the whole of Sir Robert Peel's speech, copies of which, through Mr. Young's liberality, were gratuitously distributed to the bankers, public institutions, &c.— Western Times. NEW SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOURS.— His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lieut-Colonel Sey mour, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Mary of Cambridge, honoured with a visit yesterday the Gallery of the New Society of Painters in Water-colours, in Pall-mall. The royal personages were accom panied by the Baroness Ahlefeldt, and attended by Baron Knesebeck and Mr. E. St. John Mildinay, &c. The Duke of Cambridge came unattended as early as twelve o'clock. Mr. Warren, the president, and Mr. Fahey, the secretary of the society, conducted the royal par ties through the gallery. THE APPROACHING EXHIBITION.—It is said that the number of architectural drawings sent to the Royal Academy this year is less than has ever been known. This is no doubt occasioned by the engrossing nature of railway work.—The Builder. DARING ROBBERY AT Tim BLACKWALL RAILWAY Tinunnius.—On Fridsy infqrmation was receiyed by the poli ce, th at on the previous ilft&rnoOn, about tli - o'clock C crPtg'in liNly; of Gosport, while in the waiting-rooms of the Blackwell Terminus, Fenchurch-street, was robbed of a purse, containing four 101. Bank of England note., a 51. note, live sovereigns, and some silver. A MISTAKE OF THE PRESS.—The Gloucester Chroni cle last weeJt, in its account of the assizes, made the following extra ordinary 'annotmcernent: and on being retried [byj the Chief Baron was lowlptilty end fentencect to three montheimerts coni f no •„ „ BRID PORT ELECTION COM. MITTEE.-(THIS DAY.) RETURN OF MR. ROMILLY, THE LIBERAL CAN"- DIDATE. The Committee appointed to inquire into the truth of the allegations against the return of Mr. Bailie C oc h rane as Par liamentary representative for the borough of Bridport, sat for the first time at eleven o'clock this morning, in No. 2 Committee-room of the House of Commons. The allegations were bribery, treating, and corruption. It may be remem bered that the Honourable Member was returned by a majo rity of one only, and it was stated very generally, at the close of the election, that had it not been fur some errors in the polling-books, the majority would have been in f -- Mr. Romilly, the opposing cane. , ' our of Thy C • ;,irtirtee consisted of Mr. Charles Wood (chair inan), Mr. B, Escott, Sir William Somerville, Lord Claude Hamilton, and Lord Dalmeny. The counsel for the petitioners were Mr. Cockburn, Ser geant Wrangham, and Sergeant. Kinglake ; and for the sit ting Member Mr. Austin and Mr. Sergeant Murphy. The agent for the petitioners was Mr. Coppock, and for the sitting Member. Messrs. Vizard and Lemon. Mr. Cochrane was present during the proceedings. The proceedings were opened by the clerk of the Com mittee reading the petition, after which The CHAIRMAN said—Mr. Cockburn, we have come to same resolutions which we passed in the case of the Qana bridge Committee. I believe I need xi them over to you. Mr. CogiCillsssOh, no; they ought in fact to be taken as the ffener4l practice of Parliament. The CHAIRMAN—ExactIy so 1 it was necessary that we should come to these resiolutions for our own guidance. Mr. Ames? said that those resolutions should in fact be looked upon as the Mid's Practice for Parliament.-- (Laughter Cocrenunst said, that it then became his duty, on the part of the petitioners, to state. the immediate cir cumstances under which the petition was sought to be up held, was a petition that contained numerous alleges tions, and for the purpose of laying before them the CaSO of the petitioners, he might state at once that all the main points would be brought under their conelderation. And one of the grounds on which the petitioners sought to set aside the return of Mr, Coehrene, and establish the riglit of Mr. Romilly to be returned for this election, embraced what was called the general case, and the other resolved itself into a question of scrutiny. Upon the general case the petitioners contended that ky, Cochrane's return was void in point of law, and ought to be set aside, as well as upon the scrutiny; and they would show to the. Committee `several eases by which Mr. Cochrane had rendered himself disabled and disqualified to be returned to sit in the present session of Parliament. On the scrutiny, they would contend that he ought never to have been re turned, but that Mr. Romilly was entitled to be returned for the borough of lAridport. Now it was always a painful matter to have to enter on what was called the general case, because one could not do that without more or less implicat ing either the tilting Member himself, or those who had acted on his behalf—his friends or agenta. There was no question about treating in this cast, They were prepared to prove that the sitting Mepalsars and his agents, had obtained this return by tnpos of corrupt and illegal practices. Now, furthermore, upon the scrutiny they said that several votes had been rendered void by bribery, and they were prepared to prove that that had been done in numerous instances. They were also on the scrutiny prepared to show that the various other grounds which were set forth in detail in the notices which they had slowed on the opposing party, and which would, therefore, render it unnecessary for him to trouble them by minutely going over those various grounds, were all capable of proof. They contended that votes had been given for Mr. Cochrane which ought not to have been given, and that votes had been withheld which ought to have been given to Mr. Homily, Mr. AusTsss--Aly Le - srned Friend talks about a scrutiny, and it will be a great convenience to us if be tells us whether he means to go into the general case, as he calls it, or to go into the scrutiny. The CHAIRMAN--.I suppose he will tell us before he has done, Mr. Cooxnuasr—My Learned Friend's interruption is not regular or usual ; but if he wishes to know I have no hesita tion in telling you, that though I feel it my duty to open the whole case on which I seek to avoid this return, I shall think it right first to proceed with the'scrutiny, because I believe that upon that scrutiny I shall be enabled to seat Mr. Romilly, and if so, I shall then be spared the more painful inquiry into those practices which are charged against Mr. Cochrane. Mr. AusTrn—My Learned Friend has a right, no doubt, to begin with what part of the case he pleases, but I also have a right to ascertain from my .Learned Friend what course he proposes to follow, and I consider it to be my duty to ascer tain from him what that course is. You will observe— The CHAIRMAN—I think you ought to allow him to go on. Mr. AUSTIN—I think not. It is with reference to the con ducting of the case. I understand that my Learned Friend will go into the scrutiny first; and he has a right to do that no doubt, if lie please, or he may take the general case first. If you will just look at this petition, you will find that the bulk of the allegations consists of what is called the general case. With reference to that general case, I beg to say that I am prepared, on the part of Mr. Cochrane, to meet it. But, Sir, with reference to the scrutiny, if we are to be driven into the scrutiny before we go into the general case, then I will tell my Learned Friend, and the Committee, which is of more importance, that at this period of Parliament—that at the time when this session may probably measure the dura tion of the whole Parliament, I do not think it right, on the part of my client, to follow my Learned Friend through a scrutiny which might last to the end of the session itself. It would be a waste of time and an expense which I do not feel the least degree of inclination to advise, and I therefore do not intend t o go i nto the scrutiny at all.' I do not, in fact, wish to inquire whether Mr. Johnson received alms from the agents of my client, or whether another man received 10/. ; and, therefore, if my Learned Friend wishes to go into the scrutiny, lie may go on with that if he chooses; but with the general case lam prepared to grapple. I do not, how ever, mean to go into the question of scrutiny. I think, therefore, that you will admit that my interruption is quite pertinent. The CHAIRMAN—Pefectly so. Mr. COCKBURN said that he hardly understood his position. If he were to strike off two voters unopposed by the other party, that was one thing; but he would certainly prefer fol lowing his own course, as he understood his Learned Friend was not prepared to go into the question of scrutiny. Mr. AUSTIN did not see an y diffi cu l ty whatever as to the course to be adopted by his Learned Friend with regard to the question of scrutiny. It was simply whether a man of the name of Skyrocket, or something of that sort—(Laughter) —went and voted for Mr. Romilly, whilst the vote was en tered for Mr. Cochrane. Set geant WRANGHAM—Thay ought to restore that vote to the right owner at once. The CHAIRMAN—Of course, if that is so, he ought to be entered for Romilly. Mr. Cocxnunn—Sergeant Muiphy says, the man went up a rocket to vote for Romilly, and came (town a Cochrance. Mr. Aus'rlN_This is a case in which a scrutiny is most desirable, to inquire into the conduct of the returning officers. The CHAIRMAN—It is quite clear that we are called upon to enter into a scrutiny. Mr. COCKBURN—I am quite delighted that for the present, at least,l am called upon to go into the question of those per sonal matters to which I have alluded. The CHAIRMAN —YOU had better proceed with the proof about the state of the polling-books. Mr. R. Naylor, chief clerk of the High Court of Chancery, was accordingly called, and having been sworn, was cross examined as follows : Mr. SERGEANT WRANGHAM—Do you produce the polling.. books in this case ?—I do. Do you find the name of William Rockett, cordwainer, in them ?—I do; his name is placed op posite 273, on the register, and his residence is stated to be South-street : he is put down as having voted for Mr. Cochrane. Is there not something opposite his name, which has been written over ?—Yes; there were some words written opposite his name, but they have been struck out ; I believe the words " not completed" are those which have been struck out. Joseph Welsh was the next witness, and was examined as follows : Do you know Wm. Rockett ?—Perfectly well. He is a voter at Bridport ?—Yes, Sir. Were you present at the time when lie came to vote at the last Bridport election ? Yes, Sir. Did you see him come up to vote ?—I saw him come to the polling-booth. Did you see him give his vote? —Yes : he voted for Mr. Romilly The CHAIRMAN —Was he sober at the time?—Yes, Sir Do you see him here ?—I have not seen him here. Sergeant WRANGHAM—He is not here. In cases of this kind voters are parties in the case, and they are not, there fore, entitled to be evidence. His admissions may be evi dence against him, but not for him. As the counsel for Mr. Cochrane had already stated that they were not prepared to defend a scrutiny, the Chairman here ordered the room to be cleared for the purpose of con sulting with his colleagues; and after the lapse of a few minutes the parties were re-admitted, when The CHAIRMAN said—We have come to theresolution that Mr. Cochrane was not duly elected, and that Mr. Romiiy ' was duly elected, and ought to be returned, and we shall report to the House that the manner in which Mr. Coch rane was returned was by the transfer of Ruckett's vote. The case was thus suddenly brought to a conclusion in the space of three-quarters of an hour, anti although the form of an inquiry was gone through, and the vote of one person legally disposed of, it was perfectly eviden from the whispering of counsel, and the consulta lion of agents, that Mr. Cochrane's party struck their flag, to avoid exposures highly inconvenient. In fact, it was generally reported and believed that a more flagrant case of bribery, affecting both principal and agents, has seldom been ready for opening, than the one which timely surrender and arrangement, at the very last moment, pre vented. occurred in this coun try, ever most brutal cases of rape that, perhaps , ye.iig i last, at Knipe Scar, a lone on Sunday e of Iluckthorpe and try, were perpetrated between the village Miss , . GRoss OIITRAGE.—PENRITH, APRIL 23.—Two of the l y i n g bet the persons of Elizabeth Bampton Grange, in years, and her sister Jane, aged seventeen, and extensive moor, who were working o n by four labourers, the Lancaster and Carlisle Dover, aged thirty-twoo stth Railway, named John in Westmoreland, on have made their escape. IVm . Sm II t h , , appearsJac k thatGloucester,th e mother .. Gunner, who these ladies and their brother carry on a large farm, call hich there is not another dwelling for upwards mile, a' Dovers live with them. On Sunday last, another sister, S Scar side, near w ed of the a r ca d the Misses visit ret t u o ri re ho h m e e r mother andwho t i h iv o e f s am at uy lla a c t k s tlgrg t e lo Ha far ll, was m 1 her over a greater part of the moor. On their re t urn, andon a her on in the evening, her sisters, Elizabeth and Jane, accompa niedwhen about half a mile from home, they we re met on the moor by the two Smiths, Gloucester, and Gunner, w h o a I four commenced most brutal assaults upon them by kicking and beating them in a most unmerciful manner; indeed, one of the Smiths knocked a tooth out of the head of Jane, and their bon nets and clothes were torn and tatb red to pieces. Having done that, they tnrew the two defenceless sisters on the ground, when each of the villains violated their persons. For upwards of two ' , hours they kept the poor', iris in this state, all the four having committed the crime tkee times each. At last they let Jane go who manage with great difficulty to reach home, leaving her sister , in the hands of d the four villains. On getting home she presented a most fearful figure, and having told what had happened, her brother Matthew immediately mounted his horse and galloped off in search of his sister Elizabeth, and the villains, on hearing the clattering of the horse's feet, decamped. He at last found her lying on the ground unable to get up, and presenting a most heart-rending spectacle. With great difficulty he succeeded in getting her home about ten o'clock at night. It was before eight o'clock when the villains first attacked them. On leaving the females they proceeded to their lodgings at Little St uc kl and, where they remained some time, but early in the morni ng th ey decamped. The police are out in all direc tions in search of them, but up to this time (Thursday evening) they have not been apprehended. The respectability of the two females, and the enormity of the crime, have given rise to the greatest de gree of excitement and execration. STEAM 41 N D COMMON SENSE.—Since the Leicester and Norwich coach has been knocked off the road, much dissatisfac tion is expressed at the route the letters posted east of Holbeach now take in coming to this locality, and vice versa. It can scarcely be believed that a letter having to go only to another town two 01140 ff, i.e. frolli lyttaPlpiie tq Hplbeaell, should }lave to in the ' distance of 250 miles ; al in so have the letters posted at the intermediate places be tween the latter place and Lynn, to go the same distance; •t% hat should be delivered in two or three hours now take two days. This calls loudly for an alteration, and though caused by the increase of steam, proves the necessity of a further increase, and must ceneinee Bevery person of the necessity of a railway betlyeel3 Grose 1:404. oston. Herald. -. . •• - • •*. . ' - ' EXHIBITION OF THE Or PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS. SOCIETY The Forty-secoud exhibition of this society, which win be open to the public on Monday, was opened for private view this day, at one o'clock, at the Society's Gallery, 5, Pall.mall East. The number of paintings exhibibited s 320. The President of the Society, Copley Fielding, has, as usual, contributed largely to the exhibitioP. His landscape, No,. 70, "Ben Cruachan," seek Argyllshi re Nixt the moors ab ove Taynu",t, , olg o,f the most be au tif u l specimens this masts . 411 041 nZhibitieb. His view, No, 10, " Duns.'er, with Minellead Point, Somersetshire," is also an exe i nisite little bit of landscape, S. Prout contribute.; several of his fine architectural pictures. His " ii.otel de Ville " at Oudenarde, Flanders" (204), is one of those magnifiet,nt specimens of architectural drawing thz,,t no one bu''„ Prout can give us. Among the most eminent the contribute-.s to the exhi bition is Mr. George Ff ip p His picture, 3 " Scene of the Coast, nea r L olworth , " is a fine 'representation of the bold r ocky scenery of the Dorsetshire coast, treated in the most tirtistical manner. No. 66. " The Unwelcome Return," by Cattermole. Th e return of a k n i g h t from the Wars. He h as arr i ved within his ow n domain, and the is none to welcome him. The trees in this picture are exceedingly beautiful. No. 58. " Irish Courtship;" and N o . 18 0. " Irish Reap ers meeting their fri'ands after harvesting in Eng land," by Alfrta Fripp, are both gems of art. The first cot lists of two figures, the lover and his sweetlies.:,t. The anxiety which is expressed in his features while he is pouring the tale of love into her ear, contrasts admirably with the coquettish yet warm-hearted expression of her countenance—it is evident he is pleading his cause before no unfriendly tribunal. The last is a large picture, and the subject is treated in a spirit of reckless joyousness which would not have been unworthy of Wilkie. J. D. Harding gives us a splendid landscape (No. 118), "The range of the highest Alps, taken from the road be tween Como and Lucca, Como in the distance ;" and Gusti. nean gives us a most brilliant landscape, " Tanfield, York shire," (No. 15). We had marked out several others for no tice in our catalogue, but we must reserve them for another opportunity. NEW SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS.—(THIS DAY.) Like the old society, this society opened its annual exhibi tion at the Gallery, 53, Pall-mall, for private view, this morning, preparatory to the public exhibition on Monday. While the oil painters seemed to have given up even the attempt to paint a picture of a high order of art, the water-colour painters, more particu larly the members of this Society, not only make the attempt, but succeed in it. We have in this exhibition several pic tures of the very highest order of art, and first we would mention, No. 132, " Christ raising from death the daughter of Jairus," by Edward Corbould. This is really a fine picture; the subject is treated with true artistic feeling. It is true, the expression of the coun tenance of the Saviour is somewhat wanting in majesty, but that is a fault which is common to almost every artist who has treated the subject. The finite can never compre hend or express the infinite. But the expression of the features of the daughter of Jairus is exceedingly beautiful, there is about it that sort of indescribable expression of calm which is produced by pain that has ceased : the deep anxiety of the mother, as kneeling by the side of the bed she watches her child, and the humble adoration of the father who, bowed down by sorrow, partially hides his face in his hands as he kneels, are given in a manner that proves the artist must not only have been an attentive student of the old masters, but that he has drawn his inspiration from the same source from whence they derived theirs—the study of nature. The grouping is most artistical, the drapery is flowing and well managed, and the colouring brilliant. It is a great picture. No. 166. " The welcome of the boy King Henry into London," is a painting from the cartoon on the same subject by the same artist, which was exhibited at the Art-Union cartoon exibition, and is very brilliant. No. 195. " By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down ; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion," H. P. Riviere, is a fine subject finely treated. The expression of grief in the countenances of the women, and of despair and hatred in those of the men, is very fine. The oriental cast of the fea tures is well preserved, and the grouping is admirable. No. 100. " Wickliff Defying the Mendicant Friars," E. H. Welinert.—" While at Oxford, Wickliff was assailed by severe sickness, and reports were circulated of his approaching death. The mendicant friars, with whom he had for some time been engaged in a sharp controversy, considered this to be a favourable opportunity for obtaining a recantation of his de clarations against them. A doctor from each of the privi leged orders of beggars, attended by some of the civil autho rities of the city, entered the chamber of Wickliff, detailed the wrongs they had suffered from him, especially by his sermons - and other writings ; and as death now appeared near, they concluded he must have feelings of compunction on this account, and therefore expressed a hope that he would not conceal his penitence, butlwoold distinctly recal whatever he had said against them. Wickliff listened to their address un moved; but when it was concluded, he started up in his bed, and exclaimed loudly, shall not die, but livo, and shal again declare the evil deeds of the friars.' The appalled doctors hurried from the room, and the prediction was ful filled." The manner in which this subject is treated is good. Wickliff, who is rising from his bed, is held; back; by a:female in attendance on him ; and who sums terrified at the scene, and fearful lest he should, by his exertion, destroy himselL At the head of the bed stands the leech, prepared to administer some remedy ; and the friars are at the bottom of the bed, i etiring in a group. The varied expression of the countenances of the friars is admirable; in some terror prevails, and in others bellied hate and smothered rage. Wickeliff seems a perfect incar nation of mental energy. This picture has but one faults.• the draperies are not well managed, they are somewhat wrinkly. Aaron Penly gives us 'some rich and glowing landscapes which are exceedingly beautiful. When all are so fine, it i s really difficult to particularise. And on referring to our catalogue to guide us, we find we have marked all Penly's as excellent. No. 63. " Dutch Ferry on the Meuse," by E. Duncan, is a beautiful bit. No. 54. " A Tiff," by J. Jenkins, is an exceedin picture. It i s a lovers' g clever quarrel ; they lire sitting back t o back —.the lady sulky, the gentleman somewhat impatient. He is looking over his shoulder at her, but is evidently prepared to turn his head. away the instant she shall look towards him ; of which, however, there seems little probability. There are some exquisite fruit and flower pieces, among which we would particularise No. 37, " Gathered. in a burry,' painted by Mrs. Harrison, as particularly deserving of notice. The lateness of the hour compels no reluctantly to close this hasty notice, and to defer to another opportunity our remarks on many other exquisite specimens of art in this delightful exhibition. A _MERICAN PROVISIONS.—The arrivals of flour and various other descriptions of provisions at the ports of London and Liverpool, the latter especially, from the United States of America, within the past two or three days, have been of so extensive and im portant a nature as to be worthy of particular notice. The arrivals have been from New York, Baltimore, and New Orleans in partieular. THE ARMY.—The Ist division of the 10th Hussars, leave Gravesend for India on Monday next, The 2d division will leave the same place on the Ist and 2d of the ensuing month ; and the third and last will take their departure on the 6th of May. THE DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN.—His Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to send a donation to the committee for the ball in aid of the funds for the Distressed Needlewomen's Society, which will take place at Willis's Rooms, on Friday next, May the let, and requested his name to be added as a patron on the occasion. FIRE AT BAYSWATER. —Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, a fire was discovered in the upper part of a young ladies' boarding establishment, belonging to the Misses Mathews, situate No. 16, Westbourne-street, in the rear of Hyde Park-gar dens. Within a few minutes of the alarm being given, the Pad dington parish engine arrived on the spot, and was soon got Into operation, but by this time the fire had got such a firm hold of the roof, that it was considered impossible to save the building; shortly afterwards, however, fresh engines arrived, which were got to work, and aided by a plentiful supply of water, in the course of an hour and a half the lower part of the building was saved, but the whole of the upper floor and roof is totally consumed. The fire was found to have orignated from the boi g id ard t e h n n s be o r f wl on e ci h on sio ezo rted ror th t e h ro o o u f s , e and T w he hi l c o li ss c i ar e e st i i n ni to . t ect the at kitchen ds chimney ofBooi. of the adjoining NOVEL lmeoaTATlos.—Upwards of 7,000 tons of white gravel have been shipped from this city to London since the esterday's Bhaskur gives 15th of September last. It is taken from the beach at Long Island, pape 1 3 gm beautify rEeNg as d 1 the snE an p np a eE r n ks wormT a ...... n o d usys erpent captured at Seebpore, AN across the water :--" A serpent was • and li e f ur o .s l l e o d w t l o l l ] hohse of Baboo Rsmruttun flolciar _ lying within a jungle, near the made an attack on the body of the , When a jackal, believing 1 , t dead, turned round upon the jackal, and i Monster, whereupon the latter its body. This was accidentaii n a short while devoured half of to be on a tree hard by, and vvl y witnessed by a man who happened number of villagers, by whom to on th a t ra i sed a cry and collected a monster measured 14 cubits the serpe n t was captured. The Delhi Gazette. ts 1 n length, and two in cireamferenee.*— vpiac O ra t i treant Vicarage, ea e : 2 so l ft, s aa t offf i so n oar s nad t s. . , yoounngt:s2ql.st inst.a,hutihrgeei:towefrifa. a daughter . in t elira li ve l lfu H are, Lady Cecilia Des Wean, of On the 20th inst., at Pope House, Upper Tooting, Mrs. J. Da Rev. A. F. Boucher, of Daiwa On the 21st inst., at Dorking, Surrey, the lady of Heathfleld e da o n f g t h h t e er. On the 21st hut., in Cavendish-square, the lady of Herman Stern, FM or a daughter. On the 21st 11:st., at Thurlow Cottage, Lower Norwood, Mrs. W. Nichols, of a daughter. On the 21st inst., at Claph am , S urrey, the wife of George Heath cote, of a son. On the 22E1 inst , at Camber we ll, M rs. Townsend Charles Dance, of a daughter. • _On ...the 22d inst., at Upper Clapton, Mrs. S. Searle, of a daughter. ARRIE. On the 16th i nst., at St. Pa M ul's Chu rc h, Bristol, Mr. T. H. Cramp ton, of Bath, to Miss Bell, of lirrinswlck-square. On the 20th inst., at Jersey, at St. Clement's Church, Captain Henry Francis Slater, of the Royal Artillery, to Miss Katherine Walcott, daughter of the late Rev. William Garrett, of the Island of Barbadoes. DIED. At Hastings, m ost deeply lamented, on April22d, Frederick Richard Crewe, Esq., aged 22 years, second son of the late Lieutenant- Colonel Crewe, and nephew to Lord Carrington. -On the 23d inst., Ann, the wife of Mr. George Shepherd, of the 1 Hampshire Hog, Strand, aged 42. On the 27th of February last, Lieutenant-Colonel Sutherland, Military Secretary to the Resident of Hydrabad. On the 17th inst., Mr. Benjamin Blackman, of Hertsmeileeux„, Sawa, On the 19th inst., at Exmouth, i the:Rev. Henry Ward, of Felmere. ham, Bedfordshire. On the 21st fast., Charles Vavasour, &sq.,son. of Sir Edward Vasa soar, Bart., of Hazelwood Hall. Lendi,n: Printed and Published by itlrltDO 'YOUNG, of No. IV, Strand, Printer, at The $ Office, W 0.112, Strand, in the Preeineli tv the at4VO/, is th 9 cillatY of Middles ex, Saturday, AprilVs 184 e THE SUN, _LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1846. _ ~ ~. `».. t, ~ ),