The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-22 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Q VARTER TO T'i There was no business done in the Cotton or Share Markets at Liverpool yesterday. The weekly average statement of the assets and liabi lities of the Bank of England, to the 15th inst., is of an important character. We expressed an opinion a day or two prior to the memorable " 10 th of A p ril," that the effe c t of the mistrust excited would be to induce the more timid to receive a greater portion of their dividends than usual in " current coin" of the realm, and we besides directed attention to the increased shipments of bullion to the continent. Ireland, also, has needed a supply of some amount ; the absurd " run" upon the banks being the cause. It is suggested, however, that there may be " method" in this demand for the repay. ment of deposits, as the decline in the funds will afford an advantage t., the purchaser beyond what can be ob tained from the banks. Still it is to be regretted that just now there should be fluctuation excited by sales of stock for the banks, and re-purchases for the late deposi tors. The active circulation, it will be observed, has been extended, to the advantage of the Bank, and we may call attention to the comparatively small amount of the public deposits : Notes issued 27,165,4 70 Decrease Rest Decrease Public Deposits 3,120,901 Decrease 1,465 183 Other Deposits Decrease Seven Day and other Bills Increase 17,896 Government Securities Increase 50,764 Other Securities Decrease Notes reserved 8,568,930 Decrease Bullion Decrease Active circulation Increase The Continental mails bring no news of importance. In Belgium there is to be a large additional issue of notes by the Socie:4 Gen4Srale, under Government autho rization. The crops were looking well. Accounts of December 15th from South Australia, describe the colony as being very flourishing, but much in want of labour. The China had arrived out with emi grant , _ The quantity of gold exported direct from London this week has been 5,474 ounces, and of silver 150,682 ounces. The public securities have been tolerably steady this morning, the quietude prevailing at Paris serving to counteract the influence of the unfavourable returns from the Bank of England and the Bank of France. Money Stock is scarce still. Consols have been 82 to 821 for transfer, and 81i to 821 for accou nt. Exchequer bills have been 42s to 45s premium. Bank Stock is 197 to 199. In the Foreign market the transactions are at about previous rates. Spanish Darcy per Cents. have been and Portuguese Four per Cents. 151. Brazil Stock is worth 63. Mexican Bonds are worth 14! to 15. Railway Shares have been steady generally, and in some cases rather better. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) •• 199 197 199 Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ......... 8 2 1 2 $/4 523 , 3 per Cent. Consols Anns.. ............ 82 1 4 82 82% New 3 1 4 per Cent Arra5................... 813/4%34 India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001... ............... 21 24 p 823 i, 813 i 82U ti Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 3d. 45 42 p 1,000/. 500/ 42 p 42p Small . . PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent ....... 63 Ditto Small ........................ 66 Ditto, New, 1843 .................. Ditto Small ........................ 66 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent B4 Grenada, 1 per Cent. . . ......... Ditto Deferred ............... 2 5 /is Mexican Bon4s, 1846, 5 per Cent. ...... Ditto for the Account... .......... 14 3 /4 15 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 29 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds. 1822,5 per Cent B7 Spanish Bonds, 3 per. Cent — Ditto for the Account .......... 20N / 6 Dividends on the above payable in London. lIWSINESs EONS, IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. l'es Ramie. Aberdeen ........................ 50 ...... to Amber., Notting., Boston , &c. 34 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway ...... to to - - 13 .. Bilfast and County Down .. _ Birmingham & Oxford Junc... 20 Bi rm i ng ham, W 01.,& Dudley 10 ... . Binning., Vol., & Stour V al. 10/.145.... to Birkenhead, Lancashire, and eh, ' Junction 7% — to _ . .irQ Jui Stamf, & Birming... _5 . - ...... to Chess Bostr -ston, Bristol and Exeter - Do., Thirds - _ _ Buckinghamshire.. 12/. 4r. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead... 37% — to Ditto, Preference )5 Clarence. .... 7 8 14 — ..... to Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 . . . Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 3% ...... Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 25 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 17% East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., axci L. & D Ditto, 181., E. & H lB ...... Ditto, 31. 10s., E. & H... 3% 3 to Eastern Counties Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1, 61. 13s. 4d — ...... to Do., d 0....... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d — ...... to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., Quarter .... .. ..... . ..... 12 %.... Do., New Eastern Union ... ... .. 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 12% — to Ditto., Thirds ...135. 4d — to Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.) ... 10 Ditto, ditto ...... ...... ... 20 ...... East Lancashire Ditto,New ... .......... .... . 15 6 V to -- Do., New Quarters East Lincolnshire l6 i,Z l 5 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2 I,x Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New z,•34 .— ...... tO - Ditto, New port l2 Ditto, ditto, New 2 14 — ...... to .. _ Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to Ditto, New .. Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisl.e..Bl. 66.8 d... Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New Do. Preference Consolidated 15 ..... ..... to Great Northern.... .......... ... 13 - Do. London & York Exten. 2% — ...... to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 40 Great North of England 100 223 Ditto, IS itw 401 Ditto, New 30/. ......... ...... 30 ... .. Ditto, New 151-- ... ...... 6%...... . Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Do. New 171 9% ... Huddersfield and Manchester 26 .. „. Ditte, Thirds Rull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, u Qarter Shares 12 1 4 _, Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 17 1 7 2 Do. do. and Norwich Do., do., Extension Scrip (late (Camb. and Ely) 21,4 — ..... to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., Thirds lO .... Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ........ f,1,4...... to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) ... 10/. 4s 8: 4 1 4 dis. to Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 33 Do., Wakefield, Pontefract. and Goole Do., West Riding Union ...41. 23.....41; % dis to Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9 Leeds and Bradford - Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 4 91 ,4 — ••• ••• to Do., Half Shares ..... Ditto, Blue (scrip) •• 2 1 ,4 Leeds and Thi rs k ••••. to Ditto, New to Do., do., P re f er ., 6 per Cent. /2. • Liverpool. Crosby, and Sout h — • — to port. Liverpool. Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2% — •*'". to London )k Blackwail ......131. 6 s . 8d 4:"'O to Ditto New, No. 2 5l. I3s. 4d.... ••• •• to Do. Extension ... Lond., Bright., & So .. uth Coast 50 29 to Do. Consolidated Eighths... 40 Do. Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ~..... to --• Prof. Cone, 5 per C ent. 50 ••• .. • , • 42 . ... to Ditto, ditto .......... 1852 50 London and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d... London & North Western.....loo ...... 128 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 ...... -- DDo. New .................. ... 2 ...... 4 O. Fifths .................... 2 ....• 8 Do. 10/. .. M. and 11. (13.) 7% ...... • to Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) I London and S. Western....... 50 .._ ...... - ... Ditto, New 501••••••• 37% •••.— to 26% ... t Ditto, New 40/........... .. .. 20 19 7 ,4 ......... too _ Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 „ ,_...... to Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 4 0 ..... to Ditto, Thirds ...... to London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 11 ,4 — ...... to Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 1 / . 2 Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 .. to Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 3 ...... Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 3 Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo Ditto 1 / 1 . Shares (No. 1) ... 13 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) Ditto, % Shares (No. 3 )... 7% ...... Do., New 10/. Preference.. 7%...... Ditto Grimsby ... Ditto, ditt0....... . Ditto, ditto ..... 5 l /2 Ditto, Sheffield, and Linc. 10 ...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 16 Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2s . to Manchester and Southampton 2 1 4 — -.- to %I idiand 100 ro Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 50/. Shares Midland. Birm., and Derby... loo ... „ - Midland, Consol. Bristol and Bi rm ingham, 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 36 ... .. Ditto ditto 11/. 38.6 d. .. ...... to Midland, Leices. and Swan ningtor. (8 per ct. gua. )....100 .... . Micild. Great Western (Irish) 40 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. .. SO Sewcastle and Carlisle .....100 ...... - Ditto Quarter Shares Newmarket and Chestertoru 18 , A 2 — Ditto Extension Newport Abergy., and Herd. 6 Norfolk Ditto New 20/. 5 ... IY' tto Extension - -h.. Do. Guaranteed 5 1 . 2 per ct. 5 ..... Do. Scrip, :847, N. of Norflk 2 Do. de. Waveney Valley... 2 Sewry and Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ; orthern Counties Union l4 Sorth British Ditto Half Shares 12% —7_ ...... to Do. Quarters s qi . 3% to Ditto. Extension ............ . 5 4 3 Ditto Thirds ... ......... ...... 3 ...... North and South-Western... 2 ..... North Stafiordshire... North Wales North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 7% — to Royston and Hitchin ...... ... 1%...... Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 22% — ...... to Ditto, New... lO Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birmingham 7 .. ... _ . Ditto, ditto, Cliss B. 4 Shrewsbury and Cheater Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... Si ... .. . to Ditto, Uswestry l4 ...... ...... to Ditto (New) Ditto 8 per Cent. Pret 6 - Shrewsbury and Heretord ... 2 Shropshire Union ... South Devon ....... . ..... 40 . Ditto, Preference 221A...... ..... to South Staflordshire Sauth Eastern ...... .. . ... 33% 2 1 3/ Ditto, New, No. 1 uitto, New, No. 2...... .... 17 Ditto, New, No. 3 2O Ditto New, 4. .. .. 8 3 / 4 — . to South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole . .. 3 Swans. and Loughor and Ca . . --; meron's Stm. l.oal ..... .... . 4 - rhames Haven Dock and Railway 17% 'raw Vale Extension Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 13%...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 40 ... .. Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... 4 2 34 — Do. do. do. West Cornwall Whitehaven and Furness l2 ..... ..... to -- Windsor, Staines, and South Western Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 30 ...... ... to York, Newcastle, and B erw i c k 25 Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 .. Do. Exten. No. 1 (Y. &N) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 10 ... Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ... —7% to York and North Midland .. 50 ......64% 63% to 64 Ditto, Preference ... Ditto East and NY est Riding Extension ..... .... .- ..... 25 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 6 Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) Central of Spain ... 2 Ceylon .. Demerara. Der.dre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . Dutch Rhenish East Indian . Great Indian Peninsular ss. Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ..... -.. 6 Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon (Con stituted) Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux ... Over Yssel 4l3s 4d — ...... to Paris and Lyons - Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen .. Paris & Strasbourg ...... ..... 8 ...... Roue% and Havre ........ ....... 20 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 8 Tournay, J urbise, Landen, and Hasselt West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial .... .. .. .. 25 Commercial of London London Joint Stock ..... ..... 10 Loudon and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 85 ' Ditto New National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Ditto, New lO ..... Union of Australia Ditto, New 2% to Union of London , ...... 10 Union of Madrid MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Company... 12 ...... Australian 2l/ — ..... to Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolaxos Scrip British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24 — to -- Galvanized Iron Ditto, New Real del Monte, Unregistered . .. 1 1 ,4 to Do. Black Debentures LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 22.—Wind N.N.W ~moderate breeze, and cloudy. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 20.—The Elizabeth, Duckett, from Mobile to Liverpool, was abandoned at sea full of water, 9th instant, having been in contact with a brig the pre vious night, off the Western Islands; the captain and four of the crew taken off by the Axrath, arrived here; the remainder by the brig, which was bound to Boston. PonTsmouiu, APRIL 20.—Arrd. Nanur, Isemonger, Gambia; Sarah L. Byron, Havannah. Sld. Mohawk, Canton, &c.; Johanna Maria, Batavia; Mersey, Rio Ja neiro; Victt,ria, New York. 21. Her Majesty's steamer Dee, Madeira and Cape of Good Hope. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 19.—Arrd. Anne Jane, Rigby, Singapore; Alciope, Bennett, Monte Video; Gertrude, Sherman, New York; 20th, Brutus, Nassau, N. P.; Elizabeth, Bruce, New Orleans ; William Penn, Phila delphia ; 21st, Eliza, Morrison, New Orleans; Mantes, New Orleans; Colchester, New Orleans; Ocean, Apala chicola; Roscius, New York. Sld., 20th, Hermes, Hong-Kong ; Blorenge, Calcutta ; Ipswich, Monte Video; Ocean Q. , een, Halifax; Wilson, Quebec; Mary Ann, Newfoundland ; 21st, Lambeyaque, Squique ; Andrew Foster, New York; Euxine, New York; Josiah Quincey, Boston. OFF HASTINGS, APRIL 17.—Vermont, Perry, Ma tanzas for Antwerp. DEAL, APRIL 21.—Wind variable; P.M. N.W. to N.N.W.—Arrd., 16 t h, Holland, Dikker, Batavia, and sailed for Texel; 18th, Jau Pieters, La Loochte, Texel; 19th, Helena, Christina, Batavia. and both sailed for Rotterdam; Lord William Bentinck, Allan, Calcutta; Selbstorndigheden, llenoker, Benicarlo, and sailed for Amsterdam ; Arab, Africa; Sea Witch, Africa. BRIDLINGTON QUAY, APRIL 21.—There are about forty sail of wind bound vessels in this bay. DUNBAR, APRIL 20.—The barque Alliwal, Newcastle to Dublin, is embayed at Sucar Point, with a heavy sea running, the wind blowing in, and thick weather. A steamer has been sent to tow her off. DROGHEDA, APRIL 18.—A boat twenty feet long, marked " Providence, of Dublin, J. Burns," with a mast and sail, three oars and a pole, were picked up on Irish town strand this morning. Conic, APRIL 17.—The French ship Perle, of Nantes, bound to Bordeaux, was in contact with the Campbell, from Mauritius, and carried away jibboom,larboard, cat head. &c. MUMBLES, APRIL 18.—The William and Nancy, Harby, from Llanelly to Barnstaple, started a butt by striking heavily, and sunk at her anchors, she will ebb dry about half tide. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 21.—The Frampe Cowassee, Ed wards, lor Calcutta, put back to this port to-day, wi t h loss of foretop mast and sails, mainmast-head and main top-mast sprung, &c. DEATH OF LADY KATHERINE JERMYN.--W e announce with extreme regret the death of the above ❑c,ble lady, occurredwhich stances. on i,Th The Thursday deceased, e it willvening, under very painful circumstances. be recollected, was a daughter of the Duke of Rutland, was married in 1830 to the Earl Jermyn, eldest son of the Marquis of Bristol. A few days since (the family Party at the time staying at their town mansion, in Eaton-place) the Noble Earl was attacked by the small pox. Her ladyship, contrary to the advice of the medical attendants, persisted in personally attending upon her noble husband, and the result was that on Saturday last she took the disease herself. Being at the time enciente, the excitement consequent on tie fever brought on pre mature confinement, and her ladyship gave birth to an infant on Sunday, which survived only a few hours. This unfortunate occurrence aggravated the disease, and after four days on 'Thursday suffering her ladyship breathed her last evening about five o'clock, leaving a family of six infant children to lament her irreparable family, were vv e n ee d ly loss. Th e D u k e of Rutland, and all the members of his summonedscarcely to town b e f ore th e sa d event-mk pl add, that they are suffering the most poignant grief. The Noble Earl is slowly recover ing, but we understand he is not yet aware of the dread ful bereavement he has sustained. THE SUN, LONDON, MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT—GARDZIV. Fruit—Pine-apples, 6s to 7s each; Hothouse Grapes, 15s to 20s, and Lisbon Grapes, is to is 3d per lb; Strawberries, is 6d to 2s per oz ; Ripe Cherries, 20s per Ib; Apples, is to 4s per half-sieve ; Oranges, 5s to 125, and Lemons, 5s to 8s per 100; Almonds, 8s to 10s; Brazil Nuts, 3s; Spanish ditto, 3s 6d; and Barcelona ditto, 5s per peck. Vegetables—Cucumbers, 4s to 7s per brace; Turnips, is 6d to 2s, Carrots, 3s to 4s, Greens, Is to Is 6d, per dozen bunches; White Brocoli, 5s to 10s; and Rhubarb, 6s to 8s per dozen bundles; Pota toes, 4s 6d to ss; Onions, 2s 6d to 3s; Turnip Greens, 4d to 6d; and Brocoli Sprouts, is to is 3d per bushel; Spinach, 6d to is per junk; Sea Kail, is 3d to 2s per punnet; Parsley, 6d to is per half seive; Cabbages Let tuces, 6d per score; Radishes, 3d to 6d per dozen hands; Horseradish, 2s 6d to 3s, and Celery, is to is 6d per bundle ; Small Salads, 2s to 2s 6d per :dozen punnets; Mushrooms, 5s to 7s [er pottle; Forced Asparagus, 4s to 6s, per bundle; Out-door ditto, 10s to 133 per 100; Endive, is per score; Kidney Beans, 2s to 2s 6d per 100; New Potatoes, Is to 2s per lb; Early York Cabbages, 6d to 9d per dozen. NEWGATE AND LEADENUALL. We had a very slow for each kind of meat, at yesterday's decline in value Beef, from 3s 2d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Lamb, .5s 8d to 6s 10d; Veal, 3s 10d to 5s ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s per Bibs by the carcase. Turkeys, 3s to 7s 6d; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 9d Rabbits, Is to is 10d; Pigeons, 7d to 10d; aad roasting Pigs, 5s to 8s each. Fowls, 3s 6d to 9s per couple; Fresh Butter, lid to Is 2d per lb. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 4d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 65 to 7s; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s ; and Pork, 4s to 5s per 81bs. NVBITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s 4d to 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 10d; Veal, 4s to 5s ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per Blbs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 6s to 75 — s7Brills, 2s 6d to 7s; Cod-fish, 3s 6d to 8s 6d; Haddocks, 8d to Is; Whitings, 4d to 8d ; Mackerel, id to 10d; and Lobsters, ls,6d to 35 9d each; Soles, 6d to 2s 6d per pair ; Smelts, is to 2s per dozen; Salmon, Is 6d to 2s 3d ; Eels, 8d to is Id; Crimped State, 8d to 9d; and Salt Fish, 4d to 7d per lb. EIINGERFORD. Our market was fairly supplied with most articles to-day. Generally speaking, the demand was in a slug giah state, and prices were with difficulty supported. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are From 74d to 8d; of Household ditto, 6d to 7d per 41b loaf. HIDE MARKET. Market Hides, 561 b to 67117,17t014d per lb; ditto, 6416 to 721 b, 2d to 21d; ditto, 721 b to 80Ib, lid to 24d; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 2id to 3d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 311(1 to 34d ; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, Sid to 4d; Calf Skins (each), 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Hbrse Hides, 8s 6d; Polled Sheep, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Kents and Half-breds, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Downs 2s 9d to 3s 6d; Shearlings, 4d to 6d; Lambs, is 4d to 2s 6d. HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow Hay, 31 to 41 ; Clover, ditto, 41 to 51; and Straw, 11 8s to 11 los per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 31 to 41 3s ; Clover ditto, 41 to 41 16s ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lls per load. Trade steady, at full prices. WIIITEMAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 3/ to 41; Clover, ditto, 41 to 51; and Straw, 11 6 s to 1/10s per load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The House sat to-day shortly after two o'clock for the purpose of giving the Royal Assent to the Crown and Government Security Bill, and various other Bills. Among the Peers present we noticed the Lord Chan cellor, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Carew, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the Marquis of Clanricarde, ROAL ASSENT. At twenty minutes past two o'clock the Lord • Chan cellor, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the Marquis of Clanri carde, took their seats as Lords Commissioners below the Throne, and gave the Royal Assent to the following Bills The Exchequer Bills' Bill, the Crown and Government Security Bill, the Mutiny Bill, the Marine Mutiny Bill, the Borough Police Superannuation Fund Bill, Public Works Completion (Ireland) Bill, Leases of Mines (Ireland) Bill, and Ket tering Small Tenements Bill. Their Lordships, after disposing of oth er b us i ness, adjourned to Thursday, the 4th of May. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Two o'clock. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Sir G. GREY moiled that the House at its rising adjourn until Monday, the Ist of May. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL did not wish to detain the House, as it was about to adjourn for the holidays, but he felt he should not discharge his duty if he did not offer a few observations with respect to the state of Ireland before the motion was agreed to. He wished, in the first place, to express his regret at a portion of the address of the Noble Lord on Monday—(Hear, hear)—he alluded to the statement which he made at the close of his speech, that whatever were his opinions with respect to the repeal of the union, he was prepared to resist any proposition of that kind by force. His expression had been thus misinterpreted in Ireland, whereas what he (Mr. J. O'Connell) understood him to say was this, that if he were met by argument on the sub ject, he should be prepared to enter into a sliscussion of the matter, but that if force were resorted to he should resist it by force. In his opinion, great injury could not fail to result to all parties in Ireland, if any attempt were made to carry the repeal of the union, or any other political measure, by force of arms.—(Hear, hear.) If the Irish people were insane enough to adopt violent measures there would he one thing tar more cruel and disastrous than success—the placing of the city in the hands of an armed, reckless, and un diciplined mob.—(Hear, hear.) (LEFT SPEAKING.) BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 15th day of April, 1848. DMUS DIMAIMICENT. Notes i55ued........ 27,165,470 Government debt • • 11,615,100 Other securities .. 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,231,101 Silver bullion • • 1,934,369 L 27.165,470 X 27,165,410 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 20th day of April, 1841 , ETAITMEN T. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 12,783,04 Other securities . • 12,149,433 INotes ••••••• • • • • • .. 11,56K,930 Gold and silver coin 598,78 i £34,051,117 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. BANKING Di Propr;etors' capital.. 14,553,000 Hest ••.. 3,4'10,552 Public chipusits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Deist, Sav ings-banks, and Di- vidend accounts)•• 3,120,901 Other deposits •• • • •• 11,950,962 Seven day and other bills•• .• •• •• .• .... 1.025,762 £34,051,177 Dated the. 20th day of April, 1141 PROLIFIC ENTE.—A ewe of the black faced breed, belonging to Mr. John Savage, of Hanging Bank, near Bolton, has brought her owner fifteen lambs within the last six months. ------- STATE OF TRADE IN CARLISLE.—We regret to have to record the existence of great depression in the trade of this city ; arising, no doubt, from causes which have affected trade generally throughout the entire country, more especially in the manufacturing districts. The falling off in the Custom-house receipts at this port during the last quarter has amounted, on tho aver. age, to nearly the enormous sum of 2501. weekly.—Car lisle Journal. CUSTOMS.-Mr. D. W. Law, searcher at the port of Loudon, has been appointed landing surveyor at the port of Plymouth. Mr. E. Cowcher and Mr. J. M. Arnaud, searchers at the port of London, have been selected to act in the superior capacity of landing stir• veyors when a pressure of business, or other cause, may require their services in that department. RECAPTURE OF THE ESCAPED PRISONER DIX.— It will be recollected that a prisoner of the name of Robert Ross Dix, who stands charged with extensive embezzlement by Mr. Christopher George, a shot manu facturer at Bristol, and for whose apprehension a reward of 100/. was offered, escaped on the 4th instant from the custody of Sergeant Reardon, of the R division. Yesterday Inspector Field, of the R division, received information from the police authorities at Bristol that Dix had been recaptured by the local police, at the village of Bradstock, in Somersetshire. THE CHARTIST CONVICT, WILLIAMS.—The Laun ceston papers received by the late Sydney mail, dated the 18th of December, state that Zephaniah Williams, who was transported for life with Frost and Jones, for parti cipating in the Chartist riots at Newport, a few years since, has been sentenced to one year's hard work in chains, to the settlement at Port Arthur, for attempting to escape with another convict from the colony. WHISKY FOR TUE ROYAL FAMILY.—We under stand that Mr. Macdonald of the Bennevis Distillery, Fort William, has presented a cask of whisky to her Majesty, and that an order has been'sent from th e Trea sury to perm i t the spirits to be removed, free of duty, and deposited in the cellars of Buckingham Palace. The cask is not t o b e opened until his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales attains his majority, which will give it a rest of fourteen years!—lnverees s Courier. ROYAL NAVAL SCLIOOL, NEW CROSS.—The Earl of Auckland has signified his intention of bestowing a marine cadetship for competition a mongst t h e pupils of this institution, at Midsummer next. In addition to this valuable boon, two naval cadetships are annually placed at the disposal of the council by the Admiralty. The Earl of Yarborough has also given the munificent dona tion of 1,000/. to found a " Yarborough Scholarship." SALMON FISHING IN THE TAY. —The " take" has fallen off greatly during the past two or three weeks, owing, it is slit posed, to the snow water in the river, and Co the extreme cold. One of the Duke of Athol's marked saimon was caught on Tuesday w ee k , opposite Springlands, near Perth, with his Graces's plate, bear ing the figures " 172" attached by a wire. It appear e d pretty clear, from its diminutive size, its sickly app ear . ante, and the fact that the wire had lacer a t e d t h e flesh (or rather thefish), that it had suffered mat er i a ll y by its artificial appendages.—Edinburgh Weekly Register. 711 A SAVURDAY OVERLAND MAIL INDIA. The Overland Alail has arrived, with dates from Bombay to the 15th, and Calcutta to the 7th of March. The following is the summary of the Bombay Times :—" The Honourable the Governor re turned from Sinde on board the Ajdaha on the morning of the 3d inst. He leaves for the Maha buleshwar Hills about the 19th or 20th, and will remain there for a month, when he will return to the Presidency to receive his successor, Lord Falk. land, expected to arrive about the 28th of April. The regret for Mr. Clerk's departure is deep and general throughout the community. Colonel Ashburnham will, it is said, be the private secretary elect. Captain French, the present private secretary, is expected to be appointed Town-Major in place of Col. Seton, who re turns to En land on the Ist of April. Sir T. Turton has resigned the offi,;e of Ecclesiastical Registrar to the Supreme Court, Calcutta, the emoluments of which have hitherto been betwixt 6,0001. and 8,0001. a year. These are derived from a per centage, levied in the name of fee, on the estates of persons dying intestate. The Ecclesiastical Registrar and his assistant, not con - tent with their emolument, have embarked in trade with the money entrusted to their care, and lost very severely by the Union Bank. The defalcations are said to exceed 160,000/. When directed by the Chief Justice to produce their books, and exhibit the Government paper in which the money was said to be invested, paper was borrowed from a native mer chant and exhibited as that belonging to the registrar. It was immediately lodged by Sir Law rence Peel in the Treasury, when the fact just stated became known by the party from whom it was borrowed making application for his own. The system of borrowing paper from the Union Bank, for the purpose of deceit, seems to have been a re gular branch of business ! Mr. Sandes, a barrister, has accepted the appointment resigned by Sir T. Turton, on a salary of 2,5001. per an num. The unpopularity of the Commodore Superintendent of the Indian Navy continues universal and almost unbounded, as it well may, when every successive week brings fresh in stances of tyranny and caprice before the world. The company would save their character as well as their cash, were they to provide for him a baronetcy, and bribe him home by a pension of 10,0001., if they have not courage enough more summarily to remove him. The climate of Sinde seems to have undergone a sudden transition, and the troops there this season seem to enjoy as goo d if not better health than in any part of the Presi dency. The Commissioner, Mr. Pringle, has just gone up the country on a tour of inspection. We have no news whatever, though abundance of com munications, from the Indus. The steamer Con queror had, by the indomitable exertions of her commander, Captain Christopher, surmounted the difficulties at Kalabagh, and was on a fair way to Attock. This, like the trip up the Sutlej, will prove that it is possible, but in the last degree expensive and inexpedient, to make use of steamers above Sukkur. Profound tranquillity reigns throughout the Punjaub. Sir Fre derick Currie was expected at Lahore about the 7th March, when Mr. John Lawrence would take his departure for the Jullundhur Doab. We this season will receive 320,0001. land revenue, and 60,0001. of customs, from our own territory, or 380,0001. in all, though our exactions are less by a third than were those of our predecessors. The revenue surrey of the Panjaub was advancing rapidly; that of the lands on the rivers' banks, yielding about half a million a year, bad been completed; and the whole would, it was hoped, be finished by May or June. The turbulence in the hill. frontier provinces was in a great measure subdued. Dr. Fleming had been de puted by Government to examine the coal formation discovered by Captain Robertson, near Pind Dadun Khan. Major Napier and Lieut. Hodgson were en gaged in the neighbourhood of Patthankote, some 15 miles below Noorpoor, putting the Hasseli Canal into order. The Persian empire seems to be in a state of complete disorganization : bands of armed insurgents assembled everywhere, apparently for the purposes of plunder, seem to defy the Royal arms; and cities shut their gates, and refuse tribute to the King of Kings. Yar Mahomed of Herat is said to be ravag ing Toorkistan, and committing great cruelties upon the people. The Affghan Chiefs are, as usual, quarrel ling with, and plundering and attacking each other. Haider Khan was in the Lumghan valley watching the movements of Mahomed Shah Khan, who had nearly carried away one of his guns. Operations had been in terfered with by a fall of snow. Another physico-geo graphical expedition has been organized, and instructed to proceed to Kumaoon. Letters from the Nizam's dominions inform us that his Highness had declined seeing General Fraser when about to leave the capital, and the Resident expressed no wish for the observance of the customary civilities. The letter or kureeta of Lo rd Dalhousie was simply sent to his Highness by messenger : its contents were unknown m all likelihood to have rejoin spoken the favourably Fox a few empty comp li ments. N at i ona l affairs c on ti nue d pretty much i n t h e usual state, an d a re not supposed Amherst. He is said ult t ., 0 likely to imp rove while the Br i t i s h R es ident supports an untrustworth y and i ncapa ble minister. Com plaints are l ou d and genera l o f the ill-treatment received by B r i t i s h merchants a t A r a at the hand s o f the King. 21st g Sir H. Blackwood quitted Maulmain on the .port as a sit e f or a d oc kyard. Tran qu illi ty generally pr eva il s throughou t I n dia. At Bom bay the co ld season is advanc i ng , th e weather continuing at ofthat moneypecu liarvleyryfine. great indeed. Trade co l nt h in e u c e r s im d i u n l a l : though som ew h at less so than f ormer ly, and the scarcity of sessions have just begun : the calendar is a very heavy one. REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BONI. BAY -+ FROM 11 1 E 2D T O THE 14TH MARCH INCLUSIVE. Tuesday Afternoon, Five o'clock, March 11, 1848. During the gre a t er par t o f the past fortnight the tightness in th e M oney Mar k et , men ti one d i n our last report, and th e distrust consequent t h ereon, continued to prevail, and the transactions in most ki n d s o f i mports were on a m ost limited scale. Si nce t h e commence _ ment ICIARKETS, ment of this week, however, we are happy to be able to state that a better tone has prevailed, and a pretty general feeling seems to exist that we have got over the worst, and may now confidently look forward to a revival in business so soon as the native holidays which will commence in two or three days, and continue for about a week, are brought to a close. Th e encouraging accounts from England by the last mail, showing that panic had totally subsided there and, giving shipmentOii the promise of a safe and gradual return to a sound and healthy state of commerce, had some effect in imparting d the comparitive buoyancy now felt in our market; but the feeling had its rise more immediately in the conviction that of most kinds of staple goods stocks were very bare, while the supplies that had gone forward to the interior were on a much smaller scale than b l y a n . d natives been ca l u Calcutta, thae, for case in w e past a r e seasons; and that, consequently, dealers must employ themselves before the setting of the monsoon. other hand, the accounts of the cotton market in being of a nature to encourage shippers, a slight im provement on the previously declining market for that article appears to have manifested itself, and further u pt n ir d c e h r a G se o s ve h rb av m e en b t ee a n dva m ne a e d s e . glad to perceive that a considerably better feeling pre vailed at the date of our last advices in the market for imports. r,_transac ' for L COTTON PIECE ,A 001) • tions the past fortnight, though limited, are not more so than those of then stated to pre garoroidvsa'lassuienhceasthMe addaete vail for some qualities of while the l inquiry 40-inch ho w e grey hfee w _ ..shirtings, still con tinues, and all are searce l;ir l ' bl n eached goods, too, a fair inquiry exists for s ting and jacconets of low • and an advance on previous rates for quality, the to four annasper • former, of from two piece, has been established. pthoellapmresv,i(j'aucscoonnee'ts, and -i h to FREIGHTS.—Owing of our last report , ad d ed to the desire manifested by native holders to ship cotton under th e Government ad vance, freights for Liverpool gradually rose from 4/. 55. to 4/. 12s. 6d., at which rate engagements were entered into '' us to the arrival of the last m a il . prow The favourabl received of the Cotton M ar k et in 41England London we quote •155.; e accounts caused a further imp etus, an d 5 /. has been paid and China Rs. 1 .F or which rate engagements h ave. been 9 per cand y , at made. E XCHA NGES. —owing to . paper the scarcity of advance has taken place, 1 d Bank money an at six months' sight has been negotiate s. 100. to Is. 10id ; while for private bills with shippingconsidered documents, Is. .11d. to is. I l id . m ay be . the rate. On Calcutta, Bank 01 Bengal Post BILIS h!t e Bank egotiated at par • our quotation for 30 day'sight Paper is its. 99 l' On China, for 60 days' sight Rs. 206 p er 10 MONEY MARKET.—Ban k i Stocks continue 1 0 dollars. ow, and a further decline has taken p ace in some instances, as will be seen from has t Government Securities ,on the other hand, have advanced somewhat, their h induced the Shroffs t o c eap ness having to fur the purpose of remitting Calcutta. buy to some extent March 7.) t o h f an it has been for CALCUTTA. Craatlhceurttafultarr some time past, though not much more interestin g in the complexion . of .intelligence it contains. The Bom bay express arrived in town on Sunday, the sth, at ten A.M. The improved commercial. prospects, slight as the amelioration has been,. will .exert corresponding in fluence here, but the intervention of holidays prevents Our e s the degree being observed before the maxi quits. T o afford the mercantile community the benefit derivable 1-- % Tor TT 2 E V APRIL from the steamer's possible delay in the river, an express packet will be dispatched after her on the 9th. _ _ The Money market continues in much the same state as we wrote last : the terms on which loans are transacted are a shade more favourable, but the se curity taken continues to be of the most tangible character, and of a value leaving large margin for errors of appraisemnt. In exports there has been a fair demand for staples, to be sent home as remit tances instead of speculations—especially saltpetre. Sugar and indigo are less inquired after now, rice in much the same state, and silk too highly priced to permit extensive operation. The import market is improving ; cotton piece goods finding freer vent, and twist rising in demand. Freights are looking up. , I here are reports of some speculations in tonnage with an eye to a China war, and a belief that Govern ment would be obliged to engage transports. CHINA. HONG-KONG, FEB. 28. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer, Lady Mary Wood, arrived at noon on the 23d instant, with the 24th of December mail. Ihe late unfavourable commercial news from England and India has affected the interests here but in a small degree. We ha ve li tt l e o f i mportance to commun i ca t e this month. The most remarkable feature is the change that has been exhibited in the policy of her Majesty's Government. All the men of war which had been ordered down from the coast for operations in the Canton river have resumed their stations—the Scout at Amoy, Childers at Shanghae; and the Hon. Company's steamer Auckland, which arrived on the 10th inst., left three days after with the artillery corps she brought from the Straits. Her Majesty's steamer Fury arrived on the 6th to relieve the Vulture, de parted for England on the 27th ult. Her Majesty's ship Melampus, Captain Campbell, C. 8., now senior officer, arrived on the 14th inst., to relieve her Majesty's ship Dwdalus, Captain M`Quhae, which sailed from Hong-Kong on the 17th inst. There appears no doubt that Keying, the Chinese Commissioner, has obtained leave of absence, and was to leave Canton on the 27th inst.; but it is very doubtful if the Emperor will allow him to retire from this commission. Major-General D'Aguilar, our late Commander in-Chief, takes his departure for England in the pre sent steamer. We hear from Manilla, that the Governor, with three war-steamers and an armament of 3,000 m en , with forty vessels in all, was to leave for the Sooloo and neighbouring islands in a few days upon some important operations. Owing to the Chinese New Year holidays, which seem to have continued longer than usual, commercial transactions have been on a moderate scale. Generally there is firmness in our import market, with the ex ception of cotton, which continues heavy of sale with large supplies. At Shanghae there has been but little doing, from the same cause; our dates are to the 20th inst., and all quiet. The last departure was the Carib on the 13th inst. for London. From Amoy we have dates to the 24th inst. Prices for imports were less favourable, from an over supply, and cotton yarn has declined lf dollar per picul. (From the Pekin Gazette.) THE COURT.—It seems that Prince Gun-k wei is again in favour, and that Peih-ehang has not yet left the capital, for both were present at a Cabinet Council, and with two other Ministers, the only chosen few whose advice the Emperor asked. REVENUE DEPARTMENT.—The receipts of duties at the harbour of Teen-tsin show a surplus of 12,560 taels, an incontrovertible proof that the trade of that emporium is on the increase. The duties levied there are much smaller than at any other place in China, and to collect a sum like the above, the imports of this season, compared with the last, must have been very numerous. The whole amount is paid over to the treasury of the Imperial clan. CHINA MARKETS. SHANGHAI, FEB. 20. EXPORTS. Tea—Purchases: during the month have been small. For the English market four chops of Congous were taken at last month's prices ; also 2,000 packages com mon Twankays, at 12 to 13 taels. Of Congou the un sold stock is 6,000 packages. For the American market 3,000 packages of common green teas have been settled for rather under last month's quotations. The unsold stock is estimated at 6,000 packages. The export from July 1 to date is— lbs. lbs. Black 9,469,538 agst. 6,188,156 same period as last year Green 515,627 „ 357,901 Total 9,995,165 „ 6,346,047 Silk—since the middle of January 1,800 bales hare been contracted fur: of this 600 bales Tsalate and Tay saani, have been delivered, and 1,200 bales, chiefly Tay sawn, are to be delivered by the end of the month. An advance of 20 dolls. per picul has been established on Taysaam. Freights.—To England—For tea, 61., silk, 61. 10s. The Euphrates is loading for London, and the Seghalien fur Liverpool. CANTON, FEB. '25. After the departure of the last mail the market assumed a better tone, and a considerable amount of business was transacted. The alarm consequent upon the uncertainty of the measures about to be taken by. the British envoy for a time checked anything like speculation ; but when it was ascertained that his views were pacific, fresh spirit was infused into the native merchants, and goods were taken off with some degree of animation. The Chinese holidays, however, for a time caused a total suspension of busi ness, and it has not yet been re-established, though both native and foreign merchants are of opinion that an advance will take place in most articles of import. EXPORTS. The news by the November mail was such as to put an end to the purchases of Indian rates. The ruinous rates at which alone sales can be effected in England, and the depression of the money market, by which the usual advances on certificates are not obtainable, has de stroyed confidence in this quarter, and there has been no desire to purchase. We hear but of one transaction on English account—a chop of Souchong at 21 taels. The December mail is not more encouraging. London quotations for many varieties of tea are under those of Canton, and until a reaction takes place in the home market, shipments will be very small. For the Ameri can market a limited business has been done in green teas at rather lower rates, except for young Ilysons, which still maintain former high prices. With no put chases making, quotations are nearly nominal, though most descriptions of tea could be bought at lower prices than have hitherto ruled. Freights —To England, 41. to 4/. 10s., and cargo not procurable. The vessels on the berth have each a small lot on board, but there is no prospect of their filling up at present. COURT CIRCULAR. Lord A s hl ey arr i ved at Osborne on Wednesday, on a visit to her Majesty and Prince Albert, and had the honour of joining the royal dinner party, which in cluded his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, the Chevalier Bunsen, Count Portalis, and Major Von Oehrlich, in attendance on his Royal Highness. The whole of the royal guests left Osborne on Thursday morning, for London. Lord John Russell arrived at Osborne on Thurs day, and returned to town that afternoon. Yesterday morning her Majesty and Prince Albert attended Divine service in Whypingham Church, and received the Sacrament. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal walked yesterday morning in the pleasure grounds of Osborne. The Dean of Westminster preached the sermon yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Vivian, the lessons by the Rev. J. H. Thomas, and the communion ser ♦ice by the Bishop of London. The anthem was, "My God, my God" (Greene). Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Marchioness of Worcester, Ladies St. Germans and Charlemont, Lords Bandon, St. Germans, Wilton, and Besborough, were among the nobility present. DEATH OF LADY NUOErT.—We regret to announce the demise of Lady Nugent, who expired on Wednesday last, in the 58th year of her age, after an illness of some weeks' duration. The deceased lady was second daughter of the Hon. General Vere Poulett, brother of the late Earl Poulett, and married, 6th September, 1813, Lord Nugent, by whom she does not leave any i ssue . The families of the Duke and Duchess of B uc ki ng h am , the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, the Earl and Countess Poulett, Lady Charles Somerset, Dowager Lady Arundel, the Earl and Countess Fortescue, and many members of the nobility are placed in mourning by the lamented death of her Ladyship. ARRIVAL OF JENNY LaND.--111dlle. Lind arrived yesterday from Hamburg, by the Countess of Lonsdale steamer. We see by the Swedish papers that her de parture from Stockholm was attended by the most extraordinary demonstration. It was on the 13th instant, the weather was beautiful, from 15,000 to 20,000 people lined the quay's, military bands were placed at intervals, and she embarked amidst cheers and music. The riggings of the vessels in the harbour were manned. The hurrahs and the waving of hats and handkerchiefs continued so long as the vessel wh - ch bore Jenny Lind remained in sight. Her last performance in Stockholm was for the benefit of a charitable institution she has founded. The tickets of admission o n this occasion were put up to auction, and fetched immense prices. How TO CHOOSE A WIFE.—If you are courting a young lady, before you take her, to ascertain her temper, tear her ball dress , as if by accident. If she keeps her equanimity, lose not a moment in popping the " momentous question." She will do, and you may account yourself a " happy run.' 22, 1848, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Powrsaiowrif.—The Right Hon. the Earl of Auck land, First Lord of the Admiralty, is expected to visit Portsmouth Dockyard on Monday. The Plumper, screw -built schooner, will be taken into dock at Portsmouth this forenoon, to have the cleats knocked off her bottom. She is being rigged by the dockyard staff, and will be navigated by the Master of the Ordinary to Blackwall, in four or five days, to have her engines and machinery put in at the establishment of Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and Co. The Royal Frederick, 110 gun ship, on the stocks at Portsmouth Dockyard, is ordered to be completed and launched therefrom in the month of August next. The ship is built upon the same scale of magnitude as the Queen, and on the same lines. A steam sloop of the first class, to be called the Furious, of 1,200 tons, and 400-horse power, upon the paddle principle, is ordered to be built at Ports mouth by the Master Shipwright of that dockyard, and launched within the present financial year. The screw steam-frigate Dauntless, a new ship, will be complete and ready for trial, at Napier's engineering establishment in the Clyde, on the 10th of May. The Hastings, 72 guns, Portsmouth, commissioned by Captain Morgan, for the flag-service of Rear- Admiral Sir Francis Augustus Collier, K.C.11., &c., the Commander-in- Chief appointed to the East India and China station, is fitting out very fast. She vic tualled upwards of 200 men yesterday; seamen volunteer for her very readily, but never having been a flag ship, she requires considerable fitments in the master joiner's department. The Pembroke, 72 gun ship, partially advanced for commission at Portsmouth, will be docked in a few days to be advanced the final stage. The Salamander steam-sloop has been taken from Woolwich to Sheerners Dockyard to be fitted for commission. THE huff SQUADRON.—Sir Charles Napier has left Kingstown, Ireland, in her Majesty's steam frigate Dragon, bearing his flag, which he has re hoisted on board his own ship, the St. Vincent, three decker, at Cork. The Amphion, 36 gun frigate, is left at Kingstown, at the command of the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland. Affairs in Dublin are in a very disturbed state. Sir Charles Napier has been staying at Gilbert's Hotel, during his visit at Cork. Every preparation is taken to meet an emergency. The city of Dublin assumes quite a garrison appearance, the troops, everywhere to be seen, are placed in the best and most commanding positions, to act at a moment's warning. On Monday the Dragon steam-frigate put her two paddle-box boat 24-pounder guns into the Merlin packet, and stocked her with ammunition. She steamed to Waterford on the 12th, to remain there as a man-of-war. The Amphion, 36 gun frigate, stored with ordnance stores and ammunition, arrived at Kingstown on the 10 th from the squadron at Cove, and landed her cargo in m th a e tt p e a r d a dl a e n -b d ox fe b e o li a n ts of the Dragon. It is expected an outbreak will result from the present state of landing marine The Dragon ha s s and moored alongspidee at Waterford, came to Kingstown. The Medusa packet, after aftoa le hd d e u lno p oard t t h ehd e ,w ri ai v ln e l r : for the city, guns were trained and are small hoisted out in acti on land the; herma marines ssreadinessrt e h a r d e i e n o e of s thefot to arm party if requisite ; the Medusa accompa n i e d the Dragon, taking up a position to support the Pigeon-house Fort ; s h e h a d 200 marines on board, and a fine ship'sn s position h crew, lent her from the Canopus, 84 ; the Drago the e tio c n tcom manded some of the streets leading on house, which she would fire upon in case o f an attack . Some portion of her machinery broke, however, on Tuesday last and disabled her, and she now lies at Kingstown repairing the damage. APPOINTMENTS. Commanders—H. J. Douglas (1845) and R. R. Western (1846), to the steam factory at Woolwich. Lieutenants —W. C. Forsyth, late of the Albion, to the IVaterwitch brig, fitting at Chatham. Acting Assistant Surgeon—J. IV. Elliott, to the Hibernia, 104, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, in the Mediterranean. Boatswain—George Crowle, to the Gorgon steam sloop, at Portsmouth. Carpenter—T. Coghlan, confirmed to the Hydra steam-sloop, on the south-east coast of America station. Naval Cadets—S. Juke to the Waterwitch, fitting at Chatham ; W. H. Buckle to the Hastings, 72, at Portsmouth, fitting as the flag- ship for the East Indi a station ; W. J. Walker to the Hibernia, in the Me diterranean. DOCKYARD PROMOTIONS Devonport—P. Hosking, formerly leading man at this yard, subsequently foreman at Sheerness, is now made master sailmaker of this dockyard, vice Hicks, retired. Sheerness—Samuel R. Lash, leading- man, to be foreman of sailmakers, vice Hosking, promoted. Portsmouth--Mr. W. H. Harrison, extra clerk in this yard, is established a third-class clerk ; and Mr. G. 11. Goold is appointed an extra clerk, vice Harri son, advanced. TIIE COURT•MARTIAL ON THE TIIREE OFFICERS or THE APOLLO.—The court-martial at I)evonport on Lieutenant Winne, R.\l., and Mr Gordon, the Assistant Surgeon of the Apollo, terminated in the dismissal from the service of both. The trial of the Paymaster and Purser, Mr. George Dowell, con• filmed up to six r.m. on Wednesday, when the Court adjourned until ten A.M. on Thursday, to afford the prisoner time fur his defence. The proceedings ter minated at noon, when the sentence of the Court was that he be severely reprimanded and dismissed the ship. There were no less than six charges against Mr. Dowel—viz., making incorrect returns—bring ing into contempt the commander of the ship—con temptuous manner and interruption during the time the commander was reading a report and letters arising out of one of the charges—harbouring in his cabin the Lieutenant of Marines and Assistant Sur geon, knowing them to be under arrest—striking the gun-room steward arid a boy. The Howe, 120, Captain Sir James Stirling, on her arrival at Spithead with the Queen Dowager, will be paid wages, refitted, and wait o rd ers; h er destina tion will be the Mediterranean. The Caledonia, 120, Captain Carter, will not be ready for sea, at Devonport, before the 14th of May, in consequence of the time for completion having been prolonged by the dockyard. The Vindictive, 50, Captain Seymour, with the flag of Vice-. Admiral Sir F. Austen, K.C.8., is or dered to be paid off, at Portsmouth, on her arrival from the West India station at the end of May or tke beginning of June next. The Brilliant, 22, Captain Watson, C. 8., arrived at the Cape from Quillimaine, Feb. 17 The Fly, 14, Commander Oliver, left the Cape for Sydney and New Zealand, Feb. 2. The Ranger, 8, Commander Anderson, ordered to be paid off at Chatham, is not to have her bulkheads or any internal fittings disturbed. The Waterwitch, 8, Commander R. R. Quin, having been sheathed with Munt's metal, was put out of dock, at Chatham, on Tuesday, and la3hed along side the Tartar, hulk. She has her topmasts on end, and her guns on board, and is to be ready for sea by the 28th instant, when she is to proceed to Devon port, to be paid advanced wages, and to sail on the 2d of May with dispatches and mails for Lisbon, Madeira, St. Nicholas, Sierra Leone, and Ascension. The following artificers have been superannuated for Chatham Dockyard :—H. Heard, foreman of smiths, 281. per annum ; John Hawkins, leading man of metal mills, 34/. per annum ; Josh. Bailey, engine driver at ditto, 241. per annum ; Thos. Gardner, workman at ditto, 231. per annum. MALTA, APRIL 11. -- Her Majesty's surveying ship Vulage left port on Saturday last for Athens, whence she will proceed to the Levant and join the Research cutter, commanded by Lieutenant Lord J. Browne, and continue her surveys. It is confidently asserted that Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis will take a passage home in the Trafalgar ship of the line, and that he will leave Malta about the end of the month. The Rear-Admiral's successor is expected to arrive here by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer due on the 14th inst. Sir Lucius and his family intend to make Malta their place of residence, and, having already taken a house, will return in a few months. During the period of office of Sir Lucius, he has enjoyed very consider ablehi popularity. A dinner is to be given to m . at the club-house on the 1 lith by the members of the United Service. ma T nd h e e r n .N e la " c 's do o n f f 's al t d he o f pr h o e m r o A t l i a o j n est o ycs L s i t e e u a t m e t .l n e,r an st o fi m re, - and of Lieutenant Gardner, of her 11 c .f o rinjed s uct recently steam frigate Sidon—the former for his at Patras, and the latter fromnhaarvdiinnggehtaod Trieste— was fortune to have carried Lord te o_od was learned here on Friday last with much pleasure. a nd purser of her Mr. Milner, late which o d n u i , e r s i d a h 3 e , Mr. F. J. A . a decline. H e Majesty's compelled stea steam firlilghaet paymastereal t G h l a to d i r a e h t d s o i i ,a r g y , o n . f w , was and p g uner in the l • a h l st o l hose lot ar equin, was]ast at b o t r h i e ed na o v n a p l a 3 1 t i hrn o e s as pi_ ft t oe a lr l l Auret, acting is the fortunate m an to w will fall. The Royal yacht cutter Vampyre arrived yesterday from Palermo. En route she met with an accident, by which she was nearly destroyed b y fi re. As it was , several letters of which she was the bearer were destroyed. During the week the island has been favoured by the introduction of a few more Jesuits, recently expelled from Rome and Naples. This dangerous society, finding the vox populi everywhere against them, must consider themselves fortunate in having Malta to fall back upon. The Jesuits who have recently arrived are almost entirely young men, born in the island. DISTRIBUTION or THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON. I❑ Malta Harbour —The Ceylon, receiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis ; the Queen, 120, Captain H. W. Bruct and the Wee Pet steam. tug. On a cruise—The Hibernia, 1`..!0, Captain Peter Richards, C. 13., bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, G.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief; the Trafalgar, 120, Capt. Hope ; the 'Superb, 80, Captain Corry • the Vengeance, 84, Capt in S. Lushi n gton ; the Rodney, 90, Captain E. Collior ; the Vanguard, 80, Captain G. F. Rich ; the Thetis, 36, Captain H. Codrington ; the Harlequin, Captain A. C. Key ; the Gladiator, Captain Robb ; the Bulldoii - , Commander Moore ; the Porcupine, Lieutenant E. F. Roberts ; the Hecate, Commander R. Moorman the Odin, Captain the Hon. F. F. Pelham; the Sidon, Captain W. H. Henderson ; and the Terrible, Captain W Ramsey. On Surveying Duty—The Research, Lieutenant Lord J. Brown ; the Volage, 22, Captain Graves. At Gibraltar—The Polyphemus. At the Piraeus of Athens—The Met , tor, Com. mander Buttler ; and the Spartan, Captain. Symonds. At Beyrout—The Mutine, 12, Commander Palmer. At Constantinople —The Tartarus, Convalander Sir G. Webster. At Corfu—The Spitfire, Lieut. J. A. Afitcdonald. MAIL STEAM PACKETS. At Malta—the Volcano, Lieutenant J. El. Crang. Fn route to Tunis —the Locust, Lieutenant E. It. Power. En route to Messina—the Oberon, Lieutenant Gardner. En route to Marseilles from Malta—the Ardent, Lieutenant-Commander W. Nowel. En route from Malta to the lonian Islands and Greece—the _Flamer, Commander Lavier. En route to Trieste and Constantinople—the Antelope, Lieutenant F. Smyth. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S FLOTILLA. At Southampton—the Oriental, the Achilles, the Indus, the racha, the Euxine, the Tiger, the Ripon, and the Sultan. En route from Southampton to Malta—the Tagus. En route to Constantinople and ports of the Black Sea from Malta—the Erin. En route to Alexandria from Malta—the Hindostan. At Malta—the Ariel. FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR IND PACKETS IN PORT. The French steamer Scamandre, the Ottoman schooner, and the Sajah Caters. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Last night, about nine o'clock, one of the most destructive fires that have occurred for some time past in the metropolis broke out in the midst of a large pile of building, occupied by Mr. Baron Water stadt, patentee of ships' signal lights, Mr. Taylor, boat-builder, and Mr. Horne, sail manufacturer. The buildings, which had a frontage in Church-row, Lime house, extended backwards to the Regent's Canal, and were bounded on every side by private residences. It appears that at the time above stated some per sons who lire opposite Mr. Taylor's prenusesdisco vered flames issuing from the lower floor. Animme diate alarm was sounded, and in the course of a few minutes a number of police officers and several of the inhabitants rushed to the spot to render assistance. The stock with which the premises was stored proved such a powerful auxiliary to the flames, that scarcely ten minutes elapsed before the immense pile became wrapped in a general sheet of fire ; and before an engine had time to get to the place, the public thoroughfare was cut off by the flames extending completely over the carriage-road. The inmates of at least half a dozen houses on the opposite side of the road made an attempt to remove their furniture to a distance for protection, but b e f ore th ey h a d t i me t o save a s i ng l e article, the fl ames fi re d t h e roo f s, penetra t e d th e wa front ea t r o mri the o s dm a appeared et u ori nnegp o f envelopedraewmf premises s n le s fij i an . T windows, and in an i ns t ant t h e f urn i ture i n a ll t h e sceneTthhee devastatio n commenced were blazing away with the n d w e u h h r i Thee ch . greatest impet uos it y , and the houses numbered 6 6, 7,8, and 9, on th e o th er s i de of the road, were biar,nl ing with equal violence. A mounted express was, at the commencement of the fire, sent off for the engines, but the great light in the horizon became a far more speedy messenger, and caused a general_turn out of ;the engin es belong ing to the London, West of England, an d C ounty establishments. Not a moment was lost in setting the machines to work, and vast bodies of water were scattered over the blazing property, but without making the least impression. Seeing that the flames were travelling from house to house on the opposite side of the road, the firemen directed the full strength of water against them, in the hope of being able to cut off the further extension of the flames. Whilst so engaged, the whole of the front walls, roofs, and the remaining floorings of the factories gave way, and fell with a fearful crash into the road. Several firemen had a very narrow escape, and it is not correctly ascertained m hether some per sons who were standing by have not perished. The persons living opposite, and who witnessed the mask fall, state that it was utterly impossible for every one to have escaped. Nothing satisfactory on this point, however, will be known until the ruins are over hauled. The firemen, under the direction of their superior officers, laboured, without the least intermission, until nearly eleven o'clock, when they at length succeeded in cutting off the further progress of the flames, just as they were attacking the house belonging to Mr. W. Baker, the coroner for East Middlesex. The total loss by this disaster will reach to several thousand pounds ; for, besides the destruction of Messrs. Baron WTaterstadt, Taylor, and Horne's manu factories, the following houses, all of which were three or four stories high, are partially destroyed, viz. :—No. 5, Church-row, Mr. Ayerst, solicitor ; No. 6, Mr. W. Davis ; No. 7, Mr. Deeling ; No. 8, Mr. Sayers ; and No. 9, Mr. Spence. Several other buildings in the immediate vicinity are likewise severely injured by fire and water. The origin of the outbreak is at present enveloped in mystery. LATES t PARTICULARS.—(THIS DAY.) It was nearly one o'clock this morning before it was ascertained that no lives had been lost, but as to the amount of loss of property not the least estimate could be formed. CHURCH-110W, LIMEIJOUSE. No. 18, belonging to Mr. Horn, sail maker, com pletely destroyed, no furniture saved. Insured in time Phoenix Fire-office. — No. 19, Mr. Chatter, composition felt manufacturer, all destroyed. Insured in the Phoenix. No. 20, Mr. Inglis, private, front of house scorched and damaged, furniture also by fire and removal. Insured in the Phusnix office. COIAMERCIAL-ROAD EAST. No. 4, Mrs. Elizabeth Chatfield, private, front of house damaged, and furniture damaged by removal. Believed not insured. No. 5, Mr. Ayerst, private, similar damage. In sured for building only in the Kent office. No. 6, Mr. Davis, private, first floor damaged by fire, and furuitare also by removal. Building in sured in the Kent, furniture in the Guardian Com pany. No. 7, Mr. Deeling, private, similar damage. In sured in the Sun Fire-office. ~... I\ ~_ o. 8, Mr. Sayers, private, similar destruction of property. Insured in the Globe office. No. 9, Mr. Spence, private, front of house da maged by fire and water, furniture damaged by re moval. Insured in the Globe Fire-office. NEWS AT BRIGHTON. Holiday travellers to Brighton, who may be anxious to learn what is going on in the world they left " behind them," will find every information by going to Mr. Grant, the universal news agent, in Castle square, just opposite the famed Pavilion, now on the e ve of bidding a long farewell to all its fantastical greatness. In that snug locality of ta Castle-square, once the m ovin g haunt of coach, and whi p , and horn, Mr. Grant has latel y o p ened a most commo dious and elegant read in g -room, where all the London daily, evening, and wee kl y papers m ay be seen a fe w almost a b oon everyht has hours after publication , as well as French, Ameri can , Bombay, Spanish , Italian, . and, in fact, i s i provincial and continental j ournal. All the m agaz i nes h and periodical s arc likewise taken; and and is fordto b : , , h h e op e ed ex tremely low charg e of twopence a visitor may obtain as much long n information been wanted a s he at may w ish. Brighton, that Mr. Grant will meet with the support his spirited exertions deserve. s r V u o E u - r P e d a t sr a t t o w s ii T s u on E , i : — wi l l t l BOARB for o W r T es E tb A u D 4 be the new Vice-Pres ident for the Board of Trade, in the room of Mr. Milner Gibson . in , resigned. TRADE or LEICESTER.—T h ere has been more do ing the warehouses, and business has resumed a more improved tone, both in London and Manchester, parti cularly for goods adapted for the home spring trade. But little is at present preparing for the American mar ket, and continental orders are all suspended—the heavy failures constantly taking place in that hitherto steady and respectable market, having destroyed all confidence. arns continue heavy of sale, and there is little doing in wools. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, THURSDAY. The supply of wheat is good, and of other grain moderate. The market is thinly attended, being held off the usual day. The business passing in wheat is limited, and prices must be quoted fully as high as last week. Barley being scarce to-day, fetches rather more money- Beans in better re quest and the turn dearer. in Oats and shel ling each dull tale, without alteration value. M a lt i s held at a slight improvement. THE ILL-FATED EMIGRANT SHIP OMEGA.---Yes terday it was announced at Portsmouth that this unfor tunate ship, which was supposed to have foundered after the emigrants, 336 in number had been taken out of her, and nearly 200 of whom subsequently perished by the wreck of the Barbara, on the American coast, has been passed perfectly sound eighty . miles west ,of the Scilly Lights, by the barque Franklin. Not a soul was on board, and the vessel was drifting with the currents, leaving little doubt that had the emigrants remained on board every one would have been saved. The bulk of the unfortunate people who perished were natives of Bradford, th e l ead' e 1 Pe ° 41' 1 ' s ' ,id 0 , N o tef 011: v el , Patl' rr I.' TV rii°' )0 1 , 4 °