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water. He states that the military officers, with Major Seton, of the 47th, were in attendance on the captain, and had sent the soldiers to the pumps as ordered; that ail hands were study and obeyed ordsrs with ala crity until the last moment; that the ship struck twice; the first shock stove in the bows and drowned many men forward; that the second shock broke the ship in two. The ran, on the yard behaved with great coolness and firmness; several swain to the shore on pieces of spar, and about thirty in numner reached the laud. Mr. Davis, second master, W 53 officer of the watch; he was picked up after being twelve hours clinging to the s pars. (Signed) JOHN DRAKE, Colour-Sergeant, John Ashbolt, stoker, states that it was his watch in the engine-room when the ship struck; that Air. Kitch ecmaa was engineer of the watch; the first order given 7743 to stop the engine, and shortly after to g ive a b ack torn, which was done, and the engne made kbont eight or ten revolutions and ltie ship struck again, the water began to rush into the engine-room and put the fires out; when the eng i nes s topped he went on deck, the ship broke in two, and he found himself picked up by one of toe cutters. William Chase, stoker, states the The engineers were all in tho engine -room. (Signed) WILLIAM CHASE. JOHN ASIIBULT. samo, TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. IN, April 13, 1852. Madile. nor BEL LEFTE ca. since his return from Fir s t appearance of Sig Ameri 'it is respectfully announced that „kis Theatre will Re-OPen on TtiE.sDAY next, April 13, when will — be revived Rosslni's Opera, L,ITALIANA IN ALGIERI. Mustapha, Signor Belletti ; Taddeo, Signor Ferranti ; Holy, Sig. Mercariali ; Lindoro, Signor Caizulari; Livira, Madllo. Feller ; and Isabella, 3ladlle. Angri. Between the. acts will be presented the revived favourite Diver tisiement, L'AL;RORE. Principal Dancers :—Madlle. Guy Stephan (who will make her 2d appearance since her Engagement at Madrid), Mdlles. Rosa, Pisper, Allegrinl, Pavales, Lydia, LaITIOUIGUS, and M. Mathieu (his 23 appearance in this country). To conclule with a new Spanish Dallet Divertissement, entitled ITN BAIL E DE CANDID, In which Mdlle. Guy Stephan, Mdlles. Rosa, Espar, Allegrini, La moureux, M. Di Mattia, and M. Mathieu will appear. The Opera will commence at Eight o'clock. Application. for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Box-office, Colonnade, Ilaymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Production of I MARTYRI. The Directors have DAY , the honour to announce that, on TUEI 13, will be produced, for the first time in this country, Donizetti's Opera, entitled I MARTYRL, As performed at the Aeade:n!e Royal, Paris. With new scenery, Costumes, and Appointments. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit may be had (for the Night or Season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open from Eleven till Five o'clock ; and of the principal librarians and musiciellere. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. Thts Theatre will Re-open on EASTER MONDAY, April 12, with the Dramatic Romance of the CORSICAN BROTHERS. After which will be produced, for the first time, a Fairy Tale, in Two Acts, entitled WITTIKIND AND HIS BROTHERS; or, The Seven Swan Princes and the Fair Melnsinc. STRAND THEATRE JACOB'S WONDERS. FOR THIS NIGHT ONLY _ THIS EVENING., April Bth. The Wizard of Wizards, Ventriloquist, and Improvisatore. Jacobs will present his uurivtlled Entertainment on the above oc casions. The astounding experiments he has to introduce are be yond conception—they must be seen to be accredited—he will throw into oblivion all competitors, whether styling themselves from the East, West, North, or South—native or Foreign. None but Jacobs can give Jacobs' Entertainment—h is the ne plus ultra of the mo dern magi. See him and judge for yourselves ! Stalls, 43. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Amphitheatre, 6d. Commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes and other mformation to be had at the Tneatre. TI4.EATRR ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptons On EASTER MONDAY Will ho presented a new Opera entitled WHITE MAGIC. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. W. Harrison, W - eiss, Misses Pyne, and Louisa Pyne. After which a new Burlesque on a frightfully popular subject, to be called 0, GEMINI ; or, the Brothers of Course. Characters by Messrs. Euckstone, Bland, Woolger ; Mesdames Buckingham, Col lins, Caulfield, Honey, &c. With a new Farce, in which Mr. Keeley will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, A.DELPIII. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. On EASTER MNNDAY Will be performed a new Drama of powerful Interest, called THE QUEEN OF THE MARKET. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Emery, Honey ; Mesdames Chaplin, Harding, and Keeley. After which, a devilish new Extravaganza, called MEPHISTO PHELES. Characters by Mr. honey, Miss Fitzwilllam, and Miss Woolgar. And WHO STOLE THE POCKET-BOOK? ROYAL LYCEUM TIII.:ATRE. Under :)'". Management et Maiinme Ve stTL. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. On EASTER M.)NDAY Will he produced a dramatic story, in eight acts, entitled A CHAIN OF EVENTS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Frank Matthews, Robert 80,b; , , Belton, Baker, Suter ; Madame Vestris, Miss Laura Keene, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss Julia St. Geor4e. AnTLEY'S 110YAL AMY tiITILEATIcE.. Under the V?..trinexce ntner Majesty and tie Rays.: highness Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The 'mud su,ccesstut and popular Theatre In London. This popular place of resort will he open for the amusement of the public 'rts IS EVEN INO, On which occasion will be produced the most astounding FEATS of EQUESTRIANISM ever witnessed, introducing the high talent of the present stupendous company of Olympian competitors. In addition to the '-cenes in the Circle, Bedouin Arabs will exe cute their pleasing and wonderful performances, together with Sig. Ilemino, the celebrated Tight-rope Dancer To commence at .-even o'clock precisely. On EASTER MONDAY the Theatre will re-o:en with a new grand 3filitary Spectacle, which is now exciting all Paris, entitiel EON APAILTE I EGYPT ; or, the Lattle Ct Ab,,ukir. ":“:...elds to oo taxi At We Pox-oltice trou, tilevt, tan Z - our dally. . Stage 7,l:aen. , ,:ez, MT. T. Thorp;:so,... lIIGII WATER AT LOND3N BRIDGE. Tu,s DIY —:llOrnin% 22 - .in, after 4 1 Evetttnt 45 min after 4 To,idogiCOW—Aforning 5 rain. after 5 Evening 27 raw attar 5 THE WEATHER.—Strx OFFICE, Ant. r. S. rg.E.datu:sthal‘e., LIV 45--i best since noon yesterday. 37-4 , )west ;data morving and during the night 48—thls day, at noon. BAROMETRE, 3012. WOW I.L.—fine sunshiny weather. DAILY WEATHER. TABLE. feuowirg Mate of the Wind and Weather at eanh c o , fT he places at N'.ns o'clock 3 - es t e rday rno,,in • are arranged i n or d er of latitude. "tationa Pvrmotrrn—Wind S.E ., gentle breeze — par tially cloudy. POOLN —Wind N.N.E., gentle breeze--Pal ti al cloudy. BEIGHLTON—W ind N.E., gentle breeze—overca st. fewness—Wind N.E., gent l e breeze—overcas t. SonzatAstr ros— W iad E., strong breeze--overcast. n FaidtrsoNa—Wind gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—Wino N.E., gent l e breeze p ar tially cloudy WitEENNVICH—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. E., BWINDo3T—Wind E gentle bre eze — cloudy. ST 3.0013 —Wind ~ gentle breeze —overcast. Concaßszaa—Wind N.E., strong breeze overcast. CAMBRIDGiN—Wind N.E., strong breeze —overcast. YARMOUTH—W ind E., hard wind—overcast. The returns front the following places indicate the state of the wind loc and weather on Tuesday m orning at nine o'c : Li rigs—Wind S.E., calm —partially cloudy. tjARLOW--Wind S.W., gentle breeze —cloudy. MuLLD(QA.B—Wind S.E., calm—overcast. E'Lrmou - ru— Wind E., calm—cloudless. BRIGHTON—Wind N.E., strong breeze—cloudless. SwimDoN—Wind E., light airs ---overcast. LANCASTEII—Wind W., calm --partially cloudy. Wiz - fru Calm—foggy. D.uu.nterroN— Wind W., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. SHAP-- Wind S.W., calm—overcast. BEArrocK—Wind S E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. - ,, r 4 Aq d %rt. plan - A Altix. LONDON, THUMDAY APRIL 8, 1852. AIETTRRNICRIA downfal involved the imperial •councils of Austria in embarrassments which seem to have been recently con,pleted by the sudden death of ScuWARZENBERG. To the young EMPEROR it must be no slight calamity to lose the advice of one whose sagacity, during a period of very extraor dinary emerkency, has proved so serviceable in con solidating his despotism. To the subjects of FRANCIS JOSEPH, on the contrary, the lose cannot prove so irre parable. •It will be regarded, we feel assured, rather a s a blessing than as a misfortune throughout the whole of those motley dominions which consti tute the realm of the Kaiser. Born on the 2d of Oc tober, 1800, and elevated to supreme power in the Cabinet of Vienna on the 21st of November, 1848, p Prince - max SCIIWARZENBERG cannot be said to -ha ve died otherwise than prematurely for a states man, though it must be confessed that he had sur wed much too long hi .s for Is credit as an adminis trator. P Fro m the intelligence received yesterday in London it _ ht.vi - . n ter the Prime lalla learnt, irol—viTithiint surprise, that in e - xlitence afraisrt,rolze of apoplexy' of Austria was no longer the 5.h of April, f ro g :P ired at Vi , 11114 on Monday, ad ministration of the The ment must consequently t :lf ti t i he Austrian Govern ment such as might foe som a for a while into confusion, to come have of proceeding under'st been inextricable, but that an m a b e s t o t t a . ruler has a rather summary way eurnstamo--3 method which in th e ii such oil.. at any rare be allowed the merit of must conve nience. It ii seldom that a country I:fs. to such crises as those resulting from -"jetted the det ,.. of the actual leader of the Government, as —I " the ease in Amer ica on the death of Zs.cur: TAYLOR, and 'in E ng land on the assassination of SPENCER PERCITAL. The mechanism of free in ltitutions is less liable, however, to interruptions from occurreuges of this kind, thanks to the proportionate ggt i 4 - 4- 7 -..... P - v .... 7 1 . ;..,-,-44...4 7.1.. ,,.. V g- t :,,:.'' :.: . t , , ~ . ..Zikr .- _• ~, , A7 . - ,. ., ... ~ .'' fl. 1.f... , ... - ,F '( <-4-4. ) , \ 41 ,0 1 A., Al-f-,,... -• .. L : f . 5 ,..... 0 ~.:, .....,... • r‘..v.C.e..r- THE SUN, division of labour in the manifold offices of adminis tration. The reiionsibilities of Government being diffused among Secretaries of State and other officials of an influential character, are not, of course, so intimately affected en these occasicns as when they are concentrated in a single grasp--which grasp becomes abruptly relaxed by dissolution. Here, nevertheless, es we have already intimated, the prompt exercise of the unrestricted powers of tyranny comes to the rescue of the State with a re solute hand and an iron will. A single decree , or ukase, or pronuncia men t o is sufficient to bind toge ther again all the reins of authority which, for the moment, had become loosened. s Nlinisterially (as of yore royally from the Palace windows of the Tui leries) it is still—" The King is dead I long live the King !" The Minister is dead! long live the Minister ! Whoever may be the successor of SCHWARZENBERG, it is tolerably certain that, like that eminent adminis trator, he will still continue to he influenced in the conduct of his policy by the antecedents, and it may be also by the secret advice of the veteran—we cannot by any po.,sibility say Nenerable—Prince Mserreassicu, secluded as that political octo genarian is at his residence among the vine yards of Johanisberg. That the departed chief of the Vienna Cabinet was guided in a very great measure by the examp:e, and, as many have sur mised also, the direct or indirect councils of his pre decessor, was sufficiently maeiiest, we conceive, from the extraordinary resemblance, we might even say the actual identity, of their systems of carrying on the go vernment. Thfore applying himself to the study of statecraft he had almost exclusively dissipated his ener gies in the delights of frivolous amusements, occasion ally, it is true, participating in the duties of a military career, in which he rose to the dignity of Lieutenant Field-Marshal in the Imperial forces, having served, and not without credit to him self, in Lombardy, under the orders of the brave old RADETZKY. Besides these duties, SCHWARZENBERG had filled others of a very different nature, inasmuch as he was Austrian Ambassador at Turin, and subse quently at Naples, where he was still exercising di plomatic functions in the March of 1848, a month rendered memorable by the outbresk of the revolu tion. Sum:Loned to the helm of the Government at a moment when the vessel of the state appeared to be foundering in the midst of democratic storms and insurrectionary darkness, SCHWARZENBFRG for the first time displayed those administrative energies which had been long dormant, and which speedily de clared him to be in ability the not unworthy succes sor of Prince METTERNICH. Between the downfal of METTERNICH and the rise of SCHWARZENBERG a variety of Ministerial changes had taken place at Vienna—each successive appointment prov ing, if possible, only more and more disas trous in its consequences. FICQUELMOST showed nimself as incapable of conducting the toils of ad ministration as WINDISCHGRATZ bad shown himself incapable of struggling In the field of battle against the prowess of the heroic Hungarians. WESSENBERG displayed yet more apparently his incapacity as of despair leader of the Government. And it was in a kind of discovering any man able to cope with the political difficulties at Vienna as vigorously as RADETZKY had struggled with and ultimately conquered the military difficulties in Lombardy, that SCIIWS.RZENBERG iwnucadsaetdltst sent for from the Court of Naples, and in =pile of the perils of the position, to as sume the supreme administrative pest as leader of the Austrian Government. Since the moment of his ele vation to that dangerous altitude, on the 21.$t of November, 1848, he has preserved the power of his imperial master intact, grasping the reins of office with a firm hand until the hour of his death by apo plexy. By his capacity, therefore, he has earned a right to admiration ; while by the rigour of his policy, by the cruelty of his acts, and among these, more especially by the ever-execrable murder of Count Louis BATTIIYANI, he has given cause to the races of Christendom to regard his name with exe cration. There is at this moment no property or income tax. The unequal and oppressive impost expired on Monday last. Had it been more fairly and equitably assessed it would probably have been regarded as one of the best modes of collecting a large proportion of the public revenue, but as it was actually apportioned it could only be viewed as cne of the MC3t stupendous monuments of national injustice ever perpetrated. The evils of class legislation were never more power fully illustrated than under that iniquitous law which was permitted to encumber the national statute-book for ten 3 ears without modification or alteration lenumerable complaints were from time to time put forward, but these were directed against the details, rather then the principle of the measure. The commu nity was favourable to direct taxation. There would have been no objection to even a much higher charge than sevenpence in the pound on accumulated and realized property, provided that equivalent reductions were made on other more obnoxious charges. But a deep and burning sense of injustice was felt by those who earned their daily bread by physical or intellec tual labour, and who naturally complained of the hardship of being charged as highly as those who had a far greater command over the necessaries and luxuries of life than themselves, no allowance whatever being made for the precarious and fluctuating nature of their resources, or fur the nec.ssity of providing for any casualties that might arise in the way of death, want of employment, or mental or bodily incapacity. Unfortunately the late CHANCELLOR of the Ex cm:ewe:it, with that r eculinr intellectual obliquity for which he rendered himself so painfully conspicu ous, could not, or more probably would not under stand the real cause of the general outcry. Although his attention was repeatedly directed to the subject, he continued, with a strange perversity, to as cribe every objection made to the apportion ment under Schedules D and E to a dislike to the entire code. He would sanction no amendment; it should of be accepted thewila all its defect s, or re j ected in C o t o . Thi s was one o f the chief causes of t he over throw late incurred Government, and the almost un paralleled om other matters contributed to increase the effect, but we believe there can be but little doubt that the con ductot of r prominent n e e u n A t a p s t i si tiiB ::: 2s o in op, in reference to the pro pertym and incomeqax, occupied one o`; if not the Crises of 1851 and from this burden producingp the Ministerial We cannot, ho w * h Dattaluiaovilrnhe.Exchequer, we Al though there is a 3,000,000/, handsome d of a ny great duration. in thewi7etr' -"Pa that our exemption t.notorwa numbersat T r o d r afford fio t N o , iet give revival, uivpabi,a halfa t reausitio ch nf l u ; p l r ri aN l y d u l u s ifem ic r e imw s t e eau x i dr a s c dpt e r: c t o rol do u io uj oio n i d ) t i k t gd s : n a s e o n n t a foundatio n bl y uck andbe being g perhapsplaced we cannot c a an p n e o r t m r a e during the present session. But although a just tind completely oe reason v u i i o t equitable l e arrangementwhy we should n improvements—whymoay t endeavour e t d h e av m o e u r r to e impossible,gl makeri there g is no e w ri some ev duces might not be in som e d egree remove d . ng On the 19th inst. the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE is to fix a day for making hi s fin anc i a l stute men;4 ll" ' d he will then explain his views o n thi s interesting and important question. We can scarcely suppose that the Right lion. Gentleman will, i n power, lend hist support to matters which he formerly so em phatically denounced. lie is too clearheaded to fall into so grievous an error, nor is it probable that he would neglect the opportunity of acquiring a high degree of popularity, even if he could do so without inconsistency. We may also infer, from the tone of his reply to the lion. Gentleman the Member for Mon trose, on Monday evening, when he stated that " he should be very glad if the Committee DOW sitting on the subject should have reported before that time, but if they lied not, it would not prevent him from going on with his statement." This short sentence would seem to indicate that his mind is already roads up on the subject ; and when we consider that he was a prominent and painstaking member of the Committee, and, as such, well acquainted with the views and opinions of its leading m embers, we can easily conceive that he is fully prepared on the topic. It will, ther, be for All parties who feel aggrieved by the present iniquitous system to lend their most energetic exertions to its modification. They must closely o b serve t h e course that may be adopted , and if it be not such as they have reason to anticipate, andae tho justice of the case may require, ein oppor- LONDON, tunity will speedily arrive of ensuring the attentive consideration of the Legislature. The battle is to be fought at the hustings. No elector should record his suffrage in favour of any person who will refuse a distinct and unequivo cal answer on the subject. Whatever may be his qualifications in other respects, no man can be a fitting representative who would lend his sanction to so gross and palpable an act of injustice as that which, having been maintained for ten years, may now be num bered among the things that have departed. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN has brought a hornet's nest about his ears by his recent effusions in the Presse. The organs of the Royalists of the two Bourbon dynasties are greatly scandalized at the insinuation thrown out by him against the Royalist party as tieing capabie of resorting to attempts at assassination ts; get rid of the empire in the event of its being formed ; and M. DE LA. GIIERRONIERE, who was for a long time co-editor of the Presse with M. DE GIEARDIN, falls foul in the Pays of his ancient comrade. After sundry professions of personal esteem and respect fur the delinquent, the writer in the Pays expresses his profound surprise and regret at finding an imputation proceeding from his pen " which tends to stigmatise not only the whole of an honourable party, but, to a what; point, the political opinion of the country, made responsible for crimes which, thank GOD, are not of any party." M. DE GUERRONIERE then quotes the article in the Presse which has proved the rock of offence, and thus continues :—" W e do not hesitate to say that these are detestable arguments to preserve the Republic. No ; wbetever may happen, whether we remain in the Republic or leave it, in order to enter on the Empire, there will not be an ALIBAUD in the Republican party, nor a Meant° in the Royalist party, to avenge the democracy or to restore the monarchy. Such monsters, if they could live again in their miserable imitators, would engage only their own name and hand before the justice of GOD and of history. They would not engage any party. There would be a crime at the charge of a single man, but that responsibility, altogether of an individual character, could not imply any moral complicity with one of the honourable parties which contend for their convictions and opinions." The Union pitches in more lustily, in the fol lowing style : " In the opinion of M. de Girardin the establishment of the Empire would be the signal for the most exe crable crimes, for those crimes which are the disgrace of society and of an age, and the sad prognostication which we for our part prefer to leave to the editor o the Presse. We leave him ale the honour of his decla. mations against royalty, against that royalty which, according to his account, would not return but to bring back slavery, and those abuses and intolerances which would allow us most the Parliamentary regime of the Etats genera= assembling every 175 years. Such non sense does not merit discussion, it only causes universal derision. And yet this is what M. de Girardin does not disdain to call his conclusion. Your conclusion ! Allow us to say that you promised us something more—you promised us the receipt for preserving the Republic. That receipt, there fore,ttenxdpmeeotnairt.chylLphtiothtehirtso y ti o m u e h y a o v u e t ee h of negatives ; it is time for you hav proceedede we attacked a w e k a b n eyd t , tem and :pp w ar now to come to affirmatives, and to tell us how you mean to preserve the Government which has your preference. That would be true conclusion, and the real solution of the problem which has been put forth in the Preset." M. DE GIRARDIN appears again in the Presse of yesterday. The article is a reply to the Independance of Brussels, which had spoken of him as having rallied to the Government of Louis NAPOLEON. He says— " If I have rallied,' it must be admitted that the President of the Republic does not look towards the Empire; and if he does so, it must then be admitted that I have not 'rallied' to him. It is necessary to choose be tween one or the other of the two affirmatives. The truth of the case is this: Called back to Paris by im perious and urgent business, I only yielded to the voice of personal interests in stating my personal convictions, in perfect independence, end at the risk of oppposing personal views, which it is supposed and pretended are decided on,-and expecting to receive a fresh order to return, at my choice, either to Belgium, Germany, or England. My trunks are ready, but before starting I wished to state to democracy the result of my two months' reflections in the solitude of exile. The more I have reflected on it the more convinced I feel that pes simism was the strictest, and consequently the shortest road to arrive at legitimism. Anything rather than the European restoration of the last century. It, is for this reason that, although marked with the seal of ostracism, and injured in the most serious manner in all my inte rests, I have never ceased to write from Brussels to Paris. 'Let there be no pessimism.' As to the sus picious which were not spared towards me before my return, end even before my departure on the 14th Ja nuary, I have paid dear enough during the last year (more than 500000 for the right of disdaining them, and I shall make use of that right.", The Bank of France is henceforth to publish the returns of its general position on the second Thurs day of every month, instead of weekly. This notice will give much satisfaction, especially as it will tend to remove the suspicion that the suppression of the weekly report was for the purpose of concealing com mercial depression, as proved by the low state of dis count of hills of exchange. The Putrie publishes the following communicated note:— " The continual increase of business rarely permits the Prince President to grant audiences, and requests for them must be addressed direct to General Rogues, com mandant of his military household." The strongest demonstrations of gratitude have been testified by the inhabitants of all the parts of the country through which the railroads which have lately been conceded by the Government are to pass. The municipal councils of Strasbourg, Beschwiller, and Lauterbourg, have voted addresses of thanks to the PRINCE PRESIDENT on the subject. The town of Gray, in the Haute Saone, hailed the announcement of the decree of concession of the line from Besmes to that place with a salute of twenty•four guns, and an illumination, and the Chamber of Commerce of the town voted en address to the PRESTDENT of the Re public, expressive of their gratitude and devotedness to him. An address of thanks has also been presented to the PRESIDENT from the municipality of Limoges for the prompt completion of the Central Railway. Mortgage banks, according to the basis laid down by the decree of the PRESIDENT of the Republic, are being formed in the departments of the Loiret and the Cher. The names of the most wealthy and influential persons of the departments are mentioned as con nected with these banks. The PRINCE PRESIDENT has commuted the sen tence of transportation to Algeria, pronounced against Dr. LEPINRUX, for the part that he took in the insur rection of the Allier, into banishment into another de partment of France. M. LATOUR-DUMOULIN ' formerly chief editor of the Courrier Francais, h as been appointed director of the printing department of the Ministry of Police. The Gazette de France says :—" A rumour is cur rent that the two Grand Dukes of Russia, MICHAEL and NICHOLAS, are about to come to Paris on a visit to the PRESIDENT of the Republic." Viscount DE TOIIRNON is in a fair way of recovery from the effects of his accident at the steeplechase on Sunday last. An entire change has taken place in the mode of lighting the Palace of the Tuileries. The bougies have been suppressed, and replaced by magnificent lamps attached to the lustres. There. was very little business transacted. in Govern ment Securities at the Bourae. Railway Shares were more active. The Four-and-a-Gall per Cents. opened at 101 f. 40e., and closed at 101 f. 30c. for the end of the month; the There per Cents. closed at 71f. 60e.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,182 f. 500.; Rouen, 7351.; Havre, 2881. 75c.; Great Northern, 685'4 Avignon, 27 7 f. eee,,• Vierzon, 5651.; Bale, 2421. 50c.; Bordeaux, 605f.;50Pcar.ispaarnids and Lyons, 6 5 3 7 0 51 . 4 Tours and Nantes, 357 i. FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE , tim 2B ur_an p d ar L is ie an ge d , 23 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 14% —Northern of trance, 11 4— oue N n BUSINLESOSNDDOONNESTINOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 7. Paris and Lyon s ' 4 n and Havre, 11N —Sambre and Strasbourg , Name.. 11—West Flanders, Sand Meuse, —Tours and East Indian, 211/183,—y —Paris 7i/2. Western of France' SPAIN. analogy a royal decree relative to The Gazette publishes Madrid journals of tariff. Manuffic -B°lne modifications in the Customs . do not bear any tures of new invention, and which . , will pay former tariff, will the od have been received. rent duty of 15 per pay for the first time an ad valo f.el.J and 18 per cent. if imported by Spanish ves'lan'd. All mer chandise if h-y foreign vessels or by . to articles classified in the to an pay the above duties. Where goods subject r than chandise in small quantities and of little value will ad valorem duty: are entered at a price lower they are considored worth, the Custom-house per autho rities are a t lib erty to take tin mat the va l ua ti o n of the owner 9, a ddi ng to cent. for th 9 expen ses. A duel wi t h swords Ist, between M. SAGA . TI p l a ce M. MANTILLA, in TI an ti h cons( quence `of a political dispute. They were but wounued in the hand, but not seriously. MADRID Bonnet, Ae RIL 0. The Three per Cents., 40 7-16. Exchst:ekor, Lnd o n at London, d money. --- GERMAN Y. The conference which lat e l y took place at Bam berg between the Ministers of Ilavarie, SaxonY, a" Wurtemburg relative to th e Customs C o ngress which i 3 to b e h e ld a t B er li n , l a to b, f ollowed by another conference, in which the Grand Duchies of Hesse, Na.sau and Frankfort will be reprtounsented. The iVew Gazette of Prussia annceu that Com modore SCIMEDEIt had arrived to take posgession of the frigates Gefion and Barbarossa. Th ey w ill be taken in the Ant place to Swinetuuncle. A dreadful catastrophe, of which it is impossible to estimate the extent, has occurred in Silesia. Towards r resemblingt the laps© mid-day, it was observed that the mountain of Zobt was suddenly enveloped in a dense smoke, while at terrific aT h e a rumbling, rd. A After the therolling s same time t m e a thunder, w few moments the smoke dispersed, when, to the con sternation of all, it appeared that the chapel on the summit, with a large number of p ersons , had been enguiphed. The number of persons who perished has not yet been ascertained. We read in a letter from Vienna :—" The zeal of the Servians for everything connected with their national language is unceasing. It has just been decided that a national theatre shall be built at Bel grade. The Servian Ministry have subscribed twelve thousand francs towards it, and the Prince of SERVIA has promised to complete whatever sum may be wanting when the national subscription shall have been closed. At the Lyceum of Belgrade two new chairs have been founded, one for a Professor of French Literature, the other for Literature and Ser vian History." Tlll6 SHARE MARKETS TIZZITISE. Business done .1 Railways, Paid. I Nominal Priced. to _ day. A 3% Aberleori• • •• • • all Ito 14 • , 13% 4 i An . ii.:ergate, 'Nottingham, Boston, &E. Junction 834 6 —6% 6 % firming., Woivertiamp., and Steer Valley IL 10% Birkenh., Lan., & Chesis Junc.,late 331. 6s. Bd.. 26 12% —1134 13. Do. Chest. & firkenhd., 501. 8;251. Consolidated all 163( 1 734 Do., do., 20/. 17 .„ Bristol and Exeter.. •• 100 90 —9l 91 90% Caledonian •• •• •• 50 18% 18% % Chester and Holyhead .. 111 2 i 22% 21 % Dublin and BelfastJunot. 45 16 14 d. Dundalk and Enniskillen all 3 Dundee, Perth, and Aber leen Junction .. all 6 7 Do., New ail • • —• • 7 East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) .. all 4% —4% Do, (181. E. & IL) .. all 3 —3% Eastern Counties .. 20 9% %to diastorn Union, class A, late E. U. shares .. all GU 734 Do. do. do. .. 6 .• • Do. de., B& C shares all 4 3, 6 36 5 East Limcasnive • • 16% —Li % D.. New quarters • • ail •• —• • East & West India Docks and Birm• Jun c. all 50 —52 East & West York. June. all .• • Ediuotirgh aud Glasgow 50 2734 28% 28 :din., Perth, and Dundee 25 5% —5% Glasgow and South-West. 10J • • • 14reat Northern • • .. all 19% —2O 197; 20 Do. halves, A, deferred all 6 5,4 (04 Do. halves, 11, 6 per et , all 1434 14 1 , 2 14 % % Great Southern and! Western. Ireland • • all 37% 3 5 3 Groat Western .. 100 88% — 85 % 88 % 89 Lancaster and Carlisle .. all 77 —BO Do. thirds •• .. 11 13 4 8% — 9% P. Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 71 % 71 % 71% Do. quarter Mares .. all •• Do. fifths . .. 14 6 34 d. Do. West Riding Union 11% 4 d. Leeds Northern .. an 16% 17% Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. • • 17% • • —• • London and 131ackwall .. all 7% 8 7% London, Brighton, and South Coast .. .. 100 98% 99% 993( % London and N.-Western lee 123% —123% 123% %%%34 Do. do. quarters •• 22 4% 5 p.. 27 Do. fifths 12 4 p. Do. 101. sh., M. &13 (c) 1 2 —2% p. London and 5.-Westers . 100 88% —B9 IA 89% 89 % Do. new 501. 42% 6 534 dig. Do. new 401. 34 5 4 ills. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • .. 111 iiitanebet , tr, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire 1.. .. 100 3334 3434 34% Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union .. 4 2 0 —2% die. 1 Midland •• •• 100 64% 64% 6434 % • Do. firming & Derby 100 33 —35 31 Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) 4734 Newcastle and Carlisle.. • • Do. quarter shares .• all • • • Newmarket • . all 8 1 % —• 8% Newport, Aborgavenny, 1 and Hereford .. .. 10 —4% din. ) Sorfolk 100 32 —34 34% 33% 34 Do. Now 201. shares.. 15 11 —lO dis. Northern Counties IJaien 334 314 3 Ms. North British.. .. 25 8 8 34 8 % 34 North Devon .. •• •. 11 8 7 dim. North Staffordshire •• 1734 8 dbl. 9% 1 North-Western 19 •die. . North & Sth.-West.Jtinc. G 1 134 p 734 Oxford, Worcester and • Wolverhampton.. .. all 1734 —l3 17% 13 34 u - Scottish Central .. 25 15% 15% f Scottish Midland .. all 10 10% Do. new all —• t Shrews. & Blrm., Class A I all 7% 7% o Do. Class 8.. .. • • all 534 Shrews. & Hereford., Old 7 4 3 dbl. e Shrewsbury and Chester e (Nor. W. Min.) .. .• all 14 —l6 Do. Halves an 7 Do. Oswestry • • .. all 103 4 11% Shropshire Union •• •• 6% 3 34 3 d. it,d 3% 34 x.d Do., A, B, C, & D. tally 33 paid up at per cent South Devon 1514 1634 P. South-Eastern •• 30 21 32 21% x.n 21% 4 . x.n ,e South Wales.. •• all 3234 —l3 1. South Yorksh. and River A Due •• .. • . 15 —34 dis 13% Sheff., Roth., and Goole La South Division .. • • 6 .. is Stirling and Dunfermline all .. le Stockton and Hartlepool 16 2.3 Taff Vale .. • • .. • • 126 150 151 it Thames Haven Dock and 0. Railway .. •• 18 dis. %34 re Vale of Neath .. • • 17 5 4 die. ,„ Waterford and Kilkenny all 4% Waterford and Limerick all 17% 183% 1 5 Waterford, Wox., Wick.' a- and Dublin .. .. 3 le West Cornwall •• •• 13 5 434 did. West London .. all • • is York, Newc.. 8 Berwick 25 18 1 % 18% 18% % as Ditto and Newcastle Bd Extension .. 20 d. DM. G.N.E. purchase 9 3% 3 (1. It, York and North Midland 150 24% —25 24 % 106% Royal Mail Steam (We cannot be answers will not be influenced by 24 % 7GICA% THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1852. able for tl interesto bionnnal Prices. to-day. ----.-13 -- _ Agua Fria ... ..... ~ 1 1 _ .1) 2 1 ;,, 2 Anglo Californian 10 8 . P Asturian ..... • • Australian ••.. • • , 5 • Australian Freehold .• •• all r die. 14 Ave Maria ... • • • ..... ( Us; Blaenarvon Iron & Coal all British Australian Gold 1 % dis British Iron . •••• •• • • 13i. Is.• Brazilian imp. (Is. 51. p.) 24'h De. Cocaes and Cuiabs all 1 —t % Do. St. John del Hey— 15 Cobra Copper . • 40 30 —3l Coplapo .• • ..... • • 14 4 Eng.& Australian Copper 5 p 5% General •• • • • • ...... •• all 94 —lay{, Gold Mountain ••• I par —t, p Great Polgooth .- •• .• all I tySi P 4% Mexican& S.American 9 4 Nouveau Monde.. 1 3a i P 1% Santiago do Cuba lO% 6 7 Tin Croft .. ••• • • • • • 7 10 —ll United Mexican— .• .• • • all 24 2% West Mariposa .. •• • • Lbs. par Carson's Creek, 114 %. Port Philip, !y. 611:0 7L 1tt.5.N51‘.6 Australasia all 38 —:i9% British North America 50 47% —49 Colonial .... •• • • 25 11% 12% 11% Commercial of London 20 24 25% London Joint Stock lO 18% 17% 18 Lefitton arid Westminster 20 29% —3O National Provincial Eng. 35 .. .• • National of Ireland . .. 22% 17% —l7 Oriental Bank Corporat. all 32 33% Pravincial of Ireland • • 25 42v, 43% Do. New ...• • • • • all 15y,i —16 X, Union of Australia all 35 -- 36 q t 37 Do. New 254 3 834 Union of London •• lO 14% 15 54 Union of Madrid • • all •• •• VIISCELLIMEO II733 . Canada ••..• • • • 324 i4B 45% Eastern Steam • • .. • • Gen. Steam Navigation 1 14 2734 28% ,28 Paula. & Oriental Steam. all 74 —BO 178 Ditto ditto 15 .. Royal Mail Steam 6O 80 81% Le errors of the Official Lista, am' correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 5,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken for exportation. The market closed heavily, and prices had a downward tendency. The sales comprised 3,500 American, 120 Pernam and Maranham at 513. to 6p., 10 Bahia at 6-id., 600 Egyptian at 5i 1. to 10d., 400 Surat at 3d. to 4-, 1 ,- , l.—ltailway Shares were flat. The six weeks' official average price of Wheat is re turned at 425. 4d. per quarter. The highly-respectable meeting presided over yester _ _ day by Sir James Duke, for the purpose of receiving a report from Mr. Francis Lyne, the originator of the movement in favour of Tribunals of Commerce, and the honorary secretary, passed a resolution expressive of a determination vigorously to pursue the object sought, and one or two gentlemen present connected with the law, as well as with mercantile affairs, ably elucidated the evils of the existing system- Mr. Lyne's report proved satisfactory to all present, and, as will be seen by the account of the meeting given in another column of The Sun, it fully merited the warm applause bestowed upon it. It is to be re gretted that an important question affecting the trad ing community at largo was jeopardized by one or two parties who came in at the eleventh hour, merely to indulge personal antipathies, and introduce a paid servant, or one at least expecting to be paid. By an act of high-mindedness on the part of the honorary secretary, the funds were unfortunately surren dered to the keeping of these persons who, despite the award its favour of the former, refuse to transfer them back. Preferable, however, will it be that the whole amount should be a present to them, or returned to the subscribers, than thatjthe cause should be endangered by being left in their hands. The letters of sympathy sent to Mr. Lyn° include communications from the most intelligent men of business here and is the provinces, including Mr. Hall, Mr. Heyworth, Mr. Fisher, and Mr. Boyle (Duff, Gordon, and Co.). The Amsterdam Stock Market, on the 6th inst. was good for Dutch Stock; Mexican not so good. Other Foreign Securities were in request. The amount of Bills drawn by the Hon. the East India Company during the past fortnight was 24,0811. 4e. 6d. The English Stock Market is very buoyant, and prices have risen per cent., Consols being 99 to 991. At one period this morning Consols were 991 The Bank of England has not intimated its intention to lower the rate of discount. The dividends at ) plyablo to-day, and there is a good attendance of annuitants. Bank Stook has been supported at 216 to 217. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been at par with out the dividend. The March Exchequer bills aro 695. premium. Foreign Securities have been steady, and Spanish are higher, the Threo per Cents. having risen to 474 and 48i. The Certificates have risen to 21-, and 3. Portu guese Four per Cents. have baen 37i. Mexican have been 34/ to I, and neglected. Sardinian Bonds have touched 95. ItAilway Shares are very dull, and at about former rates, Thames Haven have risen again. Californian Gold Mines are neglected, but Australian very firm. _ _ The last week's Railway Receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under:- 1852. 1851. Great Western £16.784 £15,523 North-Western South-Western 9,680 9,309 Brighton Midland South• Eastern North Stafford 4,903 4,813 Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick QUARTER TO THREE. ... 99} i ... 99* 4 Consols ~. Ditto Account, April 13 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITIsII FUNDS O'CLOCK PRICES Bank Stuck 3 i.er Cent. Reduced Anus. 3 per Cont. Consols Annuities 99 53 99 1 A 995, New Pi per Cent. Anne.....,. Long Anna. to expire ian.lB6o 6 11-16 6% 6 % Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 6% 6 7-16 6 7-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860. 6% 6 7 A India Stock 262 262 Indi! Bonds, 1,000/ ...... .... 83 p 83 p :South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities emboli; for Account 'f;xchequer Bills, I%d. March. June. 1,000!. .. ..... ... ..... ... 5001. Sma11, ONE OLOSINci PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brszilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. ...... 991- /... :99 3 4 x d Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent — 102 1 / 2 Equador Bonds 5 Grenada Bonds, 1 1 / 2 per . Cent — Ditto, Deferred ... 113 11 % % 11.4vcan 5 per lent., 1816 — Ditto Account 34M% 343, 3 Ditto, 3 per Cent....... Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cont._ '" Ditto. Account ' 106 3 / 4 107:106 1 , x d Ditto, Deferred, 3 per Cent 67 663, . 4 Portuguese b per Cents Ditto. 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, Account .... SpAnitli :', peri:;ent. 1840 — Ditto. 3 per Cent — Pi tt o,:account Ditto. New Deferred Spanish Com. Cert. Coup. not funded 23/, 3 Venezuela 80nd5,;3 1 4 per Cent.... Ditto. Account Dividends on the above payable in London,. Belgian, 4 1 ,4 per Cent. ... ...... 96y, Dutch 2 1 ,4 per Cent. 12 Guild.— Ditto 4 per Onni. C trtifivatoN ... MIA% % 21 % 3 per cent. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--('r ests DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 8 . --Wind at no on N breeze, and fine clear weath er . ..24 v ~ mode ra t e CALAIS, APRIL 7.—Tho Thernis,' Sunderla n d to Ma taro, is on shore on th e coast; endeavours have been made to get her off, b u t w i t h out strained, and to-night's tid e will decide success; she is much her fate. CONSTANTINOPLE, MAReu 24.—Tho Weights, Odessa to Queenstown, for Falmouth, the 22d inst., got aground, Which c l eare d h e nce on charging; will be surveybuted IN VERREMIIII ' 3APRILIt: 6 . —The Concordia, of 1 1°' don, Boness to Altona w i , as n contact this morni n g with a brig, drift e d On . crew saved. the Berner Rock, fell over and sank ; NANTES, APRIL run into s .—The Clarisse, for G uernse y , was Yesterday, at Paimbeeuf, by the Paquebot Fer dinance, and received severe damage, but made little water. Colour. ISLE OF SKYE. APRIL 3.—The Daisy sloop, of Berwick, Arklow to Newcastle, has sustained con siderable damage, having boon on shore. SHIELDS, APRIL 7.—Wiud N.N.E.--Std. Brit:sh 1 1 1,r, Qat bec. SCI L LY, APRIL s.—Wind E. S E.—Acrd. John Ro• tun woo Buenos Ayres; Il iero, Charleston for Antwerp; Fleur So Lis, Calcutta. LITTLtiIaiNiPTON, APRIL 7.—The Tertius, of Ipswich, Portland to Loudon, has put in with damage, having been on Bagnor Rocks. lIAMDURGII, APRIL s.—The Colibre, hence for Bata via and Singapore, was in contact with the Yrita, from Bard,:uux, and both sustained damage to bulwarks and rigging. --- OUTRAGE by POLIC EMEN.--At the Liverpool Police Court, yesterday, two police constables were sus pended from their duties, in consequence of a violent out. rage committed on Thomas Wilkinson, on Sunday night 'alt. One of the constables, mistaking the man fur some other person, at first knocked him down, and having got another to a,sist him, they cohtinued their violence un;ii the poor fellow was covered with blood, his knee broken, and ho was compelled to be removed to the hospital. Mr. Mansfield strongly censured the violent conduct of the oilicere, who La all probability will be climiNcil the force. HOLLAND. The Netherlands coasting fishing bas been more successful this year than at any former known period. In Scheveningen alone the number of fish sold in one week realised no less than 18,000 florins. Last ssason 67,000,000 mickerel and 19,000 ; 000 herrings were taen on the Dutch coast, the Guidenzae and the Goadz , e, and sold in the harbour of Mounikim darn for 237,000 florins. On the Ist of April the ratifications were ex changed at Berlin between the Netherlands Envoy and the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs, rela tive to the three conventions concluded between the two kingdoms—viz ,on the measure against smug gling ; secondly, the junction of the railway ; and, thirdly, the junction of the electric telegraphs be tween the two countries, The exchange of the ratifications of the treaty concluded between the Netherlands and Belgium, for the junction of the telegraphs between these kiug doms, took place at Brussels on the 25th. ITALY. Letters from Florence state that a Alinisterial crisis is at hand, which will end in the increased influence of Austria. The present Ministers intend to retire on account of not being able to establish a demi-consti tution, in which they are opposed by Austria. The Senate at' Turin are still engaged in debating the question of the fortifications of Casale. On the 3d the Minister of War declared that these fortifica tions were to form part of a complete system of de fence. The President of th e C ounc il added that the Cabinet was perfectly u nan i mous on that point a s well as on all others, and repeate d that their motto was —" The Consti t uti on — ne i ther m ore nor less; Cagliarileft;ever!" ar e of the 30 th ult., when a royal d ecree was published there dissolv ing the National G uar d, an d or d er ing it s immediate re-organization acc or di ng to l aw. This decree is 'ac companied by a pr oc l ama ti on f ro m the Syndic o f Cagliari, in which he i n f orms hi s fellow -citizens t hat this measure has only b een t a ken with a view to render the organizati on o f t h e N a tional Guard more regular, as it bad b een go t up i n too great haste in 1848. A NEW ACTRESS . CARDIFF.—(From our own Correspondent.)—Miss Rochelle has been playing here with great success. We had heard a great deal of this lady before she made her appearance, and expectation was on tiptoe. Con trary, however, to what is usually the case, we found that instead of saying too mud', report had hardly said enough of her. If we mistake not, Miss R ochelle has a brilliant career open before her. She is really a fine actress: the stage is truly her vocati on. The moment we saw her we were greatly struck by her a pp earance. all, an expressive eye, in which She has a tall, graceful figure, $ fine face, and above e very feeling of her soul is mirrored with marvellous cle arness. It is lon g since we have seen down here anything at all com parable to the pathetic sweetness of h er Juliet, or the touching naivete of her Parthenia. Nor was her Portia a whit less excellent. Her scene with the caskets was beautifully rendered, and her trial scen e was g reeted with the most hearty applause. We have heard that, on leaving here, Miss Rochelle proceeds to Paris, where she will take part in the private theatricals of the Hotel of the Princess Bagratian, and where—at least, so it is reported—she will read the part o f Lad y Mac beth with the great Rachel, previous to playing it at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, whither she proceeds in a month's time. May success attend her. Such is the wish of all playgoers in the good town of Cardiff.— Musical World. DIED.—On the s!h instant, of exhoustion, in the 10th year of its age, neither deeply nor at all regretted—the Property and Income Tax. TESTIMONIAL To MR. PIERCY.--LaSt evening this gentleman, who has for more than a quarter of a century been connected with this journal as a Parliamentary re porter, was entertained by his former colleagues at a dinner at Anderton's Hotel, on his retirement from the press in con seqaence of ill-health. To mark their appreciation of his many amiable qualities and great ability in the discharge of his arduous and onerous duties while in " the gallery," the gentlemen composing the company presented Mr. Piercy with a beautifully executed and faithful likeness of himself by Mr. Beard. HERR F. JoriGumANN's CONCERT. --This talented vocalist gave a concert last evening at Willis's Rooms, which drew a crowded and fasionable audience. The programme rec overed to aid with her splendid voi ce t h e exert i ons o was rich in attract ion. Madlle. Evelin a Garcia was suffi ciently She was raptu rous l y encored i n Rode's Air and Va riations, in which w e never heard her equalled by any singer of the day. The w armest plaud i ts fseleral po pular artistes. were bestowed on Miss Poole, Madame Letnaire, Mr. Dray ton, and Mr. Fedor. A solo on the violoncello was beauti fully given by M. de Munck, and Madame Goffrie on the piano-torte and Air. Richardson on the flute constituted some of the prominent features of the entertainment. The fine d an m d i b r y ab i l l e am baritone voice of Herr Jonglimann himself was heard to con summate advantage in his several songs. ilton and Company, the scene of the present war in Kafirland, ha s just been pub map, representing lish li ed 4r by t7 . London. It will be regarded at this moment with peculiar interest. FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION.-- - YeSterday, at a meeting of the vestry of St. Pancras, hem in the great hall N S D ;re — at A , E v x e e r t y e r a , adjoining the workhouse, T. Eld Baker, E sq., major church _ warden in the chair; the following resolution, moved by Mr. Brettingham, and seconded by Mr. W. D. Cooper, was car ried unanimously :—. That in the opinion of tkis vestry any return to a tax on the food of the people will be one of the most fatal courses for any Government to take. That the chief object of the present Ministry appears to be to main tain the high rents of the aristocracy, and to continue that profligate expenditure .of the nation's mean s , which, unless timely arrested by a reform of the people's own 'house,' the 'Commons House of j.arliatnent, will inevitably end, as it has done in other states ? in a financial revolution." WATCHES AND CLOCKS.—The value of foreign clocks imported in the month ended the sth ult. was 4,6311. and of watches 13,049/. The duty paid in t h e mont h on clocks was 4,3651., and on watches 13,049/, IMPORTATION or EGGS.—There were 8,688,9 32 eggs imported in the month ended the sth ult. into the United Kingdom, all of which were entered for home con sumption and chargeable with duty, Mr. Williams s name was omitted in the division on the Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill. He voted, with the majority, against Mr. Walpole's amendment. DEATH OF THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF NOVA ScoTIA.—HALIFAx, MARCH 22.--Ilis Excellenc Sir John Harvey, Lieutenant-Governor of this province Ince 1848, expired at the Government House, in this . at hall-past 13 city, eleven o'clock this morning. Ills Grace the Duke of Buckingha m and Chandos, K.G., has been pleased to appoint the R ev John Holford Risley, 8.C.L., rector of Ackeley, Bucks one of his Grace's ehaplains, in the room of the Rev. 13en• ' • llill, late vicar of Wotton, Bucks, who has acce-t , Jan . " . , e eU 4 chaplaincy at vaipa raiso, South America. Yesterday evening the &Vie Secretary Affairs and the countess ut Mu cus , ury u entertained a dis tinguished circle to dinner, at their ma ns ion in Whitehall gardens. for Foreign STRANGE D15C0YERY,......1, , ne of the presses in a room of the Prerogative C ourt, Dublin which was said not to have been previously opened for m any y year s, there was discovered a box, in whi c h was the body of a child but slightly decomposed. The polic e rece i ved not ice of the dis covery, and promptly co mmunicated the intelligence to t h e coroner, who waited upon a person connec t e d with the office, and having obtained from hire an lanation of the case, of its subsequent removal to a allowed the matter to rest. The exexplanation given was, that the remains were those of a stillborn child, of which his wife had been delivered six yea rs ago, l. that the body had been brought up to town and p l acedin ' the press, with the inten tionbut that no other members of the family having since been gathered to their fathers, the burial lace had not been pur chased, and the remains of the child had been allowed to lie in the press. With this extraordinary e xplanation the co roner was satisfied, and the were removed for inter remains meat.— Freeman's Journal, THE LATE WEEc k , family burying-place, OF THE RANrooLTH. — It will be recollected that during° lbp as t summer the abov e vessel, while proceeding with I n di an iran t s , was wracked off the Mauritius, fortunately without loss of life , chiefly owing to the exertio ns of Mr. Sheard, the secon d officer. to whom the inhabitants of that island have just presented the following testimonial. It consists of a valuable chronometer manufactured by Alderman Carter, of Coruhill. Upon a r silver entablature, on the exterior of the case , i s the fol lowing inscription :te—" The inhabitants of Mauritius pre sent this chronometer to Mr. Samuel Bishop Sheard, late second officer of th e ship Randolph, wrecked on thi 3 i s l and on the night of the 25 t h of June - 1851, to mark their admi ration of his gall antry and humanity in repeatedly risking his life, under circu mstances of per il and danger , in or de r to passengers, s ave the Indian emigrant ' i n which he was emi nently successful." DEPARTURE O F THE ARCTIC AND STEAMSHIPS POR NEW l'oax.—At half-past one yesterday afternoon the United States mail Steamship Arctic, New York direct, the fowler having n board the mails tor the passengers. A new feature in the UnitA States and the BritisliAm o American provinces; and the THE SARAH SANDS latter having a full cargo and a considerable number of ships was commenced with this voyage of the Sarah , .. S nds, consisting of taking out second-class passengers at 0 1 each, including provisions for the voyage, which are to be served out to the passengers in a cooked state. ABSCONDING r JE A RAILWAY MANAGER.—Some excitement has been occasioned in the railway World in con passenger trade of steam ships having absconded. Ilis accounts selnence of a traffic are now auditing, and it is feared that they will exhibit 11(3110 sorieus defal catienN manager on one of the principal rail ways LINES LEAK IZD A FIXED INTAIIII. Leasing Railways. 1 Paid. Nominal Ilion. BUaineSs Conapanies. done to-day. --- Bcdf. & Bletch ley • • • Lon. & N.W. all Binning. & Ox ford Junction, guaranteed • • Gt. Western all 2934 303, Do., without a guarantee .. De .. • • all 24 —29 liirm., Wolvor., & Dudley, gua ranteed •• Do .. all 2534 303 Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • • . all 28 —• 29 Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% —lB Clydesdale June Caledonian all 45 —47 3411 35 E. bin., Guar. 6 nor Cent. .. G. Northern all 341 —35 x.d x.d Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 22% 3 4 P I Ilartlepl Dock Yrk, and Railway anl Bor. Dull and solby Yk. &X. M. all 107 109 10714; Do. 3 Shares Do all 53%, 515, Do. 4 Shares Do .. all 25 —27 Leeds and Brad. Midland .. all 1023( 103 5, 103 34 103 Lon. and Grccn. S. Eastern .. all 124 —1 2 U Do., Prof. .. Do r . all 25 —26 x.d Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cont. •• Norfolk .. all % 17 % De.. 6 par cent De all • • —• • Middleshro' and Itodcar, 6p. ct Stockt.& Dar' all • • —• • N. & East, 6 per Cent. •• E. Counties all • • Do., 5 per cent. Do. all 59 —6l Do. Now .. Do .. all —•• Preston and SL.& N. W.l . a u 44 —46 Wyro •• •• & La.& Y.S Do. % Shares ADo .. • • 11 9 —lO p Read., and Reigate Guild ..., S. Eastern • • an 214 21% x.d 21% X Roy. & Illtehin G. Northern 64 8 % — 81 i . Shop. Ex.. Do .. • • all 8 % Shot, Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lanc.'& York 1 1 11 6 .. South Sta fforda. Mr. lit'Clean 9% 1 % I%dl B . Wear Val. 6 per Cent. grin. .. Stoek.& D ar. all 29 ;A• Do. do. .. Do •• • • 25 l Do. do. .. Do • • • • al • • —• • Wilts &Somers, Gt. Western 100 94% 95% smarms, Paid. I Nominal Prices. all 10 all all all all 1 I die. 8 % - 8 % 17 1 4 - 17% 5 -5}4 - % - 1 1 ,‘ p 12% - 13 14 - 1434 •• • • • 3 -3% 14% —14 U p i t lis p 8 -8% .. --- .. p. 1% —l% dls. .. -- .. p •• -- •• .. ...... • • .. -.. p I • --3}ip. IBtaluss doze to-day. 11 -ii log —ll}i 12%-13 %- 36 P 136 - 138 %-34dte. 184 194 5 1 —l4 5 —54 x.s, die par —103; 15% 164 x.d 134 14 vox: 134 %dl3. 2716 s 8d 8% all !7 tall liN ;ru of ri 15% —164 3% 44 % % dls. lIGN. 13% -13 i 2 . 2 -23 3 % —33 t die. 3 —3lO. G. 4 34 p. • 4% - 5 3 ii; - - 41 i % 1 4 - ;14 - .. 1434 % lon 123 X 123 % x.d 13 12% X 13 3% 137% 5% x.l 9 % % 164 % 33i `7. 23 2 aq 33 4 a 3 id P. — 5% 47 _ 49 P 28 1 / 29 22% . 227 11 3 / 4 12 4 3 / 4 5 63r, -- 5. , 7 4 al* 674 7 2313 23 145 s 2934 30 11% 12 y s 11 1,.4 24-3 %• Rallwaya. Aberdeen •• • • Aberdeen, No. 2, 7 pr. ct. Caledonian lul. • • • • Cheater and Uolyhead Dund. per. & Aber. June. East Ang. 108.) 6p. c. D 6., (51.) 7 per cent. • • Eastern Counties Eaten., b per cent. No. 1 . • Do. No. 2 • • • • • • Do .New cent. Steck Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. • • Do., 101. Deben. Sha re. East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. E. &W. York. June. sths Edin. P. &Dun. 51 p.ct. Glasgow & S.-W. Consol. Qt Northern, 5 per gent. Do., 5 p. c. Redeem. Scrip Great South. & Western' (Ireland) eighths .. Gt. We nem ( Rerka I Ilanta Ea., 5 per Cent.) Gt. West., fixed 4yi p. ct.l Do. do. • • •• • • L anc ashire and York. shire, F. 20L . • • Do. 6 per et. Stock .. Leeds Northern, 6 per cent., No. 1.. . • . • Do., do. No. 2 Do., do No. Do. quarters, 1848 .. London, Brighton, and B. Coast, guar. 5 per et. De. pref., S p et. 5k,1851 Do., Cony. 5 p. et. 1852 De. new guar., G per et. Lon, & N. West. (Coy. & Nuneat.) 5 per cent. London & S.-W., new • • London. & Ennis., Sha M anch., Sheffield, and Line., guar. stirs., No. 11 Do. new, IW. .. • • Do., 61. • • . • .., Midland Con. 6 p. c. stock' Do. Congo'. Bristol & I Binning., 6 per cent... ' Do., Erewash Valley. Do., Leic. & Swanning., ' 8 per cent. guar. . Do., Preference .• Norfolk Extension • • d'o. guar. 5% per cent. Do., Wave ney Valley North British .• Oaf. Wor. 01. 151. 6 p.e IShrews.&Thr., new guar. sihrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. South Devon .. • South-Eastern, p. et. South Yorks., 4 p. ct. gd. Stock. & Hart., guar. 5 p. ct. until 1 July, 1856 Waterford and Kilkenny, 6 per cent, York, Newe., and Borw., cat. N . of. k.Pur. . : Do. York and North Miritand 11. and B. rurch. Boulogne and Amiens Central of France (0.V.) Demerara • • • • • • Dutch Rhenish • • •• Indian •• Do. do. do. • • Great Indian Peninso a • . Ditto ditto •• Louvain a la siuntio Luxembourg .• Ditto (Railway) .. Ditto (Canal) .. Maria Antonia • • .. Ditto, New .. Namur and Liege .. Northern of Prance .. Orleans and Bordeatat Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans .. Paris and Rouen Paris and Strastonrg rioter and Ilavre , Sambre and Meuso I,.A},drew's&Quebe.(A) Tours hn.. , curnaS, Jurbjse, Lan den, and Hasn't .. West Ilwiders MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAYS) rviritgeGAT:ll .satcro :5„ als..taßletriutior.. The trade continues to rule heavy, and prices are with difficulty supported. Beet, from 1510 d to 36; Mutton, 25 24 to 3s 4d ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 53 6d ; Veal, 33 to 4s ; Pork, 2a 6d to 3s 8d per Sibs. by the carcase. it r IVIP-ItirmT S. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 3/ 18a Od; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 4s; and Straw. 11 31 to 11 89 per load. A full average supply, and a du:l trade. C UMBERLAND. —Meadow Hay, 21 16s Od to 4? Os Od; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4l 4s; and Straw, 114 s to 11 98 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.— M end° w Hay, 2/ 15s to 31 183 Od; Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 4/ 6s; and Straw, 113 s to 118 s per load. Trade heavy, at late rates. IVIEAT MAILIESTS. SOUTHALL, APRIL 7. —Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with fat stock, yet the demand ruled heavy, as tollow.:—Beet, from 2. 4d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2a 101 to 45 2d; Lamb, 5a Od to 5s 83; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 10d; Pork, 3s Od to 3s 6d per Sibs, to sink the uffals. ROMF ORD, APRIL 7.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Lambs were in somewhat improved request, at full prices. In other kinds of stock very little was doing. Beef, from 2s 6cl to 3a 4d; Mutter, :3s Od to 4s 2d; Lamb, 4s 103 to Os Od; Veal, 3a 2cl to 4s Od; Pork, 3s Od to 3s 6d per 81bs. 11 AILSII A 31, APRIL 7.—The general demand muted in active, at barely late rates. Beef, from 3s 0,1 to 36 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 5s 6d; Veal, 3a Od to 3a Sd per 81bs. ARUNDEL, APRIL 6. —The trade is less active, yet prices are mostly supported. Beef, from 23 10d to 35 8c1; Mutton, 3s Od to 4. 4d; Lamb, 5s to 56 6d; Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 6d per Sibs. CHICIIESTER, A RRIL 7 . —O ur mar k e t i s fl a t, an d prices are not supported. Beef, from 3s 0,1 to 3a 8c1; Mutton, 35 6rl to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 5s 6d; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d per 81bs. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended April 1, 1852, made up from the Returns of the Impectore in the different Cities and Towns in Eng,!and and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I B.TE. BEANS. PEAS. PRICE .. 41 s 7d I 29s id 19s 4d 32s 3d I 30s 03 1 29s id DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. LYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. la 061 is Od is Od is 05 is 05 Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 78,926 ; Barley, 36,845; Oats, 23,395 C:Rye, 107 ; Beans, 7,076; Peas, 1,342 quarters. SHERIFFS' COURT __(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. W. BURCHELL.) LAMBERT AND ANOTHER V. GAPE. The plaintiff's are goldsmiths and jewellers in Co ventry-street, and the action was brought to recover the sum of 43/. I ls. Bd., the balance of an account for goods sold. The items were 301. for a ring and 38/. tor a bracelet. There was no defence to the action, and a verdict was accordingly given for plaintiff. MOTE V ASHLEY. This was a writ of inquiry, the nature of which did not transpire, as, after a long consultation between counsel and the parties on each side, Mr. E. JAMES said that an arrangement had been come to, and the writ would be withdrawn. CRIMINAL CO URT.—(TIIIS DAY.) NE IV COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) James Murphy, 20, and James Williams, 20, described as labourers, were indicted for burglary in the dwelling. houi.e of Thomas Hampton, and stealing therein a watch and other articles, value 31., his property. The prosecutor was a publican in Ebury-street, Pim lico, and the robbery was effected by entering his pre mises after midnight and abstracting the above property from the till. On leaving, the prisoners were seen by a policeman, who, having his suspicions about them, took them into custody, and the money was found in their possession. Both the prisoners were well known to the police. They were found Guilty, and Murphy was transported for ten years, and Williams for seven. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) ROBBERY BY A CRILD.—Mary Ann King, a little girl, about ten years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with having stolen a diamond ring, value 301., the property of Mrs. Constance Richard son, 19, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, and James Colville, a butcher, was charged on suspicion of having received the same, knowing it to have been stolen. The prosecutrix, who was much affected while giving her evidence, stated that the mother of the girl was in her service, and the child was allowed to visit her On Monday last, her (prosecutrix) maid asked her to look over her jewellery as she was afraid some of the rings were missing. Complainant accordingly looked them over and missed a gold ring, set with diamonds. Her maid then said Mary Ann, meaning the child, must have taken it. Witness then went down stairs, and on seeing tho child taxed her with stealing the ring, and told her if she would say what she had done with it, she would not have so severe a punishment. The child then said she• had taken the ring and sold it for a penny to a butcher boy in Davies -street. A constable was sent for, and she wa s g i ven i nto custody. W i tness added that she had missed several other articles ofjewel lery, and had no doubt the girl had taken them. Emma Freeman, ladies -maid to the prost•cutrix, said last night, in consequence of directions she received from her mistress, she went with the child to a butcher's shop in Davies-street, and asked her if she could point out the man to whom she had sold the ring. The child then pointed cut the defendant, and said that was the young man to whom she bud sold the ring for a penny. The defendant then ask, d witness where she Caine from, and on her saying 19, Bruton -street, he said that is right, fetch you the ring; he did so, and witness called a constable, and gave bin in charge. C 11l proved taking the girl into custody. He subse quently went with last witness to Davies-street, and took the man in charge. On the way to the station, the male defendant said he did not know what it was (sillud-. ing to the ring), and thought it was one of the common Ones. Inspector Parke, C division, said, on reading the charge over to the prisoner last night, he said it was perfectly right; ho h a d p urc h ase d t h e ring of a girl for a penny. The girl told him that she had picked it up in the street, and he, thinking it was a common one, showed it to his mistress, who told him it was not worth three pence. Mr. Parke added that he believed the prisoner 4 , bad no guilty knowledge of the ring, and that he was ignorant of its value. Mr. Strang, the wife of a butcher in Davies -street, in whose employ the male defendant is, corroborated the latter portion of the inspector's statement. Mr. BINGHAM said his notion was that the male de fendant had purchased the ring under the circumstances mentioned by Mr. Parke, and agreed to take defendant's recognizance to appear this day week. The child in the meanwhile will be tout to the House of Correction, where she will be properly taken care of. CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) henry Walling, dressed in the garb of a horse-dealer, was placed at the bar before Mr.Tyrwhitt, charged with having a horse, saddle, and bridle, valued at 201., in his possession, well knowing them to have been stolen. Mr. Thomas Bacon, a livery stable keeper, stated that yesterday afternoon he lent a horse to a person of the name of Adkins, to go to Peckham, and in the course of a short time he received a letter, stating that his horso was left at the prisoner's stables. Be went to his stable, and seeing the horse there, he asked him for the horse. but he refused to give it up, stating that he bud bought it and had given 4/. 19e, for it. The horse was worth 181. lie had known the man who had borrowed the horse for some time. The prisoner in defence said he had given full value for the horse, and therefore he refused to give the horse up. Mr. TYRWIIITT said he should discharge the prisoner, but he thought the horse ought to be given up, for the prosecutor would, without doubt, get it if he summoned him to the County Court. He thought both ought to make some arrangement, and take the man who had sold the horse. 11?. 38% 38 95% 95% 48 3,,,i 96 61v, FOREIGN ITOPS.—It from a retu t order of the House of Lords, app tha e t 26 cwt. of hops we rn re o i an m ported in th e year 1841, and 5,412 cwt. in 1851 ; 27 e% , t. of quassia, and 244,1441b5, of aloes were imported in the former year; 1,148 cwt. of quassia, and 323,8171b5. of aloes in the latter. k...OUTTIAIIIPTON, APRIL 7.--The Peninsular and Orient al Cainpany' s steam -ship Tagus, Capta , n Russell, with the Peninsular mails, full general cargo, about thirty pas sengers, and specie to the amount of 4,000/., left this of er noon. The Iberia, Captain C. F. Burney, with the home ward Peninsular mails, is expected about the 13th or 14th inst. The Bentinck, Captain hillock, from Alexandria, &c., may be looked for about the 20th instant. The Abeona. Bartlett, master, from Vera Cruz, with a very large amount of specie in gold dust, arrived in the docks this morning. ASSESSORSHIP of THE LIVERPOOL COURT OF PAS SAGE.—The I,Mapool town council yesterday decided that the salary of Mr. Edward James, the recently appointed as sessor to the Court of Passage, shall be 4001. per annum, in stead of 500/. as heretofore. Since the extension of the County Court system the bu,linesa of the asseaeofa court has grogly decremed. This pretty place of amusement closed its winter Friday last. The spirited manager, Mr. Hooper, conveyed his thanks to the audience in a very eleg an t va l e di ctory a ddress, which w as enthu siastically cheered. We have had occasion previously to speak in terms laudatory of the manner in which some of our best dramas have been produced and acted at this house ; and it is our pleasing duty to say that the closing scene was in every way equal, if not superior, to the commencem ent of the season. The company, from a better acquaintance with each other's peculiarities, worked more in harmony, and that the juniors it hadrequired gained no t e a , critical oo d se o i t y . e p o t sos essesei on. So much for good training. 'she play of i here with admirable completeness,ng"ar was produced r for the benefit of Mr. Coleman, an actor of promise and of consider able provincial celebrity, He was supported by Miss Funny Bennett, who powers of nopl a y ed ordinary Parthenia, a part re quiringare gratified in b e i ng abl e to character ; and we e to say that she was quite heqerualoontoceptthioen o ta f sk t . he rier beari ng was dignified and tened down by th e most part was pow e rf u l, but chas st delicate f ee li ng , p rov i ng that she is destined one day to fill up a portion of apparent in the at present exists, and is so re presentations of our legitimate dramas. G ood speed t 0 Mr. Hooper in his revival of our country school. previt contr( ing favou place only II lett ( Jury soul Ed c thoi unfai with Con quire I ri . opini Jo Sii from feeli unbE eau% th a t se e , feet 'Fate prof You You t tou hay, to a or i liltc Day