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UE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) Capital, 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares, of 251. each. Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share . Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at the Tempo rary Otll?.es of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap plication to G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tern. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. TROLLOPE. Immediately, in 3 Tots. post tivo., THE LOTTERY of MARRIAGE. A NOVEL. By MRS. TROLLOPE. Henry Co;burn, Publisher, 13. Great Marlborough-street. R OYAL HIGHLAND SCHOOL SOCIET Y.I R The Leaden Board of the Society In Scotland for Tropagating Christian Knowledge.—The ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of this: Charity (having been postponed to meet the convenience of Noble: men ant Gentlemen connected with and attendit“ the " SCOTCH NAT. ONAL GATHERING') _will be , elebrated at the FREE MASONS' HALL, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-flelds, on WED ~E SDAY, the 27th of June, 1849. His Grace the Duke of ARGYLL, President of the Scottish Board, will take the Chair ; When it is confidently anticipated that this distinguished and pa are triotic Nobleman will be nu merousl y supported by all those who interested in the prosperity of this great National Charity. Particu lars in future advertisements CHARLES MACKIE, secretary. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is resectfnlly annwunced that Mettle. JENNY LIND had intended to take leave of the Subscribers and the Public in a Series of Concerts at her Majesty's Theatre ; but, it having been urged that it would nit be equally acceptable as a complete lyric performance, she has generously consented to suspend her intention of retiring from the Stage; and to appear in a series of Performances, in lieu of such Concerts, commencing on THURSDAY, April 26 (which will be given as a Subscription Night), on which occasion she will appear in the character of AMINA, in Bellini's Opera, LA SONNAAIBULA. She will also appear on SATURDAY, April 28, as LUCIA, in Doni zetta's Opera, LUCIA DE LAMMERMOOR. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade. lIER MAJESTY'S_ D THEATRE . The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respect fully informed that TO-MORROW EVENING, Will be presented LA SON NAM BUL A. To conclude with (tbe Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall) an en. tirely new grand Ballet, by M. Taglioni, entitled ELECTRA ; or, The Lost Pleiade. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opel a Colonnade. Doors op, nat Half-past Seven, Concert to commence at Eight JAMES'S TH E A T RE. Season 1849. FREIICH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQIIE. THIS EVENING, The Performances will commence at Half-past Saven o'clock with HEIM ET MALHEUR. To conclude with Georges, Mons. Octave; Anna, Mille. Charton; Jenny, Mdlle, Onichard. _ _ _ Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis sion are determined as follows : Poxes •• Pit• • • • Amphitheatre .. .. Gs. ed. .. 3s. Od. .. 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENIN Will be performed THE 13RIakisTB7Characters by Messrs. H. Tandenhoff, Rogers, Howe, Wallack ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and Miss P. Horton. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled TILE SPHINX. To be followed by THE BOUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Miss E. Chaplin, &c. After which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9 ? Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. < , To conclude with a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright; Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Weolgar. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Managemeat of Madame Vestria. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charles Mahe ws. THIS EVENING Will be,performed a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. After yilaich, a new Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha racrefS by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, said Pantile ; Miss H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman, and Madame Vestris. Ti conclude with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DOM. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxe3„ 4s. ; Pit, 29. ; Gallery, Is. No half-price to any part of the house. The New Box-office, No. 2, Welllnp,•to.:- street, is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATI: , ... Mr. J. M. Maddox.. Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled THE HEART OF MID LOTHIAN. - • Te conclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOURED DIN AND THE FAIR PERSIAN. ASITEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Sec. The new grand Easter Spectacle unprecedentedly successful. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with r. Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be iollowed by, an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will_appear. To conclude with THE LONDON CARRIER. Boa-office open from Eleven till "'oar. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. TO CORRESPONDENTS. No communication can be attended to unless authenti cited by the name and address of the writer. Rejected communications cannot be returned. E WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 25. THERMOMETER ) Lowest, 43; Highest, 50; Noon, 55. BAROMETER, 29.81. WIND S.W.—hazy, with occasional sunshine. kiiGki WATER AT LONDON 1381181 E. THI3 DAY —vm ding, 17 min. after 3 Evening, 38 after 3 To-3foaa t ow—Morning, 0 min. after 4 Evening, 24 min. after 4 4,x; IL • 4.- a* lf ollorr, • • r 0 - - • • , 6„. • 61 , ,afte- _ F r • m 0 - • -,- r • gibetnita# •Jurt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1149, To-day the Overland Mail leaves England for Hindostan. It will convey to the northern portion of our Oriental dominions the gratifying intelligence of the thanks yesterday voted to the conquerors of Moultan and the victors of Goojerat by three great assemblies—by the Court of Proprietors in Leaden hall-street, and by both Houses of the Imperial Parliament. Those expressions of the national gra titude to the heroic soldiers who have gained the late glorious campaign in the Punjaub were uttered without any reservation whatever by the Lords, the Commons, and the Indian Stockholders. Even the con scientious opponents of war—those humane gentlemen who are fascinated by the beautiful but utopian doc trine of " arbitration"—abstained from any indecorous attempt to detract from the unanimity or to diminish the earnestness of the panegyrics pronounced upon his Excellency the Governor. General, upon the Right , Hon. the veteran Commander-in-Chief, upon Sir JOSEPH THACRWELL, upon Sir WALTER GILBERT, upon Major-General WILLIAM WHISH, as well as upon the several officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, under their command, both native and European. It was felt that the gallantry, the skill, and the fortitude exhibited by every one who had been engaged in the late transactions north of the Sutlej had entitled them to the cordial and unconditional felici tations of their countrymen. It was perceived that the two most conspicuous achievements of the cam paign were so important in their character, and so brilliant in their execution, as to be numbered hence forth amongst the most glorious events in our Asiatic history. The seizure of Moultan is an enter prise so remarkable as to vie with the capture of the Sogdian Rock by ALEXANDER. The battle of Goojerat is worthy of being ranked as the crowning triumph of the brave old warrior who has served his country faithfully and nobly during more than half a century—who has dictated terms to the Celestial EMPEROR—WhO has planted the banners of England on the vanquished shores of China whose sword has so often proved victo rious, and especially on the memorable occasions at Sobraon and Ferozepore. In the taking of Moultan, it should be remembered that our troops were suc cessful notwithstandin g the almost impreg nable nature of the fortifications, and in spite of the formidable abilities of the redoubtable chief tain MooLRAJ. In the victory of Goojerat, moreover, it should not be forgotten that the grand army under Lord GOUGH, numbering only 25,000 men, were disproportionately opposed by upwards of 60;000 antagonists. Neither should it be lost sight of that those antagonists were the coalition of the two most warlike nations on the Asiatic continent, the Seikhs and the Affghans. _ _ While the meeds of commendation were awarded without stint to the conquerors of the Punjaub by the most distinguished members of both the Legislative Chambers at Westminster, we were rejoiced to observe • that Avery express and particular panegyric was reserved s '‘,oo -11 /he young officer by whose precocious abilities ; , 7 :i .,74o:laeroic daring the recent rebe llion was first re ' :44:5".4- The extraordinary genius for military enter _'displayed by that soldier whose name is already • chi: o l - I'cled among the illustrious, obtained the homage .au44o-ilis parts and his patriotism. The House of li:;rds was forcibly reminded last evening, by the Marquis of L ospow __ Ag l that Major EDWARPES is an officer who, eight or nine years ago, was a boy in England, who only eight years ago received his ap pointment as Lieutenant, and who has subse quently assisted in every action in India, in one of which he was wounded. Alluding to the praises bestowed upon the rising star of our Eastern empire by the Lord President of the Council, his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON de clared that he entirely concurred in the observations of the Noble Marquis as to the conduct of Major EDWARDES and the other youthful officers engaged in the late transactions. "My Lords," exclaimed the Duke, with all the earnestness of genuine admira tion, "these officers did their duty with advantage to the public, with honour to themselves, and have im mortalised themselves by their conduct." Im mediately afterwards the great military autho_ rity of the age pronounced these emphatic syl lables—" It is impossible, my Lords, to speak in too high terms of Major EDWARDES and the other gentlemen engaged in those services." Nothing is wanting to testify to Lord Gouou and his heroic companions in arms the approbation of a grate ful country. Their splendid deeds of valour have been acknowledged by the Company, by the Parlia ment, and by the Administration. Their glory has been proclaimed by the Duke of WELLINGTON, by the Prime Minister, by the President of the Council, by the President of the Board of Controul, by the Leaders of the Opposition in both Houses (Lord STANLEY in the Lords, and the Marquis of GRANBY in the Commons), by the Right Hon. Sir ROBERT PEEL, and by other distinguished members of the Legislature. All that is now required is the practical confirmation of these tokens of national gratitude by the display of a discriminative munificence by the SOVEREIGN. Not even Mr. BANKEs who, as the representative of that party which considers it would be most de- sirable that Manchester and all our great towns should be levelled with the ground, feels it his duty to come forward as the champion of every traitor Sovereign, who indulges in the amusement of bom- bardinghis capital ; not even Mr. BANKES, we should suppose, can now venture to defend the proceedings of GeneraI,FILANGIEBI, or to deny that the atrocities . . _ committed by the Neapolitan soldiers under his command at Catania were such as cannot be paral , leled in the annals of civilized warfare. The Neapo. litans " massacred thousands of the peaceful inhabi tants after the troops had retired from the city; neither age nor sex was spared. Wrecked villages and smoking houses marked the route of Neapolitans and Swiss for miles. along the coast. The troops under FILANGIERI pushed forward, firing the houses as they adranced, burning those within, and killing those without. Still the Neapolitans continued the burning until at length the whole principal street was on fire, and when all further resistance had ceased, the cathedral, the uni versity,the HOSPITAL, and most of the' palaces and public buildings were in flames. The ill-fated survivors of this once noble city were given over to the tender mercies of the conquerors, and a general pillage ensued, which lasted from the dawn of the 7th inst. until the afternoon of the Bth, during which time burning and destruction of life and property were carried to the most fearful and wanton excess, espe ciaEy on the 7th, when the most atrocious massacres were committed, and neither age nor sex was spared by the unbridled soldiery." After the perpetration of these frightful atrocities, who can place any reliance on the solemn assurances of FILANGIERI or his promise-violating master? They both declared that the war should be conducted according to the practice of civilized nations, and that the rights of humanity should be observed. The per petration of these atrocities abundantly absolves the British and French Admirals from any pledges they have given FILANGIERI and the King of NAPLES; and if, after the perpetration of the hor rors of Messina, " the voice of humanity imperatively called for some expedient to prevent a repetition of such devsatation at other points," much more loudly does the voice of humanity and justice call upon the English Government to interfere now that the horrors of Messina have been incalculably surpassed by the unheard-of atrocities perpetrated by the organized band of thieves and assassins, the drilled Lazzaroni whom FILAISGIERI and his master have trained to plunder and incendiarism, to rape and murder ! If the interference of England and France to compel a cessation of hostilities in Septem ber last was right, the abstinence from such inter- ference at the present moment must be wrong. The Sicilians occupy precisely the same position with regard to Naples, and to England and France, which they did at that moment. They are still in their right. We may be told of what is commonly, but most improperly, called " the mediation" which has since taken place, and of the rejection of the terms offered by the " Mediating Powers." That so called mediation was, in fact, no mediation at all. There were no Sicilian Plenipotentiaries present at the conferences, the Sicilians were never heard, and that ' is not, properly speaking, a mediation in which only one side is heard; neither can that be called a decision of the mediating Powers, which is in fact merely a proposition made by one of the belligerents to another, of which a neutral Power undertakes to be the bearer. Had Sicily been represented at those conferences, and had the Sicilian Government refused to ratify the terms agreed to by the Sicilian Plenipotentiaries, then indeed the mediating powers might have been Justified in withdrawing from further interference, bat such was not the case. And let it not be said that Sicily was not to be considered in the light of an independent state ; so far as England and France were concerned, she was clearly an independent state.. They had acknowledged and saluted her flag, they had been the bearers of an offer from the Sicilian nation to the Duke of GENOA of the Crown of Sicily. How then can they pretend to deny the independence of Sicily ? Had the Duke of GENOA accepted the offer, he would have been at the time of the conferences King of Sioux, and the mediating Powers would not surely have ventured to hold conferences with the Ministers of the King of NAPLES on matters affecting the rights of the King of SICILY without the presence of a Si cilian Plenipotentiary. It is clear, therefore, that Sicily occupies, in relation to the mediating Powers, precisely the same position which sbe occupied in the month of September last ; we therefore, in the name of humanity, call upon the English and French Go , vernments to at once interfere for the purpose of stopping the perpetration of these horrors, and of forcing,FILANGIERI to conduct his operations,according to the rules of war observed among civilized nations. The claims of Sicily, however, upon England are of a still stronger character. It was under the mediation of England that the old Sicilian constitution was reformed in 1812, and the new constitution was guaranteed by Great Britain to the Sicilian people ; and at that time, be it recollected, the Sicilian people remained faithful to the British alliance and expelled the invading army of Muria; to whom the Sicilian Bourbon King, FERDINAND, the grandfather of the present FERDINAND, would have betrayed the British troops in the island. The duty of Great Britain to protect Sicily in the enjoyment of her constitutional rights is so manifest, that in 1814, Sir W. A'CO - neT, the British Minister at Palermo, declared in the name of his nation, that Great Britain could not refuse, at the invitation of the Sicilian nation, to declare herself the protectress of the constitution of 1812; and again, of the Bth Septem ber, 1816, when the King of NAPLES began tampering with the Sicilian constitu. tion, Lord CASTLEREAGH, writing to Sir W. A'CoURT, ness the RINCE EGENT), says, " His Roy al i g h dir H f mortification l to th i s perceive duty to a in li t h e o rf u e g re h , csohnoturladryhetohahvies thesee(w l P that any attempt should be made so to reduce the privileges of the Sicilian nation a s to ex p ose the Go- l vernment of England to the reproach of having contributed in Sicily to such a change of system as shall ultimately lessen the liberty and the happiness of its inhabitants, as compared with their previous situ ation." On that occasion the King of NAPLES solemnly never bound t hi v s e y l f a t n o y G t a r x e e a s t Britain, inSicily among 1 - y bey o on d t h t e h r e matters, perms- nent dotation fixed at. 1,847,687 ounces (an ounce is lO . Sicilian r p i tis h a ) r e That without provisionthe c h o a n s s e b n e t e n of u t . o h : lated. Taxes to an amount infinitely ogethexceedinger thethe dotation have been levied without calling together Sicilian Parliament, and thus, that which Sir W. A'CounT declared, and which the King of NAPLE S admitted, would be a case calling for the interter ence of Great Britain has arisen. So much for the right—now as to the policy of interference. M. ODLION DAsitoT has interfered in the affairs of some, avowedly, "to maintain French interests in Italy. Has not England also interests to maintain ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE declared the other day, and it was with shame we heard him make the declara tion, that we had only a few steam-boats in the Sicilian waters for the protection of British subjects and British commerce, but they were not to interfere between the belligerents. For the protection of British commerce, forsooth ! How can British com merce be carried on with Sicily, if all her ports are destroyed by FILANGIERI ? How, for years to come, can Messina or Catania carry on commerce ? The interest of Great Britain, to put the question on no higher ground, commands immediate interference to prevent the further destruction of Sicilian ports, and to force from the King of NAPLES ample com pensation for British property destroyed at Messina by the bombardment which took place, without notice, in September last. if France is justified in interfer ing in Rome to protect French interests, and to maintain French influence, then is it the duty of England to interfere in Sicily to protect English interests, and to maintain English influence. And let it not be said that the maintenance of English influence in Sicily is a matter of no consequence. We felt the advantage during the whole of the last war of having Sicily as an ally. Had Sicily been, instead of an ally, an enemy, NELSON could never have fought the battle of the Nile. There has been for years past, on the part of the free nations of western Europe a jealousy—and by no means a cause less jealousy—of the increase of the power of Russia, more particularly of the presence of a Russian fleet in the Mediterranean. The King of NAPLES is at this moment acting under the influence and by the assistance of the Emperor of RUSSIA. He is as completely under the command of the Emperor of RUSSIA as is the HETMAN of the Cossacks; for Russia, Austria, and Naples are bound up together in an in timate alliance, and should the King of NAPLES suc ceed in conquering Sicily, all the ports of that island will be, in case of war, open to the Russian fleet and closed against the British. The independence of Sicily guarantees the freedom of the Mediterranean to all the nations of the world, but Sicily, under the domination of the King of NarLEs, is the outpost of Russia, and means—British communication overland with India cut off, and the Levant a Russian lake. As we observed yesterday, the third reading of the Navigation Bill was carried in the Commons, after an animated debate, by a decisive majority of 61. The Protectionist party, it will be remarked, offered the most determined opposition to any pro- gress in free-trade principles, and clung to the last vestiges of monopoly with a zeal and devotion wor thy of a better cause. They had abstained from contesting any of the details of the measure in Committee, being resolved to exhibit their hostility to the entire Bill in the strongest point of view. It was manifestly, the champ de battaille, on which they staked their entire strength, being anxious, if pos sible, to render the majority in the Commons so slight as to justify the rejection of the Bill by the Lords. In this, however, they have totally and entirely failed. Public opinion has been too clearly and unequivo cally manifested on the question. No doubt can remain as to what must be the result of a " collision between the Houses." The success of the measure may, perhaps, be retarded for a brief period, but it cannot possibly be averted. The nation, to which a free and unfettered trade in goods and commodities has been granted, will not be satisfied to continue a monopoly of the right of carriage to any class or interest. It has been solemnly decided that hence forth impost shall be levied for the purpose of revenue only, and not of protection, and Par liament will not stultify itself by sanctioning a "principle" in one respect, while it legislates in another instance on totally different and conflicting grounds. Why should we be anxious "to buy in the cheapest and to sell in the dearest market" if we neutralise these advantages, and deprive ourselves of the inestimable blessings within our reach, by con tinuing narrow and short-sighted enactments, founded chiefly on hostility towards another nation, and perhaps partly on the exploded doctrine that the national wealth was increased in proportion to the poverty of other countries, which should therefore be injured in every possible manner. A fair and gene rous emulation, an honourable and manly competition, that desires a clear stage and no favour, is now re garded as the rule by which our dealings should be regulated, and we will abide by that just and equit able principle, and act fairly and honestly towards the entire world. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in his lucid and powerful address, placed the question in the clearest light, and distinctly exhibited the injurious results of the navi gation code, under the various Acts (more than 140 in number) that had from time to time been passed since the introduction of the more stringent enact ments during the Protectorate. On each of the grounds argued by Mr. WALPOLE—" the historical," " the economical," and " the national"—the Right Hon. Baronet proved that these laws had not been productive of those beneficial results erroneously ascribed to them—that England had flourished despite, and not in consequence thereof. The almost con temporaneous authorities of ROGER COKE and Sir JOSIAH CHILD, who wrote shortly after the pe- rind when these restrictive laws were enacted, showed that their immediate effect was "to drive British shipping out of the trade both of Russia and Greenland"—" to destroy our Baltic trade and greatly to diminish our general trade ;" while Sir MATTHEW DECKER, with half a century's addition' experience of their working, said that, " although the object of the law was to increase the number of our seamen and to add to our shipping, it produced exactly oppo site effects"—" that it had greatly diminished the tonnage of our shipping, as well as the number of our seamen, while at the same time, through advanced rates, great injury had been done to the interests of the country ;" while the authority of ADAM SMITH —so happily termed by the Hight Hon. Gentleman the NEWTON of political economists"—is no less decisive. Although that profound reasoner (as we have already repeatedly pointed out) was induced , in one part of his great work, to support the ex• elusive system on the principle " that defence is of much greater importance than opulence" —an opinion that has been so triumphantly adduced by the Pro tectionists—he, at the same time, and almost in the . Same paragraph, showed that he was fully alive to their injurious effects to trade and commerce, and their deteriorating influences upon the national wealth, and that "we sold less dearly and bought more dearly" in consequence. But, even on the point of " national defence," the great economist does not at all times maintain the same opinion ; and in a subsequent part of his work he more than doubts whether these laws had really the effect of " strength ening our national defences." He says— " England, it must be observed, was a great trading country—her mercantile capital was very great, and likely to become still greater and greater every day, not only before the Act of Navigation had established the monopoly of the colony trade, but before that trade was very considerable. In the Dutch war, during the government of Cromwell, her navy was superior to that of Holland; and in that which broke out in the begin ning of the reign of Charles IL, it was at least equal, if not superior, to the united navies of France and Hol land._ Its superiority, perhaps, would scarce appear greater in the present times, at least, if the Dutch navy was to bear the same proportion to the Dutch com merce now which it did then. But this great naval power, could not in either of these wars be owing to the Act of Navigation. During the first of them the plan of that Act had been but just fotmed, and, though before the breaking out of the second it had been enacted by legal authority, yet no part of it could have had time to produce any considerable effect; and, least of all, Mat part of it which established the exclusive trade to the co lonies.' - - - ____ It cannot surely be asserted that the writer of the opinions above cited considered the maintenance of these laws essential to the safety of the country. While, however, we would abolish every exclusive privilege, we agree most fully with the Hon. Member for Glasgow, that every restriction and impediment that now injuriously affect the shipping interests, should be also removed. Every owner should, as Mr. MACGREGOR truly remarked, "be at liberty to man his ship in whatever way he thought most advan tageous to himself. The stamp duties on insurances, bills of lading, and charter parties, ought to be abo lished ; all interference with the victualling of British ships should cease; and the light-house dues should be put on the same footing with the United States of America." The timber duties, that act so prejudicially to the British shipbuilder, should be either wholly or partially repealed, and then , indeed, we should have no cause to shrink from a fair and I open competition with other nations. If the rrotec- tiouists had directed their effort, to these points, they would have fully succeeded, and the British shipowners, although not unduly favoured, would least be freed from all the di3advantages and im ments with which they now have to contend. pc;th LLOYD'S S RIPPIN G.—('l' HIS DA Vri LONDON, APRIL 25.—Wind N.W., light breeze and fine, but cloudy. DEAL, APRIL 24.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. City of Glasgow, Brown, Calcutta; Agnes, Fox, Trinidad. Arrd. from the river and sld. Miranda, Moxted, Barba does; Walker, Cokton, Quebec. Sid. Helen Mary, Singapore; Portley, Quebec. OFF THE WIGHT, APRIL 24.—Merwede (Dutch trans port), Curacoa for Helvoet. GUERNSEY, APRIL 21.—The Active, bound to New foundland, which got on Castle Comet Rocks 19th inst., was partly discharged yesterday, and warped into the harbour, where she is discharging the remainder of her cargo; she has lost her keel, has her fore foot broken, and her bottom is supposed to be considerably damaged. LEITH, APRIL 23.—Wind S.W.-81d. Mayflower, Quebec. PoßTsmouTu, APRIL 24.—Wind N. to S.W.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Ringdove, Bombay, and sailed for Plymouth; British Queen, Stables, Cardiff for Cronstadt, with loss of bulwarks, sails split, upper works strained and making water. Off port, Kilblain, Shaw, China. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 23.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Rock shires, Mc Leary, Savannah; Carl Emil, Utrichsen, St. Croix; Clutha, Langster, Charleston. 24th, Fenella, James, Baltimore. Ski. lithe, Thompson, Demerara; Sarah Birkett, Proddon, Port-au-Prince; American Lass, Newfoundland. Off port, Charlotte, Hottinguer. Columbus, Isaac Wright, Jamestown, Sea, Roscius, London, Ann Henderson, General Sale, John Bull, Wi nifred, Colonist, Earl Harwood, Viceroy, Helen, Eliza Kiilick, North Carolina, Mary Imrie, Themis, Holywood, Ann, Dumfries. ARDROSOAN, APRIL 21.—S1d. Warner, St. John's, Newfoundland. SUNDERLAND, APRIL 23.—Wind S.—Arrd. Effort, Moulmein. Sid. Wave, Quebec, Swan, ditto; Mary and Dorothy, ditto. HARTLEPOOL, APRIL 22.—Wind E. to S.—Sid. Par thian, Batavia; Caledonia, Valparaiso. COWES. APRIL 24.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Leontine, Arleen, Batavia; Bolivar, Hagero, Ciudad Bolivar, both for Bremen; Dante, Forster, Porto Rico for Bremen. 23d, the Bolivar, from Ciudad Bolivar to Bremen, put in here this evening, and the master reports having been chased in the Channel yesterday by a Danish brig of war, probably the Ornen, which sailed hence 21st inst. SCARBOROUGH, APRIL 24.—The George and Mary (sloop), of and for Boston from Stockton, was struck by lightning off Robin Hood's Bay last night. and set on fire, when the crew abandoned her, and at three o'clock this morning they saw her go down. HASTINGS, APRIL 24.—Wind N.—Arrd. Camper• down, Cumberland, Calcutta ; Southampton. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 24.—Arrd. Jupiter steamer, left Gibraltar 15th, Cadiz 16th, Lisbon 19th, Oporto 20th, and Vigo 21st. FALMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Wind N.N.W.—A rrd. 23d, Christian VIII., Niolsea, Batavia, for Hamburgh ; Emelie, Boster, ditto, for Altona; Lord Stanley, Peters, Bom bay; Commercial, Henderson, Semarang; Sophia, An derson, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh; Mina, Lenau, ditto; George Ann, Brown, Pernambuco; Courier, Havighorst, Buenos Ayres, for Bremen ; Christian, Tagg e nbrc ck, Maranham, for Hamburgh. 24th, Broad Oak, Shelford, Bahia; Sophia Elizabeth, Jorgan, Rio Janeiro, for Ham burgh; Adeline, Spland, ditto; Cneetak, Cook, Per nambuco. Off port, Actif, Ekman, Rio Janeiro. The Rose brig, from Newcastle, for St. John's, New Brunswick, with foremast, bowsprit, and main top-mast carried away in a gale of the 6th inst., was spoken 15th inst. in lat. 49 N., lon. 13 W., and on her return to the Channel by the Isabel, from Antigua, bound to Liverpool, which put in here to-day with foremast car ried away, bowsprit, main and mizen top-masts, top of yards, boats, &c. on the 15th inst., while lying to under a close reefed main top sail. OFF SWANAGE, APRlL.—Australasia, Cornell, Hobart Town. LIMERICK, APRIL 23.—Wind N.W. to W.—Sid. Con gress, Quebec; 22d, Quebec packet New York, John Hawkes, Boston; Fame, Quebec; Thetis, ditto. NEWRY, APRIL 23.—Wind N.—Sld. Seraphine, New York. SHIELDS, APRIL 24.—Wind S.W.—Sld. 23d, August Adolph, New York; Olinda, Point de Falle. WEXFORD BAY, APRIL 23.—Arrd. Native, Doyle, Norfolk V. CASTLETOWN, APRIL 21.—Sid. Vixen, Boston, United States. BRISTOL, APRIL 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Feliza, Smith, Trinidad. MON EY and COMMERCI AL NENt r . CUT, (21.1:i leT EA TO 11! L There was . 4 quiet ufailv.t fur cotton, at Liveri. of yi,sterday; the sales were estimated at 4,000 bates, in cluding 1,000 for export and on spzculatuon. Prices re main as tiLAuf,•ti on Friday.—Railnay Shares were again pi-ssed. The letters and papers by the steamer from the West Indies were delivered after business hours yesterday afternoon, and their contents generally are much of the tenor to which we havo for some time past been accustomed. The seasons in many of the colonies ware rather favourable, tied so far there is good promise of the next crops; while even money matters were in Jamaica and other plsces not so bad as might be supposed. The Bank of Jamaica had declared a dividend of three per cent. for the halt-year, and appeared to be doing well, despite the competition of the island cheques, which being issued by Government had displaced Bank paper. The Planters' Bask, whisk is being wound up, would meet all demsnds, but whe ther the shareholders will save any thing from the wreck may be admitted as doubtful In older to bring the colony into a healthy condition, its government must be conducted on more economical principles, and for this we shall soon see all parties agitating with one accord. Cape of Good Hope accounts of February 21 re pre sent affairs on the frontier as being quirt. There had been rules and regulations made public for the settle ment of the Fingoes and other coloured inhabitants in the new district of Victoria, and they reflect credit on the inhabitants. The accounts from Germany state that the Schleswig- Holstein troops had entered Jutland. The report of the Amsterdam Stock Market states that prices were without any material alteration. The Dutch papers contradict the report that the Limburg contingent had been called upon to march to Holstein. Great complaints are made in the City that the River Plate question is still unsettled, and the apathy and want of tact displayed by the French and English Govern ments is constantly and warmly commented on. Upon the subject of the dried fruit trade in London, we have the following remarks by Messrs. Witherby and Hanson:—" On presenting last month the Board of Trade returns for 1848, we stated that the consumption of currants in 1849 might possibly reach 21,000 tons, or 2,000 tons more than that of 1848. But as there is already an increase of 600 tons in the London delivery alone during the first 15 weeks of 1849, it seems likely that the year's consumption in the United Kingdom will much exceed our expectations, and at the close of the present season, allowing for further direct supplies, we shall not have much more fruit on hand than existed in September last. Several circumstances concur to favour this opinion, but particularly the expectation that, owing to the destructive effects of the late frosts, our reoueed stock of raisins will be expended much sooner than seemed likely to be the case a month ago ; and therefore that currants will be in more demand than usual during autumn. More over, the direct shipments to Holland and Germany having been nearly 2,000 tons less than those of last year, we may expect, if there be a cessation of hosti lities in Germany, the continental demand to revive, and to take off some of the fruit which, but for the un settled state of the continent, would have been shipped thither direct." In Mark•lane today only a moderate business is doing in Corn, and at barely Monday's prices. There was a trifling decline yesterday afternoon in the terms upon which bills were negotiated on Frank furt, but the rates on Paris were higher, and on most of the other continental cities firm. It cannot be expected that there should be much doing just now in the ex changes, and some predict an exportation of bullion when affairs abroad become more settled. Tire Money Market is exceedingly easy at present, and the three or four hundred thousand pounds in specie sent to America had not the least effect in enhancing the terms for advances. Perhaps the abstraction of one or two millions might occasion some change, but assuredly it would not bring about a pressure. Loans upon stock for a month or two have been made as low as 1* to per cent. per annum, and four months' bills of the highest class arc said to have been negotiated at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum, or even cheaper. The Funds openecrwell this morning, Consols realising 92 to 1, and the market has preserved an appearance of tolerable buoyancy, although the intelligence from Den mark is not altogether favourable. People seem now to regard the chance of this power protracting the struggle against Germany as being very small, and on that ground scarcely believe that the struggle can be much longer protracted. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 9l -a, and the Three per Cents. 90i f. Bank Stock is worth 193,i. Exchequer-bills have been 455. to 48s. prem., and ledia Bonds 695. to 70s. prem. The Mexican Government is stated to have trans mitted through Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh bills to the amount of 65,000 dollars towards the dividend, and the report sent home by Mr. Robertson is also said to be favourable. We have, however, nothing official up to this hour. An extensive business has been done in Mexican Bonds at 1 per cent. rise, the quotations from 301 *, having advanced to 311 I. Equador have been 4* 4 ; and Grenada Deterred 38. Buenos Ayres have been quoted 39, and Chilian 91 to 92. Peruvian, nominally, are 65 to 67. Russian Stock has been firm at 1051, and French Three per Cents. have been quoted 56, with the exchange at 25 35. Railway Shares, though not brisk, have been rather fluctuating. Caledonian have been in favour, and are again higher. Midland have receded. North Western and Great Western are much the same, and also Brigh ton, See. St. John del Rey Mine shares are rather higher. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 193 1 A '3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Anns ........ New 3 3 4 per Cent. A nns ......... ...... Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 8 9-16 8 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 B:%' 8 13-16 Consols for Account .... 92% 92 Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. March. June. 1,0001. 500/ — 45 48 p Small — 45 48 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent ., 92 91 Equador Bonds 4 l OB Grenada, 1 per Cent Do. Deferred Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 30 1 / 2 31 30791/E I/ Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent... 105 1 ,4 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent......... Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent 5Cf. Exchange Belgian 41 4 per Cent BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHAREz; AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER. smelts. Aberdeen Bristol and Exeter Buckinghamshire...... ...... 16/. 4s dis . . to ;aledonian East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., and L. & D Ditto 18/ E. & H lB ...... , Ditto, 31. 103., E. & H... 3% 2 1% to Eastern Counties Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per coat. Ditto, New Edinburgh and Glasgow Great Northern Do. IA A Deferred ..... ... 12% 5 ...... to great North of England 100 23 4 1% 234 to 235 Great Western 100 Ditto, Half Shares ...... 50 Ditto, Quarter Shires - Ditto, Fifths 2O 17% ...... to __. Do. New 17/ Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares ...... 25 49% to 50 I ,ancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ...... to Ditto. Thirels...•.. ........ ... 15 Leeds and Bradford 5O .....100 IA to Lond., Bright., &South Coast 50 Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 5 London & North Westem....,loo .....132 DI. New Quarters. London and s. Western...—. 50 ..... Ditto. Thirds I 16/. 13s. 4d 4% dis. to Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 .....11 to Midland...... .... .100 ...73 72% 73 1 ,4 to 72 Ditto, 50/. Shares ..... ...... 25 Midland, Birm., and Derby... 100 Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 12 3 14...... to North Staffordshire..... 1 7 1 %1 133 i3 ... .. t 4, -.hrewsbury and Birmingham 11 South Eastern Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 ..... 7 1 A 3 South Wales York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 York and North Midland .. 50 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) ..~ East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 105....... %....., to Northern of France l3 ...... 11 ...... to Paris and Rouen MINES. Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 241...... Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 ..... 11 1 4 1 / 8 .. to JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amster, ...... • 12 2 1 4 Ditto, at sight licttcidatu .. • 25 70 Harnburgh ••31.8. 13 12U Altona. ..... •• ...• Valls, 3 days'sight •. 25 40 Gibraltar.. •..... ...... Legh0rn........ • • .. • . Genoa ‘iilan .•• • • Venice........ • . • ..... Naples .. • • • • 40 3 Is'alermo, peroz.. 117 Messina .. 120 Lisbon.. .. 53% Oporto b 3% Itlo Janeiro ........ . -- Buenos Ayres .. ••.. • • -- Ditto, 3 months .... 25 G 5 Marseilles •...... 25 €5 , . 25 65 Frankfurt or Maina..., 121 34 Petersburgh, Sil. ltble 36 Berlin • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Vienna, effec. tio • • • • • • 11 36 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 36 Madrid • • ........ 49 Cadiz • • • ............ Bilbao.. • • • • .. • • ...... -- lTarc"ions► • , • • • • , • • • • • Seville • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••••• New York, 21 days'eight , Philadelphia .. .. • • .... PRICES OP BULLION, MI 0i Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 P.rtagal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Apanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars •• 0 4 lOW ';ilver in bars ...... •• 0 4 1] The Dowager Lady Catington died on Sunday night, at her residence in Bath. bhe was tie widow of the Rev. Walter Trevelyan, barn in 1770. end married the late Lord Carington in the year len, his Lordship being then in his eighty-sixth year. We understand that a son of Mr. Reynolds, the Member for Dublin, has been appointed to ft situation 0 ; the Mint Of the Value of 4001 per annum. Trtlt SUN) LONDON, WEDNESDAV V.EN'IN'M APRIL 26 1 lAA MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESD AY . A limited supply of English Wheat has been received up to our market since Monday. Tho show of samples of both red and white was small, yet it was quite ade quate to the wants of the buyers. All kinds met a slow inquiry. In prices, however, we have no change to notice. Only 1,100 quarters of foreign Wheat have come to hand since Saturday. Selected qualities sold to a fair extent, at full currencies; but the middling and inferior kinds were the turn in favour of the millers. Scarcely any Barley was on offer. Malting samples were held for more money. Grinding and distilling sorts were quite as dear. There was only a moderate in quiry for Malt ; nevertheless last week's quotations were fairly supported. Very few Oats were on the Market. On the whole the trade was in a sluggish state, at un altered prices. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour, as on Monday. ARRIVALS TUTS WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. i Oats. 1 960 qrs. I -- qrs. 1,170.4r5. 600 . 1,200 Flour. 990 sks English •• •• •• Scotch .. •• • • Irish. • . • ..... Foreign • • • • •• 1,100 Malt. 370 qrs. BOR.OUGE HOP IV:AMULET. Fine Hops are in steady request, and a trifle dearer than last week. In all Aber kinds scarcely any business is doing. The market is by no means heavily supplied. —Sussex pockets, per cwt, 21 4s to 21 18s; Weald of Kent, ditto, 21 12s to 3/ 8s; Mid and East Kent, ditto, :3/ 6s to 61 17s. WEITECHAPEL. For each kind of Meat the demand was excessively heavy, at drooping prices. Beef, from 2s to 3s; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s 2d; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d; Veal, 33 to 4s; and Pork, 3s to 4s per Sibs. by the carcase. MIDDLESEX SLSSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE.) Elizabeth Munday, a married woman, 40 years of age, was indicted for picking the pocket of John Frederick Haynes, of a purse. The prosecutor, on the evening of the Bth inst., was returning to town along the Bayswater road, on the Park side of the way, when he was accosted by the prisoner, who, notwithstanding his indignant re pulses, persisted in clinging to him, until he pushed her off by force ; and feeling his waistc3at pocket, he dis covered that his purse had been taken. He instantly pursued the prisoner, and after a sharp run of seventy yards, he overtook her and gave her into custody. The prisoner's counsel severely cross-examined the witness, to draw from him a corroboration of the pri soner's defence at the station-house ' which implied a charge of immorality against him. This be solemnly repelled, and the Assistant-Judge gravely reproved the counsel (afterwards) for repeating the imputation in his address to the jury. She was found Guilty, and the Judge, commenting upon the additional criminality of the defence set up, sente nced her to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. MARLBRO'-STRE b.T—( THIS DAY.) Margaret Callaghan and Maria Williams, two women of repulsive appearance, were brought before Mr. Hard wick, charged with creating a disturbance, and breaking three squares of glass, at the soup kitchen in Ham. yard, Windmill-street. Mr. James Ettershank, the superintendent of the in stitution in Ham-yard, stated, that last night, about half past nine o clock the prisoners applied for admission for the night. As the place was full witness told them to go to St. James's workhouse. They refnsed to leave the place, and became so violent and abusive that witness was obliged to send for a constable to take them away. Just as the constable was coming down the yard the prisoners broke three squares of glass. Witness then gave them in charge. The prisoners, who did not attempt to deny the charge, were committed to the House of Correction for 21 days, with hard labour. Mr. George Ponsloe, a timber merchant, residing at 336 , Oxford-street, was charged with a cowardly assault upon a female named Elizabeth Baxter. The assault having been proved, Mr. HARDWICK fined him 4/. The money was immediately paid. A number of Irish vagrants were brought up, in cus tody of the mendicity officers, charged with begging in Regent-street. As it was proved that they were old offenders, Mr. HARDwicx committed each of them for 21 days to the House of Correction. VISIT OF HER MAJESTY TO THE LYCEUM.—Wre understand that it is the intention of her Majesty and Prince Albert to honour the performances at the Royal Lyceum Theatre with their presence this evening. • SPANNING THE GLOBE.—An American merchant bound for Ceylon, left New York on the 4th instant, in the Canada mail steamer, and arrived in Liverpool on the morning of the 19th. After transacting some business in Liverpool and London, he arrived at Southampton by the day mail train on the 20th, and immedately embarked on board the Ripon Steamer, which was preparing to start for Alexandria with the Indian mail. This gentleman will reach his destination on the 15th June. Thus he will have travelled from the United States to China, a distance of nearly 15,000 miles, in seventy.. two days! In a little more than two months he will have travelled the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and the Mediterranean, Red and China Seas, called It E ng _ land, Gibraltar, a nd M a lta, in Europe; Alexandria and Suez, in Africa ; and Aden, Ceylon, Penarg, Singa pore, and 11'.n; Kong, in Asia. With the exception of passing through England and Egypt, the whole of his Journey will have been performed by water, in British ships. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's servants never recollect a pa,senger for China who had been so recently in America, and it will probably be, for length and rapidity, the most extraordinary voyage ever per formed, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. kTfils •AY HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelye o'clock. Mr. J. MATHESON presented several petitions from places in Scotland against the Railway Travelling on Sunday Bill, and against the Marriage Affinity Bill. Mr. BUSFEILD presented petitions from Bradford praying for an alteration of the present system of licens ing beer-houses. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented several petitions from East Kent complaining ot agricultural distress, and praying fur protection against the unrestricted importa tion of foreign agricultural produce. Mr. A. IIASTIE presented a petition from Paisley against the Lunatic Asylum Bill. Mr. FLOYER presented a petition from a place in Dorsetshire for protection to agriculture. Mr. F. MACKENZIE presented petitions from various parts of Scotland against the Railway Travelling on Sunday Bill, and also against the Marriage Bill. Mr. TOLLEMACHE presented petitions against the Alteration ot °Atha Bill. _ Mr. I)UNCAN presented several petitions from Dundee spinet the Railway Travelling on Sunday Bill. Mr. P. WOOD presented a petition from Liverpool in favour of the Affirmation Bill. Lord EBRINGTON presented petitions from Ply mouth and other places in favour of the Clergy Relief Bill. Mr. COWAN presented petitions from various parts of Scotland against the Sunday Railway Travelling Bill. Mr. BANKES presented a petition from the Arch deaconry of Dorset against the Parliamentary Oaths Bill, and the admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. FOX MAULE presented several petitions from different pant. of Scotland against the Sunday Travelling on Railways Bill. Sir D. DUNDAS presented petitions from Suther landshire to the same effect. Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Dublin in favour of the Rate in Aid Bill. Sir G. GREY presented petitions from Berwick-upon. Tweed against the Sunday Travelling on Railways Bill MARRIAGE WITH THE SISTER OF A DE. CEASED WIFE. Mr. LANGSTON presented several petitions in favour of an alteration of the present law. SUNDAY TRAVELLING. _ Mr. MACGREGOR, Mr. LANGSTON, and several other Members presented petitions from Glasgow and several other places, against the Bill to allow travelling on rail ways on Sunday. FRAUDS IN THE SALE OF BREAD. Mr. BANKES gave notice that he should, on Wed nesday next, move that the Iltiusc resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, with a view to take the necessary means to prevent the frauds now practised in the sale of bread. ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS (IRELAND) BILL. Tbis Bill was read a second time without division or observation, and was ordered to be committed this day weuk. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS BILL. On the motion that the House go into Committee on this Bill, Sir J. PAKINGTON said that the Bill had been so much altered, and such great additions had been made to the Bill, that he deeply regretted to have to notice them in his motion for the Speaker to leave the chair. Colonel SIBTHORP, after an appeal to the Speaker respecting his .competeney to address the House, and having been answered in the affirmative, proceeded to say that he was placed in the same unfortunate position as that which he had lately occupied on this question, and which he had been obliged to take up with respect to all these Bills. So far as the principle of these Bills was really concerned, he might say that it had in reality been, to use a vulgar phrase, completely " burked."— (Hear, hear.) No Member of that House could more truly assert than he could that his hands were perfectly clear of the crime of bribery, but yet, notwithstanding all his desire to preserve the purity of that House, he did object to the imposition of this oath, or rather these three oaths, upon any Member taking his seat in that House. For those persons who attempted to be re turned as the representatives of places or districts in which they were perfectly unknown, who dropped, as it were, from the skies, such precautions might be necessary. They had no hold whatever upon the respect of their fellow-citizens, and might be compelled to resort to the practice of bribery. But ho did not conceive that because there was this danger to be guarded against, that the Bill should be so framed as to interfere with the kindly offices between a landlord and his tenantry, or between a wealthy man and his poorer neighbours.—(Hear, hear.) They all knew how adroitly agreements were made between a regular supporter of any Government. who desired to obtain a baronetcy or any other honour. It was true there was no bribery. Oh, no; but then there was a journey to Greenwich or to Portsmouth, and the thing was easily arranged. What would Mr. Pitt or Mr. Fox have said about the principle of this Bill? Why, he did not hesitate to say that they would altogether have opposed it. Quite agreeing with them, he should feel it his duty to move that the House go into Committee this day six months, and before sitting down he could not help expressing his utter detestation of the principle of this and all similar Bills. Sir G. GREY said, that after the set speech which the Hon. and Gallant Colonel had made on the motion for the second reading, he certainly had not himself expected to find him among the opponents of the Bill. For his own part, he had before stated his objec tion to the principle of the Bill, and though ho was not now opposed to the Bill going into Committee, yet he reserved to himself the right of endeavouring either to alter or to throw it out in a future stage.—(Bear.) Sir J. PAKINGTON said, that though anxious to go into Committee he could not refrain from remarking upon one observation which had fallen from the Hon. and Gallant Member for Lincoln, viz., that in which he had spoken of the opinions of Pitt and Fox. Whatever the opinions of those great men might have been he could not say, but this was no new notion which he de sired to place upon the legislative records of the country. As eat ly as 1809 Mr. Curwen had introduced a Bill pre cisely analogous in its principle to that which he now desired to carry. The oath introduced by Mr. Curwen was open to grave objections, but in the debate which ensued Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Canning, Mr. Tierney, and Mr. Speaker Abbot had taken part, and all had ap proved of the principle. Mr. V. SMITH said that it was strange that the Hon. Member who was the promoter of this Bill, in reply to his opponent, had cited the opinions of parties iu oppo sition to those of Pitt and Fox, when both ►ere dead. The Bill was entirely one of principle, and, therefore, the House was as able to pass an opinion upon it as the fifteen gentlemen who formed the Committee to which it had been referred, and which had taken great liberties with it. If the House went into Committee he should move that all the clauses after the word "whereas" should be omitted. Colonel SIBTHORP withdrew his amendment, and the House went into Committee, Mr. Bernal in the chair. Upon the first clause being proposed, Lord MAHON said he had given the Bill his best consideration, particularly with reference to the oaths which it was proposed to impose upon Members of Par liament; and he felt bound to give it his decided op position. He was as anxious as any one to co-operate in any attempts to put a stop to corrupt practices at elec tions, but the present measure was so involved that he thought it would entirely fail in its object. Sir F. THESIGER said when his attention was first called to the purposed declaration to be made by candi dates at the hustings, and by Members before taking their seats in the House, very great objections occurred to his mind, some of which had been stated by Honourable Members who had addressed the House, and he thought that if persons were disposed to violate the law, they would not hesitate to take the declaration; while, on the other hand, timid and scrupulous persons might refuse to do so from an apprehension only that it might afterwards involve them in circumstances of an unpleasant nature.— (Hear.) Having given great atten tion to the whole subject, and particularly to the form of the declaration, he had brought himself to the convic tion that it was absolutely necessary that some experiment should be made to try and accomplish that object, which they all had in view. —(Hear, hear.) They had ex pressed, in most sincere terms, a desire to suppress bribery and corruption ; but they had not pursued the right course in their legislative measures, and their acts had not corresponded with their profes sions. Committees had been armed with great power to investigate charges of bribery ; but more regard had been shown to the detection and punishment of the offence than to its cause.—(Hear, hear.) All their attempts, however, to put down the evil had signally tailed. It was worth while considering, he thought, whether the Bill might not be tried as an experiment. Ile did not think that there was anything in the declaration which would deter any consc i en ti ous man f rom ta ki ng it either at the hustings or at the table of the House. Sir GEORGE GREY said that the objections he had stated to the second reading of the Bill remained un changed, and he would therefore give his opposition to the declaration that was proposed. He believed that a declaration of this description would not effect the object it had in view, considering that the effect of it would be that honest and timorous men might be de terred from making it, although they were periectly free from any act of bribery themselves. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, at some length, de fended the declaration troin the attack that had been made against it by the nigh!, Honourable Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home pepartment; and trusted that the House, notwithstanding that attack, would adopt it. He would put it to the House whether the time had not arrived to put au end to the dis graceful scenes that had taken place at many elections? Mr. HUME had twenty two years ago, proposed a si• milar declaration to the one now proposed, and he had failed in carrying it. He now believed that all attempts at legislation on this subject would, as they . had hitherto done, fail. He saw nu mode of preventing the evil but extending the suffrage, and giving the vote by ballot.—(Cries of " Iles, hear.") That was his remedy. As regarded the Bill, he should oppose it as he had done all such measures on the subject. Mr. V. SMITII opposed the declaration. (LEFT SITTING.) STATE BALL.—The Lord Chamberlain has is sued invitations for a grand 6 1 ato hall at Bu,l;;nghtim Palace on Monday next, the 30:h ilist., by command of her M The incumbency of St. James's Church, St. llary lebone, bas become vacant by the di•ath of the 1.: v. Thomas White, M.A. The annual value of the benefice is 0504 It is in the gift of the Crown. IRELAND. DwprArt, TUESDAT.—The accounts from all parts of the western provinces are really deplorable. In,addi tion to the other evils which have fallen upon that doomed district the cholera, we. understand, is making fearful reveges ainoilg the poor, who are dying by scores in their wretched huts, and even on the road side, where in many instances the bodies have been left for whole days without the rites of burial. That this, unksr pily, is no exaggerated picture may be gathered from the testimony of the Rev. James Anderson, the Protes tant R , ctor of Ballinrobe, in the county of Mayo, And chaplain of the workhouse there, who, in a letter ad dressed to the Prime Minister, dilates with much force upon the appalling scenes of n.isery by which he is Or' rounded. THE MITCHEL FUND.—The last accounts of Mr. Mitchel's health being, according to the Home Secretary , extremely unfavourable, a fresh stimulus appears to be given to the interest felt on behalf of the unhappy mans wife and children. Mr. Richard O'Gorman, sen., th e secretary of the fund, acknowledges this morning the receipt of subscriptions to the amount of 62/..105., 311. of which was contribut, d by one of the Dublin wards, an d 301. by the town of Kilkenny. THE FUNDS.—Three per Cent. Consols, 90i; Three" and-a- Quarter per Cent. Stock, 914 ; Bank Stock, 19 3 ; Hibernian Bank Shares, 24a ; Dublin and Belfast June' tkn Railway, 91; Waterford and Limerick, 101 4• ALLEGED FICTITioUS APPREN' TICESBIP. Last week memorials were presented to the master, wardens, and court of assistants of the Vintners' Corn' pany of the City of London, charging a member of the court with having been concerned in a case of appren ticeship rendered fictitious and nominal by non-servi tude, for the purpose of obtaining . and using the privi leffes of the company. One of the memorials stated that by charter the freemen of the company of viol' ners were entitled to certain privileges, and among others to keep wine taverns, and to sell by retail an d wholesale' all sorts of wine drank in their dwellings, and that admission to the freedom by servitude can be only obtained upon testimony of the master that, the party applying served the full term. ° l ` seven years, without fraud or deceit. That 0 1 1 . the 6th of April, 1842, a lad who resided with his father was bound apprentice to a tradesman who was a vintner to serve for seven years; that he continued to live with his father during the seven years, without ever having attended to the trade of his master, and that b e intend , d to apply to be admitted to tke freedom by set' vitude of the company, upon the ground of his having duly served his apprenticeship under inden ture; which the memorialists consider to h e contrary to the charter and to the rules and cur toms of the company, and in direct violation of the tercis, of the indenture of apprenticeship. The men u:wild concluded with submitting that the applicant for th e , freedom was not entitled, and requesting that the cou r t would examine witnesses on the subject, an d the'' admission be not granted until such evidenc e • should be heard. The second memorial which geo c ; rally complains of a serious abuse of the privileges of the company, " that of fictitious apprenticeship by non-servitude," connived at by freemen of the coin' pony for a valuable consideration, states that such * practice deprived the inland revenue of the We r i chant's annual wine license of 101. 108. se the licensed victualler's annual retail wine licens e of 21. 2s. ; that the putting down by the strong arm of the law, carried out by the Excise authori° ties in conjunction with the company, the old vac' Lice of freemen lending their names for a valuable CO'l • sideration," by fining both lender and borrower e l heavy penalties, had caused many ingenious or alli e s persons to adopt this mode of fictitious apprenticeshiP d by non•servitude. That the memorialists recominel l that an oath or some stringent system of tests be adopte d ' so that the candidates for the freedom of the company' as well as their masters, prove to the satisfaction of th e court the just and legitimate performance of their act' vitudes according to their respective indentures of 0 1 ) ; prenticesbip, or that some periodical visitation tillf place during apprenticeship at the business premises 2 the master, in confirmation of the servitude, either it their beadle or by some officer appointed by the cou rt We are given to understand that the memorialists su e pect the matter of the memorials, which have been re, (erred to a committee of privileges, and will be discus sed , with closed doors, and that neither the memorialists o° ' their solicitor will be allowed to be present. It is sup' posed that there are above 300 fictitious apprenticeshl at the present time. In 1831 the court was thrown °P e for the examination of 16 cases of freemen of the cl a pany, charged with having lent their names for a value!' consideration; and in one of these cases a wealthy e" merchant in the neighbourhood of Tower-street, s fr.. man of the company, was convicted of having lent b e i name to the keeper of that' notorious den of ti I ,A Finish, in James-street, Covent-garden, and suspect; from the enjoyment of the privileges of the c ompany ° six months. 32 56 26 65 NEWMARKET RACE (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL) Match—Maynooth beat Bedlam. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each. D.M. Rochester Testator Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each. D.M. Sobraon Flambeau colt Handicap of 20 soya. each. A.F. Collingwood ... Pell Mell ... 1 ... 2 f ACIA I GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY.—The annual .e- 1 of this charity was 'held yesterday at the London Ta ver ;; when about 130 gentlemen sat down to an eXcel l f. t o dinner. The Lord Mayor was expected to preside, w ee was prevented by illness, and in his absence Mr. Jl be Thompson, of Fenchurch-street, took the chair. object of the charity is to afford a permanent r elief 7„ means of monthly pensions to decayed artisans, f l it we chanics, manufacturers, and tradesmen, and to „,:, destitute widows. In dispensing its benefits it makes. t. distinction of religion or country. It has been is e ll , O . ence for thirty years, and has during that per/ou A ~;,. lieved in their old age no less than 874 pensioners, burring to them up to the audit of 1848 no less a ° 1) 6 1 than 54,611/. The charity held no anniv ersa ry fest" th last year, and the rest thus given to its supPor te- t a coupled with the accession of a new secretary, seetes e a have given it fresh vigour. The subscriptions anuour lc a l during the evening amounted to 1,0331 . The nal s ` ; ,l,o arrangements, which were very good, were under '„ t . direction of Mr. N. G. Sporle. Mr. Harker was Wl' master. „ L-i v 0 CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.—Yester.i meeting of the Commissioners took place in Guildb s r , Mr. Deputy Peacock preside g g,, After a motion by 4 ' r , Deputy Lake, who complained of the state of the l e riage way in Leadenhall-street, had bee n agreed to, t he surveyor put in the report on the practi ce o f t u rning 6 d contents of cesspools into the sewer s , w hi c h w as rep and ordered to be entered on the journals, and a zen th .,..i. by Mr. Blake, on the same subj ec t, was agree d to tiel t- r t mously. Mr. llaw, the chief cl er k, th en rea d the reP ° : as to the supply of water, w hi c h, a f ter some observe; tions from Mr. Deputy Stacy and Mr. Bl a ke, was f ' of ordered to be entered on the journals. A number 10 tenders for the cleansing of the streets of the City o , e c t then received, and it was determined to refer the subj e t 4 to the General Purposes Committee. Mr. Dep u i l e Godson brought the subject of the whalebone boiling Aldersgate-street before the meeti ng , w hi c h, a fter 6 °Ta discussion, was, on the motion o f M r . H arr i so n, orde`i, to be referred to the Committee of H e alth. A comet Ga g cation from the secretary of the Great Central Company was read, and ordered to be referred to General Purposes Committee. Annexed t o the le tt it e s b u t which a document, said to be of much i m p or t a nce, " - 0 which was not read, and the Court a dj ourne d with °- deciding whether or not it should be published. NEWFOUNDLAND AND COLONIAL SCHOOL SOCAA- 4 —The annual meeting of the friends of this society 61 : f held yesterday at Exeter Hall, and was presided o f - d by the Marquis of Cholmondeley (in the absence of Bexley, whose advanced age prevented his a ttendlit, The noble chairman, having pointed out the great dsiiro incumbent on a country so favoured as ours to diffuse blessings of religious education among our dependepe leo ti : called on the secretary to read the report. That do e ;n meat showed as increase in the number of children 'e s connexion with the schools of the society at St. Jet tij a l over that of last year, the present number being 160 e 11 1„ the daily average attendance being 150. The subse r j; Lions raised in St. John's had also increased from 69b e t o 1847-8, to 781. in 1848-9. In other stations there had b e en a falling off, owing to the decrease of means, espeei 6 i 10 in Bona Vista and Harbour Grace, where two sch en a t which had existed for nearly 25 years, had been clos e . although 100 children were receiving instruction in WT I ', ; The Bishop of Newfoundland, in writing to the M e re bishop of Canterbury, complained of the want of teset there, and promised salaries of from 80/. to 1004 per r n - t ; num to those who were sent out. Th e h ome reee'rzt of the society during the' year had de crease d 9204, th eir amount being 1,6541. They had received 1,4594 f 4 1.° , 1 1, abroad. The expenditure was 3,3971., leaving ade re` of the society wa' s 'e - e; of 293 i. Unless the stored, other schools must be closed, and the soeie"'„, would cease. Anaueg those who addressed them ee t t in support of the usual resolutions were the Ref. Hewitt, the Rev. 11. Stowell, the Rev. J. N. G. the 11ev. D. Wilson, and the Rev, C. B. Grtbble. "' e proceedings t erm i nate d w i t h a vote of than k s to the Noble Chairman. BIRTHS. 1 r• On the 20th inst., at Dublin, the lady of Captain J. Smith, 4' th Regiment, of a son. At Putney, on the 21st inst., the wife of A. F. Bainbridge' Lsq., of a daughter. ofs s On the 2 ist inst., at Stamford-hill, M rs . INT. Tucker, daughter. MARRIED. ' • st. , At the Episcop a l Ch ape l, Di ngwa ll , on t h e 20th In ci o George W. H. Ross, Esq., of Cromarty, Lieutenant Dungy Highlanders, to Adelaide Lucy, third d aug ht er of Davidson, Esq., of Tulloch, Ross-shire. ___....------" ", 01 London: Printed acid Published by MURDO YOth' 4 l . l2, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 144) *„.„ of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 0 0101v° Middlesex, Weclae4lay, April 25, 1849. On the 22d in.t., at Bathford-house, near Bath, Janie° „, Bannatyne, Esq., eldest son of the late Major-General .1311- natyne, of the Bombay Service. On the 22d inst., aged 82, Lady Gurney, the widow of the late Sir John Gurney, one of the B aro ns o f the Excheque r . On the 2t th inst., at Grosvenor square, Southampt on, Spooner, EN , aged 71: of I. On the 2 lat inst., at Brompton, Margaret, the wife Wood, Esq., Loudoun-villas, St. John's-wo(•d. _ 1