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The Nobility, patrons of the Opera, and the Public are respect fully informed that a GRAM) EXTRA: 'NIGHT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING, when will be presented Donisetti's opera, LA FIGTAA. DEL REGGIMENTO. Maria, Mdlle, Jenny Lind ; Sulpiaio Sergente, Sig. F. Lablache ; Ortensio, Sig. Arnoldt ; and Tonto, Sig. Gardoni. With various entertainments in the BALLET DEPARTMENT, in which Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. M. Taglioni, 3ldlle. Petit Stephan, Mesdlirs. Marra, and Thomas gni, M. Paul Taglioni, M. nor. 3f. Charles, &c., will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained as usual, price 10s. t;d. each QT. JAMES'S TkIEAT RE Season 1819. TREXCII PLAYS and OPERA CO3dlgtfE. THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence at flalf-past Seven o'clock with HEUR ET MALHEUR. To conclude with LE PRE AUX CLERCS. Mergy, M. Octave; Comminge, Si. Couderc ; Isabelle, Mdlle. Charton. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admia 110n are determined as follows: Boxes 6s. Od. Pit • • • • .. • • 33. °J. Amphitheatre .. • • .. 2s. Od. Finbscriptions 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-affics of the Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARICR 1. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. TBIs EVENIN. Wlll be performed THE BRIGAND. Characters by Messrs. E. Tandenheff, Rogers, Howe, Wa'lack; Mrs. L. 5. Buckingham, And Miss P. Horton. After whicti a Classical Extrayaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE HOUGH DIAMOND. To conclude with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. TIIEATRIE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under tke direction of Madame Celeste, THIS EYENING, Win be pertrmed 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 oonclude 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, Misc Woolgar. ROYAL LYCXUM THEATKE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. Sots Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma* he vas. THIS EVENING Will ba performed a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA. To be followed by a Piece entitled HOLD YOUR TONGUE. Cha racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Selby, and Parselle ; Miss IL Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman. and Ma4ame Vestris. Ts ciacinde with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DOM. Dress Boxes, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, la. Sc lalf-p rice to any part of the horse. The Sew liox-office, No. 3, Wellingt.on•street, Is open to the public every day, from Ten till Six. PRINCESS'S THEATIIK. Mr. J. M. Maddox, 6ole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING. win be performed a nen Opera, entitled THE HEART OF MID LOTIIIAIi. After which, Wiles. W. and A. Neruda nal tkeir brother Victor will perform on the Violin. Violoncello, and Pianoforte. To conclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOURED DIN AND l'IlE FAIR PERSIAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, The new grand Easter spectacle unprecedentedly successful. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fltzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA ; or, the Horse of the Ocean. To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. in which the drst Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To conclude with THE LONDON CARRIER. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manarer, Mr. W. West. THE WEATitEIt—SIIN OFFICE, MAY 2. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 44; ilizhest, 56; Noon, 57. BAROMETER, 30.01. WEND E.N.E.—dull, hazy weather. tllvtl WATZA AT LONDON tirt.tio,e,. TIM Der iorninz, 10 min, after 10 Evening, 49 min. after 10 TO-Mosaow—Morning, 23 min. after 11 i Evening, 52 min. after 11 -gt 4 4 4 . A, • ,-;_4 4 - ° ..;,4 11.1 14.' , •• o 'o° 4 ' °I • • Obfrning 11 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1849, After all that has been done and suffered for Ire land, Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL must come down forsooth to the House of Commons whining about his ill trestment, and about what he calls the ill-treatment of the Irish representatives. It is not enough that England is to support the pauperism of the sister island. It is Lot enough that we are to give her inhabitants ten mill ons in a lump, and supplemental grants, and loans accompanied with very dubious securities, and importations of Indian corn and Indian meal, and supplemental employment on rail ways, and a general exemption from taxation. It is not enough that Administration after Administration should Lave its back broken, and its energies exhausted, and its reputation damaged by endeavouring to conquer the difficulties relat. ing to the government of Ireland. It is not enough that session after session should be monopo lized by debates on Irish Bills, by the presentation of Irish petitions, and by the reception of Irish deputa tions. It is not enough that the English labourer should be saddled with the burthen of supporting the Irish peasant, year after year, harvest after harvest. It is not enough that the attention of the public, the time of the Parliament, the genius of the Cabinet, the philosophy of our statesmen, the rhetoric of our orators, the vigilance of our economists should be squandered almost exclusively upon the one everlast ing theme—lreland—lreland —lreland. Ne : it is not enough that all this should be done— insomuch that the population is at last becoming sick to very loathing of the monotony of that inter minable grievance. But Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL must cams howling down to the Legislature about the grievances of himself, of ,his I-lon. Colleagues, and of Ireland in the mass, is that matchless tone of dema gogic mendicancy, in the employment of which he has long proved himself such a proficient. After all, we repeat, that has been done and suffered by us for Ireland, we are accused by this very brazen-faced and importunate person, the Member for Lime rick, with treating his country, and everything relating to his country, with neglect. And yet, at this very time, the public ear is stunned with nothing but appeals about Ireland— the public intellect is bewildered with its efforts to alleviate the sufferings of Ireland—the public eye is fixed almost exclusively upon Ireland and upon Irish questions—the public heart is nearly broken, and is quite nauseated with its ceaseless exertions to confer happiness, and prosperity, and self-reliance upon the people and upon the institutions of Ireland. Mr. Joffe O'Co:sesee's complaint against us—a complaint not at all mitigated in its bitterness by any sentiments of gratitude to England—is briefly this : That the daily journals of the metropolis, at the same moment that they are infringing one of the rules of the House of Commons by the publication of reports of the proceedings in Parliament, refuse to give word for word, and syllable for syllable, the speeches there delivered by the Honourable and Learned Gentlem an the Member for Limeri c k. T he complaint is at once particularly Irish and particularly modest. To condemn in one and the same breath the infringement of the sessional order and the compliance with the injunction of that sessional order, is a course worthy of a fellow-countryman of the immortal Sir BOYLE ROCHE. It speaks admirably fur Mr. JOHN O'CoNs.ELL's ingenuity ; and it certainly betrays, on his part, a modesty for which even his opponents would scarcely have given him credit. Mr. JOHN OCONNELL is indignant because his sapient orations have not been reported in extens• by the gentl emen w h o occupy such an important post i n the gallery of both Houses of Parliament—gentlemen upon whom another and a more illustrious Irishman, we mean the gifted orator, the Right Hon. RICHARD LALOR SHELL, as far back as 1846, passed one of his most eloquent sz:WSP panegyrics. Against the reporters for the daily journals of the capital, the Member for Limerick appears to have acquired a very serious grudge, arising from the fact of their submitting his remarks to a very wh o l esome and judicious abbreviation. THE SUN, LONDON, .1.1, The petition to the House of Commons from the inhabitants of London and Westminster, praying for a reduction in the import duties on foreign and colonial wine, which we print in another column, is well worth the attention of the public, not only in a political and economical, but also in a sanitar♦ point of view. The inhabitants of all great towns, should bestir themselves, and give the Legislature plainly to understand that they will no longer con sent to be poisoned for the sake of upholding the landed interest. They should demand such a reduction in the import duties on colonial and foreign wines and spirits as would enable them to substitute light and wholesome wine for heavy malt liquor, of all beverages the most life-shortening for persons who do not take an immense quantity of ex ercise in the open air, and in cases where spirits are necessary, wholesome brandy, or sound old rum for that most heating and delirium. exciting of all spirits, gin, the use of which is forced upon the consumer in order to enable the landowners to keep up their rents. How many human lives are annually sacrificed to the AfoLour of rent ownerism by the protection still continued to beverages, the product of barley ? This would be curious and useful matter for statistical inquiry. The Protectionists have, of late, set up as "Colonists friends," and contend that our colonies should, in all commercial matters, be treated as in tegral parts of the empire ; they cannot, therefore, with any consistency oppose the first prayer of the petition—" That as no duty exists on home made wines in England, and, as our best malt liquor is only subject to a tax of twopence the gallon (regulated by the duty on malt and hops), so the duty on our colonial wines should, in no instance, exceed such an amount." No measure could be devised more calculated to develop the resources of our Australian and Cape colonies than such a reduction of duty. The Australian wine which has recently been imported as a speci men is of excellent quality; it can be procured in any quantity, for the grape in New South Wales is more prolific than in any other portion of the world, and it could, if only subject to the same duty as beer, be sold in England at tenpence a bottle, which would leave a profit sufficient to pay the grower, the importer, and the retail dealer. Such a diminution of duty would also greatly de velop the resources of our colony at the Cape, and by inducing settlers to plant vineyards on the Kafir fron tiers, mould, by attracting there a large white popu lation, which would of course be drilled and disci, plined, render a future Kafir war impossible, by ren dering an outbreak hopeless. The petitioners state that—" As ti wines, other than colonial, your peti tioners also humbly pray that the duty on them may be lowered at least one half; and they have no doubt, as in the case with brandy, that increased consump tion would prevent any diminution in revenue." There cannot be any doubt but that the revenue would b© greatly increased by a diminution of the import duties on foreign wines one-half, and as we have always contended that in the imposition of im- port duties revenue, and revenue alone, is to be con• sidered, we hope that the experiment of this reduction will be tried, and that if successful a still further re- duction will take place until we shall have reached that point of financial perfection which gives us the greatest amount of revenue with the least amount of duty. We would particularly direct attention to the ac count furnished by ourselves, in another column, of the address yesterday presented to Mr. HuDews, at Newby Park, by a deputation from the electors of Sunderland. It will be observed that that address is expressive of the fullest confidence of the constituency "in the public and private character" of their representative. And the impor tance of the document as bearing upon the estima tion in which Mr. HUDSON is held by the possessors of the elective franchise at Sunderland, is enhanced by the circumstance that the address is signed by upwards of eight hundred of the electors—a number constituting a majority of the constituents. The circumstance of this address being altogether spontaneous on the part of the inhabitants of Sunder land, cannot be overlooked in regard to its bearing on the inquiries recently instituted. It is nothing less than an emphatic testimonial, authenticated by more than eight hundred signatures. This fact surely speaks for itself. It cannot but be regarded as a sufficient counterpoise to that purblind and petulent animosity which has recently been lavished upon a gentleman whose misfortune it has been to have excited the jealousies of persons seldom given to be generous. The disinterested and uncalled for appro val of such a large number of Englishmen may be tbe t : w c p u e r p r s r o i s n e a dl surely taken as an ample compensation for the inte araestatel g d oni a a n ta d . splenetic w e opposition of a f find_ i f t ulla a d complete something o moerxetenthuaantion. I\7llitroriu.t. s t l ion a seeking them, Mr. HUD SON h as now obtained hie compurgators. Let them speak for themselves. INDIA REVOLUTIONS.—On the sth of last Dec. the Seneca Indians met in convention at the Catta rangus Reservation iu Erie County, New York, and abolished their former Government, that of Chiefs, and established a chartered republic.—Quelec Gazette. Now we would, wiout any more ado, have Mr. JOHN OVONNEL? to know this, that there is no au thority, either in Parliament or out of Parliament, which can compel the reporters for the press to write out all the twaddle that may be spoken by him (Mr. Joux O'CONNELL) in the House of Commons any more than there is a power in the Legislature to inflict upon the popu lation the misery of wading through the iteration of commonplaces pronounced by the Honourable and Learned Representative of Limerick. That matter of real interest and importance should be excluded from the newspapers for the sake of finding room for whatever nonsense may be articulated, by gentle men like Mr. Joii O'CONNELL, who are not only fond of talking nonsense by the hour, but are also particularly fond of seeing that nonsense printed off' on the same evening or on the following morning, by the column, is rather too good a joke both for the public and for the journalist. When Mr. Joini O'CONNELL can contrive to deliver long orations, worthy in auy respect of being reported, or likely in any degree to be subsequently perused, then, but not till then, will he find himself treated with the same elaborate atten tion that is lavished upon such orators and states men as the Prime Minister, or the Foreign Secretary, as the Right Hon. Baronet the Representative of ,! Tamworth, or the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Buckinghamshire. But that the egotism of Mr. Joins O'CONNELL is transparent throughout the whole of his very ridiculous complaint—but that he himself made an acknowledgment of his overweening self•suffi• ciency when he confessed last evening that " it might be said he thought too much of himself "—it might almost have been imagined, from his indirect eulo gium upon the verbatim employment of the art of stenography, that he was personally interested in the success of that typographical eccentricity the Fonetic Nez. One would have conceived that Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL might, without any very extraordinary effort of intelligence, have learnt by this time that e►en a larger discretion devolves upon the gallery of reporters in the Lords and Commons than that of ab. breviating some of the speeches delivered in the course of a discussion. He might have found out that it is frequently necessary for the occupants of that gallery not only to suppress large portions of irrelevant or unimportant harangues, but to impart to their resi dues some at least of the more essential elements of composition, the proprieties of grammatic construc tion, if not the graces of syntax or the adornments of rhetoric—and this not only for the convenience of the reading public, but for the sake also of the re putation of The debaters. Had Mr. Jons O'CON NELL been a BURKE Or a GRATTAN had he possessed, indeed, but one tittle of the genius, of the eloquence, or of the influence of his great father—it would still have required a mar vellous degree of assurance, and a very large share of vanity, to make the complaint which he Mr. Jens O'Cosman (with all his painful deficiency both in genius, in eloquence, and in influence) had the effrontery to make last evening, and to make, too, without the apology of a blush. In conclusion, we leave the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to the full enjoy ment of that harmless acerbity which has arisen from the spitefulness of his wounded egotism. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. ..... We hive received the Paris papers of yesterday. The. National Assembly on Monday determined to continue the payment of the subsidy to Monte Video. It .would seem to be the destiny of France to be governed by newspapers. The reign of M. GUIZOT was in fact the reign of the Journal des Debats, and the Epoque for every respectable place under the Go vernment was filled by some employe of theDebats, while the GRANIER DE CASSAIGNACS, the D'EcQui- VILLYS, and the DE BEAUVALLONS of the Epoque managed the duelling and dirty work department. Under the real Republic the Reactionaries accused the Government of being the Government of the National, and now France is under the government of the Constitutionnel, M. Meßiticax, the editor of . that journal has been gazetted as Secretary-General of the Prefecture of the Seine, and other employes of the Constitutionnel will follow in their order. The troops were ordered out on Monday night, but there were no assemblages at the Porte St. Denis, or elsewhere, to disperse. M. DE LESSEPS has arrived in Paris. La Pre.sse states that Several of the Sovereigns of Germany have, at the suggestion of the King of PRUSSIA, resolved to assemble a congress of Sove reigns at Gotha, to regulate the affairs of that portion of the Continent of Europe. The Socialists of Paris have adopted JEAN BAP TISTE BOICIIET, sergeant major of the ith Regiment of Light Infantry, and EDMUND RUTTIER, sergeant of the 48th Regiment of the Line, as two of their candidates for the representation of the Seine in the Legislative Assembly. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 26th ult. have arrived. The Finance Minister was to propose the new Tariff to the Cortex on the day following. MADRID BOLSI., APRIL 26.—Five per Cents., 10 paper; Three per Cents., 24 paper. ,Exchange on Lou. don, 50 20 paper; 50 35 money. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. Intelligence bas been received from Vienna to the I 26th. It was rumoured on the Bourse that the ma gazine of Comorn had been blown up by a shell from the besiegers. It turned out, however, quite the contrary. There had been, it is true, an explo>ion at Comorn, but it was an Imperial vessel of transport, with 300 cwt. of gunpowder, in tow of a steamer from Presburg down war d s , th a t was blown up by the can non fire of the M ag y ars , w h o had, a battery on the left shore of the Danube, opposite GonyZi. Many houses lin that town h a d b een d estroye d b y t h e explosion, and many lives were lost. The whole line of the Im perial troops have now retired to the position of Raab, their left wing lying still near Comorn, and sending at intervals some shells into the fortress. All regiments are to be increased by the addition of one battalion, each battalion consisting of six companies of from 150 to 200 men. A complete regiment will then number above B,OOQ men. The Magyars are advancing towards Vienna, on the left side of the Danube ; they were partly arrived at Tyrnau three days ago. Probably the Imperial army will be obliged to retire to the Marchfield, near Vienna, as the only means of resisting the Magyars. The im perial troops are entirely disorganized; the sergeants and officers of most o f th e companies are new men, and the leading principle of the whole Austrian army, that of confidence in their superiors, fails entirely at this moment. On the evening of the 25th ult. the following bul letin was published by BOHM : " According to official reports just received the'corps, composed of six brigades, under Field-Marshal Lieut. Wublegemutb, occupies the whole terrain' from Sel lye, Eperiessy, Nyarazd, and Boc, with its left wing resting upon the Danube. Nothing new has occurred on this " According to several consonant reports, the ' gross' of Georgey'a corps was advancing in the direction of Comorn. " The concentration of the main army on the right bank of 'he Danube is proceeding without intermission, and news of decisive import is to be expected shortly from the scene of war." Pesth was evacuated by the Imperialists on the 25th ult. BEM has gone to Terneswar, WINDISCII GRATZ has arrived at Prague. We read in the Austrian Lloyds-- " The Russian Legation has informed the Austrian Government that 50,000 Russian troops have entered Transylvania in two bodies, the one coming from Wallachia, and the other from Buckowine. " POSEN, APRIL 18.—Our eastern frontiers have not long been relieved from the presence of the Russian troops, for Kols,! Kanin,: and Kalisch have within the last few days been again occupied by considerable forces, and new regiments are daily arriving by forced marches. The Russian generals have quitted the frontiers of Lithuania, and are now in Podlachia. Warsaw, Aldelin, and Zarunoes, the principal fortresses of the kingdom, have received new garri sons, of such immense strength that it is very evident that the Government expects a new rise i❑ Poland. it is imposSible to be blind to the fact that the successes of the Magyars over the Austrians in Hungary has t provoked a lively agitation among the Poles, as well in the grand duchy as in the kingdom, and that they consider the approach of an insurrection very near. Everywhere there are preparations for war, and it is said that vast quantities of arms are introduced se eretly. It is, therefore, of great moment to Russia that the war iu Hungary should be quelled as speedily as possible. It would appear by the vast accumulation of corn sad other stores, that they are looking forward to a long struggle. The country people are obliged to de liver immense quantities of grain, fur which they receive treasury bonds payable in 1850. ".PRESEURG, APRIL 2a—No less than five steamers and several brigs have come up and gone on to Vienna since noon to-day. All the steamers, instead of lying to at Vienna, will in future stop at Linz. Three new steamers and a number of tugs are expected to-day, and are immediately to proceed to Vienna. They are all heavily laden, but it is not known what their cargoes consist of. " A very bloody engagement must have taken place at Neuhiisel; on the Wutig. Since noo❑ yesterday, no less than forty or fifty waggons have arrived here by the Jyrnan Railway, bearing lamentable proofs of the terri ble azcounts received of the battle." PRUSSIA. The Prussian Stoats Anzirger of the 28th pub:ishes the following:— • " From the occurrences yesterday in the Donhof• Plata and thereabouts, in consequence of which the sol diers had to use their arms with energy, it seems that a part of the inhabitants entertain the erroneous idea that the state of siege exists ❑o longer in Berlin and within a radius of eight miles. I take, therefore, this occasion to declare that the state of siege is by no means removed, but is still in full force.—Berlin, April 28th, 1849. " Commander-in•Chiet in the Marks, " VoN IV RANGEL." RADOWZTZ has arrived here. The Deputies of the Chambers have gone mostly to their homes in the country. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, MAY I.—The Ambassador of her Britannic Majesty yesterday had the honour of being admitted to an audience with the KING, at which he delivered his credentials. He was received with the usual formalities. Baron B. MARCONAY, the Chamberlain of the Grand Duke of SAXONY, also had the honour of being presented to the KING. It is generally reported that it is his MAJESTY'S intention to give public audiences, according to th e example of his grandfath e r. This will gain him great popularity. His MAJESTY continues to consult', his uncle, Prince FREDERICK, on all matters of busi ness. The character of Prince Fasnalticic has always been held in the highest esteem and unbounded respect. His MAJESTY, a few days since, was taking his daily walk in a wood, between eight and nine o'clock in the morning, when he saw one of the stable boys thrown from his horse and quite unable to rise. The KING instantly hurried up to him, and with the as sistance of his aid-de-camp carried the young lad to a small public-house not far off, where he desired that every attention should be paid to him. Letters from St. Petersburgh speak of new modifi cations projected by the Russian Government in the tariff of import duties on sugar. Contrary to the present system, refined sugar in loaves is to be ad mitted at a higher rate, the amount of which is how ever not yet fixed. Nor is it stated at what time the measure will come into operation, but it is generally expected that it will be carried into effect at the opening of the navigation this year. The Second Chamber of the States General is continuing the discussion on the fundamental laws.— Dutch Papers, May 1. ITALY. It is said that RADETZKY has consented to reduce the indemnity demanded. of Sardinia to 80,000,0001., and that the Sardinian Plenipotentiaries have assented to those terms. The French army continues at Civita Vecchia, and will not march on Home until the POPB shall have consented to a general amnesty and to the grant of a more liberal (onstitution. Leghorn still holds out, and the Grand Duke of TUSCANY has mot returned to Florence. The Governmental Commission which administers the affairs of 'Tuscany in the name of LEOPOLD 11., has protested against the occupation by the Austrian troop: of the territory of Massa and Carrara, and of the provinces of Lumigiana and Garfagnana. SICIL Y. The iVouveWliste of Marseilles of the 27th says,— " At last we h ave news direct from Sicily up to tho 23d, by t h e F.itic4m timer Indepeudeoza, which came into port yesterday. As our mast communications !rem Naples led us to expect, hostilities have ceased, and the complete pacification of the whole island is probably ac complished by this time. The Sicilian insurrection, then, it at an end. Admiral Baudin again accepted the media tion, and went in concert with our Ambas , ador to the King of Naples at Gaeta. After the first interview, the King consented that the military operations should be suspended; on condition, nevertheless, of an implicit submission to the government of Palermo. Colonel Nunziante, aide de camp of Ferdinand, set out immediately for the head quarters of the Neapolitan army. The Sicilian Government, on its part, already disheartened by the captures of Catania, Syracuse, and Augusta, sent delegates to General Filangieri, to treat for terms of peace. The conferences were still going on when the Independenza took her de parture, but the main que,tion was consi dered to be decided. A provisional junta was as sembled at Palermo to maintain order until the Royal authority should be completely re-established. Nearly every member of the Sicilian Ministry, with its chief Ruggiero Settimo, embarked in the English ship Belle rophon for Malta. Other personages compromised in the Sicilian revolution, including General Miralaowski, embarked in the Independrnza, which has brought them to Marseilles with more than 200 refugees." ADDRESS TO GEORGE HUDSON, ESQ., M.P., FROM TIIE ELECTORS OF SUN DERLAND. Yesterday evening a deputation from the town of Sunderland waited upon George Hudson, Esq., M.P. for that Borough, at Newby Park, with an address expressive of their confidence in the private and public character of that distinguished individual. The deputation consisted J.P., William Ord, E sq ., J.P., Cahrjisothn Scott. opherß Esq.,ram ell, Esq., the Chairman of Mr. Hud. son's Election Committee, his mover and seconder, J. J. Wright, Esq., one of the Deputy-Lieutenants of the county, and Richard Show, Esq., J.P., and George Spark, Esq., one of the largest and most influential ship owners of the port. Mr. Bramwell, in an eloquent speech, presented the following address:— " TO GEORGE HUDSON, ESQ., M.P. " Sir,—We, the undersigned electors of the borough of Sunderland, deprecating the unjust attacks and unmea sured abuse to which you have been recently exposed, are anxious publicly to testify not only our unabated confidence in you as one of the representatives of this borough in Parliament, but the high estimation in which we continue to hold your public and private character. " We are fully persuaded that the aspersions which have been so unsparingly cast upon your reputation, are more to be ascribed to the disappointed feelings of too sanguine speculators and the excitement consequent upon the temporarily depressed state of the important con cerns over which you preside, than to any just view of the transactions developed in the recent investigation; aspersions not borne out, in our opini3e, by the pub lished evidence, and totally irreconcilesble with the prin ciples that have hitherto distinguished your public life. "We see in that evidence no intention, on your part, to do wrong; and in common with a large body ot our fellow -countrymen, we are grateful to you for the ex tensive benefit you hare conferred upon the nation by the gigantic undertakings your untiring energies have called into existence. "In conclusion, we trust you will permit us to pre sent you with our best wishes that you may be long spared to enjoy good health, enlarged prosperity, the unshaken support of your constituents, and the general respect of all the impartial and intelligent classes of the British people. " With sentiments of sincere esteem, " We subscribe, ourselves, Sir, " Your very faithful and obedient servants, Joseph Simpson, Mayor. Henry A. Moot). John Scott, J.P. Christopher M. Webster. William Ord, J.P. George Thompson, Philip Laing, J.P. Benjamin Parker. Nathan Horn, J.P. John Kidson. Richard Spurr, J.P. John Clay. Henry fanner, J.P. Thomas Brown. James Hsrtley, J.P. J. W. Collingwood. Anthony Ettricke, J.P. Joseph Young. Joseph J. Wright, D.L. Robert Sarsfield. Benjamin Eennicott, B.A. Wm. Reed Clanny, M.D. Christopher Brainvrell. Robert Leddell. T. B. Ord. James Allison. Thomas Wood. Geo. W. Hall. Thos. Reed, Alderman,. And other Electors exceeding 800, being a majority of the constituency of the Borough. "Sunderland, 17th April, 1849." Mr. HUDSON, after a very able address, handed the deputation the following reply:— " Gentlemen,—l receive the address signed individually by so influential a majority of the electors of the borough of Sunderland, headed by your respected Mayor, and so large a number of the magistrates, with feelings of heartfelt satisfaction. Amidst the unjust aspersions that hare been directed against my character, to know that I still possess the unshaken confidence, and the kind feelings of nay constituents, imparts a cmsolation to my mind for which I never can be sufficiently grateful. " You do me only justice when you express your conviction that I have never been actuated in any conduct I have pursued in the matters to which :you refer, by any intention to do wrong ; for, on the contrary, I have ever had in view the general advancement of the great con cerns confided to my care. The serious depression of the times have no doubt caused grievous disappoint ment to those connected with them, and to none more than myself. A aense of rectitude, however, sustains me, and when the excitement has passed away, I fear not the calm judgment and the indulgent consideration of an intlillegremnittam, in conclusion,nderight-judgiu to assuregßritishcomm y u community. that I fervently hope always to prove myself worthy of this generous mark of your favour and kindness. " I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, with senti manta of unfeigned regard, your ever faithful and obe dient servant, " GEORGE HUDSON, COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Bartco.) SANDYS v. CLARKE. The Court was occupied the whole of this morning in hearing the arguments of counsel in this, which was a part heard, case turning upon the construction to be giren to a promissory note, but which was wholly devoid of public interest. SPORTII*G INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES. ---TUESDAY. The Grosvenor Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 30 added. One mile and a quarter. (4 subs.) Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher, 4 yrs, Bst 101 U ... ... 1 Sir J. Hawley's Sponge, 4 yrs, Bst .51b ... ... 2 3 to 1 on Flatcatcher, wh o made all the running, and wow easily by a length. Run in 2 rein. 20 sec. The Palatine Stakes of 15 sees. each, 5 ft, and 100 added, for three yrs old fillies. Once round and in, (13 subs.) Duke of Richmond's Jelly Fish, Bst 21b...(Flat man ) Mr. Pedleys Myaticle, Bst 71b .., __ Mr. B. Green's Ci garette , 856,71 b .• Mr. Fowler's Cingari, Bst 2lb •• Mr. T. Dawson's P r i estess, Bst 91b ••• ••• • ... .. 0 7 to 4 on Jelly Fi s h, w h o followed Cingari for about two distances, made the rest of the running, and won easily by nearly a length. A good race for second. Run in 2 min. 37 sec. The Mostyn Stakes of 10 am 'each, and 50 added. Three-quarters of 4 mile. (15 subs.) Mr. Green's Countess Albemarle, Bst 21b ... ' "'1 Mr. Mestyn na Harriott, Bst 21b ••• ••• ••. 2 The following also ran:—Wilmot, Bst 2 lb—Shilmalier West, Bst 71b—Leonidas, Bst 815—Brennus Bst 61b— Boadicea, Bst 21b—Camel, jun. colt, Bst 61 b—Ithania, Bst 21b —and Mulgrave, Bst 61b. Betting-2 to 1 agst Leonidas-3 to 1 agst Brennus -5 to 1 apt Shilmalier West—and 8 to 1 agst Ithania. Wilmot made the running for about a distance and bolted, the Countess of Albemarle took up the running immediately after, kept it, and won by half a length. Run in 1 rein. 23 secs. The Chesterfield Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 100 added. Once round and a distance. (20 subs.) Mr. Woffenden's Post-tempore, ist 101 b ( Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Gordon's Miss Bunny, est 61b ... ••• ... 2 The following a l so started but were not placed:— Mr. B. Green's Garrick, Bst 71b ... ••• ••• 0 Mr. B. Green's Westow, Bst 21b ... ••• ... 0 Mr. Ewbank' s Pyrland, ist 121 b "'..• "' 0 Mr. Meiklam's Roland, 7st 101 b ... .. ••• 0 Mr. Pedley's Probe, 7st 101 b Mr. W. Jones's Didsbury, 7st 61b ... ... ... 0 Mr. Copel an d' s Clot hworker, 7st ••• 0 Lord Chesterfield's Ferule, bit 121 b Betting -5 to 2 agst Miss Bunny-3 to 1 Nat Westow —7 to 1 agst Pyrland-8 to 1 agst Post. tempore—and 8 to 1 agst Clothworker. Post-tempore won by a neck; Westow third. Run in 2 rein. 8 sec. 501., added to a Handicap of 3 sovs. each, for three yrs old, &c. Second to save his stoke. Mile and three quarters. (5 subs.) Mr. Gordon' s Miss Bunney, 3 yrs, sst 31b (Treen,jun.) 1 Mr. Aleiklara's Roland, 3 yrs, Est 3 . b ... ••• 2 Mr. Barton's Didsbury, 3 yrs, sst 111 b ••• ••• 3 Mr. Phillips's Empress of Russia, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b ... 4 6t04 on Miss Bonney. Won in a canter. BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT, 9 O'CLOCK. TILE CUP. 7 to 1 agst Halo—taken 16 to 1 agst Dacia 9 to 1 agst Joc-o'-Sot 18 to 1 agst Dulcet 10 to 1 agst Fernhill—t. 20 to 1 agst Chanticleer 10 to 1 agst Loupgaroa I2oto 1 agst E xecutor I 10 to 1 agst Cos:aek I 20 to 1 agst Lady Wildair 14 to 1 agst Inheritress 150 to 1 agst Blucher. 15 to 1 agst Melton ... 2 ... 3 THE CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.—Tester day a Court was held; Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair. Reduction in the price of gas. The City and the Char tered Gas Companies proposed to light the public lamps within the City of London upon the following terms;_ For bat's-wing burners, 41. 4s. per annum; three-hole burners, 2/. 143. per annum; and both companies seve rally acquainted the Commissioners that it was their in tention to reduce the price of gas to the private con sumers in the City of London fr ,, ni Gs. to ss. per 1,000 cubic feet, the reduction to commence from the 24th of next June. The announcement was received with ap plause. Mr. Deputy Harrison moved that the offers . f the two companies be accepted. Mr. Deputy Cook se conded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. Lord and L a d y B rougham w ere prevented attend. her Maj es t y ' s b all, of Miss France s Eden. ou Monday, by the recent death S u Gla PAPER NOT INCLUSIVE.—The Recorder of Liverpool has decided that grocers had no legal right, in the weighing of sugar, to take off the weight of the raper or.wrapper in Which it might be inclosed. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAX 2, 181.9. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA. SURRENDER OF THE SEI' CHIEFS - RELEASE OF THE CAPTIVES - RIGHT OF DOSI MAHONED TO THE KHYBER AND CHANGE IN THE ADMI NISTRATION OF THE PUNJAUB. We have received advices in anticipation of the Overland Mail from Bombay to the 3d of April, and Calcutta to the 23d of March. BOMBAY, APRIL 3. When the brows of my Lord Gough were crowned ith the laurels of Goojerat the Puil;aub war might with truth have been declared at an end. Driven by hunger from the banks of the Jhelum, the locust swarm of Seikhs settled down upon a rich town and a fertile district, excellent for animal enjoyments, but ill-adapted for fighting. Lord Gough saw his oppor• tunity, and for once did not let it slip through his fingers. A battle was fought, which decided the fate of the campaign and of the country. Seikh valour was frozen, Affghan valour oozed away. The beaten masses fled in disorder, pursued by our vic torious columns. The decisive blow was struck, and time alone was wanting to bring about the important events epitomised above.: General Sir W. 11. Gilbert, with his fine force, consisting of 15,000 men, with some forty guns, crossed the five or six streams of the Jhelum early in March with very slight loss, and pushed on for Rhotas, described as an interesting old hill fortress, 7 or 8 miles in circumference, and surrounded by walls some thirty-five feet thick. This place, being old and dilapidated, had only been temporarily occu• pied by the Seikhs ; and on Gilbert's arrivel he found, as a matter of course, that every soul had evacuated it. He therefore continued his progress, and proceeded without difficulty in seizing the Bukrealah Pass, be yond Rhotas, where it was not, at one time, thought the Seikhs would make a stand. Negotiations between the British Poli:icals and the Seikh Sirdars had been going on during the march, and these no doubt were greatly assisted by the continued onward march of General Gilbert, and certain co operative movements on the part of Captain Abbott, Colonel Steinbach, and Sheikh Ernan-ood-Deep, who were pushing on from different directions, with the view of hemming in the enemy, and securing their destruction. At any rate, Shere Singh and his father appear soon to have become convinced that further oppositiqp was hopeless; that they were in the toils of the hunter, and must either perish ig nobly or surrender, and lay down their arms. At first they pleaded for a guarantee of their lives ; but having been told that an unconditional surrender alone would be accepted ; they thought it best to trust to British mercy, and intimated their consent to submit unreservedly, with all their followers, and to give up the whole of their guns. On the 7th of March, Khan Singh Majetua, with 500 men and three guns, arrived in camp, and surrendered. Next day Mrs. Lawrence and her children, and servants, with Lieu tenants Bowie and Herbert, and all the rest of the prisoners made their appearance. Shere Singh himself came in towards evening, but as certain arrangements had to be made for the delivery up of the advance, he was allowed to return to his owR camp to do what was needful. It was new reported that the Seikhs had altered their minds, and that whatever that single night might do, they were determined to strike a last blow for liberty! This appears to have induced General Gilbert to continue his march, fully prepared for an encounter. Happily, however, the report turned out to be unfounded. On the 14th Sirdars Chutter Singh and Shere Singh, with eleven other chiefs of note, arrived in General Gilbert's camp, and gave up their swords. Forty one pieces of artillery were also surrendered, and 16,000 Seikhs laid down their arms, each man being allowed to retain his horse, and receiving a rupee as subsistence money. And thus, as far as the unquiet descendants of Baba .Nanuk are concerned, ended the second Punjaub war. If we did not act pre cisely as the peace advocates would suggest, we at least conformed to Christian principle by feeding our starving foes. Subjoined are the official documents narrating our successes :_. NOTIFICATION. PCLITICAL DEPARTMENT. Bombay Castle, March 26, 1349. The Right Honourable the Governor in Council has the highest satisfaction in republishing, for general in formation, the following General Order, issued by the Right Honourable the Governor• General of India on the 17th instant, together with the dispatches therein alluded to, announcing the surrender, on the 14th idem, of the Seikh army to the British force. 2. His Lordship in Council directs, that, in comme moration of this event, a salute of 21 guns be fired at 12 o'clock this day from the saluting battery, and that a similar salute be tired on receipt of this order at all the principal military stations under this presidency. By order of the Right Hon. the Governor in Council. W. COURTNEY, Acting Secretary to Government. GENERAL ORDER BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE GOVERNOR - GENERAL OP .INDIA. FOREIGN DEPART3IENT. "Camp Ferozepoor, March 17, 1849. "The Governor-General has the utmost satisfaction in directing that the dispatches which he has this day re ceived from his Excellency the Comtnander-in-Chief, and from Major-General Sir Walter Gilbert, K.C.8., be published for the information of the army and of the people of India. " The British subjects who were prisoners in the hands of the enemy have all returned in safety. "On the 14th instant Sindar Chutter Singh, Raja Shere Singh, and the principal Seikh Sirdars and Chiets, delivered their swords into the hands of Major• General Sir Walter Gilbert. " Forty-one pieces of artillery were at the same time surrendered, and the remains of the Seikh army, to the number of 16,000 men, laid down their arms in the pre sence of the British troops. " The Governor-General offers to his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, to Major-General Gilbert, and to the whole army, his heartfelt congratulations on this glorious result of the battle of Goojerat, and the opera tions subsequent to it, so admirably conducted by the Major. General, in fulfilment of his E:ccellency's in structions. " But the war is not yet concluded; nor can there be any cessation of hostilities until Dost Mahomed Khan and the Affghan army are either driven from the pro vince of Peshawur or destroyed within it. " The British army has already resumed its match upon Attock; and the Governor-General confidently hopes, that the entire success which, with God's bless ing, will attend it, may enable him soon to announce the restoration of peace. " The Governor-General directs that, in honour of the important events which have now been notified, a salute of 21 guns be fired from every principal station of the army in India. " By ;micer of the Right Hon. the Governor-Genera of India, (Signed) " 11. M. ELLIoT, "Secretary to the Government of India, with the Go vernor- General." (Copies.) " FROM THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE COMMANDER IN-CHIEF TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE Go- VERNOR - GENERAL OF INDIA, &C. &C. &c. "Head-quarters, Camp Kullallah, March 16, "My Lord,—l have the greatest gratification in re porting to your Lordship the further happy results of the decisive victory obtained at Goojerat on the 21st ult. " Major-General Sir Walter Gilbert, with that energy and judgment which induced me to select him to conduct the ulterior operations subsequent to that action, has well fulfilled the trust reposed in him by rapidly pressing the routed enemy, which has led to their unqualified submission, the surrender of their re maining guns, and about 16,000 stand of arms, all of which are now iu our possession; and I rejoice to add, that this fortunate consummation has been obtained without a single shot being fired. " The whole of the Seikh force with their Sirdars hare now come in, with the excepti on o f Bh a i Maharaj and Colonel Richpal Singh, who have absconded, but without followers. " Wo have now in our possession 56 guns taken at Goojerat, and abandoned by the enemy in his retreat on the 21st February; 40 surrendered to Major-General Sir Walter Gilbert since that event; 12 captured at Chillianwallah, and 50 at Moulton; making a total of 158 pieces of ordnance which have fallen into our hands during the present campaign. "Again heartily congratulating your Lordship at this most satisfactory termination of the Seikh war, I have, &c., Got:cu, General." (No. 282.) FROM MAJOR•GENERAL SIR W. R. GILBERT, K.C.8., COMMANDING FIELD FORCE ON SPECIAL SERVICE, TO H. M. ELLIOT, ESQ., SECRETARY TO THE GOVERN MENT OF INDIA WITH THE GOVERNOR GENERAL. " Camp Rawul Pindee, March 14, 1849. " Sir,—Since I addressed you on the 11 th instant, from Iloormuck, I have advanced to Rawul Pinuee, which place I reached to-day. " I have now the high gratification of reporting, for the information of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India, that the disarmament of the Seikh army, commenced at Manikyalla, has been this day completed by the surrender of their swords by the Seikh Sirdars, in presence of the commanding officers of the divisions and brigades, and their staff. " The total number of guns surrendered is 41, of which a return shall be forwarded hereafter; and the number of stands of arms laid down before the force under my command is about 16,000 have, &c., (Signed) "W. R. GILBERT, Major• General, Commanding Field Farce, on bpecial Service. (True copies.) (Signed) "H. M. ELLIOT, Secretary to the Govern ment of India with the Governor-General. (True copies.) " W. COURTNEY, Acting-Secretary to Government." Shere Singh is said to be " a villanous-looking Blhck, with a settled black scowl, small-pox mark-, and sensual look," besides being " obese end un wieldy." So that we cannot give him a very hero like portraiture, and, like Desdeinona, must look for Othello's visage in his mind.' A brigade was sent from Camp Goojerat to join General Sir W. It. Gilbert on the 2d, but it had not joined the main body up to the 19th. The Bombay force, under Brigadier-General Duedas, was present at the time of the surrender of the Seikhs. The latest intelligence from the camp of General Gilbert intimates the arrival of the army at Attock, which they reached just in time to siege the fort, and prevent the Affghans from burning the boats which they had used in crossing the Indus. An extra from the Meerut office contains the following " Attock, March 18, 1849. " Here are a f ew hurried linos, to tell you that the General arrived here yesterday, at a quarter past 11 o'clock, A.M., having marched with the Bengal column from Alii,rah to this, a distance of 46 miles, in 31 hours; this in a most difficult country, and over two or three rapid streams. About six miles from Attock, Mackeson heard that the army had just evacuated the fort of At tock—taking three guns they had in position there with them, and that they were about to destroy the bridge of boats. Upon this informution the flying General, with an escort of about 80 of Nicholson'a and Lumsden's with Mackeson and the whole of his staff, galloped ahead, and never pulled a rein until the whole arrived upon the hill on the right of the Fort of Attock, which overlooked the bridge of boats, where we found about a hundred of the enemy busily employed in breaking up the bridge; but on seeing us their consternation was evi dent, as yoti saw their force (with Cavalry and Infantry about seven or eight thousand) running and galloping here and there in great confusion, and the party who were destroying the bridge abandoned it, after cutting the ropes that kept the bridge together, thereby allowing the greater number of the boats form ing the bridge to float down the river. We have since secured them; thus there are fourteen or fifteen boats saved, and by to-morrow at noon a new bridge is to be ready, so we shall all be soon across; this morning a brigade crossed over the ferry, and took possession of the small fort of Hyrabad, which commands the fort of Attock on this side. We shall all in a day or two be across the Indus. The General will not give the Dost and his sons breathing time, and if the Fuareedes stop the pass of the Khyber, we may catch them in a trap yet. It was really a sight seeing the good old General on his horse Zubberdust' going such a pace yesterday morning, when his whole thought was the saving of the boats. You might have fancied him en joying his favourite pastime, winning a race cleverly. When shall we see his like again? It is really wonder ful the pace we have travelled; but, thank God, there are no difficulties made where Gilbert commands. All too willing to follow him. By getting these boats we have saved a fortnight or three weeks' delay, besides the Government the expense of new boats for a bridge. The Dawk is leaving. In great haste. P. S. Two companies for the present are in possession of Attock. I forgot to mention that on arriving yester day on the hill overlooking the bridge, the Post fired three round shot at us, but no damage done. The Bombay Column to join us to-day. General Campbell joined us last eight." The Bombay Telegraph and Courier gives the an nexed information, received last night by express " By the Agra Express, which reached Bambayyester day evening, we have received news from General Sir W. R. Gilbert's camp to the 19th ultimo. The General, with the 17 boats which he had got possession of; was crossing the Indus as rapidly as possible. Three regi ments were already encamped on the Peshawur side of the river, and in another clay the whole army was ex pected to be across. The Affghans were in full retreat; and if the Khyberries should impede their passage through the passes, they would be made prisoners to a man. Dust Mahomed,' remarks our correspondent, 'came for wool, and he will go back (if he ever goes back) well shorn.' " The intentions of the Governor-General regarding the Punjaub had not been made known at Agra up to the 28th ult. But the order for so many civilians to proceed to Loodiauah, to report themselves to the Resident at Lahore, was considered conclusive as regards the an nexation of the country. The same paper says-- "There seems every reason to believe that the Pun jaub is to be annexed. Orders are said to have been issued to the 14th Irregular Cavalry, and to a troop of the Governor-General's bery-guard, to be in readiness to escort the Maharaja Dhuleep Singh, together with Moolraj and Narain Singh, to the provinces. It is fur ther added that Mr. John Lawrence had come to Lahore with the supposed intentiou of receiving the final in structions of Lord Dalhousie regarding the removal of the youthful ruler ot . the Punjaub. And, to complete the picture of the shadow which conning events have cast be fore, it may be stated that it is understood the Punjaub is to be governed by a British Council, of which Sir 11. Lawrencce is to be President; that a number of civilians have been ordered up to the frentier, for the purpose of undertaking charge of various districts; and that instructions has been issued for the cantonment of Bri tish troops at different stations, of which Wuzeerabad and Jhelum are to be the chief. It is probable the whole. of the projected arrangements may be officially notified prior to the departure of the steamer which conveys the present mail ; in the meantime, we annex extracts from two of the N. W. papers, which confuse a good deal of interesting, and no doubt correct, information on the subject:— "The Government of the Punjaub is to be conducted by a Council, of which Lieute nan t-C o l one l Sir Henry Lawrence is to be President, and Messrs. J. Lawrence and C. G. Mansell, members. Many more appoint ments than those we mentioned yesterday, have already taken place ; amongst them are those of Messrs. J. Barnes, F. B. Pearson, and J. R. Carnac, to be De puty Commissioners, and of Messrs. P. Egerton, For. syth, H. 'P. Fano, Brereton, Simson, Henderson, and MacLeod, to be Assistants. Mr. Montgomery to have the Julundhur Doan, Major Mackeson, Peshawur, and the districts beyond the Indus. We vvid give full parti culars on Wednesday. " The Governor-General has not issued his proclama tion as yet, annexing the Punjaub, but the measures that have already been taken prove to us that the Punjaub is to be annexed, as clearly and as certainly as if we had the proclamation before us. We know that a number 'of gentlemen of the civil service have been directed to pzeceedlo Loodbiana s and report their arrival there to the Resident at Lahore, and this can be for no other purpose than to have them in readiness for the adminis tration of the affairs of the country, when the Governor- General considers the proper time has arrived for its aritrexatio.us The following is a list of the names of the gentlemen of the civil service who are to proceed to the - Puejaub:—Mr. R. Montgomery, at Cawnpore; Mr. E. Thornton, at Muttra; Mr. D. F. Macleod, at Benares; Mr. M. P. Edgeworth, at Banda. Among the joint Ma gistrates and Deputy-Collectors—Mr. C. J. Wingfield, at zuffernur; Mr. J. R. Barnes, at Shajehanp ore; M r . F. B. Pearson, at Calpee; Mr. W. J. R. Carnac. at Simla, or Jullundur. Among the Assistants—Mr. H. Bret-, ten, at Mynpoorie; Mr. H. P. Fano, at Cawnpore; Mr. P. H. Egerton, at liumaon; Mr. E. C. Bayley, at Rhotuck; Mr. J. Wedderburn Jsunpore; M r . B. Se pte, at Mi r z a p ore; M r. G . F. Macleod, at Benares; Mr. 11. B. Henderson, at Cawnpore; Mr. D. Sonson, Mr. R. Simuson, Goruckpore; Mr. F. D. Forsyth, Sa harupore. "Other arrangements, we hear, are to be made for the administration of the affairs of the Punjaub. It is said that a Board of Commissioners will be formed, for purposes of general control, consisting of Sir H. Law rence, Mr. J. Lawrence, Mr. Montgomery (from Tawa pore), and Mr. C. G. Mansell (from Calcutta). It is considered doubtful, however, whether Mr. Mansell will accept the appointment, which is said to have been offered him." Troops are to be continued at Nowrungabad, near the Jhelum, and at Wuzeerabad, on the Chenab. The army of the Punjaub is virtually broken up; officers have been permitted to resume their staff appointments, and several regiments have received orders to return to the provinces. Lord Gough has been in person to inspect the site for the new can tonments. The Delhi Gazette gives the following list of in tended military movements : " Our surmises as to the arrangements for the distribution of the army having been com pleted, have proved correct, and the details are beginning to be made known, though not so generally as might be the wish of those concerned. Amoegst others, however, we have learnt for certain that the 69th N. I. are to be cantoned at the town of Jhelum, and that the 59th Regt. N. I. are to come to Delhi from Lahore. Since writing the above paragraph we have re ceived still more ample information, which does not leave much to be wished for:— " The Ist Troop Ist Brigade Horse Artillery (Bald win's) from Feerozpoor, to Julundhur when relieved by the 3d Troop 2d Brigade Horse Artillery. " The Ist Company, 2d Battalion, Artillery, from Feerozpoor, to Lahore, with four Companies of her Ma jesty's 98th Foot, as soon as carriage is procurable. " The 60th N.I. from Feerozpoor, when the 58th ar rives from Sir D. Hill's reserve • the latter c o rp s t o pro ceed on t o L a h ore, when the 18:h Regiment reach Feerozpoor. " The 34th Regiment N.I. from Lodeeanah to Lahore, when relieved by a regiment from the army of the Punjaub. "The 17th Irregular Cavalry,:when relieved from their present duties, to remain at Feerozpoor. " The 2d and 4th Companies 2d,Battn. Artillery, from Umballah to Lahore, immediately. "Captain Kinleside's troop of Horse Artillery, to Fe rozpoor. "Captain Baldwin's ditto, to Julundhur. "Captain Dawes's ditto, to Lodeeanah. "Captain Huish's ditto, to Umballah. " Captain Warner's and Captain Austin's troops of H. Arty., to Lahore. " aptain Mackenzie's and Captain Abercrombie's troops, to Wuzeerabad. "Lieut. Col. Campbell's ditto, to Meerut. " Captain Miles's Battery, with 20th, 69th, and 53d Regis. N.L, to Jhelum. Major Ludlow's, and Capt. J. I). Shakespeare's Bat teries, to Wuzeerabad. H. M. 9th Lancers, sth Light Cavalry, H. M. 24th and 29th Foot, to Wuzeerabad. "11. M. 10th and 32d Foot, to Lahore. " The 9th and 45th Regiments N. L, to Umballah. "H. M. 3d Drag., to Julundhur." And in a subsequent issue adds— " The troops intended fur the Wuzeerabad Canton ment are to remain on the right bank of the Chenab till further orders. The whole of the remainder of the army of the Punjaub marched across on the 19th. A wing of the Bth Irregular Cavalry, and a wing of the 46th, to be temporarily posted at Pusroor, and a wing of the 6th Light Cavalry, and of the 25th Native In fantry to be temporarily posttd at Embabad. Sir Dudley Hill gets the command of the Sirhind-Divisiof.h. General Whish goes to B arra k poor, an d G ene ral Got bert, we presume, takes the Punjaub, Sir Joseph Thlick t ' well remains with t h e W uzeera b ad force for the ri:.(rnqi The 72(1 N.I. are t o b e stat i oned at Feerozp bO r , tne 7 ' at Meerut. The 44.111 g0.t.0 Allababad, the 7403" to Cawnpoor, and th e pd to Mainp ouree an d Etawab. The Manjah tertitory is reported to be disturbed, and the town of Dunanuggur has been attackEd bY robbers. Now that the rebellion is at an end, h 0 ever, it is not lik e ly th ese outrage's will be eon' tinned. The Earl of Dalhousie continues for the present a t Feerozpoor. There is little news of interest from other quarters' Sinde, Upper and L ower , i s tranquil, and the only item of interest is, th a t the Commissioner, Mr. Pri!' gle, has returned to Kunadid. The " little war the Nagpore territory is over, the Pretender,-AP,P Sahib, having b o lt e d, an d hi s f ollowers hav i n g persrd, as soon as the Ellichpore troops took the Geld. At Madras, Mr. Maclean has obtained his dischsrO f for the I nso l ven t C ourt : an d amongst the items of Calcutta intelligence you will observe an announe k e • ment of the death, by c h o l era, o f Dr. Thomson, 08 marke surveyor at that port.—Chronicle. NEW WORK BY "BOZ." DAVID COPPERFIELD. No. I. By Char l " Dickens. Another story by the immortal "Boz" has this 4 commenced : bight "D av id C opperfield the Younger' of Blunderstone Rookery," —being his " personal In s i ; tory, adventur es , exper i ence, and observation." Evet. the first three word s are provocat i ve of merrirnen,, Saith Chapter One, in its heading—" I am horn . . This will indicat e , on th e part of Mr. Dickens, 11 d e d parture from his old s y s t em o f wr i t i ng i n the thlr person, as instanced in " Pickwick" and n °111 ,.. bey," in " M ar ti n Chuzzlevvit " and o Bartel Rudge," in "Ni c h o l as Ni c kl e b y " and "00,1/. sir Twist." David C o pp er fi e ld te ll s us his on 0 the manner of an autobiography. And, certainly tf we are to believe him, he must have been a prgocit imp almost as soon as he could toddle. As -WV -,1 four years h e cou ld cr i t i c i se the behaviour of . the lady with the hand-basket, who, on purchasing caul in a lottery, produced from it '(not t"" lottery or the cau l, b ut the hand-basket) "the stipulated five shillings, all in halfpen ce , and twopei;„ halfpenny short—" as it took an immense time, sit a great waste of arithmetic, to endeavour without e ... , 11 . 7 effect to prove to her." We are informed; enpareg" that the charm wa s e ff ec t ua l , i nasmuch as- its P ° : , sessor " never was drowned, but died triumphantly bed at ninety-two "—never having been, howevef',_,° A the water in her lif e , except on a bridge: SOoe,: what too much, n evert h e l ess, a b out the caul. Of,t, new acquaintance we h ave a l rea d y made through_t medium of David Copp er fi e ld , fi rst an d foremost is Betsev—Trot woo d b y name, and eccentric by natur' The chief peculiarity of this person would seem ICI that of asking que s t ions , rece i v i ng the i r answers a t a contemptuous " Ya—a—ah !" and corking hersetil incontinently—in the ears with jeweller's cotton. Mr' Chillip, the doctor, a slow, quiet, amiable gentlemen? is very little better than the physician mentioneel° . the opening p ages of "Dombey"—and he Wf indifferent en oug h. P eggotty, the servant who will rank henceforth in the same categn4 with the Marchioness, with Tilly Si o wboti Miss Nipper, and Clemency Newcome better. Her very forefinger has character in it, be" " roughened by needlework, like a pocket nutmer grater." We used to think that "Boz" had, in ti i° person of Little Paul Doinbey, exhausted even AO profound knowledge of the idiosyncrasy of childrel' Far from it. Little Davy furnishes another chapte r to those beautiful delineations of childhood already' written by Dick ens . T a k e t h e following cap ital passage—brimful of truth and nature Here is our pow in the church, What a high' backed pew! With a w i n d ow near it, out of which oa f house can be seen, and i s seen many times during th e morning's service, by Peggotty, who likes to make her, self as sure as sh e can t h at i t ' s not being robbed, 01%! not in flames. But though Peggotty's eye wanders, she is much offended if m i ne d oes, and frowns to me, as stand upon the s ea t, th at I am to look at the clergyo.old. But I can't alway s l oo k at h i m—l know him ivithoat that white thing on, and I am afraid of his woliOeri4 why I stare so, a nd perhaps stopping the service to 'O - quire—and what am Ito do? It's a dreadful thing to gape, but I must do something. I look at my moth er ' but she pretends not to see me. I look at a boy in th e ' aisle, and he mak es f aces at me. I look at the sunlighl coming in at the door th roug h t h e porch, and there see a stray sheep—l don't mean a sinner, but O b . . ton—half making up hi s m i n d to come into thl church. I feel that if I looked at him aay longer, might be tempted to say something out loud ; and what would become of me then I look up at the mope' mental tablets on t h e wall, and try to think of 39,, Bodgers late' of thi s par i sh, and what the feelings ° Mrs. Bodgers m ust h ave b een, when affliction sore, lo f, time Mr. Bodgers bore, and physicians were in vain. wonder whether they ca ll e d in M r. Chillip, and he eras''o, " in vain ; and if so, how he likes to be reminded of lt once a week. I look from Mr. Chillip, in his SuodoY neckcloth, t o th e pu l p i t; and think what a good place it would be to pl a y i n , an d w h at a castle it wou ld make, with another boy coming up the stairs to attack it, and having the velvet cushion with the tassels thrown down , on his head. In ti me my eyes gradually shut up; an d from, seeming to hear the clergyman singing a drowsy song in the h ea t, I h ear not hi ng, until I fall off t h e seat with a crash, and am taken out, more dead than alive, by Peggotty." The little trivial incident, too, about "Brooks of Sheffield," sounds t o us strangely natural. blrs• Copperfield, who is a beautiful young widow, gets married again to a handsome gentleman, one Mr' Murdstone. That is the principal occurrence in the number. Like Davy, we can't help hating this Mr. Murdstone, by a sort of presentiment. The part' ing of Davy from his mother and his old home, the Rookery, is told with a sweet and touching - simplicity. lie goes down to Yarmouth for a fortnight to live in a ship-house with Peggotty's relations. Never let us forget, by the way, the car- . rier's horse who took him there—a horse who " we; the laziest horse in the world, I should hope,' - and shuffled along, w ith hi s head. down, as if he liked to keep the people waiting to whom the packages were directed. I fancied, i n d e ed , t h at he ' i o ' metimes chuckle-a , audibly-over this rtyl-ection, but the-carrier said he was only troubled with a cough." Peggotty's relational like herself; proved to be regular Yarmouth Bloaters : Mr. Peggotty, the generous adopter of orphans, whose face " had this in corn rnon with lobsters, that it went into ' the hot water very black, and came out very redr --Mon the possessor of " a pair of such very stiff trousers that they would have stood quite as well alone, with' out any legs in them ; " —little E m 'ly, w h o S e f u ture seems to be rath er dark and sinister, and that ridi culous Mrs. Guinmidge, who sheds tears if the fire smokes, proclaiming herself " a lone, lorn creetut, with whom everythink goes contrairy." The fortunes of Florence Dombey, it will- he,, remembered, were connecte d with the acquisition oaf a step-mother, those of David Copperfield seem to be dependent on the acquisition of a step-father. Such is the commencement of Charles Dickens's new story, the first number 'of which promises twenty delightful months of amusement. " Phiz" has contributed two droll etchings —one of Mr. Peggotty's cabin, the other of the old country church with its congregation. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY Our market to-day was again very scantily supplie d with English Wheat, the general quality of which Wag good. As the attendance of buyers was limited, the demand for all descriptions was in a very inactive state at Monday's quotations. Liberal supplies of 10- , reign Wheat have arrived this week, viz., 13,210 gra? Selected samples were held at full prices, but all °met kinds ruled dull at barely late rates. Very little Bailey was on offer, while the demand for that article WO firm, and prices were fairly supported. In Malt, Or supply of which was on the increase, very little bust' ness was transacted at last week's currency. The supply of Oats, though moderate, proved fully equal to the de• , mind. In prices no change took place. Beans, peas, Indian Corn, and Flour as last advised. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. I Wheat. Is Barley. 1 Oats. Flout.. a English •..... 1,470 q rs. 1,230 qrs. 2,860 qrs. 1,5805k0. 5..... -- -- -- --"' Irish. - 1 ......_ '.--- Foreign ...... 13,210 1,29 malt. 4,720 qrs. 9 0 30 I --- BOROUGH HOP I%!ZARZET. , b The demand for the best Hops is s t ea d y , at fully 10' week's improvement in value. In other kinds, •searclif any business is doing. Sussex _pockets, 214 s to 211 8 1 per owt; Weald o f K ent ditto, 2/ 12s to 318 s; Mid an d East Kent ditto, 315 s to 6/ 183. Vir aITECMAPEL.! Our market was extremely heavy to-day, on the fel' lowing terms:—Beef, from 2s to 3s; Mutton, 2s 2 d 13s 2d; Lamb, 4 s 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s to 4s; and P ork, 3s to 4s per 81bs by the carcase. !............------ 1- 0 _INFANT ,RPHAN ASTLl:l4.—Yesterday morning the annual m eet i ng of the friends and supporters of this chirity was held at the London Tavern; Mr. J. Master man. M.P., in the chair. The report of the committe e spdke favourably of the present condition of the charity, which had remained comparatively uninjured by th e commercial depression of the past year. In the COal" mencement of 1848 4here were 263 children in the instil tutii.n, and 92 h ave since been admitted, making a total of 355, out o f which number only six deaths occurred' Sixty children quitted the asylum during the year' leaving a t ota l of 289 now in the institution. The IT ceitts during th e y ear 1 848 amounted to 8,583 / . 4s. Ile" and the expenditure equalled that amount. The cor n ' , mittee express e d great regret that the fixed income o f the charity did not permit of their receiving as man y orphan s us t h e i nst i tution would contain. The ex pepo would not be a very great increase upon the existing outlay, and it would give them the pleasure of. inalto g . an election mor e i n p ro p ort i on to t h e num b er of candi dates se e ki ng a d m i ss i on to t h e c h ar i ty. The re port w_a . s . received and adopted, and o ffi cers for the ensuing ya m' were elected. Th e mee ti ng t h en proceeded to the eat Lion of 40 ca ndid a t es f rom a li st o f 124 , an d separ teti at the close of the poll at three o'clock