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rbtrt Wbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. NEWMARKET and CHESTERFORD RAIL W Y.—(THIS DAY.) The adjourned half-yearly general meeting of the New market and Chesterford Railway Company was held this afternoon, at the London Tavern, in Bishopsgate atm et; Mr. Frith in the chair. _ . The CMAIRMAN s t ated that the report of the com mittee of investigation was not yet ready, and he should therefore move an adjournment till the 3d of May. The resolution was agreed to• ' a tter which thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting adjourned. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice PArrEsoli and Mr. Justice ERLE•) RICOYBRING FROM A HUNDRED FOR INJURY BY POPU• LACE.-NARNWELL V. THE INHABITANTS OF WINTER mow. This was en action against a hundred to recover com pensation in damages for the destruction of some pro perty of the plaintiffs by a tumultuous assemblage. It a ppeared that the plaintiffs were miners near Chedder, and had been for some time in the habit of washing their ore at a river near their works. The ore, it appeared, impreg nated the water with the deleterious compound white lead, and the inhabitants getting afraid that they would be poisoned, went en masse in the night armed, and de stroyed the washing utensils of the plaintiffs. The ver diet at the trial went for the plaintiffs, damages 1301. Mr. CROWDER now moved for a rule calling upon the plaintiffs to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, a non-suit entered, or the verdict taken upon certain counts, on the ground that the offence of the inhabitants was not a telony, as set forth in the Act 7 and 8 Geo. IV., c. 30, which made the destruction of certain property punishable by death , but the ca p ital penalty was some time ago abolished, yet the offence was clearly set forth as a felony. He contended that the property destroyed was not of the nature within the terms of the Act. The CouaT granted a rule to show cause. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) CAMPBELL V. GREGORY. This was an action to recover the sum of 2001. on two guarantees given by the defendant. The facts of the case are these:—The plaintiff is a brewer at Edinburgh, and detendant is a cabinet-maker in London street, Tottenham-court-road. Up to 1844 plaintiff had supplied a person named Wm. Archibald Me. ban-, a brewer, &c., at Clapham, with ales; but Meehans becoming bAnkrupt, and his certificate being suspended, the bwinrss was carried en in She name of his son, and a debt arose to the amount of 1,1871., and guarantees were given by thefendant and others. 'I he defendant suffered jadgment to go by default, the jury, therefore, gave a verdict for the amount claimed. RLSSON V. JORDAN. This was an undefended action on a bill of exchange, and was the only other case tried. FRAN CE. A hostile meeting took place yesterday after- I noon near 'Vincennes and Saint Mande, between M. Francis Lacombe, a writer in the Assembles Nationale, and, M. Charles Blanc, brother of M. Louis Blanc. The cause of the meeting was the publication by M. Lacombe of an article on Louis Blanc in the Assemilie Nationale, in which that vatleman was severely treated. M. Francis Lacombe was wounded ; but very slightly, the b having been deadened by passing through a thick great coat and striking a ports nionnaie. The fol lowing note on the affair has been published : •• M. Cb .rl' s film , ., to ving considered that an article b„ the Assemb ea A.Vali)hale was offensive to AI. Blanc, his brother, wrote to M. Francis La combe, the . auth.)r of the article. a letter, which has led to a reparation by arms. A xr.,eting has taken place at Valc ones between MM. Charles Blanc and Fran I..ae(;mbe. The latter having been struck by a bail in the ;ett V:igh, the witnesses declared that honour was stitiilled, and put an cud to the combat. " MIRY, NIEUWERKERKE, seconds of M. C. Blanc. " ALPHONSE DE CALONNE, XAVIER DE MON TEPIN, seconds of M. F. Lacombe. " Saint Mande, April 17." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, APRIL 14.—The Wiener Zeitung of this day says— " BUCHAREST, Mance( 24.—We have just heard from Cronstadt that the outposts of Bem's army arrived there on Tuesday, several unimportant skirmishes having taken place in the vicinity of Zai:len on the previous Alonday. " On Wednesday the Russian troops under General Engelhardt quitted Transylvania, covering the retreat of the Imperial Austrian troops. These brave soldiers, who, during the past month, have often testified by act and deed that they are faithful to their colours and to their Emperor, are now in the most lamentable condition possible; they have no ammunition whatever ; consequently every attempt at resistance would have been utterly futile. " Omer Pacha, Commander.in-Chief of the Imperial Ottoman troops, in order to protect the frontiers against marauders, has made all the troops march from Bucharest aryl Statina to Kimpulang; they are to be replaced by troops coming from Galary and Braila. " Kaimakam Kantakazeno has given orders through the Minister of the Interior that all the miserable fugitives arriving from the various frontier villages, . who have been compelled to leave house and home, shall be received with the greatest hospitality in Wallachia, even without passports or the other usual formalities, and everything shall be done to ameliorate their sad condition." The Vienna papers of the 14th confirm the intelli gence of the victory of the Hungarians, and afford positive information of the occupation of the important position of Waitzen by the Hungarians. The details of this action, as given by the German papers, are to the effect that Prince Windischgratz, at the head of his best regiments, opposed the progress of the Hun garians in the direction of Comorn, and that he was backed by the corps of Gotz and Jablonowski. A fierce engagement ensued, in which the superior tactics of the Magyars proved irresistible. Gene ral Gota and many of his officers fell while fighting in the streets of the city of Waitzen. The Imperial troops were driven back and partly routed. The siege of Com()rn has been stopped in consequence, and part of the Imperial army besieging that fortress has marched to Wa.itzen to the rescue of General Ramberg, who still attempts to stop the progress of the Magyars fwm Waitzen to Comoro. The garrison of that fortress has meanwhile made a sally upon the remaining Austrians, and carried off pdrt of their heavy artillery. Such are the statements of the Austrian pres , and of the correspondents of the German papers. If we are to believe them there is nothing to pre vent the Hungarian General Georgey from cotnniu nicating with the garrison of Cornorn, and if the rumour prove true of General Dembinski having crossed the Danube, and led his troops to Weissen• burg, nothing is lett to the Imperialists but to retire to Haab, for neither Pesth nor Buda can be held against a superior force. From Transylvania we have no news except ru mours of the vaguest kind. General Bern does not appear to operate in that province ; on the contrary, be expected at the Hungarian head-quarters &A IVeinzen. Prince Windisci!gratz has resigned the supreme command in Hungary, sad General Welden has succeeded him. Hammerstein will remain in Lem berg. General Pergen, who was in Hungary, will go to Braun, awl General Perin, who was in Brunn, to liungary. 'The General of the Ordnance, Nugent, will go tc Grata to organize a reserve corps, and is to be succeeded by General Buritz.- General Castiglione will suoveed Bolitz at CElenburg. . The Wiener Zeitung contains a dispatch addressed by the Austrian Cabinet on the sth inst. to the imperial Plenipotentiary, M. de Schmerling, at Frankfort. 'tins document, which was taken by Count Rechberg at the same time with that of the Bth instant, addressed to the Court of Prussia, may be said to boo composed of ten different heads. 1. A resueV that the Vic.lr-General of Germany, Arch duke John, will continue to hold his high office until such time as definitive arrangements as to the Cewral Government have been made. 2. The Ger man iet, instead of having endeavoured to form one gnat and powerful Germany, ha s attempted to create an ideal empire. 3. The Central Diet has, by paragrao 2, done all in its power to render Aus tria's union with Germany impossible. 4. The Na tional Assembly, by the resolution taken on the 27th ult., respecting the election of an hereditary head of the Empire, has departed from the projected plan of federations, and attempted to form one united stata in a way which is incompatible with the inde perdence of each separate German Government. i. The National Assembly, by its resolution of the 28th ult., which ordains that the constitution it has drawn up shall alone be law for the empire, as also by its arbitrary declaration that it will remain in ! ermanance until the fleeeting of the Parliament to be nereAfter convoked, has entered into an illegal path in •vi,ich the different Governments cannot follow it. 6. A usLria is unable to enter into a confederate state, as teiderstr.od by the Central Diet, though it by no means r.signs its right - % secured by history an d treaty. 7. 'lbis is the opinion of his Majesty the Emperor, anti fl ()al this he will not depart. 8. As his Ma • jestv, in a dispatch of tae. 4th of February, pro ellEWSFArk - , ted against bein subjected to a central po wer g stealin env other German Prince, so lie is n o .--- , e .. .- , e7 -57 7::e - -e c el determined not to subject, on any plea what e'•: : . . et:-e i e': . ;*Y the constitutional legislative power to be ex !'-- '- .7 .4".e' .---- - d by bim, in unison with the representa rle '.,__- ,:. r ',--,..;"5„; : 4-1 '9l7it bodies in Austria, to any extraneous legislae . '0, , , - -- '',,Ae.platifee Assembly. 9. That as Count Rechberg, who , .. ,t __7'. _ : ,- - I,:?: - . ;i : „_ . : 1 :;'f.... : ,-;,:r . , 2 hi# been appointed your suceesscr (M. de Schuler ' - - ling' s) is on his way to Frankfort, there is no obstacle Nie L ) !:`.; to your return to Vienna. 10. A 3 to the Austrian Depgties, they must consider their mission as at an THE SUN, end, the debates on the Constitution being concluded, anti have to return to their native country, as any farther connexion with an Assembly which, by the resolution adopted on the 28th ult., quitted the path of justice and law, is inadmissible. TURKEY. Redschid Pasha is indefatigable in his exertions to render the naval and military forces of the Turkish empire in a state of the utmost efficiency. Mer chantmen sailing under the Turkish flag are for bidden to leave the harbour, and an exact account is taken of the tonnage of every ship. Troops are being sent to the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, and also to Thessaly. Prince Woronzow is collecting a numerous army in Georgia and the Crimea, with which it is probable he will approach Constantinople from Lesser Asia. The Greek ships which in the winter season usually congregate, in order to run out into the Black Sea at the beginning of spring, are exciting a good deal of suspicion in the Turkish authorities. More than 2,000 of them have been preventing from quit ting the harbour. M. Rosas, the Greek Consul, has written to his Government for instructions on this subject. The Russian Ambassador, M. Titoff, pro tested against this, and insisted upon making the Porte responsible for any damage which might arise from this arbitrary measure. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING. Six o'CLocK. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agat Peep o' Day Boy—taken 9 to 2 agst Lugar 6 to 1 agst Flatcatcher 8 to 1 agst Fernhill 14 to 1 agat Do•the-Boys 30:to 1 agst Giselle 30 to 1 agst Hagley Canezon is scratced. CHESTER CUP.' 13 to 1 agst Joe o' Sot 16 to 1 agst Blucher 30 to 1 agst John Cosser 40 to 1 agst Peep o' Day Boy DERBY. 2 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman 11 to 2 agst Tadmor—taken 10 to 1 agst Vanguard THE WEATHER. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. The weather has moderated now—the snow has ceased, but the wind blows strong from the North-East. with plenty of scud. The barometer is rising fast, being now 29.47. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships assembled at Fire o'clock. The Earl of ST. GERMANS presented a petition from Kildare against the rate in aid. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Cornwall complaining of the persecution to which the Rev. James Shore hsd been subjected. Lord STANLEY presented petitions from Cestletow❑ and other places, against the rate in aid; also a petition complaining of agricultural distress. PETTY SESSIONS BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the third reading of the Petty Sessiens After a few words from tha Marquis of SALISBURY, the motion was agrQed to. THANKS TO THE EARL OF DILHOUSIE AN LORD GOUGII. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice that on Tucs:'ay he should move the thanks of the llonse to the Governor General and the Commander-in-Chief of the forces in India for their conduct during the war in the Puojaub and for the victory of Goojerat. SICILY. Lord STANLEY wished to know when the papers relating to the mediatio❑ between Sicily and Naples would be laid before the House,:and whether the Briti.h naval force had been withdrawn from:the Sicilian waters. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the papers would be laid on the table as soon as possible, and that the naval force under Sir W. Parker had been directed to withdraw from the Sicilian waters, withe the excep- tion of a few ships which had been left solely for the protection of British interests and British subjects, and that they had orders to abtain from all interference between the belligerents. Lord STANLEY considered the answer of the Noble Marquis to be perfectly satisfactory. NORTH WALES RAILWAY COMPANY. Lord MONTEAG LE moved that Mr. Chadwick and Mr. Marriner be called to the bar. The Noble Lord having repeated the history of the proceedings which their Lordships had taken in relation to the North Wales Railway Company, concluded by moving that they be called to the bar. Lord CAMPBELL said that all the parties had to answer for Wll not obeying the order of the House. Messrs. Chadwick and Marriner having been called to the bar, and asked what they had to say, Mr. Chadwick said, that had he received the order to attend, nothing should have prevented him from obey ing it, and he read the evidence of the messengers of their Lordships, to prove that the order had not been served upon him until the month of October 1848. Had he had the least idea that his presence would have been required in September, he would have been in the way. Mr. Marriner, on being called on, said he had done all in his power to comply with the orders of their Lord ships' House, and proceeded to explain the steps he had taken to procure and supply to their Lordships the in formation required, and it was not until after the pro rogation of Parliament that he had received any inti mation that his presence was required at their Lord ships' bar. From the moment he had received that inti mation he had held himself entirely at the orders of their Lordships. Lord MONTEAGLE considered the explanations unsatisfactory, and that there had been a deliberate in tention, on toe part of these persons, to disobey the orders of their Lordships with an improper inten tion, and in order to show that their Lordships would not permit their privileges to be trampled, moved that Wil liam Chadwick and John Mariner, naving been guilty of a breach of the privileges of the House by a disobe dience to the orders of the House , ha v e been guilty of a contempt of the House, and that they be theoefore taken into custody. The motion having been agreed to, Messrs. Chadwick and Mariner were removed in custody. F.RENCH INTERVENTION IN ITALY. Lord BEAUMONT thought it was strange that the first steps of the French Republic should be to interfere to put down a republic in Rome, and that a republic founded on the destruction of a monarchy should interfere to restore the most absolute monarch who ever ruled. It would also be strange it it should be owing to the intervention of the Protestant power of England that the Pope should be restored. After the statement of the Noble Marquis to-night, that Sicily had been abandoned to the Neapo!itans, when they com mitted the most atrocious enormities, after England had abandoned the inhabitants of that unfortunate island to the most horrid butcheries, he asked whether or nut the Government had consented to French intervention in Rome. He should hereafter call the attention of Par liament to the conduct of England in relation to Italy and to that unfortunate island Sicily. The Marquis of LA.NSDOWNE said that the French intervention in Rome had not been the subject of negotiation, nor had the Government taken any part in suggesting it, but that an intimation of such intended intervention had been made, and he was not aware that any opposition would be offered to it by her Majesty's Government. With resp, ct to that unfortunate contest carry leg on in Sicily, he denied that her Majesty's Government had broken any pledge whatever. DANUBIAN PROVINCES. Lord BEAUMONT' gave notice that he should ask a question on a future day on the subject of the continut-cl occupation by Russia of the Danubian provinces. PRO rECTION OF WOMEN BILL. The Bishop of OXFORD presented several petitions in favcur of this Bill, and gave notice that he should [nova the secocd reading of that Bill on Monday fortnight. RECOVERY OF WAGES BILL (IRELAND). On the mo.ion of the Marquis of CLANRICARD2., this Bill was read a third time and passed. Their Lordships then adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. BROMLEY took the oaths and his seat for South Nottingham in the room of Colonel RoHeston. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Mr. WILSON PATTEN moved that the order of the House of the 16th day of February last, referring the SJuth-Eastern Railway (Removal of Restriction against opening the Tunbridge Wells and Hastings, a❑d Ashford and Hastings Lines, Grata of compulsory Powers for purchase of Lands, Steam-boats) Bill, to the Committee of Selection, be now read.—This was done, the order was discharged, and the Bill withdrawn. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Grimsby Corporation and Freemen's Arrangement. Kidderminster Union Sinai' Tenements Rating. Macclesfield Borough Waterworks, Markets, &e. Marshland Smeeth a❑d Fen (Equalization of Drainage Rotes and Repair of Roads). BIRTHS AND MARRIAGE (SCO AND) BILL. Mr. DUNCAN presented petitions from Aberdwon against this Bill. SUNDAY TRAVELLING. Lord LINCOLN pre.ented a petition in favour of this Bill. Ir. SCOTT presented petitions against the Bill, ax also did an Hon. Member front the Orkneys. air. LOCKE. presented a petition from Falkirk in favour of the Bill for the regulation for Sunday travelling on s. MARRIAGE BILL. Au HON. MEIIBER presented a petion from the Ork neys agair,t this !3111; and another against the Births, Deaths,.and Marriages (Scotland) Bill. - • Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition to the same effect. Mr. BANKES presented a petition in favour of the Marriage Bill. •- Mr. HENLEY presented a petition against it. BEER LICENCES. Mr. TUFNELI, presented a petition praying for an alteration of tho law regulating the licensing of beer houses. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a place in De vonshire against extending beer-houses, and that those at present in existence might only be licensed during the tenure of their present occupiers. Mr.WALPOLE presented a petition to the same'effect. FREE TRADE. Lord EMLYN presented a petition from Pembroke • shire complaining of the operation of tree trade, and praying for the equalization of taxation. ARBITRATION. Mr. COBDEN presented a number of petitions in favour of arbitration instead of war. Mr. EWART presented petitions to the same effect. CHURCH-RATES. Mr. EWART presented a petition praying for the abolition of church-rates. POOR-LAW SUPERANUATION FUND. Mr. PEARSON presented a petition from the medical officers of Sc. Mary, Lambeth, praying for a superannua tion fund. Mr. Bankes, Mr. Henley, and Lord Hotham presented petitions to the same effect. SECEDING CLERGYMEN. Mr. PEARSON presented a petition from a Dissent ing congregation in Walworth in favour of the Clergy Relief Bill. Mr. HUME presented a petition to the same effect. IRELAND Lord CASTLEREAGH presented a petition from Down praying for the encouragement of the cultivation of waste lauds, and against the Rate in Aid Bill. TURNPIKE BILLS. Mr. C. LEWIS, in answer to a question from Mr. W. Patten, stated that the attention of the Government had been called to the Turnpike Bills before the House, and if it was thought expedient to refer any of those Bills to the Home Department with reference to debts, and so on, measure could be taken there to make a satis • factory examination with respect to them. PACKET SERVICE. Mr. HENLEY gave notice of his intention on an early day to move the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the Contract Packet Service. THE PUNJAUB. Mr. G. THOMPSON postponed his motion relative to the Punjaub to Tuesday next. VOTE OF THANKS TO THE ARMY IN INDIA. Sir J. HOBHOUSE gave notice of his intention on the 24th instant to propose a vote of thanks to the Go vernor-General, the Commander-in-Chief, and the offi cers and men of the army of India, for their late eminent services in the East.—(Hear, hear.) HOP DUTY. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer to a question from an Hon. Member, stated that he proposed to extend the time for the payment of the instalment of the hop duties, but he could not then state to what period. SICILY, DENMARK, AND BRUSSELS. Mr. DISRAELI wished to know from the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, whe ther and when the Sicilian papers would be laid on the table of the House. Ile also wished to know whether the Government had any objection to lay on the table of the House the papers relative to the negotiations with Denmark regarding Schleswig-Holstein, and also whether the Government had any objection to produce the records of the Congress at Brussels. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that, with regard to the first question, relative to Sicily, the papers were now pi eparing, and would be ready in a few days. As to the second, the negotiations with Denmark relative to Schleswig Holstein were still going on, and it would, therefore, not be advisable to lay those papers before the House at the present moment. With respect to the !third question, the only answer he could give was, that although the record of the Brussels Congress Lad been promised, that promise had not been kept. Mr. HUME wished to know from the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, whether a report that was current was true, that a messenger had arrived ou the 25th of March from Co penhagen, with letters to the Noble Lord, which lied remained unanswered for two days, till in fact it was too late to put an end to hostilities. Lord PALMERSTON said that, :in consequence of the papers having been mislaid, some delay certainly took place, bet such delay was immaterial, as the propo sition contained in the letter was one that could not be accepted, and the answer would have been the same on one day as the other. RUSSIAN TROOPS IN CONSTANTINOPLE. Mr. ANSTEY—Sir, I wish to ask the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he received any information from Constantinople on the subject of an alleged demand made on the Sultan by the Government of Russia for the removal of Turkish troops from Moldavia and Wallachia under the menace that if the troops were not withdrawn, the Russian Ambassador would be in structed to ask for his passport.—(Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON—Sir, in answer to the ques tion which the Honourable and Learned Gentleman has put, I beg to say that I do not believe that any such demand has been made by the Russian Govern ment; on the contrary, I have every reason to believe that the report to which, no doubt, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman refers is totally unfounded. In fact, the pre sence of the Ottoman troops in the Danube was invited by Russia, and the fact that I am in possession of, is that re cently Russia sent General Souzglan, an officer of great distinction, to Constantinople, with the view, as I am in formed, of endeavouring to effect a friendly arrangement of the matter in dispute.—(Cheers.) THE IRISH INTERVIEW. On the motion that the orders of the day be now read, Lord CASTLEREAGH threw himself on the indiul genee of the House while he introduced to its notice matters referring personally to himself, and having re ference to a correspondence which had passed between himself and the Noble Lord the First Minister of the Crown.SPEAKER—I am sorry to interrupt the Noble The Lord, but it is usual to agree to the motion before the 1 House ard as c A a matter sr ER o E f A course. Fi w as quite aware of that, but he threw himself on the indulgence of the Hou se.— (11ear, hear.) It will be in the recollection of the erd H a o t u t s h e e h th ea a d t of a the few Go d v a e y rn a me a n g t o sum th m e one N d a t b h le e Irish Members, as a body, to receive from him certain propositions with reference to the rate in a id. Previous to that meeting, as it was anticip a t e d t h at the Irish Members would be required to give an immedi a te answer to the Noble Lord, they were summoned togethe to determine upon what course they should adopt. At that meeting the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Limerick introduced:business of an extraneous nature , and gentlemen present were unable to come to any c onclusion as to who should be elected spokesman o f I the body. At the meeting with the Noble Lord he was requested by many of the gentlemen present to state the it views, but he was unable to catch the Noble Lord's attention, and was, therefore, not able to do so. Ile therefore addressed a letter to the Noble Lord, which, with the permission of the House, be would read. ELIt was as follows e--" My Lord, I beg to state to your Lordship, riot only for myself, but on behalf of a numerous and influential body of Irish Members, that, whilst in deference to your position as a Minister of the Crown, we attend ed the meeting in' Downing-street, we were not prepared to pledge our selves to adopt any particular tax; we are, however, willing to discuss any proposal for that purpose upon its own merits in the House of Commons, but without hearing the arguments which may be produced in the discussion of such a question, we could not put our selves in the position of answering for our con stituents, and therefore we beg to abstain from offer ing any advice to Government on the course they may think proper to pursue.—l am, &c." In answer to that letter he received an answer to the following effect: " I should have waited to hear 3 our Lordship, but it did— not appear to be the wish of the members present that I should do so, and I thought it best to retire ; otherwise I must hove heard other members who did Lot belong to that numerous and influential body to which your Lordship alludes, and I must have assisted at a debate instead of receiving a decision." He had thought it his duty to refer to those letters, and he would now lease the mutter in the hands of the Mouse exactly as he had stated it. He would only make one other re tnai k with reference to the numerous and influential body which the Noble Lord had alluded to in his letter. lie held iu his hand the names of the gentlemen who constituted it, and, if the Noble Lord chose to see them, he would find that they were both numerous and influential. In conclusion, he had to state that the whole body of Irish Members had come to the reso lution, in conformity with the letter which he had the honour to address to the Noble Lord.—(Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL lose and said, as the Noble Lord had thought it necessary to make that statement he might be allowed to make a few observations in reply. He begged to state that after having explained what the views of the Government were be intimated that he thought it would be better if the gentlemen then present should take some further time to consider their decision, and expressed a hope that they would favour him with a reply in the course of this morning. The Noble Lord (Lord Castlereagh). as he understood, then began to state that he was prepared then to say what the opinion of the meeting was. Lord CASTLEREAGH—No, not the meeting. Lord J. RUSSELL then said that he was prepared to state the opinion of several persons. He (Lord J. Russell) was ready to receive the answer—he stopped to hear it, upon which several Gentlemen called out " No, no.") He thought that if he received the answer of the Noble Lord he should not be receiving the answer of the meeting, and that be should be involved in a debate with respect to what the intention of the meeting was. He, therefore, adopted his original intention, aed retired into the next room and expressed his willingness to come back again and make any other explanation that might be required of him. Ho could assure the Noble Lord that he was very sorry that any misunderstanding should have arisen, but he begged to say that he wished to cast no disparage ,tent upon any one, and was ady to make any apology which might be considere d necessary.—(llear, hear.) Mr. DiteRAELI then rose and said—l think it highly unconstitutional to call a meeting in the way in which the Noble Lord has called one, and I am surprised that a Minister who is so well known for his knowledge of the constitution should have recourse to such meetings. —(Hear. hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Hon. Member was out of order. The SPEAKER said be had allowed the Noble Lcrd (Lord Castlereagh) to proceed with his statements, al though he was out of order, seeing that it was the general opinion of the House that he should do so, but the House would now see the inconvenience of the discussion pro• ceding further, and he trusted that he would now be support«al in enforcing ihe rule of the House.—(Hear.) Mr. DISRAELI raid—l rose to move the adjourn ment of the House, and I concluded that I was in order. I shall, however, take the first opportunity of bringing forward this subject again, and then a Minister of the Crown will not have it in his power to say that I had pre pared my observations.—(Laughter and cheers.) NAVIGATION BILL (AS AMENDED). Oa the order of the day being read for proceeding with the consideration of the Navigation Bill, as amended, Captain HA KRIS rose to move to move the following clause ;—" Be it enacted that the master or owner:of every ship belonging to any subject of her Majesty, and of the burden of eighty tons and upwards, except pleasureyachts, shall have on board at the time of herproceeding from any port of the United Kingdom, and at all times when ab sent from the United Kingdom or navigating the seas, one apprentice or more, in the following proportion to the number of tons of the ship's admeasurement, according to the certificate of registry ; that is to say, fel. every ship of 80 tons, and under 300 tons, one apprentice at the least, for every ship of 300 tons and under 600 tons, two apprentices at the least, and for every ship of 600 tons and upwards, three apprentices at the least; all of whom, at the period of their being bound respectively, shall be subjects of her Majesty, and above twelve and under seventeen years of age, and be duly bound for the term of four years at least; and if any such master or owner shall neglect to have on board his ship the number of apprentices as hereby required, to gether with their respective registered indentures, as • signments, and register tickets, he shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of ten pounds in respect of each apprentice, indenture, assignment, or register ticket so wanting or deficient." In moving this clause he would confine himself strictly to the matter in hand. Lie was unwilling to detain the House one minute beyond what was absolutely necessary fur properly discussing the bearings of the clause which ho had moved. He wished to prove to the House that the question involved in that clause was in all its bear ings of the highest importance to the merchant navy, in asmuch as the supply of seamen for the merchant navy would materially depend upon its being carried into law. The Hon. and Gallant Member then went on to read the evidence of shipowners and other parties bearing on the question, but the low tone in which he spoke and the noise in the House rendered it impos sible to catch even their purport in the gallery. After reading some other extracts, which were quite in audible in the gallery, the lion. Gentleman concluded by proposing his motion, the House having be come im patient, and several Hon. Members having called loudly for a division. Mr. LABOUCHERE hoped the gallant officer would not construe it into any pisrespect to him if he merely brifly alluded to what he had said. The question Ley in a narrow compass. He was disposed to admit with the gallant officer that the hardens put upon the merchant seamen service with respect to tonnage was a very heavy grievance ; and it was one which they had a right to claim exemption from. There was no lack of lads for he service. It was notorious that there were 10,000 or 11,000 more apprentices than the service required. It was, therefore, unnecessary for the House to enforce any such regulation as that referred to in the motion of the Gallant Officer. He hoped the House would not agree to the clause. Mr. HERRIES recommended the Gallant Officer to withdraw his motion, as on Monday an opportunity would be afforded for the ample discussion of the matter. indeed, he hoped the House would then reject the measure, Which was so framed that it was incapable of amend ment. Captain HARRIS withdrew his motion. Mr. ANDERSON ro se to move that in clause 1, after the word " d e f ic i en t," to insert " and that any seamen quitting any vessi 1 e. hate ver in order to enter her Ma jesty's naval ser vice, and Icing received into such service, .hail be tx , nrpt from any penalty or forfeiture to a hieli they would otlicreiee be liable as deserters." The Iku. Member proceeded to state several instances hieh had been, brought under his notice of the hard ships and ineursvenieeces resulting from seamen leaving metehunt vessels when abroad and entering the navy ; among others, he stated one which had happened to a friend of his own, in the ease of the ship Anna Roberts, of 440 tons burden, bound to Hongkong. Eleven able-bodied seamen belonging to that vessel volunteered to join her Majesty's ship Lydia. They had received bills for wages and had gone on shore to have them cashed, when they joined the Lydia. The ship was in consequence very much " distressed;" the captain could not proceed to sea without those men, and he ran considerable risk of losing his vessel. He thought that it was in the highest degree desirable that a state of things like that tbould be put an end to; and he submitted the clause which he had moved would have that effect. He was an advocate for a change in the navigation laws, but on grounds different from there on which many Hon. Members sought their repeal. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. Mr. LABOUCHERE did not pretend to say that the system of manning the navy, was not susceptible of improvement; but he did say it would be inexpedient to endeavour in one and the same measure to amend that system, and at the male time the commercial naviga tion of this great country. He was sorry that ,:ny Member should have thought it necessary to clog the measure before the House with amendments of that description, which would involve the House in ndless dibcussions. He would vote against the amend .ment. _ _ Mr. HUME admitted that the impediment referred to by the Honourable Gentleman ought to be removed, but he thonght there was a good intent in what had fallen from the Right Honourable Gentle man who had just sat down, and he would therefore suggest that this motion should be post poned till the question of manning the navy came more formally before the House. Mr. HAWES entirely agreed with what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Montrose. There could be no doubt that the shipping interest was very heavily bur dened, but until these navigation laws, which the shipping interest found were so much protection to them were removed, those burdens would never be removed. But let the House pass this hill, and the shipowners there selve s would be the first to seek redress, and those who were Free- traders the first to concede it ; out he thought it decidedly expedient to moote the question of their burdens at the present moment. lie hoped, therefore, the amendment would be with drawn. After a few words from Captain BERKELY, Mr. ANDERSON said, in deference to the opinion of his friends, he would withdraw the motion. T.Ce motion was accordingly withdrawn. Mr. LABOUCIIERE said, with regard to the fol lowing amendment of the Eight Hon. Member for the university of Oxford, be begged to say that he should have no objection to the first, but he most oppose the second part—provided always, and be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for her Majesty in Council, upon an ad tress or joint address, as the case may be, from the Legis lative Council, or Council and Assembly, or proper Legislative authority, of any British possession, praying her Majesty to authorise the conveyance of goods and passengers from one part of such possession to another part of such possession in other than British ships, to declare, by order in Council, that such conv e y ance s h a ll be authorised accordingly, in Such terms and under such conditions as to her Majesty shall seem good. And be it enacted, that upon a like Address from the proper legislative authority of any two or more colonies, which her Ma jesty in Council shall declare to be neighbouring colo nies ha. the purposes of this Act, prayiug her Majesty t o place the undo between such colonies upon the ..00ttlig of a coasting trade, it shall be lawful for her . 11,j as ty, by Order in Council, to declare that it shall be deemi d and taken to be a coasting trade accordingly, for all intents and purposes: provided always, that the f i o n re c ig o n un ships u v s h l e a s l s i t,y regulations which shall be equally applicable to liritsh ships. O up rd o e u r rpir2tv ibleugdeismcionriistrdedbyhyanlyhisslulecht Mr. GLADSTONE acc eded to the p ro p osal of the Right lionouruble Gentleman. The proviso was accordingly introduced and the other pints f thu Bill having beets agreed to the report was adopted. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1849. RATE IN AID BILL. The Clouse then went into Committee upon this Bill, Mr. Bernal in the chair. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER pro ceeded to t h .,k o a statemen t to the House, to show the n‘cessity of unun p y advanced for the relief of dis tress in the w esttrn part o f Ireland. [LEFT SPEAKING.] •7. GREAT SOUTHERN WHALE FISHERIES. A public testimonial, in the shape of a grand enter tainment, was given yesterday, at the London Tavern, to Mr. Charles Enderby, by the merchants and citizens of Loudon, the eceasion being the departure of this enter prising and ingenious gentleman to his newly-lounded colony at the Auckland Islands. In order to render the position of Mr. Enderby before the public, perfectly cleur, the lonowing sketch of his enterprise may be very aptly cited:— _ . Enderby has secured a grant of the Auckland Islands—a position in the South Pacific preferable to all others for the prosecution of the object in question— in a hich he and his two brothers alone were inte rested. :This grant they have ceded to the Southern Whsle Fishery Company, allowing the com pany a site for the business of the fishery free of charge, and making no other reservation regarding the re mainder of the land, than they shall share, in equal pro porticus with the company, any net profits which may be derived from the sale or lease of the land, after a suitable snd sufficient site for the whaling station shall he selected. The company is established with a capital of 1,00,000/., the sharehulders having power to increase ine same from time to time, to the extent of half a million ; and with power, should the consent of the President of the Board of Trade be given, to increase the capital to any larger amount, in case the require ments and success of the undertaking shall warrant further increase of the capital at a future period. It is Mr. Enderby's intention, we understand, shortly to pro ceed in person to the Auckland Islands, situate in 51 deg. south latitude, and 166 deg. east longitude, for the purpose or orguni6ing the business of the fishery, and to remain there a sufficient time to place it on a satin fabtory foundation. The'ehair was taken by Admiral Deans Dundee. The gahant officer was sucported by Mr. Labouchere, M.P., President of the Board of Track, L..rd Colchester, Mr. Th: , nias Baring. M.P., Mr. F. Scott, M.P., Sir W. Clay M P., Mr. Bagshaw, M.P., and a most numerous and rezpectable body of the principal shipowners, do c k (dicers, a nd m e r c hants generally of this metropolis. The company consisted of nearly 300 of the elite amongst the mercantile find commercial classes, and if the names were enumerated, the most distinguinbed firms of the City of London would each be found to have a n presi n t6tive or a proxy present. After the cloth was removed, the customary loyal toasts were given from the chair, and most cordially responded to. Admiral Dundas made an allusion to the absence of Prince Albert from London, for the purpose of laying the first stone of the Grimsby Docks, a com mercial and maritime enterprise, in which the present company could not but take a deep interest.—(Cheers.) Admiral DuNnas then propoked "The Army and Navy," a toast which had seldom been neglected on oc casions like the present. li eneral THOMAS and Admiral Sir C. MaLconm re turned thanks. The latter officer re marked that, although the is o services were out of fashion for the moment, it was to be hopad that the merchants of the City of Lon• don would not forget the protection which their commerce had received at the hands of the British navy.—(Cheers.) Admiral DUNDAS then gave the toast of the evening— " The Health of Charles Ender by, and success to his un dertaking." The greatest honour an Englishman could receive was obtaining the approbation of his fellow-citi zens. Such an honour had been most amply conferred on Mr. Enderby, for never yet was beheld such a meeting as was now assembled. Local objects, charities, politics, would often call greater numbers together, but here was an object in which men of all political creeds joined, in the determination to meet together to bid farewell to a man who was about to proceed on a voyage which had for its accomplishment the revival of she great fisheries in which England formerly took so large and so prominent a share. (Hear, hear.) Thank God the mere difference of political opinions did not prevent men from meeting together on occasions like the present; it reminded him of the " Happy Family," from the dissimilarity of sentiment which was to be seen amongst the various guests.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) He begged to propose the " Health of Mr. Charles Enderby, with success to his undertaking and reward for his labours." Three times three. Mr. C. ENDERBY rose and said that he stood in need of all the kindness of his auditors, for he was utterly unable competently to express his acknowledgments for the honour that had been done him. When he saw the Queen's Ministers taking an active part with the merchants of London towards the promotion of his designs, he could not but feel that this was a circum stance of which any man must feel justly proud. There was no instance on record, that he recollected, of a man having been so highly honoured by his fellow-citizens as he had been.—(Cheers.) He could only give a promis sory note. But ho was certai❑ he should be able to redeem his word.—(Cheers.) Every facility had bean . . given to him by the Government-(Cheers)—for the accomplishment of his objects. He feared, however, that it his enterprise should succeed he should not be able to face his fellow-citizens again. 11e should be ashamed to do so.—(No, no.) Yes, he should be ashamed to show himself among his fellow•citizens it he did not succeed in carrying out his views.—(" No," and cheers.) Nevertheless, let him assure his good friends that he felt quite confident in the success of the enterprise in which he was embarked. According to a paper which he held in his band (the Whaling Shipping List), there were 596 American whalers in the Southern Pacific Ocean, to fourteen British ships.—(Hear, hear.) His instruc tion was to restore the balance.—(Bear, hear.) lie had no jealousy or enmity towards the Americans, but he did wish to see British skill and British enterprise assert their own position. As for the Auckland Islands, he must say he should welcome the American whalers, and he wished them success, whilst he should make every endeavour to compete with them. Mr. ENDERBY then proposed the health of Mr. La bouchere and of her Majesty's Ministers. Mr. LABOUCLIERE said it was matter of great gratifi cntion to him to be present on an occasion like the pre sent, when all the principal merchants of the City of London were at the table.— (11, ar, hear.) But more es pecially did he feel pleasure in the circumstance that he had a warm sympathy with the objects of the en terprise conducted by their worthy guest, Mr. Elide' by. The presence of so many of the greatest merchants of London proved the value of the enterprise. It was deeply to be regretted that the fisheries (Attie dee-p seas had been resigned by English seamen to the United States. He trusted, however, that it would be found possible to restore the influence which England once possessvc in the whale fisheries. Be hailed, tlTerefore, with satisfaction the pre sent beginning, and us to the thanks which Lyl.r. Enderby hsd offered to the Government for their promotion of his views, be could only say the Government had done their duty in so acting. He holed roost earnestly that Mr. Enderby would return i❑ safety from his enterprise —(Hear, hear)—in which he believed he was as much actuated by patriotic sentiments as by hops of gain.— (Hear, hear.) He did not agree with Mr. Enderby in thinking that failure in that enterprise would entail any shame upon him. On the contrary. he would do his best, and the generosity of his fellow-countrymen would always amply redeem his efforts from all chance of censure. He begged must sincerely to thank the company for the honour they hid done him. The health of the chairman having been proposed by Mr. Powles, the clerk of the London Dock Com pany, the company separated. AUSTRIA AND ITALY. It was vain to hope that Austria would not take ful advantage ef the victory gained over the only indepen dent Italian power on the field of Novara. Towards Piedmont itself the conquerors, indeed, have shown for bearance. But at the same time the Austrian Cabinet and generals have practised some dissimulation witti re gard to central Italy. It was understood in Paris,' we believe, that Austria would not precipitate the march of her legions at least towards Rome; that time would be given to the Republic, and the population, to make their submission and obtain some terms from the Pope. Aus tria has, however, not waited. The warlike attitude assumed by the Tuscans in support of the Genoese, stud the alliance between Rome and Florence, no doubt give colour to Austrian intervention ; and whilst; we write the rumour is that the forces of Radeteky have entered Florence and must be approaching Rome. This German intervention has naturally called tqr a French expedition of a similar kind; and much as one may regret any such interference, it is better that it should be undertaken by two powers than by One. The original aim of Austria could be no other than to restore the absolutist rii . girne of the Pope. France in terferes to modify this purpose, and to secure for 'the Romans the guarantee of a constitutional, and, conse quently, to a certain degree, of a lay government. In this aim the democratic portion of the National Assem bly has singularly thwarted the French Ministers. , M. Barrot brought forward the vote of funds for the inter vention. It was referred to a Committee, which decided in its favour. But the withdrawal of the Members of . the Left, leaving the Chamber a less number than 500, ren dered the vote null, and has thus retarded the expedi tion at least by four- and•twenty hours. We confess that the speech of M. Berrot was neither very liberal nor very satisfactory. But M. Barrot is Prime Minis ter, and it is his policy and duty so to conduct hie in terference, for Roman freedom, that this may be at tained in accordance with Austria rather than in opPosi tion to it. General Lamoriciere, President of the Com mittee, was more frank. He declared that the object was to land troops, and to occupy Rome, if pos sible, before the Austriane. It is a serious event th, mutual presence of the Freoch tri-colour and the Aus trine double eagle in the streets of Rome. Not that we foresee any collision; it is too much the interest of both parties to avoid war. Nor is there any specious grdund for quarrel. France calls itself Catholic as well as Austria. And Stadion as well as Odilon Barrot has presided over the framing of a Constitution. Why should the Remens bo denied what France and Austria enjoy ? We are sorry to see the Constituttonnel, a journal in the interest of the French Government, join in the wholesale and calumnious attacks upon the Roman Republic. , We are no admirers of Mazziui ur of the extreme party. But we do not see what the Romans could do when the Pope fled from them, nut proclaim a Republic in imitation of France, making it as feasible and pacific as might be. There are very many members of the Roman Government and Assembly without whose concurrence and aid the French can never hope to found anything like a constitu tional government in the Roman states. 11' e believe, how ever, that the aims of the French Government are liberal and wise. Those aims are to recommence the essay so unfortunately made by Count Rossi—the essay to sepa rate the temporal and ecclesiastical power and functions of the Pope, and to establish it lay government with constitutional guarantees. It is very well known that the gre at impediments in Count Rossi's way were not raised by the democratic or revolutionary party iu the first instance. It was the priests and the retrogrades who most fiercely attacked his career and exulted in his tall. With Austrian and French troops on the hills of Rome, this party may indeed in trigue, but can no longer employ either in surrectionist or assassin. And the great advantage of a French army of occupation will be to dispense with the necessity of an aimed people by rendering powerless un interested, a corrupt, and despotic hierar chy. The reputation of M. Barrot's Cabinet, will, ed, much depend • upon the success with which it conducts the re-organilation of the Government of Rome. That Cabinet has as yet in foreign policy done little, and it has had the gre at wisdom to say little. But something, at least, is expected of it. It has accom plished the work of repression at home with firmness and good results; perhaps it has overdone that work. It has, therefore, to establish or redeem its character for liberalism by securing to Central Italy a constitutional government. And this every one admits to be completely incompatible with the combining of the powers of lay sovereignty over the Rowels States with ecclesiastical sovereignty over all Catholic countries.—Daily Netvs. EXTENSIVE FIRES AND NARROW ESCAPE.—About half past two o'clock this morning, the family of Mrs. Ws!key's, confectioner, Barking Church-yard,City, were aroused by the flooring burning under their beds. The neighbourhood was alarmed, and plenty of assistance was at band, when the fatally were rescued frotn, the fir3t•floor windows. In a short time the brigade, parish, Cu.tom-house, and West or England engines had reached the spot, but by three o'clock, the stock, shop, etc., were completely destroyed. Mrs. Watchley is in surtd in the Licensed Victuallers. A second tine oc curi ed at the tallow-meltit g factory of Mr. Fitt, Suffolk place, Hackney-road. The fire had extended fearfully before discovery, and before the engites arrived the flames had reached the boiling•room. By extraordinary exertions the firemen succeeded in getting the fire under but with great damage. Insured in the Sun fire-office. THE RULING PASSION.—LateIy an old miserly woman died in Manchester, she was upwards of 93 years of age, and her only surviving relative is a brother, aged 89. On her deathbed she was very anxious about a box, whiCh contained a large number of guineas and soveicigns. She did not like to entrust the key to any one, but telling her miserable attendant to g ive the box to her brother, and while she was in extremis, absolutely swallowed the key. The new bridge over the Ness will be completed by the end of June. " I did not think I could so nearly hate thee," was thrillingly, touchingly effective. Her despair in the last act was really fearful; and altogether we have never beheld a more perfect piece of acting. Miss Beaufort, as Maud, the metamorphosed waiting maid, pleased us greatly. In fact, both this clever actress, and Miss Fitzpatrick, as the malapert page, added mate rially to the success of the piece. The alternation be tween the nasal twang of stage Puritanibm and her natu ral round and sparkling accents—the merry twinkle of her laughing eye, shaming her demure garb, and her perpetual returning to her own proper flirting self on every possible opportunity, displayed rare comic powers, for which we frankly confess we did not give Miss Beaufort sufficient credit. And then Miss Fitzpatrick, as the Page, besides being admirably dressed, and displaying, good reader, a very proper leg, did not commit any of those mincing prettinesses that young ladies in the male garb are given to, but ac quitted herself after such a bold and manly fashion as a youth would do, engaged at twenty to be married to that delicious bit of affected prudery, Maud. Baker's Jabez Sneed was too sardonic for our taste, but it was clever, as everything is that he attempt,; while Bland, as the reckless Cavalier, and Barrett, as the French Captain, performed the little they had to do creditably. W e cannot praise too highly the manner in which The Wife's Secret was put upon the stage; and our only wonder is, that, with the small encourage ment Mr. Calcraft has met of late, he could have had the spirit to undertake the large expense it must have entailed. The new scensyy is splen didly painted. The antique fashion of the Round head's dwelling was exhibited in several lifelike inte riors, and the presence of some of those rare old chairs, that curiosity-collectors have such a thirst for, added greatly to the general effect of the mise en scene. The Bower Chamber, which farmed the place of concealment for the Cavalier, and the Armoury, iu Sir Walter's mansion, presented pictures of the olden time especially worthy of commendation; and indeed the new scenery altogether deserved the admira tion it elicited. The farce of the Irish Lion followed, in which Hudson convulsed the house with laughter. The Wife's Secret will be repeated to-night and on, Thursday, and as the present engagement cannot pos sibly be prolonged, we recommend our readers not to omit the opportunity of being present on either occasion. —Dublin Evening Packet, April 17. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK. Donovan and Powell, the two men charged, with two other men (not in custody), in criminally assaulting and robbing Mrs. Eliza Seal, the wife of a commercial tra yeller, in Coleman-street, were brought before Mr. Cot tingham for re-examination on the charge. A solicitor handed in a certificate of the complainant'_ illness, arising from the outrageous nature of the assaults committed on her, and said that he received the docu ment from the medical man, and that such was her bad health at present, that she was quite incapacitated from attending the present examination. An inspector of the City police said, that in conse quence of having observed an account of the examina tion of the prisoners in the newspapers, be considered it his duty to attend for the purpose of communicat ing that on last Sunday night week (the night it was alleged she was turned out by her husband), she was taken into custody lay a policeman, who found her at a late hour of the night in a state of intoxication in the street, and she was confined in the Bow-lane sta tion-house until the morning. The inspector added, that the woman gave the name of Eliza Seal, and that if he saw (her he should be enabled to av whether she was the female upon whom the alleged outrages bad been perpetrated. The policeman said that the complainant had already stated that after having been turned out of her house THEATRE ROYAL DUBLIN. by her husband she went over to Walworth, and slept THE WIF . 'S SECRET. at t he ieuee of her laundress. The latter had ea.° con- On Saturday night the first appearance of Mr. and firmed the fact. Mrs. Charles Kean, in itself an event, was signalised by Mr. COTTINGHAM said that even admitting the coat the production of it:drama, new to the citizens of Dublin, plailiant was intoxicated on the night in que s tion, there but which, since its original introduction in America, W:716 no doubt that advantage was taken of her situation, has been attended with an immense amount of success, and that most brutal outrages were committed upon her. having been performed with undiminished eclat at the The certificate that had been produced described that Haymarket for sixty successive nights. The author the unfortunate woman was unable to attend, therefore of Ihe Wife's Secret, Mr. Lovell, has written he should remand the prisoners; but upon this occasion two other successful dramas, both of which ha would have no objection to admit them to bail, to have been represented in our theatre, and the appear on Monday next, themselves in 401., and two announcement of a new piece by him brought sureties of 201. each. The prisoners, however, net out under such attractive auspices, drew, as we antici- being in a condition to find the required sureties, were pared, a full and inshionable attendance. The plot of sent to gaol 'l he Wife's Secret is extremely simple, but there are many admirably-contrived and telling situations during i:s progress. The interest is sustained in a most ab sorbing manner from the first scene to the last; and the language possesses all the rich poetical imagery, origi nality, and vigour that characterise the works of the earlier dramatists. A fugitive Cavalier (Mr. Bland), who has suffered defeat in an ineffectual rising against the Pro tectorate, takes shelter with his sister, Lady Evelyn Amyo: (Mrs. Kean), having first bound her by an oath not to reveal his presence to Sir Walter Awyot (Mr. Kean). The latter, one of the leaders of the Roundheads, arrives at the mansion almost at the same instant with the fugitive whose concealment forms the " secret" that alienates the huSband from the wife. Jabez Sneed (Mr. Baker), a canting steward, whose dishonesty Lady Evelyn had discovered, and thereby made him her enemy, suspecting that there is some deep mystery connected with the lucking up of the chamber in which the Cavalier is bestowed, seeks every means to discover this secret. Having climbed up to the window of the Cavalier's retreat, he discovers Lady Evelyn'e brother, and having already vainly sought to poison Sir Walter's mind against his wife, and beers rebuked for the attempt, he instantly communi cates this discovery to him. Sir Walter, however, is so conscious of his wife's purity that, though ho listens to Jabez, ho cannot believe aught to her discredit, until, through the window of her closed chamber, he beholds Lady Evelyn embracing the Cavalier, who was about to attempt his escape. A terrible and crushing revulsion of feeling follows, and Sir Walter falls senseless to the ground. In the last act, after some scenes of deep pathos, thrilling tenderness, and passionate feeling, between the still fond husband, wishing to conceal from every soul but his own what he believes to be his wife's dishonour, and the purely-proud Lady Evelyn, indignant that a doubt or suspicion should be entertained of her honour, the " Wife's Se cret" is revealed, arid the drama terminates happily for all. This is but a very faint outline of the plot, the de vulopment of which is most skilfully carried out, and the graver portions being admirably relieved by the love passages between a dashing, handsome, vain young Page (Miss Fitzpatrick), and a pert and pretty waiting maid (Miss Beaufort), forced by the man ners of the times to assume the attire, speak in the nasal twang, and adopt all the demure bearing of a staid Puritan. W hen we say we have never beheld either Mr. or Mrs. Kean to more advantage in any of the wide range of characters they have made their own than in those parts of Sir Walter and Ludy Evelyn, we feel that we cannot utter greater praise. Indeed the chief em barrassment in noticing their performance consists in our inability to convey to others the impression made upon ourselves. The noble nature of the feed husband, so generous and manly, resisting, till conviction appeared to forbid longer resistance, every doubt of his wife's purity—hoping against hope that he might have been wrong in his jealousy—and then, at the last apparent proof being afforded, determined to screen her guilt at the sacrifice of his own peace, was truthfully and beauti fully depicted by Mr. Charles Kean. His alternate bursts of rage, despair, end grief, were painfully real, not the least exaggeration marring the perfection of his acting. His deep kik ction and utter abandonment to sorrow were touching in the extreme; though at the same time they never bordered on the weak or the womanish, but were characterised by it fine manly tenderness throughout. fu many of the noble passages with which the play abounds, his distinct and itepressive delivery added beauty to the poetry of the author. Thus, nothing could be more exquisite than his apostrophe to his happy home— . My home, my home—oh, what a worldless joy o be in thy familiar clasp again. In absence it seem'd almost too much bliss For hope to picture. My returning foot Paus'd un the threshold doubting still lest change, Like a spring frost, had nipped some bud away. But not a leaf is wanting—all's the same Love, peace, and joy, flutter in every breeze ; And my full heart—too small for its great wealth, Flows over with its rapture." Again, when Jute a is distilling his poisonous doubt o woman's purity into his ear, it was with the loftiest grandeur of manly scorn that he thus rebuked him— " Thou infidel, would'st thou be blind, And thank the lot that hid from thee the rose? Deaf, and rejoice thou couldst not hear sweet music? Fie, fie on thee—the tongue that rails at woman Blasphemes creation in its brightest work. A ribald jest upon her purity Is flinging stain upon the brightest mirror Where Heaven is glassed below." When, in the last act, Lady Evelyn, at the suggestion o Maud, hands him the safety pass she is about to use for her brother's escape, in order that he may append the signature that, in his distraction, he has forgotten, the sad tones of reproach in which ho noticed her col lectedness, while he was all unhinged, fell like accents of real sorrow on the ear. In truth, we could follow with equal eulogy every passage uttered by Mr. Kean till the falling of the curtain, and even then not be satisfied that we had rendered him justice. When we inform our readers that the character of Lady Evelyn is exquisitely gentle and feminine, full of woman's purity, truth, and devotion, they can ima gine how beautifully such a part must have been personated ,by Mrs. Kean. So admirably through out did this graceful and gifted actress preserve the gentle and tender features marking the Lady Evelyn of the author, that the sterner traits of the part—when, with the haughtiness of conscious right, she abhorred the imputation on her faith—came out into much bolder relief by reason of the contrast. When, in the agonies of his doubts and fears, contending with his undiminished love, Sir Walter adjures her to prove to him her purity, that he may take her to his heart again, the splendid burst of impassioned feeling with which she thus replied held the audience spell-bound for an instant, and then drew down a peal of the most enthusiastic applause:— "Ne ver ! ! The woman once suspected From that hour is never safe again; The sacred fence that hedge,l her in (when once A doubt has entered) is broken down, Another doubt will follow With less obstruction. Easier still the next, 'Till they have worn themselves a beaten track, And trust there dwells no more." And when, in the phrensy of his jealousy, Sir Walter at length utters language that, in her soul, she knows he never should have addressed to his wife, the bitterness of feeling with which, slowly, distinctly, and emphatic ally, she said, FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. E. Smith, J. H Beard, and R. T. Smith, Cheapside, warehousemen, May 8, at half-past twelve—R. T. Smith, Cheapside, warehouseman, May 8, at one—W. Keys, Roberts-place, Commercial read, East, linen and woollen draper, May 8, at half-past eleven—W. H. Hammond, Limehouse, engineer, May 8, at eleven—W. Brooks, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, carver an d gilder, May 10. at twelve— L. Boyd, Spital , square, silk manufacturer, May 8, at twelve—S. Kean and W. Lang' ford, Pentunville, brewers, May 8, at two—N. Wanos trocht, Blackheath, boarding house keeper, May 8, et twelve—J. Giles, Shoreditch, clothier and tailor, May 8, at one—W. Clarkson, Redcross-street, boot and shoe ma nufacturer, May 8, at one. In the Country. P. Fisher, Bristol, ironmonger, May 10, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—Z. Leigh, Manchester, tea and coffee merchant, May 10, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester —W. Fordyce, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, bookseller, May 8, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyee —Emma Tomlins, Newland, Gloucestershire, grocer, May 4, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. T. Turner, Sheffield, grocer, 9d.; any Tuesday, be' tween the hours of eleven and two, at the offices of Mr. Hope, Leeds. W. Reminngton, R. Stephenson, D. R. Remington , and J. P. Toulmin, Lombard.street, bankers, lid., names beginning with letters from A to K, on Thursday , the 26th inst., and from L to Z, on Friday, the 17 01 inst., between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghtill-street. R. Grimbly, Banbury, Oxfordshire, wine and s pirit merchant, 6s. Bd., Thursday, April 19, and three follow' ing Thursdays, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Stausfeld, Basingball-street. W. Gorton, St. Peter's chambers, Cornhill, merchant , *I. on Thursday, April 19, and three following Thurs" days, between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. W. Stiles, Lisle -street, Leicester-square, coppersmith , 88., on Thursday, April 19, and three following ThurS" days between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. T. Southall, Tipton, Staffordshire, iron master, 2s. 101, any Friday between the hours of eleven and three, at th e office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES, At the Court, Basinghall-street. G. Workman, St. George's-place, Water-lane, Brir ton, beershop keeper, May 9, at twelve—J. D'M. A r# buthnot, Great St. Helen's, Bishopagate- street Within , City, and Albany, Piccadilly, merchant and agent, lgel A 9, at two—T. N. Brown, F. tier-l ane , p awn b ro k er , a nd Throgmorton-street, City, stock and s h are b ro k er , 8, at eleven. In the Country. C. Reeves, Bath, marble mason, May 10 at eleven, 11 the Court, Bristol-11. H. Dancocks, Stenhouse, add Great Netherton, Gloucestershire, coal dealer and timber merchant, May 10, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol--W' Stothert, Abchurch-lane, City, and Maesteg, Glamor' ganshire, iron manufacturer, May 1, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—W. Wallace and G. Dormand, Sunder: land, butchers, May 8, at half-past twelve, at the Courw Newcastle-upon-Tyne—F. Tombs, Cheltenham, miller' May 10, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—T. Ives, Wakefield, Yorkshire, dyer, May 8, at one, at the Court, Lee ds —J. Rhodes and J. Rhodes, Rochdale, Lancashire, COv ton spinners, May 10, at twelve, at the Court, Manche' ter—D. Evans, jun., Liverpool, coach builder, May 9! ° ! eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—H. Cean, Chester, N 4 r l C" merchant, May 11, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool J. Staddon, Holm% ot thy, Devonshire, grocer, May 1 4,11 eleven, at the Court, Exeter—J. Barber and A. Barb er ' Martock, Somersetshire, ironmongers, May 10, at and at the Court, Exeter—P. H. Webber, B. J. Webber, 9° H. Webber, Newton Abbot, Devonshire, i ron f ou nder* ae May 10, at one, at the Court, Exeter—J. Periam, ter, porter merchant, May 14, at elev en , a t th e Con); Exeter—W. E. Holmes, Lichfield, Staff or d s hi re , c olic maker, May 15, at eleven, at the Court, Birminglials• At the Court of Review, May 8. F. Marshall, Sunderland, chemist—J. Wintle, hampton, Gloucestershire, innkeeper—G. J. Gladstoni: Brunswick-street, Blackwall, Poplar, shipwrigh . ll Summers, Cambridge, cabinet maker—J. Swin4 ° ,. Manchester, plumber—W. G. Henfrey, Coventry, _. wickshire, druggist—W. S. Clarke, Dorking Sarre; printer—F. Leake, Regent-street, St. James, and Genit, yard, St. Ann. Westminster, relievo leather manuto turer—P. Coxford, Mary's-place, Hertford-road, din" merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. 0. Robinson, A. Robinson, and J. S. Russell, 3 1 -P d : wall, engineers, (so far as regards H. 0. Robinson)-1: Mallinson and C. Morris, architects, Ch est er- 31 '1. Thomas and Eliza Thomas, B an b ur y, milliner o ',.o Sissons and I. Aldred, Ilkeston, De r by s hi re , l ac e raa' r g —D. R. Junes, and J. Davies, Carmarthen, ironmong e —W. S. Bird, E. H. Gillilan, and G. Ashton, New n o r , —J. Stott and J. Inman, Huddersfield, woollen ma l3ll go turers—R. Martin, and T. F. Gaskell, Manchester, o r ', salters—G. W. Bower, and H. Bower, Sheffield, Vi e and letter founders—H. Caslon and H. W. Caslon, C l3l d l well-street, Finsbury-square, type founders—J. PSte and J. Cook, Chelmsford, hair dressers—J. Smurthvi' - j, and J. Fairbridge, jun., Sunderland, ship brultere'4 King and H. King, Stokench u r c h, O x f or d s hi re , tito r Z r dealers—J. Carter and J. Strofton, Swall ow -place, ' An ti ford• street, vendors of patent medicines—J. Bate, Bate, and Harriet Smith, Birmingham, hosiers ° , l . haberdashers—J. Dalglish and A. C. Bl ea y m i re , umpton, shipping agents—C. Champ and W. C. Ban. Wallingford, Berkshire, h a t ters an d furriers—L: 0i Betts and S. M. Jone s , Bi rm i ng h am, f actors an d gesna commission merchants— W . Holland, J. Holland , J. Holland, Brigho use , Yorkshire, worsted spinner s se Archer, sen., and J. A rc h er, jun., Peckham, Cola 31 2,.; 0 0 chants—J. Penisto n an d J. S pee d, Liverpool, r e f, grinders—T. Jones and D. Jones, Manchester, P IP 01). and builders—J. W oo dh ea d an d A. P atc h e tt, Os joiners. ENT . Charles Town, INSOL Lit V tle College-stree PETITIONERS t. Upper TlOl3l street. Robert Owens, Southampton. James Balmforth, Clayton, Yorkshire, weaver. William Swann, Little Horton, Yorkshire. Sarah Williams, Pensaru ' Denbighshire. John Jones, Mold, Flintshire, watchmaker. Isaac Coleman, New Romney, Kent, tailor. James Bayley, Orford, Lancashire, attorney. Thomas Hollands, Liverpool, butcher. Robert Baron, Hyde, Cheshire, brazier. Duncan Buchanan, Weston, Cheshire, schoolmast er ' William Mendenhall, Bath, lactman. George Blacker Sherborne, Bath, organ builder. James Curtis, Yeovil, Somersatshire, harness make r ' William Hobbs, Sibton, Kent, land agent. George Ings, Salisbury. SCO'ITCH SEQUESTRATIONS. 4 Apt B. Tour niare, Edinburgh, ridin g mas t er, t o meet op. 17 and May 15, at two, withi n th e Y or k H ote l, . c. 7 burgh. eso R. Adamson and J. L. C. Carmichael, Leven, g ro o o' 3 to meet April 21 and May 12, at two, within Robert National Hotel, Kirkcaldy. AP rIl W. L. M.Phinn, Glasgow, bill broker, to met op, 23 and May 21, atone, within the Star }Tote!, G lafg pif T. Henderson, Glasgow, draper, to meet Apr il 23 t. May 17, at twelve, within the Globe Hotel, Glusg °° ',4 l R. Urie, Paisl e y, manu f acturer, to mee t April 23P00, May 14, at twelve, within the Saracen's Head - A Pai4l,y. , eo' FREN Cll VEGETABLES.-The "French vessel arrived at ona of the wharfs on the south side of .0 river, from St. Valery, has brought, in addition g c } tons weight of potatoes, the v e ry l arge quant ity tons weight in bulk of carrots, the growth of Frallee.o° BMWS. r On the 14th inst., a t Wi n d m ill - hill , S ussex, the lad) . 11. M. Curteis, Esq., M.P., of a son and heir. 1 11 1 f' On the 14th inst., a t P en t onv ill e , L on d on , the wife ° i d J. Ralfe, of a so n . llf On the 14th inst., the lady of G. Roch, Esq., of But tery' ° Pembroke lsth shire i of st a son. c 1:0 11, On the in t. Dorset-square. th e w if e of E. - 01 , Esq., late 15th (King's) Hussars, of a son. On the 16th inst., Mrs. Henry Birch Reynardsoor o f , lodge, Bexley-heath, of a son. " 'd On the 16th inst., at Glocester-road, Hyde-par- 1. - - azl ' 4 the wife of J. H. Briggs Esq, of a daughter. oil 0 4# On the 16th inst., at Tavistock-square, Mrs.. O ' Neate, of a son. On the 16th inst., at Park-hill, Carshalton, the o°' , 0. W. Lambart, of a son. _/ MARRIED. i ipill ls ,4 On the 17th inst., at St. Thomas's, Stamford-hill, Oliver, younger son of Th omas Dodgs-n, Esc.' o f .tor„f ' ° Clapton, Middlesex, to L uc y Eli za b e th, secon d daulie:orio" Henley Smith, Esq., of the same place, and of the k Isl One ofthe Wig Ih7tt. h inst., at the Scotch Church, River-4V Ace' Islington, the Rev William Young, 8.A., of Bevezekte r Charlotte, daughter of David Allan, Esq., of Comptl ° race, Islington. g oo ' On the 14th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Tivertone ido be, - William S. J ones , E sq ., o f Malmesbury, Wilts, to l';`" Ar s Mary, youngerAlaughter of John AugustusAlderm fr a of Tiverton. 1 0 DIED. CO I On the 18th inst., at his h ouse i n P or tl an d place', a s, Littledale, Esq , aged 71. On the 10th inst , at Ilfracombe, North Devony ll rl o# Captain Walter F. Goodwy n , lath of tlie Hon. Eft Company's Service. SiO On the 14th inst., aged 82, Richard White, Rock , 0 street, Strand. 00 On the loth inst., at Downing College, Cambridge. 4y Starkie, Esq., Queen's Counsel, Professor of Lair of lege, and Judge of th e Middlesex County Court. j 6;" On the 16th inst., at Norwood, John Stulz, Er+ , 245 50 On the 16th inst., at Tunbridge-wells, aged 60, 0 General Christopher Hodgson, Bombay Artillery . t rio l3 On the 17th inst., at Balham hill, aged 8 4 , Mt• a L. Sedgwick, of that place, and of Mark-lane. On the 11th inst., at Burdett-place, Old ix°- Martha, wife of Mr. W. Crosby, aged 63. London Printed and Published by MURDO - 0 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ofa' a, ' Co w Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ill u" Middlesex, Thursday, April IN lie.