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The Nobility, patrons of the ,Opera, and the Public are respect fully informed that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING, when will be presented Donizetti's opera, L FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Maria, Mdlle, Jenny Lind Sulpizio Sergente, Sig. F. Lablache ; Ortensio, Sig. Arnoldt ; and Tonio, Sig. Gardoni. With various entertainments in the BALLET DEPARTMENT, in which Mdllo. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. Taglioni, Mdlle. Petit Stephan, Mesdlles. Marra, and Thomas sini, M. Paul Taglioni, M. Dor, M. Charles, &c., will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticket!' to be made at the Box-office of tlte Theatre, where Pit Tickets naay be obtained as usual, price 10s. 6d. each. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Season 1849. FREITCR PLAYS and OPERA COMIQIiTE. THIS EVENING, The Performances will commence at Ralf-past Seven o'clock with HEUR ET MALHEUR. To conclude with LE PRE AUX CLERCS. Mergy, M. Octave; Comrainge, M. Couderc ; Isabelle, Millie. Charton. Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in- Greased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis- Siou are determined as follows: Boxes .. • • • • •• 6 9 . od . Pit • • • • •• • • - 3a. Od. Amphitheatre .. • • .. .• 2s. Od. Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams', St. James's-street ; Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which la open daily from eleven till five. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKE Mr. B. Woboter, Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. EVENIN Will be performed THE BRIGAND. Characters by Messrs. H. Tandenheff, Rogers, Howe, Wallack ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, and If 1.4 P. Horton. After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE SPHINX. To be followed by THE ROUGH DIAMOND. To concludo with the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPIII. Under tine direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, TVII to performesi THE HOP PICKERS. Principal characters by Megsrs. Lambert, Boyce, Wright, Paul Bedford, Hughes, Mun yard, 0. Smith, Cullenford, Worrell, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Taylor, Misa E. Chaplin, &c. After which, WHO LIVES AT No. 9? Characters by Messrs. Wright and Worrell, and Miss Chaplin. To conclude with a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright; Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedford; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. *OVAL LYCXIIM TREAT it 6. tuter the 9t anagement of Madame Vestrta. , olu Lessee. Mr. Chartea Mahe .s. THIS EVENING v~ 111 b± 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 H. Gil bert, Miss Jane Coleman. and Maßlame Vestris. T. conclude with THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OP CHRISTEN DOM. I)res4 .'oxe:, 55.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 9s ; Gallery, tr. yu LO soy pert of the house. Vie z:ev. , I.lox-otttco, tio. 2, Weltin street, , s open to the s t ry :Ay, from Tun till Six. PRINCESS'S Mr. J. M. Maddox. Sole Lessee•and 1t anger. 1. 4 11 S E VE—N INI4. Wllll4 performed a new Opera, entitled THE HEART OF MID LOTHIAN'. After which, Mdlles. W. an.l A. Neruda and their brother Victor will perform on the Violin. Violoncello, and Pianoforte. To conclude with a new grand Extravaganza, entitled NOURED DIN kND IHE FAIR Po:I:SIAN. anTi.LY'i , tie YAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, 51r. W. Batty. 'Caller tho P.ftronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince klbert, &c. The new grand Easter spectacle unprecedentedly suece,ssful. THIS EVENING, The performance will commence with a Grand Equestrian Spec tacle, by Fitzball, entitled THE WHITE MAIDEN OF CALIFOR NIA; or, the Horse of the Ocean. Tu be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE CI KCLE. in which the first Equestrian talent of the day will appear. To conclude with THE LONDON CARRIER. tsua-odice open from Eleven till Four. ,ztage Manager, Mr. W. West. rtiE WEAl'aEl - {,—SUN OFFICE, MAY 2. TEIELIXOMETER Lowest, 44; Eligtost, 56; Noon, 57. BAROMETER, 30.01. WIND E.N.E.—dull, hazy weather. ' ,Auks I t, A's' I.ON DON tSk 11,14 Tula DAY--- ,7- 4 , lng, 10 min. after 10 Evening, 49 rain. after tO To-Monson —Morning, 23 min. after 11 Evening, 52 min. after 11 Obining LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY. 2, 1849. After all that has been dune and suffered for Ire- lard, Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL must come down forsooth to the House of Commons whining about his ill treatment, 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 not enough that we are to give her inhabitants ten mill.ous 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 genepal exemption from taxation. It is not enough that Administration after Administration should have 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—ireland—lreland—lreland. No : 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. Joas O ' CONNELL must come howling down to the Legislature about the grievances of himself, of ,his Hon. Colleagues, and of Ireland in the mass, io that matchless tone of dema gogic mendicancy, in the employment of which he has long proved himself such a proficient. After all, we repea►, 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 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 attentio❑ of the public, not only i❑ a political and economical, but also in a sanitary 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 MoLoca 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 hare, 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 iu 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, would, 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 to 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 be greatly increased by a diminution of ti e import duties on foreign wines one-half, and as gee have always contended that in the imposition of in - 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. HUDSON, 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 setdom given to be generous. The disinterested and uncalled for appro val of such a large number of Englishmen may be surely taken as an ample compensation for the inte rested and splenetic opposition of a few personal antagonists. We shall not be surprised , to find it s ome thi ng more t h an a compen sation--a full and complete extenuation. Without seeking them, Mr. ilinosoN has now obtained his compurgators. Let them speak for themselves. alleviate the sufferings of. Ireland—the public eye is fixed almost exclusively upon Ireland and upon Irish questions—the public Leart is nearly broken, and is quite nauseated with its eeaseless exertions to confer happiness, and prosperity, and self-reliance upon the people and upon the institutions of Ireland. Mr. JOLIII O'CorrELL'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 m th om e h e i nt that they are i n f r i ng i ng one o f t h e ru l es o f 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 Gentleman the Member for Limerick. The 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 for Mr. Jouar O'Colsmitu:s ingenuity ; and it certainly betrays, on his part, a modesty for which even his opponents would scarcely have given him credit. Mr. Jour UCCiNNELL is indignant because his sapient oration:, have not been reported in extenso by the gentlemen who occupy such an important post in the gallery of both Houses of Parliament —gentlemen upon whom another and a more illustrious Irishman, we mean the gifted orator, the Right Hon. RICH ARD LALOR SHELL, as far back as 1845, passed one of his most eloquent 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 wholesome and judicious abbreviation. INDIA REVOLUTIONS.—On the sth of last Dec. the Seneca Indians met in cot vention at the Catta rangus Reservation in Erie County, New. York, and abolished their former Government, that of Chiefs, and established a chartered republic.—.-Quebec Gazette. 11 - R Now we would, without any more ado , have Mr. l ' 1 1E FRENCH EPUBLIC . J JUN O'CONNELL to know this, that there is no au- thority, either in Parliament or out of Parliament, papers of which can compei l the reporters for the press to Monday c write out all the twaddle that may be übsidy to spoken by him (Mr. Joule O'CONNELL) in destiny of he reign c . the House of Commons any more than there rournal clew is a power in the Legislature to inflict upon the popu- able place 1 lation the misery of wading through the iteration of a employe com monplaces pronounced by the Honourable and ,SSAIGNACS, Learned Representative of Limerick. That matter JVALLONS 0 of real interest and importance should be excluded dirty wor from the newspapers for the sake of finding room for he Reactio whatever nonsense may be articulated; by gentle- e is under t men like Mr. JOHN O'CoeeL, who are not only . MERRICA/ fond of talking nonsense by the hour, but are ; the Gove mt vetted as Sec also particularly fond of seeing that nonsense ;eine, and of printed off on the same evening or on the flow in theird out on Mo following morning, by the column, is rather !s at the Port too good a joke both for the public and for the journalist. When Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL 'rived in Pari can contrive to deliver long orations, worthy in any several of tl suggestion ( respect of being reported, or likely in any degree to ssetnble a coi be subsequently perused, then, but not till then, will date the affair he find himself treated with the same elaborate atten- rope. tion that is lavished upon such orators and states- aris have ado' men as the Prime Minister, or the Foreign Secretary, nt major of ti as the Right Hon. Baronet th e R e p resentat i ve o f I EDMUND Rt of the Line, Tamworth, or the Hon. Gentleman the Member for resentation of Buckinghamshire. Bat that the egotism of Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL ; M....M..AEMEMIII is transparent throughout the whole of his very , SPAIN. ridiculous complaint—but that he himself made ; Madrid journals of the 26th ult. have arrived. an acknowledgment of his overweening self-suffi- t The Finance Minister was to propose the new I Tariff to the Cortes on the da y follo wing. • cieucy when he confessed last evening that "it might MADRID BoLSA, APRIL 26. Fiveper Cents., 10} be said he thought too much of himself "—it might ' paper; Three per Cents., 24 paper. Exchange on Lon almost have been imagined, from his indirect eulu- : don, 50 20 paper; 50 35 money. gium upon the verbatim employment of the art of stenography, that he was personally interested in the GERM A. N Y success of that typographical eccentricity the Fortelle 1 AND Nuz. One would have conceived that Mr. JOHN , THE NORTHERN STATES. O'CONNELL might, without any very extraordinary effort of intelligence, have learnt by this time that even 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. JOHN 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 s till have required a mar vellous degree of assurance, and a very large share of vanity, to make the complaint wlaich he Mr. JouN.:O'Corcleet. (with all hie 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. \_- .We have 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 vlLLys, 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. MEBRICAN, the editor of that journal has been gazetted as Secretary• General of the Prefecture of the Seine, and other employes of the Censtitutionnel will follow in their order. The troops were ordered out on Monday night, but there were no a3semblages at the Porte St. Denis, or elsewhere, to disperse. M. DE LESSEPS has arrived in Paris. La Presse 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 Bar- TISTE BOICHET, sergeant major of the 7th 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. Intelligence has been received from Vienna to the 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 expiosio❑ at Comorn, but it was an Imperial vessel of transport, with 300 cwt. of gunpowder, in tow of a steamer from Presburg downwards, that was blown up by the can non fire of the Magyars, who had a battery on the left shore of the Danube, opposite Gonyo. Many houses in that town bad been destroyed by the 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 13,000 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 of the companies are new men, and the leading principle of the whole Austrian army, that of confidence in their superiog, fails entirely at this moment. On the evening of the 25th ult. the following bul letin was published by Burt : •• According to official reports just received the corps, composed of six brigades, under Field-Marshal Lieut. Wohlegemuth, occupies the whole terrain' from Sel lye, Eperiess), Nyarazd, and Bus, with its left wing resting upon the Danube. Nothing new has occurred on this line. " According to several consonant reports, the ' gross' of Georgey's corps was advancing in the direction of Cumorn. " 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 Temeswar, 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 cne 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,t 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, Al delin, and Zemnoes, 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 in Poland. It is impossible to be blind to the tact that the successes of the Magyars over the Austrians in Hungary has provoked a lively agitation among the Poles, as welt in the grand duchy as in the kingdom, and that they consider the approach of an insurrection very near. Everywhere there are preparations fur war, and it is said that vast quantities of arms are introduced se cretly. It is, therefore, of great moment to Russia that the war in Hungary should be quelled as speedily as possible. It would appear by the vast accumulation of corn aad other stores, that they are looking forward to a long struggle. The country people are obliged to de liver immense quantities of grain, for which they receive treasury bonds payable in 1850. " PRESBURC, APRIL 23.—N0 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 Neuhasel, on the Waag. Since noon yesterday, no leis than forty or fifty waggons have arrived here by the Jyrnan Railway, bearing lamentable proofs of the terri ble accounts received of the battle." -,- .., .. rioi • . r tit .5 - - • ~ . ~..4. , ~,,,„, , , 1 1 1 .14 ). ~ 1. . die . -! * C• .. .., - i. , ~ '' '7ll/f , ".... 4 ` N , %Ai- - C . "-,..5hr,... * :.' ,' . • „ -,242.,. , ...,„ . Alb . . ~.!•••• . ..=';PP 7 "':ufer• '„ __ , LON DON. PRUSSIA. The Prussian Staats Anzieger of the 26th 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 tmtertain the erroneous idea that the state of siege exists no 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-Chief in the Marks, " VON NV RANGEL." RADOWITZ has arrived here. The Deputies of the Chambers have done mostly to their homes in the country. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, MAY I.—The Ambassador of her Britannic Majesty yeste:rday 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. MARCONAT, the Chamberlain of the Grand Duke of SaxoNT, 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 the example of his grandfather. This will gain him great popularity. His MAJESTY continues to consult his uncle, Prince FREDKRICK, on all matters of busi ness. The character of Prince FREDERICK 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. Peteriburgh 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 Chambox of the States General is continuing the discussion on the fundamental laws. — Dutch Papers, May 1. ITALY. It is said that RADETNMY has consented to reduce the indemnity demanded of Sardinia to 80,000,0001., and that the Sardinian Pbenipotentiariei have assented to those terms. The French army continues at Civita Vecchia, and will not march on Route until the POPE shall have consented to a general xamesty and to the grant of a snore liberal constitution. Leghorn still holds out, and the Grand Duke of TUSCANY has not 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 troops of the territory of Massa and Carrara, and of the provinces of Lumigiana and Garfaguana. SICIL Y. -- The Nouvelliste of 21nrseilles of the 27th says,— " At last we have news direct from Sicily up to the 23d, by the Sicilian steam er Independenza, which came into tort yesterday. As our last communications from ' Naples led to expect, 1 - 1, stili , ies h.,ve c. aced, and the complete pacification of the whole island is probably ac complished by this time. The Sicilian insurrection, then, is at an end. Admiral Baudin again accepted the media tion, and w ent in concert with our Ambassador to the King of Naples at Gaeta. After the first interview, the Kin' consented that the military operations should be suspended; on condition, nevertheless, of an implicit submission to the governme n t o f P a l e r mo . Colonel Nunziaute, 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 Filaugieri, to treat for terms of peace. The conferences were still going on when the Independenza took her de• parture, but the main question was consi :iered to he 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 Alinistry, 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 Indepeudenza, which has brought them to Marseilles with more than 200 refugees." ADDRESS TO GEORGE HUDSON, ESQ., M.P., FROM THE 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 of John Scott. Esq., J.P., William Ord, Esq., J.P., Christopher Bramwell, 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 boroughin 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 opinion, by the pub lished evidence, and totally irreconcileable 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 of our fellow-countrymen, we are grateful to you for the ex tensive benefit you have conferred upon the nation by the gigantic undertakings your untiring energies have called into c xistence. "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. ; Loon. - - '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 Sporr, J.P. John Clay. nry Tanner, J.P. Thomas Brown. James Hartley, J.P. J. W. Collingwood. Anthony Ettricke, J.P. Joseph Young. Joseph J. Wright, D.L. Robert Sarsfield. Benjamin Kennicott, B.A. Wm. Reed Clanny, M.D. Christopher Bramwell. Robert Leddell. T. 13. 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 o b f y ssou u der a , I h a e majorit y aded b y of your t k r e e sp electorsectea Mayor, f the ayor o a r n o d u g s h o large a number of the magistrates, with feelings of heartfelt satisfaction. Amidst the unjust aspersions that have been directed against my character, to know that I still possess the unshaken confidence, and the kind feelings of my constituents, imparts a consolation 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 ecu cerus 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 sense of rectitude, however, sustains me, and when the excitement has passed away, I fear not the calm judgment and the indulgent consideration of an intelligent and right-judging British community. " Permit me, in conclusion, to assure you 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 ments of unfeigned regard, your ever faithful and obe dient servant, " GEORGE HUDSON." COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) SA.NDYS 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 given to a promissory note, but which was wholly devoid of public interest. SPORT IN G IN TELL — IGENCE. CHESTER RACES.—TUESDAY. The Grosvenor Stakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, and 30 added. One mile and a quarter. (4 subs.) Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b 1 Sir J. Hawley's Sponge, 4 yrs, Bst 51b 2 3 to 1 on Flatcatcher, wh o ma d e a ll t h e running, and wou easily by a length. Run in 2 min. 20 sec. Th e Palatine Stakes of 15 soya. each, 5 ft, and 100 added, for three yrs o ld filli es. Once round and in. (13 subs.) Duke of Richmond's J e ll y Fi s h , Bst 21b...(Flatman) 1 N M ir r . . BPedGlereye'sn,J, Cigarett e , l Bst 71b 3 ... y stiele, B st 71b Mr. Fowler's Cingari, B st 2 1b 0 Mr. T. Dawson'A Priestess, Bst 91b 0 7 to 4 on Jelly Fish, w h o followed Ciugari 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 sous. each, and 50 added. Three-quartors of a mile. (15 subs.) Mr. Green's Countess Albemarle, Bst 2lb 1 Mr. Mostyn na Harriott, Bst 2lb ... 2 The following also ran:—Wilmot, Bet 21b—Shil ma li er West, List 71b—Leonidas, Bst 61b—Brennus, Bst 61b -1 3o t a b_ a, nd Mulgrave, Bsl 1b a Est 21b—Camel, jun. colt, Bst 61b—Ith an i a , Bto 1 asst Leonidas-3 to 1 agst Brennus -5 to 1 agst Shilmalier West—and 8 to 1 agst Ithania. Wilmot made the running for about a distance and c e i bolted, the Countess of Albemarle took up the running after, kept it, and won by half a length. Run in 1 min. 23 socs. The Chesterfield Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 100 added. Once round and a distance. (20 subs.) Mr. Woffenden's Post-tempore, 7st 101 b ( Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Gordon's Miss Bunny, 6st 61b ... 2 The following also started but were not placed:— Mr. B. Green's Garrick, Bst 71b 0 Mr. B. Green's Westow, Bst 2lb 0 Mr. Ewbank's Pyrland, 7st 121 b o Mr. Meikkai's Roland, 7st 101 b 0 Mr. Pedley's Probe, 7st 101 b Mr. W. Jones's Didsbury, 7st 61b 0 Mr. Copeland's Clothworker, ist 0 Lord Chesterfield's Ferule, bat 121 b Betting-5 to 2 agst Miss Bunny-3 to 1 agst 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 min. 8 sec. 501., added to a Handicap of 3 soya. each, for three yrs old, Scc. Second to save his stake. Mile and three quarters. (5 subs.) dr. Gordon' s Mi ss Bunney, 3 yrs, sst 31b (Treen, jun.) 1 Mr. Meiklana's Roland, 3 yrs, Est 31b ... 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 Banney. Won in a canter. BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT, 9 O'CLOCK. THE CUP. 7 to 1 agst Halo—taken 16 to 1 agst Dacia 9 to 1 apt Joc-o'-Sot 18 to 1 agst Dulcet 10 to 1 apt Fernhill—t. 2 2 0 0 t to o aagg:: LCandayntwiclieiderair 10 to 1 egst L9upgarou 20 to 1 agst Executor 10 to 1 agst Cossack I 14 to 1 agat Inheritress 150 to 1 agat Blucher. 15 to 1 apt Mahon 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 bole burners, 21. 14s. per annum; and both companies seve r:llly acquatoted the Commissioners that it was their in ten6un to reduce the pric: of gas to the private con sumers in the C,ty of London fr , m Gs. to ss. per 1,000 cubic feet, the reduction to commence from the 24th of next June. The announcement was received with up plunge. Mr. D.-puty Harrison moved that the offers of the two companies he accepted. Mr. Deputy Cuok se c,,nded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. Lord and Lady Brougham were prevented attend ing her Majesty's ball, on Monday, by the recent death of Miss Frances Eden. --- SUGAR PAPER NOT INCLUSIVE.—The Recorder of Liverpool has decided that grocers had , no legal right, in the weighing of sugar, to take off the weights of the paper or wrapper in which it might be inclosed. OVERLAND MAP IN I)IA. SURRENDER OF THE SEIKH CHIEFS -RE LEA 6E OF THE CAPTIVES - RIGHT OF DOS' MAHOMED 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 a When the brows of my Lord Gough were crowned with the laurels of Goojerat the Punjaub 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, Aflghan 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. R. 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 naatter 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 Politicals 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 Eman-ood-Deen, who were pushing on from different directions, with the view of hemming in the enemy, and securing their destruction. At any rate, Shore Singh and his father appear soon to have become convinced that further opposition 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 Alajetua, 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. Shore Singh himself ~came in towards evening, but as certain arrangements had to be made for the deli Very up of the advance, he was allowed to return to his OWN camp to do what was needful. It was now 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 eut 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. POLITICAL DEPARTMENT. Bombay Castle, March 26, 1849. 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 fired 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. COURTNHY, - Acting Secretary to Government. GENERAL ORDER BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA. FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. "Camp Feroxepoor, 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 Commander-in-Chief, and from Major-General Sir Walter Gilbert, K.C.8., be published for the information of the army and o f 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 Shrre Singh, and the principal Seikh Sirdars and Chiefs, deliTered 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 Excellency's in structions. " But the war is not yet concluded; nor can there be any cessation of hostilities until Dost Mahomed Khan and the Atighan army are either driven from the pro vince of Peshawur or destroyed within it,. " The British army has already resumed its march upon Attocic; 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 order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General 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. " Ilesd-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 tultilled 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 in 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 have now come in, with the exception of Bhai Maharaj and Colonel Richpal Singh, who have absconded, but without followers. " We 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 Moultan; 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., Gouuu, General." (No. 282.) FROM MAJOR- GENERAL SIR W. R. GILBERT, 1C.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 11th instant, from Hoormuck, I have advanced to Rawul Pindee, 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 bo forwarded hereafter; and the number of stands of arms laid down before the force under my command is about 16,000. I have, Stc., (Signed) "W. R. GILBERT, Major• General, Commanding Field Force, on bpecial Service. (True copies.) (Signed) " 11. 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 Black, with a settled black scowl, small-pox marks, and sensual look," besides being "obese and un eld " So that v,e canlict give him a N-iy her,- portreiture, and, like Desdemona, must look for Othello's visage in his mind.' A brigade was sent from Camp Goujerat to join General Sir W. R. Gilbert on the 2d, but it had not joined the main body up to the 19th. The Bombay force, under Brigadier-General Dundas, 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 Afghans 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 few hurried lines, 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 Akorah 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 tort 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 information the flying General, with an escort of about 60 of Nicholson's and Lumsden's men, 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 you saw their force (with Cavalry and Infantry about seven or eight thousand) running and galloping here and there in great contusion, 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 Zubberduse 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 bim. By getting these boats we have saved a fortnight or three weeks' delay, besides the Government the expense of new boats fora 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 Dost fired three round shot at us, but no damage done. The Bombay Column to join us to-day. General Campbell joined us last sight." . _ The — Bombay Telegraph and Courier gives the an nexed information, received last night by express : " By the Agra Express, which reached Bombay yester 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 day 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. Dost 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 Loodianah, 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 body-guard, to be in readiness to escort the Maharaja Dhuleep Siagh, together with Dloolraj and Narain Singh, to the provinces. It is fur ther added that Mr. John Lawrence had come to Lahore with the supposed intention of receiving the final in structions of Lord Dalhousie regarding the removal of the youthful ruler of the Punjaub. And, to complete the picture of the shadow which coming 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 frontier, 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 Wuseerabad 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 cf 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 Lieutenant-Colonel 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. Fane, Brereton, Simson, Henderson, and MacLeod, to be Assistants. Mr. Montgomery to have the Julundhur Doab, Major Mackeson, Peshawur, and the districts beyond the Indus. We will 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 proceed to Loodhiana, 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 annexation. The following is a list of the names of the gentlemen of the civil service who are to proceed to the Punjaub:—Mr. R. Montgomery, at Cawnporo; 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 Mozuffernur; Mr. J. R. Barnes, at Shajehanpore; Mr. F. B. Pearson, at Calpee; Mr. W. J. R. Gurnee, at Simla, or Jullundur. Among the Assistants—Mr. H. Brereton, at Mynpoorie; Mr. H. P. Fane, at Cawnpore; Mr. P. H. Egerton, at Yumson; Mr. E. C. Bayley, at Rhotuck; Mr. J. Wedderburn, at Jaunpore; Mr. B. Septe, at Mirzapore; Mr. G. F. Macleod, at Benares; Mr. H. B. Henderson, at Cawnpore; Mr. D. Simson, 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 fortned, for purposes of general control, consisting of Sir H. Law rence, Mr. J. Lawrence, Mr. Montgomery (from Taws 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 hays been permitted to resume their staff appointments, and several regiments have received orders to return to the provinces. Lord Gough has been in perso❑ to inspect the site for the new can tonments. The Delhi Gazette giTes 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 nut so generally as might be the wish of those concerned. Amongst 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 corps to pro ceed on to Lahor e , w h en the 18th 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 2dl3attn. Artillery, from Umballah to Lahore, immediately. " Captain Kinleside's troop of Horse Artillery, to Fe rozpoor. "Captain Baldwin's ditto, to Julundbur. "Captain Dawes's ditto, to Lodeeanah. " Captain Huish's ditto, to Umballah. " Captain Warner's and Captain Austin's troops of 11. Arty., to Lahore. " Captain 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 Regts. N.L, to Jhelum. Major Ludlow's, and Capt. J. D. Shakespeare's Bat teries, to Wuzeerabad. H. M. 9th Lancers, sth Light Cavalry, H. M. 24th and 29th Foot, to Wuzeerabad. "H. M. 10th and 32d Foot, to Lahore. " The 9th and 45th Regimtnts N. 1., to Urnballah. "H. M. 3d Drag., to Julundlisr." And in a subsequent issue adds— " The troops intended for 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 %king of the Bth Irregular Cavalry, and a wing of the 46th, to bo temporarily posted at Pusroor, and a wing of the 6th Light Cavalry, and of the 25th Native In fantry to be temporarily posted at Enainabad. Sir Dudley Hill gets the command of the Sirhind n, Whish goes to Bsrrakpoor, and General CT, bert, we presume, t a k es t h e PunjaubSir Joseph DI" well remains with t h e W uzeera b a d f orce f o r the pvs fir c i The 72(1 N.I. are to be stationed at Feerozpour, the 73 at Meerut. The 44th go t o All a h a b a d, the 7 411 ' t° Cawnpoor, and the 62d t o bl a i n p ouree an d Etawab." The Manjah territory is report e d to be disturbed, and the town of Dunanuggur has been attacked by robbers. Now that the rebellion is at an end, ho w " ever, it is not likely these outrages will be Cor y tinned. The Earl of Dalhousie continues for the present at Feerozpoor. There is little news of interest from other quarter!. Sinde, Upper and Lower, is tranquil, and the , 1 f item of interest is, that the Commissioner, Mr. PP I . n . gle, has returned to Kunadid. The " little war the Nagpore territory is over, the Pretender, A,Pr Sahib, having bolted, and his followers having °r d . , persed, as soon as the Ellichpore troops took the fi e ' At Madras, Mr. Maclean has obtained his discha r g e f for the Insolvent Court : and amongst the items ° Calcutta intelligence you will observe an annottac is e e . ment of the death, by cholera, of Dr. Thomson, marine surveyor at that port. —Chronicle. NEW WORK BY ~B OZ." DAVID COPPERFIELD. No. I. By Char' Dickens. Another story by the immortal "Boz" has this al commenced hight " David Copperfield the Yonne' of Blunderstone Rookery,"—being his "personal h is ; tory, adventures, experience, and observation." O re s the first three words are provocative of merricn en t; Saith Chapter One, in its heading—" I am b o rn. , This will indicate, on the part of Mr. Dickens, e4 e .a parture from his old system of writing in the thir d person, as instanced in " Pickwick" and '' r" -ni h ; bey," in "Martin Chuzzlewit " and " 800, Hedge," in "Nicholas Nickleby '' and " Twist." David Copperfield tells us his own tule) if the manner of an autobiography. And, certaiinl o we are to believe him, he must have been a pro:4 0 0 imp almost as soon as he could toddle. As earlY n ia four years he could criticis e th e b e h av i our o f the " m y. lady with the hand-basket, who, on purchasing the caul in a lottery, produce& from it (not e. lottery or the caul, but the h an d-b as k e t) "-„, stipulated fire shillings, all in halfpence, and twope l l halfpenny short—" as it took an immense time, a great waste of arithmetic, to endeavour without effect to prove to her." We are informed, en pas te ; that the charm was effectual, inasmuch as its '11; sessor " never was drowned, but died triunsphanag bed at ninety-two "—never having been, however , e , the water in her life, except on a bridge. S t io what too much, nevertheless, about the caul. Of new acquaintance we have already made througejo medium of David Copperfield, first and foremost is °b re , Betsey—Trotwood by name, and eccentric by nlit il be The chief peculiarity of this person would seero -o ;t h that of asking questions, receiving their answers ,el -- a contemptuous " Ya—aah !" and corking hesr, incontinently—in the ears with jeweller's cotton' _ AD Chillip, the doctor, a slow, quiet, amiable gentlewii; is very little better than the physician mentioueu d o the opening pages of "Dornbey" —and he' indifferent enough. Peggotty, the servant gd who will rank henceforth in the same categ% with the Marchioness, with Tilly SlO' Miss Nipper, and Clemency Newcorne • - **: o / better. Her very forefinger has character in it, be l e " roughened by needlework, like a pocket nutelero grater." We used to think that " Boz" had, le t ' person of Little Paul Dombey, exhausted e vert 0 , profound knowledge of the idiosyncrasy. of ,child re y i Far from it. Little Davy furnishes another chsP .A i to those beautiful delineations of childh o od alre7 ts l written by Dickens. Take the following OP' passage—brimful of truth and nature : Here is our pew in the church, What a 114 11, backed pew! With a window near it, out of whic h ibe house can be seen, and is seen many times duriug h e morning's service, by Peggotty, who lik es to wake; if self as sure as she can that it's not being ro bbed, o '4o not in flames. But though Peggotty's eye wanderh is much offended if mine does, and frowns to me , aj o , stand upon the seat, that I am to look at the clere ho pi But I can't always look a t hi m —l k now hi m ictiol that white thing on, and I am a f ra id o f hi s weal:le l- iv why I stare so, and perhaps stopping the service b tt, to quire—and what am It o d o ? I t ' s a d rea df u l 1 11113 10 gape, but I must do something. I look at my ur - slis but she pretends not to see me. I look at a boy L;glil aisle, and he makes f aces a t me . I l oo k a t the 0 0 '4 coming in at the door thro ug h th e porch, and the' p i , see a stray sheep—l don't mean a sinner, but its ton—half making up his mind to come jilt°, church. I feel that it' I looked at him any lenr,;1 1 1 1 might be tempted to say something out loud ; ant' i t would become of me then ! I look up at the 00 u , mental tablets on the wall, and try to think o f o f Bodgers late of this parish, and what the feeling: o g Mrs. Bodgers must h ave b een , w h en a ffli c tion seref f , time Mr. Bod g ers b ore , and physicians were in ft " f rao wonder whether they called in Mr. Chillip, ands m. it in vain ; and if so, how he like s t o b e remind day of once a week. I look from M r . Chilli p , i n his snn a it neckcloth, to the pulpit ; and think what a good l'u a "ue would be to play in, and wh a t a ca stle it would nasol with another boy coming u p th e s t a irs to attack it, a having the velvet cushion with th e tassels throw n dol l on his head. In time my eyes gradually shut up ; se y from, seeming to hear the clergyman singing a drow4 song in the heat, I bear nothing, until I fall off the fi v er with a crash, and am taken out, more dead than an by Peggotty." o f The little tr . -ial 7t. 1 "Brooke to little trivial incident, too, abou, ffi Sheeld," sounds to us strangely natural. ' - u - t5 Copperfield, who is a beautiful young widow, sf, married again to a handsome gentleman, one. be Murdstone. That is the principal occurrence in ;Jr, number. Like Davy, we can't help hating this ar t , Murdstone, by a sort of presentiment. The P - i aer ink; of Davy from his mother and his old hc? .. 7 1 ,‘ the Rookery, is told with a sweet and touch fo r simplicity. He goes down to Yarmouth v +g a fortnight to live in a ship-h ouse w ith Pege t A ir , relations. Never let us f o r ge t, by th e w ay, the c o f rier's horse who took him there- - a horse who " an d the laziest horse in the world, 1 should hope, ;to shuffled along, with his head down, as if he lila(' re keep the people waiting to whom the packages l e i directed. I fancied, indeed, that he sometimes civic" audibly over this reflection, but the carrier said he: l noi only troubled with a cough." Peggotty's relstl°,l-0 t like herself, proved to be regular Yarrn °- et Bloaters : Mr. Peggotty, the generous ad u ro of orphans, whose face " had thi s in cv o t mon with lobsters, that it went into the water very black, and came out very red ;"--"' the possessor of " a pair of such very stiff troll!t51, that they would h ave s t oo d qu it e as we ll a l o ne, t r e out any legs in them;"—little Em'ly ' whose ftli , seems to be rather d ar k an d s i n i s t er , and that I'l4 culous Mrs. Gummidge, wh o s h e di t e ars if the ' IA smokes, proclaiming herself a lone, lorn cr e qile with whom everythiuk goes contrairy." , be fortunes of Florence D om b e y, it scih of remembered, were conn ec t e d w ith the acquisition b¢ a step-mother, those of David Copperfield seero dependent on the acquisition of a step-fathen is the commencement of Charles Dickens's neVr %fa' the first numb er o f w hi c h prom i ses twenty delig"4o months of amus emen t. " Phi z " h as contr ibuted " he r droll . etching s — one o f M r . P eggotty ' s ca bi n , the °t" of the old country church with its congregation' MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DA --•••-- - CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESP II i;I Our market to-day was again very scantily 5eP,,. 11 ,0 0 with English Wheat, the general quality of whic i i`Lbe good. As the attendance of buyers was limited, o f s demand for all descriptions was in a very iri lle f fo' state at Monday's quotations. Liberal supplies ° (J r& reign Wheat have arrived this week, viz., 13,2 10 Lo ot Selected samples were held at full prices, but all ° r id kinds ruled dull at barely late rates. Very little 1 3 e gi o was on offer, while the demand for that article t he firm, and prices were fairly supported. In Ale supply of which was on the increase, very little of ness was transacted at last week's currency. The stl e il de of Oats, though moderate, proved fully equal to thos, mand. In prices no change took place. Beaus , fr Indian Corn, and Flour as last advised. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. O a ts. , 580 5 - ° 1,470 qrs. I 1,230 qrs. I 2,360 Ore. --- = I I 9,530 I English • • • • • • Scotch .. •• • • 1,2511 Malt, 4,720 qrs. BOROUGH 130 P 161! rc w , The demand for the best H o p s i s steady, st week's improvement in value. In other kinds, 3- 2/ISI any business is doing. S ussex poc k ets, 2149 fO u per cwt; Weald of Kent ditto, 2/ 12a to 312 5 1 East Kent ditto, 315 s to 61 18s. , WIIITECHAPEIL. coI' : thu d to Our market was extremely heavy to-day, O" n lowing torms:—lleef from 2s to 3s; Mutton , 21 _ sala 3s 2d; Lamb, 4 s 10d to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s to 4 " Pork, 3s to 4s per Blbs by the carcase. Foreign .• • • • • 13,210 INFANT ORPHAN AsYLum.—Yesterday 93°Inila the annual meeting of the friends and c u h la a ni r , it m y . % p va ., s held at the London Tavern s-LlP M PPrr ' tjelAtte t er; in the chair. The report of the eoloo r i it y, s w p i o lic cc h ‘ favourably of the present condition of the eh ° t he had remained comparatively uninjured ico.. commercial depression of the p as t year. In t he ° el" mencement of 1648 there were 26S childrerrin:Antrtordill, o l S f ix 3 t; s, ch o i u ld t r o en t. tution, and 92 have since been admitted, eaving th rr e i, J ei ircte .: which number onl six deaths nnelivrreefir, a total of q 2 u s it 9 te i d low the in a t s h y e lu y m inst d it u u r t i i rt o g n. ceipts during the year 1848 amounted to 8, 583 „ct 5. cony; and the expenditure e q ua ll e d that amount. i- a nie or mittee expressed great regret that the fixed io e f io suf the charity did not permit of their receiving n'xpertso orphans as the institution would contain. Th e e ,i s tia would not be a very great increase upon tho,ernaking outlay, and it would give them the pleasure of , c od? an election more in proportion to the number of co d s v ies The r e P „year dates seeking admission to the charity. received and adopted, and officers for the ensuler" lee.. tion of 40 candidates from a list of 124, All OP were elected. The meeting then proceeded r° th e e l ect.. at the close of the poll at three o'clock THE SUN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1849.