The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-09 00:00:00

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- It is respectfully announced that her MAJESTY'S THEATRE WILL RE-OPEN early in May. Engagements of great interest have been - effected both in Opera and Ballet, and the best exertions used to make the arrangements wov hy -of -the oeeasion. The prospectus will shortly be issued. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY E, Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENT! , 0, THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. c .lade with THE ENCHANTED GARDEN. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bnoketone. 21113 EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by EL CIAMBMINO; or, The Meateln Goldsseker. In which ?BREA NENA and the Spanish Dancers will appear. After which, LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS To conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Qualm Kaki& THIS EvENLNG, The Historical Play of LOUIS XI. Louis (King of France), by Mr. Charles bean. To to followed by THE VICTOR- *ANQUISHED. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. THEATRE ROYAL .&DELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. LIKE AND UNLIKE. To conclude with AZX AND THE BEAN STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother _ Goose at Home Again. In which Messrs. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will ap?ear. ROYAL OLYUPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfreit Wigan. THIS EVENING STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. After which will b 3 produced a New and doubly-moral, though escessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET PRINCES; or, the Three Glass Distaffs. I i which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Bliss Marston, and Miss Blaskell will appear. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, Will be pet : formed a new Drama, entitled HOW WE LIVE IN THE WORLD OF LONDON. Followed by TJE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. To conclude with TCFFLERAUSEN; or, The Lawyer's Legend. YAL *wrCtti6 TUE ITIC!: Udder tho direction of Mr. Pa) no. THIS EVENING, MY WIFE'S COUSIN. After which, THE Losr DIAMONDS. Followed by A Ballet Divertissement. After which, GOOD QUEEN BEM. To conclude with }TO! NO!! NO ! ! ! ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE. WEDNESDAY, April 9ch, last night hut two of Mr. CHARLES MATH wS' Engagement. Thls Evening will be perrormed, THE GREAT GUN TRICK. The Wizard of the S.S.W., Mr. Chas. Mathews. After which, USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with KATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, That unique and unparalle'ed Rencontre Equestrienne, a GENU INE ENGLISH STEEPLECHASE! Also, the Oriental Spectacle, THE ARAB OF THE DESERT AND HIS FAITHFUL STEED. After which, the WONDERS OF THE ARENA, by riders of first-rate talent. To conclude with a Drama of' Peril, Exclernent. Ltughtar, Mfg hapt, Crossings, Jostling, and Adventures, with Terrific Le los from the stage to the rlng, in E.VGLAND'S HARVEST HOME an 1 NITIONAL SEEEPLECHASE. Boa-office open from Eleven WI Four. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke, jun. EMMA STANLEY'S "SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN." The Manager respectfully announces the FOUR LAST MORN ING PERFORMANCES of this most popular and arnuting Enter t sinment, Wednesday, the 9th April, Saturday, the 12th, Wednesday, the 16th, and Saturday, the 19th, at half•past two. Evening performances as lizual, on holidays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, a id Fridays, at 8 o'clock. Admission—Back Seats, Is. ; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Stalls, 3s. SAINT MARTIN'S lIA LL, Long-acre. HIGH. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRIO DAY—Mona. 27 min. aft. 4—Evening 48 min. aft. 4 To-Ifoitßow—Nforn. 8 min. aft. 5 —Evening 31 min. aft. 5 TEIE WELITHEit —SUN OFFICE, APRIL 9. TIIERI(O3IETER, IN THEE Slita)R. 55 - h!giewt :Anne !lowa yesterday. 41 -towest thia morning and during the night. 53 -thia day at noon. BAROMETER, 2 •3D. WIND, W. to W.S.W.—Light, with dull rainy weather ) ( .1 {) '- c. 7. LONDON, WEDNESDAI, APRIL 9, 1856. As a matter of course, Mr. OTwAY'S amiable effort on Monday evening was a failure. Don't we all know that Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE is a bit of a favourite at the Palace ? Don't we all very well remember, moreover, how egregiously, a few ses sions back, the present Prime Minister of Eng land, then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, was snubbed, not to say flagrantly insulted, by reason of his supposed antagonism to certain un constitutional influences exercised by " a shadow behind the throne" of his SOVEREIGN ? And can't we readily enough comprehend through the sub serviency since then evinced (possibly in the way of expiation) by that same illustrious statesman to that same mysterious adumbration of Royalty— can't we readily enough comprehend, through our cognisance of that subserviency on the part of the Noble Viscount, how it should come to pass on Monday evening for the nine hundred and ninety-ninth time that his Lordship should take up the cudgels manfully for another of the charming ",weaknesses" of H. R. 8., for a favourite at the Palace, now under the taboo of certain anonym ous wr it ers in the public news papers ? As a matter of course, we say Mr. OTWAY'S amendment failed under these circum stances. The result o! his attempt was as obvi ously inevitable as it is that two and two should make four ! Reprehend Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE, forsooth, because he happen s to have inflicted upon the nation a miserable daub un d er the name of PAULO VERONESE, at the cost of some 2,0001., filched from the public Treasury 1. The idea was preposterous—with Sir CHARLES EAST LAKE in such very high favour at Windsor and Pimlico. " THE IDEA !"—[Surely, when we remember this as a specimen of one, Somebody was not so very far wrong after all when he suggested to a silly lady in quiring the meaning of the word, that—ldea— " Idea, ma'am,ldiot is the feminine of !"] The idea of hauling poor dear Sir CHARLES over the coals for having spent one thousand nine hundred and a good many odd pounds upon a wretched daub upon a very large canvass purporting to be a repre sentation of the " Adoration of the Magi" by the g rea t PAULO CAGLIARI, otherwise known as PAULO VERONESE ! A ga i n we sa y—The Idea—was simply . preposter ous . Wh a t could the hon. member for Stafford h ave been dreaming of— we wonder—to suppo se for one instant that the House of Commons would venture to blow a feather of doubt (let alone hurling a brickbat of blame) at the immaculate and infallible taste of that highly-cultivated POCOCURANTE,IIOW installed for some years past as President of the Royal Academy . Particularly when, as Lord PALMER STON reminded Parliament on Monday evening, Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE himself has "far too much good sense to allow his serenity to be disturbed" by anonymous writings in the publio newspapers ! It mattered nothing, of by one' who arrogates to himself the title of a statesman, and who speaks ex cathedra, that their only defence against inj.istice is to be found in fraud and deception, and to be encouraged in a course so demoralising? It is, indeed, a grievous and intolerable insult to the community—one that will no doubt be repeated in Continental and brans-Atlantic journals as evidence of the low state of mercantile morality in Great Britain. We may have to submit to such imputations in other climes, but it is too bad they should receive weight and validity from the speech of a British Minister, and that the chosen representatives should, by a deliberate vote, show that they lent any degree of credence to his defamatory argu ments. had remarked in The Sun, iu reference to the glaring demerits of the picture, and of the no less glaring absurdity of allowing Sir CMARLES ELsT LAKE hereafter to , go maundering over the Con tinent, spending thousands of the public money in the purchase or so much damaged canvass ! Well, Mr. OTWAY'd efforts —of course—as any one might have predicated— failed, failed totally and egregiously. The Pre sident of the Royal Academy being a bit of a favourite " somewhere "—we wonder where F in Lilliput-land or Brobdignag ? his peccadillo was hushed up, and every sixpence asked for snugly voted by a complacent House—as a matter of course—nemine [Mr. OTWAY and the Fourth Estate excepted]contradicente ! And so the big daub of the " Magi" still hangs in the place of honour upon the wall rendered classic by SERASTIANO DEL PIOMBO'S " Lazarus "—now removed to another part of the Gallery, to show off as conspicuously as possible—(what shall we call it 9)—Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE'S " Folly 1" Is there a single person throughout the length and breadth of the land who entertains any rea sonable expectation that the Income and Property Tax will be suffered to expire in 1860 ? Who supposes that the qualified promise of Mr. GLAD STONE will be fully and faithfully redeemed ? We, cannot suppose the existence of an individual so credulous, in whom the organ of gullibility is so largely developed, as to indulge in the pleasing delusion. When the Right Hon. Member for the University of Oxford brought forward his budget, in which he asked for the renewal of the tax for seven years, in place of for three, we explained the nature of the fraud—the gross fraud—prac tised on the community. We pointed out the palpable mockery, and showed that, in accordance with the true red-tapist priuciPle, he was only anxious to tide over the difficulty for the time being, leaving the arduous duty to a future Minis ter, which he endeavoured to shirk, per fees cunt nefas. The very important question was certainly brought forward under the most unfavourable circumstances. " Save us from our friends" may well be the exclamation of those assessed under schedule D. Mr. MUNTZ, although mean ing well, has certainly, by his ill-judged motion, rendered important assistance to those who strive . - to prevent any modification of the tax during the present year. We trust, however, that another and more energetic effort may be made. The opportunity will be afforded when the Budzet is brought forward, and Sir G. C. LEvils cannot assert that he has not received due warning to prevent him from placing reliance on an unmodi fied Income Tax as a portion of the available assets of the Exchequer for the financial year, which will terminate on the 31st March, 1856. MURDER IN THE COUNTY ROSCOMMON. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. Yesterday evening Mrs. Sarah Kelly, hitherto distinguished in our Law Courts as the successful suitor in the case of " Kelly v. Thewles," was murdered, while walking in her grounds with her nephew. _ _ Two men, with blackened faces, approached, and desiring the nephew to stand aside they dis charged pistols and shot the unfortunate lady through the head. Her death was instantaneous. THE MISSING STEAMER PACIFIC. ADMIRALTY, 9TH APRIL, 1856. The Lords of the Admiralty have received a report from Captain Dunlop, of H.M.S. Tartar, detailing the results of the search, undertaken by command of their lordships, for the missing steamer Pacific. Capt. Dunlop's attention in performing this service was principally directed to the space be tween the 50th and 55th degrees of North Lati tude, and the 10th and 20th degrees of West Longitude. In order to cover the largest space it was deemed expedient that the vessels should sepa rately prosecute the search. The Tartar having a strong S.E. gale in her favour proceeded as far West as 25 degrees of longitude, in the parallel of 5L When out of the track of vessels guns were fired every two hours during the night, and the most vigilant look out kept night and day. The search unfortunately proved ineffectual. CAptaiu Dunlop reports that at 50 dog. 30 min. N., and 19 deg. 30 W., he passed many outward and homeward bound vessels, two of which he spoke, and he feels very confident that the Pacific cannot be south of the parallel of 53 north latitude, as is that case she would have been fallen in with by seme of the traders. No accounts have yet been received of the cruise of the Desperate, but her arrival at Galway has been reported by telegraph. Captain Dunlop further reports as follows : " On the 29th ult. I fell in with the American ship Jacob Badger, from Calcutta, bound for London. She is suppoaed to have run foul of a wreck, and was in a dangerously leaky state, having nearly 4ft. of water iu her hold. She made a signal of distress, and I sent our captain and a large party of men on board, pumped her as clear of water As possible, and as her owl , crew (21 in number) were much exhausted, at the request of the master I put a midshipman and eight men on board to assist in navigating her into port. The public mind was at that time strongly ex cited on the subject. Lord ABERDEEN, the nomi nal Premier, and Lord JoHN RUSSELL, the leader of the House of Commons, had yielded to the strongest " pressure from without," and made speeches intimating that the unjust and oppressive tax would be modified, and rendered more equit able in its operation. A large majority of the leading men in both branches of the Legislature had virtually given similar pledges. And there was a general expectation that " the smartest chap in the Cabinet" would fully and fairly carry out their views, and go far beyond the petty instal ment of justice which his predecessor, in the financial department, had actually proposed in his budget. But Mr. GLADSTONE abided by his fiscal crotchets with unflinching perversity. He found that it was impossible to stern the torrent of the general opinion, and was satisfied that if he at tempted to propose the renewal for the ordinary period of three years, he would have been left in a hopeless minority, and that he could not hop., to obtain the support even of his own colleagues in that which they had admitted to be grossly inequitable and impolitic. He therefore endea voured to evade the difficulty by craft and cun ning, and by holding out a reasonable expectation of- the speedy reduction, and ultimate extinction of the impost, to induce Parliament to consent to its alleged temporary renewal. It is needless to say how completely the ruse succeeded, or how readily Honourable Gentlemen fell into the trap. Nor need we refer to the too speedy verification of our own predictions, by the doubling of the tax in 1854, and the addition of 2d. in the 11. in 1855 3 making, in all, Is. 4d. in the 11., or 61. 13s. 4d. par cent., a charge which materially aggravated the injustice and oppresAion exercised towards the great majority of the parties assessed under schedule D. That tax produced during the last year, as Sir G. C. LEWIS informed the House, no less than 16,418,0001. sterling, and is it possible to suppose that any Financial Minister will consent to abandon so profitable a source of revenue, and one that is obtained at so somparatively trifling a cost of collection ? We cannot lay the flattering unction to our coals ; a nd now that the War has terminated, not a mo ment should be lost in removing the well-founded objections to the charge. We tell the taxpayers, who ar e now writhing under the infliction, that there is not th e Slightest chance of its reduction in 1857 to sd. in 1/ or of its extinction in 1860. There is a fat greater prospect of a further in crease, possibly to 10 per cent., or 2s. in the 11. ; and therefore there can be no valid reason why the inquiry into its operation, which must take place before any revision of th e tax, should be postponed for a single day. " I have the honour to inform their Lordships hat, according to their instructions, I arrived here last night, and finding no orders from them, I shall proceed to sea again to continue the search until the period of my return to Spithead, as specified in their Lordship,' instructions." RIMING THE BLOCKADE OF RUSSIAN P'ThTS. (From the Gazette of last Evening.) FOREIGN OFFICE, April 8. Notice is hereby given that, pending the rati ficAtion of the Treaty of Peace, an armistice by sea, as well as by land, has been agreed upon be tween Great Britain and her Allies on the one plrt, and Russia on the other ; and that conse quently orders have been given for immediately raising the Blockade of Russian ports. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has already suffered the cloven foot to peep out. H a h is shown, beyond the possibility of doubt, that we have nothing to expect from his sense of justice; that if the people desire a change they must lay their awn shoulders to the wheel, and trust to their own exertions for the relief which cannot otherwise be hoped for. The Right Hon. Gentle man has adopted all the worn-out fallacies and quibbles of his predecessors. He endeavours to show that there is "a compensating principle," founded on—what ?—the false and fraudulent returns of those assessed under schedule D ! And is this gross and infamous libel on the industrious classes to be tolerated ? Are those who earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brow to be told THE Si"Pi, 1401413014, WED NEM 13Av rfVE)CI` 4 4A—A_IsTt IL D I 143_4t„, LATEST NE WS. ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL 8. The official journal publishes the naval armis tice ; after the ratification of peace all the ships seized will be released. Admiral Metlin has been called to St. Petersburg. MADRID, APRIL 7. In yesterday's sitting of the Cortes several articles a the financial plan were voted. The Cortes will very shortly grant the authorisation for the railroad to the frontier of Portugal. Tran quillity reigns throughout the kingdom. FRANCE. PARIS, TUBSDAY EVENING. Count Buol has received instructions to remain at Paris, in order to take part in the deliberations upon such details of execution as yet remain to be settled. A letter in the Const•itutionnel says that on the 30th of March there was a rumour in St. Peters burg of a third state loan for-a sum of 50,000,000 of roubles. The Moniteur contains the following :—" In consequence of the unfavourable accounts from Paraguay relative to the manner in which emi grants are there treated, the French Government has suspended, until further orders, the granting of passports for that country. Colonists who feel desirous of proceeding to Paraguay are, therefore, recommended to wait until the situation of foreigners there shall have been placed under better regulations." )3ounsE, April B.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. tr. a. End of Month, ti per Cents 92 75 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 73 73 43 New Loan under the ; .4141411w-4 something-like system. Wool I warehouses are no longer occupied with passengerst lug gage amtl evidences of European insanity in the shape of unsuitable merchandise; they are again devoted to the use of staple export for which they were built. The re sults of the clip of the present season are not yet suffi ciently knoivn to warrant any very reliable statement of the yield ; its will be in excess of that of last year cet tainly, but the ratio of increase will not be great. The effects of that pest of Australian sheep-runs—scab—will have worked its influence on the progress of this inte rest. In quality the 'present clip will, it. is expected, excel that of any year since the discovery of gold. The earliness of the season will insure a greater freedom from burrs and grass seeds, and greater pains have been taken in the washing and shearing. Shipping is plenti ful, freights ruling froin cl. to ld. per lb. Charges of carriage from- town to the Bay, from 2s. to 3s. 6d. per bale. " Finance—The financial statement for the quarter and year" ended the 31st of December was issued by the Government immediately on the close of 1855. While a decrease is shown in the total receipts for the year as cmpared with those of 1854. there is at the same time good reason for congratulating the country on the rapid improvement in some chief sources of revenue, especially in the cu-toms, which may be considered the pulse of the country. It will be observed that there is a falling off in the gold .revenues to the extent of about 100,000/. ; but, as more than that has been saved in policeand in the Gold, Commissioner's and other establishments, the mea sures of last session in: reference to the gold fields may be fairly pronounced to be financially successful. The chief decrease in revenue is in that derived from the sale of ' land ; but, as we have before explained, this does not eo mush arise from the diminished price per acre rea lised. an the whole , the statement of revenue may be pronounced satisfactory. The year 1855 has been a trying year to the colony. A commercial crisis was at its height when it was ushered in, and confidence was nearly prostrate. The expenditure of the Government was on a recklessly extravagant scale, and in excess of the re sources of the colonyessmagnificent as those resources are, and elastic as they have been proved to be through - - a long continued trial of no ordinary - in• tensity. The close Of the year witnessed a very different state of things ; confidence has in the main been restored —the government of the Colony bas been carried on with telerab►e efficiency ; the amount that Ministers bad cal culated to be absolutely necessary was reduced by above a million and a half of money. The sum of 4,801,292/. was estimated by the Executive, while the gross auto voted by the Legislative Council was under 3,000,0001., exclusive of the debts due to the banks. The estimates for 1856, which were laid on the table of the house by the outgoing Ministry, are framed in the spirit of ecii nomy initiated in the past year. The revenue is estimated at 2,738,6001., and the expeniiture at 2,792,1521., leav ing a deficiency of 53,5521., which it is prop° . ed to inset by a temporary loan, without interest, from the Pound age Fund . " Agriculture—We have recorded at various times the progress made during last year in cultivation, and we have now the satisfaction of stating that the crops in course of being garnered exceed in quantity and quality those of any previous year. To distant readers, who are but little acquainted with our agricultural districts a succinct state ment of a general character will better convey an idea of agricultural progress than the specific statements which reach US from those localities. It is estimated that the area of land under cultivation this year is at least double that of any former year, and that the produce will be equal to more than the quadruple of any one of the three years. The proportion of wheat to other produce has largely increased, and, although importations will be ne cessary, as great advance has been made towards estab lishing the colony as self-sustaining in the article of bread. The supply of hay throuishent the country is altogether unprecedented, and although large quantities, which could not be stacked in cons& quence of the scar city of labour, have been destroyed or injured by heavy falls of rain, there is still suftc!ent, it is computed, to supply the wants of the colony in this article, which has hitherto been extensively imported. The growth of barley in Victoria is limited, but oats are largely cultivated, and the predime this year will be greater than during any former period. A reduc bon of price has natu rally followed the increase of production ; and, while we congratulate consumers on the cheapened cost of most of the necessaries of life, we are happy to state that cur• rent prices and future prospects are satisfactory also to the producers. Goed agricultural land exists in abun dance in the neighbourhood of the principal gold fields, and around the many villages springing up at short dis tances along the leading roads. During last year large quantities of this land were sold, and have been partially cultivated, a !ding new producing districts to those which formerly constituted our only sources of local sup ply. Contemporaneously with the extension of cultiva don, flour-mills are being erected in anticipation of the harvest, and the population on the gold fields will this year draw their supplies partly from the contiguous land, instead of incurring the enormous expense of cartage from Melbourne or Geelong. We look forward to a still further increase of cultivation this year, and already in some places the plough is busily at work in• maiden soil. We desire also to mention that a numerous class if small farmers have lately settled on land purchased from the Crown out of their savings, and appear fully satiAfied with the result of their first experiment; while market gardeners have this year derived a greater pro fit, on the whole, than diving last season. "Accounts from New South Walks, South Australia, and Tasmania are as favourable, in reference to the hountilulness of the harvest, as those which we furni-h of the colony of Victoria ; and we may add that nothincz !seems to he wanted to give perfect success to the laud able efforts of agriculturists but a proper supply of la bour, the scarcity of which may, at the last moment, wreck the industry of a year. 73 75 Bank Shares 4,050 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,690 Austrian Belgian Five 5.,....., Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) 93 50 Home Debt ... .. ,s, 40i RAILWAYS-SOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans (xd) 1,345 Western........ j(xd) 915 Northern .. ..... ~ 1,052 50 Straf b a rg 1,036 25 Lyons ...,... 1,3i2 50 New Ditt0... 51editerranean 1,650 Grand Central Lyons Geneva BlO Testa Cette 787 50 Austrian Com. ...... 525 . . "Gas—The gas ompany fulfilled their prlmise to the people of Melbourne. On the Ist Jan., 1856, it was upplied to al who had made preparations for its use. l'he undertaking has been a gigantic one, and before the operations are completed no less a sum than 150,0001., it is calculated,' will have been expended. The amount of the original estimate of cost was 20,0001. The neces .ary apparatus for lighting the streets has not yet arrived, but its arrival is hourly expected, and immediately '.hereafter the full advantage of tho gas manufacture will be enjoyed by the people of Melbourne. "Political—Although but a very short time has =dapsed since the date of our last summary, the political .ioausioo which subsisted then 1133 been worse con f,unded by the death of our late governor, Sir Charles flotham. " We as vet posscs.s little experience of Sir William Moles worth's appointments, but, judging him by his antec , ident., we would r...ther leave the choice of our new Governor to him than to any Colonial Minister eho has held office within the scrpe of our memory. The Council met yesterday, and an explanation was , xpected. Mr. Haines, however, having' moved the appointment of a select committee to prepare an address of condolence to Lady Hotham, moved further, that no •ither business: Ahnuid be procted.d with till this melan• choly duty had been done, and the Inns() a 'journed almost immediately, without a word of expla• ation b e i ng given. We believe the most prevalent opinion t he, that Mr. Haine's Ministry will retain office, but this opinion we do not share, At the moment we write we hear that a;requisition to the Mayor of Melbourne, to call a meeting to consider the propriety of addressing her Majesty, praying her to extend to the colonists the ~rivilege of choosing their Governor, has been signed by many influential citizens. t•The late . Sir Charles Hotham—The news of the Governor's sudden death spread a del - ) gloom over the city. AU places of amusement were closed. A ball which was announced to take place at the Exhibition Buialing was indefinitely postponed ; and the same course was pursued with reference to a dinner to cele brate the lighting of the city with gas, and to the cere monial of laying the feundation-stone of the Western Market. The aortal remains of his Excellency were, on Friday, the 4th instant, interred in the New Ceme tery, in the presence of an immense concourse of persons. The spectators included the represen tatives of every grade of society in Victoria. `Ministers •f every denomination, the civil and military authorities of the colony, and' an immense mass of all classes of colonists took part in the last ceremonials due from them to the deceased representative of the Majesty of Eng land. rho awful suddenness of the stroke which at a critical moment has deprived the colony of it , Governmental head, and a t trorig feeling which since the death of Sir Char es has 01101 ground namely, that lis inental faculties had been overtasked by the anxieties of his position—had caused a powerful sentiment of syoipatl y for the de ceased on all sides . ; and the appeal made to the citiz.ais by his wor=hip:tbe M.uyor was, we are glad to observe, very generally met.' Business was almost entirely sus pended throughout Abe day, and it is well worthy of notice that the conduct of the groups assembled in the streets, both prior to and during the progress of the procession, evinced a proper and decorous bearing cm sistent with the solemnity of the occasion. The clergy were, represented by about 20 ministers of the Church of England, and 40 ministers of other persuasions. Among the latter were the Roman Catholic bishop and vicar general. Nearly 1,000 civilians walked in the proces sion, exclusive of those we have already referred to. About 200 private carriages and vehicles also followed, conveying at least 250 more persons, and there were also from 50 to 60 on horseback. The arrangewents for moving this immense mass of people forward were ad mirably carried out ; and in the course of a few minu. PP, the military hand 'playing the Dead March,' and the muffled bells of the cathedral chiming, the gigantic pro cession moved forward in perfect order and regularity towards the Cemetery, by the route of Collins-street, Elizabeth:street, and northward, passing the Univer sity." Lady Hotham had engaged a passage to Eng land on board the Anglesey. In the Legislative Council on the 9th, " The Chief Secretary moved a brief address of con dolence to Lady Hotbam, which was unanimon , ly adopted. The Chief Secretary entered into an explana tion of the present position of the Ministry, of which tie substance was that he had been requested by his Excel lency the Acting-Governor to continue in office in con sequence of the failure of Mr. Nicholson to form an Ad- ministration, and that he had felt it to be his duty to do g so. With respect to the ballot. he intended to act as if it had never been affirmed by the Council. Mr. Nichol- i son also gave his explanation, of which the substance was, that he Cauld:not get a sufficient number of men anited in political sentiment to form a Ministry, and he had therefore abandoned the task. .As to the ballot, he was prepared to propose certain clauses for incorpora tion in the Electoral Act which would amply provide for its operation. A discussion having commenced on the subject, the Speaker ruled that it was out of order. Mrs Fyle then mored an aijournment. A-rather sharp di , - cussion ensued, i,s the course of which Mr. F . ,,fe attacked the Ministry, Mr. Fawkner attacked the prtss, and the motion was lost." course, that this dexterous side-blow at the Press en, masse, inflicted by the dagger of lath flourished by the Comic Premier hither and thither, right and left, in the midst of the freaks and vagaries of the Parliamentary Harlequinade—applied com prehensively to journals of the most miscellaneous character, of all parties, of all classes, of all com plexions, so to speak, in matters of art, science, politics, and literature. Sir CHARLES EASTLAKE, in fact (just to epito mise the matter), has brought home from the Continent a big picture, which he tells us is very fine indeed, but which every one among us sees at once is about as hideous and worthless as it is huge and expensive. Sir CHARLES EASTLAR.E gives for this gaudy daub just (within v. few brass farthings) 2,0001. sterling. Everybody is dis gusted with the thing--everybody is sick of it— everybody is indignant. And simultaneously the daily newspapers, both morning and evening, the weekly newspapers, class newspapers and general newspapers, radical newspapers and fashionable newspapers, magazines and quarterlies—simulta neously—roar forth one unanimous protest against the folly of this worse than absurd expenditure. Mr. OTWAY protests against it in the House of Commons when that House has formed itself into a Committee of Supply, and when there is brought before it the vote of 17,639/. for the expenses of the National Gallery. Besides enumerating the various organs of public opinion who have already iusisted upon the extravagance of wasting 2,0001. upon a scriptural ' caricature, said to have been painted by PAUL VERONESE, the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Stafford enforced his argument by quoting from what had been said upon the matter by our contemporary the Times, and what we ourselves COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince Arthur and the Princess Helena, visited the Zoo- logical Gardens, in the Regent's-park, yesterday morn ing. In attendance were the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Lord Alfred Paget, and Col. F. H. Seymour. In the afternoon her Majesty and his Royal Highness, attended by the Equerries in Waiting, visited her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Glouce,ter House. His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Ur. Munro with a visit at his studio, in Upper Belgrave place. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Mr. Gibbs, visited the establishment of Messrs De La Rue, in Banhill-row. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Duchess of Wellington, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Bon. Lucy Kerr, Lord de Tabley, Lord Alfred Paget, and Col. F. IL Seymour, honoured the Princess's Theatre with their presence in the evening. . - The Duche,s of Wellington has succeeded Lady Mac donald as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. Lord de Tabltlf and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West have re Lord Dafferin and Col. the Hon. A. N. Hood, in heir duties as the Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Maj ar ty. The Queen held a Privy Cnncil this day (Wednesday) at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir Couper, honoured the Oiympic Theatre with her presence last evening. The funeral of the Countess of Pembroke took place plac;:t at ‘Viltun, on Thureday last. All the members of her ladyship's family, male as well as female, followed the rrmAinis to the grave. Lady Mary Wood has an assembly this evening, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Admiralty. Lady Caroline Towneley's soiree for Friday, the 11th, is postponed to Friday, the 18th. Lord Panmure and Sir Charles Wood left town yes ti:rday for Portsmouth. Lor I Saye and Sele and the Hon. Miss Fiennes and the Lion. Mr. Fiennes have arrived at the family man sion, in Grosvenor-street, from Broughton Castle, near B in bu ry. ne remains of the Right Hon. George Robert Daw son, late Deputy-Chairwan of the Customs Board, were intin-rcel on Monday in the Necropolis at Woking. APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.--We un derstand a matrimonial alliance is arranged, and will shortly be celebrate 1, between the Lord Forester and Adela Viscountess Melbourne, widow of the third and last Viscount MelboUrne. A matrimonial alliance will also shortly take place between the Hon. G. F. Boyle, brother of the Earl of Glagow, and the lion. Montagu Abercroniby, dauehter of the late Lord Abercroenby. THE PERMOY PEERAGE.—The Committee for Privi leges sat yesterday to consider the claim of Edward Burke Roche, Lord Ferrnoy; in the peerage of Ireland, to vote in the election of representative peers for Ire land. Lord Redes Jule presided. The Lord Chancellor referred a question to the judges embracing the facts cf the case, and asking whether, in their opinion, the ex tinction of the earldom of Menrath in 1812 was such an extinction as was contemplated by the Act of Union to entitle the Crown to create a new peerage for Ireland. The learned judges took time to consider the question. The Persians have taken possession of the 141 at d of Karate, in the Persian Gulf. The Minister at War of the Shah is dead. The Khau of Barabchan has been arrested. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, in the German, Journal cf Frankfort, says :—" The reductions iu the Aus trian army are being continued without interrup tion. Provisional and definitive cong6s are granted, and the cavalry horses are being sold. The army will, it is said, be reduced to the states which ex isted previously to 1848. Baron de Ribeaupierre, master of the ceremonies to the Court of Russia, has just passed through this place on his way to Venice. CGunt Buol and Baron de Bruck have been named citizens of honour of Prague ; the first in consideration of the part which he has taken in the conclusion of peace, and the second for bis services in the reorganisation of the finances." —Another letter from Vienna, in the Post Ampt Gazette, says :—" The new ambassador of Austria at Munich, Count de Hartiz, has arrived here from Copenhagen, and will not delay proceeding to his post. The members of the episcopal con ference will be all assembled here in a day or two. Those who have already arrived presented them selves immediately to the Papal Nuncio, Cardinal Vialo Prela, who returned their visit the same day. It is probable that the monetary conference will have some twenty more sittings. In conse quence of the arrest of two stock-jobbers in the Cafe List, the other speculators of the same kind have decided on not frequenting that café, and on suspending their business in the evening, until some convenient spot shall have been found for their meeting." The Bourse Gazette of - Vienna of the 4th says : "It is well known that the Paris Conference has refused to apply its attention to the question of the Sound dues. Denmark had several times at tempted to submit the matter to the Congress. At the opening of the Conferences, the Government of Copenhagen addressed a circular to its diplomatic agents at foreign Courts, in order to convince the great Powers, and especially those which have au interest in the question, of the necessity of exa mining it in the general interest of Europe." A letter from Berlin of the 3d, in the Post Ampt Gazette, says :—The courier who will convey to Paris the ratification of the peace by the Emperor Alexander will probably arrive here towards the end of next week. The courier who took the treaty to St. Petersburg passed through Berlin in the night of the 31st of March. It generally takes five days to go from Berlin to St. Petersburg. AUSTRALIA. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 8. The White Star Royal Mail clipper ship Red Jacket has arrived with advice from Melbourne to the 12th January, 108,686 ounces of gold, 1,688 bales of wool, 43.5 c., and 280 passengers. Capt. Millward, commander of the Red Jacket, died during the voyage home. From the Melbourne Argus we extract the fol lowing summary of intelligence : "Gold.—We have little to add to the remarks on this subject in our previous sumni,ry. The yield is steady and increasing, and the mining popu'ation generally is in a prosperous ccndition. The export of the precious ,netal for 1855 has amounted to 110 tons 8 cwt. 3 qrs. 61h., against 88 tons 8 cwt. 3 qrs. 81b. for the previous year. "The receipts by escort and shipments for 1854 awl 1855 respectively have been : Received Shipped in Twelve Months, in Twelve Months. 1854. 1855. 1854. 1855. Ounces. Ounces. O unces . O unces . 11377' 46 2,177,887 2,122,596 2,650,578 "Thequarterly statement of theam lantof gold brought to Melbourne and Geelong by escort in 1855, compared with the corresponding quarter of 1854, exhibits the following results :- 1854. 1855. Cums. On_ces. October .... November December 145.318 243,732 410,799 649,225 Laat quarter of 1851 440,799 Increase on the last quarter of 1855 208,426 "The gold brought down by escort fro , n the various LTold fields in the months of November and December. 1855, amounted to 454,579/. ; and for the corresponding week of 1854 to 290,636/. " We have had only one escort return for the current year, that for the week ended the sth inst. The total number of ounces received by it amounted to 51,533. "The increase which these returns exhibit over 1854 is very marked, and the most encouraging feature is that it has been gradual and uniformly progressive. That this year will exceed 1855 is not doudted by any one. The boundaries of the gill fields are extending, enterpri-e is inoro, ably d Teeter], and the quartz reefs are of such extent that for centuries they will in all probability defy the power of man to extract their treasures. The tat~ of the returns will not admit of our drawing our usual annual comparison in the present summary, but they are so nearly complete that we can promise theta by the mail ship of the 25th of the current month. "The departures of gold ships for foreign ports since the Ist of December have been as follows : Date of sailing. gyp, Destination. Oz. Dec. 4 ... Vieeroy Mauritius... 155 „ 10 ... Emma Liverpool .. 41,917 „ 1 ... Queen of the Seam Calcutta .... 2,890 „15 ... Admiral „ 18 ... Rajah of Sarawak... Calcutta „ 27 ... Lightning............ Liverpool 11,639 ~ 27 ... Black wa11............ London 86,281 " We ought t ) remark that, within the last few months, a considerable proportion of our gold has been shipped to Sydney, to be coined at the mint recently established in that city. It was provided in the impe rial regu/ations that the Sydney cion shall not be a legal tender i❑ the other Australian colonies until a proclama tion to that effect has been sanctioned by the looal legis lature, and made by the Executive. This proclamation 4 has not yet been issued in this colony, and the gold sent to Sydney is paid for by imperial coin. If this continues for any length of time our neighbours will require con tinually to import sovereigns to pay for our gold. "Population--We commence the new year with a population of at least 325.000 souls. Our numbers at the close of 1854 were 273,000. " Trade and commerce—Our last summary wa - -; issued on the eve of Christmas. Since that period the Lolid the Ministerial crisis, and lastly, the sudden death of his Excellency Sir Charles Hotham, have contributed to tl e stagnation of trade. At this period of the year the whole sale homes do not look fir a brisk business, but about a month later the season fairly commeaces. Many of the country buyers are already finding their way into town, and a bu-y season is confidently looked for. We are glad to be able to confirm our remarks of the 24th of December as to the gradual and increasing growth of confidence among our traders, and of the absence of Hie . gitimate speculation. " Wool—Our present wool season has commenced earlier than usual. It has rarely happened in previous seasons that mere than three or four sales have taken place before the close of the year. On the present occa sion there have been about a dozen. Judging from the facts that have reached us, we are of opinion that the bulk of the crop of this season will be earlier by four weeks at least than that of last season. " We may remark that this trade has now more come SPORTING NOTES. THICK-COMING FANCIES. The recent operations in the Turf Market •a the Epsom Events have been neither determined nor mysti fying. The remarks which were published in The Sun on Monday last have been unaffected by then), and no necessity exists for altering the statements or modifying the opinions which were then set forth. The move ments of the cognoscenti, too, have proved that my judg ment was not at;fault when I warned the reader of the Hospitality likely to be experienced on the Downs, and prepared them for the introduction of Smack into the market. Fisherman is fluctuating considerably on the sea of speculation. For the City and Suburban St. Hubert has drifted steadily before a brisk trade wind into the lead ing position, , whilst Fisherman scarcely makes head against the current of opposition which has set in against him. Toeiplain these changes is some what difficult; many persons apparently believe them to be caused by the supposition that Mr. Parr's and Mr. Howard's interest in the race ara identical, whilst others trace the origia of the movements to the convicti.in which is now widely entertained respecting the superiority of St. Hubert's pretensions, Oa Monday Z wrote as follows :—"I fancy the race will be between him (St. Hubert) and Fisherman, and I shall not be surprised to see the black jacket and orange cap triumph over the puce jacket with white sleeves." The betting has strengthened this opinion. Still, despite the hostility arrayed against Fisherrnan; my fancy for the horse is not entirely de stroyed. I still deem him a most dangerous antagonist. Hospitality enjoyed only a brief season of popularity. It was reported that in private he had done wonders with Ellermire, who, however, has now superseded him in the betting. Ellermire has received some support, but no decided- demonstration has been made in her favour. Should she be ." wanted" she will indubitably run forward. Winkfield will show, it is said, both for this event and the Metropolitan ; I am afraid, however, - his owner has no such slice of luck in store for him at Epsom as winning either of the large handicaps. New Brighton is, it is whispered, somewhat unprepared ; were be all right I should not certainly deem his chance unworthy of ~ consideration. Sir Rowland Trenchard will represent - Messrs. Barber and Saxon's interest, and should he prove " kind "he may run well. Boer has reappeared in the betting with some force ; he belongs to a clsver." party" who, when in earnest, seldom make a mistake. Boer is weighted with much leniency, and will doubtlees be formidable. Bubble showed a good turn of speed last year, and his:, party entertain hopes of his chance for this race. He was somewhat freely sup ported on Monday, and in consideration of his running for the two-years-old Stakes at Epsom Summer Meeting, and his subsequent performance in good company at Goodwood, I am induced to believe that the outlays which have been made in his favour are quite warranted. Still whether it will be a case of Babble and Squeak for backers or layers, I am at present unable to determine. Sir George is much talked about, but I am disinclined to be numbered amongst his partisans. I have no desire to alter the opinion which I expressed on Monday. The result of the race will, I fancy, be in favour of ST. HUBERT. Fisherman is next in my estimation, but shout' his sinking tendency be confirmed, I shall take BUBBLE for my " second best." If the betting be any criterion of the numerical strength of the field, the subjoined will be found a pretty accurate list of probable starters for the CITY AND SUBURBAN. Age st lb St. Hubert 4 8 0 Age st lb Crown Pigeon ... 4 6 7 nave A dullam ... 4 6 6 Sir Geoige 4 6 4 Fulbeck tfospitality 3 6 2 Fisherman 3 5 9 Bubble Post-horse Blue Belt Flatterer Etlermire Ariosto . Claret 4 7 4 Winkfield Le Juif Now Brighton 6 611 Sir R. fienchard a 6 9 Barrel. The doubtful starters are printed in italics. METROPOLITAN. HANDICAP. The list ofprobable starters comprises the following : ♦ge st lb Age et lb Speed the Plough 6 8 7 Maid of the Morn 3 5 7 Winkfield NU:4)3p The Earl Gannobie The Canuebie mania hae somewhat duninished, a cir• eumstance perhaps attributable to the fact of the field for the Metropolitan being likely to be numerically stronger than was once expected. Still the number of competitors is not likely to exceed ten, and it will not comprise any animal, perhaps with the exception of Caunobie, of very formidable pretensions. Should any mistake be made with the favourite, and I confess I am prepared to see him beaten, I fancy the winner will be either MIDDLETON oa SMACK. A few investments have been mad. on Mishap, whom I ghall reserve for a cocki,oat. The minor events are likely to bring out comparatively large fields. Fur the Railway Plate, Lizzie, Gondoline, and Jane Shore attract my fancy, Flacrow will doubt less carry off the Inkerman Plate. For the Two-Year- Old Stakes, Amorous Boy and Apathy are my selections, April 9. A FRESH MAN. ENGLISH FIRE INSURANCES. Subjoined are the provisions of the new measure by which the Chancellor of the Exchequer contem plates the possibility of preventing English fire insurances from being effected in foreign offices. All persons acting in the slightest degree as agents in such cases are to be compelled, under a penalty of 1001. per day, to taker out a licence similar to that ;required by the English offices, and to pay duty. It is likewise stipulated that every insur ance on property in England is to be liable to duty, whether the policy be issued here or in a fordo country. The means by which this stipu lation is to be enforced remain yet to be ascer tained : " Wkereas, under and by virtue of certain acts passed in that behalf, persons insuring or keeping an office for Insuring property from loss by fire are requested to take ,out licences ler that purpose from the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and to give security by bond for duly rendering accounts of such insurances and paying the duty chargeable in respect thereof, and a certain stamp duty is by law chargeable upon any policy or other in strument whereby any insurance is made of or upon pro perty from dainage or loss by fire, and a further duty at and after the rate of 31. per centum per annum is also chargeable in respect of every such insurance ; whereas it is expedient to amend as hereinafter men tioned the laws relating to the duties on such insurances : be it aerelere enacted as 1, Rows : "1. Every, person who ir, the united kingdom shall receive or accept any proposal or instructions fur the in •urance of property from loss or damage by fire by any company, society, or person, or persons out of the united kingdom, or who shall keep, or have, or conduct, or rnarage any office or place for accepting or receiving or issuing any such proposals or instructions, or who shall be held out by any public advertisement or notice as a person to or hv or from wh^m v sientk or instructions may be given or received or obtained, or through or by means of whom any such inference as aforesaid may be effected, and every person who shall in any manner effect or negotiate, or be concerned in effecting or negotiating, any such insurance as afore said for or on behalf of any such company, society, or prrson, or persons as aforesaid, or who shall issue or deliver out any policy or other instrument, or any note or memorandum of or relsting to any such insurance as aforesaid, made or proposed or intended, shall be held cud deemed to be a person keeping an office for in suring property from loss by fire within the meaning of the several acts before mentioned, and shall be and is hereby required to take out a proper lice! C in that be• half, and to give security in the manner directed by the said acts respectively, and in such form as the Commis sioners of Inland.. Revenue shall think proper, for ac counting for and paying the duties with which he shall be chargeable as bereinaftrr mentioned ; and if any such person hereby required to take out such licence and to give such security as aforesaid shall neglect or omit so to do,_ he shall forfeit the sum of 1001., and the like penalty f.a. every day that such neglect or omission shall 03 linue. 2.: - Every person who by reason of any such act or means as in the preceding &awe mentioned shall be deemed to be a person keeping such office as aforesaid within the meaning of this act and the several acts aforesaid shall account for, and shall be chargeable with, the duties in respect of all such insurances as aforesaid made, or undertaken, or agreed to by any company, society, or person or persons out of the united kingdom for whom or on whose behalf, or in respect of whose Insiness ei insurance, he shall do any such act as aforesaid, or become a person keeping such office as aforesaid. "3. The. said respective duties by the said acts granted as aforesaid shall extend to and be payable arid patd..for and in respect of every insurance of pro perty within the united kingdom from loss or damage by fire, whether the same shall be made by any con.. Many, society, or person, or persons within or out of the united kingdom, and whether the policy or other instrument, note, or memorandum of or relating to any such insurance shall be made, signed, or issued it) the united kingdom or. elsea were, and whetbe there shall be any such policy, instrument, note, or memorandum, or not." At the annual meeting of the Company of Cop per Miners of England, held yesterday, the dividends declared Here at the rate of 74 per cent. on the prefer ence shares, and at the rate of 2 per cent. on the origi nal stock. CRIMINAL COURT.--(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Ju-tice9 Cresswell and Crompton.) THE MURDER OF TWO CHILDREN BY THEIR MOTHER AT UXBRIDGE. Mary Ann Harris, 2), spinster, was indicted for the wilful murder of Ellen Harris, her illegitimate child. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clerk prosecuted ; and the pri- Boner was defended by Mr. Sleigh, at the instance of the sheriffs. The prisoner, who is a pretty-looking young woman, having au infant in her arms, remained seated during the whole of the trial, and seemed to feel meet poignantly the situation in which she was placed. Mr. Bodkin, in stating the case to the jury, said, that from the facts which had been disclosed in connection with this painful tragedy they would have no doubt but that the deceased child came to its death by the hand of the unhappy woman at the bar, who was their mother, and in laying before the jury the facts connected - with the one crime charged in this indictment he could not disguise from them that she had also been the cause of the death of her other child, which formed the subject of another inquiry. The prisoner had, before the time of the murder, been in the union at Uxbridge, and left there, accompanied by the,two children in question, and the one she then hold in her arms. She was about to go to Portsmouth, to join some one with whom she had been previously connected, and who was the father of the infant now alive. She called at a public-house after lour ing the union, and at that time had with her the three children. In the evening she left the public-house with two of the children, stating that she was going to take them to sleep at another house. She left the baby, and e as soon afterwards seen near the Grand Junction Canal with the children. Shortly after this she came back and fetched the infant, and then left. At a later period of the evening the two children were seen floating upon the surface of the canal, and upon being taken out were found to be quite dead. It being known the road she had taken, she was followed and ap prehended. The learned counsel then called the witnesses, whose evidence, which was not disputed, proved the fol lowing facts. The prisoner was the mother of three chil dren, Agnes and Ellen, and a baby, all of whom were illegitimate, and it appeared that the father of the last child was living at Portsmouth, and at the time of the fatal *cccurrence he was anxious that the prisoner should join him with the baby. The prisoner and her three chil dren had been in the Uxbridge workhouse, but on the 15th , February she left, taking with her all the children, at the same time expressing her intention of proceeding to Ports mouth with them. She was seen by some of her relations, who reside in the neighbourhood of Uxbridge, at different periods of the day, and towards the evening the prisoner commenced her out return to proceed by the train from the West Drayton station, on her way to Portsmouth. About half-past seven o'clock in the evening she was seen with the two elder children near a bridge over the Grand Junction Canal, called Yewsley-bridge, and a very few minutes afterwards she was seen coming away from the canal without the children. In about half an hour from this time the bodies of the two unhappy children were seen in the canal by a labouring man, and on their being taken out they were found to be quite dead. Suspicion, of course, immediately fell upon the prisoner, and she was taken into custody the same evening, at a public house in the neighbourhood, and on her being told that the bodies of two children had been taken out of the canal, and that she answered the descripe tion of the person who was last seen with them she made no reply. The constable then took the prisoner to the public house where the bodies of the children were lying, and when the prisoner saw them she went up to them and kissed them, and said they were her children, and that she had brought them out of the workhouse that morning. The prisoner was then taken to the police-station, and while the woman etnpleyea for that purpose was searching her, she said to her, " Oh clear, oh dear, do you know what yon have been doing?" to which the prisoner replied, " I know very well what I hozve been doing ;" and upon an- ' other person whe was present observing that it was a won der she had not drowned the baby as well as the other children, the prisoner exclaimed, " The baby has got a father, brthe other children have not." She subsequently, after having been cautioned that all she said would be given in evidence against her, made a statement, which amounted to an entire confession, that she h•id thrown the children into the water, and that she had done so because she would not take them with her to Ports• mouth ; and she also stated that she was sorry her baby was not thrown in as well as the other children, and Abe. added that she had gone through so much trouble that ilia had no desire to live. Mr. Sleigh, in a very able and impressive speech, said that he never rose to address a jury with feelings of deeper responsibility than upon the present. There was some thing so painful, so revolting in the case that a mother should with premeditation take away the lives of the two children. Mr. Justice Cresswell then summed up, commenting upon the probabilities of the defence set up. The jury, after consulting a few moments, returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Justice Cresswell then passed the extreme sentence of the law, telling the miserable woman not to indalf,e in any hope that mercy would be extended to her. Upon hearing her sentence she shrieked out, " I am ia• nocent ;" and was removed fram the dock streaming, and in an almost fainting state. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, April 8. —Wind this lay at noon, S.W. moderate breeze and cloudy with slight rain. PORTSSIOUTLI, April B.—Wind S.W. W.N.W.—Arrived —Corsair, from Syra, leaky, having struck on the Ovens ; H.M.S. Caesar, Baltic; H.M.S. Majestic , do. ; John Bowes, (tpt.), Gibraltar ; Lancashire Witch, London, for Hobart lawn, &c. ; H.M. (steamer) Geyser, Liverpool, with two guu boats in tow; H.M. (steamers) Magicienne and Ceu .olr, with the Trusty and Thunder, floating-batteries, in toy. tiRIDPORT, April 7.—Sailed—First Fruit, for St. dolia's Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, April B.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Rose and Canton, for Quebec. (PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Alliance (s.), from Havre; Le Coq, Cher. bourg ; Tradesman, Marsala. Sailed—Desire, or Port Ma.doc ; Duke of Cornwall (s.), London; South-Western (s.), Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Mc.rning. Wind N.W. Off—James Nesmith and Tyrrell, from New Orleans ; A.Z., New York. Sailed —Douro,(s.s.), for Oporto ; New England, Trieste; Margaret, Genoa; W. Rzaamheid, Galatz. QUEENSTOWN, April 7. Wind S. Arrived—Mercutio, from Mauritius ; Corrido, Laguna I Tasmania, St. John's, New Brunswick. BY SUBMARINE ANIS BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.14 A.M. Wind S.S.W. ; tide last hour's ebb, cloudy. Arrived, April 9.—Reliance, from Guernsey; Unna, Mariner ; Batavier (s), Rotterdam ; Elbe (s), Hamburg. Sailed—Belgium (s), for Ostend; Dorothea, Stettin; Lord J. Russell (s), Dunkirk ; Ida, Constantinople. DEAL, Wednesday, 10.4 a.m. Wind S.W.,fresh. Anchored.—Neptune, from Smyrna, for Leith; Doris, Krageroe, New York ; Medora, Boston, Hamburg; John Richardson, from the North, for Dieppe. Passe2l —Mayflower, from Seville, for London; Jessiy Byrne, Halifax, London ; her Majesty's steamer Porcu pine, Sheernes, Portsmouth, with two mortar-boats in to • her Majesty's gun-boat No. 43, the River, Ports mouth. I Lid Neptune brig has been in collision with the brig Rs• uavala, from ',condos. To author at 3 this morning. Both vessels sustained damage to spars and rigging. Report of Jabez Snow, froin Calcutta :-Feb. 10, in lat. 35.40 S., long. 22 E., spoke British ship Adelaide, prom Mirrisus, for London • put into St. Helena. M arc h 5, in lat. 3 S., long. 19.20 Ni"., signaled ship Barham. March 19, in lat. 22.20 N., long. 35 25 W., spoke British ship Culloden Castle, foul Constantinople to New Orleans. March 30, in lat. 22.30 N., long. 36.40, spoke Dutch ship .Jacob Ludgerude, 95 days from Batavia ; lat. 24.40 N„ long. 35.50, spoke the schooner Wessel, from Barbadoes. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, April B.—We have had a quiet market in yarns, but prices are very firm. Cops are in rather more demand and tending upwards. Sellers report them id. over the price of last week, and for some of the finer and scarcer counts buyers have had to give id. per lb. ad vance. For export there is not much business ; but such orders as come to hand are given out without much re serve, from a feeling that terms will not come lower at present. For bhirtings there is but a moderate demand, but in goods made from fine yarns there is more business, and at. advanced rates. A more healthy feeling prevails than for some time past. _ _ John Slagg and Co. report— " The advanced pi ices asked on Tuesday last have been firmly adhered to throughout the week, and business has in consequence been much restricted, as shippers seem de termined to bold back as long as possible. There is, how. ever, a steady busine ss d o i ng in many ki n d s o f goods for the home trade, and prices are tending upwards." LEEDS, Aim B.—The woollen-cloth trade continues steady, and prices are without alteration. The attendance in the cloth-halls to-day was of an average character for a Tuesday's market, and a fair amount of cloth changed hands ; but some of the merchants did not operate so freely as they have done in the last few preceding markets' The report of this day's Huddersfield market is of a satisfactory character. Tho market has been visited by a large number of buyers, and more sales were effected than on any lato market-day. Both plain and fancy goods are in active demand, and prices have a slightly. .upward tendency. The Corriere M ercantile, of the sth, states from Parma that Auditor Bordi is likely to recover from lii wound. A mixed commission, composed of Parmese and Austrians, has been named at Parni to carry on the inquiry. Upwards of 100 persons have been imprisoned on suspicion. . _ GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic/ re. turn for the week ending March 29, 1856 £5,674 IS 8 corresponding week last year 4,649 3 2 Increase in 1646 £8.:1,4 13 6 MO b' 00M1 The Livi very firmly prices of al Orleans we doubt be rr Were estim American 100 E g y p t _to qd, ; ti The Railyvl The advi state that i tations 75s b g li ct a oaeob eu : b o n i o ma d n ee o l at a g cl m f d t ii em e r noeij o ilv r enilan r m i o nr : ggot q pi being very i made on th Ing the gm lions three Business case of thl healthier c 4 To-tnorr stock Mar are chiefly Increased f demand on for " north have been and for 1 ' 3 i prim kid th e R, ink per for those d t he June Scrip is 3 There i mid the qi Mexican Deferred New Cone Are 84 to small 100 ?aksive 7/ 101 i for The 4 per Per - Cents The fol; Stocks :- can, 22 ; Po 5 per Ce panish 61 ; ditto : lati r a t st h ihßY e e : foreign al out variE Australia BRITISH &ink Stec 3 per cent S Per Cen New 3 pei Long Ann Cougolo C. 111301 Sci Pachequ e %Ikitcheq. 100 i .£5OO %veil Ditto I Ditto, PRII Brazilian Ditto 8 Danish B Ditto ] Githiada. 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