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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The East and West Junction Harbour Bill and the Holborn Valley; Improvement Bill were read a second time. The Salop Fire Office Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord COL - VILLE. of CULROSS, presented two peti tions, one from Barbadoes, and another from Tobago, praying for a reduction of the sugar duties and the sup pression of the slave trade, or failing that suppression, a differential duty in favour of free labour sugar. SENTENCE OF DEATH. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH moved the first read ing of a bill relieving the Home Secretary from the sole responsibility of deciding whether or not the sentence of death should be carried into effect. Until the reign of her present Majesty the:necessity of considering the propriety of carrying sentences into effect fell upon the whole Cabinet and the Sovereign. The bill now before their lordships did not propose to require her Majesty should have the painful duty cast upon her, or even that she should be present at the consideration; but it pro posed to revive the ancient practice, as far as th 3 subject should be considered by the Govern ment, and that the result arrived at should be em bodied in an order of the Queen in Council. If the Govern ment approved of the principle of the bill he hoped they would take the bill up themselves and carry it through its remaining stages as a Ministerial measure, Tho bill was read a first time. ENGLISH AND IRISH LAW COURTS. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE called attention to the first report of the commission of inquiry into the Eng lish and Irish courts of law and chancery, and asked the Government whether they intended to introduce bills in accordance with the recommendations of that report during the present session, and also, whether a fuller report of the commissioners was likely to be presented soon, and when they were likely to have the judicial statistics. Earl GRANVILLE said the Government intended to intrAuce a bill founded on the recommendations of the commission, which he hoped would be satisfactory to the noble marquis. The judicial statistics had been nearly completed, and he hoped they would be ready in June, and the second report would be made probably in the early part of July. [METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS. The Earl of DERBY moved that it be an instruction to the committee on every railway bill providing for the construction of any railway within the metropolis to insert in the bill provisions analogous to that contained in the North Londo,n Railway Act, for the purpose of securing to the labouring classes a cheap transit to and from their labour by a morning and evening train, with such modifications as may appear to be required by the circumstances of each case. He thought that, sup posing the railway companies shou'd sustain a trifling dis advantage from such a clause, yet it was but just that such an enactment should be made to protect those who had not the power to protect themselves. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY entirely approved of the proposition made by the noble earl, but he thought, to make it more effectual, it should, be extended to all exist ing railways requiring extensions of existing lines. (Hear.) The Earl of ELLENBORO UGH thought the time fixed for the running of the early train ought to be before six, as . the work of the labouring classes generally commenced at that hour, Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY thought that matters of detail like that could easily be arranged by the com- mittee. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY thought it very expe dient the experiment of the early trains for the labouring classes should be tried. There was at present some objec tions to compelling the poor inhabitants of the metropolis to leave it, but he felt hcund to say it was an expedient that was worthy of trial. He thought, however, to be of any service, there ought to be two trains each way every morn ing and evening. The motion was agreed to, and it was ordered to be entered on the seseional orders. RE TI RING PENSIONS. Lord CHELMSFORD called the attention of the First Lord of the Admiralty to the Order in Council of the Ist August, IES, upon those naval captains who did not be come applicants for the allotments by the Order in Council Ist of September, 1816, and 25th June, 1851. The Duka of SOMERSE r contended that no injustice had been done by the order referred to, which, together with several previous orders, had been passed for the gene ral benefit of the service. In fact, the officers who made complaint had, by these orders, been placed in a position which, under the conditions on which they had entered the service, they could not have expected to attain for some years to come. The question elicited some further discussion, and The house adjourned at 7 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The 5. FEARER. took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Sir ROBERT ANSTRUTRER took tho oaths and his sea on his election for Fifeshire, in the room of Mr. Wemyss, deccaEed. THE ROMAN GOVERNMENT AND MR. HOME, Mr. ROEBUCK gave notico that on going into com mittee of supply, on Monday, he would ask whether the attention of Earl Russell had been called to the conduct of the Roman Goverment towards Mr. Home. TERB.ITORY OF DHAR. Lord STANLEY asked the Secretary of State for India, whether the territory of Dhar, confiscated during the war of 15,57-8, and promised to be restored to its native ruler, had been restored ; and, if no',when the cession would take effect. Sir C. WOOD said it was intended to have given the son of the late Rajah the government of the territory, but he was at first physically incompetent and also too inexpe rienced in business for the position. Ho had since improved, and the Government of the country was carried on by his BURYING DEAD BODIES IN INDIA. Lord STANLEY asked the Secretary of State for India whether it was true that the Government of 'Bengal had issued an order prohibiting the burning of dead bodies on the banks of the Hooghly river; whether the terms of that order, and the reasons on whieh it was baaed,had been made known to him; and, if so, whether there was any objection to make them public ? Sir C. WOO said thera were no despatches on the sub ject, but he had received private letters, from which it appeared that for some weeks the cholera had been pre valent in Calcutta, and the inhabitants had been consider ing what steps should be taken to prevent the eat ension of the disease. Throwing dead bodies into the Hooghly had been prohibited. With regard to the burniag of dead bodies, he understood that there had been no order on the subject. LIGHT SHIP AT HOLYHEAD. Mr. STANLEY asked the President of the Board of Trade if irfetractions had been given to remove the light ship at Holyhead, and erect a lighthouse on the structure of the northern breakwater ? Mr M. GIBSON that instructions had been given on the sulject. REPORTS OF FACTORY INSPECTORS. Mr. F. S. POWELL asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the reports of factory in spectors, as printed and circulated, are copies of those originally sent 'any the Inspectors; if not, what are the regulations under which revision of those reports is con ducted. Sir G. GREY said that the last instructions had been issued about nine years ago, pointing out to the inspectors that their reports should be calmly written, and that they ought to avoid any matter calculated to lead to public con troversy. Since then there had been no occasion to revise these reports. It would be inexpedient to lay the reports on the table, as the names of different persons were intro duced into them. THE BRADFORD RESERVOIRS. Mr. FERRAND asked the Secretary of State for tho Rome Department if Mr. Rawlinson, the Government engineer, had sent in his report on tha Bradford Reser voirs; and, if not, when he would do so ? Sir G. GREY said, from what he understood, Mr. Raw- Lama was endeavouring to make his report as complete as possible, and that there would be no unnecessary delay on his part in presenting it. D EFENCE OF THE BRITISH CHANNEL. In reply to Mr. NEWDEGATE, Lord P ALNIERSTON said he was informed by his noble friend, the Secretary of the War Department, that sites had been obtained for the erection of batteries if they were found necessary. THE FOR TIFICATIONS AT SPITHEAD. In reply to Mr. 13, OSBORNE, Li-rd PALMERSTON said that the works at Spithead, with the exception of those at Sunbridge, would be pro - ceedd w irh t and the reason of discontinuing those at the latter place was that there was not a proper foundation there. M r , E. 0380 RN —T en 1 Gun to understand that the se latter works Will not be carried cr" Lord P USTON —Certainly, not when tlrre is no foundation, (Laughter.) THE BREHON LAWS. Mr, M‘MAHOS asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland when the Brehon Laws, now in course of arrangement and translation, would be published. Sir R. PEEL said that ono of the volumes had been and would sh ortly be pub completed by Mr O'Donovan, THE DUTY ON RAGS. Ir. reply to Mr BLACK ' Mr. M. GIBSON said that he underitood the Italian Government had not abolished the duty on raga exported. PENAL SER.VITUDE BILL. In answer to Mr. HUNT, Sir G. GREY said he would consent t o postpone the further progres of the bill from Monday next to Tbutsday. THE LATE ALLEGED OUTRAGE ON A BIZITISH • BJE(.3 • r IN NORTH AMERIC,'A. LAYARD Bald the Government had received ihfor- mation respecting the matter which corresponded with the accounts which appeared in the newspapers, and had com municated with the Government of the United Sty tea. CAPTAIN MELVILLE WHITE. In reply to Colonel FRENCH, Mr. LAYARD said that despatches had t een received from her Majesty's Charge de Affaires at Hamburgh, to the effect that the award had been made, but that it was unfavourable to Captain White. CHINA. Mr. LIDDELL moved that, in the opinion of this house, further interference on the part of this country in the civil war in China is impolitic and unnecessary. The hon. gentleman condemned the course adopted by this country in regard to China by our interference in the military ope rations in that country, the object of which, he contended, was to introduce British supremacy there, It was not his intention to ask the house to pass a censure upon the Go vernment, although he considered their policy erroneous in very many respects—but he wished them simply to join him in the attempt to dissuade Ministers from continuing in the course which was unprecedented in the past, and which he hoped would find no favour in the future. Mr. LAYARD, after complimenting his hon. friend on the ability displayed in his speech, explained the course which the Government intended to pursue in reference to the resolution that had been submitted to the house. As he (M.r. Layard) was precluded from moving the previous question, he should move that the Speaker do leave the chair. If the resolution were carried, and sent to China, together with the debates upon it, disastrous consequences would ensue. The hon. gentleman proceeded to sketch the history of our commercial intercourse with China from its commencement until the signing of the celebrated treaty of Tien-Tsin, or Pekin, which was the most important instru ment entered into by England with any Eastern nation. It had caused a great change in the state of cur relations with China, and had put an end to the chronic state of war which had previously existed. Our great difficulty lay in restraining our consuls and other officials, who, having been brought up in the old school, were in the habit when a grievance arose, of insisting upon immediate redress without referring the matter to headquarters. But it now appeared, from the papers which had been laid upon the table, that Sir F. Bruce had succeeded in almost every case in keeping the consuls under due restraint. In all the sea ports which ware thrown open to our commerce by the treaty of Tientsin, the English had the benefit of ex-ter ritorial jurisdiction. They lived in separate quarters from the Chinese, and were exempted from the law of China. As to the Taepings, they were marauders and plunderers con nected together, as everybody now admitted except the hon. member for Aberdeen (Col. Sykes). Well, these Taepings came at last to the neighbourhood of Shanghai, and repre sentations were addressed to her Majesty's Government by the Chamber of Commerce of Shanghai to send troops there—and he would ask the house, if notwithstanding those representations, and notwithstanding the statements of their diplomatic agents in China, her Majesty's Govern ment had declined to send the troops, would they not have been deserving of the strongest censure ? If assistance had not been given the Taepings would have entered Shanghai, and the result would have been an immense loss of life and property. There were three courses open to her Majesty's Government—to leave Shanghai :to be defended by the Chinese, to defend it with English troops, or to allow Eng lish officers on half-pay to aid the Chinese Government in disciplining their soldiers and sailors. Of these three courses her Majesty's Government thought the last the most con venient one to adopt. The hon. member had referred to the 30-miles' recline, and said that it had been exceeded ; but he was prepared,to show the house that the 30-miles' radius was a military question, which had been resolved upon after due consideration at the recommendation of !Admiral Hope, Brigadier Savory, and other naval and military authorities in China, and that positive orders were given that ,it should not be exceeded by troops in the service of her Majesty. This radius of 30 miles only applied to the two treaty ports of Shanghai and Ningpo, and it would entirely depend upon military considerations whether or not it would be applied to other treaty ports. It was true that in one instance Gen. Brown deemed it necessary to exceed the 30 miles' radius, but nevertheless the order was adhered to that the limit should not be exceeded. After taking the advice of Sir F. Bruce, orders in council were issued enabling English officers to enter the service of the Chinese Government. With regard to the massacre at Soochow, it was impossible to avoid condemning the barbarity committed by the Futai, but later accounts which appeared in the China Mail showed that it had been very much exaggerated. After reviewing all the circumstances of the case, he was inclined to take a favourable view of the course pursued by Major Gordon, an officer of whose ability and discretion he entertained a very high opinion. Placed in a position of great difficulty, and deceived by the Futai, he had to consider what course was best to take, and it seemed to him that if he had quitted his post the troops would have gone over to the Taepings, and a dreadful mas sacre would have ensued. In consequence of the repeal of the order in council Major Gordon was no longer in the service of the Chinese Government. Tho hon. gentleman then referred to the breaking up of the flotilla in conse quence of the Chinese Government having refused to ac cept the services of Captain Osborn and Mr Lay ; and after defending the character of Captain Osborn from the taunts of Mr Goldwin Smith and other writers, he said that the stores and ammunition supplied by this country were paid for with the exception of a balance of übout £3,000, for which there was sufficient security. With regard to Mr. Lay, it seemed that he exceeded his authority, but he was ' a man of large views, and had large ideas as regarded China. (Laughter.) Mr Lay's idea was that he might introduce civilisation into Chins, end reform the Chinese revenue ; and, looking at what ho had effected in three or four years in the revenue department of China, he (Mr. Layard) maintained that it was impossible to resist the conviction that he was a man of great power. The policy o; her Majesty's Government in China was to avoid all in terference in the civil war as long as it did not approach the treaty ports —nor to meddle with the interior of the country. The object of accomplishing that 30 miles radius was to defend the treaty ports, and not to take part in the civil war. And had their policy in China been successful ? The enormous increase in the British and foreign trade with China—an increase even exceeding that detailed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to our imports and exports at home—was the best proof that it had. Had the Taepings been permitted to enter the treaty ports, and had all that vast trade been cut off, how great would have been the responsibility of the Government I There was not a respectable merchant who would not be horrified at the notion of our policy being reversed. That policy had likewise been approved by the representatives of America, France, and Russia, and they had expressed their opinion that the employment of the fleet under Captain Sherard Osborn bad proved most useful. No Government could take upon itself to overturn the marvellous results which had been brought shout in China, and therefore he would move that the Speaker do now leave the chair, Mr. W. E. FORSTER said that the question really befor the house was whether the Government were to be sanctioned in continuing their interference for the purpose of putting down the Taeping rebellion, and that question the Under Secretary had not attempted to ens wer. He com plained of their policy that it had not only not been right with regard to China, but not fair towards the house ; and condemned our recent operations against the Taepings as a species of buccaneering. Captain Sherard Osborne, how ever, had acted nobly in returning home. He had resisted all temptations, and thus saved ministers from consequences such as they would have rued for years to come. With re gard to protecting the treaty ports and our treaty rights, he should like to knew whether the capture of Soochow. which was accomplished chi , fly through the assistance of British officers, was necessary. In looking back upon the history of the past, it was impossible to deny that we had a good deal to do in creating the anarchy now prevailing in China. The end of this policy would, he feared, be to throw another Chinese war on our hands and oblige us to effect the conquest of the country. Mr. FE ItRAND denounced the policy of successive Whig Governments with regard to China as unjust, cruel, and dishonourable, and declared that, however cruel RusEda might have been in Poland, or Austria and Prussia at this moment in Denmark, the conduct of England as a nation, acting under the direction of Lord Palmerston, had been ten times worse. Tne hon, member was continuing his speech, when the house was counted out at a quarter past 8 o'clock. Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against Imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release from all debts and lianities without publicity, by application to Messrs. Marshall, solic.tors of the Court of Bankruptcy. Charges under £5 payable by easy instalments. Offices— (established 1830),1:, Hatton-garden. City branch-6. Moor gate-street, Bank—AnvT. 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None but those who have experienced the soothing effect of this Ointment can form an idea of the comfort it bestows, by restraining inflammation and allaying pain. Whenever this Ointment has been once used, it has esta blished its own worth, and has aga i n been eagerly sought for, as the easiest and safest remedy for all ulcerous com plaints. In neuralgia, rheumatism, and gout, the same application, pr3perly uteri, gives wonderful relief, SHAKSPERE, (From the Times.) Englishmen do not keep the 23d of April—St. George's-day—as Irishmen keep St. Patrick's, and Scotchmen keep St. Andrew's. The great champion who slew the dragon is not much cared for, bat a large portion of the human race commemorates to day the birth of a Warwickshire boy 300 years ago. Since he first drew breath ten generations of men has come and gone, and the world has seen vast changes—dynasties melting away, nations dropping out of account, great conquerors crossing the earth, and mighty empires rising out of the dust—new literatures, new arts, new sciences. Since the world began there are not to be named three centuries which have made such a complete revolution in the affairs of men or in the aspects of nature, and which, reckoning not by time, but by events, are so full of moment or so long in the account. Yet, in all the ages, we cannot point to any man who, for a mere human achievement, has been remembered one century after his birth as the child born at Stratford-on-Avon is now remembered after the lapse of the three longest centuries in the history of mankind. It is the son of a homely alderman whose birth we celebrate—the son of a grazier, who was bred among the cows and the calves; bat his in tellectual work has raised him to a throne recog nised from continent to continent and lasting from age to age. Shakspere gives voice to every Wave of feeling— to every mood of the mind. He knowe all the pulses of sorrow as well as all the springs of laughter. He studied hate as well as love, and low appetite as lofty ambition. Men and women, lords and com mons, fays and hags, he knows them all. Lands man and seaman, tailor and apothecary, are alike to him. His revelation of the workings of the heart is a ceaseless marvel. Wben the murder of Duncan is discovered, Lady Macbeth expresses her astonishment—" What, in our houses ?" She is not like an innocent woman astonished at the murder, bat that it should have been perpetrated under her roof. Is there anything that can be compared for knowledge of human nature, and consummate skill in managing it, with the great speech of Antony over the dead body of Caeiar? Similar examples might be quoted without number, and will crowd on the recol:eetion of every intelli gent reader. But Shakspere's perfect knowledge cf the human heart would appear cruel were it not tempered with perfect sympathy. If no man has exhibited so clearly as he the frailties of our nature and our self deceptions in fancying ourselves better than we are, it is a rare thing for him to make any one positively hateful. There is no malice in the ridicule with which he covers a fault; there is infi nite pity in the fate which overtakes the offender. See Shylock, and note how we pity him as he goes out of sight a ruined man—reft of his vengeance, of his ducats, of his child, half raft of his religion. The tender memory of his Leah, which makes the loss of the turquoise she gave him when he was a bachelor one of his sharpest tortures, imparts a touch of softness to his character; and the revenge for which he thirsted is palliated by the strong provocation of a Jew who has feelings like other men, but is treated as if he had none. Or, again, take Lady Macbeth, and remember how she herself could not imbrue her hands in Duncan's blood. " Had he not resembled my father as he slept, 1 had done't." She, too, has the tender part in her nature, and with all her cruel ambition has the family affections strongly developed. Not only has she warm place in her heart for the memory of her father, " she has given suck, and knows how tender 'tis to love the babe that milks her ;" all her fierce ambition is inspired by devotion to her huaband, and at last the mind of this strong woman gives way in the contemplation of her guilt, her higher nature gets the mastery, and she dies in an agony of re worse. Or, yet again, take Lig°, than whom in the whole range of Shakspere's characters there is not a more hateful villain. Sbakspere never, like other dramatists, paints gratuitous villainy, and in always suggesting a strong motive he mixes mercy with reprobation. Ingo, it must be observed, is labouring under the impression that the Moor had been too intimate with his wife Emilia, -- the thought whereof Doth like a poisonous mineral gnaw my inwards, And nothing can or shall content my soul, Till 1 have evened with him, wife for wile. So the worst villain gets the benefit of a doubt in his favour and is always j•istly treated. In Shah spere's view of human vice and frailty there is indeed hardly any satira. It is only in" Tiilia and Cres- sida" that the scornful view of life is fully presented, and certainly nothing can be more scornful than the view there presented of love without purity, of war without dignity, and of society all destitute of truth. But such a view as this is quite exceptional in Shak- spere, unless we add to it the misanthropy of Timon, which, after all, is not of a kind that makes the pie tare of life hideous. We may go through play after play and we still find this, that whereas when St ak- sp€re rose to his height he took sad desponding views of human life, saw the earth but as a football of the gods, and the human race as but the dust on its surface, he never mixed with this view an unkind judgment of man, he never separated him- self from his fellows, he was a partaker of their sins and follies, sorrowed in t heir sorrow, and re joiced in their joy. Shakspere's art too of expressing his idea, or of making it felt, was beyond that of any man who ever lived. He puts his idea before us, or suggests it with immense ease. It was usual among the French critics to speak of him as a splendid barbarian and an inspired idiot ; but in ail French or any other art there is to be found nothing like the power which Sbakspere displays of bringing all the rays of thought into a focus, and concentrating light in a word, in a character, in a scene, or in a whole play. Other writers spread out their ideas, divide their forces, and are content to make a single effect in one play. Sir John Vanbrugh provides us with as good an example as we need. In one of his plays he has Lord Foppington—one of the most celebrated representations of a dandy. In another comedy he has Lady Fanciful, the feminine coun terpart of Lord Foppington. The lord is the cen tral figure of the one and the lady of the other. This is precisely as if Sbakspere had put Benedick in one play and Beatrice in another. It is the very opposite of his method. He would not have wasted two plays on one idea, but would have worked both Lord Foppington and Lady Fanciful into one drama, where we should see the dandy of every shade and degree. Thus in the most popular of his tragedies, if he undertakes to show us the mock• madness, or whet some think the half-madness of Hamlet, he takes care to let us see it in contrast and compari son with the perfect madness of Ophelia, with the irrationality of the gravediggers, and with the over wisdom of Polonius. So if Lear is to stand forth another meldman, his mental aberration is put into comparison with the assumed madness of Mad Tom and with the mother-wit of the poor fool. Not only does he bring varieties of the same class of charac- ter thus into close relationship, he loves to present the same idea in double lights. The play of "King John" turns upon e question of primogeniture. It is a question to be seriously determined between King John and Prince Arthur. Shakspere begins the play by discussing the law of primogeniture from a comic point of view, and raising a question as to the rights of the bastard Falconbridge. This may not be conscious art ; if the French choose to call it nature they are freo to do so. We know not what to call that organic force in nature which produces in the leaf and in the fruit of a tree the same form which we see in flower, in stamen, and in pistil. The morphology of plants shows us the same type of structure pervading every member of the plant; and in the works of great art wo may detect a like morphology. By some inherent force, call it art, call it nature, the parts repeat each other, and the whole is a repetition of the parts. Language is perhaps the most wonderful part of Shakspere's art, and his dominion over language is perhaps the great miracle in literature, At least it is in this region of his. art that his power is most understood. We have not all attempted to draw characters and to construct plays so as to under star d by experience how rare is the mystery which Shakspere has attained in this way. But we all use words and know the -difficulty of finding forcible and felicitous expression for our ideas. Shakspere at all times gave to 11 thoughts not only the most THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA Y EVENING, APRIL 23, 1864. fit, but also the most beautiful, the most rich, the most rare expression. His phrases have come to be our household words. Whenever we want an ex pression more than usually suggestive, we turn to his pages and borrow from his treasures. Perhaps the most curious thing about his style is that though it is remarkably florid, and though floridity com monly implies excess of ornament, there is seldom any sense of excess in his language, and we accept all his luxuriance of diction as most apt and neces sary. There are some styles, Goethe's for example, which, however fine, burst but seldom into flower. Shakspere's language is always in blossom, and this the orange tree we may fled on it at once the bud, the blossom, and the perfect fruit. It is quite won derful to see how he combines intensity of expres sion with richness of colouring. The same sort of phrases that from a feebler hand would read but as masterpieces of literary agility—amazing feats of words—come from his pen with a force and fire that makes us forget their want of simplicity, and think only of their intense meaning. There is no passage more celebrated than the one in which Macbeth, having committed the murder, exclaims in a passion of remorse that all the waters of the sea cannot wash his hands of blood— " Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand ? No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas inearnadine, Making the green—one red." Portly because we are used to it, partly because of the violence of the passion with which it is instinct, we lose sight of the extraordinary elaboration of the diction here and forgethow strangely it does violence to ordinary modes of speech. The play in it is so excessive, that any one who has much en joyment of literary form will be apt to think of it as all play—whereas, ,in point of fact, we for the most part forget how ornate it is, and think only of its weight of !meaning. These are the must obvio 'Us sources of Shakspere's influence over us—an influence which renders his the greatest name in literature. That the anniver sary of his birth should be held in honour is natu ral enough. If anniversaries are to be held at all, surely he of all men is most entitled to the honour. But, in the name of our country, we must protest to all the world and to all time coming that the de monstration which this day witnesses does not pro perly represent the national feeling. We have tlae greatest genius that the world has ever seen to honour, and we give him the frankincense of our stupidities, of bungling committees, and feeble dis plays. We have a hero —one of the least envious, most peaceful, most sympathetic of men, " our sweetest Shakspere" to remember, and our fond committees pay him a tribute of infinite jealousies, of interminable squabbles, and of selfishness curious in its ingenuity. If we give little honour to the celebration of this day it is not because we give little honour to him who is celebrated. On the con trary, it is because we honour him that we refuse to greet him with the idolatrous claptrap and the ridiculous oblations of a false religion. Stratford-on-Avon Tercentenary Festival. STRATFORD-0; -AvoN, Thursday Night, As nothing is going on at present, and 1 have already communicated all that is known with re spect to the future, I may as well resume my his tory of the past, enlivening it here and there with the results of actual observation. Everything, I should remark, is done here to facilitate the inves tigations of the antiquary. The Museum in Shaks pere's birthplace, which is the permanent attrac tion of the town, is exhibited by a lady, who knows all about the things to which she directs attention, and who thus stands in remarkable con. crast to the tribe of exhibitors, both in Ragland and on the Continent, who hurry you past the objects of your curiosity with the greatest possible speed, and utter their descriptions in parrot-like fashion. When you enter the sacred edifice you may remain as long as you please, and are not likely to ask a question to which you will not receive a satisfactory answer. Similar commendation may be bestowed upon the lady who inhabits Ann Hathaway's cot tage, in the little village of Shottery, and who is herself a descendant of the Hathaway family ; also upon the parish clerk who conducts the visitor to the chancel of Trinity Church, and points out the bust of Shakspere, as well as the tombs of the other persons who are connected with his history. All bear witness to the zeal and industry of Mr. Halli well, under whose auspices so much has been eff,cted to render a visit to Stratford profitable to the Shak sp(rian student. • The great importance attached to Stratford is comparatively of recent growth. We have seen how Victor, who published his book in 1771, men tions " a very small old house in which the great poet was born," as if he were speaking of an object equally strange to himself and his readers, and I learn here that the generalcuriosity felt with respect to Shaksperian topographydid not manifest itself much more than 25 years ago, and did not rise to its present intensity till about the year 1847, when the intelligence that Shakspere's house was about to be sold led to the establishment of a committee for the purpose of preventing a piece of vandalism that would have completely eclipsed the now dsz• Sling infamy of poor Mr. Gastrell. The display of 1769 was a spurt and nothing more as far as Stratford was concerned, and to arrive at the nest Sh a k sper i an event we mus t t a ke a leap of more th an h a lf a century, which will bring us to the year 1824. Her I resume my hi s tory. In Ap r il, 1824, th en , a Sha k sper i an Club was established, the members of which, nearly 200 in number, comprised the most respectable inhabitants of the borough, These determined to hold a Trien nial Commemoratioa Festival on St. George's Day, which is likewise the birthday of Shakspere, and this intention was first carried into effect in Aprils 1827. The festival of 1827 l asted t h ree d a ys, at the first of which (the 23d) a pageant such as Garrick had projected nearly 60 years b e f ore , but which weather did not pe rm i t, moved from the Guild hall to the poet's bi rt h p l ace i n Henley-street. The committee of the Cl u b , w i t h Mr. John Mills, the Mayor, at their h ea d , an d carrying their banner, marched in fron , and was followed by a procession in this order :—The Royal Standard of England, a military band, St. George on horse. back, bearing a sword of the time of Edward 111., St. George's banter, carried by his E quire, the banner of the borou g h, M e lpomene, the Tragic Muse, in a car driven by f ou r fiends—Lear and Edgar—Richard HI. a n d th e Prince of Wales — Macbeth, Banque, and the three witches —King John, the Cardinal, and Falconbridge—Othello and lago—Hamlet, the King, the Ghost, and the Grave diggers—Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence. Thus was completed the tragic series, which was fol lowed by the banner of Shakspere's arms. Now comes the turn of Comedy. Thalia, the Comic Muse, in a car drawn by four satyrs, led the way, Shepherd—Touch and was followed b y C a lib an , Trinculo, and Prospero—Autoly cas an d t h e stone and Audre v —Ob eron , Ti tan ia (in a car drawn by Puck and fairies), and Bottom, with the ass's head—Shylock and Portia (as Doctor of Laws) — Sir John Falstaff and the two merry wives— Henry V., Bardolph, and Pistol—the Union Flag concluding the whole. On reaching the house in Henley-street the pro cession halted, and Melpomene and Thalia, descend ing from their cars, crowned with laurel a bust of Shakspere that had been placed on a pedestal. An address in blank verse, written by Mr. Serle, then of Covent- gar d en , was d e li ve red by Mr. Bond, one of the th ea t r i ca l c omp an y e ngaged by Mr. Ray mond, who hoped that a day was approaching in which Stratford would become an arena for the de velopment of histrionic talent. Indeed, one of the objects of the festival was to lay the foundation. stone of a now theatre. To the site of this projected edifice the pageant now proceeded, and the stone was duly laid, a plate with the following inscrip tion being inserted in the cavity " Genio loci Hoc Theatrum, D. D. D. Consocintis Shakspearcana, Die Aprilis xxitr; Natali Poetaa, A.D. MDCCCXXVII. Stratfordia idcirco jubilantc." A vocal performance, the music from " Macbeth," followed the ceremony on the spot. At 4 o'clock a dinner ,at which 200 gentlemen sat down, was held in the large room of the Town hall, a scroll, inscribed "We ne'er shall look upon his like again," being suspended over the painting of Shakspere, and another, inscribed "He suited the action to the word," over the portrait of Gar rick. Over the entrance was a transparency re presenting the head of Shakspere surrounded with a radiant glory dissipating the previous darkness. The speeches on the occasion were numerous and long, the chief orator apparently being the Rev. Dr. Wade, vicar of St. Nicholas, Warwick. A public breakfast at the White Lion Hotel, a large house in Henley-street, adjacent to the birthplace, and a masquerade held i❑ a temporary amphitheatre erected in the Rother market were the chief amusements of the second day, which terminated with a display of fireworks. Garrick's Amphitheatre, it seems, had been erected close to the Avon, but the Rother-market, which looks like a large village green, long since destitute of verdure, was again selected for the Pavilion of 1830. The wooden edifice of the present festival is in quite a different part of the town, the chief en trance being in a nareow street cal!ei Southern's lane, situated near the church and the river. A con cert at the White Lion contributed the principal entertainment of the third day, the musicians being amateurs and members of Mr. Raymond's company. The festival of 1827 is still recollected with pleasure by the older inhabitants of the town, and the pageant seems to have been exceed ingly well contrived. Mr. Raymond had already taken a lease of the projected theatre, ar.d its opening was eagerly anticipated us likely to prove a lasting source of amusement. Those san guine expectations were never realised, and, though the theatre was indeed completed, and now stands an unsightly edifice in Chapel-lane, not far from the grammar-school, where Shakspere is supposed to have learnt Latin, it is rarely used at present for dramatic purposes, and I have been informed that an itinerant company, who essayed to make it a place of attractio❑ last winter, miserably failee. Indeed, it has dropped its theatrical title, and, now popularly known by the vague name of the " Shake pere Rooms," is considered available for any sort of exhibition that requires a certain amount of space. Thus, on Thursday next, it will be devoted to a con cert of instrumental music and glees, which is con sidered of secondary importance to the grand musi cal performance which will takeplace at the Pavilion on Monday. The Actors' Shakspere Supper. The members of the profession to which Shaks pere belonged were determined to be first in the field in celebrating the tercentenary of his birth, and accordingly they gave a professional demons tration in the shape of a supper at the Freemasons' Tavern last evening, when the chair was announced to be taken by Mr. Benjamin Webster at a quarter to twelve, Mr. Buckstone occupying the vice-chair. About 400 sat down, among whom were Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. E. Clarke, Mr. W. Montgomery, Mr. Fergusson (the eminent surgeon), Dr. Hastings, Dr. O'Connor, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. H. Webb, and Mr. Frank Toole. The chair was not taken until nearly a quarter past twelve. The CHAIRMAN rose Pnd said—Gentlemen, the tercentenary birthday of Shakspere has commenced. (Loud cheers ) Respect the hour, and behold the great genius in whose honour we are assembled. Air. Webster then unveiled, amid loud applause, a bust of Shakspere. The CHAIRMAN then said—" May good digestion wait on appetite, and healt'a on both." (Cheers.) Supper baying been partaken of, The CHAIRMAN said—" For what we have re ceived may the Ep!rit of Shakspere bless the meet ing." The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been proposed and duly honoured, Mr. BUCKSTONE, who was cordially applauded in proposing the toast of the evening, said—Gentle men, the toast I have been deputed to propose is one that it will be your duty and your pleasure to receive with every expression of delight, as that toast is " The Birth of Shskspere." (Cheers.) This day 300 years ago a baby boy was born, born in that low-rooted room at Stratford-upon-Avon, on whose walls thousands upon thousands of pilgrims to that humble shrine have inscribed their names. The happy mother of that boy, while listening to his " mewling and puking," never dreamt of the immortality awai:ing the little stranger nestling at her boson], never thought that that boy would not bo " of an age, but of all time"—(hear)—that he who could then but murmur inarticulate sounds— (uproarious laught,r)—would live to give a poetic and a lasting lustre to the English tongue it had never known before—(loud cheers)—and bequeath to England those imperishable plays that have made our country's drama the noblest in the world. (Loud cheers.) And when I ;ook around me and see this large gathering of English actors to com memorate the birth of Shakspere, I consider it not only a glorious movement, not only one that has ❑ever before been accomplished, but one that is an honour to us all; and to see you thus united, thus socially sitting together, with no other thoughts and feelings than those of goodwill and kindness to one another, and all eagerly assisting in a great celebration, I am reminded of one of the verses of a song for Shalispere's birthday, Written years ago by my old and still unforgotten friend, the late Laman Blanchard, who there says of Shaks pere— "All his mighty mind was love ; Yes--sure his pen was once a feather In the wing of Noah's dove ; It links us so in peace together." Loud cheers.) Now, gentlemen, let us drink "The Birth of Shakepere"—the birth of one who was not only our great poet—not only an actor— but, I am happy to add, as a source of comfort and encouragement to our chairman and myself, he was a manager—(laughter) —and paid his salaries— (laughter) —a virtue which both of us have hitherto strictly emulated. (Renewed cheers'and laughter.) And as a celebration like this may not occur again for another hundred years, and as it is not very possible that many of us will be alive then—(loud laughter)-1 call upon you to honour the toast of our illustrious Englishman to honour it on this April morning— " The hallowed morn When Will was born, In the spring time of the year"— with hearty and joyous English cheers. Gentle men, "The Birth of Shakspere." The toast was drunk with loud and prolonged cheers, and was followed by the following sonnet, written expressely for the occasion by Mr. John Brougham, the music composed by Mr. A. Mellon :- 46 What shall his crown be ? Not the laurel leaf That, blood•-besprinkled, decks the warrior's head, Who grasps at Glory, as Destruction's chief : A living monument to thousands dead, Bequeathing a vast legacy of grief— Some peat-incarnate, fed with human life, Born of Ambition or the list of strife. " In regal coronet shall we proclaim Him Monarch P That would circumscribe his worth; A kingly diadem would only shame The kinglier THOUGHT, whose realm is the whole earth I Such petty vanities tut mock his fame. Profane it not—he is all crowns above : Hero of P EACE — Evangelist of LOVR 1" The piece was loudly encored, and was followed by continuous cheering. The CHAIRMAN said —Gentlemen, Mr. Alfred Mellon is unavoidably absent, although nothing would have given him greater pleasure than to have been present to witness the approbation with which you have received his composition. (Cheers.) Mr. Brougham is present, and ho has won half the ad miration. (Cheers.) Anything more beautiful than his ode it is impossible to conceive. (Cheers.) In answer to the unanimous call of those present, Mr. Brougham came forward and was roudly cheered. The CHAIRMAN then rose and said—l approach the next toast with a reverence, I may say an awe, at the dazzling mightiness of the subject, and the knowledge of my littleness to propose it. This feel ing will, I fear, make my speech come from me as birllime does from frit Z e — wil!.pluck out brain and all —and leave a most lame and impotent conclusion ; but my heart is buckled to the task, and I will stand the hazard of the die. Genios can only be fully estimated by a kindred genius, and seldom has genius been judged by its peers. It hes been said, perhaps, truthfully , that the works of Shak• spere are his greatest monument ; but why statues should only rise out of blood instead of brains is to me a paradox. If, then, his works be indeed his noblest monument, what words of mine can do justice to his memory when brass and stone w moulder and decay, while his inspired poesy will exist till doomsday. His works have been justly and not irreverently called the Bible of literature, and while the sacred book of Holy Writ solaces the civilised world with heavenly love and hope, the book of Shakspere fills the human mind in our earthly pilgrimage with unalloyed pleasure and the highest aspirations. His plays abound in the deepest researches of nature and art, clothed in most eloquent language, each carrying out a separate and distinct moral, with philosophy looking into the remotest recesses of the heart, but into the world of the future, showing that he was not for an ago but for all time. His writings are rife with lessons for every class, conveyed with most amazing and amusing power. He makes no distinction ; and whether with play fullest wit or most serious argument, he teaches clemency to royalty, humility to aristocracy, tole rance to the people, and duty to all. Shakspere had a masteramind on all subjects, which is more than can be said of any other man of any age or any country, and a thorough knowledge of his works affords endless food for conversation or rtflection. No profession, no art, no philosophy, no science but may find an apt quotation in Shakspere. Even the wondrous power of electricity may quote, " I'll put a girdle round the earth in 40 minutes." Teeming with those principles that elevate the soul of the poet to the height of his genius, he charmed and con soled humanity by his art, fulfilling thus his glorions mission, which posterity will reverence. Many eminent men have attained, in the memories of man, greater renown than any hereditary or heraldic names can boast, but not one has attained the deserved distinction of the immortal Shakspere. If it be true that men of genius die only in the flesh; if it be true that, after the cruel hour which puts a term to their magnificent creations, they con tinue among us in the spirit—the work of enchant ment for which they came oa earth—we can say of Shakspere that he will live to charm the present, as he . has the past and after us all future generations. The kingdom of genius is the greatest inheritance on earth, for what king ever sat in such state as Shakspere, who is enthroned in the hearts of all mankind ? He has spoken of the divinity that doth hedge a king. What divinity, then, doth hedge our Shakspere ? I see assembled here the workers out of his works to do honour to his memory. Could he look down upon us it would add another joy to his place above, for I verily believe had fate not driven him within the walls of a theatre those dramas which have such a world-wide fame could never have sprung Minerva-like from his brain. The practical knowledge necessary for such a task could only be acquired by such association, and we may justly feel proud that amid actors his dramatic genius had birth. Of Shakspere's self we know little. The poet has done nothing to dispel the night in which the man was enveloped. What relations had Shakspere with his contemporaries ? To what political party was he attached ? To what social fraction, to what philosophical or religious sect did he appertain ? Oa all these points history is dumb, so mysterious, obscure, so enveloped in shadow has been the life of that glorious being ; and perhaps it is wisely ordained to leave these earthly matters to imagination, which will endow him with greater earthly attributes. However, if we are to believe in " Shakspere's boys," the guardian of horses became the pastor of men. He died, we know, in ease and comfort, which is not the lot of all who essay to climb the thorny steep of literary fame, for the crown of the poet is often that of the martyr. Nations far and wide are uniting to do honour to the poet of the world, for as his writings are said to be for all time, so are they for all civilised nations, present or to come. Oar hearts unite themselves to render a solemn homage to him whose genius was stored with the richest and most varied of inspirations. If the spirits of the departed be permitted to revisit the glimpses of the moon, let us hope his spirit hovers over us now whilst we drink in solemn silence, our hearts only speaking love and,adoration, to the im mortal memory of Shakspere. The toast was drunk in solemn silence. Mr. Santley then sang "Take, oh take, those lips away," composed expressly for this occasion by Mr. A. Mellon, which was encored and vociferously applauded. Dr. O'CONNOR proposed " The Players' Art," observing that every actor present might be proud of belonging to the profession of which Shakspere was so distinguished a member, Might we long appreciate the players' art, and might we long have players to strut upon the stage to do honour to those immortal plays Shakspere had given us. (Cheers.) Mr. BROUGHAM briefly responded on behalf of the actors present. There was then a general call for Mr. G. V. Brooke, upon which Tile CHAIRMAN said that he should be delighted to call upon Mr. Brooke to propose " The British Drama," (Loud cheers.) Mr. G, V. BROOKE then proposed " The British Drama ;" after which the toast of " The Illustrators of Shakspere" was proposed and cordially received. The company separated at a late hour. The following vocalists offered the tribute of their art on this occasiol :—Mr. Santley, Mr. G. Perren, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. B. Bowler, Mr. Fielding, Mr. Barnby, Mr. Coward, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mr. Geo. Tedder, Mr. T. Distin, Mr. Aynsley Cook, Mr. J. A. Shaw, Mr. J. Rouse, Mr.Bartleman, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. J. Patey, Mr. H. Distin, Mr. W. H. Montgomery, and Mr_ Dawson. Mr. Benedict conducted the part-songs and choruses. The general musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Alfred St. Albyn. APOTEEECARIESI-11ALL.—The following aro the names of tho gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certifi cates to practise, on Thursday, April 21 :—Richd. Istance, Carmarthen; John Edmund Gunning, Surbiton, Surrey; Joseph Carter Neynoe Murphy, 75th Regiment ; John William Devereux Bain, Brunswick-terrace, Blackwell. ST. ANN'S SOCIETY.—The annual dinner of the - - Royal Asylum of the Society of St. Ann was held yesterday at the London Tavern, the Lord Mayor in the chair. The ordinary loyal and patriotic toasts having been drunk and responded to, the Lord Mayor rose to propose the toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the Asylum of St. Ann." His lordship commenced by warning his hearers that it was of very little use to drink the toast if they did not come forward to support the very deserving charity whose claims he was about to advocate, The Royal Asylum of St. Ann was established as tar back as the year 1702, for afford ing home, clothing, maintenance, and education to the children of those who had moved in a superior position in life, but who from misfortune had been compelled to cast themselves on the generosity of their more fortunate brethren. This great metropolis was acknowledged to be the centre of the wealth of the empire, and as its chief magistrate he was proud to say that it was also the centre of its charity. The great city companies which formed part of its corporation had often been accused of being fond of indulging in social pleasures, but he would remind his hearers that on such occasions they never forgot to help their poorer brethren, who through force of circumstances had been thrown into a less fortunate position than them selves. The institution in whose cause they were assem bled this evening had special claims on the charity of those present, for none cf them knew how soon those who were dear to them might require its assistance and support. The institution, besides affording to its pupils the advantages of a very liberal education, was perfectly liberal in its operations, none of those religious restrictions being found among its rules which in the case of other charitable corporations were found to be so irksome. After what he had said he was sure it was needless for him to urge the interests of the asylum any further. It had been his lot on several occasions to advocate many charities con nected with this metropolis, but it was seldom he had done so with so much pleasure as in the present instance. The secretary then announced subscriptions to the amount of only £6OO, a very small sum for so deserving a charity. This is, no doubt, to be accounted for by the fact that a notion has got abroad that the asylum is possessed of large re sources, whereas the truth is that it is one of the poorest in London, and almost entirely dependent for support on its an nual subscriptions. The healths of the trustees, of the war. dens, of Mr. Leeks, the energetic secretary, and of the other officers of the institution, wore then proposed, and the meet ing broke up at a late hour. Besides the Lord Mayor, there were present Lord H. G ordon, Sir Van N. Pole, Si r F. Agar, Sir It. Sydney, C o l . N orth, M. P ., Captain Cl ax t on, R,N. ) and many others intereated in the charity. Serious Railway Accident near Driffiell esa ? On Wednesday morning, about ten o'e ork in , ligenco reached Hull that a serious and frightiten, accident had occurred on the Hull and Scar boree FU line, near Driffield. At first a rumour spread volt/ great rapidity to the effect that at least thr ee P er sons had been instantaneously killed. On th e arrival of the first train from Scarborough, however, the real extent of the disaster was made known. For tunately matters were not so bad as had bee n "P r e : sented, although several of the passengers had en taiued serious injury. The train to which the arc' dent occurred was the government train which leaves , Hull at 20 minutes past six o'clock in the eaoreates for Bridlington and Scarborough. The train wag somewhat loneer than usual, and owing to the r'rlf. field cattlefair being held a large number of butclafe3 cattle dealers, and drovers from Hull were smog s _ the passengers. The carriage next to the engin e Rag a third-class one, and it was to this carriage th at t .1 accident occurred. The train proceeded as usua l entl it passed Lockingtou. Soon after leaving that etatiou the carriage began to jolt in a manner 8115' ; thing but agreeable to the passengers. This wa thought nothing of at first, and was believed to b a caused by the line being scarcely level. This W°o found not to be the case, as the jolting got worse' and before long became almost unbearable. T here fr were about forty passengers in the carriage, a nd 4 8 a time they were fully convinced that the earrieg. had got off the line. The train was going at eou sl , derable speed, and they every moment expe cted that the carriage would be overthrown, so vi olent was the shaking. Tho engine-driver and O ra d were made aware that something was wrong, find both applied their breaks to stop the traite. Before the train could be stopped many of the pa sseuge rri became so alarmed that at one time it aPPea red f , highly probably that several of them would jur ri e out before the speed had been much reduced. Some of the more prudent of their fella w-travellers, h° ?7 , l ever, dissuaded them from rushing on what appea red to bo almost certain death. So great was the Pa— „ in the carriage that some of the female passenger° would have jumped out had they not been forcibly' restrained. Notwithstanding every persuasion d r. Ledger, butcher, Regent-street, Hull, sprang ou t c !, the carriage and fell very heavily to the g roriou' By this time the alarm had spread to several of t 49 other carriages, and Mr. Shearemith, butcher, Cu tl/ ' be rland-street, Hull, and Mr. Straker, of Bevall e P jumped from one of the other carriages, both re. ceiving very serious injuries. Before the train co uld be brought to a stand, the floor of the first cot:or l ' ment of the first carriage was suddenly spilt ill two, and the passengers with great difficulty' climbed into the next compartment, thus escaPi 4 serious injury. The train was stopped a short di" tance from Hutton Cranswick, when it was foul that the broken carriage was off the line, nh" that the tire of ono of the wheels wag broken. The passengers, having satisfied 0 1°11 : selves as to the cause of the accident, started lit great numbers back along the line in search of O r° who had jumped out of the carriages, and whom they' fully expected to find either horribly mangled Or killed. Mr. Ledger was found lying on his back ' ll a state of insensibility. He was m uc h bruised about the head, and on one eye there w as a f r i g htful g s9 ' from which the blood was oozing. Mr. Shearen3ith was found in a state of great suffering,having brokerl one of his legs in the fall. Mr. Streaker had a lso received serious injury, and had by the leap 1. ' 0173 the train put out one of his ankles. A Mr. Strekevo jun., and Mr. S. Edmonds, Hull, also jumped fro 9l , the train, but escaped unh ur t. Th e su ff erers receive' every attention, and were brought to Hull by' t he train from Scarborough, which arrived at the see n° of the disaster a short time after its occurrence' The shattered carriage having been got out of th e way the passengers were conveyed to their destine' tion.—Eastern Counties Herald. COUNTRY AIARKETS. LIVERPOOL—FRIDAY. There was a small attendance of the town and coutql trade to-day, and wheat again met a limited comumpl demand, but a d egree firmer than of late. Flour negicil.e Oats and oatm ea l more sa l ea bl e. B eans stea d y. Dla corn met a fair inqui r y, an d l as t wee k' s pr i ces were =Or tained. LINCOLN-FRIDAY. White wheat new, 38s to 41 I Barley, grinding.. 27s to '2 91 Red do. 36s to 39s 1 Oats, old, .. 24s to 261 Old white —s to —9 1 New do ...105 to 2 24 Red do. —s to s / Beans. 40 s to 423 Barley, malting.... 33 s t o 35 s 1 Beans, new 34s to 363 WAKEFIELD—FRIDAY. The wheat trade continues dull, and the for sales mide were at prices in favour of buyers. In other articlos there was no material change. Averages for the week : Wheat . 670 qrs., at 4le 6d Rye— —s Od 8ar1ey......... ,787 .. 33s 4d Beans d Peas .... 80 Oats STAMFORD—FRIDAY. There was little doi ng t o -d a y, w ith a goo d s upp, l 9 Of wheat, and a decline of Is had to be conceded. Barley '• dull inquiry, at last Friday's quotations. Oats as before. —White wheat, 39s to 425; red, 38s to 40s per 36 stone* Barley, malting, 33s to ;Os ; grinding, 29s to 32s per g r. Oats, 18s to 22 s p er 24 s t one. B eans, o ld , 4 0s to --$ P a qr. ; new, 31s to 365. CORK—THURSDAY. The followin g were th e quotat i ons th i s morning :---11,51 wheat, 8s Od t o 8 s 101 ; w h ite, 8s Od to 9s 8d , boric)", 6d to 8s Od ; oats, 4s 10d to 6s 2d ; black do., 4s 4cl 1 " 53 31. BRISTOL SUGAR-FRIDAY. The sales of the week have been about 300 hhde, Dense' rara and Porto Rico at prices ranging from 43s to 45s p er cwt. Refined goods Is 1 3 wer. There has been a V iet trade doing in rum, and prices are rather easier. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS..DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. . May 19: via Marseilles May 1.. Jrazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. m a v 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena April 2 9 ° China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton May 2 : 76. via Marseilles April Falkland Islands •• " 1 2 5 * Gibraltar, via Southampt on April India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton May 2 via 'Marseilles April 2 6 ' India (Bombay), via So u th ampton via Marseilles P0rtuga1.....~.. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, vi a S out h ampton April 26 ' via Marseilles April '2 l . Newfoundland ..May 11. Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... April 21. by U.S. pocket.... 1 by Canadian packet. April 2 , * W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritfe .. April --"' Bahamas, via New York May 5, Mexico ....April 2 3 . All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, t April 28 California. and British Columbia. BRITISH AND IRISH INCOME TAI.—A ParVP mmtary return shows that the Income Tax paid in Gre at Britain in the last five years has ave r a ge d annui ll y 713 111 ' per head of the estimated population, and in Ireland 2s In 1863 the amount was Sd 6di per head in Great Britain' and 2s 54d in Ireland. Births. SPENCER.—On the 20th inst., at Coombe, 'Woodstock, tile ~ , Lady Louisa Spencer, of a son. VACILER.—On the 21st inst., at Belmont House, Leo, tb g wile of W. H. Vacher, Esq., of a daughter. WALKER.—On the 20th inst.. at Dover, the wifo of Capt. Edmond Walker, R.E., of a daughter. BRAND.—On the 22d inst., at The Cedars, Upper TootiugP the wile of Harvey Brand, Esq., of a daughter. Marriages. CLAY—SEYmER.--On the 21st inst. ' at St. Paurs,Knight6" bridge, Ernest Clay, Esq., S econ d Secretary H,lll.'s E rr bassy, Paris, and elde s t son o f J ames Cl ay , Esq I \ l . l 4 to Gertrude, only child of Henry her Seymer, Esq. JERVIS—SITWELL—On the 21st inst., at Morley Church , near Derby, the Hon. William Jervis, b ro th e r of the present Viscount St. Vincent, t o Harriet daugh - • tor of R. S. Sitwell, Esq., of Morley House. Deaths. AMBROSE.—On the 22d inst., at Cambridge-road, Mile.. end, Thos. Ambrose, Esq., aged 62. CHARLESWORTIL—On the 20th inst., the Rev. J. Charles: worth, rector of the united parishes of St. Mildred and St. Margaret, city, aged 81. LIDDELL—On thQ2lst inst., at Park Cottage, East Shee n Walter Bartram, second son of the Hon. Adolphus Lid dell, aged 7. ROSSELLI,—On the 20th inst., at 61, Myddelton-squa re, Asdrubale Rosselli, Esq., aged 64. SMITH.—On the 21st inst., at 21, Cornwall-terrace, Re gent's-park, Edward Osborne Smith, Esq. WATTS,—On the 20th inst., at Haverstock-hill, Mr. Wmf Watts, aged 90. London : Prlt.:4d and Prl , l.lshed by WILLIAM AND of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Ottice No. 112, Strand, la the Precinct ot the lavoy, n the Cotto 4 y UI Mildleinx.—aturday, Acril 23, lad.