The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-26 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Rossini ' s Opera IL BARBIMRE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, 'Madame Grisi ; Bertha, "Mdlle. Bellini ; Il Conte d'Almaviva, Sig. Mario ; Bartolo. Sig. Lablache ; Basilio, 8!g. F. Lablache ; Figaro, Sig. Fornasari. The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine) will appear in some of their favourite Pas. Between the Acts of the Opera the Divertissement PECHEIIR NAPOLITAIN, in which will be introduced the original Tarantella of Naples, and the Mazurka by the D3nseuses Viennoises, After the Opera the celebrated Spanish Danseuse, Dona Marimba. Perea, known as La Nene, and the celebrated Bolero Dancer, Den Felix Garcia, will appear in the Spanish National Dance " Bolero Caleta." • Te conclude with the highly successful Divertissement, entitled KAYA ; ou, L'Amour Voyageur. The Music composed and arranged by Signor rugni, and comprising Themes from the Norwegian Melo dies.- The Principal Dances composed and arranged by 31. Perrot; those of the Danseuses Viennoises by Madame Josephine Weiss. Kaye, Mademoiselle Lucille Grahn ; L'Amour, Fraulein Fanny Pragher ; Herman, M. Gosselin ; Knud, M. Perrot. Xpplications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Ilex efllee, Opera Colonnade. Doors opereat Seven; to commence at Half-past Seven o,Clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectililly informed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the Subscription), ON THURSDAY NEXT, MAY I, When will be performed Bellini's Opera I PURITANI. Elvira, Maditme Grist ; Henrietta, Madame Bellini ; Arturo, Sig. Mario ; Riccardo, Sig. Fornasari ; Walton, Sig. A Giubilei ; Giorgio, Sig. Lahiache. The Danseuses Viennoisee (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine Weiss) will appear in their most admired Pas. With other Entertainments, in which Madame Anaide Castellon and Sig. Moriani, will appear. With various Novelties in the Ballet Department, and uniting the talents of Mdlle. Grahn, H. Perrot, M. St. Leon, and Mdlle. Cerito. In the course of the Evening a Divertissement, entitled LA VIVANDIERE. La Vivandiere, Mdlle. Cerito; Le Postilion, M. St. Leon. After which, the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear in ♦arious national Pas of Spain. To conclude with the New Ballet Divertissement of KAYA ; ou, L'Amour Voyageur. Kaya, Mdlle. Lucille Gratin ; Knud, M. Perrot. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock ; to commence at Eight. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE• THE DESERT, KT FELICIEN DAVID. It is respectfully announced that the LAST REPRESENTA TION of this celebrated Work will take place on MONDAY, May 5. Preceded by a Grand Miscellaneous Selection of Choral and Vocal Music from the most classical Authors, and executed by the dis ltriguished Artistes of this Establishment. The Orchestra and Chorusses will include upwards of 200 Per formers, the whole under the direction of Sig. Costa. PROGRAMME. PART I —Pastoral Symphony—Beetho►en. The Hunting Chorus. " Euryanthe"—Weber. " Les. Hirondelles," Sig. 31oriani—David. " Lastcia Amor Segne Marte, Sig. Lablache—Handel. Chorus, " I Ciell Immensi narrano—Martini. Duo, " Crudel perche Finora" --Mozart. " Let the Bright Seraphim," Madame A. Casten= ; Trumpet Obligate, Mr. Harper—Handel. " La Carita"—Rossini. Overture, " Anacreon"—Cherubini. PART ll.—The Desert.. The solo parts by , Sig. Moriani. PROGRAMME OF THE DESERT. Part I.—Entrance to the Desert. Glorification of Allah; grand chorus and orchestra—Arrival of the Caravan—Departure of the Caravan—Tempest in the Desert— Return of the Calm—The Caravan resumes Its march. Part ll.—Night. The Bvenlng Star—Halt of the Caravan—Hymn to the Night: air sung by Signor Moriani—Arabian Fantasia—The Dance of /the Alines—The Liberty of the Desert : grand chorus with orchestra — 'Evening reverie : melody sung by Signor Moriani, with chorus said orchestral accompaniments—Sleep ! Part lll.—Sun-rise. Call of the 3fuezzin ; original Arabian melody, with the Arabic words—The Caravan starts once more on its journey—The Cara van gradually disappears in the distance; grand chorus and orches tra—Silence in the Desert—The Song of Thanksgiving—Allah. Grand choras Doors open at Half-past Seven ; to commence at Eight. foxes, Two, Three, and Four Guineas each, may be had on appli cation at the Box-office, Opera Colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, Will be performed THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. Edgar, by M. Dnprez ; Colonel Henry Ashton, Mr. Burdini ; Arthur, Mr. Barker ; Raymond. Mr. Weiss ; Norman, Mr. H. Honacastle ; Lucy Ashton, Madame Eugenie Garcia. 4fter which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled BOBER C AND BERTRAND. Dances in the course of the Ballet : - - Pas de Deux, by :Mlles. Adele and Louise. A New Polka, by Mdlle. Polin and 31. Gasperini. Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele. La Lituana Pas Seul, by Mdlle. Polin. A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. Sevillianne, Spanish Dance, Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Sit in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be produced a New and Original Comedy, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TIME WORKS WONDER.;. Goldthumb, Mr. W. Farten ; Felix Goldthumb, Mr. Charles Mathews Bantam, Mr. Buckstone Miss Bessy Tulip, Madame Vestris ; Florentine, Miss Forte-nue Miss Tucker, Mrs. Glower ; Chicken, Mrs. Humby. After which, USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Charles Mathews•; Wurzel, Mr. J. Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby To conclude with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland ; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Pooley, Mrs. Hamby ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTT. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN 13k STIES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, called ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Chargctera by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. To conclude with MOTIIER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. Mr. Snugsby, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortesene. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 24 minutes after 4 I Evening .. 48 minutes after 4. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII, MADAME CELESTE, (Directress of this Establishment,) re spectfully informs the Nobility and the Public, that HER BENEFIT is appointed for WEDNESDAY NEXT, April 30, and being the last week but one of her performing in London this season, in consequence of her provincial engagements, Mr. Webster will make his appearance in his celebrated Drama of THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILEERG. When will be performed, 75th Time, Mr. Buckstone's successful New Drama of TIIE GREEN BUSHES, supported by Messrs. PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. Ernest, Mr. Webster, in which he will give his celebrated personation of,the Emperor Napoleon; Margot (her original character) Madame Celeste. To conclude with, ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. St. George, Miss Woolgar. Tickets and Private Boxes to be had of Madame Celeste, 18, Suffolk-street. Pall-mall East, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger, /s(r. Wallack; Baron, Mr. Archer; Count Wintersten, Mr. Cottrlncy ; Mrs. Haller, Miss Cushman. To conclude with THE CASTLE OF AYMON; or, The Four Brothers. Baron de Beaumanoir, Mr. Walton ; Olivier, Mr. Allen ; Allard, Mr. C. Horn, Jun. ; Richard, Mr. Hime ; Renaud, Mr. Mattacks ; Iron, Mr. Leffler ; Hermine, Mdlle. Helen Condell ; Clara, Miss Brentnall ; Yolande, Miss E. Horner; Eglantine, Miss O'Connor ; Gertrude, Mrs. Fosbroke. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. lINDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. TIIIS EVENING • Will be performed MY WIFE'S OUT. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, Keeley, Miss Villars, and Mrs. Keeley. After which will be produced a New Farce, called A GOOD NAME. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Stanton, Mrs. Woollidge, and MU • Dawson. . To be followed by a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT I Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley; Muley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrotker, and Miss Grove. To conclude with WATCH ANI) WARD. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. ASTLI47,I"A ROYAL AM I'II Frkis:ATß E. t'ROPAIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Unparalleled Success of Mr. White's Trained Animals ; last week of their Performance in London. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSSA; or, The Spanish Amazons. _ . . Entire Change of tho Scenes in the Circle. To conclude with an Admired Farce. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consequence of the Immense sensation created by the Feats of Mr. Canfield, the American Samson, he will repeat his Herculean Feats every Evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed TH A: IRON CHEST. Sir Edward Mortimer, Mr. Relay Hughes ; Wilford, Mrs. R. Honner. After which, THE GAME COCK OF THE WILDERNESS. Samson Hardhead, Mr. Marble. To be followed by the Extraordinary Feats of the American fitimpson. To conclude with THE WATERMAN. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box• office. from Eleven to Pour. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARGARET CATCIIPOLE, The Female Horse stealer. Onega and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and Blanchard;. Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent. After which, WALLACE, The Hero of Scotland. Wallace, Mr. Henry Howard:: To conclude with NAPOLEON; or, The Deserter and his Dog. in whi •It Messrs. Coney and Blanchard and their celebrated Dog Hector will perform DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON !-GRAND OPENING FETES. First Exhibition of the Colossal Pictorial Representation suggested by IL R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. Under the Patronage of her most Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER, R. H. PRINCE ALBERT, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. MONDAY, May 5 ; TUESDAY, May 6 ; WEDNESDAY, May 7 and THURSDAY, May 8, 1845. A magnificent modelled Reprevntation of EDINBURGH, the Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmen, and the immortal Scott's " Ain Romantic Town," introducing the Old and New Town, the Nor' Loch, as it formerly existed, the Carlton Hill, Nelson's Monument, Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Craggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's Monu ment, the Royal Institution, Holyrood Palace, and all the moat inter eating features of Auld Reekie." The Proprietor had the honour of submitting the Model to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and he is delighted to say it met with his most decided and perfect approval, and from the more than usual care which has beenofaerved in its execution, be points it out as the happiest production of Mr. Danson's pencil. The drawings were made by Mr. Denson on the spot, and present a bird's-eye view of the Principal objects of the old and New Town, the Firth of Forth, &c. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, so decidedly popular at this Istablishment, will this season be on an unusually effective scale. Mr. GODFREY has been occupied since the close of last summer, in com posing and arranging a varied and pleasing succession of superior Novelties, which will be produced In rotation, including some Ori ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet performed in this country At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary txhibition of , FIREWORKS ever attempted. Tha entire of the Gigantic Model will be Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the Ares on the Carlton Hill, Arthur's Seat, and the surrounding Moun tains, the illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoicings which took place on her Majesty's Visit will be accurately pour frayed. And, as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Reyal and Patriotic Tableau, Fifty Feet in Height, will be exhibited in the centre of the Lake ! The Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surtnonnted Fame, and surrounded by emblems and other devices will be in troduced. The Tableau designed and executed by Mr. Denson. Mr. Southby has been occupied for months in giving effect to this matchless and superb design, which combined with the Feux D'Artt_ flee the Salute and Discharge of Rockets from the Castle a n d sur rounding heights, will form the most brilliant Pyrotechnic Di s pl ay ever witnessed. Feeding or the Carnivore, at half-past Four ; Pelicans, &c., at and Pyrc Disl Five ; Concert , at Six ; Admission otechni . One Shillinpg.ay, at Nine. A FFECTING CASE.—A very affecting instance of the uncertainty of life occurred at Elgin on Saturday, the sth inst., in the death of two sistt rs, the one named Marjory Adams, aged 81, and Elspet Adams or Simpson, aged 68. The former had been confined to bed by severe indisposition for several months past, and was , attended th roughout her illness by her sister Elspet, :'t until about -a week previous to the above date, when she was altifliken unwell; but no serious consequences were anticipated in her case. Elspet, however, was the first removed &Op this earthly scene, she having died on e morning of Saturday last, and her aged sister on the *flew of the same day. What makes the case still wore effectihris . the circumstance that a brother-in-law of the deceased, died nest day.—Ross-shire Advertiser. 1 .7, NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (Friday) Evening, published in time for post, contained The Conclusion of the Day's Proceedings before the Railway Committees of the House of Commons. The examination of Kaillmack, at the Marylebone Police-court. The List of Appointment's, Bankrupts, &c., from the London Gazette. The average price of Sugar for the Week. The Course of Exchange. The Parliamentary Proceedings of the Evening, being full Reports of the Proceedings before both Houses of Parliament up to a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. There was an Extraordinary Express Edition of The Sun, published at Half-past Eight o'Clock (in time for Transmission by the last Railway Trains), containing the Conclusion of the Proceedings in the House of Lords—a Verbatim Report of the Speech cf Sir R. Peel on the subject of the Scotch and Irish Banks,and a Full Report of the Proceed ings in the Heuse of Commons up to Eight o'Clock. N ATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE . FREE TRADE BAZAAR. The Admission to the Bazaar will be as follows : Thursday, the Bth of May • • 10s. 6d. Friday, 9th „ sa. Od. Saturday, 10th „ ss. Od. Monday, 12th „ . 2s. 6d. Each succeeding day .. Covent-garden Theatre, April 26, 1845. THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, APRIL 26. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 51 ; Highest, 65; Noon, 58. :BAROMETER, 29.6.—W1ND, W.S.W. Nont.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. e.v .. 44 a „ _ r , .. , 14 ''' ICLVI•AI !: f il .. ' R t tti- -) ,:-.: 011 W, - -- ',1 7 .- \ • - -4104 - ' •:•- t- ' , l l ,i,,,\, DIED .., ~ ku siotA lS T . i ;, . ;% - ~ , ........- 7 ,,,,,,,, gAtj.4 , N.,.... ..: litiit. SECOND EDITION. `' Axenins .'-1~ LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1845. The House of Lords met at Five o'Clock. Lord COTT EN HA M brought in the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, which was read a first time. Lord BROUGHAM gate notice of a motion for a Com mittee to inquire into the operation of the Bankruptcy Act of last Session. Several petitions were presented on the subject of the Maynooth grant. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, in presenting some of these petitions, took occasion to say, that if her Ma jesty visited Ireland, she would meet with more cor diality than had been shown her in any country she had yet visited. The Duke of WELLINGTON replied—" I will tell her to-night." After a few words from the Earl of SHREWSBURY, The House adjourned. The House of Commons met at Four o'clock. Sir P. EGERTON moved that the Birkenhead, Man chester, and Cheshire Junction Railway may be per mitted to proceed. After a division the motion was ne gatived, the numbers being—For the motion, 66; against it, 81 ; majority, 15. Mr. GROGAN moved the second reading of the Agri, .•;• .1 JA.,I upilusvu ix» XL was, However, carnet - I by a majority of eleven; the numbers being—For the second reading, 65 ; against it, 58. The House having resolved itself into Committee on the subject of the Scotch and Irish banking, Sir R. PEEL rose to give an outline of the measure , which the Government proposed to introduce on this subject. He said that the House would bear in mind that the subject of banking had occupied a considerable portion of their attention last session, and that measures of great importance for the regulation of banking in Eng land had been adopted. The Right Hon. Gentleman then detailed at some length the measures which had been adopted for regulating the issues of the Bank of England and ofJoint stock and Private Banks in this country. Those measures had been sanctioned upon the assumption that the standard of value in this country was a certain quantity of gold, defined both in point of weight and of fineness, and that a promissory note, un dertaking to pay so much, undertook neither more nor less than to deliver to the holder a definite quantity of gold of defined quality. The issuers of these notes were in possession of a valuable privilege, and the House had a perfect right to subject the issuers of that paper to such regulations as might be necessary for the public weal. It was also considered that there was no guarantee for the permanent convertibility of this paper currency, where competition in banking was unrestricted, and, consequently no safe guard against derangement of the currency, and, there f HT., the Legislature had imposed a limit on the issue of promissory -notes. Now, as far as they could judge from their limited experience, there was every reason to be satisfied with the measure of last year. The restric tions then imposed had not in the least degree cramped or fettered the enterprise of the country, nor had prices been unduly affected ; and if, during the present fever of speculation, there had existed an unlimited power of creating new banks of issue, our monetary condition would have been less satisfactory than it is at present. The banks had acted fairly and honourably, discountenancing every attempt at evading the law. These enactments, however, applieti exclusively to England in some respects ; but the Banks of Ireland and Scotland, although they enjoyed the ad vantages of monopoly created by that measure, were not subjected to any restriction in their issues, like the Eng lish banks. The question was, whether the law should be extended to the whole of the United Kingdom ; and the sooner that question was considered the better; and if he thought the general principle could not be applied beneficially to Ireland and Scotland, he would be the last to propose it ; but he was convinced that the principle might be beneficially applied to those countries. Ire land had what Scotland had not—a National Bank. There were also laws of the Irish Parliament, regulating joint stock banks, which seemed to conflict with the acts of the Imperial Parliament. The Government in tended, at a more leisure moment, to amend and conso lidate those laws. Nothing could be more liberal than the manner in which the Bank of Ireland conducted its business, but still its exclusive privileges were produc tive of great inconvenience ; and the Bank Di rectors had signified that, if the Joint-Stock banks were placed under restrictions as to issues, they should have no objection to their being permitted to establish themselves in Dublin, and they had also intimated their desire that there should be no form of oath preventing Roman Catholics from becoming Directors of the establishment, or from entering into its service. He proposed to do away with this dis tinction, and to make the qualification for a Roman Catholic er for a Protestant the same. He proposed that the Bank of Ireland should still continue the banker of the Government, and that the rate of interest should be the same for ten years to come. He proposed that the Bank of Ireland should make the same weekly return as was at present made by the Bank of Eng land, and thus the Banks of Ireland would be placed on the same footing as those of England and Scotland. ' Ha would leave to the Banks of Ireland and Scotland the privilege which they at present possessed, of issuing notes below the value of 51., without any restriction as to the proportion which the small notes were to bear to notes of a higher value ; and leaving to them these pri vileges, he would apply to theta the same prin ciples which had b een applied to banks of issue in this country. He would ascertain the amount of issue of each Bank on averages taken from 27th April last, thirteen lunar months, which would regulate the circulation—to that amount they might issue, as they did at present—all issues beyond that must be upon the basis and security of gold. He proposed that a return of the amount of notis isaued from each bank, on the last day of business i week; should be taken, for it would make a material difference THE. SU N, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 26 1 _1845. nate in removing from one man's mind the conviction that information of the Board's intentions bad been systematically and very frequently conveyed, in a clan destine manner, to third parties, who have served their own interested purposes, by means of such information, at the expense of the public, and to the manifest injury of the legitimate parties to the projects sanctioned by such Bills. The reports alluded to by the Duke of BEAUFORT as injurious to the conduct, if not the character of the Board, do undoubtedly obtain in all directions. They may be true, or they may be false ; but that they should have obtained so wide a diffusion is a fact, in itself, strongly indicative of an extremely defective constlution or working of this anomalous Beard. The reports from it, hitherto laid before Par lament, assuredly are so far below the ordinary average of official documents, that they supply no case, no justification for the one, and suggest no apology for the other. in the amount of Scottish circulation, whether they took the daily averazes of notes, or whether they took the return on the last day of circulation. What he proposed, therefore, was, after having defined the amount which each bank should issue for the future, to require each bank to certify the amount of its weekly issue—or rather the amount of its issue as it appeared on the last day of the week. Thus, in Scotland, as in Ire land, they would take the period of four weeks, and de termine the average of that period of four weeks. If the average of the four weeks did not exceed the amount of the permitted issue, in that case no restraint whatever would be imposed on the bank. But if the issue for the four weeks exceed the permitted amount, in that case the excess, whatever it may be, shall be issued in specie. Provided the issue of the banks was kept within the average of the last fourteen months, no inquiry would be made; but if they should be in excess, it would be required that that excess should be founded on sufficient security. They were to return the amount of specie held by them, and the Government was to possess the power of inquiry. They would require from each bank a return of the amount of the weekly issues, and also a return of each description of issue, distinguishing between the 5/. notes and all those above 5/. ; and also a return of the amount of gold held by each; but that, of course, would be a confidential communication to the Government. The Government would also require the fullest information in reference to the position of all the partners of those banks, just as they did at present in this country. Of course, the return of the amount of gold held by each bank would be a confidential communication for the use of the Government alone, and no use whatever would be made of it. But in case any bank should issue beyond their limit, it would then be necessary to publish a statement to the effect that the Irish Bank had issued beyond the amount of specie which it holds, without at the same time stating to what amount. They would publish a statement to the effect that the bank has exceeded its issue, but would take care that it held gold to the amount of that excess ; and, of course, the usual monthly publication would be made from the Stamp office. Such was the plan proposed by the Government. He was not aware that he had omitted any point on which he ought to have touched, but if he had he should be happy to answer any ques tions which Hon. Members might put to him on the subject. The Right Hon. Baronet afterwards, in answer to various questions from different Hon. Members, en tered into explanations as to the different details in the working of his plan, for which we must refer our readers to the full report of the proceedings which appears in our Parliamentary Intelligence. The House was subsequently addressed by Mr. C, WOOD, Mr. BARING, Mr. HUME, and other Hon. Members; after which the resolution of Sir R. PEEL was agreed to. The House then went into Committee on the \lay nooth Bill, and a vote of 30,000/. from the Consolidated Fund was agreed to, Mr. LAW declaring that on the bringing up of the report of the Committee he should move that it be received that day six months. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Nine o'Clock. ItAILIVAI§ fOii iiiil ACCOUNT, MAY 3 gt. Germain •••••••••••• —lO9O —lO9O .•1090 ..1090 Versailles, R. 1.1 .• 527 50 .. 530 •• 522 50 .. 527 50 •• •• .... 340 •• 342 50 .• 337 50 337 50 Rotten •• •• •• •• .• •••••• —llO2 59 ••1102 50 ••1096 25 ••1096 25 Rouen to Havre. • • .• ...... 920 • • 920 .. 912 50 • • 912 50 Orleans .•• •• •• •• 1217 50 ••1217 50 ..1210 ..1210 Strasburg to Bal. , 1•• •• 297 30 .• 197 50 •• 187 50 290 Avignon to Marscilles•• •• • • 1030 •• 1030 .. 1020 ..1020 A Privy Council wet; appointed to be held at half-past two o'clock this afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, at which most of the Cabinet Ministers were expected to be present. THE WEATHER.—A most delightful change has taken place in the weather within a few days. The wind for some time has been westerly, and extremely mild, and in the course of last night a good deal of rain fell. The mercury is still coming down, and we may, therefore, expect, what is much wanted in the neigh bourhood of the metropolis, copious and genial showers. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, APRIA 25.—Wind N.N.W. to S.S.W.-Arrd. Hampden, Gibson, Ichaboe; Johanna, Meyer, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgli. Sid. Duke of Portland, China; Chartley Castle, Mauritius; Saucy Lass, Para; Penelope, Trinidad; Spheroid, St. Vincent's; Ocean Queen, Jamaica; Minstrel, Cuba; Governor Harcourt and Sir Charles Forbes, Honduras; Lady Fevershain, Runouski ; Harmony, Quebec; ; Hannah, Montreal; Spartan, Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 25.—Wind S.S.E.—SId. Active, St. John's, Newfoundland. FALMOUTH, Arum2s.—Wind S.E., fresh breeze and foggy. —Arrd. Oberon, North, Havanna'', sailed 22d ult. BRISTOL, APRIL 25.—Sld. Britannia, Barbadoes. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 24.—The Harriet. from Newcastle to St. Helena, which put in here, leaky, has come into Catwater to discharge. SHEERNESS, Arms.. 24.—The Marquis Camden, of and for Rochester (coal laden), is ashore on the Mainland at the back of the garrison here. DUNGENESS ROADS, Arum 22.—Echo, Oberon, New York for Stettin. - BELFAST, APRIL 22.—Arrd. Apparition, Barbadoes. MARYPORT, APRIL 23.—Sid. Nelson, Quebec. PORTSBIOUTH, APRIL 25.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Great Liverpool steamer, Alexandria—left 9th inst. Sld. H.M.S. Nautilus, Eastward. CLYDE, APRIL 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Warrior, Davidson, Chincha Islands ; Rowallan, Skinner, Ichaboe ; Copia, Hardy, Demerara. Sld. Flora, Kerr, Calcutta; Anne and Brilliant, Quebec. WHITEHAVEN, APRIL 24.—S1d. Amity, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 25. Win d S.S. E. moderate.—Arrd. Flora, Mitchell, Garrow, Baton, St. Az;drew, Leitch, and General Wiltshire, Jones, Ichaboe ; Falcon, Savage, New Orleans ; Alexander Edmond, Strang, Mobile ; Lady Bagot, Charleston. Sld. Young England, 'Valparaiso ; Claiborne, New York; Richmond, Boston ; Nary Sharp and Aqua, Marina, Montreal ; Active, Halifax ; Dryope, Aden. Off, Concord and Herald, Ichaboe ; Lochleco, Mobile ; ships Pickwick, Europe, Robert Kerr, and Mary. OFF CAPE CLEAR, APRIL 21.—John R. Skiddy, New York. LOWEaTOFFE, APRIL 24.—The New Leeds, cf Colchester, ashore on Corton Beach, was assisted off, and brought in here to-day. CORK, 'APRIL 23.—Arrd. Norna, Jackson, Ichaboe. Sld. Dominica, Martha, and Henry Pattison, St. John's, New Brunswick. YARMOUTH, APRIL 25.—The John and Isabella, of Dun dee, from Cardiff to Whitby, got on the Barber Sand this morning, but was assisted off, and proceeded. LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S BRIG SKYLARK. The following has been received at Lloyd's this morning:— " Smedmore (St. Alban's Head), April 25, 1845. "H. M. brig Skylark, Lieut.- Commander Morris, with volunteers for the navy, from Liverpool, came ashore upon Clavells hard this morning in a dense fog, and she is now beating on the Ledge without the slightest hope of getting off. The only casualty at present is the swamping of one of the brig's boats, and, but for the immediate and praise worthy assistance of Lieut. Smith, commanding the • Coast Guard here, the four poor fellows must have perished, in cluding the captain's son ; the ground swell and the breakers were tremendous. 4 P.m. The wind is now S.E. and mode rate.—The brig has bilged, and is now full of water. All hands are ashore." The Madrid Gazette of the 18th contains a circular issued by the Finance Minister, for a return of all the unsold convents, in order that the Government might convert them into barracks, Government offices, prisons, Ike., or provide for their preservation as historical monu ments, and such as should not be required are to be sold for the benefit of the Treasury. The Cortes will be prorogued by the QUEEN in person on the 10th of May, and on the 14th the Court will leave Madrid for Barce lona. It is announced that, after leaving Barcelona, the QuEEN will proceed to the baths, of St. Agueda, in Guipuzcoa, and a general belief prevails that a meeting between her and Louis PHILIPPE will take place in the course of the summer. The Three per Cents. closed at 35i at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 25 9-16 at 60 days ; the Coupons at 28 for the 26th of May ; and the Debt without interest at 8i at 60 days. The French Chamber of Deputies have passed the Bill for the Conversion of the Five per Cent. Stock by a very large majority-116; there being for the measure 202, and against it 86. This shows the strong opinion of the Chamber on the subject, when it is known that the Court, the Chamber of Peers, and a large proportion of the population are opposed to the plan. The Journal des Debuts, who is against the Conversion, looks to the House of Peers as a counterpoise against the Deputies, and trusts that they will throw out the Bill. It is not at all probable, however, that a Chamber which has so little to do with financial affairs, would put a negative upon a decision of the other, which votes the supplies. " The stockholders," says that journal, " are despoiled, but the will of one Chamber by itself is not sovereign. M. DE TRACY proposed to exempt from the application of the Bill all the stockholders whose stock did not ex cetd 500 francs. In former discussions this clause was always received with the greatest interest. Can it be conceived that, in fact, under pretext of economy, 80,000 individuals can be thus despoiled. when most often they only possess this little revenue ? But the Chamber appeared animated with so objection able a spirit that M. DE TRACY could not obtain even common attention, and the amendment was lost. There was only one question which seemed to meet with any favour, and that was the clause which tended to spare the caisse of the invalides of the navy, the Legion of Honour, and the benevolent institutions legally autho rised. The committee proposed to exclude all indiscri minately, but the Chamber recoiled from the enormity which it was called on to consecrate. It decided, on the proposition of the Minister of Finance, that the princi ple of the Bill should be here applied as elsewhere, but that a special credit should be granted to the Legion of Honour, the eaisse des inralides, of the navy, and the hospitals, to make up the sum which the reduction should deprive them of. The Chamber would not consent to extend the benefit of this clause to benevolent institutions." Sir ROBERT PEEL'S plans for the Irish and Scotch banks are now before the public, and we have no doubt will give general satisfaction. They are extremely moderate—much more so than either the Irish or Scotch anticipated ; and though some objection may be raised against particular points of minor im portance, the general scheme is one which does the Right Honourable Baronet much credit. He has left the small notes untouched—he requires certain securities against over-issues, to IN hich there can be no demur on the part of honest bankers, and, as in banks established in England, the names of the partners are to be published at stated pe riods. Sir ROBERT PEEL has, in this instance, as in his government of Ireland, adopted a system for merly unknown to Tory rulers—the system of concilia tion ; and he will thereby not only acquire more in fluence, but effect his purpose better than by sheer force and tyrant majorities. ACCIDENTS AT SEA. A letter has been forwarded to W. Dobson, Esq., the Se crelary at Lloyd's, proposing the use of the following sig nals :—" In cases of men being washed overboard it generally happens that there is a very high sea running, and the boats are unable to observe the position of the man, but from the ship the man being distinctly seen, they can inform the boat's crew how to steer.—lf to steer steady show a white flag; if to pull to port, a blue flag ; if to starboard, show a red flag." The above useful signals are being introduced into the Royal Navy, and their usefulness fully proved. The Opposition journals, hcwever, take a different view of the question. The Constatetionnel says the Bill will produce a saving of thirteen millions of francs yearly, and that, be it remembered, without pressing hard upon the fundholders. At a time when the inte rest of capital is constantly declining, ten years' security against further reduction gives a premium on the Four and-a-Half per Cent. Stock. The National expresses regret that the reduction is not lower, as, no doubt, the Chamber of Peers will consent to the Bill. The follow mg rumours of certain changes in the Cabinet, in conse quence of M. GUIZOT'S indisposition, appears in the MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Notwithstanding the supply of vegetables was extensive, the demand ruled active, at our quotations. Forced luxuries, such as Strawberries, &c., are coming freely to hand, but the prices demanded for them. - are extravagantly high. Buyers were in good request, but all other fruit was a slow sale. Potatoes. from 3s to to 4s 6d per cwt ; Turnips, 2s to 2s 6d ; Coleworts, or Greens, 2s to 3s ; and Leeks, 8d to is 4(1 per dozen bunches; Spinach, 8d to Is 6d; Apples, 2s to 4s; and Onions, 2s to 2s 6d per half sieve; Forced Potatoes, 6d to 8d ;• Pine Apples, 8s to lOs ; and Filberts, Is 4d to is 6d per lb ; Savoys, 6d to Is, and Parsnips, 6d to is per dozen; Rhubarb, 8d to 2s; Asparagus, 5s to 8s; Horse radish. 3s to ss; Brocoli, ls 9d to 2s 9d ; and Celery, is to 2s per bundle ; Oranges, 6s to 13s ; Lemons, 8s to 12s; and Forced French Beans, 2s fid per hundred; Cucumbers, 2a to 6s each ; Turnip Greens, 2s ; and Brocoli Sprouts, 3s 6d per bushel ; Radirbes, 4d to 6d per dozen hands ; Small Salad, 3d; and Mushrooms, Is to is 6d per punnet. NEWPORT. The debate of Tuesday night in the House of Lords on the Railway Clauses Consolidation Bill elicited some remarkable speeches from Lord BROUGHAM, the Earl of DALHOITSIE, Lord ASHBURTON, and the Duke of BEAU FORT. As all these speeches, with the exception of the Noble Earl's, as President of the Board of Trade, di rectly confirmed or corroborated the views we have ven tured to announce from time to time since the first es tablishment of the Railway Committee of that Board, of its defective constitution and over-multiplied functions, and most unsatisfactory action, we have naturally pe rused them with much attention and care. That the three several amendments moved by Lord BROUGHAM (with a view to meet the exigencies of such ruses_ isaise illustrate the hardships and evils to which private pro perty and arrangements are arbitrarily subjected under the present powers of Railway Acts)---that these should have been successively negatived, is a fact that does not necessarily infer that they merited no better fate. In these days of organised official majorities, we have seen stranger anomalies than the defeat of amendments moved upon Government measures by the silent elo quence of numbers, irrespective altogether of the force of the objections embodied in them to such measures. The third reading of the Bill we have alluded to having now passed the Lords, we are justified in assuming that a body of laws, affecting a vast investment of British capital in a peculiar and comparatively novel branch of trading enterprise, which was already defective and op pressive in a high degree, has now become infinitely more noxious than before. A few facts, alleged on the one hand, and admitted on the other, may illustrate this proposition. The 32d clause of the Railway Acts Con solidation Bill itself gave powers to railway companies which not unnaturally excited the strongest expression s of astonishment and deprecation from the Noble and Learned Lord. This clause went to give, and, inasmuch as it ban passed, actually does give, power to any railway company, at any time before the period limited and assigned for the completion of the railway, to enter, at any time they please, without previous ten der, or payment, or deposit, on any lands within their prescribed limits, not being more than 200 yards on either side of the line of railway—with the usual ex ceptions only in favour of gentlemen's avenues, of gar den grounds, &c., whilst, in the absence of any other specified limits, they may occupy in like manner, ad jacent lines approaching not nearer than 500 yards. This right of occupation, of 400 yards in all, a band of nearly a quarter mile, concurrently with the strip of the railroad line itself, throughout the length and breadth of the country in every direction, is surely an enormous concession to railway prcprietaries, based upon the csin pulsory acquiescence of all other parties, who may be unfortunately interested in the land—not in the line. But the recital of the uses to which the right of occupa tion may be turned against the property, comforts, and convenience of the latter, exhibits one of the most startling and extensive provisions that ever were intro duced into Bills affecting private rights. The com pany may, with a view to completion or repair of the railway, or any accommodation works connected therewith that might be found to require it, proceed under this clause, by taking earth or soil, by side cuttings, and depositing soil therefrom, obtaining materials fur such railway and works on roads in con nexion therewith, by making deposits for manufacture of bricks, taking clay, stone, or sand, by erecting work shops and buildings of a temporary nature. Under such powers as these, all right of action for nuisance, annoy ance, actual damage (as by extirpation of grass crop, for example, under heaps of ballast or gravel), waste, &c., would he effectually barred and extinguished. The glories of Pershore might be lost to the t rave ll er , a f ter the intrusion of a railway through th e ne i g hb our i ng lvianlele;y'anfdorthleonogccuypneaarts pending the comp l etion of the be driven forth from one of the most picturesque of estates by brick-kilns, ballast pits, steam engine s, and ballast waggon trams. But more positive mischiefs would ensue under given conditions of circumstances, as in the case of a valuable farm in Essex of 400 acres only, through which it has been in contem plation to strike no less than seven different projected lines. Two out of the seven once commenced would absorb the whole farm in the widest margin of 200 lines on each side. Cout rier Francais : " M. Guizot's health causes no serious uneasiness to his friencls,.but, according to the language of the Conservatives, he will require repose for one year at least. Thus two Mi • nisters of the present Cabinet have been compelled by indis position to abandon the management of public affairs; and M. Lacave Lapiange, the Minister of Finance, is not much better. M. Duchatel, the Minister of the Interior, expects, thanks to his robust constitution, to triumph over the crisis. -vr0d..6.....y5a1vq-esherviarg alkuligpOgl [IOU. —. l nut ar rangement would not be a change of system. It would merely be a change of person and of name. As to M. Guizot, he would be satisfied to leave his inheritance in the hands of his noble friend, with the secret hope that in some time the Duke de Broglie would prefer an elevated position in the Chamber of Peers to the seals of °dice." - Prime Mutton and Lamb in fair request, at full prices. Otherwise the demand ruled heavy. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s to 3s 10d; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 3s 6d to • " ' XVI Cl5 - C$ ATE. Most kinds of Fish, the supply of which was by no means extensive, met a slow inquiry, as follows .—Salmon, 101 to 2s; Eels, 6d to is 4d per lb ; Turbots, 8s to 18s; Whit ings, 2d to 8d; and Cod Fish, 2s to 8s each ; Soles, 4d to 2s per pair ; Mackerel, 21s to 30s per 120. WIIITECEIMEZZ.. It appears from a Ministerial journal, that Marshal BUOEAUD has been compelled to change his plans for the subjugation of the Kabyles, and put off the expedition which was in active preparation, till some more favour- We had rather a heavy trade here, and prices had a down ward tendency. Beef, from 23 8d to, 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per Blbs by the carcase. 49. - I'ls a.ls37s 7.1613.:0 111 HAI Z. able opportunity. The cause assigned is the determina tion of the Chamber of Deputies not to incrws the ex penses of the army in Africa. The Journal des Debats thus announces the modified plans for the summer cam- The supplies of each kind of Meat being extensive, sales proceeded slowly, and prices were not supported. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 6s; Veal, 33 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per 81bs, by the carcase. We had a fair average time-of-year supply of Poultry. Generally speaking, the trade ruled heavy, at our quotations. Turkeys, 3s to 8s; Geese, 4s to 6s; tame Rabbits, Is 3d to 2s; and wild ditto, 6d to 10d each ; Fowls, 5s to 108 ; Chickens, 3s 6d to 6s ; and Ducks, 4s to 6s per couple. paign "We are forced to wait until our dominion be perfectly assured at the limits of Oran, and until our determined enemy, Abd-el-Bader be definitively rendered unable to cause us perpetual embarrassments. He has again appeared beyond the frontier, and threatens us. He has re-established a numerous smala by means of several fractions of tribes of Algeria, which have rejoined him ; by some tribes of Morocco, which have been from time immemorial iu imtpibslhto take away tr oo p s from circumstanc es . A regiment had, however, bee n deta ched , and sent bv sea t o op position to their Sovereign , i n telli gence was lately r ece i ve d that a detachment of cavalry s ent into the interio r o f our limits by Abd-el-Kader , ha d led aw ay to Morocco tw o t r ib es belonging to the aghalick of Beni Amer, in the ci rc l e o f Tlemcen.the therefore,dlhtisiiso,noforan uldoesrs such Philippeville for the e xpedition of the Jurjura, but the Marshal, better informed since his return to France and his last journey to Oran, is about to restore this body to the division of the west, where General Lamoriciere has a more pressing want of his concourse. In the system of military occupation of Algeria, it is established as a principle that the central division, that of the province of Algiers, ought always to have a reserve of six battalions ready to be dis posed of, in order to carry them, in case of need, to the aid of the extremities, whether on the east or west. These battalions were to have occupied the country of the Jur - jura, after the submission effected by the grand expedi tion. But then the central reserve would be no longer disposable for the extremities. Ix consequence, the Aj ar _ shal had demanded from the Minister of War, and from the supplementary credits an augmentation of eight batta lions. This demand appearing to have but little chance of success in the Chambers, and it being pos s ible,,without incon ' venience, to postpone to anot her p eri od the subjection of the great Kabylia, which is certainly indispensable, the Marshal has changed his plans. According to letters which we have ourselves received, what the expedition is to consist of this ' year will be this :—The troops are to proceed beyond the laser and Dellys, in the aghalick of Sebaou, amongst the Plisses and the Amrouas, to consolidate the authority of our Kalifa Mahiddin, and reduce some fractious portions of tribes on the western slope of the chain of the Jurjura, but they are not to penetrate into the heart of these mountains. The idea has been given up of bearing on this centre the columns which were to leave Setif, Philippeville, and Bougie at the same time as the principal column left Dellys. It is thought that a simultaneous movement will be executed only by a column that is to leave Bougia, where stores were collected a month back. Our letters state in addition that the expedition will not last for a longer period than a fortnight." The intelligence from Zurich is to the 21st. On the 18th the Commissioners sent to Lucerne had made their report to the Diet, from which it appears that they had not made much progress in the negotiations with the Council of that canton. They express a hope, however, that none of the prisoners, except one, perhaps, will suffer capital punishment. Tl,e proposition for a general amnesty was strongly opposed by a majority of the Council. The report thus concludes : ",We now transmit to you particulars relating to the situa tion of the prisoners as complete as is consistent with the difficulties with which such inquiries are surrounded. Among the prisoners, there were only nine foreigners who havebeen re leased. Yesterday and the day before 90 Argovians under 20 years of age were sent to Reinach. To-morrow there will be sent off to Hutwyl and Hofwyl about 120 young men of Berne, Soleure, and Bfile. We have ordered the Commandant of the division to escort these last as far as Olten, whence they will be sent by the police to their own homes. The authorities of Lucerne have manifested an intention of shortly liberating a great many more prisoners, including those against whom the charges are lightest, such as are sick, and such as are without means of subsistence. These are estimated at between 500 and 1,000. The classification of these will require some time. However, we may presume that this liberation may be begun next week, unless the pro gress of negotiations or other incidents should cause delay." The Diet finding their deliberations of little or no use had adjourned sine die. THE BOURSE --THURSDAY, APRIL 24. First liiith,,st Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. •• •• 118 75 .. 118 75 118 60 .. 118 65 Four - and-a-half 113 75 .. 113 75 .• 113 75 .. 113 75 107 50 .. 107 50 .. 107 50 •• 107 50 Three per Cents 85 go 85 60 .. 85 65 .• 85 65 Bank of France 3265 • . • 3265 ..3260 .•3265 Gouin Bank. I,ooof Shares. • 1110 i 110 • •1100 —lllO Belgian Fives, , 840 11 3 103 .. 103 .. 103 1842 lO5 105 • • 105 •• 105 Dutch Two and - a - 8a1f....• 64 .. 64 • • 64 • 64 Spanish Threes • 42 .. 42 .. 42 42 Passive .• . 7 1 4 7 7 .. 714 New Deferred • 18 _ 18 • • 18 • • 18 Neapolitan...". ••• 102 .. 102 .. 102 • • 102 .Roman ••• •• •• ....... . 106% .. 1061,4 .. 106% .. 106% But, passing over these hardships, we cannot hold the new Railway Board harmless under the imputation o f having encouraged and still exciting that frenzy of gambling speculation, the ultimate (and perhaps proxi mate) results of which are to be locked forward to with so much of well-founded alarm and regret. It is a poor case that Lord DALHOUSIE makes on this subject, that under the former system—that is prior to the creation of this Board—there were whole fortunes made and lost day after day, according to the proceedings of the Com mittee and their probable bearing on the chances of the final success or rejection of the Bill. Neither will his Lordship reckon many proselytes, we imagine, among the public to his own notion that the auspicious " revela tions" which had got abroad of the decisions come to by the Board on the South-Eastern and other schemes of railway had been, on the part of those connected with T 1 i t eh e es should u u s p a l d r i c d , ' oa ny e s t h a t t he is yo f ug a g c a h t: i r l h y explained . " sa ed x t bo p e e a hn in a v e .s been ee ec Tni "specific' h cl ee” sendefinedoug h s . charge, s e e a fo n r d m i a n t t i e o l n lig to ibl e guid e vertyhem.B naturally, ut a i s n fo t hresuacbhsenecxeploafnaaltlioinns as have bee n g i ven in or out of Parliament, we must still thi n k they have been eminently unfortu- St. Germain..... •.........1105-1115 RAILWAY SLLAIMi. ..1095 .. 1095 Ver5ai11e5,1L8............ 5 27 50 .. 527 50 .. 527 50 .. 527 50 L. 8............ 345 . 345 .. 340 .. 340 R0nen....................1100 . 1100 ..1097 50 ..1091 75 Rouen to Havre...." ..... . 915 .. 915 .. 915 .. I ' ls Orleans ...................1215 ..1.215 ••1210 ..1210 Strasburg to Bale 290 Avignon to Bfarseillea 1022 50 —1022 15 ..102) . 1022 50 Bordeatuto Test° 203 .. 207 50 .. 205 .. 207 50 Orlea.as to Yier4o4 ~. • - 855 855 • .. 843 643 • IVIONEit and tOMMtilCiAti NEWS: 1 i• 6 . 1 QUAirl Eir () TRIM . 1.11. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales, and for the week they amount to 72,450 bales. The stock mahout 136,000 bales larger than at this time last year.- In Shares khers was less doing, and prices were rather flat :- Aberdeen Railway, 43% ; BainSlO titit tin j .4 %I Bir kenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 11% 10 3 4 ' • Birminghafil and Gloucester, 132 ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5 4%; Belfast and Ballymena, 7 1 / 2 4 ; Bolton, Wigan, and .Li verpool, 11 3 / 4 1 4 ; Caledonian, 11 1 % Extension, 31 % 34 ss. 9,16 Camkidge and Lincoln, 7% 1 ,4 • Chester and Brikenhead; 41 - 4574 ; bath; nal! r3trittUj. 23 1 ) 41 Chester and Holyhead, 15 3 / 4 .16; Churnet Valley, 6% ; Clithetoe Junction, 3%; Clydesdale Junction, 7%; Cork and Water ford, 24 ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 10 1 ,4 ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 3% % ; Dundalk and - Enniskillen, 5% q ; Eastern Counties, 19 ; Ditto, New Shares, 5 ; Edin burgh and Northern 2%; Glasgow and Dumfries, 23 5. 245. 6d ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 18 ; Grand Junc tion, Haf Shares, 1131 4 • Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 5%; Ditto, 30/. Shafts, j doole and Doncaster, % ; Hudders field Canal andßailway, 6 3 % 1 ,4 ; Huddetisteld and Sheffield, 8% ; Inverness and Elgin, 1 3 / 4 ; Inverness and Perth, q,/, ; Jamaica Junction, 2% premium ' • Limerick and Waterford, 8 1 4 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 535. 6d. ; London and Birmingham, 2344; Ditto, 321. Shares, 44; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 31% %; London and Brighton. 03 ; Lon donderry and Enniskillen, 4%; Ditto, New 501. Shales, 14; London and York, 4/. 3s. 6d. 4/ ; Direct Northern, 78s. 6d. 41; Leeds and Dewsbury, 6 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 4%; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6% %; Lynn and Ely. 6 3 4 7 ; Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarter Shares 5%; Manchester and Buxton, 5%; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 8% % ; Manchester and Leeds, 146 ; Midland Railway, 153% %; Ditto, 401. Shares, 18 1 . ; Ditto, Filth Shares, 3%; _Newark and Sheffield, 4%; Newry and En niskillen, 4% 4; North British, 17 1 4 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 44 ; North Wales Mineral, 17 1 % North Western, 965. 3d. 4%; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 81s. 6d. ; Preston and Wyre, 34%; Runcorn Gap, New Shares (80 dis.), 1514; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 14 13% ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 51. 995. ; South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 3, 7% 34 ; Scottish Central, 5 3 % ; Trent Valley, 18 % ; Ditto, Extension, 714 ; Ditto, Continuation, 2% 1 1 A ; West Yorkshire, 6 %; Wor cester and Tring. 4; Bordeaux and Cette, 2 1 /; Dijon and Mulhouse, 2%; Namur and Liege, 5 1 A ; Northern of France, English, 54; Paris and Lyons English, (Leffitte's), 545.; ' Ditto French, 2 1 ,4 ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 51s. 6 d. 2%; Verona and Ancona, 1 1 %. The following is an analysis of the Bank of England re turns for the week to the 19th instant :-Notes issued, 29,184,2201. • decrease, 32,7301. Rest, 3,151,3331.; increase 3,755/. Publicl deposits, 3,218,350/. ; decrease, 1,136,816/ Other deposits, 11,531,267/. ; decrease, 221,755/. Seven-day and other bills, 1,122,066/. ; increase, 36,0971. Notes, 7,791,345/. ; decrease, 210,0891. Bullion, 15,842,840/. ; de crease, 50,0871. The new Scotch and Irish banking law is less hostile than was anticipated, but we doubt whether any interference will be palatable to 'our cannie neighbours north of the Tweed. A case is sp-ken of in the City which forcibly illustrates the justice of our remarss as to the necessity for extreme caution on the part of all who embark in foreign railways. The Namur and Liege Company, which is said to have given no notification of such intention at the time when the prospectu4S were issued, has printed on the back of its bankers' receipts, and thereforeonly known to the shareholder after he has paid his money, a notice to the effect that out of the profits a dividend of five per cent. is to be paid to the shareholders, 1 per cent. is to be reserved for appropriation in the manner deemed most advisable, and the surplus is to be equally divided between the pro jectors, or concessionaires, and the shareholders. Anything so monstrous was perhaps never before heard of, even in these clays of railroad enterprise, for the French companies, reckoning the first men in the City among their directors, only take one-tenth of the surplus profits, after paying a good dividend. The share holders of the Namur and Liege certainly should take early steps to protest against such an appropriation. The Funds opened rather flatly to-day, but look now somewhat firmer. Consols are 98% to 99% for Money, and 99 to 994 for Account. Exchequer-bills have been firm, at 58s. to 60s. premium, and India Bonds at 71s. to 745. premium. Bank Stock has realised 210 to 210 1 /. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 100% to 101 1 %. The Foreign Securities are quite nominal. Portuguese Converted have been 66%; Mexican ' 37%; Russian, 117% : and Dutch Four per Cents., 97 1 ,4 to 97%. On the whole Railway Shares look firmer to-day. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DA! AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .210 1 / 2 210 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ... 97 3 / 4 98 1 ,E 3 per Cent. Consols Anna 98% 99 1 % New 34 per Cent. Annuties lO O 3 /4 101% Long Annuities ,Expire sth Jan. 1860 ll% _ India Bonds 1,0001 74 Ditto under 1,0001 7l Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1 1 ,4 d. 1,0001. 500/. Ditto Small — PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 37% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent ll 7l Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARER Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, Purtrush 1% 2% to Birmingham and Gloucester 100 133 I)itt,.. ilia Shares ..—..... 3 Brighton, Lewes, Hastings ... 10 BriAol and Exeter Ditto New 2 •••• 7 --- eaiivOrriail -- -" Cambridge and Lincoln Chester and Holyhead lO ...... 16y/ t ... to Churnet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and Nun- eaton 4 Direct Northern Direct Norwich 1 - to Dublin and Belfast Junction 2 1 / 2 103 ;1 ..... to Dublin and Galway 2 l / 2- 4 1 ,41/... to 25 ... 19% M%AI Eastern Counties Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1 3% l l/S to Ditto, ditto, No. 2. 21/2 3//4 to 1•i; 123 0 1 1: ttt 00000 . __ Eastern Union Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ...... 6 2 5 16 ....... Ely and Bedford IM Great South and W. (Irish)... 5 Ditto Extension Great North of Scotland Great Western Ditto 1 / 2 Shares 5O lO 3 l /2 to Guildford, Eareham, Portms. 2 1 / 2 5 l / 24... to Harwich 1 London and Birmingham ...100 234 , ...... to London and Blackwall 16% 9%M... to 8% London and Brighton.... 50 63 62 3 1 63% to 6 93 / 4 3 4% London and Croydo n ... 131 . 15 s . 9d 17. . -. to Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 6 London and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d... Ditto Preference ..... ...18/17s 2d... 2414 to London and South Western.. 41%...... 80 Ditto New 2% I 4 IA to London and York... ..... ...... 2%......4%% 1 4% to Londonderry and Enniskillen 2 1 / 2 4 Lynn and Ely Manchester and Birmingham 40 Midland 100 153 Ditto New 2 ......17% 183 q to 17% Midland, firm. and Derby lOO ll5 ...... to Newark and Sheffield North British Ditto New 1 ..... 4% 3 / 4 ... to North Kent North Wales Rugby, Worcester. and Tring 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% 4% to South Devon South Eastern and Dover :.. 33%...... 41M... Ditto New, N 0.2....... ...... 2 .. ... 9 1 4 to Ditto New, No. 3 2 1,4 7 M to South Wales Trent Valley .. 2 .. .. 18 1 / 2 to West Cornwall l l /4 3% to Yarmouth and Norwich Ditto New York and North Midland ... 50 lO3 ... Ditto Selby 16 1 A 6 1 8 5 3 / 4 16 t t o o I — ;l i i 3 / 4 Ditto, Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens Bordeaux and Toulouse Great Northern of France (Laffitte's) Do. Do. (Rosamel's) 2 ..... 2% to Great Paris and Lyons Louvain and Jemeppe Namur and Liege 2 l. ...... 6 1 / 4 1... to Orleans and Bordeaux ... Paris and Lyons (Laffitte) Paris and Orleans 2O ...... 46% to Pans aad Rouen Paris and Strasburg... 2 ..... 2% to Royal North of Spain Sambre and Meuse Tours 8: Nantes (Mackenzie) 2 JOINT STOCK BANKS. National of Ireland l7l ...... 16% 1 / 2 ... to MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 25.—The Sales are :—Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4 ; Edin burgh and Glasgow, 64 ; Manche ster and Birmingham, 58 57%; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 9%; Ditto, New Quarters, 51/z 5 prem. ; Preston and Wyre, 34 % 34 ; South Eastern , No. 2 , 10% ; Barnsley Junction, 3 1 / 2 % ; Belfast, Ballymena, and Carrickfergus, 7% ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 10%arwen, ; Blackburn, Burnley , and Accrington, 8% 8 ; Blackburn, D and Bolton, 4 1 ,4 ; Caledonian, 11y ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 7 1 ,2 ; Clitheroe Junction, 3% 3 prem. ; Churnet Valley, 6% ; Direct Northern, 4 3 13-16 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 714 7 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 8 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6% 1 / 4 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2 3 / 4 i London and York, 4 % M ; Manchester and Buxton, 51 % 3 4 ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 2 prem. ; Scottish Central, 6 1 / 2 ,• Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 275. ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction, 4% 5 ; Trent Valley, 18 1 / 2 ; Trent Valley Continuation and Holyhead Junction, 2% prem. West Yorkshire, 6%; Great Northern of France (English), 5 5A6 1 4 4 ; Manchester and Salford Water-Works, 58 ex new. The Rev. W. Dealtry, D.D., Chancellor of the diocese, canon of the Cathedral Church of Winchester, pre bendary of Southwell, and rector of the parish of Clapham, Surrey, has been appointed by the Lord Bishop of Winches.. ter to the Archdeacon ry of Surrey, void by the elevation of the Venerable Samuel Wilberforce to the Deanery- of West minster. The annual general meeting of proprietors of the London Institution was held on Thursday, at the theatre of the institution, in Finsbury-circus, Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., president, in the chair. The report of the auditors announced the receipts of the past year as 3.250/. 7s. 10.. and a balance in the treasurer's hands of 4141. 4s. 7d., the invested property of the institution being 16,2801. in the Three per Cents. Reduced, and 21,350/. in the Consolidated Annuities. During the past year very considerable additions had been male to ae library, which was now in a very complete state. S:r Thomas Baring, Bart , was re-elected president, and William Curtis, tr,a,surer, and Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Hunter was chosen a manager in the room Wm. Cotton, Esq. 1111IgGETLFORMI. With the exception of the demand for most kinds of Vege. tables ruling steady, at full prices, the trade wag in a slug. gish state, and previous quotations were with difficulty sup ported. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 7d to 7id ; of Household ditto, 5d to 6Ad per 4lbs leaf. HIDE MARS.ET Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs :—Best Steers and Heifers, 5s 6d to 5s 10d; Middling Hides, 4s Sd to 5s 4d; Inferior ditto, 4s 2d to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skin : Market Calf, 6s 6d to Ss; Long- woolled Sheep, 3s 6d to 4s 9d; Short ditto, 2s 9d to 3s Sd ; Larch Skins is 3d to 2s ; and Shearlings, 4d to 8d each. HAY Ts% &RN TS. SMITHFIELD.— ClllieMQ;Ail;;lfay7 5i lOs to 41 153; use ful do., 4/ 16s to 518 s ; fine Upland do., 5/10s to 5/15s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. Trade firm, at full prices. CustnEra..kND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 15s to 41 183 ; useful ditto, 5/ to Si 8s; fine Upland ditto, 5/ lOs to 5/ 16s; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 5l 18s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. Both Hay and Straw sold steadily, at fully previous quotations. WITITECITAPZL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 4/ 17s , useful ditto, 4/ 18s to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 103 u Si 16s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ , Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade somewhat brisk. WILL OF PROFESSOR DANIELL.--Probate of the will of the late John Frederick Daniell, formerly residing in Gower-street, Bedford• square, but late of Norwood, in the county of Surrey, Esq., professor of chemistry at King's Col ' lege, and Foreign Secretary to the Royal Society, has just been granted to his son, the Rev. George Freaeric Daniell, clerk, one of the executors, a power being reserved to Edmund Robert Daniell, Esq., the brother of the deceased, to prove the will hereafter; they are also appointed trustees of the estate, and guardians to the minors. The personal property sworn under 9,000/. He directs that the whole of his estate, real and personal, may be invested in good securities for the benefit of his children. The will is dated November 4, 1842. Professor Daniell, it may be remembered, died suddenly in the council-room of the Royal Society on the 13th of March last, in a fit of apoplexy, aged 55. DEATHS BY ACCIDENT COMPENSATION.—The fol lowing are the Peers who have been nominated by the House of Lords to constitute the Select Committee to whom has been referred the consideration of the Death by Accident Compensation Bill, that was recently introduced into their Lordships' House :—The Lord Chancellor, the Lord President, Duke of Richmond, Marquis of Lansdowne, Marquis of Salisbury, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Devon, Earl of Lonsdale, Earl Lovelace, Earl Ellenborough, Lord Stanley, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Redesdale, Lord Prudhoe, Lord Col chester, Lord Brougham, Lord Denman, Lord Cottenham, Lord Langdale, Lord Portman, and Lord Campbell. The Committee will meet on Monday, at four o'clock, for the first time, when a chairman will be appointed. A Liverpool company having ascertained that there was an abundance of lobsters to be found along the western coast of Ireland, are now making an experiment to try if the taking of them would repay the necessary expenses. They have at present a fast 'sailing smack in the bay of Killala engaged in this service. They give to fishermen five shillings for every dozen lobsters, and find plenty of persons to en gage in the fishery for such a rate of remuneration. rHE FRIENDS AND MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL AMONG THE JEWS.—A meeting was held yesterday evening at the Freemasons' Tavern, Queen -street. The chair was taken by John Dean Paul, Esq. Mr. Henderson (the SecretarT) read last year's report, from which it appeared that the Society, at present confining its exertions to the Jews of this country, bad employed well qualified persons to deliver lectures espe cially addressed to the Jews in the different towns and cities of this kingdom. One missionary had been profitably lis tened to by no less than 750 persons in this metropolis; while at Birmingham, Bristol, and Manchester, no less than 1,500 Jews had had the blessings of the Gospel expounded to them. Applications had been made to this Society from a similar Society in America, asking their co-operation for the conversion of the Jews in that country, where there were not less than 60,000 individuals of that persuasion. The funds r of the Society were derived chiefly from donations and sub scriptions ' • but a co ns id era bl e sum had been coVected at the lectures. The amount received last year was 1,.1071. 3s. 2d., while the expenses amounted to 8091. 19s. 3d.,, leaving a balance in hand of 2971. 3s. Ild. The prize for a convivial duet offered by the Duke of Cambridge, patron of the Melodist Club, Has a warded on Thursday, at the mee ti ng of the Club, to Mr. Parry .; and the premium for the second best to Mr. C. E. Horn. Messrs. Manvers and Machin sang the compositions (four in n umber) extremely well. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY —The ar rivals of Grain are moderate this week. Fresh thrashe d Wheats sell at fully the rates of this day sen'nit ',lit, other sorts go off slowly without alteration in value. .. Barley. as before, the demand is now limited. Oats and Shelli og agacn rather dearer. Beans ready sale at an advance of 1. e t per fi.Y. Ot)ler articles steady. COWER, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM 005. OW2I CORRISIPONDENT. fldrAt YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. A beautiful scilothtf, 0.4 101 tons, was launched from Joseph White's yard, built for Mir Charles lbbotson ; she was named the Anaconda. She is a splendid vessel, and likely to be a fair candidate fur the R.Y.S. cups. In the same yard a schooner of 130 tons is Wilding for the a Dud tie ntAtispool, and will be launched about the middle next month. • In Hansen's yard there Is building a fine cutter - of 35 tong, for James Saunderson, Esq., of the R.Y.S. ; and the R.T .Y.S. cutter Fanny is being lengt hened 5 feet 9 inches by the bolft the property of J. H. M. Struben, Esq. Itatsey hat building two cutter yachts of 100 tons each ; one for W. Point, Esq., of Kingstown, Dublin; the other is for R. W. Cooper, Eaq., R.Y.S.; they will be launched next month • and also a schooner of 125 tons -for Captain Ponsonby, The annual general meeting of the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron will take place at the Thatched House TV vern, o n the 9th of May ; there are 17 candidates to be bal loted for. The prospects of this national club never looked more promising. It is expected they will have more vessels afloat than ever before known ; it is said they have 96 at pre sent, and 19 more building. Mr. Joseph White is to build for the Government , but in his own yard at this port, a sister brig to the Daring, to be called the Contest. The keel will be immediately laid down , and she is to be completed by the 31st of December. lie $ building and repairing the following vessels : At Deptford, a new steamer, to be called the Terma gant ' 1,650 tons, to carry heavy armament ; an d a fri g ate of Du guns, to be called the Phaeton. At Woolwich he is putting a new bow to the Amphic l4 42, which is in frame. At Portsmouth, the Amphitrite, 4 2 , has been hauled into the basin, for the purpose of being razeed to u 26, and is to have a new bow. an It is reported that Sir Hyde Parker will take the coma m d of the experimental squadron, and Sir William Mcmtagili"" be appointed the Admiral of Portsmouth in his place. EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIET Y OF PAIN I'ERS IN WATER COLOURS. (THIS DAY.) This is the forty-first annual exhibition of this the Pa rent of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, and 're ere glad to say that the Society still keeps up its priAins reputation. We consider that this Society has done for art—for British art — (for water-colour Paintieg, is a branch of art which may be called exclusiv el y British' —more than almost any other society in existence. FM years ago water-colour drawing was merely a pretty ee' complishment—to talk of water-colour paintings would W e been considered absurd—sneered at by the Royal A cademr" looked upon with contempt by the dauber in oils: the artist in water colours was denied the privilege of even e%' t h at water-colour his productions; so as to show the pub lic of what w ater-colour drawing was capable. This Society was founded to give him that opportuni t y , and from that moment we had water-colour pain tin g s, '" the artists in water colours forced the public t° acknowledge them as artists , and water - co lour painting NJ: takes its rank among the arts as in all respec ts equal t o painting in oils—in some respects even superi or to it. Far the creation of this branch of art we are indebted to this Sa". ciety ; and, therefore, it is with a feeling of g ratitude tha t we enter the portals of the gallery in Pall-mall East 'The exhibition of the present year is in every resp ect exe lent. Copley Fielding contributes no less than forty-twe pictures of various sizes, and, although all are good, of veri; ous degrees of merit, the pictures which atrock as most worthy of admiration from the Pe_...ne of this artist, are-92, Scene on the South D°7_7; near Brighton ; 121, View of the Summit of Snowdon; 1'- 143, View of Lancaster from the coast. This last is an ceedingly beautiful picture, perhaps the best that C°P le ," Fielding has in the exhibition. Samuel Prout give s several most elaborately finished pictures of mediaeval a' chitecture ; they arc all fine, and we only Wis h bu s • had given us more of them. J. D. Harding gives u s i v ' few pictures this year, not exceeding half a dozen in _ ll ., but every one is a gem. No. 26, " Berne, Morning as it sometimes wakei among the Alps," is a I la r • of painting. The following description from the estni f i l l o will give some idea of the scene. After describing a t ell thunder-storm, the writer proceeds : whet " This lasted till I left Berne at five o'clock, and , -- „ a s. distant from the city about three quarters of an hour, tu„ - os t broke through the clouds, and presented a sight the the gorgeous. Every hue of scarlet and gold mixed---lei r 'd spectral grey clouds, which here and ther e pot Switzerlana; charged their ”t unspent stores of water. ; had, as yet, . only reached the Alpine beignoi the grey and reeking landscape was lighted, b ut tbst warmed by reflection from the struggling sky, and a lte formed one of the richest sights naturecouldhave presenor We are in doubt whether this picture of Harding t No. 57, " Coast of Antrim," by H. Gastineau, is th e e t lis of the exhibition. Tho following lines are given ' n catalogue as descriptive of the scene:— " Where darkness bears the booming echoes roar And caverned surges rock the pillared shore Or where, extended o'er yon dreadful deep, „ Hangs Recta's aerial bridge from steep to steel" the The boldness of the rocks—the sweep of the bridge;id boiling of the surge beneath, all are represented with - a heit ness and vigour which bespeaks genius o f - th e 10 - a riog order. The drawing is perfect and the rt epr es, very fine. Mr. Gastineau contributes several other Pi — a l t . all of which are good. W. Hunt gives some-.neat re °1 : - A able candle• light effects. His " Romish Devotion" (No. $ a work of a much higher order of art—it is r eall y it I t • a...e picture. Richter's " Parting of Rousso and Juli et (No. 203), is a beautiful picture, and displays " fine Shaksperian feeling. The Juliet is the most beautiful"' the most truly Shaksperian—we have ever seem Die late hour of the day at which we write CO pels us to close this hasty sketch without even all ing to the many other exquisite works of art in this e n ' hibition. We hope, however, to be enabled to return to the subject. RAILWAY RETURNS. R * RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts 0 f tue ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to whic"o3 AII 11 respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the o' week in the previous year:— week In the previous year : • 0 d••• Week • a oi; Last XS 1 ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. t .-.. C '', Cd.........::,.... —....--- s X 152 AI ril 19 Arbroath and Forfar .——..•••• • • •• 168 2, 144 18 Birmingham and Gloucester ••• • .. 18 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••• •• • • • • 490 17 Dublin and Drogheda• •••• • • • • 714 j6B 22 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • • • 9 55 20 Dundee and Arbroath .—••••• • • • • • •• 330 3 65 19 Durham and Sunderland ............. 413 . 0 9.) lt, EditAurgh and Giasgow .•• • • • ...... 2,43 9 . 4 :475 20 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 4,56 0 ,'l5O 1.1 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... 1,616 " 7 90 19 Glasgow and Greenock• •.. 14 Grand Junction •••••• • • • • • • ........ 9,498 8 ' 19 Gravesend and Rochester.. ••••• • • • • • 138 , 5 26 19 Great North of England 15, 20 Great Western ..... . ...... . ...... .. 1 ,904 -, 02 Hull and Selby • 18 Liverpool and Manchester ••••• • • • .. 5,049 7, , 0 95 19 London and Birmingham ....... .. -. 19,002 1 ;', 94 20 London and Blackwall— •••• • • • ..... 1,020 :', 7 64 19 London and Brighton. ..... ......... 3,69.1 0, 295 22 Loudon and Croydon . 24 London and Greenwich .•••••• • • • • • • 1,1 67 c 40 , 19 London and South Western ....... .. 5/. 37 -'O7 : 20 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... 973 345 18 Manchester and Birmingham •• • ..... 3,868 ?' 8 74 19 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. 5,637 . ' , ao s 19 Midland Counties. ••••••••• • • • • • .. 10,845 - 4 89 19 Newcastle and Darlington •• •• • ..... 1,165 ~c 6 19 Newcastle and Carlisle ••••• • • • .. 20 Ncsscastle and North Shields.• •. • 1, 1 North Union and Bolton and Preston b 535 21 Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans _ .5,688 ~ ..3 Paris and Rouen . ..... ••••••• • • • • •• . _. 4' 3'„ 27. 19 Preston and Wyre................ '. 39u ' . 52 3 19 Sheffield and Manchester ...... •• •. 647 . s e 24 South Eastern .• 19 Taff Vale .......................... 919 697 Ulster . ...•.•.. 19 Yarmouth and Norwich • . 19 York and North Midland ........... 2,481 ‘,' COMMISSION or LuN AC Y.—Wed nesday, the on the commission of lunacy instituted against M r . Nelson We i n f t . -. sumed. After hearing many witnesses, among whom was rs•-• Munro (who was examined in Dalmas's case), and who glee 'LA his decided opinion that Mr. Nelson was of unsound mind, es as others who were as positive that he was perfectly sen e l;44 Learned Commissioner summed up, and the jury having re". 01; for about twenty minutes, returned a verdict—" That Mr. ?l e ' d was of sound mind, and perfectly capable of taking care W ill himself and his property." CIS ARMY MOVEMENTS.—The Ist Dragoon Gua r ds (King's Own) are to march in the early part of May from Cani.,t`'. bury to Exeter ; at the same time of the year the 3d Dr a g7 t il Guards are to march from Ballincollig to Longford • the (Royal Irish) from Cahir to Glasgow ; the 6th Dr a goon 'Guards ' t not sail this year for the Cape, but they positively will the M a l e ; Ist Dragoons ( Royals) from Dublin t o B a lli nco llig ; the Ag 'ig Hussers remain in Dublin until October; the 11th from Du P lio to Cahtx ; the 16th sail in May for Gibraltar ; th e 44th have sa to for Dublin ; the depots of the 33d and 92d move from Cork ; Michelstown and Youghal ; the 61st for India; but the 6°t (Rifles), as we hear, do not leave England this spring. DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND R °s ; BERY.—lnformation of the following daring attempt at murder robbery has been distributed throughout the City and metroP° ll ! a ▪ 1 , Police districts :—On the night of Monday last on Mrs . Mere." t; the wife of a gentleman residing at No. 196, Upper ThaMeel tr s o - going into her bedroom, between twelve and one o'clock, she Al much alarmed at finding a strange man standing in the rooms ,„d though much alarmed, Mrs. Meredith with great presence of re'" was withdrawing from the room, when the villain rushed en b i g ho rs and attempted to stab her in her neck with a knife. On seeing " . .,4 raising the knife she seized his arm. and in the scuffle her 13 7; was cut, and the ruffian, extricating himself from her gre'l 4 down stairs from the second floor, and effected his escape 13 7,,... he front door before any person could come to her assistance. perpetrator of the outrage is described as being about forty Ye ar. _ age, rather tall, dark complexion and dark whiskers, dreier" ▪ t _ dark clothes. His coat is supposed to have been torn up thebe.6; and the front of his shirt to be stained with blood from his ha been seized there during Mrs. Meredith's endeavours to detain h' MEDITERRANEAN AND EAST INDIA BIAII"„ S ; no , Mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and via Marseilles, in coenexion with the packet which sailed g"' i.he Southampton on the 20th, a ill be dispatched this evening' ndi ,. next mails for Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt. I_ t he and China, via Southampton, will he dispatched hence o" morning of the 3d of May; and those for the same destinatle:; via Marseil!es, on the evening of the 7th of May. The Gen a t ' l ; will take out the mails for Sydney, New South Wales, o n the '':tbe inst. (Wednesday next) ; the Severn is appointed to ta ke 001 West India mails of the morning of the 2d of May. the licittuw' for the American mails of the 3d of May. ~L s e fla RUNNING MATCll. — Wednesday morning a ° eh . match for 5/. a.side (the previous one having taken place Bth inst.), came off in the Kensington-road, between Jones i of Knightsbridge, and George Brady, of London. Shortly ce:rx seven o'clock the men were at their post, and every tiecestarl.,,d :augment having been made, they started, Brady leading dal's. maintaining his advantage, from which Lees was never able ° sic . place him, and ult'mately finished as he liked, his antego dis o ist ..7o. ing given up some time before the completion of the Brady evidently, from the commencement, bad the advantag e ' ()r4speed being tar greater than his opponent. Both men we" a r i excellent condition; the distance was one mile. SU On tuce n. "(Comp, ‘slll erly Tuilerie 1 1 "tbgti .tarthai G • K e l fn. tilt % a r Inkittri RAILWAY NEWS. Subscribers and ethers interested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS before the RAILWAY COMMITTEES in the THIRD EDITION of THE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY. Sun-office, 112, Strand. AMERICAN LIFE. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., post Svo., JONATHAN SHARP; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A KENTUCKIAN. Written. by Himself. Henry Colburm Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-stseet. 1.... The" r._.E