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THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, APRIL 22. THERMOMETP:R, Lowest, 49; Highest, 61; Noon, 63. BARONIEIER, W.S.W. NoTe.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the f eezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is u4oally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIUg WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TI3I:S DA.Y. ...:9 tninutca after 4 I Evening ... 15 rainutea after b. 4V, * 'Pree• '.. v ". . 1" ... •„: .., . i:IL4 - -z .:. • , --'i • --" ..4 , ...- -...; c. +t , •_ , ..i. 1 ... jir s -,,'-.. •:, 1 -- -4.,;- n . , '.;•:., ",.' " • • '.,' , , . .E c; •vo, ' ..:`,.'„ R i .., ~ , , ~ '..N . `'s „..,.., , -- _ ~,a7, Alo 'v,,"',,,',.V. b , Ott v,,,itt< u,„ .. „ ....„ ' ' VP. -- NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHORESS OF " THE FLIRT." Now ready, at all the Libraries, In 3 vols., T HE WILFULNESS OF WOMAN. By the Authoress of " THE HISTORY OF A FLIRT," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Immediately, in 3 vols., post Bvo., C ON IN G S B Y: OR, THE NEW GENERATION. By B. D'ISRAELI, Esq., 31. P. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION, NOW READY, Comprised in 2 vols. small Bvo, price 21s. bound, F REDERICK THE GREAT. HIS COURT AND TIMES. Rdited, with an Historical Introduction, By THOMAS CAMPBELL. " This work has the high honour of being introduced to the world by the Author of Lochiel' and Hohenlinden.' "—Edinburgh Review. " We recollect but few biographies which have more highly and constantly kept up our attention."—Blackwood's Mag. " This Life of Frederick the Great will become a standard work in the libraries of England."—Scotsman. " No book ever passed more rapidly into a standard work " tannia Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street SECOND EDITION. Now ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., C TSWORTII; OR, THE ROMANCE OF A WEEK. Edited by R. PLU3IER WARD, Esq. Author of " Tremalne," " De 'Vere," &e. 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Last appearance but three of Carlotta Grist. THIS EVENING, APRIL 23, Will be performed Reßini's Opera, entitled LA SONNAMBULA. Amina, Madame Persiani ; Lisa, Madame Bellini : Elvino, Sig,. Maria. To conclude with the Bal'et of GISELLE. Principal Characters.—Giselle, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Bertha, Madame Copere; Bathitda, Mdlle. Ferdinand ; Myrtha, Mdlle. ' , chet*r ; the Prince of Courland, M. Gosselin ; Hilarion, M. Coulon; Wilfr id, M. Gouriet ; Noblem a n, MM. Venafra and Bertram; and the Duke of Silesia, M. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Urtic• Opera Colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, APRIL 23, Will be repeated A New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Count Alberto, Mr. W Harrison; Count Ono .uranzo, Mr oirani; Nalima, Mrs. Alfred Sh.tw; (leraldo, Mdlie. A lb. rt :zzi ; Francesca, Miss Romer. After which will be repeated a New Ballet, entitled LADY HEN.. RIErTA; or, The Statute lair. Lyonwl, ; Walter, Mr. Hotrell; Sir Tristram , Mr. O'Brpti; Queen Anne. Miss O'Bryan ; Lady Henri tta, Mdl e. Lucile Grahni Nancy, Miss C. Wcb,tcr ; Mina, Miss Carson. ebs Box es - is., Second Pric:. 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55.. S Price ; Pit 3s , Second Price 25.; AUddle Gallery xs S.cond Prue Is.; Upper Gallery It, Sec: .:n.l Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. NIA. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. LESSEE THIS EVENING, APRIL 23, Will be peiformed a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis ..rech, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia hemiett ; Linty Clotterbuck, Mrs Huinby. After which, a New. Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE 161 iLt.. Marquis de lticheville, Mr. Charles Mathews; Francine, Niadame Vestris. 'lO b. followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra -agan,a, loon don Fact. entitled IHE DRAMA AT HOME; or, Au Even ng with Pia Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Ir. J bl..nd, Mr. Caulfie:d, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and miss 'Pc conc'tle with a New Farce entitled LOVE IN A SACK. I.ckctS and Places to be had of Ur I. T. Archer, at the Boz o r•ce. from Ten till Five. P iN CESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. I.I , SSEE. Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, APRIL 23, Will be performed the Petite Drama, called THE GREEK SLAVE Sir Henry Norton, Mr. Fitzjames; Dr. Robertson, Mr. Granby; Lo d Betton, M:. Higgie ; Zaida kthe Greek S'ave), Mad..ine Eugenie Prosper. Atter whi •h, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. To be followed by a New Farce, in One Act, entit'ed THE YOUNG SCAMP; or, My Grandmother's Pet. Joreph, Miss Fortescue; Mildew, Mr. Morris Barnett. fo conclude with a new Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza. called FAIR :TAR; or THE ,INNING APPLE, AND THE DANCING WATERS. The principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Oxbarry, Mrs. IL P. Grattan, and Miss Fortescue THEA - PRE RCIYAL LYCEUM, LA IE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, APRIL z. 3, be repeated the New Crmedietta, in 'lwo a cts, entitled H A•4TY CONCLUSIONS. rrincipal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. NI atliews, F. Vining. Emery, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs 'Keeley. After which. MY r% , I FE'S OUT. Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley. Mr Wigan, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Keeley. lo he follnwed by a New Drama, in One Act, called THE POST OF tioNOUR. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch, J. Collier, Stanton, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the heatra Royal, Adelphi, her first appearance at this Theatre), and Miss Grove. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Burle que Pair)? Extra vaganza, called OPEN IiESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. Cha. recta's by Mhos Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, '1 tinier, Miss Grove, Mts. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, arid M- s. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, lounge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Tr =pima Success of the Grand National Spectacle. THIS EVENING, APRIL 23, Will be repeated the Historical Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR; or, the Battle of H stings. With al! the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, &c. New scenes in the Circle. To conclude with LONDON and KENSINGTON; or, Pursuit of a Wife. Tice door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances commence at seven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage.rnanager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. ~A ,IDGE'S ROYAL. SURREY THEATRE FOR IHE BENEFIT OF MR. AND MRS. N. T. HICKS. THIS EVENING, APRIL :a, Will be performed shakspeare's I ragedy of OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Cassio, Mr. E. F. Saville; lage, Mr. H. Hughes; Desdemona, Mrs. - R. Honner ; Emilia, Mrs. H. Vining. In the course of the Evening a variety of Singing and Dancing. After which, THE SPARE BED. Captain Ardent, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Clorinda, Mrs. turrman Teconclude efth IHE I'HREE THIEVES OF BUCKLESBURY. Supported by Messrs. H. Hughes, E. F. Saville N. T. Hicks, and Mrs. N. T. Hicks. r.ace. and PrivAte Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box o lice, 'row Eleven to lour. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Miss VINCENT has the honour to announce that HER BENE. FIT is fixed for MONDAY, May 6, when will be performed THE TEMPEST or, Vie Enchanted Isle. Snpp rted by Messrs. Osbal d.ston, F. eel', Nantz, Mt-s Arden, Miss Visicet.t, &c After which, a New Musical RoiAance, entitled OUR LADY OF THE WILLOW. And other Entertainments To conclude with a Popular Melodrama. . Tickets and P aces to be had of 31:ss Vine nt, daily, at the Theatre, and at her residence, Balharn hill. Private Family Boxes, X 2 25.; XI 11s Bd ;and £1 Is. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, APRIL Who can wonder that hundreds cannot gain admission to the Maxi, temple of the WIZARD OF THE NORTH ? He has staved his mystic wand for the foutth time over the Great Metro ho ; its it Ilueitce is greater than when he first appeared at the 4.rand Theatre four years ago—he hat now perf d'w_ed during five y, ars 510 nights (at a moderate calculation) before 4 0,0 , 0 spec tators ! —one and all proclaim him to be the only living professor of S let t tic Delusits.:s. Were the Magi of o!d—Pythagrru4, Polydotas, Dtdr, Paracelsua, Jerome Cardan, Benevenuto, Cellini, Nos; radamus, Michaal Scott, Al'Airtuti Magnus. Fri tr Bacon, and 1)r. Faustus to look up and be hold the W •NDERS OF THE WIZARD, they would be a much su prised as our great gram- fathers would be to look on our loan votive of Ow present day. The Nl:stern Faustus will nightly appear in his Magic Circle, and I'Tfive by ocular demonstration, that he can make the " eyes the to ,Is of the other sen.cs." Between the Wizard's performance, which trill be dtvided two Pitts, Mr. MALONE RAYMOND, will give AN HOUR IN ITIP:LAND, wi4eo by Mrs. R. M. RAYMOND and Miss LINLEY. All Ceinit'immtary Admissions suspended, the Press excepted. Private Bores can be secured at the Agents in Loudon. Reserved Seats, ss. Boxes, 3s. Pit. 13. ed. Gallery, ed. second Price at Nine o'clock. Reserved Seats, 28. fid. ; Boxes, Is. fisi ; Pit Is. D-sors open at half-past Seven—the Wizard appears at Eight. The KEY to tne WIZARD'S 1 RICK-3 to be had at the Box-office EGYPTIAN IL\LL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. . _ . ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Colleetlon of Histo rleal Cnriosities and Works of Art ever known to have been termed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cot of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in structive and Mteresting manner, the most Important part of Euro pean history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unigne Museum has been visited often, durin, , ,f the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies, also many thousands .0f the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor hal recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, And a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curiosities, In this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it ought to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it, dal THIRTY PRINC(PAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC P.ltk›.:S have stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of admis sion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the "Egyptian Hall," Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. itifintinff-*ITAL LONDON, TUESDAY. APRIL 2:1, 1844. The House of Lords met last night, but tbfy trans act,-(1 no business, and adjourned at an early hour. In the Commons, on the Order of the flay for the third reading of the Northern British Rail way Bill, Colonel WYNDHAM moved that it be read that day six months, and on a division the amendment was rejected by a majority of 79. The Bill was passed. In answer to a question from Mr. P. BonTuNVICK, Sir R. PEEL said he was not aware that any instruc tions had been given to British officers commanding oil the coast of Spain, further than that they were to obierve a strict neutrality between the contend iihng, parties. I n th e case o f C o l one l B ONET no spec ifi c the stations had been g i ven , and he would say that statements Published in the newspapers could not be true. Lord Jouz; RUSSELL, asked Sir ROBERT PEEL, whether he had any objection to desire Captain DRUMMOND to - furnish a statement of the transaction, as far as regarded Colonel. I3o;sET? Sir It. PEEL said such a statement, as a matter of course, would be furnished to the Admiralty ; and he took that opportunity of expressing his horror and disgtist at the sanguinary proceedings which had been sanctioned by the constituted authorities of Spain in that quarter. Barbarous nations, he be lieved, would observe greater humanity in their con tests than had been observed by both parties in Spain Sir JAMES GRAHAM moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Factories Bill, and said the discussion on the Bill, he trusted, would take place on the House going into Committee. After speeches from Mr. ROEBUCK, Mr. T. Dux- COMBE, Mr. AGLIONBY, Mr. M. PHILIPS, and Mr. FERRAND, which exhibited great excitement on this difficult question, the Bill was read a second. time. On the motion that the Bill be committed, in order that it be postponed, Mr. ROEBUCK put a ques tion to Mr. FERRAND. He said, that Hon. Member had stated that a Minister of the Crown had used his influence to induce a Poor-law Commissioner to make a false return, in order to crush an lion. Mem ber of that House. He wished to know who that Minister was, and what Member he intended to crush ? This question led to a very amusing discus sion, which we have adverted to in a separate article. These Tory Members will be the death of their friends. After the uproar was over, the Committee on the 0111 was fixed for Friday. Dr. NICHOLL moved the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill. Sir G. GREY moved as an amendment that the Bill he read a second time that day six months. Consi derable discussion followed, and on a division the se cond reading was carried by a majority of 69. The County Courts Bill was read a second time. In answer to a question from Lord J. RUSSELL, Sir R. PEEL said that he did not mean to bring on the Irish Registration Bill before the 6th of May. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past Twelve. The discussion, of which the Member for Knares borough—the Honourable Member we presume we ought to call him—his speeches and statements, formed the subject last night in the House.of Commons, gives a most instructive lesson to the gentlemen of the FFRRAND school, and not only to gentleman scholars, but to gentlemen teachers and instructors in such schools. For it cannot be denied that Mr. FERRAND :3 the chosen pupil, an 4 the first class representative, of that body, by which, at the general election of 1841, the Liberal party in this country was run down. Abuse, misrepresentation, falsehood, in short, every vile art that the ingenuity of the most thoroughgoing partizanship could suggest, were resorted to on that o"casion. The actors were cheered on by the loud acclaims 'of the Tory party ; they delighted in the melee ; " they cried havoc, and let slip the dogs of war ;" they worried their game, and gloated in the triumph. But, the chase over, the dogs would not return to kennel quietly; and the greatest curse to PEEL, since his advent to power, has arisen from the furious bloodhounds that his own party reared, petted, and pampered. What a specimen of a British Legislature does last night present—humiliating in the extreme, and %et how deserved is the humiliation. Sir JAMES GRAHAM is no favourite of ours—renegades deserve no favour; hut if Mr. FERRAND did not feel the cas tigation which Sir JAMES inflicted, he has the skin of the rhinoceros. Let us just look at the proceedings : After a debate on the Factory Bill, in which Mr. DUNCOMEE, as usual, unmasked hypocrisy, and spoke forcible common sense, Lord ASHLEY shuffled, and Mr. ITINDLEY received a well-merited flagellation from Mr. MARK PHILIPS, the Bill was read a second time. Mr. ROEBUCK then put a question to the llon. Member for Knaresborough. That Hon. Gentleman had stated that a Minister of the Crown had used his influence to induce an Assistant Poor law Commis sioner to make a false return to that House, for the purpose of crushing a Member of that House, and Mr. ROEBUCK said he was justified in asking who was that Minister of the Crown who had thus used his power ; who was the officer whom the Crown employed; and who was the Member sought to be crushed ? Mr. FERRAND, after a deal of beating about the bush, at length ended by charging Sir JAMES GRA.. lIAM as the party using his influence—Mr. Marl' as the officer employed—and himself as the Member sought to he crushed. Upon which Sir J. GRAHAM said, until the last words which fell from the llon. Member, he had looked with great indifference both to the charge and to the discus sion itself. The Hon. Alember had deliberately as serted that which he (Sir J. GRAHAM) had hardly thought he could have taken upon himself to assert , 3f him, much less in his presence and before that House, viz., that he (Sir JAMES GRAHAM) had used his official power to obtain a false report. He (Sir JAMES GRAHAM) did not think it worth while t , ) move that the words be taken down, which vas the usual course in such cases. But there was •io mistake that the Honourable Gentleman had distinctly stated, after some deliberation—because he avoided unnecessarily the question in the first in_ stance, and the queztion was then repeated—that he vas prepared to assert that he (Sir J. GRAHAM) had used his official power and influence to obtain a false r.-port for the purpose of crushing him (Mr. FER RAND). He thought it would be impossible, con s:dering that assertion, and considering the position which he (Sir J. GRAHAM) held by favour of her MAJESTY—considering that the assertion was deli aerately made—he was quite sure the Hon. Member .vould, as well as himself, feel that it was impossible to demand redress then ; but he hoped that the Ho murable Gentleman was prepared to take the proper ::nirse to substantiate the charge. Mr. HOME said there was another question which !ta deemed of greater importance. It had been asserted that the Right Hon. Secretary of State hail .nade use of his official influence to induce Mr. HOGG, .shen Chairman of the Nottingham Election Com mittee, to commit perjury. Mr. FERRAND denied that he had so asserted. Mr. WARD then alluded to a statement made by Mr. OASTLER, that such was the sense entertained by the House respecting the Factory Bill, that the Right ilon. Baronet at the head of the Government had stated on one night, when leaving the House rifler a d,scussion on this Bill, that the Christian feeling of the House had beaten the Government on the factory question. Upon which Mr. FERIZAND remarked, that he was not Mr. OASTLER'S keeper, and made a slight explana tion of hii remarks, as to Mr. HoGG's conduct. Mr. Hoca, in a tone of manly indignation, replied : " Sir, it becomes incumbent upon me no longer to treat the matter with indifference or contempt, but to call upon the lion. Gentleman to substantiate his charge. I do not want him to substantiate the charge. I call on that Hon. Gentlemen to rise in his place, and leave, he can, upon the mind of this House a doubt —or leave upon this House the slightest suspicion, that in the discharge of my public duty, I was in fluenced by dishonest or dishonourable motives. If he should raise that doubt—if he should raise that suspicion—let me be covered with well-merited ob loquy, and let me depart this House as a man no longer worthy to take his seat, being no longer worthy of confidence. But there is another view of the question. If that Hon. Gentleman cannot raise that doubt in the minds of this House—if he fail to satisfy this House as to his grounds for doubting my honour and integrity, then let that Hon. Gentleman he branded as the ass.!rter of foul and false calumnies —let him stand convicted as such before this House and before the country, and it will be then for him to consider whether he is worthy longer to sit in this assembly, or command respect as a gentleman." Mr. l'Eaamsia writhed after again explaining , u Sir j. n G de n r m t i l A ii m s r r o e s b e u a k n e d , s a ai n d d ; " Sir, there is no haggling,' or' haggling' here. We ; are in the British H ouse of Commons; and the lion. Gentleman has accused me, as a Minister of the Crown, of having exerted my influence as a Minister to obtain a false report for the purpose of crushing To him. There shall be no surpris e . . morrow I will not appeal to the generosity or the fairness of the Hon. Gentleman, but I will appeal to the generosity and the fairness of both sides of the House, and I expect that to-morrow the Honourable I Gentleman will come down with a specific charge against me—not only as a Minister of the Crown, but as a Member of this House, whose honour he impeaches and whose official character he impugns. I call on him, or rather I call on the House to com pel the Hon. Gentlemen, to be specific in his allega tions ; and I challenge the Hon. Gentleman to any inquiry before any tribunal." To which Mr. FER RAND replied—" I expect that to-morrow the Right Hon. Baronet—for he is on his trial as well as my self—will be able to explain to the House in what manner he became possessed of that report which he drew out of his box, and which he used against me almost immediately, if not immediately, on my re suming my seat in the debate on the new poor-law. " Mr. HOGG—I hope that I. shall be permitted to bring the report to which the Hon. Gentleman has referred, and to read that report to the House; and if it should not be liable to the imputation which has been cast upon it by him, I hope the House will call on that Hon. Gentleman to disavow that which he has uttered, or to require him, in any manner you please, either before this or any other tribunal, to bring his proofs ; and I will be satisfied, if he should raise a doubt or suspicion as to my integrity, to gubmit to the consequences. If, on the contrary, he should fail to do so, I hope the House will visit him in the manner he deserves." Lord JOHN RUSSELL made some very pertinent remarks on the real question at issue, and Sir R. PEEL utterly denied the language which had been at tributed to him ; and the subject then dropped. Now, are we not justified in calling such a scene humiliating to the character of a British House of Commons, when a mere mountebank's exhibition shall occupy the time of Parliament, whilst claims of high moment press for consideration ? And are we not justified in calling such humiliation deserved, when a Government holds office, which it obtained by imple ments that it now despises, and would gladly get rid of, but which cling to, and parasite-like, will ulti mately destroy it? The PEEL Government came in on the sliding-scale—they got to the top easily— they are now on the descent, and they will gradually slide down, until they reach the very lowest abyss of popular odium. Now, that the trials at the Old Bailey are over, and sentence has been pronounced, after a verdict which, we must confess, appeared to us inevitable from a perusal of the evidence, we may express our hope, that something will be done to prevent the recurrence of such crimes as those of which FLETCHER and BARBER have been found guilty. It is far better to suppress the crime, and take away the incitement to it, than to punish guilt, and wreak vengeance on the offender. There can be little doubt that men who in the common transactions of life shall be scrupulously honest, and in all matters between man and man shall:-punctiliously regard the strict line of honour, when the question comes be tween an individual and the Government, totally over look the necessity of doing as they would be done by, and defraud the revenue without the least qualm of conscience. The ingenuity exerted one day to bring over a box of cigars free from duty, shows itself upon a larger scale upon another -occasion ; and whether the object be to deprive the Custom-house of its enormous dues, or to rescue from the hands of the State money which it only acquired for want of a claim by the right owner, the moral turpitude in the minds of a large portion of men shall not be distinguishable. What right, say such men, has the Government to unclaimed dividends, or to the stock whence they are derived ? Why should the public take that which is the property of individuals ? And from these in quiries, thus made or suggested, spring the first in citements to share in the plunder. The remedy we should suggest i., that whenever dividends are unclaimed beyond a certain time, say this year, a list of such unclaimed dividends should be thrice published in the Gazette and in each of the London daily papers. That such list should contain the names and description of the parties appearing as owners of the stock, and the date when the first divi dend unclaimed became due; and, after such publication, repeated a proper number of times, a period fixed by law having: elapsed without a claimant and proof of right, the stock and dividend should be absolutely cancelled and appropriated to the public benefit. By this plan every relation of the party would have notice, within a time easy of proof, of their right; no suppression would be chargeable to the Government, fraud would be prevented, and all temptation to that talented trickery taken away, which delights in de ceiving those who appear only too eager to grasp at all that they can 'lay their hands upon. So long as information is withheld, which every party has a just right to, so long will ingenious clerks sell their means of obtaining it. A CHRISTMAS will be found, so long as it is worth while to pay him ; information will always fetch its price; and far better for society that JOSEPH ADYs should abound, openly proffering their twenty shillings' worth, than supplying in secret the means of plunder, and pandering to forgery and other crimes. The first anniversary dinner of the Governesses' Benevolent Institution took place on Saturday last at the City •f London Tavern. The object of this Society is three-fold—first, to assist governesses in temporary difficulties; secondly, to place money in the funds, from the interest of which permanent an nuities may be granted to aged governesses; and thirdly, to assist them in purchasing annuities for themselves. These objects, based as they are, on the truest principles of charity, cannot be too warmly commended ; nor are we acquainted with any public institution which puts forth more urgent claims on the support of all thoughtful, considerate, and liberal minded individuals. Justly and feelingly observed Mr. CHARLES DICKENS, who was present at the dinner, "he knew no member of society more useful or more honourable than the imparter of knowledge ; at the same time he knew none who was so generally despised, and whose talents were so ill-rewarded. Now, if this were true in general With what peculiar force did it apply to those un kind, ungenerous slights which patient merit of the unworthy takes' in the person of governesses ? It was very well to say that knowledge is power,' but how often did they forget that it was the source of weakness too ! Knowledge had not its right place in society, and he believed that it did not obtain a just recognition and reward anywhere." This is notori ously the fact in the case of governesses, who, though from the peculiar character of their very delicate and difficult vocation, they must necessarily be intelli gent, accomplished, and well versed in the art of imparting useful instruction, are but too often treated with contempt and indifference, and regarded in no higher light than that of a sort of upper servant. And yet the unfortunate individuals thus cavalierly dealt with, are many of them—as we see by the daily advertise inents—sprung from good families ; have known what it was in early youth to enjoy the luxuries of life and the pleasures of society; have been the objects of consideration, respect, and affection; but having "fallen from their high estate," by the improviden2e, or it may be, the ill-luck of their parents or guar dians, have been compelled to make those accom plishments administer to their necessities, which in better and happier days, were cultivated only for the sake of the refined, intellectual pleasure they af forded. Any institution which has for its object the improvement of the condition of these ill-starred in dividuals, deserves the cordial support of every real gentleman and every real lady. In advocating, as we have lately done, and as we shall still continue to do, the Ten Hours' Factory Bill—that righteous and equitable measure, which Lord AsuLur has thought fit to surrender, if not in so many express words, at least in effect—we have been influenced solely by a strong sense of humanity; and should deem that we were performing only half our duty, were we not, from the same vigilant regard to the rights of humanity to, advocate also the total and unqualified repeal of the accursed corn-law:— those laws, which for the enrichment, or fancied enrichment, of the Few, impoverish the Many ; which indirectly, if not directly, narrow the field of enterprise ; which cripple the powers . of industry, and hang like a mill-stone round the neck of the people, bowing their energies to the earth. It is in vain to hope that the situation of the poor operative and his toil-worn family can ever be materially or permanently improved till these laws, which are the disgrace of the Statute-book, are wholly abolished. A Ten Hours' Bill may do some thing towards ameliorating the sufferings of his lot in the manufacturing districts, and therefore it has our cor dial support—for we regard it as a sort of instalment of a great debt owing by the rich to the poor—but, after all, it is to the total abolition of the corn-laws only, that the oppressed and destitute operatives must look for substantial and lasting relief. We call, then, on all those who from motives of kindly and humane feeling have advocated the ultra-discreet Lord ASHLEY'S Bill, from the same. - gbnerous motives, to come forward and support the unqualified abrogation of the food-tax, when the question is next mooted in the House of Commons. The same sense of duty which induces them to support the one mea sure, should induce them also to support the other; for we cannot at all understand, or sympathise with, a one sided humanity, which can strain at such a gnat as a Ten Hours' Bill, while it can contrive to swal low such a camel as the own-laws. We have accounts from Madrid to the 14th inst. The new decree against the liberty of the press had come into operation, and had extinguished one jour nal, the Mantic), though a supporter of the Govern ment. In announcing the fact, it states, " the decree respecting the press having appeared yesterday, we must cease to appear to-morrow." The decree, it is said, was drawn up by BRAVO himself, who, while editor of a journal, was the most licentious and scur rilous writer in Spain. Some of the journals an nouncc the " glorious" capture of a Moorish boat by a detachment of militia, at Melilla, on the coast of Africa, when several Moors were killed and wounded. This contemptible Government seem anxious to go to war with Morocco to please France, and no doubt they will find a sufficient reason, if France finds the money. The Three per Cents. were done at 36} cash, 37 5-16 at 60 days, and the Fives at 23k at GO days. The Paris papers of Saturday are almost entirely occupied with the discussion in the Chamber of De puies on Friday, and the documents presented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs relative to the late transactions at Otaheite. M. BILLAULT, put for ward as is generally believed by M. TIIIERS, com menced the attack on M. GUIZOT (for against the " stranger" all the batteries of the Opposition are di rected), and after recounting the history of this con temptible and thread-bare subject, he said, " the Government, in striking at Admiral DUPETIT TROUARS, forgot the deeds of Queen PoMARE and the intrigues of the English agent. Your blow has only fallen on your own flag ; it would have been at least as just that Commodore NICOLAS should lose his command as that you should recal the French Admiral. This disavowal of the acts of an Admiral, known for his courage and his patriotism, will have the most disastrous effects. Whilst our seamen are afflicted by such a proceeding, they will meet the English officers, whose arrogance will be increased by the disgrace which has fallen on our Admiral, without affecting the Commandant of the Vindietive. I have heard that the English Consul has been re called. If that has been done by negotiation, I here demand that the documents connected with it be pro duced." In conclusion, he distinctly stated that in bringing forward the motion he had no idea of making it a Ministerial question, and the majority of the Chamber had determined to keep the present men in power until their unpopularity at home and their humility abroad brought about their. downfal. M. GUIZOT, however, cut the debate short in **brief speech, and laid at least thirty documents upon the table. As these must be read to be understood, the debate was closed and the Chamber broke up. The affair probably is at an end, for the French public it seems take little interest in the question, and as the Opposition profess their inability to turn out the Ministry no object can be served by, renewing the discussion. M. GUIZOT made a manly and straight forward speech in reply to M. BILLAULT. lie stated distinctly that there were two parties interested— the English and the French authorities—and that it was his bounden duty, as far as possible, to act impartially, and, at the same time, to withhold any documents that might have the slightest tendency to cause a bad feeling be tween the two countries. In adverting to the re peated attacks made on himself, he made a few re• marks which the ChamWr listened to with much attention. " When I first' entered this arena," said he, " I anticipated and accepted the certainty of many a struggle, many a casualty, many an injus tice, and many a trial ; but I confess I never expected what has taken place with respect to this question—l never thought that the truth could be misconceived or misrepresented to such a point Ido not, however, complain, nor am I astonished—there are, in fact, im putations which do not merit the honour of exciting astonishment. I have listened in silence to what has been said, and I shall reply as VI was not myself con cerned in the question. It doest not, I acknowledge, cost use any great effort to act thus—l pretend to no merit for remaining, in the midst of this discussion, tran quil and confident in the judgment of my country. I shall take the utmost care in what I am about to say, not to sin against any Parliamentary rule by any word direct or indirect. I prefer submitting to cer tain disagreeable matters, rather than, by picking them up with my own, to throw them back on those who have flung them against me."—(Loud cheers frequently interrupted the Minister, who, after some further remarks gave the following sound reasons for not producing all the papers):— " The inevitable consequence of their productions would have been to envenom the question, and cause irritation. I know that out of this assembly there are people who do not fear to raise hostile questions, who, on the contrary, seize on every opportunity to throw oil on the flame of discord ; for our own part, as friends o f peace, that is not a part of our po licy. I a t hasgran bees ele implied just now that thi s was not, in any sense,diplomatic discussi on . B u t, gen tl emen , it c e is impossible to close one's, eyes on facts ; no one can deny the lively interest that Is felt by a great number of people in England in this question, and the importance which on its own account alone it acquires with the Eng lish Government. We should have been blind, senseless, imprudent, not to have paid great attention to this ; •we have not on that account acted with complaisance towards England, but we have taken care not to irritate the question, nor to throw before the public details which would have ( nly tended to have inflamed passions, and it is for that reason we have stopped in communicating the details demanded.— (Approbation). But I will state another reason more spe cial, and not less powerful. The recal of the Consul Pritchard was just now spoken of. He is, in fact, recalled. He is removed to another post two or three hundred leagues from Otaheite.—(Murmurs on the Left). We wished for this, ; we opened no negotiations on the we have, therefore, no d ocumen t s t o pro d uce. subject but we ; I am astonished that we have met with a reproach on the subject." not ask i t The Funds on Saturday continued firm, the Five per Cents. closing at 122 f. 20c., and the Threes at 83f. 70e. TIIE BOURSE --- SATURDAY, APRIL 20. Fiat Highest Lowest Last Prise. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents•• •• •• 122 15 .• 122 20 .. 122 15 .. 122 15 Four per Cents • • •• • • 106 30 • • 10G 30 . • 105 GO .. 10G 30 Three per Cents.— "3183 83 70 83 75 83 Go 83 Go Bank of France— .• • • • • • ."..3100 —3098 75 ..3100 Belgian Bank ..• • ....... 690 .. 695 .. 690 .. 695 1841.-•••••••1110 —lllO ..1110 ..1110 Belgian Fives, 1831.. •••• • • • 103- 1 • • 103} • • 103 .. 103 1840 •• •• •• 106 1 .. 1061 .. 1061 .. 1061 1842 •• •• •• 108 .. 108 .. 103 .• 108 Spanish Active •••••• • • • • • • 3 4 1 • • 341 .. 341 34; Threes ••••••• • • • • • 36 1 • • 37 • • 361 • • 37 Passive .• •,• •••• • •• 61 .. 61 .. GI .. 61 Portuguese Five per Cents• • 451 • . 461 .. 451 .. 451 Neapolitan lOl 80 .. 102 05 .. 101 80 .. 102 05 Roman 106 .. 106 .. 106 .. 106 AILWAY SHARES. St. Gallia!' • • 832 50 832 50 .. 832 50 .. 832 50 e'er - allies, R.B. ............375 .. 375 .. 375 .. 375 L.B - 245 .. 240 .. 245 ltouen ...... Rouen to Havre 707 50 .. 707 50 • • 705 .. 705 Orleans .• • • • • • • • • • •• 933 75 955 .. 950 .. 953 75 Strasburg to Bale 280 .. 285 .. 200 .. 285 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain Versailles, R. 8.• ••• • • 378 75 .. 380 • • 378 75 .. 380 L. 8.• •• • Rouen Rouen to Havre ...... • ••• . 707 50 .• 707 50 .. 705 26 .. 706 25 Orleans Strasburg to Bale. . 280 .. 282 50 - 280 .. 282 50 Av:guon to Marseilles.- 765 • 765 762 50 • • 762 50 We have some reason to believe that Government, satisfied with having declared and vindicated the law in the case of the Irish State Trials, by obtaining a verdict, do not intend to proceed to sentence against the traversers. They feel, with the majority of the public, that it would be inexpe dient to go to such an extremity under the equi vocal circumstances attending the preparation of the jury panel, and the imputed misdirection of the Chief Justice.: 'We regret to learn that Sir James Duke is pre vented by severe illness from attending to his Parlia mentary duties. THE WEATHER.—Never in the memory of that venerable personage "the oldest man living," has such an April been known in this country. Formerly April was classed among the months of spring. This year it has been hitherto a summer month, and bids fair to preserve its character to the last. It is impos ,ible to imagine finer weather than we have at present in the metropolis. Westerly breezes, bright sunshine, a high temperature, generally 67 degrees in the shade at 2 P.M., the barometer above 30, every tree and shrub in full leaf, pear trees covered with the most luxurious blossom, and the blossom of the apple trees just coming into life, are only a few charac teristics of this splendid season. The colliers' strike and the mild weather have, fortunately for the p oor , come together. Every fire is extinguished, except where heat is required for culinary purposes ; the gay world have put on their summer dresses, pa rasols have taken the place of umbrellas, the cuckoo and swallow are come, and the very Cockneys are on the wing for their favourite summer retreats. The 1 kalends of May might have been appropriately cele- I Y brated on the Ist of April. We are glad .to find that SUMMAR OF NEWS in Belgium, France, and most parts of the Continent 6 the same weather prevails, and that there is every prospect of gooderops and a genial season. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, APRIL 19.—The Patriote publishes the follow ing statement ;—" A letter from Guatemala informs us that the spiritual head of the colony, Father Walle, had just re signed ; he has embarked with the French Consul, and re turns to Europe." 'We believe we may affirm that Father Walle returns to Europe on busin'ss concerning his order, which will probably oblige him to go to Rome, and that he has not had any occasion to resign his post. The Minister publishes in ten columns a report on the colony of St. Thomas, in Guatemala, describing the climate, the soil, the natural productions, &c. The report is on the whole very satisfactory. AND Vitbitt Optitton. :lONS Y AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, MONDAY EVENING. " Who runs. may read." Consols leave off firmly thii afternoon, and there has been a good business doing, though not by any means an extensive one. The latest bargains were at 99i both for Money and Time. All the other British Securities maintained the prices of the morning. The Foreign investments generally were steady, there being, however, but little speculation except in Spanish, which - left off at 251 -a for the Actives, and at 37+ for the Three per Cents. The .South American Bonds va ried but little. Mexican were at 354 for the Five per Cents., and 15i for the Deferred. Brazilian were 801, and Peruvian .291. The Dutch Two-and-a-llalf per Cents. improved to 604. The additional transactions in Railway. Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Derby were 39, Ditto Thirds, 41; Eastern Counties, 10i; Brighton, 6A- ; and Greenwich, 7i discount. Bristol and Exeter have been 34; Chester and Holyhead, 2i; Edinburgh and Glas gow, 161; Great Western, 37; Harwich, 1*; Liverpool and Manchester, 1211; Ditto Half, 58i; Newcastle and Darlington, 23 to 1; South-Eastern, 3i to 21; Ditto Scrip, 5,1- ; Whitehaven and Maryport, 1i; York and North Midland, 67 to 68; Ditto Scarborough Branch, 161 to 16; Paris and Orleans, 171 1; Paris and Rouen, 171 premium. Union Bank of Australia Shares were I premium. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY IVIORNING-, APRIL 23, 1644, (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday had a quiet appearance. Sales only 3,000 bales. Prices were with out alteration. Nothing of importance 'occurred in the Railway Share Market :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 921 ; Caledonian, 54 ; Dublin and Cashel, 5 ; Great Western, 1121 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 71 ; Birmingham, 228 ; Brigh ton, 44; Manchester and Birmingham, 51#; Newcastle and Darlington, 414 ; Paris and Lyons, 21. 18s. 6d. ; Ditto and Orleans, 364; South Eastern 36/. There are late accounts from Australia this morning. The dates from Sydney are to the 21st December, and from Port Philip to the Ist December. It does not appear that any favourable change had taken place in tke commercial markets ; but still it is said there were some symp toms of improvement. The exportation of the new clip of wool was proceeding with very consi derable activity, and as the accounts received - out of the state of the market in Great Britain for the fleece were extremely favourable, a most sanguine expectation was en tertained that a better state of things would soon prevail. The flock-masters were more anxious, however, to improve the condition of their wools, and not without reason, gene rally speaking, as very many are the complaints made upon this point by the buyers here. Labour at Sydney was scarce, and the fact that about 1,000 to 1,500 free settlers were known to be on their pas sage out, rather depressed wages. In the interior, however, there was plenty of employment, if the means were found by the Governor to send settlers forward. A reduction in the value of the Government lands was called for. The natives still showed a bold front, but had not done much da mage: There was a proposition on foot for a general combi nation against the aborigines, so as to put them at once hors de combat. The Port Philip accounts are rather better as to trade. From New Zealand we learn that the Brigand had put into Newcastle, on their way to the Hebrides, and, the na tives coming on board, a fight ensued with the crew. The former were only got rid of after the loss of seventeen whites. Tie reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., upon the terms proposed by the Finance Minister, has beets all but. completed. On Saturday afternoon the books for assents to the plan, as respecting the Stock of 1818, were shut, and after the Accountants-General in Bankruptcy and Chancery have assented, as they will do before the Bth July, the sum required to pay off objections will not amount to 40,0001. or thereabouts. The dissents to the reduction by holders of the other Three-and-a-Half per Cents. scarcely exceed 60,0001.—50, to carry out this great scheme, money pay ments of about 100,0001., or of 120,000/., only will be re quired. The result is most extraordinary, and will excite the surprise of the financiers of France and of civilised Europe. The market for Consols has reached par again this morning, both for Money and the Account, but now they are *to per cent. lower. A good deal of business has been transacted this morning, and the market looks very firm. The Government brokers bought about 30, - 000/. deduced Three per Cents. at 99k. Exchequer Bills remain 6in at 745. to 765. premium. India Bonds at 915.; to 935, premium, and the New Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Annuities at 10.3 k i. Bank Stock for Account is at 197 ; and India Stock at 289/. A fair demand has prevailed for the Foreign funds this morning. Spanish Consols have reached 25d4 ; the Three per Cents., 371 3 ; Belgian, 105 ; Portuguese Converted 463 ; and Dutch Five per Cents., 100/ The South American Bonds are not much in demand. A limited amount of business has been transacted in Shares, and the prices are in general somewhat lower than they were yesterday. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 20.—There has been rather less activity in our market. Our sales are as under :—Manchester and Leeds, 111 ; Barnsley Junction, 3 ; Paris and Orleans, 363 ; South-Eastern, 36 ; Ditto, New, 10 ; Preston and Wyre, 15 ; North British, 3 1-16 ; Manchester and Birmingham,- 52k; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 10k. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. _ Bank Stock .... "... ... 11)6 j Indian Stock 289% pm. 1 per Cent. Ited. "., `" " 9144 Ditto Bonds 93 pm 3 per Cent. Cons 3% per Cent. Re] ..... New 3% per Cent lO3 Ex. Bills, 1,000/. 1%d... 74 pm. New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001 Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 76 pm. Jan. 1860 1:2% Bank Stock for Acct.... 197 Oct. 1859 l2 5.116 Consols for Acct lOO Jan. 1860 ....... ..... 'lndia Stock for Acct 990% FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent — iPortuguese,s per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent IC4% Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds BO% Prussian, 5 per Cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... I Russian, 5 per Cent 117% t.bllian, 0 per Cent ....... ..... Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent 37 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto, Deferred l5 D.inish, 3 per Cent — French, 51 er Cent....... --f. —c. Greek, 18 5, 5 per Cent — 'Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 Dutch, 2% per Cent 6O Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... :Ditto, 5 per Cent lOO SHARES. Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) 6l Ditto Thirds (25 paid) Bristol and Exeter (.0 paid) Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) 7% Eastern Counties (23 paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) 6% Great Western (75 paid) Harwieh (Braithwaite) (2 paid) Liverpool and Manchester (100 paid) 221 Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich (12t. Ks. 4d. paid) 5% Birmingham and Manchester 51% Newcastle and Darlington Junction (18 paid) South Eastein and Dover (3312 s 4d paid) Ditto 'Jew Shares ( 4 paid) a York and North Midland (50 paid) llB York and Scarborough Branch (IN paid) • 18% Paris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) 57% COURT CIRCULAR. - - - - - Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday, and partook of a dejeune with her Ma jesty and Prince Albert, their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, and his Serene Highness the Prince of Lein ingen, at Buckingham Palace. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen paid visits yesterday (to take leave) to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at Marlborough House, and to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, and the other members of the Royal Family. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yesterday in a carriage. Her Majesty went to Buckingham Palace, and also paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at Clarence House, St. James's. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the Royal. Gardens of Bockirghani Palace. The Royal Family were taken their accustomed airings yesterday. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, Lads Anna Maria Dawson, the Earl of Liverpool, and Lord and. Lady Wham cliffe. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma jaesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. her Royal Highness the Duchess - of Gloucester, and their Serene Highnesses the Prince of Leiningen and Prince Edward of. Saxe 'Weimar, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Sir Henry Hardinge, and Sir Edward Knatchbull. The Council sat an hour and a half. His Majesty the King of Hanover bas been most gra ciously pleased to present to Mr. Sheriff Moon, by the hand of his Minister Plenipotentiary, Count Kielmansegge, a most splendid sapphire ring, surrounded with brilliants, in ac knowledgment of a fine original portrait drawing, by the late Sir Thomas Lawrence, of his Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Hanover. Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy- Governor, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches from the Governor of the Mauritius were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. - Dispatches were also received yesterday from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and from the Governors of New South Wales and Sit rra Leone. ATIONALANIMALS' FRIEND SOCIETY OF EXETER HALL AND MARK-LANE.—The officers of the above Society have exerted themselves much during the Easter holidays; they having prosecuted no less than twelve cases of wanton cruelty at Stepney and Greenwich fairs, all of whom were severally fined from five to ten shillings. RELEASE OF CHARTIST PRISONERS.—Four Chartists, named William Moorhouse, John Fairhurst, Robert Wild, and James Wild, were liberated from Knutsford House of Correction on Thursday last, about four months before the expiration of the term of their imprisonment. These parties were tried before Lord Abinger, at the Chester Assizes, 1842, on charges of sedition, &c., arising out of the part they took at various meetings near Hyde during the great turn-out factory operatives. FATAL GIG Accinuisr.--Yesterday, a feW mi nutes before twelve, A.M., Mr. John Standon, livery-stable keeper, of William-street, New-cut, Lambeth, expired in Charing-cross Hospital. It appears that the unfortunate deceased was, on Friday last, driving a gig along Regent street, in company with a friend, when the horse suddenly took fright, and started off at the top of his speed. His friend jumped from the vehicle and escaped with a few slight ' bruises only, but Mr. Standon was thrown out with consider able violence when opposite the Duke of York's column, and, pitching upon his head, he sustained a fracture of the skull. of which he died yesterday. The gig was shattered to atom's by its coming in contact with the lamp-post. FOR.EXGIT. The Prince de Joinville arriTecratl3rest about eight in the evening of M&nday, and went to the residence of the Mari.: time Prefect. He declined all formal reception. M. Dillon, the French Consul at Newcastle, has written to the Commissaire-General of Havre, to say, that "in cense que::ce of the turn-out of the colliers in the north of Eng land (Northumberland and Durham), there is every reason to believe that, for the next month or five weeks, all expor tation of coals from Newcastle, Sunderland, Stockton, Har tlepool, Seaham, and Blyth, must be of necessity suspended. M. Dillon prays him to communicate this fact to the manu facturers of his arrondissement," Ducros, the assassin of Mme. Senepart; was executed on Saturday morning at the Barriere Saint-Jacques, in presence of an immense multitude. He died very penitent. His last words to the Abbe Months, who was with him, were—" Con sole my pooor father." The Castellano of Madrid states that Father Fulgencio is to come to France, on a secret mission, which the Infanta •Luisa Carlota confided to him in her last moments. A Madrid letter of the 13th informs us that the condemna tidn of the Deputies who are in prison in Madrid is fully ex pected, but that the Government intends to mitigate the sentence. Tite determination to try these gentlemen by a military commission is censured by all persons in the capital except the friends and adherents of Ministers, and a strong impression prevailed that it was resolved beforehand to find them guilty, whatever proof they might offer of their in nocence. I correspondent of the Universal German Gazette writes froM Vienna on the 10th instant ;—" Letters from Tarnopol, in Galicia, state that a child belonging to a Christian family having disappeared, the people believed that it had been stolen by the Jews, and made a sacrifice at their Feast of the Passover. Viol Ont attacks were made upon the Israelites, but it was shortly after made known that the child, having received correction from its parents, had run away, and taken refuge in a neighbouring village, where it was found alive and well." The Courrier Francais says—" We have been assured that the question of the right of search is arranged with England, and that the Ministry of October 29 keeps the news in re serve, in order to make use of it in case of urgency. Accord ing to this arrangement, France is to be at liberty to let the treaties fall into disuetude, by abstaining from renewing the warrants of the cruisers." The Official Gazette of Warsaw publishes an Imperial Uklse, dated the 12th ult., withdrawing the Polish Five per Cents. from circulation, and giving to the holders of that stock the option of having them converted into Four per Cents., or of taking their nominal value in money. Arrange- ments for this reimbursement or conversion, to be commenced on the 4th inst., were made at the Bank of Poland and the Treasury. The police, having received information that a house painter, who was condemned to five years' imprisonment in January, 1840, as au accomplice in the attempts of the 13th and 14th May, 1830, but who had escaped from the central prison at Douliens, and got over to England, had returned to France, instantly endeavoured to discover his hiding-place, and recaptured him in the morning of the 14th inst; at Sevres. PIXSCELLATIEO us. The Orange organ, the Dublin Evening Mail, says a report prevails that it is not the intention of the Attorney-General to insist on sentence being passed on O'Connell and others, in the event of the Court pronouncing judgment, until Mr. O'Connell's threatened writ of error shall have been disposed of by appeal to the House of Lords ; but adds, that as this would be " a violation of all rule and principle—an abandon ment, in fact, of the whole proceedings—they can scarcely suppose such a thing to be in contemplation." - There appears, however, to be some truth in the report, as will be seen from the proceedings in the Queen's Bench on Saturday. It is the intention of the Land Commission to present a short report this session, and on the return of its members to Dublin, steps will be taken for preparing the document. The annual dinner of the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland took place in the hotel at Salt-hill on Thursday even ing. Amongst those present were his Grace the Duke of Leinster, the Earl of Charlemont, tii e High Sheriff, and many others. A special train was left at their disposal to re-convey them to town. The rumoured dismissal of Mr. Stipendiary Grey is con firmed, the Government, or, rather, Colonel M'Gregor, who refused to sanction a system which would degrade the police into spies, deserves credit for the promptitude and energy with which the case of the poor printers was taken up and carried out. _ _ _ Report says that Mr. G. E. AMOR (the private secretary to his Royal Highness Prince Albert) will shortly be ap pointed to the situation of private secretary to the Queen. It may not be generally known that the Baroness Lehzen acted in this capacity in the household of the Sovereign up to the period of her retirement, now about eighteen months ago. A belief prevails in the best informed quarters that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he brings forward the budget on Monday next, will propose a considerable reduc tion of the sugar duties. Deputations frqm Birmingham, Bristol, Hull, Plymouth, Coventry, and Southampton, had an interview, by appoint ment, with Sir James Graham, at half-past two o'clock yester day, for the purpose of making such representations as they hope will induce him to exempt all parishes having Local Acts of Parliament, from the operation of the Poor-law Amendment Act. THE IRISH STATE TRIALS. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, DUBLIN, SATURDAIL APPLICATION OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL TO POSTPONE THE NEW TRIAL MOTION. At twenty minutes pat three the ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose, and applied to the Court that the motion for a new trial, which stood for Monday next, should be postponed, in asmuch as he had conceived it to be his duty to cause the Clerks of the Peace to be served with a notice, setting forth certain charges in the affidavits of the traverirrs, as to the loss of -the names of the jurors, in order to ascertain whe ther they would swear affidavits in reply, and calling upon them for answer by twelve o'clock to-day. To that notice he (the Attorney-General) had received no answer; and he could not decide as to the filing of affidavits on the part of the Crown in reply until he ascertained whether the Clerks of the Peace had answered the statements in the affi davits or not. Mr. Justice CRAMPTON (who seemed not to understand the Attorney-General) said—Have not the affidavits yet beer 4 flied ? Mr. Justice PERRIN—The Attorney-General does not allude to Mr. Mahony's affidavit. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Mr. Mahony's affidavit has been filed. We received a copy of it yesterday morning. Mr. Justice BURTON—Can the motion come on on Tuesday ? Mr. Bourne, Clerk of the Crown, read the order of the last day, fixing the motion for Monday next. Mr. MONAHAN, Q.C., suggested that the order should be discharged generally, and the notice stand in the list without any day being fixed—when the Attorney-General had the affidavits filed, to give twenty-four hours' notice. The order for the new trial motion on Monday was then discharged, and stands generally on the list—the Attorney General to give twenty-four hours' notice. Swallows have made their appearance, and the' cuckoo's note has been heard in various parts of the country. THE PITMEN'S STRIKE.—A Correspondent at Sun derland writes—" During the present week, notwithstanding' the strike of the pitmen, several hundreds of chaldrons of, coals have been conveyed down the Durham and Sunderland Railway for shipment at Sunderland. A great number of chaldrons have also been conveyed by the Lambton and Hetton Railways for shipment in the Wear, so that the coal markets, as vet, are not likely to be affected with short sup plies ; and before any scarcity is felt it is to be hoped the misguided pitmen will return to their work."—Durham Ad. AN UNWELCOME VISITOR.—On Sunday morn ing considerable alarm was occasioned in various parts of Westminster, by the appearance of a cow, which had escaped from its owners in the neighbourhood of the Horse ferry-road, and which, being followed by a crowd of boys, was driven to madness, indiscriminately attacking all those who attenapted to oppose its course. Through gross miscon duct on the part of those persons who had it in charge, for nearly two hours did the wretched animal attempt to out run its pursuers, visiting in turn all the principal streets from Pall-mall to Tothill-street. About twelve o'clock the animal, then nearly exhausted, ran down Parliantent-street towards the Treasury, at which time there could not have been less than 2,000 persons following it, shouting and hal looing in a manner truly disgraceful. Avoiding Whitehall the poor beast turned short into Privy-gardens, and, finding the garden-gate of the Premier (Sir Robert Peel) standing open, immediately took refuge therein, to the no small alarm of the attendants in the hall. The gates were instantly closed by those who followed, and one or two of the most venturesome, who were provided with ropes, scaled the rail ings, and attempted to secure the animal. In this they Were unsuccessful, for, impatient of confinement, the cow, after a moment's pause, cleared the gate at a bound, and again pur sued her way towards Charing-cross. Before, however, she had proceeded many yards, a butcher contrived to cast the noose of a long coil of rope over her horns, and with some difficulty she was drawn up against the railings, and ultimately made fast. Several other cows were then brought to the spot, and the poor animal, who had serieuslyinjured itself in endeavouring to break away from the railings, was led, bleeding and almost exhausted, homewards. There were no less than thirty policemen among those in pursuit, and they had the greatest difficulty in keeping the crowd out of danger. Fortunately no accident of importance occurred. JOB AND POSTMASTERB.—We perceive that a dinner is to be given at the Freemasons' Tavern on Tuesday, the 30th instant, to celebrate the formation of the Job and Postmasters, Coach Proprietors, Horse Dealers, and Livery stable Keepers of England Provident Fund. A large number of honest and respectable men of these several callings have been utterly ruined b3' the decline of the posting business, arising from the rapid increase of railways and a variety of circumstances over which they had no control; we have, therefore, much pleasure in calling the attention of the public to this excellent society, which is deserving of every encou ragement. The chair is to be taken by the Hon. Mr. P. S. Pierrepont. The President of the Society is the Duke of Richmond; and, amongst the Vice-Presidents, we find the names of the Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl Manners, the Earl of Rosalyn, the Earl of Stradbroke, the Earl of Pem broke, the lion. P. S. Pierrepont, the Right Hon. H. M. Pierrepont, Lord Worsley, Sir John Tyrell, B ar t . , Si r Bel lingham Graham, Bart., H. Handley, )sq., M.P., and se veral other gentlemen of sporting or agricultural celebrity, Under such distinguished patronage we should hope that the Society cannot but succeed in carrying out the benevolent object to the fullest extent. An inquest was held on Saturday at the Carlisle Arms, Queen-street, Soho, on the body of Gustave Boudry, aged 46, a native of Switzerland, and who formerly carried en an extensive business as a watchmaker in Frith -street. The deceased for some time had been under pecuniary ern barra.ssinent, which appeared to prey upon his mind, and which, no doubt, induced•him to terminate his existence by hanging himself. About three years ago the deceased at tempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat. A wife and four children are left destitute by the event. The jury returned a verdict of Insanity. An inquest was held on Saturday at St. Bartholo mew's Hospital, on the body of William Henry Triptee, aged 13 years, the son of a silk-weaver, who was killed by the cab of Mr. Turner, of No. 22, Tree-court, Temple, passing over his head. It did not appear that Mr. Turner was driving rapidly at the time; and that gentleman said he was not aware of the melancholy occurrence until his cab was stopped. The accident occurred near Bow Church. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death. Mr. Turner promised to do everything for the family that their circumstances demanded. His Majesty the Emperor of Austria will go in the course of this month to the Lettorale, and especially honour Trieste with a visit. This journey has revived the report of intended changes in the present division - and"' administration of that part of the empire. THE THEATRES. PRURY-LAIVE. " venice,: s Benedict's new grand opera, the Brides of he O • produced at this theatre last evening, with t triumphant success. The opera is founded on dent in Venetian history, which occurred during reign of the Doge Candiano IL; and which is th us re lated in the "Sketches from Venetian History;"-- "Under Candiano 11., occurred one of those eventArng; vividly depict the manners of the age to which th e y be ajoet and which, though affecting individuals rather than a a,, con • excite, nevertheless, very powerful interest, and alices',e, nett history with romance. According to an ancient af'e.: the marriages among the chief families at Venice were b o ps brated publicly. The same day and the Ore! the witnessed the union of numerous betrothed; ail. ri of Eve of the Feast at the Purification, on the real - 0 1 1 4 which the Republie gave .portions to twelve it maidens, was the season of this joyous anniversary' was to Olivolo, the residence of the Patriarch, o n te a : treme verge of the city, that the ornamented gondol is ; Li a paired on this happy morning. There, hailed by inu s dise r the gratulations of their assembled kindred, the lovers o f o f barked ; and the festive pomp, swelled by a leag, friends, richly clad, and bearing with them, in prowl """` i to the jewels and nuptial presents of the brides, proceeootrtea the-Cathedral.--The pirates of Istria had long eked this. peaceful show as affording a rich promise et . for, at the time of which we are writing, the arse n 6' i i v ol , its surrounding mansions were not yet in existence, ,rhoeil was untenanted, except by priests, and its neigitb ° ":,the was entirely without inhabitants. In these deserted sP°''o'r,y; corsairs laid there on ambush the night before the ceren2 v,; and while the unarmed and unsuspecting citizens s'iZi f iLl engaged in the marriage rites before the altar, a r x u, - t cot' . ferocious troop burst the gates of the Cathedral. -' t) the ir tent with seizing the costly ornaments which becta n t ro vo prize, they tore away also the weeping brides, and hurried them to their vessels. Th e dee plY had honoured the festival with his presence, and,. touched by the rage and despair of the disappointeesse;o. grooms, he summoned the citizens to arms. Ilasti l Y e d I ' Wing such galleys as covert in the harbour, they profit tbeY favourable wind; and ook the ravishers before..o were extricated from the Lagune of Caorla. Caricli tr ieto the attack t and, such was its fury, that not a single - 0 wer e escaped the deftth which he merited.. The maiden s s ole brought back in triumph ; and on the evening of the (10 ,0 day, the interrupted rites were solemnised with joy, n. ° ,, much heightened by a remembrance of the peril talc' so well nigh prevented their completion." f Da d Such is the incident on which Mr. Benedict has 6 °ll r ip and heart- Doge his opera, and it must be confessed that the rea te re e have been worked out itea most artist-like manner; g things were expected of him, and he has realised, expectations which were entertained. The Brick'n,c,. Venice is decidedly the best thing that Zir r ' i , t 3 nedict has yet done, The opera was et:O ulu :0 by the talented composer, who, on his aPP eitil i o in the orchestra, was greeted with loud applause froi very crowded house—a compliment which he gralo acknowledged. The overture, which is a very and, at the same time, a very artist-like come s f i rst was deservedly honoured with an encore. .f i , s o o scene opens in a villa belonging to Count Orio P",, 0 es , (Borrani), a Venitian noble, of broken fortune, " blot become a pirate chief. In the foreground are Ire around which priests and nobles are seated, who tyt bacchanalian chorus. Soranzo enters, and we 'ear/ the he is a suitor for the hand of Francesca Moro sin richest ,heiress in Lombardy. He quits loon, accompanied by his friends, for the co. table, and Naama (Mrs. Alfred Shaw) e frog ) Naama is an Arab girl, who, having freed Soracz°o4ll, his captivity among the Turks, has followed him ° A A, 01 the world disguised as his Page—the Kaled, in this Venetian Lara. From an aria in this scene' j e er° was beautifully given by Mrs. Alfred Shaw, who to that Soranzo has deserted the Arab maiden, Y.i o esi was his, but who, so far from being ac t u ated bYJ'froo of Francesca, determines if possible to shield he r jet ter him. Soranzo enters, and receives from Naan 33 3 0 0 0, informing him of the rejection of his suit by Free,, ro to who has affianced herself to the Count Alberto. SY to is' desires Naama once again to seek Francesca, en u tho t form her that he will obey her wishes, but will seek her once more ' to bid her Iwo' The next scene is laid in the Morosini Palace. 1, re cesca (Miss Romer), weary of the long delay I m ii e rele r turn of Alberto from an expedition which he ha° to het taken against the Istrian pirates, gives utterance .00 feeling, in a beautiful romanza, at the cot:wi th : v ier* which several ladies enter, each with a basket of o° ,oel to greet the bride elect on her nuptial morning,' l , is O il ! sing' the chorus " G oo d m o rrow , l a dy rare ," wi ll t,e 4s l of the most beautiful thin gs i n th e o p era , and T his rapturously applauded and loudly encored. tsV A beautiful chorus was one of those things wh ic ,, l r este", an audience, as it were, by storm. I t - , t ece i s . ; an intense excitement, and from that moment th i e" bv t 0,„" of the opera was secure. This was followeu, beautiful air, " Oh, tell me not of sadness," delt - d sung by Miss Romer, and the chorus, which " - diele much applauded. Naama enters, to crave a last etI L ib eete for Soranzo, and is immediately followed bY (Harrison), who has returned to claim his britiosili feated, not a conquering, soldier. He is in 3 r? „ 9 followed by Soranzo, in whom he recog 1118 ) , pirate chief, and Leontio (Mr. G. Horncast%oe; lieutenant of the pirates ; and a quintette 00 between Alberto, .Francesca, Naama, Soren z° ' s ci t . Leontio. This quintette is perhaps the 1t0 5 "e....-,r tific piece of composition in the whole olle r . n otri r vocal parts are written with great care, and th e , po st mentation is full and complete. This compesi ti°li tt ed would stamp Mr. Benedict's fame as a composer, to was given by all concerned in the most con 2 1: 1 1,4 0 00 1° ' perfect manner possible. Soranzo, Leontio, and M a l o ne' quit the palace, leaving Franc e sca and Alber t° 011- and the scene concludes with a ballad by Alberto'o, tear should repose." This is one of those ebnP s i l iee s i thetic ballads, in the singing of. which Harrie °l !„ e , It was completely within the compass of his I.°l #l ;ioe s Y; of course he sang it exquisitely, and was rse,i,,P encored. The next scene, which was the last el" o r; act, was gorgeous in the extreme. The scene view rented the shores of the Adriatic, with l iyas e°' of St. Georgio Maggiore and Porto 4 „1 er . Venice. Naama enters, and in a beautiPott manza, "By the sad sea waves," giv e° i s ers b i t i ante to her feelings of despondency at her ni ..;(01 0 `) fate. This, which is certainly the most beal l 'Alfi; e ,,, composition in the opera, was given by M rs ' cr Shaw with exquisite pathos and expression. ,Y u gy . P ir rich deep tones told admirably in this beano ) okr, thetic composition, which was listened to with br e d. silence, and, at its conclusion, rapturously encore idej peasants enter to view the Procession of the 13r • t e 0 4 !: Venice, and among the peasantry the pirates.lllolll ranzo at their head, enter in disguise. A 15 04 11 ,7 heard at a distance—the music gradually sP,,, l r ee ri o j e and the Procession of the Brides enters. " s -cession of the Brides is by far the most gorgeous 5 , that has ever been produced even at this theatre;r4ir all 0; stage is crowded with banner-bearers, fl° * `. l soldiers, and clergy. The Doge and recedetik vice tend in the richest costumes, and p t i ll e vo iki s i r e brides, who, attired in white with veils, att n . under.a magnificent canopy, close the proces , wis jo t. bridal chorus, " Strew, strew, joyously," whicilecel.l,l3o - into this scene, is a most brilliant comr, s ' s ral`o is, in our opinion, the gem of the opera. itn,"htl Pi rously applauded, and, of course, encored. n e je e 13 ::e enter, beat off the Venetians, and, seizing thel? 1 : 1 f i r st them away to their ships. This concludes W e n ds/ P . 5 The second act opens in one of the Istrian is lil d• o iro te i k court-yard of the Castle of Soranzo. Grote rt 'is• ,hs are discovered, who sing a characteristic rll° , "" to storm comes on. A vessel is Been ltd";oco n " ou t : „g offing. She drives on shore, and the P'irates plunder her. Naama enters from t,te castle, 0 „. 1 ' ,0 0- 0 0 up to the turret door, opens it, s.,d releases -r ` fi - iill s In this scene there is a song, " The smile dis t ' t og a s' woman's cheek," which vas very beautifully 0 ,1 pr Mrs. Alfred Shaw, arid" a duet, " Like the s te rote died away," by Mrs. Alfred Shaw and g iss iott The last is a very exqu i s i te comPes4ts,va cu res was done full j us ti ce t o b y M rs. Alfredn,h' pilot? Miss Romer, and was d eserve dl y encore d. t.;b t return, and Francesca re- en t ers the tur r ' brotietbs pirates lay the body of Alberto, which they h s A r leav e re' in with them, on one o f th e gun - carr i a g e s, m 1 1, 4 '01 1 3' 0 4 Count to plunder the wrec k. ; 'Alb er to gr'": billit o s) vives, and is joined by N aama, w h o rec ognise:, of '''„,`"o offers to conduct h im t o F rancesca, i n purs °l- beeto Alberto was sailing when he was w recked on i tll e for In this scene Mr. Harrison was encored i n ien plereis "At noon upon the beach I stood," a prettl ,40. :;of lody, which was admirably su it e d to his pirates enter, and Alberto, acting under the lJas Naama, consents to join the band, and goes 157. ` t pi pse i .,,. into the castle. The pi ra t es , l e ft to tlyeetv•pf discuss the conduct of their chief, and 00 1°11 _, 1 0 , to go in a body to him, a n d t o d eman d a fai r , o l ;roey o bv the booty. The scene then changes to an 1111 „ Lons , b eelA the castle, Soranzo enters, an d is joined by 0 0 receives orders to carry food t o Frapcesca, ss fetiog removed from the turret to a place of gro iter c ,stle• fro/ dungeon under the banquettin g - room of the e ": 0 th e e st' closing scene of the oper a is quite a novelty lterres, of scenic effect. It i s , in fact, a double seept; dn e f ing the banquetting-room above and T l lighie", beneath. In the laauquetting-room, which ° ors n 'aer is an antique eabinet, which opens, and il i t lcts eret staircase communicating with the coed,o , neath, in which Francesca is confined. Ni ul „:7, deep' Alberto by the secret staircase to Frane es ;bove . .;,, D ott and joins Soranio in the banquetting - ro nw f the '", piratea enter and insist on an equal divisionhee, dove Sprang° goes by the secret staircase int°, t peel, lie is followed by the pirates, and -u e fe• Alberto, guided by Naama, ascend ?Ig is bloc into the banquetting-room. A catinonichngo4oo The Venetian galleys approach. The ~ cs r ictie ' room is filled with troops, and the Pireanterer. 0 r in the dungeon, are forced to su r i r e , o sie r ' opera ends with a grand rondo fin s Os 'oen °ewe, which was given most effectively bleu se. and the curtain fell amidst the loudest t4'P l e d by diet was called for, and appeared, accomPan' we re woo, Romer, Mr. Harrison, and Borrani. Th e Y s il e cl fc i . r t ' o if. 3 " applauded. Mrs. Alfred Shaw was them C t e ntP . t he t o i n c a b il e y i . n g le d Th e o o n p b e y r a Choaosp beener, w most spendid manner and it reflects the hig_ i _! o " t bst putas reucepiovnedere:esttaperealtiolitvo:. all concerned in its production. Its success v i v otib hot' cal and triumphant, and there can be 11 ?„,, u e bon° it will run to the end of the season. crowded in every part. tt this Mr. Farren, after li _.;._..------- turous applause.red il" house last night A A, 17loMngABillKneEss,T.re.PP,1,a; itosCerfibPii _ . , t h al .0 , lannddee"d'asstrtecchejuv,cals I t v h i e til w 7r niave I titer reception_ . that we were almost afraid it ' nigh: jr „l vl., duced a relapse. He went through the par bestl"fie • manl o in the curtain or Scandal, in hissaid „t and when the fell he was called for I ll ; siastically. Having answered the summons, ll Go rla° . he felt that moment as the proudest in`his life.. iii . e -gotei and bouquets were strewed in abundance ofl ' and the scene was altogether most gratifying' .-Brl- ti on L fron lip t mo t th e wiel me Of !Oa