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C o Iminedlittely, in 3 vols., post Bvoo IN G S B Y: • THE NEW GENERATION. Ey B. DISRAELI, Esq., M.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. Edited; with an Historical Introduction, 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."—Bri tannia. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street Now ready, in one handsome volume, Bvo., 154. bound, T lIE MILITARY ANNUAL For 1844. By the Author of " The Artillerist's Manual," &c. Every effort hats been exerted to render this work a truly useful military compendium, and a welcome adjunct to the library of every °Ulcer. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., LEVER'S ARTHUR O'LEARY, Ills WANI4EIIINGS AND PONDERINGS IN MANY LANDS. Edited by his Friend, HARRY LORREQUER, AND ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Henry Colburu, Publisher, 13, Groat Marlborough-street. M' HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, APRIL 20, Will be performed Rossiers Ora, entitled SEMIRAMIDE, _ Semiramide, Mad. Grisi; ArS3Ce, Mdlle. Favanti ; Idreno, Sig. Corelli ; Assur, Sig. Fornasari ,• and Oroe, Sig. Lablache. To conclude with the Ballet of GISELLE. Principal Characters.—Giselle, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Bertha, Madame Copere; Bathilda, Mdlle. Ferdinand • Myrtha, . Mdile. Sclieffer ; the Prince of Courland, M. Gosselin ; Ifilarfon , M. Coulon; WitPrid, M. Gouriet ; Noblemen, MM. Venafra and Bertram; and the Duke of Silesia, M. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Otlic•.., Opera Colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, APRIL 20, Will be performed the opera of the BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Aralselin, Mr. Borrani• Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Devllshoof, Mr. Stret:on ; Arline, ' Miss Rainforth ; Queen of theliipsies, Mi s Betts. • After which will be repeated a New Ballet, entitled LADY HEN. RIETTA ; or, The Statute Fair. Lyonn 1, M. ; Walter, Mr. Howell; Sir Tristram, Mr. O'Bryan ; Queen Anne. Miss O'Bryan ; Lady Henri. tta, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn; Nancy, Miss C. Webster; Mina, Miss Carson. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 5... Second Price 38.; Pit 3s , Second Price Middle Gallery 25., Second Price Is. ;- Upper Gallery Is., Second Price (id. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKEL Mit. BENJAMIN WEBSTF.R. LESSEE. THIS EVENING, APRIL 20, Will he performed the Comedy of SPRING AND AU fUMN; or '1 he liride of Filly. Sir Simon Slack, Mr. Strickland; Mrs. Gene ral Da tmouth, Mrs. (',lover. After which, a. New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bari, Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis Leech, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs Humby. To be lollowed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra vaganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, An Even ng with Puff: Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mat h ews, Mr. J. bLnd, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs, Glover, MISS P. Horton, and Miss Lee. 'co conclude with the Extraordinary Performances of Professor RISLEY and his „INFANT SON, surnamed Le Petit Mercure." Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 58. ; Pit, :'s. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper M Gallery, M. Doors opened at Halt-past Six, and the Performances cumme . .ce at Seven • Mr. W. Farren will appear on Monday, April 22, as Sir Peter Teazle, in the Stthocil lot Scandal. l,ckets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box &lice, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STak.:EL LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MAUI)OX. THIS EVENING, APRIL 20, Will be performe I GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Swellington, Mr W. Lacy; Mrs. Swellington, Mills Noel ; Betty, Miss Brool.s. After whi. h, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. To he followed by . a New Farce, in One Act, entit'ed THE YOUNG SCAMP; or, My Grandmother's Pet. Joseph, Miss Fortescue; Mr. Morris Barnett. To conclude with a new Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, cal'cd FAIR STAR ; or THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE DANCING WATERS. The principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Oxbarry, Mrs. H. P. grattan, and Miss Fortescue. THEA IRE R9YAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA- HOUSE. Cnder the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, APRIL 0, Will le repeated the New Ccrnerlietta, in Two Acts, entitled II ASTY CONCLUSIONS. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Mathews, F. Vining. Emery, Miss F.irbrother, and Mrs 'Keeley. A Ref which. MY WIF F.'S OUT. Principal Characters by Mr. Keeley. Mr Wigan, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Keeley. 'ro be follnwed by a New Drama, in One Act, called THE POST OF HONOUR. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch, J. Collier, SLnton, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the Theatre Royal, Adelphi, her first appearance at this Theatre), and Miss Grove. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Burlesque Fairy Extra manila, called OPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. Cha ructins by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Mi,s Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF' ADMISSION—First Price—"oxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 25.; Upper Boxes, Is 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony 1 ier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas Private Poxes on the Second her (ho'iling eight persor.s), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit (ler (holding six persons), One Guinea. Free Ad mission 'rickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Nightly Transferrable Free Tickets (for the fint forty nights), Three Guineas. Doors open at Half past :ix. Performances begins at Seven o'Clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Tetunphant Success of the Grand National Spectacle. THIS EVENING, APRIL 20, WIC be reratcd the Historical Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIA'.►I THE CONQUEROR; er, the Ilatt'e of H. stings. With all the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, &c. Monsieur Plage en the Tight Rope, New Scenes in the Circle, by eminent Frenci and Bri ish Art stes. To conclude with a Favourite Farc. Mr. Batty (the Proprietor) begs . respectfully to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and public that, encouraged .by the Battering success during the past year, and linding the 'theatre not suffi ciently commodious for its numerous p ,t•ons, he entered into an extensive arrangement with Messrs. Haward and Nixon, the emi— nent builders of LaMbeth, for the re-constructing on a magnificent and novel principle, the whole of the interior of the Theatre, which has been rebu►lt, dress boxes eniarged, upper boxes widened, and, pit and galleries ext, nsively improved. Fourteen glass lustres are added, and a Grecian dome ceiling, with entirely new sp'endid classic decorations, and gorgeous apppointments, which, with the first-rate talent to be offered, he presumes cannot fail of obtaining that support so liberally bestowed on his endeavours during the la►t season. The grand Easter national Spectacle will combine all the splendid historical effects of the Norman Conquest of England, produced by Mr. W. D. Broadfuot. The Cirque Olympique will in troduce un quailed equestrian taleat, and the dou.le company com prise talent of the highest eider. The 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.manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. ' DATIOLIE'S ROYAL SURREY THEAI RE. This F..staWishinent again takes the lead—Whitetriars, with its splendid effects, and the Scapegrace of Paris, are the theme of ad miration. The lheatre has been more crowded than any former Easter Holidays. THIS EVENING, APRIL 40, Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, embracing all the efthcts of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFRIARS, in which the entire CoMpany will pertiam. After which, THE SCAPEGRACE OV PARIS, sup .cried by all the leading Favourites of the Establishment. To which wi I be added the Wonderful Performance of Herr HENGLER on the Corde Elastique, and the Carlo Family in their Unrivalled Gyrnnastiques. To c-include with, a New Drama of peculiar construction, entitled BA RA K JOHNS,rN; Or; The Blind Witness. P.atios and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. o tice, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE TH.I3 EVENING, APRIL .20, Will be p thinned Sha:tspeare's Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello, Mr Freet; lago, Mr Dale ; Cassio, Mr. Osba!diston ; Des. demons, Miss Vincent; Emilia, Mrs G. Lee. After whi.h, a New Drama, called THE FELON OF NEW YORK. Arihalt (the Felon), Mr. Freer ; Lisette, Miss Arden. With the Grand Fairy Ballet of ONDINE; by Mr. Frampton and his Pupils. To conclude with A BUMPING LEGACY. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, APRIL U. If crowded, fashionable, and brilliant audiences every night, are symptom , of success, the Per f ormances of the WIZARD OF THE NOR ru has male the greatest hit of all the EA.,TEIt NJVEL IES, for the Adelphi has been crammed to the ceiling; his mighty wonders aro of so star tli,,g a nature, that the brill ant multitudes of delighted .pectators sit, as if spell-bound, gaze with woaaer and am..zement at the seeming superhuman miracles of the AIODERN FAUSTUS. If the lovers of " enld Ireland," Irishmen. and Irish Music, wish to enjoy a treat, they will spend AN HOUR IN IRELAND with Mr. MALONE RAYMOND, at the Adelphi, whose tales, songs, and anecdotes of the " Green Isle" have been nightly received ith bursts of laughter, an I applause. He will appear nightly, be tween the parts, of the. Wizard's performances. assisted by Mrs. MALONE RAYMOND and Miss LINLEY. The GREA 1' WIZARD OF THE NORTH will nightly prove that there are " more strange things in heaven and earth, than are dreampt of in mortals' philosophy." Boxes, Sm. Pit. Is; tid. Gallery, ed. Second Price at Nine o'clock. Drors open at Seven, the Performances commence at half-past. EGYPTIAN HALT., PICCADILLY, IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the mdst magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to hove been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost 0160,000 guineas, and to completely Illustrate, in the most in structive and interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro pean history, vlz.--- T CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, In 1821: This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the FOreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies, also many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, & r., his previous. almost incredible number and variety of 31 55.. Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curiosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it ought to he, a National Museum. Many thousand have Inspected it, atal THIItTY rULNCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of admis sion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. Hall, TIT NAPOLEON 'MUSFUIf is to he seen only at the "Egyptian ekkadill Y..datlY fro - m 4 Ten till Dusk. Tilt WEA.TIIER.,SUN OFFICE, APRIL 20. Tnunsiolurrzn, Lowest, 48 ; Highest, 59 ; Noon, 62. BAROMgTER, W.N.W. NoTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the ~,z i n g point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. Ii 011 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIIIS DAY. Morning ... I'2 minutes after 3 1 Evening ... 36 minutes after 3. 0 i "; t . ' fit 4- 1 t ' '.' Spit 1.1.,4,. ...._ , .. i . 1 ..i'el' W ...,,,,,, i JP ( - .. :- IN . 5,.. , 4 ~:,iziA,,, , , e - 4 - ". —.410A- ..._ ..A7iow: v 471 4', , r,;:.4...—.*. ..,... ~. , / 1. C s , 4 , A , m 0 .4 `,. :;„,.111 4 . 1 ' ROIT ? ..., SECOND EDITION. Oltenbq LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1844. In the House of Lords, after the presentation of certain petitions, and the postponement of several Bills, the Bishop of EXETER presented petitions against the Dissenters' Chapel Bill, and intimated his intention of opposing the Bill. In presenting these petitions, he took the opportunity of exhibiting a specimen of High Church bigotry. It was stated that some of them came from the Presbyterian Church of Ireland ; but there was no such Church in Ireland or England, and there was an express canon of the Church.againat persons calling the mse l ves . members of any Church not the Church of England. The canon was established in 1603 in England, and about thirty years afterwards in Ireland. The Marquis of NORMANDY gave notice that on Monday he would call attention to certain omissions in the papers recently laid on the table relative to Gwalior. Adjourned at Half-past Five o'Clock. In the Commons several petitions were presented against the Masters and Servants Bill. Mr. T. DUN COMBE presented thirty-six petitions of this descrip tion from some of the most populous towns in Eng land, among others Manchester, Birmingham, Bolton, Norwich, Nottingham, and Rochdale. Dr. BowitiNG gave notice that on Tuesday he should move for the newspaper stamp returns. Mr. BRIGHT called the attention of the Home Secretary to the conviction of an unfortunate woman at the present assizes in London, for the murder or her child. It appeared from the evidence that she had attempted to commit suicide and destroy her child at the same time, from the utmost destitution. The Judge in passing sentence held out no hope of mercy. _ _ Sir JAMES 'GRAHAM said his attention had not been called to the fact till that moment. He could not, however, enter into a discussion on such a sub ject, but the Hon. Member might rest assured he would do his best to exercise a sound and dispas sionate judgment on all the circumstances of the case. It is singular that while this melancholy affair has excited general attention, the Home Secretary, who, above all others, should have known the merits of the case, had never heard of it. In answer to a question from Mr. Ross, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he had every reason to believe that a Bill would shortly be brought into the other House on the subject of Presbyterian marriages in Ireland. On the motion of Lord ELIOT, the Irish Municipal Corporations Bill was read a secor.d time, and ordered to be committed on the 29th. The Committee on the County Courts Bill was fixed for Monday next. Mr. TUFNELL asked why a writ had not been issued for Horsham on the accession of Mr. SCARLETT to the Peerage. Sir T. FREMANTLE presumed that the writ of sum mons to the House of Lords had not been issued, and consequently the Hon. Gentleman was still a Member of the house. Lord J. RussEEE blamed such a slovenly mode of proceeding, and intimated his intention of bringing the subject formally before the House, in case such negligence should again occur. On the Order of the Day being read for the house resolving itself into a Commitiee of Supply, Sir C. NAPIER moved for certain returns respecting the timber received into the royal dockyards during the last ten years. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT did not find himself justi fied in giving the returns, but he was willing to give every information to the Gallant Member which he could, without prejudice to the public service. A discussion took place on the appointment of stipendiary magistrates in Ireland, and chiefly on the late appointment of Mr. O'BRIEN, but it led to no result. The House then went into Committee of Supply. Several votes for colonial establishments were agreed to. On a vote of 13,6801. being proposed for the civil charges of St. Helena, Mr. lluuE moved as an amendment that the sum be reduced by 2,0001., when, on a division, the amendment was rejected-by a ma jority of 45. Several other votes were agreed to, and the House resumed. The other Orders of the Da v y were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at twelve o'clock. In the house of Commons last night, Mr. BRIGHT, greatly to his credit, called the Home Secretary's attention to a recent capital conviction at the Central Criminal Court, which has excited public sympathy in no slight degree. "The case," remarked the Hon. Member for Durham, "struck him as being one of the most extraordinary that had ever occurred. It appeared that a poor woman had thrown herself and baby into the water, being at the time in circum stances of the utmost destitution. Apparently her intention was to commit suicide, and not leave her infant alone and unprotected in the world behind her. Her own life was preserved, but the child perished. The unhappy creature had been sentenced to death for her crime, and one of the news paper reports stated that the judge gave her no hope whatever that mercy would be extended to her. Such a statement required no comment, and he now wished to be satisfied that the Right Hon. Gentle man's attention had been called to so distressing a case." Now, what was Sir J. GRAHAM'S answer to this affecting statement ? "In point of fact," said the Home Secretary, " his attention had not been called to the matter until the present moment. In the very delicate duty which would devolve upon him, the Hon. Member might rest assured he would do his best to exercise a sound and dispassionate judgment; but be yond this, he could not then say anything, as the House must be aware of the inconvenience attending such discussions." Anything more cool—we might almost add, supercilious—than this reply we do not often remember to have met with, even in the records of Parliament. It exhibits all that free and easy in difference to human life for which SIDMOUTH and CASTLEREAGH were so remarkable. The whole town is just now ringing with the case of poor MARY FURLEY ; the judgment pronounced on her—legal though it undoubtedly is--is generally declared to be harsh and unmerited; yet the Home Secre tary knows nothing at all about the matter ! The very Minister, who, from his official position, should be perfectly cognizant with every case of moment that transpires in the criminal jurisdiction of the country, boldly states that his " attention has not been called" to one of the most heart-rending trials that have taken place at the Old Bailey for many a year, " until the present moment !" Does Sir JAMES GRAHAM never read the newspapers ? If he is in the habit of doing so, he cannot fail to have read the whole circumstances of this distressing case, which have been detailed at length in the columns of the daily journals, wherein also may be found most unquestionable proof of the public sympathy for MARY FURLEY. But we are forgetting ourselves ; Ministers of State make a point of never reading newspapers —on the. same shrewd principle, we presume, that boys fight shy of a dose of wholesome physic—they tell us so themselves, and even seem to take a pride in their ignorance. Does an Opposition Member put an inconvenient question to Govern ment, on the faith of some perfectly just statement that he has met with in the columns of the daily press, some Minister or other is sure to get up and reply, that, for his own part, his time is so fully occupied that he really has not a moment's leisure to read newspapers, and consequently cannot be expected to know anything at all about the merits of the ugly questions put to him. But how changed the case, whenever the press happens luckily to furnish Ministers with weapons wherewith to assault their opponents—with apt nicknames wherewith to cast ridicule upon them! Then, it is quite beautiful to see how well read they are in newspapers—with what studious attention they keep in mind their agree able arguments—what a vivid recollection they re tain of their apt felicities of sarcasm ! The other day, for instance, Sir JAMES GRAHAM—who, of course, never reads either daily or weekly journals, or other wise he would have been fully acquainted with all the particulars of MARY PURLEY'S case—the other day, we say, this singularly organised Baronet, being indignant with the Opposition for presuming to differ with him on the Ten Hours' Factory Bill, coolly told them that they were encouraging a " JACK. CADE " system of legislation. When called to account for this insulting expression, what was his reply ? The scam q a u r :p s re e w p a i s t n o o f t is e us--;Non m e had m e nest with eirtm in o a e s n t e , I s v ed s. paper ! Yes, it was one of those insignificant, plebeian journals, which well-bred Ministers of State never read, that had supplied him with the ma terials of his invective ! Finding not a single shaft left in his own quiver, he had —with a condes cension which cannot be too highly appreciated—bor rowed one from the well-stocked quiver of the Exa miner. But, to return to the far more important subject with which we set out. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, it seems, has promised to exercise " a sound and dis passionate judgment" on the case of MARY FURLEY. WdMOSt devoutly hope that this judgment will lean to the side of mercy, for never yet was there a case that more imperatively demanded the lenient interpreta tion of the law. The advance of a country in wealth and civiliza ion—that piogress to which all' legislation and policy THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1844. are subservient—is, after all, a benefit dearly pur chased at the price inevitably to be paid for it ; for, the test of present experience, and the records of all history show, that the price consists in the displace ment of many thousands of families from a position of comparative competence or ease, and the sacrifice of many more in the competition between the exclu sive privileges of the distinguished few, and the sordid wants of the indigent multitudes, which seems to wait, like a shadow, on the march of opulence and refine ment. No State on the globe, perhaps, exhibits a more remarkable instance of these conflicting elements of extensive pauperism and accumulated capital, than Great Britain. But it is not our purpose to write, at present, of her extraordinary, her almost incon ceivable wealth. We may, indeed, epitomise the idea of it by stating, on the authority of Mr. PORTER'S last Statistical Paper, that the total sum paid by railway passengers, last year alone, on the several working lines of the United Kingdom (58 in Eng land and Wales, 10 in Scotland, 2 in Ireland), amounted to 3,063,0001. sterling ! Our wish at pre sent is to direct attention to the enormous pressure of poverty and destitution on our social system ; and this we may evidence in three words, by a statement of the last authenticated Poor-rate aggregate return (Ses sional Paper, H. C., 1844, No. 63). From that paper it appears that the total amount of money levied for poor-rate, for the year ending Lady-day 1842, was 6,552,8901. for England and Wales, alone I The most disastrous aspect which this pauperism presents is, that it " grows by that it feeds on." In Fur short years, as we lately took occasion to show, the levy for this rate has increased one million ; on an average, at the rate of 250,0001. per annum for Eng land and Wales only. There have been, in the same interval, railroads and other mighty public works in full activity of construction ; yet the market of labour has been so greatly overstocked that at no former pe riod, probably, was the number of able-bodied paupers larger than it is at the present moment. In the ma nufacturing districts the demand for labour has fluc tuated as usual, and just now may be somewhat more active than for some time past; but it is not even pre tended that this improvement is one for which any permanency can be safely anticipated. And, indeed, as to manufacturing labour, we see nothing, either in the general state of trade, or the bearings of improved commercial relations with foreign countries, to induce us to look for any other but the usual circle in which, from some cause or other, our manufacturing energy , seems destined to revolve,—sudden excitement ; in tense activity ; rapid and unparalleled production ; de clining, because glutted and overstocked, markets ; lassitude, panic, decay ; displaced labour, on a scale the most appalling. We are• now once more com mencing this series of phases ; and we wish we could add that, with our still crippled system of commercial polity, aggravated by the mischief's of our monetary system, we could look forward with any confidence to the cessation of those fatal sequences which have so often followed close upon the same cheering pro mises of a largely increased demand for labour. The real remedy for this destructive tendency of our pauperism to re-produce and multiply itself co incidently with—and as if in mockery of—capital, would be an extended permanent demand for able bodied labour. If any plan could be devised by which able-bodied pauper labour, in its snore simple forms, and without the requisition of extreme manual dexterity or technical facility of manipulation, could be, at all times, largely employed throughout the country, the market of independent, in contradistinc tion to pauper-labour, would be proportionably relieved, and the wages of those able-bodied pauper labourers would be paid by municipal and other communities, n ot in the shape of an unproductive and annoying tax upon their own capital or incomes, but of a legitiniate consideration for value received. investigation of a Committee of the House of Commons than the mode in which such as sociations are concocted, organised, brought out, financed, conducted, and wound up ! Such seems to be the skeleton-history of those more epheme ral companies, to the cases of which the labo rious attention of the Select Committee was more particularly directed. The details and particulars, and " filling up," as the artists call it, are to be found skilfully traced, and vividly coloured, in the evidence appended to the Report. Of that Report we can spare room, to-day, for little more than a very succinct compendium ; but this will be found to embrace matters, the importance and interest of which it would not be easy to exagge rate. They well deserve the most serious attention of every reader; and on Monday we hope to publish this document in full. The evidence and appendix, occupying 350 folio pages, will be of course too volu minous for any purposes of abstract. This "Report," after stating that the Committee had perused the Report prepared by Mr. BELLENDEN KER on the Law of Partnership (presented to Parlia ment in 1837), and on which was founded the existing Letters Patent Act, 1 Vic., c. 37, adverts to the de positions they had taken of "other persons conversant with joint-stock companies as to their operation and the improvements that may be made in the legal and equitable remedies at present available to them, and their directors and shareholders ;" and to the evidence they had received, " in connexion with certain bubble companies, touching a few remark able cases of miscarriage or fraud." In order to confine their inquiries within practicable limits, the Committee divide bubble companies into three classes; namely, 1. Those which, being faulty in their nature (founded on unsound calculations), cannot possibly succeed : 2. Those which, whether with good objects or bad, are so ill constituted as to render it probable that the miscarriages or failures incident to mis management must attend them: 3. Those which are faulty or fraudulent in their object, being started only to create shares for the purpose of jobbing in I them, or to create, under pretence of a legitimate business, the opportunity and means of raising funds to be shared by the adventurers who start the company. All the companies of this last kind, adopt, to the utmost practical extent, all the charac teristics of the best companies : an array of directors and officers—a large capital announced—plausible statements issued propounding excellent purposes; intimating that they are sanctioned by Act of Parlia ment—publishing their addresses in some conspicuous places of business respectably situated, and employing throughout the country respectable agents and bankers. These pretences, of course, are, many of them ficti tious. To remedy the evils of this class of projects in future, the Committee deem an easy affair— " Publication of the directors, of the share holders, of the deed of settlement, of amount of capital, and whether subscribed or not subscribed, nominal or real, would baffle every such case." The class of companies, No. 2 in the above reca pitulation, the Committee anticipates more diffi culty in dealing with ; and the class No. 1, "faulty in their nature," it deems to be " beyond certain cure by the Legislature." The general remedy it proposes, in respect of the other classes, is the regis tration of new companies' prospectuses, circulars, sec. The bubble companies, which were the imme diate occasion of the inquiry, having been con cerned in effecting assurances and granting annui ties, the Committee's attention was naturally directed to such associations. Its " summary " includes 1. The cases examined, and the character of their objects, concoctors, and managers ; 2. The modes of deception adopted ; 3. The duration of the compa nies ; 4. The amount and distribution of the plunder ; 5. The circumstances of the victims ; 6. The impunity of the offenders. " Exami nations by which the character and conduct of individuals were implicated, and which are therefore excluded from the evidence annexed," relate to ten companies, viz., seven insurance, annuity, and loan companies, three mining and general ditto. In eight of these the concern was represented to have been founded by mere adventurers, on schemes evi dently fraudulent. The history of some of these companies, arid the processes of fraud by which dishonest managers, lirectors, &c., realised large sums, will be perused with astonishment. We can quote at present only a passage or two from this portion of the Report. An insurance office was established by one or two per sons, one an uncertificated bankrupt, on terms highly advantageous to himself as resident manager, and shareholder of 100 shares : but which, owing to dis putes among the parties, was dissolved after effecting insurances to a considerable extent. "On behalf of this company a prospectus was issued, containing highly respectable names. It appeared from some legal proceedings that the number of shareholders was only eleven—who: were all directors." Under Direction of Companies " we meet with this Anec dote :—" Another company existed for four years, the manager having deluded the directors , by flourish ing statements of accounts, until some of them be came suspicious, and, on examination, found they had no funds. They were obliged to pay the manager 2,000/. to induce him to remove, there being, in the deed of settlement, a provision that he was to have 1,0001. a year." And under " The Amount and Dis. tribution of the Plunder," we have this :—" One of the least creditable of these concerns obtained, in the course of two or three years, frOm about 120,000/. to 150,000/., and another at least 100,000/. By another, the shareholders lost about 100,000/. ; by another, 80,000/. were lost in London, and 10,0001. in Edinburgh. In two cases, where the chief actors had been bankrupts, no books or accounts were forth coming. In another, the clue was, the enrolment of annuities." Here, for the present, we must close. Sirene, with the special missionaries sent by the French Go vernment to the China Seas, left that port on Feb. 23, for the Cape of Good Hope, in company with her consort the Victoricuse corvette. All on board the two ships were in good health. • The. French Funds had advanced a little, the Fives closing at 122 f. 35c., and the Threes at 83f. 65c. THE BOURSE—THURSDAY, APRIL 18. First 'Highest Lowest Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents.•.... 121 85 .. 122 20 .. 121 85 .. 122 20 Four per Cents— 106 30 .• 106 30 .. 105 GO .. 106 30 Three per Cents.•••• 83 GO .. 83 G 5 • • 83 55 • • 83 63 Bank of Prance 3095 ..3100 •.3095 .•3100 Latlitte Bank, I,ooof. Sliaresll7o ..1170 . • 1170 ..1170 5,000 f. Bharessoss .. 5055 .• 5055 —50,55 Belgian Bank .. •••• • • • • . 700 • • 700 .• 700 .. 700 Belgian Fives, 1831.• 1840 1842 .. 107: •• 107: •• 107: 107: Spanish Active •••. • • • ... • • 341 • . 341 .. 34: .. 34: Threes •••••. • . • • • • 371 • • 371 .. 371 • • 371 Passive •. 61 .. 61 .. 61 •• 61 Portuguese Five per Cents.. 461 .. 461 .. 461 • . 461 Neapolitan.. • • ••• . • • .. 101 50 .. 101 90 .. 101 50 .. 101 90 Roman .... RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain . ...... 832 .. 832 50 .. 830 .. 831 50 Versailles, L.I .. 235 .. 232 50 .. 232 50 Rotten .. :.......... ....... 9G2 50 .. 960 .. 962 50 .. 965 Rouen to Havre......•..... 707 50 .. 707 50 .. 707 50 707 50 Orleans .... 950 50 .. 951 25 .. 950 .. 950 Strasburg to Bale.. .... 277 50 .. 281 25 • • 277 50 .. 281 23 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain 830 .. 832 50 .. 830 832 5 Versailles, L 8... •..• 235 .. 235 Rouen .. ............... 970 .. 970 . 965 Rouen to Havre.. ..... . 710 - 710 Orleans ........... •• •••••• 951 25 •• 952 50 .. 950 Strasburg to,Bale . 230 • • 2 85 We are much disposed to think that we can see in the further progress of the efforts of the " Committee for promoting the greatest attainable cleansing in the public thoroughfares, courts, and alleys of the metropolis"—a deputation from which, a day or two since, had a satisfactory conference with the LORD MAYOR, on the mode of car rying out their objects—the germ of some such permanent demand for able-bodied labour. Mr. C. COCHRANE stated that the object of the deputa tion in waiting upon his Lordship was to read to him the substance of resolutions which had been passed at a meeting at the Hanover-square Rooms, relative to the immediate employment of the able-bodied poor, in the hope that ho would assist by his powerful co-operation, in accomplishing an object calculated to do the most important service to the physical and moral condition of the public— keeping the streets free from mud and dust, according to an experiment which had been most successfully tried in Regent-street and Oxford-street. No objects immediately connected with the ornament, salubrity, and pleasantness of all large towns, as well as of our own noble capital, could be suggested more legitimate in themselves, or more easy, we should think, of practical attainment. The report proceeds thus : " The cleanliness of the thoroughfares would, it was needless to say, lead to the moral, healthful, and, as the Bishop of LONDON had stated, to the spiritual improvement of the people." We have high- authority enough in the testimony of St. PAUL himself that " next to Godliness, cleanliness is a virtue," without applying to the Bishop of LON DON for his Lordship's private opinion on the matter. And any one who has admired, as we have done—the dexterous accuracy of our sleek diocesan—(when he does walk)-:---in skipping over impromptu puddles de posited by water carts, or shirking gutters that have not yet come under the supervision of his New Churches Building Committee, will be apt to suspect the Bishop of somewhat too decided a personal solici tude as to these objects, to attach much importance to his views of their public influence. Of much graver import to the country is the question whether the anticipations entertained by the Committee, as expressed in that part of the Chairman's speech which follows, would be realised. Mr. COCHRANE proceeded to remark—" The experience the Com mittee had had convinced them that the most effective way of keeping the streets clean was to prevent the accumulation of dirt by re moving the manure immediately after it was depo sited by the passing cattle. Hundreds and thousands ,of able-bodied labourers would thus be employed, and the pauper would be converted into an independent work man, and the great losses to which shopkeepers were now subjected from the masses of mud and dust, would be immensely diminished by a comparatively insignifi dila outlay. The shopkeepers of the two great thoroughfares at the west end, to which he had sAluded, embraced with delight the proposition, and ,the efficacy of it far exceeded their expectations." Without pausing to consider how far the City of London might be justified, under the circumstances touched upon by the LORD MAYOR, in cancelling an ill-executed contract for the cleansing of its streets and thoroughfares, we have only to express our most anxious hope, that the municipal aathorities of all the other great commercial emporiums of the kingdom may set about investigating the extent to which they can apply the same principle of means of permanent employment for their able-bodied poor. The scheme appears to us so simple, yet of such grave moment, so singularly important, that no time should be lost in bringing it into general ope ration all over the country. It might be made to embrace so extensive a proportion of those whose labour is at present useless to themselves and to the State—to relieve so largely the burden of the poor rates—and to exalt so beneficially the feelings, the character, and the social relations of the parties to be employed, by restoring them to the ranks of honest and independent labour, that we await the further development of the plan, and, we trust its early experiment, with equal curiosity and impatience. Madrid journals, of the 12th instant, have been re ceived, and if any credit could be given to their statements, the BRAVO Ministry increases in public favour and strength every day. They have the entire confidence of Queen CHRISTINA, who is virtually Regent. Some changes were anticipated relative to the Church. The Minister of Justice had interviews with several Archbishops and Bishops, who were on their return to their dioceses, and the latter were stated to have retired from the interview highly satisfied with the views of the Government. The Church and martial.law are to be the main springs of the Government under the new system. The Three per Cents. were done at 3.51 for cash, and 36i at 60 days ; the Four per Cents. at 22 for the 6th of June; the Five per Cents. at 22i for cash, and 231 at 60 days. The Paris papers of Thursday bring the conclusion of the debate in the Chamber of Peers, the result of which we have already given. Great preparations are in progress for a combined attack on the " Man of Ghent" by the Right and Left of the Chamber— the Liberal (if-any ,party in France can be called Liberal), and the Tory parties. One of the organs of the former section states that the Deputies of M. ODILLON BARROT'S party held a meeting on Wed nesday, to deliberate on the re-election of M. CHAS. LAFFITTE, and the questions to be put to Ministers on the Otaheite affair. It was decided that the annul ment of the election should be insisted upon, but no determination was come to as regards the part to be taken by these Deputies in the debate about to be entered on as to,the disavowal of the measure taken by Admiral DUPETIT Tuoms. It is confidently ex pected that M. THIERS Will take part in the discus sion. It is affirmed that they have resolved to call upon the Government to produce all the papers trans mitted from different officers in the Pacific, and in case of refusal (of which there can be no doubt), , they would protest against such policy, and, pro bably, move a vote of censure. The Legitimatists, under the guidance of M. BERRYER, had concurred in these plans. In reference to the Otaheite affair M. THIERS' paper makes these sarcastic remarks : " It is announced that numerous promotions are about to take place in the navy. For the first time the nomination of a Lieutenant de Vaisseau to the grade of Captain de Corvette has become a Cabinet question. It is M. Leine who gives the importance of an affair of State to a simple question of promotion. If this officer shall consent to leave M. Dupetit 'l'houars, under imputations which the Ministers have cast upon him; if he preserve a silence which a proper sense of duty does not impose upon him ; if he consent to sacrifice his superior and friend, M. Reine will be Capitaine de Corvette, and perhaps be made an officer of the Legion of Honour ; otherwise he will not." The Journal du Havre of Wednesday states that accounts have been received from Hayti of the 14th ult., according to which the disturbances in that country have assumed a still more serious aspect. All the army and the National Guards were preparing to march against the insurgents, and a de cisive affair was expected. The Government appeared con fident of being able to put down the revolt. - A letter from Rio Janeiro announces that the frigate ,‘ It is long since we have opened a Parliamentary or Sessional Paper of more extensive importance and interest than the " First Report of the Select Com mittee" (appointed on 16th February last) " to inquire into the state of the laws respecting Joint-stock Companies (except for banking), with a view to the greater security of the public." This " Blue Book" (No. 19 of 11. C., 1844) comprises the Report of the Committee in question ; a detail of their proceedings de die in diem ; minutes of evidence ; an appendix ; alphabetical heads and analytical digest of the evi dence taken, &c. &c. Joint-stock companies are, obvi ously, such powerful means for accomplishing signal good, or producing incalculable evil, in all the varied fields of enterprise upon which it is proposed to launch private capital for lucrative investment, that no more . legitimate object could have been propounded for the .. 230 .. 232 5 965 0 .. 708 75 708 75 .. 950 . 277 50 .. 278 75 Mr. llumfrey, the barrister, has started for Wood stocl., in opposition to the Marquis of Blandford. The politics of Mr. numfrey are Tory, and he is pre sumed to have the countenance and support of Mr. Thesiger's friends and of the Government. This is a very pretty quarrel, and one instance among many of the harmony which prevails in the Tory camp. The Government appoint a Solicitor-General who has no seat in the House, save dependent upon a Tory nobleman—the patron strikes for a rise in his wages, as the operative would say—a turn-out ensues—and then a Government candidate opposes the patron's son who seeks his patrimonial seat. We do not despair of seeing the Duke of Marlborough in the Radical ranks again. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the Royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent partook of a dejeune with her Majesty and Prince Albert, and their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, yester day, at Buckingham Palace. • His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, and at tended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, ho noured the exhibition of the British Institution, in Pull man, with a visit yesterday. Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Thursday, at Clarence House, St. James. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yester day at a meeting of the Commissioners for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster. The Commissioners: present were, Lord John' Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Colborne, Sir Robert Teel, Sir. James Graham, Sir Ro bert Harry Inglis, Mr. Gaily Knight, Mr. Hawes, M.P. Mr. Hallam, Mr. George Vivian, and Mr. Thomas Wyse. The Commission sat three hours. Prince Albert, at tended by. Colonel Bouverie, afterwards returced to Buckingham Palace. . The American dwarf, " General Toni Thumb," at tended yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Royal circle included her Majesty and Prince Albert, their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen. The General was habited on this occasion in a full Court suit. The Royal Family were taken their customary airings yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited the Duchess of Kent on Thursday.' The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yes terday evening included her Majesty the- Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his . Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, hiq' Excellency AL Van de Weyer, the Viscountess Barring ton, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Earl of Jersey. Earl of Denbigh, and Lord George Lennox. The Royal dinner ,party at Buckingham Palace, on Thursday evening; included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, - hiS Excellency M. Van de Weyer, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Duke of Wellington, tht Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Hon. Sir Edwari and Lady Cust, and Sir George Anson. Her Majesty the Queen -Dowager visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, yesterday, at Clarence House, and the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester . House; The Duchess of Cambridge left town, yesterday, for her residence at Kew. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess - of Kent, yesterday. Mr. Rawson, Treasurer of the Mauritius, had an in terview with Lord Stanley at the Colonial office, yester dry. Mr. Rawson's unexpected return to England nas been occasioned by the death of his mother, Lady Raw son, which took place at Rome, a few days after his ar rival in that city, The Governor of the Bank of . England, and the De puty-Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir James Graham, as Secretary of State for the Home Department, has issued invitations for a State dinner, on Thursday next, to the Jud g es, &c •, in cele- bration of her Majesty's birthday. The banquet will be given at the residence of the Right Hon. Baronet in The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meeting yesterday afternoon, at the office in Whitehall place. There were present the Bishop of. Hereford, the Bishop of Salisbury, and the Earl of Besborough. Mr. Reid and Mr. Hutton had an interview with Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office yesterday. Mr. John Thornton, Deputy-Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. E. Wodehouse, M.P., had an interview with Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office yesterday. WOODSTOCK ELECTION. WOODSTOCK, FRIDAY.—There have been several candi, dates in the field, 'but they have all withdrawn for some reason or other, but the Marquis of Blandford. The new Solicitor-General, Mr. Humphrey, a barrister, Mr. Walesby, the Recorder of the borough, and Mr. Ricardo, a neigh bouring gentleman, have been solicited, and have all declined standing. The Anti-Corn-law League have been, and are still at work, but at present have announced no candidate. Monday is fixed for the day of nomination, and Tuesday for the polling, if there should be any opposition. The follow ing addresses have been isoued:— "TO TILE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE 130R011611 OF NEW NVOODSTOCK. ' " Gentlemen—Her Majesty having been pleased to ap• point me to the office of Solicitor-General, I have ceased to have the honour of representing you in Parliament. " I cannot take my leave of a constituency by which I have been unanimously returned to two successive Parlia ments without expressing my sincere and grateful thanks for all your kindness and confidence, and without assuring you that I shall always look back to the period of my connection with you with the greatest satisfaction, and shall ever feel the liveliest interest in your welfare and prosperity.— I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obliged and grateful ser vant, " F. THESIGER. " Bryanston-square, April 16, 1844." , "TO THE ELECTORS . OF THE BOROUGH OF NEW WOODSTOCK. " Gentlemen,— Having completed a canvass unprecedented, I may say, in this borough, for success, and one which can admit of no doubt whatever of my eventual triumph should any other candidate appear before the day of election, I de- Sire to return you my sincere thanks for t he kind manner in which you have, in every quarter, received my pretensions. "I go, therefore, to the nomination on Monday next w ith unlimited feelings of gratitude and confidence—gratitude for your obliging promises of support, confidence that, should an opponent drive us to a poll, those promises are sure to be faithfully redeemed.—l am, gentlemen, Your : most obedient and faithful servant, BLANDFORD. " Woodstock, April 19,1844." TIIE ITALIAN OPERA.—The following are the names of the past managers of the Italian Opera House:- 1729, Handel; 1740 (when the new theatre was opened), Heidegger.; 1752, Dr. Croza ; 1756, Vanesehi ; 1757, Giardini and Mingotti ; 1762, Mattel ; 1764, Gordon, Crowford, and Vincent ; then, for a short period, the Hon. Mr. Robert ; 1772, Milliro and Sacchini ; 1775, Mrs. Yates and Mrs. Brooks; 1786, Sir John Gallini and Mr. Taylor ; 1789, the theatre was destroyed by fire; 1791 (when the new theatre was erected), Mr. Goold ; 1818, Mr. Waters ; then an interval, during which Mr. Chambers, unfortunately for himself, was lessee ; 1822, Mr. Ebers, following whom came Mr. Monck Mason ; then Mr. Laporte; and in 1842 Mr. Lumley became, and has continued, the manager, whom few of his prede cessors have• equalled in spirit, tact, and success.—Dra matic and Muriel Review. A ROBIN'S NEST IN A GREAT COAT.—A re markable instance of the tameness of the robin, and its confidence in man, is now to be seen on the premises of Mr. George Watson, butcher, Dunmow. On a beam in a shed adjoining the slaughter-house, the apprentice, some five or six weeks since, threw an old drab great coat, and upon it an old saddle; they remained in that position a few days, when it was discovered that a robin was building her nest in the arm-hole of the coat-sleeve, and, being allowed to complete her work, she proceeded to'lay her eggs, and has now a hopeful progeny of five young ones in' this novel and . warm situation. What renders the:occurrence still more singular, is the fact that the top of the cart-wheel, when run into the shed (which is continually the case) approaches close to the nest, thus causing the greatest facility for a cat or other predatory animal to pounce upon the little unfledged innocents. Nothing daunted, however, the old bird flies in and out while the lads are chopping wood immediately under her domicile, and when cattle are being slaughtered and dressed, picks up the little pieces of suet and Aid without showing the least fear.—Chelnixford Chronicle. ST. CLEMENT DANES.—This church has just been adorned with three s plendidly-painted glass windows, erected in the eastern section of the edifice, and casting a " dim religious light" around the communion table.— Standard. Tun ARMY.—Yesterday the Coldstream Guards (2d Regiment), stationed at the Wellington Barracks, St. James's Park, commenced their cricket matches for the sea son on the ground attached to the establishment, and to the right of Buckingham Palace. The match, which excited some interest, was viewed by a considerable number of per sons. The field days for the season have commenced under the Usual-military arrangements, preparatory to the grand rev i ew s, which will shortly' be announced with the esta blished formularies of the service.l SUMMARY OF NEWS AND tittbitt 4!)ptutott. " Wh9 runs may read." roR.ExGN. The King of the French visited St. Cloud on Tuesday after noon, and inspected the works which are in progress. After taking a walk in the park, his Majesty returned to the Tuileries to dinner. In the evening their Majesties received the Neapolitan Ambassador, the President of the Chamber of Peers, General Bellonet, the Prince and Princess Pigna• telli, the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, and Lady Alexandrine Vane, &c. Lord Brougham left Paris on Wednesday for London. The marriage between Mdlle. Gabrielle Dumont, daughter of the Minister of Public Works, and M. Gustave Trubert, auditor of the Council of State, was solemnised on Wednesday, at the church of St. Thomas d'Aquin, by the Bishop of Beauvais. All the Ministers, a great many peers, deputies, and members of the Council of State, were present at the ceremony,. . _ _ The preliminary examinations into the infamous transac tions in the Rue du Pot de Fer Saint Marcel, called after the . Tour de Nesle, have been carried on without interruption. On Tuesday four more persons were arrested as accomplices. The number now in custody is no less than 28. The administration of the indirect taxes has published a report showing the produce and consumption of beet-root sugar in France, from the commencement of the present year to the end of March, and the duties received :—There were 325 manufactories at work, being 59 less than at the like Period of 1843. The amount of, the sugars in hand from the last year, and the quantities made in this quarter was 30,700,000 kilogrammes, being. 2,000,000 kilos. less than in the corresponding period of 1843. The quantity delivered for consumption was 24,300,000 kilos., or 339,000 kilos. more than in the first three months of 1843. The duties paid amounted to 3,488,000 f., being 590,000 f. more than in 1843. The kilogramme is equal to 2 1-sth lb. English. The Semaphore de Marseilles of the sth inst. contains a letter from Algiers on the 10th, announcing that the grand expedition to the East was to leave on the 19th, under the orders of Marshal Bugeaud. Another column, under Colonel Eynard, will operate in the mean time to the south of Teniet el-Had. • We find the following in the Moniteur Algerien :—" While our columns were engaged in watching the west and south of Tlemcen, working at the same time on the Sebdou and Alla Maghma roads, Abd-el-Kader, with between 400 and 500 horsemen from the frontier tribes, and nearly 140 regulars, made a detour, and, crossing the desert country of the Djaffry, fell suddenly upon the Beni Salimans, a fraction of the Beni Amers, who had incautiously encamped at Mesid, out of the line prescribed to them. Several of the douars were razed to the ground, their flocks and herds carried off, and the men, women, and children, who could not escape, massacred. By these terrible acts the Emir hopes to regain his lost power." The last accounts from Rome announce that the senior mem ber of the Holy Conclave, Cardinal Pacca, had received the last sacraments, and was not expected to survive many days. The Cardinal was born on the 25th of December, 1756, and consecrated in 1801 by Pius VII. The King of Prussia has forwarded the order of the Black Eagle to the Duke of Saxe C9burg Gotha. A letter from Munich st4tes_ that the King of Bavaria will set out for Italy on the"9th of next month. According to a letter from Warsw, of the Bth, in the Uni versal German Gazette, the Emperor of Russia was expected there in the course of the month, but nothing is said of an in tention on the part of his Majesty to visit Germany. LAW AND POLICE. The Wills Forgery case closed at the Old Bailey, by the . conviction of all the parties implicated. Barber appeared to' be confident of an acquittal. Mr. Crook and Mr. Moses Nathan, two gentlemen who are in the habit of attending the purlieus of the;Stock Exchange, were charged at the Guildhall with disorderly behaviour in the space between Capel-ourt and the Bank. There had been a quarrel between them, arising out of some transaction, in Spanish Funds, and the interference of the bystanders was required to prevent them coming to blows. Mr. Alderman Johnston exacted from each gentleman a promise that there' should be no further breach of the peace, and dismissed them, recommending an arbitration of the dispute. John Ireland Blackburn, Esq., M.P. for Warrington, waited upon the Magistrate at Queen-square to intercede in behalf of Mary Laing, who was held to bail on Tuesday for creating a disturbance at that gentleman's house. She had formerly lived in the establishment as housemaid, and had been charged about a month ago with annoying a lady related to Mr. Blackburn, when she was ordered to enter into her own recognisances. This, however, did not havethe effect of keeping her quiet, and on the occasion of her visit to Mr. Blackburn's it was found necessary to call in the police to secure her. The woman was sent for from Tothill-fields Bridewell, and on making a promise not to repeat her con duct, was discharged. Thomas Jones, alias Bradshaw, was finally examined at Lambeth-street on a charge of embezzling 245., the property of Mr. John Barrett, his master, and committed for trial. Ellen Kelly, a young woman in the service of Mrs. Wilson. of Camberwell, recently deceased, was charged at Union Hall with stealing plate, decanters, and wearing articles of linen, and other property, belonging to her late mistress. She was remanded. Thomas Robson Bone, the master of the ship Robert Watt, appeared before Mr. Ballantine at the Thames Police-office, to answer a claim for double pilotage, preferred by Mr. James Paton. The amount sued was for 15/. 14s. 6d. Mr. Paton, in his capacity of pilot, had boarded the vessel while getting under weigh, and offered his services, which were refused, and the amount was therefore sued for under the Pilotage Act. The magistrate enforced the penalty. COURT-FASHIONABLE. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert are expected to be absent from the royal residence at Windsor for a period of upwards of five months; indeed, until the end of September, or the commencement of the month of October next. Her Royal Highness the DUchess of Kent, who will take her departure for the Continent, accompanied by their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, on Thursday next, will be absent from England for a period of about three months. The Duke of Bedford, the Earls of Chesterfield and Glas gow, the lion. Colonel Anson, and many of the leading sport ing noblemen and gentlemen, proceed to. Newmarket, on Monday, to attend the Spring Meeting. The Marchioness of Normanby is expected at the Claren don Hotel, where the Marquis is staying, on' Monday next, from Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, for the season. The Hon. William Maule; youngest son of Lord Panmure, and brother to the Right Hon. Fox Monte, was married at Edinburgh, on Tuesday last,"to Miss Binny, daughter of Binny, Esq. - - - The Duchess of Hamilton returned to• Hamilton Palace on Tuesday last, from Holyrood House. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas are shortly expected to proceed to Brodrick Castle, in the Isle of Arran, where his Lordship, we hear, intends to construct a spacious new mansion. The Duke of Rutland left town on Friday for Southampton. On Monday his Grace goes to Newmarket. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort had a dinner party on Wednesday last, consisting of a circle of sixteen, among whom were the Ead and Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, Colonel and Mrs. Anson, and Count Esterhazy. The Duke leaves town on Monday for Newmarket. The Dowager Lady Blantyre and the Hon. Misses Stuart have arrived in Bryanston-square, from Lenoxlove, North Britain. Baron - Le Couteuil de Mohay, Mons De Glassenass, Aide de-Camp to his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, Prince Zurlo, and Prince Sans Severo and suites, &c., have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from the Continent. MISCELLANEOUS. The importation of fat cattle from Scotland is on the in crease. On Friday the Dundee steamer arrived at Hore's wharf, from Dundee, with a considerable number of first and second cabin passengers, and an extensive cargo, consisting of 110:live fat cattle, four valuable horses, 80 boxes of river Tay salmon, upwards •of 10 tons of pork, beef and mutton, and a large quantity ofmanufactured goods, &c. On Tuesday the Duke of Wellington arrived from Aberdeen, with no fewer than 125 live fat oxen, 20 tons of killed meat, and nearly 200 boxes of salmon. The Police Gazette contains additional information touching the incendiary fire upon the premises of Richard Lacy, Esq., at Braintree, Essex, on the Bth instant. A reward of 1001. is offered for the discovery of the incendiaries; and it is stated further, that in addition to the rewards offered for the dis covery and apprehension of the authors of either of the three fires at Roynelodge, on the IGth ult., in the Coggeshall-road, on the 18th, and at Braintree, on the Bth inst., her Majesty's pardon will be given to any accomplice (except only the actual incendiary), for such information as will lead to the apprehen .sion of the principals. , Her Majesty's surveying steam-vessel Fearless, Captain Sherringham, commenced surveying the Southampton water on Wednesday week, and has marked out mile stations for placing buoys all down the southern coast of the river. There has been no survey under Government orders since that of M‘Kenzie in 1783. The Earl of Egmont, who has become an extensive landed proprietor in Sussex by the purchase of the Cowdry estate, qualified as a magistrate for the western division last week. THE COLLIERS.—We are informed that most of the Nottinghamshire, and several of the Derbyshire col lieries are doing very little work, as great numbers of the colliers firmly continue in the union. Of the col lieries in the neighbourhood of Derby, we hear Shipley has resumed work—the colliers having with drawn from the union—that= Denby is working pretty well, and at Kilburne there has been no strike or stop page whatever. At. Marehay very little is doing ; Morley Park somewhat unsettled ; and at West Bal , lum going on well, hiving no men in the union. We understand there has been a large meeting of the most influential coal-masters in the counties of Derby, Not tingham, and Leicester, with those connected with the North Midland Railways, at which it was determined not to employ any colliers in the union, and to put it down previous to entertaining the question of any regulation in wages or prices of coals. Meetings of the colliers con tinue to be held in several parts of the county, but nothing has taken place during the past week worthy of public record.—Notlin . gharn Review. A YOUNG INCORRIGIBLE.—Mr. Higgs yesterday held an inquest at the OrmOnd's Head, Princes-street, West minster, en the body of Henry Higgs, aged ten years, who was reported to have been' killed by a kick from his sister. Mr. Beaumont, the house surgeon of "Westminster Hospital, stated that the deceased Was admitted on the 19th of March, suffering from great inflammation of the right knee, the skin of which was abraded—abscesses formed all over the body, and in the lungs and region of the heart, the conse quence of the inflammation of the leg, and he died from the effects on Tuesday. When in the hospital, he stated that his sister had kicked hini. Sarah lliggs, the mother, said she resided at 19, Orch ar d- s t ree t ; the deceased, until his admission into the hospital, enjoyed excellent health, but he would be out all night, without shoes, in the midst of frost, snow, and rain, and i n th e morning she used to find him lying on the stairs or in the outhouses. His father had but one leg, and therefore could not run after him. On the 15th of March he became quite delirious, and complained of his leg, which was very much inflamed, and said his sister had kicked him, but witness believed this was not true. 'When out, which he was day and night, he was continually fighting, and often got severely beaten. The Coroner and jury ob served there niust have been gross neglect on the parents part to allow him to be out all night, which could be for no good purpose, and they returned a verdict of "Died from natural debility." The Atherstone hounds are purchased by the gen tlemen of that hunt, but at present nothing is settled as to future arrangements. Several are named as likely to take the management of them. It is reported that 11fr. Smith, who lately hunted the Pytechly country, has the good wishes of those subscribers who prefer sports instead of ostentation and parade, which often induces men who have more money than brains, to undertake it for a year or two, when they . generally retire. Last THIS DAY'S.--..-Nrit: ll ' THREE DAYS lITERF ROlll TO UNITED 'STATES. A very remarkably . ci L u l ie V k E p ß a P ss O a O ge L, frFotintinsAYe 13:0370Nrintis.ri_ just been completed by the packet ship EureP e, Ca to ed Farber. She left:that city on the 3d inst., and ha s perine.e the entire voyage in somewhat less than sixteen da Y s. have received our usual files of the papers. to the daY::ileste sailing inclusive, .bnt they contain little' news of I fu n of from the United States. The New York journals are o n surmises regarding the fate of the pending negotiati7so, the Oregon Territory question and the annexation of e pn t It is stated that Mr. Pakenham has assured the Gover nin c - g, of the United States that England, underno circumsticn; would receive Texas as a province or . dependence of her .„ 0 ,1 the New York Herald, however, Says, "We learn from ent authority that General llenderson has engaged a Pt ss lgsl the Acadia, which was to leave Boston on the Ist °f for England. This indicates the course lie is to purs u rrh e a t he event of the failure of the mission to Washington. • " This would go to England if he failed here we stated beforei coy merely confirms that statement. The proceeding s ° ra cier. gress present. nothing of interest to the - ; st Numerous petitions had been- presented aga-n vet.' further alteration in the tariff laws: The election of Loon. nor of Connecticut has ended in the return of the Whijg nyer didate by a majority of about seven - or eight hundre", , o f the locofocas; the Whigs have also carried. both branro, the Legislature, which gives them a Senator. Mr• in a letter declining to accept a public compliment to some citizens of Charleston were desirous of offering ro makes use of the following remarks :—" It is well known j oy I am the advocate of peace—peace with all, and esVecand with that great country from which we draw our' origu l ' ot het of whose renown we well may be proud. There are 10 . 0 0- two countries which can . do more harm to each other, 6 ` as .fer greater benefits,the one on the other.. But as big/ itist value peace, I hold it subordinate to the honour an4si• rights of the country; whilst, on the 'other hand, 11 - 6 • deration shall induce me to sacrifice the peace of the c 6. 1 1 5011 by claiming more in the discharge of my duties than .'„0/ honestly believe that the honour and r i g hts of the e gigto demand. Her true honour and interest consists, aceeru my conception, in claiming nothing bid what is i ns ' right, and in accepting nothing that is not." e th l4 The accounts from Cape Haytien bring intelligene the Spanish part of the island had revolted against o ° l ti ll sent Government. The whole of the regular arms, land the national guard or militia, were nearly ready aud_lA marching orders against the revolters. Fifteen kand,r e :,ssa diers left Cape Haytien on the 13th, and about three ta6„`"4 arrived on the 14th of March, on their way to the S a l ) part. It appeared that the President was collecting Plod effective force of that part of the island: One °' Christophe's officers, a black man, General Perre tt ' Ti c- 11 10 mantled that division, and atrived at Cape Haytien 'id De morning of the 14th. It was thought that there w° ho ds; at least thirty thousand men march against the SPlT2boll and if the latter were well prepared, there would jr„it to be some fighting. What the result will be it is diwc,,.,Thisi predict, but these movements have the effect to depress :old and make the produce of the island extremely sear ( ' o lie high. The well-informed at Cape Haytien think th ere tion will be put down with very little trouble. ' t Advices from Matanzas to the 28th March s t a te that at disaffection among the slaves is more general than it 1r ,,, 3 is first supposed. It is said that there about 3,000 1a e 3 irons in the different forts in the vicinity of Matanzas. ' nt d hers are daily tried and immediately shot. A regilte-e 01 troops had just arrived from Havannah for the Pu r r: 4 o i scouring the country. Business on some of the at a complete stand. ' Nothing of importance had been done in New York ' l o p reign bills since the departure of the Boston mail's te cor o The rate of exchange on London was 108 to 108 i ; 5.28./ A fair amount of business was done at the Stociyair change. Cotton was in better demand ; there Was l es iva position to sell, and prices had somewhat improved. Plantatio • Was likewise in better request. THE LATEST COMMERCIAL NEWS. From the New York Courier and Inquirer, 3d AP ril i ce The operations at the Board of Brokers this morningeot., to a fair extent. Pennsylvanian Fives advanced 1 P r er „ ail lif Ohio Sixes /, Illinois 4, Kentucky Sixes *, Farmer: , ' l' Canton Co. t, Harlem Railroad I*, Utica Railroad I , • Island 4, and American Exchange Banks per cent. per, At the Public'Stock Exchange, Ohio Sixes improclslo cent., Harlem Railroad Farmers' Loan and Long Railroad 1 per cent. wer. • • After the Board adjourned, $5,000 Kentucky Fite c ot'' sold by auction in the Merchants' Exchange at 90 P e ' ,. $3,000 do. do. 89 per cent. 9 ep ee Cotton.—llolders have shown less disposition to P. res 9 lo' this week, and there has been a fair demand ; Pr ice tst improved A a * cent. per lb. from the lowest lv d- uo tt Friday last. The sales of the last three days a lla° ora l : 6,350 bales, of which 3,050 were Upland and Florida '6 $ Bl nary to middling 7* a 74 cents., middling fair to flird fed cents., good fair to fine 8A a 9 cents. ; 3,300 Mobile 10 .0108 Orleans, ordinary to middling 7* a 74 cents. per lb., 01 _, / i . ib.„ fair to fair 81 a 9i, good fair to fine 9* a ICli cents. rb 3 rre : ',; Western Flour is in better demand. About 2, 1 m; Oh.' sold to-day at $4 94c., 500 of whiclfwere for expo . ", is firm at $4 871 c. ; Georgetown and Baltimore kl ( l e r r itY' $4 87ic. ; Michigan, $4 94c.; Alexanthia and Fr e w - 0 1 .1 r burg, $4 87/ f c. ; Richmond City Mills. $5 50e.; "" wine, $5. Rye Flour, $3 12ic. a $3 25c.; Coro $2 50c. a $2 75c. s lo l C'' 400 bushels nutchess county Wheat told at 2,000 bushels of North River Corn at 50c. measure. re Ashes are dull, $4 50c. is asked for Pots, and ssor 1 50 barrels Pots sold yesterday at $4 91c. • A e Seeds are in fair demand. Sales of Clover are alO and 10* cents., according to quality. Timothy, a $16.. Rough Flaxseed, $9 75c. ,is I ' el ti Pork is firm, and has an upward tendency. ot e , -- dub at $9 62c.; Prime do. $7 25c ., with sales. Beef l s po t#" o former rates. Lard is in moderate demand at 6 a 7 1,1 - 5 ,3 the latter price for city rendered. Butt er and cm — firm, and in request:. - A ROLLS' COURT.--(THIS DA- ) ‘ Y the q (Before the Man.En of the Rotas.), 411: His Lordship was engaged durin g th e morni further hearing of a part heard-case of " Hallett v. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DA Y) (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir JAMES WIGRA I4.) GRIFFITIIS V. RICKETTS. c llO ll O His HONOR pronounced judgment in this case, Isr!!'' lift n r' before the Court on demurrer. The object of the 0 8 , 111 0,e0 0 ,;, to obtain leave to amend the bill. His Honour sa,_t",b r question in his mind during the argument was Wo e ,' t e e) r",l .4ye. re statements in the bill were sufficient to show a 1 1 . , fe fer ceive, and for the purpose of deciding this point he ' ne at some length to the practice of the Court, upon e, bot;, of the case he was of opinion that the bill was defecti' e ; t rot u ' had been said that he might obviate th a t difficulty bY,4 ing the original bill. In a case in whi c h h e w as e n ,,b' e Ce Counsel, and which, like the p resen t, came b e fore t",,,,,tec, on demurrer, he had pressed that argument on Lord • ham ; but his Lordship held that the party was boune,l4(itut statements brought before this Court in the bill dere% tlI g He thought there would be some difficulty in aPP i riolt rule in the pr esen t case . O n th e w h o l e h e was of °po ts. he should give liberty to am en d u p on p a y m ent of 093 jt THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. GRESLEY. ,i O O 0 gt This suit came before the Court on f ur th e r direc t ' . t related to a certain charity, called " Stanley's ch (11. 1)y Nethersall, in the county of Leicester, founde d eo f l , Thomas Rich in 1666, and then of the yearly va lu re at t°,o 12s. per annum. The property was leased at that the °lv Mr. Stanley for three lives, and, subsequently, te o rA l t e family in perpetuity. The property having aft e V,; c eetl i lir Creased in value to the amount of 751. per year, P were instituted, on behalf of those interested in the I , o 4efi c which issued in an agreement by which 441. a Y ea tste fe W4d plied to the charity, while the party renting the ifie the remainder of the property. The case had bee urt , to the Master, who ,made his report to the C ° Honour sanctioned the agreement. QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS 13 0 A 1()' og , (Sittings. in Banco.) , rock itir The Court heard motions in the early part of W e 0 ,,1T )1 0 0 and afterwards took the Crown paper. No case of cod rest, except to the parties immediately concerned/ up to the hour at which we went to press.' BAIL COURT,—(THIS DA Y S 0° (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) boW C 9 ;he Sir J. BATLEY applied to the Court for a rule to 5 1 , 0 o f why a mandamus should not issue t o the overse ers t° r t lie parish of Thornely, in York s hi r e, comman ding tR - r ish , e gl to Luke Hunter, the a ss i s t an t overseer o f that Pa o , y sea sum of thirty pounds, the amount of his salary for c ape : i r and a further sum of sixteen 'shillings for (Ply incurred by him in execution of his du l 3'• t.ov e ijl 4 pointment of Hunter to the office of assists!) 6,0 was made pursuant to the provisions of the Act 0 5 4 9 2. 1/ 6 c. 12; It took place i n th e mon th o f June, I °'' sa lsW;ll 9 Hunter however, demanded the 'moment Of 11 ' 3 , 10 for was informed by the overseers there were no fu n ip purpose. e do e to 11.,, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—Your sa l ary wou ld b vi e , June, 1843, and now, nearly a year afterwards, Y°11„101„4,g0 the Court upon the subject. At all events Yoe' o p" ought to show distinctly on what terms the erlgar o fl ll ., ° •§o l ' made. These salaries are directed to be paid 011,,, b orr h ee raised for the relief of the poor, and not of money r ha ve , i v for The salary for the year, it appears to me, shot c barr paid out of the moneys raised for that year. tore tbgt the year should be made and defrayed within the w o ve _der Sir Join/ BAYLEY—I can bring affid av it s to P e al , ' application for the salary was made, and Pr ° P within the year. also ge „A Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—Try to do SO ; .% th e facts as to the agreement, when you can itentw ject again. ORO= UNION HALL. (THISPAei/re 11 A b ° Thomas Harwood, a law student, was charie - Cottingham with assaulting the Rev. R. H. t biN putting him in bodily fear, by threatening to s" - Iv - ettr It appeared that on Thursday last the defenda,,,,.evriavoi3 was married to the Reverend complainant a t c , ' ,,,ilf• o rif° Church without, the knowledge of any of he r "ci bas tii9 ann oy tni t °l;l2 :: be e s a g ti it -I : ° : i t tjj:lft Friday evening the Reverend Gentleman airs stheid b l d v uo e to n r t p a rtltthloyemye opened. wtoe were her The refused soeuc complainant m e , p l b a u n t a t o n arri v door tern defendant that he was lawfully admission,marri but the latter still refused them admission. 0- `, 0 10%01 aid of the police was called, and when entrance , de c .' ,sP 4 obtained, the defendant got into a violent Pa 35. "...0. 114; n1if" his determination not to acknowledge such a father u p S i 0 0 a younger brother being present he desired him gio ° o oe; and fetch down the loaded pistol, threatening l i fo oP Rev. complainant if he did not immediately le e . % , , At length the matter became so serious that , necessary to give the defendant into custody. , juo tb e t i l elY The defendant's solicitor said that his elientdstbo ea 00 a woman possessed of considerable property wa rrie a s cee l ‘' against the wishes of her family she oglc complainant, after only an acquaintance of a re That the defendant was not aware a t t i o n 114 _ „ t his mother was married, and under that conviC,_ oge r sisted the entrance of the Rev. Gentleman int?,! ‘ ! 9 l 'l,, te s ' c olo was statcd that both rarties had large fain s pot ,`' marriages. .The solicitor added that upon the defendant being unacquainted with the fact or ,id marriage at the time, he trusted the law Wit W pressed. no ot t ° The complainant having expressed his co . _ e a, • rha draw the charge, the defendant was then disc hi 11 BARON HOMBOLDT.—The house and garu e ' t i o le 1 70 this distinguished man occupies at Berlin wa' s l o hi 3 . f eli dl sold to a merchant, who, forth -"th gave n otice. jieo' for ' 1 h olm , • t ico to quit. The banker,- Joseph Medelssolin, „ cr otia v etY the circumstance, immediately set on font a ri ` c At I u 0 ted the re-purchase of the property, which he c ec 3 1. (le his ol high price. He forthwith sent his respects to 31. in , ',,, , ere boldt ; assured him he should not be dirt de habits and associations, and, that the house at his disposal so long us he chose to occupy t"'" Gazette. 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