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COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE CHINESE WAR, &c. Now ready, in 2 vols. Svo., with Maps and Plates, 320. bound, N ARRAT IV E of the VOYAGE S and SERVICES of " THE NEMESIS," From 1840 to 1843 ; And of all the combined Naval and Military OPERATIONS IN CHINA ; Together with Important Notices of that Country, a COMPLETE ACCOUNT of the COLONY of HONG-KONG, and Remarks on our Future Intercourse with the Chinese, &c. From the Notes of Commander W. 11. HALL, R.N., and Personal Observations by W. D. BARNARD, Esq., A.M., 8:c. * s • Orders received by all Boosellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ORTHOPIEDIC INSTITUTION or INFIR MARY for the CURE of CLUB FOOT and OTHER CON TRACTIONS, 6, BLOOMSBURY-SQUARE. Notice is hereby given that on TUESDAY the 9th instant, A CON SULTING SURGEON ONLY, will be ELECTED. No other ap pohament will be made till further notice. H GILLETT GRIDLEY, Hon. Sec. 5, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury-square. April 6, 1841. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Immense Attraction tor Easter. It is respectfully announced, that the Administration of the kcademie Royale, Paris, having consented to a prolongation of the Songs of M. Duprez, this eminent Artiste wiil sing Three Nights in .he Easter Week. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, Will be performed the Opera of GUILLAUME TELL. Arno'd, Dupres; Gessler, Mr. G. Horncastle ; illiam Tell, Mr. "Stret•on ; Lutern, Mellle. Albertazzi ; Matilda, Miss Romer; Martha, Miss Betts. To conclude with the revived Melodrama of THE TALE OF MYSTERY. Count Bonamo, Mr. Selby ; Count Romaldi, Mr .Doper; Michelli. Mr. Harley; Selina, Mrs. Stirling. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55.. Second Price 3s. ; Pit 3s , Second Price N.; Mlddle Gallery us., szcoud Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price (id. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MK. BENJAMIN W EBSTER, LESSER Return of Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Mathews. ON EASTER MONDAY, AND DURING THE WEEK. Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews ; Sir Adonus Leech, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Sennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE MILL. Marquis de Richeville, Mr. Charles Mathews; Francine, Madame Vestris. To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra vaganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, Au Evening with Puff: Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. J. bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Lee. To conclude with the Extraordinary Performances of Professor !RISLEY and his INFANT SON, surnamed Le Petit Mercure." Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, Ps. ; Gallery, `2s.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes ,3s. ; Pit `.2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at HaMpast s;ix, and the Performances commerce at Seven Mr. W. Farren will appear on Monday, April 15, as Sir Pete Teazle, in the School for ScandaL rickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box *thee, from Ten till Five. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. The Pubic is respectfully informed that this Theatre WILL OPEN on EASTER MONDAY, April 8, with an Address by Mrs. Keeley. After which, will be preduced a New Comedietta, in Two Acts, entitled HASTY CONCLUSIONS. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Mathews, F. Vining, Emery, and Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley. To he followed by a New Dram; in One Act, called THE POST OF HONOUR. Characters by Mess , s. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch, J. Collier, Stanton, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the 'I heatre Royal, Adelphi, her first appearance at this 'I heatre), and Miss Grove. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Burle s que Fairy Extra vaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. Cha racters by Miss Woolgar, Miss Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, M iss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, lounge, Wigan, Yaniold, and Chaplin. .PRICES OF ADMISSION.—First Price— r oxes, 45.; Upper Ilexes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, is 6d. ; Pit, is. Private Boxes on the Balcony I ier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas Private Boxes on the Second Tier (ho'oing eight persor.s), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Tier (holding six persons), One Guinea. Free Ad mission Tickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Nightly Transferrable Free Tickets (for the first forty nights), Three Guineas Doors open at Half-past Six. Performances begins st Seven o'Clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 8. Tile RE-OPENING of ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHI THEATRE of ARTS (under the management and sole proprietor. ship ~f Mr. BATTY), with its Treble Rotation of Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacles, and unequalled Scenes of the Circle, and Batty'a Matchless Stud of beautitul Horses, Fairy Ponies, &c. Mr. Batty, in announcing the Re-opening of Ast)ey's for the se cond season of his management, begs respectfully to acquaint the Nobility, (}entry, and public that, encouraged by the flattering success during the past year, and finding the Theatre not suffi ciently commodious for its numerous patrons, he entered into an tensive 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 rebuilt, dress boxes enlarged, upper boxes widened, And pit and galleries extensively improved. Fourteen glass lustres are added, and a Grecian dome ceiling, with entirely new splendid classic decorations, and gorgeous apppsintments, 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 last season. The grand Easter national Spetlacle will combine all the splendid historical effects of the Norinan Conquest of England, produced by Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. The Cirque Olyinpique will in troduce unequalled equestrian talent, and the double company com prise talent of the highest older. The door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances goinmence at seven. Box-othce will be opened on Saturday, April 6, and continue so 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. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Themost splendid Easter Entertainment ever presented—Everything New—Supported by the k irst Talent in the World. EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 8, Will be produced an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, eutitled WHITEFRIARS, in which the entire Company will perform. fter which (First c) F . THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS, sup. pr nod by all the leadingFavourites of the Establishment. To which wi.l be added the Wonderful Performance of Herr HENGLER on the Corde Elastique, and the Carlo Family in their Unrivalled Gymnastiques. To conclude with (never acted), a Drama of peculiar construction, entitled BARAK JOHNSON; or, The Blind Witness. k•taces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. thee, from Eleven to Four. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI, WILL BE OPENED FOR ITS SEASON OF MIRACLES ON EASTER MONDAY, by the GREAT WIZARD ,01. THE NORTH. He will re-ascend his MYSTIC THRONE, and com mence his NEW SCIENCES of MODERN MIRPCLES, which have no parallel in the world. In addition to the 'Wizard's Per forniances, MR. MALONE RAYMOND, the successful repre sentative of Irish Characters, from the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, will give his original Entertainment, entitled AN HOUR IN IRELAND, assisted by MRS. MALONE RAYMOND, MISS LINLEY, and MR. SMITH. Boxes,2s. Pit. 18.6 d. Gallery, Ed. Second Price at Nine o'clock. DJors open at Seven, the Performances commence at half.past. LOVE'S POLYPHONIC ENTERTAINMENTS, CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN, STRAND. UT, LOVE has the honour to announce that he will RESUME HIsRES AL POLYPHONIC ENTERTAINMENTS, anti Lk:NIT on LIFE and CHARACTER on EASTER MON. DAY, and will continue the same on the following WE and FRIDAY, He will introduce much Novelty, which has been long in preparation, with entirely New, and Appr•pri.ate Mutative Costumes and Appointments. Total Change of Entertainments Every Evening. On MONDAY, April 8, MIRTH AND MARVELS; with A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING; and other Entertainments. On WEDNESDAY, April id, LOVE'S REMINISCENCES; foith MIRE HOS'S April) LENIMAS ; and other Entertainmen ts. with LOVE'S On FRIDAY, l2, LOVE IN AI.L SHAPES ; LAXIOUR'S LOST ; and other Entertainments. Prticulars in Handbills. Doors open at Half.ast Seven; begin at Eight. Admission , 19. 6d. ; Reserved Seats, 2s.p 6d. s:—_ THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 6. T H ERMOMETER, Lowest, 39 ; Highest, 57 ; Noon, 55. BAROMETER, 30,—WIND, S.E. NoTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the f,oezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is u anally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 42 minutes after 3 I Evening ... 5 minutes after 4. yi 4 9f, It • • 4° • . *A. •4.7 - • f,„ if t• ,e, SECOND EDITION. bbl n- LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1844. The usual fortune of Sir ROBERT PEEL to reap where others have sown, the " sic vos non vohis" fata lity which hands over to him the realised results of a p o licy that, while in progress, he has denounced, op posed, contended against, and done his utmost to .obstruct,—are exemplified in the revenue returns for tile year and quarter ended yesterday. They exhibit 100 n the enormous aggregate revenue of 50,396,977/. 1 the proportionably enormous increase, over the aggre gate of the year ended sth April, 1843, of 4,318,167/. The comparison of this quarter with the correspond ing quarter of the year 1843, gives, not indeed a similar ratio of improvement, but a total increase of 325,0341., being the difference between 10,469,477/. and 10,794,5111. Now, if we analyse the returns, so ,as to assign the particular items on which this excess 0 : productiveness has been developed, we shall find tha; (setting aside the " property-tax," which is an integer in the account sui generic, and not influenced by caus.es that inevitably affect the other sources of revenue,) we shall find that the two heads of largest increase are precisely those which received the most incessant care and attention of Sir ROBERT'S prede cessors in office. They applied to them, to the utmost of their ability, those free trade principles which Sir ROBERT strenuously combated whilst in opposition, ~en masse ; but furtively adopts, piecemeal, (that he tt.ay not too abruptly shock the prejudices of his col imtgues,) now that he is in office. It appears that the increase on the present over the last financial year (respectively ended sth April) has been—on the re ceipt of Customs 658,33.51.; ditto Excise, 474,6071. Now, what the admirable labours of Mr. LABOUCIIERE and Mr. BARING, in the consolidation and reduction of Customs' duties, were not permitted t o accomplish, 'the luck of the P remier has, from time to time, sue utAsfully pushed forward into practical working. Opposed, if we may credit his speeches in opposition, to the principles of free trade, he consistently enough declaimed against the preliminary of extensive modi fications of existing duties. In office he has, almost in silence, but by little and little, given to those prin ciples efficiency and practical application. But for treading in the steps, therefore, which Lord MEL BOURNE'S Government were displaced for venturing to tread, Sir ROBERT would have had as indifferent an account to show of receipts from Customs as those who went before him, so long as these were not allowed to carry out the suggestions on whitb the Premier and his Government have since succeosfully acted, albeit in the teeth of their own avowed convictions or prepossessions of past years. The improvement in the product of the Excise is attributable to another cause ; but here, too, the result is one that comes, as in the other instance, in aid of the Premier's financial receipts, whilst it supplies the most striking argument against the law he so per versely upholds. During the last administration of the Whigs it was their misfortune to have high corn prices ; say, for an average, about 70s. the quarter for wheat. The impolicy of the statutable prohibitions virtually operating to exclude cheap corn from the market, they never ceased to deprecate; but they never could succeed in carrying a majority of Parlia ment with them to repeal such impolitic laws. In deed, to say the truth, they were at time seriously di vided upon the question among themselves. Some of their more distinguished leaders were avowedly inimi cal to all propositions for disturbing the insufferable monopoly which the class legislation of the landed proprietors gives to the landlords of the supply of bread for the community. The consequence was that, with lowered wages, this artificially sustained high price of bread became not only a cruel but a destruc tine burthen on the labouring poor and bread-con suming artisan. They went on, month after month, year after year from bad to worse. Pauperism in creased, with frightful rapidity, on all hands. Simul taneous with that increase was a fearful diminution in the demand for labour. The very sufferers, by overtaxed bread comprise the great mass of the con sumers of Excise-charged articles of consumption, as tea, coffee, &c. The natural. and necessary con sequence followed. The revenue of Excise deterio rated in a corresponding ratio, quarter after quarter. But what has been the price of corn, since PEEL and his colleagues displaced Lord JOHN RUSSELL and Lord MELBOURNE ? Corn has on an average been at about 50s. per quarter. The demand for labour, though still very disproportioned to the supply, has very considerably increased, indeed, during the same period. The influence of these two facts is mani fested in the growing increase of the Excise. The labouring artisan is again able, thanks to the lowered price of bread, to spare a fractional portion of his wages, as formerly, in the purchase of those ex ciseable commodities which, if not absolute necessaries of life, are indispensable to his own comfort and that of his family. The numbers of such consumers in the aggregate more than countervail the small ness of each individual's expenditure; and thus the difference between years of high-priced corn and years of low, or at least cheaper priced corn, ma nifests itself in the income of the Excise revenue. If Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Conservative land lords, supporters of. his Government, were men of political (we had almost said—moral) consistency, we might expect that considerations of this kind would suffice at once to determine their policy with regard to a corn-law. They would have before them such irresistible evidence to the national prejudice, as i well as the political weakness and immorality of such a tax, that we might look for its immediate and indig nant repeal. But, unhappily, we have no such ex pectations—we indulge in no such hopes ! With Sir ROBERT especially, the principle of ex pediency—the contrivances, alliances, adjustments of private interests and conflicting official claims —the hold upon patronage, and all other considera tions connected with his own maintenance of place and power—these outweigh, we verily believe, all the cry of famished hundreds of thousands of our labour ing poor for cheap bread, as well as all the mur murs of scores of thousands, in other classes, of moderate incomes, against the cruel and intolerable addition to the burden already imposed upon them by assessed and other taxes, poor-rates, and of a property-tax which has, this last financial year, yielded no less than 5,356,887/. ; being an increase on the product of this impost last year, of 2,900,5991. Altogether, the Premier's " financial fortune" is really remarkable ; but that the public should tolerate this last gigantic robbery of capital and income—this clumsy device for making good the defective working of his scheme of domestic and financial administra tion, is infinitely more surprising. The Bishop of LoNnox has lately addressed a Pastoral Letter to the clergy of his diocese on the subject of the erection of new churches, which he states to be the one great want of the metropolis and its suburbs. After mentioning that a sum of up wards of a hundred and fifty-eight thousand pounds has already been subscribed for this purpose, he de clares it as his fixed opinion that the subscription is not half extensive enough, and that another must be got up without loss of time, inasmuch as his metropolitan flock—poor, destitute, benighted crea tures !—are absolutely famishing for lack of spiritual aliment. " More Church !" is consequently the burden of the episcopal song. The temporal welfare of the numerous flock entrusted to his charge appears to be wholly beneath the sublime consideration of their ghostly shepherd; he has regard only to their precious souls, whbse lamentable condition he says, with infinite pathos, wrings his pious bosom with anguish. "I desire," he tells his clergy, "to renew my appeal to the members of the Church, in my own diocese, as well on the ground of the fearful extent of destitution yet unsupplied, as of the success with which the) Divine:blessing has crowned a former effort. It was not to be expected that the planting of churches and clergymen in the midst of a poor, igno rant, long-neglected population, would at once produce all the beneficial effects which, we doubt not, will ultimately result from that provision. To break down the mass of ignorance and vicious habits which has been accumulating for a long series of years, must needs be a work of time. It may perhaps be doubted whether any very striking change will be-wrought till a new generation shall have grown up under the nurture and discipline of the Church." It is mani fest, from this passage, that to' " more Church," and "more Church" only, the good Bishop trusts for the improvement of his flock. This is his great panacea for all their sufferings—the sole reme dial measure in which he appears to have the slightest faith. It is with considerable diffidence that we ven ture to differ from so august an authority, but we cannot help thinking that the temporal interests of his flock stand far more in need of the Bishop's vigilant attention that their spiritual interests. Hundreds, possibly thousands of them—more especially those who reside in the crowded neighbourhoods of Bethnal green and Spitalfields—are at this moment in the most wretched state of destitution, and what will " more Church" do for them ? Will it furnish them with clothes to appear in at Divine service—will it put bread into their mouths—give them the means of supporting their families—or pour the sunshine of content and happiness into their homes, when the ghastly fiend, Poverty, sits grinning, an " unbidden guest," by their hearth? Certes, "snore Church" is an excellent thing in its way—particularly to the good Bishop, whose power and patronage will be thereby wondrously increased—but "more bread" is, or should be, the first consideration— more means of innocent enjoyment—more comfort and peace of mind. Let the Right Rev. Prelate first direct his attention to these important matters, and then his flock will be in a fitter condition to reap the spiritual benefits of " more Church." But a hungry belly is in no mood to derive advantage from attend• ance at Divine service ; and rags—which are prover bially sensitive—are but too apt to feel that they are somewhat out of place among the Respectables in the House of GOD. But why this demand for "more Church," on the part of " CHARLES JAMES LONDON," when the metropolitan churches, with which we are already blest, remain only half filled, and not a few" of them are in the worst state of dilapidation ? In St. Stephen's, Walbrook, for instance—as was pub licly mentioned at the last parish meeting—the rain actually comes through the roof, the matting is torn, the pews are, many of them, broken, and the very pulpit itself is in such a state of decay, that it would not surprise us, were Doctor CROLY, one fine Sunday, in the midst of his sermon, to fall through on the astonished head of the clerk be neath ! Now, would it not be as well to repair our present churches, and see that they are well filled, be fore we proceed to build new ones ? The Bishop, it is to be feared, will think otherwise; and we are at no loss to understand his motives, which, though disin terested perhaps in the main, are not wholly unin fluenced by the pleasing consideration of increased power and patronage. Some few months have elapsed since we called at tention to the very valuable Report of Mr. JAMES WALKER, the eminent civil engineer, and Sir JonN BARROW, Bait, for the information of the Lords of the Admiralty, on the relative capacity and preferable pretensions of Holyhead, and Port Dynllaen Har bour, to be selected for the establishment of a packet station and port of communication with Dublin ; and as presenting " the greatest facilities for railway communication with London, regard being had to the comparative cost of effecting such communication, and the other considerations bearing on the point." Mr. WALKER was at the same time instructed to " make plans with an estimate of the cost of con structing or improving, at each place, a harbour, and works necessary for a packet-station, for vessels of the class now running betweeen Liverpool and Kingston ; namely, of 900 tons, and drawing 10 feet 10 inches water; and likewise for a refuge harbour for the Channel trade. We have now before us a reprint of this Report, dated Oct. 6, 1842 ; together with that of Captain BACK and Captain FAIR, R.N., addressed to the Hon. S. HERBERT, Secretary to the Admiralty, under date of 9th June, 1843, on the same points, with the exception of the lines of railway communica tion, &c. The present Parliamentary paper (No. 43, ordered to be printed 17th February last) is illus trated by the following coloured lithographic plans, designs, &c. which we have carefully collated with the text of the report in question, and found to supply very clear and distinct illustrations of the various lines and works submitted by the Lords of the Admi ralty. They are, 1. Plan of the harbour of Holy head, as it now is; soundings taken in feet at low water springs, by * Mr. EVANS, the harbour-master. 2. Design for the extension of the Packet Pier; also for a breakwater and harbour of refuge (referred to in Mr. WALKER'S report) at Holyhead Harbour. This is taken from a survey of Captain BEECHEY, R.N. 3. Design for a packet pier and breakwater at Port Dynllaen Harbour; enlarged from a survey by Lieutenant SHERINGHAM, R.N. 4. Sketch of part of the coast of Caernarvonshire and Anglesea, showing the relative proportions of Holyhead and Port Dynllaen, harbours, and of the lighthouses adjacent thereto (from a survey by Lieut. SHERINGHAM, R.N.) 5. Sketch showing the lines of railway at Bangor and across the Menai Straits. 6. Ditto, showing the lines of railway at Chester. 7. Ditto, showing the proposed junction of the London and Birmingham and Grand Junction Railways, near Birmingham. At any time it might be impossible to overrate the social and political importance of shortening and im proving our lines of communication between London and Dublin. Many recent circumstances in an espe cial manner, and, more generally speaking, the neces sities and experience of every day, tend to enhance the value of such an undertaking. Nothing can be more complete, so far as the theory of the design for it, embraced in the reports of Captains BEECHEY and FAIR, R.N., and of Mr. WALKER, is concerned, than the explanatory grounds these gentlemen have as signed for their several recommendations. Captains BACK and FAIR completely dispose, in our opinion, of the question of preference, in all considerations of eligibility as to a packet station, in favour of Holy head. "We have," say these eminent officers, " pro ceeded to, and examined, these two places of land and sea without bias of aay kind from local interests or otherwise, but having regard solely to the quickest transit consistent with safety, from one side of the Channel to the other." Of Port Dynllaen, they say—" First, forming, as it does, a small inner bay or cove within Carnarvon Bay, it is entirely exposed to the winds blowing from all points between N.W. by N. and N.E., and though sheltered from the S.W. wind, yet the gusts from the land rush down with such violence between the mountains, as to endanger the safety of vessels endeavouring to get in with the land ; second, Port Dynllaen has no good leading mark to guide to the anchorage ; for though the Rivals' are conspicuous enough in fine, weather, those principal hills are either so obscured during fogs and misty weather, which much prevails there, or become so much like the other adjacent heights, that the most experienced frequenters of the coast are frequently brought into danger in consequence. The port of Dynllaen is, also, in thick weather and during storms, liable to be obscured, whilst Holyhead is com paratively free and clear." " These and other reasons" induce the two officers to report that " Port Dynllaen is not, in itself, eligible as a port of communication with Dublin. But the bay of Holyhead seems formed by nature for a place of shelter, and if there be anything still wanting to make it complete the defect may be easily supplied." . . . "It is our unqua lified opinion," they add, " that, both as to capability and position, Holyhead is, unquestionably, the most eligible harbour on the coast as a port of communi, cation with Dublin." Mr. WALKER, after examining the present state of Holyhead Harbour, and noting its deficiencies of artificial means to constitute it -a harbour of refuge of any pretensions, proceeds to show that by deepening, dredging, removing some small rocks, and the other works he projects in detail, it might be made a har bour of refuge of extraordinary capacity and perfect shelter, singular facility of approach, and ample depth of water. As a packet station, he pronounces it to have capacities of many kinds, even now, to boast of ; but, with the additional works in question, it would probably form the most complete packet station and harbour of refuge that could be desired on this part of our coast. He first sets out his plan for the new and enlarged packet pier : " Its direction will be east-by-south nearly ; its length 700 feet, and width 80 feet—both sides walled and faced with ashlar, as the north side will form also one side of the future harbour. The depth at low w•ater spring tides, at the inner end, 12 feet, and at the outer end 18 feet. A return jetty of 100 feet is proposed at the outer end. 78,000 " The estimate of this division is " Second, The breakwater (lettered E. F. G on the drawing, No. 1.) is designed to be carried out from the rocks at the north end of Salt Island, in an east by south straight direction, 500 yards, and there returned by a curve to a southerly direc tion. Its termination or head will bear north-east by north of the Stag Rock, from which it will be distant 250 yards. This arm, as will be seen by the plan, will shelter a large space (upwards of 70 acres) from all the heavy seas to which it is open. The low-water depth, except ing for a very small space on the west side, will exceed 18 feet, the average be ing 24 feet. It will also protect the north side of the steam packet pier, so that ves sels may come alongside it. The esti mate of this work, including the removal of the Inner Platters, is " These two works, therefore, amount t0....£255,000 " By the third division it is proposed to ex tend the packet-pier 750 feet (from B. to C. on the drawing, No. 1), and to project a jetty 150 feet to the southward. Thus the present pier, with the pier before de scribed, and this extension, will form the south side of the harbour of refuge. A return in a north-east by north direction for a length of 900 feet (lettered C. D. on the drawing, No. 1), will leave an en trance of 300 or 350 feet wide between it and the termination of the breakwater, making a complete harbour of refuge of about 80 acres, in which the large class ships will be afloat at the lowest water The cost of this work will be " The amount of the three works is thu5....£400,000 " When they are done, the accommodation will be of the first order for steamers, the length of deep water quay being not less than 3,900 feet, of which 2,200 feet are within the inclosed harbour. There will also be an excellent harbour of refuge, which ships of the largest class may enter and leave with almost all winds, be always afloat, and in perfect safety while in the harbour." He minutely examines the pretensions and the drawbacks of Port Dynllaen for these purposes ; and wisely says, " I think the general conclusion, even without that most powerful of all arguments expe rience, is in favour of Holyhead." He then enters on the subject of railway communication; and, we are glad to observe, strongly deprecates the proposal for conducting any line of railway over the great Tel ford's magnificent suspension bridge at Menai : " In place of the very circuitous lines which have been proposed at Bangor, and the Menai Straits, and drawing the trains by horses, or by a fixed engine, up the slope was th n k built, h e and should line turnpike-road, whicii I should be continued direct to the Strait s, and the Straits andalobnegkep the t present the crossed by an arched bridge built for the railway. The unfitness for a railway, of the present suspension-bridge, which is approached by a slope of 1 in 25 ; theinterfe rence by engines and trains with the present use of it, which interference will, I am sure, be more frequent and annoying than appears to have been contemplated ; the delay at all times, and particularly in stormy weather; the having to cros s B a ngor with an embankment 70 feet i n the deepest part ; the numerous curves to reach the bridge, and the repetition of similar curves on the i j A Hmtvn uheo n aorel t lik f i oytt l eruuoh e rssmewlenbayaohpde more s ekrdn i do d eet uoeap- e eerrdr , fi a edvanr r endte e odhsod: a rao l wwnw l f thehitistthiobjectionable. they tymotfaaheTrgeneeohialeaiact change present, Bridge,nsa they hrl eilwe district, h , yo have fsnabahskfvnpeaoesdnesui fashion speed, aeo t t, ds h hn e boebu r eumetpgi t ri nao h hna gyn e -t. some check upon tendency to monopoly and its effects." We are tempted to give a preference to Mr. WALKER'S projected line, crossing the Birmingham road between Chester through Carnarvonshire, south of Mr. GILES'S line, and crossing the Straits by an iron fixed bridge, at a point far removed from the THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1844. Menai bridge, between the Swilleys and the Bri tannia Rock, to either Mr. GILES'S or Mr. STEPHEN SON'S. Mr. WALKER'S estimate of the time in which the out and home journey to and from London and Dublin might be performed, is as startling as the per formances of the enchanted horse in some Oriental Tales ; and yet, on examination, we find it quite practicable : " By the received measurements of the present rail ways, and of the Ordnance map from Chester to Holy head, the distance between London and Holyhead, allow ing for the straightening at Birmingham and other places, will be 267 miles, which, at thirty-six miles per hour, 7 h. 25 m. " Add for one stoppage of 15m., two of 10m., two of 5m., and five of 4m " Makes between London and Holyhead stations, or 31 7-17th miles per hour, including stop pages " Allow for crossing to Kingstown and reaching the Dublin Post-office " Is from Euston station to Post-office, Dublin " Allow time in Dublin. " Journey back to Euston-square " Making the journey from Eus ton-square to Dublin, and back to Euston-square 1 5 8 30 5 30 14 - Madrid journals of the 29th ult. have been re ceived, but they furnish no additional intelligence from Carthagena. The country from all accounts remains perfectly quiet, with the exception of some slight disturbances at Tafalla and Zalamea, which were speedily suppressed by the military. According to advices from Portugal, Almeida still held out. The besiegers, as stated in a letter received from that place, have been reinforced by 600 infantry, 150 cavalry, and some artillery. Though the blockade is a little closer, one can still enter and quit the fort ress very easily, so that the insurgents are not in want of provisions, and are not deprived of all com munications. They made a sortie five or six days ago, and seized upon a quantity of bread and money destined for the blockading troops. The brigade of observation is still in the same position, and the artillery has not yet played. On the Madrid Bourse the Three per Cents. were done at 35i for cash, and 36 11-16 at 60 days; and the Five per Cents. at 23k. In the French Chamber of Deputies on Thursday a lengthened discussion took place, on a motion for the abolition of the stamp duty on newspapers. It was brought forward by M. D E MONTLAVILLE, said to be one of the proprietors of the Siecle, who con tended that the principle had been recognised by some of the leading men of the age, and among others by M. GuizoT and M. BARTIIE. Though the price of journals had, in many instances, been dimi nished still they were out of the reach of the lower classes, while among these the press might be of the greatest service, in making them acquainted with their moral and political duty. The motion was op posed by the Minister of Finance, and supported by M. DE LAMARTINE, when the Chamber divided, but the numbers were so equal that recourse was had to the ballot. The result was not known at the hour of post, but it was supposed the motion would be lost by a small majority. _ _ 'The subscriptions which have been made in some regiments, for a sword to Admiral DUPETIT TMOUARS, have attracted the notice of the Government, and the following order has, in consequence, been issued by the Minister of War : " Marshal Soult, as Minister of War, has signified to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers, that no subscription can, under any title, be opened in the army, without the previous approbation of the superior authority, and that such as fail in this duty make them selves liable to punishment. The lieutenant and major generals, and colonels commanding corps, are desired to see to the execution of this provision, and to render im mediately an account to the Minister of War of every infraction." _ The following telegraphic dispatch has been re ceived by the French Government : " MARSEILLES, APRIL 2. " ATHENS, MARCH 20.—The Minister of Finance to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. "On the 10th of March the Constitution made by concert between the King and the National Assembly was voted and accepted." A letter from Berlin, 28th ult., says :—" There is a report current that the King of Prussia intends this year to visit Paris, but as yet nothing of a positive na ture has transpired on the subject. It appears, certain, however, that an invitation has been received from the King of the French, and that the best understanding exists between the two sovereigns. A few days ago the King of Prussia gave another proof of his kind feelings towards men of science and literature. Mr. George Jones, the author of a work on ' Ancient America,' visited Berlin,;in consequence of an autograph letter sent to him by the King. He had scarcely arrived, when his Majesty, without the previous formality of a presenta tion, invited him to dinner, and treated him with marked attention and condescension. The day before yesterday he bad the honour also of dining with the Crown Prince and Princess." The Weser Gazette states, from Copenhagen, that the Minister of Finance, M. DE MOLTER, has tendered his resignation, because he would not take upon him self the responsibility of providing the money (500,000 crowns), at which the expenses for the re ception of the Emperor NICHOLAS are estimated. It is added that his example has been followed by other Members of the Government. The subjoined state ment is given in a letter from Cassel, March 28 " Many of the chief points connected with the esta blishment of railroads in Electoral Hesse have been de cided by the Government, and it is expected that the States will discuss the subject to-morrow. The railroad to Frankfort, by Hesse Cassel, the upper part of Hesse Darmstadt and Wetteravia, will be undertaken in common by the Grand Duchy and the city of Frankfort. The first estimate of the expenditure for the duchy was 7,600,000 thalers ; but Mr. Stephenson, who last year inspected the proposed line, reduces the estimate to 6,500,000. The Minister of Finance is of opinion that the receipts of this road will suffice, so as to prevent the necessity of any augmentation of the general taxes. As regards the other roads which are projected, it is not yet decided whether they shall be made by the State or by companies." THE BOURSE—THURSDAY, APRIL 4. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents 122 70 • • 122 90 .. 122 65 .. 122 65 Fourper Cents ••• • • • 106 • • 106 106 .. 106 Three per Cents.• •• • 83 30 •• 83 30 .. 83 .. 83 ..... 3150 ..3150 Bank of France. • . Laftitte Bank, I,ooof. Shares ll4s • • 1145 1145 ..1145 3145 .. 3145 5,000 f. Shares sl4s • • 5145 _ 5145 ..5145 Belgian 8ank........ 660 •• 660 .. 660 .. 660 1 1 Belgian Fives, ex div •• . • • • 1021 1021 ,ex 1051 '• 1054 105 .. 105 • • 1071 .. 1071 .. 107: 11884420,,x 1071 Threes • 78 •• 78 78 78 Spanish Active •••••• • • • • • • 35 , • ' 35 1 • • 35 .. 351 Threes •••••• • • • • • • 384 • • • 38 4 • • 38 .. 39 Passive .••.•• • • • • • • 7 , • ' 7 ..4 • • 7 • • 71 P Old Deferred ••.• . • • 71 • • • it • • 7/ • • 71 Dutch Two-and-a-Half .• •• • 61 • • 61 61 .. 61 Portu g uese Five per Cents . • 461 •• 461 • . 461 • • 461 Neapolitan.. • ....... Roman • • RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain .•• • • • 830 • • 83.5 .. 830 .. 835 Versailles, R. 8... •• • • ...... 400 • • 400 • . 392 50 .. 395 50 L. 8... •• • • ...... 280 • . 290 .. 280 .. 283 75 Rouen Rotten to Havre.. ••• • • . 700 • • 702 50 .. 700 .. 700 Orleans Strasburg to Bale ••• • • • .... 285 .. 292 50 .. 285 .. 292 50 Avi g non Le Marseilles ••• • .. 765 76.5 .. 7 60 .. 760 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, R.B. L.B. .. Rouen •••••• • • • • .. • 93.5 .. 940 • 935 93.5 Rotten to Havre. Orleans Strasburg to 8a1e.... Avignon to Marseillee • • 762 50 .. 762 50 .• 760 .. 760 The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing : FOR GOVERNORS. William Cotton, Esq., Governor. John Benjamin Heath, Esq., Deputy Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. Edward Henry Chapman, Esq. James Morris, Es 9. Arthur Edw. Campbell, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq. Bonamy Dobree, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. Abel Lewes Gower, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq. James Pattison, Esq. John Oliver Hanson, Esq. Henry James Prescott, Esq. Kirkman Daniel Hodgson,Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. Henry_Lancelot Holland, Esq. Christopher Pearse, Esq. Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. Sir John Rae Reid, Bart. Charles Fredk. Huth, Esq. William R. Robinson, Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq. William Thompson, Esq., and Humphrey St. John Mildmay, Alderman Esq. Thomas Tooke, jun., Esq. The Election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 9th, and for Directors on Wednesday, the 10th inst., from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. PUBLIC DEBT.—An account of all additions which have been made to the annual charge of the public debt, by the interest of any loan that has been made, or an nuities created, in the last ten years, has just been pre sented to Parliament. pursuant to the Act 27th George 111., cap. 13. The following are some of the particulars of which this account puts us in possession:— In the year 1834, an addition was made to the annual charge of 123,6441., in respect of 4,080,000/. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities; in 1835, the addition to the annual charge altogether amounted to 618,361/., chiefly owing to the raising of 15,000,000/. for the compensa tion to slave-owners; in 1836, the addition m it a w de as to on th ly e annualitw asaltogeth ercharge wasabout altogether , 5 160 a 0 b l o ; about 1 1 5 8 7 3 ,0 8 2 , 4/. ; in 1837, 19,642/.; in 1839, the addition to the annual charge amounted to 180,461/. ; in 1840, to about 16,562/. only; in the year 1841, it amounted altogether to 210,5761.; in 1842, to 36,092/.; and in the year 1843, the whole amount of the annual addition in question was only about 1,3501. Want of space prevents us from giving the full parti culars of the description of capital, &c., by which the above charges have been rendered necessary. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND %HOW Opt:11ton. " Who runs may read." rortEroN. On Tuesday the Kingof the accompanied by Generals Aymard and Fried, left the Tuileries at three o'clock for St. Cloud, returning at seven. In the even ing, their Majesties received the Ministers of the Marine and Finances, the Prince and Princess de Wagram, Baron and Baroness Langsdorff, Count and Countess de Savandy, Mine. Lacave Laplagne, the Marquis de Pange, Count ()raison, Generals Viscount Bonnemains, Foucher, Count Lalaing d'Audenarde, Barons Wolff, Paixhans, and Valliant, Admirals Hamelin, Lemarant, and Dupotet, Baron Daunant, and Lady Airey. The Director-General of the Customs has addressed a circular to the different ports of France, announcing that the Minister of Finance has decided that the privilege of exporting goods without payment of export. duty, which was conferred by a Ministerial order in July last in favour of shipments to the Marquesas, is to be ex tended to the Society Islands, which are under the pro tection of France. The National states that the Procureur-General has ordered a prosecution to be commenced against the Abbe Maurette fir having published a pamphlet entitled Le Pape et l'Evangile, or Encore des adieux a Rome. The Esperance, a Protestant journal, of Paris, adds, that " the Abbe Maurette has quitted France for Canada, as a Protestant missionary, with the intention of con verting the French population of that colony. The Universal Gazette, of Augsburg, has been stopped on the Russian frontiers, on account of its containing reviews of M. de Custine's work, and several other works on Russia, which have given dissatisfaction. Apart ments are preparing at the Chancellerie for the reception of the Emperor of Russia. A letter from Trieste, March 22, in the Cologne Ga zette, says :—" We have received letters from Corfu, stating that the fermentation which has reigned for some time in the lonian islands has determined the English Government to introduce certain ameliorations. The Lord High Commissioner has presented to the Le gislature various Bills for the equal division of the taxes, the formation of new roads, and the rights of commons. To give work to the poor, the Government has ordered several public buildings to be constructed." It is said that the differences which have sprung up to prevent the marriage of the Archduke Stephen, of Austria, with the Russian Archduchess Olga, is a source of great annoyance and disappointment to Prince Met ternich. The Austrian Prime Minister was inclined to accede to the wishes of Russia, but a large party in the Council voted against all concession, and left Prince Metternich in the minority. LAW AND POLICE. At Gloucester an action was brought by H. Holford, Esq., against Mr. Bailey, M.P., as to the right of fishing in the river Esk, county of Brecon. Most of the wit nesses were Welsh, and w ere examined through an in terpreter. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff. At Taunton, George Clark was charged with the man slaughter of Samuel Shepstone, at Yoburough, and John Clark and Charles Miikins, as being the seconders of the fight. The evidence not supporting the indict ment, the prisoners were acquitted. At Chester, Sampson Roe was charged with uttering a forged order for delivery of goods, with intent to de fraud Thomas Brocklehurst, of Maulesfield. He was found guilty, and sentenced to two years' hard labour. At the Rochester petty Sessions of the 3d instant. J. Withers Powell, a person very respectably connected, was committed for trial for stealing three silver tea spoons and a table-spoon from his lodgings. CO 13-RT-FASSIONA.23LE. The Duke of Wellington's party during the holidays is expected to be very limited, their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and the Duchess of Gloucester, who usually honour the Noble and Gallant Duke with their company during the Easter recess, being indisposed. The Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, Mr. Algernon Greville, the Duke's Secretary, have ar rived, and with the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro and Lord Charles Wellesley, form his Grace's circle. The Noble Duke, who continues in the enjoyment of excellent health, will complete his 75th year on the Ist of the ensuing month. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have been detained at Alnwick Castle, in consequence of the Noble Duke having been attacked by gout, or they would have left the Castle for town this week. The greater portion of the ducal establishment has reached the me tropolis from Northumberland. The Duke of Cleveland left town early in the week, on a visit to Mr. Corbett, at Sundorne Castle, Shrop shire, whence his Grace proceeds on a tour of visits during the parliamentary recess. The Duke of Buccleuch left Montagu House on Thurs day for Broughton House, near Kettering, where the Duchess and family had previously arrived. Sir Henry and Lady Emily Hardinge and family left the same day for the seat of Sir Henry, in Kent. The Marquis of Northampton and Mr. C. S. and Lady Elizabeth Dickens have arrived at Castle Ashby, from town. Viscount and Lady Marianne Alford are passing the recess with the Noble Marquis. Mr. Holford has taken the Marquis's residence in Piccadily, for the season. Sir Robert Peel returns to town, on Thursday or Friday next, from Drayton Manor. Mr. Frederick Peel came from Cambridge, and Mr. William Peel, R.N., arrived from Portsmouth, on Wednesday evening, to ac company Sir Robert to Staffordshire. Viscount and Viscountess Villiers have arrived at Drayton Manor on a visit to the Right Hon. Baronet and Lady Peel, from Upton House, near Banbury. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, left Carlton- House-terrace, on Thursday, for Viscount Melbourne's seat is Herts. ' Sir John and Lady Shelley leave their villa, at Fulham, to day, for the Duke of Wellington's, Strathfield saye, for the holidays. The Earl and Countess of Albemarle are expected to leave Middenham Hall, on Monday, for Newmarket, where the first spring meeting commences on that day. The Earl and Countess of Sefton and family are ex pected in Belgrave• square, early in the week after next, from Croxteth Hall, near Liverpool for the season. The Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, Earl and Countess of Verulam and Lady Jane Grimston, Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Norman, Earl Ba thurst, &c., have been staying, during the week, at Belvoir Castle, on visits to the Duke of 14utland. • Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lady Mary Sack ville West left Tipper Grosvenor-street yesterday, after the usual Maundy Thursday ceremonies at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, for Buckhurst Park, Sussex. Loi d Caritilupe, who is recovering from the accident to his eye, and the Bon. Mortimer West, Grenadier Guards, remain in town during the holidays. The Earl of Glasgow has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from Kelburne House, Ayrshire, to attend the approaching Newmarket Spring meeting. DICISCEI.I.ATTEOUS. Electors in cities and boroughs should ascertain what poor-rates and window-taxes are now due, as those pay able on or before this day (to entitle the party to be on the next year's register) must be paid on or before the 20th of July. It should be noted whether the poor rate last made has been demanded, as some barristers have held that a rate is not payable until a demand for payment has been made; but as the Court of Common Pleas has not yet decided that point, it is better that all the poor-rates now due should be paid. There landed from the steamers on Sunday at the Red-house 1,640, at Chelsea 3,872, rutney, 2,128. The Vauxhall-bridge Company are going to erect a pier simi lar to the one at the Southwark-bridge. This will be a great accommodation for South Lambeth. On Thursday evening a vestry meeting of the inha bitants of Greenwich was held for the purpose of taking into consideration the expediency of erecting a Town Hall and Police Court for this town. Some discussion took place, and on the question being put, five held up their hands, while more than three hundred voted against it. In pursuance of Treasury warrants, dated the 30th ult., the Commissioners of the Customs have, by their order of the 2d instant, directed the license of Mr. Wm Christey, Custom-house agent, to be cancelled. M. Guizot's eldest and favourite daughter, a fine young girl of 16 years of age, is dangerously ill from the effects of a cold having settled on her chest. Great apprehen sions are entertained for her life. On Thursday evening the ninth annual meeting of the Master-Mariners' Benevolent Society was held at the Bridge-house Hotel, London-bridge, to receive the Re port of the Committee, and upon general business. Mr. Bates, the Secretary, read the Report, from which it appeared there were upwards of 1,200 master-mariners members of the Society, that the funds in hand exceeded 4,0001., and the annual increase of the contributions over the expenditure was 300/. per annum. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NORTHUMBERLAND AND NORTH DURHAM STEEPLE-CHASE.—TnuftsnAy. Sweepstakes of 5 SON'S. each, 3 ft., with a Purse added, 12st each ; the second horse to save his stake ; and the winner to be sold for 1001. Three miles. (23 Subs.) Mr. T. Butler's Albert, by Skylark, aged (Capt. Broadley) 1 Mr. Cooksen's Rufus, by Zoroaster, aged 2 Mr. T. Salkeld's The Little Devil, aged 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. F. Lamb's Maria Persiani, Lord Killeen's Brother to Binks the Bagsman, Mr. V. Surtees' Ariel, Mr. W. Greenwell's Baron, Mr. Fenwick's Kitten, Capt. Shewell's Rival,'Mr. Yea's Safe guard, Mr. W. Dixon's Foxhunter. and Mr. W. J. H. John stone nd. Donald paird. 4 and 5 to 1 agst Albert, who took the lead, cleared all his fences in fine style, and won easy by three lengths. ARRIVALS AT NEWMARKET. Evenus, Muff, Repealer, The Blusterer, Buzz, Boarding school Miss, Voltri, Baveno, Larry M'Hale, The Caster, An niversary, Rhino, Sister to Potentia, Numskull, Master Henry, and Tom Thumb. Gaper, Bramble, African, Lotha rio, and several others are expected. MANCHESTER BETTING.—FRIDAY. TWO THOUSAND G ULNEAS STAKES. Even on The Ugly Buck. CHESTER CUP. 7 to 1 agst Heseltine's lot 20 to 1 agst Red Deer—taken (including Alice Haw-120 to 1 agst Jamie Forest thorn) po to 1 agst Merry Andrew 11 to 1 agst Pharaoh 125 to 1 agst Tacita—taken 12 to 1 agst Pagan ;25 to 1 agst Vakeel—taken 13 to 1 agst Cattonite 30 to 1 agst Roscius—taken 18 to 1 agst Bramble—taken 130 to 1 agst Everton 18 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn 50 to 1 agst Emma—taken No other change. DERBY. 8 to 1 agst Scott's lot 22 to 1 agst Cockamaroo 10 to 1 agst Col. Peel's lot 25 to 1 agst King of Gipsies 11 to 2 agst Rattan—taken 140 to 1 agst Akbar—taken 6 to 1 agst Ugly Buck '4O to 1 agst Leander 15 to 1 agst Orlando 1 The rest as before. 20 to 1 agst Running Rein No done u )tithe Oaks. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. The prevailing fine weather having caused vegetation to progress rapidly, we have had a very large time-of-year sup ply of vegetables, yet the demand was steady, at full prices. In Fruit, comparatively little was doing.—Potatoes from 2s 9d to 5s per cwt ; young Onions, 2s to 4s ; Coleworts or Greens, 2s to 4s ; Turnips, Is 6d to 2s 6d ; Carrots, 4s to 5s 6d; and Leeks, 8d to Is 2d per dozen bunches ; old Onions, 2s 3d to 2s 8d; Spinach, 8d to is 2d; Apples, is to 4s ; Pears, 7s to 12s ; and Brocoli Sprouts, is to Is 6d per half sieve ; Aspa ragus, 3s to 8s ; French Beans, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Oranges, 7s to 14s ; and Lemons, 8s to 13s per 100; Spanish Nuts, 16s ; Barcelona do., 20s to 24s ; and Brazil do., 15s per bushel ; Almonds, 6s, and Chestnuts, 12s to 25s per peck; new Pota toes, 4d to 10d ; Pine Apples, 6s to 9s per lb ; Spanish Onions, is 6d to ss; and Beetroot, 6d to is per dozen; Horse-radish, 2s to 5s ; Celery, 841 to 2s 3d ; Rhubarb, 8d to Is 6d; and Brocoli, 2s to 3s per bundle ; Radishes, 8d to Is per per dozen hands; Lettuces, 3d to is 4d per score; Sea-kale, Is 9d to 3s 6d; and Small salad, 2d per punnet; Parsnips, 6d to is per dozen ; Turnip-greens, 2s 3d per bushel basket. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Prime Lamb was in brisk demand, at advanced rates. In all other kinds of Meat not much business was passing. Beef from 2s 2d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to to 4s 2d per Blbs. There was very little business doing, and prices were with difficulty supported. F6wls, Is 6d to 4s; Chickens, is to 2s ; Ducks, ls to 2s 3d ; Geese, 4s to 63; Pigeons, 4d to 10d ; Turkeys, 5s to 8s ; Rabbits, 6d to is Gd ; Hares, Is 6d to 2s 6d each. NEWPORT. Prime Meat was in demand at full prices. Otherwise the trade ruled dull. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 5s 4d to Gs 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; and Pork 2s 6d to 4s 4d per 81bs. WHITECHAPEI.. We had a very heavy demand for all kinds of meat, except Lamb, on the following terms :—Beeffrom 2s 4dto 4s ; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 10d; Veal, 3s 441 to 4s 2d; and Pork, 2s 6d to 4s per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. Although the supplies of Fish were extensive, the demand was active, at very full rates. Turbots, 8s to 18s ; Cod-fish, 3s to lOs ; Brill, 6d to 2s 3d ; Hallibut, 4s to 9s ; Haddocks, 2d to 6d ; Lobsters, 10d to 3s 6d ; Whitings, ld to 3d ; Crabs, 8d to 3s ; Scates, 10d to 3s ; Gurnets, 6d to Is ' • Plaice, 3d to 10d each; Soles, 6d to 3s 3d per pair; Eels, 4d to 10d per lb; Flounders, is to is 4d per dozen; Oysters, 12s to 52s per bushel ; Red Herrings, lOs to 41s per barrel; Mackarel, 4d to 8d each. lIITNGEILFORD. Although the supplies of most articles on sale were only moderate, the demand was throughout heavy, at but little variation in prices. _ _ _ BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from Sd to Bid; of Household ditto, 6d to lid per 41b loaf. HIDE DIAIIICET. Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs—Best steers and heifers, 5s 4d to 5s 8d; middling hides, 4s 6d to ss; inferior ditto, 4s 2d to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skin—Market calf, 6s 6d to 8s ; long woolled sheep, 4s 6d to 5s 9d ; short ditto, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; lamb skins is to is 8d; and shearlings, 6d to 8d each. HAYMARXETS. SMITHFIELD.—C;;;;;Meadow Hay, 2/ lgs to 3/ 5s ; use ful ditto, 31 3s to 31 12s; fine Upland ditto, 31 13s to 3l 16s; Clover Hay, 315 s to 5l; Oat Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 8s Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Supply very moderate, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31. to 31 5s ; useful ditto, 31 6s to 31 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 13s to 4/ ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 4115 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/10s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 12s per load. Trade extremely dull, at barely late rates. WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 16s to 315 s ; useful ditto, 31 68 to 3/ lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 31 12s to 3/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 51 5s ; Oat Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 8s; Wheat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Both Hay and Straw sold heavily, at but little variation in prices. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-FRIDAY. There was a very short supply of Wheat at this day's market ; the trade firm, and a fair extent of business transacted, at an advance of fully Is. per quarter from the rate of last Friday. Barley sold on much the same terms as last advised. We note no alteration in the value of either Oats, Shelling, or Beans. _ . _ Per qr. of 601 b. to the bushel. EXTRA. NEW. Wneat, Suffolk, Essex, and Kent Red. —to 57 54 to 55 Ditto ditto White... 60 56 58 Norfolk.. ...... ..... ............. ... Red ...... 55 51 54 Ditto ditto White... 57 54 55 Linoolnshire and Cambridge Red. .... . 55 52 51 Ditto ditto Whi te... 56 54 55 Yorkshire Red...—. 55 52 54 Ditto ditto White... 68 54 57 Fore igh Red 54 66 Ditto ditto White... 56 60 Per quer , er imperial. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk — 33 34/ 3l Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 32 39 31 Grinding 28 30 Foreig.- — W. 30 31 Per qr. of 831 b. t. the bushel. Semis, Small Lnz Ticks Foreign — Oats, Potato ar.d rola d —,. —1 ... —s. ]hea1ing......... 10d. to 11d., Fcrcign —d to —d. pet Stone. Shalling k2s. to 255. per Lcad. Malt ...... 403. fine 443. per LG. d Rape5eed................. ........ 251.0. ‘z;l. os. —l. Os. per La t. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandise:— Week Total. Name of Railway. ended s. d. Mar. 30 Arbroath and Forfar 159 12 8 30 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,353 14 9 29 Birmingham and Gloucester 2,024 5 7 30 Brandling Junction 865 16 3 29 Chester and Birkenhead 403 15 3 April 2 Dublin and Kingstown 1,191 7 7 Mar. 31 Dundee and Arbroath 216 5 7i 30 Durham and Sunderland 789 6 6 30 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,054 15 6 31 Eastern Counties and Notth Eastern 3,774 18 10 30 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,251 6 5 30 Glasgow and Greenock 685 5 2 30 Grand Junction 7,332 14 5 30 Great North of England 1,266 9 7 31 Great Western 29 Liverpool and Manchester 30 London and Birmingham April 4 London and Blackwall 863 1 1 Mar. 30 London and Brighton April 2 London and Croydon 4 London and Greenwich.. BB9 17 2 Mar. 31 London and South Western 5,303 0 1 29 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 706 3 4 Manchester and Birmingham 30 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 5,620 0 0 30 Midland Counties 30 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,491 10 9 31 Newcastle and North Shields 343 3 6 30 North Midland 4,209 14 9 North Union and Bolton and Preston 26 Paris and Orleans 4,390 0 0 April 1 Paris and Rouen 3,916 0 0 Mar. 30 Preston and Wyre 229 13 8 30 Sheffield and Manchester 502 6 1 April 4 South Eastern Mar. 30 Taff Vale 31 Ulster 30 York and North Midland LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 6.—Moderate easterly breeze and fine. DEAL, APRIL s.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W.—Acrd. Seringapa tam, Robertson, Calcutta; Alice, Palmer, Jamaica; Duke of Clarence, Honduras ; Quebec, Hebard, New York. Sld. Cey lon and St. Vincent, Sydney; Marquis of Bute, China; Ruby, St. Kitt's ; Britannia, St. John's, New Brunswick; Water-hen and Pusey Hall, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 4.—Wind S.S.W. 5. S.W.—Sld. Acadia, Quebec: , autzmotrrn, APRIL 4.—Arrd. Augrata, Baddeley, Drage mastie (out ninety-five days). A seaman named John Han nington has come home in her, who reports that the barque Westall, from London to Corfu, was wrecked in the Medi terranean ; the crew, after two days, reached Cephalonia in the boats. Sld. Trade and Ceylon, Quebec. 011 port, Tigris, Lintin, Ceylon—left the Cape Feb. 10. PLYMOUTH APRIL s.—Wind W.:—Arrd. Rainbow, South ampton, for Quebec.i COWES, APRIL s.—Arrd. Danae, Foster, Arica; Neptunus, Borgeson. Rio ; Emma, Packwood, Bahi a . PooLE, APRIL 4.—Sl. William IV., Newfoundland. OFF SALCOMBE, APRIL 3.—Diarnond, Taylor, Calcutta; Lady Leith, St. Helena. FALMOUTH, APRIL 5.—5. W., fresh breezes.—Arrd. Hen riette, Lobbe, Rio, for Hamburgh, leaky, and with loss of rudder. Off 2d and 4th.—Superior, Dorling, and Pomona, Rio ; Senator, Long, Boston, fbr Amsterdam Agnes, Wik stroom, Maceio ; Mercata, Van Coppewell, Pernambuco, for Antwerp. Manacles buoy has been replaced. LLII2 , IELLY, APRIL 4.—A plank from the stern of a vessel marked " Sir James M'Donnel of Dublin," was picked up on the From Sands yesterday. BIDEFORD, APRIL 4.—The Frances, M'Kean, from Hon duras to London, has become a wreck, and if the weather re mains fine the greater part of her cargo and stores will be saved. WHITBY, APRIL 4.—The Chase, from London to Sunder land, which went ashore in Cayton Bay, 16th ult., has been got off, in here. OFF KINGSBRIDGE, APRIL 4.—Dublin, Dunman, Port Philip, sailed Oct. 13. APRIL 3.—Acrd. Lydia Jane, Mundie, Honduras, and sailed for Plymouth. Off, Zoe, Blacklock, Mauritius. Ski. Stag, London. NEwRY, APRIL 3.—Arrd. Ayrshire, M , lCay, New York. WORKINGTON, APRIL 3.—Sld. Hew, Lloyd, North Ame rica ; Ann Newport, Bermuda. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 4.—Wind variable, light.—Arrd. Mary, Sullivan, Charleston ; Isabella, Briggs, New York. sth. Wind S.E. to S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Ivanhoe, China ; Australia and John, Calcutta; Reward, Cuba; Salem, Hon duras ; Arabian, New Orleans ' • lanthe, Mobile ; Catharine Frazer, New York ; Andes, Brocklebank, Bahia ; Thomas Mellor, Polethorp, Bahia (sailed 4th March). Off, Bridge town, New Orleans ; Montezuma, New York. Ski. 4th, Maria and Bahamian, China ; Port Royal, Rio ; Jit, Pernam buco ; Prince of Wales and Antilla, Barbadoes ; Roscoe, New York ; George Skolfield, Boston ; Acadia (steamer), Halifax ; Great Britain, Alexander Wise, and Jane Augusta, Quebec ; Richard Jackson, Montreal; Molsom, Cape of Good Hope; Gem, Rio ; Burley, Grenada ; Scotland, itesv York ; Naila, Quebec. The Campechano, hence to Manilla, was totally lost Dec. 5, in the Straits of Bermuda, four men drowned. WRESTLING.—The Westmorland nd and Cumberland Wrestling Society met as usual yesterday, at the Highbury Barn Tavern, to contest for various money prizes, The as semblage at the commencement of the day's sport was less than that of former years; but during the afternoon there was a gi eat admission of respectably-dressed company, and towards the close of the day's play more than we ever re member to have seen congregated together. The wrestling took place in an immense room at the rear of the premises, competent to hold two or three thousand persons, and the preliminaries having been adjusted by the steward, who walked round a spacious ring roped in the sport commenced witl the men of eleve n s t one and under. The prizes were, Si. to the first man, 41. to the second, 21. to the third, and 11. to the fourth. After a succession of cants, in which great science in the art of wrestling was displayed, William Morton won the first prize, John Simminds the second, John Lill the third, and James Irving the fou r th . Th e men exceeding eleven stone then contended for prizes of the same value, and there were several powerful Life Guardsmen entered the lists. The play lasted until half-past seven in the evening, when T, Miller, a Guardsman, won the first prize, A. Nelson the second, H. Margetson the third, and James Hague the fourth. A newspaper has noticed that the word " Ireland" resolves itself Sato the following imperial title, " Daniel R. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET-(THIS DAY.) A shabby-genteel looking young man, named Chris topher Wilson, was placed before Mr. Twyford, charged with having a mackintosh cloak in his possession, re specting which he could not give a good account. Police-constable F 119 said he was in search of thieves last night in a house in Bedfordbury, rather notorious as the resort of such characters, and while there he saw the prisoner offering the mackintosh in question for sale for twelve shillings. When the witness went into the room the prisoner displayed by his manner some anxiety as to the presence of an officer, arid in consequence of this the witness asked the prisoner if the cloak belonged to him, and he said, " I know nothing whatever about it." The officer then said he must take the prisoner into custody, and the prisoner immediately struck him. He was, how ever, ultimately secured and conveyed to the station-house. The prisoner in his defence said the mackintosh did net belong to him. It was lying on the table when the officer came in. The prisoner was remanded for further inquiry. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY-) James Brody, a man of respectable appearance, about 40 years of age, who refused to give his address, was placed at the bar on the following charge. "Mr. Henry James Gunning, of No. 15, West-street, Seven Dials, brass ornament manufacturer, stated that on Thursday last the prisoner, who was a perfect stranger to him, applied at his factory for employment, stating that he had a wife and four children, and had been out of work for several months, and that, in conse quence, his family were in a state of actual starvation. Prosecutor, commisserating his unhappy condition, directly gave him work, and as he was leaving the pre mises at dinner time, advanced him a few shillings to procure his family what they might on the instant stand in need of. As the prisoner was leaving the shop at tea-time, he vs as observed to drop, by accident, a piece of brass, the property of the prosecutor, which he had no right to have about him. From that circumstance suspicion was entertained that he was removing property from the premises, and a watch being set upon him, he was seen to take and secrete about his person other articles of brass-work, and on his being given into the custody of the police and searched, a number of articles, the property of the prosecutor, amounting in value, altogether, to 13s. 3d., were found about him. The prosecutor also stated that he had ascertained that when the prisoner left his pre mises, at dinner time, after he had advanced him the money, he had then actually robbed him, and had after wards sold the stolen property in the neighbourhood. The prisoner said distress had driven him to commit the offence. Mr. 1-lAnnwwx—This is one of the blackest cases of ingratitude that ever was brought before me. Pleading poverty under such circumstances is nonsense. I shall commit the prisoner to Newgate for trial at the Central Criminal Court. UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.) James Keegan was charged with robbing a man named Jamieson, in Vine-yard, Tooley-street. The complainant is a sailor, and having just arrived from a voyage he went ashore, and got " hatf-seas over" at a public-house in Tooley-street. When he left the house, in passing the end of a notorious place, called Vine-yard, he was surrounded by several men, amongst whom were the prisoner and a man named Harley (sine. committed), who pinioned his arms, and while they held him in that situation, turned al l his pockets inside out, and robbed him of all the silver he had in. his possession. The prisoner escaped at the time, but was taken into custody on Thursday for robbing e female, and when he was taken to the station-house be was at once identified as having been concerned in the other robbery.—He was committed. HORSE William Dear, late horse-keeper in the employ of Mr. Wheatley, omnibus proprietor, Of Greenwich, was charged with stealing a horse, the pro perty of his master. • It appeared that on Good Friday morning Mr. Wheat• ley's stable was broken open and a horse stolen. The same afternoon the prisoner took a horse to a knacker's yard in Friar-street, and offered it for sale. Suspicion however, being entertained that the animal was stolen, an inquiry was made on the subject, the result of which was a discovery that the horse had been stolen from Mr. Wheatley's stable. The prisoner, who pleaded poverty in extenuation. a as committed. QUEEN-SQUARE.—(THIS DAY.) Mary Sherbeck, a middle-aged, decent-looking we d rnan• was charged, before Mr. Burrell, by Mr. Parhar,, a por k butcher, residing in the Broadway, Westminster, with stealing a piece of salt pork, of the value of one shilling- At about half•past eight o'clock, on Thursday night• whilst the complainant was serving some customers, the prisoner entered, and pretending to be looking at the pork as if she were about to buy it, put it under lot shawl, and left the shop. He stopped her at the door. and accused her with taking the meat, which she denied, but immediately afterwards dropped it on the pavement* and offered to give him her shawl if he would let her go- She was, however, given into custody. The prisoner, who did not deny the charge, and begged hard for mercy, as it was the first offence, was committed to take her trial at the next Middlesex Sessions. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS• CITY, QUARTER TO TH.R.K.E. There is not any information this morning, as to the Cotton Trade, yesterday being observed as a, holiday It is the opinion of practical men in the second port of the kingdom, that Sir lt. Peel will not touch the Tobacco or the Sugar duties this session, but th a t h e w ill re po' the Act of Parliament by which five per cen‘ was laid upon all taxes, now some years since. There are some additional advices this morning from Port Philip, namely, to th e 18 t h November. The clip of wool is spoken highly of. Money was very plentifl44 and the banks continued to advance most freely upol a produce. In the Money Market there has not been much buSi" ness transacted this morning. Consols for Money hare reached par at last, This will decide many heal/ wagers. At present 991 is the quotation. The value for the Account is also 991 to 100; Bank Stock, 199 es div. ; the Three per Cents. Reduced, 991 ex div. ; South Sea Stock, 1131; Exchequer Bills, 745. prens4 India Stock, 294; and India Bonds, 87s. prem. The quotations of Dutch Stock have receded—thl Two-and-a-Half p er C ents . f rom 61 1 to 60 4 ; the Five_ per Cents. from 1001 to WO, and look. The success that has attended the 1 0 luntary loan plan in the Netherlands, 11 1 given a great degree of firmness to the securities Holland. Spanish Bonds have varied but slightly to' day. The Actives have realised 26k j ; and the Three per Cents. 36i to f. Belgian Bonds are at 1044 ; Meal can at 37. Russian at 117 ; and Colombian ex VOW zuelan at 15/ The alterations in the market for the Railway Share ° to-day have been slight. A fair amount of business 10 been done. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE OVILOGIC• (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 19834 19g S per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 9 9 12 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuiti e s ..... ............. 3% per Cent. Annuities, 1818 lO2 334 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .....»....„....» lO2 64 14 New 334 per Cent Annuities 103% Long Annuities, Expire bth Jan. 11360 • 12 740% India Bonds,l,ooo B7 Ditto under 1,000 , 87 South Sea Stock its Bank Stock for Account ......... ....... ... goy N Consols for Account ..... India Stock Exchequer Bill:, 130. 1344. 1,0001. . ...... ••••• Ditt'4 Sm all ...... ... ... 74 pm. - FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent ..... ........ .......... ....... Ditto for the Account. 104% Columbian Bonds. -. ................ .................. 15%%„ Mexican 'Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. ....... ..... ...... 36 31 Ditto Deferred Stock, 16% Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 117% 1 11 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840........ 26% % Ditto for the Account ....... Ditto Passive Bonds. .... ............ ... ....... Ditto Deferred l5 Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account. Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent...." ........... Ditto Deferred Dutch 1 3 4 per Cent 5... . •"...... ............... ••• Ditto tor the Account .....••••• 61 61 Dutch 5 per Cents.. .... .. .......... "............ 1 % PRICES OF SHARES THIS SAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. Pee SHARI Birmingham and Gloucester lOO . ... .... 94% ...... to --- Ditto New Bristol and Exeter. ............ • 7O ..... ..•• ......... to "'"' Bristol and Gloucester 3O ... ...... 4 a ... ..... to -- Caledonian Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered 81. 6s. Sd. - Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 55 to -' • Ditto Shares Shares Junction Grand 12% ..... 16 ...... to 1 - 00 to -- Ditto g Shares - Hull and Selby .... t lig % Lancaster and Ca r li s l e 5 ........ 13 .. London and Brighton 5O ••••••••• 4434 00Ni. Vik ...... London and Birmingham. Stock ......235 ...... to -- Ditto % Shares 2 211 / 4 NUM. to .".". Ditto New Thirds 2 - London and South Western 41% ...... 84 ... ..... to '-' London and Croydon (Trunk) 13% .—.. 16%,....... t• Manchester and Leeds. 7O .... •••• - Ditto % Shares 3O ......... 49304 ... to '- Norwich and Brandon Newcastle and Darlington Junet Northern and Eastern 45 ..... .... to -- Dit o 4 Stares 12% - North Midland Paris and Orleans ..„.„.»........... 20 Paris and Rouen 20 .•»..•.. 37 Rouen and Havre. South Eastern and Dover 32 .•.. ..... 35 to 0 ,, Strasburg and Basle .......—...... 14 Yarmouth and No rw i c h l6 - York and North Midland .....•...• —.... .... . -.. to •-• Ditto Scarboro' Br anc h 2% ••.... 2034%..• to --• PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Aram 4. 3 per Cent. Co nso l s oh LAST PRICES OF SHARES. naitways. PAID. Psi. UMW & Dublin and K. Road Drogheda 53 79 Hibernian Bank 25 3O City of Dublin Steam Company British and Irish Steam Company EXECUTION OF A MURDERER.—James Bryce, Wl l h ° ' after a trial of two days (th e 12th an d 13 t h u lt.) before thle Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh, was convicted of tra murder of his brother-in-la w , was execu t e d a t the 11 . 5 „.17,i place of execution in that city on Wednesday last. ea wretched culprit was in a state of pitiable exhaustion Ign i placed on the drop. Notwith s t a nding a drizzling r descended, and a raw wind blew during the morning , . immense multitude came from the neighbouring cod I; and the place of exec u ti on wa s surroun d e d by an anxle"" expecting crowd as early as six o'clock. PA AND MA.--Why is the letter D like a stina llin f child? Because it makes Ma - mad.—Why is the etter like a young spendthrift? Because it makesPa pay'. _ SOUTHEND.—Considerable progress has been 011 to , in extending the pier at this Ipleasant watering plat bl, the lighthouse. When completed, it will afford a z tou promenade for visitors.—Essex Standard. '„~.~.r..... Dtraux, Dublin are Ulster, on held on Pric tunda, t o IN the Presbytl 111 Ulster T on n d E tl uig vigour a tensions of I MUNSTP Mr. O'Co to attend t Mo n d ay. LANIg G , "At 4, 6. lil t in t i . ll ! Cal I ri s h Peet fr 7 : to Mt( a nd ti *Ver 'LI 41 w 4, . 01inci ti ox , I _ 4 - gti g it'a 11; A 41Itx