The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-23 00:00:00

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (Tuesday) Evening contained The list of Appointments, Bankrupts, &c., from the London Gazette. The Conclusion of the Proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench, in the case of Carus Wilson. The Course of Exchange. The latest Market Intelligence. A full Report of the Conclusion of the day's pro ceedings before the different Itailway Committees. The Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, being a full Report of the Proceedings in the House of Commons up to the hour of adjournment, and of those in the House of Lords up to a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the Subscription), TO-MORROW EVENING When will be performed Rossini's Opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Grisi ; Bertha, Mdlle. Bellini ; II Conte d'Almaviva, Sig. Mario ; Bartolo, pis. Lablache; Sig. F. Lablache ; Figaro, Sig. Fornasari. The Danseuses Viennoises will appear in some of their Favourite Pas. To be followed by the Last Scene of LUCIA DI LAMMER3IOOR Edgardo, Sig. Moriani. In the course of the Evening the celebrated Spanish Dancer, Dona Manuelea Perea, known as La Nena, and the celebrated Bolero Dancer, Don Felix Garcia, will appear in various of the Na tional Pas of Spain. To conclude with the New Ballet Divertissement of KAYA ; L'Amour Voyageur. Kaya, Mdlle. Lucille Gralin ; Knud, M. Perrot. tppllcations for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box tftlce, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven ;to commence at Half-past Seven o,Clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE DESERT, RI FELICIEN DAVID. It is respectfully announced that the LAST REPRESENTA TION of this celebrated Work will take place on MONDAY, May Preceded by a Grand Miscellaneous Selection of Choral and Vocal Music from the most classical Authors, and executed by the dis- Rnguished Artistes of this Establishment. The Orchestra and Chorusses will include upwards of 230 Per formers, the whole under the direction of Sig. Costa. Particulars will be duly announced. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS. EVENING Will be performed THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. Edgar, by M. Haprez ; Colonel Henry Ashton, Mr. Brirdini ; Arthur, Mr. Barker; Raymond, Mr. Weiss; Norman, Nlr. H. Horncastle ; Lucy Ashton, Madame Eugenie Garcia. After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled BOBER V AND BERTRAND. Dances in the course of the Ballet : - - Pas de Deux, by Mdlles. Adele and Louise. A New Polka, by Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele. La Lituana Pas Seul, by 3ldlle. A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. Le Sevillianne, Spanish Dance, Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. . The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Mr. JOHN PARSONS (Box -book-keeper) most respectfully an nounces that HIS BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY, MAY lit, when will be performed a POPULAR OPERA, A GRAND DIVERTISSEMENT, and a Variety of ENTERTAINMENTS, full particulars of which will be speedily published. Dress Circle, 7s ; Boxes, 5s ; Pit, 3 ; Gallery, 2s ; Upper Gallery, Is. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets. may be obtained of Mr. John Par sons, at the Box-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. TIIIS EVENING Wil be Totpeated a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF CT THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren ,Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Humby, Miss Julia Bennett, &c. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. To be followed by A GRAND TABLEAU VIVANT OF SHAKE SPERE, surrounded by the Principal Characters of the Plays his Genic created. To conclude with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland ; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Pooley, Mrs. Hamby ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. - UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTF. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN El SUES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, called ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. Toconclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. Mr. Snugsby, Mr. Lambert; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescue. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. MADAME CELESTE, (Directress of this Establishment,) re spectfully informs the Nobility and the Public, that HER BENEFIT is appointed for WEDNESDAY NEXT, April 30, and being the last week but one of her performing in London this season, in consequence of her provincial engagements, Mr. Webster will make his appearance In his celebrated Drama of THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. When will be performed, 75th Time, Mr. Buckstone's successful New Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES, supported by Messrs. Hudson, 0. Smith, Selby, Wright, Paul Bedford, Mrs. Yates, Mrs. ritzvrilliam, and Madame Celeste. After which will be produced, lst Time at this Theatre, THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERO'. Ernest, Mr. Webster, in which he will give his: celebrated personation of Ithe Emperor Napoleon ; Margot (her original character) Madame Celeste. To conclude with, ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. St. George, Miss Woolgar. Tickets and Private Boxes to be had of Madame Celeste, 18, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. .....-- PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. • LESSEE, YR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be repeated Auber's Comic Opera, entitled LE DEC D'OLONNE. Gaspard, Mr. Leffler ; The Chevalier, Mr. Allen ; Blanca de Molina, Mdlle. Helen C.ndell; Mariquita, Miss Grant. After which, THE REAR-ADMIRAL. To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Unparalleled uocess of the New Grand Burlesque—lrresistible Fun in " On Duty." THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Original Drama, to be called ON DUTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, F. Mathews, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. IVoollidge, and Miss Grove. To be tbllowed by a New Drama, entitled THE DRUNKARD'S GLASS. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddege, Emery, Meadows, Tamer, Miss Dawson, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woollidge. To conclude with a Burlesque of English History, Ponrtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT ! Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley; Muley Moloch, the Lion Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrotker, and Miss Grove. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—FRENCH PLAYS. United Attraction of Mdlle. Plessy and Monsieur Ravel, whose En gagement will terminate after Six Represensations. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Comic Vaudeville, entitled LE PARADIS DE MAHO3IET. Leila, Mdlle. Ozy ; Adele Renauclet, Mdlle. Lievenne ; Zaide, Mdlle. Andrea. After which, LE TARTUFFE ; on, L'lmposture. To conclude with a New Vaudeville, entitled L'ETOURNEAI7. Felix, Monsieur Ravel. Boxes, 6s. • Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performances commence at Half-past. Boxes and Stalls may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33 pm Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is cpen Daily, from Eleven till Five. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES. It is respectfully announced, that the celebrated MONSIEUR PHILLIPPE, of the Theatre Bonne Nouvelle, Paris, whose extra ordinary Experiments have created universal astonishment, is en gaged to present a short series of his SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES at the ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, which will be commenced on TUESDAY, the 29th of APRIL, and be continued, for a short period only, every Tuesday, Thursday, anti Saturday. Full particulars will be duly announced. Boxes and places may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily, from Eleven till Five. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AM PHITHFATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Vnparalleled Success of Mr. White's Trained Animals ; last week of their Performance in London. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSSA; or, The Spanish ♦masons. Entire Change of the Scenes in the Circle. To conclude with an Ad.nired Farce. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consequence of the immense sensation created by thei Feats of Mr. Canfield, the American Samson, he will repeat his Herculean Feats every Evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. 11. Hughes . ; Count Wintersen, Mr. C. Hicks ; Baron Steinfort, Mr. Fre dericks; Mrs. Haller, Mrs. Honner ; Countess Wintersen, Mrs. H. Hughes. After which, THE GAME COCK OF THE WILDFRNESS. Samson Hardhead, Mr. Marble. To be followed by the Extraordinary Feats of the American Sampson. To conclude with THE WATERM&N. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box mike, from Eleven to )your. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. TITS EVENING Wfil be repeated MARGARET CATCHPOLE, The Female Horse realer. Onega and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and Blanchard ; Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent. After which, WALLACE, The Hero of Scotland. Wallace, Mr. Henry Howard.! To conclude with NAPOLEON ; or, The Deserter and his Dog. in whi , di Messrs. Coney and Blanchard and their celebrated Dog Hector will perform A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON! -GRAND OPENING FETES. First Exhibition of the Colossal Pictorial Representation suggested by H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. Under the Patronage of her most Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER, B. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. • 310:.,.,TDAY, May 5 ; TUESDAY, May 6 ; WEDNESDAY, May 7 , . . and THURSDAY, May 8, 1845, magnificent modelled Representation of EDINBURGH, the Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmen, and the immortal Scott's " Ain Romantic Town," introducing the Old and New Town, Loch, as it formerly existed, the Carlton Hill, Nelson's Monument , Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Craggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's 3 e ns ment, the Royal Institution, Holyrood Palace, and aU the most inter estingoi features of " Auld Reekie." The Proprietor had the honour of submitting the Model to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and he is delighted to say it met with his most decided and perfect approval, and from the more than usual c are which has been observed in its execution, he points it out as the happiebt production of Mr. Danson's pencil. The drawings were made by Mr. Danson on the spot, and present a bird's-eye view of Vie principal objects of the Old and New Town, the Firth of Forth, &c. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, so decidedly popular at this Establishment, will this season be on an unusually effective scale. Mr. GODFREY has been occupied since the close of last summer, in com posing and arranging a varied and pleasing succession of superior Novelties, which will be produced in rotation, including some Ori ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet performed in this country. At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary Exhibition of FIREWORKS ever attempted. The entire of the Gigantic Model will be Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the tires on the Carlton Hill, Arthur's Seat, and the surrounding Moun tains, the illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoicings which took place on her Majesty's Visit will be accurately pour trayad. And, as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Royal and Patriotic Tableau, Fifty Feet in Height, will be exhibited in the centre of the Lake ! The Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by emblems and other devices will be in troduced. The Tableau designed and executed by Mr. Danson. Mr. Sonthby has been occupied for months in giving effect to this matchless and superb design, which combined with the Feux D'Arti- Lice, the Salute and icharge of Rockets front the Castle and sur rounding heights, wil D l s form the most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display ever witnessed. Feeding of the Carnivora, at half-past Four ; Pelicans, &c., at rive : Os melt, at Six; and,Pyroteehnie Display, at Nine. Admission, One Shilling. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1845. NEW WORK BY B. D'ISRAELI, ESQ., :%I.P. In the press, in 3 vols., post Bvo., SYBIL ; or, THE IWO NATIONS. By the AUTHOR OF " CONINGSBY." " The commonalty murmured, and said, there never were so many gentlemen, and so little gentleness."—Bishop Latimer. Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW HISTORICAL NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MAIDS OF II ONO U R ; A TALE OF THE COURT OF GEORGE I. " One of the best historical novels which has appeared for many years. It is also unique in its kind and class." —Messenger. " This will be the novel of the season. Everybody will talk stout it—overybody must read it. It is a succession of amusing scenes in troductory of the extraordinary characters, male and female, who figured at the Court and in the Councils of George I. and his hopeful son and heir. The scenes are admirably painted, and the groups of actors are disposed in a manner the most artistic and effective, wbilst the dialogue sparkles abundantly."--Court Journal. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 22. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37 ; Highest, 60; Noon, 55. BAROMETER, 30.09.—W1ND, E. Nont.—The figures which follow the words " Lowest" and ' 4 Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the hermotneter during the preceding twenty-four hours. All t'ie other observations are made at noon. HIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 17 minutes after 2 I Evening 38 minutes after 2, tions we would fain hope that the grant to Maynooth may be received as an acceptable compliment. And this brings us to the salutary fruit which, we trust, now will be gathered from the rugged soil of hotly-contested principles. What is wanting to the pacification of Ireland, and the extinction of those impracticable projects, and mis chievous aspirations which, under various designations and pretences, have convulsed her social and political existence, and organised and fostered nothing but a de structive excitement ? The unquiet phantoms of " re peal " and " federalism," must be laid. But the con senting desires and feelings of a whole people are needed for this exorcism. Let those who best know how to awaken those feelings, and to appeal to those desires, concur in re-establishing the reign of tranquillity and order, by showing to the English capitalist that he may invest his money among them without the risk of political commotion and severance• Distinguished as Ireland is, above almost all the nations of the globe, by the rare combination of advantages of geographical position and fertility of soil—by noble rivers, a well-indented coast, and capacious harbours, — she boasts one excellence, in the moral constitution of her people, which is yet more honourable and ;:dvan tageous to her. Their prompt enterprise and unwearied industry, wherever occupation offers, makes the poor Irishman the model of a cheerful, honest, and hard working labourer. Now, if the Irish gentry could only prevail upon themselves to await the evolution of that gradual but full measure of equal "justice to Ireland," which may now be anticipated from the course of the Premier's legislation for that country, and which an ticipations, we will say, have from time to time been so signally verified ; they would find, in the projection and construction of new lines of railway, in the exten sion of their still infant system of inland navigation, in the improvement of the bed, acd the estuaries of the Shannon and other of their rivers ; in the enlargement of old, and the building of new harbours and docks, for which their coasts offer unequalled facilities ; and in the more active and extensive prosecution of mining under- takings (the rich returns of which the experience of the last twelve years leaves no longer a matter for doubt or kr depreciation) ;—they could find in all these ample channels into which the superabundant capital of Eng land (now lavishly hazarded on the most insecure foreign investments) might be induced, under the guarantee of future permanent tranquillity, to flow freely. The difference of this capital would secure to the re dundant, but now pauperised, population of Inland a steady demand for all that surplus labour, whose hope less condition and accumulating amount hive been, hitherto, the main causes of the mi,erj and degradation of so large a community— eager for employment, starving in involunt•+ry indolence, and desperate from starvation. The relations between landlord and tenant would find their own adjustment on terms twenty times more beneficial and lasting than twenty " Land Commissions" can over hope to accomplish. The stimulus of " a fair day's wages for a fair day's labour" would bring out all the latent energy and spirit of the native Irish character as one body of the people. The example and influence of that prosperity which attends the secure and peaceful occupations of commerce and manufactures, would unite another and a higher class in a g, nerous emulation to consolidate and accelerate those visible indications of the reviving prosperity of their beloved Ireland ; and the spectacle of such a people, thus thoroughly united for the first time, during a thousand years—among them £6lves—would re-act, with a moral, a certain, and an ir resistible force on the Imperial Government, so as to render their equality in the Legislative Union of the two countries as unquestionable as it would prove in destructible. According to some of the Paris papers the two great parties in the State, at the head of which are M. GIIIZOT and M. TRIERS, are actively engaged in preparations for the general election, which is expected to take place in the autumn. The Constitutionnel states that a great number of prefects of departments have been summoned to Paris by the Minister of the Interior to make arrange ments for that purpose. The Opposition, including the Deputies of the Left and Left Centre and the Legitima tists, under M. BERRYER, have formed Committees to watch their interests and stir up the electors in the pro vinces. The Committee of the Left Centre will be pre• sided over by M. TRIERS, and that of the Left by M. ODILON BARROT. It is therefore anticipated that there will be no party contests of importance during the re mainder of the session. M. GulzoT had completely re covered from his sudden indisposition. Several of the journals contain brief articles on the Maynooth question. One of them, the Constitutionnel, pays a high tribute to both parties in this great contest. After alluding to the speeches of Lord JOHN MANNERS, Mr. SMYTHE, and others, it says—their unexpected defection from the old Tory politicans, and their support of the measure, may compensate them fur the angry attacks and insults of those journals which, the other day, exalted Mr. IYISRAELL " Many of the Whigs," it adds, " do not hesitate to support the Bill, notwith standing the fact that Sir ROBERT PEEL had not hesi t ►ted to compromise his political existence by proposir.g it. This disinterestedness of the two sides—this devotion of public men, who sacrifice themselves to the triumph of their principles--gives a character to the debate remarkable for grandeur and elevation of sentiment. It is mortifying to French Conservatives to find Sir R. PEEL, a man of progress and conciliation, not only far removed from re-action, but constantly seek ing to realise reforms which the situation of his country demands. It is no doubt painful to our pretended Con servatives to suffer such a crushing comparison, and to represent only the dark shade in the picture." The intelligence from Zurich is to the 17th inst. At the sitting of the 16th the report of the Federal Com missioners was read, in which they stated that they ar rived at Lucerne on the 13th, and immediately supported, with the Government, the decree relative to the amnesty. They also assured themselves, by the communications from the governments of the cantons from which the free corps had proceeded, that no such expeditions should hereafter take place. S:xty young men under twenty years of age had been set at liberty by the Government of Lucerne, and 120 others were to be promptly liberated. The following is the note sent to the Directory in the name of the Sard;nian Government : " TO COUNT CROTTI DE COSTIGLIOLE, ENVOY EXTRAORDENTARY. " Monsieur le Comte—Although the King, our august Master, is from principle, far from wishing to interfere in the affairs of other countries, yet, in the presence of the events which disturb Switzerland, his Majesty cannot refrain from expressing his regret at so deplorable a state of things. The neighbour of Switzerland, and having always kept up with the confederacy the intercourse of a sincere friendship, the King thinks he is giving fresh proof of the amicable feelings that animate him, in communicating to the Diet his wishes for the restoration of peace in that country. "To attain so desirable an object, the sole means are, no doubt, a sincere return to the principles that have for many years secured the repose of the confederacy, that is to say, that the cantonal authorities, such as the compact has established them, be maintained, and that religious creeds be sheltered from all attacks. It is by a respect for all rights that fresh complications and the calamities arising from them can be avoided. " Such, Monsieur le Comte, is the King's impression ; you will always suit your language to it. The sincerity of his Majesty's views cannot be doubted. He can have no other wish than to see tranquillity restored among our neighbours, and Switzerland maintain the position which treaties have assigned to her in the political balance of Europe. " You are authorised to communicate this dispatch to the President of the Diet.—Accept, &c. (Signed) " SOLAS DE LA MARGUERITE." The Three per Cents. were done at TORTONI'S on Sunday at 85f. Br.c. The Madrid mail of the 14th had not arrived at Paris. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 7,000 bales, nearly all beirg American ; 1,500 bales were to specu lators, and the rest to the trade. The market was very firm, but not animated.—Shares were not so good, especially Scrip. Aberdeen Railway, 4% ; Armagh and Portrush, ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 9 3 4 % ; Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 41,4 ; lack burn and Preston, 174 ; Belfast and Ballymena, %; Belfast and Coleraine, 3% ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpcol, 14 1 4 13% ; Caledonian, 123/4 % ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 9% ; Chester and Birkenhead , 52% 52 ; 'hurnet Valley, 9% ; Clitheroe Junction, 4 1 4 Cork and Bandon, 6% ; Cork and Waterford, 3 2 1 % C ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 11% ; Dublin and Galway, 5% ;_ Dundee and Perth, 4% ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 3% % ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 4% 1% ; Eastern Counties, 20 ; Edinburgh and Northern, 2/. 6s. 2/. 7s. 6 d. ; % 1/2 Glasgow and Dumfries, 11. 3s. 1/. ss. ; Grand Junction, 228 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 19% ; Great Southern and Western { Extension, 16 15% ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 6 1 ,g ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 8% 13s. 9d. ; Hull and Selby, 104% ; Inverness and Elgin, 1% ; Inverness and Perth, 28s. 6d. prem. ; Limerick and Waterford, 8% ; Liverpool and Manchester, New Shares, 37% ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 1 4 ; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 41% ; London and South- Western, 401. Shares, 26 ; Ditto, New 501. Shares, 154 ; London and York, 3% % ; Direct Northern, 65% ; Leeds and Dewsbury, 4%; Leeds and Thirsk, 5; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7 1 4 ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 10% ; Manchester and Buxton, 41. 18s. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 9 5 A % • Manchester and Leeds, 148 ; Midland Railway, 157 ; Ditto , Shares, 18 3 4 %; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 4; Ditto Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 119 ; Newark and Sheffield, 6% • Newcastle and 4% 11. 18s 5 . ; Darlington, 51 1 4 ; Newry and Enniskillen, ; North Union (A), 145 ; North Wales Mineral, 18%; North Western, 5 % 5 ; North Wales, 3% ; Oxford and Birmingham Junc tion,Runcorn Gap, res Ox t ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 1/. 17s. ( S li heffield and onand Wyre, New Preference (5 per cent. and Preston and Wyre Extension, 3% 3 prem. ; 3 14 3 a l nc ; laes D t i e t r t , o, 12 N 5 e S ; h a p re i s t t ( 0 8 , Od u i sa. Quarter 16 1 4 16 ; Shrewsb bury, Shares,N Oswestry, anAlrzilantGrand Junction, 6 M ; Shrews - Dover, 42M •, Ditto, New giel'r436l4 ; South astern and Shares, No. 3, 8 % . _,.* South Wales, 0. 2, 10% ; Ditto, New Ditto, Extension, 6% ; Ditto, esContinuation,63t '; Trent Valley, 20 ; Water ford and Kilkenny, 4%; West Yorkshire. Wexford./pre.;Water carol'', ; Worcester andTruig, 4 2 4 3 4 ; Vriguala and vs and Furness, 31% M ; Central of France, 16%; Dijon and Mul house, 51s. 6d. ; Louvain and Jemeppe, 5 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux (English), 12%; Paris and Lyons (Latfitte's), English, 3/. 2/. 19s. ,• Ditto (Ganneron's), 565. 6d. 555. ; Sambre and Meuse, 8%. The ship arrivals to-day bring no news of importance. In the Public Securities there has been again some flatness. Consols for present transfer have realised 98% to 98%, and for Time, 99 to 98%. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been 595. to 575., being rather lower. Bank Stock has realised 209% to 210 A, and India Stock 278. The New Three- and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 100% to 100 7, 5 , and the Three per Cents. 97% %. There are still a few sales of Stock making. The Foreign Securities have been entirely neglected. Mexican Bonds have not been higher than 37%, and Buenos Ayres have been steady at 44. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have realised 63%. With but few exceptions Railway Shares are rather cheaper, and there is less business doing. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced —• 973 / 4 YR% 97% 3 per Cent. Consols New 34 per Cents lO O% %: 7 ; 100% Long Annuities to ex pireJan. 1860 11 N 1 / 2 % 11% 11 tit Ditto D i u o 3 3 0 0 Sears, , O J c a t n . .1 5 0 , , 1 1 8 8 5 6 9 0 1 1 1 1 .5/ 4 4 11% India Stock India Bonds, 1,0001....•••• 7l 71 Ditto under 1,000/. . . — South Sea Stock ..... Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account... Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1 1 Ad. Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN:FUNDS! O'CLOCK. PRICES. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.. 44 44 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 15% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... ... 37% 37 Ditto Account Ditto, Deferred Russian Bonds ............ ... ..... 1174 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 30% Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... ... .. Ditto, Account .... •••••• 4C 3/ Belgian Bonds, 4 1 /., per Cent ... _ 1011x,_ Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific.... 97 " 97% PRICES OF CLOSINU PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. B tILWAY SHARES PRICES. Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 135 136 Ditto % Shares Bristol and Exeter Do. New ..............2 Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1% ...... 9% 9 ... 9 Chester and Holyhead... 5 Churnet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton l4 — ............... 4% Coventry and Leicester 14 3% 3%. ••.. • ..... 2 . .......... 2% Direct. orthern Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast June 2% ll l/e% Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine 2 1 A Dublin and Galway 2%...... 5 1 / 2 Dublin and Mullingar... 2 1 / 2 ...... 4 Eastern Union l5 .. ••• ... ..,.. • Ditto Extension Eastern Counties 25 ...... 20% 21 20%... 20 1 ,x, Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 65 64% Ely and Bedford Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of Seotland 2%..•••• Great North of England..loo ......200 1 / 200 ...... 200 Ditto New 2 ...... 24% Great Western BO ......190% 190 ... 189 Harwich Hull and Selby 50 ... 104 Ditto Quarter Shares 1212...... 23 Do. Half Shares London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...235 234 1 /, 235 Do. New Thirds Do. 4 Shares London and Blackwell. 16/. 135.4 d. 9 3 4 9 14 London and Brighton... 50 ...... 63 3 / 4 % London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. London and S. Western 41/6s 104.1 81 80 1 /. Do. New Do. New London and York ...... ... 2% 3 3 / 4% 4 ••• ••• •• 4 Londonderry and Ennis killen ... 21 / 2 ...... 3% Lynn and Dereham 1%...... 3% Manchester and Leeds... 73 ...... Do. 1 Shares Manchester and Birmin 4O ...... Do. Quarters Midland 100 .. 156 Do. New Midland,Birm., Derby...loo ll B.. llB Newcastle and Darling ton Junction ... 25 .•...• --- ••• ...... . ••• Do. New Brandling... 10 Newrastle and Berwick 11/ 2 1514 Newry and Enniskillen. 2 1 / 2 5 l /2 5 Newark and Sl.effield 11 / 2 6 1 4 1 /2 ....... ..... North British Do. New 47/BIA North Kent North Wales Norwich and Brandon... 10 Do., New ........ .....1 Richmond and West End Junction Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central ......... 2 1 / 2 6 3 /4 Scottish Mid1and........ 1 1 / 2 .-- 4 33/4 .............._ _______ _ Shrews., IWolverhamp., .. . tot— Dudley, and Birm ...... 2%. .... 44... .. South Devon... ............ 15 South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 42% 41% Do., No. 3 ............ 21 ,4 7 1 4 3 / 4 1A 7y Staines and Richmond..• 1 South Wales ..... .... ... 21 A 53 ' Trent Va11ey............ 2 .... . 20 Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ....... 4 4 Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 York and North Midland 50 lO4 104 Ditto Scarboro' Brant*. 25 48 48 Do. 48 Do. Extension ......... 1 1 4 l7 17 FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 4 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse , an d Cette ......... ..... 2 25 Dieppe and Paris June. 2 2 2 51 5a DijOii and Mulhouse •... r Great North. of France.. 4 Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 - • . Louvain and Jemeppe••• 2 ••• . - 4%y 4 Lyons and Avignon...... 2 Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 Orleans and Bordeluic..• 2 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan- Deron's, ... .. ............ 2 Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 Paris and Orleans ......... 20 Paris and Rouen ......... 20 Paris and St. Quentin ... 2 ...... ••• .... Royal North of Spai n .• • 2 Sambre and Meuse .... 2 •• ••• Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia ...... 25 Union of London. ....... 10 . 12 1 4 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 21.—The sates are:—Birmingham a nd Gloucester, New Shares, 4 7 -16 % ; Hull and Selby, 106 ; London and Bri g hten, 64 ; London and South-Western, 81 ; Manchester and Bi rmingham, 59 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares , 10%; Ditto, New Qua r t ers , 5% prem. ; Midland Railway, 401. Shares, 1 8 3 j ; North British, New d • Shares, 5%; South-Eastern , No. 3,8 %; Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrusb, 3 1-16 • Belfast, Ballymena, and C arr i c kf ergus , 5% ; Birkenhead, a nchester, % and Cheshire, 10% Black burn, Darwen, and B olton, 5 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 9%; Clitheroe Junction, 3% % prem.; Churnet V a ll e y, 9% 8%; Direct Northern , 5% 6 ; Dublin and Belfast Junc tion, 11 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 6; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 8%; Leeds, Dews bury, and Manchester, 4%; Leeds and West Riding Junc tion, 7 9-16 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 ; London and York, 3% 3-16 ; Lynn and Dereham, 33g ; Manchester and Buxton, 5 4% ; North Wales, 3% ; North Western, 5% 5-16 ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 2 13-16 3 / I prem. ; Scottish Central, 7%; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 1/. Bs. ; Shewsbury, Oswestry 9 and Chester, 4% % ; Trent Valley Continuation and Holyhead Junction, 44 prem. • Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 2 3 %; Manchester Fire and Life Assurance, 11%. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 8i Gibra1tar............. Ditto, at sight l2 si Leghorn ... •.......... 31 Rotterdam 2U. 12 9 Genoa Antwerp 26 15 liamburgh M.B. 14 0 Alton► Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto, 3 months 26 10 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 15 Frankfort on Maine Petersburgh, 3Us — Berlin Vienna, effee. a. 3 M lO 2 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36% Cadiz lklbao Bare( toga Seville Milan Venice Naples .. 391 Palermo, !perll9l Li s bon ............... 521 Oporto. , • .......... 53 Rio Janeiro ..... 23i Bahia ...... ....... Buenos Ayfos ......... N'ewYol k 7dyssight , PRI( !AS BULLION, TER OZ Foreign .14,11, bars. L 3 17 9 Portii?,;i: Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Poubbons OO 0 New Silver , t• ttvs , =-- .—Her Majesty and Prince .een Dowager, the Duchess of tate, and most of the leading .ttend the State visit at this DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Albert, her Majcs.y the Qu , Kent, the great officers of SI families of the nobility, a theatre to-morrow evenirg. SELF, BY THE A U THOR OF " " CECIL. —The plan of this new work, which will add greatly to the reputa tion of the anonymous writer, is quite unique. One of the great families o f th e English aristocracy is con ducted through a period of 20 years, replete with public and political interest ; and it may not be too much to say of the execution of this plan, that it may be re garded as a valuable addition to the moral archives of the country ; added to which, the story combines all the sprightliness, wit, vigour, and originality that constituted the charm of " Cued." ANTWERP, APRIL 18...—The General Steam Navi gation Company's s t eam - s hip Soho, Captain Whitcombe, arrived this day, and landed her n passengers aat the quay, among whom were th e Baron de Lange, nd Colone Maltby. The wind had been at E.N.E., with much sea. which protracted the passage only a couple of hours longer than usual. OSTEND, APRIL 18.—The Dover Mail packet has at length arrived. The passage from Dove r to Ostend having occupied 22 hours. Lady Wynne and daughter arrived in London early on Monday morni n g, by the General Ste am Navi vation Company's Mail Packet Princess R o y al, from Hamburg. Messrs. Chalon, Stanfield, Leslie, Christall , Stum p , sndunWd understood, o h d a: t e o left paint in thet h h e pasticl o k et i s c h o i n p g V res Victoria forthiaev N n e i w ted York,it isStates. There were a large number of people to see them of!: They left ea the 20th. • . , vs‘ c9H . -- • cat 7' 1, , a. - . 11: L' „ 1 "'" „_ 1 " , O IT • to, 1 y ~ ~~ .~~ 1 ~~~~~~~~~ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1845. The House of Lords met at Five o'clock. The report of the Irish Land Commission on the sub ject of the occupation of land was laid on the table. On tho motion for the third reading of the Railway. Clauses Consolidation Bill, Lord BROUGHAM, in tke course of a long speech, stated his objections to the present course of railway legislation. He denounced the constitution of the Rail way Committee of the Board as absurd and mischievous, and considered that the measure under discussion was calculated to increase the mania for railer ay speculation —a mania which it was their duty to check, and which, if not checked, would produce a monetary panic more awful than the panic of 1825. He then eulogised the system adopted by the Government of France will re gard to railways, and thought it might be advantageous'y pursued in this country. He condemned the Bill as cal - culated to add to the enormous powers already possessed by railway companies, of depriving landowners of their property without their consent, and thus protesting against the railway system, he felt he was doing his duty. The Earl of DALHOUSIE replied that the speech of his Noble and Learned Friend had relation to everything but the business now before the House. His Honoura ble and Learned Friend devoted three-quarters of an hour to censure the Railway Board, and a quarter of an hour to a lecture upon the evils of railway speculation. Rally, he never saw a smaller pennyworth of bread to so huge a quantity of sack. The Noble Earl then pro ceeded to vindicate the course pursued by the Board of Trade, and defend its members from the imputation which had been cast on them. In conclusion, he begged their Lordships to suspend their judgment as to t he con duct of the Board until the conclusion of the Session. Lord ASHBURTON thought that many of the provi sions of the measure ought to be extended to existing railways. The Duke of BEAuFoaT considered that the existence of the Railway Committee of the Board of Trade had in many instances encouraged gambling speculations. The Earl of WINCHILSEA. approved of the conduct of the Board. Lord CAMPBELL supported the Bill, but agreed in opi nion with Lord ASHBURTON, that some legislative mea sure for the regulation of existing railway companies was necessary. Lord BROUGHAM, in reply, contended that the proceed ings of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade should be conducted in public. The Bill was then read a third time and passed, as were the Lands Clauses Consolidation Bill, and the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Bill, after which their Lordships adjourned. The House of Commons met at a quarter before Four. Mr. BAINY, took the oaths and his seat for Greenock. The Hun. Member was introduced by Mr. HumE and Mr. BRIGHT. Various private Bills were forwarded a stage, and several petitions were presented. Mr. HOME gave notice that, on Tuesday week, he would bring forward his motion on the subject of re warding the services of Sir H. POTTINGER. Mr. NYSE gave notice for Tuesday next of his motion on the subject of Dublin University. Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice that in the Committee on the Maynooth Bill he should move that the expenses of endowment be taken from the revenue arising from Irish Crown lands. Various returns were ordered ; and after the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had stated, in reply to Mr. BICARDO, that the auction duty was intended to cease from the time the resolution had been reported, the House adjourned at half-past five o'clock. Looking, as we are inclined to do, on the much-vexed 1 question of the Maynooth endowment as virtually at an end—with all its angry elements of political and re ligious discord allayed, at least, though not extin guished—we are anxious to persuade all parties who have participated in its recent agitation to gatherfrom it other fruits than the mere ashes of polemical controversy. It is incumbent upon them to remember that a country like Ireland was never destined by PROVIDENCE to be a mere battle-field, in which two races of men were to con tend, through centuries, .for the political and religious supremacy of the one over the other. If the Legislative Union of 1800 had not settled all precedent questions of conquest or occupation; the dominion of force or the rights of hereditary succession; it would yet have been impossible to roll back the tide of events to that distant period—six hundred years ago—at which an English force, by the united sanction of the Pope and invitation of a native Prince, established their first footing in that fine country. From the close of the twelfth to the be ginning of the nineteenth century an infinite series of international and intersicial connexions, interests, esta blishments, settlements, has been successively created. To this interchange and intermixture of civil and do mestic institutions there have been superadded, in the same protracted interval, all the artificial means of go vernment and polity, by which, in every age, the incor poration of notions, originally distinct and independent, has been effected. Since the period of the Legislative Union this fusion of the English and Irish races and governments has been so complete and universal, and so much developed throughout the whole system, that it is now in vain to challenge, as proper to either country exclusively, this or that element of the imperial consti tution. And we contend that this is so, notwithstanding the still visible traces of former violence, mismanage ment, neglect, and inequality in the process. We should be the last parties to dispute that Ireland has been grievously misgoverned, and cruelly oppressed, since her incorporation as an integer of the British empire. But it must be conceded, on the other hand, that there have been many, and very recent, periods in the history of that connexion, in which both the English and the Im perial Parliaments have manifested an earnest and gene rous design to fulfil, honestly and boldly, the duties of protection, in the first instance, and of equal union in the second. To admit that this wise and enlightened policy has, by no means, been the rule observed in the administration which England has exercised over Ire land, but rather the exeepion, re-appearing at uncertain and too-widely separated periods, proves nothing against the fact of her virtual incorporation. All the atrocities charged upon the governments of English Vice roys and Commissioners, under the Plantagenets the Tudors, and the Stuarts—under the iron discipline of CROMWELL and the military rapacity o f King WlLLlAM—cannot efface the fact of the advances made by her in civilisation and commerce prior to the accession cf the House of Hanover. How largely Eng lish capital invigorated and expanded the agriculture, the manufactures, and trade of Ireland under the reigns of the four GEORGES (notwithstanding the disas trous outbreaks of the years 1798 and 1803) are mat- ters of history which CannGt be disputed. The con cession of the Roman Catholic claims in 1829, and the general policy of conciliation pursued towards Ireland, and the paternal regard manifested for the Irish in the personal deportment of the Sovereign, under WILLIAM the FOURTH and VICTORIA, have done much to erase the most distressing recollections of earlier epochs of mis government. Until the " repeal" cry was raised, no man in either country seriously entertained any views of political improvement that would apply, exclusively, to the one without affecting the other. The interests of the poorer classes in Ireland were identified with the benefical relations which subsisted between the growers and the consumers of agricultural produce ; the sup pliers and the employers of every species of industrial labour. The higher classes found a common road to eminence, success, and distinction in those professions, and in all those branches of the public service in which civil disqualifications on account of religious opinions— (common, be it observed, to the English and Scotch, as well as the Irish)—did not interpose specific obstacles to their advancement. To the relief of these disqualifica- SUMMARY OF NEWS AND thtbitt eptitton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. Accounts from Alexandria, of the 9th inst., state that Mehemet Ali had been residing at Cairo for some weeks past, and intended in a few days proceeding on a visit to the lower provinces, and thence to Alexandria for the summer. On the evening of the 3d it blew a terrific gale of wind at that place. Reports from Syria had been received of the plague having broken out at Jerusalem, and that the number of deaths is 40 a day. The following is the distribution of the British vessels of war in the Mediterranean :—At Malta—The Formidable 84, bearing the flag of Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, the Commander in-Chief ; Ceylon 12, receiving-ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, second in command, and super intendent of Malta dock-yard; Amazon 26, Snake 16. Locust war-steamer, Beacon and Bonetta surveying vessels. At Gib raltar, the Scout 18, Flamer and Medea war• steamers. On her way from Malta to Barcelona, the Devastation war-steamer. At Corfu, the Orestes 18. At the Pincus of Athens—the Tyne 28, and Geyser war-steamer. At Smyrna—L'Aigle 24. At Constantinople—the Virago and Hecla war-steamers ; and at Beyrout the Warspite 50. The Coitrrier du Havre mentions that the French Govern ment intended to seize on the Sooloo Islands, situate be twet n Borneo and Mindanao, and to form in them an esta blishment similar to that of the Marquesas and Otaheite. Lieutenant-General Count Gazan, Peer of France, died last week at Grasse, in the Var. The Paris journal, L' Universe, boasts that the Society of the Jesuits is, at the present moment, more flourishing than at any former period, and that their number throughout Europe, and especially in France, has increased within the last year to an extraordinary extent. From a census taken in March last, there were upwards of a thousand more Je suits in France, than at the corresponding period of the pre- ceding year. The programme for the public entertainments in celebra tion of the King's fete, on the Ist of May, have been approved of by the Minister of the Interior. They are precisely the same as those of last year. The Gazette des Tribunaux states that a prosecution is contemplated against the member of the Chamber of Peers and the Deputy who lately fought a duel, and that permission to this effect, as regards the Deputy, will probably be applied for to the Chamber of Deputies, as without that no legal pro. _ . ceedings can be taken. The Minister of Public Instruction, in compliance with the recommendation of M. Charles Ledru, the Advocate, has nominated the nephew of the late M. Armand Carrel to a bursarship at the college of Henry IV. The Sud of Marseilles states that the Duke and Duchess of Salerno, parents of the Duchess d'Aumale, are expected to arrive there shortly, on their way to Paris, accompanied by the Count do Trapani, brother of the King of Naples. 3 3 / 3% 146 65V2 15 1 4 4% 6 1 4 2 18 . 4/ E3 3% 24 16 4 14 4% 4% 7 / 1 41 334 10 3 / 4 2% 25A 42% 2 ,5 3 % 8 AND TPIEMICV. At the Brentford sessions, George Mathews, a young man, was fully committed to take his trial on five charges of for - gery. He had forged the names of several tradesmen of Brentford, and obtained sums varying from 5/. to 64. at Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., bankers, Charing-cross. Thomas Marrs, the late secretary of a benefit society at Bermondsey, was charged at Southwark Police-court, with breaking open the box containing a portion of the society's funds, with which he absconded. The prisoner denied the charge, and in accounting for his sudden flight to Ireland immediately after the robbery, he said that the stewards lent him some of the funds of the society, and that being unable to refund the same on the day he expected, he went away, not wishing to meet the members of the society until he was in a situation to repay the money.—He was remanded. At Marylebone, John Thomas Potter, an omnibus driver, in the employ of Mr. Brewer, proprietor of a Bayswater omnibus. was charged by Allred Norton, another omnibus proprietor, upon two summonses, each of them for the offence of furious driving. Both cases were proved, and the defendant was in one case tined 40s. and in the other 20s. At Lambeth Mr. Benjamin Myers. a tailor, carrying on business at No. 72. Oxford-street, was charged before Mr. Henry with furious driving, and running over George Jones, a child of four years of age, by which the latter was so seriously injured that its life is at present in great danger. From the evidence it appeared, that on Sunday afternoon, about four o'clock, the prisoner, while driving along the New Cut in a gig at a furious rate, knocked down the child, who received serious injuries by the horse trampling upon him. The prisoner said he should have pulled up the moment the accident happened, but the fact was that his horse became so alarmed at the noise made by the persons present, that he became quite unmanageable. He was remanded for a week, but at the same time admitted to bail for his appearance on Monday next, COURT—rAsBIONA.I3I.z. The Duke of Devonshire left town for the_ Continent on Saturday. At her Majesty's next drawing-room, on the sth of May, Lady Blanche Somerset, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, is expected to make her debut. Major-General Sir Hercules and Lady Pakenham and Miss Pakenham are daily expected in town from the Government House, Portsmouth. Lord Guernsey has arrived at the Earl of Aylesbury's re sidence in Grosvenor-street from a tour. The Earl of Meath has left his seat, Kilruddev, for Dublin. The Hon. Lady Williams Wynn and Miss Wynn arrived in town on Monday last from Copenhagen. Sir Henry W. Wynn, her Majesty's Envoy at that Court, is expected in about a fortnight, on leave of absence. MISCELLANEOUS. _ The river steamers yesterday were gaily decorated with flags in honour of her Majesty's visit to 131ackvrall, to see the Great Britain steam-ship. The day was most favourable for the royal visit. The debts of the Duke of Sussex have all been paid with but two exceptions , —the first is a bond given to Mademoiselle d'Este for 10,000/., and the second is the account of his Royal Highness's legal executor, which amounts to a considerable sum, owing to the great expense incurred in the adjustment and settlement of all claims upon the estate of the Duke. Mr. Bowes, Member for South Durham, in reply to an application from some cf his Wesleyan constituents to vote against the Maynooth grant, says he had always supported the grant, and must be consistent. He concludes his letter in these words :—" If I am to forfeit the confidence of those I have now for some years had the honour of representing, I could not wish to do so on any fairer ground than that of my remaining the consistent advocate of religious toleration." On Monday evening a meeting of the subscribers to the De Beauvoir National Schools was held in the school -room, " to take into consideration certain allegations lately made in a court of justice in Mr. Monckton's case, which seriously affect the character both of Mr. and Mrs. Williams, the master and mistress of the above schools." Mr. Alexander Ray son in the chair. On the motion of Mr. Lake, solicitor to R. Benyon De Beauvoir, Esq., it was resolved to appoint a Committee to investigate the matter. On Monday a meeting of the Royal Naval Benevolent So+ ciety was held at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's street, to distribute grants to distressed applicants. Amongst the members present were Admiral Sir . E. Codrington, Ad miral Dundas, Admiral Hawker, Admiral Lord Radstock, Commanders Houghton, Gray, Tyte, Marshall, and many other gallant officers. Captain Dickenson was in the chair. From the financial statement it' appeared that, including the balance remaining from the last audit, the receipts since the previous quarterly meeting amounted to 1,580/. The sum of 503/. had been distributed in relief, and deducting other dis butsements, a balance of 971/. was left in the hands of the treasurer. A. further sum of 5001. in the whole was now awarded to other applicants. Thanks were then given to the chairman, and the meeting separated. Sir John Edward Swinburne, Bart., and the gentlemen forming the Committee of the Artists' Benevolent Fund, have presented their late secretary, Mr. Martin, librarian to his Grace the . Dike of Bedford, with a valuable silver inkstand, in testimony of their sense of his services to that Institu tion. The subscription to defray the cost was confined to the members of the Committee. Mr. Galliot, the gentleman who, with Mr. Bevan, the so licitor of the Old Jewry, conducted Tawell's defence, had several interviews with Mrs. Tawell, at Berkhampstead, during the past week, for the purpose, it is stated, of making representations to the Home Secretary not to interfere with the possession, by the Rev. Mr. Cox, of Tawell's confession. It seems now pretty clear that the contents of the document will not m,.et the public eye, till the books and manuscripts of Mr. Cox may hereafter be transferred to other hands. Monday forenoon information was received from Bow street at the several police stations throughout the metropolis, that between Sunday week and Thursday some person or persons feloniously broke and entered, and also endeavoured to set on fire the parish church of West Wycombe, in Buck inghamshire, from which was stolen a gilt chain attached to the pulpit. A reward of 50/. has been offered by the parish authorities to any person giving such information as may lead to the apprehension and conviction of the offender, and a further reward of a similar amount has been offered by the Home Secretary for such evidence as may lead to the dis covery and conviction of the parties. The Government has also offered to pardon any accomplice (except the person or persons who actually attempted to set fire to the said church), who shall come forward and give such evidence as shall lead to the same result. We are happy to find that a church for the sailors of the port of London is about to be established, and that this mea sure has received the sanction and support of the highest au thorities in Church and State. The First Lord of the Admi. ralty is to fill the chair at the meeting to be held in the City, and the Bishop of London will propose the first resolution. The church is to be built near the London and St. Katherine Docks, where there is, throughout the year, a daily average of five hundred sail of vessels; and though their crews do not live on board, yet hundreds of them board and lodge in the immediate locality. The sittings in the church will be en tirely free, and we trust this great undertaking will receive a large share of public support: it is intended for a class of men who have great claims on the nation, and whose reli gious interests have been hitherto grossly neglected. It is rumoured, and it is said on good authority, that a dis covery has been made by one of the Customs' officers, of a captain of a vessel which has recently arrived in the port, having possessed the keeper of a public-house or tavern, in the neighbourhood of the docks, of about 101bs. of cigars, which were the surplus or unexpended stores of the ship, and which the said captain had obtained on condition that the cigars in question were for his own private use, and not for sale or merchandise, he having made a declaration to that effect previously to having obtained their delivery. It is supposed that the officer must have acted upon information in the matter. If the rumour be correct, the captain has, of course, made a false declaration, and thereby obtained the cigars surreptitiously, and it will be a question whether he will not be liable to proceedings for a fraud on the re venue, in addition to the actual seizure of the goods which has taken place. Monday evening, at half-past six o'clock, an explosion of gas occurred on the premises of Messrs. Avery and Moore, silkmercers and haberdashers, No. 171, Tottenham-court road. It appears that one of the shopmen was engaged lighting one of the gas burnings in the shop-windew, when on applying the light, the gas momentarily exploded with great violence, the flame communicating to a quantity of valuable goods in the window. Every exertion was used to extinguish the flames, but without etisct, the fire making rapid progress. The fire-engines and brigademen were sent for from Crown-street, Wells-street, Oxford-street, and their exertions happily succeeded in extinguishing the flames. The stock and premises are insured in the. Sun Fire-office. SUDDEN DEATH OF MISS BYNG'S COACHMAN. — Monday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Red Lion, Clarges. street, Piccadilly, on the body of Aaron Carman, aged 54 years. Sarah Carman, widow of deceased, said he hAd been coachman to Miss Byng, of Charles-street, Berkeley-square, upwards of twenty years. On Thursday morning last he felt himself unwell, but in consequence of witness being away from home, he did not speak of it to any one until witness's return in the evening. Deceased then went to bed and partook of some brandy-and-water. In about an hour he said he was very ill, and requested medical aid to be sent for. Mr. Davis, of Curaon-street, :promptly attended, who administered stimulating medicines to deceased, but he flied in about an hour. Mr. Davis attlibuted death to rupture 01 some blood-vessels in the region of the heart, or disease od that organ. Verdiot-7 Natural death." COURT CIRCULAR - - The Queen and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace in an open carriage and four, escorted by a party of Light Dra goons, at 25 minutes b:fore three o'clock yesterday after noon, for Greenwich, to embark for Blackwell, for the pur pose of inspecting the Great Britain steamer. The 'Vis countess Jocelyn and the Marchioness of Douro, Ladies in Waiting ; and Colonels Arbuthnot and Bouverie, Equerries in Waiting, followed in anothercarriage and four; and Viscount Hawarden,cLord in Waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert ; and Sir Frederic Stovin, Groom in Waiting, followed in a third open carriage and four. The royal party returned to Buckingham Palace at a quar ter past live o - clock. Prince Albert iode out on horseback yesterday attended by Colonel Bouverie. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. The Viscountess Jocelyn has succeeded the Marchioness of Douro as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen, and Viscount Sydney has succeeded Viscount Hawarden as Lord in Wait ing to her Majesty. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Italian Opera with their presence last evening. The royal suite included the Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Miss Devereux, Viscount Sydney, Colonel Arbuthnot, and Colonel Bouverie. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz (attended by Baron Knesebeck and Mr. Edmond Mildmay), and the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, attended by Baroness de Strumfeder and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein, also honoured the Italian Opera with their presence. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden lunched with her daughter the Marchioness of Douglas yesterday, at her re sidence in Connaught-place. Her Royal Highness visited the Duchess of Kent at Clarence House, St. James's. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing in a carriage yesterday afternoon. The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, attended by Baroness de Strumfeder, Miss Greville, and Baron de Schreci enstein, honoured the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein with her company at dinner yesterday, at Chandos House. The Lord Provost of Glasgow, Mr. thistle, and a deputa tion from the Scotch Banks, had an interview with Sir Ro bert Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-- street. The Ecclesiastical Commiesioners for England had a meet fog yesterday afternoon, at the Office inWhitehall-place. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Winchester, Chester, Ely, Hereford, ,chtfeld, and Worcester, the Lord President of the Council, .he Secretary of State tor the Home Department, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, the Earl of Besborough, the Earl of Chichester, and Lord Ashley. The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy- Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial-office, from the Governor of the Mauritius. Lady and Miss Hesketh arrived at Farrance's Hotel, on Monday, from Paris. HER MAJEST Y'S THEA FRE There was another great musical performance at this theatre on Monday, consisting of The Desert, preceded by a Miscellaneous Selection. The concert commenced with Beethoven's Symphony in C minor. It had evidently been carefully rehearsed, and the large orchestra, under the sway of Senor Costa's baton, moved with a degree of unity and smoothness that could not be surpassed. The sudden burst into the grand triumphal march seemed to electrify the au dience. Mademoiselle Brambilla sang Gluck's fine contralto air, "Che faro senza Eurydice" with graceful simplicity. Lablache gave great effect to " Non pits andrai," from the fire with which he gave it, and the volume of his unequalled voice. Madame Castellan, in the beautiful "Non mi dir "ot Mozart, exhibited the taste and style of a most accomplished artist. Rossini's very pretty chorus, called "La Caritb, was well perform d. This is a recent composition ; one of three, entitled "La Fedeltit," "La Speranza," and "La Carla." The Desert went off well, and was received with much ap plause. Some of the movements were encored, particularly the description of sunrise. The house was well filled. FRENCH PLAYS. Ravel appeared for the third time on Monday in the one act vaudeville of La Tante Mal Gardee. Throughout the piece Ravel was excellent, and drew down the heartiest laughter from a most select and crowded audience. There is a de lightful ease and insouciance about him which none but a first-rate artiste could assume. In the pert Parisian niguad, the town-dapper, self-satisfied, narrow-minded, conceited, cankered creature, the exquisite and muscadin of the Rue St. Denis, he is without equal. Plessy played in two pieces exquisitely—Madame de Belmont, in the Bal Masque, and Clara, in the Bouquet de Bal. Amongst the company were : —The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, attended by Lord Canta lupe and Captain Mildmay ; Prince Edward of Saze Weimar, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, Earl and Countess of Shelburne, Countess Flahault, Countess of Jersey, Sir William Massey Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. John Stanley, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Marchioness of Donegal and party, the Countess of Chesterfield, Lady Newport, the Hon. Mrs. Anson, the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, the Austrian Ambassador and party, Countess of Jersey, the French Ambassador and the Countess St. Aulaire, Lady Frances Knox and party, the Baron and Baroness Brunnow, the Marquis of Worcester, Lord Z:::omerton, Lord Gardner, Lady Holland, Mr. and Mrs. Matheson, Mrs. Denistoun and party, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Lady Lyndhurst and the Hon. Miss Copley, Lord William Russell, Sir George and Miss Talbot, Sir Henry and Lady Meux, Lord Sydney, the Earl of Sefton, Baron Rehaumen, Baron Koller, Count Kielmansegge, Lord Alvanley, Lady Pollock, Lady and Miss Quenten, Lord and Lady Auckland, lion. Mr. Grattan, Hon. F. Byng, Sir Henry Webb, Sir J. H. Lowther, &c. THE SATELLITES OF SATURN.. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Slll,—l simply deny the truth of any such assertion, by whomsoever made, that the late Sir William Herschel did not discover the two interior satellites of Saturn, with, the 40 feet reflector. It has always been held the privilege of a discoverer to declare when, how, and on what occasion the conviction of his discovery as a reality took full possession of his mind. He declares expressly that this happened as re gards the 6th satellite, at 23h. 26m., August 28; and as re gards the 7th, at 23h. 31m., September 17, 1789; on both occasions the conviction being yielded to the 40 feet reflector. This privilege I claim for him. He claimed it for himself by always ascribing their discovery to that instrument, and no one is entitled to call its exercise into question. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, Collingwood, April 20. J. F. W. HERSCHEL. PENAL LEGISLATION FOR BACF LORS.-- At 'n quest held on Monday by Mr. Wakley, M.P., on the body of a young person who had hanged herself, two or three of the jury were of opinion that she had done so from want of a husband, and one of them said that so many young females died or destroyed them selves through similar privation, that he thought the Legislature ought to interfere and compel, under heavy penalties, every bachelor of mature age to marry. He wou'd suggest to the Learned Coroner to introduce into Parliament a Bill to that effect. Mr. Wakley said he was afraid such a Bill would entail more than legislative penalties, and cause so many suicides by husbands, that there would be soon a general Benedictine agitation for its repeal. He was of opinion that marriage did not tend to lessen the number of female suicides. A juror—But it would, Sir, it husbands discharged their matrimonial functions to the satisfaction of their ladies. The Coroner—Then I fancy you are right. MISDEMEANOURS OF SOI•DISANT REPORTERS--Mr. Wakley, M.P., at an inquest on Monday, having been shown a newspaper in which appeared a report of proceedings on Saturday last at the Guildhall Police-court, stating a charge made by the editor of the Morning Advertiser against a person calling himself a reporter, for having imposed upon that paper by sending to it a report of an inquest that had not been held, said that some time since he had read in the papers 28 reports of inquests said to have been held by him in Paddington, not one of which he had ever held. One was headed " Seduction and Suicide," and contained fabricated letters from the supposed seducer to his victim, and from her to him, all written in a very affecting strain. The name of the public-house and street in which the alleged inquest was held was given, but no such public-house or street ever existed in the parish. The editor of the Morniny Advertiser was to be com mended for the steps he had taken, and if other editors followed his example, the character of the press would be raised in public estimation, as the fabricators of false and injurious intelligence would be detected, punished, and their infamous calling be even ually destroyed. MAYNOC.TH QUESTION.—A meeting was held on Monday at Lyon-street Chapel, New Kent-road, to consider the Government proposal with respect to Maynooth, D. W. Wire, Esq., in the chair. The meeting was composed chiefly of Dis senters, and the following resolution was adopted :—" That this meeting, in opposing the endowment of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, is not actuated by any wish to deprive fellow-subjects of that persuasion of any equitable privilege, civil and religious: in contending for the dependence of the Roman Catholic teachers on voluntary support, it is desirous of placing them in the posi tion which, in its judgment, ought to be occupied by every reli gious community." Mr. Greene, Mr. Illams, and John Brooke, Esq., also addressed the meeting. Resolutions that petitions in conformity with the above resolution should be forthwith pie • rented to both Mouses of Parliament, praying that the Bill may not pass, were also carried. GREAT FOOT-RACE FOR TWENTY POUNDS.—Mon day an immense assemblage of the sporting fraternity were pre sent at the Three Cats, public.house, at Acton Bottom, to witness the match between East (of Westminster) and Mountjoy, two celebrated pedestrians. The distance was to walk twenty miles, Mountjoy to receive six minutes at the start. In betting East was the favourite at 6to 5. Ist the start they went away at a good pace, and performed the first mile in 9 min. and 7 sec., and com pleted four miles in 37 min., and ten miles were accomplished in 97 min. and 15 sec., Mountjoy retaining a lead of 300 yards. They continued at a good rate, and at the fourteenth mile East succeeded in overtaking his opponent, and they walked together till the fifteenth mile, when Mountjoy relaxed his speed, and East availed himself of this advantage and went a-head, and it became quite manifest East was winning ; and at the seventeenth mile Mountjoy was compelled to relinquish the contact, and East went in an easy winner, and covered the twenty miles of read in three hours and eighteen minutes, fair toe and heel walking. Much money was won and lost. OPENING OF THE NEW TOWN HALL AT COLCHES TER.—The public opening of the new Town Hall is now fixed for Thursday, the Ist of May. The worshipful the Mayor has received letters from Mr. Sanderson, M.P., Mr. Round, M.P., the Recorder, and Mr. John Round, M.P., the high steward, intimating their intention of being present on the occasion. Sir Henry Smyth will be with us, not only as our representative, but in the nearer relati.n of one of the aldermen of the borough. We have been favoured by the mayor with a perusal of the letters of the former gentlemen, and their expressions of interest in the opening of the new Town ball are most complimentary to the inhabitants of the town, and pe culiarly gratifying to the building committee, whose labours are now brought nearly to a close.—Essex Standard. BROCKLESBY HUNT—FATAL A CCIDENT TO THE HUNTSMAN.—It is with the deepest regret that we have to announce that, on Friday last, Mr. Smith, huntsman to the Earl of Yarborough, had the misfortune to fall from his horse in a field situate in the parish of Bar a very dangerous state at the residence of Richard Nainby, noldby-le-Beck, near Grimsby. Mr. Smith had to pass a brook which was of so ordinary a character that he did not consider it to require more care than crossing a large ditch. Riding, however, with rather a slack rein, the horse leaped farther than lie expected ; and the consequence was that he was thrown, fell upon his head, and injured the spine. Assistance was immedi• ately afforded, but he expired on Tuesday at the house of Mr. Nainby. where every kindne s s a n d attention were shown to lion. Alr. Smith has, Vie are ini'ocined, hunted the Brocklesby pack for a quarter of a century.—Abridged from the Doncaster Gazette. SPORTING IN TELLIGEN CE. BATH RACES.—YESTERDAY. old The Produce Sweeps, of 50 sous each, hft ; for 3 yrs , colts, Bst 101 b ; and fillies, Bst 51b. One mile. (12 Subs.; Mr. Wreford's Worthless, by Camel ... (John Day, jun.) 1 2 Mr. Treen's Bastion ........ 3 Mr. W. Etwall's c by Elis, out of Mopsa ...............••• Mr. Isaac Day's c by Bubastes, out of Zehnda (31b.) 4tol on Worthless. Won easy by half a length. 30r*. beaten off. The Weston Stakes, of 15 sovs, 10 ft, with 25 added; fo r 2 yrs old colts, Sst 91b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 41b. Straight half mile. (13 Subs ) Lord . G. Bentinck's Princess Alice (Abdale) Mr. Treen's Astonishment (allowed 51b) ..................... d The following also ran :—Mr. A. W. Hill's Q.E.D.( 311 °%% 51bs)—Mr. W. Sadler's The Pretender—Mr. Gre" Motilla—and Mr. Cooper's Madcap. sto 2 on bliss Won by a head; Madcap third. 41b, Match, 100, h ft—Mr. Treen's Chemisette, 2 received forfeit from Mr. Sloane's Red Rose, 5 yrs, 9st 21b. The Sornersetshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, an d 0319 5 if declared, with 100 added. Two miles and a d is. Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat, 3 yrs, sst 131b...(Abd aie) 2 Mr. King's Young Lochinvar, 5 yrs, 7st .................. ; yrs, 4st Lord G. ilentinek''s Pug, 3 yrs, 5a 51b....... ............. The following also started, but were not placed :---1Y" Gully's St. Lawrence, aged, Bst It/lb—Mr. Gardnor's Flathooker, 6 yrs, 7st 61b—Roderick, 6 yrs, 7st 21b--11411; dower, 5 .yrs, Est 101b—Agriculture, 5 yrs, Est 51b (carrir 6st 101b)—Temeritv, 5 yrs, 6st 31b (carried 6st 61b) —b g Mazeppa, out of Mick, 4 yrs, sst 71b—Cabin Boy, 3 }' r `'"„d 4th (carried sst 121 b) Wild Roe, 3 yrs, 4st 711) -3 . - e d Sister to The Devil-among-the-Tailors, 3 yrs,4st 41b ( cirri 4st 7 ib.) to Betting-5 to 2 agst St. Lawrence, sto 1 agst Sister The Devil among-the-Tailors, 6 to 1 agst Pug, 6 to 1 ags' Sweetmeat, 8 to 1 agst Wild Roe, 10 to l agst Cabin 130'' and 11 to 1 agst Roderick. Won by a length ; Pug, who was beaten two length'beating St. Lawrence by half a length. half , The County Memben; Plate of 501., one mile and a • , was won in two heats by Mr. Gregory's Barlipmde, 4 beating Seaport, 4 yrs; Spring Bock, 4 yrs; Jane , 4 Y r" as d Foxwhelps, 3 yrs ; in a canter. Old England does not run for the Durham Park Sta kes ' _.. • LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Amt. 22.—Wind this day at noon, N.E., f r e sh breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, APRIL 21.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Arrd. Juguision, Bahia, for Copenhagen ; Tolisman, Somers , PI, : ton. Sld. Derwent, Mauritius; William Foster, Victoria, New York. I'ORTS3IOUTII, APRIL 21.—E. N.E.—Arrd. Port-a_, & °/4 Bahia, for Stockholm. Off, Rebecca, Fagan, Buenos 21V"' out 84 days. Wormotyrff, APRIL 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Ann, Bali imore, for London. e 'at PLY.moum, APRIL 21.—Wind E. by S.—Arrd. C OW Guernsey, Cape of Good Hope, leaky. cutta ; John Patchett, Newman. Madras ; Brenda, chom p' son, Mauritius ; Joseph Cunard, Ichaboe ; Asia, Gabl...! Maranham ; Lady Constable, Garbuls, New Orleans ; ". vinia, Savannah. Sld. Culdee, China ; Inca, ValparasgW Lydia, Antigua ; Cambrian and Union, Newfoundland- v." _ _ Glenview, New Orleans. lef O t Par ie F c o a Lr e, To Fe N b E . , B. APßlL 21.—Bittern, Sheres, Calcutt4 P hil CORK, APRIL 19.—Wind E.N.E , moderate.--Arr • _ rreo , M'Lellan, Doick, Ichaboe. Off Sarah Botsford, ArF a ditto. Ichab * HULL, APRIL 20.--Arrd Columbian, Taylor, Sid. Everthorpe, Quebec. ins , NEWPORT, Arm. 19.—.51d. Alert, Grenada. 20. Reg Singapore; A. Watson, Calcutta; Sarah, New York. , ct if, SHIELDS, APRIL 18.—S1d. Dorothy, Halifax. 19. Rio Janeiro. _ _ PLYMOUTH, APRIL 19.—S1d. Shannon, Quebec. BOSTON, APRIL 20.—Arrd. Tods, WCardie, Ichaboe• boe . MoNmosE, APRIL 18.—Arrd. Dorothy, Brown , 1C" PORTABLE LIFE-BOATS. . cr On Saturday last experiments to test the service-a a ness and efficacy of the new life-boat, recently in vent .% by M. Monanni, were made in the basin of Woolwled Dockyard, in presence of a great many nautical 4, scientific persons, amongst whom were Sir Francis til t • Tier, Sir Edward Parry, Mr. Willock, Chairman of lip , East India Company ; Mr. Wightman, Sir J. Fran i l e Captain Crosier, ]I.N., Mr. Laing, Capt. Shea `.)..; t he India Service ; Lieutenant Fitton, R.N., Mr. Coworeee boat-builder of the royal dockyard, and others. t he" boat employed on this occasion had been sent to o f dockyard in the early part of the week, by corrupt% A his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who has fak ed great interest in the invention, and who had intend e 0 have been present at the experiments which were to hli re , been tried during the weck, had not the weat her „Pber vented him. The boat weighs only 2161 b. with a 0 , tael,tle and apparatus, and would hold about 24 Pe r tes She is constructed of waterproof cloth, something t o sailcloth, stretched on a frame of wood ; Nvh, en e a wanted she may be stowed or placed on the ne% be other convenient part of any vessel where she w t t he flat, not taking up more than three inches in deP"s,,ele• breadth of the frame or hoop which forms her o u r t he The experiments made on Saturday by command e „ t rid Admiralty were very satisfactory, and it was the gf,, - dget opinion expressed by those most competent te 3- , for 1 that she was an admirable boat for all the Pu r e e s :, the which she was intended—the saving of life i",,, N pur landing troops, the acting as a pontoon, and 133- '' ' e now poses in which more cumbrous and bulky boats 0 vas employed. Her powers were severely tested sh e , fe et thrown from the Alecto steamer, at a height of 2 ",,,if from the water, into the bain; she took the water sa: - ;,; not shipping above a quart of the element ; eight 731 , - e ; then descended by ropes and boarded her in a rnin tl :if they pulled her across the begin and performed ace",,. e h ' e of evolutions, to the satisfaction of the spectators. 1 - , ( 1 is. understood to have all the advantages of what 1.5 CS' O re hPI r D the Mussoolah boat, without the objections to it ; - 0 e flat-bottomed she draws little water, and will ride o r heavy surf where a common ship's boat could sce nt , live. She is portable and light, yet sufficiently str7o and requires no tackle to be hoisted over the side of • ship. For steamers, and for all vessels wher e seal is matter of importance, and where the number of n l ueo or passengers is considerable, these boats should be 0 so to sea. It is notorious that at present vessels are it badly furnished with boats, that where accidents occurl3,l is almost miraculous if those on board do not prish•ti4 means ..,f this ver theta sple, yet very perfect, Inv en ,,, t o half the perils of ean can be avoided, and be ife preserved. WILL OF THE LATE EARL OF EFFINGEL&PL" 4 ,:eib bate of the a tit and codicil of the Right Hon. Ne : l3 „. - 00 Aiexander Earl of Effingham, late of the Grange , '" t he county of York, but at Brighton, was granted e ti n 16th instant, to the executors:—The Right Hon. P e e t he Earl of Effingham (late Lord Howard) the son „ a ht testator, the Right Hon. the Earl of Rosebery, the . t ";iihe Hun. Lord Dalmeny, and William Hervey, Esq. 00 '1 . 0 personal estate within the province of Canterbury' , L . 9 ve h. under 120,0601. His Lordship died on the 13th 0140, ruary last. Bequeaths to his wife, Lt.dy El s ngZt * 1,0001. for her immediate use; also leaves her 1 9 2 ", the year, 4001. a year by power of appointment ilaa e ' V will of the late Duke a Norfolk, and 8001 a yeaS f Or like power under the will of the former Earl of ham. Directs that the sum of 4,000 L, which his r k „ te d ship received with her on marriage, should be distrw - 131 by the trustees among his younger children equalVid r ea the will he bequeaths to his three younger eu l drt h• . 12,000/. each, and a legacy of 1001. each to be padhie in one month. By the codicil he bequeaths t ° hie daughter, Lady Baring, -a sum of 4,0001., and to 10 daughter, Lady Charlotte, an annuity of 1501., an d younger children a further legacy of 2,0001. W d 0 Directs that his plate, jewels, and books shall deice ° 0 1, heir looms. The residue of his estates, real and W s l l ) ,io he leaves to his son, the present Earl , and to his A t he and assigns. The will is dated July 28, 1837, a nd codicil July 31, 1844, signed "Effingham." be COTTON FACTORY.—A Company is about to rt formed to erect a cotton factory on the Clyda riveof which will be the first ever established in the couatY oo l Cork. The capital is proposed to amount to 75° !; ) ,, of in 50/. Shares. The site proposed is on the la nt r iat , Quartertown, within a mile and a quarter of n th and within 400 yards of the proposed Great of Western Railway t,tation, and within nineteen 11 3 ' . ": -- d,d Cork. It is said at this point there can be comrea,"ni, the most powerful head of water in the South of Ire'a-l'of being a fall of 361 feet—and equal to a steani-elg ille , of 120 horse power. It is estimated that a steam - erg .ll- 0 1 equal power would cost near 5,000/.—with anto° e n expenditure, calculating coals at 6s. per ton, as ia„,i'd chester, of 1,300/., while a water-wheel and tanlcs cost but 1,5001., with an annual expenditure of Consttution. Dol 4 ° EXPERIMENTS WITH LARGE GUNS AT ' mi le. R A ISIG ES. —Lieutenant•Colonel Chalmer, Assistant-Direc tor ' `' ici , rat of Artillery, and Lieutenant-Colonel Hardinge, K.° Artillery, left Woolwich on Tuesday for Harwich, t o insP."'" t in il grounds or sands on the sea coast in that quarter to asoerttice an eligible long range can be obtained for carrying on 10" n",ti . during the summer with large guns, on Lieutenant-Colonel fl op' das's and Mr. Monk's principles, Lord Guildford, the lord O w l, manor on which the practices were formerly carried on at that having objected to any further experiments being carrie d on '7,it,* The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have ordered t-; Of number of guns be made on Mr. Monk's principle for the u hot the navy. One of Monk's long 56-pounder guns, of 97 car" : te .. been required for the use of the Excellent gunnery ship , •d el l mouth, Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, Knt., and it will sho n ";; 10 , put on board. The present Lords Commissioners of the Adf:tearit , have invariably shown a desire to render the Royal Navy ewc-beir by introducing new inventions of a meritorious natu re, oe • r e* utility being proved, without reference to the station or indte-fof of the inventors, and deserve the approbation of the eonntr' their strictly impartial conduct. e THE EUTERPEON SOCIETY.—This Social th -v Dv grand Miscellaneous Concert on Monday, at the Ro yal stitution, Cowper•street, City-road, consisting principally °I n lastr tions from the works of Mozart, Handel, Haydn, and son° osta Irest living composers. The solo parts were sustained by the Turner, Miss Chambers, Miss E. Blackwell, Mr. Sapid, an d th e Husk. Mr. W. Blagrove was the leader, and Mr. Holderrl.-- ill conductor. The chorusses were judiciously selected and eil l6 t 7o, peiforned, and the professionals exerted themselves cad' the An anthem, the composition of Miss E. Blackwell (sung __ a ° Or first time in public) was favourably received. The surlier,'" numerous and respectable. s go . lo o°P SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. — Hande l will be er formed at Exeter-hall this evening. Miss Bircti for the first time since her return from Italy. it . SOU TiIAMPTON, APRIL 21.—This port, frail 0 0 Brittobier favourable position, is now acknowledged by all conversant wittleol. matter to be the best in the kingdom for the embarkation o f ,pd grants. In the course of last season vessels sailed roontbll,..o, with very great success. They have recommenced their v oY" w io and on Saturday last the St. Ann's, a fine ship of 650 tons, le (t o ld 300 emigrants and numerous cabin passengers. They car e 0 00 by railway on Thursday in three hours, the greater portion 0. o pe having left their homes, in various counties , o nl y the„,,,- g 4 morning. Sailing from hence they are clear of the Channel hours. Other vessels will follow. 0101 .11 : a FUNERAL OF COLONEL CLIVE.— Yesterday - rug the mortal remains of the late Col. Clive, whose demise vbpot we ek announced, were removed from the residence of that g, - for officer's father, E. B. Clive, Esq., Grafton.street , Bond-streelrett interment in the family vault at Whatfield, Hereford. aegi, funeral procession was met at Cumberland-gate by the "tneell ment of Foot Gnards, of which the deceased Colone l was the ,i - ro ss in commarut under the Duke of Wellington, by whom, wit h "'To nitrified, it was escorted to the Pauoington rail wa y statioo. real' coffin from this spot was carried by relief s o f p rivates from the meat. Mr. Clive, the magistrate, was chief mourner. • I L o . d v Port qf Ireland, nAIL Th e E bill. '