The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-11 00:00:00

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It is respectililly announced that THIS EVENING, APRIL 11, will be presented a GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVAL, comprising the celebrated Work of FELICIEN DAVID, the SYMPHONIE ODE ORIENTAL, entitled THE DESERT, with the original Melodie, Chorus, and Grand Orchestra ; to be preceded by admired Selections from the most classical composers. The Orchestr3, and Chorusses will include upwards of 200 Per formers, the whole under the direction of Sig. Costa. PROGRAMME. PART I —Overture, " Midsummer Night's Dream"--3lendelssohn. " I.es Hirondelles," Moriani—David. Aria, Madame Rosetti -M(.zart. Trio, "Tremate Empi Tremate," 31adame Rita Borio, Sig. Corelli, and Fornasari—Beethoven. Aria, " Cara immogine, Sig. Morlani—Mozart. °vertu , e, " The Ruler of the Spirits"—WeLer. PART 11.—The Desert. Doors open at Half-past Se - ten o'clock ;to commence at Eight. Boxes, Two, Three, and Four Guineas each. Applications for Boxes. Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. _ HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVEN (NG Will ba performed Donizetti's Opera, DON PASQUALE. Norina. Madame Grisi ; Dr. Malatesta, Sig. Fornasari ; Ernesto, Sig. Mario ; and Don Pasquale, Sig. Lablache. After the Second Act of the Opera the Danseuses Viennoises will dance the " Pas de Fleurs," and in the course of the Ballet, for the first time, the " Pas Styrien," and the " Pas des Bergers." In ttie course of the Evening the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear in various national Pas of Spain. To conclude with an entirely n ew Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled EOLINE ; on, LA DRYADE. The Music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall. Characters—Eoline (betrothed to Count Edgard), Mddle. Lucile Grain' ; Rubezahl (le Gnome), M. Perrot ; Count Edgard, M. Toussaint ; Prince of Silesia (brother of Eoline), M. Gosseliu. Doors open at Seven ; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box- Mace, Opera Colonnade. lIF,R iNIAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfhlly informed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the Subscription), ON THURADAY NEXT, APRIL 17 When will be performed Rossini's Opera Seria, in Two Acts, entitled SE MIRAM Semiramide, Madame Grist ; Areace, MdlSe trambilla ; Assar, Sig Fcriaasart ; Idreno, Sig. Corelli ; Oroe, Sig. tablache. The Dansenses Viennoises will appear In some of their Favorutte Pas. With other Entertainments, in which Madame Anatde Castellan, :stadame Rita Boric), and Sig. Mortara, will appear. Also a DIVER CISSEMENT, in which the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear in various of the National Pas of Spain. With Other Entertainments, TIIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THIS EVENING ' Will be performed GITILLAIDIE TELL. Arno M. Duprez ; Geiler, Mr. Weis,i ; Rodolph, Mr. H. HorncasCe ; William Tell, Mr. titretton ; Walter Furst, Mr. Borranl ; Ruodi, Mr. Barker ; Luteru, Miss Poole ; Matilda, Miss Romer ; Martha, Miss Betts. After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled ROBERT AND BERTRAND. The Boa-office IA open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Hacee, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repented a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Strickland, Bnekstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Hamby, 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 conclude with TILE THIMBLE RIG. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hnndred Years Ago. Cennor O'Renuedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Martogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Master Orinnidge, 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, culled ST. GEORGE _kND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, I'anl Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. To conclude 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. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LEeSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Shaltspeare's Play of AS YOU LIKE IT. Duke, Mr. Archer; Jacques, Mr. Graham ; Amiens, Mr. Allen ; Rosalind, Miss Cushman ; Audrey, Miss F.mma Stanley. - Mr. SANDS and his IN F.‘NT BROTHER, MAURICE, will appear In their ?longing and Wonderful Entertainment, DE SALON, FREAKS OF FANCY. To be followed by the Comedietta, entitled THE BRIGADIER. principal Characters by Messrs. Wallack, Granby, and Compton ; Miss E. Homier, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a New Gran I Oriental Aldo-dramatic Burlesque Extravaganza, in Two Acts, called TIMOUR . THE CREAM OF ALL THE TARTAi;;• Timour, Mr. Oxberry ; Zorilda, Miss F.. Stanley. Stage Manager, Mr. 11. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Ilactilnist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Another Triumph the New Burlesque of " Whittington and his Cat - will be performed every Evening till further notice. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER TIIK MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KF.E . LEY. TH IS EVENING Will be repeated a New Original Drama, to be called ON DUTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, F. Mathews, and Keeley; Villars, Mrs. Woollidge, and 3iis s Grove. After which, THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Collier, and Tamer ; Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a Burlesque of English Hlstor y , Pourtraytng Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costantes according to Fiincy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrano ineuts—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT ! Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley Miley Moloch, the Lien Tamer ot the Deasert,Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Miss Grove. To conelude with the New Farce of A MODEL OF A WIFE. In which Messrs. A. Wigan, Frank Matthews, and Meadows, Mrs. Wouliidge, and Miss Fairbrother will perform. The Bos-odice is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. JAMES'S THEATRE.—FRENCH PLAYS. LAS ST. T X IGHT OF MUI.Lk PLESSY'S ENGAGEMENT. THIS EVENING Will be performed MARIE; on, LES TROIS EPOQUES. Marie, Millie. Plessy. After which, LA FAUSSE AGNES; on, I.e Poete Campagnard. Angellque, yidll2. Messy. The Popular Comic Actor, M. Ravel, will make hi 4 First Appear ance in this country on Mon.lay nest, April 14, in a New Comic V I . .deville, entitled " D'Etournean. Ca.; Pit, 34. Ed. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors , pill be opened at Half-p as t S even o ' c lo c k, and the Performances ccirmence at 'Malt. Boxes and Stalls may be secured at M. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, 011 Bond-street ; and at the Box-once of the Theatre, which is open Daily, from Eleven till Five. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS E.YENING (Under the Direction of Miss Davenport.) Will be repeated a New ,Play, entitled THE DUCHBS3 OF GUISE. The Dnte of Guise, Mr. Denvil; Duchess of Guise, Mius DAVeIIPOrt. Atter which, a New Farce, called HUMBUG ; or, Medicine for the The Professor," Mr. _II. Redford ; Madge, Miss Kate Howard: To no fhllowed by THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM. To conclude with THE PLAGUE OF PLYMOUTH. ASTLEY A ROYAL. AMPHITHeATIE --- PROPRIETOR, MR. W. RATTY. Triumphant Success of the New Spectacle. THIS EVENING. The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSF.A. ;Scenes In the Circle, introducing M. and Mdme. Dumos, the cele rated French Emtestrians. TO conclude with the admired Faree of THE SPECTRE BRIDE -T/100M. An arraw, ”... MCIlt lias been made with Mr. White (the cejebratcd Lion Tamer) who will appear on Monday, April 14, and exhibit h s tirotiderfa Feats with his unrivalled collection of Lione, Tigers. Leopards; tze. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL. dUItItEY THEATRE.. :Miss Heron's pirformance c reates roars (4t* laughter—The Two New pieces, real Surrey hits. _ THIS FVENINd Will be repeated a New Drama, called MARGARET CATCH POLE. Supported by Messrs. 11. Hughes, hicks, Fredericks, It. gunner, S. Cowell, Ileslop, Lewis, Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Lewis, and Mrs. R, tionner. _liter which, THE FOUR MOWBR4YS. In which the Infant Pewter (Miss Heron) will enact Four Characters. To conclude with THE MOOR MAIDEN, in which Messrs. Hicks, Neville, Fredericks, Lewis,Mrs. Hughes Miss Martin, and Mrs. H. ning will perform. • Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at th e Box niece, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING EW S pArby, , tea MAMARET CATCHPOLE, The Female Horse !..ega and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and "f 7 fr•• • • argaret Catchpoie, Miss Vincent. r which, THE LORD MAYOR'S FOOL. - •Nikvinteluoe with POOR. DOG TRAY. The Dog, by Hector. 40346,4, suirkv.i.; als have been successful in carrying the I.ilians of the poor in the parish of Christchurch, THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, APRIL 10. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, 45; Noon, 44. BAROMETER, N.W. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS AY. Morning .. 27 minutes after 4 I Evening .. 4 3 minutes D attar 4, -- -:-.. : A, . '•' , : ' .... i , , oo .. , , 1 ,^, ..''' • `.L" ,, i ,-. _ ,''ol. o, 4,- . 4, *0 r 7, ,,r .. -,..,:g , ,,.... , 1 **l:4', tN . ... ' '' , _ LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1445. The House of Commons met at Four. Mr. Hu'rr presented a petition from the Legislative Council of New South Wales, praying that the colony might be placed upon the same footing as Canada, with regard to the importation of corn into this country, and that the same protection might be extended to colonial wool that was enjoyed by British. _ _ Mr. AUME gave notice, for Thursday week, of a mo tion on the subject of ,the recal of Lord ELLENBOROUCH. In answer to Sir C. NAPIER, Sir R. PEEL said that there had been no change in Members of the Government in consequence of the divi sion on the Maynooth question, and that he considered it a Government, and not an open question, and would do everything in his power to promote its success. Mr. WARD stated that understanding the motion of which he had given notice was intended to be made a rallying point of those who were opposed to the addi tional grant to Maynooth, he should not bring it for ward to-morrow, but postpone it to some other period, in order to get an intelligent expression of the opinion of the House upon it. Mr. CHRISTIE then rose to make the motion of which he had given notice—" That an humble address be presented to her MAJESTY, praying that she will be graciously pleased to appoint a Commission, to inquire into and report upon all matters relating to the privi leges, revenues, trusts, and to the state of education, learning, and religion, in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and the colleges of those Universities." The Hon. Gentleman supported his motion in a speech, de monstrating the short-comings of the English Univer sities in the promotion of literature, science, and phi. losophy. Mr. EWART supported the motion. Mr. A. HOPE opposed it, and made sundry allusions to Punch in the course of his speech. Mr. HOME considered that the arguments of his Hon. Friend who had introduced this motion had not been answered on the other side. Certainly not by the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, who might consider himself lucky if (luring the next fortnight he should escape appearing in the columns of Punch. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion as uncalled for. Lord PALMERSTON spoke in support of the motion. After which the House divided, and the proposition of Mr. CURTEIS was negatived by a majority of 61. Several returns moved for by Mr. Hump. were agreed to, and the Howe adjourned at Twelve o'clock. It was understood at the Anti-Corn-law meeting, held in Covent-garden Theatre on Wednesday, that no other meetings would be held in that place till the close of the Great Bazaar, which will be opened in the course of next month. This League has now been in existence for nearly seven years, and we trust that long before other seven years have elapsed its labours will be accomplished, and a complete victory obtained not only over agricul tural monopolists, but monopolists of every class in society- The advocates for the maintenance of the sliding scale' and the heavy tax on the staff of life, advert with com placency to the little noise made by the League—to the less frequent meetings and the very small effect which they have produced on Sir ROBERT PEEL and the House of Commons, for, say they, notwithstanding the thousands and tens of thousands collected, the vast dis play of patriotism and liberality made by so many individuals and the country excursions of paid lecturers, the Corn Bill remains, and will remain unaltered. We will not enter on that point. Our opinions are very different,and time, a very short time, too, will show whe ther these men prophecy truly ; but, looking at the effects produced already by this powerful body, what rational being can believe that, while monopoly is on the wane in all other directions, it is to remain fixed and immutable only•as regards corn ? During the existence of the League the most unexpected commer cial changes have taken place. Many agricultural pro ductions, which were formerly prohibited or paid an enormous duty, are now admitted at comparatively mo derate charges. The landowners have been as sailed by the Minister on every point: he has al tered the corn duties, and though that alteration was not very material, it caused the resignation of the only farmers' friend in the Cabinet. He has reduced the Customs' duty on cattle, on beef, and hams, and many other necessaries of life; and are we to infer that he is to stop here, and not carry into operation the great principle of free-trade—purchasing in the cheapest, and selling in the dearest market— which he unequivocally professed in his place in Parliament? These changes could not have taken place, but for the pressure from without, and that pres sure owes more to the League than to all the writers on political economy, to the cries of the poor, or to any other circumstance whatever. If the League had done no other good than open the eyes of the farmer, they would deserve immortal honour. They have done that and something more. They have taught that class their true interests, and convinced many that their only hope of safety rests with themselves—that they must obtain leases, under take agricultural improvements, and put down competi tion, not by Acts of Parliament, but by energy, industry, perseverance, and new inventions. But the League has not confined its labours to corn—its princi ples apply to all commodities; and this very session, during which the duty on four hundred foreign articles of production has been abolished, furnishes the most con vincing proof that their labours have been crowned by a great victory. They have only to pursue the same path for a few years more—to urge on the willing Minister to further reforms, to enlighten landlords as they have enlightened tenants, and to keep their irrefragable prin ciples before the public mind, in order to consummate their benevolent and noble rrposes. Mr. NIACKINNoN brought forward on Tuesday evening last the proposition, of which he had given notice, for a declaratory resolution on , the part of the House of Commons, affirming the report of the Commissioners on the Health of Large Towns, condemning and denouncing the practice of interring the dead within churchyards and other such mural precincts. The simple object of this motion was, by the moral influence attaching to such a declaration of opinion, effectually to discourage the practice of burying the dead within localities densely oc cupied by the living. We should blush for the Legisla ture that could repudiate a suggestion so consonant to all the moral and religious associations under which a Christian community regard the disposal of their mortal remains who have been called from among them ; so essential to the decency and decorum with which sur viving kindred desire to see the dust of their deceased connexions undesecrated in the earth to which it has been solemnly committed; and, above all, so imperatively demanded by a just regard to the health and comfort of large communities. This motion, however, was lost by 161 votes against 78. It is gratifying, on the other hand, that, notwithstanding the uncompromising oppo sition of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and other leaders of the majority in question, a second division affirmed, by a considerable majority, the substantial object of Mr. MAciciNNoN'S appeal, by carrying Mr. Tilo3LkS DUN CO3IBE'S amendment, to the effect that—" The practice of interments in the precincts of the metropolis, and in large towns, is injurious to the health of the population, and demands the serious attention of Parliament." It is not necessary that we should carry our readers again with us over that revolting field of strange and terrible details, connected with the weekly, daily, hourly treatment of the dead that we have, on several occasions, found it our duty to explore. In noticing the reports of Mr. CHADWICK, Dr. SOUTHWOOD SMITH, and others, to whom the public are indebted for their courageous exposure of these polluting enormities (occurring at our own doors, before oar own eyes, under our own feet, within the most busy quarters of this vast capital), we have felt all the difficulty of discharging a hideous duty. , r ;i t n io a n tile of system rtvi living But it was necessary to demonstrate how the further t to ole th ra e t w io h n o o le f sa th le is ex a t b i . was instrumen t al ( t ) a n l evidence not to he impeached we showed that the r l ing exhalations of our crowded Golgothas were ee decimat ing families and individuals, and infecting whold•tricts with malignant fever and fatal contagion. That, all human sympathies and affections were s- at ' dalieed by the outrages and mutilations committed " o l the dead, in order to suit the purposes of avaricious landlords, landlorde; greedy parsons, and reckless sextons, the in habitants of the vicinity in which such practices were and are commonly perpetrated were more or less affected by stran g e and noisome diseases, manifesting themselves in types of aggravated intensity and under hitherto un recorded forms. The three plague spots in this desecrated region of interments which we more particularly de• nounced to the notice and supervision of the authorities namely, Enon Chapel, and the churchyards and burial grounds of St. Clement's Danes and St. Ann's, Soho, were on Tuesday evening thesubjects of emphatic denun ciation in the House of Commons. We may now hope, therefore, that the Legislature is beginning to feel itself pledged by the reports of the Health of Towns Commis. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING-, APRIL 11 184;i. aioners to a vigorous repression of these filthy abomina tions. But there were passages in the same debate which we cannot allow to pass unnoticed. The speech of Sir JAMES GRAHAM was remarkable for a degree of bigotry and a deficiency of argument that really sunk the Home Secretary deeper than the depths in which his Post-office piracies hid precipitated him. He discovered, in opposition to Mr. MACKINNON'S argument and the Commissioners' elaborate researches, that there could be no serious objection to the practice of intermural interments in large towns, on the score of danger to the public health, because, although it prevails to so vast an extent in London, London is yet the healthiest city in the world. Perhaps the Right Honourable Baronet's logic does not recognise the doctrine of proportions. It thus may not have occurred to him to ask why the ratio of mortality should not be much less even than it io, looking to the unrivalled advantage s of sewerage and ventilation which London, with all its defects in parts, possesses as a whole over every other capital? More over, if he will refer to the weekly returns of mortality, he will find that diseases of the lungs, the viscer, the larynx, and the other organs which are most susceptible to the action of malignant influences, have been actually increasing, as compared with corre sponding periods of the last year or so, since the date at which the noxious effects of intermural interments in crowded localities were first irresistibly forced upon public attention by the pamphlets by Mr. WALKER and other medical and statistical authorities. To show how far the bigotry of administration, as well as political intolerance, may carry a sensible man out of his way, let us observe the example by which Sir JAMES illus trated his opinion. lie apprised the douse, with a be coming mixture of solemnity and confidential assurance, that the present Bishop of LONDON, whilst he was yet but a beneficed clergyman, resided is the parsonage house of Bishopsgate parish, looking into the church yard ; that he enjoyed a remarkably fine state of health there during the whole period of his incumbency, and reared a fine family of children there. Why, surely the Right Hon. Baronet is not se simple as to imagine that so stout a churchman as the Rizht Rev. CHARLES JAMES would wax faint and fall sick in the high road of his preferment! As to the good state of health which CHARLES JAMES enjoyed as rector of Bishopsgate, we take so lively an interest in it, that we can sincerely state we wish he was still the incumbent of that parish—and not Bishop of LONDON. The parish would probably not have fared much the worse--the diocese would certainly have fared much the better— had he never removed from his incumbency. Lord MAHON, with much more reason than Sir JAMES GRA HAM, admitting the technical difficulties that might at tach to the carrying Mr. MACKINNON'S resolution, ex pressed his conviction that the Right Hon. Baronet had greatly underrated the importance of the question it involved. His Lordship forcibly argued on the ultimate inutility and failure of the present extraordinary efforts for the improvement of the ventilation and drainage of the metropolis, if such dangerous practices, as had been proved to exist in connexion with interment, were per mitted to infect the air to which those efforts would but give freer circulation, and to pollute and poison with the putrescentcy of human corruption, the drainage to which they would give but freer motion. We shall await with anxious and vigilant curiosity t' - te first sane ,ary measures that are to result from the carrying of Mr. DUNCOMBE'S amendment. The intelligence from Madrid is to the 2d inst. The Committee appointed to examine the Budget, had re duced the estimates from 1,400 millions of reals (14,000,0000, to 1,100 millions (11,000,0001.). It was said also that as the Committee cannot grant to her Majesty Queen MARIA CHRISTINA. DE BOURBON the 3,000,090 reals (30,0001) demanded for her by the Go vernment, in the capacity of Queen-Widow, since she has married the Duke DI RIANZARES, they propose the sum being awarded to her " as a testimony of national grati tude for the services she has rendered to Spain." This large sum had excited much astonishment among several of the Members. The report proposes authorising the Government to proceed to the regulating of the public debt, granting it for that purpose 40,000,000 reals (400,0001.), and a delay of eight years. The Three per Cents. closed at 34i for cash, and 34-4 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 251 at 60 days ; and the Debt without Interest at Si at 60 days. In the evening the Funds rose at the Puerta del Sol per cent. in the Three per Cents., and a in the Five per Cents. In the French Chamber of Pceri, on MOnday, the Count DE MONTALESIBERT made an admirable speech in reply to the arguments of Baron CHARLES DUPIN, and the Prince DE MosROWA, on the emancipation of the slaves in the Freneh colonies. The former, we believe, is the paid agent of the planters, and the latter fights for slavery without an object. These two Peers had opposed emancipation, because it would be dangerous to French interests, and the English scheme Ned proved a complete failure. Count DE MONTALEMBERT said the accounts given of the ill condition of the English colonies had been much exaggerated. The moral success of the abolition of slavery had, he said, been complete"; not less than 800,000 slaves had passed from slavery to complete liberty, without disorder, or the effusion of blood. That was an immense result, such as had never been exhibited in any of the revolutions that had taken place in Europe. The excellent conduct of the eman cipated slaves the Noble Peer attributed to the admir able exertions and zeal of the Protestant missionaries. He was not of the same religion, he said, as those worthy men; they were even proclaimed to be heretics by the religion which he professed, but he did not the less think it just to acknowledge the immense services which they had rendered to civilisation. The Noble Peer then proceeded to examine the state of religion in the French colonies, and declared that, after a most minute and conscientious examination, he was obliged to admit that none whatever existed there—that religious instruction was a complete fiction. He attributed this state of things partly to the want of energy on the part of the. Catholic clergy, and partly to the hostility of the slave-owners to the intro duction of all moral instruction, which they feared might serve as a progress towards emancipation. The Noble Peer instituted at some length a comparison be tween the disposition and character of the slave popula tion in the English and French colonies, and concluded that the Former had decidedly the advantage. He then proceeded to consider the case of a war between Eng land and France. He said that the colonies of the latter would either fall at occe into the power of England, or would resist. In the former case, the first thing that the victors would do would be to proclaim emancipation. In the latter, if resistance was offered by the colonies, how could the Government hope to effect anything with the slaves ready to fly into rebellion, and the enemy ready to attack. There was, he maintained, no possibility of defence, unless the slaves were emancipated. From all these considerations the Noble Peer came to the con clusion that it would be the interest of France, not only to abolish slavery in her colonies, but to do so at once. Two other Peers followed, and urged the necessity of coming to a decision on the important question, both for the good of the owners and the slaves themselves. The discussion was adjourned. In the Deputies M. CREMIEUX brought forward a motion for granting the electoral franchise to persons belonging to the liberal professions, which was rejected by a majority of 28— there being 151 for the motion, and 179 against it. The Paris papers contain additional details respecting the affairs of Switzerland. The Journal des Deboft says—" Our adi ices from Zurich are anything but favourable to the maintenance of peace in the con federacy. The elections that have just taken place for the re-corapo itinn of the Executive Council have given the majority to the Radical party. It appears certain that M. Moussoet, President of the Vorort, has re signed. The Radicals are, therefore, absolute masters of the authority which, as being the Vorort, is, for two years to come, to direct the affairs of Switzerland." The following is the official account of the battle before Lucerne, published by the Executive Government of that canton:— " Dear and faithful Confederates—As we anticipated in the letter which we addressed on March 28, to the Federal Direc tory, the enemies of legal order of every kind in our common country have dared to raise afresh the standard of insurrec tion and anarchy. On the evening of March 30, armed bands, arriving from different parts of Switzerland, who had as sembled under the eyes of the Grand Council of Argau, for the purpose of making a hostile incursion into our canton, passed the frontier in great numbers, and occupied several communes. They'got into movement in the early part of the morning of the 31st, turned the positions where troops were assembled, and attempted to obtain possession of the town of Lucerne by a sudden attack. Although they experienced heavy loss near the bridge of the Emme, where they could not force a passage, they succeeded in passing the river near Littau, where our troops were obliged to retire before their superior force; and it was in this way that the column of the insurgents which fought in that direction was able to penetrate into a faubourg of Lucerne, and, by occu pying the road to Bale, to impede considerably the communications between our troops. The attack on the bridge of the Emme not having succeeded, the greater part of the insurgents' artillery remained placed near this point. The bands, which had forced the passage near I.ittau, remained all the night of March 31 at their place in. the Bale faubourg. On the morning of April 1 the contin gents of Uri and Zug having entered the town, the insur gents were attacked on different sides, repulsed beyond Lit tau, and dispersed. The rest of these hassles, on the night of March 31, passed the Emme, near Malhers, with the greater part of their artillery ; but in this commune some companies of regular troops and the landsturm gave them so warm a reception that, after a combat of several hours, their flight became general. A bridge was occupied, and all the artillery which was to pass that road was taken. A detachment of cavalry succeeded in escaping. The park of artillery which was seized is composed of 2 the ve-pounder howitzers of A rgau, 2 ditto of Bale (country), 1 four-pounder gun of Berne, ditto of Argau, 1 cannon of a bore and origin not possible to be indicated , 2 caisson of shells of Bale (country), 1 ditto of Argau, 2 ditto for six-pounders, and 1 waggon of Congreve rockets. In addition a great quan tity of arms. several colours, and a number of troop and artil lerymthbeayt horses fell into our powe r . Some hundreds of prisoners were taken, and several hundred others .of these buccaneers , p ir ai t c h l e fo r r o t u h t e . ir cpruimrseuelitohnthaelilr lsiifdecesitbhyerthdeurilanngdstthuerinco, tied unceasingly during the whole day of April 1 towards the frontiers of the canton. It is 'thus that visibly proteeted by Divine Providence, and assisted by our faithful confederates, we gained a decisive victory over the enemies of all legal order, whom other members of the confederation have seconded with perjury and treason, and who had thus at tempted a second time to spread over our canton all the horrors of civil war and anarchy. In informing you of this victorious struggle, dear and faithful confederates, it is use lessean manner torepeat the assurance which we have already given in our letter of March 27, an d according to which we think we dispose of e s r u d ffi e r e sufficient . t t r r o e o n p ci s o t a o lity maintain in cur i n cantonthe m ; o most h t com pletetet the o confineds t e as o k fA w r h gt i a c eu h i o is r restore i B m i t p l o el e g s c e c d a, i o on n the rtdrye r) federal h te the l e ral ca a n u to th n ozit y o governments where,a rugehatesvto i dbtheently either influenced by the anarchists, or by the accom plices and abettors of their culpable proceedings." According to the latest accounts, the number of killed does not exceed 300, and the:prisoners 1,730. Dr. STEIGER and Colonel ROCIIPLETZ have been arraigned before a eourt- martial at Lucerne, and their fate is expected to he promptly decided. The Government of Berne has pub lished a proclamation, announcing that it has made appli cations to the Vorort in favour of the pri,oners, and ex%orta the citizens of the canton to abstain from all hostile intentions. THE BOURSE—TtrEaDAy. APRIL 8. First Hi.h.st' Lowest Last Price. Price. Price Price Fr..tch Five per Cents. •• 117 50 • • 117 50 1i730 .. 117 50 H ates •• • • ...... 107 50... 107 50 .. 10 . 7 50 .. 107 50 Three per Cents • 85 95 .• 85 95 .. 85 90 •• 85 90 Gouln Bank I,ooof Shares ..1100 •1111 ..1100 ..1110 Be gian Fives, • 840.. • • 1034 103 .. 103 1842.. •• • ... 105% •• 105% .. 105% .. 105% Threes •• • ".... 76 15 • • 75 70 .. '76 75 .. 76 7 5 Dutch Two and-a-Ha1f..... 64% • • 64% .. 64% . 64% Spanish Active ... •• • ..... 4 • • 46% .. 4,% 4C% Passive •••-• • • .• 7% • • 7% .. .. .7% Portuguese Five per Cents.. 66 • • 66 .. 64; Homan :... • 106 .. 106 .. 106 RAILWAY SHARES. Versa R.B •• • • .620 • • 620 .. 60) .. 6 0 L.B •••• • • • ••••• 383 •3 0 ~ 375 ~, 3 75 Rouen .... • • ....•....... ..1127 5 0 • 1127 50 —lll7 50 ..1117 60 Rouen to Havre •••• • ..... 960 S€ 2 50 . 980 • • 962 50 Orleans • .1262 50 —1263 75 —1250 —1253 Strasburg to Bale •• ........ 332 50 323 i 5 .. 317,50 317 50 kvismon u Marseilles-• ....1:50 —llOO ..1070 • 1070 Bordeaux to Mite •• •• 210 215 .. 210 .. 2:0 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT Bt. Germain ... •. • • •.......1185 ..1185 ..1175 ..1175 Versailles, R.R. ...• ..... 620 •• 620 .. 5.250 .. h 92 50 L. 8.. •• • • ...... 380 • • 380 .. 370 .. 370 Rotten•• •• ..............1130 ••1130 ..1115 ..1117 50 Rouen to Havre ... •• • ....• 985 ,• 965 .. 950 .. 950 Orleans... ••.- • • .......... 1265 ••1267 50 ..1247 50 ..1247 50 Strasburg to Bale •.• • . • 325 325 .- 316 25 .. 317 50 Avignon to Marseilles .• • ...1110 1110 ..1075 ..1075 OPENING OF THE SWISS DIET PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Constitutionnel has received by Extraordinary Express the proceedings of the Swiss Diet, which derive so much interest and importance from the cir cumstances under which it has assembled. " We have received from our Zurich correspondent, by Extraordinary Express, the account of the sitting of the Diet on the Ist instant. The countcnances of the Deputies assembled wore, for the most part, an ex pression of painful feeling. Those of Lucerne were of so radiant a character, as to call forth the indignant shouts of the populace. The police of Zurich were obliged to have them escorted by a band or agents in disguise, in order to protect them from the fury of the public. " The discussions were less bitter than was expected, and with the exception of the speech of M. Stegward, of Lucerne, the language held was dignified and calm. Finding it impossible to come to a decision in one sitting, the Federal Assembly has appointed a commission to present propositions suited to the exigency of the occasion. This Committee has a general authorisation, which will permit it to carry its investigation as far as it may judge desirable. The Liberal party succeeded in placing four Members on this Committee, viz., M. Furrer, of Zurich ; M. Weber, of Berne ; M. Kern, of Thurgoire, and M. Blusher, of Glaris. The ultra-mountain party with much difficulty succeeded in appointing three—M. Schmid, of Uri ; M. Calame, of Neufchatel ; and M. Muller, cf St. Gall. The most sensible check experienced by the ultra moun tain party was the exclusion from the Committee of the deputy of Lucerne, for it has always been customary for the members of the three directing cantons to form part of important political committees." SWISS DlET.—Srrrixo ci APRIL 5. All the deputies were present except those of Lessino and the Valais, who were expected in the course of the day. The Diet having been opened in the usual form. The President said—" Gentlemen,,it is scarcely a fort night since you quitted this hall, several not satisfied with the result of your labours, and foreseeing that grave results would arrive. But you did not think that your utmost anticipations could he exceeded. The Frae Corps, irri-ated that the Diet was powerless in corn ing to a decision with re'pect to the Jesuit=, made an ir ruption on the territory of a c onfederate state- A terrible destiny has befallen these misguided men, and sorrow has seized on many honourable families. A federal army is on foot to lend its assistance to the re-establishment of order in our country. The peace of Switzerland depends on what the Diet is about to do. This high assembly ought to have constantly before its eyes the importance of its mandate ; it. ought to avoid entering tea deeply into the causes which have produced these events, in order not to raise up irritating discussion ; but it will examine the means of repairing the evil, and it can find them. A change has taken place in the persons composing the directory, and has caused the resignation of our Hon. President ; but this change will not produce any modification in the instruc tions given by the Grand Council of Zurich." The reports of the Vorort, the federal commissary, and of the chief of the army were then read. The report of the Vorort states that after the defeat of the Free Corps the Directory invited the several States net to neglect anything to prevent the renewal of such facts. It next gives an account of the measures taken when the Government of Argau perceived symp toms of revolt in the Freiamt. M. Neff having, on April 2, sent word that these symptoms were no longer (Hs.: quieting, went to Lucerne to engage that state to treat the prisoners mildly, without thereby wishing to encroach on the cantonal sovereignty. The report concludes by making known the propositions of the two states. 1. Lucerne demands that the Diet should take severe measures to put an end to the organisation of the free corps: that Argau and the Bale country should be called on to pay the expenses caused to the canton of Lucerne by the recent invasion. 2. Argau demands that the Diet should come to some decision against the Jesuits, and that Lucerne should proclaim a general aihnesty. M. Weber, Second Deputy of Berne, demanded, as a matter of urgency, that the Diet should address a press ing invitation to Lucerne to accord a general amnesty — the only means, he said, of healing so many bleeding wounds. He proposed also that a Committee should be charged to examine the other points. M. Stegwart, Deputy of Lucerne, spoke against the sending of Commissioners, and the calling out of federal troops, as useless measures. Lucerne had, he said, called to her aid the primitive cantons, in virtue of Art. 4 of the compact ; and with such faithful confederates they considered themselves strong enough to resist anarchy. Without blaming the measures of the Direc tory, he praised the commissaries and the Commander in-Chief, who did not meddle with the internal affairs of th6r canton. But he protested beforehand against all intervention of the Diet in the cantonal affairs. Independently of the propositions which Lucerne had submitted to the cantons, he had to make another. The free corps, after having obtained their arms and accoutrements frem the cantonal arsenals, and being fully supported, had entered the canton of Lucerne like robbers, to the number of 7,000 or 8,000. (The Deputy here entered into details of the matter. Accord inn to him there were 2,000 - prisoners (who had not been ill-treated) and 300 killed.) It was sufficient, be remarked, to look at the men in custody to see that they were the refuse of society.—(Loud marks of indignation from the Tribunes.) Lucerne was obliged to quit her friends and fdith!ul confederates to apply to perjured men.—(Marks of disappr obation f rom the assembly.) Written proofs of the c onnivance of the authorities of the cantons could now b e p rodu ced. Lucerne insisted on the demands which she made in her letter to the Vorort forfollatrhceh cantons t;onasn cl ßerne, Ar gau, S o l cure, and in additi on , requ i re d satis factiono Bale Country ; and if that satisfaction was not accorded, she reserved to herself to take al! proper steps for her preservation. The Deputy concluded by declaring that the Grand Council of Lucerne had proclaimed an am nesty in favour of the criminals of December 8, excepting only the most guilty. After this speech, which p roduce d a sensation of sad ness in the assembly, a repo rt Was re ad from the federal n representative,oancing that G the LN raal cenft; dated Luc e r ne , Ap r il 4, an - Council of Lucerne had taken measures which led to hope that clemency would be shown. There were to be three classes of prisoners. Such as were under twenty years of age were to be restored to liberty, as well as foreigners, under the reserve that the courts of law were to pronounce against the latter an order to quit the territory of the Confedera tion. The second would be it . so set at liberty, but on certain conditions ; and in the ease of the third class, containing the leaders and functionaries, the ordinary tribunals were to decide, appeal to the Grand Council being allowed those found guilty. At the termination of the reading of this report, the discussion was resumed, and contir.ued for six hours, in the midst of reciprocal accusations. At last the assem bly almost unanimously agreed to the nomination of a Committee of seven members to examine the present state of affairs in all points of view, and to make such propositions as it might deem proper. GRAND COUNCIL OF STATE. At a meeting of the Grand Council of State, held at Lucerne on the 4th, the instructions to be given to the deputies at the Extraordinary Diet were resolved on, and relate to the following points:— , 1. The disarminc , of the tree corps. 2. The withdrawal. of the refugees from the frontiers. 3. The indemnity to be demanded from the cantons who have favoured the operations of the Free Corps ; viz. :—Argan, Bale country, Berne, &C. It was proposed that there should be excluded from the benefit of the amnesty 1. The principal chiefs and instigators of the move ment. 2. Those who had assembled on the Bth of December at the Place des Mouline. 3. Those who were found at the inn with arms, for criminal intentions. 4. Those who were defeated at the Bridge of Emme. 5. All public functionaries, professors, officers, sub officers, who took part in the attempt. 6. All foreign volunteers. This proposition was not adopted, but another more moderate brought forward, whereby the amnesty was to extend to all but the authors and chiefs in the movement. The Grand Cout.eil decided that the trial of the offenders • should take place immediately. SANGUINARY PROCEEDINGS OF THE GO VERNMENT OF LUCERNE. (From the Journal des Debate.) An account was received yesterday from Switzer land, affirming that Dr. Steiger, one of the chiefs of the refugees of Lucerne, who was made prisoner at the late battle, was tried and condemned on Thursday , and immediately shot. We would willingly doubt the truth of this news. This merciless act of vengeance would not do honour to the victory sf the Government of Lucerne, and it cannot be by such sanguinary acts of reprisal that the Government and the friends of the Jesuits will strengthen their cause, °rein forit sympathy and support. The number of the victims of this deplo rable civil war is alrealy sufficiently great. The exact amount of the killed cannot yet be ascertained ; but it is said that out of the GC() men who marchel from the half canton of Bale-country, only WO have returned, and that a single man alone has got back to Liestal. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,000 bales, with a quiet market. Prices were the same as on Friday.-Shares were not so active. Aberdeen Railway, 5 ; Barnsley Junction, 8% ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Che hire, 12% 1% ; Birmingham anti Gloucester, New, 6; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 6% 6 ; Belfast and Ballymena, ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 14% 13% ; Caledonian, 13% % ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 9%; Chester and Birken head, 48 47 ; Ditto, New Shares, 44 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 23 3 / 4 ; Chester and Holyhead, 11% 1i ; Chester and Preston Brook, DV s ; Churnet Valley, 10%; Cork and Bandon, 6 5%; blin and Belfast Junction, 10; Dublin and Galway, 5% 51/, Dundee and Perth, 371 ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 4% '; Eastern Counties, 21%; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 61%; Edin burgh and Glasgow, Quarter Shares, 15% ; Edin burgh and Northern, 1% 375. ; Glasgow, and Durcolkies, 1 3 / 4 295. ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 18% 19; Ditto, Half Shares, 9%; Ditto, Preference, 2%; Glasgow and Ayr, 65 ; Grand Junction, 225 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 19% Great Grimsby and s•heffield, 7% ;6% Great Southern and Western, 16% ; Ditto, Extensisn, 11% ; Great Western, Half Shares, 102 ; Goole and Doncaster, 2%; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 4% 3% ; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 8%; Inverness and Elgin, 2% % ; Limerick and Water ford, 6% Bs. 9d. ; Liverpool and Manchester, Half Shares, 102 101 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 50% ; Liver pool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 31. ls. 6d. ; London and Brighton, 64% ; London and Croydon, New Shares, 11.8 s. 4d. ; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 3'/ ; London and York, 3% % ; Direct Northern, 5 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 3% ; Leds and West Riding Junction, 8 % ; Lynn an Dereham, 2 1 / %; Lynn and Ely, 7%; Manchester and Birmingham, New Shares, 5% ; Manchester and Buxton, 44%915. 6d. ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale , 173/ ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 10 ; Man chester and Leeds, 150; Midland Railway, 153 • Ditto, 401. Shares, 19% ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 4 ; Ditto ()neon dated Birmingham and Derby, 115 ; Newark and Shef field, 7%; Newry and Enniskillen, 5 3 / 16s. 3d. ; North British, 19% ; Ditto, Half Shares, 5% 6 ; North Western, 5% North Wales, 3%; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton , 11. 17s. IL 19s. ; Preston and Wyre, 35%; Ditto Preference (guaranteed 5 per cent.), 34; Runcorn Gap, 34%; Ditto Preference Shares, 39 ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 15% ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton , and Bir mingham, 41. 16s. ; Shrewsbury, Oswestrv, and Che shire, 4% % • South-Eastern and Dover, 45% ; Ditto, New Shares, Nis. 1; 16% %; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3,8% ; Scottish Central, 7 ; South Wales, 7%; Trent Valley, 19%; Ulster, 46 3 / 4 47 ; Worcester and Tring, 4 3 / 4 % ; White haven and Furness, 3 3%; Yarmouth, Dis, and Beccles, 4% ; Austrian and Sardinian, 3s. 6d. ; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 545. 54s 6d. ; Boulogne and Amiens (English), 124 ; Great Paris and Lyons, 2% 1. 3s. 6d. ; Northern of France, (Lafitte's), 6% ; Northern of France (Rosamel ), 3/. ; Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, (English), 13% 131. Is. 3d. ; Paris and Lyons English, (Lafitte's), 31. 3s. 6d. 3%; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2 3 % 2%; Paris and Lyons (Colon's), 2%; Paris and St. Quentin, 2/. Is. 6d. ; Sambre and Meuse , 7%; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's Company), 3% ; Ve rona and Ancona, 1/. 17s. The letters and papers by the West India mail offer no thing of interest, most of the islands being tranquil, and blessed apparently with favourable seasons. There appears a disposition on the part of many parties to l i throw cold water on the extension of railways in England, while foreign projects are upheld. Now, in our opinion, among Englishmen at least, the ruling principle ought to be in favour of giving the advantages of the employment of capital to their own country, rather than subscribing for foreign lines. There is a rapidly-increasing desire on the part of the moneyed interest to promote the extension of the railway system in Ireland, and the certainty that her Majesty will visit the " Emerald Isle" this year imparts a tone of elasticity to the market for Irish railway shares. A new, or rather an extension line of the Newry and Ennis killen to Sligo, has been brought forward under the most favourable auspices. The Funds have been very feebly supported to-day, with the exception of Exchequer-bills which continue firm at 60s. to 625. premium, because of the large portion of the surplus revenue which is to be invested in them. Consols have been 99% to % for Money, and 99% to 1 4 for Account. The New Three-and-a-Qparter per Cents. have been 101% to %, and the Three per Cents. 98 1 % to %. Bank Stock has been less firm at 210 to 211. The Foreign Bonds continue to be neglected. Spanish Three per Cents. are 40% ; Portuguese Converted, 65% to %; Mexican, 36% to ; and Colombian, 15% to %. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents have been 63 to %. Shares, both English and Foreign, range somewhat lower to-day, and the tone of the market is eat. The Irish lines are best supported, ruling, in fact, at about previous rates. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consels ... 99%1 a 99% New 3% per Cents .. 101% 8 % 101% Long Annuities to expire J an. 1860 11% 7-16 11 7-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ... 11% li% Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ... 11% 11 3 4 India Stock ~ ........ 279 279 India Bonds, 1,0004. ..... ... 71 71 Ditto under 1,0001.. 7l 71 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities ... 98% 98% Consols for Account.... ... 98% % 99% Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 I%d. ... 62 60 pm. 60 Ditto 500/. . Ditto Small Ditto Advertised pm. - ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 15 3 4% 13% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... -s- 36% Ditto, Account 3614%. 36 Ditto, Deferred l7 16% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent - Ditto, Converted 65%% 65% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto, Deferred 17% Ditto 3 per Cent. Dutch, 2% per Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 97% 97 PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. BIILWAY SHARES PRICES. Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and • Portrush l% 314 2% 2% Birmin and Gloucester. 100 Ditto 1 ,4 Shares Bristol and Exeter Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester... 30 Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1%...9% % lOLA 9% 10 1 4 10 " Chester and Holyhead... 5 Ci iurnet Valley Coventry and Leicester . 43% 4 3% Cornwall Diss, Beccles, Yarmouth 1 1 / 2 — Direct Northern 5 1 / 8 Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2% 91474 Dublin and Galway 2 1...... 5A 5 5 l /4 Dublin and Mullingar... 2 Dundalk & Enniskillen 2 111 /2 4 5 /R Eastern Counties 5/ 25 ... -21 V w /a. 8 21 Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....41. 13 5. 4 d. Ditto ditto, No. 2 EastDereh'm and Nor'ch 1% Eastern Union l5 .. ... Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto New 1 4 Shares... 2% 6 1,4% . ..... ... 6% Ely and Bedford Great Grimsby and Shef• field Great South. and West. I r eland) itto Extension Great Western BO ......187 186 Ditto 1 / 2 Shares 5O — Ditto Fifths Guildford, Farn'm,Ports. 2y ... - 6 1 4 Harwich Hull and Selby • 50 — Lancaster and Carlisle... 15 London and Birminghin (Stock)... Do. New Thirds Do. 1 4 Shares London and lilackwall. 16/. 13s 4d. 8%%% London and Brighton... 50 ...... 64% 63 1 4 6 3 1/.2 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 17 1 ,4 3 / 4 17% London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d... 10% lO% London ar dS. Western 4116 s 10d 81% 82 Do. New consolidated Btbs 6 Do. New Do. New London and York ...... •.. 2 1 /...... 3 3 A 7 1 % 3 / 4 3 M Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham il% — , , 3% /Manchester and Leeds... 73 Do. Quarters . 2 Mancheeter and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters... 4 Midland... 100 Do. New Midland, Birm., Derby 100 Noweas.le and Berwick 11/2 l5 l5 Newry and Enniskillen. 2% ..... 5% 1 4 . .., 514 Newark and SLeffield ... 1% North British ..... Do. New Northern and Eastern... 45 North Wales Norwich and Brandon... 10 Do., New .............1 P•ichmond and W est End Junction Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Midland 1%...... 4%%1A ... Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2 l / 2..... . 5 4% South Devon... lO ...... 22 1 t 21% South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 42 2 Do., No. 1 8 Do., No. 3 Staines and Richmond... 1 South Wales ..... -.... ... 2% 8% 7% Trent Valley 2 ...... 19 20 Waterford and Kilkenny 1 .. ~.. 4 1 4.- ...... •••••• West Cornwall ...... 1 1 4— • York and North Midland 50 Do. 1 % Shares Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20 Do. Selby Do. Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette ... ...... . ... ..... 2 Dieppe and Paris Junc. 2 ...... Great North. of France.. 4 Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Lyons and Avignon Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 Paris &:Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Pans and Lyons, Gan neron's, 2 Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ... 2 Paris and St. Quentin ... 2 Rouen and Havre Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse .... 2 Tours and Nantes, Mac- kenzie's Ditto, ditto, Lefebvre5... 2 Erratum in yesterday's List.—Read Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth 3 1 4 %, instead of 4 1 4 1 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 9.—The sales are :—Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 6% , Chester and Birkenhead, Half Shares, 24 ex div. ; Chester and Holy head, 11% ; Manchester and Birmingham, 59 1 / ; Ditto, New Quarters, 6 3-16 6 prem. •, Midland Railway, Preferential, 4; Ditto, 40/. Shares,, 19 ; North British, New Shares, 65% ; - -- Preston and Wyre, 35; Sheffield and Vanche,ter, QpArter r?. ! r. , 77 7 7. 7 "- 7 . - Shares, 15 A ; South-Eastern, No. 3, 87 8 ; Barnsley June- 6id 101:41 N. 0 4ip XIV OrrN '4-e wt 4 vg.as Vl;.' vz% tion, 9 8 3 / 4 ; Belfast, Ballymena, and Carrickfergus, 5%; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 13; Black- AND burn, Darwen, and Bolton, 6% 57f 3 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 14 ; Caledonian, 13% ; Cambridge and it bItZ @Pi it Lincoln, 94 g; C,hurnet Valley, 11 %; Direct Northern, 4% 4 ; Dublin and Galway, 5 1 4 • aisgov: and Dumfries. 1%; - - Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and:Manchester Junction, 2 1 / e t 4 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 4j s %; Leeds and Thirsk, 5% %; Leeds and West Riding junction, 8 7% r Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 1 / t %; London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 5 1-16 ; London and York, 3% 1 , 4; Manchester and Buxton, 4 5 4 ; Newark and Sheffield, 6%; North Wales, 3 1 %; North Western, 5 1 / s pi ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 2% % prem. ; Scottish id land, 4% ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 1% 5-16; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction, 37 8 4%; Southport and Euxton, 2% % ; Trent Valley, 20 ; Great Northern of France (English), 6 1-16 ; Paris and Lyons (English), 3 1 ,4 ex new ; Paris and Orleans, 2 15-16; Paris and Strasburgh ; Huddersfield Canal, 16% ; Manchester and Salford Waterworks, 58 ex new ; Union Plate Glass, 16; Coventry and Leicester, 41,4 ri44 , s Vitt!! l'eac FOrLEIGN. The King and Queen of Naples left Rome on March 26, to return to their capital. Count de Trapani accompanied them. The Queen-Mother ted the Count and Countess d'Aquilla left previously. The King, it is said, during his residence in that city, had entered into negotiation with th e Government of the Holy See for the formation of a railroul between the two capitals. The Pope intends sending the Golden Rose to the Queen of the Belgians. This rose receives the benediction of the Sovereign Pontiff at the mass which is celebrated in the chapel of the Holy Cross on Lcetare Sunday : On leaving the church, the Holy Father holds the rose in his hand, ens shows it to the people. It is afterwards sent to some rove , personage. who is distinguished for piety and attachment to the church. During the last month the receipts of the Paris Savings' Bank amounted to 3,685,992 f., and the reimbursements to 4,674,000 f. The number of depositors was 27;148, of whoa; 3,222 made deposits for the first time. A Geneva letter of the sth states that the number killed in the late affair before Lucerne did not exceed 300. According to a letter from Berne of the sth, the Executive Council of that canton has invited all the journalists to ab stain from the insertion of articles of a nature to irritate the public mind. The 211irniteur rarisien publishes a letter from Count Alfre d de Flers, in which he states that the report of M. de Bees, vallon (the adversary of M, Dujarrier in the late duel) and his seconds having fled into Holland is unfounded. They w" adds the writer, present themselves to take their trial. On the Ist inst., about three in the afternoon, a fire Wit: out at Pluvigner, near Lorient, and consumed 38 of t'w houses of this ancient town, leaving upwards of 50 farainea in a state of destitution. The accident was occasioned bi d the sparks from an overheated chimney, and they were Carrie so widely, that the whole town would, in all probability: have been destroyed, but for the exertions of the firemen an d the military, An accident happened on the 31st , ult., on the FrOoll . Bavarian railroad, near Altenburg. The earth having giv e " way and displaced the rails, the three last carriages o f th e train were thrown over, and fire persons so much injure d tkia their lives were despaired of. Twenty others received Min°r HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Dona Manuela Perea—the far-famed Spanish dan seus.2, who, under the name of La Nena, has won an European fame, appeared for the first time in this country last evening, in twopas de caAne*, e—the Spanish Bolero Cachuca, and the Legirigas Manchegas. La Nena is a perfect Spanish beauty. Her clear olive com plexion—her finely chiselled and expressive features— her dark lustrous eyes—her raven hair—her fine and commanding figure, are all characteristic of the land of the Cid. Her style of danc ing, too, is completely and intensely national. It is a style perfectly new in this country—energy, deci sion, vigour, force, are its characteristics—there is an almost soldier-like precision about it ; but there is also a freedom and an energy which speak of the haughty will. It is the commanding style of an imperious beauty, who demands eclat - ration as her right, and when she has recourse to coquetry (and her coquetry is most fascinating), it is as though she were conscious that she was condescending to risk that admiration as a favour which it is her right to demand. Her style is the very perfection of Spanish dancing, and those who have not seen the national dances of Spain performed .in Spain by Spaniards, can form no idea of the manner in which those pas were performed by La Nena, and Da Felix Garcia, by whom she was admirably supported. We have all t , een Spanish pas performed by Duvernay, by Fanny Ellsler, and by Cerito. Nothieg can be more graceful than these Deesses are in the Cachuca, the Gitana, or the Bolero, but they all want that reality which is so characteristic of La Nena. They are foreigners, speaking a foreign languagee beautifully, elegantly, correctly. She is the native speaking, at times, perhaps not so gramma tically as the well educated foreigner, but with infinitely more energy, more power, more truth, and more reality. With them they ere mere pas de caractEre, with her they are the national dances of her native lend. There the same difference that there would be in a Scotch hall .d, sung by Wilson, and the same ballad sung by Rubini. Her Spanish costume was exceedingly becoming. She looked completely the Spanish She was much applauded by the most crowded audience that has been assembled within het Majesty's Theatre during the present season. The opera was Don Pasquale, aid never has this, the chef d'oeuvre of Donizetti, been more delightfully performed. The unctuous humour of Lahlache, as the e in, seems to grow richer every representation, he eon' ;:tantly introduces the most laughable variations in bye-play. Last evening, for instance, his manner of picking up the latter in the last act was perfectly novel and inexpres sibl y rich in it , comicality. He was admirably supported by Grist, Forna , ari, and Mario, who were all in excellent voice, and sung and acted delightfully. Those wonder rul children, the Dan senses Viennoises, repeated their pas, in which they were so successful on Tuesday ; and Eeline, that aura' tasteful and elegant of ballets, with the classical Luci:. Grahn as the heroine, compl,ted the entertainments the evening. The last act of Lucia di Lamme, moo, was to have been given, hut it w as omitted, in conse quence of the illness of Madame Custellan. injuries. The Augsturgh Gazrtte mentions a report from St. Peters' burgh that it is intended to abolish the punishment of knout in Russia, and to replace it by flogging with the ro e- A letter from Smvrna of the 19th ult. informs us that the Ottoman steamer thseri-Djeddia from Jaffa, with 25 passe". - gers, arrived there on the 10th with the plague on board. ° ll . ~ the following day one of the passengers died, and all tr . ; others were taken to the lazaretto. Another died on tmv 12th, and three were ill ; but at the date of this letter there had been no other death, acd in Smyrna itself there bad beep no case of plague. 1 4 111 ' Six of the refractory law students of Toulouse were br o before the Academic Council of that place on Tuesday I st/ Two were declared expelled for ever fr.'m the law faculty.' Toulouse, and for six months from all the faculties of the kisc dom. One was expelled from the faculty of Toulouse Or Sj mouths; and three for three months. A St. Etienne journal announces with great pridesis e l l; traordinary inVenti , n by an inhabitant of that town• vs has made a tive-bladed carving instrument, so contrived, s. 3 i ce this journal, that being placed in a roasted tbwl or othe r of poultry, and a .prittg being pressed, the blades act sir e ufr,d neously, and in a second separates the wings and legs, a"- divide the carcase. SPORTING !INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S, YESTERDAY. NEWSIAREET HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Drinkald's Vol-au-Vent—taken 8 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Strathspey 9 to 1 agst Mr. H. Stebbins's Celeste—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson's Ma Mie—taken 10 to 1 agst Col. Peel's I-am-not-aware—taken 10 to 1 agst Lord Che•ste: field's Poor Soldier. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas—taken 5 to 2 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger 5 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt The lletting in the early part of the afternoon was not at all favourable to Ides; on the strength of some idle reports of a trial, 3 to 1 was laid in various quarters; at the same time, 15 and 16 to 1 being current against him for the Derby. The re action was speedy and decisive, the latest odds taken being 5 to 2 for the above race, and 14 to 1 for the Derby, the backers " fund." _ THE CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst the Irish lot 7 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Cataract 10 to 1 aget Mr. Jaque.s's Semiseria 10 to 1 agst Mr. A Johnstone's Obscurity 16 to 1 agst Mr. W. H. Johnstone's The Era 22 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Portrait 25 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Strathspey—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne 28 to 1 agst Mr. Davies's Yheomun-ac• Knuek—taken 28 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Stebbings's Celeste 35 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare . . 36 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's two—taken 70 to 1 agst Mr. Wesley's Counsellor—taken 6,000 to 45 agst Mr. Wesley's Old Maid—taken 6,0001. to one shilling was laid against Defender. We did not hear many bets laid against Cataract, but so strong and general was the anxiety to get on. him, that nothing above 7 to 1 was obtainable ; 9 and 9i to 1, however, was laid against him to 1501, in conjunction with simi lar bets against Obscurity and Semiseria, who were not in much request. Winesour, Queen of Tyne, Yheomun-ac- Knock, and Trueboy, were rather prominently in favour. DERBY. . 11 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's lot—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm 13 to. 1. agst Col. Anson's Kedgcr 13 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas 18 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear the Way 18 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Cobweb colt-20 to I taken freely 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken 26 to 1 agst Mr. MosiVn's Pantesa 30 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Metoor—taken 40 to 1 agst Duke of Rich rnoi,d's Laird o"Cockpen—t 40 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Fuzi , s 50 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon 1000 to 15 agst Lord Chesterfield's Javelin—taken 600 to 400 and 1100 to 800 on Idas agst Cobweb colt. We have elsewhere noticed the Idas movement, and we need of ly add, in reference to the Derby, that Hedger was backed for two or three hundred pounds at 13 to 1. Pam and Clear the Way at 18 to 1, each to about 1001., and the Cobweb colt freely at 20 to 1. Offers of 11 to 1 agst Alarm, but no disposition to back him. ARRIVALS AT NEWMARKET. Johnny, Queen Mab, Sir Francis, Vol-au-Vent, Mademoi selle, Fuzbos, the Accacia and Harriet fillies, Poor Soldier, Homceopathist, &c. ~1„ _ , NOTTINGHAM SPRING MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. The Bunny Park Stakes (if 3 sore. each, and 25 added. Heats, one mile and three quarters. Mr. J. Allcock's Little-thought .of, 5 yrs ......(IIilton) 1 1 Mr. Morris's Ploughboy , 6 yrs ' The Sherwood Trial a Stakes of 10 sovs. each, It tt, and 30 added. once round and a distance. Mr. Morris's Ploughboy, 6 yrs ........ t ......(Darling) 0 1 Mr. Parkyns's The Bird 0 2 The Gentlemen's Stakes of 5 sots. each, and 25 added. Once round and a distance. _ _ _ Mr. Spriggs's cli gby Mund:g, 6 yrs . (Mr. Sutton) 1 Sir C. Cockerell's Niobe, 5 yrs Mr. Clifton's Pedlar, aged The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord Rancliffe's Harriott, 5 yrs—Mr. J. Bruce's Sir William, aged—Mr. North's Little •thought-of, 5 yrs—and Captain Davenport's Co-heiress, 6 yrs. The Officers (12th Lancers) Sweepstakes, of 3 soya each, 1 Ist each, one mile, were won easily, by Mr. Thelluson's Miserere, 6 yrs (Mr. Sutton) —beating by Q Maunsell's Cock Robin, aged—Mr. B. Maunsell's Monitor, aged— and Mr. Sutton's St. Michael, aged. Sweepstakes of 5 sows each, h ft, with a purse added. Heats, once round and a dis. Mr. Morris's Ploughboy, 6 yrs (Mr Parkyns) 1 1 Mr. Clifton's Sold, 4 yrs Lord Rancliffe's Dick, aged The Pony Stakes of 2 sous each, and 10 added, once round, and a distance, were won in 3 heats, by Mr. Bucklow's Locomotive (Stagg), beating Mr. Jackson's Little Wonder. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number of deaths during the week, ending April 5, was 950, show ing, as compared with the previous vir, ek, a decrease of 238. The decrease has taken place chiefly in deaths caused by diseases of the lungs, and epidemic and contagious diseases. The violent deaths are also fewer, being only 35, while last week they were 50. Deaths from burns and. scalds are 6; Suicides, 3 ; but these are not correctly ascertained, as many persons have been foetid drowned without the cause being as signed, and 1 murder. The deaths from small-p ox oc curred at the following ages :—six under 1 year ; eight 1-3 ; nine 3-5 ; two 5-10 ; one 10 ; one 19 ; and two 20-30 years. INDIAN NEWS.--Wednesday a Court of Directors was held at the East India-hou - e, when the thanks of the Court were voted unanimously to Mr. J. Shepherd, chairman, and Sir H. Willock, K.L.S., deputy-chair man, for their great application and attention to the affairs of the Company during the past year. A ballot was also taken for the election of six Directors in the room of Mr. J. Cotton, Mr. J. Loch, Mr. C. Mills, M. W. H. C. Plowden, Mr. H. Shank, and Mr. 11. St.-George Tucker, who go out by rotaticn. At six o'clock the glasses were dos d, and delivered to the scrutineers, who reported that the election had fallen on Major-General Sir J. L. Lushington ' G.C.8., Mr. G. Lyall , M.P. , Mr. E. M acn aghten, Mr. J. P. Muspratt, Mr. M. T. Smith, and Mr. Wigram. THE GRESHAM LECTURES.- - The reading of these lectures in the theatre of Gresham College will commence on Tuesday next, the first day of Easter term ; at twelve o'clock at noon, in Latin , and one o'clock in the afternoon, in English ; and on the fallowing subsequent days as under : Tuesday 15, 16, and 17, by the Rev. Joseph Pullen, M.A.. on Astronomy; Friday 18, 19, and 21, bv H. 11. Southey, M.D., on Physic; Tuesday 22, 23, and 24, by the Rev. Henry John Parker, M.A., on ttivioity ; Friday 25, 26, and 28, by the Rev. Edward Owen, M.A., on Rhetoric; Tuesday 29, and 30, by the Rev. Samuel Birch, D.D., on Geometry ; Friday, bitty 2,3, and 5, by William Palmer, Esq , M.A., on Law ; and on Tuesday 6. 7, and 8, by Edward Taylor, Esq., on Music—at seven o'clock in the evening. The Bishop of Exeter ititemis holding the triennial visitation of his diocese early in June. In consequence of the unsettled state of the diocese of Exeter during the past year, his Lordship's charge is expected to be of considerable im portance, and is anxiously looked for. eames etazrzs P asatair.m • tile Mr. Behnes, the Celebrated sculptor, • appeared 'L Aoe s Bankruptcy Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Corrilni" Shepherd, and passed his final examination. nl 4 At Gloucester, Mr. Baron Platt sentenced two men , otet- Padbury and Carpenter, who v‘ ere found guilty of • poaching with arms, to ten years' transportation. HIS 1 41$11 ship observed that it was a great mercy they did n ot dto the work of brutal violence, as they would then have 1 1 % answer for the dreadful crime of murder, and have e with their lives upon an ignominious scaffold, the Leineseie result of going under a mistaken notion to take the of which the law declared was the property of the owner oe soil, as much as the furniture of a house was - that of °i nt 0 cupier. He should theretbre inflict such punieh t: "% the would show these gangs that they could not tracers ;', joie country committing these acts of brutal violence tin punitv. Both prisoners protested their innocence. str eet; The Count Cavado, residing at No. 15, Somerset or Portman-square, was charged at Marylebene with havtor • saulted Jane Brodrick, a servant at the same house - the plainant on the previous morning was asked upstai rs defer N Countess, and immediately upon her entering the o"' eel 6l • daut seized hold of her, and violently shook her. Ile els ° , t he up a stick, with which he would have struck her, ha d n° Countess, who was present, prevented him. Defeedant, denied the assault, was fined 10s. and costs. Ring A young man, named John Whitely, fot assi'!„- sorbs child under ten years of age, was- sentenced to sixf;..6otf imprisonment with hard labour, by the Common • at the Central Criminal Court. 0 0. Several cases of larceny were tried .at the Middleses sions, before the Assistant Judge. og is At the Guildhall, William Page, a bootcloser, 104140 Maidenhead-court, Moor-lane, was charged with sta t roto• James Bradshaw, a young man who had been his. " t* companion for many years. The prosecutor did not press the charge, but Mr. Alderman Hughes lingulaet, sidered the case so serious that he remanded the pry" COURT—P.ELS3ELIONABLX. The French Ambassador and the Countess de Ste e et‘ gave a grand entertainment on Wednesday at Mat e j to House to the following distinguished personages, v yOB meet the Duke de Broglie :—The Austrian Ambaserw d . the Countess Dietrichstein, the Russian Mi n ister e n Baroness Brunnow, the Belgian Minister, th e _bt on ir;er t e he a L coc on,. ,: ar eolt i att e r ulste rßaron alinrdnimM,atdnaeinDenkßouonfse,,nv, Wellington, and Lady Lyndhurst, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Coe" Countess of Haddington, Lord and Lady Stanley, ""," o e pr- tens Flahault, the Count and Countess de Jami e ' t ( 1° Alhe r Lushington. There were also present PriPee„, o otee; Broglie, Captain Bouet, and M. Cotter. 1 "7,, e d tP, which was of the most superb description, was se _`; ogi Russian style, under the direction of M. Feron, cave ev to his Excellency's establishment. Sir Robert PetThorlef, James Graham were prevented from joining the by previous engagements. • ies The Earl and Countess of Powis and the Lad 6' have arrived in Berkeley-square for the season. ...aed b 1 The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, accoraPr;otas, Baroness de Strumfeder and Baron Roth de Sehre c ,:`," s et r e. arrived at Brighton on Tuesday. Her Highness Wl" turn to town till Monday. The Russian Minister has a grand dinner Pa rt / fru'" evening at Ashburham House. to ' t' Sir Hugh P. Palliser, Bart., has arrived - Brighton. Mr. and Lady Augusta Milbank have been eli tertv- , ho lo /91 _,,e 1 at their seat, Thorp. Perrow, their noble relative '0,21 and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Pe lf o f also a select party, including the Earl and Counte o grave, Mr., Lady Catherine, and Miss Melville, &O• IVIISCEZZANEOUS. UOPPV D The Dutch steam-packet Batavier, Captain - „ l ate , p rived on Wednesday alongside the St. Katharin e :',. o ttgl"of weed, from Rotterdam. Sh e ob i considerahle , near the Tower, considerahle number of passengers, and a heavy cargl'llower et ring .it tin v-tiiite live oxen anti cows, aoid al' Tee ‘' s e poultry, principally duck* and gees'e., o cro . r a , ex , mined previous to their being lande d, •', n be Cu of c, whit the instructi o ns .issued by the Lords of 6 . oo eri mittee of "'rive Council for Trade to the Comnv ssi f, r ee,,, o f° her Majesty's Customs, and f o und to be healthy a n t ee the epidemic alleged to be raging amongst cattle on tinent 1 .011( t i, A meeting of the governors and subscribers of Oleo. at Chandlers' benevolent Society was held on Wednelrottoa Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, for the • fatOoe ;Our pensioners (three males arid one female) on oa„ e r* the institution. Mr. Alderman Famcomb Pres's'ee• sid,"ati occasion. It appeared that at present there are "ra t e 070 on the establishment, the men receiving 16s. ev- 4 bee e 12s. each monthly, although the society has at a of established two years. The society has now a b ° e Vo' capital stock. The election having been concl uded ' , h e 'a , e , thanks was ssed to the chairman. par. , The Earl of Aberdeen, as ranger of Greenwich , io Se room of her bite Royal Highness the Princess S°P u d of Gloucester, has taken possession of the edifice o and the noble Foreign Secretary has engaged a P°' r l ete r ' estaUishment of the late Princess. A numerous meeting was held on Monday lest s/t 01 . c f t s for the purpose of considering t h e e xpidiencie, sequence of the immense increase in transactions irthstne. and other snares, to erect a Stock Exchange l il a 00 0 " when it was resolved that a Chamber of CornMerc' established. dest rti , Wednesday night., ir!iortly after nine, a rapid/ k m 1 1) fire broke out at No.ll, Spread Eagle-court, nertn,, A , to ~f e Tunnel, Rotherhithe. The spare engine belonele:ii London brigade from the neighbouring station lv,s e rs taken to the spot, and was followed by numero " eelonal„,,t the establishment stations, and also the one _ ite eo the West of England Company. Fortunately a s ; t ees', J t e, supply of water was procured from the fire-main 41 11 lad' nits, from which the brigade set to work wi on til d bu tt e but they were unable to-extinguish the flames ing in which they originated was entireleZ t s t o e tas ial le jl ei " adjoinirea house seriously damaged. The " At verY habited at the time. The loss, therefore, i 3 13. " derable.ceee-Ai sinners T he Lords r Customsof t the e t oTdrieraescutry theirha v have principal e S e l t l to grant cockets for outward entries Ibr all good i s o prl; oo te This is d 0 to bounty or drawback on exportation- t e and h which the manufacturers and merchants of s ole ,„ 1 010 Shields have long been desirous of obtailaing,7;„ t ee r be duly appreciated by all persons cennected of the Tyne. _ FLANDERS MAIL . OP' o' BRUSSELS, APRIL 7.—The Chamber of Repreqcolithe sitting to-day, commenced the general discussion o ject of law relative to the organisation of the arell; „d, Mr. Rochussen left Brussels on Sundry, for 101111;r0 •# Six nuns of the convent of Notre Dame, bo a t ntlls barkedesterday morning for New York. on the to There arc ninety German emigrants on board- It seems that the damage done by the fire at JA*!,. e bling so great as was apprehended. The portion of the !..; Te' j : which is burnt relates chiefly to the time of the eelP0111;009_; loss is doubtless much to be regretted, but b.? have 6 ,7 e much-as that of the archives of a later date would sA cn if , The navigation of the port of Ostend is a nd l siderably. In the months of January, Februarl,llll96 in 7, 1844, there an ived 41 Belgian and 55 foreign 8 1 4 9 ' d 9 4 ~fti and in the first three months of 1845, 47 Belgian s_nip reign ships, in all 131. The number of departures wiliy? first quarter i,f1844, 101 (46 Belgian and 55 fore i gA foLew and in the first quarter of 1845, 118 (45 Belgian and skips).—B:usses paper, April 8. d • THE MAYNOOTH QUESTION. --A delni tf ! " .4le; C' 94 : .------------- . n C oy sisting of Sir Culling Eardley Smith, Bart., C.,thrtulio-il'oriA: M.P., Rev. C. Prest, Rev. J. Blackburn, Rev.a,rt. so o, b e . . J D. Paul Esq., James Lord, Esq , Rev. J. T. Robn 3 d i ai tl i W. Chalmers, Rev. J. Stamp, Rev.. Dr. Townley teyview with Sir R. Peel in Downing-street on Al e -- s3 ioo ° f with a view of obtaining additional time for the esPrifooth°o, t t he opinion of the country on the proposed esta bli clul fr o .1 aynonth C.llege. The application was unsucce— ye 0 to ni t) of , I ,e 'l e : . ') , : ci Irle.alingßa„rfotnielet B d i cir oattlilii,gridiaiis.. intation it , .0 , he i iiE UNCERTAINTY OF HUMAN LIFF----''''ll at ':i Mr. Carter, the Coroner for Surrey, held an ing,,.1" 1 „ ar t Red Cow, Peckham, on the body of Mr. Isaac Iv e i 'r,i n e 111 ; sixty-one, a gehtleman of independent propertY, '; c i O il " Barden-place. It appeared that the deceased r eturn oc i ar from a walk, at three o'clock on Sa urday afternoon, 9 to 11 peared in goad health up to the instant previo u9 be IT, death, which took place at twelve at night, wh e riv -";" from his chair on the floor, and expired imniecliadict" was very much respected in the neighbourhood. ' ' ' Natural death." 20 601/2 48 42% 2 y i 2 1 A 30 i 1 i