The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-09 00:00:00

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (Tuesday) Evening contained The conclusion of the trial of Bannister, the fraudu lent bankrupt, at the Central Criminal Court. A report of the meeting of the Catholic Institute, at the Freemasons' The Course of Exchange. The List of Appointments, Bankrupts, &c., from the London Gazette. The Latest Market Intelligence. The Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, con taining a full Report of the whole Proceedings be fore the House of Lords, and of those before the House of Commons, up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. The whole extending to nearly five columns. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MAIDS OF HONOUR; A TALE OF THE COURT OF GEORGE I. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE, 13, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER SQUARE. FRIDAY, APRIL 11.—Lecture on the Life and Character of Mary, Queen of Scots, by Leicester Stanhope Buckingham, Esq. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16.—Musical Soiree ; Monody ea the death of the Poet Campbell, by Dr. William Beattie. Members are requested to observe that after the 16th inst. all the fatuse Soirees will be held on Mondays, instead of Wednesdays, at the usual hour ; the dates being Monday, May 5 and 19, June 2, 16, and 30. JAMES S. BUCKINGI&AM, Resident Director. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectthlly informed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included In the Subscription), TO-MORROW EVENING When will be periorn;dDOniZettis — OPern, DON PASQUALE. Norina, Madame Grisi ; Dr. Malatesta, Sig. Fornasari ; Ernesto, Sig. Mario ; and Don Pasquale, Sig. Lablache. After which, a New Divertissement, in which the celebrated Spa nish Dancer, Dona Manuelea Perea, known as La Nene, and the celebrated Bolero Dancer, Don Felix Garcia, will appear in vaidous of the National Pas of Spain. To be followed by the Last Act of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR' Lucia, Madame Anaide Castellon ; Edgardo, Sig. Morten'. The Danseuses will appear in the following pas :—" L'Alleinand," " L'llongroise," and the celebrated " Pas dee Fleurs." To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled EOLINE ; on, LA DRYADE. The Music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall. rrmeipal Characters—Eoline (betrothed to Count Edgard), Biddle. Lucile Grahn ; Rubezahl (le Gnome), M. Perrot ; Count Edgard, M. Toussaint ; Prince of Silesia (brother of Eoline), M. Gosselin. Doors open at Seven; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. applications for Boxes, stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera Colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that on FRIDAY NEXT, APRIL 11, will be presented a GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVAL, comprising the celebrated Work of FELICIEN DAVID, the SY3II'IIONIE ODE ORIENTAL, entitled TME DESERT, with the original Melodic, Chorus, and Grand Orchestra ; to be preceded by admired Selections from the most classical composers. The Orchestra and Chorusses will include upwards of 200 Per formers, the whole under the direction of Sig. Costa. PROGRAM3IE. PART I —Overture, " Midsummer Night's Dream"—Mendelssolin. " Les Hirondelles," Sig. 3loriani—David. Aria, Madame Rosetti -Mozart. Trio, " Tremeti Empi Tremate," Madame Rito Borio, Sig. Coreili, and Lablache—Beethoven. Aria. " Non mi da"— Mozart—" Chi faro"—Mdlle. Brambilla and Gluck--Overtu. e, " The Ruler cf the Spirits"—Weter. _ PART ll.—The Desert. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock ; to commence at Eight. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be nude at the Opera-oilice, Colonnade, Haymarket. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE, THIS EVENING Will be performed GUILLAUME TELL. Arnett, M. Duprea ; Geslcr, Mr. Weiss; Rodolph, Mr. 11. Iforncast!e ; William Tell, Mr. Stretton ; Walter Furst, Mr. Borrani ; ltuodi, Mr. Barker ; Lutern, Miss thole ; Matilda, Miss Romer ; Martha, Miss Betts. After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballot, entitled BOBER r AND BERTRAND. Dances in the course of the Ballet :--- Pas de Deux, by Mdllea. Adele and Louise. Grand Pas de Caractere, by Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperinl. Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele. A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. The Box-oftice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, :Rana, 1 laces, aud T:ekets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, BR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING WM be rope ted a New and Original Comedy, entitled TILE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Strickland, Backstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Citron:, Mrs. Humby, Miss Julia Bennett, &c. After which, a Sew G-and Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, _Madame Vestris, and P. Horton. To conclude with TOM NODDY'S SECRET. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPiII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN B SHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Martogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gonz, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. litzwilliam ; Miami, Mddame Celcste. 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. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL Mr. iturtsby, Mr. Lambert; Lieutenant O'Scupper, Mr. Paul Bedford ;Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescne. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LEA.SEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakspeare'e :lotnedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Benedick, Mr. Wallach ; Beatrice, Miss Cushman. After which, Mr. lIENR.Y RUSSELL will sing his popular cern posit:ons, accompanied by himself on Kirkman's Grand Fonda i'ianocorte. Mr. SANDSand hisINFANT BROTHER, MAURICE, will appear In their Pleasing and Wonderful Entertainment, DE SALO. , T, FREAKS OF FANCY. To conclude with a New Grand Oriental Melo-dramatic Burlesque Extravaganza, in Two Acts, called TIMOUR THE CREAM OF ALL THE TARTARZ. Tiinour, Mr. Oxberry ; Zorilda, Miss E. Stanley. Stage Manager, Mr. 11. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Linden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. Another Triumph ! the Now Burlesque of " Witittington and his Cat" will be performed every Evening till ihrther notice. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING WIII tie repeated a New Original Drama, to be called ON DUTY. Principal Characters by 3fessrs. F. 'Vining, F. Mathews, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Grove. _ . , . , To be toLowed by a Burlesque of Eiighsh History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notipns—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costipmes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be celled, WIIITTINGTON AND HIS CAT 1 Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley; 3luley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Miss Grove. To coneludo with the New Farce of A MODEL OF A WIFE. In which Messrs. A. Wigan, Frank Matthews, and Meadows, Mrs. Woohidge, and Miss Fairbrother will perform. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.-FRENCH PLAYS. LAST NIGHT BUT ONE OF MD LL E. PLESSY'S ENGAGEMENT, THIS EVENING Will be performed TROP HEUREUSE ; ou, Le Jeune Menage. After which, LA DAME ET LA DEMOISELLE. Pauline, Mdlle. Plessy. To conclude with LA GAGEURE IMPREVUE. M. De Clainville, Mons. Cartigny ; M. Detieulette, M. Oudinot ; Madame de Clainville, Mdlle. Pleesy. Bores, 6e. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. • Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Performances commence at Eight. Boxes and Stalls may be Secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library. 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is bpen Daily, from Eleven till Five. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MIL W. BATTY. Triumphant Success of the New Spectacle. THIS EVENING. The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Eqnestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSPA. Scenes in the Circle, introducing M. and Mdme. Datum, the cele brated French Equestrians. To conclude with the admired Faree of THE SPECTRE BRIDB GROOM. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Miss Heron's performance creates roars of laughter—The Two New Pieces, real Surrey hits. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Newl3r:ita called MARGARET CATCH POLE. Sapportcel by Messrs. H. Ilughes, Hicks, Fredericks, R. Ilanner,lll. Cowell, Heslop, Lewis, Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Lewis, and Mrs. R, Homer. After which, THE FOUR MOWBRAYS. In which the Infant Power (311 as Heron) will enact Four Characters. To conclude with THE MOOR MAIDEN, in which Messrs. Hlcks, Neville, Fredericks, Lewis, Mrs. Hughes Miss Martin, and Mrs. Vining will perform. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box ollice, from Eleven to Pour. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MAIMARET CATCHPOLE, The Female Horse- Stealer. Onega and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and Blanchard ; Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent. After which, THE LORD MAYOR'S FOOL. To conclude with POOR DOG TRAY. The Dog, by Hector. THE WEATHER.-SIIN OFFICE, APRIL 9. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 30 ; Highest, 51; Noon, 42. BAROMETER, N.E. Ts,—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. PIIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning •• 21 minutes after 3 Evening • • 37 minutes after 3 4 11‘ • . APA _ , - -1).1 U 011111 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1845. The House of Lords met at Five o'clock. Mutual explanations took place between the Marquis of NoRMANBY and Lord STANLEY on the subject of the Irish Constabulary. The Sugar Duties Bill passed through Committee, and after the presentation of a number of petitions, their Lordships adjourned to Friday. The House of Commons met at Four. After the transaction of private business, Mr. Herr gave notice that on Monday he should pre sent a petition from the Legislative Council of New South Wales, praying that that colony might be put upon the same footing as Canada, as regarded the importation of corn into this country. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice of a motion respecting the condition of tha labouring classes for that day fortnight. Mr. T. DUNCCOLBE moved for lawn to bring in a Bill to secure the inviolability of letto:rs passing through the Pos t- office. The mown, which was seconded by Dr. Bowanto, was opposed by Sir J. GRATIAIt, who, in the coarse of his speech, stated that as yet he livid received no answer to the inquiries which he had instituted, for the purpose of - ascertaining the truth of the charges which bad been brought against M. Kuzma, but that, as soon as those inquiries were completed, he would state the result to the House. Lord J. Russral. was ready to impose restrictions on the power possessed by Government of opening letters, so as to prevent letters being opened at the request of a Foreign Government, but he was not willing to do away with the power altogether. Mr. WARBURTON considered the continuance of the power useless and unnecessary. Lord Howzm supported the motion. The present system was a system of falsehood countenanced, recog nised, and legalised by Government. After a few words from Mr. HUME, in support of the motion, and Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, the House divided, when there appeared, for the motion, 78 ; against it, 161- majority against it, 83. Mr. MACKINNON then called the attention of the House to the report of the Committee and of the Commissioners on the Health of Towns, and moved the following resolution :—" That it is the opinion of this House that it is inexpedient that interments within the precincts of this metropolis and large towns should be continued, both as being injurious to the health of the people, and as being contrary to public decency." Mr. HUME seconded the motion, which was opposed by Sir JeatEs GRAHAM, on the part of the Govern ment. After a lengthened discussion, Mr. T. DUNCOXBE proposed the following amendment, which was se conded by Dr. BOWEING, " That the practice of inter ments within the precincts of the metropolis and large cities is injurious to the health of the population and demazids the serious attention of Parliament." Mr. MACKINNON was perfectly satisfied with this amendment, and withdrew the original motion in its favour. Sir R. Nam hoped that in any alteration which might be made, due regard would be had to the interests of the Clergy. After a f ew words frem Sir G. GREY, Sir J. GRAHAM advised the House not to proceed in this matter by resolution, and announced his intention on the put of the Government of opposing Mr. T. Dux- COMBE'S amendment, as well as the original motion. The House then divided, when there appeared—for the amendment, 66 ; against it, 49 ; majority against - the Government, 17. Loud cheering followed the announce ment of the numbers. Mr. M. GIBsoN moved, " That an humble address be presented to her Alujesty, to the effect that it was the opinion of the House that it was desirable to obtain in formation regarding the amount of acres in cultivation in the United Kingdom—the amount of agricultural pro duce, with a specification of the various kinds, and such other information as might enable the House to arrive at a correct estimate of the capabilities of the United Kingdom." Sir G. CLERK was willing to give the information re quired, but he hoped that on the present occasion the Hon. Gentleman would withdraw his motion. A short discussion ensued, in which Mr. AGLIONBY Mr. CHRISTOPHER, Mr. WARBURTON, Mr. DARBY, Mr. F. BARING, Mr. GLADSTONE, Sir R. PEEL, and other Hon. Members took part, all of whom admitted that the subject was one of great importance. Ultimately the motion was withdrawn, and the other orders of the day having been disposed of, the House ad journed at Twelve o'clock. The very brief interlude which was performed on Monday night last in the House of Commons, entitled " Scotch and Irish Banks," was confined to a single scene. The whole " business" of that scene (we believe we correctly employ the theatrical jargon of the day) consisted of two questions to Sir ROBERT PEEL and half an answer from that Minister, than whom no man has ever contrived to compress more mystic meaning into a shake of the head since the Lord Burleigh of the play. Now the " nothing" which Sir ROBERT hail to utter was most effectively insinuated. his dumb show is really more eloquent than his declamation; but that dumb show should now succeed to declamation so fierce, and confident, and overbearing, as that in which the Premier has up to this time indulged in denouncing the small note currency of Scotland and Ireland, is the most striking part of the performance. Let us see bow this affair came off. Mr. BOUTERIE requested the Premier to have the goodness to state—first, when he meant to bring forward his motion relative to the assimilation of the Scotch and Irish currency to that established in England? and, secondly, what the nature and details of that measure would be? Sir ROBERT answered that, from the pressure of other " and more important business," it was impossible for him to name any particular day on which he could undertake to bring the subject under the considtration of the House." Amazing ! Why, he has over and over again warned, assured, and wearied the House by insisting that, in effect, the permanency of public credit and the main tenance of the national prosperity and power were indis solubly connected with the concurrence of the Legis lature in this notable seheme of his for interfering with the career of Scotland's prosperity and the reviving hopes of Ireland's industry. He was loftily superior to all intercessions—at the close of last session and the commencement of this—for a little delay ; for recom sideration of his projects ; for better and fairer oppor tunities to the vast interests that would be compromised by his perverse experiments on this small note circula tion of two integral portions of the empire, to devise some means of mitigating, at least, if they could not avert, the visitation he so pertinaciously threatened. He replied with haughtiness, - almost with impatience, that the question had been maturely considered by her Ma jesty's Ministers ; that they felt themselves pledged to give this complement to the measures which Parliament had passed in 1819, 1822, and 1844, for the better regulation of the currency of England. The measures they had prepared for Scotland, and contemplated for Ireland, to carry out and assimilate the currency in all three countries must be brought for ward without loss of time, and become law. What is the " change" that has since " come o'er the spirit of his dream?" Does MALAGROWTHER'S spirit still walk the earth, and meet him at the witching hour, as he dis mounts from his carriage at the portal of his house in Whitehall-gardens? Is it that he dreads the contagious example of a " league" of the Scottish bankers, or the great mercantile and trading community of England, who are so turbulently averse to being any longer taxed to the teeth by: his high currency tariff? Is he at last awaking to the bitter remonstrances of that immense , section of the people, our industrial classes, whomhis monetary tamperings have mulcted on the one hand of from thirty to forty per cent. of their just wages, and burdened with from sixteen to seventeen millions of in direct taxation which it was the purpose and desire of the Legislature that imposed it to raise from the wealthier consumer, nut the needy artisan-producer, or famishing husbandry labourer ? Better late than never, even if all this be so ! If Sir R. PEEL be disposed to listen, even at this twelfth hour, to the voice of reason and the counsels of experience, and the protests of practical intelligence and knowledge as to the baneful operation of that scheme with which he has contrived to work so vast an amount of mischief and misery to England, if it should ever be extended to Ireland, and especially to Scotland ; we can compound with him for the offences he has persisted in daring all the other eleven hours. But how is this ? Is there really " other business and more important" to engross his attention ? Has he brought himself to speak slightingly of the prior and paramount claims of the currency upon all his facul ties and invention ? Why—this was the first love of his public life ; the primal passion of his senatorial adJ lescence ; and now be turns round upon her (the same, but no longer the darling, currency of his earlier career), and snubs her with no more compunction than if she were a mere Conservative agriculturist—a country pro tectionist—a discarded bore of a county supporter, haunting him behind the Treasury Bench and at the Carlton Club, in the unchanging consistency of a blue coat, yellow buttons, and leather unmentionables. Does he mean to " cut " currency ? If he do not, we predict that ere long currency will cut him. The connexion be tween them cannot be maintained on the gold standard footing upon which alone he is pledged to maintain it one year after the friendly relations of Great Britain with any of th e more i mportant f ore i gn P owers s h a ll havecancel moreprudent been di srupte d . Let him in good time, then, the dee d of tetdlem stillen t" he has executed, and prepare sd. another, ‘ faunrdtheer the quitab ,, le d , e i l n ica i t t e s inquiry" of Mr. BOUVERIE, by hinting that it might be desirable for the Right Hon. Baron e t to mention the me"exutrreemheelye°dletesirtnaPbilaetedth.at Mr. the Scottish E" ICE iia n ur a g tu ed re t o h f tb atit e was people should be apprised, witho u t l oss of time, what the Government really meant to do, in a matter which t all Scotland felt so profoundly interested in leavin g un disturbed in its present condition. But Sir ROBERT WAS dumb. Another question was gulled, and thus he broke from his persecutors. Can the fact be, that he is con vinced of the fallacy of his golden balance scale of 1819, and would gladly rectify it, but that not to extend its mischievous application to Scotland and Ireland would he to have invidiously and exclusively prejudiced Eng land by his act ? If this be the dilemma in which he finds himself. there is an easy mode of extricating him self from it, and the more easy, because it is also the only one he could adopt for such a purpose. Let him, himself, propose the repeal of his Bill of 1819, and its complement of the other day as to England and Wales, and discharge his notice of nicition for leave to bring in any similar measure at all for Scotland or Ireland. He would find his hands strengthened, and his position con firmed by such a proceeding, It will be s e en from what occurred in the House last evening, that Sir ROBERT PEEL has at last spoken on the subject, and that he will give an answer in the course of a month. Madrid journals, of the let have been received. On that day the Bill for the restoration of unsold Church property passed the Senate by a majority of 76 to 4. The Clamor Publico states that the Duke DE RIARZARES (husband of the QuISN-MOTHER had been created a Grand Cross of the Order of Charles 111., and that he has left Madrid for Tarancon, his native place, where he is preparing to build a magnificent palace. Nearly all the persons lately arrested for an alleged conspiracy had been set at liberty. According to the Espectador, the POPE proposes marrying Queen ISABELLA to the Prince of Lucca, and her sister, the Infanta Donna LUISA, to the Count DI TRAPANI. The Three per Cents. closed at 344 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 25 7-16 at 60 days ; and the Debt without Interest at 8* at 60 days. The Paris papers give a brief outline of the speeches in both Houses of Parliament on Friday, relative to the Oregon question, but generally without comment. The National of course could not let such an occurrence pass without showing its hostility to England. "It is evi dent," says that paper, " that the formal declaration made by Mr. POLE, to maintain the incontestable right of the United States to the disputed territory seriously alarms the English Ministers, and that they in turn wish to frighten America by menacing language." The pro ceedings in the French Chambers on Monday possess little interest. The accounts from Switierlaad furnish some addi tional particulars of the killed, wounded, and prisoners, in the engagement before Lucerne. A Berne letter of the 3d states that among the persons killed were the commander-in-chief of the expedition, M. OCHSENBEIN. of Berne, employed in the police, and member of the Swiss Committee which directed the movement, and M Pubis, brother of the President of the Appeal Court of Berne, who took two cannon from Nidan, in spite of the opposition of the Prefect and the Executive Council, and many other officers. Among the prisoners are Dr. STECER, President of the Committee of the Lucerne refugees, and Colonel RoTHPIETZ, Commander of the Zofinguen column. The auxiliaries of the canton of Schwytz did not arrive at Lucerne till the evening of the Ist, when it was too late for them to take any part in the battle. They amounted to 2,000 men. The Grand Council of Lucerne had assembled to bear the report on the late events, and to take into consideration a decree for granting an amnesty, which had been re ferred to a Committee. The Lucernese who were wounded in the late conflicts have been conveyed to the civic hospitals. The booty taken from the enemy had been carried in triumph through the city of Lucerne. According to a letter in the Constitutionnet, from Zurich, of the 3d inst., the Liberal party have been completely triumphant at the late election of Councillors. " All the men that the re-action of 11'439 had placed aside returned to power, which proves that the canton of Zurich, in the critical circumstances in which the country happens to be placed, will not separate from the policy of Berne, which had no adversaries more intract able than the Conservatives of Zurich." THE BOURSE--MONDAY. APRIL 7. First ili;h•st Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. •• 117 65 •. 117 65 .. U 5 50 .. 117 30 Fours ..• ••••••• •• •• 107 50 •• 107 50 107 50 107 50 Three per Cents— 85 85 86 .. 85 85 .. 85 95 Loan .•••• • • 86 60 • • 86 60 • • 80 60 .. 86 60 Gouin Eank. I,ooof Shares ••1100 ..1112 50 ..1100 —lll2 50 Ite glen Fives, 840.. •• • . 10314 .. 1031,4 1842•••••••• 105!4 •• 10514 105 , i 4 10 7 44 Four-and-a-Half . I‘l .. 101% .. 10114 .. 101% Spanish Active .•.•• • . 4 .14 .. 401% .. 4!4 4oy, Threes •• • • •. • • • 41% - • 411 - 4 • • 4 1 Q .. 4I Passive .•• -. •• •• 7% • • 7% .. .. 7 Portuguese Five per Cents•• G 6 •• 66 66 •• Gti Neaoohta.n.••• •••• •.... .. 102 .. 102 .• 101 102 Roman .•• •• •• •• •• .• •• •• 106 106 .. 106 106 THE 81.1 N, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1845 been kept in a sensitive state. Bills on London, 60 ds £ stlg., 109 3 j, to 110 per cent. ; bills on Paris 5 25 ; bills on Amsterdam, 40 to 40%; bills on Hamburgh, mare banco, 35% to 35% ; bills on Bremen, rix dollars, 79% to 79%. The spring season has opened so early this year, that our fine steam-boats have already commenced running, and at a very reduced rate of fare. The Stock Market closes with little animation this week at the reduced quotations in the report of sales. The causes which have led to this change from last week are chiefly the agitation of the Texas affair, in relation to which there is still so much uncertainty. As usual in this market, fancy stocks have been the chief sufferers, while sound stocks have been comparatively unchanged. In sound stocks for the past week there has been no decline of any account, nor could any amount of sound stocks be bought at any reduction on the full prices of the past year. In fancy stocks another state of things is seen, and a reduction of prices is daily acceded to, amounting in the past week to 114 to 6% per cent. on the list of active fancy stocks. Illinois 6's have fallen '.l/s in the face of the favourable action of their Legislature ; Stonington, 1%; Morris Canal, 2; Farmers' Loan, 2%; Long Island, 3 3 4 ; Norwich and Worcester, 414; and Canton, 6%; other fancies have receded, but this list comprises all the most ac tive fancies. THIS DAY'S NEWS. CHANCERY.-(1 HIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn-Hall to:day for first time since the termination of the Easter recess, and heard at peal motions. GRIFFITH V. WALTON. His Lordship was occupied the whole morning with the further arguments in this part-heard case, which came before the Court upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chan cellor Knight Bruce, and the question in which related to the infringement of a patent for making tea-pots. ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Lordship the Master of the Rolls was occupied the whole morning with causes of no general interest. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole morning with exceptions and further directions. (Before Vice-Chancellor WiGlum.) His Honour took causes to-day, but they possessed points interesting only to the parties concerned. COURT OF REVIEW-(THIS DA Y.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce sat to-day as Chief Judge in Bankruptcy, and before twelve o'clock'. he disposed of all the:bankrupt petitions on his paper except one, in which it was stated that the affidavits were not ready. His Honour then left the court, but upon its being intimated to him some time afterwards that the parties were prepared, he consented to hear the case in his private room. The case presented no feature of interest. JUDGE'S CHAMBERS-(THIS DAY (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) Tun ST. GILES'S MURDER.—Shortly after Mr. Baron Rolfe came to Chambers, Mr. Wakley, M.P., the Coroner for Middlesex, went before his Lordship for the purpose of ap plying for a habeas corpus, to be directed to the Sheriffs and the Governor of Newgate, to bring the body of Joseph. Connor, who stands committed for the murder of Mary Brothers, in St. Giles's. It will be recollected that on the adjourned inquest, held on Saturday, both the Coroner and jury refused to proceed with the inquiry unless the prisoner was before them ; and the Coroner then declared his deter mination to apply for a habeas. The Learned JUDGE observed that he was not aware that a habeas corpus had ever been granted in such a case. From what had occurred, it appeared that a person had been exa mined before a magistrate on a charge of murder, and upon the evidence adduced he had been committed for trial ; and the authorities were bound to keep him in safe custody until a gaol delivery . , took place. He (Mr. Baron Rolfe) was satis tied that the Judges had no power to grant a habeas, and it was right they should not, for it was impossible to say what abuse of power might be made if a habeas could be granted ; persons in custody for very serious offences might even escape from justice if they could be brought out of a prison on a writ of habeas corpus. The Coroner contended that the accused ought to be brought before the Coroner's Court, and observed in that opinion the Secretary of State fully agreed. The Learned JUDGE remarked, that if the prisoner had been improperly committed then some such an application might be made, but nothing of that sort was attempted to be shown. Looking at the whole of the case, he felt bound to refuse the application. Mr. Wakley then retired. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) PosT-OFFicr: ROBBERY.—Edward Spicer, a mail guard, was indicted for stealing a post letter containing one brace let, one brooch, one ring, and other articles, value 201. the property of the Postmaster-General. He was also charged with stealing a post letter containing two bank notes and moneys, the property of the Postmaster-General. The Solicitor General and Mr. Adolphus appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson for the defence of the prisoner. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opened the case by detailing the facts, which will be inure fully proved in the evidence. Several clerks from the Post-office were called to prove that a letter addressed Mrs. Ludlam, Charmouth, Dorset, was posted on the night of the 18th Jan., and after wards sealed and delivered into the custody of the prisoner, who was the guard in charge. It was further proved that the letter did not arrive at its desti nation next day, and that one of the notes was traced to the residence of the brother-in-law, who accounted for its pos session by saying that the prisoner had given it to him for change. When the prisoner was taken into custody he ac counted for the fact of the note being in his possession by saying that ten sovereigns were given by him in change for the ten-pound note at the Southampton terminus. A con stable was afterwards sent to the prisoner's house, at Southampton, and the missing note for 51. was found there. The prisoner accounted for it by saying that he had received it from the same person who had given him the other. After some further evidence, the Learned JUDGE. summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was then arraigned upon the first charge, but on the advice of his counsel, pleaded Guilty. The sen tences were in both cases deferred. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) STEALING FAT.—Joseph Easton aged 24, and William Court, aged 40, journeymen butchers, were convicted of stealing 561bs of fat from the premises of Mr. Palmer, a butcher, at Poplar, on the morning of the 14th of March last. The prisoner Easton was in tho employment of the prosecutor, and Court was occasionally employed by him. They were observed to take away the fat by a neighbour of the prosecutor, in a sack, on the morning in question, Court, when taken into custody, said Easton gave the fat to him. They were sentenced to six months' imprisonment. /PPiNG.-(THIS DAY. Amur , 5 . ... Wind W.N.W. LLOYD'S LO,,,ON,APRIr TS 9 H . __Wind N.E., light b reeze an d c l ou dy. DEAL, APRIL B.—Wind S.W. to . W.S.W., moderate.—Sld. Margaret Rait,:Quebec ; lanthe,„Cape of Good Hope ; John Burrell, St. Thomas's. FALMOUTH, Arrd. Rival, Durant, Ic haboe, sailed Feb. ' fresh breezes.— 18, with about 160 tons of guano. STORNOWAY, 3lAucx 30.—Arrd. Williams, Newcastle for Oran, wheels damaged and boats stove, having been struck by a sea. 8.—.1. he Thomas Lowry was raised MILFORD, APRIL 7.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Di ed into the harbour, and placed on the zabeth and Mary, Liverpirl, for Cardiff, with rudder gone, and bottom damaged, having struck on the Bishops. yesterday D A urst ot. i afternoon,Tu , A ru t t w mud near the New quay, whet at low wat er th e d a mage was ascertained to be, about the fifth plank from the lar board streak, which is stopped, :and it is expected she will be taken to London. ' Wind „‘„, _ LIVERPOOL, APRIL B. IN .A.W., moderate.—Arrd. Australia, Canning, Bombay; Coeur de Leon, Kendall, De merara; Montezuma, New York, left 12th ult. The Californi a , from Demerara to New Orleans, was lost near the Isle of Pines , Feb. 15 . A ship of 500 tons burden , pa inted p orts, was - seen ashore on Memory Rock, Little Bah ama Bank, F eb. 28 . NOTICE TO MARINERS. LIGA communication l u i a TnisciltliP „ TiuNDELEN , IN THE CATT EGAT . on from the Admiralty has been received by the Secretary at Lloyd's, stating that by advices from the British Consul at Elsinore, it appears that the Trindelen light -ship, in the Cattegat, will in future show a Red Ball, of five feet in diameter, for a day mark, instead of the red flag she has hitherto carried. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.I CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. , The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were only 3,000 bales, of which 500 were on speculation. The market was quiet. There appeared to be no abatement of the demand for Railway Shares, especially the Scrip of the new lines.- Aberdeen Railway, 5 ; Barnsley Junction,Half Shares, 4% %; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheidaire, 12 1 4 ; Bir mingham and Gloucester, New, 7 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 8 9 % ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 6%; Belfast and Ballymena, 51. 51.165. 3d. ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 15; Caledonian, 13%; Cambridge and Lincoln, 9 1 4 % ; Chester and Birkenhead, 4g; Ditto, Half Shares, 24; Chester and Holyhead, 11; Churnet Valley, 9_% %; Clydesdale Junction, 1 IA % ; Coven try. and Leicester 4 1 / 2 ; Dublin an d Belfast Junction, 10 1 4 ; Dublin and Drogheda, 98% • Dublin and Galway, 5 1 % ; Dundee and Perth, 3 3 4; Mullingar, and Athlone, 3% ; Dundalk an d Enni s killen, 4 3 4 ; Eastern Counties, 21% . f 4 ; Ditto, Perp e t ua l, N o . 2, 11. 65.; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 62 1 % 62 ; Ditto, New Quar ter Shares, 6 % ; Edinburgh, Preference Sh ares 12% ; Dumfries, 1 3 4 355. 6d. ; Glasgow, Edinburgh and Nor thern, 1% 28s. 6d. ; Ely an d , B e dford, 3 % ; Glasgow , and Paisley, and Greenock, 18%; Grand Junction,22s ; Ditto, Eighth Shares,lB% ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield. 6Y 4 7 1 ; Great Western, Half Shares, 102 • Goole and Doncaster, 2% ; Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 4 3 % 5 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield,B% %; Jamaica, 30 ; Lancaster and Preston, Quarter Share s, 34 ; Limerick and Waterford, 6 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 204 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 31.3 t. Is. 6d. ; London and Birming ham, 235 236 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 33 1 4 ; London and Brighton, 64 3 4 ; L on d on d erry and Enniskillen, 3 % ; London and South-Western, 82 %; London and Y0rk,3 1 4%; Ditto (Bawtry's), 2%; Direct Northern, 5% %; Leeds and Thirsk, ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 8% ; Lynn and Dereham, 2 3 4 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 60% ; Manchester and Buxton, 5% 4%; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 166; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 11 9 ; Manchester and Leeds, 150%; Ditto, Half Shares, 67 ; Ditto Quarter Shares, 20 1 4 %; Midland Railway, 152% ,• Ditto, 40/. Shares, 18 1 4 %; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 4; Midland Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 115; Newark and Sh-lield, 7%; Newcastle and Berwick, 16%; Newry and Enniskillen, 5% ; North British, 20% ; Ditto, Half Shares, 6 1 4 ; lk.Orth Wales Mineral, New Shares, 6% ; North Wales, 3%; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 1/. 18s.; Preston and Wyre, 36% 36 ; Runcorn Gap, 33 ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, 4% . 16s. ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4 1 /I ; South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares, No. 2, 11 1 ,x ; ,• Ditto, New Shares, No. 3, 9 ; Scottish Central, 6" ; South Wales, 6 % %; Ulster, 46 1 4 ; West Yorkshire, 4 1 ; Wexford and Carlow, 4; Worcester and Tring, 4 4/. I Is. 6d. ; Whitehaven and Furness, 2/. Is. 6d. 2%; F ork and North Midland, 105; Austrian and Sardinian, 4s. 3s. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie's Company), 58a. 9d. ; Ditto and Cette, 535. ed. ; Boulogne and Amiens (English), 12% ; Lyons and Avignon (English), 3% ; Northern of France (Lafitte), ; Nor thern of France (Rosamel), 3/. ; Paris and Lyons, English (Lafitte's), 3/. 3s. 6d. ; Paris and Lyons (French), 2 3 4 ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 1L 13s. 6d., U. 18s. ; Paris and Lyons (Calon's), 2% ; Paris and Strasburgh, 3/. ls. 6cl. ; Paris and St. Quentin, 2/. 25., 2/. 3s. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's Company), 3% %; Verona and An cona, 2. The West India Steamer has arrived off Southampton. Stocks are heavy to-day, sellers taking advantage of the re opening of the transfer books; and although the dividends are in course of payment, re-investments have not coin. !minced, as the wealthy annuitants do not attend at first. Consols are 99% to for money, and 99 1 % fer time. Exchequer-bills are 60s. to 625. premium. Bank Stock is at 211. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 101 i 4. The Foreign Securities are quite neglected. Spanish Five per Cents. are about 30% %. Mexican have risen to 36 1 4 to %. Portuguese Converted are 65 to 65 1 , x . Brazilian Bonds are 87%. Shares are all very brisk. The Irish and other Linea, with a few exceptions, support tllll rates. ' ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRIT'S?! FUNDS. - O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 3M per Cents lO2 101% 1 3 / 4 101 3 / 4 Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 11 1 h 9-16 11 9-16 India Stock 281% 2BO India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,000/. South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Bank Stock for Account 215 ,4 Consols for Account..... ...... Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 ,4 d 62 60 pm. Ditto 5001. Ditto Small Ditto Advertised — pm. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 — Ditto, Account 3 6 14% 36 1 % Ditto, Deferred — 17 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted 6 s lh 65 Ditto, Account Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account Ditto 5 per Cent, 1844 24 _ 1,4 Ditto, Passive 74 118 97% ?15% 99 1 % Aso 62 60 65% 24 1 , 30% , 17% Ditto, Deferred Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — Ditto, Deferred — 14 1 /,_ French, 3 per Cent. B6l. 25c. 86f. 25c. Exchange 2sf. 80c. 25f. 80c. PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. rilicEs. RAILWAY SHARES Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% 31%%% 3 Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 Ditto % Shares Bri'ton, Lewes, & Hast. 10 Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto New Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1%...... 9 3 4 IA 7,, Chester and Holyhead... 5 Chumet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton Coventry and Leicester Cornwall Diss, Beccles, Yarmouth 1% 3 ...... Direct Northern 4% %%%%... Dublin and Belfast June. 2 — % Dublin and Galway 2%...... 5% __ Eastern Counties 25 .. 21%,4 3 4 Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....41.135. 4d — Ditto ditto, No. 2. l3s. 4d — Eastern Union l5 . . . Ditto Extension Ditto New 14 Shares... 2 1 A 614% Ely and Bedford ...... Great Grimsby and Shef- field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension ' Great Northcf England..100 Great Western BO 13 1 ,4 51 / 21 1/2 0% 4 62 311 Ditto IA Shares 5O lO3 104 lO4 Ditto Fifths Guildford, Farn'in,Ports. 24..... 5%3/4 6% 6 q Harwich Hull and Selby Do. Half Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 15 London and Birminghtn (5t0ck)...235 . Do. 1 4 Shares v 2 London and Blackwall. 161. 13s 4d. 8 3 4 London 'and Brighton... 50 ...... 64 64 London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. London ai:d S. Western 4 . 1/6s 10d Do. New consolidated Bths 6 Do. New Do. New' 344 8% 64 81V2 12 1 74 London and York 2 l /2 31.4% 3% Lynn and Ely Lynn and Derebam l% 3 l /8 2% 2% Manchester and Leeds... 73 Do. Sixteenths 2 14 — Midland 100 Do. Fifths 2 — Do. New Midland,Birm., Derby 100 Newry and Enniskillen. 2 1 / 5 % 1 /2 . 5 l/4 Newark and Sl.eilield 11/_, 6l/ KA 6...... 6 North British Do. New Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Scrip Do. Quarter Shares... 12 1 ,4 — North Kent - North Wales .. l l4 3 l /2 2 l2g Norwich and Brandon... 10 Do., New ... ..... ..... 1 Preston and Wyre Richmond and West End Junction Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central :. cottish Midland l l / 2.... Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2 l /. . . 4% 5 South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 42 3 / 43 1 4 43 Do., No. 1 8 :51 , 4 43 161/ _ _ Do., No. 2 ... 4 ...... ... n _ Do., No. 3 South Wales ..... ...... ... 21 4 7%4 8 1 / 8 Trent Valley Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 4%. Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 York and North Midland 50 104 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20 Do. Selby FRENCH RAILWAYS. _ ,_ Boulogne and A nTiens... 4 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette ...... ... . ... ..... 2 Dieppe arid Paris June. 2 ...... 2% O6 Great North. of France.. 4 Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 . Lyons and Avignon Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 • 3 l /4 34... 3 Paris and Lyons, Gan neron's, - 2 2 % 3 /4 Paris and Orleans 2O ...... • Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ... 2 Rouen and Havre Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse .... 2 Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's . Ditto, ditto, Lefebvres.. 2 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 2 3 4 49 43 Colonial Union of London. 3 0 1 / a 3 7./s 14 3 / 4 12% MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL B.—The sale; are :—Birmin4ham and Gloucester, New Shares, 7%; Bristol and Exeter, 85 ; Eastern Counties, 21 3 / 4 ; London and Brighton, 65 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 20% ; Ditto, Sixteenth Shares, 8; Manchester and Birming ham, New Quarters, 6 1 4 prem. ; Midland Railway, Pre ferential, 4%; Ditto, 401. Shares, 18 3 / 4 ; North British, New Shares, 6% ; Preston and Wyre; 36 ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, r 5 ; Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 2 1 A ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junc tion, 11 12 11 4 ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, OA 6 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 15 14% ; Caledonian, 13%; Cambridge and Lincoln, 9 3-16 %; Churnet Valley, 9% 10 ; Direct Northern, 5 3 / 4 ; Dublin and Galway, 51 %; Ely and Bedford, 3 1 ,6 %; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1% ; Goole, Don caster, Sheffield, and Manchester Junction, 2 1 4 7-16 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 6% 3 / 4 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 4 1 4 %; Leeds and Thirsk, 5 7-16 ; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 3 3 / 4 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 8% 8 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 %; London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 4 3 / 4 5 ; London and York, 3% ; Manchester and Buxton, 4 14 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 10 9 3 / 4 ; Newark and Sheffield, 7 1 4 7 ; North Wales, 3% ; North Western, 5 3 / 4 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 1 13-16 ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 3% 3 prom. ; Scottish Central, 6% 3 / 4 ; Scottish Midland, 5% ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 275. 6d. ; Trent Valley, 20 1 4 20 ex new ; Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 13 3 / 4 ; Whitehaven and Furness, 2% %; Great Northern of France (English), 6%; Paris and Lyons (English), 3 1 7 i ex new ; Ditto (Gan ! neron's), 2% % ; Marselle and Toulon Dock and Railway, .2%; Union Nate Glass, 16. RAILWAY SHARES St. Germain •• ...... 1195 —1195 ..1195 ..1195 Versailles, R.B•• • • •• 625 .. 625 .. 629 .. 625 L.B•••••••••••• 382 50 • 352 E 0 .. 392 50 .. 382 50 Rouen •• •• •• •• —1125 . 1130 ..1120 ..1130 Rouen to Havre•• Orleans • . • Strasburg to Bale.. 33 , ) .• 730 •• 330 .. :42i; 25 Avignon to Marseilles•• —1:10 —lll9 .•1095 • 1105 Bordeaux to Teste •• •• 210 -. 210 .. 210 .. 210 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT: Versailles, R B 625 .. 625 .. 620 .. 625 L. 8.. •• Rotten • •• • •• •• •• ••••••••1125 —1135 ..1120 ..11 Rouen to Havre . • • •• • 965 968 75 .. 960 .. 963 75 Orleans. •... •• • 1270 ••1277 50 ..1260 ••1270 Strasburg to 8a1e.... • • .... 327 50 • • 330 .• 318 75 .. 327 50 Avignon to Marseilles •• 1110 .. 1110 ..1090 ..1110 UNITED STATES. We have received by the packet ship Montezuma, which arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday, New York papers to the 18th of March, twelve days later. Their contents are not important. The National Intelligencer states that the fol lowing appointments have been made by the Presidant,with the consent of the Senate : " James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of State; Robert J. Walker, of Mississipi, to be Secretary of the Treasury ; W. L. Marcy, of New York, to be Secretary of War ; George Bancroft, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of the Navy; Cave Johnson, of Tennessee, to be Postmaster- General; John Y. Mason, of Virginia, to be Attorney-Gene ral ; Alexander H. Everett, of Massachusetts, to be Commis sioner to China ; Benjamin G. Shields, of Alabama, to be Charge to Venezuela; William H. Polk, of Tennessee, to be Charge to Naples ; Albert G. Jewett, of Maine, to be Charge to be Peru ; Robert Armstrong, of Tennessee, to be Consul at Liverpool." From the statements in the papers, it appears that Gene ral Almonte, the Mexican Minister, had sent Into the new Executive a strong protest against the annexation of Texas, which he terms an " unparalleled outrage." The papers publish a letter of Mr. Cushing, giving his views on the present position of the United States and Mexico, growing out of the annexation question. According to this gentleman's opinion, it is improbable that any difficul ties will spring from the resolutions passed by the last Con gress. He thinks that Mexico is in no position to make war against the United States, when she was unable to carry on an offensive war with Texas alone. The New York Herald thus notices the condition of some of the delinquent States : " Within the past week or two several Legislatures have adjourned. The Legislature of Illinois adjourned on the Ist inst. During the session several important Bills connected with the State finances were passed. The most important one was that in relation to the payment of part of the interest on the State debt, which secures the canal loan of j 1,600,090, insures the completion of the canal connecting the waters of the Mississippi with those of Lake Michigan at Chicago, and provides for the resumption of, payment of part of the an nual interest on the State debt, gradually increasing the per cent., until the fall interest is paid annually. Illinois can, in fact, no longer be considered a delinquent State, although the resumption of. payment is not complete, but the State can take a place between the delinquent and solvent States. . . "The Legislature of Maryland adjourned on the 12th inst. During the session several Acts and amendments to Acts were paased providing revenue to pay the interest on the public debt of the State. A Bill was introduced setting a time, the Ist of July, to resume the payment of interest of the State debt, and another to fund the interest in arrear to the Ist of April next, at 5 per cent., but neither parsed. Had the Legislature remained in session a few days longer, we have no doubt both these Bills would have become laws, but the constitution of the State compels an adjournment at a certain time, and all unfinished business is consequently abandoned. _ . "The Legislature of Pennsylvania are still in session. The Appropriation Bill, providing for the payment of the interest due in August and the expenses of the common wealth, is still under consideration in the Lower House ; it will probably pass, amended, so that whatever funds may be in the Treasury on the Ist of August unappropriated, will be appropriated to the payment of the interest then due." Foreign Exchange was fiat : sterling, at 109 1 ,! to 109 3 A ; francs, 5-25. _ _ . The New York. Courier and Inquirer says, relative to the Oregon : " Dr. White, who has recently removed to Oregon, writes to his friends near Ithaca, that a colony is rapidly settling at the falls of the Willamette, where Oregon city has been founded, containing a population of several hundreds, four stores, three saw-mills, and two flour-mills, one of which has five run of stone, and cost 15,000 dollars. They have a re gular colonial form of government, five counties being repre sented by thirteen Members. The Legislature had just closed a session of eight days, during which twenty-five Bills were passed. Dr. White, though not a Member, by paying 10 dollars, purchased the privilege of speaking upon one of them, proposing to abolish the manufacture, introduction, or sale of ardent spirits into the territory. It passed unanimously and became a law. Everything is prosperous; the crops are good, and Dr. White expresses the belief that the region on the Willamette is one of the most healthy, delightful, and pro mising regions on the globe." The Canadian intelligence by this arrival is unimportant. The Houses of Legislature had presented addresses of congra tulation to the Governor-General upon his elevation to the Peerage. The Mexican advices, Vera Cruz, to the Ist ult., state that everything was quiet. Santa Anna was still aprisoner in the Castle of Perote, and the general opinion was that he would neither be put to death nor banished, but would be imprisoned for the remain der of his life. Generals Bassedre and Canalizo, Santa Anna's principal minions, had been removed to the fortress of Cha pultepec. The Texas question was still agitated in many of the Mexican papers, the editors appearing to oppose the right of the United States to annex that country as strongly as ever. COMMERCIAL: The week has closed with some improvement in business, and with more favourable appearances. The season for tea has opened ; two cargoes have been brought forward this week at auction, and the market has been fairly tried. The result has been a decided improvement in prices over the closing transactions of last week. Cotton seems to have had a reaction. The receipts in the early part of the week were so large that many of the holders preferred selling from the vessel, and the consequence was that prices fell off a little. The market, however, has since rallied, and is again'firm, and prices have gone up to the old mark. There has been quite a movement in sugar and molasses; the crops in Cuba have proved so deficient that operators here have turned their attention to Now Orleans. The can sequence is, that speculation has been at work this week in both sugars and molasses, and several thousand hogsheads have changed hands. There has been a decline in sterling bills of full half per cent. Bills on London are dull at 109% to 109%. This is the first indication we have seen for many months of a fa vourable symptom in the rate of our Exchanges. For more than six months it has been quite as profitable to ship specie as to remit bills, and Conseq uent l y our money market has MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY. Although the supply of English Wheat was but moderate, the demand for it was in a very sluggish state, at barely previous figures. In free Foreign Wheat exceedingly little was doing, at late rates. Barley and Malt were heavy, and prices were with difficulty supported. Oats, Beaus, Peas, and Flour as last quoted. _ English • • • • • • Irish •••.• • • • Foreign ...... ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. 880 qrs. 1,970 qrs. Oats. Flour. 2,430 -- I 800 Malt, 4,610 qrs. WHITISCHAPEL. There was oeily a moderate supply of Meat, while the de mand ruled ktavy, on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 38 4d; Mutton, 28 6d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 6s ; Veal, 3s 6d to 48 8d; and Pork 2s 8d to 48 per Blbs by the carcass. 1,200 5,770 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK SPRING MEETING.—(CONCLUDED Match ; 50 says, half a mile ; lOst each.—Mr. G. Hob son's Villebecque (owner), beat Col. White's Glaneig. The Farmer's Plate of 50 soys.,and 10 for the second. Heats. Two . Miles. Mr. IL Robins's Mantrap, 5 yrs, 11 st 91b 0 1 1 Mr. S. Lucas's Iby Mundig, 3 yrs. lOst 21b 1 0 0 Mr. W. Cowper's gr cby Bran, 4 yrs, list Three others started. HAMPTON SPRING RACES.—TUESDAY. Much credit is due to the Managers for the improved bill of tare provided for the Spring Meeting; we cannot say that it was altogether " legitimate," it was abundant, and had the weather been as favourable in the morning as it proved later in the day, would no doubt have attracted a large at tendance. The character of the sport renders it unnecessary that we should enter into details; it is enough to state that it commenced shortly after one o'clock, and was, not brought to a conclusion till after six. We subjoin a brief return of the sport : Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, with 15 added ; three yrs, Est. 101 b ; four, Bst 101 b ; five, 9st 61b ; six,. and aged, 9st 101 b. Once round and a dig. (Four Subs.) Mr. Thumwood's Forlorn Hope (late George), aged, walked over. A Free Handicap Hurdle Stake of 10 Biwa each, h ft, with 20 added. Three miles. (Eight Subs.) Mr. Hornsby's Whalebone, 105 t... ..... (Mr. Sunmonds) 1 Mr. Scott's• Sir Edward, lOst 51b 2 The following also started : Mr. Bray's The Knight, list 91b; 1)1r. Bell's Cheeroot, 10et 121 b; W. Carter's Sis to Fernely, lOst 51b; and Mr. Coombe's Flying Fish (late Spitfire), 9st. Won cleverly by three parts of a length ; the Knight a bad third. The Barrack Stake of 3 sovs. each with a Purse added. Once round and a dis., over four leaps. (Six Subs.) Lord Glamis's Belshazzar (Owner) 1 Mr. Barlow's Queen of Diamonds Mr. Haworth's Marengo, aged ... .......... Mr. Langley's The Dentist,aged 4 Mr. D. Carleton's Pick 5 Mr. J. W. Hay's Salt Fish Won by three parts of a length. The winner was claimed for 100/. _ _ The Tallyho Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added. for four yrs, list 121 b; five, list 121 b; six, and aged, 12st 51b. Heats, one mile and a half. Winner to be sold for 1501. (Six Subs.) Mr. Hornby's Donald Caird, aged ...(Mr. Simmonds) 1 1 Mr. Neal's Viscount, aged (aild. 71bs) 3 2 Mr. Brettle's Nora Creme Mr. Haworth's Flirt, 6 yrs (alld. 71b) ... 4 dr The race was claimed for Viscount, on the ground that Mr. Simmonds is not the Member of any Club or Hunt, and the Stakes are withheld. _ _ A Scurry Stake of 3 sous. each, was won by , Mr. J. Hay's Salt Fish (ridden by Lord Glammis) beating Captain Bou cherett's The Baron, and Mr. Brettle's Woodbine. (Mr. Clarke's Langolian, ridden by Captain Morritt, in plain clothes, was ais extempore un-entered starter, and beat the winner in a canter.) The Consolation Stakes of one soy. were won by Flying Fish (Mr. Goldstone), beating Marengo, Ostrich, and Shadow. Captain Boucherett's The Baron also started, but fell half a mile from home, broke both his fore legs, and was killed ; the rider was very much bruised. In the morning, previous to the races, a steeple chase match for 501. each, commencing and finishing on the course, was won by Mr. Brettle's Gipsey (owner), beating Mr. R. Hill's Bueephalus in a canter. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER'-TUESDAY. CHESTER CUP.-9 to 1 agst Obscurity (take 10 to 1), 9 to 1 agst Cataract (take 10 to 1), 10 to 1 agst Semiseria, 14 to 1 agst The Era, 20 to agst Portrait, 25 to 1 agst Wine sour, 25 to 1 agst Strathspey, 40 to 1 agst Pride of Kildare (t), 66 to 1 agst Fitzallen, 4 to 1 agst Cataract and Ob scurity (t). Two THOUSAND GUINEAS' STAKES.-5 to 2 agst Kedger (t), 3 v to 1 agst Ides, 6 to 1 agst Cobweb colt (t), 6 to 1 agst Weatherbit. DERBY.--Offers to take 16 to 1 about Clear-the-way, but not a bet made. The following horses arrived in town yesterday en route for,Newmarket :—Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger, Colonel Anson's Kedger, Mr. Jaques's Semiseria, Mr. Jaques's Anti - Repealer, Lord Maidstone's Cockamaroo, Mr. Bowes's As you-Like-it, and Sir R. Bulkeley's Chertsey. THIRD REPORT FROM THE CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE OF RAIL WAY BILLS. MARTI.% 4° DIE MARTII, 1845. Resolved, That a Committee of five Members be appointed, to be called " The Classification Committee of Railway Bills," and that three be the quorum of such Committee. MARTIB, 11° DIE MARTII, 1845. Committee appointed :—Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Fox Maule, Viscount Mahon, Sir William Somerville, Mr. Wilson Patten. Ordered, That the Committee have power to send for per sons, papers, and records. MARTI% 18 ° DIE MARTII, 1845. Ordered, That the Committee have power to report their opinion from time to time to the House. REPORT. The Select Committee appointed for the Classification of Railway Bills, according to the Resolutions adopted by the House, and who are empowered to report from time to time, report as follows : Your Committee having further considered the several matters referred to them, are of opinion that it is expedient that there be referred to one and the same Committee the following Bills and projects :- 1 DD. 1. Caledonian Railway. 2. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway. 3. Clydesdale Junction Railway. 4. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. 5. Scottish Central Railway. . Your Committee further recommend that the following Bills and projects be referred to one and the same Committee : EE. 1. Dundee and Perth (South Line). 2. Dundee and Perth (North Line). 3. Scottish Midland Junction. 4. Aberdeen Railway. Your Committee further recommend that the following Bills and projects be referred to one and the saline Committee FF. 1., Edinburgh and Northern Railway. 2. Edinburgh and Hawick Railway. 3. North British ( Edinburgh and Dalkeith) Railway. Your Committee further recommend that the following Bills and projects be referred to one and the same Committee GG. 1. Glasgow Junction Railway. 2. Glasgow, Barrhead, and N eilston Railway. 3. Greenock Branch Railway. 4. Ayrshire Branches (Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock,. and Ayr). 5. Glasgow Harbour Union Railway. 6. Glasgow, Dumbarton, and Lochlomond Railway. 7. Glasgow, Garnkirk, - and Coatbridge Railway. 8. Monkland and Kirkiptilloch Railway. Your Committee further recommend that the following Bills and projects be referred to one and the same Committee : HH. 1. Blackburn and Preston Railway. 2. North Union and Ribble Navigation Branch Railway. 3. Preston and Wyre (Lytham Branch) Railway. 4. Preston and Wyre (Blackpool Branch) Railway. Your Committee further recommend that the following Bills and projects be referred to one and the same Committee 1. Lancaster and Carlisle (Carlisle Extension) Railway. 2. Lancaster and Carlisle (Lancaster Deviation) Railway. 3. Lancaster and Carlisle (Birklands Deviation) Railway. 4. Cockermouth and Workington Railway. 5. Whitehaven and Furness Railway. Your Committee further recommend that the following Bills an d projects be referred to one and the same Committee : KK. 1. Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway. 2. Liverpool and Bury Railway. 3. Liverpool mad Manchester Extension (North Tunnel) Railway. 4. Liverpool and Manchester (Extensions) Railway. 5. Liverpool and Manchester (Parkside Branch) Railway. 6. Liverpool and Manchester (St. Helen's and Rufford) Railway. 7. Liverpool and Manchester (Patricroft and Clifton Branch) Railway. 8. Liverpool and Manchester (Rainford and Liverpool Branches). LORD ROSSE'S TELESCOPE.—Marvellous rumours are afloat respecting the astronomical discoveries made by Lord Rosse's monster telescope. It is said that Regulus, in stead of being a sphere, is ascertained to be a disc ; and, stranger still, that the nebula in the belt of Orion is a uni versal system—a sun, with planets moving round it, as the earth and her fellow-orbs move round our glorious luminary. —Literary Gazette. IMPROVEMENTS IN HYDE PARK. —During the last fortnight, upwards of one hundred and fifty labourers have been daily employed by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, levelling the various parts of the grass, new gravelling the numerous foot-paths, and making very considerable im provements throughout the whole of Hyde Park. INCREASE OF SPEED ON THE SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY.—It is the intention of the Directors of the Southampton Railway that the speed of the mail trains on their line shall be increased, and a plan has been projected by which the distance between London and Southampton will be accomplished in two hours, instead of two hours and forty minutes, the time now occupied in the journey. It is sailedo: e xpected that the alteration will take p lace in about three weeks. O PENING OF THE COMMUNICATION , BETWEEN BRIGHTON E Tvi from Brighton AND DrnrrE.—The General Steam Navigation C o mpany's packet Menai , C a p tain Goodb u r n Brighton on Saturday, and returned yesterday morning with fifty-two passengers, among whom were the Marquis of Clanricarde, Lieut.-Col. Tomline, Mr. Blackburn and family, &c. &c. BRITISH AND FOREIGN INsTrrurE.--The fourth monthly dinner of the members of the Institute was given at their rooms, on Thursday last. The Earl of Devon, the P res ident, filled the chair, and was supported by Lord B roug ham, Sir George Staunton, Bart., M-1 3 .. Si r G eorge Larpent, Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Mr. Vizard, Mr: Teed, Mr. Waymouth, Mr. Cochrane, and others of the Vice- Presidents and Committee. There were about eighty members and visitors at the table, which was admirably served, and the dinner and wines fully sustained the reputa tion of Mr. Neal, the proprietor and conductor of the hotel attached to the Institute. Several excellent speeches were delivered by the President and others. and, the pleasure of the evening was much increased by some delightful vocal and instrumental music, including glees, duets, rounds, &c., in which Mr. T. Cooke, Mr. Francis, Mr. Machin, Mr. Gra- . tan Cooke, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Miihlenfelt, and Mr. Kreutzer took, parts. It was originally determined that the christening of the infant daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Buc clench should have been performed on Thursday last, when, in accordance with the express wish of the Queen, the bap tismal ceremony was to have been performed in the Royal Chapel at Buckingham Palace, and her Majesty was to have stood sponsor in person. There was to have been a grand dinner at Montagu- House in the evening, at which the' Queen and Prince Consort were to have been present. Owing, however, to the lamented family afflictions sustained by the Earl and Countess of Harewood, by the death of the Hon. Algernon and the Hon. Alfred Lascelles, from typhus fever the nephews of the Duchess of Bucclench, the interesting cere mony has been postponed.—Herald. The death of the Dowager Viscountess Chetwynd took place on Monday morning, at the family residence in Upper Brook street. The deceased Viscountess, who was youngest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Cartwright, was married on the 30th July, 1791, to Richard Viscount Chet wynd. Her Ladyship was in her 73d year. DISCOVERY or ANCIENT RUINS. —Yesterday, while some workmen where employed in excavating the street near the corner of Drury-lane and Long-acre, for the pur pose of making a sewer, they discovered, at the deptk of nearly fourteen feet, a portion of the foundation of an ancient building, of great thickness, which required the use of powder to break it up. It ran in the direction from north to south, and is supposed to be some part of the foundation of the old convent which formerly stood near the present Drury-lane and Covent. garden Theatres. The foundation is composed of red brick, concrete, and flint stones. FOOT-RACE. —Yesterday morning, between six and seven o'clock, this long-pending race for 51. a-side came off in the Kensington-road, between George Brady, a baker, of London, and James Lees, of Knightsbridge, a smith. The distance was one mile. After two or three false starts, they at last went to work in earnest, Lees getting the lead at the commencement, which he kept for some time; but at length Brady made a desperate effort to get ahead, and by the greatest exertion succeeded in passing his antagonist, main taining his advantage, and ultimately coming in a winner. At the commencement of the race 10 to 1 were offered upon Lees. It is said another race will take place in a fortnight between the parties. FATAL ACCIDENT.—This morning, at an early hour, the family of Mr. Wood, the extensive coal-merchant of Hungerford Wharf, Strand, were deprived of one of their family under the following circumstances :—lt appeared that Mr. Wood, jun., who was a lighterman, was in the act of removing a barge of coals in shore, while, when on the gun whale, his foot slipped and he fell overboard; who unfor tunately, before assistance could be rendered him, he was drowned. Several persous were in search of the deceased, who, by all who knew him, was much respected. At ten o'clock the body was fain(' near where the accident happaned. SUMMARY OF NE,WS AND Vitt)lir eptittott. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Afriric published at Algiers, says z---" is at Bon•Beida with 1,000 cavalry. He menaces the Pvi„, Meynarens, and the Douy-Thabets. Several tribes are paring to join him ; amongst them are mentioned the sident-Djeffras, the Ouled-Mahrs, and the Beni-Men; Colonel lieu has gone in pursuit of the Emir. The win province is in a state of agitation. The movement of el-Bader is attributed to the determination of the EIU of Morocco to ex , Rl him from his territory." A letter from Amsterdam of the Bth, states that 14 portion of Bois- le-Duc was under water. The dykes at tA• Hoorn, and Driel had given way in'two or three places ters from Groningen, of the 3d inst., state that it wa s . 0 , 0 pected that the dyke of the Hoornsche Diep would els° give way, and thereby cause an inundation over a portion the proiince of Friesland. u sce From Cologne, April 4, we have the following: — t ye have been nearly thirteen days without accounts from , upper countries, on account of the inundations. Near v•: - 0 ruhe the waters are seven feet deep. The railroad hew.' f Bruchtal and Weistock is submerged. In the vill a g e j, Stein, fifteen persons and a great number of cattle have ° lie drowned. At Frankfort, the inundation has reached 0, Rocmerberg. The Danube has also overflowed its bsi ll u b. At Nuremberg, the Correspondent Journal could notbe P t bs fished, as it was impossible for the compositors to rea c ' printing-office." The Bremen Gazette of the 31st ult. sa- “A ... ...ribli . -4. brot° Ay , catastrophe has occurred here. The Weserteiseh . et through its banks this morning at six o'clock, near tenthur. The waters are rushing with irresistible carrying away trees and houses. All the conimartir. l 4 ) o are cut off. At ten o'clock a dozen houses fell in, an d • bo afterwards thirty-three others disappeared. Sever al have been lost." a, On the night of the sth of March a fire broke out in re . tional Theatre, Washington, caused, it is said, by the The lessness of one of the company, who was dressing• o r theatre was wholly destroyed, together with some seven or eight dwelling-houses adjoining. 11 The Captain-General of Cuba has issued a proclan is ordering all vessels arriving at the ports in that island I slaves on board to be confiscated. '3 :---1 $64.:17 &MID POLXC7E. ced At the Gloucester Assize:4, Mr. Baron Platt senten man named Lewin Clifford, to seven years' transportator for having forged a receipt to a post-office order, for th Poe pose of defrauding Moses Smart. The prosecutor virt s „ t be prisoner's grandfather. The prisoner himself belonged Cheltenham police-force. - Ts ° w bf , Humphrey Jones, a broker's clerk, and William a custom-house locker, were convicted at Liverpool, of c,„ spiracy to defraud the Customs revenue. The Jury, retverit mended that Bibby might receive the slightest Plas h° al that the law would permit, in consideration of the onego duties imposed on him, and the lax attention to duty 14 f ie had been paid by some of his superior officers in the 'l4l toms. The defendants were not sentenced, as they have to be brought up for judgment in the Court abnf e ;diss At the Central Criminal Court, Mary Ann Pritchar d ne z. Flaxman, was indicted for marrying James Flexural). on i m ve , 19, 1843, her husband Henry Pritchard being then A.o"Liss Pritchard was a sailor, the prisoner had heard nothing bet for five years, and the qwners of the ship had stop Sts s allowance for three years, on the presumption that bes,e dead. The jury, under the direction of the Common se r . immediately acquitted her. Charles Elles was sentenced, at the Middlesex Sessl°so II seven years' transportation for stealing nine bagatau e from the Rose and Crown, Crown-street, Soho. le st Mr. B. C. Willis, agent, of the Quadrant, who vi—Per week charged with having obtained from Mr. Hearn,.toss liamentary agent, Pall-mall, two bills for 1,1001., by Oa oil lent pretences, alleged to amount to the offence ot larcets• appeared before Mr. Maltby - , at Marlborough street, l br rso adjudication' of the Court on the evidence produced alive previous investigation. The Magistrate said tha t h a 'd to carefully considered the evidence he felt himself bow ' discharge the defendant. COM:LT—FASHIONABLE. a rsl 4 Baron and Baroness Lionel Rothschild will give a tbe entertainment on Sunday next to their Royal theme' , talu Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary b` r Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz- 'lA • o sol Sir Robert Peel has cards out for a Parliamentary hell Saturday next, at his private mansion in Wl' ite gardens. s te# Viscount Melbourne entertained Viscount and Vi Eo `s, Palmerston, Lord and Lady Beauvale. and a select Par 'OlO dinner on Monday evening, at the Noble Viscount's Oa St. Lady outh-stre Brs e ugham yesterday issued cards for a series ' 31 1 . 40 assemblies, for the 16th and 30th instants, and on t he and 18th of the ensuing month. is tt° The Earl of Aberdeen, as Ranger of Greenwich ParS; pi; • room of her late Royal Highness the Princess SOPL.ir, s ss" tilde of Gloucester, has taken possession of the echa:da. grounds; and the noble Foreign Secretary has eng e ' , portion of the establishment of the late Princess. The Marquis and Murchioness of Clanricarde an The Ladies De Burgh have arrived at Paris from Naples't t heir noble Marquis and Marchioness are expected to arrive a o is; mansion on Carlton House-terrace at the close of t he v " , week. fiord The Earl of Ellenborough has arrived in town 00 seat in Gloucestershire. His Lordship has a gran d party on Saturday next. Nit Mr. George Byng, M.P., and Mrs. Byng, have art toes St. James's-square, from Wrotham Park, Barnet , w her i s i - st have been passing the recess. We are glad to learn s",,,te H on ourable Member continues in a very satisfactory 31- health. O A The Archbishop of Armagh and the Honourab le r Beresford, who are still at the Archiepiscopal F 1 " -- Armagh, are not expected to arri ve i n Charles'sft..4, James's-square, until the end of the month. MISCELLANEOUS. be e° For some time past a great number of vessels have re , prevented from entering the Channel owing to the late/s4 veiling easterly winds ; many have arrived from th e de, Indies, and been compelled to beat about at sea for so ne past. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, the vilnuistsela' round to the W.N.W., and numbers of Vessels ava ileu tb selves of the opportunity of reaching their destination;crir Thames was literally covered with vessels of different des tions from all parts of the globe. rio i A ° On Tuesday afternoon, about four o'clock, an 913 ,riat 6 explosion took place on the premises of Messrs. Colliniesisel' and Davis, vinegar rectifiers,, of Union-row, Cao h pit O r which caused considerable excitement among the lnl ia bst, 5 and destroyed much valuable property. It appear' t etl o 0 the time aboVe named, several men were busily engegssil the Isuilding, who were alarmed by hearing loocia . which was found to be the still which had exPl° d 00e ° I fearful violence, forcing out the windows arid injuringed L the men with the scalding liquid, which soon ign it L OP,' communicated to the building. The' fire was sub seq w : L'ls co : d extinguished, but not before the building- was nea r ier sumed. The adjoining premises, in th e occu pancy A and Son, were much damag e d. ;„. tes The youthful violinist, Master Day, h a s arrived 15 f/ from Brussels. He bri ngs w ith hi m th e mos t fl a tterin‘ i timonials from M. de Berjot and othei eminent Ina st s e sS l , t j regard to his astonishing powers as a violinist. Ile e! master the most intricate passages with the greatest etleo, elegance of style, and his intonation is considered ft1 1 ., 9 be, The Hon. Francis Scott, M.P. for Roxburglishire , urisSlP' appointed Parliamentary agent for the district of Pnrw CM :d ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICH - APRIL 8 ' w , tain Bent's company, let battalion, and Captain o ners, - 0 , company, 9th battalion, embarked at the dockyar d for 'A.) Thursday morning, iu one of her Majesty's steamer* Apvde veyance to Chatham, where they are to embark in ° le s" troop ship, recently commissioned at that port, for a r o f to Canada. The health of the troops of this branc h ,,oo , o , service has been remarkably good during the past ae be d o e only one sergeant and one drummer go out with , co D e panics to fill up the deficiencies in Captain Syran a t to w pany, caused by the promotion of a colour sergea u _ Sisivo sergeant-major and return to head-quarters, and the ca tl 3 O mer by entering the ranks. An accident halses e s aiti3O morning by the breaking of a perch of one of the an 3 04,1k . i waggons of the field batteries when at exercise,_ the pro having thrown down the three gunners and drive r :4- tli e e jf upon it, and fallen upon the breast and face of one " e .aist, named Robert Arthur. The wounded man was in )la A teO c s conveyed to the Ordnance Hospital, and promptly .•lise to by. Dr. Stewart, who was in waiting to receiv e to ga" hearing of the accident. The two other gunners fort g escaped with slight injury. er e s s HONESTY ITS OWN REWARD.—As a uree,ff„, - to e* vent was passing along the Bayswater-road, on ; , : er he found lying in the road a bunch of keys, toget' Ar ed some seals, of rather curious workmanship. The usso'‘is took them home, and in the spirit of simple honesty , ost; t c them to his employer who advised the finder to loo' 1, 1 0 0 an advertisement, which would no doubt soon aPPe an ere so mately the drayman found that the seals and keS 6 jil t to property of the Queen. An officer of the police we.,l/, S as, , Palace with the finder, when the Queen gave him 0 001 reward, while Prince Albert added 10/. more, all a f e f ment to the poor fellow's honesty. old ti t We understand that the consideration moo It the purchase of Osborne House and estate was 26,- c olt" said to be 2,000/. less than was first asked for that Pols' when it was contemplated to be taken as a mari l : oo , for her Majesty and the youthful Royal Family. Aff.r d° BIRTHS. On the sth inst., at Hilderstone Parsonage, St' the lady of the Rev. B. Hutchinson, of a daughter. 00 On the sth inst., the lady of James Traill, Esq.' °f hill, of a daughter. 01 0° ' On the 6th inst., the wife of J. Isaacs, Esq. , - t 1)• square, of a daughter. V -bur, '1 On the 6th inst., at the S c hool-house, Wei" ell wife of the Rev. Dr. Kennedy, of a son. li' °l4 On the 6th inst., Mrs. Peter Broad, of TavDitoC Covent-garden, st. of a son. On the 7th in, at Blackheath, Mrs. John Ale of a son. MARRIED. b S tied On the sth inst., at St. Thomas's District Cho re 'do Mr. B. Blaikie, of Poplar, to Frances Ann, second of Mr. Henry Dale, o f St e p ne y-c a useway. j o bri ri ts On the sth inst:, at St. Peter's, Mile-end, Xi. , te r ner, of Mile-end, t o H enr ietta, youngest daug' 0 1 Watson, of Mile-end-road. West l feo t ' On the 3d inst., at the parish church, Kendal. a d -5 te land, Robert Philip son -Barrow, Esq., of Old 1 3 1 ° , b e is London, to Jean Woodhead, younger daughter of , Wil li tl; rn Thomson, Esq., M.D., of Leeds. •fr • On the 3d inst., at St. George's, Bloosburf,,ird Kelly, Esq., of Bedford-row, to Augusta Anne, t' ter of the late R. Child, Esq., of Russell-square. ut:T r o f On the 3d inst., at St." George's Church, Borq Hore, of Maida-hill, to Miss Sarah Anne Browning ham-terrace, St. Genrge's-road, Southwark. 10 ' On the 27th ult., 'at Bin ij fie l l E d, b rierks, Cathe rine ' re 4 ~ the late W. Edginton, Esq., aged 80. iii- I ,1°) On the 30th ult., Charlotte Ann, the daughter e red 1: 1 .• of Churri-row, De Beauvoir-square Kings!and, 81 -f.,, a ~( 0 /‘ On {he 4th inst., at Ware, Herts, (.)harles 130 1, ''''''f P On the 4th inst., at-Deal, Mrs. Thomas, wj d°W c . de pri Thomas, Esq., aged 78. _ ri, On the 4th inst., at Braddon, Tor House, TOlo e rd ..:e, Gerard, third son of the late Rev. Robert Collett, 3 4 th e 1 3 ' On the sth inst., Henry Raper, Esq., Admiral 01 el of South Audley-street, Grosvenor-square, as 78 ' Pale' On the sth inst., Frances, wife of Mr. SosePh ' d L ondon-field Hacney. On the sti. , inst , k at Pangbourne, Berks, the - -8 Breedon,, Rector of that Torquay, No O rt 9 olk th - c e re s sc t h en t i , n S ik'd a e t -pari . n g.' 1..-ot - ,-rtJ.: ;';.-itier.2, attei kw...iitdr , r,i by kl (IRO 1 11 $0, 1 0 1 O. 112, Strt-.4-4 Printed... at The Sun Offic e, co l ow .; William Yatraw-t ..e, Strand, in the ?re , 7,h , t;:: of the Savof, ill t he ' ' Middlesex, Wednesday., April 9, 1845. • ak • A