The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-20 00:00:00

..~' rilf) rk io stem„,.:oll : r'r • cic ,0 air iesg. " Jer c e L° llll g , ,et ecl 151811 MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were to a 11.10derate extent, being 4,000 bales ; prices were steadier. s e h s a te re r, i 9 w 3 ere dull, at previous rates.—Birusinghasn and Glou ; Eastern Counties, 13 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Z.l ; Great Western, Half, 72 ; Caledonian, 5; ; Dublin and 1141 , ; Birmingham, 230; Brighton, 44; Manchester and Birmingham, 50ir ; tadPais and Lyons, 6d. States The private . commercial vices received from the United 10-day, are rather more satisfactory. Money was rather abundant. The provision trade was prosperous. () The Stock Markets are rather snore firm this morning. -';;Taols for M oney have touched 994, and for the Account, ".• Since these rates were paid, time bargains have been m ade at 99a 4. Bank Stock has improved to 196 i. The Thr ee - and-a-H a lf per Cents. of 1818 have just been r o el at 101. This is the last da allowed for the „Idera of the Stock to assent to the y* plan of reduction. e are t o ld t h at t h e h o ld ers of the 19,000,000/. °I this s t ock have assented to within a mere fraction. The rbeduetion of the . Three-and-a-Half per Cents. may, therefore, „ said to have been accomplished. In tbe value of Ex legoer Bills and India Bonds but . a slight alteration in the. premiums have occurred to day. A sm al all amount of business was transacted in the Foreign th arket te- day. Spanish has been rather finn at 25h ; and''hree per Cents. at 36a ; Dut lo44 ; Brazilian at 801; d Mexican at 35}. Aslight tendency to. decline was observable in the Bail /t4 io Sh tank are Market to-day, with but few exceptions. Ans tr j• an Shares were sold at 3 premium. Australian 4gncultural Company's Shares are at 104 discount. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. • (From the Official List) Bank Stock 193% 195% 19634 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities • 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuitie5..............- 3 % per. Cent. Annuities, 1818 102% Ili Per Centtßeduced Annuities ew a% per Cent. Annuities 103% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860....... Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1560. India 80nd5,1,000......................--•-•••••••••" Ditto under ................ ....... Bank St oc k f or A ccoun t Consols for Account ..... .......... Exchequer Bills, 150. I%d 1,0001. ....... ..... 74 pm. 5001...► Ditto Small ..... 74 pm. FO REIGN FUNDS THIS DAY . AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent IC4% Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Mexican. Bonds, 1837,5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account • Ditto Deferred Stock 15%. Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 25 Ditto for the Account Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account Dutch 2% per Cents 60% Dutch 5 r Cents IOOA New Loan p e 1837, 5 per Cents. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. v.. 111eiltdatolionlitinanadd Cashel PAID. PER SHARE. t L e W e AXEI. 70 5 5% to 6 Exeter' 234......... 5 , , Ditto Counties • 23 ... ..... 13% eat° New Registered 81. 6s. Bd . . 4 L L c) , -Peat Wr: inbUrgesh and Glasgow 5O 65% to to 66 t 44 , , c,' Fifths • Ditto • ern l2 ........ 20 1 .4 toi3nidtoton zd sh ß a t i rm e. ingham..... ..... 100 2tß 2 L o n don and Blackw a ll.... ......... .. 16% o don and Brighton 5O 4 Ai to L on don and Greenwich ...: Ditto ig Southa E nd hths Western Wesrn ...... 41% — to 4 % • to ruclon and Croydon (Trunk)... ' a nehester and Birmingham ... 40 .. ..... ,„, [the and Eastern ... to lortvichm and Brandon ' 45 56%X 2 7% % ... to South Eastern and Dover 32 , Ditto New t W hitehaven and Mar 10 9 port ...... 2 ° ,, rl, and NorthjMidland pill and Orleans ............. ...... .. 20 WAX ... to 37 ~a r isand Rouen 2O 374 % ... to Ro uen and Havre. • PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, APRIL 'lB. Te r Cent. Con s ol s 9 94 ree and a Half Stock ...... Ditto New, Ix3o G rand Canal Stock.. l2 Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent. ~ f 'e• i ) ic"iv LAST PRICES OF SHARES. RAILWAYS. PAID. Pan SRAM 3 lublin and K. Road -Drogh e d a ss_ ..... .... 72 D ublin and Cashel ditto Hibernian Bank 25 3O National Bank R oyal Bank A.,,atio_ nal Insurance lO 25 34 Patriotic ditto C ity of Wicklow Copper Mines ... .. 5 i i ,...Dublin Steam Company i',"ti-sh and Irish Steam Company lt. 'Wan Ship Building Company 'UItSE Ak a , te , OF EXCHANGE.--(YESTERDAY.) uit t Nam ...... CF. 12 5h Gibraltar — Itott'' " ~ sight l2 3h Leghorn 3O 60 4‘l4 l ,`in ...... 2U. 12 6 Genoa 25 90 lialnbcrP .............. 25 95 Milan — 1 t ur gh .. M B l5 Venice ... 47 A _b a ...... • • 1 3 ..... aria (I . ... , l3 15 Naples 39 , lit ° , aYs sight... 25 70 Palermo, per oz ll7 g ars >;1,) months 25 95 Lisbon s3h I , r v ir e aea le tuz s . ............. 25 95 Oporto s3* P a ' k fort t ete rq , on Maine.. 122 h Bahia 23 \ trli n 4i rgli, 3 Us... 36i Buenos Ayres — V k r ' ................ 7 NewYork,2ldys sight Irit it lla ' etre*. fl: 3AL 956 Philadelphia — 4_ tri e, ditt o 4e a ( ti 4 .. ... . 11440 q ...... . li ar eti - 0 0 0 vill'Qutla I I .................. Silver in Pars 0 4 Ila h4 d t t °CII ESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 19.—We have l' stea lit n dY market to-day, and a fair business transacted. ttr,(6l?tations are—Eastern Counties, 13h ; ditto, Regis !ll.,(l bi,,,,,' , Hull and Selby, Quarter Shares, 9h ; Manchester ~tiate ; 'l , !ngham, 50a 51 i and a ; Midland Counties, Quarter ;on, 7 , 2 i . ; South-Eastern, New, 10 ; Norwich and Bran i, , J .. 1 6.. oto A . .2 Caledonian sto sh; Scarborough Junction, 'vati c , union Bank of Manchester, 9h ; Manchester As e, ,0- . * , • 4 : 14 RXET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) d • COVENT-GARDEN. ! t4 lO , Is Play of choice luxuries—such E a r s f hot-h w ou as se e gr xc a e p e e d s - , 1 4 ~i , l l, ,tes, peaches, cherries, cucumbers, &c., le t(% fel' the time of year, yet their prices rated very exceed et other articles were abundant, and the demand was ivNe 4i tVGATI3 AND LEADENHALL. . was 5 f the principal features in the Poultry market of a large - supply of Fowls and Turkeys from Ire- Z 4 ve 'Xeellent condition, and by far superior to those which 4 vv', fl e to hnd from' abroad. The general demand . was but we ha telia°,,e4.ll the 'e no variation to notice in the quotations. sun l nlieS of meat were seasonably extensive, the ,q ll (it ( I ; 4 eoland . firm, at prices about equal to those 6 e ;' l onr last was ep rt. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, and 38 Gd. r Lim a b, 5s to 6s 4d ,334dt9 48 ; r ", 2s 4d' to 4s 2d per 81bs, byte carcase. , Alth WHITECNAPEI.. r pt,l e :ugh the sup lies of meat on sale were not large, the 4 4 .43 he t "' barely late rates :—Beef, from 2s 4d to . ;t k i , „ Altitaton' a 2s 6d to 3s 84 ; Lamb, 5s to 64 4d , 44 to 4s 6d; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4s per 81bs. 1 1 4 r i in NEWPORT. Beef and Lamb sold freely; other kinds of meat a' i li t ttiltiie d fo t l o low 3s ing Bd ters :—Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s 4d; Veal, t° 4 % 6(1 ; and Pork 2s 8d to 4s 2d per 81bs. uslS. 'ear ' '" IIP D I Y of Salmon aNG was tol GATE erably good for the time of Iltll erri 4 'het a st dy sale, at from Is to Is 6d per lb. All -11d8 of fish moved off slowly at last week's prices. r r i„, HUNGERPORD. ; 111 '443: ;neat was, insteady demand, at fully w l .. as . t week's 41411 , e ll3 ' In all other articles, the supplies ot nich were • -eeedingly little business was transacted. which Prices• 8"`" BREAD. 4 ' to 6of Wheaten Bread in the metApolis are from ; of Household ditto, Gd to 7d per 4lb loaf. t RIDS MARKET.GcI Aides A-0 at per stone of 141bs—Best steers and heifers, UXDE TSIAIiZET. fluiddling hides, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; inferior dit o, c 448 • .S i heep in inci Calf Sk ee ins at per skin—Market t " , , te , .long woolled sheep, ' 4s to 5s 6d ; short each 7 lamb skins, is to 2s 3d; and ahearlings, TEAT MARKETS. f l 4 q l . di li tt o tti , 1'33-in.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 153 to 3l ss; use- V h ; elo,e Kay' to: 1 /10s ; fine Upland ditto, Si 12s to 31 he til ",t St raw, T; 5s to 5/ 5s • Oat Straw, I/6s to 11 8s ; 8s to 1/lOs per load. Trade throughout e t ? m , at about stationary ices tlit to,'',A lt r A ;LANli.—C oar Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 10s; useful t 'op'ertir` 12s to 31 15s se fine Upland ditto, 3/ 163 to 4/ ; " 4 4 41 ; `-taY,3/ 5s to 4116 s • Oat Straw, 118 s to 1/ 103 ; Wheat Stead` 4 1 11 98 to 1112 s per load. A moderate supply, and a iv, lam . itlfl l 4.4 ' el tkrEL.—Goarse Meadow Hay, 2115 s to 31 5s ; 4/ .4 ditto, 3/ 6s to 31 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 13s to N; eiCrVer Hay 3/ 10s to 5/ 5s • Oat Straw, 1/ 68 to 1/ an dtr a l e4 t Straw,' ll Bs to 1/ lOs Per load. Supply good e WAKE: \\,'',, -TIELD CORN MARKET.-Fmtosv. 4witsl,l;latitaleTe small arrivals to this day's market, .and . a slender ~4 I at r a t of buyers. The little business passing in Wheat „cry h_her lower prices than last week. Barley was . also 1421140 Y sale, and a shade lower. Oats and Shelling in 141 14 Ciquest, at a small reduction in value; but Beans noted Is. per quarter lower. Per qr. of SOM. to the bushel. N e4t EXTRA. New. *-84intl ki Essex, and Kent.... Red -to 57 54 to 55 ..... Ro.ltto ditto .. White - 60 56 58 riblk ... ~... ..... "*".. Red .... - 55 51 54 , , Ditt o .. " ****** .ditt0 ....... "" White - 5 7 54 55 , . .41leolnshire and Cambridge... Red -55 52 51 • Ditto ditto White....- 56 54 55 Yorkshire Red - 33 52 51 _ Di t to ditto ....... .-.. White ., -58 54 57 ur hol ....... .. . 54 56 - - , m t ._ .... : .... - ........... !!!!!. co _ ditto White... 56 qui,. _ n' Per quarter Imperial. 7 tr,oorfolk and Suffolk - 33 30 3 1 f, !kidlike and Lincolnshire _ 32 30 3 1 ~.rin din, - - 28 30 Ror e i ,' - 32 30 31 41 g' • 11 81 411 r Per qr. cf 631 b. to the bushel. 31 35 5 2 33 Tick s n ' 31 34 30 32 ate 17oreign ~ , l tnkto a. d Pola d...... - -. -. - Vlll,Vanne ...... ... MI. 011 di., FerLign -d t' -d. pet Sten , . I, 4, 1 t `"•••••• • 2 to 25. per Lcad. ... .. ......... ... ...... .... ........... 1 ........ .• I* .. • ' 'Del, Z.:. ................. it 4O, tine 445. per Lc: a t -. "" .. ........................ 251.0 s 01.0 s. -I. us . per Ls. t. 4 4 0 , LIN, n S SHIPPING. —(THIS DAY.) b°x APRIL 20 .-Light breeze at N.W., and cloudy. i ,tt..... s z_APRIL 19.-Wind E. to S. E., variable and mode `qietit;7.l(l- Mona Milligan, Launceston ; Duke Cornwall, ' 4 Aco ' ;antelope, Fleetwood, Batavia for Gottenburg. ( t ioeh t , !Ili, Trinidad ; Emanuel, New York ; Witton Castle, 41 ', ,j.' l i ends, Metis. Arrd. Homely, Bahia ; Chapti tilLtlinalea• wii..?RL, APRIL . 1 8.-Sld. Tamerlane, Quebec. 1, AtZLII_Y; APRIL 1 8.-Sld. Britain, Quebec. 7:o v al v . d n li E , q l; t i P t ß l o 4 , u l ol 7. ec Sld. Queen Victoria, Sir W. Wal ltw LII, APRIL 19 . -Johanna, Meyer, Buenos Ayres, NA ~r darn . h 1 A ac t , I _, .. Int oss of bowsprit, &c., having been in "'oae r i e 4 • 1, night at the back a the Goodwin Sands with an au ship E phi, 1/ As : ugleborough, Mear, China. a 0 ,54 .4 ~ • TINGs, Amu 19 -A i h't 1 Arends, Buenos, n p i 1 . 1 e, tor Autwern ' * At .4 "Nsiou rt , r' 4 ,leaty , 4 ill , : g,, APRIL 19 .-Wind W.N.W.-Arrd. her 1,.. , -.,L1 1 ,,,Z. 1 1:' I names, from Bermuda. ,g' t,u a , "I , APRIL 19.-Wind N., light.-Sld. Sylph, t h Jra. 4 - 1 ,.. Loslokt APRIL 1 9 .-Arrd. Tom Cod, Everett, Afric: AI L OOds Q h n.u s , , ue ec. • Joh n's ; APRIL 16 -Sld Ann Moore, Quebec ; Nerio, ti r L a l vt4 B o ' N o e w Brunswick.. . 1 11 ,,, l'o r k . ''', l 'll'itli, 19.-Wind N.W., light.-Arrd. Ben A,tios, eha,,..11d Reliance, Cargill, Maracaibo; Morgiana, aail, st."-*3.lrp Europe, Furber, New York Ocl. inst.); A . ;',,...` ) u,,_,5 . , New Brunswick. Sid. Hibernia steamer, iu maim 12- ; ...;.0' Chaleur ; Victory, Quebec; G'ul i THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1844 IREL AND. POSTPONEMENT OF THE NEW TRIAL MOTION. DUBLIN, APRIL 18.—The motion of the traversers for a new trial, upon the grounds set forth in their affidavits, bas been postponed until Monday next. It is likely that the arguments upon this branch of the case will occupy the en tire of the next week. It• is said, the Attorney-General, after gentence, upon the declaration of the traversers' counsel that they were deter mined to prosecute a writ of error, would' intimate his assent, and merely require that the traversers should give bail for the speedy prosecution of the writ, and for their being forthcoming to suffer the sentence of the Court, in case the decision of the I-louse of Lords should be against them... This, certainly, is the course which common justice and common sense would point• out. nare, Newfoundland. Off, Lybia, Africa; Vere, Marmore ; and Williain ' The Balfour, from Mobile to this port, has put into Matanzas, with loss of cutwater and bow stove, having been in contact with the Wabush, bound to New Or leans. The Jane Ritchie, M'Clachlan, hence to Havannah, was ashore 14th ult. in the bight of the Canal de Rosario (Cuba), bilged, and likely to become a wreck; part of cargo expected to be saved. CORK, APRIL 17.—Sld. St. Vincent, Sydney, New South Wales. Arrd. Caledonia, Rawlinson, Jamaica. Off, Janet Muir, Heim, west coast of Africa for Leith, with- guano; Woodpecker, Williams, Cuba for London. WATERFORD, Apmr. 18.—Sid. Eliza, Halifax ; Cornwallis, Dispatch, Don, and Thistle, Quebec ; Rotchford, Newfound land. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) DURHAM RACES.—Tuurt.snAY. The Craven Stakes of 10 Guineas each, with 20 added. One mile and a half. Mr. Banks' Inheritress, 4 yrs, Bst (Joy) 1 Sir R. W. Bulkeley's bin by Bay Middleton, 5 yrs, Bst 81b 2 Mr. Williamson's Dr. Husband, 3 yrs, fist 10Ib 3 Mr. Walker's The Nobbler, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b 4 Won by a neck after a good race. Nobbler broke down. The Maiden Plate of 50/. Heats, two miles. Mr. Heseltine's The Bashaw, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Buinby) 1 1 Mr. Osborn's bg by Slane out of Teresa, 3 yrs, ist 21b 4 2 Mr. Thompson's Whitney, aged, Bst 71b 3 4 Mr. Dawson's Dalesman, 3 yrs, 7st Mb Won easy. ' HAMBLEDON HUNT RACES.—THURSDAY. The Hambledon Hunt Club Stakes of 10 sovs. each, It ft, for 4 years, lOst 71b ; 5 yrs, llst 61b ; 6 yrs and aged, 12st ; thoroughbreds 141bs extra, once round, were won in two heats by Mr. J. H. Campbell's Somerset, aged (Owner), beating Mr. Bourke's Sir Walter, aged, and Lord Paget's horse, easily. Match, 100 guineas, h ft, Bst 71b each ; one mile.—Mr. King's ch c by Hornsea, dam by Southsayer, 3 yrs, received from Mr. Greig's b c by Merchant, dam by Actaeon, 3 yrs. The Stewards' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 10 added ; 3 years old, Bst 71b ; 4 yrs, 9st 51b ; 5 yrs, lOst ; 6 yrs and aged, lOst 51b.. The wimier to be sold for 50/. ; heats, one mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. King's bf by Physician, out of Dick's dam, 4 yis 1 1 Mr. Pitt's Jack Scroggins, 5 yrs Mr. C. DoiTien's Justice Greedy, 3 yrs 2 0 The following were not placed :—Mr. E. Hilliard's Kate Kearney, aged (h b); Mr. Legge's Mohawk, 5 yrs ; Mr. Sergeant's Rebecca, 3 yrs ; and Mr. Bourke's Launcelot, aged. Won easy. The Farmers'Cup, the second to receive 10 sovs., for 4 yrs old, lOst 4lb ; 5 yrs, list 61b 6 yrs and aged, 12st ' • winners 71bs extra, once round, was won in two heats by Mr. Mit chell's Jerry, 6 yrs, beating Mr. Judd's Courage, aged; Mr. Stares' Cameleon, and Mr. Taylor's Miss Emma, aged. Won cleverly. The Hack Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 101. added, 1 Ist each ; one mile heats. Winner to be sold for 25L Mr. C. Dorrien's in by Nonsense, 4 yrs Mr. Fitts' Jack Scroggins, 5 yrs 1 2 2 Three others started. The Hurdle Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 25 added, 12st each. Two miles and a distance, Gentlemen riders, were won by Capt. Delin's Reprobate ; beating Mr. Bonrke's Firefly, Capt. Poyntz's Rover, and two others. BURTON CONSTABLE HUNT RACES—THURSDAY. The Criterion Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, for three yrs olds and upwards. Gentlemen riders. Mile and three-quarters. (7 Subs.) Mr. Hobson's Insanity, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Francis) 1 Col. Thompson's Gib, 4 yrs, Bst 11Ib 2 Mr. Richardson's Orleans, 5 yrs, lOst 71b 6t04 on Gib, sto '2 agst Insanity. Won by a length, after a fine race. The Scurry Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 10 added, lOst 71b each. Heats, Half a mile. (7 Subs.) Mr. J. Milner's Beta, aged, 71bs extra ...(Holmes) 0 1 1 Mr. E. Baxter's Magna Charts, 7lbs extra 1 7 5 Mr. Clark's Maria, 5 yrs, 71bs extra Mr. Newton's Cripple Colonel Thompson's Nelson, 5 yrs 0 2 dr Mr. J. Whittaker's bm by St. Nicholas, 5 yrs 4 3 dr Mr. Maister's Paracelsus, aged, list The first heat was won by a neck, the second by half a length, and the third cleverly by nearly a length. The Atalanta Whip, given by the ladies, added to a Sweep stakes of 1 sov. each, for ladies' horses, list 71b each, and 5 Subs. ; once round and a distance, was won in a canter by CoL Thompson's Hamlet, aged (Mr. H. S. Thompson) beating his Nelson, Mr. Jordan's Grindale, and Mr. Richardson's Molly Bawn. The Farmers' Purse, with 10 sovs. added, once round and a distance, was won in two heats by Mr. Simpson'aAggravator, aged, (Mr. W. Wilson), beating Mr. J. White's Ranger, Mr. Skelton's Little Isaac, aged, and Mr. G. Loft's Le Grand, 6 yrs (fell), very easy. The Hack Stakes were won by Jenny Crow. MANCHESTER BETTING—FRIDAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. - 2 to 1 on The Ugly Buck. CHESTER CUP. 6 to 1 agst Bramble 25 to 1 agst Roscius 8 to 1 agst Pagan 25 to 1 agst Jamie Forest 12 to 1 agst Cattonite 30 to 1 agst Xanthus—t 12 to 1 agst Red Deer 10 to 1 agst Pharaoh—t 20 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn 1000 to 15 agst Newcourt 20 to 1 agst Nutwith The rest as before. ... 30 to 1 agst King of the Gipsies 30 to 1 agst lonian 40 to 1 agst Apprentice No other change. 3 to 1 agst Ratan 3 to 1 agst Ugly Buck—t 20 to 1 agst Leander 20 to 1 agst Campanero 25 to 1 agst Running Rein OAKS. 20 to 1 agst Assay 11 to 1 agst The Bee—t 12 to 1 agst Princess The following horses arrived at Newmarket on Friday : Lord Chesterfield's Tiddly Winks, Lord Maidstone's The Castor, Mr. Phillingham's Skeleton, and Duke of Richmond's Red Deer. The Great Mogul, Devil-to-pay, and Emma are en route. The Ugly Ruck and the Wadastra colt, and some of Lord Glasgow's, are expected to-morrow. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandise:— Week Total. Name of Railway. .E. s. d. ended April 13 Arbroath and Forfar ll7 11 6 13 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,476 14 0 12 Birmingham and Gloucester 2,229 6 4 Brandling Junction — 12 Chester and Birkenhead 558 8 7 16 Dublin and Kingstown 896 3 2 14 Dundee and Arbroath 222 0 1 13 Durham and Sunderland 322 7 3 13 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,209 6 10 14 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 4,474 11 7 13 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,334 3 0 13 Glasgow and Greenock 7ll 19 10 13 Grand Junction 7,607 0 9 13 Great North of England 1,518 6 0 14 Great Western 12 Liverpool and Manchester 13 London and Birmingham 18 London and Blackwall 774 13 4 13 London and Brighton 16 London and Croydon 18 London and Greenwich 758 9 10 14 London and South Western ....... 11 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 866 15 4 13 Manchester and Birmingham 3,425 13 0 13 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 6,533 7 6 13 Midland Counties 13 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,300 12 2 14 Newcastle and North Shields 378 11 10 13 North Midland 4,429 0 3 12 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,371 16 5 9 Paris and Orleans 5,418 0 0 15 Paris and Rouen 4,610 0 0 13 Preston and Wym 233 12 8 13 Sheffield and Manchester 792 18 5 18 South Eastern 13 Taff Vale 14 Ulster 707 0 11 13 York and North Midland COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (raom OD IL OWN CORRISPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. COWES, APRIL 19.—The general meeting of the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron will take place at the Thatched House Tavern, on Saturday, the 11th of May, when several candidates will be ballotted for as members. There are also eleven or twelve gentlemen proposed as honorary members. The other meetings are held at Cowes the second Friday in July, and the second Friday in August. There will be this year an additional meeting in September for the election of candidates ; this will be a great acquisition to gentlemen who may have purchased yachts, and feel desirous of entering the Squadron previous to proceeding up the Mediterranean during the winter season. The general impression is that there will be a brisk yacht ing season, and it bids fair to be the best on record. The Re gatta will take place in August ; and there will be two, if not three, cups given by the Royal Yacht Squadron, to be sailed for during that month, besides her Majesty's Cup of 100 guineas; the latter will be sailed for on her itoyal Highness the Duchess of Kent's birthday, the 17th August. The Noble Commodore, the Earl of Yarborough, is stop ping at the Club-house. His Lordship has derived great benefit in his health from the effects of the sea air. On Wednesday the Royal Yacht Squadron cutter, Flower of Yarrrow, again resumed her element from Mr. M. Ratsey's yard, where she had been hauled up and lengthened twelve feet amidship. The alteration has been made chiefly to afford greater accommodation for his Lordship family, &c. I'he Marquis of Conyngham has been frequently to and fro super i n tending the refitment. The intention of the Noble Marquis to have her converted into a schooner, for the pre sent, has been abandoned, and she will retain the same rig as before, with the exception that the spars have been lengthened in proportion. She is a splendid cutter, and now admeasures, 182 69-94 tons by old measurement, and N.M. 114 1716-3500 tons. The Ganymede, belonging to J. H. W. S. Pigott, Esq., was hauled up on Thursday in Mr. Ratsey's yard, for the purpose of having a thorough overhaul and refit. Colonel Petre's new cutter, the Osprey, of 59 26-94 0.M., and 41 3492-3500 tons N.M, will be launched at Gosport these spring tides ; and Mr. Hope's Zephyretta, of 180 tons, will be launched from the same yard during the next spt ing tides. Mr. Lyon's new schooner, building in London, is not yet named. The Marquis of Conyngham's new iron yacht, Seaflower, of 35 tons, is nearly ready for sea. The Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron's splendid yacht Kestrel, is to be hauled up on Hansen's patent slip early next month, to undergo extensive alterations. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Sir Richard and Lady Rycroft are entertaining Lord Yar borough and a party of fashionables at Oakhill House. Lady Isabella lilachford's establishment leave Osborn House this month, that her Majesty may have poSsession on the Ist of May. The following houses are let, but mostly for short periods : Egypt House, Gothic Hall, Beach Villa, Adelaide Villa, the 7th and Bth Cottages, Trafalgar House, the Small Pavilion, Oak Hill House, Nos. 1 and 2, Bath Buildings, Mr. Towns head's house on the South Parade, Grantham House, and severa l smaller ones. From the nu mbers applying for houses there is every prospect of an early and full season. 'Tis ex pected that eiSVPI4 of the new villas in East Cowes Park will be finished this summer; there gre many others in progress. The announced reduction of the number of her Majesty's Yeomen of the Guard, from one hundred to fifty, is, we hear, forthwith to take Riau, but no diminution of th e nu mber in the corps of her Majesty'? Hon. Corps of Gentle men-at -Arms, consisting of forty, is at present in contem plation. The pay of a gentleman-at-arms is, we believe, 7 per annum, - and that of a yeoman 9f the guard about aame most. ORLEANS AND BORDEAUX RAILWAY. (From the Railway Record.) It will be seen by our advertiiing columns that the Orleans and Bordeaux Company is fairly before the public. The Anglo-French Company, formed for obtaining the line from Orleans to Tours (under the impresSion that that section alone of the great line from Paris to the Spanish frontier, and upon which the Government works are nearly finished,would be proposed this year), profiting by a large excess of capital for that section, and encouraged by the very favourable terms offered to ,them by the Minister, have extended their tenth r so as to embrace the ninety additional leagues to Bor deaux. The whole length from Orleans to Bordeaux is 120 leagues, or 300 English miles. The first section, from Orleans to Tours (70 miles), might be opened to the public in the course of the summer of next year. This Company differs from most of the others hitherto pro jected in two or three important particulars. First, they are wholly independent of their bankers, either for supplying the caution-money required by the French Government, or any portion of their capital. In France, the bankers (as the chief projectors) rule the Companies : iu this case the Company governs the bankers, who are strictly their agents only in financial matters, and who are very much obliged to them for their custom both in Paris and the provincel. Secondly, the stock is fairly offered to the public at large, and ample time allowed for consideration and decision, with a certainty that impartial justice will be dealt out to all in the distribution of the shares. This contrasts honourably with the system of. subscription liSts, opened and closed within 48 hours, and no more shares to be had, except at a premium ! This latter system is sure to re-act upon a Company, and in a recent instance it is already beginning to be felt. Lastly, and not least in importance, this Company is based mainly upon the support of local influence in the composi tion of the French portion of its capital, and upon the names of sound, practical, commercial men, by which the Company is represented, as soundssionaires, or demandants of the lease of the line. Of the French party, one is a country banker, and Presi dent of the Tribune of Commerce of his city—a court which pronounces upon all suits and questions of a commercial na ture, and of which men only of the very first character for integrity and intelligence are chosen to the presidency by their fellow-citizens. The second is a member of an ancient and wealthy family, proprietors of extensive estates, large forests, and various minerals—himself the chief partner amongst them, and the manager, also, of two of the largest iron works in central France, in which none but the best and highest priced de scription of iron is produced. It will be readily seen that he must almost of necessity, be a good man of business. The English interests are most efficiently represented in the person of Mr. William Mackenzie, of 'Liverpool, whose well-known celebrity as the constructor of various extensive canal and railway works in Great Britain, has been further increased by the colossal works he has already executed, and has now on hand in France. The firm of which he is the head (Mackenzie and Brassey) constructed the whole of the works on the Paris and Rouen Railway, amounting to up wards of 1,000,0001., and finished them within two years, under considerable disadvantages from delays and obstruc tions to the more rapid progress which they would have made. They have contracts for works now on the Rouen and Havre line, to the extent of 600,0001. and upwards. They have undertaken to construct the whole of the works on the line from Lancaster to Carlisle, in conjunction with Mr. John Stephenson, of Derby, another first-class contractor, both as to capital and experience ; and they have, moreover, large interests in manufacturing concerns in England • and in France. The names of such representatives of a Company, corn billing, as they all do, ample means with great practical experience as men of business, and an intimate acquaintance with all that relates to railways, cannot fail to inspire public confidence in the soundness of this undertaking. Indeed, the large extent to which Mr. Mackenzie himself, and his friends and connections, are known to be interested, is a sufficient assurance upon that head. In good truth, under the present system the least productive of the French lines cannot be a bad investment ; but there are advantages pecu liar to this line which, we doubt not, will in due time be brought under the notice of those interested. We understand it is intended in this Company to have a Committee of Management, composed at first of four, and ultimately of six acting Directors, whe will reside at various points on this line, and devote the whole of their time to the daily superintendence of the affairs of the Company, subject to the supreme control of the General Board. The Directors, first ten, and ultimately sixteen in number, will be chosen in equal proportions from amongst the largest and most eligible shareholders, both in England and France. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From Me Votes and Proceedings of the House qj Commons.) FRIDAY, ♦PRIL 19. SUPPLY.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.) MAJORITY—AYES, 69. Motion made, and Question put, " That a sum not ex ceeding 13,5001., be granted to her Majesty, to defray the charge of the Civil Establishment of St. Helena, and of Pen! sions and Allowances to the Civil and Military Officers of the East India Company's late Establishment in that Island, to the 31st day of March, 1845 :" The Committee divided : Allix John Peter Forbes, William . Nich oll, Sir John Antrobus, Edmund Forman, T. Seaton O'Brien, A. S. Arkwright, George Gaskell, J. M. Peel, Jonathan Baird, William Gladstone, W. E. Plumptre, J. 1..17, Baring, W. B. Gladstone, J. N. Pringle, A. Bentinck, Lord G Godson, Richard Rashleigh, Wm. Blakemore, R. Graham, Sir James Rous, Hon. Captain Bolden), Henry G. sireenall, Peter Sanderson, R. Borthwick, Peter Hardinge, Sir H. Somerset, Lord G. Botfield, Beriah Harris, E. A. J. Stanley, Lord • Bruce, Lord Ernest Hayes, Sir E. Staunton, Sir d. T. thapman, Aaron Heathcote, Sir W. Stewart, John Chelsea, Viscount Hodgson, Richard Sutton, Henry M. Clerk, Sir George . Hope, Charles Trench, Sir F. W. t'live, R. H. • Hughes, W. B. Trevor, Hon. G. R. Coote, Sir C. Jerinyn, Lord Trotter, John Day, Hon. Henry • Kemble, Henry Wellesley,.Lord C. Cripps, W. Knatchbull, Sir E. Wood ColonelT. Dicianson, F. H. Lincoln, Earl of Wyndham Colonel Dougla4, Sir H. Lockhart, William Young, John Douglas, Sir C. M'Neill, Duncan East, James Buller Masterman, John Eliot, Lord Meynell, Captain Flower, Sir James Neville, Ralph TELLERS Fremantle Sir T. Baring, H. B. MINORITY-NOES, 23. Aglionby, H. A. Gisborne, Thomas Plumridge, Captain Aldam, William Hay, Sir A. L. Tattered, H. W Baring. F. T. Heathcoat, J. Thornely, Thomas Bowring, Dr. Heron, Sir R. Warburton ' H. Brothertou, J. Horsman, Edward Yorke, H. Redhead Browne, W. Marsland. H. Busfeild, W. Napier, Sir Charles TELLERS. Duncan, George O'Conor Don Hume, J. Forster, Matthew O'Ferrall, R. M. Williams, W. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That a sum not ex ceeding 7,565/.be granted to her Majesty, to defray the charge of the Colony of New Zealand, to the 31st day of March, 1845 :"—Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, " That a sun not exceeding 6,9651. be granted to her Majesty, to defray the charge of the Colony of New Zealand, to the 31st day of March, 1e,45 :" The Committee divided : _ MINORITY—AYES, 19. Berkeley, Hon. G. F Hawes, B. Wakley, Thomas Bewring, Dr. Hindley, Charles Warburton Henry Brotherton, J. alarsland, H. Williams, 'W. Evans, William Napier, Sir Charles Gibson, T. 111. Plumridge, Captain TELLEas. Gisborne,%Thomas Smith, 11Vernon Mole, Joseph Gill, Thomas Stock, Sergeant Roebuck, J. A. Hatton Captain Talbot, C. M. R. MAJORITY—NOES, 80. Aglionby, H. A. Gladstone, Captain Plumptre, J. P. Max, John Peter Godson, Richard Pringle, Alexander Arkwright, George Gordon, Captain Rashleigh, Wm. Baring, Hon. W. B Graham, Sir J. ' Rendlesham, Lord Baring, F. T. Greena , l, Peter Rous, Captain Bentinck.' Lord 0. Hamilton , Lord C. Russell, J. D. Watts Boldero, H. G. Hardinge, Sir H. Sandon, Viscount Botfield, Beriah Harris , E. A. J. Seymour, Sir H. Broadley, Henry Hayes, Sir E. Sibthorp, Colonel Bruce, Lord E. Heathcote, Sir W. Somerset, Lord U. Brup,es, W. H. L. Herbert, Sydney Stanley, Lord Chelsea, Lord Hodgson, R. Staunton, Sir G. Clerk, Sir George Jermy n , Earl) Stewart, John Clive, R. H. Kemble, Henry • Stuart, Villiers Corry, Henry Kbatchbull; Sir E. Stu art, Henry M. Cripps, William Knight , H. G. Sutton,H. Davies, D. A. S Lincoln, Earl of Trench, Sir Frederick Dickinson. F. H. Lockhart, William Trevor, Hon. It Douglas, Sir C. E. M'Neill, Duncan Trotter, J. Thomas East, James Buller Manners , Lord J. Vesey, Hon Lord . Eliot, Lord Maskennan, John Wellesley, C. Estcourt, I'. G. B. Meyncil, H. Wood, Colonel T. Flower, Sir James Morris, David Yorke, R. H. Forbes,William Neville, Ralph Young, John Forman, T. S. O'Brien A. S'afford Gardner, J. D. Palmer, George TELLERS. Gaskell, James Milne Peel, Sir Robert Fremantle, Sir T. Gladstone, W. E. Peel, Jonathan Baring, H. SALAR I ES OF TIT II MINISTERS OF STATE AND THE JUDGES.—The following is a return of the salaries of the Ministers of State and of the Judges :—First Lord of the Treasury (Premier), 6,0001. per annum ; Secretary. of State for the Home Department, 5,000/. ; ditto for Foreign Affairs, 5,000/. • ditto for the Colonies, 5,000/. ; he Chancellor of the Exchequer, 5,000/. ; First Lord of the Admiralty, 4,500/. ; President of the Board of Control, 3,500/. ; ditto Board of Trade, 2,000/. ; Secretary-at-War , 2,580/. • Lord ('resident of the Council, 2,000 /. ; Lo rd Priv y Seal, 2,000 L ; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 4,000/. ; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 20,000/. ; Secretary of State for Ireland, 5,500/. • Paymaster-General and Treasurer of the Navy, 3,000/. ; Master-General of the Ordnance, 3,500/. ; Postmaster-General, 2,500/. ; Master of the Mint, 2,000/. ' • Master of the Horse, 2,000/. ; Judge Advocate-Ge neral, 2,000/. ; ;Commander-in-Chief of the Army, 3,460/. per annum. Salaries of the Law Officers—Lord High Chancellor of England, 14,000/. • Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 8,0001. Master of the Rolls, 7400/. ; Chief Vice-Chancellor of England, 6,000/. ; the other Vice-Chancellors, 5,000/. ; Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Dench, 8,100/. the other judges, 5,0001. ; Lord Chief Justice of the COurt o: Common Pleas, 8,000/. ; the other judges of ditto, 5,000/. Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 7,0001. ; the other barons 5,0001. to 5,500/. each; the Attorney-General, 5,5001.; Solicitor-General, 1,5001. per annum. DARING ROBBERIES IN THE STRAND.—The pre valence of robberies in the Strand, by women of the town, who are continually stopping and annoying passengers, calls for the most vigilant watch. About eleven o'clock on Thurs day evening, as Mr. Charles Robinson, a young gentleman; residing at 27, Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital, was pass ing along the Strand, near to Surrey-street, he was accosted by a female, who importuned him to accompany her home. The young man, who has the misfortune to have a dreadful impediment in his speech,which prevents him commencing a word for full a minute, attempted to push on and deny her ; but when at the top of Surrey-street, she pulled him down, and in a moment took from his pocket a canvas bag, contain ing 461., viz., four 5/. notes, and twenty-six sovereigns, which he had received from an agent in Idol-lane. She directly ran off, and when the young man attempted to follow her, a man stopped him, and said he was sorry for the robbery, but he would do his best to discover the thief, and asked if he knew the number of the notes ? The young man was much pleased at his kindness, and they went together to the person in Idol-lane, whom Mr. Robinson had received the money from, and who was agent of his father, where it was fir,t suspected that his companion was in the plot from his attempt to stop the prosecutor in pursuit. Giving no name or direc tion, he was given into the custody of the City police, where he now remains. On the same night, as Mr. Finlayson, clerk in the National Debt. office, Old Jewry-, was passing Charing-cross to the Strand, several women of the town gathered round him, and in a moment his watch guard was cut, mi a his gold chain and watch, valued at 8/., as well as his purse add moncy,_ were gone. Ile seized one woman, and held her, but a fellow who was in the plan came behind him, pinioned his arms, and thus forced him to let the female go. She ran off up Cockspur-street, and got away before the police could get hold of her. Mr. Finlayson knocked the fellow down who held him, and he was taken into custody. The Poor-law Commissioners have appointed Co lonel Thomas Francis Wade, to be an Assistant Commissioner •• • Francis Wade, of Poorlawl, BRISTOL , SUGAR MARKET, APRIL IY.—We 4re what.altgration, Itmgalea are, chiefly still almost without supply of west Sugar in the market, yet' them is very little demand, the trade waiting to know i i f ea a y ny co , nfined tionaudbeohilitt,h2eoodutiebsagtshißs macl former prices. Bengal THE REVENUE. The balance-sheet of the years revenue is hi rome respects satisfactory: When we remember the tremendous " excess of expenditure over income"—an excess of more than four millions=which stared us - in the face in the beginning of 1843, it is certainly with some relief that we turn to the gratifying "excess of income • over expenditure" to the amount of 2,095,4271., which closes the public accounts in April; 18-14. We have at least weathered a Very ugly point that was stretching ahead of ns, and we are under no imme diate apprehensions of finding ourselves hard aground. At the same time "deest aliquid o&lectationi nostrx ;" in the brightest sky there is apt to be - a flying cloud; and now that we are fairly on our legs again, we cannot help looking with some little impatience at a certain very ungainly and incon venient crutch by which in our more infirm days we con trived to preserve our perpendicular. The neat oblong packet Of paper which contains the return of our "net public re venue" puts us in mind of another morevexa:ious document of somewhat similar proportions demanding more peremp torily to be informed of our "net private income , " and hinting delicately, but not at all am bi guous ly, a t ie ill-omened contingency of a twenty pound fine and treble duty in default of a speedy answer. Need we say how anxiously we have scanned each item of the balance-sheet in the vain hope of lighting upon one whose elastic increase promised to supersede the necessity of the income-tax ? We are now nearer the end than thd beginning of the three years which we bargained for. We are in sight of the goal which the Premier held before our eyes on the first imposition of this very unpopular impost, and are beginning to pant for our liberty. But we perceive, with no ordinary apprehension, that the unseemly monster, on its extinction, will leave a gap of no less than 0,356,888/. in the national receipts. From what quarter is this to be supplied ? Our income, we have said, has this year exceeded our expenditure by two millions ; this is some help towards the desired operation. Mr. Goulburn promises us'the gain of another half million from his reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Here is another and no inconsiderable assistance. But upwards of two millions and a half still remain to be supplied—a stiff and unmanageable sum ; and strain as we will, we can de teat in the other items of revenue but little appearance of that expansive power by which this two millions and a half is to be annually raised. We turn first to the Customs — the great source of -receipt. We long to see the promised effects of . lowering duties in raising • revenue. Sir Robert Peel, it is true was not quack enough to promise us that immediate effect from his reduced tariff: But such promises there were, and promises there still are to the same effect, if we will but "carry out the principle." What do we behold? Alas, instead of the rapid rise which we were encouraged to hope by the politico economical enthusi • asts, a steady and uniform decline. What was nineteen mil lions and a half in Octobers 1842, has sunk to a little more than eighteen millions and a half in October; 1843, and is now a little less than that sum in April, 1844. The best that can be said is, that the downward progress is not so fast as it was. We may hope that we are near the bottom of the hill, where, we may at least jog along without disturbance. We need hardly say, that this natural consequence is no sound argument against reduction of duty.. But it is a dis appointment to any hopes of revenue which we may have been encouraged to form from the Customs' department of revenue, and affords little comfort to a mind distracted by the apprehenSion of a prolonged income-tax. The unro mantic "taxes" preserve their dead level. Nobody expected anything better of them. Stamps are buoyant. Improving times have brought with them bargains and settlements, and have added half a million to the national revenue. But we fear that the most imaginative financier will hardly expect from that quarter a substitute for the expiring five millions. The Post-office revenue (hen quan:um mutates) exhibits an insignificant rise of some 30 or 40 thousand pounds in lieu of fulfilling the bold aspirations of Mr. Rowland Hill. All that art can do has been done. The corresponding public has been, or is to be, tried with pink Queen's heads, and scarlet Queen's heads, and blue Queen's heads, and Queen's heads with plaster behind them, and stamped envelopes, and stamped letter-paper—every artistic blandishment has been put in practice to attract to the Queen's Post-office the pennies and twopences of her liege subjects; but, alas, the public appears to have made up its mind how many letters it wishes to write, and to be impenetrable to any further allurement from St. Martin's-le-Grand. An improvement there is, no doubt, and that improvement will probably con tinue, but in so sober and ordinary a way as to forbid all the e e n sei fi lt ir some tim e . The enthusiastic reliance on our countrymen's still latent propen sities for letter-writing. Mr. Rowland Hill is certainly not Purpose. The Excise has s r h p e r reouvrefueausisexiarmger c re turn before us exceeds by nearly a million a n d a h a lf th e net amount of duty for the preceding year. Thi s i s hi g hl y ai ran f i o t r satisfactory ; this branch of the revenue, as we have often occasion to remark, being the one which may be taken as the clearest index of reviving prosperity and increas ing comfort among the operatives. But satisfactory as it may be, it hardly Promises to satisfy our present requirement. And thus we remain in perplexity. Ministry as yet give no sign ; the Revenue tables afford little consola tion ; and we have only to comfort our failing hearts by the recollection of the hopes with which the Premier gilded his pill two years ago. The prospect is not encouraging. But it is time we should know the worst, and be informed whe ther 'Sir Robert Peel intends us to have a fresh deficit, or a continued income-tax, or whether he has some hitherto un imagined device in store, which will preserve us both from one and the other misfortune. Meanwhile, as statistics are the order of the day, we may perhaps be allowed to suggest a hope that the extremely valuable information that ought to be deducible from the income-tax returns, will not be lost to the public. At present we barely know that the tax has produced about 5,000,0001., and, consequently, that the ag gregate of English incomes exceeding 150/. amounts to about 170,000,000/. But it is plain that. a mass of the most vain • able facts respecting the distribution of this money among the different classes of society- must be in the hands of the Commissioners, and must be producible without breach of confidence. Points may be suggested in which the informa tion would be imperfect or deceptive ; but, with all its de fects, it might furnish a groundwork ter a more accurate es timation of the nature and distribution of national wealth . ' than has ever been known in this or any other co untry• ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF GLASS.—The manu facturers of flint glass have agreed to a hat of prices, which has been published, and came into force on the 15th instant. The increase in the price is from 20 to 30 per cent. We be lieve the article has been sold for a long time at a ruinously low price, but whether the present advance can be obtained time only can tell. We have reason to know that the revered bishop and clergy of the united diocese of Waterford and Lismore— ever foremost in the cause of their country—have deter mined on taking the initiative in that agitation to which the Sentence of incarceration against O'Connell will impart re doubled vigour and determination. At the earliest possible moment after the news arrives of the sentence being carried into effect, the clergy, h ea d e d b y th e i r v enerated diocesan, the Right Rev. Dr. Foran, will assemble to petition the Queen against the impolicy and cruelty of the proceeding. It has been resolved also that on the same occasion the re newed subscriptions of both bishop and clergy will be for warded to the Repeal Association. This noble example, it i 3 needless to say, will be followed universally throughout the other dioceses of Ireland —Dublin Pilot. NOVEL EMPLOYMENT FOR CLERGYMEN.—We have heard of sailors turning clergymen, and of a ci-devant Lieute nant of the Navy becoming an Archbishop ; we have heard, too, of clergymen becoming farmers, hucksters, horsedealers, magistrates, diseount brokers, mining speculators, and en gaging in other money -making occupations; but it was re served for the new Earl of Lonsdale to discover that they are also qualified to perform some of the duties of retired ship • masters. The Noble Earl has appointed the Rev. Henry Lowther and the Rev. John Jenkins, Trustees of the Town and Harbour of Whitehaven, an office in which we presume they will have to look after the shipping of Whitehaven, see that the moorings are in good condition, that the regulations for putting out lights and fires are strictly observed, and that each vessel be properly. secured without interrupting the passages. The Noble Earl has got something from the Mi nistry, and he pn bably contemplates giving them something in return or securing something for liiingelf. The Rev. Henry Lowther and the Rev. John Jenkins are faithful friends and servants of their patron ; and they will use all the influence he has been able to confer on them, to keep in the hands of 'the Earl, and at the service of the Tories, the representation of the independent borough of Whitehaven. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—Exeter must now be considered a railway town, as a locomotive engine has this week, for the first time, made its appearance within that ancient capital of the West of England. On Wednesday last, the 17th instant, the first complete passage of an engine from the present terminus-of the railway at Beambridge to the new station at Exeter took place, the engine conveying Mr. Brunel, the engineer in chief, Mr. Fripp, one of the Di rectors, and several of the assistant engineers, with Mr. Bennett, the contractor for the permanent way, on whose account the engine was engaged for the conveyance of timber and other materials down the line. The arrival of the en gine was hailed with much interest by the Exonians, hun dreds of whom were assembled to witness this novel visitor. In a few days this will become an ordinary sight, as no doubt is entertained that the public opening of the line will take place on the Ist May, as fi4ed and there will then (with the exception of a slight break between Bristol and Glouces ter, which will be completed in the course of a few weeks) be an unbroken railway communication from Exeter to New castle-on -Tyne, a distance of upwards of 300 miles !—Rail- way Record. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—BENEDICT'S OPERA OF THE " BRIDE OF VENICE." --A general rehearsal of this long expected work took place last night, and from the impression me produced on the amateur s, there can be no doubt of its com plete success. It is not t he time to enter into a detailed no tice of the opera, but we may, without indiscretion, state that the g general character relofthat lt c gliotadlityy, and that the ac companimentsthat might be expected from Mr. Benedict's learning but, at the same time, are not overloaded and heavy. Mrs. Shaw, Miss Ro mer, and Mr. Harrison, have each some charming scenas and airs. The choral dep artment is ver y f ull. The finale of the first act is full of animation, and a chorus of women, somewhat in the madrigal style, will be very effective. As for the stage business, it is of a novel and striking nature. The Venetian scenery may be imagined, but there is a double - stage effect, as the last scene is of a most complicated and extraordinary kind. CAMILLO SIVORI'S CONCERTe"-This celebrated violinist gave a morning concert yesterday at the Hanover square Rooms, and met with a most rapturous reception. He never played more finely. The certainty of his intonation and the delicate finish of his execution seemed to electrify the members of the orchestra as much as the company. He executed the first movement of Paganini's concerto of tre mendous difficulty, the prayer from Mose, on the fourth string, with variations, and the " Carnival de Venise.” Ig all these pieces he displayell varies} PAWM iyaS tteinen , : iibesly cbeered; 1%0'6 was an excellent orchestra, con ducted by Tolbeoque. The vocalists were Miss S. Novello, Miss E. Lucombe, Bfadlle. Frassi, and Mr. Weiss ; but there was nothing remarkable in the selection. Madlle. Frassi sang fearfully out of tune, but that appears to be regardedrereas a beauty in these days. Miss Day executed with nt Weber's concert Stuck, but it is a work which overtaxed her powers. The Lappiptpr and Carli,skt Tiallvvz- t y ly4s resit a sepopffLitre last p gIIt in the Itense of r t ords, TO-1110ITOW being the first Sunday in Term, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and • Corporation, will go in state to . St. Paul's to meet the judges, sergeants, and counsel, IN the a sermon Will be preached by the Lore Bishop of Loudon. Service will commence at a quarter before three o'clock. RAILWAY NOTABILIA. (From the Railway Record.) Several new lines are projected in Ireland—among other 2, one from Wexford to Carlow, another from Portadown to Monaghan, and a third from Dublin to 3lullingar. • The Edinburgh Record, in referring to the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven Railway, says :—" Workmen have commenced to open the communication betweeu the Drift, tunnel, which has been carried through the foot of Scotland street to the markets, and the ground set apart for the station of the railway. Captain Kelly assumes the post of Chairman of the London and Brighton Railway Company, in the room of Mr. Par sons, who, as announced at the last meeting, has retired alto gether from the Board. Mr. Nash is Deputy. The Hunts Bank Connection Railway will, it is said, be ready for opening on the Ist of next month. A railway &Om Gloucester to Fishguard is projected, at a cast of twu millions and a half. A ready communication with the south of Ireland is the basis of the scheme. The Great Western Company are said to be active in promoting it. It is stated by the Curnarron Herald, "on authority de rived immediately by a magistrate of the county from the Commissioners of 'Woods and Forests," that the existing Menai bridge is to be tried for the purpose of railway transit, and that only in the event of probable injury to the structure, or interference with the common-road traffic, will a new bridge be required. It was officially announced by Mr. Hudson, at the late meeting of the Company, that the Newcastle and Darlington Railway would be opened on the 18th of June. A railway between Tavistock and Plymbuth is talked of. It is said that the Duke of Bedford has promised great en couragement to the scheme. In two days in' Easter week no fewer than 24,000 persons were carried on the Manchester and Leeds Railway. It is reported to be the intention of the Great Wcstern Company, in consequence of the defeat. of their proposed Newbury branch, to run fast coaches between Reading and Newbury. A line of steamers is. about to be put on between Bristol and Newport, in connection with the Great Western Railway. A vessel will ply each way . daily. A Newcattla journalist is speculating upon the results of the present railway movement, whereby, " in the course of two or three years, persons will be enabled to leave New castle-upon-Tyne in the mornin e , r. and dine at Aberdeen, or even Inverness, the same day." We hope it may be so. The-Directors of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway have offered a premium of 20/..for the " best and most eco nomical . plan of engine suited for the hoist about 'to be erected in the No. 14 arch at the Store-street station, Man chester. The second best plan to be entitled to 101.. The plans are to be sent to the Secretary before' the 30th inst. The Great Western Railway have it bi contemplation to form a branch line to extend to Frome and Warminster, em bracing the towns of Milsham, Bradford, and Ironbridge. A line for the three last named towns was provided fur in their original Act of Parliament. PROBABLE REDUCTION OF THE TEA AND SUGAR DUTIES. We were yesterday favoured with the following extract from a London broker, to 'a gentleman of this town, dated London, April 17 • " I suppose you have heard 'that Lord Sandon told Mr. M'Fee, of Glasgow, that an alteration in sugar and tea was decided upon, but he did not know the extent ?" We know not what foundation there may be for this, but there is a very general belief amongst commercial men here that something of the kind is intended.—Liverpool Mercury. SUICIDE OF AN AMERICAN MERCHANT. Last evening a long inquiry , took place at the Horse and Groom, Castle-street, Leicester-square, before Mr. Higgs, concerning the death of Joseph Shniani, aged twenty-six, an American merchant. William Nind, proprietor of Pagliano's Hotel, No. 30, Lei cester-square, said that the deceased had lodged in his house for the last six weeks. He represented himself as an American merchant, lately arrived from Italy, and about to proceed to New York. Not being able to liquidate the de mand witness had upon him, deceased made an engagement to meet him that morning (Friday) with his friend Mr. Rosselli, who, he stated, would become guarantee for the amount. Witness found that, at the appointed time, deceased had not risen from bed, and he waited a short time expecting him to make his appearance; but shortly after twelve o'clock sent one of the waiters up to call him. The door was locked, and upon forcing it open, the deceased was seen lying upon the floor alive, but bleeding from a large wound in the throat. He died in about an hour. On the previous day witness told him that he could not remain any longer in the house, upon which deceased asked to be allowed to get some letters from his desk, which he stated were were of great im portance ; and he then took from the drawer a packet of letters, addressed to Mr. Roselli, Mincing-lane, City. The day of his death (Friday) witness received the following letter, which deceased had evidently written the previous day—it was written in French : I pray you to send to Mr. Rosselli, Mincing-lane, my writing-desk, and the two parcels addressed ~ 40 him. I kill myself, because lam tired of living. I have prayed to God and the most holy mother that they might take from me those thoughts, but my prayers have had no effect. It seems that that should be my destiny. Before dying I have re pented with all my heart of all my faults, and I hope in the mercy of God that my soul may be saved.. Pray for me.— I am, &c. " SIMIANI." Witness found a note addressed to him, in which deceased stated " that he owed him something ; that he (witness) was master of all his effects ; but that he was sorry there was not sufficient recompense for his trouble." From a peculiar wild ness of the eye witness had observed in deceased, he consi dered that his mind was affected. He (deceased) was in the habit of uttering the most ridiculous falsehoods, indeed, such as no person could believe. From his habits; witness had no doubt that deceased was a gentleman of education. He was latterly in pecuniary difficulties; but when he had money he was very improvident. Mr. A. Roselli, jun., merchant, of Mincing-lane, City, said that he had for a long time past transacted business with the deceased and his father. He had heard deceased say several times lately that he was mad; and, in witness's opinion, his mind was not in a perfectly sound state. His skull was severely fractured by a fall from his horse about nine years agn. The following is a ti anslation of the letter he wrote to witness "You will be astonished to hear the resolution I have taken, but lam tired of living. I have known this world long enough; but I hope to enjoy mirth and tranquillity in the next. As I have not in London a better friend than you, I beg you to send the inclosed letters to their addresses. S-nd my desk to Leghorn. .No ; upon second thoughts, you had better keep it. " SIMIANI. ' Deceased ofien told him that he was connected with the house of Baring, but witness did not believe him, and thought his mind was wandering. Amongst the addresses on the letters found were the following :—" Messrs. Claude, Clerc, and Co., Marseilles ;" and " Mr. F. Richards, 25, Walter street, New . Vork.." Thomas Blunt, the waiter, said that he found the razor with which deceased had inflicted the wound secreted under the bed. Verdict—" Temporary insanity." JURISDICTION OF TIIE CORONER FOR THE DUCHY or LANcAsitß.—On Thursday afternoon Mr. Higgs, the Coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, appointed an inquest to be held at the Cock Foresters, near Barnet, on the body of Robert Trigg, aged forty-eight. The Duchy of Lancas. ter embraces a most extensive tract of land in London, and several parts of the environs. It includes all that was for merly Enfield-chase, from near Barnet to Enfield, and southward to Edmonton. The precinct of the Savoy, in the Strand, is also within its jurisdiction, as well as a great part of Clapham-common, and some of the Wandsworth road. Upon the jury assembling at the Cock Foresters, it was found that the room in which the inquest was to be held was out of the duchy, and in the county, and an ad journment to , some other place became necessary. An adjoining coachhouso was the only convenient place near at hand, and in this unusual place the inquiry was gone into. It appeared by the evidence that the deceased was a farm la bourer, and on Tuesday, he with other men, had been en gaged in carting timber on a truck drawn by three horses. As they were returning home, in the evening, near Trent Park Lodge, three men were riding in the truck, deceased was sit ting on the pole in front, and a lad was driving the horses. The deceased was asked to get up in front, and while in the act of doing so the pole of the carriage jerked him off, and he fell down backwards. The horses were stopped, but the wheels grazed against the right side of his head, and he bled most profusely. Surgeons were sent for, but they did not arrive for three-quarters of an hour after his death, he having ex pired very shortly after the accident. All the party were quite sober, and there had been no quarrelling. N erdict, " Accidental death, with a deodand of Is. on the wheel." FATAL ACCIDENT FROM A STEAMBOAT: Last evening Mr. Hayne held an inquest in the St. Magnus vestry-room, London-bridge, on the body of J. W. Foster, aged twenty-four, late money-taker on board the Fairy Wool wich steam-bort. It appeared in evidence, that at nine o'clock on Easter Monday evening, the boat arrived crowded with passengers at the Old Shades pier, and a gangway was made from the after part of the deck on to the dumb-lighter pier. Deceased was seen at the time on the ganway plank, and whilst they were mooring the vessel close to from an gangway.from the fore part of the deck, a splash was heard in the water, and a cry of " a man overboard" was raised. Deceased was immediately missed, but though lights were held over the spot where it was supposed deceased had fallen, nothing could be seen of him. Drags were imme diately put out, but the body could not be found. It was not found until yesterdf:y morning, when it was discovered by a lighterman floating in the water, close to the side of the Lon don-bridge wharf. The money he had taken on Easter Mon day, amounting to 121. 18s 9d., was found on his person. As no one actually saw him fall into the water, the jury returned an open verdict of—Found drowned. MR. W. FARREN.—It is with great • pleasure we call attention to the notice that this distinguished comedian has so far recovered from his alarming illness as to be able to resume his professional duties on Monday next. He will appear as Sir Peter Teazle in the School for Scandal. Mrs. Bailey, with her only child, a boy about nine years of age, has recently sailed in the Royal Saxon for New South Wales, to join her husband, the Rev. William Bailey, who, it will be remembered, was sentenced to be transported for life, for forgeries committed under very aggravated cir cumstances, with intent to defraud the executors of a de ceased member of his congregation. Mrs. Bailey carries out with her to the colony letters of recommendation from many influential individuals, who have kindly interested them selves in her behalf. This unfortunate and amiable lady is a grand-daughter of the late Rev, William Jones, of ray land, so well known by his 0 Catholic Doctrine of a Trinity proved," and other highly-esteemed works. Mrs. Bailey is herself an authoress, and has published sever al volumes of poems ; amongst them are " Palmyra," " The Months," and "Mum Sacm, containing original hymns and translations from the Latin and Italian poets,—geral, ATTEMPTVP SVICIfof IN AISTATION.HOUSE.—YeS terday, amongst the night *charges at Marylebone Police Court, connected with the S division, was one preferred against a man named George Arnold, for having stolen some saws and other carpenters' tools. Mr. Inspector Aggs ad dressed the Magistrate, Mr. Long, in reference to this case, and stated that the accused was taken to the stationtlniw, a t Kentish-town, on the previous welling about Dine o'clock ; in a few minutes after he was loalyd up, hp (tile Inspector) pr, in ciritdP i;fnoise l entered- the cell, when l w 4441 w unfortunate in4n sitting on the floor with his head res ting against thewall ;he was bleeding from two deep and j a gged wounds In his throat, and asl a i s ar ly p in d g es t s v er i t ii k s n s i i f d e e with , w hich he had inflicted the injury , w . The wou nds were dressed by Dr. llollands, who was promptly in attendance, and the sufferer was su bsequ , en w tl i ir e onveyefl in a coach to the University College Hospital mains in a very alarming condition it e e . 41) 11 .Y W: 7 regret that the ipsppetor made l d r l se t d ve i r l 3 l , 4 , 1 . 144•410:gi60w his intention of completing his object whenever en opportunity might offer, searchedbut prior to the key being turned upon him ' at Ile was no knife was then found, and he must therefore have had the instrument secreted beneath some bandages upon his left • arm, which had recently been broken • he alleged Wit lie • had no home, and that 1 1. e n s 0 ,4 - dialf63. . • was remanclecL LITERATURE. CHURCH OF'ENGLAND QUARTERLY RE= VIEW. Ao..XXX. Painter, London, 1844. The " History of the Wars of, the Fronde," a work lately published by the Count de St. Aulaire, French Ambassador at the Court of St. James's, forms the subject of a hasty and slight, but amusing notice in the present number of this journal. The Reviewer warmly insists on the childishnes and want of faith and sincerity that characterises the majority of those those who took part in those wars, and with justice ; for there was scarcely a man among them all who . knew or cared what he was fighting about; even the Court party, with Anne of Austria and the wiry Car-. dinal Mazarin at their head, who might have been supposed to •be terribly in earnest in their efforts to retain possession of their despotic authority, were con stantly changing their views, shifting their ground of attack, and giving way to their apprehensions; while,. as regards the heads of the movement party, they were found changing sides, with unparalled expedition and effrontery—one day fighting in the foremost ranks of the Frondeurs, the next offiring their swords to The Court, as in' the case of • the Prince de Conde—a sort of privileged turn-coat, who sided with either party, just as suited his whim, his interest, or his conveni ence. In all the voluminous records of ancient or modern history, there is no chapter so absurd, so rife with the materials of the richest farce, es that which relates to the wars of the Fronde. In the notice of "Doctor Bloomfield's Thucydides " there is not much critical comment of value, but we find instead a biographical sketch of the great Greek historian, together with a rapid summary of his cha racter as a man and as a writer. This summary is well digested in point of matter, and is full of truth, especially the following remark :—" Thucydides as certained his facts correctly, and threw his own ar dour into the scene by making himself an actor in it, and thinking how he should have spoken and acted under similar circumstances. q his he did without at all falsifying history, though the words may net be the very words used on the occasion, for the character of the speaker, as well its the actual state of things and the results, - are all scrupulously attended to." The "Reformation 'Unavoidable" is a difficult and complicated subject, treated wk h temper, and with more fairness than we should have expected. "Doc tor Hookwell " is a notice of a relig:ous novel, pub lished a few months since, and which is more remark able for its zeal than its ability. We quote from the article on the Fronde someatnusing details connected with the Prince de Conde : " It was characteristic enough of Mazarin, that while Paris was in this condition, and the Parliament had ordered the Princes to be restored to freedom, he him self hastened to Havre, to give liberty to Conde and his brother,‘ as though the boon came from the Cardinal, and not from the people and Parliament. The wily Minister employed every means to acquire the friendship and co-operation of the man he had betrayed ; but the latter had present thoughts but for his triumph ; he hurried from Havre, leaving the Cardinal to seek a refuge in sonic one of the fortified towns of the king dom, and entering Paris like a conqueror, he repaired to the palace, to manifest his joyful respects to the Queen, as she lay, pale, haggard, and enraged, in bed. The people, no less volatile than the Prince, cheered him on his return to freedom, even as they had cheered when he was dragged to captivity. The power of his house be came greater than ever. Mazarin was an exile ; the Queen without influence ; and the Parliament despised. The nobility rejoiced in the triumph of the Prince, as a triumph belonging to their order ; and there is no doubt that this was the period when the suggestion was first whispered into Condes ear to seize upon the person of the King, who was yet a minor, and so possess himself of sovereign and supreme authority. And now, too, it was that the French clergy, in a body, first openly espoused the cause of the nobility against the Parlia ment and people ; and the opposing factions were the burgesses and magistracy against the aristocracy and the Church. The nobles, confident in their position, so little respected the power of the Great Chamber, that, on the latter remonstrating against the factious union opposed to them, the chiefs of the aristocracy threatened to pro ceed to the Parliament, and fling the President and his son into the.river ! In this struggle, however, the legal authorities remained victorious ; for Conde, after re maining neutral for a time, gave them the advantages of his secret co-operation ; and out of the intrigues which followed, but which we have not time to narrate, the Queen, the Cardinal, and Conde himself, rose to power and authority. But it was again the fate of the last to be betrayed, and that by [the Queen, who hated and feared him, and who did not rest till he was again a pro scribed and flying enemy. His terror was so great, that, at the head of a body of armed men, he fled at early dawn, before a corps of pursuers, which daylight re vealed to be nothing but a number of old women and children going to market on high trotting donkeys ! After partaking for a while of the gaieties of St. Maur, and leaving Gondi in Paris, plotting against him in per son, where an air of sanctity and the society of the clergy by day were exchanged by this licentious priest for drunken orgies and the company of his mistresses by night, Conde took heart at length, and boldly returned to the capital to overcome his enemies in general, and Gondi, who was moving the Frondeurs and the Parlia ment against him, in particular. These two foes met in that assembly, flung reproaches and invectives at each other day after day, and excited such universal interest, that four thousand citizens escorted the. public mistress of their Archbishop, for such Gondi now was, on her way to hear the debates that concerned her lover and the Prince." The ROYAL FAMILY of HANOVER. (From the Liverpool Journal.) A young gentleman from Liverpool, who has been residing for some time back at Hanover, has furnished us with the following interesting particulars of the domestic life of the King of llanover and his family, —being a continuation of a paper on the same sub ject which appeared in the Journal a couple of months since : • More gossip from Hanover—The English Church—Little known about it—Strange observances—Diplomatic indig nation and Royal resentment—Appearance of the whilom Duke of Cumberland —Interesting particulars of the Crown Prince—Affecting deportment of himself and father at the Sacrament—Laxity of the King in high Church observances—Dancing and amusements on a Sun day at Court—Popularity of the English language at Court, and the reason of it—Little respects shown to the ex-Grand Master of Orangemen—Attachment of all classes to the Crown Prince—Scarcity of English residents at Hanover—Pranks of John Bull, and consequent estimate of the British character by the natives—Tyranny of fashion in England, and the ridicule it provokes on the Continent—Word of advice to Cockney tourists. Of the 30,000 inhabitants of Hanover, who, mind ful of their business, and caring much more for their pipes and their beer than for the million creeds which are tearing this poor world to tatters, there are not fifty who suspect for an instant, that in the heart of their city, and in the palace of their king, there is performed every Sunday, by an English chap lain, the service of the Church of England. Though naturally open as the day, and as much ex posed to be known as is possible in a country where there is no press, yet, in speaking to a native upon the subject, it is difficult to make him believe that there is such a thing as this hidden church in exis tence. A few words about this mysterious institution and its upholders, may not prove totally uninteresting. On becoming monarch of the realm of Hanover, Ernest Augustus did not resume the religion of his famed ancestors, the elder Electors, but retained that of his father, the King's : and, accordingly, as, after the fatigues of Government, lie must needs pray in the good old English popery-hating fashion, it was necessary he should have a suitable place to pray in. But from the small number of his country men who honoured his capital with their residence, it would not be worth while to build a church for his sole Royal use ; and he was, therefore, necessitated to put up with the same excuse for one that had been used by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at the time the Royal dining-out Duke was viceroy ; and also to order, from the Archbishop of Can terbury, a special minister for his chaplain. This said building is, as I have already stated, in the King's palace. On entering, one passes by a pair of sentinels, whiskered, musketed, and moustached, in the most approved Prussian manner, and who con stantly greet one with the greatest astonishment at seeing so many foreign-looking people en tering the Royal residence, as if for a dijeuner w ith the Kin. After passing these armed " aids t o reflection,7_ it is necessary to proceed through corridor after corridor, on the way to the church , a t one moment knocking against a greasy cook wend in g to the kitchen, and then tumbling threading a drawing - room , or, perhaps, into a bed-room, whose occupant still sleeps ; but by the help of a few hussars posted here and there, one is at last set right. The church itself is nothing more than a large and rather.shabby-looking dining room ; and formerly where luscious odours used to ascend, and toasts and songs went round with the champagne, there are now only heard pious responses and deep-toned he room, p e - R t oed there lu " ; A. is n ." for the clergy man,f and IP close to it a small altar. t lmmediately bef ore t h e altar are placed three chairs, handsomely -adornedWilkinsonsaolnli: pulpit a co it rn er, at the head °h which one understands atag have Prince, and and the setn there for the King, the Crown Crown Princess, the latter of whom, howe ver , but s e eldom attends, from the fact of her being a member of the Lutheran church. Be hind the royal seats are five or six chairs for the lirWsh Ambassador, the Hon. Mr. Bligh, and the rest of the emba ss y ; an d b e hi n d th ese aga i n are a num ber of indiscriminate chairs for all who may desire to form a part of the congregation, the whole of whom, however, king and canaille, never amount to more than fifty people. On last Christmas-day, when the sacrament was given, the sight was most interesting. After being seated for some time, I heard a clatter of tgrigue3 within the folding-doors, all speaking in an angry tone, but far above them all was heard raging the continual squeak of one of the most unmusical voices I ever heard in my life, which some one near me whispered was the property of his Majesty, Ernest Augustus. Suddenly all ceased, and in walked the old King, in his usual undress hussar uniform, his face seemingly red and broiling with anger, which, contrasting with his snow-white whiskers and m nis taches, gave his physiognomy a oust odd appear- once. He is about six feet high, and with a very upright military bearing, and altogether an exceed ingly fine-looking man for his age. Behind him came two officers leading his son, the Crown Prince, who, as all the world knows and regrets, is incur ably blind. When the Prince was seated, the officers immediately disappeared. Until the Royal pair had seated themselves, the congregation remained stand ing. The Crown Prince seemed to know the service most accurately, for he stood, kneeled, and sat at different parts of it, with the utmost exactitude, and answered each of the responses, as, did also his father, in the most pious and feeling tone. He seems, how ever; to be troubled with St. Vitus' dance, for, when ever I see him, he is continually fidgeting with. his sword or buttons, and incessantly moving and throw ing-J-16 arms about in the strangest and most ludicrous manner; but really whether he has this dreadful af fection of the nerves or not, Ido not know, but rather think it is merely a bad habit. At the second service, where the sacrament was to be taken, it was most sorrowful and melancholy to behold the aged and broken-down King (now the oldest sovereign in Europe, since the death of the King of Sweden) leading and guiding to and front the communion table, with care and solicitude, his blind and feeble son, who, by the natural rule, should be the prop and support of his declining years, and who, though endowed with, the most striking physical beauty and strength of form. is still rendered weak and powerless as a child, by the ever-to-be-deplored loss of his eye-sight. Even the worst enemies of the King of Hanover have ever allowed him, when he wit the Duke, to have been a zealous, and some- - Meiald a bi goted churchman ; but, as the King, must say he does not deserve to retain that onee•prized title, and this is principally shown by the utter dis regard lie exhibits of the Sunday. Each se venth day are seen before the palace or castle, lights blazing and guards parading, all of which indicate that his Majesty is about •to make merry with his subjects. This treating the Sunday in the same manner as another day, is a custom among all the Christians in Europe, except those of England; and Ernest Augustus cannot therefore be greatly blamed if he makes this concession to the Ilanoverians on becoming their king. He should not, 'however; go farther than this, nor attempt to compel his own countrymen, who may still retain the prejudices of their fatherland, to do the same, as has lately been the case by his requiring the attendance of the British Ambassador at all his Sunday parties. He has only a short time since commenced giving these Sunday balls, and to the first Mr. Bligh was, as a matter of course, invited, but declined attending. A few days afterwards, so runs the story, there was grand diplomatic dinner at the palace, at which the at tendance of his British Excellency was not requested. The affronted Ambassador inquired the cause, but receiving no satisfactory answer, wrote to England, demanding instructions as to how he should act ;" but Lord Aberdeen refused interfering in such a matter, and entirely left it to Mr. Bligh's own choice as to his attending the Sunday soirees or not. The end of the matter, as rumour goes, is, that his Excellency now repairs every Sunday, makes his bow to the King, and then hurries away, and drives home again as fast as possible; thus, at the same time, satisfying the King's commands, and not in the slightest disturbing the serenity of his own conscience. There is like wise a report that the King's English chaplain also attends, and, what is still more, dances every Sun day ; but this is such an unlikely matter that I can not give any credence to it. The King, it is said, takes the greatest delight also in society, notwith standing his age, and goes hobbling about from per son to person, talking with the greatest satisfaction to himself, though in the most abominable German that ever affrighted a human tympanum. In consequence of the horror it is reported the King has for German, English has become the fashionable language, scarcely anything else being spoken at the Court. After church-time (although, indeed, his attendance is any thing but regular), he takes a walk through the town, as, indeed, he does on most fine days, alwas leaning upon the arm of, and chatting with, an Adjutant. I suspect that if any person who bore the title of Majesty, was to take it into his head to walk through the streets of any large town in England, his life and reign would not, through the pressure of the mob certain to follow at his Royal heels, be of long duration ; but here, as throu g h a ll Germany is, the custom, the King goes about, looking into the shops and scrutinising the soldiers' uniforms, as coolly as possible, and enjoying himself like other people. But what I particularly remark is, that few persons salute him, in the usual German way, by taking off the hat, as is always done to the Crown Prince and his amiable consort. No person ever thinks of looking after the King, or turning round to stare at him, as would be the case in England; but, on the contrary, so little are the people excited by the 'presence of royalty, that I have seen some of the lower orders - whistle as they have passed him. One of royal blood goes about with as little attention paid to them as to other people ; and the Crown Princess walks from shop to shop, with her footman behind, greeted always by the flying off of the hat, or the low curtsey; but still by a natural politeness be longing to the Germans, she is never incommoded by being watched or stared at. Tile English in Hanover are, at this moment, any thing but numerous, though, when the Duke of Cambridge was here, there were a . great many. The national character has suffered seriously by the dis graceful conduct of some of our countrymen, who, by bad luck, have been here. There were lately some strange transactions by a paymaster, sent by the English Goverment for the purpose of paying the pensions to the members of the German Legion, which for some time, was in England, and after wards in the Peninsula ; and the publicity that attended them has done great harm among the lower orders to the English character. There have also been some madmen here, who, with a great pre ponderance of money over wit, have played most unheard-of and extraordinary tricks ; and the general belief among the canaille is, that every Englishman is a sort of insane Crcesus, who goes flying about from country to country for the sole object of being cheated. That there is some truth in the remark can not be doubted, since it would be dif f icult to discover for what possible purpose Englishmen go and thrust their noses into every state, town, and village through out the civilised, and, indeed, sometimes through the uncivilised world. If it is for the purpose of being ridiculed and laughed at, their object is gained to the utmost extent, since their depth and intensity of curiosity is the laughing stock of all Europe. The manner in which the Germans ridicule the flock of cockneys on the Rhine, who fly from England every summer, is most laughable to hear; and the jokes and tricks said to have been played on their igno rance should give most Englishmen a perfect surfeit of travelling in such numbers together, instead of going quietly and peaceably, each, according to their tastes, without all the hurry and scrambling of an in vading army of foreigners. It is a pity that fashion, the only despot that Englishmen bow to, does not turn their carriage wheels to all the beautiful scenery 'of their own kingdoms • but as monied among the English are the most vulgar of so they are constantly vigorous in their efforts DO over a la mode. mankind, --- An interesting lecture on the Currency was deli vered last evening at the George Hotel, Aldermanbury, under the sanction of the Society for the Emancipation of Industry. The audience was composed of the highly respectable traders in.the neighbourhood, by 'Whom the lecture was well received, and at its close a conversation ensued which contri buted to elucidate the principles of the currency, We u nderstand the lecture is likely to b e repeated in other p laces in the metro p olis, and we re commend our readers to attend it when an opportunity May occur. DEATH or OLD STUART, AGED 116.—This singu lar being lived amongst us a relic of hoar antiquity, con necting our era with the far-off reign of George 11. ; while, according to his own unvarying tale, he was the lineal and the last surviving descendant of the Royal race of Stuart. lie has this week paid the debt of nature. Endowed with a tenacity of life of which we have always regarded his extraordinary feats of per sonal strength in former days, and the extreme old age to which he reached at last, as the joint confirmation. his time could scarcely yet be said to have come, in the course of nature, for his death was the result of an in jury in the hip-joint, occasioned by a fall on Thursday last week. In his anxiety to get out of doors, to enjoy the recent sunny weather, his foot had entangled, and he was thrown down. Any injury, however slight, was almost sure to have proved fatal, and accordingly the utmost care and skill were unavailing. He expired on Thursday morning, at the advanced age of 116 years, 3i months. It may be satisfactory to know, now that all poor Jamie s wandering's lave ceased, that the fund, which the kindneSs of a few 1 munificent individuals (including our gracious Sovereign? and several of the leading names in the land) haat placed at the disposal of Mr. Jaffray, booksell e r. in Berwick, and ourselves, has amply sueffic. to lsamteoloyththe bestowed last h a i s s pe b r l i e t s ie si s n i g n h on is p isf a r th . 4. ; a a r n ra d y th dte.anr 7 yeasa: n said ‘ T ‘ thhea most t he lt vigilantdn a been means s a e w w e r e e e l a d a e ff pte th d is . of administering • taAo wholendh i i m t t mast lie bo comforts generation,t ate tendedt beat hat h a s i n s u d i wte d k i ef ; t t o s ohi f .a . h m h n o eli i v sKi i pgra t he ch e i l s s ta o l j ni l uc tiM: ; a o ec aril y di 11l l l p arts 'jla s s i d u ity'tiGß o tA f r T' t t 11l exemplary.e—m V : r a e t a r n um be r se Ber wi c k fl o c king to this' port, on their way to Canada and the United States, with a smaller number for other colonies. So numerous are they at present that passages are difficult to obtain., 'The ma jority of the Scotch emigrants are for Upper Canada, whilst those of this country and Ire)an'a are for th° United States. The Irish emigrants in number fully amount to that of the English, Scotch, w.id Welsh united, and they are generally poor people elapsed off the estatea of the Irish landlords, During the winter monthi; there were more English emigrants sailing' front thii' port than Irish, but from some causes, perhavi . a little revival in trade, Their numb ers h av e lately dr ttunished.—Pveipeet Mercury. w.