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ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Sir J. GRAHAM (for Sir George Grey) moved for returns relating to the Ecclesiastical Courts.—Agreed to BANK CHARTER. Sir G. CLERK moved that the Bank Charter Acts be laid on the table.—Agreed to. The RIGHT HON. BARONET then gave notice, that on Monday next his Right Hon. Friend would move that the House do resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, for the purpose of taking the question of the Bank Charter into consideration. The remaining orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjourned at a Quarter before Twelve. HOUSE OF LORDS, April 29. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool. sack shortly before Five o'Clock. The Earl of ROSEBERY presented two petitions against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. The Marquis of NOE,MANBY presented a peti tion from Newtown Limavady, in the North of Ire land, praying the House would adopt some measures to legalise marriages by Presbyterian ministers. The Bishop of EXETER presented a petition against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Lord BEAUMONT laid upon the table a Bill for the purpose of removing certain disabilities which pressed upon Roman Catholics in the case of grants being made to them for corporate purposes. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. RECAL OF LORD ELUNBOROUGH. Lord COLCHESTER —I take the liberty of asking a question of the Noble Duke below me, relating to a subject of great importance, which has excited much surprise in the public mind within the last two days. The recal of the Governor. General of India was an nounced to your Lordships on Friday, and it was at the same time stated that it had not met with the approba tion of her Majesty's Ministers. I will take the liberty of now asking, whether the communication made by the Board of Directors to her Majesty's Government was accompanied by any reasons for recalling the Governor- General ? I will further take the liberty of asking the Noble Duke, if he has no objection, to state to the House what were those reasons, if there were any, and, further, whether the Court of Directors had sufficient authority for the step they had taken ? The Duke of WELLINGTON—I regret that my Noble Friend the President :of the Boar of Control should be absent from his.place, on account of indispo sition. In relation to the Noble Lord's questions, I be lieve one has been put with the same object in another place, and I am glad that I am enable d to answer it. place, is no doubt whatever, my Lord, that the Court of Directors have stated reasons for the measure which they have adopted, which reasons have not been concurred in by her Majesty's Government. Those reasons have not been considered valid, and, therefore, her Majesty's Go vernment have not concurred in the measure adopted— nay more, my Lords, I will add, in answer to the last part of the Noble Lord's question, that her Ma jesty's Government did remonstrate against the mea sure proposed to be adapted by the Court of Directors, and the resolution of recalling Lord Ellenborough from the office of Governor-General of India. I must add that there can be no doubt whatever—although a doubt was expressed by a very great authority, my Noble and Learned Friend opposite—of the legal right of the Court of Directors to recal the Governor-General;which right is conferred upon that body by statute. I imagine it has existed at all times since 1784, but it was con ferred particularly by the law passed in the year 1813, which has been replaced by the law passed under the auspices of my Noble and Learned Friend in 1833, the 3d and 4th William IV. That law gives the Court the undoubted right to recal the Governor-General. But, my Lords, I conceive that that right is one which that body is bound to exercise with discretion—(Hear, hear) —as all bodies and all individuals invested with extra ordinary powers by the provisions of law are bound to exercise such powers with discretion. Now, my Lords, I venture to submit to your Lordships, as the opinion of an individual who has had some experience in these matters, that this exercise of power, to say the least of it, is not a discreet exercise of power. My Lords, the Court of Directors has that power—it has the power of nominating a successor to the noble person who is thus recalled ; but it has no other power whatever, as your Lordships will find on examining the law, excepting under the direction and control of the Board of Com missioners, of which my Noble Friend, who is now absent, happens to be at the head, and for the acts of which Board her Majesty's Government are respon sible. Under these circumstances, my Lords, I venture to say, and it is, I think, the least that can be said of it—that it is not a discreet act of authority to recal from power, and from such a situation as that i:, an officer who has been in his high office but little more than two years, and who has given satisfaction to those by whom he was instructed and employed, whose acts have been concurred in and sanctioned in every instance—to recal that officer suddenly, making no provision for the per formance of the great duties which devolve upon the Go vernor-General in that country—to recal that officer, who was confided in by the Government, who were re sponsible for the condition of public affairs, without the concurrence of that Government, is, my Lords, an act, to say the least of it, which cannot be called a dis creet exercise of the power with which that body is in vested. My Lords, Ido not mean to refer to anything on this occasion which is not notorious and is not in the Act of Parliament ; but I bcg your Lordships to ob serve, that the body which has carried into execution this act, which I must call an act of indiscretion, at least ---I say, at least, I call it an act of indiscretion—this body, as your Lordships, by looking at the Act of Parlia ment, will see, has no knowledge whatever of the in structions under which this officer is acting.—(Hear, hear.) They have stated reasons for withdrawing him, founded, of course, on his public conduct—but as a body, those who have proposed it, except those who are acting on the Secret Committee, have no knowledge whatever of the instructions under which he has been acting, or of the events which have taken place in that country, excepting what has been in the general knowledge of this and the other House of Parliament, and the whole public of this country and the world. And yet, my Lords, those gentlemen, pretending their re• sponsibility, having had no share whatever in giving this officer instructions, having had no knowledge, as the Act of Parliament will show they are bound to have none, of the instructions that have been sent him, pro nounce their judgment upon his conduct and recal him, thus depriving the Government of that country of the best instrument—the best instrument, I say it again— that they could find to carry on the duties of that great office, and making no provision whatever, nor proposing any, except that there should be another Governor- General, for the performance of those duties, and for satisfying the responsibility of her Majesty's Govern ment. As I have said so much on this subject, in order to illustrate the indiscretion of this act—the indis cretion, I say—l will just go a little further. My Lords, although I believe that this is the first time in the his tory of the government of India that this measure of recal by the Court of Directors had been on the point of being carried into execution, and will be carried into ex ecution, it has more than once been in contemplation, but always been withdrawn, upon the advice and remon strance of the Minister of the day ; and, my Lords, it is the fact that it had been in contemplation by the same gentlemen, in respect to this very Governor-Gene ral in the course of the last twelve months, and they were prevailed upon to withdraw their resolution and not to proceed to determine his recal. My Lords, this was previous to the late great operation, of which we have all read with so much satisfaction, in Gwalior—an opera tion which I am sure your Lordships will have perceived, from a perusal of the reports which have been made, must have been founded upon the most just and discrimi nate measures adopted by the Government for the equipment, the support, and the maintenance of the armies which were to be put into the field under the di rection and superintendence of the Government. We all must have seen that the 'preparations made, not only fur the support and maintenance of the troops in the field, but for their military communications, whatever might be the course of the operations, for their advance and retreat, and, in short, all that could tend to their success, were amply provided for. Well then, my Lords, what would have occurred if the Court had thought proper to recal that Noble Lord six or eight months ago, when they had the measure in contemplation ? What would have become of the great operation carried on, as I said, under the superior management and direction of my Noble Friend the Governor-General ? Why, my Lords, it must have been left to be carried on by the gentlemen who happened to be senior member of Cie council, a very respectable gentleman, I doubt not, but -eithout the r eculiar experience and talents in that very branch of the: government as respects the equipment, manegement, and superior direction of armies. It would have been left to be carried on in that way and I leave your Lordships to judge of what the situation of the G overnmen t i n I n di a wou ld have been if that expedition had failed, and such an army as we have seem described in one of the blue books on your table had remained in existence, threat ened, as we were at the same moment, by a si milar body on the north-west frontiers, i ' with the pro vince of Siirle still unsettled, and taat army destroyed, as it has been, under the superior the direction of my Noble Friend, within reach of communications lse be tween our army employed on the northwest the Bengal provinces. Why, my Lords, frontier h been would have been imminent, anl this Wo t uld e havedan been the consequence of the recal of my Noble Friend six or eight months ago, which was in contemplation, and was only prevented by representations being made to those who have now committed that gross indiscre tion of recalling the Noble Lord. It was prevented only by the representations made to those gentlemen of the dangers which would ensue to the public interest from the measures which they were about to adopt, the dan gers resulting from the impossibility that they would be ale!e to provide for events which mo I probably would occur it they recalled their officer without the consent of ker Majesty's Government, who would thus be deprived of the instrument in their hands best fited for car this their policy into execution, while the Directors in this country must be unable to direct the mans in existence for securing the safety of their troops, for guarding their frontier, for upholding the honour of her Majesty's arms, and the security of our vast dominion in that part of the world. I say again, as I have said before, and I sty the least of it when I pronounce it to be the most indiscreet exercise of power that I have heard carried into execution by any body who possessed the power since I have h a d a k now l e d ge o f p u bli c a ffairs, which I am sorry to say has now been for about fifty years. Lord BROUGHAM—As my Noble Friend has refer red to me, I beg to set him right in his supposition that I questioned the legality of the act of the Court of Direc tors. My Lords, I did not question it ; I was quite aware that there was, by the strict letter of the law, an independent power given, in very ample terms, to the Directors to recal any officers at their will and pleasure —the words are, "at their own pleasure." But I ven tured to express, to say the least of it, my doubts whether any law so absurd as that had ever been suffered to exist on the statute-book of any rational people, be cause, as my Noble Friend has justly stated, while three only of the twenty-four Directors are by law allowed to know the instructions sent out, under the sanction of a solemn oath not to communicate them to any of the others ; yet the whole twenty-four, by that •extraor dinary law, are entitled to act, as they could only be justified in acting, if they had a perfect knowledge of all those communications—namely, to recal the Governor- General for acting on instructions which they knew no thing about, and for refusing to act on which he would be liable to be impeached, he being bound to obey those instructions. I therefore took the liberty of calling your Lordships' attention to this most anomalous law, and I was reminded by my Noble Friend that it was renewed when I held the great seal. I then stated that it was re newsd without consideration at the time, at all events 1 without discussion, while my Noble Friend, not now in 1 his place, talked of it as if it had been t he sub j ect of a very grave and solemn deliberation. I had no re ! collection of that ; I was quite confident my Noble Friend ' was imagining the fact ; and accordingly I have since looked into the very accurate report of those discussions which at that day, in the Mirror of Parliament, were given word for word in both Houses. Now, my Lords, it appears there was not a single word said of it in either House. I have looked into the papers of the corre spondence between the Directors and the Board of Con trol, and there is not one single word said of it in these on either side ; and I have looked into the debates of 1 1784, when Mr. Pitt first brought in the Bill containing this ill-omened clause, for it was in that originally, and I find not one single word said on either aide in either House of this extraordinary power. And for this rea son, that before that Act the Court had the absolute power in its own hands, and all the debate arose on the limitations of that power, not on granting them any new authority. I verily believe it was left in one India Bill after another from a perfect persuasion that it would never be acted upon, but would remain a dead letter, unless some extraordinary emergency, some crisis of the fate of our Indian empire, should call upon the Directors to exercise this most anomalous and extraor dinary jurisdiction. I quite agree with my Noble Friend that this exercise was intended to be, not at the sport or caprice of individuals, or without great reason and most weighty and urgent necessity, the very statement of which -would be its own vindication. Whether the Di rectors have acted on such grounds or not, I leave your Lordships to gather from the most weighty cen sure, or at all events disapproval, which my Noble Friend has, in the exercise of his duty, deemed it ne cessary publicly to give, with an authority which will be universal in this country, in Europe, and in India, wherever a name is known, and an authority is lip ! pealed to which is as illustrious and as much enshrined in the greatest renown of successful councils and suc cessful arms as any that can be found in either hemi sphere of the globe. There is an appeal, no doubt, but I do not expect that any one will be so venturous as to call on either House of Parliament to pronounce their approval, I would almost say their patient bearing, of the proceeding which has now been discussed. I believe if any proposition were made in either House of Par liament for a vote approving of this extraordinary pro ceeding, that it would be met by as triumphant a debate, and as decisive a majority against it, as any ill-fated proposition ever met in either House of Parliament. — (Hear, hear.) It will be for my Noble Friend opposite and her Majesty's Government, in the exercise of their sound discretion as administering the Government, and as Peers of Parliament, or Members of the other House, to consider whether enough has now been done in order to convey to India the decision that the policy—the brilliant and successful policy—of my Noble Friend the Governor-General has met with the entire sanction and approbation of the Parliament of this country. If they do not think it necessary to take any further step in the matter, I shall not. But if any attempt be made to obtain the sanction by Parliament of the course pursued by the Court of Directors, there is no hazard, I think, in predicting what the fate of such an experiment will be. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE—If we were now discussing the extent of power conferred by the charter of the East India Company, I should venture to ex press my dissent from the opinion pronounced by my Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Brougham). Nor can I think my Noble Friend as accurate to-night in his recollection of facts as I have generally known him to be. It may be true there was no discus sion in Parliament as to the power of recal by the Directors of the East India Company ; but in the negotiations which took place in '33 between the Go vernment and the East India Company, this power is most distinctly and directly adverted to, and the propo sition made by the Government of the day to limit this power within narrower limits was after mach discussion and deliberation withdrawn. But that point is not what we have now to consider ; and, unfurnished as we must all necessarily be with the information requisite for the discussion of such a topic as that adverted to, I should certainly not have risen, if it were not .for what I must take leave to call the somewhat extraordinary speech of the Noble Duke. Without any notice whatever—with out our being in a position in any way to judge of the justness of his strictures, the Noble and Illustrious Duke—relying on that undoubtedly high authority which everything that falls from him carries with it— has pronounced a most grave censure on the conduct of the East India Company. My Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Brougham) next rises, and challenges any Member of Parliament to call in question the pro priety of the censure pronounced by the Noble Duke, or to ask a contrary opinion from either House of Parliament. Why, my Lords, how are we to judge of the propriety of this censure ? What knowledge have we of the circumstances which induced the East India Company to take this unexpected and strange step, and what right have we to suppose—with all precedents leading to a contrary con clusion, and this power never having been exercised by the Company up to this time—that it was now exercised without just and extraordinary reasons? The Noble Duke stated, and my Noble and Learned Friend re peated the assertion, that the Directors must be neces sarily ignorant of the instructions under which the Go vernor-General acted, with the exception of the Secret Committee. But must we not suppose that this Com mittee, being elected, is constituted of men in whom the Directors have confidence, and must not the decision of the Committee influence in turn the opinions of the Directors ? The Noble Duke told us (what is well known to the public) that this step was in former times in contemplation, but that the influence of the Govern ment prevented its being carried into effect. Why, my Lords, what a censure is this on the Government of the day, when we know that the great body of the Directors consists of persons who are in general most favourable to the views of the present Government, who cannot be supposed to have acted as they have done except on the gravest consideration, and who could not have refused to listen to the advice of Government ; nay—after what has passed to-night—who seemed to have passed a reso lution in defiance of this recommendation. And of this resolution, allow me to say, we know nothing, except what we have learned to-night, and we now hear it has been under consideration seven or eight months. The Noble Duke illustrated the injudicious exercise of the power of the Directors, by stating the difficulties that might have occurred if exercised sooner. Why, does not the fact that they took such a period for delibera tion show that they listened with calmness, forbear ance, and patience to whatever argument could be urged • against the exercise of a power with which they were entrusted, for the well-being of a great empire ? The Noble Duke must permit me to say, that I have read the papers relating to Gwalior Kith little satisfaction. I think it a little unfair to have entered on the discussion of this part of the subject, when my Noble Friend (the Marquis of Normanby), who had given notice of a motion on the subject, had, for the present, withdrawn it ; but if our opinion be asked, I, for one, must say that, looking at the papers generally, if the w ar is great in extent, great in loss of life, and great in the consequences which must result from it, I cannot look on it with satisfaction, because I have the misfortune to feel convinced that every good object which has been attained by the gallantry and ability of our troops, could have been attained without the blood shed that has arisen. lam not going to argue that point now ; but when an opinion has been expressed on ono side, 1 thought it right to say that the House was not unanimous in it. All sides, I thought, concurred the other evening in the opinion that the discussion should, for the present, be postponed until Lord Ellenborough's arrival, unless Parliament should at once be called on to take some decided step in the matter. After what has passed, I feel no hesitation in asking the Naehle Diake whether it is the intention of the Government to lay on the table any communications which may have passed between the Board . of Control and the East India Corn ' pany on this subject ? The Duke of WELLINGTON—AIthough he was anxious to afford their Lordships every information yet he thought at the present moment it was notdesirable to do so. A question had been put to him by his Noble Friend (Lord Colchester), and in reply he said no more than what he considered to be his duty, and nothing which had fallen from the Noble Marquis opposite would induce him to alter his opinion as to the indiscretion of the con duct of the Court of Directors. The Marquis of NORMANBY was sorry the Noblo Duke opposite said that he would not lay upon the table the papers referred to. He did not think such a course was in accordance with the usual straightforward con duct of the Noble Duke, because otherwise the Court of Directors would not have an opportunity of having a fair trial. The Duke of WELLINGTON (as we could under stand) said he thought he had a right to speak his sentiments, and he also should say that the conduct of Lord Ellenborough met with the entire approval of her Majesty's Government. Lord CAMPBELL thought it was essential that the Court of Directors should be allowed to exercise their undoubted and legal right over the Governorship of India, without being unduly interfered with. After a few words from the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, the matter dropped. Lord DENMAN presented a petition from the Dis senters of Birmingham against the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. The Marquis of I.ONDONDFRRY presented a pe tition from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Sunderland against the proposed duty on coal imported into London. In doing so he thought it most unfair to injureihe ht? inte s r a e ici interest of the large coal-owners and their numerous dependents, by imposing a tax for the purpose of such chime rical objects as the embankment of the Thames. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said the Government had not as yet decided upon imposing this tax. The ;Marquis of NORMANBY said he had intended this evening to move for a Committee to in quire into the regulation and application of the funds of the Board of Charities in Ireland. However, he would postpone his motion for a week, in order that he might afford an opportunity to the Government of taking the matter into their own hands. After ti few words from Lord CA, , trnu , and tl4 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1844. LORD CHANCELLOR the Local Process Bill was read a second time. Their Lordships then Adjourned. THIS EVENING.--THE WORKMEN'S SINGING CLASS, under the sanction of the Committee of Council on Education, will COMMENCE THIS EVENING, A.pril 30, at Nine o'Clock, under the direction of Mr. JOWN.' 11ULLAIII, at the APOLLON ICON ROOMS, St. Martin's-lane, and will meet every Monday and Thursday Evening,: at the same hour. Terms, Ss, for the Course, or Is. Gd. per Month. Apply at the Office, 101, St. Martin's-lane. Now Ready, VOL. VII. of MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. Containing THE SEQUEL of the LIFE of QUEEN . ZLIZABETH, and the complete LIFE of ANNE of DENMARK. N.B. New and Revised Editions of the First Six Volumes are also now ready. " These volumes have the fascination of a rmaance united to the integrity of history."—Times. Henry Coburn, Publisher, 13, Great Maribor ougb-strect. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The last appearance but one of Mdlle Carlotta Grid. THIS EVENING, APRIL 30, Will be performed Bellini's Opera, entitled NOILMA. Norma, Madame Grist • Adalgisa, Mdlle. Favanti ; tonics , Sig. Mario; Oroveso, Sig. Lblache. To conclude with (the last time this season) the Ballet of GISELLE. Principal Characters.—Giselle, Mdlle. Carlotta Grist' ; Bertha, Madame Copere; Bathilda, Mdlle. Ferdinand ,- Mrrtha, Mdlle. Scheffer ; the Prince of Courland, M. Gosselin •, Hilario.a, M. Coulon; Wilfrid, M. Gouriet ,• Noblemen, MM. Venafra and Ilertraas; and the Duke of Silesia M. St. Leon. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office, Opera Colonnade. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mdlle. CARLOTTA GRISI respectfully Informs the Nobility. Subscriber;, and the Public, that HER BENEFIT and Last Appear ance will tae place on niu RSD A Y NEXT, May 2, when will be performed Mozart's Chef d'oeuvre, IL DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madame Grisi ; Donna Elvira, Mdlle. .Favanti; Zerlina. Madame Persiani ; Don Giovanni t.ig. Fornauri ; L. potello, Sig. Lablache ; Masetto, Sig. F Lablache ; Cemman datoreSig. Felice ; and Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario. Between the acts of the Opera Mdlle. Carlotta Grid and M. Perrot will dance, for the last time, the celebrated Polka. To conclude with (last time) the new Ballet, by M. Perzot, with new Scenery, Dresses, Decorations ' &c., founded on Victor Hugo's ce i ebrated work of Notre Dame de Paris," entitled LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Fleur de Lys, Mdlle. Ade laide Frassi ; Phcebus de Chateaupers, M. St. Leon ; Pierre Grin goire, M. Ferro'. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office, Opera-colonnade. - I THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY.I.A NE • FOR IHE BENEFIT OF MISS RAINFORTH. THIS EVENING, APRIL 30, Will be performed the opera of the BOHEMIAN GIRL. CSount Arnheim, 'Mr. Borrani; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison;• Devlls;noof, Mr. Stretton ; Arline, Miss Rainforth; Queen of theliipsies, I§ti.s Betts. At the end of the first act of the Opera, a VOCAL andINSTMU. MENTAL CONCERT. After which, the First Act of Cirnarosa's Comic Opera. IL MATRIMONI SEGREFO. The Count, Mr. Leffler ; Carallibe, Mdlle Albertazzi; Elisetta, Miss Rainfurth ; Fidalma, Mrs. Allred Shaw. To conclude with a New Divertissement. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJA NI IN WEBSTER, LESSEE+. THIS EVENING, APRIL 30, Will be performed Sheridan's Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. W. Farrell ; Charles Surface, Mr. C. Mathews; Lady Teazle, Madame Vestris. To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Et tra. vaganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME or, An Evening with Puff: Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mllthilare, Mr. J. bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Lee. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled LOVE IN A SAGE. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, APRIL 30, Will be performed a Comic Drama. After which, a Farce. To which will be added the Grand Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the May.day Bride. Patrick, Mr. Chicheley;lira, Mr. Gilbert; Rhona, Miss Charleton ; Leola. Miss Bailin. To conclude with a new Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, cared FAIR STAR; or THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE DANCING WATERS. The principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Oxberry, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Miss Fortescue. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LAIR ENGLISH OP) RA_ HOUSE Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. Open Sesame; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves," continues to be nightly received with perfect enthusiasm by crowded. and fashionable audiences. THIS EVENING, APRIL no, Will be repeated an Original Comic Drains, enticed THE THREE WIVES OF MADRID. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Diddear, F. Matthews, Emery, Wigan. Craven, Turner, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Miss T urner, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by an Apropos Bagatelle. called POLK A MANIA Characters by Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a Grand Burlesque Fairy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves. Lbi sss. racters by Mies Wuolgar, Miss E. Chaplin , M rs. Woollidge, M Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James , - M iss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Irlesars. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin, ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BAIT - Y. Triumphant Success of the Grand National Spectacle. THIS EVENING, APRIL 30, Will be repeated the Historical Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR; sr, the Battle of H. , stings. With all the effects o f the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, Sic. H. Plege on the Tight Rope. New Scenes in the Circle. To conc'ude with a laughable Farce. • ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, APRIL SO, NEVER ACTED, Will he performed, C/ESA It, THE WATCH-DOG OF THE CASTLE! or the Sword of my Father. Cremr, (the Watch-dog) Miss Vincent. After which the Popular Drama, in Three Acts, entitled THE OLD MAN'S BRIDE; or, the Murder at Norwood Vint. Sup ported by Messrs. Freer, as Grantly ; Nantz, as Tony Smooth ; Dale, Seaman, C. J. Bird, Gardner, Paul, Coreno, James, Miss Arden, ani Miss Vincent. To be followed by the celebrated " Polka Dance" every evening. To conclude with the Melo-Drama, o f TOM CRINGLE ;or Mat of the Iron Hand. Tom Cringle, Mr. Freer ; Mat. Vie, 'Nmts ; Gypsey Jack, Mr. Corene ; Elizabeth Stanton, Mrs G. Fanny cmglove, Miss Arden. Private Boxes, £l. ls. and £l. Us. 6d. DAYIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, APRIL 20, Will be produced a New Tragedy, entitled OCTAVIA BR A GALDI ; or, The Confession. Su potted by the Entire Company, told Miss Charlotte Barnes, from New York. After which, THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS. Rd:4n, the Sea segrace. Mrs. R. Honner. To conclude with an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, eutitled WHITEFRIARS, In which the entire Company will perform. To conclude with a Domestic Drama, entitled BROKEN HOME. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. LAST WEEK OF M ALONE RAYMOND'S IRISH ENTERTAINMENT. The GREAT WIZARD of the NORTH'S modern Miracles are the Wonder or London; he is nightly on his Mystic Throne crowned with the plaud is of admiring thousands, who exc!aim, " is he mortal ?" He will perform his extraordinary HAT DELUSION every Evening. This wonderful Feat, which has created so great a sensation, is performed with ANY GENTLEMAN'S HAT ! !.r and eh, vin to be perfect y empty before he pr:duces from it a Fea ther Bed and the Gifts of Flora. Dress Circle, 3s. ; Pit. Is. 6d.; Gallery, 6d. Reserved Seats, and Private Boxes can be secured at the heatre, and of all the Agents. Second Price at Nine o'clock. Daors open at half-past Seven—the Wizard appears at Eight. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. 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This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambagsadors, and their Ladles, also many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curiosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it ought to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have Inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of admis sion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the "Egyptian Hall," Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 30. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 41; Highest, 54; Noon, 58, BAROMETER, 30.32.—Wmn, E. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is umally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON•BRIDGE THIS DAT. Morning ... 53 minutes after 11 1 Evening ... 0 minutes after & ,-... . -- :i ' • : . c it '''‘ - t . 1 . ,,a• .) di fi • •; • ..' .:: 1;&{ 4 PA P' : 0 11 10 IA z i ab i .... . A, . z: .7.. i i, t- ' • • ~..!1'.,47.1:1 - 7,` 4 417::. ; "Vifir.,., -7,w- -. , ...4. ~. ~‘ . ' s T . 11 . A ' , ~ 4........ 1 1 ' ,• . • • . . :-. , ~,,, . ._. SECOND EDITION.. 1' Uhl Int 13, LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1844. THE BUDGET. The great feature of the session came out last night, and, what is creditable to the Government, came out according to 'promise. We have known budgets delayed for weeks after a solemn announce• ment that they would be brought out on a specified day. On this point, therefore, Mr. GOULBURN has the advantage of hip predecessors ; he has also the advantage of a full treasury, thanks to the income tax ; and, us might have been expected, he went through the details like a man with plenty of money in his pocket, in a joyful mood. The total amount of the income-tax he stated to be 5,315,0001., or about 2,000,0001. more than Sir ROBERT calculated upon when he introduced the Bill. Here was cause for rejoicing, but whether the unfortunate contri butors rejoice at the result is another question. It is gratifying to find however that there are causes for rejoicing. On several of the import duties there has been a considerable increase. On sugar there has been an increase of 200,0001., on tea 300,000/, on cotton wool 200,0001., and in va rious other articles imported into the country there has been a proportionate increase. The estimate for the Excise, he calculated at 13,000,0001., and the actual amount has been 12,900,0001., nearly within the mark. In the Post-office there has also been an increase, and the return shows that it had exceeded the calculation by 28,000/.; and, taking all items into account, the actual return has exceeded the calculations by 1,988,8401., the revenue for the year being estimated at 50,150,0001., while it had actually been 52,138,8401. Taking all the other items into account, in several_ of which there had been a deficiency, the surplus for the year ending April 1, was 1,400,0001. The CHAN• CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then stated his cal culations for the ensuing y ear . The Customs he reckoned would amount to 21,500,0001., and the Ex- vise to 13,000,0001., the Property-tax to 5,100,0001., and with the other taxes the total amount would be 61,790,000/. After some other details respecting the income and expenditure of the country, he ad verted with much satisfaction to the reduction of the Three-and-Half per Cent. stock, and praised the House and the country for the manner in which they had supported him in a plan which reduced the in terest on the enormous sum of 250,000,0001. The number of dissentients hardly required notice, they were so small, the total amount being only 247,1101., and the greater proportion of that amount arose from the circumstance that residents abroad, and chiefly in the colonies, had not yet signified their intentions. It was probable, however, that in due time the greater part of them would signify their assent, and the num ber of dissentients would amount to a mere trifle. To pay off these dissentients, he proposed to set apart 200,0001. The total expenditure of the year he cal culated at 48,643,1701., the amount of the revenue at 51,790,0001., leaving a surplus of 3,146,8301. Next came the reduction of taxation, and we regret it is so meagre. The first reduction he proposed was one on glass, which would amount to 45,0001. The second was a reduction of the excise on the article of vinegar. This announcement excited loud laugh ter. He then endeavoured to repress the laughter by showing the importance of the article in various trades and manufactures, but without effect. The laughter still continued, and he proceeded to another item, which he said was one of considerable import ance—marine insurance. He then stated the re ductions in detail, which, on the whole, would amount to 100,0001. He also proposed to reduce the stamp duty, on agreements made by railway com panies. The next proposed reduction also excited loud laughter. " I mean," said he, " a reduc tion in the article of currants.—(Laughter.) Now, what are. - currants ? They are but grapes after all.— (Continued laughter.) I propose to re duce the duty. on currants from 225. to 1.55.," which would make a sacrifice of about 90,0001. On coffee imported from foreign States he would also make a reduction. The duty at present is Bd., and he proposed to reduce it to 6d. From this change, and another on chicoree root, be calculated a diminu tion of revenue to the amount of 50,0001. On foreign wool, which he considered the most important item, he proposed to'take off the entire duty, which last year amounted to 100,0001. The total reduction on glass, vinegar, currants, coffee, marine insurances, and wool, would amount in round numbers to 400,0001. With regard to sugar, he said it was his intention to move, when the treaty with Brazil expired in November next, a reduction on all sugars exempt from the slave trade, Which would throw open all the countries eastward of :the Cape, and thereby encourage the trade with China. According to this arrangement, therefore, no reduction will take place on this neces sary article of life till next session. The Right Hon. Gentleman, after some flourishes about the prosperity of the country and the forbearance of the House of Commons, concluded his long speech amid cheers. Mr. HUME expressed great dissatisfaction that the reductions were not greater, while he commended the Government for some of the proposed changes. They ought not, he said, to go on in this higgling manner ; they ought to set free all those branches of industry which were fettered by the Excise and Custom .laws. They might also reduce the army, navy. ordnance, and miscellaneous estimates, and make a saving of 4,000,0001. a year. Mr. 'WILLIAMS also expressed his regret that larger reductions had not been made, and expressed his firm conviction that the income-tax, instead of being temporary, would be perpetual. Mr. Baum said one great omission of the Right Hon. Gentleman was with regard to the income-tax ; no mention had been made whe ther it was the intention of the Government to continue it beyond three years, as originally pro posed, and upon that the whole financial calculations hung. It would have been a more manly course to have stated whether it was to cease or be continued for three years longer. The only allusion to it was, that the subject would be brought forward next year. He approved of the reductions proposed, and only re gretted that they did not go further. As to the pro posed reductions on sugar, he could see no reason in the Government scheme. It would encourage the growth of suglr produced by slave States, as much as if they adMitted it at once from Brazil. Sir ROBERT . PEEL pointed at the danger and the inconsistency of reducing the national establish ments, and particularly our naval and military forces, while other countries were making large preparations for any hostile event. With regard to the income tax, he considered it would be more conformable to common sense to wait till the period for which it had been fixed was expired. Next session they would be much better qualified to discuss the question. He then repeated what he had stated on the introduction of the tax, namely, that Parliament, ho hoped, would not be unwilling to continue it for five years, but possibly, .owing_ to the increasing prosperity of the country, it might not be required for more than three. In the meantime it would be better to wait and see the result of the proposed changes, and the state of the country next year. Aft e r some remarks from Mr. LABOLICHERE and • other Membersthe discussion closed. Sir G. CLERK gave notice that on Monday next the House would .be moved to resolve itself into Com mittee to take into consideration the question of the Bank Charter. The adjourned at a Quarter to Twelve. Housen otspace to give an ou tline of the pro ceedings the House of Lord s , b u t we call the at tention of our, readers to the discussion which took We have pl ac e relative to the recal of Lord ELLENBOROUGH. The Duke of WEL L INGTON, it will be seen, denounced in the strongest terms the course adopted by the Court of Directors. He called their conduct indis creet, and added, that a more indiscreet exercise of power had never been exerted since he became con nected with public affairs. In advertipg this morning to the Budget of the CHARCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, we gave him due credit for the fidelity with which he bad redeemed his promise of bringing in the year on the appointed s tatement of f ing forward the customary financial evening, instead of withholding it (after a bad official fashion of recent growth), by repeated postponements, to a much more advanced period of the session. We can now pay= this additional tribute to the Right Hon. Gentleman's Ministerial punctuality and dis cretion. He accurately recapitulated the estimate he had announced, in his statement of last year, with regard to the„various items of the public income and expenditure; aria was at no pains to slur over any of the elements of deduction which it was neces sary to apply to the due appreciation of the results he had to communicate to the House, favourable as, prima facie, these were. For this candour the public are much beholden to him; and for ourselves, we can truly say that it tells with us to great advantage by the side of that specious plausibility with which his Right Hon. Leader and Chief affects, on all occasions, to have nothing to conceal ; whereas the truth is, in nine cases out of ten, this pseudo ingenuousness amounts merely to the fact—that he has nothing to communicate. Mr. GOULBURN, undoubtedly, went about his figures and stated his case like a man of business ; openly and distinctly. So much for the Right Hon. Gentleman's statistics. As to the scheme of future finance which they developed—the soundness of the economic principles on which he proposed, as to existing duties and imposts, their re tention or their modification—the amount of conces sions which these modifications involved to the great necessity of free trade—or the ground which the whole statement afforded for any reasonable hope of the introduction into the councils of Government of a liberal and intelligent policy that shall appreciate the cruelly degraded condition and the righteous demands of that portion of the community whose existence depends on the expansion and activity of the market for industrial labour, we must confess we are utterly disappointed with this Budget of 1844. Its exposition, moreover, held out, even incidentally, no hopes to domestic trade or the foreign commerce of the country, far relief from those fiscal shackles which cramp, by absurdly imposed, or excessive duties, their just evolution in some branches, and absolutely para lyze their energies in others. And, above all, it passed over, unnoticed, unremembered as it were, the press ing domestic question of every hour, " What is to be done towards the revision of our monetary system ?" On the general statement of income or revenue, and expenditure, it is clear that Mr. Govpvitx boasts that, after paying off the balance of deficit of 1843, I namely, 2,749,000/., he has, this year, an available I surplus of 1,400,000/. Now with the disposition of 2,749,0001. we have no quarrel. It may have been much better thus to pay deficiency for 1843 out of revenue for 1844, than to extinguish it—for the pre sent only—by loan. But we cannot without a mur mur witness his appropriation of the 1,400,0001. Altogether, as Mr. WILLIAsts, of Coventry, well reminded him, there had been, with the income and property-tax, amounting, alone, in this last year, to 5,100,000/., an aggregate of additional taxes during the last four years.„ of no less than 8,000,000/. Well, 'with this elastic public income, and this net balance in favour (after so large a demand upon it for the de ficiencies and delinquencies of its predecessor,) what is it that 1844, so careful for 1843, is to do for us, unfortunates, of the present day ? It takes eight millions ; and it remits us 400,000/., not quite so much I A liberal allowance of bread, this, to all the sack absorbed' into the QUEEN'S Exchequer. Let us see upon what articles this 400,0001. is doled out. On coffee there is to be a total reduction of 50,0001., which we hail with Mr. BARING as pro tanto a homage to free trade ; and together with the meditated discouragement of chicory, we trust it will work well for the general trade and the unadulte rated reputation of coffee. But such fractional pates of financial confectionary as a little 12,000/. on vinegar, to oblige the admirers of sharp flavours— and such glittering beads fur grown children who can be cheated out of their just claims for much more solid and extensive modifications of foolish im posts, as 35,0001. on glass, are downright puerilities to be introduced into such a statement by the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER of Great Britain, dealing• with a yearly income of 52,000,0001. The reduction of 100,0001. on marine insurance is very good ; yet it is provoking to find it not infinitely better by at least a proportionate reduction of that bitter tax on prudence, foresight, and frugality, the duty on fire insurances. 100,000/. off the duty on foreign wool, we believe, may rank in point of utility with the reduction on the duty of coffee. But whilst Mr. GOULBURN was throwing away 90,000/. from his revenue on cur rants, why did not he throw after it some of the hundreds of thousands of pounds which his coffers re ceive annually from the poor, levied on the corn that should have produced the cheap flour wherewith puddings for the currants might have been prepared by them? We reserve till another opportunity the remarks we have to offer on the bad faith evinced by Sir ROBERT PEEL on the subject of the Income-tax, and on the course it behoves the contributors to that obnoxious and disgraceful impost now to adopt, in insisting upon its repeal. We are glad that the League, through its recog nised leader, has spoken out on the subject of shortening the hours of labour, and shown to the country that in this, as in all social questions, sound philosophy is the surest guide to useful philanthropy. Mr. COBDEN has pointed out the means of effecting the good which all must desire, the diminution of factory toil, without inflicting what would be a more than counterbalancing evil, a reduction of wages, and consequently of the means of obtaining the necessa ries of life. The opposition which Lord ASHLEY has met from many of the Leaguers, was obviously directed not against his end, but his means. Unfortu nately, we live in an age pre-eminent above all others for boldness in misrepresentation, and the advocates of monopoly eagerly embraced such an opportunity of placing the free-traders in an invidious light before the operative .classes. Mr. COBDEN'S speech has removed all excuse for such misapprehension, and we cannot help wishing that it had been made at an earlier stage of the conflict. Profits are the wages-fund of the country, and Lord ASHLEY'S proposal directly and imme diately tended to their diminution ; but it is to be first considered whether manufacturing profits are at present so great as to be able to endure such a subtraction as must follow from taking away one sixth of the income derived from the most important branches of British industry. It is on the produc tiveness of capital that wages depend ; to render capital unproductive is to condemn the working-man to idleness and starvation ; to lessen the amount of its productiveness is to lower the wages, and, there fore, the subsistence of the operative in the same proportion. It was, therefore, the course equally pointed out by sound policy and true humanity first to secure the wages-fund, and then to regulate the amount of employment. We have been from the first zealous advocates of the Ten Hours' Bill ; we lament that there should be a necessity in the nine teenth century, and in such a country as England, for legislative interference to obtain for the working men such relaxation of employment as is necessary for the preservation of their physical health and for their moral and intellectual advancement. It seems now to be conceded on all hands that nothing will be done on the subject this session. Our statesmen feel that they are fettered and impeded by the inroads which restrictive laws and the income-tax have already made on the great wages-fund, the profits of commercial and manufacturing industry. It is therefore the clear duty of all who have advocated a Ten Hours' Bill to consider the means by which the wages-fund may be so increased as to allow the hours of labour to be shortened without abstracting from the income of the working man, which is limited enough already, and subject to heavy deductions from the unequal pres • sure of our system of taxation. As wages come out of profits, and profits arise from sales, it is evident that an increase of the wages-fund can only arise from enlarged markets. Let us then earnestly endeavour to remove those monopolies and restrictions which close the markets of the world against the products of our industry. Free-trade includes a safe Ten Hours' Bill in its blessings ; it will enable the manufacturer to sell more goods, to pay more wages, and to give to those in his employment the rest essential to their health, and the leisure necessary for their social im provement. Not only will the manufacturers be able to give equal, or perhaps more, wages for a shorter period of work, but the operatives will be in a posi tion to command them, as indeed they could have done in 1835 and 1836, had they, during that pros perous period, fixed their desires on a Ten Hours' Bill. The season of brisk trade is the season of the operative's strength ; when two men seek one master the master may dictate his own conditions ; but when two masters seek one man the position is reversed, and the operative has the power of legislating for him• self in fixing the amount and remuneration of his labour. Madrid journals of the 22d have been received, but they bring no news. In the Corresponsal, a Govern ment paper, the doings of the BRAVO Cabinet are summed up in these words :—" The Ministry are employed on the magnificent work of re-organizing unhappy Spain." On the Bourse business was done in the Three per Cents. to the amount of 72 millions and a half, besides 17 millions in the Five per Cents., and 13 millions in coupons. The Three per Cents. opened at 36k, at 60 days, and after a good deal of fluctua tion rose to 38, when they began to decline, and ultimately fell to 35k, at which price they closed. The Five per Cents. opened at 22i, and closed at 22 5-16, at 60 days. The Paris papers bring no intelligence of import ance. The discussion on the Education Bill in the Chamber of Peers was continued on Saturday, and again adjourned. Every one seems tired of the affair, but as a great number of Peers had inscribed their names, and prepared speeches for the occasion, as a matter of course, they must go through the ceremony. The Bill introduced by the Government will be adopted without any material alteration. In the Chamber of Deputies numerous petitions were presented for the abolition of slavery in the colonies ; and on Saturday next a report is to be made on the subject, which is looked forward to with great in terest, as the Minister of Marine, Admiral Maclean, had announced that he would take that opportunity of stating to the Chamber the views of the Government, with regard to the proposed changes. Arrests still continue to be made in the army, but no journal states for what cause. The following mysterious state inert appears in the Courrier Francais of Sunday " The arrest of non-commissioned officers still con tinues, and the rumours of military conspiracies are, therefore, gaining ground. Rigorous measures have been exercised towards the Bth Artillery, which has recently left Toulouse. It is even affirmed that the Ministry suspect officers, some of a high rank. Th e imprisonment of a colonel was at one time agitated, and it is only owing to motives of relationship that that superior officer has not been arrested at the head of his regiment. The Ministry proceed Kith the utmost secresy ; they are ordered to act with the greatest caution, in order not to irritate the army, and not to let the Government's apprehension transpire. They, therefore, say that the reports afloat relative to the discontent of the army are quite unfounded ; but their assertions inspire no confidence, when one knows the measures they deem it necessary to re sort to:' A NEW FEATURE IN THE INCOME-TAX.----When Sir Robert Peel proposed this measure in the House of Commons, he dwelt at some length on the strict secresy which would be observed by all the officers appointed to make up the returns. In fact, the business was to be done in such a private and gen tlemanly way, that the left hand of Mr. Collector would not" know what his right did. As a proof how promises and engagements made in Par. liament vanish into thin air, we may state, that in one district of the borough of Southwark the tax papers containing the amount due for the year ending March, 1844, are delivered without any envelope or covering whatever, and the amount of each man's income be comes known to all who have the curiosity to pry into the state of his affairs. DEPARTURE OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS.—Their Majesties King Leopold and the Queen of the Belgians embarked at Woolwich dock• yard this morning for Ostend, having taken leave of her Majesty and Prince Albert. Their Majesties and suite arrived in one of the Royal carriages at Wool wich dockyard about eleven o'clock, from Bucking ham Palace, and soon afterwards went on board the steam-packet for Ostend. THIS DAY'S NEWS. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) Their Lordships sat to• day in a Committee of Privileges. The Peers present is ere the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Brougham, Lord Sudeley, the Earl of Carnarvon, Viscount Strangford, Lord Monteagle, the Earl of Redesdale, and the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. THE WMARTON BARONY. Further witnesses were examined on behalf of the claimant to the Barony of Wharton, Baillie Cochrane, Esq., M.P., and the further consideration of the claim was, at half-past one o'clock, postponed till Friday weer; THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD V. KNIGHT. The arguments in this part-heard appeal were then pro ceeded with. The case comes before their Lordships upon appeal from the judgment of Mr. Baron Alderson, while sitting in the Equity Exchequer directing an account of cer tain tithes. The case, it is said, will occupy their Lordships eight days. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY). (Sittings in Banco.) THE COLLIERS' STRIKE IN 1 7 11 E NORTH.--EX PARTE TORDOLF AND OTHERS.-HABEAS CORPUS.-JUDGMENT. The parties in these cases are colliers in the north of Eng land, who were committed by the magistrates for neglecting their work. They applied for a habeas corpus, the return to which was argued yesterday. During the course of the ar gument, Mr. Bodkin contended, on the part of the priso ners, that the conviction was bad, because it did not set forth that the evidence had been taken in the prisoners' presence, and the Court reserved its judgment. The judgment of the Court was delivered this morning, which was that the con viction was bad on the grounds stated, and that the prisoners must therefore be discharged. BAIL COURT.- 7 (THIS . DAY.) Mr. Just ice COLERIDGE sat for about an hour and a quarter this morning, to hear motions, but they were all mere mat ters of practice, totally devoid of public interest or importance. The Court will not sit again at Nisi Prius before Monday next. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court was occupied to-day upon a motion for a new ,rial, which was devoid of all general interest. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY CATHERWOOD v. CASLON. In this case, which was set down in the special paper for argument this day, Mr. OGLE applied to the Court to have it postponed until next term, on account of the inability of the Attorney-General, who is engaged in it; from ill health, to attend Court. The question involved is one of trim. con. It was ultimately arranged that it should come on first for argument on Saturday next. The Court then proceeded to hear cases in the new trial paper. WHITMORE V. GREEN. The arguments in this case, which was an application for a new trial in an action of trover, had been tried before Lord Abinger, engaged the Court the entire day. The points raised were chiefly of a technical nature, and pre sented no feature of interest. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY. MOTT V. PAIN. Mr. Nash appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Cole conducted the defence. This was an action to recover 11/. ls. 10d. for rent and necessaries, supplied under the following circumstances : The defendant's brother, who at one time carried on a lucrative business, became embarrassed, and sank into the most deplorable distress, and, being in a decline, he was un able to support himself. Being intimate with the plaintiff, who then kept a beer shop, he took a lodging in his house, at the rate of ss. a week; but, having no means of subsistence, the plaintiff supplied him and his wife with food and money for some time, but having a family, and the brother being, of course, a heavy burden, he applied to the defendant, who was in an extensive way of business as salesman in Newgate market, but now residing on his property at Reigate, to contribute towards his brother's support. The defendant promised, on various occasions, to call and see his brother, but having failed to do so, he was again applied to by the plaintiff, who stated that he should be compelled to send the invalid to the workhouse as he could no longer aid him in his distresses. The defendant desired that his brother might be taken proper care of, and he would pay the expense which would be thus incurred, at the same time handing 10s. to the person sent to him, whom he desired to give it to the plaintiff. On the 6th of February the defendant's brother died, and the defendant paid the funeral expenses. It was therefore contended, on the part of the plaintiff, who is now a clerk in the London Gas Company, that he was entitled to a verdict. Mr. COLE, on the part of the defendant, contended that he was not liable under the circumstances of the case. The UNDER-SHERIFF summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 61. UNION BALL.-(THIS DAY.) - - - - - The police of the L division gave information that a man was found lying dead in a raw-pit on the premises of Mr. Thomas Lett, the timber merchant, of the Cornwall-road, Lambeth. From the policeman's statement, it appeared that between four and five o'clock that morning, according to custom, he went into Mr, Lett's timber-yard, and on looking into a deep saw-pit he observed a man, dressed in sailor's clothes, lying with his head downwards, and his feet resting against the sides of the pit. On a close inspection he (the po liceman) found the man was quite dead, and appeared to have been so for some hours. It was impossible to say how the deceased got into the yard, which is surrounded by high palings, except on the side situated next to the River, and there being some barges lying alongside the wharf, it is probable the unfortunate man got from some of them into the yard, and by accident fell headforemost into the pit, where he was found as above described. The body of the deceased was subsequently conveyed to the vault of the Waterloo Church, in the Waterloo-road, where it remains to await a Coroner's inquest. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) A little boy, about fifteen years of age, named Butcher, the son of very respectable parents, residing in Myddleton street, Clerkenwell, was charged with having been " riotous" on the previous evening, with using; obscene language, and with throwing stones at the police.' , Police-constable Clarke, 213 G, was the complainant. He deposed th!Lt at a quarter past eight o'clock on the previous evening the prisoner and some other boys were " playing about" in Green-terrace, near : - ..;adler's Wells Theatre. The Clerk—What did they do? Complainant—They created a great annoyance before I could get them away. They were throwing stones. Mr. COMBE-At anybody ? Policeman—No ; but we have had frequent complaint of stones having been thrown there and windows broken. The little boy, who seemed au innocent, quiet, well-behaved youth, denied most vehemently that he did so, and cried bitterly. Constable—He threw a stone at me, which passed quite close to my head. Mr. COMBE—Does anybody know the boy ? Inspector Penny, of the G division, a most kntelligent officer, said he knew the boy's parents for several p ars. In fact he liNefi, next door to them. Mr. Butcher was a la pidary. The Constable—He said " a d—d old Peeler." The child—l never swore in all my life—it was the other boy Miller. Mr. COMBE (to the constable)—Have you any witness ? Constable—No. Mr. COMBE—HOW long has this man been in the force ? Constable —Eighteen months. Mr. COMBE (to the boy)—You have made yourself liable to be sent to the House of Correction for a month. The poor mother at this announcement, probably mistaking its meaning, fainted away, and was carried out of Court. Mr. COMBE directed that the boy should be locked-up until four o'clock in the afternoon, when he would dis charge him. The poor little fellow was led to the cells crying bitterly. HORRIBLE MURDER ON BATTER SEA-BRIDGE. Last night, between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock, the hitherto quiet village of Battersea was thrown into the utmost excitement, in consequence of the discovery of a most diabolical murder which had been committed upon a poor widow of the name of Sarah M'Farley, who for a long time resided at No. 13, Bridge-road, Battersea, within a short dis tance of the bridge. The circumstances which gave rise to the discovery were as follows :—About twenty minutes before eleven o'clock, Hall, the toll-collector of Battersea-bridge, was on duty at the Surrey end of the bridge, when his attention was suddenly attracted by perceiving the deceased walking very fast, and crying out, " Oh dear me, look here how I have been ill-used." Hall, on looking at the unfortunate crea ture, perceived blood running down the front of her dress, but even then he thought the only injury she had re ceived was a blow, lie immediately laid hold of her, when he noticed that she held a handkerchief to her neck. Mrs. Hall, who happened to be in the toll-house, came out and laid hold of deceased, but owing to the great quan tity of blood lost she fell senseless on the floor. It was then ascertained that deceased had received a frightful wound in the neck, and from its position and nature, it is obvious that it was not committed by herself. Mrs. Hall having ran into the adjoining public house and raised an alarm, several persons promptly attended and carried deceased into the public-house. Dr. Connor, the eminent medical gentle man of Battersea, was with all speed at the house, but by the time he arrived the deceased had ceased to breathe. The body was then removed to her late residence, and where it at present remains until after the inquest shall have been held. The murderer is not at present known, but strong suspi cion attaches to a Frenchman, named Dalmas. A female, who resides at Chelsea, saw the deceased in his company a short time before the occurrence. They were then upon Battersea-bridge, and the deceased appeared to want to go over the bridge towards her hone, but Danes wanted her boat (at least it so appeared) to go the other way. Dalma s, a hat five weeks before Christmas last, buried his wife; Sin" tu ji period the deceased has had charge of his four daugh ters, of whom she got comfortable situations for. About half-past eight o'clock deceased and Dalmas' rang' est daughter were observed to cross the bridge to Chelsea, and it is reported for the purpose of taking the girl to he r situation. It is reported in the neighbourhood that Dalmas bag lately led a very dishonest life. The deceased, on the contrarh wre a hard-working honest woman, and to support herself, 6' used to let out apartments, and take in washing and ironing . h. The murder remains at present enveloped in mystcrY• police have been in various directions to find Dalmas, bat ir present without success, and great neglect is laid W t he charge by the inhabitants in letting him effect his escl )e ; It is pretty clear that lie took the Middlesex road, an d I t be sufficient number of constables had, immediately af ter discovery, been sent in that direction, they could not ha l failed in apprehending him. LATEST L. TWELVE O'CLoclc—A r PARTICU eport is now A prevalent that tlia . alleged murderer has just been apprehended. in the ne i g e b r bourhood of Kensington. The police are dispatched thith„ to make inquiries. If such is the case he will be broue up to Wandsworth Police-court, to be examined before 4; Magistrate, who is at present sitting at that Court. greatest excitement still prevails. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAI I . upe CA Ar) A." LoNnox, APRIL 30.—Light easterly breeze, and weather. DEAL, APRIL 29.—Wind, E. fresh breeze.—Sld. Ru bioc western coast of Africa. fl og, HASTINGS, APRIL 29.—Tha Waterman (No. 10), „ has since been raised, and into the Shipwright's Yan' ':" out much damage.• PLYMOUTH, APRIL 29.—Wind E.—Sld. Leander, M h Btiri pi , tins. The Jane and Margaret, from Bangor to Sil e struck on the Batten Reef this morning, and got off .„,Dr rently without damage. stock STROSINESS, APRIL 22.—Arrd. Sarah, Richardson, g o ton, for Quebec, with loss of mainmast, and other ( lag to having encountered a heavy gale when about 30 0 i n ' . the westward. CO Y SOUTH RONALDSHAT, APRIL 25.—The Sir W,,,,nit ara ming, of and from Nairn, fur Liverpool, in beating into 1 7, the hope, on the 22d inst., missed stayi and went ashore ° ' ol o island of Flotta, fills with the tide, and is expected to bee go t a wreck. The Pallas, of Newcastle, bound to Americ a go ashore the same day at the same place, but got off, good deal of water. ABERDEEN, APRIL 27.—S1d. Flamingo, Ichoboe. . 1 0 OFF SALCO3IBE, APRIL 28.—Alida, Haasnot, gu y— • for Amsterdam. burg h, OFF PLYMOUTH.—Denmark, La Guayra, for Haul,_ HULL, APRIL 27.—The Heart of Oak, for Sgiuy:fa i , oul grounded this morning near Cle e N ess , b u t go t off 7 damage, and proceeded. 15 and LlvEnroof APRIL 29.---Wind S.S.E., , Harnett, and Paragon, Calcutta ; Mauncy, Arica, , P - : Commerce, Ichoboe; George Dean, Vera Cruz; Cor Superb, New York ; Huron and Sedulous, MontrewV,,,trelo zilian, Newfoundland.-27. Gunga, for Batavia; 0 1;0 Valparaiso ; Treasure, Jamaica. The Star, M‘ClagYP bor. to Dingwall, lost sails in a gale 23d inst., and drove,fol next day on the sands of Dunnett, and is expected toy a wreck (cargo salt), crew saved. _ vlfg MONEY AND CoihMERCIAL CITY, QUARTER TO RE X of t itl In the Liverpool Market yesterday a fair ian,el Cotton was disposed of at steady prices. Sales 4yvv"„ 4t , viz., 150 Maranham, at 51d. ; 20 Egyptian at 711',Ajer in - Surat at 31d. to 4d.; 50,Ceara at 51d., and the re rican, at 41d. to 6d. per lb. There was s° oll proved demand for Railway Shares, and the market gencelt• was better. Birmingham and Gloucester were 94; it donian, 4a ; Chester and Holyhead, 611 ; Dublin an d Cor d ' 4a ; Eastern Counties, 12a • Grand Junction, 23 4 . 1 h 0 4 ' Western, Half, 73; Birmingham, Quarter, 271; , 34 1 ; land, 891; Paris and Rouen, 371; South-Eas, e 'li.,s l- r South-Eastern, New, IN ; York and North Midland, l''"„pesr i Well, again has Pandora's box—taxationallf,4o, ing—been broken, and the secret is out, of the i n eel doings of the Finance Minister. Has the expose giv r *afo r satisfactory in any quarter ? Nay, scarcely 00-'OO unquestionably very many had great hopes and en e ,f, be that a strong and extensive ameliorative p0.,..1 to duties, direct and indirect, was to 11 Ps' saving, principle of her Majesty's Governmen t 'ocog disappointment is all but general in the Cl ty ol o merchants, traders, and sans doute among the raill i° 4oo have yet conned the contents of the Budget, at the l' os i t ia of any extensive diminution in taxation. As to the lee off of the duty upon vinegar, glass bottles, and le °° o ' r a tional benefits may be conferred—the public wil l gainers. There is, however, one good point in the ts ° which, if carried out, will please—nam el Y'rel intended reduction of the duty of foreignk° sugars, the produce of free labour, at a differential u " 1 10s. per cwt. as compared with colonial sugars. The Bank Charter question, it appears, is soon to bi des the House, and much interest is felt in monetary e l ' ;a t 13 1 ; ascertain the course which her Majesty's Govern ol6 ,3sl ll resolved upon - adopting, and of which no induration been given. • at f 4l l The Fundsopened firmly this morning, Consols bernipoet to 991, the Commissioners, however, taking their u su. % feu': in Reduced Three per Cents. at 91%. Since, then.oree, porary re-action has occurred, and we quote the y tl O , rates of Consols, 991 a. The rather heavy settlemellin foreign market, probably, had led to sales, in order t 'OOl differences, in addition to which the Budget does Dot to be considered satisfactory to the people. Ex cbec he -S e a have been 74 to 76, and India Bonds 94 premium. si l , Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 1031 t O d to 98; t the Three per Cents from 99 to % have droPl d /. Bank Stock has remained at 197 to 196/ „ . e eetin-• The settlement in Spanish shows a heavy .13 ,11 ' " be ing hence prices are lower. The Five per Cents' e st, C ° ' l 4 to and the Three per Cents. 36 to 351 J. PortUg tl . - 0 . an verted Stock has been flat at 45k ; Mexican at 351 4, 1 ,;`,;..5ed Colombian at 141 to 151 ; Belgian 105, and Dutch a-Half per Cents. at 61 to 1. v h 0 We have had a firm market for the Railvr,%. S Gte ; although there has not been a great deal t ° Western are 391; Ditto, New, 131 ; Birmingham, 3as" Ditto, New, Thirds, 37 to 1; South Western, 431 toer;e 5i i Manchester and Birmingham, 16 prem. Brigh ton d i s a c Blackwall, 10 to 10; and Eastern Counties, 10a These quotati ins are generally rather better. cir„ BRITISH FUNDS THIS' DAY AT ONE O'CLO (From the Official List.) 197 1964 1. 1 Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ........... o lio 90 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 334 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... ...... t i gio. o New 334 per Cent. Annuities I , 7- 16 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860. .......• . 1 2 14 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 ..... India Bonds,l,ooo .................... Ditto under 1,000 92 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account 99S 1(/° Exchequer Bills, l%i . 1346• 1,0001. Ditto 5ma11.... ........... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE (KO , Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent. Buenos Ayres ionds, 6 per Cent 36 10 Columbian Bonds. Mexican Bonds. .837, 5 per Cent ..... ")4 Ditto Deferred Stock Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. ........»....• Ditto Converted 4 5 / 40 42 Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 Ditto for the Account .................„....„.»•• d Ditto Passive Bonds. ... ........ ....... Osir Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent Ditto Deferred l2 7' IL 6 I ; 4 Dutch 234 per Cents Ditto for the Account. ..... .......... 100 61 0 Dutch 5 per Cents. 994 New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONt i . RAILWAYS. PAIL Pea 9 0.- 0 Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ....... 95 ...... to Bristol and Exeter 7O ......... 75 ". ..... to Chester and Holyhead Eastern Counties Ditto New Registered.... W. 6a. Pd. Ditto Perpetual 5 per cent l2s. ed. ... 1 .••" to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ......... 66 ". to Great Western Ditto 34 Shares ho ..... 73)4.. 0 . t o Ditto Fi ft hs l2 ..... 203, ..... Harwich (Braithwaite) ..... 2 ..... ... to Hull and Selby London and Birmingham. lOO 230 ...... t p Ditto New Thirds 2 314% ".' to Ditto Shares 2 27% ........ London and Blackw..ll 1634 634% •. to / London and Brighton London and South Western .to Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Midland Counties lOO • 91 to North 11 , iti,h ............. to t North Midland Ditto )4 Shares ......... 40 ........ 4534 .•": to Ditto Thirds....... ........ 21i. 13s. 4d 30 .... Norwich and Brandon York and North Midland JOINT STOCK BANKS. to 1)1 0 Union of London MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 29. -- I S re • lar c not been much done to-day, and we have no parda to report. The sales are—Blackburn and Presto'' , s trl, lin and Drogheda, 731; Eastern Counties, Regist ere d Leeds and Bradford, 19 ; Manchester and Leeds, le I field and Manchester, Quarter, ; Trent Valley,,"" At lt fe t y ty" Se AGED PILGRIMS' SOCIETT.—The 7 for o f anniversary of this Institution (established in , 18 ,.,, 9 . 5 tiaP h 00 purpose of affording relief to destitute and aged tni et . 4 0 both sexes and all denominations) was celebrate 0o t he London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, last night tett i ,jell Thompson, Esq., in the chair. The report state , ' o f soe. subscriptions for the past year amounted to 1,57 6 ,!'„n' pel' e tal 1,0001. were from annual subscribers, and that °'" 00 were at present receiving pensions from the Soole t P.ardofiti eloquent appeals were made in the course of the A id ° behalf of the charity, and a collection was made funds, after which the meeting separated. 0 51 The Centurion, a line-of-battle ship of 8° 1 5091 to be launched at the Royal Dockyard, Pembrok e, „ ° 589 66 t ist the 3d of May. She is a splendid ship of nearly af tons, and will be the 86th vessel added to the nay; Pg' arsenal since its establishment in the year 1813. OPENING OF THE PROMENADE IN To Q " to SQUARE.—The spacious terrace in Trafalgar Sq uare' „ ogi to diately facing t.le National Gallery, will be thr ° ' — t o eo s iet the public on Thursday next. It was originally ' do 0 6 0 have admitted promenaders this day, but thew itre arie_f ie rf expected to be fully completed before dusk on OA' tt. The walk is the length of the front of the Nation," Ate t ee It is approached at each end by a handsome fligh , Too o width of the walk, which is paved with checke r whole length of the terrace. f fa :l/2 70W THE INDIA 31Ams.—The next mails 0- i to Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, I _ l ' 0 01' riis Kong, and China, will be made up to-morrol! witte r ! rid let of May, to be forwarded by the OrientS.l:o Indsi de' Southampton. By the overland closed nuleL., l _ if 0" Se el Marseilles, on Saturday evening, the 4th of ltiN;catliSiiret' ta'ned till the 6th. For Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon tho Gibraltar, on Thursday morning, the 2 d o f May, u 7 ht pool steamer, via Southampton. Lest Ah of THE MASTERS AND SERVATiTS ' Bat bor°lteelt" a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Bed Lion' Os° Finsbury was held, at eight o'clock, at the ressirig e nd' Servants as e _7: ll d Pill e rt il he P ritv! mond-street, Clerkenwell, for the disapprobation of the Masters and P ing in Parliament. The Bill was condem ne d t he Le 10 , 40 oppressive that had ever been intreducerlis, wereks;;;io ture against the working men; and resol o ppoelP ppledging ower. e meeting to offer it every their lta7' eld ebt DIED. Bober t ip, surviving son of the late R. Mitchell, On the 29th of February last, at Palm that island. of Sila s 11 ci f° On the 2d of April, Louisa, w ife t i ne , the Newbury, Berks. On the 16th of April, at Bromley', K of Robert Shebbeare, Esq. , R.N. en t, CAr°— TE°sqb.a, goTrenthr° - t f)f London: Printed and Published by lifitl)oonicrii'o;oo' No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The .us coo Strand, in the Precinct of the Won ITh P=.. Middlesex, Tuteday, April 30, 1044. T' on W The it • The J. L. , %Merl rar'd ne on: APPI aII Mo . The Mid Ga p al • Nslatx 4 Tll4 . AA, . aalift ,: 411 . . 0 'M4 Qty Loa Itool by flirt kill brad 11e1( 1 ) 441, or