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end the uncertainty that must prevail until the question of duties is finally settled by the home Government, have re stricted operations hi this important staple. The better descriptions of Benares have been saleable to a moderate extent at about previous prices, but in all middling and inferior kinds a decline of 4 a 6 annas per maund must be quoted. Even with this disposition on the part of holders to meet the market, buyers seem very unwilling to operate, and we believe that no business of any importance has been affected in these descriptions. Date sugar of the new crop, which at this time last month was selling freely at 10-4 a 10-8 Company's rs., is now down to 9 a 9-4 Company's rs., at which rate a fair amount of transactions are in progress. Saltpetre—There has been rather more doing in this arti cle, and, were freights obtainable on easier terms, there would probably be a much better demand, the prospects of the home market being not unfavourable. Meanwhile, ship ments to that quarter have been a good deal curtailed, and last month exhibit a considerable falling off, being only 25,561 maunds, against 43,253 in January, 52,478 in Decem ber, and 58,536 maunds in November last. For France and America very little was done during February, but within '.he last day or two a few sales have been effected for the latter quarter. The stock in the bazaar is a fair average one for the season. Raw Silk—Our last reported a fair inquiry for this staple, bat, since the arrival of the mail, the demand has fallen oil, and the business transacted has been extremely moderate. Holders evince little inclination to submit to lower rates, and, as well as purchasers, seem quite disposed to await the issue of another mail. Silk Piece Goods (Corahs)— Accounts by the last mail con tinuing in all respects favourable for these goods, demand has been active, and prices well maintained. All parcels brought to market find a ready sale, and though shipments durir , the last four months have been large, there appears every confidence in the consumption of tLe home market lacing fuliy adequate to the increased supplies going tot ward. The quantity shipped during the last ten months exceeds the whole consumption of 1344 by about 1,10,000 pieces. Rice—A continuance of the high rates of freightage has kept transactions in this article for home and shipment on a very moderate scale. In prices there is little alteration, the few sales of Table since made having been at our previous quotations. For Mauritius a fair amount of business has been done, but as the season is now advanced, shipments to most of the other eastern markets have been less extensive than during the two previous months. Shell Lac—There has been little doing in this article of late, and prices are rather lower. Lac Dve—Has been in better request, chiefly for the Eng lish market, to which quarter shipments are becoming in creased. Of the finest kinds there is very little or none at market, and quotations for these are, therefore, nominal. Hides—There has not been much doing in these goods, and sales have been chiefly confined to a few small parcels of superior quality. Jute—This article is very dull of sale, and prices have fallen considerably, the best cleaned being now procurable at Company's rs. 8 per bale, and at this reduction there is no general demand. Oil Seeds—ln these we have little alteration to make either as regards demand or prices. For England shipments con tinue moderate, and must remain so until they can be sent forward at more reasonable freights. During the latter part of February there was no vessel on the berth for the United States, but during the last few days the arrival of two ships from that quarter has caused a little ninre to be done in linseed. Horns and Horn Tips in moderate inquiry, the former at 12 a 11 Company's rs. per 100 ; the latter 7-12 a 8 Company's re. per maund. Cotton continues quite neglected, and for shipment we have not heard of a single transaction since our last. Prices of the new cotton in the Upper Provinces have fallen con siderably during the last month. Accounts of the China market are stilrunfavourable, though the absence of further supplies was beginning to tell upon the stock held by im porters. Opium—A few days after our last the receipt of adviees from China to Jan. 13, per Audax and Water Witch, had the effect of raising prices of the drug. Freights—The available tonnage continuing limited the rates of homeward freightage have undergone no reduction. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THE DESERT, II! FELICIEN DAVID. It is respectfully announced that the LAST REPRESENTA TION of this celeb-ated Work will take place on MONDAY, May Preceded by a Grand Miscellaneous Selection of Choral and Vocal Music from the most classical Authors, and executed by the dia. itnguished Artistes of this Establishment. The Orchestra and Choruseec will include upwards of 200 Per. formers, the whole uuder the direction of Sig. Costa. Particulars will be duly announced. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. THilil EVENING Will be performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Arline, Miss Rainforth. after which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled ROBER AND BERTRAND. Dances in the course of the Ballet : - Pas de Deux, by Mdiles. Adele and Louise. A New Polka, by Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele. La Lltuana Pas Sets], by Mdlle. Polin. A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers. Le Sevillianne, Spanish Dance, Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperini. The Boa-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, 1 laces, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. IMPORTS. Cotton Piece Goode—We are still unable to report any amendment in the state of our 'markets for Cottons gene- rally, and with a continuance of the present low exchange there are few articles that can be realised to any profit. , Though prices have undergone no change worthy of men tion, there has been rather more inquiry for some descrip tions of goods during the last ten days. Shipments on the way are moderate compared to what has recently been the ease, and though we cannot look for much demand until the season is further advanced, we think we are justified in ex pressing. an opinion that prices have seen their lowest. Shirtings—Grey have been in better request, and sales to a considerable extent have taken place, though at no advance in prices worthy of record. White remain depressed, and transactions have been very limited. Jaconets, White—The common and medium descriptions of these goods being moderate in stock, have continued sale able at fair prices, but for the finer kinds, of which supplies are proportionately larger, there is a very limited demand. Grey of all kinds are extremely dull of sale, and in these little has been done. Lappets—Under this head we have also to notice a fair demand for the cheapest description ; while all fine kinds are only saleable at a decline on the prices lately current. Lappet Scarfs—There is no improvement to notice in the demand for these goods, which is of the most limited nature, and sales only effected by submitting to a considerable re duction Book Muslins—But little has been done in these goods; obtainable prices continuing extremely low. Mull Mulls—The finest descriptions of these fabrics are saleable at fair prices, but for medium and common qualities demand has fallen off. Arrivals have lately been rather large, and during the past ten months are nearly double those of the previous year. Check Spots and Stripes, 12 yards—There is a fair demand for suitable descriptions of these goods; 2,640 pieces have brought 2rs. 5 a 6rs. per piece. Dhooties—Being out of season remain without the least inquirv. Twills—White are a saleable article, but prices have de clined considerably, arrivals having been very large; 1,900 pieces have sold from Co.'s rs. 7 8 a 7 8 3 per piece. Printed Goods—There is seldom much doing in these goods 1 at this season, and transactions since our last have been very moderate. - Coloured Goods—Turkey Red Twills are only in moderate request, and in all fabrics under this head little of any im portance has been done. Printed Handkerchiefs—A few small parcels have found buyers, but stock is much in excess of the probable demand for some time to come ; 1,094 dozen have brought from Co.'s rs. 1 1 to 2 6 per dozen. Mule Twist—Demand for this staple has been brisk since our last, and prices have advanced fully 2 pies per morah for almost all counts, though No. 40 continues relatively in the greatest request. The reported sales are upwards of 1,500 bales, and the stock in importers' hands has been much re duced, being now about 1,500 to 1,800 bales, inclusive of one or two recent arrivals. It will be seen by the annexed list of imports that supplies during the last ten months are upwards 450 per cent. in advance of those during the same period of last year. Turkey Red Twist also continues in good demand, and prices are well maintained. Orange Twist has been somewhat dull, and the sales made have.been at rather lower rates. Woollens—Transactions under this head have been quite unimportant, demand being almost suspended, and stocks of all descriptions extremely large. Metals—Though demand continues of a very limited nature, there has been rather more firmness on the part of holders, and prices are a little in advance of those obtainable at the date of our last. Copper—Sheathing, to the extent of about 2,000 mds. has been sold from 33 5 a 33 8 Co.'s rs., the latter being the present market value; 400 mds. Brazier have also realised 33 12 Co.'s rs. In Tile there have been no transac tions, but about 700 mds. Old Copper has brought 34 12 a 35 Co.'s rs. Spelter—This metal is still much depreciated in value; about 8,000 mds. have been sold from Ct. Rs. 10-6 a 10 8, but few holders will submit to realise at such low rates. Iron—The better feeling noticed in our last has continued to be manifested in demand for this article, and though transactions have not been extensive, prices remain steady. About 4,000 mds. English bar have sold from Co.'s Rs. a 2-2 3 per md., 1,000 mds. Swedish, Ct. Rs. 4 5 per md., and 300 mds. Boiled Plate, at Co.'s Rs. 3-2 per md. Lead-1,000 Inds Pig have sold at the low price of Sa. Rs. 5-12 per fy. md. In other metals nothing worthy of notice has been done. Beer—There has been nothing done by wholesale of late, sales having been confined to several parcels of second-rate brands by public auction. MONEY MARKET. Bengal Hurkaru-office, Calcutta, March 7, 1845. Tbe market has, upon the whole, been steady since the issue ofour last summary ; and there is not so great a demand for accommodation, as there was a week or two ago—nor do we look forward to much change in existing rates of interest, before the next opium sale, when there may be some activity. Government Securities are not quite so buoyant, the in creased rates of interest at the banks for loans on deposit having slightly affected the current value. Exchange remains nearly stationary, with a small tendency upwards, say 1-10 i to 1-14 at 10 months' date. Bank Stock is inquired atter, but there seems little disposi tion to sell at present quotations. • - • GOVEFINMENT SECURITIES. Transfer Stock Paper, Five per Cent., prem. 21 0a 22 9 Bombay, Five per Cent. Old Sicca, Five do., according to Nos „ 5 0 a 7 2 New Company's Five per cent. Thirds, Four ditto ... New Cy, Four ditto BANK SUARES. Bengal Bank Co.'s Rs. (4,000) Prem. 2,750 a 2,800 Union Bank Agra Bank ... Mussoorie 8ank......,,, (500) „ 190 a 200 Bank of Western India „ „ (400) „ 240 a 250 RATE OF INTEREST AND DISCOUNT. _ BANK OF BENGAL.. Discount 1 on G overnment Acceptanc. (within 3 m.) 4 per ct. on Private Bills and Not on deposit of Company's Paper 5 Interest on deposit of Opi um and Salt { 5 „ 3, on Loans on)n deposit deposit ofof o ll h et e a r ls goo an d d s lti f 5 . UNION BANK. 7 „ on Government Accept ances ... ............ 4 Discount on approved Private Bill s ( a t 2 months) 7 / 7, on ditto front 2to 4 months ............. „„ g ; on Government Paper 6 Loan , & on Bengal and Agraßank Shar es , & c 7 { Cred;ts on other 11Ietal g s o a o u d d s, I d n it d t i o go, in bonded wareh. 7 „ 6 „ PRICE OF BULLION, &C. Sycee Silver Co.'s Rs. 104 12 0 a 105 00 p. 100 sa. wt. China Gold Bars 15 8 0 a 16 8 OS per sa. wt. Gold Dust. per S '2l 10 0 a 221 12 01 ,,,,„panish Dollarsrs 4 21 4 0 a ‘)' - '1 4OS ."-' Mexican ditto Sovereigns • 11 20 a 1-1 4 0 . 16 4 0 a 16 8 0 ' Itiadraillohurs New Gold N.lohurg.. 0 00a 0 00) eac MINISTERIAL CIIANGES.—Mr. Alexander Pringle, M.P. for Selkirkshire, one of the Lords of the Treasury, tendered his resignation to Sir Robert Peel previously to "toting against the Government on the proposed grant to the college of Maynooth. The Right Hon. Baronet having ac cepted the resignation, Mr. Pringle is of course no longer in eke ; and we believe we may state that he will be succeeded b Mr. William Forbes Mackenzie, M.P. for Peebleshire. IWr. bfaakinaie toted in the nutiosity on Saturday morning. —rat THE RSPRESENTATION OF THE COUNTY DOWN.— Lord Edwin Bill, the youngest son of the late Marquis of Downahire, vrill,offer himself to the electors of the County Down In suorossAr to his brother, the present Marquis. A game at, ist is about to come off, to be played in quite a nova yby means of the electric telegraph. The four playors to- stationed—one at Southampton, and his c d , _partnatm ; their adversaries at Gosport, and Basing frek ( s" . - it will take playing will be little more than ied at the usual gem. a a , S ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Unparalleled Success of Mr. White's Trained Animals ; last week of their Performance in London. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSSA ; or, The Spanish Amazons. Entire Change of the Scenes in the Circle To conclude with an Admired Farce. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATF:E. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. VALE. I consequence of the immense sensation created by the Feats of Mr. Caufleld, the American Samson, he will repeat his Herculean Feats every Evening• THIS EVENING Will be performed IVANHOE ; or, The JEW'S DAUGHTER. Isaac of York (a Jew), Mr. H. Hughes; Lady Rowena, Mrs. H. Hughes; Rebecca. Mrs. R. Honner. After which, THE QUAKER. Lubin, Mr. Rime ; Steady, Mr. Lein - ; Cicely, Mrs. W. Daley. To be followed by the Extraordinary Feats of the American Sampson. To conclude with JONATHAN BRADFORD, Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MISS VINCENT. TVIS EVENING Wilford Clitheroe, Mr. Will be performed WOMAN'S LOVE. E. F. Saville ; Kate Wynsley, Miss Vincent. Messrs. Cony and Blanchard will give a Classical Illustration el the Ancient Masters on a Revolving Pedestal. After which. FIDELIO. Don Vincenito Fernandez, Mr. Osbal diston ; Countess del Ruy, Miss Vincent. To conclude with THE FOREST OF BONDY. In which the Dog Hector will perform. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON!-GRAND OPENING FETES. . First Exhibition of the Colossal Pictorial Representation suggested by 11. R. 11. PRINCE ALBERT. Under the Patronage of her most Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER, H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. MONDAY, April 28 ; TUESDAY, 29 ; WEDNESDAY, 30 , and THURSDAY, May 1, 1845. A magnificent modelled Representation of EDINBURGH, the Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmen, and the immortal Scott's " Mn Romantic Town," introducing the Old and New Town, the Nor' Loch, as it formerly existed, the Carlton Hill, Nelson's Monument, Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Cra,ggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's Monu mmt, the Royal Institution, Holyrood Palace, and all the most inter esting features of " Auld Reekie." The Proprietor had the honour of submitting the Model to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and he is delighted to say it met with his most decided and perfect approval, and from the more than usual care which has been observed in its execution, he points it out as the happiest production of Mr. Danson's pencil. The drawings were made by Mr. Danson on the spot, and present a bird's-eye view of the principal objects of the Old and New Town, the Firth of Forth, &c. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, so decidedly popular at this Establishment, will this season be on an unusually effective scale. Mr. GODFREY has been occupied since the close of last summer, in com posing and arranging a varied and pleasing succession of superior Novelties, which will be produced in rotation, including some Ori ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet performed in this country. willti;Te FIREWORKS kwill take place the most extraordinary Lxhibition of ever attempted. The entire of the Gigantic Model Illuminated. The different devices in front of the houses, the fires on the Carlton Hill, Arthur's Seat, and the surrounding which took place on her Maajesty'sovnufnisitenwit,llanbed Moun tains, the illumination of Nelson's a al c i cu t r h a e t e r l e y jci p tig: r s . Tableau, Fifty Feet in Height, g w wll ,ye Aquatic Royal and Patriotic Majesty and Prince Albert, trayed. And, as a Finale, emblems exhibitedand L by ak r e: me T . h a e nd Po su rt r r r aLts d o e f d hebryebother i devices e le e e s e , n vi t r u e b o e f the Lake in troduced. The Tableau deti p t i ed fo a r nd executed by Mr. Denson. giving effect to this combined with the Feux D'Arfi. matchless lice, fir. t b S e o Salute u t a b d y superb ehas t y h r e ote Ca chn stle te a D nd i nlaynd he'e D d is en c s h i°g ar eenn g , e wt o li f eh ß c ork rn ei lihs in sur rounding heights, will form the most brilliant Pyrotechnic P ever witnessed. Feeding of the Carnivore, at half-past Four ; Pelicans, &c., at Five : Concert, at Six ; and Pyrotechnic Display, at Nine. Admission, One Shilling. THE MACKEREL FISHERY.—Last week the boats in Mount's Bay were tolerably successful, and brought ashore considerable quantities of fine mackerel. On the day that the Havla steamers left that port for Bris tol, the fish realised 16s. per hundred ; but on the days on which there was no steam communication, between the ports named, the price fell to ss. a hundred. With a railway communication with the markets between Penzance and the metropolis, the fishery in Mount's Bay may be expected to be considerably enhanced by the prices the fishermen will no doubt realise for their fish. The mar ket gardeners, too, will reap the benefit of a quick transit of their early produce.—Pazance Gazette. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (Monday) Evening contained The Conclusion of the day's proceedings before the Itailvvay Committee. The betting at Tattersall's up to six o'clock. The Spirit of the Public Journals. The Conclusion of the Proceedings in the Court of Exchequer. The Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, being a full Report of the proceedings in both Houses of Parliament, up to a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. NEW WORK. BY B. DISRAELI, LbQ., In the press, in 3 vols., post Svo., SYBIL ; or, THE '1 WO NATIONS. By the AUTHOR OF " CONINGSBY." " The commonalty murmured, and said, there n2ver were so many gentlemen, and so little gentleness."—Bishop Latimer. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlbomgh-street. Now ready, in Svo., price only Five Shillings (comprising matter equal to nearly 600 ordinary pages), VOL. 111. of M. 'TIERS' HISTORY of Cie CONSULATE AND EMPIRE, A SEQUEL 70 BIS " HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION." THE ONLY AITTHORISED ENGLISH EDITION. Translated by D. FORBES CAMPBELL, Esq., with the sanction and approval of the Author. N.B. Either of the Volumes may be had separately. lenry Colbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Bellini's celebrated Opera, entitled LA SON NA3IBULA. Amine, Madame A. Castellan. The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine) will appear hi some of their favourite Pas. Alter which, the highly successful Dirzrtisseinent, entitled KAYA ; ou, L'Amour Voyageur. The Music compos d and arranged by Signor Pugni, and comprising Themes from the _Norwegian Melo dies. 'The Principal Dances composed and arranged by M. Perrot; those of the Danseuses Vicunoises by Madame Josephine Weiss. Kaya, Mademoiselle Lucille Grahn ; L'Amour, Fraulein Fanny Pragher ; Herman, M. Gosselin ; linud, M. Perrot. To conclude with the admired Scene of the Dryades from the Ballet of EOLINE. Eoline, Madame Lucille Grahu. Applications for Bores, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-offlce, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock ;to commence at Eight. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectililly inibrined, that there will be an Extra Night (not included hi the Subser:ptiou), ON THURSDAT NEXT, APRIL 24, When will be performed Rossini's Opera IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Grist; Bertha, Mdlle. Bcllini ; It Conte d'Almaviva, Sig. Mario ; Bartolo, alp. Lablache ; Basillo, F. Lablache ; Figaro, Stg. Furnasari. The Dansemses Viennoises will appear in some of their Favourite Pas. With other Entertainments, in which Madame Anaide Castellan and Sig. Moriani, will appear. In the course of the Evening the celebrated Spanish Dancer, Dona Manuelea Pcrca, known as La Neua, and the celebrated Bolero Dancer, Don Felix Garcia, will appear in various of the Na tional Pas of Spain. With the New Ballet Divertissement of KAYA ; au, L'Amour Voyageur. Kaya, Mdlle. Lucille Gratin ; Knud, M. Perrot. And other Entertainments, in which will appear all the Artistes of the Ballet. I.pplications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box nftice, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven ;to commence at Half-past Seven o,Clock. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE. Mr. JOHN PARSONS (Box -book-keeper) most respectfully an nomices that HIS BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY, MAY Ist, when will be performed a POPULAR OPERA, A GRAND DIVERTISSEMENT, and a Variety of ENTERTAINMENTS, full particulars of which will be speedily published. Dress Circle, 7s ; Boxes, Is ; Pit, 3; Gallery, 2s ; Upper Gallery, Is. Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be obtained of Mr. John Par sons, at the Box-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will he repeated a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled ILD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket, Mr. Stricklat d ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Tom Coke, Mr. Webster ; Bob, Mr. Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; the Countess of Pompton, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn, Madame Vestris ; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Benr ett. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPRI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTY - THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN Hi. SHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, called ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. Mr. Snugsby, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul Redford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Forteseue. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will he performed the Play of THE STRANGER. The Stranger, Mr. Wallack ; Baron, Mr. Archer; Count Wintersten, Mr. Courtney ; Mrs. Haller, Miss Cushman. To conclude with DON C.ESAR DE BAZAN. Don Ciesar de Batan, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF 'MRS: KEELEY. Unparalleled success of the New Grand Burlesque—lrresistible Fun in On Duty." THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Original Drama, to be called ON DUTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, F. Mathews, and Keeley ; Miss Vlllars, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Grove. To be followed by a New Drama, entitled THE DRUNKARD'S GLASS. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Emery, Meadows, Turner, Miss Dawson, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Woollidge. To conclude with a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT ! Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley ; Muley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrotker, and Miss Grove. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. TILE Su N, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1845. THE WEATHER.—Strx amcz, APRIL 21. THERMOMETER, Lowest., 38 ; Highest, 61; Noon, 58. BAROMETER, 30.18.—WIND, E. Nom—The figurez which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest arid highest state of the fhermometer dining the preceding twenty-four hours. Ail tae other observations are made at noon. direct. The Presbyterian Church likewise receives a consi derable subsidy. Both are gorged with the property taken— stolen, we shall add—from the Catholic clergy, and they utter exclamations sufficient to unsettle the three kingdoms to their foundation, because a miserable shadow of restitution is granted to the Catholics ! Once more we assert that such a proceeeding is a disgrace to England." The National thus contrasts the policy of Sir ROBERT PEEL and M. GUIZOT, or, rather, that of the " Chateau :" " Sir Robert Peel knows the men whom he leads, and he is well aware that with the haughty aristocracy, to which he dois not belong, and on whom h . e has been imposed by his merit and his experience, there is no medium between domination and servitude. He must either be the master of the Tories or their instrument. Sir Robert I'eel has too good an opi nion of himself to submit to the humiliating position of a servant, or even to the seccndary position of a counsellor. He is the chief, and he loads his party with rare boldness. But to what point is he conducting them? Into a course now to the defenders of all the prejudices of birth, of religion, and of privilege. He has compelled those men to place their hands on what they ought to have religiously respected. He has loaded property wi th an income-tax. He has op posed to the absolute spirit of prohibition a vast reform of ta riffs. He has impoverished the agricultural interests by a mo dification of the corn-laws. He 15 now placing his foot in the sanctuary; and, notwithstanding the exclamations against Popery and ido'atry , he is about to endow a Catholic semi nary largely, after having treated officrilly with the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland for the execution of the Religious Bequests Bill. When the period arrives at which parties are to be extinguished there always appears an indispensable statesman who himself undertakes to dig the trench in which worn-out institutions and exhausted ideas are to Lind their final sleep. Thus affairs pass in a count r y w h ere s t a t esmen know; how to prepare paciticchanges. In France it is dif ferent. A systematic imnioimity appears to preside over all the acts of the Government. The party whi c h ca ll s its e lf Conservative traces round it a circle whi c h i s no t t o be crossed. Inclosed in a sp ecies of lazaretto, it neither feels f t a li c e t noNo'ermtheentpeorfmathneent a ) ; fltd tio ‘' n - fhoichideas rises, nor the pressure of . Nevertheless a re sistance is formed. Disaffection is engendered by contempt, the latter will one day give place to anger, and a final mo ment will arrive when th e Conservatives, who refused to re new some worn-out furniture, will find themselves invaded by a force; too long suppressed, which will throw the entire household and furniture out of the window." The Minister of Public Works bad presented to the Chamber of Deputies Bills authorising the adjudication of the railways from Paris to Strasbourg, and from Tours to Nantes. The maximum of the leases to be granted is fixed as follows:--For the Paris and Strasbourg Railway forty-five years, and for the Tours and Nantes Railway thirty-five years. The Committee of the Chamber, appointed to examine the Northern Railroad Bill, had reduced from forty-five to twenty five years the dura tion of the lease, and the security to be deposited by the Company from 30,000,000 f. to 15,000,000 f. The intelligence from Swi.zerland is not satisfactory. The Constitutionnel says, the demavel of Lucerne, mede in the Diet on the 16th, for an indemnity led to an ani mated debate, which ended in a rejection, six votes only appearing for the indemnity. All steps to induce that cant , )n to grant an amnesty would, it was said, fail, sin less supported by money. The Diet adjourned without fixing a day for discussing the propositions of the com mission. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 37 minutes after 1 I Evening • • 56 minutes after 1. VA 3 Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia ... 40 British North American 50 ..... 45 1 / London & Westminster. 20 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Preston, Three-quarter Shares, 33 ; Limerick and WaterforJ, %; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3%; London derry and Enniskillen, 31. 17s. 6d. 3%; London and South- Western, New 501. Shares, 15%; London and York, 4% 76 ; Direct Northern, 4 1 / 2 ; Leeds and Thirsk, ; I.v nn and Dereham, 14 ; Manchester and Buxton, 5 1 A ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 18 1 % • Manchester, Shef field, and Midland, 9 3 4 Midland iailway, 158 1 / 2 158; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 19% ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 4 ; Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 120 ; Newark and Sheffield, 6 1 / 2 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 16% ;; Newry and Enniskillen , 5 % ; North U nion ( A ) , 145 North Wales Mineral, 18 1 / ; Ditto, New Shares, 6%; North Western, 5% Al; North Wales, 3 1 / 2 %; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 5 4%; Oxford. Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 1/. 18s. ; Sheffield and Ma itzhester, 125 1 / 2 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 16%; Sheffield 'and Lincoln, 1%; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, 4% ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 6% ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4% 4/. 13s. 9d ; South - Eastern and Dover , New Shares, No. 1, 16%; Ditto, No. 2. 11 ; Ditto, No. 3, 8%; Scottish Central, 7% 7 ; Trent Valley, 19 1 / 2 20 1 4 ; Ditto, Extension, 5 6 3 / 4 ; West Yorkshire, 6; Wexford and Carlow, 4% %; Worcester and Tring, 54% ; Whitehaven and Furness, 3'. Is. 6d. 31. Is. ; Central of France,l7 ; Lyons and Avignon (English), 2% ; Louvain and Jemeppe, 5 1 4 ; Northern of France ( English), 5%; Ditto, Rosamel's (English), 2% ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 274 21 16s. 6d. ; Ditto (Calon's), 21. Is. cd. ; Paris and Orleans, 48 1 / 2 ; Paris and St. Quentin, 2/. 13s. 6d. 2%; Verona and Ancona, 21. Is. There are accounts of the 9th January from Hobart Town, which advise very unfavourable weather for the -crops, a material deficiency being fully anticipated. From the tenor of the published accounts it is feared that the mercantile letters from India will not advise an improve ment in the markets there, and this probably will have some effect in t he manufacturing districts. There has been a further decline to-day in Consols, and although we attach but little weight to the plea on 'which it is grounded, viz., an apprehension of some misunder standing with the United States, we are not by any means surprised at a reaction from another cause, viz., the superior temptation of railway investments. Consols have been down to 98% % for Money, and to 99 and 98% for Ac count, and are now about 98% to 76 for the former, and 9876 for the latter. The premium on Exche quer-bills has been steady at 595. to 61s. New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 101 to 100%. Bank Stock has been firm at 210 to 210%. Reduced Three per Cents. have been 98 to 97%. The Foreign Securities have been affected by the declinci n Consols. Spanish Five per Cents. have receded to 30 1 / 2 11 / 4 ; and the Three per Cents. to 40 1 / M. Portuguese Converted Stock has been 66 1 4, %. Mexican have given way to 37 1 /. Columbian are 15% to 16. Dutch Four per Cents. bring 97%. There has been a good deal of business doing in Railway , Shares, and, taking them generally, it may be said there is a disposition to sell, and that they rule lower. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 4 per Cents lOO% 101 1003 / 4 - % 100% Long Annuities to expire Jan 1860 11% 7-16 11 7-10 Ditto 30 years, Oet. 10,1859 ... 114 1i 4 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ... 11 11-16% 11% India Bonds, 1,0001.. ....... ..... .. Ditto under 1,0001... .. 74 74 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account.... Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., I%d. Ditto 500/. . Ditto Small ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.. 44 44 Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 15% 16 16 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent-- ...... 98 3 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837... — 3754 Ditto, Account Ditto. Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted 661 65 3 / 4 Ditto, Account Russian Bonds •• •• •.. 117 1 4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 30%4 30% Ditto, Passive Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent. ... Ditto Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent — Ditto, Deferred 14% 14% Belgian Bonds, 4% per Cent — 101% Dutch, 2% per. Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 97% 97% PRICES OF PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING B lILWAY SHARES PRICES. Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Birmin and Gloucester. 100 Ditto % Shares Bristol and Exeter Do. New .... . ......... 2 ...... 84 Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1% Chester and Holyhead... 5 Churnet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton ........ ...... 1 1 4 5 14 5 14 Coventry and Leicester 14 34 3 Cornwall _. 5% 1 4 . .... 2 , 5 1 ,4 Direct Northern Dublin and Belfast June 2 IA 1 1%4% ll% Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway 2IA ..—. 5%% 1 ,4 ...... 5 1 4 Dublin and Mullingar 2 14 - Eastern Counties 25 21 1 4 20% Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1.....51. 13s. 4d I I4 Ditto ditto, No. 2 l3s. 4d... Eastern Union Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, New Quarters.. 2% . 0A... .. Ely and Bedford ..... .... 1 1 4 — Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of England..loo 201% 202 Ditto New Great Western BO ......190 191 ... 189 1 4 Ditto 1 ,4 Shares 5O 106% Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 24... .. 6% 6 Hull and Selby Ditto Quarter Shares 12% 2 3 1 /4 % 1A .. ... 23% Do. Half Shares Lancasternncl Carlisle.~ 20 London and Birminghm (Stock) — ' 23n% Do. New Thirds - - - 47 London and Blackwell. 16/. 13s. 4d 9 8% 9% 8 3 / 4 ‘9 1 4 9 1 / 2 London and Bright0n... 50 London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 17 1 London and S. Western 4116 s 10d 814 i Bl Do. New London and York 2 1,4 3 3 / 4% % 4 3 3 / 4 Londonderry& Coleraine 2 1 ,4 — . 3% Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham l% Manchester and Leeds... 73 Do. 1 4 Shares Midland... 100 Do. New Midland,Birm.,Derby 100 Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 51 ..... ,51 Do. New Brandling... 10 Neweasile and Berwick 1 1 ,4 l 5 l / 2... l 5l Newry and Enniskillen. 2 1 ,4 Newark and SLeffield ... 1 1 ,4 6 5,44 . 6 3 / 4 North British Do. New i- Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Scrip North Wales Norwich and Brandon... 10 Do., New ... ..... ..... 1 Richmond and West End Junction Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland l lx4 ... . 4%4 4 14 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 212. . . 4 1 ,4%... 4% South Devon... ...... South Eastern & Dov er 3312 s 4d... 41% Do., No. 1 ............... 8 Do., No. 2. ............ 2 Do., No. 3 ............ 2 1 ,4 B4 7 3 / 4 7 l; Staines and Richmond... 1 South Wales ..... —... ••• 2 14 6 % 3 /4 ' 4 Trent Valley ............... 2 Waterford and Kilkenny 1 Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 — York and North Midland 50 lO4 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Extension l ll — FRENCH RAILWAY S. Boulogne and Amiens... 4 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux,Toulouse , and Cette ..... .... . ... ..... 2 ...... 2% 3 4 1,4 Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 Great North. of France., 4 Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 ...... 2%1/i Great Paris and Lyons 2 Lyons and Avignon 2 — Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . 4 1 ,4 1 % Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 ...... 15 3 6 74 Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris ard Lyons, Gan neron's, Paris &Lyons, (Calon's) 2 Paris and Strasbourg ... 2 Paris and Rouen ... 20 Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ..... 2 ...... 4% 84 3 4 8 12 3 4 _9IA 17a%,i MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 19.—The sales are :—Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4% ; Lan caster and Carlisle, 39% ; Manchester and Leeds, Sixteenth Shares, 7% ; Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarters, 5 13-16 pm.; North British, New Shares, 5%; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 15 3 4 ; South Eastern, 42% ex div. ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 9% %; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5 3 4 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 13 3 %; Caledonian, 13 3 4 ; Clitheroa Junction, 4 1 4 1 4 prem. ; Direct Northern, 4 % ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 6 1 ,4 Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 5 1 4 ; Hud dersfield and Sheffield Junction, 8%; Keacial and Winder mere, 5 7-16; Leeds and Thirsk 4%; Liverpool, Ormakirk, and Preston, 3 1 4 ; London and York, 4 1 4 ; Lynn and Dere ham, 3% ; Manchester and Buxton, 5% 5 ; Newark and Sheffield, 6 1 4 ; North Wales, 3% ; North Western, 5 1 4 % ; Scottish Central, 7% ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 1/. Bs. ; Trent Valley, 20 19 3 4 ; Ditto, Continuation, 4% 3 / 4 prem. ; Whitehaven and Furness, 3 1 ,6 ; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 2 3 4 ; Great Northern of 'France (English), ; Union Bank of Manchester, 10%. The Earl of Howth, Lord Leigh, Lord Brooke, Lord Guernsey, Viscount Lewisham, and Sir C. Douglas, Bart., M.P., are among the subscribers, with handsome donations, towards the erection of a tennis-court at Leaming ton Spa, the cost of which is estimated at 1,600/. Thirteen hundred pounds have already been subscribed towards that object. c 4 \ Z.' ;- , E., ; , ?1, -'' c,..L,m.47.:',F. ik ,_ L rile .... ~,,ie•,, % , ,f" , .#413 . 0 1 ' i , ~, •fi. . • , _ . ' ..- 4. 1 , .. z 1E1,7' , ‘,.‘ , ,:•••.,„„,„,, 'r• 31 Cr , ~ , 1 , 0 , • ---_---- bxsl Irtit LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL '22, 1845. The house cf Lords met at Five o'clock. A great number of petitions were presented against the Maynooth Bill. The Compensation for Deaths Bill was read a second time, and their Lordships adjourned. The House of Cummols met at Fuur o'clock. New writs were moved for Derbyshire, in the room of Sir W. W. Wv:INE ; and for Peebleshire, in the room of Mr. FORBES MACKENZIE, who had accepted of f ice under her MAJESTY'S Government; and for Leu• minstcr, in the room of Mr. GREENAWAY. Several private Bills were forwarded a stege. Mr. T. DUNcOMBE then moved to rescind the eleventh Sfetion of standing order, No. 87, which requires Com mittees on Railway Bills to make a special report of the reasons which induce the Committees to adopt or reject the recommendation of the Board of Trade. Sir G. CLEnK defended the conduct of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade. Mr. LABOUCLIERE thought the standing order had been misunderstood by the Hon. Member for Finsbury. A long discussion followed, in the course of which Mr. BERNAL moved as an amendment that an address be presented to her MAJESTY, that she be pleased that all documents and statements relating to railway Bills be laid before the House. Mr. DuscomnE subsequently withdrew his motion, and the amendment was agreed to without a division. The order of the day for going into Committee on the Maynooth grant was postponed till Wednesday; and the other orders of the day having been disposed of, the House adjourned at Twelve o'clock. The whole British empire, India and the Colonies in hided, does not furniai such important and difficult topics of discussion as Ireland alone. Independent of jarring in terests, caused by the mode in which English dominion in that country was obtained, and her sway continued, the Irish Established Church is sufficient, of itself, to cause an annual debate, which must increase every year in in tensity till the anuroaly is finally removed. The appro priation clause, the Maynooth establishment, the py ment of the Catholic clergy, and a variety of other elements of disunion, all spring out of a grievance which is every day more felt, and which is with out a parall:2l in the history of Europe. Last evening, on the motion that the House resolve itself into a Committee upon the appropriation to be made from the Consolidated Fund for the College of May nooth, Mr. WARD was to have moved—" That it is the opinion of the House that any provision to be made for the purposes of the present Bill ought to be taken from the funds already applicable to Ecclesiastical purposes in Ireland." This is a rational proposition, and, if carried into effect, would make the grant to Maynooth even more popular than it is with the whole of the Catholic population; bat we see no prospect whatever that such a just, necessary, and decisive measure will be adopted for many years to come. When the list of the division is made out somo curious transpositions of names will ap • pear. Sir R. INGLIS'S party, of course, will retain their original position, but the supporters of Sir R. PEEL'S scheme must change sides, and separate themselves from the Whigs and Liberals who voted with them on Saturday morning. Then what is to become of those Members who oppose the grant on religious grounds, and especially on the ground that there should be no endowment at all for any church establishment ? To be consistent they must still cling to the skirts of Sir R. INGLis, for they cannot, according to principle, vote any money in support of an idolatrous faith, or of any faith whatever. The result, of course, cannot for a moment be doubtful, and the motion of Mr. WARD, unless it had been preeeded by one of a more practicable character, would only have added another insult to the Irish people. and made them despair of justice from the Imperial Par liament. Thanks to the upright conduct, the sound judg ment, and the wise policy of the statesmen of all parties, this great calamity has been averted, aed one of the main grounds for a repeal of the union has been undermined. True, it is hope deferred—but still there is hope, the last consolation of the wretched-- and from the manly, statesmanlike, and conciliatory speech of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, as well as the discreet silence of Sir ROBERT PEEL, on Friday night, Ireland, and the friends of Ireland, may reckon with certainty that the days of that unsightly fabric, so injurious to Protestantism, and such a source of endless bitterness— the Church of Orangemen—are numbered ; and, if not . swept from the country, it will speedily be so modified and curtailed, as to remove all just cause of com plaint. The.work has already begun ; the principle of adapting the staff and chief officers of this Church-mili tant to the purposes for'which it was intended, has already been admitted even by the most bigoted and obstinate member of the Cabinet, and when the principle is granted, and we have to deal with rational politicians, the details are of less consequence. Time, the in crease of liberal opinions —and, above all, the rapid change which has manifested itself ami. ng the rising generation of Conservatives—will yet complete this great work of justice and mercy. The prospects of Ireland never were so bright. SLe Las brought over all the statesmen of the day to her snle. She will yet be placed on a footing with Scotland, ard, to the honour of her leaders, and the spirit of the age, she will, unlike Scotland, obtain her rights without shedding a drop of blood. We have accounts from Madrid to the 13th inst. The Chamber of Deputies was still engaged in discussing the estimates, most of which had been passed with little opposition. A letter from CORTINA, who is in France, was read, in which he called upon the Chamber to de cide on his return as Minister for Salamanca, and if pronounced good he would present himself and take his seat. The letter was referred to a Committee. On the 12th the Three per Cents. closed at 35 11-16 at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 25f for cash, and 25i at 60 days ; and tho Debt without Interest at 9 at 60 days. The Paris papers state that M. GIIIZOT was seized with sudden illness on Saturday. It was not, however, of long continuance, as appears from:the following notice in the Messager of that evening:—" The Minister or Foreign Affairs was this morning seized with a slight indisposition, a sharp pain suddenly rising in the region of the liver, which yielded promptly to some slight re medies." In the Chamber of Deputies the Savings Banks Bill was passed by a majority of 207 to 35. One of the clauses enacts that the total amount of deposits by one individual shall not exceed 1,500 f., but may be allowed to accumulate with interest to 2,000 f. (800, The interest is to remain the same, and also the time of giving notice of withdrawal of deposits. Several of the journals are still occupied with the Maynooth question One of them, the Presse, has an article on the disputes between England and America, and evidently would rejoice if the English Government should be embar rassed with Irish discontent should a war take place France, it says, would profit by a war. "We learn,' says that journal, " from a certain source that the British squadron recently fitted out at Portsmouth, and placed under the orders of Admiral SEYMOUR, is in tended to act in the Pacific Ocean. The principal ob ject of this expedition is to be ready, in case of a rup ture between Great Britain and the United States, to occupy, militarily, the ports and important positions of the Oregon, and to capture the numerous Ame rican merchantmen and whalers. We are fe.r from desiring a war, but it becomes us to examine carefully the various chances which either party has of success, although we would almost dare to affirm that Great Britain will yield, as sbe has always done, in presence of the menacing attitude of her rival. But it is an historical fact that every time Great Britain has yielded to America some advantage has accrued to France. The treaty of 1783, by which the Cabinet of St. James recognised the independence of the United States, caused us to recover the possession of Senegal, delivered us from an English Commissioner residing at Dunkirk, and restored to Spain, our ally, the Floridas and Port Mahon, which Great Britain retained nearly a century. We trust that the example of the treaty of Washington in 1842 will equally bear its f db r u ei ss t at t i a." )4oi friend hop t ed V doaf onrde e a the tß anticipations conciliation rita i n. Tllel of h same et make P aa kpee r rl e s mr s e eal Ireland d i s l t thehb ee s in ° n Ireland,th the opposition h fol , l , Tv in iangginreemt h ar a k tereit to is th e p g ro ra po n s t ed . poor College shall receive 27,000/. sterling to educTt t e ha t t h a e clergy destined to instruct 8,000,000 Catholics, there aro twelve Protestant bishops receiving for them se l ves 70,300/, and trot tot having o tenth part of the poptl a ce e to THE BOURSE-SATURDAY, APRIL 19. _ First IH.:ll , st Lowest Last Price. Price. Price Price. French Five per Cents. 117 60 .. 117 60 •• 1 1 7 50 117 GO Three per Cents.... iv-, 85 85 85 85 85 85 Loan .•• •• •• SG 49 .. 86 50 .. 82 50 SG 50 Bank of France 3250 _3255 ..3251 ..3255 C•onin Bank. I,ooof Shares .. 1110 —lllO • • 1 10 7 50 • -1 1 10 Belgian Fives, 'B4O 1(2% 102% •• 10278 .. 1027 S Four-and-a-Half •• 101% Two-and-a-Half G 2 31 62 30 62 30 .. 62 30 Spanish Tierces— . 42 .. 42 •• 42 .. 42 Active 4 'A 46% • • 4 ,11 .4 40% Passive 714, .. .. 7! .. 7% rortuguese, Five per C , ?riis • • 67' • • 67 " • • Roman .•• -• •• 10714 .. 1073 .. 107?-4, RAILWAY SHARES. Verso-Hes, 563 560 .. 550 550 L.B•• 360 .. .355 .• 355 Rouen 1120 • 1120 ••1110 ..1110 Rouen to Havre 937 50 .. 937 50 •• 935 Orleans .................• 1230 ..1230 —1227 50 ..1230 Strasburg to Bale.. 320 •• 320 .• 315 .. 315 ._vig•non to Marseilles.... •.1050 —lO5O ••1040 • 1042 50 Bordeaux to Teste •• •••• 212 50 .. 212 50 210 .. 211 25 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, MAT 3 St. Germain Versailles, R.ll 565 L.B. . 360 Rouen • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • . —ll2O Rouen to Havre ........... 940 Orleans. •. Strasburg to Bale .......... 320 iguon to Marseilles.... .. 1020 -1120 ••1100 ..1105 .. 552 50 .. 552 SO 30 .. 3 , %2 50 37'2 60 ..1125 ••1110 ..1110 ~ 942 50 930 930 ..1235 ..1225 ..1230 .. 325 3i5 315 ..1055 ..1040 -1042 50 HAM BURGH MAIL. STOCKHOLM, APRIL 4.----The Estates aro now dis cussing the tariff of custom-house duties, the Com mittee having submitted to them no fewer than 154 points on which they are to decide as soon as possible. This matter is very interesting, since it clearly shows the insufficiency of our system of four Chambers. M. Petre deposited on the table of the Chamber a motion, to the effect, that the Estates should exert themselves that (according to the wish of the King) the Diet may be ended on the 21st of April. STOCKHOLM. APRIL B.—The Speaker announced to the Minister of Justice, on the 4th, that they did not think that the most urgent matters now before the Diet could be terminated before the end of May. BERLIN, APRIL 12..—The deliberations of the Board of Trade, with the manufacturers and the Commis sioners of the Ministerial Department, are terminated. As far as we can learn on good authority, the manufac turers for all the provinces were unanimous in their opinion that the present system of free trade must be aban doned, and a vigorous system of protective duties adopted, without which the critical state will extend to all the manufacturing counties in Germany. They propose a duty of six dollars per cent. on linen and cotton yarn and twist. Bleached manufactures to be subject to a higher duty. It is thought that this mea enrgne up the snal of flag "Act foreignc a t n o d f mea sure will cause the manuf acture of those German articles to flourish a s much a s those which are now duly protected. Th e De p artment of Foreign Affairs Navigation,ist h e engaged encouragement for r d t r: of direct navigati on , to serve b y e v protection tehi a oe n kindo exclusiveness eo the o s f i e German nan cwoauyntroifes.re"prisal against :wing WIESBADEN, APRIL 11.—It 'seems that the Grand Duchess Helen will not come to the Rhine till the autumn, and will first visit the baths at 'Lehi. The Empress of Russia will not come to Germany, but go to the southern provinces of Russia. POTSDAM, APRIL 15.—The King is gone to Dresden to join the Queen, who is there on a visit to her sister. FLANDERS MAIL. - - - BRUSSELS, APRIL 15.—The average price of wheat in the week ending en the 12th of this month was 17f. 16c. per hectolitre, and that of rye 111. 27c. The duties on impor• tation remain at 37f. 50c., oil wheat and rye 21f. 50c. per 1,000 kilogrammes. The export duty on both twenty - live centimes. Th e Chamber of Rep resentatives con tinued to• day the debate on the organisa tion of the arm y . On Sunday evening a great number of German emigrants arrived at Antwerp by the last train. The y will shortly em bark for the United S tates. . , . .... ... . COURT CIKCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Hon. Miss Mitchell, Maid )jHonour in Waiting, visited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace, and remained to lunch with Her Majesty and Prince Albert. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing yesterday afternoon in an open carriage and four. Colonel Arbuthnot and Colonel Bouverie , the Equerries in Waiting, attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by Colonel Bouverie. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales. the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airing yesterday morning in an open carriage and four, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Monsieur Dedcl, the Netherlands Minister; the Duke de Sotomayer, Spanish Minister, and the Duchess de Sotomayer, the Duke de Broglie, the Prince de Broglie, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, fhe Duchess of Northum berland, the Earl of Aberdeen, Earl Talbot, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Countess Wratislaw, Lord George Lennox, Lord and Lady Claude Hamilton, and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. The band of the Grenadier Guards attended during dinner, and performed the following pieces:— Pot pourri, "Lucia di Lammermoor "—Donizetti. Waltz, " Die Wietern,"—Kuhner. Theme, with variations—Streck. Walzer, " Nachtfal ter "—Baij ere. Polka, " Redouten"—Baijere. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Daw son, left town at twenty minutes before eleven o'clock, yes terday morning, in a carriage and four, for her residence, Frogmore House, near Windsor. Her Royal Highness re turned to Clarence House, St. James's, at half-past six o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, attended by the Baroness de Strumfeder, Miss Gre \ilk, and Baron Roth de Sehreckenstein, dined with her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday evening, at Marlbo rough house. A select party were present to meet the Royal Duchess. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess Of Mecklenburgh Strelitz took a drive yesterday morning to Kew, returning to Cambridge House in the afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Canabridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, attended by Baron Kneseb ec k, dined y e sterday evening with the oihicers of tha Life Guards, in the Regent's Park Barrtraacknsacted s. Count Dietrichstein, th e Austrian Ambassador , business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The President of the Board of Trade and the Vice-Presi dent had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial Office, from the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were 5,000 bales, including 1,500 on spe c ulation. The mark et was ver y quiet, and on the whol e dull, but without any material change in prices.—ln Shares the business done was limited compared to the transactions recently, but prices had no ten denc y to de cline. Aberdeen Railway, 5 ; Barnsley Junction, Half Shares, 41. 4/. 6s. 3d. ; Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction , 9 % %; Birmingham and Glo uces t er , N ew Shares, 44 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accringt on , 9 rsl4 ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5 5 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 57 51. 16s. 6€l. Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 13 3 4 %; aledonian, 12% ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 91 5 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 52 1 ,4 52 ; Ditto, Half Sh ares , 257 5 ' ; Chester and H ol y head, 13 3 / 1 • Churnet Valley, 9% 91. ls. - 3d. ; Clydesdale Junction, 10% ; Cork and Waterford, 318 ; arn Dereh and Norwich, ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 11% 11 - Dublin and Galway, 5% Dundalk and nniskillen, 4% ; Eastern C o unties, 21 ; Ditto, New Qua rter Shares, 1 ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 3 1 h ; ' Edinburgh and Glasgow, 631,4 ; 6 1 %; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1/. 4s. ; Grand Junction, 227%; Ditto, Half Shares, 113 1 ,4 114 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 56%; Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 44% 3 / 4 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, 19 ; Great Grimsby an d itto Sheffield, sion, 153( 1 ; Great Western, Half Shares, 105%; Huddersfield 6 3 4 ; Great Southern and Western, 19% 2 0 ; D Exten Canal and Railway, 4/. les. 9d. 4% • Huddersfi eld and Sheffield, 8 3 ,4 ; Inverness and Elgin, ; Lancaster and JYI Mtw AND A ? 17, sij t I . ‘" , ' 4A tt t 41. " 6! ho runs 'nay read." roaxiGx. Louis Philippe returned to Paris from Eu on Friday night. The King and Queen ethe Belgians were expected at Paris on occasion of his fete, the Ist of May. The Duke de dlontpensier on arriving at Marseilles alighted at the Hotel d'Orient, where he gave a grand dinner to the public functionaries, &c., and embarked on Wednesday for Algiers in the Asmodie. Intelligence from B. urges states that the health of the wife of Don Carlos is gravely affected. Physicians have been sent for from Paris. "We are positively informed," says the Courrier de la Gironde," that the king is to proceed in September next to the Chateau of Pau, which he has had repaired. It is even affirmed that the youn.r Queen of Spain will, at the same period, pay a visit to the King of the French at Peu." The Moniteur publishes two royal ordinances, dated En, the 15th instant. The first regulates the promotions in the civil service in French Africa ; the second divides Algeria into three provinces (Algiers, Constantine, and Oron), and in stitutes a superior Council of Administration, a Director- General of Civil Affairs, and other functionaries, in addition the Governor. General. The Pressc states that the number of Peers to be created by the Ministry will, added to the nominations which have already taken place, make a total of forty-five. M. de Mouchy, Honorary President of the Royal Court of .Amiens, died on the 15th instant, in the eighty- fifth year of his age. He was the last member of the Parliament of Paris. The committee of the Strasburg and Basle railroad sub mitted on Friday to the shareholders a report on the opera tions of the company during the year 1844. The whole of the receipts was 2,486,868 f., or 340,116 f. more than in 1843 ; and the expenditure, 1,578,118 f., showing an increase of 13,117 f., as compared with the preceding year. Taking the interest of the loan and 10 per cent. for the reserve fund, there was only a dividend of Bf. 25c. per share. We learn from Lucerne, April 15, that Dr. Muller, one of the leaders of the insurgents, and who was taken prisoner, has effected his escape. COUStir—r.asnxormis TOS. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and the Ladies So• merset have arrived at Beaufort House for the season, from Badminton. The Duke of Somerset, who has been suffering from an attack of influenza, is recovered. Earl Fitzwilliam and the Ladies Fitzwilliam intend leaving Milton Park, near Peterborough, in a few days for Mortimer House, for the season. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry and the Lady Alexandrine Vane have returned to Holderness House from Faris. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and family have left town for the Priory, where they purpose to make a stay of some few weeks' duretior. The Marchioness of Douglas, who has been slightly indis posed from the effects of a cold, is, we are happy to say, con valescent. The precise p e r ied of the christening of the infant Earl of Angus is not yet definitively settled, but it is under stood that the ceremony will take place previous to the de parture of the Marchioness's mother, the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, on her return to Manheim. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford arrived in Belgrave square on Friday evening, from Newmarket. The Duke of Rutland left town on Saturday for Bel voir Castle. His Grace is expected to return to London on Thursday next. The French Ambassador's grand entertainment, in celebra tion of the birthday of his Majesty the King of the French, will take place on Wednesday, the 30th instant, instead of May Ist, Holy Thursday falling this year upon the latter day. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained at dinner, on Saturday, the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, the Baron and Baroness Arnim, the Belgian Mi nister, Lord William Russell, Lord and Lady Ashley, &c. a select circle joined the party in the evening. The Earl of Ellenborough had a grand dinner party on Saturday, at his mansion, in Charles-street, Grosvenor square. The following formed the circle :—The Earl and Countess Delawarr, Earl of St. Germans, the Earl of Devon, Earl Nelson, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, Viscount and Lady Sarah Ingestre, Lord Redesdale, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lord and Lady Colchester, Hon. G. R. Rice Trevor, M.P., and eteiColonel XSCISLYetI.3TMOUS. The following return "of the number of apprentices who have attended at each of the schools established in her Ma jestv's dockyards. during the year ending the 31st of De cember, 1844," has been issued by order of the House of Commons :—Dockyard at Deptford, nil (no school has as yet been opened at Deptford; which was not re-esta blished as a building-yard until the let of April, 1844); dockyard at Woolwich, 94 ; dockyard at Sheerness, 110 ; dockyard at Chatham, 136 ; dockyard at Portsmouth, 219 ; dockyard at Devonport, 232 dockyard at Pembroke. 76. On Saturday, at the weekly meeting of the Marylebone Vestry, the annual election took place for the churchwardens and sidesmen, &c., fur the year ensuing, the Rev. Dr. Spry, the rector, in the hair ; a letter was received from Lord Lin coln, stating that her Majesty had been pleased to re-appoint the Hon. George Lord Kenton as churchwarden on the part of the Crown, and George Spencer Smith, Esq as his sides man for the ensuing year. The nominations dother church wardens for the parish were made, and the auditors' report was brought up and read. It was stated by Sir Peter Laurie that there was every probability of the affairs of this pariah becoming an object of inquiry before a Committee of the House of Commons. After some other business of trifling importance the vestry separated. The Society for teaching the blind to read are to have a public dinner in aid of the funds of this philanthropic society on the 29th instant, and with a view of raising the amount necessary for the purchase of a building more suitable to the wants of the institution. It is to be hoped that it will be well attended for the sake of the benevolent objects proposed. We learn that the statement that the requisition for the condemnation of Tract 90 had been either presented to the Hebdomadal Board at Oxford, or was under their considera tion, is not correct. In the small colliery village of Philadelphia, near Sunder land, the typhus fever is prevailing to a serious extent. In one street alone, Wellington-row, it is said seventy-two in dividuals are new lying dangerously ill. Messrs. Lee and Co., chemical manufacturers, at the Fel ling, near Gateshead, with a laudable desire to promote the comfort and welfare of their workmen, have laid out a field in garden allotments for occupation by their workmen, and to encourage these humble amateur gardeners in the cul tivation of their plots of ground they have offered a number of prizes for the best specimens of produce, and also for good cultivation. DREADFUL. ACCIDENT. ASPITON-UNDER-LYNE, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 19. It is our painful duty _to. s recerd one of the most distressing, and we fear exteesivelv fatal.-accidents that ever occurred in this neighbourhood. At present all is speculation as to the extent of the mischief and the amount of human life sacri ficed. We are. however, enabled to say that at least from ten to twelve persons have been sacrificed, and a great many more severely injured. About twelve months ago the contractors for the Ashton under-Lyne branch railway commenced operations. and pro ceeded with the works to the entire satisfaction of the Com pany. The line, whieb is only about two miles long, was partly completed, and was expected to have been opened tois summer. It was a double branch line, connecting the important towns of Ashton and Staley bridge with Man chester, and passing over a portion of Ashton upon twenty arches, crossing the Ashton and Huddersfield Canal, and the river Tame on its way. The arches were built with stone, and appeared to be very substantial and well con structed, every one of which have been finished for some time, and the workmen were levelling the line, with a view of having the rails laid down almost immediately. About thirty men were engaged in this work, and their labours were fast drawing to a close. This afternoon, however, about three o'clock, nine of the arches gave way with a most tremendous crash, carrying with them the whole of the men employed upon the line, and some buildings contiguous. The first arch which gave way was the one over the river Tame, on which several men were employed. The shrieks of th e unfortunate men were painful in the extreme, and in another moment it was followed by eight other arches, every one of which became a mass of ruins, burying beneath the fallen materials a large number of navigators and other labourers employed. The scene at this moment was most distressing, not only on account of the sacrifice of human life, but also on account of the perilous situation of those who were precipitated into the river, over which the arch passed. The fallen materials having gorged up the river, it shortly began to roll over the stones, &c., which had fallen, and threatened final destruction to those unfortunate creatures who were partially buried in the ruins. The news of the accident spreed repidly in all directions, and nu merous exaggerated reports were circulated. It was cur rently reported that from forty to fifty persons had been killed. and that others were seriously wounded. This re port soon brought together a large concourse of persons, anxiously inquiring the particulars, amongst whom were the friends and relations or these persons employ ed on the works. The scene at this moment was, indeed, lamentable and dis tressing beyond description—women looking for their hus bands, children for their parents, and parents for their chit dren, of whom no tidings could be obtained, and whilee cries rendered the already melancholy scene distressing in the ex • treme. In the present state of confusion it is quite impossible to give any accurate details of the accident, of the number of persons killed or wounded, and still more difficult to say what is the cause of the catastrophe. Those, however, who are best acquainted with the works, say that the arches were very substantially built. Oa inquiring we find that close to the arch which first gave way, there is an " eye" of an old coal mine which has long since been abandoned by the miners. It is also stated that some time ago (ten or twelve days) the earth near this coal-pit -" eve" was seen to sink, and that it was then stated that the foundation of the arches were unsound. Hew true these statements may be, we cannot at present say, but we shall make every possible inquiry into the whole of the circumstances as soon as the confusion subsides, and send them in our n ext account. It is right to state that at the time of the acc ident, Mr. Joseph Fowler , one of the principal con tractors, was on the centre arch , and was precipitated into the river, a distance of eighteen feet, and had a very narrow escape of being kihed. SUNDAY MORNING, NINE o'Onoore.—Daring the whole of the night large numbers of men have been employed in re moving the whole of the fallen materials, and extricating from the ruins the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers, under the direction of the engineers of the works and the con tractors, who have been unremitting in their exertions to re cover the bodies of their workmen and in administering to the wants of those who have been taken out of the ruins alive. Large numbers of persons remained on the spot, pressing so closely on the workmen, that it was found neces sary to call in the aid of the military, the police force being totally inadequate to keep order. Up to this time eight bodies have been taken from the ruins. ACCELERATION OF THE MAIL Ptt(,M LONDON TO NEWCASTLE. —Arrangements are nearly completed by thr.; Right lion. the Postmaster-General, , at the instance o f J. IL Him - le, Esq., the Member for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, by which newspapers and letters from London to Newcastle will be conveyed the whole distance (303 miles) in 13 hours. The night mail train leaving the General Post-office at the ordi nary period of dispatch (eight o'clock) will arrive in New castle by nine next morning, from which town it will return at three in the afternoon, leaving plenty of time for a reply to letters received by the morning post. After the Ist of May it is intended to accelerate the day mail from London, which then will reach Newcastle at eight in the evening. TELEGRAPH DISPATCH .—The division which took place on the Maynooth grant, in the House of Commons, at three o'clock on Saturday morning, was known and in print within one half hour at Southampton, by means of the elec tric telegraph. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-shir, Hibernia, Captain tn,m t'! l2 on Saturday, with the semi • monthly mail, for Canada add the United States, and a large number of passengers. LYCEUM THEATRE. A powerful, but s , ,mewhat coarsr, drama, cntitled " The Drunkard's Gills," a. as produced at this theatre, last evening, with complete success. It corsis s but ° I one aLt, au;i the story is soon told. Two workinen, Michael and David (Mr. Emery . and Mr. M , ath'%" ) ' are seduced by Hulks (Mr. Didlear) into a cour e of drutikenness. Their wives, in order to reclahn th en ' forge a story that each has din consequence of drutikelines- , . The plot succeeds, and the di ciikard3 are r. claimed. Mr. Emery as the tragic drunkaid w,13 very effective, and Mr. Meadows as the comic ind‘ ben" pecked drunkard was very humorous ; and the P iece was decidedly successful. The piece was announced ft'r,, repetiti.in amidst loud applause. his CALLS TO THE BAIL—The first series of callsto b !r in Easter Term, of the Honourable Society of the Middle T.grli!le was made on friday, and on Saturday the atter martroned gentlemen were sworn in before several of benchers in the dining-hall : Mr. P. J. Na4le, the secA o son of James Nagle, of Ballvelis, in the county of Cork, lA.; Mr. Charles Laviugtone Pannell, the only son of the Rev* J. Pannell, of Oldsworth, in the county of Sussex gr* Henry Beeston, the second son of William Beeston, of Grove' terrace. Kentish- town, iu the co , Altv of Middlesex, Esq. I. Mr. Henry Leigh, the eldest son of 'Henry James Leigh, el Taunton, in the county of Somerset, gentleman ; Mr. ander Shea, the eldest son of Alexander Shea, of Gibraltar+, Esq. ; and Mr. William Holmes Edwards, the only soil 01 George Edwards, ot Framlingham, in the county of Suffolk' gentleman. RETURNOF DR. WOLFF FROM BORHARA. -- " Stin. day m ,raing a sermon was preached at Trinity Church Gray's Inn-road, by the celebrated Rev. Joseph Wolff, M D ' who has within the last few days arrived in England frora Bukhara. The Rev Gentleman preached a most eloqueL it discourse from the Ist chapter of St. Luke, 30th to 33d 'va s ' inclusive, to a numerous and deeply-attentive congregati on, Set' consisting of at least two thousand persons. After th e vice a collection was made on beualf of the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, and also for the SocietY for Promoting the etnployment of additional Curates is populous places, which amounted to 371.45. At the conch'- , siou of the service, and as the Rev. Gentleman took his de parture from the church, a great number of parsons were collected round the doors, anxious to pay their respects to the celebrated and devoted philanthropist, with man)" °f whom he cordially shook hands. SUICIDE OF THE VESTRY CLERK OF MITCIIAM.---; Mr. William John Clark, jun., the officiating vestry an d parish clerk of Mitcham, committed suicide on mane ing by hanging himself with a rope to a beam in one of the out-houses belonging to his father. The deceased, wh ° appeared was fifty-one years of age. rose on Friday ! nominee between seven and eight o'clock, leaving his wife, who is no more than twenty-two years of age, in bed, with an infan child. Having dressed himself, he wrote a letter addressed; to his wife, and then left the house. As he did not make 11 ; appearance at breakfast his wife became alarmed, and went into an office, where she found the letter, in which the de ceased said it was impossible for him to exist any lon s ,ge e r ; and by the time she reed the letter he would be dead. cause of this act is supposed to be certain defalcations in i t sped to the office of actuary to the Mitcham Savings' .Bas which had been held for some time by the deceased. . Mr. Weekee's plan for lige:tine; towns by elec t."' city is about to be carried into effect in America. The editfe ent a ss of the Cincinnati Mechanic states that an experim t 7 lately witnessed was perfectly successful ; that the appat - a : is by no means costly; and that for lighting Cincinnati, t towers, it is considered, will be sufficient to illumina t e th whole city. Mr. Weekes's plan was first published in 1 11 ' country as far back as 1831. —Builder. the NEW F A RRINGDON-STREET.-011 Saturday - Surveyors of her Majesty's Woods and Forests were engsg; in planning out, and lotting off for building ground , t ept ground recently cleared from the portion of the new st r ` e „ now formed to 'Peter-street. leaving but a small space to -",, plete the line to Clerkenwell-green. Within the last few a% the tenants of several houses in West-street, presenting obstacles to the improvement" of the neighbourhood, have vacate true bills of indictment having been found against the P prietors fur keeping houses of ill fame. sie At - he selond concert of the Royal Academe o f -',, 11 „ r on Saturday, several of the young pupils made first antes, which, though they indicated different degrees of p l ed ficiency, were all promising, and gave proof of a well-directed course of study. The room was crowded. The Duke fo Cambridge and a number of distinguished dilettan tie ' present. A rumour was very current in Dublin that .t_., e l2° Lord-Lieutenant is in the receipt of a letter from Sir Ro bed Peel, to the effect that her Majesty will leave for Irelan d t o or about the 10th of July. The Corporation are abon t oi advertise for tenders for the decoration of the Round' in which their predecessors entertained George the Fourth' , e TUE LATE 11013 , tERY AT THE RAILWAY STO.; AT READING.—OR Saturday morning Thomas Henry W an i t h son nod Ann Harriet Southall, the former charged vlEr g , stealing and the latter with receiving a 50/. Bank of ,e: e laud note, the property of the Great Western Railway pang, were brought up to the public office, before the raw - . ree trates for this borough for final examination. The ' t ' o ' trates committed Robinson for trial at the adjourned borot:4s • sessions to be held on the 9th of May. An applicati° ° siele made by Mr. Carrington to admit the prisoner to bai l, - ee was objected to by Mr. Williams, who appeared for the b, ,s, locution; the Bench, however, assented, and stated the u, would be discharged from custody upon his finding two _ rities of 100/. each, and himself in 2001., to eppear at the t the il sinus, and to give 48 hours' notice of his security. o fd was liberated upon entering into her own recognisa uc° to be present at the next sessions. Mboenk fe Three females died last week in the parish of a wearmouth, Sunderland, whose united ages nom two hundred and sixty years. d Se s ' The Hebrew Feast of the Passover continence terday, and will last eight days, during which 11 ' - 0 1. veiled bread will be eaten. For some days past thos e „ the Jcv.ish persua-ion have been engaged in cleansloi , • and purifying thi it houses, and setting aside their nary culinary utensils, to use those devoted to the 50143--- -, observations of their seen d rites. To relieve the p°° ee`O classes, the holidays or strict suspension of business is limited from sunset to-day to sunset on AV edn esd°l ; The feast is commemorated by the higher classes „e sumptuous entertainments. # (ling • THE CARPET MAN UFA CTURE.—NOtWithS.AII - great improvement that has taken place within t n ; last few years in the designs and colouring of our carP_e_, manufacture, and the successful introduction of teen patent fabrics. both of which possess considerable re" f and are highly creditable to the taste and ingeruitr. the inventors, Mr. Whytock of Edinburgh a nd ~ I ;i c h Templeton of Glasgow, the periodical exhibition w',ia took place last year at Paris sheaved that we were s(i far behind the celebrated manufactures of Aubusson Iwo the Gonelins. It mu..t be understood that our rem ° t o apply ()Illy to the more _costly description of c ar :e which are purehased by sovereigns, nobility, an d ° L i wha have wealth and- taste -to appreciate those eltq l o f sitely beautiful productions. Ia the manutietorg, Brussels and velvet carpeting in breadths, we belle : l 4 that our menirt:ctures as far surpass the French as t' t o, do ours in the description of carpet before referred his and cannot but feel some degree of surprise that in t s , the richest countr in the world and that in whic h to o nufacturing enterprise has been most fully develor d ',%. stronger efforts should have been made to rival the ir cellence. The fact that the principal menu Go' France is • partly eupoorted by contributions from iv; vernment (tS;e Gebteine. as is generally known, t e t te entirely, a Government establishment) coupled wit" o f gr, at cost of designs—the difficulty of finding artist; taste and ability give their attention to the man e s r o ture, and the slaw return for the capital invested-'!„,_ causes which have doubtless deterred our manufacture: who love the profitable more than the beautiful, frr; entering into competition with the foreign fabric. i! pd with pleasure that we have learned that this interestl,l; menuffieture is about to be established in London u ',l - sr. s. Jackson and Graham upon an improved method or their own invention ; and we may add, that the cr e ,. o factory le known taste and enterprise of the firm are a guarAn that it will be carried to a successful issue. dot ALARMING FIRE AT A LUCIFER FACTORY...a..T. 1,,, — e 6 t he night, shortly before eleven o'clock, a fire broke out up on ;Se premises in the occupation of Mr. Graham, lucifer m 3 = ei e manufacturer, in Rook's-yard, Queen-street, Mile-end :%%re Town. The parish engine, with that from Wellclose - sq u ' o , brigade station, were quickly on the spot, followed by a do other belonging to the Londoe Hospital, with the br i g engine from Jeffery-square, with Mr. Crookland, the chl officer of the distnct. The firemen at once set to work 11105 c, vigorously, and with the aid of the neighbours, they ° l t , ceedettl, after much trouble, in extinguishing the flames , l v a e• however, until a great quantity of the stock, together e t i ; ) ," o the racks and work benches were destroyed, a portion otr,,e roof, and the centre windows burned, and other damage ( -' o le by fire and water. The origin of 'the fire is not prec ise ; known, but it is supposed to have been caused from a P ie, 4; of the roof being blown down by the high wind, and fa";,,, upon a pile of matches, caused them to ignite. UnPf n eet nately the proprietor VMS not insured. A few years E•t'og one of Mr. Graham's workmen was killed whilst preP arl ee" the composition fur some lucifer matches, in Primrose - Al . '" Bishopsgate he GREAT BRITAIN STEAMER.—It is whispered ili t tp purlieus of the Guildhall, that the City of London trom ili po se - purchase, and to make the Queen a present of the inam ee ' be steamer the Great Britain for a yacht. This would ind e e"fe like the citizens of London, ever renowned and justly s°,,' be y loalty, wealth, and generosity. How gratifying it wr ool ",,se to all her subjects, for her Majesty to have such a m p g t he cent vessel for a yacht: how strictly in character for Mistress of the Ocean to appear on it, in such a stupeno 0,, splendid ship: and what could be more proper and „ c r oi s sistent, than to see the Sovereign of the greatest ma rl up power that ever existed, travereina the seas in the most 6,0 perb and largest vessel ever built. Old Neptune would T o quite charmed to view Britannia's Queen upon his oceart.e such an amazing gigantic yacht, the most beautifully forims and the swiftest ping vessel of any in the world. v e t , grim Vulcan would be delighted at seeing such a huge 10-0.. ing fabric, all of it forged out of iron. She is truly 009 t , nishing ship, and such as becomes the Sovereign 01 this mighty empire to have for a yacht; one that is scientific e i , formed for steering properly, and to obey her helm prosti't ;1d without hazard of the danger from failing to do so : a gis. and ease sea-boat also in all weathers: a comfortable, wh°o,l some vessel; being built of iron, there is no noxious in eter ,be or smell from the bilgewater ; and as for the nuisance of 0 stneke and tot issuing out of the funnels and settlingll6 the passengers on deck, a contrivance `on the fire-place Is seer remedy for that fibhy annoyance. In short, she is the I'7i, thing for the worthy citizens of London to pitch upon make a present of to the Queen, and the very desirabl e t 0."7, for her Majesty's acceptance for a yacht.—From 4.° reap nlent of the Deconport Independent. SToRNow AY, APRIL 10.—Preparations are ins here already for the early herring fishing, which C lo t mencea next month. The curers who were here ,0e year have engaged their old stances,_ and an etning i curer from' the east coast has also taken a stance- Oe or seven sloops, from the Clyde, are coming t° v ia with their own boats, two of which fished their, °jog cargoes last year in three weeks, at the aciPl.ls.eti harbour of Cromore. A number of boats have already are ro from the east coast, and they are at present successful)' p t ill secuting the cod and ling fishing. They will remain about the middle of May, when the herring fishing F . ,,,". 0 g mencea. John Scobie, Esq., factor of the island, is e ri e ss every encouragement to curers and fishermen. P e d at lately built an excellent store and curing sh e Cromore, and he is at present building another at BsY f o r there is also a space of ground laid off at the latter pileeeen drying nets. Fishermen who intend coming here this Set oo should be made aware that the size of net required is " 34 to 35 meshes per yard. —lnverness Courier. Tun GAME-LAWS. The calendar containing b i r o deecription of the offenders confined in Nottingliams Ise " t House of Correction, as laid before the Quarter Sessions al ; -week, shows that nearly one-fourth are under the gante-114" 1 1 4 0% 3 1 / 2 644 2 3 / 42 1 i 3! 8 42 45V 2 27 46 Immediately, in 2 vols., small Bvo., 21s. bound, ADVENTURES IN GEORGIA, CIRCASSIA, AND RUSSIA. By Lieut.-Colonel G. POCLETT CAMERON, C. 8., K.T.S., &c., Employed on a Special Service in Persia. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marilwough-street. ~t.