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

ot, fo' of , eS l : r io, 00l tocl' leo or 1. 00 nt • ort ii" g Got' per f„ Lozr o g ;ye a l i t roci t ng 15 e re , •ir e e r ceo, 01 Oi c '' e 0 for r t 91, ,!( $14 .9 1 t 0 91 ' at i 11° Co' g , e clio h the cc , "" 0-89' PA ia l or or ie 113 0)0De rfr' be fo il. ' 0 14 10,1, 1 P' aiet o vAop Oh l 0 6 ' h i s ig 1 00 , t o Ae rf ea o ov i to ill .te ti le tl it llo l ,iol 5 U t teC l6 1 )!1 flt 1$1" ,jo'' 5 1 '1 1 0 tip t g° sli cc oO te i &De li , ett o , D:O9 e 3 tDK eke 00 tD qrr lc o'e, ti I t o , io° t oe' of 11" bY A of tea '0 0 " til e iri ot o , I t t o 'rea. Ch it tell fli o f l i r,eaf . for g tit j o° ll es rO )l' 7 At WOO de o S. . ( ere aft jlic ..) 3. ••••••...../. 4 ... Ow . MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were to a 'rd,,, *Acute extent, being 4,000 bales; prices were steadier. ireB 9 'w 3 er ; e dull, at previous rates.—Birmingham and Glou cester,Eastern Counties, 13 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, ; Great Western, Half, 72 ; Caledonian, 5-1 ; Dublin and Cashel, 511; Birmingham, 230; Brighton, 44; Manchester :Ind Birmingham, 54:4 ; Paris and Lyons. 6d. The private commercial advices received from the United States to-day, are rather more satisfactory. Money was rather abundant. The provision trade was prosperous. The Sto c k M ar k e t s are rather more firm this morning. Consols for Money have touched 994, and for the Account, 99 1- Since th ese . rates were paid, time bargains have been I nade at 99a 4. Bank Stock has improved to 1961. The Three -and-a-Half per Cents. of 1818 have just been sold at 102 k. This is the last day allowed for the holders of the Stock to assent to the plan of reduction. W e e are t o ld th a t the holders , of the 10,000,0001. % this stock have assented to within a mere fraction. The r eduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. may, therefore, be said to have been accomplished. In the value of Ex chequer Bills and India Bonds but a slight alteration in the premiums have occurred to day. A small amount of business was transacted in the Foreign Stock Market to-day. Spanish has been rather firm at 25h i ; Lao Three per Cents. at 361 A ; Dutch at 60a for the Two - and. a-Hal per Cents. ; Belgian at 104 t ; Brazilian at 801 ; and Mexican at 35*. A slight tendency to decline was observable in the Rail ;Way Share Market to-day, with but few exceptions. Aus - L'lian Bank Shares were sold at 3 premium. Australian %%cultural Company's Shares are at 101 discount. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 196% 195% 196% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 9 9%% 3 1, per Cent. Annuities, 1818. 102% 3 per Cent.tlteduced Annuities ew 3% per Cent. Annuities 103% Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12% 7-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860. India Bonds, 1,000 — Ditto under 1,000 93 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account 9 9 % %4 Exchequer Bills, I%cl. I%d 1,0001. 5001 FOREIi Small GN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 104% Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. .. .......... i Ditto for the Account Ditto Deferred Stock . 15% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 25% Ditto for the Account Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account rs — "--• s,utch 2% per Cents 60% Dutch 5 per Cents. lOO% New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARP. . 111'6401 and Exeter 7O 74 to ..ualetlonian 4 hablin and Cashel ... 2% 5 to 4 attern Counties ..Pitt() New Registered 81. 6s. Rd Jr4lnburgh and Glasgow 5O 654 great Western Ditto Fifths 4 ,o udon and Birmingham lOO .228 . Ditto m Sh ares . Aundon and BlackwAl 16% tendon and Brighton „• ,, ondon a nd G ree nwich 4 Aticlen and South Western 41% ...... , Ditto Eighths.— ..... . ........... s t a•ttdon and Croydon (Trunk)... 33 4 Manchester and Birmin ham ... 40 45 sl R „ rn N orthern and Eastern 56 %%s ... to Norwich and Brandon South Eastern and Dover 32 „.Ditto New w hitohaven and Mar)port 4 to zork and NorthiMidland Ditto % Shares Earls and Orleans r aris and Rouen Rouen and Havre. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, APRIL 18, 3 per Cent. Consols g"J% Three and a Half Stock ...... a 102% Ditto New, k3O 10 2 12 . Grand Canal Stock l2 Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent. LAST PRICES OF SHARES. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SRAM Dublin and K. Road Drogheda 55 7' Dublin and Cashel ditto 2 34 Hibernian Bank 25 3034 National Bank Royal Bank National Insurance 25 34 Patriotic ditto Wicklow Copper Mines City of Dublin Steam Company IOO British and Irish Steam Company ... 50 5O C URSE Steam Ship Building Company A OF EXCHANGE.-(YESTERDAY.) ,‘!liaterdani CF. 12 5 Gibraltar — 't% at 1 sight l2 3 Leghorn 3O 60 ' % °tte k ltw : am 2U.12 6 Genoa 25 90 b 114 talia li 25 95 Milan — A h urgh M. 8.13 15 Venice 47 r °la l3 15 Naples ........ .......... 39 aris 0 0, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon s3i in e illes Joardeaux 25 95 Rio Janeiro 23 pll, ,:traort on Maine.. 1221 Bahia 23 laSbUrgh, 3 Us... 361 Buenos Ayres — Iti en ,_"" 7 NewYork,2ldyssight .. 4 1 E4 effete. fl. 3 M 956 Philadelphia — k•tit, ditto Caral d 37 Foreign Gold, bars...£3 17 9 t„ z :1 4. _utvao 36 Portugal Gold Coin 00 0 36 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 —4 realon a 36 New Dollars 0 4 9 i lit rin, — Silver in Bars 0 4 111 ko z lelms-ITR STOCK EXCHANGE, Arm 19.—We have l b a steady mar k e t t o -day, and a fair business transacted. 14 4 quotations are—Eastern Counties, 13A ; ditto, Regis -141(111,15 ; Hull and Selby, Quarter Shares, 9i; Manchester th;" i rrilingham, 50a 51 ; I f and i ; Midland Counties, Quarter d,lTreB, 221; S ou th-R as t ern , New, 10; Norwich and Bran -14'2 9 -16; Caledonian, sto 4 ; Scarborough Junction, au; "' kt ;10i Union Bank of Manchester, 91 1 ; Manchester As- e . . MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. litr e display of choice luxuries—such as hot-house grapes, ii:lnerries, peaches, cherries, cucumbers, &e., was exceed kv good for the time of year, yet their prices rated very 4t Y ib t ad u ' 411 other articles were,abundant, and the demand was 0 Za. BWGATE AND LEADEN/LAI/L. the the principal features in the Poultry market was 1.1 4(1 , 11 7val of a large supply of Fowls and Turkeys from Ire ku;',; excellent condition, and by far superior to those which 118, a ; come to hand from abroad. The general demand was Alth rs 3. ' mit we have no variation to notice in the quotations. tes ep s' ll i gh the supplies of meat were seasonably extensive, the t ilitZ a k ,deoland- was firm, at prices about equal to those 6,1',i1l our last report.—Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4(1; Mutton, latti ' 0 35 6d ; Lamb, 5s to 68 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Fork, 23 4(1 to 4s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. 410, trad e 1,11; the supplies of meat on sale were not large, the w as heavy, at barely late rates :—Beef, from 2s 4(1 to • 4,1 Y 8 , 11;„ 'Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8c1; Lamb, 5s to 6s 4d; "a 4(1 to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 4(1 to 4s per 81bs. Bl▪ oAP r k a NEWPORT. Beef and Lamb sold freely ; other kinds of meat ixo t. • ,4 , on the following terms :—Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; " ▪ 2 8 6(1 to 33 8d; Lamb, 4s 10d to Gs 4 d; Veal , a to 48 6d ; and Pork 2s 8d to 4s 2d per 81bs. Th, BILLINGSGATE. l'esr - ' II PPIy of Salmon was tolerably good for the time of ethe r l., 4 " tnet a stead sale, at from ls to Is 6d er lb. All ' 41 4 of fish moved off slowly at last week's p prices. P r i„, HUNGERPORD. qilotZ e meat was in steady demand, at fully last week's 4 414 T it s. In all other articles, the supplies of which were ' 4( ecedingly little business was transacted. ' 2(l e . P r ices of Wheaten ßßEAD Bread in the metropolis are from te -; of Household ditto, 6cl to 7(1 per 41b loaf. s, a w , RIDE MARKET. vt • d at per stone of 141bs—Best steers and heifers, calf° 53 10 d ; dlng hides, 4s 8d to 58 4d ; inferior ditto, rto 4s ot.. p° Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skin—Market ditt o "( 1 to 8s ;woolled sheep, 4s to 5s 6d ; short 44 to . 8 to 4s ' 6d - lamb long skins, is to 2s 3d; and shearlings, 8, 1 each. , RAY MARKETS. d• i -llM Elz.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 31 ss; use -168 4 0 , 31 6s to 3/10s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 31 Wh'ea• elover Hay 3/ 5s to 5/ 5s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 1/ 8s ; ,t Str aw, 11 8s to 1/ 10s per load. Trade throughout e 4 at about stationary prices. n i'ttL A 2 -` ll ).—Coarse Meadow 3/ to 3/ 10s ; useful Clo ve -4 12s to 3/ 15s ; fine Upland . ditto, 3l 16s to 4/ ; 4 tra w i ' Ll aY,3/ 53 to 4116 s ; Oat Straw, 118 s to 1110 s ; Wheat "1, 1/ os to 1/ 12s per load. A moderate supply, and a ,1,3' demand. U aefor rLe ßAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2115 s to 3/ 58 ; 1 .„ ditto, 3/ 6s to 31 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 13s to 88 ; siV Clover Hay, 3110 s to 51 5s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 11 t rade he at Straw, 118 s to 1/ lOs per load. Supply good, dull. ,„ WAIi EFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY. ii"e att,mhave small arr i va l s t o thi s d a y' s mar k e t, a nda slender ii- a uce of buyers. The little business passing in Wheat N.:: at h eat her l ower pr i ces t h an l ast wee k. B ar l e y was a l so Llat ea Y sale, and a shade lower. Oats and i Shetllßng in st ' request, at a small reduction in value; bu be noted Is. per quarter lower. qr. o f * P neat, S uffl4lk, Essex, and Kent Red... c r 6o l Eb . x t T oß t A h . e bushel. Nw .... —to 57 54 to 55 Ditto ditto White... 60 56 53 Norfolk Red 55 51 54 Ditto ditto White... —57 5 ! 2 1 5 Linc olnshire and Cambridge Red — 55 s `. 55 D itto ditto White....— 56 5. Yorkshire Red 55 52 5 .1 D itto ditto White... 58 54 5. Forei gn Red 54 56 Ditto ditto .... ....... . White 56 60 — -- 11 41 Per quarccr imper ial. %Norfolk and Suffolk 33 30 31 Yorkshire azd Lincolnshire Grinding c 8 30 . Poreigy 32 30 31 utill l, Small fn` Per qr. of 631 b. to the bushel. Ticks cks 31 34 30 32 0 F oreign _ lits. Potato and Pola d ... S'un. a1ine.. ...... . RM. to 11d., Fcrtign —d to —d. pet St em . Mil- 1nt....... 1,2 i. to 23, per Lea d. bt " .............. "*"*"'" ....... ".". ....... tine 444. per Lc,d —17.4"..... ........ 7 .7.....7...... " ...... .... 25LOs 5.71.05. —I. Us. per Litt. 4, 0 i YD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) ,0. 1 - L E b().; APRIL 2 0.—Light breeze at N.W., and cloudy. rat e . AL, Ailtit 19.—Wind E. to S. E., variable and mod _, calt---Arrd. Mona Milligan, Launceston ; Duke Cornwall lci litt a; Antelope, Fleetwood, Batavia for Gottenburg. ci Acorn, Trinidad • Emanuel New York ; Witton Castle, -61 eb ee . F ' ! ' Ho me ly, Bahia; Chanti cleer , 'tends, Metis. Arrd. r, amaica. Nii" i ffoßD, Apitit, 18.—S1d. Tamerlane. Quebec. 4, lE ' r ri'Y, APRIL 18.—S1d Britain, Quebec.. _ .. vai _ la, it ntEli, Arum 17.—Sld. Queen Victoria, Sir W. 1 (1'1,1114! Brilliant, Quebec. kr It o "OvErt, APRIL 19.—Johanna, Meyer, Buenos . Ayres,_u _a tterdarn, with loss of bowsprit, &c., having been . American night at the back of the-Goodwin Sands with an 0 1 , 1 17 ship. Engleborough, Mear, China. A yres r ` A .STIN9B, APRIL 19.—Amphitrite, Arends, Buenos, 14,s ior Antwerp 'e.'"wrsliourn, APRIL 19.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. her St Y's ship Thames, from Bermuda. C4I-Morrit APRIL 19 Wind N., light.—Sld. Sylph 4 G4 a3rra. ' . _.BaisTot Nd . L ,,.,._1 , APRIL 1 9.—Arid. Tom Cod, Everett, Africt xliuit'__l'_ woods, Quebec. St. joituu,sa,,Arnm 16.—S1d. Ann Moore, Quebec; Nerio, Li vE s ' I\ ew Brunswick. tra ce, r' Ol L, APRIL 19.—Wind N.W., light.—Arrd. Ben Inm is ~.B r l c . and Reliance, Cargill, Maracaibo; Morgiana, AO ~ v•harleston • Euro F b r New York Oel iust.); li 4.. 4 ' S t , Jehuq, New Brunswick. ure Sid. Hibernia steamer, -"; Ar gl l 4lile i BAY ch4elll'; ViGtOrY: Quebec; Gui THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1844. nare, Newfoundland. Off, Lybia, Africa ; Vere, Marmore ; and William, —. The Balfour, from Mobile to this port, has put into Matanzas, with loss of cutwater and bow stove, haying been in contact with the Wabush, bound to New Or leans. The Jane Ritchie, M'Clachlan, hence to Havannah, was ashore 14th ult. in • the bight of the Canal de Rosario (Cuba), bilged, and likely to become a wreck ; part of cargo expected to be saved. Conic, APRIL 17.—Ski. St. Vincent, Sydney, New South Wales. Arrd. Caledonia, Rawlinson, Jamaica. Off, Janet. Muir, Heim, west coast of Africa for Leith, with guano ; Woodpecker, Williams, Cuba for London. WATERFORD, APRIL 18.—S1d. Eliza, Halifax ; Cornwallis, Dispatch, Don, and Thistle, Quebec; Rotchford, Newfound land. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) DURHAM RACES.—THURSDAY. The Craven Stakes of 10 Guineas each, with 20 added. One mile and a half. Mr. Banks' Inheritress, 4 yrs, Bst (Joy) 1 Sir R. W. Bulkeley's b m byßayMiddleton, 5 yrs, Bst 81b 2 Mr. Williamson's Dr. Husband, 3 yrs, Est 101 b - 3 Mr. Walker's The Nobbler, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b 4 Won by a neck after a good race. Nobbler broke down. • The Maided Plate of 501. Heats, two miles. Mr. Heseltine's The Bashaw, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Bunaby) 1 1 Mr. Osborn's bg by Slane out of Teresa, 3 yrs, 7st 21b 4 2 Mr. Thompson's Whitney, aged, Bst 71b 3 4 Mr. Dawson's Dalesman, 3 yrs, 7st 51b Won easy. HAMBLEDON HUNT RACES.—THURSDAY. The Hambledon Hunt Club Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, for 4 years, lOst 71b; 5 yrs, 1 Ist 61b; 6 yrs and aged, 12st ; thoroughbreds 141bs extra, once round, were won in two heats by Mr. J. H. Campbell's Somerset, aged (Owner), beating Mr. Bourke's Sir Walter, aged, and Lord Paget's horse, easily. • Match, 100 guineas, h ft, Bst 71b each ; one mile.—Mr. King's ch c by Hornsea, dam by Southsayer, 3 yrs, received from Mr. Greig's b c by Merchant, dam by Actnon, 3 yrs. The Stewards' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 10 added; 3 years old, Bst 71b ; 4 yrs, 9st 51b ; 5 yrs, lOst ; 6 yrs and aged, lOst 51b. The winner to be sold for 50/. ; heats, one mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. King's bf by Physician, out of Dick's dam, 4 yrs 1 1 Mr. Pitt's Jack Scroggins, 5 yrs Mr. C. Dorrien's Justice Greedy, 3 yrs 2 0 The following were not placed :—Mr. E. Hilliard's Kate Kearney, aged (h b) ; Mr. Legge's Mohawk, 5 yrs ; Mr. Sergeant's Rebecca, 3 yrs; and Mr. Bourke's Launcelot, aged. Won easy. The Farmers' Cup, the second to receive 10 sovs., fur 4 yrs old, lOst 41b ; 5 yrs, Ilst 61b ; 6 yrs and aged, 12st ; winners 71bs extra, once round, was won in two heats by Mr. Mit chell's Jerry, 6 yrs, beating Mr. Judd's Courage, aged ; Mr. Stares' Cameleon, and Mr. Taylor • 's Miss Emma, aged. Won cleverly. The Hack Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 10/. added, list each ; one mile heats. Winner to be sold for 25/. Mr. C. Dorrien's mby Nonsense, 4 yrs Mr. Fitts' Jack Scroggins, 5 yrs 1 2 2 Three others started. • The Hurdle Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 25 added, l2st.each. Two miles and a distance, Gentlemen riders, were won by Capt. Delin's Reprobate ; beating Mr. Bourke's Firefly, Capt. Poyntz's Rover, and two others. BURTON CONSTABLE HUNT RACES—THURSDAY. The Criterion Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, for ' three yrs olds and upwards. Gentlemen riders. Mile and three-quarters. (7 Subs.) Mr. Hobson's Insanity, 3 yrs, ist 41b (Francis) 1 Col. Thompson's Gib, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b 2 Mr. Richardson's Orleans, 5 - yrs, lOst 71b 6t04 on Gib, sto 2 agst Insanity. Won by a length, after a fine race. The Scurry Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 10 added, - 10 st 71b each. Heats, Half a mile. (7 Subs.) Mr. J. Milner's Beta, aged, 71bs extra ...(Holmes) 0 1 1 Mr. E. Baxter's Magna Charts, 71bs extra • 1 7 5 Mr. Clark's Maria, 5 yrs, 71bs extra Mr. Newton's Cripple Colonel Thompson's Nelson, 5 yrs 0 2 dr Mr. J. Whittaker's bm by St. Nicholas, 5 yrs 4 3 dr Mr. Maister's Paracelsus, aged, llst The first heat was won by a neck, -the second by half a length, and the third cleverly by nearly a length. The Atalanta Whip, given by the ladies, added to a Sweep stakes of 1 sov. each, for ladies' horses, 1 Ist 71b each, and 5 Subs. ; once round and a distance, was won in a canter by Col. Thompson's Hamlet, aged (Mr. H. S. Thompson) beating his Nelson, Mr. Jordan's Grindale, and Mr. Richardson's Molly Bawn. The Farmers' Purse, with 10 sovs. added, once round and a distance, was won in two heats by Mr. Simpson'sAggravator, aged, (Mr. W. Wilson), beating Mr. J. White's Ranger, Mr. Skeltou's Little Isaac, aged, and Mr. G. Loft's Le Grand, 6 yrs (fell), very easy. The Hack Stakes were won by Jenny Crow. • MANCHESTER BETTING—FRIDAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 2 to 1 on The Ugly Buck. CHESTER CUP. 6 to 1 agst Bramble 25 to 1 agst Roscius 8 to 1 agst Pagan 25 to 1 agst Jamie Forest 12 to 1 agst Cattonite 30 to 1 agst Xanthus—t 12 to 1 agst Red Deer 10 to 1 agst Pharaoh—t 20 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn 1000 to 15 agst Newcourt 20 to 1 agst Nutwith The rest as before. 30 to 1 agst Sing of the Gipsies 30 to 1 agst lonian 40 to 1 agst Apprentice No other change. .to 1 agst The Bee—t I2oto 1 agst Assay £2 to 1 agst Princess The following horses arrived at Newmarket on Friday :- 14ord Chesterfield's Tiddly Winks, Lord Maidstone's The Castor, Mr. Phillingham's Skeleton, and Duke of Richmond's Red Deer. The Great Mogul, Devil-to-pay, and Emma are en route. The Ugly puck and the Wadastra colt, and some of Lord Glasgow's, are expected to-morrow. 3 to 1 agst Ratan 3 to 1 agst Ugly Buck—t 20 to 1 agst Leander 20 to 1 agst Campauero 25 to 1 agst Running Rein OAKS. - ORLEANS ' AND BORDEAUX RAIL WAY. • (From the Railway Record.) It will be seen by our advertising columns that the Orleans and Bordeaux Company is fairly before the public. The Anglo-French Company, formed for obtaining the line from Orleans to Tours (under the impression that that section alone of the great line from Paris to the Spanish frontier, and upon which the Government works are nearly finished,would be proposed this year), profiting by a large excess of capital for that section, and encouraged by the very favourable terms offered to them by the Minister, have extended their tender so as to embrace the ninety additional leagues to Bor deaux. The whole length from Orleans to Bordeaux is 120 leagues, or 300 English miles. The first section, from Orleans to Tours (70 miles), might be opened to the public in the course of the summer of next year. This Company differs from most of the others hitherto pro jected in two or three important particulars. First, they are - wholly independent of their bankers, either for supplying the caution-money required by the French Government, or any portion of their capital. In France, the bankers (as the chief projectors) rule the Companies : in this case the Company governs the bankers, who are strictly - their agents only in financial matters, and who are very much obliged to them for their custom both in Paris and the provinces. Secondly, the stock is fairly offered to the public at large, and ample time allowed for consideration and decision, with a certainty that impartial justice will be dealt out to all in the distribution of the shares. This contrasts honourably with the system of subscription lists, opened and closed within 48 hours, ani no more shares to be had, except at a premium ! This latter system is sure to re-act upon a Company, and in a recent instance it is already beginning to be felt. - - Lastly, and not least in.iinportance, this Company is based mainly upon the support of local influence in the composi tion of the French portion of its capital, and upon the names of sound, practical, commercial men, by which the Company is represented, as soumissionaires, or demandants of the lease of the line. Of the French party, one is a country banker, and Presi dent of the Tribune of Commerce of his city—a court which pronounces upon all suits and questions off' a commercial na ture, and of which men only of the very first character for integrity and intelligence are chosen to the presidency by their fellow-citizens. • The second is a member of an ancient and wealthy family, proprietors of extensive estates, large forests, and various minerals—himself the chief partner amongst them, and the manager, also, of two of the largest iron works in central France, in which none but the best and highest priced de scription of iron is produced. It will be readily seen that he must almost of necessity, be a good man of business. The English interests are most efficiently represented in the. person of Mr. William Mackenzie, of Liverpool, whose well-known celebrity as the constructor of various extensive canal and railway works in Great Britain, has been further increased by the colossal works he has already executed, and has now on hand in France. The firm of which he is the head (Mackenzie and Brassey) constructed the whole of the works on the Paris and Rouen Railway, amounting to up wards of 1,000,0001., and finished them within two years, under considerable disadvantages from delays and obstruc tions to the more rapid progress which they would have made. They have contracts for works now on the Rouen and Havre line, to the extent of 600,0001. and upwards. They rave undertaken to construct the whole of the works on the line from Lancaster to Carlisle, in conjunction with Mr. John Stephenson, of Derby, another first-class contractor, both as to capital and experience; and they have, moreover, large interests in manufacturing concerns in England and in France. The names of such representatives of a Company, com bining, as they all do, ample means with great practical experience as men of business, and an intimate acquaintance with all that relates to railways, cannot fail to inspire public confidence in the soundness of this undertaking. Indeed, the large extent to which Mr. Mackenzie himself, and his friends and connections, are known to be interested, is a sufficient assurance upon that head. In good truth, under the present system the least productive of the French lines cannot be a bad investment ; but there are advantages pecu liar to this line which, we doubt not, will in due time be brought under the notice of those interested. We understand •it is intended in this Company to have a Committee of Management, composed at first of four, and ultimately of six acting Directors, who will reside at various points on this line, and devote the whole of their time to the daily superintendence of the affairs of the Company, subject to the supreme control of the General Board. The Directors, first ten, and ultimately sixteen in.number, will be chosen in equal proportions from amongst the largest and most eligible shareholders, both in England and France. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, APRIL 19. SUPPLY.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.) MAJORITY—AYES, 68. Motion made, and Question put, " That a sum not ex ceeding 13,500/., be granted to her Majesty, to defray the charge of the Civil Establishment of St. Helena, and of Pen sions and Allowances to the Civil and Military Officers of the East India Company's late Establishment in that Island, to the 31st day of March, 1845 :" The Committee divided : Allix, John Peter Forbes, William' Nicholl, Sir John Antrobus, Edmund Forman, T. Seaton O'Brien, A. S. Arkwright, Gem ge Gaskell, J. M. Peel, Jonathan Baird, William Gladstone, W. B, Plumptre, J. F. Baring. W. B. Gladstone, J. N. Pringle, A. Bentlnck, Lord 3 Godson, Richard Rashleigh, Wm. Blakemore, R. Graham, Sir James Rous, Hon. Captain Boldcro, Henry G. Greenall, Peter Sanderson, R. Borthwick, Peter Hardinge, Sir H. Somerset, Lord G. &Afield, Beriah Harris, E. A. J. Stanley, Lord! " Bruce, Lord Ernest Hayes, Sir B. Staunton, Sir d. T. Chapman, Aaron Heathcote , Sir W. Stewart, John Chelsea, Viscount Hddgson, Richard Sutton, Henry M. Clerk, Sir George Hope, arles Trench, Sir F. W. Clive, R. H. Hughes, W. B. Trevor, Hon. G. R. Coote, Sir C. Jerinyn, Lord Trotter, John Corry, Hon. Henry Kemble, Henry Wellesley, Lord C. Cripps, W. Knatchbull, Sir E. Wood, ColonelT. Dickinson, F. H. Lincoln, Earl of Wyndham Colonel Dougla.., Sir H. Lockhart, William Young, John Douglas, Sir C. M'Neill, Duncan East, James Buller Masterman, John Eliot, Lord Meynell, Captain Flower, Sir James Neville, Ralph TELLERS Fremantle Sir T. Baring, H. B. MINORITY-NOES, 23. Aglionby, H. A. Gisborne, Thomas Plumridge, Captain Aldam, William Hay, Sir A. L. Tancred, H. W Baring F. T. Heathcoat, J. Thornely, Thomas Bowring, Dr. Heron, Sir R. Warburton, H. Brotherton, J. Horsman, Edward Yorke, H. Redhead Browne, W. Marsland. H. Busfeild, W. Napier, Sir Charles = TELLERS. Duncan, George O'Conor Don Hume, J. Forster, Matthew O'Ferrall, H. M. Williams, W. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That a aum not ex ceeding 7,565/.be granted to her Majesty, to defray the charge of the Colony of New Zealand, to the 31st day of March, 184.5 :"—Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, " That a sum not exceeding 6,9651. be granted to her Majesty, to defray the charge of the Colony of New Zealand, to the 31st day of March, 1e.45 :" The Committee divided : MINORITY—AYES, 19. Berkeley, Hon. G. F Hawes, B. Wakley, Thomas Bewring, Dr. Hindley, Charles Warburton ' Henry Brotherton, J. Marsland, H. Williams, W. Evans, William Napier, Sir Charles Gibson, T. M. Plumridge, Captaitt TELLERS. Gisborne,iThomas SmithaVernon Hume, Joseph Gill, Thomas Stock, Sergeant Roebuck, J. A. Hatton Captain Talbot, C. M. It. IRELAND. POSTPONEMENT OF THE NEW TRIAL MOTION. DUBLIN, APRIL 18.—The motion of the traversers for a new trial, upon the grounds set forth in their affi,lavits, bas been postponed until Monday next. It is likely that the arguments upon this branch of the case will occupy the en tire of the next week. It is said, the Attorney-General, after sentence, upon the declaration of the traversers' counsel that they were deter mined to prosecute a writ of error, would intimate his'assent, and merely require that the traversers should give bail for the speedy prosecution of the writ, and for their being forthcoming to suffer the sentence of the Court, incase the decision of the House of Lords should be 'against them. This, certainly,' is the course which common justice and common sense would point out. RAILWAY NOTABILIA. (From the Railway Record.) Several new lines are projected in Ireland—among others, one from Wexford to Carlow, another from Portadown to Monaghan and a third from Dublin to Mullingar. The Edinburgh Record, in referring to the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven Railway, says :—" Workmen have commenced to open the communication between the Drift. tunnel, which has been carried through the foot of Scotland street to the markets, and the ground set apart for the station of the railway. Captain Kelly assumes the post of Chai.man of the London and Brighton Railway Company, in the room of Mr. Par sons, who, as announced at the last meeting, has retired alto gether from the Board. Mr. Nash is Deputy. The Hunts Bank Connection Railway will, it is said, be ready for opening on the Ist of next month. A railway from Gloucester to Fishguard is projected, at a cost of two millions and a half. A ready communication with the south of Ireland is the basis of the scheme. The Great Western Company are said to be active in promoting it. It is stated by the Carnarvon Herald, "on authority de rived immediately by a magistrate of the county from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests," that the existing Menai bridge is to be tried for the purpose of railway transit, and that only in the event of probable injury to the structure, or interference with the common-road traffic, will a new bridge be required. It was officially announced by Mr. Hudson, at the late meeting of the Company, that the :Newcastle and Darlington Railway would be opened on the 18th of June. A railway between Tavistock and Plymouth is talked of. It is said that the Duke of Bedford has promised great en couragement to the scheme. In two days in Easter week no fewer than 24,000 persons were carried on the Manchester and Leeds Railway. It is reported to be the intention of the Great Western Company, in consequence of the defeat of their proposed Newbury branch, to run fast coaches between Reading and Newbury. A line of steamers is about to be put on between Bristol and Newport, in connection with the Great Western Railway. A vessel will ply each way . daily. A Newcastle journalist is speculating upon the results of the present railway movement, whereby, "in the course of two or three years, persons will be enabled to leave New castle-upon-Tyne in the morning, and, dine at Aberdeen, or even Inverness, the same day." We hope it may be so. The Directors of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway have offered a premium of 201. for the " best and most eco nomical :plan of engine suited, for the hoist about to be erected in the No. 14 arch at the Store-street station, Man chester. The second best plan to be entitled to 101. The plans are to be sent to the Secretary before the 30th inst. The Great Western Railway have it in contemplation to form a branch line to extend to Frome and Warminster, em bracing the towns of Milsham, Bradford, and Ironbridge. A line for the three last named towns was provided for in their original Act of Parliament. PROBABLE REDUCTION OF THE TEA. AND SUGAR DUTIES. We were yesterday favoured with the following extract from a London broker, to a gentleman of this town, dated London, April 17 : " I suppose you have heard :that Lord Sandon told Mr. M'Fee, of Glasgow, that an alteration in sugar and tea was decided upon, but he did not know the extent ?" We know not what foundation there may be for this, but there is a very general belief amongst commercial men here that something of the kind is intended.—Liverpool Mercury. - SUICIDE OF AN AMERICAN MERCHANT. Last evening a long inquiry took place at the Horse and Groom, Castle-street, Leicester-square, before Mr. Higgs, concerning the death of. Joseph Simiani, aged twenty-six, , an American merchant. William Nind, proprietor of Pagliano's Hotel, No. 30, Lei cester-square, said that the deceased had lodged in his house for the last six weeks. He represented himself as an American Merchant, lately arrived from Italy, and about to proceed to New York. Not being able to liquidate the de mand witness had upon him, deceased made an engagement to meet him that morning (Friday) with his friend Mr. Rosselli, who, he stated; would become guarantee for the amount. Witness found that, at the appointed time, deceased had not risen from bed, and he waited a short time expecting him to make his appearance ; but shortly after twelve o'clock sent one of the waiters up to call him. The door was locked, and upon forcing it open, the deceased was seen lying upon the floor alive, but bleeding from a large wound in the throat. He died in about an hour. On the previous day witness told him that he could not remain any longer in the house, upon which deceased asked to be allowed to get some letters from his desk, which he stated were were of great im portance ; and he then took from the drawer a packet of letters, addressed to Mr. Roselli, Mincing-lane, City. The day of his death (Friday) witness received the following letter, which deceased had evidently written the previous day—it was written in French : " I pray you to send to Mr. Rosselli, Mincing-lane, my writing-desk, and the two parcels addressed to him. I kill myself, because lam tired of living. I have prayed to God and the most. holy mother that they might take from me those thoughts, but my prayers have had no effect. It seems that that should be my destiny. Before dying I have re pented with all my heart of all my faults, and I hope in the mercy of God that my soul may be saved.. Pra SI y for me.— I am, &c. " Witness found a note addressed to him, in which deceased stated " that he owed him something ; that he (witness) was master of all his effects ; but that he was sorry there was not sufficient recompense for his trouble." From a peculiar wild ness of the eye witness had observed in deceased, he consi dered that his mind was affected. He (deceased) was in the habit of uttering the most ridiculous falsehoods, indeed, such as no person could believe. From his habits, witness had no doubt that deceased was a gentleman of education. He was latterly in pecuniary difficulties ; but when he had money he was very improvident. Mr. •A. Roselli, jun., merchant, of Mincing-lane, City, said that he had for a long time past transacted business with the deceased and his father. • He had heard deceased say several times lately that he was mad; and, in witness's opinion, his mind was not in a perfectly sound state. His skull was severely fractured by a fall from his horse about nine years ago. The following is a translation of the letter he wrote to witness 6 , You will be astonished to hear the resolution I have taken, but lam tired of living. I have known this world long enough; but I hope to enjoy mirth and tranquillity in the next. As I have not in London a better friend than you, I beg you to send the inclosed letters to their addresses. Send my desk to Leghorn. No ; upon second thoughts, you had better keep it. " SIMIANI." Deceased often told him that he was connected with the house of Baring, but witness did not believe him, and thought his mind was wandering. Amongst the addresses on the letters found were the following :—" Messrs. Claude, Clerc, and Co., Marseilles ;" and " Mr. F. Richards, 25, Walter street, New York.." Thomas Blunt, the waiter, said that he found the razor with which deceased had inflicted the wound secreted under the bed. Verdict—" Temporary insanity." JURISDICTION OF THE CORONER FOR THE DUCHY or LANCASTER.—On Thursday afternoon Mr. Higgs, the Coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, appointed an inquest to be held at the Cock Foresters, near Barnet, on the body of Robert Trigg, aged forty-eight. The Duchy of Lanca;- ter embraces a most extensive tract of land in London, and several parts of the environs. It includes all that was for merly Enfield-chase, from near Barnet to Enfield, and southward to Edmonton. The . precinct of the Savoy, in the Strand, is also within its jurisdiction, as well as a great part of Clapham-common, and some of the Wandsworth road. Upon the jury assembling at the Cock Foresters, it was found that the room in which the inquest was to be held was out of the duchy, and in the county, and an ad journment to some other place became necessary. An adjoining coachhouse was the only convenient place near at hand, and in this unusual place the inquiry was gone into. It appeared by the evidence that the deceased was a farm la bourer, and on Tuesday, he with other men, had been en gaged in carting timber on a truck drawn by three horses. As they were returning home, in the evening, near Trent Park Lodge, three men were riding in the truck, deceased was sit ting on the pole in front, and a lad was driving the horses. The deceased was asked to get up in front, and while in the act of doing so the pole of the carriage jerked him off, and he fell down backwards. The horses were stopped, but the wheels grazed against the right side of his head, and he bled most profusely. Surgeons were sent for, but they did not arrive for three-quarters of an hour after his death, he having ex pired very shortly after the accident. All the party were quite sober, and there had been no • quarrelling. Verdict, " Accidental death, with a deodand of Is. on the wheel." FATAL ACCIDENT FROM A STEAM-BOAT.—Last evening Mr. Hayne held an inquest in the St. Magnus vestry-room, London-bridge, on the body of J. W. Foster, aged twenty-four, late money-taker on board.the Fairy Wool wich steam-boat.. It appeared in evidence, that at nine o'clock on Easter Monday evening, the boat arrived crowded with passengers at the Old Shades pier, and a gangway was made from the after part of the deck on to the dumb-lighter pier. Deceased was seen at the time on the ganway plank, and whilst they were mooring the vessel close to from an. other gangway from the fore part of the deck, a splash was heard in the water, and a cry of " a man overboard" was raised. Deceased was immediately missed, but though lights were held over the spot where it was supposed deceased had fallen nothing could be seen of him. Drags were imme diately put out, but the body could not be found. It was not found until yesterday morning, when it was discovered by a lighterman floating in the water, close to the side of the Lon don-bridge wharf. The money he had taken on Easter Mon day, amounting to 121. 18s 9d., was found on his person. As no one actually saw him fall into the water, the jury returned an open verdict of—Found drowned. Mu, W. FARREN.—it is with great pleasure we call attention to the notice that this distinguished comedian has so far recovered from his alarming illness as to be able to resume his professional duties on Monday next. He will appear as Sir Peter Teazle in the School for Scandal. Mrs. Bailey, with her only child, a boy about nine years of age, has recently sailed in theßoyal Saxon for New South Wales, to join her husband, the Rev. William Bailey, who, it will be remembered, was sentenced to be transported for life, for forgeries committed under very aggravated cir cumstances, with intent to defraud the executors of a de ceased member: of his congregation. Mrs. Bailey carries out with her to the colony letters of recommendation from many influential individuals, who have kindly interested them selves in her behalf. This unfortunate and amiable lady is a grand-daughter of the late Rev. William Jones, of Nay land, so well known by his " Catholic Doctrine of a Trinity proved," and other highly- esteemed works. Mrs. Bailey is herself an authoress, and has published severa l volumes of poems i amongst them are " Palmyra," " Th e Months," and "Musa; Sacme, c ontaining original hymns and translations from the Latin and Italian poets.—Herald. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN AtSTATION-ROUSE.—Yes terday, amongst the night charges at Marylebonek'oliccei Court, connected with t he S division, was one pre fen . e against a man named George Arnold, for having s tolen some saws and other carpenter s ' tools. Mr. Inspector Aggs ad dressed the Magistrate, Mr. Long, in reference to this case, and stated that the accused was taken to the station-house, at Kentish-town, on the previous evening about nine o'clock ; in a few minutes after he was locked up, he (the Inspector) hearing a strange kind of noise, entered the cell, when he be held the unfortunate man sitting on the floor with his head resting against the wall ;he was bleeding from two deep and jagged wounds in his throat, and a sharp dessert knife, with which lie had inflicted the injury, was lying by his side. The wounds were dressed by Dr. Hollands, who was promptly, in attendance, and the sufferer was subsequently conveyed in a' coach to the University College Hospital, where he still ,re mains in a very alarming condition ; he had expressed lris regret that the inspector should have made the discovery, and had also _ signified his intention of compl e ti ng his object whenever an opportunity might offer. lie was searched prior to the key being turned upon him at the station, but no knife was then found, and he must therefore have had the instrument secreted beneath some bandages_ upon his left arm, which had recently been br o k en ; he alleged that he had no home, and that he was in great distress.' He was remanded. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandise -......---_. Week__ Total. Name of Railway. ended £. s. d. April 13 Arbroath and Forfar ll7 11 6 13 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,476 14 0 12 Birmingham and Gloucester 2,229 6 4 Brandling Junction — 12 Chester and Birkenhead 558 8 7 16 Dublin and Kingstown 896 3 2 14 Dundee and Arbroath 222 0 1 13 Durham and Sunderland 322 7 3 13 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,209 6 10 14 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 4,474 11 7 13 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,334 3 0 13 Glasgow and Greenock 7ll 19 10 13 Grand Junction 7,607 0 9 13 Great North of England 1,518 6 0 14 Great Western 12 Liverpool and Manchester 13 London and Birmingham 18 London and Blackwall 774 13 4 13 London and Brighton 16 London and Croydon 18 London and Greenwich 758 9 10 14 London and South Western ....... 11 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 866 15 4 13 Manchester and Birmingham 3,425 13 0 13 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 6,533 7 6 13 Midland Counties 13 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,300 12 2 14 Newcastle and North Shields 378 11 10 13 North Midland 12 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,371 16 5 9 Paris and Orleans - 5,418 0 0 15 Paris and Rouen 4,610 0 0 13 Preston and Wyre 233 12 8 13 Sheffield and Manchester 792 18 5 18 South Eastern 13 Taff Vale 14 Ulster 707 0 11 13 York and North Midland COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. FROM oux OWN CORRISPONDNNT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. COWES, Arm!, 19.—The general meeting of the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron will take place at the Thatched House Tavern, on Saturday, the 11th of May, when several candidates will be ballotted for as members. There are also eleven or twelve gentlemen proposed as honorary members. The other meetings are held at Cowes the second Friday in July, and the second Friday in August. There will be this year an additional meeting in September for the election of candidates ; this will be a great acquisition to gentlemen who may have purchased yachts, and feel desirous of entering the Squadron previous to proceeding up the Mediterranean during the winter season. The general impression is that there will be a brisk yacht ing season, and it bids fair to be the best on record. The Re gatta will take place in August ; and there will be two, if not three, cups given by the Royal Yacht Squadron, to be sailed for during that month, besides her Majesty's Cup of 100 guineas; the latter be sailed fur on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent's birthday, the 17th August. The Noble Commodore, the Earl of Yarborough, is stop ping at the Club-house. His Lordship has derived great benefit in his health from the effects of the sea air. On Wednesday the Royal Yacht Squadron cutter, Flower of Yarrrow, again resumed her element from Mr. M. Ratsey's yard, where she bad been hauled up and lengthened twelve feet amidship. The alteration has been made chiefly to afford greater accommodation for his Lordship's family, &c. The Marquis of Conyngham has been frequently to and fro superintending the refitment. The intention of the Noble Marquis to have her converted into a schooner, for the pre sent, has been abandoned, and she will retain the same rig as before, with the exception that the spars have been lengthened in proportion. She is a splendid cutter, and now admeasures, 182 69-94 tons by old measurement, and N.M. 114 1716-3500 tons. The Ganymede, belonging to J. H. W. S. Pigott, Esq., was hauled up . on Thursday in Mr. Ratsey's yard, for the purpose of having a thorough overhaul and refit. Colonel Petre's new cutter, the Osprey, of 59 26-94 0.M., and 41 3492-3500 tons N.M , will be launched at Gosport these spring tides ; and Mr. Hope's Zephyretta, of 180 tons, will be launched from the same yard during the next sin ing tides. Mr. Lyon's new schooner, building in London, is not yet named. The Marquis of Conyngham's new iron yacht, Seaflower, of 35 tons, is nearly ready for The Connnodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron's splendid yacht Kestrel, is to be hauled up on Hansen's patent slip early next month, to undergo extensive alterations. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Sir Richard and Lady Rycroft are entertaining Lord Yar borough and a party of fashionables at Oakhill House. Lady Isabella Dachford's establishment leave Osborn House this month, that her Majesty may have possession on the Ist of May. The following houses are let, but mostly for short periods : Egypt House, Gothic Hall, Beach Villa, Adelaide Villa, the 7th and Bth Cottages, Trafalgar House, the Small Pavilion, Oak Hill House, Nos. 1 and 2, Bath Buildings, Mr. Towns head's house on the South Parade, Grantham House, and ' several smaller ones. From the numbers applying for houses there is every prospect of an early and full season. 'Tis ex , pected that eleven of the new villas in East Cowes Park will be finished this summer; there are many others in progress. a. The announced reduction of the number of her Majesty's Yeomen of the Guard, from one hundred to fifty, is, we hear, forthwith to take place, but no diminution of the number in the corps of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentle men-at .Arms, consisting of forty, is at present in contem plation. The pay of a gentleman-at-arms is, we believe, 7 per annum, and that o a yeoman of the guard about name amount. THE REVENUE. - The balance-sheet of the Tear'srevenue is in some respects satisfactory. When we remember the tremendous " excess of expenditure over income"—an excess of more than four millions—which stared us in the face in the beginning of 1843, it is certainly with some relief that we turn to the gratifying "excess of income over expenditure" to the amount of 2,095,4271., which closes the public accounts in April, 1844. We have at least weathered a very ugly point that was stretching ahead of ns, and we are under no imme diate apprehensions of finding ourselves hard aground. At the same time " deest aliquid oblectationi nostrcu ' • ' in the brightest sky there is a pt t o b e a flying cloud ; and now that we are fairly on our legs again, we cannot help looking with some little impatience at a certain very ungainly and incon venient crutch by which in our more infirm days we con trived to preserve our perpendicular. The neat oblong packet of paper which contains the return of our " net public re venue" puts us in mind of another more vexatious document of somewhat similar proportions demanding more peremp torily to be informed of our " net private income," and hinting delicately, but not at all ambiguously, at the ill-omened contingency of a twenty pound fine and treble duty in default of a speedy answer. Need we say how anxiously we have scanned each item of the balance-sheet in the vain hope of lighting upon one whose elastic increase promised to supersede the necessity of the income .tax ? We are now nearer the end than the beginning of • the three years which we bargained for. We are in sight of the goal which the Premier held before our eyes on the first imposition of this very unpopular impost, and are beginning to pant for our liberty. But we perceive, with no ordinary, apprehension, that the unseemly monster, on its extinction, will leave a gap of no less than 5,356,8881 . i n th e na ti ona l receipts. From what quarter is this to be supplied ? Our income, we have said, has this year exceeded our expenditure by two millions ; this is some help towards the desired operation. Mr. Goulburn promises us the gain of another half million from his reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Here is another and no inconsiderable assistance. But upwards of two millions and a half still remain to be supplied—a stiff and unmanageable sum ; and strain as we will, we can de tect in the other items of revenue but little appearance of that expansive power by which this two millions and a half is to be annually raised. We turn first to the Customs — the great source of receipt. We long to see the promised effects of lowering duties in raising reVenue. Sir Robert Peel, it is true, was not quack enough to promise us that immediate effect from his reduced tariff. But such promises there were, and promises there still are to the same effect, if we will but "carry, gut the principle." What do we behold? Alas, instead of the rapid rise which we were encouraged to hope by the politico 'economical enthusi • asts, a steady and uniform decline. What was nineteen mil lions and a half in October, 1842, has sunk to a little more than eighteen millions and a half in' October, 1843, and is now a little less than that sum in April, 1844. The best that can be said is, that the downward progress is not so fast as it was. We may hope that we are near the bottom of the hill, where we may at least jog along without disturbance. We need hardly say, that this natural consequence is no sound argument against reduction of duty. But it is a dis appointment to any hopes of revenue which we may have been encouraged to form from the Customs' department of revenue, and affords little comfort to a mind distracted by the apprehension of a prolonged income-tax. The unro mantic "taxes" preserve their dead level. Nobody expected anything better of them. Stamps are buoyant. Improving times have brought with them bargains and settlements, and have added half a million to the national revenue. But we fear that tfie most imaginative financier will hardly expect from that quarter a substitute for the expiring five millions. The Post-office revenue (heu ! quantum mutatus) exhibits an insignificant rise of some 30 or 40 thousand pounds in lieu of fulfilling the bold aspirations of Mr. Rowland Hill. All that art can do has been done. The corresponding public has been, or is to be, tried with pink Queen's heads, and scarlet Queen's heads, and blue Queen's heads, and Queen's heads with plaster behind them, and stamped envelopes, and stamped letter-paper—every artistic blandishment has been put in practice to attract to the Queen's Post-office tke pennies and twopences of her liege subjects; but, alas, the public appears to have made up its mind how many letters it wishes to write, and to be impenetrable to any further allurement from St. Martin's-le-Grand. An improvement there is, no doubt, and that improvement will probably con tinue, but in so sober and ordinary a way as to forbid all the enthusiastic reliance on our countrymen's still latent propen sities for letter-writing. Mr. Rowland Hill is certainly not our Deus ex machind for our present purpose. The Excise revenue is larger than it has been for some time. The re turn before us exceeds by nearly a million and a half the net amount of duty for, the preceding year. This is highly satisfactory ; this branch of the revenue, as we have often occasion to remark, being the one which may be taken as the clearest index of reviving prosperity and increas ing comfort among the operatives. But satisfactory as it may be, it hardly promises to satisfy our present requirement. And thus we remain in perplexity. Ministry as yet give no sign ; the Revenue tables afford little consola tion; and we have only to comfort our failing hearts by the recollection of the hopes with which the Premier gilded his pill two years ago. The prospect is not encouraging. But it is time we should know the worst, and be informed whe- ther Sir Robert Peel intends us to have a fresh deficit, or a continued income-tax, or whether he has some hitherto un imagined device in store, which will preserve us both from one and the other misfortune. Meanwhile, as statistics are the order of the day, we may perhaps be allowed to suggest a hope that the extremely valuable information that ought to be deducible from the income-tax returns, will not be lost to the public. At present we barely know that the tax has produced about 5,000,0001., and, consequently, that the ag gregate of English incomes exceeding 1501. amounts to about 170,000,000/. But it is plain that a mass of the most valu able facts respecting the distribution of this money among the different classes of society must be in the hands of the Commissioners, and must be pooducibla without breach of confidence. Points may be suggested in which the informa tion would be imperfect or deceptive; but, with all its de fects, it might furnish a groundwork for a more accurate es timation of the nature and distribution of national wealth than has ever been known in this or any other country.— Times, • ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF GLASS. —The manu facturers of flint glass have agreed to a list of prices, which has been published, and came into force on the 15th instant. The increase in the price is from 20 to 30 per cent. We be lieve the article has been sold for a long time at a ruinously low price, but whether the present advance can be obtained time only can tell. We have reason to know that the revered bishop and clergy of the united diocese of Waterford and Lismore— ever foremost in the cause of their country—have deter mined on taking the initiative in that agitation to which the sentence of incarceration against O'Connell will impart re doubled vigour and determination. At the earliest possible moment after the news arrives of the sentence being carried into effect, the clergy, headed by their venerated diocesan, the Right Rev. Dr. Foran, Will assemble to petition th e Queen against the impolicy and cruelty of the proceeding. It has been resolved also that on the same occasion the re newed subscriptions of both bishop and clergy will be for warded to the Repeal Association. This noble example, it is needless to say, will be followed universally throughout the other dioceses of Ireland —Dublin Pilot. NOVEL EMPL OYMENT FOR C LER GYMEN. --We have heard of sailors turni ng c l ergymen , and of a ci-decant Lieute nant of the Navy b ecom i ng an Arc hbi s hop; we have heard, too, of clergymen b ecom i ng f armers , h u cksters, horsedealers, magistrates, discount br o k ers , mining speculators , and en gaging in other m oney - ma ki ng occu p a tions; but it was re served for the new E ar l o f L ons d a l e t o discover that they are also qualified to perform some of the duties of retired. ship. masters. The Noble Earl has appointed the Rev. Henry Lowther and the Rev. John Jenkins, Trustees of the Town and Harbour of Whitehaven, an office in which we presume they will have to look after the shipping of Whitehaven, see that the moorings are in good condition, that the regulations for putting out lights and fires are strictly observed, and that each vessel be properly secured without interrupting the passages. - The Noble Earl has got something from the Mi nistry, and he probably contemplates giving them something in return or securing something for himself. The Rev. Henry Lowther and the Rev. John Jenkins are faithful friends and servants of their patron ; and they will use all the influence he has been able to confer on them, to keep in the hands of the Earl, and at the service of the Tories, the representation of the independent borough of Whitchaven. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—Exeter must now be considered a railway town, as a locomotive engine has this week, for the first time, made its appearance within that ancient capital of the West of England. On Wednesday last, the 17th instant, the first complete passage of an engine from the present terminus of the railway at Beambridge to the new station at Exeter took place, the engine conveying Mr. Brunel, the engineer in chief, Mr. Fripp, one of the Di rectors, and several of the assistant engineers, with Mr. Hennett, the contractor for the permanent way, on whose account the engine was engaged for the conveyance of timber and other materials down the line. The arrival of the en gine was hailed with much interest by the Exonians, hun dreds of whom were assembled to witness this novel visitor. In a few days this will become an ordinary sight, as no doubt is entertained That the public opening. of the line will take place on the Ist May, as fixed; and there will then (with the exception of a slight break between Bristol and Glouces ter, which will be completed in the' course of a few weeks) be an unbroken railway communication from Exeter to New castle-on-Tyne, a distance of upwards of 300 miles !—Rail way Record. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.--BENEDICT'S OPERA OF THE " BRIDE OF VENICE." — general general rehearsal of this long expected work took place last nig, and from the impression produced on the amateurs, there can be no doubt of its com plete success. It is not the time to enter into a detailed no tice of the opera, but we may, without indiscretion, state that the general character is full of melody, and that the ac companiments are of that scientific quality that might be expected from Mr. Be nedict's learning ; but, at the same time, are not overloaded and heavy: Mrs. Shaw, Miss Ro mer, and Mr. Harrison, have each some charming scenes and airs. The choral department is very full. The finale of the first act is full of animation, and a chorus of women, somewhat in the madrig al st y le, will be very effective. A; for the stage business, it. is of a novel and striking nature. The Venetian scenery may be imagined, but there is a double stage effect, as the last scene is of a most complicated and extraordinary kind. - CAMILLO SIVORI s CONCERT.—This celebrated violinist gave a morning concert' yesterday. at the Hanover square Rooms, and met with a most rapturous reception. He never played more finely. The certainty of his intonation and the delicate finish of his execution seemed to electrify the members of the orchestra as much as the company. He executed the first movement of Paganini's concerto of v ariations, and the " Carnival de Venise." In tre mendous difficulty, the prayer from M ose , on the fourth string, with all these pieces he displayed varied powers and was tremen dously The vocalists were Miss S. Novello, cheered. There was an excellent orchestra, con ductedand Mr. Weiss; but there ' e selection. Madlle. Frassi wasikiis nothing o. b tL y b : eg o ° I n b ir e be c e z A i erfk.a_adblee. Frassi, stshi sang fearfully out of tune, but that appears to be regarded as a beauty in these days. Miss Day executed with some talent Weber's concert Stuck, but it is a work which overtaxed her powers. a The Lancaster an d Carlisle Railwa y Bill was:read second time last n i g ht in the House of Lords. To-morrow being the first Sunday in Term, the Lord Ma yor, Alderm en, and Corporation, will go in state to St. Paul's to meet the judg es, ser g eants, and counsel, when a sermon will be prea ched b y the Lord Bishop of London. Sertce will comineace at a Tarter before three o'clock. MAJORITY-NOES, 80. Aglionby, H. A. Gladstone, Captain Plumptre, J. P. Allix, John Peter Godson, Richard Pringle, Alexander Arawright, George Gordon, Captain Itashleigh, Wm. Baring, Hon. W. B Graham, Sir J. Rendlesham, Lord Bann, F. 'l'. Greenall, Peter ltous, Captain Bentinek; Lord G. Hamilton, Lord C. Russell, JD. Watts Boldero, H. G. Hardinge, Sir H. Sandon, Viscount BotSeld, Beriah Harris, E A. J. Seymour, Sir H. B. Broariley, Henry Hayes, Sir E. Bibtherp, Colonel Bruce, Lord E. Hcathcete, Sir W. Somerset, Lord G. Bruges, W. H. L. Herbert, Sydney Stanley, Lord Chelsea, Lord Hodgson, It. Staunton, Sir G. Clerk, Sir George Jermy n . Earl y Stewart, John Clive, R. H. , Kemble, Henry 4 Stuart, Villiers Corry, Henry Krattchbull, Sir E. Stuart, Henry Cripps, William Knight, H. G. Sutton, Hon. H. M. Davies, D. A. S Lincoln, Earl of' Trench, Sir Frederick Dickinson, F. H. Lockhart, William Trevor, Hon. It Douglas, Sir C. E. - M'Neill, Duncan Trotter, J. East, James Buller Manners, Lord J. Vesey, Hon. Thomas Eliot, Lord Mas:errnan John Wellesley, Lord C. Estcourt, T. G. B. Meynell, H. Wood, Colonel T. Flower, Sir James Morris, D avid To:nice, It. H. Forbes William Neville, Ralph Young, John Forman, T. S. O'Brien , A. S'affbrd Gardner, J. D. Palmer , Ge or g e TELLERS. ' Gaskell, James Milne Peel, Sir Robert Fremantle, Sir T. Gladstone, W. E. Peel, Jonathan Baring, H. SALARIES OF THE MINISTERS OF STATE AND THE JUDGES.—The following is a return of the salaries of the Ministers of State and of the Judges :—First Lord of the Treasury (Premier), 6,0001. per annum ; Secretary . of State for the Home Department, 5,0001. ; ditto for Foreign Affairs, 5,000/. ; ditto for the Colonies, 5,000/. ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 5,000/. ; First Lord of the Admiralty, 4,5001; ; President of the Board of Control, 3,500/. ; ditto Board of Trade, 2,000/. ; Secretary-at - War , 2,580/. • Lord President of the Council, 2,000/. ; Lord Privy Seal, 2,000/. ; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 4,000/. ; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 20,0001. ; Secretary of State for Ireland, 5,500/. ; Paymaster-General and Treasurer of the Navy, 3,0001.; Master-General of the Ordnance, 3,500/. ; Postmaster-General, 2,500/. ; Master of the Mint, 2,000/. • Master of the Horse, 2,000/. ; Judge Advocate-Ge neral, '2,000/. ; :Commander-in-Chief of the Army, 3,460/. per annum. ' Salaries of the Law Officers—Lord High Chancellor of England, 14,000/. • Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 8,000/. Master of the Rolls, 7,000/. • Chief Vice-Chancellor of England, 6,000/. • the other Vice-Chancellors, 5,000/.. ; Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Dench, 8,100/. ; the other judges, 5,000/. ; Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, 8,000/. ; the other judges of ditto, 5,000/. ; Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 7,000 f. ; the other barons 5,000/. to 5,500/. each; the Attorney-General, 5,500/.; Solicitor-General, 1,5001. per annum. • DARING ROBBERIES IN THE STRAND.—The pre valence of robberies in the" Strand, by women of the town, who are continually stopping and annoying passengers, calls for the most vigilant watch. About eleven o'clock on Thurs day evening, as Mr. Charles Robinson; a young gentleman, residing at 27, Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital, was pass ing along the Strand, near to Surrey-street, he was accosted by a female, who importuned him to accompany her home. The young man, who has the misfortune to have a dreadful impediment in his speech,which prevents him commencing a word for full a minute, attempted to push on and deny her; but when at the top of Surrey-street, she pulled him down, and in a moment took from his pocket a canvas bag, contain ing 461., viz., four 5/..notes, and twenty-six sovereigns, which he had received from an agent in Idol-lane. She directly ran off, and when the young man attempted to follow her, a man stopped him, and said he was sorry for the robbery, but he would do his best so discover the thief, and asked if - he knew the number of the notes ? The young man was much pleased at his kindness, and they went together to the person in Idol-lane, whom Mr. Robinson had received the money from, and who was agent of his father, where it was first suspected that his companion was in the plot from his attempt to stop the prosecutor in pursuit. Giving no name or direc tion, he was given into the custody of the City police, where he now remains. On the same night, as Mr. Finlayson, clerk in the National Debt. office, Old Jewry, was passing Charing-cross to the Strand, several women of the town gathered round him, and in a moment his watch guard was cut, and his gold chain and watch, valued at 8/., as well as his purse and money, were immediately gone. He seized one woman, and held her, but a fellow who was in the plan came behind him, pinioned his arms, and thus forced him to let the female go. She ran off up Cockspur-street, and got away before the police could get hold of her. Mr.. Finlayson knocked the fellow down who held him, and he was taken into custody. The Poor-law Commissioners have appointed Co lonel Thomas Francis Wade, to be an Assistant Commissioner of Poor-laws. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, APRIL 17.—We are still almost without supply of 'West India Sugar in the market, yet there is very little demand, the trade waiting to know what alteration, if any, will be made in the duties this year. -The sales are:-Chiefly confined to about 2,000 bags Bengal and laatiritim at Omer prices. LITERATURE, CHURCH OF ENGLAND QUARTERLY RE VIE W. No. XXX. Painter, London, 1844. The " History of the Wars of the Fronde," a work lately published by the Count de St. Aulaire, French Ambassador at the' Court of St. James's, forms the subject of a hasty and slight, but amusing noti ce - in the present number of this journal. The Reviewer warmly insists on the childishnes and want of faith and sincerity that characterises the majority of those those who took part in those wars, and with justice; for there was scarcely a man among them all who knew or cared what he was fighting about; even the Court party, with Anne of Austria and the wily Car dinal Mazarin at their head, who might have 'been supposed to be terribly in earnest in their efforts to retain possession of their despotic authority, were con stantly changing their views, shifting their ground of attack, and giving way to their apprehensions; while, as regards the heads of the movement party, they were found changing sides, with unparalled expedition and effrontery—one day fighting in the foremost ranks of the Frondeurs, the next offering their swords to the Court, as in the case of the Prince de Conde—a sort of privileged turn-coat, who sided with either party, just as suited his whim, his interest, or his conveni ence. In all the voluminous records of ancient or modern history, there is no chapter so absurd, so rife with the materials of the richest farce, as that which relates to the wars of the Fronde. -In the notice of "Doctor Bloomfield's Thucydides " there is not much critical comment of value, but we find instead a biographical sketch of the great Greek historian, together with a rapid summary of his cha racter as a man and as a writer. This summary is well digested in point of matter, and is full of truth, especially the following remark :—" Thucydides as certained his facts correctly, and threw his own ar dour into the scene by making himself an actor in it, and thinking how he should have spoken and acted under similar circumstances. '1 his he did without at all falsifying history, though the words may net be the very words used on the occasion, for the character of the speaker, as well as the actual state of things and the results, are all scrupulously attended to." The " Reformation Unavoidable" is a difficult and complicated subject, treated with temper, and with more fairness than we should have expected. "Doc tor Hookwell " is a notice of a religious novel, pub lished a few months since, and which is more remark able for its zeal than its ability. We quote from the article on the Fronde some amusing details connected with the Prince de Conde : " It was characteristic enough of Mazarin, that while Paris was in this condition, and the Parliament had ordered the Princes to be restored to freedom, he him self hastened to Havre, to give liberty to Conde and his brother, as though the boon came from the Cardinal, and not from the people and Parliament. The wily Minister employed every means to acquire the friendship and co-operation of the man he had betrayed ; but the latter had present thoughts but for his triumph ; he hurried from Havre, leaving the Cardinal to seek a refuge in some one of the fortified towns of the king dom, and entering Paris like a conqueror, he repaired to the palace, to manifest his joyful respects to the Queen, as she lay,..pale, haggard, and enraged, in bed. The people, no'less volatile than the Prince, cheered him on his return to freedom, even as they had cheered when he was dragged to captivity. The power of his house be came greater than ever. Mazarin was an exile ; the Queen without influence ; and the Parliament despised. The nobility rejoiced in the triumph of the Prince, as a triumph belonging to their order ; and there is no dDubt that this was the period when the suggestion was first whispered into Condes ear to seize upon the person of the King, who was yet a minor, and so possess himself of sovereign and supreme authority. And now, too, it was that the French clergy, in a body, first openly espoused the cause of the nobility against the Parlia ment and people ; and the opposing factions were the burgesses and magistracy against the aristocracy and the Church. The nobles, confident in their position, so little respected the power of the Great Chamber, that, on the latter remonstrating against the factious union opposed to them, the chiefs of the aristocracy threatened to pro ceed, to the Parliament, and fling the President and his son into the river ! In this struggle, however, the legal authorities remained victorious ; for Conde, after re maining neutral for a time, gave them the advantages of his secret co-operation ; and out of the intrigues which followed, but which we have not time to narrate, the Queen, the Cardinal, and Conde himself, rose to power and authority. But it was again the fate of the last to be betrayed, and that by (the Queen, who hated and feared him, and who did not rest till he was again a pro scribed and flying enemy. His terror was so great, that, at the head of a body of armed men, he fled at early dawn, before a corps of pursuers, which daylight re vealed to be nothing but a number of old women and children going to market on high trotting donkeys ! After partaking for a while of the gaieties of St. Maur, and leaving Gondi in Paris, plotting against him in per son, where an air of sanctity and the society of the clergy by day were exchanged by this licentious priest for drunken orgies and the company of his mistresses by night, Condo took heart at length, and boldly returned to the capital to overcome his enemies in general, and Gondi, who was moving the Frondeurs and the Parlia ment against him, in particular. These two foes met in that assembly, flung reproaches and invectives at each other day after day, and excited such universal interest, that four thousand citizens escorted the public mistress of their Archbishop, for such Gondi now was, on her way to hear the debates that concerned her lover and the Prince." The ROYAL FAMILY of HANOVER. (From the Liverpool Journal.) A young gentleman from Liverpool, who has been residing for some time back at Hanover, has furnished us with the following interesting particulars of the domestic life of the King of Hanover and his family, —being a continuation of a paper on the same sub ject which appeared in the Journal a couple of months since : More gossip from Hanover—The English Church—Little known about it—Strange observances—Diplomatic indig nation and Royal resentment—Appearance of the whilom Duke of Cumberland—lntere.sting particulars of the Crown Prince —Affecting deportment of himself and father at the Sacrament —Laxity of the King in high Church observances —Dancing arid amusements on a Sun day at Court—Popularity of the English language at Court, and the reason of it—Little respects shown to the ex-Grand Master of Orangemen—Attachment of all classes to the Crown Prince —Scarcity of English residents at Hanover—Pranks of John Bull, and consequent estimate of the British character by the natives—Tyranny of fashion in England, and the ridicule it provokes on the Continent—Word of advice to Cockney tourists. Of the 30,000 inhabitants of Hanover, who, mind ful of their business, and caring much more for their pipes and their beer than for the million creeds which are tearing this poor world to tatters, there are not fifty who suspect for an instant, that in the heart of their city, and in the palace of their king, there is performed every Sunday, by an English chap lain, the service of the Church of England. Though naturally open as the day, and as much ex posed to be known as is possible in a country where there is no press, yet, in speaking to a native upon the subject, it is difficult to make him believe that there is such a thing as this hidden church in exis tence. A few words about this mysterious institution and its upholders, may not prove totally uninteresting. On becoming monarch of the realm of Hanover, Ernest Augustus did not resume the religion of his famed ancestors, the elder Electors, but retained that of his father, the King's : and, accordingly, as, after the fatigues of Government, he must needs pray in the good old English popery-hating fashion, it was necessary he should have a suitable place to pray in. But from the small number of his country men who honoured his capital with their residence, it would not be worth while to build a church for his sole Royal use ; and he was, therefore, necessitated to put up with the sdme excuse for one that had been used by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at the time the Royal dining-out Duke was viceroy; and also to order, from the Archbishop of Can terbury, a special minister for his chaplain. This said building is, as I have already stated, in the King's palace. On entering, one passes by a pair of sentinels, whiskered, musketed, and inoustached, in the most approved Prussian manner, and who con stantly greet one with the greatest astonishment at seeing so many foreign-looking people entering the Royal residence, as if for a deuner with the King. After passing these armed " aids to reflection," it is necessary to proceed through corridor after corridor, on the way to the church, at one moment knocking against against a greasy cook wending to the kitchen, i into threading a drawing-room, or, perllpps,u tumbling but by a bed-room, whose occupant d sti i re asleeps'nd there, one the help of a few hussars poste i n s . ore a t t l a a s a t s a e l t a r r g i g e l t r h e e r c h s i t l r a r b. c l it i s e c e l k f n i s g i d ! o i n g g . room ,• a nd formerly w here luscious odours used to 1 and; r l a ' ascend, and toasts and songs went round with the champagne, there are now”only heard pious responses and deep-toned " Amens. in a corner, at the head of the room, there is a small pulpittr are er placedthe clergy man, the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson , and close to it a small l iallatnard.somlemiymeaddioartneleydbefore chairs, th which eaa one und ers t an d s at a glance have been set there for the King, the Crown Prince, and the Crown Princess, the latter of whom, however, but seldom attends,_ from the fact of her being a member o f the Lutheran church. Be hind the royal seats are five or six chairs for the British Ambassador, the Hon. Mr. Bligh, and the rest of the emba ssy ; an d b eh i nd these again are a num ber of indiscriminate chairs for allwhomay desire to form a part of the congregation, the whole of whom, however, king and canaille, never amount to more than fifty. people. On last Christmas-day, when the sacrament was given, the sight was most interesting. After being seated for some time, I heard a clatter of tongues within the folding-doors, all.speaking in an angry tone, but far above them all was heard raging the continual squeak of one of the most unmusical voices I ever heard in my life, which some one near me whispered was the property of his Majesty, Ernest Augustus. Suddenly all ceased, and in walked the old King, in his usual undress hussar uniform, his face seemingly red and broiling with anger, which, contrasting with his snow-white whiskers and mous taches, gave his physiognomy a most, odd appear- ance. He is about six feet high, and with a very upright military bearing, and altogether an exceed ingly fine-looking man for his age. Behind him came two officers leading his son,- the Crown Prince, who, as all the world knows and regrets, is incur ably blind. When the Prince was seated, the officers immediately disappeared. Until the Royal pair had seated themselves, the congregation remained stand ing. The Crown Prince seemed to know the service most accurately, for he stood, kneeled, and sat at different parts of it, with the utmost exactitude, and answered each of the responses, as did also his father, in the most pious and feeling tone. He seems, how ever, to be troubled with St. Vitus' dance, for, when ever I see him, he is continually fidgeting with his sword or buttons, and incessantly moving and throw inglhis arms about in the strangest and most ludicrous manner; but really whether he has this dreadful af fection of the nerves or not, Ido not know, but rather think it is merely a bad habit. At the second service, where the sacrament was to be taken, it was most sorrowful and melancholy to behold the aged and broken-down King (now the oldest sovereign in Europe, since the death of the King of Sweden) leading and guiding to and from the communion table, with care and solicitude, his blind and feeble son, who, by the natural rule, should be the prop and support of his declining years, and who, though endowed with the most striking physical beauty and strength of form. is still rendered weak and powerless as a child, by the ever-to-be-deplored loss of his eye-sight. Even the worst enemies of the King of Hanover have ever allowed him, when he was the Duke, to have been a zealous, and some have said a bi goted churchman ; but, as the King, I must say he does not deserve to retain that once-prized title, and this is principally shown by the utter dis regard he exhibits of the . Sunday. Each se venth day are seen before the palace or castle, lights blazing and guards parading, all of which indicate that his Majesty is about to make merry with his subjects. This treating the Sunday in the same manner as another day, is a custom among all the Christians in Europe, except those of England; and Ernest Augustus cannot therefore be greatly blamed if he makes this concession to the Hanoverians on becoming their king. He should not, however, go farther than this, nor attempt to compel his own countrymen, who may still retain the prejudices of their fatherland, to do the same, as has lately been the case by his requiring the attendance of the British Ambassador at all his Sunday parties. He has only a short time since commenced giving these Sunday balls, and to the first Mr. Bligh was, as a matter of course, invited, but declined attending. A few days afterwards, so runs the story, there was a grand diplomatic dinner at the palace, at which the at tendance of his British Excellency was not requested. The affronted Ambassador inquired the cause, but receiving no satisfactory answer, wrote to England, demanding . instructions as to how he should act ; but Lord Aberdeen refused interfering in such a matter, and entirely left it to Mr. Bligh's own choice as to his attending the Sunday soirees or not. The end of the matter, as rumour goes, is, that his Excellency now repairs every Sunday, makes his bow to the King, and then hurries away, and drives home again as fast as possible ; thus, at the same time, satisfying the King's commands, and not in the slightest disturbing the serenity of his own conscience. There is like wise a report that the King's English chaplain also attends, and, what is still more, dances every Sun day; but this is such an unlikely matter that I can not give any credence to it. The King, it is said, takes the greatest delight also in society, notwith standing his age, and goes hobbling about from per son to person, talking with the greatest satisfaction to himself, though in the most abominable German that ever affrighted a human tympanum. In consequence of the horror it is reported the King has for German, English has become the fashionable language, scarcely anything else being spoken at the Court. After church-time (although, indeed, his attendance is any thing but regular), he takes a walk through the town, as, indeed, he does on most fine days, always leaning upon the arm of, and chatting with, an Adjutant. I suspect that if any person who bore the title of Majesty, was to take it into his head to walk through the streets of any large town in England, his life and reign would not, through the pressure of the mob certain to follow at his Royal heels, be -of long duration ; but here, as through all Germany is the custom, the King goes about, looking into the shops and scrutinising the soldiers' uniforms, as coolly as possible , and enjoying himself like other people. But what I particularly remark is, that few persons salute him, in the usual German way, by taking off the hat, as• is always done "to the Crown Prince and his amiable consort. No person ever thinks of looking after the King, or turning round to stare at him, as would be the case in England; but, on the contrary, so little are the people excited by the presence of royalty, that I have seen • some of the lower orders whistle as they have passed him. One of royal blood goes about with as little attention paid to them as to other people ; and the Crown Princess walks from shop to shop, with her footman behind, greeted always by the flying off of the hat, or the low curtsey ; but still by a natural politeness be longing to the Germans, she is never incommoded by being watched or stared at. The English in Hanover are, at this moment, any thing but numerous, though, when the Duke of Cambridge was here, there were a great many. The national character has suffered seriously by the dis• graceful conduct of some of our countrymen, who, by bad luck, have been here. There were lately some strange transactions by a paymaster, sent by the English Goverment for the purpose of paying the pensions to the members of the German . Legion, which for some time, was in England, and after wards in the Peninsula ; and the publicity that attended them has done great harm among the lower orders to the English character. There have also been some madmen here, who, with a great pre ponderance of money over wit, have played most unheard-of and extraordinary tricks; and the general belief among the canaille is, that every Englishman is a sort of insane Crcesus, who goes flying about from country to country for the sole object of being cheated. That there is some truth in the remark can not be doubted, since it would be difficult to discover for what possible purpose Englishmen go and thrust their noses into every state, town, and village through out the civilised, and, indeed, sometimes through the uncivilised world. If it is for the purpose of being ridiculed and laughed at, their object is gained to the utmost extent, 'since their depth and intensity of curiosity is the laughing stock of all Europe. The manner in which the Germans ridicule the flock of cockneys on the Rhine, who fly from England every summer, is most laughable to hens; and the jokes and tricks said to have been played on their igno rance should give most Englishmen a perfect surfeit of travelling in such numbers together, instead of going quietly and peaceably, each, according to their tastes, without all the hurry and scrambling of an in vading army of foreigners. It is a pity that fashion, the only despot that Englishmen bow to, does not turn their carnage wheels to all the beautiful scenery of their 'own kingdoms; but as monied upstarts among the English are the most vulgar of mankind, so they are constantly vigorous in their efforts to be ever a la mode. An interesting lecture on the Currency was deli vered last evening at the George Hotel, Aldermanbury, under the sanction of the Society for the Emancipation of Industry. The audience was composed of the highly respectable traders in the neighbourhood, by whom the lecture was well received, and at its close a conversation ensued which contributed to elucidate the principles of the currency, We understand the lecture is likely to be repeated in other places in the metropolis, and we re commend our readers to attend it when an opportunity may occur. )1n amongst ST UART,us arelicA G AGED h l o l a 6 r .— an T tig h u is ity si , n e g o ti n : :eld a with the far-off reign of George 11. ; con necting according to his own unvarying tale, he was the lineal and the last surviving descendant of the Royal race _of Stuart. He st tenacity at cr w iat e oy e r kdoi of alir paid fye fee t fa h tes whichdebt of p we o re f . a c r c D t b i being T g o :l r i er ' n former days, and the extreme old age ivae which n ature. Endowed strength a E h2eg n . a d u o k i i d regardedsit h reachedto at last, as the joint confirmation, his time could scarcely y e t b e sa id to have come, in the course of nature, for his death was the result of an in jury in the hip-joint, occasioned by a fall on Thursday last week. In his anxiety to get out of doors, to enjoy the recent sunny weather, his foot had entangled, and he was thrown down. Any injury, however slight, was almost sure to have proved fatal, and accordingly the utmost care and skill were unavailing. lie expired on Thursday morning, at the alvanced age of 116 years, 3i months. It may be satisfactory to know, now that all poor Jamie's wanderings have ceased, that the fund which the kindness of a few munificent iniividuals (including our gracious Sovereign, and several of the leading names in the land) had placed at the disposal of Mr. Jaffray, bookseller, in Berwick, and ourselves, has amply sufficed to ' smooth the last asperities in his path ; and the old man lately bestowed his blessing on Mr. Jaffray, and said " that he hadna been sae wee' alf this hunder year. The most vigilant means were adopted of administering to him the comforts best suited to his peculiar case. And it must be stated that his wife, who is his junior by a whole generation, tended and kept him with a care and assiduity truly exemplary.—Berwick and Kelso Warder. s EMIGRATION.—`vast numbers of emigrants, from vll parts of the empire are no w flocking to this p ort, on ItilutrbNevrayfoito. other C colonies.nadaai idth s the United niteduiner States, with arewith a theym smaller present that passages aro difficult to ob t ain . The ma jority of the Scotch emig rants are for Upper Canada, whilst those of this country and Ireland are for the United States. The Irish emigrants in number fully amount to that of the English, Scotch, mid Welsh united, and they . are generally poor people cleared off the estates of the Irish landlords. During the winter months, there w ere more English emigrants sailing from this port than Irish, but from some causes, perhaps a little revival in trade, their numbers h ave l a t e ly duninishcd.—L;erpool Mercury. _ _~ IRPO'' - r S. '0 _ I