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. . . 11 4 11 E SUN LON N DO, .FRIDAY MORNI NG, APRIL 5 , 1844. . . --------.....,.--....._......- . ••• 13, Great Marlborough-street. the session will have elapsed. In this period, the cx- 'ought to be paid, as the Legislature contemplated it the Minister of Finance, in formally proposing the r. THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING APRIL 5, 1844 mR. LEVER'S NEW NV olt ii, • perience of almost every previous - • • session since the would be, by the wealthy consumers of the products reimbursement, offered the holders 41 in place of 5; 1 • ILLUSTRATE] BY CRITIKSHANK. ____ No. 1.-An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of April, 184:3, and sth of April, 1841, showing the Increase " ARTHUR O'LEARY • 1115 WANDER :NG3 AND PONDER- Revolution, has established the fact, that all measures of their labour ? Nothing. Behold the account of and this is precisely what M. GARNIER PAGES requires LNG'S IN 3IA.N : LANDS," Edited by hi. Friend, HARRY ~ .. . . LORREQUER, and Illustrat. .v , ~ 'lb- C Ef'"GE CRUIKSHA.NK, in of administrative eeonomy-all decrees of Parliament , work " done and performed"-of the work yet to be at present. He assigned as a reason for this addition of a . or Decrease on each head thereof. a vols., post svo. half per cent. that the stock was quoted at 112. It was IS NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS , which require for their salutary and efficient working , achieved before the close of the session ! i -G. to bonify the interest on what the presesent quota- QUARTERS ENDED YEAR ended QUARTERS ENDED ----,, YEAR Year ended April 5. Quarter ended A pril 5. and Libraries throughout the Kingdom. , mature discussion and frequent previous appeals to (-- April ended ......................................mmft, ~........!.....V......... \ July 5, Oct. 10, I Jan. 5, 1 April 5, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, 5, Argil 5, Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Wre have only time to express our entire satisfac- tion possesses above the nominal value (that is 100 f.) 1842 IS-11 i 1843 1843 184.3 1843 1843 1844 1844 1814 Increase. 1 Decrease.. Increase. Decreai!. the judgment of legislators and the feelings of the tion with the labours of the Select Committee (of the customs. :- But this fixation has acquired in a certain degree the Consolidated Duties .. 3 120 608 4,647,472 I 3,274,000 3,193,5:-6 ------- 3,304,473 ! 4,276,151 3,074,421 3,50,5b1 - . THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. * i people, whom those legislators purport to represent- !• , , i ... •••• .. OMIIIMI..•=1IMIIIII ..... Immense Attraction for Easter. House of Commons) on "Railways," whose " Third force of a matter decided, and we admit it as a con- Sugar Duty Consou. It is respectfully ani.ouncerl, that the Administration of tIls? i !should e, - - - 262,546 - 1,252,733 - - 420.7536 - • --- _ Academie Hoye' e, Pa:is, having consented to a p,olotigation of the tived. The remainder of the session, after an Easter Report" we this day present to our readers. It is a cession due to the epoch, &c. Those are the words Ditto to Supplies - 1,226,565 910,089 763 ; 465 ---- --'--- - - 1,253,357 1,092,544 654,100 - - r ,852,681 11,R90, 1 23 Excise ........-.. 474,c07 .... 85.,:ipt . .... - - Total Customs . 4,422,191 5,943,977 4,214,089 4,219,537 68 4,766,963 4,034,147 - 10,45'1, - 129 Customs ....... 658,33 i . 38;10 - _ song, I DI. Duprez, this eminent Artiste will sing three Nights in , 7 ...----- 8,79,,794 -. 7 .-- ,5570)i - 5 -- x9,5 document in every sense creditable to the enlarged of M. PAssr, in a written speech, assuredly well de- the Easter Week. ; recess, is always all too brief for an accurate, a care- MONDAY EVENING, APR ,L B,Excise Post Office - liberated on, which he pronounced Jan. 16, 1840, as stamps 2,8 •••, i , 0 3,72 , ,035 3,022,008 1,767,373 11,405;46 3,1)30,113 3,966,550 3,1130,771 1 1,698,379 1,631,4811 1,561,751 1,593,12 ii 6,484,739 1,659,010 1,650,366 1,523,653 1,: w2 39 : 0 55 1 9 1 65,,437562.:098710 Property Stamps views, combined with a business-like mastery of de 2,,,59, 39 177,437 1,896,10 142,693 4,265,5:17 1,99 t,831 194,10' 1,508,`57 144,685 4 192 473 Take:sort, Tax 2,900,0, --- - Will be performed the Opera of GUILLAUME ]'ELL Artio'd, ; ful, or even a conscientious examination of the detailsii,Z9 45,885 • Takes ....,.... M. Duprez ; Gensler, Mr. G. Horncastle; %‘ illiam Tell, Mr. ; tails, which the gentlemen composing this Committee the exposé des motifs of the budget of the-folloA 1ip).73,064 1,987 ..... Stretr on ; Lutern, Mdlle. Albertazzi ; Matilda, Miss Romer • ; 1 which of fills have been introduced prior to that t, Property Tax 313,844 257,212 1,885,232 2,456,2,58 861,;09 2,047,904 454,415 1 . 107,627 -- Martha, iss af.etts ' 1 ' d Now let us see what operations, coming peno . have brought to bear upon a subject of the nearest year. Let the consequence be drawn from this. If Crown Lands ; 154,000 168,000 141,009 144,4E0 607,0 , N I 145,000 160,001 143,000 171,000 622,000 Post Office ~. 15,P00 4i0,060 . --a' To conclude with the revived Melodrama of THE TALE OF ' 30,000 12,500 40,000 35 000 117,5':'0 32,5( 0 :0,000 SO,. 0 6: , , , 00 147,500 Crown I ands 30,000 30,000 MYSTERY. Count 3onamo, 51r. Selby ; Count Romaldi, Dlr. within this class of public business, the Administration and deepest interest to the social comfort, improve:. it was proper to leave a half per cent. above four to sliscellaneous 213,757 2,924 21,53; 541,556 797,774 1,(,524 17,744 11,917 41,212 1,1,4,477 .scellaneous 333,703 :00,26 4 Cooper ; Michelli. Mr. Harley ; Selina, Mrs Stirling. ment, and development of our great country. May the holders, for the motive that the Fives were truly - - --- Total Ordinary Reveni.e 11,467,666 11,1,94,197 11,143, , 63 10,322,522 44,934,148 ' 1'_+,333, , 93 13,1. 86,172 11,829,581 10,513,993 49; ' -_ -................... ....................... Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 39. lid. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55.. of Sir R. PEEL has hitherto accomplished. 262,629 Total ... 4,415,241 85,761 685,725 L 00. 264 Second Price 3s. ; Pit 3s , Second Price 1.; DI d•de Glilety VS, -rN o it be allowed to us to add, that having, for some time Second Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. Dy favour o eHouse f the of Commons, and a sort of P more especially since the beginning of Imprest Moneys, &c and regularly quoted at 112, ought not another half 267,530 111,070 107,197 16,90'7 50 ?,6 , 4 67,150 31,305 50,136 54,244 205,865 Imp. DI ineys ...... 296,739 37,337 per cent. to be left-or nothing taken away-from the Repayments ofAdvances 11 205,, 180211 235,247 124,018 , 642,05 i 138,267 230,932 33'2,0iiii 211,28 t 927,483 Rep. of Am.. 1:85,425 - -- ----- well-bred acquiescence in the House of Lords, which 102,2:.6 --; THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. the present session,-very frequently called attention moment that the permanent quotation is about 125 ? - --,- -- - --. Total I ncom e ... 11,837,748 12,285,478 11, 14 - 6,1 i ri 10,469,477 46,078,510 I 13,539,2'0 • 13,3 7 i ,409 12,21 ,777 10,791,511 50,396,977 Total ... 4.700,669 38 0 ,501 05,298 500,:44 MR. BENJA3IN WEBSTER, LESSEB. is always reluctant to take any course that may have Return of Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Mathews. to the all-important bearings of future legislation A a ‘l,: rxt, t his quotation of 125, whiCh the holders of the Amount applied to Con- 6,9t0,776 9,047,560 6,850,0_4 9,160,•"69 32,645,659 6,41. ,f,06 10,L2 , ,636 1,859,803 7,6 f 5,972 32,462,107 . . , . ON EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 8, the appearance to the Court of opposing obstacles to solidated Fund 4,318,167 t 38 , ,502 I Deduct De- 560 i 64 1 ' Deduct Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir on railway management ;we derive a proportion- Ditto, as Advances Increase on ~,, „„_, S Increase - t crease ' j Decrease- Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonus routine State business, brought forward by the accre- Fives have arrived at, the reimbursement is a vio- Di o tto, as Ways & Means -- , Leech, Mr Tilbury ; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia dated Ministers of ate degree of satisfaction from the coincidence lence, a revolutionary act. It is only revolution which f the Year 4,1'26,310 :1,061,291 4,626,053 967,830 i 12,884,524 ' 6,901,273 • 3,1.7,773 4,060,393 , 2,g8,539 17,071,968 01l Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs • Humby. the Crown-a great proportion of of the recommendations comprised in this Report - - After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE the annual estimates have been voted. So far as the with Total l4-37,74 , 12,235,478 1 11,186,107 , 10,469,477 t 46,078,810 ; 13,539,2q1 13,851,4031 12,211,777 1 0 ,791,511 50,396,977 MIL. !Marquis de New, Mr. harles Mathews; Francine, those which have thus been we endeavouring The Constihttionnel, though it has changed pro - can assert that 100 f. pay 125 f." Madame Vestris. departments of the service of the country, therefore - - ---- To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra- to press upon the consideration of Parliament. It No. IL-Income and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth April, - 1843, and the sth April, 1844. • . va g anza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, are concerned, provision may be said to have been may be remembered by the readers of The Sun, that prietors, is evidently still under the influence of M. An Evening with Puff. Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mateews, THIERS. In a witty article on French colonization, • Quarters ended April 5 Mr. J. bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and made for them at an early stage of the year. It must we have strenuously urged upon the Legislature the , i Quarters ended April 5. Miss Lee. be allowed, too, to the credit of Mr. GC/IMBUES, a man it thus ridicules the peaceful policy of the GUIZOT INCOME 1813 1814 CHARGE. ',...--......,-..---.. To conclude with the Extraordinary Performances of Professor propriety of availing itself, efficiently, of the oppor- Cabinet :- Ma In 4 RISLEY and his INFANT SON, surnamed '' I,e Petit 31ercure." of less plausibility and modest pretensions, but, we custems.-Consolidated Duties 3,192,586 3,5;29,55i ''ermanent Debt The Box - office will be open on Saturday, April 6. tunity afforded by applications for its sanction to nevi' " A report begins to be murmured, that before three Sugar appheable to the Terminable Annuities 534,666 3,532,25 a Orchestra Stalls, 50. ; Boxes, ss. • Pit, ;:s. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper are disposed to think, of much sounder talent than his and original lines of railway, or to extensions of old more months shall have elaped vve shall receive the news Consolidated Fund 26 ),546 420,796 Interest on Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund 1,3.9,td8 1,324,03 Gallery, Is. Half-price-Boxes, _38'.. ; Pit, ',ht. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper3l,2s9 - 9,3E/2 i,nking Fund Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half pas s Six, and the l'erfonnances . 0 . Hon. Leader, Right that he lost very little time after of possession having been taken in the name of France Total Customs 3,•5'3,132 3,950 347 the Civil List - 300.82 t; commence at Seven and . working lines. We have called upon it to brink ,of some far distant island, some remote corner of the Excise 1,7-7,26 , ; 1,86'7,5.6 Other charges on the Consolidated Fund Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box- his financial project, in proceeding with the Bills, &c., into operation some well-matured scheme of general earth, forgotten by the great colonisers of the world. Stamps 1 593,126 1,6'9,011 For Advances, and to pay off Exchequer Bills issued for Advances office, from Ten till Five. forming part of the machinery required for working Taxes , Our Ministers, like true Robinson Crusoes, are always Trope ty Tax - .. ... THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. his measure for the conversion of the Three-and-a- communication, and plans for the administration thereof with a view to avoid the errors committed ill former in search of desert islands. They are truly modest; Post Office HOUSE. Half per Cents. Then, with regard to railway legis- . they ask not for either credit or influence on the Conti- miscellaneousCl r: 35,000 t 5,000 4,328,119 4,214,079 Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. ownds : 6,150 ,0 is 9 5 2 1, , r1 8 .1 4 The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 1813, 41,292 ----..... The Pubic is respectfully informed that this Theatre WILL OPEN ; i . nstances, , by authorising conflicting lines, and neglect nent; they content themselves with gleaning some seat- Produce of Silver from China .... 511,406 . 0,825,965 10,155,2 03 1 tion, badly as we were disposed to augur from the un on EASTER MONDAY, April 8, with an A d .rcos by . Mrs. Keeley. , . ing to make any provision for bringing them, here- tered rocks in distant seas, and disperse in small detach- Imprest and other Monies l6. 7 --....--...... After which, will he produced a New Comedietta, in 'lwo ~ cts, meaning, aimless speech of the President of the Repayment of Advances l:4 after, into a system of consentaneous and combined mints the soldiers whom they know not what to do and paid off out of the g rowing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended April 5, 1544, after deducting £200,000 entitled HASTY CONCLUSIOS. l'rincipal Characters by Messrs.paid off out of Sinkin g Fund Diddear, F Mathews, F. Vining, Emery, and Miss Fairbrother, and of Trade Board some weeks ago, the Third Report o fwith. The occupation of the Marquesas has been for 5,262,85 8 Dirs. Keeley.operation, so as to secure to the public the greatest our Ministry the starting. point of a political system. 9,725,965 10,155,3t8 The Amount issued in the Quarter ended April 5, 1814, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of the . Consoli dated Fund for Supply Services • - r. is. rntinwerl by A New Drama, in One Act, called THE.POS'y the : _ e_l_7 t t ,, ? , orittee on Railways (which, we reprint practicable advantages that can be derived from a well . To Cash brought to this Account to be applied to pay off Deficiency Bills 100,010 The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended April 5, 1814 ~-. Shen kept faith with the public, Relying too implicitly on the good-will and moderation A-n-„,1 -,,a ailfolle organised DT oiection of railway of the English Cabinet, it has fancied that it might make - • A . The probable amount of Exchequer Bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarterended 9,8:5,965 10,155,308 April 5, 1814 3 1 96'7,3 19 ... -..--. ••... _ 13, Great Marlbormsh-street, the session will have elapsed. In this period, the ex- R. LEVER'S NEW W Olifi, perience of almost every previous session since the ILLUSTRATE BY CRCIKSHANK. " ARTHUR O'LEARY • 1115 WANDER:NGS AND PONDER- Revolution, has established the fact, that all measures INGS IN MAN : LANDS," Edited by Friend, HARRY of • • LOBREQUER, and Illustrat. by GEORGE CRUIK SHANK, in aumunstrative economy—all decrees of P arliament 3 vols., post Svo. which require for their salutary and efficient working IS NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS and Libraries throughout the Kingdom. mature discussion and frequent previous appeals to Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. the judgment of legislators and the feelings of the people, whom those legislators purport to represent— , should be, as to their principles, affirmed or nega tived. The remainder of the session, after an Easter recess, is always all too brief for an accurate, a care ful, or even a conscientious examination of the details of Bills which have been introduced prior to that period. Now let us see what operations, coming within this class of public business, the Administration of Sir R. PEEL has hitherto accomplished. By favour of the House of Commons, and a sort of well-bred acquiescence in the House of Lords, which is always reluctant to take any course that may have the appearance to the Court of opposing obstacles to routine State business, brought forward by the accre dited Ministers of the Crown—a great proportion of the annual estimates have been voted. So far as the departments of the service of the country, therefore are concerned, provision may be said to have been made for them at an early stage of the year. It must be allowed, too, to the credit of Mr. GOULBURN, a man of less plausibility and modest pretensions, but, we are disposed to think, of much sounder talent than his Right Hon. Leader, that he lost very little time after his financial project, in proceeding with the Bills, &c., forming part of the machinery required for working his measure for the conversion of the Three-and-a- Half per Cents. Then, with regard to railway legis tion, badly as we were disposed to augur from the un meaning, aimless speech of the President of the Board of Trade some weeks ago, the Third Report of the Select Committee on Railways (which, we reprint to-day) has more than kept faith with the public, as to any promises made by or on behalf of her MA JESTY'S Government) touching the progress of the Committee's labours on that subject. But with these items, we fear we must say, our catalogue of the achivements of the Premier's Government must end. What are the questions—the iestant, urgent, im portunate, vital questions, with which it has not yet grappled ? What are the classes, burden hampered, starving, stern, and desperate, who have been vainly knocking at the doors of Parliament six years past, and have announced a common term to the limits of this session and their own endurance, whom the sagacity of the Premier has disarmed of their hostility ? The large amendment of the poor law—the present relief of the hand-loom weavers, and the provisions of some permanent security against their perpetually recurring seasons of hideous destitution—which of these objects has the Premier entertained to the extent of suggesting any remedial or precautionary measures in reference to them ? Ireland, he told us, in 1840, as he had before said in 1835, was his principal difficulty on coming into power. Did he intend, by the State prosecutions instituted under his orders against O'CONNELL and the other Repealers, or in the mode adopted, with his sanction, by the law officers of the Crown in con ducting them, to remove these difficulties ? Has he yet taken one step to conciliate the estranged affections of the Irish people ? The whole case of Ireland —of its accumulated wrongs and their in definitely postponed redress—has advanced no further this session than the revision of the Standing Orders, and the renewal of their anomalies. Abortive Bills for extending the jurisdiction of County Courts, facilitating the recovery of small debts, reforming the whole system of our Eccle siastical Courts and their jurisdiction, and re gulating the hours of employment in factories, have been brought in—with the sanction of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Government, or by some one or other member of it. As they have been brought in, so, to all appearance, they are likely to be carried out : that is to say,—" scarce half made up, and that so lonely and unfashionably" that RICHARD, Duke of Gloucester, himself would have been ashamed to stand godfather to them! The obstinacy of Sir J. GRAHAM on Irish Church, Factory, Prison, and Poer-law legislation is emulous of the Premier's on Free-trade, and Corn, Currency, and Banking. Precious hours were lost in the vain endeavour to justify the heartless denial of a pension to the widow of a gallant officer who had fallen in a duel, with the laurels which he had won in China, in his country's service, yet green upon his brow. The Premier dili gently pressed the authority of official precedents to warrant the pedantic harshness of the rule to be ap piled to the dead ; in forgetfulness of similar delin quencies on his own part, and that of other surviving duellists, his colleagues in the Government of ex post facto and of individual-persecuting penalties. The interests of millions of poor consumers, among his countrymen, of sugar, tea, and corn never broke in upon the self-complacent flippancy with which he pronounced judgment against " the widow and the orphan" for the folly, already atoned in his blood, of the valian soldier, lost to the country as well as to them. In the intensity of his zeal to fight the battles of his party, the Premier permitted the Brazilian sugar debate to close—so far as his inter pretation is concerned—all hope of the British consumer's being allowed to avail himself of a market in which that produce could be available to him. Subsidiary questions as to the evasion by Foreign Powers of slave-trade suppression treaties, languished out of the notice paper under the blight of Ministerial discouragement within the Lords and Commons, or disappeared in the limbo of dropped motions, which opens when a " No House" is dexterously managed to let them slip through to their untimely fate. The Oregon Territory, which is the main topic of popular debate, declamation, or desire throughout the whole area of the United States, is a " blue chamber," hitherto, of which our official Bashaws will not trust the key to any of the indiscreet Fatimas connected with him in Downing street or Whitehall. Cominercial treaties, and the treatment, by our ally, of poor Queen POMARE,—are subjects which are alike taboo'd. Parliament must not ask,—the people must • not know,—the Govern ment must not reveal,—one tittle about them, " at present." At any proposition for a vigorous remon strance on the part of Great Britain against the exe crable tyranny of the traitor NARYAEZ, or the fiend ike brutality of the monster RONCALI, in Spain ; at any proposal to urge the Queen of PORTUGAL to dismiss from her counsels the incompetent and un constitutional Ministry of CABRAL ; our Premier assumes an aspect of mysterious terror and suppli cating wonderment, a's if he feared that by delibera tion on the one matter we should find ourselves in the dungeons of the Inquisition next morning ; and by going into the other, resuscitate the vengeance of a PoMBAL against all impugners of the pure wisdom of the "Most Faithful Majesty." But if such have been the timid, drowsy, irreso lute, and dawdling course of Parliament, under the correction of such a Premier, on questions nearly affecting our foreign commerce and our foreign policy ; it has been more eminently inert, feeble, and desultory upon matters that touch us nearer home. On affairs that come home to every man's business — affect every man's present and future position, or his social and civil relations--the Government of Sir ROBERT PEEL, and, therefore, the Parliament, have been up to this time ominously silent. What has been done yet for the relief of industrial labour, whose famishing community is diffusing itself throughout the length and breadth of the land, vainly soliciting employment on the one hand, or living wages, if they be employed, on the other ? Nothing. What is it intended to do? Will the Premier wait till that which should be given —and w hi c h, would be received with gratitude and affection given, affectionate ac knowledgment—will be extorted by the organisation of numbers, and the strong hand of desperation? It wa s ou r p u rpose to have commented to-day, on What has yet been done in preparing for the re the very in cons id era ble amount of legislative iusiness newel of the charter of the Bank of England, and the transacted in the House of Commons from the adjustment of the relations on which joint-stock and first hour of the present session to its adjourn- icountry banks stand to that establishment ? Nothing. ment on Tuesday last for the recess. But we should But after the recess Sir ROBERT PEEL intends to have suspended th e commentary we had to offer on look into the se affairs. What has been devised for the sins of omission to be charged against the least the re - esta blishment of our monetar y s y stem on emphatic of Governments,—(we have no better de- sounder principles, and in anticipation of the repeal gnation wherewith to characterise its singular lack ,of the Prem ier's Bill of 1819 ? Nothing. What of moral force),—could w e , even now, in the evi- course has been determined on touching the con derice of the past, detect any indications auspicious to of sayings the future. But a careful revision the " ti nua nce of the infamous property a nd income-tax " doings" of the profound fina ncier, who, b y such devices, sup of Ministers evokes no latent from the an- plements a deficient revenue in the nine- and-twentieth nals of Parliamentary statements and discussion. By year of profound peace ? Nothin g . .What p lan has the time appointed for the re-assembling of the two been organised fur the remodelling of a scheme of Houses, just two months and a half—almost the taxation which levies thirty millions per annum on moiety, and decidedly the most precious portion—of toiling artisans and producers, whilst this amount THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. The Pubic is respectfully informed that this Theatre WILL OPEN on EASTER MONDAY, April 8, with an A d .rcss by Mrs. Keeley. After which, will he produced a New Comedietta, in 'lwo cts, entitled HASTY CONCLUSIONS. I•rincipal Chalacters by Mesrs. Didtlear, F Mathews, F. Vining, Emery, and Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley. To he followed by 't New Drama, in One Act, called THE POST OF HONOUR. Characters by Mess's. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch, J. Collier, Stanton. Varnold, Miss Woolgar (from the heatre Royal, Adelphi, her first appearance at this Theatre), and Mitis Grove. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Burle que r airy Extra vaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. l ha racters by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, MIA Turner, Miss Grove, Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, 'turner, Younge, Nigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF AD AISSION.—First oxes, 45.; Upper Poxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ' • Gallery, fxl. Second Price—Balcony Boxe s, zs. ; Upper Boxes, Is 6e1.; Pit, is. Private Boxes on the Balcony I ier (holding eight person,), two Guineas Priva e oxes on the Second Tier (ho ding eight perso,s), i;ne Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit I ier (holding six permans) One Guinea. Free Ad mission Tickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Nightly Transferrable k ree "rickets (for the first torty nights), three Guineas. Doors open at Half-past six. Performances begins .t Seven ()Mock. • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. EASTER MONDAY, APRIL S. Th e RE-OPENINt4 of ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHI. THEATRE of Alt IS (under the management and sole proprietor eahnT g"aminra.tieß p l ec l t li c ) ies wi a t n h d i u t s Treble ld R s .: , ! n at e i s on of t o h f e fi c r i c u l e e etr a i ild Batty's Matchless Stud of beautiful Horses, Fairy Ponies, &c. Mr. Batty, in announcing the Re-opening of Astiey's for the se cond season of his management, begs respectfully to .cquaint the Nobility, tilentry, and public that, encouraged by the flattering success during the past year, and wading the i hedre not. suffi ciently commodious for its numerous p tons, he entered into an extensive arrangement sv,th Messrs. Haward and Nixon, the emi nent builders of Lambeth, for the re-cons . ructing on a magnificent and novel principle, the whole of the interior of the Theatre, which has been rebuilt, dress boxes entarge,l, upper boxes wi and pit and galleries ext nsively improved Fourteen glass lustres are added, and a Urecian dome ceiling, with et.tirely new sp encid classic decorations, and gotgeous apppantments, which, with the first-rate talent to be offered, he presumes cannot fail of obtaining that support so liberally bestowed on his endeavours during the last season. The grand Easter national Spe:qacle will combine all the splendid historical effects of the Nni roan Conquest of England, produced by Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. The Cirque Olyripique will its. 'traduce un quailed equestrian tale.it, and the don ,le company com prise talent of the highest older. The door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances tommence at s ven. Box-office will beopened on Saturday, April 6, and continue so daily from ten till four. The private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care :ind splendour. Acting and stage.manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. DAV IDGE's ROYAL SURREY THEA'III.F. The most splendid Easter Entertainment ever prerented—Everything New—Suptorted by the First Talent iii the Woild. EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 8, Will be produced an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebatid work, eutitled WHITEFRIABS, in which the entire Company will perform. After which (First Time) THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS, sup. p• rtati by all the It ading Favourites of the Establishment. To which wi.l be added the Wondeiful Performanc_. of Herr HENGLER on the Corde Elasuque, and the Carlo Family in their Unrivalled Gimnastiques. To conclude with (never acted), a Drama of peculiar construction, entitled BARAK JOHNSJN; or, The Blind Witness. Pisces and Private Boxes to oe had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. o tee, from Eleven To Four. — LOVE'S POLYPH , iNIC ENTERTAINMENTS, CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN, STRAND. Mr. LOVE has the honour to announce that he will RESUME HIS ANNUAL POLYPHONIC EN PER PAINMENTS, and LEC URES on LIFE and CHARACTER on EASTER MON DAY, and will continue the same on the following WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY. He will introduce much Novelty, which has been long in preparation, with entirely New, and Appr•priate Mutative Costumes and Appointments. Total Change of Entertainments Every Evening. On MOND April 8, MIRTH AND MARVELS; with A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHINO; and other Entcrtainme ts. On WEDNEiDAY, April to ' LOVE'S REMINISCENCES; with MINE HOST'S DI LE d NIAS ; and other E,tertainments On FRIDAY, Ap:it 12, LOVE IN ALL SHAPES; with LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST; and other Entertainments. Particulars in Handbills. Duors open at Half-past Seven; begin at Oglit. Admission, Is. 6d.; Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. THE WEATHER.—SCIN OFFICE, APRIL 4. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 44; Highest, 65; Noon, 61. BAP-031ETER, 29.78 —WIND, S.W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. H WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIES Morning C minute after 3 I Evening ...21 minutes aft rS. the Minister of Finance, in formally proposing the reimbursement, offered the holders 41 in place of 3 ; and this is precisely what M. GARNIER PAGES requires at present. He assigned as a reason for this addition of a half per cent. that the stock was quoted at 112. It was :)onify the interest on what the presesent quota .ion possesses above the nominal value (that is 100 f.) But this fixation has acquired in a certain degree the force of a matter decided, and we admit it as a con cession due to the epoch, &c. Those are the words of M. PASSY, in a written speech, assuredly well de liberated on, which he pronounced Jan. 16, 1840, as the exposé des motifs of the budget of the - folloA ing year. Let the consequence be drawn from this. If it was proper to leave a half per cent. above four to the holders, for the motive that the Fives were truly and regularly quoted at 112, ought not another half per cent. to be left—or nothing taken away—from the moment that the permanent quotation is about 125 ? At this quotation of 125, which the holders of the Fives have arrived at, the reimbursement is a vio lence, a revolutionary act. It is only revolution which can assert that 100 f. pay 125 f." The Constihdionnel, though it has changed pro prietors, is evidently still under the influence of M. TRIERS. In a witty article on French colonization, it thus ridicules the peaceful policy of the GUIZOT Cabinet : " A report begins to be murmured, that before three more months shall have elaped we shall receive the news of possession having been taken in the name of France of some far distant island, some remote corner of the earth, forgotten by the great colonisers of the world. Our Ministers, like true Robinson Crusoes, are always in search of desert islands. They are truly modest; they ask not for either credit or intiuence on the Conti nent; they content themselves with gleaning some scat tered rocks in distant seas, and disperse in small detach ments the soldiers whom they know not what to do with. The occupation of the Marquesas has been for our Ministry the starting point of a political system. Relying too implicitly on the good-will and moderation of the English Cabinet, it has fancied that it might make a show in the eyes of the French of braving the jealousy of England by extending our maritime possessions. It expected to obtain some little popularity in France by making this display of ability, and the toleration of England by the modesty of its enterprises. It is evident that we have statesmen who are determined to deprive 1 France of all freedom of action by exhausting her re• sources. We formerly saw our Government determined to have peace at any price, but also preserving the means of action in case of being called upon to make legitimate defence. The system is now perfected, and the stability of the country is insured by reducing it to a state of impotency. Certainly there is no man in France who thinks of war. Lord Aberdeen and M. Guizot have recently raised a fanciful accusation against their adver saries, but which destroys itself by being made simulta neously on both sides of the Channel. If we listen to the two Ministers, the Whigs on one side and our Liberals on the other have ceme to an understanding for provoking a war between the two countries. They con spire together to gain the liberty of fighting each other, but not a man in France thinks of war, and the dispo sition of men's minds was never more pacific. Neverthe less, the :Ministry is not sufficiently assured of a continu ance of peace. It carries its fears to the extent of pas sion. Like Moliere's Miser, who hung himself in the ex cess of his apprehension of being robbed, our Government disarms the country, and renders itself naked of defence from the excess of its fears. Is the Army Bill to be dis cussed? We learn from its journals that the Ministry does not wish the army to .be too numerous, nor too well prepared, in order that the country might feel itself too weak to go to war, Are the ways and means to be brought under consideration? The Ministry exagge rates them beyond all measure; it burdens the Treasury, at one stroke with immense public works, and, instead of applying the whole of the disposable resources to one great object, it disperses them among many, in order to compromise them for the future. We have seen how, abroad, it has multiplied our bonds, and is still seeking, at all points, the means of restraining the m otions and embarrassing the resolutions of France. Thanks to the perseverance with which this system has been pursued, our country will soon be like Gulliver, whom the Lilli putians fastened down in his sleep with cords, so numer ous, that, when he awoke, he found himself incapable of stirring, and obliged to yield to the mercy of his enemies." We find no later intelligence from Italy in these papers. The Funds on Tuesday had advanced, the Three per Cents. to 83f. 20c., and the Fives to 122 f. 65c. TIIE BOURSE—TUESDAY, APRIL 2. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents— •• 122 40 • • 122 40 .. 122 20 .. 122 20 Three per Cents 83 .8310.• 83 .. 83 10 Bank of France..... 3160 .3160 -3160 -3160 Latlitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesll4o .1140 ..1140 ..1140 5,000 f. Sharessl3s .5135 ..5135 -5135 Belgian Bank.. ... 660 .. 660 Belg i a n Fives, •. •• • 1051 •. 1051 . 105 .. 1051 1840. •• • • 108 .. 108 .. 108 .. 108 1842.• •••• lO9l .. 109 1 •• 1091 •• 109 1 Dutch Two-and-a-Half .• •• . 591 .. 591 • • 591 • • 591 Spanish Active •••• • • • 341 • • 341 .. 341 .. 34,1 Threes .•• • • ... 371 .. 371 .. 371 • • 371 Passive ...... 61 .. 71 .. 6i • • 71 Portuguese Five per Cents.. 46 .. 46f • • 46 .. 46f Neapolitan... • •.•• • ....... 101 40 ~ 101 40 .. 101 25 .. 101 25 Roman •• •• • • .... .. RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R. 8... ...... 400 .• 405 .. 400 405 L. 11.• •• • Rouen .. •• • to Havre •••••• • . • • • . 700 • • 764 75 .. 700 768 75 OrleansO ....................910 • • 911 25 .. 910 .. 910 Strasburg to Bale ..... 300 .. 303 75 300 .• 302 50 Avignon to Marseilles• • • • • • 767 50 • • 767 50 .. 76G 767 50 RAILWAY SILARES FOR MARCH ACCOUNT. St Germain 820 .. 820 .. 820 • 820 Versailles, R. 11.• • 390 • 400 . . 390 •• 400 L.B. ..... ....... 273 75 .. 286 25 • 273 75 .. 286 2.5 Rouen ......... 907 50 .. 912 50 .. 907 50 .. 912 50 ....................922 50 .. 922 50 • 922 50 .. 922 50 Rouen to llavre 697 50 •• 700 .• 697 50 .. 700 O st r r l as ea b n u s rg .: ....... to Bale.. ...... 300 .. 302 50 • • 300 .. 302 50 Avignon to Marseillcs• ••• .. 765 • • 767 50 765 .. 767 50 RAILWAY 5 HAR: 3 5 7 F 5 0 0 1i . A , P 3 1 7 111 5 . 0 A . C . C 97 0 30 U 00 NT..... 973000 R.B ...... 390 .. 405 .. 390 •.. 405 L.B. ....... 275 2BB 75 .. 275 25 75 Vet -Mlles, •.: 9 70 10 2 50 • : 9 70 1 2 5 50 910 .• 915 O R r o l u e e a n ns to Strasburg to Bale ••••• • • • • • 305 •• 305 300 .. 300 Axiom to Marseilles• •• • 767 50 .. 770 . • 767 50 • . 770 We have only time to express our entire satisfac tion with the labours of the Select Committee (of the House of Commons) on " Railways," whose " Third Report" we this day present to our readers. It is a document in every sense creditable to the enlarged views, combined with a business-like mastery of de tails, which the gentlemen composing this Committee have brought to bear upon a subject of the nearest and deepest interest to the social comfort, improver ment, and development of our great country. May it be allowed to us to add, that having, for some time past,—and more especially since the beginning of the present session,—very frequently called attention to the all-important bearings of future legislation on railway management; we derive a proportion ate degree of satisfaction from the coincidence of the recommendations comprised in this Report with those which we have thus been endeavouring to press upon the consideration of Parliament. It may be remembered by the readers of The Sun, that we have strenuously urged upon the Legislature the propriety of availing itself, efficiently, of the oppor tunity afforded by applications for its sanction to new and original lines of railway, or to extensions of old and working lines. We have called upon it to bring into operation some well-matured scheme of general communication, and plans for the administration thereof, with a view to avoid the errors committed in former instances, by authorising conflicting lines, and neglect ing to make any provision for bringing them, here after, into a system of consentaneous and combined operation, so as to secure to the public the greatest practicable advantages that can be derived from a well defined and skilfully organised projection of railway lines connecting together the most remote points of the two islands, the intermediate districts, and especially their great cities and towns, and these again with the metropolis of the United Kingdom as with a common centre. More lately we expressed our conviction that these truly national objects might be attained without disparagement to the proprietary rights already invested in railway undertakings. And, finally, we have argued that in very many cases the interests of the public might be better consulted, both as to economy and accommodation, if the Government were to take some large portion of the future railway investments into their own hands and management. We especially noticed the hardships affecting the poorest class of passengers—those who travel by the third class—and we commented on the enormous charge appearing on certain Post-office returns, for the conveyance of mails by railway—about 85,0001. per annum, in 1841. The "Report," which we publish to-day, consists of twenty paragraphs and sixteen resolutions. If our readers will refer to the commencement of the " Re port," they will see that the Committee, adverting to the greatly increased number of applications for Rail way Bills, as compared with those of former years — the much diminished opposition (not to say the grow ing favour) shown to them by the owners of landed property—the enormous and redundant capital in the country, which it is of so much moment should be appropriated to domestic investment —and the dis tressing experience of late times, which has rendered capitalists little disposed to lay out their money in foreign securities ;—declare their conviction that the time has now arrived fur attaching, beforehand, to the legislative sanction which is asked for by the parties to such new Bills, on their own behalf, the conditions which may be deemed necessary for the public good The Committee, at the same time, suggest that it would be to take an unwise and erroneous estimate of the public interests in this matter, to regard railroad interests as exclusively opposed to, or even distinct from, those of the public convenience. These, propositions are well illustrated in paragraphs 7, 8. and 9. The latter is particularly to be commended for the solicitude it manifests to give a just and libe ral consideration to the interests of the railway pro prietaries, in advocating a better security for those of the public. Par. 10 sets out the remarkable fact that in this country, the " high fare system" generally prevails on our working railway "lines ; fares being, for the most part, much higher than are demanded in other countries having similar lines of communica tion. The Committee recommend that upon par ties applying for new lines of railway, there should be attached " certain immediate liabilities with regard to the accommodation, trains, minimum expedition of travelling, for third-class passengers The contingency under which the Government (upon the Committee's proposition) should interfere, in the case of extant and working companies,—say at or after the lapse of fifteen years from this time,—to regulate the fares, administer the profits, and even exercise the option of purchasing up the concern ; and the principles upon which the rights and interests of the proprietary shall be assessed and guaranteed, are set forth at length in Resolution No. 111. We con ceive that they are equitably devised. They pro vide—" That if, at the end of a term of years to be fixed, the annual divisible profit upon the paid-up share capital of any such line shall be equal to a per centage to be fixed—it shall he in the option of the Government either, Ist, to purchase the line at the rate of a number of years' purchase, to be fixed, of such divisible profits ; or, 2dly, to revise the fares and charges on the line in such manner as, in the judgment of the Government, shall be calculated to reduce the said divisible pro fits (assuming the ad interim continuance of the same quantity and kinds of annual traffic) to the said per centage; but with a guarantee on the part of Govern ment, to subsist while such rate of fares and charges shall be in force, to snake up the divisible profits to the said per centage." Resolution No. XI. has especial reference to the fares chargeable by third class, and for children, &c. No. XIV. stipulates what shall be the maximum charge for conveyance of troops, for police constables on duty, and fur their luggage, &c. We claim for the whole the most careful perusal of our readers. ' --_-- ----.. , 3,120,608 4,647,472 1 3,274,000 3,193,5.6 - 3,304,473 4,276,151 3,4174,421 3,549,551 - 1,301,583 - - 262,546 - 1,252,733 - - 420,796 - - 1,296,505 910 , 089 763,4e 5 - - 1,253,357 1,092,544 654,100 - -- - - -----. -- --- 4,422,191 ;,943,977 4,214,089 4,219,537 18,799,794 4,557,201 5,529,568 4,766,6)63 4,604,417 19,453,129 2,84 1 , 1, 0 3,72 , ,035 3,022,098 1,767,373 11,405,:,161 3,030,113 3,966,550 3,030,171 1,853,681 11,6.80, 1 23 1,698,379 1,631,4841 1,561,.51 1,593,1214 6,484,739 1,659,010 1,650,366 1,523,653 1,4 39,011 6 472,010 2, , ;59, 39 177, 437 1,886,14.3 142,693 4,265,5:47 1,984,831 194,100 1,868, , 57 144,685 4,197,473 313,844 257,212 1,885,232 2,456,258 861,709 2,047,904 454,415 1,992, 8 59 5,356,887 151,600 168,0110 141,008 144,48)0 607,000 145,000 160,00 4 143,000 174,000 622,000 30,000 12,500 40,000 35 000 117,000 32,5( 0 `O,OOO 30, 0 0 6: , , , 00 147,500 213,757 20,924 21,537 541,556 797,774 1,06:3,524 17,744 11,917 41,242 1,1.14,477 ,----- ---- , ) 11,467,666 11,1,94,197 11,1 4 3, ,63 10,322,522 44,934,148 , 1:4,333, , 93 13,186,171. _1,829,581 10,513,983 49,262,629 267,530 111,070 107,697 16,907 507,6'4 67,190 31,305 50,136 54,244 205,865 142,55.: 180,211 235,247 124,049 1 642,054 138,267 230,932 33•2,031) 211,281 927,483 - - ----- , --- - 11,837,748 12,285,478 11,0011,11" Z 110,469,477 46,078,810 1 13,539,2 , 0 13,314,409 12,21,777 10,191,511 50,396,977 -- -- ---- 6,9t0,776 9,04 7 ,560 6,890,0.4 9,160,269 32,644,659 i 6,41.,506 10,1,2 1 ,636 1,859,803 7,625,972 3'2,462,107 290,622 173,6:7 141,378 114,627 i 161,501 140,000 :91,501 24",004 863,002 4,626,350 0,064,291 4,626,053 967,830 i 12,894,524 1 6,905,273 . 3,1.7,773 4,060,393 2,5•18,539 17,071,968 -- -_ -- -- _. - .., ~.„ .”.,-, , ~, ...Q QIII 13 539_2,0 13.851.499 12,211,777 1 ,4 ,794,511 50,396,977 no less. than 132,815 acres of common or waste land out of 1,867,592. On Wednesday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Mr. John Pollard Willoughby was appointed a provisional member of the Council of Bombay. The freedom of the City of London has just been con ferred on Lord Dudley Stuart, as a testimony of admira tion for his incessant and noble exertions in behalf of the cause of Poland. The act is honourable alike to the citizens and to his Lordship. DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, APRIL 3.—The Staats Courant of this date contains the following : " PROCLAMATION. MORTALITY TABLE.—The returns for the week, ending Saturday 30th March, show a considerable increase as compared with the previous week. In the former the number was 1,080 and in the latter 981, making a difference it is caused The increase, how ever, is not mater ial, as dents, of which the results had not been stated in the former rln eturns. all the specified causes of death the amount with one or two exceptions is below the average. There i s a slight increase in the first class ' including measles , hopping cough, scarlatina, and croup, the numb er being 280, last week 190, ave rage 170. In diseases of the lungs there is a de crease, the number being 294, last week 309, average 330. There is a great increase from sudden and violent deaths. In the former the number is 51, ave rage 19, and in the latter 71, average 25, but in a note the cause is stated. .The present return contains a number of inques ts which had been held at former periods but which had not been received from the coroner when they took place. Of the 18 persons who died of small-pox 13 had not been vaccinated. During the week the thermometer was highest on the 29th,57.6 degrees; lowest on the same day 33.7 degrees. Increase. 1 Decrease. Increase. Decrease. --.— OMIIIMI...•=1IMIlle .... ••••• •••. ••••• ..... ...... ..... r '.. ... ••••• . ...'' ..... 658 . Ali ...... 384,010 --. 474,C07 -- 85.30 - 12,699 45,885 • , 73,061 1,987 2,90t),:.99 ' 107,627 .... 15,1'00 :'O,OOO --• 30,000 30,000 ...- 3.3 , ,%703 :00,26 4 _ ..........4.—, ..........---.. 4,415,241 85,761 685,725 100. 284 -..., ...... 296,739 37,337 :85,425 . ..... 102,2..6 —.-- ---.... 4.71'0,669 382,501 b 25,08 500,:64 , " 1 crease --,:' Decreaec. 38 , 50 . 2 c Deduct De.,,, i 64 r • Deduct / 4,318,167 I ...,— Increase on ~,,.. ,-,„_, S Increase' °a the Year. '''''""'" 1 the Quarter are that an attempt will be made to excite speeule tion in foreign grain ; the more so, as in other de' partments of commerce a more open field scared,' exists. Fine weather we have now, it is true, but th e probabilities are that it will not last. The more wealth,' farmers are keeping the supplies back. The Commissioners took 30,0001. Consols to-day, et 9”; and this is now the current value for money et well as for the Aecount. The Three per Cent. Annuitie, e , of 1726, have realised 991; the New Three-and - a -0 V per Cents., 1031; South Sea Stock, 1121; India Stock , for Account, 2931; and Bank Stock, for the opening; 201. The premium upon Exchequer Bills has advance' to 735. For Dutch Stock there is at present a fair demand , e s , the progress made by the Government of Holland, r respect to the new loan upon the voluntary princle, is very satisfactory. The Two-and-a-Half per Celli have advanced to 611 s ; and the Five per Cents. 1837) to 100* ex div. Spanish Stock has fallen tP ' Five per Cents. from 27* to 264, the Three per COI; from 38 to 37, and the Deferred to 16. Tor Fren e t Five per Cents. an improved rate has been paid, 121; 75c.; Exchange, 25f. 60c. Portuguese Converted Sto ck li steady. Mexican a shade lower. Colombian Bon were steady. The quotations of the Railway Shares have not varied much to day. MANCIIESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 3.—Our matga4 continues firm ; some of the new lines are in greater recpn, Eastern Counties, 11; ; Manchester and Birmingham, 4 7; Manchester and Leeds, 111; Paris and Lyons, 21. 16s. Sheffield and Manchester, 74 13 and 71; Manchester, 1.1 ',1 and Rossendale, 7i; Dublin and Cashel, 6; Blackburn il!ics Preston, 31. 18s. 9d. ; Manchester and Liverpool Diet to Bank, 91. 18s. 9d. ; Huddersfield Canal, 17k; Manch° Assurance, 10k. " We, William It., by the grace of God, King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, &c., &c. Looking up gratefully to God, we address these words to you, beloved fellow-countrymen and sub jects, to express to you our most heartfelt gratitude for your united co-operation in effecting the volun tary loan. The rich and the less opulent have the greatest claim to it, but those also, and how many are they, who though totally exempt, yet animated by the noblest feeling, have offered their savings on the altar of their country. " Fellow-countrymen,—The motto of our fathers, " Concord is power," is again realised among us. Attachment to the old Dutch fidelity in fulfilling, at whatever price, every engagement. We may hope that a blessing will rest on this fidelity. Let every one who has contributed to the prospect before us, enjoy the pleasure of consciousness of having done his duty. " Netherlands —Let us pray to God, to pre serve and increase the good spirit by which the nation has now again proved itself to be animated, that remote posterity may enjoy the fruits, and that the people of the Netherlands may continue to be a patriotic, unanimous, and religious nation. " Herewith, beloved fellow-countrymen and sub jects, we recommend you all to God's holy keeping. "This proclamation shall be immediately published and posted up in the usual places, and printed in the Stoats Courant. " Given at the Hague, 2d April, 1844. (Signed) " 'WILLIAM. " By his Majesty's command, "The Director of the King's Cabinet, "A. 0. M. VAN 11 APPARD." " The Minister of Finance, conformably to Art. 19. of the Law of the 6th of March, 1844, in. forms the public in general, that the inscription of the loan and voluntary contribution (30 florins of the latter being reckoned for 100 florins in the loan) amount to 127,000,000 florins, and that therefore the extraordinary tax on property will not take place. " The result has been obtained by an addition to the King's original share, after the inscription amounted to about 126,000,000. " The Hague, April 2, 1844. (Signed) —The Stoats Courant, April 3. TILE HAGUE, APRIL 2.—The Law of the 6th 0. March has raised Holland from a crisis, the fatal con• sequence of which might have been incalculable. This law has consolidated our credit abroad, has restored confidence at home, and removed obstacles which pre vented the Government from proceeding with calm ness and firmness in the course of improvement and economy. Accordingly the Arnheinz Courant pro poposes to open a subscription, in order to strike a medal in honour—of whom do you suppose ?—of two of the Members of the States-General, who voted against the law ! Can we wonder, after this, if the public treat certain AGoveil 3rnments with contempt ? Journal de la Hoye, pr. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ~'"'' 0 , per Cent. Red — Ditto Bonds ....... ...... i 3 per Cent. Cons 3% per Cent. Re! — Ditto New Annuities... -- , 4 0. New 3% per Cent. 102% 'Ex. Bills , 1,0001. 1%d... --' Vs' New 5 per Cent. — Ditto 5 001 Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11.... ....... .... ••• ' Jan. 1860 Bank Stock for Acct.... 201 Oct. 1859 Consols for Acct 99 Jan. 1860.... ...... .. ;India Stock for Acct 29934 FOREIGN FUNDS.' ...i Austrian. 5 per Cent — Portuguese,s per Cent ..... .- e , Belgian, 5 per Cent.. ....... - , i t Brazilian Bonds — Prussian, 5 per Cent .. ... .••• IP , Buenos Ayres, 6 per Ce .t — Russian, 5 per Cent..........• , Mlian, I per Cent ... ...... Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, 3 per Cent .. ...... ....... 16 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto, Deferrei'........ ......... IP 13 nish, 3 per t ent Greek, 18 5, 5 per Cent — Exchange Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, is per Cent., laa . - Dutch, 2M per Cent 6 „„ 1 ,S Perizvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... 31 Ditto, 5 per Cent ltiv7' " VAN HALL." MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. SHARES. Bristol and Gloucester (30 pain) Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) l's . Great Western (75 paid) 110 ' Ditto Half Shares (50 aid) . 7O . . 1 7 0 - - 112 Manchester and Leeds (10 paid) Ditto Half Shares ( 0 paid) Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) l% Newcastle and Darlington Junction (15 paid) Paris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen ( 0 paid) !6# South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)...........„ 35 Strasbouig and Bale (14 paid) ll ..4) COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--(YESTERDA ) Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar ' ...- 6 5 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Leghorn 305 0 Rotterdam 2U.12 6i Genoa 0 Antwerp 26 0 Milan -- Hamburgh M.B. 14 0 Venice Altona l4 0 Naples • s 9 il7 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75 Palermo,'per oz -..,,i Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon O ,l Marseilles .... 26 0 Oporto 531 Bourdeaux 25 0 Rio Janeiro 0 ~.2 Madrid journals of the 27th ult. have been received. An aide-de-camp of RONCALI had brought intelligence of the surrender of Carthagena. The inhabitants, as stated in the French telegraphic dispatch, had sur rendered at discretion, and trusted entirely to the cle• mency of the QUEEN. A report prevailed at Madrid that a general amnesty would speedily be published, excluding only ESPARTERO, Dos CARLOS, OLOZAGA, the Bishop of LEON, and CABRERA. The Three per Cents. were done at 368 for cash, and 37i at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 231 for cash, and 24 at 60 days. Frankfort on Maine.. 1224 Petersburgh, 3 Us... 364 Berlin 7 Vienna, effec. f 1.3 M 957 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36i Cadiz Bilbao 36 The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing : FOR GOVERNORS. William Cotton, Esq., Governor. John Benjamin Heath, Esq., Deputy Governor. FOR DIRECTORS. Edward Henry Chapman, Esq. James Morris, Esc. Arthur Edw. Campbell, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq. Bonamy Dobree, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. Abel Lewes Gower, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq. .James Pattison, Esq. John Oliver Hanson, Esq. Henry James Prescott, Esq. ‘KirkmanDaniel Hodgson, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq. Christopher Pearse, Esq. Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. Sir John Rae Reid, Bart. Charles Fredk. Huth, Esq. William R. Robinson, Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq. William Thompson, Esq., and Humphrey St. John Mildmay, .Alderman Esq. Thomas Tooke, jun., Esq. The Election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank on Tuesday, the 9th, and for 'Directors on Wednesday, the 10th inst., from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. TILE NAPOLEON MusEuu.—We see by looking over our advertisements that the spirited Proprietor of this most instructive and very interesting Museum, has reduced the price of admission to ONE SHILLING, and we must con gratulate our readers and the public in general on the subject, for we thought before the recent additions that have been made to it, the NAPOLEON MUSEUM contained enough to form many one shilling exhibitions, all of them enough to amply gratify and amuse the visitors. We perceived among the additional pictures one of NAPOLEON at St. Helena, life size. Seated on that rock, his earnest and impressive look seems to speak volumes. It is a masterpiece of art, which the Em pEnon's faithful, favourite Painter has painted in his very best style. There are also very fine paintings of FREDERICK TILE GREAT, STANISLAUS AUGUSTUS IL, the last King of Poland, Prince ADAM CZARTORYSKI, the eminent Pole, &c. We are sure that our country readers . will be delighted to see this magnificent Museum, which we hear was-not formed with any idea of its being a public exhibition, but that the Proprietor considered it would be selfish to keep so much historical information from general inspection; and we have no doubt that our town readers also will take care their sons and daughters do not return to school after these. Easter holidays, until they have all accompanied them to the NAPO LEON MUSEUM. " THE WATER MONOPOLY.—The inhabitants of the Southern Districts of the 'Metropolis are bestirring- them- selves on this subject. Petitions have been presented to'both Houses of Parliament from Lambeth, Bermondsey, .Black friars-road, &c. In the House of Lords, the Marquis of Nor manby has given a conditional notice for a Committee of Inquiry ; and in the House of Commons, Mr. Ewart, a night or two since, gave an unconditional notice for a Committee. Meanwhile, acting upon the French proverb "aide toi, et le ciel t'aidera," many of the inhabitants are forming themselves into a self-supplying " Filtered Water Company" which pro mises the alteration of 10 per cent. profit, or good water at 50 per cent. less than is now paid for bad. We shall see how far these promises are likely to be redeemed. Professor Risley and his talented son, le petit Mercure, arrived in town yesterday morning from the pro vinces. They are engaged at the Haymarket, where they appear in a new ballet on Easter Monday. SUDDEN DEATHS —On Wednesday Mr. G. I. Mills, Deputy-Coroner for Middlesex, held no fewer than three inquests, at the Wheatsheaf, High-street, Camden Town, on the bodies of persons who had died in a most sud den manner. . Barcelona 36 Saville Bahia Buenos Ayres NewYork,2.ldpsight- The English Funds leave off very firm, Consols having been as high as 994 though last quoted 994 1. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. rose to 103 to 1. The disposition to sell Spanish Stock continued this afternoon, parties being anxious to take their profits in case of a re-action. The Five per Cents. were 26,1 to .1; and the Three per Cents., 368 1. Mexican, Deferred, were 16a; Russian, 117 to 1; and Portuguese, Con verted, 461. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these:—Bristol and Gloucester were 19: 1 2 ; Great Western, 35; Ditto New, 20; Ditto Fifths, 68; Man chester and Leeds, 42; Ditto Half, 18; Norwich and Brandon, 5. i 3 ,-; Newcastle and Darlington, 204; Paris and Orleans, 16; Ditto and Rouen, 16,1 to: l ;and South Eastern, ex New, 21 premium. Eastern Counties, 114; . and Strasbourgh and Bale, 21 discount. London and Westminster Bank Shares were 41 to 34 premium. The Foreign Exchanges did not vary to any extent this afternoon, either as regards an advance or decline. A pamphlet has been sent us headed " Reasons against Legislative interference with the present system of Circulation, submitted to Sir R. Peel, by the Commit tee of Private Country Bankers." As this is a topic of the deepest importance we may give an analysis of the reasons stated. They were thus given in the shape of resolutions passed at a meeting of the Committee held very recently : " First, That under the present state of the law, the private country bankers enjoy no privilege, which in practice is inconsistent with the maintenance of a sound and wholesome state of public credit. " Second, That the agricultural. commercial, and ma nufacturing-.classes of all descriptions throughout the kingdom are mainly interested in the continuance of the privileges which the law now confers on private country bankers, and will be immediately and seriously embar rassed by any legislative measure which shall interfere with or limit the exercise of :hese privileges. "'Third, That the present state of the law, as it regards private country bankers, has not been made the subject of public complaint or petition; nor has it been alleged on authority against them that they have abused their pri vileges, or been in any degree accessory to the recent depression or the sudden alternations in the state of trade. " Fourth, That the anticipation of an alteration in the ' law relating to private country hankers, combined with the want of all information as to the nature and extent of such alteration. if contemplated, is calculated to inter fere with the ordinary operations of business, and to shake confidence and credit. "Fifth, That this meeting being earnestly desirous to avert the excitement which has hitherto always accom panied the agitation of questions connected with credit, and impressed with the due sense of the magnitude of the consequences involved in the discussion, consider it to be their duty to take such steps as may tend to re move all uncertainty regarding the intentions of her Majesty's Government." (From The Sun of Last Night ) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,000 bales, prices on the whole being firmer. The trade were the only buyers.—There was again a good markot for French Railway and other light Shares, at about previous rates. Birmingham and Gloucester were 924 ; Eastern Counties Registered, 13i; Edinburgh and 4m G H9i l ;n a l f s g: g hN7 o ao w, 54; Grand North t; hT 6 Chmailriedddsirni4dao,ni,9. ;26 J 4; mu; Parisn ai c )n t u in c o bhiealsinit ° de 3 r L 2; and and y nodn Cashel,s, Great 2 Birmingham, 1. Western - Half, s e ; s ß t 6 e r r. n .; Ditto and Orleans, 36; Ditto and Rouen, 364; South- Eastern New, 6i ; North British, 31. 4s. The commercial letters received to-day from India and China do not say much as respects the state of the trade in British manufactured goods, still, the quantities of our fabrics finding their way into the interior of the Celestial Empire, were on the increase. The system so long adopted in respect to the East India trade, of hai ingdirect agencies, has been commenced, with regard to Victoria, Hong-Kong. . Despite all the endeavours of the deputies of the pri vate and joint-stock banks of the United Kingdom now assembled in London, in anticipation of the discussion in Parliament on the " Bank Charter Renewal Question," the current of feeling among the proprietors of the Cor poration is, that they will-obtain favourable terms, else the stock of the establishment would not continue to ad vance. The Journal des Debats of Tuesday has an article on the motion before the Chamber of Deputies for the conversion of the Five per Cent. Stock, and de- • nounces the scheme as an attempt to rob the public. This may be taken as the opinion of the Government, who have also announced that they will oppose to the last the proposition of M. GARNIER PAGES. Thus, while on this side of the Channel the Government has reduced the interest of an amount of stock equal to the whole debt of France, on the other the KING, the Cabinet, and the fundholder, say no reduction can take place, and the people must, therefore, continue to pay an interest of five per cent., though the rate of interest in the market may not exceed two-and-a half per cent. The Government paper thus reasons on the subject :—" The nature of the French Five per Cent. debt is different from that of other nations, and the cruel phases which our Fires have undergone at a period of spoliation forbid applying to France what is lawful and uncontested in England and in some of the continental States. It is besides incompatible with the policy of care and consideration which the Government of 1830 has adopted, which has produced its strength, and to which it ought to remain imperturbably faithful. Not only would reimbursement be contrary to justice and opportunity, but it is useless in face of the only object which its supp or t ers can w ith an y appearance of reason aim at attaining, namely, the general lowering of in terest in business transactions. The measure is contrary to a policy of conciliation, because the people will never be made to believe that a title which is regularly a buo r t n ed bbe a r t y l . 2s W is h o e n n l y the w • o r fi t h r s l t o a o t — t e i n t w vt iI l b wa e taken e fo i n r 1840, the partisans themselves of reimbursement made use of such terms that it would be sufficient to cite them at present, after the rise experienced by the Fives, to demonstrate that they ought not to be touched. When the budget of 1841 was presented, Philadelphia, - PRICES OVIIIILLION, FN.:: 9 Foreign crold, bars. 79 9 ~...... As the prices of grain are advancing the probabilities • "4- iv • 4 g e , U i • *l 4 . -R ,ris r" 414, 4ATIL LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1844. QUARTER'S REVENUE. The returns of the revenue this year have been made a day earlier than usual, ow ing to Good Friday falling the sth of the month. They are, on the whole, satis factory. The Customs and the Exci,e, the two great sources of revenue, show a considerable increase, thereby evincing an improvement in trade and in the comforts of the people. The total revenue for the year is 50,396,977/. In the Customs there is an in crease of 658,335/. on the year, and an increase of 384,9101. on the quarter ; and for this the country is probably indebted to the attention of the Government being called to the nefarious robberies which have for years been committed in that department. Next year, when, we hope, the Commissioners of Customs will be compelled to attend to their duty, we may expect a still more favourahe result. In the Excise the increase on the year is 474,6071., but the increase on the quarter, as compared with the Customs, is very small, being only 85,3161. On Stamps there is a decrease in the year of 12,6991., and an increase on the quarter of 45,8851. The Taxes show a decrease of 73,0641. on the year, and an increase of 1,987/- on the quarter. The increase in the Income tax for the year is 2,900,5991., and for the quarter 107,627/. The Post-office also shows a considerable increase, being 15,0001. for the year, and 30,0001. for the quarter. This is a proof of the briskness of trade, and we hope, also of the de sire of the Post-office authorities to carry out the penny postage system in accordance with the original plan. Much, however, yet remains to be done to render justice to this great improvement in all the re lations of commercial and private intercourse ; and the public would rejoice to see Lord LONSDALE, or any other public officer who may be at the head of the establishment, direct his attention, not so much to revenue or the convenience of, the individuals under him, as to the great interests of the public. In the MisCellaneous, there is an increase of 336,7031. on the year, and a decrease of 500,2641. on the quarter, caused, no doubt, by the want of Sycee silver, but next quarter will probably show a different return another instalment from the Celestial Empire will restore the balance. The total increase for the year is 4,700,6691., for the quarter 825,2981., and taking the decrease into account, there remains an increase in the year of 4,3181,167/., and on the quarter of 325,034/. The total amount for the Post-office during the year is 622,000/. On the whole, these returns hold out bright prospects, and taking into account the revival of trade, and the reduction of the Three-and a-Half per Cents, the public may look forward with some hope to the abolition of the Income-tax. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND %HOW eptitton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. Lord Brougham arrived at Paris on Monday, and took up his residence at Meurice's Hotel. On Monday evening Louis Philippe had another large dinner party at the Tuileries. His Majesty is said to enjoy excellent health. Nine Durham bulls were sold last week at the Veterinary School of Alfort. There was great competi tion, and high prices were given. The highest price was 3,600 f. (1440, and the lowest 1,280 f. (about 511.) A retired officer of the army put a❑ end to his exis tence with charcoal, two days since, in the Rue St. Ger main-des-Pré:. He had lost his wife between three and four years back, and his grief had ever since been in tense. When his room was entered h© had been dead some hours. _ . The Ilioniteur Beige publishes an account of the corn merce of Belgium for 1843. The imports amounted to 290,200,000 f.. of which 216,600,000 f. entered into con sumption. The exports amounted to 222,000,000 f. in foreign and Belgian merchandise ; the latter amounted to 156,100,000 f. . A letter from Hanover, March 22, says :—" Yesterday Miss Caroline Herschel!, sister, and for a length of time assistant, of the late Dr. Herschel!, celebrated the 85th anniversary of her birthday, and was on the occasion honoured with a visit from the King and the Prince and Princess Royal. This lady has discovered., two comets, and has published several works, for which the Astronomical Society of London awarded her, in 1828, the great gold medal." The following trumpery and ridiculous story, which or!ginally appeared in the Posdata, has gone the round of the Madrid papers :—" It is stated that, when Es partero left Madrid, to bombard Barcelona. a vulture or raven hovered over his head, from the Palace of Buena Vista as far as the Prado, and then, after having almost alighted upon him, suddenly disappeared; whereas, when the two Queens elite, ed Madrid on the 15th, a dove entered their carriage, and was carried by Queen La belle, to her palace." According to accounts from Constantinople of the 18th ult., the misunderstanding between the Porte and the Ambass idors of England and France relative to the treatment of converted Musselmans, is in a fair way of an amicable adjustment. A part of the arrangement is, it is stated, to be the resignation of Itiza Pacha and all his partisans now at the head of the Government. LAW AND POLICE. At Bury St. Edmund's, Robert Barber, James Barber. and George Nunn were indicted for assaulting Robert Bonnet on the Queen's highway, and stealing from his . person 6d. and some haifpence. They were all found guilty, and sentenced to be transported for life. The assize intelligence is generally destitute of interest. At Guildhall, Sarah Sharp, aged 27, a servant out of place, residing with her parents in Aylesbury-street, Clerkenwell, was charged with attempting to drown herself at Blackfriars-bridge on Sunday night. William Short, of Gravel-lane, Southwark, stated that as he was passing over the bridge he saw the prisoner run down the steps and plunge into the water. She got en tangled with the ropes of a barge, and he called to her to hold on while he obtained assistance. lie found a policeman, and they went down with the drags. She had sunk, but the drag caught her on the first throw, and she was recovered with some difficulty. The pri soner, who seemed scarcely recovered from the death struggle, said she would never do such a thing again. Sir John Key, after making some further inquiry, and satisfying himself that the attempt was made in earnest, and not to excite charity, discharged the prisoner, giving her mother two sovereigns from the poor-box, that she may get her service again. John Smith, a policeman in the H division, was charged before Mr. Broughton, at Worship-street, with having stolen two packets, containing various articles of sta tionery, from the shop of Mr. Abraham Somers, a book seller and stationer in Sandy's-row, Petticoat-lane, W hite chapel, and committed for trial. At Marlborough street James Trigg, a dustman, was brought up for final examination, charged with having stolen between three and four hundred pounds, in bank notes and gold, from the person of a young man named Thomas Rayne. The prosecutor had recently had a considerable legacy left him by a relative. He was drinking about in various places on Saturday week, with about . 27/. in gold, and 3101. in bank-notes in his pocket, when he met with the prisoner and another man in a house in the Seven Dials. The party had some liquor together, and at last they all went to a house near Soho-square, and had more. Here the com bined effects operated on the prosecutor so strongly that he went to sleep in the room. When he awoke he missed both his companions and his money. The greater part of fhe notes, however, were afterwards found in the area of a house in Oxford-street, but the sovereigns, amount ing to 271., had disappeared. As the prisoner had been remanded more than once, and as there appeared to be no likelihood of obtaining more evidence, Mr. Maltby ordered him to be discharged. COURT—PASIIIONABLE. The Duke of Wellington left Apsley House, yesterday, for Strathfieldsaye, Hants. The Noble and Gallant Duke purposes to remain there until Saturday se'nnight. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douro and Lord Charles Wellesley joined the Noble Duke yesterday, and a distinguished circle of visitors will assemble there for the holidays. Viscount Melbourne has left town for Brockett Hall, Herts. Lord and Lady Beauvale and Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston departed yet terday for Brockett, and the lion IV. Cowper, Hon. Mrs. Lamb, and other visitors, are expected to pass the holidays with the Noble Viscount. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are ex pected to arrive at Northumberland House the week after next for the season, from Afnwick Castle, Nor thumberland. The Duke of Rutland has anumerous and distinguished party visiting at Belvoir Castle. The Marquis of Granby, Lord Charles Manners, 'and Lords John and George Manners are with the Noble Duke at the Castle assist ing in the duties of nospitality. The Duk'eof Leeds left the Clarendon Hotel on Tues day, for Clifton Hot Wells. His Grace returns to town early in the ensuing week for the season. The Marquis of Bute arrived in town on Tuesday from Cardiff Castle, Wales, in, we are happy to hear, im proved health. The Marquis of Normanby has arrived at. Nfulgrave Castle, for the recess. His Lordship is expected to re turn with the Marchioness to the Clarendon Hotel, the Week after next, for the season. The Dowager Countess of Leicester and the Right Hon. E. Ellice, M.P., are not expected to arrive in Ar lington-street, from Paris, until the 17th instant, for the season. The Earl of Leicester will come to town early next month, to take the oaths and his seat in the House of Lords. - The Earl of Clare has gone to Mount Shannon, the Noble Earl'S seat, in the county Limerick, but repairs again to the metropolis shortly after the recess. The Earl of Haddington, First Lord of the Admiralty, was, on Saturday last, elected an elder brother of the .corporation of the Trinity House, in the vacancy Caused by the death of Viscount Sidmouth. The Earl and Countess of Arundel and Surrey left for Arundel Castle yesteday. Lord Bernard Howard has arrived at the Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Nor folk intend to have company there during the ensuing week, . MISCELLANEOUS. An important meeting of the subscribers to the new church at Ryde took place at the Town-hall, on Wed nesday, when the offer of the Rev. W. S. Phillips to make himself responsible for 1,000/., to complete the building, was thankfully accepted, and its liberality fully appre ciated. Sir Robert and Lady Peel intend to receive a select party of friends, at Drayton Manor, during the Pariia mem ary recess. The daughter of Sir James Graham was considered rather better on Wednesday, although not,out of danger. M. Ernst, the great rival of Sivori, has arrived in Lon don. A brilliant musical campaign is therefore at hand, with ample means for settling their respective pre tensions. The largest quantity of waste land in any county of England is in the north riding of Yorkshire, there being Portugal GokifaZi3 1 7 0 New Doubloons..... 0 0 91 . 4 1! New Dollars 0 ; Silver in. , Bars 0 COURT CIRCULAR.. WINDSOR, TILIIRSDAY.—The Queen' it cOmpant D - e ,00 their Majesties the King and Queen . tif the B 41 6: walked this morning in the grounds about the Cast'" i$ The Royal Family were taken out lin' airing to-. 01 the Park. In the afternoon her Majesty. accompanied by .01 0 august relatives the King and Queen of the Beliglr took an airing in an open carriage, her Royal t o , ness the Princess Royal accompanying - their Mojet, The Countess of Dunmore Lady in waiting °'" it io? Queen, and the Baroness d'Hoogvorst - Lady in 1 or on her Belgian Majesty, followed in another Roll'o,oir riage ; and Major General Wernyss Equerry ill ing was in attendance on her Majesty on horseb ack ' The Illustrious party drove into the Great Park' ,10 Archdeacon Wilberforce arrived at the Castle t o. on a visit to her Majesty. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this eveni4o'lll addition to her Majesty's august visitors and ate' I f include her Royal Highness the Duchess of 1C411 6 0 • 11 4 Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and Colonel Sir v e Couper„ Bart. MAIINDAY THURSDAY.—This beinF the anni v. d of the distribution of the Royal charities to th e ., poor, the usual bounty was distributed in W ill Chapel with the customary formalities. pa°,; tier Majesty having ent e r e d h er 25th year, the or ber of men and women to whom the Royal charities distributed, corresponded with that number. 111 : 4 1 0i cordingly attended in Whitehall Chapel and receiv following bounties : The women, 11. 15s. in lieu of clothing., The men, cloth in sufficient quantity for a suit' 00 111 Both men and women 1/. each, and silver l e corresponding with her Majesty's age. o ei Also a further sum of 1/. 103. as an.eauivalent t visions formerly issued to them in kind. • er op # At three o'clock the proce..sion proceeded frotn., ll eo oe, Almoury in Whitehall, consisting of the x i , of the Guard; the. Rev. Dr. Sleath, who' officiated 'F'oli f Sub-Almoner, in consequence of his indispo 6ltl i Joseph Hanby, Esq., Secretary and ICeornall , Dit i , assistants, and six children from the national s ' o f at Westminster, and the schools in the p a rish e a 1 , 4 George's, Hanover-square, who had been selectAY• their good conduct, and as a reward they rete i r l ;o 4 sash of linen cloth, with a donation - of a Craig!' bouquet. 1,• 0 There were present the Rev. Messrs. Cla v ize h e Haden, the Rev. Drs. Vivian and Packman, the o f i;' o Horsley Dakins, &c., and the young K entlernen Chapel Royal, accompanied by Messrs. Hake s ' Hobbs, Clarke, &c. The anthems sung upon this occasion were: " Blessed is he that considereth." " Hide not thou thy face." • • " 0 Lord grant the Queen a long life.' " Who is this that cometh from EdoM:' A to With appropriate and special prayers . adapt e w occasion. On Monday and Tuesday last were distributed o'Sri the immediate orders of his Grace the Lord ° if 0;01 'rnoner the customary alms of the season to 11 P" ; - ,5 800 poor and aged persons, denonirnated the Maunday" of five shillings.; and also the. 10Y°:r Alms of thirteen shillings each. The latter, 6 2 "?I" many in the former class, have decayed from V re ' • to need the above salutary and benetacent :charities The most aged upon this occasion is 101 years. o ld A Confirmation of the Juvenile Nobility: ari d C fl was held yesterday morning in , the Charl :4 James's by the Bishop of London. (1 6); About fifty of the younger meMbeis of noble ta hi tt tinguished families were confirmed b • the Noble 20, tUf Among the nobility present at , the '.ceretnorlY Duke and Duchess of Sutherland; .the .Malilpee'cit Stafford, .the ,Earl and Countess Delawarr, e Earl of Bradford, Lord Campbell, Lord. Tha w° and the Hon. Miss Sydney. • 0 4 ' The Rev. Dr. Wesley and the Rev. lur• assisted in the service. Sir Robert Peel left his residence in W hi t fr O r ' gardens yesterday morning for his seat Drayton Ar Staffordshire. • the - • • n o e The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone' had all with the Earl of Aberdeen y e sterday at office: - - - • Et- 1- 0 3 t sd :Of Mr. John Wood, Chairrnin Ali 'of e , e s terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer Y at his dacha residence in Downing-street. OV The East is and trE Of the G walio: tioo_ of had b ee in p re , in -Chia rities. review 4 and on tion, tl procee i The M laid do the So borou 2 Ge divisio Organi was p f hitd n had quire( rilllia tWo 0 h 9, vice 11 the IN t I .j ~' t i I