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taxation which levies thirty millions per annum on toiling artisans and producers, whilst this amount ought to be paid, as the Legislature contemplated it would be, by the wealthy consumers of the products of their labour ? ' Nothing. Behold the account of work " done and performed"—of the work yet to be achieved before the close of the session ! 13, Great Marlborough-Street. I Houses, just two months and a half—almost the MR. LEVER'S NEW WORK, moiety, and decidedly the most precious portion—of ILLUSTRATES BY CRUIKSHANK. .‘ RTHUR O'LEARY ; HIS WANDERINGS AND PONDER- the session will have elapsed. In this period, the ex titre IN MANY LANDS," Edited by hi.; Friend, HARRY perience of almost every previous session since the reoeREQUER, ald Illustrated by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, in .eeLs., post fivo. ReVolution, has established the fact, that all Measures Is ' , TOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS an d Libraries throughout the Kingdom. of administrative economy—all decrees of Parlia ment Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. which require for their salutary and efficient working mature discussion and frequent previous appeals to 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, coining 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 cf 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 THEAFItE ROYAL, LYCEUM, LA re ENGLISH OPERA_ his financial project, in proceeding with the Bills, Sec., HOUSE. forming part of the machinery required for working Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. The Pubic is respectfully informtd that this theatre WILL OPEN his measure for the conversion of the Three-and-a on EASTER MONDAY, April S. with an drss by Mrs. Keeley. After which, wi 11 e produced a New Cemedietta, in 'two .cts, . half per Cents. Then, with regard to railway legis entitled II ASP/ CONCLUSIONS. A rincipal hal acteis by Me-srs. Diddear, F. Mathews, F. Vining, Emery, and Miss Fairbrother, and tion, badly as we were disposed to augur from the un- Mrs. Keeley. meaning, aimless speech of the President of the To be follc.wed by A New Drama, in One Act, called THE POST OF IioNOUR. Characters by Ntess-s. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch, Board of Trade some weeks ago , the Third Re p ort of J. Collier, St..nton, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the heatre Royal, the Select Committee ;on Rail ways',(which we reprinted Adelphi, her first appearance at this 'theatre) , and Miss G rove . To conclude with an entirely new Grand Burle q ue C airy Extra vaganza, called r SES A 31E; or, lire Forty Thieves. , ha meters sterdey) has more than kept faith w it h the p ublic. meters by Nli , s Wool g ar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, btis as to any promises made by or on behalf of her MA- Turner, Mi,s Grove, M a. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, tu ner, lounge, Wigan, ' yEsTY'S Government) touching the progress of the Yarnold, and t haplin. PRICES OF Al) MISSION.—First Price— 'oxes, 45. ; Upper Committee's labours on that subject. But with these Boxes, ; Pit, 2s. • Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; items we fear we must say, Upper Boxes, is 6d. ; Pit, Jr. Private Boxes on the Balcony ier , . our catalogue of the (h o lding eight person.), two Guineas Priva el' oxes on the second ac hi vemen ts of the Premiers Government must end. Pier (honing eight peiso,.s), *me Guinea and a-Halt. Private Boxes on the Pit I ier (holding six persons), One Guinea. Free Ad- What are the questions—the isstant, urgent, im mission 'rickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Ni g htly Transferrable tree Tickets (for the first [cony nights), 'three Guineas. portunate, vital questions, with which it has not Doors open at Half-past six. Performances begins at Seven o'clock.. 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 Repeaters, 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 elections 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, l)uke of Gloucester, himself would have been ashamed to stand godfather to them! The obstinacy of Sir J- Greene:sr on Irish Church, Factory, Prison, and Pour-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 nem. 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 etreet or 'Whitehall. Commercial treaties, and the treatment, by our ally, of poor Queen Poeream,—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 NARVAEZ, 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 eating wonderment, as 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 Poet DAL 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 oar 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 horns 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 communitythe s diffusing industrial b sN e 'l e io n se don f e am 3 i7h t in f g or throughout the length and breadth of the land, vainly soliciting employment on the one hand, or living ?razes, if they be employed, on the other? Nothing. What is it intended to do? Will the Premier wait till that which should he given —and which, given, would be received with gratitude and aff ec ti onate ac knowledtement—will be extorted by the organisation of numbers, and the strong hand of desperation? What has yet been done in preparing for the re newal of the charter of the Bank of England, and the adjustment of the relations on which joint-stock and country banks stand to that establishment ? Nothing. But after the recess Sir ROBERT PEEL intends to look into these affairs. What has been devised for the re-establishment of our monetary system on sounder principles, and in anticipation of the repeal of the Premier's Bill of 1819 ? Nothing. What course has been determined on touching the con tinuance of the infamous property and income-tax of the profound financier, who, by such devices, sup plements a deficient revenue in the nine- and-twentieth year of profound peace ? Nothing. What plan has been organiaed lathe relpodellirg of a whew of THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. Immense Attraction for Easter. It is respecttlilly aro.ounced, that- the Administration of th • Academie Royale, Par is, having consented to a piolougation of the ',once If M. Duprez, this eminent Artiste will sing Three Nights in the Easter Week. MONDAY EVENING, APR'L 8, Will be performed the opera of GU ILLAUME TELL Arno'd, Duprez ; Gessler, Mr. G. Horricastle • Milli.= Tell, Mr. *lreton Lutern, Millie. A lbertazzi ; Matilda, Miss Romer; Martha, Miss detts To conclude with the revived Melodrama of THE TALE OF MYSTERY. Count 3onamo, Mr. Selby; Count Romaldi, Mr. ;doper; Michelli. Mr. Harley; Selina, Mrs Stirling. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price Ss. rid. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 58.. Second Price Is.; Pit 3s Second Price :4.; M,dule Gallery is., Scoond Price Is.; Upper (faller) Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. M 6. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE • Return of Madame Vestris and Mr C. Mathews. ON EASTER MONDAY, APRIL fl, Will be performed a Now Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonus MT Tilbury ; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs Hurnby. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE MILL Marqui, de Richevitle, Mr. Charles Mathews; Francine, Madame Vestris. To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra. vaganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, An Even.ng with Puff. Principal Characters by Mr. C. Matk , ews, Mr. J. bland, Mr.. Caulfield, Mrs. (Mover, Miss P. Hortoa, and Miss Lee. To conclude with the Extraordinary Performances of Professor RISLEY and his INFANT SON, surnamed " Le Petit Mercure." The Eox.ottic..! willbe open on Saturday, April 6. Orchestra Stall 4, ss. ; Roars, ss. ' - Pit, ; Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery, Is. . Half-price—Boxes, _3s. ; Pit, tbs.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6 H d. Doors opened at alt-past Six, and the Performances commence at Seven • 'rickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Five. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 8. Tne RE-OPENI NO of ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHI THEATRE of AR I'S (under the management and sole proprietor ship of Mr. BA FTY), with its Treble Rotation of Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacles, and. u iequalled Scenes of the Circle, and Batty's Matchless Stud of beautiful Horses, Fairy Ponies, &c. Mr. Batty, in announcing the Reopening of Astiey's for the se cond season of his management, begs respectfully to _cquaint the Nobility, flentry, and public that, encouraged by the flattering success during the past year, and finding the Theatre not suffi. clently commodious for its numerous p .trons, he entered into an extensive arrangement w.th Messrs. Haward and Nixon, the emi— 'tient builders of• Lambeth, for the re-constructing on a magnificent and novel principle, the whole of the interior of the Theatre, which has beets rebuilt, dress boxes enlarged, upper boxes widened, and pit and galleries extrisively improved. Fourteen glass lustres are added, and a Grecian dome ceiling, with entirely new srenuid classic decorations, and gorgeous appp•nntments, which, with the ti , st-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:tacle will combine Ali the splendid historical effects of the Noi wan Conquest of Englind, produced by dr. W. D. Broadfoot. The Cirque olyhipique will in troduce un qualled equestrian taleat, and the d0u...1e company com prise talent of the highest older.. The door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances commence at s yen. Box-othce will beopened on Saturday, April 6, and continue so daily from ten till four. The private boxes, have been reconstructed and decorated with care and splendour. Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. okrl Dti E's ROYAL SURREY THEAI KE The most splendid Easter Entertainment ever presented—Everything New—Supi orated by the First Talent in the World. EAS'CER MONDAY, APRIL 8, 'Will be produced an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, eutitled vVHITEFRIARS, in which the entire Company will perform. A fter which (First Time) THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS, sup p, nod by all the leading Favourites of the Establishment. To which wi I be added the Wonde►fol Perforraanc. , of Herr HENGLER on the Coale Elasuque, and the Carlo Family in their Unrivalled Oymnastiques. To ceuciude with (never acted), a Drama of peculiar construction, entitled BARAK JOHNS iN ; or, The Blind Witness. Places and Private Boxes to be had at Air. Kerschner, at the Box o ce, from -Eleven -o Four. • LOVE'S P:.)LYPH')NIC ENTERTAINMENTS, CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN, STRANR Mr. Li IVE has the honour to announce that he will RESUME HIS ANNUAL POLYPHONIC ENTER TA INMENTS, and LEC I URES 'on LIFE and CHARACTER on EASTER MON. DAY, and wiil co tinue the same oha the following WE.)NESDAY and tRIOAYi He wall introduce much Novelty, which 114 s been long in preparation, with entirely New; and Appr-priate Mutative Costumes and Appointments. Total Change of Entertainments Every Evening. On MONDAY, April 8, MIRTH AND MARVELS; with A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLoTHING; and other Entcrtainme ts. On WEDNEio ,Y, April Pl ' LOVE'S REMINISCENCES; with MINE HOS P'S Di LE 4MAS ; and other E lertainments On FrIDAY, Ap:il 12, LOVE IN A LLSHAPEh; vrith LOVE'S LABOUR'S WS I ; and other Entertainments. Particulars in HandbillA. D iors pen at Half.past Seven; begin at Eight. Admission, Is. 6d.; Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. TIIE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, AP= IL 3. THER3zomETER, Lowest, 44 ; Highest, 64 ; Noon, 56. BAROMETER, 29.95 —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 TUS ILLY. Dforning C minute after 3 I Evening ~.21 minutes aft r 3. SECOND EDITION. THE BOURSE,—WEDNEsDAY, APRIL 3. First Highest Lowest THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 16;44 One of the most affecting cases of suffering and destitution we ever remember to have read of, was made known yesterday at an inquest held by Mr. WAILLEY, on the body of WILLIAM BROWN, aged one year and eight months, the son of a poor shoemaker, residing at 27, Alsop-mews, Dorset-square. On the jury viewing the corpse, they were much struck with the extreme cleanliness, though evident poverty of the apartment; but their attention was mor e particu larly attracted to the emaciated forms of the parents, and five or six young children by whom they were surrounded. It appeared in evidence, that the deceased, without any previous illness, died suddenly, while sitting on his father's knee, on the afternoon of Satur day last; and it further transpired that the wretched parent had been out of employment for seven weeks, and the only means of subsistence he had was, by pawning, one by one, his articles of clothes and fur niture. He had not applied for parish relief, as he had the greatest abhorrence of " pauperising his family ;" more especially, he added, " as he had once been a respectable man in the parish, and had sat on juries before the Coroner, in cases similar to his own." In summing up the evidence Mr. WAKLLY observed,—" This was a case of real distress. The jury had gone to the house and found the child lying dead, without a coffin, the mother and six children sitting round in a state of starvation, and without a farthing in the world to - obtain subsistence I Yet not one word of complaint was made, and had not the jury made the discovery themselves, in all probability the real circumstances would not have been known !" It is too much the fashion in these days of fastidious refinement, to consider , the destitute and helpless as reck less, desperate beings, who are prone to guilt from the circumstances of their situation, and utterly wanting in a sense of justice, consideration, and prin ciple. Here, however, is it case which proves just the reverse, and we mentioned a precisely similar one that was heard a few days since at one of the police offices. In the instance immediately before us, we find a rigid sense of self-respect, honour, and high minded principle rising superior to all those tempta tions with which squalid Poverty never fails to beset her victims, and coming out of the tremen dous ordeal unscathed ! Had the parents of these starving children rushed out into the streets, and snatched a loaf from the first baker's shop they came to, the offence would have been a perfectly venial one ; and dispassionate Justice, taking the miti-. gating circumstances of the case into consideration, would have relaxed the frown on her brow, and leaned to the side of Mercy ; but nothing of the sort appears to have been attempted; the almost ir resistible temptation was successfully struggled against ; and the parents of this famished family, with a heroism and magnanimity above all praise, preferred rather to die a lingering death by starvation, than to know themselves, and let their children know, that they had stooped to the crime of theft! And so they sate with their surviving children round their uncoffined boy, awaiting in silence and resignation the welcome hour that was to dismiss them all from life ! If ever there was a case deserving of public sympathy; this is that one; and we hope that those who, at the call of the Bishop of LONDON, have sub scribed so lavishly for new churches, will not forget to subscribe at least the " widows' mite," for a case that is a thousand times more deserving of their conside ration. We are glad to learn by accounts from Madrid of the 28th ult., that no military executions had taken place at Carthagena, and that in all probability there would not be a repetition of the horrible scenes which RONCALI had enacted at Alicant. The Corporation of the city had entered into negotiations with the General, and while these were going on the insurgent leaders, with the assistance of the chief authorities, made their escape in a steamer. The intelligence from Madrid is otherwise destitute of interest. HIS DAY.) The Three per Cents. were done at 35* for cash, and 36i at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 231 at 60 days. In the French Chamber of Deputies, on Tuesday, M. GARNIEE PAGES brought forward his motion for the conversion of the Five per Cent. Stock. It was merely a matter, he said, involving the equilibrium of the finances, and it ought not to be forgotten that the conversion would produce the not contemptible saving of twelve millions of francs a year. He con ceived that the reduction of interest would be parti cularly useful to agriculture and manufactures; The first thing necessary for work of all sorts was capital, and as long as interest was kept high agriculture would in vain, from loans being exceedingly onerous, make efforts to develope itself, and 'manufactures would be incapable of resisting foreign competition. As to the fitness of the present time, there were three conditions to be observed in juding of it—everything was secure in the foreign relations of the kingdom ; all was safe at home ; and there existed commercial activity and health at home and abroad. The Minis ter of Finance admitted the right of the State to make the conversion, but did not consider the present time opportune for such an operation. He conse quently opposed the motion. On Wednesday the debate was resumed, when the Chamber divided, but so equally, that the President could not say on which side was the majority. On a ballot being taken, there were—for the motion, 154; against it, 163: majority for Ministers, 9. The accounts from Naples in the Paris papers con tinue unfavourable. It appears from letters received from that city, that an insurrection had taken place at Paola, a town on the coast of the Mediterranean, in which a colonel and several officers had been killed. Reinforcements of troops were on their march for Calabria. :On the Paris Bourse the Five per Cents. improved in consequence of the opposition of the Government to the conversion of that stock. On Wednesday, the Fives closed at 122 f. 80c., and the Threes at 83f. 20c. Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents 122 45 .. 122 60 • • 122 40 • • 122 40 Four-and-a-Half..— 110 50 .. 110 50 .• 110 50 .. 110 50 Four per Cents. •• • 105 80 .. 105 80 .. 105 80 .. 105 80 Three per Cents.— 83 1S • • 83 15 .• 83 10 • . 83 15 Bank of France • • ...... 3160 ..3160 .. 3150 • • 3150 Lafiltte Bank, 5,000 f. 6haressl4o ..5140 • • 5140 ..5140 Belgian Bank . Belgian Fives, .. • ..... • . 1054 .. 1054 • • 1054 .. 1054 1840. 1842 Dutch Two-and-a-Half .• •• • 604 • • 604 .. 604 .. 604 Spanish Active ............344 .. 344 • • 344 • 344 Threes 34 384 .• 38 .. 38 Passive . 74 . • 74 • • 71 .. 7 Fortagnese rive per Cents • . 47 • • 47 46f .. 46 Neapolitan . 101 25 .. 101 40 .. 101 25 .. 101 40 Roman lO6 .. 106 .. 106 .. 106 ..„ ,I.:N, li , 1 , -- • - i 1 1 , , A.:. A t- 7 1. 4 .. ~;- r il aff,,,...1.., - 4,94 .-t,... 1.• ... -1 % *Jr:7 g , '...., * 4 l.' #A ~.s. , 110 1, - I. t r LONDON. FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1844. QUARTERS REVENUE. The returns of the revenue this year have been made a day earlier than usual, owing to Good Friday falling the sth of the month. They are, on the whole, satis factory-. The Customs and the Excise, 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 50,396.9771. In the Customs there is an in erease'of 658,335/. on the year, and an increase of 384,910/. 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 he compelled to attend to their duty, we may 'expect a still more favourab'e 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 12,699/., and an increase on the quarter of 45,885/. The Taxes show a decrease of 73,0641. on the year, and an increase of 1,9871, 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 improvem?nt in all the re lations of commercial and priN ate intercourse • and the public would rejoice to see Lord LONSDALE or any other public officer who may be at the head of the es tablishment, direct his attention, not so much to revenue or the . convenience of th . 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 500,264/. on the quarter, caused, no doubt, by the want of Sycee silver, but next quarter probably show a different return ; another instalment 'from the Celestial Empire will restore the balance. The total increase for the year for the quarter 825,2981 . , and taking 4,700,6 69 /. , the decrease into account, there remains an increase in the total am ount 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. It was our purpose to have comm ented to-day, on the very inconsider a bl e a mount of legislative business transacted in the House of Commons from the first hour of the preent session to its adjourn ment on Tuesday last fur the rpeess. But we should have suspended thetommentary we had to offer on the sins of . outi.ision..to be charged against the least emphatic of Governments,—(w e have no better de signation wherewith to characterise its singular lack of -moral force),—could we, even now, in the 'evi dence of the past, detect any indications auspicious to the future, .But a careful revision of the " sayings " of Ministers evokes no latent " doings" from the an nals of Parliamentary statements and discussion. By the lime appointed for the repauerabling of the two RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain .• • • •• • ••••• • • 825 •• 825 .. 825 .. 825 Versailles, R. 8.•• .... 405 .. 405 .. 397 50 .. 400 L.B ....... 287 50 .. 295 .. 287 50 .. 290 Rouen • Rouen to llavre•.•• Orleans Strasburg to Bale • • • • . Avignon to Marseilles.- 766 25 .. 767 50 .. 766 25 .. 767 50 RAILWAY SHARES. FOR THE ACCOUNT. St Germain Versailles, R.B. • • • • • • 400 •• 400 .. 400 • • 400 L. 8.•• •• •• 285 .. 293 75 .. 285 .. 287 50 Rouen •••• •• •• • • 937 50 .. 940 . 937 50 .. 937 50 Rouen to Havre 7OO .. 702 50 .. 700 .. 702 00 Orleans ••••••••• 915 .. 915 911 25 .. 911 25 Strasburg to Bale•• •• •• 305 .. 305 .. 295 .• 297 50 Avignon to Marseilles•• •• 770 •• 770 767 50 .. 767 50 MORTALITY TABLE.—The returns fur 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 of 99. The increase, how ever, is not material, as it is caused chiefly by acci dents, of which the results had not been stated in the former_ returns. In all the specified causes of death the amount with one or two exceptions is below the average. There is a slight increase in the first class including measles, pooping cough, scarlatina, and croup, the number being 280, last week 190, ave rage 170. In diseases of the lungs there is a de crnraoegtaseeett9, , e the number being 294, last week 309 , average 330. There i s a great i nc rease from sudden and violent d ea th s. I n the f ormer th e num b er i s 51, ave caaunsde isn s te t e I d a ! t e The r h 7l p , r 25, e a s v e e n r t ag r e etur n but i containsa a number of i nquests which e 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- p ox 1 3 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. During the past week three of the oldest and most esteemed magistrates of the Metropolitan county have died, viz., Sir John Gibbons, the Itev. T. Creswell, and James Otl4o.Eock SUMMARY OF NEWS i AND eptitton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. On Monday the King and Queen of the French, and her Royal Highness Madame Adelaide, visited Neuilly, but returned to the 'I uileries to dinner. In the evening their Majesties received the Ambassadors of Turkey, Spain, and Sardinia, the Charge d'Affaires of Rus sia, the Ministers of Portugal, Brazil, and Tuscany, the Pope's Nuncio, the Charge d'Affaires of the United States, Lord Brougham, Marshals Soult and Valk, Generals Desaix, Count de Monthion, de earninade, de Latour-Maubourg, Merlin, Durieux, and Cavaignac, Rear-Admiral Casy, and many other persons of dis tinction. On Wednesday the motion for reducing the interest on the Five per Cent. Stock was rejected in the Cham ber by a majority of 9. The Univers states that twenty-nine archbishops and bishops have already declared their adhesion to the sentiments expressed by the Archbishop of Paris in his reply to the Minister of Justice and Public Worship. According to the anstitationnel, the Bishop of Chalons has written to the Minister of Justice and Public Wor ship, stating that his letter to the Abbe Combalot was not intended for publicity, and blaming severely those persons who resort to the journals to embitter the diffe rences between the Clergy and the University. The.banns of marriage between Baron Excelmans, the son of the General, and Mdlle. Bertrand, were published on Tuesday at the Mairie of the first Arrondissement. The Princess de Canino, widow of Lucien Bonaparte, has ma* a present to the Museum of Calais, her native town, of the painting by Cot reggio called La Vierge ou Bandeau. The Princess do Canino was born at Calais in 1778. Her father, Charles de Blebchamp, was an advocate of the Parliament, and receiver to the entrepot of tobacco at Calais. A meeting of the admirers of the writings of M. Casi mir Delavigne, in Paris, was held on Monday, to form a Committee for raising a subscription in aid of that at llavre, for erecting in that town, which was his native ptico, a statue to his memory. M. Vatout was called to the chair, to which he was considered to be peculiarly entitled, from having been the first introducer of the poet, in his youth, to the King, when he was Duke of Orleans. His Majesty has himself opened the subscrip tion with a contribution of I,ooof. During the last month, the amount of the deposits in the Paris Savings' Bank was 4,235,439 c., and of the re imbursements, 4,105,000 f. There were 30,155 deposi tors, of whom 3,576 made deposits fir the first time. Accounts from Madrid bring intelligence that all the insurgent leaders at Carthagena had made their escape by sea LAW AND POLICE. At Guildhall, Charles Freeman, aged 24, was brought by Daniel Forrester before Sir John Key, charged with having committed sundry forgeries upon bankers in the City, by means of forged cheques. William Shepherd, a clerk in the house of Messrs. Childs and Co., bankers, Fleet-street, stated that on the 12th of March last, a cheque was presented to him by some person for 551. 10s. 2d. The cheque purported to have been drawn by a Mrs. M'Pherson, who had liberty, through' her trustees, to draw on the house. The cheque turned out to be a forgery. One of thenotes paid upon this cheque had been passed by the prisoner to a hatter in tine Strand. The prisoner was remanded, in order that further investigations may be made. Yesterday, George Rittman was brought before Mr. Long, at Marylebone, fur final examination, charged with having broken into the house of his grandmother, Mrs. Todd, an infirm old lady residing at Kensall-green, and stealing various articles ; and also with having, by means of a forged order in her name obtained money from Mr. Fenton, a baker, living at the above place. A few additional facts were now elicited, and the prisoner was committed for trial upon both charges. James Ward, late a drayman in the employment of Messrs. Elliott and Co., brewers, Pimlico, was brought before Mr. Henry for final examination at Lambeth street, on a charge of embezzling the sum of 9/. 14s. 2d., which he had received on account of the firm. A somewhat important point arises in this matter. It appeared that the prisoner was acting for another person who was ill, and who paid him (prisoner) for what he did. This rendered it doubtful if the prisoner was the servant of the prosecutors. If not their servant, he could not be convicted of embezzlement. The prisoner, who when apprehended said he had got drunk and lost the money, was fully committed for trial. At Worship-street, two young men of bad repute, named Edward Rourke and John Sanders, were charged with robbing the house of Mr. John Dimmock Aspland, an underwriter at Lloyd's, and resident in Grange-road, Dalston. he prisoners were remanded for the comple tion of the evidence for their committal to Newgate for trial. At Greenwich Police- court, a }latch of twelve prisoners was charged with picking pockets at the launch at Woolwich on Wednesday- Mr. Jeremy said he should commit every one for trial, for it was disgraceful that the public could go to no place of amusement in the vicinity of the metropolis without organised gangs of thieves attending. The prisoners were committed to Newgate. COI7IM-laBBZorms LE. Letters from his Royal Highness Prince Albert, to her Majesty, and Mr. G. E Anson, announcing the safe arrival of the Prince Consort in Germany, reached the Castle on Thursday, shortly before one o'clock. The letters were dispatched to the Queen and Mr. G. E. Anson, under cover to the Prince's private secretary, by a special messenger from the General Post-office in St. Martin's-le-Grand. His Royal Highness is Lot expected to return to England until about this day se'nnight. The Duchess Dowager of Bedford and Lady Rachael Russell, who arrived in Paris in the preceding week from the south of France, intend to leave for Campden-hill at the end of the month. The Earl of Lonsiale and Sir John Beckett, Bart., arrived in town by railroad on Thursday morning, from Lowther Castle. Lady Anne Beckett has arrived at Stratford House from York House, Twickenham, where her Ladyship has been staying with Lady Frederick Bentinck since the demise of the Earl of Lonsdale. Baroness Rehausen and Lord Saye and Sele arrived, on Wednesday, at the York Hotel, Brighton. Lord Ileadley is daily expected in Brunswick-square. Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Ambassador, arrived yes terday with his family in Brunswick-i errace. Lord and Lady Granville have returned to the l)uke of Devon shire's mansion in Kemp-town. Sir George and Lady Rose are expected to-day at the Albion Hotel. The Right Hon. the Earl of Lonsdale, Sir J. Beckett, Sir W. Powlett, the Hon. G. O'Callaghan and suite, on Wednesday morning left Lowther Castle for London, from attending the funeral of the late lamented Earl of Lonsdale, at Lowther. The Hon. Colonel Lowther still remains at Lowther Castle. Among the late.arrivals at Cheltenham were the Lady Emily Foley, the Hon. Grantley Berkeley, M.P., and the Hon. and Rev. T. Coventry. IarsCEUGANEOI7/3. Thursday having been fixed for the opening excursion of the members of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, for the season, the Commodore (W. Harrison, Esq.), Capt. Durant, and several of the Oncipal subscribers, assem bled at the Yacht Tavern, Greenwich, where they dined. At half-past four they proceeded to the river, which pre sented a very gay and pleasing appearance from the fineness of the day and the number of persons who had assembled to witness the proceedings, in which they ap peared to take great interest. The yachts were admirably fitted up. The amusements of the day were brought to a close about eight o'clock. To-day (Friday) the vessels will cruise in different directions, visiting the Nore and the Medway. On Monday last a new regulation came into peoration in the long room, Custom-house, of stamping in words at full letith the exact time at which the warrants, or merchants entries, leave there for the several docks and other stations. This is understood to be in consequenee of a recommendation of the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry, to whom complaints have been made of delay in the transmission of those documents. A meeting of the subscribers to the monument of the late Lord Edward Somerset was held at the Shire Hall, Gloucester, on Thursday last, when it was resolved to render the mason work of the monumental column more ornamental, the sum subscribed admitting of the extra outlay. The fifth loetuwe of 4iac Dritistrlaltiro eign nstitute was given last evening at the Hanover-square Rooms, to the members of this Society, who appeared to be deeply interested in Professor Grant's description of the structure and history of the polygastric animalcules. number r a n o d f t b in e ( m w h b e o r l e subject s The drawings wasw wereell treated. numerousTabned was considerable, including many ladies, and all seemed highly gratified. VICTORIA PARK.—On Saturday the tenants of Bonner's Hall, which building will be taken down for the entrance to the new park, received notice from the authori ties of Guy's Hospital, to whom this property belonged, that they, had, by the purchase of the houses, become the tenants of the Crown. Bonner's Hall, which was but one wing of the mansion of Bishop Bonner. is divided into about eight very tenantable houses, some of which have cellars, which, from their form and construction, were supposed to have been the prison cells of the Protestant martyrs of the time of Mary, and considerable int ere st is attached to the demoliti o n of a fabric formerly belonging to one of the most violent in those times of fierce persecutors. Considerable interest is attached in the neighbourhood to the progress (if the Park, and an eli gible piece of ground in the neighbourhood of Old Ford has been dignified with the title of the Royal Victoria Park Race course, where races are to take place, for the first time, on Easter Tuesday, the competitors to be restricted to residents in the Tower Hamlets. MEETING OF GOLDSMITHS, SILVERSMITHS, AND JEWELLERS.—A numerous meeting of goldsmiths, silver smiths, and jewellers was held yesterday evening, to take into consideration a Bill now before Parliament to amend the laws in force for preventing frauds and abuses in the marking of gold and silver wares in England. Mr. Taylor was called to the chair. It appeared that the clauses to which the meeting objected are the 12th and 13th. These give power, upon oath of reasonable or probable cause of suspicion, to enter and search the premises of all parsons manufacturing or trading in gold or silver wares, for forged marks and dies, as well as searching for, seizing, breaking up, and selling any wares that ought to be marked, and of applying the proceeds to the general expenses of the assay offices making such seizures. This power of seizing such wares as ought to be marked, would, it was declared, be most injurious and vexa tious to the various trades mentioned, and would jeopardise three-fourths of the articles now manufactured. Resolutions in which the injurious tendency, of the clauses in question was strongly declared, as well as a 'notion for the appointment of a committee for the purpose of bringing the matter before the President of the Board of Trade, were unanimously carried, and a vote of thanks having been given to the chairman the meeting separated. MARKET CORN-EXCHANGE-FRID This being Good Friday, no business was transacted at Mark lane, or the Coal iNiarket. • - SMITHFIELD. This being a holiday market th , ) supply of beasts on offer was extremely small, and of inferior quality, while the Beef trade was in a very depressed state, at barely Monday's quotations. Although the numbers of sheep were scanty, the inquiry for them was heavy, at unaltered figures. Y This being the great Lamb show, the supply of that discription of stock was good, viz., 5,200. Prime qualities sold briskly, at an advance of 4d per 81b. In the value of other kinds no variation took place. The arrivals from the Isle of Wight were only 135 head. Calves and Pigs were a mere drug, at barely late rates. Mitch Cows were numerous, and held at from 161 to 18/ lOs each. Per Bibs. to sink the offal. s. d. to s. d. a d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 222 4l Second qualityditte... 32 3 Second quality ditto 2 6 2 8 Coarse-woolled ditto.. 3 8 310 Prime large Oxen 2lO 3 6 Southdown Wethers 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. arge coarse Calves 3 4 310 Large Hoes Prime small ditto 4 0 4 '2 Small Porkers 3lO 4 4 Suckling Calves, eachlB 0 26 I Quarter oldPigs,eachls 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 3'78 6,990 216 298 INI.t.:VrOATE AND ZEADENTIALL_ Prime Lamb commanded a steady sale, at advanced rates. In other kinds of meat next to nothing w•as doing. At per stone, by the Carcase s. d. to s d. , 5. d. to s. d. Beef, ..... 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior 2 4 2 8 - middling ........ 2 6 2 8 - middling 2lO 3 4 - prune large ...... 210 30 - prime ..... 3 6 3 8 - prime small 3 0 32 ; Pork, 1arge...... Veal ........».».«....».. 3 0 4 11 ,mall 3 8 4 2 Lamb. 5s 4d to 6s. Bd. BOROUGH HOP MARILET. During the present week the demand for all kinds of Hops has been somewhat inactive, yet no alteration has taken place in prices. MONEY AN]) COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday had a tolerably steady appearance. Sales 4,000 bales, including 1,000 on speculation, and prices were firm.—A very large business was done in Railway Shares, and higher prices were, in sevend instances, obtained. Birmingham and Gloucester, 97; Eastern Counties, Great kties tern half, 701, 'Caledonian, 6i; North British, 31; Mid land Counties, 91; Brighton, 441; ffrminghato, 235; South Western, 821; Manchester and Birmingham, 491; Paris and Lyons, 3/. is.; South Eastern, 351; Paris and Orleans, 36i. This being Good Friday all places of public resort for business are closed. The attendance of merchants and others in the City were confined to those who had com munications to reply to. The state of the revenue has not caused much remark in the City among mercantile nun who were compelled to he in town this morning. There were Port Philip papers to the 13th of October received at the North and South American Coffee House this morning. Not much news of interest is contained hi them. The Banks had lowered their rates of intereA. Most strenuous exertions were making to ship off cured• provisions fur the British markets. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 4.—We have had more disposition to buy stock, and the market generally assumes a firmer appearance. Bolton and Preston, 304 ; Barnsley Junction, 21 and 21. Ss. 9d. ; Caledonian, 64 ; Eastern Counties, 1 ; Ditto Registered, 13„ 13/. 9s ; Lan caster and Preston, 38i ; Manchester and Birmingham, 49 and 49h ; Manchester and Leeds, 1121, Norwich and Bran don, 71 ; Manchester and Sheffield, 701 j ; Ditto Quarters, 8/. Is. 3d. ; Strasburg and Bale, 12k ; York and North Mid land, 124; Leeds and Bradford, 22k. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queen accompanied by their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians walked this morning in the grounds about the Castle. The Royal Family were taken out an airing to-day in the Park. _ _ In the afternoon her Majesty accompanied by her august relatives the King and Queen of the Belgians took an airing in an open carriage, her Royal High- ness the Princess Royal accompanying their Majesties. 'The Countess of Dunmore Lady in waiting on the Queen, and the Baroness d'Hoogvorst Lady in waiting on her Belgian Majesty, followed in another Royal car-' riage ; and Major General Wemyss Equerry in wait ing was in attendance on her Majesty on horseback. The Illustrious party drove into the Great Park. Archdeacon Wilberforce arrived at the Castle today, on a visit to her Majesty. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening, in addition to her Majesty's august visitors and suite, will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart. MAUNDAY THURSDAY.—This being the anniversary of the distribution of the Royal charities to the aged poor, the usual bounty was distributed in Whitehall Chapel with the customary formalities. I ler Majesty having entered her 25th year, the num ber of men and women to whom the Royal charities were distributed, corresponded with that nun bar. They ac cordingly attended in 'Whitehall Chapel and received the follovting bounties : The women, 11. 15s, in lieu of clothing. The men, cloth in sufficient quantity for a suit. Both men and women 1L each, and silver pennies corresponding with her Majesty's age. Also a further sum of IL 10s. as an equivalent to pro visions formerly issued to them in kind. At three o'clock the procession proc4.eded from her Ma jesty's Almoury in Whitehall, consisting of the Yeomen of the Guard; the Rev. Dr. Sleath, who officiated for the Sub-Almoner, in consequence of his indisposition ; Joseph Hanby, Esq., Secretary and Yeomen, with assistants, and six children from the nAtional schools at Westminster, and the schools in the parish of St. George's, Hanover-square, who had been selected for their good conduct, and as a reward they retained the sash of linen cloth, with a donation of a Crown and a bouquet. There were present the Rev. Messrs. Clarke and Haden, the Rev: Drs. Vivian and Packman, the Rev. J. Horsley Dakins, &c., and the young gentlemen of the Chapel Royal, accompanied by Messrs. Hawes, Sale, 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 coweth from Edoin." With appropriate and ipecial prayers adapted to the occasion. On Monday and Tues:lay last were distributed under the immediate orders of his Grace the Lord High Al moner the customary alms of the season to upwards of 800 poor and aged persons, denominated the " Small Maunday" of five shillings ; and al,o the Royal Gate Alms of thirteen shillings each. The latter, as well as many in the former class, have decayed from prosperity to need the above salutary and beneficent charities. The most aged upon this occasion is 101 years. A Confirmation of the Juvenile Nobility and Gentry was held yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal St. James's by the Bishop of London. About fifty of the younger members of noble and dis tinguished families were confirmed by the Noble Prelate. Among the nobility present at the ceremony were the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis of Stafford, the Earl and Countess Delawarr, Earl Howe, Earl of Bradford, Lord Campbell, Lord Thomas Cecil, and the Hon. Miss Sydney. The Rev. Dr. Wesley and the Rev. Mr. Knapp assisted in the service. Sir Robert Peel left his residence in Whitehall gardens yesterday morning for his seat Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at the Foreign. office, • THE Goon SERVICE PENSION.—We are gratified to hear that the good service pension of 1501. per annum, which had fallen to the patronage of the Admiralty by the death of Captain J. Coghlan, C. 8., has been bestowed by the Earl of Haddington on Captain Henry Prescott, C.B. (1810). Captain Prescott's _services during the late war were as bril liant as they were effective. He was a midshipman of the Penelope in 1800, when she captured the French ship of the line Guillaume Tell ; he served as Lieutenant of the iEolus in Strachan's action, and had command of the Weazle, 28 guns, from 1808 to 1811, during which time he maintained the reputation which this sloop had acquired, by his being constantly engaged with the enemy's flotillas and batteries in the Adriatic. He was . posted While in command of this _vessel. far a gallant- affair at Amanthea, at which place he landed in command of a detachment of seamen and marines Irons the Weazle, Thames, and Pilot, and captured six gun vessels and a very large convoy. Captain Prescott was nominated a C.B. in 1815, and his last employment afloat was in the Aurora, 46, in the Pacific, from the year 1821 to 1824, where, as senior officer of that station, he rendered important services during the convulsions and revolutions in the Spanish colonies by. his indefatigable exertions in causing British interests to be respected at this momentous crisis. WAVERLEY BALL.—We understand that the Wa verley Ball Committee have paid over to the Scott Monu ment New Subscription Fund the sum of 300 guineas, being the free proceeds of that brilliant assembly. We learn that there exists a strong desire among the mercantile and mid• dle classes to have another ball for the same object, at a little lower price of admission. We doubt riot, that if carried into effect under the patronage of the Auxiliary Committee, it would be as numerously • attended as that of last Tues day, and might add at least another 1001. to the. funds.— Edinburgh Advertiser. THE CONVICT LAWRENCE.—The warrant for the execution of John Lawrence, for the murder of Henry Solo mon, was received by the governor of Horsham gaol on Tuesday morning; and the execution is to take place, as we announced last week, on Saturday next. We understand that his demeanour is altogether suitable to his situation ; and we hear that his fortitude is very great, and the surgeon of the gaol has expressed his astonishment at the firm state of his 17ealth. He shows nothing of that feverish excitement which might be expected in his situation, but is cool and col lected as an ordinary person.—Brighton Gazette. HIGH TIDES.— fhe present spring tides, which were supposed to be at their greatest height on 'Wednesday afternoon, continues to rise. At high water yesterday morn ing (17 minutes past two o'clock) the depth at the outer lock of the St. Katharine's Dock was 29 feet 1 inch, and at high tide in the afternoon (39 minutes past two o'clock), the depth of water was 29 feet 2 inches, being an increase of six inches on the tides of Wednesday. A considerable number of low lying premises and a few wharfs on both sides of the river, above and below bridge, were partially flooded; but as high tides were expected, all goods liable to loss or damage by water were removed to places of security before high water, and, consequently, little or no damage has been sustained by the high tides of Yesterday. Two brothers, named Jean and Francois Braud, were tried a few days ago at the assizes of the Haut Loire for the robbery and murder, in 1843, of a carrier named Chauchat, of Alevras. Amongst the witnesses for the prose cution were four convicts, to whom, when in the same prison with the accused, they had confessed their crime. They were both found guilty. Jean Braud was sentenced to death, and his brother Francois to fifteen years' imprisonment with hall labour. THREE LAUNCHES AT BLACK WALL. Great as was the concourse of persons at Woolwich on Wednesday, to witness the launch of her Majesty's ship-Boscavven,.7o guns, the assemblage yesterday at Blackwell was greater, owing to the novelty of three fine vessels being launched within one hundred yards of each other, viz , the Wellesley, East Indiaman, and Monarch, steam-boat, from Messrs. Green's yard, and a fine iron steam-boat called the Meteor, from Messrs. Ravenhill and Miller's, the engineers. The latter vessel was expressly for the Star Steam-boat Company. Owing to the fineness of the day, the scene on the river was very animated. The numer ous steam-boats were gaily decorated with their signal-flags, whilst the yachts'of the Royal Thames Club, trimmed out in their gayest attire, highly en livened the assembled multitude by the many manures they made in scudding clear of the throng of craft that covered this part of the Thames. Black wall Pier and the Brunswick Wharf were densely crowded, and Messrs. Green's yard contained one moving mass of people. On the right of the Welles ley was erected a large gallery, for the accommoda tion of the more select visitors. Under the bow was also formed a platform for the christening party ; whilst on the left, stationed on the Indiaman Monarch (not the steamer), another fine large East India ship, which will be completed in the course of next month, was the band of the Royal Marines, from Woolwich. Every spot where a sight of the ceremony could be got was occupied ; and even the Kentish shore, on the opposite side of the river, was densely lined with spectators. Two o'clock having arrived, and being near high water, the order was given to launch off the Monarch steam-boat, and the work men commenced knocking away the few blocks that held her. In the meantime Mrs. H. Green, accom panied by a fashionable party, proceeded to name the vessel in the usual manner, and, on that being per formed, she glided off majestically into her future element, the company applauding, and the band play ing " Rule Britannia. She is a very fine ves•iel, about 200 tons burden, and is intended for the East Indies. All eyes were now directed to the "lion" of the day, and the heavy clank of hammers betokened that she would soon burst forth from her birth pl ice. At a quarter past two, Lady Hayes wss escorted to the bow of the Wellesley, where she performed the ceremony of christening her, officiating for the Duke of Wellington, after whom the vessel is named. All being in readiness, the labourers commenced knock ing away the dog shores, and after a minute or two of suspense, she proCeeded steadily off the slip, with hundreds of human beings on her decks, the Royal Marine band playing the national anthem, amidst the tumultuous cheering of the thousands assembled. Her figure head is that of the great Duke. She is 1,150 tons burden, 190 feet in length, and 39 feet beam. The brilliant company, amongst whom were observed Sir John Pelly ;J. Hume, E-q., M.P. ; several of the Trinity brethren, Gurney, Esq., W. Baker, Esq., &c., retired to the Sailors' Home in the East India-road, and sat down to a sumptuous enter tainment, a grand ball taking place in the evening to celebrate the event. The Meteor was launched just before the Wellesley. Miss Harmer, a fair daughter of the ex-Alderman of the City of London, acting on the occasion in naming her. She will be eighty horse power, and it is said she will be the fastest steamer on the river Thames. N itwiihstanding the immense assemblage of persons, not the slightest ac cident occurred. V.a; IVIATRIMONIAL ADVERTISE MENTS. From the Morning Post we extract a Mims morceau that is not withotit its instructive hear-- ing on the question of social refinethent and moral propriety among one class, at least, of the commit nity. The class is that whose " sayings and doings' our Contemporary expressly records, in that well known department of his journal which is devoted: to " the Fashionable World." We have ever Mt a su preme indifference about the festive occupations, the domestic engagements, and the appearances - and dis appearances of these very obtrusive "people of qualit" whose goings out and comings in—their whereabouts and their routine of movements—are chronicled with a tedious minuteness in the inverse ratio of their Im portance. To the daily business of men, living in s period of European peace indeed, but not the less-of extreme political excitability, the announcements of three Honourable Misses 1 - I—, or of as many I,t nail Princes, each with a whole contingent of long andun. pronounceable titles to his foreign back, having taken an airing, or taken fright; or honoured the Ojibbe way Indians, or the Thames Tunnel, or the ancient Dowager Countess of , with a visit ; or fifteen artists with last sittings for the one-and-twentieth portrait which has been painted of each of them ;—are matters utterly impertinent. Nevertheless, since there are, undoubtedly, those who take an interest in such "intelligence," nobody else has any right t., find fault with its being thus communicated. But we hope, iii: future, that the intelligence in question will be con fined to its legitimate daily promenade among the well accustomed parterres appropriated to the "HAUT TON" in the shape of " Court Circulars," or " from authority" paragraphs; and not be suffered to break, into the sober, pedestrian. like inclosures, within which steady, quiet advertisements are ordinarily, congregated. Yet it was from such a position, struck • by the evident symptoms it presented of having . lost t its way, and being located in some wrong domicile, • that we found—and have hastened to extricate—the " illustrious stranger" of the following interesting notice : " MATRIMONT.—A Young Nobleman, with large expectsi tions, and at present with a moderate income, wishes, throttgli the present medium of an advertisement, to meet with A Lady of fortune, who would be elevated t o a high rank, and also meet with a young and kind partner for life. Letters addressed, pre-paid, to Coronet, 43, Upper Berkeley-;street, Connaught-square, will meet with immediate attention." Undoubtedly this is a business-like way of pro- . posing to do business ; and, as men of business our selves, we must not object to the announcement -on that account. Nor are we at liberty to attach any imputation to it, simply on the ground that it iirct., ceeds from some (very) " young nobleman." For though we shall never be the apologists of the sins against good sense and morality (neither few nor far between) which are unhappily brought home, with the experience of almost every week, to some titled offender or other, we have a respect for aristocracy as an institution. We are content, too, to accept the doctrine of our prerogative lawyers—" that the Crown is the fountain of honour," for it is a good proposition —in the abstract. But we have almost as grave doubts of the decorum with which this derivative source professes to communicate td the future fortunate lady of so " young and kind a partner for life," the same degree of distinction which his own ancestors had derived from the original " fountain :of honour ;" as w e entertain of the delicacy of his public proclamation of a certain "reward" to be paid.to any lady of fortune disposed to hand it over to a young nobleman ; to wit, the condition of securing her the rare felicity of being married to him, and•acquiring at once a title (! !) and "a young and kind partner for life." As for the " title," any lady of fortune who' closes with such a proposal will most unquestionably secure one that is already conceded to many others, nienr bers of his "order," besides the "CORONET whO advertising for her. She will take rank among that interesting community whom men call "fools,": be yond all possibility of doubt. But we would fain hope that some of the fair correspondents who may be caught by such an advertisement as thia--4f _they don't discover " Collo/ire' to be a mere idea, the phantom of some pocketbook-frontispiece-exquisite , having no real existence—if they don't find the whole affair (in spite of the "genuine address" and . matter of-fact-like directions to obtain " tickets to view, and further particulars," as the house agents have it) to prove a mere hoax ;—we would fain hope that they will enlighten the world on a topic of so much sr nising curiosity as the identity of the advertising nobleman. " Is he a peer of the realm f—we shall be all dying to know ;"—such, we can almost fancy, is the excler illation we hear from some of our lady readers. "hid what is his present moderate income ?" It le to be feared an income of extreme tenuity, seeing that letters, " to meet with attention," must " be prepaid." Ali! what an age do we live in, , when the economising spirit of RowLAND HILL, roaming up and down the earth like the evil genius of 'Valet' tine and love-letter writers, thus denounces, before. , hand, unpaid billets-doux! These -missives, fraught with all their delicious confessions—their acknovP lodgements of "an invincible interest and preposses' lion" in favour of the noble advertiser, though known, &c. &c., will meet with no attention if their several penny charges be not first defrayed. Not t° be prepaid, in short, will be a double enormity; es S would entail a double postage—two pennies instead o ,t , one per billet ! But there is some comfort in this stv, pulated course. It speaks well for the frugality a n d forecast of the "young nobleman," who is about 0 _ realise the pictured felicities of Wiroluis " Pena 7 Wedding." That he is at present worth a "moderato income," may be sufficient excuse, too, for his selia s apprehensions of being made insolvent, without pre' viou.ly bargaining for prepayment of the 1,000 lettell per diem, which, at least, the faint and weary pest' men, in whose district, unhappily for them, "No- 4 1' Upper Berkeley-street, Connaught-square" is .situatee4 will have daily to deliver at the door of " Conosor. - . " CORONET" is, however, a man "of large expect' tions"—and of Irish connexions, too, we will TO' ture to wager. For he not only reckons on meet with a lady of fortune, who, in return for presenting him with it, will be elevated to his own rank, Vall e undertakes to prove to her " a young and kind Farb:" ner for life." So that if they are to livelogetbe f for sixty years from this time, the lady may be pared to address him in the words of Tom Moos ballad— "Thou wilt still be young to me!" If his other " expectations" are as large as thi.o ll s advertisement does not overrate them. But the oil chief is, the extent of " moderate-incomed" genr a men's. " expectations" is too often the only real'si property they ever carry with them. S e rioual o speaking, it is long since we have seen anything d disparaging to the rank and dignity of a • q 1. 001 17, nobleman,' as this " public tender" for a•wife with „ fortune. The follies of some of the rakish, profiler; Lords, which Courts of Law and justice haVe rece from time to time exposed, have been bad'and. ai"i o enough. But still they were little more than viciT i o excesses, naturally consequent on the pursuits ( 0 prodigal and reckless career of personal extra/t, gance, carrying with them their own penal and Pe . sonal consequences. They did not infer that J u il i delinquents would have been content to barter, ,"", public roup"—for the considerati o n o f "a wife wit' n , fortune," the participation of their titles and cop nexions, their own acceptation probably, in soci.„e"ii; and the best interests of their future progeny. i v " CORONET" thinks it unnecessary to stipulate t• education, accomplishments, amiable manners, Ira ability, unblemished character, or even yo u ability, in his bride. She must have a fortune--rd yet that is not all; she—must prepay her letter je , reply. Among all the precedents of forfeiture,l gradation, and decay adduced in the huge blue n' oe "On the Dignity of a Peer," we have met with; such case of moral or social destitution as a ' advertising for a lady of fortune. ft ° The Norman Times says :—" In the early 1: 41 0 1 1 the week a number of hands who are thrown Gut of slur ment at the fabriques on the Deville, Maromrne, an t , % r ero' launey-road, near Rouen, assembleil in groups ill %JO places about Maromme and Devil ,le and demanded to be tho on to work at the railway works just commenced in 'O3O neighbourhood. They expressed much dissatisfaction_orp Englishmen should be employed while they were out o f .: 4 to An officer of gendarmerie was sent to them with oneets have them dispersed, and since that nothing more h01..,e6' heard of their complaints. It would only be right tor: 1:01$ tion here, that these men, from their previous habits. },llO the kind of men whom a contractor would employ peculiar description of labour; and, therefore, suPr li det" sufficient quantity of labour could be afforded, whie „ t oo' cannot at present, no blame could be attached to a tor for not employing them. The place where the n'ptir. faction exists bears a strong resemblance, front the „. of its fabrics, and the description of its populatio n ' environs of Manchester; and the fact that the PO well cannot be kept in full employment by the manufuc.hrobt affords a curious and instructive commentary to tbe_r e p . o` which has been held out by some of the Manchester p i „ e t emigrating to this country, if Parliament should ino w u' or ic protecting the helpless women and children who the they • their mills, from the grinding oppression to which . now subjected." BERLIN, MARCH 17.—1 t is said that the P r r ti o :o 4 , Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, who has been her° 100,T, days past, has, at the request of our King and the Brunswick, declared himself ready to offer his Per s°n A bont t tion to the King of Hanover, in the differences levying of the duties on the frontier. CE 0$ MOLIERE AND THE DOCTORS, AND T lig • .1 P ill tt PAID FOR HIS WANT OF FAlTH. —Moliere made a , physic and physicians. Had he followed t he gene' I t s ow,. received from his medical attendants , however: tie fis have been better for him—if longer life b e a good. , he i s bow o recommended to give up playing, inasmuch a s o ds was too great for his chest ; he was advised to ; .‘, .. 10 r eo milk diet, inasmuch as it agreed with him ; beart. o l 6 ,4 ticularly counselled to live apart from his wife, e r e c a: ar , coquette, of whom he was nevertheless ex_trinnlfin He gave no heed to these wise hygienic and p l; r oy y Lions, and died at fifty-one, of an attack of . ru' ulace 17S, plexy, which in all human probability, might ha ve r" warded off for an indefinite length of time, or never curved at all.--Loner Medical Gazette. HAMBURGH PAPERS. STOCKHOLM, MARCH 22.—Major-General Louis Marie de Camps, who was taken ill at the same time as the late King, died on the 20th inst., in the 79th year of his age. It seems that he was brought up by the same nurse as the King, who kept him about his person during his whole life, and in 1811 gave him the commission of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Swedish service, which rank he had held in the French army. He was born at Pau. In 1828 he quitted the Roman Catholic for the Lutheran Church. He has left two sons and two daughters. We hear that the design for the new royal arms of the kingdom, is approved, and the shield is now to be divided into two equal parts, one with the Swedish and the other with the Norwegian arms, whereas hitherto only the third part has been allotted to Norway. CHRISTIANSAND, MARCH 15.—A report was spread here a few days ago that two English frigates had ap peared on our coast, and that a large fleet was coming in the North Sea. The captains of vessels just arrived from England did not see any such fleet, nor had they heard that an English fleet was destined for the North Sea; on the other hand, it was stated that of the 30 English ships of the line which, according to a new resolution, are to be always kept ready fur sea, bearing the name of advanced ships, 17 are already completely equipped, and are lying partly at Ports mouth and partly at Devonport. This news is con firmed by the accounts received from England by yesterday's mail. As for the report about the two frigates, and the fleet cruising in the North Sea, it is probably as true as that the captain's- of those frigates have sent a summons to the Governor of Christian sand to give up the harbour and fortress of Flekkeroe. ST. PETF.RSBURGII, MARCH 21.—The Duke of Leuchtenburgh left this city on the 19th for Stock holm, being commissioned by his Imperial Majesty to convey to the reigning King of Sweden, Oscar 1., his letter of condolence on the death of King Charles John, and the compliments on his accession. Count Orlow returned from Vienna on the 16th.—Ham . burgh Papers, April 2. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On Wednes day night, between ten and eleven o'clock, a fatal accident occurred on the river, whereby a young man, named Samuel Jefferies, lost his life. The deceased, who was a seal-en graver, residing with his father, in Union-street, Hackney, left home on Wednesday morning, in company with several other young men, for the purpose of witnessing the launch of her Majesty's ship the Boscawen, at Woolwich, after which they proceeded in two boats on an excursion down the river, and on the return of the party, at the late hour above mentiuned, one of the boats. containing deceased and two of his companions, ran foul of a lighter, which deceased at tempted tojump upon, but over-balancing himself fell into the water, and before assistance could be obtained he was washed away by the tide. The body has not yet been dis covered. Deceased and his companions were perfectly sober at,the time of the accident. Goon FRlDAY.—Easter was a goddess among our Saxon forefathers, and has been commemorated with pecu liar festivity from the earliest Christian periods. In Russia the churches are thronged on Holy Thursday by congrega tions, every individual of which holds a burning taper in his hand. They are burnt throughout Thursday evening, extin guished on Good Friday, and kindled again at midnight on Easter eve. On Good Friday there is no further ceremonial than the erection of a kind of tabernacle in the 'churches, which, in general, is no more than a mere box laid upon tressels, and covered with a cloth; on the upper side of the cloth the body of the Redeemer is represented in painting, embroidery, or half relief. This tabernacle stands there till Easter eve, with only so many lights as are necessary to show the objects. The doors of the churches stand constantly open, and the people go in and out to kiss the simulated wounds. THE LATE MUDER IN MARYLEBONE.—AIthough it had been intended that the funeral of the murdered woman Frances Elizabeth Crouch, should take place this day, it was deemed advisable by the relatives of the unfortunate woman that it should take place at an earlier period. It was there fore arranged that the funeral should take place at three o'clock yesterday afternoon ; but, notwithstanding the se cresy with which it was endeavoured to carry out the pro ceedings, hundreds of persons assembled to view the melan choly scene, which took place in St. John's Wood Cemetery. The coffin was of plain elm, studded with black nails, and the plate bore the inscription, " Frances Elizabeth Crouch, died March 30th, 1844, aged 27 years." The infant of the deceased will be taken care of—it will remain with Mrs. Lynes until weaned, and then Mr. and Mrs. Smith will take charge of it. A FOENDLlNG.—Yesterday morning between nine and ten o'clock, a fine male infant was found lying in the passage _of the residence of Mitcham,—No.--25, Maze; Zrooley-street, having evidently been there but a short time, as it was sleeping. It was dressed in a dark bedgown, linen shirt, cotton napkin, and flannel belt, and had wrapped round it a dark coloured apron. Its age is supposed to be about ten weeks. The little foundling was removed to St. Olave's workhouse, and every means have been used to discover the parent. HOT CROSS BUNS TO PAUPERS.—This day (Good Friday) the inmates of the Greenwich union house had • distributed" among them at breakfast 2,000 " hot cross buns," in conformity with the provisions of the last will and testament of two merchants of Deptford. Arrangements for the distribution, which was made in the presence of the Visiting Committee, were made by the Boatd of Guardians last evening. A curious case between two cooks came on a few days back, says the Droit, before one of the juges de paix of Paris. A cook of a rich family fell ill, and was obliged to call in another person to supply his place. The latter was employed ten days, and demanded 50f. for his ser vices, at the rate of sf. a day. The other refused to ac cede to this, unless his substitute paid over to him-Ist, 5 per cent. on all the goods furnished to the family in the kitchen department during the ten days—they amounted to 350 f. ; 2d, ten kilogrammes of tallow purchased back by the butcher for If. 20c. the kilogramme; and 3d, five kilo grammes of melted fat, purchased back also at If. 20c. the kilogramme. The substitute, besides, had received 15 bottles of wine, at 75c. a piece, which he had to account for. To these demands it was replied by the substitute that he had received nothing in the shape of per centage, as the tradesmen refusea him any allowance, as he was in the place so short a time. He denied positively having received the other things, except the wine which was necessary for his dishes, and Which was paid for by the mistress of the house. The juge de paix inquired if the cook's master was aware of this system of allowances, and received as answer that " every one was aware of the system, his master, he supposed, as well as an other." The magistrate, after speaking severely of such practices, ordered the cook to pay to the substitute his claim of 50f. ALLEGED HOAX. — Yesterday, throughout the day, a report prevailed in the neighbourhood of the Bank of Eng land that a large sum of money, in guineas, had been found by some of the workmen employed in clearing the foundation of the houses which formed Bank-buildings. The hoard was stated to have been contained in a tin box, near the site which was formerly occupied by the firm of Messrs. Lad broke and Co. The circumstances became known to the' authorities at the bank, who sent some messengers to inquire into the truth' of the report. when it was alleged that no such treasure had been found. It is believed, however, that some of the workmen have dug up a quantity.of guineas. • According to letters from Palermo, a complete famine reigned in Sicily, many persons in theinterior having died of hunger. Yet the Government had only granted permission for the free importation of corn. .4' l lo r nanda t9ge.th !6th • 14°11(1C -C. flei I StA Co . 1110 13r .~ he G