The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-25 00:00:00

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADLES AND GENTLEMEN, SINCE I had the honour of addressing you under yesterday's date, a most unexpected Vacancy has occurred in the administration of your affairs, by the sudden death of your highly respected Director, the Hon. Hugh Lindsay ; I hasten, therefore,_ to repeat my. determination, in fulfilment of my previous pledges, to proceed to the Ballot on the present occasion. Most grateful to the numerous Proprietors who have already pro mised me their support, I earnestly and respectfully solicit the suf frages of those who have not yet declared their intentions, and whose votes are still disengaged. When the day of Election is fixed, I shall lose no time in forward ing to my friends in the country the necessary letter of attorney, to enable them to vote by proxy, as will as to those in town, who may apprise me of their wishes to that effect. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, your faithful and obedient servant, W. J. EASTWICK. London Tavern, April 23, 1844. *,,,* To prevent mistakes in the transmission of proxy papers, it is particularly requested that those friends of Captain Eastwick who may have recently changed their residence, will be pleased to notify the same to his Committee, which sits daily at the London Tavern, 'Ugh opsgate-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last appearance but two of Carlotta Grist. THIS EVENING (it being a Subscription Night), Will be performed (first time this season) Bellini's Opera, entitled NORMA. Norma, Madame Grisi • Adalgisa, Mdllc. Favanti ; Pollio, Sig. Mario • Ororeso, Sig. Lablache. After which will be presented the new Ballet by M. Perrot, with new Scenery, Dresses, Decoration. ' &c., founded on Victor H u g o's celebrated work of " Notre Dame de Paris," entitled LA ESM ERA LD A. Ls Esmeralda, Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi ; Fleur de Lys, Mille. Ade laide Frassi ; Phoebus de Chateaupers, - M. St. Leon ; Pierre Grin goire, M. Perro!. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Other, Opera Colonnade. _ - - THEATRE ROYAL, DRAIRY-LANE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF M. BENEDICT. THIS EVENING, APRIL 25, Will be repeated A New Grand Opera, entitled THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Count Alberto, Mr. W. Harrison; Count Ono Seranzo, Mr. ()Trani; Nalima, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Geraldo, MdUe. Albertazzi ; Francesca, Miss Romer. After the Opera, a Vt.CAL and INS TR UMENTAL CONCERT. To be followed by the Last Scene of LUCIA DI LAMMER MOOR. Edgardo, Signor Salvi (his first appearance in England); Raimondo, Mr. Boranni. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled MY WIFE'S COME. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price Is. tid. ; Upper Circles of Boxes &).. Seined • Price as. ; Pit 38 , Second Price 25.; fil:ddle Gallery 28, Snood Price Is.; Upper Gallery ls., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. ME. BENJAMIN WEBSTY.R, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, APRIL Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonis Leech, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs Humby. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE MILL. Marquis de Richeville, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Francine, Madame Vestris. 'To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra waganza, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or, An Evening with Puff: Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, and Miss Lee. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled LOVE IN. A SACK. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr 1. T. Archer, at the Box office. from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, APRIL 25, Will be performed a New Farce, called BOUNCE ; or, The Ojibbeway Indians. Characters by Messrs. Oxberry, Fitzjames ; Granby, Walter Lacy, and Miss Brooks. To he followed by a New Farce, in Ore Act, entitled THE YOUNG- SCAMP; or, My Grandmother's Pet. Joseph, Miss Portescue ,• Mildew, Mr. Morris Larnett. To which will be added the Gran..l Ballet, entitled LEOLA; or, the May day Bride. Patrick, Mr. Chicheley; Yhelim, Mr. Gilbert; Rhona, Miss Charleton ; Leola, Miss Ballin. After which, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. To conclude with a new Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, called FAIR STAR; or THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE DANCING WATERS. The principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Oxberry, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Miss Fortescue. THEA FRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, APRIL Will be produced an Original Comic Drama, entitled THE THREE WIVES OF MADRID. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Diddear, F. Matthews, Emery, Wigan, Craven, Turner, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Miss Turner, Mrs. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. To he followed by a New Drama, in One Act, called THE POST OF HONOUR. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch, J. Collier, Stanton, Yarnold, Miss Grove, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with a Grand Burlesque l'airy Extravaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves. Cha. Teeters by Miss Wcolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF ADMISSION. —Balcony Foxes, es.; Upper Boxes, Ss. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price — Balcony Boxes, 2s. ; Upper Boxes, Is 6d. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony 'tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas Private Boxes on the Second Tier (holding eight persor.s), One Guinea and a.Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Fier (holding six persons), One Guinea. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY. Triumphant Success of the Grand National Spectacle. THIS EVENING, APRIL 25, Will be repeated the Hiftorical Spectacle of the INVASION OF ENGLAND BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR ; or, the Battle 14 of . stings. With all the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death of Harold, &c. New scenes in the Circle. To conclude with LONDON and KENSINGTON ; or, Pursuit of a Wife. The door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances commence at seven. Box-office opened 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. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEAIItE. THIS EVENING, APRIL ( ..`.5, Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, eutitleel WHITEFRIARS, in which the entire Company will perform. After which, THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS, sup iorted by all the leading Favourites of the Establishment. To conclude with a Domestic Drama, entitled BROKEN HOME. Pieces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kgrschuer, at the Box. olice, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, APRIL 15, Will be produced a New Drama entitled THE OLD MAN'S BRIDE; or, the Murder at Norwood Villi. Supported by Messrs. Freer, Nantz, Dale, Seaman, C. J. Bird, Gardner, Paul, Corm", James, Miss Arden, and Miss Vincent. To be followed by the celebrated " Polka Dance." After which, the New Popular Drama, called LEONTINE; or SIXTEEN YEARS AGO! Fitzarlington, Mr. Osbaldiston; Ar thur Mr. C. J. Bird; Mat, Mr. Freer; Paul, Mr. Caren. ; Leon. tiae , Miss Vincent. To conclude with THE GALLEY SLAVES OF TOULON. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, APRIL 25. Who can wonder that hundreds cannot gain admission to the iilagic Temple of the WIZARD OF THE NORTH ? He has waved his mystic wand for the fourth time over the Great Metro. polls ; itc influence is greater than when Ise first appeared at the Strand Theatre four years ago—he has now perfumed during five years 540 nights (at a moderate calculation) before 4'0,0f0 spec tators !—one and all proclaim him to be the only living professor of Scientific Delusions. Were the Magi of old—Pythagorus, Polydoras, Dido, Paracelsus, Jerome Cardan, Benevenuto, Cellini, Nostradamus, Michael Scott, Alburtus Magnus, Friar Bacon, and Dr. Faustus, to look up and be hold the 'WONDERS OF THE WIZARD, they would be as much suiprised as our great grandfathers would be to look on our locomotive of the present day. The Modern Faustus will nightly appear in his Magic Circle, and prove by ocular demonstration, that he can make the " eyes the fools of the other senses." Between the Wizard's performance, which will be divided into two Parts, Mr. SIALO NE RAYMOND, will give AN HOUR IN IRELAND, assisted by Mrs. R. M. RAYMOND and Miss LI NLEY. All Complimentary Admissions suspended, the Press excepted. Private Boxes can bo secured at the Agents in London. Reserved Seats, ss. Boxes, Se. Pit. Is. ficl. Gallery, Ed. Second Price at Nine o'clock. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Boxes, Is. 6d ; Pit ls. Doers open at half-past Seven—the Wizard appears at Eight. .The KEY to the WIZ AHD'S TRICKS to be had at the Box-office LOVE'S PoLYPI-loNY, MUSIC-HALL, STOHE.STREEF. ENTERTAINMENTS EVERY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY Tommencinir To-morrow, April 26. Chan each Eveni. On WEDNESDAY,TotaI LOVE'S ge MIRTH A ND MARVELS; with MINE HOST'S DILEMMAS, and other Entertainments. • gm FRIDAY, LOVE IN ALL SHAPES; with LOVE'S LA- B OVI R'S LOST, and other Entertainments, Admission, 25.; Reserved S ea t s , i s 6d ; Private Boxes to accom modate six, 155.; Private Boxes to accommodate eight, I/. Doors open at Half-past Seven ; begin at Eight. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to 'TILE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo rical Carlosities and Works of Art ever known to have been formed by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most 'a ttractive and interesting manner, the most important part of Euro penn history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often, during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladles, also many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine MSS., Sec., his previous almost incredible number and variety of MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other curiosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it aught to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it, and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS have stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of admis sion is reduced to ONE SHILLING. The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the " Egyptian L Ball," Piccadilly, dail M y from Ten till Dusk. THE WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, APRIL 24. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 41 ; Highest, 64; Noon, 60. BAROMETER, 30.3.—W0rn, N.W. Norz.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. , In Barometers fair is lewdly placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. BUM WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE Tllfg DAY. Morning ... 21 minutes after 6 Evening ... 46 minutes after 6. SECOND EDITION: _ ?•teee.? ic ,r , GA‘, t tl .:1 1 .: 4 i -. 4 g.t.. , ..., „,,A rk •;•••,. „, , :f f Milk ' "Ilb °.,,.0 .; i , :-17. 4 FA111 41 "....•,.,- .4% , .'4!„!.. - ' j.• 41111104 ...7,, 1i i, .ITirip. le, ..•-,.. 4 ,..6.- ,• 1 ^ 'Atiroc,„ •-.' z r • 0' ~ ~ 0 . •‘• , ' . 9.it 0 1 Iw o ,' 1 t• :.•,-•' _ _ nit LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1844. In the House of Commons, the Marquis of BLAND FORD took his seat for Woodstock. Mr. HUME gave notice of a motion for abolishing the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. MILNES gave notice that, on Friday next, he would ask Sir R. PEEL whether the new front of the British Museum had been definitively agreed on, with a view of moving for a Select Committee to consider the plan. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice of a motion for Thursday fortnight, to appoint a Select Committee to ascertain what Members had been returned to Par liament by Peers or other persons. The great affair of the evening—the charge against Mr. FERRAND—was then brought forward by Sir JAMES .. GRAHAM, who moved that the two passages in t b n r e o Times newspaper, in which Mr. FERRAND ught charge s against himself and Mr. HoGG, should be read by the Clerk at the table. The pas sages were read by the Clerk , when Sir ROBERT PEEL, after on gto three precedents, moved that the House,Fri d ay next, take the matters of com plaint into consideration, and that Mr. FERRAND be ordered to attend hi his place, in order to state whe ther the passages are correct, and also if he thinks fit to bring proof of the charges. Lorci - JOHN RUSSELL entirely concurred in the course proposed by Six ROBERT FEU. Mr. FRENCH objected to the motion. The pas sages read did not bear out the charge that Sir JAMES GRAHAM tampered with Mr. HOGG ; and, besides, it was a dangerous precedent that a Minister of the Crown, backed by a majority, should take upon him self to put down a man who ventured to bring a charge against him. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE thought the publisher of the paper was the offending party. Now, however, he thought the most proper course would be, to refer the matter to a Committee, and if Mr. FERRAND failed to substantiate his charges, then it would be for the House to exercise its undoubted authority. Mr. DISRAELI acquitted Mr. HoGG of all blame, disapproved of the language used by Mr. FERRAND, but thought he had received a great moral lesson, and it would be better to let the matter drop. After speeches from Lord JOHN MANNERS, who moved the previous question, Mr. SMYTHE, and Mr. ROEBUCK, displaying some new political features, and also some personal allusions, Lord Howicx depre cated the course proposed. It would, in his opinion, be better to pass over the affair in silent contempt, and follow the example set by the House when the Member for Knaresborough made a similar un founded charge against Mr. COBDEN. After some remarks from other Members, Lord JOHN MANNERS withdrew his amendment, and the original motion was agreed to. The County Coroners Bill went through Commit tee ; and, while Mr. FRENCH was making a motion respecting the Dublin jury lists, the House was counted out, at a Quarter to Eight. The usual weekly meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League was held last night at Covent-Garden Theatre. Though these meetings have been of regular occurrence since the commencement of the session, yet there is not the slightest symptom of any falling-off in public interest ; the house still continues to be crowded—which is more than can be said of St. Stephen's ; and the attention paid by the audience to the proceedings is still as vigilant and earnest as ever. Mr. EWART, who was one of the principal speakers of the evening, made several apt remarks on the subject of the great progress which free trade had made in the minds of the people, and, alluding incidentally to:negro slavery, observed : "If they were to have the iron fetters shaken from the hands of the slaves, the nation said, let us also have the commercial fetters shaken from our hands. The negroes were freed, but the people of this coun try still continued bound, and unless they imperatively demanded the abolition of these restrictions, they would continue to be so, till nothing short of the compulsion of necessity should drive the Legislature to redeem its pledge." The emancipation of the negroes, not withstanding the prodigious cost at which it was effected, was unquestionably a generous, politic, high-minded act worthy of a mighty nation like England; but the emancipation of trade from the shackles with which it is at present encumbered, is an act at least equally politic, equally necessary, equally called for by humanity. For who would be the gainers by such emancipation ? All classes to a certain extent; but more especially the poor—the oppressed—the despised operatives, on whom the present restrictive system falls with terrible seve rity, crippling their energie3, narrowing their field of labour, throwing a cloud over the present, blottng out hope from the future, and sowing, almost as a matter of necessity, the seeds of between themselves and their employers, by placing each in a false position with the other. It is but a tame, halting, one-sided humanity that re dresses the wrongs of the blacks, while it can endure to perpetuate the slavery—for what is the present factory system, so far as the women and chil dren are concerned, but slavery ?—of the whites. Referring to the vacillating policy of Ministers, Mr. EWART went on to say :—" Government were sometimes by their friends and foes charged with being free-traders. He gave them full credit for what they did. He could only wish they were more open in carrying into practice their theory of free trade. One Minister had just made the declaration he had already quoted ; and others said that the prin ciples of free-trade were the principles of common sense. Another was supposed to write in favour of the Government principles of free-trade. If such were the principles entertained by the Ministers, why did they not act on them ?" This is a question that has often been asked, and answered in an infinite variety of ways, according to the views of those who it. - replied to Our own opinion, which we have ex pressed more than once, is that Ministers have aban doned an old-fashioned notion of principle, and adopted expediency as their sheet-anchor. On this alone they act, and will continue to act, so long as they remain in office. Lofty and comprehensive views are clearly caviare to them ; they consult only their majority, which is to them a sort of political barometer. And yet, strange to say, not withstanding the- vaunted majority, rarely has there been of late times so utterly inefficient a Ministry. It seems nearly powerless for good, and not over influential even for evil. Quarter after quarter it post pones, struggles, equivocates with, and abandons, while the country looks on astonished at the phenomenon of a Government scarcely able to make a single decisive movement, with a majority of ninety at its back ! It is to be hoped that Mr. CHARLES BULLER, or some other Member of the House of Commons, who has devoted an adequate portion of his own time and his powers of investigation to the study of our colo nial relations and policy, will speedily bring before Parliament a series of definite and practical propositions for the extension and consolidation of the one, and the exposition of the other. Of all the political res ponsibilities attaching to that foremost rank which Great Britain occupies among the nations composing the dominant Governments of Europe, those which regard her parent and protectress position toward her immense colonial possessions and settlements in Asia and America, in Africa, New Holland, and the Southern Ocean, are among the most enormous and the most sacred. Beyond doubt, of all the systems of depart mental administration which ever aspired to the de signation of a scheme of "policy," that upon which our " empire beyond sea" has been conducted, from the accession of the house of BRUNSWICK to the pre sent time, has been the most undigested, ill combined, conflicting, wasteful, and ignorant. We write this advisedly. Nor is it any answer to the charge —any disproof of the accusation we bring against a scheme of management so destitute of principle, so innocent of consistency, so capricious, disjointed, and uncertain as our Colonial Government has been and still is—to point to the rapid growth of this or that colony—to indicate here, the astonishing increase of trade—to in sist there, on the prodigious extension of revenue. That young colonies should wax vigorous and opulent despite the erroneous treatment they may receive at the hands of the distant mother country—that the remotest offshoots of the Imperial State should flourish and make progress in the remotest regions of another hemisphere,—these are anomalies which only show that, under • favourable conditions of circumstances, the development of their power and resources may advance steadily and surely, although neglect, misma nagement, or incapacity at home may have done their best to impede their march and restrain their inhe rent energies. But that colonies or settlements, with an ample commerce and permanent sources of public income, neither few in number nor meagre in their amount, should be unable to meet the burden of their own expenditure, or to maintain unimpaired domestic peace and tranquillity within their own boundaries ;—these are facts which inevitably pre suppose vices of home administration, the corruption or incapacity of local legislatures, or the misconduct, excessive staff, or exce s si v e pay of the Colonial , Exe cutive. A contemplation of the enormous sums which Consolidated are annually charged on the revenues of the United King dom (whether on the Fund, or on certain duties on colonial and other produce), to make good the balances in excess of expenditure over important colonial in some of our richest and m os t colonial possessions ; and of the large votes annually passed by the British Parliament (in one class of the - Miscellaneous Estimates) on account of Colonial Services ;—this will suffice to justify the language we have applied to the general results of our Colonial Government. We do not propose here to point out the most eligible course of proceeding for the attain ment of an object so extensively beneficial in its bearings as a general revision of the existing system of that Government, and its administration. But we could not propound, either to the Learned Member for Liskeard, or any gentlemkn of the same class of qualifications, an undertaking more worthy of his research and sagacity, his industry, his legal know ledge, and that sound good sense which is the pri mary element of all statesmanship. The revision of many commercial statutes—now operating as absolute interdicts on the commerce of some colonies, or elaborately depriving others of commodities and supplies which they most need, and of which it was obviously our true wisdom to facilitate their acqui sition ; the more extended encouragement to be given by specific remissions of existing duties and imposts on native produce ; and the opening up more liberal and extensive markets in the ports and harbours of our colonies for the commerce of the world, by retaining no protecting duties in favour of the mother country not absolutely essential, or not beyond the point to which they may be proved essential to the protection of British manufactures, merchandise, &c., against the competing merchandise and manufactures of the same kind, imported under foreign flags ;—these would be some of the more im portant details in any such scheme of colonial revision as wet would call for. The assimilation of local laws, customs and usages, currency and money, to the greatest extent which may be expedient or practicable, would form another, though more gradual, operation in the range of such a plan. But such a plan—ably carried out to the full extent to which it would necessarily expand—would embrace, concurrently with the amelioration and enlargement of our trade, guarantees of the very highest importance as to political and territorial interests. IVe should cease to hear of the absolute non-application or the partial diversion of duties levied—in some instances during almost a century past—for the reparation of forts and the improvement of harbours, which duties have too often been, after strict collection in the West Indies, shamefully and illegally applied to very different purposes in England. In this way a system of revision and reform honestly discussed, ably or ganised, and impartially and fearlessly carried into execution would ensure, both to the colonies and the Mother country, in peace, all the advantages and the wealth derivable from a greatly extended commerce ; in war, all the benefit and protection of forts, batteries, and harbours in an effective condition for defence and occupation. There is no question but that whoever shall undertake such a task as we have sketched out for him, must propose to himself certain distinct, well considered principles of economic as well as imperial policy,from which he must not be lightly moved by an tagonistic claims of East and West India, Windward and Leeward Islands, Jamaica, and Mauritius interests. Giving due consideration to all, he must not be seduced into exclusive preferences for any; and for any tempo rary which he may draw upon himself from par • titular quarters, he will be abundantly compensated by the reflection of having laboured to procure for the entire empire the incalculable advantage which must flow from the calling into more unobstructed action its immense, and hitherto much mismanaged, colonial resources, by a system combining something like harmony of working with unity and compatibility of design in its principles. To the want of such a general scheme of colonial policy are attributable the anomalous condition of New Zealand ; the insecurity of a part of our Cape territory ; the decline of Australian prosperity in many of our New Holland settlements ; the aggres sive encroachments of the Dutch upon our commerce in the Indian Archipelago; the hazardous position o our interests in the Oregon ; a vast proportion of our Canadian difficulties ; and the loss of our most profitable branch of the gum trade in Western Africa. Madrid journals of the 17th have been received, from which we learn that, on the 16th, Queen CHRIS TINA reviewed her regiment, the " Reina Guberna dora," to which she had lately been Colonel. She was attended by General NARVAEZ, Duke DE SAN CARLOS, Duke DE LA. BOCA, General CORDOVA, and several other officers of rank. Her MAJESTY was enthusiastically received by the regiment. Accord.. ing to accounts from Gibraltar, the Emperor of Mo- Rocco is making great preparations to resist the proposed attack from Spain. He has proclaimed war against the Infidels, and called out forty thousand horsemen. The subjoined decree appears in the Madrid Gazette, put forth probably to gull the fo reign creditors, and prepare the way for a loan " The Queen, in her anxiety to re-establish and consoli date, by all possible means, the national credit and confi dence of the creditors of the State, and being persuaded that, in order to attain that end, nothing is more efficacious than the rigorous observation of the laws and special ordinances, and the execution of contracts, has fixed for the Ist of May next the drawing of the foreign deferred debt, which is to take place in the present year, conformably to the law of the 16th of November, 1834. A Committee, appointed to that effect, will proceed to draw, under the presidency of the Director-General of the Sinking Fund." More butcheries have been committed in the East of Spain, as will be seen from the following procla mation of General ESPLETA, addressed to the inha bitants of Gerona on the 16th : "Although the authorities of the neighbouring kingdom (France) have, thanks to their excellent vigilance, arrested 47 Spanish emigrants, most of them chiefs and officers who wanted to revive civil war in their country, on the 11th and 13th, nine other emigrants attempted to enter Spain by night. Seven were apprehended by the people and detach ments in the army. After an inquiry into the affair, and spiritual assistance being administered to them, they have suffered the punishment they deserved. They have this evening been shot." The Three per Cents. were done at 36 5-16 for cash, and 37i at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 22i. In the French Chamber of Deputies on Monday a discussion took place on a Bill introduced by the Government for the improvement of prison disci pline. The main object of the Bill is to establish throughout the prisons of France the Pennsylvanian system of solitary confinement, a system to which we are glad to find many of the members are decidedly opposed. It is admitted on all hands that the present mode of punishment in that country does not accom plish its object. Crime is on the increase, and the worst offenders are those who have been committed to the galleys, where they have been initiated into every crime; but between this defective system and that most horrible of all punishments, the silent sys tem, there is a wide difference, and scope enough for other experiments. One of the speakers, M. DE SADE, strongly opposed the Bill. He considered the system of solitary confinement which it recommended dan gerous and barbarous. Madness and death would be frequently the consequence. He quoted instances . from the penitentiary at Lausanne in support of this view of the question, and remarked that in Pennsyl vania it was on the point of being abandoned. This system was, above all, opposed to all religious in struction, and oa this very ground the Court of Rom e had refused to allow cellular imprisonment. None of the Ministers had spoken on the question. In the Chamber of Peers the debate on the Education Bill was going on, and would probably last for several days. The whole of the sitting (four hours) of the first day, was taken up with a speech from M. COUSIN in defence of the University. " It was asserted," said he, " that the philosophy taught in the University led to materialism. What ever persons said so were not men really religious, no matter what dress they wore. True religion was too sure of itself to dread false or true lights. The true light only made it the brighter ; the false one paled before it." The Noble Peer concluded by de claring that the " fate of the University was in the hands of the Chamber, and that he would call on them to remember, in legislating on it, that whatever ame liorations they decided on ought to be founded on the grand principle of the University—the power of in terference according to the State." The following are extracts from the papers : We read in the Constitutionnel :—" The affair of Otaheite is much spoken of at the Chamber, and every one inquires why the departure of Admiral Hamelin has been retarded. To this the friends of the Cabinet reply, that the affair may shortly receive an unexpected solution, which may allow M. Dupetit Thouars' work to be maintained; but they show more reserve when pressed to declare what price is to be paid for this concession by England. We believe, however, that it has been whispered that there is a project of recalling the expedition sent to China. The Ministry is well aware that it would expose itself in France to new remonstrances, but it will have provided for the most pressing matter—the customary policy of expedients. The affair of Otaheite is not the only one, it is reported, which is treating between France and England. A project for the partition of the island of St. Domingo is spoken of in diplomatic circles. France, , founding her claims on the non-execution of the conditions attached to the recognition of the independence of Hayti, of which M. de Mackau was the negotiator, is to claim the French part, and England, substituting herself for the claims of Spain, would take the Spanish part, in compensation for certain claims against the treasury of Madrid." The Commerce says :—" We can affirm, from positive in formation, that M. Guizot has had a note of the following take aw a y is from decided c i t d h e e d on g li ta following toreia purport, addres se d t o the various Italian Governments, with the exception o f th e D uke of Modena :—' The French Go vernmenttais such halal hope lineo o f f p e o v l l e e r y obtain ing as will from France the physical or even moral support, with the hope of which they now deceive themselves. All the THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1 44, and leaders of movements in Italy must look on this as a warning.' " A letter from Oran, April 10, in the Constitutionnel says : " It appears that the attack made by Abd-el-Bader on the Ouled-Soleiman has been very disastrous to that tribe. The Emir has succeeded in organising some forces for his attacks. It is pretended that he can dispose of 800 foot soldiers and 1,200 horsemen. If allowed to act as he liked he would un doubtedly find means to seriously disquiet the allied tribes of France, some of whom would be forced to follow him. Chef d'Escadron Caill:er, orderly officer of the Minister of War, will accompany the expedition: which General Lamorciere, who set out to-night, is going to direct against thfit Emir." THE BOURSE—TUESDAY, APRIL 23. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents ••• • .. 122 40 •• 122 50 .. 122 40 •• 122 50 Four-and-a-Hall.• 111 •• 111 .. 111 •• 111 Four per Cents• • •• .• 106 30 • • 106 30 .. 106 30 • • 106 30 Three per Cents.• •• • 83 70 • • 83 75 .. 83 70 • • 83 75 Bank of France...• • • ...... 3095 ..3095 ..3091 25 .•3091 25 Laffitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesll7o • • 1170 .. 1170 .. 1170 5,000 f. Sharesslss • •5160 ..5155 ..5160 Belgian Bank.... •• •• 700 • • 700 .. 700 .. 700 1841 ..1110 ••1110 —lllO ..1110 Belgian Fives, 1831.. • • • • 1031 • • 1631 .. 1034 .. 1031 1840 .. 1842 •••• • • • • 108 • • 108 4 • • 107 .• 1081 Mitch Two-and-a-Half .• •• • 61 •• 61 .. 61 .. 61 Spanish Active .. ••.••• • • • • 341 •• 34f .. 34i • • 34f Threes •••••• • • • • • • 374 • • 371 .. 37 .. 371 New Deferred • • 151 • • 151 .. 151 • • 151 Neapolitan•.. . Roman .. 106 •• 106 .. 106 .. 106 AILWAY SHARES. St. Germain • • • • • • • . 830 • • 830 .. 830 .. 830 Ver , ailles,R.B.•• •• • • ...... 380 • • 390 • . 380 390 L. 8.• ••• .• 252 50 • • 257 50 .. 252 50 257 50 Rouen • • •• • Rouen to Havre • 708 75 • • 711 25 708 75 .. 711 25 Orleans ...................95 8 75 • • 958 75 • • 952 50 .• 958 75 Strasburg to 8a1e.... • • 283 75 • • 283 75 .. 282 50 282 50 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailleg, R.B. L.B. ...... 255 •• 260 .. 255 .. 2CO Rouen 967 50 .. 967 50 • 96.5 .. 965 Rouen to Havre.. Orleans Strasburg to Bale. . 281 25 .• 285 . 261 25 .. 285 Avignon to Marseilles ••• • • 7 65 • 765 .. 765 .. 765 MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The return for the week ending Saturday, April 20, shows a as compared with th e p rev i ous wee k, number 24 846, previou s wee k 870, d th e e cre t a o s t e ra of n 2 u 4 m , average 883. There is a decrease under all the heads except two, those including epidemic and contagious diseases, arid deaths from violence, privation, cold, and intemperance. Small-pox carried off 20, and of these 14 had not been vaccinated, and one, a child, two years old s had been vaccinated three times. The deaths "occurred at the following axes :—Five under one year, twelve under four years, one five, one twenty-one, and one twenty-six years. The number of violent deaths was twenty-seven, and of these eight were from burns and scalds, and four by suicides. The highest average of the thermometer was 61.5 and the lowest 43.2. On Wednesday it was highest 66.8, and lowest on the night of Friday 36 . 3. The mean height of the barometer was a little above 30 degrees. THIS DAY'S NEWS QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY). (Sittings in Banco.) HOWARD V. GOSSET. The plaintiff is an attorney, and this vas an action brought against Sir W. Gossett, the Sergeant-at-Arms to the House of Commons, for an alleged assault and false imprisonment, connected with the celebrated Stockdale and Hansard affair; and the case stood in the special paper for argument on demurrer. Mr. WADDINGTON now applied to the Court to postpone the hearing of the argument un til next session. The case would require very great care in its preparation, as it in volved several serious questions relating to the privileges of the House of Commons. He was with his Learned Friend the Attorney-General, for the defendant, and if the case were postponed until next term, he hoped he might be enabled to have his valuable assistance. Mr. KELLY, who was on the opposite side, had no objection to the postponement, if their Lordships would consent. Mr. Justice PArrEsom—As the other side does not object, let the case stand fur argument in Trinity Term.—Apphca tion granted. This being the Queen's birthday the Judges ,were in their scarlet robes, and full-bottomed wigs ; and the Queen's Counsel also appeared in full-bottomed wigs, silk gowns, and full-dress Court suits, with lace ruffles. The Court altogether pre sented a very gay appearance. Lord Denman, who wore his chain of office and appeared in his full costume as Lord Chief Justice of England, left the Court at half-past one o'clock. The Court was much crowded during:the:whole morning. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS I)AY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court took the special paper to-day. The arguments were of the usual technical character. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. (THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi. Prins before Mr. Baron GURNEY and a Common Jury.) BONNIWELL V. DUCKWORTH. This action was to recover damages for an alleged illegal distress on goods and fixtures belonging to the plaintiff. Mr. Martin and Mr. Hill appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Jervis for the defendant. " It appeared that on the 29th of January last, plaintiff con signed a chaise-body, three tin cans, and some wheels and axles, to the care of the landlord of the Boar's Head, in Barnet, and, on the next day, a number of chairs. He re sided at Whetstone, in a house which he held of the assignees of Messrs. Chambers. Shortly after this, defendant, a broker, at Barnet, called at the Boar's Head, and having seen the goods of plaintiff; took them next day in distress. A mahogany sign-board was also taken away forcibly, bringing with it a few tiles. The defence was, that as a year and three-quarters' rent, amounting to 141. 14s. was due, the goods lad been removed to avoid the distress. It was further shown that plaintiff had kept himself closely barricaded in his house since the period of these events. All that the defendant had done to the sign-board was measuring it at the Bull and Butchers, where it was brought to him. The jury awarded damages of 151., but pronounced the re moval of the chairs to be clandestine, considering all the cir cumstances of the case. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) BRoolu.:s V. lIODGSON. Sir T. WILDE in this case moved on behalf of the as signees of the defendant for a rule to show cause why the consent, signed by the defendant to a judge's order, should not be set aside, together with the judge's order founded on that consent; and also why the writ of fi. fa. should not be set aside. The ground on which he moved was, that the consent was fraudulently obtained, and was a fraud under the Act of Parliament of the Ist and 2d Vic. chap. 110, sec. 9. The defendant was a linen-draper, and the plaintiff was a wholesale trader in London. The traveller of the latter having gone to the defendant he looked over the books, and told the defendant he did not think he could carry on his business, and asked for security on behalf of the plaintiffs. He produced a paper which was the consent in question. The defendant signed it on the understanding that it was not to be enforced, unless the other creditors of the defendant pressed upon him. Next day, however, a sheriff's officer entered, and took possession of the whole of the defendant's property. He (Sir T. Wilde) now applied, on behalf of the assignees of the bankrupt, to have the consent set aside. Motion granted. The Court will hear new trial motions to-morrow. UNION lIALL.-(THIS DAY.) George Ward, a labourer, in the employ of Messrs. Cottam and Hallam, the extensive iron -founders, of the Cornwall road, Lambeth, was charged with stealing a pair of brass hinges, intended for the cast-iron lighthouse, now in pro gress for the island of Bermuda. The prisoner was taken into the employ of the above firm, being at the time in very distressed circumstances. On the preceding night the prisoner was seen in Roupel-street car rying the pair of hinges, which were of considerable value, and formed part of the cast-iron lighthouse for Bermuda. When stopped he tried to make his escape, but was ulti mately taken into custody. The foreman of the works attended, and stated that the firm employed 100 men, and that of late articles of consider able value were missed off the premises, but, although a strict watch was kept, still no discovery took place until the pri soner was detected as above described. The prisoner said that the articles were given to him by one of the workmen on the premises; and as others are sus pected of being implicated in the robbery, the prisoner was remanded until Wednesday. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) A ferocious-looking woman, named Muddynzan, was charged with an assault nf_a very ferocious character on the person of a decent female, named Susan Greengrass. The parties live in the same house. The prisoner is the landlady and has been threatening the life of th&camplainant for several days. Mrs. Greengrass complained of having lost some things, and the prisoner thereupon bundled up all the complainant's goods which were in the kitchen and threw them into her room up stairs. Mrs. Greengrass put them down: again, whereupon the prisoner attacked and beat her in a very savage manner—she fastened her nails in her head and tore half the hair away. Such was the violence and obstinacy of the assault that it required the combined exer tions of four persons to tear her away from the unfortunate complainant. The magistrate fined the prisoner twenty-five shillings, which, not being forthcoming, she was sent to prison. --- LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( THIS DAY). LONDON, APRIL 25.—Light S.E. breeze, and fine. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Africa, Ceylon ; Lord Win. Bentinck, Port Phillip. DEAL, APRIL 24.—Wind S.E. to E.S.E.—Acrd. Ariadne, Campbell, China ; Ailerons, Voss, Buenos Ayres to Antwerp ; Johanno, Rio, for Stockholm •, Zodiac, India, for Rotterdam ; Columbine, Robertson, St. Domingo ; Cid, Arrianga, Ha vannah ; Janet Muir, Heron, Africa, and sailed for Leith. Sailed Nero, Puck, Valparaiso ; Funchal, Cape Coast Castle ; E. Boutcher, St. Kitt's ; pit back, F. Burr, for Boston. OFF DARTMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Agnes, Fox, Trinidad. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 24.—Arrd. Liverpool (s.), Gibraltar. SWANSEA, APRIL 23.—Arrd. Malcolm, Valparaiso. SUNDERLAND, APRIL 23.—S1d. Pioneer, Miramichi ; Con cordia, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 24.—Wind, fresh.—Arrd. Mer toun, Kerr, Bombay ; Joseph Porter, Wilson, Ichoboe, left Feb. 28, St. Helena, Ist ult. ; Catherine, Coffee, Buenos Ayres, Feb. 4. Off, Nith-Stom, King, Hudson, Laguna, sld. 6th ult. OEF CORA, Arm, 21.—Isabella, Scott, Ichoboe. LONDONDERRY, APRIL 17.—Arrd. Ann, Johnston, Trinidad. Sid. Fellowship, St. John's, New Brunswick; Fanny, Phili delphia ; Margaret, ditto ; Lavinia, New York. SHIELDS, APRIL 23.—Sid. Isabella, St. Helena. IciionoE.—Arrd. previous to Feb. 27.—Eliza, Kincaid, Cape of Good Hope. The rollers set in very heavy at Ichoboe, between the 19th and 26th of Feb. Several vessels got adrift, and had- their stages washed away. The John Jardine lost an anchor, the Golden Sprig lost an anchor, and got in contact ; the Jessie, lost her large boat. Her Majesty's ship Winchester, within two days' sail of Ichoboe, was spoken on the 25th of Feb. by the Isabella, off Cork. THE SICK AND Poor.—At a meeting of the five District Societies of St. Marylebone, held at the Court house, on Tuesday, the Rev. Dr. Spry in the chair, the reports from the several districts were read, from which it appeared that during the past year 3,801 persons had been relieved by their visitations, and that the sums dis tributed amounted to 1,3951. Os, lid. MONEYAND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. A fair business was done in Cotton at Liverpool, yester day, and at fully previous rates. Speculators took 1,200 bales American, and exporters 200 bales ; the total sales being 5,000 ba ,, s—viz.. 300 Egyptian, at 7d. to 84d. ; 400 Surat, at Sid. to 40. ; 200 Peruvian, at 50. to ; and the rest American, at 44d. to 6d. per lb. — There was a better demand for some of the Railway Shares. Chester and Holyhead, 6 ; Eastern Counties, 12i ; burgh and Glasgow, 66* ; Great Western, 112 i ; Birming ham, Quarter, 24 ; South Western, 84 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 56; North British, 31. ls. ; Paris and Lyons, 2i ; Ditto and Rouen, 38. The following is an important document, as exhibiting the rapid increase in the amount of the imports and exports at the Port of Hamilton, - Upper Canada :—" In 1842 the receipt of Customs amounted to 7,604/., which was considered to be a large sum when compared with Toronto, which, for the same period produced only 8,300/. During the last year it will be seen that the Customs amounted to 12,1901., being an excess over the previous year of 4,5861. The canal tolls have also increased to 1,986/., which, added to the Customs, makes the very largo sum of 14,1761. To this sum may be added, duty on ar ticles in bond, 2,750/. ; so that the whole amount of customs and tolls for the year is 16,926/. This great increase is owing to the very advanta geous natural position of Hamilton. Placed at the head of Lake Ontario, having excellent roads di verging from it in all directions—an extensive and fertile country—hardy industrious farmers, and skilful artisans — enlightened and enterprising merchants—the town of Ha milton must in a few years become one of the largest in Western Canada, and also one of the most prosperous. Among not the least causes to accomplish this end, will be the enlsrgement of Burlington Canal, which is now in progress. " When this is completed, aided by the improvement on the navigation of the St. Lawrence, the appearance of sea-going vessels in our harbour will be no novelty. Actual Customs Duties, ending Jan. 5,1844 £12,190 Canal Tolls, ending Dec. 31, 1843 1,986 Articles in bonded warehouses, which may probably be enlarged before the opening of navigation 2,750 Total amount of Customs and Tolls ....£16,926' It is satisfactory, to observe, now that we are upon the subject of British North America, that the timber-trade generally israther active, some important sales of the West India staple, in addition to Baltic and American woods, being announced at Liverpoel for the end of the month. The Stock Market looks very firm again to day, and there are bona „fide dealings to support it, in the almost entire ab sence of speculative operations. Consols for immediate transfer have been marked 99i to par, and for time 998 to par. Exchequer bills have been steady at 765., and Indian Bonds at 935. premium. The broker acting for the Savings Banks, &c., has taken Re duced Three per Cents. at 99*. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 103 to *, the Reduced 102* to a, and the Three per Cents. 99 to j. Long Annuities have realised 12* to 7-16. There has been very little doing in the Foreign Bonds, but they participate in the firmness of our own market. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 25 to 25* a, and the Three per Cents., 36a to 36* and 37, and the Passive 6a. Mexican have improved to 351. Peruvian are quiet at 291, and Bra zilian rather heavy at 808. Dutch Bonds are rising again, the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. having touched 608 to 61*. The Five per Cents. continue at 100* to 1001. Railway Shares are very passive :—Birmingham have im proved 1283 and 129* premium. Croydon also are higher, and the few others dealt in support the previous value. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 99% 108 3 % per Cent. Reduced Annuities 1 1 1 :23 11 1 New 3% per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 7-16% 7-16 Ditto 30 Years , Expire sth Jan. 1860. India Bonds,l,ooo. .. . ................... Consols for Account 99% 100 Exchequer Bills, I%d. 134 d 1,0004 ....... .........•....... -- ••••. ...... 76 pm. 5001 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. Mexican Bonds, 1837,5 per Cent ..... 35 3 4 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents. 29,4 Russian Bonds, 1822,5 per Cent 117,4% Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840....... ..... Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds. Ditto Deferred........ . ... . . Ditto Three per Cent. 0!V,.... Ditto for the Account Dutch 234 per Cents. 60% bl% 60% Dutch 5 per Cents 100%%% ----- -- . --- PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham and. Gloucester Bristol and Exeter 7O 74% to Bristol and Gloucester Eastern Counties Ditto New: Registered 8/. 6s. Bd. Great Western Ditto 34 Shares 6O 72 %... to Harwich (Braithwaite) London and Birmingham. Ditto % Shares London and Brighton 5O 4fi% to London and South Western 41% ...... 84% Ditto Eighths London and Croydon (Trunk)... A% Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 North Midland Ditto % Shares Norwich and Brandon South Eastern and Dover 32% 35N% ... to York and Northilllidland ......... 50 ..... ll 7 Ditto % Shares 25 • . 68% A ... to Ditto Scarboro' Branch 2% ...... 19% Paris and Orleans ..................... 20 Paris and Rouen ..... ............-..... 20 _ PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, APRIL 23. 3 per Cent. Consols 98% Three and a Half Stock Ditto New, 1830 lOl% 3% per Cent. Debentures 93% Bank Stock 198% Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent. LAST PRICES OF SHARES. _ RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Dublin and K. Road .rogheda 55 72 Dublin and Cashel ditto 23.. Hibernian Bank 25 3O National Bank Royal Bank National Insurance 25 34 Patriotic ditto Wicklow Copper Mines City of Dublin Steam Company British and Irish Steam Company ... 50 Steam Ship Building Company DIANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 24.—We have had a quiet market today; prices generally continue firm. The quotations are—Trent Valley, 55i ; Manchester anal mingham 57 58 ; South-Eastern, 36i ; Manchester and Leeds, 110 to 111; Eastern Counties, 12i to 13. MARKET NEWS . -(THIS DAY.) RAY MARKETS._ SHITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2115 s to 313 s ; use ful ditto, 31 5s to 3110 s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 3/ 16s ; Clover Hay,. 31 5s to Si 5s ; Oat Straw, 11 6s to 11 88 . Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 lOs per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off heavilyat barely late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 18s to 3/ 53; use ful ditto, 31 6s to 31 12s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 14s to 4/ ; Clover Hay, SI lOs to 5l; Oat Straw, 1178 to 1/ 9s; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 1112 s per load. A limited supply, and a steady demand. Prices about stationary. WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 153 to 3/ ; useful ditto, 3l 5s to 3/ lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 31 16s ; Clover; Hay, 315 s to 5/ 5s ; Oat Straw, 11 6a to 1/ 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ Ss to 11 lOs per load. Supply mo derately good, and trade dull. SOUTHALL, APRIL 24.—Although the supplies of fat stock on sale to-day were by no means large the demand was throughout heavy, and, in some instances, the quotations had a downward tendency. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5s to 6s 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Supply—Beasts, 40 ; Sheep and Lambs, 2,910 ; Calves, 52 ; Pigs 46. Romronp, APRIL 24.—Prime Sheep and Lambs sold steadily . , at fully last week's prices, but otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 2s 4d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5s 5d to 6s 6d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork 2s 6d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Sucking Calves, 18s to 28s •, Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 18l lOs each. LEWES, Arlin 23.—We had rather a heavy trade here to-day on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 2s tid to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 53 to 6s 2d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per 81bs. AVERAGES OF GRAIN. -- In consequence, it is presumed, of a doubt being enter. tained respecting the accuracy of the Averages, they will not be declared until to-morrow. THE LATE ROBBERY AT THE EXETER COFFEE HOUSE, STRAND.-Mr. Mason, of Brighton, who was lately robbed of 701. at the above coffee-house, remained till Tues day morning, in the hopes of being able to find the missing 451., and by a most singular circumstance he recovered his stolen property. Being much annoyed by a London bug on Monday night, he told the landlord of it, who forthwith resolved upon having his beds taken down. On removing the bed, in which the prisoner Gill (who is charged with the robbery) slept on the night of the robbery, the chamber maid felt a hard substance in the mattress, and on minutely examining the mattress they discovered that a portion of it, where the lump was felt, had been sewn up in a very bung ling manner,'and on unripping the stitches they discovered Mr. Mason's . purse, partly burnt, but containing the missing 45/. This circumstance will establish the theft against the prisoner. Had the prisoner secreted the whole of the stolen property in the mattress, he would, without doubt, have es caped detection. _ _ Sr. CLEMENT'S DANES.—Last night there was a very fully-attended supper party of parishioners of St. Cle ment's Danes, at Mr. Spillman's, Strand, for the purpose of presenting a massive and superbly-finished silver box to Mr. Henry Thomas Woods, their late Churchwarden. D. Boobyer, Esq., presided. In presenting the box, the chairman pointedly and appropriately dwelt on the merits and valuable services of their brother parishioner, to whom he had to hand this testimony of the estimation in which he was held; and re marked that their friend had gone through all the parochial offices, not only with great credit to himself, but with vast advantage to his neighbours. He added that he was glad two sons of Mr. Woods were among them; and he trusted that what they beheld that evening would stimulate them to emulate the conduct of their respected parent. The Chair man then presented the box, on which was the following in scription :—" Saint Clements Danes, Easter, 1844.—Presented to Mr. Henry Thomas Woods, by a few friends and brother parishioners, in testimony of their personal esteem and re spect for his integrity, and particularly for his usefulness during the past year." Mr. Woods, in returning his ac knowledgment for the honour thus conferred on him, said that he had had the honour of being apprenticed in their parish, that he had succeeded to his master's business, and that he earnestly concurred in the wish that his example might be a stimulus to his sons.- To encourage them, he should leave with his family this valuable token, and im press on them the value of such efforts as had secured that testimony from his brother parishioners. DEATH OF THE HON. HUGH LINDSAY.—At his house in Berkeley-square, on: the morning of the 23d inst., aged seventy-nine, the Hon. Hugh Lindsay, brother to the late and uncle to the present Earl of Balcarres. He served in early life in the Royal Navy, and was present in several actions under Lord Rodney and Lord St. Vincent, and among others that of the Ist of June. He afterwards entered the East India Company's service, and for the. last thirty years held the situation of one of the Directors. For many _years he represented in Parliament the boroughs of Perth, Cupar, and Dundee. He held also the situation of Marshal to the Admiralty. His death will be lamented not only, by his relations but by many attached friends. He married Jane Gordon, daughter of Lord Rockville, fourth son of William, second Earl of :Aberdeen ' and the Countess of Dumfries, and leaves two children, Hugh Hamilton Lindsay, M.P., for Sandwich, and Lady Antrobus, wife of Sir Edmund An trobus, Bart. THE WILL FORGERIES.—Since the conviction of Barber and Fletcher, some important disclosures have been made, and it is expected that Fletcher will now make a full disclosure of the whole facts, by which, it is stated, that another celebrated firm will be implicated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. 501. for four-yrs-olds, 7st 81b ; five yrs, Bst 111 b ; six and aged, 9st 31b. B.C. Mr. Watson's Antidote 4 yrs (Rogers) 1 Lord Exeter's Maria Diaz, 4 yrs 2 Even betting. The mare made running at a steady racing pace to the Duke's stand, where the horse took it up, left her at the cords and won easy by three lengths. 'Match .—T.Y.C., 200, h. ft. Duke of Bedford's Oakley, Bst 71b (Robinson), beat Lord Exeter's Pergularia, 4st 71b (Kitchener). 9to 2 on Oakley, who won easy by a length. Sweepstakes of 50 sov. each, h ft, T.M.M. (5 Subs.) Duke of Rutland's Hyrcanian, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Cotton) 1 Colonel Peel's I-am-not-aware, aged, Est 121 b 2 Lord Chesterfield's Barbarina, 4 yrs, sst 41b 13 to 8 on Hyrcanian, 13 to 6 agst I-am-not-aware, and 4 to 1 agst Barbarina. Won by a length ; Bar barina was beaten a long way. BETTING THIS MORNING. DERBY.-5 to 2 agst Ratan (taken), 4to 1 agst The Ugly Buck, 16 to 1 agst Bay Momus, 16 to 1 agst Cam panero, 40 to 1 agst Lancet. QAKs.-16 to 1 agst Emerald, 25 to 1 agst Crenoline. The others as before. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET BETTING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 13 to 8 agst The Bee—t 10 to 1 agst any other 3 to 1 agst Emerald 20 to 1 agst Theßeewinning 6 to 1 agst Zenobia this and the Oaks—t 6 to 1 agst Merope All are scratched except The Bee, the Princess, Captain Daintree's filly, Merope, Jamaica, Sister to Martingale, Seakale filly, Emerald, Zenobia, Example, and Mr. Godwin's two. The Princess is doubtful,, and Mr. Godwin's two are not here. 6 to 1 agst Bramble—t 7 to 1 agst Pagan 12 to 1 agst Cattonite 15 to 1 abet Pharaoh 20 to 1 agst Nutwith CUP. 25 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn 25 to 1 agst Everton—t 25 to 1 agst Freedom—t 30 to 1 agst Xanthu 33 to 1 agst Martyr DERBY. 5 to 2 agst Ratan—t 33 to 1 agst Lancet 4 to 1 agst Ugly Buck 35 tot agst King of the Gipsies 12 to 1. agst Leander—t 50 to 1 agst Loadstone—t 16 to 1 agst Campanero—t 1000 to 15 agst Lord G. Ben -16 to 1 agst Bay Momus tinck's lot—t 20 to 1 agst Orlando 10 to 1 agst All the Touch -33 to 1 agst lonian ► stones CHESTER OAKS, 20 to 1 agst. Zenobia 18 to 1 agst Fanny Eden—t 7 to 1 agst Barricade—t 8 to 1 agst The Beet 17 to 1 agst Emerald—t 1000 to 5 agst Bramble for Chester Cup, Barricade for Oaks, and Ratan for Derby and St. Leger. ENTRIES FOR TO-MORROW. Queen's Plate—Coranna and Czar. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, winner to be sold for 801. &c.—Colt by The Saddler out of Miss Etty, Molly Moggs, Mocha, Sister to Pompey, and Commerce. The Ugly Buck and Wadastra c left Newmarket this morn. ing for Stockbridge. COLONEL STODDART AND CAP TAIN CONOLLY. Captain Grover has just received letters from Dr. Wolff, dated Teheran, Feb.l2. The doctor had been received with great distinction by the King of Persia, who recollected hav ing met him at Meshed twelve years ago, when he was only Prince Royal, and reminded him of their conversation. The doctor rode on horseback in full canonicals, accompanied by Cclonel Shiel in his uniform, going to and returning from the Court. He then visited the Ambassador, recently arrived from Bokhara, who denied in tato the fact of the execution of our friends. The Ambassador and the attaches rose when he entered the room, treated him with the greatest civility and respect, -and the Ambassador expressed a strong desire of ac companying him to Bokhara. The doctor was to leave Teheran on the 14th of February, accompanied by an escort, ordered by the King, and 15y Rajab, who had been servant to both Stoddart and Conolly : he had been bastinadoed at Bokhara, by the Ameer's order, on account of his faithful attachment to his masters, and had exposed his life by going to Cabul. The doctor had also seen the Ambassador of the King of Khiva, an enemy of the King of Bokhara, and he could give no information - whatever concerning the death 01 the captives. "Therefore," says the doctor, "whilst I beg you not to be too sanguine of my success, I also beg you not to despair of it ; for as all the Persians I have hitherto seen, tell me, lalloont neest, nothing is certain about it' . . . . you must not expect from me an exact and detaile d journal, for I shall neither carry ink nor paper with me, and I shall write to you in Persian from Bokhara, and send the letters through the medium of the Ameer, in case Stoddart and Conolly are alive; should they not be alive, I shall not write at all until I have left the frontiers of Bokhard." Colonel Shiel's exertions have been unremitting. THE SOVEREIGN PRINCES OF THE HOUSE OF GONZAGA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—An erroneous notice relative to my hereditary pos sessions of Mantua, and the Sovereign Princes of the lions( of Gonzaga, having been inserted in the Gazette Universet d'Augsbourg, dated Ist of this month; No. 92, I avail myself of your valuable journal to observe :- Ist. That the statement therein contained is untrue of Mantua ever having belonged to the Emperors of Germany i on the contrary, historical facts and authentic documents prove that the family of Gonzaga reigned there during seven centuries, according to the salique law derived from the Capitulars of Charlemagne, and consolidated in this country on the occasion of the marriage of Prince Hugo, grandson of Lothaire, King of Lombardy, with a noble Princess of Lom bardy, named Gonzaglien, or Gonzanglien, whence he adopted the name of Gonzaga. The empire of Germany ,was at this time, and long after, torn in pieces by dissensions and intrigues, and in conse quence of the powerful aid granted by Francois First de Gon zaga to the Emperor Sigismond, he came in person to Mantua in 1433, for the express purpose of signing a diploma con trming Frangois de Gonzaga sovereign lord of Mantua to perpetuity for him and his posterity masculine, in all the branches, in the titles and privileges of Sovereign Margrave of Mantua and Princes of the Roman empire. 2d. As far as regards the personal allusion cited also as being intended for me in the Almanack of Gotha, in the year 1838, I declare positively that I never authorised, directly or indirectly, any such insertion, as the details in reference to my family are false. So far from approving the article (as it is said in the Gazette d'Augsbourg), I have several times de manded its rectification, but uselessly ; and the Editor of the Almanack in his last letter, dated the 13th July, 1843, " en treated me most humbly to excuse him, as it would be detri mental to his interests as publisher of the Almanack if he made any insertion regarding me or my family." 3d. It is equally false that the title of Murzynowski belongs to .us from the marriage of a Margrave Valentine de Gonzaga with a Princess Lubomirski. We have adopted this title since the first marriage of my father, Prince Joseph Gonzaga di Castiglione with the Princess Suzoff, Countess of Murzynowski, whose name may be found in the list of the ladies chauoiness, in the chapter of the noble order a the four Emperors and admitted before 1789 under the title of • her Serene Highness the Princess Helen Gonzaga Castig lione, at the same time as Marie Antoinette, and the Dau phine de France. 4th. As to my adoption of the title of Murzy nowski, in Germany or elsewhere, I consider myself tit liberty to do so, in the same manner as other Sovereign Princes, who frequently select an inferior title for political motives, or for economy on their travels, or when not ac tually in their dominions. , The author of the article in the Gazette d'Augsbour9 ex presses his thanks to the Count Pompei detta for the infor mation contained in his genealogy of the Princes of Gonzaga. I cannot cite this person as an impartial historian, as he writes under the influence of the Austrian Government, and occupies actually a post at Milan of some importance. I confirm the facts recorded in the memoir of the Com mander Pourret des Gauds, member of several literary societies, and as a general reply to all attacks for the future, and at the present moment, I will maintain my protestation of the 26th of April, 1843, addressed to all the Kings, Princes, and Potentates of Europe, and my lawful rights to the throne of my ancestors, before a congress of Sovereigns, and in face of all Europe, whenever the occasion presents itself. You will oblige me by inserting this answer to the Gazette d'Augsbourg as soon as possible, in your estimable journal; and believe me, Sir, yours truly, AL EXANDER, PRINCE DE GONZAGA, Duke of Mantua. Boulogne-sur-Mer, April 22, 1844. WOOD PAVEMENT.-Sir Peter Laurie and Mr. Williams, M.P., having applied to the Commissioners for paving Regent-street and Whitehall to be allowed to attend and state their objections to the use of wood-pavement, the Commissioners of Woods and Forests have directed a letter to be sent to Sir Peter Laurie declining the proposed inter view, as it was decided on Saturday last " that the experi ment in Regent-street not having been yet sufficiently tested, no further extension of wood-pavement in the Commissioners' district would be sanctioned at present." Scuono roil Am—Yesterday, at two o'clock, Lord John Ruin% M.P., laid the foundation-stone of a school-house, which is in course of erection on a site, the gift of the Society of Friends, situated in Chequer-alley, Bunhill row, the intention of the founder being, that the benefit of the education to be given should be bestowed upon children of all denominations. The building is about 80 feet lwill c ong, and pig style. It on -30 feet wide, and erected in a very p tain about 500 children. i 7ivals at this B RIG HTON, APRIL 24.—The latest a sc ? untFss f as hionable watering-place comprise Viscount and N.:: Combermere Lord Teignmouth, Lady Polwarth, Lao," Sin clair, Lady Al‘Naghten. -Lady Louisa and Miss Georgiaoa Lygon, the Marquis of Thommid (for the benefit of his health), Lady Mary Leslie (from Shrub Hill, Dorking), Capt. Measen, Sir E. L. Lushington, and Lady Agnes Buller. The de partures include the Earl and Countess of Egmont, for Lon don ; Lady Dallas, for Regent's Park ; Sir Arthur Clifton, for Bath ; General St. John, for Newick. HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY.—This being the day appointed for the celebration of her Most Gracious Majesty's birthday, when she attains her twenty-fifth year, the morn ing was ushered in by the ringing of a merry peal at the churches throughout the metropolis, Kensington, and Wind sor. The Royal standard was hoisted at the Tower, Somer set-house, the Italian Opera, St. Martin's, St. Giles's, and St. Margaret's church, Westminster. At ten o'clock, A.H., there was a grand parade in St. James's-park of a battalion of each regiment of the Foot Guards in their new uniforms, attended by their respective bands, when they were inspected by the Duke of Wellington, Commander-in-Chief and Colonel of the Grenadier Guards; by his Royal Highness Field-Mar shal the Duke of Cambridge, Colonel of the Coldstream Guards; his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Colonel of the Scots Fusilier Guards; and Field-Marshal his Majesty Leo pold, the King of the Belgians, and a numerous military staff. After the parade, the bands of the three regiment of guards marched to the Colour Court, at St. James's Palace, where they performed several choice pieces of music. At one o'clock a Royal salute was tired by the guns in St. James's Park and the rower. PROVIDENT CLERICS' ASISOCIATION. — We have been informed that James Alexander, Esq., has forwarded a dona tion of 1001. to the benefit department of thii excellent insti tution. Mr. Charles Kemble had the honour, yesterday evening, of reading to her Majesty and the Court, at Buck ingham Palace, Shakspeare's play of Cymbeline, slightly com pressed. THE POSTMEN AND HER, MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.—According to annual custom, the letter carriers of the metropolis, both general and twopenny, have been furnished with coats, waistcoats, and hats, which they wore for the first time this day, in commemoration of her Majesty's birth. The men thus clothed amount to upwards of 700. One hundred and sixty have been taken into the office during the last fortnight to enable the officers to carry out the extra London district deliveries, which, we under stand, are to come into operation upon the onattingjst of May. SUFMARY OF NEWS AND Vublir epinion, " Who runs may read." TOIVOZGN. Louis Philippe has presented to the Chamber of Peers his . statue at full length, in marble, in his royal robes, executed by M. Jector. It was conveyed on Sunday to the Luxem b-ourg, and placed in the hall preceding the old Chamber. In the same hall has also been hung a large picture in wax, re presenting the great legislators under the inspiration of the Gospel. At the summit of the picture is Christ presenting the Gospel to the world, attended by the four Evangelists. In the foreground are, in different groups, all the great law givers from the time of Constantine the Great down to Louis Philippe. A letter from Barcelona, of the 18th, states, that seven un fortunate persons suspected of being Carlist refugees were shot within the Spanish frontiers a few days previously. The Sentinelle of Toulon announces that, on the morning of the 18th inst., with a breeze from the west, Admiral Parseval Duchesne, with his squadron, consisting of the Ocean, Jemmappes, Inflexible, and Suffren, of the line, the frigate Belle Poule, and the steam-frigate Asmodee, sailed on a cruise of practice for the Islands of Hyeres, where they came to an anchor at two o'clock. The corvette Lrunproie also took her departure with dispatches for Oceania. The Countess Beauchamp has arrived in Paris, at the Hotel de Bath, Rue de Rivoli. The Courrier Francais states that M. de Le sse p a, the late French Consul at Barcelona, but who is at present in Paris, is to be appointed Consul-General of Egypt, in the room of M. Lavalette, who removes to another station. The States of Hanover have resumed their sittings. At the date of the last accounts they were engaged on a Bill for the amelioration of the system of public education. The Herelitary Grand Duke and Duchess of Russia left Darmstadt on the 18th for St. Petersburgh. A letter frem Frankfort, of April 17, in the Augsburg! s • Gazette, has the following :—" On the occasion of Prince Oscar's accession to the throne, Prince de Vasa has -written from Darmstadt to all the great Powers, to say that, in the present position of affairs, he should certainly abstain from all demonstration ; but that he did not intend, on that ace count, to forego his own claim, as well as that of his faanlifr to the throne of Sweden." COTTIZT-11.11.1311XONABLE. Her Majesty's birthday drawing - rot= to - day was brilliantly attended. Many splendid fetes by the leaders of the beats monde are understood to be in preparation, and several Royal strayers from the Continent are expect&l to visit the metre' polls during the season. The Duchess of Hamilton, accompanied' by the Countess of Lincoln, arrived in Portman-square on Wednesday ever ing from Hamilton Palace, Lanarkshire, where his Grace, whose health is improved, is still staying. The Duchess pro ceeds to Bath on a visit to her father, the venerable Mr. Beck ford, who is in delicate health. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas Ece on a visiting tour in Scotland, and it is uncor• tain when thet come to town. Viscount 3 , elbonrme arrived in South-street, yesterday. from Brocket Hall. berg Minister, has taken a maw' Baron Hugel, the Wuileik: sion in Lower Brook-street, fm - the season. The Attorney-General for Ira)and has taken one of th e splendid new mansions in Eaton-sq:iare for the season. The Earl and Countess of Warwit..k have been for some weeks at Bath. Her Ladyship has deriii-ed much benefit from the change of air ; but we regret to hear Plat the Noble Earl is still in a weak state of health. Viscount and Viscountess Campden have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Barham Court. IMEXSCEMILAMEOUS. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, fir consequence of the late fatal accident at ore of the termini of the Dower Railway, have ordered that the iron roof being constructed 1 by Mr. John Rigby for the ,new boiler manufactory fug foundry, built by 11r. Rolt, at the Woolwic h Dock y ard. should be tested to ascertain its u tmost strength. The d e " partment for the use of the boiler -makers is 228 feet hi length and 62 feet in breadth, over .w.hich the span of the iron roof extends at the height of about 40 feet. The usual weight or strain considered a sufficient test of the security of a roof of this dimensions is four tons on two Principals , or at the rate of 101bs. weight to the square foot.. Thi s weigh t was applied without the least visible deflectilon, and addi tional weights were added to test the greatest: - strain t he roof would bear, without any part giving way. The mon ster chimney attached to the extensive bone's factor): - and foundry has had the wooden roof with which it covered in during the winter removed, preparatory to workmsm being , employed on the Ist of May to raise it to its ultimate height. which will be about ten feet higher than the Monument nee r . London-bridge. . A general meeting of the Governors of the Orphan3Vorkine School was held on Wednesday, at the Hall of Commerce' •It appeared from the report, which was read by the secretralf • that the institution is in a prosperous state, and .that the fine . ing of some leasehold property into the hands of the trustee/ had induced the Committee to take the necesear v steps Or erecting a new building sufficient to accommodiete double+ the number of children at present admitted. The cost 01 this will be abot 9,000/. The cash account show - ed the ceipts of the last year to be 3,023/. Os. 2d., and the•diabur ts° meats 2,792/. II s. Bd. FRENCH PLAYS.—Madame Albert's benefit, 10 1 evening, was attended by a crowded and fashi mia ble audietww among whom we observed the Marchioness o f AileslatrlV Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Earl of Wilton, th e Counte ss ' Nelson, Baroness•Dimsdale, Earl and Countess ec., ° Shelburnq Earl and Countess of Morley, Viscount Templatown, Let; Robert Grosvenor, the Marquis of. Worcester, Lady Ge0rgi,„ 41 2,4 1, Codrington, Lord Brougham , Lord Alexander' ...,nnor-, -ov". , of Scarborough, Count Esterhazy, Sir Henry MildmaY Hoff,,d Turkish Ambassador, Baron and Baroness de Roth ' Earl of Belfast, Lady Curteis, Lady and Miss Quent in, .... Spencer Cowper, Hon. GenerakUpton, Mrs. Standish s . tandlo" Mrs. Mountjoy Martin, and Lady Larpent. _ . , THE LYCEUM rHEATRE. Amongst the ( tistia - . guished personages who have visited the Lyceum 'l72.ttt'sd during the present week, we have noticed the Marq'T ° id, Clanricarde, Countess of Tankerville, Earl St. Vincent, --,,_ and Lady Folkestone, Lord Grimstone, Lord Fitzroy" 0"-• merset, Lady Radnor, Sir Henry Mildmay, Lord riso Pollb3rl Lord Sefton, Lady Verulam, Captain Cox, Sir John " e d' Lady Romney; Hon. Fitzroy Stanhope, Lady Lawley , Att Mr. and Mrs. john Stanley. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—The Polka, that wonde; ful dance which has so suddenly shot up into the me."/dietl°4 popularity, dividing the public attention with the most,l6 questions of state, has at last found its way to this hotli The little piece in which the Polka was introduced last t!iif e at this theatre, danced by Madame Albert and a Madem Went Forgeot, is entitled La Proces de la Polka, and is as t Ibsi',. -- t in its purport as the subject deserves. It represents the cow of some provincial town as occupied with the trial of e; action, brought by the citizens of the said town ttei ns A t 'o! certain instructor of the Polka, on the plea of its turning .--.1 heads of all the female inhabitants, and causing the terror r i all respectable fathers of families as to the moral welfare : their charges. The cane is regularly tried before the Lielli tenant-General, and pleaded on the plaintiff's side by an, lawyer, whose distaste w the dance arises from his lame n; and on the defendant's by a plump young adv ovate, 1,711°,0; himself under tuition to "acquire the incriminated Pt' li g After citing various ancient a:sthorities in favour of deu,, , generally, he calls upon the court not to decide until k u . ' e t, have themselves seen the Polka. The request is genii and forthwith two ladies in full Polka costume , armed *i.. brass heels, enter the court, one of 'Yhorn to the as too 0 meat of the judge, he finds to be his wife. The rollt_44 danced in the open arena, and its fascination is s o p owti Ld that ere long the whole court in wig itnd gown are Zi t ; jigging to the measure. This, of course, .decides thie tw o f , and the curtain descends on the triumph of the Polk a ft ill the moral prejudices of bourgeois and pees ee famihie. 4 0 needless to say that a vociferous encore was th...: result, o ig. was accompanied by the projection of one or tw , " bow:Vey-of ADELAIDE GALLERY.—Dr. Jones, the DlKDar r f A V this institution, took a benefit yesterday. What'` kind ° Ole tendance he had in the morning we know not, ,but_lei evening the gallery was crowded to excess. Thei`v W lOl l ,O a variety of exhibitions—for those who could get at a r The concert seemed to have great attractions, and th e u'i - ise tions of the vocalists were much applauded. In the c ( !,„ / of the evening Dr. Jones delivered an address (explane;s . of his services during the two years of his manairt a t which was attentively listened to, and warmlycornpl i toen 00 Between the acts of the concert some clever perform s a n .., i ceS cte 4 the musical glasses by a Mr. Smith, of Edinburgh, Aitts- much notice.. • EXETER HALL.—The Oratoria of " Debol' "0 11 . ,: g 15 ). announced for performance on the 26th (to-more el le,m - grot It will be recollected that this work was performed for 'to oil and only time by the Sacred Harmonic Society last reat - that its not being repeated was the source of great reg,„ r k's We learn that the scholars of the Duke of 12„tiosi School intend visiting General Tom Thumb, at th e - EP li'vor Hall to-morrow (Friday)morning, at' eleven oclock,. 3c - panied by their band. . t ot SHAKSPEARIAN READINGS.—We uvclerstaxid fro Mr. Charles Kemble will give a series of six reeding 6 ' ,ris e Shakspeare during the ensuing month. They will coln, yet selections from Cymbeline, Much Ado About Arips.hing, A s 00 Like It, Macbeth, the Merchant of Venice, and Bern e ! 1101 Juliet. Her Majesty, her Majesty the Queen Dogvagex.e'ke several distinguished members of the nobility have- ,aOO their high approbation of the forthcoming entertzln• The readings will take place at Willis's . Room- r4l°ll° BIRTHS. On the 23d inst., at. Clyst St. Mary Rectory, near the lady of the Rev. Edmond Strong, of a daughter. ,_ 'll s ' On the 23d inst., in Southwick-crescent, Hyde-part"' James Stewart i of daughter. ii °llll On the 23d nst., a at Ball's-park, Hefts, the lady Henry Pally, Esq., of a son and heir. On the 24th inst., at Bernard-street, Russell-K. l- William Byers, of a son MARRIED. • Col°ll e On the 28th of March, at Naples, Lieutenant- s o o a Charles Hay, commanding the 19th Regiment, f0urt13,01,,0 the late General Sir -James Hay, K.C.H. to Eller ; f oe daughter of the late Major-General Sir 'Charleti " E.C.8., K.T.S. On the 20th inst., at St. George's, 4 .11anover-git l .fl.l " < c c, 0 George, Esq., of Denmark - hill , Cam berwell, to 1110011e' berry, youngest daughter of A. George , Es q ., o f Middlesex. '9 6 On the 20th inst., at Tooting , Hen r y E. Goodh— ; , Norwood, to Charlotte Eliza, youngest daughter 0` George Evans, Esq. ,9 On the 20th inst. , at Trini t y Church, ,Brompton'to GreenaWay, Esq., of the Madras Native Infantry, Elizabeth, donghter of Sydney Cumberland, Esq' ' g• ...._. DIED. ~., la'', On the 20th inst., at W o r kso p , Nottinghanaelw"' . Collinson, draper, aged 48 . ; € 0 o iff ' *IP • On the 21st inst., at Canterb ur y , Martb a, t he H. 0. Sankey, Esq., late of Margate. ..,...„ Li ett•_„al, On the 21st inst., at Cheap:iide, Mr. Malcolhn . 1 ,<,7 1 3ge 1y " On the 21st inst., John Smith, Esq., of tte ur'''" - l e, Bermondsey, aged 63. oes tbce On the 21st inst., at Bristol, ,Henry Spy A dest Esq., of Coleman-street, London. T oil,' On the the 22d inst., at Clifton, Lucy Ziaria Bell • Wil'v , Babb,daughter of the Rev. Dr. Posey. I. 4_ , On the 22d inst., at New Sydney-place, A D. so p at 0 ' Esq., of Devonshire-street, Portland - plac e, Levu' ,gast On the 23d inst., at Buckland, Barton HaY,Y °l3 ' ~./ the the late J. Carbonell, Esq. hter " ffo On the 23d inst., at Brighton, Mary, eldest &g il /• fole 6 late Peter Du Cane, Esq., of Braxted, Essex, an _„ i iall Smithe, Esq., of Lansdown - place , Brig hton. i•Telle''" On the 23d inst., at East House, Kenningt c 4/ ' pilot James Rolls, aged 26. jfel a rt. At Manheim, Elizabeth, wife of the Rev. _A, • a i i ee ' - ' --- Graham, and eldest daughter of the late Sir • „- ~c , of .........--- _ _ —..............___.___.---:-- _--------- - rojJ Is " i g, London : Printed and Published by IkICRI3 . .,,,:t 03 ',., of No. 112,. Strand, Printer, at The Sun 0.._:-",401,7 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in " 5 " ' w - BliddleB o 4l Thursday, April 25,.1§44. . • -