The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-10 00:00:00

GENERAL TOM THUMB, the American Dwarf, under the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Queen of the Belgians, &c. &c., exhibiting every Day and Evening, previous to visiting Paris, in CATLIN'S spacious INDIAN GALLERY, EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, from Eleven to One, Two to Five, and Half-past Six to Nine o'Clock. This wonderful Man in miniature weighs only FIFTEEN POUNDS, and is smaller than any infant that ever walked alone. JOC-O-SOT, the Sank Chief, deci dedly the finest Indian that has visited Europe, is also preseht at each Exhibition, illustrating the Dances, &c., of his Tribe. Admission One Shilling, without regard to age. The General continues to wait on the Nobility and Gentry at their residences, on due notice. Third Edition.—Now ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., WHITEF R I A R S; OR, THE DAYS OF CHARLES 11. AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. THIRD EDITION. Also, Just published, • A SECOND EDITION of " CHATSWORTH ; or, THE ROMANCE OF A WEEK." Edited by the Author of " Tremaine," " De Were," &c., 3 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Immediately, in one elegant voltune, of about 500 pages, price 15s, bound, THE MILITARY ANNUAL; Combining HISTORY, STATISTICS, BIOGRAPHY, an OBITUARY, SOL- DIER'S ALMANAC, &e. By the Author of " The Artillerist's Manual," &e. Every effort will be exerted to render this work a truly useful military compendium, and a welcome adjunct to the library of every officer. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough•street. Orders received by all Booksellers. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Immense Attraction for Easter. BENEFIT OF M. DUPREZ. It is respectfully announced, that the Administration of ttt Academie Royale, Paris, having consented to a prolongation of the twinge of M. Duprez, this eminent Artiste wiil sing hree Nights in the Easter Week. THIS EVENING, APRIL 20, Will be performed the opeca of THE FAVORITF, commencing with the second act. Ferdinand, M. Duprez ; Leonora, Miss Romer After which, MY ‘V I FE'S COME. To comlude with the last act of the Opera of GUILLAUME TELL Arno'd, Duprez; Gessler, Mr. G. Horncastle; William Tell, Mr. .itretton ; Lutern, lldile. Albertazzi ; Matilda, Miss Romer. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price :Is. Cxi. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55.. Second Price Is.; Pit :Is , Second Price ddle Gallery 28., Second Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price Col. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MK. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. Return of Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Mathews. THIS EVENING, AND DURING THE WEEK. Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews ; Sir Adenus 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 vaganza, 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. Ilortorl, and Miss Lee. _ _ _ To conclude with the Extraordinary Performances of Professor RISLEY and his INFANT SON, surnamed "Le Petit 11Iercure." Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, ?s. ; Gallery, t's.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, es.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, ed. Doors openei at Half-past Siix, and the Performances eornmevee at Seven _ ...... Mr. W. Farren will appear on Monday, April 15, as Sir Pete Teazle, in the School for Scandal. 'rickets and Places to be had of Mr 1. T. Archer, at the Box o :ice, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. Great Attraction for the Holidays. THIS EVENING, APRIL 10, Will be performed the Petite Drama, called THE GREEK SLAVE. Sir Henry Norton, Mr. Fitzjamea; Dr. Robertson, Mr. Granby ; Lord Betton, Mr. Higgie ; Zaida (the Greek Save), Madame Eugenie Prosper. After which, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. To which will be added, the Farce of the SPITALFIELDS WE AVER. To conclude with anew Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, caPed FAIR STAR • or THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE DANCING WATERS. The principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Oxbsrry, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Miss Fortescue. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING, April 10 an Address by Mrs. Keeley. After whichoviil be repeated a New Comedietta, in Two Acts entitled HASTY CONCLUSIONS. I rincipal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Mathews, F. Vining, Emery, and Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley. To he follcwed by a New Drama, in One Act, called THE POST OF HONOUR. Characters by Mess's. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch, J. Collier, Stsnton, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the heatre Royal, Aotelphi, her first appearance at this Theatre), and Miss Grove. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Burle,que Fairy Extra vaganza, called OPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. ( ha. Teeters by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Turner, Miss Grove, Airs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother, and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan, Yarnold, and Chaplin. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—First Price—roxes, 45.; Upper Foxes, Be. ; Pit, 2s. • Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 25.; Upper Boxes, Is 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony'tier (holding eight persons), Two Guineas Private Boxes on the Second Tier (ho ding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Pier (holding six persons), One Guinea. Free Ad mission Tickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Nightly Transferrable Free Tickets (for the first forty nights), Three Guineas. Doors open at Half-past Six. Performances begins Pt Seven o'Clock ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. THIS EVENING, APRIL le. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE of ARTS (under the management and sole proprietorship of Mr. BATTY), with its Treble Rotation of Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacles, and unequalled Scenes of the Circle, and Batty's Matchless Stud of beautitul Horses, Fairy Ponies, &c. Mr. Batty begs respectfully to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and public that, encouraged by the Battering success during the past year, and finding the Theatre not suffi ciently commodious for its numerous pitrons, he entered into an extensive arrangement with Messrs. Haward and Nixon, the emi— nent buiklers of Lambeth, for the re.consiructing on a magnificent and novel principle, the whole of the interior of the Theatre, which has been rebuilt, dress boxes enlarged, upper boxes widened, and pit and galleries extensively improved. Fourteen glass lustres are added, and a Grecian dome ceiling, with entirely new splendid classic decorations, and gorgeous apppeintments, which, with the flrst-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 Spectacle will combine all the splendid historical effects of the Nonuan Conquest of England, produced by Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. The Cirque Olympique will in. traduce un, quaffed equestrian talent, and the dou.,le company com prise talent of the highest older. The door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances commence at seven. Box.olllee 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. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The most splendid Easter Entertainment ever presented—Everything New—Supported by the First Talent in the Woild. THIS EVENING, APRIL 10, Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, embracing all the strong effects of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFRIARS, .n which the entire Company will perform. After which (First Time), THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS, sup pt by all the leading Favourites of the Establishment. To which wit be added the Wonderful Performancz of Herr HENOLER on the Corde Elastique, and the Carlo Family in their Unrivalled Gymnastiqued. To conclude with (never acte:lt, a Drama of peculiar construction, entitled BARAK JOHNSON; or, The Blind Witness. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box. °lce, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Great Novelty and new Engagements. THIS EVENING, APRIL 10, Will be repeated a New Drama, called LEONTINE; or SIXTEEN YEARS AGO ! Fitzarlington, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Ar. thur, Mr. C. J. Bird (his first appearance); Mat, Mr. Freer; Paul, Mr. Corene, (his first appearance) ; Leontine, Miss Vincent. With the Grand Fairy Ballet of ONDINE ; by, Mr. Frampton and his Pupils. After which, a Melo-Drami, entitled, THE BRIDGE OF KEHL. Gervase, Mr. Freer; Darvdle, Mr. Nantz ; Albert, Mr. C. J Bird ; Eugene, Mr. Seaman; Von Glotzen, Mr. James; Valance, Mr. Da'e ; Phillipo, Mr. Paul ; Madelon, Miss Saker, (her first appearance) ; Isabella, Mrs. G. Lee. To conclude with THE ICE WITCH. Harold, (the Sea. King) Mr. Nantz ; Magnus Snoro, Mr. Gardner ; Hecla, Miss Arden; Ulla, Miss Stephens (her first appearance) ; Minna, Miss Saker ; Freyer, Miss flicks, (her first appearance) ; Druda, Mrs. G. Lee, &c., &c THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPH I, THIS EVENING, April 10, the GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH will re-ascend his MYSTIC THRONE, and com mence his NEW SCIENCES of MODERN MIRACLES, which have no parallel in the world. In addition to the Wizard's Per formances, MR. MALONE RAYMOND, the successful repre sentative of Irish Characters, from the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, will give his original E dertainment, entitled AN HOUR IN IRELAND, assisted by MRS. MALONE RAYMOND, MISS lANLEY, and MR. SMI PH. Boxes, 2s. Pit. Is. ed. Gallery, ed. Second Price at Nine o'clock. Mors open at Seven, the Performances commenceat half-past. LOVE'S POLYPItoNIC ENTERTAINMENTS, CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN, STRAND. Mr. LOVE has the honour to announce that he will present • HIS ANNUAL POLYPHONIC ENTERTAINMENTS, and LEC CURES on LIFE and CHARACTER, every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY. He will introduce much Novelty, • which has been long in preparation, with entirely New and Appr , - priste Mutative Costumes anal Appointments. Total Change of Entertainments Every Evening. ' On MONDAY, NIIRTII AND MARVELS; w.th A WOLF IN SHEEP'S cLOTHING; and other Entertainments On WEDNK-DAY, LOVE'S REMINISCENCES; with MINE 'HOST'S DILEMMAS; and other Entertainments. • fln FRIDAY, LOVE IN ALL SHAPE'; with LOVE'S LA - JOUR'S LOST; and other Entertainments. • Particulars in Handbills. Doors open at Half-past Seven; begin at Eight. Admission, Is. 6d. ; Reserved Seats, 2s 6d. EGYPTIAN lIALL, PICCADILLY, IMPORTANT NOTICE. ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to hove 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 in structive and Interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro pean history*, viz.—CIIARLES 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 Ladies, also many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very , fine pictures, &c., 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 ought 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. Th N APOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the " Egyptian Hall," Piccadilly, daily trout Ten till Dusk. THE WEA'fITEit.—SuN OFFICE, APRIL 10. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42 ; Highest, 63 ; Noon, 64. BAROMETER, 30 4.—WIND, W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the ueezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. H Gil WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIES DAY. Morning 2 minutes after 7 Evening ... 36 minutes after 7, ------- - The friends of humanity throughout the civilized world, may congratulate themselves on the signal success which appears to have attended the efforts of our Ambassador to the Sublime Porte to put an end to those excesses of fanatical bigotry against professors of the Christian faith, which have so long disgraced, and so recently polluted, Constantinople. Our readers will not have forgotten, among other instances of Mohammedan intolerance, the cold-blooded execution of an Armenian (if we rightly remember) which oc curred in the capital of Turkey only a few months ago. The unhappy victim had been artfully betrayed into the expression, in some way or other, of a desire _ to become a Mussulman ; and, un d er th e i mpression Perhaps th e mos t remar k a bl e even t o f that portion that the whole affair was one merely o f b an t er or jok ing, he fatally assumed the turban for a day or t wo. -,,, ~fie, . - ~, year which has yet elapsed is, that 1 • , , yestersiat ': i price of the Three per Cent. lf he really meant but a joke in doing this, h © b egan to find that it was but a sorry one ; if he had been C 613 ° 111 1 '''''s '; . to par, in other words, that 104 -- pu4 were:, for - 1001. of this description of sincere in proposing to change his faith, he speedily thought better of it. In two days he resumed his 'stock !.•, - Iniiinfry pint" of view this fact must be re serdea ttAppe 1 veryd egree of highest interest Armenian-Christian habiliments, and doffed his tur -, . t marks a point in the financial, ~..••- -- ban. For this last act of contumacy he was denounced s , he political history of the empire, by some bigot neighbours; taken before the Cadi ; . • h e shall be enabl e d to estimate, with denounced by the Mollah ; and sentenced to be deca more precision and n.f a better-A .ormed judgment than pitated. Sir STRATFORD CANNING, the moment that we could otherwise have hoped to bring to the sub. i the affair came to his knowledge, accompanied by re- SECOND EDITION: presentations of the imminent danger in which the wretched offender was, addressed the most urgent remonstrances to the Divan ; and, in personal con ferences with the Turkish Minister of Justice (by whatever appellation that officer is designated) pressed for the release of the unfortunate Armenian. All his entreaties and negotiations were finally unavailing. The poor man's head was cut off; and, his body being exposed in the market-place, the head was placed be tween the knees, w ith the cap or hat upon it, to add to the indignity with which it was desired to visit upon him the penalty of the offence. The mob.of Constantinople, always to the last degree superstitious, fanatical, and brutal, indulged in atrocious gesticula tions and pleasantries on the subject; and for some time it was impossible for any Frank—especially if he was attached to the suite or household of some one or other of the European Ambassadors—to show his face in the public streets without being reviled or hooted at, or even pelted, by a vile rabble of beggars, disbanded soldiers, &c. Sir STRATFORD, with his accustomed energy and spirit, brought the affair under the notice of the SULTAN and his Prime Minister. He would not be amused with vague and general promises of " managing these things better" in future. He did not relax his noble stand against these judicial and bigoted murders, till now so common in Turkey, until he had procured a solemn and formal undertak ing from the Porte that they would not be again per mitted. This document has been given with certain forma lities, too, which are well calculated to increase its actual authority and its influence among the native subjects of the Porte. We subjoin a brief extract from the correspondence of a Morning Contemporary on this subject : " CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 20.—Yesterday evening, a note identique was transmitted by the Porte to the English Ambassador, and the Ministers of France and Prussia. The contents of this communication, which has reference to the demands of England, France, and Prussia, on the subject of executions for causes con nected with religion, are highly satisfactory. The Porte declares that:desirous of proving that its in stitutions are not incompatible with the mainte nance of friendly relations with the Christian Powers—it pledges itself that no acts, of the nature of those objected to, shall again take Place. This so lemn declaration will, no doubt, afford sincere pleasure to every friend of peace, civilisation, and religious liberty; it is a great triumph in the cause of humanity, and it is, moreover, fraught with the most important political consequences to the Porte. The three Powers above-mentioned having intimated that they would withdraw their friendship and protection if the Porte rejected their demands, it follows, as a matter of course, that they are bound to befriend and support it to the best of their ability, now that it has made this noble effort to comply with them. The same straightforward policy that required the sacrifice will strictly fulfil the obligations it has imposed. The Porte may now look with confidence to the prompt and cordial assistance of those Powers ; and, certainly, as everything in the po litical horizon seems to indicate, it had never more need of their friendly intervention than at this moment !" If anything could add to the gratification we de rive from the " triumphant conclusion," as the writer terms it, to which Sir STRATFQRD CANNING has brought this delicate but important business, it would be that we find he was most ably seconded and as sisted in his measures by the Minister of France at the Porte, the Baron BOURQUENEY. It is an en nobling spectaele to see the representatives of two mighty Powers, sinking all conflicting pretensions connected with the minor interests and affairs com mitted to their charge, and thus making common cause in a vigorous and successful appeal on behalf of outraged humanity. But if we turn from the metropolis of "Islam," and its occasional brutal sacrifices of an individual Chris tian or so, to the proud capital, or the more ancient provincial cities, of the "Most Catholic" of all the mo narchies of Christendom, what shall we see there at this day ? Christian soldiers and civilians butchered in cold blood, or shot by sections under the orders and by the hands of compatriots, also calling them selves Christian men ! We shall see the state•ma jority of a young Queen, and the return from exile of her mother, severally signalised by the most san guinary excesses of political vengeance ! Why should not England and France accredit a solemn embassy to the Court of Spain, insisting sternly on the present cessation and future extinction of these atrocious crimes, in the name of all Europe, and in the cause of European peace ? Are the ruling autho rities of Spain more cowardly, more bigoted, more bloodthirsty—less Christian, in short—than those of Mahommedan Turkey, that it is assumed they would turn a deaf ear to all such remonstrances ? Or are the Spanish people so much more debased and bar barous than the Turks, that it is supposed they would resist such an intervention of France and England on behalf of human nature ? The intelligence from. Madrid is to the 2d inst. Within the three preceding days, there had been many rumours circulatingof a change in the Cabinet; but they are strongly denied by the Ministerial jour nals, which assert that the Cabinet was never more united, or more resolved to go on with the plans it has formed for the " salvation of the country." The following titles and .dignities are to be dis tributed among the Members of the Ministry : GONZALES BRAVO iS to be created, Marquis de la Lealtad ; CARRASCO, Mafquis de Sarita Olaya ; POR TILL° to be Marquis de Casa Fortino. Of the other Ministers, the Home Minister (the Marquis of PENA FLORIDA) has already a title; and MAZARREDO will be a Marquis, through his father. MAYANS, the Mi nister of Justice, is said to be obstinately opposed to the new titles, and vt ill neither accept one for himself, nor retain office, if his colleagues persist in their views on the subject. General NARVAEZ is to be created a grandee, and Duke of Ardoz, the place where SEOANE'S troops went over to him ; and Gene ral RONCALI is to be rewarded for the purchase of Alicant and the surrender of Carthagena, by being created Count of the former place and Duke of the lattei. It is reported that M. de BRESSON has strongly recommended the conferring of the above titles, and that LOUIS PRILIPPE has sent the cordon of the Legion of Honour to NARVAEZ, RONCALI, MAZAR-. REDO, and GONZALES BRAVO. The political chief, BENAVIDES, has lately been created Commendador of the same Order, and it is reported, that if the Mar quis of PENAFLORIDA leaves the Ministry, he will enter it in his stead. CHRISTINA, it is rumoured, is strongly inclined to grant a very comprehensive amnesty, one more exten sive, indeed, than NARVAEZ approves. The QUEEN MOTHER wishes to exclude from it no one but DON CARLO 4, while NARVAEZ insists on the exclu sion of ESPARTERO and others. Her MAJESTY seems to entertain some kindly feelings towards the exiled REGENT; for a poetaster of Valencia having pre sented her with a fulsome ode of congratulation, in which he termed ESPARTERO a coward and a traitor, she expressed her great displeasure at the insult offered to his name, and declared the charges to be utterly false and unfounded. The state of affairs in Portugal may be surmised from the following document, which has appeared in the Government journals at Lisbon : " To the 23d of April next all the individual guaran tees throughout the kingdom are strspenaled, and the Government is empowered to make arrests without legal process. During this term no journal, per:odical, or writing, put in print or lithographed, can be published, excepting literary and scientific journals, and the Diario of the Government. The Ministers and Secretaries have thus determined, and ordered the execution of this decree. (Signed) " THE QUEEN. " Countrsigned by all the Ministers." _ The Miguelites are said to be taking advantage of the confusion into which public affairs have been thrown. Pamphlets have been published and circu lated advocating the restoration of MIGUEL to the Throne of Portugal. It is these writings which have probably caused the above decree, which totally an • nihilates anything like freedom of discussion. The Diario of the 30th ult., gives a statement of the expenditure in the different departments during the preceding month. Among the items of payment the following have some interest here : " Payment of the Duke of Victoria (Lord Wel lington), for the year 1843, 7 contos and 200 rnilrees. ' " Ditto of the Count of Cape St. Vincent (Commodore Napier), second half-year of 1843, falling due in January, 1 conto 200 milrees." The official list of pensioners and public officers of 1841 specifies the particulars as to date and amount. The Duke of Wel lington had a pension of 8 contos a year, payable in island money, conferred on him by a decree of the 3d of May, 1811, in sterling 1,6201. per annum, amounting in the aggregate for the last 33 years to the sum of 53,4601. sterling. The pension of the Count Cape St. Vincent was conferred by a decree of the 25th of April, 1835, 2 contos 400 milrees, say 540 L sterling. The pension of Lord Beresford of 16 contos a year (in island money) was conferred by a decree of the 13th February, 1824, in sterling 3,240/. a year. For several years the pension of, and the pay likewise of, his Lord • ship, as a general officer, of 666 milrees a month, fell into arrears, payment having been pressed for in 1840, ,<...•:- ,- , -YM 1 ) 1.. ,----,, ~,,. -c 4 , i in ~..:.-3, , a 4.1 , . M ~,,,,,, 1.. 4 , __,,.... j !. 4 4 .; 4 - -i '? z; ..73P4-Amil,.. ...*ri; • ar:,.. -- '') LA '- -17.1.r.4 3 11ii j, ,- '. Z.a..!!4iir . ' s . ~. .„ ~, -4„ 0-1:60 ' ~t e, .-, 1 0 . 11 zr• m o •1 .I . '„ "....!* *? • n `:,,,,-4.- -- A#1•111; LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1844. ject, the development of the resources with the expenditure of the country; and the coincident ac cumulation of the national capital with the in crease of the debt of the nation. To the future historian of the present age, it will present a prominent epoch in the annals of the public credit or faith, which he may conveniently select for the close of one eventful period in the financial and domestic progress of Great Britain, and, assuredly, from which he may date the commencement of another. The last occasion upon which the Three per Cents. were at par was in, the year 1749 (just 95 years since). The amount of the Public Debt was then 78,300,0001. The preceding year had wit nessed the conclusion of the " Spanish War," as it was called, which commenced in 1739, and had in creased the debt to the amount just stated, from a total of 46,955,0001. (or to the extent, in about ten years, of 31,339,0001.) The amount of the Public Debt, at this moment, is in round numbers, is 752,000,0001., being an increase, in the 95 years which have elapsed since 1749, of 674,000,0001. If the fact of a given description of stock being at par in the money market raises a legitimate inference that there is capital enough afloat to purchase up the whole of it, then we must assume that there is capital seeking investment in Govern ment securities at this time to the whole amount of the Three per Cents., viz., for England, Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities, Reduced ditto, Debt to Bank of England, and South Sea Company Old and New ditto Annuities ; S. S. Annuities and Bank, 497,329,000/. ; for Ireland, 2,818,000/.—in all, say 500,147,0001. Now, this is pretty well. It would, in practical operation, give such a value to the remain ing portion of the debt in the nature of increased interest, as would speedily enable the Government to reduce the dimensions of the Colossus to those of the minute " General Thoma 3 Thumb," the last favoured object of Royal curiosity. The expectations of the Herald, we presume, greatly exceed our moderate dealing with this bagatelle of 500,147,0001. In 1749, says our Contemporary, the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were at par, the public debt being no more than 78,000,0001. " This proved that there were rich men enough—and rich enough—in the country to purchase or to possess 78,000,000/. ; at present the debt is, we believe, 750,000,0001., and the Three per Cents. are again at par —does not this prove something like a tenfold increase in the wealth of the country ?" That is,—carrying out his own argument to its legitimate extent, that, with a similar price of Three per Cents. in 1844 as in 1749, there must be " rich men enough—and rich enough—in this country to purchase or to possess 752,000,0001." On the same principle it would follow that if in 1815, when the National Debtstood at 864,000,0001., —the Threes had risen to par, there would have been " rich men enough—and rich enough—in this country to purchase or possess," in the way of in vestment, even that fearful aggregate of capital stock. But remembering that, on the aggregate of the last four years of the war, from 1812 to 1815 inclusive, the amount of money raised on the country had been, in taxes, 300,183,3291.; in loans 187,525,8061.; (collec tively, 487,709,1351., or per annum 121,927,2831.); we really take leave to doubt the correctness of the assumption to which our Contemporary's theory in evitably leads. At the same time we quite concur with him that to consider the total increase of the wealth, or available capital of the kingdom to be ade quately measured by the test of the quantity of stock uncancelled, concurrently with the Three per Cents. rising to par, would be a very absurd error. For, he adds : "Foreign loans, railroads, docks, shipping, great buildings, and machinery for merchandise and manu factures ; all these have been drains of capital assisting to keep down the price of public securities, but nearly all of them additions to the wealth of the couutry." 'We pass, however, to a startling specimen of the post hoc—ergo propter hoc"—reasoning of a thick and thin upholder of the Premier's administration of affairs in the following passage : " The Three per Cents. have risen in value 12 per cent. since Sir Robert Peel's accession to office (the Whigs had indeed reduced them three per cent. by their wretched misgovernment) ; but is there any good reason why the present price must be the maximum? Why may not the Three per Cents. rise 10 or 12 per cent. more in price in the years before us?" If the policy of Sir ROBERT has had anything to do with the vast accumulations of relieved or unem ployed-capital which are now pouring into the market, not only from the treasure of our own capitalists, but from foreigners seeking investment here for their money,—Mr. MURPHY, of weather-wisdom notoriety, has grave cause of complaint against all who dispute his private intimacy with the genii of the winds and the waters, who cram him for his almanack. "The wind bloweth where it listeth," however, despite Mr. MURPHY ; and the rise of Consols has at least as little to do with the profound management of Sir ROBERT PEEL. Our Contemporary might have found a better reason for the steady, upward tendency of prices of stock for some months past, to which he directs atten tion, in the principle he nee touches upon. Ile says : " After all that England has suffered and toiled to maintain her public faith, there never will be a question of the inviolability of her engagements." With this fact in her favour, and the impressive commentary supplied by the contrary course of cer tain continental Monarchies in Europe, and repu diating States on the other side of the Atlantic, no thing is more natural than that capital for safe in vestment should flow hitherward ; and in such plenty as proportionably to raise the price of the securities in which it has been determined to invest it. We will now endeavour to answer the question of our Contemporary, as to why the " Three per Cents. should not rise is i elve per cent. more in price in the years before us ?" That is, supposing the country is really to be blessed, according to his prayer, with an indefinite prolongation of the PEEL premiership and policy. It is evident that nothing would have sustained us through the awful crisis of the last war —that no monetary system would have sufficiently represented the wonderfully developed resources of the country, but the now deprecated paper issues of the Bank of England and our other banks of issue. The conviction, on the one hand, of the immeasurably superior amount of real wealth, and the substance of capital, in the United Kingdom over its funded and unfunded debt—on the other hand, the reliance entertained by one class of the community in Great Britain on the moral pro bity of the other—gave confidence to all in the general solvency of those sources (especially the supe rior ones) from whence the paper representatives of that capital and wealth were diffused. Public credit, however subject to chimerical alarms occa sionally, was never substantially shaken, from 1797 till 1819, when PEEL'S Currency Bill shook it throughout its whole relations. If Sir ROBERT really proposes to close up the joint-stock banks now existing, by giving to the Bank of Eng land the exclusive privilege of being a bank of issue ; if he will mate his enormous blun der of 1819 with a still more rash and stupendous folly in 1844 ; if he have determined on crippling the gigantic energies of our commerce by continuing to contract its limbs and circumscribe their action with the golden fetters of his currency plan; he will assuredly not remain in power as many months after Easter as our kind-hearted Contemporary speculates upon years. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL , lO, 1844. all his claims up to January, 1841, were settled, when his Lordship received 96,0001. in bills, which were duly paid. The pay and pension again fell into arrears, which the Government are now paying off by monthly instal ments. The amount of the pension for a period of 29 years, would be about 64,8001., less of late years by the amount of the decimal tax. Easter Monday being observed as a close holiday at Paris, very few of the journals were published on that day, and these contain no domestic news of much importance. In the Courrier Francais, however, we find intelligence from Constantinople to the 20th ult., which shows that the Government of the Porte had at length listened to the advice—and, we be lieve, also threats—of the English and French .Am bassadors. The answer of the Porte was given on the 19th, and the Government promises, in the most positive manner, no longer to inflict the punishment of death on renegades. As to the religious law, no mention is made of it. The Porte also promises to treat Christians kindly. The two Ambassadors, how ever, do not consider these concessions satisfactory, and they demand, in addition, that renegades shall not be got rid of by poison or by any other under hand practices. It was added, that though capital punishment would no longer be inflicted, renegades, however, would be condemned to the galleys for life. Nearly the same account appears in the Journal de Frankfort, with the exception that the Porte had not announced its intention of inflicting the punishment of the galleys on renegades. Another journal of Monday states that letters had been received at Constantinople, which give frightful accounts of the excesses committed by the Albanian troops in Thessally, Macedonia, and Bul garia, against the Christians. These atrocities are caused by the fanatical hatred of Mussulmans against.the Christian races. Accounts from St. Petersburgh of the 19th March, state that the EMPEROR would proceed to Vienna in the month of May, and that he had given up all thoughts of repairing to Circassia to superintend the movements of the army. The Cologne Gazette pub lishes a letter from Berlin, of the 30th ult., which contradicts the report that the treaty of extradition, in the case of deserters, had been renewed between Russia and Prussia. The French funds continued firm. THE BOURSE-MONDAY, APRIL 8. First Highest Lowest Las Price. Price. I'rice. Price. French Five per Cents 123 20 .. 123 40 .. 123 20 .. 123 35 Four per Cents lO6 10 •• 106 10 • • 106 10 • • 106 10 Three per Cents.... • 83 20 • • 83 25 .• 83 15 • • 83 25 Bank of France• • •• • • 3I 00 ••3100 • • 3090 —3095 Laffitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesll7o .. 1170 ..1165 • • 1165 5,000 f. Sharesslso ..5150 • • 5150 —5OO Belgian Bank .. • Belgian Fives •••• • . • .... 1021 .. log .• lon • . 102 k 1840 1051 .. 1051 • . 1051 .. 105 f 1842 Spanish Active Threes . Passive 64 .. 6f • • 61 .. 64 New Deferred .... 154 • • 154 • • 154 . • 15f Portuguese Five per Cents•• 47 • • 47 • • 4 7 47 Neapolitan lOl 30 .• 101 30 • • 101 30 .• 101 30 Roman RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R.B. L•B•• • • • ••• • • • • • 266 25 .. 270 • • 242 50 . • 242 50 Rouen ............ ..... 947 50 .• 947 50 • • 947 50 .. 947 50 Rouen to Havre.. ........ .. 700 • • 7 00 • • 797 50 793 75 Orleans .• • • • • • • • ...... 920 920 • • 917 50 • • 917 50 Strasburg to Bale Avignon to Marseilles 758 75 758 75 • • 748 75 .• 758 75 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. 385 .. 335 .. 360 • • 360 L.B 265 .. 270 .. 240 .. 240 Rouen ..... Rouen to Havre ..... Orleans . 918 73 .. 920 917 50 .. 917 50 Strasburg to Bale • • 270 .. 280 • • 270 • • '275 Avignonito Marseilles—. 757 50 •• 755 50 .. 755 • • 753 HONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The transactions in Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were to a fair extent, the sales being 5,000 bales, in cluding 1,000 on speculation. The market was firm at previous rates.—French Railway Shares continued in excellent request, but there was not much doing in other descriptions. Chester and Holyhead were 74; Dublin and Cashel, 6 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 651 ; Cale donian, 511 • South-Western, Eighths, 4 1 . 169. 6d. ; Man chester and Birmingham, 494; North Midland, Half, 451 ; Paris and Lyons, 3/. 7s. ; Paris and Orleans, 36 ; South-Eastern, 3.14 ; Paris'and Strasburg, 31. 16s. 3d. ; Strasburg and Bale, 111. There are advices to a late date from Buenos Ayres this morning, but the intelligence is merely of local interest. It our information be correct, there are some grounds fur the belief that a modified and beneficial tarif will be passed shortly in favour of British manu factures. We are without any colonial arrivals this morning. The circular of the Messrs. Railton and Son, of Man chester, thus advises the public : "At a stirring time like the present, when persons professing to act as agents or brokers, attach their names to Parliamentary contracts, it is essential for the public to learn from every professional agent or broker, whether such be the case or not. At the present time, also, we would guard the public against the effect of forcing shares to a premium, which, in too many cases, is liable to mislead the unwary ; whilst the first adventurers not unfrequently secure themselves —even before an Act is obtained—against the discounts that generally follow. An unsuspecting individual may readily be influenced to his own detriment, by a mistaken confidence in the advice he receives. The violence of the spirit now on foot, aided by the instrumentality of jobbers, cannot fail eventually to place deluded persons in a position they neither contemplated nor expected ; while others (who never at first intended it, being induced to sell through excessive premiums), may turn to account additionally the discounts that ensue. Thus circumstanced, persons having to do with railway property, either as buyers or sellers, require the utmost circumspection, while this state of things con tinues, to keep their interests in a right line. There has been a good business during the last week, parti cularly in small stock, and prices have been well sup ported ; also for Eastern Counties, Birmingham and Gloucester, and Manchester and Birmingham." The money market is is all buoyancy, and the invest ments of a portion of the dividends, added to the con tinued Savings Bank purchases, leads to a rise in everything. Consols have touched 1004 er -a to '2 have risen to 1031 and 104+ ; the y ; the New Three-and-a - advance Halfpe since per si Cents. e Re duced Three per Cents. ex dividend, to p ar ; an d B an k Stock, for Account, to 203 1 to 2041. Ther e i s a grea t scarcity of Stock. The Foreign Bonds are dull. Spanish A c ti ve s a t 261 to 26i; the Three per Cents. at 37 to 37i; Portuguese Converted at 46 to 46 +; Mexican at 35+ to 36+; and Brazilian at 80+ to 81. Generally, therefore, prices are rather better, although with little doing except in Mexi can, which attracts some attention. Dutch Two-and- a- Half per Cents. have risen to 61 and 61+, and the Five per Cent , . to 10 0 + to 100 1. Shares generally are a little flat, though not expected to continue so. The French lines are firmer. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List) Bank Stook ' 200% 200 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 per Cent. Consols. Annuities l uu %%% 3% per Cent. Annuities, 1818 lO3 3% per Centißeduccd Annuities New 3% per Cent. Annuities 103% 104% L ong Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 12% 7-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860 Bank Stock for Account .............. Consols for Account India Stock E x chequer Bills, I%d. I%d 1,0001. 5001 ....... 74 pm. Ditto Small — FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 Mexican Bonds, 1 837, 5 per Cent ... 5% 50 Ditto for the Account Ditto IX bentures Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents. Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Converted - - 48% Ditto for the Account 46% • Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 26 Ditto for the Account Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto Deferred Dutch 23% per Cents 6l Ditto for the Account 61% Dutch 5 per Cents - I OOMi34 Ditto for the Account New Loan 1837, 5 per Cents...-. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. HAILWARS. PAID. PER SHARE Birmingham and Gloucester Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian .... 5 Dublin and Cashel , 23¢ Eastern Counties * 23 Ditto New Registered...-. 8/. es. Pd. Ed l i ) n i b tt u o rg P h d er a p n etu G a l l a s ssw 5O per : eent ...... 108. 4d. ...I% to Ditto Registered Great Western Ditto %. Shares Ditto lifts l2 18% Harruwgate ai:d KLaresboro' ... 3 Hull and Selby Lancaster and Carlisle London and Brighton 5O 43% London and Croydon (Trunk)... 1 3% Norwich and Brandon Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 18 Northern and Eastern North Midland Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen 2O 37% to —''' Rouen and Havre. South Eastern and Dover ... ...... 32 Strasburg and Basle MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 9.—We have had a very good market to-day, and considerable busi ness has been transacted at the following quotations : Grand Junction Half, 117 ; Blackburn and Preston, 41 ; Lancaster and Preston, 381 to Manchester and Birmingham, 49 to 493 ; North Union, 107 k to 1 ; Paris and Rouen, 37 ; South Eastern, 343 ; South Western, 83 to 831 ; Ditto, One-Eighth Shares, 41 ; Dublin and Cashel, 51 to 6 ; Paris and Lyons, 31. 3s. to 3 3-16 ; Caledonian, 53 ; Chester and Holyhead, 7i ; Eastern Counties, 133 ; Huddersfield Canal, 21 to 20/. " DRINK."—Mr. Justice Erskine, at the Salisbury Assizes, when sentencing a gentleman to six months' hard labour, for a crime committed through strong drink s declared that 99 out of every 100 criminal cases were from the same causes. Judge Coleridge, at the Oxford Assizes, said he never knew a case brought be fore him which was not directly or indirectly connected with intoxicating liquors. Judge Matteson, at the Nor wich Assizes, said to the grand jury, " If it were not for this drinking, you and I should have nothing to do." SU - MARY OF NEWS AND i3ttbitt Optitton. " Who runs may :,e7d.'' roIiEIGI4Tm We learn from Belgrade that tht? Emperor of Russia has conferred upon the Sovereign Prince Alexander the title cf Seren', and that the Ottomau t Porte has decided that in future this title shall be gi ',en to the Prince in all the_diplomatic intercourse with b im. The illyerie announces that, in Lie Bordj of Biskra, there has been found a piece of c aunon of the time of Henry 11., bearing the date of 15,49, with the cypher and crescent of Diana of Poict'ims. The Duke de Montpensier, as captain of artill ecy, will bring it to France. It is stated in a letter from Mika, March 25, that the Archduchess Maria Louisa of Parma, has, by a decree the 20th, re-established the Order of the Jesuits in her states, and authorised the opening of a Jesuit convent at Parma. It has also b?.en decided that the Jesuits are to be charged with the duty of secondary instruction. During the last month the number of passengers be tween France and England, who embarked from and landed at Boulogne, amounted to :3,329. At Calais the number during the same period vvv.a3 1,001. The Memorial Barthian announces that the camp which was proposed to be formed this summer in the Landes, under the command of tb e Duke de Nemonrs, will not take place, owing to the vini nt of a sufficient sup ply of wholesome water in that lc/el-lay for the troops. The Augsburg Gazette states that letters from Con stantinople, and from the frontie.s of Servia, speak of revolting excesses committed by the Albanian troops in Thessaly, Macedonia, and Bulga.l l .a, against the Chris tians. It is said that these atrocities are caused by the fanatical hatred of those soldiers vainst the Christians. A letter from St. Petersburglit, March 19, in the Augsburg Gazette, mentions a rumucur that the Emperor and Empress of Russia are to hA%ve for the baths of Bohemia in the month of May. The Emperor will also proceed to Vienna. The same letter contradicts the re- Cport that the Emperor is about to repair in p erson t o ircassia. A letter from Carlsruhe states, that the fortifications of Rastadt are proceeding actively.. In three years the town will be transformed into a I . 4lltified place, and 3,300 troops are to be kept there in time: of peace. LAW AND PrI3;ICE. _ ------. At the Old Bailey a true bill hi t s been returned against all the parties implicated in the ]ate will forgeries, with the exception of Griffin, who has been admitted a wit ness for the Crown. In the New Court several petty cases were disposed of. A lengthened inquiry took plaiT before Mr. Jardine, at Bow-street, upon a summons which had been granted to Ralph Reeve, a pauper in the Strand Union work house, charging James Bunyard, the porter of the house, with having violently assaulted him without the least provocation. The charge nut being borne out by evi dence, the summons was dismissed. John Turner was charged at, Marylebone, by a pretty looking young woman, named Charlotte Thompson, with forcing himself into her house. The defendant was a discarded lover, and after gaining admittance into the dwelling, he was given into custody. On the way to the station-house, he bit the policeman in the hand. He was fined 20s. Mary Walsh was charged, at Union-hall, with stabbing a young man, named John Campbell, in the eye , with a pair of scissors. The complainant is likely to lose the sight of one of his eyes from the serious nature of the wound he received. He was fined 51., and, in default of payment, sent to gaol. Francis Penny was charged, at the same office, with excessive brutality to a donkey, which he had borrowed to let out on hire to holiday folks on Easter Monday. The poor animal, which was at the door of the Court, exhibited marks of the brutal usage it had experienced at the hands of its cruel master, and a sharp pointed stick was produced, covered with blood, the instrument with which it was inflicted. A penalty of 40s. was imposed. William Hatter and John Thompson, two well-dressed young men, the latter wearing a watch and gold chain, and the former a valuable gold pin, who were recognised as notorious thieves, were charged, at Greenwich, with breaking into the dwelling-house of Samuel Brightley, of Cross-field-lane, Lower-road, Deptford. They were • committed. A man was brought up, at Hammersmith, in charge, as a confirmed lunatic, whose place of settlement is un known. His delusions were all of a political character. and to. every question as to his name, he answered " Henry, Lord Brougham." He was ordered to be taken to the asylum at Hanwell. COURT-WASTIZON.A.BLE. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland and Miss Percy are expected to arrive at Northumberland House, to-day or to-morrow. from Alnwick Castle, for the season. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Louisa Churchill, left Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, on Monday, for Blenheim. Ills Grace the Duke of Cleveland arrived at the Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury, on Sunday evening. We believe that his Grace intends passing several weeks in this neighbourhood, on a visit to the different gentry. On Monday morning ho left the above inn, for Sundorne Castle. Lord and Lady Ponsonbr left Great Stanhope-street, yesterday, to pass the holidays at Richmond. Lady brougham returned to Grafton-street, yesterday, from a visit to her brother, Mr. Arthur Eden, at Wimble don. Lord Brougham is expected in town, from Paris, on Tuesday or Wednesday next. Viscount and Viscountess Beresford are entertaining a large and distinguished party at Bedgebury Park, during the Easter recess. Lord Wharneliffe left town on Monday, for his seal Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. MISCELLANEOUS. The active Berlin Police Director Dunker, has just discovered at Berlin a nest of swindlers, who were to have established themselves in that city, and amongst other proceedings they had in view, was the issuing and negotiating of forged bills of exchange, on various prin cipal continental cities. Sir John Soane's Museum has just opened for the season, which extends from April to June, inclusive. It is open to the public every Thursday and Friday, from ten till four, and at the same hour on Tuesdays for foreigners and strangers in London. Admission to be obtained on prior application to the curator. The chief gem of the museum is the splendid transparent alabaster sarcophagus brought by Belzoni from Egypt, which was purchased by the late Sir John Soane from Mr. Salt for 2,000 guineas. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY The supply of English Wheat on show was rather scanty, but fully adequate to meet the wants of the dealers. Prime samples were disposed of at Monday's quotations, but the middling and inferior descriptions were extremely heavy. In Foreign Grain, both free and in bond, so little was doing that the rates were al most nominal. Barley moved off steadily-, at prices quite equal to those noted in our last report. The Malt trade was very dull, but of all other Grain there was a slow sale. ARRIVALS.' I Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I Flour. English Irish 5,540 Foreign BIO 2,570 2, 1 10 D alt, 7,320 ors vrxilik - zbizsians. We had but anToderate supply of Meat on offer ; while the general demand NI as steady on the following terms:—Beer, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 5s 2d to 6s 4d; Veal, 3s 2d, to 4s 4d; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4s 2d, per Blbs., by the carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( T HIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 10.—Wind this day at noon, light westerly breezes and fine. DEAL, APRIL 9.—Wind, light and variable P.M., S. light.— Arrd. Syrian, Law, Buenos Ayres. Sid. Oriental and Earl Durham, Bombay ; Isabella Anna, Sierra Leone; Diana and Tintern, Barbadoes ; Amelia and Lady Sarah Bayley, Jamaica; Beaufort, Honduras ; Susan and Ruby, Quebec. OFF DOVER, APRIL 9.—Robert, Charleston, for Antwerp ; her Majesty's ship Vernon, Lisbon. Sid. Marquis Bute, China. PLymounr, APRIL 9.—Wind variable.—Sld. Emma, FALMOUTH, APRIL 9.—Wind variable and light.—Sid. Woodbine, Pictou, Nova Scotia. PENZANCE, APRIL 7.—Arrd. Prince Saxe Cobourg, Car diff, for Stettin, leaky, which it is supposed has since been stojoped. JERSEY, APRIL 7.—Sld. Superb, Friendship, Janvein and Feaser, Gaspe. GLOUCESTER.—SId. Collina, Quebec. BERMUDA, MARen 23.—The weather has been very bois terous for the last week, and it is now blowing a heavy gale from the westward. The Haidee, of Yarmouth, N.S., was wrecked at St. Pierre, Martinique, on the 4th inst., during a strong easterly wind—materials saved. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 9.—Wind variable and light.—Arrd. Mary Haitlee, Bartlett, Valparaiso ; George Canning, Har vey-, Savanilla ; Fa nn y, L e b er , M ace i o ; Safeguard, Smith, Galveston ; Abercrombie, Crusader, New Orleans ; San Fran cisco, Bilbao ; England. Mobile ; Pekin, Charleston. Sld. Lea, New York, Scotland and Calcutta, Quebec. The Cordelia, hence to Calcutta, has put back, with damage, having been in contact with the Aurora, for Africa, which has proceeded. FIRE AND S MOKE .—A we t s ilk h a ndkerchief, tied without folding over the face, is, it. is said, security against suffocation from smoke; it permits free breath ing, and at the same time excludes the smoke from the lungs. FALMOUTH, APRIL 7.—An inquest was held to day at the Temperance Hotel, in this town, on the re mains of Mrs. Trewarnas, of Penzance, whose husband is owner and in command of the Magic, at present in the port of Dublin, and for which place the deceased had taken her passage on board the Royal William, Dublin steamer. It appeared in evidence that she had left the hotel in apparent perfect health, but that shortly after she got on board the steamer, then in our inner harbour, she exclaimed to the second mate, who was sitting near her, " Oh, how faint I am!" and fell a corpse. A me dical examination was made at the request of the jury, the result of which was that her sudden death was the consequence of apoplexy. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday morning the Earl of Aboyne was married to Mary Anginnetta Pegus, a daughter of the Countess of Lindsey, at the church of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, in the presence of several of the friends of both families. The dresses of the young and beautiful bride and the numerous brides maids were extremely rich. The ceremony was per formed by the Rev. Frederick Peps, uncle to the bride. After partaking of luncheon at No. 8, Spring -gardens, the happy couple left town for Orton Hall, near Peter borough. THE WILLS FORGERIES. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD GOURD. This being the day appointed for the trial of the parties implicated in the forgeries which have recently attracted so much attention, the avenues of the Old Bailey were, at an early hour, crowded with a mass of persons anxious to obtain admittance into the court. This was found, however, to be a most difficult task, admission, with the exception of barristers and those immediately concerned in the trial, being refused to all who were not armed with Sheriffs' tickets. The court was, of course, most rapidly filled in a very short period after the doors were opened. All witnesses were ordered to retire to the London Coffee-house till called for. At ten o'clock, Baron Gurney, Justice Williams, and Justice Mamie, took their seats upon the bench. The Crown was represented by the Attorney-General, Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Bodkin, and Sir John Bayley. Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Parry appeared as counsel for Barber ; Mr. Graves and Mr. Ballantine for Fletcher ; Mr. Stone and Mr. Phirn for Sanders ; Mr. James for Mrs. Dcrey ; and Mr. Doane for Griffin, who, however, it was known, was to be admitted as evidence for the Crown. William Henry Barber, Joshua Fletcher, Milian: San ders, and Georgiana Dorey, were first arraigned and pleaded Not Guilty to an indictment, charging them with the forgery of a will purporting to be that of Eliza Bur chard. There were in this indictment eight counts vary ing the charge. Barber, Fletcher, and Georgiana Dorey, were then arraigned upon two other indictments, to which they also severally pleaded Not Guilty. Barber, Fletcher, Wm. Sanders, Lydia Sanders, and Georgiana Darey, were then arraigned upon another in dictment, charging them with the forgery of the will of Ann Slack, to which theyalso severally pleaded Not Guilty. . _ These several indictments involved the cases of for gery of the wills and names of Ann Slack, Eliza Bur chard, Mary Hunt, and John Stuart. It having been arranged that Griffin should be ad mitted as an approver, he was not arraigned. The reading of the indictments and the arraignment of the prisoners occupied the Court for nearly an hour. Before proceeding to swear the jury, Mr. WILKINS made an application to the Court on behalf of the pri soner Barber, that the trial for the forgery of the wilt of John Stuart, of Great Marlow, Bucks, should be post poned, on the ground of the absence of the Rev. Mr. Coxwell, of Great Marlow, an essential witness for Bar ber's defence. Affidavits were put in, stating that the Rev. Gentle man's life would be endangered by an immediate attend ance in Court, as he was in a state of extreme prostration from recent and severe illness. Baron GURNEY said the Court could grant no favour —that rested in the discretion of the Attorney-General, as representative of the Crown, the prosecutor. A mat ter of right belonged to the Court, but in the affidavits and letters produced no ground of right had been es tablished. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he would be the last man to deprive a prisoner of any means really requisite for his defence. But he could say unfeignedly that he was at a loss to see of what use the Rev. Gentleman could be to Mr. Barber. The affidavits were not regular. Mr. WILKINS aumitted there was a slight irregularity, but he had had too much experience of the Attorney- General's courtesy to counsel, and consideration for pri soners, not to believe that his request would be com plied with. He (Mr. Wilkins) best knew Mr. Barber's defence, and the necessity for Mr. Coxwell's presence, and he begged to assure the Court that that p resence was of the highest importance to the interest of his client. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, rather than defer this one case until the next day, would prefer to have them all deferred till the morning. After a lengthened conversation, it was suggested by Baron GURNEY, that the letter said to be from the rector of Great Marlow, and on which the affidavits were founded, should be produced, in order that the Court and the Attorney-General might form their own opinion as to its bona fides, of which strong doubt wets evidently entertained. A messenger was accordingly dispatched to the chambers of Mr. Bratnall (Barber's solicitor), Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn, to procure the same. On the return of the messenger, the letter of the Rev. Mr. Coxwell was handed to the Attorney- General who read it to the Court. It was addressed to Mr, Bramall, and after acknowledging the receipt of the subpoena, stated the writer's inability from illn ess t o attend, concluding thus :—" Besides I know nothing of the matter except that the remains of John Stuart were interred in Great Marlow Churchyard by me." After another conversation among the counsel and consultation with the Court, Mr. Baron GURNEY said they were of opinion the in dulgence might be granted, but all the trials must be postponed until to-morrow morning, as the Attorney- General had determined to proceed with that of Stuart first. At that time, however, the Court would require all parties to be fully ready to proceed. The prisoners were then removed back to Newgate, and the Court was rapidly thinned of its much disap pointed visitors. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) James Dean was charged with having caused the death of William Grubb on the preceding night. It appeared that on the preceding night Grubb and the prisoner were at a public-house called the Goal Smack, at Rotherhithe, the latter person being at the time very much intoxicated and quarrelsome. Grubb struck at the prisoner, who retaliated by striking him in retutn. The landlord here interfered, and said there should be no fi9,hting in his house, upcn which the parties went out and began to fight, and the deceased was knocked down. Shortly afterwards he went into the house and exhibited his eyes, which were very much swollen, and requested the landlord would lance them to allay the inflammation. The landlord, however, refused to comply with the request, desiring the deceased to go to a sur geon. This advice was taken by the deceased, who ac cordingly proceeded to one, whorecommended his imme diate removal to the hospital, where it appeared he expired in less than an hour after his admission. .The prisoner in his defence said that he was struck by the deceased, and that they fought outside the public house. Mr. COTTINGHADI said that the prisoner's conduct in fighting with a man so intoxicated as the deceased was at the time reflected great discredit upon him ; that if the case did not amount to the crime of murder, it was at all events a charge of very aggravated manslaughter. The Magistrate then remanded the prisoner until an inquest is held on the body of the deceased. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) James Gregq was charged with the following outra geous conduct : George Waddington, the gaoler of the Court, an ac tive and intelligent officer, deposed that on the previous day he was conveying a prisoner from the Court to the Clerk's office, for the purpose of having the depositions taken down, when the prisoner, who was drunk in the passage, seized him by the collar, and dragged him with so much violence, as to oblige him to release the prisoner. Sergeant N 10 came up, and when the ruffian found that he would be overpowered, he seized Waddington's coat between his teeth, and attempted further violence. He shouted so as to disturb and interrupt the proceedings of the Court, and it required the combined exertions of four constables, all of whom he kicked and cuffed on his way, to take him to the station-house. The prisoner, who had been looked up all night, and expressed contrition for his conduct, was sentenced by Mr. COMBE to pay a fine of 55., or seven day's im prisonment. _ - THE ABDUCTION CASE.—This case, which has excited SO much public interest, was remanded until to-day. The solicitor for the prosecution, Mr. Southey, of the Temple, has arrived; and Mrs. Wortham, the mother of the young lady, who was absent on the last occasion, is in attend ance. The prisoner has not been bailed, hut still re mains in custody. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Edward Howard, a hardy looking sailor, with scarcely a vestige of clothing about him, was placed at the bar on the following charge. William Horsford, the constable of the Mendieity Society, stated that between eight and nine o'clock last evening, he saw the prisoner standing in Regent-street, stupefied with drink, and evidently ineapable of taking care of himself. He was then, as to clothing, as he now appeared, without hat, coat, shoes, or stockings ; to keep him out of harm's way he was locked up in the station-house. Mr. MALTBY—How do you account for being found in this miserable plight? Prisoner (with a seaman-like hitch up of his trowsers, and a retrograde scrape of the right foot)—Please your honour, I got amongst the sharks. I have been fifteen years in the Royal Navy, and about a week ago I landed, and was paid off three years' money, all in a lump. Some of the small craft got me in tow, down by Whiteehapel. I'm told • and they took out not only cargo but ballast and all, and turned me adrift as creaky as I am. I'll know better next time. Mr. MALTBT—HOW much money have you lost ? Sailor—About 451. ➢lr. MALTBY You are discharged. Sailor—Thankee ; I'll soon be after getting another ship. MARYLEBONJE.—(THIS DAY.) Michael Hefferman, Edward Hayes, Jeremiah Leary. and James ilyan; four Irish labourers, were charged with an aggravated assault upon the police, one of whom is at present lying in a dangerous state in the hos pital, from a severe injury received on the head by a cut from a hod. Another constable, who gave evidence, was obliged to be supported into Court The facfs may be comprised in a few lines. A general "Irish scrimmage" had occurred yesterday evening in Oxford-mews, Summer's -street, Paddington, and one or two constables, among whom was the unfortunate man Smith, ran in among them, with the intention of sepa rating the combatants. They, however, were deter mined not to be baulked in their humour, and, forgetting their own animosities in the general weal, at once, to use the graphic language of one of the constables, "pitched into the whole on' us 'like bricks." The staffs were wrenched from the hands of the policemen and used with great effect on their heads, until at last they were forced to retreat. Soon after a greater body of men were ordered to the scene of action, and succeeded in capturing the prisoners. The first two, Ilefferman and Hayes, were each sent for a month to the House of Correction. Leary, against whom there was no evidence, was discharged ; and Ryan who had been particularly active, was remanded till Friday, in order to ascertain hOW constable Smith was getting on. Charles Crawle,y, a most (Wm:Lined ruffian, who was only liberated from the House of Corre ct o i o yesterday evening, was again brought 1 1 P day charged with an aggravated assault el/co the person of Rementi Epiural Iyauco Ilerrerdio, Spaniard, who could not, unfortunately, speak - Fn_ t g o f and as no one in Court understood Sp a nish, this-P* l ' the case could not be sustained against the prisoner. v d. Sergeant Cumming said that a witness was iu Igl oo ance at the station-house when the charge WsB't 9 ite who detailed the circumstances ; but she was not,st Court this morning. The rrisoner, when locked 0 , 1 :. kept shouting throughout the night, t o the great ton! t e e d ance of the other prisoners, who were e ffe c tually del ° of a night's rest, by his vociferous exclamations. o . Constable 26 D said that when taken to the sts%,ill house the prisoner said, " Oh, o ld J ac k Rawlinsen " be sitting, and I'll be sure to get off." - vlO 4 Mr. LONG, who happened t o att e nd thi s day in i ft y of his brother magistr a te, sm il e d, an d remarked that prisoner might find his good fortune desert him. b o, Prisoner—l've got a witness outside, yer 10 1 *s: co il Here you covey (to Franklin, the c hi e f usher), P s " - in old Mother Crowley, will ye. T oe Mother Crowley was ca ll e d. Sh e gave her a e son the best of characters, but kne w nothing of the e ll in question. The prisoner was sent again tc the House of Core tion for seven days. QUEEN-SQUARE.—(THIS A great number of persons were charged at this - f ig to-day with the commission of v a ri ous o ff en ces, la r " from drunkenness and disorderly conduct to the aggravated species of assault. In fact, the lower, e ir tion of the inhabitants of this distri c t a ppear to termined to enjoy the Easter holid a ys and the eo f weather, but it is really lamentable that their., tlit amusement should be intemperance and riot. FOr ✓ charges of the above nature, we extract the follol Two decently-dressed young women, one h a t el' pretty little child in her arms, and who s e face heh - r j o iti deuce of her having been recently en gage d in a ° e d i t or conflict, both her eyes being dreadfully bruised, 411 ,_ face otherwise injured, were placed at the bar, ei g ht' with creating a disturbance last night, and„f e si . ing. answer to the charge, the " if iti ants stated that they had been to Gre e- 0 fair, and having, with their husbands, drank ht freely there and on their retcrn to London, they h of all recollection of the even; s of the preceding °j ibe , of having inflicted summary punishment on each 0 . They were tined 2s. 6d. each. 1 0 A sturdy labouring man was neat charge T e d creating a disturbance in the Feath ers , a gin Pst,4o`' the Broadway, and in conjunction with other rie g il who escaped, assaulting the landlord and others ell on the premises. el° He was fined 205., or in default of "payment fo od days' imprisonment. DO Frederick Tomlinson, a fashionably dressed yours 10 was charged in the sheet with assaulting James a professional singer. foi l/ It appeared that whilst Mr. Graham was ret a b ooo from the place where he is in th e h a bit of wa r the defendant struck him, at the sao a be rig i stating that he had taken indecent u s sos with his the (defendant's) wife. The defendant drunk at the time, and as he had struck the coWP by mistake for another person, and made so apology for his misconduct, the complainant Wl sirous of withdrawing the charge. 1 The defendant, who g ave a fi c titi ous nam e an° " a/o idin when charged, for the purpuse, as is said, of 01 his real name from getting into the newspap ers ' fined 2s. 6d. for being drunk, which was paid. Eliza Evans, a young woman, was charged 1 10 . 0 : garet Smith with assisting another female, who yet been taken into custody, with stealing a "",. 0 1 her reticule, containing 2/. I Is. 6d. The prosecutrix stated that the met the pris oele icle4 the other woman in the Stra n d, a b ou t twelve t a r 0 " last night, and being acquaint e d w ith th e m, .0 4 them to some coffee and other r e freshments. 0 00 walked together until they arrived a t a court wa ) 0 1 • out of New Tuthill-street, wh e re th e y kiw e , o oj down, pulled the reticule from h er , a n d h a ving s°4 the bag containing the money, thr e w it into I °o7 and ran off. She, however, caught the prisonei:;o shawl, and retained her hold until a policeman , The prisoner, who denied the charge, was r e , 00 , until Monday, to give the police time to trace t° person implicated. DUTCH MAIL. .. fe cor THE HAGUE, APRIL 6.—The Journal of Liinb' tains the following article : tbni " The whole nation will un it e it s w i s h es wiw ca tt .o o his Majesty, th a t th e remotest poster i ty maF ust . to reap the benefit s o f th e sacr ifi ce w hi c h h as .1 , made to save the co u n t r y. kitib " On this occasion we canno t h e l p ret ner - t ber active co-operatio n o f th e c it y o f M aestr i c ht, in 0 o b O d il ce , ,s of the loan. This is the more remarkable, Los .4 that deplorable separation of 1830,.M aes tricht constantly declining. The isolation of this cit b -74 the unhappy separation of th e t wo c:,untries, t to s ll `:i of which made s o fi ne a ki ng d om , h as caus ed it o r& very severely. Yet it has not been deaf to tr o eo made to it to save the country. Almost every n oPf k o contributed, even perso ns w h o wou ld not have b ee o o ,I to the income-tax. Th e con d uct of M aes tricht, or occasion, is worthy of the highest praise, a nd "g to be forgotten by th e G overnment. " foi the d i " ZWOLLE, A PRIL 4.—Th e complet i on O . tary loan is one of the most important and hsPl er el d in the history of our times, and may be co 1151 ,;(0 1 ' the foundation of a b e tt er s t a t e o f t hi ngs for the in our country." HUNTINGDON ELECTI OI.4 ' i (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) , 010 HUNTINGDON, TUESDAY EVENING.--In antic i i 4oPoo a vacancy, by the elevation of Sir Frederick de 01, the Bench, the Huntingdon electors are air°, 31 04 alert for some able and independent indiviel l or Pi? teed him. Apparently, inure than tired of t o ,eol submission to Sandwich dictation, they 409 solve d to make a vigorous attempt to assert tu t or) pendence. Several local names have been me n be el, likely to stand, and a re q u iAition has actual-Valid,/ up in favour of a resid en t gent l eman of muell-P-,,efe? independent spirit. As there is some doubte.,Po,( o !l : l his consenting, Mr. J. B. Roper, f orme rly 0. " lit" county, and Mr. James Rust, both of whom I ' l 4 1 1 ; e 'd esteemed by the townsmen generally, and eve ll all j 0 who differ from them in political opinion, havc," e per" talked of a s p ro p er t o succee d t h e Attorneru the representation of the borough. .................. HER MAJESTY'S THEA I „for itl Her Majesty's theatre re-open e d l a st evenireii, _ld' post-paschal season. The opera was 1 Plif ita o o " Grisi as Elvira, Mario as Arturo, Lablache es . . 0 ) polo , and Fornasari as Ricciardo. It was the first o P r ece l s l l of these favourite artistes this season ; they 10 [ 0 41 most enthusiastically. Fornasari, notwithst. t o 0 4 reports which have been in circulation as to 20 ,;ti ii factory state of hi health,lookedexceedinglywe'ict tlt s delightfully ; we never heard. him in better l'l ff oi o , o l blache, too, appears to have completely recoverec'boorii 1 severe indisposition under which he va s t .. 041 during the winter. Never have we heard t_,, 1 11 " •grol cent duet, " Suona la tromba," more InS: 0 0 0/ . , given. It was, of course, rapturously enor,Tso7, the charming polacca " Son tergen vezzosa , , 'ber # l!, exquisitely given by Grisi.. Mario sang h,'lliatoPl scene in the third act with great taste and l e avorl, altogether I Puritani has never been more to oi' represented than it was last evening. Cl t riaefol f who has procured an additional conge, appear:4o l 7i let as Esmeralda,and was as graceful and sYIPt.,, -- c p . The house was crowded. Among the coter - ,'oo i were the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, A um""bl of r by the Count Kielmansegge, and atteedt7, 01,4; Knesebeek, The Queen Dowager's box sr in tl_, by the Marquis and Marchioness of Ormonae d Pr o , The Duke of Leeds. the Russian, Austrian' !Lob 101, Ambassadors, the M arqu i s o f H un tl e y, the f. i ." 1 0, A , of Westmeath, the Earls of Pembroke, She KO! mare, and Belfast; the Countess of Belfs",,st m i ler Calabrella, C oun t de Noailles, Lords 1.11- I , Ori Curzon, and Gardner; Ladies Fitzroy Somel e ptifa of, Brougam, Pollington, Joddrell, Batley', 0 • 13- 0 1 ,1" r : Francis Lawley, Alexander Duff, William , v ai7 4 l P' Henry Willoughby; Honourables Col. C 9 'o_, Curzon, Mr. Law, Mr. Upton, and Frederiello. ?! . .,01 , ' Colonel Wildman, Capt. Mountjoy MaLtY,,orP r Charles Standish, Charles Culling Smith, lote' Charles Ford, &c. t ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT — SELF-DEST OI:I4- 9 110 :4 BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE.—Last night, at abet ot voll p 1"0 another attempt at self-destructio n was MA',. friars •bridge. It a t p e ar s th a t a middle-BP_A- sei l was standing on the ab ove b r id ge , s a id to s 17,! .0 St l j ing at the time, " Yes, I mus t, an d I will do r ,091 fore the party in question h a d ti m e to look ia0,401 unfortunate man muunted the seat in one ef th fi ?yer' d s and instantly plunged head foremost into th e t ote immediate alarm was raised, and several P e lt 9 e 4 in boats, and after some minutes had elsP s icie c/7,00:, was found near S'outhwark floating-pier. raje,,:tlr, moved to the Trooper public-house at nal l ',, -- atr if,gr he in a short time recovered, and was able t" Pe Or he lived in th e neighbourhood of St. Giles',..bitt afterwards taken to Christchurch Workbe lls- ate appear before the Magistrate this day. di ° r P METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS- - est er t e ing the new street leading from the north- 0 2 0 0 g et i Leicester-square to St. Martin's-lane, was tP.osael/ A to the public as a thoroughfare, but for foot r only for the present. roll ° r J Under the belief that Sir Frederick sir o res, accept the o ffi ce of Chief Baron, and th at m eti? l t s Follett will be the Attorney-General, the Da _:,d5 13 Queen's Counsel have been mentioned as e r r O" - the post of Solicitor-General—Mr. Belly'l4l and Mr. Thesiger. T! WO II7 % . LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWA ; e ntj , p" tickets having been issued on Easter Will: of 7 the holders to -return gratuitously, uPw il d passengers travelled between Brighton 9 ,0 0 . 1 0 1 The first down train contained 35 carrisP2bse8 er I propelled by four engines. It arrive d in )3171 minutes after 12 o'clock, instead of the us° iveri o'clock. t be A REVERSE OF FORTUNE.—WO Feaa . ga flo t t Oc i ' man Times :—" An unhappy man,. wh° i n de x dtt means of paying even two sous for-his,Ped, Lor, quarter of the opulent city of Rouettr, t oe the act of begging, a few days ago, for „, 410 1 0 0 , 1 enable him to repose his exhausted frame : 45 " the ,a 0v ", pallet of straw. He was conducted before to ti est,haenudsuwailthdiffi inqu i ries.culty they The eoxffitcreacr twedhofrsr.dup,t7itit eg" interrogate the poor man soon discovereo ?" the po" the very person who had been advertised St • . t it office us the heir to a large fortune." ~ m i ne The - railroad between - Brunswick: an d' to be cponod on Uie ht of June Aext, the th e Mo of The tor Coll Dim !its half won he ( Col.l Lori the lyen the Owe, 0 tor, 411 1 and •b 010 1 est 7 %Wu for Yet tl fain fo l d bon 7i ROW barsnari yvi siat si Ruh, des4 Ig, 16 1 16, '2Ol ctft 11_4 Gual 4 tabi le" Th e •of • , L T ulazo atthi 20L 3 Atta I 'ol' Vthl F_IJPI Love aei e - thW heir at f 141 We l 111 004 Ulti