The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-06 00:00:00

I' t , war icioif 4 chea aim envy MOO ed wee las , woo kle in- Rug- One 'ten ths Y.) des, vt ►ve ar; Fruit 3s, a►ad Apples, per lb; r balf :l Fil- I, 2s 6d Grapes per lb; Ducks Id ditto• s 6d to I, 58 to ,;:ogl4h mdred; o 2s 6d 3s 4d; I Pork, to 3s d; and I Fish, 2s 6d aer lb; L2s per . Is 4cl; rel, d Salt lis are )er 41b ;411) to: ditto; o 3/d;'• 112tb„ .to fall ' Sheep,' 5s 8d; Clover' per, Clover 9s per I. / 104; 8/ pee •) qui keg pick 7 )rt for, d fra ;tread, di htss whieti he IVIV 19 hO(Ir of tb. 4 they ropped tot the .videnD to the houeit use. knew ). Ho en the aat by fanner e, that re th• es had t right meter. .s; now bt be irious ;irl of id the nesk- John Pye- Bevel" Me to utsids a pri eribed %insult times '.dis- ie pri iota ;house ad oa )wn • brok9 ve, 'clock istody chia- Rant'/ itnese head Le ex eying se it. with Minx. d ,and oefore the timei n• in. icient o, buy h for ianit 1 1 int 'even NIONLY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER :1 0 THREE. The Cut,',Gu Market at Liverpool The salsa yesterd iy was quiet. were osliit•ited at from 4,000 to 5,00 bale..— "ilv•aY Sbarcs improved very considerably, with an ac t 1 " 121 0, aid the mai ket closed firmly. I no s:u,tualent of the Bank of England for the week, to the 30ui l exhibit some gaunt upon th eof the changes conse pre.iinina.ry payments, including, salaries, ~ before the close of the fivancial quarter; but not withBtandillo. this, and with a very great addition to the active circulation, and a material reduction of unem ployed assets, indicative of these increased payments, tie public deposits show a further augmentation. Probably they have reached their maximum for the present. In the amount of the other securities there is a material in crease, and this is the result, no'doubt, of the usual extra demand for accommodation, while the transfer books are closed. Compared with the previous week, the return before us shows the following changes:— Notes issued 30 301.265 ••• ••• ••• Decrease - . . 171,570 3, 60 230 ••• 2,261 ••• 9 , 571.047 ••• 329,725 9. 5' , 6 633 416.915 1,060,332 23,775 ••• No alteration. 353 12 267 .. • • ••• 973,234 Notes 10,549,365 ••• Decrease • ... 1,004,95 0 Bullion 17,078,935 Decrease 201,008 Active Circulation ••• 19,451,900 ••• Increase ..• ••• 833,380 The negotiation of Bills of Exchange on the principal efllttitental cities was effected yesterday afternoon at a =ales at decline on on e o r two places, but at previous On other s . H am b urg h f or 90 days' paper was " : e 1 3 13 t o 13 4, A ntwerp a t 25 75 to 77*, and 1 Tr ieste at 12 9to 12' 12. Amsterdam was steady at 31 to and Paris at. 25 70 to 75. The exports of the precious metals direct from Lon !!?o,•this week, have been 2,465 ounces of silver, and 196 ounces of gold. The accounts received to-day from the manufacturing districts are favourable. There has been an increased demand for goods both on the part of home dealers and !hippe r ..' e_Tne contin en t a l a d v i ces are genera ll y encourag ing. r° l3 l Cop en h agen we hear o f peace b e i ng con fid en tly e xpected. Late accounts from America state:— w " Mr. Aubrey left Victoria, Texas, on the 15th ult., state:— w " Chihcig k uteen waggons loaded with merchandise for the uahua markets. Ile informs the editor of the Ad tocate that the Chihuahua trade in 1846 amounted to !„500000 dolls., but that since it had declined, owing to temporary cau ses . H e says th a t t h e p rese nt travelled ;Elute to Pasodel Norte may be shortened nearly one hundred miles, and thinks the advantages of the route through Western T exas are so g re a t that all the Chih uahua and a large portion of the Sante Fe trade must take that course." The Funds have been rather heavy, notwithstanding the very favourable complexion of the foreign accounts, and the satisfactory revenue returns, but this arises chiefly from the limited transactions. The value of Consols has neen 96 to i t all th e morn i ng . T ra nsf e rs have been re ined' specially in the Stocks upon which dividends are _ l . e. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have I,l wen 97i to 3 • Foreign Securiti es a r e m oderately active, but still rather in favour of buyers.—Spanish Three per Cents. 3 . 7 t ° 4 . , and Portuguese Four per Cents. 34. Mexican 281 Danish Scrip is 2 * to 3 1 prem ., b e i ng an advance. Railway shares are all rather better. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Rest ••• ••• ••• Increase ... Public Deposits ... Increase ... Other Deposits ~. Decrease . . Seven Day and other Bills Increase Government Securities Other Securities Increase [From the Official List.) _ Bank Stock 205 ex d: 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 2 per Cent. Console Anne N " 31 4 per Cent. Anas. Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1660 B% India Bonds under 1,0001.-- ....... Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. i 1,4 d. 2d. March. June. i,otor. Small — 70 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent s6 ex d Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent Cent Ditto Account Danish Bonds 1825, $ per Cent.— Ditto, 5 per Cent Ditto, Scrip ••• ••• Mexican 80ne5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons . 22 % 14 Ditto for the Account .. 283 Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 67 Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto Account ..... • Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4% per Cents 9 4% Ditto Scrip 1%% p Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent 1 71% p Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,1840 Venezuela Bonds 29 32 Do. Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,4 per Cent.. 12 Guild Ditto 4 oer Cent. Certificates 144 INESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK PAID. - , Paa Su&as. Aberdeen .. ..................... 50 1 4 Ditto, Pr e ference .. ....... .. El - Amber., N o tting., Boston, &c. 7 % - .... .to - _Ayrshire and Galloway - to - - Belfast and County Down .. 30 „,. .. to - Aerks and Hants Extension lGt. West. Perpet. 5 per ct.) 6 - ~• .. to ..-, Birmingham & Oxford J unct., calla duly pd, or with guar. 20 - Do., without a guarantee... 20 ~ - ... .. to - Birmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, calls duly pd. or with guar. 15 ....• - - Do., without a guarantee.- li Binding., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.145 - - Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 23 Bristol and Exeter lOO ...... - - Do., Thirds ...... 33} - die.... to - Buckinghamshire... 1 7 1,4 l6h ..... to 17% Caledonian - Do., New 101. Preference lO ... .. 5%% .. to - Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 - to - Chester and Holyhead... ..... 50 Ditto, Preference - .. ... to - Direct London & Portsmouth 5 14 --• - Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 30 ...... - - X tat Anglia, 251. L. & E., aid L. & D - - Ditto, 18/. ,E. & H lB ... •• - - Do, 3/. 105., 6p. Ct. Pref. 3% - - D 0,7/. 175., 7 per Ct. Prof. 2 - X astern Counties - to - Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 131. 4d - p .to - 1 2.. , d 0....... ......... N 0.2,61. 13s. 4d... - p to - Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 - to - Do., 5 per cent. - to - Ditto, New - ....... to - Eistern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) - - 25 - ...... to - Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6 - Ditt o , N ew ... .......... ...._ . 25 - to -- Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 - - tiet Lancashire - ... .. to - ,b O ., New Quarters - - " 0 ., 6 per Cent. Preference ,„ Quarter Shares. VA -. to - &agt Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent.. - to - ihnburgh and Glasgow 5O - ...... to - ~.Ditto, Half Shares - - Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 - - v . bitto, New port.. ... l5 - ...... to - bXeter Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% - to - Zet ' q i et and Exmouth 2ls. (41 ! li g* , Bumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 66.8 d - .. -. to - - ,,gow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - ...... to - ,„"o.Preference Consolidated - .- - ..... to - ' 4ll coster and Dean Forest.. 12% - •••-• to ,- Great Northern-- ............. 22 - Do. 1,4 A Deferred ..... ... 12% 1. Do. 1, T , B 6 per Cent. - 1 ' 5 per Cent. Pref. 12% - - P. - South.-t.i & West. (Ireland) 50 - to - Ditto, Eighths .... ..... ...„. 1 1 4 - ...... to - %eat North of England 100 219 Ditto, New 401.............. 40 - Ditto ditto Ditto,New 301. Ditto. New 151.... l5 - Great Western lOO - Ditto,Half Shares 5O Ditto, Quarter Shares 25 - Ditto, Fifths 2O - Do. New 171 - Bull and Selby 50 - ..... to - Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 - - Ditto,Quarter Shares ... 12% -••• ...... to - Lancaster and Car1i51e......... 50 - ~.... to - Do., Thirds - to - Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 - to - RAILWAYS. Ditto Quarters dia.... to , 10 Ditto Fifths Ditto. Thirds, _ l 8 ...... 6...... to _ -.4 O4 00000 • ••• . Do., New G uar . 6 per cent. 10 Do. (R u d ders. and Sheff.) 50 .. Do.. West Ridi ng U n i on ... WA... • ... to 1. eeds and Br a df or d 5O ....• Leeds and Thirek ....... ...... 50 Do..do.,Prefer, ~ 6 per Cent. 3%. Ditto, ditto... No. 2 10 Ditto, ditto ... ... No. 3 5 Do. P re f. Q uarters, 1848... 9 Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth _ port.. ................ L ondon:& 81ackwa11......11/. 6e.3d — ••••• to Loud. bright., & South Coastloo ..... 79 !i to Do., New 51., gua. 6 pr Ct.loo De. Guaranteed b per Cent. 9 . De, Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 •••••• to, ditto 1852 50 ..... ...... t o _ London and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d... 10 3 / 4 .... to Ditto Preference 2O LOndon k North Western...loo 10 3 3 /4 to 104 Do. New Quarters.. Do. Paha l2 ..... 111 , 2 to De. 404 Shares.....L. & M 40 ...... , Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 Ditto,Londo and S. Western .....1® ••••• W New 504 . ..... 42%...... •-• ..... to Ditto, New 401. **** 34 Londonderry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Ralf Shares Do., Half Shar ea 6 %...... —...— to ..... Lzwestoff, gu ar . Ditto (guar. 6 per et 2O per cent. ... 13 ' knell B uxton, & Matlock 5 D itto A B liaree(No. 1) ... 5 «.... .. p to— TTIR Arm, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENINCIr, APRIL e, 1850. Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 — to Man. & Lis. Union 41.2 s dis.... to Midland.— • ........ to Consol. Preference-100 Ditto,:so/. Shares ...... 80 ...... 3 1 / i to gidiand - ,Sirm., and Derby...loo #ffid!and, Consol. Bristol and :q;rraingham. 6 per cent.... 100 - Kidiand, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... « Ditto ditto 22/. 7s. ... Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 Midland, Leices. and Swan niugton (8 per ct.gua.)....100 . Great Western (Irish) 47% — to Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. Newcastle and Carlisle lOO to Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ..... to Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. — Newport Abergy., and Herat. 6 ...... to Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .......... ..•.•••• 20 Norfolk lOO ..••" •••••• to Ditto New 20/. l5 ...... to Ditto Extension Do. Do. 5 1 ,4 per cent Do. do. Waveuey Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union ... 4 North British Ditto, Preference ... 5 North Staffordshire........... 17 1 4 North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol- 49,667,430 1112,443,902 113,806,8941 • Exclusive of i12,723„310 if Adyances, . , verhampton Preston and: Wyre Do. Half Shares (A) 10 - Ileading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 15 - Royston and ELitchin ..... .. 44 - ••• •• to ... 00. Shepreth Extension... % Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ....... Ditt0,New......... ........... 22 1 / 2 — to Shrewsbury and Birmingham 13t it — dii ... to Ditto. ditto, Class B. 9 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto lO ... . to Ditto, Oswestry 18%...... Ditto (New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref lO hropshire Union 63f... .. 27i z. d. to South Devon .. 5O ...... ...... to Ditto, Preference ...... . - - to South Staffordshire. 8 1,4 — .. ... to South _Eastern Ditto, No. 2.: ni Ditto, No. 3. Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 South Wales South Yorkshire, Doncaster _ and Goole - 13 ~ heffield, Rotherham, and Goole N D )Gna. 5 peret. 18 1 ,4 ...... ... to Do. do. (South Div.) 15 ..... Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 8 - Taw Vale Extension ........ 8 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... 17% — , to Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... Waterford and Limerick..... 474.” .. to Waterford,Wexiord,Wicklw, and Dublin ... Wear Valley 6 per Cert. Guaranteed ......•.. 50 ...... ...... to Do. do. do. Do. do. do. West Cornwall 7% to Whitehaven and Furness lB ..... .-, ..... to —. Windsor, Staines, and South Western l4 Wilts,Somerset,&Weymoutk 50 Yak, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ...... 12 1 4 % ... to Do.:and Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. $ De.Hartlepool Dk. & Rly. 100 fork and North Midland .. $0 ...... 15% to Ditto. Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 5 1 ,2 — Boulogne and Amiens 2O .....:6% to Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) Demerara.....„ .............. ... 171,4 — ..... to Datch Rhenish I Eaat Indian .... _5 Ditto ... 2O Great Indian Peninsular h ...... ...... to Louvain ila Sambre ........ 7 1 / 2 — ...... to -- Luxembourg Ditto Uadrid and Valentia Namur and Liege 2 e •—•— ...... to Northern of France l6 Orleans and Bordeaux ... Paris and Orleans... 2O Parts and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 18 Rouen and Havre 2O ...... ...... to Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ..... 14 , — ...... to Tours & Nantes -... ... .. 13 rournay, Jurbise, Landon, and Bauch ..... .. 20 ...... ...... to —. West Flanders B% — ....,.. to JOINT STOCK BANNS. Australasia British North American Colonial ........ 25 ..... ... •• to Commercial of London London Joint Stock ..... ..... 10 ...... to London and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, New National of Ireland - ..... 22%..... —..to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New Union of London ........ ...... 10 Union of Madrid 4O MINES. Anglo :lexicon .lOO ...... ..... to . Asturian 00000000 •••" ••• ..... 15 ~.... Australian ...... 4 - ...... to Barrossa Range 2Bs. ...... ...... to Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip - - ...... to -- British Iron Brazilian Imperial .. ..... 24%...... 7 Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 - Cobre Copper - ..• .. to General - ...... to Real del Monte, Unregistered .. .. .. ... to Do. Black Debentures...—. ...... to -- Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba lO ...... 7%..... to United Mexican ..... COURSE ON Amsterdam 12 2 Ditto, three months.. 12 4 Rotterdam .... . • .... 12 43i Antwerp ........ 25 SO Brussels . • ...... 25 $0 Hatuburgh .... • • 11.8. 13 133 i Paris, 3 da) , s'sight .... 25 55 Ditto. 3 months .... 25 75 tiarseilles •••• •• • . 25 77% 80urdeaux......... • Prankfort on Maine.... 121 k Vienna, effec. f 10...... 12 15 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 12 15 Peter sburgh, Sil. Rble .. 37% Madrid • • ........ 49% Cadiz • • . 49% Barcelona •• • • ........ SeTillo•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• INCOME. Customs .... Excise .... Stamps • • • • .• • • . Taxes • • • • Property Tax •• • • • • •• • • • Post-office • • • • ...... Crown Lands • • .• • • • • • • • • Miscellaneous . • • • • • • Imprest and other Moneys • • • • •• • . • . Produce of the sale 01 Old Stores .. • • Repayments of Advances .•. Quarters ended April 5. 4,593,119 1,833,G79 1,549,171 148,101 2,011,519 234,000 40,000 98,792 28,018 176,343 87,648 10,800,390 1850 4,432,584 1,867,218 1,538,125 177,231 2,069,608 231,000 40,000 47,960 109,000 192,759 91,400 10,796,885 it of this port, was stranded 19th Feb. ' in the Bay of To&, near Cape de Verd, and stripped by the natives; crew saved. _ _ FALmouTu, APRIL s.—The Isabella, from Odessa, stranded near the Lizard Lighthouse, 34 instant, went to pieces during the night; remainder of crew saved. PENZANCE, APRIL 4.—lt blew a complete hurricane , last night at W.S.W.,but no particular damage was sus tained by the shipping. FRENCH PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. Mitchell commenced last evening the dra matic season at this theatre, and judging from the completeness of the performance, and from the admirable programme which he has put forth (and Mr. Mitchell is one of the few theatrical managers who consider that a programme is a thing to be not advertised merely, but fulfilled), we doubt not but that the dramatic season will be to the full as brilliant as was the operatic season which closed at Easter. The piece chosen for the opening was Scribe's world-famous comedy Bertrand et Raton, with M. Samson, of the Theatre Francais, the most finished comedian of the age, in the character of Bertrand, a character which he created on the original production of the comedy, and in which he has always continued unapproached and unapproachable. This comedy was performed at this theatre about three years since, during the en gagement of M. Perlet, and its plot is well known to the Eoglit.h public from an adaptation of it by Mr. Bunn, entitled the Minister and the Mercer, which was brought out by that gentleman during his first lesseeship of Drury-lane, on which occasion the character of Bertrand was sustained by Mr. W. Farren. Bertrand was intended by . Scribe to be, it is said, a finished portrait (not a caricature) of Talleyrand ; and if such were his intention, he has certainly, by the aid of M. Samson, succeeded in placing upon the stage a Daguerrotype of the beau ideal of a modern diplomatist, high-bred, subtle, in triguing, bitterly sarcastic, yet most smooth, most polite, most polished, most aggravating, yet most im passible, the Bertrand of M. Samson is the very perfection of the very highest comedy. His wit was "as keen, yet as polished, as his sword," and the almost supernatural quiet of his self-posses sion, under the most trying circumstances, added im mensely to the effect of his delineation of the charac ter. You felt that he was playing with all those about him as a chess-player plays with his men upon the board, and that he was the master of everything— even of circumstances. Never have we seen such a perfect exhibition of the calm con sciousness of irresistible intellectual power as in the Bertrand of M. Samson last evening. M. Armand, as Raton, gave a hearty version of the character of the brawling, shopkeeping politician, who, had he been an Englishman, would have been the crack orator of vestries, one of the leaders of the town council, and the terror of mayors, churchwardens, n d guardians of the poor. Jean, honest, bustling Jean, his servant, was admirably acted by M. Tetard, who brought out the bonhommie of the character in full relief, and M. Leon, as Eric, was the most interest ing juvenile lover that has ever appeared. The fussy but warm•hearted and excellent wife of Raton was admirably performed by Mademoiselle Avenil, whose passionate burst of agony on hearing that her son has been arrested on a charge of treason, and that his life is in danger, was true tragedy of a very high order. [his lady is from the Odeon, and made her first ap pearance here last evening, and at once established herself as a favourite. Mademoiselle Brassine (from the Palais Royal) also made her debut last evening, and created a most favourable impression by her graceful delineation of the character of the interesting Christine. Mademoiselle Junia, as the Queen Dow ager, was dignified and majestic; and altogether the comedy was asi perfectly cast, and as perfectly put • upon the stage, as possible. The applause at the con clusion was enthusiastic, and the house was com pletely filled in every part. QUEEN'S THEATRE. A new :drama, entitled The Two Dogs of the Grange; or the Old Inn Yard, has been produced at this 'favourite little theatre. It abounds in startling scenes and thrilling incidents. The principal charac ters were sustained by Messrs. Green and Smith, who played their parts with much vigour; while Mr. Menders, as a retired linendraper, seeking excitement in a wife and a provincial tour, affords the audience much amusement by the comic style of his acting. The great burden of the piece, however, devolves upon a couple of the canine species, whose training and sa gacity are truly astonishing. They of course divide the applause with the other supporters of the drama, which is carefully mounted, and bids fair to have a lengthened run. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) CAMBRIDGE, Arimi s.—Last night, between eight and nine o'clock, one of the most extensive fires which has for some years occurred in this county broke out at Cottenham, a large village about seven miles from Cambridge, the population of which con sists of upwards of 1,800 people. The fire began in some stacks at the upper end of the village, and, aided by a strong wind, it spread with such rapidity that in the course of two hours nearly half the place was reduced to ashes :—when the wind, which had ; been blowing through the town, changed—and owing to the exertions of some of the undergraduates, who arrived—the lower end of the village was saved. The fire was got under (or rather burnt itself out) about two o'clock, about which period the engines arrived from Cambridge! Owing, we believe, to some misunderstanding amongst the authorities, the engines would not leave Cambridge until they were sent for, although perfectly aware of the existence of the fire. We believe that all the property is more or less insured. The fire is supposed to be the work of incendiaries. THE NAVY ESTIMATES. TO THE EDITOR OP THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sir,—lf there are any amongst us who can carry their memories so far back as the month of February, 1849 . , they may perchance recollect with what a flourish of trumpets Mr. Ward (then Secretary to the Admiralty) heralded the introduction of certain naval reforms, with which we were to commence a new era of confining expenditure within the bounds of credit. They may also remember with what ingenuous candour that most diffident of functionaries admitted and deplored past etourcleries ; with what solemn promises of amendment he covenanted for the future ; with what pathetic appeals he harrowed up the feel ings of the too credulous Commons, by describing the unexampled sufferings of himself and his colleagues, shut up for six whole weeks in one of the Admiralty yachts, and re fusing all invitations to dinner. Hard in deed must have been the heart which did not sympathise with these excellent men. I well remember how deeply we middies felt for them, espe cially when rowing guard round the vessel that con tained so precious a freight; and often at night, when we have seen the faint ray of the taper that illumi nated their labours glimmering through the port hole, like the lanthorn of some distant Pharos, our thoughts have involuntarily turned, by comparison, to the sufferings of Bounty Bligh And ;the crew of the Wager. THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING APRIL 5, 18:30. No. I.—An Abstract of Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of April, 1849, and fith of April, 1850, showing the Increas:? or Decrease on each head thereof. QUARTERS ENDED YEAR ' ' T o d I QUARTERS ENDED YEAR 1 Year ended April 5. Ouarter ended April 5. ~ r _____-____ ./k- , end__ ,11--------.----.---, ended ~.--.-----A.----, r--•---" -- ' - , July 5, Oct. 10, , Jan. 5, Aprils, April 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Aped 5, April 5, 1848 1848 1 1849 1849 1849 I 1849 1849 1850 1850 lB5 O Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. --II £ £ £ £ . X 11 X • X X X, i 1 . £ £ £ £ Customs .• .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,447,832 5,406,483 4,682,395 4,591,119 19,129,829 , , 4,128,777 5,253,272 4,729,630 4,432,584 18,535,263 ,1 Customs .• . . .. .. 594,566 .... 160,535 Excise 3,473,803 4,102,574 3,253,162 1,820,575 12,650,114 li 3,020,602 4,287,577 3,625,001 1,859,473 12,792,713 1 Excise •••••• • • • • • . 142.599 .... 38,898 •• - Stamps . .............. 1,557,640 1,461,942 1,472,598 1,549,171 6,401,351 1 1,619,697 1,816,747 1,509,860 1,538,125 6,354,429 Stamps .• ..... .... 313,078 .. .. 11,046 .... Taxes ................ 2,034,133 215,656 1,921,013 148,101 4,318,903 1 1 2,054,730 203,057 1,897,961 177,231 . 4,332,979 ~ Taxes 14.076 .... 29,130 •• • • Property Tax. 988,401 1,892,890 424,434 2,011,519 5,317,244 ; 1,033,240 1,914,006 449,394 2,069,608 5,480,:'48: Property Tax- .... 149,004 .... 58,089 •• • • Post-office ..... - ...... 136,000 221,000 198,000 234,000 789,000 1 196,000 224,000 152,000 231,000 803 1 ,000 Post-office ..... .... 14,000 -•• .... 3,000 Crown Lands .... •• • ... 10,0.10 20,000 30,000 40,000 100,000 ! 40,000 20,000 60,000 . 40,000 . 160,000 1 Crown Lands .., 60,000 •• • • .. .. •• • • Miscellaneous •••• • • .. 9,227 13,923 21,709 98,792 143,651 1 70,140 21,902 1 58,408 47,960 198,410 1 Miscellaneous - - ... 54,759 •• .. .... 50,832 • -- 1 :--- 4 Total Ordinary Revenue 12,657,036 13,334,468 12,003,311 10,495,277 48,490,092 ;i12,163 : 186 13,610,561 12,473,314 j 10,395,981 48,643,042 Total ........ 747,516 594,566 126,117 225,413 China Money •• • • ... • • .. .. 84, 284 ' .. 84,284 11 - .. .. .. .. 1 China Money ...... 84,284 •••• •• • • Imprest Moneys, &c. .. 168,600 168,437 123,89 5 204,361 665,293 , 109,875 120,134 1 125,087 101,759 65 6 ,' 55 Imprest Moneys , &c. .... 8,433 97,398 •• • • Repayments ofAdvances 86,813 112,605 140,695 87,648 427,761 1 1 170,841 166,199 124,989 91,400 553,3 4 9 1 Repaymt ofAdvncs. 125,588 .... 3,752 •• • • i • - Total lncome .. 12,912,449 13,615,510 12,352,185 10,7k,286 49,667,430 1 ' 12,443,902 13,896,894 12,723,3:0 10,789,140 49 , 853,246 Total • i 1 687,288 225 413 f Amount applied to Con- ;1 1 , Decrease Deduct. Deduct , solidated Fund* .. .. • • 6,818,019 7,270,4'26 8,974,147 5,897,30 0 2 8 , 919 , 892 1 7,220,278 8,298,974 8,236,315 5,967,008 29,722,575 Decrease Ditto, as Advances .•• • • 231,111 428,746 184,380 185,554 1,029,791 393,077 490,426 374,172 296,337 1,554,012 Ditto, as part of Ways & Increase Increase Means of the Year.. - 5,863,319 5,956,338 , 3,193,658 4,704,432 19,717,747 4,830,517 5,107,494 4,112 823 4,525 795 18,576,659 185,816{ on 1,854{ on the i 1 - ' the Tear. Quarter. Total .• • .•112,912,449 13,615,510 12,352,185 10,787,286 49,667,430 1112,443,902 113,896,894 12,723,310 1 10,789,140 49,853,246 , - - - - - No. ll.—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in . the Quarters ended the sth April, 1849, and the sth April, 1850. Quarters ended April 5, MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED). THE DUBLIN UNLVERSI2I'. This able periodical for the present month con tains some spirited and interesting papers. We would, however, wish to feel the Irish national magazine smack a little more of tho "native." We should be gratified to see more of its space devoted to the efforts of Irish genius upon Irish subjects, and we feel con • vinced there is no such dearth of either in that fair green land, as to justify the introduction of so much foreign matter as appears in the April number. The opening paper, "Maurice Tiernay, the Soldier of Fortune—the days of the Guillotine," is one of those dark tales of blood furnished by the French revolu tion in the days of Robespierre. " Memoirs of the first Duchess of Orleans" is an exceedingly interest ing paper ; it refers to stirring scenes and times, and makes us acquainted with the virtues and vices of many of the great European houses. "An Autumn in Sicily, being an account of the principal "Remains of Antiquity existing in that Island," &c., by the Marquis of Ormonde. The extracts from this book are instructive and classical. "Mysteries of Kancba ; or the Mesmeric Waren," is continued, and we have no doubt will prove ageeable to the curious in such subjects. The next paper, "Ameri can Literature," is a notice of some charming "Poems Lyrical and Dramatic," by Henry Wades worth Longfellow. In " The Two Ravens ; a Story of the Eighteenth Century," the scene of the story is laid in Marseilles. The next paper is entitled "Social Statistics; or Hints for the Improvement of Directo ries." There is a good deal of humour in these hints, and we think them worthy the attention of frolic-loving Punch in the compilation of his next " Comic Alma neck." "English Notions of Irish Improvements," is a serio-comic sarcasm on some of those wise (?) suggestions for the improvement of Ireland which occasionally emanate from Leaden hall-street, Old Jewry, or some such agri cultural district of the famed kingdom of Cockaigne. " Memoirs of Prince Rupert and the Cavaliers ; including their Private Correspondence," edited by Eliot Warburton, Esq.—many a gallant heart, not yet dead to all sympathy with the age of chivalry, will read these memoirs with delight. " Expedition against the Chinese Pirates :" this is one of the best written, as it is one of the most im portant, if not the most important, paper in the series. We had the pleasure to notice in the January number of this magazine the detailed account, by the same able writer, of Sir James Brooke's expedition ' against those murderous piratical hordes which infest the Indian archipelago, and for which act of justice and necessity the gallant Raja was abused through every mood and tense by some perhaps well- meaning gentlemen belonging to a confederation called the " Peace Society." We cannot see any great mischief, beyond the mere loss of time, in a number of amiable gentleman meeting to pour forth pious aspirations for universal peace among the whole family of man ; but we think such a society would become mischievous by expressing sympathy with robbers. and murderers. The clever writer of these papers, is evidently well acquainted with the atrocities of tlae Chinese, as well as the Borneo pirates, and we trust he will continue to employ his talent upon this important subject till these sea-dragons, these monsters of the deep—at whose crimes humanity shudders—the savage enemies of commerce and civilization, shall be swept from every sea. The number concludes with a very amus ing and humorous " Letter from an Irishman in Paris to his Countryman at Ballaghadereen." THE BRITISH POLITICAL, COMIIER-; CIAL, ECCLESLASTICAL, AND HIS ' TORICAL GAZETTEER; Travelling Road Book, and County Atlas. This national and comprehensive work pAresses admirably, and we trust to tho satisfaction of the spirited proprietors. When complete it will form one of the most extensive and ustful historical records extant. The present part contains elegantly executed maps of the counties of Cornwall, Essex, and Suffolk, also a neat map of the Scilly Isles, and a beautiful engraving of the Bristol Terminus, Great Western Railway." LATTER-DAY PAMPHLETS. No. M.— Downing Street. Edited by Thomas Carlyle. Our Chelsea Seer of the Goosequill becomes more pungent in his sarcasm on all political and social im becilities, in proportion as he grows more coherent in his manner of composition. No. 111. is the best, the wittiest, the wisest, the sauciest, as he himself might term it the comprehensiblest of the Latter-Day Pamphlets yet published under his editorship and supervision. A voice of more than two centuries back, and, speaking periodically from the titlepage, seems to ring at the tail of every sentence like a "refrain." "Then said his Lordship, Well, God mend all Nay, by God, Donald, we must help him to mend it !' said the other."—(Rushworth : Sir David Ramsay and Lord Rea, in 1630.) That is the tune to which Carlyle is chaunting . the sylla bling of his Sibylline Leaves—like Solomon Eagle gliding ,through the streets of London during the ravages of the Great Plague, with the burning pan of coals upon his head, crying out in a loud voice "O, the great and terrible God !"—esteemed by some an idle fanatic, and regarded by others with the awe and reverence due to a prophet breathing the language of inspiration. We are to be enumerated neither among those who may be called the worshippers of Car lylistn, nor among those who jeer the biographer of Croinwkll as a parrot-like repeater of the mysticism of Ciermany. Through all the haze and fog of his obscurities we recognise a keen and sharp-edged truth ; in all the eccentricities of his style we behold a large-hearted humanity and a generous and burn ing earnestness. For this we respect his reasonings, and listen attentively to the blurted sounds that ren der articulate his strange and sometimes fantastic meditations. At present his fervent and penetrating gaze is fixed upon the purlieus of " Downing- street" —a mysterious locality where in " a jungle of red tape" dwells that official monster or magician, that Merlin or Minotaur y'clept the Government. 7klr. Carlyle sneers at the doleful creatures inhabiting this region of the Executive authority, and appears to re gard with despair the chance of ever appealing effec tually "now to this doleful creature, now to that, and to the dead red tape jungle, and to the living Universe itself, and to the Voices, and to the Silences." Espe cially does he look sorrowfully, woefully, and wist fully on the plight of our Forty Colonies, as the for tunes of those remote possessions are attended to by , the Colonial-office in this same Downing-street. Al though our pamphleteer premises very modestly that to him " individually these branches of human business (the offices of the Government) are little known"—thereby empowering the captious to jeer at him for writing about a in atter in regard to which he confesses his ignorance —there is a profounder knowledge of those same " branches of human business" displayed in the forty eight pages before us than in many a thick tome pennbd by a more pretentious politician. From these pages we would fain extract many passages, rich to overflowing with political wisdom, but we must restrict ourselves to the following brief but shrewd and sug gestive quotation : " In every ship, I say, there must be a seeing pilot, not a mere hearing one! It is evident you can sever get your ship steered through the difficult straits by persons standing ashore, on this bank and that, and shouting their confused directions to you: " 'Ware that Colonial band-bank!—Starboard now, the Nigger Questionl— Larboard, larboard, the Suffrage Movement!—Financial Reform, your Clothing-Colonels overboard! The Qua lification Movement, 'Ware-re-rel—llelm-a-lce! Bear a hand there, will you! llr-r-r, lubbers, imbeciles, fitter for a tailor's shopboard thea a helm of Govern ment, Hr-r-r l"—And so the ship wriggles and tumbles, and on the whole goes as wind and current drive. No ship was ever steered except to destruction in that manner. I deliberately say so: no ship of a State either. If you cannot get a real pilot on board, and put the helm into his hands, your ship is as good as a wreck. One real pilot on board may save you; all the bellowing from the banks that ever was, will not, and by the nature of t hin g s cannot." Where is this real Pilot, this seeing Pilot 7—the people begin to fancy with Thomas Carlyle that he is wanting. Will he not answer Adman ! and take the helm in hand ? Deeply is it desirable, if only for the sake of out colonies. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GREAT METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE. Acceptances for the Steeplechase Sweepstakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft. Twice round and a distance, about four miles:— ------ -----....... at lb at lb BritishYeoman,aged 11 7 Spangle Sir Peter Laurie, aged 11 5 Leo, aged Proceed Fugitive, aged .... Miss Collingwood, The Thrush(h-bred), aged lO 2 aged . 9 8 Little Paul (h-bred) The Last Forester aged Rachel, 6 yrs Muria Day, aged ... 10 0 Skim Thurgarton (h-bred), Molly, 6 yrs . aged BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDA T. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.--S to 2 agat Cheerful (t), 20 to 1 agst Ada Mary (t), 20 to 1 agst any other. CHESTER CUP.---OirerS to take 12 to 1 about Cossack, 12 to 1 agst Peep-o'-Day Boy, 14 to 1 agst Miss Ann , 20 to 1 agst Roland, and 20 to 1 about Eilerdale. The only bet laid was 1,000 to 15 agst Modesty. 14 to 1 offered agst Glauca, and 25 to 1 agst John Cosser. DRRBY.—Offers to take 11 to 2 about Bolingbroke, and to lay 6 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum, 11 too n 1 apt Mayors, 12 to 1 agst The Nigger, 14 to 1 apt The Italian, 15 to 1 agst Voltigeur, 18 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel, and 50 to 1 agbt Charley. Offers t,., take 35 to 1 agst Nutshell, and 1,000 to 10 about Alonzo. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Powell's hds., Tues., Evelwen , Llandissilio; Fri., Ystrad Village- 10 . N. D. IL, Toe., Norwood; Thurs., Chittlehat)ibolt —loi. CHARGE. Permanent Debt •• .• 105 e.," • •••• 11•••••••••,•• ••••• &&&&& •••••••••••••• Terminable Aunuities...... .... . Interest on Exchequer-bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated. Fund ...... •• •• •. •• .• •• •• • ..... Sinking Fund ........ . The Civil List .......................,............... ...... .............••••••••• ... Other Charges on the Consolidated Fund . For Advances .......... Total Charge ...... The. Surplus - - ....... M 1 • The Surplus Revenue at sth January, 1850, after providing for the Charges en that Quarter, wa5......... ..... To which is to be addel the Surplus of thiCohselidated Fund, as above stated in the present Quarter The Amount issued in the Quarter ended bili`kpril, itso, for Supply Services ........................ • • ...... The probable Amount of Exchequer-bills required to meet the Charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended April 5, 1850. ...... I grieve to say, however, that, for,all useful pur poses, they might as well have been kteping high Carnival, for, in spite of all promises, there has been laid upon the table of the House of Commons " A Supplementary Estimate of Excess of Naval Expen diture over the Sum voted for the Financial Year 1849," amounting to no less a sum than 211,1591. 3s. 7d. The history of these supplementary bills upon the country is curious, and may possibly be instructive. In former times their visits were as rare as those of a comet, and created nearly as much sensation when • they did occur ; nor is it until recently that they have narrowed their orbit so as to appear regularly once a year. Their existence is now ascertained to be co-existent and contemporaneous with that mild and beneficent sway which " succeeded the ty ranny and terrorism of Peel and Welling ton ; and although, of course, every right-minded man must rejoice at our emancipation, and be willing to pay largely for the blessings of a pure Whig Government, it would not a little enhance our satisfaction if we could prevail upon the Admiralty to be contented with something less than a quarter of a million for the annual stultification of their own calculations; and I must here remark that the whole of this sum is to be regarded as essentially and ex clusively departmental, no portion of it being included in the costs of that African squadron, which is in tended to propitiate supermundane influences in favour of the whole Cabinet. _ For the financial year ending March 31st, 1847, a bill for excess of naval expenditure was presented, amounting to 245,4101. 19s. 7d. For the year fol lowing, we had to pay 323,7871. Gs. 10d. ; and for the one ending in 1849, as before stated, 211,159/. 35. 7d. ; being a total of 780,3571. 103. in threee years. Those who live to 1851 will probably see a similar, if not a larger, deficiency to be made good for the expenses incurred in 1850— _ _ " Sur hi barbe d'un ful, on apprend a rairo." The application of which maxim I leave to those who are just beginning to discover that the instrument is blunt and the operator unskilful. The truth is, that the Admiralty know only two methods of complying with the imperious calls for cutting down the Estimates ; the one being a reduc tion of seamen employed afloat, and the other a ceas ing to purchase naval stores to replace those which are expended. Now, these are precisely the most important ele ments of our service—the personnel and the materiel; they are the two, most difficult to improvise when wanted, and necessarily the most expensive when sud denly replaced. In the first of these lies the chief strength of our navy ; and in the second, the means of directing and developing it to the greatest advan tage. And yet they are invariably selected by the Admiralty to be offered up as a sacrifice wherewith to appease the honest indignation excited at the spec tacle of careless amateur ship-building, or the grasp • ing cupidity of nautical pluralists. Why not begin with the half-pay, or non-effective portion of the service ? There is an ample field there fur retrenchment; but during the past year there is only the most trifling difference in this large vote, as compared with its predecessor. Twelve months ago there were 4,913 officers in the receipt of half-pay, at a charge of 732,252/. ; and now there are 4,878, costing 731,206/. ; showing a decrease of only 1,046 ; and this, notwithstanding that in the year 1848, 265 officers f different grades, and in the year 1849, 270, quitted this world ; by whose departure an average annual sum of 20,0001. is placed at the disposal of the authorities, after pro viding for the replacement of the departed in the pro portion of 1 to 3. Reduction here would not be palatable, inasmuch as several silver and other sticks would lose their half-pay for a time :so the officials endeavour to make up for it by looking sharply after places where no amusement nor advantage to themselves can arise from the expenditure of Government money ; and then, indeed, a most watchful eye is kept upon the subordinates, and every expense specified with a jea lous minuteness only too deserving of imitation at home. Thus we have the hire of a canoe at Port Royal, one of four items amounting altogether to 130/. 4s. 3d. ; whilst under the head of naval stores in England, sundry expenses are put down at 16,0001. Incidental expenses there are also, which would be all the better thought of, if not so carelessly thrown together in round numbers. One of this class I see i s , " a prison required for the Marine Barracks at Plymouth," to coat 1,000/. Are the Plymouth divi sion of Marines ; so disorderly as to require a whole penal settlement for their own separate use? Then there is a trivial vote for 2001. for an ablution room at Mill Bay Barracks, whilst at ll2slat we only repair a washbouse. I should not mention this little circum stance, were it not from a pardonable pride in drawing your attention to the spread of education in the navy, as evidenced by discarding the use of the vernacular. Whil s t upon the subject of the marines, I may say that I have been struck with surprise at the lati tudinarian views upon serious subjects whieh appear to have been embraced by the different divisions of this gallant corps, apparently 'influenced by the local position of each. Thus, - at Woolwich they would appear to b e a ll P res b y t er i ans , as the Scotch Church alone is specified iu the ,Go vernment grant. At Chatham, the Roman Catholic priest carries all before him, to the utter exclusion of his rivals. At Plymouth, it would seem as if they had, for some tim e pas t, no fi xe d ideas which doctrine to adopt, as up to this year no mention is made of their spiritual following; but more recently they seem to have decided upon be coming Episcopalians, as I see they are under the charge of the curate of Stonehouse. But at Ports mouth it is difficult to tell exactly what the regi mental feeling is, the vote not specifying anything more definite than the accommodation of the Marines at churches on both sides of the harbour. These are trifles, I know—quite i mma t er i a l t o th e Admiralty—but the attention paid t o ge t t i ng up th e navy estimates may be estimated by a few of these examples. I cannot here omit paying a passing tribute of praise to that member of the Government who has for years past proved himself a most invaluable friend to the navy, by compelling the Admiralty to keep on foot a larger naval force than would h ave b een wan t e d for mere self-defence. With a Foreign S ec r e tary so universally beloved all o ver Europe as the Noble Viscount, it is not probable .that our en e rgies will be suffered long to stagnate, for in all human probability there is at this moment some little war brewing in that bellicose brain. Whether there is to be any hope for the future or not, remains as dark a problem as ever. I confess my fear is great that, unless we begin to reform our selves, we shall be reformed from without, more roughly than we like, .much in the s a me f as hion as the dirty boy in the brig Childers, who refused to wash himself, was scrubbed with brooms instead of soap. So much, however, depend s u p on th e First Lord of the Admiralty, that it is us e l ess t o a pp ea l to any one else, his colleagues at the b oar d on ly f orm i n g what used to be called a lit de justice for registering his decrees. Great opportunities have these First Lords had, and, with one honourable exception (that of Sir James Graham), greatly have they neglected them. The Scotch Presidents were, as may be supposed, given to nepotism, and the English to extravagance; so that between the two we are heavily taxed for the benefit of cousins and charlatans—the over-activity of the latter being far more expensive than the dull stolidity of the former. Under Lord Melville, patronage was confined to his own country ; and there is an adage still ex tant as applicable to that time, which recites that under his 5,560,414 1,277,136 98,767 3;0,657 185,554- 7,462,528 3,337,862 10,800,390 5,560,241 1,269,625 524,531 '98,881 • '330,626 296,337 8,00,241 2,716,644 10,796,835 1,682,808 2,716,644 4,399,452 4,525,795 126,343 dynasty there were only four families who could ex pect advancement—viz., The Hope Johnstones, The Johnstone Hopes, The Asses, and The Dundasses; but this enumeration was far too catholic and universal for Lord Minto, who confined - his gifts to a county in stead of a country, and placed so many of bis own patronymic on the Navy List, as to realise of it the anecdote related by Sir Walter Scott, as referring to a village not far from Hawick, in which the answer of one of its inhabitants to the piteous appeals of a mendicant entreating to know "If there were any Christians within hearing," was given in the words, " Na, na ; here we are a' Elliotts and Armstrongs." Since then, we have fallen into simple, or rather com pound, extravagance. If we do not now see one fa mily monopolising all promotions, it may be taken for granted that there are no followers ; and as the public money must be wasted somehow or other, we give it to those who squander it the most prodigally upon changes they do not themselves understand. I am, Sir, your most obedient, JACK EASY. Her Majesty's ship Geranium, Portsmouth. ST. AIDAN'S COLLEGE, BIEICENHEAD.--.The build ing is intended for the reception of fifty pupils and fifty stu dents (each having a separate study and dormitory), with power of future extension, with the necessary school-rooms, class-rooms, professors' rooms, &c. A refectory, sixty feet by thirty feet; library, sixty feet by thirty feet; museums; an infirmary; vice-principal's residence, with the necessary accommodation for matron and servants. The present group of buildings occupy a, site of 250 feet by 200 feet. A chapel, connected with the college by an open cloister, is contem plated. The building is to bct fronted with stone—the moulded and dressed work ,with a light coloured sandstone, of fine texture, from quarries situated about four or five miles from Birkenhead, and the general face of the walls with a warm coloured sandstone, obtained in the neighbour hood, laid in random courses, and hammer-dressed. The building will be fire-proof; Messrs. Fox and Barrett's patent construction being adopted. The style is that of the domes tic Gothic of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The building is from a design by Messrs. Wyatt and Brandon, and will be carried into execution under the joint superin tendence of these gentlemen, and Mr. Henry Cole, architect, of Birkenhead. — The Builder. METROPOLITAN SEWAGE MANURE COMPANY.--. The prospects of this comprany, to which the public are now looking with some anxiety as the means of purifying the River Thames, and increasing the salubrity of the metropo lis, are thus spoken of in the last report of the directors:— " Although it might have been contemplated that the greater portion of the market gardeners would wait to see the results of the actual experiments before entering into engagements with the company, it is a remarkable proof of the confidence of practical men in the advantages of sewage manure, that already no less than 25 occupiers of land have become cus tomers ; and that they have contracted for the supply of the sewage to above 100 acres of land, at an aggregate rental of 400/. per annum. But the land thus actually contracted for, and already receiving the benefits of a supply of sewage, is only one-eighteenth part of the whole area which the pre sent works of the company are constructed to supply; con sequently, when the remaining occupiers (satisfied by the evidence of results, as they may see them in the lands of their . neighbours who are now using the sewage) , shall avail themselves also of its advantages, the annual revenue in rental of sewage , will •be about 5,0001. per annum. It is found, by careful calculation;'. that this revenue would pay a dividend of 10 per cent. to the shareholders upon the capital employed in this district, and its proportion of the prelimi nary expenses." AN INGENIOUS DEFENCE.—George Heaton was placed at the bar, a few days ago, charged " that he, not being a person of good conversation and orderly life, had attended Divine service at the church," on Sunday, the 17th March inst. The evidence in support of the charge was to the effect that the accused had been placed as a bentinal by the parties concerned in the Sunday foot-race on Netherton Moor .; and that when superintendent Heaton and other constables were approaching the ground, he got upon a wall, and, by signs and gestures, given the alarm that the con stables were approaching, and indicated the course that the parties were to run away ; and as this could not be treated as an obstruction of the highway, recourse had been had to the only other law which would enable the magis trates to take cognisance of the case. The defence was first, that the accused had no clothes lit to go to charch in, having only those he was then wearing, his working clothes ; that his four children went regularly to the Church Sunday, school and to the church ; that he worked hard to maintain his children, and that if they (the Court) "could do owt to him they were to do it just nab ;" that so far from his having given the signal to the race runners to get out of the way, be had got on the wall to direct Superintendent Heaton and the other officers where the race runners were ; and that if these officers had exerted themselves and been sharp they could have caught them—a defence which, from its earnestness and assumed simplicity and truthfulness, ex ' cited roars of laughter in the court. The magistrate held the defence to be a complete "turning of the tables" and dis missed the case.—Leeds Mercury. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAT.—On Monday this company raised their second-class fares by express. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAT.—This company are preparing to erect their London passenger-station, north of the Regent's Canal, by ➢iaiden-lane, in view of the intended opening of the main line between London and Peterborough, in July. LANCASTER AND PRESTON JUNCTION RAILWAY. —A special general meeting of this company was held at their offices in Lancaster on Thursday. The report was read and agreed to. The directors were congratulated on the amount of the dividend, which' (although a small portion was drawn from the rest) amounted to something more than 51- per cent. There lives in Edinburgh a lady, in the use of all her mental faculties, whose brother .by the same mother died 122 years ago, in the 14th year of his age. She is up wards of 100 years old. The brother died in April, 1728. — Edinburgh Post. Reason and faith are coeval with the nature of man, and were designed to dwell in his heart together. —Eliza Cook's Journal. On Wednesday last, two married females, with their attendants, went to the Church of St. Sidwells, for the purpose of having their two children christened. One of them proposed to have Mr. Flood, the sexton, as sponsor previous to the commencement of the service, but the Rev. Mr. Courts nay refused to accept him, and proceeded with the service, at the close of which he left the church, without performing the solemn rite of baptism upon either of the children. Our informant states that he has heard that the mother of one of the children took the babe to the Free Church, where the baptismal water is remarkably pure and unadulterated, and there had the dear lamb duly baptised by the hands of the Rev. Mr. Mitchell—that baptism being held as lawful as if it had been done out of a bishop's slush bucket, and ten times more agreeable.— Western Times. A girl, named Josephine Dumas, was found, yes terday morning, lying in her room, in the Rue du Chantre, stabbed in seven places, two of the wounds being through the heart. Towards five in the morning a woman, who slept in the next room, heard some noise, but thinking it rag only a quarrel took no notice of the disturbance. A friend of the deceased, named Caroline Baugrand, coming to see her about ten o'clock, found the door half open, and the body of Jose phine lying on the ground, bathed in blood. All that has been known was that a young man passed the night with the deceased, but was not seen to go out in the morning. N one of the property of the murdered gi rl was touched, which leads to the idea that some feeling of j ealous y or reven g e must have actuated the murderer. An investigation was imme diately commenced, and two warrants, it is said, have be en issued against suspected parties.— Galignani of Wednesday. Mr. David Small, the worthy tenant of the Milton of Abernyte, has a cow which a few days ago brought him two fine calves at a birth, while it is not quite eleven months since she had other two—four calves within eleven months. We believe such a circumstance is of rare occurrence, but what is partly still more remarkable, the fruitful and thriv ing animal has had altogether ten calves, while she is not quite nine years old, and she was three years old before she had her first calf. Twice she bad one calf at a birth ; then four times in succession she had twins. We understand she is originally off Lord Kinnaird's stock.—Dundee Courier. On the 29th September last the Tribunal of Cor rectional Police condemned by default the well-known Cabot. chief of the Icarian Communists, to two years' imprisonment, 50f. fine, and five years' interdiction of civil rights, on the charge of swindling ire connexion with his Icarian commu nity. Cabet, who is in America, caused an opposition to be made to this judgment, and by his desire the case was to be definitively heard in January. In that month, however, his friends obtained a postponement to the 2d April, on the condition that he should be present. Yesterday the case was called on, but Cabet not only did not appear, but caused a further postponement to be demanded. This, on the oppo sition of the public prosecutor, the tribunal refused to grant, and the condemnation was carnally cousrwed.--Parie paper. EXCHANGE. •4; Leghorn •• •••••••• •9 •• 30 701 Genoa •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ~ 26 15 Milan • • •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Venice—, •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Naples ..••• .• 40A 121aj Messina •• •••••••• •• •• 122% 53% 0p0rt0...... •• ...• •• .. 5334 Rio Janeiro -- Buenos••.• Ayres — New York, 21 days i slght Philadelphia .......... ?RIM or BULLION, PEI 08. Foreign Gold labors.. £3 17 9 . Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 I Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... • 4 10% Silveria bars ........ 0 4 11% LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 6.—Wind at noon W.S.W., light breeze and cloudy. DEAL, APRIL s.—Wind W. to W.N.W., strong breeze.—Arrd. Duncan, Reed, Port Philip; True Briton, Madras; Ann Walker, Manilla; Maria Franciaka, Bosse, Porto Rico; Esther, Davidson, China; Larahu Raw, Bombay; P. Dean, River Gambia; Candidate, Fowle, Barbadoes; Agnes Bargees, Jamaica. Arrd. from the River, Mariner, Now Zealand; Eweritta, Grenada; Camden, Quebec; Ava, ditto; East Lon don, ditto ; Hartland, ditto ; Hercules, ditto ; Asia, ditto. Sid. Raitelies, Hobart Town. Arrd. Peter Corndiet Z. Boort, de Boer, Batavia, for Amsterdam; Ann, Clench, Manilla ; Bling, Allan, Singapore. Arrd. from the River, Evergreen, quebec. LIVERPOOL, APRIL s.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. West port, Allen, New York; Governor, Varty, Calcutta; City of Glasgow, Brown, ditto; Mary Imrie, Bissett, ditto; Ferris, Scott, Madras; Ontario, Watson, Bom bay; Hyperian, Whelan, Iluanchaco and Pernambuco; Earl of Dalhousie, Maranham; Aurora, Rio de la Hache; Viola, Ferris, Pernambuco, sailed 27th Feb., Leonora, Thompson, Demerara; Alice Jane, Jamaica; Sea King, Gray, New Orleans; Canada, Cerney, ditto; Fingal, Black, ditto; Countess of Loudon, Rogers, ditto; Acme, Mobille; Polly, ditto; Coronation, Hare, ditto; Thistle, Sellars, ditto; Mary Caroline, Delany, Phila delphia. The report of the Albert, Gallatin, hence to New York, being on shore is incorrect. The cargo of the Fortitude, from Exeter, wrecked on Barbo, is wash ing on shore. SKIPNESS, CAMPIIELTOWN, APRIL 3.—The Slyer, from Sr. Melo, which got on shore Ist instant, remains on her broadside, and fills with the tide. BELFAST, APRIL 4.—A quantity of wreck and several cases of calicoes, linens, &c., have come on shore; also the stern of a jolly boat, painted " Marmion, of Chester, John Reany, master." ISLE ORNSAY, SKYE, N. 8., APRIL 2.—The Susan, Liverpool to Konigsburg, struck last night on a small island outside the harbour and sunk. LWDITRY, APRIL s.—The John and Mary, of this port, was sunk in the harbour, having struck the pier and received considerable damage. QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 3.—Wind S.S.E., a gale.— Arrd. Queen, Hutton, Whampoa; Royal Sovereign, Wade, Callao. DUBLIN, APRIL 4.—lt is reported from Wicklow that part of the stern of a vessel, marked " 18. E—Marie 17,", and some empty soap boxes, marked " Steel and Co., Olden, Liverpool," and ten cases marked " Plum Pudding," have come on shore, evidently from a vessel recently broken up. OFF DOVER, APRIL s. —Wind W., fresh.—Constitu- Schelling, Baltimore for Bremen. . S HO REHAM, APRIL s . — Wind S.W. by W., strong.— Passed by during the gale of last night the Norma, Santa Cruz for Cowes. CowEs, APRIL s.—Arrd. Carl Heinrich, Hanschildt, St. Domingo, and sailed for Hamburgh; Gnadaloupo, Arran, Havannah ; Orkney Lass, Paterson, ditto; Fran ciska, Hagedom, ditto; Olive, Hoffman, La Guayra. OFF PORTLAND.—Maria Christina, Voss, Rio Ja neiro, for Aitona. PLYMOUTH, APRIL s.—Wind W.—Arrd. her Ma jesty's ship Columbine, China; ditto Alert, Sierra Leone; ditto Griffin, Pernambuco; Haugh ton Le Skearne, Buxton, §l(1. Diana, San Francisco. The Concordia, Mr. Trelawny's hds., Tues., Jamaica Inn ; on tb. Western Moors; Fri., Carradon Hotol-11. Tiverton h(ls., Mon., Winsford Vidage; Thurs., Two Gates, Winsford-hill—lei. Cambridgeshire hds., Mon., Megre-wood; Fri., George Buckcien-10i. F. B. hds., Wed., Victoria Inn, Roach—lCif. RACES T 0 COME. AP. Croxton Park 9 Epsom Spring Nevrmarket Craven l5 Bath 23 Newmkt. First Spring... 29 Chester Spring Newm. Second Spring l4 Shrewsbury l5 Manchester Epsom Summer 25 Edinburgh Jt Newton .. Ascot Hampton l9 Newcastle Bibury ' Stockbridge . . 27 JV: Newmarket 2 Liverpool lO Nottingham l6 1 Stamford l7 Salisbury I S Winche3v r Good mood Ripon Brighton 7 Wolverhampton l2 Eglinton Park ... 13 or 14 urr. Reading York. 1 Stirling . Warwick . Lichfield Doncaster I Manchester Autumn 2-6, Newmkt. First October 1 Chester Autumn 8 Nowmkt. Stoond 0at.... 14 Newmarket Houghton.; 2$ COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY, The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual morning walk. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise• in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The Duke of Wellington left the Castle to-day. The Royal din ne r c i rc l e i n th e C as tl e this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Mr. Birch, and Mr. Glover. Her Majesty's private band will attend in the Castle after dinner. - The band of the Ist Life Guards played the folk* , ing pieces during dinner yesterday evening Overture, Sc;;A:c4 Medley, No. 8 Walzez Potpourri, " It Tancredi" Polka, No. 6 ,Marcb, " Le Roi de Mers" The Queen's private hand was in attendance yesterday evening in the Castle, and performed the following pieces Overture, " Le Calife de Bagdad" '...,.„ Boieldieu. Cavatina, " Schweitzer Familie" Weigl: Andante and Finale, Sinfonia, N 0.2 Pas de Six, " Guillaume Tell" Rossini. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na tional Debt had a meeting on Thursday at the Trea sury. There were present the Master of the Rollo, the Governor of the Bank of England, and the De puty Governor. Mr. James Higham, assistant secre tary to the commission, was in attendance. Lord John Russell returned to Ms residence, Pem broke Lodge, Richmond Park, yesterday, from Man chester. Sir George Grey arrived in town last evening from his seat, Falloden, Northumberland. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial office for the Governors of the North American provinces. The Marquis of Lansdowne left town yesterday for Brighton. MURDER AT BASSALLEG. (From the Monmouthshire Merlin of this day.) At five o'clock yesterday evening information - was received by Mr. Superintendent English, that the body of an aged woman, named Jane Lewis, aged about sixty-five, was found in a brake, near Nantcoch wood, and adjacent to the Bassalleg-roal, lying on her back, with an awful wound inflicted on the right eye, as if with a stone or instrument, severe bruises on the left eye, scratches on the cheek, a quantity of blood at the back of the head, and the front part of the dress torn open, as if with violence ; while the back part of the dress was covered with mud, as though the body had been dragged over the ground. _ _ It was found that deceased had lived at Pontymaswv, about two miles from Bassalleg; and that on Wed nesday morning she had come to Newport for the purchase of some peas and other trifling articles ; and was last seen passing the Hand-post, a little after five o'clock, walking by herself towards Bassalleg, where she was to receive her weekly parochial allowance. About six o'clock the same evening, a young lad, named Henry Phillips, son of Mr. William Phillips, of Nant-Coch farm, observed a quantity of peas scattered on the road, almost close to the gate, within a few yards of which the body of the poor old woman was discovered yesterday, by her son, at two o'clock in the afternoon. It appears that the deceased, not having returned to her house on Wednesday, her husband, who is a cripple, sent infirmation of her absence to their son, John Lewis, night-watchman under Sir Charles Morgan, at Bassalleg, who accordingly came towards Newport, on Thursday, and on passing the gate where the peas had been observed on the previous night, felt a presentament that his mother was in a shed, situated at the top of the brake. He stated that on going there, he happened to turn his head around, and then saw some dark object lying near the road hedge ; and this he speedily found to be the body of his mother. He immediately gave an alarm ; and, strange enough, some of those who came to his as sistance, in passing the above-mentioned shed, actually found there the basket and its contents, which the deceased had brought from Newport. As soon as this startling intelligence had been ,rez ceived, Mr. English, Sergeant Harlow, as r. C. Pullen, started off for the spot, accompanied by Dr. Stack, who, on their arrival, examined the body, which was then removed to the Hand-post beer. house, from which place it was conveyed to the union• house this morning. An inquest will be held on the body this afternoon. RAILWAY RETURNS TEAFFIC.—The following arc the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the imp, week in the previous year:— . . .4.4 Week . Lut R..gi ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. 5 t 0... o 4. 4 .....---. ---------- X ' A Mar. 30 Aberdeen .. .• .• ••.•• • • • • ***** •" • • • 835 420 31 Amiens and Boulogne. ...... ........ ~2•77 1,49$ 30 Belfast and Ballymena • . ...... ...• • • 499 439 31 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 1,017 852 . 31 Bolton,lllackburn, ClltherOe, and W. Y. 437 WM.. 31 Bristol and Exeter •••• • . • • ..- •• •• . . 3,888 24 ealedonlan- •••••• • - • • • .......... 5,901 4,909 • 31 Chester and Holyhead ...... •• .. 1,619 1,172 t 28 Dublin and Drogheda ••••••••• 900 66T April '2 Dublin and Kingstown ••• • • ........, 797 1155 Mar. 30 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen.. •... .. 529 495 31 Elle Anglian.... ••••. • • • • • .......... 632 719 30 Edinburgh and Glasgow .... ........ 2,931 3,589 30 Edinburgh and Perth ............ 2,124 1,710 31 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 14,811 13,048 31 East Lancashire • , .......... 3,276 2,034 32 Eastern Union . ......... ~ ~,, ~ 2,005 1,081 10 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... 2,979 2,712 30 Glasgow and Greenock.. 9BO 939 24 Great Northern and E. L........... 2,933 1 , 610 30 Great Southern and Western ........ 3,7 53 3,530 31 Great Western, lite- ....... ....... .. 111,064 18,804 31 Lancashire and Yorkshire.. ..... ..... 12,171 11,126 24 Lancaster and Carlisle •••• • • • . - Leeds and Thirsk ...... •• ••••• • • • • • - - 31 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport •• • • 123 76 30 Londonderry and Enniskillen.. • 31 London and North Western, &c. 31 London and Blackwall. ..... 6;75 30 London and Brighton .• . . ..... 31 London and South Western ....... • ffi 31 Manchester, Sheeld, and Lincolnshire 4.832 4.331 32 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham •• • • 20,613 ' 1,053 31 Midland Great Western (Irish) 30 Monklands .•.• • • • ...... • • ...• ••• • • • 821 "i!!•". 31 North British ••..• • • • ......... - Paris and Rouen. ••• • • ........... • • - 2,272 - Rouen and Ilavro .. •••••••• • • • • • • • • 1,2 02 4,023 31 Scottish Central ••• • • ...... ••••• • • ' • 376 253 30 Scottish Midland ••••••••• • • • • • •• " 1.484 1,338 31 Shrewsbury and Chester •.....• • • • •• 423 - 31 Shropshire Union ... ••••••• • • • • " •• 9,605 6,576 30 South Eastern and Branches .• .• •• " 1,808 1,747 24 South Devon ........ ...• • • • ..... ::: 2,385 2,010 „, ~ 11,159510 1529 30 Taff Vale •••.•• • • • • •• ...... •• •• • 31 Ulster .• • • ..... ......... .•• • • .... ••••••• ... r.. • . - 'Waterford and Limerick.• •• • • 24 31 lyVohrikteanhadveNne•lxmcttlfen ....... ... 31 York and North Midlan d •••"• • • • • • 6 ,945 7,336 NEW VOYAGES, TRAVELS, &C.--- -teTdlitEo state that Mr. Shoberl, of No. 20, Greed We N a o re n r c eci E u . es his da ' Marto:lough-street, has t . y published Mr. Sirr's neir Ceylon and the Cingaiese,,, with a full account of work, late Rebellion in that Island, 2 vols. small Bvo., with d Plates. Also, now ready, with Portrait of Sir John Franklin, Franklin, ,` and fine Maps of th e P o l a r Regions, price 10s. 6d. hound, A Narrative of Arctic Discovery from the Earliest l' " eriod to the Present Ti me ," by J o hn J. Shilling law. 3. The. Rifle Rangers ; or, Adventures of an Officer in Southern Mexico," by Captain Mayne Reid, 2 vole. enlai'l Bvo., with Illustrations. 4.." Scenes of the Civil War in Ilugary," Third Edition, 7s. 6d. bound. 5. The Countess of Blessington's new novel, "Country Quarters," with Por tra i t and Memoir, by Miss Power, 3 vols. 6. Napier's " Excur sions in Southern Africa," 2 vole. small Bvo., with numerous Illustrations. FISHING ExTRAORDINARY.—One of the most ex traordinary feats in the annals of angling was.achieved last week by the Rev. John Morgan, of Llanrhaiadr Dyffryn Clwyd. While fishing in the well-known salmon pool below Glan-y-Wern, Mr. Morgan observed a fish of extraordinary size making several leaps. After a few unsuccessful throws, the Rev. Gentleman succeeded in hooking a salmon, and after an hour's play he was brought close to land; such, however, was his strength and the violence of his struggles, that a landing net was necessary to insure his capture. He proved to be of the extraordinary weight of 231 b. 7oz. The Rev. Gentleman, with his well-known liberality, divided his noble prize amongst the poor at the almshouses, at Llanr hatadr who heir of course had good reason to rejoice at the Ches suc cess of worthy pastor'B pi4cdprigl euterpriao.--ter Courant. AUG BEPTE: igno , wed !hitt* w in nit* mar fro' ?sr' vete ioU IO ;tor the self ads 41g$