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SECOND AND CHEAPER EDITION. Now ready, in 1 vol., los. sa. bound, SAM SLICK'S OLD JUDGE; Or, LIFE I 1 ,1" A COTDNY. This work is redolent of the hearty fun and strong masculine sense of OUT old friend Sam Slick.' The last work of Mr. Haliburton is quite equal to the first. Every page of The Judge' is alive with rapid, fresh sketches of character—droll, quaint, racy sayings —and capitally told anecdstes."—Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Mariboroligh-Street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGET, Combining tbs talents of Madame Sontag, Maio. Catherine Hayes, and Mdlle. Parodi ; Signori Coletti, Belletti, Lablache, Calzolari, and Sims Reeves; Mdiles. Carlotta Orisi, Marie Taglioni, and Amalia Ferraris, The second appearance of Signor Bancardi. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed that a Grand Extra Night will take place on THURSDAY, April 25, when will be presented Mozart's Operr, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. Susanna, Madame Sontag; the Countess, Mdlle. Parodi; Cheru bim°, Mdlle. Catherine Hayes ; the Count Almaviva, Signor Coletti ; Figaro. Signor Belletti; Basilio, Signor Calzolari; Bartolo, Signor Lablacha. in the Wedding Scene, the Zarabanda in A. (originally composed for this Opera) will be danced by Mdlle. Carlotta Grist and Mdlle. Marie Taglioni (who will appear as a cavalier.) With various Entertainments in the Ballet department, com prising the talents of 3ldlle. Carlotta Grist, Mdlie. Marie Taglioni, Mdlle. Amalla Ferraris, M. Charles, and M. P. Taglioni. And other Entertainments, in which Signor Bancardi and Mr. Skins Reeves will appear. ♦pplications far Boxes, Stalls, and Tiekets to be made at the Box Oaks of the Theatre. MER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO•SIORROW EVENING Wai be presented Mozart's celebrated Opera, DON GIOVANNI. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall. Den Giovanni, Signor Coletti ; Don Ottavlo, Signor Calzolari ; Masetto, Signer F. Lablache ; Leporello, Signor Lablache ; Donna Anna, 31411 e. Parodi ; Donna Elvira, Madame Giallani ; Zerlina, Madame Sontag. In the Ball Scene will be danced, by Mdlle. Carlotta Grist and ltdJe. Marta Taglioni (who will appear as a Spanish Cavalier), lionart's incidental Minuet in G ; and also Mozart's celebrated Zarabanda in A minor, u performed with the greatest success at the Royal Opera, Berlin. To cencliade with the highly suceessfal Ice Ballet, by M. P. Taglioni, entitled LES PLAISIRS DLL L'HIVER ; ou, Les Patineure. The principal characters by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, and Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris ; in the course of which the admired Spanish Dance, La Zingarelia, by Mdlle. Marie Taglioni ; a new grand Pas, by Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris; and a grand Pas de Deus a in Uongroise, by Mdlle, Carlotta Grist and M. Charles. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. The Subscribers are respectfully inrormed that Signor Bancardl will make his third appearance en Saturday next, April 20. ROLL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Second night of Zora. TO-MORROW EVENING will be produced (for the second time), with new scenery, dresses, and deeorations, a grand opera, founded on Rossini's celebrated work, " Mose in Egitto," with the alterations and additions by the Composer, entitled Z 0 R A. The Ballet arranged by M. Alexandre. The spectacle arranged by Mr. A. Harris. The doors will be opened at Half-past Seven, and the perform ances cOmmence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the Right er, z'eason), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which will for the future be open from Ten till Five. _ MASANIELLO, Including the Barcarole, by Signor Tamberlik; the Duet, by Signor Tamberilk and M. Massel ; and the celebrated Prayer and the Tarentella in the Market Scene. renella, Mile. Bailin ; Pietro, Mons. Massol ; Alphonso, Signor Mei ; Borella, Signor Romml ; Peecatore, Signor Bache ; Selya, Signor Gregorlo; Masaniello, Signor Tamberlik. The Ballet incidental to the Opera will be supported by Mons. Alexandre and Mdllc. Louise Taglioni. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S TIM ATRE. THIS EVENING :The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely, with new Comedy, by M. Samson, entitled LA BELLE MERE ET LE GENDRE. Duchemain, M. Samson ; Elise, Mdlle. Denain. After which the, the popular Comedy, by 31. Samson, entitled . _ _ L FAMILLE POISSON; ou, Les Trois Crispins. Raymond Poisson, M. Samson. 7. conclude Trial MArivitzu s admired Comidie, LA JEU DE L'AMOUR ET DU HAZARD. Pasquin, M. Samson ; Sylvia, Marine. Denain. 'lle Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Pivo Boxee and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond• *net. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The Lessee has great pleasure in stating that the growing attraction of the Grand Easter Spectacle of the DEVIL'S RING, Torthor with the urgent recommendation from all quarters that it should be continued, has induced him to make such arrangements as will meet the general wish, and supersede, for the present, the ne cesaity of closing the Theatre. THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. J. Anderson; lago, Mr. Yandenhoff ; Caisio, Mr. Cooper ; Brabantio. Mr. Fisher ; Desdemona, Miss rhillipr.. ; Emilia, Miss Vandenhoff. After which THE DEVIL'S RISC} ; or, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. In Three Acts and Four Elements. The following arc the principal Scenes. ELEMENT THE FIRST—FIRE. A beautiful 'View of the CITY AND HARBOUR OF cArA.NrA IN SICILY, With Mount Etna Smoking in the Back-ground. CHARACTERS IN TIM ?TEST ELEMENT : Arhaph, Mr. W. Montague ; nodolpIT,11;.F;;;;; Herman, Mr. S. Jones; Conrade, Mr. Clifford ; Otho, Mr. Everett; Adolphus, Mr. Darcle ; :Rupert. Mr. Abbott ; Carloman, Mr. Brayne ; Herbert, Miss F. Huddart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; Host of the " World's End," Mr. G. Watson ; the Enchanted Princess Eveline, Miss E. Nelson ; Leela, Miss Rafter ; The Spirit Devil's Ring, Miss A. Lons dais ; Whirliburg, Mr. Seymour ; Go-dah,3l7 C. Fisher. CAVERNS OF THE BRAZEN HAND. TEMPLE AND SPIRIT OF THE DEVIL'S RING. THE INTERIOR OF THE CHARCOAL BURNER'S ABODE THE REALMS OF FIRE. ELEMENT THE SECOND-WATER. FALLS OF NIAGARA IN THE NEW WORLD. THE CITY OF THE FOUNTAINS. EREAICING THE SECOND CHARM. THEY ASCEND UPON THE BOSOM OF THE CTIABACTERS 2N TEE SECOND ELEMENT: - - Herbert, liriss F. Haddart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artand; American Settler, Mr. R. Homer ; lodians ' Messrs. Henry and T ress i der ; Indian Squaw, Miss Foster ; Spirit of tho Waters, Miss Neil; Queen of the Naiades, Miss F. Grey ; Go-dah, Mr. C. Fisher. MUNI) NAIADE BALLET. ELEMENT THE THIRD-EARTH. DIAMOND CAVES IN CALIFORNIA. CITAItACTIRS IX THE TIIIRD ♦ND POINITII XLEICEXTS Herbert, Miss F. Hul?bart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; The Black Knight ; Mucklow, Mr. Manderson Gnomes, Messrs. Abbott, Henry, Ellar, Brayne, &c.; the Princess Eveline, Miss E. Nelson ; Leela, Miss Rafter ; Go-dah, Mr. C. Fisher. THE SICILIAN VINEYARD. A TERRIFIC COMBAT luniwirw'xilmsT AND TEN SABLB KNIGHT. ELEMICNT THE FOURTH-IIR. THI PALACE OF RAINBOWS! HILL OF THE HUNDRED KNIGHTS. The Tstnniphal Entry of Herbert and Princess Evans in A CAR DRAWN BY REAL ROMEO'. GRAND MILITARY BAND, AND SORGEOUS PROCESSION! THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Ur. R. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, OM Brompton. THIS EVENDit,, Will be perfbrmed MUCH ADO ABOUT 2•ToTHI2(G. Don Pedro, Mr. Selby ; Don John, Mr. Braid ; Claudio, Mr. Howe; Benedick, Mr. J. Wallack ; Dogberry, Mr. Keeley; Verges, Mr. Backstone; Beatrice, Mrs. Warner (her first appearance in that character) ; 'Fiero, Miss Reynolds. Ts conclude with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the gazen, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Gnilbert, Mr. Selby; Sir Wilfrid of I vanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; W am b a , Mr. Buck ,n ; Isaac of York, Mr. Keeley; Robin hood, Mrs. Fitzwi ll iam ; Rebecea, Miss P. Horton.. The Box-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. • THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL tinder the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the celebrated Drama of THE• HARVEST II W ill. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PLAYING FIRST FIDDLE; or, Follow my Leader Principal Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Ulm Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE THIS EVENING Will be repeated ( 1 9th time) a Lyrical, Comical P asto ral, entitled CYMON and ITHIGENIA, altered from the text of David Garfish , )'h by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, oF. Matthews, R. R ex by ' . F. Cooke Miss St. George, Miss Kenwrtby It , kiss IL Gith e A Mn. H a mby, Miss Oliver, Miss Manners, and Miss Martindale. To be followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Characters b Messrs. F. M. tthews and P. C ooke ; M adame Vestris, mi. Julia St. George, Miss Dickinson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. Macnamara, Miss Martindale. and Miss E. Hornier. To obnclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to M r . Ai leron la, New Bond-street. The Box-oflfce, adjoining the Theatre, in Wellington-str ee t , is open.dally from Ten to Six q'clock, under the superintende nce of Mr. T. F t Bennett. FRI..:sT rI C I Fi si SS E 'S rE T N H I 4 O T , RE. Wlal be repeated faits (complete form) Auber's Opera of GUSTAV:B THE THIRD. wanoLtavus, Mr. 'T. Tlarrison ; Oscar, Miss L. Py ne ; Ankastrom, Mr. Q'. Harrison G. Barker; De Horn, M r. Ti . Latter; Christian, " bin Mr. Wynn ; C ountess Ankastrom, Mdlle. Nau ; Arvedeon, Madame la seirrtn ; Principal Folic, Mille. Celeste Stephan. After which a New Grand Tale of Enchantment , with splendid Soeuerx„ Costumes, and Appointments; extensive Machinery, ace., entitled PPM gIiTMEN OP THE ROSES; or, The Sorcerer of Candahar. Piirtolpal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Forman, Honey, Craven ; Mice Loitisa Howard, S,,,anders, and Miss Pillars. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP HIT EIEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Immense attraction. X./naively the last 6 nights of that extraordinary American Eque3- wan, Young Hernandez, the wonder of the world. THIS EVENING Ithe Firkfkrtainments will commence at seven o'clock, with Enchantm Fitabares en entormously sticeasful new g rand Easter Spectacle of , entitled THE FOUR SONS OF AYMON ; or The Days of Charlemagne. Mod gorgeously produced, and introducing Living Camel, Zebra, and all the vast resources of this Theatre. To be sun 3eeded by an incomparable routine of Batty Feats of the Hippo(' roma, supported by the accomplished Artistes of t h e listablishmf nt. To Cmclo de with the interesting Melodrama of MEG MURDOCK ; or, the Fatal Glen. On /Prl dell, Young Hernandez's Farewell Benefit in London, when ha n* w pro: for the first time in an E ques t r i an Sketch of Napoleon 10: MI i o et" being positively the Jest night but 0110 01 his pe r . mun saoffice open From Eleven till Pour. Stage Xanager, 2!.1r. W. Wot. Anais, Madame Castellan ; Sinaide, Madlle. Veda; Nicotri, Mdmo. d'Okolski ; Merismane, Signor Tamburini ; Zora, Mon. Zeiger (his 2a appearance at the Royal Italian Opera) ; Babias, Signor Lavia ; Osiris, Signer Tagliafico ; The Oracle, Signor Foloniai ; Aufide, Sigt4r Soldi ; and ..A.menoil, Signor Tamberlik. Tim Divertisement in the third act will be supported by Monsieur Alexandra and Madlle. Louise Taglioni. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin. The dresses by Mrs. Bailey and Madame Marzio. The appointments by Mr. Blamire. Tho machinery by Mr. Allen. Madams Grist, Madlle. de 3leric, Signor Tamberlik, M. Zelger, M. Massol, and Signor Mario. ♦ GRAND EXTRA NIGHT • • ~ On THURSDAY NEXT, April 25, Winn "ill be performed (for the first time this season) Rossini's celebrated opera of LA DONNA DEL LAGO. Elena, Madame Grist ; Albina, Madlle. Cotti ; Malcolm Grssme, Madlle. de 3.leric ; Douglas, M. Zelger ; 'S , r:ano, Signor Lavia ; Rodrigo Dim, Signer Tanaberlik ; and Giacomo V., Signor Mario. The. Grand linole of the First Act, representing the Gathering of the Clans, will be executed by two Miiitary Pawls, in addition to Use usual ores eitra. The Chorus of Birds will be assisted by the whole strength of the Company. To conclude with the second and third acts of Auber's Grand' and popular Opera, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAY —Morning 22 min. after 10 Evening 10 min. after 11 To-Mottaow—Xorning 41 min. after 11 I Evening - 0 min. after 0 THE WEATHER.—Sari OFFICE, APRIL 22. TRERNOMETER, Lowest, 39 ; Highest, 57; Noon, 52 BA ROKETER, 29.98. WIND N. W.—dull, cloudy weather. soot c m4l . ),.. ,c‘ -= . it Ir . •'' .. Ls 44 1 ',-., a 4.4,,r '7- • . 3 . .7;* i t -;^ ,LE u ~, • Ditok - -' t , . ...., . 'THE SUN, moment of panic be induced to withdraw their lodg ments, and very perplexing and erpersive to the Ex chequer. The great object, then, was to set the public mind at rest, and to restore confidence in the stability and solvency of those establishments. That desideratum was attained when Mr. TUFeELL de clared that a measure was actually prepared by the Government, which would be introduced by Sir CHARLES WOOD on the following Tuesday. The ex citement passed rapidly away, the pledge, thus deliberately and solemnly given, having appeased the fears even of the most timid. Unfortunately, however, the Right Hon. Baronet was attacked before the appointed day with a severe fit of illness, which deprived the nation of his services for more than five weeks, and he was unable to ap pear in his place in Parliament until the 15th of March, when he introduced the Brick-dust Budget." The people, however, remained satisfied with the assurance that the subject would be brought forward without any unnecessary delay. Not withstand lag the, prolonged indisposition of Sir CHARLES WooD, and his consequent absence from his Parliamentary labours, there was no desire that the matter should be taken out of his hands. The duty properly devolved upon him, and all were satisfied that he would discharge it with fidelity and zeal. We regret, however, to be obliged to state that this reasonable expectation has not been fulfilled. The public apprehensions being assuaged, and the matter thus quietly shelved for a time, Sir CHARLES WOOD was by no means anxious to revive the question. There was still the same necessity for its introduction so far as the depositors were concerned ; but there was no prospect of annoyance or inconvenience to himself, or of loss to the Exchequer, by a large withdrawal of funds from these establishments. Such being the case, day after day and week after week was suffered to elapse without the slightest allusion being made to the topic, or any real effort to redeem the Ministerial pledge. At length, on Monday, the 15th instant, the Hon. Member for Kerry considered it to be his duty to revive the subject. His constituents at Tralee and Killarney, who had previously suffered severely from the effects of the potatoe failure and the general distress in Ire land, particularly in the south western districts, had been plundered to the amount of 50,0001. by a series of gross and systematic frauds and deceptions on the part of the actuaries of the savings' banks in those towns—frauds which bad almost been invited by the culpable negligence of the trustees and managers, whose well-known respectability of character induced the unfortunate people to place im plicit confidence in the security and safety of their humble savings. This unpleasant remi niscence was not very graciously received. The answer of Sir CuantEs WooD clearly showed how very unwelcome was the interrogatory, and that, but for this interference, the session might- have glided away without the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into and report' on Savings' Banks, or the introduction of any measure in relation thereto. He said—" He was as anxious as the Honourable Gentle man, or any one, could be to introduce a.Bill on the . subject of savings banks (!), but it was difficult for him to command a day, and he could not put measures of great importance aside to make way for that Bill. The first day he could fairly take for the purpose he would bring it forward." This is, however, rather too vague a response to satisfy the country. The tone, too, was petulant and unbecoming. On the 30th of January the earliest day at the disposal of the Government was set aside for the con sideration of the subject, which then, at least, was re girded as of the most vital consequence to the well being of the labouring population of the country. But now, after a delay of ten weeks, during more than four of which the Chancellor of the Exchequer was in good health, perfectly competent to the dis patch of business, we are told that " it is difficult to command a day," and that "he could not put measures of great importance aside to make way for that Bill." Is not this tantamount to saying that this is not a pressing question ?—that , its postponement can lead to no evil consequences or disturbance in the public mind ? The Right Honourable Gentleman seems to think lightly of the failure of a savings' bank, of the ruin thereby inflieted upon hundreds, aye thousands, of hard-working and provident men, whose all had been deposited on what they fondly believed to be Government security—the pittance that had been scraped together as a provision for their declining years, to retain which they had endured without re- pining many privations—their entire hope and de pendence gone at " one fell swoop !" The hear _ - sickens at the contemplation of the misery and wretchedness occasioned by such a catastrophe, which is no less demoralising - than it is injurious to the people. Provident and saving habits receive a serious check, " a heavy blow, and great discourage- ment." The reckless spendthrift laughs at the suffer. ings of his more prudent neighbour. He has spen his earnings as fast as he received them; his " sav ings' bank" was the nearest public-house or beer-shop, but he has sustained no disappointment ; according to his idea he enjoyed what he had. His money was not swept away through the dishonesty of one and the negligence of many—he triumphs over the victim, who, in the bitterness and vexation of his heart, says" I will do likewise—l will enjoy the pre - - - sent moment and let the morrow take care of itself." This may be detrimental to the interests of the people and national prosperity, but what is that to Sir CHARLES WOOD ? IrOW is he concerned if there be no loss to the revenue ? and that would be rather benefited as the consumption of exciseable liquids would be promoted. Accordingly he finds it " difficult to command a day," and " could not put measures of _ _ mportance aside to make way for such a Bill." Letters received this morning from Paris announce the arrival in that capital of Mr. G. Heald with Lola Montes. MR. MILNE THE SCOTTISH VOCALIST.—We per ceive on referring to an advertisement that Mr. Milne in tends giving another of his popular entertainments in Store street this evening. Judging from the crowds who attend his concerts in Crosby-hall and elsewhere, we are very sure that to-night he will be surrounded by a brilliant audience, more especially when under the immediate patronage of several of the nobility. Mr. Milne is decidedly the legitimate successor of Wilson, and, u such, we wish him success. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRS.—There were present on Saturday evening at her Majesty's Theatre his Grace the Duke of' Wellington, the Marchioness of Douro and Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, the Prince Lucien Bonaparte, the Duchess of Leeds and Miss Elizabeth Lane Fox, his Serene Highness Charles Duke of Brunswick, the Duke of Cleveland, the Duchess (Dowager) of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Paulet, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness Brunow, the Viscountess Dungannon and party, M. de Berg, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, the Count Walhmeister, his Chargé d'Affaires of Belgium, the Count de Civry, the Count de Ba r k e , th e Marquis f Huntley, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers, the Hon. E. Upton, Colonel the Hon. G. Fitzgibbon and Mrs. Fitzgibbon, Hoc. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Dillon, Hon. H. Fitzroy, M.P., and Mrs. Fitzroy, Sir Henry Bishop, Sir H. Maddocks, Sir George Armitage, Bart., Sir Henry Webb, fart., Hon. George Milles, Sir William de Bathe, Bart., Sir John Burgoyne, Bart., and the Misses Burgoyne, Mr. Stratt, M.P., and Miss Strutt, Sir William Fraser, Bart., Captain de Bathe, Hon. Theobold Dillon, Sir Jasper and Lady Atkin son, Mr. George Mitchell, Mr. W. Miles, M.P., and the Misses Miles, Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P., Colonel Blane, Mr. Knightley, ALP., Mr. Baring Wall, M.P., Mr. H. Gre ville, Hon. Major Needham, Mr. Henry Baring, M.P., Mr. Raymond Barker, Mr. Francis Walpole and Miss Walpole, Lady Jodrell, Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, M.P., Lady Clerk, and the Misses Clerk, &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. —Among the fashionable company attending the performances at the Royal Italian Opera on Saturday evening we remarked the Earl and Countess of Kinnoull and Lady Frances Hay, the Countess of Lichfield and Lady llarriet Anson, the Earl and Countess of Beauchamp, the Earl of Falmouth, the Marchesa Branca leoni and Mdlle. Brancaleoni, Viscount Dupplin and Lady Blanche Dupplin, Viscount Mandeville, Viscount Sydney, Viscount Templetown, Viscount Exmouth, Lord Arthur Hay, Lord and Lady Wodehouse, Lady Elizabeth Bul teelss Bulteel, Lady Wallscourt and party, Mr. and Lady Harriett Ellerton, Honourable Mr. Chichester, P. arid Mrs. Upton, the Countess Colonel n a e n l (l t M he i Earl of Cardigan, of Cantilupe, Car digan, the Earl and Countes St. Germans, Cantilupe, Viscount Anson, the Viscount Somerton, the Hon. A. Upton, Viscount Clifden, the Viscount Dupplin. Her Majesty's box was occupied by Lady Caroline Barrington, Lady Georgians Barrington and party, Lord and Lady Alfred Harvey, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarenee, Lord George Paget, Lord Sondes, Lord Gerard Fitzgerald. Lady Georgiana Grey, Lord Rendle sham, Lord and Lady Templemore, Lord Foley, Lord Gar diner, Mr. B. Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs. Disraeli, the Hon. C. R. Neville, the Hon Mrs. Dudley Ward, the Hon. Claude Lyon, the Hon. A. Chichester, lady Harcourt Vernon, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., .M.P., and Lady Howard, &c. &c. CONSECRATION OF A NEW CIIIIRCIL—On Satur day forenoon the new church of St. Bartholomew, situated in Moor-lane, Cripplegate, was consecrated by the Bishop of London, in the presence of a very numerous and respectable congregation. The sacred edifice is erected out of and fitted ' up with the materials which formed the Church of St. Bar tholomew by the Exchange, which was taken down for the "improvements adjoining the Royal Exchange. The tower is of a design similar to the old one, and the organ, with the font, pulpit, and communion -table, are the same. The Right Reverend Prelate, after the usual preliminaries were gone through, preached a sermon from Matthew, chap. v., verse 13. The boys from the choir at Westminster Abbey assisted at the chants. The Rev. Mr. Denton, senior curate of Shoreditch, is the incumbent. #1 ileelli IT ii ::.--,464.1111'• LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1850. Our exceptional analysis of the Bill to be intro duced this evening to the House of Commons by the Government, with a view to the making " better provi sion for the interment of the dead in and near the metropolis," although carried to some extent, was still incomplete in Saturday's impression. Neither space, time, nor opportunity then admitted of any express re ference to that deeper and more comprehensive disad vantage which relates to the extent of its projected operation. Now, however, immediately antecedent to the introduction of the measure in the lower branch of the Imperial Legislature, we conceive that it may be in some degree advantageous to allude to that most glaring deficiency, directly and emphatically. That the Cabinet should have resolved upon adopting an improvement of this nature solely in aid of the metropolitan population reveals a slovenliness of philanthropy as striking as it is as suredly reprehensible. As . if to balance some of their former sanitary proceedings, in which the condition of the capital was altogether overlooked, while the boon of amelioration was distributed preferentially through the provinces, her MAJESTI'S Ministers appear in the present instance to have arrived at an exactly contrary determination—producing a Bill ,as decidedly one-sided in its action, but this time having reference alone to London and its vicinity. Against such a course of management in the proffering of sanitary reforms to the community we protest with all the force of the most energetic indignation. Common sense, common reason, com mon humanity, tell us, that the Bill should be so framed as to bring under its beneficial influence at least the whole of England and Wales, if not the en tire of the United Kingdom. Is this, forsooth, the only densely populated city in Great Britain ? Are not. Liverpool, and Manchester, and Birmingham, and a multitude of other great seats of commerce as thickly 'crowded with inhabitants proportionately as London ? A voice of terrible resonance, at any rate, proclaimed as much in most particulars through the cholera returns issued during the period of the last awful' visitation. And shall the ipse dixit of some denizen of Downing-street be accepted as a sufficient assurance to the contrary ? We expect that the re sponse of our Liberal representatives will , be reso lutely given in the _negative., Otherwise the results may be frightfully calamitous. We say this boldly, plainly, and deliberately. We maintain that unless the different clauses of the Bill to be brought for ward this evening in the Commons by the Govern ment be most carefully revised, that unless those already intimated by ourselves be sedulously emended, that unless the Bill be extended in operation from London throughout England, and that unless the management of the proposed system be entrusted to laymen instead of ecclesiastical authorities—the con sequences may prove very soon to be most dire and calamitous. In simple terms—the approach of sum mer, with the possible elevation of the mer cury in the thermometer to an unusual extent, may demonstrate that the Cabinet has trifled with the health, nay with the very lives of the population, for the sake of attending exclusively to the interests of the clergy of the Es tablishment. Shoed the nation be again subjected to another visitation of the cholera, the Government would recognise, when too late (as far as many indi viduals are concerned) that those facts which are already beginning to be perceived by them should have been attended to as long ago as 1842, when they were all of them clearly enough demonstrated after the sitting of Mr. MAcKnanoN's Committee. Besides what we have above intimated, the effect of the Metropolitan Interment Bill should be at once and permanently to close all the graveyards situated within the districts of the metropolis. There should be no opening allowed of for the resumption of the old detestable system of intramural interment, Burials should not even be suburban, strictly speak ing, but the cemeteries should be situated at a rea sonable distance from the limits of the capital. Under any other mode of proceeding the Government will only be playing with a grievance ; and the benefit conferred by the measure will be one of mere botch ing instead of one of radical Improvement. Again and yet again we would insist upon the im perative necessity existing for the alteration of the 6th, 7th, and Bth clauses, already parti cularized, and for such a change in the 9th clause that the power of superintendence and of governance shall be reposed exclusively in the hands of the laity—no bishop being empowered to exercise authority either as a manager or as a referee in a matter intimately affecting the safety of the people. The alternative is plainly this--an alterna tive between the pockets of the clergy and the lives of the community ! Other clauses, especially the money clauses, will also demand from our Representatives a most cautious revision. For example, clause 39, enabling the Commissioners of Public Works to advance _ --• (by aid of 5 Vic., a. 9, seas. 2.), money to the board of management ; and clause 46, in which the trans fer and registry of mortgages are provided for, which latter should be maintained (if there be any necessity for mortgages of property at all), at one shilling, or even say at sixpence, in lieu of two shil lings. In reference to other subsequent clauses (48 and 49), it should, moreover, be decided that no rate whatever can be levied, and that the advance shall be made conditionally, in the first instance, with the returns provided for by the income derived from in terment. Before abandoning the matter to the first night's consideration of our Representatives, we may observe that the several parishes in the diocese of London are possibly enumerated in the Bill, to the end that neither the Dissenters nor the private grave - - yard owners shall retain any power to claim compensation under the Act. May we not inquire, upon this consideration, with all reason, why, in the name of simple justice and common de cency, the ecclesiastical authorities of the Established Church should expect, on the contrary, the double compensation of power and of payment? What the multitude, and, we believe, what the Parliament de sire, is not a clerical but a popular Bill for Extra- mural Interment. When the Secretary of the Treasury, on the first day of the session, announced the Ministerial inten tions with respect to the business about to be brought ' under the consideration of Parliament, the first place was properly assigned to the Savings' Banks Bill, of which the Chancellor of the Exchequer had,igiven notice. The debate on the amendment to the Address was brought to a conclusion on Friday, the Ist, or rather at two o'clock on Saturday morning, the 2d of Feb ruary. The first Government day then was Tues.- day, the sth of February ; and, on looking to the Par liamentary notices, we find the first order for that day "The Chancellor of the Exchequer—Bill for amending the law relating to Savings' Banks." The first notice of motion for the same day, was " The Chancellor of the Exchequer—Select Committee on Savings' Banks." The great importance of the subject, in the opinion of the Right Honourable Gentleman, was thus clearly shown, and much credit was given to the Ministers for the prompt attention about to be be stowed on a question in which the interests of the working classes were so deeply involved. None com plained of the priority, which, on the contrary, met approbation. The numerous fraud s that with hagendperreavliously light—thebeenbrought effi tocials,the large sums embezzled by dishonest o occasioned one an inade quate protection afforde d b y the existin g law to apathy depositors, athy ou theand p theart of the inducement trustees to carelessness asid d general consternation. There was reas on institutionsto fear that a run would take place on these valua ble such as Would be deeply injurious to those who might in a 1 LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1850. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. The PRESIDENT of the Republic returned on Fri day night from Angers, where he had assisted at the funeral service performed for the victims of the late catastrophe. He visited the wounded in the hospitals and personally distributed to them pecuniary relief. The Journal de Maine et Loire, of the 18th, gives the following account of the funeral. " We have just been present at the interment of 180 of the victims of the frightful catastrophe of the 16th. Never have we witnessed such a heartrending scene— never have we experienced such poignant grief as in seeing the twenty-three waggons laden with the dead bodies which were being slowly conveyed to their last home. Esch of them was accompanied by the officers and soldiers who had escaped. Who is there that could have been unmoved at the sight of those unfortunate men, the great majority of the wounded, some of them scarcely able to walk, and all deeply affected, and striving, but in vain, to restrain their tears at the fate of their unfortunate comrades? Almost all the shops are closed; the deepest gloom prevails in our town. In order to tranquilize the famillies and friends of Colonel Thomas, commanding the 11th Regiment, wo hasten to say that the Colonel was at Saumur at the time of the accident. He had been called to that place by General de Castellano, to present to him his 2d battalion, which had given such a proof of energy in the repression of the emeute which had been got up on the occasion of the arrival of the General. As soon as Colonel Thomas heard of the misfortune which had fallen on his 3d battalion, with which he generally marched, he immediately came to Angers, and has commenced taking measures for the reorgan z ttion of his troops. He has already had them placed in bar racks, and is always in the midst of his men, by whom he is much beloved." The town of Angers has ordered a monument to be erected to the memory of the victims, among whom are five officers. The number of wounded in the hospitals is fifty-seven ; the number missing when the muster-roll of the regiment was called after the accident was 219 ; consequently there are still thirty eight bodies in the river, for which search continues to be made. The only civilians known to have perished are two police -agents, who were on duty on the bridge. The Atoniteur, in announcing the return of the PRESIDENT to Paris, states that at " Angers he had been perfectly well received, and that his presence had Produced the best effect." The Moniteur also publishes the following an nouncement of the.appointment of a Committee to in quire into the causes of the accident. " The terrible catastrophe which has just thrown the town of Angers and the whole of France into mourning, and has so cruelly defeated all the foresight of human prudence, at the same time that it imposes on the Go vernment the duty of repairing as much as possible, the misfortunes which have been the result of this deplo rable accident, renders it also imperative on it to exa mine into their causes and into the means of preventing a recurrence of them. The Minister of Public Works has just formed a Commission, composed of M. Kcr maingant, ex-Inspector of the Ponts et Chausees, as president, and. MM. Frissart, Drappier, and Mary, divisional inspectors, and M. Belanger, engineer-in chief of that establishment, charged to again study all the questions connected with the mode of construction of suspension -bridges, and the trials to which they are sub jected ; and to propose such improvements as they may consider necessary in the precautionary measures now adopted." The Voix du Peuple was seized on Saturday fo the publication of an article on the Angers catas trophe. This is the seventh • prosecution hanging over the head of M. PftounnoN, who is at present under sentence of impriionment for three years. On Saturday morning he was hurried off by the autho rities from the Conciergerie to the fortress of Doul leuis, without being permitted to communicate with his family. He has protested, in writing, against this treatment, which is unprecedented. Never before has any public writer, condemned merely for libel, been removed to a fortress. His colloborateurs have published a notice in the Voix du Peuple, an nouncing their determination to pursue the same course that M. PROUDHON has pursued for the last twenty-two months. The discussion on the transportation Bill was re sumed on Friday, and was rendered remarkable by the refusal of the bigotted parti-pretre to listen to M. DE LAMARTINE, who, in consequence of the " in articulate sounds" uttered by those who are inca pable of using any other argument, was compelled to quit the tribune, and in quitting it aimed with Parthian dexterity at his interrupters a shaft which struck home. " I wonder," said M. DE LAMARTINR, " that the judges should have so little patience, when the victims shall one day have need of so much." It would appear that this retort produced its effect, and caused the reactionaries to pause in their reckless course, for we find that the next day, Saturday, the Ministers were defeated on the vital point of the Bill, viz., its retrospective operation. In proposing the Bill, the. Minister of the Interior declared, that his great object was to obtain the power of send ing BARBES, BLANQUI, RASPAIL, and the condemned of Bourges and Versailles at once out of the country, but on the clause being put making the Bill applicable to persons actually under sentence M. ODILON BARROT proposed an amendment in the following terms : " The present law is only applicable to crimes com mitted posterior to its promulgation." In supporting this amendment, the ex-Keeper of the Seals said that he had himself, before quitting office, prepared a transportation Bill ; but in doing so he had taken care to introduce a clause, expressly relieving from its ope ration those who were now suffering sentences awarded by juries of their countrymen. In fact, he stated, that nothing could be more repulsive to his ideas of justice than an interference with the measure of punishment settled by the courts which had tried cases. However the law may have stipulated for the provid ing of a place of transportation, yet the law had not done so at the time when juries could only have had in view the means of punishment actually in existence. Had a penal settlement 4,500 leagues from France been established no one could tell what influence a knowledge of the fact might have bad in causing sentences to be modified. It appeared that his successors thought otherwise, and the present Government had adhered to a proposal of the Com mittee on the Bill fur erasing the exceptional article which he (M. O. BARROT) had left in it. Notwithstanding the opposition of the Minister of the Interior, the amendment of M. ODILON BARROT WAS carried by a majority of 64, the numbers being— For the amendment .. Ministers — 336051 64 M. o A n g i in st sti t BARROTMajority has thus succeeded at length in giving the Ministry a coup de patte by way of re prisal for his own unceremonious dismissal from office. The National states that, in consequence of this decision, the Ministers o f th e I nter i or an d o f J ust i ce have tendered their resignations. The Precurseur de l' Ouest and the Democrate, published at Angers, have been seized for articles on the late melancholy catastrophe at that place. The candidature of M. LECLERC is supported by the Napoleon. The majority of the Parliamentary re-union of the Rue Richelieu have decided against applying to the benefit of the families and survivors of the disaster at Angers the 200,000 f. destined to celebrate the anni- versary of the promulgation of the Republic. The Archbishop of PARIS has addressed a circular to the clergy of his diocese directing that a Te Deum be performed in the churches after the evening ser vice on Sunday, returning thanks for the happy re turn of the POPE to Rome. Two sergeants of the 63d Line have been arrested at Wissenbourg, Alsace, for on the 15th inst., paraded the town with a red flag. and shouted " Vive la Republique Democratique et Sooiale." BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-E.XCLIA.NGE, Arum 20. East Indian, sAi—Namur and Liege, s%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 2%—Sambre and Meuse, 216. SPAIN. - Madrid journals of the 15th and 16th have arrived. It is said that the Count of MoNTemorax has pro tested against the rights of the child to whom the QUEEN will give birth. It is also suspected that the Carlists contemplate a new insurrectionary move ment on the occasion of the accouchement of the QUEEN. A Ministerial crisis is apprehended in Madrid, in consequence of the conflicting claims of the KING CONSORT and of NARVAEZ to be Regent during the time of the QUEEN'S confinement. The KING-CON SORT is supported by Queen ISABELLA, while NAR VAEZ is supported by Cnr.IsTINA and her husband. The Cathedral of Saragossa was burned to the ground on the 7th, having been set on fire by lightning. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL IG.—Three per Cents., 29 7-16 ; Five per Cents., 131 paper. Exchange on London, 50 40. GERMANY. The People's Chamber at Erfurth finished its de liberations on the fundamental laws on the 18th, and then proceeded to discuss the electoral law, which was adopted with only one amendment. The Cham • ber then took up the additional Act. Tno question of the right of peace and war was adopted by a large majority as follows : " The right of peace and war which belongs to the union shall be exercised by it without prejudice to the. rights and duties resulting from the confederation of 1815. Thus this right cannot be exercised against those German states not joining the union. On the contrary, as concerns them, the provisions of the Federal Act of 1815, relating to the public peace, will remain in force. The army of the union will be organized in such a wan ner as to be able to adapt itself to the future circum stances of the Confederation." A resolution was then come to for the provisional promulgation of the constitution. The Catholic clergy of Breslaw, Aix-la-Chapelle, Mmister, Dusseliorff, and other plßees of Prussia, re fuse to take the oath to the Constitntion, except under the reserve of the rights; of the church. The German Reform of Thrlin, a semi-lflicial organ, declares formally that there is no truth in the statement made by certain journals that the Govern ment had approved of the resolutions of the German Parliament, with respect to the Constitution. This declaration had created considerable sensation at Barlie, C 3 it shows that the Government had not, as was supposed, retracted its recent policy of concession to Austria in the German question. The Cologne Gazette announces that the manufac turing firm of GRUMAN, of Elbing, which occupies more than 1,000 workmen, had been obliged to sus pend payment. The liabilities exceed 1,000,000 thalers, but the creditors had accorded six months' time, and the authorities of the town had solicited an advance from the Government. The failure is stated to be one of the consequences of the war with Den mark. At Memel, also, houses engaged in the timber trade have greatly suffered from the same cause. The Post Gazette of Frankfort states that the Ministry of Saxe Coburg Gotha will, in tha next meeting of the States, present a Bill for a military convention with Prussia. Tho nobles of Mecklenburg-Schwerin have chosen the King of PRUSSIA, and the Government of the Duchy have chosen the King of ITANovEa ' to decide on the dissensions whi c h h ave ar i sen w ith respect to the Constitution. The Vienna journals state that the Emperor of AUSTRIA will visit Italy in the first days of May. The Vienna Gazette of the 14th publishes 48 new sentences to death by the court-martial of Arad, passed on persons for participation in the Hungarian insurrection; but announce that all the condemna tions had been commuted to 16 or 20 years' im prisonment. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. It is authentically reported that on the 17th M. D ' USEDOM delivered to the Plenipotentiary of Den mark the ultimatum of Prussia. Prussia proposes, in the name of Denmark, a treaty of peace, containing a formal reservation, in accordance with the federal re solutions of 1846, of the rights of the duchies. All the states of the Confederation are to be invited to as sist in the formation of the treaty. It is not yet known whether Denmark will accept the treaty. ITALY. The POPE on his arrival in Rome ordered 25,000 crowns to be distributed to the poor. The Sitting of the 15th of the Senate of Turin was entirely taken up with the debate on postal reform, which was again adjourned to the next sitting. The Chamber of Deputies voted the modifications intro duced by the Senate into the Bill on the Sanitary Maritime Consulta of Cagliari, by a majority of 132 to 6. The Minister of Finance presented several Bills calculated to equalise the receipts and expendi ture of the state. The Minister of the In terior presented a Bill on the cultivation of rice grounds. M. BurlA, afterwards, addressed a ques tion to Ministers on the circular which directed that the sittings of municipal councils should not be public. Tnc Minister of the Interior declared his readiness to assume the responsibility of that mea sure, and explained the reasons which induced him to adopt it. A very animated debate ensued, which was adjourned to the following day. The Nationale of Florence of the 12th asserts that as soon as the Municipality of Tuscany shall have been installed, they will petition the Government to put the constitution in vigour again. , It appears that the judicial investigations concerning the late Pro visional Government have been completed, and that the case will soon be brought before the competent judges. GREECE. We find the following in the Courrier d'Athenes of lle Bth: " The conferences held during the last ten days be tween Baron Gros and Mr. Wyse warranted a hope that the Anglo-Greek dispute would soon be settled; unfor tunately up to this date we have received no information on the subject, except the rumours which are current, and which tend to prove that the difficulties are entirety owiag to our Government, which is encouraged to re sistance by its natural inclination to defend the past, and by the counsels of some foreign diplomatists. Without giving these rumours more importance than they de serve, we must yet admit that there must be some truth in it, for we have during the latter days remarked great activity among the diplomatic body, without anything having transpired. In Let M. Thouvenel, M. Persiani, the Russian Charge d'Affaires, and Baron Perglas, the Ba varian Minister, have alternately had long audiences of the King, which can only refer to the question which monopolises public attention. What we are at a loss to explain is, that Baron Gros has not yet communicated the result of his negotiations to our Government. What are these negotiations about then? " The resignation of M. Balbis, Minister of Justice, and provisionally entrusted with the finance department, has been spoken of since yesterday. It is true that M. Balbis has more than once declared his intention of re signing es soon as the dispute was settled, seeing that he differed in opinion from his colleagues on the course to be followed. The resignation of M. Londos is also spoken of; but as no plausible arguments are adduced in support of this rumour, we must doubt it, the more so as nothing seems as yet to denote a disposition to wards a change of policy, and as, with the best inten tions, it would not be easy to find a person willing under present circumstances to accept the por:fulio of foreign affairs." MALTA and the lONIAN ISLANDS. We have received Malta journals to the 12th and Corfu to the Ist. The only news in the Malta papers are the expulsion from the island, by order of the Governor, of M. Sichere, a Sicilian refugee, and the forwarding of a most numerously and respectably signed petition to Lord Grey, as Secretary of the Colonies, praying him not to sanction the articles in the Code drawn up by the Council of Government, declaring the Roman Catholic to be the " dominant" church in the island. The Corfu journals announce the opening of the States of the lonian Islands by the English Lord High Commissioner. On this occasion, that high functionray delivered a long speech, of which the following are the most interesting por tions : " Mr. President and Gentlemen,— " It is with a feeling of no ordinary interest that I meat here, to-day, for the first time, the representatives of the lonian people elected under, the new Constitution. What the practical working of the Constitution will th— in how far the new principles engraf ted upon the Charter of 1817, with her Majesty's sanction, and at your own desire, will harmonise with the old—time and experience must determine ; but I should do little justice to my own feelings, or to your conduct, if I were not to take this opportunity of stating publicly that the elections, even in those islands, where party spirit has run highest, have been conducted .with admirable order and tranquillity, and that the people, generally, have evinced a singular aptitude for the new rights and powers with which they have been entrusted. " On my part, I hope that I have fully redeemed the pledge, which I gave at the close of last session, to ab stain from interference of any kind. The Government has considered itself simply as the guardian of the pu rity of the vote. The Senate has stated publicly the grounds upon which it rested the decision of the points referred to it by the regents of the different islands, as they arose upon the first application of the new system; and I am willing to hope that many of those who, at first, questioned the expediency of the changes made in the electoral law of May, 1849, by shortening the duration of the poll, and dividing the islands into electoral dis tricts, will admit that both have contributed to the ease and liberty with which the rights of the constituency have been exercised. "I pass now to the practical objects that demand your attention during the present session. " The Senate, within the term prescribed by the law, will present to you detailed accounts of the revenue and expenditure, prepared in conformity with the under standing entered into last session. The article of the Constitution, which requires the presentation of these accounts within six days after the commencement of the session, precludes the possibility of the submission to you by the new Senate of any well-digested plan for equalising the expenditure with the income; but the suoject requires, and I have no doubt will receive, your most serious attention. " I have always felt that the machinery of government in these islands is very costly, and that the whole system stands in need of revision. In undertaking this task, which is more peculiarly the duty of the popular branch of the Legislature, I should recommend you to follow the example of countries which have had a longer experience in self-government, and to appoint two committees, each consisting of five or seven members— the one to examine the civil list and the ordinary and extraordinary expenditure; the other the duties of which the revenue is composed, and their bearing upon the different classes of the community. I have directed the most ample materials to be prepared in every depart ment upon these subjects; and, if the Assembly should think proper to empower its committees to call before them the heads of each department, as would be done in England or in France, and to examine them per sonally as to the details of the respective offices, the pay and duties of those employed under them, and the practicability of conducting the public business with greater economy, I can assure you that, on the part of the Government, there shall be no disguise or conceal meat of any hind. It is the interest of all that the work to be done should be done efficiently, but cheaply; and that, while proper provision is made for sustaining the dignity and independence of the Government, there should be no extravagance and no superfluities; that the taxes which it is cecessary to levy should bear equally upon all, and that every species of property should bo made to assume its share of the common burden. " Upon these points you will find some u , eful sug gestions in the report of the finance committee, presented to your predecessors at the close of the last session; and if the indications contained in that report be proimily tol- lowed up, with the aid of such materials as n the . Go-vern went can supply, I have little doubt that the rcsults will be valuable." The speech then goes on to say that in the course of the session the Lord High Commissioner will state his reasons and that of the mercantile body for think "Animated by this sentiment, I have at once acqui esced in your own choice of a President, although it may be unusual to see the presidencies of both brances of the Legislature assigned to one island; but I feel, both fr3m my personal knowledge of the individual selected, and from the fact that he was honoured with your unani mous suffrages, the most entire confidence that he will discharge the duties which he has undertaken with honour and impartiality. " One other quality is wanting, especially at the com mencement of a new Parliament, with respect to which I have the pleasure of knowing that the ideas of your President entirely correspond with my own, and that is, a firm repression of every act, within these walls, that militates against the dignity of the Assembly, and the decorum of its proceedings. Born myself in a free country, and having served a long apprenticeship in public life, I may be permitted to express to you my conviction, that while publicity is the law of your de liberations, it is only the more necessary to enforce order as the basis of liberty itself. It is at the poll, not in your galleries, that the judgment of the public is to be expressed as to your votes and your conduct as legislators. Here freedom of thought and speech ie your right—silence and attention is the duty of all who are suffered to be present at your sittings; and the ex perience of every free country has proved that the As sembly which allows this rule to be infringed, pays the penalty of its fatal indulgence by the loss of public con fidence and of its own utility. " With these sentiments, and with the most sincere de• sire that the session about to commence may be con• ducive to the honour and happiness of the lonian States, and to the strengthening of their friendly relations with the protecting sovereign, whose confidence has placed so large an addition of political power in their hands, I leaie you to commence your labours with every hope that they will be crowned by a happy result." The President of the Assembly replied as follows : "My Lord,—The Legislative Assembly, over which lam proud to preside, has heard with much attention your Excellency's speech, and will have the honour of replying thereto at au early period. "In as far as I am personally concerned, lam very grateful for the sentiments which your Excellency has expressed with regard to me, and I beg to return to you my warmest thanks. " We, my Lord, the elected of the people, will ever take as our guides liberty and justiee, as they alone can satisfy the people from whom we have received our mandate. " Our banner, is the country. " Our mission, its prosperity and its rigbtg. "Our strength, the voice of the people. " With these principles we will tread the path of truth, hoping that her Majesty, our exalted Sovereign Protec tress, learning through your Excellency our wants and our condition, will entertain our wishes." A letter from Corfu says,—" The greatest agitation prevails here from the result of the election. Men, the very dregs of society, have been raised to a seat in the House of Representatives —men banished for crimes of a deep die. They openly speak of an an nexation of the islands to Greece ! and hate the English most cordially." ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at,the meeting of the Court of Examiners on th e 19th inst. : Messrs. Patrick Culhane, Glin, Limerick; Alfred William Mooie, Pimlico; Jephson Potter, Manchester; Rowell Walter Voss, Swansea; William Prater, Exeter; John Edwin Cathcart, llon. East India Company's Service, Ben gal; John Errington Forster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; John Clark, Derby; Edward Adolphus Brown, Chelmsford; Isaac Coggins, Lower Hayford, Oxfordshire; William Hewett, Reading, Berkshire;; James Jeken, Dover; John Watkins, Hon. East India Company's Service, Calcutta; and Frederick John Dyer, Blackheath. SUDDEN DEATIL—On Thursday a most awful visitation of God was experienced in the death of Miss Elizabeth Moore, aged twenty-six years, second daughter of Mr. Moore, of the Lodge, Messing, Essex. The young lady had partaken of an early dinner and appeared full of iife and spirits, when she complained of a difficulty in breathing, and rising from the sofa, fell heavily upon the floor. In less than twenty minutes she was a corpse. The only words she uttered were, " My God, I am dying." IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—On Saturday, Mr. W. Archer, builder, of Portland-town, obtained 219'. in gold at the Bank of England, for the purpose of paying his work men, and having deposited the money in his pocket, he en tered an omnibus. At the same moment, a man about 35, dressed in a brown paletot, took his seat beside him, followed by a female carrying an infant. When near to the Angel. at Islington, the lady was seized with hysterics, causing great alarm awl confusion among the passengers, and the vehicle being stopped, she was got out and taken to a surgeon's. It was then found that the gentleman in the brown paletot was missing, without paying his fare; and on Mr. Archer feeling for his money, that was gone also. Suspicion was aroused, and on proceeding to the surgeon's, the woman was found to have instantly- departed. THE JUDGES AND CORPORATION AT ST. PAUL'S. --Yesterday, being the first Sunday in Easter Term, the judges, according to custom, attended divine service at the metropolitan cathedral, being accompanied by a large num ber of the members of the civic corporation, and several sergeants-at-law. More than usual interest was excited in consequence of a rumour, which had been extensively cir culated in various quarters, that the Bishop of London would be the preacher on the occasion. The cathedral was densely crowded, and a large number of persons went away after having fruitlessly striven to obtain admission. Shortly after three o'clock .a procession, which had been formed in the nave of the cathedral, moved into the choir, her Majesty's judges and the members of the corporation taking their places in the prebendal stalls which were reserver for them. Am ngst those present were Lord Chief Justice Campbell, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice Patte son, Mr. Baron Rolfe, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice Talfourd, the Lord Mayor, the Recorder. Alderman W. Hunter, Alderman Sidney, M.P., Alderman Moon, Alderman , Carden, Mr. Sheriff Nicoll, Under-Sheriffs Wire and Millard, the Common-Sergeant, sergeants-at-law, the Dean of St. Paul's, the Dean of Chichaiter, and several members of the Common Council. Full choral service was performed, and in :the absence of the Bishop of London the sermon was preached by the Rev. J. Endell Tyler, 8.D., Canon Resi dentiary and Rector of St. Giles's. The Reverend Gentleman selected for his text the 13th verse of the 14th chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans " Let us not, therefore, judge one another any more, but judge this rather that no one put a stumbling-block, or any occasion to fall, in his brother's way." The sermon was listened to with profound attention, and at its close the procession left the Cathedral in the order in which it entered. APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. W. M'Lean, the Assistant- Secretary to the Board of Customs, has been appointed se cretary of that department, in the room of Mr. Scovell, who has been placed upon the retired list; and Mr. Gardner, a gentleman of great experience in the secretary's office, has been promoted to the rank of assistant-secretary, in the room of Mr. M'Lean. Mr. J. Arkle, Landing• Surveyor at Dundee, has been promoted to the office of Landing-Survev or of the Customs at Cork, vacant by the decease of Mr. Hart;- and Mr. G. Arnott, Comptroller at Lynn, to be Comptroller and Landing-Surveyor at -Dundee. Lieutenant Edward Griffiths, R.N., is appointed Superintendent of Liberated Africans at St. Helena.— Observer. DRORY-LANE THEATRE.—A paragraph appeared in our paper on Saturday, giving a short report of the pro ceedings of a general meeting held on the previous day, of the actors and actresses engaged at that theatre. We have received a communication front Mr. Vandenhoff, complaining of the inaccuracy of a portion of that report, in which he states that it is a misrepresentation to assert that either him self or Mr. Anderson demanded or suggested the payment of their salaries before provision should be made for other mem bers of the company. He adds, that such a proceeding would be entirely at, variance with his conduct towards his brother performers, through the whole course of a long pro fessional life. LEICESTER. TRADE. - General trade continues about as last reported. The knit hands belonging to that branch that has been some weeks on strike are now generally at work at old prices. The hands belonging to the sock branch en strike still remain out. The worsted and woollen markets remain depressed. Prices of cotton as last re ported. The Niagara steamer just arrived from America brings some further orders for various goods manufactured here; and thecommercial conidition of tile States beingver; I:calthy, and money tolerably easy, it is hoped that this country will share largely in the benefit accruing from a f ree _ trade policy, and from the effect of Californian gold. ins that a change may be made ,in the mode of levy ' ing the duties on corn and currants. He recommends measures to be taken for preventing the coritinunnce of abuses with respe:l to church property, and an nounces a B it for improving the system of public education. He then refers to certain public works in the island, and announces the conclusion of arrange ments with the Austrian Lloyd's for increasing steam communication between different ports. The speech concludes as follows : " I have now adverted briefly, but frankly, to those practical questions, which I regard as most interesting to the country, and consequently as best entitled to your attention. Upon all those questions you may expect from me and from the Government, just formed, a cor dial concurrence in every reasonable proposition. Lay aside, therefore, I beseech you the idea of antagonism, with which the minds of men have been fod during the recent contest. That contest is now over. You have agsumul the responsibility with the realities of power. Use that power with moderation and good sense, and you will confer an ineatimiable benefit upon your country. Believe me, when I assure you that there can be no natural or necessary antagonism between you and myself, as the representative of the protecting sovereign —or between the Assembly and the Senate of these States—both emanating from the same popular source —for, with one exception, I have taken the present Senate from the bosom of the Legislative As sembly. That exception implies no want of consi deration for the present representatives of Cephalonia, amongst whom I could have selected names that would haze been an ornament to the Senate, and with whom I should have had the greatest satisfaction in co-operat ing. It is founded upon a public principle, which tells me that it is dangerous as well as unjust to place the man, who had the distinguished honour of filling for five years the post of President of these States, in a position that may force him either to abandon political life at the close of the Quinquennium, or to use his power, during the last years of his Presidency, in such a way as to se cure his re•election. " I give you this explanation, not because I am bound to account to you for the use which I make of the powers confided to me by the Constitution, but because I wish to convince you of my sincere desire to act with you, if you will accept my co-operation within the limits of the Charter, by which, and under which, you are here assembled. " I have called that Charter a new era in the history of these States, and it is my wish to prove to you that I so consider it, by giving a more lonian character to the Government. All that I desire is to combine a respect for rights, acquired by long and useful services, with the regard due to your own just expectations. I wish to stand between the future and the past, and to try, as mediator, to conciliate their interests; but, as I told you in my first speech, so I assure you now, that in all prac tical reforms you will have no more willing fellow labourer than myself, and that even where I do not agree in all your opinions, they will receive from me the most respectful consideration. m ()NE Y r and COMMERCIAL N c p. CITY, Q I JAR TER 0 . 114 , were :'h:+ sales of C otton at L iverpool on StiterM w ere eat at 7,000 bales, of wYe!I 2,000 Ainericast taken on sp ecu l at i on. T he market close d firm!). Asoseln prices. —I n R a il way S hares a good business was - rather advanced quotations. er The grain trade in Mark-lane is dull to- day, vti "` r rc are not lower. The Post - -office authorities have issued a notice ° lb : 6 effect that th e sa l e o f postage stamps of 10d. aiitukted will be ext en d e d to a ll the post-offices of th e s' Kingdom. , ate si Accounts of the 16th inst. from Leipsie, ,1,17; -s ad the dema n d f or c l ot h had been very lively, aeu ii rge mid qualiti es were ta k en readily. There wer",grio. buyers from A mer i ca, I taly, Switzerland, an d 13 e - de, In German manufactures good purchases were 0 1 the home dealers purchasing freely. Silk gne ds a dull sale, n o t muc h being'done ether for the L eg ' or Itu.sia. on At ilatnburgh last Friday the rate of Exch an ge London was 13.10 i, with gold at 4361. A fair be''Oe was done in bills on London. Stocks were firm proAduce markets were brisker. the Accounts from Belgium give the circulation °, 81 banks at 42,003,720 f rancs, and the di s eetin7 tu g 5,798,806 franc s , b e i ng an i mprovement i n the 's respect. nth WW I In the A. cue .msterdam Stock Market on the 20 4 - .„, d.r there were moderat e t ransact i ons i n Dutch Tw°ll- D dt per Cents. At F ran kf ort, on the 19th, Austr ian '— were 79, and Spanish Three per Cents. 294. h , the The accounts from th e W est I n di es are o f W e . same tenor us on former occasions. The cultival l° 4 I minor staples in Jamaica was in great favour, ° n o t company was forming for the purpose. Cotton sle ° 2 o being successfully grown . T he Bank had ma de e t/ factory dividend. The island was healthy. ci pti In Trinidad the weather was unsettled, and the were not yielding well. A Or The financial pro s p ec t s o f B r i t i s h Gu i ana he" proved, and the weather was very favourable, being suited to sugar making. Trade was rather dull' fires At Barbadoes th ere h a d b een a good maul' the estates, that a The St. Vincent's cro p i s expecte d to excee d last year by 9,000 hhds. 10b 116 There has be en a ver y fl uctuat i ng market f o r - d ie Securities, and the transactions, which cOmm enee t Consols at 964 , have been succeeded by others e' p er The majority against Ministers at Paris wan , haps, one cause, but not many, probably , o il regret the cause of that majority. The °II si anxiety concernin g h er Majesty's acc . onchente r , ot f eet also have had it s e ff ect. T he New Three-and-104 rrahtee per Cents. h ave b een 97 to 97k. The Reduced ortli per Cents. ha ve rea li se d 95 to k. Bank Stock is "p' 2064 to 2074 ; and ludia Stock has been at 268 'unail i chequer-bills have been 695. to 71s. ; and India 935. to 951. premium. An int In the Foreign Market there has not been much d° tbe The remittance of 81,000 dollars, by the Avon, i tlL here Mexican dividends has come duly to hand, but o' are injurious reports affecting the house of 0 4 0 ning and Mackintosh, and they have bee ° , 1 " , 251; available to depress the bonds to 29i a nu gt ite° It would be well, after what has been opeull in the American papers of the temporary Pee ll ; o0 a . difficulties of th e fi rm j ust named, if their cor re lsiti dents here were a t once to come forward and elder' the cause, though it i s state d to b e the many °° t uE takings in which it was engage d , rather than *rug) means ultimately to meet all demands. Indeed 08 00 is believed to be very rich, and should h e ;o ld the various monopolies and privileges it has e n ."ol The question of a change of the bondholders' sg e has been for some time entertained here, b ut t„ amount due by th e fi rm on t h e to b acco conlr';obe understood not be l arge , as ot h er houses sha re to be same, and the positi on o f t h e E uropean cred i tors is ' measured chiefly by the steady monthly remittane, es io Spanish Bonds have b een qu i et, t h e Fi ve p e r 'l o at 181 to 4. P eruv i an B on d s have been 701 toy Brazil Stock has realised 864, Belgian Four-and -e. A4 per Cents. have b een 894, D an i s h Scr i p has rea lise , ' and Russian 2.4 to Marke premium. tif ° The Railway t has been steady, an d one °- of the old lines realise higher prices. n 5 06 ONE CD - oil., PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O ' CLOCK. " 1 201 1 0 ,auk Stock 2o6 4 207% 941 per Cent. Reduced Anna 3 per Cent. Consols Annuitias... ..... 96 j g 95% 9614 ::dew 314 per Cent. Ann 5....... u.o ong ns. to expir e Ja n . 1860 -16 8 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. — 2 88 India Stock mile Bonds, 1,0001 92 95 p 9 5 P Ditto under 1,0001. ... ......... 95 p 90 Consols fur Account - 96% 95% ii;xchequer Bills. I%d. &20 71 F 1,0001. June 69 71 p 6 0 5001. June Small, June 69 p ONE CiOs i e PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. y 1 0 864 '_-:razilian tionus 86% 9 1 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .... ....... .... Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent. .. Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto, Scrip 4 3 /4 p 4 .. Equador Bonds Mexican, .... 5 per Cent. 1846, w ith Coupons— ,, Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... -: A z 28 i8 Ditto, Account 2 8% 29% 2 8 7 N ,„... Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, :,Account Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, Account . 854 ... d Ditto, 4 per Cent. _ , 3i 7 Ditto. Account Itussian Bonds a Ditto, 414 per. Cent Ditto Scrip 2%1,( p 1 8, 1 z 7 Sp , tiu,,h 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive 4 ..,./ Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account Venezuela Bonds, 214 per Cent -53i4 Ditto, Account Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in London. 0 Beligan,4% per Cent. t'utcn 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 55 3 k 56 8 6 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates— 85% 0 C E O I'RICES OF PAID. rgLO S BUSINESS DONE -, 70/c E RAtierde en lLWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. ' .... 50 Do. Preference Bl ...... 1% dim. Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 ..,. Bristol and Exeter 100 ... .. illP Ditto, Thirds ..- 33i 1 8 `iuckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto, New la Pref... 10 Cte.iter and Holyhead... 50 t.astern Coumties... Ditto,Extension, 5 per 5,4 r a Cent., No.l 6/. 13s. 4d.... ,% p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... IA px. d 1 4,-P 614 great Northern Do.. 4B 6 per Cent... 9%...... 4... .... refit North of En gland.loo ...... 4 Ditto, New, 30/ 3O - 61, , -ireat Western 100 53 51 5N 61% 104 Ditto, Fifths .... 20 - 64 Ditto, New 171,....... 15 ... _ 7 6% ... Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 95 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... 47 Lancaster and ( zirlisl a-. 50 - 34 L sil cash ira & Yorkshire 100 ...... 34 Do. Fifths... Leads and Bradford London &Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d... Lsnilon, Brighton, and 7 8 South Coast... ..... 100 London and N Western 100 lO3 102 1 / 2 3 / 4 lO4 D' -• 11/i Jitto, New Quarters 12 ...... 104 il Ditto, Fifths l2 . .. 11 1 / 1 1 h%..... ... 69 London LitS.Weatcrn —lOO ...... 58 1 4 59 ... ..... NI anc;h ostor.Buston,and Mat 'mix 5 - Midland .................110 ...... 33 1 / 2 33 33%..i s 1) , 501 : _ ,_ Jo., .. Shares Do. Bina., and Derby ICO ...... 15 Norfolk ...... ..... .- 100 0 4 / Do. Extension ... 2O 2 17 North British .. .... ... 25 ..... 7 5 ,4 3 4 4% Ditto Preference N7orth Staffordshire ... 171, 7%%•••. I IM , ;cottish Central hrooshire union South Eastern 44 Do., Registered No. 410 So Ala Wales .. , Wear Valley 6 per Cent. ...• Guaranteed ... .. 6O - •• .. woe 0 A d Do. do. do. ... 25 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. ...• ••••••••••• 25 ...... 11 3 4 12 1 4 15 12 6li Jo. Newcastle Ext en . 20 York and North Midl an d 50 Olt t 4 Preference lO ••..••• ....... FOREIGN RAIL WAYb, 6 1 4 Boulogne and Amiens... 20 54 East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 5 4 Do. Do. ... ~...—. 1 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. ...... .. • ••• 19711 Paris and Rouen 2O ...... 19% ... .. ........ 60 Paris and Strasbourg MINES. Brazilian Imperial ...... 24% — ...... ..... .. 1 4% Do. St. John Del. Rey 15 :1 4 3......,........ 1 130 Santiago de Cuba Tin Croft ....., ...... .. .. 7 JOINT STOCK BANKS. London & Westminster. 20 ...... I,ationalProv.England. 35 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS LONDON, APRIL 22.—Wind at noon N.Wr bre( za and fine, with passing clouds. 14 The Augusta, London to Au c kl an d I s l es , with logo r wizen topma,t, bulwarks, st a n c hi o n s , w h ee l, a nd bei o man killed, from contact with a barque, in long. 15 ' II spoken 18th Ja,quary last. 38 S. 37 E. a Olt CLYDE. APRIL 20.—Wi n d W.— Arr d . Anglo-P8 Havarnah; Speed, G un d a ll, S t. J o h n ' s, N ew 13runs 1 Sld. Rattlesnake, Rio Janeiro; Premier, Antigua. v o n' DUBLIN, APRIL 20.—Wind Roll% '" Yo , lc. QUEENSTOWN.—Arrd. Isabella, Kelly, Wilm i n gton. 0 OFF DoVER..—JOhaRII O Brona, Bonier, Pernars bue for London. OFF PORTLAND.--Helene, von AE pen, Li °lgor, for fiaraburgh. OFF TORBAY. —Pio Nono, Batavia, for Rotterclsin' LOWESTOFT, AP RI L 20. A French brig is r e P ° A rt ° e lf to hav e anc h ore d i u t h e B ea l s , a f ter ,b e i ng asiiste . the the Newcorno sands. A laden collier brig is Un sandA. Foot OFF THE WIGHT, APRIL 20.—Fortuna, nepert and sailed for m burg h. ei DEAL, APRIL 20.--Wind W., strong; 2154 14411 1 Q 11 16 N t - c 1 4 11)1, 1 / 4 , , (1 4 ,1 3 !! lk;,11 e e it7k - t°4l- 4 - e 1414 ki 31:ttt oai .• 4e ! , 4 4t ‘..C5 8 1 Be 4 2 e. I P iL 4 43 a t l A ° % e ro r k"ed pol;t• aem ti 11 44 e t e. 4Ppi 11„ r pie Th e iti