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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1850 T° the PRoritiwroll.s of EAST INDIA THE WEATHER.—Sts OFFICE, APRIL 8. STOCK. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 46; Highest, 63; Noon, 59. BAROMETER, 29'46. WIND S.W.—light breeze, with occasional showers. Ladles and Gentlemen, The lqintinted death of Sir Archibald Galloway, K.C.8., havin, ore,. tufa -mane) . in the East India Direction, I think it my duty to apprise you, that it is my intention to proceed to the ballot upon this occasion. I trust, however, that the result of the election may place pea in a position to solicit the support of those friends who have kindly ptoailled rite their votes upon the next ensuing vacancy. I have the honour. to be, Ladles and Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, • ' JOHN CAiINAC MORRIS, Late cif the Madras Civil Service. 10, ManAleld-street, Portland - place, Eth April, 1850. -- HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAT Morning 13 min.:after I I Evening 48 min. after 48 To-Maltaow—Morning 0 min. after tO I Evening 13 min. after 12 N EW WORKS rtIgLISHED THIS DAY. I. Mr. J. FENIMOIIE COVER'S " WAYS of the HOUR," 3 vols.: The Rev. IiRSKI.NE NEALE'S LIFE of the DUKE of KENT. With Extracts from his Correspondence and Original Letters now tirst published. Portrait, &0., 14s. Mr. WILICIE COLLINS'S ANTO NINA, 3 vols. Richard Bentley, New Burlingtm•strcet. , ....„ . 4. ~ -.....;, ......... .. ~,,..,....,,,4 , s .:. -_..5,,,,•, _e ...:.-A - q„b,ii, ~., - ..,-... ......--, .. ...,„.., ; ,..---, 4 ......4._ • ... c2th..i..—, AtlO w '• ' -u ".",,, I ;A , '' ' 'IL °Y. .. e oat' , . 1- 'l6l , '2"l. .- ," -gip ..:` w'''''',,,,,,_ 411101431 S :7:ZI2M LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1850. England has been rather felicitously designated the Ark of the World : it might more appropriately still have been termed the Ararat on which reposes the Ark of our Constitution. For within this ma jestic and liberal Constitution the types of every class and the representatives of every opinion may find shelter in the midst of the deluge of Revolutions. Under the protecting shield of our institutions they may escape from the perils usually attendant upon political adventurers. The agents of Communism and of Absolutism, the advocates of democracy and of oligarchy, the leaders of the gauche and of the droit, of the Mountain and of the Plain, of the Red and of the White, may all flock to our shores in the periods of emer gency, confident of finding displayed towards them selves an impartial and undiscriminating hospitality. They have done so—as may be recognised any day by the loungers in Brompton and along the shady side of Piccadilly. While such is the indisputable glory and prerogative of England-74he glory of independ ence and the prerogative of affordingsicl to the un fortunate and a home to the outlaws of continental Europe—there exists, also, among the mountainous regions of that great continent an inter mediate place of refuge, the maintenance of the in violability of which is a matter in the highest pos sible degree desirable. Yet such is- the audacity inspired to the reactionists throughout the , different European states and principalities by the recent suc cesses over their antagonists—successes achieved less even by brute-force than by treachery—t i hat the ab solute Governments are at this moment meditating a flagrant interference with the rights of independence and the advantages of neutrality, hitherto: in the un disputed possession of Switzerland. For 4 the revela tion of this sinister &sigh we are not 'exclusively indebted to the son-in-law of the Due Da BROGLIE, M. le Comte D'Haussonvx4n, but to the rumours bruited about in most political circles during a very considerable and protracted interval. Madmen that they are, these aristocratic administrators . are solici tous to close against political refugees thoscrhospitable cantons of the Helvetic Confederation ~jrhich have until now enabled so many thousands ..to escape from the unnecessary horrors of the dungeon or the scaffold, from the dagger. of the assassin or the blade of the guillotine-41e reflect ing that the day may very rapidly arrive , #' hen they will themselves yearn for a similar retreat:sn'tnisfor tune. It is ever thus with the successfull! when the pride of an overweening confidence dercises its despotic and paramount influence over their judgment. Possibly, however, the circumstany of the great electoral assemblage of the .t..?;-men of Berne, holden on the 25th OtiMo at Munzingen, may prove effectual in r restraining the ardour of these intended violators of ,Sniss in dependence, for upon that occasion, an occasion which will doubtless be regarded as memorable by future annalists, there were collected together a con siderable majority of the moderates, or they may even be termed the conservatives of the Confederation, 6,000 of the Radical electors being collected together in the meadow of the Bear, and exactly double that number, namely 12,0001 conservatives, in the meadow of the Lion, at Munzingen. In consequence of the prospective change in the policy of the Federal Government afforded by this unexpected predominance of the moderates at Berne, now the seat of the Central Administration, the Cabinets of Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburgh may pause, in a wholesome and judicious doubt, as to whether their scheme of interposition should be developed or aban doned. That scheme arises from the terror inspired among the Absolutists by the pre sence of so many powerful and celebrated demagogues in a country which, from its peculiar geographical position, may facilitate their entrance at the very first opportunity, according as circumstances may direct, either into France, Italy, or Germany. Out of a pretence that such a posture of affairs as the one just adverted to must be regarded as inimical to the interests and the peace of the European populations, the Absolutist Cabinets of the Continent are endeavouring to ' extort a guarantee for their future immunity from punishment. They wish here, as others elsewhere, "out of the nettle danger to pluck the flower safety," paying no heed to those.portentous events which, al though occurring in previous centuries, should warn them like tremendous precedents from the future perils otherwise inevitable: 'Whether OCHSREBEIN and his associates were justified or not in provoking an internecine war among the Cantons fur the pur pose of more effectually crushing the Sonderbund, whether the means adopted by the Radicals with a view to infuse more of their political principles into the Vorort, were laudable or the reverse, whether, in short, the " head and front of their offending," namely, the forcible suppression of mo nastic institutions in Argau, were a proceeding en tftle'd to commendation' or condemnation, are ques tions now wholly apart from the settlement of another inquiry forced.upon the attention of the vast majority of European diplomatists, the question, namely, whether S wiss independence is to be perpetuated intact, or whether a violent interposition on the part of the Absolute Governments of the COntinent is to dissipate the dream of Helvetic nationality ? When a matter like this is opened to the diScussion of arms we are satisfied that the most democratic of all the cantons, such as Tessin and Zurich, the Grisons, Berne, Vaud, and Geneva will co-operate even with the previous sections of the Catholic and Conservative League called the Sonderbund, Lucerne, Schwitz, and Unterwalden, IJri, Zug, Fribourg, and the Valais—resolved at all hazards to defend with a strong arm, and a proud heart, and an undaunted resolution, the ancient rights and inalienable glory of Switzerland. There is, perhaps, no subject on which the great body of the people are so uniinformed and careless as that which' is of the deepest and most vital import ance to their real happiness and prosperity. Speak on almost any question Of general interest in a mixed company, and ,you will , find the great majority of lis teners perfectly competent to take part in the discus , sion, and well acquainted with the chief features of the existing system, its c omparative advantages and disadvantages, the objections that may be urged against it, and the arg uments that mai b e b roug ht forward in its support. But introduce the subject of our monetary code—of the unwise and impolitic currenc y laws that lead to such extraordinary fluctuations in j the value of money, and produce p er i o di cally mercial crisis, forcing the country through the " established cycle," which, according to Lord OVER. STONE, consists of " quiescence, improvement, grow ing confidence, pro.sperity, .excitement, overtrading, convulsion, pressure, stagnation, distress,• and ending again in quiescence," and all remain sihint. Som e Will candidly confess that they "do not understand the subject," that it is so abstruse and ditheult as to be totally beyond their comprehension, and CAA _they leave it to wiser heads to settle ; while others, with an affectation of greater intelligence, will declafe that they prefer " gold " to " worthless rags," and perhaps may murmur something about 4i ass i na t e ," " invariable convertibility," or some of the other bugbears with which the bullionists have been accustomed to delude the people into a tacit acquiescence with their quackeries and fallacies. Most persons admit the propriety of Parliamentary reform —they extension goo of th e f ranchise— b ut t h ey d o not see that an concede the imperative necessity 9f an exten sion fall man able and willing and remunerative. employment " to every of the circulating' medium, which would to work, throughout the entir e country, is required. They will MISS RREMER'S NEW WORK. Now rcisdy in 1 vol., elegantly bound, price 55., or free by post ss. 6d. AN EASTER OFFERING FREDRIKA BREMER. TRANSLATED by MARY lIOWITT. From the Unpublished Swedish Manuscript. Henry Co burn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street, _ H E 111AJESTY'S THEATRE. GIL EXTRA NIGHT. The Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and the Public are respectfully Informed that a Grand Extra Night will take place on THURSDAY, April 11. when will be presented, with new Scenery, DreaSes, and Decorations, Mozart's celebrated Opera, DON GIOVANNI. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall. Pon Giovanni, Signor Coletti ; Don Ottavio, Signor Caizolarl; Alaskan. Signer F. Lablazhe ; Leporello, Signor Lablache ; Donna Amrtn, nirodi ; Donna /Elyira, Madame Giellani ; Zerlina, Madame Sontag. In the Ball Scene will be danced, by Mdlle. Carlotta Grist and Md Is. Marie Tagliolll (who will appear as a Spanlsh Cavalier), Mozart's incidental Minuet In, G ; and also Mozart's celebrated Zerahsuida in A minor, as performed with the greatest success at the Royal Operis, Berlin. Betweeethe acts a DITXXTISSEMENT, in which Mdlle. Amalie Ferraris will appear. To callude with the highly successful new and original grand Ballet, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled LES METAMORPHOSES, in welsh Ydlle. Carlotta Orlsi,Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, M. Charles, and M. P. Tagllenl will appear. . . _ Applleatioas for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box OBoe of the Theatre. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to commence at calf--past Seven HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madame Sontag. TO-MORROW EVINING Will be presented Rossini's celebrated Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosina,lle. Sontag ; Il Conte d'Aimaviva, Signor Calzolari ; Figaro, Signor Belletti ; Basilic, Signor F. Lablache; Bartolo, Signor Lablache. _ _ _ In the Lesson Scene Madame Sontag will introduce Rode's cele brated variations. Between the acts, 1 DIVERTISSEMENT, In which Madlle. Amalia Ferraris wit appear. To emaciate with an entirely new and •riginal Grand Ballot, by M. I'aul Taglion!, entitled I. ES METAMORPHOSES. Tn whlchlle. Carlotta Grief, :Mlle. Marie Tag Mil, M. Charle4, and:M. P. Tagllonl will appear. Applications for B xes, Stal:s, and I lzketa to be made at the Opera Hu t-ottice, Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. First appearance of Madame Grici, Aldlle. de Merle, Signor lam . . _ burini, and Signer Marie. TO-MOIZIZOW EVENING Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, LUCREZIA BORGIA, In which Madame Orlsl, Mdile. Merle, gignor Torabttrini, and Signor Mario will make their first appearances this season. The Grand Chorus of Masques, in the Prologue, will be accom panied by a Military Band, in addition to the Orchestra; the prin cipal Venal parts being Sung by Signori Polonini, Mei, Soldi, Levis, and, Utile de Mesric. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. Madame Grist, Signor Tamberlik, Signor Tamburint. and Signor Mario. Od TIMASD IT next, April 11, the performances will commence with (for the first time these two years) IleWas Opera, I PlJltITAlif. Eivira,, Madame Grist; Ilenrietta. Mdlle. Cotti ; Arturo, Signor Mario ; Talton, Signor l'olonini ; Bruno, • Signor Sold! ; Riccardo, Signor Tagitatico; Georgio, Signor Tamburini. To conclude with the second and third acts of Auber's Grand and popular Opera, MASANIELLO. Fenella, lidllo. Bailin; Pietro, Mons. idasscl ; Alpheus°, Signer Mei ; Lorella, Signor Rommi ; Peocatore, Signor Roche ; Selva, Signor Gregorio ; lisuianiello, Signor Temberlik (his third appearance in England). The Ballet incidental to the Opera will be supported by Mons. Alexandre and Mille. Louise Taglioni. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. Toe Overture to Magsniell° will be played between the Operas. The doors will bo opened at llalf-past Seven, wad the perform ances commence at Eight o'Clcek precisely. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING the Perrermances will commence et Eight o'Clock precisely, witlt VECODE DES VIEILLARDS. DartWe, M. Samson; llortense, 3fdlle. Danaln. To conclude with the popular Comedy, LES , PRCULTS DE MARRIAGE; ou, Lee Dew: Millfaires. The Los..talee of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till riTe Boxes ant Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. Ttir;ATKE ROYAL. HAYMARKKT. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. Great Aft action for the Holidays. THIS EVENIN4, Wlll be performed Nunn ADO ABOUT 7.s.TOTIIIIIG. Benedick, Xr. C. Kean; Beatrica, Mrs. C. Kcan. To conclude with. the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all tho newest. Improvements. Cedrin the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Brient de Bore Guilbert,Mr. Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Airs. Keeley; Wombs. Mr. Buck ; Isaac of York, Mr. Kee ey ; Robin flood, Mrs. Fitznlllixm ; Rebecca, Misg P. Borten. The Rox-offton le wider the (Erection of ITT. T. T. Archer. THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELVIII. tinder tho direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, . _ tirm he'performed a new domestic Drama, called VIE, MOTtIER'S DREAM. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes. Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, and Miss E. Chaplin. .To be followed by a grand hist. Tice] Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PLAY I Nl7, FIRS,' FIDDLE; or, Follow my Leader Principal Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolg:ar, and Miss K. Afterr watch MY PRECIOUS BETSY_ Characters by Messrs. Bedford, itr^rrefl; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To eonelu le with TOM .NODDY'S SECRET. THEATRE ROYAL, DRUI:Y-LANE. Lessee , and Manauer, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. TIIIA EVENING, , Will be preqente, by her Majesty's Servanth._ A new and original by B. Bernard, Esri. entitled THE CLOUD. Cliareters V Xees. rs. Vandenhoff, Cooper, /41,lear, Vlinnr, Enler3•, Montague, and 3lr. J. Anderson. alLer which [UE I)EVII,'S lUSG; or, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. In Three Acts and Faun' Elements: The ibllowing are the . principal Scenes. ELEM ENt. _THE FIRST—FIRE. A. beautiful View of the CITY AND.I,IATUIQUIt OF CATANIA IN SICILY, With Mount Etna Smoking in the Back-ground. CISAICACTErtB IN TIM FIRST ELEMENT : - Arnaph, Mr. W. Montivme; ltOtinlph, Mr. Frazer; Herman, Mr. S. Jones; G nra-le, Mr. Clifford; 'Otho, Mr Everett; Adolphus, Mr. I►attite;• Rupert. Mr. Abbot; Carlonaan, Mr. :Brayne; Herbert, Miss F. Iluddart ; Franco, Mr. R. Artatul ; Host of the "World's End," Mr. O. Watson ; the Enchanted Princess Drellite, Miss E. ifelsOri ( t.e,ls, Miss itattxr ; The Spirit Devil's Ring, Miss A. Lone ; Marti:om, Mr. Seymour; Co-dali.Mr C. Fisher. CAVERN.; OF' raz BRAZEN' 1TA 4 .11). TEMPLE AND SPIRIT OE 'THE DEVIL'S RING. nit INTEROIL OF THE CRARCOAL BURNER'S ABODE. THE REALMS. OF. FIRE. ELEMENT TRH SECOND-WATER. OE NIAGARA IN THE , NEW WORLD. TilF, CITY, OF THE FOUNTAINS. • BREAKING TIIE SRCONb, CHAIM. THEY ASIXND UPON TIIE EOBOll OF TILE WATERS eIIAR ACTERS IN 211E' SECOND tIMIUNT Herbert; M}sn' F. litiddart ;. Franco, Mr. S. Artaud; Amerle*n Sottler, Mr. 11. Roller ; radians , , Messrs. Henry and Tressidor ; inlian Square, Miss Foster; spirit of the Wittirs, Miss Nell; (Neon of 111,:v. _Naiades, sitse P. Gray ; Clo.datt; Mr? (Y.,Fishero ' 1 ' • • GN.V.I4 NATABEI BALLET. • , • : • "ILENE NT. TUE THILZD—EAETII. ODIA - I , EON•D CAYES IN • 4 VVirLacTrais 1116 THIRD AND POtißTtl ' lterbert, i 59 IluMiart ; Franc:), Mt: Art And ; 'The flack Viggtit/ = : • Mucklow, tir. M Anderson :• Gnoeus, Messrs. Ott, I;rayne, Sr. ; the. Princess Duthie, Mi 63 E. Ills% Rafter ; Go-dah, Mr. C.' THE SICILIAN ITINETARDd 'Beta A TEHRIFIC,,COMBAT NWT,IIIEN HERBERT' AND TTIS 5 BLE KNIGIIT. • 'Bt.-LILY:NT THE FOURTH —AIR. TRIG PALACE OF ItAIN Bowsi MALL OF THE HU.NDRED KNIGHTS. The Triumphal Entry of Herbert and Prineesi EYeline in ..t CAR DRAW N Rt REAL HORSES: GRAND MILITARY BAND, •• AND GORGEOUS PROCESSION! An original Play (Adamant* and powerful Interest, by Bayle Bar nerd, Esq., entltligl . _ . TIM PASSING CT.OtD . • • Bag been accepted, and will be produced on Monday next. FritiejpsVeliaracters , by Messrs. Vandeuboir, Cooper, Diddear, F. Vining, W. Montague, J. Parry, 31andersen, Emery, T. Anderson ; Miss Vandenhoff, Miss A. Lonsdale, tee. 7 ,Thom4giinat Mtisidat. Farce; called THE CRICKET MATCH, is pgqtppue4l tvitil after the production of the Passing Cloud. Charae ter4 ny Messrs. W. Dairidge, P.. Itorner, Rafter. S. Artaud, Emery, efifforil, S. Jones; Mrs. Winstanley, Misses Rafter, C. Tellett, Fos tor, &pit ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. • .THIS EVENING Will bs tiesented (first time at this theatre) a Semi° Drama **titled TILE BARBER BRAVO. After vibich flth time) a Lyrical, Comical Pastoral, entitled cligni 1 jeLIJOENIA, altered from the text et David,Garrick. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, R. Roxby and 1 4 .' ectoka ; '141.4 St. George, Miss Kenworthy, Miss Dickinson, Mrs. Hamby, Miss Oliver, Miss _Manners, and Miss Martindale. To concluole with the original Fairy Extravaganza, called THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Ail applications for Frivata Boles must be made to Mr. Allsroft 1 4.. Ne w, l.tond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Wi4 be performed DON GIOVANNI. Giovanni, Mr. Harrison ; Don Ottavlo, 'Mr. Allen, Leporello, Mr. Weiss; Donna Ar t I . %EA --'110.4)11au Zerlizlit; Miss se A en tter Ali , tell a New Grand Tale of Enchantment, with splendid eatti e teq' c . c . 1 ,- t u.ntes, and Appointments; extensive 'Machinery, &a., THE e l iara ; OF THE ROSES ; or, The Sorcerer of Candahar. T?rinaLottigti nowtearrlt Miss essasurs.ndelirsy,d:einr,d Fmoirma a v ni nar Ho s liey, Craven ; - • ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPUITHEATR, • Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Fitzball's New and :Magnificent Spectacle TrlumPbautlY successful. Second Week of the Easter Holiday Entertainments, unequalled for Noveity, and Attraction. Holiday That wonder of the world, Young Hernandez, having been received with the utmost enthusiasm - , will have the honour of appearing for a few nights longer, previous to his departure for Paris. THIS Ey.txidio, The F.i , tertainments will confluence at Seven o'clock, with Fitzbell's new gorgeout Equestrian Spectacle of Enchantment, entmed 5'114 FiJUR SONS OF 41'310N ; or The Days of Charlemagne. Produced with great splendour, mid introduelng the beautiful Stud of Horses, Living Camel of the Desert: 7.i. --ra, and all the vast resources of the Establishment. To be succeeded by au Anequalled Equestrian Feats In the Arena. To cooclucle with a FAVOURITE: FAitCE. • Ladies and Gentlemen tatv4ht the Polite Art of Riding, Mr s " broke fur the Field or Road by R. Smith. Box.oftieq,,pen From Eleven till Four, Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. CASINO n.s: Viorst.—The season at this well-con ducted establiihment is rapidly drawing to a close. and to , ht Mr. Packer, the leader of the orchestra, takes his ,- 7 - 4te i p it iec w es he o n f t t n h u e s r i e c wpelirifobrieuettd, bat o y th o e f m ot as t u s e e a u n i d li a be v f a r r o i m et ' , t 9 e f Mr. O'Brien, whose'compositions arc daily becoming i, •:"-•,Ss" - ' - ' , Tode cowls and appreciated. ..,. , s ; ~ i '3,s,;h7-7-',* ; , i •, a Bishop of Winchester has presented the-Rev. ' — 4; :4 - • "; ' Canney, 8.A., to the incumbency of the district of St. - 7 .' •=. - ew, Lambeth, in which a church is to be erected as soon ~.--: .. • - .:' .. ircanittances /Till admit. V A g f- Ewe 'A P shout for fiscal, or financial reform—for a different mode of collecting the revenue and for a reduction of the national expenditure, but they remain silent on the still more important question of monetary reform, which would enable every British subject to sustain the heavy burdens imposed on him, and also to pro vide the necessaries of life, and even some of the com forts, for his family. Let it not be supposed that we are by any means disposed to undervalue the beneficial results that would be achieved by the concession of the Parliamentary, fiscal, or financial, reforms, so urgently required by the country, and which the voice of public opinion so loudly demands ; we have on many occa sions spoken out boldly and unhesitatingly on each and every of these topics, and shown ourselves the strenuous advocates of "progress." But we must still emphatically declare the paramount necessity of monetary reform, and our belief that the country can never hope for permanent prosperity until the iniquitous Act of 1819, and its still more objection able supplement of 1844, be repealed, and a just and equitable currency law be substituted in their place. " The many," who are so deeply interested on this point, should, by every practicable method, be en lightened, so as to be made fully acquainted with the subject, which is by no means so intricate or unin telligible as the bullionists assert. They should also be stimulated to enter upon a course of peaceful and constitutional agitation, to organize their forces, and to bring the " pressure from without, " so essential to the successful issue of every demand, to bear upon their representatives within the walls of Parliament. There is no mode by which this great object can be achieved but by keeping the subject continually before the public by a constant recapitulation of the evils resulting from our present laws, showing how the interests of the industrious classes " have been sacrificed, are sacrificed, and will be sacrificed," to suit the purposes of some bloated capitalists, and to enhance their already enormous wealth. The millionnaire may applaud the system that enables him to procure an artificial rate of interest for his money, to obtain the labour of those who have no other capital at less than its fair value ; but such will not be the feeling in the cottage of the working man, or in the gloomy and unventilated lodging of the artizan or operative. Whenever these classes are thoroughly awakened to the true na ture of the question, and the wonderful influence which it must necessarily exercise on their welfare and social condition, an outcry will be heard, that will reverberate throughout the length and breadth of the land—from.the " Land's- end" to " John O'Groat's,"—from " Cape Clear" to the " Giant's Causeway ;"—that will arouse Ministers from their lethargy, and convince them that the time has at length arrived when, if they would retain their places, they must abandon the laisser fairs policy ; that will even startle Sir CHARLES WOOD from his balmy slumbers, in Downing-street, and teach him that something more is required from a Chancellor of the Exchequer than the obstructing of useful measures, and the offering of an obstinate and stolid resistance to every amelioration of the existing laws. The proceedings of the ",League" have shown the mode by which such victories may be achieved, and the people will not be :slow to profit by the valuable and instructive lesson. The National Currency. Reform Association, al though their means are more limited than we could desire, and they have not as yet received the general support to which they are so eminently entitled, are proceeding steadily and energetically in the useful path on which they have entered. They are in structing the public by means of a series of cheap tracts, accessible to all and easily to be com prehended, on the fatal results of our pre sent system, and the nature of the alterations that are required. The good seed is sown, which will speedily spring up and,produce its fruit in due season. Other labourers also are working in the vine yard, whose efforts should be cheered and encouraged. Many admirable little works have been published at almost nominal prices, but which will be found well worthy of perusal by all who desire to arrive at a sound and unprejudiced judgment on the question. Among these—our esteemed and efficient collabora teurs —we would particularly allude to Mr. HAMER STANSFELD, of Leeds, who, like Mr. S. A. GODDARD, of Edgebaston, near Birmingham, and a host of others, has long been known as a consistent and enthusiastic reformer and free-trader—and who, having succeeded in the abolition of the atrocious corn-laws, now desires to extend the glorious principle that then triumphed, by removing every species of restriction that clogs the wheels of industry—who demands a "free trade" in money as well as in other commodities, and calls for relief from a protection as unjust and mischievous, as that which has been de stroyed—" the protection derived by the moneyed interest at the expense of all other classes, from the operation of our currency laws." Mr. STANSFELD has just published a very able but brief exposition of the enormous evils arising from the protective and restrictive cha racter of our currency laws, and suggested a remedy which he believes adequate to the disease. It is in the form of a letter to the Representative of the West Riding of Yorkshire,* the man who cheered on the people in their exertions against the bread tax, but who un fortunately is not disposed again to take the field against the bullion monopoly. This excellent brochure may be obtained for one penny, so that the very poorest of our fellow-countrymen may procure it without making any very large sacrifice. This is a great point, for to be really useful such publications must be low priced, in order that they may obtain an extensive circu►ation. Mr. STANSYELD asserts : " Ist. Tbat a pressure is made on the money market, in order to produce a fall in prices, whenever gold leaves the country. " 2d. That such pressure, when severe, leads to a panic. " 3d. That this panic inevitably leads either to a general bankruptcy, or to a suspension of the law." These propositions he sustains by clear and in controvertible arguments, showing that " the very principle on which our system of currency is based, and by which the currency is sought to be regulated and maintained, involves the sacrifice of the commer cial and agricultural and all other classes to the mo neyed class ;" " that depression, not steadiness of price, is the means resorted to for supporting our currency system." Hear this, merchants and traders, be atten tive, farmers, and learn that the value of the commo dities in which you deal, of the crops which you produce, is depreciated to suit the purposes of the select few, and say whether you are prepared still to bow down before the "golden calf" that has been set up; to see your reasonable expectations defeated, and your prospects in life blasted for such a cause ? Can it be asserted that these are necessary evils—that adequate remedies are not attain able ? Experience shows the reverse. When war prevailed we were enabled to meet the enormous outlay then required ,to provide for every demand on our resources, simply by what was termed " the suspension of cash payments," or, in other words, by making an inconvertible bank note a legal tender for every purpose within the British dominions, and it was sufficient. Without it we could not have maintained our opposition to the armies of NeroLuort. Why, then, should it not now be resorted to ? Is it not the distress and destitution of British citizens, the bitterness of poverty, an enemy as formidable and as much to be dreaded as the power Of the French EMPEROR ? Most undoubtedly it is and the nation should not be contented until they obtain el a u G ire e n v i e: n n t m a e o n f t th th e p at eope acknowledges l. that fact, and is prep are d to act on that knowledge and to meet the just " A Letter to Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., on our Protective and Restrictive Currency Laws." By Hamer Stintfuld, Esq. London: Effingham Wilson; Leeds: Baiues and Co.; Manchester: Gadsby. 1850, Pr. 8. A somewhat serious case of insubordination has occurred on board one of the convict hulks in Portsmouth harbour. A telegraphic dispatch from the Admiral Super intendent of the Dockyard at Portsmouth WAS received yes terday, soon after eleven o'clock, announcing that the con victs on board the Stirling Castle, moored near the entrance of the harbour of Portsmouth, had been in a state of insubor dinationduring the whole of Friday night, which still con tinued. Sir George Grey immediately dispatched Mr. Voules, superintendent of convicts, to Portsmouth to inves tigate the circumstances attending this proceeding, happily so unfrequent. IVe believe that the convicts on board of that hulk are amongst the most unruly of the able-bodied ofportiownhoare placed thosecondemned to variou s t erms o f transporta tion,there to undergo the pieparatory stage of their disciplined labour before they are selected for tran mission across the seas. The complement on board the Stir ling Castle is from 400 to 500. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and of yesterday. They publish the address of the Union Electorate, recommending M. FERDINAND For as their candidate for Paris. The Legitimatists protest, in strong language, against this adoption of an Orleanist candidate. The Union, the most mode rate of the Legitimatist organs, merely announces the fact of the candidature of Al. FERDINAND FOT, with out adding one word of comment. The Assemblee Nationale publishes a philippic against the Committee of the Electoral Union for presuming to recommend a candidate; while the Opinion Publique and the Corsaire recommend the Legitimatists to start a candidate of their own in opposition to M. FERDI NAND Foy. The Democrats have, it is said, determined to start as their candidate some soldier who has been perse cuted for his attachment to democratic principles. The speech of 111. VICTOR HUGO in the Assembly on Friday, in opposition to the Transportation Bill, is the subject of comment in all these journals. He denounced the Bill as virtually a re-enactment of the . punishment:of death for political offences. Tne reactionary journals are outrageous against him, whilst the Republicans are loud in his praise. The Presse proposes opening a subscription to have a medal struck in honour of this speech, and concludes a long eulogium on it in these words : "It is impossible to give an account (T all the emo tions of this speech, to reflect all its beauties, and to follow M. Victor Hugo through the magnificent deve lopments of his ideas. We can scarcely collect a few drops of his torrent of electric fluid which issued from his lips, and fell on the Assembl y i n su b l i me inspira tions and gleams of fire." Of the irritating effect which it produced upon the reactionaries, we form an idea from the following statement, which appears in the Siecle : " The moderation of the Moderate party may be es timated by the following calculation, made on the report of the Moniteur. M. Victor Hugo was interrupted 83 times by the Right benches, to wit:-32 times by rum mers and exclamations of all kinds, and 51 times by direct interpellation." MM. LEON FAUCHER and JULES DE LASTYRIE were on Saturday elected Vice-Presidents of the Assembly by a bare majority, as the Members of the Left abstained from voting. The L.Titimatists are complaining that they have been tricked by the Orleanists in these elections, as not one of the officers of the Assembly chosen belong to the Legi timatist party, and, in order to appease them, M. JULES DE LASTYRIE has resigned, for the purpose of affording to M. VATISMENIL or M. BENOIT D'AZT an opportunity of being elected. The following is an abstract of M. FouLD's finan cial statement to the Assembly :-- .. The great object he had in view was, he said, to establish a real balance between the receipts and ex penditures, to extend the proportionality of the taxes, and to relieve agriculture. The , strictest economy had been introduced into every branch of the administra tion. His attention had been particularly directed to the reduction of the military expenditures within the limits oommanded by the security of the country. Public credit, deeply shaken, should be restored by the inviolability of the engagements and the respect of contracts. The floating debt presented no danger, if the Government was empowered to employ the means at its disposal to reduce it within proper limits, and to tax certain productions which had hitherto escaped taxation. Fictitious remedies and dangerous theories should be avoided. The reforms in the system of mortgages must be attended with a favourable effect. Not more than 22,000,000 f. would be required to pay the interest of the floating debt. Supposing the As seinbly should concede the Paris and Avignon Railroad to a privets company, with various other reductions in the expenditure of the department of public works, there would be in that department alone a sa v i ng , of 5,000,000 f. The army esti mates, which amounted in 1848 to 420,000,000 f., were since reduced t o 314,000,000, and would experience, in 1851, a further reduction of 12,000,000. No very material alteration was to be made in the naval department, the expenditure of which bad been reduced since 1848 by 24,000,000. The whole of the expenditure of the state would amount, in 1851, to 1,283,000 fr. In order to relieve agricultnre, M. Fourd proposed the suppres sion of 17 centimes in the tax ou landed property, er 97,000,000 f. The local taxes. which amounted in ten departments to 130,000,000 f. annually, should also be considerably diminished for the same object. He likewise proposed to modify the tax on doors and windows, and to reduce the registry duties by 6,000,000 f. The new im posts would produce an augmentation of 48,000,000. No change was to be made in the tax on salt, but a new one should be laid on sugar, coffee, powder, shot, &e. The entire of the receipts was calculated at 1,292,000,000, showing a surplus of 8,000,000. The floating debt, now amounting to 575,000,000, would be reduced in 1851 to 515,000,000. National forests are to bo sold to an amount of 56,000.000. This and other means, which would be submitted to the approbation of the Assembly, would, he was certain, enable the government to meet all the wants of the state, provided, however, internal order was maintained. At the Vaudeville Theatre a new piece, entitled The Restoration, was produced ; it was evidently in tended as a feeler, and those who put it forward must be by this time perfectly satisfied of the intense hatred in which the very name of Bourbon is held by the French people ; whenever any allusion was made to the Bourbons, loud hisses were heard from all parts of the house. The French never can, never will, never ought to forget the circumstances under NI hich the Bourbons and the parti-pretre were restored. The price of corn has not been so low in France for thirty years, as it is at the present moment. By ;he last official returns, the average price throughout Prance was 14f. Ic.'per hectolitre. If it is true that he agriculturist must sell his corn at 20f. per hecto itre to find remuneration fur his labour, and if, as statistically stated, the annual consumption of France is 120 millions of hectolitres, the actual price, com pared with that normal price, represents a loss of 720 millions of francs for agriculture, and this under a system of rigid protection, amounting in reality to prohibition. Al. DE PERSIGNY has arrived in Paris, from Berlin. It is said that the intended v i s i t of the Duchess of ORLEANS to England is for a political object, and that the leading Orleanists of France will join her in Lon don for the purpose of endeavouring to arrange the respective pretensions of the elder and the younger branches of the Bourbons, and of making a proposi tion to LOUIS NAPOLEON to assist in a restoration. In this latter particular they will not succeed. Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE is a man of the nicest honour, who would rather sacrifice his life than betray the trust reposed in him. He may be duped, but he will never willingly and knowingly consent to be made a stepping-stone for the restoration of the Bourbons ; and of this the Legitimatists are perfectly aware; hence their bitter personal hostility to the PRESIDENT. The PRESIDENT of the Republic went on Saturday to visit the principal barracks round Paris, and review the troops stationed in them. The PRESIDENT left the ElysEle at half-past one, accompanied by the Mi nister of War and two orderly officers. He first proceeded to St. Denis, where he was received by Generals NEUMAYER and RENAUD, and inspected the 69th Regiment. He afterwards visited the barracks in that town, and on leaving distributed four crosses of the Legion of Honour. From thence the PRESI DENT went to the Fort de rEst one of the moat im portant of those whi c h surround the capital. The 18th Regiment was drawn out in line in the glacis, and were reviewed, after which some decorations were distributed to officers, sub-officers, and privates. At half-past three the PRESIDENT left the fort for Cour bedoire, where he reviewed the sth and 35th Regi ments, and inspected the barracks, distributing crosses as at the other places. The Bourse Ives dull on Saturday, and very little business was transacted. The Five per Cents. opened at 85f. 30c., and closed at 89f. 600.; the Three per Cents. at 55f. 70c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 720 f.; Rouen 5101.; Great Northern, 421 f. 25c.; Avignon, 1 7 2 r. 50c.; Vierzon, 3201.; Bal e , 107 f. 50e.; Bordeaux, 392 f. 50f. ; Paris and Strasbur g, 3311. 25c . ; Tours and N an t es, 231 f. 25c.; the New Roman Loan, 78. BUSIN L E O S N S D D O O N N s E I I4 K F .. O rti RE G I R GN AN R G A E, IL A W P A R Y IL S 6. A T THE Boulogne and Amiens, 614 —Dutch Rhenish, 1 3 A— Orleans and Bordeaux, 21 4—Sambre and Meuse, 214. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the Ist and 2d instant have arrived. The Gageta of the Ist publishes a royal decree charging the direction of the Public Debt to draw up a new Bill, for the settlement of the debt, to be pre sented to the C or t es i n t h e ne xt sessi on . F ore i gn creditors, it, is provid e d, are to be consulted on it. It was said that thi s was done to f a cilitate th e sett l ement with England. T he offic i a l arrangemnt of the Eng lish affair w ou ld not, it was supposed, take place before the 18th. The Prince and Princess of JoINVILLB have em barked at Cadiz for England. MADRID BOLiA, A PRIL 2.—Three per Cents., 294 paper; Five per Cents., 12i, for account. Ex change on London, 50 25. GERMANY. The Assembly of the States of Gotha has been prorogued to the Ist of May. The States of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg were to have met on th e 2d, but were prorogued f ur a mont h by decree of th e G RAND D ugE . A new di sso l ut i on was consider e d probable, in order to enable th e Government to enter the restricted Federal State of Prussia, to which the Chambers are hostile. The Berlin State Gazette says that there is no truth in the report that was lately current of Oldenburg having already retired from the Federal State. A letter from Erfurt of the 2d states that M DE RADowiTz had retur n ed from Berlin, with instruc tions to insi s t on th e C on f e deration being entrusted with pow e r s t o d ec l are peace and war, according to the Cor,stitution of 181.5. This had caused a most painful i n a pr e s Si on ; and when proposed to The Com mittee WAS a l most unanirnous l Y re j ec t e d. I t was sa id that other propositions for lessening the powers of the restricted federal state had been made, and it was feared by the Prussian party that the Government WAS preparing to abandon the whole scheme. . . The Swabian Mercury publishes the note of the Minister of Wurtemburg in Berlin, on the notifica tion of the rupture of diplomatic relations by the Prussian Government. It acknowledges the receipt of the notification, and demands the Minister's pass ports. _ _ A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin of the sth says that the Ministry had persuaded the KING to consent to accept provisionally the Constitution of the re stricted Federal State in the lump, subject to a sub sequent revision. According to the Augsburgh Gazette the Austrian Government and its allies intend to form a government for the German Empire as soon as Prussia shall have established the Executive Government of the restricted Federal State. One of the Vienna journals states that in a recent note to Prussia, the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh de clares that by the treaty of 1815, the German States have a right to re••constitute themselves, but that if a new union should not be effected, the treaties would be violated by any Government which should attempt to promote its own power by a new constitution, and that, in such a case, foreign powers would be entitled to intervene. A letter from Hamhurgh, of the 2d says :—" The Grand Duke of MECKLENEURG-SC LIW ERIN has accepted the resignation of the Ministry. It was the only Radical Ministry in Germany which remained of all that were called into existence by the revolu tion. The GRAND DUKE has at last seen the neces sity of making profound modifications in the demo cratic constitution drawn up by the Constituent Assembly, which constitution he bad long persisted in maintaining, in spite of the opposition of the nobles, though supported by the Grand Duke of STRELITZ. The GRAND DUKE has yielded on this point in com pliance with the recommendation of the Central Com mission of Frankfort, and has engaged, in conjunction with the Grand Duke of MECKLENBURG. STELITZ, to recognise the rights of the nobles, and the guarantee heretofore given by the reigning Princes that those rights should not be encroached on without the ex press consent of the nobles themselves." POLAND. The strength of the Russian army in Poland is daily increasing, and an imposing force is concen trated on the Prussian frontiers, more particularly on the frontiers of Silesia. The cavalry alone concen• trated on the Silesian frontier amounts to 46,000 men. ITALY. Letters from Rome of the 31st ult. describe the escape from the Castle of St. Angelo of Monsignor GAzoALA, lately pokstemned by an ecclesiastical tri bunal to perpetual imprisonment for having edited the Positivo journal. One account states that he got away in the disguise of an officer ; another, in that of a Roman princess. The Porn's return is fixed for about the 14th instant. We find the following on the subject in the Paris Presse, under the above date : " The escape of Monsignor Gazoala is the subject of general conversation. According to some, he left the prison in the middle of the day, in full costume, and in company with an officer, and that the sentinels presented arms to him as he passed; according to others, he left in the dress of a Roman princess, who is accused by the police of having acted towards him the part of a Madame de Lavalette. It is positively stated that the Pore ex pressed great dissatisfaction at his unjustifiable condem nation, and that he supplied the funds for his escape." The Giornale di Roma of the 27th ult. contains the following official notice : " The Government Commission of State having learnt that his Holiness our Lord Pope Pius IX. will, as soon as he shall have entered his states, in the week after Easter, on the side of Terracina, visit Frosinone and Velletis, has given proper orders fur the necessary ar rangements in consequence." The Bologna Gazette states that Pius IX. wan to arrive at Terracina on the Gth. Great preparations were in progress at Frosinone, where some houses adjoining th e d e l ega t e ' s palace have been pulled down, to widen the street through which his HOLINESS was to pass. A letter from Leghorn of the 24th ult., in the Nazionale of Florence, states that on that day a great number of persons had gone to the new Cemetery to place crowns on the graves of those who had fallen for the cause of Italian independence, and that in the contiguous church of La Buona Mort part of the con gregation having called for a Pater and Are, to the memory of those who had died for the cause of Italy, a great disturbance ensued, which called the police to the spot. A letter from Leghorn of the 29th in the Statute of Florence, adds that fourteen persons have been arrested on account of the disturbance alluded to. The following notice has been published at Leg horn by the military authorities:— "From the Imperial and Royal Military Command of the City, all those who follow religious processions, which aro still tolerated, shall have their faces uncovered; and the churches shall be closed at seven P.N., and not re-opened till sunrise. Leghorn, March 28." DARING ROBBERY CF A GENERAL POSTMAN THIS MORNING.—Shortly after nine o'clock this morning a most daringly adroit robbery of a general postman was effected at the corner of Leadenhall and Gracechurch-streets. It appears that William Peckham, the Leadenhall " walk" letter carrier, was in the habit of sneering his assistant (a junior postman) at the door of the establishment of Messrs. Mayne and Reed, the large floor-cloth manufacturers, where they opened their large letter-bag containing the letters for the whole of the walk. These letters were tied in bundles, ready assorted for delivery. Peckham, it seems, this morning, had a very large number, and while he was in the act of dividing one of the bundles, he put the bag upon the floor, near to the shop door. Just at this juncture three men rushed up to the doorway, and almost momentarily the bag and the remaining bundles of letters were gone. Instantaneously the fellows escaped with their booty, leaving the postman perfectly be wildered. The matter has caused the greatest sensation throughout the City, and the authorities at the Post office are now actively engaged in making the necessary inquiries tor the purpose of detecting the highwaymen. Unfortunately, at present, no clue has been obtained respecting the thieves. APPREHENSION OF THE BIRDS.—Bird and his wife., who were recently acquitted at Exeter, of the charge of murdering Mary Ann Parsons, were apprehended on Friday i ng as saulted child, last atC a o n l Coleridge, i dg otherwisee, near Bideford, maltreating and were lodged that afternoon in the Bridewell of Bideford. The prisoners were panio-struck when tuld the charge on which they were apprehended, as they had entertained an idea that no further proceedings would take place. They that hav were examined on Saturday before the magistrates, and were both crying bitterly as they were conducted from the Bride well to the county magistrates' office. During the cou rse o f the proceedings the female prisoner was taken so ill, that her removal became necessary ; and the further proceedings were adjourned to this day (Monday). She became rapidly worse after her removal, and notwithstanding medical assistance was promptly rendered, she became delirious, and continued in that state when the last accounts left Bideford yesterday. It is, therefore, probable that the examination fixed for to-day will be still further postponed. SKYE.—A Correspondent, who has extensive means of ascertaining the condition of the people in Skye and the outer Hebrides, expresses a convictiqn, that unless the Edin burgh and Glasgow sections supply many of the more desti tute crofters with barley, oats, &c., to crop their lands, much must remain untilled, and as the relief operations are to terminate with the ensuing autumn, the bulk of the people will be worse off than they ever were. The unanimous opinion of persons who are surrounded by hungry neigh bours is, that both sections now possess ample means for supplying such as are destitute of seed with that necessary, the immediate putting down of which on every available yard of land is the only chance of obviating, during the en suing autumn and winter, scenes of Trish misery a nd star vation. The secretary f the Royal Patriotic Society, at the instance of the Perthshire Ladies' Highland Relief Com mittee, is occupied in these islands in procuring leases for crofters, instructing them in improved methods of cultiva tion, and in establishing agricultural schools. These efforts have met with great encouragement, and the only source of regret is that they were not long ago commenced, as the relief operations have failed to ameliorate the condition of the poor. APPOINTMENTS. —Robert Southey, Eiq., is ap pointed civil commissioner and resident magistrate at Swel lindam, Cape of Good Hope. J. J. Le Sueur, Emi., is ap pointed civil commissioner and resident magistrate at Wor cester, Cape of Good Hope. EXHIBITION OF 1851.—When, some time ago, we noticed the liberal way in which the persons in the employ of Mr. Thomas Cubitt, of Pimlico, had set au example to the workmen of this cou n t ry , we little expected to have so soon to report that this same establishment should have added to their first contribution the further sum of 261. 7s. 7d. This activity may be lookod on as a healthy symptom, and testi fying that the artisan class know how to value and assist any efforts that may be conscientiously made to forward their best interests. A RUMOUR.—On flit, that the Bishop of Exeter contemplates secession, and that the first free church is to be built under his auspices at Eldad, in connexion with the proposed establishment of the " sisters of Mercury."—De vonport Telegraph. Mr. Bunn's benefit, on Wednesday next, at the St. James's Theatre, offers a combination of talent that will insure him a crowded house. The names of Carlotta Grisi, Charles Kean, Mrs. C. Kean, Webster, Benedict, Sloper, M. Samson, and a host of others, constitute the attractions of the evening. THE AFRICAN AMAZONS.—Our best friend in Africa is a certain King of Dahomey, who loves us so well that he will do anything for us but put au end to the slave trade in his dominions, unless upon the terms of our buying off his royal interest in the traffic by a subsidy of 8,0001. a year. A smaller offer was actually made to his Majesty without success, we suppose in the days when Mr. Stephen's influence was all-powerful. This King of Dahomey goes hunting for two or three months everybrear. The hounds for his Chace are an army of more than 8,000 couples. We say couples advisedly, for nearly a half, or full 8,000 are women ! Upon this female force the King places the greatest reliance, and they constitute his Majesty's body guard. They are his best troops. They are trained to storm forte, which they do with extraordinary bravery and skill. They are very fine women, ranging in height from five feet eight to five feet nine and ten. Marriage is not permitted. It would have the proverbial effect of doing things by 'halves. The King of Dahomey requested her Majesty, to give hirrlsome war caps for his slave-hunting amazons • and to our astonishment We see it stated in evidence that the request was gra ciously granted, and that her Majesty sent the King 2,000 female war. caps. There must surely be some mistake about this, as it would, if true, involve a preposterous incon sistency. Our cruisers. seize and make prize of any vessel Kith. IV, slightest evidenci of equipment for the slave trade ; and is it crdditabre that" tee Majesty cah bac& been advisedA to furnish any article of equipment to the troops actually ' employed in hunting down and capturing the slaves in the interior? One would be curious to know what the pattern of the cap could have been for the ladies enacting the part of the dogs of war. We know something of the sort of caps with which the ladies design enslaving hearts, but what is the mode, the fashion of the thing for enslaving black bodies? How do they set their caps at men to make booty of their persons? What manner of cap does Bellona don when she sets about the foulest conquest and enthrals in the cruellest iron fetters? At Timbuctoo the body guard wear cast-off lawyer's wigs ; are the King of Dahomey's ladies' war-caps of any such predatory symbol ? Perhaps, after all, the caps were percussion -caps, much more harmless than many of the pink-ribboned genus. Or perhaps, and most probably, there were no caps at all presented, as alleged. We hope and believe it will so turn out. The statement, however, whe ther true or false, will be found in the evidence of Captain Winniett, R.N. ex-Governor of C a p e C oast C as tl e , i n th e last blue-book of evidence on the African slave-trade, taken by the Committee of the ti ouse of Lords.—Examiner. THE DANGERS ATTENDING THE LANCASTER SANDS. —As Mr. Joseph Brockbank, boatman, Greenodd, was ad justing the brogs which mark out the channel, near the arend-hill last week, he intrusted himself upon a portion of sand which he had often crossed; but on this occasion the sand proved to be rotten, and he was instantly ingulphed to the neck, without any means of extricating - himself. For tunately, Mr. J. K. Hodgson, of Ulverston, saw him from a distance, and speedily procured assistance and went to his rescue; and to this party Mr. B. Storey, of Meanhouse, crossed the channel, and joined himself; and being well skilled in such occurrences, so directed the party that the boatman was relieved from his perilous situation. It was near six o'clock in the evening when this occurrence took place ; a few minutes later, and the head of a man could not have been seen from a distance, and then a lingering death would have been inevitable.--Manchester Courier. EXTRAORDINARY FEAT.—On Saturday last, at Uxbridge, a youth named Ferguson, under 20 years of age, walked 20 miles in less than three hours. For the first 300 yards the ground had a slight ascent, and, thereafter, a uniform level. The road was in good order, and the youth, who weighed some Bst. 91b., and measured in altitude 5 feet 6 inches, started on his arduous undertaking. The weather was favourable, save a scowl of cloud in the 19th and 20th miles, and the mode in which th e wa lk er won may be best gathered from his time : H. M. S M. M. B. 2 miles 4 ; 0 32 47 14th 6 8 10 Thus winning by 1 min. 43 sec., much distressed. THE CONDEMNED CONVICT IN HORSEMONGER LAStE Gaon.— Thomas Denny, the young man who NI as con demned to death at Kingston-upon-Thames, on Tuesday last, for killing his illegitimate offsprig, at Ewell, with an awl, was, immediately after his conviction, removed to Horsemonger-lane Gaol, when he was placed by Mr. Keene, the Governor, in the cell so lately occupied by Manning, the murderer of O'Connor. He seems very much to feel his awful situation, and cried the whole of Tuesday night. He now and then protests that he is innocent, and that Eliza Tarrant, the mother of the infant, committed the murder. Should no respite be received, the unhappy man will be executed at Horsemong•er-lane, on Monday morning, the 22d instant. LEAMINGTON SPA, APRIL 6.—Major Majendie, one of the Assistant Commissioners appointed to act in the counties of Warwick, Stafford, and Derby, has just visited the Spa, where an influential local committee has been ap pointed to raise funds in support of the Great Exposition of 1851. Amongst the latest arrivals are—The Bishop of Chichester, Earl Gifford, Lady Emily Hay, Lady Mowbray and the Misses Mowbray, Lady Matherson, Hon. E. Plun kett, Sir William Morrison, Bart., Sir G. Rose, Lady Berry, Lady Scott, Lady and Bliss Selina Clinton, Colonel Byng, Colonel Broadhurst, Mr. and Mrs. F. Howard, Mr. and Mrs, Clavealy, &c. DEATH OF GENERAL SIR ARCHIBALD GALLOWAY, K.C.B.—Sir Archibald Galloway, chairman of the Hon. East India Company, died on Saturday, at his residence, 18 Upper Harley-street, aged 74, and after a few hours' ill ness. He transacted business at the India House on Thurs day, and presided at the banquet recently given by the di rectors of the East India Company to Lord Gough. His chairmanship' would have expired on Wednesday next. DEATH or LIEUT. TIMPSON, R.M.A.—lntelligence has been received of the sudden death of First Lieutenant Timpson, of the Royal Marine Artillery, on board the Asia, 84, flag- ship at Panama. LOSS OF THE BARQUE CONCORDIA..--PLYMOUTH, APRIL s.—The crew of this ship have landed from her Ma jesty's brig Alert, Commander Dunlop. The Concordia re gistered 411 tons, belonged to Mr. Thomas Peake, of Ply mouth, and was commanded by Mr. Barrett, who, with a crew of fourteen hands, left Plymouth about Christmas last, bound to Sierra Leone, for timber. The barque had 250 tons of limestone for ballast, and on the 18th of February, at eleven, rats., when under all plain sail, steering S. by W. W., with alight wind from the N.W., thick hazy wea ther, strong westerly current, struck on a sandbank at low water. Got water and provisions ready in the ship's boats. By daylight the ship bumped up three miles further inland, and they found that they were in the Bay of Yoff, to the south of Senegal, near Cape Verde, and seven miles north of Goree Island. The natives, robust, tall men continued to increase in numbers in th e v i c i n ity o f th e ship, and in the course of three days numbered, perhaps, 8,000 persons on the shores, aid from 500 to 1,000 in the ship. Captain Barrett on the 19th went to Goree, and on the 20th re turned with two Frenchmen and an interpreter, who erected tents ian shore, but the natives were unawed, and eventually stole everything off the decks and out of the hold, all loose wearing apparel, charts, &c., and tore away the deck-house, bulwarks, stanchions, &c. The French Commodore at Goree kindly sent a post-captain and a lieutenant to inspect the condition of the barque, which was irretrievable. Her crew, by the help of camels, were, with the remnant of their luggage, conveyed across the isthmus of Cape Verde by the Pap mountains to the French station at Goree, and placed on the 23d of February on board L'Utile, razde line-of-battle-ship, now used as a guardehip, where, among other prisoners from the French fleet ' there was the negro crew of a brigantine, the master of which, an English man, had been murdered by them, and his vessel run ashore. The Concordia's crew complain that for eight days they had the same poor fare and foul water as were served out to the prisoners, and that at night they lay where they could. Five of them subsequently had the yellow fever, and one died on board the Alert. On the Bth c'ay, the 2:1 of March, they took passage in a French merchant barque, and in 24 hours reached the Garnja, where they were held in charge by the English Consul ,until the 18th, when they joined the Alert, and thus reached Plymouth on the 4th inst. MURDER IN SUFFOLC.—SUDBURY, SATURDAY.— Yesterday, Mr. Dowman, the borough coroner for this place, held an inquest on the body of Charles Piper, who met his death under the following melanCholy and brutal circum stances :—lt appeared from the evidence of several wit nesses, that on Saturday last the deceased was at the White Horse Inn, Balling, about a mile from this place, in corii. pany with several persons. The deceased,"iosbr other (Wil liam Piper), and several other persons, wahe ed towards a place called Bulmer. There were five girls ,:inongst the party, and, when they got to the bottom of the the de ceased put his arm around the waist of one of the gisis. A person, named Agar, turned round to the deceased, and said he should not go any further with the girl. Deceased s t :id he would. Upon this Agar went up to the deceased, and ran a knife into his bowels in several places. Deceased im mediately fell down. He was carried home, where he died on Wednesday last. The bowels of the deceased were com pletely cut out. It was proved by the brother of the de ceaeed (who was also stabbed), that, after his brother fell, he saw Agar pass a knife to one of the girls who was with them. The inquiry, was at a late hour adjourned. The prisoner Agar will be brought before the magistrates on Tuesday. MR. GUSTAVUS BROOKE.—Among the applica tions recently made to the Insolvent Debtors' Court, is one from Mr. Gustavus Brooke, the well-known actor. He has not yet been heard, but in his schedule he attributes this, his " first appearance " before the Court, to the breach of an ' engagement entered into with Mr. Walter Watts, the late lessee of the Olympic Theatre, whom he has inserted in his schedule as a debtor to him for 3371., and placed the ex pressive word " bad " against the claim. The description of Mr. Brooke's residences in provincial towns is very long, and the question was, whether this court or a county court should hear the case. It was, however, allotted to Mr. Commissioner Phillips. According to the schedule, Mr. Brooke has more owing to him, including the large claim on Mr. Watts, than he owes. He has obtained protection from the Court until his hearing.' He is described on the pro ceedings as a " comedian." HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.--There were present at her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Marchioness of Douro and the Marchioness of Salisbury, his Excellency the Russian Mi nister, the Baroness de Brunnow, Mdlle. Olga de Lechner and Mdlle. de Brunnow; his Excellency the French Ambas sador, M. de Berg, the Swedish Minister, Baron Rehausen, Marquis of Drogheda, the Hon. Claude Lyon, the Hon. Major Needham, the Duchess of Leeds and Miss Elizabeth Lune Fox, the Dowager Duchess of Cleveland. Her Ma jesty's box was occupied by the Hon. Mrs. Berkeley Drum mond, Miss Boyd, Lord Elphinstone, Lord C. Fitzroy, Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Col. Drummond, Mr. Birch and party; the Marquis of Bath, the Earl of Aboyne, the Earl of Cardi gan, the Countess of Lichfield and Lady Anson, the Countess of Cardigan. the Viscount Enfield, the 'Viscount Dpplin, the Viscount Clifden, the Viscount Cranbourne, Lady Ans truther, Lady Augusta Baring, Lord George Paget, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord W. Lennox, Lady Gordon, Count Perponcher, Count de Civry, Baron Alfred Vidal, Sir Seymour Sadler, Sir H. Goding, Bart., and Lady Goding, Sir Thomas Barrett Leonard, Bart., and Lady Barrett Lennard, Sir Henry Webb, Bart., the Hon. Fitzroy Stanhope, the Hon. Captain Sutton, Sir J. Lowther, Bart., General the honourable H. Cavendish, Lady Flint, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Ward, the Hon. Mrs. Somerset, the Hon. F. Chichester, Mr. Henderson, Mr. Barton, Mrs. Col quhoun, Mr. Bedford, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Wilsmore, Major Needham, Captain the Hon. A. Vivian, Colonel Thornton, Captain Cockerill, the Hon. C. R. Neville, Captain Phipps, Mr. W. Goding, Mr. and Mrs. Clarke, Mr. Alfred Douglas, Mrs. Weston, Mrs. Dennistoun, Mr. W. R. Hamilton, Mr. C. W. Packe, M.P., and Mrs. Packe Reading, Major Buckley, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. Brereton Trelawny, Mr. Sackville Lane Fox, M.P., Mr. Attwood, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. C. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Mr. Ford, Mr. J. Len nard, M.P., Mr. Madan, Mrs. Pulstord, Mr. W. Cubitt. Mr. Richards, Mr. Greigson, Mr. W. Delafield, Mr. H. Braidley, M.P., Mrs. Gore, Mr. Raikes Currie, M.P., Mr. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Conyngham, Mr. Drummond, &c. - - DESTRUCTION OF THE SHIP OCEAN QUEEN.-Ad vices from the Cape of Good Hope, mention the complete de struction by fire of the British ship Ocean Queen, on h er way to Suez. The Ocean Queen was 800 tons burthen, and was chartered last October by the Oriental and Peninsular Company, to supply their depot at Suez with coals. The vessel started from Gravesend on the Ist of September last, laden with coals ; and on the 21st of Dvember, when in latitude 23 S., long. 52 30 E., it was found that the coals had spontaneously ignited, and the v esse l i n a short time was enveloped in flames, and continued so for some hours before she went down. The crew, about 30 in number, escaped in four boats, but a gale springing wp the following night, the boats parted company, and two of them, not having since been heard of, it is feared they must have perished. The captain, whose name is Tawall, and a party of ten, were picked up by the French ship Gabriel, and landed at Table Bay. The value of the ship is estimated at 15,0001. TUE LATE CASE OF POISONING IN CAMBRIDGE 8111RE.—Although several petitions have been presented, praying for a mitigation of the sentence of Elias Lucas and Mary Reeder, the two persons now under sentence of death lying in the county gaol, no notice has been taken of them, and it is expected that the two culprits will suffer the ex tretne penalty of the law on Saturday next. Since the con fession of the female criminal she has appeared perfectly tranquil, and seems fully prepared for her fate. Lucas, also, evinces much penitence; he has made no direct confession of his guilt, alth ou gh he repeatedly says he deserves to be hanged, and that he had brought it all on himself. It is a remarkable fact, that the relative of the_ female, named Wil liam Reeder, was executed in 1830, in company with two other men, for arson, on the same spot where the culprits will suffer on Saturday neat.— Weekly Chronicle. ' MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY; QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday wee estimated at from 5,000 t o 6 , 00 0 b ales, of which 400 American were taken for export, and 1,000 on specula tion. The market closed steady, at previous ratm- n o Railway Shares were dull, and generally at lower prices. In Mark-lane the Wheat trade to-day has been very dull, at Is. to 2s. decline, the imports of foreign' con- 1 tinning extensive. The following report upon theiren trails- fished by Mr. Wm. Short:— • " Iron.—Every description of this metal is flatter and lower since last month's Circular. Bars in Wale's bare been sold as low as 41. 155., and are to be still easily haa at that price. Staffordshire iron could be bonghtl below the published figures. Scotch pigs has declined to 48s. fur mixed numbers in Glasgow, and some sales are re reported at• 6d. lower. The views put forth in my annual circular in January are, I regret, thus un fortunately confirmed; for the prices having been forced up to 50s. and 51s. towards the close of January, holders brought forward their stocks, and it has declined by rapid strides to 435. ' or 4s. below my quo t a ti ons o f the sth of January. Swedish iron is easier, and - may bought at 11/. 10s. for arrival, but our stock on the siiot is very trifling." There are numerous arrivals from the colonies, but the accounts are generally not of particular interest in reference to commercial matters. The Cape of Good Mope advices of the 17th of February notice the receipt o 6 the intelligence that convicts were not to be sent to the Cape. The Continental advices are rather better in respect to the Stock Markets, and at Vienna the Funds were higher on the 4th inst. by if per cent. The Exchange on London was down to 11'48 to 12 at Frankfort on the sth instant. Austrian Metallic. were 78k, and Spanish Three per Cents. 291. The Amsterdam market on the 6th inst. was not quite so good for Dutch Stock. In other securities there was no alteration. The following has been issued-officially:— " BANK OF ENGLAND, ' tin APRIL, 1850. " Notice is hereby, given, that the April dividends will be paid to the public on Tuesday, the 9th inst. " WILLIAM SADIE, Chief Accountant." There is an exceedingly dull market for Publics Securities, and the quotations are without the least alteration, though not buoyant. Consols have been 96 to /. The fact that there are a great many options coming off will account perhaps for the apathy exhibited by the jobbers, and for the apparent wish to keep the market in as impassive a condition as possible for the present. The New Three.and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 97g. to 1 ex dividend. Exchequer-bills are again higher, having touched 705., and East India Bonds have risen to 935. premium. The extreme abundance of money, and the great difficulty of profitably and securely placing it, are illustrated most forcibly by the exceedingly high rate to which the unfunded debt has risen, and nothing but an uncertainty respecting foreign. affa irs,_ prevents the ie.. vestment of capital in funded securities, which, however high they may be, are not so elevated relatively to many former periods of abundance. In the Foreign Market there has been a good deal of activity, and with various changes in the quotations. Peruvian Bonds have been at a decline to 67i to 65} for the Active, and to 264 and 251 for the Deferred, furthill , official information having been received from Dina concerning . the loan of which 303,000 dolls. are to be raised in the republic, and 800,000 in Europe. Equsdor Stock has ,been at 38 1, and Grenada at 16k. Buenos Ayres have been quoted 54, and Venezuela 31. Spanish Five per Cents have been up to 171 to 18, and theThree,perCesti remain at 37. The Government at Madrid is making e show of doing something fer the foreign creditors, but in reality this is the mere old plan of humouring, for it is not even promised that in the present session of the Cortes anything can be accomplished. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 32k to k. 3lexioan Bonds are no , - minally 28k to 4. Chilian have been done at 941. Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents. are 56. Enemies Scrip is worth 11 to It and Danish has risen upon the , more confident expectation of peace, to 3/ sad 3i prem. Shares are dull. , ONE CLosull PRICES OF Bitimil FUNDS O'CLOCK. rItICES.J Bank stock i per Cont. Reduced Anna 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 96 96% • 96% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Arms.. . 971 , 136% 97% x d Long Anna. to expire Jan. 860 - 8,1-16 India Bonds,l,ooo/........... — _ Ditto underl.oool.. 9l 93 p 94 fl Consols for Account.... ............ Exchequer Bilis. I%d. ci 2d . 1,0001. June 7O p . . 70 p 5001. June ..... : ...... - p Small. June en CLOUNG PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'i.a.ooK. ' PRICES. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.. 54 5 t Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. .. 9454 94g, - Ditto 5 tier Cent. Ditto, Scrip ~............ 31 4% P , 3% p Equador Bonds ... 3% t eit 3% , Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent 16% 16% : Ditto Deferred Greek Bonds Ditto ex Over-due Coupons — 11,1 , ,,,... n . , per Cent. 11146, with Coupons— -- Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Perbvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account 6 7 14 67 65 1 4 653 A x d , Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account Russian Bonds Ditto Scrip —. . PA% p 1% p Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account ......... OILLO, e&SSIV , Jr% 3713 Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account 57 , 37 Venezuela iienas, 2 1 A i per Cent Ditto, Deferred Dividends on Me above payable in Loudon. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 56 •S 5 Ditto, 4 Der Cent.' C r e A rti m ii . ea . t zu .. s . lN S E s ti V ss D IA ON x E d ci B ,o s ti .x. VRICES GF N. : RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. Pith Ei• A.oordeen Sir - Do. Preference Bi ...... 1 1 4 die. Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 7%...... Ayrshire and Galloway,. 7% — Belfast & County Down 30 Barks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 - Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly Paid, or with a guaran. 20. . Do, withoutguarantee 20 'Arming, Wolverh'ton, and Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 15 Do.without guarantee 15 Birmin E ,' , .,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 13/. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, . and Cheshire June 23 Bristol and Exeter 100 ..... Ditto, Thirds C.- ..... 33,1- Buckinghamshire ...... 17% Caledonian Ditto, New ICI. Pref... 10 Ditto,Clydeadale . Junc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 50 - ....• •• ...... Ditto, Preference l5 Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 ...... 5 ... Dundalk& Enniskillen 30 East Anglian, 254, L. & E. and L. and D..... 25 Do. 18/., E. &H. :.. 18 Do., Si. 10s., Pref... 3% — Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 Eastern Counties.... 2O ...... 7 1 414... Do., New Preference, . 6 per Cent.. Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 61. 13k, 4d.... p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. ,183.,4d... p Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. ' 5O Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New 43 ...... ... .... ..... Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U . Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 - —. Do~ Class B & C 25 Do. Scrip (6per cent.) 20 East Lancashire - Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 — •• .... Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters •.• 654( •-• ••• ••••.•••••• East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. - Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ......26% 26 27 26... Ditto. Half Shares .. 25 Edin., Perth, & Dundee 25 Ditto, Newport l5 .• ••• ...., ••• Exeter.Yeovil. & Dorch. 2 5 , a — .. Exeter and Exmouth... 218. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle • • 4.,..• ...... 8/.65. 111 d.••• -- ••••••••••...• Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 . -6 .... Do. Preference Consol. -• ...... ........ Gloucester &Dean Forest 121 i Great Northern Do., % t A Deferred ...12%...... .-- Do., % B 6 per Cent.;.: 9% 4% Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12% 10%%. ....... . ... Great South. and West. - ( Ireland) ........ ... .. . 50 •-• ... . .......... Ditto, Eighths l l4 ........ ..... -..-. Great North of England.lo o ....-217 219 ............ ' 219 Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301........ 30 Ditto, New ,151 Great Western 100 .....51 1 4 52 '52% 82 : MK Ditto, 14 Shares Ditto, AShares 25 .• •.. --e- ....••••• .0 . OM. • Ditto, ifths ..... •• •• - Ditto, New 171........ 15 .... 6% 6% Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ..... -- Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ..... -- Do. Quarter Sharps... 12% — .... •••••• 32 1 i 3214 ONION •111•• - 1676 634 12 ' p 2% ~_ 6 .... 4% 10% 1 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 - Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 ...... 33 Do. Quarters ... ..... 23% - . — Do. Fifths... ....... ... 10 - dis. ••••••• •e• ... die. Do. Thirds .... ....... . 18 Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 ...... 11% 1 % 4......... 11% Ditto (Huddersfield and Sluff.) 5O Do. (W. Riding Union) 11!‘ .: 2 1,4...... ........ Leeds and Bradtord 6O Leeds and Thirak ...... 50 • .- Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 31 4 — •••.••••....... "'-' dill' Do., do. No. 2 10 Do., do. No. 3. 5... — ... .. . ..... .. ...., Do., Pref. Quar ,MS 9 , ••••• ......... •,, . riiiz Liverpool, Crosby and. ' - ' Southport London &Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d — . ....... .... ... London, Brighton, and Sooth• Co=t-it ..-;.:409 Do.,' New, guaranteed 6 per Cent 79 6 ' 94 , ; De D u Ea NI Or PI Pa II( Sa