The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-22 00:00:00

SECOND AND CHEAPER EDITION. Now ready, in 1 vol., 10s. 6d. hound, SAM SLICK'S OLD JUDGE; Or, LIFE IN' A COLONY. This work is redolent of the hearty fun and strong masculine sense of our old friend ' Sam Slick.' The last work of Mr. Haliburton is quite equal to the first. Every page of ' The Old Judge' is alive with rapid, fresh sketches of character—droll, quaint, racy sayings—and capitally told anecdotes."—Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborou:h-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, Combining the talents of Madame Sontag, Mane. Catherine Hayes, and Mdlle. Parodl ; Signor! Coletti, Belletti, Lablache, Calzolari, and Sims Beeves; Mdlles. Carlotta Grist, Marie Taglioni, and Amalia Ferraris, The second appearance of Signor Baucarcli. 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 EIGARO. Susanna, Madame Sontag ; the Countess, Mdlle. Parodi ; Chern- Lino, Mdlle. Catherine llayes ; the Count Almaviva, Signor Coletti ; Figaro, Signor Delletti ; Basilic), Signor Calzolari ; Bartolo, Signor Lablache. In the Wedding Scene, the Zarabanda in A (originally composed for this Opera) will he danced by Mills. Carlotta Grist and Mdlle. Marie Tag ßoni (who will appear as a cavalier.) With various Entertainments in the Ballet department, com prising the talents of Aldlie. Carlotta Grist, Mdlle. Slade Taglioni, Mdile. Await Ferraris, M. Charles, and M. P. Taglion!. And other Entertainments, in which Signor Baucardi and Mr. Sims Reeves will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Olice of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TOMORROW EVENING Will be presented Mozart's celebrated Opera, DON GIOVANNI. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall. Den Giovanni, Signor Coletti ; Don Ottavio, Signor Calzolari ; lifatetto, Signer F. Lablashe; Leporello, Signor Lablachc ; Donna. Anna, 11111 e. Parodi ; Donna Elvira, Madame Gialiaui ; Zerlina, Madame Sontag. In the Ball Scene will be danced, by ➢ldlle. Carlotta Grist and }We. Marie Taglioni (who will appear as a Spanish Cavalier). Mos trt's incidental Minuet in 11; and also Mozart's celebrated Zarabanda in A minor, as performed with the greatest success at the Loyal Opera, Berlin. To conclude with the highly successful Ice Ballet, by M. P. Tallies% entitled LES PLAISIRS DE L'IIIVER ; 01.1, Les Patineurs. The principal characters by Mdlle. Carlotta GriA, Mdlle. Merle Taglioul, and Amalia Ferraris ; in the course of which the admired gptinish Dance, La Zingarella, by Mdlle. Marie Taglieni ; a n3w grand Pas, by Mdlie. Arnalia Ferraris; and a grand Pas de Deux a in Llongroise, by Mdlle, Carlotta Grist and M. Charles. Applications for Boxes, Stal:s, and tickets to be made at the P.oc-office of the Theatre. The Subscribers are respectfully in - ormed that Signor Baucardi will make his third appearance en Saturday next, April 20. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Second night of Zora. TO-MORROW EVENING wiH ha produced (for the second time), with new scenery, dresses, and decorations, a grand opera, form led on Rossini's celebrated work, " Muse In Egitto," with the alterations and additions by the Composer, entifed Z 0 R A Anal!, 3trulaine Castellon; Sin aide, Ma , lllo.l%ra ; rl'OkolAl ; Merlsrnane, > for Tambur rd ; 'Lora, Mon. Zelger (his 2.1 ao;ieeeranc7 at the Itoyal Italian Opera); Bablas, Signor Lavia ; Signor Tagliatleo ; The Oracle, Signor roloniai ; Autlde, !..Sig ;Jr Soi ; and Amenot, Signor Timberlik. The Diverti:ement In the third act will be supported by Monsieur Alexandre &II Ai Mallie. Louise Taglioni. Composer, Director er tho Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The scenery by Messrs. Gilo,e ant Telbin. The dresses by Mrs. Bailey and Madame Niarz'o. Tt:e u2pintments by Mr. Blarnire. 1'11;_• ne I , :thinery Isy Mr. Alien. The wallet arra. ged ty M. Alexanire. The spectacle arrange.l 1:y Mr. A. Ilarri3. The doors will be opened at llalf-past Seven, and the perform ane,-s commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, mly he had (for the Right or evon), et the Itex-oftl;e of the Theatre, which will for the future be open from Ten till Fiyc. Madame Grist, de Merle, Signor Tamberlik, M. Z:lgcr, 31. MassA, and Signor Mario. A GRAND EX ERA. NIGHT On THURSDAY NifiXT, April 25, IVhan will he performed (for the first time this stason) Rossini's celebrated opera of LA. DONNA DEL LAGO. Elan t, Madame Grist ; Albino, illadlle. Cotti ; Malcolm Grxme, Milano. de Meric ; Douglas, 31. Zeiger ; Serano, Signor Lavia ; Rodrigo Dhe, Signor Tamberlik; and Giacomo V., Signor Mario. The Grand Fina!e of the First Act, representing the Gathering of the Clans, will be executed by to a Mi:itary Bands, in addition to tile usual orciiestra. The Chorus of Btris will be assisted b.; the whole strength of the Company. To conclude with the second and third acts of Auber's Grand aul popular O;era, 3f ASANIELLO, Inc'uding the Barcarole, by Signor Tamberlik; the Duet, by gnor Tamberilk and M. Massal ; and the celebrated Prayer and the Tarentella in the Market Scene. renella, 'Wile. Bailin ; Pietro, Mons. Mass( 1 ; Aiphonso, Signor Mei ; liorella, Signor Romml; Pescatore, Signor Itache ; Selva, Signor Grezorio; Masaniello, Signor Tamberlik. The Ballet incidental to the Opera will be supported by Mona. Alexandre and `Mlle. Louise Ta.4lioni. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Deere will be opened at Half-past Seven, and the performances eomnieace at Eight o'clock precisely. FIIENCII PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. vlo. THIS EVENING ',l';' , .:'crforrnances will continence at Eight o'clock precisely, with new Comedy, by M. Samson, entitled LA. BELLE MERE ET LE GENDRE. Duchemain, 31. Samson ; Elise, Mdlle. Denain. M%IL which the, the popular Comedy, by 151. Samson, entitled L k FAMILLE POISSON ; ou, Les Trois Crispins. Raymond Poisson, M. Samson. I* conclude with Marivexu a admired Comedie, JEU DE L'AMOUR ET DU iIAZAMD. raqquin, M. Samson; Sylvia, lbfa , ille.Denain. The Tiex-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Pine Box 'ls and !tails at Mr. WAGhcoll's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond stieet. THEATRE ROYAL, DRIIRY-LANE The Lents has great pleasure in stating that the growinT attraction of the Grand Easter Spectacle of the DEVIL'S RING, Toutber with the urgent recommendation from all quarters that it shauld he continued, has induced him to make such arrangements es will meet the general wish, and supersede, for the present, the ne ecssity of clesing the Theatre. THIS EVENING, Will Ns presented. by her Majesty's Servants, OTHELLO. Othello, litr. J. Anderson; lago, Mr. Tandenhoff ; Csi'io, Mr. Cooper; Brabantio, Mr. Esher; Desdemona, Miss Phillip- ; Emilia, Miss Vandenhoff. After which THE DEVIL'S RING ; or, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. In Three Acts and Four Elements. The following are the principal Scenes. ELEMENT THE FIRST—EIRE. A beautiful View of the CITY AND HARBQUR OF CATANIA IN SICILY, With Mount Etna Smoking In the Back-ground. CHARACTERS IN THE FIRST ELEMENT: Arnaph, Mr. W. Montague ; Rodolph, Mr. Frazer ; Herman, Mr. S. Jahes; C.:nrade, Mr. Clifford ; Otho, Mr Everett; Adolphus, Mr. Dareio ; ;Rupert. Mr. Abbott ; Carloman, Mr. Rrayne ; Herbert, Miss F. Huddart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; Host of the " NVorld's End," Mr. G. Watson ; the Enchanted Princess Eveline, Miss E. Nelson ; Leela, Miss Rafter ; The Spirit Devil's Ring, Miss A. Lone dale ; Whirlilourg, Mr. Seymour ; Go-dab, Mr C. Fisher. CAVERNS OF THE BRAZEN HAND. TEMPLE AND SPIRIT OF TIIE DEVIL'S RING. 11111 INTERIO3 OF THE CHARCOAL BURNER'S ABODE. THE REALMS OF FIRE. ELEMENT THE SECOND-WATER. FALLS OF NIAGARk IN T:!E NEW WORLD. THE CITT OF TIIE FOUNTAINS. BREAKING THE SECOND CHARM THEY ASCEND UPON THE BOSOM OF TILE WATERS CHARACTERS IN THE SECOND ELEMENT: Uerbert, Miss F. Iluddart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud; American Settler, Mr. It. Romer ; Tudians, Messrs. Henry and Tressidor ; Indian Sqnaw, Miss Foster; Spirit of the Waters, Miss Neil; Queen of the Naiades, Miss F. Grey ; Go-dah, Mr. C. Fisher. GRIND NAIADE BALLET. ELEMENT THE THIRD-EARTH. DIAMOND CAPES IN CALIFORNIA. mut A cTuts Ix THE 'PLIED AND FOURTH ELEMENTS : Herbert, Miss F. Hubhart ; Francl, Mr. S. Artaud ; The Black Knight • Mucklow, Mr. Manderson : Gnomes, Messrs. Abbott, Henry, Ellar, BrAyne, &c.; the Princess Eyeline, Miss E. Nelson ; Lecla, Mies Rafter ; Go-dah, Mr. C. Fisher. - , THE SICILIAN VINEYARD. A TERRIFIC COMBAT DETWEIN lIIIBBERT AND Tnz &MB INIGIIT. ELEMENT TIIE FOURTH—AIR. THE PALACE OF RAINBOWS! HALL OF THE HUNDRED KNIGHTS. The Triumphal Entry of 'Torbert ttnit Princess Eveline in A CAR DRAWN BT REAL lIORSES. GRAND MILITARY BAND, AND GORGEOUS PROCESSION! THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. E. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bronapton. TIII3 E VENIN Will be performed - MICA ADO ABOUT NOTHINfL Don Pedro, Mr. Selby ; Don John, Mr. Braid ; Claudlo, Mr. Bowe ; Benediek, M r . J. W a ll ac k ; Dogberry, Mr. Keeley ; V erges, Mr. Bnckstone ; Beatrice, Mrs. Warner (hsr first appearance in that charaeter) ; Hero, Miss Reynolds. To conclude with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Gullbert, Mr. Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wemba, Mr. Buck none ; Isaac of Y or k , Mr. Keeley • Robin Hood, Mrs. Fitzwilliarn ; Rebecca, Mies P. Horton.. The Box-offloe is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the celebrated Drama of THE HARVEST SOME. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, Paul Belford, 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 Vrcolgar, and Miss R. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY- Characters by Messrs. Ifirrigkt, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE THIS ETENING C omical Pastoral, entitl e d Will be repeated ( 19th time) a Lyrical, CTMON and IPHIGENIA, altered from the te l x i tzf h D e avid Garrick. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F. St. George, Miss Kenworthy, I , 7 w s s m , is y n lt t: o ir, :b b y y , r. Cooke; Mlos Mrs. Hamby, Miss Oliver. Miss Manners, and Miss Ztaat 11. Gilbert, To bo followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Messrs. F. M ,ttheyrs and F. Cooke; Madame Vestris, Julia St. George, Miss Dickinson, Miss Renwortby, Mrs. Macnarnara, Miss Martindale, and Miss E. Bonner. To oonclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. All applications for Private Boz.es must be made to Mr. Aileron 15 , New Bond-street. The Box-office, adjoining the Theatre, in Wellington-street, is oPen daily from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of Mr. T. F. Bennett. E. I'RLNCESS'S 'TING, THIS EVE. b THE ATR Will be repeated la its (complete form) . I , THIRD. An er's Opera of GUSTAVUS TIT S Ankastrom, kr. Gustavus, Mr. ly. Narrison ; Oscar, Miss L. P.Tne ; . , eHorn, Weiss ; Rtishing,'Mr. G. Barker • D Mr. R. Latter, Christian, t rve' son, .Madame Mr. Wynn ; Countess Aukastrom, Mdlle. Nan ; ,-- . - " I - Masfarren ; Principal Polie, lh Mdlle. Celeste Stephan. Altar which a N ew Grand Tale of Enchantment, Tv•r—• splendid Seonery. Costumes, and Appointments; extensive Machinery, tcc " entitled TEL QUEEN OP THE ROSES ; or, The Sorcerer of Candahar . Principal characters by M essrs. Ryder, Forman, Honey, Craven ; M i. Lonisa Howard, Miss Saunders, and Miss Vollars. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Air. W. Batty. Immense attraction. Aesitligly the last 6 nights of that extraordinary American Eves triap, Young Hernandez, the wonder of the world. THIS EVENING Eit enormously rtainmente will commence at S even o'clock, with Eltsba a successful new grand Easter Spectacle of Enchantment, entitled THE FOUR SONS OF AY3ION ; or The Days of Charlemasme. Most gorgeously produced, and introducing Living Camel, Z.bra, and all the vast resoUrces of this Theatre. To be succeeded by an incomparable routine of Batty Feats of the Hippodrome, supported by the accomplished Artistes of the Xstablishment. To conclude with the interesting Melodrama of MEG MURDOCK ; or, the Fatal Glen. On Friday, Thing Hernandez's Farewell Benefit in London, when hi will appear for the first time in an Equestrian Sketch of Napolcrn Buonaparte, being positively the, last night tut one of his per t an:a44"• Doil)iiice open From Eleven till Fo ss. Stage Manager, Mr, W. Tirtgt, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAT —Morning 22 min. after 10 Evening 10 min. after 11 To-MotsoviHMorning 41 min. after 11 Evening 0 min. after 0 THE IVEATHEIL—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 22. THERMOMETER, Lowe:: t, 39 ; Highes`, 57 ; Nooa, 52 BAROMETER, 29 98. WIND N. W.—dull, cloudy weather. - C cZ,, t 2 ` 11 4 1 : 4 - 7 . if.50 — ,f — a?,.: 1... , ,.. 7 *l 7 P ti c ' " -- --41 4 1 :4-44 :-_, ,''-'.-„, ,:. e * , - , 1. - ;'-' - ' - ' *' : il ~ A.::1 -4 -- -)ir . ~ , s 4-Torrg- s:, _,, 4. r'''. 0s ' ' •. , iiii -- 1 - 1 , ~,,144-, , ® DIED v, - - A. ' k N...:1:' THE SUN, origtettilatt ltit 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. Aanif 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 MAJESTY'S Ministers appear in the preser4 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 mariagement in the proffering of sanitary reforms to the community we pretest with all the farce of the most energetic indignation. Common sense, common reason, com mon humanity, tell us, that the Bail should be so framed as to bring under its beneficial influence at least the whole of E ighand and Wales, if not the en tire of the Uniteel Kip ;3:m. this, forsooth, the only densely populated city in Great Britain ? Are not Liverpool, and Manchester, Rnd 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 ipso dixit of some denizen of Downing-street be accepted as a sufficient assurance to the contrary ? We E xpect 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 . inimated by ourselves be sedulously emended, that unless the Bill be extended in operation from London throughout Eogland, 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. Should 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. MacseasexoN'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 ben( fir 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 cularizod, 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 t Vic., e. 9, sess. 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 cf property at all), at one shilling, or even say at sixpence, in lieu of two shil iings. 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 doubt. 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, announef.d 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!given 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 Savingio 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 question in which th e i n t erests of the work ingocu a lasses were so deeply involved. None com plained of the priority, w hich, on the co n t rary , met with general approbation. The numerous frauds brought that had previously been to light—the l arge suns embezzled by officials,disbonestthe existing la the wto inade quate protection afforded by z sdne general nera and l depositors, and the Lducemen apathy en the part of the trusteesttoocccaal:eiol consternation. There was reason to fear that a run would take place on these valu tble institutions such as would be deeply injurious to those who might in a ; LONDON, moment of panic be induced to withdraw their lodg ments, and very perplexing and expensive to the Ex chcquer. The great objt.cf, 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. Ture:ELL de clared that a measure was actually prepared by the G3vernment, which would be intro bleed 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 cf 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. Netvvithstanding 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, awl 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 fur a time, Sir CHARLES WOOD was by no means anxious to revive the question. There was ?kill 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• Hen. Member for Kerry oonsidered it to be his duty to revive the subject. His constituents at Tralee and Killarney, who bad previously suffered severely from the effects of the potatoe failure and the general distress ia Ire land, perticularly 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' bulks in those towns—frauds which had almost been invited by the culpable negligence of the trustees and mangers, whose Ti e:1-knoen respeetability of character induced the unfortunate people to place im plicit confidence in the security and eafety of their humble savings. This unpleasant remi niscence was not very graciously received. The answer of Sir CHARLES WOOD clearly showed how very unwelcome wee 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 meesure 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. Oa the 30th of January the earliest day at the disposal of the Gcvernment was set aside for the con sideration of the subject, which then, at least, was re garded 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 pcstponement 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 inflicted 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 r one fell swoop !" The heart 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 spent 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. Hs 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 cf the people and national prosperity, but what is that to Sir CHARLES WOOD ? How 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 importance aside to make way for such a Bill." Letters received this morning from Paris announce ;he arrival in that capital of Mr. G. Heald with Lola Montes. Ma. 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. Ju.lging from the crowds who attend his concerts is Crosby-hall and elsewhere, we are very sure that to-night he will be surrounded by a brilliant audience, more especially whon under the immediate patronage of several of the nobility. Mr. Milne is decidedly the legitimate successor of Wilson, and, as sucb, we wish him success. HER MAJESTY'S TITEATRE.—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 Barka, the Marquis of Huntley, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers, the Hon. E. Upton, Colonel the Hon. G. Fitzgibbon and Mrs. Fitzgibbon, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Union, Hon. 11, Fitzroy, M.P., and Mrs. Fitzroy, Sir Henry Bishop, Sir H. Maddocks, Sir George Armitage, Bart., Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Hon. George Billies, Sir William de Bathe, Bart., Sir John Burgoyne, Bart., and the Misses Burgoyne, Mr. Strutt, M.P., and Miss Strutt, Sir William Fraser, Bart., Cap' sin 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 Blanc, Mr. Knightley, M.P., Mr. Baring Wall, M.P., Mr. H. Gre ville, Hon. Major Needham, Mr. Henry Baring., M.P., Mr. Raymond Barker, Mr. Francis Walpole and Bliss Walpole, Lady Jodrell, Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, M.P., Lady Clerk, and the Misses Clerk, 6c, 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 Harriet Anson, the Earl and Countess of Beauchamp, the Earl of Falmouth, the Marchesa Branca leoni and Millie. Brancaleoni, Viscount Dupplin and Lady Blanche Dupplin, Viscount Mandeville, Viscount Sydney, Viscount Templetown, Vise-A - int Exmouth, Lord Arthur Hay, Lord and Lady Wodehouse, Lady Elisabeth Bul teel and Miss Bulteel, Lady Wallscourt and party, M r . and Lady Harriett Merton, Honourable Mr. Chichester, Colonel the Hon. A. Upton, M.P., and Mrs. Upton, Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Lonsdale the Countess of Car digan, the Earl and Countes St. Germans, the Visco un t Cantilupe, Viscount Anson, the Viscount Somerton, the Viscount Clifden, the Viscount Dupplin. Her Majesty's box was occupied by Lady Caroline Barrington, Lady Georgiana Barrington and party, Lord and Lady Alfred Harvey, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarenee, Lord George Paget, Lord Sondes, Lord Gerard Fitzgerald, Lady Georgiana Grey, Lord Randle 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, Ile. tie. CONSECRATION OF A NEW CIIIJRCII.—On Satur day forenoon the new church of St. Bartholomew, situated in Meor-lane, Cripplegate, was consecrated by the Bishop of Loudon, in the presence of a very numerous and respectable congregation. The sacred edifice is erected out of and fitted lu.s:opfwraoivtdheenitshieegnntmssiaamdt adjoining which formed the Church of St. Bar tholomew by the Exchange, which was taken down for the o la in r i t n o g th t e he old ßo o y n a e l , font, Reverendpulpit, Prelate,an d co n afterm un i t e h n ; t a u b s l u e a , l a r a p E e n r x t e d h i c i h e t m ha s i en a n m go c er r e g. i . e a s nT T N , T h hf ' e r i e tth g o o wt ßight h n e e er through, preached a sermon from Matthew, cl , sp, 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. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. Tile PRESIDENT of the Republic returned on Fri day night from Angers, where he had asiisted at the funeral service performed for the victims of the late catastrophe. Ike visited the wounded in the hospitals and personally distributed to them pecuniary relief. The Journal de Maine et Loire, of the 180 , , 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. Etch of them was accompanied by the officers and soldiers who had escaped. Who is there that could have been unmoved at the sight ef those unfortunate men, the great majority of the wounded, some of them scarcely able to walk, and all deeply affected, and striving, hut en vain, to restrain their tears at the, fate of their unfortunate comr,clos? Almost all the shops are closed; the deepest gloom prevails iu our town. In order to tranquiliz) the famillies and friends of Colonel Thomas, commanding the 11 . h R-giment, wo hasten to say that the Colonel was at Saumur at the time of the accident. Ile bad been called to that place by General do Castellans, 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 tla , , General. As soon as Colonel Thomas heard of the misfortune which had fallen on his 3d battalion, with which he generally marched, ho immediately came to Augers, and has commencel biking measures for the reorgan'zttion of his troops. Ile has already had them placed in bar racks, and is always in the midst of his men, by whom he is much belove'l." 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 vas 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 Moniteur, in announcing the return of the PB.ESIDENT to Paris, states that at " Angers be had been perfectly well received, and that his presence had prodttcrd the best effect." The Moniteur also publishes the following sn 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 dif, , ated all the foresight of human prurience, at the same time that it imposes on the Go vernment the duty of repairing as much as pnnible, the misf , irtanes which have been the result of this Table accident, renders it r,Lio imperative on it to exa mine into causes ai!ci ir.t the means of preventing a recurrence of them. The Minister of Public Works Las just formed a Commission, composed of M. li‘.-r -insingant, ex-Inspector of the Pouts et Cha,usees, as president, and MM. Frissart, Drappier, and Mary, divisional inspectors, and M. Belanger, engineer-in chief sf that establishment, charged to again study all the questions connected with the mode of constructi in of suspension-bridges, and the trials to which they are sub jested ; and to propose such improvements as they may consider necessary in the precautionary measures now adoptel" The *viz the Peuple was seized on Saturday f the publication of an article on the Angers catas trophe. This is the seventh prosecution hanging over the head of M. PROUDHON, who is at present under sentence of imprisonment for three years. Oa Saturday morning he was hurried off by the authe 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 publics writer, condemned merely fur 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 13111 was re sumed on Friday, and was rendered remarkable by the refusal of the bigotted parti-pretre to li s t ea t o M. DE LAMARTINE, who, in consequence of the " in articulate sounds" uttered by these who arc 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 BARRES, BLANQUI, RASFAIL, 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 i.e 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 eases. However the law may have stipulated for the provid ing of a place of transportation, yet the law had not dune 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 had 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 for erasing the exceptional article which he (M. 0. 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 emendment • • 365 Against it ... 301 Majority against Ministers ... --64 M. ODILON BARROT 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 of the Interior and of Jastice have tendered their resignations. The Precurseur de l'Ouest end. the Deinocrate, published at Angers, have been seizad f articles on the late melancholy catastrophe at that place. The candi lature 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 Deurn 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 having, on the l sth inst paraded the town with a red flag. and shouted " Vive la Republique Democratique et Sociale." BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EICHANGE, Amu, 20. East Indian, s%—Namur and Liege, s%—Orleans and Bordeaux, DA—Sambre and Meuse, 2 1 ,6 . MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1850. Munster, Dusseldorf, and other places 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 Berlin, a semi-official 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 Berlin, as 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 Gaz,:ite of Frankfort states that the Ministry of Saxe Coburg Goth will, in the next meeting of the States, present a Bill fur a military convention with Prussia. Tim nobles of Mecklenburg-Schwerin have chosen the King of PRUBSIA, and the Government of the Duchy have chosen the King of HANovEa, to decide on the dissensions which have arisen with respect to the Constitution. The Vienna journals state that the Emperor of AUSTRIA. will visit Italy in the first days of Mly. The Vienna Gazelle of the 14th publishes 48 now sentences to death by the court-martial of Arad, passed on persons for participation in the Hungarian issurrection; hut announce that all the condemna tions had been commuted to 16 or 20 years' im prisonment. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 15th and 16th have arrived. It is said that the Count of MONTEMOLIN 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 b 9 Regent during the time of the QUEEN'S confinement. The KING-CON SORT is supported by Queen ISABELLA, while NAB, vaEz is supported by CHRISTINA and her husband. The Cathedral of Saragossa was burned to the ground on the rtb, having been set on fire by lightning. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 16.—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, ani then proceeded to discuss the electoral law, which was adapted with only one amendment. T oe Chain. ber then took up the additional Act. Tao 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 th e union shall be exercised by it without prejudi ce t o th e rights and duties resulting from the confederati , ,n of 1815. Thus this right cannot bo exercised against those German stat s not joining the union. On the contrary, as concerns them, the provisions of the Federal Act - Of 1815, rela'ing to the public pezce, will remain in force. The army of the union will be organized in such a man ner as to be able to adapt itself to the future eirene-- stances of the Confederation. A resolu'ion was then Come to for the provisional promulgation of the constitution. The Catholic clergy of ,Bretalaw, Aix-la-Chapelle, DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. It i 3 authentically reporied that on the 17th M. D'USEDOM delivered to the Pienipotentiary 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 right?, of the duchies. All the states of the Confederation ere to be invited to as• Ast in the formation of the treaty. It is not yet known whether Denmark will accept the treaty. ITA L Y. The Pon on his arrival in Rome ordered 25,000 cro xns 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, w lii e % was egain adjourned to the next sitting. The Chamber of Deputies voted tl - ,e modifications intro duced by the Senate into the Bill on the Sanitary Maritime Consulta of Ca4liari, by a majority of 132 to 6. The Miniiter of Finance presented several Bills calculated to ecinalis2 the receipts and expendi ture of the state. The Meister of the In ttlior presented a Bill on the cultivation of rice grounth. M. BUITA, afterwards, addressed a ques tion to Ministers on the circular which directed that the sittings of tnunieipal councils should not be public. The Minister cf 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 Nazionale 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 egain. It appears that the judicial investigatiens 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 Atlzencs cf the Bth: " The conferences held during the last ten days be tween Baron Gros and Mr. Wyse warranted a hope that the Angle-3reek 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 entirely owing to our Government, which is encouraged to re sistance by ins 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 greet activity among the diplomatic body, without anything having transpired. In fact M. Thouvenel, M. Pcrsiani, 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 those negotiations about then? "The re.-ignation of M. Balhis ' Minister of Justice, and provisionally entrusted with the finance department, has been spoken of since yesterday. It is true that M. &Ibis has more than once decla-ed his intention of re signing as soon as the dispute was settled, seeing that he differed in opinion from his colleagues on the course to be folio red. The wigna'ion of M. Londos is alto spoken of; but as no plaatible arguments are adduced in support of this rumour, we must doubt it, the more BO as nothing seems as yet to denote a disposition to wards a change of policy, arid with the best inten tions, it would not be easy to find a person willing under present circumstances to accept the perifilio 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. Sichera, 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 per. tions : " Mr. President and Gentlemen,— " It is with a feeling of no ordinary interest that I meet here, to-day, for the first time, the representatives of the lonian people elected under e the new Constitution. What the practical working of the Constitution will be— in how far the new principles engrafted upon the Charter of 1817, with her Majesty's sanction, and at your own desire, will harmonise with the cld—One 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 ass 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 pert, I hope that I have fully redeemed the pledge, which I gave at the close of last session, to ab stain from interference of auy 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 islansle, 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 madein 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 e=-rcised. "I pass now to the practical objecis 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 iato 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 Senato of soy well-digested plan for equalising the expenditure with the income; but the sunject 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, old 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 shalt be ne disguise or conceal ment of any kind. It is the interest of all that the work to be done should be done efficieetly, but cheaply; and that, while proper provision is ma , 7e for sustaining the dignity and independence of the Government, there should be no extravagance and no superfluities; that the taxes which it is necessary to levy should bear equally upon a, l l, and that every species of property should be made to assume its share of the common burden. " Upon these points you will find some useful 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 properly fol lowed up, with the aid of such materials as the Govern ment can supple, I have little doubt that the results .:ill h 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 ing that a change miy be made _in the mode of levy ing the duties on corn and currants. He recommends measures to be taken for preventing the continuance of abuses with respect to church property, and an nounces a Bill 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 firmed, a cor distl concurrence in every reasonable proposition. Lay aside, therefore, I beseech you the idea of antagonism, with which the minds of men have been fed during the recent contest. That contest is now over. You have assumel the responsibility with the realities of power. Use that power with moderation and good sense, and you will confer an inertim able 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 have 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 than may force him either to abandon political life at tlle close of the Quinquennimm, or to use his power, during the last years of - hia Presidency, in such a way as to se cure his re• election:— " I give you this explailition, 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 since -- e 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 hero assemble:l. " I have called that Charter a now 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 `or right 3, 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 tad you in my first speech, so I assure you now, that in all prac• tic& ri forms you will have no more m illing fellow labourer than myself, and that even where I do not - agree in all your opinions, they will receive from me the most re!pect:'ul consideration. " 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 cf both bre.nees of the Legislature assigned to one island; but I feel, both from my p - rtonal knowledge of the individual selected, and from the fact that he was honoured with your unani mous suffrages, the most entire confidence that be 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 hare the pleasure of knowing that the ideas of your President entirely correspond with my own, and that is, a firm repression cf every act, within these walls, that militates against the dignity of the Assembly, teed 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, net in your galleries e 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 eve -3 - free country has proved that the As sembly which allows this rule to be infringed, pays the penalty of its fetal indulgence by the loss cf public con fidence and of its own utility. ' With these sentimonte, and wilh the most sincere de sire that the session about to commence may be con ducive to the honour and happiness of the lenian Stetes, and to the strengthening of their friendly relations with the protecting sovereign, who. e confidence has placed so large an addition of political power in their hands, I leave you to commence your labours with every hope that they will be crowned by a happy result," __ The President of the Af,sembliieplied as follows : "My Lord,—The Legislative Aslernbly, over which lam proud to preside, has heard with mach attention your Excellency's speecb, and will have the honour of replying thereto at an early period. "In as far as I am personally concerned, I am 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 etectql of the people, will ever take as our guides liberty and justice, 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 right 7. "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 Rvresentatives—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 the 19th inst. : Messrs. Patrick Culbane, Glin, Limerick; Alfred William Moore, Pimlico; Jeplison Potter, Manchester; Rowell Walter Voss, Swansea ; William Prater, Exeter ; John Edwin Cathcart, Hon. 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, Beading, Berkshire.; James Seken, Dover; John Watkins, Hon. East India Company's Service, Calcutta; and Frederick John Dyer, Blackheath. SUDDEN DEATH.—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 life and spirits, when she complained of a difficulty in breathing, and rising fro:n 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 Portlan 1-town, obtained 219 in gold at the Bank of England, for the purpose of paying his work. men, and having deposted the money in his pocket, he en tered an omnibu.. At the same moment, a man about 35, dressed in a brown paletot, took his seat be,side him, followed by a female carrying an infant. ►hen near to the Angel, at Islington, the lady was seized with hysterics, causing great alarm and 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 paleto , was missing, without payir•g 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 Easer 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 coil oration, 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 reserve . for them. Am ingst tho-re 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 Chichester, 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 Roinans, " 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-Surveyor of the Customs at C,rk, vacant by the decease of Mr. Hart; and Mr. G. Arno:t, 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. DRURY-LAN E TUEATRE.—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 from 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 sah:ries before provision should be made for other mem bers of the company. Ife 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 wesks on strike are now generally at work at old prices. The hands belonging to the sock branch on strike still remain out. The worsted and woollen markets remain depressed. Prices of cotton as last re ported. The Niavara steamer Just arrived from America i' 01 der f'. lrif here; and the commercial conitlition of die States being very healthy, and money tolerably easy, it is hoped that this country will share largely in the benefit accruing from a free trade policy, and from the effect of Californin gold. MONEY and COMMERCIAL , I V CITY, QUARTER 70 fil l' Tlya sales of Cotton at Liverpool on 6 91°1 r ; et . ina!ed :-.t 7,000 bale 4, of which 2,000 ilin e l . il taken on speculation. The market closed firtall priees.—ln Railway Shares a good business wag rather advanced (potation% be Tiiegrain trade in Mark - Jane is dull t.:-flail are Lot lower. 'Or The Post-office authorities have issued a 11° 9 s! l ' effect that the ash of p-stage stamps Of it ilt ) will be extend e l t o a ll t h e post - o ffi m s of t Kingdom. still) Accounts of the 16th inst., from LeiPs'et„dlo 4/ , the demand f o r c l o th h a d b ean ver y lively, a' 0 1 ' mid qualiCes were taken readily. There fow buyers from Ameri ca , It a ly, S w it z T land, allu ye 0 In German manuf ac tur es goo d purchaw s ,!,, e 'cai, the home dealers pur c h as i ng f ree ly. Sill' . '' O I , a dull sale, not much b e i ng d une either MO° or liu,sia. 4114 As Ilamburgb last Friday the rate of B r sC i :, London was 13.104, w :th go ld at 436 i. was dorul in bills on Lonlon. Stocks were '- produce ma' ky.ts wt-re brisker. d' .01) o„ ti Crom Bolgiu na g i ve the circulAti o lt d i banks at 42 003,720 francs, an d the d 6 ibe 7 5,798,306 francs, being an improvement i° respect. ir . In the Amsterdam Stock Market on the there were moderate tr ansac ti ons i n Dutch +:•:, li; per Cents. At Frankfort, on the 19th, Ails° were 79, arad Spanish Three per Cents. 2 9 i*, O h ' The accounts from th e W es t I n di es are same tenor as on former o ccas i ons . The 0' minor staples in Jamaica was in great 41op 0. company was forming for the purpose. C °11 4 , - dell being successfully grow n . Th e B ul k had °- factory dividend. The island was healthy d t he In Trinidad the weather was unsettled, a° were not yielding well. The financial prospects of British Gu's lis beitit proved, and the weather was very favourable, 1 1, suited to en,...ar making. Trade was rather aofgd At Barbadoes there had been a geoi the e.tates. th,l The St. Vincent's crop is expected to el l last year by 9,000 hhde. There his been a very fluctuating Sc e ' i o Securities, and the tr a n sac ti ons , which O ra ' - so l ' Consols at 96i 4-, have been succeeded by ,°t her e- reso The majority against Ministers at Pari s ha haps, ore cause, but not many, P r° , f iTi a regret the cause of that majority. - „o g etP, l l anxiety concerning her Majesty's a ccouou;,Q,,'l' also have had its effect. The New Three-siT, - e dY, per Cents. lave been 97 to 94 The nen; is t t. per Cents. have realised 95 to Bank 5t0 c , 6 5,,',1 206} to 207; ; and India Stock has been 01 0 P" chcquer-hills have been 695. to 71s. ; and 111 " . 931. to 955. premium. In the Foreign Mark: there has not been 0 0 fery The remittance of 81,000 dollars, by the 11 ,1 ° 111 1 4 1 if Mexicin dividends has come d u ly to Io n "' of are injurious reports affecting t%e b° tls° co '; ning and Mackintosh, and they hare nl be sod o i available to depress the bonds ti nlf l, P" , It would be well, after what Las been ore in the Am?rican papers of the temporal I:;treil difficulties of the firm just named, if their „ e a ts' dents here were at once to come forward a", ) , the cause, though it is slated to be the I ns f , - takings in which it was engaged, rather tbs means ultimately to meet all demands. Ili u m is beliele 1 to b e ver y r i c h, an d shoal 90 the various monopoli es an d p r i v il e ges it The question of a change of the bondbof: 10' has been for some time entertained hv 4- 4/ 1 amount `due by the firm on the tobacco c o b d f underaeOd. not be large, as other house! r ail_; ticae, and the position of the European ere:o.l.ooy measured chiefly by the steady monthly r ellal o Spanish Bonds have b een qu i e t, the Fi" 401 at 181 to f. Peruvian , Bonds have heell,,J . J 4 l: Brazil Stock has realis e d 86A,' Belgian Foor";-eolir per Cents. have been 891, Danish Scrip b as f and Russian 2k to * premium. , Lna The Railway Mark e t h as b een steady .;) prices. of the old lines realise hi g h er l j t • NE rf t PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'C O LOCg• ~„,u ; Path mow; a- Cent. Redaeod Arns ..... ~ 95% 9 91 3 per Cont. Consols Annuitiss... 96 is 9.) 4 I ll i i,, , f 3% per Cent. Anne.— .... 9 7 14 % ' ( Jig .. , ;nas. to oxpir. , Jan.lB6o - •16 ;: Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. — fi' incl!a Stock 269 stain 1300.5,1,000/ Ditto under 1,0001.... ..... ...... • ••• 95 P KI4 1 0119018 for Account 9(.4i 4 9 ,,, i t li k d. 1k 2tl ') xcheausr BD. , 1,0001. June 69 71 P I d 500/. Jane 71 Small. Jane 69 P C l 4^,' F l ° O tt . , ONE O'CLOCK. 86 1 / 4 / PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS raziliars bonds Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .... ....... Danish 80nd5,1825,3 per Cent. .. .. Ditto 5 per Cent. • ',— Ditto, Scrip. 434 P Equador Bonds Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons-" A 7 Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... —_ ‘ ,„, 4 10 11 / Ditto, Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto,Account Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, Account 85% ° Ditto, - 4 per Cent. - — ' 1 Ditto. Account - f'/ ftussian Bonds Ditto, 4 1 ,( per Cent .. ." 95 1 ,4 1 1 Ditto Scrip 2%4 P 4 % r',.'panieh 5 per Cent. 1840 lB% 4 Ditto, Account ......... Ditto, Passive 4 P i Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account Pr Venezuela Bonds, 2 1 , 1 i per Cent - Ditto, Account y, Ditto Deferred .. _4O 0 Dividends on the above payable in 14°' A Beligan, 4% per Cent......... 894 4 . r 4 Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 5511 ' , 4 1 7 , Ditto, 4 per Cont. Certificates Bs7a • elf 01 4 t•• f RITES OF BUSINESB f !?.. O OP , i '" P,AILWAY SHARES. PAID' AT ONE CY.- .. . 0 11 Aberdeen ... 50 ...... .............. Do. Preference Bi ...... 1% di , ' . / Birmingham and Ox- 0 ford Junct., calls duly ..... paid, or with a guaran. 20 - .......... ~i •0 Do, withoutguarantee 20 Eristol and Exeter 100 ...... .. ...... .." '0 Ditto, Thirds Suckinghatrahire Caledonian Ditto, New IC/. Prof... 10 C . . - .eiter and Holyhead... 50 eastern Couaties... 0 itto,Extension, 5 per .... 0 41 7 A Cent, No.l 61.13 x. 4d.... %P 1: .0' 4! Ditto ditto, No. 2 61. 13s. 4d... •'A p ~• ... " /,1 '3reat Northern ~.. ,ii; ... ' FiL' D 0.,, 1% 13 6 per Cent... 9% 4... ,-0 ...... 0 il i re.at North of England.loo Ditto, New, 301 i!, b ;9 scat Western 100 53 51% 52 : 4 .. 0 0 Ditto, Fifth 5......~,,.. 20 Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... hull and Selby ' 4 ... „ 4 Ditto, Half shares Lancaster and Cal-Hale— 50 ...... 51 1 4.••••"*; . ~.."10$4 Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 . 9. " ' On. Fifths.... ....... -.. 10 Leeds and Bradford Su 89% ......... ... London &Black wa11...111. 6a. 3d .. .. _London, Brighton, and •••* 0. / I li South Coa;t... ..... 103 - ...... •• ...• ~ r 4, • sZ London and N Western 100 lO3 10:47e i Ditto, li i ,, Quarters 12 I) , ito,Fiiths .... . l2 .- _ 11 1 ' •' ' .. . London & :,. w ,stern .. NO ti .enzh - , , t, , z.Bamtonoind ''. 7 at ack... ._ Hidl Ann 1(0 ... ~ 33 1 / 2 33 ° 0 ' Do., 50/. awes ),., iiirui., and Derby 1(0 orfolk ~M.. 100 :;0. Extension ... 2O - .. ... worth bri ad) . .... ... 25 .... , 7 5 4%. ....... " / Ditto Preference orth Staffordshire ... 175 icottish Central z3hronshiri, union South Eastern Do., Registered No. 4 10 ... a . , So eth Wales Wear Valley 6 per Cent . . 0 ' 0 Guaranteed ... .. ...... 1, Do. do. do. .. .25 York, Newcastle, and a"' 1 Berwick. ..........-... 25 ~,5. 4 ... _ Do. Newcastle Exton, 20 York and North Midland 50 O. tt ® Preference lO FOREIGN RAIL WAYD• Boulogne and Amiens—. 20 East Indian ... 6 ...... ...... Gnat Indian Peninsular 5 . ••••• • Do. Do. ... 1 ..... Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... ...... ...... Paris and Rouen 2O Paris and Strasbourg - MINES Brazilian Imperial ...... 24% ...... Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ,7,141/4•••••• Santiago Cuba... lO 'll'l,o .•‘' Tin Croft JOINT STOCK BANS. S . ... ' London & Westminster. 20 National Prov. England. 35 b i..: L ± hz o e a. , , , Y n d i . .1 , a t P A ? PI ; ' j. c LONDON, ' APRIL 1) if im wizen ' 3 .l n , topmast, -ilg us t a , b u London lwarks to L Auckland ll w l ° l3 93l : ° ?;l l . 4 l lll _s ° killed, from contact ' with a barque, ' D p , ,4 spoken 18th January tact' nava/aril, 10' ,0 CLYDE APRIL 20 Y ' . 38 S. 37 14. d lifls'. Wind W.—Arr ..., w Oro „I Janeiro; Premier, i sol DUBLIN, APRIL 20.—Wind W.--Slu• oP, SI(QI, ~tie;sfrilS'na'Spekee,vlikitiGho*l—U2PPn2ad.P-35iII.13119NIrgStG. J'obr(ea-7:iit I'll' golio jeg 6 o l ` Yo , li. U R E a ENSTOWN.—Arrd. Isabelle, Kelly' " i"el liii' ," OFF DovEit.—Jobanne Brune, Bouge r ' otJt ) ' for London. n P OFF PORTLAND.—HeIene, von Arp- - ° 0 t i for Hamburgh. Ito iterapot) OFF TOBBAY.—PiO None, Batavia, for 7,,,'g f,1,, LOWESTOFT, APRIL 20.—A French brie , 4 , 1 0 151 - ,, to have anchored in the Roads, after being. 'ii °' :11 ,1 e 1,1 7 . ewtoin.: Stride. A. laden collier b r ' t, " OFF THE WIGHT, APRIL 20. FOrtllntl, r ieP' .., tl, P. and sailed for flemburgh. 218 1' DEAL, Arluz, 20.--Wind W., strong lk — Si, flle 0 Cam Ilim ste at rort PI Rich Autii V N.E. ha; ~~. ~IC~ ~iUU gnu Print ilere 43 e ye oc en wfiic PI Mtn Boat Way Cr':ai for 11 . ; tan I bB ~►i f to i 118'