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DEDICATED TO THE MARCHIONESS OF LANSDOWNE. Now ready, in 2 vols., 21e. hound, MADAME PULSZ Y'S MEMOIRS, With Interesting Details OF THE LATE EVENTS IN HUNGARY. "Madame Pulszky's narrative cannot fall to excite az interest in all classes of readers—in those who open a book only for amusement, as well as in those who look for something more enduring."—Edin burgh Review. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great, Marlborough-street. FREE TRADE and the WORKING CLASSES.—An Address, signed by Seventeen Thousand of the Workmen of London to their Brother Workmen, on the evils of Free Trade, will appear in the " BRITANNIA" of Saturday. Also, Political Summary—The Upper House of Convocation the true Court of Appeal—lntermurAl Burial—lndia and Egypt —The Dwel- Mats of the Working Classes—Literature —Sydney Smith's Lectures —Alison's Essays—Nliss Bremer's Ester Offering—Roman Empe rors—The Quarterlies —Together with the Foreign and Home Intel ligence of the Week, &c. fo be had at the office, 69, Fleet-street, and of all the Newsmen. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. Combising the talents of Madame Sontag, Miss Catherine Hayes, and ,Mdlle. Parodi ; Signori Coletti, Belletti, Lablache, Calzolari, and Sims Reeves; Mdlles. Carlotta Grist, Marie Taglioni, and Amelia Ferraris, Will take plaoo TIIIS EVENING, when will be presented Mozart's Opera, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. Susanna, Madame Sontag ; the Countess, Madlle. Parodi ; Chem- Dino, Mdlle. Catherine Hayes ; the Count Almaviva, Signor Coletti ; Figaro, Signer Belletti ; Basilic), Signor Calzolari; Bartolo, Signor Lablache. In the Wedding Scene, the Zarabanda in A (composed expressly for this Opera) will be danced by Mdlle. Carlotta Grist and Mdlle. Marie Taglioni(who will appear as a cavalier.) After the Opera will be presented Selections from the admired Ballet of LA ESMERALDA, comprising the celebrated Truandaise, by Mdlle. Carlotte Grist and M. Charles. To be followed by the last scene of Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LA.MMERMOOR, by Mr. Sims Reevts. Atter which Will be revived the admired Ice Ballet, by M. P. Taglloni, entitled . ' " LES PLAISIRS DE L'HIVER ; ou, Les Patineurs. The principal characters by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. Marie Taglioai, and Mdlle. Amalie Ferraris ; in the course of which the admired Spanish Dance, La Zingarella, by Mdlle. Marie Taglioni . a new grand Pa,, by Mdlle. A:nalia Ferraris; and a grand Pas de Deux a la Ilongroise, by Mdlle, Carlotta Grist and M. Charles. On Saturday next, April 20, will be presented Verdi's Opera, I Lombardi, in which Signor Baucardi (of the San Carlo, Naples) will make his first appearance. Applications for Boxes. Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box-otlice of the Theatre. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to eommence at Half-past Seven. R0Y4.1, ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. Madame•Gcisi, Madame Castellan, Madlle. Vera, Signor Tambnrinl Herr Formes, end Signor Mario, ♦ GRAND EXTRA NIGHT THIS EVENING _ . When will be performe d the first time this season) Mozart's celebrated opera of DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Mme. Grisi;Ervira,ildllel Vera ; Zerlina, Mme. • Castellon ; Leporello, Herr Formes; Don Giovanni, Sig. Tamburini ; Masette, Sig. Polonini; 11 Commendatore, 51g. Tagliatico ; and Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario. • The Minuet' in the first Act will be danced by Madlle. Louise and Madlle. Louise Taglioni. The Opera will be supported by a Triple Orchestra and Double CI torus. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The doors will be opened at Half-past Seven, and the perform ances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the night , or 'eason),• at the Box-office of the Theatre, which will for the fliture be open from Ten till Five. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING The Performances will commence At halt-past Sevan o'clock pre cisely, with MEROVEE ; ou, Brune et Blonde. After which the Popular Comedy of LA MARQUISE DE SENNETERRE. Le Conimandeur de Lonjumean, M. Samson; Henriette, Mdlle. Demain. To conclude with (for the first time in this country) a New Comedy, by M. Samson, entitled BELLE MEkE ET LE GE NDRE. Duchemain, M. Samson ; Elise, Mdlle. Denain. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Five 110%e5 and StalLs at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond. street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Last Nights before Whitsuntide. The Lessee has great pleasure In stating that the growing attraction of the Grand Easter Spectacle of the DEVIL'S RING, Tog'ther with the urgent recommendation from all quarters that it Should he continued, has induced him to make such arrangements as will meet the general wish, and supersede, for the present, the necessity of closing the Theatre. THIS EVENING, • Will be presentee, by her Majesty's Servants!. . The Comedy of THE ELDER BROTHE R ; or, Love at First Sight. Lord Lewis, Mr. Didelbar ; 3liramount, Mr. Emery: Brisae, Mr. Davidge ; Charles, Mr. Janice Anderson ; Eustace, Mr. Mon tagne ; Angelina, Miss Vandenhoff; Sylvia, Miss A. Lonsdale. ' After which (third time) a new and original Farce, called THE CRICKET MATCH. ' T. conclude with am DEVIL'S RING ; or, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. In Three Acts and Four Elements. The follbwing are the principal Scenes. ELEMENT THE FIRST—FIRE. A beautiful View of the CITY ANI) HARBOUR OF CATANIA. IN SICILY, With Mount Etna Smoking in the Back-ground. CHARACTERS IN THE max ELEMENT : Arnuph, Mr. W. Montague ; Rodolph, Mr. Frazer ; Herman, Mr. Jones; Catrade, Mr. Clifford ; Otho, Mr Everett; Adolphus, Mr. Darcie; :Rupert. Mr. Abbott; Carloman, Mr. Brayne; Herbert, Miss F. Htvidart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; Host of the "World's End," Mr. G. Watson ; the Enchanted Princess Evellne, Miss E. Nelson : Leela, Miss Rafter ; The Spirit Devil's Ring, Miss A. Lone dale ; Whirlikuru. Mr. Seymour: Go-dah,Mr C. Fisher. CAVERNS OF THE BRAZEN HAND. TEMPLE AND SPIRIT OF THE DEVIL'S RING. THE INTERIO:t OF THE CHARCOAL BURNER'S ABODE, " THE REALMS OF FIRE. ELEMENT THE SECOND—WATER. FALLS OF NIAGARA IN TilE NEW WORLD. TilE CITY OF THE FOUNTAINS. BREAKING TIIE SECOND CHARM. THEY ASCEND UPON THE BOSOM OF THE WATERg Uff.fRACTERS IN THE SECOND ELEMENT: 'Herbert, Miss F. liuddart; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; American Settler. Mr. It. Roller ; Indians, Messrs. Henry and Tressidor ; Indian Squaw, Miss Foster; Spirit of the Waters, Miss Neil; Queen Of the Naiades,. Miss F. Grey ; Go-dab, Mr. C. Fisher. GZAND NAIADE BALLET. • ELEME.NT- THE THIRD—EARTH. .DIAMOND CAVES IN CALIFORNIA. CHARACTERS IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH ELEMENTS: - Herbert, Miss F. Ilubbart ; Franca, Mr. S. Artaud ; The Black Knight. : Mucklow, Mr. Henderson : Gnomes, Messrs, Abbott,, Henry, Filar, Brayne, &c.; the Princess Eveline, Miss E, Nelson ; Lecla, Miss Rafter ; Go-dab, Mr. C. Fisher, THE SICILIAN VINEYARD. A. TERRIFIC COMBAT . BETWEEN HERBERT AND THE SABLE KNIGHT. • ELEMENT TILE FOURTH—AIR. rut PALACE OP RAINBOWS! HALL OF THE HUNDRED KNIGHTS. ;The, ' , Triumphal - Entry of Herbert and Princess Evellne In A CAR DRAWN BY REAL HORSES. GRAND MILITARY BAND, AND GORGEOUS PROCESSION! THEATRE ROYAL,. ITAYMARKET. ' Mr. B. Webster, Sole ',MCC and Manager, Old Brompton. . . Will be performed a ncic drama, called THE VICAR OF IVAKF:FIELD. .Dr. Primtwe, Mr. Webster; -Squire Thornhill, Mr. IL Vanden ; Air. Burchill, Mr. Stuart ; Noses, Mr. Ruckstone ; Mrs. Prim vise, Mrs. Keeler ; Olivia, Miss Reynolds Lady Blarney, Mist; p Murton ;, ?Ilse• Skegto, Mrs. Fitzwilliana. To,etinclade with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the bewest intprovements. Cedric the Saton, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Gullbert,Mr. SolbY ; Sir. .Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs, Keeley; Wamba, Mr.. Beck wine ; Isaac of York, Mr. Kee,ey; Robin Hood, Mrs. Fitzwilliarn ; Rebecca, Miss I'. Horton. The. isox-ottot la , under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Wilt be pmforneed the celebrated Drama of TETE HARVEST nOStE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, Pant Bedford, 0. Stnttli; Madam . ° Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To be ( ( mowed by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PLAYING FIR4I' FIDDLE; or, Follow my Leader Principal Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Mtas K. Fitzwilliam. TO conclude with MY PRECIO CS BETSY. Charac ters b y Messrs. Wright, lledford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. "' '• • ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. ' THIS EVENING tto r9peated (IGO, time) a Lyrical. Comical Pastoral, entitled CY MON and I PIIIGENIA, altered from the text of David Garrick. chhtacteri by Messrs. U Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, It. Roxby and F. Cooke; Mi-s St. George, 31iss Kenworthy, Mies Dickinson, 'dm Hamby, 4liss Oliver, Miss Manners, and Miss Martindale. To be followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. • All lapplication for Private Boxes must be mad* to Mr. Aileron lb; New Bond-street. . ' 'PRINCESS'S THEATRE. . THIS EVENING, Will he Produesd (fourth time In this country is its com plete form) Auber's Ditera ,of ' GUSTAVUS THE THIRD. Gustavus. I.lr. W. Harrison,: Oscar, Miss L. Pyne ; Ankastrom, Mr. Wawa ; Ribbing, 3fr„ 0, Barke r ; De flora, Mr. R. Latt e r ; Ch r i s tian, mr: wynif ; Corielesi Ankastrom. Millie. Neu ; Arvedson, 'Madame If aefarren ; Principal Folie, likillo. Celeste Stephan. Ara.; nbich , a New Grand Tale of Xneitantment,_ with splendid EteonerY, c'oatiMes, and Appointments; extensive Machinery, &c., entitled , E . Tit_ .. „„,, E N oF THI, ItOS S. or,- The Sorcerer of Candahar. t.' ' 4l ' " Forman. Honey, Cra ven ; 1 ai characters by 3fessrs. Ryde r , Prthe P Miss Louisa ii c orard; liilsa.Saunders,-and 3fliss 'Mars. .41STLEI"6 ROYAL AMPRITREAECE7---- Proprietor, Mr. W. Itafty. Uneine.ll•l luceesc of the new grand Eaater.spe c t, d _ th merit. • °r En ant- Laat week . but One of that extraordinary American E quettri . I'm - mg Rena:ooz, universally pronounced the wonde r er the world. THIS EVENLNG • 'Mile; tolertalntilents will commence at Seven o'clock; W i th rttzball's new magnificent Spectacle entitled Tlik; FOUR SONS 01 A.Y.,310.N ; or The Days of cpa r i enitigne : l a' t t t gorgeously produced, and in troducing a Living Camel a t h e the benhtifal Stud": of 'Horses, and all' the vast au ' unrilualied resources of thlg Establishment. duTrteb°47..cuee_ded Py a. brilliant tontine of Equeatrlan Wonders, eon t loltua ifernandet will appear In an entirely Neff A 0 e" ••"e , eaise Troubadour. -- T9e,litelude the interestin b • Melo d ra ma of IttritDocK; or, the Fatal Glen. • . Box•ollice open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W., West. RENOVAI O OF THE BIRMINGHAM EXPOSITIdN TO LONOOK.—Thk exposition, which took place at Bingley House, Birmingham, in October last, and was visited by Prince Albert, the Duchess of Sutherland, and other leaders of rank, attracted earnest attention from the great progress in metals,, statuary, porcelain, stoves, candelabras, and pro ductions of art, there exhibited. It is, theretbre, with pleasure. we'learn that the greater part, if not the whole, of t hi s un ique gatherinr , is about to be transferred to London, and ,that p i em i ses of large extent h ave b een purposely re built and arranged for their reception, at the corner of Iron monger -lane and Ctreapside, by the Messrs. Benetfink and Jones, to whose management these interesting proofs of the ability of the British artizan will be entrusted.—ob urver. NEWSPAPER STAMPS.—An estimate of th e Annual expense of collecting the stamp duty on newspapers has •ust.been returned to an order of the House of C ommons. From this it appears that 53 persons are employed in this duty, receiving wages to the amount of 5,0101., which with attendant expenses makes the total annual cost 6,1691.28.3 d. The number of persona employed on this duty in Edin burgh and initanch!ster, is in each case six; and the total aiMuil cost for the former is 9:311,15x., aid fur the latter 1,2571. 70.8 d. onour they had done him in drinking his health, and e x pressed a hope that his conduct would meet with the approbation of his fellow-citizens, and secure the tranquillity which so happily reigned in the city of London. Mr. Masterman returned thanks for the health of the City Members ; the Lord Mayor returned thanks for the health of the Lady Mayoress ; the Solicitor- General for the Irish bar; and after some further toasts the company retired. THE SUN, LONDON, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam Der —Morning 39 min. after 5 I Evening 5 min. after 6 TO-MORROW— Morning 33 min. after 6 Evening 3 min. after 7 THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, APRIL 18. THERMOMETER, Lowet, 40 ; Highest, 59 ; NOOD, 49. BAROMETER, 30 01. WIND N. W.—fine sunshiny weather. 4 ‘ ct „ ,,.._ 4 . S pit Li . ii,A -7 , -', r, cik, ,-- ,_ .1 t oi fl- ...; .. .i .: 2-- 1: :;1 N• ~ -s• . % • Atte ii • - -• Di E ti A ir; ' I 4'. • . 4 t) 1". • Jelling 3 Ant LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1850. ment and coercion. The system that has led to such melancholy and heartrending results has surely been tried suffi ciently long. If it is to be " judged by its fruits," what stronger condemnation could be pronounced than that to be elicited from the existing state of affairs ? Even if based on justice and equity, which it is not, expediency would demand a total and sweeping alteration. The people can scarcly be placed in a worse position, and almost any change must be for their advantage. But when the very causes that have led to such untoward results can be clearly and distinctly pointed out, when all the social evils by which the nation is afflicted can be easily traced to our fiscal and monetary codes, and the prodigal expenditure of •the national revenues, is it too much to expect that adequate remedies should he speedily provided to remedy the abuse, and to restore the people to prosperity and happiness ? These grievances are not the work of a single age, they have sprung up by slow degrees until they have attained their present monstrous and gigantic pro positions. Nemo repente fuit turpisimus. No Minister that ever lived, however corrupt and profli gate, would have dared to introduce laws so iniquitous, and in every respect so repugnant to the feelings of the people ; they have been the work of many men. One act of injustice has led to another until the climax was attained, until the burdens were placed upon the shoulders least able to sustain them, and the means by which they could be borne simultaneously reduced. By the system of " indirect taxation" those who have nothing to depend on but their industry have been compelled to defray the interest of an enormous debt, contracted to defray the expenses of consecutive wars, carried on to gratify the fully or ambition of former Governments, or for " the security of property," to place the matter in the least insidious point of view. For this purpose the labour of the people was mort. gaged even before their birth. They came into the world deprived of their natural liberty, slaves, in fact ; for what is slavery but being compelled to toil at the desire, and for the benefit of another, or others ? Is not the English labourer bound to work to satisfy the demands of the fundholder ?. Must he not de- vote a considerable portion of his earnings for such a purpose, and also for the support of armaments, maintained to protect " property" from foreign inva- sion or domestic disturbance ? He is not even per. mitted to have a voice in the election of those by whom the taxes are imposed and the estimates voted ; and yet, in the very face of these unquestionable facts, westill vainly boast, that "Britons never sba be slaves," although we undoubtedly are serfs and bondsmen, and must so continue, until a total change be effected in our fiscal system. Let us, in support of this, which by many will be regarded as too strong a view of the case, consider the amount of our national expenditure, the sources from whence derived, and the objects to which ap plied. They will be found explained at still greater length in the able and convincing statement of ED- WARD BROADRIBB, EN., made at a meeting of the Liverpool Financial Reform Associa tion, in the month of November last, which has been published along with the invaluable tracts of that useful and patriotic society. It appears that there was expended in the year 1848 no less than 59,000,000 i sterling, which exceeded the amount ob tained from the ordinary sources of revenue by 2,000,0001. sterling. This enormous outlay was thus accounted fur : Charges of collection £5 000 , 000 Interest on public debt ... -28,500,000 War expenditure, including our naval, military, and ordnance establishments ... 18,500,000 Civil Government (including the miscel laneous estimates) 7,000,000 Total... ... £59,000,000 Now, of these we may remark that the cost of collection, amounting to more than nine per cent., is partly ascribable to the system of indirect taxation, and partly to the various stoppages in transitu, and deductions made before the amounts are paid into the Exchequer. These moneys are thus pl ace d b eyon d the control of the representatives of the people, the appointed guardians of the public purse. Among these may be noticed the hereditary pensions to the Dukes of GRAFTON and MARLBOROUGH, the heirs of the Duke of SCHOMDERG, the Earl COWPER, the assignees of the late CHARLES BOONE, &C., sm.--- matters which can scarcely be justified or defended on any possible grounds, but which, under any circum stances, cannot be regarded as coming under the head of "Costs of Collection," and which, with other . charges thus improperly applied , a moun t to 763 , 926 /. 4s. 4d. per annum, The cost of collecting the re venue, exclusive of the above, may be taken in round terms at 4,000,0001. sterling per annum. Now, if the revenue were directly levied on accumulated and realised property, it could be collected for less than a fourth of that amount. In other words, there is no less than 3,000,0001. literally wasted every year in order to maintain the unjust And inequit able principle:of "indirect taxation." Passing, however, from this unnecessary outlay, we come to the next point—the interest of the national debt, 28,500,0001. ! Now, in order to pre vent any misapprehension, we must, at the outset, declare that we do not desire, in any degree, to take away from the just rights of the public creditor--we would pay him to the utmost farthing, not in an ap preciated currency, which gives him more than double of that for which he contracted, or which he has a right to receive, but in a currency equivalent to that which was in force when the liability was first in curred. Of this he could not complain ; on the con trary, he should be thankful for being permitted to retain, without question, the large overpayments he has received during the last thirty years, without being called on to restore any portion to the plun dered people. We would also place the charge on those by whom it should properly be borne. No code is now recognised that permits a parent to charge children who derive no property under or through him with the payment of his debts. Still more absurd would it be to assert that he could bequeath an unencum bered property to a favoured son, whilethenetof liabilities that incurred for the protection and improvement property could be placed on his other children, who had no inheritance but their labour, the gift of a be neficent CREATOR, of which no earthly father could de prive them. towards Briw But this is what is done Never, perhaps, was there a more fitting opportu nity than the present for pressing on the attention of the Government, the Parliament, and the country, the great Reforms so urgently required by the great body of the people. We have seen the melancholy condition to which the industrious classes—all who live by their daily labour, mental or physical—have been reduced of late years. Their scanty comforts and enjoyments have been materially abridged ; they can scarcely hope for full remunerative employment— for obtaining the first great necessity of a working man—" a fair day's wages, for a fair day's work." If so fortunate as to be occupied, the toil necessary to procure the commonest necessaries of life for their families is so oppressive, that they speedily sink under the fatigues, which they can scarcely endure. Their lives are prematurely cut short, and they fall into their early graves, leaving helpless widows and innocent children to the tender mercies of the parochial authorities, to become additional burdens on the humble resources of their suffering brethren, of those who, from greater physical strength, are still enabled to struggle on in the unequal contest. Meantime the gaols and work houses are filled to overflowing ; crime and pauper ism flourish in rank luxuriance ; new buildings are erected every day, devoted, not to the enlighten ment of the people and the promotion of their happi ness or intellectual improvement, but to their punish- The expenses of civil government, including the miscellaneous estimates, 7,000,0001., or less than one eighth of the entire charge, are all to which the working population could reasonably be expected to contribute ; and even but a small proportion thereof would fall upon them, if each man were required to pay secundum statum et facultates, according to his means and station in society. But how far is this just view practically carried out ? The Customs and Excise produce no less than 37,600,0001., which fall chiefly on the masses. The Stamps produce 7,000,0001., the Income and Pro perty-tax, 5,500,000/., the Land and Assessed Taxes, 4,500,0001., and the Crown Lands 360,0001., of which, however, not more than one-fourth reaches its desti nation, the remainder being absorbed in the cost of management. Thus we find that those who should fairly not be called on for more than cne-sixteenth or one-twentieth of the entire expenditure are com pelled to pay more than three-fourths thereof. We regret that we cannot devote greater space this day to show how it is that the labourer must contri bute about forty per cent. of his entire income in the shape of taxation to the national Exchequer, while the wealthy fundholder or landowner need not, if he pleases, pay more than four or five per cent., or, under any circumstances, will not give more than ten or twelve per cent. upon the income from his property. Although public attention could not fail to be arrested by the intelligence received yesterday from the West ; although, for instance, we regretted to observe the account of the death of Mr. CALHOUN, one of the most brilliant statesmen of America, and were horrified by the partiCulars disclosed on the trial of Professor WEBSTER for the murder of Dr. PARR.. MIN, one of the bloodiest crimes ever recorded among the acts of human atrocity—it was impossible not to be engrossed by the particulars which came to us simultaneously from the East in the overland dis patches received from our possessions in Hindostan. From the latter documents, already published by ourselves in our impression of yesterday, it will have been perceived that the particulars therein furnished of the mutiny of the 66th Regiment, and the expedi tion undertaken at Peshawur by Sir COLIN CAMP BELL, impart an unusual interest and importance to the news obtained from our oriental dominions. Fortunately for the peace of the public mind in England, the very recounting of these unhappy oc currences calls to the recollection of the community that the conduct of the Anglo-Indian armies Is subject to the vigilant supervision of no less redoubtable a war , riot than Sir CHARLES NAPIER, who as the Con queror of Sinde has long been the terror of the Asiatic population. Guided by a captain such as the victor of Meanee, our brave soldiers, we are satisfied, must by this time have been enabled to avenge the slaughter of 107 of their comrades, killed or mortally wounded during the recent expedition among the mountains ; while with reference to the deplorable insubordination displayed by the 66th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, it is satisfactory to remem ber that the combined armies of the QUEEN and of the Company are presided over by one not more terrible as a warrior than as a severe and resolute disciplinarian. Such, in truth, has been the indigna tion with which Sir CHARLES has witnessed the dis graceful scenes adverted to, that by a general order, issued with the authentication of his signature, he has suddenly and peremptorily disbanded the muti nous regiment, delivering over its colours to the Nuesaree battalion, which is hereafter to be desig nated the 66th or Goorka Regiment. An example so prompt and crushing will, it is to be hoped, act most beneficially—especially as it must be borne in consi deration that it will be repeated on any similar occa sion without any sentiment whatever of compunction. Here as elsewhere true mercy is alone visible in the evidence of a timely severity. Had the reparation required from the culprits by their disbandment been delayed through a sentiment of morbid commisera tion, the result might have proved disastrous in the contagious spread of insubordination. As it is, the Sepoys, always brave on the field, and generally obe dient in times of tranquillity, will recognise that punishment must inevitably, immediately, and over whelmingly, fall as well upon themselves as on their European comrades, whenever they encounter the displeasure of the illustrious Commander. Thus it comes to pass that good is frequently often drawn from evil when an opportunity is only seized with promptitude. And for the grasping at the right mo ment of any opportunity, no matter how abrupt or unexpected its arrival, we know of no one comparable in any degree to the ex-Governor of Sinde. So im plicit, again, is the public confidence in the ability, the skill, the valour, the rapidity of movement, and the decision of judgment of Sir CHARLES NAPIER, that the disappointment experienced on the perusal of the ill result of the late expedition under Sir COLIN CAMPBELL to Peshawur, will be at once replaced by a conviction that those ill results have been, or will immediately be, redeemed by effects of a contrary character and still more decisive. What constitute s the evil consequences of the late expedition, is not merely the fact of so many of our soldiers having been killed and so many wounded, but that lament able fact, coupled with the consideration that the na tives are frightfully exasperated by this ineffectual attempt, and that the passes through the mountains are still closed against us impassably. The experi ence, bitter in itself, it is true, acquired through these occurrences will aid Sir Coml.( CAMPBELL, Or who ever may be selected , to conduct the next expedition, in avoiding unnecessary bloodshed, and in yet forcing our petty antagonists to succumb to the requirements of the British-Indian Government. Until this shall have been accomplished no perma nent tranquillity in those districts can be an ticipated, and the organization of our system in the northern provinces of Hindostan must still baffle the adroitness of our politicals, and defy even the strong arm of the milit ary aut h or i ty. E very consideration, therefore, of prudence forces upon Sir CIL&RLES NAPIER the responsibility of pushing for ward a better contrived expedition from Peshawur. The enemy requires some wholesome chastisement from the thong of the great soldier, designated by their fellow-Asiatics the Brother of the Devil. That Sir CHARLES NAPIER will at once act in accord ance with the inspirations of his own good judgment, no one can doubt who has watched a career already sufficiently illustrious. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT TO LIEUT. - GENERAL Gouts r.—Last evening the members of the Junior United Service Club gave a splendid banquet to Lieutenant-General Viscount Gough, G.C.8., late Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, at the Club-house, in Charles-street, St. James's. Captain Henry G. Boldero, M.P., presided on the occasion, supported on either side by Lieutenant• General Viscount Gough, G.C.8., and Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G. The usual loyal toasts having been duly disposed of, those more peculiarly appropriate to the occasion were pro posed in eloquent terms by the. Gallant Chairman, and cor dially responded to by Lord Gough and Lord Harding°. Other toasts followed, and the evening passed off with much good feeling and conviviality. Hospitality is commanded to be exercised even to wards an enemy when he cometh to thine house. The tree doth not withdraw its shade even from the woodcutter. Eliza Cook's Journal. THE Baems.—The following is an extract from a private letter dated Rio de Janeiro, March 2 :—" Thera appears some probability of hostilities betw een Ri o G rande and the Ar gent i ne Republic, unless Pimentaßtieno, the new President of Rio Grande, is speedily recalled, as it is under• steiod he is personally hostile to the Dictator Rosas. Francis -Pedro insists on war with Rosas, and it is feared in Rio that the next steamer from the south may bring news of fresh aggressions by the above, in which it was not unlikely t old rebels, Canabai ro an d N etto, - would join Francis Pedro.he soct or 99fee iu tke market, 60,000 bags. Lickange, 29d." fish citizens. The debt was contracted for the pro tection and improvement of property ; it should not be cancelled or repudiated, but the interest should be provided for solely by the possessors of that property. We hear much of being " just to. the public creditor," and of his " itialienable rights," but we hear nothing of the " rights of the people," or of the necessity of rendering them full and impartial justice. Next comes the war expenditure—the support of our armies, fleets, and ordnance, 18,500,0001. These are surely chargeable on the same par ties. It is for the protection and improve ment of their property that these forces are maintained ; any revolution or invasion would proba bly lead to confiscations and forfeitures. The labourer would continue to toil under any form of government; his position could scarcely be deteriorated, or his re muneration made more scanty than at present. But those who have a " stake in the country," who have something to fight for and defend, should, in com mon justice, exclusively bear the costs of supporting those establishments that are kept up for their exclu sive benefit. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The whole of the reactionary journals have adopted M. LECLERC as their candidate, and it is said he will also have the support of Generals CAVAIGNAC and LAMORICIERE, the former of whom, when chief of the Executive, conferredon M. LECLERC the ribbon ofthe Legion of Honour. Notwithstanding the support thus afforded him, the Electoral - Union have, according to the Journal des Debats, come to the decision that a pre paratory ballot shall take place before they will re commend:the adoption of any candidate for Paris. In the National Assembly, on Tuesday, M. JOLT attempted to induce the Members to re-consider their determination to stop the allowances of those political martyrs who had suffered for their opinions during the ascendancy of the Monarchy ; he did not, how ever succeed, as, after a stormy discussion, the previous question was carried by 406 to 211. The Gendarmerie Mobile is to be increased. A letter from Cahors says—" A deplorable scene has just taken place here, which will be doubtless turned to account by the Socialist party. Some sub officers of the depot battalion of the 58th, in garrison at this place, and others belonging to a battalion of the 44th, passing through the town, assembled, as usual, to take a fraternal glass together. After copious libations, and urged on by the chisf edi tor of the Reformateur du lot, a Red journal, they began to sing the ilfarseillaise, and various Socialist songs. They were on their kn ees s i ng i ng , when the Commissary of Police having interfered to put an end to the tumult, which had already drawn together a considerable crowd, they positively refused to obey his injunctions. He wished to arrest the most riotous among them, when he was grossly insulted, and sabres were drawn. Several cries of 'Vive la Republique Democratique et Sociale I' were raised." The Courrier du Lot gives the following account of the affair :—" By order of the Procureur of the Repub lic, M. Jaffa', the Commissary of Police, went to the will where the tumultuous proceedings were going on, and on the outside of which a considerable crowd had assembled. He there found several sub officers of the 58th ; two of them were standing on chairs singing seditious songs, the choruses of which were repeated by about SO others of that re giment and the 44th with great animation. As soon as he could obtain a hearing the Commissary re quested that an end might be put to the noise, and observed that soldiers, particularly those who held a certain rank, ought not to set an example of disorder. To this the sub-officers of the 58th replied that they would sing, and that it was no business of his ; whilst those of the 44th replied in more respectful terms, and withdrew. Three sub-officers of the 58th raised seditious cries in passing before the Com missary of Police, and a sergeant made use of the following insulting expressions 'lt is infamous that that canaille of a Commis sary of Police should have prevented our singing, when we are under a Republic,'] after which he shouted out Vive la Republique Democratique et Sociale! A bas les blancs !' adding, We - will soon do justice on them, and on you too, Commis sary.' The Commissary replied that if he con tinued in that strain he would have him arrested. The sergeant defied him, and at that moment he was laid hold of and placed in the hands of the police authorities, but immediately afterwards four individuals of the town endeavoured to prevent his being taken to the Hotel de Ville. See ing that they could not succeed in their purpose, they ran off to fetch some sub-officers, who came with sabres in their hands. One of them, a ser geant-major, attempted to strike the Commissary of Police with his sabre, but the blow was parried by a garde champetre. The sergeant then cried out. There will be some mischief done if you at tempt to take off our comrade.' The five other sub officers having uttered the same threat, with their sabres raised on the police officers, the Commissary of Police, in order to avoid bloodshed, told his agents to release the sergeant, whose name and company he took note of, and on the following day he and another were placed under arrest." PARIS BOURSE, Arum 17.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 88f. 35c. ; Three per Cents, 55f. ; Bank of France, 2,095 r. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. APRIL 17. Boulogne and Amiens, 6—Northern of France, 12—Or. leans and Bordeaux, 24—Rouen and Havre, B;l—Sambre and Meuse, 21,x. DREADFUL ACCIDENT in FRANCE 300 LIVES LOST. We have received the following from our Paris cor• respondent -- PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. In the Assembly to-day General d'Hautpoul stated that the iron bridge at Angers bad broken down while four companies of the 11th Legers were passing, and that 300 had been drowned. The following is the announcement by General d'Hautpoul to the Assembly of this melancholy oc currence : General d'Hautpoul said, "I have a most painful communication to make to the Assembly. A batta lion of the 11th Regiment of Light Infantry on en tering Angers experienced a most frightful catas trophe. At the moment it was crossing the suspen sion bridge the chains on one side gave way, and four companies fell into the river. The men unfortunately carried their arms and baggage; the wind blew vio lently from the east, rain felt in torrents, and a regular hurricane prevailed. The inhabitants of Angers evinced the greatest zeal and activity on the occasion, but the boats were unable to arrive in time to save many lives. We have received as yet no official return of the casualities, and the number of victims is calcu lated at been 200 and 300. On hearing of that mis fortune the President of the Republic sent off in all haste one of his Aide- de-Camps to offer consolations to the survivors. The Government, on its side, intends to submit to your deliberation a project of law, with a view to allay the grief of some disconsolate mothers. —(" Immediately," cried several members.) M. Leon Faucher said that he was sure of being the interpreter of the sentiments of the Assembl y i n declaring that it shared the emotion of the Minister of War. and the Grand Duchy of Hessen will remain mem bers of the Prussian League. A letter from Magdeburg of the 15th inst., in the Kolner Zeitung, announces the sudden and violent outbreak of the cholera a Halberstadt. The Prince of PRUSSIA arrived a Treves on the 15th inst. The Vienna Official Reichszeitung of the 13th inst. has the following important news : " The Interim' has hitherto served as a k e y s t one t o t h e Germanic Conf.deration, but it wanted strength and influence, and became a prey to the prevalent dissen sions. Some people hoped to see it in the course of time more compact, energetic, and influential. They conse quently did their best to prop it up. But after a long Fe riod of irresolution, it has been resolved to replace the Interim' by a more energetic organ. We are informed that the Plenipotentiaries of all the German Governments will take the place of the and thus form the organ of the Confederation in its foreign relations, until the constitutional questions which at present cause dissen sions shall have teen settled. The Austrian Cabinet has undertaken to publish an address to the members of the Confederation, and to invite them in the first days of May to meet at Frankfort under the presidency of Austria. It is said that Prussia does not object to this plan.", THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1850. PUNCH'S HAND-BOOK TO HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. We extract the following admirable jeu d'esplit. It is illus trated bytwo spirited wood-cuts from drawingsfrom Punch, by Leech ; the first represents one of the popular poses in a grand pas de deux, and the second gives us a view of the stage as seen from a box in the grand tier at the commence ment of the second act of Don Pasquale. The portraits of Lablache, Belletti, and Madame Sontag in this last illustra tion are admirable : " While we are on the frontier of the 'realms of song, we will furnish some useful information as to the mode of ob taining the necessary passport to enter them. It will be advisable to repair to the office of the Opera Ambassador, his Super-Excellency Mr. Nugent, who, like other diplomatic authorities, is the recognised medium for admitting all fit applicants to an audience. These passports are issued on the payment of such fees as may be required. "Though every facility is given to the granting of pass ports, there has frequently been much difficulty in ataining them, for it is the wise policy of the government of the realms of song not to permit harmony, which is the very genius loci, to be disturbed by the admission of greater ❑umbers than it is possible to accomodate. "As the continent may be reached by different routes, so are there various modes of arriving at the place of destina tion to which we are furnishing a Hand-Look. The best, but most expensive, course is that which avoids the some times rather stormy pit passage through the sea of popula tion, which frequently runs with the impetuosity of a torrent, through the somewhat narrow channel to which it is obliged to confine itself. " The roughness of this passage is usually at its height after Easter, when, from astronomical causes, the stars ex ercise an influence on the tide of popularity which flows ra pidly in, and there being two opposite currents, caused by one stream rushing pell-mell from Pall-Mall, and another in the contrary direction, there is a meeting of both near the centre of attraction, and it is therefore necessary to erect barriers or breakwaters to restrain their impetuosity. " The navigation is often exceedingly difficult, and it is desirable that all very slender craft should avoid the attempt to make the Opera pit passage in the height of the season; and it is expected that this year will be distinguished by a Tempest of a very extraordinary character. Experienced pilots usually steer their course as much as possible through the centre of the stream, for otherwise there is danger of being driven out of the regular channel. " Sometimes a stout-built man-of-war may be seen making way, with a small light squadron under convoy, but the ex periment is hazardous; and though we never saw an in stance of one of the weaker vessels having actually slipped her stays, we have often seen her drifting along with great danger to her figure-head, and with some of her canvas carried away from her. There is also the unpleasant neces sity of remaining a considerable time in the offing until the tide runs in, which it begins to do at about seven or half past; but until then it is desirable to secure a good anchor age, which can only be obtained by taking up a station at an early opportunity. As the craft are generally rigged out to the best advantage, the rigging is liable to get a little out of order, and the weaker may often be seen making their way with a loss of bows, and labouring rather heavily until they get within the bar, where they are called upon to show their permits before going into harbour. " The more distinguished visitors enter by a much easier route, adopting the well-known pass of the Grand Staircase, which leads to an extensive range of upland, having all the smoothness of the celebrated tapis rert at Versailles, with an atmosphere of that refined air, for which even the outskirts of her Majesty's Theatre are exclusively remarkable. It will be necessary for visitors to bear its mind, that on entering a new domain there are usually customs and duties to be ob served ; and there are many peculiar customs and duties con nected with an entrance into the realms of Opera. " The Customs regulations are veryirigidly enforced at the barrier; but notwithstanding the vigilance of the officers on duty, contraband commodities have occasionally been smug gled in, and there have even been cases in which that utterly prohibited article, the surtout, has been got across the fron tier by surreptitious means, such as pinning up the skirts to avoid detection on the outskirts. It would occupy too much space to furnish a list of those objects that are not allowed to pass; but it may be stated, that any one who wilfully makes an object of himself by his absurdity of costume will be at once objected to. "The law is by this time so well understood that attempts to violate it are exceedingly rare, but now and then a bold smuggler will advance towards the frontier with an umbrella or some other offensive weapon, and render it necessary that a seizure should be made; a proceeding which is always con ducted with a mixture of gentleness and firmness highly creditable to the authorities. The article stopped is not for feited, but is deposited in the hands of the proper officer, who takes charge of it till the return of the traveller, who is ex pected to follow the customary laws by giving a small cus tomary fee on the re-delivery of the goods seized as contra band. Bonnets are of course prohibited, and, indeed, they are now seldom brought as far as the frontier, for no one now takes such a thing into her head, or on to it, when visiting this locality. " The only indispensable luggage consists of a binocular lorgnette, which is essential to a due appreciation of the nu merous beauties of the place now about to be entered. By its aid distant objects are brought near, and though distance lends enchantment to some views, the scenes we are about to open to the eye of the traveller in these favoured regions cannot be brought too near to us. Though we are some what precipitating matters, by giving thus early a glimpse of what is passing within, we avail ourselves of the power of the opera-glass to advance, or, rather, to bring nearer one o those interesting tableaux, which perpetually arrest our at. tention, arid the details of which we shall shortly more ni nutely go into." ; GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—The anniversary dinner in aid of the fnnds of this interesting and useful charity was yesterday held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street ; his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge (patron) in the chair. In proposing "Prosperity to the Institution," his Royal Highness stated that it had ex isted seven years, in which its original objects had been suc cessfully carried out, and an Act of Incorporation by Royal Charter obtained to perpetuate and consolidate them. During that period the Ladies' Committee had investigated 775 individual cases; they had received 3,150 applications from these distressed ladies, and had had the pletture of giving aid 1,620 times, with an amount of 3,9861. 18s. 6d. ; the annuities to the aged had also been steadily increased. There were now thirty-five ladies receiving regularly a small but certain income. The provident fund amounts to 58,2861., the saving of 553 ladies, invested in Government security, to form a provision for their old age; whilst no less than 5,552 ladies had availed themselves of the regis tration, free of expense, of whom no less than 3,009 had been provided with situations. The asyluip for the aged was, his Royal Highness stated, opened last June; and the college had greatly tended to raise the holders of its certifi cates in public estimation. The usual Lasts were drKnk in the course of the evening, Lord Kintore replying to that of the Houses of Parliament, and Earl Talbot to that of tne Army and Navy. The South London Floricultural Society held yes terday their first flower show for the present year at the Horns. Tavern Assembly Rooms, Kennington. The exhibi tion consisted principally of auricular, cinerarias, azaleas, and polyanthuses, of which there was a large and excellent collec tion for so early a part of the season. A considerable number of ladies and gentlemen visited the exhibition during the day. Various prizes were awarded, and amongst them a handsome silver cup, value 5 guineas, was allotted to Mr. W. Cole, gardener to H. Collier, Esq., of Dartford. PRECAUTION AGAINST FIRE AT WINDSOR CASTLE. —An engine of 70-horse power is now being erected on the River Thames, near Eton College, from which cast-iron pipes, communicating to a reservoir at Cranbourne, in the Great Park, a distance of three miles, are being laid down. The work will be completed by July next. The reservoir, which will contain 10,000,000 gallons of water, is connected with pipes leading to all parts of the Castle. The cost of this undertaking, which is under the direction of Mr. Simp son, of London, will amount to 10,0001. PCNS.—I have mentioned puns. They are, I believe, what I have denominated them—the wit of words. They are exactly the same to words which wit is to ideas, and con sist in the sudden discovery of relations in language. A pun, to be perfect in its kind, should contain two distinct meanings ; the one common and obvious; the other more remote: acd in the notice which the mind takes of the relation between these two sets of words, and in the surprise which that rela• tion excites, the pleasure of a pun consists. Miss Hamilton, in her book on Education, mentions the instance of a boy so very neglectful, that he could never be brought to read the word " patriarchs ;" but whenever he met with it he always pronounced it " partridges." A friend of the writer observed to her, that it could hardly be considered as a mere piece of negligence, for it appeared to him that the boy, in calling them partridges, was making game of the patriarchs. Now here are two distinct meanings contained in the same phrase: for to make game of the patriarchs is to laugh at them; or to make game of them is, by a very extravagant and laugh able sort of ignorance of words, to rank them among phea sants, partridges, and other such delicacies, which the law takes under its protection and calls game : and the whole pleasure derived from this pun consists in the sudden dis- covery that two such different meanings are referable to one form of expression. I have very little to say about puns; they are in very bad repute, and so they ought to be. The wit of language is so miserably inferior to the wit of ideas, that it is very deservedly driven out of good company. Sometimes, indeed, a pun makes its appearance which seems for a moment to redeem its species; but we must not be de ceived by them : it is a radically bad race of wit. By un remitting persecution, it has been at last got under, and driven into cloisters,— from whence it must never again be suffered to emerge into the light of the world.— Sydney Smith. ASTURIAN MINING COMPANY.—A special meeting of this company was held on Tuesday afternoon, at the offices in Austin-friars, Bishopsgate•street, for purposes principally connected with the proposed re• constitution of the company, Mr. Charles Cuningham in the chair. Throughout the pro ceedings the sense of the meeting seemed in favour of main taining the concern until some advantageous arrangement should be come to; and, after a very long sittirg, it was eventually resolved—" That a loan of 10s. per share be raised, and that a charge be made upon the works in favour of those shareholders who contribute towards it ; and if the directors and liquidators fail in this, that then they may be autho rized to boroow 4,0001. upon mortgage of the works, on such terms as they best can; but if sufficient funds cannot be ob tained within a reasonable time for meeting the liabilities, the directors may riWeedt; wind up the affairs of the cot; pany in the Court of Chancery." A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. CHINESE NEWSPAPER. — There was yesterday ex hibited in the Salle des Conferences of the . Assembly a copy of a new jcurnal, the Illonitezr of Pekin. It is w r itt en i n the Chinese language, and printed with great care on v er y fine paper. It appeared in the Chinese capital on the Ist of January, 1850, and arrived in Europe by the last India mail. This first number contains, among other Imperial documents, an ordonnance of the Emperor Tao-Kouang, forbidding any of his subjects to emigrate to California or the state of Costa. Galiynani of Tuesday. PARI9.H EMIGRATION FROM SOUTHAMPTON.—OR the 11th instant a large party of emigrants, consisting of 128 persons, proceeded by special train from the Nine Elms Station of the London and South-W6stern Railway to Southampton. They were joined by other parties at Woking, Basingstoke, and Andover, bringing additions from various places—from Godahning, Wallingford, Faringdon, Andover, &c. ; and were generally of the agricultural class, sent out by their respectiie parishes, likely to be highly serviceable in the countries to which they are bound, viz., Canada and the Western States. The South-Western Railway Com pany convey such large parties at five shillings a head. The emigrants are thus saved the long detention which fre quently occurs from contrary winds in the Downs, the risks of the Goodwin Sands, and other damages of the Channel, as well as the evil of loitering for many days about London. VICTORIA DocKs.—The Lords of the Admiralty have given their sanction to the erection of some docks on the north bank of the river Thames, opposite Woolwich, the erection of which, it is expected, will prove of benefit in clearing the river and navigation of vessels now crowding it. They ate to he called " The Victoria Dock." SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 12th have arrived. It was reported that changes were to be made in the Spanish corps diplomatigue. The following ap pointments were considered probable :—M. Immix would proceed to London as Minister of Spain ; Gene ral Luis Amami() Y MIRALLAS, to Berlin, in the same capacity; M. BERTRAI; DR LYS would exchange the Turin Legation for that of Vienna ; and M. Tacon would succeed him in Turin. Should the QUEEN give birth to a male child, he will assume the title of Prince of the Asturias. The delegates of that province who are to assist at the ceremonies which are to take place on the occasion are already chosen. Their names are Messrs. MoN, PIDAL, the Marquis DR CAMPO SAGRADO, the Marquis DE CAS TANAGA, Count DE VILLAGIGEDO, and General Eifik RUST SAN MIGUEL. The dignity of Prince of the Asturias was instituted in the Cortes which met at Valencia in 1588, by the King of Castille Don JUAN 11., in favour of his son Don ENRIQUE, at the period of his marriage with CATHERINE of England, daughter of the Duke of LANCASTER. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 12.—The Three per. Cents. were done at 29i for paper; the Four per Cents. at 131 ; the Five per Cents. at 13i ; th e Debt without uterest, at 4 1-16 ; and the Coupons, at 8. GERMANY. Letters from Munich of the 11th state that a tele, graphic dispatch had been received from Vienna, an nouncing the conclusion of an arrangement between Austria and Pru ss i a . The Pru ss i an Slants Anzeig er has the f o ll ow i ng from Dresden of the 12th April : " On the 29th January last, Otto Wigard, deputy from Leipsic to the Second Chamber, moved that The Chamber do express their wish to the Government that it will interfere energetically for the independence and non-partition of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, and protest against any treaty of peace which shall in volve the partition of the same, and at the same time de clare its readiness to co-operate in this affair wherever and whenever it may be necessary. " In consequence of this motion, the two Chambers have passed the following resolution They desire to express to the Government their confident assurance that it will, in conjunction with the other German States, or with some of them, energetically strive fur a speedy conclusion of such a peace with D.nmark as shall se cure the rights of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, and thereby insure the integrity, and consequently the honour and interest of Germany " Your Majesty has recognised the affairs of Schles wig-llolatein to be German, inasmuch as you permitted Saxon warriors, and among them even a Prince of the royal house, to take part in the bloody contest for. it. And therefore with the more assurance we look for a fulfilment of the expectations expressed in the resolution of our constitutional motion. " We are, with the greatest respect, your M a j esty ' s obedient ambers." A Cabinet Council was held at Berlin on the 14th, at which the KING presided. The Council, w hi c h sat four hours, deliberated on the late Erfurt resolutions. It was agreed to sanction the en bloc acceptation of the Charter of the Constitution. Baron MANTRUITRL left Berlin for Erfurt on the evening of the 14th for the purpose of informing the two Houses of the fact that the Prussian Government is resolved to go with the Erfurt Parliament. Letters from Frankfort of the 15th inst., in the Kolner Zeitung, state that sundry conferences have of late taker) place between the ELECTOR and the Grand Duke of HESSEN and the Prince of PRUSSIA. The; result of these conferences, is that the Electorate HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, APRIL 15.—His MAJESTY intends to present to the United Service Club of London, of which the late KING was a member, a full-length portrait of his august father, painted by M. FINEMAN as a valuable memento of his late Majesty King WILLIAM 11. The picture bill be brought to Lon don by the artist himself, and will be presented to the club, in the name of the King of the NETHERLANDS, by his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.—JournaI du Commerce d' Anvers. DENMARK. The last letters from Copenhagen state that it was believed that the propositions for peace, about to be made by a deputation of the nobles of Schleswig- Holstein, would be most favourably received by the KING and Ministers, and would probably lead to a satisfactory result. S WIDEN. STOCKHOLM, APRIL 18.—The British Ambassador at our Court having requested his MAJESTY, in the name of his Government, to appoint some persons in Sweden and Norway who shall enter into communi cation with the central board in London for the Grand Industrial Exhibition of 1851, his MAJESTY has been pleased to appoint Mr. President SKOGMAN. The CROWN PRINCE will set out from hence on the Bth fur the Hague, for the purpose of celebrating his betrothment. On the 14th his Royal Highness will go to Fredericksburg, to partake of the hospitality of the King of DENMARK for a few day s.—Hanzburgh Borsenhalle, April 13. RUSSIA. The late martial news from Russia is still con firmed by all the German and Austrian papers. The Russian troops on the frontiers of Prussia are quoted at 160,000 men, and strong reinforcements are said to Ise marching np. 50,000 among them are Bashkir and Circassian horsemen. MALTA. --- A letter from Malta, of the 2d, in the .Riforma of Lucca, states that the three Sicilians who pad been ordered to depart by the Government of the island, have been allowed a respit e, in consequence of a n ex planation given by M. RUGGIERO SETTIMO to the Governor, at his request. It appeared that the ac counts received from Naples, and which had been the cause of the order above alluded to, were extremely exaggerated. ITALY. ARRIVAL OF THE POPE IN ROME. The Paris Ilioniteur of yesterday publishes the fol lowing telegraphic dispatch : " TILE MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY OF FRANCE TO THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " ROME, Aram 13. " The Pope entered Rome last evening at four o'clock. He was received with the most lively ac clamations." The Apostolic Nuncio at the Court of Turin has demanded his passports and quitted the city. SICILY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) PALERMO, MARCH 20.—The KING Of NAPLES, who ever since the interchange of notes between England and Tuscany on the subject of the indemnity claimed by the former for the injuries inflicted on British sub jects at Leghorn, has been a prey to the greatest anxiety, has recalled his Paladin General FILANGIERI from Sicily, in order to have his advice on the claims which Great Britain has a right to make for indem nity for losses and injuries inflicted on British sub jects by the Neapolitan troops in Sicily. Before leaving Sicily FILANGIERI ordered the military com manders of the island not to permit more than three foreign ships of war to remain in any of the ports, apparently for the purpose of preserving the neutrality, but in reality for fear of the effect that the appearance of an English squadron might produce in the island. The acts of violence are still continued here. The property of the Prince DE GRANATELLI has been sequestered, because he will not deliver up to the King of NAPLES a steamer which is in England, and which had been confided to him by the Sicilian Parliament. The King of NAPLES, at the same time that he is asking the English Chancery, by virtue of his pretended rights as a conqueror, to adjudge the Bombay to him, without waiting the decision of a tribunal that he himself in voked, decides the question himself, and seizes the goods of an honest and innocent citizen, only because he a c t s as a faithful trustee. This, in other words, means that the King of NAPLES wishes to take the same thing twice aver. At Trapani, a mad prefect, after having provoked the people at the theatre, by showing himself in his box and crying out " Long live the King !" and the people having answered, " Long live the Constitution of 1812, reformed in 1848 !" filled the theatre with the gendarmerie, and arrested fifty-two gentlemen and confined them in the fortress of the Colombara. At Palermo, also, the Government, with the same good grace, endeavoured to obtain from the communal representation (Decurionato) of Palermo a declara tion in favour of the present political situation of affairs in Sicily. This was a homage the Prince DE SATRIANO and the Prince DB MANGANELLI, mayor (Pretore) and chief of the municipal representation, and who has always been the de voted adherent of the Neapolitan Government, wished to render to the King of NAPLES. They hoped to have obtained a declaration which would have been worth almost as much as that extorted by force at Naples against the Constitution, but the plan , failed. It was at first impossible to assemble the Decurionato for this object, but at last, after threatening the principal members with imprisonment, it met. The Prince DE MANGANELLI proposed the address. The Advocate SANTOCANALE, a man highly re spected for his fortune, his talent, and his eloquence, who had been a member of the House of Commons in 1848, eloquently opposed it, and it was rEjected by the Decurionato. The next day, as SANTOCANALE was riding in his carriage in the Rue de Cassaro, he was arrested by the gendarmes. Every one visited him in prison, and he mils afterwards taken to the fortress of the Colombara, near Trapani. After these things had taken place the two Direc tors of the Ministry, BIJONGIA.RDINO for the Finances, and LEROYARI fur the Interior, sent, in their resig nations, A Kure TO CALIFORNIA.—We Snd from a notice to the public, that the Post-office authorities have started a mail to California. 'We should like to see the vehicle se lected for the service. We have a strange suspicion that the old Hounslow cab has been fitted up with a new pair of shafts to supply the place of those which we dashed to pieces some time ago in a fearful collision with our shafts of ridicule, and that this precious set.out has been ordered to set out on the first stage towards the diggings. We used to find fault with the rate of travelling by this concern, but the rate of postage is satisfactory. Half-an-ounce is to be 2s. 5p., an ounce 4s. 11d., and it will scaroely require an ounce to announce anything to one's friends in California. We think the Post-office authorities might venture to charge higher, and declare that every letter should be charged with its weight in gold, which the Californians, with their embarras des richesses, could make no objection to.—Punch. LORD CAMPBELL AND SPECIAL PLEADING. — Lord Campbell's Bill to 'enable the judges of the courts of common law at Westminster to alter the forms of pleading has just been printed. It is proposed by the Bill to give power to the judges of the superior courts to make rules or orders for altering the mode of pleading, Sce., in action at law. Such rules or orders are not to be valid until three months after being laid before Parliament, and may pre viously be declared suspended by a Royal proclamation, or by a resolution of Parliament. FATAL ACCIDENT.—At one of those dangerous sports called steeplechases, an unfortunate jockey was thrown from his hot se on Wednesday last, in the county of Waterford, and killed on the spot. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, TEN P.M. - The United States mail steamer Washington, Captain Floyd, has just arrived off this port from Bremen, on her way to New York. She brings 80 passengers, and has been delayed by most boisterous weather since leaving the Weser. She brings no news. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.-An important discovery , is said to have been made in Oregon, which, in conse quence of the great increase of commerce between that place and San Francisco will have a material influence on trade. A new and fine entrance to the mouth of the Columbia River had been discovered by accident. The Southern Pass, as it is called, has hitherto been deemed impracticable, but two vessels, it seems, had passed through it into the open sea, and the least water found was about six fathoms. It was in tended to be immediately sure eyed. The Marquis of Northampton, the Earl er,,Aiford, and their party, who have been travelling in Upper Egypt for the last three months, have taken their passage to Mar seilles by the French steamer: . _ _ A GOOD EXAMPLE.—In consequence of the great decrease in the number of poor in the parish of St. Maryle bone, combined with the low price of provisions, the vestry of St. Marxlebone yesterday decided to lower the rates 9d. ill the 1/. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS MUNT v. THE SHREWSBURY, &C., RAILWAY c°-: e at The further arguments in this motion orcuP_, 1,, L)rdship, the M as t er o f t h e Rolls, the who l e moo' VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS ) (Pefore tt a VICE-CZANCELLOR of El•h•—n• His Honour the Vi ce -Ch ancellor of E ng land c Imes to-day. NORMAN V. HAMMACK. 00 The further arguments in this partly-heal. 1 00 were resumed t o -d ay , an d occupied the Court 6 ' l " morning. o (Before th e Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT Bar r-) d irt" His Honour heard.eauses to-day but nothing - rest came before him during the morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor WzanArd.) INDERWICK V. SNELL. 60 0 °I The further arg uments i n t hi s part-heard 1:01'lP facts of which w e h ave a l rea d y given, occupied nour the whole morning. BAIL COURT.-(THIS AN .) (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) MACKENZIE V. THE SLIGO AND SHANNON COMPANY. i i; 0 0 1 1 4 : Mr. WORDSWORTH mov e d f or a ru l e n i si Ca - . 0, the plaintiff to show cau se w h y t h e procee dings „ 0 1. ' action should not be stayed or set aside, on the that the affairs of the comp an y were being arraritysiool disposed of under the Joint' Stock Company's ;'/P° Up Act. The plaintiff sought to recover 3,320 , 1 had been awarded to him for work and labour n engineer, but it was doubtful whether he hsc l ii tit o to proceed by attachment u n d er t h e awar d, as Pt-oad attempting to do, so as t o obt a i n judgment 80136%00 member of the company. Th e quest i on i nv olved l o t case was the construction of two Acts of Par, l h is cf#, namely, the 11th and 12th Victoria, c. 45, whf" into furce on the 14th of August, 1848, and w e e l elP and 13th Victoria, c. 108, which was passed O I L V, of August, 1849. On the 4th o f M ay, 1849, °,ler Chancellor of England m a d e a d ecree un der. t i e Act dissolving this company, re f err i ng the wil3wwllo., of its affairs to Mr. Senior ; b ut t h e second Ite!'d tP, seemed to be declaratory o f th e fi rst , p r ovioe 0 0* neither of the two Acts "shall" apply to incoredot railway companies, and the question now to be, if e mined was whether that pro v i s i on was prosPecr i ,if retrospective. If it were only prospective the P 010 ought only to come in with the other c reditore be s the decree of the Co ur t o f Chancery, said as , t „ y e; vs' fendants contended that it was , t h ey w i she d to further proceedings stayed by the Court. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE granted a rule nisi. Rule nisi accordingly. ,1 SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DP' (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCIIELL.) LOAN 80CIETIES.—OAKES V. FAULILNES. o f sL This eas an action brought to recover the Ol i o ss. on a promissory no:e. Defendant pleaded IP did not make the note. err A witness, named Manser, was called, and g lic e albl, dence that he was present w h en th e d e f en d an t eigad note. In cross-examination, th e w it n e ss sa id that lei not know who the plaintiff was . Th e note Brae 4 ll o at No. 12, Ilaye's•place, Marylebone, at a Laa fl oooll The money was paid by Mr. Nice, the secretary iQd not say who formed the soci e ty, an d had no intere st dr himself, except being employed by the secretary liver circulars, &c, „ The UNDER-SHERIFF said it did no t ma t t er - or plaintiff war, the only issue was whether V defer signed the note. The Defendant's ATTORNEY asked the wituee ° became of the note after it was signed? b ib ( The UNDER SHERIFF said it did no t s i gn ify le- - came of it, the issue was the same. if The ATTORNEY submitted th a t h e was entitlu nose quire who the plaintiff was, and for that purr i should call the secretary, w h o was i n cour t. 10 The UNDER•SHERIFF said that of course be -- os• to hear any evidence for the defence, but it was 8 , 1 of time unless the handwriti ng cou ld b e di s prove', The secretary was then c a ll e d, b u t re f use d to be II as he bad not been subpoenaed. ;„ 00° 4 The ATTORNEY submitt e d th a t an y party could be called on to give evidence. 0 1 1 The UNDER•SHERIFF said th e p ar ty m i g ht or not answer to his name, but there was no power t° pel him to give evidence in such a case. Plaintiff's ATTORNEY said the obj ec t wa s CO -- .4 le i t dente for some other purpose. The UNDER-SHERIFF directed th e j ur y, who ref° verdict for the amount. MANSION-HOUSE.—(THIS James Brown was brought up for re-examina l l;eisl fore Mr. Alderman Gibbs, on the charge ot, P t osts stolen the "Leadenhall-street wa lk" genera l post Mr. Peacock attended for the prosecution. ne e Mr. Inspector Fosberry's ev id ence , i n w hi c h otr e bff the prifoner's confession o f h av i ng carr i e d off S u beil4 and throwing it from London-bridge into the river , read over, eld Mr. John Shuttleworth, grocer, of Weeth,.. er :del e stated that he dealt with M essrs . Si mp ki n , of . 1 -7,,,g0! hall-street. On the 14th o f thi s mont h h e s ent P' e or letter containing the half of a 101. no t e . Its . f was acknowledged, and o n th e 7 t h h e f or wards other half of the 101. note. He posted the letter. 00 receipt of the second half w as not ac k now l e d ge d. 0 10th he came to London, hearing that Mr. SimPkV not got the other half. Ho produced the first 11 , 6 , 0 0 0 4 sent. It was No. 74,168, dated Feb. 4. The bit'', V , found on the prisoner he believed to be the second he forwarded to Messrs. Simplon, of Mr. James Bishop, clerk to Simpkin and Be e ''ing Leadetihall-street—He w as i n t h e h a bi t of °Pe-sti the General Post-office letters. On the sth of Fee r- 01 1 . the half of a 10/. no t e arr i ve d f rom Mr. Sh u ttlesl i, There was no letter f r o m M r Sh utt l ewort h on the 81 0 1' William Peckham, the letter carrier, was tbea des, mined—He delivered i n t h e ne i g hb our h oo d o f Lea g o' hall-street. Cale was hi s ass i s t ant . O n t h e morniZe the Bth they got their lett e r s , a b ou t 300 , f rom the office to deliver. He put th em i n a bl ue b ag . C6 ,' e tso his letters at the same time, and he put them In They left the Post-office at 20 minutes to nine• ro of carried both bags. Th e y wa lk e d together to the 6/1,080 of Bishopsgate- s t ree t. Th ere he met a man be ""bito' from the country, and he stopped and spoke to of, Cale went on, a n d h e saw hi m place his boa d°.,:er the door of Main e an d R ee d' s shop, at the CO"'iOIP Bishopsgate-street, wi s hi ng hi s friend good 1 11 °`1 „ - 6 / 0 He walked tow a rd s th e d oor , an d he noticed v s ilis the act of cros s in g th e street . B e f ore he could get fra door some men who were passing intercepted his 00 and on reaching the door the bag was gone. 4 ,01' down Leadenhall-street to se e if an y person mite e 'bd ing it, but did not meet with it H a d not seen the she since. There were about seven bundles tied up o . 3 its bag. There was also a sm a ll memoran d um book 10 b y and a saucer containing veal and pork. That W's` for lunch. A letter posted at We a th ers fi e ld on the 7 L'llO delivery in Leadeuhall-street, would have been 1 b. ta a John Cale, the assistant, dep ose d t o l eav ing '-e tt ye at the shop door of 3lessrs. Maine and Reed, a corner of Bishopsgate-street. Mr. Peacock said the finding of the half-note e' f fp prisoner had been proved by Mr. Inspector Fosbf d dt He therefore wished the prisone r t o b e f ur th er r em in order to complete the case. The prisoner made no objection, and Alderman GIBBS accordingly remanded him Tuesday. MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DA: 4 O 4 CAUTION TO OMNIBUS CONDUCTORS.—FrCdaidg tLeh Ens, the conducter of one of the Chelsea omnina was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with drunk, and making use of abusive language to Mr• ham P. Burnaby, the Chief Clerk at Bow•street court. 1/31° The complainant stated that last night he 04 1 the defendant's omnibus in Sl oane - street. Af te r 131 ' 0 0 in, theldef'endaLt wanted to put a fourteenth 10 0 it in, but as there were already thirteen inside, and or° was extremely hot at the tim e , comp l a i nant remonstr with him on the impropiioty of such a proceediok die this juncture, a female came up, and wanted to get `` otS " bus," when defendant, i n a. jeering tone, said o g cannot get in, there are no gentlemen inside." After g oo d some distance, the defendant got dow n , a nd purtell a cigar; and having m ounte d hi s b oa rd, ";' e tr' to blow such a cloud as to almost suffocate the po o r gers inside. Not satisfied with this, he took tri° sons on the step, thus excluding all the air. On asking h i t ti; to keep the door clear, he said, " Oh, never mind so v it is only the b- threepenny." When the . 1 110 reached the Circus com pl a i nant got out , whereuP°l,o defendant called out " Th ere goes t h e b - threePegoir he wants to bilk me o f my f are, " at the same gal e " 10 ing him by the wrist with great force, and swearilio (complainant) should not go until he had paid the o l eo Complainant gav e hi m a th reepenny pi ece , and b id took out his pocketbook, with a view of taking hit, number. Defendant observing this, heaped upon such torrents of abuse that he gave him in charg e ' fendant was very tipsy at the time. f otti The defendant, who said complainant's stateme nt much exaggerated, was fined 305., or one month' 1)0 money was paid, and defendant was caut i one d ads to future conduct. 4 0, EATING.—If we are really to defend the noc e ' ci 4 0; of eating in this world, we ought to proceed logically an - tegorically. In the first place, it is an eating svor, i 'Leit4 seems to have been made on purpose for eating an° "„ t io o eaten ; and really the greater part of the animal cr i. e „; we; seem to have nothing else to do. Man, indeed, writes m .. 1,10 but even the end of these is that he may eat, or rath er t hat his bookseller and publisher may. It is, m oreo ver, tru e 'd i a$ every animal eats as much as it can pro cure , an d as Otatitt it can hold. A with eats but to sleep, and sleeps bu t ,:;, s tb e and, not content eating all day long, " twice it 01 "iloiv ° slain," and eats its dinner o'er again. A whale OA o rf 10,000,000 of living shrimps at a draught ; • bird eats its own hulk i n a d ay ; and a caterPillt, i tter ;100 times its weight b e f ore i t li es down to rise 11 ybic b fly. The mite and the maggot eat the very world 111 10 they live; and the hyen a , f or want o f b etter food, eats * 01' self. Yet the magg o t h as no t the gout, and the Whale 1. 0 00 subject to the sci at i ca . N or d oes Captain Lyon of that an Esquimaux is tro u bl e d w i t h t oo th ac h e , dysPeP. s fi l:a hysterics, though he eats ten po un d s o f sea l, and drl gallon of oil at a meal.—Domestic Economist. SUBMARINE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.—M 0 - - f) tp.twee-, Publiqu e s t a t es th at th e su b mar i ne e l ectr i c telegraph n th Dover and Calais is to be opened to the public on the. L ., ea ch May, the ann i versary o f th e proc l ama ti on o f the F r Republic by the Constituent Assembly. eyP GLASGOW AND NEW YORR.—The splen did r ote iron steam-ship, the City of Glasgow, took her dePa oat from the Broomielaw on Tuesday afternoon, on he r be irig trip to New York. The novelty of the occasion (this c ol the first steamer which has ever sailed from the Gli_uee deal goods and passengers for America) excited an imalo'" of interest. , Go) MO] TL Why Surat. Lairs, M <rat 6 000 ?id„. to 4,3 d Pert,ui Way S The turned The opens credit( othc.r CO-ope thrir loans ter 0 Govc; tram' IDuch It wou s PeakE securii loa n b i ties ib ruereli SPanis under North, , "outh .1 VightE Adlan, South.] • utkiedoi D at a, rp,„, Ea —Re t ! Di 1 .0 I NJ ~tta~ 0 D D L