The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-05 00:00:00

A novel mode of plundering 0,,, s hag been re cently invented ; it consists in anglin g for goods through a fanlight. Two men, named Davis and Fowler, were vester " day committed from the Thames Police -court, char ied with fishing" for goods. It appears that on Saturday Morn* morning, about three o'clock, a police-constable saw the prisoners comein-9 out of a dark nook in High - street, S'aadwell, nea r t h e shop of Mr. Jiggins, an outfitter, and pass on towards Wapping. S OS . pecting something wrong, lie stopped them. and proceeded to Mr. Jiggins's door, when be found on the pavement ee veral articles such as usually hang inside slopsellers' doors, and a rod, with a hook at the end of it, lying on the top of therm. There was a hole in the fanlight over Mr. Jiggins's iloor, awl when he was knocked up he identified the articles found on the pavement as having been left hanging safe inside when the premises had been fastened up on the pre vious night. There was no doubt that they had been ab stracted by means of the rod found with them; and but that the fanlight had been previously broken the prisoners would have been charged with bnrglary. When searched at the station-house a hook similar to the one attached to the rod was found ill DitYLl'd pocket. TIER M A r J S ,TR T Y NIGI . The Nobil. ty, Patrons of the Opera, and the Public are respectfully Informed that a Grand Extra Night will take place on THURSDAY, April 11. when will be presented, with new Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations, Mozart's c:lebrated Opera, DON GIOVANNI. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall. Don Giovanni, Signor Coletti ; Don Ottavio, Signor Calzolari ; Masetto, Signor F. Lablache ; Leporello, Signor Lablache ; Donna Anna, Mdlle. Parodi ; Donna Elvira, Madame Giuliani ; Zerlina, Madame Sontag. In the lIIIPScene will be danced, by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi and Ald le. Marie Taglioni (who will appear as a Spanish Cavalier), Moz irt's incidental Minuet in G ; and also Mozart's celebrated Zaraboaida in A minor, as performed with the greatest success at the Royal Opera, Berlin. Between the acts a DIVERTISSEMENT, In which Mdlle. Amalie Ferraris will appear. To conclude with the highly successful new and original grand Ballet, by M. Paul liaglioni. entitled LES METAMORPHOSES, In which Jfdiie. Ca-lotta Grisi, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, M. Charles, and M. P. Taglionl will appecr. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box °Mee of the Theatre. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven: F RENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ARRANGEMENTS AFTER EASTER. 'sir 3fitchell nspectfully announces that the THEATRE will be REOPENED THIS EVENING, April 5, for the performance of Cottle lie and Vaudeville, when will be :produced Scribe's popalar Comtcly of BERTRAND ET RATON. Le Comte Bertrand de Rantzau, M. Samson. Mr. Mitchell begs to submit the f }Rowing arrangements: — Engagements—M. •;amson (of the Theatre Francais, Paris), his first appearance, Madlle. Denain (of the Theatre Francais), M. Regnier (of the Theatre Francais), Madlle. Nathalie (of the Theatre Fral , cals), and M. hafont (of the Theatre des Varletes). The first production after Easter will be Scribes popular Comedy of " Berzrand et Itatton ;" Le Comte lzertrand de Rantzau (Premier Ministre), M. Samson, as performed by him in Paris. Subsequent performances will be selected from the following :—" L'Ecole des Veillards," " Un Veuvage," and " Ma Femme et Ma Place," new Comedies by M. Samson ; " La Marquis de Senneterre ;" the two admired Proverbs of Alfred de Musset, .Il ne Faut Jurer do Rien," and " 11 Faut qu'ime Porte soil Ouverte on Fermee ;" " Les De moiselles de St. Cyr," " La Paix a Tout Prix," " Un Chateau de Cartes," " Le Mari a la Campange," and the new Play by Emile Angier, Gabrielle," now pertOrming in Paris with unsurpassed suc cess, and in which Madlle Regnier and Madlle. Nathalie will sus tain their original characters. Mr. Mitchell feels particular gratification also in announcing that, in the production of Scribe's celebrated Comedy of " La Camarade rie," est'mated amongst the chef d'ceuvres of the modern stage, the principal characters will be sustained by four members of the Theatre Francais, Paris—M. Samson, in the character of De Mlremont ; ltiadl e. Denain, in that of Cesarine; M. Regnier in that of De Muntlucar ; and Madlle. Nathalie, in that of Zoe ; presenting a com bination of ta' ent not to be witnessed at any other theatre in Europe, the arrangements for which have been most generously accelerated by the administration the Theatre, Francais, Paris. In addition to the present Company, and the foregoing engage me.ds, are the following:—Madlle. Avenel (of the Theiire do 1 'Odeon) ; Madlle. Brassine (of the Theatre du Palais Royal); Ma/llte. Renaud (of the Theatre du Vaudeville) ; Madame Octave (e , ' the Theatre du VaudeviLe) ; Madlle. Constance (of the Theltre des Varietes), &c. The. first performance of the eminent tragedienne, Madlle. Rachel, L: definitively arranged for Monday, July Ist. Subscriptions for the rein-tinder of the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's P.oyal Library, 33, Old Bond street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TOMORROW EVENING WM be prevented D•mizetti's Opera, DON PA.SQ IJALE. Norlna........Ma.dame Sontag. Ernesto—. . ..... ignor Calzolarl. Doctor 3lalatesta • • .. Signor Belletti. and Don Pasquale— .. • • •• .• 9lgnor Lablache. Between the acts, A DIVEIVIISSEMENT, In which Madlle. Amelia Ferraris will appear. To conclude with an entirely new and original Grand Ballet, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled LES MET AMO RP ROSES. _ in which Mdlle. CW&ti,;(lriii:l4,llfe:.larin Taglion!, Mdllea. lt,sa, Julienne, Lrrneuroux, Ausundon, M. Charles, and M. P. Taglion' will appear. • Applications for Boxes. Atalla, ant Tickets to be wale at the Opera, lie t-offlce; Colonnade, Ilayinatket.• ' BOVAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. Second appearance of Signor Tamberlik. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed (for the second time this season) Auber's Crand and popular Ocera of MASANI E L L O. Eitrira .. • • • • • . Madame C,astell rm. ...3ldlle. Ernma• •• • ...• •. •• Coal. Pietro • • .... Mons. Massa Alpheus° ... • • —Signor Luigi Mel. Borella ...... • Signor itommi. Lorenzo.... •• Signor Soldi. Peseatore ..Signor Roche. 5e1va...........• • • Signor Gregorlo, and Masaniello......Signor Tarnberlik. Fro:u the Theatre San Carlos at Naples, and the Grand Opera at Barcelona—his second appearance in England. The Characteristic maces incidental to the Opera will be sup ported by Mons. Alexandre and Mille. Louise Taglioni (Premiere Danseuse cf the Academie Itoya'e at Paris), with whore the Di rectoi•s have effected an Engagernen'. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conciliator, Mr. Costa. On TUESDAY, April 9, will be performed Donizetti's Open, LITCREZIA BORGIA. Tia which Madame (Nisi, Mdlle. de Merle, Signor Tamburlni, and Signor Mario will make their first appearances this season. The performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tick , ts for the Bozos, Stalls, or the Pit may be had (for the night or season) at the Ilex-office of the Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. Lessee and Manauer, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. Tins EVENING, Will be piesented. by her Majesty's Servants. The Comedy of THE ELDER BROTHER ; or, Love at First Sight. Lord Lewis, Mr. Dithipar ; Miramount, Mr. Emery: Besse. Mr. Davidge ; Charles, Mr. James Anderson; Enstace, Mr. Mon tague; Angelina. Miss V andenhoff ; Sylvia, Miss A. Lonsdale. After which THE DEVIL'S RI ; - or, Fire, Water, Earth, and Alt. In Three Acts and Four Elements. The following are the principal Scenes. ELEMENT THE FIRST—FIRE. A beautiful Tiew of the CITT AND HARBOUR OF CATANIA IN SICILY, With Mount Etna Smoking in the Back-ground. CiIARACTEE3 IN Tng FIRST ELEMENT : Arnnph, Mr. W. Mosstautte ; Itodolph, Mr. Frazer ; Herman, Mr. S. Jones; C nrade, Mr. Clifford ; Otho, Mr Everett; Adolphus,_ Mr. Darcie; Rupert. Mr. Abbott; Carloman, Mr. Brayne ; Herbert, Miss F. Huddart ; Franco, Mr. S. Arian(' ; Host of the "W , ,rid's End," Mr. G. Watson ; the Enchanted Princess Eveline, Miss E. Nelson : r.esla, Miss Rafter; The Spirit Devil's Rink, Miss A. Lons gal3 WhirlNurg, Mr. Seymour ; Go-dah, Mr C. Fisher. CAVERNTA OF THE Brt liZEg 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 NIAE4ARA. IN THE NEW WORLD. TUE CITY OF THE FOUNTAINS. BREAKING TILE SECOND CHARM. THEY ASCEND UPON THE BOSOM OF THE WATERS CIIAEACTEE3 IN Tnz SEOOND ELEMENT Tlerbcrt, Miss ' , ALlOdart; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud; American Rattler, Mr. It. 11.,:rner ; Indians, Messrs. Henry and Tressidor ; Indian Squaw, Miss Foster ; Spirit of the Waters, Miss Neil; Queen of the Naiades, Miss F. Grey; Go-dah, Mr. C. 'Fisher. GZLNII NICADE BILLET. ELEMENT THE THIRD-BIRTH. DIAMOND CAVES IN CALIFORNIA. CHARACTERS IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH ELEMENTS: ll3rbr,rt, Miss F. Hubbart ; Franc), Mr. S. Artaud ; The Black ti{nixht Mntklow, Mr.' Manderson : Gnomes, Messrs, ..v);,,,tt, Henry, Ellar. Brayne, &c. ; the Princess Eveline, Miss E. Nelson ; Lsela, Miss Rafter ; Gn-dah, Mr. C. Fisher. TfiE SICILIAN VINEYARD. A TERRIFIC COMBAT DISTWDEN REIIBERT AND THE BAELB mon% DLEMENT THE FOGRTII—AIR. TII E PALACE OF RAINBOWS! HALL OP TIIE HUNDRED ANIGHTS. The Triumphal Entry bf Herbert and Princess Eveline In A CAR DRAWN BY REAL HORSES. GRAND MILITARY BAND, AND GORGEOUS PROCESSION! An original Play of domestic and powerful interest, by Bayle Bar• nerd, Esq., entitled THE PASSING. CLOUD has been accepted, and will be produced onn - Monday next. Principal characters by Messrs. Vandenhoff, Cooper, Diddear, F. 'Yining, W. Montague, J. Parry, Mandersen, Emery, J. Anderson ; 1111.:a Vandenhoff, Miss A. Lonsdate, &c. The orlzinal Musical Farce, called THE CRICKET MATCH, is paltposed until after the production of the Passing Cloud. Charac. ten by Mo4srs. W. I)avidge, R. Romer, Rafter, S. Artaud. Emery, Clit!brd, S. Jones ; Mrs. Winstanley, Misses Rafter, C. Tellett, Foe ter, &o. THEATRE ttOTAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. Great A , ttaction for the Holidays. THIS" EvENTi,, Will be performed 3,IUCIT ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Benedick, Mr. C. Kean; Beatrice, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, Mr. .I. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Guilbert, Mr. Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wamba , Mr. Buck ssone ; Isaac or Y or k , Mr. Keeley • Robin Hood, Mrs. Fitawilliara ; Rebecca, Miss P. Borte n . The 1 . .0x-ottlatt Is under the direction of Mr. T. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIIT. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will he performed a new domestic Drama, called THE MOTHER'S DREAM. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughet. Wright, P. Bed ford . 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, and Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled T.AYING FIR.; r FIDDLE; or, Follow my Leader Principal Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwllllam. Aftiir w:lich MY PRZCIOLTS BETSY- Characters by Messrs. Wrtgllt, Bedard. Wrsrrell; Miss Harding, anti Mrs. F. Matthews. To conch; le with TOM NODDY'S SECRET. ROYAL LYCEUM" THEATRE. THIS. EVENING Will he produced (24 time) a Lyrical, Comical Pastoral, entitled c yMON and IPIIIGEXIA, altered from the text of David Garfish. Characters by 3fessra. C. 'Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, R. Roxby and F. Cooke; Mi.s St. George, Miss Keftworthy, :Mss Dickinson, Ifurtiby, )Eis Oliver, Miss Manners, and NUS.; Martindale. After which the original Fairy Extravaganza, called TIM ISL OTO O}' JEWELS. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. All applications for Private Boxes moot be raade to Mr. Allaroft 13, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'A THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new comic Opera, entitled THE VALLEY OF stevban, Mr. Allen: Tete de Bois, Mr. G. Barker; Jacques Sincer , , Mr Weiss . Le Joyeux, Mr. W. Harrison; Geor gette. Madlle. Nau ; and Hose de Mai, Miss Louisa Pyne. _. e Ater widob a New Grand Tale of Enchantment, with splendid enerYigostum e s and Appointmen ts ; extensive Machinery, &c., entitle,cl Qtr.ticr or THE R osEs ; or, The Sorcerer of Candahar. Principal ch aracters by Messrs , Nyder, Forman, Haney , Craven ; Miss Louisa 'toward, Miss Saunders, and Miss Fillers. ASin ' Er ti ROYAL A'NIPEUTEIEATRE. PropTietor, Mr. W. Itattv. Immense attraction for the liolid 3 Y s ' Re-engagement of Young Hernandez, the wonder of the world. THIS EVENING Tae Entertainments will comm,nee at Seven o'clock, with an entirely new and magnificent Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE FOUR SONS OF AYMON ; or The Days of Charlemag ne. To be succeeded by au incompar a bl e display of Equestrian Wond ers in the Arena. To conclude with a FAVOURITE FARCE. TIIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, MO THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLXXXIV., Pal be published on TIICitsDAY next, the 11th inst. CONTENTS: - 1. National Observatories—Greenwich. 2. Sydney Smith's Sketches of Moral Philosophy. 3. Supply of Water to the Metropolis. 4. Landar's Poetry. 5. The Polynesians—New Zealand. G. British and Continental Taxation. 7. The Village Notary—Memoirs of a Hungarian Lady. 8. Lewis ou the influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion. 9. -Agricultural Complaints. 10. Germany aril Erfurth. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAT Molning, 20 min. after 7 I Evening 52 min. after 7 To-Moaaovr—Morning 34 min. afterl S I Evening 15 min. after 9 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 5. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42; Highest, 56; Noon, 53. BAROMETER, 29'82.—The mercury has risen 74 points since yesterday. WIND W.—fresh breeze and fine sunshiny weather. f ? • 0 .4 x is 1.. \ A , DIE v m 0 ~ , more judicious system, might become the creators of national wealth, are permitted to remain burdens on the resources of their country unprofitable con sumers, in place of skilful producers. The sterling ore is there, but the mint stamp is wanting that would render it available. It possesses real capital in abundance, but the measure and representative of value is wanting—a currency adequate to the wants and exigencies of the country, which would supply the very life-blood of industry. Irish landlords have been considered, and in some degree justly considered, responsible for this untoward state of affairs. But many, very many, who possess the inclination want the power to carry their wishes into practical execution. Some are embarrassed by the enormous weight of encumbrances handed down as heir-looms through successive generations; others are entitled to but limited estates in their lands : all are injured by the want of facilities for obtaining the necessary advances for the permanent and lasting improve:nent of their properties, either by way of loans, or even by the disposal of a portion of their hereditary domains for the amelioration of the residue. Even the unembarrassed owner of an entailed estate — and how few are so favourably circumstanced ?—could not procure money for its improvement except on the most exorbitant terms, by way of annuity, with an insurance on his life, &c., &c. And even if possessed of other resources, he could not apply them with justice to the junior members of his family. The law which gave all to the eldest son, to the ex clusion of his less favoured brothers and sisters, made no allowance to the representatives of the tenant for life, for the money expended and the improvements effected on the estate ; and the father would naturally husband his resources in order to increase the scanty portions of his younger children, and to enable them to retain their position in society, 'and to enjoy some of the comforts to which they were accustomed in their earlier days, rather than to enhance the already large fortune of the heir by judicious ameliorations. The law itself, therefore, was more in fault than the much vituperated landlords of Ireland for the neglected condition of the soil, and the want of re munerative and reproductive employment for the labouring population. If this law at all times, and even before the mys terious visitation by which the food of the great ma jority of the people was blighted and converted into a mass of rottenness and corruption, required altera tion, it became then at least an imperative necessity. A statute was enacted by which the poverty of the country became for the first time a charge upon its property. Several millions of human beings were reduced to a state of the most heartrending distress and destitution, and new liabilities of im mense magnitude devolved upon the owners of .land throughout the , entire country. But no adequate measures were passed fur their relief. Some grants were made and limns granted, but these were rather for the purpose of saving the starving labourers from actual death by doling out a scanty supply barely sufficient to keep life and soul together, rather than for enabling the embarrassed proprietors to improve their lands and to sustain the new and onerous burdens imposed on i them. It was obvious that the only way that the exigency could be provided for was by enabling the landowners to afford reproductive employment to the able-bodied labourers, whom they would otherwise support in idleness. But this imperative duty could not, in the great majority of in stances, be adequately discharged unless fur ther facilities were granted to enable them to obtain the necessary funds, on the only security which they had to offer—viz., on the land, itself, on the improvement of which the money was to be expended. This is now about to be confined to a certain extent by the Solicitor-General's Bill; but, unfortunately, the much required boon is not to be conceded to those who have encountered the brunt of the storm, who have withstood the enormous pressure to which they were exposed. On the contrary, they will be further injured by the additional assistance about to be bestowed on new men, who may come forward to purchase properties at greatly reduced prices, to seize the spoil of the shipwreck. On this part of the case we would invite the attention of our readers to a letter which appears in another part of this day's impression from an Irish gentleman of great intelligence and high re spectability. It is due to Mr. BOWEN to state that his communication was written before he could by a possi bility have seen the article on the subject which ap peared in The Sun of the 28th ultimo. His letter was posted in Dublin on that day, so that any simi larity that may appear between his views and our own must be ascribed to a coincidence of opinions on this important subject, and to no other cause. ,Mr. BOWEN so closely shows, that the "attempt to raise the value of encumbered estates by means which must have the effect of depreciating those which are unencum bered, and of reducing the value of their security below its natural level as to place the injustice and impolicy of the Bill in its present restricted form in the strongest light. It is, in fact, the granting of " a bounty," and that e of no inconsiderable character, to the purchasers of lands under the Commission. They alone will be enabled to obtain loans on reasonable terms, and there is even reason to fear that mortgagees of other estates will call in their charges for the pur pose of re-investment on the security of lands having a Parliamentary title, debentures on which may be granted for convenient amounts, that will circulate in the money market as readily as exchequer-bills, or even Bunk of Ireland notes, bearing a higher rate of interest than the former, and fructifying and increase ing while locked up in the strong-box, or deposited at the bankers, in place of being wholly unproductive like the latter. _ _ Mr. Bow EN some time since, in 1848, published a letter* addressed to the First Lord of her MAOESTI'A Treasury, which contained some admirable sugges tions. In it he suggested an inquiry into the system of Mortgage Banks" established in Prussia, by which " land and interests in land" might be ren• dered a portion of the currency and available as a part of the capital of this great country ! We regret that our space this day will not permit a lengthened consideration of Mr. BOWEN'S judicious propositions; we, however, commend his brief but able brochure to public attention. It will well repay the calm perusal to which it is eminently entitled. * " Mortage Banks considered as the Means of Pro viding Employment in Ireland." A Letter to Lord John Russell from C. 11. Bowen, Esq. Dublin, 1848, J. 11.•Glashin. Pp. 16. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The impolitic interference with the freedom of election in the army, in which the Minister at War, goaded thereto by the reactionary clique, has thought it proper to indulge, has produced the effect which every sane person must have expected it would pro duce—it has produced a revolt in the army. It will be recollected that all those soldiers who are suspected of having, on the 10th March, voted for Democratic candidates, have been, by order of the Minister of War, drafted off to Algiers. This has naturally irritated their comrades, and at Caen and elsewhere they have given loud expressions to their sentiments, and yesterday one of the regi ments in garrison in Paris revolted againstits officers. It appears that the colonel having two days ago inti mated his intention to punish an adjutant who voted for the Democratic candidates at the late election, the greatest agitation manifested itself in the regi ment. The soldiers refused to obey their officers, and set their authority at defiance. They left the barracks in baudg, and since Wednesday have been wandering in the suburbs and indulging themselves i❑ orgies of no very creditable description. All attempts to bring them back have hitherto failed. Should this feeling of insubordination extend, what will become of the boasted power of General CHANGARNIER ? The Constitutionnel, the Ministerial orgar, is com pelled to admit that both the PRESIDENT and General CHANGARNIEIt were greeted with cries of " Vive la Republique, democratique et sociale !" on their road to Vincennes during Monday, and that of those who raised the cry several were soldiers. M. DUPIN was yesterday re-elected President of the Assembly for the next three months. The Illoniteur du Soir says :-- " The creation of a special Ministry of Police appears to be decided on. The chief of this department will, it is said,be M. de Persigny, who will arrive from Berlin in order to direct the organizAtion of the Lew administaa tion which is destined for him " The Bourse was dull at the commencement of busi ness; prices, however, rallied towards the close, and the Five per Cents., which opened at 89f. 10c., rose to 891. 70c., at which price they closed. The Three per Cents. closed at 55f. 65c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 717 f. 50c. ex dividend ; Rouen, 513 f. 75c. ; Great Northern, 4231. 75c ; Avignon, 1851.; Vier zon, 81.51.; Bordeaux, 3951.; Paris and Strasburg, 332 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 2351. The New Roman Loan, 78. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, APRIL 4. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 121/2—Luxem bourg, I%—Sambre and Meuse, 2%. had an opportunity of examining the hold. The only per t ots of the cargo he has hitherto recovered is about 180 sheets of copper. The bodi •sof a man and a woman were hooked up out of the forehold yesterday, and brought on shore for burial. The crews of the luggers from the Essex coast report having passed several bodies lashed with cork life-preservers in the Black Deeps. The larboard forequarter of the vessel, which was imbedded in the Red Sand-bank, has been towed into Whitstable Bay. Mr. Frewin says the remainder of her larboard quarters will soon be either washed away, or will settle down in the sand, and that the heavy gale will cause a great alteration in the wreck. The follow ing return of the names of the crew of the Royal Adelaide was received yesterday by the secretary of the company from Liverpool, to which port it appears nearly the whole of them belonged :—William Gowler, chief mate ; George. North, se cond mate; William Scott, third mate; William Reilly, chief engineer; William Crook, second engineer; Charles Cock land, fireman; John Delany fireman; Thomas Williams, fireman ; John Doyle, fireman ' • William Bellis, fireman ; James Moore, fireman ; Pat r i c k Carey, coal-trimmer; Mi chael Wolfe, coal-trimmer; William Seagar, sailor; James Neice, Sailor; John Stamper, sailor; Robert Tosser, sailor; Joseph Morgan, sailor; Ambrose Turner, carpenter; Tho mas Butler, boy; Henry Hillier, steward; and Sarah Garetty, stewardess. MANCHESTER TRADE. REPORT.—APRIL 4.—The improved feeling manifested on Tuesday still continues, and in cases where last week's prices have been taken a consider able amount of business has been done. Manufacturers and spinners, however, agree in demanding higher prices, and this has checked business to a considerable extent. Light goods for the East India market are in good demand, and prices are a shade higher. 46-inch shirtings maintained their rates. FOREIGN FOTATOES.—The importations of pota toes from the continental states of Europe, particularly from France and Belgium. have for some time past been of a very extensive character, as may be judged from the mention of the number of the arrivals of the kind which have just taken place in one day. They comprised 22 vessels entirely laden with potatoes, and having on board collectively 1,626 tons weight in bulk of the vegetable. The next day 14 vessels arrived similarly laden, bringing 1,037 tons weight, and a quantity in sacks and bags, the whole the produce of France, Belgium, and Holland. PROGRESS OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN Aus- TAIA.—In the year 1847 this invention was first introduced into Austria, and at the close of the year 1849 it was ex tended from Vienna to the following places:--To Prague, by Olmutz, a distance of 2794 miles; to Prague, by Brun, 249 miles; to Presburg. 40% miles; to Oderberg, 1734 miles; to Trieste, 335 1 / 2 miles. The line from Vienna to Munich has been in activity since the 10th of January, and the Gazette d'Augsbourg is enabled to publish the course of exchange in that city twenty minutes after it has been de clared in Vienna. The line from Vienna to Salzbourg, via Linz, it is expected, w ill b e fi n i s h e d i n a few weeks, and that from Prague to the frontiers of Saxony, in the course of the summer. The lines run partly on the rail roads and the common highways. The posts on which the wires are placed are generally about fifty French metres apart. The cost of laying down the telegraph, the German mile, has been calculated at 581 florins 14 kreutzers, equal to about 60/. sterling. The whole of the administrative superintendence is under the control of the Minister of Public Works, the telegraph being the property of the Go vernment. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—THE APPROACHING MELTING IN EDINBURGIL—A large and influential meeting of the representatives of the various public and scientific bodies in Edinburgh was held on Thursday. in the Council Chambers, for the purpose of making the necessary arrange ments for the suitable reception of the British Association in Edinburgh in August next. The Lord Provost occupied the chair, and the meeting was addressed by Lord Murray, Professor Bennett, Dr. Maclagan, Mr. Robert Chambers, publisher, Rev. Dr. Grant, Right Rev. Bishop Terrot, and others, who moved and seconded a series of resolutions, to the effect that the inhabitants of Edinburgh are highly gra tified by the announcement that the British Association has fixed on this city as the place of meeting this year, and that they feel called upon to make special exertions to secure that the reception of so distinguished a body shall be worthy of a city which has so long been celebrated as a seat of science. A general aggregate committee was appointed from the representatives of all the public bodies, and it is in tended that three sub-committees shall afterwards be chosen from the aggregate body to manage the details. Subscrip tions to the amount of one hundred and fifty pounds from twenty persons, including fifty pounds from the Royal So ciety, were announced at the clvse of the meeting. EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT..—Yesterday informa tion was received at the Head Police-office, Scotland yard, that the chief clerk in the Suffolk Improved Building and Investment Society had absconded from Ipswich, taking with him 1,8001. in cash, the property of the shareholders. The malle•poete between Perigueux and Riberac caught fire last week from the ashes of a traveller's cigar, and burnt with such rapidity that there was only time to get out the mail. bags and unharness the horses. The whole of the body was destroyed.— French Paper. DEAL.—On Friday last the body of a man was found floating in the Downs, and was brought ashore by the boatmen. It had been a long time in the water, and was on Saturday decently interred in the Strangers' Burial-ground. On !iis person were found a watch and two sovereigns, which were taken possession of by the police, in the hope that the future identification may afford a clue to the deceased. — Kentish Observer. About noon on Monday, the forest near the Chateau of Meudon was discovered to be on fire. Prompt measures were taken and the fire was extinguished; but towards the evening another part of the forest was discovered to be on fire, and it was found a more difficult matter to get the flames under, which, however, was at length effected. Two men have been arrested on suspicion of having wilfally caused these fires.—Paris Paper. LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY:—SO rapid has been the progress of the works on the extension of this line from the Gallow's-strand to the new terminus atthe Bridge, that on Tuesday, we understand, one of the locomo tives approached within 200 yards of the latter place; and it is expected.thst, in the course of a month or so, the entire lino to the Eridge will be complete. The spirited contractor de serves a high degree of praise for the expedition with which this portion of the work has been executed.— Londonderry Journal. Ties ORPaAN WORKING SCIIOOI:.—The Queen has been pleased to present to the above institution, as norni • nee in right of her Majesty's munificent donation of 2. - )0 guineas, Joseph Parrett, one of the seven children of the Rev. C. E. Parrett, Independent minister of Mevagissey, Corn wall. His wife died of cholera last year, and his income arising from all sources is under 701. a year. How entrancing that first beam of intelligence be. tween one's self and the being we adore! There is in the first hours of love some indefinite and mysterious charm, more fleeting, bat more heavenly, than even happiness itself. Eliza Cook's Journal. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE REV. J. R. BERKLEY, OF COMIERIDGE.-It is our melancholy duty this week to re cord the death of this gentleman, which took place suddenly about twelve on Sunday night last. The deceased, who was rector of Cotheridge, and much beloved by his parishioners, was taken ill only about an hour previous to his death, when he was seized with vomiting while sitting in his par lour. There was no medical gentleman in attendance at the time of his death, Mr. Davis, of this city, who had been sent for, not arriving till about half an hour after the vital spark had fled. Deceased was a bachelor, and lived alone, with the exception of his servants. We understand that an inquest will be dispensed with, Mr. Davis having made a certificate that the rev. gentleman died from apoplexy.— Worcester Journal. VERY SINGULAR.—Some forty years since the family of Dr. Denorrnandie, formerly of Attleberough, Bucks clilieky p eo nsylvania, received a paper written in a language understand. It was thought nothing of, s xcep t as a matter of curiosity , and remained among the family pa pers until lately, when it happened to be seen by some pe rson who translated it, and, behold, it proved to be a w ill l e aving to the family an immense estate. Dr. Eeno rman di e l e ft three sons, and perhaps other children. T wo o f hi s nt d Y i ' d not sons went to Kentucky about 1818, where one of them died; the other two, it is believed, are still living. They were worthy men, and many friends will rejoice to learn that the long neglected bequest may yet be realised.—Philadd phia Sun. A RAGOUT.—FRENCII COOKERY.--A few evenings ago some soldiers of the 3d Cuirassiers, stationed at Chartres, seised the tom cat of the barracks, and after the regiment had retired to rest dressed it up as a ragout, and made a sumptuous feast of it in one of the upper rooms. Having a plentiful supply of wine they indulged freely, and at length began to roar different drinking songs. The noise attracted the attention of the adjutant, and he hastened to the spot. The soldiers took to flight, and one leaped from the window and broke his jaw in the fall. One, named Molenart, was however seized by the officer, but he resisted. For this offence the soldier was, on Saturday, condemned by court martial to one year's imprisonment. EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH.—On Saturday, the 23d ultimo, a blackfaced ewe, three years old, belonging to Mr. Mlarov. of Lude, dropped four lambs at a birth, being her first. This is, perhaps, an unprecedented circumstance in the case of the Highland breed of sheep, with which even a triplet is rare. The lambs are, with the mother, all doing well, but two of them are rearing on cow's milk. They are a cross with a Leicester. We hope these first fruits may be the presage of a good lambing season in the Highlands. Perth Courier. The largest subscription to the fund for the con struction of a church in California was given by a gambling house, viz. :-5,000 dolls.— Roston Transa ipt. MA.NSLAUGHTER.—Yesterday an inquest was held at the London Hospital on the body of William Kirtland, aged 40, master butcher. of 153, High-street, Shadwell, whose death was occasioned by a cat across the right arm with a chopper, inflicted by his wife, Jane Kirtland, who is in custody. The evidence was a repetition of that already given before the magistrate, and published in this journal on Tuesday last. Th jury, after a short consultation, re turned a verdict of " Manslaughter " against Jane Kirtland. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY or LONDON.—At the monthly general meeting, held yesterday at the society's house in Hanover square, Mr. P.. Sclater and Mr. Thomas Dry were elected Fellows of the Society, and Mr. Samuel Gurney, jun., and Mr. John J. Traves were proposed as candidates for the Fellowship. The report of the Council stated that her Ma jesty had honoured the society by the gift of a lioness, a magnificent leopard, a pair of ostriches, and a pair of gazelles, recently received from Morocco. The hippopotamus pre sented by the - Viceroy of Egypt was reported to be in vigor ous health at the date of the lion. C. A. Murray's last letter (March 18), and it is expected that the animal will arrive in this country, with several other valuable accessions to the menagerie, about the end of next month. Communications have also been received from Mr. A. N. Shaw, Bombay, and Lieutenant Tyler, R.E., Santa Lucia, announcing the ship ment of some interesting quadrupeds and reptiles. The visitors to the gardens on Easter Monday and Tuesday amounted to 5,940. ROYAL SURREY Z IOTMGtCAL GARDENS.—MUNI FICENT Gwr. Iler Majesty has most graciously presented a b3antiful lione%s, two splendid male ostriches, and a gazelle, to this establishment, being a portion of the presents recently received from the Emperor of Morocco. EMBARKATION OF TROOPS AT WATERLOO. BRIDG E. —Between eleven and twelve o'clock this morning the approaches to Waterloo-bridge from the Strand presented a very animated appearance, occasio‘d by the arrival of the entire body of men, between 700 and SOO in number, forming the 12th Regiment of the Line, which arrived at the Enston square station at an early hour from Weedon, under the command of Colonel Percival, accompanied by the entire staff and bind of the reghncat, en reqte for Chatham. They were embarked on board the Satellite, belonging to the Star Graveserd Steam-boat Company, and their appearance on deck, the sun shining in full splendour, presented a very pleasing effect. A great number of persons were present to witness their departure. Precisely at twelve o'clock the boat slipped her moorings, the band striking up a lively air. They will proceed to Gravesend and then by rail to Chatham. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER 70 TIII?EE. The sales cf Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti maeed at 7,000 bales, of which 1,500 American were taken for export, and 1,000 on speculation The market closed steadily.e-.Railway Shares continued to decline. The produce markets this week have been quiet, ex cept for one or two articles. It was thought that coffee would become in active request, and an advance to some extent occurred, but this expectation is for the present disappointed. There are great complaints still of the adulteration of this article by means of chicory, In sugar the transactions have been more numerous. There has been nothing doing in Tallow during the pant month at all worthy of record. The price has not fluctuated more than 10s. per ton, and the prospect of the next month or two is much of the same character. The large stack on hand has been held with much firm ness, as there is nothing on the way to London that will much increase it. and it is probable that it will be re duced by the Ist June to a level with the stock on the lel June, 1849. New Y.C. remains very steady at 38s. 6d. and 38s. 3d., with very little disposition to enter on large transactions. By letters received from St. Petersburgh we find the price there was 110 to 111 ro., with 10 r. down, and 107 re. with a moderate demand, which at the present exchange of 3SA- will cost 395. to 39. i. 6d. laid down Isere. The Cotton speculation at Liverpool seems to be re• viving a little, and the letters from the other side are strongly advocating a rise. One party writes:— " We are now approaching the period of the season when the deficiency of the yield from the present crop becomes a tangible reality. The receipts are fulling off as rapidly as the most sanguine believer in a 2,000,000 bale crop couli desire. And as wide as the present dif ference is by the last mail dates from the various south ern ports, recent telegraphic accounts show a more rapid proportional diminution. When we get alongside of the second week in April last year, say from the 4th to the 11th, the discrepancy will be startling, as within those dates 96.800 bales were delivered, against which I esti mate 35,000 this season. The south-western section is now so well drained, that a reliable correspondent in Marengo Co., Albahama s states there are not fifty bales in that country. While presenting these views, I desire it should be understood that my mark for the crop remains at 2,100,000 bales although I cannot as certain where so large a yield is to come from." There are later accounts (to March 1) from Bahia. They advise a dull state cf trade both in imports and exports, owing to the prevalence of yellow fever. The exchange on London was 29d. The letters by the West India mail are not yet de livered. The amount of bullion is over a m 11:on of dollars, partly gold. The outline of the commercial news seems favourable. The English Stock Market has been quiet, but de cidedly more buoyant, owing to the semi-official state ment concerning the revenue, and which is well calcu lated to afford satisfaction. The French express, just in, notices the rather starmy proceedings in the Cham bers, but brings a higher quotation for the Rentes. Consols have been 96k to 1 for Money, and 961 to for Account. Exchequer-bills have again advanced Ir., having touched 664. and 695. India Bonds are 925. premium, a rise of 2s. In the Foreign Market there has been rather less ac tivity. Mexican Bonds have been 281 to -.3., being an improvement. Peruvian Active Stock, ex dividend, is 67i- to 68, and the Deferred 27. Equalor Bonds have been quoted 3i, and Buenos Ayres 54. Chilian Stock is at 97k. Russian Bonds are firm at 107, and the scrip is at 11 premium. Danish scrip is 2i premium. Shares have been looking up a little. ONE PRIQES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Ginsols 96!4 Ai Long Anna. to expire Jan.lB6o Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. India Bonds, 1,0004 Ditto under 1.000/... 92 p Consols for Account 9 6 ,4 % 14 exchequer Bills. t'%d. & 2d 1,000!. June ..... 66 69 p 5001. June Small. June 66 69 p CLOSING PRICES. 9 6 '/4 7 13-1 8% 92 p 96 69 p 69 69 p CLOSING PRICES. 54% 96% ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 54 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. Ditto 5 per Cent. ... Ditto, Scrip Equador Bonds Maxwan, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... Ditto. Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account Ditto Deferred ftussian Bonds ... 107 107 Ditto Scrip l% p 1% p Span!sh 5 per Cent. 1844./ — Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive — Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account . — Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 5 per Cent —90 f. Exchange Beligan, 4% per Cent. ...... . Dutch. 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates — 85% a d PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE cLo:•IN i Sill` RAILWAY S RES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aperdeen Do. Preference . 81 Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 7'4...... Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7 1 ,i t — Belfast & County Down 30 Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 - Birmingham and Ox f,rd Junct. calls duly Paid, or withl a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 Bi-ining, Wolverh'ton, and rui!ey, calls duly pd, or wan guarantee 15 Do. without guarantee 15 Bic& ng.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... .. • — __ - 28% 1'7 1 4 3% 37% Birkenhead, Lancashire, : and Cheshire June__ 23 ...... ........«..... Brastol and Exeter 100 ...... Ditto, Thirds .... :;3i Suckinghatr s'aire ...... 17% Caledonian Ditto, New let ) . Pref... 10 Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 C_.( :ter and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference Direct London & Port:. month Dablin and Bel fast June. 40 ...... D Andalk & Enniskillen 30 ••••• ...... ••• East Anglian. 251., L. & E. and L. and D..... 25 — Do. 181., E. & 11.... 18 ...... Do., 3/. 108., Pref... 3 1 ,fi Ditto, 71. 175., 7 per Cent., Preference—. 2 „ -astern Counties........ 20 ...... 7 1 4 Do, New Preference, 6 per Cent..... ...... 10 ...... ........ ...... Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/.138.4d.... p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... p Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. ........ 50 Ditto. 5 per Cent-- 50 — Do. New - ... .. Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 6 ,., Do., Class B & C 25 — -p ..- p Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 17 ... East Lancashire ...... 25 Ditto, New Quarters 6% .. 17 71,4 . _ Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6;4...... ... East Lincolnshire, gui.r. 6 per Cent. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto. Half Shares ... 25 Edin., Perth, & Dundee 25 Ditto, Newport l5 .. ... Exeter.Yeovit, & Dorch. 29, a — ... — Exeter and Exmouth... 21e. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle - ... ..- tilasgow,liihnar., & Ayr 50 ...... Do.Prefererce Consol. Gloucester & Dear Forest 19 . 6 — .. -.. •threat Not•hern Do., !sa A Deferred ... 124...... . Do., %B 6 per Cent... 9% Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12%...... 10% 3 / 4 lO% treat south. and West. (Ireland) ....... 5O ...... 07 26% 26 2O Ditto, Eighths 114: Grdat North of England.loo 223 217 218 2lB Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto 35 Ditto, New, 30/ Ditto. New ,15/ Groat Western 100 ...... 52% 52 53...... 53 1 4 Ditto, % Shares 5O ...... —.......- •• Ditto, M Shares . _ Ditto, Fifths ...... ...... 20 Ditto, Now 174. .... 15 ... Hull and Selby Ditto, Half Shares - Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — •• •• Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... 52 51% . ..... 51% Ditto, Thirds Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 Do. Quarters ... ..... 23% — ........ ...... .... Do. Fifths... - dia. Do. Thirds ...... ....... 18 Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 ...... 11 3 / 4 %... ll% Ditto (Huddersfield and Shed.) 5O Do. (W. Riding Union) 11 tA 2% ....... : ...... . Leeds and Bradford SO Leeds and Think Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% — ....... ........ dig. nu.. do. No. 2 10 Do., do. ...... No. 3 5 ~ — ... ........ . De., Pret. Quar., 1818 9 ...• —• ••• Liverpool, Crosby and • Southport London & Black wa"...11/. 6e. 3d... .. .... London, Brighton, and South C0ad....... 100 Do., New, guaranteed 6 ”er Cent .. ...... ..100 1)0.i.. - darant. 5 per e t.. 9 ...... ••• ••• • -- Dv. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 — . •••••. . Ditto ditto..... 1812 50 ... —.- — I,or don and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... -- Ditto, Prefere nce...... 20 L.,necn and N Wertern 100 10 3 3 /4 101 a•..... 104 1 4 Ditto, New Quar ters 12 ll .0% 11 ll Di fto,Fiah . l2 .. .. 11 1 / 2 ... 11,4 Do. 40/.Sho.res( L. U.) 40 Do. 10!. (M. St 13.) C. 1 ...... 1 % ... .. ..... •• • 1 ~. London &S.Westnn ..100 ...... 61%... 6l Do, New JO/. . ..... . 42 %...... — , tit,. Naw 40/. .. 34 Do.. N , - Prefe ence. 5 ...... - 2% 9) ew Prefe Lon o rid erry &Cu eraitc e 25 ........ Do. 1 4 Shares ....... ~ 5 ........ Londonderry and Emus ki.l.-n...... ..... ...... - 25 - Do. t .; Shares - Lowestof'. guar. 4 per et 20 ...... - Ditto (6 par et.) - lianchester,Buxton,and Matlock 5 A••.••• ........ Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire...loo - Do. Quarters (No. 1) 25 ... .. - - Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 ...... - Do., Manchester and Lincoln Uni0n......4/. 2s - di5...... ...... - is/ Midland ........ ...... ...it 0 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo - Do., 11 50/. Shares ..... 30 ~.. D.).•Birm., and Derby 110 - - Do. Consolid. Bristo' & Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 42 ...... - ....... .... - Ditto ditto ......... _ 22 , . 75...... - ...... ..... - Do.,EretTashVal..Pref. 50 - - Ditto, Leieest.& Swan- .. -- nington, 8 par ct.guar.loo - Midland Great Western Irish - ................. •-• Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar.: 5O - - Newcastle and Carlisle.loo ....... - - Do. Quartars - .. -- NI4 wmark e t ...... ...... . 23 ..... Do. Extension - Newport, Abergavenny, nd Hereford 6 ....•• - - Newry and Enniskillen 7 - - ...... Newry, Warrenpomt, and Rostrevor 2O - Oa ........ cr•• Nortelk ........... ..... ....100 Do. New 20/. . . l5 - Dv. Extension ... - Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 - - Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... - - N orthern Counties Union 4 ...... - North British •.. ..... ... 25 •••• • - x.d .. 8% x. Ditto Preference . 5 - x.d ... -X. d North Staffordshire ... 17% 6%..... North-Western . 13%...... - ...... •-.••••••• oxford, Worcester, and .- Wolverhampton ...... 60 - Preston & Wyre 25 ... .. 40 1 ,,f ' • 40 1 ,,E Do. % Shares (A) lO ...... - • - Oading. Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchiu ... 4 1 4.. ... - - Do. Shepreth Exten . % - • -- Se 'Wan Ccutral 25 ....•• - • ......... ...••• -- Scottish Midland - - ............. ..- Ditto, New - .. .. ..... Shrt , wshu../ Ina Birm 134 - di5........... - dig Ditto ditto. Class B. 9 - ..• ••• •• ..... - Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 - .. ....... .. .. •-• Shrewsbury and llerefd. 5 .......•, -- Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) - ••• - Ditto Helves -. Ditto Oswestry - - Ditto Now - Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO - ......... ..... -- , Shropshire limey S ,ath Devon Do. Preference South Statfordshire B% - ...... ..• •... --- , south Eastern Do., No. Y. - - -, .. Do., No. 3 . .... ...... 30 .... 13'% it 13 Do., Registered No. 4 10 South :I• ate ,auto Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole ...... 13 - -- St; ellield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 18% - Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 ....... .-• - Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stnn. C0a1.... 8 - Taw Vale Extension ... 8 Tkames Haven Dock - 26% and Railway -..-.. 17%...... - - Vale of Neath ... .. lO -- Waterlbrd and Kilkenny 20 - Waterford and Ltruenck 47% - Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicktw and Dublin - -. Wear Valley L per Cent. Guaranteed .. .. 5O - Do. do. dc. ... 25 - - Do. do. do. ... 15... - ..... West Cornwall ..... ... 71, .. ... .. ..... N hitehaven & Furness 18 - Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 14 ...... - ...- -. Wilts,Somerset,& Wey mouth ' .... • •• -- I or&. Newcas le, and Berwick. ..... ........ -25 ...... 12% 1 4% .... 124 Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 1/ . G.N.E.Preteraice 8 ..... A % 4 Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway .. 100 ...... - .... ......... - York and North Midland 50 ......15%7 Ditto Preference ...... 10 FOREIGN RAIL WAYo. Ang a Italian (late Ita- . Sian and Austrian).... 5% - Boulogne and Amiens... 20 - 6 1 4 Ci Central of France (Or leans and Vierzoa)... 20 Demerara ...... 17 1 / 9 ...... - Dutch Rhenish ......,.. 8 ..... - East Indian .... 5% Ditto 2O - - Great Indian Peninsular 6 - -- Do. Do. ... ....... 1 - Louvain I. la t ainbre ... 7% - Luxembourg Ditto lO - .... Madrid and Valeutia... 2 .......- Namur and Liei,e ...... 20 ... .. - ...... ~, , Northern of France l6 - Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 - ..... .•...... Paris and Orleans . 2O - .... ...... .. --- Paris and Rouen 2O ...... ••• •• ........ ".... Paris and Strasbourg - . ...... -...... Rouen and Havre ...... 20 Samt , re and Bleu: e ...... 20 ..... - ... -.a. -- Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 - Tours and Nantes .. 13 - Tournay, Jurbise, Lau den' and Hasselt ...... 20 - West Flanders 83(..... 12141 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 ...... —•-•• Colonial 25 ...... Commercial of London 20 ...... London Joint Stock lO .....• 17 London & Westminster. 20 ....... at ional P:ov. England. 35 Ditto New.. ..... ...... 10 - •• National of Ireland 2 2 1.••••• .... Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New ..... ..... 10 - Union of Australia Ditto, New ........... 2 1 / 9 ...... . Union of L0nd0n......... 10 ...... 12 ... ........ Union of Madrid 40 423 i MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO •••••• Asturian ..... ...... 15 Australian 4 ...... —....— ...... ... .--• Bassora ',tango ... Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ...... .... ..... -- British Iron .. . Brazilian Imperial BrazilianCotaes&Cuittha 30 Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ...... ............... -- Cobra Copper General 2O - Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures Do. Red Ditto - ••••• - 000000000 "MO .."' b Santiar , o de Cuba /0 United Mexican - LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY•) LONDON, APRIL s.—Wind at noon W.. fresh gsl. and cloudy. YoaTsmotra, APRIL 4.—lt blew a bard gale all laot night and to-day from S. to S.W., and there is era/ appearance of a dirty night. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 4.—The Venus parted and wen' on shore in Deadman's Bay this morning. FALMOUTH, APRIL 4.—The Isabella, Odessa to 00 1 port, went on shore yesterday near the Lizard Light' house; six of crew saved, and remainder expected to bo saved. SUNDERLAND, APRIL 4.—The following vessels hap received more or less damage:—The Superior, the Shaer rock, the Thompson, Vesta, and Air, of Westport; Victoria, of Maldon; John, of ditto; Francis, of Yet; moubh; Hero, of ditto; Sarah Ellen, of Newcastle; sari Woodpark, of ditto; upply, of Blyth; Harriet, of Ner haven; Hero, of Montrose; and Two Brothers,-of Goole. SHIELDS, APRIL 3.—The Alexander, of Whitby Middlesborough to London, was in contact 39th ult. ofg Cromer, with the Eleanor, of Dover, froai Whitstable; two of the crew of the former got on board the latter , which hoisted a light, which was unanswered. BRIGHTON, APRIL 3.—A scroll-board, marked " SO: rah" in gold letters on a blue ground, edged with a gold cord in a tassel, has washed on shore. AnEaDEEn, APRIL 3.—The Finish of and . for thil port, in making fur Banff harbour during the gale of the 29th ult., struck on the Collie Rock, when the crew were taken out.; she came off, and brought to anchor in the bay, but is supposed to have sunk during the night. The Nelson, of Rochester, Sunderland to this port, was abaci" doned off Banff 31st ult.; crew saved, bat a passenger died from exhaustion previous to the boat being 4110 in with. SHIELDS, APRIL 4.—The James Trail, of Thurso, go/ on the Herd Sand, but came off the following tide after throwing overboard great part of the cargo, and Ng re' turned to the harbour. WEXFORD, APRIL 3.—The Eliza Taylor, of Cork from Liverpool, got on the rocks in South Bay during the night of the Ist inst., and fell over into deep water; crew saved. The whole of the cargo of the Otto, o 0 shore in Ballyhent Bay, has been saved; the J. $ Skiddy has lauded her passengers, but remains full 0; water. Part of cargo expected to be saved. HAnwicu, APRIL 4.—A poor man, supposed to be One of the passengers of the Royal Adelaide, has Well brought in here by the Jare, of Arbroath. Oltening LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1850. Availing himself of the Easter vacation, the Prime Minister of England, as the whole community knows well enough by this time, has betaken himself to Manchester. Politically the excursion is one of no material importance, but individually it appears to us fraught with circumstances of considerable interest, besides being a subject worthy of self-gratulation to the locality, and of no small degree of prospective value to the mass of our manufacturing and mercan tile population. With regard to the Noble Premier himself, his visit to this wonderful emporium of British industry must be calculated to inspire him with profound emotions, not merely from the fact of his returning to a spot, last visited by him as an unnoticed stripling, invested with the honourable dignities devolving upon the First Minister of the Crown, but from the testimonies which must have crowded upon his recognition, in the midst of the roaring mechanism of the manufactories, of the re sources, the ingenuity, and the application of that great race whose destinies have been committed to hie hands by his Sommax, in the belief of his ca pacity as a patriotic statesman. With reference, moreover, to the civic authorities and the rest of the population of Manchester, the arrival amongst them for the first time in the annals of their municipality of the Prime Minister of the British empire, must inevitably have excited ageneral feeling of satisfaction, blended with curiosity to see the man intrusted with the chief responsibilities of the Government, and a solicitude to accord to him that welcome which is unquestionably due to his high office and his many brilliant services for the people within the walls of the Imperial Legislature. To this end all minor heart. burnings appear to have been magnanimously for gotten for the time being, the most captious of the Liberal politicians of Lancashire losing a recol lection of what Lord Jour; Russat.r. bad failed to accomplish in the vivid and timely remembrance of his various great and noble achievements as a reformer. Invested with the worthier attributes of nobility, less by that patrician blood which flows in his veins, and which has de scended to him thrice-purified from its having, in the dvs of the last dynasty, baptised the scaffold of political martyrdom, than by the evidence of genius as an orator and of enlightenment as an administrator, the First Lord of the Treasury ap peared amongst the inhabitants of Manchester in the light of a threefold attraction, the attraction of his historic name, of his Auropean celebrity, and of his lofty and responsible position as the Prime Minister of England. Deeply as we have at times reason to regret the course pursued by the Cabinet of the Noble Lord, we yet bear in mind so vividly the great boom of reform obtained under his immediate and even personal aus pices, that we can and do regard with a senti ment of unmixed pleasure the ovation (deserved in many respects) which his Lordship has within the present week received from the industrious and intel• ligent people of Manchester. It could not be for gotten by them that they, as the representatives of a vast and influential section of the population, had benefited largely by a public acknowledgment of error, on the part of the Noble Premier, which was to a certain extent more remarkable for its moral intrepidity than the similar acknowledgment of his illustrious predecessor, seeing that it was not, like the latter, invested with the glory of a splendid and conspicuous magnanimity. The Free-traders of Lancashire—in other words, the immense bulk of its inhabitants—recogniseel in the celebrated statesman who was coming amongst them one of those leaders of the Parliament who, at a period of tremendous difficulty, had aided Sir ROBERT PSEL in relieving the country from the unendurable and grinding influ ence of agricultural monopoly. Seeing in him also the impersonation of that great Whig Party which, with all its political shortcomings and all its aristocratic predilections, has facilitated the onward progress of civilization, and added some of our most illustrious names to the roll of British statesmen, his own, like that of CORDELIA, " though last not least," they eagerly pressed forward to greet his arrival with acclamations, enhancing the value of their unanimous welcome by its manifest and spontaneous cordiality. Another circumstance has tended meanwhile to in crease the public interest in the provincial excursion of the Premier—we mean the rapid approach of the time when England will render her metropolis the arena of a grand international exposition of industry. That Lord JOHN should have preceded this memo rable occasion by a personal visit to the capital of our manufacturing districts is one of those appro priate and felicitous coincidences which, is a peculiar manner, arrest the observation of the community. Among the particulars furnished by the reporters, it will be perceived that a considerable amount of incidental information, supplied by them in their delineations of the progress of the Prime Minister and his attendants through the many extraordinary establishments of Manchester, suggests to the mind of the reflective every encou ragement in their hopes of the oßrdristhisihvs examination in ternational competition. Ills of the establishments of c a a l n i coofu-aportinrteerrss, ofcotton , of engine manufacturers, of card manufacturers, weavers, of silk weave rs, and o principles of science are trades, where the loftiest f other remarkable applied to the product of s in rt g ifi e e n i v al ty, fabrics bave with the m oa t co nsummate revived again to public notice those marvellous achievements of British industry, and British en terprise, and British perseverance, which cannot fa il to inspire the hearts of the intelligent with a confi dence in our national capability to compete with any of the other peoples in either hemisphere. From the circumstance, therefore, of its tending to revive this feeling of confidence, as well as from its being calculated to renovate a constitution worn out by assiduous application to the toils of government, we are disposed to regard with interest and satisfac tion this vacational excursion of the Premier to the wonder-working manufactories of Manchester. The more carefully we consider the tendency and probable operation of the Bill brought forward by the Solicitor-General immediately before the reces?, for the purpose of providing " more simple and ef fectual securities for advances to purchasers of en cumbered estates in Ireland," the more we feel con vinced of the great and incalculable advantages that would result to the people of Ireland if the principle of the measure were fully and fairly carried out, and applied to the present and future owners of all real estates in that country; and of the deep injustice and injury which it would inflict upon proprietors, whose embarrassments did not bring them within the juris dictionallthe of " the Com missioner?," in its present limited and restricted form. Ireland p ossesses within itself elements of prosperity —its natural capabili ties are - unbounded, but they are permitted to remain negl ect , i and uncared for. Labo ur, which could convert the unc; titivated wastes into rich arable and pasture land, or gardens, maybe obtained to any extent, and at a lower rate of remuneration than in almost any Sun 'peas country ; but no employment is af forded th e hardy peasants who, under a wiser and THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.—The Teviot, Capt. Revett, arrived this morning, at nine o'clock, with the West India _and Pacific mails. She brings 946,878 dolls. on merchants' account, besides a quan tity of gold dust, silver, &c.; and a freight of indigo, arrow-root, &c. The Teviot left Jamaica on March i 0; Barbadoes, 12 ; and Chagres on the 28th Feb. In Barbadoes, the weather was still very dry, and reaping was going on rapidly. The crop is expected to reach 30,000 hogsheads. In Demerara the weather was favourable. The rural districts were quiet. Prom Jamaica there is no political news of im portance. The rains had ceased since last advices, and the country was warm and healthy. The Hon. I. T. Barnard, chairman of the Quarter Sessions, died on the 21 of March. The produce market was healthy and improving. Large speculations were taking place in coffee, both for the English and American markets. Pimento was firmly held for an advanced rate. Ample supplies of breadstuff , , with a limited de mand, continued to depress the market. Nevis, St. Kitts, Antigua, and Montserrat had experienced very dry weather. The want of rain in these islands is severely felt, and the crops were suffering from long drought. FEMALE EMIGRATION.—A second detachment of' the emigrants selected by Mr. Sidney Herbert's committee departed yesterday by the ship Tory, bound to Port Ade laide and Sydney. The party consisted of about thirty young women, nearly all of the class of needle-workers and stitchers. They were assembled at the Fenchurch-street station at twelve o'clock, under the charge of a matron, and were accompaided to Blackwalt by their relatives and friends and several members of the committe e . The lion. A. Kinnaird, the Count de Strzelecki, Rey. Jos. Brown, Rev. W. Qukett, and the Rev. B. C. Sang ar were amongst the com pany, and several 'idles who too an interest in the welfare of the emigrants, also accompanied them down the river. At Blackwall a steamer was in waiting to convey theta on hoard the vessel, in which very satisfactory arrangetnents appeared to have been made for their accommodation. Mr. Sidney Herbert did not accompany this party, being absent, as was understood, on important business in Ireland. A third detachment of female emigrants will leave early in the en suing week. The English visitors have not been more numerous for a long time past than at this moment in Paris, most of the hotels are crowded. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 30th ult. have arrived. The Gaceta contains a royal decree for the or ganisation of the theatres in Spain. A return in the Gazette shows that the taxes in Februry last yielded about 15,000,000 reals more than in the cor responding month of the preceding year. A Madrid letter of the 30th ultimo says : " There is a good deal of mystery with respect to the resumption of diplomatic relations be „tween' England and Spain. It appears that the ultimatum of Lord PALMERSTON arrived last evening, through Baron DUJARDIN, Minister of Belgium. The contents of it are not known, and contradictory rumours respecting it are current— some representing that it is satisfactory to the Spanish Cabinet, others that it contains expressions which that Cabinet wishes to be modified. A Cabinet courier has been sent off to-day by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, with, it is supposed, the reply to the English ultimatum." GERMANY. A letter from Frankfurt of the 30th ult. states that Hanover had presented a vote to the Central Commis sion against the incorporation of the troops of Bruns wick in the Prussian army, and that the Commission had called on Brunswick and Prussia to present any observations thereon they might think necessary. The Swabian Mercury, not a very good authority, says that a report was current in the political circles of Frankfort to the effect that an alliance offensive and defensive, had been concluded between Great Britain and Prussia. ITALY. The Osservatore Romano quotes a letter from For tici, of the 21st ult., announcing the return of M. MICUARD, secretary of Cardinal DUPONT, from Rome. M. MICHARD had immediately a long conference with . the POPE and Cardinal ANTONRLLT, and the preparations for the Porn's departure h ave since then been pressed with greater alacrity. On the other hand, the correspondent of the Statuto of Florence writes from Rome, 24th, that serious apprehensions are entertained of the POPE'S changing his mind again. THE BRAZILS. LIVERPOOL, TUURSDAY. —The Pilot Fish, with advices from B a hi a to the Ist of Alarch, and from Rio de Janeiro to the 15th of February, has arrived. The yellow fever still rage d among t h e shipping at Rio de Janeiro and Bahia. At Bahia it was getting . worse, and during the l ast f or t n i g ht had taken off great numbers. At Rio de Janeiro the demand for coffee was dull at previous quotations. Th e d eman d f or manufactured i goods was dull n consequence of the fever. Exchange, 28i. , The packet was to sail for Falmouth on the 21st of February.. At Bahia the arrivals of sugar have been consider able. Prices flatter, and at 2,000 reis to 2,100 reis for white, and 1,600 rei s to 1,700 reis for brown. Stock of cotton light, and market firm at 5,200 reis per arrobs. A. fair demand for co ff ees, at 5,200 re i s f or was h e d , 4,000 to 4,60 0 reis for ordinary. Exchange-30,000/, hare been effected at 29d. Freights—To London, 325. 6J. to 355. for sugar ; Liverpool, 355. for s ugar, and id. per lb. f or cotton. A letter received in Liverpool this evening con firms the accounts of , the wreck of the John R. Skiddy,.and also states that the packet-ship Albert Galatin is ashore on the same coast. THE LATE ADJUTANT-GENERAL. -- The mortal remains of the late Lie utenant-General Sir John Macdonald, G.C. 8., A.G., were interred yesterday forenoon in the family vault, at Keusal-green Cemetery. The funeral was strictly private, the attendants comprising only the immediate rela tives and friends of the deceased, viz.:—Lieutenant-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset, G.C.B. ; Major-General Brown, D.A.G. ; Major-General Macdonald, brother to the deceased ; Macdonald n t oa the Hume,e deceased br ; o t 3 h i e r r . e to o d therng ton, son -law Macdonald, Colonel Snlivan, of the Horse Guards; Mr. B t l‘ o l l t . c h d \ e on; Lieutenant -General Sir John Macdonald, G.C.8., Adjutant-General; died March inscription Norman :_ Macdonald, j u The cortege, which consisted of a hearse and two mourning coaches, each drawn by four horses, arrived at the cemeterydt shortly before eleven, and the coffin having been remover_ toe the chapel, the prayers were read by the Rev. Chaplain. The coffin was then slowly lowered into the vault beneath. r c c o h ffin 2B b , olresstoh,e aged 7G." OXFORD, WEDNESDAY. - -.The m emorial of Pro fessor Hussey to the Heads of Houses in this university, in board. favour of ecclesiasti ca l synods, has been re j ec t e d by the LORD JEFFREY'S MONUMENT. About 2,0001. has been contributed for the proposed monument. Edinburgh, as we are informed, h has contributed about 1,3001 ; London about 4001. ; and Glasgow about 1001. — Witness. Sixteen human skeletons, of apparently full-grown persons, have lately been di scov ered in a field belonging to : Mr. William Niger, o f Upton, in the parish of Long Sutton , by a man employed in cutti n g a ditch. T he y a pp ea red to have been buried i n nearly a straight line , ranging from north to south, an d they were laid in cavities a bout three feet in depth, c u t in solid rock at irregu l ar distances from each other. It is but a few years since that several human bones were dis covered in a field a b ou t two hundred y ar d s from this spot. T here can be no d ou bt of their b e i ng th e remains of s ome bold but unfortunate wa r riors , who fell , probably, in b att l e centuries ago , b u t on what o ccas i on his tory does not record.—Bath Chron i c l e . The most reasoning charac t e rs are ofte n the eas i es t abashed. The fiddy embarrass and ove rawe the contem plative; and the being who cal ls himself happy appears wiser than he w h o suffers. Eliza coo" limrn" INFLU X Op S u/pp/NG. The large n um b er o f 129 vessels report e l at • the Custom -house on Satu r d a y l as t as having arrived f rom foreign an d distant parts with cargoes of general m erc h andise • an d 56 vessels also r e p or t e d on Monday as having arrived in the port of London from abroad. These numerous arrivals comprised some not only from almost every continental port of Europe, but also from the East and West Indies and SJuthAmerica,and some witk various descrip tions of merchandise from every quarter of the globe. The arrivals have lately, i n consequence of the prevalence of easterly winds, been i n a great measure limited to steamers from the c ont i nental states o f E u rope, with F renc h, G erman, and other produce; and to vesse l s with grain, &c., from those and the adjoining states; and this Sudden influx of shipping from a ll arts of the w oed will hav e the effect of giving the required impetus to the jetport trade of this vast p metropolit an port, and create a great deal of bustl e a t t h e docks and oth er p l aces a t the water - side. MARRIAGE IN lIIGH LilrE•—The marriage of Mr. J. B. Harford eldest son of Mr. A. G. Harford Ilittersby, of Stoke.park, Gloucestershire, and nephew of Mr. J. S. liar ford, of Blaise castle, in the seine county, with Mdlle. Marie Bunsen, the beautiful and accomplished daughter of hi; Excellency the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, was solemnize;] yesterday in the church of St. James's, Picca dilly, in the presence of a very numerous circle of the ilium • diate connexions of both families. MANSION-DOUSE.—The Lord Mayor and Lmy Mayoress have . issued cards of invitation to dinner to her Maja , ty's Ministers and their ladies, as well as to a large party to meet them, for Wednesday, the 17th inst. • TH E RoTAL ADELAIDE; STEAMER.—It has been erroneously stated that this vessel was insured at Lloyd's for her full value. The only insurance effected was with the Dublin Marine Society, au association of Irish underwriter., who have offices in Foster-place, Dublin, and who insured the 'loyal AdelliP,e for 8,00/., one-half of her estimated value WRECK OF THE ADELAIDE STEAMER.—Mr.Frewin has made three descents since Tuesday by means of his , diving apparatus, but has hitherto been compelled, in conse quence of the number of other persons who were at work en deavouring to recov,er.portions of the cargo, to confine his operations to the after part of the vessel. He has not yei, MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—FRIDAY. Since Monday last the arriials of English Wheal coastwise have been but moderate—viz. 1,650 quarterh almost wholly from Essex and Kent. By land curiae a very small supply has reached us. To-day the shot of samples was limited. Fine parcels sold at full prices, but the middling and inferior kinds moved off slowly el barely late rates. Nearly 5,000 quarters of Foreign Wheat have come to band this week. Although several large parcels have changed hands, the trade, owing to the large quantity brought forward, was decidedly in• active ; but we have nu decline to notice in value. Malting Barley supported last week's figures. Grind• ing and distilling sorts were dull in the extreme, We had a very dull inquiry for malt, and late MAO were with difficulty supported. Good NINA Qiii w, quito as Peas, an moved of English .. Scotch.... Irish .. Foreign .. Notvvit market w the Beef and the 1 Leadenht stances, 81bs. Tt from Scot the dews prier a ha( figure f jr Blbs. L —moved supporter, what ea• Mulch Co eluding tl Inferior Be Second qua] Prime largi Prime Scot Large mar , Prim e sin al Sucklins Lambs zirm . The g e Mg Price' "'lee tO•ttferli ▪ 'Aida • prime The fin about lass doing tha sales low( Kent poel 61 to 81 ; Farnham: yearling Per cwt. 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