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To those whe like in teresting pieces, which they can take up and lay down without any violent emotion, this volume will be very acceptable."—Weekly Chronicle. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. Olkimbining the talents of Madame Sontag, Mdlle. Catherine Hayes, Mdlle. Parodi, and Madame Giuliani; Signori Calzolari , Belled!, Coletti, Lorenzs, and Lablache ; Mdlles. Carlotta Grisi, Marie Taglioni, and Amelia Ferraris, The second appearance of Signor Daucardi. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed that a Grand Extra Night will take place THIS EVENING When will be presented Mozart's Opera, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. Susanna, Madame Sontag; the Countess, Mdlle. Parodi; Chern bino, Mdlle. Catherine Hayes; the Count Almaviva, Signor Coletti; Figaro. Signor Belletti ; Basilio, Signor Calzolari ; Bartolo, Signor Lablache. In the Wedding Scene, the Zarabanda in A (originally composed for this Opera) will be danced by Millie. Carlotta Grist and Mdlle. Marie I aglioni (who will appe .r as a cavalier.) After which will be presented selections from the admired Ballet LA ESMERA.LDA, comprising the celebrated Truandalso, by Aidllo. Carlotta Grist and M. Charles. To be followed by the last act or Verdi's Opera, I LOMBARDI. Madame Giuliani, Signor Coletti, and Signor Batman:lL To conclude with the highly successful Ice Ballet, by M. P. Taglioni, entitled LES PLAISIRS DE L'HIVER ; ou, Les Patinearl The principal characters by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, and Mdlle. Amelia Ferraris; in the course of which the sdmired Spanish Dance, La Zingarelia, by Mdlle. Marie Taglioni ; a sew grand Pas, by Mdlie. Amalie. Ferraris ; and a grand Pas de Deux It la Hongroise, by Mdlle, Carlotta Grist and M. Charles. Applications for &ices, Stalls, and lickets to be made at the Box-otitee of the Theatre. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA., COVENT-GARDEN Madame Grisi, Madlle. de Merle, Signor Tamberlik, M. Zelger, M Masao', and Signor Marie. A GRAND EX rRA. NIGHT THIS EVENING. When will be performed (for the first time this season) Rossini's celebrated opera of LA DONNA DEL LAGO. . Elena, Madame Grist; Albina, Madlle. Cotta; Malcolm Grime, Kadlie. de Merle ; Douglas, M. Zelger ; Benno, Signor Lavia ; Rodrigo Dhu, Signor Tamberlik ; and Giacomo V., Signor Mario. The Grand Finale of the First Act, ref:resenting the Gathering of the Clans, will be executed by two Milltary Bands, in addition to the usual orcestra. The Chorus of Bards will be assisted b 7 the whole strength of the Company. To conclude with the second and third acts of Auber's Grand and popular Opera, . 3fASANIELLO, Inc tiding the Barcarole, by Signor Tamberlik; the Duet, by Signor Tamberilk andsM. Massol; and the celebrated Prayer and the Tarentella in the Market Scene. Fenella, Mdlle. Bailin ; Pietro,. Mons. Masscl ; Alphenso, Signor Mel ; Borella, Signor Rommi ; Pescatore, Signor Bache ; Selva, Signor Gregorio; Masaniello, Signor Tamberlik. The Ballet incidental to the Opera will be supported by Mons. Alexandre and Mdlle. Louise Taglioni. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. FRENCH PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Positively the last appearances but Two of the eminent comedlens, M. Samson and Madlle. Denain. TO-MORROW EVENING The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock pre cisely, with HEUR ET NALHEUR. ' After which, by des!re, and positively for the last time, Diolitre a celebrated Play of Alceste•, LE AIISANTHROPE. M. Samson ; Cellmene, Wadlle. Denaln. To conclude with the popular Comedy, by M. Samson, entitled L i FAMILLE POISSON ; on, Les Trois Crispins. Raymond Pvisson, M. Samson. The Box-office of the Theatre la open daily from Eleven till Five Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond• str:.et. THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. The Lessee has great pleasure in stating that the growing attraction of the Grated Easter Spectacle of the DEVIL'S RING, Torther with the urgent recommendation from all quarters that it should be continued, has induced him to make such arrangements as will meet the general wish, and supersede, for the present, the necessity of closing the Theatre. THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. J. Anderson ; lag°, Mr. Tandenhoff ; Casslo, Mr. Cooper; Brabantio, - Mr. Fisher; Desdemona, Miss Phillips ; Emilia, Miss Vandenheff. After which fIIE DEVIL'S RING ; or, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. In Three Acts and Four Elements. The following are the principal Scenes. ELEMENT THE FIRST—FIRE. A beautiful View of the CITY AND HARBOUR OF CATANIA. TN SICILY, With Mount Etna Smoking in the Back-ground. CHARACTERS IN THZ riasr ELEMENT : Arruph, Mr. W. Montague Rodolph, Ur. Frazer ; Herman, Mr. S. Jones; C:rtrade, Mr. Clifford ; Otho, Mr. Everett ; Adolphus, Mr. Darcie ; !Rupert. Mr. Abbott; Carloman, Mr. Brayne ; Herbert, Miss F . Iluddart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artand ; Host of the " World's End," Mr. G. Watson; the Enchanted Princess Eveline, Miss E. Nelson; Leas, Miss Rafter; The Spirit Devil's Ring, Misa A. Lons dale ; Whirliburg, Mr. Seymour ; Go-danddr C. Fisher. CAVERNS OF THE BRAZEN HAND. TEMPLE AND SPIRIT OF THE DEVIL'S RING. THE INTERIOR OF THE CHARCOAL BITRNER'S ABODE THE REALMS OF FIRE. ELEMENT THE SECOND-WATER. FALLS OF NIAGARA IN THE NEW WORLD. THE CITY OF THE FOUNTAINS. BREAKING THE SECOND CHARM. THEY ASCEND UPON THE BOSOM OF THE WATERS CHARACTERS IN THE SECOND ELEMENT: Herbert, Miss F. Huddart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artand; American Settler, Mr. R. Romer ; lielians, 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. GRANO NAIADE BALLET. ELEMENT THE THIRD-EARTH. DIAMOND CAVES IN CALIFORNIA. CHARACTERS IN THE THIRD ♦ND FOURTH ELEMENTS: Herbert, Miss F. Ilubbart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; The Black Knight ; Mucklow, Mr. Manderson : Gnomes, Messrs. Abbott, Henry, Ellar, Brayne, &c. ; the Princess Eveline, Miss B. Nelson ; Lees, Miss Rafter ; Go-dah, Mr. C. Fisher. THE SICILIAN VINEYARD. A TERRIFIC COMBAT DETWIIEN lIEN.NDB,T ♦ND THE SANLI KNIGHT. ELEMENT THE FOURTH-AIR. THE PALACE OF RAINBOWS! HALL OF THE HUNDRED KNIGHTS. The Triumphal Entry of Herbert and Princess Eveline in A CAR DRAWN BY REAL HORSES. GRAND MILITARY BAND, AND GORGEOUS PROCESSION! THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. EVENT Will be performed a new drama. called TIIE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD, Dr. Primrose, Mr. Webster; Squire Thornhill, Mr. H. Vanden toff ; Mr. Burchill, Mr. Stuart ; Moses, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Prim rose, Mrs. Keeley ; Olivia, Miss Reynsids ; Lady Blarney, Miss P Horton ; Miss Skeggs ,Mrs. Fitzwilliarn. To conclude with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Guilbert, Mr. 'Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wamba, Mr. Buck ssone ; Isaac of York, Mr. Keeley ; Robin Hood, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Bobecca, Miss P. Horton. The Box-ofilae is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the celebrated Draina of THE HARVEST ROME. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PLAYING FIRST FIDDLE ; or, Follow my Leader Principal Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE THIS EVENING Will be repeated (22d time) a Lyrical. Comical Pastoral, entitled CYAION and IPHIGENIA, altered from the text of David Garrick. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, It. Cooke; Mies St. George, Miss Kenworthy, Miss H. Gilbert, Mrs. Humby, Miss Oliver, Miss Manners, and Miss Martindale. To be followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Characters by Messrs. V. 51 Athews and F. Cooke; Madame VestriS, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Dickinson, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs. MaenaMarai Miss Martindale. and Miss E Bonner. To conclude with BOX AND COX. All applications for Private isoxes must be made to Mr. Aileron 15, New Bond-street. The Box-office, adjoining the Theatre, in Wellington-street, is open daily from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of Mr. T. F. Bennett. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. ISt EVENING, Will be repeated (le its complete form) Auher'a Opera of GUSTAVUS THE THIRD. flingtavus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Oscar, Miss L. Pyne ; Ankastrom, Mr. Weiss; Ribbing, Mr. G. starker; Be Horn, Mr. R. Latter; Christian, Mr. Wynn ; Countess Ankastrom, M dile. Nan ; Arvedson, Madame Maclarren ; Principal Folie, Mdile. Celeste Stephan. After which a New Grand Tale of Enchantment, with splendid Seenery, Costumes, and Appointments; extensive Machinery, Bc.c., anti tied THE QUEEN OF THE ROSES ; or, The Sorcerer of Candahar. Principal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Forman, Honey, Craven ; Miss Louisa Howard, Miss Saunders, and Miss Villars. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. a Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Immense attrction. Toe*rely the last 3 nights of that extraordinary American Eques trian, Young Hernandez, the wonder of the world. THIS EVENING The Entertainments will commence at Seven o'clock, W ith Fitzball's enormously successful new grand Easter Spectacle of Enchantment, entitled THE FOUR SONS OF AYMON ; or The Days of Charlemagne. Most gorgeously produced, and introducing Living Camel, Zebra, and all the vast resources of this Theatre. To be succeeded by an incomparable routine of Batty's Feats of the Hippodrome, supported by the accomplished Artistes of the Establishment. To conclude with the interesting Melodrama of r MEG MURDOCK ; or, the Fatal Glen. Tc- ow. 'roan g Hernandez's Farewe ll Benefit in London, when he a p pear for the first time in an Equestria n Sketch of Napoleon Buonaparte, romance. be ing Positively the .last night b ut one of his per- Box•oflice open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tim DAY Morning 0 min. after I Evening 23 min. after 1 To-Moanow—Morning 44 mifi. after 1 Evening 2 min. after 2 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 25. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37 ; Highest, 53 . ; Noon, 55 BAROMETER, 30 07. WIND S.E.—light breEze and cloudy. z -- • '' S• 1 1 14111 • I „,_ - 4 r. 'to .. 4,4 70,4, DIE ' WHALE-811IPS BURNT..--it is with regret that we are called upon to record the burning in our harbour, on the morning of the 9th November, of the whaling barque Mer cury, Captain G. Penleton. The Mercury is owned in Ston ington, and has been out 1G months, and had on board 1,200 barrels of oil. The entire ship and cargo are consumed, and nothing remains of the once -noble vessel but a few of the blackened timbers upon the reef, at the leeward side of the harbo s all ready for se a , and would have been of in a a tion of her voyage. On the morn ing Atigemp; Z the whale-ship T o b acco Plant was a ndl i ty taiivrtA r ett.to4O p i the forward part of the hold, an d the fi re lisidlttelan, ed that it wa s f ound impossible to subdue h." 0 neatly scuttled, and now lies upon - 01 N -e" '44 1210 1' the fief; hee ohTrp4- ' ilf4ck. It is suppos e d t o b e the work ' Oran..incsmip4, as* at of the burning of the Mercury on tha-Oth. in?t. , gild unsuccessful cruises, together Nyittrthe strong desi ;:ps.,,tat clear of a ship and be off to 'California, are induce . edlit strong enough to prompt men to l eh the commission of crOstven of the most heinous character, L mongwkilik&Anton destruction of ships and houses by Ere Are clmsed. —.Polynesian. THE SVN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, but nonsense succeeds Letter than sense with not a few people in this world, and therefore it is not always wise to leave a statement unanswered because it is nonsense. It is because Ireland is not a province in reality that we contend she ought to be no longer a province in form ; no longer provincially treated, provincially governed. The system tends to stamp that character upon her, contrary to truth and fact. q It places her in the anoma lous, equivocal, and not very resceJtable situation of a portion, and a most important portiol, of our home dominions, saddled and encumbered with a sort of non descript, halt-dotnestic, halt-colonial government, anti tricked out with the c'eap finery and tawdry trappings of a provincial court, as if it was the great Atlantic that flowed between her and England, not that slender thread of salt water across which the islands gaze on each other on clear days." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The votes of the army for the approaching election for Paris have been taken, and so far as they are known, they tend to prove that the army is thoroughly and completely democratic. The National states the following as the result of the ballot of the 24th and 27th Regiments of the Line, in garrison at Orleans, fur a representative of the department of the Seine : Eugene Sue ••• ••• ••• 65 Leclerc 10 Blank tickets .. ... 3 In making this announcement the :National says: "The 24th regiment fought in the streets of Paris in June 1848. The civil war had many victims from its ranks, yet it rejects the candidature of M. LE CLERC. Why ? Because wishes no more civil war —because it will not have as its representative a man who is patronised by the coalesced Monarchial factions —that is to say, who is hostile to the Republic." It is said that M. EUGENE SUE is disqualified for a seat in the National Assembly in consequence of his being under the interdiction of a consed judiciaire, obtained against him in 1827 in the Cour Royal, and which has not been legally reversed, although it has continued inoperative since 1829. Other accounts state that it was quashed in 1829. A deputation has set out for Sologne to ascertain personally from M. BUGENE SUE the real state of affairs in regard to this matter. Should it turn out that he is dis qualified, M. DUPONT DE L'EURE will probably be the Democratic candidate. It is a somewhat remark able fact, that although M. LECLERC has written to the journals denying that he had ever been bankrupt, as has been pretended, he does not venture to affirm the truth of the romantic story on the faith of which he was started as a candidate, neither has he made any pro fession,of political faith. The absurd attempt of those two wiseacres, MM. BAROCHE and CARLIER, to prevent the sale of the Evenernent, has added immensely to the popularity of that journal. The proprietors advertised on Mon day the shops where it could be procured, and on Tuesday those shops were visited, the numbers seized, and the sale prohibited. These measures, however, only tended to give a more immediate and rapid cir culation fir the opinions of the Evenement, for when ever it could be procured it was read aloud to the bystanders, who, having heard it read, made way for another congregation. The police were present, but with a wisdom and prudence which it would be well that MM. BAROCHE and CARLIER should imitate, they abstained from inter fering. The conduct of M. BAROCHE in this case is worse than a fault—it is a blunder, and a blunder of the grossest character., According to the newly proposed arrangement re garding the Paris an4l Avignon Railway, the Minister of Public Works has proposed to the Budget Com mittee to give the Paris and Lyons Company the works already executed for SO millions of francs, which sum shall be given to the Lyons and Avig non Company by way of snbvention—the leases to be for 99 years, without guarantee of interest. Two days ago some m'en were discovered in the act of setting, fire to trees in the wood of Vincennes. The Jifoniteur announces that General PELLET re tires from the direction of the topographical depart ment of the War-office, in consequence of the an nouncement of the decree against plurality of appointments. The same piper announces that the Government has presented to the consideration of the Council of State, a Bill on an improved mode of recruiting the army. The National states that M. BEDIER PRAIRIE, a French merchant residing at Pondicherry, who had engaged a certain number of Coolies to go to Rennin, had had the vessel on board which the Coolies were shipped seized by the English collector of customs at Cocanada, and had been himself detained as a priso ner five days. The pretence was that the Coolies were English subjects, which is denied by M. BEDIER PRAIRIE, who, with all the French citizens and authorities at Cocanada, protested against the conduct of the Fenglish collector. Redress will be demanded of the English Government. The E - nglish journals having announced that ex tensive excursion parties were being organized, for the purpose of visiting Path during the Whitsuntide holidays, the Constitutionnel thinks it useful to call the attention of English travellers to the change which has been lately made with regard to them, in the old passport system. A pass is now given, for the cost of five shillings, by any of the consular agents, and which pass is valid for a month, and dces not require the visa of any of the authorities in France, but merely its production. The Constittstionne/ states that, not withstanding the, instructions sent to the Channel ports for the due observance of the new regulations, they are not fully carried out, the commissionnaires (touters) of the different hotels, persuading tra vellers that the visa is still necessary to their passes, in order that they may extort money from them for procuring that formality. Travellers are cautioned not to submit to this imposi tion, and to refuse, on any account, to allow the pass to go out of their own possession, all they have to do is to show it when demanded. Should the traveller wish to prolong his stay in France, after the month has expired, he has only to exchange his pass for a regular passport. The Minister of the Interior has it in con templation to send down a police agent to Boulogne with a special mission, to send any of these commis sionnaires to prison who are found carrying on this system of extortion. PARIS BOURSE, APRIL 24.—Latest prices.—Five per Cents., 89f. 15e. ; Three per Cents. 55f. 50e. ; Bank of France, 2,195 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, APRIL 24. Boulogne and Amiens, 6% Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 12% East Indian, s%—Great Inctian ninsula, 114 —Namur and Liege, 6!4. 111 * do - • Int LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1850. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, the Poet Laureate, is now sleeping in death at his house on Rydal Mount, near the beautiful lake of Windermere. 'Before the grave has closed over his venerated remains we would breathe our humble tribute to the memory of the illustrious dreamer. To render our commemo rative words appropriate, they should be as simple as the language in which the old man now departed from amongst us clothed the naked and virgin graces of his inspiration. In his instance, moreover, we must expatiate over the circumstance of his disap pearance with the awe ever due to the dread solemnity of dissolution, but at the same time without that oppressive melan choly which would be unsuited to the record of a life so protracted, a life without remorse, because ir reproachable, a life terminating ripely in the evening of its maturity and in the autumn of its reputation. Henceforth the career of WORDSWORTH may be elo quently epitomised in the dates which limit the ex tent of his eighty years' existence : Born Died Within that prolonged interval he has suffused the landscapes of England with the riches and the glory of his poetic sympathies. He has con jured up a multitude of bewitching fan cies in the midst of that rural scenery which he has loved so tenderly, and in which he has mused away the majority of his days in a golden reverie. Among the fields and homesteads of this island his voice has resounded as melodiously as the pipe of THEOCRITUS among the verdure of the Sicilian mountains. His last office has been a misnomer and an estrangement, for WORDSWORTH was not the lau reate of a Court, but the bard of the farm and of the hamlet, of the copse and of the village. He could less readily write a Birth-day Ode or a Coronation Hymn, than he could pen a sonnet on a garden spade or a• bucket. At any period of his existence, therefore, the demise of a man like this must have fallen upon the public ear with a subdued sentiment of regret, and not have excited those pro found emotions of sorrow which were caused by the intelligence of a death like that of BYRON. Espe cially are these feelings of regret moderated with regard to WORDSWORTH, accompanied as they are at this moment by the knowledge that his death was tranquil, and that his life was pro tracted beyond the ordinary limits allotted to humanity. Simultaneously with the announcement of the heavy loss thus experienced by the literary world, anything in the slightest degree approaching in cha racter to criticism on the writings of WORDSWORTH would be worse than an impertinence. Neither is such an attempt to estimate the worth of his effusions in the smallest degree requisite, seeing that already his contemporaries have risen to the unimpassioned judgment usually reserved exclusively for posterity. After having been subjected to torrents of ridicule, the most destructive of all the projeetiles hurled by th. hand of the satirist, and that ridicule, moreover, di rected against him by the vigorous and unerring force of the Modern Juvenal ; after having been torn on the wrack of adverse criticism by two of the most distinguished reviewers of his generation, excruciated now on the wheel of the Quarterly by GIFFORD, now on that of the Edinburgh by JEFFREY—WILLIAM WORDSWORTH survived to find himself elevated to the rank of an idol among a certain class of poetical enthusiasts, transformed from a byword into a pro totype, from a target for derision into an object of homage and of impassioned eulogium. Any change in public opinion so remarkable as this has, perhaps, never before occurred, certainly never within the life-time of the individual so regarded. It calls to our recollection that incident which has been so touchingly recorded by Mr. MACAULAY in his masterly essay on WARREN 'IASI... INGS, one of the noblest prcductions ,of the kind in our language, where the great pro-consul, who had been attainted many years before in Westminster Hall of high crimes and misdemeanours, was summoned in his old age to give certain evidence at the bar of the House of Com mons, and when the whole of that august assembly, the representatives of the great Eng lish people, rose simultaneously and uncovered in his presence, actuated by one unanimous feeling of respect and admiration. It has been so with WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. Forty years ago the scorn of all but a few fanatical admirers, he has slowly, but steadily, risen to the height of a national favourite—a poet respected by the mass of his contemporaries, beloved by the circle of his immediate acquaintance, and all but positively worshipped by those numerous en thusiasts who regarded his genius with a sort of religious veneration. Yet, as we have already inti mated, though viewed with these earnest sentiments of appreciation, he passes away from amongst us without exciting more than a modulated sensation of melancholy. The secret of this is, that in the decease of WORDSWORTH we recognise, the natural close of a well-spent life and not that abrupt and agonizing doom which has too frequently befallen those gifted with poetic genius, where the tree just budding into beauty has been riven asunder as if by a thunderbolt. It was thus with that wonderful being, whose fragment of "Hy perion " was an augury of works not unworthy of ZSCHYLUS. It was thus, before the full seed-time and the fruit-season of his resplendent genius, that the extraordinary man whose departure was felt like a national calamity, perished in his prime at Misso longhi, the news of his sudden and premature disso lution descending upon this country, as Sir WALTER SCOTT hinted in his obituary panegyric, as if the lightnings had shaken " The sun from out the socket of its sphere." Regarding the death of WORDSWORTH, on the con trary, it is impossible to experience more than that subdued sentiment of regret which is inseparable from the knowledge that the earth has lost one of its intellectual benefactors. Of his pastoral writings it was said by HAZLITT himself, an acute and discrimi nating critic—" The vulgar do not read them ; the learned, who see all things through book!, do not un derstand them ; the great despise, the fashionable may ridicule them ; but the author has created for himself an interest in the heart of the retired and lonely student which can never die." How far this may be an adequate or impartial estimate of the genius and the works of WORDSWORTH it might be difficult to decide at a moment when the mirror of the judg ment is clouded by the shadows of a mournful ca tastrophe. Thus far, however, we may go in our decision upon the fame of the departed poet,—declaring that the favourable opinion entertained in its regard by the present ge neration is less like the opinion of contemporaries than like that of a remote and dispassionate posterity. It is thus that cradled in Cumberland, after eighty years have elapsed, ripe in intellect and reputation WILLIAM WORDSWORTH has sunk to rest on the mar- gin of the beautiful Windermere. Lord Jouri RUSSELL has given notice that on the 6th of May he will move for leave to bring in a Bill for the abolition of the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. This wise and salutary measure is the necessary su pplemert of the " Treaty of Union" which half a century before had been contracted be tween the English and Irish nations. Until it be carried into effect, the union can never be regarded as perfect and indissoluble. One country will still be regarded as a province and dependency on the other so long as it possesses that which may bs regarded as the very badge and symbol' of a province—a go vernor who receives his instructions from, and is I boind to obey the orders of, a Minister residing in another county. This delegated authority is at all times deeply injurious to the nation Lfilicted by the incubus; it carries with it the idea that the people are unable or unworthy to provide for the adminis tration of their own affairs, that they must at all times be placed under the patronage and protection of a more powerful state. This is, indeed, an "affront" which may well arouse their indignation, and give occasion to many bitter heartburninge and fierce re monstrances, which may lead to civil dissensions and ultimately to internecine strife. The more powerful kingdom will regard the other as its inferior, bound to obey its dictates in every particular, and not to have an opinion of its own on any disputed question; while the other will acutely feel its de grading position, and desire any change that may afford a prospect, however remote, of restoring its independence and nationality. Neither can look upon the other in its true light; everything is regarded through a haze of misconception that distorts the vision, and the natural result follows—each is dissa tisfied and discontented. England regards Ireland as a craving and importunate beggar, a heavy burden on her resources, and the great difficulty of every Government ; while in Ireland she is looked upon as a tyrannical and cruel mistress, who will not per mit her sister kingdom to adopt the plans ne cessary for her regeneration, and who will not willingly render the assistance for which her own mis-legislation and mal-administration creates the necessity. In place, then, of being an efficient and valuable partner and coadjutor, she is a bad and useless servant; and such will be the case until Ireland becomes really and truly an integral portion of the British empire, and until her children have no well-founded complaints to prefer of the in equality of their condition with their English fellow subjects, on which to create an organized and formi dable agitation. The inconvenience and danger of two separate Le gislatures had long attracted the observation of intel ligent and far-seeing men in both countries. If they were really independent, the one of the other, there was the prospect of a speedy collision, in which neither would be willing to yield, and which might lead to the most deplorable and calamitous re sults. The measures which one P.►rliament might deem essential to the safety and welfare of the em pire might not only be negatived in the other, but others of a directly opposite tendency enacted. A game of cross purposes would speedily be played, in which the object of each would be to thwart the other, and which could only terminate in the humiliation and submission of one of the belligerents. Every effort was accordingly made to bring about a fusion which would prevent the possibility of such a disagreement, and that effurt was partially successful fifty years since ; but, unfortunately, an element remained which prevented the perfect union that was so much to be desired. A separate executive was still maintained—lreland was placed under the go vernment of a Lord- Lieutenant, who, with most in adequate means, aped the pomp and state of Royalty, and who was, in fact, himself but the servant of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. In • deed, the powers of the Viceroyalty were never very distinctly defined, and the unfortunate country t which he was sent was but too frequently placed under three masters—the Lord-Lieutenant, the Irish Secretary, and the Home Secretary, all of whom were pulling in different directions, each having his own peculiar objects to promote. We cannot believe that the office would have been continued at the time of " the Union"—that those who were so fully alive to the manifest evils of separate Parliaments would have been insensible to the objections against separate executives, but for cer tain difficulties that have since been removed, for circumstances that have now no existence. In 1800 the intercommunication between the two countries was proverbially tedious and uncertain. It was carried on in small sailing vessels, which were fre quently detained for days, aye for weeks, by contrary winds. Rmergencies might occur, more especially during a period of warfare, when some person in vested with all but sovereign authority should be always resident in the Irish metropolis, prepared to act according to the exigency of the moment. The principle of steam, enabling men to control the very elements, had not been applied to navigation. The idea of railways, by which time and space have been practically annihilated, had not entered into the most vivid imagination. The wonders of the electric telegraph had been only faintly shadowed forth in an old paper of " The Spectator." It was regarded as a piece of necromancy, which could no more be realised than the gorgeous visions of the "Arabian Nights." A person who believed that two friends could possibly communicate by means of dials placed in their respective libraries, with the rapidity of lightning, would be regarded as a dreamer and a mad man ; and yet we have lived to see all these things accomplished—to behold the journey from London to Dublin, et Dice versa, which used, under the most favourable circumstances, to take at least three days, and frequently more than double that time, now per formed with ease and safety in twelie hours, while information can be communicated or instructions re ceived in little more than four hours. Under present circumstances, what occasion can there be for an office, once necessary, but now no better than a sine cure, which degrades and provincialises the nation in which it is retained ? Are we still to keep up dis tinctions which prevent the complete identification of the countries, to separate those whom GOD and nature hath joined together ? All that can be asserted in opposition to the powerful arguments in favour of its aboli tion is, that certain shopkeepers in Dublin might possibly be injured by the removal of a nobleman having an official salary of 20,0001. per annum. For their sake, then, that they may be " protected" and subsidized from the Imperial Ex chequer, that they may receive benefits denied to their provincial brethren of Cork, Limerick, or Bel fast, the system with all its admitted evils is to be preserved and perpetuated. The trade of Dublin must indeed be in a miserable condition, if the with drawal of such " a bonus" would complete its annihi lation. It must be but a sickly and puny flower if such artificial means are necessary to keep it alive. Will not, however, the arguments that have been used during the free-trade discussion apply in this instance also ? May not the want of self• reliance and ♦igorous confidence that is ever induced by, that is in fact the necessary result of, a protective system have had some effect in producing the present depression in Dublin ? Have not the tradesmen de pended too much upon "the Castle" and too little upon their own exertions ? We fear that there may be but too much foundation for the supposition, or we never should hear of a handsome city, containing no less than 280,000 inhabitants, being indebted for its very existence to a single individual, and the shows and pageantry of a mock court. We might ask, what right has Dublin to such an advantage over all other localities in either country ? IVhy should the hard-working operative of Man chester, the sturdy yeoman of Cork or Tipperary, or the intelligent linen manufacturer of Down or Antrim, be taxed for the exclusive benefit of the tailors or milliners of Dublin ? . But it is unnecessary to enter into this part of the argument. The sum is too trivial and insigni ficant to be regarded as of any importance, and if it really served Dublin, without injuring other portions of the empire, we should be disposed to tolerate the absurdity and to pardon the injustice. But such is not the case. The voice of public opinion is too powerful to be repressed. Public policy demands the sacrifice. The condemnation of the Viceroyalty has been pronounced—its doom is sealed, its very days are numbered, and a brief space must witness its final extinction. We cannot close our observations on this subject s%ithout recommending to the notice of all anxious to arrive at a sound and unprejudiced judgment on the question, a very clear and well-written pamphlet,* " The Vices of the Viceroyalty," which bas just been published on the subject, and in which the matter is examined in every point of view, and its inherent evils most ably exposed. If space permitted we should gladly extract many passages from this able production. We cannot, however, resist one quota tion, where the writer, after showing the ridiculous position in which some of the advocates for the con tinuance of the office have placed 'th emse lves " by the line of argument they have giddily adopted," Says— " It looks like trifling to answer nonsense like this ; * he Vices of the Viceroyalty." Dublin; Hodges and Smith, Lando; J. Ridgway. Pp. 40. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 19th have arrived. The Gaceta publishes a project for an arrangement of the debt, which is to be referred to a special com mission. The principal clauses enact that all credits against the State comprised in all existing categories of the public debt shall be converted into Three per Cent. Stock ; that the debt arising from treaties with foreign powers shall, however, not be included within the provisions of the law ; that the Three per Cent. ex terior or interior debt, created or to be created in virtue of existing laws, shall also be exempted; that the conversion of the different classes of debt into Three per Cent. Stock shall take place on the basis of 33 1.3 per cent., but that the Five per Cent. foreign and interior active debt shall be taken for its full value, and that the Four per Cent. debt shall be taken at 80. GERMANY. The Chamber of States of Erfurth finished, on the 22d, their deliberations on the Constitution. On all the main points they are in accordance with the People's Chamber. The German Gazette says that it was not until the 18th that the meeting took 'place between M. USE.. DOM and the Danish Plenipotentiary, Baron PADDEN, at which the former communicated the ultimatum for the negotiations for peace. Prussia, resting on the mandate of the central federal commission, desires to make peace with Denmark, under the reservation of the assent of the other German states. The parties reserve to themselves their respective rights, and Germany particularly ,invokes the federal resolution of the 17th September. The question concerning the Duchies and their relations with Denmark is abandoned to the Government by the Lieutenancy; but Prussia, acting in the name of the Confederation, reserves to herself the ratification. Advice; from Stuttgardt of the 17th state that the conferences of the Commissioner* appointed to revise the Constitution have not led to any result. The illecklenburgh Schwerin Gazette of the 19th publishes the decree of the GRAND DUKE, appointing Count BuLow Minister of the Interior. The coronation of the EmperorofAUbTßlA will take place on the lath August. The juries of the Criminal Courts of Prussia con tinue to return verdicts of acquittal in nearly all the trials of public functionaries, ex-deputies, newspaper editors, and others accused of seditious speeches, re fusals to pay taxes, offences to the KING, &c. Among those recently acquitted are M. SCHNEIDER, llayor of Magdeburg, and M. BAUER, an ex•deputy. A letter from Vienna, of the 18:11, says :—" The precise propositions made by the Commission of delegates of all the provinces of the empire charged with the re-organisation of the Bank, are as fol low :-1. The issue of a loan of 150,000,000 florins at six per cent., to be raised by voluntary contributions if possible, or in default, as a forced loan : in the 'attsr case the amount to be di vided among the different provinces of the em pire, and to bear interest of only 5 per cent. 2. paying up of this loan to be spread over twenty-five months, and the 10311 to serve for the diminution of the floating debt. 3. The small bank-notes of 1,2, 5 florirs to be withdrawn from circulation, and no notes lower than 10 florins to be henceforth issued. 4. Re form of the monetary system according to the German standard, and the issue of new gold pieces of 5,10, 20 florins. 5. The issue of the reserved shares of the Bank, but at 800 florins, instead of the original price of 600 florins, with the privilege to the primitive shareholders to purchase the new shares. Ail these resolutions were taken by the Commission after due deliberation, and nearly all by tbe.unanimity of votes. There is, consequently, reason to believe that not withstanding all his prudence, our Minister of Finance will yield to the wishes of the Commission, which express public opinion. APRIL 255. , 1850. MON E Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER 7 0 7'HBEIS. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 13.000 b iteF, of which 5,000 were Wien on speculation. Brazil, Eopiart, aud Surat were in de rearid. The raarket was steady, and prices were tally supported.—Railway Shares were Erm at rtther higher quotstions. - The sales of wheat in the markets which rigul .te the averages were last week 78.261 quarters. The six weeks' average price is 38s. , It is stated, upon the subject of the dried fruit trade in London, by Messrs. Witherby and lian, n, that ' it is pleasing to be able to announce some little improve ment in the extent of our clearances fir home consump tion, though they still fill far short of those of 1849. From 19th u:t. to 18th instant they have reached 750 tons against 1.020 tons, and 650 tons during the like period of 1849 and 1848 inclusively. From January lit to 18th instant they have been 1,735 tons, against 2 950 tons in the litre period of 1849. At Liverpool, on the contrary, not only have the clearances of the last few weeks exceeded those of the corresponding week; of 1849, but from Ist January to 16th inst. they have been 1,580 tons, against 1,400 tons from Ist January to 16th April, 1849, thus establishing, in face of a falling off in the metropolitan clearances of 40 per cent., an increase of about 10 per cent. in the manufacturing districts during the same period. Not withstanding the late heavy arrivals, the stock of Cur rants is considerably less than a year ago, and since our list the market has maintained its firm character, and even higher prices have been paid for fine Currants, a parcel of fire Vas t zza having been sold at 445., and a cargo of fine Zautes at 425., with all faults. Shipments have been made to the Continent, and more 'will speedily fol low ; meanwhile the home demand is gradually im proving, and as the stocks in dealers' hands are much reduced, we may look for an extensive trade shortly. Though the present prices do not remunerate-im porters, yet, by the latest advices from the islands, pur chases had again been made at high rates, and very little remained unsold. The increasing consumption in Germany and Austria enables the growers to be more independent of this country than used to be the case." Accounts of the 23d inst. from Amsterdam state that there was not much doing in Public Securities, which were lower. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cants. realised 55 5-16ths. Spanish Bonds were better. At Frankfort, on the 223, Austrian Bends were 79, and Spanish Three per Cents, 29g. The English Funds have been quiet again, and with comparatively little fluctuation. Consols 95i to 961 for Money and Time. The New Three-and-a-Quartvr per Cents. have been quoted 971 to I, and the Three per Cents. 94i 95g. Bank Stock is firm at 206 to 207, and India Stock at 267. Exchequer-bills have realised 683 to 703. prem. Some excitement, and no small disgust, has been oc casioned among the holders of Spanish Bonds by the outline received from Madrid of the proposed ar rangement of tke debt. The plan of the Finance Minister, it is conceived in many quarters, must be rather intended as a " feeler," for it is an oulrage to common sense to assume that such a proposition would find favour with cre ditors who have patiently waited for many years. The compromise offered sweeps off the whole arrears of interest, some fifty percent, we believe, and amounts to a cancelasent of about hjlt the claim of the bin dholders, beliSles a general reduction of interest from five to three per cent. upon the residue. A Go. vernnaeut which degrades its character to the extent of offering such terms, is quite competent to break it, and we now see still more clearly wbo were in the right at the late meeting, those who advocated a firm or those who were in favour of a lukewarm policy, trusting to the "honour" of the Spanish Government! Business in the Foreign Market has been exceedingly dull, and Spanish have sustained a decided fall, the Five per Ceuta having dropped to 17i and the Three per Cents, to 37. Mexican Bonis have been 29, and Grenada 16 to Dutch Four per Cents, have been 85j. The interesting a , :d really important matter of the Madrid and Valencia Railway, came on again yester day in the Court of Chancery, and a st areholder has transmitted the following information : "Sir,—As your ruper has invariably sought to put th* public on their guard, I am induced to request the insertion of the following statements of the accounts of the Madrid and Valencia lt , iilway Company, as thereby the shareholders will thd that at least they will get buck the 404. per share raid four and a half years ago. Toe Directors in February, 1847, stated by their printed account that They held in Exchequer 131113 and at bankers £45,263 15 3 Received from Bank of England 30,712 17 10 75,976 13 1 allowing 9761. IL. Id to remain in Bankers' hands. Interest on 75,0001. at 4 per cent. 3 years 9,000 0 0 6,000,000. Spanish Three per Cent. Stuck said to be in the Bank of San Fer nand(, at Madrid, at the present price of 291 8.1,770,000 31 years' interest at 3 per cent 630,000 Rs. 2,400,000 exchange at 50 . £109,976 13 1 53,000 shares at 40s. would be only 106,000 0 0 Leaving a balance of To which must'be added The charges repudiated at the meeting of shareholders in February, 1847, made in the account then tendered .. Interest on 15,4291., interest from the various dates on which it was received Differences on the price paid Mr. Har vey, Mr. Moss, and others, for shares, and on those bought up by the-seere tirj-, Mr. Spackmen, and others, and the above price of 40s. From which should be deducted .... " Office rent," which should have been given up long since, the company hav ing upwards of two years ago been dissolved in Madrid, and the depsits to the Spanish shareholders in full " Secretary," if he ought to be paid from the funds of the company, for traf ficking in shales, aed copying papers for the directors, to avoid a settle ment with the shareholders, which they have made with some "Law Expenbe," must be paid by the directors themselves, as every suit has been against them (not against the Company) for withholding justice from the shareholders. Your obedient Servant, IL [lrmo. P.S. This account is only made up to February last. 'Phe Railway Shere NErket is still t.xcefdingly qui( t and prices are much the same, or perhaps barely 8( good in the case of the Nurih-Western and Great Western. With su little doing, the tone is ditficull to elicit. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. tun is ,G 4 er .:erit. Rediiced Arras 95 91% 95 1 95 3 per Cont. Con ,a)ls A 111111 tlilti.e• ••• • • 95% 96 1 , 8 96 6 4, 314 per Celt. Anns. ... .... 97% . 4 ,•_. % 97 1 4 ta r g A. nrls. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8% 8% El atto, 30 year, Oct. 10. 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 0-.16 8 7-16 I , -iii; Stock In lie Bonds, 1,0001........... .......... 94 93 p 93. p' Nuith Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities .ons , ds for Account 96 95% 36% 96% ':x chequer Bills. i 14(1. & 2cl 1,000/. June 6B 70 p 70 p 500/. June Small. June 7O p 68 p ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .... ....... . ...• 97% Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. .. Ditto 5 Der Cent. Ditto, Scrip 4% p Equador Bonds .. Grenada Bonds, 1 1 ,2 per Cent l6 16U lei Greek Bonds —. Ditto ex Over-due Coupons IN Nl‘ix man, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Co vow , — Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto, Account 29 2J Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account Ditto Deterred Russian Bonds ..... -- Ditto, 4 1 ,E par Cent Ditto Scrip 2 14 % p 2 1 4 p 4pAoilt, i ner Cent. 1840 l7 % 1 /.2% 17 Ditto, Account ......... Ditto, Passive 3 3 /4 • 3:j 4 Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto. Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 , ,zi per Cent BeTigan, 4% per Cent. ......••• — 89% ifividenris on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.. 12 Guild. .. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 85% • 85% . 010 ES CF pAi BUSINESS noNE OGoiN RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aber left., Do. Preference - firming. Wolverh'toll, and r u I/ ey, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 15 Bristol and Exeter 100 ... ~ Catalonian . 7 Ditto,New IC/. Pref... 10 Mo.* ~ astern Oen mt . ea....... 20 ...... ...,.... ..... , 7* ilitto,Fixtension, 5 per Cent., No.l 61.135. 4d.... 3 / 1 p % p Eastern Union, Class A (lats E. U. Shares) 25 .... Do. Scrip (6 pertent.) '2O East Lincolnshire, guar. . 6 per Cent. - 25 Edinuurgh and Glasgoiv 50 !:treat Northern Do,, %B 6 per Ccnt... 9 1 4-- 4 Do., .5 per Cent. Pref. 12 LA... ~ 10 x.i. :4 r , atiqorth of England.loo ......216 G:J,9,.. Weat;:irn 100 ..., ... 51 53 ... 43I ii !iull and Se!by .. , 50 ...... i.ivscashire & Yorkshire 100 '3 3 , f 34 Leeds and Bradford i 0 B9V/4 B9 L ;n(lon, llnght,ou, _llid South COA‘t... ..., 103 ...... 78 78 1 ,6 78!‘ L(y0 , .,1 and N Western .100 10 2 14 101 1 ,2 ...... 101'4 London fx !:.'„We3tma ...le() ... . ' 81 4 2 • ... 58 ;Ylidlnil ........,.....--'' .Dc. , ., 50/. Shares - 30 Dr. Consolid. tristo7& 1 - ..r511. - .:i.;.. i.; per et. ~..1 'lO Lsi ;nth British ... .... ... 25 .... . ....... ..... .. Ditto Preference lath Staffordshire ... 17% 7 7% • • • ••• • ..... , • ••• 238 3 / 3........ ,ading. Guildford, and , 15 Reioitt.„,.. , . ~,, ...... 15 ..r.,^-••• ...... " - i4rewsbury 8/. Chester i Nor. W. Min.) _ „... 20 ..„ ........ - 11, Do. 8 per Cent Pnl. 10 :-,liropshirs Union ,_... 6t4 .... ';o +th tail . ; .rd ili ire.. 8 1 ,4 ~.... ...• .•" 1 3 ~‘1 , 1.: i . ...1.?i.(ri: .-..-..... 334 ; l3`, :i 13 ......... y'iiit!, Somerset, a w ov- 9 mouth iork Newcastle. and I' 3 , Rcrwick..... ............ 25 ....., ......... •••!' 6 1 Do. Newcastle Eaten. SO 0 . G.N.l'; Preference 8 l'ofi. anc: North :V . :l(lll.<nd 50 FOREIGN RAILW AY o. 6 4 , ialec•nP and Amiens... 20 Great Indian Peninsular 5 .. .................... ...; 6 5 5 :1 Namur and Liege ..... 20 MINE 3 51 1 4 ... United Mexican 2B th 5%34... ........ . JOINT STOCK BAN lib. 4 2 5 .lustralasia - .•••••"*". _, DA l ' LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(Till: - o d e rilti LONDON, APRIL 25.—Wind at ROOD, S•••" , breeze and cloudy. at i Yri P A I OFF FALMOUTH, APRIL 23.—L o i re , or.---iyoy . JERSEY, APRIL 23.—Wind Philip. Labrador; Intrepid, Gaspe. v„ l rjell AMSTERDAM, APRIL 23.—The stor Irvine, sprang a leak and was obliged to be rant ° at Igi,uve, Dieppe, and has s i nce b ecom e aivrß c " .. erg PARIS, APRIL 24.—The Sy rene , Liverpool Pi og ed. stsdt, has put into Cherbo urg , w i t h r udder a°, be On the 15th ins'. passed a vessel of about 2000114 torn upward, lat. 51 N., long. 6 W. Art, DEAL, APRIL 24.—Wind N.W. to lq- 74., -, WT : rdercj Johanna Cad, Faberg, Cienfu egos ; Diens, r O 7 Domingo, for Hamburgh. A rr d. f rom the' •"- 4e , sailed, Maria, Somes, Hobart Town ' • Blissionorl'ilso Philip ; Arens, Jamaica ; Pl a ti na , IlondUra s Quebec. 0/ $P LIVERPOOL, APRIL 24.—Wind N.E. to .alivi d M•Donnell, San Francisco ; Bolivar, Cuidad, Pi ) ,TiDP Dikes, Newfoundland ; Wlliam Pitt, Africa; miroo Hayti; Cambridge, New York; New World, t ef t S G t c, Over, Rio Janeiro ; Dale, Maranham ; c b Thomas ; Pakenham, Barbadoes ; Greenock' 6.- Abeona, New York; Lord Wellington, Quebec' COWES, APRIL 24 —Wind W.—Th e Spartavo n vi t oSill to London, put in here last ni g ht, w ith loss y ots , mast, quarter-boats, bulwarks, & 0 ., h iv ing bee" by a heavy sea 2d inst., lat. 39, long. 45. MARKET IN.EMS.—(THIS v - NENVGALTEI ALND MEILLIZINEOes .I , P ' . These markets acre tolerably steady to-uN prices. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 2d ; Muttou , "L ; v 3s 6d; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Veal, 3s to 51 -- Pork, 3s to 4s per 81bs. by the carcase. J321.11' IVSLEMBLETS. Clotd SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2110 s to 31 105 i litto, 31 Os to 41 10s ; and Straw, 11 Is to 1 low). Supply moderately good, and trade dul l ' Cr, CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/10 e to 31121; 94 r ditto, 31 Os to 41 6s; and St raw , 1/ 25 t° , load.. A full avera 4 e supply, and a s luggish ° , 7 3/ RITECRAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8 9 Clover ditto, 310 s to 4110:.; and Straw, 1/ 1S t 0 91, load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowil quotations. MEAT MATLIZETS. A 0 0 1, SoUTIIALL, APRIL 24.—Prima Beasts Sit kje commend, d a steady bale, at full p r i c e s . In ° t " - o j r ild of of stock very little vi as doing. Beef, from 25 55 1 d 3s 8d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 4,1; Lamb. 59 to yJ Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d; and Pork, 36 4d to 3e 81bs, to sink the red.t4df RONFORD, APRIL 24.—Calves sold heave." tt s revi, cline of 2d per Bite-..; othe rw i se t h e t r ade 0 % 9 4 ; Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8.1 ; Mutton. 3s to .1 .1 Lamb, 5s to 5s 8,1; Veal. 3 s t o 3 s 6.1; an d $ 3l. to e , to 3s 81 per sibs. Suckling Calves, Quiarter- ofd Store Pigs, 16s t o 20 s ; an d bli lch pith their small Calf; 141 to 181 eac h. do t, H AILSHAM, APRIL 24.—Our market to . " 1 11 supplied Kith fit stock, the demand tor which; ro JOil k ' t active. Beef, from 3 3 to 3 4 8"' 10d ; Muttio , fO r ' 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 5s 4d ; V ea l, 3 s 41 to 3 0 3s to 3s 61 per 81bs. , nd t el ARUNDEL, APRIL 23.—The g e n e ral oe''',4l; heavy, at full prices. Boef from 2s 8d to 33 ; 1, 3 6- ton, 3s to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5 3 4d ; „, e -4 tr-ji to 3s 6d per 81bs. 00(30,,A CHICHESTER, APRIL 24.—We had , demand to day. yet prices w o re we ll E upple from 33 to 33 10,1; Mutton, 3s to 4s; O d or 5s 4d; Veal, 3s to 3s 6d ; and Pork, 3s ti ° 61v o ll 81bs. Suckling Calsei, 18s t o 23 5; Quarter -0 ir 00 J Pigs, 16s to 20s, and Mit c h C ows with ti le Calf, 161. to 18/. each. CORN AVAGES. roll l ftr i GENERAL AVERAGE PRIC E ES R OF BRIT'S° 41. tw.-4° For the Week ended April 18: 1850, made up from theße ds, :1/ Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Vie — i 1 0 /. 0 per Imperial Quarter. 20 0 ; ISO I WHEAT. IBARLEY.I OATS. 1 21 RYE. i .., Rs PRICE .. I 37s 10d 22s 8d I 153 3d s 6d 20 ° DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. I ' rli wiIEAT. I BARLEY. 1 OATS. I AIL I BE Apo. Is Od Is Od is Od Is Od Is " THE BISHOP OF EXE O - T AND MR. GORHAM' AY' ) QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS P - L ice' 3 05 (Before Lord Chief Justice C AMPBELL a n d I'ATTESON, WIGHTMAN, and &We) JUDGMENT. t rAg' IN RE THE BISHOP OF EX E T ER AND QOS - Cfr 4l - At the sitting of the Court this morning L eill bell delivered judgment in this long vexed 0 10° ' or ste, 0 Some time before their Lordships took their oit o the bench the court was thronged by person s . 0 of hearing the judgment. ir e' 0 Lord CAMPBELL said this was a m (Al°otion for 00 0 show cause why a writ of pr o hibiti on should e Grit,, the Dean of the Arches' C our t an d to bie f Archbishop of Canterbury, to prohibit the ° t he S i o d quiring the Lord Bishop of Exeter to institute spiel George Corneliu s G or h am t o t h e v i cara ge ° -f h ire sti Speke, in the dioc ese o f E xeter; an d a l s o to r°ntitys - t p Dean of the Arches and the Archbishop of 2 6 ;110 1$ 10 from instituting the said George Cornelius L. l°- ssie l y he said vicarage, pursuant to an order of 1) ,; 1. p Ol/ ,,5 0 In Council, made on the 9th of March, 185 `,, u. 1.''0r report of the Judicial amainittee of Privy C° ll , -ei ,f i ji) appeal from the Court of .Arches in the ina t a L `e o ( ter if t, ham v. the Bishop of Exeter., As he (Loll' o f not out as a member of the Judicial Cotamitteet tr ibi l „o Council, when that appeal was h ear d b e fore till%joa e :ii ) be should hare abstained f rom g i v i ng any °P,, I- 004d the propriety of granting thi s a ppti c atioll point then argued and decided ; bur i " g hs l fie of Exeter stated in his affidavit Vl* was not, nt the tim e o f t h e a rguill' fte r o o 4" the Judicial Ci minittec, or for some tiny''ill and tote ieformill or aware of the obj ect i on n ow leati'Lql bd s4' tautly that objection w as never b roug ht f the Judicial Committee by any of the cou °6 ,, r s nr o' dressed the Court, or by any of the illre l- 0 0 Court, and never heard of until the decision el to o r l flounced. The objection was, therefore, se 0°, 4 13 0 / (Lord Campbill) as it was t o hi s L earn ed 13rttu n i e be 0° bench. Tue. objection wa s , Oat Mr. Gor",` - ii f° o , l ',o", right by law to appeal t o th e Q ueen in Cnue — • 11 ,4' T die ° tpr purpose of bringing the case ti I' or e the ell tie -coe' mittee of Privy Council, end that he could ; of 0 from the Court of Arohes to the Upper fi e f ti- it e oci e s i vocation. If that objection was well ifireo t Or, point of law the prohibition ought to Le " stay the execution of the sentence. h - f A,,r;eo: supposition the judgment of the Court 1.- e jOu'et , remained in force, and the proceedings before t ie red 1 0 Committee of Privy Council must be 0 01 ' 'o'ol° tte o" of taken to be a nullity. But, after a very a ° anxious consideration of the statutes bettr"l. 4 11 30 point, ,his Learned ,Brethren and himself w c ; /Mpg opinion that the objection was unfounded, 'O O course taken by Mr. Gorham upon the judgr a f 0 r 0 given against him in the Court of Arches for„J, which it was perfectly Competent for him to ts 0 104 purpose of having the judgment in that cour 6 or i s of The case turned upon two statutes, the 24th 11 ; r O l t 0 e. 12, and the 251 Henry VIII., c. 1 9 . A „di 1 13 ,1• - ros s Kelly, is his very lucid argument, contecm;e O C , all oases which touched the Crown, the onii i/ V.V o cl i r the Arches' Court was to the Upper Hase ogle cation, and that this case touched the Crows!! 000 1 40 1 , as her Majesty was patron of the living °L i O to Speke; and, therefore, the proper course we t , fine directly from the Court of Arches to the IT,PP e jill i 'lliet Convocation. Upon that last p o i n t the 01 0 0 0 0 1P think it necessary to give any opinion, be d 00 thought that the Queen, irrespective of g 1e , 1 ,00 1 _, / t rill,l that this caie touched her Crown. had an in% do"„os", soundness or unsoundness of Mr. Gerbil r iallryills The statute of 24th Henry c. 12, tie"' when Sir 'Thomas More was Lord Chance Henry bad not broken away from the ate f‘' d ose . , not give the power of appeal for which p a d C° pi ar i . contended, which was admitted by the idol tamed It was the broad principle of that Act that a r; 9 hu d o der matters discussed in the Ecclesiastical C O 7 O 0 6 e iiis o, finally determined by the King in Council t' s be lotlg, o o ol l stood), and that the spiritual juriadin l° ll bo ald,'"Coll f i j the Pope, as supreme head of the Church,.6 bee id 011' untouched. An appeal tram the Arubb ill w0 0 ,, 0 11 , in a suit of duplex quarela, which this wa s .' ea r P!, yoto ° have gone to Rome; but in the folloWill i f au finding there was no chance of succeeding' pe e' suit, or of obtaining the sanc tion of the n re ' s . s!i being impatient to marry Anne .1 300 v d l e a lcog 00 1, o rno t to tat ak away from Rome Thomos More had now resigned the gr e4 i o til l Oil was held by hi-3 more pliant successor. o f 0 0 4 3 ) 0 careful to study the wishes and the interesovitja ; f el Then was passed the statute 25th lienrf w ha r ' do rr o put an end to all appeals to Rome in all cl belie ° O l g and provided that eselesiastical suits shool the 0 00 1 :1 decided in the courtaor, first, the archdea°(_, s ef . o er bishop, and then the archbishop, and c reate° e j e st 4 '4 l l cc o „ of appeal from all decisions in thoo ,a • f JP' t courts. Instead of allowing the decitnoit 0 , or 0 to be final, tr:e Li•gislature then enacted t"_'' 9 !O l t justice in Any c :uri of the arehhistiop , it w o l i pOil 0 13° 0 sly party feeling himself aggriercd t ° 50 0 ° thr e o High Court of Chancery. Otie e o ° . . 001. 15 , 1 0 , been uniformly pat on those statutes I° , sor t,..h itir ie , centuries, without any doubt, being_na,le„. rl o ° o the staject until the present motion 'Nos ' to o' cr 3 , that. lolg period of time there ha& bee: 1 _ , ic h o d tided in tic Archbisl - aips.' C in was cooccencd. respecting .; , r i ato p 0- 04 r:taunial matters, " t ti - f t) Of C T b (The Learned Jutlge here cited seven". which had been so heard and deteruiia" R'►►uld b oar auecrisi.fully ni " rceloipg only i of the Loo! - rocolii;v: s 14t,artiei had heo a v? gr„, l cial Comm; and tt:erefo eaut e , th " rzc Rub, i,ll. %%fo E re th X( l 110 T r i t i b iS a : COrn Pt — lltn Cover y the tbP c ll4 to t h e "e e hares 1%, Paintif JR Isaietion s th e plkintifl m,se the on 41 '', 41 37 olm "i the r ° Prehi-' grala itiot e n e ( Pesti ° , as (Lt 94 m e n ne ta' ri Pers on nam h ad tb e L e been ru was 8 . 44(1 t to r a Was 1 a lt Up °4' al l li(41 W 6 all F tel h 'r i the ce t c .d a li tt be sh(:vi once rbv e( ontrar that in this had died 3:4 jury i l k aetlittt :11 : : iv : o n e r : t i t ieSt alt° I Jo -1)0%t:,g B exe • c Pom ~t. ~ EA Off,. u "n ao " and 1 uld e kl r „„_, slat iwY add -(4 start" el uti e 1., comet (ally 11 -v 4 1444 Ad( „_ , uat. r iie ro ! , r.. o _la ne b ett w i tiers, e ,,,, r 1 eve r ter - a elng a vi fee more tae e, ' seen to topr i l r t h e n w atch ed, at L was of moviev( th th e eve 41 86 Zed ice. He kit l i The con !tyi ng th,i the return „ 4h e Co a n n lee h ad qeeted, u RUSSIA. The Borsenhalle of Hamburg has the following from the frontiers of Russia :—" It becomes more and more difficult to enter Russia, and whoever desires to exercise any branch of industry in the country is obliged to make himself a subject of the CZAR. For the future preachers of the Evangelical communion will not be allowed to come from Germany. In several universities certain lectures have been sup pressed." ITALY. Accounts from Rome of the 14th state that a Com mission of Finance has been appointed by the POPE. The Nazionale of Florence declares thist Russia has refused to act as mediator between England and Tus cany. The Austrian Ministerial journal says, on the contrary, that Itussia has accepted. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.—Mr. Evvart, on Tues day evening deferred his motion. He will, on Tuasday next, the 30th inst., move for leave to bring iu a Bill " to abolish the punishment of death." SOCIETY or ARTS.—Yesterday the sixteenth ordi nary meeting of the members and visitors to this society was held at the offices, John-street, Adelphi, Mr. Tooke in the chair. The first communication read was by Mr. J. Pym, and its subject —" How to supply the Metropolis with pure water in ample quantity." This paper, after setting forth the impurities of the various sources of water now existing in the metropolis, proceeded to show that the only feasible plan of increasing the supply of wholesome water was to increase the number of artesian wells; but as it was clear that if all the water collected in the chalk of the London Basin were brought to the surface it would not supply an hundreth part of the water wanted, Mr. Pym proposed to increase the quantity in the chalk basin by turning a portion of the Thames water into it, and as soon as it was filtered pumping it out again for use. The paper next explained the ap pliances necessary for carrying out the plan, one advantage of which was that whilst it would deprive no other locality of water, the engines, machinery, and tubing of the existing water companies might be rendered as serviceable as they are at present. After some discussion upon this proposi tion, a paper by Mr. R. Laming on " The purification of coal gas," was read by the secretary. Th an k s were th en vo t e d to e authors of both communications ; the gentlemen proposed as members were elected, and the meeting dispersed. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Majesty's box at the Royal Italian Opera was occupied on Tuesday evening by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, who were accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Mary. In the Royal suite were the Baroness Ahlefeld, Mrs. Brydges Taylor, Major Stevens, and Mrs. E. St. John Mildmay. Among the fashion• able company present on Tuesday evening were—their Royal Highnesses the Infante Don Juan of Spain and the Archduchess Beatrix of Este (who were accompa nied by General Count Cabrera and General Zangenau), the Duchess of Inverness and party, the Duke of Devonshire and party, the Marchioness of Westmeath and party, the Earl and Countess of Mahneabury, the Earl Beauchamp, the Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss Johnstone, the Countess of Cardigan and Lady Augusta Baring, Earl Granville, Viscount Cranbourne, Viscount Exmouth, Vis count Sydney. Viscount Clifden. Lord and Lady Foley, the Hon. Miss Foley, and Lady Adeilea Fitzalan Howard; Lord and Lady Carrington and the Hon. Miss Carrington, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Arthur Hay, Lady William Powlett and Lady Carolire Masse, Lord Brooke, M.P., Lord George Manners, M.P., Lady Wallscourt and party, Lady Dinorbin and Miss Smythe, Lord and Lady Paget, Lady Seymour and the Hon. Hermoine St. Maur, Lady Suffield, Hon. F. Leveson, Colonel the Hon. G Dawson Darner, Major the Hon. J. Needham, Hon. John Fortescue, M.P., Hon. George Miller, Hon. T. Jenkinson, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. G. Wrottesley, Si r H. W e bb, Si r George and Lady Carroll and the Misses Carroll, Sir William de Bathe, Sir Charles Marshall, Sir George Osborne, Sir Sey mour Sadler, Hon. Theobald Dillon, Lade De Bathe and party, Miss Burdett Coutts and party, Mr. William Rose, Mr. Bulteel, Hon. E. Upton, Mr. Mountjoy Martin and party, Mr. Augustus Lumley, Mr. George Mitchell, Mr. Mar shall, M.P., and Mrs. Marshall, Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P., Colonel Sykes, Mr. Cavan and Miss Cavan, the Misses Byrne, Mr. Standish Standish, Sir John Burgoyre and the Misses Burgoyne, Mr. Harry Greville, Lady Goldsmid aid the Misses Goldsmid, Capt. Ruddeman, iIL Bernadestas be. DEATH OF THE GOVERNOR OF BERWICR. This sinecure situation is again vacant by the death of Sir James Bathurst. Throughout the whole period of his appointment Sir James was never known to be within the walls of the town he was presumed to be governor of; and the knowledge of him here in that capacity was only maintained by his name appearing in the list of subscribers to local charities..., Berwick Advertiser. DEATH OF THE POET LAUREATE.—The good old Laureate, William Wordsworth, Esq., died at his residence, Rvdal Mount, near Windermere, on the 23d instant, at about twelve At noon. DEATH OF BAILIE GULLAND.—MY. George Gul land, one of the magistrates of this city, died on the evening of Monday. He had been complaining for some months, but his illness was not considered serious till within about fourteen days of his demise. Mr. Gulland has taken an active interest in public business, especially in connexion with the burgh of Canongate, for fourteen or fifteen years— having at all times been distinguished by sound judg ment, energy of character, and genuine liberality, and that in the broadest acceptation of the phrase. lie took a leading part in the movement which resulted in the abolition of the exclusive privi leges of trades incorporations, being chairman of the associa tion by whose exertions that reform was chiefly accomplished ; and in most of the public questions which have agitated the community since the passing of the Reform Bill. He succes sively served as treasurer and bailie of the Canongate. He was elected by the First Ward a member of the town council in November,. 1847; and was again returned last November, and was subsequently elected one of the bailies. In private life Bailie Gulland was one of the kindest and most disinte rested of friends. his word was equal to his bond; to shuffle was as foreign to his nature as contrary to his practice. The Bailie was in his 48th year. He has left a widow with a large family to lament his loss. We may add that this is the only instance of the death of a bailie in office that has oc curred in Edinburgh for about thirty years.—Scotsman of Wednesday. ROYAL ARTILLERY . — WOOLWICH, APRIL 24 Lieutenant-Colonel Evans, 1 sergeant, and 17 gunners of the Sth battalion, embarked this morning in a freight. ship, at the Royal Arsenal, for a passage to Ceylon, the Gallant Lieu tenant-Colonel to take the command of the Royal Artillery at that station, and relieve Lieutenant-Colonel Grantham, who has been in command since May, 18411. The sergeant and 17 gunners proceed for the purpose of filling up the vacancies in the two companies of the Royal Artillery serving in Ceylon. Sergeant-Major Hassell having been promoted to Quartermaster of the Bth battalion, vice Porter, retired on full-pay, Colour-Sergeant Scott is promoted to be Sergeant-Major, vice Hassell. REVENUE PAYMENTS IN LIGHT GOLD.—With re ference to an order of the Lords of the Treasury, dated the 22d May, 1849, which allowed parties to pay duties in light gold, at the rate of 19s. 9d. for sovereigns, and 9s. 10d. for half-sovereigns, the same being received by the Bank of England, after being defaced, at the rate of 8/. 17s. 6d. per ounce in London, and 3!. 17s. sd. at their branches, the col lectors and comptrollers, and other principal officers of the Customs department at the several ports and places thisaigh. out the United Kingdom, have recieved directions to trans mit to the Comptroller-General an account, showing the light gold taken, and the loss, it any, which has been sus tained by the revenue at their respective ports on such light gold received, under the authority of the above-mentioned order, up to the sth January last, and to make arrangements for taking audit for the same in the official accounts. SPECIE.—The vessel Columbia, which has just arrived from Fort Victoria, Columbia River, and Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, has brought 21 cases of gold ore and spe cie, 2 packages of gold ore, and 4 other pa c k ages o f s p ec i e , consigned to different parties. The vessel Lord Haddo, also just arrived from the Mauritius, has brought 1 case of specie, addressed; the Grecian, from Port Adelaide, 3,639 bags of copper (ore), to order; the Catherine Jenkins, from Iqui que, 9,524 ingots of copper, consigned to order; the Char lotte Jane, from Canton and the Cape of Good Hope, 1 pack age of gold, and 1 chest of gold and silver, addressed, and 1 chest of gold, consigned to order; the Robert Small, from Canton, $4 boxes of silver, consigned to order; the Bernard, from Sierra Leone, 16 cwt. 1 qr. and 171 b. weight of copper addressed; and the vessel Admiral Moorson, from the Bay of Banduas, Mexico, has brought 1 cask and 3 other pack ages of dollars, consigned to a firm in the metropolis. FIRE IN THE STRAND.—Shortly before two o'clock this morning a very alarming and extensive fire happened on the premises of Mr. Whitfield, hatter, opposite St. Cle ment's Church. An unusual light was observed by the police, who forthwith gave the necessary alarm, and by great exertions the family of that and the next house effected a temporary retreat. The fire-escape, parish, brigade, and West of England engines were promptly in attendance, and such was the abundance of water, that the firemen were en abled to stay the destruction, not, however, until all the property of Mr. Whitfield was destroyed, and damage done to the shop adjoining, that of Mr. Dixon, manifold manufac turer. The cause was not known. Another fire hap pened some time previously in Lincoln-court, Lincoln's Inn, by which a female was so dreadfully burned, that on her removal to King's College Hospital her life was des paired of. This is peculiarly the season of panoramas. It commenced with the American, remarkable chiefly for their length, which have been succeeded by the brilliant produc tions of Grieves, Telbin, and Phillips, bnt the most gigantic and truthful is reserved for Denson at the Surrey Zoological Gardens. We have had the favour of a glimpse, and it cer tainly exceeds in magnitude, beauty of design, and colouring, anything yet produced at this popular establishment. There is no foundation for the report that the Lis bon squadron, under Captain Martin, is about to return to Portsmouth, or that any court• martial upon a captain in that squadron is about to be held. ROYAL PALACES.---A return of the sums voted and expended for the different royal palaces for the last three years has been published. In 1847.48, 43,3011. were voted, and 44,8111. 3s. 2d. expended; in 1849-49, 45,075/. were voted, and 35,3311. 6s. 2d. expended; and in 1849.50, 411,5951. were voted, and 112,1721. 15s. sd. expended. The account for works done since December 31, 1849, not having been examined and made up. the return in so far is incomplete, but the sums already voted. it is stated, will be sufficient to answer the contemplated expenses to that period. DISCOVERY OF A ROMAN PAVEMENT INCIIFSTER, —A few drys ago, as some men in the employ of Mr. Wynne, builder, of Bridge-street, Chester, were engaged in digging on his premises in the Feathers-lane, for the purpose of lay ing a drain, they discovered, at the depth of tour feet,. a tea selated Roman pavement, in an excellent state of preserva tion. The tiles are about three inches and-a-half square, and on some of these are double eagles, on others double dolphins, Stc.. Since the first discovery Mr. Wynne has fund the continual ion of the pavement, which he has com pletely. uncovered and cleaned for the inspection of the curi ous. The pavement appears to have led in a direct fine to the baths in Bridge-street.—,Liverpoel Courier.