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STEAT. AIIERDEP \T. IN'N . EINEF ,. ., AND Till' NORTH Reduction irt ra:o3 ! Ire OF SCOTLAND. !:.; Carrit,ges, Considerably Reduced. THE ABE RDE, N s -, A. I\ I NAVIGATION ": 1 1PANIrs :1,161t11,1 and pow,rful Ships w:11 start as ev.c. y, Perm F Ittins :--or I'd: en, the Earl of Aber tdhe"k 13 it llve in the aft( rnoon. For Invernesss , i I.sth April, at eleven in the morning ; point I . l uNhca...l, (Atli E'tar, „da Inverzordon, Cromarty, and Chanonry 257 , 1v — a - _•,:SPread E 1 nt Circus; 82, Lombard-street; or CHARLES WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, Agent. TO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA STOCK. Ladi and Gentleen, ofl ! have th es e honour to inform you that it is not my intention to deatrh myself at the hallot, ou the vacancy occasioned by the Gal loway' O. Your respected Director, Major-General Sir Archibald y ( , - ,,, dY ' I C". I have at the same time the honour of solicitin4 sup Port at come future vacancy, and to thank you for the vrt esY and kindn ess w hi c h, d u ring' my canvass, I have received at )(Jar hands. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Ycur laittont servant, .FREDERICK MILLETT , Woodiaill mar Ripley, April 10, 1850. CONTRAuT tor COALS for the PACIFIC. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, The c Somerset-place, April 8, 1 850 . or o n l M l ssioners for executing the office of Lord high Admiral _ no U nited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do here b y g ive ' l ce. that on TWESDAY. the 30th instant, at One o'clock, i i,y_ r tri a 11 be ready to treat with such Perions as may be willing to _ mo l t for supplying and delivering at Valparaiso and Callao, or at inter niediate Port, as may be directed by the Commander-in- Chief on the Station, or Senior Naval Officer at Valparaiso, • 1,000 Tons of WELSH COALS, • Fit for the Service of her Majesty's Steam-verse's. • rip Ta e Conditions of the Contract and a Form of Tender may be seen i te said 0 N o „' ince. ender , s ill be received after Ono o'clock on the day of t reat y , titdiv ahl iv "'tired. unless the party attends, or an agent for him, authorised in writing. every Tender trust be addressed to the Secretary o f the Admiralty, aro b e ?r 111 the left-hand corner the words "'[ender for Coals," and sign also be deli vere d at Sonnerset.pla.ce, accompanied by a letter th e -ec bY two re s p ons ibl e p e r s ons, enraging to become bound with person tendering, in the sum of 5001. for the due p erformance of Contract. (0,.. ONE HUNDRED AND TWELFTH SALE. u STOM-HOUSE, LONDON, APRIL, 1850. For SALE, by Order of the Honourable the Commissioners lane !" lia iestfe Customs, at the Commercial Sale Roams, Mincing- W e d 011 Thursday, 18th Friday, 19th, Monday, 22d, Tuesday, 23c1, o'clo r s n i.. "da Y. 24th, and Thursday, 25th April, 1850, at Twelve sum -• at loon precisely, the following GOODS for Home Con , Mon* viz. Flowers, ttlflcial Artificial Flower Preparations, Baskets, plain lioroouroldered Beads,Books Ilexes S'nuff, Toilet, Work,c..; Brandy, ter al !;' ; Paintings Bronze'Vases, Beakers, &c. ; roomßne. Brushes 'st 4l . Butter, Buttons ; Cambric-handkerchiefs, plain and em itiored. Cameos, Candelabras, bronze, ormulo, &c.; Candle- Ch ew _ Carpets, Turkey ; Carved Ivory Card-cases, Card-racks, Cht,`'al, Puzzle-bals, Work-boxes, Vases, Watch-stands, .&c. , p re ,4 . ware Potties, Cups, Jars, Teapots, Toilet-pots, &c. ; Citron, lal a i, v , e d in salt, &c. ; Clocks : Alabaster, Carriage, Dutp, Ha, and ce urreolu, Pillar, &c. ; Coffee, Cologne Water, Coral Necklaces fro eg'~Kees, COtton-fringe, Cotton Gloves, Curtains, Muslin, , W ork, ' y ' ec l ; Crayons, Dresden Porcelain, Embroidery and Is eedle. CalTs Iz '' Cap Pieces Capes or Stantiltas, Chemiettes or Habits, Insertion, Dresses or Robes, Sleeve Pieces, Shirt-fronts, &c. ; Pi e r i ; , eather, dresqed •• Flock for Paper-stainers, Frames for Ti t b i t es, Prints, &c. Furniture,viz. : Coffee, Loo, and other It att r , l lookeases Drawers, &c. ; Geneva Glass, Mounted Vases, B, e• ; Glove Bands Boxes &c. ; Grass Cloth, Handkerchiefs, ead . t i narosonicas InstruMents &c. : Inkstands, Jewel Coffers ' • Jewellery, viz.: Bracelets, Brooches, Charms, Chatelnin Ornaments, y Chains, Companions, Shawl, and foot ; Lay Figures Lacqured Card-Boxes, Leather Coll ars Gloves, &c.'; Lace : Brussels. &c.; also r ßarbs, Berthes, eye COiffeurs, Cuffs, Shawls, Scarfs, Tr mining,l ells, &c.; Mala moth .eats Pieces, &c. ; Molasses, Musical Boxes, Musical Instru 'ones ' A vi z.; Accordions, Cornopeans, Flutinas,_ Ophicledes, Piano- Gla ga O pera -glasses, Oiled Silk, Paper knives, Paper Gilt, &c.; p en Oiled Silk, taper Knives, Paper Gilt. &c. ; Paper-hangings, Purau,,M,erY, Pictures, Porcelain, Plain and Ornamented ; Pur,es, R.o t il;: ri nges. Garnitures, Slides, Snaps, Tassels, &c. ; Rugs, gegar.:c,.. Turkey, &c. ; Savealls (of glass) ; Seals, Desk, &c. ; tro ca ,l s es , Segars, Scum of Sugar, Shaving . Paste ; Bags, 81 11 twi n e, for Curtains, Head-dresses, Milllinery, Purses, &c.; Rte,,...'i , A . oollen, Cashmere, &c. ; Snuff; Spirits, plain and mixed; s q'alel,les, Reads, Chains, Locks, Watch-guaals . , &c.; li,f arbi v e C'Andles, Tea, Tobacco, Tobacco Ashes, Toys, viz., Dominoes, 'V eget &e. ; atches Turquoises (imitation), Utrecht Velvet, Vestments , preserved in salt, &c.; Waistcoat Pieces, embroidered, ior Gold and Silver, Watch-gurads, Wine , and various o s. Wate l. h Ex P o rtation only—Books, a Clock, Cordials, Prints, Spirits, r ,f.s, Wine, &c., , ke• duti es txortation, or for Home Consumption, on payntes!t of the ellred , / i t Arrowroot, Coriander Seed, Clay Figures, Cotrea, Fish s ee, silk and Velvet Br oad Stuffs, Aprons, handkerchiefs, &e: g; e 4eca des, Spirits, Tea, Tamarinds, Turmeric, Wood, Wine, Th e ab tota.h e 0 goods may be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Cm- It i di a ire, Thames -street; at the London, and the East and West 1 5th, Tu " k ,s; and at the Tobacco-ground, Rotherhithe, on Monday, Weis & , e s , la3', 16th, and Wednesday 17th, of April, 1850, from Ten th e d 4 a ., 1 . 11 the Morning until Three o'cick in the Afternoon, and on o;eloi.ek 34 t Nofoognala flow, Tea & c l oc k in the Morning until Twelve eautwT e l e a stiee, that . roods sold at this sale will not be delivered until after clear days of the day on which they are sold, and that no lots In t h :Pld for at the office of the Receiver of Fines after Two o'clock "I,'n ,:Itternosa ; and that on the days of sale, money will not be re cm:ao by the Receiver of Fines after Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. toog e awes st cot, " n o may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom- London, price Is. each. • NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhill, London. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. A Institution embraces important and substantial advantages respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuties. IcoPolicies issued by this Society have a twofold advantage :—provi n for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary ailable resource to himself, if needful, whilel ivin g. The Assured : 43 , on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense, or for qittire of the Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid. DIVISION OF PROFITS. r. The continued prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors the Annual Meeting, held on the 10th of May, 1848, to declare a nth bonus, varying from 27 to 65 per cnt. ou the Premiums paid wit each Policy effected on the profit scale e . EXAMPLES. m fie. Pre- Annual Polley Bonus in Perms- Su the nent Re- Ao— Pre- taken addition Bonus In duct on of may bor. 7, 4 Want. out In to Sum Cash. Annual row on Assured. Premium. Policy. s. g. £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1837 276 14 3 128 14 3 21 7 2 593 6 8 1838 251 18 10 115 14 8 18 12 8 543 17 9 so ,t s.d. 1839 226 6 0,102 15 116 2 9 194 810 10 00 74 3 4 1840 178 0 0 1 82 14 2 12 14 11 145 0 0 1841 174 0 01 78 3 4 12 3 0 395 11 1 1842 147 4 2, 65 15 10 10 2 4 346 2 3 1, 1843 99 18 4! 44 8 4 615 11 206 13 4 -1844 62 6 8 1 27 13 4 4 4 0 347 4 5 4 . 11 Y the DEFERRED ANNUITIES. oPeration of the same principles, the Society Is enabled to t„"d hene public a plan of Deferred Annuities far more advanta trilna ,„any hitherto offered, whereby an individual, by the eon enritt‘"4 of a very small annual, monthly, or weekly saving, may se d4:i:it comfortable provision for himself in ad . vanced . e l f; 4thoption, a large sum of money, or a policy to his family at 1 h„„._ , while by giving to tho purchaser, at any time, the power of o µ\ l n, two-thirds of all previous payments, it removes all risk ,7:rfeiture from inabilit sicknessi premiums, besides affording ,_ ti Mp • t le e resouree during and want of employment ; and birds di of t h hi purchaser die before arriving at the stipulated period, twe. payments will be returned to his representatives. O e b s e .following Table is a specimen of the great and varied advan -7_o which the judicious application of a small saving caa secure gr I,..._,!l__lthis Society. 11. PREMIUMS To secure 1 on attain- Annuity.£lo 10 0 ing the age Cash .. 82 10 0 of 65, the Policy.. 97 8 6 option of 14 , 1; I , 1 6 0 1 Payable Payable 1 Payable t ., Anuu- i lie ono for Die t.•,-; ally. I sum. _parity. .£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 20 01011 10 0 10 0 0 0 30 019 616 7 1 7 3 11 40 1 17 327 311 19 410 now debt ) , enableo, i The sitor:, ' they a unaniaW d to 50/.1 iuld burl extens. o 3 work' sy could' o t Hirt of nod with iago ofir_ d 'Ott the r e , e settlerr o in any 12 also Pos' I case tib . Ile vi" xtensiCE y altog' ire was f fact, I <f W' law ill ~)arture 1,71 i ::ountrY9 jdh ',‘ by , c; . lie iv , but the 1 in tbi 4 o t o , Ie did uo)9 ictice O f but tbol builds 0 ry it otit., er r udgeb 2S' ChOP meet o f 4 re ail 40, d a 1111e 3 " ' excep tioo n t rs be to 6 ' o , ut,twe o „, .r c o unr ) , •ne) -C l°l3 l cs sur e cient _., more elfec:ise argurn e il l e the I' IV re a d; used it sac fo abuse to entry © que o i i i6 fin° cou / 14 ^ould Oho; ciourd sifpe lit -- He j '; ( 1, a indu c ) debt the co t o Df r eco 0 i Genti°,, t a wed 1 ,70 hat L e ", '.s on) ? r i ffi o try i l , If o though . Y leitil t o ppOtt• . ail min , • e o ' ( it 500/. 01 3 0 )0 so we t s k a ll even e bet.t_ tet ' 4, , .:tteribi°P wer e 0 4 )11 „ s , to ke • thOS C jei r s of th e d j neve r 1 Gofe r° , tio l ,, 511 00 j r w w 0 01 r a le r ift e 45 ,, laye ee- f wised °Y e , late Ipell 11d D OI iY exite d tO e 1111.8 . : , the ll ' go' BC' g E( tAe f , ' 2I3Og P th e 1. , ' Of JO a l 7 e Art V .Ges e)li itl i ' ; -, SOa, il Y r to, 'eV 1 ,s(1' 1 1 )0 111 fa. l o f .a-A1 I. BENEFITS •ed on attaining the age of bY 123. an Annual Premi um of Annuity.' Cash. I Policy. -" 5° a. .£ 47 10 2g 16 C 394 11 0 466 40 I 15 1 (' 22 1 0 0 261 1115 80,136 ttrtalediate Annuities are also granted by the Society on liberal t hov r i: s a s Will be seen by the following extracts from the Tables, At e 5 " 0 6 the annUal amount of annuity upon every 100/. deposited : . 47 88 . I Age 60 £9 14s. 3d. 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REC 4 LODGE'S PORT.; Vogv TT; /"./ The same commenda`tions 7vhich wehave bestowed - cn the former volumes of Mr. Bohn* - very bean f ; and very cheap edition of " Lodge'sA'ortraitr," l- tre applicable to the new volumes now bete us. Am 014 ., 2 72 . , the celebrated individuals whose person s al:pagyPiPtk, e_ lll > , are, here exhibit e d t o us b y the masterly',aand:7-01 - Vandyke, a Godfrey Kneller, a Peter Lely,andAathe contewporary.artists, and whose characters and his tories are briefly but admirably set forth, in the very interesting biographies of " Lodge," are Selden, Oliver Cromwell, Monk, Queen Henrietta Maria, the heroic Countess of Derby, Hyde,; Earl of Clarendon, Sir Kenelm Digby, and others, in Volume V., Which contains no less than thirty memoirs and portraits A similar number is also contained in Volume VI., among which the most interesting are those of Charles IL and his Queen, Prince Rupert, Alger non Sidney, Lord Russell, Locke, and Tillotson The characters of these personages are forcibly, and for the most part (making due allowance for the writer's loyal predilections) fairly described with a few vigorous touches. Of John Selden it is remarked— " Mr. Selden was certainly the most learned, and per haps, the most honest Englishman of his time. He was actually a patriot, fur his continued efforts to serve his country, however frequently he might have mistaken the means, seem never for a moment to have incurred even a suspicion of selfishness." Of Oliver Cromwell we are told--" We shall seek in vain for any other estimable qualities in Cromwell's character than judgment, courage, and decision." Mr. Lodge's portrait of the Lord Protector is somewhat unflatter ing, a fact readily accounted for, when we read the opening passage of the biography of M on k penned by the same band. Opinions, indeed, differ as to whether the most famous act of Monk's life has entitled him to the gratitude of posterity, but as to the justice of these remarks upon the sentiment of gratitude itself there cannot be two opinions. "As we are told," says Mr. Lodge, " that we may cover a multitude of our own sins by our charity, so, in another sense, may it be said that w e f requent l y cover those of others by our gratitude. It is difficult even to discern the faults of one from whom we have received great favours ; painful to dwell on the contemplation of them ; and scarcely possible to proclaim them, &c." The story of "Charlotte de la Tremorille," the heroic Countess of Derby, is necessarily dull of interest. May other attractive themes and memorable anecdotes, too numerous to particularise, abound in these pages. In the memoir of the Duchess of Richmond, no less celebrated for her virtue than her beauty, we are re minded of a circumstance perhaps not familiar to all who are accustomed to the sight of penny-pieces. The King was an ardent, perhaps the more ardent, because an entirely unsuccessful suitor to the fair Stewart before her marriage with the Duke of Richmond, as the following anecdote testi fies : THE EFFIGY ON PENNY-PIECES. "Charles's passion fur her increased daily, and betrayed him into several :singular but inoffensive extravagances. Among these a gold medal appeared, doubtless by his order, representing on the front his own bust, and on the reverse a portrait of the idolised fair one in the character of Minerva, said to have been so exquisite a likeness that it was instantly known, as Evelyn, who lived in her time, informs us in his Nusimata,' by all who had ever seen her. We are told that Philip Rotier, who, with his father and brothers, was joint engraver to the Royal Mint, and who executed the dye, fell distractedly in love with her in the interviews to which be was necessarily admitted to study hir fea tures, and soothed his hopeless passion by copying again and again, in various sizes and metals, this happy effort of his art. The King was not less desirous than the engraver to disseminate to the utmost the beloved por trait, and it was presently transferred to the copper coin of the realm, on which it appears to this day, unaltered in its general appearance, as the emblematic figure, and bearing the inscription of Britannia." In alluding to this circumstance, and to the virtue of the Duchess (the golden medal reminding him of the fable of " Danaii") Waller wrote some complimentary verses, in which he observes— " Britannia there, the fort, in vain Bad battered been with golden rain: Tbund*r itself had failed to pass— Virtue's a stronger guard than brass." LEILA. Partll . By Sir Edward Bultuer Lytton. The-present cheap and elegant republication of one of the least known, and yet one of the most imaginative of tLig•refnurkable fictions penned by our poet novelist,pr,Aressea from month to month favour ably. tier 'instalment is embellished with two of the exquisite engravings originally decorating the romance of the " Siege of Granada "—engravings produced under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath from original drawings bx some of our most distinguished artists, such men, for example, as Maclise and Stephanoff. " Ayza la Horra reproach ing Boabdil," a sketch copied from a picture by the former gifted painter, affords in the present number an admirable specimen of the style of embellishment. The narrative itself has advanced as far as the corn- encement of the Third Book, depicting among other i❑cidents the temptation of the Jewess—consequently the work is just about half completed. Etty's lovely picture of " Youth and Pleasure " one of the principal gems in the Veanon collection— has here afforded to Mr. C. W. Sharpe an opportunity of displaying the skill of his graver, an opportunity of which he has availed himself with inimitable suc cess. The impression before us is rich in beauty, and looking at it we scarcely miss the variegated colouring of the original. Another painting, the " Cottage Children, ' of Gainsborough, also in the same precious repository of modern art, has been skilfully engraved by Mr. G. B. Shaw, for the April number of the Art Journal. Mrs. S. C. Hall makes a pilgrimage this month to spots sanctified by the footsteps of Milton, and those classic localities are ingeniously sketched out by the practised pencil of Mr. Fairholt. The distinguished modern artists, whose portraits adorn the pages of this excellent periodical, are Westall and Pickersgill. In addition to a variety of other contributions, both literary and pictorial, we must also especially particularise seve ral very beautiful illustrations of popular poetry, and an admirable engraving of the Nelson column, Tra falgar-square, as it will look when in a state of completion. REPEAL OF THE RAILWAY PASSENGER TAX.-- , Petitions are now being presented by railway companies to Parliament for a repeal of the Act sth and 6th Victoria, whereby a duty of 5 per cent. was imposed on all sums re• ceivod or charged for the conveyance of passengers travelling on railways. They set forth that since the passing of this Act railway property has undergone great alterations; that railway revenues have been reduced by competition and by heavy assessments of another character; and that the re mi6sion of the daty would relieve the particular interest from a burden that does not attach to steam-vessels, or any other description of property. SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF EQUINB REMAINS. —An exhumation, which most probably will rather excite the spe culation of the sporting than the scientific public, took place on Monday morning at Lewisham. Some workmen em ployed in the repair of an extensive mansion in the village had occasion to take up the flooring of the dining parlour, when, within a foot of the joists, the skulls of no less than seventeen horses were found, and in every instance th e l ower jawbone was absent. Of course in the affair has cause d no more o h rs o e r s se_ of il tri es i h s: little conjecture and speculation the vicinity ; an d some venture to hint that there have been re p res ented age, that have gone the way of tal h i than the unlamented Leander, or the living Running' Rein. WRECK. OF TUB ROYAL ADELAlDE.—lnformation bodyhavi n o g been m f a e e womanco communicated c b a e t e e t been found u A the c 3 o i r a o p n i t, thestahnadts, iin the parish of Foulness Island, dressed only in her shift, a petticoat and bed-gown, th e body being quite fresh, and with a wound on h er r i g ht temple, which was then bleeding, that gentleman :sum mone d a j ury f or F r i day last, and re- • quested the attendance of a medical man, when it appeared that she was found as stated on Wednesday last, by a man named Belton, and carried t o an ou t-h ouse attac h e d to th e king's ti ead public-house, in Foulness ; that on searching her he found in the pocket of her gown several letters, two of which were dated respectively the 7th and 10th of March, 1850, from Warley Barracks, commencing, " My dear wife," and signed " John Harrington ;" also a pair of child's socks, and a string of beads. Mr. Miller, the surgeon, stated that he had made an external examination of the body of the de ceased, and found a wound upon her right temple, which WAS then still bleeding, and a bruise upon her right leg; both had been received during lite, and were of a trivial character; that he believed from her appearance she was an Irish wo man, and about 35 years of age ; her breasts were full of milk. He was inclined to think, from the manner in which she was dressed, that she had been lost from some vessel, and washed overboard whilst in the act of dressing. V erdict, " Found dead." Since the inquest, information has been re ceived of other bodies having been washed up, namely, that of a man with a cork jacket, at Harwich; a woman at Great Holland, a child at Little Holland , and a chil d at ninon ; but as there can be no reasonable doubt, under the circurn litogyuaelsit Adelaide, upon laide , w thee understand b o a ieB._ E s s Mr ex stances, that they are bodies of parties drowned at sea , an d probably belonging to the Codd has declined holding Herald. QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BIEMIN GRAM.---The 100a1 officers and finance comm ittee o f the British Association for Science, return to held last y ear at Bi rming h am , to the sub scr ib ers to the loca l h th a e vin g Advancementdeterdetermined f t o tuf fund the whole of the funds in hand, which will amount tor one-half of the subscriptions, the Earl of Dartmouth, the Earl of Harrowby, Viscount Lifford, the Hon. the Dean of Lichfield, Mr. James Taylor, Mr. J. E. Piercy, and other in fluential subscribers, have consented to transfer their moiety to complete the new buildings, museum, library, model room, engineering workshops, &c., of Queen's College, towards the erection of which and the purchase of the free hold site the Rev. Dr. Warneford has contributed the muni ficent sum of 3,0001. SUCCESSFUL CURE FOR RATS.—In an upland parish, not an hundred miles from Brechin, the inmates of a house were much annoyed with the ravages of those de structive vermin—eating their hams and everything that came in their way. A kind neighbour advised the purchase of coal tar, which was accordingly got, and their retreats were overlaid with the material, and in a very short time they had left. The story is rich in its sequel. The glide wife, to make sure that her hams should) not suffer further, besmeared them with the tar also, which has had the effect of scaring bipeds from them, as well as the rats, for tivey are now fairly inedible.—,Brechin Advertiser. 114 - 7.,7a N° 17 9M.] LONDON WEDNESDAY , S 4 5 " : •S. , • APRIL 10 1850„ FIFTY POUNDS REWARD.-WHEREAS, on the indrning of Nfonday, the Bth instant, about nhic o'clock, a Blue Bag, containing Post Letters, addressed to Leaden. hall-street, and its vicinity, was stolen at the corner of Leadenhall and Bishopagate Streets, London. Whoever will IMMEDIATELY come forward and give such inlorma• tion as will lead to the apprehension of the Offender or Offenders shall receive a Reward or FIFTY POUNDS, payable on Conviction. _ By Command, W. L. MABERLY, Secretary. Gererat Post °Mee, 9th Al ril, 1850. O R T G AGE-2,0001. WANTED oa the Security of Divideiv's in the Three per Cent. Consols, and the assignment of a Policy of Insurance. The dividends can he so received by the lebner that he will always have them in his hands long before the interest on the loan accrues. No person but principals or their solicitors need apply. Apply to "M. A.," No. 5, Red Lion Square, London. GUILDHALL, AFaIL 3, 1850. r TIRE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S JL LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of April ius:ant, at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDEBS for LETTING on LEASE, for twenty-one years from Lady-day, 1850, a House. No. 14, on the north side of Broad-street-bundings ; Two Houses, Nos. 28 and 29, on the south side of Broad-street buildings. Also, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on a BUILDING LEASE, for 61 years from Midsummer next, a Piece of Ground, on the north side of Harrow. street, Ratcliff. Further particulars and plans may be seen, and forms of tender Obtained, at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. ONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—EPSOM SPRING RACES, 1850; GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES, on THURSDAY, April 11th ; Ural GREAT METROPOLITAN STEEPLE CHASES, on FRIDAY, April 12th. Ordinary fares will be charged by the ordinary trains. Additional trains will run as usual, for which tickets will be issued at ss. each, entitling the holder to return by any train the same day. By order, FREDERICK SLIGHT, Secretary. London Terminus, April 10, 1850. 1 - 1 k ROYAL POLYTECHNIC /I±l. INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. • Dr. Bachhoffner's Sec Mid Lecture on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation—Optical Effects, daily at Two, and every Evening except Saturday, at Eight o'clock.—Third Ledure by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., •n tke Chemistry of the Metals, with brilliant Experiments, daily and in the Evenings. —An entirely new Series of Dissolving Views exhibiting Scenes in Ceylon, from Sketches taken on the spot by A. Nicholls, Esq., painted on Glass by Mr. Clare. Also a Series of Views of the Arctic Regions, with an interesting Description, daily at Half-past Four, and in the Evenings. The Views of London In the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is, are shown at One •'clock.— Experimexts with the Diver sad Diving-bell, &c., &c. Admission, Is.—Schools, Hall=price. EVENING EXHIBITION, THE EXHIBITION of WORKS of ANCIENT and AIEDIAIVAL ART and PECIMENS of RECENT mu mit MANUFACTURES, is NOW OPEN, at the House of the Society of Arts, John-street, A dolphi, Daily, between the hours of Ten and Five ; and IN ADDITION from Seven till Ten on:the Evenings of Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Admission, Is.—Catalogue, Is. .ion. THE WINDOW-TAX. There was never a stronger case made out upon a financial question than that of Lord Duncan last night in the Commons for the repeal of the window-tax. It was impossible to resist conviction. The division was the best test of the feeling of the House, and of the impression made by Lord Duncan's speech. The Ministers, with all the Ministerial strength at their backs, could only secure a majority of three. In such a case this virtually amounts to a defeat. We are not surprised at such a result when we look a little -closely into the nature and operation of this most ob jectionable tax, and consider at the same time the prac tical suggestions made for making the deficit conse quent upon its repeal. Lord Duncan's speech was complete in its kind. He demonstrated the injurious working of the impost as it stands; he traced its tortuous annals from the days of William 111. to the present year of Queen Victoria. lie mentioned incidentally that oce and other of the inevitable First Ministers of this country had given in his adhesion to the policy of repealing this tax, with as much distinctness as Mi nisterial nature would permit. • In 1845 Sir Robert Peel expressed• "his readiness to take the matter into consideration at some future period." In the year 1848 Lord John Russell admitted "that the argu ment was in favour of the opponents of the tax, and regretted that the state of the finances would not allow relief to he afforded." As though to make his case as strong as authority could reach, Lord Duncan reminded the House that in the Queen's speech at the opening of the session a clause was inserted to the effect that her Majesty hoped " Parliament would be enabled to make further progress in the removal of those evils which affected the health and welfare of her subjects." Lord Duncan next, passing from generals to particulars, mentioned• the unex ampled depression to which the glass trade was at present reduced, mainly in consequence of the hard necessity under which Britons as well as Esquimaux are brought of building and inhabiting houses without windows or air-holes. Not only is the warfare car ried on against the crystal pane which admits the genial light of day into our dwellings, but as it ap pears from an anecdote mentioned by Lord Duncan to the House last night, even metallic substitutes come within the ban of our stern financiers. As air and light could not be had together, it was proposed some time back to get at a little atmospheric air in dwelling houses by means of a zinc plate perforated VI ith holes. Mr. Williams, of Penrhyn, endeavoured to obtain a little air in this way, but what was the surprise of that ingenious Cambrian at finding him self immediately surcharged for his supplemental zinc ? In vain he appealed—the appeal was de cided against him. He was told that if he wanted untaxed air, he might find it in abund once upon the lofty summit of his own Snow don, or on the craggy peaks of Cader Idris. If a man needed such a commodity at home, he must pay for it. Atmospheric air and hair-powder fall under the same category. But it may be said zinc plates are a low and palpable evasion of this necessary tax. Well, then, suppose we make up our minds to do without any substitute whatsoever for the window pane, and content ourselves with knocking out a few bricks, so as to get at a gulp of fresh air with all the draw backs of intrusive winds, slanting showers, and so forth—what then? Would such an aperture be a window? Mr. Goulburn, when Chancellor of the Exchequer, has laid down the law upon this point in a manner that may set all doubts to rest for ever. A correspondence took place between that gentleman in his official capacity and the Carpenters' Society of London, who were anxious to know how the matter might be managed. Mr. Goulburn set their per plexities to rest at once by telling them that " if they could make a hole through a wall which should admit air without light then it would not be charge able." In Wieland's fairy tale the hero of the piece is banished by Charlemagne from his dominions until he shall have gone to Babylon, and procured a hand ful of the Sultan's grey beard, and four of his soundest back teeth, and the condition was thought a hard one at the time, even by the Paladins, who were not men to stick at trifles. But an English Chancellor of the Exchequer is more ingenious at setting puzzles than the most imaginative of romance writers. But let us carry this chapter of exemptions a little further. As we have just said, holes that admit air without light are exempt. Ireland, of course, is exempt from this as from other taxes to which Englishmen are sub jected. Public offices are exempted—this perhaps with some reason, considering that the exemption is a clear and definite one, and that it is idle waste of time to transfer money from one breeches pocket to the other. Hospitals, too, and churches may claim immunity from other and obvious reasons. - But why are the Universities privileged ? Why do not the lons of Court contribute their quota to the window-tax, if it is to be paid at all ? Surely Christ Church, Oxford, and Trinity, Cambridge, are not such poverty-stricken bodies that they can come forward with decency to ask for immunity from taxa- And the lawyers too, why should they not be made to pay up their share of taxation ? The dwellers in Stone-buildings and King's Bench-walk are not a class of men unfit for grappling with the difficulties of life—they need no dry •nursing at the hands of the Finance Minister. Then, again, farmhouses where the rent is under 2001. per annum, manufactories, shop windows, counting-house windows, warehouses, are all exempt. We can readily enough perceive the policy of such exemptions in the cases of the classes enumerated; but it would be just as easy to give as good reasons for exempting other descriptions of buildings as those mentioned. We find an, other and a singular exception, which would al most lead one to expect that the successive Chan cellors of the Exchequer have been deeply tinged with Brahminical superstitions. A certain divine reverence appears, according to them, due to the cow . and her produce. Dairies and cheeserooms are ex empted from the tax; and here again we will admit that there are excellent reasons to be adduced for the exemption, but other portions of a farmhouse might be named which certainly stand as much in need of atmospheric air and light as the cheeseroom, but which are yet subjected to the tax until some one shall succeed in solving Mr. Uoulburn's problem of admitting air without light. Let us add, in conclu ►ion, that in nine cases out of ten—and certainly in country neighbourhoods—the policy of these exemp- tions, even as far as the favoured classes are concerned, is more than dubious. As much money is probably spent in contriving shifts to evade the tax and in litigation as would be sufficient to liquidate the . . claim. No doubt the window-tax is but one of many which we must all of us be anxious to see removed —the question remains which is entitled to the preference. For many reasons which will be found stated at length in Lord Duncan's excellent speech, the window-tax is entitled to be reckoned amongst the first for abolition—if it does not, in point of fact, stand clearly and indisputably first upon the list. But says Sir Charles Wood, " Where can I _ . _ ._ _ get the money which will make up the deficit caused by the removal of a tax of this amount ?" The answer is ready in a form which will meet Ministers over and over again. The cost of the African squad ron, useless and med as the expenditure is, would wore than cover half of the deficiency ; for the other half Lord Duncan points to the Woods and Forests, and asserts that if this property were properly managed there would be no pinch felt in the Ex . chequer if the window-tax ware abolished to-morrow. Let every one who receives the little half-yearly notice (,f the tax-collector consider that he is but called upon to pay his contribution to meet the ex penses of the insane blockade of the African coast, and of the mismanagement of the Crown estates.— Times. MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 15i per mine, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.54; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.52 i, it follows that gold is 0.00 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4361 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. lod. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.104; and the ex change at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.11 e, it follows that gold is 0.23 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The Tomb and the Remains of Alfred the Great are to be offered for sale by auction on Thursday next, by order of the County Magistrates !! I If future generations do not affix the burning brand of shame on this our own generation, which permitted such a disgraceful act to be perpetrated, retribution will be proved to be a fallacy, and indignation to have discharged its shafts wide of the mark which it ought to reach. This deliberate act of the county authorities— this act of men on whom education seems to have been lavished in vain—this insult to the feelings of every Englishman who has ever cherished or nurtured as a household theme the name, the deeds, the thoughts, and the words of Alfred, as the impersonitication of all that is great and good in a monarch, of all that can dignify, adorn, and elevate humanity—is to be consummated, and the moulder ing dust of Britain's greatest legist is to be disposed of on Thursday next. We should have thought that the lowest depth of degradation had been reached when the site of the splendid abbey where his remains were deposited was co vered with the buildings of a bridewell ; but it is enough for every Englishman to hide his face with everlasting shame, to be told that the ashes of our best, our wisest, our greatest King, are to be sold—are to be chaffered and cheapened—at a public auction. —Hampshire Independent. PRUSSIAN RAILWAYS.—At a meeting just held at Cologne it was resclved to resume the prdect for constructing a railway from Middleburgb, in the directors of Limburgh, and terminating at Yenloo. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and two of the Royal children honoured this theatre with their presence last evening, for the purpose of witnessing the per formance of Rossini's chef d'oeuvre, and (with the single exception of the Nazze) the best comic opera ever produced, Ii Barbiere di Siviglia, with Madame Sontag as Rosina. It was in this character that Madame Sontag made her first appearance bef)re an English audience some twenty-three years since, and at once acquired that high standing which she has ever since maintained. She made the character her own; during her retirement from the stage, her Rosina was the invariable standard of comparison by which all other Rosinas were tested, and to which none could ever approach, and last night she was as perfect, as beautiful—aye, and as young as ever! still unapproachable, still the very Rosina of the Maestro. The facility And ;accuracy with which she executed the most brilliant passages last night was perfectly marvellous. Her " Una voce poco fa" was the very pet fection of florid vocalisation, and her execution of Rode's air, which she gave as the singing lesson;produced afuroreexceeding in intensity, if that be possible , that of last season. It is needless to,say that she was called on to repeat the last variation, and that she was applauded to the echo. Lablache, glo rious Lablache was, as Bartolo, more rich, more unctions, more full of humour than ever;; and Beletti, as Figaro, was the most lively of barbers, and sung the music most effectively; his " Largo al factotum," and his " Nell idea di qual Metallo," were admirable ; in the latter he was excellently supported by Calzolari, who appeared for the first time as Count Almaviva, and who sang the music with great taste and correctness. He gave the eavatina "Ecco ridente " with great taste, and was much and deservedly ap plauded. The overture and orchestral accompaniments were most effectively 'given ' thanks to the energy and decision w ith w hi c h Balfe conducts the orchestra, and to the admirable manner in which he has drilled the band. Madame Sontag and the prin cipal artists were frequently recalled during the course of the evening, and at the conclusion she was honoured with a perfect triumph. Between the acts Mademoiselle Ferraris repeated her grand pas, and was as usual most enthusiastically received ; Les Metamorphoses, which bids fair, thanks to Carlotta Grisi, to revive the ballet furore which has been somewhat in abeyance since the ad vent of Jenny Lind, concluded the performance. The crush at the doors was terrific, and the house was crowded in every part long before the commence ment of the opera. . The Queen and his Royal Higness Prince Albert honoured the performances with their presence. Her Ma jesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and her Royal Highness the Princess Royal. The suite in attendance upon the Royal party comprised the Viscountess Can ning, the Hon. Miss Murray, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Elphinstone, and Colonel Seymour. Amongst the company were his Grace the Duke of Wel lington and the Marchioness of Douro, his Serene Highness Charles Duke of Brunswick, his Excel lency the Russian Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, M. de Berg, the Belgian Charg6 the Marquis of Bath, the Marquis of Hunt ley, the Marchioness Dowager of Sligo and the La dies Browne, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, thu Marquis of Done gal, the Earl of Shelburne, the Earl and Countess Granville, th e E ar l of Falmouth. the Countess de Flabault and Miss Flabault, Viscount Enfield, Lord George Gordon Lennox, Lord Gardner, Lord Somerville, Lord William Lennox, Lord Rendleshan, Lord and Lady de Tahley, Lord Ashburton, Lord Adolphus Fitsclarence, Lady Kerrison, Lord George Paget, Lord and Lady Sondes, Lady Charles Somerset and the Misses Somerset, Lady Vivian, the Count de Herbolon, the Count Civry, the Baron de Schertz, Sir W. Fremantle, Bart., and LadyFrema n tl e , Si r G. Womb- well, Bart., Sir J. Lowther, hart , Lady'Flower,:iLti tenant-General Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., and Lady Woodford, Sir Thomas Barret Len nard, and Lady Barrett Leonard, Sir Sey mour Sadler, Lady Caroline Sandford, Lady Kirkland, Lady Carnwath, Sir W. Abdy, Bart., Sir T. Retford, Lady Gordon, the First Lord of the Admi ralty and Lady Arabella Baring, the Hon. Mr. Wel. lesley, the Hon. C. R. Neville, Major Neville, Mr. Pren dergast, Mr. Broderip, Captain Douce, Captain Clarke, Captain Drummond, Mr. Rickards, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Mr. Willoughby, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Colonel Percival, Colonel Wildman, Mr. H. Broad ley, M.P., Mr. W. D e l a fi e ld, Mr. F. Stanley, Mr. W. Packe, M.P., and Mrs. Packe Reading, Major Buckley, Mrs. Hobson, Mr. Peabody, Mr. G. Cornwall, Captain Lyon, Mr. Adolphus, Mrs. Leslie, Captain Villiers, Mrs. lieauelerk, Mr. C. Barry Bald win, M.P., Mr. Henry Singleton and Miss Singleton, Mr. Mills, Mr. Lygon, Mr. Chichester, the Hon. Mr. Vernon, Mr. and Mrs. Sandford, Mrs. Paul, Mr. Ford, Mr. Brereton Trelawney, Mr. W. Cubitt, M.P., Mrs. and Miss Ewing, &c. would recommend the dingy condition of the gilding and decorations of this once-beautiful house to the renovating consideration of the manager, not forget ting the neglected chandelier, from which a string of drops is pendant, like a stray stalactite, over the i de voted heads of the pit, pr e ci se ly as we recollect t on last "Boxing-night." Parsimony—or neglect, as it may be—is no true economy; and the judicious out lay of a few pounds would once more render the in terior of this theatre the most beautiful, unquestion ably, of any of the metropolitan temples of the drama, and would prove no less creditable to the spirit of the lessee than conducive to the ocular satisfaction of the visitors. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, with Prince Alfred and the Princess Helena, visited the Zoological Gar dens, in the Regent's Park, yesterday afternoon. Lord Charles Fitzroy and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Sey mour the Equerri es i n W a iti ng , atten d e d h er M a j esty and his Royal Highness. Lord Seymour had an audience of the Queen yes terday afternoon at Buckingham Palace, and had the honour to kiss hands on being appointed Chief Com missioner of her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings. Her Majesty was ' attended by Lord Elphinstone, Lord in Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Lieut.- Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Canning, Hon. Miss Murray, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Sey mour. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Prin cess Louise, took their usual airings yesterday. The Viscountess Canning has relieved the Countess of Charlemont in her duties as the Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. Her Majesty's private band attended in Buckingham Palace on Monday evening, and performed the follow ing pieces : Overture, "La Dame Blanche" Cavatina, " Donna Curitea" Marsche, " Zauberflote" Selection, "Don Pasquale" . Donizetti. Mr. Jones, R.A., had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at his official residence in Downing -street. Mr. Cardwell, M.P., had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Tidd Pratt had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet at his official residence in Downing -street. The Building Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 met yesterday in the New Palace of Westminster. There were present—Mr. Cubitt (chairman), Messrs. Barry, R. Stephenson, C. Cockerel], Brunel, and Donaldson. Mr. Scott Russell, Secretary of the Commission, was in attend ance. Colonel Reid (chairman), Messrs. Cole, Dilke, and Fuller, attended by the Secretary, Mr. Digby Wyatt, were present on the part of the Executive Committee. The Committee examined the plans which have been submitted for the building. The Committee on Sculpture met yesterday. There were present Viscount Canning, Lord Ash burton, Sir Richard Westmacott, Mr. Baring Wall, Mr. William Wyon, Mr. D. Maclise, and Mr. Uwins. Messrs. Cole and Dilke attended on the part of the Executive Committee. The Committee on the Mineral - Kingjom,inat yes terday in the new Palace of Westminciter. The members present were Sir Charles Lyell, Sir Roderick Murchison, Dr. Lyon Playfair, and Mi. Richard Phillips. M es sr s . C o l e an d Dilke we - Pe present on the part of the Executive Committee. Mr. Scott Russell, Secretary to the eamthission, in attendance. Mr. Adair had an interview pith Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the,Home-office. The Earl and Countess Grey arrived in town on. Monday night, from Howick Hall, Northumberland. Lord John Russell has issued invitations for a Par liamentary dinner on Saturday next, at his residence in Chesham-place. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of the Mauritius. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Essex. Henry John Selwin, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. NATIONAL DEBT-OFFICE, APRIL 4, 1850. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury , having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduc tion of thu National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th Geo. 4th, c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the Unit( d Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof, for the year ended the sth day of January, 1850, amounted to the sum of two millions and ninety-eight thousand ono hundred and twenty-six pounds two shillings and one penny Thu Commissioners for the Raiuction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of five hundred and twenty-four thousand five hundred and thirty•ene pounds ten shillings and sixpence, being one-fourth part of the said surplus of two million and ninety-eight thou sand one hundred and twenty-six pounds two shillings and cue penny, will be applied, under the provisions of the said Act, between the 7th day of April, 1850, and the sth day of July, 1850, viz.:— To be applied to the purchase of stock £524,531 10 G Add interest receivable on account of donations and bequests to be applied to the purchhse of stock 1,945 5 11 £526,476 16 5 JAS. Marum, Assistant Comptroller. WHITEHALL, Aram 4. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Hodgson, of Selby, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. We the undersigned, two of her Majesty's Commis sioners of Inland Revenue, in pursuance of the Act Sth and 9zh Victoria, cap. 33, hereby certify, that we have ascertained that the average amount of bank notes of the Union Bank of Scotland, carrying on the business of bankers at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberden, Greenock, and divers other places, under the name or title of the Union Bank of Scotland and the Banking Company, in Aberdeen, in circulation during a period of one year preceding the Ist day of May. 1845, according to the returns made by such bankers, in pur suance of the Act passed in the 4th and sth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act to make further provision relative to the returns to be made by banks of the amount of their notes in circula tion," is four nundred and fifteen thousand six hundred and ninety pounds.—llated this Bth day of April, 1850. JOHN THORNTON. C. P. RUSHWORTH. To the Union Bank of Scotland. BANKRUPTS. Richard Thomas Peters, hotel keeper, High Holborn, to surrender April 20, at half-past eleven, and May 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-stree4 Sutton, Great Ormond-street, Queen-square. John Harriman, draper, Nottingham, April 19, and May 17, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Parsons, Not tingham. Robert David Evans and David Meredith Evans, drapers, Wrexham, Denbighshire, April 25 and May 16, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Evans and Son, Liverpool, AN EMBARRASSING REQUEST.—A man, habited as a gentleman's servant, knocked at the door of the mansion of Catchfrench, in the parish of St. German, on Tuesday night, about 9 o'clock, and left a large reticule tied down with cord with the two female servants, saying it contained some things for the Misses Granville, the ladies of the house ; he then departed, saying he was going to look after his gig, wfiich be had left in the neighbourhood, and would be back again shortly. The girl who took the basket said, as the man would soon be back she would defer taking it to her mistresses till his return ' • but, on setting it down rath er hastily, she was astonished to hear the shrill tones of an infant voice issuing from it. In the utmost surprise and alarm the servants ran to acquaint their mistresses, whose consternation may be easily imagined on finding the nature of the present they had been favoured with. After due de liberation, however, the basket was opened, and was found to contain a fine male child, apparently about a fortnight old, nicely dressed and deposited with every care for its comfort and convenience. There was also a note written in a good hand, addressed to the Misses Granville, informing them that the parents of the child were unable, from the pressure of the times, to bring him up as respectably as his ancestors, and therefore hoped that they would take compassion and adopt him. No clue has yet been obtained to the actors in this strange and unusual proceeding. It is needless to say the man did not return, but it has been ascertained that he came in a gig and passed through the neighbouring toll-bar. The infant will most likely be placed in the St. Germain's Union Workhouse.— Cornwall Gazette. FINANCIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.—A crowded and most enthusiastic meeting was held in the theatre, Sheffield, on Monday night, to receive Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P., and George Thompson, Esq., M.P., as a deputation from the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association. The appearance of these gentlemen upon the stage, accompanied by Wm. Fisher, Esq., R. Solly, Esq., and other gentlemen, was received with loud applause. Several excellent speeches were made, and the meeting passed off with much cleat. FOREIGN REFINED SUGAR.—A vessel named the Zumanshoop, belonging to Holland, which has arrived from the Dutch capital, has brought the unusually large quantity of 538 tierces and 1,146 barrels of foreign sugar, and al so 4CO cases of sugar candy, forming together an entire cargo, the produce anti manufacture ofilelland. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. Cnsiderable sensation was produced in the lobbies of the National Assembly, on Monday, by a state ment made by M. ANTOINE BONAPARTE, that the Minister fur Foreign Affairs had received a telegraphic dispatch announcing that the Paps had died from the effects of poison, on his way from Portici to Caserta. M. GUSTAVE DE BEAUMONT, who arrived at the As sembly shortly afterwards, declared that he had only just left the Foreign-office, and that no dispatch of the nature alluded to had been received there. Still, as the o official evening journals contained no contradiction of the report, which had been circulated by a member of the BONA PARTE family, in so authoritative a manner, the quasi contradiction of M. GUSTAVE DE BRAU moNT was considered as not at all satisfactory. The National, in relating the circumstance, asks whether M. GUSTAVE DE BEAUMONT is likely to be better in formed than M. ANTOINE BONAPARTE, and then pro ceeds as follows : " The news of the violent death of the Pope received a ready credence from the chiefs of the representatives of all parties. This readiness of belief would be inex plicable were we not aware that all the letters written for the last two months from the head-quarters of our army predict that if Pius IX. does not abdicate and re tire to a convent he will never eater Rome alive. The name of Ganganelli .is in the memory and on the lips of every one. The Cardinals and the clerical party were determined that Pius IX. should net enter Rome until the French army should have evacuated it. They knew him to be weak, irreso lute, and greedy of popularity. They feared lest he should make concessions to DOpular opinion, and they have, therefore. for nine me I:ths.:past had recourse to every species of threat, maniaivre, and intrigue to pre vent his return to the Vatican. Pius IX., however, has, notwithstanding, determined to return ; hence the im placable auger, the profound irritation of this Court of Red and Brack men. who assume the guise of courtiers, the more effectually to become dominators. There is, therefore, nothing improbable in this report of a palace catastrophe. The manners of Italy have progressed during the course cf the last two centuries, but the Court of Rome has not followed this movement of civilization; it even glories iu having resisted it." The Roman correspondent of the Patrie, who is evidently in constant communication with the chiefs of the clerical party, declares somewhat ominously as well as categorically, "Pius IX. will not go to Rome. He will go to Terracina, thence by the Marches to Loretto, and so to Bologna." Bologna, it will be remembered, is occupied by the Austrians, and a change from Portici to Bologna will be, as far as Pius IX. himself is concerned, merely a change of gaolers. The Committee of the Assembly on the law of electoral meetings has determined to postpone the presentation of its report until after the election of the 28th. There is every probability that M. EMILE DE GIRAEDIN will be the Democratic candidate, General CHANGARNIER had, it appear, given orders for a review to take place at the Champ de Mars on Monday, without consulting the PRESIDENT of the Republic, who, on learning the circumstance, countermanded the review. The Presse has the following in the course of its weekly article on the state of trade:— " During the last fortnight, in which we have not examined the commercial situation, calm has become somewhat re-established in transactions, but the attempts made by certai❑ political parties to frighten commerce has not yet been forgotten. Reserve is observed, and we must not hope that affairs will resume much ac• tivity before the new election, fixed for the 28th, shall be terminated. It is now known what were the real causes of the crisis, of which the conse .. quences are still so severely felt 'in most of the branches of trade of Paris ; the provinces and foreign countries are for nothing in the falling-off of business ;it was caused by the Parisian merchants and commission agents, who, after the election of the 10th of March, withdrew their commands from the manufactories of Parts, as also from those of Flanders, Alsace, Rouen, Lyons, and St. Etienne. Some of them have been led by the tax _ _ aggeration of their political opinions thus to suspend their affairs; others have followed this example by a sort of panic, and if public tranquillity had received the slightest injury, commerce would hare been very long in reCovering - fro - m . the shock. But in all parts more cor rect ideas on the situation are beginning to be entertained ; little by little business habits are re sumed, and those who have caused consternation every where, by proclaiming that all was lost and that France wag on the eve of a new political convulsion, aro now severely blamed. The Government has refused to accept the modifi cations proposed by the Committee of Assembly in the Bill for regulating the apppointment of mayors. A letter from Toulon of the 3d says that the Caton steamer had arrived with the intelligence that the Mediterranean squadron was, on the 31st ult., in the Bay of Naples, where it was to remain until further orders. The Caton brought dispatches from Vice- Admiral PeasEvAr. DESCHENES, commander of the squadron. The steamer Salamandre had also arrived at Toulon from the Piraeus with dispatches from the Minister of France at Athens. The Salamandre left on the 26 th tilt., and at that date nothing was settled in respect to the Greek question ; but the English no longer maintained an aggressive attitude and the news of the acceptance of the mediation of France had pro duced a good effect. There - was but little speculation at the Bourse. The Five per Cents. opened at 89f. 25c., and closed at 89f. 60c. ; the Three per Cents. closed at 55f. 60c. ; the New Roman Loan at 78i. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Arm, 9. Central of France (Orleans and Vi erzon ), 12;1, - East In dian, 54 —Luxembourg, 1 ) -- Namur and Liege, 634 Northein of France, 12'/—Paris and St ras b ourg , 5%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 4th instant have arrived. The Committee on the tariff has been installed under the Presidency of the Finance Minister. The majority of the Committee are, it is said, in favour of the adoption of a lit:Nral commercial policy. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 4 . —Three per Cents., 29i account; Five per Cents., 13/ paper. Exchange on London, 50 25 money. GERMANY. A telegraphic dispatch from Erfurt of the 7th inst. s tates that the Committe e of the Upper House has accepted the proposals of its Sub-Committee with a majority of fourteen vot es . T hese propos i t i ons are identical with those which' M. CAMPIJAUSEN made to the Lower House. The question on the right of peace and war has found a satisfa c t o ry so l u tion by the House accepting a motion which was brought in by Baron CARLOWITZ. Intelligence from Berlin o f th e 7 t h s t a t es th a t there is every probab ility of an immediate reconcilia tion taking place between Austria and Prussia. Prussia has dispatched an agent t o B erne t o nego tiate a customs union with Switzerland. The Bavarian papers are filled w ith d e t a il e d ac counts of the military preparations which are making on a large scale throughout the kingdom. A new levy of recruits has been decreed, and the troops are preparing to encamp between Schweinfurt and Wurzsburg. TLa insurrection of the peasants in Zagoria (Croatia) is quelled. The Emperor of AUSTRIA has remitted the sentence upon Bishop BREMER of 20 years ' imprisonment; and has given him permission, together with the other Bishops who had been condemned, t o re ti re t o a monastery upon a small pension. GREECE. ENGLISH CLAIMS. Letters from Athens of the 28th ult. have come to hand. All the claims will, it seems, be recognised, with the exception of that put forward by M. PACI FICO, which the French plenipotentiary does not con sider valid. It was stated in the latest previous ac counts from Athens that Baron GRos had had an interview with Mr. Wysa on board th e F renc h steamer La Vedette. M. GROS objected from the first, it seems, to M. Pecirico's claims. Mr. Wys a did not, it seems, deny the exorbitance i of ivr ACl ma's claims, and if any indemnity s granted in this case it must be a small one. Another meeting between M. Giros and Mr. WYSE was to have taken place on the 29th, when a definite settlement was to take place. However that may be, it was rumoured in Paris on Monday that the details of the arrangement had already been received there. TURKEY• There is news from Constantinople to the 25th of March. General DEMBINSKI, who was among the Poles on board of the ship that carried some eighty Polish refugees to Malta, would not abandon his friends is distress, but took ship for Broussa, from whence he went of his own free will to join KOSSUTH and his friends in misfortune who have been sent into the interior. There were still 600 Polish refugees at Schuinla. MM. CHANDOR, TELEKI, and Count BETHLEM, who had succeeded in making their escape from Arad, had passed through Constantinople. HAWICK AND GALASHIELS FACTORY DEPUTATION. —A deputation of operatives from Hawick and Galashiels arrived in London in the beginning of the week, with peti tions from all the factories in the place in favour of relay working. The deputation is still here exerting their utmost to carry out the object of their mission. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Grisi, Mario, and Tamburini, the glorious three, made their rentree for the season last evening, and, judging from their appearance, a winter at St. Peters burgh is rather favourable than otherwise to the voice 'lad to the personal appearance. The opera Lucrezia Borgia, and was well chosen sor the occasion, since the Lucrezia of Grisi is one of the finest of her tragic representations. Her reception was enthusiastic. The applause lasted some minutes ; indeed she seemed quite affected by the warmth of her welcome, and at first could scarcely command her voice. She was, however, soon herself again, and never did La Diva look better, sing better, or act better than last evening. The reception of Mario (for whom an apology was made on the ground of hoarseness) and of Tamburini were equally enthusiastic. Mario, who seemed determined to show that he stood in no need of any apology, sang with excellent taste and sweetness. The " Deh pescator" was exquisitely rendered, and the last scene was one of the most perfect pieces, both of acting and vocalization, that even Mario has given us. The Alfonso of Tamburini was full of power, and sublime in its wickedness. The part of Orsini was to have been performed by Mademoiselle de Meric, but in consequence of the indisposition of that young lady it was undertaken by Madame Do kolski, a lady previously unknown, who is very pretty, and who sang the music with great taste. The house was very well attended. Her Majesty's box was occupied by Lady Mary Wood and the Hun. Charles Grey. Among the visitors were the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Ade liza Howard, the Marchioness of Westmeath, the Marchesa and Mademoiselle de Brancaleono, the Earl and Countess of Stamford, Earl and Countess of Beauchamp, Countess of Malmesbury, Countess of Tankerville, Lady Dalmeny, Countess Dowager Waldegrave, Earl Granville, Count Potocki, Viscount Maldon, Viscount Cantilupe, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Mandeville, Lady Carrington and the Hon. Miss Carrington, Lady Suffield, Lady Seymour, Lord Arthur Hay, Lord Archibald St. Maur, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Alfred Churchill, Lord Arthur Lennox, Lord Henry Loftus, Lady Augusta Baring, Sir Henry and Lady Lushington, Sir Henry Webb, Sir William de Bathe, Sir George Army tage, Sir Charles Marshall, Lady Flint, Sir William Fraser, Sir George Carroll, Hon. Cecil Forester, Hon. George Mules, Hon. Theobald Dillon, Hon. John Fortescue, Hon. Spencer Montagu, Hon. Colonel Dawson Darner, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Ward, Hon. Major nedham, Hon. Mrs. Morlay, Bight Hon. E. J. Strutt and Mrs. Strutt, Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P., W. H. Gregory, Esq., M.l'., Thomas Baring, M.P., Mr. and Miss llobhouse, Miss Burdet Coutts, Mr. Samuel Rogers and Sir William Ross, Mr. Sloane Stanley, Captain Egerton, Colonel Sullivan, Captain De Bathe, Mr. H. Greville, Captain Trelawney, Mrs. Milner Gibson, Mr. Gore Currie, &c. was PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The performance of Miss L. Pyne in La Sonnam bula, last evening, gave perfect confirmation to our previous assertion of her being the very best Amina on the English boards. Her acting was marked by deep and unstrained feeling, and she sang throughout with exquisite sweetness, combined with an extraor dinary development of power and execution. In the finale she obtained a rapturous encore, and was en thusiastically applauded when led on before the cur tain by Allen and Weiss, who had acquitted them selves very creditably in the opera. Wynn was ex tremely comical as Allessio, proving himself to be alike a master of the facetious as well as the ferocious line. The Queen of the Roses continues to attract, from the great beauty of the scenery, dezorations, and costumes, which are each and all superb; indeed, the " Flight of Nerilha in a Corbeille of Flowers" is second only to the closing scene in The island o f Jewels. The dialogue, it is true, is utterly pointl ess , but Forman gives a comic song with grotesque effect, to the intense delight of the gods. Ryder is a noble-looking and deep-mouthed sorcerer ; Miss Saunders, as Cadige, is a petticoated d ou bl e o f Keeley; and Miss Louisa Howard, as Nerilha, the beautiful slave, is fascinatingly animated in look, speech, and motion. The ballet has been extremely well arranged by Flexmore, previous to his recent secession from the establishment. 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IMPORTS OF CORN AND OTHER GRAIN IN 1849. —According to a return just published, the total quantity of wheat and wheat flour imported into the United Kingdom in the year ending January 5, 1850, amounted to 4,835,280 quartets, of which 4,765,233 were from foreign countries and 160,047 from British colonies; the average price of wheat during the year being 445. 3d. The quantity of foreign barley and barley-meal imported in the same year was 1,359,855 quarters, the average price being 275. 9d. The total quantity of oats and oatmeal imported was 1,307,901 quarters, of which 1,283,834 were foreign and 24,070 British colonial ; the average price was 17s. 6d. Of ryemeal 246,843 quarters were imported; 246,822 from foreign countries, and 21 from British colonies, the average price being 255. Bd. The quantity of peas and peameal imported was 236,525 quarters, of which 221,705 was foreign, and 14,820 British colonial ; the average price being 31s. 2d. The total imports of beans and beantneal amounted to 458,651, all of which, with the exception of one quarter, was foreign; the average price being 30s. The quantity of Indian corn and meal imported was 2,277,224 quarters, 2,274,624 being foreign, and 2,600 British colonial. The imports of buckwheat and buckwheat meal amounted to 627 quarters, all but one quarter being foreign. In bere or bigg 843 quarters were imported. The aggregate quantity of grain and meal of all sorts imported in 1849 amounted to 10.753,755 quarters, the largest proportions being supplied by Denmark (1,320,571); Prussia (1,364,694); Russia (northern ports, 343,124, ports within the Black Sea, 577,633) ; France (1,025,009); and the United States of America (1,834,000). ,__. THE GREEK QUESTION. This day, price One Shilling, A BUSINESS VIEW of the GREEK QUESTION. With a brief Reply to the Statement of the " Economist " of March 16. Rya GREEK MERCHANT. Effingham Wilson, Publisher, 11, Royal Exchange.