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A N arindll4 ..7411t1t LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1850. The members of the medical profession and of the naval service are alike under great obligations to Captain BOLDER() for his motion of last evening—the first be cause he has rescued them from the degradation to which they have been so long subjected by the Lords of the Admiralty, who, with the true Morgue aristo cratique, are never so well pleased as when they can trample on a gentleman of intellectual attainments who happens to be not aristocratically con nected, and the second because he has done his best to secure to them the services of a superior class of medical men, who have hitherto avoided entering the navy because they .do not choose to subject them selves to the insults and " larks" of the boys, Rugby, Eton, and Harrow boys, though they might be, into whose society they are, under existing regu lations, exclusively thrown. It has long been a sub ject of complaint that assistant-surgeons in the navy; men who must have attained the age of twenty-two years at least before they can offer themselves for examination for their diploma, are located in her MA JESTY'S ships in the cock-pit with the midshipmen, the majority of whom are young gentlemen of from 12 to 18 years of age. The matter has been frequently brought before the House of Commons, and last evening Captain BOLDER() succeeded in carrying the following reso lution by a majority of 48 against 40 :—" That the accommodation provided for the assistant-surgeons on board her MAJESTY'S ships of war is inadequate and insufficient for securing the full benefit of their pro fessional service." Nothing could be more puerile than the arguments adduced by the officials in opposition to the motion. Admiral BERKELEY contented himself with declaring that it was not for the advantage of assistant surgeons that they should mess in the ward-room, that is to say, it is more advantageous for them to mess with boys than with men, and then tauntingly asked at what schools assistant-surgeons were brought up to make them one jot superior to the midshipmen. The education, without which a sur geon cannot enter on the duties of his profession, is as superior to the education at Eton, Harrow, and Rugby as can well be imagined. At those schools Latin and Greek, and Latin and Greek alone, are taught, and very few of the alumni of those noted schools can write or even spell correctly their own language. The assistant-surgeon, on the contrary is, in addition to being an excellent classical scholar, a perfect master of his own language and of French, and, in the majority of instances, of German, and is moreover necessarily a chemist, an anatomist, and well acquainted with the various branches of natural philosophy, but, unfortunately, he is not a man of aristocratic connexions, and then fore he is placed in the cockpit to be the butt of the Lord JOHNS and Lord THOMASES, fresh from Rugby, Eton, and Harrow. Sir FRANCIS BARING declared that fie accepted the proposition, but was afraid it could not be carried into effect. The wish, not to say the foregone conclusion of Sir FRANCIS BARING, is father to this fear, and this declaration of the First Lord of the Admiralty is about one of the most contemptuous pieces of impertinence towards the House of Commons of which a Minister was ever guilty. Should the House refuse to vote the salaries of the First Lord and his colleagues until they shall have de visul some practicable plan for carrying out the wishes of Parliament, the dull edge of the inven tion of Sir FRANCIS BARING wi ll be whetted in a marvellously short space of time, and that accommodation will be at once found which is now declared to be imprac ticable. As Mr. ilumE very justly observed, " where there is a will there is a way ;" and it is a want of will, and a want of will only, that prevents this necessary accommodation from being afforded to the assiatant•surgeons. It has become but too painfully apparent that nothing is to be expected from the Commissioners of Land-tax for the removal of the unjust, unequal, and oppressive apportionment of the impost on the dif ferent divisions of the county of Middlesex, or, indeed, of any other county or district throughout the king dom. These gentlemen appear fully determined to travel in the beaten track on which their predecessors originally entered, to increase and perpetuate the mischiefs which sprung up through successive ages. Their decision is rendered final and conclusive, no appeal is permitted, and they can therefore pronounce anyjudgment,however absurd or indefensible, without the possibility of its being subjected to review or re versal. They have accordingly confirmed the former assessments, letting the wealthy districts escape on payment of a halfpenny, a farthing, or even half a farthing, in the pound, as in the cases of Paddington, St. Pancras, and Marylebone ; while the poorer lo calities, as St. Andrew's, St. George the Martyr, and St. Paul's, Covent-garden, must pay one shilling or upwards in the pound. This is equity and justice with a vengeance; and yet one gentleman, who had been half a century a Commissioner, and who must therefore have had ample experience as to the princi ples on which their decisions were founded, thought proper to designate the attempt to remedy the ac knowledged grievance as " of a revolutionary charac ter," and had even the hardihood to deny that there was any "inequality in the land-tax." Under such circumstances it is scarcely necessary to say that the Marylebonians—as they delighted to term themselves —carried all before them at the last meeting, held the 4th instant, and that the less prejudiced members of the body were overruled by a decisive majority of more than four to one, the numbers being—for con firming the former assessment, 31 ; against it, 7. The evil will, however, work its own cure. It will no longer be possible for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to evade the subject by declaring " that all the means which the law and circumstances allowed have not been ex hausted." Every possible step has been taken to ob tain justice, and that justice has been deliberately and decisively withheld. The Commissioners have refused to exercise the powers with which they were entrusted, and Parliament must now legislate fur the entire country, without reference to the anti quated opinions of these " learned pundits." The question, therefore, now to be considered is, the nature and character of the new enactments, and what amount is to be levied under the ancient tax. Will the spirit in which it was originally framed be carried out, and a tax of 41. in the pound be levied on the annual value of all real estates and personal property, and 20s. in the 1001. on all unproductive personalty ? or will there be an equal rate of ls. in the pound on all property throughout the country ? or, finally, will the present amount only be collected by an equal rate throughout th e country ?—which would make the charge some thing about 2jd. in the pound in every district. The a 1 ova appear to be the only alternatives, for w e can scarcely suppose that AliDisters or ti. Parliament would venture to abolish the charge, and merge it in the " general property-tax," e s p ro posed by the Commissioner of " half a century's i'anding ;" or even to reduce the cost of redemption 5 . 0 m more than 35 to 25 years' purchase, as sug gt's ted by Mr. SIMPKIN. a 'he Hon. Member for Glasgow (Mr. MACGREGOR), w hen t speaking of the legislative error committed in refer, Ince to the redemption, truly said " that there never was a grosser blunder than the principle for Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. The Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed that a Grand Extra Night will take place on THURSDAY, April 11, when will be presented, with new Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations, Mozart's celebrated Opera, DON GIOVANNI. Tho Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall. Don Giovanni, Signor Coletti ; Don Ottavio, Signor Calzolari; Masetto, Signer F. Lablache ; Leporello, Signor Lablache ; Donna Anna, Mdlle. Parodi ; Donna Elvira, Madame Giuliani ; Zerlina, Madame Sontag. In the Ball Scene will be danced, by Mdlle. Carlotta Grist and Md le. Marie Tagliont (who will appear as a Spanish Cavalier), Mozart's incidental Minuet in G; and also Mozart's celebrated Zarabanda in A minor, as performed with the greatest success at the Royal Opera; Berlin. Between the acts a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Male. Amali• Fer:aris will appear. To conclude with the highly successful new and original grand Ballet, by 3f. Paul Taglioni. entitled LES METAMORPHOSES, In which Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, M. Charles, and M. l'. Taglioni will appear. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to commence at Half-paTt Seven. j T. JAMES'S THEATRE. ). 3 RARE ATTRACTION FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY. BUNN'S BENEFIT TO-MORROW EVENING, APRIL 10. Madlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mrs. Charles Kean, Mr. Charles Kean, Mons. Samson, Mr. Webster, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Howe, Mr. Roger?, Mr. Benedict, Mr. Lindsey Slope:, Mrs. H. Mar-ton, Madlle. Avenal, Madlle. Denain, &c., will all appear, together with Mr. Bunn, and at playhouse pi ices. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be had at Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond -street ; at all the Libraries; and of Mr. Bunn, 6, Chandos street, Cavendish-square. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madame Sontag. Tills EVENING Will be presented Rossini's celebrated Opera, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Itostna,lle. Sontag; II Conte d'Almaviva, Slghor Calzolarl ; I'igaro, Signor Bellettl ; Basilio, Signor F. Lablache; Bartolo, Slgncr Lablache. In tho Lesson Scene Madame Sontag will introduce Rode's cele brated variations. Between the acts, • A DIVERTISSEMENT. In which Madlie. Arnalia Ferraris will appear. To conclude with an entirely new and original Grand Ballet, by M. Paul 'l'aglioni, entitled LES NI ETA MORP HOSE S. In which Wile. Carlotta Crisi, Mane. Marie Taglioal. 11. Charles, and:M. P. Taglioni will appear. Donizetti's admired Opera, Don Pasquale, t$;11 be repeated forthwith. Applications for ll , ses, Stal7s, and Tl,lkets to be made at the Opera Box-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. First appearance of Madame Grisi, Mdlle. do Merle, Signor Tans burin', and Signer Mario. • THIS EVENING Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, LUCR.EZIA BORGIA, In which Madame Grisi, Mille. Merle, Signor Taraburini, and Signor Mario will make their first appearances this season. The Grand Chorus of Masques. in the Prologue, will be accom panied by a Military Band, in addition to the Orchestra ; the prin cipal Vocal parts being sucg by Signori Polonini, Mei, Soldi, Lavia, and Mdlle de Nitric. GRAND EXTRIGHT. Matlame Grist, Signor Tarnberlik, S A Igr, N or Tarabnrini, and Signor Mario. On THURS7.IAT next, April 11, the performances will commence with (for the first time these two years) Beilini's opera, I PURITAN I. Elvin, Madame. Grisi ; Henrietta. Mdlle. Cotti ; Arturo, Signor Mario ; Valton, Signor Poloniul ; Bruno, Signor Soldi ; Riccardo, Signor Tagliafico; Georgic., Signor Tamburini. To conclude malt the second and third acts of Tuber's Grand and popular Oi.era, _ al A. S NIELL O. renella, ltdile. Bailin : Pietro, Mons, Mass. 1; Alphonso, Signer 3ici ; Borella. Signor Itornini ; Pescatorc, Signor Ruche Selva, dig .or Gregurio; ilasaniello, Signor Tatuberlik (his third appearance 1;1 IThglan.l). The Ballet incidental to the rpera will be supported by 3fons. totandre and Mdlle. Louise Tau . lion!. Composer, Di7eeter of the Muiie, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Overture to NlasAniello will be played between the Operas. The doors will be opened at Half-past Seven, au.l the perform ances cum:hence at Eight o'cleck precisely. TT:EA - ME ROYAL. TEAYM.ARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton Will be performel 'a new Come.ly, entile.l TIIE SEETOUA FA MILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, Buckstone ; Mrs. W. Clifford. Nils 3 Reynolds, and Nlrs. To conclude with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Galibert, Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; tyarnba, Mr. Buck. scone ; Isaac of York, Mr. Keeey ; Robin Hood, Mrs. Fitzwllliam Rebecca, Miss P. Horton. The itox-otlice under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE MOTHER'S DREAM. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, and Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PL.A.YING FIRS!' FIDDLE; or, Follow my Leader Principal Characters by M , •ssrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliant. Ater waich MY PRECIO BA BETSY. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To oonclu le with TOM NODDY'S SECRET. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. Tills :EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Rervants. A new and original Play, by B. Bernard, Esq., entitled THE PASSING CLOUD. Char,,eters Ly Messrs. Yandenhotr, Cooper, Diddear, Emery, Montague, and Mr. J. Anderson. Atler which fIIE DEVIL'S RING; or, lire, Water, Earth, and Air. In Three Acts and Four Elements. The tol!owing are the principal Scenes. ELEMENT THE FIRST—FUZE. A beautiful 'Mw of the CITY AND HARBOUR OF CALANIA IN SICILY, With Mount Etna S►noking in the Back-ground. CIIARACTEM IN THE FIRST ELEMENT : Arnuph, Mr. W. Montatte ; Eodolph, Ur. Frazer; Herman, Mr. S. Jones; C nrade, Mr. Clifford ; Otho, Mr Everett; Adolphus, Mr. Darcle ; Rupert. Mr. Abbott ; Carloman, Mr. Brayne ; Herbert, Miss F. Huildart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; Host of the " End," Mr. G. Watson ; tho Enchanted Princess Eveline, Miss E. Nelson ; Leela, Miss Rafter ; The Seirit Devil's Ring, Miss A. Lons dale 1 Whirlitourg, Mr. Seymour ; Cs-dah, Mr C. Fisher. CAVERNS 'OE THE. BRAZEN HAND. TEMPLE AND SPIRIT OF THE DEVIL'S RING. .THIC INTERIOR OF TIIE CHARCOAL BURNER'S ABODE, THE REALM'S OF FIRE. ELEMENT THU SECOND—WATER. FALLS OF NIAGARA IN THE NEW WORLD. THE CITY OF THE FOUNTAINS. BREAKING THE SECOXD CHARM. THEY ASCEND UPON TIIE BOSOM OF THE WATERS CHARACTERS IN THE SECOND ELEMENT: Herbert, Miss F. Huddart; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud; American settler, Mr. R. Ito.ner ; 1 - adians, Messrs. Henry and Tressidor ; Indian Squaw, Miss Foster ; Spirit of the Waters, Miss Neil; Queen of the Naiades, Miss F. Grey ; Go-dah, Mr. C. Fisher. GLAND NAIADE BALLET. ELEMENT THE THIRD—EARTH. DIAMOND CAVES IN CALIFORNIA. CHARACTERS IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH. ELEMENTS: Herbert, Miss F. Hubbart ; Franca, Mr. S. Artaud ; The Black Knight Abbott ; Henry, Ellar, Brayne, Re. ; the Princess Reeling, Miss F. Nelson ; Leela, Miss Rafter ; Go-dab, Mr. C. Fisher. THE SICILIAN VINEYARD. A TERRIFIC COMBAT nErtynex HERBERT AND THE SABLE KNIGHT. ELEMENT TIIE FOURTH —AIR. THE PALACE OF RAINBOWS! HALL OF TIIE HUNDRED KNIGHTS. The Triumphal Entry of Herbert and Princess Eveline in A CAR DRAWN BY REAL HORSES. GRAND MILITARY BAND, • AND GORGEOUS PROCESSION! IZO TAT. LYCEUM' THE NTRE. THIS ET ENI NG Will he repeated (Bth time) a Lyrical. Comical Pastoral, entitled eIC.MoN and IPHIGENIA, altered from the text et David G a r r i c k. ebaracti,ri by 3fessrs C. Mathews, I larley, F. Matthews, R. Roxby and F. Cooke; MI'S St. George, Miss Kettworthy, Miss Dickinson, Rumbv, Miss Oliver, Miss Manners, and Miss Martindale. 10 be followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with TWO IN TIIE MORNING. i applications for Private Loxe3 must, be made to Mr. Allexoft 15, N ew, Lond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. EVENING TIIT§ EVENING will be THlS performed Bellini's Opera, entitled LA. Ale , sio, 'M r. itOmNAMItt;LA. will Itocloinh, Mr. Weiss; Elvin°, Mr. Allen uli, : Liza, 11.1.5 s Julia meaden ; Anaina, Wynn : Therese, Mad a me Feron ; Miss Louisa P •ne After wtict, a New brand Tito of ' inchantment, with splendid _ . Scenery - . , uustuines,; - Sce runt Ap:,,,intments; extensive Mach,ner3, , entitled' THE 'QUEEN OF THE HOSES ; or , The Sorcerer Principal characters by 3lessrs. icy der Fen • , Honey, Craven .-.,: is, Lonlia Howard, : , 11,,s S. , d ' - -Thit ! .un ers, and Miss %%liars. orCandahar. ___________,_______ ASTLEY'ts ROYAL A:kiPtITTIIEATItE. Proprietor, lir. W. itatty. Fitzball's New and Nagniticent Spectacle Triumpllantly Successful. Second Week of the Easter Holiday Entert ainm ents, unequalled for Novelty and Attraction. That wonder of the world, Young Hernandez, h aving been received a with the utmost enthusiasm, will have the honour of appearing for few nights longer, previous to his departure for Paris, THIS EVENING The Entertainments will commence at Se ven o'clock, With "'detail's new gorgeous Equestrian Spectacle of entitled Ench antment, TOE FOUR SONS OF AZ LION ; or The Days of Charlemagne. Produced with great splendour, and introducing the beautiful Stud of Horses, Living Camel of the Desert, Zebra, and all the vast resources of the Establishnient. To be sacteeded by au unequalled Equestrian Feats in the Arena. To conclude with a FAVOURITE FARCE. Ladies and Gentlemen taught the Polite Art of Riding, fortes broke for the Field or Road by R. Smith. L'ox.oflice open From Eleven till Four, Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. LONDON, . which the power was given of redeeming for a mere temporary urgency, and, as it proved, for a trifling sum of money, a tax which, properly and equi tably levied, would have been, as in all other countries, a legitimate and productive source of reve nue from the rents and profits of real property." But this blunder the sapient Commissioners would, so far as in them were concerned, continue in the new law to be enacted by the wisdom of Parliament. The fiscal reformers should not, and we verily be lieve will not, remain idle or quiescent on the occa sion. A golden opportunity is before them, which must not be permitted to remain unimproved. Such another may not again arise during the present gene ration. It is at all times difficult to induce a minister of finance to enter upon the consideration of any fiscal subject, not forced upon his atten tion, and which can, by any possibility, be adjourned or procrastinated, and in this respect Sir CHARLES WOOD does not differ very materially from any of his predecessors, indeed the Right Honourable Baronet is rather remarkable for the obstinacy and perversity, with which he adheres to the existing system, and the determined resolution with which he opposes any amelioration, however palpable its advantages. He cannot, however, evade the consideration of the income and property taxes next year, as the term for which they were granted will then expire. The equalization of the land tax must also bo considered. Thanks to the judi cious and indefatigable exertions of Mr. MAYES, and his able Counsel, Mr. MILLER, of the Chancery bar, and in some degree to the determination of the Commissioners to take no re sponsibility on themselves, but to cast the entire burden on the Legiblature, they are, it appears, about to petition Parliament for an Act in which their powers shall be more correctly defined, and such an appeal cannot be slighted or disregarded. The question will therefore be forced on the consider ation of the Government and of the representatives of the people. Let, then, a combined and vigorous effort be made by all who recognise the injustice and impolicy of our present fiscal system, who would abolish indirect taxa- tion as far as practicable, and remove the imposts that unduly press on and almost paralyse the national in dustry. As we have already repeatedly shown, the land-tax, if fairly and equitably apportioned accord ing to the intentions of those by whom it was origi ginally imposed, would produce very nearly, if not altogether sufficient, to provide for the interest of the public debt, and the expenditure on all our national establishments. It should be borne in mind that the annual value of the property on which assessments were originally made in 1692, was only 9,948,3651., and that the personal property was then com paratively trivial in amount, and of a nature easily concealed, so that those who were desirous of committing frauds on the revenue could carry their dishonest intentions into effect without the slightest difficulty, and with but little danger of de tection or discovery. And yet, under such circum stances, 1,989,673/. was levied in each and every year. The annual value of the property assessible to the land has since increased to 98,205,9951., or nearly ten times the former amount ; while the personal pro perty has improved in a still greater ratio, and it is calculated that there is now accumulated and realised property to the amount of two hundred and fifty millions of pounds sterling per annum, which could fairly be made liable to the tax. It is not too much, then, to ask that the impost should be indif ferently and equally levied according to the true in tent and meaning of the 4th William and Mary, c. 1, and that, according to the practice of all European countries, the greater portion of the national revenue should be collected from direct taxes on pro perty. We find it stated In the able essay on Direct Taxation," which obtained the first prize of 70/. offered by the National Confederation, that previous to the late convulsions on the Con tinent the land-tax in France yielded 23,2501., while all the indirect, or as they are properly termed, in dustriul taxes, produced only 17,500,000/.; that in Prussia the land•tax gave 3,094,0001., while indus trial taxes returned 3,667,0001, and in Austria there was obtained from land-tax 7,797,0001, and from all other sources of revenue 7,700,0001. But in Great Britain the land-tax in 1849 produced only 1,158,2451., and if we add for the tax on real property—excluding, of course, the receipts under that head from other causes-2,557,7931., we find that the entire revenue amounted to only 3,71G,0381., while the industrial taxes yielded no lets than 54,852,712/. Taxpayers, ponder on these tin• questionable facto, and say, whether you w not make some exertion to re►nedy the iniquitous system that has placed the heaviest burdens on those least able to sustain them ! THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The breach between the Legitimatists and the Or leanists widens. We yesterday alluded to the corn. plaints made by the Legitimatists that they bad been outjockeyed by the Orleanists in the ballot for Vice- President of the Assembly, and stated that M. JULES DE LEYSTERIE had resigned, in order to appease their anger. A meeting of the reactionaries of all parties took place at the club of the Quai d'Orsay, on Sun day, and words ran high between the Orleanists and the Legitimatists, the latter of whom haughtily de clined all the advances of their tricky rivals. In conse quence of this fresh breach the Orleanists determined to again start M. JULES DE LEYSTERIE as their can didate, and he was yesterday re-elected Vice• Pres ident, having obtained 325 votes. The discussion on the Paris and Avignon Railway Bill was then commenced, and after some debate ad journed. - The Committee on the new law of the press has resolved to recommend the rejection of the clause enacting an increase in the depo - sit of caution money. The following paragraph appeared in the Patrie : " Several journals announce that M. DE PERSIGNY is about to exchange his functions as Minister Plenipo tentiary at Berlin for those of Minister of Police. This news has not the slightest foundation. We can state that most positively." The Alloniteur announces that M. PROUDHON'S journal, the Toix du Peuple, has been seized by order of the Attorney- General, for an article entitled the "Budget," calculated to excite hatted and contempt against the Government of the Republic. M. Emma DE GIRARDIN has declared, that whatever may be the amount of fines imposed on M. PROUDHON, -he (M. DE GIRARDIN) and his friends have determined to keep up the amount of caution money for the Vol: du Peuple, so that its publication shall go on without interruption. The Government has received dispatches from Ad. miral TREHOUART, dated Civita Vecchia, April 5, announcing the departure of the POPE from Portici for Rome. - PAats BOURSE, APRIL B.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 89f. 55c.; Three per Cents., 55f. 60c.; Bank Actions, 2,150 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, APRIL 8. Dutch Rhenish, 1 3 4 —Tours and Nantes, 2. SPAIN. --- Madrid journals of the 3d hAve arrived. Their contents are unimportant. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 3.—The Three per Cents. closed at 29 3-16 cash; the Five per Cents. at 134 paper ; Debt without Interest, 3-1 cash ; Coupons, 7 paper. GERMANY. Dispatches from Erfurth of the 4th state that M. DE BODELSCHWIGH had spoken in favour of a media tion, and against the adoption of the Constitution en bloc, as also against the immediate revision of that Constitution. , DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The majority of the Assembly of Schleswig mani fest warlike dispositions. They have rejected a pro position far renewing negotiations with Denmark, and have insisted on the immediate advance of the troops. BELGIUM BRUSSELS, APRIL G.—The Members of both Chambers are summoned by a royd decree to assemble in a combined sitting on the 19th of April in the Hall of the Second Chamber. At this extra . ordinary sitting, the Minister of Justice will present to the combined Chambers, in conformity with Articles 41 and 36 of the fundamental law, a project of law relative to the nomination of a Regent, and to the arrangement to be observed in regsrd to the Regency ; also a project of law con cerning the nomination of tutors, and to the arrange ments relative to the tutorage, in the event of the mi nority of the successor to the throne. USIA. Sr. PETERcEURGII, MARCH 28.—The Cabinet of Sr. Petershurgh has resolved to establish a telegraph in that capital, to be divided into two grand branches —one leading to Vienna, the other to Berlin. The consent of the Prussian Government has already been asked, and the conditions submitted. The EMPEROR. has issued an official notice to the officers of the army of occupation in Moldavia and Wallachia to ally themselves in marriage with native ladies who possess landed property, whenever this be possible. Madame CASTELI3AJAC, the wife of the Ambas sador Extraordinary of the French Republic, and Madame ZOGRAPH OS ' wife of th e G ree k Ambas sador Extraordinary, have had the honour of being presented to her MAJESTY the Empress. The EMPEROR has granted permission to the Hebrews of Courland to take as apprentices the children of other Hebrews, a privilege hitherto de nied them.— St. Petersburgh Zeitung. TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1850. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, APRIL 5.--In the sitting of the First Chamber this day, the question was discussed whether the five Members who had accepted the func tions of burgomasters were thereby excluded from their seats in the Upper Chamber. It was decided by fourteen against eleven that their election as bur gomasters did not involve the loss of their seats. ITALY. The Pore, on his departure from Portici on the Ist, was accompanied by Cardinals ANTONELLI, SFORZA and DUPONT. The marriage of Count TRAPANI with the Arch- Duchess ISABELLA WIS to be celebrated on the 4th instant, at Florence. It is said that the Hon. and Rev. C. L Courtenay, he Tractarian vicar of Boevey Tracey, in Devonshire, anu second son of the Earl of D evon, will succeed to one of the vacant deaneries. Mr. Courtenay presided last week at a meeting of clergy in support of the Bishop of Exeter !—From a Correspondent. Tux Diss BANK ROBBERY.—Rix and Senior, clerks in the Diss Rank, who pleaded guilty at Norwich. on Saturday, to the charge of having robbed that establishmen-, but who were strongly recommended to mercy by the prose cutors, were yesterday sentenced by the Lord Chief Baron, Rix to 18 months, and Senior to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. Wales affords a fine field for the phonographers. One ortha most recent reports of the Bible Society acknow ledges contributions from Mynyddyslyn and Rhosllaner chrogog!—Pati jot. Viscount and Viscountess Seaham have arrived at their seat in Montgomeryshire. The Durham Advertiser says: —" We have to state, upon authority, that Lord Seaham, though most anxious to resume his Parliamentary duties:after the Easter recess, has been forbidden to do so by his medical advisers, who are of opinion that his attendance at late divi sions would be dangerous. There gentlemen have given permission to his Lordship to take his place about the Ist of July, when they consider his eye will have gained suffi cient strength to resist the influences we have mentioned." HAMBURGR, APRIL 6.—The General Steam Navi gation Company's mail steam-ship, John Bull, arrived here yesterday evening, after an extraordinary run of 41 hours, from London. CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONS.—Thirty-seven young gentlemen were examined at Sandhurst Military Col. lege on Thursday, as to their fitness to receive commissions in the British army, four of whom only are supposed not to have passed the ordeal. FOIVEY, APRIL 6.—On the sth inst. the British schooner Abel, Hicks master, arrived here from Savannah, having on board Mr. Bullock, an extensive railway defaulter, and for whose apprehension a reward of 5,000 dollars was offered. He was immediately on his arrival recognized and taken into custody by Mr. Asa 0. Batman, an officer from the United States, who had been at this place waiting for the arrival of the vessel, to which port she was bound for orders. BIDEFORD, MONDAY', Two o'CnocK.—(Foal A CORRESPONDENT. )—The female prisoner, Bird, is well enough to have the examination continued, which is now going on. On inquiry at the office, lam told that it is very likely they will be committed again. Public opinion is very strong in their favour in Bideford, and there is a talk of a petition being in the course of preparation. THE ENSUING EASTER TERM.-011 Monday next, the commencement of Easter Term, the several law and equity courts will resume their sittings. The arrears in the three common law courts amount to 204, consisting of 130 in the Court of Queen's Bench, 31 in the Common Pleas, and 43 in the Court of Exchequer. In the Queen's Bench there are of special cases and demurrers 1 for judgment and 50 for argument. In the new trial paper there are 1 for judgment and 78 for argument. In the Common Pleas there are three enlarged rules in the remanet par er, 9 for new trial, 3 for judgment, and 16 demurrers entered. In the Court of Ex chequer there are 4 matters in the peremptory paper, 8 causes and motions for judgment, 1 demurrer for judgment, 9 special cases for argument, and 21 rules nisi for new trials. Lord Campbell will take his seat for the first time on Mon day in the Court of Queen's Bench as Chief Justice of Eng land. Box TURNEL.—The tunnel, which is 3,192 yards in length, will be an object of some interest on Tuesday, the 9th of April, as on that morning, at twent_y-five minutes past five, the sun will shine through it. The only other periods hat such an event occurs are on the 3d and 4th of September. TRH BAL MASQUE.—The masquerade, which was given last evening at the Casino de Venise, for the benefit of Mr. Packer, the talented musical director, went off with the greatest eclat, the salon being crowded by a highly fashion able company. The decorations for the occasion were very tastefully arranged, and the appearance of the salle de dance, with the various gas devices, was dazzling in the extreme. The band performed some of the most seltct music with great skill, and the new piece by Mr. O'Brian was played with such effect that it was loudly encored by every one present. The costumes were varied, elegant, and numerous. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL B.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Jupiter, Captain Meehan, with the Peninsular mails, left this afternoon, having seve ral passeagers and a full general cargo. The Montrose, Captain Bowen, with the homeward Peninsular mails, is ex pected about Sunday next. IMPORTANT TO lIOUSEIIOLDEBS.—In a recent case heard before F. Bayley, Eq., the judge of the Westminster County Court, it wai decided that although a fire had oc curred in a chimney the day after it had been visited by the servants of the Ramoneur Company, the plaintiff could not recover any damages, inasmuch as the company only under took to " sweep" the chimney, and not to " scrape" it. NEW CHURCH AT EDMONTON.—The new church of St. James, in this parish, was consecrated yesterday by the Lord Bishop of London, in the presence of a large num ber of the gentry and clergy resident in the surrounding district. THREATENING LETTERS. —For a considerable time past a gentleman of some eminence in Manchester has been annoyed by the receipt of anonymous letters of a threaten ing character; and latterly they have assumed a deeper dye, and rendered it necessary to the gentleman's health and peace of mind that measures should be taken to prevent the annoyance by discovering the author. It was therefore ar ranged, with the concurrence of the Post-office authorities, that an officer of the detective police should be placed on the watch, with instructions, on a signal being given from within, to apprehend the person who had dropped the last letter into the letter-box. This has led to the detection of the dastardly author. A few days ago the Post-office clerk ap pointed to watch the letters as they dropped through the box discovered the well known superscription on a letter, and instantly gave the appointed signal, when the police officer outside seized the gentleman who had posted the let ter, informing him th a t h e was arrested on the charge of sending threatening letters to Mr. -. The captured coward, terror stricken, and thrown off his guard, ex claimed, " Then lam detected." Great efforts are being made, it is said, to induce the injured person to forego the prosecution and /exposure. The delinquent is an attorney in Manchester, connected with a firm of long standing in that town. INCENDIARY FIRE. —On Saturday morning, be tween twelve and one o'clock, A.M. a destructive fire broke out at Barge Farm, nea r Maidenhead, in the occupation of Mr. George Cross. From the circumstance that the premi ses appear to have been lighted at more places than one, there is no doubt of its having been a most determined and diabolical act of incendiari sm . Th e fi re was a t first discovered by the occupier of the farm, when it was found that two large farms and tha adj o i n i ng ricks were i n fl a mes. He im mediately summoned hi s l a b ourers to t h e spot, and soon afterwards two engi nes arrived, but water could be obtained only at a considerable di stanceo ne engine to play b y causin g into the other. Th e flames ha ' d in the m ean time quickly extended along the r ange of farm b u ildings, .owing to the wind blowing strongly a t th e t i me , a nd a considerable while elapsed before they were su b dued. F ro m the contiguity of the ricks to the bu rn i ng prem i ses, i t was imp)Nsilde for them to escape destruction. The property burnt consists of two large barns—one filled with unthra.hed oats, and the other containing about 25 quarters of wheat and a considerable quantity of barley —an extensive wheat-rick, a hay-rick, an d two other rick s , b es i des agr i cu ltural machines and imple ments. The buildings are insured in the County Fire-office, and the other property is insured in the Royal Exchange Fire-office. The large reward of 230/. is offered for the de tection of the offenders. THE POET WORDSWORTH —We are sorry to hear that the health of the poet Wordsworth, who, we be lieve, is now verging on his 80th year, is not so good as his friends and admirers could wish.—,Vestmoreland Gazette. I SEIZURE or Art OmNinus.—Last Wednesday night as the Emerald omnibus was leaving the Rose and Crown Inn, Old Town street, with luggage and several passengers, an exciseman came up and iithirmed the driver th a t th e vehicle was su s p ec t e d o f containing smuggled goods, and, therefore, could not be allowed to proceed. An altercation ensued, and a considerable crowd assembled, who expre sse d their disappr o b a ti on of the exciseman's proceedings in no very measured terms. After considerable delay, finding that the search could not be conducted on the spot, he determined to proceed with the omnibus, but the driver turned refrac tory, and would not be made the means of satisfying the curiosity of the gauger. Words ran high, and, atter some delay, the vehicle was driven offby the excis eman an d hi s assistants, the regular driver remaining obdurate. The whole proceedings g ave grea t displeasure to the assembl e d th rong, it as was generally believed there was no ground for the de tention.—Plynioutli Journal. EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT BY TUB SECRETARY Or A Ilurtimssi SOCIETY. - Yesterday information was re ceived at the chief police-station, Great Scotland-yard, that Thomas Smeeton, a clothier in the town of Ipswich, and formerly a teetotal lecturer well known throughout Suffolk, had absconded from the latter town, charged with having received and embezzled upwards of 6,0001. belonging to two benefit building societies, of which he was secretary. A reward of (COL is offered for the apprehension of the accused, who is describ e d as a b au t forty years of age, stout b u ilt, f a i r complexion, dark hair, usually wears spectacles, and generally dresses in black. He was traced to the Ipswich railway sta tion, where he paid the fare of a second-class carriage to Shoreditch on Friday last, but up to the present time no clue has been obtained of him. MILITARY PEDESTRIANISM.-0a Saturday last a running match took place in the Long Walk, Windsor, be tween Lieutenant the Hon. Mr. Astley, of the 2d battalion of tcots Fusilier Guard, and W. Pack, a noted runner in the band of the Ist Life Guards. The distance was IZ.O yards, and Mr. Astley backed himself at a sovereign a yard to win, although the odds were 4 to 3 on the Life Guards man. Pack, at starti❑g, got the advantage of about two yards, but at about half the distance they were abreast of each other. Lieut. Astley then gradually got a-head of his opponent, and won by three yards, amid great cheering. The racy excited considerable interest, and the Long Walk was thronged with the military in garrison and many of the resident nobility and gentry. " W. PARISH ROBERTSON, "FRANCIS MILLS, "THOMAS Ross, "JAMES RHODES." LOGO/. 5001 Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent B7 ex d Ditto, New, 1843 y 85% Mexican Bon 115,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 6 6 1,4 IA i d Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822,5 per Cent — Ditto Scrip Oa p Epanish Bonds. 5 per Cent — Ditto' for the Account Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,1840 Venezuela Bonds .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,4 per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Put. SDARE. , tirmingham & Oxford Juliet., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 B . riniughein.Wol., Si Dudley, callB duly pd. or with guar. 15 ..... 214 to 21 Bristol and Exeter D0., Thirds 'aledonian Do., New 10!. Preference.. 10 ..... 5 1 ,4 1 4 3 .. to F.astern Counties .... 2O Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 Do. Exten., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/.135. 4d .. % 3ii p to Do., d 0.... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... N 3 !/ 2 p to .... 4:ast Lancashire . ?dinburgh and Glasgow Great Northern Do. 1 ,4 B 6 per Cent. ...... 94 4 4 ,/,, '4... to Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. l 2 l / 2.......1 0 1% 97 to 10 1 4 Great Western. ......100 Do. New 17/ l5 .. ... 6 1 / s to _ Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. r Ditto Fifths CITY, QUARTER 7 0 THREE. Do., New Guar. 6 per cent Leeds and 13radiord - The sales of Cotton at Liv er p oe l yesterjey wire esti- L end.,Erieht.,&SouthCoastloo ;9 mated at teeoo bales, of which 400 were raker Loco. r_ &North Weetern.....loo 10 3 14 to port, end GOO on specultvier. 'The market was firm, Lo eton and S. Western.......loe ..... Cl and prices had an upward tendency. —Raile ay Snares P.itto, New We e __ 42ee...... 22 1 4 ..... to were quiet, at previous prices. Midland.-- - ...............100 3512 to ... Ditto.: There are numerous important p u bli c sa l es o f co l on i a l 50/. Shar es ...... 30 3 11and, Cons(?). Brief e d a n d Birmingham, 6er cent...100 produce advertised for to-day a n d t o - morrow , b ut i t d oes not seem probable that the d e m an d w ill ru l e act i ve at North British cent. ............25 x.d to present. North Staffordshire........... 17 1 4 There are advit es of the 19th January from the Men- Preston and: Were ritius. The colony was progressing favourably, and the Scottish Central new navigation laws were already bringing an increased S'outh Eastern number of ships into port. The exports of sugar from York, Newcastle, andßerwick 25 the island during the month of December were, 193,9.55 Do.;and Newcastle Exten. 20 ..... 7 bags, 40 brls., 20 tons, weighing 26,351,5971b5. fork and North Midland .. 15lj g At Amsterdam, on the 7th i ns t ant , S pan i s h B on d s Ditto, Preferaxce were animated arid higher. Dutch Two-and-a-Helf per FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Cents. reali.ei 55-i at Frankfort on the sth. Austrian Central of France (Orleans Bonds were 78i. and Vierzon) ... East Indian The second report of the committee of Mexican bond- Bast holders has been issued within the last half hour, and Ditto the fAlowing are interesting extracts:—Namur and Liege.... "It now remains for the undersigned to sum up the Paris st'e Strasboure 13 result of their labours in your behalf, arid to offer you to !ONES. such suggestions for your further guidance as in their o judgment will be most cond uc i ve t o your i ntere s ts. Angl ti z. erxi ee to "It will he perceived from th e p rece di ng correspon - Sanago de Cuba. lO can lOO deuce that, although the se ttl emen t o f tee remaneta, JOINT STOCK BANES occupied a considerable sp ace o f ti me au l negot i at i on, London Joint Stock their payment has be e n b roug ht a b out i n a manner London and Westminster... 10 28 satisfactory to all parties. "By perusing the correspondence which has taken place between the Committee, Senor Mora, and Colonel Facio, it will be seen that the utmost cordiality and good feeling have been preserved, and it will doubtless be the policy of those to whom your interests may be intrusted, to promote that good understanding by every safe and legitimate means in their power. " It will be seen by the official returns, that from the ports of Vera Cruz and Tampico, the annual amount of silver exported in the royal mail steamers to England alone, amounted, in 1849, to 9,616,300 dollars. There is every reason to believe that the export from the ports of the Pacific may be estimated at 6,000,000 more ; as suming, therefore, that the export to other parts of the world amounts to 4,000,000, we have an annual sum of 20,000,000 dollars, the export duty on which, at 34 per cent., would if collected yield 700,000 dollars, or 140,000/. sterling per annum ; an amount sufficient to pay 1 per cent. on the bonds, from this source alone. " It is perfectly clear, therefore, that in giving affect to the measures which have been suggested by the com mittee, and approved by Senor Mora, Mexico and the bondholders are equally interested. "In regard to the Customs duties, it is clear that, if Mexico were to reduce her tariff, a ' heavy blow and great discouragement,' would be given to the smuggling which now takes place. This measure is rendered the more necessary since the cession of the Mexican terri tory gives greater facilities to smuggling than formerly exists]. It is ridiculous to suppose that the duties of the Atlantic Ports of Mexico, would not amount to more than 6,000,000 dolls. per annum, or that they would be limited to even double that amount, if a proper system of customs duties were adopted. "To alluie to another portion of the duties hypo thecated to the bondholders, viz. :—the tobacco, it will be seen that this subject has been urged on the attention of Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh ; and we have every confidence that what has been written to Mexico, will have its due weight. As regards the Convention concluded between the Government of Mexico and Mr. Roberts-on, nothing as yet has been decided by the Mexican Congress ; but it is understood by the last advices that the Congress have passed a resolution that the matter should be settled, both as regards the internal and external debt, within a period limited to 40 days. " It is hardly to be supposed, that the Mexican Con gress will be so blind to the interests of Mexico, as not to conclude so favourable an arrangement as regards her foreign debt ; and it i s st ill l ess to b e supposed, that Mexico will sell territory mortgaged to the bondholders, without giving them a portion of the purchase-money. We cannot believe that such will be the case until we have positive evidence of the feet, and therefore it is needless to discuss what measures it may be necessary hereafter to adopt in the event of a contingency which has not yet arisen. "As regards the funds at present in the Bank, amounting to the sum of 5 10,000 dolls., we would re commend that they be dealt with in the spirit of the 4th article of the Government minu a of the 8!,11 July, which directs that—" If by any accidental event at the end of six months the sums existing are not sufficient to day a dividend, which will correspond to that of the preceding six mouths, the said amount can be paid in proportion, at the request of the committee of the bondholders." In the meantime, with the present large accumulations in the Bank, and the ordinary monthly remittances, which must in the interim arrive, there can be no doubt that on the Ist July, the necessary funds will be at the disposal of the committee for the payment of the first dividend, equal to that stipulated under the new Convention. " We also recommend that the committee shall in future consist of not less than ten members, three of whom shall be a quorum, for it is impossible that a small committee of men engaged in business of their own, ran by possibility devote that time and attention to your affairs, which from our own experience we can assure you is absolutely necessary in order to bring them to a satisfactory issue. " We cannot conclude this report without expressing our surprise that the value of your property continues so depressed. Apart from the Indemnity-money, there can be no question whatever that the present sources ef reve nue hypothecated to the bondholders are sufficient to produce at present more than 3 per cent. per annum, and of necessity, these must go on increas ing, for it is impossible either that Mexico can stand still, or that her abundant resources can remain un developed. e. do not coneral, however, from you, that in order to make them more productive than they are to your selves, you must have efficient agents in M. xico, and that you must pay them sufficiently to stimulate their zeal, fidelity, and activity in your behalf. The present state if your agencies in Mexico is the first subject which must occupy the attention of any committee which may be formed. " We have purposely avoided offering any opinion in our present position on Mr. Robertson's report, which we recommend to your careful consideration. " And now, gentlemen, it only remains for us, after having to the best of our abilities given our time and attention to your affairs, to resign, unreservedly, the trust you confided to us, once more into your bands. We have endeavoured, and we hope we have succeded, in placing your interests on as satisfactory a basis as cir cumstances and the short period which has elapsed since they have been confided to our care, will permit. Our labours, both in this country and in Mexico, have yet to bear their harvest, which we trust for your sakes, veil' prove an abundant one. (Signed) Without any apparent cause, but possibly because of a few Bulls being anxious to realise profits, Consols have ruled heavier, being 954 to 96k. There is still, however, as little animation in the market as for some days past. and the foreign news continues as satisfactory. The Now Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 97 1 1- to 8, and the Three per Cents. 95 to Back Stock is at the advanced price of 207. India Stock has realised 266 to 268. Exchequer-bills have ruled very firm at 695. to 715., and India Bonds at 91s. to 945. premium. Consols now are called 952 to 96. The Foreign investments have been rather quieter, but Spanish Five per Cents. are in request at lb* to *. The Three per Cents. realise 374 j; Portuguese Four per Cents. are 33, and Brazilian Old Bonds 87. Mexican Stock is inactive at 28i. Peruvian have been 664 to for the Active, sad 26f for the Deferred. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. are 55} There is no improvement in Railway Shares, either as regards prices or demand, and the extraordinary dis closure of losses incurred by investments in railways, the Leeds and Thirsk to wit, which have been made at the Bankruptcy Court during the examination of Mr. rritchard, is sufficient to revive unpleasant re collections. MARKET NEWS.- - (THIS DAY CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) "OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Alderman Sir G. CARROLL.) Henry Stanley, aged 30, described as a clerk, was in dicted with stealing six table-covers, value 51, the pro perty of Henry Mortem. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment in the House of Correction , with hard labour. Richard Willis Child, a clergyman, and onco a gentle man of fortune, who was found guilty yesterday of ob taining money under false pretences from Mr. Thomas Thomas, the proprietor of Hatchett's Hotel, Piccadilly, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour. John Sadler was placed in the dock indicted with having committed a fraud upon Mr. John Southgate Wellham. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 207 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ..... 95 9514 95 x d 8 per Cent. Consols Anns 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 ww 3 1 4 per Cent. AIMS. New 5 per Cent. Annuities 122 Long Annuities. Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 — D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 7% India Stock 261 i 21;6 India Bonds under 1,000/....... ....... 91 94 p Consols for Account 96 96% 95% Exchequer Bills. 1 1%1 2d. March. June. 69 71 p 69 71 p 69 71 p The prosecutor resided at 72, Church-lane, White chapel, and it appeared that in February last he owed his landlord 34/. for rent, and for that sum a distress was put in upon the goods and chattels in the house. The prosecutor, in order to settle the matter, paid 20/. in cash, and gave a bill for 14g. 19s. 6d., which was drawn by the prosecutor and accepted by the prisoner, and the landlord then withdrew the distress. The pri soner, however, required some security for the payment of the bill, and the prosecutor put him in possession of the goods, which he valued at 1501. or 200/., on the understanding that he was to give them up when the bill was satisfied; but shortly afterwards, and before the bill became due, be carried away the goods and disposed I of them at a sale, in spiteof the prosecutor's remonstrances. The bill was afterwards paid by the prosecutor, and as the prisoner had not advanced any money on account of ir, it was held he had committed a breach of good faith which amounted to a very serious case of fraud. At the conclusion of the evidence for the prosecution, The RECORDER said he was of opinion that the in dictment for mi,demeanour bad not been sustainei, and he should therefore direct a verdict of acquittal. He, however, thought a case of felony had been made out, and would direct a bill to be preferred against the pri soner in another shape. The jury then found a verdict of Not Guilty, and the prisoner was ordered to be kept in custody, or to give bail for his re-appearance. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 9.—Wind at noon S.W., fresh gale and cloudy. The barque Lord John Russell, dis aasted in a cyclone, but requiring no help, and steer ing in the dire( tion of the Mauritius, was passed by her Majesty's ship Columbine, that island bearing N.N.W. 300 miles. QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 6.—Wind S.—Arrd. Cockburn, Young, Patagonia; Maria, M•lienzie, Barbadoes; Java, Sampson, Savannah. LIVERPOOL, APRIL B.—Wind S.E. Arrd. John Spencer, Ledbitter, Calcutta; John M'Kenzie, Patterson, Bombay; Panthea, Glen, ditto; Ann Johnston, Maran ham • Monarch, Blair, P ara ib a ; T rafalgar, Grave, Barbadoes; Esther and Sophia, Maracaibo; Thomas, Leighton, New Orleans ; Home, Meany, Char leston; Stephen Saven, Halstur, Virginia; Nep tune, Nickel, Galveston; Edward Hughee, St. John's, New Brunswi c k ; Vi c t ory, B ulkeley, Bom bay; Lord Dufferin, Clark, ditto; Riverdale, Maxwell, New Orleans. Sld. Margaret, Valparaiso ; Gardyne, ditto; Sundbacb, Demerara; Bowling, Barbadoes; Gene ral Washington, Virginia; Plymouth Rock, Boston; Aun Clark, Richebucto; Camerton, Nee foundland; James, ditto; Swallow, Harbour Grace. Off port, Feli city, Jamaica. DEAL, APRIL B.—Wind S.—Am/. Dorothy, Moodie, Bombay. Sld. Candahar, Adelaide, S. A.; Francis Ridley, ditto. Arrd. from the River, Emily, Cape Coast Castle ; Orphan and Columbine, New York; Argyll, Quebec. Arrd. from the River, Orphan, New York; China, Bombay; Devereux and Laurel, Quebec. Arrd. from the River and std., Cope, Sierra Leone; Emily, River Gambia; Lady Sale Bahia; James Cruikshauk, St. Vincent ; Islander, Barbadoes ; Columbine, New York; Argyle, Rube, Marquis of Hastings, and Agent, Quebec. FALMOUTH, APRIL 7.—The America, which put in here, sth inst., was leaky, and hal lost her rudder, having struck on the stages. SUNDERLAND, APRIL 7.—M`Martin, of Ipswich, had her bows, aides, and stern stove, mainmast, foretop mast, and bowsp r i t carr i e d away during the late gale. RA3ISEY, ISLE OF MAN, APRIL 6.—The Picton, of Boston, Teems to Liverpool, having a leak, has put in and must discharge. A quantity of fir deals, and some wreck painted buff, are floating about the Bahama Light ship. STRONNESS, APRIL 3.—The Emma brig, of Dundee, was wrecked at St. Ronaldsha ou the 30th of March; crew drowned ; a past of cargo saved. A schooner was seen to founder off the Pentland Skerries on the 30th ult. SOUTH RONALDSFIA, APRIL I.—The Emma, of Dun dee, Newcastle to Montreal, drove on shore yesterday, east side of this island, in a heavy gale of wind from the south; little of either vessel or cargo will be sased— master and crew drowned. STROMNES3, APRIL 2.—The Isabella schooner, of and from Sunderland, with limeshells, came in this morning on fire. The vessel is being dismantled, but it is feared the hull will be destroyed, PORTSMOUTH, APRIL B.—Wind S.E. to E.S.E.— Arrd. Creole, Darnseman, Rio Grande, for B:emen; Bertha, Feark, ditto, foe Hamburgh. COWES, APRIL B.—Wind S.s , .E. to S.W.—Arrd. Jenny, Franc, La Guayra, for Altona. Sld. Apropos, St. Thomas. OFF THE WlGHT.—Marianne, Warkweesor, Balti more, for Bremen; Sylph, Barbadoes. PLYMOUTH, APRIL B.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Gentoo, Letterman, bierra Leone. Sld. Tippoo Saib, Sydney, New South Wales; Spermaceti, Dahlia, and Cornwall, Quebec. DUNFANACaIy, APRIL 4.—The Busy, of Swansea, Liverpool to Sligo, in entering the harbour of Rutland on the Ist of April, struck on a rock, made water, and was laid on a bawl to endeavour to stop the leak. SAY bX.A.IItMCOSICEI. SMITTIFIELD.-Meadow Hay, 2/ 83 to 31104; ()lover litto, 31 Os to 4/ 10s ; and Straw, 1/ is to 1/ 8s p t ., load. A full average supply, and a dull trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2110 b to 31125; Clover d tto, 3/ Os to 4/ 75; and Straw, I/ 2s to 1/ 85 pc,: load. Both Ilay and Straw moved off slowly, at the above quotations. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 2/ 8i to 31 10.; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4 / 1 0s; and Straw, 1/ 28 to 1188 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COLONIAL. SUCAR.—Th 0 market fur British Plantation is heavy, and prices have been rather in favour of buyers. Thee sales have been about 400 hhds ; 6,400 bags Mauritius and 3,150 bags Bengal were mostly disposed of in pub lic sale, at about previous rates ; but of 900 bags Madras offered, only: about 300 sold, at fully is de cline. The quantity of British Plantation landei last week at the East and West India Docks was 902 hhds 63 tierces 54 barrels ; there were taken fur home consumption 911 hhds 48 tierces 91 barrels. The stock in the same place is 4,638 hhds 1,061 tierces 1,204 barrels. CoisEE.=Plantation Ceylon sold in public sale at 56s 6d. Native was in demand for speculation, and about 5,000 bags have changed hands at 52s to 53s 6d. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 181 puns. There were taken for home consumption 247 puns, and exported 207 puns 68 hhds. The.stock: in the same places is 15,290 puns 1,834 hhds. RICE.-600 bags and 370 pockets Bengal sold steadily at 9s to 9s 6,1 for low mid white. SALTPETRE.—Of 1,156 Bengal offered, only about 400 sold on rather easier terms, viz., 5 to 51- per cent. refraction at 27s to 27s 6d; and 84 refraction at 25, 6d. SPICES.-600 boxes Cassia Lignea were withdrawn at 105 s to 107 s for sound, and 102 s 6d for mouldy. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 36s 9d to 37s per cwt. on the spot, and Town 38s 6d. TEA.--The deliveries continue good, but the supply being adequate prices are barely supported. NEW COURT. (Before the new COMMON SERGEANT and Mr. Alderman W. HUNTER.) John Emniersley, 33, labourer, pleaded guilty to an it.dictment charging him with stealing 51bs. 01 tea, value 53., the property cf the St. Katherine's Dock Company, his masters, and was sentenced to twelve months' im isonmre t. Ann Church, 29, pleaded guilty to an indictment, charging her with stealing a tea-spoon, value 2g., and was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. George William Black, a sapper, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging bim with stealing 841bs of lead, value 165., the property of the Queen. In another court the property was laid as Leing that of tLe Board of Ordnacce. Sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. _ _ _ David Wall, a hatter, was convicted of stealinz a hat value G=. 6d., the property of his master, Wm. Vinson Jennings, and sentenced to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. • . Benjaminls;;ies, a rather respt etable-looking young man, wai indicted with stealing, on the 6th ( , f February last, three brooches, value 31, the property of Mr. W. Layman Cowan. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, he asw the secret ar y- of the Shropshir e U n i on 1i 3. '1 Company, and bud chatnb , rs Cu the second floor st i ; 19, CircEt Georgr-stre.A, Wcittninster. On the 6. ;, February- the hror)chcs question were in his chara id and he missed them between one and two o'clock or day. k The f male servant of the prosecutor swore to s ee ' the prisoner coming down thefirst-floor stairs past one o'clock on the day in question, but she say anything to him. She had at the time a OP her arms, and was about to go up the back steel the nursery. Another witness swore to seeing the prisoner cole out of 19, Great George-street, on t h e d ay in quel but, upon being pressed, w o u ld not swear positi/01 the prisoner. Mr. PAYNE, who appeared for the prisoner ( 109 to address the jury on this charge, and The prisoner was Acquitted. The prisoner was again indicted with stealing: the Ist cf March, a s il ver f or k , the property same prosecutor. It appeared that Mr. Layman o°', on the morning in question, saw the prisoner ou stairs, and upon asking him what ho he said he wished to see Mr. Swift, had chambers at No. 19, Groat George-street. Swift being out, the prosecutor having his esisg , ) about him, and thinking hi m t o b e the party *Olt stolen his brooches in February, inquired of him knew any one else in tLe neighb our h oo d , to w hi c h „ plied that he knew Mr. Bitliter, of Parliament - s ec ; The prosecutor then directed the porter of the cool, 'a to take him there. The porter asked the prisoy; wait while he reached down his h a t, b ut i nstea d of so he ran off, followed by the p or t er an d a po lio, through several streete. He was ultimately take Delahay-street, in the area of an empty house, in to the spoon was discovered. Mr. PAYNE baying shortly addressed the jury O P half of the prisoner, The COMMON SERGEANT summed up, and The jury, after a short consultation, expressed $ to retire, as they could not agree. After an absence of nearly an hour they ret 0 into court and found th e p r i soner G u il ty.— S e li deferred. The Court then proceed e d t o h ear Mi nt ease* 0 1 which possessed any features of interest. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAYOa A respectably-attired middle-aged man, na med,' jantin Shelly, was c h arged before Mr. Henry wi saultieg his l an dl or d, M r. William Gilbert, base' Drury -lane. The prosecutor stated that the prisoner had oc eti his first floor fur the past two months, and up t f) ,' occurrence he had behaved himself as a respectabl e 4 should do. On Sunday evening, however, the had two or three male friends with him, who re._ l:6 until the following mor n i ng , d r i n ki ng an d carous l whole night long, and ma ki ng a terr ibl e noise, grog the annoyance of the oth er l o d gers , w h o b a d red o rest. Witness being in hi s b a k e h ouse about hoLlgi four o'clock in the morning, and still bearing cf turbance, went up to Mr. Shelly, and requested him e 0 favour to make less noi se . A t t hi s t h e prisoner faro to be very much exa s p era t e d, an d c h a ll enged t h e P i cutor to fight, but he deslined to do anything of th 9 , o ) and thereupon the prisoner struck him such s ij o blow i n the mouth that several of his teeth knocked down his throat. Not content with doiel a mischief, the prison e r con ti nue d to beat him usS' i arrival of the police, and his body was in consecr i black and blue with bruises. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he Of; drunk to be able to remember what happened, 10,0 the damaged state of hi s f ace h e strong l y suspected 1 the prosecutor returned him cent. per cent. I ° violence. . Mr. HENRY observed that a most outrageous slid, justifiable assault b a d b een comm i tte d upon t he P a l tutor, and, if the prosecutor was willing to adet i s o course, he would send the case t o t h e session. .I,.`„"s only power to inflict a fi ne , an d not to imprison, P. Court of Quarter Sessions had. The prosecutor declined going to this expense. Mr. HENRY said then he would fine the prisoner in default of payment two months' imprisonment. The prisoner hoped his Worship would 'pia" fine; he was very sorry for what had happened. Mr. HENRY remarked that his sorrow came 10° and refused to make any reduction in the pens* The fine of 5/. was accordingly paid. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION AND SUICIDE.- terday great sensation was caused in the Cite Wawa , l let an attempted assassination and suicide. A young od the army had long entertained a violent passion for 01 woman living in the Cite, and had intimate ra l a tioll s ,„io her. To meet her expenses it appears t h at h e 00!) some faults, which compromised him so seriously as t is , u ,tl him to form the resoluti on o f comm i tt i ng suicide. Be. if the girl to die with hi m , b u t s h e refused. Accorrli l , l ,v 9 yesterday gave her a stupifying dri n k, an d when '9P;ItO senseless placed her on the bed. Ile then carefulli i iol the doors and windows to prevent th e en t rance o f a ir, a pan of charcoal, and laid him se lf d own b y the gi,r`bV, About three quarters of an hour aft erwar d s the hog" heard subdued groans issu e f rom th e room. This el,) their alarm, especially as the officer had been noticed L c ' s ! ) , the window shutters at the usual hour for opening ,t and as also no one had be en seen t o l eave the APll;eil, The commissary of police h av i ng b een sent f or he cil°„11 door to be forced op e n, an d f oun d t h e man and woilislo on the bed apparently dead. Medical assistance was diately applied to both, and in a few minutes the office ( signs of life, and a little later was pronounced out ° ,if ger. At first the remedies applied to the girl had o° 4 / but more energetic m easures h av i ng b een resorted to 9 " .00 recovered. She then declared that she had no committing suicide, and that an intoxicated drink 109 :10 / . been given to. her. The officer, on the contrary, insist e .,o on returning from a party of pleasure, she had consevon die with him. The officer was taken into custody on a C of attempted assassination.—Galignani's Messenger. D ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICII, AP R IL 8( 00 1' , whole of the Royal A r till er y o ff d uty assem bled . Common at 9 30 A.M. to-day, a n d were d rawn uP I 0 0, columns on the ground in front of the cottages, th e hs horse Artillery under Lieutenant-Colonel Bell, the rig talion tinder Lieutenant-Colonel Wright, with s ix 9•Pfr, field battery guns, the gunners di smounted, under til, Francklyn; the centre battalion under Lieutenant' 4 0; tztort', with six 9-pou n d er guns, the gunners disnivi, under Captain Mitch e ll ; the left battalion under Lielilo9, Colonel Bent, ar.d the field b atter i es under LielltiA Colonel Anderson. Lieutenant -General Sir Thomas „01; man, C. 8., K.C.H., comm an d ant of the garrison, 5C nied by Major-General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.B. adjutant -general of Artillery, and attended by Major Bingham and Captain Tylden, deputy s'; i i r li e l'd quartermaster-general of Artille r y, arr i ve d on the t 10 30, and w as r ece i ve d w i t h t h e usual salute, 'lobe se); then marched past at slow and quick time, and ths Horse Artillery afterwards at full gallop. The Horf e r ol lery, the fi e ld b a tt er i es , an d t h e b attal i ons then went tb d‘ti the evolutions of a field day, and returned to hart!, 1: dinner at one o'clock instead of twelve, the usual ho r n ii the guard-mounting took pla ce a t 3, rm., instead4:3 A M., the usual hour. ,sIP MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—CHATHAM, AV` Of -On Saturday evening, the 6th inst., a detachme ot 15th Regiment (York East Ridi ng ), cons i st i ng o' , r e, geants, 2 corporals, and 98 privates, with one woman, y, Ft o " this garrison, under comma n d o f Captain Williamntoo, with Lieutenant F. P. Hopki ns , f rom B recon. This ut°l)l/ ment is to wait for embarkation on board the freiP o l Columbus, for service at Ceylon. O n th e ship's ArwrioP Gravesend, the troops proceed thither and embark. lowing invalids of regiments ser v i ng i n t h e Maurill7 , the Cape have arrived at the invalid depot, Fort Pitt,/ 1 0 11 4 sergeants, 4 corporals, 19 privates, with 2 wontell,.i s lit children, of the sth Regiment (Fusilie rs ) ; an d 4 tb of the 12th Foot, with 1 woman and 2 children, fro "/ pt Mauritius ; and those from the Cap e are 2 corpor als, f ifb' vates, 1 woman and 2 children, of the 6th Royals; 1 Pl 5 45th ; 1 sergeant and 1 woman, 99th ; and 3 c orporo ec iti battalion Rifle Brigade ; upon medical inspection by tb 2 ot medical officer, 6 men of the sth, 2 men of the 12th; 4o ? of the 6th were taken into hospital suffering frolln; n LP complaints. The d e t ac h men t s were under cominanuecai following officers:— Lieutenant H. Leach, 45th " Lieutenant G. J. St ewart, sth F oot; and Ensign Ha r •l „ t rue of the 12th Foot. These troops arrived by the Athol' f ship, which sailed from the Mauritius on the 4th ° O ,ti December, arriving at the Cape, and after einbarki e n ° o l: troops, sailed for England on the 11th of January. , "" o f passage, two men of the sth, and Corporal W. Dodd, go' 12th, and one man of the 45th, died at sea. One discos the 45th and one man of the 91st were prisoners discm-rto from the service with ignominy by sentence of courts•O t be THE POISONING AT ST OW .—It appears that 0 is every reason to believe that the melancholy event W il l i Ili' tirely accidental, that the poisoning (arsenic, of vibi e d Page used a quantity for sheep-washing, &c.) was lar d lo' closet in the kitchen, where the tea-things used to stal l 0 0 thus became, probably mixed with th e suga r, tbe being disturbed in looking for somethi ng else. Alic,„,oft, arsenic, which Mr. Page's shepherd h a d g i ven t o hts in October last, was found in this clos e t. P r ovide there have been no more deaths. —Norfolk Chronicle. __________ Wall& I r c 4 On the 3d inst., at Thornton Rectory, near Skiptoil, shire, the lady of the Rev. L. S. Morris, of a son. dor/ On the :;d inst., at Beverley, Y or k s hi re , th e w if e of '-' second son of J. Hewetson, Esq., of Newland, of a son' nc ei On the 3d inst., at Warrington Parsonage, near Lao, Sorg ton, the lady of th e R ev . J. B. M essenger, o f a daugh„_" o .o o ' On the 4th inst., at th e R ec t or y, Sh ep t on M a ll et , So the wife of the Rev. H. Pratt, of a daughter. 0 1 On the sth inst., in Halkin-terrace, Belgrave-square' 0 wife of Mr. F. Godwin, of a son. o f On the .sth inst., in Belgrave•road, Mrs. D. P. 1 - 1 01 e a daughter. On th- th '- ' ' ----- Cs"' _ 0 Ilac e ' , 93 1 A 3 - 676 12y 8 le th inst., in Gamier, of a son. 0 'he 6th lt 3n the Lt. inst , pe, Hon. Mrs. C. Grey, of a son. in Cha MARRIED. S e On the 2d inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, jil er ilv Dr. Vaughan, Head Master of Har row School, to Cat lit Maria, youngest daughter of Edward. Stanley, D•v'' Lord Bishop of Norwich. „gaff°, On the 4th inst., at Christ Ch urc h , Harpurhey, ujo'bia; IV. A. Conran, of her Maje s ty' s 56 t h Regiment, W te Augusta, only daughter of the late R. Andrew, Esq., c" Mount, Barpurhey. DIED. j tre et On the 7th inst., a t hi s residence, No. 18, Chape l ' so" Grosvenor-squ are , i n t h e 52d year of his age, Lient e o l Colonel Tinting, late of the Grenadier Guards, onlY the late Major-General Tinting, from the same regimer } i'd o On the Bth in s t., J ane, t h e b e l oved w i le of Alfred iv 0' son, Esq., o f Southampton-villa, Highgate-hill, deePl' mented. c* O ° On the ?d inst., at Kingsclerc, H an t s , Th om as B Esq., aged 83, formerly of Lloyd's, London. OP' On the 4th inst., at the Vineyard, Uxbridge, George Esq., aged 81. g ier On the 4th inst., at Bath, Sarah, only surviving Bi - the late Sir Charles W. Burdett, Bart. ontie r On the 4th i ns t., a t Brussels, Lieu'enant-Colonel Nixon, late of the Ist, or Royal Regiment. pia On the sth inst., in Lower Sussex-place, Old Xen t J. Jones, Esq., of Lloyd's, aged 72. .1 11 56 LGndon Printed and Published by MURDO yo,ilk No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e S un Office, 17!$1, strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the CO tiaeaoi, Tuesday, April 9, 1850. )ourne-terrace, the Lady ,reet, Grosvenor-p 1