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~, ~/ TIER MAJES TY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. T e Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and the Public are respectfully informed that a Grand Extra IS ight will take place on THURSDAY, April 11, wlien will be presented, with new Scenery, Dresses, and Decoration4Mozart's celebrated Opera, DON GIOVANNI. Th ' e Scenery 14y Mr. Charles Marshall. Dan Giovanni, Signor Coletti ; Don Ottavio, Signor Calzolari ; Masetto, Signer F. Lablache ; Leporello, Signor Lablache ; Denna Anna, Mdlle. Parodi ; Donna Elvira, Madame Giuliani ; Zerlina, Madame Sontag. In the Ball Scene will be danced, by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi and Mdile. Marle Taglloni (who will anear as a Spanish Cavalier), Mozart's incidental Minuet in G ; and also Mozart's celebrated Zarahando. in A mtnor, as performed with the great est success at the R o yal Opera, Berlin. Between the acts a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which Mdlle. Amalie Terraria will appear. To conclude with the highly successful new and original grand Ballet, by M. Pautliaglioni. entitled LES METAMORPHOSES, In which Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, M. Charles, and M . P. Taglioni will appecr. Applicatioas for lyaes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. F RENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ARRANGEMENTS AFTER EASTER: Mr_ Mitchell respectfully announces that the THEATRE will be RE-OPENED THIS EVENING, April 5, for the performance of Oome‘lie and Vaudeville, when will be ;produced Scribe's popular Comedy of BERTRAND ET RATON. Le Comte Belltrand de Rautzau, M. Samson. Mr. Mitchell begs to submit the following arrangements: — Engagements—M. Samson (of the Theatre Francais, Paris), his first appearance, Madlle. Denain (of the Theatre Francais), M. kegnier (of the Theatre Francais), 3fadlle. Nathalie (of the Theatre rameais), and M. bafont (of the Theatre des Varietes). The first production after Easter will be Scribe's popular Comedy of " Bertrand et Ratton ;" Le Comte Nertrand de RilltZall (Premier Ministre), M. Samson, as performed by him in Paris. Subsequent performances will be selected from the following —" L'Ecele des Veillards," " Lin Veuvage," and " Ma Femme et Ma Place," new Comedies by M. Samson ; " La Marquis de Senneterre ;" the two admired Proverbs of Alfred de Mnsset, "Il ne Faut Jurer de Rien," and " II Faut qu'uue Porte soit Ouverte on Fermee ;" " Les De moiselles de St. Cyr," " La Paix a 'lout Prix," " I.Tn Chateau de Cartes," " Le Mari a Is Campange," and the new Play by Emile Angier, " Gabrielle," now performing in Paris with unsurpassed suc cess, awl in which Madlle Register and Madlle. liathalie will sus tain their original characters. Mr. Mitchell feels particular gratification also in announcing that, in the production of Scribe's celebrated Comedy of " La Camarade rie," estimated amongst the chef d'oeuvres of the modern stage, the principal characters will be sustained by four members of the Theatre Francais, Paris—M. Samson, in the character of De Miremont ; Denain, M that of Cesarine; 3f. Reguier in that of De Mentlnear ; and Madlle.:`,Kathalle, in that of Zoe; presenting a com bination of ta:ent not to be witnessed at any other theatre in Europe, the arrangements for whkh have been most generously accelerated by th; ndminiatration of the Theatre Francais, Paris. In addition to the present Company, and the loregoinz engage meata, are the following :—Madlle. Avenel (of the TheMre de l'Odeon) ; Madlle. Brassine (of the Theatre do Palate Royal) ; Madlle, Renaud (of the Theatre du Vaudeville) ; Madame Octave (of the Theatre du Vaudevil e) ; Madlle. Constance (of the Theatre des Varietes), The first performance of the eminent tragedienne, Madlle. is didlnitivoly arranged for 3foaday, July Ist. Suhieriptions for the remainder of the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old liond-street. 11E11 MA.TESTI"S TIIEATRE. TO MORROW EVENING WM be presented Donizetti's Opera, DON P.V.QUAIbEI. •Norina• -Madame Sontag. Ernesto...... • • Calzolarl. Doctor 3lalatesta• • .. Signor Belletti. Don Pa5qua1e.......... Slanor Labßiche. Between the acts, A DIVERTISSEMENT, ?n which Ma.llle. Amalia Ferraris will appear. To conclude with an entirely new and original Grand Ballot, ,by M. Paul Taglion!, entitled LES METAMORPHOSES. In r4hichlle. Carlotta Grist, Mille. Marie Tagliont, Wiles. Rasa, Julienne, L - aneuroux, Ansundon, M. Charles, and M. P. Taglioni will appear. Applications for ll,xes, Stalls, and Tickets to be male at the Opera Rex-voice, Colonnade, llaymarket. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT-GARDEN. gocoral appearanco of Sizmor Tamberlik. 'TO-MORROW F t NING Will be perfcrmed (for the second time this season) Arther's Grand and popular Orera of MASASIELLO. •• • • • ....... Madame Castellon. Fenella •••• • • • •Mdlle. Bailin. F.inrna• • • • .. • •.... •• •.Mdlle Cutti. Plotro • • .. Mons. Masscl. Alpheaso ... • • —Signor Luigi Mel. Loptila .. • • Signor Itommi. Lorenzo.... ....Signor Sold!. Peszatore.. • • ....Signor Rache. Selva— .. • . • ....• • • Signor Gregorlo, and Masaniello......Signor Tarnberlik. From the Theatre San Carlos at Naples, and the Grand Opera at Barcelona—his second appearance in En;la.nd. The Characteristic Deuces incidental to the Opera will be sup ported by Mons. Alexandre and .Mlle. Louise Taglioni (Premiere Lan tease of the .A.cademie Royale at Paris), with whom the Di rectors have effecteil an Engagement, Composer, Director of the Music, and Conansitor, Mr. Costa. On TUISDA. I I, April 9, will he perfarmeti Donizetti's Opera, LUCREZIA BORGIA, In 'which Madame Grief, Dldlle. de Merle, Signor Tamburini, and signor Marie will make their first appearances this season. The performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Bozos, Stalls, or the Pit may be had (for the night or season) at the Box-office of tke Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lome and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. THIS EVENING, Will be pre vented, by her Majesty's Servants, The Comedy of THE. ELDER. BROTHER ; or, Love at First Sight. Lerd Lewis, Mr. Diddear ; 311ramount, Mr. Emery: Mr. Davidge ; Charles, Mr. James Anderson Eustace, Mr. Mon tague ; Angelina, Miss 1 7 andenhoff ; Sylvia, Miss A. Lonsdale. Mier which THE DEVIL'S RING; or, Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. In Three Acts and Four Mlements. The followinz are the principal Scenes. ELEMENT TIIE FIRST—FIREL A beautiful View of the CITT AND HARBOUR OF CATANIA IN SICILY, With Mount Etna Sawking In the Itact•ground. C:I.111-1.CTERS IN THE FIRST ELEMENT : Arnnph, Mr. W. Mootazue ; Eodolph, Mr. Frazer ; Herman, Mr. S. Jones; C nrade. Mr. Clifford ; Otho, Mr Everett; Adolphus, Mr. Darer.; Rupert. Mr. Abbott ; Carloman, Mr. Brayrre ; Herbert, Miss F. Huddart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artand ; Host of the " IVorld's Ere," Mr. G. Watson ; the Enchanted Princess Evelinc, Miss E. Xenon ; Leela, Ms.; Rafter ; The Spirit Devil's Ring, Miss A. LON- Wiarlilourz, Mr. Seymour ; (I*-dab, Mr C. Fisher. CAVERNS OF VIE BRAZEN lIAND. TEMPLE AND SPIRIT OF THE DEVIL'S RING. THE INTERIOI/, OF THE CIIARCOAL BUJ NE/VS ABODE. TIM ItEAIMA OF FIRE. ELEMENT TIIB SECOND-WATER. TALES OF NIAGARA IN TIIF. NEW WORLD. TUE CITY OF TIIE FOUNTAINS. BREAKING - TIIE SECOND CHARM'. TFIRT ASCEND UPON THE BOSOM OF TILE WATE2iS ClifiltACTEß3 IN VIE SECOND ELEMENT Herbert, Miss F. Ituddart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; American Settler, Mr. It. Romer ; ladlans, Messrs. Henry and Tressidor ; Indian Squaw, Miss Foster ; Spirit of the Waters, Miss Nell ; Queen of the Naiades, Miss F. (kW ; Go-clah, Mr. C. Fisher. 6111LND NAVADE BALLET. ELEMENT THE THIRD-EARTH. DIAMOND CAVES IN CALIFORNIA. CHASACTERS IN THE THIRD ♦\D FOURTH ELEMENTS: Herbert, Miss F. Hubbart ; Franca, Mr. S. Artaud ; The Black Knight ; Mupklow, Mr. Manderson : Gnomes, Messrs. Abbott, Henry, Filar, Brayne, site. ; the Princess Eyeline, Miss E. Nelson ; L , Miss Rafter ; 04-(1.0, Mr. C. Fisher. THE SICILIAN N'INEYARI). A TERRIFIC COMBAT TIMAIMINT ♦ND VIE SADLB KNlGrit. DrIEMENT THE FOURTH-AIR. THE PALACE OF RAINBOWS! HILL OF THE lIFNDRED KNIGHTS. The Triumphal Entry of Herbert and Princess Eyeline in A CAR DRAWN BY REAL HORSES. GRAND MitITARY BAND, AND GORGEOUS PIZOCESSION! An original Play of domestic and powerful interest, by Bayle Bar nard, Esq., entitled TIIE PASSING CLOUD has ben accepted, and will bo produced on Monday next. Principal characters by Messrs. Vandenhoff, Cooper, Diddear, F. Yining, W. Montague, J. Parry, Manderson, Emery, Did de 'Miss Vandenhoff, Miss A. Lansdale, itc. The ort;lnal Ms cal Farce, called TFIE CRICKET MATCH, is portponod until after the production of the Passing Cloud. Charac- Ines by Mown. W. Davidge; It. Runlet', Rafter, S. Artistic!, Emery, clitbrd, S. Jonas ; Mrs- Traustnnley, Misses Rafter, C. Tellett, Fos ter, &a. THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET. Me. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. Great Attraction for the Holidays. THIS EV ENINI , Will be performed MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Benedick, Mr. C. Kean; Beatrice, Mrs. C. 'Kean. To conclude with the Lag Edition of IVANHOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Gailbert, Mr. Fielby ; Str Wilfrid of Ivaahoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wamba, Mr. Back scone ; Isaac of York, Mr. Keeley; Robin Hood, Mrs. Fitzwilliara ; Rebecca, Miss P. Horton. The tiox-ofilae is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, A.DELPIII. Ender the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new domestic Draixia, called THE marrrznes DREAM. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed furd , 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, and Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled p LAYING FIRST FIDDLE ; or, Follow my Leader Principal Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss Toolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. .Ater which MT PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Bedford, Werrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with TOM NOTADY'S SECRET. ROTAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will he prodnied (2d time) a Lyrical, Comical Pastoral, entitled CYMON and IPHIGENIA, altered from the text of David Garrtek. Ch a racters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, It. Roxby. and F. Cooke ; Mies St. George, Miss Kenworthy, Miss Dickinson, Mrs. Hamby, Miss Oliver, Miss Manners, and Miss Martindale. After which the original fairy Extravaganza, sailed TRH ISLAND OF JEWELS. To oonclude with A PRAMICAL MAN.I All applications for Private 13exes must be made to Mr. Alleroft 111, New Rond-street. IkItIGESF,'S THEATRE. THIS EVESING Win be perfornled a new comic Opera, entitled TIM VALLEY OF ANDORRE. Stephan, Mx. Allen ; Jacques Sincere,Edr. Weiss , Le T YeuX Mr. W. Benison ; 'Goor- Tete de Bole, Mr. G. Barker; ; . o , lonise ,,,,,,,,,,, gette, Madlle.l.Tea ; and Row d e Mai, MiSs ' J. — After which a New Grand Tale of Enchantment, with splendid Seenery(Costumoil, a nd A entitled TILE frTEEN, OE' TlTEPP°ll,ltments; extensive Machinery, &c., Principal characters Miss Louisa lic'vrard, Miss Sounder ' s, and Mise Tillers. ley m e r r ZE- i g t ;, d e o r r , FTohreinSaonr,C eirieorn(,yf,C, aenrdaavhe Craven r ;. ASTNEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. NV. Ratty. Immense attraction for the Holidays. Ye-engagement of Young Hernandez, the wonder of the world. THIS EVENIIIII The Entertainments will commence at Seven o'clock, with an entirely new and magnHcent Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE FOUR SONS OF AYMOII ; or The Hays of Charlemagne. To be succeeded by an incomparable display of Equestrian Wonders In the Arena. To conelnde with a FAVOURITE FARCE. A novel mode of plundering shops has been re cently invented ; it consists in angling for goods throu g h a fanlight. Two men, named Davis and Fowler, w ere yester. day committed from the Thames Police-court, charged w i t h " fishing" for goods. It appears that on Saturday morni ng about three o'clock, a police-constable saw the prisoners come out of a dark nook in High-street, Shadwell, near the shop of Mr. Jiggins, an outfitter, and pass on towards7apping. Sus pecting something - wrong, he stopped them, and proceeded to Mr. Jiggifis's door, when he found on the pavement se veral articles such as usuelly hang inside slopsellers' doors, and a rod, with a hook at the end of it, lying on the top of them. There was a hole in the fanlight over air. Jiggins's dbort, and when he was knocked up he identified the articles found on the pavement as having been left hanging safe inside when the premises had been fastened up on the pre vious night. There was no doubt that they had been ab stracted by means of the rod found with them; and but that the fanlight had bead previously broken the prisoners would thrive been charged with burglary. When searched at the station-house a hook similar to the one attached to the rod wm fond in Davi,i's pocket. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW , No. CLXXXIV., Will be published on THURSDAY next, the 11th inst. CONTENTS:- 1. National Observatories— Greenwich. 2. Sydney Smith's Sketches of Moral Philosophy. 3. Supply of Water to the Metropo'is. 4. Landor's Poetry. 5. The Polynesians—New Zealand. 6. British and Continental Taxation. 7. The Village Notary—Memoirs of a Hungarian Lady. 8. Lewis on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion. 2. Agricultural Complaints. 10. Germany and Erturth. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. lIIGLI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY Morning 20 min. after 7 I Evening 52 min. after 7 Te-Mortaow—Morning 34 min. aftcrj 8 I Evening 15 min. a ft er 9 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 5. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42; Highest, 56; Noon, 53. BAROMETER, 29.82.—The mercury has risen 74 points sines yesterday. WIND W.—fresh breez.2 end fine sunshiny weather. € 7 V . 4 '.. ‘ L /to ., , . 7 7 - ''' % --- l';•. fa C.,Ji 1 / 4z - ... ,A Pi C K 4 - et : '' ..,- , 1 * ~---,1:4„ •.0 c - A - I%.*c ,- •: 1 - ~' fr•r" \- 0- 4: , ,norx‘ 7 ".,•,:1,)'` r. - - 1, , , 5;. • !F ' IS-- Nl 1 --^ , 4" ~'./ - 4 ,;. - j , 7 —7- "'"-: ''' 74 .• I) - A — \ .rir4:3::: 6 ;6 ...... . i , i ~, ii •il ~--7- J 2 ,......1 •M. l 1 .- THE SUN, LONDON, C ; ,:atnigit LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1860. Availing himself of the Easter vacation, the Prime Minister of England, as the whole community knows well enough by this time, has betaken himself to Manchester. Politically the excursion is one of no material importance, but individually it appears to us fraught with circumstances of considerable interest; besides being a subject worthy of self-gratulation to the locality, and of no small degree of prospective value to the mass of our manufacturing and mercan tile population. With regard to the Noble Premier himself, his visit to this wonderful emporium of British industry must he calculated to inspire him with profound emotions, not merely from the fact of his returning to a 51)34 last visited by him as an unnoticed stripling, invested with the honourable dignities devolving upon the First Minister of the Crown, but from the testimonies which must have crowded upon his recognition, in the midst of the roaring mechanism of the manufactories, of the re sources, the ingenuity, and the application of that great race whose destinies have been committed to hie hands by his SOVEREIGN, in the belief of his ca pacity as a patriotic statesman. With reference, moreover, to the civic authorities and the rest of the population of Manchester, the arrival amongst them for the first time in the annals of their municipality of the Prime Minister of the British empire, must inevitably have excited a general feeling of satisfaction, blended with curiosity to see the elan intrusted with the chief responsibilities of the Government, and a solicitude to accord to him that welcome which is unquestionably due to his high office and his many brilliant services for the people within the walls of the Imperial Legislature. To this end all minor heart burnings appear to have been magnanimously far gotten for the time being, the most captious of the Liberal politicians of Lancashire losing a recol lection of what Lord JOHN RUSSELL had failed to accomplish in the vivid and timely remembrance of his various great and noble achievements as a reformer. Invested with the worthier attributes of nobility, less by that patrician blood which flows in his veins, and which has de scended to him thrice-purified from its having, in the days of the last dynasty, baptized the scaffold of political martyrdom, than by the evidence of genius as an orator and of enlightenment as an administrator, the First Lord of the Treasury ap peared amongst the inhabitants of Manchester in the light of a threefold attraction, the attraction of his historic name, of his European celebrity, and of his lofty and responsible position as the Prime Minister of England. Deeply as we have at times reason to regret the course pursued by the Cabinet of the Noble Lord, we yet bear in mind so vividly the great boons of reform obtained under his immediate and even personal aus pices, that we can and do regard with a senti ment of unmixed pleasure the ovation (deserved in many respects) which his Lordship has' within the present week received from tho industrious and Intel• ligent people of :Nistnchester. It could not be for gotten by them that they, as the representatives of a vast and influential section of the population, had benefited largely by a public acknowledgment of error, on the part of the Noble Premier, which was to a certain extent more remarkable for its moral intrepidity than the similar acknowledgment of his illustrious predecessor, seeing that it was not, like the latter, invested with the glory of a splendid and conspicuous magnanimity. The Free-traders of Lancashire—in other words, the immense bulk of its inhabitants—recognised in the celebrated statesman who was coming amongst them one of those leaders of the Parliament who, at a period of tremendous difficulty, had aided Sir ROBERT PEEL in relieving the country from the unendurable and grinding influ ence of agricultural monopoly. Seeing in him also the impersonation of that great Whig Party which, with all its political shortcomings and all its aristocratic predilections, has facilitated the onward progress of civilization, and added some of our most illustrious names to the roll of British statesmen, his own, like that of CORDELIA, " though last not least," they eagerly pressed forward to greet his arrival with acclamations, enhancing the value of their unanimous welcome by its manifest and spontaneous cordiality. Another circumstance has tended meanwhile to in crease the public interest in the provincial excursion of the Premier—we mean the rapid approach of the , time when England will render her metropolis the arena of a grand international exposition of industry. That Lord JOHN should 'have preceded this memo rable occasion by a personal visit to the capital of our manufacturing districts is one of those appro priate and felicitous coincidences which, in a peculiar manner, arrest the observation of the community. Among the particulars furnished by the reporters, it will be perceived that a considerable amount of incidental information, supplied by them in their delineations of the progress of the Prime Minister and his attendants through the many extraordinary establishments of Manchester, suggests to the mind of therefl ß e r c i ti tis ve h every share inencou ragement in their hopes of the in ternational competition. His Lordship's examination of the establishments of calico-printers, of engine manufacturers, of card manufacturers, of cotton weavers, of silk weavers, and of other remarkable trades, where the loftiest principles of science are applied to the p ro d uc t o f artificial fabrics with the most consummate ingenuity, hare revived again to public notice those marvellous achievements of British industry, and British en terprize, and British perseverance, which cannot fail to inspire the hearts of the intelligent with a confi dence in our national capability to compete with any of the other peoples in either hemisphere. From the circumstance, therefore, of its tending to revive this feeling of confidence, as well as f rom its being calculated to renovate a constitution worn out by assiduous application to the toils of government we are disposed to regard with interest and satisfac: tion this vacational excursion of the Premier to the wonder-working manufactories of Manchester. The more carefully we consider the tendency and probable operation of the Bill brought forward by the Solicitor-General immediately before the recess, for the purpose of providing " more simple and ef fectual securities for advances to purchasers of en cumbered estates in Ireland," the more we feel con vinced of the great and incalculable advantages that would result to the people of Ireland if the principle of the measure were fully and fairly carried out, and applied to the present and future owners of all real estates in that country ; and of the deep injustice and injury which it would inflict upon proprietors, whose embarrassments did not bring them within the juris diction of" the Commissioners," in its present limited and restricted form. Ireland possesses within itself all the elements of pro3perity—ita natural capabili ties are unbounded, but they are permitted to remain neglected and uncared for. Labour,which could convert the uncultivated Wastes into rich arable and pasture land, or smilinggardens, maybe obtained to any exte nt, and than malmost and at a lower rate o f rem any European count r y ; peasants but no - who, employment 15 af forded the hardy punder a wiser and t more judicious system, might become the creators of national wealth, are permitted to remain burdens on the resources of their country —unprofitable con sumers, in place of skilful producers. The sterling ore is there, but the mint stamp is wanting that would render it available. It possesses real capital in abundance, but the measure and representative of value is wanting—a currency adequate to the wants and exigencies of the country, which would supply the very life-blood of industry. Irish landlords have been considered, and in some degree justly considered, responsible for this untoward state of affairs. But many, very many, who possess the inclination want the power to carry their wishes into practical execution. Some are embarrassed by the enormous weight of encumbrances handed down as heir-looms through successive generations ; others are entitled to but limited estates in their lands : all are injured by the want of facilities for obtaining the necessary advances for the permanent and lasting improvement of their properties, either by way of loans, or even by the disposal of a portion of their hereditary domains for the amelioration of the residue. Even the unembarrassed owner of an entailed estate-- and how few are so favourably circumstanced ?—could not procure money for its improvement except on the most exorbitant terms, by way of annuity, with an insurance on his life, &c., &c. And even if possessed of other resources, he could not apply them with justice to the junior members of his family. The law which gave all to the eldest son, to the ex clusion of his less favoured brothers and sisters, made no allowance to the representatives of the tenant for life, for the money expended and the improvements effected on the estate ; and the father would naturally husband his resources in order to increase the scanty portions of his younger children, and to enable them to retain their position in society, :and to enjoy some of the comforts to which they were accustomed in their earlier days, rather than to enhance the already large fortune of the heir by judicious ameliorations. The law itself, therefore, was more in fault than the much vituperated landlords of Ireland for the neglected condition of the soil, and the want of re-. munerative and reproductive employment for the labouring population. If this law at all times, and even before the mys terious visitation by which the food of the great ma jority of the people was blighted and converted into a mass of rottenness and corruption, required altera tion, it became then at least an imperative necessity. A statute was enacted by which the poverty of the country became for the first time a charge upon its property. Several millions of human beings were reduced to a state of the most heartrending distress and destitution, and new liabilities of im mense magnitude devolved upon the owners of land throughout the entire country. But no adequate measures were passed fir their relief. Some grants were made and loans granted, but these were rather for the purpose of saving the starving labourers from actual death by doling out a scanty supply barely sufficient to keep life and soul together, rather than for enabling the embarrassed proprietors to improve their lands and to sustain the new and onerous burdens imposed on them. It was obvious that the only way that the exigency could be provided for was by enabling the landowners to affJrd reproductive employment to the able-bodied labourers, whom they would otherwise support in idleness. But this imperative duty could not, in the great majority of in stances, be adequately discharged unless fur ther facilities were granted to enable them to obtain the necessary funds, on the only security which they had to offer—viz., on the land, itself, on the improvement of which the money was to be expended. This is now about to be confined to a certain extent by the Solicitor-General's Bill; but, unfortunately, the much required boon is not to be conceded to those who have encountered the brunt of the storm, who have withstood the enormous pressure to which they were exposed. On the contrary, they will be further injured by the additional assistance about to be bestowed on new men, who may come forward to purchase properties at greatly reduced prices, to seize the spoil of the shipwreck. On this part of the case we would invite the attention of our readers to a letter which appears in another part of this day's impression from an Irish gentleman of great intelligence and high re spectability. It is due to Mr. BOWEN to state that his communication was written before he could by a possi bility have seen the article on the subject which ap peared in The Sun of the 28th ultimo. His letter was posted in Dublin on that day, so that any simi larity that may appear between his views and our own must be ascribed to a coincidence of opinions on this important subject, and to no other cause. ,Mr. Bowers so closely shows, that the " attempt to raise the value of encumbered estates by means which must have the effect of depreciating those which are unencum bered, and of reducing the value of their security below its natural level as to place the injustice and impolicy of the Bill in its present restricted form in the strongest light. It is, in fact, the granting of " a bounty," and that of no inconsiderable character, to the purchasers of lands under the Commission. They alone will be enabled to obtain loans on reasonable terms, and there is even reason to fear that mortgagees of other estates will call in their charges for the pur pose of re-investment on the security of lands having a Parliamentary title, debentures on which may be granted for convenient amounts, that will circulate in the money market as readily as Exchequer-bills, or even Bank of Ireland notes, bearing a higher rate of interest than the former, and fructifying and increas ing while locked up in the strong-box, or deposited at the bankers, in place of being wholly unproductive like the latter. Mr. BOWEN some time since, in 1848, published a letter* addressed to the First Lord of her MAJESTY'S Treasury, which contained some admirable sugges tions. In it he suggested an inquiry into the system of " Mortgage Banks" established in Prussis, by which " land and interests in land" might be ren dered a portion of the currency and available as a part of the capital of this great country ! We regret that our space this day will not permit a lengthened consideration of Mr. BOWES'S judicious propositions ; we, however, commend his brief but able brochure to public attention. It will well repay the calm perusal to which it is eminently entitled. * " Mortage Banks considered as the Means of Pro viding Employment in Ireland." A Letter to Lord John Russell from C. H. Bowen, Esq. Dublin, 1848, J. 111.'Glashin. Pp. 16. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.—The Teviot, Capt. Revett, arrived this morning, at nine o'clock, with the West India and Pacific mails. She brings 946,878 dolls. on merchants' account, besides a quan tity of gold dust, silver, &c.; and a freight of indigo, arrow-root, &c. The Teviot left Jamaica on March 10; Barbadoes, 12 ; and Chagres on the 28th Feb. In Barbadoes, the weather was still very d r y, and r e aping was going on rapidly. The crop is expected to reach 30,000 hogsheads. In Demerara the weather was favourable. The rural districts were quiet. From Jamaica there is no political news of im portance. The rains had ceased since list advices, and the country was warm and healthy. The Hon. I. T. Barnard, chairman of the Quarter Sessions, died on the 3d of March. The produce market was healthy and improving. Large speculations were taking place in coffee, both for the English and American markets. Pimento was firmly held for an advanced rate. Ample supplies of breadstuffs, with a limited de mand, continued to depress the market. Nevis, St. Kitt's, Antigua, and Montserrat had experienced very dry weather. The want •f rain in these islands is severely felt, and the crops were suffering from long drought. FEMALE EMIGRATION.—A second detachment of the emigrants selected by Mr. Sidney Herbert's committee departed yesterday by the ship Tory, bound to Port Ade laide and Sydney. The party consisted of about thirty young women, nearly all of the class of needle-work,r3 and stitchers. They were assembled at the Fenchurch-street station at twelve o'clock, under the charge of a matron, and were accompanied to Blackwall by their relatives and friends and several members of the committee. The llon. A. Kinnaird, the Count de Strzelecki, Rev. los. Brown, Rev. W. Quekett, and the Rev. pB. C. Sanger were amongst this com pany, and several ladies who took an interest in the welfare of the emigrants, also accompanied them down th* ri ver . At Blackwall a steamer was in waiting to convey th em on hoard the vessel, in which very satisfactory arrangements appeared to have been made for their accommodation. Mr, Sidney Herbert did not accompany this party, being absent, as was upclerstood, on important business in Ireland. A thi r d detachment of female emigrants will leave early in the en suing week. The English visitors have not been more numerous f)r a long time past than at this moment in Paris, most of the hotela are crowaca. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The impolitic interference with the freedom of election in the army,, in which the Minister at War, goaded thereto by the reactionary clique, has thought it proper to indulge, has produced the effect which every sane parson must' have expected it would pro duce—it has produced a revolt in the army. It will be recollected that all those soldiers who are suspected of having, on the 10th March, voted for Democratic candidates, have been, by order of the Minister of War, drafted off to Algiers. This has naturally irritated their comrades, and at Caen and elsewhere they have given loud expressions to their sentiments, and yesterday one of the regi ments in garrison in Paris revolted againstits officers. It appears that the colonel having two days ago inti mated his intention to punish an adjutant who voted for the Democratic candidates at the late election, the greatest agitation manifested itself in the regi ment. The soldiers refused to obey their officers, and set their authority at defiance. They left the barracks in bands, and since Wednesday have been wandering in the suburbs arid indulging themselves in orgies of no very creditable description. All attempts to bring them back have hitherto failed. Should this feeling of insubordination extend, what will become of th© boasted power of General CIIANGARNIER ? The Constitutionnel, the Ministerial organ, is com pelled to admit that both the PRESIDENT and General CHANGARNIER were greeted with cries of " Vice la Republique, democratique et sociale !" on their road to Vincennes during Monday, and that of those who raised the cry several were soldiers. DUPIN was yesterday re-elected President of the Assembly for the next three months. The Mondeur du Soin says : "The creation of a special Ministry ef Police appears to be decided on. The chief of this department will, it is said, be M. de Persigny, who will arrive from Berlin in order to direct the organization of the new administaa tion which is destined for him " The Bourse was dull at the commencement of busi ness ; prices, however, rallied towardA the close, and the Five per Cents., which opened at 89f. 10c., rose to 891. 70c., at which price they closed. The Three per Cents. closed at 55f. 65c.; Orleans It•tilroad Shares, 7171. 50c. ex dividend ; Rouen, 513 f. 75c. ; Great Northern, 423 f. 75c.; Avignon, 185 f.; Vier zon, 315 f.; Bordeaux, 3951.; Paris and Strasburg, 332 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 235 ° . The New Roman Loan, 78. 14C81NESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON ST OO E-.EXCIIANGE, APRIL 4. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 12 1 / 2 —Luxem bourg, 171 1 —Sambre and Meuse, 2%. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 30th ult. have arrived. The Gaeta contains a royal decree for the or ganisation of the theatres in Spain. A return in the Gazette shows that the taxes in Februry last yielded abiut 1.5,000,000 reels more than in the cor responding month of the preceding year. A Mr.drid letter of the 30;h ultimo saws : " There is a good deal of mystery with respect to the resumption of diplomatic relations be tween England and Spain. It appears that the ultimatum of Lord PALMERSTON arrived last evening, through Baron DUJARDIN, Minister of Belgium. The contents of it are not known, and contradictory rumours respecting it are current — some representing that it is satisfactory to the Spanish Cabinet, others that it contains expressions which that Cabinet wishes to be modified. A Cabinet courier has been sent off t o -d ay b y t h e Mi n i s t er o f Foreign Affairs, with, it i s suppose d , t h e re ply t o th e English ultimatum." FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1850 had an opportunity of examining the hold. The only per tien of the cargo he has hitherto recovered is about 180 sheets of copper. The bodka of a man and a woman were hooked up out of the forehold yesterday, and brought on shore for burial. The crews of the luggers from the Essex coast report having passed several bodies lashed with cork life-preservers in the Black Deeps. The larboard forequarter of the vessel, which was imbedded in the Red Sand-bank, has been towed into Whitstable Bay. Mr. Frewin says the remainder of her larboard quarters will soon be either washed away, or will settle down in the sand, and that the heavy gale will cause a great alteration in the wreck. The follow ing return of the names of the crew of the Royal Adelaide was received yesterday by the secretary of the company from Liverpool, to which port it appears nearly the whole of them belonged :—William GDwler, chief mate; George North, se cond mate ; William Scott, third mate; William Reilly, chief engineer; William Crook, second engineer; Charles Cock land, fireman ; John Delany fireman ; Thomas Williams, fireman ; John Doyle, fireman ; William Bellis, fireman; James Moore, fireman; Patrick Carey, coal-trimmer; Mi chael Wolfe, coal-trimmer; William Seagar, sailor; James Neice, Sailor; John Stamper, sailor; Robert Tozer. sailor; Joseph Morgan, sailor; Ambrose Turner, carpenter; Tho mas Butler, boy ; Henry Hillier, steward ; and Sarah Garetty, stewardess. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—A PHIL 4.—The improved feeling manifested on Tuesday still continues, and in cases where last week's prices have been taken a consider able amount of business has been done. Manufacturers and spinners, however, agree in demanding higher prices, and this has checked business to a considerable extent. Light goods for the East India market are in good demand, and prices are a shade higher. 46-inch shirtings maintained their rates. FOREIGN FOTATOES.—The importations of pota toes from the continental states of Europe, particularly from France and Belgium, have for same time past been of a very extensive character, as may be judged from the mention of the number of the arrivals of the kind which have just taken place in one day. They comprised 22 vessels entirely laden with potatoes, and having on board collectively 1,626 tons weight in bulk of the vegetable. The next day 14 vessels arrived similarly laden, bringing 1,037 tons weight, and a quantity in sacks and bags, the whole the produce of France, Belgium, and Holland. PROGRESS OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN Aus- TAIA.—In the year 1847 this invention was first introduced into Austria, and at the close of the year 1849 it was ex tended from Vienna to the following places :—To Prague, by Olmutz, a distance of 279 1 4 miles; to Prague, by Brun, 249 miles ' • to Presbuty, 40 3 4 miles ; to Oderberg, 173 1 4 miles; to Trieste, 335 1 / 2 miles. The line from Vienna to Munich hes been in activity since the 10th of January, and the Gazette d'Augsbourg is enabled to publish the course of exchange in that city twenty minutes after it has been de clared ie Vienna. The line from Vienna to Salzbourg, via Linz, it is expected, will be finished in a few weeks, and that from Prague to the frontiers of Saxony, in the course of the summer. The lines run partly on the rail roads and the common highways. The posts on which the wires are placed are generally about fifty French metres apart. The cost of laying down the telegraph, the German mile, has been calculated at 581 florins 14 kreutzers, equal to about 60/. sterling. The whole of the administrative superintendence is under the control of the Minister of Public Works, the telegraph being the property of the Go • vernment. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—THE APPROACHING MEETING IN EDINBUgGII.—A large and influential meeting of the representatives of the various public and scientific bodies in Edinburgh was held on Thursday, in the Council Chambers, for the purpose of making the necessary arrange ments for the suitable reception of the British Association in Edinburgh in August next. The Lord Provost occupied the chair, and the meeting was addressed by Lord Murray, Professor Bennett, Dr. Maclagan, Mr. Robert Chambers, publisher, Rev. Dr. Grant, Right Rev. Bishop Terrot, and others, who moved and seconded a series of resolutions, to the effect. that the inhabitants of Edinburgh are highly gra tified by the announcement that the British Association has fixed on this city as the place of meeting this year, and that they feel called upon to make special exertions to secure that the reception of so distinguished a body shall be worthy of a city which has so long been celebrated as a seat of science. A general aggregate committee was appointed from the representatives of all the public bodies, and it is in tended that three sub-committees shall afterwards be chosen from the aggregate body to manage the details. Subscrip tions to the amount of one hundred and fifty pounds from twenty persons, including fifty pounds from the Royal So ciety, were announced at the close of the meeting. EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.—Yesterday informa don was received at the Head Police-office, Scotland•yard, that the chief clerk in the Suffolk Improved Building and Investment Society had absconded from Ipswich, taking with hint I,BOCI. in cash, the property of the shareholders. - . - The nullc..poste bttween Perigueux and Riberac caught fire last week from the ashes of a traveller's cigar, and burnt with such rapidity that there was only time to get out the mail bags and unharness the horses. The whole of the body was destroyed,—French Paper. DEAL.—On Friday last the body of a man was found floating in the Downs, and was brought ashoro by the boatmen. It had been a long time in the water, and was on Saturday decently interred in the Strangers' Burial-ground. On sis person were found a watch and two sovereigns, which were taken possession of by the police, in the hope that the future identification may afford a clue to the deceased.— .Kentiali Observer. About noon on Monday, the forest near the Chateau of Meudon was discovered to be on lire. Prompt measures were taken and the lire was extinguished; but towards the evening another part of the forest was discovered to be on fire, and it was found a more difficult matter to get the flames under, which, however, was at length effected. Two men have been arrested on suspicion of having wilfally caused these fires.—Paris Paper. LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY.—SO rapid has been the progress of the works on the extension of this line from the Gallow's-strand to the new terminus atthe Bridge, that on Tuesday, we understand, one of the locomo tives approached within 200 yards of the latter place; and it is expected, that, in the course of a month or so, the entire line to the Bridge will be complete. The spirited contractor de serves a high degree of praise for the expedition with which this portion of the work has been executed.—Loadonckrry Journal. THE ORPHAN WORKING SCHOOL—The Queen has been pleased to present to the above institution, as nomi nee in right of her Majesty's munificent donation of 250 guineas, Joseph Parrett, one of the seven children of the Rev. C. E. Parrett, Independent minister of Mevagiss e y, Corn wall. His wife died of cholera last year, and his income arising from all sources is under 701. a year. How entrancing that first beam of intelligence be tween one's self and the being we adore! There is in the first hours of love some indefinite and mysterious charm, more fleeting. but more heavenly, than even happiness itself: Eliza Cook's Journal. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE REV. J. R. BERKLEY, OF CO7-11611IDGE.—It is our melancholy duty this week to re card the death of this gentleman, which took place suddenly about twelve on Sunday night last. The deceased, who was rector of Cotheridge, and much beloved by his parishioners, was taken ill only about an hour previous to his death, when he was seized with vomiting while :fitting in his par lour. There was no medical gentleman in attendance at the time of his death, Mr. Davis, of this city, who had been sent for, not arriving till abut half an hour after the vital spark had fled. Deceased was a bachelor, and lived alone, with the exception of his servants. We understand that an inquest will be dispensed with, Mr. Davis having made a certificate that the rev. gentleman died from apoplexy. — Worcester Journal. VERY SINGULAR.—Some forty years since the family of Dr. Denormandie, formerly of Attleberough, Bucks county,Pennsylvania, received a paper written in a language they did not understand. It was thought nothing of, except as a matter of curiosity, and remained among the family papers until lately, when it happened to be seen by some person who translated it, and, behold, it proved to be a will leaving to the family an immense estate. Dr. Cenormandie left three sons, and perhaps other children. Two of his sons went to Kentucky about 1818, where one of them died; the other two, it is believed, are still living. They were worthy men, and many friends will rejoice to learn that the long neglected bequest may yet be realised.—Fhiludel phia Sun. A RAGOUT.—FRENCII COOKERY.—A few evenings ago some soldiers of the 3d Cuirassiers, stationed at Chartres, seized the torn cat of the barracks, and after the regiment had retired to rest dressed it up as a ragout, and made a sumptuous feast of it in one of the upper rooms. Having a plentiful supply of wine they indulged freely, and at length began to roar different drinking songs. The noise attracted the attention of the adjutant, and he hastened to the spot. The soldiers took to flight, and one leaped from the window and broke his jaw in the fall. One, named Molenart, was however seized by the officer, but he resisted. For this offence the soldier was, on Saturday, condemned by court martial to one year's imprisonment. EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH.-011 Saturday, the 23d ultimo, a blackfaced ewe, three years old, belonging to Mr. M'lnroy, of Lude, dropped four lambs at a birth, being her first. This is, perhaps, an unprecedented circumstance in the case of the Highland breed of sheep, with which even a triplet is rare. The lambs are, with the mother, all doing well, but two of them are rearing on cow's milk. They are a cross with a Leicester. We hope these first fruits may be the presage of a good lambing season in the Highlands.— Perth Courier. The largest subscription to the fund for the con struction of a church in California was given by a gambling house, viz.: -5,000 dolls.— Roston Transco ipt. MANSLAUGHTER.—Yesterday an inquest was held at the London Hospital on the body of William Kirtland, aged 40, master butcher, of 153, High-street, Shadwell, whose death was occasioned by a cut across the right arm with a chopper, inflicted by his wife, Jane Kirtland, who is in custody. The evidence was a repetition of that already given before the magistrate, and published in this journal on Tuesday last. The jury, after a short consultation, re turned a verdict of " Manslaughter " against Jane Kirtland. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the monthly general meeting, held yesterday at the society's house in Hanover- square, Mr. P. Sclater and Mr. Thomas Dry were elected Fellowi; of the Society, and Mr. Samuel Gurney, jun., and Mr. John J. T raves were proposed as candidates for the Fellowship. The report of the Council stated that her Ma -1 jesty had honoured the society by the gift of a !Lamas, a magnificent leopard, a pair of ostriches, and a pair of gazelles, recently received from Morocco. The hippopotamus pre sented by the 'viceroy of Egypt was reported to be in vigor ous health at the date of the Hon. C. A. Murray's last letter (March 18), and it is expected that the animal will arrive in this country, with several other valuable accessions to the menagerie, about the end of next month. Communications have also been received from Mr. A. N. Shaw, Bombay, and Lieutenant Tyler, R.E., Santa Lucia, announcing the ship ment of some interesting quadrupeds and reptiles. The visitors to the gardens on Easter Monday and Tuesday amounted to 5,910. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—MUNI FICENT GIFT. —Her Majesty has most graciously presented a beautiful lioness, two splendid male ostriches, and a gazelle, to this establishment, being a portion of the presents recently received from the Emperor of Morocco. EMB ARK ATION OF TROOPi AT WATERLOO-BRIDGE. —Between eleven and twelve o'clock this morning the approaches to Waterloo-bridge from the Strand presented a very animated appearance, occasioned by the arrival of the entire body of m en , between 700 and 800 in number, formingthe 12th Regiment of the Line, which arrived at the Euston square station at an early hour from Weedon, under the command of Colonel Percival, accompanied by the entire staff and band of the regiment, en route for Chatham. They were embarked on board the Satellite, belonging to the Star Graves'ind Stearn T boat Company, and their appearance on deck, the sun shining in full splendour, presented a very pleasing effect. A great number of persons were present to witness their departure. Precisely at twelve o'clock the boat slipped her moorings, the band striking up a lively air. They will proceed to Gravesind and then by rail to Chatham. GERMANY. A letter from Frankfort of the 30th ult. states that Hanover had presented a vole to the Central Commis sion against the incorporation of the troops of Bruns wick in the Prussian army, and that the Commission had called cn Brunswick and Prussia to present any observations thereon they might think necessary. The Swabian Mercury, not a very good authority, says that a report was current in the political circles of Frankfort to the effect that an alliance offensive and defensive, had been concluded between Great Britain and Prussia. ITALY. The Osservatorc Romano quotes a letter from Por tici, of the 21st ult., announcing the return of M. MICHARD, secretary of Cardinal DUPONT, from Rome. M. MICHARD had immediately a long conference with the POPE and Cardinal ANTONELLI, and the preparations for the POPU'S departure have since then been pressed with greater alacrity. On the other hand, the correspondent of the Statuto of Florence writes from Rome, 24th, that serious apprehensions are entertained of the POPZ'S changing his mind again. THE BRAZILS. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.—The Pilot Fish, with advices from Bahia to the Ist of March, and from Rio de Janeiro to the 15th of February, has arrived. The yellow fever still raged among the shipping at Rio de Janeiro and Bahia. At Bahia it was getting worse, and during the last fortnight had taken off great numbers. At Rio de Janeiro the demand for coffee was dull at previous quotations. The demand for manufactured goods was dull in consequence of the fever. Exchange, 28+ The packet was to sail for Falmouth on the 21st of February. At Bahia the arrivals of sugar have been consider able. Prices flatter, and at 2,000 reis to 2,100 reis for white, and 1,600 reis to 1,700 reis for brown. Stock of cotton light, and market firm at 5,200 reis per arroba. A fair demand for coffees, at 5,200 reis for washed, 4,000 to 4,600 reis for ordinary. Exchange-30,0001. have been effected at 29d. Freights —To London, 325. Gd. to 355. for sugar ; Liverpool, 355. for sugar, and id. per lb. for cotton. A letter received in Liverpool this evening con firms the accounts of the wreck of the John R. Skiddy, and also states that the packet-ship Albert Galatin is ashore on the same coast. TEE LATE ADJUTANT-GENERAL. --- The mortal remains of the late Lieutenant-General Sir John Macdonald, G.C. 8., A.G., were interred yesterday forenoon in the family vault, at Keusal-green Cemetery. The funeral was strictly private, the attendants comprising only th e i mme di a t e rela tives and friends of the deceased, viz. : —Li eutenant-General Lord Mr. 1i t3baj z fi rn a y codr Somerset, o-Gnaeinde r e GC.B ; Maj or -G enera l B rown, D.A.G. W. Macdonald, brother . to th e d ecease d ; Mr. brother to the de cease d ; Macdonald, son to the deceased; Mr. Codrington, son-in-law to the deceased; Colonel Sulivan, of the Horse Guards; Mr. Norman Macdonald, jun., &c. The coffin bore the following inscription :—" Lieutenant-General Sir John Macdonald, G.C.8., Adjutant-General; died March 28, 1850, aged 76." The cortege, which consisted of a hearse and two mourning coaches, each drawn by four horses, arriv e d a t t h e cemetery shortly before eleven, and the coffin having bean removed to the chapel, the prayers were read by the Itev. Chaplain. The coffin was then slowly lowered into the vault beneath. OXFORD, WEDN ESDAY.—The memorial of Pro fessor Hussey to the Heads of Houses in this university, in board. favour of ecclesiastical synods, has been re j ec t e d by the LORD JEFFREY'S MONUMENT. —About 2,0001. bas been contributed for the proposed monument. Edinburgh, as we are informed, has contributed about 1,800 1 ; London about 4001. ; and Glasgow about 1004—Witness. Sixteen human skeletons, of apparently full-grown persons, have lately been discovered in a field belonging to Mr. William N'igar, of Upton, in the parish of Long Sutton, by a man employed in cutting a dit c h. They appeared to have been buried in nearly a str a i g ht li ne , ranging from north to south, and they were laid in cavities about three feet in depth, cut in solid rock at irregular distances from each other. It is but a few years since that several human bones were discovered in a field about two hundred yards from this spot. There can be no doubt of their being the remains of some bold but unfortunate warriors, who fell, probably, in battle centuries ago, but on what occasion his tory does not record.—Bath Chronicle. The most reasoning characters are often the easiest abashed. The giddy embarrass and overawe the contem wiser than he who suffers.—Eli za C oo k' s Journal. plative ; and the being wh o ca ll s hi m self happy appears INFLUX OF SHIPPING. The large number of 129 vessels reported at the Custom-house on Saturday last as having arrived from foreign and distant parts with cargoes of general merchandise ; an d 56 vesse l s also reported on Monday as having arrived i n the port o f London from a b roa d. These numerous arrivals comprised some not only from almost every continental port of Europe, but also from the East and West Indies and South America,and some with various descrip tions of merchandise from every' quarter of the globe. The arrivals have lately, in consequence of the prevalence of easterly winds, been in a great measure limited to steamers from the continental states of Europe, with French, German, and other produce ; an d to vesse l s with grain, Sm.. from those and the adjoining states; and this sudden influx of shipping from all parts o f t h e world w ill hays the effect o f giving the required i m p e t us to the impor t trade of this vas t metropolitan port, and create a great deal of bustle at the docks and other places at the water-side. MARRIAGE IN HIGH Lim—The marriage of Mr. J. B. Harford, eldest son of M r . A. G. Harford Battersby, of Stoke•park, Gloucestershi re , an d ne phew of Mr. J. S. liar. ford, of Blaise castle, in the same county, with Mdlle. Marie Bunsen, the beautiful and accomplished daughter of his E xc ellency the Prussian Mi n i ster and Madame Bunsen, was solemnized yesterday in the church of St. James's, Picca dilly, in the presence of a very numerous circle of the imme • diate connexions of both families. MANsIoN-nousE.—The Lord M , a , y el o i r as an to d a L ia a r d g y e - --- m M a a j y e -or t., e , s ,s s 3 hp i \ n -ci iste is: s u a ed na ca t zt e s ir c ia f d i innv,itaastion to dinner to her party to meet them, for Wednesday, the 17th inst. THE ROYAL ADELAIDE STEAMEII.—It has been erroneously stated that this vessel was insured at Lloyd's for her full value. The only insurance effected was Ivith the Dublin Marine Society, an association of Irish underwriters, who have offices in Foster-place, Dublin, and who insured the Royal Adelai:le for e ,000/., one-half of her estimated value WRECK of TUE ADELAIDM STEAMER.—Mr.Frewin has made three descents since Tuesday by means of his diving apparatus, but has hitherto been compelled, in conse quence of the number of other persons who were at work en deavouringoperau3 to t ozoav ft er er portions of o t t the e vess e e a l. cargo, to tohcaoliintiont y e his operations MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER 7 0 THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 7,000 bales, of which 1,500 American were taken for export, and 1,000 on speculation The market closed steadily.—Railway Shares continued to decline. The produce inarketg this ivrek have been quiet, ex cept for one or two articles. It was thought that coffee would become in active request, and an advance to some extent occurred, but this expectation is for the present disappointed. There are great complaints still of the adulteration of this article by means of chicory, In sugar the transactions have been more numerous. There has been nothing doing in Tallow during the past month at all worthy of record. The price has not fluctuated more than 10s. per ton, and the prospect of the next month or two is much of the same character. The large stock on hand has been held with much firm ness, as there is nothing on the way to London that will much increase it. and it is probable that it will be re duced by the Ist June to a level with the stock on the Ist June. 1849. New Y.C. remains very steady at 38s. 6d. aid 38s. 3(1., with very little disposition to enter on large transactions. By letters received from St. Petershurgh we find the price there was 110 to I 1 1 ro., with 10 r. down, and 107 re. with a moderate demand, which at the present exchange of 3Sk will cost 39.5. to 395. 6d. laid down hem The Cotton speculation at Liverpool seems to be re viving a little, end the letters from the other side are strongly advocating a rise. One party writes:— " We are now approaching the period of the season when the deficiency of the yield from the present crop becomes a tangible reality. The receipts are falling off as rapidly as the most sanguine believer in a 2,000,000 bale crop coal i desire. And as wide as the present dif ference is by the last mail dates from the various south ern ports, recent telegraphic accounts show a more rapid proportion al diminution. When vie get alongside of the second week in April last year, say from the 4th to the 11th, the discrepancy will be startling, as within those dates 96,800 bales were delivered, against which I esti mate 35,000 this season. The south-western section is now so well drained, that a reliable correspondent in Marengo Co., Albabama, states there are not fiLy bales in that country. While presenting these views, I desire it should be understood that my mark for the crop remains at 2,100,000 balcsialthough I eanuot ss certain whero so large a yield is to some from." Thero are later accounts (to March 1) from Bahia. They advise a dull state of trade both in imports and exports, owing to the prevalence of yellow fever. The exchange on London was 293. The letters by the West India mail aro not yet de. livered. The amount of bullion is over a m;llioa dollars, partly go!d. The outline of the commercia: news seems favourable. 'The English Stock Market has been quiet, but de cidedly more buoyant, owing to the semi-official tite merit cocce-ning the revenue, and which is well calcu lated to afford satisfaction. The French express, just in, notices the rather stormy proceedings in the Cham bers, but brings a higher quotation for the Rentes. Consols have been 96k to s for Money, and 96/ to -a for Account. Exchequer-bills have again advanced haying touched 66.. and 695. India Bonds are 925. premium, a rise of 2s. Ia the Foreign Market there has been rather loss ac tivity-. Mexican Bonds have been 28i to being an improvement. Peruvian Active Stock, cx dividend, is 67i- to 6S, and the Deferred 27. Equalor Bonds have been quoted 3i, and Buenos Ayres 54. Chilian Stock is at 974-. Russian Bonds are firm at 107, and the scrip is at 1 1 1 premium. Danish scrip is 24 premium. Shares have been looking up a little. ONE CLOSING PRIQES OF BRITISH. FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Coot. Consol!Anvoitno,... _, 961 4 A IA 96 1 A Long Anns. to expire Jan.1860 . Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 — 7 13-. 6 Ditto 30 year,. Jan. 5, 1860 B% 8% !nclia Bond::, 1,031131 — Ditto under 1,0001.. ....... Oaniols for Account .. ..... ... 96,,g % '7 l 96 4:xo - le:per Bills. . 1140. &2i 1,000!. June 66 69 p 69 p 5001. June ... ..... -.. 66 60 p 69 p SznAll. June ONE CLOiING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aueruis Ayres Bonds, 6 tier Cent 54 54% Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent ... 97 il 96 Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto, Scrip Equador Bonds alt , xicazi. 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— ~ Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto, Account 2BN% 28% . Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account Ditto Deferred ... . fturisian Bonds ..... 107 107 Ditto Scrip l% p 1% p Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 — —. Ditto, Account ......... Ditto, Passivv — 3% Ditto, 3 per Cent Ditto, Account 37% Divitii:nds on the above payable in London. French Rentes. 5 per Cent —90 f. Exchange Beligan, 4% per Cent. ,utcu 2./i per Cent., 12 Guild. .. Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certificates — 85 1 x d PRICES CF PAID. ;BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAI MAY 15HARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Auerdeen r;ri Do. Prefernuce... Amber. Nott., Boston, and EAstern Junction 7Y e ...... Ayrshire end Gallowv.. 71A, — .... Balfast A: County Down 30 - Berks Sc Wants • Ezterx. (Gt.iiri3st. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox fud Junct., calls duly paid, or with: guaran. 20 ...... _ .. Do, withoutgut,:*antf. ,, e 20 - - z 24 ,I 13i•ntinp. Wolvorh 'ton, awl E udley, cane dt• I V d, or with guarantee 15 . ...... Do. without guarantee 15 Binning.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Jun0.... 23 BrTstol and Exeter 100 ..... Ditto, Thirds 33 — die. — die. B uckin ghsm en' . e ...... 17 , 4 Caledonian Ditto, New IC/. Prof... 10 Di tto,Clydesdale Jane 50 — Ct. e3ter and Holyhead... 30 Ditto. Preference l5 000000 7%. 7 Direct London & Ports mouth Dublin and Belfart June. 40 ...... ... — Dandalk& Enniekillen 30 East Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D... ... 25 Do. 181., E. & U.... 18 Do., 31. 103., Pref... 3% Ditto, 7L 175., 7 per Cent., Preference... 2 eastern Couslties... ..... 20 ...... 74 ...... Do , New Pref.rer.ce, • /8 6 i.er Cent .... lO - ..... 0.0.8 Ditto,lfzttonsion, 5 par ••• Cent., tiro. 1 6/. 13s. 4d. .. p. Ditto ditto. .6 . (1. 2...61. 13s. 4d... p __ P Do. North. & Ekzten), --' P 6 per Cent. ..... ... 50 Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 — Do. New Eastern Union, Clam A (late E. U. shares) 26 Ditto, Clete A, ditto... 6 - Do., Class B& C 25 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 ...... 17 ..... 17 East Lancashire Ditto, New Quarters 6' 4..... .. Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6k ...... - .............. East Lincolnahir( , gear. 6 per Cent. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 26 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 - eeeeeee •••••• .....• Edin., Perth, & Dundee 25 Ditto, Newport Exeter.Yeovil, & Dorch — 2 5 a , Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glasgow, Dumfri3s, and Carlisle 81.6a. 8d.... ... .... Glasgow Kilmar & Ayr 50 DO.Preference ConsOl. Gloucester &Dean Forest 12%...... .. Great Northern Do., % A Deferred ... 12 1 ,4...... Do., 4B 6 per Cont... 9% Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12 %...... 10%% lo heat South. and West. ( Ireland) Ditto, Ei g hth s 1 14...... G: tat orth of England.loo ......220 217 218 2lB Ditto, New, 401. 4O Ditto, ditto BS Ditto, New, 30/ .... . .... 30 Ditto. New,ls' l5 12 Great Western 100 Ditto, 4 Shares 5O ...... .... ..... .. .. Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ...... - ••••••••• •• •• Ditto, New 171........ 15 ... Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 26 ...... Do. Quarter Shares... 12% Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 ' 33% 32% Do. Quarters Do. Fifths... ... 10 Do. Thirds ....«........ 18 Do. New, Gua.6 per et. 10 Ditto (Huddersfield and Shelf.) Do. (W. Riding Union) 11% 2% 2%. Leeds and 8radf0rd....... 50 ...... 96 95 Leeds and Thirsk ....•• 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% — ••••••......... •-• dii. Do., do. No. 2 10 ...... Do., do. ...... No. 3 5 Do., Pref. Quar« 1818 9 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport London &Blackwall...ll/. 6 s. 3d... ...... London, Brighton, and ... y, South C0ait........100 Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent . 100 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 ...... ..... Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto ditt0...... 1852 50 .. ~.,, ..., Lon don and Greenwich 12flos 4d... ...... ...... Ditto, Preference. 2O Llndon and N Western 100 10334 10 .11 A lO 1 1 4 Ditto, New Quarters 12 Ditto, Fifth, l2 —.. 11% ........... ... 11% Do. 40/.Shares( L. ht.) 40 ...... Dn., 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..... 1%... ....... London 8! S.West2rn —lOO ... .. 6 t y s .. Do, New 50/. . ....... 4`2!4•.•.•. -- Do. New 401 34 ...... ....... ........ Do., New Preference. 5 ...... •7 Lon donderry SzCoierain $ 2.5 .• ‘• • •••••••........ -- Do. % Shares .........5 - Londonderry Auld Ennis kiden Do. U. Shares ..... Lowegoff. guar. 4 per et 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) ganedestor,Buxton,and Matlock Hanch:icter. Sheffield, and Liiicolnshire...l 00 Do. Quarter (No. 1) 25 Do. New 10/. Prof..— 10 Do., klailchester and uinco.:n Union ...... 4/. 22. - dis.... — dis. Niidi lu d ... . .... ►c.o ...... 36%!,( 1 / 2 36% Do. Consolidated frof.loo Do.. 501. Shares Da. Birm.. and Derby ICO Do. Consolid. Bristol ez Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 .122 Ditto, lyrist. Glocstr. 42 ...... ..... Ditto ditto .. 221. 75... ... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leicest.tc Swan-_ 122% nington, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Middle,sbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar.' 5O - Newcastle and Carlisle.loo Do. Quarters Newmarket Do. Extension - Newport, Abergavenny, nd Hereford . 6 ...... -- Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoutt, and ltoetrevor 2O - .. ........ ..•• ;Norfolk ......... 100 ' 6 1 4 Do. New 20/. De. Extension ... 2O Do. Guaranteed 5 1 ,x" pc. 5 - • Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... N orthorn Counties Union 4 ...... ..... North British ........ ... 25 ..... x.d B l4 x. Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 171 North-Western . 1314 — .... -- Oxf:4rd, Worcester, and ..... Wolverhampton Preston & WyrM 25 ... .. 40 Do. 1 / 2 Shares (A) lO Reading, Guildford, And Reigate l5 ..... 15 15 1 ,E x.i..... 15 1 A, x.l Royston and Hitchin - Do. Shepreth Extcn . % — ......... Sc , flist Cottral Scottish Midland - . ...... ...... —. Ditto, New - ...... I.I. Shrewsbury flea Birm 1 3 14. — di5.......... die Ditto ditto. Class B 9 - ...••• •• ..... Ditto, Ne',YGuaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 5 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) 2O . ..... ... tAtto liafres Ditto Oswestry ...... 186 —. Ditto New 26% Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 10 Shropshire Union S ;nth Devon Do. Precronco south Stailurthiiire, B% — outh Exsteru Do., .No. 2. Do., No. 3 .. ...... 30 ...... 13 1 ,1.... 13% Di., Registered No. 410 ... 4% ..... .... 4% .••••• South Vi akr3 , outh Yorkshire, Don c tqer, and Goole l3 S' elield, Rotherham, Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 18% Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 Swans. & Loughor & Ca- meron's Stirs. Co:11. ... 8 ... . Taw Vale Extelation ... 8 Tkamzs Haven Duck and IN - my •••••••• 17%•••••. Vide of Neatli Waterford anc Rilkenny 20 — SAT:.r:brd and LimericA 47% . Naterfil,Wx.frd,Wicklw and Düblin W Valley t; per Cent. Guarantd Do. do. dc. ... 25 Do. do. du. ... 15 Sv'est Cornivrll ... 71 .. •—•• & Furness IS . . Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 14 ...... Wilts,Somerset,& Wey mouth ' ota, iN v; coailu, and Berwick. .... . Do. - Newcastle Extm. 20 D'. G.N.E.Preterence d A l 4 Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway lOO ...... . ••••. Yoe, and North Midland 50 ...... 15% % Ditte Preterenc2 FOREIGN RAILWAY& Aug o Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5% Bculogne and Amiens... 20 : 6 1 4 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzou)... 20 Demerara ... 1N...... Dutch Rhenish .......... 8 ..• •• East Indian ...... Ditto ...... ..... .... 2O Great Indian Peninsular a Do. Do. ... ~.....• 1 Louvain Ila eambre ... 7% — Luxembourg Ditto lO — Madrid and Yalentia... 2 •••••• Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. . ..... .. , N)rthern of France l6 - Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ['arid and Orleans ...... 20 ••••• .... ...... •• Paris and Rouen 2O ••••••• ..... 0... • • ........ Paris and St:asbonrg li,)uen and Evan .....• 2U Eanf)re and l! l ewo 2O ... .. - ••• • • *MI ...... Strasbourg and Basle Tours and Nantes . 13 •••••• • Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Haszelt ...... 20 West Flanders B% .• ••• JOINT STOCK BANKS. Anstralrsia - 4O - x.d.••••••• ••• British North American 50 Colonial 25 — Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock lO ...... 17 ............... London & Westminster atienalProv. England. 35 Ditto New... ..... ...... 10 National of Ireland 22%.....• ••• Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Ditto, New ..... ..... 10 Union of Australia Ditto, Nev.' -......... 2%...... • •••• Union of London... lO ...... 12 ......... Union of Madrid .. 40 MINES. Anglo-Moxican lOO Asturian .... ...... 15 kustralian Bassora Range .... - •••• ..... •• •• Biaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ...... .... ..... British Iron . l2 Brazilian Imperial ...... 241 i — ....... ..•• .. BrazilianCoLaes&Cuiaba 30 Do. St. John Del Rey 15 . Cobre Copper General 2O Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures Do. Red Ditto ... Santiago de Cuba... lO United Mexican 12 1 ,4 % Ait 1514 6% 6 1 4 12% - 5% 12 1 4 —i.cl r =NM ii•mp 42 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL s.—Wind at noon W., fresh gale and cloudy. PonTs - siouTil, APRIL 4.—lt blew a hard gale all last night and to-day from S. to S.W., and there is every appearance of a dirty night. YmmouTrt, APRIL 4.—The Venus parted and went on shore in Deadman's Bay this morning. FALMOUTH, APRIL 4.—The Isabella, Odessa to this port, went on shore yesterday near the Lizard Light house; six of crew saved, and remainder expected to be saved. SUNDERLAND, APRIL 4.—The following vessels have received more or less damage:—The Superior, the Sham rock, the Thompson, Vesta, and Air, of Westport; Victoria, of Maldun ; John, Of ditto; Francis, of Ye x mouth ; Hero, of ditto; Sarah Ellen, of Newcastle; and Woodpark, of ditto; Supply, of Blyth; Harriet, of New haven; Hero, of Montrose; and Two Brothers. of Go ale. SHIELDS, APRIL 3.—The Alexander, of Whitby, Middlesborough to London, was in contact 39th ult. off Cromer, with the Eleanor, of Dover, from Whitstable; two of the crew of the former got on board the latter, which hoisted a light, which was unanswered. BRIGHTON, APRIL 3.—A scroll-board, maeted " Sa rah" in gold letters on a blue ground, edged with a gold cord in a tassel, has washed on shore. ABERDEEN, APRIL 3.—The Fiaish of andlor this port, in making for Banff harbour during the gale of the 29th ult., struck on the Collie Rock, when the crew were taken out; she came off, and brought to anchor in the bay, but is supposed to have sunk during the night. The Nelson, of Rochester, Sunderland to this port, was aban doned off Banff 31st ult.; crew saved, but a . passenger died from exhaustion previous to the boat being fallen in with. SHIELDS, APRIL 4.—The James Trail, of Thurso, got on the Herd Sand, but came off the following tide after throwing overboard great part of the oargo, and has re turned to the harbour. WEXFORD, APRIL 3.—The Eliza Taylor, of Cork from Liverpool, got on the rocks in South Bay during the night of the Ist inst., and fell over into deep water; crew saved. The whole of the cargo of the Otto, on shore in Ballyhent Bay, has been saved; the J. R. Skiddy has landed her passengers, Ertl remains full of water. Part of cargo expected to be saved. HARWICII, APRIL 4.—A poor man, supposed to be one of the passengers of the Royal Adelaide, has been brought in here by the Jane, of Arbroath. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—FRIDAY. Since Monday last the arrivals of English Wheat coastwise have been but moderate—viz. 1,650 'quarters, almost wholly horn Essex and Kent. By land carriage a very small supply has reached as. To-day the show of samples was limited. Fine parcels sold at full prices, but the middling and inferior kinds moved off slowly at b.rely late rates. Nearly 5,000 quarters of Foreign Wheat have cone to hand this week. Although several large parcels have changed bands, the trade, owing to the large quantity brought forward, was decidedly in acti•re ; but w© nave no decline to notice in value. Malting Barley supported last week's figures. Grind ing and distilling sorts were dull in the extreme. We had a very dull inquiry for malt, and late rates were with difficulty supported. good oonnd Pate wore - - quite t Peas ' Incve'l English Irish Foreign Infcrtor . 5 C01:0 q l'ri tne Prim e t; `,,, Ln r „ co P irn , arc St ku i n ., Lamb, Th e Ing pri B *tr,inf, utki prii Tl lO ab out doing t gales to B ent 61 to 8 l'i troha yearli nl Per ewl NC I * it , taro