The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-03 00:00:00

'. ,~; dress, and lluguenct, New York; Ostensible, Quebec. Off port, Coronation, Mobile; Louisa Thompson, Btack Prince, Strathmore, Ellen Ilighfield, and Earl of Lous dale. The Burrell barque, is on shore at Ardglas:. The Sarah (or Sarah Ann) barque is at anchor in Dun drum Bay, in a dangerous position. DUBLIN, APRIL I.—The Maid of Galloway steamer, not the Galway Maid as yesterday reported, which left Liverpool 29,h ult., burst her boilers off Holyhead, be ( came very leaky and unmanageable, and drove on the rocks north of Balriggan harbour, where she now lies very badly; her keel is gone and bottom bilged, and it is feared that she has parted abaft her paddle•box. Every thing that could be got out of her has been brought on shore. The Anne, which sank alongside the Quay, 29th ult., has been pumped out and floated. QUEENSTOWN, MARCH 31.—1 t has blown heavy gales fur the last three or four days from S.E. to E.S.E. with heavy •raing and high tides.—The .Mary, hence to Llanelly, which got on shore, 29th ult., has been got off. Arrde Tar. Mauritius, for the Clyde. GIIEDA, APRIL I.—The Lsece, Newport to Liver pool, came on shore last night full of water; crew eased; must discharge. GLOUCESTER. —Sid. Ireland, Quebec. NEWPORT, APRIL 2.—Wind S.—Sh.l. Eliza Jenkins, . Alexandria, United States. SCATEERY Roans, APRIL I.—Arrti. Alice Bentley, Liverpool, for St. John's, New Brunswick, much strained, and making water. CnooitmtVEN.—Arrd. Ann Rankin, New Orleans. AlWitircv, APRIL 2.—Wind S.E.—S a il e d N eptune, ha ire d' and W ithearn, Quebec. LOSSIE3[OUTH, MARCH 30.—Wind S.E., a strong gale.—The Jane, of Berwick-on-Tweed, Sunderland to Port Gordon, struck on the Muck Rocks off Buckie to .day, and sunk, with her masts visible above wat e r; crew . saved. LEITH, APRIL 2.—A mahogany table, some bedding, printed books, and wearing apparel, have been picked up on the. Girdler Sand, also several letters addressed from Tralee, dated May and June, 1849, signed " Rob. 0. Reardon," and one dated Killsrglin, March 20, 1850, signed " C. Qui]." RAMSGATE, APRIL 2.—A cask of lime juice, marked "W. E.,"-with a diamond over it, has been picked up. ' BLYTH, MARCH 30.—The Epselon has been in con tact with the Horatio, and did considerable damage; the latter ',MA 4 t9r 1 1,Q13..t0 the Sydney packet, and carried away 8411.Chiens, bulwarks, &c. • M. NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE —WEDNESDAY 1 ( The present week's arrival of English Wheat coast wise has ' been confined to 470 quarters, wholly from Essex and Kent. By land carriage the receipts are i i, Adel). 'Fine qualities w ere i n moderate request this '' morning, at prices quite equal to those obtained on • . Monday. In the middling and inferior kinds next to clothing was doing. Only 2,720 quarters of Wheat have come in'from abroad. The show of samples, however, i was somewh a t extensive. Fine white qualities sold at ' fully late rates. Otherwise the demand ruled heavy. All kinds of Barley were heavy at last week's decline in value. So little business was transacted in Malt. that the quotations were almost nominal. Oats and Beans Old to it . tiii ' extent at late rates. Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour were dull in the extreme. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK —., . Wheat. Barley. I Oats. . . Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Englisk Q rs ...... 470 390 810 590 Scotch— • Irish ........ Foreign ..... : Malt. '2,720 - 1 1,450 1,640 6,230 Flour. kacks. 430 ZIO/COUGIL H OP ZYX.ELELIMX. Our market is very inactive, and last week's prices are barely supported. The show of samples is small. WUXTECHAPEL. , Esch kind of meat was in good supply and heavy de , Aland, at our quotations. Beef from 2s• 2d to 33 2d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d; • Veal, 38 to 3s 8d; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per 81bs, by • the carcase. SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) SCOTT V. OSBORNE. This was an acti on t o recover the sum of 51. for rent dus for a cottage at Upwell, Norfolk. Mr. Duncan appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Ser geant Chadwick Jones for the defendant. The facts were these:—The cottage in question was lately occupied by a widow Hartley, and the rent was Haid by th e par i sh, but on the death of Mr. Abraham artley, her son, she, by his will, became entitled to an annuity of 201. per annum. Defendant administered to the estate of the deceased, which was insufficient to pay the annuity or other demands. The present action was brought on defendant's individual promise to pay, although it was made before he had ascertained the state of the affairs of the deceased. The SECONDARY left it to the jury to say whether the evidence showed the intention to incur a personal liability. The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. • MANSION -HOUSE —(THIS DAY.) POCKET PICKING.—John Jones was brought up ' on• befoate cha Mr. Aldermen C ar d en, by policeman 51, • rge.: of picking the pocket •of a gentle . man on Londo n -b r id ge of a silk handkerchief yes . terday afternoon. The ev id ence as to the commission of the offence was perfectly conclusive, but John Jones's ' victim, probably unaware of his foss, was not -present. The denials of the prisoner were ludicrously indignant.. • Frotn.his statement it would appear thathe got his living .by hawking di ff erent articles in a barrow; still he was generally in the habit of using a fine Bandana silk handkerchief', delicately scented, with his initials worked la hair on it. Ilia worship, however, did not seem to • attach much credit to this account of himself, and sen t teneel the prisoner to two months hard labour, also re • fusing to g ran t his very mode s t r eq u es t th a t th e band. • kerchief might be restored to him. BOW-STREET.—(THIS I)AY.) • A young man named Lepbridge, who was described as a scene. shifter at the New Su and Theatre, was charged with the following dreadful assault. William Rae, a scene painter's assistant at the Strand Theatre, stated that yesterday afternoon the prisoner and Matthews, the carpenter of the house, came in • drunk and began quarrelling. The prisoner wanted to fight the gas fitter, but Matthews said before the gas fitter should be struck he would have a set-to as his champion. When the time approached for opening the ' theatre they were still wrangling, and, perceiving that du prisoner was too far gone in liquor to be competent to discharge his duty, witness applied to him for the plot. • Mr. HENRY —The plot! What is that? The witness explained that it was the scenes that would be required fen the play of the evening. Although the request was made with the best intentions—witness in . tending to take the prisoner's place for the night—the prisoner was very much exasperated at it, and began to abuse Matthews, in language which witness did not feel disposed to repeat. The prisoner acted more like a ' madman than•a rational being, and vowed that he would have the-life of Matthews. Matthews saw that there was determination in his manner, and, at the instigation of witness, he escaped from the stage to the boxes; but the prisoner, haling overcome witness's efforts to hold him back by almost twisting off the two front fingers of his • right hand, pursued Matthews, and ultimately caught him - in.the upper proscenium boxes. A terrible struggle there took place, and in the end witness was horror-stricken at Geeing the prisoner and Matthews roll over the side of the box aiid fall into the orchestra. A piece of th e stage ' Was carried awn y and a kettle drum d estroyed by the fal ; but had the injury stopped there, it would not , mnoh have mattered. Unfortunately, however, witness, . On rushing to the assistance of Matthews, found him , completely insensible, and so frightfully was he injured, that it was at once thought advisable to carry him to the hospital, where he now lies in a state of delirium. The prisoner, who did not receive much injury from the fall, tot content with having been the origin of all this • chief, became, if possible, still more vi lent and mouist-- rageous, and the upshot was that he had to be given into thwcustody of the police. Mr. HENRY asked the to say? Prisoner if h e h ad anything The prisoner replied, that he was very sorry for what had happened ; but the fact was, Matthews exasperated 'bini by calling him opprobrious names. • P,oe stated that the prisoner was an industrious, in offensive man when sober, but he was a perfect maniac Whenever he got a little drink in him. Mr. HENRY said he should remand the case CH ' Matthews was sufficiently recovered to attend and give evidence. The prisoner was accordingly removed in custody. MARLBRO -STREET--(THIs DAN.) • AN IMPO RTUNATE BEGGAR.—A Get man Jew, who gave the name' of Olster, was broughman t bef ore Mr. Hard ', quis of charge dristol with begging of a n d annoying the Mar -B. Police-constable 139 C stated th a t on the previous afternoon he was on duty in St. James's-sqarc, when • ha saw the Marquis of Bristol leave his residence and get into his cab. Just as the Marquis Was on the point of driving off the prisoner rushed forward and in an . insolent manner demanded alms. The Marquid refused to relieve him, and drove away. The prisoner, nothing , danntrd,followed him and jumped up behind the Mar quis's cab. Witness ran after him, and in St. James's. street the cab stopped, and the prisoner was taken into custody. The prisoner, in defence, denied the charge of beg ging, and said he was a baptised Jew, and his object in calling upon the Marquis of Bristol was this. The Mar quis was chairman of the Society for Promoting Chris tianity amongst the Jews, and as he (defendant) was a converted Jew, and in distress, he thought the Marquis might do something for him. Defendant added that he had a rich uncle in the city, but in consequence of his forsaking the ancient faith, he would have nothing to do with him. Committed for fourteen days. CL _ERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) A young Irishman, named Sidtva,,, and C'tia/fiad, a prostitute, were placed before Mr. Combo, charged with erecting a disturbance and breaking some window... It appeared that both the prisoners entered the King's Head public-house, Leather-lane, last night about ten o'clock, in a state of intoxication, and began creating a disturbance, and on the landlord attempting to turn them out, the femal e use d some b ad language, and after striking him laid hold of his hair and dragged him upon the floor. The male prisoner incited her on to the attacks, and when the landlord and the female prisoner were lying struggling on the ground, he gave the former a violent blow on the head. At length both of the par tite were ejected from the house, and on getting outside the females at the instigation of the man, broke four f pares of plate glass which were in the door, and they were corkequently given into oust ,dy. The female prisoner admitted breaking the glass, but denied the assault, as did also the male prisoner. Mr. CoslnE ordered the female to pay 155., the value cf the windows, or to undergo twenty-one days' impri sonment in the House of Correction, with hard labour, and the male to pay 205., or to be imprisoned for fourteen days. The Court was occupied from half-past ten to half-past one in hearing cases for drunken and disorderly con duct, the number of which at this holiday-making pe riod of the year is always subject to a very considerable increase. THE AWFUL WRECK OF THE ROYAL ADELAIDE STEAMER. PARTICULARS RECEIVED THIS DAY. Anxious inquiries were made this morning at Lloyd's as to whether any intelligence had been received from any French ports of any portion of the passengers and crew of the ill-fated steamer being p'elied up alivo. Hones have existed that some might have escaped, and it was thought probable, there being frequent instance; of vessels being lost on the Goodwin and Margate sands, and the crows rescued by the French loggers. No such_ preservation do the unhappy creatures on board of the Royal Adelaide appear to have met with, and no doubt now exists that every soul was lost. The secretary of Lloyd's this morning is without the least information on the melancholy subject. The London agent of the City of Dublin Steam Nevi gation Company, Mr. Hartley, has favoured us with a copy of a letter he received this morning from the agent of Lloyd's, at Margate : " Lloyd's Agency, Margate, April 2, 1850. " Sir,—We confirm our respects of yesterday, and beg to inform you that since oar last night's report nothing more has been brought in from the unfirtunate Royal Adelaide, and no further information obtained as to the fate of the crew and passengers. " Two cutters have been sent on to protect the pro perty, and the receiver of droits intends going to the wreck himself to endeavour to organize a working com pany. Notice has also been given to the different Coast guard stations to keep a good look-out. A number of Whitstable smacks, and Margate and Ramsgate- boats,- are around her, and two divers at work. Should the weather continue fine, as it now is, we hove no doubt but that a good deal of the cargo will be recovered. " We remain, Sir, yours, &c., " GEORGE HAMMOND and Co., Lloyd's Agents. " G. Hartley, Esq." It is the intention of Mr. Hartley to dispatch Mr. Davidson, the manager of the company's wharf at Lower East Smithfield, to Margate to-night, for the purpose of obtaining an accurate description of the bodies that may be washed up from the ocean, and seeing to their proper, and respectful interment. The company is in expectation of receiving advices from Cork this afternoon by the arrival of one of their steamers, which are likely to furnish more detailed in formation as to the exact number of passengers who have met with a watery grave. The statement found in another part of our paper, in reference to the conduct of the people at Margate not hearing the signals fired during the night the Royal Adelaide was lost, is somewhat at variance with the re ports made by the two pilots, who saw the Royal Ade laide steam into the Prince's Channel scarcely two hours before it is supposed she ran on the sands. They dis tinctly state that they saw several rockets fired in the direction of the Prince's Channel, and heard the report of the signal distress-gun. Mr. Hartley, the agent of the company, informs us that the Royal Adelaide was not provided with large guns, consequently the reports heard must have proceeded from the Tongue light-ship. The steamer had rockets and other signal fires on board, and was provided with the number of boats required under the Act which regulates steam-vessels. As some doubts have been expressed as to the severity of the weather during the night on which the Royal Adelaide was lost, we may state that the violence of the gale for the time it lasted has not been equalled for some years; and that is the opinion of the oldest boatmen on this part of the coast. Numerous losses have been re ported on all points of the Channel, and the Preussischer Adler, Captain Tooker, which has arrived in the river from Cork, announces the night to have been boisterous and peculiarly dark. This vessel brought over nearly 300 deck passengers —men, women, and children—and in order to screen them as much as possible from the surf; which was making way over the craft, and killed about a dozen beasts, the commander very humanely had as many as possible of the children taken down into the engine-room, where they procured warmth and shelter. This may convey some idea of the wretched sufferings of those on board the Royal Adelaide pre viously to their destruction. The accounts received this morning at Lloyd's from their respective agents on the east coast communicate the ending of more pieces of wreck and wearing apparel belonging to the sufferers. A deal of it has been found in the Swin, and this is accounted for from the fact that at the time of the wreck, and her breaking up, the weather had somewhat moderated, and the tide revers ing, drifted the broken fragments towards the north seas. The many luggers that went out to the wreck on Sunday have picked up a considerable quantity, but from its shattered state it is doubtful whether it can be brought into use. As will be seen, however, by the above letter strong hopes are entertained that a. great portion of the cargo will be recovered by-divers, shouldi.laa fine weather con-, tinue. This day at noon the wind had got up consi-. dercbly, and if it extends to the west it mutt necessarily retard the operations. It is stated in the Times and other ,papers of this morning, that the Royal Adelaide was wrecked within a few cables' ler gth - of the spot where a German emigrant ship went to pieces in October last, - with • nearly two hundred lives. This is perfectly in correct. The vessel alluded to was the Floridian, bound from Antwerp to New York, and was lost on the Long Sand nearly abreast of Harwich, some 30 or 40 miles from the Tongue. A barque from the West Indies to London, named the Sarah, met with destruc- tion, and all hands (about 15 or 16) on or near the Tongue during the fearful gale in January last, and that is the only serious fatal loss that has taken place near the spot for soma time. The circumstances attending the fate of the ill-fated steamer are quite painful enough without introducing the harrowing details of other losses which had nothing to do with the difficulties of the shoals near Margate. Besides, the German vessel was lost more than 12 months ago, and not in October last. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CATTERICK BRIDGE RACES.—TUESDAY. The Speeulation Plate of 501., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. One mile and a half. (9 Subs.) Mr. Hesseltine's Andalusian, 4 yrs Mr. Pedley's Foreclosure, 5 yrs (Templeman) 2 Lord Zetland's Gardenia, 3 yrs ..... ...... ...(Arnold) 3 The following also started but were not placed:—Mr. Smyth's Goldfinch, 3 yrs (Wakefield, jun.)—Mr. Daw son s Billy Brown, 4 yrs (T. Lye)—Mr. H. Stebbing's Pelham, 4 yrs ([3asham)—and Mr. Osborne's Snowdrift, 3 yrs (Osborne, jut.) Rotting —2 to 1 agst Foreclosure, and 3 to 1 agst An dalusian. Won easy, by two lengths. The Claret Stakes of 10 sous. each for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 31b. Two miles. (6 Subs.) Lord Zetlami's Cantab Mr. B. Green's Seignior of llolderness(W intringham) 2 Mr. Osborne's bf by Auckland, out of Atalanta ... 3 6t04 on Cantab. Won in a canter, by four lengths. The Tally-ho Handicap of 10 aovs. each. Twice round and a distance. (4 Subs.) _ _ . Mr. Davidson's Fleur de Seine, 16st 51b (Dar. Harland) 1 Mr. Jaques's Lady I am off, list 71b (Mr. Elwon) 2 Mr. Dawson's The Magnet,llst 71b (Capt. Loadstone) 3 Even on the Magnet. Won easy by three lengths. The Champagne Slakes of 20 sovt. each, h ft; for two yrs old; colts, Bst 61b; and fillies, Bst 91b. About six furlongs. (6 Subr.) • Captain Harcourt's Brother to Ellerdale ... walked over. The Gold Cup S:akes, of 10 guineas each, for three yrs old, &c. Two miles. (5 Subs.) Mr. bleiklana's French Susy, 3 yrs, 6st 91b (Arnold) 1 Mr. Welter's Maid of Team Valley, 4 yrs. (Walters) 2 Mr. Wilkins's Langton, 4 yrs, Bst 7113 ..(Cartwright) 3 E►en on French Susy, and 2 to 1 against Maid of Team Valley. Won in a canter by two lengths. The Senior Stakes, of 10 sous. each. One mile and a half. (5 Subs.) Mr. Meiklam's The Italian, Bst 71b DERBY STEEPLECHASE AND HURDLE RA CES.—TUESDAY. The Hurdle Handicap of 5 sous. each, and 30 added. About one mile and a half. (8 Subs.) Mr. Adey's Mischief-maker, 5 yrs, lOst 61b 1 Mr. Hargreaves na Chintz Print, aged, 9st 101 b ... 2 Two others started. The Steeplechase Handicap of 15 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 75 soya. added. Four miles. (12 Subs., 6 of whom declared.) Mr. J. Cook's Verax, 9st ... 1 Mr. Elmore's British Yeoman, llst 101 b 2 Four others rap. NORTHAMPTON RACES. NORTHAMPTON, TUESDAY NIGHT, SEVEN O'CLOCK.— Arrivals—Alonzo, Dover, Bastinado, Mr. Merryman, Harriott, Iron Rail, Give and Take, Watchdog, Col lingwood, Recluse, Impression, Hind of the Forest, Grief, Leap-year, Le Beau, Retail, Mahratta, The Monk, Cossachia, Clelia, Diligence, Equifia, f by Nut-. with out of A gnes , Nutbrown, P ius Ninth, Osterley, Prestige, Regis, Tophana, Wanota, Wallflower, Giselle,. Rodney, Sister to Officious, Olivia, Bishop of Romford's co, Chantrey, Spon ge , Van Dieman, b c by Lanercost of Iron Concertin a , H ump h rey, Ferule, Mounseer, Thu Jest Crown, Tel egrap h , Salute, Knight of Gwynee, , Brother to Drakelowc, Forlorn Hope, and ch f by Slane out of Receipt, Mark Tapley, Gladiole, Wand dyke, the Bee-hunter, Halo, Borneo, Ballinafad, Westow, Bel a us, Velox, Priest ess , Reversion, the Lust Forester, Maria Day, Little Houghton, Tatnworth filly, Forest Lad, Cogia, Crucible, Hamm Scarutn, Fernando, Pan takod filly, Buckhound, Compass, Achyrenthis. Grief broke down this morning. There is every probability of a large field and a very full meeting. The races coni menee tomorrow at one o'clock. BETTING AT MA.NCIIESTER.—TUESDAY. THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKE S —.3 to 1 agst Os terley (t), sto 1 agst Moun seer (t), B to 1 agst Belus (t freely), 9to 1 agst Har riott, 10 to 1 agst Chantrey (t freely), 10 to 1 agst Mahratta, 13 to 1 agst Ballinafad (t), 20 to 1 agst Priestess (t), 20 to 1 agst Halo (t). THE ALTHORP PARK STAKES.-7 to 4 agst Buck hound (t), 5 to 2 agst Prestige (t), 7 to 1 agst Mr. - Merryman (t). Nothing done on any ether event. Dispatches from the Governors of the North Amt rican Provinces were received yesterday at the Colo nig-office. THE SUN, REDUCTION OF ADMIRALS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Nothing can be more fair, in appearance, than the spirit in which your leading article of the 13th inst. was written, with reference to Mr. Hume's motion, for the reduction of the list of Admirals. You say—" Hence we would by no means see the list of Admirals reduced to a number barely sufficient to take the command of our squadrons We would see in this liberal catalogue of the British Admirals a wholesome blending of age, and, compara tively speaking, of youth, (Nelson, be it remem bered, having only attained his 47th year when he expired at Trafalgar), of vigour and experience, of ardour and of judgment. We would see ample op portunities afforded for the reward of the meritorious by promotion, and ample encouragement afforded to those who were aspiring to the dignity of such eles vatiun Far be it from our intention to advocate any interference with the prevailing system which would prove unjustly injurious to the interests of the gallant officers in the Navy. Any movement which should appear unjustifiably detrimental to their in terest, by abruptly, and harshly, and unfairly pre venting their reasonable promotion, would be certain to call from us, among the very first, an indignant protest." All this is very true, and conceived in a fair and liberal spirit. The state of things such as you de scribe is much to be wished for, and few, I imagine, will be found to differ with you, in the abstract. But, Sir, may I ask if, before penning the article from which I quote, you had made yourself ac quainted with the real status quo: I think not; or, from the sentiments you express, instead of your ad vocacy, Mr. Hume's motion would have called from you, "among the very first, an indignant protest." That our list of Admirals is numerically greater than we require cannot be denied ; but, unfortunately, we have not that " wholesome blending of age, and, com paratively speaking, of youth," which you consider necessary. A statement appeared, a short time since, in the Naval and Military Gazette, which I believe to have been tolerably correct, showing that among the list of 150 Admirals, 30 only were below the age of 65, the remainder ranging from that age to 86—: the average of the whole being 72 ! Looking, therefore, at their advanced ages, I think the list of Admirals is almost reduced at this moment, in point of efficiency, to that position which you describe, when you'say—" We would by no means see the list of Admirals reduced to a number barely sufficient to take the command of our squadrons." But this list is composed of the surviving heroes of the last war, and it needs no eloquent pen to .show that they should be. spared from ungenerous attacks, and allowed to re pose quietly under the shade of their hardly-earned laurels, during the remaining brief period of their existence. A short time only has elapsed since a measure was adopted, and a sum of money voted, for the purpose of the " blending of age, and, compara tively speaking, of youth," in the Admirals' list. That measure is quietly working the cure which was intended, and in course of time we shall have a few Admirals under 60 years of age. When " compara tive youth" shall, in sufficient numbers, have found its way there, then, and not until then, will it be either politic or just to consider the question of the reduction of numbers. At present age predominates. The senior captain on the list, and consequently the next for promotion, cannot be less than 61 years of age. He is an officer of distinguished services, and has held his present rank nearly 36 .years ; but would it not be "unjustly injurious" to that gallant officer's interest, after the implied contract entered into, and call for an " indignant protest," were a sud den check now put to all promotion ? By the mea sure to which I have referred, a retirement was offered to the Captains' list, and accepted by many, with the express understanding, that those who re mained on it, foregoing the pecuniary advantage of the retirement held out to them, should be advanced as vacancies occurred on the Admirals' list. At the same time, the numbers receiving the higher rates of half .pay on the Captains' list were reduced as fol lows :-100 receiving 14s. 6d. per diem were reduced to 70; and 150 receiving 12s. 6d. to 100. By this means a saving of nearly 3,0001. per annum was effected; but by this means also the chances of the junior captains attaining the higher rates of half pay were considerably diminished; and were a stop now put to promotion, they could not reasonably look forward even to the paltry addition of 2s. per diem, to the pittance already allowed 'them after a servitude of perhaps 40 years. Would it not be "unjustly injurious" to the interests of these gallant officers, as well as a breach of faith on the part of the Government of the country, to do away , with the ar rangement then entered into—the bargain which was made when the offer was held out of retirement with increased pay, or the chance of promotion with a con tinuance of the lower rate of pay? On the faith of the terms of that offer, numbers preferred remaining on the active list, and were the flag promotion now put a stop to, I see no way of " blending youth and age" but by extending the retirement, and again offering it to those with whom faith would, in that case, have been broken. I can assure you, Sir, that Iblve 'officers at -large feel most 'A-unjustly injured" by- the constant attacks which are made upon them, by parties who are grossly ignorant of the constitu tion of the various lists. That we have many more officers of all.ranks than we require cannot be denied ; but it is equally incapable of denial that we have not a greater number of efficient officers. than are neces sary, and that were a war to break out they would fall short of the national requirements. These over crowded lists are the results of a long-protracted war. Time will work a cure ; but, pending the at tainment of this desirable object, the country surely should not grudge either their half-pay, poor as it is, to' those whose best days were spent in securing to England her independence as a nation, and eventually the blessings of peace ; or, " reasonable promotion" to those who still maintain "Britannia's rule," and are ready and willing at any moment to peril life and limb should our national honour or independence again be assailed. Your obedient servant, M.A.RINERO. London, March 21, 1850. NORTHAMPTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Trial Stake& ••• • CAlingwood ••• ••• ••• •• • •• Gladiola ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 2 LONDON, The ilarlestone Stakes. Clelia ••• ••• ..• ••• ••• ••• 1 Bee Hunter ... •e ••• ••• ••• 2 The Great Northampton Stakes. Priestess ' •.• ••• Ile • 411•• ••• ••• 1 Chantrey •,• ••• •• • ••• ••• ••• 2 SELF-SUPPORTING DISPENSARIES.—A highly re spectable meeting of the members of the medical profession and other gentlemen, was held yesterday at No. 33, Edward street, Portiban-square, Dr. Daniell in the chair, when it was resolved to establish a central association, under the title of " The London Society," for the purpose of circulating infor mation and facilitating the establishment of self-supporting dispensaries throughout the United Kingdom, on the prin ciples advocated by Mr. Smith, of Southam, whose philan thropic and unwearied endeavours in the cause of these insti tions were warmly acknowledged. Among those present were:—Dr. Forbes, Dr. Moore, Dr. Cormack, Dr. Sir James Anderson, Mr. James Yearsley, Mr. S. E. Alford, &c. Letters of approbation and support were also read from Dr. Conolly, Dr. Charles Hare, Dr. W. Stroud, the Hon. Henry Berkeley, the Rev. Canon Dale, &c. • THE SOUTH 'DEvoN RAILWAT.—The directors of this railway have reduced their fares, and the reduction com menced on Monday. On return tickets the reduction is im portant, as it amounts to fully one-third. Recently the di rectors put on extra third-class accommodation on market days between Newton and Exeter,' and also between Totnes and Plymouth. Four good mothers have given birth to four bad daughters. Truth has produced" hatred; succesP, pride ; security, danger; and familiarity, contempt; and,. on the contrary, four bad mothers have produced as many good daughters, for astronomy is the offspring of astrology ; che mistry, of alchemy; freedom, of oppression,•' patience, of long.•suffering.— .E iza Cook's Journal. TRANSPORTATION OF CONVICTS.—The hired con vict ship Barretto, jun., Captain Huggins, is appointed to sail from Woolwich on the Bth of the present month, with 400 convicts, for Hobart Town and Port Jackson. The Sprightly, war steamer, entered the Southampton Docks on Monday night. Yesterday 100 convicts arrived at Southampton by the Dorchester mail train from Portland, and were put on board the Sprightly. A Tessel is waiting in the Cowes Roads to receive them. Their destination!_ is believed to be Australia. .FIRE NEAR THE CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL —Last night about nice o'clock, a very alarming fire broke out in the drawing-room of the premises belonging to Mr. Jones, but tenanted by a lady named Murray, 17, ,Laurie-terrace, near the Catholic Cathedral, St. George's-road. Southwark. After considerable trouble it was extinguiihed, but not before serious damage was done, and CO/. in bank notes consumed. Unfortunately the numbers of the notes were not known, consequently they will prove a total loss. HEREFORD CAT HEDRA L. —This cathedral,. which has been closed for a long period of time for restoration under the guidance of the late Mr. Cottingham, was opened in part a few days ago for Divine service. We passed through the city last week, and looked into the building. The nave is completed, and here the temporary arrangements have been made for service—a screen having been erected at the junction with the transept. The lower part of the nave, as some of our readers will remember, is .Norman (the work of Bishop Robert of Lorrain, commenced 1097, and finished 1115), and the upper part is Early English. The whole of the stonework here has been made perfect—much of it being entirely new. The nave is paved with black and red tiles in patterns; ar d the vaulting, which is of plaster,. some of the miserable work of Wyatt, has been decorated with colour, in a manner not commensurate with the greatness of the work in hand. This decoration consists of brown scroll work. with, medallions somewhat coarsely executed. The vaulting of the aisles is also painted, and with better effect: The ceiling under the tower, at the crux, not included in the part Opened, is decorated in blue and gold. The transepts and choir are in a miserably ruinous state, and give some notion of the extent of the work which roust have been done in the. nave. The exquisitely beautiful Lady-chapel and parts about it' have been thoroughly restored externally; the new &4blo MOO here are oycr •t f~~ ~ 3 WEDNESDAY - LITERATURE. 117 LE ROMAN. A Dramatic Poem. By Sydney leizdys. Drawing hig inspiration from the late heroic struggle of the Italians, the author of this volume of poetry—poetry at once graceful and impassioned — has in "The Roman" added one more remarkable contribution to our contemporary literature. His effusion, though evincing in its freshness and anima tion the ardour of an adolescent fancy, and the redun dant energies of a youthful and unjaded imagination-- is nevertheless, entirely devoid of the customary tokens of immaturity. In this circumstance, more even than in the frequent beauties scattered throughout the work, we recc.gnize larger promise, promise of a more brilliant character as to the future employment of his abilities. It affords of itself a sufficient intimation that already the hand that has struck the chords of this lyre is the hand of a master—no tyro touch, no school-bred performance this, no thesis of a poetic pupilage—but the bold, earnest, and harmo nious ebullition of a young but copious and virile capacity. It is told of Paganini, the Magician of the Fiddle, that no human being ever heard him tune a violin ; that an instrument which in other hands was filled with discordance became at once in his sensitive and capacious grasp an organ of inevitable melody ; his exquisite sense of concord detecting at once the nectssiti.s of imparting more or less tension to the string., without obliging him, like all other violinists, to scrape them into due relationship. Although we are not going to designate Mr. Sidney Yendys the Paganini of the Poetic L; re, we must, nevertheless, avouch at once that he so far bears a resemblance to that most miraculous of musicians, that he altogether abstains from tuning his harp, at least publicly or audibly, to the task of authorship. He runs his fingers over the instrument of verse for the first time —and from the first:it is concordant. Insomuch, that . even to that most exquisitely sensitive of senses, the sense of a refined and exacting criticism, we believe that not a note will be found to jar either into the sharps of rant or extravagance, or into the equally distressing flatness of an irredeemable mediocrity. He sings always in tune, and almost always in time—his verse being invariably masculine and melodious. For a first work,_ and especially a poetical work, we scarcely ever remember one so nearly altogether devoid of important blemishes. Even to discern the lesser flaws which are inevitable in every preliminary effort of the intellect, will require a scrutinizing attention, and a captious temperament. " The Roman" throughout is conceived •in a high and pure strain, its execution .being all but commen surate in excellence. Vittorio Santo, a missionary of Freedom, disguised as a monk (a sort of idealized Gio berti) is The Roman. And, according to an expression contained in this poem commemorative of his genius, his eloquence, and his patriotism, he is assuredly, in deed, and in truth (p. 61.), a " polyglot of prophets." Imbibing his wisdom from the most evangelizing of the Apostles, he-is "all things to all men." His oratory, as elastic and adaptable as the form of Proteus, de rives its energy, like the thews of Antceus, from the bosom'of his mother earth. All the children of that historic country bow before the magic wand of his rhetoric. He calls to them in the thrilling tones of antiquity—his voice rings over ithe land like the Last Trumpet of a political Resurrection. To all grades of the community he appeals in the language most calculated to rouse their latent civism, by pene trating within the circle of their comprehension. Thus—he chides the husbandman— " for the German weeds that choke The Roman crop of glory." He calls to a portly ecclesiastic in a voice of thunder, and "At parting gives him for to-morrow's text The whip of knotted cords that cleansed the temple. 'Preach, priest,' he cries, that from these sacred bounds, This outraged temple Italy, each Roman Scourge those that sell the sacrilegious doves Of perjured peace. O'erturn, o'erturn, he cries, The tables of those German money-changers, That make this house of prayer a den of thieves.'" Pleading to the merchant in the name of Italy, that Italy which he would see transformed into , one great Roman Republic, he likens her to a " glorious galleon, Now stranded and forlorn: her freight of honours Strew'd up and down the world, purpling strange snows, And loading cold barbaric winds with incense!" Turning even to the village forge, he sends a whole troop of " Wrongs, hopes, land duties trooping through the soul Of the stout smith, and there on his own smithy Blows the rough iron of his heart red hot." Then, again, with a resounding and impassioned pe roration, " Seizing the magic time, with sudden hand He stamps him to the quick;-Patriot! the hour Is come io beat our ploughstiares into swords— Our pruning-hooks to spears!" Even to the gentler sex his burning adjurations are spoken, and that, moreover, so effectually, that one of them (a daughter of nobility) goes forth at his bid ding, like a new Cassandra, crying out, " Rome , is at hand !" But we are anticipating. The poetical drama of "The Roman," divided into „pine scenes, opehs with a' chorui of dancers, in rhymes daintily itterated like the • throb of the cas tanets, and the twitter of the flute : " Sing lowly, foot slowly, oh why should we chase The hour that gives Heaven to this earthly embrace?" &c. &c. &c. The revellers are startled by the interruption of the Monk, who warns them not to desecrate with the dance the grave of his mother—arresting their atten tion with a story of fictitious suffering, until he tells them that that mother is Italy, that that Italy is Rome. " Look," he exclaims, " upon " Her mountain boscm, where the very sky Beholds with passion: and with the last proud Imperial sorrow of depicted empire, She wraps the purple round her outraged breast, And even in fetters cannot be a slave.' Again, transfiguring the land of his love and of his nativity with the glory of her everlasting sorrows, he cries out— Your giant fathers Call'd Atlas demigod. But what is she Who, worn with CighteeicentUTies - ofbondage, Stands manacled before the world, and bears Two hemispheres — innumerable wrongs, Illimitable glories. " Subsequently he apostrophises his country to emerge from her prolonged anguish! adjuring her. " By her long agony, her bloody sweat, Her passion of a thousand years !" In a similar mood of horror he inquires later on (p. "Did tilts land, which bare God, spend all its strength In the sublime conception, and birth-worn Bring pigmies forth in these last days?" All his eloquence when addressed to the voluptuous revellers proves of no avail, even when he reminds them that the land is what it was of yore in all things but themselves, saying very gracefully, in illustration see d flowersinto waved i n . u d t i h t e , s hall Egyptian bear thee; hair " Cast to-day . The A Of Pharoah's daughter." The dancers slink away one by one in succession, a ll, except a young girl, Francesca, who has im bibed the intoxicating draughts of his eloquence, and who demands t o be enrolled among his disciples in patriotism, exclaiming derisively in allusion to her sex as affording but a fli msy o b stac l e— . ~... “ Doth Salique law entail The heritage of glory ?" From the first moment of her apparition from among the trees it is sufficiently manifest that Francesca is ' in love with Santo. While endeavouring to allay the impetuosity of her patriotism, the Monk thus speaks to her in tones of specimen of the v i gour an d terse sbol e n a d d e m d i rsble suavity a The passage affords and sarcasm. est of our author's manner that we transcribe the lines alone entire and untnutilated : asnainegls:. That pe r f ume d minion,'Led sp eec h ..The feeblest tongue that freemen use will deafen These ears where every word went bowing in! These pamper'd ears, born in the purple chamber Of silken state, these soil voluptuous ears, Dainty; and fancy-fed, that of the tribe ThatO irh f at many-visagedduesbas tacourt oi uarntd embassies. I nel ambsngssu Which runs the powder'd erracds of intrigue ; That slave-born slave, that audible. obeisance." In a different mood he warns Francesca from the perils of her unfeminine ambition, observing— , " Child freedom bath sanctuaries Wherein the chaste hands of her best high priest Tremble to serve." At the same time, on recognizing the sincerity of her devOtion to the cause he is advocating, he encourages • her by the assurance that— a, The earnest soli). Drawing warrior a sword it cap -a-pi e d !" Having accepted Francesca as a handmaid' in the great effort at Italian, or rather Roman emancipa tion, Santo goes forth in the neighbourhood of Milan and encounters a band of insurgents, by whom he is almost destroyed, in consequence of hi s hi nt i ng at a general confederation of the states into one Republic. and Francesca, • f A r a m u g o h o t n l w i gi with t i p l a c s e sio e nat e e t C) l u .e rl en mr e st e s c o e f ° "motion on the part of the latter, carries on the story of the drama to a crisis—the denouement of which is clearly explained in a tavern scene of students. The animation and humour of this scene in the Italian hostelrie is felicitous, the author evincing much comic power in his sketch of the village schoolmaster Doctor Scio, in the interpolated surprise of the hostess, the waggery of some of the students, and the mingled pathos and merriment of Lelio. The same faculty for appreciat • ing the droll or grotesque is afterwards betrayed towards the close of the poem in the curt inquisi tiveness of the President of an Austrian court-martial, as well as in the babbling garrulity of Old Goffo, one of the witnesses. Here is an indication of his - . facile aptitude at ,the humorous. A con tention going forward among . the students, a challenge is thrown out by Lelio, and EVENING-, many become clamorous for the decision, calling loudly for " A ring, a ring !" • . _ ‘ A STUDENT—GO call thy thughle-, hostess, Here's that wilt make he: hones!. HOSTESS-Sir ? STUDENT—A ring." But in the midst of this mysterious scene, in the tavern, the gay Lebo tells a tale of burning woe and tragedy—how the young Francesca, to purchase the escape of Santo from his dungeon, had. yielded up her beauty to a libertine, and having gained the ransom first, had saved her beauty by her poguiard. The pathetic nature of the incident is inde scribably enhanced by . the rude " setting " of the comic by which it is surrounded. Then comes a charming scene before an Italian cot tage at sunset, the emancipated monk gaining over to his cause a young father and mother who are there watching the gambols of their children in the midst of the serene and unruffled felicity of their domestic seclusion. The song of the children is a dainty bijou of verse, so:dainty that we give it by way of quo tation— 64 [The children are sporting. among myrtles, and sings. " GlRL—Whither wingest thou, wingest thou, winny wind Where, winny wind, where, oh where? BOY (singing)—My sister, my sister, I flit forth to find, My sister, my sister, the °rang( -flow'r fbir ! GlRL—Since thy songs thy soft sister seek, What wouldst with her? say, oh say. Boy—Oh, to pat her pearl-white cheek, And court her with kisses all day ! [The child bursts from her hiding place, and the children chase each other over the. plain." The appreciation of the charms of a child is not only evinced by Sydney Yendys in this sweet little lyric, but in a subsequent passage, where Santo calls the boy—" the vindication of God—the everlasting promise which no man keeps," &c. Beautifully and nobly is it said by Santo, when appealing to the father's patriotism, that on scanning the surface of the Roman soil, The girl hide "Here and there • Rude heaps, that had been cities, clad the ground With history. And far and near, where grass Was greenest, and the unconscious goat browsed free, The teeming soil seas sown with desolations." . With reference to the subsequent developement of the narrative we shall consign it to the curiosity of the reader, satisfied that by so doing we shall best for ward the interests of the poem, and convinced, likewise, that our previous excerpts and observations will inevi tably tickle the poetic appetite of the public into a zest for further examination. Among the most remark able passages in the work, we must, however, be permitted to particularise the description given by Santo (pp. 95-96), of the awakening of the dumb genius of his patriotism—and his dream of the combat of Telemachus in the Colosseum. Our author's idea of the nature and otlice of the poet is worthy of consideration. " The good man," he says, " hears " The voice in which God speaks to man. The poet In some rapt moment of intense attendance, The skies being genial and the earthly air Propitious, catching on the inward ear The awful and unutterable meanings Of a divine soliloquy." The notion is consonant with that of the Viscomte de Chateaubriand, when speaking of the entrance of the allied armies into Paris, he says that thus " God had pronounced one of those words by which the silence of eternity is at long intervals inter rupted." Poets—they both heard the voice of the unseen Divinity. For felicities of expression we may particularise also these of manly passion "We men are calm or hurricanes. The heart Fills silently, and at the last wrong bursts," Of the sorrows of Mary and of Rome : Thou.who three days didst watch a tomb in tears, Pity our vigil of a thousand years." Of autumn— " Behold, Even now th© harvest seedeth, and the ear Bends rich with death." A multiplicity of other minor beauties scattered throughout the pages by way of poetic decoration, might be instanced, but we have said enough. " The Roman," with its pensive lyrics, and its heroic songs of war, and its tender lays of love, and its con trasting and variegated metres, may now plead itself for the approving voice of criticism. That occasionally it should be marred with such undignified epithets as " kickshaws," and such applauding cries as " Well done," is an accidental and subordinate blemish that can only be invested with im portance by the declaration, that as a whole, " The Roman " is an elegant poetic composition. Its prevailing characteristic is this. Elegance of execution—fervour of thought—aptitude of scholarship fluency of expression grace of imagery—combine together for its embellishment. They leave the mind unsatisfied with the abruptness and confusion of the " end," but this kind of termi nation was possibly the most appropriate that could have been selected, being the most in accordance with the sudden and calamitous close of the Italian Revo lution. Such are the prominent peculiarities and merits of a poem, the perusal of which must be plea surable to every lover of our literature. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. An event unprecedented in the annals of the Italian musicaLdtanaa in England took place at her Majesty's Theatre , last evening. We had, an Italian opera performed, in which the prima donna, the primo tenore, and the conductor of the orchestra were all English, and performed, too, in a style of such sur passing excellence as no lyrical establishment could exceed, and few, very few indeed, could equal. 'Once, and once only, have we had an English prima donna and an English primo tenore appearing together in the same opera on the Italian lyrical stage in this country, and that was about half a century since, when Mrs. Billingten and Brabam appeared together in Gli 9razzi e Curiazzi, but the event of last evening is altogether unprecedented. The opera was Lucia di Lammermoor, which was produced for the debut of Miss Catherine Hayes in the character of Lucia, on which occasion Mr. Sims Reeves sustained the cha racter of Edgard° for the first time on the Italian boar& in this country, and both performers achieved a most brilliant triumph. Miss Catherine Hayes has greatly improved since she was last heard in. London ; her voice seems to have gained in power and compass, without having at all deteriorated in . expression or sweetness, and both her acting and singing is replete with expressive: delicacy and feeling. Nothing could exceed the exquisite beauty of her fioriture ; the orna ments she introduced were quite novel, and as beautiful as they were novel, and the closeness of her shake ha's never been surpassed. She rose to the very highest altitudes of the scale without effort, and in, the very highest notes her voice was of a deli cious flute like softness, there, was not the slightest approach to shrillness during any portion of her per formance, and she has this great merit over the greater number of her competitors in the representa tion of the character of Lucia, she is always ex quisitely in tune—indeed, a more finished perform ance than the Lucia of Miss Catherine Hayes it is difficult to imagine. We rank her Lucia immedi ately after that of Jenny Lind, and far far before that of any other prinsa donna who has attempted the part. Her acting was full of pathos and feeling, yet dis tinguished for its grace and its delicacy, and its truly womanly tenderness. She was called on four times during the course of the opera, and achieved a suc cess at once most brilliant and most deserved, a success worthy of the pupil of Sapio, of Filippo Roncotii, and of Manuel Garcia, The Edgardo of Mr. Sims Reeve is by far the best on the Italian stage. He has all the power of Fraschini, without coarseness, and all the finish of Mario, with infinitely greater power. He was in excellent voice, and never have we heard or seen the character of 14igarde ,so magnificently per formed. The malediction scene was rendered with a terrible and awful earnestness that was perfectly sublime, and the whole of the kit scene (the celebra ted Fra aico) was given in a mournful yet sweet, exquisitely sweet, and touching accent of despair • that went at once to the heart. The audience expressed their admiration by loud and enthusiastic 'plaudits, and he fairly shared with Miss Catherine Hayes, what our French neiols bours would call the honours of the sitting. Mr. Sims Reeves is, without exception, the most , perfect Edgard() that has ever appeared, and (with the single exception of Jenny Lind) Miss Catherine Hayes is the • most perfect Lucia. Beletti was the Enrico, and sang and acted admirably, as be al ' ways does. We have never heard' the opening duet of the second act so effectively rendered as it was last night by Beletti and Miss Hayes. At its conclusion they received the honour of an immediate recal. The excellent singing of F. Lablache in the comparatively unimportant character of Raimondo, contributed materially to the completeness of the cast. Between the acts, Madlle. Amelia Ferraris re performed on Satu r d ay wee k, peat , d the pas which she and more than confirmed the favourable opinion which • we formed of her on that occasion. She is the first dancer of the day who has attained the highest posi tion in er proteslion per saltum (we do not mean this as a pun), and who will maintain it against all com petitors. Good-nature, like a bee, collects honey from every herb. 11l nature, like a spider, sucks poison from the sweetest flower. Eliza cook's Journal. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.--Mr. Brunel is having constructed a great iron bridge to be thrown over the Wye, at Chepstow, 600 feet in length, with four arches, one of 300 feet, and three of 100 feet each, so as not to interfere with the navigation. ' THE BARRHEAD AND NEILSTON RAILWAY.—THe half-yearly meeting of the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Railway Company was to have taken place at noon on Satur day, in the company's office, at 40, George.square, but a quo rum of shareholders not having come forward, no business Was Proceeded with, and the meeting was adjourned sine die. .—,Forth kritish APRIL 3, 1850: [The following appeared in our Third Edition of last night :—] GERMANY. The German Journal of Frankfort states that the Prussian Cabim t has sent a reply to the collective note of the Kings of Wurtemburg, Bavaria, and Saxony, in which it declares formally that it will never content to the Austrian monarchy as a collec tion of states, entering the new Germanic union, and that it will firmly persist in the line of policy it has adopted, in order to satisfy the German nation, and protect the rights of states, by establishing a political community. A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin states that M. de Persigny, the French Ambassador, was to leare for Paris in a few days. It adds that it is not true, as has been stated, that the Government of Electoral HesEe intends to separate from the alliance of 26th May. The Russian Government has, it is said, com menced negotiations for establishing a line of electric telegraph from St. Petersburgh to Vienna and Berlin. The Aix la Chapelle Gazette says that the Emperor Faustin of' Haiti is about to send an ambassador to Berlin, and that he has already accredited one to Hamburgh. A letter from Erfurt of the 28th ult. states that the committee on the Constitution of the Chamber f the People had resolved to propose to the Chamber at owe to pass to the revision of the Constitution, and to pro.- pche the modifications it considers necessary. The Cologne Gazette states that Russia has ad dressed a new note to Prussia, in which it insists on the necessity of Austria and Prussia coming to an understanding for the settlement of the German question. A letter from Munich, of the 25th ult., states that the military preparations in Bavaria continued on a grand scale, and that 300,00.0 florins had been set apart for the purchase of horses for the artillery. ITALY. The Corriere Mercantile publishes a note of Car dinal Antonelli, bearing the date of the 9th ult., and addressed to Marquis Spinola, the Sardinian Chargé d'Affaires accredited to the Holy See. In this note the Cardinal, after complaining of the deplorable state of ecclesiastical matters in Piedmont, in consequetce of the unbridled licentiousness of the press, tending to overthrow all the rights of the Holy Mother Church, and its influence over public instruction, states that the Moly Father, whilst bewailing the dangers that threatened the Church of Piedmont, had nevertheless trusted hitherto to the religious feeling of his Sardinian Majesty, and to the wisdom of his Government, but had been grievously disappointed on seeing the Bill on the abolition of Ecclesiastical Courts brought forward by the Minister of Grace and Justice, the more so, as the Holy See had been ac cused of having refused to treat with the Sardinian Government on the subject. Cardinal Antonelli then reminds the Sardinian Cabinet of the concordats of Benedict XIII., Benedict XIV., and Gregory XVI., which had all been religiously observed by the Holy See, and affirms that when the Sardinian Govern ment expressed a desire of concluding a new treaty, his Holiness, notwithstanding he had a right to insist upon the observance of the existing ones, had nevertheless authorised his Plenipoten tiary to discuss the subject; that the said Plenipo tentiary bad presented some observations on the plans of the Sardinian Government, but that the latter had taken no notice of them, probably on account of the unfortunate circumstances ex isting at the time; and lastly, that when Count Siccurdi was sent to Portici some months ago, his credentials indeed mentioned the subject of ecclesiastical courts, but that it was a fact that he (Count Siccardi), although he entered into negotia tions upon other matters relating to his mission, never spoke upon that subject, The Cardinal then declares that the Holy See can never consent to see its rights thus disregarded ; that the Iloly Father, in the bitterness of his heart, prays to God that Pied mont may not be punished as other nations have been for humiliating the clergy, but that he protests before God against the violation of the rights of the Church and of the existing treaties. TURKEY. The Augsburg Gazette has the following from Con stantinople, Mai ult. :—" On the Gth the Tahire Bachri steamer arrived here from Varna, bringing the following refugees who have embraced Is lamism :—Bein, Stein, Kinety, Grimmi, Zar fisky, Woroniszky, and BAlog. The vessel did not stop, but went on immediately for Alexandria, in Syria, from whence the refugees will be taken to Aleppo. The steamer which is to carry the Russo-Polish refugees to Malta is daily expected. According to accounts from Schumla the illness of Zamoisky, who has had the small-pox, has delayed her departure. The other refugees belonging to Austria will, for the present, remain at Schumla until the Porte and the Austrian Government have come to a decision with regard to them." MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London IVew Price. Current, April 2.) 81:c.tn.—There is - no "variation in the value of West India Muscovado, still operatiOns have been upon a limited scale for all purposes; low to fine brown at from 33s to 355, yellow 35s to 40s, and grey 34s to 383 per cwt. An improosioe gains ground that prices for Sugar will rule Modetate fur some time. Accounts continue of a favourable nature with respect to the crops, and there is no fallitig on' in the production of beet-root Sugar on the Continent. BEFINED.r—TO-day former rates were well supported for Refined goods, and several parcels were taken by home-dealers. Crushed Sugar is still not much wanted, and at former terms there are free sellers. MAURlTlUS.—Operations have been to a limited ex tent only for home trade purposes, and as there is a plentiful supply at market, former rates are barely sup ported. 015,440 bags offered at public sale, not above half found buyers; low to good mid yellow went at from 35s to 373; good to very fine, 37s 6d to 41s; brown, fair to fine, 32s 6d to 34s 6d; and low to fine grey, 34s to 38s per cwt. The chief part consisted of the better sorts. EAST INDIA. - Prices have slightly declined for Bengal Sugar, and the supply continues to exceed home 'dealers' wants. At public sale 3,900 bags were disposed of; low to good white Benarei at from 37s 6d to 39s 6d, ord to fine soft yellow 33s to 375, good and fine brown 31s to 325, and good strong yellow 40s per cwt. The value of Khaur is 28s to 303, and few buyers aro to be met with. Madras, soft brown, 28s to 30s, yellow 31s to 355, and better sorts 36s to 445. Other East India sorts are mush the same in value as last week. FORElGN.—Operations have been of little moment for export, although there are sellers of bonded parcels ra ther under former rates, By private treaty 4,000 chests yellow Havannab have been sold at from 19s ed to 20e for mid to good. None has been submitted to public sale, still a fair quantity is on offer privately, and lower rates are expected to prevail. Duty paid sorts have been operated in with caution, and cr„n be obtained rather under former terms; the market will also be better supplied shortly. At auction 200 casks Cuba Muscovado were withdrawn, and the sound of 3,936 bags Siam was taken in at 40s to 43s 6d for white, but the washed sold at the moderate rates of 37s 6d to 41s 6d per cwt. Refiners working under bond continue to operate with much caution. MoLassEs.—There is a larger stock than last year at this time, and transactions have been limited. The value of low to fine West India may be reckoned at 15s to 17s, and East India 13s 6d to 14s per cwt. COFFEE.—To-day Coffee was in good demand, chiefly for home trade purposes; on the part of holders great firmness was apparent, and good ord Native Ceylon on the spot was not to be obtained under 54s 6d, and fur arrival 52e per cwt was asked. The only public sale of Coffee at present declared is 70 casks and 100 bags Plantation Ceylon; and by private treaty the quantity at market is small of both shipping and home trade kinds. COCOA.—In West India the sales have.been unimpor tant, and the stock yet far exceeds that of last year : de liveries also keep on a smaller scale, and lower rates are expected to prevail; the value of red is 42s to 48e, and grey 38s to 43s per cwt. The sales concluded in Foreign are upon a small scale at from 28s to 29s per cwt.,: TEA.—Since last Tuesday three vessels have ar rived with 24,000 packages, and public sales will be declared shortly. The stock at this port exceeds that o f t h e p a st year, but in home trade deliveries there is little varietion. Holders of Coagou appear not will iug to wake any further concession in the value, but the town and country trade operate with catitien, and if sales were to be pressed a tall would be the result. For ord and good ord prices rule at 9d to 91,5, mid kinds 10d to is 2d, and better sorts is 3d to is 9d per lb. There is a fair supply at market. Prices remain much the same as last quoted for Green, yet few buyers are to be met with of good and fine, and only a moderate business has been doing in inferior. RlCR.—There is a reluctance on the part of shippers and home dealers to operate in East India, and we have no sales to report on speculation, low as prices are. Bengal of ord and mid white quality can be obtained at 8s to 9s, better sort 9s 6d to 103 6d, cargo 7s to 7s 6d; Madras pinky white 85 to 8s sd, and pearl barley 7s to Ss per cwt. There aro free sellers of cleaned Rice, and the trade operate with caution, low to fine Patera at 12s to 30s, broken 9s 6cl to lls 6d, town dressed Carolina 20s to 265, and American 18s 6d to 19s 6d per cwt. SAGO.—The rates asked for Pearl are 20s to 23s per cwt, still only small orders have been completed by private treaty, and none has been offered at auction. For Sago Flour the market has a dull, aspect, and 21s to 22s is the value. Full terms are wanted for Tapioca, still buyers operate with caution. At auc tion '2O brio were sold at bid per lb for good white life. There is nu further decline in prices of Arrowroot; the market has a quiet aspect. At auction a part only of 200 pkgs and 392 tins St. Vincent's of the ne w crop found buyers at 7d to 10el fur mid and goo d qual ity. SPICES.—There has been little busines s concluded in Pimento, and buyers will not pay a bove 5d for the red at auct io n . best, and sid to sid for other sorts. Black Pepper is not offered at any further decline , y et p rivate sales have l been limited for all purposes. and na: For Malabar prices rule at 31t1 to 4d, and Sumatra 3 1 4 d to 34d per lb. Of white only smallpceelotiffe have beenat from 6d to Bd, and Po d 30s to 603 p er cw t. For Cin namon there is still a dull sale, and to sell lower rates would have to be acceded to. Only trifling purchases have been madein Cassia Lignea at. 1053 to 110 s, yet there is not a better supply at market. For Cassia Buds the Tattleie 1104 tv 11 56 1 Kith few buyers. Cloves - have been purchased with caution, Amboyna at 9d to 11d, Bencoolen is 7d to 2s. Penang is 3d to is 9d, and Bourbon 71d to Bd. Of Mace a fair quantity has been sold at from 2s 3d to 28 10d for ordinary to fine. Nutmegs are wanted, and few parcels are to be obtained; for brown of first sort the rates paid are 3s 6d to 4e 4d, second ditto 2s 10d to 3s sd, and other kinds 2e 6d io 2s 9d. For Ginger there is a quiet market, yet prices rule firm, and supplies are limited. The value is 5/ to 10/, and East India export kinds 195 to 24s per cwt. • SPIRITS.—For Leeward Island the rates asked are is 4d to is 5d proot, few buyers are, however, to be met with, but the market is not expected to continue long in a quiet position. The value of East India is is 31d to is 4d, few buyers are, however, to be met with. De merara is less wanted, and more desire is evinced to sell 32 to 40 per cent. over proof at 2s 2d to 2s sd. There is no variation in the value ot• good and fine Jamaica, still the sales m ide have been small; for ordinary and mid dling the market is dull, and prices are on the decline. In Brandy purchases have been to a limited extent only, and a further increase is apparent in stocks, whereas deliveries continue to fall off. The worth of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1849 is 4s 5d to 4s 7d, 1848 ditto 41 7d to 4s 9(3, and inferior sorts 2s 10d to 4s 6d. Geneva is not much wanted; tor shipping sorts the value is Is 7d to Is Bd, and fine 2s 3d to 3s 3d. British made Spirit remains the some, and no rise is looked for. Itinrco.—Holders of East India are unable to obtain any advance in prices ; hut on the part of shippers and the home dealers more desire has been evinced to ope rate, and a fair quantity has been sold. Spanish has been in steady demand, and previous rates are well supported. CGCIIINEAL.—Th• supply is very plentiful, and a slight reduction in prices is apparent for inferior and mid sorts; in, the value of better kinds there is, however, at present no variation. At auction 250• bags of Hon duras have been offered, and a small proportion found buyers, ord and mid silvers at 3s 7d to 3s 10d, good mid and good 3s Ild to 4: 3d, fine 4s 4d to 4s 6d, blacks, ore! 3s 10d, and good 4s 5d to 4s ad per lb. Ons.—Operations in Olive Oil continue upon a limit d scale for all purposes, and prices have still a downwai d tendency—Gallipoli is offered at 47/ to 481, Barbara, Levant, and Portugal at 44l lOs to 45110 s per Um, Mt I no fall of moment is expected to take place. For Cocoa Nut there is not a brisker sale, sellers are willing to accept for good and fine Ceylon 32s to 335, and Cochin 33s to 34s per cwt; there are still several parcels on offer. Palm has been purchased with caution, prices are drooping and rule at 31s to 31s 6d for fine quality. The market for Linseed Oil has assumed a quiet aspect, and both shippers and home dealers have operated with cantion ; prices have declined to 32s 3d to 32s 6d on the spot. There are sellers for de livery at 32s 6d to 335, but few buyers are to be met with, and the market is more plentifully supplied with Oil. A much better demand has been experienced for Rape Seed Oil, and the chief portion on offer found buyers —Foreign pale 40s to 40s 6d, brown 395, British pale 40, and brown 38s to 395. Cod Oil is held for 341 105 to 35/, but dealers operate with.caution, still there is not a larger stock. Southern is not much wanted for home consumption or exportation, and th• value of low to fine quality is from 301 to 331. Seal met with little attention, and prices are drooping, pale selling at 36/ to 37/, and straw and tinged 32/ to 35/, yellow and brown 30/ to 32/. Sperm Oil is cheaper, and not much business has been concluded; for fine Colonial the rates acceded to have been 80/ to 81/. Headmatter is wanted, and higher terms are paid, as the supply is small; sales of fine have been made at 881 to 89/ per ton. TaLLow.—Although there are sellers of Russian on the spot at moderate rates; yet on the part of town or country dealers not much desire has been evinced to operate. P. Y. Candle is 36s 6d to 37s per cwt for fine quality. Operations are upon a limited scale, only for the last three months of the year, although sellers are willing to accept 38s. Home melted has been operated in with caution, and 36s to 37s is the value nett cash; there is also no decrease in the supply. Other sorts of Tallow have declined in value, still a good business has been concluded. At auction 700 pkgs of South American were nearly all sold at from 32s 9d to 36s for low to fine, Grease 30, to 30s 6d, and 400 casks New South Wales at 33s 6d to 36s 3d for low to fine tallow. Prices are 3s to 4s per cwt lower than last year, but deliveries keep smaller, and the stock is much larger than at that time. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TuESDAT. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert walked this morning in the grounds around the Castle. The Royal Family took their usual airings. There was no addition to the royal dinner party this evening. Her Majesty's private band attended yesterday evening in the Castle, and ,performed the following pieces : _ _ Overture, " Le Macon" Auber. Introduction, " Le Prophiote" Romance, " Guido et Genevra' '.. Halevy. Rote Acte, " Haydee" Pas de Trois et Chceur, " Guillaume Tell" Rossini. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou ce.ter on Monday. His Roy Al Highness the Duke of Cambridge also visited the Royal Duchess yester day at Gloucester house. Lord John Rusiell left his residence, Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, yesterday morning, for the Euston-square terminus of the London and North- Western Railway, and took his departure by the ten o'clock train for the seat of Sir Benjamin Heywood, Claremont, near Manchester. MR. LA YARD'S DISCOVERIES IN NINEVER.—WO have seen a drawing from oneof the circular vessels or plates found among the daris in the throne room (as we may so name it; the throne itself, by the by, being. we believe, a stone, like that of the Scottish monarchs at Scone, and only ornamented in the way already stated), the subject on which is exceedingly interesting, and the execution beautiful. It represents the Assyrian God elevated between two winged animals, at whose feet kneel two human beings in the act of adoration. On either side, raised up like standards, are winged scarabeii, rich in symbolic accessories. The outer border is elegant, the farthest circle consisting of small birds. All the other embellishments are as graceful as jewellers' work in our day. The rings thought to belong to a canopy over the throne, the bull and lion, feet and claws of scats scattered about the apartment, and other ruinous remains, are enough to fill a number of cases. It is to be hoped they will be sent off as soon as can be safely accomplished, and not exposed, perhaps to Arab violence. Here the first object struck upon was a cauldron ; and there is a well down which Mr. Lay and has descended a considerable depth. Altogether, we trust the accumulation of direct and and material evidence, from these piles of life and manners three thousand years ago, will throw a satisfactory light on the then condition of the world, and illustrate the traditions and histories of the most ancient civilized nations as they have been handed down to us through the dim reflections of ages of darkness. — Literary Gazette. NEW POSTAL CONVENTION WITS FRANCE.— The visit of the Right Hon. the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Postmaster-General, to Paris, is for the purpose of entering into a new postal arrangement with the French Government for the reduction of the postage on letters between the two countries. At present the British and foreign postage on letters to France is lad. under a quarter of an ounce, which is an extremely high rate, but by the new arrangement pro posed by the Marquis it is to be reduced to 6d., the same as on letters to Belgium, and the weight to be extended to half an ounce, the same as in England, as great inconveni ence is experienced by having a different weight in each country. Letters to Belgium are also to be extended from a quarter to half an ounce, as well as the whole of the conti nent, so as to have a uniform weight. This reduction in the postage will be the means of creating a greater correspond ence between the two countries, which will amply repay the Post-office. VERDICT OF MANsLAUGIITER FOR NEGLIGENT DRlVlNG.—Yesterday (Monday) a long investigation took place before the borough coroner into the circumstances connected with the death of an old lady, named Elizabeth Simpson, whose death resulted from injuries sustained by being run over by the carriage of Mr. E. Pemberton, a so licitor of this borough. The inquest was fixed for Thursday last, and adjourned, in order to afford time for Mr. Pember ton to produce evidence, with the view of showing that he was free from blame in the matter. Mr. H. T. Atkinson, , barrister, appeared on behalf of Mr. Pemberton, and Mr. Bolton, solicitor, attended to watch the case for the relatives of the deceased. The circumstances of the deceased's death were, that on Sunday week, about one o'clock, the deceased was crossing London-road, at the end. of Seymour-street, when Mr. Pemberton's vehicle, which he himself was driving at the time, came in contact with her. She was knocked down, and two of the wheels went over her body. She was taken to the Infirmary, but only survived until Thursday last, the immediate cause of death being a fracture of the base of the skull, the result of external violence. After the coroner had summed up the evidence, the jury, after a deli beration in court, of half-an-hour, being unable to agree, retired to the private room. After the lapse of an hour they returned, giving as their verdict that the deceased's d. r ee.o was caused by Mr. Pemberton's negligent and furiou o s_ v d o g .. . a ing. The coroner explained that such a verdict inv I into a conversation, at the close of which theyi then retired a charge of manslaughter; upon hearing this the . ju ti r m y o e t n ea tere t d o the court that they were not agreed. They , second time, and returned in about an verdict of manslaughter against Mr. P said o p u r o T m hn i e. s promisewould froms ho b u ert b on ri . ng h in i g r. At kinsonlnalT for Mr. Pember tonsitting at the assizes, applied to the coroner to allo n w ow ti necessity of ping up to ino t rd o e s r u t r o ren g d e c t r b b a e il f , or w e it t h h o e n j t uds e s, TE M it Atkinson that his client would surre nder, ime had b re tain his warrant until a reasonak le t . been allowed London. The coroner having tee for arrangement with the judges. Lzverpool ltfercury. E e d a s FATAL AccIDENT from Windsor to RAILWAY. Yesterday afternoon a te occurrence Lon de n. T took he er perceived a man on the line, and immediately place on the line near the Wraysbury Station, as the 2 25 P.M. train was proceeding ' lout the wished-for tor effect. The man remained his whistle. .1 he breaks were I' i but f t sounded . , ii . s . ~, app lee ,un or el ungtei 7111 down, when his head came in contact with the for abort time stationary, and on the approach of the train a n i e y -d w r i i t l i step o f the first carriage, and he was instantly destroyed. Th e train was stopped as soon as possible, and the mutilated remains of the sutltrer collected, and conveyed to the place where they await the coroner's inquest. The deceased was a farmers servant at Datchett, and had been married only a few months. shrew himself COMPLETION OF THE RAILWAY ARCHES ACROSS THE TWELD.—OrI Tuesday the key -stone was placed in the last arch of the railway bridge which for three years past has been in course of formation for the purpose of connecting, by a permanent way, the Berwick and Newcastle and North British Railways. The occurrence was observed with due ceremony,and came oil with great &Mt.—Berwick Advertiser. We understand that the Government has deter mined not to increase the number of medical appointments under the Poor Law Commission. LORD GOUGII.—The conqueror of Goozerat is at present on a visit to Bath, accompanied by his lady. The citizens of Bath, on hearing of the approach of the veteran, determined to give him a public reception, and he made quite a triumphal entry into - the city. His Lordship has been invited by the City to a public dinner, over whien the Biarqui4 of Thomted will pzer,ide.. 1 V