The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-17 00:00:00

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (Wednesday) Evening contained The Spirit of the Public Journals. The conclusion of the day's proceedings before the Railway Committees. The Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, containing a full Report of the Debates in the House of Commons, up to a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. Now ready at all the Libraries. E L F. By the Author of CECIL. In 3 vols. post Bvo. " Put gall in thy ink, though thou write with Shale osespquill." —eare. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CLUE of TRUE HIGHLANDERS. The MEMBERS and FRIENDS of this SOCIETY are in formed that the ANNUAL BENEFIT BALL will take place on the 23d INSTANT, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand. Dancing to commence at Nine o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the Subscription), TIIIS EVENING \Then will be performed Rossini's Opera Seria, in Two Acts, entitled SE MIRAMIDE. Semiramide, Madame Grisi ; Arsace, Mdlle Brambilla ; Assar. Sig. Formasari Idreno, Sig. Corelli ; Oroe, Sig. Lablache. The Danseuses Viennoises will appear in some of their Favourite Pas. The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine) will appear in some of their favourite Pas. On this occasion will be produced a New Divertissement, entitled KAYA ; ou, L'Amour Voyageur. The Music composed and arranged by Signor Pugni, and comprising Themes from the Norwegian Melo dies, The Principal Dances composed and arranged by M. Perrot; those of the Danseuses Viennoises by Madame Josephine Weiss. Kaya, Mademoiselle Lucille Gratin ; L'Amour, Fraulein Fanny Pragher ; Herman, M. Gosselin ; Knud, M. Perrot. To be followed by the Last Scene of LUCIA DI LAMMER3IOOR Edgardo, Sig. Moriani. To be followed by the Second Act of LA SONNA.MBULA. Amina, Madame Casten= ; Elvino, Sig. Mario. Also a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear in various of the National Pas of Spain. To conclude with the admired Scene of the Dryades from the Ballet of EOLINE. Eoline, Madame Lucille Grahn. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. Doors open at Seven ; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. HER ➢IIJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that the celebrated SY3IPHONIE ODE of the DESERT, by FELICIEN DAVID, will be repeated on 310:iDAT NEXT, APRIL 21, Preceded by a Grand Miscellaneous, Vocal, Orchestral, and Choral Selection from the most classical Composers, including Mozart, Weber, Mendlessohn, Gluck, Beethoven, &c., and supported by nearly all the Distinguished Artistes of this Establishment. The Orchestra and Chorusses will include upwards of 200 Per formers, the whole under the direction of Sig. Costa. PART I —Sinfonia in C Minor—Beethoven.—Aria "CM faro," Mdlle. Brambilla—Gluck. Aria " Les Horondelles," Signor Moriani—David. Aria, " Zitti Zitti," Sig. Lablache (Seasons) — Haydn. With the Hunting Chorus. "La Carita"—Rossini. With Chorus. Soprani, Mesdames Castellan, Rosetti, and Rita Borio. Contralta, Mdlle. Brambilla. Overture, Oberon—Weber. PART IL—The Desert. The solo parts by Sig. Moriani. Boxes, Two, Three, and Four Guineas each, may be had on applt cation at the Box-office, Opera Colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. COOPER. THIS EVENING W1;1 be revived THE MOUNTAIN SYLPH. Donald, Mr. W. Harrison ; Christie, Mr. Harley ; Hela, Mr. Stretton ; Eolia, Miss Rosner; Jessy, Miss Collett. To conclude with JOHN OF PARIS. John of Paris, Mr. Cooper ; The Grand Chamberlain, Mr. H. Horncastle ; Pedrlgo Potts, Mr. Harley ; The Princess of Navarre, Miss Rainforth. The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Humby, Miss Julia Bennett, &c. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland ; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Pooley, Mrs. Hamby ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE-. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago, Cennor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, Balled ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL Mr. Snugsby, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescne. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakspeare's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Benedick. Mr. Wallack : Beatrice, Miss Cushman. Mr. SANDS and his INFANT BROTHER, MAURICE, will appear is their Pleasing and Wonderful Entertainment, DE SALON, FREAKS OF FANCY. After which, HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. To conclude with THE REAR-ADMIRAL. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Unparalleled success of the New Grand Burlesque—lrresistible Fun in " On Duty." THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Original Drama, to be called ON DUTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, F. Mathews, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Greve. After which, THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Collier, and Turner ; Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT 1 Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley ; Miley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of tke Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Miss Grove. To conclude with the New Farce of A MODEL OF A WIFE. In which Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, and Meadows, Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Fairbrother will perform. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Triumphant Success of the New Spectacle. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSSA ; or, The Spanish Amazons. Entire Change of the Scenes in the Circle. M. and Mdme. Demos, S. Bridges, &c. An arrangement has been made with Mr. White (the celebrated Lion Tamer), who will appear THIS EVENING, and exhibit his Wonderful Feats with his unrivalled collection of Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Panthers, &c. To conclude with an Admired Farce. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consequence of the immense sensation created by the Feats of Mr. Canfield, the American Samson, he will repeat his Herculean Feats every Evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE ITALIAN WIFE. Duke of Florence, Mr. Heslop ; Geraldi Fazio, Mr. H. Hughes ; Hanoi°, Mr. R. Honner ; Blanca, Mrs. R. Honner. After which, THE GAME COCK OF THE WILDERNESS. Samson Hardhead, Mr. Marble. To be followed by the Extraordinary Feats of the American Sampson. To conclude with THE VERMONT WOOL DEALER. Deuteronomy Dutiful, Mr. Marble. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box office, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARMARET CATCIIPOLE, The Female Horse stealer. Onega and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and Blanchard ; Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent. After which, LOCHINVAR ; or, The Bride of Netherhy. Lochin var, Mr. H. Howard ; James the Sixth, Mr. J. T. Johnson ; Lord Netherby, Mr. Dale ; Mysie, Miss E. Terry. To conclude with 081 ; or, Three Fingered Jack. Three Fingered Jack, Mr. Cony ; Captain Orford, Mr. Blanchard ; Quashee, Mr. Searle ; Rosa, Mrs. G. Lee. THE WEATHER.----SIIN OFFICE, APRIL 17. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, 53; NOOn, 54. BAROMETER, 30.33.—W1ND, E. N OTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 39 minutes after 9 I Evening •• 17 minutes after 10. „, , i." 411,, 4 ''''l."'*' -. • 7 ,1 ... 4. ! ; ”a 0. A.'rili k : ' ,.---kl---. :,-7 . ' . • '4114 1 ' - 40 r; ,e, ~4 , •??,, '2, tty, -. - .... r.- - .: 1014 1,. ' ' zit; r• _ ". T ' 1 ;•4 , .,•'`....c "° i. , "'''"' &4917 ‘ : "Illiti f ir i !" " •-; ' - - " . ".7; 4 t • 4 ^• 4 "• • :-.,. SECOND EDITION. 1 14 ` ttenin c Tut LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1845. The House of Lords did not sit last night. In the House of Commons the SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock. An immense number of petitions were presented on the subject of the grant to Maynooth. Sir J. likristiza gave notice that, on going into Com mittee on the Bill, he should move the omission of the second clause, giving power to the authorities of the College to receive bequests. The Calico Print Works Bill was committed pro forma. The adjourned debate on the Maynooth Bill was then resumed by Mr. G. A. HAMILTON, who opposed the Bill as contrary to the Constitution of the British empire which was essentially Protestant. Mr. ELLICE would vote for the second reading of the Bill.. He should vote for Mr. WAan's motion with re gard to the source from whence the funds for carrying this measure into effect should be derived, but in the event of that motion being negatived, he would support the present measure as an act of tardy justice, and partial restitution to the Irish people. Mr. GORING opposed the measure as one which would be regarded with alarm by the agricultural interest (which declaration was received by the House with shouts of laughter), and as an insult to the Protestants of Ireland. Lord ASHLEY opposed the measure, as one full o peril to the Established Church in Ireland. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in a lengthened speech, explained and defended the conduct of the Government. Sir W. CLAY supported tha grant. Sir J. EASTHOPE supported the measure, which was opposed by Lord BERNARD. Lord JOCELYN thought it necessary that the Catholic priests should receive a proper education. It was a measure calculated to conciliate the people of Ireland, and to draw closer the sympathies between Protestants and Roman Catholics, who had been too long divided, and, therefore, it should have his support. Mr. BAIGET was 1111 advocate of the voluntary grin• ciple, and therefore he opposed the measure. It was said that it would soothe the priesthood ; now he consi dered that it was the duty of the priesthood to proclaim the wrongs of Ireland, and he should be sorry to have them bribed into silence. Lord JOHN MANNERS supported the measure, and was glad to see that the Government now entertained dif ferent opinions to those which they promulgated in 1843. In that year they had been told by a Member of the Government that conciliation had reached its limits. Mr. RUTHERFORD considered the measure imperatively called for. It was the first benefit which Ireland had derived from the Legislative Union, and he hoped it would only be an earnest of future benefits. Mr. SMYTHE trusted that the effect of this measure would not be, as some of its promoters hoped, to raise the priests above the people. The priests were the natural leaders of the people, and should be of the people. He supported the measure, and considered that the conduct of Sir ROEEKT PEEL, as Prime Minister, contrasted most favourably with that of Mr. Secretary PEEL. Mr. REDINGTON, as an Irishman and a Roman Ca tholic, felt bound to vote in favour of the measure. On the motion of Mr. GUMMING BRUCE the debate was adjourned. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, anal the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve. The debate on the Maynooth question presents some peculiar features, which probably could be found in no other country but England. We find Sir R. H. Iszems, the representative of Oxford University, leading the assault on the grant ; and Mr. GOULBURN, the repre sentative of Cambridge, and the most staunch supporter of Protestantism, directly opposed to him, and also to his own colleague, Mr. LAW. The Duke of NEWCASTLE, the last of the true Eldon school, the un flinching advocate of Church and State united, and the bitter enemy of Catholicism, has published his opinions to the world, and forebodes nothing but ruin by an addi tional grant of 16,0001. to Maynooth. This was the last feather laid on the camel's: back, and the very prospect of the fatal measure has almost ',broken the veteran's heart. His son, who no doubt has been educated with an unusual care, and instructed in the path wherein he should go, has disowned the paternal example, turned a traitor to the principles of the house of Newcastle, and joined with the base and destructive Whigs in supporting a grant to the Catholics. But even that defection is nothing when we look to the paragon of Orangeism, the leader of the High Church Irish party, the Earl of RODEN, and the speech made by bis heir apparent last night, Lord JOCELYN, who rejoices that the wall of separation between the inhabitants of the north and the south is to be removed, and that a measure is in progress which will create a stronger feeling of kindness and sympathy than had hitherto prevailed between the Protestants and Roman Catholics of Ire land. The most remarkable speech of all, however, was that delivered by Mr. BRIGHT. He belongs to a highly respectable class, who prefer peace to all other considerations ; who have set their face against soldiers and sailors, and guns and bayonets, and war in every shape ; who, in fact, would not enlist into the army, or fire a shot at the most blood-thirsty Frenchman, if it were to save the whole island from destruction ; yet Mr. BRIGHT, last night, opposed the measure on the ground, among other reasons, that it would tend to put down agi tation, and pacify Ireland. "He could not see how the grant of an additional sum to Maynooth was likely to give employment to the people, or to feed or clothe them, or make them more satisfied with their condition ; but he could easily see how, by the granting of this sum, the people of England and the Legislature of this empire might hear in after times far less of the sufferings, and sorrows, and wrongs of the people of Ireland than they did at the present moment. One great source of the agitation which has taken place for the redress of Irish wrongs was the support which the Irish priests had gi►en to the various associations throughout the country. The ob ject of this Bill was to tame down these agitators." Now Mr. BRIGHT must know that the main object of these agitators is the separation of the two countries, and he must also know that such a calamity could not be inflicted on the United Kingdom but at the ex pense of oceans of blood, and the murderous death of thousands of human beings as anxious to live at peace, too, as any member of the Society of Friends. To put down the Irish Protestant Church at present is the most hopeless of all remedies. Were it swept from the country root and branch, we believe peace would soon be restored, and all the jealousy, the heart-burnings, and the persecutions that prevail` would soon cease ; but man is not omnipotent. He cannot say "Do this, and it is done ;" he must act according to circumstances, and to act otherwise would only add to the evil. In the mean time, the Government must keep up a large army in Ireland, 30,000 rank and file, at least, at an expense of more than a million sterling a year, thereby showing our weakness to foreigners, and encou raging them to bring all the horrors of war on the civilised world. Is it not better then to calm down the hostility of the Irish, and bring their minds to such a state of composure as may enable them' to judge calmly of what is best for their in terests ? A vast proportion of the people of England and Scotland take a deep interest in the suffer ings of the Irish nation ; many of them are ready to sacrifice their ease, their comfort, and the brightest political prospects for the sake of justice and mercy ; and we may, therefore, presume, that even in England the Irish will not want friends, though the repeal agitation were set at rest to-morrow. The Whigs, to their eternal honour, sacrificed more than once place and all its allurements for justice to the Roman Ca tholics. For many long years they remained in opposition on that ground alone, and it is gratifying to find, among so many political changes and so many backslidings, that this party still nobly maintains its character, and risks even the opposition and the enmity of friends to carry out a great principle. Not one of the leaders has flinched from his post, though by opposing the motion of Sir ROBERT PEEL they could have driven him from office. Last evening not fewer than four Whig Members—all representing large constituencies too—spoke in favour of the measure, and preferred what they believed to be their duty to all pos sible consequences. Their names deserve to be recorded, and are as follows :—Mr. ELLICE, Member for Coventry; Sir W. CLAY, Tower Hamlets ; Sir JOHN EASTHOPE Leicester ; and Mr. RUTHERFORD, the late Lord Advo cate, Member for Leith. In The Sun of Tuesday we noticed the arrival of the ship St. George on Monday last, off Dover, from Syd ney, with letters, &c., down to the sth of January. The speech of the Governor of that colony, Sir G. GIPPS, on closing the first session of the Legislative Assembly, in common with the general tenour of the advices received, permits us to hope that New South Wales is making a certain, though it be a slow, progress towards the re establishment of her financial and commercial prospe rity. Among the most pleasing indications of this fact, is the recovery of the colony from its monetary de ' pression. The shipping trade was extremely active ; a great number of craft were loading at their berths at Sydney ; wool was coming in abundantly from the farmers in the interior, and these auspicious symptoms are strengthened by the interesting fact that the St. George brings home some con signments of lead and copper ore, the product of New Holland mines. In all this there is much en couragement to those who look to our colonial posses sions as capable, under able and intelligent administra tion, not only of reimbursing the mother country for the expenses of their maintenance, protection, civil and mili tary staff, &c., but of one day contributing largely to her revenues and making ample and permanent provi sion for their own defence and services. At another time we might feel strongly disposed to dwell on this intelligence, in consideration not only of its intrinsic and present interest, but in relation to its bearings on the future career of New South Wales. There is not one of those sources of material wealth, which, in the above notice we have briefly touched upon, that may not be made, in our judgment, to yield results far beyond any which have yet been developed in the colony. Its mineral riches, we feel satisfied from the report of several individuals whose means of information and diligence of research are of a superior order, will prove much more varied and extensive than the English public are generally aware of. The colossal strides which have been made in its great staple trade of wool under all the disadvantages of . past mismanage ment,.f and the competition of the like . commodity o which will carry , Europe and of Africa, se it eemrsvet:loint7inceenaormv elas ticityigoouusrabaunnddancewe look at its fortunate position And, again, into every market of the course woster ow coasts ithall ofth e So m u e th rit A im m e er e i America, or of Asia and the whether for. commercial inter. countries of its natural harbours, the extent orftc.' the magnificence the productiveness of its fisheries, it is 1" boat,. and anticipate that at no distant day it will possible not to of the most important resor t s o f shipping in th e beco me one thern hemisphere. But it i s not our present t BM t P to enter into any historical view o f the progress which e this colony has made since the period of its organiza tion some half century ago ; nor to consider to what ex tent its present condition is less advanced than might have been expected from a country so favoured by nature and the concurrence of events. It is enough to know that, despite its own resources and the facilities THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 17. 1845. which have been presented for their improvement through a continuous series of year!, and with an expanding market here for their consump tion, it has for some time past been in a condition of decline and depression, both as to its internal prosperity and its external trade. Now, although New Holland is the country of phenomena, this interruption to the onward career of New South Wales is a moral phenomenon greater than any of the natural wonders with which either that section of it or the great insular continent itself can exhibit. Her flocks have immea surably increased ; the quality of her wool, and the manner and condition in which it is shipped fur European markets prodigiously improved; the price ob tained for it (although less at present than it has been at some former periods), enormously enhanced ; and the consumption, vast as it is, with few occasional interruptions, annually extending. The culture of the vine in some districts has been pursued with so much success that wine, like wool, may one day become an Australian staple. The enlarged aggregate shown by the returns of horned cattle is every way satisfactory, both as an evidence of the extensive supplies which the colonists can now reckon on for their own sub sistence, and as giving further development to the lucrative trade they have commenced, and if not interfered with, will certainly carry on in tallow and in hides. Then their production of grain, especially of wheat, has been such as to leave in mo.,t, years a large excess or surplus for exportation. How then, it may well be asked with that astonishment which so generally prevails here upon the subject—how does it happen that New South Wales is not a paying colony? That she is in a condition of embarrassment, whilst sur rounded by so many sources from whence capital should be so easily realised ? That she complains of panics and want of confidence and decay of trade, of unemployed shipping and unsold stock, who pos sesses these abundant means of commanding a profitable foreign trade with every quarter of the globe ? That she should suddenly be struck with a species of paralysis and helplessness, whose career from infancy to adolescence has hitherto been the astonishment and ad miration of old-established nations ? The problem is to be solved by the same conditions as those which ex plain the anomaly of New Zealand's useless fertility. This latter possession produces a superabundance of corn, the mother country a superabundance of legisla tion, which will not admit the product to be imported here, except at a rate of duty ruinous to the New Zealand grower. New South Wales, in like manner (the evil aggravated in the ratio of her greater remot ness from the mother country), is afflicted by the triple malady of English home monopoly, domestic law making, and British Colonial Department imbecility. If the first two of these types of colonial misfortune are, for the present, irremediable, the third surely admits of easy remedy. Its virulence is derived from the misinforma tion, prejudice, obstinacy, and haughty refusal to acknow ledge demonstrated errors of judgment, which are esta blished in Downing-street, and only with their expul sion from Downing-street, we are every day more firmly convinced, the revived prosperity and permanent improve. meat of the colonies will be coincident. THIS DAY'S NEWS. LLOYD'S SHIFTING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 17.—Strong breeze and fine clear weather. COWES, APRIL 16.—Wind N.E., blowing a gale.—Arrd. Chariot, Ichaboe, and not the Charlotte as reported. DEAL, APRIL 16.—Wind N.E. to N.N.E., strong gale.— Ski. Cookson, Quebec ; Mischief, Calcutta and China ; Trusty, Quebec. The British Union, for Prince Edward's Island, and several other vessels; have lost their anchors. RAMSGATIC, APRIL 16.—The Agnes, Burgess, from Jamaica to London, with loss of anchors. PAN SAND HOLE, APRIL 15.—Arrd. Duke of Bedford, China; Lady Marshall, ditto, windlass damaged, &c. WEYMOUTH, APRIL 16.—The Mary and Elizabeth, from Plymouth to this port, drove ashore at Portland yesterday, during a heavy gale at N. WHITSTABLE, APRIL 16.—Tile Isabella, from .Trieste to London, was the vesssel that got on the Spaniard; she has beat off; and is now on the main, near Warden Point, with loss of rudder, but making no water. A lugger and a smack have gone to lighten her. W.F.Ymounr, Arun, 16.—Sid. Astrea, Quebec. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 16.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Tyne, Bosustow, Mauritius ; August, Elmhorst, Honduras for Hamburgh. Ski. Hotspur, Ruth, and Katherine Stewart Forbes, Quebec. Fa.i.mcu riT, APRIL IG.—Wind N.E., 6trong breezcs.—Arrd. Concord, Hewitt, Ichaboe; Mary Laing, Ellison, Cieufuegos ; Neptunus, Wissing, Valparaiso. Off, Waterloo, Ichaboe. SWANSEA, Apnti, 15.—Arid. Arrieta, Ellis, Cuba. PwwiEr.r, APRIL 15.—1 t is blowing a strong gale at N.N.E. A large ship with painted ports, no figure-head, came to anchor at St. Studwell's outer Roads, and a brig was seen to leeward of Studwell Roads, it blowing a strong gale from N.N.W. All last night it blew a terrific gale. At nine A.M. this morning was seen riding S.E. of Studwell's, rudder gone; at eleven A.M. the foremast and bowsprit went, and she is now riding a complete hulk. Two P.M. It has moderated a little. OFF' EXMOUTll.—Mandengo, Bunting, Jamaica. CLYDE, APRIL 15.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Nautilus, St. John's, New Brunswick. DUBLIN, APRIL 15.—Sld Bridget, Grace Darling, and Mar quis Wellesley, Quebec. YOUGHAL,'APRIL 14.—Sld. Tottenham, Quebec. CORK, APRIL 14.—Wind N.W., squally.—Arrd Arethusa, Forbes, Centenary, Douglas, Providence, Cornforth, M'Lagan, and Warren, Ichaboe. Ski. R. N., Parker, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off, Black Prince, Supple, Diamond, Pearce, John M'Lellan, Coates, and Jos. Cunard, lIPLeod, Ichaboe. LOWSTOFFE, Amin, 16.—The New Leeds remains on the beach, and is much damaged. LIVERPOOL, AI'LIL 16.—Arrd. Lancaster, Hullen, Bom bay ; Exeter, Barrett, Ichaboe ; Barrett, Foster, Charleston. Off, Margaret, Africa. Sld. Doris, Cape of Good Hope; Tarifa, Rio and Valparaiso ; Ann and Emily, Sierra Leone ; Trea surer, Barbadoes ; Superior, Apalachicola; Eben Preble, Philadelphia; Charles Humbeeston and No Kingdom, New York ; Shannon, Boston ; Argent and Racer, Halifax ; James, Montreal. The wreck reported yesterday proves to be the Euterpe, which is being brought in here by two steam tugs; she was bound from St. Domingo to this port. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was dull. Sales 6,000 bales, and to the trade. The article was freely of fered. Shares were not quite so brisk though supported in value. Aberdeen Railway, 5 1 4 ; Barnsley Junction, 83/4 1/s ; Ditto, Half Shares, 4 1 / 2 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 16 11 3 / 4 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4% % ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5% 3 / 4 ; Belfast and Bally mena, 5%; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpoo, 14 1 4 ; Caledonian, 14 13% ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 93 % %; Chester and Bir kenhead, 53 50 ; Chester and Holyhead, 13 %; Chester and Preston Brook, 2%; Churnet Valley, 9% 9 ; Clitheroe Junc tion, 4% Cork and Bandon, 5% 6 ; Cork and Waterford, 33% ; Dublin and Galway, ; Dundee and Perth, 5 ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 4 1 / 2 4 ; Eastern Counties, 21 1 4 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1/. 4s. 1/. ss. ; Glasgow and Avr, 62 ; Grand Junction, Half Shares, 113 ; Ditto, New Quarters, 44 1 4 ' • Ditto, Eighth Shares, 18 3 / 4 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 6 3 / 4 ; Great Western, 188 186%; Huddersfield and Sheffield,.B% ; Inverness and Elgin, 40s. 6d. 40s. ; Lancaster and Preston, Quarter Shares, 6 3 / 4 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% ; London and Birmingham, 236 ; Ditto, 32/. Shares, 45 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 32% London and Brighton, 6414 ; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 314; ; London and South-Western, 81% 82 ; London and York, 4%; Direct Northern, 3% 3 / 4 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7 1 4 ; Lynn and Dereham, ; Manchester and Birmingham, New Shares, 6 1 / 2 ; Manchester and Buxton, 6 5% ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 10 Is. 3d. ; Midland Railway, 158 15712; Ditto, 401. Shares, 20; Newry and Enniskillen, 5% ' • North British, H a lf Sh ares , 5% ; North Wales Mineral, New Shares, 6%; North Western, 4/2 925. ; North Wales, 735. 9d. % ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 5%; Sheffield and Manchester, 124% 125%; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 16% 1 / 2 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 28s. ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 5 18s. 9d. ; Shrewsbury, Oswestrv, and Cheshire, 41 / 2 ; South-Eastern and Dover, New Stiares, No. 1, 1634 1 / 2 ; Ditto, No. 3,8% 3 / 4 ; Scottish Central, 7% ; Trent Valley, 20 19 3 / 4 ; Ulster, 50 1 / 2 ; West Yorkshire, 5i 6 ; Wexford and Carlow, 4%; Worcester and Tring, 5 ; Whitehaven and Furness, 3 1 / 2 ; Bordeaux and Tou louse (Mackenzie's) , 2 % ; Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 21. 14s. ; North of Spain , 3 1 4 ; Northern of France (Laffitte's), 5 3 4 ; Ditto, (Rosamel' s ), 2% 21 . 1 I s . 6d ; Paris and Lyons, English (Laffitte's), 31.21. 19s. • Paris and Lyons, (Ganneron's), 2% ; Ditto (Caton's), 21. 2s. ; Paris and Rouen, 43 1 / 2 ; Sambre and Meuse, 8 3 / 4 ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's) , 3 ; Verona and Ancona, l/. 18s. There are no arrivals to-day. The recent extensive pruning of the tariff has rendered necessary a new arrangement of the whole Customs' Book of Rates, and this has been alphabetically done in a careful com pilation from all the Acts in operation, by the Editor of the London Mercantile Journal. While upon this subject, we may remark, that the Custom-house officers who have long complained that these minutia occasioned them more trouble than those items from which a large amount was derived, are much relieved by the abandonment of the duties on 430 petty articles, and seem to be of opinion that now their atten tion is less diverted from the important sources of revenue, they will be much better able to protect these. Under the new system, "Custom-house frauds," may doubtless be still occasionally perpetrated, but we are not likely to hear of their being conducted on so gigantic a scale as heretofore, and to the disgrace cf a commercial country like this, which would be supposed to have the best possible arrangement in the collection of duties. The Stock Market is firm still, and there seems to be some confidence in the maintenance of prices, Consols being 991% for Money, and 99% % for Account. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been 575. to 595. New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. are rather flat, at 101% to %, on account of one or two heavy sales that have been made. Bank Stock is worth 209 to 210 1 / i . The Foreign Bonds are quiet, but steady. Spanish Five per Cents. have advanced to 31 and 31 1 %, and the Three per Cents. to 41 and 41 1 / 8 . Portuguese Cenverted have been 66 1 4 to 67. Mexican are 1 ,4 per cent. higher, being 36N to 37f%. Dutch Two-and-a-I-calf per Cents. have been 63M. Railway Shares have been very buoyant, and in several of them there is a tendency towards improvement. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) KAY MARKETS. SMITATIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4/ 15s ; use ful ditto, 4/ 16s to 5/4s ; fine Upland do., 5l 5s to 5/14s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6l; Oat Straw, I/ 18s to 2l; WTheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. A moderate supply. Trade throughout firm, at full prices. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 16s to 4/ 16s ; useful ditto, 4/:l7s to Si 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 10s to 5116 s ; Clover Hay, 41 8s to 5/ 188; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ ls ; Wheat Straw, 2/ 2s to 2/ 3s per load. Supply rather limited, and trade somewhat brisk. WIIITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 16s to 4l 158; useful ditto, 4/ 16s to 51 8s; fine Upland ditto, Si lOs to 5/ Iss ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ 3s; Oat Straw, 1/ les to 2/ ; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. Both Hay and Straw sold steadily, at the above quotations. .MEAT DIA Xt.ICETS. . SouTtrAu„ AiTitt, 167—Although the supply of Beasts and Sheep was seasonably extensive, we have to report a steady demand for those kinds of stock, at an advance of 2d per Sibs. Otherwise the trade ruled inactive at previous quotations. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d • and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Nearly the whole of the stock found buyers: ROMFORD, Amur, I6.—We had a pleasant trade here to day for most descriptions of stock at our quotations. Beef from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s Bcl to 6s ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 8d per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Milch Cows, with their small Calves, 16/ to 19/ each. Madrid papers of the 9th inst. have been received, but they are without interest. In the Chamber of Deputies the report of the Committee on the new electoral law was read, which entirely accorded with the Government scheme. A good deal of business was transacted on the Bourse. BRITISH FUNDS 'PHIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 2091',, 21014 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 8% 4 1/s% 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 991w% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuties Long Annuities ,Expire sth Jan. 1860 ll 7-16 1 A India Stock 276 India Bonds 1,000/ Ditto under 1,000/ 74 South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account India Stock for Account Exchequer Bills. 04d. 1 1 A d. 1,0001. 500/ _ . . 57 59 pm. __ .... In the Three per Cents. 102 millions were done, and 90 millions in the Five per Cents. The former closed at 35 cash, and 35i at 60 days, and the latter at 251 cash, and 261 at 60 days. Coupons are quoted at 28* for the 25th of May. Passive Debt, 84, at 60 days. Vales Reales, 10i cash at 60 days. HAILSIIAM, APRIL 16.—The supply being rather limited. the demand was better than for some time past and prices were somewhat on the advance. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per Blbs. ARUNDEL, APRIL Is.—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ; and Veal, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. Supply moderate, and trade firm. CHICHESTER, APRIL 16.—We had a better demand for most kinds of stock, at improved quotations. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 8d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 10d per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 18s; and Mitch Cows, with their small Calves, 161 to 18/ lOs each. A religious discussion took plaee in the French Chamber of Peers on Monday, relative to a petition presented from ninety-three inhabitants of Marseilles against certain doctrines professed in the , College of France against the Catholic religion. The debate was conducted with much more acrimony than that which is going on in the House of Commons; and it is singular enough, that the object for which the religionists in the two countries contend is of the most opposite character. In France, the Catholic Church is considered in danger, and Count MONTALEMBERT, said " M. QUINET, one of the teachers, had published a work in contradiction with history, the Catholic religion, and real Christian phi losophy, and when such doctrines were used, was it to Le wondered at if the heads of families got alarmed for the instruction of their children 2" and another Peer accused the Government of being the cause of the scan dals on religion. After some remarks by the Minister of Public Instruction, disapproving of the course pursued by certain of the professors, the Chamber rejected the petition, and proceeded to the order of the day. The Chamber of Deputies, on Tuesday, was occupied with the Savings' Banks Bill, to which much opposition is made. The chief clauses are, to diminish the amount of weekly deposit ; to lower the maximum that any one depositor could hold ; and to enlarge the time of notice of withdrawal. The latter clause is proposed with a view to prevent any derangement of the finances by a sudden withdrawal of deposits in case of a money panic. We have accounts from Zurich to the 11th inst., but we find nothing in them of fresh interest. Long discus sions had taken place, but, with the exception of recom mending a general amnesty, nothing had been decided. Ditto Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 42 3 / Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 36% 37 1 4 37 Ditto for the Account 37% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Converted Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 3 l l/4 Ditto for the Account. Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account. Dutch 2 1 % per Cents Ditto for the Account. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended April 12,1845, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. Wheat • . •. • • 46s 3d I Oats Barley .• • • . • 32s bd I Rye. • • 20s 9d I Beans •• • • •• 355 bd •• 30s 6d I Pease .• •• 36s 5d AVERAGE ;S OF THE LAST SO WEEKS. PRICE OF SHARES ... 2 A; ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine,Portrush 1 13 5 3% 1 A to 3 1 / 8 M... to Birmingham and Gloucester 100 8 138 Ditto. UAW Shares ......... 3 and Lincoln ...... 7 1 05 % Bristol and Lxeter Cambridge 4 1 / 4 to 84y to Caledonian 9 1 , 2 1 4% to Chester and Holyhead Churnet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and Nun eaton CornwCoventry and Leicester ...... PA ... to 11 3 1 4%... to all ... .................. -• 3 /2 % 55 / 8 %... to Diss, Beccles,:and Yarmouth 1 1 / 2 3 lh to L'irect Northern .. .......... .. 2% . 3 34 to 4 Dublin and Belfast Junction 21 10 1 / 2 Dublin, Belfast,and Coleraine 21 ,4 3 Dublin and Galway ............ 2% ...... 54 % to Eastern C o unties ..... .......... 25 ...... 21 1 4 1 / 4 Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. I. 318 ll Ditto, ditto, No. 2. Eastern Union .................. 15 Ditto Extension ............ 11 / 2 4 14 to 4 Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ...... 63 ...... 202 24 203... to 201 to 62% Ditto New 1 4 5hare5......... 2% 6 14 -.. to Ely and Bedford ............... 1 Great Grimsby and Sheffield... 2 3 4 Great South andW. (Irish)... 5 2% ...... to 20 1 4 to Ditto EXtension ........... . 2% , :l 15y, 15 to 15% Great North of England 100 Ditto New ..................... 2 Great Western .................. 80 ••••••187 Ditto % Shares ............. .. 50 ...... 10 6 5 5, ‘ ~0 V. 2 to Gui1df0rd,HHaur11Nvaicnhd..5.F.e.1a.b.r.ye.h....a..m......,...P.....0..r..t:.n.a..5..... 5201% I ° ll / 2 to 103 Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto Half Shares ..........•• 2 ....., 24% to Inverness and E1gin............ 1 „ ... 2 to Lancaster and Carlisle... l5 - ... 401 to London and Birmingham • -100 ......235 Ditto Thirds .................. 2 3 4 1 / 25,8_ to :33% 46 ..... . to 45 1 / Ditto s% Shares ..............• 2, to , i• /2 to 82% to L Londonon do n and ail d . B B l r a i c g k h w t o a n ll . .. .. .. ............ 1 5 V, 643 A i 4 1 / 2 London and Croydon... 13/. 15s. 9d. ••• 18 London and Greenwich.•• 12/. 15s. 4d... 10% to Loudon and South Western.. 41% B2 „, 1 , Lo D nd it o t n o Nanedwy..0.r.k........ ....................... 22% l 6 l A** • — 4% to Lynn and Ely .................. 2% 7 14 to 1 /e — Lynn and Dereham ............ 1% Mancheitei and Leeds .......^ 32 73 „„ 3 ..... Ditto Half Shares ...... - ...... 66 Manchester and BirmiLgham 40 Ditto Quarters ............... 4 Midland ........................... 100 l5B ...... to 159 Ditto New ..................... 2 Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 ll7 ...... to 120 Newcastle & Darlington Same. 25 Newry and Enniskillen •••••• 21 A 5 )/2%... to Newark and Sheffield .•• ••••• 1 1 / 2 ~. . . North British ............... ... 10 Ditto New ............... . ..... 1 .. ... 5% 3 / 4 to Northern and Eastern ......... 45 30 Ditto Scrip .................... North Wales ..................... 114 Norwich and Brandon ...•••••• 10 ...... 17 Ditto, New . ................... 1 Richmond and West En d Jun c. 1 Rugby, Worcester, and Tring 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% . : 1 4; to South Eastena and Dover ... 33 % ...... 42% to 421 Ditto New, No. 1 ..... 17 to 2 :" .1 1i ::::: 6 8 z ig . ! .. .. .. t t o o 8 7 1 , 1 1 Ditto New, No. 3 South Wales Trent Valley • ..,, 2 ... .. 20%•••••• to Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 41% to 4 York and North Midland ... 50 ......105 Ditto Scarboro'Branch 2O ...... 44 ...... to Ditto, Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. ....... ...... Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette 2 ...... 24A -- Great Northern of France (Laffitte's) ...... . 4 I, %.• • to Do. Do. (Rosamel's) . 2 ..... 2 h%.•• to Great Paris and Lyons.., 2 ..... 2 ...... to Louvain and Jemeppe ..... 2 ..... 4 j 34 ...... to 5 Orleans and Vierzon ......... .. Orleans. and Bordeaux . 12% 13 to 123/4 Paris and Lyons (Laffitte) North of Spain 2 ...... 3%; ..... to Par!sand Lyons (Ganneron's) 2 ... Tours &Nantes (Mackenzie) 2mA... to Paris and Orleans. .......... 20 ...... 48 ..... to Paris and Strasburg... .... ''' 2 ...... 2% ...... to Royal 3 N 4• • • to Sambre and Meuse ... ...... gax,.. ... to Manchester and Birmingham, JOINT STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE APRIL 16.—The sales 2 are :—Edinburgh and Gla'ow, 'New' Quarter Shares, 614 ; sols, 401. Shares, 20; North British, New Shares, 5% ; South Eastern, 42% ex div. ; Ditto, No. 3 83/4 5/8 ; York and North Midland, Half shares, 49% ; Belfast, Ballymena, and. Carrick f!rgus, 5%.. t Birkenhead; Manchester,' and Cheshire Junc tion, 15% 11%; Blackburn Burnley, and Accrington, 94 ; 58% • Midland Railway Con sols, Darwen, and 'Bolton 57 ; Caledoman, 14 ; Cambridge and Lincoln 93/4 ; Bolton, Junction, 434 premium;9-16 Churnet Valley, 9% 9; Direct Northern, 3% and Preston, 3s % ; Dublin and Galvva 5y4 ; -Huddersfield and Manches ter It.ailway and Canal,Y'4/8 - Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, R A :4! T ''. /id ; —se Dcw'sbur),• and Manchester, 4%; Leeds and West Riding iunction 7M ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, 4 13-16 3 A ; ondon and Y'ork 4% IA ; Manchester and Buxton, 5% ; Newark and Sheffield, 63/1 ; North Western, 5 IA ; .Preston and Wyre Extension,3l4 2% .4 ; Trent Valley, 20 . 3 prem. ; Sheffield ; London Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, and ,Lincolnshire Junction, 28s. ; Southport and Euxton, West Yorkshire, 64/ /o ; Wh'itehave and Furness, 3 ; Paris and Lyons, Ganneron's (French) 2% ; Ditto, Calon's, 2% ; Union Bank of Manchester, 10%. ' Ditto, Continuation, 5 4 pFem. ; TUE SALFORD CHARTER.—By a defect in this charter, the mayor and chief magistrate of Salford cannot either hear or issue warrants or summonses. —Liverpool Chronicle. THE BOURSE--TuEsDAY, APRIL 15. jritst Higinst Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents..... 117 •• 117 •• 116 95 .. 117 Four-and-a-Half.. •• 113 113 •• 113 .. 113 Fours. •• •• 107 50 107 50 107 50 .. 107 50 Loan ....... • • • . 86 35 .. 86 35 • • 86 38 .. 86 35 Golan Bank, I,ooof Shares-1110 —lllO —llO7 50 ..1110 Belgian Bank ..... 637 80 .. 637 50 • • 637 50 • • 637 50 Belgian Fives, 1840-- •• 102 1 4 •• 102!2 .. 10'2 1 / 2 .. 102 1 2 1842........ 1054, .. 105 1 ;,/, .• 105 1 / 2 1051 A Spanish Threes 4114 .. 41% •• 41 1 A .. 41 Active............ 40 •. 40% .. 401.1 • • 40 IA Passive ..... • . 7 1 4 • • •• 7 Yi • • 7 Portuguese Five per Cents • • 66 .. 66 • • 66 .. 66 Neapolitan.-- • .. 102 .. 102 •• 102 .. 102 Roman 1064 .. 106% .. 106,', • • 106!:', RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, R.B•••••••••• 577 50 .. 578 75 .. 572 50 .. 572 50 L•B•••• Ronen••••••••••••••••••••1145 . 1145 ..1130 ..1135 Rouen to Havre............ 957 50 957 50 .. 950 .. 950 Orleans •••••...1`260 —1260 ..1250 ..1250 Strasburg to Bale 330 .. 330 .. 325 .. 327 50 Avignon to Marseilles •...1000 ..1090 —lO9O . 1090 Bordeaux to Teste ••• .. 220 .. 220 .. 217 50 .. 220 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, APRIL 16. St. Germain ...... . Versailles, R. 8...... 580 .. 580 .. 568 75 .. 568 75 L. 8.. Rouen•• • • •••••• —1145 ..1145 ..1132 50 .. 1132 50 Rouen to Havre 960 960 .. 947 50 .. 947 50 Orleans • - Strasburg to Bale •• • • ••• • • • 330 . • 335 •• 325 . • 326 25 Avignon to Marseilles •• • Paris .to Sceaux The christening of the infant daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch took place this morning, in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace, in the presence of the Queen and Prince Albert, and a select circle—her Majesty standing sponsor. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch will give a grand dinner this evening in honour of the occasion, at Montagu House, Whitehall. gardens. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort are ex pected to honour the entertainment with their presence. BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE.—Last evening the eighth soirée of the season was given at the Institute, and was attended by a large and fashionable assemblage of up wards of 300 ladies and gentlemen. The spacious and ele gant suite of apartments were filled at an early hour, and the music of the evening was rich, varied, and agreeable. Among the instrumentalists present were Mr. Kiallmark, Miss Weller, Mr. Mublenfeldt, Mr. Kreutzer, Mr. Haussmann, and Mr. Kuhnone, a young violinist, recently arrived from Holland, who made his first appearance here, and produced most favourable impression. Among the vocalists were Mr. and Mrs. C. Horn, Mademoiselle Burette, and the Misses Williams, with Mr. Machin, Signor Brizzi, and Signor blaliano, a fine tenor singer, recently from Italy, who paid his first visit here on this occasion. In the course of the evening Mr. Buckingham read a beautiful monody on the death of the poet Campbell, the composition of one of the members, Dr. W. Beattie, his intimate friend and exe cutor. At the close of the proceedings it was announced that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had ho noured the Association by becoming one of its members, and hoped to pay it an early visit. The Rev. Dr. Wolff. who joined the Institute previous to his setting out for Bokhara, was expected during the evening to give a narrative of the principal events of his journey, but the lateness of the hour rendered it necessary to defer this pleasure till the next occasion of these meetings. Captain Grover laid on the table his recently published volume, entitled " The Bokhara Victims." Among the company were Mr. and Mrs. William Howitt, and Mr. Spencer Hall, the mesmerist, whose success ful cure of Miss Martineau has excited so much interest, and led to so much controversy. Altogether, the evening was one of the most agreeable of the season. The first volume of the transactions of the Society was said to be in a state of great forwardness at press, and it was hoped that it would be speedily ready for publication in a quarto volume, illustrated with numerous engravings, and containing full reports of the lectures, conversazioni, soirees, and discussions which have taken place among the members, thus presenting to the pub lic the best possible index by which to judge of the nature, objects, and character of this new Literary Association. INCENDIARISM. — Information of the following I d v a e ring ed a t n h d r o w u a g n h t e o u n t a t c h t e s i n f e n t r c e e p n e d u i t e a r h i s m and ‘ v a C s t y y e s ter police o y fr dis tricts :—On the afternoon of the 3d instant, a wood, in the parish of Nutley, Hants, called Oxdown• coppice, the pro perty of George Purefoy Jervoise, Esq., was wilfully and maliciously set on fire ; and again, on the night of the fol lowing day (Friday), part of Isiutley-coppice was also set on fire by some person or persons unknown. A reward of forty guineas, in addition to the reward of ten guineas allowed by the Alresford Aviation, has been offered for the discovery and apprehension of the parties. Also that, on the 16th instant, some evil-disposed person or persons maliciously set V's to and destroyed about 100 yards of a hedge, in the road Wfarmer. EST Klie‘adew:intg from the Warwick-road to Hayhall House, in the Mr.. F h rewin parish of Yardley, Worcestershire, belonging to Mr. Edward WEST KENT --- o T re_p he ick d ed ivi o d u e t d a C t o h n ir s d e r m v a a n ti i v n es th o e f reported, av cast off both Lord Holmesdale and and is of Colonel Austen to unite the suffrages , l9ppington, near Sevenoaks, as likely of electors in his favour. person W est Weeks Wheat. Barley. Oats. Rye. Beans. Pease. ending Mar. 8•• .. 45 0 32 2 21 7 30 5 34 8 34 5 15. 45 1 32 2 21 4 31 1 34 7 35 8 22 •• • • 45 5 32 4 21 8 30 5 34 6 35 S 29.. • - 45 10 '32 4 21 5 32 0 34 10 34 8 ♦pril 5.. 45 5 32 3 21 4 29 6 34 9 35 7 12.... 46 3 i i 32 5 20 9 30 6 35 5 35 6 GATE AVERAGES OF TIIE SIX WEEKS. Oats ..... •• • 21 4d I Beans . .. •• • 34 10,1 Rye IMPERIAL AGGRE. , Wheat ••• • • • 4s 8d Barley ••• • • . 32s 4d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat •• •• • • 20s Oct I Oats . • I•• 6s Od Beans •• Barley •• •• 8s Gd • • • • 7s 6d SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET—WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BETTING UP TO ELEVEN O'CLOCK. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Idas, 7 to 2 agst Winchilsea (taken), 6 to 4 on the two agst the field, 5 to 1 offered agat any other. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agat Portrait 25 to 1 agst Trueboy—taken. 25 to 1 agst Queen of Tyne 30 to 1 agst Pug 40 to.l agst Counsellor—taken 7 to 1 agst Cataract 7 to 1 agst Semiseria 12 to 1 agst Ould Ireland 14 to 1 agst The Era 14 to 1 agst Obscurity BETTING. 30 to 1 agst Miss Whip colt 40 to 1 agst Cobweb colt—t 40 to 1 agst Doleful 40 to 1 agst Jinglepot 50 to 1 agst Fuzbos—taken DERBY 4 to 1 agst John Day's lot 40 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot 8 to 1 agst Idas—taken 10 to 1 agst Alarm 18 to 1 agst Pam—taken 25 to 1 agst, Winchilsea Nothing else mentioned SWEEPSTAKES-THURSDAY. 7 to 2 on Idas. STANHOPE STAKES. 5 to 2 on Cowl. ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. D.M. Plate. Ajax, aged—Ma 111ie, 6 yrs—Priscilla Tomboy, 6 yrs— Vibration, 6 yrs—The Brewer, 6 yrs—Glen Fishie, 4 yrs— Finch, 3 yrs—St. Domingo, 3 yrs—and Deodora, 3 yrs. The following horses are scratched for to• morrow :—Sea man, Virago colt, Jet, Golden Fleece, Eleaza, and Lord Orford's colt, for 100 sous. stakes—ldas and Wood Pigeon being all that remain in ; Seakale filly and Leopard for the Stanhope Stakes; Gyp for the other D.M. Sweepstakes; and Welbeck and Merope for the Claret. The Duke of Richmond's Red Deer and Lord G. Ben tinck's Cowl arrived this afternoon. HARROW STEEPLE CHASE-WEDNESDAY. These races came off to-day in the presence of some thou sand of spectators, the line of carriages, drags, &c., being very numerous, on Burn Hills, near Harrow. Amongst the company we may mention Lords Seaham, Loftus, Glamis, and Clinton ; Sir J. Astley, Sir Watkin Wm. Wynn, Hon. Mr. Wellesley, Mr. Alexander (Ist Life Guards), Capt. Vyse (of the Blues), Mr. Leslie, Mr. Lumley, Mr. Langley, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Ecopeth, and several other officers of the Ist and 2d Life Guards, and many of the ladies and gentlemen of the surrounding neighbourhood. The arrival by " rail" from the metropolis was also extremely numerous, Harrow and its neighbourhood presenting a gay and animated appearance. The Stewards were Lord Glamis, Capt. Willan, and R. Shepprice, who ably superintended the day's sport. The line of country was severe ; the starting field was at Burn Hill, crossing down a severe hill over Messrs. Elmore. Sharpe, and Philpott's farms, which contain three brooks and upwards of 18 fences; the first brook being very wide and severe, and the last having hurdles, besides several rasping leaps, and plenty of up-hill work to the winning post. At two o'clock the sport commenced with the first race. A Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each with 40 added, for horses of all denominations, the winner to be sold for 1501; winner to pay 10 sous. Gentlemen qualified to ride in the Anglesey Stakes allowed 71b. Mr. Dixon's Ragman (Owner) 1 Mr. Daeirs Tomboy ... •.. 9 Captain Lendall's Gilleroo Mr. G. Elmore's Gaylad The following also started :—Lord Glamis's Bucephalus, Mr. Davis's Conrad, Mr. Rice's Young England, Mr. Hill's Heart of Oak, Mr. Andrews's Nightshade, Mr. Bainbridge's Humbug, Mr. Philpott's Black Bess, Mr. James's Cam bridgeshire Dwarf, Mr. Sait's Duprez, and Mr. Neal's Viscount. Betting.—Viscount, Humbug, Duprez, and Ragman v. Field. At starting Viscount took the lead, followed by Gilleroo and Duprez, the rest all lying well up, continuing in this order down the hill to the first brook, Viscount, Duprez, Gaylad, and Humbug clearing it well ; but Bucephalus refused, and threw his rider (Lord Glamis), the others keep ing their places, and going at a severe pace, Viscount leading, followed by Conrad, till they came past Elmore's farm, but on going down hill to the second brook Viscount slipped, threw his rider, and the poor horse broke his back. Conrad jumped over rider and horse. Gaylad, Tomboy, Ragman, and Duprez all cleared w ell ; but on Nightshade coming to the brook he met with a similar fate to Viscount's, breaking his back also. The running was continued by the first four well over the third brook, where Mason, on Hum bug, fell, leaving the field "select," Gilleroo, Gaylad, Rag man, and Tomboy, lying well together to the last two fences, where Ragman shot out and won easy. The two horses who met with the ac c id ents were shot, an d we b e li eve the riders were not seriously hurt. The pace good. The distance was four miles. A Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, 15 added, list each. The winner to be sold for 501. Horses sold for 251. allowed 7lbs. Three miles. Mr. Dacil na Tom Tug (Crickmere) 1 Mr. J. W. Hay's Salt Fish The following horses also started :—Mr. Oldacre's Primrose —Mr. Willan's Medora—Mr. Dixon's Rigolette—Mr. Hill's Algar—Mr. Clark's Pupil—Mr. Rimall's Jack Sheppard— Mr. Philpott's Wendon—Captain Barnett's b m—and Mr. Taylor's Stick-i n -th e - mud. Rigolette commenced the running, followed by Tom Tug, who cleared the brook we ll, mos t o f th e o th ers goinin, con tinuing in thi s or d er over severa l f ences , w h ere Tom Tug showed in front followed by Rigolette and Salt Fish, Rigolette jumping into the third brook, his chance being up, .and Tom Tug proceeded with the lead, winning easy. The winner was claimed. A Sweepstakes of 1 soy. each, with a whip added. Post en trance. Catch weights. Lord Glamis's Satan Mr. Neat's Pasquale Four others started. Satan won easy, having it all his own way. SUIVr ARV OF NEWS AND idublic Opinion. " Who runs may rcad." FO7ZEIGN. A letter from Alexandria of March 29 states that Mehemet Ali still remained at Cairo, and that Ibrahim Pacha was seriously ill. The result of the railway survey (from Cairo to Suez) has been made public, and was deemed satisfactory. The cost for the eighty-eight miles is estimated at 320,0001. The surplus profit on the working is calculated at 27,500/. per annum, and the general opinion was, the Padre would at once carry out the work. There was a visible improve •ment in trade generally, but especially the export trade. In the French Chamber of Deputies the proposition of M. Larllandien fur putting an end to duelling was read, and the 26th fixed for taking it into consideration. According to the records kept at the Paris Royal Observa tory, and the daily observations made during the last month, it has been the severest March since the commencement of the present century. On the 14th the thermometer was 8 deg. below zero Centigrade, 16 Fahrenheit, and the general average of the temperature was 1 3-10 C. below zero, 30 Fah. During twenty days the wind blew from the north. The first French mackerel-boat of the present season came into Fecal:TT on the 10th with about 30,000'fish, and on the following day thirteen other boats came in, with about the same quantity, making altogether a catch of about 500,000 fish, which are estimated as bringing nearly 100,000 f. to the fishermen. A journal having announced 212 as the number of officers of the National Guard who have signed the petition against the armament of the fortifications, the Commerce says : " The officers who have affixed their signatures with their rank annexed are much more numerous, as will be seen by the petitions when presented to the Chamber; but all the names have not., yet been published. The non-commissioned officers are now signing." About the beginning of the year a duel took place at Can nes between Captain L., of the Russian service, and ex-Cap tain de R., of the African Chasseurs, in which the latter was wounded in the shoulder. The Tribunal de Premiere Instance of Grasse condemned M. L., in default, to imprisonment for six months, and his two seconds, who appeared and pleaded, 'to the same punishment for 15 days. On an appeal to the Cour Royale of Draguignan, the sentence upon Captain L. was fully confirmed, but that upon the two seconds was com muted into a fine of 500 f. each. Both these Courts admitted that every duel was not absolutely an attempt to murder, but that the result of the meeting, and the intentions of each of the parties, are to be taken into consideration, in order to ascertain whether both or either of the parties went out with a decided purpose of killing his adversary. A letter from Smyrna, of March 29, says :—" A second case of plague, which proved fatal, has occurred among the pilgrims from Beyrout. The population, however, need not be alarmed, as the strictest precaution is taken at the Laza. ret, as also among those recently arrived. Instead of placing here travellers bound for Constantinople, they will have, by the order of the iutendent, to take their qUarantine at the Dardanelles." Mustapha Bey, a pupil of the Egyptian School at Paris, died two days ago from the consequences of an accident which happened to him while riding on Sunday, the 6th inst. He was the son of Kourchid Pacha, a brave old General of the Vice-Roy, and, having been two years in Paris, spoke and wrote the French language with remarkable correctness. Mehemet Ali's son and his two grandsons, who are in the school, attended the deceased constantly throughout his illness. The Patrie states that a letter has been received from a gentleman attached to the embassy to China, which removes all doubt of M. Maynard having been murdered by the Malays. According to this letter Admiral Cecille has taken vengeance on the offenders. The chief and a great number of Malays are said to have been killed. SAW AND POZMUZ. An action brought by a person named Gurten against Mr. Davison, the proprietor of the Musical World, was tried in the Bail Court. The plaintiff claimed 124/. for work and labour, and his case was, that he had been engaged to assist in editing the publication in question, and that he was to receive 20/. per cent. on all advertisements that he could pro cure for the paper. The defence was, that he was originally engaged as errand bey ; that he was never employed except as a messenger and collector of advertisements, for which he had been amply remunerated. To disprove the allegation that he had been employed in the editorial department, a letter written by the plaintiff was put in, many of the words in which were incorrectly spelled. Mr. Justice Coleridge thought the action could not be maintained, and the jury found for the defendant. In the Nisi Prius Court of Exchequer, on the occasion of an application to postpone a trial on account of the absence of counsel in other courts, Mr. Baron Platt, in refusing to ac cede to the application, said—" It is quite as well that I should now express my determination, which I mean to ob serve for the future in cases where counsel are absent, and applications are made for delaying a trial. I intend never to accede to such an application, unless the gentlemen of the bar who are concerned in it chanced to be away on business of this Court." The case of L. J. Nicolay, alias Lewis Isidore, alias Joseph Louis, alias Murray, Lewis, and Co., alias Alexander Grant and Co., alias Bouz Lewinson, a Belgian, from Antwerp, who had carried on business in this country under all the above names, and who as L. J. Nicolay had traded at Woolwich as a draper and grocer, and absconded, came on in the Bank ruptcy Cour. Mr. James intimated that the assignees in tended to make his conduct the subject of investigation before another tribunal; on which Mr. Commissioner Fon blanque delivered judgment in these words—" As this matter is to be brought, and most properly so too, before another tribunal, I shall not at present say one word as to the bank rupt's conduct. I shall, however, adjourn the case sine die, and I may add that I shall never grant the bankrupt his certificate nor protection even for a single hour. Edward Jenner Stannard was remanded for eight months by the Chief Commissioner of the Insolvent Court for falsi fying his account books. At the Central Criminal Court, Mr. Commissioner Bullock sentenced John Nash, convicted of robbing his master, Mr. M'Dona, a tailor, to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. The magistrates of the Surrey Sessions have determined that the occupation of rooms in Betblem Hospital, by the superintendent, is not a beneficial occupation, and conse quently, that the hospital is not liable to be rated to the poor's-rate. It would appear, from an application made at the Guild hall, that Joseph Ady is in the field again. The proprietors of South Sea Stock seem at present to be the peculiar objects of his care. _ . A cabman, named James Clarke, was fined 40s. at Maryle bone for furious driving. At the Thames Police-office, Mr. John Hamon, the master of the barque Julia, of Jersey, appeared to answer a summons under the Pilotage Act, the 6th of George IV. cap. 125, for having refused to employ Mr. William Watson Ord, a li censed pilot, after he had tendered his services to conduct the vessel from Gravesend to the Downs, by which he had in curred a penalty of double pilotage, amounting to 131. Is. 3d. The defendant was convicted in the full amount of the penalty. COURT-FASHIONABLE. On Tuesday Prince Albert visited the: Exhibition of the Society of British Artists, in Sufiblk-sfreet, Pall-Mall (erro neously stated in the Court Circular as the Water Colour Ex hibition in Pall-Mall East.) His Royal Highness remained for some time inspecting the various works of art, and made purchases of three pictures, in oil colours, by Messrs. H. M. Anthony, A. Montague and W. Shayer. The Earl and Countess of lladdington bad a dinner party on Wednesday: evening, at his Lordship's residence in the Admiralty. Lord Adolphus Fitzclareuce, Viscount and Vis countess Gage, Lord and Lady Radstock, Sir George and Lady Cockburn, Sir William Gage, Sir John West, Admiral and Miss Bowles, Captain Punches, and the following officers of the French navy—Baron De la Ronciera, Captain Bouar, Lieut. d'Arricace, and M. Langle (all of whom have arrived in England to give evidence on the "right of search" ques tion )—were the guests of the Noble Earl and Countess. The Marchioness of Hastings and Captain Reginald Henry, R.N., have returned to Donington Park from Dover. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne received the Earl of Bessborough, Mr and Lady Charlotte Denison, Mr. and Lady Louisa Tighe, Sir T. Hobart, the Rev. H. Mill man, and a select circle at dinner on Wednesday evening, at Lansdowne House. The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury have arrived at their seat, Alton Towers, Staffordshire. The Earl and Countess of Seafield have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Brighton. The French Ambassador has issued cards for a grand ban quet on the Ist of May, to celebrate the birthday of the King of the French. The Countess de St. Aulaire will give a grand ball on the following day, in honour of the same auspicious event. Lord and Lady Stanley have cards out for a dinner pal ty on Wednesday next. Lady Caroline Barrington and Lady Georgiana Grey have arrived at the residence of their noble father, in Berkeley square, from Howick Hall, Northumberland. Dr. Lushington entertained the Puke de Broglie, Prince Albert de Broglie, and a select party, at dinner en Tuesday evening, in Great George-street. MISCELLANEOUS. Last night the first Atinack „ s ball cf the sealph tock place at the usual locale, in King-street, St. James's, and, we are gratified to say, was undiminished in its attractions. The spirited proprietors of these rooms, seemingly determined to commence the season with a desirable eclat, have recently caused considerable additions to be made in the already ela borate decorations of the splendid salon de danse, so that the habitues who last night graced the ball by their presence must have been surprised at the admirable alterations that have been completed since last year. Yesterday, at two o'clock, a numerous and most respectable meeting of the trustees and the mortgagees of the tolls of " turnpike trusts," in England and Wales, of which there are 1,300, was held at the Easton Hotel, Euston-square, St. Pancras, for the purpose of considering the expediency of taking measures to obtain, through . the medium of Parlia ment, compensation for thenery that 7111 be do ne b y th e i n t e nded railways, which will interfere with the traffic of the various turnpike trusts in England and Wales; Mr. Thomas Henry Evans, the Mayor of Carnarvon, in the chair, Several gentleman having stated various turnpike trusts which had bad their revenues largely diminished, it was moved that a deputation wait upon Lord Brougham, to request that he would lay their claims before the House of Lords, and which deputation should report to a future meeting of trustees. The resolution was unanimously agreed to, and the meeting separated. The second Ancient Concert of the season took place at the Hanover-square Rooms, under the direction of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. A detachment of the 13th, Prince Albert's Light Infantry, arrived on Tuesday at the Invalid Depot, Casemate Barracks, Gillingham, from Gravesend, where they disembarked from the ship Stag, 700 tons, Captain . Young, consisting of fi ve sergeants, five corporals, and fifteen privates, with two boys, for the purpose of forming a four-company depot for the regiment, which embarks for England. The above troops were at the storming of Ghuznee, and throughout the whole of the campaigns in Kohistan and defence of Jellalabad. They embarked at Bombay on the 18th of November last. The whole of the men belonging to the 13th have been in India about twenty- two years. On Friday next the planet Mercury, which is seldom vis ble to the naked eye, will be in a favourable position for observation, a little after sunset. It arrives at the point of its greatest eastern elongation from the sun on Friday, the 18th, at forty minutes past seven in the morning, and will be seen in the evening, about half an hour after sunset, at a low elevation, a little to the north of the western point of the heavens. On Saturday last a gentleman, who was proceeding by the afternoon train from Glasgow to Ayr, had his pocket picked of 410/. in bank notes, and a letter of credit for 9/. It would appear that the guano at Ichaboe having become nearly expended, speculation has suggested the import of the birds that when living produced it. A sale is announced of "200 bags of penguins, considered well adapted for the same uses as guano." It yet remains, we presume, to be proved how far the mummies of these sea-fowl will form a substitute for the manure so much in regulation. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) committee No. 3, consisting of Mr. Aglionby, Mr. ThortleP:! Mr. Buller, Captain Jones, ard Mr. Standish, assembled 013 morning in room No. 13. EAST DEREHAM AND NORWICH RAILWAY- The Committee proceeded with this case. s An objection had been raised that the plans in the pt.' ct Bill-office were not correct. An error of forty feet aPP B " in one point of the plans. For the promoters evidence was produced to show that when the plans were deposited they were correct. The, room was cleared : on our return, The Committee decided that the standing order had not been complied with. QUEEN'S BENCH -(THIS DA Y•) (Sittings in BanC:o.) WILSON V. ROBINSON. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY to moved for a rule sh°,.li r cause why the verdict in this case, which passed 0) ,. the defendant, should not be set aside on the gr ound (); misdirection on the part of the Learned Judge (Mr. ins& Wightman), before whom the case was tried at the assizes for Durham. The defendant and a person liar" Tmmouth were part owners of a vessel called the Robinsol; On the 27th of April, 1843, the partnership was dissolve.u_ the defendant having purchased Tinmouth's share ,!. the usual way. The letter which was the subjec:i, matter of the present case, was written on the . 18 r , of August, 1V43, was by the defendant to Tinraoti he n and in that letter the defendant stated that plaintiff had destroyed property to the amount of 226 b, embezzled part of the cargo at Holyhead and Falmoutpi The Learned Judge left it to the jury to p„• whether this letter was not a confidential eon 14 (` — i ; cation from the plaintiff to his partner, in wbl e the matter complained of was introduced accidents ' without a view of imputing anything malicious to the plai n , - tiff. The Learned Sergeant contended that his L ordsl4 was wrong in leaving the question to the jury in this raat t li ner, as the partnership bttween Robinson and Tian ° , was dissolved four months before the letter was written. Rule refused. TUE N v. . Mr. KELLY was about QUEE to move CO for OPER a rule in this e ase, , which was an indictment for libel, preferred against the °ed fendant at the instance of the Rev. Joshua King , an ,.„d published in the Liverpool Chronicle, when it was sugges't by Lord Denman that it was better to wait till the defendan was brought up for judgment. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) • at. Mr. PETERSDORFF moved for acute calling upon an torney, whose name he would not for obvious reasons give, to answer for certain malpractices, and also to cause why his name should not be struck off the roll. II made this application on an affidavit of the present lA ri Wellesley, who stated that he had employed the attornef, question as far back as the year 1832. In 1841, being, O then abroad, he was desirous of returning to a( land, but, as Mr. Crockford retained a bond nd his for the sum of 2,0001., he was anxious that this b 0 t should be discharged before he arrived in London. Tholqi torney in question communicated with his Lordship, offsrg to make an arrangement that would remove every imp ment to his Lordship's return, if he granted notes to a cbe tain amount, and at certain dates. On these conditions undertook that the bond should be discharged. The Pr o i missory notes were transmitted by his Lordship, but instes j. applying them to the purpose for which thoy were inteade 'f namely, the releasing of Lord Wellesley from the liabilityis°, this bond, he took them into the market, got them , , cl or counted, and applied them to his own uses. He app lied the rule on other grounds also—one of them, that in ,e 4 the said attorney suggested to his Lordship that if he gras" s i, certain bills, he (the attorney) should be able to raise ees, 6 derable sums upon them. He took these bills also into es. market, and applied their proceeds to his own voP °s . he There were other charges of a similar character a gainst ba d l, said attorney, but he (Mr. Petersdorff) thought be , 6 stated enough to induce the Court to grant the rules sought for. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE thought the matter should 13‘) sifted in a criminal court. Mr. PETERSDORFF was of opinion, with all deference ito°l his Lordship's judgment, that there was hardly enouglich the face of the facts to warrant them in adopting su a y! course. If, therefore, it pleased his Lordship, he 00 rather that his application were granted.—The rules 11' granted. • CLERKENWELL.- 7 (THIS DA If •/. A man named Chapman was charged with violently 864 saulting and wounding Mary Anne Johnson. Asti On the previous night the prisoner's son attacked an tlse d child of the prosecutrix. She interfered between 0• boys and endeavoured to separate them, but the prisoner.o sisted on their fighting it out, and when the mother $670 interfered on behalf of her son, the prisoner struck be ds blow with his clenched fist on the upper lip cutting it 4d s Open, and loosening two of her teeth. The woman I .,: te r• great deal, and was conveyed from her residence in tba street, Smithfield, to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where wound was dressed. protl oB He was fined 21., or a month's imprisonment in the of Correction. FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS, APRIL 14.--The Minister of Public Works.ro presented to the Chamber the four projects of law relattlja the railways which we mentioned yesterday. In Pres eP ar these projects of law, the Minister has taken pains te,„ry to vent anything that may give a dangerous encouragete°4o jobbing; he begins by stipulating the payment of one',„.., of the capital required for the work at the moment of li d ing the contract; another tenth is to be paid when the / 1 4: 0 10 are commenced, and yet the Company cannot yet ner frn ie in our markets any promises of shares; it is prohibited "iist issuing titles to shares (titres) till one-third of the in the is paid; as for the official quotation of the shares "n :,„08 markets (exchanges) of the country, it is not to b e T he re till after the entire completion of the works. Thud ',cop are four securities against jobbing. As no assistance I le s the. State is asked, the Chamber has in fact only to c00 1 ,. 8 . the utility of the proposed railways ; when this is onee4o cognised - they may, without hesitation, immediately ~ their consent. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, Amu, 14. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • • • • • • • • • • • • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent • • • • • • • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent - Ditto Three per Cent.. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • • • Ditto, ditto, 1840. ... Ditto, ditto, 1844 . Ditto of the City, 1843 ••.••• • • • • • Ditto, 1832 Bank ofßelgium • —Brussels Papers, April 15. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, APRIL 9- 5 per Cent. Metalliques • 1134 4 per Cent. ditto • 3 per Cent. ditto •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 7 8 % Loan, 1834 • 1839 Bank Shares Esterhazy's Loan •••• .• • . . .......... —Allgemeine Zeitung. April 12. . 102% . 102; . 102 q 1014 THE LAND OF LIBERTY.—It has long ben t Englishman's boast, that as soon as a refugee sets ib° ll ioY England, that moment he becomes free. Now, W 0 this boast hardly goes far enough. It should part i t V a eve s state state that the letters of the foreigner are treated wi greater freedom than himself—Punch. u Of BUSINESS OF THE ROLLS COURT.—The causes before the Master of the Rolls, for hearing ' l O ;, Easter Term, and in the sittings after, if any, has .ith s ',. o issued, and it appears that there are, in the whole, beo'hicil Lordship, 138. This 'number includes those causesr,,d were in the list of Hilary- Term, and remained undeelus;doe, to the close of the vacation sittings, as also such new il 'ilsti as have been set down since the issue of the list of '— Term last. t THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE.—The DUte ll ship Batavier, on her last voyage from Rotterdam , b r ...., (fr t1 1. a case, containing charts and maps, forwarded fr ° .`7, th. Hague, as a present from the Dutch Government. New Royal Exchange, for the use of the underwril:i":o6 Lloyd's, and application has been made to the (-1,11'; the authorities, on behalf of his Excellency M. Deu e e ',.' o e Netherland's Minister, for the delivery of the seine ",,,,icet duty, being for the use and benefit of the public 0' which has been granted. StC ./ IMPORTATION OF DUTCH OXEN, SALMON, ,witO Yesterday forenoon, the Dutch steam-packet BaT e or Captain Dunlop, arrived alongside the St. Katharine ' 5 $ 13 ,. packet wharf, east side of the Tower, from Rotterdsn'' ‘ ,sce:'' had a considerable number of cabin passengers and an 0 0 lent cargo, principally consisting of 47 live cows and 0.0004 prime condition, awl a large quantity of Dutch seln ieli turbot, poultry, &c. n ift SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday ror - c ory between seven and eight o'clock, as the grave-digge r , th e nected with the burial-ground of the chapel-of-ease ;" fP parish of St. Mary, Islington, in the Holloway.ro e,4 o' going into the ground to pursue his employment, bi,sf tion was attracted to a large sized garden-pot near tu' he to r g ing adjoining the road. On going up to it he foun d covered over with a piece ofrag, and on its removal, era l i s bit into the garden-pot, he discovered the body of a renl r n iece: fine newly-born male infant, wrapped up in some 01ur bok of calico and linen. From the appearance of thi s e l t ° there is but little doubt the child had been subject ofie violence producing its death. The body was placed r° of the vaults of the chapel, where it awaits the C o inquest. f OH ! How SHOCKING !—ln the 60 Vestiges ° 00 0' Natural History of Creation," Ugliness is described a s , h ti oug l) sequence of Misery. What frights we shall all be the operation of the income-tax !—Punch. gr E " 14. BIRTHS. On the 14th inst., at Tibberton-square, Islington , ~ Field, of a son. , „„ OW On the 14th inst ., at the Vicarage, St. 1pp01y ,,. .d 0 0 Hitchin, Huts, the lady of the Rev. T. H. Steel, de s e , 0 On the 15th inst., at the Crescent, America-sl e iv wife of Captain Griffin, Royal Artillery, of a son, still as° On the 15th inst., at John-street, Bedford row the " _ - , Alexander enry, Esq., of a son. On the 15th inst., at Upper Tulse-hill, the wife o f TV ° Scl! Loughborouh, Esq., of a dauhter. .° On the 15 g th inst., at Stanhope -street, HamPe ted ..., Mrs. David W. Raimbach, of a son, still-born. ___...,"" M ...-- -- " ARBLED. are,ll ,th 09 On the 16th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-sqll Rector, the Rev. John Jervis White Jervis, A. 8., College, Dublin, eldest son of Sir Henry MeredYt", White Jervis, Bart., of Bally-Ellis, county Wexford, titre third daughter of Thomas Massa Alsager, Esq., t" _at square, Bloomsbury.lmp On the Bth ult.,' at St. James's Cathedral, Toronto, t o d Canada, Francis D. Gwilt. Esq., of Woodside , t ° late Sophia, only daughter of Mr. Benjamin SweetapPle' Basingstoke, Hants. 64° 0 0 On the 15th inst., at St. Mary's, Cheltenham, — 1. 1 3 el- Wingrave, of St. Paul's. churchyard, London, to Sara daughter of Mr. D. Primer, High-street, Cheltei2l.2f..o,ll; 4 , 1 00 D LEI ) . ,li V 1 1 , 0 411 On the 29th of November, at Sydney, New SoTior*/ Charles Frederick, son of John Robinson, Esq. , 0 ite Surrc •.-. • - On the 24th ult., near Ancaster, Canada West , Louis ' o f of John Craven Chadwick, Esq. p9'' On the 28th ult., Joseph Andrew de Lautour, ch Heston, Hertfordshire. sibatir t°s On the Bth inst., Mr. Thomas Hathway, - 00 Camberwell, aged 49. On the 11th inst., at Jersey, Charles Wilkinsonrss44o., of Wick-house, Homerton. Bute On the llth inst., in High-street, Newington be tllt E. Rout. Ore the 12th inst., at Hadham Palace, HertS , 11.z6 the wife of J. Smith, Esq. London: Printed and Published by MURDO ro. 01 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office 9 o 2 oo l Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Diiddleva, Thuroday, April 17,1645.