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NOTICE.—THE NEW WORK ON GERMANY. ready, in 2 vols., post Svo., with numerous Engravings, 215., ICT UR E S OF NUREMBURG, AND RAMBRES IN THE HILLS AND VALLEYS OF FRANCONIA. By H: J. VIII LUNG, Esq. Richard Bentley, Publ:sher in Ordinary to her Majesty. Now ready, in small Svo., price 35. 6d., •NONY - MOUS POEMS. The elegant version of Greek epigrams contained in this volume shows the scholarship as well as the taste of the writer."— Dritannia. a _ " The readers of these pages Will be more struck with the aut'ior's modesty in giving us no more than with his audacity In publishing what he has. Many of the pieces have a very classical air, and all are marked with an unusual degree of elegance and power."—Guardian. " The author is a kind-hearted gentlemanly ma*, who was a good scholar at the University, and who has read a good deal of easy literature daring a career of refined leisure. To these who like in teresting pieces, which they can take up and lay down without any violent emotion, this volume will be very acceptable."—Weekly Chronicle. Richarl Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA. NIGHT. Cointining the talents of Madame Sontag, Mdlle. Catherine Hayes, Parodi. and Madame Giuliani ; Signori Calzolari , Belletti, olett., Lorenzo, and Lablache; Mdlles. Carlotta Grist, Marie Taglioni, and Amalia Ferraris, 'fhe second appearance of Signor liencardi. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed that a Grand Extra Night will take place THIS EVENING When will be presented Mozart's Opera, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. Susanna, Madame Sontag ; the Countess, Mdlle. Parodi ; Cheru bino, Mdlle. Catherine Hayes; the Count Almaviva, Signor Coletti; Figaro, Signor Belletti; Basillo, Signor Calzolari ; Bartel°, Signor Lablache. In the Wedding Scene, the Zarabanda in A (originally composed fir this Opera) will be danced by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi and Mdlle. Marie Taglioni (who will appear as a cavalier.) After which will be presented selections from the admired Ballet LA ESMERALDA, comprising the celebrated Truandaise, by Mdlle. Carlotta Grist and M. Charles. To be followed by the last act of Verdi's Opera, I LOMBARDI. Madame Giuliani, Signor Coletti, and Signor Bancardi. To conclude with the highly successful Ice Ballet, by M. P. Taglioni, entitled LES PLAISIRS Dr VIIIVER ; on, Les Patineurei The principal characters by Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, and Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris ; in the course of which the ‘chnircil Spanish Dance, La Zingarella, by Mdlle. Marie Taglioni ; a aew grand Pas, by Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris ; and a grand Pas de Deux a In llongroise, by Mdlle, Carlotta Grisi and M. Charles. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and tickets to be made at the Bo t-offlco of the Theatre. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Ilalasae Grisi, Madlle. de Merle, Signor Tamberlik, hi. Zelger, M. :Wessel, and Signor Marie. A. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT TEIIS EVENING, When 'will be performed (for the first time this season) Ronini's celebrated opera of LA DONNA DEL LAGO EleqA, Madame Grisi ; Albina, Madlle. Cottl ; Malcolm Grreme, Madlle. de Merle; Douglas, M. Zeigerl Serano, Signor Lavia ; Rodrigo Dhu, Signor Tamberlik ; and Giacomo V., Signor Mario. The Grand Finale of the First Act, representing the Gathering of the Clans, will be executed by two Military Bands, in addition to the usual orcxestra. The Chorus of Bards will be assisted by the whole strength of the Company. To conclude with the second and third acts of Auber's Grand and popular Opera, MASANIELL.O, Inc tiding the Barcarole, by Sigybr Tamberlik; the Duet, by Signor Tamberilk and M. inseol ; and the Celebrated Prayer and the Tarentella in the Market Scene. Female, Mdile. Bailin ; Pietro, Mons. Mass. 1; Alphouso, Signor Mei ; liorella, Signor Rommi ; Pescatore, Signor R.ache ; Selva, Signor Gregorio; Masaniello, Signor Tatnberlik. The Ballet incidental to the Opera will be supported by Mons. Alexandre and Mille. Louise Taglioni. Composer, Direct& of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Doors will be opened at Half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Positively the last appearances but Two of the eminent comedien! M. Samson and Madlle. Denain, TO-MORROW EVENING The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock pre cisely, with HEUR ET MALHEUR. After which, by desire, and positively for the last time, Moliere celebrated Play of LE MISANTHROPE. A:ceste, M. Samson ; Celimene, Madlle. Denain. To conclude with the popular Comedy, by M. Samson, entitled . . L FAMILLE POISSON ; ou, Le; Trois Crlspiis: Raymond Poisson, M. Samson. The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till Fl v e itcrss and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond• sixt.et. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The Lessee has great pleasure in stating that the growing attraction of the Grand Easter Spectacle of the DEVIL'S RING, To 7 thor with the urgent recommendation from all quarters that it should be continued, has induced him to make such arrangements as will meet the general wish, and supersede, for the present, the necessity of closing the Theatre. THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants, OTHELLO. Otfieilo, Mr. J. Anderson; jag% Mr. Vandenhoff; Calsio, Mr. Cooper; Brabantlo, Mr. Fisher; Desdemona, Miss Phillips ; Emilia, Miss Vandenhoff. After which HIE DEVIL'S RING ; or,• Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. In Three Acts and Four Elements. The following are the principal Scenes. ELEMENT THE FIRST—FIRE. A beautiful View of the CITY AND HARBOUR OF CAPANIA IN SICILY, With Mount Etna Smoking in the Back-ground. CHARACTERS IN TIM FIRST ELEMENT : Arnuph, Mr. W. Montague ; Rodolpb, Mr. Frazer ; Herman, Mr. S. Jones; C nrade, Mr. Clifford ; Otho, Mr Everett; Adolphus, Mr. Darcie ; :Rupert. Mr. Abbott ; Carloman, Mr. Brayne ; Herbert, Miss F. Huddart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; Host of the " World's End," Mr. G. Watson ; the Enchanted Princess Eveline, Miss E. Nelson ; Leela, Miss Rafter; The Spirit Devil's Ring, Miss A. Lens dale ; Whirlihurg, Mr. Seymour; Go-dah,Mr C. Fisher. CAVERNS OF TUE BRAZEN HAND. TEMPLE AND SPIRIT OF THE DEVIL'S RING. THE INTERIOn, OF THE CHARCOAL BURNER'S ABODE THE REALMS OF FIRE. ELEMENT THB SECOND—WATER. FALLS OF NIAGARA IN THE NEW WORLD. THE CITY OF THE FOUNTAINS. BREAKING THE SECOND CHARM. THEY ASCEND UPON THE BOSOM OF THE WATEE OHAIIACTEIIS IN THE SECOND ELEMENT: Herbert, Miss F. Haddart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artand; American Settler, Mr. R. Rosner; ladians, Messrs. Henry and Tressidor ; Indian Squaw, Miss Foster; Spirit of the Waters, Miss Neil; Queen of the Naiades, Miss F. Grey; Go-dah, Mr. C. Fisher. GRAND NAIADE BALLET. ELEMENT THE THIRD—EARTH. DIAMOND CAVES IN CALIFORNIA. CHARACTERS IN THY THIRD ♦ND FOURTH ELEMENTS : Herbert, Miss F. Hubbart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; The Black Knight - ; Mucklow, Mr. Manderson : Gnomes, Messrs. Abbott, Henry, Ellar, Brayne, &c.; the Princess Eyeline, Miss E. Nelson ; Leela, Miss Rafter ; Go-dah, Mr. C. Fisher. THE SICILIAN VINEYARD. A TERRIFIC COMBAT BETWEEN HERBERT AND IRA OELE KNIGHT. ELEMENT THE FOCIttIIAIR. THE PALACE OF RAINBOWS! • HALL OF THE HUNDRED KNIGHTS. The Triumphal Entry of le rbert and Princess Eyeline in A CAR DRAW . B 7 REAL HORSES. GRAND MILITARY BAND, AND SORGEOUS PROCESSION! THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. •11 - T r, EV EN be perbrmed a new d THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. Dr. Primrose, Mr. Webster';. Squire Thornhill, Mr. H. Vanden hoff ; Mr. Burchill, Mr. Stuaft ; Moses, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Prim rose, Mrs. Keeley ; Olivia, Miss Reynolds ; Lady Blarney, Miss P Horton; Miss Skeggs ,Mrs. To conclude with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bore Gailbert, Mr. Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wamba, Mr. Buck none ; Isaac of York, Mr. Keeley; Robin Hood, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Babecca, Miss P. Horton. The Box-otliae is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the celebrated Drama of THE HARVEST ROME. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by a grand historical. Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PLAYING FIRST FIDDLE; or, Follow my Leader Principal Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss E. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs. 'Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE EVENING Will be repeat e d (21d time HlS ) a Lyrical, Comical Pastoral, entitle d CYMON and IPHIGENIA, altered from the text of David Garriek._ oxb Characters by Mess rs. C . M athews, Harley, F. Matthews, It it y, F. Cooke; Miss St. George, Miss Kenworthy, Miss H. Gilbert, Mrs. Humby, Miss Oliver, Miss Manners, and Miss Martindale. To be followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. Characters by Messrs. P. M.tthews and F. Cooke; Madame Yestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Naimoli, Miss Kenworthy, Mrs, Macnamara, MISS Martindale, and Miss E. Monne:. To conclude with BOX AND COX. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcrof t 15, New Bond-street. The Box-office, a ijoining the Theatre, in Wellington-street, is open daily from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of Mr. T. F. Bennett. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. 'Mu EVENING, Will ba repeated (in its complete form) Auber's Opera of GUSTAVUS TINE THIRD. ; Suatavus. Mr. W. Harrison ; Oscar, .:lliss L. rYne Ankastrom, Mr. Wes Ribbing, Mr. G. starker ;De Horn, Mr. It. Latter; Christian, Mr. Wynn ; Countess Ankastrom, Mdlle. Nan ; Arvedson, Madame 3 r ac t ar reo ; Principal Folio, Mdlla. Celeste Stephan. After which a New Grand Tale of Enchantment, with splendid Seancry, Costumes, and Appointments; extensive Machinery, & c ., entitcd THE QUEEN OF THE ROSES ; or, The Sorcerer of Candahar. Principal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Foyman, Honey, Craven ; Miss Louisa Howard, MISS Saunders, and Miss Villars. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Immense attraction. • Fos tively the last 3 nights of that extraordinary American Eques trian, Young Hernandez, the wonder of the world. THIS EVENING The Eetertainments will commence at Seven o'clock, with Fitzball's enormously successful new grand Easter Spectacle of Enchantment, entitled TIM FOUR SONS OF AY3fON ; or The Days of Charlemagne. Most gorgeously produced, and introducing Living Camel, Zebra, and all the vast resources of this Theatre. To be sneceedm by an incomparable r outine of Batty's Feats of the Hippodrome Establishment. supported by the accomplis hed Artistes of the To conclude with the interesting Melodrama of MEG MURDOCK ; or, the Fatal Glen. arrow, Young Hernandez's Farewell Benefit in London, when he will appear for the brat time in an E que strian Sketch of Napole on Buonaparte, being positi vely the last night but one of his per formance. Eoa•oriice open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. WHALB-SHIPS BURNT. ---It is with regret that we are called upon to record the burning in our harbour, on the morning of the 9th November, of the whaling barque Mer (try, Captain G. Penleton: The Mercury is owned in Ston ington, and has been out 16 months, and had on board 1,200 barrels of oil. The entire ship and cargo are consumed, and nothing remains of the once-noble vessel but a few of the blackened timbers upon the reef, at the leeward side of the harbour. She was all ready for sea, and would have been of in a short time, in prosecution of her voyage. O n the morn ing of the 29th November the whale-ship Tobacco Plant was discovered to brs on fire in the forward part of the hold, and the fire had so far progressed that it was found impossible to subdue it. She was consequently scuttled, and now lies upon the reef, heeled over, a wreck. It is supposed to be the work of an incendiary, as was that of the burning of the Mercury on the 9th inst. Long and unsuccessful cruises, together with the strong. desire to get clear of'a, ship and be off to California, are inducements strong enough to prompt men to the commission of crimes even of the most heinous character, among whicb_ the wanton destruction of ships and hbuses by lire are clayed.-.-. Polynesian; MGM WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars Dia —sforning 0 min. after 1 I Evening 23 min. after 1 To-Moaßow—Morning 41 min. after 1 I Evening 2 min. after 2 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 25. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37 ; Highes►, 53.; Noon, 55. BAILOMETER, 30 07. WIND S.E.—light breeze and cloudy. T , I . , 4 , 4 :,., . 4-ft ... ,--......_,,,,, ::.!...):. . acie 'A 4 e : -r..,-r r,' e . \ ' ~. _ 10;,,, . . ~.. ` , 1104 , , •4104 - ‘ 7, - DZI: V ''' Ts ...-^' "" ' Obrrning Atlt LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1850. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, the Poet Laureate, i. now sleeping in death at his house on Rydal Mount, near the beautiful lake of Windermere. Before the grave has closed over his venerated remains we would breathe our humble tribute to the memory of the illustrious dreamer. To render our commemo rative words appropriate, they should be as simple as the language in which the old man now departed from amongst us clothed the naked and virgin graces of his inspiration. In his instance, moreover, we must expatiate over the circumstance of his disap pearance with the awe ever due to the dread solemnity of dissolution, but at the same time without that oppressive melan choly which would be unsuited to the record of a life so protracted, a life without remorse, because ir reproachable, a life terminating ripely in the evening of its maturity and in the autumn of its reputation. Henceforth the career of WORDSWORTH may be elo quently epitomised in the dates which limit the ex tent of his eighty years' existence : Born Died Within that prolonged interval he has suffused the landscapes of England with the riches and the glory of bis poetic sympathies. He has con jured up a multitude of bewitching fan cies in the midst of that rural scenery which he has loved so tenderly, and in which he has mused away the majority of his days in a golden reverie. Among the fields and homesteads of this island his voice has resounded as melodiously as the pipe of THEOCRITUS among the verdure of the Sicilian mountains. His last office has been a misnomer and an estrangement, for WORDSWORTH was not the lau reate of a Court, but the bard of the farm and of the hamlet, of the copse and of the village. He could less readily write a Birth-day Ode or a Coronation Hymn, than he could pen a sonnet on a garden spade or a bucket. At any period of his existence, therefore, the demise of a man like this must have fallen upon the public ear with a subdued sentiment of regret, and not have excited these pro found emotions of sorrow which were caused by the intelligence of a death like that of BYRON. Elie daily are these feelings of regret moderated with regard to WORDSWORTH, accompanied as they are at this moment by the knowledge that his death was tranquil, and that his life was pro tracted beyond the ordinary limits allotted to humanity. Simultaneously with the announcement of the heavy loss thus experienced by the literary world, anything in the slightest degree approaching in cha racter to criticism on the writings of WORDSWORTH would be worse than an impertinence. Neither is such an attempt to estimate the worth of his effusions in the smallest degree requisite, seeing that already his contemporaries have risen to the unimpassioned judgment usually reserved exclusively for posterity. After having been subjected to torrents of ridicule, the most destructive of all the projet iles hurled by the hand of the satirist, and that ridicule, moreover, di- rected against him by the vigorous and unerring force of the Modern Juvenal; after having been torn on the wrack of adverse criticism by two of the most distinguished reviewers of his generation, excruciated now on the wheel of the Quarterly by GIFFORD, now on that of the Edinburgh by JEFFREY—WILLIAM WORDSWORTH survived to find himself elevated to the rank of an idol among a certain class of peetical enthusiasts, transformed from a byword into a pro totype, from a target for derision into an object of homage and of impassioned eulogium. Any change in public opinion so remarkable as this has, perhaps, never before occurred, certainly never within the life-time of the individual so regarded. It calls to our recollection that incident which has been so touchingly recorded by Mr. MACAITLAY in his masterly essay on WARREN HAST INGS, one of the noblest prcductions of the kind in our language, where the great pro-consul, who had been attainted many years before in Westminster Hall of high crimes and misdemeanours, was summoned in his old age to give certain evidence at the bar of the House of Com mons, and w hen the whole of that august assembly, the representatives of the great Eag lish people, rose simultaneously and uncovered in his presence, actuated by one unanimous feeling of respect and admiration. It has been so with WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. Forty years ago the scorn of all but a few fanatical admirers, he has slowly, but steadily, risen to the height of a national favourite—a poet respected by the mass of his contemporaries, beloved by the circle of his immediate acquaintance, and all but positively worshipped by those numerous en thusiasts who regarded his genius with a sort of religious veneration. Yet, as we have already inti mated, though viewed with these earnest sentiments of appreciation, he ruses away from amongst us without exciting more than a modulated sensation of melancholy. The secret of this is, that in the decease of WORDSWORTH we recognise • the natural close of a well-spent life and not that abrupt and agonizing doom which has too frequently befallen those gifted with poetic genius, where the tree just budding into beauty has been riven asunder as if by a thunderbolt. It was thus with that wonderful being, whose fragment of "Hy perion " was an augury of works not unworthy of Escemus. It was thus, before the full seed •time and the fruit-season of his resplendent genius, that the extraordinary man whose departure was felt like a national calamity, perished in his prime at Miss°. longhi, the news of his sudden and premature disso lution descending upon this country, as Sir WALTER SCOTT hinted in his obituary panegyric, as if t h e lightnings had shaken " The sun from out the socktt of its sphere." Regarding the death of WORDSN:e moreonOcßTH, than the that con trary, it is impossible to experience subdued sentiment of regret which is inseparable from the knowledge that the earth has lost one of its intellectual benefactors. Of his pastoral writings it was said by HAZLITT himself, an acute and discrimi- nating critic—" The vulgar do not read them ; the learned, who see all things through books, do not un derstand them ; the great despise, the fashionable may ridicule them ; but the author has created for himself an interest in the heart of the retired and lonely student which can never die." How far this may be an adequate or impartial estimate of the genius and the works of WoßnswoaTu it might be difficult to decide at a moment when the mirror of the judg ment is clouded by the shadows of a mournful ca tastrophe. Thus far, however, we may go in our decision upon the fame of the departed poet,—declaring that the favourable apini, , n entertained in its regard by the present ge neration is less like the opinion of contemporaries than like that of a remote and dispassionate posterity. It is thus that cradled in Cumberland, after eighty y e ars have elapsed, ripe in intellect and reputation WILLIAM WORDSWORTH has sunk to rest on the mar gin of the beautiful Windermere. Lord Jowl RUSSELL has given notice that on the 6th of May he will move for leave to bring in a Bill for the abolition of the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. This wise and salutary measure is the necessary supplement of the " Treaty of Union" which half a century before had been contracted be tween the English and Irish naqons. Until it be carried into effect, the union can never be regarded as perfect and indissoluble. One country will still be regarded as a province and dependency on the other so long as it possesses that which may be regarded as the v ery b a d ge and sym b o l o f a p r ovince —a gc vernor who receives his instructions from, and is bo.ind t o o b ey the, orders of, a Minister residing in another county. This delegated authority is at all times deeply injurioul to the nation afflicted by the incubus ; it carries with it the idea that the people are unable or unworthy to provide for the adminis tration of their own affairs, that they must at all times be placed under the patronage and protection of a more powerful state. This indeed, an "affront" which may well arouse their indignation, and give occasion to many bitter hsartburnings and fierce re monstrances, which may lead to civil dissensions and ultimately to internecine strife. The more powerful kingdom will regard the other as its inferior, bound to obey its dictates in every particular, and not to have an opinion of its own on any disputed question ; while the other will acutely feel its de grading position, and desire any change that may afford a prospect, however remote, of restoring itta independence and nationality. Neither can look upon the other in its true light; everything is regarde.d through a haze of misconception that distorts the vision, and the natural result follows—each is dissa tisfied and discontented. England regards Ireland as a craving and importunate beggar, a heavy bue•clen on her resources, and the great difficulty of every Government ; while in Ireland she is looked upon as a tyrannical and cruel mistress, who will not per mit her sister kingdom to adopt the plans ne cessary fur her regeneration, and who will not willingly render the assistance for which her own mis-legislation and mal- administration creates the necessity. In place, then, of being an efficient and valuable partner and coadjutor, she is a bad and useless servant; and such will be the case until Ireland becomes really and truly an integral portion of the British empire, and until her children have no well-founded complaints to prefer of the in equality of their condition with their English fellow subjects, on which to create an organized and formi dable agitation. The inconvenience and danger of two separate Le gislatures had long attracted the observation of intel ligent and far-seeing men in both countries. If they were really independent, the one of the other, there was the prospect of a speedy collision, in which neither would be willing to yield, and which might lead to the most deplorable and calamitous re sults. The measures which one Parliament might deem essential to the safety and welfare of the em pire might not only be negatived in the other, but others of a directly opposite tendency enacted. A Learne of cross purposes would speedily be played, in which the object of each would be to thwart the other, and which could only terminate in the humiliation and submission of one of the belligerents. Every effort was accordingly made to bring about a fusion which would prevent the possibility of such a disagreement, and that effort was partially successful fifty years since ; but, unfortunately, an element remained which prevented the perfect union that was so much to be desired. A separate executive was still maintained—lreland was placed under the go vernment ef a Lord- Lieutenant, who, with most in adequate means, aped the pomp and state of Royalty, and who was, in fact, himself but the servant of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. In deed, the powers of the Viceroyalty were never very distinctly defined, and the unfortunate country to which he was sent was but too frequently placed under three masters—the Lord-Lieutenant, the Irish Secretary, and the Home Secretary, all of whom were pulling in different directions, each having his own peculiar objects to promote. We cannot believe that the office would have been continued at the time of " the Union"—that those who were so fully alive to the manifest evils of separate Parliaments would have been insensible to the objections against separate executives, but for cer tain difficulties that have since been removed, for circumstances that have now no existence. In 1800 the intercommunication between the two countries was proverbially tedious and uncertain. It was carried on in small sailing vessels, which were fre quently detained for days, aye for weeks, by contrary winds. Emergencies might occur, more especially during a period of warfare, when some person in vested with all but sovereign authority should be always resident in the Irish metropolis, prepared to act according to the exigency of the moment. The principle of steam, enabling men to control the very elements, had not been applied to navigation. The idea of railways, by which time and space have been practically annihilated, had not entered into the most vivid imagination. Tha wonders of the electric telegraph had been only faintly shadowed forth in an old paper of " The Spectator." It was regarded as a piece of necromancy, which could no more be realised than the gorgeous visions of the "Arabian Nights." A person who believed that two friends could possibly communicate by means of dials placed in their respective libraries, with the rapidity of lightning, would be regarded as a dreamer and a mad man ; and yet we have lived to see all these things accomplished —to behold the journey from London to Dublin, et vice versa, which used, under the most favourable circumstances, to take at least three days, and frequently more than double that time, now per formed with ease and safety in twelve hours, while information can be communicated or instructions re- ceived in little more than four hours. Under present circumstances, what occasion can there be for an office, once necessary, but now no better than a sine- cure, which degrades and provincialises the nation in which it is retained ? Are we still to keep up dis tinctions which prevent the complete identification of the countries, to separate those whom GOD and nature bath joined together? All that can be asserted in opposition to the powerful arguments in favour of its aboli tion is, that certain shopkeepers in Dublin might possibly be injured by the removal of a nobleman having an official salary of 20,0001. per annum. For their sake, then, that they may be " protected" and subsidized from the Imperial Ex- chequer, that they may receive benefits denied to their provincial brethren of Cork, Limerick, or Bel- fast, the system with all its admitted evils is to be preserved and perpetuated. The trade of Dublin must indeed be in a miserable condition, if the with- drawal of such " a bonus" would complete its amaih lation. It must be but a sickly and puny flower such artificial means are necessary to keep it alive. Will not, however, the arguments that have been used during the free-trade discussion apply in this instance also ? Ally not the want of self• reliance and vigorous confidence that is ever induced by, that is in fact the necessary result of, a protective system have had some effect in producing the present depression in Dublin ? Have not the tradesmen de pended too much upon " the Castle" and too little upon their own exertions ? We fear that there may be but too much foundation for the supposition, or we never should hear of a handsome city, containing no less than 280,000 inhabitants, being indebted for its very existence to a single individual, and the shows and pageantry of a mock court. We might ask, what right has Dublin to such an advantage over all other localities in either country ? Why should the hard-working operative of Man chester, the sturdy yeoman of Cork or Tipperary, or the intelligent linen manufacturer of Down or Antrim, be taxed for the exclusive benefit of the tailors or milliners of Dublin ? But it is unnecessary to enter into this part of the argument. The sum is too trivial and insigni ficant to be regarded as of any importance, and if it _ _ really served Dublin, without injuring other portions of the empire, we should be disposed to tolerate the absurdity and to pardon the injustice. But such is not the case. The nice of public opinion is too powerful to be repressed. Public policy demands the . . sacrifice. The condemnation of the 'Viceroyalty has been pronounced—its doom is sealed, its very days are numbered, and a brief space must witness its final extinction. We cannot close our observations on this subject without recommending to the notice of all anxious to arrive at a sound and unprejudiced judgment on the question, a very clear and well-written pamphlet,. " The Vices of the Viceroyalty," which has just been published on the sulject, and in which the matter is examined in every point of view, and its inherent evils most ably exposed. If space permitted we should gladly extract many pas-ages from this able production. We cannot, however, resist one quota tion, where the writer, after showing the ridiculous position in which some of the advocates for the con 'inuance of the office have placed themselves " by the ne of argument they have giddily adopted," says— " It looks like trifling to answer nonsense like this ; * " The Vices of the Viceroyalty." Dublin; Hodges and Smith. London; J. Ridgway, Pp. 40. DAY EVENING, APRIL. '25, 1850 but nos sense succeeds better than sense with not a few people in this world, and therefore it is not always wise to lea, , re a statement unanswered because it is nonsense. It is t ecause Ireland is not a province in reality that we cont.a ad she ought to be no longer a province in ortts ; no I onger provincially treated, provincially governed. Thrs system tends to atunp that charac!er upon her, corttrary to truth and fact. It places her in the snorna low equivocal, and not very respectable situation of a portion, and a most important portion, of our home do minions, saddled and encumbered with a sort of non dtscript, halt-d , stnestic, half-colonial government, and tr icked out with the cheap finery and tawdry trappings f a provincial court, as if it was the great Atlantic that 'flowed between her and England, not that slender thread of salt water across which the islands g2z3 on each other on clear days." THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The votes of the army for the approaching election for Paris have been taken, and so far as they are known, they tend to prove that the army is thoroughly and completely democratic. The National states the following as the result of the ballot of the 24th and 27th Regiments of the Line, in garrison at Orleans, for a representative cf the department of the Seine : Eugene Sue ... ... 65 Leclerc ... ... 10 Blank tickets 3 In making this announcement the National says: "The 24th regiment fought in the streets of Paris is June 1848. The civil war had many victims from its ranks, yet it rejects the candidature of M. LE CLERC. Why ? Because it wishes no more civil war —because it will not have as its representative a man who is patronised by the coalesced Monarchial factions —that is to say, who is hostile to the Republic." It is said that M. EUGENE SUE is disqualified for a seat in the National Assembly in consequence of his being under the interdiction of a corzseil judiciaire, obtained against him in 1827 in the Cour Royal, and which has not been legally reversed, although it has continued inoperative since 1829. Other accounts state that it was quashed in 1829. A deputation has set out for Sologne to ascertain personally from M. BUGENB SUE the real state of affairs in regard to this matter. Should it turn out that he is dis qualified, M. Duro:sr DE L'EurtH will probably be the Democratic candidate. It is a somewhat remark able fact, that although'll. LECLERC has written to the journals denying that he had ever been bankrupt, as has been pretended, he does not venture to affirm the truth of the romantic story on the faith of which he was started as a candidate, neither has he made any pro fession of political faith. The absurd attempt of those two wiseacres, MM. BAROCUE and CARLIEE, to prevent the sale of the Evenenzent, has added immensely to the popularity of that journal. The proprietors advertised on Mon day the shops where it could be procured, and on Tuesday those shops were visited, the numbers seized, and the sale prohibited. These measures, however, only tended to give a more immediate and rapid cir culation fur the opinions of the .Evenement, for when ever it could be procured it was read aloud to the bystanders, who, having heard it read, made way far another congregation. The police were present, but with a wisdom and prudence which it would be well that MM. BAROCHE reed CARLIER should imitate, they abstained from inter fering. The conduct of M. BaeocirE in this case is worse than a fault—it is a b!under, and a blunder of the grossest character. According to the newly proposed arrangement re gerding the Paris and Avignon Railway, the Minister of Public Works has proposed to the Theiget Com mittee to give the Paris and Lyons Company the works already executed for 50 millions of francs, which sum shall be given to the Lyons and Avig non Company by way of subvention—the leases to be for 99 years, without guarantee of interest. Two days ago some men were discovered in the act of setting fire to trees in the wood of Vincennes, The illoniteur announces that General PELLET re tires from the direction of the topographical depart ment of the War-office, in consequence of the an nouncement of the decree against plurality of appointments. The same piper announces that the Government has presented to the consideration of the Council of State, a Bill on an improved mode of recruiting the army. The National states that M. BEDIER PRAIRIE, a French merchant residing at Pondicherry, who had engaged a certain number of Coolies to go to Rennin, had had the vessel on board which the Coolies were shipped seized by the English collector of customs at Cocanada, and had been himself detained as a priso ner five days. The pretence was that the Coolies were English subjects, which is denied by M. BEDIER PRAIRIE, who, with ail the French citizens and authorities at Cocanada, protested against the conduct of the English collector. Redress will be demanded of the English Government. The English journals having announced that ex tensive excursion parties were hying orglnizA, for the purpose of visiting Paris during the Whitiuntide holidays, the Constitutionnel thinks it useful to call the attention of English travellers to the change which has been lately made with regard to them, in the old passport system. A pass is now given, for the cost of five shillings, by any of the consular agents, and which pass is valid fur a month, and does not require the visa of any of the authorities in France, but merely its production. The Constitutionnel states that, not withstanding the instructions sent to the Channel ports for the due observance of the new regulations, they are not fully carried out, the commissionnaires (touters) of the different hotels, persuading tra yellers that the visa is still necessary to their passes, in order that they may extort money from them for procuring that formality. Travellers are cautioned not to submit to this imposi tion, and to refuse, on any account, to allow the pass to go out of their own possession ; all they have to do is to show it when demanded. Should the traveller wish to prolong his stay in France, after the month has expired, he has only to exchange his pass for a regular passport. The Minister of the Interior has it in cor.- . . templation to send down a police agent to Boulogne with a special mission, to send any of these commis sionnaires to prison who are found carrying on this system of extortion. PARIS BOURSE, APRIL 24.—Latest pricer.—Five per Cents., 89f. 15c. ; Three per Cents. 55f. 50c. ; Bank of France, 2,195 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK - EXCHANGE, APRIL 24. Boulogne and Amiens, 6 1 / s Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 12%—East Indian, 2 5 1 / —Great Indian Pe ninsula, 1 1 l g —Namur and Liege, 6ti. the 11)ating debt. 3. The small bank-notes of 1,2, 5 florins to be withdrawn from circulation, and no notes lower than 10 florins to be henceforth issued. 4. Re form of the monetary system according to the German standard, and the issue of new gold pieces of 5, 10, 20 florins. 5. The issue of the reserved shares of the Bank, but at 800 florins, instead of the original price of 600 florins, with the privilege to the primitive shareholders to purchase the new shares. Ail these resolutions were taken by the Commission after due deliberation, and nearly all by the, unanimity of votes. There is, consequently, reason to believe that not withstanding all his prudence, our Minister of Finance will yield to the wishes of the Commission, which express public opinion. Accounts of the 233 inst. from Amsterdam state that there was not much doing in Public Securities, which were lowrr. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. realised 55 5-16ths. Spanish Bondi were better. At Frankfort, on the 22.1, Austrian Bonds were 79 and Spanish Three per C en t s , 291. , The English Funds have been quiet again, and with comparatively little fl.ictnatioc. Consols 95i to 96k for Money and Time. The New Three-and-a-Quart,r per Cents. have been quotA 971 to -a, and the Three per Cents. 94y t 95k. Bank Stock is firm at 206 to 207, and India Stock at 267. Exchequer-bills have realised 68s to 70i. prem. Some excitement, and no small disgust, bag been oc caEioned among the holders of Spanish Bonds by the outline received from Madrid of the proposed ar ranganent of tke debt. The plan of the Finance Minister, it is conceived in many quarters, must be rstber intended as a "feeler," for it is an outrage to common sense to assume that such a proposition would find favour with cre ditors who have patiently waited for many years. The compromise offered sweeps off the whole arrears of interest, some fifty per cent, we believe, and amounts to a cancelm en t o f a b out h a lf t h e c l a i m of the bondholders, besi.es a general reduction of interest from five to three per cant. upon the residue. A Gc vernmeat which degrades its character to the extent of offering such ti:rms, is quite competent to break it, and we now see still more clearly who were in the right at the late meeting, those who advocated a firm or those who were in favour of a lukewarm policy, trusting to the "honour" of the Spanish Government! Business in the Foreign Market has been exceedingly dull, and Spanish have sustained a decided fall, the Five per Cent,: having dropped to 17i and the Three per Cents. to 37. ' Mt xican Bonds have been 29, and Grenada 16 to 4. Dutch Four per Cents. have been 851. The interesting a really important matter of the Madrid and Valencia. Railway, came on again yester day in the Court of Chancery, and a al .a eholder has transmitted the following information: " Sir,—As your piper his invariably sought to put the public on their guard, I am induced to request the insertion of the following statements of the accounts of the Madrid and Valene:a Railway Company, as thereby the shareholders will find that at least ttn , y will get back the 40e.. per share 1 aid four and a half years age. The Directors in February, 1847, stated by their printed account that They held in Exchequer Bills and at bankers Received from Bank of England 30,712 17 10 75,976 13 1 allowing 9761. 13g. ld to remain in Bankers' hauds. Interest on 75,000/. at 4 per cant. 3 years 9,000 0 0 6,000,000 Spanish Three per Cent. Stock said to be in the Bank of San Fer nandc, at Madrid, ct the present price of 291 R. 1,770,000 34 years' interest at 3 per cent. 630,000 R. 2,400,000 exchange at 50 . X 109,976 13 1 53,000 shares at 40s. would be only 106,000 0 0 Leaving a balance of £3,976 13 To which must be added The charges repudiated at the meeting of shareholders in February, 1847, made in the account then tendered .. Interest on 15,4281., interest from the various dates on which it was received D.tnrences on the price paid Mr. Har vey, Mr. Moss, and othe's, fur shares, and on those bought up by the secre tary, ?lr. Spackman, and others, and the above price of 4135. From which should he deducted `• Office rent," which should have bet n givell up long since, the company hav ing upwards of two 3 tars ago been dissolved in Madrid, and the deposits to the Spanish shareholders in full .., " Secretary," if he ought to be paid from the funds of the company, for traf ficking in shares, and copying papers fur the directors, to avoid a settle ment with the shareholders, which they have made with some "Law Expense," must be paid by the directors themselves, as every suit has been against them (not against the Company) for withholding justice from the shareholders. Your obedient Serv,nt, 11. LIND°. P.S. This account is only made up to Fehrua , y last. The Railway Share Market is still exceedingly quiet, and prices are much the same, or perhaps barely so good in the case of the North-Western and Great Western. With su little doing, the tone is difficult to elicit. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BP.ITISII FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3axt.l dtuck 3er Cent. Reduced Anf s ........... 95 94% 95% 95 3 per Cont. Con3ols A mad tied— ..... 95% 96 li g 96 1 s -- 1- , w 3 1 4 por C 3 it. Anna. E, rlt: Anna. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8 1 i 814 MD.tto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860. 8 ri —l6 8 7-16 I 'die Stock 267 267 In his Bonds, 1,0001 94 93 p 98 p South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities :ons..ls for Account.... ............. xemquer Bills. Ncl. & 2d 1,0001. June ..... ..... .... 5901. June Small. June 7O p 70 p. 68 p 68 p ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Chilian Boads 6 per Cent .....• — Danish 1i0nd5,1825,3 per Cent. Ditto 5 Der Cent. ... — Ditto, Scrip .. ............ ........ Equador Bonds - ,.44 Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent. l6 16 1 % 16 1 4 Greek Bonds — Ditto ex Over-due Coupons ...., 6 3 4 m,,xican. 5 per Cent. 1846, with Co ipons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ..., — Ditto, Account 29 Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account Ditto Deferred snus-dan 5 nus-dan Bondi ........ ...... Ditto, 4 '4 per Coat Ditto Scrip 2%% p 2'/ s p Spanlsh 5 per Cent. 1840 1 7 70/v % 17 Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto, Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 , , i i per Cent Beligan, 4% per Cent. ...... .• — I.,nvidends on the ab'jve payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .., CLOSING PRICES. 97% 71 30% 36 1 4 34% 89% Ditto,V per Cont. Certamtes.:. 853 85% itICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSIN • RAILWAY 'WARES. PAI AT ONE O'CLOSIK. PRICES, Aber teal, Do. Preference tlinning, Wolverh'ton, and F ulley, calls duly ' pd, or with guarantee 15 Bristol and Exeter 100 ... .. Catalonian ... Ditto, New led. Pref... 10 ..aatern Counties........ 20 ...... Diettoon,EJ No.l te .6 nsion, spelr 138.4 d.... 3/I p 14:astern Onion Class A (lats E. U. Shares) 25 East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. F.dinourgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 26 1 / Great Northern Do., 4B 6 per Cent— 9 1 4. ..... 4 . ... Do., 5 per Ceut. Prof. 12 tA... .. 10 x.i lO x.i. i•;•.at North of England.loo ......216 Gcsat Western 100 flail and Selby .. ...... 50 Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 ...... 3314 '4 Leeds and Bradford I. radon, Brighton, .a.4:1 South G0ut..... , 10) T.o ‘ , i(in and N Weitern 1 00 1024 M I A.-- L) mlon '. ~ W4.-sta:rn 10 ... L 8 i.. ..... ....... Midi Vi. 3 / 4 P 78 !‘ 101 1 /. 2 58 1.):,., 50/. Sham ....• 30 2 N 3:% 3 ..... .. 2 D.,. Consolid. tritto: & II irai mg., 6 per et. ~.1.00 - .. . st•a• ••• .• 119 tiqrth iiritiikt . ...%. ... 25 Ditto Preference N;rth Staffordshire ... 17% 7 7 / 8 . MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER 7 0 THREE. The vales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti. mated at 13,000 bale:, of which 5,000 were taken or speculation. Brazil, Egyptian, and Surat were in de [nand. The market was steady, and prices were fro supperted.—Railway Shares were firm at rather higher quotat one. The sales of wheat in the markets which regul,t3 the averages were last week 78,261 quarters. The six week. average price is 38a. It is stated, upon the subject of the dried fruit trade in London, by Messrs. Witherby and Hanson, that " pleasing to be able to announce some little improve. went in the extent of our clearances for home consump tion, though they still fLII far short of those of 1849. From 19th ult, to 18th instant they have reached 750 tons against 1,020 tone, and 650 tons during the like period of 1849 and 1848 inclusively. From January 1•t to 18th instant they have been 1,735 tons, against 2 950 tons in the like period of 1849. At Liverpool, on the contrary, not only have the clearances of the last few weeks exceeded those of the corresponding weeks of 1849, but from Ist January to 16th inst. they have been 1,580 tone, against 1,400 tons from Ist January to IGth April; 1849, thus establishing, in face of a falling off in the metropolitan clearances of 40 per cent., a❑ increase of about 10 per cent. in the manufacturing districts during the same period. Not withstanding the late heavy arrivals, the stock of Cur rants is considerably less than a 3 - ear ago, and since our I.st the market has maintained its firm character, and even higher prices have been paid for fine Currants, a parcel of fine Vas t'zzi having been sold at 445., and a cargo of fine Zantes at 424., with all faults. Shipments have been made to the Continent, and more will speedily fol low ; meanwhile the home demand is gradually im proving, and as the stocks in dealers' hands are much reduced, we may look fur an extensive trade shortly. Though the present prices do not remunerate im porters, yet, by the latest advices from the islands, pur chaser ha I again been made at high rates, and very little remained unsold. The increasing• consumption in Germany and Austria enables the growers to be more independent of this couutry.than used to be the case." SPAIN. Msdrid journals of the 19th have arrived. The Gafeta publishes a project for an arrangemen of the debt, which is to be referrei to a special com. mission. The principal clauses enact that all credits against the State comprised in all existing categories of the public debt shall be converted into Three per Cent. Stock ; that the debt arising from treaties with foreign powers shall, however, not be included within the provisions of the law ; that the Three per Cent. ex terior or interior debt, created or to be created in virtue of existing laws, shall also be exempted; that the conversion of the different classes of dAt into Three per Cent. Stock shall take place on the basis of 33 1-3 per cent., but that the Five per Cent. foreign and interior active debt shall be take) for its full value, and that the Four per Cent. debt shall be taken at 80. GERMANY. The Chamber of the States of Erfurth finished, on the 22d, their deliberations on the CJnstitution. On all the main points they are in accordance with the People's Chamber. The German Gazette says that it was not until the 18th that the meeting took place between M. USE DOM and the Danish Plenipotentiary, Baron PAULEN, at which the former communicated the ultimatum f)r the negotiations for peace. Prussia, resting on the mandate of the central federal commission, desires to make peace with Denmark, under the reservation of the assent of the other German states. The parties reaerve to themselves their respective rights, and Germany particularly invokes the federal resolution of the 17th September. The question concerning the Duchies and their relations with Denmark is abandoned to the Government by the Lieutenancy ; but Prussia, acting in the name of the Confederation, reserves to herself the ratification. Advices from Stuttgardt of the 17th state that the conferences of the Commissioners appointed to revise the Constitution have not led to any result. The Alecklenburgh Schwerin Gazette of the 19th publishes the decree of the GRAND DUKE, appointing Count Bunow Minister of the Interior. The coronation of the Emperor of AUSTRIA will take place on the 18th August. The juries of the Criminal Courts of P, ussia con tinue to return verdicts of acquittal in nearly all the trials of public functionaries, ex-deputies, newspaper editors, and others accused of seditious speeches, re fusals to pay taxes, offences to the KING, &c. Among those recently acquiVed are M. SCHNEIDER, Mayor of Magdeburg, and M. BAUER, an ex deputy. I letter from Vienna, of the 18th, says :—" The precise propositions made by the Commission of delegates of all the provinces of the empire charged with the re-organisation of th , 3 Bank, are as fol low :-1. The issue of a loan of 150,000,000 florins at six per cent., to be raised by voluntary contributions if possible, or in default, as a forced loan : in the latter case the amount to be di vided among the different provinces of the em pire, and to bear interest of only 5 per cent. 2. The paying up of this loan to be spread over twenty-five months, and the loin to serve for the diminution of RUSSIA. The Borsenhalle of Hamburg has the following from the frontiers of Russia :—" It becomes mare and more difficult to enter Russia, and whcever desires to exercise any branch of industry in the country is obliged to make himself a subject of the CZAR. For the future preachers of the Evangelical communion will not be allowed to come from Germany. In several universities certain lectures have been sup pressed." ITALY. Accounts from Rome of the 14th state that a Com mission of Finance has been appointed by the Pore. The Nazionale of Florence declares that Russia has refused to act as mediator between England and Tus cany. The Austrian Ministerial journal says, on the contrary, that Russia has accepted. PUNISIIMENT OF DEATIL—Mr. Ewart, on Tues day evening deferred his motion. He will, on Tuasday next, the 30th inst., move for leave to bring in a Bill " to abolish the punishment of death." SOCIETY or ARTS.—Yesterday the sixteenth ordi- nary meeting of the members and visitors to this society was held at the offices, John-street, Adeiphi, Mr. Tooke in the chair. The first communication read was by Mr. J. Pym, and its subject —" How to supply the Metropolis with pure water in ample quantity." This paper, after setting forth the impurities of the various sources of water now existing in the metropolis, proceeded to show that the only feasible plan of increasing the supply of wholesome water was to increase the number of artesian wells; but as it was clear that if all the water collected in the chalk of the London Basin were brought to the surface it would not supply an hundreth part of the water wanted, Mr. Pym proposed to increase the quantity in the chalk basin by turning a portion of the Thames water into it, and as soon as it was filtered pumping it out again for use. The paper next explained the ap pliances necessary for carrying out the plan, one advantage of which was that whilst it would deprive no other locality of water, the engines, machinery, and tubing of the existing water companies might be rendered as serviceable as they are at present. After some discussion upon this proposi tion, a paper by Mr. R. Laming on "The purification of coal gas," was read by the secretary. Thanks were then voted to the authors of both communications ; the gentlemen proposed as members were elected, and the meeting dispersed. ROYAL ITALIAN OPE/EA.—Her Majesty's box at the Royal Italian Opera was occupied on Tuesday evening by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, who were accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Mary. In the Royal suite were the Baroness Ahlefeld, Mrs. Brydges Taylor, Major Stevens, and Mrs. E. St. John Mildmay. Among the fashion able company present on Tuesday evening were—their Royal Highnesses the Infante Don Juan of Spain and the Archduchess Beatrix of Este (who were accompa nied by General Count Cabrera and General Zangenau), the Duchess of Inverness and party, the Duke of Devonshire and party, the Marchioness of Westmeath and party, the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, the Earl Beauchamp, the Countess Dowager of Essex and -Miss Johnstone, the Countess of Cardigan and Lady Augusta Baring, Earl Gralville, Viscount Cranbourne, Viscount Exmouth, Via. count Sydney. Viscount Clifden. Lord and Lady Foley, the Hon. Miss Foley, and Lady Adeliza Fitzalan Howard; Lord and Lady Carrington and the Hon. Miss Carrington, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Arthur Hay, Lady William Powlett and Lady Carolire Masse, Lord Brooke, M.P., Lord George Manners, M.P., Lady Wallscourt and party, Lady Dinorbin and Miss Sm3 - the, Lord and Lady Paget, ,Lady Seymour and the Hon. Hermoine St. Maur, Lady Suffield, Hon. F. Leveson, Colonel the lion. G. Dawson Darner, Major the Hon. J. Needham, Hon. John Fortescue, M.P., Hon. George Miller. Hon. T. Jenkinson, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. G. Wrottesley, Sir H. Webb, Sir George and Lady Carroll and the Misses Carroll, Sir William de Bathe, Sir Charles Marshall, Sir George Osborne, Sir Sey mour Sadler, Hon. Theobald Dillon, Lady De Bathe and party, Miss Burdett Courts and party, Mr. William Rose, Mr. Bulteel, Hon. E. Upton, Mr. Mountjoy Martin and party, Mr. Augustus Lumley, Mr. George Mitchell, Mr. Mar shall, M.P., and Mrs. Marshall, Colonel Brown/ow Knox, M.P., Colonel Sykes, Mr. Cavan and Miss Cavan, the Misses Byrne, Mr. Standish Standish, Sir John Burgoyne and the Misses Burgoyne, Mr. Harry Greville, Lady Goldsmid and the Misses Goldsmid, Capt. Ruddeman, M. Bernadesta, &c. DEATH OF THE GOVERNOR OF BERWICK. -- This sinecure situation is again vacant by the death of Sir James Bathurst. Throughout the whole period of his appointment Sir James was never known to be within the walls of the town be was presumed to be governor of; and the knowledge of him here in . that capacity was only maintained by his name appearing in the list of subscribers to local charities...- Berwick Advertiser. DEATH or THE POET LAUREATE.--The good old Laureate, William Wordsworth, Esq., died at his residence, Pedal Mount, near Windermere, on the 23d instant, at about twelve at noon. DEAF!" OF BAILIE GULLAND.-Mr. George Gal land, one of the magistrates of this city, died on the evening of Monday. He had been complaining for some months, but his illnesi was not considered serious till within about fourteen days of his demise. Mr. Gulland has taken an active interest is public business, especially in connexion with the burgh of Canongate;for fourteen or fifteen years— having at all times been distinguished by round jut ment, energy of character, and genuine liberality, and t►sat in the broadest acceptation of the phrase. He took a leading part in the movement which resulted in the abolition of the exclusive privi leges of trades incorporations, being chairman of the associa ion by whose exertions that reform was chiefly accomplished ; and in most of the public questions which have agitated the community since the passing of the Reform Bill. He SUCCe3. sively served as treasurer and bailie of the Canongate. He was elected by the First Ward a member of the town council in November, 1847; and was again returned last November, and was subsequently elected one of the bailies. In private life Bailie Gul and was one of the kindest and most disinte rested of friends. lis word was equal to his bond ;to shuffle was as foreign to his nature as contrary to his practice. The Bailie was in his 43th year. He has left a widow with a large family to lament his loss. We may add that this is the only instance of the death of a bailie in office that has oc curred in Edinburgh for about thirty years.— Scotsman of Wednesday. ROYAL ARTILLBRY..—WOOLWICII, APRIL 24 Lieutenant-Colonel Evans, 1 sergeant, and 17 gunners of the 8:11 battalion, embarked this morning in a freight-ship, at the Royal Arsenal, for a passage to Ceylon, the Gallant Lieu tenant-Colonel to take the command of the Royal Artillery at that station, and relieve Lieutenant-Colonel Grantham, who has been in command since May, 1845. The sergeant and 17 gunners proceed for the purpose of filling up the vacancies in the two companies of the Royal Artillery serving in Ceylon. Sergeant-Major Hassell having been promoted to Quartermaster of the Bth battalion, vice Porter, retired on full-pay, Colour-Sergeant Scott is promoted to be Sergeant-Major, vice Hassell. REVENUE PAYMENTS IN LIGHT GOLD.—With re ference to an order of the Lords of the Treasury, dated the 22d May, 1849, which allowed parties to pay duties in light gold, at the rate of 19s. 9d. for sovereigns, and 9s. 10d. for half-sovereigns, the same being received by the Bank of England, after being defaced, at the rate of 31. 17s. 6d. per ounce in London, and 31. 17s. sd. at th--!ir branches, the col- lectors and comptrollers, and other principal officers of the Customs department at the several ports and places thr3ugh out the United Kingdom, have recieved directions to trans mit to the Comptroller-General an account, showing the light gold taken, and the loss, if any, which has been sus tained by the revenue at their respective ports On such light gold received, under the authority of the above-mentioned order, up to the sth January last, and to make arrangements for taking audit for the same in the official accounts. SPECIE.—The vessel Columbia, which has just arrived from Fort Victoria, Columbia River, and Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, has brought 21 cases of gold ore and spe cie, 2 packages of gold ore, and 4 other packages of specie, consigned to different parties. The vessel Lord Haddo, also just arrived from the Mauritius, has brought 1 case of specie, addressed; the Grecian, from Port Adelaide, 3,639 bags of copper (ore), to order; the Catherine Jenkins, from Iqui que, 9,524 ingots of copper, consigned to order; the Char lotte Jane, from Canton and the Cape of Good Hope, 1 pack age of gold, and 1 chest of gold and silver, addressed, and I chest of gold, consigned to order; the Robert Small, from Canton, 21 boxes of silver, consigned to order; the Bernard, from Sierra Leone, 16 cwt. 1 qr. and 171 b. weight of copper addressed; and the vessel Admiral Moorson,• from the Bay of Banduas, Mexico, has brought 1 cask and 3 other pack ages of dollars, consigned to a firm in the metropolis. FIRE IN TUE STRAND.—Shortly before two o'clock this morning a very alarming and extensive fire happened on the premises of Mr. Whitfield, hatter, opposite St. Cle ment's Church. An unusual light was observed by the police, who forthwith gave the necessary alarm, and by great exertions the family of that and the next house effected a temporary retreat. The fire-escape, parish, brigade, and West of England engines were promptly in attendance, and such was the abundance of water, that the firemen were en abled to stay the destruction, not, however, until all the property of Mr. Whitfield was destroyed, and damage done to the shop adjoining, that of Mr. Dixon, manifold manufac turer. The cause was not known. Another fire hap pened some time previously in Lincoln-court, Lincoln's Inn, by which a female was so dreadfully burned, that on her removal to King's College Hospital her life was des paired of. This is peculiarly the season of panoramas. It commenced with the American, remarkable chiefly for their length, which have been succeeded by the brilliant produc • tions of thieves, Telbin, and Phillips, but the most gigantic and truthful is reserved for Denson at the Surrey Zoological Gardens. We have had the favour of a glimpse, and it cer tainly exceeds in magnitude, beauty of design, and colouring, anything yet produced at this popular establishment. There is no foundation for the report that the Lis bon squadron, under Captain Martin, is about to return to Portsmouth, or that any court• martial upon a captain in that squadron is about to be held. ROYAL PALACES.—A return of the sums voted and expended for the different royal palaces for the last three years has been published. In 1847-48, 43,301/. were voted, and 41,8111. 3s. 2d. expended; ,in 1849-49, 45,075/. were voted, and 35,3311. 6s. 2d. expended; and in 1849 50, 42,5951. were voted, and 22,1721. 15s. sd. expended. The account for works 'done since December 31, 1819, not having been examined and made up. the return in so far is incomplete, but the sums already voted, it is stated, will be sufficient to answer the contemplated expenses to that period DISCOVERY OF A ROMAN PAVEMENT IN CHESTER. —A few days ago, as some men in the employ of Mr. Wynne, builder, of Bridge-street, Chester, were engaged in digging on his premises in the Feathers-lane, for the purpose of lay ing a drain, they discovered, at the depth of four feet, a tes selated Roman pavement, in an excellent state of preserva tion. The tiles are about three inches and-a-half square, and on some of these are double eagles, on others double _ .......... _ - -- dolphins, &c. Since the first discovery Mr. Wynne has found the continuation of the pavement, which he has com pletely uncovered and cleaned for the inspection of the curi ous. The pavement appears to have led in a direct lin e t o the baths in Bridge-street. — Liverpool Courier. 'radio 4, Guildford, Ind 15 Reigate ..... 15 ...... ..... 11-,.3wsbury Chestcx ' Nor. W. lain.) - 2 O 2O ....... 0/1. Do. 8 per Cont. Pref. 10 :.:hropshire• Union ...... 6L i 1 tre 112 ''''''' .. .. .:: ..... ::: . ! ' 4 ‘ YSo.:th Stardthire BIA ...... ... ...... .• •••• 13 .4 A7 7 ii t t h x, S E nTr t :r r s : et , & Woy- 3.”6 13 '4 13 ........ ‘..,) mouth _ ...... ... •••• York. Newcp.athi ;Imo Flonvick. ...- ........... 25 Do. Newcastle E x t on . 20 '' 162 ' I) . G.N.E Pratt rtnee 8 York and North Ylicllsnd 50 - *" FOREIGN RJULWAYo. 6 ' ionlogne and Amiens... 20 Great Indian PoWnitilar 5 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... MINES 6% United Nlexican JOINT STOCK BANJI.b. . 25 Australasia LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DA Y') r LONDON, APRIL 25.—Wi n d at LOOP , S. E., 01°J b erze aLd cloudy. c e ' OFF FALMOUTH, APRIL 23.—Loire, p in JERSEY, APRIL 23 —Wind Fri Philip, Labrador; Intrepid, Gaspe. Aao to AMSTERDAM, APRIL 23.—The Telma, .c 451- Irvine, sprang a leak and was obliged to be ran on $ at Nieuve, Dieppe, and has, since become a wreck. or o. PARIS, APRIL 24.—The Syrene, L verpool stadt, has put into Ckerbourg, with rudder dalot• On the 15:h ir,s'. passed a vessel of about 200 WWI tem upward., lat. 51 N.. long. 6 W. DEAL, APRIL 24.—Wind N.W . t o N.No. vEr Johanna Cad, Faberg, Cienfuegos ; Diana, Wilt :l°4 od Domingo, for Hamburgh. Arrd. from the Iti vei rorl sailed, Maria, Somes, Hobart Town ' • Missionariv f o, Arena, Philip ; Jamaica ; Platine, Honduras ; Quebec. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 24.—Wind N.E. to S .-c 'r,iti bi'Donnell, San Francisco ; Bolivar, Cuidad, P; g, Dikes, Newfoundland ; Wlliam Pitt, Africa it Hayti; Cambridge, New York; New World, Ne W : - $l , Otter, Rio Janeiro ; Dale, Maranham ; I Thomas ; Pakenham, Barbadoes ; Greenock, w• O '' - Abeona, New York; Lord Wellington, Quebec. " do .11" COWES, APRIL 24.—Wind W .— Th e Spartan, "it. to London, put i n h ere l ast n i g h t, with loss o f gi' ll o k mast, quarter bo ats , b u l war k s, &c., hiving b ee n Or by a heavy sea 2d inst., lat. 39, long. 45. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS It 17.) NE UT G.e2.1721 D LEAD EINIZAZZ,: tf 1I These markets were to l era b ly steady to day, . 6j to prices. Beef, from 2 s 4d to 3s 2 d ; Mutton, 2 i 3s 6d; Lamb, 4s 6,1 to 5s 6d; V ea l, 3 2 to 33 4 d; Polk, 3s to 4s per 81bs. by the carcase. E.a.7 PoULMIELM'X'S. o bf rq SIIIITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 103 to Si 105; - -o n o' litto, 3/ Os to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, I/ is to 11 81 low). Supply moderately good, and trade dull. meet CCHBERLAND.—Mtadow Hay, 2/ lO s to 31125; - - ve t ditto, 3/ O to 41 63; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 94 1 ' load. A full avera : „e s u pply, an d a s l uggis h detnally; oo ; WHITECHAPEL. Mead ow H ay , 2 1 8s to 31 f ",, Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4110. ; an d S traw,ll i s to 1/ 13 ' „r u f load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly P t quotations. SWEAT Dia mums. I ,,ep SOUTHALL, APRIL 24.—P r i me B eas t s a nd P`:, ‘ "di commend( d a steady sal e , a t f u ll pr i ces. I n o th er l" 10 of stock very littl e Rai d o i ng. B eef, f rom 2s l(ilji 3s 8d; Mutton, 2s 10d t o 4 s 4 d ; L am b , 5s to 3s, 'est Veal, as 2d to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 38 Su 81bs, to sink the offal. ROAIFORD, APRIL 24.— Cakes sold heavily, i ! cline of 2d per Blbs.; otherwise the t ra d e was et " , d; Beef, from 23 8d to 38 83 ; Mutton, 3s to 4s r3s Lamb, 5s to 5s 8d; Veal; 35 to 3s 61; and Pork, 3, to 3s 8d per Ms. Suckling C a l ves, 18 5 to r,2,,5 Q rartr• old Store Pigs, 16 s t o 20 s ; an d Mach 'l4°' with their small Calf, 141 to 18/ each. HAILSHAH, APRIL 24.—Our market to-day vr'" A supplied with f i t stock, th e d eman d f or which roi e " to active. Bert', from 35 to 34 10d ; Mutton, 2s l.,'"„k 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s to 55 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to Ss 8d; . I ' l— to 3s 63 par Sibs. led ARUNDEL, APRIL 23.—Th e genera l d ema nd L il a. heavy, at full prices. 'het' from 2s 8d to 3s 10d; - `7 4 ,1 ton, 3s to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 53 4d ; Veal, 3 to 38 6d per gibs. Aas to CHICHESTER, APRIL 24.—W e h a d a 020 " -- f demand to day. 3et prices were well supplied. tv from 3s to 3410 d; M ut t on, 3s to 4s; Lamb, 4g,„1-ot 5s 4d; Veal, 38 to 3 s 6,1 ; an d P or k , Ss to 3 5 u,.utorro 81bs. Suckling Calve ; , 111 s t o 2 35 ; Quarter -old "ill Pigs, - 16s to 20s, and Milch Cows with their 6111 Cal, 161. to 18/. each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH C Olll Oi l For the Week ended April 18, 1850, made up from the Retail:lc ' ° loo Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England sa d per Imperial Quarter. " d rl' I I I WIIEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RTE. BEAN • I 04 , PRICE .. I 37s 10d 22: 8d 15s 34 21s 6d 23s 84 • DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. ? SO; VT HEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE, I BEANS. OS Is Od is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od lis THE BISHOP OF EXEO AND MR. GORHAM. QUEEN'S BENCH._(THIS Bete.° Lord Chief Ju s ti ce C AMPBELL and Jus tics' PATTES N, WIGHTMAN, and ERLE.) JUDGMENT. IN RE THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND GORHAM. At the sitting of the Court this morning Lord CO bell delivered judgment in this long-vexed ca O. ea Some time Left re thcir Lordships took their sean's as the bench the court was thronged by p erson s deal° of hearing the judgment. Lord CAMPBELL s a id thi s was a mot i on f or a r°le to cause why a wr it o f pro hibi t i on should not ie'ec the Dean of th e A rc h es ' C ourt an d to h i s Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, to prohibit them fre rn f, e quiring the Lord Bi s h o p o f E xeter to i nst i tute the v George Cornelius Gorham to the vicarage of BiltoP' ° , l , o Speke, in the dioce se o f E xeter; and also to pro hibit Dean of the Arch es an d t h e Archbishop of Canter- h Li te from instituting the said George Cornelius Garber° st y the said vica rage , pursuant to an order of her Ma.le:be in Council, m a d e on t h e 9th of March, 1850, urn! ' O O report of the Judicial Committee of Privy Council. Ig or appeal from the Court of Arches in the matter Of , p p) hum v. the Bishop of Exeter. As he (Lord Cara p P", 7 ,o , sat as a member of the Judicial Committee of -I - ^ e - e ) Council, when that appeal was heard before that tribe"; he should have abstained from giving any opinion 0 1 ) 4 the propriety of granting this application upon o p point then argued an d d ec id e d ; b ut, the 13i9"be of Exeter stated in his affidavit that, fee was not, at the time o f th e argumen t n e the Judicial Committee, or for some time afterwer informed or aware of the objection now made; an d f e re tainly that obj ec ti on was never b rought f erwa rd be.e d , the Judicial Committee by any of the counsel Wh°,.,be dressed the Court, o r by an y o f t h e mem b er s D 3 f ', o , Court, and never heard o f unt il t h e d ec i s i on w as PR Os flounced. The objection wasetherefore, as new - to s' be (Lord Campbell) as it was t o hi s L earne d B ret h re n on t; 0 bench. Tee objection w as , th a t M r. G or h am bad he right by law to appeal to th e Q ueen i n C ounc il for purpose of bringing the case before the Judicial Celt mittee of Privy Council, and that he could only aP i r o s from the Court of rt MIMS to the Upp er H ou se of te bs vocation. If that objection was well f o undea, 10 point of law the p ro h i bi t i on oug h t to b e direclecio stay the execution o f th e sentence, f u r on tb Arches supposition the judgme n t o f t h e C ourt of Arelt s i remained in force, and the proceedings before the Judi el ,d Committse of Privy Cou nc il must b e cons id ere d "d taken to be a nullity. B u t, a f ter a very attentive Oho anxious consideration of t h e statutes bearing on 6 pica, his Learned ,Brethren and himself were 131 ; b0 opinion that the obj ec ti on was unfounded, and that e course taken by Mr.' G or h am upon the judgment hel' ,, 7, given against him in th e C ourt o f Arches was a e elirs" ee which it was perfectly com p etent f ur hi m to ta k e for I d. purpose of hiving the judgment in that court revel / e x : , The case turned u; on two statutes, the 24th Henry l i r i, n y e. 12, and the 25 h H enr y c. 19. Sir Fiti`l o Kelly, in his very lucid argument, contended tha t tell cases which touch e d th e C rown , t h e on l y appeal tu-oe the Arches' Court was to th e Upp er H ouse o f Coav b cation, and that thi s case teuched the Crown, ineseif o as her Majesty was p a t ron o f t h e li v i ng of Bator',, l e i Spent; and, therefor e , th e p roper course was to DP P- o f directly from the Court o f A rc h es to t h e U pper H o use 0$ Convocation. Upon ttist last point the Court did e s e e think it necessary t o g i ve any op i n i on, because tu i l s thought that the Queen, irrespective cf any arge °3 be that this case touched her Crown, had an interest ia soundness or unsoundness of Mr. Gorham's doetri3d The statute of 24th He n ry c. 12, which was fa s e b o when Sir Thomas M ore was L or d Ch ancel l or, an d no Henry had not broken away from the me of Roine+ e ll not give the poser of a pp ea l f or w hi c h Si r F. ~ contended, which was admitted by fee Learned Celle - r 0; It was the broad principle of that Act that all temp ° be matters discussed in the Esclesiasticul Court shea ld r finally determined by th e Ic ing i n C ounc il ( so we ne cie e co stood), and that the spiritual jurisdic ion belongialso '-' the:Pope, as supreme head o f th e Ch urc h, should re r ,e 3 o o untouched. An appeal from th e Archbishops' °Oll in a suit of duplex quarela, whi c h thi s was , would a ry, have gone to Rome ; b u t i n th e f o ll ow i ng yea r fle ° finding there was no chance ef succeeding in his dil ooo e suit, or of obtaining the sanction of the Pope, : f4 l being impatient to marry A nne B o ley n , reaw' s ir to bri ak away from Rome altogether. it Thomos More had now resign e d th e great se al, avu oro was held by his more pliant successor, who sea'Z in g. careful to study the wishes and the interests of the 1- kic e Then was passed the statute 25th Henry VIII, w" s , put an end io all appeals to Rome in all cases wh a ' A e l u d and provided that ecclesiastical suits should he bea r ' t ho decided in the courts or, first, the archdeacon, the n e at bishop, and then the archbishop, and created a new ° % c al of appeal from all deci,ions in those ecclesie gl courts. Instead of allowing the decision of the archbtrPf to be final, Ii e Le g i s l ature t h en enacte d that f o r Jai fee ~0 justice in any c , urt o f t h e arc hbi shop, i t was ho f° t he any party f ee li ng hi mbelf aggrieved to appeal bed High Court of Ch ancery . O ne constru ction .. e0 been unifor m ly p ut on t h ose statutes for a b o ut o ' oo centuries, without any doubt being started rias the subject u n til th e present mot i on was ma l e . P° de that long period of time there had been many sul ls ow e cited in th e A rc hbi s h ops ' C ear, in which the C r o39e aas con cerne d, respect i ng t i t h es, testimsntatty de. (rintionial matters, as well as others of a spiritual n et o sse , (The Learned Judge here cited s evera l of suchrgriere which had been so heard and determined.) 1 11 : ;.....---------- H eaee 4 l o :44l : e el be ti ll is ne F e i.. 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