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Nu 965.] LONDON ) TUES DAY • i „, APRIL 23, IESO. • • , • . fsi f as •-r ' v • [PRICE 6D. alter ati h ° , ll # 3 that t— L ivi ,n this P I I. (1 0 1 l 51b13 ° ,pr a 2 4 " and 21 0 1 2 8 ig 22 0 pr 0 •tr 28 0 ,• • 24 ° ..2 6 °'l l 20 0' •• ) er oi 4 rtr 25 A .,' • w 9 , phi 2 1 ; gst 2 3 0 Inf. 2 3 n 0 lib ( • 20 • 0 GREA.T WESTERN RAILWAY. ziEr,..NGoticthis eis hereby given, th a t a SPECIAL GENERAL t tt , " of Compmy , 11 ,, e hold at the Paddington Station . , '. ''"Un'Y of rd 1 ' ''' r - tant at i treenail i d_esex, on . ..lIURSD.II", the 25th day d ter eitning.the tvelve o'clock, ;or the purpose of considering and of April triode of raising the Capital requisite for the . completion ? 4111 t', +hut/4114;111gs belonging to, or purchased by, this Company, Th e " '"e general purposes of the Company. deteriageeting Will also be made special to receive, consider, and t eseluti o e 41 X , P, anY Rollers contained in a Report required by a b e naacts l of tne last Ilalf-Yearly General Meeting of Proprietors i to tol ls _97 . tit.; Directors, with respect to the several recomme in . 2- 1,, s'.'attined in the Report of the Consultation Committee, whl ell ltst..",nitted to the said Half-Yearly Meeting ou the 14th February The Chair Will be taken at One o'clock precisely. C. RPSdELL, Chairman. Pad,,,_, CHAS. N AS. A. SAUDERS, Secretary. .........ton Station April 4, 1350. C4,,,NTERBURIC SETTLEMENT. roo - 2 , 2e . of the First Body , of intended Colonists attend daily at ,eetin„VjA. 4delphi-terrace, from Ten to Five, o'clock ; and a f 'cloe,k7 'no Body is held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Twelve 4,44 aaturrigeri desirous of Communicating personally with gen are invited to visit the rooms. pal l , -uONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY Ppo, ?COIIPOATT,D BY ACT ' OF PARLIAMENT, ''', Principle of Mutual Life Assurance, the whole Profits b elonging to the Assured. Joh z No. 72, LOMBARD-S FLEET , LONDON. ~, ticia4 l, l)bell p,„, n r„„ TRUSTEES. M.P. -'' 1 %4113 ', ''''' Esq., M.P. I Richard Spooner, E5q.,,... , Esq„ Q.c . I James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. Willia m ~, Disaicroxs. Joh n k i i',n, Esei , New Broad-street. 11 n A 418, Esq., White Hart .court, Lombard-street. J, e r1 1 .3 ' 9 -11gustus Bevan, Esq., John-street, America-square. re_tti eesefti_l3l .1,, Lan Bramwell, B ramwell, Esq., Prospect-place, Kilburn. ge n r to il ic el , ll .ll;s7.,q., Chancery-lane. 4, 0 __amenry Forman, Esq , Ordnance, Pall-re a.ll. Alfred-place, Thurlos-square. ‘lln Fuller liladox, Esq., Clement's-lane. u ' ill a n ct Alatthew ' , Eiq•, Arthur-street West, City. °ins P arnell, * Esq , Ncrfolk-street, Park-lane. Llsorge Cu AUDITORS. "'Lilian. ' bn, Ego.,ougry .t,, e. , r • starlinz Change .alley, City. bitria ea".Parliament-stTeet. -.., ltrY Stone, Esq., Poultry. ".NRSSB-ITessrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co. I. Stuß ETAßY—llavid Alison, Esq. Ills 11 24 CA-OE'DINGTON LOCAL BOARD. c 4 e , r ,T art _ , nna ught-terrace, Edgeware.road. 44 -- " bergold Boone, A.M., Stanhope. street, Hyde-park Pr. 4 les p ." 4. Norfolk crescent, Oxford-square. g kinc n . , t nberte • ' Tlo r . - ~' , ervi, ,_ -n, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace. Hyde-park. 'Et . T it o , so s - ows, Esq., ynrk_sirn et, Portman-square. Thep a ' Ell, Eastbourne-terrace Hyde-Park. !re titan OLIO - %re - ' l4.4 rabl Secretary, 116 Issued by this Company being INDIsPUTABI If , Chas. Hoghton_, E . _5q . . ,..., time eva i i„' and negotiable Securities. They may at any . We i l a nt, as7 h , bla 4 ,in inoney trans nsactions, . their validity not being kV .'ellrbiii: " ease of ordinary Policies, upon the import of tllsr e Vrotti c i''' ‘ , Used as Fancily Provisions, they relieve the ~s- 0 4 n 'lltde - " Q ubt and anxiety as to the result of Assurances it„ wi ng to t'eeirtain. te ll -41 4 'e , , th e ,r5,,,.-raP..?r..tant improvement id from the in the practice of Life As- p ro ''erit o r .' Pease this Company hasbee t A i n s, s . easiness, and is steadily increasing. ate coin the get tenon s other information, may be ob elder OQI e, orna "el 7 o any of the Ag ALEXA.NDER ROBERTSON, Manager. encies. A VIR s R ,-, h air ''' k aNDIA ES, Atli 'w --,, ricir gd nd 9 1 “. its e „ c'es x r - Moulds, 6d. • composite, 7 %d. , -- ',.. a ig '5,1 • 4.1 d. and sd. per lb.; dlts,Pent ~.- ftnelle s, Ifi• • German wax, Is. ad. 1 ; sine was , - ' , t . i . : 44, 4 . 81 . - a; Is. 8d• a ' nd is. 10d. ; best wax, 2s. Id.; sperm c 5 , 6s . 11. '' , O i s. p er , a l 3 d Is. 10,1. ; metallic, 7d. and Sd. ; rnottlf-: . 1 d soap s . oap ., ke., • ter ' a , 1.1) • ; seirt. the r r,'; ei r ; brown Windsor, Yel ow, 445., f,Os., and 565. 1% in . almond d a 4s 6d. 'tkreira,k, is ~,7 S' 6,1 . Per gallon ; solar, Is 911. ; rose, 2s. , 3s. 3d. , ; a o r l g , 5 d an established e0„,.. t ' p ale, 63: " s . t . Per lb., for cash, at DA . VIE!" County Ate ie. • M srtM's-lane, opposite W estminster C ~...„.......ughter's Coffee-house). A - lqw ii, ace, • ~ PANORAMIC MOVEMENT, L:val'ilepltTAttptd,lsic_h Music cy Dr. R Wallis has been adopted at sulli;,- nYtech,,,* - 'tu1r.1T . 101 , .,,- 209, egent:street, adjoinin: the 'kg .44,Institution, of VIEWS of the BRITANNIA dame • 1'47,, SNOWDON, on a Grand Scale, Scc. k ki s, ion : l_. ,ralutel by J. W. ALLEN, Esq. 110.,:' 4 11clk il li,l Yisitora of the Reyal Polytechnic Institution, loaq '' Of 1,,,i1,;,-,`gemr> Half-price.'- "''ne O'c doei: d1011-:- Three,Qiitirter-past Four, Half-past Seven, r l' Itt , D •I ' t. ' P° OVAL POLYTECHNIC a',,•ltts ~, ~ INSTITUTION. golic ~s',,n I t. , 'SIC by Sir HENRY R. BI- . . ns on SHOP resumed, , 4 ', A „ Y, Vcieir,.,,' - . 'number of VOCALIST.; for the IlluMratio Thws. ~'Ae, „ - „ ''d hr„'„7, riY, and Friday, at Eight, and on Tuesda , •z-tl':; . `e oii - th°,a3', at Three o'clock.—Dr. RachhoffneT B. 3', Second 4 b 7, (141,-e, ,Ellilosophy of Scientifi c Recreation with Optical t c.l7lstry of t dine, a 1 by (:h;,,,miler_li;lB4.., x vro, and on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings th a e Fr e lls, Yuro g " . . J. 11. Pepper, Esq., on f r It:illkiiii:, by balloon , with special reference to its application o 2 1, 41, y eiill eria. 3 Pyrotechnic and ocher Signals to Sir John hi lt . am ~,, -Y, Wednesday, and Friday, at Three, and on th, Nt itiil tli -.-nrstlay Evenings,' ' at Eight.—Dissolving Views, 46 ,SLlte,tth•e Arctie Regionsand Ceylon - also Views of London . in ' -''''' ke - eent urY, ad us it now ' is.—Diver and Diving r,;44lr. action ef J. - , cle ~,oes Bpd r,4dlnission, Is.--Schools, Half-prico. r " q ' - " lir nical Experiments conducted in the Laboratory, 11. Esq. ` RGY 44. ti S UBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great ~Thiskuti! , ec bir Wi ndmill -street, St. James's. Ockbt,..letor and Conductor, K. LAUREN T, r 'te). r, for Tuition and Practice of DANCING, is Itci t t i t e tel Pra l f . , t he Season. Teaching by Professors Calkins, Ai trot oni. 41 rrf tiap itk ir vate Tuition apply at the office.—Terms of Sub "`ltag and evening practice:—Six months, 51. 55.; 11 1 , ' 3 th k , Atm' 1 *; one evening, is. Subscribers' tickets not lisri ett Y s ter,„, - open for evening practice at a Quarter to Eight nate at Half-past Eleven precisely. 0 Th.,. HEAD OF HAIR. i i ,i 'l t 4 t l , l ) ' t e l' htetleaor N cl I ni)ary' efficacy, S nicle l y 4 ACASS OIL. and happy amalgamation of its DtO l :44 'le for rial s , have rendered ' it justly renowned through tOttleaing t ',l s r eMarkaMe virtues in nourishing, preserving, )),_ryo e /Inman Hair. It insinuates its balsamic .."adri.kate the Pores of the head, nourishes the Hair in its or eust, ,, rate3 its growth, cleanses it from Scurf and te l l, .kt 14 it in maturity, and continues its pos *b,i;idildlat",2,vigoilr. silky softness, and luxurious redun -101 4 ."' Period of human life. Its operation . in cases ittt qA ss tiler retried ive ;so that, in numerous instances t?tnk, i Al t h Oitnhave been tried in vain, ROWLAIN " sUperseded the ornaments of art, by re-m -ek: or orehnal'enitude, the permanent gifts and graces of , 4, ) • 4 4t a r .„ b eantif,,, Nn , it is especially recommended, as forming the 64 'te . ails l ar y. head of hair, and rendering the use of the fine 4rteAt;i3 tt ad (10,,,, (1 Family Bottles (equal to four small) at thN5....,04.0ie that size 21s. 0 14 b W ells .tli Wrapper ' of each bottle of the genuine article j A, 1 % 62 two lines ROWL ANDS' 'MACASSAR OIL. Qler at ;AN'D an d scIN - S, 20, llatton-Garden, London s and Perfumers. b„. C h t I S a la ß p , E S WORM MEDICINE. >e re sO -Nt h -an lioly fact that thousands are suffering the pri tpt"" lit.„Prev 3 : l‘ 7 l al are ultimately brought to a premature death by It t LY ikl, u t ently Lat as that of worms in the human body, and which wi t i , l ll h It is, therefore, of importance that f It 'eli t111 1„ Sth. ' l l are di: s acquainted with this common symptoms e c itk , g a greeable odour of the breath, fevered tongue, 1 ;1; t It k ird p ai ue ss or languid bluish appeara t nce about he eyes, alitf i tre or -en ess of the lips, especially the upper lip, fre t tb o tn, , a n , Dose, art unequal state of the pulse, appetite tha ei t h oe bowels also, pale and emaciated countenance, qtli` e tli I t thirst the face will be flushed, griping pains, .a short, kr t startings during sleep and grinding fin-o A k ilij )4l e t° t ake Pai ns in the sides, listlessness, and want qs the : en er eise, Inflammation of the eyes, &c., &c. These t he . ' ll as --eral symptoms of being afflicted with worms ; tbt t . 1 .1 it tkost c hildrea are subject thereto. Youth or age . may tiik , rio t i" 4 ,, °Pim nil' have families to this old established medicine, , 11, 14, 1, 11i - 'iteati,:, numerous. It is with this view that , tiOe a ,;eBerib e r ef all afflicted persons is directed to the symp- T i ro 4 'fltif en , , which are produced by worms, and to a trial of t), ietti tr al ren, , —essY, the value of which is corroborated by zdi ee enials throun a long period of years. Mate, / I' : t ilel4l l t ,,Y + he adin s inistered with confidence to children otti k 'ine,iptea q T,, a a adult, without restraint in diet or confine: 'age particularly beneficial as an alteratn e bg. i iealtt, 3 ; I.ern nvin'r all impurities of the blood, &c., and arna-an ourio the whole system. ty cil Pront, 229 Strand London, whose name and ad 400,11erg 'Pe Government 'stamp, and may be procured medicines, at 2a. 9d., and for children at Is. 13¢d. it 11) : CU 0 1 ' 0 1 '01 1 , 1) b et as — ERAVELL'S NEW S. o„'%t, Sherwood 23, - Paternoster-ro WO RK Shrug Mann 39 c i lgea _, . , , ,oin ~ '' hill • or direct from the author ; ~N, ... , n .by post, 13. bd. nlitlx.,:`tealth , ,_ICJOTMENT OF LIFE.,. of Time." 1',,,, , t , i ! ab, : : -- t t ail ; e i el': i a n tion 4 and rn , a rationalnds Rummer mer Morings—Ex -4.llDtt4ittllit°% 117 i., ' ,xi , , nviron g s of Rising —The Parks, Lanes, Hills, I tes: lBl, ' 4 ,,, l , 4 tabb, i gtroads and other pleasant places—Country '' 44-I`ustir:'—isho S'ea—Londois at Night—Evening.3 at Home '. Octu"Ma—Oti Eating Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, ) , t,kti Dation, 8„ & ' ~ s. A v, E.,` EFTS ~.. I, 4all - .I.‘ot TIIE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. 1.4, To 'Zit "',. , tAkt. PARES ; SKETCH OF EDI/NISI:MOH, &c. --...% "-(, Vol. 11. KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, 8:c. .1 4 Th /NAT lii. , h p „, at three TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. _ ietly 41 ar r se.o r ei.. c lebiii 'view 0 Years and ten our course may run." i'ttiSit k t4 ted " almost every form (cause and cure) of ner- AV okt' u 4ety healtht end enfeebled constitution, that harasses 'r v h. Wi th ' Man of pleasure, business, or study, and em 11-% res and rules for the diet and physical regu- IV. THE PASSIONS. 14th-2kt4l%i:salons hurt the body—what improve , 1 16 ' % pitt a rennet' as Athens ever heard." ‘ll74(att'as. , pilgrimage from infancy to old. age. The advent te ttia 3l sivi ll .tity and its infringements. The casualties of ati, e. , di aB ssipation witillustrations, graphic, narrative, A.dv eency of early marriages. TA Ewe, +O N ,„ b e MARRIAGE STATE. __ th, / .'" or not to be, th a t i s th e q uestion." W R and obligations of nature, society,. and and C bath B rian, to be observed by either sex. Time an d „,..11Q41.sacetire c laA, as to age, temperament, complexion, and 714, Zefe,tivaealthy. ining, with the art of rearing them. (1 82 4 , 1 1, j• '4 " and its reinoval. Sterility and its conversion. tn kt lp tl i 'T UL i‘ra M.D. (1841), 111.R.C.5. (1827), L.S.A. ''ll , lC 4 ceit:l -76 Years Medical and Forensic Referee in these h n °4 — ° ll -ra daily till live. Evenings, seven till nine. • —.V,ent-street ------..-___ ON. It 4. I'4 'rat ed TIIIRTy..vIRST EDITION. I. ~, t .4Ql.t...l)7,6sAtlntjAtoLurivi t a c t L' vr ol t oured Epgravin , s on Steel. ON$ GENERATIVE INCA /e'en, 4; AND I MPEDIMENTS ' TO MAR RIAG 2 E s . 6d. or lglirkt - 'kged to 196 pages. Just piOlislied, , ~,e, stL,lll,the Establ shment, Cr',', l te ' " hifir a-t\i T FRIEND , a Medical ii%Tork on 3s. 6d. in . po p s r t ic a e gesiamp ' s, ''' :tq l'e t n 4 l ' l4l 4 l , lltl es and decay of the generative system, frotmeeerxy -I,titatittro4?%tinte.ction, and the inordinate . uso of mc . , 1... th Onk arriaze t, ',k Plastrat d ' 26 Engravings. By it.and 11 41. 64 and co eby Coloured and the means of obviating certain dis ~l'kt er , i ft ,„ ~ Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox 114Zle,234ser.."uoh_t Published by the Authors : o sold by /*lrene, era 4 !i , annay, 63, and Sanger,Oxford-street:l 0r,,, 4 _14 f,_ orne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden- Zlej.‘ T,A, it411,,, 1 or the anat 1 v of the re-product Fee te tl, t,e4iatkasetrfattr by ° S T 1 CaonldouprheydsiEosnoggraings. 1 4 tk andm N D .. their I"aemeeen.equences resulting system, producing excessivepredueiinng 1, It chy b odily ..... .ntablc effects on th,kil 1,• Ilb,m, '^eaknesa, nervous excitement, and generative 144141,1. tre ats rated by Three Explanatory Engravings. . n 4 in o r , Of the diseases resulting from infection, either 1 'l' '''' 'ttl hent tc " d erY form anti contains explicit directions for t'4lll l' q lt ßil. ' This Becton is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured IV. T illa 4Ani• e4)htains . km' Itnoeati o ,, ,- a etltedy for the Prevention of Disease . by a rt, `Wtaii t -' '-'3' heelW the danger of infection is obviated. tlr,,t 1, Part of t Work should not escape the reader's )'Nltte.e..4l4:l,"ed to the eonsideration of marriage, and its du- T., ell e Q S Of un tr f , e t , et critic all productive union are also considered, and the Dtr ti lta/ 4 , ially and philosophically inquired into. rer h t qtti o 'l 'rl'ou a ~A • !4 °P SYRIACOU is exclusively employed in -My -.• The Conesital debility, impotence, &c., lls. and 335... I n tep toto . for titiri,, .entrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic D er t tat, i i , , tri pt. , l n 3ll _lg the blood i n cases of infection, secondary c,, 14 0r , erry , , i','”_"%arni the abuse of mercury, 1 Is. and 335. per It Ale i n ,l t tertai - " n I,,Ying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I is. tiO A bll ' ftth elatl n -th 'clY for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and Qll l soc h i ate d etail 0 7 the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, N• htli eet et3'' ll ' F act , t he case is required: age, habits, and post htt teo lis elely, b3,' ac.ets, with advice, to be had at the Y-ta -44;ettp. oneLOn4rehit:tt've n li d " the leo, 1/., is saved. Messrs. Perry, il ` 91 4 ki 4 rn Pi; ance dellY at 19 Berners-street, Oxford . -4411 / 1 1 U0 . 94 4 ' .. 7 44 till Two and Fivt to Eight ; on bun- PUBLICATIONS. CHEAP EDITION OF " JANE ETIZE." JUst reedy, in One Volume small postSvo., price 63. In embossed cloth, the Fourth Edition of A N E E Y By CURIZER. 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A Committee of the Canterbury Association sits daily at Otto o'clock, and will be happy to communicate personally with ap plicants tbr imormation, who may prefer this mode of inquiry to reading the Canterbury Papers, Nos. 1 and 2, published by Parker, West Strand, price Gd. each. By order of the Committee of Management, H. F. ALSTON. Office of the Canterbury Association, 41, Charing-cross, April 20, 1850 EycilnOWS MUSTACHIOS, and WHISKERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented, by the rise of GRIMSTON E'S AROMATIC REGENERATOR. If you are in want *f that beautiful adornment of the human figure, a natural supply of human hair, obtain through the post, or of any wholesale or retail chemist cr druggist, or perfumer, an lls. bottle of Grimstone's Aromatic Regenerator. This is an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers (grown at his Her bary, Highgate), which has been long known to the nobility and gentry, by s-hoia it is highly appreciated for its manifold virtues, too numerous to be set forth in en advertisement, but may be read in his pamphlet, in which the bottles arc enclosed. Each pamphlet has the signature of William Grimstone, Merchant, fierbary, Highgate, and will be found at page 11, under the copy of Mrs. Weekly's Letter to the Editor of the " Times" newspaper, 7th of August, 1846. This pamphlet is forwarded through the post, on receiving two postage stamps. The Aromatic Regereratcr can be forwarded through the post on receiving a post-office order for 45. 6d., 7s. Sd., or lss., which in cludes the postage with the case. The lls. size contains four of the 4s. A few of its many virtues, as thousands can prove, are published In the pamphlet enclosed with each bottle. Reader, reflect for a few minutes, and if you are 40 years of age you will remember the thousands of blind you meet with in your walks, others with various coloured eye-shades ; indeed, such was the demand for eye-mhades, that it was a business. What has re moved those sightles• beings, and given place to a straightforward, clear-sighted people (the climate is the same) ? I'll tell you the cause —the universal use of Grimstone's Eye Snuff! and because it cured Ophthalmia, Gutta Serena, Catantet, Nervous Headach, and Deaf ness, the Lords of the Treasury directed it to be denominated a medi cine, and to be stamped. Although this advanced its character, 67 cases of cure being proved by the iniortners, still it was an act of oppression ; as in 1825 the Solicitor of Stamps, Godfrey tykes, Esq., altered tha label, and sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of the Treasury ; the letter of protection, signed by Retries, Esq., to Mr. William Grimston e, bearing date 18th February, 1325. This was on account cf its curet ive qualities, 'being sold at that time is canis ters, within the reach of every poor family. But under this order of Government it is obrig , ,el to be stamped. GRDLSTONE'S Ml :DICATED EYE SNUFF, sold in canisters, inclosed in a pamphlet. of medical and other testimonials, under the 'Government order, .at Is. lid., 23. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each. The Pamphlets sold at Id. each. If through the post, is. id., 3s. 6d., and ss. Bd., including postage , &c. The following letter is one out f the ' Many thousand proofs. Read the following Medical Testimony to the cure of five cases of Gutta Serena, froth G. 11. Houten, Professor of Galvanism:— " Scutt sca, near Portsmouth, Il ants, sth Nor., 1848. " Ma. W. GatstsToN a.—Sir—l must in justice to you send the fol lowing Testimonial wit h regard to the extraordinary efficacy of your Eye Snuff in cases of G utta Serena. I have used it in five cases with the most astonishing IN mefit and cure. Sir, you may advertise this ! ! or make what use you please. The cures have wholly astonished me and thousands of am, Sir, &c., ‘G. li. BOIITELL, Professor of Galvanism." All letters to Mr. 'William Grlmstone, Herbary, Highgate, near London, at which establishment he continues to manufacture his far-famed HERB TOL:. ACC°, so much esteemed in all foreign parts. The following letter, 1r ; testimony of its delightful qualities, is from the author of tios " Pleasures of Home :" " Springfield C ottage, Honiton, Devon, 15th August, 1848. Sir,—l cannot dew - myself the pleasure of stating how highly I esteem your Herb Tolat tcco. I have now found in it a substitute for the choice leaf, hitherto obtained by me from a friend in Constanti nople. lam sure that lovers of mild, fragrant Tobacco would find yours a great and accep table gift, at a very reasonable price. " I as a your obedient servant, " STUART FARQUHARSON, D.C.L. "To Mr. William imstone, lierbary, Highgate." This extensively-fan ed Tobacco is sold by all chemists and drug gists, and others, with W. Grimstone'g signature attached, at 7%d., ls.1;(d. 2s. 9d., and 4. s. 6d. each, including the Government stamp, THE COUNTR,Y MARKETS. The following is the official statement of the quantities of corn, &c., received in the port of London from the ports in Es , ..ex, from the 1..4th April, 1850, to the 20th April, le4o, both inclusive : . • . . • .• : i . • a Z c a + , • • .T. •fc! . 1 4 Z 1 i , 1 o 4 4 6," Colchester ...... Hit 371; 208 Harwich • ••• • 231 —33 G 1140 Leigh .. 240 90 66 Maldon e.,,.., ~.qpoßn. APRIL 19.—Prices to -day were as follow: CHELMSFORD, A_PRIL 19.—Prices to-clay were , follow: Wheat, white, old .35s to 42s ; new 35s to 435; red, old 34s to 375; new, 3.1 s to 375; barley, 22s to 24s ; chevalier 23s to 23s ; grindit ig 20s to 22s ; oats 15s to 20s ; malt 53s to 55s • chevalier :44 Is to 56s ; peas, partridge, new 23s to 25s ; old, —s to ---s ; white, new, 24s to 26s ; old, —s to —s ; dun, new, 22s to 2 , 1 i • ; beans, tick, new 21s to 245; old, 22s to 255; hsvrow ti , z.lics, new 22s to 255; old 23s to 265; ma zagan, new 20s to '2:26; old 21s to 23s per qr. COLCHESTER, ..§..PRIL 20.—Wheat, white 40s to 445; red 34, to 38s ; barley 22s •.to 24s ; beans, mazagan 21s to 225; middle and small 22s to 24:s ; peas 22s to 24s per qr. HADDINGTON, APRIL I9.—The following are the prices 431 grain at our market. to-day:— Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. First ••• 38s 6d 24s Od 19s 6d 26s Od Second ... 36s 3d 224 5d 17s 10d 24s 5d Third ... 33s Od 18s Od. 16s Od 22s Od Total quantity of Wheat in market 657 qrs., 632 sold Do. Barley do. 255 qrs., 214 sold Do. Oats do. 354 qrs., 354 sold ,Do. Beans do. 127 qrs., 120 sold KIRKALDY, Arm. 20.—The following are the quotations up to this date:— Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pear. First 40s OZ' 22s Od 20s Od —s Od I—e Od Second 33s Od 19s (RI 18s 6d —s Od —s Od Third 32s (id 16s 6d 14s 6d —s 01 I—s 01 Oatmeal, per i,a' of 280115 s imperial, 241 to 0; 01 GLASGOW, APR 2L 17.—Provisions—Cheese, OOs to OOs Otl per cwt ; retail, Od to Od per lb. Skim milk, Os Od to Os per cwt. Country frt!sil butter, lid to Od per lb. Jrish pow dered, in lumps, 9d. to Od; country powdered, wholesale, Sid to 90. Country egg; 3,9 d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 4s 10d per 20, or 8d pet dozen. Hens, 3s 6d per pair ; Ducks, 2s 6d. STIRLING, Apart. 19.—Wheat, foreign, 20s to 235; ditto, home, Os to Os; ditto ditto new,_ 17s Od to 19s Od; barley, per boll of 6 bushels, Oi Od to Os Oa ; ditto new, 12s 6d to 18s0d. Oats, common, 00s Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 9s 6d to lis 3d; ditto, Flemish, Os Os to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, Os Od; malt, distillers, 32s Od tc 34s ; citto brewers, 35s Od to 365 ; beans per boll, Os 6d to 00i. Od ; ditto new, lis Od to 13s 6d; pease 15s to 00s; flour, rtew per sack, 31s 6d to 32s 6d; ditto common ditto, 20s Od to 22; 6d; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new 23s 3d to 25s 6d ; ditto per peck of 71bs, 7d to 8d ; fresh butter per 11 , , Od to Od ; eggs per dozen, Od to Od ; hay per ton, Os to 0 s. KELSO, APRIL 19.—Wheat, old, Os to Os; ditto, new, 24s to 27s Od ; bark; 7, new, Os to Os Od ; ditto old, Os to Os ; potato oats, 005 to 00s ; ditto new, 00s to 13s Od ; common oats Ons to 1)05 0(1 ; ditto new, 00s to 003 Od ; peas, (Os Od to 00s Od ; beans, oOs to 00; per boll of six imperial bushels. PERTH, Arum 20.—Wheat, 34s Od to 38s Od ; barley, 17s Od to 193 Od ; oats, .143 to 16s ; peas and beans, 20s Od to 24s per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 22a to 21s. HAvvicK, APRIL 18.—Wheat, new, 25s to 29s Od; barley, new, 15s to 17s I'd ; ditto old, 00s to 005 ; potato oats, 12s Od to 16s ; common oats, lls to 15s Od ; peas, 208 Od to 2:3; Od; beans, 195 Od to 22s Od per boll of six imperial bushels. BERWICK, Arum 18.—Wheat, 333 84d ; barley, 188 1 lid ; oats, 13s ti d ; rye, 00; Od ; beans, lOs 34d ; peas, 22s 8d average per imperial quarter. FALIZIRIC, Aran. 18. —The supply of grain in this day's market was 5 9 bolls; wheat at 17s Od to 16; 3d per b. 41. ; barley, 15s Od to 18s Od ; oats, les 6d to 13e Od; beaus, 13s 6d to lbs Od per boll oatmeal, Os to Os per load. . COAL Y . MARKET.- - EST ERDAY. Bate's West Hartley... 14s Od Hetton Broomhil! Hartley ... lis 6d Haswell l7s 9d Davison's Wert Hartley 14s 6d Creswell ... 15s 6d East Adairs 81ain..... 12s 9dWambton Holywell North Percy Hartley.. 14s Od: Scarborough lss 9d New Tanfield ... 13s Cct Russell's lietton ...... 170 Od Ord's Redheugh Ravensworth'sW.Hart 15s Od Whitwell ..... 'Canfield Moor .... l4s Od Caradoc l6s 6(1 ranfield Moor Butes... 13s Od Cassop 165 6d Walker's Primrose ... 13s Od Denison lss Od West Hartley Wylam Wall's End, &c. : Eleselden ..... ... Brown's ... _ . liewicke and Co. lkll and Brown ...... ... 15s 6d,South Hartlepool ..... 165 6d Gibson Gosforth . ... Hedley ..,... .......... . 15s 3d ,Brown's Deanery - lbs 9d Ilarton - 3d Cownden Tees ... ..... 134 3d Hotspur Morrison lss 3d Seymour Tees Northumberland Original Gibson Percy... Walker . , i . Eden Main . l6s 3(1 Larnbton Primrose ... IG® 3d 13ell Belmont lGs Braddyll DerweawaterHartley 14s 6d Howard's W. H. Neth l4s 6d Sidney's Hartley Gwendreath Stone Ships at market, 375. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, APRIL 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was firm to-day, but the sales were principally confined to the Great Western line. The only transactions were--Great Western, 53—Ditto, Quarters, 13 3-16—Ditto, 17/. Shares, 8% dis.—TafF Vale (New), 1 / 2 P. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., Preference, 111, —Ditto, Fifths (West Riding Union), 91. Is. 3d.—Caledonian, Preference, s , 4—Great Western, 52 1 —Ditto, 171. Shares, 8 dis.—London and North-Western, 102:14—Ditto, New Quar ters, I%—Ditto, Firths, lls. 3d.—Midland, 33 1 / 2 —Ditto, Halves, 727 1 78 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 13 t,—Ditto Con,ol. (No 3), 13 k, 2 —Ditto (No. 4), Registered, 4% — York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Original N. and B), G. N. E. Purchase,.6yer cent. till 1850. 71. ,, 35. 9d. dis. MAINCHESTER, APRIL 22. STOCK EXCEiANGiii.—Though the market has not exhi bited at the close so firm a character as was maintained on Saturday, yet, upon the whole, a fair amount of business has been done. The transactions were as follow :—East Anglian, Preference, I—Eastern Counties, Perpet. 5 percent, (No. 1), 7 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 10% die.— Ditto (West Riding Union) ; 9 3-16—London and North- Western, New Quarters, 1% dis.—Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), je p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 13% —Ditto (No. 3), 131. 5 —Ditto, Thirds (No. 4), 4 1 ,i North Staffordshire, 10 5-16 dis.—Whitehaven and Fur ness, 5%. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.— There was little variation to-day from the quotations of yesterday. The market was quiet, but, although little was done, prices remained comparatively firm. Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston were done at 7% dis.—North Staffordshire, at 10 dis.—South Staffordshire, at dis. YORK, APRIL 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as U.- low :—North British (guaranteed 6 per cent. for five years, and 5 per cent. in perpetuity), 4: 3 4—Great Northern, 5N — York and North_,Midland, 14N. REPORT ED SAFETY OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. • (From the Aberdeen Banner.) The following extract from a letter, just come to hand, cannot fail to be read, at the present moment, with profound interest. We merely give the intel ligence as it has reached us, without drawing any conclusion from it. The circumstances, are, how ever, we repeat, deeply interesting. The letter is from Captain Sawyers, in command of the British ship Lord Hardinge, to his father, Mr. Sawyers, the collector of the Customs in this city, it is dated " Whampoas (China) 23d February, 1850," and says :—" California has been all the rage at Hong-Kong, lately, and the day before yes terday a vessel arrived from thence ,(namely, from California), with news of four hundred vessels there, entirely deserted. One had chalked upon her side, Gone to the diggings for a month.' She brought news also of Sir John Franklin. I have seen no par- Oculars yet in the papers. One of the officers of the expedition had reached the Sandwich Islands, and reported it (namely, the expedition) being in safety." Air. Sawyers has communicated the above particulars to the Admiralty. We have also been favoured with a copy of the Overland Register and Price Current, published at Victoria, China, on the 26th February, 1850, where we find the following : " A gentleman from Mazatlan, and formerly con nected with an independent yacht expedition from England, informs us that the British Consul at Ma ritland told him that Sir John Franklin had been discovered by an English expedition on the Atlantic passage, in Prince Regent's Inlet, where he had been frozen in nearly four years. The weather during the greater part of that period had been un usually cold, even for that high latitude ; while that of the past year has been, on the contrary, warmer than usual. On this account, the expedition referred to has been able, it is said, to penetrate the icy barrier, and rescue the unfortunate adventurers. The gen tleman who gave us the information is of the highest respectability ; and the facts he gave us were related with such a degree of caution, and so evident a desire to avoid all exaggeration, that we are induced, in the absence of other information, to regard them as pro bably accurate. However this may be, the report at least gives room to hope that this heroic navigator and his companions have escaped the dreadful fate which it has been so long feared that they had en countered." TO THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WHO WERE TOO LATE TO VOTE FOR LORD DUNCAN'S MOTION FOR THE REPEAL OF TdE INDOW TAX. The Chancellor of the Exchequer having to revise his Budget with regard to the stamp duties on Thursday next, it will be competent for any Member who has not voted for window duties to move that be takes into his consideration the propkiety of amending his Budget— that the window duties be repealed by the sanction and vote of the Commons, for which the population of all England cry aloud, and have petitioned for until they are weary thereof. If the strong cord of taxation be forced beyond its power it may snap when little expected. By the abolition of this inhuman tax the people will be satisfied. Its continuance will cause all who support it to be held as the bitter enemies of her Majesty's sub jects (particularly the poor and invalided, who feel it most).—Your obedient servant, ANTI-WINDOW-TAX. Exeter, April 22, 1850. P.S. Many of your readers here and throughout England will feel obliged by your insertion of this letter to call the Members of Parliament (seven years' Mem bers) to their duty. Were Parliaments to be annual, one-half of the House of Commons would give way to better men next year. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took a drive yes terday afternoon in an open carriage and four. The Equerries in Waiting, Lord Charles Fitzroy and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour, attended on horseback. Her Majesty also walked yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Lieut.- Colonel F. H. Seyniour. - Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, and the Princess Louise, took their accustomed exercise yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent dined with her Majesty yesterday evening at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness's Lady in Waiting (Lady Anna Maria Dawson), and Baroness de Speth, had also the honour of joining the royal dinner circle last evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent yesterday. The Count and Countess de Neuilly also paid a visit to the Royal Duchess yesterday, at her residence, Clarence House, St. Junes e. The Building Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 met yesterday in the New Palace of Westminster. There were present Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Barry, Mr. R. Stephenson, Mr. C. Cockerel!, Mr. Brunel, and Mr. T. Donaldson. Mr. Scott Russell, Secretary to the Royal Commission, was in attendance. Mr. M. Digby Wyatt was also present. A deputation from the Rochdale Savings' Bank, consisting of Messrs. Holt, Livsey, Barrow, Tatter sall, and Roberts, accompanied by Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P., Mr. William Brown, M.P., Mr. Sharman Crawford, M.P., and Mr. Bright, M.P., had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Satur day, at his official residence in Downing-street. Lord Wharacliffe had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. A deputation, consisting of the Earl of Harrowby, Lord Ashley, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir Edward Buxton, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at his official residence in Downing--street. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, hid an interview yesterday with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches from the Governors of the West India Colonies were received yesterday at the Colonial office. WILLIAM SIIAKSPERE. (From the First Number of the Leatnington On this day two-hundred-and-eighty years ago, in a humble apartment in a neighbouring town, was born the greatest benefactor to the mind of modern Europe— William Shakspero. It is only fitting, therefore, that the pages of a War wickshire megazine, commencing existence on this aus picious day, should contain acme utterance of gratitude and praise, however feebly and imperfectly expressed, to him who has not only made the county famous which gave him to the world, but whose life labour,—more perhaps than any other single circumstance,—has made the country of his birth hallowed ground to all the civilized nations of the earth. For, wherever the light of modern civilization hai penetrated, the name of Wil liam Shakspere has been borne, refulgent with the benignant radiance; and wherever, among modern na tions, the human intellect'has found noblest utterance, how much of the voice and thought of Shakspere min gles with the strain? Not only in England, America, India, and all the wide scattered colonies wherein men speak the language that Shakspere spoke; but throughout thoughtful Germany, quick-feeling France, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, with their sus ceptibilities keen as their icy winters, and warm as their genial summers;—nay, throughout even effete Spain and Portugal, and mingling with the splendid barbarism of the regions of the Shah, the Sul lan, and the Czar, we hear the echoes of Shakspere's voice, and find his thoughts distilling through the hearts and minds of all these nations—civilising, purifying, elevating them all! Not to speak it profanely, and with the liveliest recollection of what we owe to Homer, Mil ton, Chaucer, Dante, and him whose death-dair was that of bur Shakspere, as his genial genius..wasi G kindred birth, Ccavantes;—not ungrateful to the many other great, but lesser minds, to whom of lath years we owe so much of elevation and delight—not to speak ft pro fanely—to no other book except the Bible are the heart and spirit of man so much indebted as to that which Shakspere wrote. It is the fashion of very distinguished men now-a days to say, that Shakspere's was a mind, whose gran deur was unseen in his own, and the immediate succeed- ing times; and that, as we must recede from a mountain some considerable distance in order to perceive all its magnitude, so it is wily at this distance of time, and with the aid of modern optics that his vastness and grandeur come into full view. A compliment we suspect, this, to modern powers of vision, rather than to Shak.- pere's genius or times! If Shakspere had been so little appreciated, as American Emereon and some score or two of the Poet's editors would have us believe, whence arose the glorious first folio editions of his works—the " tall copies" which honk antiquaries are at this moment hunting for all over England, as for price less gems? How is it that there never was a time since Shakspere wrote, but that copies of his works were in demand, and booksellers were found to bring forth new editions, and hire new commentators :to wrap-up like royal undertakers the illustrious remains in lead? They say—our great modern essayists on Shakspere—that he was a man whom Lord Bacon, his contemporary, never mentions in his inventory of the men of genius of his epoch, that Ben Jenson, though he knew and somewhat admired him, uttered at his death merely a sonnet in his praise, ear ticularizing the fact that the dead immortal " had small Latin and less Greek;" and that Sir Henry Wotton, who lived during the whole of Shakspere's manhood, and was firniliar, for upwards of twenty years after his death, with all the distinguished men of that brilliant time, never speaks of him the noblest of them all. These great modern essayists farther say, that Cole ridge and Goethe ate the " only critics who have ex pressed our convictions with anything like adequate fidelity," and that former critics have been quite feeble in their appreciation of Shakspere. It may be very true that the outburst cf modern German literature took place shortly alter Leasing had introduced, and Wieland and Schlegel had translated, him into that language,—and it is doubtless true that none more profoundly than Coleridge—" the rapt one of the god like forehead, the Heaven - eyed creature,"—dived into the mind of Shakspere, brought from its serene depths the glorious gems that sparkle there, and held them al , ft to the common gaze of men. But it is just us great a mistake, in our humble judgment, to ascribe to the present age or to modern writers the full appre ciation of Shakspere's genius, as it was to ascribe the acknowledgment of the excellence cf Milton's " Para dise Lost" to the Saturday papers of Addison in the Spectator. In both cases the effect is taken for the cause, and that cause was the exceeding and acknow ledged excellence of Shakspere and Milton. No, we cannot join iu this compliment to our own times, at the expense of all those which have intervened between us and Shakspere. The echo of his voice has been heard—melodiously loud—through all these ages. True, it sounds louder to our ears at present, because we, the modern li,teners, are in the focus of the modern reflec tors of the sound. We hear only or chiefly the voices of our own small circle of time. But, at any period during the last century, editions, selections, beauties of Shakspere', have been issued, appropriately prefaced by— At no period of time has the study of Shakspere been so universal as at present: nor is there any circumstance more honourable to the good taste of the public." At all times during the last, reading, century in England, of Shakspere's book it has been said— " Age cannot wither it, nor custom stale Its infinite variety." And if, during the present volcanic times in literature, editions of Shakspere, by the names of octavo, duode cimo, pocket, diamond, and pearl, follow each other quick, thick and heavy like a thunder shower,"—this is no proof that Shakspere is better appreciated now than he was in the times of Raleigh, Southampton, Addison, Johnson, Goldsmith, Garrick, any more than the feet hat millions of Bibles issue from the press now, for hun dreds that were printed two centuries ago, is any proof that the heart of England is more religious now than then. Alas, no ! What proof indeed—except the greater demand for his works, arising from the increase in the population returns—is there that Shakspere is more or to much appreciated as of yore ? Are we to find it iu the fact that the house in which he was born—the Pilgrim Shrine of genius, and of all lovers of genius for two centuries—is at this moment in pawn? Are we to discover proof that the present enlightened, wealthy age, fitly appreciates and worships this bright peculiar star of the intellect of England, in the circumstance that after worlds of anxious endeavour on the part of local and national committees; after feasts, fetes, lectures, processions; superhuman efforts of amateur dramatic novelists; a literary Cabinet Minister made ono of the custodiers of the immortal relics; ,Houses of Parliament stirred on the topic; active agitation throughout the country, many dinners eaten and digested; nay the wh o l e E ng lish and American press roused into paragraphic eloquence,—the object to be effected, the buying of a poor little brick house in Stratford -on-Avon, is absolutely not yet achieved? All t his enthusiasm and sentiment, all this Parliamentary and alter-dinner eloquence—all this playing of plays by gentlemen dramatists —if all this has really resulted in our vast, intellectual, wealthy England, in the fact, that, after all, this little brick house where Shakspere was born, cannot be got out of the hands of the mortgagee for the want of four hundred pounds ; if, this is, as it is, the melancholy, pitiful, ridiculous fact, what pretence have we for saying that we reverence and love Shak spere more than our fathers, or that we love or rever ence him at all ? " Such graves as his are Pilgrim Shrines, Sh r ines to no code or creed confined ; The Delphian vales, the Palestines, The Meccas of the mind." Yet, excepting the circumstance that two ladies (while the old woman who kept the house was out) stole away a portion of the poet's mantel-piece, and that many royal, noble, literary, ;and other notabilities, have cheaply done honour to themselvei by recording their names in his visitors' book; and except that the Ameri cana have taken the opportunity of 'displaying their me fortunate peculiar national vanity by placarding with unknown names—in large letters—the spots in the old whitewashed wall of Shakszere's house, whereon better known names previously exis ted—eice p t, inshort, for the various methods by. which people sp ea ki ng t h e English language have tried to make the house, name, reputation, centrality of Shakspere, subservient in seve ral shapes to their own little personal glory, what proof have we that men really reverence that shrine, o r are willing that it should be held in reverence? Well may Sheridan Knowles; in despair and disgust, turn to the highest shrine, seeing how the best earthly one is dose crated and deserted; —forgetting however that, howso ever robbed of its Easter dues, and unhonoured by the wealthy and the great (by the only honour they have it in their power to give), from the shrine of Shakspere issued more sayings in harmony with the Bible, and more truths which have kept Euglishmen (bad as we are) in harmony with the Bible, than ever issued from any other earthly shrine or Prophet of modern centuries. How much we owe to the Bible for our escape Irons the perilous experiments of revolutionary France and Germany, some of us know and acknowledge;—what we owe to Shakspere, as an auxiliary and expounder of the Divine Truth, f ew acknowledge, and yet (with all deference to those au thorised expounders of that Truth who seem to deny the beneficent influence of Shakspere in this matter)--we believe that to him too—to his geniality, morality, and piety—is, in no small degree, to be ascribed our escape from the heartless, impious, unsocial dogmas which are desolating continental society in our own days. No, we do not believe that Sha ks p ere was l ess ho noured' in his own, or any intervening age, than he is now. Even the cold-eyed Queen Elizabeth,—stiff, stately, and distant as she was,—found the icyness of her nature thaw beneath the genial warmth of Sha.ksp e r e o, genius; —she, who honoured few, honoured him. Spite of the spirit of the age which made men think it some sacrifice for a mortal coronetted Lord to associate with the immortal son of a wool-comber, he had men of honour and title among his friends. Now, how is it with our Queen? How with Lord Carlisle and his peers? Let the 4001. mortgage on Shakspere's birth-place reply. Our own belief is that neither Queen Bess nor Lord uthampton would have consented to this national dis grace; and would not only have purchased the humble glorious bfiek-house, but have provided some pleasant Elizabethan cottage for Sheridan Knowles—such as we -knew him ten years ago, when he prudently passed every other glass of port (out f respect of the gout), but was in other respects the most genial soul breathing Shaks perian alive. Whatever " call" the honoured author of Virginius may have had, he may depend on it that none mould become his latest years so well as that of officiating as the high priest at the shrine of Shakspere. For ha in fact—in spirit as well as fact—is the true custodier of the relics of Shakspere. No other man that we know of, since Shakspere's time, has more of the piri tof Shakspere in him than Sheridan Knowles I It is a folly of him to abandon his duty. He is pointed out by nature and by his compatriots as the proper Keeper of the Remains. We will not flatter him by saying hero (as has often been said to him, in green-rooms and galleries, during the last five-and twenty years) that he is Shakspere rediviuus. No ; but we will say, with honest and heart warm emphasis, that he has about him more of the Shsksperian afflatus than any man wo know — that he is indicated by all lovers of Shakspere as the best and most suitable High Priest at the Temple, and, therefore (sickness and sudden calls notwithstanding), we trust that dear old Sheridan will consent to do honour to himself and England (not forgetting ould Ireland), by becoming in due time the keeper of the relics of Shake pore. . Let England and America see that he is housed and honoured as such a trustworthy servant of the world should be; if he will indeed consent to fulfil this role which nature has evidently "cast" for him, and which his countrymen, with the respect and love due to his honourable and genial nature, desire him to fulfil. SUSPECTED MURDER BY POISONING. Towards the end of last week reports were current in Edinburgh and Leith of another murder having been committed near this city, which have been -strengthened by the apprehension of a man, residing in Stead'se — place, - Leith-walk, and the disinterment of his wire, who was buried two days before. From the gradual manner in which the various circumstances have transpired, and from the closeness of all precog nitions and examinations in reference to the matter, in which respect the law of Scotland denies the 'full and authentic information which in England is made patent to the public, it is somewhat difficult to ascer tain and authenticate every particular, but we believe the following statement may be considered accurate: — On Friday week the wife of William Benson, a moulder in Shotts Iron Foundry, Leith-walk, who resided in one of the old houses in Stead's-place, a little below Springfield, was taken suddenly and seriously ill, and continued on Saturday and Sun dsy.to retch violently and suffer severe pain. On Monday last the poor woman died, and was buried on Wednesday in Rosebank Cemetery ; but at this time the cause of her illness was not suspected, and great sympathy was shown with the husband, who expressed much happiness that his wife had died in the full consolation of religion and confidence of a happy transition to the world above. But by a fatality which seems to mark out all who die out of nature's course; two dogs catering for food entered the house of deceased, and shortly after died, appa rently of poison, having in all probability partaken of poisoned victuals in the house, or of what the unfortu nate woman had voided in her vomiting. One of the dogs was the faithful companion of an old mendicant deprived of both legs, and who for above a quarter of a century, has been seldom known to be absent from his accustomed spot near the middle of Leith-walk, where, in a little car, he is wont to sit pa tiently all day long, being duly drawn home by his ca nine friend as evening approaches. During the long period ,that this old man has been known to the passers-by, he has, it is said, had but two dogs, and his last companion has attended him for a con siderable number of years. The other dog be- longed to a merchant - in the neighbourhood. — The death of these animals gradually excited the most painful suspicions and further investigation seemed to warrant the apprehension of the husband of the deceased, who on Friday was lodged in the Calton Gaol,' after an examination, in which we understand, he admitted having purchased a quantity of arsenic about three weeks ago from an apothecary in Leith, for the destruction of rats. The body of the deceased was the same day disinterred, and the stomach examined, when it was found to con tain some arsenic, which unquestionably had been the cause of her sufferings and death. William Benson, whose behaviour was usually re tiring, if not forbidding, has generally borne a good character, and both he and his unfortunate wife were members of the Wesleyan Methodict Society, and attended the congregation of that body at the foot of Leith-walk. According to the testi mony of a neighbour, he was never done praying and singing, but the piety and integrity of his con duct have recently been rendered questionable by injurious reports of his having paid undue atten tion to another female. It is also somewhat strange that rats, for which Benson alleges having bought the poison, have rarely if ever been seen in the building to which he resided. Whether any circumstances of weightier moment conspire against him we cannot tell; but assuredly nothing that has yet publicly transpired can be held as conclusive of the ques tion as to how and by whom the fatal poison was ad ministered. The deceased was about 40 years of age, and of quiet behaviour. She had but one child, a girl six years of age, who, even at that tender age, was em ployed beside her father in some trifling work about the foundry. A precognition of parties having knowledge of the circumstances took place on Saturday, anda searching investigation is being made into the case by the proper authorities.—Caledonian Mercury. CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCRIP TUBE READERS' ASSOCIATION. Yesterday afternoon the annual meeting of the subscribers to this association was held at the Ha nover-square Rooms, the Lord Bishop cf Lichfield in the chair, supported by several distinguished ministers of the Established Church, the Earl of Harrowby, Mr. Cowper, M.P., Mr. Villiers, M.P., and other gentlemen. ThQ chairman addressed the meeting at some length in commenting upon the utility of the society's operations. The progress made by them during the past year had been extremely gratifying, the opera tions having been greatly extended and the funds having increased. Two similar societies had been set on foot in North and South Staffordshire under his own auspices, and these also gave every reason to believe in their rapid extension and success. The report stated that the embarrassment under which the society laboured last year had been in a great degree removed, and the committee, to prevent similar ones in future, had determined to re quire a small contribution from each district to which the scripture readers were sent. They had been obliged to withdraw nine readers from one district, but they had afterwards the means of placing them in other localities. The present income from funded property was 5,0001., leaving 2,5001. annually to be made up from various sources. The, 97 scripture readers now engaged by the society had, during the year, made 355,284 visits, 200,280 to members of the Church of England, 23,850 to Roman Catholics, 34,840 to Dissenters, and 96,314 to persons who fre quented no place of worship at all. The returns of the rounds made by one single reader in a year showed that in 1,831 hours occupied he had made 3,869 visits. The result of his labours was, that 216 infants were sent to be bap tized and also 7 adults; 106 children went to Sun day schools, also 22 adults ; 29 persons were induced to attend at church, 22 to become communicants, 24 were confirmed, and 24 persons living in a state of sin were induced to marry. The readers had during the prevalence of the cholera seen 1,468 cases of the disease, 712 of which proved fatal, and a few of their number were attacked with great severity, but all of them recovered. The receipts for the year, including a former balance, amounted to 8,072/. 19s. Bd., and the expenditure had nearly equalled the amount, a small balance of only 236/. remaining. Upon the motion of Mr. J. Labouchere this report was re ceived and adopted, and a committee appointed for the ensuing year. Other gentlemen then addressed the meeting in support of various resolutions in ac cordance with its object, and the proceedings ter minated after a vote of thanks to the Right Rev. Chairman. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —An Ulcerated Arm cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Mr. Robert Gregg, jun., of Clinkeeland, Cinwes, Ireland, was sorely afflicted with a severe gathering in his armpit, and which discharged very copiously for nearly three years ; another wound also broke out in his shoulder. His father felt alarmed, having consulted the most eminent surgeons to no purpose, while his son continued to waste away. At this juncture a friend advised a trial of Hol loway's Pills and Ointment, which was made, and in six weeks they perfectly cured him. He is nova getting fat and hale, the sinews are restored to their wonted pliability and 110 discolora tion is visible.—Sold by all Druggists and Professor llolloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. ST. IVES.—THE FIsHERT.—The boisterous state of the weather during the past week has hindered the fishermen trom going to sea. Three boats shot on Monday night ; one took 300 fish ; smaller lot eighteen nets ; and the third was obliged to go to \ow•quay or at. Agnes. It would be an act of charity towards the poor, unfortunate fishermen, it any of our coasting vessels which may fall in lvith these lost nets, would take them on board, and on arriving in port, publish them in the Shipping Gazette, without asking salvage, as some love denee—Cornwall Gazett e. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The PRESIDENT of the Republic and his Ministers feel severely the check which they have received in the National Assembly on the Transportation Rll, and they are more especially annoyed at it, because it was inflicted on them by M. Onmoet BARROT, as sisted by the Legitirnatists. It is now discovered that there is no truth in the story of the Roman-like heroism said to have been exhibited by M. LECLERC at the barricades in June, 1848. It is true he had his son shot by his side, but the rest of the story is a fabrication. Nevertheless, M. LECLERC will most probably be re turned for Paris, inasmuch as, being a moderate Re publican, he is supported by General CAVAIGNAC and his party from principle, while he is supported by the Legitimatists from spite and to keep out FERDINAND FOY the Orleanist, and is accepted by the Orleanists and Bonapartists as a pis aller. Nevertheless his success, should he succeed, cannot be taken as an in dication of the popularity of the reactionaries. He is a Republican, and will owe a large number of the votes which he may poll to that fact ; the Cavaignacists, for instance, who will poll for M. LECLERC as against M. EUGENE SUE would, had the original candidatures been persevered in, have polled for M. DUPONT (de l'Eure) as against M. FERD/NAND For. That divisions exist in the reac tionary camp of a nature so irreconcileable as to preclude all chance of the restoration of monarchy in France, and thus to consolidate the Republic by ren dering it an inevitable necessity is evident from an article which appears in the Journal des Debats, in which the hatred to the Republic of those who have sworn to serve it is naively admitted, while at the same time the utter impotence of that hatred is candidly acknowleged. " Ask (says this journal) each party in turn to sacri fice the Republic, and they will do so with the greatest readiness, provided that the sacrifice turn to their own advantage. It, however, his neighbour be the party to profit by it, then he opposes all notion of the kind with all his might, and for sake of preventing him from reaching power, he employs an energy that fails him for his own proper account." The Dibats then goes on to say— " Since then the Republic becomes necessary because of our mutual jealousies, we beg to ask our friends of the Orleanist party, of the Legitimatise party, and of the Bonapaitist party, what is to he done? What is to be done if 3ou believe with great reason that the actual organizition of the Republic compromises the safety of society—what, unless to give to this inevitable Republic institutions capable of deiending and preserving society, and of accommodating it to the nature of our civiliza tion? What,' some of our allies will reply, and if we do give Conservative institutions to the Republic, do we not prevent the advent of whet we hope?' There may be truth in the objection, bat we tell the enlightened men of the party, if tney have made up their minds not to do anything in aid of the present, lest they should compromise the future, that their resolution to do nothing amounts to a resolution to perish, and to make us perish with them." The old Orleanist predilections of the ci decant organ of M. GUIZOT break out towards the con clusion of the article in a solemen warning to the Legitimatists, who are reminded that— • " For eighteen years they laboured to overthrow the constitutional monarchy of July, thinking that by so ' doing they would bring back legitimacy, instead of which they have now got the Republic. Let them take care lest, by now working to prevent the establishment of a Conservative Republic, they are not working against society itself ! As their first effort produced the Re public, so their second may produce socialism. They are, indeed, powerful to do what they do not desire to see done." It is announced that Cardinal DUPONT has been definitively appointed Ambassador from the French Republic to the Holy See. The 25th Regiment of the Line is about to leave the garrison of Paris. The Pressc says, within the last fifteen days eleven privates of Iliat regiment EavE been transported to Africa for holding democrat opinions. The National states that the corps of Sapeurs Pompiers (firemen) of Paris are to be disbanded, in consequence of their Republican o iniope. M. EMILE OLIVIA, former CWirliSsilry. of The' Provisional Government, and snlAauently Prefect , of the Bouchea du Rhone and of tffe Haute Marne, wag u yied Wore the assize coil p lif Dtaguisgan on TEe-I,3th' instant, ror h;ving opened a -p01a .4 1 club wilisht permission. He was acquitted by InJ jury. PARIS BOURSE, APRIL 22.—Latest prices.—Five per Cents., 89f. 20e. ; Three per Cents. 55f. 50c. ; Bank of rance, 2,115. f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE We regret to learn that the venerable RUGGIERO SETTrsio, who was the President of the Sicilian Go vernment during the year of Sicilian liberty, 1848-9, is'suffering from severe illness at Malta, and Is not likely to recover. • FATAL ACCIDENT TO Mn. ORRIDGE, GOVERNOR OF CARLISLE GAOL.—Mr. Orridge went on Saturday last to Laithes Hall,nearPenrith, on a visit; he retired to bed about eleven' o'clock. It would appear that about three o clock in the morning he left his room. The morning was beginning to break, and a glimmering light from a window misled him from the right turning to the staircase, and stumbling against the balustrade, which is very low, he lost his balance and fell over into the hall beneath, a height of abolit sixteen feet. Groans were heard, and on Mr. Parkin going down stairs he found his unfortunate friend lying on the flags of the hall, quite insensible and bleeding. He lingered till Wednesday evening, when death put an end to his sufferings. He was perfectly sensible for some time before his death, and recollected _distinctly leaving his bedroom and coming in contact with the balustrade, but all the rest was a.blank. Carlisle Patriot. AN EMIGRANT STOWED AWAY IN SALT.—At the Liverpool Police-court, on Thursday, Andrew Dunn was charged with' having defrauded Patrick Cain of .2/. The complainant, a young Irishman, was about to emigrate to the United States, and, having fallen in with the prisoner, paid him 2/. on account of his passage money, as he supposed. When he was about to sail in one of the Tapscott's vessels, in company with a number of his countrymen, he demanded hack the 2/. ; but the prisoner was either unable or unwil ling to refund, and recommended Patrick to stow himself away is the vessel. The youth took the advice ; he' literally - packed himself in the salt, in which he made small breathing holes, and there he wus discovered and given into the cus tody of a police officer. He was almost suffocated when he was found, and looked as though he had been dragged through a pond. The prisoner declared that the 21. was a voluntary loan, and that he would have paid it on Saturday next, if the complainant would have stopped. This he would not do, and stowed himself away without his (priso ner's) advice or knowledge. The prisoner was remanded.— Liverpool Mercury. PROSPECT OF A CROP OF FRUlT.—Never, we should think, did the pear trees blossom more abundantly than they do in the present season; and the apple trees, too, give pro mise that they will soon be covered with bloom. Should the crop of fruit be proportionate to the blossom, there is no " doubt but it will be abundant; and the check 'ishich the weather has recently given to the trees is considered rather favourable to the crop of fruit than otherwise. The blossom, having come late, is considered safe.—llereford Times. BRITANNIA- BRIDG E.—Some little life has been exhibited here during the last week, orders having been given for a gradual increase of the sailors' gang, which had dwindled so low that only the oldest hands, those who have been from the first floating of the Conway tubes, have been kept on, and these have lately been working as excavators. Last week, however; Captain Claxton and Mr. L. Clark were for some hours consulting with the foreman at the site of the first tube, andit is reported that th e wes t ernmos t tube (that which is be next floated), and which is by more than two bundeed yards farther from the bridge piers than either of the oche: s, is to be moved, towards the end of May, to the site of the one so successfully transported in June last year. By this means it will not only be two hundred yards nearer its destination, but it will be placed where it will be ready, when, the tides suit, for a repetition of exactly the sense plans, adopted and car ried through on the occasion alluded to. It happens, also, that the highest end is at present the nearest to the bridge, and that end belongs to the middle, or Britannia pier, whereas the lowest end appertains to the Anglesea side; the tube, therefore, when moved in May, will be turned round in the Menai, probably a more imposing and beautiful operation than even that of floating to its destination. The tides for placing it on the proper benches will not suit until the second week in June; those in May will, it is supposed, be quite high enough for the first and more beautiful' operation. It is said that Mr. Edwin Clark will join Captain Claxton in the ensuing week, and that Mr. Stephenson himself is coming round in his new yacht, so there is but little doubt that Bangor and Beaumaris, and all the inns of the Welsh northern tour, will, as last season, again swarm with visitors to this interesting locality. THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR - OF PORTSMOUTH.-- At an entertainment given last week by the commander-in chief of the south-western district to the railway empoiyes, Major-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, in one of his speeches, referring to the improvements which had recently been made at Portsmouth, and the strictures on his conduct by a local paper, said—" It is a curious circumstance, prior to my being honoured with the command of this district, the first time I walked upon Southsea-common was with his late Majesty, when he commanded the fleet in 1814; the common was then a wilderness—l am speaking of five-and thirty years ago—l recollect it was then covered with grass furze, and shingle. His Majesty said, What a shame that the Government does not place it in a condition to instruct Teurg,sqldjers and sailors, who are always ready to def en d syoun ]lives when called upon.' It is a curious fact that I should be the individual (with the help of the inhabitants), after. such a lapse of time, to put his Majesty's idea into practice. In that I have merely done my duty, because it will not only be beneficial for the keaip off; the inhabitants, but also for the instruction of the troops. I kalow d have faults—Nam aware of them, and being aware of them, shall study to avoid them in future; but fort) - anately for me I live in a coaitygwhere a public in dividual; if he does Tong, is likely toThiTalled to account for it. Thank GM we have a press, and he lives in a glass -slvuskis tote made 'a:meltable tsVitg powers. I know the press, the free press, to be a special benefit to the land, and I love the liberties that press insures to Englishmen, but I cannot acknowledge the justness of the remarks that beve been so frequently made of late in a certain portion of that press. If Ido wrong lam liable to censure; but when Ido right, then do I demand justice. I love the press, but I have been pressed where I have not deserved it. My best intentions 'lave been misrepresented, and my most beneficial acts perverted in their character before the public. I have said before, I love the press, but it is a weapon which should only be used as the sword of justice, and not the shield of licen tiousness. Like a good child who dreads the rod, I bow to the press, but claim its justice."—Portsmouth Times. DISCOVERY or A VALUABLE PAINTING.—The original portrait of Charles the First, supposed to have been lost during the Commonwealth, when, to prevent the dis covery of the portrait, it was reduced in size by cutting it, is said to have been found in Barnstaple. The portrait was painted by Vandyck in 1640, when the King was 40 years of age, one year before the painter died. The painting just dis covered had for many years been thrown about as valueless, and was so black that it was difficult to perceive what it re presented, and the frame was so rotten that it broke away as it bung. For the last ten years it was In the possession of Mr. I Ward, at the Seven Stars, Anchor-lane, and when he left the house and sold off Mr. W. Lewis, furniture-broker, Silver street, bought it and took it home. It was thrown bout for a long time under a heap of rubbish ; at last it was picked up, ordered to be scrubbed, and hung up in his ware-rooms to dry. Several people passed.and repassed, who asked the price, but thought they would consider the matter; at last a Mr. Taylor bought it forts. ; within a week be was offered 20/. Mr. Taylor, however, thinking that it must be a valu able painting, took it to the National Gallery to know if there was such a painting missing, and had au answer there was; he returned to Barnstaple with it, and has been offered as much as 2,0001. for it; but declines parting with it for hat sum. GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, REGENT-STREET.- The highly popular diorama, illustrating the overland route to India, has been attended during the past week with crowded and fashionable audiences. The following distin guished parties have honoured the exhibition with their esenee : -The Marquis of Anglesea and Lord Paget, Mar quia of Douro, Earl of Carlisle and jnirty, Countess of Charlemont and party, Lord Bateman, Lord Kilmaine, Lady Seaton, Lady Exmouth, Lady Seymour, Lady Listowell, Lady Graham, Lady Ashburton, Lady Sutherland, Lady Brabazen, Lady Courtney and party, Lady Somerville, Lady Ashburnharn, Lady Anderson, Lady Clerk, Honourable Miss Talbot, Sir .1. Hamilton, Sir Thomas and Lady Leonard, Sir Minto Farquhar, Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Admiral Collier Admiral Dundas, Captain Scott, Major-General Caulfield, Colonel Bagnold, Colonel Wyatt, Captain and Mrs. Fremantle, Captain Frere, Major Edwardes, the Rev. the Dean of Chichester, &c. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. --A n account of the receipt and expenditure of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers for 1849 has just been published. The receipts a mounted to 71,6231. 13s. 10d., the it ems compos i ng this total being 55,105. 3s. from rates, 13,518/. 10s. 10d. from contributions, &c., and 3,005/. from loans. The pay. ments were as follows :-For works, 50,3091.45. ld.; surveys, &c., 8,3391. 19s. 10d. ; management, 22,4001. 17s. sd. ; loans, 4,014/. 12s. Bd. ; contingencies, 280/. 9s. 6d. ; making a total of 85,3451. 3s. 6d. The cash in hand at the commencement of the year 1849 was 22,9561.35. 7d.; at the end of the year it was 9,234/. 13s. 11(1. The total amount paid for contracts commenced and completed for general works during the year was 40,6C6:. ss. 4d., being 10,5731. Ifs. 5d.,. for sewers, 5,577/. 9s. 6d. for openings (side entrances, air shafts, gullies, private drains and flaps), 3,956/. 11s. sd. for repairs to sewers, gullies, &c., 18,595/. 18s. 10d., for cleansing, including flushing, casting, and lifting, 1,460/. 2s. 9d. for incidental works, and 4521. lls. sd. for paving and gravelling relaid. An additional sum of 2,318/. 14s. 11d. was expended under contracts for special works, being 1001. for incidental works, and 2,218/. 14s. ltd. for sewers. The total amount of monies owing to the Commis sioners on account of uncollected rates is 56,1711, 12s. 11d. The debts owing by the Commissioners amount to 1(0,738/. ls. ld., viz., 65,787/. for loans, 4651. 14s. for special contracts, and 44,485/. 7s. Id. for tradesmen's bills and other obliga tions not under special contracts. BLIND LAWMAKING.-The Rev. Mr. Fros e t, ad dressing a Yorkshire meeting on the deficiency of of the o e f n th Ten Hours' Bill, said-" The way in which it has forcibly reminded him of an American story 1 without a passed an Act that no dog shouldrgionfratingairngge t w h i ti s o t n a_ t a muzzle, and a man was brought u p f t h a t hip dog had . a muzzle. tute. In defence he alleged How is that ?' quoth the i Oh! (said the defen nosfti7weliere the muzzle should be dant), the Act says nothing of would like the fresh air, placed, and as I thought the Or perhaps the • g o f I put the muzzle on his tai l• by a German the Ten Hours' Bill would be better illustrated working - anecdote. The burgomaster of German town, owing to the frequency of robberies in consequence of the darkness of the streets, issued an edict that no person should go ou t a t n i g ht without a lantern._e A delinquent was charged w ith i n f r i ng i n g the statute. H . pleaded that he h a d a l antern , but as the order said nothing of a candle, ho had not used one. The order was amended and a candle directed; but the same offender again got off, because he pleaded that he had a lantern and a candle, and as he was not ordered. to light it he had Lot done so. So at last the order was finally amended, and it was directed that every man should have a lantern containing a candle, and that candle lighted. Now, the Declaratory Act of Lord Ashley provided for the lantern and the candle, and required that the candle should also be lighted."-Liverpool Chronicle. A new description of robbery hes lately been executed on a grand scale in Paris :-A fashionably-dressed young man has visited artists who make portraits by the daguerrotype, and caused his portrait to be taken, for which he daly paid; he afterwards asked for a frame or for some other article which required the artist to leave the room, and during his absence he took out of the daguerrotype in strument the glass called the verre oljectij; the value of which • varies from 50f. to 80f.- Golignani. . GARMENT WITHOUT A SEAM.-A weaver in Man chester has invented a machine by which trousers, or even coats, may be woven complete in one piece, requiring not touch of the needle,-Stockport Mercury, LONDON STOCK-Y.XCHANGrE, APRIL 22. Boulogne and Amiens, 6 1 4 - East Indian, 5 1 4—Great In dian Peninsula, 1 1 ,4—Namur and Liege, 6—Paris and Or leans, 28—Paris and Rouen, l97s—Paris and Strasbourg, 5% SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 17th have arrived. The Paris mentions a report that the PRESIDENT of the French Republic had demanded in marriage au Infants of Spain, the sister of the KING-CONSORT. Senor ISTURITZ IS, it is said, preparing to proceed to London. Some sensation was produced in Madrid by the publication in the Clamor Publico of a letter ad•- dressed by the Emperor of RUSSIA to the Count of MONTEMOLIN, which that journal had received from a Carlist source—a letter which, amongst other things, recommended patience, as an abortive move ment in Spain would delay the plans which are about to be laid down with a view of restoring legitimacy in every part of Europe. MADRID BOLSA, ArEIL 17.—Three per Cents., 29 15-16 for account ; Five per Cents., 13;,' i paper. Exchange on London, 50 40. GERMANY. The People's Chamber of the Erfurth Parliament completed the revision of the Constitution on the 19th, and the President congratulated the Members on the successful issue of their labours. _ _ The Prussian Staats Anzciger of the 19th says, Major-General Von Borax has received the following Cabinet order " By these presents I appoint you Commandant of Berlin, and enjoin you to repair immediately to your new post. " You ure at the same time to acquaint all the Prus sian officers in service in Schleswig-Holstein, or on fur lough there till the Ist of October next, with my orders, that they immediately resign that service, and return to their respective garrisons. (Signed) " FREDERICK WILLIAM. (Countersigned) "VON STOCKILLUSEN. " Charlottenburg, April 11, 1850. " To Ge neral Von Bonin, at Kiel." The Breslau Gazette says that Austria seriously believes it to be possible to induce Denmark to enter with all its states into the German Confederation, and that the Danish and Austrian fleet would fcrm part of the German navy. The Duke of .AUGUSTEN nun° would be excluded from the throne of the two duchies. It is said that the Austrian Ministry has prepared the new Constitution for 'the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. DENMARK. CoplirmAGEN, APRIL 17. — Tha Ru ssi an Ambas sadort at this Court is said to have delivered a private hand this letter into the KING' S own ay. Ills e. MAJEsTs's visit to t he theatre last Monday night has created very ge neral sur p rise, as he has not n done so once since his accession tohe d throne. This was in honour of the Crown Prince of SWEDEN, whose r e ce p tion at this Court is most fl a ttering. On landing at Elsineur the P RINCEwas received by the Hereditary P r i nce F ERDIN AND and several distinguished persons attached to the Court, t h e civil, military, and municipal authorities, 'who . offered their congratulation s . i fjcbenhavns Posten is of opinion that General Vox WILLISEN and the Stadtholdership hav e acted without any secret con currence on the part of the Prussian Government, and recalls the fact of General W RANG 'EL S r efusal to acknowledge the first amnesty. SCHLES WIG-HOLSTEIN. ALTONA, APRIL 18.—General VON WILLISEN left this for Rendsburg to-day, probably to inspect the garrison of that place. The Stadthalterschaft of the Duchies of Schles wig-Holstein has nominated Baron VON DER Housz, formerly colonel in the Prussian service, major general of the army. GREECE. It is rumoured that letters have been received from Malta that Baron GROS had given up the attempt at arranging the differences between England and Greece, and that Sir W. PAux.su had declared his intention of resuming coercive measures unless the demands of England were complied with. These reports, however, stand in need of confirmation, as the truth is denied by those who are generally con sidered well informed on that subject. That Russia has been intriguing both in Paris a nd London, as well as at Athens, to render the mi ssion of Baron Gitos abortive, and to implicate the question, there can b e no doubt, but that these intrigues have been sue. cessrul we have yet to learn.