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THE NEW NOVEL OF MODERN LIFE. Novready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., post Svo- , T E IN•-I . T I A L A STORY OF MODERN LIFE. OrderPshould be inamediate!y sent to the Booksellers to ensure the early delivery of this new novel. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Now in course of publication, EW EDITION of EVELYN ' S D IARY NAND CORRESPONDENCE. • lie*lead, with numerous Additional Notes. Uniform with the New Edition of Pepy's Diary. To be completed in 4 vols.; price 103. 6d. each, bound. Vole. I. and IL, compibing the Diary, are now ready. "" We heartily commend so good an edition 'of this English classic —one of the most interesting books in the language."—Examiner. • " Uniform with the. recent edition of repy's this interesting and important work of the learned and courtly Evelyn will be a valuable addition to every library."—Post. "No library oan be complete without this standard work, which gives so complete a picture of the manner of life in England through t ,e most stirring times of the seventeenth century."—Globe. " The new edition of this valuably book will meet with a warm welcome from the public. It is impossible to overrate the interest ' and value of a diary and correspondence written by such a man as Evelyn, and in such times as those of Charles 1., Oliver Cromwell, Charles 11., James 11., and William."—Weekly Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, Combining the talents of Madame Sontag, Mils Catherine Hayes, and Mdlle. ; Signori Coletti, Belletti, Labia( he, Calzolsrl, and Sims Recvsh ; Mallet. Carlotta Grid', Marie Taglioni, and Amelia Ferraris, Will take place on THURSDAY, April IS, when will be presented Mozart's Opera, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. Susanna, Madame Sontag ; the Countess, Maine. Parodi; Chern- Moo, Mdlle. Catherine Hayes ; the Count Almaviva, Signor Coletti ; Figaro, Signer Beletti; Basilio, Signor Calzolarl; Bartolo, Signor Lablaeh e. In the Wedding Scene, the Zarabanda in 1 (composed expressly for this Opera) will be danced by 'Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi and Mdlle. vlfarle Taglionl. After the Opera will be presented Selections from the admired . Ballet of LA ESMERALDA, comprising the celebrated Truandalse, by Mdlle. Carlotta Grist and M. Charles. to be followed by the last scene of Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LA:SIMERMOOR, by Mr. Sims Reeves. Aster which will be revived the admired Ice Ballet, by M. P. Taglioni, entitled LES PL AISIRS DL L'HIVER ; ou, Les Patineurs. The principal characters by Mlle. Carlotta Grist, Mdlle. Marie - Taglioni, and Wile. Amalia Ferraris. Applications tor Saxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the 'Box-office of the Theatre. Doors open at Seven, 11* Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. EMI MAJESTY'S THEATRE. (By special desire.) • . THIS EVENING e Will be repeated (by special desirTflOnizetti's Opera, • DON PASQUALE. • Norina, Madame Sontag; Ernesto, Signor Caleolari ; Dr. Maio.- ' testa, Signor Dclistti ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. . - To conclude with the principle Tableaux of the highly suceessful new grand Ballot, by M. Paul Taglioni. entitled LES MITAkORPHOSES, . . In which Mlle. Carlotta Oriel, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, M. Charles, . and M. P. Taglloni will appear. MOzart's celebrated Opera, Don Giovanni, is unavoidably post pnesd, and will be repeated forthwith with its present powerful east. , Signor Baucarde has arrived, and.. will make his first appearance on Saturday next. Madame Frezzolini is daily etpected. The new grand Opera, La Tempesta, founded en The Tempest of Shatspere, the music by Kalevy, composed expressly for the artists of her Majesty's Theatre, is in active preparation. All the magni ficent resources of this great establishment will be combined to give effect t o its production. - Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Odic* of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.. Madame Grisi, Muni°. Vera, llerr Formes, M. li(assol, and Signor • Tamberlik, THIS EVENING The performances will commence with Ilellinl's Opera of N 0 It MA. • Norma, Mme. Grist ; ♦dalgis•. Mdlle.',Vera (her 2d appearance in that character at the Royal Italian Opera) ; Clotilde, Cotti ; Fiavio, SIX. Soldi Oroveso, Herr Formes (ifs ad appear ance in that character in England) ; Polito, Sig. Tamberlik (his 2d appearance in that character in England). To conclude with the second and third acts of ♦uber's Grand and popular Opera, MASANIELLO. _ Fenalla, Malls. Than; Pietro, Mons. Massa ; Alphonso, Signer Mei ; itorella, Signor itommi; Pescatore, Signor Macho ; Selya, Signor Gre'.:orio; Masaniello, Signor Tamberlik. The Ballet incidental to the Opera will be supported by Mons. Alexandre and Mdlle. Lortise Taglioni. The Ororture to Mas.tniello will be played between the Operas. Ooinpobor, Director of the Muoic, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. A GRAND EXTRA NIGTIT will hike plaes on Thursday, April 18, when will be performed (for the first Unit this season) lifoz trt's celebrated opera of DON GIOVANNE Donna Anita, Mme. Grist ; Elvira, Mdlle. Vera ; Zerlina, Mine. Castellan ; Leporello, Herr Formes; Don Giovanni, Sig. Tamburini ; Masetto, dig, Poloniui; .11 Commendatore, Sig. Tagliatlco ; and Don glg. Mario. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The doors will be opened at Half-past Seven, and the perform ances commence at E;gbt o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the night or ,cason). at the Box-otllce of the Theatre, which will for the future be open Irom Ten till Five. FRENCIE PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW ILrJNQ the Performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely, with file Lae aid only occasion on which it can be repeated), Scribe's celebrated Comedy of BERTRAND ET RATON ; ou, L'Art de Conspirer. Le Comte Bertrand de Rantzau, M. Samson. The Box-olnee of the Theatre is open daily trom Eleven till Ir lye Boxes and ntalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond , tr eet. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee sad Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants. A new and erlainal Play, by B. Bernard, Esq., entitled TIIE P ASIING CLOUD. .'"Characters ty Messrs. Vandenhoff, Cooper, D Wear, Vining, Emery, Montazue, and. Mr. J. Anderson. After which (second time) a new and original Farce, called THE 'CRICKET MATCH. To conclude with rpm DEVIL'S RI ; or, Fire, Water, Earth, .and Air. InTl , ree.Acts and Four Elements. The tollowinq are the principal Scenes. ELEMENT THE fIIIST—FIRE. A beautiful Tiew of the CITY AND HARBOUR OF CATANIA IN SICILY, With Monet Etna Smoking in the Back-ground. CHARACTERS IN THE FIRST ELEMENT: Arnaph, Mr. W. Montazue ; Rodolpla, btr. Frazer ; Herman, Mr. g . Jones; C orate, Mr. Clifford ; Otho, Mr Everett; Adolphus, Mr. arcie;* Rupert. Mr. Abbott; Carloman, Mr. Hrayne ; Herbert, 14a- F. Huddart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; Host of the " World's lid," Mr. O. Watson ; the Enchanted Princess Eveline, Miss E. elson ; f.eela, Miss Rafter; The Spirit Devil's Ring, Miss A. Eons dale S Wbirltioutv, Mr. Seymour; Go-dah, Mr C. Fisher. CAI ERNS 'OF THE BRAZEN HAND. TEMPLE AND SPIRIT OF THE DEVIL'S RING, E INTERIO't OF THE CHARCOAL BURNER'S ABODE THE REALMS OF FIRE. ELEMENT THE SECOND-WATER. FALLS OF NIAGARA IN THE NEW WORLD. THE CITT OF THE FOUNTAINS. BREAKING THE SECOND CHARM'. TREY ASCEND UPON TIIE BOSOM OF THE WATERS C/lARACTHES IW THE SNCOND ELEMENT : Herbert, Miss F. Iluddart; Franco, Mr. S. Artand; American settler, Mr. R. Horner; ladlans, Messrs. Henry and Tressidor; Indian Squaw, Miss Foster ; Spirit of tho Waters, Miss Neil; Queen •of the Naiades, Miss F. Grey; Go-dah, Mr. C. Fisher. GRAND NAIADE BALLET. • ELEMENT' THE THIRD—BARTH. DIAMOND CAVES IN CALIFORNIA. exARAeTRRSIM TITS THIRD AND FOURTH ELEMENTS: Herbert, Miss F. Hnbbart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artauct ; The Black Knight ; Mucklow, Mr. Manderson Gnomes, Messrs. Abbott, Henry, Ellar, Brayne, &c.; the Princess Eveline, Miss E. Nelson ; Leela, Miss Itafte, ; Go-dah. Mr. C. Fliher. THE SICILIAN VINEYARD. A TERRIFIC COMBAT artirazx HERBERT AND ma SABLE ENIGMA'. ELEMENT THE FOURTH—AIR. TUB PALACE OF RAINBOWS! • HALL. OF THE HUNDRED KNIGHTS. The Triers phal Entry of Herbert and Princess Eveline is A CAR DRAWN BY REAL HORSES. GRAND MILITARY BAND, AND GORGEOUS PROCESSION! THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. ]lr. D. Webster, Sole Lessee and .Manager, Old Brompton. EVENINt.., Will be performed a now drama, called THE VICAR or WAKEFIELD. Dr. Prirnro.e, Mr. Webster ; Squire Thornhill, Mr. H. Vandest hoff ; Mr. Burehill, Mr. Stuart ; Moses, Mr. Buckstnne ; Mrs. Prim rose, Mrs. Keeley; Olivia, Miss Reynolds; Lady Blarney, ),Li as P Horton ; tl t,i Skeggs, Mrs. Fitawilliana. T• conclude with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric tb- Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bare Gullbert, Mr. 'Selby; Sir Wilfrid 'of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wainba, Mr. Buck sumo ; Isaac of York, Mr. Keeley; Robin Hood, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Rebecca, Miss P. Horton. The Lox-officio is under the direction of Mr. L T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. - under the direction of Madame Celeste. ' • • _EVENING, Will be performed the TEIS celebrated Drama of THE ff.UWEST es HOME. Principal c h aracters by Messrs. Hugh Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Bmtth ; 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 IC. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with MY PRECIOUS Characters by Messrs. Wright, Sedibrd, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. ItOYAL T...rcgvu. THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will he repeated (14th time) a Lyrical. Comical Pastoral, entitled C Y 3ION and IPHIGENIA, altered from the text of David Garrick. Characters by Messra.C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, R. Roxby end F. Cooke; Albs it. George, Miss Keawortby, Miss Dickinson, Mrs. Iltmlby, Miss Oliver„lliss Manners, and Miss Martindale. To be followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWELS. To conclude with BOX AND COX. All applications for Private Loxes mist be made to Mr. Aileron 15, liew Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE 'CHIM'EVENING, Will he produced (second time In this country in its THIRD. Gustavus. form) Auber's Opera of,. GUSTAVUS Tlll Gustavus. Mr. W. Ylar rison ; Oscar, Miss L. P yrm , At a' lannkastro ame 'Weiss ; Ribbing , Mr. G. Marker; De Horn, Mr. R. Latter; Chri; • Mr. Wynn ; Countess Ankastrom, Wile. Nan ; Arvedson, Mad Macfarren ; Principal Fo lio, Mdlle. Celeste Ste p ha n (her first , pearanee here). . P . After which a New Grand Tale of Enchantment, with splendid Seenery, Costumes, and Appointments; extensive Machinery, ,k, entitled ~ THE QUT,EIf OF THE ROSES; er, The Sorcerer ofeandahar. `"noipal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Forman, Honey, Crave", ; 'Whit Louisa Howard, Miss SatinderS, and Miss Yillars. ASTLET'A ROYAL A.3iPLIITHEATRE. Proprietor, 3lr. W. Batty. lineqoalled sueeoes of the now grand raster Spectacle of Enchant- Last we ek merit. ot ment. one of that extraordinary Ame rican E q uestrian world. e 11 ' 41act*z . universally pronounced 'the wonder of the The Entertainments THIS EVENING will commence Fitzball's new magnificent Spectacle entitled Charlemagne. THE POUR SONS OF AY 110; T he Days or • or P.m l of the at Seven o'clock, with ii,, t ,t gorgeously produce,!, And introducing a Living -----e v as t Desert. Zebra, the beautiful Stud, of Iforses, and unequalled resources of this Establishment. To be succeeded by a brilliant routine of Equestrian Wonders, and all the v . daring which Young Hernandez will appear in an entirely New Act called the Page Troubadour. • To conclude with the Interesting Melodrama of KEG MURDOCK ; or, the Fatal Glen. Box•office open From Eleven till Four. Stage 3fanager, Mr. W. West. GLASGOW, A itir, 13.---CorroN W00r..-e have had a steady-going businesss all the week, the demand being priccipally from the trade, and prices hays advanced from Ad. to Ad. per lb. Middling Orleans is quoted 6Ad. For fine numbers there has been a good demand in the yarn•market but, from the flatness in the home trade and the advance in the price of cotton, coarse twist is exceedingly dull, and leaves little or no profit. Coarse goods are also dull of sale, and a shade lower. In better qualities the market is with out, animation, and prices unaltered. l'ig Iron.—There has not been the smallest change in our pig iron-market for an entire week, and the price remains nominally the same, 435. for tuixetl numbers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAY —Morning 14 min. after 4 f Evening 35 min. after 4 To-Moaauw— Morning 55 min. atter 4 I Evening 18 min. after 5 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 16. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42 ; Highest, 55; Noon, 49 BAROMETER, 29.18. WIND S.W.—fresh gales, and dull rainy weather. 4_,P Is 1. 4 .; 4 4. .. ,A. . , - ci , *--: i ' 1' -4 ' '' 10 . -4'--t2,,;'j• :A . ..i. ..1.! i. e r..." . ~.''. ' _._ 0 THE SUN, LONDON, more favourable circumstances, were still involved in the deepest gloom and obscurity. The " Brick-dust Budget" of the 15th of March, however, completely dispersed any fond illusions that might have been indulged in. The Right Honourable Baronet then proved that, how ever incompetent to the discharge of the important and arduous duties of his office in seasons of adversity, his deficiencies were still more glaring in periods of greater prosperity. New loans were effected while profound peace and tranquillity pre vailed on every side—that was indeed bad; but the public lost all patience when they discovered that by far the larger portion of the "heaven-sent" surplus was to be:applied to—what !—something would surely be done with that to reflect credit on the Minister of Finance, and retrieve the waning popularity of his official coadjutors; alas, no !—the abolition of the duty on bricks, and the liquidation of the National Debt !!! This was indeed too bad ; it was the " last straw that broke the back of the camel," that sealed the doom of the Whigs. The result is sufficiently perceptible from the proceedings of the past week. Day by day it has been our painful duty, as public journalists, to chronicle a series of disgraceful de feats, each more decisive than the preceding one. On Monday the Ministers were most properly left in a minority on the question of the assistant-surgeons of the Royal Navy. On Tuesday they obtained a paltry and insignificant majority of three (!!!) on the win dow- tax. On Wednesday, on the second reading of the County Courts Extension Act, they were completely and decisively routed by an overwhelming majority of 77-144 independent Members having voted in ac cordance with the desires of the people, while only 67, of whom 32 were placemen, officially connected with the Government, could be induced to divide with the first law officer of the Crown, aided and assisted by her MAJESTY'S principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, and by all the strength of the Ca binet. On Thursday the First Lord of the Trea sury postponed, to a future session, the consideration of the admirable suggestion of the Honour able Member for the county of Limerick, for increas ing the smaller borough constituencies ; in Ireland. On Friday, in like manner, the question of economy and retrenchment was placed upon the shelf, and the duty that should have been performed by Ministers themselves was cast upon a " Select Committee." Saturday was happily a diet non, so that some little breathing time was afforded. But another defeat was impending, which last night completed their discomfiture, and the astonished and confounded Chancellor of the Exchequer was compelled to with draw, for 'the time being, " in order to determine what course he. should pursue," the further consideration of the Stamp Duties Bill, introduced with so loud a flourish of trumpets as the offspring of the anxious care and labour of fifteen years ! This i&indeed a humiliating and a painful alterna tive. The more equitable apportionment of the stamp duties had long been demanded. The assessment was, as Sir CHARLES WOOD himself acknowledged on the 15th of March, " exceedingly unfair and un equal." Its equalization, and the substitution of ad valorem duties for the present scale, was anxiously looked for on every side. If judiciously and fairly carried out, the change would have been considered a real boon, but unfortunately Sir CHARLES WooD could not be induced to bring forward a plain and simple measure remedying the acknowledged grieve ance. He endeavoured to incorporate therewith a number of stringent provisions which would render those imposts, already sufficiently oppressive, still more onerous and intolerable. New regulations were in• troduced that would subject matters now practically exempted from the tax to very heavy charges, and the facilities now existing for stamping or placing addi-i tional stamps on documents would be materially abridged. Besides, the Right Honourable Gentleman began at too high a rate of duty, and made the turn ing point in the scale (1,0001.) too low. In place, therefore, of remitting taxation to the extent of 300,0001, as declared in his speech on the Budget, the probable results of the change would be an increase of revenue to the amount of several hun dred thousands per annum. This we pointed out clearly and distinctly on Saturday last, and showed that the House should require additional information to enable it to deal with the subject, and that the " guardians of the public purse" should not permit themselves to be hoodwinked, or to deal on insufficient data with questions of such vital importance to the national prosperity. Sir CHARLES WooD, however, either could not, or would not, furnish that information. He could make his own calculations that there would be a loss, but would not show the grounds on which he formed his judgment. The Attorney-General also could state exactly to a single farthing what the loss would be upon conveyances, which he asserted would amount to 266,299/. 4s. 6d. We are almost tempted to exclaim with Mr. MAN. eeeurer, " the sixpence be dem'd !" But no return would be granted to enable Honourable Gentlemen to draw their own deductions, and Sir CHARLES WOOD took something from the weight of his Right Hon. Colleague's assertion by stating that "it was entirely a guess." Under such circumstances, it is by no means surprising, that notwithstanding the numerous concessions made on almost every clause in the Bill, the Government was left in a minority of 29 on the very first division, on Sir H. WILLOUGHBY'S motion, that the stamp duty on bonds, for sums not exceeding 50/., should be Is. in place of 2e. 6d., as proposed by Sir CHARLES WOOD. This proposition was supported by 164 independent Members, while only 135—includ ing place holders—voted for Ministers. The result, as we have already seen, is the temporary withdrawal of the Bill, until the Right Honourable Baronet can make up his mind "on the course he should pursue." Not much doubt can remain on this point. The House and the country will not now rest satisfied with the existing scale. Sir CHARLES WOOD can .. not retrace his foottteps, or continue ' the system which he designated as " exceed ingly unfair, unjust, and unequal." The Noble Lord the Member for Marylebone stated the general feeling on the subject, that the true principle was " that the poor and rich should be taxed pro portionately —not the scandalous and disgraceful principle that the poor should pay infinitely a larger proportion than the rich, and that it was a great im provement for the poor man to pay only twice as much as the rich man, instead of forty times as much, as he used to de." The principle of ad valorem duties must therefore be fully and fairly carried out, not only on the stamps, or bonds, or mortgages, and transfers, but on every department, and on every branch of the national revenue. A question is now under consideration at Guildhall of some importance to the legal profession—the utility to the city of London of a permanent staff of law officers. The advocates of change say that, inasmuch as the Corporation have ,always the services of the most eminent lawyers of Westminster Hall at their disposal, the permanent retainer of individual mem bers of the profession is useless, and, moreover, that a job is so inevitable an ingredient of civic appoint ments, that the system of electing permanent officers prevents the services of efficient men being secured to the Corporation. This discussion has been immediately occasioned by the promotion of Mr. Buxom( to the rank of Common -Sergeant, and the resignation of one of the City Common Pleaders. According to the usual custom on such occasions, the subject has been gene. rally referred to the Officers and Clerks' Committee; and we hear that at a very thinly attended meeting of that committee, on Thursday last, it was resolved, by a majority of one, that henceforth the appoint ment of Common Pleaders to the city of London should be discontinued. It appears that the prospect of two vacancies among the City Pleaders has, on the present occasion, brought so many candidates into the field, and family influence has been exerted to such an extent in favour of some of the candidates, that a large portion of the Corpo ration felt called upon to take some decided steps to counteract it, and hence the somewhat hasty resolu tion of the meeting of Thursday last. As, however, sudden innovations are rarely productive of the ex pected improvement, we are not surprised to find that a reaction has taken place in favour of conti nuing the appointment. The offices of the City Common Pleaders are of considerable antiquity, the communes narratores civi tatis London being mentioned in some of the oldest records of the Corporation, their duties requiring them to act with the Common-Sergeant in counselling and assisting the citizens, not only in matters pend ing in the civic tribunals, but in the courts at West minster; and by a by-law of the Corporation of the date of PusLir and MARY, the Recorder, Common- Sergeant, and Judges of the Sheriffs' Courts are directed to be chosen from these learned counsellors of the City. There are numerous instances cited in Mr. Sergeant MANNING'S interesting work entitled " Ser viens ad Legem," of counsel being in ancient times re tained as permanent officers of public bodies, and hardly a joint-stock company is now started without some standing counsel being appointed ; and, if such ap pointments serve any useful purpose in ordinary cases, there certainly seems good reason for the system being continued inthe Corporation ofLondon, which en joys such peculiar customs and franchises. The reform party in the Corporation would, perhaps, therefore, be acting more wisely by endeavouring to check corrup tion in their own body than by seeking the abolition of old and useful offices, which, whilst they are legiti mate objects of ambition to the bar, ensure to the City, at a nominal salary of five pounds a year, a staff of officers devoted to the rather uninviting sub ject of civic law. The Queen's Counsel receive also such a nominal salary; but even Mr. JOSEPH Hums has not been heard to complain of this, .and the rank of Queen's Counsel is rarely conferred except on the most distinguished members of the English bar. Is the Corporation of London, then, confessedly so corrupt that its members cannot be trusted to elect from the bar an efficient staff of Common Pleaders ? Is the system of nepotism so engrafted into the pro ceedings of Guildhall that they cannot even retain counsel for the City, except from the families of their own members? We hope, for the honour of the Corporation, this is not the case. Amongst the 232 members of the Court of Common Council are nume rous gentlemen of energy, talent, and independence. They can, if they please, by resisting improper in fluence, vindicate the good old principle of local government, which the city of London is said so pecu liarly to illustrate; and if they despair of securing the proper choice of men to fill such junior offices as that of Common Pleader, there is little security to the public that in their selection of judges, magistrates, &c., any other object will be kept in view by the Corporation than the providing places for themselves or their families. It behoves the city of Lor don on such an occasion to gravely consider the question before them. The office of Common Pleader may or may not have be come an unimportant one. If it has become so, the obvious cause is the neglect of the Corporation to ap point efficient men to fill it. If it has not, and there still continues to attach to it something more than the wretched perquisites of the monopoly of the Lord Mayor's Court, the Corporation must make up their minds to leave family considerations out of the ques tion, and appoint men who will immediately become useful officers, and at some future period efficient judges. The indefatigable Mr. GEORGE ALFRED WALKER deserves the felicitations of every sincere sanitary reformer, seeing that last evening the Cabinet, through the person of the Home Secretary, took the initiative step towards the organization of a system of extramural interment. To that end, during the sitting of the House of Commons yesterday, leave was granted to the Government, on the motion of Sir GEORGE GREY, to bring in a measure such as will tend to the realisation of a boon long anticipated by the population. When the Bill shall have been formally submitted to the con sideration of the Legislature we shall find repeated opportunities for commenting on the merits or de ficiencies of the scheme therein to be propounded by the present Ministry ; but already, at this early stage of the proceeding, we eagerly press forward to felicitate the originator of the whole movement, and to commend the Government for having at length yielded to the irresistible force of argument, tardily, it is true, but nevertheless fully and cordially. 01' britning LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1850. time, when " Knowledge will descend like the first and second rain, uninterrupted, unabated, and un bounded"— " Let futurity look to what concerns them ; we are men of this age, and to this age we will confine our care : sufficient fur the day i s the evil thereof ! " Little dreaming, these blind leaders of the nation's that Behold ! the time is come I the day is already at hand ! Happy for those among the national repre sentatives who recognize the proximity of the glorious epoch when no impediment whatever shall stand be tween the people and those waters of life (wisdom) flowing to them along the conduits of the Press from the wellspring of science and literature. Happy fur them, because they and they only will be regarded as the real well-wishers of the people and as the real benefactors of their country. Among them the name of MILNE& GinsoN is now indelibly enrolled ; and, whether successful or not in his present endeavours, his generous efforts to effect the intellectual emancipation of the community will not be very readily forgotten. Already in our comments upon the masterly pamphlet recently published by CHARLES KruouT (a pamphlet again referred to in an admirable leading article, copied into our columns of this evening from those of our contemporary the Morning Chronicle), wherein that distinguished teacher of the multitude has recounted the " Struggles of a Book against Excessive Taxation," we have expatiated upon the pernicious consequences of this taxa- tion as witnessed in the impure and fwtid effusions squandered amongst the crowd in the at tractive guise of cheap literature. To terminate this destructive evil must be an object of solicitude with every oue interested in the diminution of crime, for we are satisfied that it is to these penny periodicals, replete with filth and obscenities, that the large, and in some cases increasing, number of our criminals is attributable. Enable such men as the CIIAIIISERS'S— enabIe such a man as CHARLES KNIGHT to supply the public with sound and wholesome knowledge in the form of penny periodicals, and all these prurient effusions of the press, engendering an appetite for vice, and demoralising the masses by fostering their darker passions, would vanish like birds of night be fore the dawn of morning. To effect this. beneficent improvement, the Legislature has only to remit those taxes upon knowledge which are as disgraceful to the age, the nation, and the Parliament, as they are inju rious to the cause of enlightenment, of Christianity, And of civilization. The independent Members of Parliament appear to have gained new vigour by the temporary relaxa tion afforded during the Easter recess. Honourable Gentlemen had then sufficient opportunities of ascer taining the opinions and feelings of their respective constituencies, and . of discovering how those by whom they were selected to fill the honourable position of " popular representatives" were affected towards the Whig Government. A general expression of dis content and dissatisfaction at the backslidings and re trogressions of the once popular Liberals (!) had been heard from all quarters. It was known that if they had not entirely forfeited the good opinion of the people, they had at least lost ground considerably, an d th a t a c h ange o f M i nistry, wh i ch would, a f ew years since, have been regarded as a calamity of n o ordinary magnitude, wou ld now b e regarded with careless apathy, if not with positive pleasure. Previous, however, to the recess matters went on tolerably smooth. The severe illness by which Sir CHARLES WooD was afflicted prevented the attendance of the Right Hon. Baronet in his place until the 15th of March last. No question of fiscal or finan cial policy could properly be brought forward in his absence, and discussions on matters in which the Whigs were proverbially defiCient in strength were thus avoided. Sanguine anticipation s were a l so in dulged in as to the relief that would be afforded by the reductions rendered possible by a sur plus of revenue above expenditure to the ex tent of 2,000,0001. sterling. Each person fondly hoped that the class to which he himself belonged would receive some substantial benefit. No opinion could be formed as to the mode in which the present Chancellor of the Exchequer would deal with the sum placed at his disposal. An excess of revenue above expenditure had been utterly unknown since his accession to office ; and, although his manner of providing for a deficiency was but too painfully per ceptible, his probable proceedings, under opposite and This evening a resolution, long promised, long postponed, and long expected, will be moved in the House of Commons by the Right Hon. MILNER GIBSON, strongly condemnatory's:if the Taxes imposed upon Knowledge. Under four leading particulars these injurious imposts will be assailed—the advocate of cheap and wholesome literature inveighing, first, against the excise duties on paper ; secondly, against the stamp duties on newspapers ; thirdly, against the arbitrary duties on advertisements ; and, fourthly, against the Customs' duties on foreign publi cations. Each and all. of these deplorable grievances to the community will be de fended with that perverse pertinacity which, as a specimen of the acme of obtuseness, appeals to be the exclusive characteristic of a Chancellor of the Exchequer. In reference to the line of reasoning which may be adopted by the Right Hon. the Repre sentative of Manchester, we may observe that, no matter which may be selected, it cannot fail to prove most fruitful in argument. Whether he turn his at tention and the attention of Parliament to the in jurious indluence exercised' by the taxes on know ledge over the morals of the population, over the amount of the national revenues, over the intellect of the age, and consequently over the general diffusion of religious truth and the general advancement of civilization—he may demonstrate with facility -the urgent and importunate necessity existing for the re moval of evils so glaringly detrimental to the highest and noblest interests of the multitude. It was with the genius of a philosopher as well as with the consummate dexterity of a novelist skilled in the art of historical delineation, that Sir WALTER SCOTT, in one of the most felicitous of those golden romancer, whose prolonged and gor geous panorama opened with a tale in Scotland, and closed with a story in Palestine, depicted that me• morable interview between the Eleventh Louis of France land the Astrologer GALLIOTTI—the inter view in which the results of the newly-discovered art of printing were prophetically recognized. Having submitted to the fanatical Sovereign the first specimen of this novel contrivance for "multiplying manuscripts by the intervention of machinery," the seer exclaims, in a tone of brooding admiration—" Can I look for ward without wonder and astonishment to the lot of a succeeding generation, on whom knowledge will descend like the first and second rain, uninterrupted, unabated, and unbounded; fertilising some grounds, and overflowing others ; changing the whole form of social life ; establishing and over throwing religions ; erecting and destroying kingdoms " " Hold, GALLIOTTI, " cries the King, " shall these changes come in our times ?" " No, my royal brother," responds the voice of the astrologer, " this invention may be likened to a young tree, which is newly planted, but shall, in succeeding generations, bear fruit as fatal as that of the garden of Eden ; the knowledge, namely, of good and evil." And Louis answers, "Let futu rity look to what concerns them—we are men of this age, and to this age we will confine our care. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof." The spirit of Louis XI. has survived even to this generation. It is diffused throughout the present Government. It says to the prophets of the TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1850. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER 7 0 THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at from 7,000 to 8,000 bales, of which 500 Ame rican were taken for export, and 500 on speculation, with a firm market. The sales comprised 3,000 Ameri can at sd. to 7id., 2,000 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 7d., 600 Bahia at 61d. to 6id., 300 Egyptian at 6id. to 7id., and 1,500 Surat at 40. to 51d. per lb.—ln Railway Shares there was a further decline in prices. It appears that the last official average of the six weeks' prices of wheat was wrongly made up, aad that instead of being 38s. it should have been 335. The outline of the news from America notices no alteration in freights, but quotes cotton lower, and not much doing in grain. Indeed, trade generally is re ported to be duller. The exchange on London was 84 to By this opportunity, there are later accounts from Jamaica, where affairs continued in much the same po sition as before. A telegruphic communication from Trieste furnishes an outline of the Bombay intelligence. A fair sale htd been obtained for British manufactures, at moderate prices. Cohen and Opium wet dull. Money was plentitul, and the Exchange on London was 2d. per rupee. Cape of Good Hope letters and papers to the 20th February inclusive have come to hand. There had been a report made upon the working of the new frontier system during the last two years, and it reads very sa tisfactorily. Kafir depradations have become materially circumscribed, and greater security of property was iv sured than for three years past. The want of labonr seems to be much felt, and it was thought that some of the nations of the interior, in cluding the Bechuanas and Basutus, would be useful to the farmers, because snore trustworthy than the Kafira. Having triumphed in the convict question, the inhabitants of the Cape were anxious to testify their loyalty as being unshaken, but trust they have estab lished a claim to free institutions. Tho report of the Leipsic lair is not very encouraging. At Amsterdam, on the 14th inst., very little was doing in public securities. Dutch Two-and•a-Half per Cents. were 55f. The Frankfort prices, on the lath inst., were 80k for Austrian Meta Hies, and 294 for Spanish Three per Cents. _ - The Engli.h Funds have been fluctuating and de pressed again, the farther defeat of Ministers weaken ing confidence. Consols have realised 95/ I for Trans fvr, and 95} 1 for Account. The state of affairs in France is likewise a cause of solicitude. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 96i Bank Stock is at 205 f, and India Stock at 268. Exchequer bills have realised 68s. to 715., and India Bonds 925. premium. - In the Foreign Market there is less animation. Spanish Five per Cents. have been lBi, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 32:1. The Lisbon mail brings no intelligence of financial interest, nor does there appear to be any im provement in the ger.eral trade of the country. , Peru vian have continued in favour, the Active Bonds being 71 to 1. The Deferred have realised 291 to 30f. Mexican have been 28f to 29. There are late accounts, viz., to March 14, from the city of Mexico, by the steamer arrived from the United States, but the letters are not in town, and all that is positively known is that the resignation of M. Elassini, the Finance Minister, had taken place, as expected. This is an event which appears to be consi dered of no importance. Buenos Ayres Stock, ex-divi dend, has realised 521, and Brazilian has been marked 86i. Dutch Four per Cents. have been at 85. The Railway Share Market is in a miserable condi don, and prices nearly all rule lower. North-Western have been at a discount, and Great Western are ex ceedingly heavy. CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS O'C ONE LOCK. PRICES. bank stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anus ...... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 5 14 %A % 95% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 ...... New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anus... 9 6% % 96 3 4 ; Long Anne. to expire Jan. 1860 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 7% 7% India Stock udia Bonds, 1,0004 .... 92 p 92 p South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Consols for Account 9 5 % 1% Exchequer Bills. 1 1 ,4 d. & 2d 1,0001. June 6B 71 p 5001. June Small. June 6B 71 p ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian bonds 8 6 1,4 86% Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 Der Cent.— 5% ex d 53% ex d Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. Ditto 5 Der Cent. Ditto, Scrip. — Equador Bonds — Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto, Account 29 28% 28 Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto,± Account" Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cent?. Ditto,:4 per Cent. Ditto, Account . 3 2 34 33 32 Russian Bonds ... Ditto, 4 1 ,E per Cent Ditto Scrip Spanish 5 per Cent. 18411 lB% Do., Coupon5... Venezuela Bonds. 2 1 4 i per Cent French Rentes, 5 per Cent Exchange Dividends on the above payable in Londoti. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. Ditto, 4 Der Cent. Certiticate.F B5 24 3 p 18 g 9 87f. 25f. 60c; PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLO: , IN It ,WAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE Aberdeen Do. Preference Bi ... .. dis. Bristol end Exeter 100 ... .. Ditto, Thirds 3uckingharoshire ...... 17% Caledonian Ditto, New IC/. Prof... 10 .... 5 Cbc3ter and Holyhead... 50 eastern Comities... ..... 20 Do., New Preference, 6 per Cent.. Ditto,Extonsion, 5 per Cent., No.l 64 13s. 4d.... p Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... par 14 p x. d .% p x.d Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. Great Northern Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 12%...... 9N% x.i 9% x.i. Great Western 100......48 47% 98% 46 % 46 Ditto, 1 ,4 Shares Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, New 171 l5 ... - 6 534 53/4 Hall and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... 94 Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 31% 81 Do. New, Gua.6 peret. 10 ....... 1114... ........ Leeds and Bradford London &Blackwall...ll/. 65.3 d... L-indon, Brighton, and South Comt... .....100 Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent . ...103 133 ... LondonandGreenwich 12/15s 4d... 10 3 / 4 ... ..... London and N WaAern 100 lOO% 100 3 / 4 99 3 / 4 100 Ditto, New Quarters 12 Ditto, Fifth.. Do. 10Z. (M. Sc B.) C. 1 ..., l l4 ll London &S.Westsrn ..10') .... 56 55% Do, New 501.. Midland ... Ifo 31 30 1 4 304 30% 31 31 Do., 50/. Shares Norfolk ...... 100 North British ........... 25 .... , 7 6 1 / 2 • 6% ' Ditto Preference North Staffordshire ... 17% 6 3 /4 54, .. , .. 6 71 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Bina... 13 1 4 9 1 4% dis. .... 94 dis Shropshire Union South Devon 50 — Do. Preference South Eastern Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ............. 30 South Wales Wear Valley 6 per Cent Guaranteed ... Do. do. do. ... 25 ...... 24 3 4 x.d ..... . 244 x.d York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... .—....... 25 Do. Newcastle Exten , 20 De. G.N.E.Prefercnce 8 York and North Midland 50 ...... 13 3 / 4 34 %14 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 FOREIGN RAILWAY. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...... 5 6 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzori)... 20 Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... Northern of France l6 11 3 4 14% MINES. United Mexican 28% 7 12% 12% 1214 6% 11% LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 16.—Wind S., fresh gale and squally, with rain. JERSEY, APRIL 14.—A boat, much damaged, marked "Cassandra, of London, Thomas Popplewell, " has been picked up. PILL, APRIL 15.—The Fanny and Jane, London to Bristol, was totally dismasted in a squall off Padstow, 13th inst.; has been towed to Bristol. KERRY, APRIL 12.—The Nancy, Neath to this port, drove on shore in the Roadstead 29th ult., beat heavily, got off on the 31st very leaky. YARMOUTH, APRIL 15.—The Aurora, Restock to London, has been assisted in, with bows stove, loss of bowsprit, &c., after being in contact off the Wall-bank. WHITBY, APRIL 15.—The Ann, M'Kay, struck the east pier, got on the Fish-sand, and filled. CAPE OF GOOD HaPE, FED. 19.—The Childe Harold left Table-bay, 12th inst., struck on a reef at Diaper Island same night, has bilged and filled; master drowned, crew and passengers saved. The Nepaul, Bombay to London, has been wrecked on the coast near Bletten burg bay, 11th inst.; she is breaking up fast, and quan tities of goods are washing ashore. SHIELDS, APRIL 14.—Wind EmorettlE Montreal; James Fiances, Quebec; Roompot, Hong kong; Lesmohagow, New York; Adriena, Restigouche. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 15—Wind S.W., hard and squally.—Arrd. Claude, Littlehampton from Cardiff, leaky. OFF DARTMOUTH.—Barham, Gimblett, Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Edmund Beckford, Sierra Leone, with loss of sails; Harbinger, Havre for New York, with damages to her bends from contact off the Eddystone. The Tory and the Ramilies fell athwart each other, and both received damage. LIVERPOOL, A PRIL 15.—Wind John„ Akinder, Wilmington; Isis, Arno, Iltaankinh; Eels INDIA. We have received by electric telegraph, via Trieste, intelligence of the arrival of the Oriental steamer at Suez, on the 3d instant, with the Bombay mails of the 16th of March. The expedition under Sir Colin Campbell against the mountaineers in the neighbourhood of Peshawar, had not been attended with the expected results. The expedition had returned to Peshawar. The Hindoo and Mussulman populations in Mir zapoor had risen against each other under the in fluence of religious fanaticism, and in the disturb ances which followed the city was burnt to the ground. __ The rest of India was profoundly tranquil. The sale of English manufactured goods at Bom bay had been large, at middling prices. Cotton and opium were dull. was plentiful. E xc h ange on L ondon, 2 per liyrounpeee _ - Freight to England, 3/. per ton. This intelligence was accompanied by a postcript from the Austrian Consul in Egypt, which we give literally as we received it, with the remark that it in all probability refers to the intelligence brought by the last mail from Peshawur. "♦n English free corps of 3,000 men met with a reverse from the rebellious mouutaineers in the Koad Pass, near Peshawur, in which two European officers and 150 privates remained on the field." AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH)) LIVERPOOL, APRIL 16, F.ivz A.M. The British and North American Royal mail steam ship Niagara has just arrived in the Mersey, bring ing the usual fortnightly mail and dispatches from America and Canada, and twelve days' later news than any hitherto received. This fine vessel left Boston on the 3d instant, and Halifax on the sth. The number of passengers brought over by her is considerable. Congress was still engaged discussing the slavery question. The United States' senator, John C. Calhoun, whose recent speech on the admission of California into the Union cre a t e d so muc h sensa tion i n th e Stater, died on the 31 st u l t., at Washington; in the 68th year of his a ge . Professor Webster's trial for the murder of Dr. Parkman has just terminated in the conviction of the Professor, who has been sentenced to death. There is nothing of importance from Canada. The state of business generally throughout the United States is not reported as favourable. A con siderable languor rests on trade of every kind. In breadstuffs but little had been done, and this at falling prices. —Western Canal flour, 4 87i to 5 0 very firm; Gennessee prime wheat, 1 26 to 1 28 per 601 b.; Southern wheat, 1 10 to 1 12 per 601 b.; Indian cern, round yellow, 0 54 to 0 56 steady, flat yellow, 055 per bushel ; Southern white, 0 54 to 0 56 per bushel ; Indian meal, 2 62i to 2 75 per barrel. Cotton receded half a cent int the early part of the fortnight, but recovered on the receipt of the Nia gara's news from this country. Upland middling fair to fair 12ic. to 13c. The total deficiency in receipts is now 400,000 bales. The sales in New York for the past fortnight amount to 14,000 bales. Freights are unaltered in price, being at the follow ing rates c—Flour to Liverpool ls. 6d. to ls. 9d. per brl. Grain to Liverpool 4d. to sd. per bush. Cotton to Liverpool id. t o 3-16 d. Provisions are i nac tive. Exchang e on P ar i s , 5 30, sales few ; H am b urg h , 35 to 35i. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIPS.—The marriage of the Hon. Louise Madeline Campbell, eldest daughter of the Lord Chief Justice of England and the Baroness Stratheden, with the Rev. William Spranger White, of the Brae, Roxburgh shire, and incumbent of St. John's, Jedburgh, took place on Saturday last, at All Saints' Church, Kensington. Among the relatives and friends present at the interesting ceremony were Lord Campbell, Lord Stratheden, Hon. Mi sses Camp bell, lion. W. F. Campbell, M,P., Lord and Lady Abinger and lion. Miss Scarlett, Dowager Lady Abinger, Mr. and Lady Theresa Lewis, Hon. Misses Pepys, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Toler, lion. Colonel and Mrs. Yorke Scarlett, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, Mrs. and Misses Monk, Hon. Lady Currey and Misses Currey, Mr. and Misses We t, Mr. and Mrs. Jones (of Pantglos) and Miss Campbell, Mrs. Fraser, Miss Caroline Campbell, Sir Thomas and Lady Wollaston White and Misses White, Rev. Francis White, Mr. Prescott White and Misses White, Rev. Mr. Harness, Misses John stone, Ice. After the ceremony the Bareness Stratheden gave a sumptuous dejeuner at Stratheden-house, the family mansion ; and between three and four o'clock the happy pair left for Castor, Northamptonshire, the seat of Mr. Prescott White, brother of the bridegroom, where they will pass the honeymoon. The world is more apt to reward appearances than deserts. Fliza Cook's Journal. Mr. George Hudson, M.P., was last week looking at Emo Park, and it is said that he,expressed his intention of becoming a bidder for it, when selling under the Incum bered Laittee Act.—Leinaer Express. M'Donald, Cuba; Argenti, Tampico and Havannah; Crescent, Rio de la Hache; Clyde, Halcroco, Apala chicola ; Triton, Smith, Charleston. Sld. Edward, San Francisco ; Irene, Pernambuco ; Autumnus, Madras ; Conqueror, Rio Janiero ; Goozereb, het( u ; Hornet, Prince Edward's Island; Hannah, Britannia, and Shaw, Newfoundland ; the William for San Francisco, has not sailed as reported yesterday.— Off port, H. H. Boody, New Orleans ; Ellen, Savannah; Garnett, Texian, Margaret, Atlas, and Jane Hammond. RAMSGATE, APRIL 15.—The Maria and Fanny, Amsterdam to Genoa, has put in leaky, having been on the Goodwin Sands this morning. DUNDALK.—The Erin, Whitehaven to Cardiff, and the Maria and Fanny, Newry, for Glasgow, have been in contact, and both received damage. The Georgina, Glasgow to Oporto, which was stranded in the Bay 31st March, has been got off very leaky. LOUGHSWELLT.—The Earl ef Kingston, of Aberyst with, which went on shore on Ballymatou- Strand 30th March, has been got off without damage. ST. MARGARET'S HOPE.—A bucket and some hand spikes, marked ' Castle, of Newc a stl e ," h ave b een picked up. KIRKWALL.—The brig which foundered off North Ro naldsbay 23d March, and was towed into the Bay, is found to be the Annette, of Wefsta, for Maroim to Co penhagen; her cargo washed out. LONGHOPE.—The George and Mary, of Stornoway, Newcastle to Liverpool, has been totally . wrecked en the rocks near Cantick Head; crew saved. QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 13.—Wind W.N.W., squally.— And. Madawubka, M'Kinuon, Callao; Earl Charlemont. Gardner, Liverpool fur Bombay. Crew in a state o; mutiny. CADIZ, APRIL B.—The Albion, of London, Gibraltar for this port, was sunk in the Straits sth inst. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Master of the Rolls sat to-day in his Couri at Westminster. His Lordship was occupied the greater part of the morning with petitions, none of which pos sessed any features of interest except to the parties con cerned. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) THE DUKE OF LEEDS V. EARL AMHERST AND OTHERS. JUDGMENT. The VICE. CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which came before him shortly before the recess, upon exceptions taken by the defendants, the executors of the late Duke of Leeds, to the Master's report. The bill was filed by the present Duke of Leeds against the executors of the late, for the purpose of obtaining an account from them of the waste commit: by the lute Duke in dismantling a great portion o► Kivedon Hall, one of the family mansions, and cutting down a gr, at portion of the ornamental timber on the estate. On the cause coming on for argument, a refer ence was made to the Masteri to take an account of the waste committed by the late Duke; and the Master by his report found that a certai'n sum was due from the estate of the late Duke in respect of the waste he had committed. To this report the defendants took excep• tions, and upon those exceptions his Honour now gave judgment. After going at some length into the case, his Honour ordered all the exceptions to be overruled, thinking that the Master bad tome to a right conclusion, and that the estate of those who bad committed an in jury ought to be saddled with the expense of that The Court then proceeded to hear motions. (Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) Causes of no general interest occupied his Honour the whole morning. (Before the Vice-Chancellor ,WIG 111.31.) 1110NYPENNY U. DERING—JUDGMENT. His HONOUR gave judgment at some length in this case, which involved a dry ques ti on o f conve y anc i ng , as to which branch of the family of the Monypeuny's cer tain property belonged. His Honour made a declara tion in favour of the branch of Thomas Mony penny's family, at the same time intimating that, in giving that opinion, he felt great diffidence, and bad very little doubt tLat the case, would be ultimately carried to the House of Lords. The Court then proceoded with the hearing a motions. INDERIVICIL V. SNELL. The arguments in this part-heard motion were re sumed. The case came before the Court yesterday upon motion on behalf of two gentlemen who were di re ctors, or late directors, of the Loudon Conveyance Company, suing on their own behalf and for the other >,hareholders for an injunction to restrain the six defend ants, who are the other directors, from doing, autho rising, or permitting any act as directors of the London Conveyance Company until the plaintiffs Inderwick and Cowan, and the defendant Johnson, should have been duly and lawfully removed from the office of directors, except such acts as might be done in pursuance of orders duly made by the board in conformity with the 33d clause of the deed of settletnent, and from preventing or hindering the plaintiffs and Johnson acting as directors of the company. It appeared by the affidavits, which were very voluminous, that disputes had arisen amongst the directors and memlers of the company, and com plaints were made of the conduct of the plaintiff Inder wick, who was the chairman cf the board, and of the other two directors, and that the defendants had caused meetings to be held for removing them from the direc tion. A 'resolution was made to that effect, but as the plaintiffs contended, not at a meeting duly constituted. They also denied the existence of the alleged gi ounds of complaint; and the object of the application was to pre vent the company from proceeding to exclude the plain tiffs and Johnson under the alleged illegal re solutions. (The case was proceeding when our report left.) QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, and Justices PATTE SON, WIGHTMAN, and ERLE ) THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY 07 CuPPER MINERS IN ENGLAND V. FOX AND OTHERS Sir F. TBLESIGER said, in this c ise, which was tried before Mr. Justice Coleridge at the last sittings at Guildhall, and in which a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 5511. 25., he had to apply fur a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial on the ground of misdirection. He made the application upon a point which was reserved at the trial with regard to the right of the plaintiffs, who are a corporation, to sue on an executory contract not under seal. The plaintiffs were incorporated under a chatter in the reign of William and Mary and the charter recited that there were at that time great quantities of copper ore found in divers parts of this kingdom, which, for want of skilful artizans to purify the same were totally neglected and unimproved, and that certain persons had found out several in ventions for melting and refining copper ore. The plaintiff. were incorporated for the purpose of melting and refining copper ore. The contract on which the action was brought had reference to 2,900 tons of iron rails sold to the defendant by the plaintiffs. These iron rails were stipulated to be delivered to the defendant on the let of April, 1849, but, the plaintiffs failing in that, the time of delivery was enlarged by consent until the Ist of September following. The Learned Judge at the trial was of opinion that that agreement was a substitu tion of the original one. He (Sir F. Thesiger) contended that the contract on which the action was brought was not one which was incident to the purposes for which the plaintiffs were incorporated. They were incorpo rated fer melting and refining copper ore, and this was a contract for furnishing iron rails, which was clearly not within the objects for which the society was incor porated. Lord CAMPBELL—Take a rule. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHIEF Benorr, and Barons PA.BKE, ROLFE, and PLATT.) FOWLER V. DRAKE, PUBLIC OFFICER. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL applied in this Case, which was tried before the Lord Chief Baron at the last sit tings after term in Middlesex, and in which a verdict was found for the defendant, for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not :be set aside and a new trial bad on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence, and also against his Lordship's summing up. The de fendant was clerk to the visiting magistrates of the county of Devon, and the plaintiff was an architect, who had brought the action in assumpsit to recover 550/., the balance due to him for commission on the erection of a lunatic asylum in that county. It appeared that in 1841 the magistrates issued an advertisement for plans and rections of the proposed building, and that the defendant sent in a design, which was accepted. Ile estimaied the cost of erecting, lighting, warming and ventilating the asylum at about 40,0001., and it was agreed that he should receive a commission of 5/ per cent. upon that outlay, which would amount to 2,000/. The magistrates were desirous that he should mention a specific sum, but he objected to do so on the ground that such a course would be against professional etiquette, and the per tentage agreed upon was to in clude all travelling expenses and extra work. The building was erected and the cost was 60,000 L The works specified were within the estimate, but there were certain extra works arising out of the estimate and upon these the plaintiff did not charge any commission, but in the course of the erection it occurred to the magistrates that it would be more economical to erect gas works than to lay down pipes for a supply of gas from some distant manufactory. These works were accord ingly erected, and as they were not contemplated when he furnished the estimate, it was contended that they could not come under the category of " extras" or " contingencies," but formed a distinct and separate building. A piece of land at a distance from the asylum was purchased by the magistrates, and on this also a well w as sun k, an d tanks erected and conduits laid d own, under the superin tendence of the plaintiff. The jury, in giving their ver dict, had proceeded ion the assumption th a t t h ese erec tions were included n the extra work agreed to be done under the h plaintiff 's specification, but he (the Attor ney- General) contended that they were as distinct from the original building as the erection of a lodge or a boundary wall was distinct from a mansion. The Court granted a rule nisi. FANDLAY V. WALKER. This action was tried at iiorl:, - 17efore Mr. Baron Rolfe, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff. Mr. WATSON moved 10r a rule to set aside the ver dict, and to enter a nonsuit or to enter a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff was a merchant at Hull, and the action was brought against the defendant, who is a shipowner residing at Sunderland, for the non-ful filment of a charter-party, by which he agreed to send a vessel called the Cleaver, on a voyage to Dantzie and Sweinemound, to take on board a cargo of wheat and bring it to some safe port on the east coast, between Sunderland and Peterborough, both inclusive. The vessel proceeded on its voyage, but vie s unable to obtain a cargo of wheat from the places mentioned in the charter-party, owing to the hostilities which were then going on between the Danes and Germans. Subsequent negotiations were entered into by the parties, and on the nature of these some technical questions of law arose as to the right of the plaintiff to recover, but they were deToid of any general interest. The Court grantel a rule. COMMON PLEAS—(THIS DAY') (Before Lord Chief-Justice W ILDE an d J ust i ce s C l 4" WELL, WILLLUIS, AND TALFotritD.) LAYcocK v. PINLEY . In this case, whi ch was an action for breach o ', e Ptr dr. mise of marriage, t r i e d at York, before M r . B a ron son, at the last assizes, with a verdict for the Mr. MARTIN moved for a rule to show case 0. " 1 ,i verdict should not b e entered fur the defendant o r 313 ; 1. trial be granted. The application was grounded 001 0 , alleged misdirection o f ! h e Learned Baron in the i ° o pretation of certain letters which were produced bY t o defendant as ev id ence of a mutual dissolution 01,0 contract existin g b etwt eu the patties . From these letarfis which were rea d b y M r. Mar tin, it appe a red Old, having been engaged to the plaintiff, Miss Lisr" i ' l some years, the deftndant, not thinking his Po s tf l o sufficiently promising, wrote to her on the 31st ot 1847, expressing his wish that the connexion I v o seemed likely to ensue in nothing but misery t 0 p parties, should be broken off: Tu this, the plaint l ,7 l o obedience to his wi s h. siglotiecl her consent, in s'o of the 2d of June, to the defendant ; and also in 11o° 1 i of the same date, to d e f en d ant ' s mother. From iblid ono correspunuence t oo k pl ace between the the within a year and a halt after „ ards, when the defi ndo having married another lady, an action for brio i y promise of marriage was brought against hie',;,' verdict in which trial it was now sought to set eti' . Rule granted. A ) f MANSION- HO U6E—(THIS DA- to r Walter Watts was again brought before Mr.A.O man Gibbs upon t h e c h arge o f steal i ng two obetleejo. t,4001. each, t h e property of the Gl o b e I nsuran ce pany. 11 0 Mr. Clarkson, with M r . F res hfi e l d appeared r prosecution, and Mr. Bodkin, instructed by Mr. ner, fir the defence. CO Mr. Roan from the Globe-office, produced tte pang's Act Of Parliament, being 47 George LEL citlo which authorises the company to praexte thane treasurer. Mr. Clarkson th e n said,he considered th e cas e 0mo le ! 40 against the pri s one r . I nstead of having him cow' to Newgate he would suggest a remand pro forma. Mr. Bodkin acceded to the suggestion. In reply to Mr. Alderman GIBBS, the prisoner, —I wish to reserve my defence by the advice o 'o, solicitor. lam content to leave the case in tbe he my counsel. 4 . - ‘6 ll l The prisoner was fully committed for trial gin two charges. ,ed I BO W-STREET.—(THIS DAl r eg or A rough determined-looking Iri s h man, name d Ai 111 4 Cartliy, with a fi e r ce l oo ki ng woman, were 0,1'7, before Mr. Jardine u n d er the fnlowing circtunsto°r) A lady, named Jordan, stated that last everwi l Y was returning home from Westminster-road, wh h e r o d had been to see some friends, and onl,passing t',.A 0 Russell-square, about nine o'clock, she encoutitento two prisoners, who were both drunk. The servl o 9 was with her glanced at them, and she'stepped,? A pavement to allow them to pass, and witness Orto same. The mole prisoner then came rudely uP tP osg and said, " What d o mean b y staring at us like feo Take that, you b— b—," s tr iki ng her a blow thilico! her to the ground. N o t content w i th that, he wdse her in the lower pa r t o f th e a bd omen, which' rend her insensible for some minutes; but in the mea n ~0 0t r the servant had obtain e d th e ass i stance of some P"'iodt. by, and both the prisoners were given into n°l ) ,. iro Witness was then tak en t o th e h osp i tal, where. o°,llos examined by a medical gentleman, and by his dirr" she was afterwards removed to her own residence! r „. 0 0 1 j Mr. JARDINE asked w h at s h are the female ide had in the assault?—Th e w i tness replied, she her face. t 01 14 The servant havirg corr o b ora t e d t h e stateme nt mistress, h a o , l ' Mr. JARDINE asked th e p r i soners i f they - 8 1 e p j thing to say in answer t o th e charge ?— The In°olo' soner said, that when the lady passed them she rem 4,4, to her servant " the drunken creatures," which eS i dtr, rated his female companio n , an d t h ey certa i n l/ sent the affront, but neither of them kicked u!'- ibi the lady. o The lady, who was too ill t o s t an d , did• no t necessary to contradict this. Mr. JARDINE agreed with her, and fined the P 31., or six weeks' imprisonment. s" The Hon. Captain Plunkett, of Cambridgr e- f olii i Camden-town, was char ge d w i t h assau l t i ng t o° while in the execution of their duty. h tif o4 ) A police-constable stat e d th a t h e was on dut y one and two o'clock thi s morn i ng i n St. Martint when his attention was ca ll e d to t h e pr i son erl beating a placarded bo a rdi ng w i t h hi s st i c k. d e up to him to request hi m t o d es i st, as the no i s e t e, f f making would disturb the neighbourhood, but soner heeded him not, and continued rapping 0 100! his walking-stick. Witness, seeing that he w.° 9 „,01; icated, tried gently to push h im away, which sve", exasperate him so much that he struck witness A the shoulders with the stick, and then challeur"? to fight, observing that he should like to give the "a b— good hiding." Witness declined h l 'se whereupon the prisoner renewed his former amiu 6 d s u Pi l d but other constables cam e u p at t hi s momen t, some difficUlty he was safely lodged in the 1 3 ° station house. Mr. JARDINE asked th e consta bl e if the bl ow s b. I Hinted any injury on hi m . 105' Witness replied that the bl ows h urt him veto at the time they were inflicted, but the only u"' perceptible now was a few slight bruises. 01 The defendant did not deny the charge, but coal that the constable had exaggerated the viole 10 ;i1 11 adde7l that the officials on duty at the station te,. fli dD°' send for his bail, an d t h e consequence was he 0 locked up all night. Mr. In:Teeter Marsh said it was not the pro s send the police for be, and When a messe nger , " ceived for the defendant he refused to pay 1 1101 : '„ edOr The defendant thou g ht hi s name and attain" o, d , to have been a sufficient guarantee that beA fir remunerate the messen ger w h en h a return*" u the bail. v , Mr. JARDIN E said no bl ame whatever attache jo tp i e i police, and at tor the c om pl a i nt o f t h e defendant tjOOA, had been locked up a ll n i ght, he was liable to•h°,.A up for more than a month. However- since the - P 8 '- o s lll ant had ackn ow l e d ge d t h at he was in the 0 1 0 is should not adopt that course, but simply fine OD full penalty of 5/. Or ° The fine was immediat e ly p a id, an d t h e Noll° Gentleman liberated at once. 94 1 A 3 95'4 71 p 71 p 71 p 95% 4 1 ,1 p 3% !, 5 t 4 85% ettrO ?attic( NEWMARKET RAC (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAP Hardinge Nutcracker Nutcracker Ghio ... Tiff ... Tomboy ... Riddlesworth Stakes. Sweepstakes. ..• SR~eepstakea. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. Bishop of Romford's Cob ... Jest ..• •'' f $ 1 ''~ f 1 o' f Sweepstakes. . 1 The Nigger ... ... .. •••• 4 . . .0 Satire ... ••• ••• ••• Won cagy. Sweepstakes. I Clincher .. ~, s ••• Compass : ... ••• ... ... "• ••• Won easy. THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP. I Cheeiful se I ,•• Knight of Gwynne .~ 1 Fourteen ran. d, r 7 0 1 RAILWAY GUARDS' UNIVERSAL FRIO , c— , CIETY.—This society held their usual monthly 1 110et ;0 4 ; night, when the honorary subscription li s t was irle r 'ilie the amount of 251, making the total sum 3201. oi colr spected chairman of the Manchester, Sheffield, stlde e otA l ; shire Railway Company (the Earl of Yarboroughirbestj e s bated ten guineas. Several gentlemen of Preston , A ; i irar., and Birmingham have alio contributed: This e,t' t• ofPfe example is a useful incitement to the judicious liberal.", fluential men to a cause in which the travelling P eb k yod much interested. The society altogether progr ess " favourably. MTH& A lfa o On the 10th inst., at the Parsonage, Ousby, the W Rev. J. Bush, of a daughter. o f On the 11th inst., at Turnham-green, the wif e • Leigh, Esqdaughter. GOP On the 13th inst., at Upper Clapton, Mrs. Edw ard of a daughter. are' On the 13th inst., in York-street, Portn2an - s ( l e 're ° wife of IL 13 Rodwell, Esof a son. be W I r ot, On the th inst., inAlbion-street, Hyde-park , t tlu the Rev. Archibald A. Cameron, perpetual curate 0 1 5 ' Berks, of a son. On the 12th inst., at Errwood-hall, Buxton, th e la 1Y ° Grimshawe. jun., Esq., of a son th e RARRIED. bf On the 13th inst., at the parish church Favershs—' by the Venerable the Archdeacon of Canterbury, assisteaterofi' Rev. J. Stratton, Precentor of the Cathedral Ce,to 141„I William Westwood Chafy, Esq. only son of the A dger gfr Dr. Chafy, Meter of Sidney Sussex ' College Callibr i 7t,so Ce " Chaplain in Ordinary to her Majesty, to Eleanor C9..l3.val'ef eldest daughter of the Rev. Charles Collins, Vicar of ii ; , fscr sham, and granddaughter of the late Richard ere: l g Castle-park, Tipperary of DIED. On the 7th inst., aged 17, Henry Francis, eldest Lieutenant-Colonel Tyler, of Liustead-lodge, Kent. vo olsi l On the 9th inst., Mr. James Partridge, of IsTYlne t Barton, Devon. DS On On the 11th inst., at the Rectory, Llanfylliri, mervshire, the Rev. David Hughes, aged 66 . ,„ te Cie On the 1 lth inst., Richard B. F. Passley , Esq.' j" th e tam in the 82d Regiment. On the 12th inst., in Curzon - street , Mayfair, 'Li - he 0 1 " wife of Lieutenant-Colonel James R. Crauford, of nadier Guards. „„ v -crntl, 4ll 'll London: Printed and Published by MURDO IAI No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Su, Office , 4 ',,, 0 81 ° Rtrand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the CQ” Middlesex, Tuesday, April 16 1850 cc Th. r ( of the Xocce, Ihey a ilk Contract Sample Said or ne No Tell n or any. 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