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

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of last (WeJris,ia; ; ;) Evening contained The Spirit of the Public Journals. The crmclusion of the day's proceeding* before the Railway Committees. The Parliamentary Intelligence of the Evening, containing a full Report of the Debates in the House of Commons, up to a Quarter before Seven o'Clock. Now ready at all the Libraries. S E L F. By the Author of CECIL. In 3 vols. post Bvo. - Put gall in thy ink, though thou write with a goosequill." —Shakspeare. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed, that there will be an Extra Night (not included in the Subscription), THIS EVENING When will be performed Rossini's Opera Seria, In Two Acts, entitled SEMIRAMIDE. Semiramide, Madame Grisi ; Arsace, Mdlle Brambilla ; Assar, Sig. Fornasari ; Idreno, Sig. Corelli ; Oroe, Sig. Lablache. The Danseuses Viennoises will appear in some of their Favourite Pas. The Danseuses Viennoises (under the direction of Madame Jo sephine) will appear in some of their favourite Pas. On this oecasion will be produced a New Divertissement, entitled KAYA ; ou, L'Amour Voyageur. The Music composed and arranged by Signor Pugni, and comprising Themes from the Norwegian Melo dies. The Principal Dances composed and arranged by M. Perrot; those of the Danseusas Viennoises by Madame Josephine Weiss. Kaya, Mademoiselle Lucille Grahn ; L'Amour, Fraulein Fanny Pragher ; Herman, M. Gosselin ; Knud, M. Perrot. To be followed by the Last Scene of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Edgardo, Sig. Moriani. To be followed by the Second Act of LA SONNAMBULA. Amina, Madame Castellan ; Elvino, Sig. Mario. Also a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which the celebrated Spanish Dancers will appear in various of the National Pas of Spain. To conclude with the admired Scene of the Dryades from the Ballet of EOLINE. Eoline, Madame Lucille Grahn. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be made at the Opera-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. ; Doors open at Seven ; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It is respectfully announced that the celebrated SYMPHONIE ODE of the DESERT, by FELICIEN DAVID, will be repeated on MONDAY NEXT, APRIL 21, Preceded by a Grand Miscellaneous, Vocal, Orchestral, and Choral Selection from the most classical Composers, including Mozart, Weber, Mendlessohn, Gluck, Beethoven, &c., and supported by nearly all the Distinguished Artistes of this Establishment. The Orchestra and Chorusses will include upwards of 200 Per formers, the whole under the direction of Sig. Costa. PART L—Sinfonia in C Minor—Beethoven.—Aria "Chi faro," Brambilla—Gluck. Aria " Les Horondelles," Signor Morlani--:David: Aria, " Zitti Zitti," Sig. Lablache (Seasons) — Haydn. With the Hunting Chorus. "La Carita"—Rossini. With Chorus. Soprani, Mesdames Castellan, Rosetti, and Rita Borio. Contralta, Mdlle. Brambilla. Overture, Oberon—Weber. PART ll.—The Desert. The solo parts by Sig. Mohan'. _ _ Boxes, Two, Three, and Four Guineas each, may be had on app] cation at the Box-office, Opera Colonnade. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. COOPER. THIS EVENING Bri'l be revived THE MOUNTAIN SYLPH. Donald, Mr. W. Harrison Christie, Mr. Harley ; Hela, Mr. Stretton ; Eolia, Miss Romer; Jesiy, Miss Collett. To conclude with JOHN OF PARIS. John of Paris, Mr. Cooper ; The Grand Chamberlain, Mr. H. Homeastle ; Pedrigo Potts, Mr. Harley ; The Princess of Navarre, Miss Rainforth. The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six m the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may he had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, 34R. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Hamby, Miss Julia Bennett, &c. After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton. To conclude with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland ; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Pooley, Mrs. Humby ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTF. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE ;REEN B SHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago, Connor pliennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; !truster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition, called ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters by Messrs, Paul Bedford, Wright, John Saunders Selby; Miss Woolgar, Miss Brooks, and Miss E. Chaplin. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL Mr. Siingsby, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul Eedibrd ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescue. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakspeare's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Benedick, Mr. Wallack ; Beatrice, Miss Cushman. Mr. SANDS and his INFANT BROTHER, MAURICE, will appear in their Pleasing and Wonderful Entertainment, DE SALON, FREAKS OF FANCY. After which, HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. To conclude with THE REAR-ADMIRAL. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Unparalleled success of the New Grand Burlesque—lrresistible Fun in " On Duty." THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Original Drama, to be called ON DUTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, F. Mathews, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. Woollidge, and Mis s Grove. After which, THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vininf,, Collier, and Turner ; Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT 1 Dick Whittington, Mrs. Keeley ; Muley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrotker, and Miss Grove. To conclude with the New Farce of A MODEL OF A WIFE. In which Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, and Meadows. Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Fairbrotner will perform. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Triumphant Success of the New Spectacle. TIIIS EVENING The Performances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian Drama, entitled THE MAID OF SARAGOSSA ; or, The Spanish ♦mazons. Entire Change of the Scenes in the Circle. 31. and Mdme. Dumos, S. Bridges, &e. An arrangement has been made with Mr. White (the celebrated Lion Tamer), who will appear THIS EVENING, and exhibit his Wonderful Feats with his unrivalled collection of Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Panthers, &c. To conclude with an Admired Farce. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consequence of the immense sensation created by the Feats of Mr. Canfield, the American Samson, he will repeat his Herculean Feats every Evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE ITALIAN WIFE. Duke of Florence, Mr. Heslop ; Geraldi Fazio, Mr. H. Hughes ; Bartolo, Mr. R. Honner ; Bianca, Mrs. R. Bonner. After which, THE GAME COCK OF THE WILDERNESS. Samson Hardhead, Mr. Marble. To be followed by the Extraordinary Feats of the American Sampson. To conclude with THE VERMONT WOOL DEALER. Deuteronomy Dutiful, Mr. Marble. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box °lice, from Eleven to Pour. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARGARET CATCHPOLE, The Female Horse stealer. Onega and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and Blanchard ; Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent. After which, LOCHINVAIt ; or, The Bride of Netherby. Lochin var, Mr. H. Howard ; James the Sixth, Mr. J. T. Johnson ; Lord Netherby, Mr. Dale ; My3le, Miss E. Terry. To conclude with 081 ; or, Three Fingered Jack. Three Fingered Jack, Mr. Cony ; Captain Orford, Mr. Blanchard ; Quashee, Mr. Searle ; Rosa, Mrs. G. Lee. THE WEATHER.—SUN 9FricE, APRIL 16. TSERMOMETER, Lowest, 36 ; Highest, 44; Noon, 40. BAROMETER, 30.33.—W1ND, N. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 39 minutes after 9 1 Evening .. 17 minutes after 10. " e t • * 111 I I in •• e "' aPNilimeir777.7, • •m 's 503,03014.11. ot • ' %m illi firnin k .__, is LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1845. The House of Lords did not sit last night. In the House of Commons the SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock. An immense number of petitions were presented on the subject of the grant to May nooth. Sir J. lIANmEa gave notice that, on going into Com mittee on the Bill, h e s h ou ld move the omission of the second clause, giving power to the authorities of the College to receive bequests. The Calico Print Works Bill was committed pro forma. The adjourned debate on the Maynooth Bill was then resumed by Mr. G. A. HAMILTON, who opposed the Bill as contrary to the Constitution of the British empire which was essentially Protestant. Mr. EtiacE would vote for the second reading of the Bill. He should vote for Mr. WARD's motion with re gard to the source from whenc e the funds for carrying this measure into effect should be derived, but in the event of that motion being negatived, he would support the present measure a s an act of tardy justice, and partial restitution to the Irish people. Mr. GORING opposed the measure as one which would be regarded with alarm by the agricultural interest (which declaration was received by the House with shouts of laughter), and as an insult to the Protestants of Ireland. Lord ASHLEY opposed the measure, as one full of peril to the Established Church in Ireland. The CH iNCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in a lengthened speech, explained and defended the conduct of the Government. Sir W. CLAY supported the grant. Sir J. EASTHOPE supported the measure, which was opposed by Lord BERNARD. Lord JOCELYN thought it necessary that the Catholic priests should receive a proper education. It was a measure calculated to conciliate the people of Ireland, and to draw closer the sympathies between Protestants and Roman Catholics, who bad been too long divided, and, therefore, it should have his support. Mr. BRIGHT was an advocate of the voluntary prin ciple, and therefore he opposed Vie measure. It was said that it would soothe the priffigh)od ; now he consi drred that it was the duty of the priesthood to proclaim e.e wrongs of Ireland, and he should be sorry to have them bribed into silence. Lord Jou:4 XANNNas supported the measure, and was lad to see that the Government now entertained dif f3rent opinions to those which they promulgated in 1843. In that year they had been told by a Member of the Government that conciliation had reached its limits. Mr. RUTHERFORD considered the measure imperatively called for. It was the first benefit which Inland had derived from the Legi*lative Union. and he hoped it would only be an earnest of future benefits. Mr. SMYTHE trusted that the effect of this measure would not be, as some of its promoters hoped, to raise the priests above the people. The priests were the natural leaders of the people, and should be of the people. He supported the measure, and considered that the conduct of Sir ROBEKT PEEL, as Prime Minister, contrasted most favourably with that of Mr. Secretary PEEL. Mr. REDINCTON, as an Irishman and a Roman Ca tholic, felt bound to vote in favour of the measure. On the motion of Mr. CUMMING BRUCE the debate was adjourned. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve. The accounts from Ireland respecting the grant to Maynooth are on the whole satisfactory. The measure appears to give general satisfaction to the Catholics, but the value of the boon is greatly diminished by the strong feeling evinced against it in England, and the revival of the "No Popery cry, of which not a whis per has been heard for years till now, though Puseyism, or Popery, has been making such fearful inroads on the Protestant Establishment. At Oxford, one of the great fountains of national education, the Catholic reli gion is priced far above the Protestant ; several of the teachers of youth openly avow its tenets, others, with more tender consciences, have gone over to the an cient faith, and not a few of the Bishops have been exerting themselves to bring back the po pulation to the bosom of Mother Church ; but, if we except the demonstrations exhibited in two or three dioceses where the attempt has been made prematurely, there has been little said against such traitorous proceedings. Have not the Irish, therefore, reason to complain that this religious zeal of the Eng lish and Scots is very partial, and that they submit with wonderful composure to the spread of the Catholic reli gion in England and in all her colonies, and view it with horror only when it is associated with the sister country. Such a contradiction is quite inexplicable here, but in Ireland, we regret to find, the cause is attri buted not so much to religion as to a hatred of the Irish nation. That hatred unfortunately is too mani fest in many instances. Their priests are reviled, and the system adopted at Maynooth is described as tending only to evil, as preg nant with mischief to the community, and an en couragement to rebellion and immorality. So invete rate is this prejudice in some English minds, that the only Government journal in London cannot defend the grant without insulting the Irish. Was there ever such a preposterous argument in support of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S policy, as the following put forth in the Morning Herald ?--After adverting to the Charitable Bequests Bill, the bewildered writer says : " But next comes the Maynooth Bill as necessary to complete the work of permanent pacification. With the priests of the present class—heated with politics, illiterate and unfitted for habits of either restraint or economy by a long life of coarse indulgence—nothing can be done having the least promise of success ; and therefore it is necessary to improve the education of the future priest_ hood," Well may Sir ROBERT PEEL exclaim, " Save me from my friends." Mr. O'CoNNELL, at the Repeal meeting on Monday;adverted to this uncharitable spirit ! with great mildness—a quality for which he is not re markable—and spoke of it in sorrow rather than in anger He condescended to refute the calumnies raised against the prelates and the inferior clergy educated at Maynooth. " Our enemies," said he, " have been villifying Maynooth in all manner of ways. Now, he could tell them on in disputable authority, that of upwards of 15,000 students who went through the course of education at Maynooth during the past fifty years, not a single one was ever charged with a crime—not one was ever brought before a magistrate charged with an offence. It was a miracle that of 15,000 young men, with all the weakness of manhood, not one was brought before the authorities charged with a crime." Can Oxford or Cambridge, or the Uni►ersities of the North say as much ? We will not furnish instances to the contrary, because certain proceedings in our Ecclesiastical Courts, and at the last assizes, are fresh in the memory of every reader. We mention the fact only to show how a malignant spirit might be excited between the two countries if the Irish chose to retaliate ; but they have more Christian charity. They pass over such insulting expressions ; they admit that " everything in the Bill has been done well, and they are grateful and thankful for it." These are Mr. O'CortliELL's words, and we confidently express a hope that the benefits in tended by it will not be marred by the revival of na tional antipathies. Mr. HUME has a notice on the paper, for the 17th (to night), of a character that demands our best atten tion. It is to the effect—" That this House will, on the day of April, resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider the following resolution: That an humble address be presented to her MAJESTY, pray ing that she will be graciously pleased to grant such a pension as she shall think proper to the Right Hon. Sir HENRY POTTINGER, Bart., K.C.8., as a reward for his eminent public services, and especially for having, as her MAJESTY'S Plenipotentiary in China, brought the war in that country to a conclusion by a peace alike honour able and advantageous, and to assure her MAJESTY that this House will make good the same.' " There may or there may not be technical objection to the form and wording of this resolution—a question into which we do not feel ourselves qualified now to enter. But there is no mistake, and can be no doubt, about the truly public-spirited motive which has dictated the no tice. Mr. HUME has now been before the public for up wards of forty years in the character of a consistent, jealous, and uncompromising guardian of the public purse. In that capacity he has fearlessly pursued, through good report and through evil report, the unbroken tenor of his self-imposed but most important duty. The exercise of functions such:as that duty supposes, often invidious, always liable to misconstruction, and never secure of being duly appreciated by a contemporary ge neration, demands the rare union of sustained energy, unsleeping vigilance, and uncompromising disinterested ness. The worst enemy of Mr. HerstE—and he has many more than might have been anticipated from the admitted advantage which the public has realised from his labours in the work of retrenching the public expen diture, and developing the resources of the public re venue—the worst enemy he has cannot dispute his dis interestedness. Had he sought office, there have fallen out abundant occasions on which he could have com manded it. We can all of us remember some conjunc tures when the Ministerial succession has been " in abeyance," as it were, for days and even weeks together, to the great uneasiness of the public mind. It is certain that had Mr. HumE, in these instances, sought to cm barrass the free action of the constitutional choice of the Sovereign, he was at the head of a section in the House of Commons whose support or opposition must have made or marred the newly-formed Cabinet before it could have concentrated its strength for active Par liamentary warfare. But Mr. HUME was pledged to measures—not to men ; and he fairly and honourably gave opportunity to the new servants of the Crown to make good their appeal, if they could, to the confidence and favour of the nation. A general concurrence of political opinions, and views of commercial as well as fiscal policy, has not enabled us, on all occasions, to go with him in some of his extreme notions connected with such matters. We have found ourselves differing from him widely at times, and have felt ourselves bound to record that dissent in very unequivocal and emphatic terms ; but we have always remained convinced of the honesty of his prepossessions, even when we could not coincide in them. In short, whether in consideration of the vigilance to detect, and the energy to expose, abuses, which his whole Parliamentary career has mani fested—of the disinterestedness with which he has main tained that career against open vituperation and secret obloquy, only to be silenced by the invincible fact of his voluminous efforts being unimpeached by any solicitation fvro o a r t , a n n age dunrequited by any dispensation of, office, or , or emolument —or, of the millions by which he has directly or consequentially reduced the public expenditure —we hold that a very inadequate expression of public favour and respect has yet been proffered to him, in return for his almost innumerable services, in a very various and extended sphere of usefulness. We have dwelt on these facts the rather because th e y singularly en h ance the value and-significancy of pliment which e ven so meritorious and distinguished m a iIPOATITLI I7xitF. For Mr. Mr. ll umE slay well feel gra tified ictosehrvaavnetealiscitSeidr fromto take the i n iti a ti ve i n proposing to her MAJESTY to grant thi s em i nent diplomatist such sion as her MAJEST Y s h a ll t hi nk fit, " without a la.en prevl suggestion or stipulati on o f any ki nd as to its arnousan is a triumph less mark e d, i n d ee d, b y the splendour o , brilliancy of its accessories than fe s ti va l s, and ban. quets, and balls in his honour in all the mercantil e capitals and emporia of the kingdom. But Sir HENRY may feel assured that such a step, by such a man as Mr. HUME, towards moving the Crown to so signal an act of grace and recognition in his (Sir HENRY'S) be half, is a certain and unfailing assurance (if that indeed be wanting) of the confirmation which the British public is fully prepared to give to any, even the most impres sive and munificent testimony of appreciation and confi dence which the SOVEREIGN may,he advised 0 tender to .tie of its most accomplished and successful servants. We congratulate Sir H. POTTINGER most cordial]) on this remarkable tribute to, and effect of, his rare abilities soul rarer fortune. Whatever m b. the fate of Mr HUBIE'S motion, the object it purposes to achieve can• not long remain unperfected ; but the manner in which it has occurred to the most inflexible and unsparing champion of economy in the disbursement of the public money thus to originate an act of national respect and bounty, without even preliminary conditions or limita tions, is alike extraordinary, interesting, and honourable to all parties concerned in it. The philosophy of crime is a branch of psycholo gical inquiry which the events of every day are forcing upon the reluctant consideration of the British public. The deplorable, the fatal frequency with which one crime of hitherto unparalleled atro city is succeeded by another of enormity so stupen dous as to throw its predecessor into shadow—not to say comparative insignificance—must have some specific, immediate cause. It cannot be, entirely, the result of that old leaven of ignorance which is pro verbially said to be the mother of guilt. Neither the person accused of the murder of his young and accomplished and confiding wife, who was ac quitted, nor JOHN TAWELL, who, less fortu nate, has paid the righteous forfeit of his life on a:public scaffold—nor the convicted felon who was on Friday adjudged to undergo the same ignomi nious fate, for a most brutal and sanguinary assassi nation under circumstances that have possibly a deeper base of horrors (happily unrevealed to the tribunal before which he was brought), than has existed in either of the other cases ; neither of these offenders was an ignorant man. But, in truth, to the disgrace of our country, our age, our civilisa tion, the intensity of crime seems to be governed among us by the same law which, before M. GuizoT's accession to power, was so fatally demonstrated to govern it in France. Not according to the crassitude of ignorance, but rather to the degree and refine ment of education, is the ratio of the intensity of crime. The better educated the delinquent, the more shocking and elaborate the character of his crime. The habits of self-possession and control, which are superinduced by education, give to such criminals a degree of moral constancy, an inflexibility of per sonal bearing, in the very face of their impending and inevitable fate, which is productive of the worst and most dangerous influences on the sympathies and impressions of the bystanders, and of the people generally. Is this occasioned by the creature-comfort attentions of sub-sheriffs bursting into a little noto riety within the ring-fence of county fame ; or the overstrained respect of deferential turn keys, hoping one day to blossom into full-grown gaolers, and even prison governors, through the ex cellent things daily recorded of them by their friends among the penny-a-liner " gentlemen of the press ?" Either men are apt to pity an offender of this sort by reason of this stoical fortitude, although believing him to be guilty; or this fortitude, despite all the accumulated evidence which has been given to his guilt, infects them with an indolent, uninquiring, but not the less decided, impression of his innocence. Reverting to the demeanour of many among the most desperate offenders who have perished within the la-t five years under the hands of the public executioner, we are tempted, at first, to believe, either that death has lost its terrors with " those who are appointed to die;'' or the law, which was intended to secure the inviolability of human life, that ordinary degree of respect for its enactments, and that dread of its penalties which the mere prejudices of our social i habits seem to attach to other of its injunc tions, and to the punishment decreed for their transgression, where the offence it is addressed to is of a far more trivial character, and the consequences of infringement infinitely less serious. We have schemes of prison discipline, theories of pri soners' classification, systems of penitentiary treat ment, and model prisons without end, or stint, or measure ; converted, organised, practised, enforced, built—at GOD knows what amount of charge to the country. Where is the result of corresponding be. nefit ? Ti the interior economy of our gaols be ma naged with a little more of decorum and decency than heretofore, when every manacled " Macheath" was a furtive hero in fetters—approachable, communicable, conversable to and for all the world, and as much so on the eve of execution as on the first day of his com mittal to Newgate ;—we do not see that beyond the walls of these gaols crime has become less prurient in its excesses, vice less scandalous in its publicity, or convicted infamy less certain of securing, from the more "enlightened" readers, who gloat over their scores of columns of exclusive reports of executions, or the better educated mob of sight-seers who as semble beneath the gallows-tree to witness them—a less amount of morbid and meretricious compassion, solicitude, interest, or whatever the feeling be, which makes a THURT ELL a martyr, or a TA WELL a highly respectable " unfortunate." There must be some thing very wrong at the bottom of this condition of things. It is a most alarming and a very nauseous symptom of what we shall call " a moral consump tion" in the frame of society. The tear of pity which bedews the details of such appalling iniquity as the press has lately had to record is really a very maudlin tribute of a very sickly sympathy. The blush which such details calls into the check of many a reader who at first mistakes an unwholesome excitement for the impulse of an innocent curiosity, is not, we fear, the mantling expression of a generous and virtuous indignation at the convulsive hectic of an already diseased imagination pampering to its self-destroying demands. Where the fault lies we will not now attempt to inquire. That the evil exists nobody, we apprehend, will attempt to deny. Surely no questions can better deserve the careful investigation of the authorities, civil and executive, connected with the administration of the law, than the cause and effect which involve a signal failure in the highest and most solemn branch of positive law to vindicate its own majesty, or to deter men from breaking through its restraints and braving its penalties. The law has already lost half its force, as well as its justification, when its extreme vengeance is encountered habitually, as it were, with an indifference which amounts to defiance, or a fortitude which is the manifestation of indiffer ence, and this in the face of all the world, and at the last closing moments of their existence in it. The Madrid Garotte of the Bth publishes a decre e giving the royal assent to the following resolution adopted by the Cortes :—" The property of the secular clergy that is unsold, and the selling of which was sus pended by the royal ordinance of the 26th of July, 1844, shall be restored to the clergy." The Chamber of De puties met on the Bth. All the Ministers were present, and previous to the commencement of the discussion on the budget, General NARvAEz, amidst general attention rose and read the following decree rel a ti ve to t h e mar riage of the QUEEN-MOTHER with Don FERNANDO MUN' "Considering the powerful reasons submitted to me by my august mother, Donna Maria Christina de Bourbon, and after hearing my Council of Ministers, I authorise her to contract marriage with Don Fernando Munoz, Duke de Rianzares ; and I declare that, by contracting that mar riage of conscience with a person inferior in rank, she has iorfeited nothing in my heart and tenderness, that she shall retain all the honours and prerogatives belonging to her as Queen-Mother; but that her husband shall enjoy only the honours, prerogatives, and distinctions belonging to his rank, and retain his armorials and name; the children that shall issue from this marriage shall be subjected to the pro visions of article 12 of the ninth law, title the 2d, book the 10th, of the New Collection of Laws, and shall be enabled to inherit the free property of their parents, in conformity to the provisions of those laws. "Given at the Palace on the 11th of October,:lB44. (Signed) " THE QUEEN." The QUEEN'S Civil List was 'then voted unanimously, and the pension to Queen CHRISTINA of 30,0001. was car ried by a majority of 116 to 9. The funds rose considerably on the Bth, and conside rable transactions took place in the Three per Cents., which closed at 35/ cash, and 354 at 60 days. Five per Cents., 26 at 60 days. Passive Debt, 84, at 60 days. Vales Reales, 10:1 at 60 days. The Paris papers bring no intelligence of importance On Monday, at nine in the morning, the KING left the Tuileries for the Chateau d'Eu, where he will remain, it is said, till Friday. The Presse states, that previous to lais departure, his MAJESTY signed five ordonnance:, raising the following persons to the Chamber of Peers,: NEsw on —The D u k e of TREVISO, M. BERLIN DE VAUX, M. 'VICTOR HU GO , General ACILARD, and M. LE TILLEY. The J ournal des Debats has a long article on the grant to lyiaymnioToritt, "Fragment inwhich it gives the longlrish Church," extracts f a ro n m ou S tl x;: e of the di scuss i ons in the Commons, and other - particu lars, which may render the • " • subject intelligible to fo reilznerA, but posQesses little interest for tbo English reveler. These journals contain an account of the poe:eding s in the extraordinary Diet, which met at Zurich, on d if , 10ft. Al. Deputy of Thurgau, tee repert of the Committee appointed to investigate the late un fortunate recurrences at Lucerne, which may be thus summed up:— " The Committee commenced by obtaining accurate no tions of the state of facts. It first of all heard the Federal Commissioners. These expressed a fear that some capital executions might take place at Lucerne in the course of the week. The accounts of the state of the prisoners were not very f avou rable. Huddling them togeth er i n a wa y t o en gender sickness was particularly complained of ; the wounded were better treated. After having heard the Federal Com missioners, the Committee sent for two of the Deputies of Lucerne, MM. Siegwart and A . ttenhofer, who declared that it was impossible that executions or even judgments could take place during the week ; that the proceedings and their consequences would demand several weeks. The Deputies of Lucerne took this occasion to express a desire that the Diet should not adopt any . measures likely to attack the can tonal sovereignty. This circumstance engaged the Commit tee to examine the question of the amnesty i n a ll p o i n t s of view, and it came to the decision that the most efficient means of arriving at favourable ground for this question was to pro pose measures in completion of the decree of the 20th of March respecting the free corps, and to order the political refugees to be removed from the Lucerne frontier." M. KERN'S report was listened to with the utmost in terest, and after it came very long discussions (from nine in the morning until five in the evening) on diet% o p. °positions first presented by the Committee. That of the free corps met with but little opposition, even on the part of the states which rejected it three weeks back, but it called forth violent recriminations between the deputies of Lucerne and Argau, on the part taken by the volunteers in the last troubles. In this discussion, the exultation of the victors wasmanifested without con cealment. The proposed decree did not please them, be cause, in their opinion, it did not go far e n oug h, i n no t placing a direct responsibility of a character sufficiently strong on the cantonal governments which might tolerate the free corps. The Deputies of the cantons favourable to the Jesuits, therefore, all demanded modifications of a more severe tendency. But they could get to gether only seven or eight votes, and they were obliged to fall back on the plan proposed by the Committee, and which was supported in its ensemble by the votes of all the cantons except Glaris and Vaud. All the states called by the Liberals Ultramontane pro nounced in favour of the Diet's abstaining from all pro ceedings relating to the amnesty, contesting its au thority to meddle with that question ; adding that even if it bad a right to interfere, the moment was inopportune for doing so. The most powerful con siderations found, on the contrary, eloquent inter preters in several Deputies, and amongst others, those of Glaris, Thurgau, Vaud, and Zurich. Some other Deputies, who spoke in favour of the same con siderations, desired to see some changes made in the wording. On the vote, eight states and two half ones pronounced in favour of not meddling with the matter. Nine states and one half state voted against the proposition of the majority of the Committee. Three other states kept the protocol open. Thus there was no majority either one way or the other. All the mein hers of the Diplomatic corps were present at the sitting. The Diet was to take into consideration the other pro positions contained in the report; but this grand Council evidently is without power, the representatives of the different cantons cannot agree on material points, and a sufficient number of votes either one way or the other cannot be obtained, so as to render any decision elective. TEE II UN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 17,, 1845, THE BOURSE.-MONDAY, APRIL 14. First High«st Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. Frerch Five per Cents. •••• 117 10 117 15 .• 117 .• 117 10 Fours • • 107 50 .. 107 50 .. 107 50 .. 107 50 Three per Cents . 85 80 85 80 .• 85 75 .. 85 75 Loan 86 35 .. 86 40 .. 86 35 .. 86 40 Bank of France 3215 ..3215 ..3215 .. 3215 Gouin Bank. I,ooof Shares lllO ..1110 ..1110 ..1110 Belgian Bank . ..... 637 50 .• 643 .• 637 50 .• 640 Belgian Fives, 1 840 my, In% .. 102% .. 102% Four-and-a-Half 101% •• 101% .. 101% .. 101% 62 25 .. 62 25 .. 62 25 .. 62 25 l)utch Two and-a-Half 64 .. 64 • • 64 • 64 Spanish Threes 4ll 41 1 % •• 41% 411 , Passive • 7% 7% •• 7 % .• 71 Portuguese Five per Cents 66 .. 66 .. 6 6 •• 66 Roman ........:.• .. •..... 10 - 7% .. 107% .. 107 7 i .. 10-7- RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain 1120 ..1120 Versa‘ll.ls, It.B. . L.B•• •• Rouen •••• •• •• •• •••• 1140 . 1140 ..1123 .. 570 .. 370 ..1135 ..1120 .. 572 50 3so ..1140 Rouen to Havre•• Orleans • • ~ 950 .. 940 .. 947 50 ..1247 50 ..1242 50 ..1215 Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 325 .. 327 50 .. 320 GO .. :125 Avignon to Marseilles•• ....1092 50 ..1052 50 ..1087 50 . 1092 50 Bordeaux to Teste •••• •• •• 217 50 .. 217 50 .. 215 .. 217 50 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, APRIL 16. St. Germain • • • • • • .. • .1110 ..1130 ..1110 Versailles, R. B. •• • • ..... 580 .. 580 .. 570 ..1130 .. 572 50 .. 380 ..1137 50 .. 950 "1250 326 25 ••1087 50 L. 8.. ••••• • • • • • 380 .. 380 .. 375 Rouen • ... ........ "1135 ..1140 ..1135 Rouen to Havre ......• •• •• 940 ~ 952 50 .. 940 Orleans .•....• • • • .1240 ..1250 ..1240 Strasburg to Bale • • ... 320 .. 327 50 .. 320 Avignon to Marseilles ...• • •1085 .. 1095 .. 1085 THE OREGON TERRITORY.-Mr. Wyld has published two excellent maps, which will be found of great service in ascertaining the right of England to the disputed dis trict. The first is a general sketch of the north-west coast of America, with the different boundary lines clearly marked ; and the other " The United States and the relative position of the Oregon and Texas." They are accompanied with a small work giving a chronological statem.nt of the events connected with the rights of Great Britain, and the claims of the United States to the Oregon territory. Want of space prevents us from giving extracts from this pamphlet at present, but we shall take the first opportunity of laying the most im portant parts of it before the public. FLANDERS MAIL. BRWSSELS, APRIL 13.—Several of our journals have the follow ing intelligence: — Our merchants have received information from London, Am sterdam, and Hamburgh, that Russia has just made a change in the law relative to the duty on refined sugar. This cbange is of the highest importance from the effect it will have on the ma nufacture of refined sugars in Europe. Four projects of law for new railways will be presented to the Chamber to-morrow by the Min ister of Public Works, vi a . Li ege t o Namur, from Mons to Mu na g e, from Jerni ppe to Louvain,and from Ypru to Ccnstrai. It is hoped that a fift h p ro j ect will be br ought forward, which would Le equal or superior in im p ortance to any of the precedin g , F v n a railwayshdrun on which coals from Mons to the can al of the Sambre and Orse ; and on the other passing by way of Ath to Gramm ont Alort, Termonde would be connected by way of Yell and Lock erow with the railway betghinenhig one side to Ma n b erg, and convey our at Mons, o r rat h er the basin of from Antwerp. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, APRIL 8. 5 per Cent. Metalliques ..... 113 4 per Cent. ditto • • • • • • • • • • 102 1 ", 3 per Cent. ditto.• •••••••• • • • • • • • ....... 751, ; Loan, 1831 • • • ...... ' • • • • • • • ......... • • 15514 Ditto, 1839 • • • • • • • ..... '• " " • ..... • • 1324 Bank Shares • • • . ••• • • ..... 1648 Esterhazy's Loan —Allgemeine Zeitung, April 11. Of pl tier and Duchess of G u i se we h ave OLYMPIC THEATRE. —Monday evening was th e last night of the season at th is theatre, and the performances were for the benefit of Miss Davenp ort, who appeared afterwards as Lady T eaz l e appeared first of all as th e Teazle was excellent, and will add ai D ob r u et e ah h de e y s s s seph o oo f kee G i n u f. i e s r e H i n s ec a tier a o ald vcn ay, greatly to the already high reputation which she en j oys . The house was crowded to e xcess, an d she was received throughout with the utmost enthusiasm. The Warlock of the Gle n conc l u d e d stage i a n t his hiton of the the the evening's amusements, in which M r. . l flarr.eDwealvlenr the Davenport, the father o f the fair manageress, took vi is t his daughter. Thus termi efaovociouristiecharacter piece,of Andrew . and He addressed the audience d returned them his th an k s f or fin the support they had V nated the first seasonmanagementMiss Davenport's management at the Olympic Theatre. Whether it has been a successful. I ' h • a dramatic point of view it has been most . t as, in i accomplished artist of the person of Miss Davenport, given us an successful season in a pecuniary point of view we know not, but in the most versatile talent, and one who even now is unrivalled as the representati 'e of the juvenile heroines of tragedy and comedy—who has made such characters as Juliet, and Horatia, and Juliana, her own; and it has also restored to the legitimate drama a theatre which had previously been appropriated to the representation of melodramas of the New gate Calendar school. The gratitude of every true lover of the drama is due to Miss Davenport for her exertions, and we heartily wish that success may attend her. Her powers ought to com mand it—her exertions always deserve it. HER 111AJES TY'S VISIT TO THE GREAT BRITAIN.— In cerisequence of the unfavoua a bl e wea th er on Tuesday her Ma jesty has postponed her visit to this stupendous iron steam-ship until next Tuesday. Her Majesty was to have embarked on board the Dwarf, iron-screw steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Beau cham Proctor, at Greenwich Hospital. Every preparation had been made at that place and on board the Great Britain, to receive the Sovereign in a suitable m anner. SEVERE GALE.—Tuesday it blew a sev ere g al e from nearly N.N.E , accomp an i ed with violen t squa lls and heavy showers. The numerous ti ers of shipping on t h e river rode heavily, but none of them p ar t e d f rom their moorings. The tempestous state of the weath er s i nce S unday, and particu l ar ly yesterday, has prevented the depart ure ef a great number of vess els from the docks and wharfs, lade n an d rea d y for sea, and which we re cleared out wards at the Cu s t om- h ouse on Saturday and Monday. The wind on Sunday and Monday being from about W. N. W., and therefore favourable fo r th e departure of vessels, severa l sailed from the wharfs, but soon a ft erwards anchored in the Pool and lower parts of , th e Th ames, where they rema i n ed yesterday afternoon. Owing to th e violence of t h e gale yesterday, g several ships, laden with rich and valuable cargoes, from India and China and other distant parts, although in tow of two steam-packets, were compelled to anchor in various parts of the river, above and below Gravesend. When this gale moderates, they will be towed to their respective docks. Several continental steamers are overdu e . Considerable apprehens i o ns are entertained for the safety of v esse l s on the east and sou th coasts. About fo ur o'clock yesterday aft ernoon the gale moderated a litt le, but soon afterwards resumed its for mer violence. Last nig h t it c ontinued to blow very hard, an d th e atmosphere had a threate nin g and gloomy appearance. Mo s t o f the shipping on the river a nd to the various docks had th e i r topmasts struck. Nothwithst andin g the boisterous state of the weath er yesterday, t h e temperature was less cold. At noon the thermo meter at the Dockmaster's Office, St. Katherine's (a very exposed situation), which on Sunday and Mon day averaged 43 de grees , indicated 48%. By the ship St. G eorge, Norris ar rived off Dover on Monday, in 100 days from PI , . pa pers to the sth - January. Sir George Gipp s h ad brought the first long p r otracted session of the Legislative A ssembly to a close, in a speec h not of a very complimentary character t o their wisdom and pru d en ce. The Assembly passed, in all, twenty -one substantive measures , eighteen Yaney, we have of which were assented to by the Executive, two referred to the Home Government, and one voted without reserve. The address of the Governor bears testimony to the progressive recovery of the colony from the monetcry depression. A large number of shim were on the berths loading at Sydney, and wool was fast coming in from the farms in the interior. The St. George has on board a small quantity of lead and coppw orett, which may be taken as a proof of some program In laiaiag ormls, COURT ~,1-CULAI.t. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal I ihne:s afterwards rode out on horseback, attended by Colorol Maiverie,_ . . Ineir Highw..ssea the Prince of IVales and the Pr inc,,ss Royal were taken airings in the royal gardens. Hie Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Buckingham P lace. The company included her Rnyl.:l Hi"o-imess the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Dnke and Duchess of Cambridge, their Royal Highnesses the Heredi tary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh St relitz, her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl Burch fold, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Cawdor, the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Countess Wratislaw, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, the Earl of Jersey, Baroness de Strumf e d er , Lord George .ennox, Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, Sir George Couper, Captain Francis Seymour, Mr. Edmond Mildmav, and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein. The band of the Grenadier GEards attended during dinner, under the direction of Mr. Schott, and performed the follow ing pieces:— Pot pouri, "Belisario" Waltz, "Dublin" Donizetti. Labitzk' Cavatina from "II Prisione d'Edinbourgo" ..... Rice. Polka, " Ernestinen" Galop, " Cbarlotten" Kuhner. _ _ His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the noble Directors of the Concert of Ancient Music, left the Pa lace at a quarter-past eight o'clock for the Hanover-square Rooms, his Royal Highness being the Director for the even ing. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, and the Earl of Cawdor accompanied the Prince in his carriage. Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness, Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting, Lieut.-Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, and Mr. Ed mond Mildmay, Equerry to the Duke of Cambridge, fol lowed in another carriage. The Queen left the Palace shortly afterwards for the Ha nover-square Rooms, to honour the Concert with her pre sence. Her Majesty was accompanied by her illustrious guests, and the Royal party proceeded in the following order : A carriage conveying the Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Arbuthnot; the Equerry to the Duchess of Kent, Colonel Sir G. Couper ; and the Equerry to the Grand Duchess of Baden, Baron de Schreckenstein. A carriage conveying the Lord in Waiting, Viscount Hawarden ; the Maids of Honour, Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Devereux ; and the Groom in Waiting, Sir Frederic Stovin. A carriage conveying the Lord Steward, the Lord Cham berlain, and the Countess Wratislaw A carriage conveying his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar; the Master of the Horse; the Lady in Waiting, the Viscountess Jocelyn ; and the Lady in Waiting to the Grand Duchess of Baden, Baroness de Strumfeder. A carriage conveying their Royal Higbnesses thevHere ditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Phil lipstahl, and the Lady in Waiting, the Marchioness of Douro. A carriage conveying the Queen, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. The D — uchess of Gloucester passed a good night on Tuesday night, and was better yesterday. Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl visited the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden yesterday, at the Duke of Hamilton's residence, in Portman-square. The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, paid his respects to her Royal Highness. A deputation, consisting of the Duke of Hamilton, the Duke of Montrose, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earl of Eglinton, the Earl of Rosebery, the Earl of Mansfield, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, M.P., Sir Hugh 11. Campbell, M.P., Mr. 11. Drummond, M.P., Mr. James Oswald, M.P., Mr. David Dundas, M.P., and Mr. Lockhart, M.P., had an in terview with Sir R. Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. Mr. J. Strettell Brickwood, Public Works Loan-office, South Sea House, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. A meeting of the Commissioners for the government of Pentonville Prison was held yesterday at the Colonial 'office. The following Commissioners were present :—Lord Wharn cliffs, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Chichester, Major Jebb, Mr. Craufurd, and Mr. Russell. The Governor of the Bank of England had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Dispatches for the Governor of the West India Colonies, and also for the Governor of Gibraltar, were sent off yester day evening from the Colonial-office. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET, TUESDAY NIGHT. Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b. T.Y.C. (6 Subs.) Duke of Bedford's Captain Phcebus (E. Edwards) 1 Lord Sandwich's b f by Jerry, out of Legend Mr. Mason's b f by Redshank, dam by Tramp Mr. E. Batson's b f by Liverpool, out of Harriet 4 6 to 4 on Captain Phoebus, who won easy by a length. Match—Lord Lowther's Hyrcanian, 5 yrs (Bartholomew), beat Sir W. W. Wynn's Rowland, 5 yrs (Mann), by four lengths; 50, h ft, Bst each. R.M. BETTING IN THE EVENING. Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES.—Eveu between Idas and John Day's lot. CHESTER Cur..-7 to 1 agst Semiseria-8 to I agst Cata ract-20 to 1 agst Ould Ireland-20 to 1 agst Portrait. No others mentioned. DERBY.-9 to 1 agst Idas-10 to 1 agst Alarm-17 to 1 agst hedger-17 to 1 agst Weatherbit-18 to 1 agst Clear the-Way-20 to 1 agst Newsmonger (t)-30 to 1 agst Pan tasa (t)-30 to 1 agst Mentor-40 to 1 agst Wood Pigeon -40 to 1 agst Winchilsea-50 to 1 agst Jinglepot-2,000 to 25 agst Secutor (taken several times)-1,000 to 10 agst Due au Darras (t)-750 to 50 agst Idas winning the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby-1,000 even between Wood Pigeon and Old England. No others mentioned. Entry for the T. Y. C. plate to-morrow :—Oakley, Celia, Khorassan, Delapre, All-round-my-Hat, and Caroline. COLUMN STAKEs.—AII are scratched except Tisiphone, Sister to Potentia, Mr. Bowes' two, Javelin, Jet, Adrianople, Topaz, Due au Darilis, Queen of Cyprus, Hersey, and Win chilsea. About six or seven expected to run. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. CHESTER Cur.-8 to 1 agst Semiseria (t 9to 1)-10 to 1 agst Cataract-11 to 1 agst Obscurity (t)-14 to 1 agst The Era-25 to 1 agst Winesour-25 to 1 agst Strathspey -25 to 1 agst Truebov (t)-28 to 1 agst Ould Ireland-30 to 1 ag st Yheoman ac Knuck. Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.-2 to 1 agst Id is (t.) —5 to 2 agst Kedger-6 to 1 agst Cobweb c. DERRY.-11 to 1 agst Alarm (t)-11 to 1 agst Idas-13 to 1 agst Kedger-15 to 1 agst Cobweb c-17 to 1 asst Clear the-way (t)-22 to 1 au - at. Weatherbit-25 to 1 agst News monger-30 to 1 agst Mentor-35 to 1 agst Laird o' Cock pen-40 to 1 agst Doleful-12 to 1 agst Forth's lot (t). RECEIVED LAST NIGHT. ___ NEW MATCHES. FRlDAY.—Minotaur, Bst 101 b, agst Pine Apple, Bst 11b. First half of Ab.M. 100, h ft.—These horsesare also matched for the next meeting, at the same weights, to run D.M. The Ugly Buck is scratched fur the Port. WEDNESDAY'S RACES. The weather has at length taken a favourable turn, and, although still unseasonably cold, has enabled a select, busi ness-like assemblage to enjoy a moderate day's sport, without the drawbacks that so completely neutralised the attractions of the miore important races decided on the first and second days of the meeting. In order to enable several Honourable Members, who have paid us flying visits, to get back to town in time for the division on the Maynooth grant, the races were arranged to commence at half-past one, and finish at three. The first on the card was— A match for 200 sovs. li ft. T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's Minotaur, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (Robinson), beat Lord Exeter's Celia, 6 yrs, Bst 61b (NV. Boyce). 5t04 on Minotaur. Won by four lengths. Subscription Plate of 50/. for 3 yrs old, 7st ; 4 yrs, list 71b; 5 yrs, 9st ; 6 yrs, and aged, 9st 21b. T.Y C. Mr. liowe's Khorassan, 5 yrs (Chapple) I Lord G. Bentinck's All-round- m y-Hat, 4 yrs Mr. Steers' Caroline, 3 yrs 3 The following also ran :—Lord Exeter's Celia, 6 yrs (NV. Boyce), and Lord Albemarle's Delapre. 4 yrs (Whitehouse). Betting, 7 to 4 agst All-round-my- Hat, 3 to 1 agst Celia (taken), 3 to 1 agst Delapre, and 7 to 2 agat Khorassan. All-round-my-Hat and Khorassan laid in front all the way; the mare leading at a good pace half way up the cords, where she was headed, and after an indifferent race was beaten by a length, Caroline a moderate third. Sir W. W. Wynn's Stoker, Bst 71b (Mann), beat Lord Huntingfield's fby Muley Moloch, out of Barbelle, Bst 41b. D. M. 100, h ft. 7t04 on the filly. Won easy by a length. The Column Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft ; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b. (27 Subs.) Mr. Wreford's Winchelsea, by Camel (J. Howlett) 1 Colonel Peel's Hersey, by Glaucus 2 Lord Exeter's Adrianople... 3 The following also started :—Lord Albemarle's Tisiphone, Mr Batson's fby Plenipo out of Acacia, Lord Chesterfield's Javelin (allowed 51b), and Lord Miltown's Due au Durras. 2 to 1 on Winchelsea, 4 to 1 agst Javelin, and 8 to 1 agst Due au Durras.—Won in a canter by six lengths. BETTING ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Semiseria (taken),ls to 1 agst The Era 8 to 1 agst Cataract (taken) ;15 to 1 agst Ould Ireland DERBY. 5 to 1 agst John Day's Lot 25 to 1 agst Doleful and Tit (6 to 1 taken freely) mouse (taken) 8 to 1 agst Idas 35 to 1 agst Laird o' Cockpen 9 to 1 agst Alarm (taken) 16 to 1 agst Weatherbit 40 to 1 agst Doleful (taken) 40 to 1 agst Jinglepot (taken) NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY.—Sir J. Hawley's Comrade, Bst 71b, agst Lord Exeter's Dr. Hale, Bst 41b. First half of Ab. M. 100 h ft. THURSDAY.—Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, Bst 61b, agst Sir J. llawley's Comrade, 7st 41b. D.I. 200 h ft. DANGER OF CHILDREN'S CHAISES.—On Monday a woman, named Williams, was drawing an infant son of Mr. Jones, the landlord of the Harrow public-house, Kingston, who was only ten months old, in a child's chaise, along the Fairfield.lane, Kingston, when, to get out of the way of a cart, which was coming up the road, she drew the chaise up the orchard bank, but in doing so upset it, and pitched the infant out into the road. when, in an instant, the wheelof the cart passed over the poor infant's neck, momentarily depriving it of life. The young man who drove the cart was not considered blameable. SIR HENRY POTTINGER.—The freedom of the city will be presented to this distinguished man on Tuesday next at three o'clock in the Council Chamber; and on the day following he will be entertained at a sumptuous dinner by all the leading parties of the city.— Scotch 'Wormers ( Glasgow) Gazette. FIRST QUARTER'S REVENUE OF THE RAILWAYS.- We have now before us the official railway returns made up for the last three months, being that quarter of the year in which the traffic is smalle s t an d a l so l eas t s ubject to fluctua tion. It appears that the aggregate receipts from traffic, since the Ist of J anuary, on the pr i nc i pa l pu bli c railways, amounts, in round numbers, to 1,210,000/., while last year it only reached 1 ,054,000/., at the same period, being an in crease of 156,000/. on the quarter. Of this increase, we find that 26,0001. belong to the Great Western, 12,000/. to the London and Birmingham, 11,000/. to the Grand Junction, 5,000/. to the North of England, 6,0001. to the London and Brighton, 10,0001. to the Manchester and Leeds, 21,000/. to the Midlands, 22,000/. to the South-Eastern, and 5,000/. to the Eastern Counties an d N ort h-E as t ern . Among the smaller lines we have an increase of 1,2001. to the Chester and Birkenhead, 3,000/. to the Edinburgh and Glasgow, 3,4001. to the Glasgow and Ayr, 3,0001. to the London and Blackwell, 9,0001. to the London and Croydon, 3,5001. to the Manchester and Birmingham, 3,700/. to the Newcastle and Carlisle. Of the lines not opened last year, we have OR the Yarmouth and Norwich at present an increase of 26/. per week, and on the New cas tl e an d D ar lington an increase at the rate of 2001. per week. Some of these amounts are effected by extensions of the line, &c., but the greater part arise solely from the steadily increasing trade of the coun try.—Railway LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, APRIL 16.—Wind this day at noon, Northerly, wrong breeze, and cloudy. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 14.—Wind N. W., a gale.—Arrd. Hi•idoo, Sol nole, Calcutta • Wokington, Mauritius ; Jane Augu s t a , an d Victoria, Loftily, Ichaboe ; Adam Smith, Valparaiso; Mary For-hay:, Old Cilabac ; Lehigh, New Orleans ; Asia, Carthage, Joshua Bates, Lanark, Maranham, and 'Virginia, Mobile; Liberty and Ocean, Apalachiola, Leander. S a v anna h ; Macao. Selina a nd Sarah, Charleston ; Briton, Yarmouth. 111 PENZANCE, APRIL 12.—Arrd. Black Diamond, Port Talbot, for Manilla, starboard-rigging and fore-rigging adrift.. DEAL, Arnim, 14.—Wind N. W., fresh and squally.—Arrd. St. George, Wright, Sydney ; Alma, Anderson, Batavia ; Batavia, from Hamburgh. POOLE, APRIL 13.—Arrd. Gipsy, Figuera, loss of mainmast, bulwarks, &c. FALMOUTH, APRIL 14.—Wind N.W., fresh gales, and heavy squall.—Arrd. Maria, Mincham, and the Hannah, Roddam, Ichaboe. It h as bl own a h ar d ga l e all th i s day from w.. W., and still continues. BRIDLINGTON, APRIL 14.—1 t is blowing a gale from W.S.W. The Prima, from Shields to Fecamp, has put in here leaky, loss of mizenmast, sails, &c., having been in con tact with the William and Ann of Shields now in the bay, without damage. HULL, APRIL 14.—1 t blew a strong gale all last night and yesterday, and continues at N. to N.N.E. with rain. OFF DARTMOUTH, APRIL 15.—Agnes, Fox, Trinidad. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 15.—Wind N., strong gales.—Arrd. Jessamine, Miller, Ichaboe. Since yesterday morning it has been blowing a very strong gale from N. by W. to N.N.E., and continues. FALMOUTH, APRIL 15.—Wind N. to N.N.E., fresh gales, with violent squalls.—Arrd. Betty, Schyth, Lima, sld. Dec. 29 ; Herald, Jones, Warrens, Beech, and Flora, Mitchell, Ichaboe ; Familier, Nyberg, Rio, sld. Feb. 18. Sld. Panther, Rio. Off, Concord of North Shields, Ichaboe; Mary Laing, Creufurgos, sld. 2d. ult. BRISTOL, APRIL 15.—Wind N.N.E., strong.—Arrd. Tom Cod, Escott, Africa, left Gaboon, Feb. 5. The Queen Vic toria, Sutton, hence to Port Talbot, in going down the River yesterday, got ashore near the Round Point, and sunk. BELFAST, APRIL 14. rrd. Gondola, Warwick, Ichaboe. OFF THE HUMBER FLOAT, APRIL 15.—Harmony, Ichaboe. YARMOUTH, APRIL 15.—Acrd. Mary Ann, of Lynne, with loss of bowsprit, &c., having been in contact with the Sarah, of Whitby, which has put into Lowestoffe, with loss of an chors, &c. OFF DOVER, APRIL 15.—Botley Wood, St. Michael's, after being in contact with the Jane Ann, of Beaurnaris, in the Downs. DEAL, APRIL 15.—Wind N.N.W. to N.E., strong gale with severe squalls.—Arrd. Hector, Fox, and Spartan, Barclay, Jamaica. Sld. F. I. Crisp, Cape of Good Hope; Alexander Baring, New Orleans. A great number have lost anchors, and some are running down Channel, having slipped their anchors. RAMSGATE, APRIL 15.—Wind p.m, N.E., blowing hard.— Several vessels have put in here with loss of anchors. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 1 6.—Arrd. 5 A.M. Montrose steamer, Gibraltar, &c. DOVER, APRIL 15,—The Tweed, Walker, supposed from the Gambia, reports having spoken, Ist ult., lat. 4 N., lon. 11 W., the Spanish felucca Hurricane, a prize to her Majesty's steamer Hydra, bound to Sierra Leone. PORTSMOUTH. APRIL 15.—Wind N.N.W. to N.N.E.—SId. Paramatta, Valparaiso; Catherine Elizabeth, St. Vincent; Quebec, New York ; Standard, St. And rew ' s . Off, W a l mer , Castle China, and sailed for London. COWES, APRIL 15.—Wind N., blowing a gale.—Arrd. Charlotte, Ichaboe ; Port-a-Port, Romare, Bahia. The Pearl, Hayward, from London to Ceylon, drove this morning during a heavy gale at N.. and came ashore off Shrape Mud, but has come Off with the flood. The weather is now (5 30 P.M.) moderating. STARCROSS, APRIL 15.—1 t is blowing a heavy gale from N.N.W. to N.N.E. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 15.—Wind N.E., fresh.—Arrd. Aller ton, Phillips, Hope, and Parsee Merchant, Ichaboe; Mary and Ann, Whitty, Buenos Ayres; Reliance, Bedford, Ceara; John, Fell, Laguna; Victoria, New Orleans; Aguara, Greif nev, Ilerculian, and Scotland, Mobile; Chieftain and Jessie, Charleston ; Off, Lancaster, Bombay ; Rainbow, Trinidad ; Atlas and Nancy, —. The Lord Keane had b een d i s charged and condemned at Ichaboe, prior to February 18. The barque Eu, of Greenock, inward bound, was passed off Point Lynas yesterday ; this morning she was discovered inside the bank having been wrecked during the night on West Hoyle ; part of crew drowned, and the fate of the others unknown. LOWESTOFT, APRIL 15.—1 t blew a heavy gale all last night, at N.N.E. and N.E., and continues, several vessels have lost anchor. Jimmielf, APRIL. 15.—1 t has blown a heavy gale during the day at N.E. to E.N.E., but is now more moderate. WHITSTABLE, APRIL 15.—A brig has just gone ashore on on the Spanish ; assistance has gone to her. The Countess of Durham and the Tuscan have lost anchors, &c. It is blowing hard at N,E. CLYDE, APRIL 14.—Wind N W.—Arrd. Chaucer, Elder, Chevalier, Keir, Europa, Bugle, Formosa, Boyle, Hannah Isabella, Shanks, Matthew King, Murchie, Retrieve, and St. George, all from Ichaboe. Ski. Adam Cair and Trident, New York ; Annabella, Barbadoes ; Mary Pring, St. John's, New Brunswick. CORK, APRIL 13.—Arrd. Barlow, Fell, Lord John Russell, Garrety, Sisters, Lamplough, and Wilmot, Miller, Ichaboe; Brothers, Knowles, St. John's, N.B. Off, Protector, Dove, Ichaboe. LEITH, APRIL 14.—S1d. Cicero, Pernambuco. WELLS, APRIL 15.—The Nautilus, Wilson, of Faversham, is ashore to the eastward, but expected off when the wea ther moderates. TORBAY, Arrar. 12.—S1d. Civility, Prince Edward's Island. A large brig (supposed a laden collier) has been towed to Gravesend this morning (Wednesday), dismasted and with loss of bowsprit. NOTICE TO MARINERS. VESSELS PROHIBITED ENTERINGCARTHAGENA DURING THE NIGH T. British Consulate, Carthagena, April 2, 1845. Strt,—An order having been issued by the Governors of this city, to prevent vessels from entering the port during the night, excepting when compelled through stress of wea ther, when they can anchor to the north of Fort Naindae!, I beg to apprise you of the same, that it may be commu nicated to the authorities of those ports which clear for the Mediterranean. I am, &c., (Signed) C. W. TURNER, W. Dobson, Esq., Sc.- Lloyd's. Agent for Lloyds. F -T - - _ _ RAVELLING.—A, an instance of the t.xtraor . dinatT facility of communication between this town and tht inctro F oiis, we have authority for stating that Yesterday LFriday) a gentleman left London by the Great Western at half-past nine, P.M , stopped ten minutes at Exeter, anti reached Devonport, by the Tally-ho, at five minutes past seven, A.M. ; thus performing al . .- entire distance in little more than nine hours!—Devonport Independent. Tuesday aft. moon, hi-r a ,, rl lino.. oclock, a melancholy accident, by fire, occu`rred to Mrs. Elisabeth Mekins, thirty-two years of age, the wife of a French polisher, East-street, Manchester-square. It appears that the unfortunate female was busily enraged boiling some combustible ingredients for making French polish, in an earthen pipkin, when it boiled over and ignited. In her alarm, she placed the pipkin on the hearth, and the fire communicating to her dress, she was instantly enveloped in flames. Her screams brought the assistance of some lodgers, who succeeded in extinguishing them, but not before she was dread fully burnt. She was immediately removed in scab to the hospital, where she lies without a hope of recovery. T. AVIOUtt'S, SOUTHWARK.- —Some thieves ob tained an entrance in o the vestry of St. Saviour's Church on Monday night. by breaking the stained glass window. After forcing the locks of several cupboards and drawers without finding anything valuable, and drinking one bottle of wine, the parties retired. The plate, which appears to have been the object of the visit, has not been kept in the church for some years. The fo'lowing notice has been isued at Oxford University :—" The Margaret Professor of Divinity will begin a course of lectures on Friday, the 26th instant, at one o'clock. The lectures are intended for members of the University who have passed their examination for the degree of B. A. Those who are desirous of attending the course are requested to call on the pro fessor on Thursday, the 24th inst., between the hours of eleven and one. Christ Church, April 14." Some of the Dissenting congregations of Monmouth have met at their respective chapels for the purpose of getting up petitions against the additional grant to Maynooth. The leaders in these movements declare that they adept this course, not in consequence of any inamicable feeling towards their Catholic fellow. subjects, but from conscientious objections to all state institutions for religious purposes. A correspondent states that an active emissary, engaged in obtaining signatures to petitions against Sir Robert Peel's measure for the endowment of the clerical college of May.. nooth, on being asked by a farmer, whose name he sought, what it I was all about, replied that " Parliament was a-goin to give the papishes tithes all the same as the other clergy." " Oh, be they, then here goes," said the petitioner to her Majesty's " faithful Commons."—Monmouthshire Merlin. SUICIDE IN KENSINGTON -GARDENS.-011 Tuesday afternoon Mr.Wakley, M.P.,coroner held an inquest at the Coo-, cester Arms, Kensington, on view of the body of Mr. Henry lanes aged seventy years, who was found hanging to a tree in Ken. sington.gardens, on the afternoon of Friday last. Mrs. Caroline Dodds deposed that she resides at No. 51, Dorset-street, Salisbury square, Fleet-street, and the deceased had been a lodger of hers for the last two years. Witness first discovered his death by seeing the account of the body being found in the newspapers, when she _ . lispected, from the description given, that it was the deceased, and went to the Kensington workhouse and identified the body, Deceased left the house about twelve o'clock. on Friday. He lived iith witness as a gentleman, never doiiig anything, but she did not know anything about his property. Latterly deceased had fallen off in the payment of his rent, and went daily into the City, as he said, about money. On Thursday last he told her he had been dis. appointed of money, and he appeared very much distressed and de. pressed in mind. The Coroner said that in the absence of any evidence of - the state of deceased's mind, the jury had better return a verdict that the deceased was fowl,: hanging in Kensington. gardens, supposed by his own act, but as to the state of his mind at the time there was no evidence to show. The jury, being of the same opinion, returned a verdict to that effect. The Sub-eription for Bishop Ale fley'g New Bruns. v:ick Cathedral dues not get on so last as was F•x• petted, and appeals in various shapes are being made on the pockets of the Puseyites : with w hAt success tie are unsb?a to Wester n 7 trues. The Prussian Universal Gazette status that the bridge of Thorn has been carried away by the drifting i ce . The mail steamer between than:de:lz and Gruppe was stu d, by the lee on the Ist instant. Five lives and the letter-bag were lost. A gallant instance of intrepidity and courage was displayed on ‘Vednesday se'nmght, by Georg e Soper, of Exe-lane. Walkiog up the banks of the river, on the Exwick side, he saw two children, who had just rolled into the water from a steep bank, and at once plunged in to their rescue. Although it was ten feet deep at the spot, he succeeded in getting them both out.. The ehi - dren, who belonged to a navigator, workit , g not tar off, had wandered away to gather primroses, and rolled into the deep water. The father expressed his gratitude. We have no doubt that the Humane Soci, ty will give a more substantial acknowledgment.— Western Times. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—The board have just determined on a further reduction of the fares. The following are the prices to which the fares are reduced on the whole distance from London to Birmingham. The fares to the intermediate stations are reduced in proportion. By express train and daily mail, 275. ; mixed and Ist class and trains,—the Ist class 235., the 2d class 175.; mixed stopping trains,-Ist class 205., the 3d 14s. On the Ist of May they commence their fast trains, running to and from Birmingham in three houss. These fare-reducing measures evince an unequivocal desire, on the part of the Birmingham board to serve the public interests as liberally and well as they do their shareholders; that they do not wish to grasp too mach for the one, at the expense of the other. Having secured a large traffic, which produces equally large profits, they seem determined to pursue a moderate and just course, by giving the public the advantage of any increased traffic by a nearly proportionate reduction of the tariff. We cannot applaud this spirit too highly, feeling convinced that while it is geaerous towards the public, it is the best means of securing to a large establishment, like the Birmingham, a firm and lasting foundation.—Railway Journal THE LIGHT FOR ALL NATIONS DEAR have the satisfaction to inform you that and my workmen have taken possession of our rest' deuce in the round house on the summit of the coluina for my new light on the Goodwin, and it is my int ention to reside here until I have succeeded in ascertaining. the strata beneath the sand, should the weather continue favourable. That being done, I shall proceed to cony plete the lighthouse by fixing the lantern. I think I may fairly state that another inhabite island is now added to her Majesty's dominions, la. .te i l bowels of which are embedded great treasures, and wnie will form a nucleus for batt e ri e s an d f o rtifications, as we ll as for a harbour of refuge in Trinity Bay in the Downs, and when completed, be the key of the British Chann el ' and thus form a second Gibraltar. As so many unfounded reports have been in cireala; tion respecting this undertaking, I will thank you to sell" this information to the London journals.—l am, dear Sir, yours truly, WILLIAM BUSIL Richard Clay, Esq., at Lloyd's. P.S. I have commenced boring to ascertain the sub' strata of the Goodwin, and, at fifty feet beneath the Plati form, have found nothing but hard san d, nearly as so il as rock itself. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—I am truly thankful you exposed that l e temptible productio n in Trafalgar-square—the "to fountains." I am so thoroughly ashamed of tne l33 ' that I blush whenever I see a foreigner (more part' elv larly a Frenchman) near the spot. One would have hoped for something more in unison with the age in which we live—something less likely 14 belie the character, feelings, an d wea lth o f the fir s, city in the world. But th e r e th e y now s t an d—a nat onL disgrace, and a byeword to ou r ne i g hb ours , who inig :s justly , ridicule this attempt of the " su blime and besT tiful.' I should suppose the Commis s i one rs of Noss .„, and Forests considered them a nec essar y appendage our National Gallery—a tout e ns e m bl e to that ether laughing-stock. a Sure enough, when an Engli s h man v i s its Paris, 1111 . i takes his walks in the Champ Elysees, he will feel 1 0 cheek flush with shame at the bare recollection of 1 . 2 falgar-square ; and yet the former presents no 1 " -- advantages out of the reach a the latter. Sincerely do I hope, that what has b een s o badly done; may speedily he undone, an d th a t, i ns t e ad of t l!. childish display of dirty water, we may be refreshed by th sight of a clear and copious flow from in , ,rning to rit,g h- I am, Sir, AN OLD SUUSCRIBED• April 9th, 1844. SHOCKING DISCOVERY.—Friday morning, in c °11 : 0 sequence of a very unpleasant effluvium b e i ng perceived it.t arise from a hamper among some g o od s in th e w arehouse 0 , Fresh •wharf, London-bridge, it was opened, when the e e ss tents were found to consist of a male infant, which Was wrapped up in a piece of linen. It was in a state of decoc t position. On Saturday Mr, William Payne held an incl u oo at the vestry-hall of St. Magnus's Church, Thames-street' °n the body. From the evidence it appeared that on u ss u'L Friday a small wicker basket, containing the decease sent from Yarmouth by the Ramona steam- packet, anslfo ceived at the London-bridge-wharf. Round the package 7,, a piece of paper, upon which was written the followillg* bo " Mr. Worsten, No. 2, Qeane-squeare—Steme paket. to left till coded for." The constable of the wharf had beel to No. 2, Queen-square, Finsbury, and there found a gentlen t ho named Watson, who was in attendance. The surgeon bad had examined the body was of opinion that the mothero not received professional attendance at the birth, and.st ho the child had died from loss of blood. Mr. Watson said did not know who had sent the child : he was qu i te certaill_ s i t was not intended for him. The Coroner—Then you did p,:x expect such an Easter gift? Witness—Certainly net - ro , juror—Can you tell the handwriting en the paper? \Vi tri ol after looking very attentively, replied that he could non Coroner, at the suggestion of the jury, adjourned they quir t s to afford the police time to find out the mother. 00 ASSAULT ON A CUSTOM- HOUSE Friday a case was brought before the Borough magistrro at Rochester, in which Mr. George Batten, of her Mak. s „J o f Customs at Sheerness charged George Clayton, caPts t "os the Joseph Collins, of Goole, with assaulting him in the e ._ o g cution of his duty. It appeared that Mr. Batten wen t at st in a boat to defendant's vessel, then lying off the dockvarl: d a Sheerness, and on coming alongside applied for anaso r_.sc-• dues, and requested to see defendant's coast and cleared r. papers, when he placed himself in a position to preven t h i t a Batten boarding the vessel, and threatened to knock, overboard. One of the boatmen coming to Mr. Battene tb sistance, the latter succeeded on getting on board, when i s e defendant not only refused to pr o duce hi s papers, be tis t ee threatened to knock him down if he attempted to elite', Coe' cabin. Mr. Batten then s aid he s h ou ld apply to the Coafrj, guard for assistance, and ultimately got sight of the Pa P e „, and also found o n b oar d f ore i gn goo d s no t enumera ted theq r. in. The capt a i n , i n hi s d e f ence , sa id h e did not think ' r o la Batten was an officer of Customs, as he came off in an is whale boat and wore no distinctive button. The law in „ o t case awards a punishment by imprisonment for a terrn i SS4 exceeding nine nor less than si x mont h s , an d t h e defellu;, being found guilty of the offence, he w as a dj u d ge d to be prisoned for six months. DR. WoLFF.—This noble-minded gentleman Sr i rived here yesterday morning in the Duke of Coruw i . steamer, from Constantinople, on his return from Boon,' He was most enthusiastically cheered on his landing, , was met on the quay by his wife and son and Capt. GN siA t The Doctor looked very well, considering the fatigue „ e a privations, as well as anxiety of mind, he has endured sl o leaving this place. He has brought with him several vallio di presents, consisting of a Persian dress and shawls given to, by the King of Bukhara, which, we are informed, west.° the rected by the Lords of ' the Treasury to be passed if we Customs' authorities here without duty. He had ale ( 2. ser s understand, some of the effects of the imprisoned oulu, whose release he went to Bokhara t o en d eavour to obta l ... „''' but whom he found on his erased there had been killed. Hampshire Independent. CONTEMPLATED ROYAL BAL COSTUME.— C 613. sidering the depressed state of the west e nd t ra d e it is - ` 4 4 /1 ". great pleasure that we hear of the inc reas i ng rumou r in t higher circles of another grand Bal Costume at Court. Is o , here generally asserted that the Queen, taking into 04 .' 0 sideration the * losses experienced during te two susses el flc seasens by trade in London, through the happy donlee;: o events in her Majesty's home circle, has determined torßch numerous fetes, and amongst others, one similar to that we_l s , produced so much sen s ati o n, and did s o muc h good to m, tropolitan industry, four years ago.—Post. , n . INNOVATIONS IN THE I.HURCH.—We are 'Jar., tO ,0, hear that the Rev. A W. Tayl o r, r ec t or o f St. lele Stoke Newington, has consented, in conseq ue n c e of a communication front the Bishop of Llandaff, the ordine,rlw the parish, to remove the objection a bl e innova tions} mad • in the church service. THE RATTLER AND ALECTO.—These experimen:l, steam sloops, the former of 888 tons, and propelled by Af t P. Smith's screw, Commander Smah (b), and the lasted 800 tons burden, propelled by paddle-wheels, and comino, - 0 by Lieutenant Hoseason, both of 200 horse power, arrive.bt, Granton Pier, Frith of Forth, on Friday, April 4, at eit, A. at., from the North Seas, where the very interesting t' most of which we have already recorded, took place, !5 5. ..44 suited in favour of the Rattler. On starting front Leith ou, ; 7 l sa on the 7th of April, at 21 min. past five P.M., with very . ';',lo power on the screw, and after up to full speed, the It s ,e"ie performed a circle, during a fresh breeze from the N-ri l l st is five minutes ten seconds time, taken by Captain J. D. ' wall, R.N. MARRIAGE OF THE MARQUIS OF BuTE.--The nun tials of the Marquis of Bute with the Lady Sophia F r ss c ' s is rica Christina Hastings, eldest surviving daughter of Fr'", at first Marquis of Hastings, were celebrated on Thursday le s be Loudoun Castle, Ayrshire._ The ceremony took place in ` 6) library of the Castle, at half-past one o'clock, in the preset' of a select circle of the friends of both noble families, att lj r , whom were—Lord and Lady James Stuart, Mr. and 1 ",, 0 Charles Villiers Stuart, Mr. Hamilton Fitzgerald, Sir PL., and Lady Cunningham Fairlie, the Lord Justice-General , he After the ceremony a sumpt uo u s dejeuner was served in e „ t o e dining-hall o f th e cas tl e t o a numerous c i rc l e. At o'clock the happy pair left Loudoun for Dumfries House,i e s s splendid new carriage, drawn by four bay horses, and esco rt by a troop o f t h e A yrs hi re Yeomanry Cavalry-, who tur n ' out in honour of the event. SUICIDE IN KENSINGTON-GARDENS.—On Saturday afternoon the following determined act of suicide was CO misted in Kensington-gardens :—About four o'clock, a s t lad was walking round the gravel walk at the south-W e e s d corner of the gardens, w hi c h i s a t th a t par t on l y se paras from the high (Ke ns i ng t on ) roa d b y a wa ll exten di ng tol se l) palace entr ance , h e o b serve d a person standing amongst t'&4 cluster of trees on the north of the path, and going toe's" - , him he discovered that he was hanging by a piece of cord to 0 short projecting bough o f th e t ree . H e i mmed i ately called t` one of the labourers in. the gardens, who hastened to the sr, and cut the cord with his s h ove l. S ymptoms o f li fe being slid apparent, the gardenman ran off instantly to the residence so Mr. Merriman, surgeon, o f K ens i ngton -square, one of wh(,)g assistants accompanied him ba c k t o t h e spot, an d bny7,,"17, poured some am mon i a i nto t h e unfortunate man ' s men' ct opened a vein i n th e r i g h t arm, from which some bloe flowed, but life was then quite extinct. When first di9ss covered the deceased's feet touched the ground, and determinedly had he pressed his neck on he cord tili;o in trout it had nearly cut th e fl es h. Th e d ecease d a pPe tt to be between sixty an d seventy years o f age, ab(1; five feet eight or n i ne i nc h es hi g h, rat h er l arge s tures, fair, white hair, rather bald at the top of the head, 511 d was dressed in a d ar k b rown great - coat, a bl ack froc kseea , " black cloth w a i s t coat , d ar k r ibb e d c l ot h trousers, We lli n gte „ r boots, nearly new, a n d a lt oge th er o f gent l eman l y and Wl'. as tary appearance. His shirt collar (a detached one) marked " T. W. C.." and round his neck was a black 3 "i stock with long ends. His shirt was marked "H. J., 3," an over it was a c l ean fl anne l wa i stcoat. I n h i s pockets we rs found four small keys on a brass ring, a la'ch key, silk pu rse empty, a pa i r o f old tortoiseshell spectacles, st yellow silk pocket handkerchief, and thr e ep ence halfpenny in copper, and in his left hand trousers pocket was found s dark handled razor. One of the gardenmen states that b e had noticed the deceased walking about the gardens all the afternoon ; but that cannot be th e f ac t, as th e a f ternoo n svi'' very wet, while deceased's boots are scarcely soiled. Infortus" tion of the circumstance was immediately sent to the police: station at Ke n si ng t on , w h en two consta b les were sent Wit' a stretcher, on which the body was removed to the work house in Gloucester-road, Kensington, where it awaits coroner's inquest. r f The election o f a successor to M r. Wallace, fo r the representation of Greenock, is fixed to take lace on Tie n day. Alth oug h every e ff ort has been made for tfte purpose, by a few of the ultras, no opposition candidate has ventured to come forward, we are glad to state, in opposition to bar' Baine. Mr. B ruce , o f K ennett, Si r Henry Pottinger, al3„; the Marquis of Lorne, were all spoken of, and, we believe, 10 some shape or other applied to and urged to present thaw selves, but, to the credit of the people of Greentsel, when the state of public opinion was sots:ides' not one of those gentlemen could find such al opening as gave them the slightest likelihood of success be" , they presented themselves. With every confidence, therefore, that Mr. Baine will act a part which will give satisfactio n . both to hi s const i tuents and h i s countrymen, we are hapPY '- announce that he is thus likely to be returned without 0131 3( r SitiOn.—Gasgow Saturday Post. STATE OF TRADE.—The market continues ex tremely dull, and prices, both of goods and yarn, were rather lower than last week. ROCHDALE FLANNEI4 MARKET, MONDAY, APRIL 14.—We have had rathe r more business doing in the piece market to day, but nn improvement in prices. The wool market remains steaaft and prices firm.—Manchester Guardian. PRAGUE, MARCH 13.--A terrible inundation CO't menced here yesterday. The Danube, after rising consider ably, broke through its prison of ice, sold penetrated into th e city. The Jewish quarter and other parts where the poor population reside were immedi a t e l y i nun d ated. S ome lives have been lost. In many pl aces persons escape d f ro m W e first floors into boa ts, but the majority of the streets wer e blocked up by the'large masses of ice which had floated ill* --ilugsburgh gazette.