The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-13 00:00:00

PAOTECTION of 'NOME N ? in VesclEuvinn with COXL-FTT DEATR-EXPLOSION . —TO "OUR" sy,kw I arvER FISH. Memo. for J. BIRD, (charred-black, alas, at Wigan, &c. —Keep up the isolation of the bony-fabric io , talation of the pure white flame air left ye'—refilling hourly alr-vase exhaust cylinder-vacuum, for the Lungs' heart it itsfun to the sulphurous fire-damp—from the skin-vescicles. for •., • regeneration to nirotnetric 'syn'axis. This Vesce'tEuveian ~tent " Captain," ACKERLEY.S Lamp of life has providentially rc3tisc4ated eight (including " the man with his dog"), of the miners •` blown" with gas and charred by the late disastrous colliery explosions near Stourbridge, Chowbent, and Wigan, as meteorized in February, on the 9th to 13th inst. Thus proving (as instanced in '49 at Ilulleigh, Dudley Port, and St. Giles's) that practical utility belies—the Government-talking drones- his im prison-ers ; and that his usefulness, thro' GA's gift,' altho' at self-expense [See the Captain's, "Savoy'n Blanch (Chambrlaynaa) de Grand'son'; Sr. W.^fact. ,-, 'Brks., R F."], verities the old *' shalbe,' ' Where there's A will there's a way' for outing this dark act 'Mute 'ney, on the workii,g elassesf—found Dr.-scare'd, dying like dogs.' A.M. { " Wit bath wonder, that reason cannot scan The stade hold M aid; how 't.iod. is'equod.i.man."l P34' To the New Exchange Com.-masters, 'Ste.% under Queen Eleanor Of Savoy's (nie2e of Esx., Peter Earl of Richmond, of Susx., in ‘Ncew Colle g e, IMagnm ulceOxford). : now vac'covv'm' in St. Katherine's DockC.T. and E. Smithfield Charity, AJD 1273, to 1399, be 1849 -" till magna' posterity requires 'em, for the ribs of the Common-weal.' * Exodus 3, L'ehrew prxtext Future (for hope In ' I am that shalbe') Venus. 'I am that I am,' Prxs. tense absurdity in moving time : like Wool wich-m rsh. fire-raising, and Windsor-ate: explode-'scattering of Coi Salmon-fry from Thames fishermen, for (35. lb ) scotch Park' us 24: with Sin•crafty 'm'oral 'obey' band-Church -marriage trap-(signature 6 Edw. VI.): —set, in place of " Father" Mocket's 511'0e—civic-sacrament " to cherish, be bonnie and buxome, till death us depart ; Vide, L'bre-ritualis, Sccundum usual, Salisbrynt' I— ' Plt d, savlng all ; (the 'llogee's-lampr, shone bright Itfl own smoke consumed ;) giving only light. - - t On " the °Quorum" Certificate, etteh Gufferer is entitled on loss in lff° or limb to `9, Ann's pension or smart from the Greenwich Chest " Consolidated Fund," (inverted. like L-bevel, and I-sqr. [l3 lb.] inch l'neil eqrtiatetipleX' Standa• d with Truck'l •' 10 hours' bill " Aunt for the ericoaragdnent of Trade, Navigation, and Naval strength. • Crfreomr m.Coil Edw. Ivebein de °lintel. de I' I mp. .Caste.—elf.:—; ail. Ed's LiniDee, (c.lljertimedont'agueAtkinat A.) Ric ii fe...Joenie of Ed.i - - 11 E. R. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, e(onnining the talents of Madame Sontag, Miss Catherine Hayes, `..111e. Parodi ; Signori Coletti, Hellen', Lablache, Calsolari, and Reeves; Mdllea. Carlotta Grisi, Marie Taglioni, and Amalia Ferraris, take place of THURSDAY, April 18, when will be presented Mozart's Opera, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. ;artna, Miadarne Sontag ; the Countess, Madlte. Farad! ; Chern- ..,, • ' Aidlle. Catherine Hayes ; the Count Almaviva, SignorColetti ; rr ! Signor Beletti ; Basilio, Signor Caizolari; Bartolo, Signor La ,),..e.en e. the Wedding Scene, the Zarabanda in A (composed expressly L,:is Opera) will be danced by Mdlle. Carlotta Grist and Mdlle. Taglioni. fter the Opera will be presented Selections from the admired "t of LA ECNiE FULDA, comp:lslng nut celebrated Truamdaisa, Ir Ildlle. Carlotta Grial and M. Charle3. 7.3 be followed ity the 13.,t scene of Donizettra Opera, LUCIA DI LA MMERMOOR, by Mr. Sims Reeves. !",:r which will be revived the admired Ice Ballet, by M. P. ; )ni, entitled LES PLAISIRS DE L'HIVER ; ou, Les Patineurs. Je principal characters by Mdlle. Carleita Grill, Mdlle. Marie and Mdlle. Ami'la Ferraris. . ,k7.plications for K sea, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the li "-otllce of the Theatre. !)cors open at Seven. the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madame Sontag. THI/5 EVENING Will be presented Donizetta's Opera, DON PASQUALE. Nutria, Madame Sontag ; Ernesia, Signor Calgolari ; Dr. Mala testa, Signor Belletti ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. Between the acts a DITEUTISiSEMZINiT, In which Mdlle. Amalie Ferraris will appear. To conclola . ;rith the highly successful new and original grand Ballet, by M. Paul Taglioni. entitled LES METAMORPHOSES, In whichlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, M. Charles, and M. Taglisni will appear. Mozart's celebrated Opera, Don Giovanni, will be repeated on Tuesday next, April 16. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office c f the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN' OPERA. COVENT-GAP.DEN. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager,'Old BromptOn, Will be. performed a Covr drama, called • THE :VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. •Zr. Pritarofe, Mr. Webster; Squire Thornhill, Mr. H. Vanden "Mr; fir. Burchill, Mr. Stuart; Mosel., Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Prim . "Go. Mrs. Keeley ; 011Y1a, Mise Reynolds ; Lady Blarney, Mies P ; 'Mtn Reims, Mrs.Fitzwilliaw. e " ,1 ;;;;‘ , with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the hewest improvements. • CPA••i tho Saxon, Mr. J. Bland i Sir Briant de Bore Gui lbert, Mr. of Ivanhoe, Mrs, Keeley; Wamba , Mr. cluck , ~„ 77P0 , I c orTork, M r . Keeey • Robin Hood, Mrs. ; u •II Weir; Miss P. Ilorton louder the direction of Mr. i. T. Archer. Ma auto Gl's!, Signor Tamburini. Signor Tagliaflco, M. Massol, Signor Tamberlik, and signor Mario. etilg 6VENIN ;, Will to presented (for the second time this seasen) Donizettl's Opera, LUCREZIA BORGIA, Lacrezia. Bor gia,.Madaine Grisi ; Matto Orsini, 'Mlle. de Merl. (her first appearonce in that character in England) ; Don Alfonso, Signe, r TArn burin i To conclude with the second and third aEa of Auber's Grand and popular Opera, MISANIELLO. renelia, %Mlle. Bailin ; Pietro, lions. Hass :.I ; Alphenso, Signor Aid ; Porella, Signor ; Pesca , ore, Signor Rache ; Sclya, Signor Gregorio; ilesaniello, Signor Tamber!iir. . - The Ballet incidental to the Opera will b. supported by Mons. Alexandre and Mcdte. Louise Tit , :Boni. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. A GRAND EX IRA NIGHT will take plane on Thursday, April 18, when will be performed (Pot the first time this season) Alcz art's celebrated opera of bON GIOVANNI Tienna Anna, Mme. flrTsi: . Fl;lra,M7llle. Vera ; Zerlina, Mme. Clastellan ;. Leporello, Herr Formes; Don Giovanni, Sig. Tiunburini ; Masetto, dig. Polonini; 11 Commendature, DIY. Tagliadco ; and Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario. Composeri.DireCtor of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. • The doors will be opened at Half-past Seven, and the perform anc, s commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes ; Stalls, - or the Pit, may be had (for the night er- , eason), at the Bolt-oflL;e of the Theatre, which will for the future Dc open Irons Ten till Fire. - - FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. 11.0.1IDAY EVENING the Perthrmances will commence at Half-past Seven o'Clock precisely, with • ..- L'APPRENTI. Ater wtitsh (the only time it can be repeated) M. Samson's Comedic, • ' TIN VEUVAGE. • .•- Menard, M. Samson. .. To conclude with the Popular Comedy of .LA MARQUISE DE SENNF.TERRE. Le Commandeur de Lonjamean, 31: Samson; ilenriette, Mdlle. I)ernain. he l'iox-offleo of the Theatre is cgaen daily from Bloom till *Sows and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library. 31, Old Bond- THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manacer, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON. THIS EVENING, Will be presented, by her Majesty's Servants. A new rt , nl original Play, by B. Bernard, Esq., entitled THE ;RING CLOUT). Characters Ly Messrs. Vandenholf, Cooper, Wear, Fining, Ersery, Montague, and Mr. J. Anderson. if.cr ; whieh fIIE DE VLL'S RING; or, Fire, Water, Earth, and i In Threo Adts and Four Elements. The following are the principal Scenes. ELEMENT THE litast A beautiful view of the CITY AND HARBOUR OF CATANIA IN SICILY, With Moult Etna Smoking in the Back-ground. CHARACTERS IN TUE IHIST ELEMENT : .+!runpli, M. W. Montague ; Rod°lph, Mr. Frazer ' • Herman, Mr. J•• ones; C nrale, Mr. Clifford; Otho, Mr Everett; Adolphus, Mr. Ir title ; ,ILopert. Mr. Abbo , t ; Carlonnui, Mr. Brayne ; Herbert, - .M ies k'. Hutidart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; Host of the " World's ',;:Artt,' , Mi. O. Watson ;.the Enchanted Princess Eveline, Miss H. elson ; Leela, Miss Rafter; The Spirit Devil's Rine', Miss A. LOW-- 41e $ ,Whirliimm, Mr. Seymour ; Ge-dali, Mr C. Fisher. CAVERNS OF THE BRAZEN HAND. TEMPLE AND SPIRIT OF THE DETIL'S RING. , 111 E, INTRRIOA OF THE CHARCOAL BURNER'S Aeonx. Tug REALMS OF FIRE. ELEMENT THIS SECOND—WATER. , . , . FALLS OF NIAGARA IN Ti!E NEW WORLD. TDB CM OF THE FOUNTAINS. lIRTAKIN(I THE SECOND CHARM. TF-BT ASCEND - crux THE, BOSOM OF - THE WATERS CHARACTERS' TN THE BUONO 111L)MENT: Herbert, Atisn F. iladilart; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud; American Settler, Mr. lt. 'Homer ; Indians, Messrs. Henry and Tressidor ; Indian Seluavv; Miss , Feseer ; Spirit of the Waters, Miss Neil ; Queen *Cale, Nniagea Miss er. , GreY, ; 'Go-dab, Mr. C. Fisher. 1n r. GRAND NAIADE BALLET. • ELEMENT THE THIRD—EARTH. DIAMOND CAVES IN CALIFORNIA. citszsc•rnai in THE THIRD AND FOURTH ELEMENTS: Hribett, Miss F. Bubbart; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; The Black ?(eight ; Atucklow, Ur. Manderson: Gnomes, Messrs. Abbott, lienrY; Ellar, Brayne, Ste: ; the Princess Event's, Miss E. xelaon'; Lents., Miss Rafter; On-dah, Mr. C. Fisher. • • , THE SICILIAN VINEYARD. A TERRIFIC COMBAT stsawninf BF.nsEaT AND Ina !UAL) ANNUM. KLE3IItNT TIIE FOURTII—AIR, TUE PALACE . OF RAINBOWS! H TEAL, Ole THE' HUNDRED KNIGHTS. The Tritunphal Entry of yerbert and Princess Evellus in • A CAR DRAWN• ET REAL HORSES. • GRAND MILITARY BAND, AND GOR GEOUS PROCESSIO7.4I! V I A 5 T 1!.% 4 } THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPFIT. ITsder the direttion of. Macrame Celeste. , THIS EVENING.', All Will bejtartortnod.s. new domestic Drama, called THE MOTHER'S E A NI. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed , ~ Smith, Madame Celeste, and .Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed, by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PLAYING Flits r FIDDLE; or, Follow ny Leader Principal Chiracteri by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madams Celeste, Mils • I'dolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam.- • After, which MY PRECIOUS BETSY Characters by Messrs. sr/right, Radford, Worrell; Miss Harding,and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclu la with TOM, NODDY'S, SECRET. . , . ~ . . , . ~. ',.: - . ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. . THIS EVENING - . Irv. ' 64.repsated (12th time) a Lrical, Comical Pastoral, entitled C 1 , 310:1 aw l , ipit IGEN rA, altered front the text et David Garriols. Ilatley,F, M a tth ews, R .. R oxby 3lessrs. C. Mathews, Casracters:'br , s St. George, Miss K eavrorth ; F. Cooke; .IMi y, Miss Diekinson, •mid t gv,. /1„1„by, Miss Oliver, Miss Manners, and Miss Martindale. ' *To be followed by THE ISLAND OF JEWE LS. ro . 0 m c I til with A PRACTICAL MAN`. a All ap.pllcationg for Private' Oozes must be made to 3L.r. Allecoft 15, New 'Bond-street. • I'ItINCESS'S THEATRE. • This Evening there will be No Performance. On NON bA y next will he prodaced c (flrst Lane , this eointry . la it , k•uipiete form) A üba's o, , era GUSTAYIJS , TEE THRRb. t;,,a4a.,,a, w. g arr ison ; Oscar, Miss L. I yne ; Ankastrom, *• g - • De Horn, Mr. It. Latter; Christian, ~e ; Ribbing, ..11r Q. bar e. . WYMI; Co te; Ankastrom, Nan ; Arvedson, Madame ZL el " e4 ; Prln n etpal Folic, Celeste Stephan (her firtt earanca h em). w•dch New Grand Talc of En chantment, with s p lendid Costumes. end Appointments; extensive Machinery, Sm.. entitled " . 1.1 Q I- *E I % ROSES ; or, The Sorcerer of Candahar. At—'l-.4":-LtateiscialaHlraolett"rd.by e4qr'Ryder, Forman, Honey, Craven; Miss Saunders,. - and Miss Villars. ASTLRY's. ROYAL AN, PLIITHEATIZE. P roprietor,fir, W. Batty. Fitz/m.ll'a New and Ma gnincent Spect Arlo TriumiAantly gitecesSful• Secotra Week of the Eager tt —oilday Entertainments, unequalled, for Novelty an d Attraction. • " That wonder of the world, Young Iternandez, having been ree elved the utmost enthusiasm, will h ave the honour of appearing f o r "a. tow nightger, previous to his departure for Paris. THIS EVENING Tho. Ertertainments will eomnbmce at Seven o'clock, with • citthani new gorgeous Equestrian Spectacle of Enchantment, entitled TIM f , BUR Sri NS OF AYMON ; or The bays of Charlemagne. Produc e d with t r ea t splendour, and introducin g the beautiful Stud cf Horses, Llvin4 ('stool of the Desert, Zebra, and all the vast reFources °Utile Esiablishment. To be succeeded by an unequalled F.queatrian. Feats In the Arena.. To conclude with a FAVOURITE FARCE, LtulieS an I Gentle:nen taught the Polite Art . of Itidinw. HMI broke fjr: the Field or Road by It. Smith. Boz•office open From 'Eleven till Four. Stage 31anager, Mr. W. West. 1 7— x H DITION OF 1851.—0 f the &signs seat in f o r the building propoied to be ereet.d in Hyde-park, 34 have been contributed by foreigners; 128 by residents in London end its environs; 50 by residents in provincial towns of /:mgland : ; 6 by residents in Scotland; 3 by residents in. Ire land; anti 7 are anonymous. TRE NEW TRAVELS IN NORTHERN AFRICA. Now ready, in 2 vols., :Is. bound, DIARY OF A LADY'S TRAVELS IN NOIITIIERN AFRICA. " These exceedingly interest ng volumes contain a very lively and graphic narrative of the author's experiences amongst the curiously mixed population of Barbary ; with many Important facts and mach useful intelligence. In acquairving herself with domestic life anal habits as they exist in the states of Barbary, from the marble pa late of the • Sultan of the Camp' to the hovel of the most impo verished Morisco, our fair voydgeuse has exhibit.d extraordinary zeal, courage, and perseverance. Her descriptions of the inner penetralia of the luxurious Harem bring very close to reality the gorgeous pictures of the Arabian Nights."—Weekly Chronicle. henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEXT DOOtt to the HAYMARKET THEATRE.—WiII OPEN on TUESDAY next, April 16, HARVEY'S ROYAL GALLERY of ILLUSTRATION, consisting of Original Drawings of English and American Scenery, which have received great commendation from her Majesty and his - Royal Highness Prince Albert, and many other distinguished persons. These Drawings are now for the first time placed before the British public. together with his more recent Views of the Homes and Haunts of the British Poets. Open Daily, from Ten till Six o'clock. Admission, One Shilling. Mr. Harvey also begs to call attention to a Series of Splendidly Illustrated Lectures on the Scenery, Resources, and Progress of North America. Tho views are 63 in number, each measuring 16 feet by 18 feet, and are brilliantly illuminated by the Drummond Lime Light. For particulars see small bills. Doors open at Eight o'clock. Admission, One Shilling. Stalls Two Shillings. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY —itoTni;g2Bmrn.aFtW 2 lEvening 44 min. after 2 To-M•saow—;3iorning 2 min. after 3 I ICvening 19 min. after 3 THE WEATHER.—SUN OincE, APRIL 13. TasnmoxETnn, Lowest, 40; Highest, 54; Noon, 48. BAROMETER, 29.94. WIND W.S.W.—Morning, thick fog; Afternoon, rain. et.t ming It LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, la. Can it be invisible to half a dozen people in Eng land that there is something very ominous in the motion made last evening by the Prime Minister i for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the ' amount of official salaries, with a view to their gra dual and ultimate reduction ? Does it not indicate clearly enough a consciousness on the part of the Administration that their tenure of officesii, of a dubious and, in all human probability, of a very evanescent character ? Latterly, as we have already once or twice observed, the Cabinet has received several most emphatic warnings as to the inevitable consequences of that do-nothing policy which appears to exercise over the principal advisers of the SOVEREIGN a fascination as potent and as inscrutable as that of witchcraft, and which, if it does not actually tend to engender a taste for re trogression, inspires a decided appetite for finality. Notwithstanding these Parliamentary intimations that it would be advisable to amend their Ministerial course of proceeding, the occupants of the Treasury benches have, nevertheless, gone blundering on in opposition to the majority of the House of Commons, in direct antagonism to the wishes of the community, and, what is yet more indicative of temerity, in fla grant defiance of the nature of their own political antecedents. Still, with all their unconquerable predilection for a sort of stagnant policy—a policy of specious ultra-Conservatism being the true policy of the Whigs when in power—the Premier, with his Secretaries of State and their subordinate colleagues, have at rare and spasmodic intervals consented to yield (rather than lose the perquisites and preroga tives of place) a scrap here, and a scrap there to the public hunger for economy. It is yet once more the realisation of the myth of MEDEA tearing her helpless kith and kin limb from limb, and dropping the ragged morsels on the road by way of retarding the speed of her pursuers. And, unquestionably, the association of her name with the (olden Fleece is most apposite in reference to the authorised spoliation of the revenue by, so many sine curists and pluralists, bloated under the combined in fluence of oisivete, and repletion. Bit by bit, we repeat, the Government has abandoned little atoms of those salaries which happened the least to affect themselves, apparently not bearing in consideration a fact since then glaringly manifest, namely, that these very concessions, fragmentary though they were, tended most powerfully to whet the prevailing appetite for retrenchment. At length this circumstance appears to have forced itself upon the recognition of the Ministry, insomuch that, coupled with the Parliamentary warnings already particular ised, they have consented, through the principal per sonage in the Administration, to suggest to the House of Commons the nomination of a com mittee of representatives empowered by the Par liament to take into account the amount of various public salaries, with a view to their proportion ate diminution. To the discerning, of course, it is sufficiently obvious that the motion made to this effect last evening by the. First Lord of the Treasury is nothing less than a 'most ingenious contrivance for the procrastination of that terrible "day of reckoning" which the Cabinet now looks upon a s ultimately inevitable, and which it is directing its energies to postpone at least until the period of its own retention of office shall have elapsed. That such conjectures are not merely reasonable but judicious, we fancy must be tolerably perceptible to every one familiar with the routine of such arrangements in the Parliament. The proposed Committee, for example, is appointed for what ?—for the reduction of certain salaries ? Nothing of the sort—such 'would be incompatible with :its own powers and with the inalienable prerogatives o the lower branch of the Legislature. It is to be entrusted with the duty 'not of progress, not of improve ment, not of retrenchment, but of inquiry. Besides, we all know well enough: that scores and scores of Committees have been appointed by the House of Commons, have toiled and toiled away almost interminably, have published the results of their investigation in -gigantic blue books—and have yet, notwithstanding all this—come to—actually —come to nothing ! Not by any means that we would have it implied from this remark that such iiour expectation in regard to the consequence of the proposed Committee of Inquiry into Public Salaries. On the contrary so profound is our conviction of the ulterior realisatiott of the national hopes of retrench ment, that we are satisfied that not even the appoint ment of a Committee can prevent the accomplishment of that great work of reduction. Tet i while the Committee must in this instance fail altogether as a preventive—a Parliamentary miracle of itself won derful to reflect upon !--it may unhappily, it will un happily, it must unhappily, retard the progress of the effort of amelioration already commenced. Com mitteemen of all sorts are proverbially slow coaches —and. from all heavy vehicles of this description defend us from a Committee of the Legislature. The Prime Minister knows this, the Secretary of State for the Home Department knows it, the Chancellor of . the Exchequer knows it, every individual member of 'the Government high or low knows it ; and they cling with Ministerial tenacity to its large and visible chances of procrastination. What care they for the yiarning of the population for that wholesome economising of the national resources which can alone tend to stabilitate our institution!? What care they far this—they who, in effect, are only magnified specimens of that Mr. PriBENT, of whom ARTHUR PENDINNIS exclaims 6 8)—" His soul is in Downing-street ; his neckcloth is foolscap; his hair is sand; his legs are rulers • his vitals are t ape an d sea li ng - wax I" No , the appointment of a Committee of Inquiry is a chance, and a very good chance too, of securing a .... postponement —a postponement, moreover, such as may extend beyond the limits of the existence of the present Administration. Then, again, what shall be said about the omissions made in the departments whose salaries are to un dergo investigation in Committee ? Such omissions, for instance, as the one indicated by the amendment made by the Hon. Gentleman the Representative of Cockermouth! After the amendment made by the Hon. Member for Buckinghamshire had been negatived by a majority of 91, the Hon. Member for Cockermouth introduced his--the latter and the better of the amend ments being negatived by a yet larger majority of 113 ! Among all the admirable speeches delivered last evening by one or other among our phalanx of financial reformers, the speech in which Mr. Hoas luzi moved an addition to Lord Joust RUSSELL'S mo tion on salaries, "that the inquiry be extended to in comes of ecclesiastical dignitaries" must be especially +~. S U particularised as perhaps the most pointed and feli citous. That the remarks of the Honourable Gentle man in propounding this most laudable amendment should have assumed such a conspicuous and para mount importance is scarcely surprising, however, if the fruitful subject of his harangue be only duly esti mated. , Talk of sinecurists and plura:ists, forsooth ! why here you have them in abounding numbers, and bloated to a state of unconscionable obesity. Mr. HORSMAN, in his very excellent speech, spared none of them, his remarks touching alternately the curate restricted to " the carrots and the corn-beef," the dean refusing the paltry boon of a thousand per annum, and his grace the Primate reposing in his mitred state in his palace at Lambeth. Now, in regard to the last-mentioned ecclesias tical dignitary, listen to the remarks of the Hon. Member for Cockermouth:— " The future salary of the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench," said he, "was t) he 7,0001. a year. The Archbishop of Canterbury had 15,000/. Let him take the case of the Prime Minister. Was that an office of less state and dignity than that of the Archbishop of Canterbury? Compare the physical toil, the mental care and iesponsibility, and the expenditure which the highest official rank entailed, the sacrifice of health and streugth, with some the sacrifice of life itself, with the post of Archbishop of Canterbury, and they would find the result to be that, with all these disadvantages, the Prime Minister had one-third of the emolument of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and one-half of that of the Bishop.,of London." Still egregious as this inequality of remuneration (if such it can be designated) unquestionably is, it pre sents to the imagination a picture not nearly so re pugnant to our sense of good taste or of ordinary justice, as a circumstance subsequently adduced in argument by Mr. HOUSMAN, where the Bishop of SALISBTJR had declared to the present Premier that a deanery. of 1,0001. a year would be refused by those to whom it might be proffered unless it were previously augmented by an additional 5001. per annum. Thus said the Hon. Gentleman, Mr. HoasMAN, "of all the bard •worked and ill-paid clergy of England, not a single good man could be found to take 1,0001. a year fur doing nothing ; not a single clergyman who would.sAbimself to a sinecure for less than 1,5001. a year I" .Surely a speech replete with facts of this startling character cannot fail to advance the cause of financial reform and retrenchment, even though an amendment like the one particularised has been re jected by a Ministerial majority, and even though a Committee of Inquiry has been resolved upon by the ' Commons House of Parliament. The Stamp Duties Bill is, it appears, to be consi dered on Monday evening—the Chancellor of the Exchiquer having refused to assent to any further postponement for the purpose of enabling the iepre • sentatives of the people, or the community in general, to become better acquainted with the details of the proposed measure, which was only yesterday printed for the use of Honourable Members. There is some thing suspicious in this great expedition, so con trary to the disposition and habits of Sir CHARLES Woon. It is true that he might have had full time to make up his own mind on the subject, but surely when, according to his own showing, it had been under the consideration of himself and his predecessors in office for no less than fifteen years, it was not too much to expect that a single week would be given to other gentlemen competent to arrive at sound conclusions, although not so fortunate as to be in the enjoyment of seats in the Cabinet, and official residences in Downing-street. The various constituencies throughout the country expect something more from those whom they have selected to represent their wishes and feelings in the British Senate than that they should merely register the decrees which the Right Hon. Baronet, in his profound and infallible wisdom, should please to promulgate. It is their duty, and their unquestionable privilege, maturely to weigh and solemnly to consider every proposition affecting the public interests that may be brought forward. They must not legislate blindly, or on insufficient data, they must not suffer themselves to be unduly hurried in the discharge of their important functions. This is more especially the case when the subject is one re lating to finance and the taxation of the empire. They are eminently the " guardians of the public purse," and their decisions are final and irreversible. No amendment can be introduced in the Lords, and on such points there is practically but one branch of the Legislature. The other estates of the realm are completely inoperative, and if the Commons House of Parliament were to bow down before the footstool of Sir CHARLES WOOD, as he desires, he would become the virtual Dictator of the country on all fiscal and financial questions. We have already expressed our cordial concur rence in the principle of the proposed measure. We considered it, in fact, the only redeeming feature a the Brick dust Budget. The injustice and ine- quality of the existing stamp duties bad long at tracted the attention of every fair and impar tial man. It was indeed monstrous that a poor man should pay one pound stamp duty on a bond or mortgage of twenty, or even ten pounds, while the rich man paid but 251. on a similar instrument amounting to 20,0001., the person least able to sustain the charge being thus compelled to pay more than ten times the rate of duty in proportion to the amount of the transaction that was demanded from his more fortunate neigh- bour. It afforded, in fact, the strongest illustra tion of the existing fiscal system, where the heaviest burdens are imposed upon the humble and lowly. It was true that it reversed the constitutional principle that every man should contribute to the exigencies and expenditure of the nation, secundum statum et facultates ; but that had long been disregarded and set at nought by every financial Minister, without exception, through a long succession of ages. It is to the credit of Sir CHARLES WOOD—and we are quite willing to bestow praise where it is really due —that he has at length, although at the eleventh hour, mustered sufficient cour age to inflict a blow upon this highly objectionable and vicious system, and that he has, however tardily, introduced the principle of ad valorem stamp-duties on bonds, transfers, and mortgages. It is a movement in the right direction that will, we trust, be fairly carried out until ad valorem duties be levied in every instance, and on every article, not merely in the department of Stamps, but of Customs also, and in every other branch of the revenue. But still the details should be closely examined, and it should be ascertained that a larger amount will not be levied under the new scale than under that now in operation. Sir CHARLES Wow) took credit for bestowing a considerable boon on the public. He estimated that the modification would involve a loss to the revenue of 350,0001. per annum, or there abouts. This would undoubtedly be a very accept able gift, more especially as the humbler classes would be relieved to a still greater extent. But on a closer examination we have reason to think that the alteratio n wou ld b e pro d uc ti ve of a very different result from that anticipated by the Right Honourable Baronet ; that, in fact, it would lead to a considerable increase in place of a diminution of the net returns. According to the present scale, bonds or mortgages for sums amounting to 500/., and not exceeding 1,0001. are charged 51., and be tween 1,0001. and 2,0001.61. According to the new scheme the duty will be the same, viz., 51. on 1,000/. ; there will be an increase of 41. duty on a transac tion amounting to 2,000/. ; of 81. on 3,000/4 of 12/. on 4,0001; of A/. on 5,0001.; of 38/. on 1 0,0001.; of 60/. on 15,0001. ; of 80/. on 20,000/4 and a further increase of 8/. 15s. on every 1,0001. additional. Now, bonds and mortgages are generally for sums ex ceeding 1,0001., and consequently the Exchequer will be materially benefited, in place of being injured, by the change. If this opinion be well•founded, the ad valorem duties might be fixed at SF., or even less, in place of 10s. p er cen t., without any detriment to the national revenue. This point should be closely looked to by independent Members, who should not permit Sir CHARLES WOOD to slur over, alb silentio, a matter of such importance to the community in general. BRoatPToN.—Yeaterday evening a very fully attended special court of governors and directors of the hos ' pital for consumption and diseases of the chest, was held in the board-room of the institution. The Rev. Sir Henry Foulis, Bart., in the chair; and among the many influential friends and supporters of the charity who were present, were the Right Hon. the Earl Jermyn, the lion. Octavius Dan combe, M.P., the Hon. J. W. Percy, the Hight Hon. Colonel Darner. the Hon. Admiral Percy, Captain John Gladstone, R. N., &c. The notice papers indicated a very great amount of important business regarding the interests of the hospital ; and the first proceeded with was receiving the report of the committee appointed to revise the standing rules ,and to settle and pass the same. This question, which occupied a considerable time, having been disposed of, a power of at. toraey to the treasurer to receive the dividends upon stock, and a contract tor the chapel fotings, having passed under the seal of the corporation, the meeting adjourned until Thursday, the 25th inst. A POTItEC ARIES' HALL.—The following gentlemen passed their examination in the science and practice of medi cine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday last : Henry Sacheverel Edward Schroeder, Guernsey; Thomas Leonard Barber Barwis, Penryn, Cornwall ; John West Walker, Spilsby ; Ja:nes Vandersloat 111'Cormick, Acton street, Gray's Inn-road; Alfred Peskett, Petersfield, Hants; Frederick Martin, Clare, Suffolk; James Breach, Bradfield; Henry May Davis, Hastings; James Wilson, Lancaster; Francis Henry Plumptre, Queen-square ; Robert Thomas Buckle, Bedell, Yorkshire; Reuben Whitchurch, Melton Mowbray; and Alfred Hill, Wal.all. FURTHER DISCOVERIES AT NIMROUD.—In addi tion to what we stated on a former occasion. we are glad to hear that additional advises have recently been received from Mr. Layard, at Nimroud, by which it appears that in a part of the building not far distant from that containing the throne, the whole of the culinary apparatus of the Monarch of Assyria has been discovered. It consists, among other things of an immense brazen cauldron, and more than 100 dishes, lac., of the same metal. No golden utensils have, however, yet come to light. INSTITUTION FOR TILE ADULT DEAF AND DUMB, RED Liciat-sQuaatE.—On Friday (Yesterday) evening a meeting was held in the Court-room of this Institution, 26, Red Lion-square, Bloomsbury. From the eighth annual re- I port of the society, which has just been published, it appears that there are upwards of 14,010 deaf and dumb in England, of which number scarcely 1,600 are provided with instruc tion. The establishment in Red Lion-square was founded as an addition to the existing schools, so that physical training might be added to mental instruction. Since its formation, the trades of shoemaking, tailoring', and dress-making has been carried on with the most' gratifying result, several in mates having quitted as fully qualified workmen, and capable of maintaining themselves by their own unaided exertions. A warm hope having been expressed for the further progress of the charity, the proceedings terminated. At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, Jane Kirtland, for the manslaughter of her husband John Kirt land, by striking him with a chopper, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Erle to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. She was recommended to mercy on account of the provoca tion she had received. A Prussian Charles Morris alias David Solo mon, was yesterday committed from the Lambeth Police dice for having obtained money under false pretences. It appears he has for some time past been levying heavy con tributions from the religions public, by pretending that he had been converted, and had been in consequence persecuted. Several imposters are wandering about the country obtaining money under a similar false pretence. FRENCH BISHOP AND PRIESTS IN THE ISLANDS OF TIE PACIFIC.—.We extract the following from a highly interesting letter in the Portsmouth Times of Saturday last, written by an officer of her Majesty's ship Havannali, now on the blew Zealand cruise:—We sailed from here on the 19th of September, and early In the morning sighted the island of " Pines," south of New Caledonia ; the island is not inaptly named, numerous large pine trees growing there as well as on the reefs adjacent. A curious circumstance took place here—the Bishop of New Zealand accompanied us thus far, but just as we were about to about to anchor a small schooner was seen ahead, subsequently we learned it conveyed a French bishop and six priests just going to establish near. We remained here till the 22d, the Bishop at the same time got under weigh to return to New Zealand, with about eight natives of various islands. Our destina tion was again the south part of New Caledonia to search for boats of ships, the men of which had been murdered ; we found them, but in too bad a condition to remove. I really think New Caledonia one of the finest countries we have yet seen. SUICIDE op A MARlNE.—Yesterday morning, about four o'clock, a single report of a musket was heard at the Royal Marine Barracks at Forton, in the direction of the military burial-ground, and about half an hour afterwards Corporal Dodd went to relieve Private George Webb. senti nel near the spot, when a horrible scene presented itself— Webb was extended on the ground, his firelock under him, with his skull, brains, eyes, blown away, and lying in all di rections around his corpse. The unfortunate soldier was thirty-four years of age, and bore a high character in the corps. His remains have been moved to the guardhouse and await the coroner's inquest. HONESTY REWARDED.— On Friday last, as David Jackson, a labourer in the employ of Mr. Ledger, of the ox , pasture farm, was returning home from his employment, and having reached one of the fields in the occupation of Mr. Morley, Castle-farm ke espied a pocket-book on the public road leading from Worksop to IVelbeck, which contained about 20131. in bank notes. He picked it up, and having previously met two gentlemen in a gig whom he thought might be the owners of the missing property, he instantly run after them for upwards of a mile, and gave them the pocket-book for examination. After looking it over they said it was all right, and presented him with (will it be be lieved) the munificent reward of one shilling I—Notta Guardian. Ma. Boys' BENEFIT CONCERT,--A concert will be given on Tuesday evening next, for a purpose which we trust will attract the notice of those who devote a portion of their time and incomes to acts cf benevolence. The con cert is patronized by some of the most distinguished leaders of fashion ; and its object is to relieve the pecuniary diffi culties of Mr. Thomas Boys, who has lately been afflicted by paralysis, and unable to attend to his professional duties a calamity which comes on the heels of continued domestic affliction in the illness of Mrs. Boys. Such appeals, more especially guaranteed by such names as we see in the list of the managing committee and patrons, are never made in vain in this country. We perceive that the programme includes the services of Miss Catherine Hayes, Miss Birch, Miss Rain forth, Miss Poole, Miss Pyne, Miss Dolby, Mdme. F. Lablache, the Misses Williams, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Signor Alarms, as vocalists; and of Benedict, Ernst, Piattl, and Signor Briccialdi as instrumentalists. It will be conducted by Mr. Brinley Richards. LNGLISII LANDSCAPE.—The climate of England is the finest in the world for a landscape painter. We do not want the blue skies of Italy, or their bright burning sun, glaring over everything, causing distraction to the mind and eve. What we want we have in perfection—an atmosphere with clouds and storms, and sunshine lighting up one object, whilst others are in shade. Our country furnishes most re mantic scenes, rocks and waterfalls, glens and mountains. The banks of our sparkling streams and ancient rivers are the homes of the white-leafed willow, and the dark-foliaged alder; on our rocky hills grow the fir and loftier pine; in our old village churchyards are still found the cedar and the yew; our old rnansicns are approached by avenues of cbes nuts and sycamores; we have the twisted thorn, the stately elm ; that lovely Venus of trees, the towering ash ; the spreading beech ; the Hercules of the forest, the " unwedge able and gnarled oak ;" with a host of others, too numerous to name—all studies for the painter, and ornamental to our country.— Eliza Cook's Journal. A NCIE NT ROMAN C OI N S .—Last week som e men digging gsn in a field near D ungarvon , I re l an d, w h en t h e i r contact with something hard, and they dis swpeardeedciaging came ; t in a small curious broken vase, contaixing about 180 very old Roman copper coins, a dozen silver ones, one gilt, and a broken gold ring. This collection, consigned to the Bullion-office, 113, Lesdenhall-street, appears to be from the first centuries, and may be of interest for the numismatics. ST. PETNRSBURGIL—A letter from St. Petersburgh states that the caravan which transports the gold extracted in the mountains of the Altai had arrived in that capital. It brought 7,172 kilogrammes, equivalent in value to 25,300,000 f. Out of this quantity 5,000 kilogrammes came from the mines of Siberia. The number of noires in the chain of the mountains of Altai is 80, in Eastern Siberia there are it. The above is the second caravan that has arrived since the winter set in. p m o i r n t i , st in er E o . f t t h v a n , te d r e i t o e r rin st i a n t e e s tot that ry twelve p ro v is m i o e n n s , ST. P.GTERSBURGET, APRIL 2.—The Journal of the and other necessaries, to the cr ew of a vesse l w hich was h e mmed in by the floatin g i ce , 10 wers t s f rom t h e li g hth ou se of Packerort. They proce e d e d on f oo t across th a t p or tion of the ice that was still firm, and at the same time a boat with five men quitted the coast in order to endeavour to make of clothing B a lc , their way . through the mass of ice towards the same goal. Both parties were, however, compelled to return, after they had proceeded about seven wersts out to sea. The violence of the snowstorm and the intense cold frustrated all their attempts. That they used their utmost exertions is proved by the melancholy fact that of the seventeen noble fellows only ten returned, nine in the boat and one on foot—the other seven having been driven out to sea on a large piece of floating ice, and have never been heard of since.—St. Peters burgh Journal. SECESSIONS.—It is stated that the Rev. W. Maskell M.A., of University College, Oxford, now domestic an d fo r merly examining chaplain to the Lord Bishop o f Exeter, and who took part in the celebrated examination of M r. G o rham Mary Church, Devon, and j o i n ing the Church of Rome. Rumours are rife also of a no the r clergyman, closely connected is,i bef ore t a the distinguished con t e mplates retirement an d probable apostacy. — Church and Bishop, has decided on resigning his living at member of the episcopal b e nch , who State Gazette, MEXICAN BONDHOLDERS.—A meeting of the holders of Mexican bonds, held yesterday at the London Tavern, to consider what steps should be taken, in consequence of the committee, appointed on the 23d January last, baying ceased to exist, the following gentlemen were, on the motion of Mr. W. P. Robertson, appointed as a new comnittee:—Baron Goldsmid, Admiral Sir George Sartorius, Captain Ross, Messrs. W. Marshall, M.P., J. Sadleir, M.P., J. Lewis Pre vost, Joshua Welkin, James Capel, C. M'Garel, D. Robert son, J. Rhodes, E. A. Moriarty, C. Herring, Richard Garde, and Thomas Ruding. DUTIES orir NEwsparsus. — A paragraph appeared in some of last night's papers, respecting proceedings in the House of Commons, purporting that a petition hal been pre sented by an Hon. Member from the Morning .4dvertiser, for the reduction of duties affecting newspapers. Without en tering, directly or i n di rec tly, upon the question o f w h at are termed " taxes ou knowledge," we are requested to state that no such petition has emanated from that establishment. THU JUDGE'S CHARGE IN THE CASE OF THE BIRDS. —The Devizes Gazette states that, in consequence of an article which appeared in the Times, reflecting, in very strong terms, on the conduct of Mr. Justice Talfourd, in the recent trial of the Birds, at Exeter, for the murder of the girl Par sons, an address to his Lordship is now in course of signature among the bar of the Western Circuit, expressive of their fall confidence that his Lordship's summing up in the case was strictly legal, and that the comments of the journal in question were wholly uncalled for. BIBLICAL LOBE.— During the French campaign in Italy at the end of tho last century, the clergymen in Montrose in their public ministrations, were importunate in their petitions for the downfall of Antichrist. When the Pa pal Government was suppressed in 1798 and the Pope com pelled to quit Rome, it was conceived that these prayers had been answered, and the petitions in question were, it seems, intermitted. The change was remarked by an old woman, a regular h earer of Mr. MoLison's, and meeting the cler g y.. man one day the following colloquy took place:—" " Well, Margaret, h ow are you to-day ?" " Ou, brawley, Sir ; hoo are ye your4P, Si r ?" "Pretty well, said Mr. Mollison, i n his usual sonorous voice. " There's just ae question I wud like to pit till ye, Sir." said Margaret, as the clergyman was passing. "Is Anne Christie dead, or is she better, that ye diuna pray for her noo?" Scotch Paper. Mock not th® stranger guest, for thou knowest not who he may be.—Eliza Cook's Journal. GAME. -- T E E DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.— The far mers in the parish of Bothamsell, near Redford, having for years suffered 60 severely by the immense quantity of game on the estate, have recently memorialised his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, upon the subject. A reply to this has been received from the Duke, who regrets exceed ingly that they have been so seriously injured, and assures them that he has given orders for its destruction, and that they shall have no cause to complain for the 'future.-- , Doncaster Chronic*. it. • .1* . .41;g:1..,,..,.' 4--!'• -, il ,I f. • . , . • - s - y - 1 '-' 17' f.i.1141: ' -frA' ~ '' - 't Ad L •} A ri i , ~. i ____ :-,..,..: z- 0, it ''',j...) 04 E' v N . : :t.,!;•.,.+7 4 . 0115 W7 , '":4-' ' • ' • 2 . 1' ''')1....1 .• . . , f... ...-.- ..., .P r . . LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL l3, 1850.1 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER 10 THREE, The C'tton Liv , :Trool ~ e rn timAt , cl et 10,000 bales, of. wh:ch 3,000 were taken on speculation. The market closed very firm.—Railway Shares were very dull at a further decline in prices. The weekly return of the Bank of England to the 6th inst. is tiro last which we shall have that does not include the dividend payments, and the changes are mere:y premonitory. Toe active circulation was rather smaller, but upon balance there was an increase of de posits, and a decrease of bullion, both tending to diminish the employment of notee. The repayment of loans was effected also to a small extent. Compared with the pre vious week, the following are the results:— Notes is,urd ... 30,190,420 Decrease ... . . 110,845 . 3.033 525 568,705 9,255 123 315,024 10,024,993 498.360 1,094,919 ••• 34,587 No alteration. 11,981 414 ••• 285 919 Notes 10,515,930 Decrease ... 33,435 Bullion ... 16,935,762 Decrease _ ••• •.• ••• 143,173 Active Circulation 19,374,490 Decrease 77,410 The total circulation ot notes in the United Kingdom for the four weeks ending the 23d ult. was 32,541,360/., a decrease compared with the preceding month of 684,3052 The Foreign Exchanges were yesterday afternoon negotiated in some instances at slightly lower rants. Paris was 25 72f to 771, and Hambnrgh 13 124 to 13k. No change occurred on Amsterdam and Trieste, but Frankfort was a shade higher. The amount of the precious metals exported direct from London this week has been 3,370 ounces of gold and 51,052 ounces of silver. The accounts from the manufacturing districts are more cheerful this week. We have nothing of interest to add to the American news in another column. The Mexican meeting held yesterday afternoon, re sultad in the strengthening of the new committee by additional members, and the proceedings went off ami cably. Rest ... ..• ... ... Decrease ... ... ... Public Deposits ... ... ... Decrease ... ... ... Other Deposits ... ... ... Increase . . •,S ... Seven Day and other Bills ... Increase ... Government Securities Other Securities D..Truase The funds have been heavy again, and with but li mited transactions. Consols have realised 95; for Transfer, and 95; to 96 for Account, being now 95i I for the first named, and 95; for the latter. The New Three•'and•a-Quarter per Cents have been 97 to I, and the Three Per Cent... 94; to 95. Bank stock has been steady at 207. Exchequer-bills are 68s. to 70.. prem. In the Foreign Markat there have been special changes arising from the preparations for Monday's settlement. Portuguese Four per Cents, have been 32; to 33, and Spanish Five per Cents. 183. Russian Scrip has been at 2, and Danish at 4 to 4* premium. Mexican have been done at 29 and 29k, and Peruvian at 68 to 69i. Buenos Ayres Bonds are 531- to 54i. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, have beau 55; to 561 Shares generally are depressed, prices being in a few cases a shade better, in others rather worse. The arrangement of the account takes place on Monday, and this is " ticket day." ONE CLOSIITG PRICES OF BRITISH FENDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. lan t , Sr,ocK 3 per ( ent. Reduced Anna . 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95 % 3 /4 95% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns... .... ..... Long Anne. to expire Jan.l860 null, Bonds, 1,000/ on3ols for Account 93 9534 95 '%4 • , ccheoner Bill?. 14d. ez 2d 1,000/. June 63 70 p Small. June ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 ner Cent ... 54 W 53 Chili= Bonds 6 per Cent .... ....... 98 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent. .. Equador Bonds ,1 , 1 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... 2 9 14 29 29% 28% Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account — 69 , 4 Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds •... Ditto, 4 1 4 per Cent Ditto Scrip Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 lB% Ditto, Account ....—... Ditto, Passive 3% Dividends on the above payable in Lyndon, CLOHNG PRICES. 53 1 ,i 98 Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild: .: 56% 55% 5 5 34 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOF IN 3 RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. BRICKS Birmingham and Ox ford Janet., calla duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withontgarantee 20 Caledonian Ditto, New iel. Pref... 10 c:eiter and Holyhead... 50 --... ...... 6% H astern Counties... .... . 20 Do., New Pref.rer.ce, 6 per Cent. . .... ..... 10 ...... 11!4............... 11 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 61.133.4 d.... p East Lancashire 25 East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent. Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 26 1,E 27 .... Great Northern Do., ',, i A Deferred ... 12 1 ,4-- 1% . Do 1 1 2 B 6 per Cent.. 9 1 ,4 — Do., .5 per Cent. Pref. 12 th ..... . Great Western 100 ...... bOth ..... ••••• Ditto, 1 4 Shares % P 27 17 5 3 4 1% 936 49 112% Ditto. New 171........ 15 ... , Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... ... — Do. Quarter Shares... 12% 21% . ...... 21% Lancaster and Carlisle-. 50 ...... Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 ...... 32 1 % 321, Do. Quarters ......... 23% 614 6% Do. Fifth5... .. 10 Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 Leeds and Bradford London Scßlackwall...ll/. 68. 3d... 3 3 / 4 . London, Brighton, and South Coazt... - . 100 Do., New, guaranteed 6 per Cent . ...100 Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 ,„.„. 10 1 ,4 London and N Western 100 102% 103 10 1 34 10 1 4 114 DD D oi it t.t to ol , o.l N ,iitt el s Q . : . ar .B. t .. e i r . s c.... 1 1 2 12 .........: 1 1 0 11 t 114 1 1 4 London & S.W( atarn . ICO ... . 58% 5B Do., New Preference. 5 Midland ... ll O...... 33 3 / a 1 4 ... 32% ic 3 o o ..... 2% '4... ..... ... 2 1 ,( •• •, 12 0 14 15 746114% 14: x.i - 6 4 3 / 4 z g . 6 3 / 4 ih S:RDDI )D r arr e tdfeßioo l hhtii.: igtifr s oCl3 b sit: mOuP Staffordshireni ni' r ShrewsburyGuildford, andhi and • rde. rnP• " e Shares Brist olrD.e i r m . ert. andb . •8:• . :12 1 :1(5) 3 5 :. . ... : . 1 . .. a' . —dis... . . . . . . . die Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 South V, astArr 8 3 1,6 13% 12 7 / 8 Do., Registered No. 4 10 .. .... Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... .. ...... 50 Do. do. do. ... 25 York, Newcastle, and Berwick. .... ... 25 ...... 113 /q 1.4 .... . Do. Newcastle Eaten. 20 -.... 6 5 " % .... Dc. G.N.E. Preference 8 ... - A lit . • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 20 ...„. 6 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Dutch Rhenish ... 8 .... 1% East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. D 0.... ....... 1 Northern of France...... 16 JOINT STOCK BANKS. London Joint 'Stock...... 10 ...... 17 25 3 / 4 11 1 4 6 !ii 51.,' 4 12% 1% SIA; 1% IIA LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 13.—Wind at noon, S.E., light brecae and dull foggy weather. DEAL, APRIL 12.—Wind S.W. to W.N.W., fine.— Arrd. Osborn, Dalrymple, Dominica; Herschel, Robert son, Trinidad. Arrd. from the River, Steed, Amster. dam; Britannia, Drybope; Elizabeth and Margaret, Reid, Quebec. Sld. Duke of Portland, Adelaide, South Australia. The Sea Park from Calcutta experienced a heavy gale 33 inst., lat. 42 N,, long. 23 W., and received considerable damage. FALMOUTH, APRIL 1 4.—W ind N.N.E.—Arrd. Johanna, Bangor, Pernambuco. Sid. Lillias, New York; Roslin Castle, Woodbine, and Countess of Mulgrase, Quebec; Dart, Mogadore. JERSEY, APRIL 11.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Chance, and Admiral Nelson, Gaspe, Lavinia, Labrador. PILL, APRIL 12.—Wind N.—Sld. British Queen, Countess of Durham, Feronia, and Seaflower, Quebec. WEXFORD, APRIL 10.—A cask of brandy marked "F. Rulien and Co., Cognac," hat been picked up at Haggard. STORNAWAY, APRIL B.—The Ariadre, Troon to Stettin, put inhere sth inst., leaky, and must discharge. BRIDLINGTON, APRIL 12.—The John Mowlem, from Weymouth, which got on Hamborough Head Rocks, Bth inst., has been assisted off, and brought in here walla considerable damage. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 12.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Peruana, Espege, Callao. Sid. Pearl, Richebucto; Hannah, Newfoundland; Astarte, Hong-Kong; Jenaima, Calcutta; Cosmopolite, Brazils; Windsor, Para; An drew Foster, and J. H. Shepherd, New York; Conser vator and Aleiste, Montreal; Success, Newfoundland. QUEENSTOWN, APRIL 10.—The Harlequin, and not the Harmony, of Belfast, Barbadoes to Limerick. has been got off Carlisle Point and taken up to Cork to dis charg, , her keel being injured. animus, APRIL 12.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Endymion, New York; Choice, Patras and Make, Qui bee; Duke of Kent, Cape of Good Hope; Romulus, California; Chanarion, Boston, America. The Union has been assist( d off the Scarp. The Countess of Westmoreland, and the Weatmot eland, both from hence to London, were in collision 9.b, off Seahana; the former has put back with loss off bowsprit. The schooner Theodore, of Ryde, was got off the rocks at Tynemouth yesterday alter- O( OP, and brought here. GLOUCESTER.—And. Corsair, Naive, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, APRIL 11.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Stand ard, Miramichi; Barbara and Jane, Quebec. Sir George Drinkwater died yesterday, at his re sidence, Rodney-street. He was mayor of Liverpool in the year 1829.--liyerpool Mercury of yesterday. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) cOVZIIrr-GAZZIDEra InPre'7 , o of Vegetables w - cr; en sa'e !o-day. The Oemand for them ruled inactive, a: our cpv•tations. In Fruit very little doing. English Fruit—Prue Apples, lOs to 14s; not-house Grapes, 20s to 25s per lb; Pears, 20s to 30s; Eating Apples, 5s to 6s per half sieve; Apples for cooking, 4s to 6s per bushel; Fil berts, 7os to 75s per 100ibs; Strawberries, 4d to 9.1 per tz. Foreign Fruit—Black Hamburgh Grapes (forced) 3s 6d to ss; Portugal ditto, f d to is per lb; Spanish Nuts, 4s to ss; Brazil ditto, 3s to 4s ; Bar celona ditto, 5s to Cs; Spanish Chesnuts, 3s to 63 per peck; Lemons, 55 to 10s; Oranges, 4s to 103 per 100 ; Almonds, 5s to Gs per peck; Spanish Onions, 14s to 20s per box. Vegetables —Cape Brocoli, 4s to 93 per dozen bundles; Turnips, is 6d to 2s Od; Carrots, 4s to ss; Greens, Is to Is 6.1 per dozen bunches; Onions (old), 3s to 4s fid per bushel; llorse•radish, 2s to ss; Celery, 91 to is per bundle; Lecke, is 6d to 2.5; and Parsley, is to is 6d per dozen bunches; early York Cabbages, 8d to Is; Red ditto, 2s to 3s per dozen; Brusseis Sprouts, 61 to 9 per half-sieve; Endive, Is 3d to Is 61 per score; Red Beet, 2s to 3s 6d; and Par snips, 6tl to 8d per dozen; Mushrooms, lid to Is per pottle; Spinach, Is 6d to Is 9I; and Jerusalem Arti chokes, is to Is 6d per half-sieve; Small Salad, 2s to 2s 6d per dozen punnets; Sage, 2s GI to 3s per dozen bunches; Corn Salad, Is to Is 6d per hall-sieve; Suallots, 3d to 4d per Ib; Potatoes, 803 to 120 s per ton; ditto, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per bushel; Sea Kali, is 6d to 2s Gd per punnet; Asparagus, 4s to 6s per 100; Rhubarb, 3s to tis per dozen bundles; Cornwall WhA• Broeuli, is to 4s 61 per dozen heads; Turnip Grtaus, 3d to 4d per bushel; French Beans, 2s to 2s 6:I per 100; Radishes, 4d to 8d per punnet; Cabbge Lettuces, 3d to fid per score; c arlyfratned Potatoes, 2s 6d per lb; Sprouting Brocoli, Gd to 91 per sieve; Mint, 3s to 4s per dozen bunches; Cucumbers, 3s to 4s per brace. NEWGATE AND LEADENBALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 95 Od; Gue ie, 7s to 9s Od; Ducks Is 9d to 58 Od; Tame Rabbits, Is Od to is Dd; Wild ciit:• 8d to is Od; Pigeons, 5d to 10d; Roasting Pigs, 4s 6d to Is each; Surrey Fowls, 7s to 10s; ditto Chickens, 5s to 7s; Barn•door Fowls, 3s 6d to 7s per couple; English Eggs, 5s 61 to 65 6d; French, 5s to 53 61 per hundred; Fresh Butter, 10d to Is Od per lb.; Hares, 2s to 2s 6d each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 2d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 4d; Lamb, 4s 8d t.) 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d; and Pork, 36 2d to 4s per Blbs. WEEITECECAPEL. Beef frnm la 10d to 3s Od ; Mutton, 21 6d to 3s 4d; Lamb, 4s 6d to 6d; Veal, 2s 10d to 35 6d; and Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 10d par 81bs, by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 4s 6d to 14s; Brill, 2s 6d to 8s; Cod Fish, Is 6d to 9s; Whitinp, 4d to Gd; Lobsters, is to 2s 6d each; Soles, 6d to 2s 9d per pair; Eels, 4d to is per lb; Haddocks, 4d to 8d each; Oysters, 12s to 42s per bushel ; Flounders, 6d to is; Smelts, is 2d to Is 4d; and Bloaters, 10d to is Id per dc.zen; Mackerel, 3d to 5d each; Salmon, is 4d to is 9d per lb; and Salt Fish, 2d to 5(1 perib. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 6d to 6id; of household ditto, 4d to sid per 41b loaf. HIDE PtIARIEET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, led to 11 I; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to lid; ditto; 801 b to 881 b, lid to 21d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 31d; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 34d to 3id; ditto, 104Ib to 1121 b, 31d to 4d. Calf Skins, light 2s 6d to 3s 6(1; ditto full Os Od to 6s Od; Horn Hides, 6s 6d to Os; Polled Sheep, 5s 6d to 7s Od ; 'Cents and Half-breds, 4s 6d to 5s iiid; Downs, 4s Od to 5s Od; Shearlings, 6d to Bd. RAY IVIAMILICTS. S MITI! FIE LD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 85 to 3110 s; Clover Ditto, 3/ Oi to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 1/ Is to 1/ 8s per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBEULAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 105 to 31121; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ is ; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 9s per load. Supply good, and trade very dull. WIIITECUAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3/ 10s; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/125; and Straw,ll 15 to 118 a per lo,r). Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. 70 p 71 p CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) Twx ARGYLE Rooms.—The trial of Emile Laurent and four other persons, who were indicted with keeping a disorderly house, called the Argyle Rooms, in which dancing and singing were carried on without license, in violation of the 25th of George 11., was postponed until the next sessions at this court. EXTORTION OF MONEY BY AN INFAMOUS CHARGE.— John Bennet, Wm. Laidler, Henry Tiddiman, John Jones, and John Sullivan, were indicted with feloniously threatening to accuse Samuel Wyatt of having atit mpted to commit an abominable crime on the person of Henry Tiddiman, with intent to extort money. Tiddiman pleaded Guilty, and the others Not Guilty. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Cooper attended for the prose cution, and the prisoners were defended by Mr. Parnell. Mr. BODKIN said the very painful inquiry into which they were about to enter was instituted under the 10th and 11th Vic. c. 66, by the second sec ti on of which it was enact e d that any person who should accuse, or threaten to accuse any person of an abomi nable crime, should be guilty of felony. That Act was extended by the 7th and Bth Vic., and it was perfectly immaterial under these s t a t u t es , hether the accusation or threat was used towards the party himself or to any of his relatives, or whether the party was guilty or not, for if guilty, it was the duty of the person to whose knowledge the matter came to proceed aa,ainst the party in the ordinary way. The prisoners, he should prove, were a gang of persons who had associated together for the purpose of extorting money from parties by means of accusations of an infamous nature. The prin. cipal member of this gang was Sullivan, and he was known among his associates as " The General." Ben net was a person of whom they had no definite account; but he had often been seen in the streets in different dresses, and was sometimes attired as a military man. Laidler was formerly a gentleman's servant and now a waiter, but be had described himself in this transaction as a solicitor. Jones, otherwise Joyce, was formerly a clerk to a solicitor, but had been long out of employment. There were five prisoners, but Tiddiman had pleaded guilty, and that course had been permitted to enable the prosecutor to bring him forward as a witness against the other prisoners, and thus pro mote the interests of justice. Mr. Wyatt, the person upon whom the attempt was made, and w h o was far ad vanced in years, kept a tobacconist's shop, in Queen street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. They would find that he suffered from nervous debility, and on that account was more likely to be acted upon by means of threats. In con sequence of the proceedings of these men, that debility had be en greatly aggravated, and he would appear beforeithem in an almost incompetent state to give an account of the transactions. But, happily, after these men had carried on a plan of extortion for some time with unblushing effroatery, the niece of the prosecutor, who was about forty or fifty years of age, and who lived with her uncle, saw a visible change in his health, and after making in quiries obtained a knowledge of what was going on, and ultimately gave information to the police. So much had his health been affected that he was reduced to the neces sity of keeping his bed. There might be reason to think that Tiddiman was put forward et an instrument in the hands of the others, although he bad deeply involved himself in the trausaetion, and his evidence would be re ceived with great caution, unless corroborated by the testimony of other witnesses, or of a nature to fill up the gap in the chain of evidence. The operations of the gang appeared to have commenced by a visit on the part of Tiddiman and Sullivan to the shop of Mr Wyatt, about fourteen months ago, for the purpose of purchasing some cigars. On leaving the shop Sullivan pointed out to Tiddiman the occupier of it as a person for whom they might get money. Tid diman made another visit to the shop on the following day and succeeded in ingratiating himself into the friend ship of Mr. Wyatt. They had some gin and water to. getaer, and while drinking it Tiddiman took occasion to press himself' in an odd way against the person of the prosecutor and squeezed his hand in a rather remarkable manner; and it was clear that this circumstance was to form the basis of extortion afterwards practised, for since then the prisoners had accused Mr. Wyatt with taking indecent liberties with Tiddiman. The niece of Mr. Wyatt, as ho had mentioned, at last discovered the con duct of the parties, and notwithstanding the threats used ugsinst her, she bad the good sense to communicate with the police, and on the 2d of March last, when the prisoners were again expected to make their appear ance, several officers were concealed behind a curtain in the shop that -they might hear without being seen Up to that time they had obtained various sums of money from prosecutor. and what purported to be an 1.0. U. for 501. The whole five prisoners made their appearance on this occasion, and they were shown into the parlour. The niece said, " I mint to understand now what demand you have to make against ray uncle ?" and they men tioned 24/, having on a former application offered to take 30/. in discharge of the I 0 U. She also said, " Now let me distinctly understand what this money is about," but they told her that they must first have the 24/. She then wished to know which was the solicitor, and they pointed to Laidler ; and on inquiring if it was their intention to share the money, Sullivan, who was au extremely wary person, said, "No, I shall have no share of it," and expecting they had been entrapped, walked out of the shop, but he was immediately appre hended, as were also the other prisoners. These were the main circumstances of the case, and when proved in evidence the jury would be unable to resist the ine vitable conclusion that these men were guilty of the crime laid to their charge. Tiddiman was then called, and be corroborated some of the details given in the above statement. Ho said, in the course of ills evidence, that he was an omnibus conductor, and first became acquainted with the prisoner Bennet about thi ea and a half ears ago. when he was a cheque-taker at the Adelphi Theatre. Through him he was introduced to Sullivan, who said if he would come under their jurisdiction he would make his fortune. The witness also stated that he first visited Mr. Wyatte' shop, at the request of Sullivan, about fourteen months ago, and from that time, up to his apprehension, oh tamed several sums from him, varying from 2s. 6d. and 109. to 11. and 1/. 109. Sullivan told him on one occa sion that they might get 20/. or 30/. out of the " old man" if they liked; arid on saying that ho would have nothing to do with the matter, Sullivan replied, "If you don't you will be nailed—you have already extorted 2s. 6d. from him." 94% 2p 18% 18t4 3 The witness ;as cross..exunined in a very bitter tone by the prisoner Laidler, with respect to his connexion with a Member of Parliament; but the questions, wh:ch were met by a positive negative by the witness, were of a nature so calculated to affect the character of the per sun alluded to as to render it necessary to suppress their publication. The result of the prisoner's cross-examin. ation, however, seemed rather to imply an acquaintance • _...--- with other tre.nslctions of a similar kind t o the pre'ens th , i , ) to better the ea , 3ip agni h•rn. The eviderf! , . fir I.hn wh'm the Court fir refreshmects. NEW COURT. (BLfOre the RECORDER and Aldermen CARDEN Ot FINNIs.) STEALING TOBACCO FROM THE LONDON Docl ° r ; Charles J o h n P reece , 33, :1 humus Ly e , 42 , ard Thomas _Ev ans , 28 , three Custom-heuse officers erapl°4 l in the L on d on D oc k s, were convicted of stealing 1' of cigars and tobacco, the property of her Majesty. .Sentence deferred. The Court then proceeded with the trials of TV Clark, a gardener, William H u nt, a l a b ourer , Hubbard, a customs officer, and John King, 016° custom-house offi cer , w h o were all charged with Stl o ing, between the months cif October a n d F e b rua ry ' I , . • large quantitie s or toLacco, the p ro p erty o f her MoJ eo from the London Docks. These latter trials occupied the Court the who's 1011 jog, and had not concluded when our report left. THE EXECUTION OF 3TABL I REEDER AND ELIAS LUCAS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CAMBRIDGE, TWELVE o'cLoc‘' Maths Reeder and Elias Lucas, who w ere found .0 at the last assizes for the murder of Susan L uc as, t " 1 1 ,0 wife of the male culprit and s i ster of the female, '- just expiated their offence on the gallows in this tovill The place of execution was i n f ront of the door 01. o county gaol. The f a t a l b eam was erected on a platf°l; about 15 feet from the ground, and was enclosed i O O sort of half-circle boarding. In front of the galle .o a spacious park, in the centre of which there is on ~f mense mound, from the summ it o f wh i ch the eoglw' can be seen for miles round, this afforded ample opt: tunity for every person to obtain a view of the At the time of the execution there were not less tab 30,000 persons present. The prisoners retired to rest at about ten o'clock 0 night; the Rev. Mr. Roberts and another clergit t , having been with th em near l y t h e whole of the 17i, reading the Scriptur es an d pray i ng. The fema le pressed herself pe r f ect l y res i gned to her fate, and et male acknowledged the justness of his sentence, WV pressed his fears as to his fitness to meet his liake r s d l, At six o'clock thi s morn i ng, the Rev. Mr, Roberts rit his colleague arri ve d a t t h e pr i son. Both the prisslo, were up, nod joined prayer with the Rev. Gentle°,o At seven o'clock they h a d some coffee, but neither a t r prisoners ate anything, f o r were a lit le before tw e l ve o ' c l oc k the two pris—o. were brought into the p ress - room . Th e executione rb o ing pinioned the culprits, the mournful proce ss u f formed, headed by th e U n d er . Sh er iff , the Rev. Me. berts, and Mr. Orridge, the governor of the gaol. The male prisoner was brought up first. He wail f o i r fectly calm, but appeared to tremble slightly. 1 1111 0 been placed under th e f a t a l b eam , t h e female, w bc j g assisted to the gallows by two turnkeys, was plan t o the side of her fellow•c u lp r i t . Sh e appeared q uite and resigned. fht The usual preliminaries h av i ng b eers a dj usted, t he ,„,1 bolt was drawn, and the u n h appy wretches were WV" into eternity. They both appeared to die without much pain. o i The female prisoner was in her twenty.first yea' the male was in his twenty-fourth. AMERICAN NEWS, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) e i The packet-ship Vanguard, w i t h a d v i ces from. York to the 22d March, two days later, a rrived o'clock this morning. les The trial of Dr. Webster was s till go i ng on. - 1113 days had been spent on the part of the prosecutil f endeavouring to identify th e b o d y as t h at 0 1 Parkman, and yet the only evidence thus far 15 Al, of Dr. Keep, the dentist, and which is exceed' strong and presumptive. Tne trial was creetivi extraordinary excitement. COMMERCIAL. NEW Youx ' MARCH 2 2.—There is no falling) in the demand for money, and the amount vv° ll o ,,lv is offered less freely th an f ormer l y. The sil l market to-day is generally d e p resse d. Govern,,,e sixes of 1867 declined to 114 i to 114 f. EOM" 8-1- to 81. tg Sales of cotton for th e t wo days amotlo e -, 1,400 bales, parties havi ng b een i mpat i en t P y r non-arrival of the Niaga ra ' s a d v i ces f rom pool, then full due ; to force sales concession ,0 to be made. Dates from N ew O r l eans t o the , illo state that cotton had d e cli ne d k c . per lb., OAP market heavy. Sales 1,500 b a l es; m iddli ng at '''Atoo There had been a falling off in the receipts of "o()) at Savannah for the week ending March 20 of w bales. 0,1 Flour fair; common State dull at 4 dolls - I> P Michigan, i dolls. 25 c . ; an d S out h ern , 5 5 dolls. 25c. per b us h e l. oP Wheat in good demand ; 10,000 bushels t 4 at 104 c. to 106 c. 100 bushels rye sold at 570. Indian corn steady at 55c. to 5 7 5',„1 1 Southern white, 56 c . t o 56f c. f or yellow, an d o '. 55c. for mixed and white Jersey. to Pork had declined t o 10 d o ll s. 2 5c. for mess, 011 dolls. 88c. fur prime. Beef in good demand s' prices. Cheese in f.ir demand ; 300 b arre l s l ar d 5° Id 6ic. to 61c. o' l Freights—Cotton, f o r Li ve rp oo l, 3 1 , 16 pe corn, 6d. per bushel. DEATH or MADAME DULCIEEN.--We reitr ai c k announce the demise of th at em i nent pianists tuA",/,.: Dulcken, which m o ur n f u l event took place yester"- elf three o'clock, at her residence, 80, Harley-street, froth sipelas in the head. A PROTECTI ONIST C HIEF IN liANGsll'..r Oa o - Marquis of Granby had a narrow escape from drovi n- Saturday last, while hunting with the Belyoir how IP," tween Melton Mowbray a n d Ki r b y. T he fox cron eiilac river, and the nobl e M ar quis ch arge d i t at full spoeusda" it was an impossibility f o r any h orse t o l eap over,. rir was with considerable difficulty that the horse $ 24 were extricatei. There was some philosophy in the hen-pecke d c ot s : band, who, being asked why h e h a d p l ace d hi mse lf §° j pletely under the government of his wife, 'answer 'Or avoid the worse slavery o f b e i ng un d er my own.'"'" Cook's Journal. °et' THE THUNDER STOR M OF Y ESTERDAY .-- e day, about one o'clock in the afternoon, the metroPh il last e visited with a storm of hail, rain, and thunder, which jog: about an hour. For about an hour previous a ver9_, t ret fog enveloped the atmosphere, and occasioned such e t sr' darkness that at the Bank of England, the Custonl - r t rk . ; and the various public offices, the gas was lighted. P„t• tr„ time the wind became very variable, the chief point a tP i compass from which it blew being from south-east t? west. The barometer stood at about 29 deg. 72 , rh 1 ";;0 0 ~,7, there was then a great atmo s ph er i c d epress i on . Be t e l ' twelve and one o'clock numero us c l ou d s charged vt"riclir tricity were rapidly approachi ng f rom t h e nort h ern no 01 when suddenly torrents of r a i n were di sc h arge d f r oth A O, accompanied also with a heavy fall of hail. Vityid.l o o of lightning soon followed. The storm passed over _L it ose, county of Kent, where it was equally intense. Much hi' or a it is said, has been done to the fruit trees which W blossom. ' .lll O l BRISTOL CHANNEL.—Great complaints are ID by the fishermen sin ce th e commencement of this se , ' • the scarcity of salmon. The Goldcliff fishery has prori-ost moat a failure; the proprietor not having yet caug ff' new fish, after the expense he has been at in laying 11 "2, -of butts and only catching a few pounds of shriggP7 o tide. There appears t o b e a great scarcity of fish i t , Channel, and if it continues it will be severely felt 11_,,, c e./ entirely dependent upon th e fi s h er i es f or t h e i r mainterth' Cheltenham Car onicle. Two HORRIBLE MURDERS.—On Wednesday it Arthur O'Donnell. Esq., of Pickwick Cottage, Knock, county of Clare, was waylaid and brutally mur dered: a rr . , skull was cloven with a hatch e t. Th e b o dy o f the m ' gentleman was found in a field the following morning; e , the same night the herd of M r . S can l an , o f Forth Oi l the county of Clare, was murdered. It appeared 1) 10 0 marks about the place where the d ea d b o d y w as foul e d► time must have been two person s a t a ll events engsg y iliii the crime. One it is supposed held the ill-fated tatty the other cut his throat. r obe! ACCIDENT.—We are s orr y t o no ti ce a - se' - ere accident that has befallen our esteemed tohl i Bailie Stewart, of Omoa. He was riding into Glaa011; e dhorseback on T ues d ay even i ng, an d was f oun d on tb lying in a state o f insens ib i lit y , w i t h hi s h orse dead o j e al, him. He w as conveye d to th e c i ty , an d we are glad t coa t has recovered his consciousness, b u t i s s till no t in I pa I tion to inform his friends how the accident occurred.' BJRTH3. Ile' J On the 9th inst., at Stoke Poges, the wife of the C. Evans, of a daughter. ' $ ll. On the 9th inst., in Blandford-square, the wife of the J. W. Reeve, of a son. tfi ll On the 10th inst., in Sussex-place, Regent's-park• t he , dg of W. Harris, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, of a daughter. , of P On the 10th inst., at Beckenham, Kent, the lauf , Watben, Esq., of a son. G o On the 11th inst., the wife of E. Gregory, Esq., 0f ford-street, Russell-squat* of a son. °A On the 11th inst., at Hamilton-terrace, St. Job the wife of E. Alarr, Esq., of a son. __......."'"/ AI ARED. At Leeds, on the 10th fast ., Thomas Wilkisison , 00 4 ; 0 / Neasham Abbey, in the county of Durham, to ii,,,n r) „;,11 man, eldest daughter of of Alb er t D avy , Esq., Lici the United Stater. Re On the 11th inst., at St. M art i n ' s -i n - t h e -Fi e lds. „e Ralph R. Tatham, 3/A., vicar of Uallington, S Caroline, younger daughter of H. Willmer, Esq., of street, Portman-square. 0 DIED. On the 2d inst., a t Newport, Isle of Wight, Captain OAll J Tatham, late of Jersey. ie Fair e Oa the 10th i ns t., age d 41 , t h e R ev . R o b er t FaY• d cumbent of Emmanuel, Camberwell. s q.. On the 10th inst., aged 70, Benjamin Perry. • Broxted-house, S o m e rs-t own . for Un the 10th inst., ag ed A 2, Williamßinns, of PP° lor of merly of RegPnt•street, London. n ifoc h On the llth inst., Frances, the wife of J. J. —° 0 0 II igh bury -grove. ir 13 4 On tt , e 9th inst., Mr. Thomas'Townsend, of .° Lambeth, aged 72 Hof titi 1 I London: Printed and Published by MURDO n 1- i 0 No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tke Sex Office strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the CI ) hl'ddlesoz, Saturday, April 13, 1850. T' Thal he helc 17th 'ter, vj2 4( we fled by of Prop elderati &mem L° • NOT/ been let) the null (itieludh • in Novel trientli Genet; w order o adJacent 'London Roiyh ead • Il_ituw ay b ialchest let of M a anY sr thi tendon tc zlt te i ngil • ,kanche, t , ' 4 ester ~ gel is. 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