The Sun. — London, England, 1851-04-18 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LA. MUTA DI PORTICI (MASANIELLO). It is respectfully announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY, April 24, when will be repeated, with the original Music, Dances, &c., Auber's celebrated Opera of MUTA DI PORTICI, ( Masan i ello) Thi ibstaftles executed by Miss Bradley and Mr. Coombes, under the superintendence of Mme. Copere. The appointments by Mr. E. Bradwell. The incidental Dances by M. Paul Taglioni. The See neryby Mr. Charles Marshall. The Mise en Scene under the direc tion of Mr. A. Harris. Alfonso, Signor Scott( ; Lorenzo, Signor Mercurall ; Selva, Signor Balanehl ; Masaniello, Signor Pardini ; Piatro, M. Ifassol ; Borella, Signor Lorenzo; Elvira, Madame Fiorentini ; Fenella, Mdlle. Monti. In act first, a Grand Divertisement ; La Gurache et Napolitaine , Dy Messrs. Kohlenberg, Soto, Aussandon, Soldansky, Allegrini, cales, Emma, Dantonie, and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet ; Le Bolero, by Madlles. Mathilde, Rosa, Ja'ien, and Lamoreux, and Ehrick. Finale Generale, in act third, La Tarantella, 17 M Amalia Feraris, M. Charles, 3ladll es. K ohlenberg, Soto, Alissandon, Rosa, Soldansky, Allegr.ni, Pascales, E mma, Dantonie, de arid Julien, and Lamoreux, MM. Ehrick and Ciouziet, and the Ladies Gentlemen of the Corps de Planet. alp fe. Director of the M us i c an d C on d uc tor, M. After which will be presented the admired Ballet, LE3 METAMORPROSES• L Esper, Lamoureux, hi which Madlle. Ca r l otta Grist, Mad ll e s. vit°scales,Soldansky, Sota, Julien, Allegrini, Aussandon, Kohlenberg , as MM. Ehrick, and Charles will appear to Seven, the Opera to office of the The a t re. D oors o pened a Stalls, and T i c kets, to be made at the Box.' Application for Box e s, com mence at Half-past Seven o'clock. JJER MAJESTY'S THE ATRE. bid le. DUPBEZ as ADINA. Fir s t Appearance o f Signor LABLACIIE this season. LEA METAMORPHOSES. It Is respectfully announced that on TUESDAY, April 22, Will be presented (first time this season) Donizetti's Opera, L'ELTSt D'AMORE. Adina, Mdiie. Carolne Duprez ; Nensorino, si gnor Calzolari , signor Ferraut (his first appearance in thi s country); • Belcore, D octor Duicarn a ra, Signor Lablache (his first appearance this season). After which will be presented the admired Ballet, LES METAMORPHOSES. By Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Mdlles. No a, E sper, Julien, Lamoreux, Aussand on, Kohlemberg, Pascales, Soldansky, Sota, MNI. b r ick an d Charles. On SATURDAY, April 26, Mdlle. ALAYMO will make her first appe arance in England, and Signor GARDONI, his first appearance tbla season , in Doniaetti's Opera LUOREZIA BORGIA. On TeESDAY, April 21, Madame SONTAG will make her first appearance this season, in Denizetti's admired Opera LA FIGLIA DEL REGGItIENTO. mart' s Opera, I THE NOZZE, recently produced with the greatest success at the Italian Opera, Paris, will be speedily pre sented. _ Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre, Opera-colonnade, Haymarket. TUEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Mr. James Anderson, lessee and manager of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, begs to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry and Public in general, as well also Messieurs les Strangers, that he has determined upon a GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICES OF AD3INSION at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on and after EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 21st, 1851. In order to avoid the reproach of taking an unworthy advantage of the time, and those who 11 , nour us with their presence, the lessee has arranged his scale of prices so that they may tally, as near as possible, with those of the continental theatres. And as every one who visits these shores must of mcessity be desirous of visiting the National Theatre (so liberally patronised by the Go vernment, the Court, and the country) to witness the representation of the immortal works of our great dramatist, the Lessee has, in order to facilitate the wishes of all parties, deter ,ined upon the fol lowing scale of prices :- Btalls and Dress Circle - - - ss• First Price. Second Price. Boxes - - - _ 3 s . Is. 6d. Pit Lower Gallery - - - - 1g.2 No half-price Upper Gallery - - - - 6,1.5 to Galleries. Private Box.es to admit 8 reduced from 3/. 3s. Od. to 21. 12s. &1 Ditto 6- ditto 21. 125. 61. to 21. 2s. Od. Ditto 4 ditto 21. 2s. N. to 11. 11 s. 6d, Ditto 4 ditto 1/. I Is. 6d. to 11. Is. Od, On EASTER MONDAY _ __ . ._ . Will be produced (for the fi st time in London) Schiller's magnificent romantic Play, in Five Acts, of TII E Rol sBE RS (adapted to the English Stage by Mr. James Anderson). After which, Anew grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ sEL, THE PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Van , enhoff ; Azael, kr. J. Auder son ; Amenophis, Mr. W. West ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr. Rafter; Jephtele, Miss F. Vining; Nelte, Mrs. Walter Lacy; La, li<sti le. Victorine Legrain (Premier Sala du Opera de Paris), who has been expressly engaged for the occasion. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARK T; 7. Mr. B. Webster. Sole Lesßeg an-1 Manager, Old Brompton. On EASTER MONDAY Will be performed THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte Mr. J. W. Wallack ; Pauline Peschappelles, Miss L. Addison. After which, a new and (as limes go) original domestic drama of startling intereA, entitled ARLINE ; or, The Fortunes and Vicissi tudes of a Bohemian Girl. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame West:. On EASTER MONDAY Will be presented the popular and powerfully interesting original drama, entitled MARIE DUCANGE. After which a new and original Farce called LONDON FOG. Mr. prank Copal. Mr. P. Bedford ; Mr. Simple, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Brisk, Miss E. Harding. _ _ — 'l'o be followed by a new musical, historical, pastoral, comical fairy drama, called O'FLANNIGAN AND THE FAIRIES; or, A Midsummer Night's Dream. To conclude with the laughable farce of A NIGHT of HORRORS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kea. and Mr. Reidey. On EASTER MONDAY Will be performed a new and origins: Comedy entitled LOVE IN & MAZE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Keeley, Wigan, Harley, .A4disaa, Meadows ; Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken from a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALHAMBRA ; or, The Three Moorish Princesses. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The public are respectfully informed that the Theatre is closed until Easter Monday next, April 21. The Theatre will be entirely newly decorated and re-embellished, and every effort made to sustain the high repute which this establishment holds in public estimation : the vast Improvements of additional height, in order to facilitate the scenic effects, as essentially necessary to the hippodramatic entertain ments, have been particularly attended to, and every department actively employed for the production of a splendid historic spectacle, from the pen of G. H. Roolwell, Esq. New scenery, machinery, decorations, and magnificent costumes. The circle will prove doubly attractive, Mr. Batty being on the Continent making arrangements with artistes of the first talent and celebrity of their professions. Particulars will be given in future announcements. HIGH WATEIi, A 7 LONUON RI EDGE Tim D AY —lgornlng 23 min. after Z I Evening 42 min. after 3 To. mo a sow—moming 2 min. after 4 { L'veninz 22 min. alter 4 THE WEATHER—Si N OFFICE, Artur. 18. THICEMODJSTER, IN THE ►SHADE. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 44—lowest thi3 morning and during the night. 63—th'iday, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.93. WI-ND S.W.—light breeze and cloudy, with occasional sunshine. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at N:_in c, in are array gal o'clock yesterday , morning.—The stations ordernf latitude. Pr. mourn —wind S. PosTsmourn—win, gentle breeze—overcaSt. BRIGHTON—Wind HASTINGS—Wind W ~ gentle breeze—overcast. s o ,,,,, Amprox _ wina ., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. FoLKEsratia—.,wi n d ~• W.; strong breeze—cloudy. TuNBEEDGE--Wi n d ~',„.'AV., 44 entle breeze—overcast. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. gentle breeze —partially cloudy. Nw A rruroN T—"E W — in W ANV ., ind s . .entle bTeeze —overcast. CO LCH 14 sTER—W , gentle lireeze—overcait. CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.'ir RUGBY—Wind S., stron l i , zntle bre -ze—overcast. YARrefounx — Wind E., c air n _ e ?e . ; - overcast. CONWAY—Wind W.,_ gentle breeze_ cloudy. HOLYHEAD --Wind S. strong berze—louless. LA.NCAsTER—Wind S.k., strong e t!z,e—raia. e ze7-partially cloudy. BERWICK—Wind E., gentle breezre— The returns frora.the following places the wind and wpather on Wednesda indicate the state of y morning at nine o'clock : o'clock E., strong breeze —rain. CoI.CIIESTED,—Wind .N.S., gentle breeze —partially cloud y . v LzEus _ Win d S . E., gentle breeze — partially etouZi v Wind S.E.. gentle breeze —overca s i . . WHITEHAVE N - • ,.:7.7, ..."--,-) 1 7 -7-. • ' .;::- .„ --, c. 1 -.tl__ !,,,,, 'N >, - 7 ' fe 1t ..., ,., 1,, I - T. g ~,.. , • 4 ; _ - ,....77",\ 7 .., , 4' 4' " . .: - , '''. ' , , ?...., '• Z . - ..44.. - :j,..-_,. • Jim ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., post Svo., A NOVEL. 0 0 D. " The author, we are convinced. is young, otherwise 'we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half or his heroes and heroines. He is a is riter of genius, inspired by a high standard ct morality and religion, and by a laudable love of Mr purest sort of fame. We gather this :rom the glowing lan ghAge in which he exprewees hols feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects lust mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays on matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Dili:eel% Mae nerses, and Smythes."-0l serve i.Anwood' is no ordinary work ; it contains passages of exceed ing beauty, and Is written in pure Lnd forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one o the most interesting and en ga ging novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha ractsc of Amelia Ittr.S we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies wile play conspicuons parts In the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and impulsive genius, passionately ion I of music and poetry ; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. give • 4 11t1 - tat,' Vim' LONDON, F RIDAY, APRIL 18, 1851. It is rather unusual for face a public meeting of Popular representati ve to render an account of i l i a st . bil constituent s, and to y session. H e is then I P during the con tinuance of a Parliam ent : supposed to be engaged in the business his time is fully occupied in considering of legislation ; the d e tails of the various measures that have been brought under f th e course i the notice of Parliament, and daterm that he should pursue in reference to each Particular question. The explanations a f forded to thoses vbosev positio n suffrages placed him in the honourable p 0 being enabled to take a place in the national councils are generally reserved until the termination of the Parliamentary campaign affords full leisure for a calm and dispassionate investigation into his entire conduct. A single trial will then dispose of the pro ceedings of the entire year, and he will be dismissed to the enjoyment of his holidays, with either the ap. probation of his constituents, strongly and unequi vocally expressed, or with a few gentle hints as to future amendment. That may be considered the only alternative ; for a Member who is conscious of his own backsliding, and that any inquiry into his con duct must necessarily, or even probably, terminate ; in an adverse verdict, will not voluntarily submit I himself to the ordeal, and there is no power to compel him to do se—withol&his own free will and assent. We cannot, however, regret the departure from the ordinary routine by the Hon. Gentlemen the M. mbers for Manchester on the present occasion. The admi rable speeches of Messrs. MILNER GIBSON and BRIGHT were not addressed merely to the crowded assembly who listened to their voices, or even to the numerous and influential constituency of the " Manufacturing Metropolis" of England. They will obtain more than a local circulation, for even within the week in which they were delivered they will be wafted on the wings of the press throughout the length and breadth of the land. Others, who have not discharged the important trust confided to their hands as honestly and impartially as the men of Manchester, may receive a valuable lesson from the proceedings ; for they will perceive that if they are actuated by corrupt motives in the exercise of the franchise, they cannot demand explanations from their representatives. If they suffer themselves to be purchased, they must expect to be sold in due course. The man who will apply a large sum of money to bribing the " free and inde pendent electors," must have some object relating to his own personal aggrandisement to carry out. He will make the most of his situation for his own individual benefit, and will not look to the benefit of the community at large, or of the cor rupt and venal constituency that returned him. They bartered their consciences for gold, or what was, perhaps, more debasing, the indulgence of glut tony and drunkenness—of eating and drinking to excess, at the expense of the immaculate candidate for their most sweet voices. He, in turn, will give his vote for the gratification of his vanity, or avarice, for obtaining some personal ho nour or distinction (alas ! that honours or distinctions may be so gained), or some place of profit and emo lument. To such constituencies we would say, follow the example of your Manchester brethren, exercise your franchise with equal honesty and jute Fity, and you may look for political honesty and inte grity on the part of your chosen representatives ; while to the select few who are elected as legislators, we would say, act up to your professions as consistently as Messrs. BRIGHT and GIBSON, pur sue as independent and straightforward a course as they have done on all occasions, and you will have nothing to dread in meeting those who voted for your election. You will have no dereliction from the path of duty to extenuate, no absolution to de mand. Your votes will have invariably been given in pursuance cf your former pledges. They may have been erroneous—no mortal is infal lible ; but they will have been faithfully and honestly given, and even those who may dissent from the par ticular vote cannot and will not condemn or censure the conscientious voter. We shall not now enter into the various matters alluded to by the Eton. Gentlemen in the course of their respective speeches, altough we do not concur with either in every point. Although we re cognise the propriety of vindicating the royal prerogative, and the national independence from the unprovoked aggression of a foreign potentate, and consider that proper legislation on the subject would be an act of self-defence against an unwarrantable attack, and that it could not justly be stigmatized as in any degree verging on intolerance, we fully concede the right of private judgment to the Hon. Gentlemen, and shall only say, that they most eloquently vindicated the conclusions they arrived at. We have greater satisfaction, however, in alluding to the clear and dis tinct expression of their views on Parliamentary re form. Who is there who will not agree with Mr. Gin- SON, th it "England can have no little reform ?" must be something to excite the enthusiasm and gra tify the reasonable anticipations of the people, or it should not be introduced. If the contem- plated measure of Lord JOHN RUSSELL be of a limited or petty character, it would be far better for his own reputation that it should be altogLther withdrawn. It must comprise a large ex tension of the suffrage—the vote by ballot—more equal distribution of the electoral districts, and a considerable reduction in the duration of Parliament, or it will not be accepted by the people. After a storm, according to the adage, comes a calm. The proceedings at the meeting of the Eastern Counties shareholders held yesterday afforded a gra tifying and commendable contrast to those scenes of much admired disorder, by the most overwhelming of which the 18th day of last month was signalized at the London Tavern. Then " Loud the din of battle brayed." Now, mirabile dictu, all maybe said to have been peace, love, and harmony among the worshipful pro prietary. The room resounded not with the wrath ful ebullitions of reproach and recrimination. Greek met not Greek, nor came the tug of war. The Se cretary had not to assume the functions of court crier, nor, elevating his sonorous voice, strive to make his appeal for " Order for the Chair" heard above the fierce and threatening hurlyburly of the many-throated constituency. On this auspicious oc casion even stereotyped malcontents were mute. The GYM and CLOANTHI of turbulence took heart of grace, and, it is devoutly to be wished, a final farewell withal to their noisome and boisterous vocation. Any little differences of opinion which aroser were merely as the ruffle on the bosom of the clear and flowing stream, raised by the gently puffing breeze. One solitary shareholder, indeed, contrived to call down upon his unlucky head a sibilant expression of im patience and disapprobation, having most infelicit ously essayed to introduce some stale and shabby personalities directed against the Ho nourable Gentleman who occupied the chair. But, with this miserable exception, nothing could have been more orderly or correct than the conduct of the assembly throughout. Truly it became high time that the Demon of Alisrule should be exorcised, and the influence of discipline a,nd unanimity recog nised and acted on. The name of the line had come to stink in the nostrils of the public —not that popu lar opinion is always infallibly correct, but, never theless, in the case in question, such was the indis putable fact—as synonimous with discord, mismanage ment, unpunctuality, and peril. Amendment, how ever, comes better late than never. Brighter days now appear to be in store for this long.. ricketty firm, and we are willing to augur the best from the development of the directorial policy which proceeded from the lips of Mr. WADDINGTON. There seems to be every reasonable prospect that a generous confidence in the present board will be found merited by an energetic and candid system of proce dure on the part of that body. Internal peace is the first desideratum, and so long as there is neither on the one side of the table the " vultus instantis tyranni," nor on the other the "civium ardor prava jubentium," it may fairly be anticipated, taking into considera tion the rich and extensive field which lies open for due culture, that public confidence will be speedily and completely won, and the interests of the ungua ranteedS n a beneficial pr a a Asound and sh a r e h o ld ers ma t er i a ll y i mproved. several lines practical harmoniousicalmove inthe c r o i n g s h o t lidatn direction io towards of the which reticulate the Eastern Penin sula of Engl an d, h as been at length effected by the arrangement with the Newmarket Company, which the meeting all but unanimously sanctioned. Indeed, where but four hands could be discovered as held up in support of an ill-advised amendment proposing the rejection of the measure, the original m o ti on may b e considered as actually carried by the unanimous voice of the holders of Eastern Counties stock. There is no doubt but that this scheme will prove not merely of no loss to the larger company, but highly important to the protection and value of its property, a s con tiimpregnable bulwark inimical against any measures, should such be attem pted by the to an competing lines. It was very judiciously d e t erm i ned not to view this i m p ortant m e asure in the na rrow li n g hat likeo f a spirit mere a p f o o n n n a d n s' im sh it l y the directors and peace qu es ti on. directors were armed With powers to carry out the agreement, suggested in 1845 , with the Eastern Union for constructin g a branch line from Manningtree to Harw ich. Let an y one " 0 a map e mbracing both sides of the North Sea, an d l ook over the pages of a compilation prepared by Mr. B.I.GSHAW, the Hon:3lember for Harwich, and the prospective advantages of this ex tension will be f,ufiicienlobvious. won derful that an earnest stir It is only arnest stir in so manifestly eligible a matter has been so l ong delayel Harwich would at once become the m a il and passenger packet station for Hamburgh,_lloll An d, wad Belgium, that is to say THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, lingsgate, that the delay which has taken place in the formation of a railway connecting Harwich with the metropolis, is not only of serious injury to your petitioners, and all others concerned in the North Sea fisheries, but is also becoming ex tremely detrimental to the public interests, in conse quence of the decline of this best nursery of seamen, end North Sea pilots." To pleasure-seekers the boon, too, would be most welcome, as opening a new region, presenting many surpassing scenes of pictu resque beauty in the vicinity of Harwich ; such, for in stance, as that afforded from the northern bank of the Stour at high water, which the railway passenger contemplates after leaving Manningtree, with admira tion of the southern bank, wooded down to almost the Water's edge; end to sea bathers a facile communi cation would be opened with Walton-on-the-Naze, in Essex, and Felilstow, in Suffolk, to both which towns, only distant by water six miles from Harwich, a steamer would be started on the arrival of the trains. Looking at it from whatever point of view, the advantages of the plan are manifest, both as regards the town, which might then be desig nated the Southampton of the eastern coast, and the shareholders of the Eastern Counties Company. The 10,0001. per annum, which would be the outside amount of the sum requisite to pay for the construc tion of the line, would be money providently and prudentially expended. Its completion would, in fact, as Mr. WADDINGTON observed, bring them an additional profit cf 1001. a week, and make their line the highway to a most important portion of the Euro pean coast, besides bringing into profitable activity the great resources of Harwich, and instituting, what may be legitimately pronounced no unimportant na tional benefit. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY. TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton this week have rather exceeded 20,000 bales at Liverpool, and at full *,I. per lb. decline. This being Good Friday is a strict holiday, and all places of public resort are closed. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon were higher. COURSE OF EXCH. Ara3ter 121.111 :1 id threemonths.. 11 1734 :soturilarn .......... 11 174 23 27% 25 2734 Eambargh 13 BIA Altona•• •• •• •..••• •• •• Paris, 8 days'aight .. • • 25 734 Ditto, 8 months .... 25 2734 Marseilles •• •• •• •••• •• 25 30 Bourdeaux•• •••• • • • • rrankforton 11934 Lter1in............ Vienna, effec. fib •. •• •• 13 22 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... .3 '24 Petersburg,h, Rble 3734 Madrid • • .. •• 5034 Cadiz • • •• ............ 503{ Barcelona ............ 5evi11e................ I.NGE.—(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.... .......... Leghorn ........•• .. •• 30 65 Getioa.. —•• .......... 25 55 Milan Venice. . ••• .••• •••.... Naples •• •••• • • • • •••• 414 Palermo, peros•• •• •• •• 12434 Messina •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 124% LIsbor1•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 63% Oporto.. •• •• •. •• •• 53% Rio Janeiro.• .......• Buenos Ayres New York,6odays'eight Philadelphia•..... -- PHICUS OP BULLION, PEE OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin • . 0 0 0 13panish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .... •• 0 4 11% Silver in bars ........ 0 5 1% MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) SDI ITEEPIELD This being what is :armed the Great Lamb Market, the supply of Beasts m offer was small, and in very mid ling condition. All breeds were dull in sale, at about Monday's quotations. Although the number of Sheep was very moderate, the Mutton trade ruled heavy, but we have no further decline to notice in prices. The primest old Downs, out of the wool, sold at 3s 10d per Sibs. About an average supply of Lambs was brought forward. Oa the whole, the Lamb trade was somewhat brisk, except for inferior qualities, which were very dull], and the currencies were a shade higher. Calves and Pigs moved off heavily at late rates. Mulch Cows were nominal in value. Per Blbs. to si s. d. to B. d. s. d. to s.d Inferior Beasts-- 2 E 2 8 Inferior Sheep .. .• 3 2 3 6 Second quality •• ••2 1C 3 0 Second qual. Sheep 3 8 310 Primo large Oxen.. 3 2 3 4 Caarse-weolledditto4 0 4 4 ?rime Scots •.•. •• 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wether 4 4 4 6 Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 6 Ditto cut of the wool 0 0 0 0 . rime small ditto .. 3 8 4 0 Large Hogs .. •• •• 3 0 3 6 ;uckllns Calves .. 0 C 0 0 Small Porkers .... 3 8 310 Lambs .......... 5 2 6 2 Quarter old Pigs .. 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sin". I Calves. I Plgt 35 6, 120 200 SCOTCH. Beasts. I Sheep o . I Calves. I Pl BB. 3 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. I Sheep. I C a l ves . I ri gs. 40 . 30 Ink the offal. • INTEVZGATE AND X.EADEPTILAXaM4 Lamb cimmanded a steady sale, at very full prices. In other kinds of Meat very little was doing. At per stone 14 , the Carcase. s. d.to s. S. d. to s. d. geef,lnfericr...... 3? 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 2 6 2 8 - middling •• Z G 2 8 --- middling.. 210 3 4 primelarge .. 210 3 0 prima •• .. 3 6 3 8 - prune small.. 3 2 3 4 Pork, large .... .. 2 6 3 4 V 3.11.• •• •• • . - small •••• •• 3 6 310 Limb, 4s 10d to 6s 02. THE OVERLAND MAIL. —The overland mail ex presses by electric telegraph from Trieste have not been lately made with accuracy. In two instances during the last and current months the telegraphic communication has been in a minor degree inaccurate. The express of the Feb.. ruary mail contained an erroneous quotation of the Calcutta money-market, seriously affecting, for the time, the value of Indian bills of exchange at home. The express of Monday last from Trieste alluded to the absence of any arrivals from China, whereas the usual monthly mail from China was due and has arrived. The China dispatches, with the exception of a portion of them which are transferred to a Bombay steamer at Ceylon, are carried the whole distance on the homeward voyage by sea, while the Indian mails proper are landed at Suez, thence taken on to Alexandria, where they are put on board an express steamer and proceeded with to Malta and Marseilles. These particulars, not being generally known, may serve to guide such parties as are interested in the arrival of the Indian and China mails. If you are under obligations to many, it is prudent to postpone the recompensing of one until it be in your power to remunerate all, otherwise you will make more ene mies by what you give than by what you withhold.—Eliza Cook's Journal. PUFFING IN FILANCE.—A curious specimen of what may be called the mceurs litteraires of this country was exposed a few days ago before a court of justice in the course of some squabble between two tradesmen. Leon Gozlan, well known to the public as a dramatist, lately received a commission for the feuilleton of one of the daily newspapers. He immediately drew up a detailed account of the plot he intended to employ, with descriptions of the principal scenes and incidents. Ho then charged an advertising agent to carry this doeument round to the principal tradesmen, and in his name to propose to them (of course for a consideration) to introduce their names and addresses, with puffs on their wares in particular places. • His prospectus ran somewhat in this way :—" Chapter I.—Marriage of the hero and heroine. (Here the author can introduce the name and address of the former's tailor and of the latter's milliner, with a glowing de scriptionea(Neaemi iesniaohefoewfr here.) l.undertaker) )1 the d ice e . excellence ellen c e Of the garmen , s.) Chapter 2'. The husband having obtained proof of his wife's guilt rushes is, r br w ou it g h h p t is t t o ol l s ;fi ti e n b d y p p o . ison, that she will choose which there was. not a single . ingenious autltilg (Names ter22. ;7, 0 . of gunsmith n g_ ds u i o,e n su.. 7 t a i o t n h bde oi and sn iy to inbae druggis ttrance,buri etdo t an pea d otni e didchapter nor single incident which our street." In short, o f i puff. Opinions" not propose to make the vehicle vialue of this line of nomv7, perhaps, differ as to the literary in admitting that it Is acb bold d riting ; but at least all will agree art of advertising.—porof and daring advance in the nob!e Gazette. s Correspondent of the Literary So considerable of late has been the encroachment of the sea on the Worthing and Lancing-road, near the former place as to render it almost impassable. The mail has lor.Several days gone round by the old bridge, involving the necessity of making u p t h e b ags here and at Littlehamp ton three-quarters of an hour earlier. The trustees of the road are about to groin the beach on a different principle to that now in use. I for all Northern and Central Europe. According to . , the evidence given by Captain WASHINGTON, RN., before a Committee of the Hcuse of Commons, and impossible to be gainsayed, letters dispatched from the General Post-office would be delivered in less than three hours on board the mail steamer, which, at all weathers and at all times of tide, would be clear out at sea in less than a quarter of an hour, and sixty miles a head of those dispatched at the same time from London, which would probably make the differ ence of a whole tide in arriving off the Bruelle or other bar harbours ; while in north-easterly gales and fogs steamers from Harwich would often complete their passage before those starting from the metro polis could get clear off the shoals and currents of the gulf which forms the estuary of the Thames. How far the traffic which would be commanded by a line of powerful steamers plying to the ports on the continental coast from Hamburgh to Dunkirk would be beneficial, not alone to the town of Har wich, but to the Eastern Counties and Eastern Union Railways, may be judged of from the simple fact, that with but a single steamboat plying between Lowes toft and Hjerting, an increase of 1001. a week has already accrued to the receipts of the former line. Harwich is, in short, eminently qualified to be the mail-packet station of the east of England, from the excellence of the port, its accessibility in all weathers, and the ample depth of water for the largest vessels at all states of the tide, whilst the saving of time which would be effected by the adoption of the proposed measure would be in its favour, as compared with the passages from London direct by steam, as regards Hamburgh 30 hours ; Antwerp, 13- ; Ostend, 7i- ; and Dunkirk, 7 hours. This, too, is calculated only as the average in the fine season and in ordinary weather, whilst during the winter months and in bad weather the difference would frequently be immense. The once valuable fishery of that port would be re vived, which used to give employment to the crews of vessels whose tonnage was estimated at 3,000 tons, and Billingsgate would be supplied regularly and expeditiously from the great fishing grounds of the North Sea. It has been justly complained in a peti tion to Parliament, signed by every factor in Bil- THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Honiteur says—" The service of the electric telegraph placed at the disposal of the public, since the Ist March last, has already produced results which will allow the importance of this new mode of correspondence, and the extension which it may ultimately receive, to be judged of. The number of dispatches transmitted during the month of March, amounted to 301, giving a receipt of 3,031 f. The receipts in the first fortni g ht did nut exceed 300 f. With the view of facilitating commu • nications with foreign countries, the adminis tration has just entered into arrangements with Belgium, which will enable it, from the 20th instant, to receive dispatches to transmit direct to the following places : Brussels, Mechlin, An twerp, Liege, Ghent, Verviers, and Ostend, and from the same period dispatches may be received direct from the same places. It is necessary to remind the public that dispatches for the private telegraph are only re ceived at the offices of the administration, 103, Rue de Grenelle St. Germain." We read in the Patrie :—" The telegraphic office in the Rue Laffitte, on Tuesday, communicated to the journals of Paris a dispatch, announcing that the entrance of Austria with all her foreign possessions into the German confederation was a fait accompli, and that this decision had been notified to the Go vernments of France and England. Yesterday morn ing the same office gave a dispatch, announcing that the French Ambassador at Vienna had just received from our Government an order to regard the protest announced in its last note as null and void. From the information which we have received, we are able to affirm that the news given in these dispatches are completely incorrect." The Messager says— "A Council of Ministers was held this day at the Elyi 61 , , at which the President of the Republic presided. Couriers bad arrived during the previous night with important dispatches from Vienna, and the council was occupied with deliberating on the serious question of the entrance of Austria with all her states into the Ger manic Confederation. After an animated discussion, it was decided that the French Government should renew its protests on the subject, but without departing from the moderate policy which it had adopted in concert with England." It would appear that there is a split among the Le gitimatists, and that a portion of them, headed by M. DE FALLOUX, Will give the PRESIDENT their support, notwithstanding the opposition of M. BERRYER. The Duke DE LEVIS, the confidential adviser, has just arrived in Paris, and in announcing his arrival the Patrie says— " It is reported that the Duke de Levis brings with him unequivocal proofs cf the assent of the Count do Chambord to any arrangement which the safety of the country may render inevitable. He precedes M. de Fal loux, who, after quitting Venice, went to Turin, and was to rejoin his family at Nice oa his way to Paris. There can be no doubt as to the object of the journey of the ex-Minister, or that the results will be satisfactory to the true friends of the country." It is said that M. LEON FAUCHER counts upon the De Falloux section of the Legitimatists for the ne cessary majority to secure the revision of the Consti tution. PARIS BOURSE, APRIL 17.—Latest Prices.—The Five per Cents., 92f. 25c.; Three per Cents., 57f.; Bank of France, 2,100 f. BLISINESS DON E IN YOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TEE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 17. Boulogna and Amiens, 9 ,1 % - Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 17 1 4 ex div.— Dutch Rhenish, 3 1 / 2 —Namur and Liege; 8% —Northern of France, 143 3 Paris and Stras bourg, 1076 Roue❑ and Havre, 10 1 4—Sambre and Meuse, 4—Tours and Nantes, 6% W est Flanders, 3. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 12th have arrived, their con tents are unimportant, MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 12,—Three per Cents., 35 15 16; Five per Coats., 15k. Exchange on London, 51 35. GERMANY. Accounts from Vienna, of the 13th, state that Prince SCIIWARTZENBERG had determined not to continue the Dresden Conferences. The following is the text of the circular note sent by Prussia to her allies, respecting the re-establish ment of the old Diet of the Confederation : " As the close of the Dresden Conferences and the es tablishment of a new constitution of the Bend are de layed longer than was at first expected, and as on the other side the action of a legal government of the Bund is indispensably necessary in itself, and with reference to the circumstances of the time, his Majesty's Govern ment has maturely considered how this necessity may be supplied. To obtain this end, it considers the most advisable plan is for all the members of the Confe deration to act together in securing the immediate restoration of the universally-acknowledged func tions of the Bund, as it existed previous to the year 1848. It is not overlooked that the constitution of that body requires and is capable of many improvements, and his Majesty's Government does not wish to place any obstacles in the way of such improvements, or to close the Conferences in Dresden before their task is accom plished. On the contrary, it will willingly assist in bringing those Conferences to an advantageous result; and as it entertains the hope that this result will be ob tained, it is convinced that the re•establisbrnent of an organ whose activity is generally acknowledged will so much the more contribute to that object, that the modi fications of the constitution and legislation of the Bund which may be agreed on in Dresden can be immediately made valid resolutions of the Bund. In the confident hope that the Government of will declare itself of this opinion, I propose that you should, without delay, apprize me of your assent, and at the same time inform your Plenipotentiary in Dresden of it, in order that as soon as the declarations of all the States have been sent in, the dare at which the several representatives may be sent to Frankfort may be agreed on. " Berlin, March 27." " MANTEUFFEL. It is said that the agents of the Prussian League will join the Frankfort Diet on the 10th May. A letter from Coloage of the 13th, published in the Anzeiger Zeitung, says— " Arrangements hare been made by the directors of the railway and the Government, by whi c h spec i al quick trains will run during the time cf the London Exhibi tion. The first train will leave here on the 27th. A drawback is to be given to those persons who exhibit articles in London. M. Von Bruck the Austrian Mi nister of Trade, has purchased 500 of these tickets." The Prince and Princess of Paussia. leave Berlin for London on the 25th. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. On the Bth inst. Count '..... r4 13NR1 DE CILIMINIL ad dressed a letter to the notables chosen by Holstein, to know if they would accept an invitation of the KING to be present about the 14th May at a delibe rative assembly at Flensburg. M. DS Tmuscn, Minister of the King of DENiamtic, has arrived at Flensburg with his family. TURKEY. Advices from Constantinople of the 29th ult., an nounce the appointment of M. Musser rus as Ambassa dor to the Cuurt of Great Britain. The Russians were to evacuate Moldavia and Wal• lachia on the 27th. On the Bth inst. OuEa PACHA defeated a body of 3,000 rebels near Kozazoc, and advanced to Preiw. BANJALUZA has been forced to pay a contribution of 1,000 purses, and GammsKA. of 280. 3,500 Turkish troops are advancing on Bihacz. The rebels are in full retreat. Au REDlcri is at Bihacz, the fall of which is certain. ROBBERY AND ELOPEMENT.—At the Borough Court, Blanchester, yesterday (Thursday) a domestic ser vant, named Mary Thomas, was charged with having per. petrated a very heartless robbery, and George Noakes, a private in the 3d Dragoon Guards, was charged with aiding and abetting in the commission of the offence. The regi ment to which the man belongs is now quartered in the Hulme barracks, and there was some kind of a connexion between him and the female, who is only nineteen years of age. Her mother is a widow (her husband having died re cently. leaving her with a family of five children, Mary being the eldest), and she was in possession of 1301., which her deceased husband had saved. This money and several articles of value she left in the hands of her daughter last Sunday night, as she was going to stay at the house of her brother-in-law for a limited period; but on Tuesday morn ing she found that her daughter and the soldier had ab sconded, and had taken both money and valuables with them. The police got information of the rubbery, and were soon on the track of the fugitives, whom they apprehended at Worksop, in Nottinghamshire, with nearly the whole of the money in their possession• The soldier wee in plain dress, having purchased a suit of clothes at the ex pense of his inamorata. When brought before the magis trate the mother would not prosecute, and the girl Was therefore discharged; but the soldier was handed over to the authorities for punishment as a deserter. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to make a donation of 2501. to the College founded by her Royal charter three years since, and named " Queen's College, Lon don," for female education. The donation will entitle her Majesty to keep a pupil constantly in the college, and it is pleasant to finti the working ofthe college thus approved. Its object is to adopt the principles of King's College to female education. By its system of free presentation it offers to the daughters of the less affluent the advantages of a sound education. COLOSSEUM.—The alterations necessary for pro ducing the two grand PanorAmas of " London by Day," as a morning, and "Paris by Night," for the evening exhibi tion, are completed ; and this establishment, which has been entirely redecorated, will open on Easter Monday. - - - - - MARRIAGE OF LoRD WARD. —We are informed that the nuptials of Lord Ward and Miss de Burgh will be celebrated on Tuesday next, the 22nd inst., and that the Rev. Mr. Claughton is to perform the ceremony. Great rejoicings are to take place at Witley, either at the Hundred House or on Woodbury-hill, among the tenantry of that neighbourhood, and amongst the amusements will be sheep roasting, foot-racing, jumping in sacks, and a variety of old English rustic sports. Mr. Arthur will also provide a good dinner for the occasion. Lord Ward and his affianced bride, Miss de Burgh, were amongst the brilliant throng at the Opera House on Tuesday week. Lord Ward has arrived in town from Himley Hall.— Worcester Chronicle. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.— W e learn that the marriage of Alexander Stewart, Esq., of Ards, county Donegal, nephew to the Marquis Camden, and cousin to the Marquis of Londonderry, ith the Lady Isa bella Graham Toler, daughter of the Is Earl of Norbury, is axed to take place during the ensuing month. THE WEST INDIA MAIL.—We have much pleasure in announcing that the Royal Mail steamer Clyde has ar rived at Falmouth, the following dispatch having been for warded from Plymouth :—" By the Sir F. Drake steamer, just arrived from Falmouth, we learn that as she was leaving at eight o'clock this (Thursday) morning she saw the West India mail packet-ship Clyde entering that harbour appa rently short of fuel." We understand that the banquet at the Mansion house on Easter Monday will be given this year with an unusual degree of splendour; upwards of 350 have ac cepted the invitation of the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, and among the number several of the Foreign Ministers, many of the nobility and Members of Parliament. On the 24th inst. there will be a private dinner party; and in the evening the Lady Mayoress will give her third soiree dansante to about 200 additional visitors. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER IN IRELAND.--The Bill brought in by the Attorney-General for Ireland and Sir W. Somerville, further to explain and amend the Act of last session for the regulation of process and practice in the superior courts of common law in Ireland, has for its object to extend to the Court of the Exchequer Chamber in Ireland the provision contained in that act by which power is given to the judges to alter and amend the code of practice and pleading in the superior courts of common law in Ireland. A clause is proposed to be inserted in committee limiting the time for claims for compensation to officers of the Exchequer Chamber to six months after the passing of the Act. THE NEW ROUTE TO NORTHERN EUROPE.— LowEsTorr, FRIDAY.-Last night the royal mail steamer Prince, Captain Hart, entered this port on her second return voyage from the Danish coast, having left Hjorting at half past three o'clock the previous evening. The trip having been thus made in about twenty-seven hours against a strong head-wind, the anticipations of the capa bilities of the vessel, as expressed in our notice of the experimental trial last week, have been amply real ized. So, too, have all the expectations formed re specting the advantages arising to the condition of the cattle thus conveyed, as compared with the deterioration they experience by the tedious route vies Hamburg and the Thames, and of course still more as contrasted with the yet greater sea distance between Copenhagen and London. The Prince last night brought 1 . 5 bullocks, four horses, and 93 pigs, none of which appeared to have suffered in the least from the journey. On the previous Thursday the Prince conveyed hither 6'J head of cattle and 162 pigs, the condition of which may be inferred from the circumstance that the former realized at Smithfield an average of upwards of 11. per head beyond the prices brought by similar cattle that had arrived by way of Hamburgh. This pecuniary gain —the same ratio being observed as re gards pigs —added to the very considerable saving effected in the cost of carriage by the short route of Lowestoft, will at once demonstrate the peculiar eligibility of the latter port for the important provision trade now rapidly springing up between England and Northern Europe. Beside, the live stock just enumerated, the Prince brought, on her first voyage, 160 barrels of pork and 60 barrels of beef; and last night a smaller quantity, including a portion of hams and bacon. APPREHENSION OF A GANG OF THIEVES.--At the Bristol Police-court, on Thursday, five persons, who gave their names as Mary Dowd, Ann liockett, Mary Ann Stuck, Edward Newman, and Samuel Bailey, were finally examined on the charge of being engaged in various extensive silk robberies, which have been committed during the past week in that city. It appeared that the three women would go together to a shop and look a t l a p i ece o f s i l k or satin, pur posely giving as much trouble as they could, in order t 6 get the counter covered with pieees of silk, and while two kept the attention of the assistants engaged, the third would filch a piece from the counter and conceal it about her person. In this manner they contrived to reb about eight or ten of the principal shops, taking care to make a purchase at each to elude suspicion. The manner of their detection was singular. A few days ago a man and a woman called at a beerhouse and left a box (without address) to be called for; but the robberies getting wind, they thought proper to abscond, and after the box had been at the public-house a few days the two male pri soners called, and said the man and woman who had left the box had gone to London, and desired them to call for it. The landlord, however, refused to let them have it, and they went away, but returned next evening. In the meantime, hearing of the robberies, the landlord communicated the circumstance to the police, and Mr. Superintendent Attwood, with three constables, were in attendance, and seizei the box and took the men into custody. On opening the box it was found closely packed with a large assortment of splendid silks, the produce of the various rob beries, and which could not be k orth less than 701. or 801. The three women were watched and apprehended in the streets. On being searched at the station-house three large bags were found on them, and in that attached to the per son of Dowd was a piece of stolen silk and some other articles. Mr. Freeman, of College-green, identified 170 yards of the silk found in the box, and the whole of the remainder was' identified by Mr. Gregory, of Wine-street, Mr. Minifie, of College-green, and other tradesmen. The women, who offered no defence, were committed; and the men were re manded for further evidence. THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AND THEIR ABANDONED CONTRACT FOR THE ROYAL EXHIBITION BUlLDlNG.—Yes terday Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., the arbitrator, and the parties interested in this case held their first meeting, in the Commissioners'-room, in the House of Lords, to deter mine the amount of compensation to be paid to the Messrs. Munday, the contractors, in respect of their contract with the Society of Arts for erecting the Royal Exhibition, which it will be recollected was subsequently abandoned in favour of Mr. Paxton's design, in deference to what was felt to be the general opinion of the public at the time. The meeting was attended by Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P. , as sole arbitrator ; Mr. W. Cubits, F.R.S., one of the Royal Commissioners, with Mr. E. G. Bowring and Mr. Dilke ; Mr. Tooke, the solicitor to the Society of A r t s; M r . M au l e, of the Treasury, with Mr. Welsby, as counsel; Mr. Drew, with Mr. Montague Smith, as counsel for Messrs. Munday ; and Mr. Meyrick, as solicitor for the arbitrator. The case rests upon the following facts : In November. 1849, Messrs. Monday entered into a contract with the Society of Arts for the erec tion of the building, and undertook to provide a large sum for prizes, &c., taking their chance of being remunerated from a share of the receipts, and in pursuance of this con tract they placed 20,0001. at the disposal of the society, by whom it was retained for nearly eighteen months, although the society had abandoned the contract, upon the understand ing that the compensation to be paid to Messrs. Munday should be settled by arbitration. The matter has been pend ing since February, 1850, and is now referred to Mr. Robert Stephenson as the sole arbitrator, under a subsequent agree ment of reference, ba , ed upon the original contract. The proceedings not being concludedyesterday, were adjourned till Wednesday next, it appearing to be the wish of all parties that a question of so much interest to the public should be determined without delay. That only may properly be said to be a long life which draws all ages into one; and that a short one, which forgets the past, neglects the present, and is solicitous for the time to come.— Eliza Cook's Journal. STONEHOUSE-LANE M IIRDER.--PLYMOUTH, APRIL 17.—Bartholomew Harrington, who was convicted at the last assizes of the manslaughter of William Ambrose, and transported to the penal settlements for life, made a full confession on Monday last, before William Miles, Esq., one of the county magistrates. In the course of his statement he said he was out on the night of the fatal occurrence, in company with a man named Timothy Donovan, who was examined before the magistrates on the charge of murder, but discharged for want of sufficient evidence. They in sulted several persons, and at length met with two men Ambrose, the deceased, and a friend—walking arm-in-arm. One of them was drunk. Donovan went behind the men, and gave one of them a blow on the head, which caused him to fall forward. They then made off together, and thought nothing more of the matter until the next morn ing, when they ascertained that the man Ambrose bad re ceived a mortal bl ow , and was lying in a most precarious slate. The convict moreover said that on the following afternoon "I went with Michael Crennin, and says he, ' What's that Timothy Donovan did last night?' He came in and went under my bed ; with that Donovan came for ward and said, struck that man, and am afraid have hurted him, and if the police find it out, I am sure to be punished fbr it, and don't either one of you have any thing to say about it. I was drunk or I should not have done it.' A few d ays afterwards Donovan sent for me, and said, I hear that that man is dead I struck the other night; if you are brought up for it, stand out ?ill death before you tell it, for I did not mean to kill the man at all.' " This confession will cause another investigation to be made. THEATRICALS AT DEVONSHIRE HOUSE.--The ama ten: theatrical performances appointed to take place at De vonshire House at the end of this month have, with the con sent of the Queen, been postponed till the 15th of next month, in deference to the feelings of Bin Charles Dickens, whose infant daughter died on Jilonday last. It is stated that the audience of these performances will pay five guineas in dividually fo r their seas; and that the name of the Duke of Devonshire heads the list of payments. PHOTOGRAPHY.—Among other applications made of the photographic processes, some very satisfactory at tempts have been made in this country to impress designs upon wood for the purposes of the engraver. By this means the object will be copied at once on the block, and the labour of drawing avoided, as the wood-engraver n#ll at once pro ceed with his work. --Art Journal. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Last evening, Mr. Henry Russell gave a vocal and pictorial entertainment at the Olympic Theatre. The first part consisted of a pictorial and descriptive re presentation of the prominent features of an emi grant's progress from England to the far west of America. Tho emigrant ship, the parting from Old England, the broad Atlantic, the incidents of the passage, and the wonders cf art and nature in the new world, are passed in review by means of a moving panorama, so as to give the spectator a good idea of the scenes themselves, without the toil and in convenience of travel. The illustrations are from sketches taken in America by Mr. Russell himself, and the scenes are always interesting, and often vividly effective. Anything wanting to increase the reality of the progress is supplied by Mr. Russell. Ample fund of information is gleaned for the most part from personal observation, with which he contrives most agreeably to entertain his audience. A song or an anecdote, alternately grave and gay, enlivens his descriptive relations of Ameri can life and manners ; and while by his novel re presentations, imparting valuable and interesting infor mation upon a subject of the greatest social interest, he contrives to keep his audience in the best of humours. " The Ship on Fire," " The Gambler's Wife," and seve ral of Dr. Alackay's poetical compositions were given in his usual effective style. The second part of the entertainment is of painful interest. The pictorial history of the horrors and cruelties attendant upon slavery and the slave-trade. "It is," Mr. Russell states, " a subject upon which he has set his heart." The atrocities attendant upon the capture and removal of the negro are vividly depicted in a succession of pictures remarkable for their fidelity and effect, and they are accompanied by a lively and stirring oral description of the scenes portrayed. The Anti- Slavery Convention effected much for the aboli tion of this trade, which is a stain upon human na ture; but if the public can be induced to patronise Mr. Russell's effort, and they ought to do so, he will have the satisfaction not merely of amusing an audience, but of aiding probably more efficiently than by any other means, even those employed by the convention, in excit ing a feeling of detestation against this horrible traffic. Upon the whole, the entertainment is one of the best things that has been offered to the metropolitan public for some time, and we heartily wish it success. The entertainment was throughout loudly and deservedly ap plauded, and the theatre was well filled. APRIL 18, 1851. ' "In Albeny predatory parties of Kafirs had don e much mischief, b u t h a d b een most persev t 1 01 ; lowed up by the vo l un t eer company o f Rangers under Mr. Stubbs, who h ave b een a l most constan tly in the saddle. An accou n t o f t h e i r pounc i ng u pon a WI, , who were taken by sur p r i se an d h a lf a d oze n shot Dt their first fire, is given in the papers. At one 00, 9 was supposed that at l eas t 2 , 000 K a fi rs w ere on We t Zuurberg and in the Add o B us h, as a small pa rt y burghers from Uitenhage was beaten back with the loss of one of their number, M r . F ranz , w h o was shot in t he leg and afterwards ass ass i nate d ; b ut i t see ms proba ble that their numbers did no t excee d 200 or 300. The I ) ° s to and from Graham's T own t o P ort Eli za b e th is alway s strongly escorted. " The eighty Kafir convicts removed from the 711urd ; berg-rOad station to Port Elizabeth for safety, were sa u by request of the inhabitants, by the magistrate theme Mr. Lloyd, to C a p e T own i n t h e sc h ooner Emeraldr there being no buildi ng i n th e t own cons id ere d s ufficient l y secure without keeping a guard over them day and n i g h ' The Gover nmen t, however, declined to receive thetnp 130 8 their removal was illegal, and they went back in !, h same vessel, a n d are now quartered in Port Elizau e `.. Barracks. O n t h e 19t h of February a dozen of weggn unescorted, from Port Elizabeth, were captured au, e plundered of merc h an di se, & c., b y the K a fi rs on te rf Quagga Flats, near G ra h am ' s Town, who also d r ove o 112 oxen. This, however, is the fault of their oval who wished to save expense. A notice has been iss ue that all gunpowd er sent by private individuals without° sufficient guard would be confiscated. " The Zulus were not permitted to leave Natal on Bi . count of apprehen s i on b e i ng enterta i ned of an uttgle g from Panda during their absence. " Whether the present war be speedily finished or f much prolonged, it is certain that a considerable bodYc e military, consisting of tro o p s su i te d to the peculiarities s of this irregular warfare, mus t b e ma i nta i ne d , and the inhabitants of the frontier must be armed and truzu` to insure their future s a f et y f rom K a fi r aggress i o n uu n ' s l , the power of their chief s b e en ti re l y at an en d ; a nd 6 exercise of authority on th e i r p art over a tr ib e en gaging in war with the c o l on y s h ou ld b e ma d e punishable , transportation to Mauriti us or h ar d l a b our u pon t ile roads. _ ro• "In consequence of some misunderstanding , and P 0 , bably of the delay o f th e di spatc h es contain i ng in ;)) count of their e xcesses , h ost ili t i es aga i nst the Sh iloh 1 eurgents were t em p orar il y di scont i nued by orders from head-quarters; but the true state of the case becoMl known, Sir H arr y S m i t h i ssued a nroclamation tb' 22d ult., declaring them guilty bellPzei_eai a. giving these misguided men the o' inity of proesf 0 . ing to Whittlesea and o f l a yi ng d own their arms, etat;D that otherwise they will still he regarded as enemies. (From the Graham's Town Journal Extra, Feb. 25 ' ) / , GLORIOUS NEWS..--DECISIVE VICTORY OVER VIZ SS RIVER REBELS. (Extract from the Journal of the Commandant Walter Currie.) MANCAZANA. Thursday, 20th—All hands got under way at suor i l nothing particular occurrin g . M ove d up Water t to its source. Outspanned to breakfast under Busheec", Started again about twelve. P asse d o l d Bear's-dacei all burnt to the ground; and pulled up at Kalil W e s for the night. Heugh's and Ziervogel's Burghers 1 1„ a-head of u s a ll d ay , an d are out of sight in the dir. tion of Post Retief. Friday, 21st—Started at daylight. Reached Retief n i o ll about three h ours , an d f ound mustered there about Bvoo men, mostly mounte d (2 00 Fingoes, 200 English, 410 Dutch). Mr. Wilson held service in the morning• the afternoon had a meeting of the Commandaote•! l : o decided on th e manner of attack. A general acmes ' be made to-m orrow at daylight. General Somerset, with 1800 men, will come f rom Fort Hare on Armstrong, while our men, under their respective c om ma mandants (for a w on d er a ll unanimous), move upolll6lll. four, within two miles of Armstrong. 22d—Started when the moon rose, about We- o'clock, and r eac h e d t h e rebels, both Hottentots 013. Kafirs (Her manus ' s K a fi rs), at Balfour, at dayl i g ht The Kafirs were taken by surpr i se, and for abou t o n hour we had it all our own way, until supported by is ' ° d of rebels from F or t A rmstrong, when we were °Wig% to defend ourtelies, and make two or three charges clear some reeks, whence the enemy were annoyiug,t l and about twel ve o ' c l oc k we d rove the enemy into c°, Armstrong helter s k e lt er , w h ere we were met by Me.o". General Somerset, with about 1,400 men and two O n ; non ; and in less th an two hours after the fort rl9O carried, sacked, and b urnt d own; and altogether we ba ne made a pretty exampl e o f t h e Kat River people of ro ta post. In the Burgher force with us we had four killed 811., ~,1 14 wounded. many h orses s h ot dead and a great 103° wounded. I have only f oun d 90 rebels dead but " course many must have fallen, and• many be wound ed unknown to us. T wo f e ll ows held on in the tow er j until this mornin g , w h en they were capture,' in spite of their teeth, and are to be shot ja 3 P le i diately. A great number gave themselves up both it s night and this morning (the 23d)--at least 200 rebel among them two Englishmen, Adani Paravaghter, u!„ many other fellows I know. What is to be done with them I know not. I don't think the Hottentots will fig any more. None us of are hit, nor any of the Bowkerg! but hot work it certainly was. Two of my party's horses were shot storming a p os i t i on the Hottentots be); Young Niland wa s w i t h me when shot dead. Had it not been fro m some cowardice—l will not say %OIL, '" just now—b u t D utc h and a few of my Graham's Told .",s( boys, not so m an y o f us would have been hurt. Five my men from town (named Manual Thorp, - Willis"; Edwards, William Noble, Frederic Noab, and Kirkman) in the hoar of danger deserted and fled, with a numb of Dutch, in the di rec ti on of Post Retief, and have no t been herrd of since. I only hope they will be eat at / a man. They might have been the cause of sometll o lo serious. We have made a splendid example of this lot of rebni g ' We captured a great many horses, cattle, sheep, goal , waggons, and plunder of all kinds. You may publish the names of the deserters of mine' They should be brought to justice by the public. I would not for 1,0001. have missed this }mina, The two Carlisles behaved well, and young Bertram ow mirably. OFFICIAL REPORT. (From Graham's Town Journal.) FORT ARMSTRONG, FEB. 23. We took Fort Arm s t rong yesterday morning at 1-# o'clock, having stormed it with the Cape Mounted Rifle* headed by Major Somerset, supported by burgher* volunteers, and levies. The Burghers were fighting from day-dawn until I joined them. I was attacked be .t fore dawn at Chumie Ridge by a body of the Hottentot-1 having two men and two horses wounded. Tbis delayed me an hour and a half, and I did not join the burgher s until half-past 10. The fort was in possession of the enemy. We then stormed it with Cape Mounted It I shelled the fort for some time. The rebels then mixe themselves up, with the women and children. The greatest trouble I had to contend with was to separate the women and children, and to save them froze destruction, before we could storm the place. The we e in the tower would not surrender, but kept firing W e us out of the po r th o l es. We could not take it. I wag, obliged to blow it up with shells. They fought despe: rately in the fort after it was stormed. We killed 27 Kafirs and Hottentots in the fort, 9in the tower. Th e Burghers had a desperate fight before I came up—three men killed and 14 wounded, with Fingoes. They had t° contend against thousands, and fought mo s t b rave ly. have four men dangerously wounded, and four horse° killed —Sergeant Pitt badly shot through the leg; also Daly, and tw o na ti ve so ldi ers. I have upwards of 160!: prisoners, 70 to 100 stand of arms, 400 women and children. I have destroyed the fort and all its contents! We have several waggons, but very few cattle but whitt fell into the hands of the Fingoes. Sandilli was 11 !- Philipten on the 21st, and,gave his orders to the rebel commanders, and it is supposed went back. I am bus); to-day, arranging about p r i soners an d women 50' children. I lieve the rebel bands are much broken up, and gone off to the Amatola, but we had so hard a day yesterday I have not gone out to-day. .1 shall clear the Eland's-river country to-morrow, and try and, get to Eland' s -p ost . Thi s I th i nk will break the neck of this rebellion. I have all their women and children, and shall keep them, which will bring the men out. I send this express to calm the mind of the public. I have not received the Commandant's report, but shall do so in a day or two. The brave conduct of the Burghers is beyond all praise. The whole colony is indebted for its salvation to the conduct of these Burghers for the last six weeks, particularly yesterday. 11. SOM E RSET. oft2i: off February, from Fort rm To Lieutenant Colonel Sutton, commandi ng at Fort B eaufort. N.B.—By a memorandum on the outside of :the dis" breakpa t c , which he Was 4t h Sent o r s o o ng e r s h a t t da e c amounted to 2"o.tAhepsrtin THE K.AFHt WAR. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 17. The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's steam-ship Propontis, Captain Glover, arrived here this morning. She left the Cape on the 7th of March, Sierra Leone the 24th of March, and Cape de Verde on the 31st. Although she brings intelligence of a successful attack made by Major-General Somerset at the head of 1,200 troops, and of the capture of a large number of Kafirs, yet the general tenor of the information derived from her passengers is averse to any ex pectation of a speedy termination of the war; and the skill and caution cf the Kafirs, coupled with their natural cunning, appear in many recent in stances to have baffled the efforts of the regular forces. Sir Harry Smith was at King William's Town, and has, in all, about 2,000 troops under his imme diate command. There are only seven artillerymen at Cape Town. Major Somerset's attack was at Fort Armstrong, on the Kat River settlement, whence, with the aid of the burgher forces, the enemy was ejected with great slaughter. The colonists at Cape Town call the war a Go vernment and not a colonial war, and not one meet ing of the inhabitants has as yet taken place, neither has any other public demonstration been made in ap proval of the movements of Sir Harry Smith. We take the following from the Cape Town Mail of the .sth ult : "On the departure of the Bosphorus, on the 2d of February, the state of affairs on the frontier, as far as was known in Cape Town up to the 21st of January, was as follows:- In Kafirland Sir H. G. Smith was at King William's Town with about 800 troops, 400 Fingoes, some companies of Cape Mounted Rifles, and he had just been joined by the Hottentot levies and European volunteers from Cape Town, in all 1,675 meri, who were forwarded by the Hermes, Dee, and Pheenix steamers. The Kafirs had just been repulsed in an attack on Fort Hare, the head quarters of General Somerset, and on the town of Alice, but they surrounded Forts White and Cox, which were in want of supplies, and large numbers were in the neighbourhood of King William's Town, intercepting all communication between that place and Fort Hare, while - Seyolo was at Line Drift, on the Keiskamma, on the direct road from King William's Town to Gra ham's Town, rendering it necessary to forward all dis datches from the Governor to the colony by sea, from Buffalo Mouth. The Zulus, under Mr. Shepstone, were expected from Natal to take the Kafirs in the rear, and to overawe the Tambookies, whose neutrality was very doubtful. " In the colony Hermanus's band, headed by his son, were at Waterkloof and the Blinkwater, communi cating with the rebel Hottentots at Fort Armstrong, and doing much mischief in the neighbouring districts, without any force either of troops or burghers being near to keep them in check. Graham's Town and the magazines there, were entirely left to the defence of the inhabitants, who mustered nearly 1,000 men under arms. " On the 24th some skirmishing took place between a party of Kafirs and a small force of Fingoes and Cape Mounted Rifles, who were sent out from Kiag VVil ham's Town to drive them away, which was gallantly done with the loss of one Fingoe killed, and a Hottentot wounded. " On the 30th of January Colonel Mackinnon left King William's Town with 2,150 men and one 6-pounder to throw supplies into Forts Cox and White, which was effected without loss; large bodies of Kafirs on the Debe Neck made a show of opposition, but were dispersed by a few shells. The forts were supplied for six weeks, and the sick and wounded removed. " On the 3d of February Colonel Mackinnon moved against Seyolo, but, as usual, the Kafirs were not to be found, and evaded our troops. It is said that the pro phet had a very narrow escape, being nearly taken by surprise. About 800 head of cattle were captured, 100 of which, however, were afterwards lost from care lessness. and the troops returned on the 6th to King William's Town. " His Excellency finding that the burghers had not come forward, as he expected, to join General Somerset, was appointed General Commandant of this force, and who much required strong reinforcements of Europeans to enable him effectually to crush the Kat River and Blinkwater rebel Hottentots, on the 3d of February is sued a proclamation regretting the apathy and unwil lingness which had been manifested, stating that without their assistance the rebellion could not be checked, and warning the inhabitants of the horrors likely to ensue should they not rally round the authorities at Fort Hare or Fort Beaufort. This appears to have aroused the slumbering spirit of many of the beers, and large par ties were collected at Graaf-Reinet and other places. " On the 25th of January Captain Davies left Fort Peddle to join Sir 11. Smith with about 400 !sew levies; to avoid Seyolo he proceeded by way of Wesleyville, and reached King William's Town in safety. His Excellency was also joined by 500 more men, sent by the Dee from Cape Towa on the 11th of February, including 70 ma rines and seamen from her Majesty's ship Castor, in Simon's Bay, who were placed in garrison in Fort Gla morgan, at East London, re li ev i ng a company of the 73d, who proceeded to King William's Town. " On the 13th of February Colonel Mackinnon again marched with five companies of the 73d Regiment, the European levy of 400 men, 200 mounted Riflemen, and the Hottentot levies, with two 6.pounders—in all about 2,750 men. He proceeded first to Fort White, again encountering some opposition at the Deb. Neck; on the 14th the troops marched to Fort Hare, by the Broad Drift of the Keiskamma, destroying the crops, kraals, and huts, on their way. Upon joining General Somer set a movement was made up the Chumie Valley, as far as the missionary station, the crops being destroyed and the fields laid waste in every direction, including those of the murderers of the inhabitants of the military vil lages. The troops bivouacked near the missionary sta tion, and returned to Fort Hare on the 16th. A division was detached by General Somerset towards thelguniHoek, part of the Kat River Settlement,but was recalled in conse quence of Col. Mackinnon's return. The European Regi ment (400 men) was left with General Somerset, and the remainder of the force returned by the Middle Drift, de scending the stream to Fort Wiltshire, in order to lay waste the country of Botman, Kona, and Tola. On this day's march, through a rugged bushy country, the at tacks of the Kafirs on the rear guard were continuous and resolute; pouring out of every lateral valley they in cessantly harrassed the line of march, and, though re peatedly charged and driven back, they persevered until nightfal, causing a loss of 8 killed and 17 badly wounded. Colonel Mackinnon states the loss of the Kafirs to have been very heavy, and that several of the men of note were supposed to be shot. The troops accomplished the object of the expedition by marching no miles through the most populous districts of Kafirland, and inflicting a severe punishment on the enemy by destroying his means of subsistence, the only way of bringing the war to a speedy termination. " Strange to say, Mr. Brown, th e m i ss i onary at Chu mie, and ale widow of the missionary Chalmers, were quietly residing at that station, and refused to quit it. While the attention of the Kafirs was diverted by the march of the troops under Colonel Mackinnon, 300 Fingoes from Fort Peddle crossed the Keiskamma and drove off 440 head of cattle belonging to Seyolo and Umlangeni. " Thus, Sir H. Smith has complete command of the whole of Kafraria, but apparently is not strong enough to attempt clearing the Amatola fastnesses, the garrisons in the forts much weakening his disposable force. For tunately the road from Buffalo Mouth to King William's Town has been kept clear by Pato and his tribe, which facilitates the passage of supplies. Hie Excellency will be aware before this that the Zulus are not on their way, and that he must look to other quarters for assist ance; 1,000 men could be brought from the Mauritius in a month by the war steamers Hermes and Dee, as it is stated that they are kept in readiness to embark. The contemplated attack on the Blinkwater and Shiloh re bels, if successful, will free a valuable Burgher force for operations in the front, much better adapted for active service than the raw and undisciplined levies lately raised. "In the colony the defection of the Hottentots caused much alarm ; those Hottentots at the Kat River settlement have hitherto been always faithful to the co lonists in former wars, and their brethren from the missionary villages of Genadendal, Groenekloof, and others in the western districts, form the greater part of the reinforcements which have yet reached Sir H. Smith. The Moravian missionary station at Shiloh, which is situated near the border of the Tambookic country, was attacked by a large force of Mapassa's Kafirs, and was immediately given up by the Hotten tots there, who joined the enemy and united with them in attacking Wlaittlesea on the 31st of January and following days. They were, however, beaten back and pursued to Shiloh, where they were in turn attacked, and after a desperate resistance forced to take refuge in the chapel, which was too strong to be stormed ; not, however, without the joss of one Eng. lishman, five Fingoes, and five of Kama's Christian Kafirs, who were killed, and many wounded, in this gallant action. The loss of the Kafirs must have been considerable. Commandant Joubert arrived wi t h party of beers from Cradock too late to take any part in the conflict. His Excellency expressed great satisfac tion at the conduct of Captain Tylden at Whittlesfa, and the gentlemen who aided him in the defence of that place. " The ravages of the Bliukwater people and Kat River Hottentots in the western parts of the Fort Beaufort district and Somerset have been most distrettshhseieniia 4gmPoerrni.Hnumgeolmte,tmenatiotteses :h m o s i o e r Temple Nourse and family were drivenshfrootm; and an Englishman in his service Messrs. Ainslie, M'Master, Stokes, and others have been plundered, and the . whole country devasted, notwith standing jriaMlter.du"asirnrysd.diviii:d:urlmavilicd;rluheppal°a:Stidteo;;. standieg the exertions dan o other e p 2 u 9 b t l h i who had swept Mr. John Pringle 'e and places of their stock, l4 waggons, 2,000 sheep and goats, and 40 0 head ofcattle were captured. Sir At dries Stockenstroes farm at Meastrom had been visited by small parties of Ratirs, and some partial in jury done to th e furniture, &c.The cattle had been removed. " Further t o t h e north-east, Commandant Joubert, with a commando on an expedition to bring Captain Read and hi s people from the White Kei, were eogeged with Mapassa's Kafirs, and also with the Bitterheut tribe. About 150 Kafirs were killed and 3,000 head of cattle taken. Mr. Joubert's burghers have returned to Colesberg for the pi esent. "In the Sovereignty Mr. liaise bad also been fired upon by Tambookies, who appeared to be upon the march for the colony, and were about to cross the Orange River. W. SUTTON, Bt. Li eu t.-C o l ., C .M. R. BIEIFIOR A NDUIII Or KILLED AND WOUNDED ON THE 22D CI FEBRUARY, 1851. Killed —Two Burghers, four Fingoes; total, six killed. Wounded —Five Hottentots(four C.M.R., one George), 15 Burghers, five Fingoes; total, 25 wounded. W. C. EDDIE, P.M.O. W. SUTTON, Bt. Lieut.-Col. Owing to the favourable state of trade in England the wool market at the Cape is in good condition. Prices are ranging higher, and 13d. has been g iven for the best washed wools. The ivory market is also looking up, owing to the high quotations froul England. Some large lots were expected at Fort Elizabeth from the frontier, but the communications being cut off in consequence of the war, it may be some time before they come to hand. The cargo of the Propontis consists of 58 bales of wool, 4 casks of ivory, 2 cases ditto, 80 ditto tusks, 20 casks seal skins, 59 hogsheads wine, 380 b ags of guano, 20 bales of go at s ki ns, 30 casks of oil, 1 case of ostrich feathers, 6 cases of wine, 2 boxes of fruit, 34 packages of sundries, and 8 boxes specimens of natural history. For two days after the Propontis left the Cape she made 490 miles under canvas only. The south-east trades were very light and the north-east trades mo derate. Oif the %stern Islands, on the 9th instant, she experience a very heavy, gale from north-east, and on the 12th there was a heavy sea from the east ward, with no wind. (in the same day, lat. 41'37 nortb, long. 16.40 west, she spoke the barque Dublin, from Liverpool, for New South Wales, out seven days. Off the Scilly Islands, on Wednesday morning, between 12 and 4 o'clock, she spoke the outward Cape mail packet Bosphorus, Captain Hall, making all speed with a fair wind. Passengers by the Propontis from Cape Town Sir Robert Stanford, Mr. Dolman, Mr. Orr, Ntr• Mennes, Captain D. J. Howe, Nr. Cohen, Mt. pule 1 IV, I:Re et THE Th e ßUC] of k nl . •-4t l ghtl 'lee-Chat BI fir ' ll , Qul s t Majesi r p ,The Q, %Q om gmg of D 13 0r00,,1 °f her lienl7e 8. S ] Al teP tard 0, Ilti rghß L s atne s Mo the roc , I;P t ed the -oUrt of the 4 - 1 1 4 t a6 O *,° o 4 ti t