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THE NEW NOVEL OF MODERN LIFE. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., post Bvo., T A STORINITI AL S, Y OF MODERN LIFE. Orders shoulia be Immediately sent to the Booksellers to ensure the early delivery of this new novel. .Rielvi,rd Bentley, Now Burlington-street. - - Now in course of publication, NEW EDITION of EVELYN'S DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE. Retina, with namerous Additional Notes. Uniform 'with Le Now leditlon of Pepy's Diary. To be completed Jr. 4 vols., prise ISs. H. each, hound. Vols. I. and 11., comprising the Diary, are mow ready. " We heartily commend so good an edition of this English classic —one of the most interesting books in the language."—Examiner. ." Uniform.with the recent edition of repy's this interesting and important work of the learned and courtly Evelyn will be a valuable addition to every library."—Poet. " No library eau las *complete without this standard work, which gives so complete a picture of the manner of life in England through the most stirring times of the seventeenth century."—Globe. " The new edition of this valuable book will meet with a warm welcome from the public. It is impossible to overrate the interest and value of a diary and correspondence written by such a man as Evelyn, and in such times as arose of Charles 1., Oliver Cromwell, Charles It., James IL, and William."—Weekly Chronicle. henry Celbarn, Publisher, 12, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, Combining the talents of Madame Sontag, Mica Catherine Hayes, and Mdlle. Parodi ; Signori Colettl, Belletti, Lablache, Calzolari, and Sims Reeves ; Mdlles. Carlotta Grisi, Marie Taglioni, and Amalla Ferraris, Will take placo on TFILIZSDA.Y, April 13, when will be presented )lozart's Opera, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. Susanna, Madam. Sontag; the Countess, Madlle. Parodi ; Cheru tine, Mdlle. Catherine Hayes ; the (fount Aintaviva, Signor Coletti ; Figaro, Signer Beletti ; Basal°, Signor Calzolari ; Bartel°, Signor La blast, e. In the Wedding Seene, the Zarabanda in A (composed expressly fbr this Opera) will be danced by Mdlle. Carlotta Grist and Mdlle. Mario Taglioni. After the Opera will be presented Selections from the admired Ballet of LA ESI4IERILDA, coMprising the celebrated Truasdaise, by Mdlle. Carlotte Grist and M. Charles. To be followed by the last scene of Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, by Mr. Sims Beeves. After which will be revived the admired Ice Ballet, by M. P. Taglioni, entitled LES PLATS IRS DE L'HIVER ; ou, Les Patineurs. The principal characters by MCA °. Carlitia Grisi, Mall*. Marie Taglicni, and Mdlle. Amalia Ferraris. -Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticlsets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. 'Doors open at Seven, thst 0 , ,, , cra to commence at Half-past Seven. lirg MAJESTY'S THEATRE. (Dy special :sire.) TILES EVENING .Will be repeated (by special desire) Donizetti's Opera, DON PASQUALE. - Norina, Madame Sontag; Ernesta, Signor Calzolari ; Dr. Mala bista, Signor Belletti ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache. 'To conclude with the principle Tableaux of the highly suceessfial Mr grand Ballet, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled LES M ETAM OR PROSES, In which Ifdlle. Carlotta Grisi, Ildlle. Marie Taglioni, M. Charles, add M. P. Tagliont will appear. Mozart's celebrated Opera, Don Giovanni, is unavoidably pest pnevi, and will be repeated forth With with its present powerful east. Signor Baucarde has arrived, and will make his first appearance on Saturday next. Madame Frezzellui is daily expected. The new grand Opera, La Tempesta, founded on The Tempest of Shakspere, the music by Halevy, composed expressly for the artists of her Majesty's Theatre, is in active preparation. the magni- Scent resources of this great establishment will be combined to give effect to its production. .Applications for Boxes, StAll3, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Maim= Grist, 3todlle. Vera, Herr Formes, 31. Massol, and Signor Tamberlik, THIS EVENING The performances will commence with ilellini's Opera of N It M A. 'l,''orma, Yule. nerd nille . ..!,Ve:a (her 2d appearance is chat eharactsc at the Royal Ital . r.n Opera); Clotiloe, Cott:; Fiavio, Orovcso, Ilerr Formes (h a 2d appear :two in that char.,,e , ,er, in England); l'ollio, Tamberlik (bis anearance In that character in Ettglaed). To conclude with the second and third nets of Tuber's Grand and popular Opera, MASINIELLO. renella, ; Pietro, Mons. Mass(l; Alphonso, Signor Met ; P.orella, Signor Pornmi ; Pescalere, Signor Rache ; Selra, Signor Grezorio; Mgsaniello, Signor Tamberlik. The Rata incidental to the Opera will be supported by Mons. Alexandre and Mdlle. 14301;:e Taqdioni. The Overture to Alas wi:l he played between the Operas. Compsser,Dke , :tor, of the Mule, nett CouductOr, MA Costa. A GRIND EXTRA NIGHT will take place on Thursday, April 13, when will be performed (for the first time,this season) Mon irt's celebrated opera of Doti GIOVANNI, Ponna knma, Line. Grist ; Elvira, Wile. Vera ; Zerlina, Mme. Castellon ; Loporello, Harr Formes; Don Illiovannl, Sig. Tamburini ; Masetto, Sig. Polonial; I 1 Commendatore, big. Tagliadco ; and Don Ottavio, Sig. Mario. Composer, Direoebr of the Mdsle, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The doors will be opened at 117l1f-past Se - ren, and the perform ances commence at E4ht o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the night or season), at the Box-office of the Theatre, which will for the future be open from Ten till Rye. FRENCH PLAIN.—ST. JAIIIES'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW ETENING the verformances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely, with (The Last and only occasion on which it can be repeated), Scribe's celebrated Comedy of BERTRAND ET RATON ; on, L'Art de Ccinspirer. Le Comte Bertrand de Rantzau, M. Samson. The Box-offlee of ' the Theatre is open daily mom Eleven till Five Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond s tr eet THEkTRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. • Limes sad Manner, Mr. JAMES ..t.NDERSO.N. THIA EVENING, • Will be presentee, by her Majesty's Servants. A new and original Play, by B. Bernard, Esq., entitled THE PASSING CLOUD. 'Characters by Messrs. Vandenhoff, Cooper, Diddear,Nininz, Emery, Montagne, and Mr. J. Anderson. After which (second time) a new and original Farce, called THE CRICKET MATCH. 'Ts conclude with THE DEVIL'S RING ; or, Fire, Water, Earth, *ad Air. In Three Acts and Fonr Elenients. • The following are the principal Scenes. ELEMENT THE FIRST—FIRE. • A beautiful View of the CITY AND HAIVIOUR OF CAPANIA IN SICILY, With ]fount Etna Smoking in the Back-ground. CHAILACTEIig IN THE FIRST ELEMENT : Arauph, Mr. W. Montague ; Rodniph, 11r. Fiazer ' • Herman, Mr. S., Jones; C. nrade, Mr. Clifford ; Otho, Mr Everett; Adolphus, Mr. Ramie; Rupert. Mr. Abbott; Carloman, Mr. Wayne; Herbert, iss F. Hu ldart ; Franco, Mr. C. Artand ; Host of the " lid," Mr. G. Watson ; the Enchanted Princess Eveline, Miss E. elson; Leela, Miss Rafter; The Spirit Devil's Ilin,g, Miss A. Lens dale S Whirlieurg, Mr. Seymour ; Ge-dab, Mr C. Fisher. CAVERNS OF THE BRAZEN HAND. TEMPLE AN!) SPIRIT OF THE DEVIL'S RING. THE INTERIOit OF "THE CHARCOAL BURNER'S ABODE. THE REALMS OF FIRE. ELEMENT THE SECOND-WATER. FADLS OF NIAGARA IN THE NEW WORLD. • Trill CITT OF THE FOUNTAINS. BREAKING THE SECOND CHARM. THEY ASCEND UPON THE BOSOM OF THE WATERS CELII[ICTER3 THZ SECOND ELEMENIC Herbert, Miss k'. Hudctert• Franco, Mr. S. .A.rtaud ; American Settler, Mr. R. Romer ; Imdlaus, Messrs. Henry and Tressidor ; Indian &paw, Ulm Vaster ; Spirit of the Waters, Miss Neil ; Queen "The Nalults, Miss I'. Grey; Go-dah, Mr. C. Fisher. GrIAND NAIADE BALLET. ELEMENT THE THIRD—EARTH. DIAMOND CAVES IN CALIFORNIA. eOAIACTEDE IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH ELEMENTS : Herbert, Miss F. Hubbast ; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; The Black Knight • Mucklow, Mr. llanderson: Gnomes, Messrs. Abbott, Fleury; Eller, trayne; &c. ; the Princess ETaline, Miss E. - mine ; Leela, Miss Rafter ; Go4ish, Mr. C. Filler. - TH.I3 SICILIAN VINEYARD. • A TERRIFIC comnAlr DETWIEN DERBEET AND TEE SABLE ENIOHT. ELEMENT THE FOURTH—AIR. •PALACB O F RAINBOWS! HILL OF THE HUNDRED KNIGHTS. The Trberephal Entry of Herbert and Princess Eveline in A CAR DRAWN BY REAL:HORSES. GRAND, MILITARY BAND, AND GORGEOUS PROCESSION! THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brampton. THIS EVEN N Will be perfbrmed .n new 'drama, called THE VICAR Olr WAKEFIELD. • Br. Primrose, Mr. Webster ; . Squire Thornhill, Mr. 11. Vatiden haff ; Mr. Burehill, Mr. Stuart ; 3loses, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Prim rose, Mrs. Keeley ; Olivia, Miss Reynolds ; Lady Blarney,. 3.11 es P Horton; Miss Skeggc, - • Te conclude with the Last Edition of IVANHOE, with all the newest improvements. Cedric the Saxon, Mr. J. Bland ; Sir Briant de Bare Gnilbert, Mr.' 14 - elhY ; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; iVainba, Mr. Buck. tuns Isaac of . York, Mr.. Keeley Xabin• hood, Mrs. Fitzwilliara ; A s llneetty MIN P. Horton. e Ilox-offta• is tinder the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. • THE %TEE ROYAL, ADELPIII. %ruder the dlrectien of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. HARVEST Will _hs performed the celebrated Drama of THE 1 . TIOME.' Principal characters by M essr s. Hughes, Wright, rat i Bedlibrd, 0. Smith Madame celeste, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed hy.a. grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled_ , PLAYING FIRST FIDDLE; or, Follow my Leader Principal Characters by Messrs. P. Medford, Lambert, Madame Eeleste; Miss Woolgar, and Mirk R. ritzwtlhatn. • To conclude with Atlf PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Medford, worw.li - - -;Mies Herding, and Mrs. F o Matthews. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS, EVENING dill be repeated (14th time) a Lyrleal, Comical Pastoral, entitled CyMON and IPHIGENIA, altered from the text of David Garrick. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, R. Roxby an d y, Cooke; Miss lA. George, Keaworthy, Miss Dickinson, uo , ii m nby, Mime Oliver; Miss Manners, and Miss Martindale. be fc436woet by THE ISLAND O 1 JEWELS: co conclude with BOX AND COX. aPPiicaspns for Private Boxes mast ba made to Mr. Alleroft -11- 15, Xew Bond-street. • • - - . PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Tlitst EVENING, Will be produced (second time In this country ba its com plete form) Anber 's Opera . of- GUSTAVUS THE THIR D. Ge.sterns, Mr. V. Harrison; Oscar, Miss L, ryne; Antzustrom, Mr," Weiss ; Ribbing, Mr , G. Barker; De Horn, Mr. R. Latter;, Christi,,,,, Mr. Wynn ; Countess A.nkastrorn, Mdlle. Nan ; Arvedson, Madame Mactarren Principal Folio, Mcillo. Celeste Stephan (her first ap pearance here). . dater which a New Grand Tale of rncharitmentM ac wi, th sple n di d Seenery, Costumes,, and Appointments; extensive hinery, Ike., entitled' THE g‘ er, The Sorcerer of Candahar. 7. ,4,,, u . . F T noss ; Pal character , s by HE ss Mers.E Ryder, Forman, Honey, Craven ; Miss Leuisa'Howerd, Miss Saunders, and Miss Yillars. _____..--------------- ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Prop Mr W. Batty. Unequalled 'mem etttie rietor maw ' grand . Eager Spectacle ot Enchant ment. Last week but one of ,thatextraordinary .American Equestrian Young lieruander, if et the Universally pronounced tue world. THIS EVENING The Entertainment,' will commence at Seven o'clock, with Fitzball', new. magnificent Speetacle entitled VIE FOUR SONS OF AY3ION ; or The Days of CharleMagm . , .. e goat gorgeously produced, and i n t roducing a Living Came l of Desert, Zebra, the beautinil Stud of Horses, and all' the vast an d unequalled resources of this Establishment. To be succeeded by a brilliant routine of Equestrian Wonders, during which Young Hernandez will appear in an entirely New Act called the rage Troubadour. Tp conalude with theinteresting Melodrama o f • MEG MITIMOCK ; or, the Fatal men. Box +face open From Eleven till Four. • • Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. GLASGOW, Ann. 13.—CoTrorr Woor..—We have had n steads - -going businesss all the week, the demand being principally from the trade, and prices have advanced from Ad: to *d. per lb. Middling Orleans is quoted 6fd. For tine numbers there has been a good demand in the yarn-market; bat, from the flatness in the home trade and the advance in the price. of cotton, coarse twist is exceedingly dull, and leaves tittle or no profit. Coarse goods are also dull of sale, and a had lower. In better qualities the market is with. out animation, and prices unaltered. Pig Iron.—There has not been the smallest change in our pig iron-market for an entire week, and the price remains nominally the same, 435. for mixed numbers. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAY —Morning 14 min. after 4 I Evening 35 rain. after 4 To-Meaaow— Morning 55 min. after 4 I Evening 18 min. after 5 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 16. THERMOMETER, Lowot, 42 ; Highest, 55 ; Noon, 49, BAROMETER, 29'18. WIND S.W.—fresh gales, and dull rainy weather. -4 1 .1.1, N:•:f4;rN . " ir- .‘, ,)--*--` zeist4t • .e.. " Izi.- W' 4 -5- -1, _ A , ' ' • N , 1 V...e . • ''''- .1••• • --- 4: u 4 - .-lir-'34."'" W ine.6l:-. . - 8 .an . ',v. , ' '4• 1 ":„ . - , ~ _ ~!,;• ,t!) it ldit# ftgb LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1850. This evening a resolution, long promised, long postponed, and long expected, will be moved in the House of Commons by the Right Hon. MILNER Ginsoiv, strongly condemnatory of the Taxes imposed upon Knowledge. Under four leading particulars these injurious imposts will be assailed—the advocate of cheap and wholesome literature inveighing, first, against the excise duties on paper ; secondly, against the stamp duties on newspapers ; thirdly, against the arbitrary duties on advertisements ; and, fourthly, against the Customs' duties on foreign publi cations. Each and all of these deplorable grievances to the community will be de fended with that perverse pertinacity which, as , a specimen of the acme of obtuseness, appears to be the exclusive characteristic of a Chancellor of the Exchequer. In reference to the line of reasoning which may be adopted by the Right Hon. the Repre sentative of Manchester, we may observe that, no matter which may be selected, it cannot fail to prove most fruitful in argument. Whether he turn his at tention and the attention of Parliament to the in jurious influence exercised by the taxes on know ledge over the morals of the population, over the amount of the national revenues, over the intellect of the age, and consequently over the general diffusion of religious truth and the general advancement of civilization—he may demonstrate with facility the urgent and importunate necessity existing for the re moval of evils so glaringly detrimental to the highest and noblest interests of the multitude. It was with the genius of a philosopher as well as with the consummate dexterity of a novelist skilled in the art of historical delineation, that Sir WALTER SCGTT, in one of the most felicitous of those, golden romancer, whose prolonged and gor geous panorama opened with a tale in Scotland, and closed with a story in Palestine, depicted that me• morable interview between the Eleventh Louis of France land the Astrologer GALLIOTTI—the inter view in which the results of the newly-discovered art of printirg were prophetically recognized. Having submitted to the fanatical Sovereign the first specimen of this novel contrivance for "multiplying manuscripts by the intervention of machinery," the seer exclaims, in a tone of brooding admiration—" Can I look for ward without wonder and astonishment to the lot of a succeeding generation, on whom knowledge will descend like the first and second rain, uninterrupted, unabated, and unbounded; fertilising some grounds, and overflowing others ; changing the whole form of social life ; establishing and over throwing religions ; erecting and destroying kingdoms " " Hold, G - ALLIOTTI, " cries the King, " shall these changes come in our times ?" " No, my royal brother," responds the voice of the astrologer, " this invention may be likened to a young tree, which is newly planted, but shall, in succeeding generations, bear fruit as fatal as that of the garden of Eden ; the knowledge, namely, of good and evil." And Louis answers, " Let futu rity look to what concerns them—we are men of this age, and to this age we will confine our care. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof." The spirit of Lotus XI. has survived even to this generation. It is diffused throughout the present Government. It says to the prophets of the time, when " Knowledge will descend like the first and second rain, uninterrupted, unabated, and un bounded"— " Let futurity look to what concerns them ; we are men of this age, and to this age we will confine our care : sufficient for the day i s the evil thereof ! " Little dreaming, these blind leaders of the nations, that— Behold ! the time is come the day is already at hand ! Happy for those among the national repre sentatives who recognize the proximity of the glorious epoch when no impediment whatever shall stand be tween the people and those waters of life (wisdom) flowing to them along the conduits of the Press from the wellspring of science and literature. Happy for them, because they and they only will be regarded as the real well-wishers of the people and as the real benefactors of their country. Among them the name of MILNER Grissom is now indelibly enrolled ; and, whether successful or not in his present endeavours, his generous efforts to effect the intellectual emancipation of the community will not be very readily forgotten. Already in cur comments upon the masterly pamphlet recently published by CHARLES KNIGHT (a pamphlet again referred to in an admirable leading article, copied into our columns of this evening from those of our contemporary the Morning Chronicle), wherein that distinguished teacher of the multitude has recounted the " Struggles of a Book against Excessive Taxation," we have expatiated upon the pernicious consaquences of this taxa tion as witnessed in the impure and foetid effusions squandered amongst the crowd in the at tractive' guise of cheap literature. To terminate this destructive evil must be an object of solicitude with every one interested in the diminution of crime, for we are satisfied that it is to these penny periodicals, replete with filth and obscenities, that the large, and in some cases increasing, number of our criminals is attributable. Enable such men as the CHAMBERS'S— enabIe such a man as CHARLES KNIGHT to supply the public with sound and wholesome knowledge in the form of penny periodicals, and all these prurient effusions of the press, engendering an appetite for vice, and demoralising the masses by fostering their darker passions, would vanish like birds of night be fore the dawn of morning. To effect this beneficent improvement, the Legislature bas only to remit those taxes upon knowledge which are as disgraceful to the age, the nation, and the Parliament, as they are inju rious to the cause of enlightenment, of Christianity, and of civilization. The independent Members of Parliament appear to have gained new rigour by the temporary relaxa tion afforded during the Easter recess. Honourable Gentlemen had then sufficient opportunities of ascer taining the opinions and feelings of their respective constituencies, and of discovering how those by whom they were selected to fill the honourable position of " popular representatives" were affected towards the Whig Government. A general expression of dis content and dissatisfaction at the backslidings and re trogressions of the once popular Liberals (!) had been heard from all quarters. It was known, that if they had not entirely forfeited the good opinion of . the people, they had at least lost ground considerably, and that a change of Ministry, which would, a few years since, have been regarded as a calamity of no ordinary magnitude, would now be regarded with careless apathy, if not with positive pleasure. Previous, however; to the recess matters went on amThiectseedvere illness by which Sir tolerably smoothl w y as . ; I nted the attendanc e e pi s r t n i e o v n of fis ca l or fi nan - CIIABLEB WOOD of the, Right Hon. Baronet is is place until the op N er o ly be brought f orwar d in his c l i s al th po o l f icy March coul d last. p r a b sen ce, and discussions on matters I • n which rho Whigs were prOverbially deficient in strength were thtis avoided. Sanguine anticipations were also in dulged in as t o the relief that would be a ff orded by the reductions rendered possible by a sur plus of revenue above expenditure to the ex tent of 2,000,000/. sterling. Each person fondly hoped that the class 'to which he himself belonged would receive some substantial benefit. No opinion could be formed as to the mode in, which the present Chancellor of the Exchequer' would deal with the sum placed at his disposal. An excess of revenue above exp en dit ure h a d been utterly unk nown since his sec ess i on to o ff ice ; and, although h is manner of providin g f or a deficienty was but too painfully per ceptible, his probable proceedings, under opposite and more favourable circumstances, were still involved in the deepest gloom and obscurity. The " Brick-dust Budget" of the 15th of March, however, completely dispersed any fond illusions that might have been indulged in. The Right Honourable Baronet then proved that, how ever incompetent to the discharge of the important and arduous duties of his office in seasons of adversity, his deficiencies were still more glaring in periods of greater prosperity. New loans were effected while profound peace and tranquillity pre vailed on every side—that was indeed bad ; but the public lost all patience when they discovered that by far the larger portion of the "heaven-sent" surplus was to be:applied to—what I—something would surely be done with that to reflect credit on the Minister of Finance, and retrieve the waning popularity of his official coadjutors; alas, no !—the abolition of the duty on bricks, and the liquidation of the National Debt 11l This was indeed too bad ; it was the " last straw that broke the back of the camel," that sealed the doom of the Whigs. The result is sufficiently perceptible from the proceedings of the pest week. Day by day it has been our painful duty, as public journalists, to chronicle a series of disgraceful de feats, each more decisive than the preceding one. On Monday the Ministers were most properly left in a minority on the question of the assistant-surgeons of the Royal Navy. On Tuesday they obtained a paltry and insignificant majority of three (!!!) on the win dow• tax. On Wednesday, on the second reading of the County Courts Extension Act, they were completely ' and decisively routed by an overwhelming majority of 77-144 independent Members having voted in ac cordance with the desires of the people, while only 67, of whom 32 were placemen, officially connected with the Government, could be induced to divide with the first law officer of the Crown, aided and assisted by her MAJEM'S principal Secretary ofState for the Home Department, and by all the strength of the Ca binet. On Thursday the First Lord of the Trea sury postponed, to a future session, the consideration of the admirable suggestion of the Honour. able Member for the county of Limerick, for increas ing the smaller borough constituencies , in Ireland. On Friday, in like manner, the question of economy and retrenchment was placed upon the shelf, and the duty that should have been performed by Ministers themselves was cast upon a " Select Committee." Saturday was happily a dies non, so that some little breathing time was afforded. But another defeat was impending, which last night completed their discomfiture, and the, astonished and confounded Chancellor of the Exchequer was compelled to with draw fur the time being, " in order to determine what course he should pursue," the further consideration of' the Stamp Duties Bill, introduced with so loud a flourish of trumpets as the offspring of the anxious care and labour of fifteen years ! This is indeed a humiliating and a painful alterna tive. The more equitable apportionment of the stamp duties had long been demanded. The assessment was, as Sir CHARLES WooD himself acknowledged on the 15th of March, " exceedingly unfair and un equal." Its equalization, and the substitution of ad valorem duties for the present scale, was anxiously looked for on every side. If judiciously and fairly carried out, the change would have been considered a real boon, but unfortunately Sir Clienr.rs WOOD could not be induced to bring forward a plain and simple measure remedying the acknowledged griev ance. He endeavoured to incorporate therewith a number of stringent provisions which would render those imposts, already sufficiently oppressive, still more onerous and intolerable. New regulations were in troduced that would subject matters now practically exempted from the tax to very heavy charges, and the facilities now existing for stamping or placing addi tional stamps on documents would be materially abridged. Besides, the Right Honourable Gentleman began at too high a rate of duty, and made the turn ing point in the scale (1,0001.) too low. In place, therefore, of remitting taxation to the extent of 300,0001., as declared in his speech on the Budget, the probable results of the change would be an increase of revenue to the amount of several hun dred thousands per annum. This we pointed out clearly and distinctly on Saturday last, and showed that the House should require additional information to enable it to deal with the subject, and that the " guardians of the public purse" should not permit themselves to be hoodwinked, or to deal on insufficient data with questions of such vital importance to the national prosperity. Sir CHARLES WooD, however, either could not, or would not, furnish that information. He could make his ossn calculations that there would he a loss, but would not show the grounds on which he formed his judgment. The Attorney-General also could state exactly to a single farthing what the loss would be upon conveyances, which he asserted would amount to 266,299/. 4s. 6d. We are almost tempted to exclaim with Mr. MAN.. TELLINI, "the sixpence be dem'd!" But no return would be granted to enable Honourable Gentlemen to draw their own deductions., and Sir CHARLES WOOD took something from the weight of his Right Hon. Colleague's assertion by stating that "it was entirely a guess." Under such circumstances, it is by no means surprising, that notwithstanding the numerous concessions made on almost every clause in the Bill, the Government was left in a minority of 29 on the very first division, on Sir H. "Winnotionny's motion, that the stamp duty on bonds, for sums not exceeding 501., should be ls. in place of 2s. 6d., as proposed by Sir CHARLES WOOD.. This proposition was supported by 164 independent Members, while only 135—includ ing place holders—voted, for Ministers. The result, as we have already seen, is the temporary withdrawal of the Bill, until the Right Honourable Baronet can make up his mind, "on the course he should pursue." Not much doubt can remain on this point. The House and the country will not now rest satisfied with the existing scale. Sir CHARLES WOOD can not retrace his footsteps, or continue the system which he designated as " exceed ingly unfair, unjust, and unequal." The Noble Lord the Member for Marylebone stated the general feeling on the subject, that the true principle was " that the poor and rich should be taxed pro portionately—not the scandalous and disgraceful principle that the poor should pay infinitely a larger proportion than the .rich,, and that it was a great im provement for the poor man to pay only twice as Much as the rich man, instead of forty times as much, as he used to do." The principle of ad valorem duties must therefore be fully and fairly carried out, not only on the stamps, or bonds, or mortgages, and transfers, but on every department, and on every branch of the national re venue. A question is now under consideration at Guildhall of some importance to the legal profession—the utility to the city of London of a permanent staff of law officers. The advocates of change say that, inasmuch as the Corporation have (always the services of the most eminent lawyers- of Westminster Hall at their disposal, the permanent retainer of individual mem bers of the profession is useless, and, moreover, that a job is so inevitable an ingredient of civic appoint ments, that the system of electing permanent officers prevents the services of efficient men being secured to the Corporation. , This discussion has been immediately occasioned by the promotion of Mr. Buri.ocs to the rank of Common-Sergeant, and the resignation of one of the City Common Pleaders. According to the usual custom on such occasions, the subject has been gene rally referred to the Officers and Clerks' Committee; and we hear that at a very thinly attended meeting of that committee, on Thursday last, it was resolved, by a majority of one, that henceforth the appoint ment of Common Pleaders to the city of London should be discontinued. It appears that the prospect of two vacancies among the City Pleaders has, on the present occasion, brought ee in fluence has many candidates into the fi eld, and family nflune has been exerted to such an extent in favour of some of the candidates, that a large portion of the Corpo ration felt called upon to take some decided steps to counteract it, and hence the - somewhat hasty resolu tion of the meeting of Thursday last. As, however, sudden innovations are rarely productive of the ex pected improvement, we are not surprised to find that a reaction has taken place in favour of conti nuing the appointment. The offices of the City Common Pleaders are of considerable antiquity, the communes narratores civi tutis London being mentioned in some of the oldest records of the Corporation, their duties requiring them to act with the Common-Sergeant in counselling and assisting the citizens, not only in matters pend ing in the civic tribunals, but in the courts at West- Minster ; and by a by-law of the Corporation of the date of PHILIP and MARY, the Recorder, Common- Sergeant, and Judges of the Shez:iffs' Courts are directed to be chosen from these learned counsellors of the City. There are numerous instances cited in Mr. Sergeant MANNING'S interesting work entitled " Ser. viens ad Legem," of counsel being in ancient times re tained as permanent officers of public bodies, and hardly a joint-stock company is now started without some standing counsel being appointed ; and, if such ap • pointments serve any useful purpose in ordinary cases, there certainly seems good reason for the system being continued inthe Corporation ofLondon, which en joys such peculiar customs and franchises. The reform party in the Corporation would, perllaps, therefore, be acting more wisely by endeavouring to check corrup tion in their own body than by seeking the abolition of old and useful offices, which, whits t they are kgiti mate objects of ambition to the bar, ensure to the City, at a nominal salary of five pounds a year , a staff of officers devoted to the rather uninviting sub ject of civic law. The Queen's Counsel receive also such a nominal salary ; but even Mr. JOSEPH HUME has not been heard to complain of tois, :and the rank of Queen's Counsel is rarely confer; -ed except on the most distinguished members of the English bar. Is the Corporation of London, thee), confessedly so corrupt that its members cannot be trusted to elect from the bar an efficient staff of Common Pleaders ? Is the system of nepotism so engrafted into the pro ceedings of Guildhall that they cannot even retain counsel for the City, except from the families of their own members? We hope, for the honour of the Corporation, this is not the case. A mongst the 232 members of the Court of Common Council are nume rous gentlemen of energy, talent, and independence. They can, if they please, by resisti.eig improper in fluence, vindicate the good old p rinciple of local government, which the city of Londo a is said so peon. liarly to illustrate; and if they despair of securing the proper choice of men to fill sucl junior offices as that of Common Pleader, there is little security to the public that in their selection of judges, magistrates, &c., any other object will be kept. in view by the Corporation than the providing plcx.es fur themselves or their families. It behoves the city of Lordon on such an occasion to gravely consider the question before them. The office of Common Pleader may or may not have be come an unimportant one. If it lies become so, the obvious cause is the neglect of the Corporation to ap point efficient men to fill it. If it l.as not, and there still continues to attach to it some thing more than the wretched perquisites of the monopoly of the Lord Mayor's Court, the Corporation must make up their minds to leave family considerations out of the ques tion, and appoint men who will iui mediately become useful efficers, and at some futura period efficient judges. The indefatigable Mr. GEORGE ALFRED WALKER deserves the felicitations of every sincere sanitary reformer, seeing that last even;'ng the Cabinet, through the person of the Home Socretary, took the initiative step towards the organisiration of a system of extramural interment. To thmt end, during the sitting of the House of Commons yesterday, leave was granted to the Government, on the motion of Sir GEORGE Ga EY, to bring in a measure such as will tend to tne realisation of a boon long anticipated by the population. When the Bill shall have been formally submitted to the con sideration of the Legislature we shall find repeated opportunities for commenting on the merits or de ficiencies of the scheme therein ,to be propounded by the present Ministry ; but already, at this early stage of the proceeding, we eagerly press forward to felicitate the originator of the whale movement, and to commend the Government for having at length yielded to the irresistible force of argument, tardily, it is true, but nevertheless fully and cordially. INDIA. We have received by electric telegraph, via Trieste, intelligence of the arriral of the Oriental steamer at Suez, on the 3d instant, with the Bombay mails of the 16th of March. The expedition under Sir Colin Campbell against the mountaineers in the neighbourhood of Peshawar, had not been attended with the expected results. The expedition had returned to Peshavvur. The Hindoo and Mussulman populations in Mir zapoor had risen against each other under the in fluence of religious fanaticism, and in the disturb. ances which followed the city was burnt to the ground. The rest of India was profoundly tranquil. The sale of English manufactured go o d s a t B om . bay had been large, at middling price s . C o tt on an d opium were dull. Exchange on Lond on , 2i Freight to England, 31. per ton. per if r o u n p e e y e. w plentiful. irh the Austrianintelligence was accompanied by a post cr i p t from Consul in Egypt, which we g i ve This literally as we received it, with the remark that it in all probability refers to the intelligence brought by the last mail from Peshawur. "An English free corps of 3,000 men met with a reverse from the rebellious mountaineers in the Road Pass, near Peshawur, in which two Eurupean officers and 150 privates remained on the field." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER 70 THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at from 7,000 to 8,000 bales, of which 500 Ame rican were taken for extort, and 500 on speculation, with a firm market. The sales comprised 3,000 Ameri can at sid. to 74d., 2,000 Pernara and Maranham at Od. to 7d., 600 Bahia at Gid. to 6P., 300 Egyptian at 6p. to ?d., and 1,500 Surat at 40. to 51-d. per lb.—ln Railway - Shares there was a further decline in prices. It appears that the last official average of the six weeks' prices of wheat was wrongly made up, and that instead c f being 38s. it should have been 335. The outline of the news from America notices ne alteration in freights, but quotes cotton lower, and not much doing in grain. Indeed, trade generally is re ported to be duller. The exchange on London was B,i -to 4. By this opportunity, there are later accounts from Jamaica, where affairs continued in much the same po sition as before. A telegraphic communication from Trieste furnishes an outline of the Bombay intelligence. A fair sale had been obtained for British manufactures, at moderate prices. Cotton and Opium wee dui'. Morey was plentiful, and the Exchange on London was 2 3 8 -d. per rupee. Cape of Good Hope letters and rapers to the 20th February inclusive have come to hand. There had been a report made upon the working of the new frontier system during the last two years, and it reads very ra tisfectorily. Kefir deprada'ions have become materially circumscribed, and greater security of property was in sured than for three years pant. The want of labunr seems to be much felt, and it was thought that some of the nations of the interior, in cluding the Bechuanas and Basut us, would be useful to the farmers, because more trustworthy than the Kafirs. Having triumphed in the convict question, the inhabitants of the Cape were anxious to testify their loyalty as being unshaken, but trust they have estab lished a claim to fr e e in s tit u ti ons . The report of the Leipsic fair is not very encouraging. At Amsterdam, on the 14th inst., very little was doing in public securities. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were 5511. The Frankfort prices, on the 13th inst., were 804- for Austrian Metallics, and 29.1 for Spanish Three per Cents. ~.. The English Funds have been fluctuating and de pressed again, the further defeat of Ministers weaken ing confidence. Consols have realized 95j- i for Trans fer, and 951 i for Account. The state of affairs in France is likewise a cause of solicitude. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 96i i. Bank Stock is at 2051, and India Stock at 268. Exchequer bills have realised 68.. to 715., and India Bonds 925. premium. In the Foreign Merlet there is less animation. Spanish Five per Cents, have been 184, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 32 4 . The Lisbon mail brings no intelligence of financial interest, nor does there app, ar to be any im provement in the general trade of the country. Peru vian have continued in favour, the Actia e Bonds being 71 to ie The Deferred have realised 294 to 30-a. Mexican have been 28# to 29. There aro late accounts, viz., to March 14, from the city of Mexico, by the steamer arrived from the United States, but the letters are not in town, and all that is positively known is that the resigiste ion of M. Elassine, the Finance Minister, had taken place, as expected. This is an event which appears to be consi dered of no importance. Buenos Ayres Stock, ex-divi dend, has realised 521, and Brazilien has been marked 86, 1 :. Dutch Four per Cents. have been at 83. The Railway Share Market is in a miseralle conCi lion, and prices nearly all rule lower. North- Wean re have been at a discount, and Great Western are ex ceedingly heavy. BRITISH FENDS TIIIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the °neje). Lilt.) Bank Stock 205% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8 per Cent. Consols Anna 9 SY A%% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 172 G sew 3 1 4 per Cent. Ar m s. Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1ai60..... /, 1 / 2 Lo. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 7% India Stock °6B Do. Bonds, 10001 92 p South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities 94% Consols for Account 95%% Exchequer Bills. I %d. 2d.. March. June. 1,0001. 5001 Small — 68 71 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent i , 17 1 / 3 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.. 52 Le i ex d Mexican 80ni5,1846,5 per Cont., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto for the Account Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent — Ditto for Co e Account 7 1 3 /4 Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cant — Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto Account . ...... .... Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent lBl4 Ditto, Coupons •••••• 9% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent.. 12 Guild ... Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates ... 85 BESINESB DONE IN RAILWAY SHIRES AT ONE O'CLOCK Itaxi.wars. PAID. PEI :SHAMS. Iberdeen. Bristol and Exet er lOO ... 33A Do., Thi r d s Ce.ledoniazi Do., New 101. P reference lO ..... Ski to Chester and Holyh ea d 5O ..... 6% to Eastern Counties Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent- 10 teo z E d x o N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... par ten.,sperct N0.1,6/.135. 4d.. --p.....t0 1 / 8 p x.d to D Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ... .. 25 Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 . 19% t o p %to East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per Cent....... •- ... 25 Great Nertla ern Do., 5 per Cent. Pref....... 12%. ..... 9A % to Great Western .....100 ...48 47 1 / 2 48% to 46 5 / Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. New 171 ... Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... EB $6',4 to 67 Lond.,Bright.,& SouthCoaslloo ..... 76 .....• to 76% Do., New Si., gua. 6pr V.A.100 133 ..... to London and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d 10 3 A ...... to London &North Western.:loo...loo l 4 100 ICON to 99 5 4 Do. Now Quarters.. l2 Do. Fifths l2 ... 10'' 4 to 1 t Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) -1 Leaden and S. Western --AM Ditto, New 501. Midland......-- ---- lOO 3180 1 / 4 31 1 4 to 30% 31 Ditto, 501. Sharon ..... 3O . ..... 2 .. ... to 1% Norfolk lOO ...... 25 North British -.. ... ...... . 25 ....- 7 North Staffordshire..... ...... 17% 6% %.. to Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton 50 Reading,Guildtd.,& Reigate 15 n and Birmingkam 13!. 41 91/4 % dis to -. 50 •••••• ---... to 25 South Eastern Ditto. No. 3. Sonth Wales ... SouthBwlor i Wear Valley 8 01T D I : u a e r :v lr ol e 47 ...... 18 e escas vo tt ß e t E l ze G t N en. RA 2o ildwAys to Guaranteed ... Do. do. do. . r N re . fe E r . en P e u e r . . . 0.r...P.r..e.f Do. do. do. y fere 6 nc r e ar C . . e n . t , ~ 15 .:. „ ...... to Midland York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 .....11 Ili/ 10% 4 ••• "3 -- Ditto, Preference Newcastle 6 to 5% . vAi .. .. to 10 6 / 6 - ..... to_. Boulogne and Amien5.,..,,... 20 Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) .... ..... ...... 20 Namur and Liege... ....... 20 - N Y ork l)D o: Anglo ?lexicon MINES. United Mexican lOO «N.. 28 1 A7 ••• to LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 16.t=- . -Wind S., fresh gale and squally, with rain. • WATERFORD, APRIL 14.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W. —Sid. James, St. Thomas; Medina, Quebec. SHIELDS, APRIL 14.—Wind S.E.—Sld. Emoretta, Montreal; James Frances, Quebec; Roompot, Hong kong; Lesmahagow, New York; Adriena, Restigotiche. JERSEY, Arlin. 14.—Wind westerly.—Sld. Unity, Labrador. ST. IVES, APRIL 13.—Wind S.S.W. to N.N.W., strong gale.—Sld. Victoria, Quebec. Pun, APRIL 15.—Wind W.S.W., strong and squally. —Sid. Maria, Barbadoes. CARDIFF, APRIL 15.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Marion, Panama. SWANSEA, APRIL 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Edward Robinson, Leyland, Cuba. Sid. Alice, Coquimbo. COWES, APRIL 15,—Wind S.W., strong.—Arrd. Isis, Burt, Toronto for Hull, her cargo of oil leaking. OFF FALMOUTH, Aram 15.—Waldemar, Rasmussen, Porto Cabello, for Antwerp. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 16 (Tins DAY) 3 A.M.—Niagara steamer, Boston, left 3d April, and Halifax sth. THURSO, APRIL 13.—Wind S. by E.—Arrd. Ma jestic, Sunderland, St. John's, New Brunswick, leaky. JERSEY, APRIL 14.—A boat, much damaged, marked "Cassandra, of London, Thomas Popplewell, " has been picked up. PILL, APRIL 15.—The Fanny and Jane, London to Bristol, was totally dismasted in a squall off Padstow, 13th inst.; has been towed to Bristol. KERRY, APRIL 12.—Tbe Nancy, Neath to this port, drove on shore in the Roadstead 29th ult., beat heavily, got off on the 31st very leaky. YARMOUTH, APRIL 15.—The Aurora, Restock to London, has been assisted in, with bows stove, loss of bowsprit, &c., after being in contact cff the Wall•bank. WHITBY, APRIL 15.—The Ann, M . Kay, struck the east pier, got on the Fish-sand, and filled. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, FEB. 19.—The Childe Harold le ft Table-bay, 12th inst., struck on a reef at Darer Island sumo night, has bilged and filled; master drowned, craw and passengers saved. The Nepaul, Bombay to London, bas been wrecked on the coast near Bletten burg. bay, 11th inst.; she is breaking up fast, and quan tities of goods ere wishing ashore. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 15—Wind S.W., hard ;..nd equally.—Arrd. Claude, Littlebampton from Cardiff, leaky. OFF DARTMOUTH.—Barham, Gimblett, Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Edmund AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH)! LIVERPOOL, .Arnzr, 16, FIVE A.m. The British and North American Royal mail steam ship Niagara has just arrived in the Mersey, bring ing the usual fortnightly mail and dispatches from America and Canada, and twelve days' later news than any hitherto received. This fine vessel left Boston on the 3d instant, and Halifax on the stb. The number of passengers 'brought over by her is considerable. Congress was still engaged discussing the slavery question. The United States' senator, John C. Calhoun, whose recent speech on the admission of California into the Union created so much sensation in the .Stater, died on the 31st ult., at 'Washington, in the 68th year of his age. Professor Webster's trial for the murder of Dr. Parkman has just terminated in- the-conviction of the Professor, who has been sentenced to death. . There is nothing of importance from Canada. The state of business generally throughout the United States is not reported as favourable. A con siderable languor rests on trade of every kind. In breadstuffs but little had been done, and this at falling prices. —Western Canal flour, 4 87k to 5 0 very firm ; Gennessee prime wheat, 1 26 to 1 28 per 601 b.; Southern wheat, 1 10 to 1 12 per 601 b.; Indian corn, round yellow, Per bushel ; Southern white, 0 5 4 to 0 54 to 0 56 steady, flat yellow, 0 55 056 per bush e l ; I n di an mea l, 2 62k to 2 75 p er barrel. . Upland middling fair . co :s tt n on ew r s ec f e r d o e m d thhailsfeaoucnetnrt7 the early part of the fortnight, b u t recover ed o n the receipt of the Nia gara to fair 12ic. t o 13 c. Th e total i deficiency in r ece i pts theFpreasigthftogr are fortnight amount is now 400,000 b a l es . Th e sales n New Y or k f or 00 bales. ing rates :—Fl our to Li ver p o ol is. 6d. to ls. 9d. per brl. Grain to Li verpoo l 4id. to sd. per bush. C o tt on to Liverpool id. to 3.16 d. Provisions ar e i nact i ve . aalmteoreudntin to price, being at the foll ow - Exchange on Paris, 5 30, sales few ; Hamburgh, 35 to 35k. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.--The marriage of the lion. Louise Madeline Campbell, eldest daughter of the Lord Chief Justice of England and the Baroness Stratheden, with the Rev. William Spranger White, of the Brae, Roxburgh shire, and incumbent of St. John's, Jedburgb, took place on Saturday last, at All Saints' Church, Kensington. Among the relatives and friends present at the interesting ceremony were Lord Campbell, Lord Stratheden, Hon. Misses Camp bell, Hon. W. F. Campbell, M,P., Lord and Lady Abinger and Hon. Miss Scarlett, Dowager Lady Abinger, Mr. and Lady Theresa Lewis, Hon. Misses Pepys, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Toler, lion. Colonel and Mrs. Yorke Scarlett, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, Mrs. and Misses Monk, Hon. Lady Currey and Misses Currey, Mr. and Misses We't, Mr. and Mrs. Jones (of Pantglos) and Miss Campbell, Mrs. Fraser, Miss Caroline Campbell, Sir Thomas and Lady Wollaston White and Misses White, Rev. Francis White, Mr. Prescott White and Misses White, Rev. Mr. Harness, Misses John stone, &c. After the ceremony the Bareness Stratheden gave a sumptuous dejeuner at Stratheden-house, the family mansion ; and between three and four o'clock the happy pair left for Castor, Northamptonshire, the seat of Mr. Prescott White, brother of the bridegroom, where they will pass the honeymoon. was last week loomn 'The world is more apt to reward appearances than I 1 Beckford, Sieira Leone, with loss a sails; Harbinger, Havre for Now Ytrk, with damages to her bends from deserts.— Eliza Cook's Journal. look in . contact off the Ede!) stone. The Tory and th© %taffi es Mr. George Hudson, M.P., g fell athwart each other, and both reel ived dvnnage. at Emo Park, and it is said that he expressed his intention T _LIVERPOOL, Ai PlilL 15. S 1 hid 6.;! . ..;.E.--Arrc„ j o hn,, of becoming a bidder for it, when selling under the ll:mem bered Eatetee ilet....Lciniter ,Express. 1 Akinder, Wilmington; Isis, Anna, Ilayannab ; 1 Pieta M'Donald, Cuba; Argenti, Tampico and Havannah; Crescent, Rio de la Hache; Clyde, Halcroco, Apala chicola ; Triton, Smith, Charleston. Sid. Edward, San Francisco ; Irene, Pernambuco ; Autumnus, Madras ; Conqueror, Rio Janicro ; Goozereh, Pictou ; Hornet, Prince Edward's Island; Hannah, Britannia, and Shaw, Newfoundland ; the William for San Francisco, has not sailed as reported yesterday.— Off port, H. H. Boody, New Orleans ; Ellen, Savannah; GEreett, Texian, Margaret, Atlas, and Jane Hammond. RA3ISGATE, APRIL 15.—The Maria and Fanny, Amsterdam to Genoa, has put in leaky, &c., having been on the Goodwin Sands this morning. DUNDALK.—The Erin, Whitehaven to Cardiff, and the Maria and Fanny, Newry, for Gla,:gow, have bean in contact, and both received damage. The Georgina, Glasgow to Oporto, which was stranded in the Bay 31st March, has been got off vary leaky. LOUGHSWELLY.—The Earl of Kingston, of Aberyst with, which went on shore on Ballymateu- Strand 30th Match, has been got off without damage. ST. MARGARET'S Horr.—A bucket and some hand spikes' narked Castle, of Newcastle," h ave b een picked up. Kinawann,—The brig which foundered off North Ro naldsheey 23d Parch, and was towed into the Bay, is bound to be the Atinette, of We tO:a, for Ma; oim to Co penhagen; her cargo washed out. LONGELOPE.—The George and Mary, of Stornoway, Newcastle to Litt rrol, has been totallywreeked en the reeks near Cuntick 'lead; crew saved. QUEFNSTOWN, APRIL 13.—Wind W.N.W., squally.— Arrci. M.Kit,non, CaPao; Errl Charlemont Gardner, Liverpool for .I.lembay. CUM in a state o: mutiny. Cafitiz, APRIL S.—The Alhicn, of LA Dion, Gibraltar for this pert, was sunk in thti 6iraits sth inst. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Master cf the Rolls sat to-day in his Court at Westminster. hits Lordship was occupied the greater .pats of the morning with petitions, none of which pos sessed any features of interest except to the parties con cerned. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the, VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) THE DUKE OF LEEDS V. EARL AMHERST AND OTHERS- JUDGMENT. The VICE•CTIANCELLOR gave judgnicnt to-day in this case, which carets before him shortly before tae recess, upon exceptions taken by the defendants, the executors of the late Duke of Leeds, to the Master's report. The bill was filed by the present Duke of Leeds against the executors of the late, for the purpose of obtaining an account frt m them a the waste committed by the late Duke in dismantling a great portion of Ktvedon Hall, one of the family mar sions, and cutting down a get at portion of the ernamental timber on the estate. On the cause coming on for argument, a refer ence was mace to the Masttvr ' to take au account of the waste committed by the late Duke, and the Master by his report found that a certain sum was due irons the estate of the late Duke in leireet of the waste ho had committed. To this report toe defendants took excep tions, and upon those exceptions his Honour now gave judgment. After going at some length into the case, his Honour ordered ail the exceptions to be overruled, thinking that the Master I , ad come to a right conclusion, and that the estate of those who had committed au in jury ought to be saddled with the expense of that injury. - The Court then proceeded to hoar motions. (Bolero the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) Causes of no general interest occupied his Honour the whole morning. _ (Bcfo:e the Vice•CLancellor WIGnIx.) MONYPENNY v. D EKING-JIMCDIENT. • His HONOUR gave judgment at some length in this care, which involved a dry question of conveyancing, as to which branch c f the family of the Monypenny's cer tain property belonged. His Honour made a declare- Lion in favour of the branch •of Thomas Monypenny's fimily, at the vane time intimating that, in giving that opinion, he felt great diffidence, and very little• doubt tr as the case, would be ultimately carried to the House of Lords. The Court then proceeded with the hearing o tnotions. INDERWICK V. SNELL. The arguments in thus part-heard motion were re turned. The case came before the Court yesterday upon motion on behalf of two gentlemen who were di rectors, or late directors, of the London Conveyance Company, suing on their own behalf and fur toe other sharehuluers for an injunction to restrain the six defend ants, who are the other directors, from doing, autho rising, or permitting any act as directors of the London Conveyance Company until the plaintiffs Inderwick and Cowan, and the 'defendant Johnson, should have been duly and lawfully removed from the office of directors, except such vets as might be done in pursuance of orders duly made by the be.urd in conformity with the 3'd clause of the deed of settlement, and from preventing or hindering the plaintiff's and Johnson acting es directors of the company. It appeared by the affidavits, which were very 'voluminous, that disputes had arisen amongst the directors and mew tars of the company, and com plaints were made of the conduct of the plaintiff Inder wick, who was the chairman if the board, and of the other two directors, and that the defendants had caused meetings to be held for removing them from the direc tion. A resolution was made to that effect, but as the plaintiffs contended, nut at a meeting duly constituted. They also denied the existence of the alleged grounds of complaint; and the object of the application was to pre vent the company from proceeding to e - zclude 'the plain tiffs and Johnson under the alleged illegal resolutions. (The case was proceeding when our report left.) QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Bet ore the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, an i Justices PATTE SON, WIGIITMAN, and ERLE ) ' TEE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF COPPER MINERS IN ENGLAND V. FOX AND OTHERS. Sir F. TEESIGER said, in this ClB9, which was tried before Mr. Justice Coleridge at the last sittings at and in which a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 551/. 25., he had to apply fur a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial on the ground of misdirection. He made the application upon a point which was reserved at the trial with regard to the right of the plaintiffs, who are a corporation, to sue on an executory contract not under seal. The plaintiffs were incorporated under a charter in the reign of William and Mary and the charter recited that there were at that time great quantities of copper ore found in divers parts of this kingdom, which, for want of skilful artizans to purify the same were totally neglected and unimproved, and that certain persons had found out several in ventions for melting and refining copper ore. The plaintiffs were incorporated for the purpose of melting and refining copper ore. The contract on which the action was brought had reference to 2,000 tons of iron rails sold to the defendant by the plaintiffs. These iron rails were stipulated to be delivered to the defendant on the Ist of April, 1849, but, the plaintiffs failing in that, the time of delivery was enlarged by consent until the Ist of September following. The Learned Judge at the trial was of opinion that that agreement was a substitu tion of the original one. He (Sir F. Thesiger) contended that the contract on which the action was brought was not one which was incident to the purposes for which the plaintiffs were incorporated. They were incorpo rated fer melting and refining copper ore, and this was a contract for furnishing iron rails, which was clearly not within the objects for which the society was incor porated. Lord CAMPBELL—Take a rule. EXCHEQUER.--(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHIEF BARON, and Barons PARKE, ROLFE, and PLATT.) FOWLER V. DRAKE, PUBLIC OFFICER. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL applied in this Case, which was tried before the Lord Chief Baron at the last sit tings after term in Middlesex, and in which a verdict was found for the defendant, for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not :be set aside• and a new trial had on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence, and also against his Lordship's summing up. The de fendant was clerk to the visiting magistrates of the -county of Devon, and the plaintiff was an architect, who had brought the action in assumpsit to recover 5501., the balance due to him for commission on the erection of a lunatic asylum in that county. It appeared that in 1841 the magistrates issued an advertisement for plans and sections of the proposed building, and that the defendant sent in a design, which was accepted. He estima'ed the coot of erecting, lighting, warming and ventilating the asylum at about 40,0001., and it was agreed'that he should receive a commission of 5/. per cent. upon that outlay, which would amount to 2,000/. The magistrates were desirous that he should mention a specific sum, but he objected to do so on the ground that such a course would be against professional etiquette, and the per centage agreed upon was to in clude all tiavelling expenses and extra work. The building was erected and the cost was 60,0001. The works specified were within the estimate, but there were certain extra works arising out of the estimate and upon these the plaintiff did not charge any commission, but in the course of the c rection it occurred to the magistrates that it would be more economical to erect gas works than to lay down pipes for a supply of gas from some distant manufactory. These works were accordingly erected, and as they were not contemplated when he furnished the estimate, it was contended that they could not come under the category of" extras" or "contingencies," but formed a distinct and separate building. A piece of land at a distance from the asylum was purchased by the magistrates, and on this also a well was sunk, and tanks erected and conduits laid down, under the auperin tendance of the plaintiff. The jUry,siu giving their ver dict, had proceeded on the assumption that these • erec tions were included in the extra work agreed to be done under the plaintiff's specification, but ho (the Atter ney- Ger.eral) contended that they were as distinct from the original building as the erection of a lodge or a boundary wall was distinct from a mansion. The Court granted a rule nisi. • FANDLAY V. WALKER. This action was tried at York, before Mr. Baron Rolfe, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff. Mr. WATSON moved for a rule to set aside the ver dict, and to enter a nonsuit or to enter a verdict for the de fondant. The plaintiff was a merchant at Hull, and the action was brought against the defendant, who is a shipowner residing at Sunderland, for the non-ful filment of a chart sr -party, by which he agreed to send a 'ass( called the Cleaver, on a voyage to D./n!zie and Sweinemound, to take on board a cargo of wheat and bring it to some safe port on the east coast, bete een Sunderland and Peterborough, both inclusive. The vessel proceeded on its vo3 age, but was unable to obtain a cargo of wheat from the places mentioned in the charter-party, owing to the hostilities which were then going on between the Danes arid Germane. Subsequent negotiations were entered into by thd parties, and on the ea: ere of :hest:: sc_;tm t. t e!;;H: - ..,! (4 , :..tn)ns'o. law Groan as to the right of the plaintiff to recover, but they Nyam devoid of any general interest. The Ccurt granted a rule. COMMON PLEA.S—(THIS DAY.); (Before Lord Chief-Justice WILDE and Justices Citt:o l " WELL, WILLIAMS, AND TALECURD.Y LAYCOCY V. PINERY. • In this case, which was an action for breach of pro' mist of marriage, tried at York, before Mr. Baron Alder son, at the last asszcs, with a verdict for the plaintiff, Mr. MARTIN moved for a rule to show case why li verdict should not be entered for the defendant or a new trial be granted. The application was grounded on the alleged misdirection of the Learned Baron in the inter pretation of certain letters which were produced by ae dtfenclaut as evidence of a mutual dissolution of the contract existing between the parties. From these letterof which were read by Mr. Mar tin, it appeared tb it after having been engaged to the plaintiff; Miss Layc.)ck, fur some years, the dtf, ndant, not thinking his pr osneett sufficiently promising, wrote to her ou the 31st ot! 1847, expressing his wish that the connexion :whirl' :cowed likely to ensue in nothing but misery as , both part:es, should be broken off. To this, the plain, fft i n eta dienee to his wish, signified her consent, in a letter of the 2d of June, to the d, fondant ; and also in an other of the same daY, to defendant's mother. From thn no correspontitace tiok place) between the parties until within a) ear and a half afterwards, when rho data tdao, haying married a nother lady, an act i on f or brea ,;11 promise of marriage was brought against him the verdict in which trial it was now sought to set ar ido- Rule granted. MANSION-HOU6E—(THIS DAS.) ll'ulter Watts was again brought before Mr. Alcier' mail Gibbs upon the charge of stealing two cheq yea for 1,4001. each, the proterty of the Globe losuranc a co" p; - 4q. . _ tr. Clarkson, with Mr. Freshfield appeared far the prosecution, and Mr. Bodkin, instructed by Mr. Wow - Dvr, for the defence. Mr. Roan, from the Globe-office, produced the ,•CoM' pang's Act f Parliament, being 47 Ueorge ILL, ea~ p. 3 0, which authorises the company to prosecute throng h the treasurer. Mr.Clarkson then said, he considered the c‘se core iplete against the prisoner. Instead of having him coma ,fitted to Newgate t would suggest a remand pro forma. Mr. Bodkin acceded to the suggestion. In reply to Mr. Alderman GIBBS, the prisoner said —I wish to reserve my defence by the advice of me: solicitor. lam content to leave the ease in the hands 01 my counsel. The prisoner was fully committal for trial upon 0. 18 two charge 3. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A rough determined-locking Irishman, named De ni l . , ITC:artily, with a fierce looking woman, were churl ;t." bcfore Mr. Jardine under the following circumstenaeA A lady, Yarned Jordan, stated that last evening 2 1 ' e was returning home from Westminster-road, when had been to see some friends, and on_ passing the* nige ltussel!-square, about nine o'clock, she encountered . th e two prisoners, who were both drunk. The servant, who was with her glanced at them, and she stepped of pavement to allow them to pass, and witness did , the same. The male prisoner then came rudely up to her, and said, " What do mean by staring at us like '.that'' Take that, you b— b—,"_ striking her a bl ow t h a t telleti. her to .the ground. Not content with that, he ki tier in the lower part of the Abdomen, which rend erect her insensible for some minutes; but in the means bile the servant had obtained the msistaucts of some pas6s eV" by, and both the prisoners were given • into costod)i. Witness was then taken to the hospital, where r 3 v' lls examined by a medical gentleman, and by his dii,ect'soll she was afterwards removed to her own residence. Mr. JARDINE asked what share the female p.iscr et had in the assault?—The witness replied, she slop! her face. The servant havirg corroborated the statement of be t haistresp, Mr. JARDINE asked the prisoners if they had ' set thing to say in answer to the charge?--The malef Pr l ; setter said, that when the lady passed them she rem ri te " to her serrarit "the drunken cicatrix's:3," which ass 51)e raied his female companion, and they certainly did re:, sent the affront, but neither of th em ki c k e d or J anie"' the lady. 'lke lady, who was too ill to stand, did not t ban k it necessary to contradict this. . Mr. JARDINE agreed with her, and fi ne d th e r woner 31., or six weeks' imprisonment. The lion. Captain B. Plunkett, cf Cambridge-t e rrieet Camden-town, was charged with assaulting the polle e while in the execution of their duty. A police-constable stated that he was on duty b ewe ° one and two o'clock this morning in St. Martin ',silo!' when his attention was called to the prisoner by beating a placarded boarding with his stick. Bfe 08° 4 up to him to request him to d es i s t, as t h e no i se ti e eta s milking would disturb the nei g hb our h oo d, b ut I be Prq: toner heeded him not, and conti nue d ra p p i ng a n sy "/". his walking-stick. Witness, seeing that he wa a to int° l , icated, tried gently to pu s h him awa y, w hi c h set ore ( ' exasperate him so much that he struck witness: sieroie the shoulders with the stick, and then challenged b to fight, eke ecving that he should like to give the tiOhl )- " a b- good hiding." Witness deolined his offer' whereupon tt e prisoner renewed his formeraneuse43 o ,, l3t l but other constables came up at thi s momen t, a , n d some difficulty he was safely lodged in the 80-w-t tree' st Mien. house. Mr. JARDINE asked the constable if the blows hi td 111 ' fticied any injury on him. Witness replied that the blows hurt him very , naue lt . at the time they were infli cte d, b ut th e on l y ill raOP percepcible now was a few slight bruises. • a I. he defendant did not d en y t h e c h arge, b ut comp's-011A that the constable had exaggerated the violence- ," added that the officials on duty at th e s t a ti on refuted i, send for his bad, and the consequence was he had/ -b e ` — locked up all night. to Mr. Inspector Marsh said it was no t the pract ice/ e , send the police for bail, and when a messenger w , 1 0 ceived for the defendant he refused to Fay him. , . 4 1 The defendant thought his name an d s t a ti on e as e to have been a sufficient guar an t ee th a t he Wcli remunerate the messenger wh en h e re t urne d 1 1 / Ith the bail. Mr. JARDINE said no blame whatever attached ti ,11 , 1 , 8 0 police, and as for the complaint of the defendant th 3t ed had been locked up all night, he was liable to be Is 0 5, up for more than a month. However, since the del felt ie ant had acknowled ge d th at h e was i n the wroni be should not adopt th a t course , b ut s i m p ly fine him full penalty of 5L ale The fine was immediately paid, and the Honoui Gentlem an liberated at once. IVIARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS O r ' ) RUFFIANLY ASSAULT ON A PoLICR-C0N5TA80 . ,,,,..., James Flaherty was brought b e f ore M r . Bi n 02 8 7: charged with violently assaulting Peli ce . cons t a bl e Al ° " ' tin, 86 C, and breaking one of his fingers. co The constable stated, that thi s m orn i ng , a b ovi t o Re o'clock, he saw the prisoner in Peter- s tr ee t ver y alu li to and creating a groat disturbance. lie requested 110 3 : 4 go home peaceably, whereupon the pri soner b eca me ye :f , abusive, and threatened to rip witness open if he to interfere with him, at the same time making a mott os as if about to open a knife. Witnes s a ga i n tried to P% suade him to leave the place, and on his still refusin g go away, he (witness) went up to him for the purpo Se be removing him; but befure be reached the prisoner, 4 latter rushed upon him, and kicked him w ith Sr e :i force on his right leg; he was about to kick wi' l3e i r , again, when he put out his hand to ward off the. lu c ip ' and the consequence was his right finger was brekon,,e in the attempt. The prisoner then stru c k him i 0 0 face, Luna was proceeding to further violence 011 T another constable came to his assistance, and the Pc soner was secured and taken to the station. t The prisoner, who has been. repeatedly convicted Ai, assaults on the police, was committed to the House , Correction for 21 days. NEWMARKET RACES. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ' Itiddlesworth Stakes. Hardinge ••• ••• ••.• ••• ••• ••• 1' $ Nutcracker ... ••• ••• ••• ••• Nutcracker Ghio Tiff ... Tomboy ... Sweepstakes. ••• Sweapstakel. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. Ilishop of Rewfurd's Cob Jest ... ... ... 1 $ RAILWAY GUARDS' UNIVERSAL FRIENDLY t;' CIETY.- This society held their usual monthly meeting ri p night, when the honorary subscription list was increase d the amount of 25/., making the total sum 320/. Theo /n o spected chairman of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Liti•,- shire Railway Company (the Earl of Yarborough) coral's., buted ten guineas. Several gentlemen of Preston, Cb est b e lo and Birmingham have also contributed. 'This adintr e s ir example is a useful inditement to the judicious liberality () ; so , fluential men to a cause in which the travelling public 0 0 0, much interested. The society altogether progresses 1 11 favourably. BIRTHS. On the 10th inst., at the Pa rsonage, Ousby, the wife o f the, Bev. J. Bush, of a daughter. tr T. On the 11th inst., at Turaham - green, the wife of .....• ' Leigh, Esq., of a daughter. _____..;.---•-". MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at the parish church, FaVershafflp -; t he Venerable the Archdeacon of Canterbury, assisted by Rev. J. Stratton, Precentor of the Cathedral Canterb,tlT William Westwood Chafv, Esq., only s on of the late v n a Dr. Cbafy, Master of Sidney Sussex College, C a mbridge , Chaplain in Ordinary to h e r M a j es ty, t o El ea nor Constalipr: eldest daughter of the Rev. Charles Collins, Vicar of Fill'," sham, and granddaughter of the late Richard Creaghe, Castle-park, Tipperary. DIED- On the 7th inst., aged 17, H enr y F ra ncis, eldest 500 of Lieut enant-Colonel Tylr of Linstead-lod e, Kent. I .od On the 9th inst , Mr. e fames Partridge, g of ...N yme t Rosv'''" B On arn, Devon. to the 11th inst., at the Rectory, Llanfyllin, Ma t ° . rueryshire, the Rev. David Hughes, aged 66. On the 11th inst., Richard B. F. Passley, Esq., late Ger tain in the 82d Regiment. the On the 12th inst., in Curzon-street, Mayfair, La ura ' , wife of Lieutenant-Colonel James R. 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