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NOTICE. MR. WARBURTON'S. NEW ROMANCE, REGINALD HASTINGS, IS PUBLISHED THIS DAY, In 3 vols., and may be had at all the Libraries, aad of all Booksellers throughout the kingdom. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just published in post Svo., prico 10s. 6d., A CAREER IN THE COMMONS; or, Let ters to a Young Member of Parliament, on the Conduct and Principles necessary to constitute him an enlightened and efficient Representative. By WILLL.4.3i LOCKEY HARLE. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman, Paternoster-row. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. ARRANGEMENTS AFTER EASTER. Mr. Mitchell respectfully announces that the THEATRE will be BE-OPENED during the Easter Week, for the performance of Come lie and Vaudeville, and begs to submit the following arrange- /heats : Engagements — M. Samson (of the Theatre Francais, Paris), his first appearance, Madlle. Denain (of the Theatre Francais), M. Regnier (of the Theatre Francais), Madlle. Nathalie (of the Theatre Francais), and M. Lafont (ot the Theatre des Varictes). The first production after Easter will be Scribe's popular Comedy of " Bertrand et ltattou ;" Le Comte gertrand de Rantzau (Premier Minisfse), M. Samson, as performed by him in Paris." L'E Subseqe des uent performances will be selected' from the following : —col Veillards," 13n Veuvage," and "Ma Femme et Ma .Place," new Comedies by 31. Samson ; La Marquis de Senneterre ;" the two admired Proverbs of Alfred dc 3luSset, "11 ne Faut Jurer de Rien," "II Fact qu'une Porte sqit Ouverte ou Fermee ;" " Les De . molselles de St. Cyr," " La I'aix a Tout Prix," "tin Chateau de Cartes," " Le Mari a la Campange," and the new May by Emile Angier, " Gabrielle," now performing in Paris with unsurpassed sue eels, and in which Madlle Regnier and Minnie. Nathalie will sus tain their original characters. Mr. Mitchell feels particular gratification also in announcing that, in the production of Scribe's celebrated Comedy of " La Camarade rie," est mated amongst the chef d'muvres of the modern stage, the principal characters will be sustained by four members of the Theatre Franlats, Paris—M. Samson, in the character of De Miremont ; Diadl e . Denain, in that of Cesarine; M. Regnier in that of De Mentluzar ; and Madlle. Nathalie, in that of Zoe; presenting a com bination of talent not to be witnessed at any other theatre in Europe, the arrangements for which have been mostrgeneroualy accelerated by the administration of the Theatre Francais, Pari ore going engage- In addition to the present Company, and t Meats, are the following : —Madlle. Avenel (of the Theiire de l'Odeon) ; Madlle. Brassine (of the Theatre du Palais Ro7al) ; Madlle. Renaud (ot the Theatre du Vaudeville) ; Madame Octave (of the. Theatre du VaudeviLe) ; Madlle. Constance (of the Theatre 41C15 VatieteS), &c. The first performance of the eminent tragedienne, Madlle. Rachel, 13 definitively arranged for Monday, July Ist. Subscriptions for the rem,inder of the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Boncl-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. First appearance of Miss Catherine Hayes. The Nobility, Subseriheis, and the Public are respectfully informed that thi*Theatre will RE-OPEN on TITESD %. - Y EVENING When will be presented Dunizetti's Opera LG. IA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Miss Catherine Hayes; Enrico, Signor Belletti; Bidebent, Signor F. Lablach! ; Edgardo, Mr. Sims Reeves. Between the acts of the Opera will be presented a Divertissement, in Which Madile. AmaliaFerraris will make her appearance in a grand Pas de Deux with M. Charles. Ts conclude with an entirely new and original Grand Ballet, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled ' LES METAMORPHOSES. The Music composed by Signor Pugni ; the Scenery (entirely new) by Mr. Marshall ; the Appointments by Mr. Br dwell ; the Co* tames by Miss Bradley and Mr. Comnbes, ander the superintendence of Madams Copere. The Sprite (under the forms of 1, a Page —2, a Rustic Coquette-3, Will.of-the-Wisp-4, a Folic —5, a Domino-6, a Cavalier), Mdlls. Carlotta Grist; Karl (a Student), M. Pant Taglisni ; Ida (his be trothed), Madile. Rosa ; slotnus, M. Charles': Elves, Madlles. Bose, Ausandon, Julienne, Lamoureux, B. Pascales, and F. Pascales. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Be x-office, Colonnade, Haymarket. • HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A GRAND EXTRA NIGHT Combining tile talents of Madame Sontag, Signori Lablache, Belletti, Lorenzo, Calzolari, Sims Reeves, Mactiles. Parodi, Carlotta Crisi, Maria Taglioni, and Air alla Ferraris. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are respect. hilly informed that A GRAND ENTERTAINMENT Will take place On THURSDAY, April 4, When will be preser Led Donizetti's celebrated Opera of DON PA.sg UALE. Norhr • • • • ....Madame Sontag. Ernesto • • • • . • • • Calzolart. Do:tor Malatesta• •.. Signor Belletti, aid Don Pasquale.... • • Signor Lablache. After which, A DIVERTISSEMENT, In which Madile. Amalie Ferraris will appear. To be followed by a Selection from A FAVOURITE OPERA, Combining the talents of Madlic. Parodi, Signor Lorenzo, and Sims Reeves. To conclude with LES METAMORPHOSES. THEATRE ROYAL, HA7MARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. Great Attraction for the Holidays. On EASTEr, MONDAY Will be performed MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Benedict, Mr. C. Kean ; Beatrice, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with a grand new and original SPECTACULAR BURLESQUE. • The Box-0813C hi tinder the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. On EASTER MONDAY Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE MOTHER'S DREAM. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed ford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, and Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled PLAYING FIRS r FIDDLE ; or, Follow my leader. After which MY PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conelule with TOM NODDY'S SECRET. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAY Morning 47 min. after 2 I Evening 6 min. after 3 To-s,foanow—Morning 26 min. after 3 I Evening 43 min. after 3 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 29. TaER3IOIIETEEt, Lowest, 25; Highest, 42; Noon, 41 BAROMETER, 30'15. WIND S.S.E.—cold breez-, and tine sunshiny weather. `fit,7r,n (`•€ 1. t.ch Uri r .t,!. • It IT 4 ei:; ; ie I{ 1,. tam G am'' LONDON, FRIDAY. MARCH 29, 1850. The present age may indeed be regarded as the era of legal reforms. Vast improvements have been effected within the last twenty years in our system of jurisprudence, and the anxiety for amelioration has by no means flagged or abated. The parties to whom we are chiefly indebted for these beneficial cha n g es , . are proceeding with increased zsal and energy, and they are sustained and strengthened in the course on which they have entered by the , . voice of public opinion, which has proclaimed that the Augean stable must be thoroughly cleansed and purified—that the existing anomalies in the system of procedure in our legal and equitable tribunalimust be removed, and the enormous delays, expenses, and practical injustice of our Courts of Equity and Common Law obviated with all con venient speed. The subject is of such magnitude and importance, involving so many conflicting inte rests, that we can scarcely hope for any compre hensive measure embracing all the points requiring amendment. We must ba contented to accept the necessary remedies by instalments, to have one nui. sauce fairly abated before another is grappled with. After the legislation of a few years, such as 1840 was, and 1850 promises to be,.we may look for ward to the establishment of codes suited to the'ad vanced spirit of the age and to the wants and exi gencies of the nation, and to the adoption of a system of practice and procedure calculated to carry our im provedlaws into beneficial operation. Lord Baounneei has deservedly attained the fore• most and most prominent position among the legal reformers. Ilis Lordship his applied himself to the arduous task with are energy and ability worthy of the highest eulogiums, and the success he has already attained affords the most favourable augury as to his future achievements. In his great speech in the House of Commons in 1828, he com plained of more than 70 serious defects in the prin ciples or practice of the law; and,happily for the nation, he has lived to behold the correction of more than 60 of these glaring evil,and we trust he may s till b e spared to witness the full rea lisation of his most san guine anticipations, and to carry out the various pro jects of useful reforms that have been originated in his active mind. On Monday he explained the principles of another measure which he recently introduced, and which he justly describes as "by far the largest practical reform ever attempted in Chancery." It strikes at the root of perhaps the greatest grievance still remaining, the laws relating to the administration of deceased per sons' assets, which have remained wholly unaltered. While vast improvementa have been effected in other branches, the decree must still be pronounced for the destriectien. of property in due form of law," for the swallowing up by legal harpies of the funds that would amply provide for the comforts and necessities of bereaviid families, if judiciously and equi. tably administered. Lord BROUGHAM clearly and ably exposed the folly and absurdity of l th e existing system, and depicted in glowing terms the great headship to which all parties in any de gree concerned, al.hough Claiming no beneficial in terest, are subjected. lie d: scribed it as "a scene g intolerable pressure on parties, of th e mos t crue l injustice to individuals, of an enormous amount of property prevented from being enjoyed by the per , tons to whom it really belonged, and of an abuse of enormous extent in the Courts of Chancery, for which ''ther the Courts, nor the Judges, nor the Masters, nor the practitioners were responsible, b u t ' for which the law, and the practice founded on the law, were alone responsible." The truth and wutiraoi of this description will be at once acknow lsalerci by all who have gone within the precincts of Oose gloomy portals, where 16 all who enter may leave hope behind." The state of the law, with re spect to executors and administrators, is such that a person who accepts of these onerous and thankless offices must, for his own safety, apply to the court for assistance and protection. He may otherwise be subjected to the most vexatious and harassing litigation on account of claims of which he was wholly ignorant, although he adopted every practicable mode of ascertaining the full amount of liabilities. He may be compelled to satisfy unrighteous and unfounded demands, or to contest them at his own risk and peril, and being ready to pay the costs of the plaintiff if he fail de bonis propriis. He may be unable to accept a fair and reasonable compromise, and to release or give any indulgence to an insolvent debtor to the estate, for if he do so, however judicions may be the act, and although a considerable amount be thereby realised which would otherwise be wholly lost, he will be held guilty of devastavit, and liable to make good the full amount of the claims from his own resources. He may have to part with every shilling that has come to his hands in order to liquidate the de.. mund of some pressing creditor, without retaining anything to provide for the expenses to which he will inevitably be exposed in the administration of the estate. These and other similar points—for we have only alluded to a few out of many pressing grievances —render every honest executor or administrator anxious to obtain the protection of the Court of Chancery, by having the estate managed under the control and superintendence of its officers. But he is frequently deterred by a consideration of the ruin which he will bring upon the family of his deceased friend or relative by the adoption of such a course, and the great probability that he will thereby incur evils even greater than those which he is desirous of avoid ing, that in flying from Scylla he may plunge into Charybdis, or, to use a more homely illustration, may be falling " from the frying-pan into the fire." He is, therefore, but too often prevailed upon to submit patiently to the annoyances and vexations which he can only avoid by rendering himself liable to still greater, and the result is " that nine-tenths of the cases are kept out of the court by the delays and enormous and intolerable expenses of its proceedings." These are the evils which Lord BROUGHAM pro poses to remedy by the new Bill, which was read a second time on Monday evening, in order that the profession and the country may be fully enabled to digest and understand its provisions, before its " next stage in the progress of legislation." The chief fea tures of the Bill are, Ist, that " consent administra tions " may be at once commenced in the Master's office without delay or expense, and when there that they may be adjudicated on according to the system introduced by the winding-up Acts, giving all parties immediate notice by a judicial adver tisement, that the Master had undertaken the administration, and giving a cheap and speedy appeal to the Court by any parties who might be dis satisfied with any decision of the Master ; 2dly, To ' induce the solicitors to get through their work expe ditiously, and without unnecessary prolixity, by paying them, as far as practicable, by the " and thus rendering it their interest to expend the smallest pos3ible amount in the proceedings ; and, lily, To give the Master power, wherever a so licitor was guilty of any malversation, or im• proper conduct in the management of a suit, to mulct him, the really guilty party, of the costs thereby occasioned, and to exonerate the comparatively innocent clients, who were led into error by the sinister recommendations of their pro fessional adviser. These are important matters, and if Lord BROUGHAM should succeed in effecting his object he will have earned for himself the thanks and blessings of many a sinking heart, sickening under " hope deferred," and the approbation and gratitude of the community in general. During the whole course of his existence the Right Rev. Dr. HENRY PHILLPOTTS, the now Lord Bishop of Exeter, hath never suffered an opportunity for indulging in " pamphleteering slang" to escape him ; it was, therefore, to be expected that his recent defeat in the Gorham case would give occasion to various exhibitions on the part of this Right Reverend Letter-writer ; and, accordingly, we find that he hath recently published two letters, the first addressed to Dr. Spar, in the " pauvre home" vein of the TARTUFFE of the first three acts of the comedy; the second addressed to the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in the bullying vein of the TARTUFFE FURIRUX of the last. At the time he was consecrated Bishop of Exeter Dr. HENRY PHILLPOTTS, made oath upon the Holy Evangelists that he would always pay due reverence and obedience to his Metropolitan Primate and his successors, and Dr. HENRY PHILLPOTTS thinks it no violation of his oath to address to that Metropolitan to whom he has sworn to pay due reve.: rence and obedience language such as the following : " Meanwhile, I have one most painful duty to perform. I have to protest not only against the judgment pro nounced in the recent cause, but also against the regular consequences of that judgment. I have to protest against your Grace's doing what you will be speedily called to do, either in person, or by some other ex ercibing your authority. I have to protest, and I do hereby solemnly protest, before the Church of England, before the Holy Catholic Church, before Him who is its Divine Head, against your giving mission t ) exercise cure of souls, within my diocese, to a clergyman who proclaims himself to hold the heresies which Mr. Gor ham holds. I protest that any one who gives mission to him, till be retract, is a favourer and supporter of those heresies. I protest, in conclusion, that I cannot with out sin—and, by God's grace, I will not—hold commu nion with him, be he who he may, who shall so abuse the high commission which he tears." The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, after the perusal of the above passage, may probably be of opinion that the Devonshire special jury, who returned the verdict of Not Guilty in the case of the " Queen v. Latimer," were not far wrong in the estimate which they formed of the regard of the Right Rev. Prelate for an oath, and he will be confirmed in that opinion when he finds, on perusing the report of the proceedings in the case, that according to the statement made by Dr. ADDAMS, the counsel for the Bishop of EXETER in the Court of Arches, the Bishop himself bad offered to do the very thing which he solemnly protests, " before the Church of England, before the Holy Catholic Church, before him who is its Divine Head," against the Archbishop of CAN.. TERBURI'S doing, viz., to give mission to exercise the cure of souls within his diocese to Mr. GORHAM. Dr. ADDAMS distinctly stated (and had he not been so instructed he never could have made such a state , ment)—Dr. ADDAMS distinctly stated before Sir HERBERT JENNER, FUST, that the Bishop had offered to stop the further examination of Mr. Goa- HAM, and to institute him to the living of Bramford Speke, if he (Mr. GORHAM) would pledge himself not to publish any portion of the examination he had undergone, or anything relating to it. It is evident, therefore, that this vehement protest, this grandis et verbosa epistola is merely an ebullition of the ungo vernable and unreasoning fury of a baffled controver sialist. The Bishop found that in Mr. Gontiam he had met with more than his match, and defeated in every argument, and fearing that his opponent would publish that defeat to the world, he turns round and accuses him of heresy. " Whenever," said the late WILLIAM COBBETT, " a parson finds matters going wrong with him, the first thing he does is to accuse somebody of blasphemy ;" and Dr. PHILLPOTTS in this instance appears to have acted on COBBETT'S theory. "I protest against the judgment pronounced in the recent cause," says the Bishop; and there is nothing very original in his making such protest. Dr. HENRY PHILLPOTTS is, in this instance, the mere plagiarist of the late Mrs. MARIA MANNING. She also solemnly protested "against the judgment pro nounced," which, however , w as carried into execu tion, such protest notwithstanding , as will be, doubt less, the judgment in the present case. The objec tions which the Parson-party have made to the competence of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council comes too late. Having taken his chance of a judgment in his favour, it does not now lie in the mouth of the Bishop of EXETER to object to the coin petence cf the tribunal. He should have mooted that objection before the commencement of the arguments in the case. But instead of protesting against that decision, the Bishop of EXETER ought to rejoice greatly at it, to cling to it as his only plank of safety, relieving him from the most awful responsibility which it is possible that any man entrusted with Epis copal supervision can incur, and alone saving him from the pains and penalties of deprivation. Had the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council decided that the doctrines held by Mr. GonnAss are heretical, then would it have become the duty of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY to have at once taken steps for the deprivation of the Bishop of EXETER as one who had knowingly permitted heresy to be taught within his diocese for a space of at least eight, perchance of twenty months. It will be remembered that in June, 1847, the LORD CHANCELLOR offered to Mr. Goa- HAM (who then was, and had been for some years previously, vicar of St. Just's, in Cornwall, in the diocese of Exeter) the living of Bramford Speke, in Devonshire, also in the diocese of Exeter. On his nomination to this living, he presented the testimo nials of three beneficed clergymen as to the soundness of his doctrines and the purity of his morals to the Bishop of EXETER, for the purpose of being backed previous to institution. The Bishop, however, de clined to sign the certificate, and he endorsed it in the following terms (we quote from PAINTER'S edition of the full report of the proceedings before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council) : The clergymen who have subscribed this testimonial aro highly respectable; but, as I consider the Bishop's countersignature (.f such a document, if it be unaccom panied by any remark, as implying his own belief that the party to whom it relates ' has not held, written, or taught anything contrary to the doctrine or discipline of the United Church of England and Ireland;' and as my own experience unfortunately attests that the Rev. George Cornelius Gorham did, in the course of the last year, in correspondence with myself, hold, write, and maintain what is contrary to the discipline of the said Church ; and as what he further wrote makes me apprehend that he holds also what is contrary to its doctrine, I cannot conscien tiously countersign this testimonial. " August 29, 1847. "11. EXETER." This endorsement is dated August 29, 1847; and we beg the particular attention of our readers to the date, because the date here is all important. From December 31, 1846, to August 29, 1847, is just eight months, from January 1, 1846, to August 29, 1847, is just twenty months—now the:Bishop of EXETER says, "my own experience unfortunately attests that the Rev. GEORGE CORNELIUS Goituard did, in the course of the last year," (i. e., in the course of the year 1846,) ," in correspondence with myself, hold, write, and maintain what is contrary to the discipline of the said Church," and adds the BishoF, " what he further wrote made me apprehend that he holds also what is contrary to its doctrine," and therefore the Bishop refuses to institute him to the living of Bramford Speke. Now it is clear from his own statement that the Bishop has committed grievous error in this matter. He has either gone too far, or he has not gone far enough. He exhibits a most pious care for the safety of the souls of the parishioners of Bramford Speke, but what care does he show for the souls of the parishioners of Just, who were equally committed to his charge ? Here we have it upon his own showing, under his own hand, that he for a period, certainly of not less than eight months, perchance for a period of twenty months, knowingly permitted those things to be taught in his diocese which his own experience attested were contrary to the discipline of the Church of England, and which he apprehended were contrary to its doc trines. We, therefore, have the Bishop of EXETER in this dilemma :—lf Mr. Goamiss is a heretic, the Bishop of EXETER was for a period of certainly not less than eight, and possibly of twenty months, an accomplice in the propagation of heretical opinions in his own diocese ; if Mr. Gosnass is not a heretic, the Bishop of EXETER is guilty of contumacy, and of a violation of the vows which he took when he was con secrated Bishop in refusing to institute him to the living of Bramford Speke, and in addressing the Archbishop of CANTERBURY in the language he has done. There is no escape from this dilemma; and we put it to the Archbishop of CAN TERBURY whether in either case the conduct of Dr. HENRY PHILLPOTTS has not been such as to rAder it incumbent upon his Grace to take im mediate measures for his removal from the Episcopal Bench. If Mr. Gonnesi be in reality the arch heretic which the Bishop of EXETER would now fain have us believe he is, then it is impossible to conceive anything more awful, anything more tremendous, than the fearful responsibility which the Bishop of EXETER has, on his own showing, incurred. Ima gine for a moment the possibility that certain persons may have died, during 1846-7, in the parish of St. Just, holding heretical opinions, consequent upon the teaching of Mr. Goamem ; who is responsible "be fore the Church of England, before the Holy Catholic Church, before Him who is its Divine Head," for the perils in which the souls of these per- SOBS may stand ? Who but the Bishop, who knowing what these doctrines were, and be lieving them to be heretical, yet suffered them to be taught in his diocese ? And let it not be said that the Bishop had no precedent for in stituting proceedings to deprive Mr. GORHAM of the living of St. Just. His refusal to institute a properly certified and beneficed clergyman to the living of Bramford Speke is so absolutely without precedent, that a form of process had actually to be settled by the Arches' Court; but there are numerous precedents every year of suits instituted against clergymen for heresy, and no one has had a larger experience in the institution of such suits than the Bishop of EXETER. What is the conclusion, then, to be drawn from these premises ? Why, that the Bishop of EXETER was by no means certain as to the heretical nature of the doctrines taught by Mr. GORHAM ; that ho thought the occasion of Mr. GORWIM'S presentation to the living of Bramford Speke an excellent opportunity , for indulging his personal dislike of the man by forc ing him, a man upwards of sixty years of age, to submit to what, to a man of that age, cannot but be considered the insult of an examination ; and that he instituted a fishing inquiry, purposely putting his questions in ambiguous terms, in order to take his chance of what might turn up. Under these circumstances, the solemn sermonising of the organs of the Parson-party on the Bishop's " earnestness" (such is the slang phrase for the Episcopal bluster) is as ludicrously absurd as is their attempt to make this question of the institution of Mr. Goanast a matter of creed and of conscience. It is a matter of law, and a matter of law only, as we shall show on some future occasion, and in endeavouring to ride off on the question of religion and conscience, the Parson party are merely adopting their usual red-herring trailing tactics to lead the public off the right scent. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The observance of Good Friday as a strict holiday in the City precludes the necessity of lengthened comment under this head, and the ship arrivals afford nothing of in.erest in the rhape of news. The dealings in bills of exchange upon the conti nental chit s were entered into yesterday afternoon, and the rates were fully supported. The Antwerp quota tions were 25 80 to 85 for 90 days' paper, the rates on Amsterdam were 12 3 4 to 4, on Hamburgh 13 131 to 14, on Paris 25 75 to 80, and ou Trieste 11 55 to 58. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) This being Good Fridry, no transactions took place at Mark-lane, in the Borough, or Coal Exchange. SMITHFIELD. This being what is termed the Great Lamb Market, the attendance of buyers was large ; nevertheless, the general demand was by no means active. Prime Down Lambs moved off steadily, at from 6s to Cs 2d per 81bs, but the inquiry for all other kinds was heavy at Mon day's prices. The- number on offer was about 2,900. From the Isle of Wight 300 reached us per railway. Although the supply of Beasts was small, the demand for that description of stock ruled dull at barely last week's currencies. In Sheep, the supply of which was limited, next to nothing doing. Calves sold to a fair extent, at late figures. The value of Pigs was nominal. Milch Cows were offering at !from 141 to 181 each, including their small calf. Per Sibs. to sink the OM. a. d. to 8. d, a. d. to a. d. Inferior 80a5t5..... 2 6 2 8 Inferior Sheep 210 3 0 Second quality .... 210 3 0 Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 6 Prime large Oxen.. 3 2 3 4 Coarse-woolleddltto3 8 4 0 Prime Scots ••.. .. 3 4 3 6 Southdown Welber 4 2 4 4 Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 4 Ditto eutof the wool 0 0 0 0 Prime amallditto .. 3 6 310 Large Hogs • ... 3 2 8 Suckling Calves ..18 0 2b 0 Small Porkers .... 3 8 4 0 Lambs .• •• .. • • 0 6 2 Quartar old Pigs ..16 0 21 0 TOTAL SUPPLY Beasts. I Sheep. 7t, 3 3,610 FOREIGN I Sheep. 110 SCOTC 11. I She o ep. I Calves. 8 AT MARKET. I Calves. I Pigs. 180 100 SUPPLY. I Calves. I rigs. G 4 1 PIP Beaste. IGO Beasts. lOU NEWGATEI AND IMADENIZALL. Increased supplies of Meat were on sale to-day. The general demand ruled heavy, on the following terms:— At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. I. d. to s. d. Beef,lnterior.... •. 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 2 8 210 --- middling .... 2 4 2 6 .----- middling.. 3 0 a 2 --- primelarge .. 2 8 210 prime .... 3 4 3 6 --- prime small .. 3 0 3 2 Pork, 1arge.....• ••2 10 3 4 Veal.••• •••• •• •• .• 3 0 310 - 5ma11........ 3 6 4 0 Lamb. 4s 10d t• Ga Od. • IMPORTATION OF HORSERADISH.—A, vessel, which has arrived in the river from Hamburgb, has brought 311 packag a of horseradish, the growth of the Hanseatic States, as a portion of her cargo. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Assembly, at its rising on Wednesday, ad journed to Monday, having, on the motion of M. JULES FAVRE, agreed to discuss the Paris and Avig non Railway Bill on Thursday next. The Ministerial Patric contains the following ominous paragraph : " There are but three issues by which to escape from the state in which we are placed : A foreign invasion; A coup d'etat; An appeal to the people." The appeal to the people has been unanimously re jected by the Assembly, and there, therefore, only re main a foreign invasion or a coup d'etat for those who are discontented with the Constitution. In the present state ofaffaira to attempt a coup d'etat would be madness. The foreign invasion alone remain•. Can it be pos sible that the " great party of order,". as the reac tionary coalition delights to call itself, are intriguing with foreigners for the invasion of the soil of France ? Is it for this invasion that the Cz kn is concentrating his forces on the Polish frontier, and can it be that this paragraph is the preliminary announcement of :he approach of the Cossacks ? That the reactiona ries feel that if they were to cease their intrigues the Republic would consolidate itself; that they know that the elections of 1852 will return to the Assembly an overwhelmning majority of real Republicans ; that they feel certain the army would resist any attempt on their part to violate the Con stituticn, .we verily believe; but we cannot believe that any true son of France, whether Legitimatist or Orleanist, can so far forget that he is a Frenchman as to call in the foreigner to invade his native land. The Committee on the Bill on the Press has not yet entered on the question of the stamps, and has merely examined that on the caution-money. On this head it is considered probable that the Bill will undergo considerable modifications, The National states that the Democratic candidates for the office of Municipal Councillors at Sens have all obtained the majority. The votes of the Army in the recent elections for the department of the Vosges are now known. Ge neral RAOUL, the reactionary candidate, obtained but 53 votes, whilst his Democratic opponent polled ;s3O. While such continues to be the disposition of the army, neither a coup d'etat nor a foreign invasion can succeed. The election to fill the vacancy in the French Academy, occasioned by the death of M. FELETZ, was to have taken place on Wednesday. The candi dates were M. NISARD, M. DE MONTALEMBEET, and M. ALFRED DE MUSSET ; but as neither of them obtained an absolute majority of votes, the election was post poned to November. 4. GUIZOT supported M. NISARD, and AL TRIERS supported M. DE 3,101 TALEMBERT. Lord BROUGHAM has arrived in Paris. At the sitting of the Assembly yesterday M. DE LAROCHEJACQUELIN thus explained the cause of his absence on the occasion of his extraordinary proposi tion being put from the chair on - Wednesday : M. Larochejacquelin said that ho felt bound to give the Assembly some clear and categorical explanation relative to his absence on the preceding day, when M. Dupin read his proposition. It was impossible after pre senting such a proposition, that he could have absented himself at that moment. At a quarter past two o'clock he submitted it to the President, who, after casting his eyes over it, said, " C'est groe—(Laughter.) M. Dupin then handed it to the secretary, M. Valette, tell ing him to send it to the printer. M. Larochejacquelin, however, had thought. proper to preface his proposition by some explanatory observations; and at a quarter-past five he kit the hall to correct the proof sheets. Nothing occurred to make him suppose that the President would read his proposition, or he should have been present to derend it. He declared, that his intention had not been to bring forward an unconstitutional measure. If he was mistaken, the Assembly would decide--(" Itdccided the question yesterday," said a member on the right)— and he would adhere to its decision. People should tat e into account what they heard and read daily. The question he submitiei to the Assembly was every day discussed by the people and the press. For his part, he had accepted the Republic, not because he was a Republican (tor he declared at the Hotel de Ville that his political opinions were unchanged), but because he wished the Republican form to be t iirly tried. That trial had taken place —be would not say with what success. He would only observe that the necessity of revising the Constitution was everywhere loudly advocated and ac knowledged. His proposition offered a legal means of proceeding. Every day he heard people exclaim, " What will become of us ? How is all this to end ? We are lost ! We are threatened with civil war, with coups (taut," &c. Now. did the country desire a re public or a monarchy ? It was impossible it could con tinue in a state of indecision so detrimental to agricul ture, industry, and trade, from the uncertainty prevailing respecting the future. In order to put a period to that deplorable anxiety, an appeal to France was indispensa ble. It remained to be known if the proclamation of the Republic had been an "escarnotage." If her answer was negative, his proposition became useless. In all cases it was necessary to consult the country. In conclu,ion, M. Larochejacquelin declared that he had fulfilled his duty, and recommended the Assembly to follow his ex ample. M. DE NEUYILLE has presented the following amendment on the Budget of Expenses of 1850: " From the let of July, 1850, a retention shall be made of one-tenth on all salaries and allowances paid by the public treasury exceeding the sum of 1,500 f. When retention shall have for effect to reduce the said salaries and allowances to a sum less than 1,500 f, the retention shall be reduced in such a manner as to leave the functionaries in the enjoyment of that sum. This retention shall also be applicable to the indemnity granted to the members of the National Assembly." PARIS BOURSE, Mauch 28.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 90f. 50c.; Three per Cents., 55f. 90c.; Bank of France, 2,200 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE. IlLutcti 28. Namrr and Liege, 6 1 4—Orleans and. Bordeaux, 2 3 4 — Tours and Nantes, 2%. ,e 1 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1850 SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived. They contain no news of importance. The Gazette publishes the documents relative to the Exhibition of the Productions of Industry, which is to take place in London in 1851, with the following circular : "Considering the importance of the Industrial Exhi bition of all nations, preparing in London for 1851, the Queen desires that your Excellency shall give all pos sible publicity to the enclosed documents communicated to the Minister of Commerce by the Minister for Foreign t a h n e d de t v h e e lop e m xa e i n te t d a views Affairs. Those documents explain the object of so splendid an exhibition , the influence it must exercise general industry all of those who planned it. By responding to the appeal, we shall show o w v i e tli r t r h e e ga g rd lob t e o , that we appreciated the real value tf the tendencies of the age, that we are anxious to contribute to the im provement and development of manufactures and the mechanical arts, to extend the limits of trade, whieh supports them, and to draw closer the ties and relations of all nations by a common interest—that of the amelio ration and welfare of mankind. Having at once recog nized the import ince of that exhibition, her Majesty has deigned to command your Excellency to stimulate the zeal of our m anufacturers, in order that they should prepare to respond in a becoming manner to the desires of the London Committee charged with the realization of that industrial solemnity, &c. (Signed) " SEITAS. " To the Governor of the province of MADEID BOLSA, MARCH 23.—Three per Cents., 29; Five per Cents., 121, both paper. Exchange on London, 50 25. GERMANY. The following is the substance of the dispatch ad dressed by the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh to that of Berlin, on the Schleswig-Holstein question. It enumerates all the points in which the conditions of the armistice have not been faithfully executed, and accuses Prussia of not having exhibited proper energy for their fulfilment. The note says, " There are so many facts which the EMPEROR cannot regard with indifference, and from which he cannot in conscience release the Prussian Cabinet." It then proceeds to reproach the commander of the Prussian troops with having encouraged the resist ance and the rebellious stubbornness of the duchies ; "in a word, (it continues) dis order and anarchy reign there where the Prussian troops, in the terms of the convention, are bound to assist the Administrative Commission to maintain order and tranquillity." The dispatch concludes by formally demanding, as much in the interests of Prussia as of Germany, that the conditions of the ar mistice shall be faithfully kept , and that no delay shall take place in concluding a d e finitive peace, as o at th ti e t r ue. w d ise Russia will no longer maintain a passive Prussia has entered into negotiations with the United States for the purchase of vessels of war ready equipped for service. SIGNOR FELICE RONCONI.— Signor Ronconi's third concert, which was to have taken place on Wednesday even ing last, is put off until the arrival of the principal artistes of her Majesty's Theatre. - - MADLLE. AMALIA FERRARIS. — The directors of the Opera at Turin, consisting of several of the nobility, pre sented Madlle. Amalia F err aris, who danced at the above named theatre during the last Carnival, with a splendid gold bracelet and brooch, ornamented with opals, diamonds, and enamel, as a souvenier, as well as a tribute to her expuisite choregraphic talent. CENSORIOUSNESS.—Judging of others by ourselves. It will invariably be found, that the must censurable are the most censorious; while those who have the least need of indulgence are the most indulgent. _Eliza Cook's Journal.. HOP INTELLIGENCE.—WORCESTER, MARCH 27. A retail demand for good hops, both new and old, continues, and the former being now in the hands of a very few, we expect higher rates will shortly be made. The present prices range from 61. 6s. to 71., and the best yearlings find buyers 70s. to 90S. per cwt.—Worcester Journal. DESTRUCTION OF ST. ANN'S CHURCIT, LIMEHOUSE, BY FIRE THIS DAY. Shortly after eight o'clock this morning the inhabitants of Limehouso were thrown into the utmost excitement, in consequence of a report that the parish church of s'. Ann's had been discovered on fire, and in a short time the engines and firemen reached the scene of destruction, by which time the whole of the lower part of the sacred edi3ce was one burning mass. Water was procured, and eleven or twelve engines were soon in full operation, worked by a body of at least 300 auxiliaries, but not the slightest impression could be produced on the flames, which spread without interruption, and by ten o'clock the church was gutted. The engines were kept working up to the hour of 11, when the flames were got under. It is believed that the church was insured, and Oat the cause of the calamity originated from a defect in one of the flues of the church chimneys. The loss is estimated at about 20,0001., and it is be lieved that the only property that could be saved was the communion service plate, which had been arranged for the peculiar service of the day (Good Friday). COLJESE OF knsteriftm .......• •• 12 2U Ditto, three months .. 12 3 ttottcrdam • • 12 4 Antwerp .............. 25 85 Brussels •• •• ..... 25 85 Eiamburgh • • M.B. 13 14 Altona • • .. • • • • Paris, 3 days'sight • • 25 65 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 85 larseilles •.•••• .• .. • • 25 85. 80urdeaux......... • !frankfort on Maine.... 123 • it erlin Vienna, effec. flo ••• • •• 11 56 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 56 Petersburgh, Sil. Rble.. 37% itadrid •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 49% Calls •• •• •• •• •• •• •• .• 49% Barcelona • • • • •• • • .• • • -- Seville • • • • •• • • • • • • • • VS EXCHANGE. Gibraltar.. •• .• .• .• .• •• Leghorn ••••••• • •• •• • • 30 75 Genoa .• •• •• •• •• •• • • 16 10 Hilan .. • • • • • • • • • • • • .• Venice• • • • . • • • • • • • • • •• Naples .............• 40% ralerrno,peroz.......• 1211 j Messina ••• •• •• •• •• 122 k, Lisbon.. • • • • •• • • • • • • • • 453 1 4 Oporto" •• •• •• .• •• •• •• 153% ttio Janeiro .......... Buenos Ayres — New York, 21 dayeaight Philadelphia . moms OF BULLION, PIZ 08. 'Foreign Gold inloars.. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .... • • 0 4 10% Silver ha bars .......• 0 0 0 DEATH OF RICHARD MACKENZIE, ESQ., OF DOLPH INGTON.—The legal profession lately lost two of its brightest ornaments in the death of Lord Jeffrey and that of Sir James Gibson Craig, and now it is our painful duty to announce the death of a third, not less prominent in his sphere. Mr. Mackenzie, Joint Deputy-Keeper of her Majesty's Signet for Scotland, died at his house in Aercromby-place, on Fri day last, in the 70th year of his age, and 47th of his profes sion as a writer to the signet.—Daily Mail. On Friday, two workmen in the Clyde Bottle Works, Glasgow, having quarrelled, one of them seized a red-hot iron rod and ran his assailant through. Pleasure unattained is the hare which we hold in chase, cheered on by the ardour of ccmpetitiou. the exhila rating cry of the dogs, the shouts of the hunters, the echo of the horn, the ambition of being in at the death. Plea sure attained, is the same hare hanging up in the sportsman's larder, worthless, disregarded, deipised, dead. — Elias Cook's JoUrnal. EASTER HOLIDAYS.—The various railway com panies have put forth their holiday bills of fare this year with an evident desire to lessen_ the attractions 'which, in bygone days, Hampstead and Greenwich, and other suburban places, possessed for the million. The liberal terms on which passengers have heretofore bees conveyed in holiday seasons to Boulogne, Brighton, Dover, Canterbury,- Folkestone, and other fashionable resorts, have been this year still further reduced ; and during the Easter recess parties may visit any of these places for a mere fractional part of the ordinary fares, with the option of returning in two, or three, or four days. The South-Eastern, North Kent, and Brighton Rail ways, being essentially pleasure lines, offer peculiar advan tages to holiday makers, and will no doubt meet with a pro portionate degree of public patronage. FOREIGN REPRINTS.—The Lords of the Treasury having received applications from two commanders in the Royal Navy, requesting the admission of some foreign re prints of English works, a communication was made to the authorities by the Treasury secretary, stating that he was directed by their Lordships to acquaint them that, with a view of arriving at some fixed practice in dealing with the importations of pirated works in these cases, their Lordships were of opinion that it would be advisable that the Copyright Act should be put in force in all cases of such importations except when the books have been imported and the duty paid thereon before the passing of the Act, and they have been again taken out of this country by officers of her Ma jesty's navy in her Majesty's ships previously to the passing of the Act. In such cases their Lordships considered that an indulgence should be granted, as the original importation was legal, and the parties when they again took the books out of this country, could not have foreseen that their re importation would he prohibited, and on this principle their Lordships desired that the authorities would permit the books to be delivered to the parties as requested, en the truth of their statements being duly attested in a satisfactory manner. BURFORD'S PANORAMA.—The following distin guished visitors have recently honoured Mr. Burford's Panorama of the Arctic Regions with their company:— Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishops of Llandaff and London, Earl and Countess of Dillon, Lord and Lady Wharneliffe, Sir C. Egerton, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Holland,• Lady Hussey, Duchess of Sutherland and party, Lord and Lady Kildare, Lady Farquharson. Sir G. and Lady Talbot, Lord C. Paget, Sir C. Napier, Alderman Firebrother and family, Hon. Captain Gough, Sir J. end Lady Copley, the Persian Ambassador and suite, Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam, Raikes Currie, Esq., Lady Moncrieffe, Lord Clare, Lord and Lady Clanricarde, Duke of Northumberland, Lord and Lady Keene, Lady Raffles, Sir E. Macnaughten, Mrs. Dent, Mar quis f Bath, Major Bulkeley, Earl Stamford, Lord and Lady Shannon, Lord Boyle, Sir H. and Lady Dalrymple, Lord and Lady Tenterclen ' Marquis of Bristol, Lady Frankliia, Lady Cotton, Earl and Countess of Roseberry, Hon. Miss C. Pepy Hon. Mrs. Musgrove, the Misses Erskine, Earl of Carlisle, Lady Arthur Harvey, Lady Clarke and the Hon. Misses Clarke, Viscount and Viscountess Sidney, Lord Marcus Hill, Earl of Ellesmere, Mrs. Alderman Thompson, Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir R. Westmacott, J. Burnett, Esq., Mrs. Bosanquet, Lord and Lady Morley A. Smith, Esq , M.P., Sir E. and Lady Har rison, Earl and Countess of Beverley, Bishop of Chester, Lady Portman, Earl Minto, Lady Ann Baker, Lord Waterpark, Sir J. Heptwik, Sir G. and Lady Back, Sir J. C. Hobboase, Lord Ashley, Lord Langdale, Marchioness of Douro, Sir J. and Lady Williams, Archbishop of Armagh, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Viscountess Canning, Sir T. and Lady Freemantle, Lord E. Howard, Hon. A. H. Crofton, Lord and Lady Sudeley, Hon. Caroline Boyle, Bishop of Ely, Hon. Mrs. Anson, Sir J. and Lady Malcolm, Sir J. M'Gregor, Lord Alfred Paget, Marchioness of Ormonde. Dowager Lady Morley, Lord Elphinstone, Duke of Devonshire, H. W. Kep pel, Lord and Lady Mason, Sir C. and Lady Sullivan, Lady Essex, Sir R. and Lady Inglis, Sir F. Baring, Sir E. Beau fort, Captain Bird, &c. THE DISGUISED ABBE.—(DEC. 1772.)—An ad. venture has just occurred which proves that no man can answer for himself. M. Petit de Monteinpus, a priest canon at Notre Dame, and moreover a great Jansenist, is now sixty, and has taught philosophy all his life at the College of Plessis. He is remarkable for his erudition and wisdom, had never been known to lose his . gravity, and had never been to a play. At last, however, he was seized with a longing to go to the theatre; but, thinking that he would be disgraced if recognised in his own dress, he determined to go in disguise. He let no one into ,`.is secret; and, having found in an old chest some of his grandmother's clothes—her petticoat, kirtle, scarf, and cap (this latter very high, whereas they arc now worn ♦ery low)—he dressed himself up, without reflecting on the absurdity of a costume so dif ferent from the present fashions. He got unseen into a coach, and installed himself in the third tier of boxes. His neigh bours stared at the strange figure ; and, having given notice to the people in the pit, these latter began to look at the poor man, and to make an uproar according t• their laudable custom when anything displeased them. An agent of the police, having learned that the cause was a man in disguise, went up to the abbe, made him quit the theatre, and having put him into a coach, took him to M. Herault, the lieutenant of police, who was not at home. It was the first secretary who received the abbe, and who told me the story. Never was a man more angry, more confused at his own folly, or cutting a more ridiculous figure. He was sent home w,th a promise that his name should not be mentioned; nevertheless all Paris knows the story—and the Jesuits are delighted at such an adventure happening to a Jansenist. The abbe has since been sent to a provincial convent by letfre de cachet.—Anecdotical Journal (Babier's) of the Reign of Louis XV. HORRIBLE MURDER AT NEWCASTLE.—An inquest was held on Wednesday last, pursuant to adjournment from a previous day, on view of the body of Elizabeth Forbes, whose death took place under circumstances of great bar barity. The deceased and her husband, Patrick Forbes, lived together in Clogger's-lane, and had three children, two girls of the respective ages of 16 and 7 years, and a son about 14. They lived a dissolute life, drinking together, and frequently quarrelling; and on Friday last they had been enjoying one of these drinking bouts together. The deceased returned home first, and when her husband came he found her lying at the foot of the stairs leading to their apartments. insen sibly drunk. He got the assistance of two neighbours, and they carried her into her own room, and laid her on the bed, Patrick Forbes, her husband, remaining with her. Between one and two o'clock the following morning, the policeman on duty heard cries of " Murder," which proceeded from the daughter of the deceased, and on going in he found the deceased on the bed dead, Patrick Forbes sitting by the fire, wringing his hands, and crying "Oh ! my Betty." An examination of the apartment satisfied the policeman that violence had been used, and a surgeon was sent for, who found the body of the deceased had been pene trated at the vagina by some sharp instrument, the internal injuries arising from which were fully disclosed on a post mortem examination. The evidence of the witnesses, who were the daughter and son of the deceased, who gave their evidence with reluctance, and that of the neighbours, who were all Irish of the lowest class, was in many respect contra dictory; but it was clearly established that no one had been near the deceased but her husband, that the injuries were of such a nature that she could not have inflicted them herself, and that a large qiiantity of blood was found on the bed, the lower part of the body and clothes of the deceased, on the hands and clothes of her husband, and on the floor. Her husband, according to the evidence, bad himself given the first alarm to his son, who slept in an inner room. The jury found a verdict of" Wilful Murder" against Patrick Forbes, the husband of the deceased, and he was accordingly com mitted for trial at the assizes. TEE EQUINOCTIAL GALES.—During the past week we have been visited with tremendous gales of wind from the north to north-west, accompanied by a heavy fall of snow; indeed, the weather, after a succession of genial, sunny days, unusual at this period of the year, has assumed all the rigour of winter, and strong frosts have been of nightly recurrence. We did not feel the effects of the gale so much in the town, nor did it cause that heavy swell in the river near Hull created towards the sea. Persons who ar rived on Monday in coasting and other vessels, experienced the storm in all its violence, and in some instances the steamers suffered delay. The Humber pilots, who are accus tomed to hard weather, and whose tight, substantial, and handy cutters are well adapted and equipped for stormy seas, state that on Sunday the gale, accompanied at it was by driving snow, tried both men and their craft, the sea running unusually high. Owing to the quarter from which the wind blew, fortunately few casualties have occurred on our coast. The bark Leshmahagow, how ever, bound from Grimsby to Shields, to embark emigrants, put back after buffetting with the storm, and rode out the gale in safes, with both anchors down, in the lower part o f the river. n Sunday the sloop Sarah, from Lynn for Lin coln, with barley, which had been riding in the bight of the Hale, in 4/ 1 fathoms water, for a considerable time, in a very exposed position, hoisted a signal for assistance, the crew being exhausted with the fatigues they had endured. The pilot-cutter Nettle (No. 1) immediately bore down to render the necessary aid, and after some difficulty succeeded in get ting a pilot on board, and towed her up into Sunk Island Roads. Her bowsprit is sprung, but otherwise she is not damaged. A sckooner is reported on shore on Sandhall, crew saved, having gone on at high water ; she missed stays, and went on shore in the act of wearing. From Parlous parts of the east coast we have received accounts of the boisterous state of the weather ; in many houses noar the sea-shore windows were blown in, and other trifling damage occurred. —llullAdvertiser. AMERICAN Hors.—The American line of packet ship Yorktown, which has arrived in the docks from ;New York, has brought the large number of 193 bales of hops, ts a portion of her cargo, unsigned to order. The Dean and Chapter of Westminster have ap pointed the Rev. Dr. Williamson, late head master of the Westminster School, to the vicarage of St. Andrew, Per shore, Worcestershire, rendered vacant by the cession of ae Rev. Dr. D'Arcy Haggitt. SPECIE FROM IRELAND.—The steam-ship Ajax, from Cork, which has just arrived in the river with a gene ral cargo of cattle and Irish provisions, has brought seven teen boxes of silver coin, consigned to parties in this country. BRUSSELS, MARCH 25.—FATAL EXPLOSION IN A CoAr, MINE.—We have just received intelligence from Mons of a terrible explosion in one of the coal mines, by which no less than seventy-five of the workmen, who were in the mine at the time the explosion took place, were killed; forty-six bodies have already been dug out.—✓ournal du Commerce d'Aurers. DEATH OF LIEUT.-GEN. SIR JOHN MACDONALD, G.C.8., ADJUTANT-GENERAL.—'phis distinguished veteran officer, for many years so well known to the public f:s Ad jutant-General to the forces, died at eleven o'clock yester day forenoon, most unexpectedly, at his residence, 23, Bru ton-street. As a proof of the mutability of human affairs, we may mention that Sir John attended the banquet given to Lord Gough on Saturday, and appeared in his we nted health and spirits; indeed, to use his own remark, " he never felt better in the whole course of his life." On Mon day, upon return from the Horse Guards, he complained of a slight cold; but no symptom of a serious character was manifested until about five minutes previous to his demise. Shortly after ten o'clock yesterday morning he said he felt almost entirely recovered, and subsequently par took of a little beef-tea. He suddenly fell into a cold sweat, and his attendants removed him to bed, and adopted in stantaneously every possible remedy, but he died in less than five minutes. Sir John was appointed Adjutant- General in 1830, and the duties of that office he ever dis charged most effectually and assiduously. By his demise the colonelcy of the gallant 42d Highlanders becomes vacant. He entered the service in 1795, as Ensign, 89th Foot. In 1838 he became Lieutenant-General. In 1830 he received the Colonelcy of the 67th Font, and in 1844 that of the 42d Highlanders. Sir John served in the Egyptian campaign of 1801, and was also actively engaged during the Peninsular campaigns. He was Deputy-Adjutant-General at Barrossa, for which he received a medal and one clasp, and, was Assistant-Adjutant-General at the Nile. He also held a medal for Egypt. The deceased was about sixty-nine years of age. He was a member of an Inverness family. Ad vertiser. The weather has been excessively cold and with a northerly wind we hare had a frost every night during the week, with occasional snow-storms. Of course no advance has been made in farming operations in the Weald, beyond finishing off the spring season for sowing oats, and getting ready for barley. Of the latter a little has been sown, but most of the growers are content to wait, and there is plenty of time yet. The corresponding week of last year was very similar as to weather; and March promised then as now, to Come in like a lamb, and go out like a lion." During the week the temperature in the shade has scarcely exceeded 40, while at night it has descended to 30 and 29. On Sunday there was a smart fall of snow; on Monday and Tuesday a fall was just perceptible ; and on Tuesday evening from seven to eight the flakes were thick, and as large as half-crowns." Yesterday morning again, snow fell in large quantities. During the whole week, almost without exception, the wind has blown strongly from the north; and on Monday night the cold was so intense that between eight and nine o'clock the streets were covered with a layer of hard ice arising from the congelation of the water, just before scattered • from the water-carts.— Brighton Gazette. TILE WEATHER.-NOTTING HAM, WEDNESDAY.—An intense frost has set in this evening. We had a heavy fall of snow this afternoon, and, indeed, at intervals, during the week, there have been slight falls of snow. It is feared that the early bloom will suffer, as the frosts have been intensely severe since Saturday last. In the neighbouring county (Derbyshire) the falls of snow have been greater. THE IRON TRADE OF SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.- BIRMINGHAM, THIIRSDAY.—At the usual meeting of the iron• masters of South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire, preliminary to the general quarterly meeting of that body, held at the Union Hotel in this town to day, the trade of the district was described as fiat and inactive ; but, not withstanding the depression, an adherence to the prices of the present quarter was recommended and adopted. MAN BURNT TO DEATEL—Last Slturdav night a man named John Hampson, a reedmaker, about fifty years of age, met with a dreadful death whilst in a state of intoxi cation. He was met in Hopwood-street on Saturday evening by an acquaintance named Robert Dickson, and they went together into Pole-street, where they had each a glass of spirits. On their return, Hampzon suddenly fell down quite drunk. Dickson got him up and took him into his own house, not liking to send him home in that state. Not having a spare bed in the house, he laid the man down on the floor, and placed some clothes under his head, and there ha was left for the night. About two o'clock in the morning Dickson's wife went down to lock the front door, which had been forgotten, and Hampson was then asleep. A loog time had not elapsed before one of Dickson's sons heard a noise of some pots breaking, and on going down to see what it was, he found Hampson holding on by the upper shelf of a cupboard, with his clothes on fire. He immedi ately threw some water on him and extinguished the fire, which was only smouldering, and not in a flame. The man was afterwards take❑ to the House of Recovery but, not withstanding that everything was done for him, he die]. on Tuesday, and the following day an inquest was held by Mr. Palmer, when the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." When the man beCame sensible, he said the ac cident had been " caused by his brat taking fire."—P eston Pilot. THE GREAT EXHIBITION IN 1851.—An influential preliminary meeting of gentlemen connected with the Tow Pr Hamlets was held yesterday at the Board-room of the Tax Commission, Spital-square, Mr. Robert Hanbury in the chair, at which Sir William Clay, Bart, M.P., Sir Henry Pelly, Messrs. Davi,s,•Martineau, J. P. Gibson, Offer, Hum phreys, Baker ..(cligrOner), Hill, Soper, Casey, Redman, Red path, Spieti, Foot, Wallis, Brooks, and many others were present, when a committee was formed to get up a requisition for a public meeting for the promotion of the objects of the Royal Commission for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Let ters of apology were read from various gentlemen unable to attenzl, and amorpt others fr , :m Mr. George Thompson, M.P., whose absence from town alone pri.vented his attend ance. THE YUCATAN INDIANS.—The settlement of the differences between the Yucatan Indians and those of Spanish descent appears to be in a fair way of adjustment. On the 15th of November last Colonel Fancourt, the super intendent of Honduras, visited Ascension harbour, on the coast of Yucatan, accompanied by James Welsh, Esq., his private secretary, and R. Temple, Esq., the Chief Ju,tice of Honduras, when a thousand Indians came to meet his Ex cellency. led by their chief, Benancio Pec, and other magnates of the tribes. Colonel Fancourt had an interview with them, which lasted three or four hours ; and, having made himself acquainted with the nature of their pretensions, undertook to urge their claims on the notice of the supreme government of Mexico. The Indians expressed themselves very anxious to have their territory annexed to ours; but his Excellency informed them most decidedly that no countenance could be given to any such project by the British Government. They expressed great confidence in Colonel Fancourt, and seemed disposed to be guided by Ins advice.—Herald. FIRE AT DALE EITII.—On Sunday forenoon the old Established Church at Dalkeith was found to have taken fire, in consequence, it is supposed, of the chimney pipes of the stove having become over-heated. The fire was extin guished, owing to the exertions of parties assembled to gaze on the conflagration, before the engines (sent for to Dalkeith Palace) had arrived. The Rev. Mr. M'Leod was present, and actively exerted himself for the suppression of the flames. The damage done is not very considerable.—Glas gow Paper. ADMIRALTY INQUIRY. PROPOSED NAVIGATION IMPROVEMENT or THE EIVER LER —Yesterday an inquiry, by direction of the Lords of the Admiralty, who exercise authority over all tidal waters and navigable rivers, was opened at the King's Arms Hotel, in Palace-yard, under the Preliminary Inquiry and Local Act of 12 Vict., in connexion with a plan proposed by the commissioners of the river Lee, for power to introduce a Bill into Parliament to improve the navigation of that river, and to dispose of its surplus waters in the counties of Ilertford, Essex, and Middlesex. Mr. W. Cubitt, C E., the inspector appointed by the Admiralty, having taken evidence on the subject, will shortly make his report. HOPS AND MALT.—The total number of acres in Great Britain under the cultivation of hops in 1849 was 42,798, and the hop duty for the same year amounted to 145,693/. 4s. 93. The quantity of hops exported to foreign countries in the four years from 1846 to 1849 inclusive was 274,8111b5. The quantity of foreign hops exported from the United Kingdom in 1849 was 382 cwt., and the quan tity imported 5,271 cwt. The total weight of hops charged with duty in 1849 was 16,050,9151b5. The total quantity of malt made in the official year ending nth October 1849, was 4,749,879 quarters. Of this 3,340,651 quarters were consumed by brewers and victuallers, and 378,494 by retail brewers. The total number of brewers in England in 1849 was 2,257, and of victuallers 59,335, Of the latter, 34,800 were licensed to sell beer to be drunk on the premises, and 3,270 had not that privilege. The number of victuallers who brewed their own beer was 25,985. The number of brewers in Scotland was 154, and victuallers 15,081, and the number a bushels of malt consumed by them was 871,586. In Ireland the numbers of brewers was 96, and victuallers 14,080. The total number of brewers in the United King dom was 2407, and victuallers 88,496. The total number of barrels of beer and ale (for exportation) on which a draw back was paid before the 10th of October, 1848, and the 10th of October, 1849, was 135,144. SournemrToN, MARcu 28.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Ripon, Captain Moresby, with a heavy portion of the India and China mails, in charge of Lieutenant Tancock, R.N., Admiralty agent, arrived this morning, at half past eight o'clock. ller dates of saili ng were—Alezandria, March 10 ; Malta , 15th ; Gibraltar, 21st. The freight of the Ripon consisted of 12 packages of specie of the value of 3,0001., 63 bales of silk, 61 cases of oranges, 750 barrels of gum, 4 hogsheads of wine, 51 cases of shawls, and about 200 packages of gene ral merchandise. Li- t o f passengers-Ist class, 70 ; 2d class, supernumeraries, 23 ; children, 23; in all, 116. Amongst whom were Lord Gif ford, eldest son of the Marquis of Tweeddale, late governor of Madras, who has been travelling through the north-western provinces and Cashmere, and was present, acting as aide-de camp to the Commander-in-Chiet; during the recent cam paign in the Punjaub ; Major-General Smith, returning to his native country , after fifty-three years of honourable ser vice in India, w ithout quitting it ; th e b rave an d gallant Captain Williams, who, after losing his left hand in personal combat, and having received the enormous number of twenty three wounds, was left for dead on the field of Chillianwa lah, but who, we are happy to say, is fast regaining his health an d strength; Majors Winth a n d Pl ow d en , from Calcutta • Mr. Bird, Lieutenant Arnold, and Sir. Knox, from Madras ; Captain Grierson, of her Majesty's 15th, front Ceylon ; Capt. seymer, 84th, from Aden, &c. Bitomt . ToN.—Yesterilay evening a meeting of the Board of Blanagement of the Hospital for Consumption was held for the transaction of business. The Hon. Octavius Duncombe, M.P., in the chair. It appears that at this period there are upwards of 140 patients, male and female, waiting for admission to the wards. Hence the committee have determined to proceed immediately with the eastern wing, which, when accomplished, will accommodate 121 patients additional to the eighty-one now within the walls. For the final completion of the building the sum of 8,0001. is required, of which not yet 2,0001. is available. The beautiful chapel, the gift of the Bev. Sir Henry Fowlis, Bart., is already in a state of completion, and will speedily be consecrated. Some warm hopes having been expressed that the public benevolence would meet the exigencies of the re quirements, thanks were voted to the Hou, Chairman, and the mrelng adjourned. THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COALIIISIONLES OF POLICE. TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND COMMONS OF TILE CITY OF LONDON IN COMMON COUNCIL ASSEMBLED My Lord and Gentlemen,—lt is with great plea sure that I submit to your consideration the statistics and working of the City police force for the year ending the 31st of December, 1849. In every department the result will be found sa tisfactory, not only as it evinces the general efficiency of the officers and constables in the discharge of their ordinary duties, but in the gratifying evidence which this return affords of the improved and improving condition of persons whose conduct is more immedi• ately under the cognizance of the police, as the same is traceable in the decreased number and in the na ture of offences. In confirmation of this statement, I invite your attention to the returns made in the year 1841, being the first after the establishment of the City police in irs present statutable form, and to those of the year just ended, in the following particulars:— .f.:. a. d. 1841. Value of property stolen .. 9,093 7 8 Recovered ... 1,742 3 11 1849. Value of property stolen ... 4,406 11 1 Recovered ... 1,322 10 0 1841. Persons taken into custody ... 7,785 1849. Persons taken into custody ... 5,126 But while the above returns indicate a marked improvement in the condition and conduct of the people, there are others which show the accumulating duties of the police in matters which evince the great increase of business within the city. Indeed, while it declines in its residentiary population, the city is vastly increasing in all the elements of business, as the same is proved by the influx of persons and the increase of public carriages. From a return which was made to the chief office in May, 1848, it appears that up wards of 606,000 persons came into the City in each day, while the increased number of:public carriages, the consequent inconvenience arising from competition, and still more from the unceasing movement of car riages in the public streets, arising mainly from the absence of suitable accommodation, occasion great and harassing employment to the constables; thus, in 1841, the number of summonses was 1,378 ; in the last year the number was 3,322. Ai I consider the utility of an annual report to consist as much in the suggestion of improvements as in the evidence of satisfactory results, permit me to call the attention of the Court to the injurious conse quences which arise from the operation of the order recently issued from the justice-room at Guildhall, to the effect that a summons is only to be granted upon a case stated by the constable, instead of issuing the same, as heretofore, upon the responsibility of the superior officer at whose instance the application was made. The new plan imposes upon the constable who seeks the summons the necessity of waiting at the justice-room frequently two or three hours, by which the efficiency of the force is greatly impaired, as many constables are diverted from their ordinary duties, while in a number of cases much time is subtracted from the rest of the constables, and the result is that public annoyances are overlooked which require to be, and ought to be, brought forward. There is also also another matter which greatly perplexes the force. The experience of some years has shown the vast advantage cf employing consta bles out of uniform, as by far the surest method of preventing crime and detecting offenders, and the cases have been few in which just cause of complaint has been made against this body; but of late some of the magistrates have publicly condemned the employment of constables out of uniform, and have exhorted parties to bring ac ti ons against the men. Though I should regret the relinquishment of the practice of employing con stables not wearing the uniform of the force, being satisfied of its great utility, yet were an intimation from the magistrates given by them collectively dis approving of the practice conveyed to me, it would of course be respected, for it is very unreasonable that the constables should be exposed to the consequences which may arise from rebuke and advice of the ;Attire alluded to. I have the honour to be, my Lord And Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, D. W. HARVBY Strength of the force Ist January, 1850 Number of persons taken into cus tody for the year 1849 ... Total number of summonses Number of houses, warehouses, &c., found insecure (1,042 occupiers living on premises, 130 unte nanted, 628 no nightly resident) 1,800 Number of fires discovered by the police ... ... ... Number of children found ... Number of lives saved by the police Number of robberies, burglaries, &c. 534 ... 13,349 3,322 189 743 8 1,826 £. 8. d. Value of property stolen ... 4,406 11 1 Value of property recovered 1,322 10 0 Value of property found on drunken persons and re stored on their departure from the station 581 6 4 GREAT NATIONAL EXHIBITION.—We are very glad to find that there is now a probability of our corre spondent, Mr. Motley's, magnificent design (proposed by him some years ago), for what he termed a universal gallery over the whole length and breadth of Waterloo= bridge, being carried into effect. This splendid gallery,, or room, will be about a quarter of a mile long, 42 feet wide;. and will be larger than the celebrated picture gallery at the Louvre, in Paris. The object is for the exhibition and sale of the works of art and science from all parts of the world; and Will be the most splendid structure in the metropolis. An en graving, from a highly-finished drawing by the eminent architects, Messrs. Taylor and Son, Parliament-street (15feet long), we understand will shortly be published. SEIZURE FOR CHURCH-RATES IN THE CITY.—.OI3O of those scenes which too often occur to the great disgrace and discredit of our Established Church, viz., a seizure for church rates, took place on the 7th inst. in the city of London, when goods and furniture to the value of 571. 75., the property, of Mr. H. Hughes of Scotts-yard, Cannon-street, were seized for church-rates, the demand against Mr. Hughes, who is a member of the Society of Friends, being only 171.35. Bad the bitterest enemies of the Church taxed their ingenuity to invent a method of bringing her into discredit, he could not have devised one more effectual. Seizures for church rates are, to use the words of Mr. Hughes himself, " a Os" grace to the age in which we live, a scandal to the Eitabliihed Church, and a deep di,lionour to the name of Christ." JEw's Heap.—The late Mr. Douce always main tained that the proper name of this instrument was the JEW'S Harp, and that the Jews had no special concern with either its invention or its use.—Notes and Quo ies. MORE SIIIP•BUILDIFiG —The North British Mail concludes a notice of the launch of three steamers at Dual tart n on Monday last by saying—" We may mention, in conclusion, that there seems little prospect of the dreaded evils of the repeal of the navigation-laws being, for sonic time at least, experienced at Dumbarton. The Messrs Denny were on Monday iu hopes that the now vacant slips, " 11 which the three vessels had been reared, would be speedily again occupied with others of as lar.4e or larger dimensions; and we observed in their yard an iron sailing-vessel of 650 tons. being built for the Messrs. Bell of this city, and A steamer of 400 tons for an Irish company, rapidly approach ing completion. STRIKE OF AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. -- The large and populous village of Wortham was, in the early part of last week, seriously inconvenienced by a tumultuous rabble parading about, demanding of the farmers higher wages- Oa Monday some of the ringleaders were brought before the Diss bench of magistrates, when the following men were con victed :—Benjamin Bush, for inciting Dir. Drake's men to strike for wages, and to turn the farmers out of house and home, was committed to Ipswich Gaol as a rogue and vaga bond for one month's hard labour, and be bound to keep the peace for three months; Thomas Dixon. for an assault on John Cross, was fined 211. and lls. 6d. costs, or committed for 21 days, unless, &c., and be bound over to keep the- peace for three months ; David Copping, for wilful damage on Ephraim Drake's property, fined Is. and Iss. 6d. costs, or committed to Ipswich Gaol for six weeks, and bound over to keep the peace for three months.—Bury Post. _ _ _ RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS.—Of the railway and other Bills now before Parliament, 139 have been read second time, and seven a third time. The second reading of two has been put off for six months, and five have"been with drawn. Admiralty e reported AND upon E thisltA I NE Rw company's AiLßAiill.:TTyhihche comes within their jurisdiction. The object of the measure consists in carrying the railway for three-quarters of a mil° within the bed of the River Foyle, below high water mark; and sanction is given to it only on the condition that no part of the railway shall extend within the line of high-water mark to a greater distance than fifty feet from the shore, and that the railway be there supported and protected, on the river side, by a substantial wall. Their Lordships also require that in all structures erected below high-water mark the rail way company shall first submit plans and sections for the Admiralty approval. A NUMEROUS SUCCESSION.—MrS. Mary Wes' house, of Poulton, who died last week, at the age of 89, h as left the following offspring:—seven sons and daughters, 59 grandsons and daughters, 72 great-grandchildren, one great great grandchild; total, 139. —Lancaster Guardian. THE WHALE FISHERY.—The first vessel this year for the Davis' Straits whale fishery—the barque Lord Gam bier, Captain Couldray— left our docks on Monday, and pro ceeded to sea the same afternoon. Three other vessels for the same destination, viz.—the Abram, Truelove, and Anna —leave this morning. These vessels give an aggregate ton nage of about 1,::70 tons, being rather less than that of the previous year.— Hull Advertiser. The officers of the 63d Regiment of Fpot, who arc under orders to leave this garrison for Lancashire, gave a brilliant ball and supper in the mess-room at the barracks , on Tuesday evening last, to a party of about 200 ladies and gentlemen connected with the town and neighbourhood. The arrangements for the e ntertainment were of an extensive and sumptuous character, and appeared to afford infinite satisfac tion to the gay and happy throng assembled on the occasion. —Newcastle Journa l. SUICIDE IN SPALDING CHURCH OF THE .PAEIBLI CLEIZK.—On Friday an inquest was held at Spalding on the body of George Bailey, aged 51 years, who on Thursday afternoon was discovered in a closet in the vestry. of Spalding Church, suspended by a cotton handkerchief, one Ond about his neck and the other tied to a peg upon which it is logel to hang the surplices in the closet. The deceased has . l o r ,. several years past filled the office of parish cle rk, and nee performed the duties of that office in a highly creditable manner. During the last few months the decea sed has br in a very desponding state, owing to some dome stic aftiictio run Verdict, " Temporary insanity.", Boston, Herald.. . sif