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

_ Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., pest gyo, S i I L W A NOVEL. 0 0 D. " The author, we are convinced , is young, o therwise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a 'writer of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religion, an 4 by a laudable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this :rom the glowing lan guage is which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are most several oque cha nt essays pters, in which links of the story ar e dropped, containing el on matters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has marked per se pecu liarities, to the school of the Maraelis, Man. nersee, and Smythes."—Otserver. it contains passages of exceed "' sii,voo,l' is no ordinary work ing beauty, and is written in pure nnd forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one o: the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has produced the ex. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ro ss we have already spoken, and tract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies whc, play conspicuous parts in the tale are Florence Howard. an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wil and impu lsive genius, passionately io n 1 of music and poetry ; and Julia liaitland, thenoblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. chard Bentley, New Burlington-street. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LA NUTA DI PORTICI (MASANIELLO). It is respectfully announced that a Grand EXTRA NIGHT will tale place on THURSDAY, April 24, when will be repeated, with the original Music, Dances, Bcc , Auber's celebrated Opera of NITTA DI PORTICI, ( Masaniello). The costumes executed by Miss Bradley and Mr. Coombes, under the superintendence of Mme. Copere. The appointments by Mr. E. Bradwell. The incidental Dances by M. Paul Taglioni. The Sce ne7yhy MY. Charles Marshall. The Mise en Scene under the direc tion of Mr. A. Harris. Alfonso, Signor Scott ; Lorenzo, Signor Mercurali ; Selva, Signor Balanchi ; Masaniello, Signer Pardini ; Pietro, M. Massol ; Borella, signor Lorenzo; Elvira, Madame Fiorentini ; Fenella, Mdlle. Monti. In act first, a Grand Divertlsement ; La Gurache et Napolitaine , oy Messrs. Kohlenberg, Soto, Aussandon. Soldansky, Allegrini, Pas cales, Emma, Dantonie, and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet ! Le Bolero, by 3ladiles. Mathilde, Rosa, Julien, and Lamoreux, anc!,, 3 , l ' Ehrick. Finale Generale, in act third, La Tarantella, by Ala' - `,"„ e * Amalia Feraris, M. Charles, Madlles. Kohlenberg , Soto, Aussan..“°-' Soldansky, Allegr.ni, Pascales, Emma, Dantonie, Mathilde. Julien, and Lamoreax, MM. Ehrick and Gouriet, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Corps de Mallet. Director of the Music and Conductor, Me n Balfe. B a llet, • After which will be presented the adm ir LE3 METAMORPHOS ES, v.soer LAMOILITIIX, In which Mach e. Carlotta Grist, Madlles. Julien, Allegrini, Aussanden, Kohlenberg , P ales, Soldansky, Sole, MM: Ehrick. and Charles will appear. Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the Box the Opera to cora office of the Theatre. Doors opened at Se ven ' mence at Half-past Seven o'clock.. --- HER mAJESTY'S THEATRE. S idlle. DITPREZ as ADLNA. Si nor LABLAIICHE this Season. First Appearance or Si LE-i DIETA3IORPOSES. It is respectfully announced that on TUESDAY, April 22, will be presented (first time this season) Donizettt's Opera, V ELISIR D'AMORE. Adina, Mdlle. Caroline Dupez ; Signor.Nemorine, Calzolsri ; Belcore , Signor Ferrantt (his first appearance in this country) ; Doctor Dalcamara, Signor Lablache (his first appearance this Scallop). Aftex which will be presented the admired Ballet, LES METAMORPHOSES. 1 By r n !, Carlotta Grist, Mdlles.Esper, LamOrear, Aire -grin!, Aussandon, Kohlemberg, Pascales, Soldansky, Sota, MM. briclt and Charles. pn SATURDAY, April 26, ALAYMO will make her first appearance in England, and Signer GARDONL his first appearance this Season, in Doniaetti's Opera LUCREZIA BORGIA. On TUESDAY, April 29, Madame SONTAG will make her first appearance this season, in Denizetti's admired Opera LA FIGLIA DEL REGGINIENTO. Aiery s Opera, I THE NOZZE, reeently prefaced with the greatest success at the Italian Opera, Paris, will be speedily pre sented. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre, Opera-colonnade, Haymarket. TLIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Mr. James Anderson, lessee and manager of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, begs to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry and Public in general, as well also Messieurs les Strangers, that he has determined upon a GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICES OF ADMISSION at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on and after LASTER MONDAY, APRIL 21st, 1851. In'order to avoid the reproach of taking an unworthy advantage of the time, and those who honour us with their presence, the lessee has arranged his scale of prices so that they may tally, as near as possible, with those of the continental theatres. And as every one who visits these shores must of necessity be desirous of visiting Hi* National Theatre (so liberally patronised by the Go vernment, the Court, and the country) to witness the representation of the immortal works of our great dramatist, the Lessee has, in crder to facilitate the wishes of all parties, determined upon the fol lowing scale of prices : Stalls and Dress Circle - 55, First Price. Second Price. Boxes Pit Lower Gallery - - - - 15. ) No half-pries Upper Gallery - - 64. 5 to Galleries. Private Boxes to admit 8 reduced from 31. as. Od. to 21. 12s. 6d. Ditto 6 ditto 21. 12s. 6d. to 21. 25. Od. Ditto 4 ditto 2/. 25. Od. to 11. lip. 6d. Ditto 4 ditto 1/. its. 6d. to 1/. is. Od. On EASTER MONDAY Will be produced (for the 11 , at, lime in London) Schiller's magnificent romantic Play, in Five Acts, of THE ROBBERS (adapted to the English Stage by Mr. James Anderson). After which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZAEL, THE PRODIGAL. RetMen,-blr. Vantlenhoff ; Azael, Mr. J. Ander son ; Amenophis, Mr. W. West ; Buchans, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr. Rafter; Jephtele, Miss F. Vining; Nelte, Mrs. Walter Lacy; 1411e.11ictorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who hag been expressly engaged for the occasion. THEATRE ROYAL, BAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster. gni° Lessee an i Manager. Old Brompton. On EASTER MONDAY 07111 be performed THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte Mr. J. W. Wallack ; Pauline Deschappelles, Miss L. Addison. After which, a new and (as times go) original domestic drama of startling interest, entitled ARLINE ; or, The Fortunes and Vicissi tudes of a Bohemian Girl. TUEATIth ft.o YAL, ADELPHI. under the direction of Madame Celesta. On EASTER MONDAY WiUbe presented the popular and powerfully interesting original drama, entitled MARIE DUCANGE. After which a new and original Farce called LONDON FOG. Mr. Frank Copal, Mr. P. Bedford ; Mr. Simple, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Brisk, Miss E. Harding. To be followed by a new musical, historical, pastoral, comical fairy drama, called O'FLANNIGAN AND THE FAIRIES ; or, A Midsummer Night's Dream. To conclude with the laughable farce of A NIGHT of HORRORS. ROYAL PRIINXESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of dr. C. Kean and Mr. Keele7. On EASTER MONDAY Will be performed a new and original Comedy entitled LOVE IN ♦ MAZE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Keeley, Wigan, Harley, Addison, Meadows ; Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Winstauley, and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken from a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled TILE ALIIAMBRA ; or, The Three Moorish Princesses. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP uITHEATItE. Uader tta Patronage of her Males:) , and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The public are respectfully informed that the Theatre is closed until Easter Monday next, April 21. The Theatre will be entirely newly decorated and re-embellished, and every effort made to sustain the high repute which this establishment holds in public estimation : the vast improvements of additional height, in order to facilitate the scenic effects, as essentially necessary to the hippodramatic entertain ments, have been particularly attended to, and every department actively employed for the production of a splendid historic spectacle, from the pen of G. 11. Rodwell, Esq. New scenery, machinery, decorations, and magnificent costumes. The circle will prove doubly attractive, Mr. Batty being on the Continent making arrangements with artistes of the first talent and celebrity of their professions. Particulars will be given in future announcements. WWI WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE r ut s OAT —Mo:nfng 23 min. after 3 I Evening 42 min. after 3 To 10110W—M07ning 2 min. after 4 I Evening 22 min. after 4 THE WEATHER.—Stx OFFICE, APRIL 18. THERMOMII.7ER, IN THE SHADE. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 44 —lowest tl - A3 morning and during the night. 63—th's day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'93. WIND O.W. —light breeze and cloudy, with occasional sunshine. WEATHER TABLE. State of the ind and Weather at each of the following W places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.--The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PLvmowrit—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. Poammotrrit—Wind S., gentla breeze—overcast. BRlairroN—Wind S.W., entle breeze—overc ast ' IZI HASTGs — Wind W g e ntle breeze—partially cloudy. SoutrwerroN—Wind S.W., strong breeze—cloudy. FoumsToNE—Wind S.W., gentle nreeze—overcast Tusns.iDGE—Wind W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. 13A.sINGSTolix Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. swINDON W Ind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. CoLciffsrEa—Wind S.W ~ gentle breeze—overcast. CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze —overcast. RtroßY—Wind S., strong breeze —overcast. yAßmount—Wind E., calm —partially cloudy. Co: MAY—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless. noz,v - liEal3.--Wind Si, strong breeze—rain. LA...src AsTE ß—Wind S.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. gsvvicK—Wind E., gentle breeze —rain. TI N returns from the following places indicate the s t a t e o f tjA wind and weather on Wednesday mo rn i ng a t n i ne o'clockbin :— „ AR —Wind E., strong breeze —rain. Egentle Ind bree ze — partially cloudy. C °LCIIY:sr It nd S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LtiED3 IV ' Wind S.E., gentle breeze —overcast. c _ . , ) ...! 4 . 0 1 9 (C. , 4 1 -:`A-=‘.. 1 44- 7 - • ',:sl,,iiiit, ~,O,T -I' - 7- 1 _ ;'‘:::_`... ,5,,,,,,x1 P ..."-ft. L ..., ... 4.i ‘:- .. ,r , ,---7...* *; , , ~ -- a n pRIL LONDON, F ftmAy:ll ' 18, 1851. it is rather 40 unusual for a popular representative to face a public render an account of meeting , of con tinuance of a Parliamentaryttihi3 session. fie and to tewardship during the con supposed to be engaged in lie is then his time is fully occupied in considering of legislation ; the various measures that blue been the details of the notice of Parliament, and determining brought under that be should pursue in reference to the course vestion. Tice explanations each particular afforded to the, e whose suffrages placed him in the honourabl e ' being enabled to t ake a p lace in the natioZiti° councilsol. for are generally reserved until the termina tion of the t Parliamentary campaig n affords full leisure fo salad and dispassionate inv esti g ation into Lii entire conduct. A single trial will then dispose of the p ro _ ceedings of , the entire year, and he will be dismissed to the enjoyment of his holidays, with either the u p. probation of his constituents, strongly and uaequi ,?r7 fxPressed, or with a few gentle hints as to ~ ndment. That may be considered the t'.:.... ' , :, - `O6 , . e t ive ; for a Member who is conscious of his t ; ,,p,iva I) ks ding, and that any inquiry into his coa- I, -- '':4,4:Pto , ocessarily, or even probably, terminate „ , ..,.. * -4 '-:: 14 44'. 'MO verdict, will not voluntarily. submit , :_ •-;-!4,4,:,;//cA,A Z ' -,, - 1---,%-=' / e; 4y THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 12th have arrived, their con tents are unimportant. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 12.—Three per Cents., 35 15.16; Five per Cents., 15k. Exchange on London, 51 35. - - GERMANY. Accounts from Vienna, of the 13th, state that Prince SCHWARTZENBERG had determined not to continue the Dresden Conferences. The following is the text of the circular note sent by Prussia to her allies, respecting the re-establish ment of the old Diet of the Confederation : " As the close of the Dresden Conferences and the es• tablishment of a new constitution of the Band are de layed longer than was at first expected, and as on the other side the action of a legal government of the Band is indispensably necessary in itself, and with reference to the circumstances of the time, his Majesty's Govern ment has maturely considered how this necessity may be supplied. To obtain this end, it considers the most advisable plan is for all the members of the Confe deration to act together in securing the i m m e diate restoration of the universally-acknowledged func tions of the Bund, as it existed previous to the year 1848. It is not overlooked that the constitution of that body requires and is capable of many improvements, and his Majesty's Government does not wish to place any obstacles in the way of such improvements, or to close the Conferences in Dresden before their task is accom plished. On the contrary, it will willingly assist in bringing those Conferences to an advantageous result; and as it entertains the hope that this result will be ob tained, it is convinced that the re• establishment of an organ whose activity is generally acknowledged will so much the more contribute to that object, that the modi fications of the constitution and legislation of the Bund which may be agreed on in Dresden can be immediately made valid resolutions of the Bund. In the confident hope that the Government of will declare itself of this opinion, I propose that you should, without delay, apprize me of your assent, and at the same time inform your Plenipotentiary in Dresden of it, in order that as soon as the declarations of all the States have beets sent in, the date at which the several representatives may be sent to Frankfort may be agreed on. " Berlin, March 27." " MANTEUFFEL. It is said that the agents of the Prussian League will join the Frankfort Diet on the 10th May. A letter from Colonge of the 13th, published in the Anzeiger Zeitung, says— " Arrangements have been made by the directors of the railway aed the Government, by which special quick trains will run during the time of the London Exhibi tion. The first train will leave here on the 27th. A drawback is to bo given to those persons who exhibit articles in London. M. Von Bruck the Austrian Mi nister of Trade, has purchased 500 of these tickets." The Prince and Princess of PUUSSIA leave Berlin for London on the 25th. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. On the Bth inst. Count HENRI DE CRIMINIL ad dressed a letter to the notables chosen by Holstein, to know it they would accept an invitation of the KING to be present about the 14th May at a delibe rative assembly at Flensburg. M. DE TILLISCH, Minister of the King of DENMARK, has arrived at Flensburg with his family. TURKEY. Advices from Constantinople of the 29th ult., an nounce the appointment of M. Mussuaus as Ambassa. dor to the Court of Great Britain. The Russians were to evacuate Moldavia and Wal lachia on the 27th. On the Bth inst. OMEE PAcuA defeated a body of 3,000 rebels near Kozazoo, and advanced to Prciw. BANJALUKA has been forced to pay a contribution of 1,000 purses, and GRADISK A of 280. 3,500 Turkish troops are advancing on liihacz. The rebels are in full retreat. AuEnicu is at Bihacz, the fall of which is certain. ROBBERY AND ELOPEMENT.—At the Borough Court, Manchester, yesterday (Thursday) a domestic ser vant, named Mary Thomas, was charged with having per. petrated a very 'heartless robbery, and George Noakes, a private in the 3d Dragoon Guards, was charged with aiding and abetting in the commission of the offence. The regi ment to which the man belongs is now quartered in the Hulme barracks, and there was some kind of a connexion between him and the female, who is only nineteen years of age. Her mother is a widow (her husband having died re cently. leaving her with a family of five children, Mary being the eldest), and she was in possession of 1301., which her deceased husband had saved. This money and several articles of value she left in the hands of her daughter last Sunday night, as she was going to stay at the house of her brother-in-law for a limited period ; but on Tuesday morn ing she found that her daughter and the soldier had ab sconded, and had taken both money and valuables with them. The police got information of the r, bbery, and were soon on the track of the fugitives, whom they apprehended at Worksop, in Nottinghamshire, with nearly the whole of the money in their possession. The soldier was in plain dress, having purchased a suit of clothes at the ex pense of his inamorata. When brought before the magis trate the mother would not prosecute, and the girl was therefore discharged; but the soldier was handed over to the authorities for punishment as a deserter. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to make a donation of 250/. to the College founded by her Royal charter three years since, and named " Queen's College, Lon don," for female education. The donation will entitle her Majesty to keep a pupil constantly in the college, and it is pleasant to find the working of:the college thus approved. Its object is to adopt the principles of King's College to female education. By its system of free presentation it offers to the daughters of the less affluent the advantages of a sound education. CoLossEmis.—The alterations necessary for pro ducing the two grand Panoramas of " London by Day," as a morning, and "Paris by Night," for the evening exhibi tion, are completed ; and this establishment, which has been entirely redecorated, will open on Easter Monday. MARRIAGE OF LORD WARD.— We are informed that the nuptials of Lord Ward and Miss de Burgh will be celebrated on Tuesday next, the 22nd inst., and that the Hey. Mr. Claughton is to perform the ceremony. Great rejoicings are to take place at Witley, either at the Hundred House or on Woodbury-hill, among the tenantry of that neighbourhood, and amongst the amusements will be sheep roasting, foot-racing, jumping in sacks, and a variety of old English rustic sports. Mr. Arthur will also provide a good dinner for the occasion. Lord Ward and his affianced bride, Miss de Burgh, were amongst the brilliant throng at the Opera House on Tuesday week. Lord Ward has arrived in town from Himley Hall.— Worcester Chronicle. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—We learn that the marriage of Alexander Stewart, Esq., of Ards, county Donegal, nephew to the Marquis Camden, and cousin to the Marquis of Londonderry, with the Lady Isa bella Graham Toler, daughter of the late Earl of Norbury, is fixed to too place during the CANilig month. OLYMPIC THEATRE. himself to the ordeal, and there is no power to compel him to do so without his own free will and assent. We cannot, however, regret the departure from the ordinary routine by the Hon. Gentlemen the Members for Manchester on the present occasion. The admi rable speeches of Messrs. MILNER GIBSON and BRIGHT were not addressed merely to the crowded assembly who listened to their voices, or even to the numerous and influential constituency of the " Manufacturing Metropolis" of England. They will obtain more than a local circulation, for even within the week in which they were delivered they will be wafted on the wings of the press throughout the length and breadth of the land. Others, who have not discharged the important trust confided to their bands as honestly and impartially as the men of Manchester, may receive a valuable lesson from the proceedings ; for they will perceive that if they are actuated by corrupt motives in the exercise of the franchise, they cannot demand explanations from their representatives. If they suffer themselves to be purchased, they must expect to be sold in due course. The man who will apply a large sum of money to bribing the " free and lode- Pen dent electors;' must have some ob j ect relatin g to his own personal aggrandisement to carry out. lie will make the most of his situation for his own individual benefit, and will not look to the benefit of the community at large, or of the cor rupt and venal constituency that returned him. They bartered their consciences for gold, or what was, perhaps, more debasing, the indulgence of glut tony and drunkenness—of eating and drinking to excess, at the expense of the immaculate candidate for their most sweet voices. He, in turn, will give his vote for the gratification of his vanity, or avarice, for obtaining some personal ho nour or distinction (alas ! that honours or distinctions may be so gained), or some place of profit and emo lument. To such constituencies we would say, follow the example of your Manchester brethren, exercise your franchise with equal honesty and inte grity, and you may look for political honesty and inte grity on the part of your chosen representatives ; while to the select few who are elected as legislators, we would say, act up to your professions as consistently as Messrs. BRIGHT and Gm" pur sue as independent and straightforward a course as they have done on all occasions, and you will have nothing to dread in meeting those who voted for your election. You will have no dereliction from the path of duty to extenuate, no absolution to de mand. Your votes will have invariably been given in pursuance of your former pledges. They may have been erroneous—no mortal is infal lible ; but they will have been faithfully and honestly given, and even those who may dissent from the par ticular vote cannot and will not condemn or censure the conscientious voter. We shall not now enter into the various matters alluded to by the Hon. Gentlemen in the course of their respective speeches, altough we do not concur with either in every point. Although we re cognise the propriety of vindicating the royal prerogative, and the national independence from the unprovoked aggression of a foreign potentate, and consider that proper legislation on the subject would be an act of self-defence against an unwarrantable attack, and that it could not justly be stigmatized as in any degree verging on intolerance, we fully concede the right of private judgment to the lion. Gentlemen, and shall only say, that they most eloquently vindicated the conclusions they arrived at. We have greater satisfaction, however, in alluding to the clear and dis tinct expression of their views on Parliamentary re form. Who is there who will not agree with Mr. GIB SOX, that "England can have no little reform ?" It must be something to excite the enthusiasm and gra tify the reasonable anticipations of the people, or it should not be introduced. If the contem plated measure of Lord JOHN RUSSELL be of a limited or petty character, it would be far better for his own reputation that it should be altogether withdrawn. It must comprise a large ex tension of the suffrage—the vote by ballot—more equal distribution of the electoral districts, and a considerable reduction in the duration of Parliament, or it will not be accepted by the people. After a storm, according to the adage, comes a calm. The proceedings at the meeting of the Eastern Counties shareholders held yesterday afforded a gra tifying and commendable contrast to those scenes of much admired disorder, by the most overwhelming of which the 18th day of last month was signalized at the London Tavern. Then " Loud the din of battle brayed." Now, mirabile dictu, all may be said to have been peace, love, and harmony among the worshipful pro prietary. The room resounded not with the wrath ful ebullitions of reproach and recrimination. Greek met not Greek, nor came the tug of war. The Se cretary had not to assume the functions of court crier, nor, elevating his sonorous voice, strive to make his appeal for " Order for the Chair" heard above the fierce and threatening hurlyburly of the many-throated constituency. On this auspicious oc casion even stereotyped malcontents were mute. The GYM and CLOANTIII of turbulence took heart of grace, and, it is devoutly to be wished, a final farewell withal to their noisome and boisterous vocation. Any little differences of opinion which arose were merely as the ruffle on the bosom of the clear and flowing stream, raised by the gently puffing breeze. One solitary shareholder, indeed, contrived to call down upon his unlucky head a sibilant expression of im patience and disapprobation, having most infelicit ously essayed to introduce some stale and shabby personalities directed against the Ho nourable Gentleman who occupied the chair. But, with this miserable exception, nothing could have been more orderly or correct than the conduct of the assembly throughout. Truly it became high time that the Demon of Misrule should be exorcised, and the influence of discipline and unanimity recog nised and acted on. The name of the line had come to stink in the nostrils of the public—not that popu lar opinion is always infallibly correct, but, never theless, in the case in question, such was the indis putable fact—as synonimous with discord, mismanage ment, unpunctuality, and peril. Amendment, how ever, comes better late than never. Brighter days now appear to be in store for this long ricketty firm, and we are willing to augur the best from the development of the directorial policy which proceeded from the lips of Mr. WADDINGTON. There seems to be every reasonable prospect that a generous confidence in the present board will be found merited by an energetic and candid system of proce dure on the part of that body. Internal peace is the first desideratum, and so long as there is neither on the one side of the table the " vultus instantis tyranni," nor on the other the "civium ardor prava jubentiurn," it may fairly be anticipated, taking into considera tion the rich and extensive field which lies open for due culture, that public confidence will be speedily and completely won, and the interests of the ungua ranteed shareholders materially improved. A sound and practical move in the right direction towards a beneficial and harmonious consolidation of the several lines which reticulate the Eastern Penin sula of England, has been at length effected by the arrangement with the Newmarket Company, which the meeting all but unanimously sanctioned. Indeed, where but f our h ands could be discovered as held up in support of an ill-ad v i se d amen d ment proposing the rejection of the measure, the original motion may be considered as actually carried by the unanimous voice of the holders of Easter n C ount ie s stock. There is no doubt but that this scheme will prove not merely of no loss to the larger company, but highly important to the protection and value of its property, as con stituting an impregnable bulwark against any inimical measures, should such be attempted by the competing lines. It was very judiciously determined not to view this important measure in the narrow ands shillings, and pencequestion. In of a mere po unds, In a like spirit of unanimity the directors were armed with powers to carry out the agreement, suggested in 1845, with the Eastern Union fur constructing a branch line from Manningtree to Harwich. Let any one tak e a ma p e mbracing both sides of the North I Sea, and look over the pages of a little compilation prepared by Mr. BAGSHAw, the Hon. Member for Harwich, and the prospective advantages of this ex tension will he sufficiently obvious. It is only won derful that an earnest stir in so manifestly eligible a matter has been so long delayed. Harwich would at once - become the mail 'and passenger packet station . for Haniburgb, Holland, and Belgium, that is to say for all Northern and Central Europe. According to ' the evidence given by Captain WASIIINGTON, R.N., before a Committee of the House of Commons, and impossible to be gainsayed, letters dispatched from the General Post-office would be delivered in less than three hours on board the mail steamer, which, at all weathers and at all times of tide, would be clear out at sea in less than a quarter of an hour, and sixty miles a head of those dispatched at the same time from London, which would probably make the differ ence of a whole tide in arriving off the Bruelle or other bar harbours ; while in north-easterly gales and fogs steamers from Harwich would often complete their passage before those starting from the metro polis could get clear off the shoals and currents of the gulf which forms the estuary of the Thames. How far the traffic which would be commanded by a line of powerful steamers plying to the ports on the continental coast from Hamburgh to Dunkirk would be beneficial, not alone to the town of Har wich, but to the Eastern Counties and Eastern Union Railways, may be judged of from the simple fact, that with but a single steamboat plying between Lowes toft and Hjerting, an increase of 1001. a week has already accrued to the receipts of the former line. Harwich is, in short, eminently qualified to be the mail-packet station of the east of England, from the excellence of the port, its accessibility in all weathers, and the ample depth of water for the largest vessels at all states of the tide, whilst the saving of time which would be effected by the adoption of tha .vroposed measure would be in its favour, as compared with the passages from London direct by steam, as regards Hamburgh 30 hours ; Antwerp, 13i ; Ostend, 71 ; and Dunkirk, 7 hours. This, too, is calculated only as the average in the fine season and in ordinary weather, whilst during the winter months and in bad weather the difference would frequently be immense. The once valuable fishery of that port would be re vived, which used to give employment to the crews of vessels whose tonnage was estimated at 3,000 tons, and Billingsgate would be supplied regularly and expeditiously from the great fishing grounds of the North Sea. It has been justly complained in a peti tion to Parliament, signed by every factor in Bil lingsgate, that the delay which has taken place in the formation of a railway connecting Harwich with the metropolis, is not only of serious injury to your petitioners, and all others concerned in the North Sea fisheries, but is also becoming ex tremely detrimental to the public interests, in conse quence of the decline of this best nursery of seamen, and North Sea pilots." To pleasure-seekers the boon, too, would be most welcome, as opening a new region, presenting many surpassing scenes of pictu resque beauty in the vicinity of Harwich ; such, fur in stance, as that afforded from the northern bank of the Stour at high water, which the railway passenger contemplates after leaving Manningtree, with admira tion of the southern bank, wooded down to almost the water's edge; and to sea bathers a facile communi cation would be opened with Walton-on-the-Naze, in Essex, and Felixstow, in Suffolk, to both which towns, only distant by water six miles from Harwich, a steamer would be started on the arrival of the trains. Looking at it from whatever point of view, the advantages of the plan are manifest, both as regards the town, which might then be desig nated the Southampton of the eastern coast, and the shareholders of the Eastern Counties Company. The 10,0001. per annum, which would be the outside amount of the sum requisite to pay for the construc tion of the line, would be money providently and prudentially expended. Its completion would, in fact, as Mr. WADDINGTON observed, bring them an additional profit of 1001. a week, and make their line the highway to a most important portion of the Euro pean coast, besides bringing into profitable activity the great resources of Harwich, and instituting, what may be legitimately pronounced no unimportant na tional benefit. MONEY and UOIVEnIitiCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton this week have rather exceeded 20,000 bales at Liverpool, and at full i. per lb. decline. This being Good Friday is a strict holiday, and all places of public resort are closed. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon were higher. COURSE OF EXCH Ara3tor,iain •• •• 11 16 Ditto, three months.. 11 17U t:otterdam .... • . • 11 17 % Antwerp ••••••• • .• • . .• 25 27% Brussels.. • . 25 27% Flamburgh ••••••.M.B. 13 84 Paris, 3 days'sight ... . 25 7 Ditto, 3 months .. .. 25 27% Marseilles .......... 25 30 Bourdeaux.... ... • Vranikfort on Maine.... 119% derlin • • .. • • ...... • • • • Vienna, effec. •••• •• 13 22 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 13 24 Petersburgh, 311. Eble .. 37 Madrid •••••• . • • • • • • • 5 054 Cadiz .. •.. 803 BarCeloMl •• • • ........ &Wale •• •• •• •• •• •• •• NGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.. • ........... Leghorn ........ • • .... 30 65 Genoa .... • • •••• • • .. 25 55 Milan Naples .. •• •• • • •• 41% Palermo, peroz ........ 124% Messina .............. 124% Lisbon.. • • .......... 63% Oporto .• •• • • • • • • • • • • • • 53 % Rio Janeiro ...... • • Buenos Ayres .. • • .. •• New York,6o days'sight Philadelphia .... • • .... MIMI OF BULLION, PIZ OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 [Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars •• 0 4 11% Silver la bars ........ 0 5 IX, MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) SMITHFIELD. This being what is termed the Great Lamb Market, the supply of Beasts on offer was small, and in very mid ling condition. All breeds were dull in sale, at about Monday's quotations. Although the number of Sheep was very moderate, the Mutton trade ruled heavy, but we have no further decline to notice in prices. The primest old Downs, out of the wool, sold at 3s 10d per 81bs. About an average supply of Lambs was brought forward. On the whole, the Lamb trade was somewhat brisk, except for inferior qualities, which were very dull', and the currencies were a shade higher. Calves and Pigs moved off heavily at late rates. Mulch Cows were nominal in value. Per 81bo, to stnk the offal. 8. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts... 2 6 2 8 second quality • • • • 2 10 3 0 !'rime large Oxen.. 3 2 3 4 Prime Scots • • • • .. 3 6 3 b Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 6 erime small dltto 3 8 4 0 4uckllag Calves 0 0 0 0 Lambs • • • • • • • • • • 5 2 6 2 s. d. to s.d Inferior Sheep 3 2 3 6 Second qual. Sheep 3 8 310 Curse-woolledditte4 0 4 4 southdown Wether 4 4 4 6 Ditto out of the wool° 0 0 0 Large Hogs •.•• •• 3 0 3 6 Small Porkers •• •• 3 8 310 Quarter old Pigs •• 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Roast% I Sheep. Calves. I Pig 353 1 6,700 120 I 200 SCOTC 7. Beasts. I Sheep. r Calves. Figs. 30 FOREIGN Besets. I Sheep. I rigs. 40 200 NEVJGATE AND Lamb commanded a atenc In other kinds of Meat very I SUPPLY. I Calves. 30 LEADENHALL. ly sale, at very full prices. little was doing. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. a. d. to s. d. ileer,inferior.... 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior •• 2 6 2 8 - middling •• •• 2 6 2 8 -middling.. 210 3 4 primelarge .. 210 3 0 - prime .. •• 3 6 3 8 - prime small 3 2 3 4 , Pork, large.... •• •• 2 6 :3 4 Vaal •••• • • • .. 3 0 310 small • • •. •• 3 6 310 Lamb, 48 10d t• 6s Od. THE OVERLAND MAIL.—The overland mail ex presses by electric telegraph from Trieste have not been lately made with accuracy. In two instances during the last and current months the telegraphic communication has been in a minor degree inaccurate. The express of the Feb ruary mail contained a❑ erroneous quotation of the Calcutta money-market, seriously affecting, for the time, the value of Indian bills of exchange at home. The express of Monday last from Trieste alluded to the absence of any arrivals from China, whereas the usual monthly mail from China was due and has arrived. The China dispatches, with the exception of a portion of them which are transferred to a. Bombay steamer at Ceylon, are carried the whole distance on the homeward voyage by sea, while the Indian mails proper are landed at Suez, thence taken on to Alexandria, where they are put on board an express steamer and proceeded with to Malta and Marseilles. These particulars, not being generally known, may serve to guide such parties as are interested in the arrival of the Indian and China mails. If you are under obligations to many, it is prudent to postpone the recompensing of one until it be in your power to remunerate all, otherwise you will make more ene mies by what you give than by what you withhold,—Eliza Cook's Journal. PUFFING IN FRANCE.-A curious specimen of what may be called the swears litteraires of this country was exposed a few days ago before a court of justice in the course of some squabble between two tradesman. Leon Gozlan, well known to the public as a dramatist, lately received a commission for the feuilleton of one of the daily newspapers. He immediately drew up a detailed account of the plot he intended to employ, with descriptions of the principal scenes and incidents. Ile then charged an advertising agent to carry this document round to the principal tradesmen, and in his name to propose to them (of course for a consideration) to introduce their names and addresses, with puffs on their wares in particular places. His prospectus ran somewhat in this way :—" Chapter I.—Marriage of the hero and heroine. (Here the author can introduce the name and address of the former's tailor and of the latter's milliner, with a glowing de come in here. de scription of the excellence of the garments.) Chapter 20. The husband having obtained proof of hi! wife's guilt rushes upon her with pistols and poison, that she will choose which death she will die. (Names of gunsmith and druggist to was not a single ) Chapter 21. She dies, and is to be buried. (Name of undertaker.) 22. Tarns out to be only in a trance, this line of no m ve e i . there is brought to life b Dr. --, -- street. " In short, our e ingenious author did not propose to make the vehicle chapter nor single incident which of a puff. Opinions writingp e rh a perhaps , b , u differ i a ff t e r least a value of " in admitting that it sto al t i h w e i l l i l t a e g ra r r e ) e • is a bold and daring advance in the noble art of advertisi P • Gazette. 'lg.— CMS Corresp o nd en t of the Literary So considerable of late has been the encroachment of the sea on the Worthing and Lancing-road, near the former place as to render it almost impassable. The mail has for several days gone round by the old bridge, involving the necessity of making up the bags here and at Littlehamp ton three-quarters of an hour earlier. The trustees of the mail are about to groin the beach on a different principle to that now in use. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We hare received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Llloniteur says—" The service of the electric telegraph placed at the disposal of the public, since the Ist March last, has already produced results which will allow the importance of this new mode of correspondence, and the extension which it may ultimately receive, to be judged of. The number of dispatches transmitted during the month of March, amounted to 301, giving a receipt of 3,031 f. The receipts in the first fortnight did not exceed 300 f. With the view of facilitating commu nications with foreign countries, the adminis tration has just entered into arrangements with Belgium, which will enable it, from the 20th instant, to receive dispatches to transmit direct to the following places : Brussels, Mechlin, An twerp, Liege, Ghent, Verviers, and Ostend, and from the same period dispatches may be received direct from the same places. It is necessary to remind the public that dispatches for the private telegraph are only re ceived at the offices of the administration, 103, Rue de Grenelle St. Germnin " We read in the Patric. :—" The telegraphic office in the Rue Laffitte, on Tuesday, communicated to the journals of Paris a dispatch, announcing that the entrance of Austria with all her foreign possessions into the German confederation was a fait accompli, and that this decision had been notified to the Go vernments of France and England. Yesterday morn ing the same office gave a dispatch, announcing that the French Ambassador at Vienna had just received from our Government an order to regard the protest announced in its last note as null and void. From the information which we have received, we are able to affirm that the news given in these dispatches are completely incorrect." The Messager says— "A Council of Ministers was held this day at the Elyt 64, at which the President of the Republic presided. Couriers had arrived during the previous night with important dispatches from Vienna, and the council was occupied with deliberating on the serious question of the entrance of Austria with all her states into the Ger manic Confederation. After an animated discussion, it was decided that the French Government should renew its protests on the subject, but without departing from the moderato policy which it had adopted in concert with England.". . It would appear that there is a split among the Le gitimatists, and that a portion of them, headed by M. DE FALLOUX, will give the PRESIDENT their support, not withstanding the opposition of M. BERRTER. The Duke DE LEVIS, the confidential adviser, has just arrived in Paris, and in announcing his arrival the Paine says— "lt is reported that the Duke de Levis brings with him unequivocal proofs cf the assent of the Count de Chambord to any arrangement which the safety of the country may render inevitable. He precedes M. de Fal loux, who, after quitting Venice, went to Turin, and was to rejoin his family at Nice on his way to Paris. There can be no doubt as to the object of the journey of the ex-Minister, or that the results will be satisfactory to the true friends of the country." It is said that M. LEON FAUCHER counts upon the De Falloux section of the Legitimatists for the ne cessary msjority to secure the revision of the Consti tution. PARIS 'BOURSE APRIL 17.—Latest Prices.—The Five per Cents., 92f. 25c. ; Three per Cents., 57f. ; Bank of France, 2,100 f. BUSIINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE _ LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 17. Boulogne and Amiens, 91. i —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 17 1 ,1 i ex div.—Dutch Rhenish, 3 1 te —Namur and Liege, 8% —Northern of France, 14' 14 Paris and Stras bourg, 10X3 —Rouen and Havre, 10 1 ,4—Sambre and Meuse, 4—Tours and Nantes, 6 1 4 West Flanders, 3. Last evening, Mr. Henry Russell gave a vocal and pictorial entertainment at the Olympic Theatre. The first part consisted of a pictorial and descriptive re presentation of the prominent features of an emi grant's progress from England to the far west of America. The emigrant ship, the parting from Old England, the broad Atlantic, the incidents of the passage, and the wonders of art and nature in the new world, are passed in review by means of a moving panorama, so as to give the spectator a good idea of the scenes themselves, without the toil and in convenience of travel. The illustrations are from sketches taken in America by Mr. Russell himself, and the scenes are always interesting, and often vividly effective. Anything wanting to increase the reality of the progress is supplied by Mr. Russell. Ample fund of information is gleaned for the most part from personal observation, with which ho contrives most agreeably to entertain his audience. A song or an anecdote, alternately grave and gay, enlivens his descriptive relations of Ameri can life and manners ; and while by his novel re presentations, imparting valuable and interesting iefor 'nation upon it subject of the greatest social interest, he contrives to keep his audience in the best of humours. " The Ship on Fire," " The Gambler's Wife," and seve ral of Dr. Mackay's poetical compositions were given in his usual effective style. The second part of the entertainment is of painful interest. The pictorial history of the horrors and cruelties attendant upon slavery and the slave-trade. "It is," Mr. Russell states, " a subject upon which he has set his heart." The atrocities attendant upon the capture and removal of the negro are vividly depicted in a succession of pictures remarkable for their fidelity and effect, and they are accompanied by a lively and stirring oral description of the scenes portrayed. The Anti- Slavery Convention effected much for the aboli tion of this trade, which is a stain upon human na ture; but if the public, can be induced to patronise Mr. Russell's effort, and they ought to do so, he will have the satisfaction not merely of amusing an audience, but of aiding probably more efficiently than by any other means, even those employed by the convention, iu excit ing a feeling of detestation against this horrible traffic. Upon the whole, the entertainment is one of the best things that has been offered to the metropolitan public for some time, and we heartily wish it success. The entertainment was throughout loudly and deservedly ap plauded, and the theatre was well filled. THE WEST INDIA MAIL.—We have much pleasure in announcing that the Royal Mail steamer Clyde has ar rived at Falmouth, the following dispatch having been for warded from Plymouth :—" By the Sir F. Drake steamer, just arrived from Falmouth, we learn that as she was leaving at eight o'clock this (Thursday) morning she saw the West India mail packet-ship Clyde entering that harbour appa rently short of fuel." We understand that the banquet at the Mansion house on Easter Monday will be given this year with an unusual degree of splendour; upwards of 350 have ac cepted the invitation of the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, and among the number several of the Foreign Ministers, m any of the nobility and Members of Parliament. On the 24th inst. there will be a private dinner party; and in the evening the Lady Mayoress will give her third soiree dansante to about 200 additional visitors. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER IN IRELAND.—The Bill brought in by the Attorney-General for Ireland and Sir W. Somerville, further to explain and amend the Act of last session for the regulation of process and practice in the superior courts of common law in Ireland, has for its object to extend to the Court of the Exchequer Chamber in Ireland the provision contained in that act by which power is given to the judges to alter and amend the code of practice and pleading in the superior courts of common law in Ireland. A clause is proposed to be inserted in committee limiting the time for claims for compensation to officers of the Exchequer Chamber to six months after the passing of the Act. THE NEW ROUTE TO NORTHERN EUROPE.- LOWESTOFT, FRIDAY.—Last night the royal mail steamer Prince, Captain Hart, entered this port on her second return voyage from the Danish coast, having left Hjorting at half past three o'clock the previous evening. The trip having been thus made in about twenty-seven hours against a strong head-wind, the anticipations of the capa bilities of the vessel, as expressed in our notice of the experimental trial last week, have been amply real ised. So, too, have all the expectations formed re speicting the advantages arising to the condition of the cattle thus conveyed, as compared with the deterioration they experience by the tedious route via Hamburg and the Thames, and of course still more as contrasted with the yet greater sea distance between Copenhagen and London. The Prince last night brought 75 bullocks, four horses, and 93 pigs, none of which appeared to have suffered in the least from the journey. On the previous Thursday the Prince conveyed hither 60 head of cattle and 162 pigi3, the condition of which may be inferred from the circumstance that the former realized at Smithfield an average of upwards of 11. per head beyond the prices brought by similar cattle that had arrived by way of Hamburgh. This pecuniary gain —the same ratio being observed as re gaids pigs—added to the very considerable saving effected in the cost of carriage by the short route of Lowestoft, will at once demonstrate the peculiar eligibility of the latter port for the important provision trade now rapidly springing up between England and Northern Europe. Beside the live stock just enumerated, the Prince brought, on her first voyage, 160 barrels of pork and 60 barrels of beef; and last night a smaller quantity, including a portion of hams and bacon. APPREHENSION OF A GANG OF THIEVES.—At the Bristol Police-court, on Thursday, five persons, who gave their names as Mary Dowd, Ann liockett, Mary Ann Stuck, Edward Newman, and Samuel Bailey, were finally examined on the charge of being engaged in various extensive silk robberies, which have been committed during the past week in that city. It appeared that the three women would go together to a shop and look at La piece of silk or satin, pur posely giving as much trouble as they could, in order to get the counter covered with pieces of silk, and while two kept the attention of the assistants engaged, the third would filch a piece from the counter and conceal it about her person. In this manner they contrived to rob about eight or ten of the principal shops, taking care to make a purchase at each to elude suspicion. The manner of their detection was singular. A few days ago a man and a woman called at a beerhouse and left a box (without address) to be called for; but the robberies getting wind, they thought proper to abscond, and after the box had been at the public-house a few days the two male pri soners called, and said the man and woman who had left the box had gone to London, and desired them to call far it. The landlord, however, refused to let them have it, and they went away, but returned next evening. In the meantime, hearing of the robberies, the landlord communicated the circumstance to the police, and Mr. Superintendent Attwood, with three constables, were in attendance, and seized the box and tcok the men into custody. On opening the box it was found closely packed with a large assortment of splendid silks, the produce of the various rob beries, and which could not be v orth less than 701. or 801. The three women were watched and apprehended in the streets. On being searched at the station-house three large bags were found on them, and in that attached to the per son of Dowd was a piece f stolen silk and some other articles. Mr. Freeman, of College-green, identified 170 yards of the silk found in the box, and the whole of the remainder was identified by Mr. Gregory, of Wine-street, Mr. Minifie, of College-green, and other tradesmen. The women, who offered no defence, were committed; and the men were re manded for further evidence. THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AND THEIR ABANDONED CONTRACT /OR THE ROYAL EXHIBITION BUlLDlNG.—Yes terday Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., the arbitrator, and the parties interested in this case held their first meeting, in the Commissioners'-room, in the House of Lords, to deter mine the amount of compensation to be paid to the Messrs. Munday , the contractors, in respect of their contract with the Society of Arts for erecting the Royal Exhibition, which it will be recollected was subsequently abandoned in favour of Mr. Paxton's design, in deference to what was felt to be the general opinion of the public at the time. The meeting was attended by Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P. , as sole arbitrator ; Mr. W. Cubitr, F.R.S., one of the Royal Commissioners, with Mr. E. G. Bowring and Mr. Dilke ; Mt. Tooke, the solicitor to the Society of Arts • Mr. Manic, of the Treasury, with Mr. Welaby, as counsel; M r.i Drew, with Mr. Montague Smith, as counsel for Messrs. Munday ; and Mr. Meyrick, as solicitor for the arbitrator. The case rests upon the following facts - In November, 1849, Messrs. Munday entered into a contract with the Society of Arta for the erec tion of the building, and undertook to provide a large sum for prizes, &c., taking their chance of being remunerated from a share of the receipts, and in pursuance of this con tract they placed 20,0001. at the disposal of the society, by whom it was retained for nearly eighteen months, although the society had abandoned the contract, upon the understand ing that the compensation to be paid to Messrs. Munday should be settled by arbitration. The matter has been pend ing since February, 1850, and is now referred to Mr. Robert Stephenson as the sole arbitrator, under a subsequent agree ment of reference, ba'ed upon the original contract. The proceedings not being concludedyesterday, were adjourned till Wednesday next, it appearing to be the wish of all parties that a question of so much interest to the public should be determined without delay. That only may properly be said to be a long life which draws all ages into one ; and that a short one, which forgets the past, neglects the present, and is solicitous for the time to come.—Eliza Cook's Journal. STONEHOUSE-LANE MURDER.--PLYMOUTII, APRIL 17i. --Bartholomew Harrington, who was convicted at the last assizes of the manslaughter of William Ambrose, and transported to the penal settlements for life, made a full confession on Monday last, before William Miles, Esq., one of the county magistrates. In the course of his statement he said he was out on the night of the fatal occurrence, in Company with a Man named Timothy Donovan, who was examined before the magistrates on the charge of murder, but discharged for want of sufficient evidence. They in sulted several persons, and at length met with two men Ambrose, the deceased, and a friend—walking arm-in-arm. One of them was drunk. Donovan went behind the men, and gave one of them a blow on the head, which caused him ,to fall forward. They then made off together, and thought nothing more of the matter until the nest morn ing, when they ascertained that the man Ambrcse had re ceived a mortal blow, and was lying in a most precarious slate. The convict moreover said that on the following afternoon "I went with Michael Crennin, and says he, What's that Timothy Donovan did last night ?' He came in and went under my bed; with that Donovan came for ward and said, ' I struck that man, and am afraid have hurted him, and if the police find it out, I am sure to be punished for it, and don't either one of you have any thing to say about it. I was drunk, or I should not have done it.' A. few days afterwards Donovan sent for me, and said, I hear that that man is dead I struck the other night; if yon are brought up for it, stand out till death before you tell it, for I did not mean to kill the man at all.' " This confession will cause another investigation to be made. THEATRICALS AT DEVONSHIRE HOUSE.. , ...The ama teur theatrical performances appointed to take place at De vonshire House at the end of this month have, with the con sent of the Queen, been postponed till the 15th of next month, in deference to the feelings of Mr. Cbarlea Dickens, whose infant daughter died on Monday last. It is stated that the audience of these performances will pay five guineas in dividually for their seats ; and that the name of the Duke of Devonshire heads the list of payments. PHOTOGRAPHY. --Among other applications made of the photographic processes, some very . satisfactory at tempts have been made in this country to impress designs upon wood for the purposes of the engraver. By this means the object will be copied at once on the block, and the labour of drawing avoided, as the wood-engraver can at once pro ceed with Ala work. —Art Journal. THE KAFIR WAR. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 17. The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's steam-ship Propontis, Captain Glover, arrived here this morning. She left the Cape on the 7th of March, Sierra Leone the 24th of March, and Cape de Verde on the 31st. Although she brings intelligence of a successful attack made by Major-General Somerset at the head of 1,200 troops, and of the capture of a large number of Kafirs, yet the general tenor of the information derived from her passengers is averse to any ex pectation of a speedy termination of the war; and the skill and caution of the Kafirs, coupled with their natural cunning, appear in many recent in stances to have baffled the efforts of the regular forces. Sir Harry Smith was at King William's Town, and has, in all, about 2,000 troops under his Mne diete command. There are only seven artillerymen at Cape Town. Major Somerset's attack was at Fort Armstrong, on the Kat River settlement, whence, with the aid of the burgher forces, the enemy was ejected with great slaughter. The colonists at Cape Town call the war a Go vernment and not a colonial war, and not one meet ing of the inhabitants has as yet taken place, neither has any other public demonstration been made in ap proval of the movements of Sir Harry Smith. We take the following from the Cape Town Mail of the .sth ult " Oa the departure of the Bosphorus, on the 2d of February, the state of affairs on the frontier, as tar as was known in Cape Town up to the 21st of January, was as follows: In Kafirland Sir H. G. Smith was at King William's Town with about 800 troops, 400 Fingoes, some companies of Cape Mounted Rifles, anti be ban just been joined by the Hottentot levies and European volunteers from Cape Town, in all 1,675 men, who were forwarded by the Hermes, Dee, and Phcenix steamers. The Kafirs had just been repulsed in an attack on Fort Hare, the head quarters of General Somerset, and on the town of Alice, but they surrounded Forts White and Cox, which were in want of supplies, end large numbers were in the neighbourhood of King William's Town, intercepting all communication between that place and Fort Hare, while Seyolo was at Line Drift, on the Keiskamwa, on the direct road from King William's Town to Gra ham's Tuwn, rendering it necessary to forward all dis datches from the Governor to the colony by sea, from Buffalo Mouth. The Zulus, under Mr. Shepstone, were expected from Natal to take the Kafirs in the rear, and to overawe the Tambookies, whose neutrality was very doubtful. " In the colony Hermanus's band, headed by his son, wero at Waterkloof and the Blinkwater, communi cating with the rebel Hottentots at Fort Armstrong, and doing much mischief in the neighbouring districts, without any force either of troops or burghers being near to keep them in check. Graham's Town and the magazines there, were entirely left to the defence of the inhabitants, who mustered nearly 1,000 men under arms. " On the 24th some skirmishing took place between a party of Kafirs and a small force of Fingoes and Cape Mounted Rifles, who were sent out from King Wil liam's Town to drive them away, which was gallantly done with the loss of one Fingoe killed, and a Hottentot wounded. " On the 30th of January Colonel Mackinnon left King William's Town with 2,150 men and one 6-pounder to throw supplies into Forts Cox and White, which was effected without loss; large bodies of Kafirs on the Debe Neck made a show of opposition, but were . dispersed by a few shells. The forts were supplied for six weeks, and the sick and wounded removed. " On the 3d of February Colonel Mackinnon moved against Seyolo, but, as usual, the Kafirs were not to be found, and evaded our troops. It is said that the pro phet had a very narrow escape, being nearly taken by surprise. About 800 head of cattle were captured, 100 of which, however, were afterwards lost from care lessness. and the troops returned on the 6th to King William's Town. : " His Excellency finding that the burghers had not come forward, as he expected, to join General Somerset. was appointed General Commandant of this fcrce, and who much required strong reinforcements of Europeans to enable him effectually to crush the Kat River and Blinkwa' er rebel Hottentots, on the 3d of Ft bruary is sued a proclamation regretting the :veal) , and unwil lingness which had been manifested, stating that without their assistance the rebellion could not be checked, and warning the inhabitants of the horrors likely to ensue should they not rally round the authorities at Fort Bare or Fort Beaufort. This appears to have aroused the slumbering spirit of many of the boers, and large par ties were collected at Graaf-Reinet and other places. " On the 25th of January Captain Davies left Fort Peddie to join Sir H. Smith with about 400 new levies; to avoid Seyolo he proceeded by way of Wesleyville, and reached King William's Town in safety. His Excellency was also joined by 500 more men, sent by the Dee from Cape Towa on the 11th of February, including 70 ma rines and seamen from her Majesty's ship Castor, in Simon'a Bay, who were placed in garrison in Fort Gla morgan, at East London, relieving a company of the 73d, who proceeded to King William's Town. " On the 13th of February Colonel Mackinnon again marched with five companies of the 73d Regiment, the European levy of 400 men, 200 mounted Riflemen, and the Hottentot levies, with two 6 pounders—in all about 2,750 men. lie proceeded first to Fort White, again encountering some opposition at the Debe Neck; on the 14th the troops marched to Fort Hare, by the Broad Drift of the Keiskamma, destro) ing the crops, kraals, and huts, on their way. Upon joint! g General Somer set a movement was made up the Chumie Valley, as tar as the missionary station, the crops being destroyed and the fields laid waste in every direction, including those of the murderers of the inhabitants of the military vil lages. The troops bivouacked near the missionary sta tion, and returned to Fort Hare on the 16th. A division was detached by General Somerset towards thelgunilloek, part of the Kat River Settlement,but was recalled in conse quence of Col. Mackinnon's return. The European Regi ment (400 men) was left with General Somerset, and the remainder of the force returned by the Middle Drift, de scending the stream to Fort Wiltshire, in order to lay waste the country of Botman, Kona, and Tola. On this day's march, through a rugged busby country, the at tacks of the Kafirs on the rear guard were continuous and resolute; pouring out of every lateral valley they in eessantly barrassed the line of march, and, though re peatedly charged and driven back, they persevered until nightfal, causing a loss of 8 killed and 17 badly wounded. Colonel Mackinnon states the loss of the Kafirs to have been very heavy, and that several of the men of note were supposed to be shot. The troops accomplished the object of the expedition by marching 110 miles through tbe most populous districts of Kafiriand, and inflicting a severe punishment on the enemy by destroying his means of subsistence, the only way of bringing the war to a speedy termination. " Strange to say, Mr. Brown, the missionary at Chu mie, and the widow of the missionary Chalmers, were quietly residing at that station, and refused to quit it. " While the attention of the Kafirs was diverted by the march of the troops under Colonel Mackinnon, 300 Fingoes from Fort Peddie crossed the Keiskamma and drove off 490 head of cattle belonging to Seyolo and Umlangeni. " Thus, Sir H. Smith has complete command of the w hole of Kafraria, but apparently is not strong enough to attempt clearing the Amatola fastneSses, the garrisons in the forts much weakening his disposable force. For tunately the road from Buffalo Mouth to King William's Town has been kept clear by Pato and his tribe, which facilitates the passage of supplies. His Excellency will be aware before this that the Zulus are not on their way, and that he must look to other quarters for assist ance; 1.000 men could be brought from the Mauritius in a month by the war steamers Hermes and Doe, as - it is stated that they are kept in readiness to embark. The contemplated attack on the Blinkwater and Shiloh re. bob, if successful, will free a valuable Burgher force for operations in the front, much better adapted for active service than the raw and undisciplined levies lately raised. "In the colony the defection of the Hottentots caused much alarm ; those Hottentots at the Kat River settlement have hitherto been always faithful to the co lonists in former wars, and their brethren from the missionary villages of Genadendal, Groenekbof, and others in the western districts, form the greater part of the reinforcements which have yet reached Sir H. Smith. The Moravian missionary station at Shiloh, which is situated near the border of the Tambookie country, was attacked by a large force of Mapassa'e Kafirs, and . was immediately given up by the Hotten tots there, who joined the enemy and united with them in attacking Whittlesea on the 31st of January and following days. They were, however, beaten back and pursued to Shiloh, where they were in turn attacked, and after a desperate resistance forced to take refuge in the chapel, which was too strong to be stormed ; not, however, without the loss of one Eng lishman, five Fingoes, and five of Kama's Christian Kafirs, who were killed, and many wounded, in this gallant oid e action. rable. o The m m loss and a o n f t j t he o u K ber ti t rs 'a in rr u iv st ed with havebee a n c t p h a e r t e y o n o f i b e o t e . r s His f o from C x o r e a i d l e o n c k e y too x p l ate steod take aatnyBa Riveri as rt c i a . tion at the conduct of C a p tain T y lden at Whittles( a, and the gentlemen who aided him in the defence of that place. fe i nkw parts o t e r fp7 the o people e and Kat pt, districtn t T e Hottentots ° g the e orwestern Blinkwater e been most distressing. E ort i 3 Mr. fort eau Temple te No andtrsaviun Somerset and family were driven from their house, and an Englishman in his service shot; the farms of Messrs. Ainslie, WMaster, Stokes, and others have been plundered, and the whole country devasted, notwith standing the exertions of Messrs. Bowker, Dodds, P r i n gle, and other public-spirited individuals; the latter gentleman on the 29th of January disarmed a part cf 40 mr m o t , t 4 e i n s t s o t t e s e w s h p o l a c ehadplaces of s w t h e e p i r t st bl oc ri i., J l o 4 h n w P a g r g iti o hl n , se:a2,aonodol sheep and goats, and 400 head of cattle were captured. Sir Andries Stoekenstrom's farm at Maastrom had been .visited by small parties of Kafirs, and some partial in jury done to the furniture, &c. The cattle had been removed. " Further to the n ort h- east , C o mmandant Joubert, with a commando on an expedition to bring Captain Read and hi s p eop l e f rom the White Kei, were engeged with Mapasm's Kafirs, and also with the Bitterhout tribe. About 150 Kafirs were killed and 3,000 head of cattle taken. Mr. Joubert's burghers have returned to Colesberg for the present. " In the Sovereignty Mr. liaise had also been fired upon by Tambookies, who apceared to be upon the march for the colooy, and were about to cross the Orange River. ' "In AlbAay predatory virties of Kafirs had done much mischief, but had been most perseveringly fol lowed up by the volunteer company of Rangers under Mr. Stubbs, who have teen almost constantly i n the saddle. An account of their pouncing upon a band, who were taken by surprise and half a dozen shot by their first fire, is given in the papers. At one time It was supposed that at least 2,000 Kafirs were en th e Zuurbcrg and in the Addo Bush, as a small party of burghers from Ilitenhage was beaten back with the to s of one of their number, Mr. Franz, who was shot in Oa leg and afterwards assassinated;, but it seems probable that their numbers did not exceed 200 or 300. The post to and from Graham's Town to Port Elizabeth is always strongly escorted. " The eighty Kafir convicts removed from the Zuut , berg-road station to Port Elizabeth for safety, were Sent by request of the inhabitants, by the magistrate there, Mr. Lloyd, to Cepe Town in the schooner Emerald, there being no building in the town considered sufficient!y secure without keeping a guard over them day and night* The Government, however, declined to receive theta, 69 their removal was illegal, and they went back in the same vessel and are now quartered iu Port Elizabe th Barracks. On the 19th of February adk zen of waggone, unescorted, from Port Elizsheth, were captured and plundered of merchandise, Bc,a, by the Kafirs on the Qaagga Flats, near Graham's Town, who also drove .fr 112 oxen. This, however, is the fault of their owners', who wished to s ave expense . A not i ce h as b een issued that all gunpowder sent by private individuals without e sufficient guard would be confiscated. " The Zulus were not permitted to leave Natal on ac count of apprehension being entertained of an attack from Panda during their absence. a Whether the present war be speedily finished or much prolonged, it is certain that a considerable body . ef military, consisting of troops suited to the peculiaritre i of this irregular warfare, must be maintained, and thug the inhabitants of the frontier must be armed and traistd to insure their future safety from Kafir aggression until the power of their chiefs be entirely at an end; and any exercise of authority on their part over a tribe engaging in war with the colony should be made punishable by transportation to Mauritius or hard labour upon the roads. "In consequence of some misunderstanding, and pre', bably of the delay of the dispatches containing - au n°,_- 1 count of their excesses, hostilities against the Shiloh In" surgents w( re temporarily discontinued by orders from head-quarters; but the true state of the case becoming known, Su. Harry Smith issued a proclamation on all 22d ult., decbring them guilty of rebellion, but 911 ' giving these misguided men t h e o pp or t un ity o f proceed' ing to Whittlesea and of laying down their arms, stati , ng that otherwise they will still be regarded as enemies. (From the Graham's Town Journal Extra, Feb. 25.) GLORIOUS NEWS.--DECISIVE VICTORY OVER THE Tar RIVER REBELS. (Extract from the Journal of the Commandant Waller Currie.) MANCAZ ANA. Thursday, 20th—All hands got under way at sunricei nothing particular occurring. Moved up Water Wool to its source. Outspanned to breakfast under Bushneck. Started again about twelve. Passed old Bear's-plaid all burnt to the ground; and pulled up at Kaal for the night. Heugh's and Ziervogel's Burghers keP" a-head of ua all day, and are out of sight in the dire' tion of Post Retief. Friday, 21st—Started at daylight. Reached Retief in about three hours, and found mustered there about men, mostly mounted (200 Fingoes, 200 English, 40 Dutch). Mr. Wilson held service in the morning• the afternoon had a meeting of the Commandants, se decided on the manner of attack. A general attack ri° be made to-morrow at daylight. General Somerset, with 1,800 men. will come from Fort Hare on W I Armstrong, while our men, under their respective Cour mandants (for a wonder all unanimous), move upon pal' four, within two miles of Armstrong. 22(1—Started when the moon rose, about tweirl o'clock, and reached the reb e l s , b o th H ottento t s so' Kafirs (Hermanue's Kefirs), at Balfour, at dayligh t. The Katirs were taken by surprise, and for about el l hour we had it all our own way, until supported by a 1 1 of rebels from Fort Ar ms t rong , w h en we were o blige to defend ourselves, and m a k e t wo or th ree c h a rges 1 ° clear some rocks, whence the enemy were annoying and about twelve o'clock we drove the enemy into For Armstrong helterskelter, where we were met by &We' General Somerset, with about 1,400 men and two Op:. non ; and in less than two h o u r s aft e r th e fort eifi' carried, sack( d, and burnt down; and altogether we brie. made a pretty example of th e K a t Ri ver p eo pl e of this post. In the Burgher force with us we had four killed and 14 wounded. many horses shot dead and a great maul f wounded. I have only f oun d 90 re b e l s d ea d, but _, (3 , course many must have f a ll en , an d many b e wo und?' unknown to us. Two fellows held on in the toWef i until this morning, when they were capture in spite of their teeth, and are to b e shot ione; diately. A great number gav e th emse l ves up b o th he' night and this morning (ihe 23d)—at least 200 rebel among them two Englishmen, Adam Paravaghter, and many other fellows I know. What is to be done set them I know not. I don't think the Hottentots will light any more. None us of are hit, nor any of the Bowkel l ; but hot work it certainly was. Two of my party's horc e _ were shot storming a position the Hottentots be" j ; Young Niland was with me when shot dead. Ila° not been from some cowardice—l will not say Tibe r " just now—but Dutch and a few of my Graham's TOI boys, not so many of u s w ou ld h ave b een h urt . Five my men from town (named Manual Thorp, William, Edwards, William Noble, Frederic Noah, and in the hour of danger de:.erted and fled, with a n umber of Dutch, in the direction of Post Retief, and have 1 10 ' been herrd of since. I only hope they will be eut off t° a man. They might have been the cause of something serious. We have made a splendid example of this lot of rebel' We captured a great many horses, cattle, sheep, goo" waggons, and plunder of all ►rinds. You may publish the names of the deserters of mine' They should be brought to justice by the public. I would not for 1,000/. have missed this business' The two Carlisles behaved well, and young Bertram ads rairably, OFFICIAL REPORT. (From Graham's Town Journal.) FORT ARMSTRONG, FEB. 23. We took Fort Armstrong yesterday morning at o'clock, having stormed it with the Cape Mounted Rift headed by Major Somerset, supported by burgher: volunteers, and levies. The Burghers were figlitioli from day-dawn until I joined them. I was attacked be' fore dawn at Chunaie Ridge by a body of the Hottentot' having two men end two horses wounded. This delay r 4 me an hour and a half, and I did not join the burghl e until half--past 10. The fort was in possession of a tu enemy. We then stormed it with Cape Mounted Ripe g i I shelled the fort for some time.. The rebels then mil% themselves up with the women and children. The greatest trouble I had to contend with was to septira7, the women and children, and to sav e th e m fro '; deltruction, before we could storm the pl ace . The 0e: in the tower would not surrender, but kept firing tiPe; us out of the portholes. We could not take it. I obliged to blow it up with shells. They fought de s P o e ; rntely in the fort after it was stormed. We killed ; h2 Kafirs and Hottentots in th e f ort, 9 i n t h e tower . Burghers had a desperate fight before I came up- 4 1 - to men killed and 14 w o u n d e d, w i t h Fi ngoes . Th e y had "i contend against thousands, ''. and fought most brave' have four men dangero us ly wounded, and four Woe killed—Sergeant Pitt badly shot through the leg; e)fo Daly, and two native soldiers. I have upwards of I'd prisoners, 70 to 100 stand of arms, 400 women 911 . children. I have destroyed the fort and all its con l en o. t We have several waggons, but very few cattle but t! fell into the hands of the Fingoes. Sandilli was a 1 Philipton ou the 21st, and gave his orders to the re u commanders, and it is supposed went back. I are btl' to-day, arranging about prisoners and women n o children. I believe the rebel bands are .much broad up, and gone off to the AmatOla, but we had so ha g a day yesterday I have not gone out to-day. I eb_., 11 4 clear the Eland's-river country to-morrow, and try e"' I particularlyLiowifehuittchehney a:v2risa: yesterday. C r hs d, e , n a o l y o tf l; get to Eland's-post. This I think will break the neck e' this rebellion. I have all their women an d c ,.bildreD i r. and ahall keep them, which will "bring the men . out. r ' send this express to calm the mind of the public. I lisq: not received the Commandant's report, but shall do 0 0 `- a day or two. The brave conduct of the Burghers is boyou • ef $ ll prai:e. The whole colony is indebted for its salved ° to the conduct of these Burghers for the last six we ekl ' Tv el Sutton, commanding at at Fort Beaufort. N.B.—By a memorandum on the outside of ;the di V amounted to 220. off February,fro from Fort the A rm p s r t i r s o o i n i patch,b break a It gent" daYt SUTTON, Bt. Lieut.-Col., C.M- 13 " MEMORANDUM OF KI LLED AND W O UNDED ON THE 22P 4 Killed—Two Bur P g E h ß er a s uA fo lt u Y ;F lB in s g l. oes• total, six kil le t Wounded —Five HotteLC.M.R., one Georg e, ' ' 15 Burghers, five Fingoes;' total, 25 wounded._ W. C. EDDIE, P.M.O. W. SUTTON, Bt. Lieut.-Col- a Owing to the favourable state of trade in Eugla ° the wool market at the Cape is in good' con dition; Prices ar e ra n ging higher, and 13d. has been giv e , e fur the best washed wools. The ivory market is a; looking up, owing to the high quotations f,r ° England. 'Some large lots were expected at x n ' s 4 Elizabeth from the frontier, but the communicatio n being cut off in consequence of the war, it ma3 71)6 some time before they come to hand. The cargo of the Propontis consists of 58 bales 0 1 wool, 4 attics of ivory, 2 cases ditt o , 80 di tto t us ks, 2 6 casks seal skins, 59 hogsheads wine, 380 bags guano, 20 bales of goat skins, 30 casks of oil, 1 al; of ostrich feathers, 6 cases of wine, 2 boxes of fa i l 34 packages of sundries, and 8 b oxes s p ec imens ° natural history. For two days after the Propontis left the Cape sbes made 490 miles under can vas on ly. Th e south." 9, trades were very light an d t h e nort h- east t ra d e s tn° derate. Off the Western Islands, on the 9 t hinstal she experience a very h eavy ga l e f rom north-ea st' and on the 12th there was a h eavy sea f rom the en'; ,' ' ward, with no wind. O n t h e same d ay , l at . 41';' ; north, long. 16'40 west, she spoke the barque Dubli n ' from Liverpool, fur New South Wales, out se ve " days. Off the Scilly Islands, on Wednesday moron between 12 and 4 o ' c l oc k, s h e spo k e t h e outornr, Cape mail packet B osp h orus , C ap t a i n H a ll, raakin° all speed with a fair wind. Passengers by the , Propontis from Cape Town ~,i Sir Robert Sta n f or d, M r . D o l man , M r . Orr, r„ Mennes, Captaiu D. J. Hogue, Aar. Az' 1851. - Martin, Mr. one lit IV 1 Regime At Simun's bad been sent Abe War agai 4 erald 26, C It died. S iellon's I ~Rer Maj eE he '() , t s erninent trou t si„ i'do mmander o ' r a. cruise ; t hr 2 3d, for i the steam sle w , , also "rtinhoder St. 44 'ves was al TLe WOIVE tontAining The the 10 mails A.AI -sorted in Postmaster. , CThe follm ' 44 Light : MEL 6 have j re(lt Ylle Roo street,vhe b ezarainit restyp ec , t° e nter into s n . i scientifi c °: kr. 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