The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-21 00:00:00

CLERICAL, MEDICAL , AND GENERAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Five Bonuses have been declared ; at the last in January, 1852, the sum of 131,1251. was added to the Policies, producing a Bonus vary ing with the d ff erc nt ages from 24% to 55 per cent. on the Premiums paid during the five years, or from 51. to 121. 10s. per cent. on the Sum Assured. The small than of Profit divisible in future among the 'Share holders being now provided for, the Assured will hereafter derive all the benefits obtainable from a 31utt:a1 Office, without any Liability or Risk of Partnership. One-half the life premium for the first Ave years may remain on credit. Invalid Lives may be assured at rates proportioned to the risk. Claims paid thirty days after proof of death, and all Policies are Indisputable except in cases of !Yawl. The last year's Report (just printed) can be obtained free of • GEORGE R. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary. 99, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. THEATRE ROYAL, 11XYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, APRIL 21, Will be performed W EN M ELOPE ETS . Farren, IN HlG Buckstone, and Comp- H LIFE. By Messrs. B. Sullivan, Chippendale, owe, ton; 'Mesdames Fitzwilliam, Reynolds, L. S. Buckingham, &c. After which MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR NASSUS. To conclude with OUR MARY ANNE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. 'Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, Aran. 21, Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. After which will be performed the new Drama, adapted from the French of Mons. Scribe, by Mr. Pa:grave Simpson, called MARCO SPADA. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Veitris. THIS EVENING, Amt. 21, Will be performed USED UP. Principal character Mr. C. Mathews. After which, THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD. Charac ers by Messrs. F. Matthews, Suter, Horncastle, and Templeton ; Madame Yestris. M'sses Robertson, Egliaton, &c. To conclus:e with A PRACTICAL MAN. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Ann, 21, Will be performed A DESPERATE GAME. After which, MASKS A 3 4D FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain —by Messrs. B Webster, L. Murray, Honey, P. Bedford, and 0. Smith ; Mesdames Celeste, Woolgaz, &c. To be followed by BE CSY BAKER—by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. _ To conclude with PEPLNO THE DUMB BOY, AND PUG, HI S MONKEY. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager• Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, APRIL 21, Will be performed THE COUNTRY SQUIRE. Characters by Messrs. Farren, H. Farren, Morgan, and Clifton; Mesdames A. Phillips, H. Gordon, Adams, and E. Turner. After which, UNCLE CROTCHET. Uncle Crotchet, Mr. Farren. To c nclude with THE FLYING DUTCHMAN. Supported by Mes rs. H. Marston, and F. Robson; Mesdames A. Phillips and H. Gordon. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Brilliant career of the New Spectacle. The extraordinary and novel F. , ats of the Horses, the Passage of the Bursting Wood, the Leap through Fire, and the terrific spring of Amakosa's Steed trom the fearful Heights of the 'Umtata, continue to be nightly received with increased astonishment and enthusiastic approbation. The training of the Horses for these astounding Feats has occupied 31r. W. Cooke's unremitting attention for months past. ..._ _ THIS EVENING, AwL 21, Anil during the week, the Performances will commence with the highly successful and magnificent spectacle of AMAKOSA ; or, Scenes of Kafir Warfare ; with all it 3 new, beautiful, scenic, inte resting, dramatic, and astonishing Equestrian effects. To be followed by a most novel and brilliant Routine of Gymnas and Equestrian Achievcmenti in the Scenes of the ARENA, sup ported by the most eminent British and Continental Artistes of the day. To conclude with a Popular FARCE. Bill-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—N.W. fresh breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON-W. strong breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE—N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—N.W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BASINGSTOKE—N.*., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. STROOD—N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LEIGHToN—N.., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock : MULLINGAR— S.W. gentle breeze—rain. HASTINGS—W., light air overcast. FOLKESTONE—S.W., gentle breeze—foggy. TUNBRIDGE—N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. STROOD—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—W., gentle breeze—cloudy. LEIGHTON—S.W. gentle breeze—overcast. CAmmtruGu—S.T4s"., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YARMOUTH—S.W. calm—foggy. HOLYHEAD—S.S.W., strong breeze—overcast. LANCASTER—S., calm—partially cloudy. WRlTBY—Calm—overcast. DARLINGTON—S., gentle breeze -.overcast. SNAP— S.S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. liIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY —Morning 57 min. after 11 I Evening 22 min.aft. 12 To-Afonow—Morning 44 min. after 12 Evening 7 min.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.—Strx OFFICE, APRIL 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 50— this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 55. WIND, S.S.E.—Light breeze, dull and hazy, with rain. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE 'OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE S A 14f1 EVENING, With all other News arriving up to the hour of Poet, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. teb • ; , • • • LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1853. tween precarious and transitory, and fixed and per- manent incomes. That the existing system has a very demoralising tendency we willingly admit. It is one of the strongest objections to the system which Mr. GLADSTONE is endeavouring to renew, with all its atrocities unchanged and unmitigated. But al though many may unfortunately fall, on behalf of the general body, we repel, with just indignation, the foul imputation. We believe that on a strict scrutiny it would bo found that many men submit to pay double or even treble assessment rather than submit to the unpleasant alternative—and that, taking the en tire as a class, an average of far more than 7d. in the pound is paid on the bona fide profits of per sons chargeable under schedule D. Notwithstanding all the efforts that have been made to puff the Budget as the most brilliant financial scheme ever submitted for Legislative consideration, its defects are becoming too plainly and too painfully apparent to let it be supposed that it will be permitted to pass without great and serious opposition. The proposal for the re newal of the Income Tax, in all its unmitigated atrocity, has excited universal disgust throughout the country—a disgust considerably enhanced in many quarters by the specious sophistries with which its author has attempted to show that there is prac tically no injustice to the, merchants, traders, and manufacturers who, notwithstanding the precarious nature of their profits, are compelled to pay on "what the collectors choose to assess'? as much as the fundholder on his dividend, or the landowner on hisground-rent. True it is that trade may for a period be brisk, and matters go on swimmingly, but there are terrible reverses to be encountered— reverses for which every person embarked in busi ness of the ordinary class dust make full prepara tion ; and although he may cheerfully pay his quota, when times are propitious, and his account shows a balance at the right side of the ledger, it will be very difficult to do so when bad debts have accumulated, and he is greatly puzzled to make both ends m ee t, so as to avo i d a very unenv i a bl e no ti ce 111 the Gazette. Then, indeed, the visit of the collector becomes not merely irksome, but alto together detestabl some _ e• In place of gaining hand ruinous, losses, gig has su s t a i ne d h eavy, per h aps • nis time an d l a b our h ave been th rown away a large p ro p or ti on o f his capital h as still the inexoraleacc: mpanied them ; but gatherer insists on payment to the last farthingain- ciounisi.dteal profits, or, if there be any demur, transactions, examination into all his prying refusal to pay, or to appeal against the asses' volve the disclosure of all his dealin gs ma y the betrayal of his secrets t o his tr ' ad l in cl °a- -- peti tors. It is very well for Mr. GLADSTgO:Irt-o speak of the evils of self-assessment, and. to Lint that British merchants and traders--men who have hitherto maintained unblemished reputations —are willing to commit gross frauds on the re venue—to state wilful and deliberate falsehoods under their hands for the purpose of obtaining p a ltry savings. There may, and we have no doubt are, many persons who consider that an unjust and inequitable impost of the kind may be evaded by any means, but it is a gross libel on a numerous, an influential, and a high-minded class to assert that such unjustifiable proceedings are commonly resorted to—or that the merchants and traders of Great Britain are so notoriously dis honest that their unfair returns, and, conse quently, diminished charges, may be considered as affording maple equivales for the differences be- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1853. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO ()CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export. The market closed heavily, and, compared with Friday's rates, American under 6cl. per lb. were fully 1-16 d. per lb. lower. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 150 Pernam and Maranham, 61d. to 7fd. ; 400 Bahia, 6d. to cid. • ' 350 Egyptian, 7/d. to 9d. ; 600 Surat, 34d. to 4id. ; and 150 Sea Island, at ls. 9d. to 2s. 6d. per lb. Railway shares were dull. The six weeks' average price of wheat is 455. 11d., and the last week's sales were 75,972 quarters. The scarcity of seamen is experienced in various ports of the Continent even more than here. In Belgium there is the greatest difficulty in filling up the crews, and many vessels are unable to pro ceed to sea in consequence. The same complaints are made in Holland, although wages have been in creased there as well as at Antwerp. The desertion of sailors from vessels arriving at the ports of India has occurred to some extent. The steamer Franklin from New York brings 200,000 dollars, mostly for the Continent. The steamer Tennessee, with 600 passengers, had been wrecked off San Francisco, but all the passengers were saved. The sailing vessel Ballarat has arrived with ac counts of January 7 from Melbourne, and 78,114 ounces in gold. The following extract from a letter gives the impressions of a party recently arrived : "After the glowing accounts of Australian climate and Australian scenery, as well as of the beauty of the town of Melbourne, I must say I was completely dis appointed as were all our pa ssengers , w ith one excep tion. This was a gentleman who had imported wine and had effected some very good sales. The first im pression is unquestionably cooling ; so much so, that anxious as I was to leave the vessel before I had landed, I subsequently discovered that the old ship, and the narrow bunk, and the company even—heartily tired as I was of them all—had a charm, till then undreamt of. These are the antipodes of England in every respect. Masters are servants, and servants masters. The men employed_on the steamer are getting 161. a month and are as independent as the worst Americans. Melbourne is situated, as you probably know, to the north of the Yarns Yarra river, which empties itself at the extreme point of the bay, and taking a circuitous wind again brings Melbourne to overlook the sea, rather from the east than the north. As far as this river extends towards Mel bourne it can scarcely be said to possess any features of interest, and is, indeed, more like an East Indian creek, a swamp, in fact, than a river. It has no banks for a couple of miles up, but furnishes a `water guns-tree' plant, sufficiently pretty, but growing out of the water like bulrushes. As you proceed, the river gets more narrow. The bank is low and unsightly, the scenery sterile ; and the melting down and slaughtering sheds are filthy looking and offensive. In proceeding up the river you find that Melbourne is built on low ground, much of it considerably below the level of the sea, and has to the south-east a few mles of low bush swampy land. On landing you are struck with the coarse manners and independent impudence of every one— tradesmen and draymen alike, and with the enor mous price of everything. As you walk along the streets you meet most ill-looking fellows, and observe that no one smiles or is apparently happy, but looks with mistrust and suspicion at all who come near them. You menuare walking not about altogether withsafe 'guns fr? u t n o d rng pistols , y andou find feel see th yo at diggers with their blue serge shirts and short pipes, driven about drunk, in open barouches of elegant ap pearance ; another carriage will probably contain two diggers' wives and children, with coarse , Ratcliffe-high way-looking faces, and decked out in all the finery of jewellery, silks, and satins. These seem to share the infirmity of the colony, and slake their Clint with alco holic " nobblers." No face is lighted with a smile, as I have said. " There is no poetry here—no sentiment, and appear ance goes for nothing. It is a money-grubbing, sus picious, debased existence, which has no innocent, pleasant, or amiable weaknesses, but boasts of seeing the naked truth through an illusive drapery. Give me the agreeable self-delusion, the imaginary, and the ideal, along w ith as much of the real as is re quisite to make the outline of beauty. I enter a protest against so disgusting a state of society at once. No one ventures out after dark in town, for fear of being ' stuck-up,' which means plundered. It is sur prising how one can leave pride behind one here. To day I have seen several of the most respectable of our passengers, well-educated, and sons of gentlemen, selling their superfluous clothes, linen, &c., on the open space outside the wharfs. They open their boxes and stand behind them like any stall-keeper in London. You have heard that peaches, grapes, and all fruits are remarkably cheap in Australia, and plentiful withal. I have not seen any grapes and peaches, and you may conceive what prices these would fetch when apples are sold at ls. a lb. " Many of our fellow-passengers have pitched their tents outside the town, and do not complain of their lot, although the nights are very cold and wet, this being the spring time of Australia." The following is the programme of the Confer ence to co - Bider the state of mercantile law and the judicial system of the United Kingdom, to be held in Liverpool, at the instance of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, on the 28th and 29th April, 1853 : " On Thursday, 28th, a meeting will be held at the offices of the Chamber—President or Vice-President of Chamber in the chair :-1. To receive reports and sug gestions from the members of the deputations. 2. To arrange proceedings of the meeting on the following day ; to agree to resolutions founded on propositions circulated herewith ; and to appoint speakers. 3. On Friday, the 29th, formal meeting of Conference, consisting of the directors of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, deputies from commercial associations, and other invited parties. Members of the Chamber invited to attend. Reporters present. The Mayor in the chair. A statement of the special objects of this Con ference, and the resolutions founded thereon, will be submitted. Further subjects of consideration, if time permit :—Law of partnership and the question of limited liability, and the law of bankruptcy and its adminis tration." The funds are much duller this morning, and the pressure of stock upon the market for imme diate realisation has subsided. Consols have been quoted 100-1 to for money, and 100 a to / for ac count. The New Three-and-a-Quartei per Cents. have been marked 104 to f and the Three per Cents. 991 to Bank Stock maintains the rise to 227. East India Stock is at 2621. Exchequer Bills of June are 45., and India Bonds 365. to 425. pre mium. . ---- The Foreign Securities have been weaker and the The Papacy Railway and the Spanish Certifi c at e s have drop oLontlnielyre27is a decline in prices. M ex i c an have been ti ped to 6/. The Swedish Lon has been at 11. dis count. Dutch 21- per Cent's. have been heavy at 66k, owing to the political excitement concerning Share market has ex hibit e d a little in Holland. more decline firmness is a rally thismo of rning, and upon yesterday's about i per cent., and in some cases rather more. The North-estern, S ou th-Western, and Great Western are all looking here up. The Great Northern is much the same, with the exception of the B. stock, which is V. higher. Caledonian shares- are steady. Oxford and Wol verhampton continue weak, and are lower than yesterday by 10s. The York and Berwick are heavy, and slso the York and North Midland. Eastern Counties about the same. French Shares are tolerably well supported, but Northerns are a shade lower. South-Eastern are rather dearer, and Western§ are good. In the Gold Mine Shares there is very little doing, and they support the previous rates. There is no further decline in the Land Companies, but business is rather dull. The Australian Bank Shares are weak, in the ab sence of any transactions, except in those which have obtained charters. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY, (From the Off:lcial List.) Business done. Bank Stock _ .... .. ........... 227 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities i g New 31 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 India Stock .. _ 26 2A India Bonds, £IC )0 Ditto, under 21C.:3 ... . South Sea Old Annuities ........... . ....... Consols for Account Exchequer Bills Id. June. March. X 1000....,.. 4 .e5OO ................... ................................. ........................ : 8 Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent Dutch Exchange, 2L• per Cent. ...... 66 Equador Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 24i 4 Ditto Passive (Converted) Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 64 P c 13 Swedish Loan ........ .... .• ••• • .............. ••• 1 4 Dividends on the above pay Able In London. Dutch Exchange, 24 p e r Cont. 12 Guil. Ditto 4 per Ceut.C er tificates........• HALF-PAST TWO. Consols ooi Ditto May Account THE POLICE DAGUERREOTYPE. —The first specimen of the illustrated " hue and cry" containing the portrait of the individual "wanted," in addition to his verbal description, has just reached Scotland-yard. *lt is issued by the Manchester detective police, and the likenesses difficulty in recognising his man by their aid. are so striking that an intelligent officer would have no But beside the objections to the Income Tax, there is one portion of the Budget so unfair—we will not use the still stronger terms justly applicable to the matter—that it must induce independent Members to hesitate before they can lend their sanction to such a transaction. It may not be Parliamentary to impute motives, but their can not be much doubt as to the intent and object of the CHANCELLOR of the RYCHEQUER in offering— we will not call it the bribe—" the rose by any other name will smell as sweet "—but the great concession to the Times. That journal had long ably and eloquently denounced the gross injustice of the present system under which the Income Tax was apportioned. It pointed out the gross and palpable injustice of charging equally all de scriptions of income without reference to the source from whence it might be derived. And from-its pre vious observations—it was almost certain that it would have hurled its thunder at the devoted head of any man, or any Ministry, that proposed to con tinue so monstrous a grievance. The Times could not, we believe, be bribed with money. But there are other modes of accomplishing a similar object by more delicate means. The man who accepted a good situation for himself, or his friend, as the condition of his support, should not regard with virtuous indignation the backslidings of the more vulgar recipient of £s. d. The immaculate proprietor of East India Stock, who votes with the promise of a cadetship for his younger son, should not con demn the guzzling elector of the borough of Eatanswill, whose most sweet voice could be ob tained for a gluttonous meal, accompanied by sundry glasses of diluted alcohol. There can be no doubt on the point. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER threw a tempting sop to the Cerberus of the fourth estate, and the vigilant guardian devoured the delectable morsel. Mr. BRIGHT'S motion, this evening, will show that it is the only journal that will profit by the change. The whole 40,0001. per annum will go into its coffers ! For although there may be other papers that publish supplements, there are none in which the supplements can be devoted exclusively to advertisements, and be it remembered, that, without the stamp, these supplements will have similar postal facilities to those enjoyed by others that are duly stamped. The double supplement to the Times—such as were published yesterday and this day, and for which 40,000 pence, or £166 3s. 4d., has been paid for each publication—will become of daily occurrence. This is no ordinary inducement, and its effect will be seen by the altered tone of the Leviathan respecting the renewal of an un modified Income Tax. It is consolatory to observe the pertinacity with which reformers, really devoted to the cause they have espoused, continue their exertions, repeat their efforts, reiterate their arguments, until they have actually attained the object of their aspira tions. From the history of their proceedings we might cull illustration after illustration in testi mony of the all-conquering energies of Persever ance. Perseverance, indeed, like JACK in the story-book, is endowed at once with the shoes of swiftness and the sword of sharpness. Even if, at times, apparently most sluggish, it is nevertheless all the while advancing, imperceptibly it may be, but on that account no less surely, to the goal— and arrives there at last like "ESOP'S tortoise. Remember how CHARLES VILLIERS battled session after session for those doctrines of Free Trade which were ultimately enabled to triumph, through the patriotic magnanimity of Sir ROBERT PEEL— those great principles which since the death of that illustrious statesman have been recognised and adopted even by the agricu.- turists under the modified phrase of " un restricted competition." Remember how one of the surgeons of London, unaided by any sustain ing auspices, unbacked by any potent influence, supported only by his indomitable resolution, and his unflinching determination, insisted upon the really " vital" importance of the Dead-Man's Question for fifteen or sixteen consecutive years, in spite of scarcely numerable discouragements— at first even without one solitary supporter. And see him now, rewarded, morally rewarded at least, by the dawning triumphs of the beneficent purpose to the furtherance of which his whole heart and soul (to say nothing of his time and money) seem to have been ungrudgingly dedicated. Recollect, too, the dogged resolve shown year after year by HENRY BERKELEY in bringing the merits of the Ballot favourably under the con sideration of Parliament : and recollect, as we shall infallibly have to recollect, for the success of the Ballot is inevitable—its success we mean, here, in being accepted by the Legislature when Bribery shall at last have been effectually pre vented through its instrumentality, and when it shall thereby have removed an odious and damn ing blot from the system of popular representation. Acting with like resolution, CHARLES PEARSON has long continued to agitate the advisability of carrying out his scheme for a great Central Rail way Terminus as the core of a comprehensive pro ject of metropolitan improvements. We are re joiced to observe that an eminent fellow-labourer, FRANCIS BENNOCH, is evincing at this moment a similar sense of the efficacy of perseverance. He is doing this not by another effective speech b , .3- fore the Common Councilmen, but by echoing his previous assertions on the subject of the Bridges of London, in his newly-assumed character as a pamphleteer. "Are More Bridges Needed I" is the designation of his apt brochure ;* and as the very title-page informs the reader, plainly, that question is " Answered Affirmatively." Every one who bears in recollection Mr. BENNOCH'S previous arguments in relation to this sub ject, besides those of our readers who re member the comments passed upon the mat ter more than once by ourselves, will not marvel for an instant that the inquiry has been made at all; much less will they wonder that, having • been made, it has been at once boldly answered in the affirmative. The insufficiency of the present means of transit across the Silent Highway is suffi ciently apparent. Hitherto the utmost amount of accommodation obtained in this way has been the construction of six bridges between the twin cities of London and Westminster. Six—while Paris has about four times as many for the con venience of its inhabitants. Six—namely, Lon don, Southwark, Blackfriars, Waterloo, Hunger ford, and Westminster. Six—and out of these six actually but one in every way worthy of the British metropolis, the other five being either tolled or dilapidated ! That one is, of course, London-bridge. Among the remaining five, two of them are free, but it must be remembered Th n e in o g th ra a m t the sa me ti me t h at t h ey are ru i nous l y r i c k e tt y , obviously have s Blackfriarstill tobe accounted and Westminster. for in otir re ,:xatuination—but those three, though otherwise in their stability admirable, are un h app il y t o ll e d, the foot passenger b he can cross eing m u l c t e d o f a penny before wishes to traverse Southwark, and o f a h a lf penny if he either Waterloo It must be repeatedorHungerford. that Loudon-bridge • only one among the six bridges is the Thames between it and spanning the Westminster in every re spect worthy of its position. Clearly this is in no way satisfactory. There •is room for improve , went. Our endeavour should be to render free— Southwark, Waterloo, and Hungerford• Another * "The Bridges of London. `Are more Bridges Needed ?' Answered Affirmatively." By Francis B en - Effingham Wllson, London, 1803 ? noch. Bvo, pp. 55. effort should be, to thoroughly renovate—Black friars and Westminster. Another, according to Mr. BENNOCH, should be to erect three other bridges (" free," of course, and " adapted for car riage traffic") at points thus situated— ; St. Paul's, Temple, and Charing-cross. Besicks this increase of accommodation, the originator of this most commendable scheme proposes that there should be intermediate points for additional transit across the river by steam ferries. It must be confessed, even by those who may be the most strenuously opposed to the boldness of these pro jected innovations, that as yet London has at tended but incifferently in this matter to the con venience of its enormous population. Nowadays there are plenty of steamboats plying to and fro along the channel of the Thames, but across the river, what inadequate means of conveyance have hitherto been afforded to the multitude. Some thing in the way of speedy and comprehensive change has at length become in this respect, we rejoice to think, imperatively requisite. People almost universally allow, at last, that each Of the five bridges already specified, is nothing less odious than a most intolerable nuisance. Southwark, Waterloo, and Hungerford—by not being free ! Blackfriars and Westminster, by being in a disgraceful state of dilapidation ! London-bridge alone is really creditable to the metropolis, and worthy of its designation. From the perseverance shown by Mr. BEN NOCH, we are disposed to augur well for the scheme of which he is the originator. His new pamphlet is appropriately addressed " to the metropolitan public in general, and to the mem bers of the Corporation of the City of London in particular." It insists especially upon the necessity of constructing another bridge across the river Thames, nearly half-way between Southwark and Blackfriars. It reminds the community that no less than thirty years have elapsed since any addi tional bridge was projected, and that twenty two years have elapsed since the last was opened, although meanwhile " nearly a mil lion has been added to the metropolitan population." Time enough that some energetic effort was made to remove this discredit from the inhabitants of London and Westminster. With London-bridge already possessing (as it undoubt edly does) " traffic enough for any three bridges of equal width," with Southwark tolled, and Blackfriars ruinous, and Waterloo tolled, and Hungerford tolled, and Westminster dilapidated— there is obviously room in this matter, as we cannot readily tire of repeating, for very desirable and very comprehensive improvements. Mr. WALKER is witnessing the gradual adoption of his ideas in regard to the intramural graveyards. Mr. PEARSON is beginning to perceive the accept ance of his project for a Central Railway Terminus. Mr. BENNOCH, we must hope, will very speedily prove not less fortunate in reference to the adop tion of his noble scheme for better ,bridges across the Thames in London and Westminster. PRICE OP GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives au exchange of 25.17 ; and the ex change at Paris on London at short being 25.05, it follows that gold is about 0.48 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 427 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.6 ; and the exchange at Elamburgh on London at short being 13.6, it follows that gold is the same price in Hainburgh;that it is in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1094 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.08 per cent. against England ; but, after making allowance for charges of transport, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmission of gold either way between the two countries. THE TOWER.—The Tower Wharf has been for some days a semi-fashionable promenade, in consequence of her Majesty's ship Crocodile having hauled close along side, so that persons are enabled to walk on board, and many have availed themselves of the opportunity of visiting this ship of war. Her removal to her present situation has been rendered necessary in consequence of the accumulation of mud at her old moorings, so that she could not he afloat at low water, although drawing but 11 feet. This having been represented to the Trinity Board, one of their large dredging engines, driven by steam-power, has been set to work with such success, that it is expected she will resume her old position in a few days. CLOSING OF CHEAPSIDE.—This morning Cheapside, one of the most important thoroughfares within the City, as being the principal line for traffic from the West-end to the Bank and the eastern districts of the metropolis, was closed for the purpose of repairing Milk street to the Old Jewry, by order of the Lord Mayor. The obstr ucLion is the source of considerable incon venience and delay to passengers by omnibuses and other vehicles, as they have to take a very cir cuitous route, either by Gresham-street or Watling st-:eet, both alrea:ly overcrowded with heavily laden vans and waggons. The repaving has been rendered necessary owing to late heavy rains having caused the substratum to sink so much that, in some places, the ruts were nearly six :'2ches deep. The new pavement is being laid with oblong blocks of granite, on a bed of concrete, which method is expected to withstand the constant abrasion much better than that heretofore in use. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A FRENCHMAN.—On Sunday evening last a party of French ladies and gentlemen were returning to town from High Beech, where they had spent the day ; they stopped the carriage for the purpose of gathering some shrubs that grew in the forest, when Monsieur Curies suddenly fell from the box, struck his head on the road, and died instantly. He was con veyed to the Castle Inn, at Woodford, as soon as possi ble. Dr. Bunce immediately attended but could render no assistance. PRIVATE LIGHTHOUSES.—Yesterday a return to Par liament was printed, showing that on the 14th instant the amount of debt due to the Trinity Corporation for buying up private lighthouses was 97,500/. - • • MERCANTILE MARINE FUND.—Yesterday was printed an account of the income and expenditure under the Mercantile Marine Act for the year ending the 31st De cember last. The income was 28,2391. 6s. 6d., of which 12,4041. lls. 6d. were fees on the engagement of crews, and 10,9691. 9s. 6d. on the discharge of crews. The ex penditure was 23,7001. 25., and at the end of the year the balance, being the excess of income over expenditure, was 4,0441. 12s. 11d. TWELVE DAYS FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO LONDON.— Mr. Drury Wake arrived on the 15th inst. at Steven's Hotel overland from Constantinople. He immediately proceeded to the Foreign-office with dispatches for Lord Clarendon, having made the journey in twelve days, in cluding quarantine and other necessary delays. ATIILONE ELECTION.—The nomination at Athlone took place yesterday, when Keogh and Norton were proposed. The town tranquil. Keogh's return con sidered certain. SIR WALTER GILBERT.—We regret to learn that letters from Alexandria give an unsatisfactory account of the health of that distinguished officer, Sir Walter Gilbert. Up to the departure of the last mail, he ap pears to have derived but little benefit from the climate of Egypt, which ha was recommended to try, when forced by illness to leave Calcutta, and it is much feared that he will be unable to resume his duties in India. PROPOSED NEW BRIDGE BETWEEN SOUTHWARK AND BLACKERIARS.—A report received from the " Bridge house committee" of the Common Council in relation to the proposed erection of a new bridge between Black friars and Southwark-bridges, and the rebuilding of Blackfriars-bridge, has been ordered to be printed. The report stated that the committee were of opinion that additional bridge accommodation was desirable, and re commended the court to entertain Mr. Deputy Ben noch's proposition for a new bridge, "provided the ne cessary funds could be obtained for the purpose." PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—The reproduction of Mr. Westland Marston's exquisite play of Anne Blake, on Tuesday evening, was hailed with the applause of a full and fashionable audience, and the performers, who each and all, acquitted themselves to perfection, received an enthusiastic recall at the termination of the piece. Marco Spada, with the unequalled brilliancy of its ball-room scene, and the excellent acting of Mr. Ryder, and of that admirably assorted pair of comedians, Mr. Walter Lacy and Miss Carlotta Leclercq, who keep the house in per petual hilarity while upon the scene, continues to be most attractive. On the nights when Macbeth is per formed, not a seat in the theatre is left unoccupied. ANOTHER TRAGEDY IN LANCASHIRE.—PRESTON, WED NESDAY.—On Monday evening, the village of Ramble ton, which is only about four milesirom Garstang, was startled by the report of a gun in the house of Richard Pedder, a boatman, aged 40, and on a search being in stituted the dead body of Mrs. Pedder was found stretched upon the floor of the house. The evidence given at the inquest held this day, showed that the un fortunate woman was in the garden, and that her brutal husband seized a duck-gun and pointing it through the window, shot her dead, and then dragged the holly into the house. After perpetrating the crime the murderer escaped, but he was' apprehended in a subsequent part of the evening by police constable Cooper, and lodged in the lock-up, to await the result of the coroner's inquest, which took place this day, and which ended in his com mittal to Lancaster to take his trial at the August Assizes on the charge of wilful murder. SHOOTING AT A ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGYMAN.—We understand that the Rev. Mr. Glacken, the parish priest of Garta n , Donegal, was fired at by an agssass Wednesday, th e 6th lust , within ' two miles ' of 1 1 I :i ' s re sidence, ' ttafternoon. The injury ho had sust a i ne d is very trivial, only between the hours of three and four o'clock in a few grains of shot having lodged in his right hand and chin. No cause as yet has been assigned for this attack.—Derry Journal. COURT CIRCULAR, His Royal Highness Prince Albert dined with the Duke of Cambridge, on Tuesday evening, at St. James's Palace. The Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aber deen, the Count Kielmansegge, the Earl of Eglinton, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of Malmesbury, Viscount Hardinge, Lord Raglan, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, the Right Hon. Sydney Herbert, and Lord William Paulet, had the honour of being invited to meet his Royal Highness. Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour was in attendance on the Prince. The Countess of Neuilly and the Princess Augustus of Saxe Cobourg visited her Majesty on Tuesday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty, yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. The residents of the Queen's Colleges of Belfast and Galway had an interview with Viscount Palmerston, yesterday. The members of the deputation had also an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yes terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Moffat, M.P., had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, yesterday. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had also an interview with the right hon. gentleman, at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with Mr. Wilson, at the Treasury, yesterday. THE LEVEE. His Royal Highness Prince Albert held a levee on behalf of her Majesty, at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, St. James's Palace. The Prince arrived from Buckingham Palace about two o'clock, escorted by a.deta:...hment of Life Guards, and was received by the great officers of State. _ His Royal Highness was attended by the Duke of Nor folk, K.G., lord steward ; the Marquis of Breadalbane, K.T., lord chamberlain ; the Duke of Wellington, master of the horse ; the Earl of Mulgrave, treaser of the house hold ; Lord Ernest Bruce, vice-chamberlain -oT nberlain ; Lord Drum lanrig, comptroller of the household; Lord Elphinstone, G.C.H., lord in waiting ; Lord George Lennox, lord in waiting to his Royal Highness ; Sir Frederick Stovin, groom in waiting ; Colonel Wylde, groom in waiting to his Royal Highness ; Major-General Buckley, equerry in waiting ; Lieut.-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, equerry in waiting to his Royal Highness ; and Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, private secretary to his Royal Highness. The Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms was on duty, under the command of the Lieutenant. The sub-officers, Lieutenant-Colonel Neville and Major Cooke, were also on duty. Her Majesty's body guard of the Yeoman of the Guard was on duty in the Palace, under the command of the Exon in Waiting. . . . _ The Cabinet Ministers present at the reception were the Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the Treasury ; Earl Gran ville, Lord President ; the Duke of Argyll, Lord Privy Seal ; the Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; tho Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Sir Charles Wood, President of the Board of Control ; the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Secretary-at- War ; and Sir William Molesworth, First Commissioner of Works. The diplomatic circle was introduced, when the follow• ing foreigners of distinction bad the honour of being pre• sented to his Royal Highness : By the French Ambassador, M. le Baron de Cabrol, at , tache to the French embassy. By the Sardinian Minister, De Comte Francois Ve. rasis de Castiglione, chambellan de S. M. la Reine de Sar daigne. _ _ By the Belgian Charge d'Affaires, M. Leopold Orban, attache to the Belgian legation. 'By the Mexican Charge d'Affaires , Don B. Gomez Farias, attache to the Mexicanlegation. The following noblemen and gentlemen had the honour of being presented : Earl of Annesley, by Viscount Mandeville. Mr. James Augustus Atkinson, on going abroad, by Lord Saye and Sele. Mr. Allen Bathurst, by the Earl Bathurst. Mr. Bellew, M.P., by Lord Dunkellin. Rear-Admiral Berkeley, on his appointment to office, by Sir James Graham. Lieut. Henry Bethune, on appointment to Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia, by the Duke of Richmond. Mr. Carrick Buchanan, of Drumpeller, by the Marquis of Thomoud. Mr. Andrew Buchanan, on being appointed her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary, and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Denmark, by the Earl of Clarendon. Major Callander, Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry, by the Marquis of Breadalbane. Captain Campbell, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, on pro motion, by Lieutenant-General Sleigh. Colonel Challoner, on appointment to the command of the 3rd Regiment of Surrey Militia, by the Earl of Love lace. Mr. Cholmondeley, by the Marquis of Cliolifiondeley. Colonel Colville, on promotion, by his Royal Highness the bilk() of Cambridge. Mr. Octavius Edward Coope, on appointment as Deputy- Lieutenant of Essex, by Viscount Maynard. Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General Crookahank, by his uncle, Sir Fitzroy Kelly. Mr. Cuthbert, on appointment as Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Kent, by Earl Cowper. Mr. John F. W. de Solis, late attache to her Majesty's mission at Turin, by the Earl of Clarendon. Mr. L. C. do Gerin do Valdonne, by his uncle, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P. Mr. J. E. Deane, on appointment to Gold Coast Corps, by Colonel Airey. Colonel George Dixon, Scots Fusilier Guards, on promo tion, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G. Lieutenant John Elliott, R.M., on return from Burmah, and appointment to the staff of the Royal Marines, by Major-General Sir John Owen, K.C.B. Captain the Hon. D. Erskine, by Colonel Bentick. Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre, by Viscount Hardinge. Mr. H. W. Freeland, on being appointed a magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of Sussex, by the Duke of Richmond. Viscount Falmouth, on succeeding to the title, by Viscount Sydney. Lieutenant James Ross Farquharson, on his appointment to the Scots Fusileer Guards, 'by his father, Mr. Farquhar son, of Invercauld. Mr. Richard Fellowes, on his appointment as Deputy- Lieutenant of the county of Berks, by Mr. Fellowes, M.P. Archdeacon Lane Freer, on his appointment to be Arch deacon of Hereford, by the Bishop of Hereford. Captain the Hon. Edward Gage, R.A., on promotion, by his father, Viscount Gage. Mr. Pemberton Gibbs, by Sir Fitzroy Kelly. Mr. Home Gordon, en appointment as Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Sutherland, by the Duke of Sutherland. Lieutenant-Colonel Grant, King's Light Infantry Militia, by General Viscount Combermere. Mr. Charles Button Gregory, C.E., by the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade. Earl Grosvenor on his marriage, by the Duke of Nor folk. Mr. Charles Baillie Hamilton, on his return from Florence, by the Marquis of Bredalbane. Captain Frederic William Hamilton, on his appointment to be one of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms, by Lord Foley. Commander H. S. Hawker, by Captain C. Wyvill. R.f., A.D.C. Mr. Hammersley, by Colonel Bouverie. Mr. Henry Hildyard, by Lord Breadalbr.ne. Mr. Hubbard, Governor of the Bank of England, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Ingham, on being appointed one of her Majesty's counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. Lord Mark Kerr, by Earl Talbot. Mr. Philip Kingsford, by the Rev. R. W. Jelf, D.D. Mr. Henry William Knox, Deputy-Lieutenant County Mayo, by Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Arbuthnot. Dr. Hunter Lane, by Dr. J. C. B. Aldis. Hon. Robert Lawley, on his marriage, by Lieutenant- General Lord Raglan. Colonel the Hon. E. Littleton, on his appointment to the command of the 2d Regiment of Staffordshire Militia, by Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey. Captain Little, 10th Royal Hussars on promotion, by Lieutenant-General the Earl Beauchamp. Captain Maxwell, by Mr. Drax, M.P. Mr. Henry Alworth Merewether, on his appointment as one of het Majesty's counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. Lieutenant-Colonel George Napier, on return from the Cape of Good Hope and appointment to the staff in Canada, by General Viscount Hardinge. Captain Murray Prior, on being appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Middle.:ex, by the Marquis of Salisbury. Mr. Duncombe Pyke, on his appointment to be one of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, by Lord Foley. The Rev. John Rashdall, by Lord Marcus Hill. Mr. Joshua Robert Reeve, by Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Seymour. Mr. Frederick Robinson ' on appointment to the Scots Fusilier Guards, by Colonel Colville. Captain Robinson, on his appointment to the West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia, by Earl Cowper. Mr. Dudley Ryder, by the Earl of Harrowby. The Solicitor-General for Scotland, by Viscount Pal merston. Sir Edward Gooch, Bart., M.P., by Mr. William Hope Vere. Mr. Bridgeman Simpson, by the Earl of Effingham. Captain Charles Robert Simpson, Queen's Own Light Infantry, by the Earl of Wilton. Mr. John Hawkins Simpson, by the Earl of Kintore. Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, on appointment as Ad miral-Superintendent at Malta, by Sir Jame 3 Graham. Captain Freville Surtees, 10th Royal Hussars, on his re turn from India, by General the Marquis of Londonderry. Captain Earl Talbot, R.N., on appointment as Naval A.D.C. to her Majesty, by the Duke of Northumberland. Captain and Adjutant James Drummond Telfer, on pro motion, by the Master-General of the Ordnance. Second Lieutenant Thornhill, Huntingdonshire Rifle Militia, by the Earl of Sandwich. Captain Arthur Tremayne, 13th Ught Dragoons, on his promotion, by Lieutenant-General Hon. E. P. Lygon. tm,ellington. First Lieutenant Vane, Huntingdonshire Rifle Militia, by the Earl of Sandwich. Deputy-Governor of the obt ß iy.o a n nk i:iebu o y f . Captain Warden, R.N., on return from foreign service and appointment to her Majesty's ship Fisgard, for special duty, iir. b T y . S m ir . James Graham. ham. Engla nd,Li ghtiuLire.o jtleonnhfbaannynt:tr Infantry Regiment lai C ßtah h me e a gw n i: c Chancellor rei:tofebf,ytmh7teil6hiteEthiroxa Regiment, keo e gen q i u mopf e e r r7 . o tenant-General Sir Rob b e y rt s A ir rb T u h t o hn ma o s t ' W K in 'e ni ß ng . ton, Bart., Colonel Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson, Bart., West Kent Earl Cowper. Captain Edward Winnington, on appointment to the Worcestershire Militia, M.P. The following noblemen and gentlemen also attended the levee : DUKES—Cleveland, Norfolk. MARQUlSES—Londonderry, Cholmondeley, Stafford. EARLS—Wilton, Grey, Malmesbury, Fingall, Bruce, Eglinton, Bessborough, Roden, Sandwich, Effingham, Harrowby, Seafield, Kintore, Cowper, Mayo. VlSCOUNTS — Mandeville, Galway, Barrington, May nard, Gage, Brackley, Somerton, Duncan, Templetown, Cranley. BISHOP—London. LORDS—Byron, Raglan, Mahon, Lilford, Marcus Hill, Heytesbury, Trimleston, .Dunsandle, Hatherton, Norreys, Calthorpe, Beniedale, William Lennox, Lo raine. RIGHT HONOURABLES—Spencer Walpole, Sir Gaorge Grey, Thomas F. Kennedy. HONQURABLU—iticLard Cavendish, Rev, Edward Zep. pel, Robert Daly, Standish P. Vereker, George Stuart, Richard Cornwallis Neville, L. Parsons, G. H. Cavendish, M.P., Sir Edward Butler, Frederick Calthorpe, Major Fitz Maurice, Major-Gen. Finch, C.B. BARON—D. Goldsmid. BARONETS—CharIes Des Vmux; James Butler East, M P., George Nugent, Gilbert Heathcote, M.P., John Stewart Richardson, George Philips, John Gibbons, Thomas Hare, Thomas Winnington, M.P. SlRS—Fitzroy Kelly, M.P., Frederick Madden, James Emmerson Tennant, M. T. Farquhar, Charles Berry. QUEEN'S COUNSEL—R. D. Craig, Mellor. REVEREND DCCTORS—Broaciley, Seymour, Thorpe. REVERENDS—Thomas Cator, Alan Gordon Cornwall, J. S. M. Anderson, William Percival Baily, John Barlow, David Carson. SERGEANTS AT LAW—Manning, Clarke. DOCTORS—Michael Farady, Ashley, Aldis, Evans, Forbes Winslow, 31`Cann, Gillkrest. MESSIEURS—Thomas Hankey, jun., Farquharson (of Invercauld), Sanderson, W. Howard Hartley, A. J. B. Hope, Hugh Seymour, Pemberton, Brand, William Payne, Mandeville, H. U. Addington, Corbally, M,P., Packe, M.P., Singer, Hope Vere, Nouaille Rudge, Bateson, M.P., Sainbridge, Thomas Gordon (Sheriff of Mid-Lothian), H. A. Hubert, Stafford Carey (Bailiff of Guernsey), Alla son Cunningham, Wells, Phillips, Bradshaw, Fellowes, M.P., Frederick Robinson, Manners Sutton, Ross, J. H. Vivian, M.P., Graham Vivian, John Ball, M.P., Hutt, 31.1', Frederick Goulburn, Andrew Drummond, Oliveira, M.P., flurdon, Stewart, Solly Flood, Joseph Goff, J. R. Rodd, Erasmus Wilson, Brook, Wyndham Slade, Comp ton Monsell, George Mitchell, Charles Manby, Whatman, M.P., Thomas A. Telfer. ADMIRALS—BowIes, Mitford, Sykes, Earl Waldegrave, C. 8., Sir George A. Westphal, Sir Charles CAPTAINS (Royal Navy)—Sir Thomas Hastings, C. 8., Yelverton, Washington, Erskine, George Evans, Ellice, R. H. Fleming, Henry Douglas. COMMANDERS—OIiver, Hon. Francis Egerton. LIEUTENANT (Royal Navy)—Frederick Craufurd. GENERALS—Viscount Hardinge, Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., C. 8., Lord Saltoun, Sir George Pollock, G.C.8., Sir Richard Doherty, Dalmer, Sir Robert Arbuthnot, K.C.8., Aitchison, Chamberlaine, Walton, Simpson, Sir Alex ander Woodford, Sir De Lacy Evans, Sir George Brown, Latter. COLONELS-Hugh Baillie, Hon. Charles Grantham Scott, Hon. Lauderdale Maule, Wingfield, Berkeley, Thomas Alcock, Trevelyan, North, M.P., Paget, Sullivan, Wearing, Doherty, A. Percival, Cotton, Dunn. MAJORS—Hon. R. F. Fowley, Halkett. CAPTAINS—Lord George Manners, F. Vanderlure Mills, Holden, Sandhatu, Fulcher, Arthur Pack, Edward Paken ham, Mortimer, Montresor, Howard Vyse. LIEUTENANTS—James Bontein, Sidney Cousens, J. W. Clayton, Walrontl Clark. CORNET—E. Ford. His Royal Highness Prince Albert returned to Bucking ham Palace after the levee. The Portuguese Minister was prevented from attending the levee, in consequence of the severe indisposition from which he has been suffering some time past. His Excel lency has gone into the country for a change of air. MRS. DISRAELTS ASSEMBLY. Yesterday evening Mrs. Disraeli gave her second reunion, this season, at her mansion, Grosvenor-gate. A very brilliant party of the aristocracy and fashionable world attended to pay their compliments. Many of the leading members of the right hon. gentleman's party in the House of Commons were also present during the evening. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by the Hon. Major Macdonald, arrived among the early visitors, and remained for some time. Among the members of the corps diplomatique and their attaches, we noticed his Excellency the French Ambassador and the Countess Walewski, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister, his Excellency the Austrian Minister and the Countess Colloredo, his Excellency the Minister for the Netherlands, his Excellency . the Bavarian Minister, his Excellency the Spanish Minister, his Excellency the Nea politan Minister and the Princess Carini, Count Traut mandorf, Count Homing, Count Pahlen, Count Ben tivoglio, Count Col Li, Mons. do Soux, Mons. Veillat, the Dowager Marchioness of Dowrshire and Lady Mary Hood, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Clanri carde and Lady Emily de Burgh and Lady Margaret de Burgh, the Dowager Ma-chioness of Ely and the Ladies Anna Loftus and Catherine Loftus, the Marquis of Bath, the Marchioness of Hastings and Captain Yelverton, the Duchess of Inverness, the Duchess of Somercet, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Countess of Glengall, and Lady Margaret Butler and Viccountess Maidstone, the Earl and Countess of Lanesborough, the Courte:s of Wilton and the Ladies Egerton (2), the Earl of Annesley, the Earl of Glengall, the Earl and Countess of Maron, the Earl of Malmesbuiy, the Earl of Desart, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Beauchamp, and the Lady Georgiaua Lygon, the Countess of Eglinton, Lord and Lady Francis Gordon Lennox, Vice Chancellor Stuart and Mrs. Stuart, Lady Dufferin, Lord Naas, M.P., the Bishop of Ox ford, Viscount Ebrington, Viscount and Viscountess Galway, Viscount Elmley, M.P., Viscount Drumlanrig Viscount Anson, Viscount and Viscountess Mandeville, Viscount and Viscountess Canning, Viscount Ranelagh, Viscount Bingham, Viscount Strangford, Viscount New port, Viscount Maynard and the Honourable Miss Julia Maynard, Viscount Chelsea, Viscount and Viscountess Duncan, Lord and Lady Colchester, Lady Charlotte Egerton, Lord Raglan and the Honourable Misses Fitz roy Somerset, Lady Ashworth and Miss Ashworth, Lady William Powlett, Lord John Manners, M.P., Lady Willoughby De Eresby, Lady John Manners, Lord Seymour and Lady Gwyndoline St. Maur, Lord and Lady Sondes and the Honourable Miss Mulles, Lord and Lady Beaumont and the Hon. Miss Stapleton, Lord Arthur Hay, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., Lord Milford, Lord Stanley, Lord A. Gordon Lennox, M.P., Lord Bateman, Lord Redesdale and the Hon. Miss Mitford, Lord Cranbourne and Mr. Johnson, Lady Charles Somerset, Lady Carrington and Miss Carrington, Lord Colville, Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere and Mr. and Miss Hope Vere Sir R. Gore Booth, M.P., . and Lady Booth, Mr. W. Ge o id ; /LP , the Right Hon. the Speaker and Mrs. John Shaw Lef e v re and Miss Lefevre, Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, M.P., Mr. and Lady Diana Pakington, Right. Hon. Spencer Walpole, Mr. Mines Gaskell, M.P., and Mrs. Gaskell, Baron Parke, Lady Parke, and Miss Parke, Hon. Mr. Stonor, Right Hon. T. M. Gibson and Mrs. Gibson, Mr. Grogan, M.P., Mr. Hudson, M.P., .ancl.l 6 Mr. and Miss Hudson, Mr. Bagge, M.P., and Miss Bagge, Sir Jchn V. Buller, Lady, and Miss Yarde Buller ; Mr. Charles Miles, Mr. and Mrs. Raikes Currie, Sir Herbert Maddock, Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs, Sir James Weir Hogg, M.P., and Lady Hogg, Sir Henry Meux, M.P., Sir William Fraser, Sir Robert Peel, M.P., Sir Henry Mildmay, Sir James Ferguson, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Lady and Miss Fre mantle, Sir William Hylton Jolliffe, M.P., and Lady Jol liffe, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P., Mr. Cubitt, M.P., Mr. Gwynne, M.P., Mr. Baldock, M.P., and Mrs. Baldock, Mr. Evelyn, M.P. Mr. Wilson Patten, M.P., and M rs . Wilson Patten, Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., Mr. M`Gregor, M.P., Mr. Cobbold, M.P., Mr. Grant, M,P., M r . D. Pugh, M.P., and Mrs. and Miss Pugh, Mr. Portal, M.P., Colonel Blair, M.P., Mr. Monckton Milner, M.P., Mr. Buck, M.P., and Mrs. Buck, Mr. L ong, M.P. and Mrs. Long, Mr. andford, Mrs. Fran ces Min es, M r. and Mrs. Cumming Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. Tenby, Mr. Clifford, Mr. and Mks Stanley, Mr. Leslie, M.P., Mr. James Farren, Mr. Spearman, Mr. Wm. Rose, Mrs. Lawrence of Ealing), Mr. E. Drummond and Mr. John Drummond, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Marjoribanks, Mr. Frank Miles, Mr. Gregory, Mrs.. and Miss Gregory, Mr. an d M rs. H. Liddell, Mr. Serjeant M`Campbell, Mr. S. Hobliouse, Mr. Smythe, Mr. and Lady A. Tuffnell, Sir Alex an d e r and Lady Spearman, Mr. J. Whiteside, M.P., Mr. Townley, M.P. and Mrs. Townley, Mr. R a lph Di srae li, M r . and Mrs. Talbot Clifton, Mr. Peacocke, M.P., Mr. Halsey, M.P., and Mrs. Malsey, Mr. Bateson, M.P., and Mrs. Bateson, Mr. Bennet, M.P., and Mrs. ennet, Hon. Octavius Morgan, M.P., Mr. S. Williams ' Mr. George, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Whitmore, Hon. Capt. Noel, M.P., Right Hon. H. Labou chere, M.P., and Lady Mary Labouchere, Capt. Archdall, M.P., Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Cavendish Bentinck, Hou. Mr. and Mrs. Fellowes, Hon. George Waldegrave, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cavendish, the Hon. Francis Villiers, Hon. Colonel Cecil Weld Forester, M.P. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—APRIL 20. ( From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) PUBLIC HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. (Ix THE COMMITTEE.) _ . . . Clause (That, after the, passing of this act, the maois trates of the Parliamentary burghs shall within theirere spective jurisdictions have, enjoy, and possess the same powers, in reference to the granting of certificates, as be long to and are exercised by magistrates of Royal burghs) —Motion made, and question put—" That the claus3 be now read a second time."—The committee divided; Ayes 81; Noes, 93. 31INORITT-AYES, 81. Anderson, Sir James Fitzgerald, J. D. Pa; et, Lord Alfred Atherton, Win. Fitzroy, Henry Peel - will, Sir George Barnes, T. Forster, M. l'hinn, T. Berkeley, C. L. . Gregson, Samuel • Pilkington, James Bland, L. Grosvenor, Earl Price, W. P. Brady, John Hadfield, G. Ens ell, F. C. Brockman, E. D. Jingle, Alexander Sawle, C. B. G. Bi otherton, Joseph Ilayter, W. G. Shafto, It. D. Chambers, T. Ileadlam, I'. E. Smollett, A. Charteris, F. Hervey, Lord Alfred Stapleton, J. Clinton, Lord R. Heys orth, L. Strutt, Edward Coffin, Walter Hindley, Charles Thicknesse, E. A. Collier, Robert P. Hume, J. Thornely, T. Corbally, M. E. Kershaw, James Vane, Lord H. Cowan, Charles Kir: aird, A'thur F. Vernon, G. Craufurd, E. H. J. Langton, H. G. Villiers, lion. C. Crossl. y, Frank Laslett, W. Whalley, G. H. Dalrymple, Vis. Lawley, F. C. Whathaan, James Davie, sir 11. Luce, T. Whitbread, Samuel Divett, Edward Macgregor, John Williams, W. Duff, George M'Taggart, Sir J. Winnington, Sir T. Duff, James Maule, Colonel Wot joy. Jas. Stuart Duncan, George Milligan, E. Wyndham, WiPia.m Duncombe, T. Mills, T. Du ndas, F. id Mick, Viscount Dunlop, A. Moncreiff, James Tel LW^. Evens, William Morris, D. Feilden, M. Mri.srave, Earl Hastle, Archibald Ferguson, Col. Mute, Col, Elltot, J. E. BBA I.B A rla di wr e o, s r rwt o l i ge, Colonelh y nw t,. I R . . ,: C 0. C. MAJORITY —NOES, 92 GaPkell, James Milnes Pennant, Colonel Gordon, Admiral • Percy, J. Greenall, G. Powlett, Lord W. Greene, T. Pugh, D. W. Hamilton, G. A. Scott, F. Bruce, C. L. Harcourt, Colonel Sey mer, H. K. Buck, Lewis W. Hawkins, W. W. Smijth, Sir W. Butler, Charles Hayes, Sir E. Smith, W. M. Campbell, Sir A. -- Henley, J. W. Smyth, R. J. Clive, Robert E erbert, Sir Thomas Spooner, R. Colvile, Charles R. Hotham, Lord Stafford, Marquis Davies, D. Irton, Samuel Stanhope, James B Disraeli, B. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. H. Stanley, Lord Dod, J. W. Jones, Captain &Wing, W. Dodd, George Jones, David Taylor, Cd. Drumlanrig, Vis. Kendall, N. Tolleinache, John Diummond, H. Langton, W. G. Trollopc, Sir J. buncombe, lln. A. Lennox, Lord A. F. Turner, C. Buncombe, En. 0. Lockhart, A. E. Vane, 1., , •rd A. Dandas, G. Macartney, G. Vansittart, G. H. Dunne, Col. Macgregor, James Verner, Sir W. Egerton, E. Mandeville, Viscount West, Frederick R. Elmley, Viscount Meux, Sir Henry Whiteside, James Emlyn, Viscount lliles, W. Whitmore, H. Evelyn, W. Montgomery, Sir G. Wyndham, t. en. Fklnham, E. Basil Moore, R. S. Wy nne, Wm. W. E. Feliowes, Edward Morgan, C. R. Fergus, John 3 aas, Lord Fitzgera'd, W. R. S. Newport, Viscount • TELLERS. Forbes, William Oakes, ii. 11. Fuller, A. E. Pack° Charles W. Gallwey, Sir W. P. ll' Lamer, Robert MackenZe, WF. Galway, Viscount Peacocke , G. 3f. W. Lockhart, W. SMOKING IN THE NAVY.—A large amount of indigna tion has been excited among the naval officers at Ports mouth, especially those who are partial to cigars and tobacco, by the promulgation by Captain Shepherd, of the Victory, flag-ship, of an order prohibiting all smoking on board that ship by officers. The order is confined to officers —seamen, marines, and petty and warrant officers being still left to indulge in the " weed." THE UNITED STATES• Franklin' The "United States mail steam-ship Fran l-1 Captain Wotton, had arrived off Cowes just before midnight with dates from New York to the 9th inst., and, having landed the mails for Englallat proceeded on her voyage to Havre. She br in g 121 passengers, specie value $200,000, and a larg e general cargo for Havre. The steamers Daniel Webster and Philadelph ia had arrived at New Orleans with a fortnight's lat er news from California. The Pacific mail steamer Tennessee was totally lost near San Francisco by running ashore in a fog Her passengers, 600 in number, and the ma' s were saved. Great anxiety was manifested for the safety 1 the Vanderbilt steamer Independence, which vess was 30 days overdue. A steamer had been sent el search of her. The California mining intelligence was far: ll ° 4 able. Gold mines of great value had been found Oregon. The steamer Prometheus had put into Chariest, , short of coals, and reported the San Juan diffieul t J to be all settled. Dates from the city of Mexico to the 21st March state that on the 17th the ballot-box, 0 , 0 : 1r taming votes for the President of the Repubi_..: had been opened, and Santa Anna was duly elected. The town of Weaverville, in California, had b ee , a ll s destroyed by fire ; the damage was estimated $lOO,OOO. The New York stock-market had slightly proved. Exchange on London was quoted 1091 to, some 30-day bills were sold at 110. The cotton-market was steady. Flour, grain, and provisions unaltered. • Freights firm. of The political news from Washington is n° te j great interest. Mr. Soule had been a ppoitt Minister to Spain. The recal of the Japan expedition is official l . denied. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. zrnOilf The Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship xvir Captain Moresby, with the heavy portion of the t India and China mails, has arrived at Southampte...n io evening, with dates f rom Al exan d r i a , Ap r il 5 ; 13°I April 9 ; Gibraltar, April 15. t bz This steamer encountered strong headwinds Mediterranean and across the Bay of Biscay. She h' 4 , o " 158 passengers, among wh om are General Fraser wife, and Majors Arbuthnot, Constable, and In' of and on freight two packages of specie, 34 bolcee of oranges, 590 bales of silk, 44 bales o f co tt on , 29 bal es t s, flax, 20 cases of indigo, 68 packages of elephants' le s and 170 packages of general merchandise. Our accounts from Gibraltar are to the 15th of • v ea The screw-steamer Tiber, five days from Naples, el t h, on the Bth inst., an d sa il e d f or Li verpoo l on the o The screw-steamer Arabian, six day s an d s even- bt il from Liverpool, touched at Gibralt ar o n th e 9th, b° o to Constantinople. 11 15 The freight-ship Poictiers, from Cephalonia, ° l og part of the 3dth Regiment on board, arrived at Gib r fr ol on the 10th. The screw-steamer Livorno, 10 da'.0, 4 0 , Liverpool, arrived on the 10th, and cleared fox: 11 ' 0 '0 and Leghorn. The Peninsular and Oriental Co InP ° ',oll steam-ship Bengal, with the outward mails of th e oil inst., arrived on th e 10 t h , an d procee d e d f or 1M sit fb Alexandria. The screw -steamer C a lp e , 74 h ours f rom M ars e ; cot reached Gibraltar on the 13th, and left the saint d e J Liverpool. The steam-ship T agus arr i ve d on t h e 14 t h , an il 00 the same day for Southampton, touching for the mails at Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo., yak At Gibraltar exchange on London at 90 zar c ePt" quoted at 51 ; Spanish pillared dollars, 21 per premium. MUSTO.-REUNION DES ARTS. This society gave one of its agreeable soirees /1 / 1181 tre eto last night, at the Beethoven Rooms in Harl e r_ s A sitg e and is evidently exer ti ng it se lf t o d eserve it s i cP*; success. The arrangemen t s are suc h as t o rei vo l c i olr ordinary formality of the regular concert-room, 0 4 01 0 stitute the ease of private society, as far as is pi ot prc r without affecting the efficiency of the music. gramme was varied and effective, and included 'Ol e Dow turne by Chopin, and the Etude by Thalbe rifP fe da played by Mdll e . Cl auss w i t h that purity a,nii o blic t ; which hav e so rap idl y won t h e i r way w i t h t h e V er o,bw Herr Holzel sang t wo o f hi s own songs w i t h con eit % ye effect ; and amongst the novelties of the evertiv 0 0 101 some vocal quartetts by Herren Kuchler, Lane, and Aynslie, given with spirit and excel ' e an d ensemble. The successful appearance of a new soprano, our native artistes is a feature we cannot conc loi.4:' l4 out noticin g , M rs . D oug l as sang two songsy bf vourite, by Moleque and the well-known Era OtY:t118 Schubert. Her voice is re m arkably full and 3 7ie „ h s ider m intonation musical an d true, and susceptible Of 4 3C" ' .- a v able dramatic passion. It has evidently been 42 ‘ .311 :c 0 , 11 ' the Italian school ; a n d w h en experience shall 13v-iito ferred greater mastery and confidence, we 11.1 ' /e di, doubt that Mrs. Douglas will p rove a valuable: P. to the artistes of the concert-room. • h tIV THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. —Th e " be JO ! chase of land, for allotment amongst the met of' / c p e just been made, within sight of the Crystal /.L'a' .° ' 4 DoP Sydenham, close to the Forest-hill station, an 3 i distance from Lewisham. The estate is in ( O W, most picturesque and commanding localitie s in Kent. UV" DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE EAR.—J „ ,. „I -1 0 .- / i i sixth annual meeting of the subscribers to this isw; t reel was held yesterday, at the Dispensary, Del Soho. The Rev. Thomas D. Lamb, who preside taY,:li the claims which an institution, founded for the P" - 4 , of affording relief to persons afflicted with des fe, l e- 0 1 whom there were very many in the metropolis, a r1 7,0 1 4 ° rarely found means of making their affliction , k the charitably disposed, had on public syrup : a le er support. The report gave as the number of : 1 33 ,; ( 1 f e j admitted during the past year 1,388, cured 55C,1, t - e ,yr lieved. 308, being an increase on the previot is yt cases admitted 359, cured 224, relieved 116. It - ,4 0. that diseases of the ear were consequent, to a. v extent, upon intemperance, uncleanliness, over-, c osy , ao of dwellings, bad ventilation, and damp clot - .og' the concluded by paying a compliment to Mr. Hat'vel, i effi resident surgeon, on the success of his mode of tre s t- fA / which was purely constitutional, the use of inst o :oo, and operations 'being avoided except in extrero e In the course of discussions which ensued upon O e isee o, resolutions, it was stated that though there hadi " o' considerable augmentation in the funds, the reso the charity were by no means adaquate to m esa I ° 4 lo creased demands upon them. Thanks were aceo rd Mr. Harvey and the chairman, and the meeting s' rated. d PI MORE DOMESTIC SAVAGES.—Between three ayi--. 0. 6 o'clock on Sunday morning, while Police-constable was going his rounds, his attention was attracted IV/o,t* cries of a female in distress, and upon going to M a 11 / ter-street, Argyle-square, whence the cries canl' found, sitting on the ,hall-door step of No. 15, 3 fel f ' r .l o suffering intense agony, and bleeding profusely wounds in the head. In reply to questions fro m / constable, the unfortunate woman, who was ese tb ingly exhausted, and scarcely able to speak, saes her name was Mrs. McDonald ; that her husband' f l/. was a commercial traveller, occupied the house„ - 0 0, side of which she then was sitting ; but " t whence her husband, having first brutally ill-treAi her, ejected her, leaving her in the condition in i ,51 1) ,1 he (the police-constable) found her. The officer, 113. 0' heard her tale, conveyed her to the workhouseto, upon her arrival there it was found necessary to P n instantly under medical treatment. In addition to y body being one mass of bruises, the poor victim°Jo, mestic brutality, who was four months eneiente, /I severe lacerated wound on the scalp. Her brut 3 g; sailant was arrested, but as Mr. Waldegrave, the house surgeon, certified that she was unfit to 31) 6 0 ; before the magistrate, the husband was remanded. go terday, her three children, aged respectively 3, s n 'oe fi f 8, were also conveyed to the workhouse. The -, t vi victim of husband brutality is Ellen Doubin, living Paul-street, Lisson-grove, who was admitted t e ,, Mary's Hospital, Sunday night, and whose injure 4,1 thus described in the hospital report book Doubin, admitted 9.30 p.m., suffering from violen ce ' re sult of kicks inflicted by her husband. , 3 06 ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A FEMALE.—YesterdaY - , ing great sensation was created in consecin e , l3 ,„ c toS ir „ a rumour that Mr.s Mary Kirk, aged 29, Wile c tior park, Lincoln's-inn-fields, had attempted self-destreb 0 0 1 by jumping out of the second floor window, wil ic „ making inquiry, proves to be a melancholy fae"lo appears that the unfortunate woman had bee% desponding state of mind from some cause which l od e clearly ascertained, but it was not considered Ile ° , O a to place any watch on her movements. Howev'eto' unfortunate creature committed the act, falling o se",, ground with considerable violence. An alarm was ea by some of the neighbours, when she was Ric'e-csrle without loss of time, and conveyed to Victoria s ool; King's College Hospital, where Mr. George I.ll '„ o d e e " the house surgeon, was in immediate attendance , 0 5 1 ' examination found her leg broken, beside other ecteopte' injuries, where she now lies in a very precariou s a No cause is assigned for the rash act at present. o 0 a ROYAL HUMANE SOClETY.—Yesterday afte lli n f meeting of the directors, and other supporters 4 - 4 0 , 0 above institution, was held at the offices, in T r ` co s square, Charing-cross. A number of mer itorion . , s itte e ; were submitted, and adjudicated upon by the co in r o g The seventy-ninth annual report stated, that cluf,,, eel past year 165 cases were submitted to the soeie'l' o Bf l P r o prising 190 individuals, of whom 180 were sti c ,: e i g y treated and recovered ; 22 honorary silver men r diPf t o voted for cases of rescue, attended by extr s a ° l o o 43 courage and personal risk ; 36 honorary bronl' o iss,",o had been awarded ; 124 claimants had been with money for saving life in or near London ; thanks of the society, handsomely inscribec l „l.ivg te ro have been presented to 21 individuals. Du 0130 skating season of last winter, on the ( mama' 01 . e t o o' of the various parks, on the ice of which I% n e e of 100,000 persons had ventured, there . had bl e ,iian e a tie 300 persons immersed, but, owing to the vlboolf the society's icemen employed on the occ asion fatal accident had occurred.