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a." --- mated their opinion that she was not perfect. So of the Sidon, resecti, i2' which a satisfactory report h a d b een p rece i ved si nce her arrival at Lisbon. His Hon. Friend had himself shown the House how high authorities dif fered in their oatimate of ships. He had mentioned the Queen and the Albion, and had spoken of the latter ship as a failure. But Sir W. Parker, in writing to Lord Auckland, said.— " I think well of the Albion; she does not sail so fast as the Vanguard, the Superb, or the Canopus, and she is said to be very uneasy; but the manner in which she stands tip under canvass is astonishing. I wish that Captain Lockyer had been allowed months ago to ballast and trim her according to his own ideas, for he is ' every inch a sailor,' and would have endeavoured to do justice to her. I agree with him, that the ship is fully equal to carry the long 68-pounders throughout on the lower deck, and I confess that I should like to see it tried. The Queen's sailing has generally been superior to the Albion's. I have heard no complaint of her being un easy. In short, I consider her by far the finest ship of her class that has ever been built; and, in a general chase, she would probably be found amongst the best of the two-deckers." Where were the House to go for authorities if they were not to receive as such the reports of officers of such r hlgh practical knowledge and experience as Sir W. Parker?—(Hear.) The truth was, they had not yet arrived at the high standard, or anything like it, which the Hon. Member appeared to think possible. He ad mitted the necessity of bringing the best naval science possible to bear upon the subject, but he wished those who were in favour of re-establishing the Neva' School of Architecture held the moderate expectations enter tained by the members of that body. In the first re port of Messrs. Read, Chatfield, and Creuze, in 1843, they said:— " It will be our endeavour to remove this misappre hension. In making this attempt we do not arrogate to ourselves any new discovery; we merely assert that there are no insuperable obstacles opposed to sure and progressive improvement; that the course of proceeding in other branches of knowledge is applicable to this; and that inductive reasoning, based on mathematical investi• gations, may be applied with eminent advantage to naval architecture, as it has been to other branches of natural philosophy." Did the report say that the writers had the power of making the most perfect model? No such thing. Perhaps these gentlemen had not had fair play. --(Hear.) He hoped there would be a great improve ment in naval architecture, but that improvement was still to come. The evidence adduced by the Hon. Mem ber in support of his motion was of the loosest character, and the House had shown its sense of it. If, as the Hon. Member stated, 22,000,0001. of money had been wasted and thrown into the sea, and yet that, after all this ex penditure, they had not a ship that was capable of meet ing a French or American vessel, the motion would have brought down every Member of that House to ex press his reprobation and indignation. With respect to the question of re-opening the school of naval archi tecture, he confessed that the considerat ion of t his question was attended with a great deal of difficulty ; but it was determined that that the boys in the docks, who exhibited the higher abilities, which they wished to encourage, would be transferred to a school at Ports mouth, and there receive an education fitted for the position they were destined to fill, and then be returned to their places in the docks, and made officers, as they would be found to deserve advancement in the service. Much obloquy had been thrown upon Sir W. Symonds. He believed that officer to be as much under-rated at the present moment, as he was over-rated in the earlier part of his career. The House might rely upon it that the Government would endeavour to bring as much science as possible to bear upon the construction of the navy. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that he should have left the vindication of naval affairs to the Hon. Gentle man who had just spoken, if it had not been for certain observations contained ix the speech of the Hon. Mem ber who brought forward the motion. The Hon. Mem ber stated that he had refreshed his memory this morn ing by a reference to what had taken place some years ago. r He (Sir J. Graham) had not the same opportunity that the Hon. Member had ; he had not looked at a single document, or prepared himself in any way for that evening's discussion. The Hon. Member would perhaps permit him to say that his reference to that period had made him (Sir J. Graham) melancholy. The Hon. Member was poetical upon the subject ; he had talked of the hand of the destroyer, and afterwards he had ven tured to affirm that which, on more mature reflection, he (Sir J. Graham) thought he would regret ; he had ven tured to state Mr. Hawkes in 1835 had fabricated a report for the purpose of misleading the House and the public. That officer had died some years ago, with a reputation as pure and unsullied as any g entleman of whom that House could b oast , an d until th at moment, not a whisper had been whispered against his name or honour. There were some great principles in reference to this subject, to which he had no difficulty in assenting. He entirely agreed with his Hon. Friend, that this subject was well , deserving of the consideration of the British Parliament. 1 It was the boast of this country that she possessed the greatest and most successful Seamen of the world, tied it ought, therefore, to be the desire of the country to pro vide the best vessels fo r th em to sail in, which skill and experience could produce. He would not hesitate at once to admit that he was responsible for the appoint ment of Sir William Symonds to the situation of Surveyor to the Navy. He made that appointment deliberately, after consulting the best authorities upon the subject. The Honourable Gentleman who had intro duced this motion said that he (Sir J. Graham) had once declared, that science was not the only quality necessary to constitute surveyor of the navy; but the Hon. Gentlemen had unintentionally misrepresented him, for what he did say was abstract science alone was not a qualification for the selection of a naval surveyor. It was impossible in making the selection of such an officer to have a due regard to naval experience as well as science. Now, whatever might be the scientific merits of Sir W. Symonds, no one would deny that he had had considerable naval experience. Sir W. Symonds had been one of the most successful naval officers of the country; while, with reference to ship-building, he con tended there was no doubt whatever that the Gallant Gentleman had paid a good deal of attention to the con struction of ships. Indeed, he had reason to believe that the gallant officer's knowledge of ship-building was considerable, and he possessed amply sufficient scientific information and experience to render him worthy of the office to which he bad been appointed. Before he proceeded further to discuss the merits or de merits of Sir W. Symonds, there was one observation which fell from the Hon. Member opposite to which he (Sir James Graham) wished to refer. The Hon. Gen• tleman observed that they ought to exercise the greatest caution in believing what they heard. With the excep tion of matters of religion, he did not think so much difference of opinion existed as upon the merits or de merits of Sir W. Symonds's ship- building. Having made these few preliminary observations, he wished now to glance at one or two of the other topics alluded to by the Hon. Gentleman opposite. The Hon. Gentleman seemed to think that it was an act of injustice towards the school of naval architecture to have abolished that establishment. Now, at the time it was abolished there was no doubt whatever that it invt+lved a very large outlay of the public money, and as the benefits arising from the existence of the establishment will not be sufficient to justify its continu ance, , it was abolish e d accor di ng l y. The pupils, however, did not suffer from its abolition, for most of them were subsequently appointed to most lucrative offices in the various dockyards of the country. Now, with reference to the merits of Sir William Sy monds, the Hon. Gentleman had said that in this coun try the improvement of shipbuilding had not been pro gress •.. Now he (Sir James Graham) admitted that at the time of the war - , orne of the best ships England pos sessed had been b .ilt in France. Another vessel was also built about the same time by Si aW. Symonds, called the Vanguard, which the :ate Sir Charles Paget reported upon a trial of her to be an equally good vessel. On the whole, therefore, he could not look upon Sir W. Symons as a man being incompetent for the situation he:held. Sir William Symonds had been continued in his office by several successive Governments and of course they must share with him the responsibility of the Gallant Officer's appointment. Reports in favour of his ships had been made by Admiral Stopford, Admiral Hyde Parker, Admiral Byng, and many other distin guished officers in the navy ; and on the whole, he thought Sir William Symonds had been highly success ful in his capacity of Surveyor of the Navy. With regard to the expenses which had been incurred under the Gallant Officer's direction, in altering and improving vessels, he confessed he could not agree with the Hon. Gentleman opposite, that it was money thrown away. He believed that the money which had been so expended would tend greatly to the public advantage, while it must be clear that money could not be more legitimately spent than in a time of peace testing the various modes of building ships of war, and correcting the defects which experience had demonstrated. The Inconstant was built by an admirable naval officer, a man of science to a considerable extent. The Eery dice, again, was built by a distinguished naval officer, not so much noted for his attainments in science as for naval abilities. The Thetis was an improved edition of Sir W. Symonds's style of ship-building, with the ad mitted faults corrected. The Hon. Member for Montrose had spoken of the great exp e n se i ncurre d i n th e altera tions of th e Rodney;the lbinuetsshner any y s not built by Sir W. Symonds, nor on Some thing had been said o f Dr. Inmaonf's his ships. certificate i S n ona thee naval schools; he thou ght, h owever, that he had been a very useful person in the' shipbuilder he was clearly decideTla y n ti o o t unno su f c y ce o s u s t r h ul; but as a buzerfficient to qualify a showing that science alone was not t t ile warned the person for the duties of a shi much to the present Board of Admiralty not to trust that f a they did Board, dt board newly constructed " board of constructioiro' so , there would be no doubt tha t would soon become like the Navy when he was connected with the he, by the consent of Parliament, abolished. T he present constitution of the Board of Admiralty was most admirable; and if the suggestions of that Board were fulls' and fairly attended to, they would be amply sufficient, and he should regret that there should exist any other beard to interfere with their decisions. He advised the Government not to interfere with these de cisions ; et them remove Sir W. Symonds if be did not give satisfaction, and appoint another surveyor, or even two, but he would most certainly advise them not to con stitute any opposing navy board. He did not see any benefit which would be likely to result from the appoint ment of the Committee or a Commission, and he should most certainly oppose the motion of the Hon. Member fur Mon t rose.—(C beers.) Capt. BERKELEY could assure the Right Hon. Ba rouPt opposite, that his suggestions with respect to the Committee of Construction should not be lost sight of. That Committee was only consulted by the Board of Admiralty when any new system of construction was i 1 ass„ • . , submitted to them. With r'speci to Sir \V. Symonds, 0 c - , ;•* -1 : he begged to call the attention of the House to the early -.\ 421, k^" servieee rendered by that gallant officer to the country; , ''''' _ _ \ first ,of all, in the abolition of the 10-gun brigs. \\„.... -c:: ~~ WI i ~~~ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1847. The Gallant Member then read letters from several commanders who had tested the sailing qualities of the Vanguard and other vesselsbnuainliinthoyusSiorp\Sin-i.oSnyimnotnhdeisr, in which they expressed an u favour. A similar letter was also read with respect to the Gorgon, and with respect to the Cyclops, from . whenT h e noneV an Vanguard a thed had oth e b r e e s t i p a s b l e e u t o l d s d a sail o C u a t p o t a f n harbour so. Sir W. Symonds might have gone too far, but he had done much for the improvement of the navy, and he hoped the present Admiralty would follow out the ex• ample set by their predecessors, and improve the navy to the utmost in their power. Sir W. Symonds' ships were unquestionably the cheapest. Sir CHARLES NAPIER said the time of the House had been wasted in hearing a defence of Sir W. Symonds, and had therefore lost sight of the motion of the Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Mon trose—the wasteful expenditure. He could not, how ever, agree in all that the Hon. Gentleman had stated with respect to that gentleman; and he had advised him to confine his motion to one specific object, instead of dealing in general charges. The great fault of the Ad miralty consisted in allowing Sir W. Symonds to build large ships. When Sir George Cockburn went to the West Indies in the Vernon, he complained of the inade quacy of the ship, and another was substituted; but in the Mediterranean the officer who had the command of the Vernon had his ship beaten in a trial; but as he was more used to yachting than severe service, if the captain of the other ship had been in command of the Vernon, it would probably have beaten its opponent. He (Sir C. Napier) had been intrusted with a squad ron, of which the Vanguard was one, and at Alexan dria, in a severe gale, he found the Vanguard was the most leewardly ship of the squadron. The gale, he admitted, was one of the most severe he could recollect. Whilst she formed one of the experimental squadron in the Mediterranean, her ports were seven feet one inch out of the water. The great fault of Sir W. Symonds's ships was stated to be, that they pitched, and could not fight their guns in bad weather ; that was the great fault of his ships. Admiral Parker had told him that, when he signalled the Albion to head the squadron, which he commanded, that she rolled so much, she could not do so ; but he was told that he had not made a report to the Admiralty ; but if he had not, why had he not been required to do so ; but as Sir W. Parker was one of the culprits in the matter, his opinion was not worth much.—(Hear, hear.) He now came to the waste of public money. The waste of money and mismanagement had continued as long as ho had been in the navy, and be had repeatedly urged reforms upon that House.. Sir W. Symonds was not to blame for this, but the different Boards of the Admiralty were, and as he had repeatedly called atten tion to the great waste of public money, they could not plead ignorance. They had been told that many ships in the course of construction had been stopped ; but he had been told that the construction had been renewed, but he understood that this had been done by the Secre tary of the Admiralty, and not by the Board. He hoped, however, to hear some explanation from the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Ward) with resp, ct to steam-boats. Sir W. Symonds had ordered engines of a certain kind, but the Admiralty had ordered others of a heavier kind ; and the same thing had been done with respect to the Cyclops, the Gazer, the Avenger, the Retribution, and others. From this, and other causes, they had been rendered unfit for service. Then with respect to the Surveyor : matters in dispute were to be referred by the Committee of Construction to the surveyor, and by the surveyor to the Committee of Construction. So that they might easily anticipate the result, and as long as they had a surveyor, and in trusted the construction of ships to him they would, as during the last forty years, have ships of bad con struction. They had six or seven dockyards, and what they should do was to offer a premium for the best plans. His Hon. Friend said that the plans were executed by the Admiralty, who consisted of six persons, but he questioned much whether they examined them like practical men. Then there was a private and a public Board of Admiralty; and, after the rising of the public Board, the First and Second Lords held a private Board, at which proceedings were taken, of which the junior Lords were entirely ignorant, and yet his Hon. Friend praised such a system as the proper way to con duct so important a task as the management of the navy ; but the Lords of the Admiralty were always changing, and those who had held office no longer than six months imagined themselves competent and experienced seamen. This was the way the Admiralty was conducted, and unless the whole system was altered, the wasteful system of expenditure to which he had referred would continue. A proof of bad management was to be found in the fact that the late Admiralty caused thirty iron ships to be constructed without having ever tried one, or having fired a shot at the iron ofevhich they were made, to find how they would answer. But what a contrast America presented. That department of the public service tried several sheets of iron of the same kind, to ascertain its capability for the purpose to which they designed to use it ; after making the experiments they decided that iron was the best mate rial of which they could build a man-of war.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman the Secretary to the Ad miralty read a number of private letters which had been received with respect to several ships ; but would the Lords of the Admiralty consent to lay every private letter which they received from the commanders of ships before the House ? He feared they would not, because they would divulge information which they had no wish to make public.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) There was an iron vessel lost the other day, and there had been a letter received about the Cleopatra, showing that her employment had been most ineffective. The same applied to many other vessels. It was therefore high time that a stop was put to this waste and extra vagance. After the great sums which had been expended by the various Admiralties of the country, he thought it was high time that a full inquiry should take place into the whole affairs of the navy. He would sit down by declaring his intention of supportirg the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Montrose. Mr. CORRY did not intend to take up much of their time at that late hour, and he only rose to make an ex planation respecting those proceedings of the Ad miralty with which he; had been connected. He maintained that the late board had done a great deal towards effecting an improvement in the construction of ships. As soon as Sir William Sy monds's building was called into question, a committee was appointed to inquire into the matter, and it was also decided to assemble an experimental squadron. The war with China, however, prevented them carrying that into operation ; they still did all they could, under the circumstances, and a number of most eminent gentle. men were called in, in order to try some experiments, for the purpose of constructing better ships. Many plans were submitted, and some most excellent ships were in consequence constructed. The Thetis, the Terrible, and the Flying Fish might be cited as cases in instance of what had been done. The same course was taken with steam-boats. His Gallant Friend the Member for Ripon, proposed to the Admiralty to constitute a hoard of reference for the purpose of ship-building, and that Committee was com posed of many eminent and scientific men. He was at a loss to understand in what other manner the Admiralty could have attained the object sought by the Hon. Mein. her for Montrose, than by the constitution of the Com mittee of Reference. There were complaints made at the expense which had been gone to, in repairing and altering vessels, but, he asked, would not the public have reason to complain if they pulled these ships to pieces without giving them a fair trial.—(Hear, hear.) No other course was open to the Admiralty than that which had been pursued. It had been the fashion of Hon. Gen tlemen, during the experiments which had been made, to cry down the ship built by the surveyor; but he would just read a few of the official reports which would prove how much justice there was in these public ru mours. The Hon. Member then read several extracts from reports to show, that the Queen, the Vanguard, and the Albion were amongst the best ships in the navy. It was said that the Canopus, which was built on the old principle, was a favourable instance of ships built on the old system; but this vessel could not for a moment be compared with the vessels of the Albion class ; and reports of officers showed that this vessel in particular was very cranky. He denied the statement that six vessels were built on the lines of the Albion on the au thority of the Secretary alone. It was also said that four steam guard ships were constructed by the Admi ralty, but this was not the case, for they were built at the instance of a sub-commission. Mr. HUME said the Hon. Member had admitted facts which proved the - necessity for • this in quiry. It appeared that when he came into office, he found things in a bad state, and the Mi nistry with which he was connected called a committee of the master shipwrights to advise them, and afterwards finding that this was insufficient, they called another meeting of more highly educated and skilful men. Not an Hon. Member had disproved his assertion that ships had been built and then taken to pieces apparently for the pleasure of building them again, until the expenses thus incurred reached an amount that was frightful to contemplate. He felt under the neces sity of dividing the House. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided. When there appeared, For tho motion - l3 Against it 66 Majority against the motion 53 Captain PECHELL postponed his motion relative to the Admiralty Court at the Cape and St. Helena. Mr. HUME postponed his motions relative to Jamaica and the papers of the Secret Committee of the East India House. CEMETERIES CLAUSES BILL. This Bill was read a second time. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and he House adjourned at a Quarter-past One. Marlborough-sot relief,_ in orderu'et of her being Mornington came before LIE CASE f Ol , Tug COUNTESS OF MO/tNINGTON.— The Countess in :eet : to make the usual declaration on oath, Mr. Bingham, at t i com or e geit, Hanover. a state of destitution as to require pari-h , o v. za e ble the parish authorities of St. 7, lr tir o rl c i e b ed , : a i w , n i h t t o h m a e p p u l e i s a e u r r a , all' Ladyship neglecting and refusing y l fe chargeable,. Ipiearu,,artd:". e parish, and hamming y' appliedsi ip foagainstr had r e l thebi ee relief, ,r of Atornington f a hi i s a ‘' c 'i asual her deposition was taken to maintain The deposition Was to ;heaceef7ding to the e g aata ee m n relieved, of Mornington, had been law Lc l t l that " she, Elena,aa form. fordshire, to William Pole Tylner married in 1828, in Titeeri.s sent Earl of Mornington; that she ha o ( 1 14 Wellesley,DE d the pr t e: to her husband; that she had been r e fu a :e n d a e - for assistance port ; and that she was at present entirely deal y v kind of sup means of ordinary subsistence." Mr. Thomas,attute of any of Hatchett's Hotel, deposed that it was his opinion proprietortha that th s t a tement of complete destitution put forth by her Ladyship was true. Her Ladyship, Rho appeared to feel acutely her peculiar situation, was then sworn to the truth of her state ment. The warrant, which ordered that the" body of the Earl of Mornington be forthwith taken, and brought before the signing magistrate," was then signed by Mr. Bingham, and the parties left the Court. Now ready, with Illustrations by Leech, price Is., Part Ix. of THE STRUGGLES anti ADVENTURES of CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE, IN SEARCH OF A NAME, A RELATIVE, AND A WIFE, AT ; HOME AND Alin( q..D. By ALBERT SMITH. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. GOVERNMENT PLAN OP EDUCATION. This day is published, price Sixpence. AVERBATIM REPORT of the SPEECH of the Right Hon. T. B. MACAULAY, M.P. for Edinburgh, in the House of Commons, on Monday Evening, April 19, H 47, on the Motion of Lord John Russell, that a Vote of 100,0001. should be taken, to defray the Charges of carrying out the Minutes of Council en Education. london: Chapman and Hall, 168, Strand. RAILWAY SIIAII.ES BY PUBLIC SALE. - and v Co., RAILWAY LVJL SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends tnd the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to annolince that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, Stc., 'Ake place every Tussnav and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the lall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfUlly requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advice, of results will be brwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re spectably informed that REDLLE. JENNY LIND will make her first appearance in this country on TUESDAY nexi the 4th of May HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, Saturday, May 1, will be performed Verdi', celebrated Opera, I DUE FOSCARI. Lucrezia, Madame Montenegro ; Jacopo, Signor Fraachini ; Lore. dano, Signor Boothe ; and II Doge, Signor Colettl. After :which a DIVERTISSEMENT," in which will be presented Pas d• Cinq from " Rosida," by Mdlle. Cerito and M. S. Leon, as• aistod by„Mdlies. Cassan, James, and Honore. Pas de Deux by Mdlle. Rosati and Mdlle. Marie Taglioni. Grand Pas by Mdlle. Grahn, supported by Mdlles. Honore, Jamee, and Cassan. And "La Manola, by Mdlle. Cerito and St. Leon. To be followed by a SELECTION from Donizetti's Opera, "La Favorite, by Signor Gardeni and Bouche. To conclude with the admired new Ballet (by M. Paul TaglionO, entitled THEA ; on, LA FEE AUX DEC FLEUItS. By Mdlle. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, Mattes. Cassan, Honore, Montford, Jullien, Lamoreux, and M. Taglioni. HER M AJES rrii THEATRE. The Second appearance of Mdlle. JENNY LIND in:this eouatry. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the rublic, are respectffilly in formed, that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY next, May 6, when will be performed Meyerbeer's Opera, ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. Alice, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ' • Isabella, Made. Castellon ; Roberto, Signor Fraachlni ; Ramhahto, Signor Girdoni ; Sacerdote, Signor Douche; and Bertram, Signor Staudigl (his first appearance at this Theatre). With various Entertainments in the Ballet Divertissement, coin prising the talents of Mdlle. Cerito, 3idlle: Rosati, Mdlle. Marie Taglionl,Mdlle. Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Grakn, M. Perrot, M. P. Ta glioni, and M. St. Leon. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. LAST NIGHT BUT ONE OF THE GRAND SPECTACLE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Balfe's Grand Opera Seria, entitled The DAUGH TER OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornaro, Mr. Borrani ; Moncenigo, M:. Weiss ; Adolphe de Courey, Mr. W. Harrison ; Catarina Cornaro, Miss IZainforth. After which the New and Original Oriental Spectacle, called THE DESERT; or, The Imatm's Daughter. In which the Two Elephants, upwards of Sixty Horses, and the Camels will appear. The Imaun Useph, Mr. Howell; Hatez, Mr. Rafter; Barek, Mr. W. H. Psyne ;- Fuzel Oela, Mr. Horncastle ; Maleck, Mr. T. Matthews ; Ababeck, Mr. Hutchison ; Kuzliraga, Mr. L. Lee ; Princess Ipomaye, Miss Mes sent ; Nilda, Miss Collett ; Girgee, Miss It. Isaacs. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, eta Lessee. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Mr. Hardcastle, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir Charles Marlow, Mr. Tilbury; Young Marlow, Mr. Holl ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Glover; Miss Hardcastle, Miss Julia Bennett; Dolly, Miss Woulds. After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, called"THE NEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin out of Place. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Principal characters by Messrs. Tilbury, Braid, Hudson, Bland, and Mrs. ilumby. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELI'HI. t nder the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENtIiG Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Small ; the Kinchin, 31r. P. Bedford; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; starlight Bess, :frs. rtzwinam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After wh , ch will be produced an Opera I3uffa apropos sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Culleniord, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed 'the Play of THE III:NC/MACK. Master Walter, Mr. Creswick ; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. J. Webster ; Lord Tinsel, Mr. J. lining; Julia, Mrs Butler; Helen, Mrs. Stirling. After which, the new Farce, entitled, A WIFE FOR AN HOUR. Principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Granby, Vining, Cowell, Compton, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with the new and original Musical Romance, entitle THE SEVEN MAIDS OF MUNI ;11 ; or, The Ghost's Tower. Bertrand, Mr. Fisher ; D'Armincourt, Mr. Barker ; Bellejambe, Mr. Delavanti ; Adolphe, Mr. Wyne 7 Grosdos, Mr. Compton ; Bristle bach, Mr. Walton; Bumps, Mr. Honner ; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Flower, Rourke, Bonner, llincks, Millar, L. Marshall, and Laporte ; Uriel. Miss Marshall ; Madame Groutz, Mrs Fosbroke. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING will be performed a New Drama, called THE CREOLE. Characters by Messrs. F. Mahews. Leigh, Murray, Emery, Kinloch, and Keeley, Miss Dickinson, Miss May, Miss M. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, an entirely new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ters by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold. and Mrs. Keeley. Mr. WILLIAM BATENIVS, the celebrated BLACK MINS TREL, will give a Vocal and Instrumental Selection tram his American Entertainments, concluding with his greatly admired Concerto on the Piccolo. To be followed by the New Vaudeville Extravaganza, called CRIJSOE TIM. SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley ; Miss Dickinson, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the LOAN OF A WIFE. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, L. Wigan ; Mrs. Woollidge. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Comedie-Vaudeville, entitled, LA PROTEGEE, SANS LE SAVOIR. Helene, Madlle. Rose Cheri. After which, an entirely new Comedie-yaudeville, entitled, LA BELLE ET LA BETTE. Antoinette, .Mlle. Rose Cheri.. To conclude with IRENE ; on, Le Magnetisme. M. de Brienne, M. Langeval ; Le Vicomte de Clermont, M. Rhozeril; Irene, Mdlie. Rose Cheri. Boxes, Gs. ; Pit, 31. Gd. ; Amphitheatre, 34.; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Fire. ETHIOPIAN NERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS at the St. James's Theatre, TO-MORROW EVENING, Saturday, May 1. Doors open at Eight o'clock. They will also give a DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednes day next, May 5. Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Rond•street ; and at the Box-office. NEW STRAND THEATRE. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed an Original Pictorial Drama, in Four Parts, entitled, HOGARTIFS MIRROR. Principal characters by Messrs. Darcie, H. Lee. Butler, Payne, H. Reeves, Ayliffe, Deighton; Miss Love, Mrs. Griffiths, M iss Harcourt, &c. To be followed by an Eccentric Vaudeville, called, CAPERS AND CRUSHERS. After which, a Screamer, In One Act, entitled, ARE YOU COMING TO BED? To conclude with a new Ballet, introducing upwards of 60 Cory phees, founded on and entitled, THE ARABIAN NIGHTS' EN TERTAINMENT. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is,: Gallery, 4d. Half-price at half-past Eigh;. o'clock. Box-office open from eleven till four o'clock. Applications to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Under the patrenage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal F./amity. Froprietor and Manager. Mr. W. Ratty. '.• Extraordinary Novelties and grand Equestrian Feats every night, THIS EVENIVG, FOURTH WEEK OF THE SUCCESSFUL GORGEOUS SPECTACLE OF Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or, TILE CORSAIR, introducing Mr. Itatty's numerous and highly trained Horses and Fairy Ponies, living Elephants, Camels, Zebras, Deer, &c. Entire change in the Scenes of the Circle, by the first artistes in Europe. Great success of the extraordinary lofty leaper Mr. Hen derson in his wonderful Arab flights. Splendid Pageant by Eight Ladies and their trained horses, and other productions, only to be witnessed at this Theatre. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D.Eroadfoot. Box Office open from Eleven - till Four. Box Book-keeper, Mr Sheffield. Performance commences every evening at Seven o'clock doors open at Half-past Six. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. THE ORIGINAL ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, CROWDS NIGHTLY TO SEE THE BUFFALO GIRLS, With Coloured Concert, Nigger Songs, Banjo, Bone, Tambourine and Violin Accompaniments, the Railway' O,erture, and Grape Vine Twist. All by Female Professors. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence with THE ANCHOR OF HOPE ; or, The Seaman's Star. Mr. Dunmore, Mr. Conway ; Squire Har ;reate, Mr. T. Fredericks; Captain Walton, Mr. Tindel ; Mary Wheatly, Mrs. Ware. After which THE BUFFALO GALS; or, Female Ethiopian Sere naders. To be followed by THE BEDOUIN ARABS. To conclude with THE FATE OF CALAS. Boxes, 25., Pit, is.; Gallery, 6d. Doora open at Six, Commence at Half-past Six. ROYAL. VICTORIA THEATRE. For One Week only, the Dark Brothers and the- Black Gals of Ohio, who will sing, with full Instrumental Accompaniments, all the Popular Melodies of the Day. Second Week of the SHIP BOY, hailed with acclamations of ap plause. THIS EVENING Will be pertenned POVERTY ; or, A Tale of Sorrow. Charad e , by Mr. N. T. Hicks, Dale, Searle, Bird, Gardner ; Mrs. G. Le e , Mi ss llurroughcliffe, &c. After which, The Mississippi Dark Brothers, and the Black Gals of Ohio. To be followed by the SHIP DOT ; or, The White Slave of Gua tlaloupe. The Ship Boy by Miss Vincent. To conclude with (This Evening), THE RATS OF RAT'S CAS TLE; or, The Old Abbey Ruins. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Private Boxes, Parties of Four, 10s. 6d. ; and Parties of Eight, IL Is. THE WEATHER—SUN OFPICE, APRIL 30. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 40 ; Highest, 55 ; Noon, 52, BAROMETER, 29.73. WIND W.S.W.; morning, fine: afternoon, showery. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 50 minutes after 1. Evening .. b mtnntes nftei I. toning 27.1141; LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1847. Nothing but the total abrogation of that enactment which w as spec i ous l y carr i e d t h roug h Parliament in 1844, under the plea that it was requisite to prevent further " alterations and vicissitudes in that medium of exchange which regulates the value of every article in the co untry"—nothing, we say, but the total abrogation of that enactment, or the miraculous reversal of the eternal laws of Nature, can preserve the empire from a more frightful panic than has ever heretofore been experienced. It behoves the Govern. , „of- , I , aki .• pi,' 4 04 );.10t;rnirei. /1!-- 1141111LN :4, * T: '7ll'll ' ,, -.fit • 0 , 4 ,_,.11:Wt.'1,07.&..1 ment, therefore, to be vigilant and:active ; it behoves every man in the two august assemblies of legislation to bestir himself for the salvation of that national credit which is now vaccillating, and oscil lating, and tottering over an abyss of in • volvement. In protesting against the deplorable Bank Restriction Act of Sir ROBERT PEEL, we are not cavilling as to the impropriety of some trivial financial speculation, we are insisting upon the necessity of obliterating from the statute-book of the present legislative decade, a principle which has carried the commercial interests and the monetary stability of the country to the very limits of inse curity and disquietude. It were madness to blink the reality which at present forces itself upon the conviction of every one at all acquainted with; the opera tions of the Money Market; unless some step be taken to inspire the mercantile world with confidence, unless the Bank of England be released from those preposterous trammels which have prevented the de velopment of its financial strength, unless something be done to counterbalance the evils already effected by the Currency blunder of 1844, we must be carried headlong into a whirlpool of difficulties as great as, if not immeasurably greater thin, the difficulties of 1825. The diminution in the price of the Three per Cent. Consols from 971. in the June of 1846 to 861. in this, the fourth month of 1847, shows already the suc tion of the current of this terrible Maelstrom. The per ceptible decrease of employment shows it; the con sequent diminution of wages shows it ; the state of the canal shares, of railway shares, of the unfunded debt, and the impracticability of obtaining discount— all show it. A serious alarm has taken possession of those engaged in banking; it is an alarm, we will grant it, that is scarcely justified, inasmuch as the amount of bullion still retained in the cellars of the Bank of England is on the average greater than can be retnembered during many preceding occasions of pressure. Nevertheless, that there is a very con siderable degree of trepidation cannot be for a single moment questioned, and when once this trepidation has thoroughly imbued the public mind, we know by a terrific experience the disastrous consequences which ensue. As was visible in the ever-memorable convulsion of 1825,there is a growth in these panics as traceable as in any meadow cowslip. A panic seldom, if ever, starts into existence like a mushroom ; it germinates in visibly; it expands, and swells, and rises above the surface, and then bursts forth into poisonous exube rance. What was the case in 1825 ? There was a pro tracted interval of doubt as to the capability of the banks for converting their paper issues into money. That doubt affected, as a matter of necessity, the whole variety of private and joint-stock banks in the kingdom. There was a rush for cash payments upon Sir PETER POLE'S bank, and a consequent crash ; and that, it can never be forgotten, was merely the preliminary to a vast succession of simi lar disasters. All this arose, however, mainly from the dread as to the impossibility of obtaining sufficient credit money; and how was this great anxiety removed, and in what manner were its results to a certain extent remedied ? The explanation has been very happily compressed into a sentence by Mr. JAMES WARD, in a recent pamphlet. " For tunately," says he, " some one in the Bank re membered, or stumbled over, some large pack ages of one-pound notes which had never been issued, and the issue of which had long ceased to be considered as a necessity which could arise in rerum natura." That was the means of salvation. The incubus was removed, and the social system was without any repetition of its monetary throes and agonies. The directors of the Bank of England, then, in 1825 restored business to its previous state of activity and confidence by circulating large quan tities of one-pound notes ! Had the ruinous enactment of 1844 been already passed they would have been as helpless as their suc cessors are at this present instant; they would have possessed the means of rescuing the na tion from a peril so imminent and appalling that Mr. Huszassoll declared the country to be " within twenty-four hours of a state of barter," and yet, with the Bank Restriction Bill of Sir R. PEEL looming over-their heads, they would have been in capable of budging one inch, or of stretching out a finger. The effect of that lamentable measure, indeed, is to produce artificial panics —panics arising from no dearth of bullion or specie, but from a want of a superabundance of bullion and specie—panics produced for the gratification of a dream and the preservation of a bubble. Was ever a grand com mercial community placed in such gratuitous straits and encompassed by such voluntary dangers in mere obedience to a preposterous whim ! As it is very excellently expressed in a Parliamentary peti tion, published in another column, the real uses of credit money are absolutely reversed by the enact ment of 1844, because, under the operation of that enactment, when the country is in a position to do without the aid of the Bank credit, then the Bank can furnish it most abundantly," whereas " when credit money is really required, the Bank is compelled to withhold its help l" Surely the scales of Justice must have settled upon the eyes of the Legislature ! Until the Government makes a remedial movement in the direction we have indicated, namely, by rescinding the law passed under the late Administration, we shall continue to clamour unceasingly for its abroga tion—its immediate abrogation —its utter and de cisive abrogation. No subject can, or ought, to interest the mind of an Englishman so much as that of the navy of his country. His attention cannot be engrossed by any matter of greater national importance. The foremost rank which we occupy among the most civilised and powerful states of the world, is attributable to our past and present naval supremacy ; and unless our maritime strength be sustained, commensurate with the guardianship which we have to maintain over the vast and numerous dependencies of the British Crown, and which can only be effected by augmenting its power in proportion to the relative advancement made in their naval resources by other powers, we shall inevitably forfeit the exalted distinction we have acquired over the rest of the universe. Still, though our naval affairs are thus entitled to pre eminent consideration, it is difficult to rouse the attention of the country to a due reflection as to their efficient administration. The stability of the service, con sistently with a due regard to economy, is the pre dominant consideration. Economy in the ma nagement of everything connected with our naval armament„ is a point to which the Board of Admiralty should be compelled to pay adequate attention. The enormous expenditure which we annually incur for the support of the navy imparts extreme importance to the question of eco nomy. At the same time, retrenchment should not be exhibited in any niggardly spirit. Wherever economy is sought to be enforced, to be judi cious it should be also liberal. Whilst moderate estimates are always acceptable to a nation so heavily taxed as the English, yet, if it were to be ascertained that they had been framed upon a scale below, what was really required for the stability of the navy, the heaviest censure would be deservedly visited upon the Board of Admiralty. With the progress of science, improvements, apparently highly valuable, and important mechanical suggestions, are being constantly made. Their merits in rela tion to naval architecture have to be tested upon a gigantic scale. It is the bounden duty of the Admiralty to encourage r within reasonable bounds, the different experiments necessary to test the merits of various scientific inventions. To this specie 3 of encouragement are we indebted, in no small degree, for the present superior excellence of our navy over those of our rivals. It is not to be expected that every t e h z a p t e a r i w m a e s n t t e should ofm on sey u whichc es s m f ul , ayn haveor re a b s e o e n n a ble t o expended without producing a satisfactory result. It is a ne gative advantage to have ascertained that any parti cular invention has not answered the contemplated end. All knowledge is based upon experience. Frequently a series of experiments is indispensable to afford a fair trial to a mechanical novelty. It sometimes occurs, that in the process of one experi ment ideas are furnished, not only of what will render the same (if defective) successful, but also of planning something else of a most useful character. Those, therefore, take a narrow-minded view who consider public money has . been squandered where the original expectations, either of the inyentor.himself or of those who have supported him, have not been always realised. The public are undoubtedly justified in requiring that large sums of money should not be continuously laid out in furtherance of any plan of ship-building which has been persevered in for a number of years, and which, admitting that it has proved advantageous in certain respects, has never theless been shown to be equally and seriously de fective in others. Mr. Huasa last night brought forward his mo tion for inquiring into the state of the navy since 1832, as regards the building, alterations, and repairs of her MAJESTT'S ships. The motion was re jected, and apparently upon the grounds, first, that the present Board of Admiralty had greatly super seded its necessity by their appointment of a Com mittee of Reference, before whom all plans or draw ings for the building of ships in future must be laid, and specially reported upon ; and next, because the House of Commons seemed disposed to place every reliance in the efficiency, honesty, and zeal of Lord AUCKLAND and his naval coadjutors. The debate, was however, interesting in many respects. We shall take an early opportunity of noticing it more in detail. Madrid papers of the 23d have arrived. Senor SALAMANCA, the Minister of Finance, had furnished the Committee of the Chainber with a variety of information on the subject of his Bill for the sale of State property, and appeared disposed to consent to several of the modifications proposed by the Committee, so that it is by no means: improbable that the measure so modified may pass. The QUEEN has nominated thirteen new Senators, all of the Progressista party. Among them are Senor BE caaas (one of ESPARtERO'S Ministers), Senor GONZALES, Senor LorEz, , and Senor Fars. It was generally believed that no Spanish armed force would, enter the Portuguese territory. General MAN EL CONCHA. WllO,, still detained at Madrid by the illness of his sister and his daughter. The Qtinstr attended a bull fight on the 22d, accom panied by her uncle and by her cousin, the Izifanta JOdEZA• MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 23.—The Three per Cents. were done at 31i for cash; the Five per Cents. at 19i ; the Debt without Interest at 5i ; and the Coupons at 16. We hare received the Paris papers of Wednesday. Lord COWLEY died on Tuesday evening at his residence in the Place Vendome. This melancholy event is thus announced in Galignani's Messenger— " We announce with deep regret the death of the Right Hon. Lord Cowley, late Ambassador from England at the Court of the Tuileries. His Lordship had been for some time ill, and the lamented event took place last night, at his residence in the Place Vendome. The Noble Lord was in his seventy-fifth year, having been born in 1773. His Lord ship was a brother of the Duke of Wellington, whose junior he was by four years." The Secret Service Money Bill was passed in the Chamber of Deputies on Monday by a majority of 164, the members being—for the Bill, 220 ; against it, 56. This, however, cannot be considered as indi cative of any reconciliation having taken place be tween M. GUIZOT and the Progressive Conservatives, inasmuch as they had long since publicly announced their intention of Toting in favour of that measure. The Union Monarchique says—" Several Cabinet couriers arrived on Sunday evening at the Hotel Courcelles, and caused two Councils of Ministers to be held, at the end of which secret agents were dis patched to Madrid, bearers of dispatches for the Em bassy. One of the Privy Councillors of the Hotel Courcelles also left on Monday, on a private mission to ISABELLA." Algiers journals of the 22d have arrived. The Akbar states that Bou MAZA, who left Algiers on the 22d, in the Labrador steam-frigate, had passed the whole of the evening of the 20th with Marshal BUG EA UD, and given him valuable information re lative to the interior of Algeria. The surrender of this chief is regarded at Algiers as one of the most important events that has occurred in the whole of the war with the partisans of AEI). EL- KADEE. Bon Mazy arrived in Toulon on the 25th. From the accounts which have been given of the conduct of this chief, it would appear that French gold had as much to do as French steel with his surrender, and that Bou MAZA has to endure, not so much the misfortune of being a prisoner, as the disgrace of being a renegade. The Greek Loan Bill was voted on Wednesday by the Chamber of Deputies without a division. In the course of the discussion, M. GUIZOT said that the Cabinet was determined to persevere in the policy it had hitherto pursued in Greece, and to say nothing calculated to embarrass the Greek Government in the peculiar and delicate situation in which it was placed. • ,• The• Three per Ceuta, closed at 77f. 90c.; the Five per Cents., 1154 800,4 the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,232£ SOc. ' • Rouen, 9261: 256: ; Havre, 6711. 25c. ; Great No r th er n, 6211. 25c. ; Avignon, 7731. 75c. • Vierzon, 780 c. ; Bordeaux, 5161. 25c. ; Basle, 1931.75 c. ; Dieppe, 327 f. 50c. ' • Paris and Stras burg, 427 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 4211. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 4361. 25c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 4501._; Bordeaux and Cette, 4454 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 35%. ; Ditto Pas sives, 5 1 4. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 29. Boulogne and Amiens, 16 1 --Dutch khonisb, 4—Lyons and Avignon (Constitated), 2 1 ,4—Northern of France, 12% —Orleans and Bordeaux, 6A—Over Yssel, 3 dis.—Paris and Lyons, s—Sambre and Meuse, 5 1 / 4 —West Flanders, 4. MOST IMPORTANT FROM ST. PETERSBURGH. We have just received from St. Petersburgh the important intelligence that the Emperor of Russia has, by an Ukase, dated the 12th instant, determined to invest in the Foreign funds :30 millions of silver roubles in specie, equal to 4,500,0001. sterling, which it is intended should remain as a permanent invest ment in those securities. It was expected that the greater portion would be invested in the English funds.—lierald. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. A morning performance, an event, we believe, unprece dented in the annals of this theatre, took place at Drury lane yesterday. The object was to afford thejuvenile mem bers of the Royal Family an opportunity of seeing the gorgeous spectacle, The Desert , and M r. Hughes's Mam moth establishment. The theatre was lighted up as for a regular evening performance. At half-past two her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, the Prince of 'Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, entered the royal box. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager also honoured the performance with her presence, and occupied her usual box. The performance commenced with the second Act of the Bohe mian Girl, supported by Miss Rainforth and Messrs. Borrari Stretton, Harley, and Harrison. This was followed by the grand Oriental spectacle of the Desert, in which the wonderful per formances of the artistes, both biped and quadruped, elicited audible expressions of intense delight from the beautiful children who crowded every part of the theatre. Everything went off with the greatest eclat, and the royal party, who seemed greatly delighted by all that they had witnessed, remained until the curtain fell, when they were attended by Mr. Bunn to their carriages. The crowd in the street cheered them heartily as they passed along. Amongst the company present were the Duke and Duchess of Bedford,-Duke and Duchess of Montrose, Marchioness of Douro, Lord and Lady Howe, Lord Denl4'h Lady Graham, Captain Lang Mecuon Colonel Phipps, &lona Knox, Col. Bouverie, Colonel Vemys, Lady Wombwell, Countess of Charlemont, Lady Agnes Duff, :Lady Sirapkiuson, Sir John and Lady Campbell, Captain Mildmay, Colonel Desvceux, Sir Alexander Duff, Mrs. Fitzgerald, Hon. Captain Fitz. maurice, Baroness de Goldsmid, Lady Charles Wellesley, Mrs. Hussey Packe, Baron de Rothschild, Lord James Stuart, Major Sandwith, Miss Wynnes Wynne, Madame Murrietta, Lady Caroline Barrington, Countess Evigdon, Major and Mrs. Euston, Lady Carrington, G. Rickards, Esq., Ho n . Mi ss Stanley, Lady Meux, Hon. Mrs. Fitzgibbons. THE THREE Coustra.—One of our most enter taining novelists, Mrs. Trollope, has just given to the public another of her clever pictures of existing society, under the title of " The Three Cousins." It is a story of domestic in terest, in which three ladies of various ages, in the positions of Maid, Wife, and Widow, are made to illustrate the principal eras of woman's career, as they exist in what is styled the best circles. Such an idea, wrought out by an imagination so rich in resources, and with a knowledge of human nature so profound as that of Mrs. Trollope, can scarcely fail of com manding attention; and it may be fairly predicted that " The Three Cousins " will rival in popularity the best of this favourite author's productions. THE WESTMINSTER ELECTION. --- MEETING OF Ma. C. LUSHINGTON'S ComatrrrEE.—On Wednesday even ing, at eight o'clock, a meeting of Mr. Charles Lushington's general committee was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, to receive the report of the gentlemen who had undertaken to canvass the parish of St. Anne, and upon other business. Mr. Geesin, of St. James's, in the chair. Mr. G. Huggett, the secretary, read the report, which showed that of the electors who had been seen the promises were for General Sir De Lacy Evans, 259 ; for Mr. Charles Lushington, 246 ; and for Mr. Charles Cockrane, 28. The chairman observed that the report was highly flattering, and he had no doubt that the canvassing of the other parishes would be attended with similar results. Messrs. Lewis, Briscombe, Bailey, Kittrick, Robinson, Childe, Guthrie, Prout, and other gentlemen addressed the meeting, all agreeing in opinion that in every other district similar results would be found to that just reported from St. Anne's, and that Mr. Cochrane had but trifling support beyond that of his paid agents. Arrangements having been made for further proceedings the meeting separated. In our notice of the performances at the Strand Theatre we inadvertently stated that Mr. Dance performed the part of the young Earl of Normanfield, and also spoke the epilogue. It was Mr. Henry Lee who performed this part and spoke the epilogue, and not Mr. Darice. The lion.-Mrs. Erskine and sister arrived in Lon don early this morning - by the General Steam Nivigation Company's mail steam-ship Wilberforce, from Rapaburgh, after a fine passage, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. There was a slight improvement in the Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday, but not sufficient to alter 'notations. Sales about 4,000 bales, including 800 American on specula tion. The total sales of American were 3,600 bales at 6 1 ,4 d. to 7%d. per lb. Surat sold at 4d. to sd. per lb. Shares were without alteration. There are accounts of March 3 from Graham's Town, Cape of Good Hope. The Thunderbolt steamer was likely to be a total wreck, bet her stores and rigging had been saved. Sir Henry Pettinger had arrived at Graham's Town. There had occurred nothing of importance on the frontier. There is a meeting of merchants and others to-day at the Hall of Commerce, to consider the present state of monetary affairs, but at the hour of our writing it had not terminated. The meeting has been kept rather private, and is convened by circular, we understand. There has been a further marked improvement in the tone of the Money Market to-day, which is likely to extend in all directions, as the reports in cir culation prove correct, and it seems to be generally be lieved that the Russian. Government intends to invest a large amount of the 30,000,000 roubles in stock here. The sum is not ascertained, but even one or two millions in the nrecious metals, or supplied partly by value in grain—which we must have, and pay for in bullion, if drawn from America or other countries—would prove an immense relief to us. Consols have been up to 87% for Money, and to 877 i for Account ; but sales have been pressed since, and the quota tion is now down to 87% % for the former, and to Bi% % for the latter. Exchequer-bills have been quoted 2s. to ss. discount. The Consols Scrip has improved to 2 and 2.4 discount. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been marked 87 1 / 2 to 88 5 Bank Stock has realised 189 to 191. The Foreign Bonds have been quiet again. Spanish Five per Cents. have realised 244, and the Three per Cents. 35 1 / 1 . Poltuguese Four per Cents. have been 34 to 34 3 / 4 . Grenada Bonds have been 19 3 / 4 , aid Equador 2%. Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents have been 58%. Railway Shares have been rather better. tixtTisil FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. .. 189 191 191 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8634 86 86 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 86% 87% 4% 87 14 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent Anna. 87%% 88% 88 87% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9% 9% Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. . • • 9 5-16 South Sea Stock .. .. 97 97 Consols for May 27 .. •• 86%1 4 87%% 87 Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip .. . dis 24 dis Exchequer Bills. 15td. 2d. 1,0001... .... 3 2 5 dis 8 dis 5001. .... 2 die par 8 dis Ditto Snlatl ' 2 1 die 8 dis ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 82 Chilion Bonds, 6 per Cent .. . 91 Ditto, 3 per Cent .. 52 Equador Bonds .. .. Grenada, 1 per Cent Mexican Bonds, 1846, per Cent .. for the Account .. Portuguese Four per Cent Russian Bonds .. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account •• Ditto, Three per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. Dividends on the above payabli Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificate* .. .. .. 34% 34 .. .. .. 109 S 35 • ,in London. 58 883 i 110% PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES, ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. .. 30 .... 25 .. •••• .. .• 25 Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. 2% .... 1% Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 17% • • 17% Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. S .... 10 •• .. 10% Buckinghamshire .. ..61. 45... .. 1 di5....... • • 1 dis. Caledonian .. .. 30 23% 24% .... 24% Chester and Holyhead .. 27% .... 21 • • Eastern Counties ... 20 .... 18% % 193 19 19 Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. . Ditto, ditto.. .. No. 2. Cl. 13s. 4d. lip par ...• Ditto, York Extension .. 64 .... 5% East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 17 • • 17 .• East Lincolnshire .... 8% %........ Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 70 ... •••• • .. Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% ••.. ........ • • Ely and Huntingdon .. .. 15 154 .... Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 2% .......... Great Northern .. .. • • 3% Do., London & York Extension 2% •... • • Great North of England . ..100 Ditto, New .. .. 5 59 .. ..... Great Western 85 .... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .... 1734 1734 Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 26% 26 • ...... 26 Ditto, New 43% .... 7% .. 7% Leeds and Thirsk 22% .... 203 i 203 Ditto, New .. .. 10 London, Brighton, and S Coast. •50 .... 51% % Ditto, Consol. Eighths .. 10 .. • • 11 11 London an North-Western • • 100 ..1723( 1 173 172 173 1733! Ditto, Quarters - . L. and B. 7 .... 22% .... • • .... 22% Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 11% ••• • • • • • 11% Ditto, 10/. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 .. • • 6% .. ••..• • • • 6% London and South-Western• • 411. 6s. 10d... 62 6338 62% .. 62% Ditto, Scrip.. .. .. • . .. 5 .... 431 %•• . . 4% Londonderry and Coleraine .. 20 ••••• • . • .. 934 Lynn and Dereham 20 .... 2l • • 20% Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 •• .. . ........ Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 12 .... 15 .... 15 Ditto, Fifths .. 5 .... 9% ..... Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. .. • • 71. 45..... p., • 3¢ P Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. dis. Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... •• • . . • Midland ..100 ....1153¢ 116 .• •• •• 116 „ Ditto, New .. 36 .... 39 3 38% 2 9 g 39 :',`. Ditto, New .. 2 .. • • 44 %•••• • • • • 4 A Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 20 .. • • 25 4 4 Ni 2 • • • • • • 736 Ditto, New .. • • • • 5 •••• 6% 7 ."•••••• 125 Norfolk ..100 •• • • ••• • • • • • • 9s Ditto, Extension .. 10 ...• • • • • Northern Counties Union .. .. 4•• • • •• " • .... • 31 North British .. • • • • •• 25 . 4 1 . 1 • u • t • •• : : 14 LA Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 1 2 34 •• • • % •• • Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • 2% •• • • 7,, ••"• " • • Ditto, Extension .. • • • • %•• • • vs ••••• • ' • '• 1 - Ditto, Thirds . .. • 1 .... 2% •• • North Staffordshlre .. • • • • 5 •• • • 6 % 73i 6 % • • 1 3 . 7 's North Western • .. • - 4 •• • • 2 ••••• • • • • • 2 Olfortl;Woreest.,& Wolverhmptn. 22% .... 13% 13% Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 33% % 3% Shropshire Union .. . 425..... •••••• .• • • 1% dis. South Eastern and DOTO r .• 333 .. • • 37 .• ••..• . • • Ditto, New (iss. at 32/0 No.l. 20 ... 21 ...... Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 5 4% South Wales .. .. 10 .... 7% •• • South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole .. Vale of Neath West Riding Union • .. 41.25..... p • • • • • • Windsor. Staines, &S. Western.. 425..... 34 p• ••••• • • York and Newcastle ~ 25 .... 34 •• • •• • • Ditto, New.. .. 10 .... 1t3434 • • Prdference .. 4 .. .. 736 7 1. •• .. York nail North Midland 50 .... .. ' .. Ditto, Extension • ••• 25 .... 40 ••.. • • , Ditto. Preference .. .. 2 .. • • Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.— 10 ... 20% •.• • • • • • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Northern of France .. • . 8 .... 123 4 - Orleans and Bourdeaux 6 .... 6% •• • • ...... Paris and Lyons .. .. 8 .... 5% • • Paris and Rouen .. • • .. 20 .... 36% Rouen and liavre . .. 20 .... ...... •• • • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster .. 20 .... 26% •• • • Union of Australia .. .. 25 .... .... • • MIXES. . .. .. .. 2 .... 1%4•••••••• Real del Monte, Unregistered .. .... 3M .•••.. - • • • MEETING OF MERCHANTS. (THIS DAY.) 70 17% 15 1 A 1% 14 P s , r 1214 6% 54 36% 26 A meeting of merchants and bankers was appointed to take place at the Hall of Commerce this afternoon,on the subject of the state of the money market. After waiting some time, a message was brought from an influential banker, that in consequence of the debate that would take place this evening in the House on the subject, and the large purchase of stock by the Emperor of Russia, the meeting had better stand adjourned for a few days. Among the parties present were several members of the most influential houses. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Arlin, 30.—Wind W. by N , light airs and cloudy-. OFF MARGATE, APRIL 29. —Eliza Sharp, Darling, Singa pore; Psyche, Irving, Hobart Town. DEAL, A rarr. 29.—Wind W.SW., moderate. Arrd. Catherine, Williams, Callao; Queen of England, Pearson, China; Mathew Plummer, Young, Singapore; Delftshaver, Nordlohne, Batavia, fig Rotterdam ; Amelia Hill, Hill, Cal cutta; Albyn, Mauritius; Helen, Mumford, Tobago; High bury Walker, Jamaica. Arrd. from th e Ri ver , B r i g ht man, for Lew South Wales; Viscoutess Canning, Africa; Heart of Oak, Bahia; Mary, Cuba; James Turcan, Havannah; Lady Elizabeth, Nassau ; Cleveland, Quebec. OFF PORTLAND, Arm, 28.—Gladiator, Bagger, Batavia, for Copenhagen. LlvicarooL, APRIL 29.—Wind I.N. W., fresh.—Arrd. Amity, Monte Video; Belle, Bahia; Kvanite, Trinidad; Harvard, Corless, New Orleans; Cassandra, ditto; Alex. Grant, Alexander, Savannah ; Athol, Fraser, Charleston. Put back, Pursuit, for Quebec. Off, British Merchant. A sloop sank this morning off Holyhead ; crew saved. Po aTSIOUTi.r, APRIL 29.—Wind W., squally.—Arrd. H.M.S. Wolverine, Penang, left'Ascension 24th ult., Fayal 22d inst. - ' _ SotrrnAmprow, APRIL 29.--Arrd. Ripon steamer, Alex andria, &c. Sld. Montrose steamer, Gibraltar. SWAN EA, Arum 29.—Wind. W.—Put back Express for Quebec _ _ IVAnicwoomr, AralL 28.—The Fire-Fly, of Newborough, ran ashore yesterday on Boulmer Rocks and received con siderable damage. It will be got off should the weather moderate. CLYDE, APRIL 27.—Put back, Perthshire, Simpson, New York, leaky. Lommox, APRIL 30.—A wreck, apparently of a large ship, timber laden, was passed 15th inst., lat. 45 N., long. 10, by the Arabella, arrived in the Downs. NOTICE TO MARINERS. NEW SHOAL NEAR BALTIMORE. The Agent to Lloyd's at Baltimore has forwarded a sketch showing the position of a shoal recently discovered by the hydrographic party of the United States Government in 1846, which can be seen on application to Mr. Dobson, the secretary. ST. MicHAEn's, Aram 9.—An embargo has been laid on vessels bound to Portuguese ports. It is exp ected that such will continue but for a short time. MARKET NEW.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. Very limited Eupplies of English Wheat have come to hand this week, coastwise as well as by land-carriage and sample. To-day the quantity on offer was small; while the demand for all kinds was very steady, at fully previous quota tions. The show of Foreign Wheat was trifling, owing to which the holders were firm, and succeeded in obtaining full prices in every instance. Grinding Barley was held for improved quotations, and the value of other descriptions was well supported. Malt was in moderate request, at unaltered currencies. The Oat trade was very steady, and, in some instances, 6d per quarter more money was obtained for the best feed. Beans and Peas had an upward tendency. The Flour trade was very firm. Wheat. 1,560 qrs. ARRIVALS. I Barley. 260 qrs. English •• • • • • Irish. • • • • • • •• Foreign •• • • •• 1,860 Oats Fleur. 1 150 qrs. 1 1,080 sks 1,000 1 -- 3,620 1 -- 970 [alt. 3,340 ma, .1. iiaili7 . On the whole, the supply of Beasts here to-day was tolerably good, and of fair average quality; yet the demand for all breeds was fair, and Monday's advanced rates were steadily supported. There were in the market 78 Beasts, 100 Sheep, and 2 Calves from abroad. With Sheep we were fairly supplied ; still, however, the Mutton trade was brisk, at a further improvement in value of 4d per 81b.--the finest Old Downs, in the wool,' selling at 6s per Blbs, and at which a good clearance was effected. In Lambs—the supply of which was good—only a moderate business we' citing, at MM111.•••MMMM.M.p..a.g...g.1111M=nM.••••511M0•••......................- late rates. From the Isle of Wight, 320 bead came fresh to' hand. Calves moved off briskly, at an advance i n the quu-, tations, of from 2d to 4d per 811;s; w hile Pigs had an u p ward tendency, with a firm trade, Mitch Cows were in good r 6 quest, at from 161. to 20/. each, including their small calf. , SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. I 589 8,120 1 179 PIO* 371 I . , ATE W GATE AND raiil2l EN BALL. `" We had a very ready sale here th:s morni n g at lulPral: gunwale& • 130 z ,OUGII BOP NXILIZILZT. There is a slight improvement in the demand for Iselq all kinds of Hops, especially for the best qualities of 11 . 1 1, year's growth, and last week's prices are steadily suPPas'rf: in every instance. The present rates are as under :—Sa7'. pockets, 3/ 18s to 4165; Weald of Kent, do. , 414 s to 4/ las I Mid and East Kent, do., 4/ 12s to 61 10s. ROLLS' COURT.--(THIS DA Y ' ) t . There was nothing of any general interest befo re the Cour this morning. - - \ • EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DA Y. / (Sittings in Banco.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. BAILLIE. . 0 Of The question in this case was, whether sweet p. nitre was intended by the Legislature to be subject toine tion, as an article in the manufacture of which spirits or ha No d been consumed. judgment had been given on the point when O r r" port left. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY) (Sittings in Banco.) RICHARDS r. TUBBS. part This was an action directed to try whether a oeil al- the did of the parish of Kensington was liable to be rated under Lighting, Cleaning, and Paving Act. The par ticulars. not possess much interest. eat The COURT was unanimously of opinion tha t jsub— should go for defendant. Judgment accordingly. _ - T ,LS• COMMITTEES on PRIVATE 1 3 -L`' — • (THIS DAY.) SALE OF THE CHARING-CROSS-BRIDCiEr;d for The Committee to whom the Bill has been rel , e r t ha tog. carrying into effect the contract entered into by the i rir t , the cross-bridge Company on the sth of November , It"' /AO sale of their bridge to Mr. William Jackson, Walmsley, Bart. Mr. William Reed, and Mr. Francis ~ed fur the sum of 226,0001., 10,0001. pf which has bee n depentf. with the company, were summoned; to meekto-de.i th a t7;ll past twelve o'clock, iii*No. 17 Committee-room , gin g' members present at the appointed time were Lord P" ..A ..i te ly ton and Colonel Sibtherp, who took his seat irara ys- , A .ths after twelve o'clock. The members summoned 11 _ Noble Lord, the Gallant C o l one l, Mr. Lloyd Blastr ~7' . Wynn Knight, and General Johnstone It is but rig u"tte4oll ever, to state, that the ciiculars requesting their the gave them but a short notice, owing, as was stated, ''' uncertainty as to whether a committee-room could be A y tained, and to this no doubt, their absence mat be tribut ed. a t their At one o'clock the two Hon. Members who were the ' post began to exhibit signs of impatience, and --r• C reed der committee•clerk, was dispatched in all direction s to to your to find a Member or Members whose names are e e l to Middlesex list (a certain number of Members are g nat ti , )l discharge the business arising, by Bills, out of each Ot te ' but the res SIBTIIORP — ult was vain. he r sor Colonel Can't you get a stray 1,1,,,eini,-,0001 where? Mr. Creed said during the last hour 3,uuu r f the had passed up the stairs into the committee-rooms ,iris House of Commons, but he was sorry to say that there,.. • not Middlesexustray Member Member.mberamongst them. He could !lot Co W i l l Mr. Guaxity (who appears for the Market at attributed this to the great number of committees at P' 7 sitting. let it be Colonel SIBTHORP trusted Mr. Creed weaLu iedeu known that he and his Noble Colleague had not Ileg_ ce o f their duty. He was sorry for the delay which the abbo t be, the other lion. Members must cause to the pa rties 'hawsewi of for one, would sit there all day, if there was a n . obtaining the requisite number of members; but, h.e r 0 anti: under the circumstances, that they had better be "% ne weos Tuesday, in order that the summonses might be r° and the business then proceeded with without delay:,o c ur The Committee, therefore, stands adjourned tinti o l.!. l 4 ts With respect to the Bill, it may be stated that its O T - dotal* sell the bridge to the parties named tor the abovementi lvedr On the completion of the sale the company will be aw A tTle eiv and the bridge vested entirely in the purchas ers. , or o ther , tracts heretofore made will remain valid ; sat., s ee „ D assiag, e : legal proceedings commenced at the time of 'd by s bat i e ct.. The the Act by or against the company, not to be sale, but to be continued quite irrespective of the rig Act which will be a public one, will not affect sal r ford g e ti ° bolder* property, or privilege of, or belonging to the 13 Market Company. The sale is opposed by four share , - - - _...------- ARRIVAL H O A F R R YGESZIETH.RAL SI • isl SourriAsEr rox , TnuusDAy.—The Peninsular and One°_, Company's steam-ship (Ripon, Captain Robert Mori,* Ic , r ived at the Mother bank last evenin g , at eleven o nly., Ap w ri e l re 22d . disp atched from Malta and Gibraltar, and landed mails from the 1,1 dermentioned places in charge of Lieutenant Brady , l w ta h r i , ch . special train at two F.M. : — Alexandria, April 10th; M all* Admiralty- a gent , which bbistone, SI seven passengers, amongst whom were Lord - EIP Harry and Lady Smith, Hon. Colonel ball, onion° n. Ashburn Reid and lady. TheßipotonLondon by A Immediately with Sir ll.Smi th on the arrival of the R ip on peal, and as the on board, the church bells sent forth a merry vessel b entered the docks, a salute fired from the platforM was attery. Thousands f d to Witness the o persons congregate tevi interestinsight,' g it having been intimated some days P It do ously that. the Gallant General would be received wit., honour hji the authorities ; the Mayor (W. J. LeFeuvre,Esrd C ac o companied by G. P. Edwards, E-q , the Aldermen Sir ho ninety mmon Councillors, were in attendance, and as soon le. o , Harry stepped on shore, he was ushered into the o.l"i ni ' offices of the was read by his worship the Mayor : Dock Company, pany, where the following 110re° Cx .8. " zu MAJOIt-GENN:RAL SIR HARRY SMI TH, BART., --*, the " Str,—We, the mayor, alcermen, an d burges if to town of S( uthamoton, in council assemb!td , beg o s: a told, you our most cordial welcome on your ret urn to iEnnhed bel and to express our high admiration of y our dist. _g t ;";;, - e ice achievements during a period of many ye ars in 0 " in the of your country. We desire especial'y to expres ' ,6 ,, , irt most unqualified terms the high estimation whic',,testy• common with every subject of her Most Gracious Anrable hold you, as the conqueror of Aliwal, at which megr ne d A spot you and your gallant companions in arms, obta in ed victory, which will entitle your name to be recorded am t 6 those ot the ious warriors f our common countrp:_:tv, beg you to accept llustri this imperfecto ex pression of our a ny;oo lAtions, and we ardently desire you may enjoy f or 131 the honours you have so nobly won. 26th day of April, 1847." To which Sir Harry replied as follow :-- " Given under our common seal, at the Audit House, tu. " Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen, —The haPP al— -two yea of being thus , enthusiastically received atter forty Whoever absence, will never be effaced from InY Inefixtr(i.u. Id be. silts service I have rendered to WY country s I thank You, hutable to the army I have commanded. fellow-coun- Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, and you also, 113 Y. 1 es that the : .... and honour trymen, for it is of such materials as yourse V iir itisls British soldier is made. I never called on the -,. 0 „,.,. soldier to follow me, but he in his turn led me to vicli..,l. I_ have confidence in him, and be has returned that for dence by upholding his general and g ainin g victory country."— (Great cheering.) rio The Gallant General lea ves to-morrow, b y the OP train. This ALARMING FIRE NEAR SOIIO-SQUARE. r e mor ning, shortly after one o'clock, a fire of a serious m et e, out in the immenee pile of premises occupied by I ‘ 3l , Hambleton, an emery and glass-paper manufacturer, b 0 Conway, a picture- frame maker, and Messrs. Bovingtor l ,'l, o . organ- builders, situate in Bramwell's-yard, Rose-street , ° ° ; „g squait. The flames originated in the upper story beler i g h - of ol e r ) rstetriaontsneaudmoc fet e eht t e l hed p ee n arp r or t ioe y nfm , sn n oed : s l i e dhgoe n wt o dts t , a.e m d e i ßa s og c yi discovered ogreenradaet: nro. etb: " t:)ieb i ler:: upper 1 ' a :e dt p i e r e e p nfi i is very considerable, for the greater portion of Mr. p s ton's stock- in-trade is destroyed, and the lower wor' s : os o and their contents are severely damaged by water. 'Th e a the disaster could not be learned. V e ster' NAVAL AND MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY: — bo as day the sixty-seventh anniversary meeting Society was held at at the Hanover-square Rooms rea d Marquis of Cholmondeley in the chair. The secretarye4 the report for the current year, from which it 4 PP A that the cash receipts amounted to 2,559/. 12s. 3d., ini; e tb a expenditure to 2,586/. 103. 9d., which, with the bala_: 9 j, hand of last year, makes a present balance of 141/. ti_, ss 0 in hand. Among the receipts during the past year, bee of legacy from Mrs. Ann Tracle, of 356/. ls. The n u! da ring of the T he copies of the Holy Scriptures furnished to the army a 0 40 the past year was 1,594. To her Majesty's ebir„,,,bant copies had been supplied. The total - issues to n; co pies seamen of bibles and testaments were 7,631:3, 66 had been issued among canal-boatmen, and 200 furl: ll ' 4 '4 )o of the Inland Navigation Society. The total distribtu nn ies. the Holy Scriptures during the year was 16,071 c . . 46 of The report was unanimously adopted, when the tha:aiy the meeting were voted to the Noble Earl, and the a l ``'" broke up. ,prfOrn r. SACRED HAR MONI C SOCIETY.—The r -bft,," since of Mendelssohn'a ElU'alt will take place at ?titled this evening, and to add to the intense interest eN stai , the the production of this great work, St au di g l will part of Elijah. , her Lord Kennedy and Si r Ed war d Disr t vv berlAnd' Majesty's British Minister at the Court of the .6 Na all to accompanied by his family, arrived at BlackW an y's 01 ing, by the General Steam Navigation COOP steam-ship Rainbow, from Rotterdam. roan joint: The question of admitting the rnetropo e no w e°" stock banks to the privileges of the clearing ho_ u f i: ee n aßa ta joyed exclusively by the private bankers, ha_'°," t h e mooted. The necessity for both the private 7their stock banks keein reserves of bank-notes ther ell6 t, under existing arrangements,such as would be requisite, appears to have ed to the revival rationed, 0s; In connexion with this matter, it has been 01 ,__ ;0 4 1 t-ste e . t) consideration of some moment, that, were tUF no. house ' 1 8 f vies the banks permitted to have access to the clear' li b common with the private banks, the reserve of n wo od banking department of the Bank of E nglanbtedly be Oa ° ay materially strengthened. Such would undou_ case, and the private, as well as the joint-stock banes',oure promote any acct. possibly feel it to be their interest to prom . 31 an e that may seem calculated to have so benetici tt , an sa es Public confidence would be in a degree restored, b 11 the Inedi r of the drain of bullion is to be produced throng d - e with hY• t- t : of the exchanges alone. The notes to be:dis Pet considered , generalisation of the clearing system may iltthe sohjee would, in L% for a specific purpose. On being released , then.e Bank, to first instance, be held at call in deposit at the Bank' together, as sup have been so far such an amount of the circulation .traded withdrawn eventually, perhaps altogether , Post. 7. -- BIRTHS. On the 29th of April, at Southamp ton, the lady of MO Rodney Croskey, Esq., U. S. Consul, of a daugh ILter. On April 26, at Portman-square, the lady of man Le Strange, Esq., of a son. v On April 27, in Upper Harley-street, th e lady of Glebn, Esq., of a son. f J ' On April 2 3 , at Hesslewood , Yorkshire, the lacly 0- Pease, Esq., of a son. 9 On April 24, at Earl Soham, Suffolk, the w ife of the Bev' John Hindes Grooms, of a son. On April 25, at Peterchurcb, the lady of the Rev. Bra th" waite Armitage, of a son Lo o n f doo th : e P s rl a n y t e o: i an i: P t u a bl o is c he o d un b ty y J1:11: 141 0 the Fre Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Y 0.112, Stran ee d, Fnda7r IPA in 30, 1047. 1!