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W WORE BY TUE AUTHOR OF " WILD SPORTS OF THE WEST," &c. Now ready,. in 2 vols. post Bvo., with Illustrations on Steel and Wood, by Leech and G. Measoni, 215., bound. ILL-SIDE and 808 DER SKETCHES ; Wi LEGENDS of the CHEVIOTS and the LA3I3.IER- By W. H. MAXWELL, EsQ. Atithor of " Wild Sports of the West," " Stories of Waterloo," SeC Eichard Bentley, New Burlington street (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). ILEA 31AJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nebillty, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, *re reepeelltSly informed, that the THEATRE WILL RE-OPEN On SiCTIIRDAY, APRIL 10, 1847, When will be performed Donizetti's Opera, L'ELISIR D'AMORE. Adina, Madame Castellan ; Nemorino, Signor Gardoni ; Delcore, Signor F. Lablache; and Dr. Dulcomara, Signor Lablache (his first apt vera will be presented (fcr: the first time vernsement, entitled LE ICACCILVSTE, first appearance this season). Corps de I: alet. r successful Ballet, in Two Tableaux, by by Signor Pugni, entitled LA FEE AUX FLEURS. :cllle. C. Rosati, Mdlle. Taglionl, will be introduced the following dances :- 3atl. L'lndifferenee, 31,1111Larie e. RoTag sati and Fee aux Fleure , e 3 ,r the first appearance of )ldlle. Jenny w ill be prodcce d (for the first time in • I Due FOSCarl." will ba repeated fcrthwith. ..JESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectftilly in_ "med, that there will be an EXTRA :SIGHT On THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1847. whin will be 9 , 3rfo ,,ned (drat time this season) Beflint's celebrated Opera I.ITRITANI. Madame Castellan ; Giotto, Signor lablaehe PrinelPalfgrittrgnor Gardont ; and Riccardo. Signor Coletti. ; With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department, in which Hdlle. (kne. Wile. Marie Tagiconi, and 31cille. Rosati, will appear THEATRE HROYEVAL DRU INGRY-LANE. TIS EN isfrill performed Balfe's Grand Opera Seria, entitled The DAUGH. be w. OF T. MARK. Lusignano , Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornaro, li - uorr ant; Moncenigo, Mr. Weiss ; Adolphe de Csurcy, Mr. W. garrison ; Catarina Colman, Miss Rainforth. After which (fourth time) the Sew and Original Oriental Spec tacle, called THE DESERT; or, The Imsun's Daughter. In which the Two Elephants, upwards of Sixty Horses, and the Camels wal appear. The Imaun Useph, Mr. Howell; Hatez, Mr. Rafter; Barek, Nye. H. P.yne ; Fuzel (lola, Mr. Harley ; Maleck, Mr. T. Mat thoirs ; Ahabeck, Mr. Hutchison ; Kuzliraga, Mr. L. Lee ; Princess I,,pomaye, Miss Messent ; Nilda, Miss Collett ; Girgee, Miss R. Isaacs THEATRE ROXAL, HAYMARKET. under the tlenagement sit Mr. B. Webster. sole Lessee. THIS EVENING .'i i be performed the Comedy of THE CLANDESTINE MAR RI E. Lord Ogleby, Mr. Farren ; Lovewell, Mr. Holl ; Brush, hr. uckstone ; Mrs. Heidelberg, Mrs. Glover ; Fanny Sterling, Miss J. Bennett; Betty, Mrs. llamby ; Trusty, Miss Woulds. After which (fourth time) the Graft! Astronomical Extravaganza, ailed THE NEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin out of Place. To conclude with the Comm Drama, called THE L I GLIT IROOPS OF sc. JAMES'S. Master Thomas Smalibones, Mr. Buckstone ; Maids of Honour to the Queen, lira. Clifford, Mrs. Seymour, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Carre, Miss Telbin, and Mrs. Buckingham ; Jana Roberts, Miss Reynolds. TURA:CBE ROYAL, ADELPIII. I *der the direction of Madame Celeste. TIIIS EVENING WM be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF T.FIE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgnr ; aterftht Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. Ts conclude With the Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet ef LA GISELLE, eptitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; sr. the Hats Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, )1 r. 0. Smith, Mr. Culletrord, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, 3511.6 Emma Hardin;, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. BRINCESNS THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. TATS EVENING Win be psesented (for the fourtn time in this country) Scribe and Anber's celebrated Comic Opera, in Three Acts, called THE BAR CAROLE. The principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Bodda, Leffler, and Allen; Miss E. Runner and Miss Anne Romer. After , Thich, Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The ptincipal characters by Messrs. 11. Hughes, Ryder, J. Vining, C. Msher, Wynn, ai Compton ; Miss Winstanley (her first appearance fa London), Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. 11. Hughes, Miss S. Flower, Miss Anno Rouser, Miss Marshall, and Miss Smithson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. rnaer the Management of Mrs. Keeley, Trlls EVENINf, will be perfbrmed a New Drama, called THE CR/OLE. Characters by Miss F. Mathews. Messrs. Leigh, Murray, Emery Kinloch and Keeley, Miss Llckinsen, Miss May, and Mrs. Keeley% After which, fottrth time, a New Vaudeville Extravaganza, called CRUSOE /THE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley; Miss Itlckeneun, Miss Tame-, and Mrs. Keeiey. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan Turner, Kinloch, Miss Villars, and Miss Arden. intrsca PLATS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. rowel Attnearance of II ad emoiselle ROSE CHERI, and First Appear ance of Mademoiselle DUYERGER. TO-MORROW EVEN' n G the Performances will commence with the amusing Comedie-Vaudeville, entitled L'IMAGE. Le Baron de Xerandal, M. Durnery i Leopold, M. Ithuzevil; Pierre Mauclerc H. Alston ; Madeline, Male. Du verger . , After which (first time in this country) a new Comedy, entitled thii . ROMAN INTIME ; on, Les Lettres Du Mari. Edouard Due . swill, M. Rhozevil ; Albertine, Mdlle Rose Cheri. To be followed by the new C.canedie-Vaudeville, entitled LA PRO TEGEE, SANS LE k;AVOITt. Helene, Madile. Rose Cheri. To conclude with the favourite Comedic-Vaudeville, entitled GENEvir.Vg ; so, La Jalensie Paterneile. Cherarnbeurg, M. Car tigny ; Adtien, M. Pascal; Genevieve, 3ldile. Rose Cheri. Boxes,b. ; Pit. 3s. GI ; Amphitheatre, 3 , .; Gallery, 2s. d Boxes and Stalls m -- ,e engnged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street ; an Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till I t ETEIOPTAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. niis EVENING . _ The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, Whitz, Stanwood, nod Germon, will have the hononr of Resuming their Itilmltabla JEN FEM.:UN MENTS, at the St. James's Theatre, rind will give A grand day performance every Wednesday Morn ing, catarntneing at half-past two o'clock. The evening perfor- Mances wilt be continued every Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday, and the day performances every Wednesday morning. Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Mader Ike patronage cf the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal F.tmily. Proprietor and Manager Mr. W. Batty. This Valve and Royal Equestrian National Temple of krts will ocaninue its 7powerfull3 attractive Entertainments every evening, at seven o'clock ; presenting an unusual display of talent in all its varied branch - 6+ of Equestrian, Gymaastle, and Dramatic productions ; coin bitting Mr. Batty's numerous stud of highly trained Horses and Fairy Ponies, with his magnificent Syrian Camels, Elephants, Wild Zebras, Deer and Oxen, tolbe brought Lnto action in the new grand Easter .Spectacle of Lord Byron's TILE SKIDS OF ABYDOS ; or. THE CORSAIR AND THE AVENUE :'S STEED. With New Scenery, Marine Panorama, Decorations, and Gorgeous Appointments, on a scale of magnitude unequalled in this Amphi theatre. The Scenes In the Circle will present the unequalled performances of La Petite Isabella, Madame Dinnos, Mons. Dumos, M. Leonard, Herr Heurigne, and Leurents Waif, first appearance of the great English rider, Mr. Powell, and popular provincial Artiste of Equita tion, Mr. Bell. A splemld pageant, uniting the Artists of the Arena op their highly tsalned Steeds, led by Mrs. Batty. The Exerelse as sided by the reappearance of the celebrated Hibernian clown, Mr. T. Barry, and Mr. Twist, the grote, , que. For detail see full Pro gramme. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box Office *pea from Eleve❑ till Four. Box Book-keeper, Mr. Sheffield. Performance commences every evening at Seven o'clock, floors op-en at Half-past Six. ROYAL, SURREY THEATRE. !fluter the Management .; MN. Frances Davidge, Lessee. ZEI:trE NEW PIECES, Ethel the truly wonderful BEDOUIN A.UAIIS, from the Theatre Port St. Martin, Paris, their First Ap pearance !a Legiand. THIS EVENING The pefortnan,es will commence with a new Drama, called TIIE DI9 , LI.ItI)ED DAL'aIITER. Count Carsdorf, Mr. T. Fredericks; Julia, Mrs. Ware. After which, a (rand ORIENTAL FESTIVAL in the HALLS of ABD-EL-KADER (the Emir of the Desert), introducing the won derful at 4 novel Feats peculiar to the Native Bedouin Ara') Triber, Attended by their Marabouts (Priest!), &c. in their national costume. _After which, a rmw Farce, by Mrs. , t. fling, entitled KlssiNG GO.ES liT FAVOUR. Duke de Ilwompitre, Mr. Tindell ; Marchio •ess de Lanny, re. Ware_ To concluAle with a i•enantie Drama, namel the TWO ZEOTITiIt3 Or PIN 4, Coant de Outten, lir. Neville; Theodora Iletnanati, Mrs. Henri poxes, 2s. , Pit, Is. Gallery, Gd. Doors open at Six, commence at Half pest Six. sipearanc Betty • Or this ), v .er CO - rli. • - 'fflirouclude w' • M. Paul Tag;len c t TU. C, L Principal eh. tors by 31L11 t. Paul T • e. the cou • e Ballet wi - • - 4- re. C. Rosa eof Le osati. •••••• ,• • :"• .earsel for Lin Englan 0, • 1,;t• I i7th, this • " -,,,••• Opera Yerd, • nanl " HER 31A.! ROYAL Ply fORIA THEATRE. rITIS EVENING (fourth time). THE. FORGERS TOW ' • or, FIDI BAROSSA, the BEDOUIN ( REEF OFJARRA. Principal charac ters by Miss Vincent, Mill Lyder rearse, M sa Julia Johnson, Mrs Lee, Mrs. Cooke ; Mr. . . T. nicks, Mr. Dale, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Searle, Mr. Bird, &c. After *NO, DOSZELLA, THE HEROINE OF CASTILE. Don (commonly called the Rose of the Rock) Miss Vincent. To conclude with a Nautical Drama, in Three Acts, entitled, A REEFER'S WRONGS ; or, HE WRECK OF THE AURORA. Supported by the entire comp my. Boma, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Private Boxes es Parties of Four, from 10s. 6d.; and Parties of Eight, 11. Is. tit WEATHEIL—Sux ()pilot, APRIL 8. THIMMOVIZTIt, Lowest, 45 ; Highest, 55 ; Noon, 55. BAROMETER, 29 V.—WIND, W.; fine. - Mutt WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning •• 2k nalautes after 6. 'Evening .. 49 Iftinntee after 6 1 , 4 ,2 Nit 404 1.401,;---.41•Ve04410% .--;,, t"im 1 4 ,111044., tJY LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1847. There are many subjects, in themselves apparently of trivial consequence, that exercise the greatest in fluence over the welfare, happiness, and morals of thousands of our countrymen. It may seem of little importance to the public generally, that wealthy landowners should be permitted to deal with their own properties is t P manner they may think prop er ; that they shoal sly encoura ge a superabund ance of game, r on their private demesnes, but on the farms of nantry, and that they should be ena bl e d, by means of stringent enactments, t o pre serve that game, and to punish with the greatest severity any attempt to interfere with what they are taught to rega i iil as much their private properties as any other portion of their possessions. They ask why should not the surreptitious taking of a hare or a pheasant be dealt with as a theft as fully as if a pocket-handkerchief had been abstracted —or, to make the analogy more perfect, as if a domestic animal, a sheep or fowl, had been purloined ? And they con tend that, because there are greater facilities afforded . for obtaining possession thereof, that a greater degree of punishment is absolutely ne cessary to prevent persons from taking that to which they have no manner of right. There is some sip -11574012`0106tice, some colour of equity, in these e twertionB -b .a little close examination will enable ta tq detect the fallacies, and to show hew wholly unwarrantable aro the assumptions. It is now uni 'venally admitted ; "that property -has its duties as stall s- its rig'atii . that it was originally ciiierred, not merely for the sake of the grant ecs, but for 014 benefit of the public generally, and that no i person has a right to deal with his property in. any If, then, manner that may be injurious to the community at large or even to a single individual. tthese c la h w ie s f can b h e o mpuahinlitcaienveidl s w c i a t n ho h u e t tr d a e c t e ri d me t nt th o e r ir m op l ea s : - ration ; if they are founded on the princ .h p l is e t s he of n tional justice, and conducive to th at which foun dation of all corr ect legislation—the greatest good of the greatest number—they should be retained, but if otherwise, no time should be lost in their amendment. This is the simple question to be dealt with —to this the voice of public opinion is required to give an answer. = There are constitutional modes of giving expression to that voice, which can not be slighted or despised. It may for a time be re sisted, but must ultimately prove victorious. Hitherto philanthropists have proclaimed the serious and demoralising effects of the game code to the peasantry of the country, they have pointed out that it holds a prominent position amcngst the social evils that are suffered to exist, to the public detriment ; that by its means thousands of our fellow• citizens are taught habits of idleness, and made acquainted with crime ; the county gaols filled, and the rates greatly magni fied ; once happy families deprived of their natural guardians and protectors, and becoming the inmates of parish workhouses, and the recipients of parochial charity. But still the public generally have not been fully awakened to the great extent of the mischief, Inhabitants of cities and towns do not feel the pres sure of the grievance. The rural part of the commu nity are widely dispersed ; they are not in the habit of congregating together in masses, and giving expression to their feelings. The wound may rankle at their hearts ; their maledictions, though deep, may not be loud, and their apparent apathy is not ascribed to its true causes. Other matters, too, up to a recent period, ab sorbed the public attention. It was but within the last year that the doctrines of free trade were triumphant ; that monopoly was prostrated, and a tax that pressed on the national industry, and en hanced the price of the people's food, removed. No question of minor interest could be fully inves tigated while those of such paramount importance remained unsettled. Happily they have been dis posed of, and the public mind is no longer distracted in reference thereto. We may now look for other measures of reform, and what can be more urgent or pressing than that to which we have alluded ? The distress that has unhappily afflicted the sister king dom has occupied the earlier part of the session ; there remains, however, ample time for legisla tion. Let it not be supposed that the people are indifferent or supine ; their voices must be heard. The prison returns of the past year would alone speak trumpet-tongued as to the necessity of a sweeping alteration, a radical change. Many of the higher classes have not been inattentive to the signs of the times. They have ; with a good grace, surrendered the strict preservation of their estates. The Duke of DEVONSUIRE has lately directed that a considerable quantity of hares on his property should be destroyed. We trust that many will be found to follow the exatnple. Let them ask themselves what real benefit or gratifi cation they derive from the excess of game, to set against the immense mass of crime, vice, and misery, produced by these game-laws. If a conscientious answer is returned to the question, we are convinced that a majority of our gentry will cease to be game-preservers, and that a thorough and efficient reform sA ill take place, to the benefit not only of the public generally, but also of the landowners them selves. Anything more ungenerous. and disgustingly servile than the conduct evinced towards Mr. FREDERICK DOUGLASS (whose letter we published in our columns of yesterday), by the Liverpool agent for the steam• ship Cambria, IN hich runs between this country and Boston, it were difficult to conceive. Four weeks before this ship sailed Mr, FREDERICK DouGLAss, in company with a gentleman of the Hall' of Commerce, London, called upon the London agent, and having inquired whether his being a man of colour would prove any barrier to his enjoying all the rights and privileges enjoyed by other passengers, and having been answered in the negative, paid 401. 195., the amount of the passage-money, and then received a ticket assigning him a particular berth in the C.irnbria. On repairing on board Mr. DOUGLASS learned to his surprise that his berth had been given to another, and was told that the London agent had acted without authority, and he was further informed, proh pudor! that he would not be allowed to proceed in the ship unless he gave up his berth, agreed to take h's meals alone, and not mix with the saloon company. Desirous of returning to the United States, this gen tleman had to submit to these mortifying conditions, hich however reflect no degradation upon the party on whom they were imposed, but have fixed an in delible stigma upon the company owning the Cambria. Such treatinea is, indeed, an outrage upon British feeling and British philanthropy. Against such a scandalous proceeding Ur. F. DOUGLASS, on the eve of his departure, wrote a pro test which, to quote his own appropriate language, " he felt to be due to his own rights as a man, as well as to the honour and dignity of the British public." In having taken this step Mr. DOUGLASS has faithfully anticipated the judgment which every high-minded Englishman will pass upon the dis graceful conduct he has experienced. We do not envy the feelings which ought to actuate the minds of the American on reading the concluding paragraph of Mr DOUGLASS'S letter :—" I have travelled in this country nineteen months, and have always enjoyed qual rights with other passengers, and it was not wail I turned my face towards America that I met with anything like proscription on account of my colour." The more we retioct upon this matter the worse it appears. The assertion that the London agent acted without• authority is a trumped-up excuse. Flow happened it that Mr. Doua Lass was not informed of the objection to the contract he had entered into till the last moment ? A month had elapsed since he had taken his berth, and he bad made a particular inquiry before he paid his passage-money. From the singular nature of this inquiry, even if the London agent ht d no doubt as to his authority, it is not improbable that he had, in the interim, acquainted either the directors in London (if any), or the Liverpool agent, with the question lihich Mr. DOUGLASS had put and the answer he bad received. If this was so, and the arrangement made was viewed as objectionable and un authorised, Mr. DOUGLASS ought to have been warned of the fact at the earliest moment. As the matter now stands before the public, who can say but that the other passengers intimated to the company their repugnance to the manner in which they had agreed to accommodate Mr. DoucLass in the Cambria, and that then, and not before she was on the eve of leaving the harbour, regardful only of their pockets, and shamefully regardless of the constitutional laws of freedom, for which England has so long been proudly renowned, the company determined to sacri fice Mr. DOUGLASS to the vilest prejudices that can warp the human mind ? But whether this was the real state of the case, or not, it is grievous to con sider the miserable and dishonourable extent to which a company, partly formed of Englishmen, have con descended to pander to the tyrannical conceits of the upholders of slavery. America may boast of her freedom, but so long' as her practice belies her vaunted principles of equality, the sons of genuine freedom will laugh her to scorn. For ourselves, we shoulcl heartily rejoice if the Government were in a condition, without a breach of contract, to mark its sense of the i nsu lt w hi c h h as been offered to the British na ti on, in the person of Mr. DOUGLASS, by withdrawin g- the allowance which they make to the company for the conveyance of the mails. We earn fro m Konigsberg ( Prussia) th a t a ll th e Russiatx 'Students of that University, about 150 in number, have been ordered to return to their country immediately. It is said that the Emperor IcicnoLes intends to forbid all his subjects to receive their edu cation in foreign universities. It is stated in a Berlin letter that M. A. nu HUM BOLDT has been charged by the KING to Convey t o London the magnificent shield which his MAJESTY has caused to be executed for his royal godson, the Prince of WALES. The Madrid rail of ti e Ist had not arrived in Paris whin the post left oz Tueaday. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The Presse returns to the recent change in the Spanish Ministry, and in an article of the " willing to wound and yet afraid to strike school," expresses its surprise at the reception which the Pacheco Ministry has met with from the Madrid press, and considers the " benignity of polemics" which all the journals have exhibited on the occasion as even more strange than the manner in which the new Ministry came into power. We think we can enlighten the Presse on this subject. The Pacheco Ministry is a Spanish Ministry, chosen by the Queen of SPAIN of her own free will to serve Spanish interests alone. It is what no other Ministry since 1843 has been—a national Ministry. Since 1843 until the present moment, every Ministry in Spain has been really nominated by the Neapolitan agent of France, CHRISTINA, for the all but avowed purpose of sacrificing the interests of Spain to those of France. Hence the general joy with which the appointment of a national Ministry is hailed. Here we take note of another admission, made by the organ of Queen CHRISTINA : "The Progresaists, satisfied that the Puritans were preparing the way before them, have too much tact to continue against that party the war which they have waged against every Ministry since 1843. Making all necessary reservations for saving appearances, they will vote with them on all important occasions, as they have heretofore done with M. Salamanca. They expect to reap very shortly the fruits of their tactics. They have, it appears, already gained M. Olozaga, and want only Espartero and the National Guard. They see that they will gain all this by a dissolution of the Congress, for which they are striving." If a dissolution of the Congress would give a Pro gressist majority, it is evident that the present Con gress does not represent the Spanish people ; and having been elected only a few months, it is also evident that but for the unconstitutional and illegal coercion exercised by the Afrancesado Ministry of ISTURITZ, under the inspiration of the French Government, the Progressists would have had a majority in the present Congress. It is pleasant to find the Presse every now and then in its agony thus blurting out a truth. Queen CHRISTINA is in the greatest consternation— " She wanted," says La Patrie, " to return forthwith to Madrid, and it has required the most earnest entrea ties to prevent her doing so. She bitterly regrets having left Madrid, and not submitted to the sorrows she hart to endure there. She considers the intrigue which has subvei ted the Casa Irujo Cabinet as but the prelimi nary scene to a drama which she awaits with terror. The recal of Olozaga and Espartero would give her mortal pain." It would appear from the following article in the Presse, that France is likely to be embroiled with the Brazils on account of the seizure by French cruizers of certain Brazilian slavers : " Since the month of March, 1846, during which the convention of 29th May, 1845, has been in full execu tion, a considerable number of Brazilian vessels, destined probably for the slave-trade, have been seized and pro secuted for piracy, in virtue of the dispositions of the law of 10th April, 1825. Among them were a Brazilian schooner seized on 17th April on the coast of Congo, and brought into Brest on the 25th June; another schooner of the same nation, seized the 221 May in the Guir of Benin, and arrived at Brest the 6th August ; a three-masted Brazilian vessel, captured the 20th at 150 leagues from Gabon, and brought into Brest the 15th August ; a Brazilian brig-schooner, seized the 18th ut Congo, and arrived at Brest the 17th Decem ber ; together with several other vessels, Sardinian or Brazilian, proceeded against before the Maritime Tri bunal of Brest. All these vessels were laden with negroes, who were disembarked at Goree, and placed at the disposal of the local authorities. If France were invested with the right of applying her own repressive laws to foreign vessels, without doubt the seizure would be valid, and the slave-ships ought to be con demned. The offence of being engaged in the slave trade would in their case be incontestable ; but France has not the right to prosecute and judge them on that account—that right belongs only to their national jurisdictions. The Government of Brazil has, there fore, strongly protested against the seizures made, and the prosecutions undertaken against its subjects, in violation of the right of nations and of its own sove reignty. It never ceases complaining, and the fact becomes evident that if justice be not done in the case grave misunderstandings will arise between the two Governments. We hesitate not to say that the demands of Brazil are well founded. The vessels have been seized in despite of the most evident right. The slave trade, criminal as it is in the eyes of humanity, is not a crime in the f a ce of i n t erna ti ona l l aw , an d i ts repres sion belongs only to interior jurisdictions. Odious though theslave-trade be, we hav e no t th e r i g h t to assimilate it to piracy, and we cannot do it without wounding the nationality and menacing the security of all navies." The Journal des Dibats has an trtielia urging on the Government the necessity of abolishing, until 1848, all import duties on corn and provisions of every description. The Commerce gives the following particulars as to the provisions of the new Customs Bill, which has been introduced by the Minister of Commerce The new Customs Bill lately presented in the Chamber of Deputies has not yet been published. Its principal provisions are, however, known to some of the Deputies. It appears that the only important article:of this Bill relates to the admission, free of duty, of mat ters necessary for ship-building. This article runs thus : Bar iron, copper, zinc, flax, and tow, destined for the construction of French trading vessels, shall be admitted free of duty, on condition that it be shown within the space of one year that these articles have been employed as specified. The same immunity is accorded to sheet iron destined for the construction of trading vessels. Royal ordonnances will hereafter point out the nature and conditions of the proofs to which this immunity shall be subjected.' " On the same subject we find the following in the Emancipation of Brussels, from a Paris correspon dent : " You would probably like to be made acquainted with some of the modifications of the tariff of Cut•toms Duties Bill, just laid btfore the Chamber of Deputies. As far as a rapid glance at it has enabled me to see, there are several provisions which will affect your pro. duce and manufactures. Raw zinc is to be altogether free of duty. The prohibition on looking-glasses is to be taken off. The duty on plain glass is to be reduced 30 per cent. There is also to be a reduction of the duties on hops and on marble. In general the reform, for such the new law proposed by M. Cunin Gridaine is declared to be, is framed on the most timid and insigni ficant scale. It is presented to our manufacturers and traders in a dose so mild, that their complexion, so easily affected, is not changed in the slightest degree. It is to raw produce that relief is applied, and even this is not radically done. Neither coal nor cast-iron is touched on ; something certainly is granted to cast iron appli cable to ship-building, but that is a trifling boon. No change whatever is made with regard to cloths of any kind. The partisans of free trade, and the great railroad companies, who have need of rails and engines, cannot be satisfied with this Bill." The French Government has forbidden all French subjects to accept letters of marque from Mexico, thus following the example which had been previously set by the English Government. M. DUCHATEL, the Minister of the Interior, in troduced on Monday, into the Chamber of Deputies, a Bill for granting a supplementary sum of 1,000,000 francs for the secret police service. This Bill, and the speech of the Minister of the Interior on intro ducing it, are the subject of some indignant com ments in the National. The Prince DE JOINVILLE'S squadron will sail from Toulon on. the arrival of the Descartes from Cher bourg and Brest. The destination of the squadron is said to be Athens. Count ST. AULAIRE arrived in Paris on Monday, and had interviews with the KING and M. GUIZOT. It is said that the Due DE MONTEBELLO will replace Count Du ST. AULAIRE in London. The Baron BILLING Will go to Madrid and Count BRESSON to Naples. OLozAGA left Paris for Madrid on Monday night. The Paris Bourse became very firm towards the close of business on Tuesday. The Three per Cents. closed at 78f. 65c. the Five per Cents., 116 f. 65c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,240 f.; Rouen, 880 f. ; Havre, 6771. 50c. ; Great Northern, 633 f. 75c.; Avignon, 795 f. ; Vierzon, 565 f.; Bor. deaux, 515 f. ; Boulogne, 4251: ; Troyes and Montereau, 300 f. ; Basle, 210 f.; Dieppe, 335 f. ; l'aris and Strasburg, 432 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 4271. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 436 f. 25c.; Lyons and Avignon, 460 f. ; Cette, 447 f. 50c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 34%. MARSEILLES, APRIL 2.-Marseilles and Avignon, 803 f. 75c. ; Northern, 623 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Aran, 7. bour Boulogne and A m i ens, 16 % -Dutch Rhenish, 4-Luxem g, 1 %-Northern of France, 123-Orleans an d Bor deaux, 6 %-Paris and Ly ons, 51,4 THE COAST OF AFRICA. By an arrival from the above quarter, we are put in possession of intelligence to the 10th of March, being a month later than the last advices. The coast was healthy, as was the squadron em ployed upon it in the futile endeavour to suppress the slave trade. One capture had been made since our last letters, but she was an empty prize. Sierra Leone and Ascension were healthy, and turtle was abundant at the former place. A. frightful massacre of slaves had taken place at Lagos Bay, some months since, the owners not having vessels to ship them in, nor food for their sustenance. This had no relation to the report i s i l n a a y s e , s which r e - appeared s ome d ays since, about 2,000 a h n a d v i ns ,1 1 1 3r t i e t:e,a3k,enwthh theo ic rp eo be r a t c h h ad a tnotlfieouGndaa.l tion in fact, TIIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1847. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,000 to 5,000 bales at firm rates. American 6ii. to lid. per lb. Shares were dull. The full confirmation of the total loss of the Tweed mail packet ship, which has been communicated to all those deeply interested this morning, has cast a consi derable degree of gloom here, especially among the parties connected with the West Indies and the Spanish American traders. The Avon royal mail steam ship places this sad loss beyond a doubt, and with her letters the fact is demonstrated that thirty-one of the passengers, and forty-two of t'le crew, have met with an almost instantaneous dea h. Or passengers there were saved twenty-nine, out of fifty-two souls. Uuder this most trying circumstance it is a relief to be assured that the loss of this fine ship and so many lives is not ascribed to want of skill, nautical or otherwise, on the part of the coulmander and crew, but of one of those inevitable accidents which must occasionally occur in the navigation of the seas, where strong and impetuous currents prevail, and where all may be fair at eight bells, and a strong ship, seven hours afterwards, become a total and entire wreck. In other respects the intelligence from the West Indies, brought by the Avon, is of a very satisfactory character. The fact that all the letters put on board the Tweed have been lost will cause no inconsiderable inconvenience to the merchants here, at Liverpool, and elsewhere, who were looking out for ad vices. To some extent the difficulty may be remedied by the accounts obtained per the Avon West India steamer. The letters are certainly written in very high. spirits. Excellent crops are looked for in almost all the colonies. The weather was all that could be wished for the cutting of the canes and the housing of the produce. The works at the mills had been commenced in Bar badoes, St. Lucia, Trinidad, and other parts. The sugar granulated out of the new crop is spoken most highly of in respect to culour and quality. The Coolies at Deme rara are still as a body ill-disposed. This is, in truth, the only drawback upon what may be, as far as at pre sent advised, the rising prosperity of the group of our West India colonies. It appears by the accounts received from the country grain markets that the farmers have begun to send for ward supplies with considerable alacrity. Perhaps they begin to fear that the highest range of values has been passed. There is very little fear of this, in the opinion of practical men in the City. This has been a very heavy day at the Stock Ex change, and the tendency of the prices is still most un questionably to recede. It is now alleged that the Ac- count on Consols, which is to be adjusted on the 15th instant, is what is called a " rank Bull" account. It may, however, turn out to be the very reverse. Consols for the Account opened this morning at 87 and for im mediate transfer at the same; since which the former and the latter have fluctuated from 89i to 89g. The sales for the savings banks are continued, but as only rather over 11,0001 have to be invested in the re demption of debt this quarter, should stock in the hands of the Commissioners for regulating the former be still thrown upon the market, it is quite clear that even present values cannot be supported, without a tar greater demand than now exists fur portions of the Na tional Debt. The payment Of tho. dividends, which commenced to the public this morning, is going un rather actively, but still there is no apparent anxiety on the part of recipi ents to come early for their cash. The Exchequer Bill market has fluctuated only from is. discount to Is. pre mium. The sole quotation for the Consul Scrip is 18 discount. Bank Stock has fallen from 200 to 198. The Three and - a-Quarter per Cents, have ranged from 871 to 871. In the Foreign Funds the transactions have been few this morning. Danish Fire per Cents. are quoted at 861 to 87; the Spanish Three per Cents. at 351; the Active Stock at 24: 4 1 ; the Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. at 584 : 1; and the Feur per Cents. at 9041. There is not any variation in the quotations of Rail way Shares this morning which demands especial com ment. Certainly the market wears a more steady appearance. BRITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 864 , 6 ex div 86 'I hree per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 87%'6 % 87 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 87% % % ex div 87% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 8 13-16 9ex div 9 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 8 13-16 ez div 8 13-16 South Sea Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. 96 !‘ 96% Bank Stock for April 14 .. .. .. .. 198 197 Consols for Account .. .• .. • • .. 87% %% 87 Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip •. • • • IA, dls 2% dis Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. 1,0001... .. • • ldis 1p 1 p boot. ~ •.. -- .... 1 the I p 2 p Ditto. Small „,. ~,, ..1„, cu. 4p„ . , _ 1 p ONE CLOSII. , B, FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Danish, 3 per Cent .. .. • • .. 861 1 87 87 Russian Bonds .. .. .. .. .. 110% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 24% 241 Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. .. 5; 4 Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. --- Ditto, Rh' the Account .. .• .. 35% 35% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. .. 40!,‘ Dividends on the above payable in Landon, Dutch Two-and-a-lialt per Cent .. 58% 4 58% Ditto, I per Cent. Certificates •. 90% 90% BUSINESS PRICES OF PAID. DON EAI CLOSING RAILWAY SHAII.ES. ONE O'CLOCK. rjtle ES ' Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. h .. .. 10% .. .. .. .• .. 10% Bristol and Exeter • • • • .. 75 _.. 7 4 .......... 74 Caledonian 25 i s Ditto, Half Shares .. .• - 2;4 .... 2U ... .... .. 2 Dublin awl Whist Junction .. 12 .... 2% ........... 2 Eastern Counties • • • • • • •• 20 •• • • 18%14 ...... 18% Do. Per pet., 5 per Cent. No .1. be. I3s. 4d, % p.... •• •• 1 4 p Ditto, York Extension .. .. 5 4.. 4%4........- 4% East Lancashire • . • • • • .. 17 _.. ...... ..--....... _ - - - - • . . . . . • . . Ditto New .. • • • • • • • • 7% .... 8 v .. , •••••••• 81,4 Great Northern . • • • .. .. 3%.... 331 , , IA ... 3 1 4 Do., London & York Extension 2% .. • • 2t, ... ' •• • • • 2 1 i Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 ... • .......... 25x Great North of England . .. 100 .••• .... . . Great Western • • • • • • • • 85 • • ..115 .. .... ... 115 .. .. .• • .. 20 .... 27 Ditto, Half Stares • • • • • • 50 .. , , 68 ....... uo Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 12% .„ , ...... 1 , 7 s .. 27 „ .. .. .. 10 .... 81‘ .......... 8% DDiittro, Filthy .• • • • • •• 4 %•• • • 7% .......... 7% Huddersfield and Manchester .. lb .. • . 18%. . & Sore. Juliet. 2% .... 14, .......... Leeds and Think . • • • • • .. 22% „,, __, ......... _ Liverp.,Ditto li l e a w lich., 1 London and Blackwell .. 16 /. 138. 4d. _ Ditto, New. No. 2 • • • • it. 13s. 4d. N „ p... .... . • • • • I( P Ditto, Extension • • • • • • 7% ..., 4% 5 .. 6 London, Brighton, and S Coast •• 50 .. •• 52 51 . ..... 51 3 4 London an North-Western • • 100 •• •• 175% 175 176.. 175% Ditto, Quarters •• L. and B. 7 .... 235; ........• 23% D.tto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 12% 12 ...... 12 London and South•Westem 411. es. 104.. • 63% 64 ... .. 64 Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • • 50 .... ......... 52% Ditto, Scrip • • • • • ' • ' • • 5 ••• • ......... 5 2% p .... Lynn and Ely ........20 .... 22 ....... .... 22 Lynn and Dereham • • • • •• 20 .... 21 ...... • • .. 21 Manchester and Leeds .. • • •• 82 .. _ .... .... ...... _ Ditto, Thirds (I:eg.).. .. • • 71. 45.... Manchester and Southampton •• 2 .. • • 1 4 .... 2% ...... 14p Midland .. .. .•• • •• ••100 •• .. 114 .. •• •• • • 114 Ditto, New •• •• •• •• 36 •• • • 301 4 ••••• . • • • . 394 Ditto, New • • •• ••••2• • • • 4 % . • 4% Ne weastle and Berwick •• ••20.. • • 25% 26 Ditto, New .. • • ••• • 5 ... •8 7% ........ 7% Ditto, Extension • • ••. • 6 .... syi :::, North British .. • • • • • • •• 25 .... _ Ditto, Halt Shares • • • • • • 12% .„ .. 1514.. . 15t a Ditto, Quarter Shares • • •• 24 .... 3% „,, „ ~ .. 3% Ditto, Thirds • • •• " '• 1 •• • • 3% .... ..• • . 314 North Staffordshire .• ••• • 5 .... 7%:; ......... 7% Preston and NVyre • • " •• 25 .. • . 34% .... ••• • • 343 i Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3% ~ ~ 3 . 4 . 3%, Ditte, Class B .. • • •• • • I}s ...• 1 .......... I Shropshire Union . • •• .. 425..... 138 dia.— —• . 1% dis South Eastern and Dovor .. •• 33%.... .. • ... •• • • 31;14 Do., New (d 0.331. 68.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .... .......... 12% Do., New (do. 151.) .. Na. 4. 3% .... 4 .. South Wales . • • • • • 10 .... ••• • . South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and 1 14 Swans. & Loughor & Carneron'S.• 2 .... Yale of Neath •. .. .. .. 2 .... %.,.... %Vest Riding Union .. .. .. 41. 2s l% P.• .. .. .. 1 % P Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 20 ..., 12 .......• .. 12 York and Newcastle .. .. .. 25 % Ditto, New.. .. .. .. .. 10 ... , 14%%...... 14% Ditto, Preference .. . 4 .... 74.. . York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... 83% 82% ... ... . 82% Ditto. Preference .. Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.• •10 .. 20% N•. • • ci a uLd n tr d mikoa.r A n i e,anst ; ce l ;n : s ...... .... • .... zO B .... .. .. 1 16 8 : .... .... .......... .. 1 16 2 3 i% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish .. ........... 4••..• • • • • • 4 Boulogneais N Paris un t e b 1 Rouen ra e e r an t an : I, . . . • . . 20 .... . .. 26% London Joint-Stock JOINT-STOCK BANKS. •• .. .. 10 .... 15 .......... 15% London and Westminster ~.. 20 .... 26% Real del Monte, MINES. Zarekistered .. .... 314 •••••• -• • • 3% The following important notice has just been issued by the Bank of England : " The minimu m rate of interest on bills discounted by the Bank of England, not having more than 9.5 days to run, is 51 , per cent. " April 8, 1847," APR IL 7.—There MA RKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) SOUTHALL, AB MEAT IVIILETS. trade here to - day, and prices had an upward tendency. — Beef. fro m 3 s 6d to 43 4d; Mutton, 35 4d to 5s 6d; Lamb, was a very steady general 58 8d to 6 s 6 d ; Veal, 4s 4d to ss; and Pork, 43 to 4s 10d per 811,3., to s i n k the offal. ROMPORD, A PRIL 7.—We had a very firm trade this morn ing, at f rom 2d to 4d per 81bs. more money.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4 s 4d; 4s 6d to o s 6d Veal, 4s 2d t o ss; and Pork, 43 to 43 8d per Sibs. Suck lingSi Cal ves, 188 to 298; Quarter -old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s; and Mitch C ows, with their small Calf, 16 / to 191 eac h . LEIVE.I, APUIL 6.—Beef, from 3s 10d to 4 a 6d; Mutton, ; Lamb , 6s to 6s 4d ; Veal, 43 4 d to 43 8 d ; and Pork, 4s t o 4 16 d per 8 1 bs. A short supply , and a firm demand. ivZwials, TE A ND 3413ADEZTEMILL. There was only a moderate supply of Meat on sale here, and which moved off steadily at full prices. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d; Veal, 43 to 6s; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s per Sibs by the carcase. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week end l, 1847, .nade up (rem the Returns of the Inspectors in thd i fferent Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. 7." AT. BAN/J.Br.! OATS. I r Bun. PRICE •• I ld I bis 3d 315 tid I 57s 7d 31s 54 146 3 104 Ike Dutiel 04 Iftreisti Gain are ACT !Mended. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL B.—Wind S.W., fresh gales and Equally, with hazy weather. DEAL, APRIL 7.—Wind W. to N.W.; 8 p.m., nearly 'calm.—Arrd. Laura Prahm, Rio Janeiro, for Stockholm; Vere, Bo) d, Jamaica. Arrd. from the River, Rose bud, Cullao, Kingston, Havannah ; Jordeson, ditto ; Vittoria, Quebec; Devereux, ditto; Trusty, ditto; Dart, ditto ; Queen, Newfoundland; Marmion, China. Sid. Bucephalus, Penang; Douglas, St. John's, New Bruns wick; Centurion, Quebec, put back; Europe, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 7.—Wind W . to N.W.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Hydra. Left Ascension Feb. 26, Sierra Leone, March 10, and Tcnerifie, March 17. CowEs, APRIL 7.—Wind W.—Arrd. John Woodhall, London, for llobart Town, crew in a state of mutiny. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 7. Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Achilles steamer, Constantinople ; Avon steamer, West Indies, left St. Thomas 17th ult, and Bermuda 24th. Sid. Iberia steamer, Lisbon. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 7.—Wind W.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship D-poir, Coast of Africa. . NEWPORT, APRIL 7.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Matchless, Grenada; Princess Royal, Rio Grande. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 7.—Wind W.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Cassiopeia, Hodgson, Singapore ; Condor, Valpar a iso ; Aurora. Sandeta, llavannah, sailed 2d ult.; British Em pire, Essen, New Orleans; Herald, Fulton, Mobile; Sea King, Hutton, Savannah ; Manchester, Prantes, Balti more; John Clark, Desbrow, New York; Waterloo, Allen, New York; Niantie, Ostrom, New York; Taro lanta, Cave, Boston; Brooklyn, Leadley, Halifax. Off port, Walton, St. Domingo ; Marmion, New York ; Sisters, —. The Maid of Mona, M'Lelland, hence to Havannab, was lost in the Old Bahama Channel, near Nuevetos, 20th February, crew saved. The Nene from Hamburgh, arrived here to-day with loss of bowsprit head and cutwater, having been in contact off the Bell Buoy with the Iron Duke, for Dublin, which proceeded. lIAYLE, APRIL s.—Sld. Victoria, Quebec. SHIELDS, APRIL s.—Sld. Feronia, Quebec; Walm s . ley, ditto; Herrings, ditto; Grenville Bay, ditto; Four lier, Montreal; Memnon, Restigouche, Tralee. Newbottle, New York. LONDON, APRIL B.—The Brothers, of St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, waterlogged and abandoned, was passed, 3d inst., off Cape Finisterre, N.E., 5 leagues in a dangerous position to steam vessels, by the Achilles steamer, arrived at Portsmouth. EXPORT OF TIMBER FROM RUSSIA. A dispatch has been received at Lloyd's from the Board of Trade, enclosing an extract from the Journal de St. Petersburgh, dated 24th January last, announcing the abolition of the official inspection of timber prepared for exportation from St. Petersburgh. RELATING TO A WRECK PASSED OFF CAPE FINISTERRE. A dispatch from the Admiralty- has also been receired at Lloyd's, inclosing a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Smith, Admiralty agent, attached to the contract packet Madrid, reporting having passed 3d inst., off Cape Finis terre Eby, S. 10 miles, a wreck waterlogged and aban doned, mainmast gone by the board, bowsprit and fore and misers stumps standing. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) WILLSHER V. SMITH. The plaintiff in this action is a printer, in Manor street, Chelsea, and the defendant is a nuseryman, at Chelsea and Battersea. The action was brought to re cover the sum of 81. 2s. 6d. for engraving and printing cards, &c. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted, but did not appear. Two witnesses were called who proved the delivery of the goods, but the order for part only was proved. The plaintiff's attorney said if the jury had any doubt he would call his clerk. The UNDER-SHERIFF—To fill up the gaps? but perhaps the jury will be satisfied with the proof of value. A witness was called and proved the prices to be fair, and the attorney's cliTk was called and proved he had written a letter to the defendant, who had returned it by his man with an answer. The UNDER-SHERIFF said that evidence of the letter could not be received, as no notice had been given to the defendant to produce it, The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. WOOD AND OTHERS Y. WORSLEY, CLERK. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 85/. 2s. 7d. for goods sold arid delivered. The plaintiffs are coal merchants in Northumberland street, Strand and at Kentish Town, and the defendant is a clergyman at Finchley. The defendant allowed judgment to go by default. The plaintiff's attorney stated the case. The defendant had dealt with the firm since 1844, and goods to the amount of the sum claimed bad been delivered ; there was also a previous amount due to the plaintiffs as exe tutors of their predecessor, Mr. Edward Wood. This latter amount did not, however, form part of the present claim, although it was all admitted to be due when de fendant was applied to for payment. Evidence to this effect was produced. One of the witnesses, on being asked the price of some of the coals, gave the merchant's price, 245. 3d. per ton. They were, however, charged at 40s. The jury gave a verdict for the full amount claimed. HAINES V. RUTHERFORD. The plaintiff in this action was lately the landlord of the Mortimer Arms Hotel, in Tottenhatn-court-road. The claim was for 81. Os. 6d. for goods sold, and 2/. for money lent. The defendant pleaded that be was never indebted. Mr. BAGLEY, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that the defendant was a student at law, and was a young gentleman from the West Indies, and was in the habit of using the plaintiff's. Some little difficulty always existed to prove the &livery of each article, but it was particularly so in this CASC, as the plaintiff had gone into quite a different lino of business, and had mislaid his books. lie (the Learned Couns.l), however, could nut conceive what posAble defence the defendant could have, for he had applied for and obtained a judge's order to stay proceedings on payment of debt and costs. The good=, consisting of port, sherry, claret, cigars, &c., were supplied in August and September, 1845, and in October two or three letters were written, in which the defendant apologised for the nonpayment, and said he had been " trusting to friendship of others and had been disap pointed," " that he was involved through having lent his signature to a friend," but he fondly hoped that he should soon be able to pay, so that the plaintiff should have no further reason to regret that he had trusted his honour. These letters were put in and proved. Witnesses were called who proved the orders and de livery of great part of the wine, &c., and a general sup ply of cigars, &c. Mr. CLARKE, the defendant's attorney, put in a notice to produce the books, which, however, were not forth coming. lie then addressed the jury, and said that the defendant had put in an affidavit in which he denied that he owed the money. When 'the writ was served no particulars were given, and a judge's order was ob tained, and, after some delay, the ease went:on without particulars being furnished, and ultimately an affidavit was made that the plaintiff had torn out two of the leaves of the book containing the defendant's account, in order to send them to Mr. Salomon, his solicitor, but that they were lost in the transit. and he had since mislaid the books. This was a very impro bable story, and that in a case where the evidence was doubtful, and regular entries in the books might have confirmed it, their absence was a very suspicious cir cumstance ; to tear out leaves from a book, to say the least of it, was an act of great folly on the part of a tradesman. He also produced a bill of exchange for 251, dated August, 18-15, due in November, but witnesses had spoken to larger dealings previously to the present account. The UNDER SHERIFF said defendant's affidavit denying the debt could not be received in evidence, but left it to the jury to say whether the witnesses had proved the delivery of the goods to their satisfaction ; as to the bill it might have been given for other goods, or on quite a different matter, at all events defendant had not pleaded payment, which he might have done, and given evidence on the point. The jury almost immediately gave a verdict for the amount claimed. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT: (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) STEALING A LETTER. Alfred Triggs, aged 27, a postman, was indicted for sealing a letter containing a cheque on the Union Bank, for 13i. 2s. 6d., the property of the Postmaster-General. _ The Attorney-General, Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. Bodkin appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Payno for the prisoner. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL stated the case to the jury. He said, on the Ist of February it was the duty of the prisoner to deliver letters in the C oven t-garden district. ettr On that day the Rev. John Fl etcher, posted _le to Mr. Haynes, secretary to the Clerical Club, a No. 13, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, containing a a crossed cheque for 131. 2 5. 6 d. on the Union The letter never reached its destinati on. The cheque eque was presented at the Union Bank, but as it was crossed and not payable except through a banker's clearinghouse, payment was refused, and the cashier wrote across it, " Cross and C 0.," to denote t hat it was a crossed che q ue, and that payment had been refused. He could not, however, identify the prisoner. On the 10th of March the pri soner ple(iged Pt frock coat and a pair of shears at Mr. Fleming's, in St. Martin 3-1V:24 ; for 3s. 6d, Shortly after the shopman searched the pockets of the coat, an u ftiAnd the letter, in which tho cheque had been enclosed, in the breast pocket. Mr. Fleming at once informed the Post-office authorities of the circumstance, and the pri soner was taken into custody. He admitted pawning the coat, and said he purchased it a day or two before from a Jew, in Monmouth-street, whose shop he did not recollect ; but it appeared that the coat was in his pos session some time before the occurrence. The letter was not within the district of the prisoner, but in that of a person named Wells, who was at the time delivering letters at that part of the town, but the prisoner offered to deliver it, and Wells, who could speak to the letter, entrusted it to him. These were the simple facts of the case. In his opinion they proved that the prisoner was guilty of the offence imputed to him. Witnesses having testified to the facts stated by the Learned Attorney- G eneral, Mr. PAYNE addressed the jury on behalf of the pri soner, and contended that the evidence was too slender to convict his client of so serious a charge. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up the evidence with the utmost care, and the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was sen tenced to ten years' transportation. The prisoner had been three years in the service of the Post-office. Several unopened letters, of some days old, were found at the prisoner's lodgings. THE MURDER IN SHOREDITCH. Immediately after Thomas .Brooks, aged 21, And described as an urnbrel!a-maker, was placed at the bar, and indicted for the wilful murder of William Gabart, by shooting him on the 17th of March last. The prisoner seemed borne down by the weight of the awful charge rgainst him. He lo9ked wretched and care-worn, and immediately after he was placed at the bar he placed his handkerchief to his eyes and burst into tears. He is of a very spare figure, and has a very youthful appearance._ Certainly, looking at him in the dock, we would hardly imagine that he could commit so fearful a crime as that of murder. Mr. Clerk and Mr. Robinsen appeared for the prose cution, and Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. Mr. CLERK briefly stated the case for the prosecution, and recapitulated the details, which have recently and at length appeared in The Sun. It would be for the jury to say, after hearing the evidtnce, whether the prisoner was guilty of murder or of manslaughter. He then called the following witnesses : Richard Eaton, tin-plater, 3, Cock-alley, Shoreditch, recollected Wednesday the 17th of March being near Hare-alley. He went there about ten minutes to ten o'clock. James Vadkins and the deceased were with him, By the desire of the deceased he went and called on the prisoner. He called Tom, and the prisoner came down, as he had told him the deceased wanted to speak to him. He (the deceased) asked the prisoner for the tickets of his things which he had in his box. He said he would not give them to him until he had paid him the money he owed him ; and, he added, he did not know he should even give them to him then ; adding furt►her, that if the deceased stopped there a minute he would put a bullet in him. He (witness) then went away, saying " That he would not stop there to be shot at." He went to his lodgings in the next court. A few minutues after he heard the report of a guo. Ile went down stairs and hurried to the house in which the prisoner resided, at the door of which he found the deceased lying in a 'pool of blood. He did not see the prisoner there. He then went for a doctor. Cross-examined by Mr. CLartlisos—He simply went at the request of the deceased, in order that he niight call the prisoner down to speak to him (the deceased). He did not go to annoy the prisoner, with whom he never had an angry word. On his oath he did not expect a row, and he did not go there for the purpose of creating one. By the COURT—He saw a young woman sitting down at the prisoner's door. James Vadkins, a lad, was next examined—Knew the deceased. Recollected Wednesday evening, the 17th of March. He was at the top of Hare-alley about ten o'clock that night. The prisoner, the deceased, and Eaton wero there. They were all close together. Heard the deceased say to the prisoner " I'll give you a punch on the head." The prisoner said, "If you stop there a minute I will put a bullet in you." No blows were struck ; none were armed. The deceased had his hands in his pocket. The prisoner then went in. He (witness) remained at the top of the court with the de ceased. The deceased was going down the court, and he (witness) said " Don't go down, you'll be shot." He replied, "What have Ito be afraid of ?" He did, how ever, go down, and called " Tom" at the prisoner's door. Immediately after a gun was fired. He saw the flash, and heard the noise. As nearly as he could guess, the firing took place about ten minutes after the prisoner threatened to shoot the deceased. Cross -examined—We found those he had mentioned in the court. He did not know that they were there. The deceased and the prisoner looked angrily at each other, and appeared as if they had been quarrelling. Charles Eaton said he was the brother of Richard Eaton. Recollected being at the top of Hare-alley on the night in question. His brother, the deceased, and the prisoner were there. When he came up he heard the prisoner say, "If you stop there a minute I will puE a bullet into your head." He heard nothing said in reply. His brother on that went away to his lodgings leaving him (witness) and the deceased in the court, The prisoner went into the hcuse he lived in and sent up stairs. They (witness and deceased) went down the court and stopped at the prisoner's door. The next mo ment the deceased was shot on the threshold of the door. lie had not said a word. The deceased instantly fell and died. Immediately after the report he saw the pri soner with the gun in his hand. Mary Jarvis, jun„ said she lived with her mother in flare-alley, in toe same house as the prisoner. They lived on the third floor. The prisoner lived higher up. She had kept company with the prisoner. She was sitting at the door of the house on the night of the 17th. Eaton came to the door several times, and called the prisoner, saying " Come down; I want to speak to you." He came down, and they went together to the top of the court, about six yards from the door. No one else was at the top of the court at the time. Some words passed between them, and she heard Eaton say " God strike me dead." That was all she could recol lect. She went into the house and came out again immediately after. She then saw the deceased standing at the top of the court. Saw the de ceased strike at the prisoner, and hit him on the forehead several times. Gobart challenged the prisoner to come out and fight him, but the prisoner said it was not worth his while to do so. She then went towards Shoreditch, but stopped on her way, and saw about half-a-dozen at the top of the court. Heard Dick Eaton and some of them say, " if they could get a good bullet they would blow his (the prisoner's) bloody brains out, or blow his b—g nose of Gobart said, " No, if I had a knife I'd stick it in his b—g guts." They then all went into Cock-court ; she then went into Shoreditch, and immediately after heard the report of a gun, but she could not tell by whom it was tired. When she came back she saw Gobart lying on the ground. She went up to her mother's room, and found the prisoner there, with his hands stained with blood. He threw his arms round her neck, and exclaimed, "I have done it ; I have done it." He had a gun in his possession. Cross-Examined.---When Dick Eaton came down the court he was alone. Asks d the prisoner if he should say that he was there, and he said "No, don't tell them that, as I shall go up stairs and come down again." Dick Eaton swore at the prisoner, anti d—d his eyes, and said he would have the prisoner's life some time or other. (Thc trial was proceeding when our report left.) NEW COUI?T. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman HUNTER.) William Henry Graham pleaded Guilty to breaking into the premises of his late employer, Mr. James Wil liams, and stealing 37 lbs. weight of flock, value 3/. Sentenced to seven years' transportation. Thomas Gardner pleaded Guilty to stealing a coat, value 10s., the property of James Cotter.—Sentenced to six months' imprisonment with bard labour. George Burr, aged 19, pleaded Guilty to stealing a brass window guard, value 255., tho property of Samuel Reeves. The prisoner had been formerly tried on dif ferent charges, and acquitted. The Learned RECORDER, in passing sentence of seven years' transportation, said that he intended that this individual should be sent out of the country, and be sub jected to the mildest form of transport punishment; that was, as he understood, that a ticket of leave should be given him for the term of his sentence, and that he should be employed in the operations of husbandry or as a shepherd. Some papers had been sent to him (whence they came he knew not), showing that employ ment in this way could be given to above ten thousand persons. George Yarnold, aged 40, oilman, pleaded Guilty to two several acts, charging him with stealing 39 pieces of stained paper, the property of Mr. John Knight, and 30 pieces of paper, the property of Robert Denton. he Learned JUDGE said that it had long been the practice of the prisoner to rob from boys the property which had been entrusted to them to carry home, and where he could not do this lie had in many cases corrupted and induced them to steal from their employers. One boy with whom he was thus infamously successful was at present undergoirg a year's imprisonment. The sentence was that he be for the first offence sentenced to seven years' transportation, and for the second offence to seven years' more, the latter term of punishment to commence at the expiratiOn of the first. John Donne, aged 25, a draper, pleaded Guilty to steal ing eighteen yards of silk, the property of his master, Charles Terry.—Sentenced to a year's imprisonment, with hard labour. Thomas Avery, a boy of 14, pleaded Guilty to stealing a shilling from his master, Thomas Leonard.—To be imprisoned for a month. The RECORDER—If you come here again you will be thoroughly well whipped.—(Laughter.) The remainder of the morning was passed in hearing similarly trivial charges. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) IN THE CASE OF BARTHOLOMEW BENIOWSEL The ASSISTANT •JUDGE said an application had been formerly made for the postponement of this case, and he wished now to ask what course the parties intended to adopt on the present occasion. Was the counsel for the prosecution in attendance ? Major Beniowski—l wish for no postponement, my Lord. I mean to defend myself, and I am quite ready now. _ FILER, on the part of the prosecution, wished for a short adjournment, in order that Mr. Bodkin, who Was at present engaged at the Central Criminal Court, might have time to attend. The JUDGE—Then I shall take another case, which will occupy the Court for about half an hour. The deputy-clerk of the peace having read the indict ment charging the defendant with an assault upon David Urquhart, The defendant pleaded not guilty ; when Mr. DLER (Mr. Bodkin not having arrived at the stipulated time)" o p ene d t h e case and lent for an a ssau l t o f a most expiration of ZL 4 _ , said this was an ira;C:2 aggravated nature, and one which, If the facts were fully stated before the committing magistrates, might have assumed a much more serious character, and then stated the facts elicited in the following evidence : Mr. BODKIN, having at length arrived, proceeded to examine the prosecutor, who stated that his name was David Urquhart, and that he had resided at 28, Clarges street, and had been secretary of embassy at Constan tinople. He had a residence near Southampton, and whenever he came to London stopped at 15, St. James's place. He had written many articles for the press, as well as in the form of pamphlets, upon various subjects, and any person who wished to find out his address could have easily done so by inquiring at his pub lisher's. He had been much connected with the Association of the Friends of Poland, and was present at the late meeting at the Freemasons' Tavern on the the subject of the annexation of Cracow. Previous to that day he had not known the defendant personally, but he was aware of his character by public report. He (the defendant) was a Polish Jew by birth, and had been in the service of Russia. After the meeting at the Free masons' Tavern was over, and as he (witness) was going through the vestibule the defendant came up to him with the air of a man who felt grateful to him for having spoken in, favour of his country, as he (vvitims) ll lo. wade speed that day on moving a resolution, and took hold of . his haw], and asked for a f e w m omen t s ' convtrsa ti e n with him. When he heard that his name was Beniowski he waked away from him The witness then detailed the facts of the assault, which ere already familiar to the public from the report of tLv pieliminary investigation at Bow- strt et. Cross examined by Mr. WYLD (who in the interi' bad been engeged by defendant)—He had not been politically engaged since his return from Constanti nople. There was a cause for his quitting that situation. That cause was the fact of his having countenanced the voyage of the Vixen to the Black Sea. He had not been employ ed since, but he believed the reasons why he had not were groundless. He had not made any charge stating that Lord Palmerston and Mr. Cobden were in the pay of the Emperor of Russia. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said he did not see what light the jury ceuld derive from any arrangements between the Emperor of Russia, Lcrd Palmerston, or Mr. Cobicilen. Cross-examination resumed.—He had no occasion to, look out for his livelihood since his employment had ceased in 1837, as he had an independent property. Whenever he sent any communications to the newspapers , he invariably attached his name and adds ess to them. Ile had written leading articles, but, as a matter of course , his name did not arpear to them. A work had been published at Glasgow, in which the name of the deleF, dant had been used. He had on many occasions said the defendant was a spy, but in any observations he made upon him, he only alluded to him in his public character , as one of a class of agents who are employed, or may be employed, or looking for employment, from Russia, le this and other countries. One of his grounds for con' eluding the defendant to be in pay, was, that he was eF ceedingly active in exciting the people to revolution in England, and lad been the chief organiser of the Chartist conspiracy. His (defendant's) name was struck off the Polish list by the English Government. Another reason why he believed the defendant to be a spy was, because he had published a work instructing the people as to the best means of defending themselves against the military . Mr. BODKIN re-examined the witness, he said when that after his return from Constantinople, he was pre' sented to her Majesty at the Drawing-room, by Lord Palmerston, to prevent any unfavourable impression from resting on his character, in consequence of his real from the embassy at Constantinople. With respect his (defendant's) relation towards the Poles, he (witness) spoke upon the authority of Lord Dudley Stuart, an d , he was authorised to state so. In 1839 he was invite d to stand for the borough of Marylebone, and in consr quence he had much communication with the leading Chartists of London, and he was borne out in his opinions of Beniowski by what he was told by them. The Rev. Hamilton Grey confirmed the statements of the prosecutor with respect to the facts of the assault. The police-constable, who took the defendant into custody, and the surgeon who attended Mr. Urqbart, having been examined, Mr. WILD addressed the jury at great length for the defendant, dwelling strongly on the great provocation ° had received in being denounced as a spy. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE summed up the evidence. After a short consultation, the foreman of the jury ror and said we are obliged to find the defendant Guilty. Sentence was deferred to the next session, the air fendant being admitted to bail on his own recognizanees' - - - WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.), Julia McCartney, a servant-of-all-work, was charg e " with assaulting her master, Mr. Hass, a master til l ' manufacturer, of No. 2, Middlesex-street, Spital-squar e " The complainant, who is of the Jewish persuasio n 4 and whose head and face were literally covered lvtt plaister, and his left arm in a sling, stated that he ° i f ; rived home last evening, at ab ou t half past cle f ; o'clock, with his three sons, from the Sy na go g ue, 'wit he found his wife, who is near her confinement. outs''' the door, and being supported by two strangers, the call s " . of which, he learnt, was the conduct of the prison e ' who had threatened to " knife her." He went into t,.b e parlour of his house, where the prisoner stood, but sh e had no sooner seen him than she snatched up the tw° candlesticks which were upon the table, and before 11, could prevent it, she struck him violently on the head With each of them. He fell, and she then bit him in the e l* and tore the flesh through the coat and shirt. The COin' plainant here showed a deep and dangerous wound il l the sinewy part of his arm. The defendant was a le worse for liquor. Mrs. Hass stated that the prisoner was sent out wit h the youngest child to feed it. It was the Jews' Passol and the bread they eat themselves during that per i° was not fit food for infants. It was therefore the p rey' tice among the Jewish parents to have the young k e e children fed from home on these occasions. When s, m , came home she had evidently been drinking, and durillea the day had procured more drink. Witness remonstr ilt d with her, but she was answered with the vilest abuse , tu l d at length the prisoner snatched up a table-knife 511 swore she would "do for her with it." r d The prisoner here expressed, loud enough to be bo l d , by several persons near the dock in which she was ea° ing, her regret that she had not done it. Mr. BROUGHTON said he should send her to Pris °P; but she must be brought up again next week. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Bert took their accustomed early walk this morning.. i The Royal Family took walking and pop,' e xerclse to-day, on the Eastern Terrace and Slopes of the Castle. M. Isturitz, the Spanish Minister, is expected to ar• rive at the Castle this evening, on a visit to her bleje si t Viscount Palmerston is also expected to arrived tu day, on a visit. lier Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied bi the Prince Lowenstein, rode out on horseback this aft e '74r; noon, attended by the Lady in Waiting, the Coun tess Mount Edgecumbe. The Equerries in Waiting, Mei°7, General Wemyss and Lieutenant-Colonel Seym our, als" attended on horseback. is . The royal dinner party at the Castle, this evening, .5 expected to include his Excellency M. Isturitz , 1 „ Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, Viscount Pai rne ' ston, and Mr. George anti the lion. Mrs. Hope. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attend during dinner. tier Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. - - The band of the Ist Life Guards attended dal dinner, at the Castle, on Tuesday evening, and perfo' the following pieces I. March-Waddell. Introduction and Polka—Lsdy Combermere. Pot Pourri, No. 4—Zulchner. ' Walzer—Attila"—Labitzky. March—"ll Torneo"—Lord Westmoreland Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester 1 .. c 613 0 . her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at P P. borough-house. 0- the The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President h io Council) was sufficiently recovered yesterday from 4 - o r recent attack of gout to leave town in the afternoo n '- his seat, Bowood-park, Wilts. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The nuptials of - -° a b // Alfred Paget, son of the Marquis of Anglesey, ' . l Miss Wyndham, daughter of the Countess of List owe : and sister of Lady Macdonald, were solemnized Oil morning in Sc. James's Church, in the presence Of th e relations and connexions of both families, and of distinguished circle, consisting of the principal nobil i in town. tt It ta , 1.44'L4 ttte NEWMARKET RACES' (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) Subscription Plate of 50/. D.M. Don Caesar ................................................•• g Free Lance ................................................... All ran but Colleen Bawn. Sweepstakes of 200 Sovs. each. D.M. 1 Vanity .........................................•• 9 Fistiana ..., ......... - S Jack Musters ................................................ Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each. Planet $ Epirote King of Morven . . ........................................... 4 Ingoldsby ...................................................... Post Match. 1 Lady Lurewell ................................................. Cusachia ..••• " REPRESENTATION OF WESTMINSTER.—YeSte r e there was a coalition amongst the partisans of "",: e . Lushington and Colonel Evans, and the walls w e ' placarded with " Vote for Lushington and Evang' '' n WILSON'S ENTERTAINMENT IN EDINBURG ----311 11. 00 Saturday even i ng Mr. Wilson gave an entertainmeoll the songs and ballads of Scotland in the Music 1 7. which was att e nded by a numerous and fashionable au to ence. The minstrel eras in great force, and seeing,ie increase in strength and vigour with his constant l'ito ing through the country, for he never sang better 10,i, he did on Saturday, and the selection of songs WAS tie mirable. Besides many of the old favourites, which °,;‘, never tires of hearing Wilson warble, the progrurlll-1. contained some songs that he never sang before in alp contained burgh ; for example, Burns' fine song of " Go fetch of me a pint o' wine," which he gave splendidly to as fine melody that expressed well the feeling of th e 10, F ; and another by Tannehill, called " Despairing beautiful pathetic song, and sung to one of the most ue cious bits of melody we over listened to. " The SOl:iroe of Appin" is a noble song , and produced as gre3" ee effect as it did when Mr. Wilson sang it on hi s fo lbe visit. In addition to the programme he gave do e Flowers of the Forest," and :t was as finely sungv, l P t he e a rnestly listened to by the Audience, as ever. 01 , he humorous song of " The Married Man's Lamon t ; ti ci delineated the querilous old man with such force $.OO effect as to elicit frequent applause. At the conclei lo of the entertainment, Mr. Wilson said a few words to to usual happy style, in which he alluded to his late to Paris, where the songs of Scotland gave great delie op , his audiences. He said he was to return thither foto with the intention of doing all in his power " to hrillgovee French on in Scotch." He returns to Lond on to f mence his entertainments for the season.—Editsvu oft to Evening Courant. [lt will be observed, on reference a t our advertising columns, that this distinguished voope—.,,, makes his first appearance for the season a t thejauw Stige-okreet, on Aranday next.--B.TA-Stak) , ]