The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-17 00:00:00

et% _ THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1847. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. During last week the arrivals of English Wheat for our market, coastwise as well its by land carriage and sample, were on a very limited scale ; those of all other articles of home produce, including Flour, unusually small. The re ceipts from Ireland and Scotland were extremely limited. From abroad, however, the imports of Wheat, Barley, Oats, and Flour were liberal; those of other grain very unim portant. Fresh up to-day the supply of W heat from Essex, Kent, Cambridgeshire, &c., was extremely small, hence the show of samples of both red and white was smaller than on Many previous market days. This falling off in the arrivals, together with the large attendance of both town and country buyers, caused: the holders of all kinds of Wheat to be very firm, and the trade must be considered very brisk, at an advance in the quotations paid on Monday lad, of from FIVE to SIX SHILLINGS PER QUARTER, at which amount of improvement the whole of the supply was cleared off. The best samples of English Wbite sold freely at from one hundred end nine to one hundred and sixteen shillings per quarter! This is the highest point of value realised for a long series of years, and there is every prospect of a further rise in the quotations. Although the imports of Foreign Wheatlast week were upwards of 12,000 quarters, the quantity of that description of grain on offer was small, owing to several cargoes having been taken afloat for the French and Belgian Markets. The trade was again very brisk, at an improve went on last Monday's rates of from FIVE to SIX SHILLINGS PER QUARTER, and very few parcels were unsold at the close of business. We had a large quantity of foreign Barley on show, but that of home growth was trifling. All kinds com manded a very steady inquiry, at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, last week's currencies. The show of Malt Wu limited, while the demand for that article was very steady at, in some instances, is per quarter more money. Upwards of 34,000 quarters of Foreign Oats came in last ! le ek; and the supply on offer to-day was good; yet the trade was very steady, at fully the late advances in the quotations. Very few Beans were on show. Most kinds sold readily, at late rates. Peas moved off firmly, at ex treme prices. Indian Corn was held at 2s per quarter more m oney The Flour trade was firm, but we can notice no farther improvement in value. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE wheat —Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • • • 80s to 84e Red, New.... 958 to 106 s Oats—Yorkshire and ..."-sine•White, New 104 s 116 s Lincolnsh., Feed. 32s 381 Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red..... 903 98s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, IVhite —— 955 101 s Black .•.• • • • 30$ 32s Irisht Red • ....... —a —e Cork, White .• • —30 s b itto,Wbite• Scotch, Feed. • • R Y.--°l4 .• •• • • --s 8 Beans—Tick .. 47s 528 Bari 608 63s Pigeons • .. 505 54s Bari 7 e ... 45s 48s Peas—Grey .. •••• • . • • 53s 56s Ma lting ......... 58e 60s g . .Maple. ••••• . .. .. 552 57% .. Chevalier .... •• • 603 613 White .•. .. al t Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • • • 605 623 8 i .,, f° ,1 • ' "•••• •• • • 738 752 Flour—Town-made. • • 758 80r ir,.. — "'" •• ••••• •• —75 s Su ff olk 64s 728 - "ugston and Ware 75s 80s Stockta & Norfolk 64s 70s The Im • STILITZIPIELD • sa follows Perts of live stock into London last week were ao..Prottemrd niwahence. Oxen. Cows. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. ...... 110 ... 319 ....570 ... —.— 121 jinFlastwhing .. li eruburgh ... 1 A 8 ... ... —-- Harlin .... ...., •• • -. FP n •• . 47 . 100 ... 133 ... 4 ... 74 ••• -- ••• 405 ... ... Antwerp ..... .... 17 4 ••. ••• ••• ••• Total ..... 190 431 1,108 4 195 IPf At Hull and the various other outports about 1,100 head Beasts' Sheep, and Calves have been landed in excellent conchtion.. There were in the market about 700 Oxen and Cows, 30 0 Sheep, and 30 Calves, mostly from Holland, and which meta very active demand at improved curren c ies. Notwithstanding the arrivals of beasts from our own districts, fresh up this morning, were seasonably extensive, and of ex cellent Quality, an unusual deg n.. ree of excitement prevailed in the demand for all ki n d s of fat stock. This must be att ut ed in a great measure to the large number of buyers in atten dance from M anc h ester, Birmingham, Leeds, Wake- eld, Bristol, a n d e l sewhere, the whole of w h om purchased lar gely for th ose l ocalities. The Beef trade was very brisk, and the quotations advanced over those obtained on Monday last f.roln sixpence to eightpence per Sibs, and at which amount P r overnent a total clearan ce was s p e edily made. On a ilr matPariso of , prices, we perceive , that Beef is now selling at pork to ls 6d, Mutton is 6d to2s, Lamb Bd, Veal Bd, and t rk 4 (I per Sibs more money than at the corresponding eriod in 1846 ! and this immense amount of improvement No t aken place in the face of full average supplies. From —°r lfollE, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received about 10 00 Scots, homebreds, and short horns; from the r t tera and midl an d di s t r i c t s , 800 H ere f ords, runts, Devons, y- ; from other parts of England, 500 of various kinds ; and from Scotland 250 horned and, polled Scots—the remainder , the Bullock supply being mostly derived from abroad and !he neighbourhood of the metropolis. With Sheep we were _bat moderately supplied. As most of the butchers were ZerY Short of supply, the Mutton trade was exceedingly r'ak, at an advance on last week's currencies of fully 4d . 81 ha, the primest old Downs in the wool selling freely 81 ," 4 d per Slbs, those out of the wool producing 53 8d per e „,`.' e a. At the close of the market a total clearance had been h u e n e d t e . • From the Isle of Wight 230 Lambs came fresh to rabl "d the receipts from other quarters were tole wait _,P° l4 - Still, however, the Lamb trade was gib:n t r brisk at l, a further rise in value of fully 4d per cuity 6 `: Oita est Down qualities realising, without di ffi - Cal 4 ,, Ac'u• Per Blbs. There was a large business doing in cf 44 p et : 81h t ti PPI7 of which was moderate, at a rise in value tationi'the Pork trade was very firm, and the quo ._ , advanced from 24 to 4d per Sibs., with a fair average number of Pigs on sale. rer albs. to sink the Offal. til t - el -1 0r Re a , I. d. to s. d. s. d. to it. d. m ond quar ••• • . 4 0 4 6 Second quality ditto 5 0 5 4 rrl 1 tY -••• 4 6 410 Coarse-woolled ditto 5 6 510 p ri me arge Oxen... 5 0 5 2 Southdown Wether 5 0 6_l ale 5e445 •••• • • 5 2 5 4 Ditto out or the wool Large coarse Calves 4 8 5 2 Large HOgs .••• • • 4 0 4 8 Prime small ditto .• 5 4 5 8 Small Porkers .... 410 5 4 , _ 6 ucklins Calves ..21 . 0 32 0 Q u a rter old ri g s ..19 o 23 9 inferior Sheep •• .4 2 4 6 Lambs .• .. •• 5 8 6 8 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. 1 Pigs. 3,253 - 1 20,370 131 310 NIII77OILTZ AND LEADENHALL. The arrivals of Meat from Scotland and all part of Eng• land have been unusually limited during the past week ; but with that slaughtered iu the metropolis we have been fairly supplied. Still, however, the general demand has ruled very, firm, at an advance in the prices of Beef of from 2d to 44 ; of Veal 2d, and of Pork from 2d to 4d per Slbs.; those of Mutton and Lamb being steadily supported. About 900 carcases of foreign meat have been disposed of. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. I s. d. to 5. Beef, inferior...... 3 6 3 8 Mutton, inferior .. 4 0 4 4 --- 'middling •• •• 310 4 0 -- middling.• 4 6 4 8 *--- prime large •• 4 0 4 2 _____—. prime ••.. 4 10 5 0 prime small .. 4 2 4 4 Pork, large Veal'• ""•••• • • • • 4 8 5 4 3 0 6 4 Lamb. is 4d to Gs 4d BOROUGH 110 P MAP.XZT. The plantation accounts being favourable, we have still to report a veryinactive demand for all kinds of Hops; yet _last week' s Prices are steadily supported in every instance : bussex. Pockets 31 18s to 4/ 8s; Weald of Kent ditto, 415 s to 51 ; Mid and East Kent ditto, 41 15s to 61 10s. TheMOICOUGII AND SPITAIMIELDS. 29 0 imports of potatoes in the past week have een about been tons , chiefly from Holland. The arrivals coas twise have small. The best qualities are in fair request, at full Prices; but all other kinds are a dull inquiry, at barely late t"',,e3.—York Reds, 240 s to 280 s per ton ; Ditto, Regents, 2.10 s 5 ( 1 ) 3 .` 8 ° ,1 ; Ditto, Shaws, 200 s to 220 s ; Lincoln and Cambridge- D. r e, , Regent, 200 s to 280 s; Ditto, Kidneys, 200 s to 2205; 'WU, 140 s to 180 e. tof Sin this WOOL. s day se'nnight the imports of Wool have con sisted 936 bales from Port Philip, 10,000 ditto from Laun "sum, 331 ditto from Odessa, and 300 ditto from various other quarters. The public sales, at which about 13,000 tee be stge3 have been offered, have been brought to a close. the qualities were mostly disposed of at full prices, b u t mi ddling and inferior kinds declined f r o m Id t o 114 d per Ca middling In the private contract market exceedingly little ess is doing. ALOW. Th e consumers of Ta T L llow are still unwilling to get into st ock' although the Money Market is easier, as they con sider the current rates too high as the stock is low, and the other articles used as substitutes are high. We do not look for any great reduction. Rough Fat is 2s Bid per 81b5. I RIT INAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Baron ALDERSOII.) The Court was occupied all the morning with cases of Petty larceny, which were destitute of any interest whatever. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) The Hon. George Percy Sydney Smythe, M.P.. 68, Henley street, accompanied by Lord Manners, A. D. R. Cochrane, Esq., M.P. for Bridport, and H. J. Baillie, Esq., M.P. for In verness-shire, appeared before Mr. Bingham, in answer to a summons charging him with inciting Lord Viscount Pol lington to commit a breach of the peace by fighting a duel. In consequence of his Parliamentary duties Viscount Pol lington was not able to be in attendance, but Mr. BINGIIA:111 thought that the justice of the case would be met if he called upon the hon. defendant to find bail, himself in 600/., and two sureties in the like sum, to keep the peace for twelve months towards all her Majesty's subjects. Bail was immediately offered and accepted .when the par ties thanked the Magistrate and retired. Thomas Kerne and Charles Kerne, two respectably-dressed young men, were placed before Mr. Bingham, charged with creating a disturbance and assaulting Edward Towers, at the Bath Coffee-house, Bath -street, New-road. It appeared from the evidence, that on the previous morning between the hours of one and two, the defendants, accompanied by two others, not in custody, entered the complainant's house and called for an abundant supply of coffee, bread, butter, and eggs, which, after being supplied with, they refused to pay for unless they were served with a further quantity. Com plainant doubting the honesty of their intentions refused to serve them, and said if they left the house in a quiet manner, he would let them go without paving. The prisoners' companions took the hint and made off as fast as they could; but the prisoners refused to go, and said they would see the com plainant d—d first, and they would stop as long as they li ked. As an earnest of their intentions, they began to tear up the tables and break the cups and saucers. Complainant remonstrated with them, and did all he could to get them to leave 'the place, but instead of taking his advice they knocked him down and kicked him several times. They were pro ceeding to further acts of violence, when the arrival of a police - constable put an end to their pranks, by conveying them to " durance vile." The prisoners, who denied the charge, were fined 10s. each or seven days to the House of Correction, for the assault, in addition to 14s. 9d. for the damage dene to complainant's Property. THAMES.—(THIS DAY.) Gilbert .111 - '.Donald, a ship joiner, was brought up for final e xamination, charged with the wilful murder of his wife, Agnes bi• Donald. The facts of the case have been so recently before the public, both in the police reports and the proceedings at the coroner's inquest, that it will suffice to state that the exa mination of several witnesses proved that the deceased and her husband were addicted to drinking, and that Bl'Donald had been frequently seen to kick and beat his wife. On Saturday, thel Bth inst., a quarrel took place between them, and the man beat and kicked his wife in so savage a manner that she had to be removed to the London Hospital, where she subsequently died from the effects of the injuries she had received. :.The additional evidence this day was that of the prisoner's 1"1 $ lad Abut eight yew of ages who ou the forraer ma mination was not admitted to give evidence, but by direction of the magistrate had in the interim been placed in the workhouv* under the instruction of the chaplain. The poor little fellisw seemed quite unconscious of the affecting position in which he was placed. The substance of his tes timony was, that on the evening in question his father hit his mother on the nose ; that she afterwards fell down, when he jumped upon her, and kicked her several times. Mr. Nash, the house-surgeon at the London Hospital, also deposed that on the morning the deceased died she said it was her husband that did it. He described the appearances presented on the post mortem examination. The body was covered with blood and bruises, the cartilage of the nose separated, the legs much bruised, the vessels of the brain were much congested, her bowels were ruptured, and two of her ribs were broken. The prisoner, who said nothing in his defence, was fully committed on the capital charge. WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) This morning, Hayward, a warrant officer of the court, addressing Mr. Broughton, the sitting Magistrate, said that he had obeyed his instructions in making the necessary in quiries respecting the melancholy case which was brought before his notice a few days since by Mr. Coast, a relieving officer of the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, and had found that it had not been in the slightest degree exagge rated. The particulars thereof are as follow Mr. Coast, in appealing to Mr. Broughton, said he did so on behalf of an:unfortunate individual named Marshall, who had lately become a bankrupt, and his wife. Upon visiting them he found that they were both lying upon a sick bed, Marshall being laid up with the rheumatic gout and other wise seriously ill ; and his wife, who was lying by his side, quite lal'ad and labouring under a spasmodic affection. There was no other furniture in the room but the bed and bed stead, which had been sent to them by some kind neigh bours, their own, notwithstanding their dreadfully afflicted state, having been taken from unde r them, under the fiat of bankruptcy, and they were thus left with nothing but the bare walls and the flooring. Mr. BRouorrrox, in alluding to the circumstances con nected with this almost unparalleled case of crhelty, said that he felt confident that no body of creditors would have sanctioned such a proceeding, and it was a case, he hoped, that would come before the public. He should order a sovereign from the poor-box to be immediately sent to the unhappy individuals. It was stated that Mrs. Marshall had given birth to no fewer than twenty-four children, several of whom are, how ever, dead, and the others have families of their own. DR. REID'S LECTURE IN REPLY TO DR. FARADAY'S ON VENTILATION. Dr. Reid delivered a lecture in Willis's Rooms, St. James's square, on Saturday night, in reply to one delivered some time ago by Dr. Faraday, in the Royal Institution, on the subject of ventilation, especially in connexion with the ventilation of the new House of Lords. There was a nume rous and highly respectable attendance. Among the gentle men present we observed several individuals of distinction in the scientific world. The lecturer, after a few introduc tory observations, said that the present step had been forced upon him in consequence of Dr. Faraday having brought before the public, in his lecture at the Royal Institution, a variety of circumstances connected with the subject, and par ticularly with the new House of Peers, which he was de sirous of keeping in their original privacy, until some matters between himself and the Government had been adjusted. Dr. Reid complained that he had not been invited to attend Dr. Faraday's lectures, although the subject was one which so deeply affected himself personally. He then proceeded to contend that the plan on which the new House of Peers was ventilated was, in all essential respects, a plan which he had previously proposed to the Commissioners. It was a plan which might be wished, but it was far from being the best plan that could have been adopted. The lecturer next proceeded to develop his views respecting the true principles of ventilation, and in doing so performed a variety of experiments. He afterwards replied at considerable length to the attacks made upon him in the Times, the Atheneum, and the Quarter,'y Review. Nothing, he said, could be more unfair or unfounded than the representations of these journals, in proof of which he made quota tions from them, and showed how inconsistent they were with the facts of the case. Dr. Reid, towards the conclusion of this lecture, com plained in emphatic terms of the injustice which had been done him by the Government, in taking the ventilation of the new House of Lords out of his hands. The lecturer wound up an address, which occupied an hour and a half in the delivery, by intimating indirectly, as we understood him, that be means to bring an action against her Majesty's Ministers for the injury done to him in con nexion with the House of Lords, and gave as the principal reason for the lecture of that evening, that it was necessary previous to bringing the matter before the proper tribunal, that he should be able to refer to the fact of his having re plied to Dr. Faraday. The lecturer expressed himself with great moderation, though evidently under a strong sense of the injustice which he believes to have been done to him, and was most attentively listed to throughout his address.— Observer. OPENING OF THE CALEDONIAN CANAL. We are glad to be able to state that the navigation of the Caledonian Canal is now open from sea to sea—that the works have been completed—and that vessels are availing themselves of the admirable facilities thus pre sented to the public. These are greatly increased by the recent improvements, and particularly by the establish ment of steam tug-boats, for towing vessels through the lakes. By means of this important addition the passage is rendered certain, and will generally be effected in two days. When the great advantages thus held out are once practically felt, it cannot be supposed that many vessels will hereafter encounter the tedious and danger ous passage round the west coast. The canal dues, we believe, are fixed at a moderate rate, in order to hold out every inducement to traders ; and the wharfage and other conveniences have been rendered so complete as to add most materially both to the quality and extent of the accommodation previously existing. Indeed, Inverness may now, in this respect, be f a i r ly cons id e r e d a s on a par with the first-class ports of the kingdom. The new the principal en gineerworks have been very substantially executed , and were last week surveyed by Mr. Walker, Commissioners, ucom p w a h n o i e d proceeded al ong whole line 9f tohfe the canal , Messrs. Jackson and Bean. Mr. Walker expresse d un• self highly satisfied with th e manner i n which th ose gentlemen had brought th e i r l a b or i ous and important operations to a close; and f rom M r . W alker ' s high pro fessional character and well-known experience, his opinion cannot fail to be equally gra tif y i ng to the, con tractors and the public. We are sorry, however, to hear that the undertaking has been by no means a profitable one to Messrs. Jackson and Bean. This has arisen chiefly from the great increase in the price of labour and materials during the last four years, over which the con tract extended. As an illustration of what may, be done with th• facilities for communication now existing in the north, we may here mention, that Mr. Walker, being on express Government business to Ireland, after completing his survey, proceeded in one of the canal steam-tugs, the Speaker, from Corpach direct to Belfast. The passage was made in seventeen hours, and if we estimate the passage through the canal at ten hours, it will be obvious with what ease future communication may be carried on from Inverness to any part of Ireland, as well as to the Clyde or to Liverpool. Our trade may thus shoot out into new ramifications, conferring upon the whole north the most important advantages. We understand that Mr. Walter Strachan, so long known in the shipping trade between London and Inver ness, and formerly commander of the Duchess of Suther land steamer, has been appointed by the Commissioners to the office of dock-master, and superintendent of traffic and steam-towage, on the line of the canal.—lnverness Courier. TEE COURT.-Her Majesty will give a grand vocal and instrumental concert at Buckingham Palace, on the 28th inst., at which Mademoiselle Jenny Lind and the prin cipal artistes of both Italian Operas will assist. The invi tations were issued from the Lord Chamberlain's office on Saturday last. RESIGNATION OF A POLICE MAGISTRA.TE,-John Beswieke Greenwood, Esq., who for many years has been a police magistrate, and for some years has sat at Clerkenwell Police-court, has voluntarily resigned his appointment, and H. P. Tyrwhitt, Esq., of Brick-court, Temple, special pleader, has been appointed in his stead.-Observer. EXTRAORDINARY LEIGH PRICE OF WHEAT.-At the Windsor-market, on Saturday last, some singularly fine samples of wheat realised the enormous sum of 311. per load. A similar price was also obtained for wheat at Uxbridge market on the preceding Thursday. At Chertsey May lair, which was held on Friday last, the price of wheat ranged from 271. 10s. to 30/. 105. per load. Several buyers from London attended Uxbridge. market and Chertsey, who re fused to make any purchases in consequence of the advanced prices. SALE OF MR. ANDERDON'S COLLECTION OF PIC- TuREs.-The sale of this collection, consisting of 38 pic tures of various masters of the continental schools, took place on Saturday last, in the great room of the establishment of Messrs. Christie and Manson, King-street, St. James's. A vast number of persons were present, and the biddings were carried on with spirit. As the public had largely availed themselves of the opportunity of seeing the collec tion, which once formed the ornament of Farley-hill, and as some account of it has already appeared in our columns, it will only be necessary to notice the prices fetched by the principal lots. Lot 9. "A Group of four Infant Angels" (Murillo), fetched 531. Ils. Lot 13. "A View of Dordt" (Cuyp), 2251. Lot 15. " The Virgin in a red dress, seated, holding a book with the Infant Christ, and St. John and St. Joseph " (Fra Bartolomeo), 194/. ss. Lot 16. "An Old Woman with a Dish of Porridge, a Peasant Boy derid ing her," a picture mentioned by Colonel Davis in his life of Murillo (Murillo), 2021. 13s. Lot 17. " A Vil lage Feast " (Teniers), ' 2101. Lot 18. "A Rocky En trance to a Harbour, with a Ship careening , &c." (W. Van d e Yelde), 3411. 10s. Lot 19. " The Em barkation of the P r i nce of Orange" (Van der Cappellen), 1391. 9s. Lot 20. "A Watermill," formerly in the collec. tion of Lady Holderness (Ruysdael), 509/. s*. Lot 2L " Two Bulls and two Cows, cattle in the background" (P. Potter) 75/ 12s. Lot 22. "Coral Fishers on the coast of Africa ;" this picture was purchased in 1826 from the collecti on of the Duc d'Ascoli (S. Rosa), 2101. Lot 23. " Christ and the Disciples on the way to Emmaus" (Teniers), 1371. 10 s . L ot 24. " 'T'he Triumph of David," from the Co -lonna Palace (Guercino), 4001. Lot 25. "Alight bay and gray horse, standing near a group of trees" (P. Potter), /.)1• Lot 26. " A road under a bank, with a sportsman shooting at a bird on a decayed oak, an attendant holding his gray horse, &c.," formerly in the collection of Lord Monson, (Wynants and Wouvermans), 2571. ss. Lot 27. " The Re pose Cavalier of the Holy Family" (N. P 'n) 551. 13s. Lot a o l u ie v r e (Wouvermans) 14 9 5 u . 581- L ' o t 29." Joseph and Potiphar's Wife" a ady haltine from hawking at a Lot 30. " A grand Landscape,(Luin o Bernardino), r d a i n l o v ) a , gray horse and two attendants, stag breaking through the underwood, &c. (Domenichino), 1731. ss. Lot 31. " A rri 9 or M on 9s si Stag Hunt, a Cavalier and Lady on Horseback, Hunters, & ." (Wouvermans), 231/. Lot 32. " St. John baptizing Christ," mentioned by Captain Davis M. 'lll 96/. 12s Lot 33. " Silenus with Bacchanals and Nymphs"(uri )),. (Rubens), 9GI. Os. Lot 34. "La Carita," a female in a red dress with three children (A. Del Sa t)r o , 4511. lOs This picture is stated to have been brought from the RP us igliosi Galler and purchased by th e l ate Mr. Anderd • ) on in 1826 of the Contessa Compagnoni Marefoschi. Lot 35. " The Virgin seated, holding the Infa n t J esus, St. John presenting the Cross" (Raffaelle), 325/. 10s. Lot 36. "The Virgin kneel ing and extending her hands over the Infant Christ and St. John" (Leonardo da Vinci), 295!. Lot 37. "Il Viaggio di R a chele," formerly in the collection of the Contessa Maria Teresa Spinelli (S. Rosa), 640/. 10s. Lot 38. "The Saluta tion" (S. del Piombo), 913/. 10s. The aggregate MEd pro duced by the bale amounted to nearly 7,0004 COURT CIRCULAR. Their Excellencies the Austrian Ambassador and the Sicilian Minister were prevented from attending the Queen's Ball, in consequence of the deat h of his imperial Highness the Arch and Sicily. rchDuskiceCharles of Austria, father of the Queen of Nap and H Prince r ri ß n o c y e Saturday. His of Kent visited the Queen on Saturday, attended by the Hon.. Captain Gordon, His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, accompanied a il li be ig rt h o e n by the Dowager Lady L y ttelton, took an airin g in an open carriage and four on Saturd a y . Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, took their usual walks and rides on Saturday. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their presence on Saturday , evening. The Royal S u it e cons i s t e d of the Countess of Charlemont, lion. Miss Dawson, L or d Waterpark, Sir Edward Codrington, Lieuten an t-C o l one l Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon. Her Royal Higness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, also honoured the performance with her presence. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic house hold, attended divine service yesterday in the private Chapel Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courte nay officiated. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended divine service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Mar chioness of Ormonde and Earl llowe were is waiting on her Majesty. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yester day morning in the chapel of the Foundling Hospital. Sir William Davison and Major Stephens were in waiting on his ohmßfeoorrlYcn' presenceladai e l em i a Q i bn i r u g di e d h e Eg n n ea ;D: 'au; attended etawungredeaer Saturday attended nebovyuerne Lidn aghd. b ey y r the TA ,uieg Majesty'slkupls Marchioness k c Duke Theatrei a o a n n d d e o s gp s a o nu f c whaOientrs and Baron Knesebeck, also honoured the performance with their presence. The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George visited the Queen Dowager on Saturday. His Royal Highness Prince George had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday at the Home Office. A Cabinet Council was held at half-past two o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign Office. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhonse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Macauley, and the Right Hon. 11. Labouchere. The Council sat an hour and a half. The following Members of the New Bishopricks Commission, attended a meeting in Whitehall-place on Saturday : The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, the Earl of Powis, the Bishops of Durham, Winchester, Lincoln, and Chester, Sir George Grey, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Turkish Minister and Princess Callimaki, attended by Osman Bey and M. Zohrab, had the honour of being present at her Majesty's ball on Friday evening. Captain Moreno, Military Attache to the Argentine Lega tion, had the honour to attend the Queen's state ball at Buckingham Palace on Friday evening. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General to the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, and Mr. Tidd Pratt, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday at his official residence in Downing street. Dr. Paris had an interview with Sir George Grey on Satur day at the Home-office, and presented the annual report from the National Vaccine Board. Lord Kinnaird had an interview with Mr. Strutt on Sa turday. Viscount Duncan, M.P., had also an interview with the Right lion. Gentleman at the office of the Commis sioners of Railways in Great George-street. Lord John Russell had a dinner party, on Saturday, at his residence in Chesham- place. Dispatches were received, on Saturday, at the Colonial office, from the Governors of the North American Provinces, and also from the Governors of New South Wales and New Zealand. NEW ZEALAND. The following is an extract from the lett(r of an officer who has come home in her Majesty's steam vessel Driver:— " Portsmouth, May 14. " We left New Zealand on the 28th of January, and have had a good passage of 107 days, considering the great distance and various climates to be passed through. We came by Cape Horn, and have the honour, I be lieve, of being the first steam-vessel which has circum navigated the globe. We stopped six days at Rio de Janeiro, and have a mail from Rio de la Plate; I do not know the particulars. " I arrive in better health than I had any reason ever to expect. The climate of New Zealand has been of essential service, not only to me, but to all our officers and crew. The colony was gradually progressing towards im provement under the able and judicious management of Governor Grey. The natives were peaceably inclined. Heki and about 200 of his followers went to the Bay of Islands to remove the bones of their forefathers, or those of some old heathen chief; but the Governor had his eye on him, and to Ileki's astonishment he found her Majest3's steam• vessel Driver, with the Governor ard 200 men, waiting for him. As Governor Grey most pro perly did not visit Heki he went away with his fol lowers quite chopfallen. Rangahiti in the south was in the hills. " The natives in the neighbourhood of Auckland and Wellington were actively employed on the roads, and squaring stones for buildings, bridges, &c. A native police has been established, and is a most effective force; savings' banks have been established, and the deposits, European and native, were considerable. The revenue had likewise been on the increase; in fact, the character of the natives in a few years will be quite changed. They supply both Auckland and Wellington with potatoes, onions, Indian corn fish, and poultry; also, firewood. The natives are asking for resident magistrates to live amongst them; they cheerfully submit to English laws in preference to their own. Several cases were lately tried at Auckland, and decided in their favour; this has given them the greatest confidence in the Governor. In another case, a native was fined twenty-five sovereigns for property removed from a coasting vessel. I have seen him pay down the cash. He was himself the owner of a small vessel. " In the district of Wakani, in Cook's Straits, the na tives have now large fields of wheat, Indian corn, pota toes, onions, and other vegetables, and pigs, which have been valued at 4,0001. Sheep farming was on the in crease about the Straits and Middle Island. Most ex cellent beef and mutton was to be purchased at Welling ton at 6d. per lb. _ _ " I regret to say that Governor Grey bad been un well, he was suffering from something like ague or the hay fever; and the spear wound in his thigh was occa sionally painful. He was, however, able (with his lady) to go on board her Majesty's' ship Driver, and pay her captain and officers a farewell visit, previous to their de parture for England. " The Inflexible steamer arrived at Auckland on the 25th of January, she had touched the ground in Sydney harbour, and damaged her forefoot. The Castor frigate was at Auckland; the Calliope and Racehorse at Wel lington and Cook's Straits. Rauparaha, the celebrated chief of Porirua, was still a prisoner on board her Ma jesty's ship Calliope. It was rumoured that he would be liberated, as no direct charge could be brought against him; should he be liberated, it will be on con dition that he gives up all claim to Middle Island, and that some of the neighbouring chiefs will be responsible for his future•conduct." LITERATURE THE PARLOUR LIBRARY. IV). lIL WOOD LEIGHTON. By Mary .lowitt. Caring not only for the intrinsic value of their periodical but for the general mriet: of the publica ken, the proprietors of the " Parlotr Library" have here followed up the roma n ces of Careton and Dumas with the simple, homely, and tho•oughly English fiction by Mary Howitt. " Wooc Leighton" has long since become familiar to the lasers of this species of literature, and with many " Wool Leighton" has inland scenery a favourite. As a portraitire of the scenery of still beautiful and still nerry England it is singularly agreeable. We remenber an American author has somewhere said that v who are now living are the true ancients—not tie people of cen turies bygone. Hence may this country be called, with more reason now-a-days, ban it was in the kip of Elizabeth—" Merry Old Ingland," for it is many a score of years older now tlan it was then, and, we trust, a very great deal wiser bi experience. Merry Old England then let it continue to be called, and Merry Old England it is shown to be, by Mary Howitt, in her story of " Wcod Leighton ; or, a "Year in the Country." In the very commencement of " Pickwick," Charles Dickens described the as pect of the good old city of Rochester, and he judi ciously selected that spot for description at the outset of his career in authorship, because, we believe, the good old city of Rochester was his birthplace, or, at the least, was a locality intimately blended with the associations of his boyhood. nary Howitt, doubt less, selected " Wood Leighton' from a somewhat similar motive, for around the place which is depicted under the soubriquet of " Wood Leighton," are en twined most of her childish recollections. With the exception of a little over-colouring and exaggeration, as for example in the delineation of the house, or rather palace of the Nabob General Dubois, the tale is clever and natural. CO WPER'S WORKS. Vol. I. Edited by the Rev. T. S. Grinishawe. The superiority of these collected writings of William Cowper, both in prose and poetry, over the collection formerly published, has been admirab ly and significantly expressed by the avidity with which the previous edition was purchased. We are especi ally gratified, therefore, that the intelligent editor has again undertaken the revision of the work in a cheap and popular edition of this character. We are no idolators of the genius of William Cowper ; we con fess our incapacity, indeed, to recognise any genius whatever in his poetical compositions ; but we reve rence the name of William Cowper notwithstanding ; we see in him a pure and lofty, and richly cultivated intellect—an exquisite and almost feminine sensibility —a good and enthusiastic Christian. His verses, moreover, though tame and wearisome to us, are the limpid outpourings of an unblemished heart ; they are occasionally adorned with the graces of a felicitous diction, and are invariably inculcations of a sound morality. Besides this, Cowper has the indisputable credit of having ushered in a new and healthy school in metrical literature. As he himself exclaims— " Give me the line that ploughs its stately course Like a proud swan, conquering the stream by force; That, like some cottage beauty, strikes the heart, Quite unindebted to the tricks of art. When Labour and when Dulness, club in hand, Like the two figures at St. Dunstan's stand, Beating alternately, in measured time, The clockwork tintinnabulum of rhyme, Exact and regular the sounds will be ; But such mere quarter strokes are not for me !" It is solely as an epistolary writer that Cowper is to us delightful reading. His letters are scarcely surpassed by the most elegant and accomplished correspondents in the language; and in this department Cowper may be classed with his brother bard Gray, with Lord Chesterfield, and even with Horace Walpole. Speak ing of the letters of Cowper, it was observed by Robert Hall that "to an air of inimitable grace and carelessness, they unite a high degree of correctness, such as could result only from the clearest intellect, combined with the most finished taste." More than two hundred of these admirable letters are comprised in this edition than were originally contained in the celebrated life by Hayley. On this account, therefore, as well as on account of its extraordinary cheapness and extreme elegance, the present issue must command a large circulation. HISTORY OF EUROPE. Vol. V. By Archibald Alison. Clearness and animation are acknowledged to be the prevailing characteristics of Mr. Alison's history. At this particular point in the narrative, those quali ties are more than ever requisite, and happily, too, they. are more than ever perceptible. Perhaps the sublimest spectacle witnessed in the last seven centuries was that of the youthful and beleagured republic of France rising proudly and predominantly through the dark ness of its internal anarchy, and its external strifes— led on from victory to victory, over the greatest gene rals of Christendom, under the banners of a youth, who scarcely a dozen months before had been sub sisting on the charities of his comrade Junot in one of the most miserable bye streets of Paris. The fifth volume contains the account of the immortal campaign of Italy in 1796, when General Bonaparte at once rose from obscurity into a renown that floated over Europe, over the ocean, to the most remote regions of America and Polynesia. MURRAY'S HOME and COLONIAL LIBRARY. No. XLV. Sketches of German Life. Part 11 : The conclusion of these scrambling and confused sketches, i s as miserably imbued with prejudice as the commencement. Sir Alexander Duff Gordon has transferr e d th e original by Varnhagen V on Ense into agreeable E ng li sh ; but in doing so, h e has pre sented to England a partizan writer—a being whom few can ha ve sympathy. A h i story w ritten by partizan is nothing b e tt er th an the die of a medal lion; it i furnishes m a t er i als from w hi c h future nar rators may c omp il e more valuable an d enduring with works. Among such materials must be classed these sketches of what i s ca l led the war o f Liberationin Germany. TIIE CHRISTIAN IN PALESTINE. Part XII. It were impossible to exagg era t e the interest with which this periodical inspires in us on each successive appear since. Mr. W. H. Bartlett h as se l ecte d t h e different scenes in the Holy Land, with th e d i scrim i nat i on of an artist and the precautions of a Poet i nfluence d by the genius of Christianity. He has her e p ourtra y e d the " r ? oi of Hezekiah," a pool as mystic i n i ts so lit a ry limpidity as in its biblical associations ; a most reverent village ; the interior of the magnificent look ing towards the indistinct hills of "WellJu daeta: "Greek Church at Bethlehem," a spot sanctified as the region of the Nativity. ; and a view of " Ramleh," as possible. evidently taken to render this publication as little un azEavreerth;:artheaits worthy of its theme THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAY 15.—We regret to state that the Lord- Lieutenant has been rapidly sinking since yesterday. This morning the following bulletins were issued:— " The Lord-Lieutenant's strength is much reduced since yesterday." " Two o'clock. " The illustrious patient does not feel restored from the prostration of strength under which he suffered during the night." " Four o'clock. " His Excellency is not worse than he was this morning.' REPRESENTATION OF MARY LB BONE. _ _ __ The following letter addressed by Admiral Sir Charles Napier to C. FL)ed; Esq., the vestry clerk of Mary was rea d at the meeting of the Maryleboue vestry on Saturday : "May 15, 1847.. " My dear Sir—Will you be so good as to present my compliments to the vestry, and say that it was my de termination to have attended to-day, and thank them g a h n te)—b u t I am o bli ge d d r for their kindness since I have been the representative of the to solicit their sup port at e b ( o L n a e u , to go to Portsmouth and hoist my flag, " C. Flood, Esq. " CHAHLS NAPIER." btohre borough hxt of el e Metaior e t af c r an a ttrdh o t rehdtdoeiGi distant ar a oea r nnar y tet. a l gr l o e o eska ot uPon with suspicion. We n i t a l o e en d vi most se t to e that n e t x , BOSJESMAN'S, on Bus" PEOPLE, FROM SOUTHERN race of human beings have been landed in our port, they are the Bojesmans, or Bush People, from the interior of South Africa, of which so much has been written by the Mission aries, or 1,400 miles from Cape Town. The are natives of the country borderingresp Travellers" which we have AFRlCA.—lnteresting wh s o p ec h i a m v e e n t s ra e v f as: ra ei rrgi h aesine ib ng i .ea t n a nd l T m iyht o eher s ye t as striking an absence of the intellectual or y higher faculties as is observable in the scull of that mockery of humanity, the Baboon, while the preponderance of the could scarcely have credited that such a race could be in ex istence on the earth. That they are genuine HO one can calculated an imalficerrmtawithinl iysalmostthe full inclined tt equallyiet h e e , , t a To greatest s doubt, in proof of which we give the following extract from a Cape Town Paper of the 24th of December, which we have just received :—,, w e understand the brig ' Fanny, Captain Wheeler, which recently left Table Bay for Liverpool, had on board an unusual kind of exportation, viz., two males and two females of the genuine Bushman species, they are in charge of a Mr. J. G. B. Bishop, who has been at consider able trouble and expense in procuring them from the interior. They are authentic specimens of this di m i nut i ve and rapidly d ecr easing tribe of aborigines, found only in Southern Africa." —Liverpool Standard. A SHIP SUNK, AND THE CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS MURDERED BY THE CREW.—Letters were On Saturday re ceived from Launceston, communicating the particulars of the sinking of the ship Prima Donna, and the murder of the Commander, Captain Jones, and his officers, by the crew. The vessel, it appears, had called at Lowbock for water and rice, being bound from China to Hobart Town and England. In the latter part of December last the Prima Donna's long boat, containing fourteen of the crew (all Manilla men) ar rived at the port of Ball, in the Java seas—the ship, ac cording to their statement, having founderec south of Java, and the captain and his officers had perished. Subsequently, when questioned more fully as to their fate, their statements differed so widely that no reasonable doubt could be enter tained but that they were cruelly murdered and the ship plundered and sunk. The whole of the crew have been placed under arrest, and search is belt+ made n the locality whore the ship is said to have been scuttled fcr the remains of the captain and officers. It was expected several would divulge the circumstances. The ship and cargo were valued ' at 8,000/. . THE MURDERS AT MIRFIELD. APPREHENSION OF ANOTHER OF THE SUPPOSED MUR DEREES. —HUDDERSFIELD, FRIDAY.—The murders of Mr. Wraith, his wife, and servant girl, at the village of Mirfield, which are almost unequalled in England's calendar of crime for atrocity and cruelty, have produced the most thrilling sensation throughout the county. The unfortunate creatures sacrificed were (excepting the servant girl) between seventy and eighty years of age. They were much respected, being quiet inoffensive people. The house which they inhabited, and where the horrid crime was perpetrated, stands in a somewhat secluded spot, about one hundred and fifty yards from the public road, and no other building near for same two hundred yards. Mr. Wraith is known to have possessed a considerable sum of money in the house, which cannot now be found, leaving no doubt that plunder was the object of the murderers, for it is pretty evident that more than one was engaged in the bloody affair. The hor rible appearance of the sufferers can never be effaced from the memory of those who saw them. The skull of each was beaten to pieces, the jaws driven in, throats cut, the arms of the two females fractured, and the fingers broken to pieces, as if the arms and hands had in vain been raised to protect the head from the fearful blows of the inhuman wretches. The sight was most horrifying. In places where the bodies lay were pools of blood, in which the teeth and brains of the deceased were lying. Amongst the first to enter the house after the discovery of the murder was Mr. Kennel, the land lord of the King's Head, at Mirfield, who states the drawers and boxes in the house were open and had been ransacked, and the blinds had been drawn down snd pinned together, to prevent persons looking in. The mother of the poor servant girl, Caroline Ellis, on hearing of their shocking fate swooned, and died the following day. On Friday, Mr. Superintendent Green apprehended an Irishman named Patrick Reid ;who was:seen, in company with M'Cabe (already in custody), near the house at the time the murder must have been going on. Marks of blood were found on his clothes, and the police are in possession of circumstances which will in a great measure be the means of unravelling the mystery that at present exists. Both the prisoners are imprisoned at Dewsbury Lock-up, in charge of four police constables. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The great claims which Mr. Wallace has, upon the public will, this evening. meet their ample reward, for there can be no question of his benefit being an overflow—his own beautiful opera of Maritana, and the aid of all the principal artistes in London, being called into requisition on this very interesting occasion. PORTSMOUTH, MAT 1 4.—KING's Booms, SOUTH SEA.—THR BACHELORS' BALL—Th is reunion, which had been looked forward to with so much eagerness, came off in great style this evening. The rooms, which are of large dimensions, were on this occasion increased by the colon nades being enclosed and made to form a supper room, at once elegant and commodious. By a little after ten nearly all the elite of Portsmouth and its vicinity were assembled, and dancing was kept up with great spirit till nearly four in the morning, a fact that tells " trumpet-tongued" how much the assembled parties appreciated the happy though fleeting moments. Fiske, of Southampton, furnished the refresh ments, which consisted of the usual delicacies, and the band of the 43d Regiment was in attendance during the whole of the night, and gave the highest satisfaction, their melodious and inspiring strains giving additional grace and agility to the danseurs. We hope ere long to see in the same place a similar assemblage of rank and beauty. A report has been circulated that the Portsmouth Theatre was to be purchased by Government, for the purpose of being pulled down, in order to enlarge the Cambridge Barracks; and a weekly paper asserts that the theatre was sold by auction on Wed nesday last, but no such circumstance took place. The theatre is not likely, at least at present, either to be taken dowp or sold. We understand that the Commissioners of Customs have at present under their consideration some rather exten sive alterations in that department of the public service, with a view to giving greater facilities to trade. It is said that one of the first changes will be the earlier attendance of such in door officers and clerks as at present attend from ten to four, summer and winter; while the officers connected with the outdoor appartments attend from eight to four in summer and from nine to four in winter (viz., from Ist Nev. to Ist March). An addition to these hours was contemplated, but is said to be abandoned, as were such carried into effect, the time that would necessarily be required in the middle of the day for dinner would so much interfere with business, par ticularly on the silk or examination floors, where all the I fancy and high-duty goods are cleared, it hasbeen considered that the facilities for passing entries, reporting and clearing ships, two hours earlier than at present will meet the views of those of the public more particularly interested—viz., the wharfingers, who represent the mercantile community upon the present occasion. This will prevent an addition to the bur dens of the country by an allowance to any more officers than are necessarily required (for extra attendance); besides, the present high prices of all descriptions of human food mast preclude the possibility of the labouring classes from pur chasing sustenance requisite to enable them to bear up under the extra fatigue lengthened hours would entail upon them. Few persons unacquainted with the lock or wharf and quay work can form the slightest conception of the dreadful labour which the poor ill-clad, half-fed classes who are thus employed have to endure—a visit to that great butter mart, Brewer's Quay, Lower Thames-street, during the unlathng of a butter-laden ship, will convince any one, however obdurate his feelings may be, that in doing away with slavery in the West Indies, we have left untouched the s u bj ect o f white slavery at home.—Heraki. FATAL ACCIDENT oN TITS RlVER.—Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, at half-past two, the following fatal and melancholy accident occurred at Battersea :—Two gen tlemen, one named Meeson (a member of the Thetis Club), and a friend of his named Bownes, took the club wherry, and started in it from Lambeth on their way to Putney. There was a strong wind from the west, and the swell was very heavy on "shooting" Battersea-bridge; the surf was very high, and their boat, light and uncovered, dipped three times in succession, filled, and upset. Mr. Meeson clung to the stern, and Mr. Bownes also gained firm hold, but feeling confidence in his powers as a swimmer, and anxious to secure a safer position for his friend, he bid him " hold fast," and struck out for the shore, which most unhappily he never reached. Mr. Meeson maintained his hold for ten minutes, and was eventually picked up by Hawkins, the captain of the Citizen, passing at the time, who conveyed him to the White Hart, Chelsea, 'where prompt assistance was afforded him. Some idea of the roughness of the reach may be gathered from the fact that in a race between three four-oared boats, two while contesting filled and sunk; no loss of life, however, ensued. DEPARTURE OF THE FOREIGN MAILS.— The fol lowing notice was issued on Saturday at the General Post office, St. Martin's-le -Grand ;—" The mails for Corrunna, Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, via Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gib raltar, will be made up on Monday morning, the lith inst. (this morning), to be forwarded by the Madrid steamer (via Southampton). Next packet due, the Iberia steamer. The mails for Madeira, the British and foreign colonies in the West Indies (except Mexico, Honduras, and llavannah), Venezuela, Bermuda, San Juan de Nicaragua, Granada, Chili, and Peru , w ill be made up on the morning of the 17th instant (this morning), to be forwarded by the Thames steamer from Southampton. Next packet due, on the 22d. Bermuda, British North America, and the United States, on the evening of the 18th instant (to-morrow), to be conveyed by the Hibernia steamer via Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston. Next packet due, the Caledonia steamer, on the 30th inst. Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India , Hong-Kong, and China, on the morning Thursday, the 29th inst., to be forwarded by the Ripon steamer, via Southampton. By the fortnightly overland closed mail to t he Mediterranean, Egypt, India, &c., on the evening of the 24th instant, via Marseilles. THE DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE IN THE CITY. —On Saturday some information was circulated by the police as to the foreigner who, on Thursday, cut his throat in Princes-street, in the City, and has since been lying in St. Bartholomew's Hospital in a dangerous state. It had been ascertained that his name is Halentine Legg, a native of Germany. and that he had been only a few days in London. His place of abode was not certainly known, but was believed to be in the neighbourhood of Holborn. He is described as a bout 45 years of age, five feet eight inches in height, with light brown hair, and wore a long blue jacket. A high price is demanded for provisions of all kinds in Stamford at the present time. The 41b. household loaf is 100., fine, Hid. ; mutton, 71d. and Bd. per lb beef, 7d. and riid.; bacon, 9d. and 10d. per lb.; 'Ma - toes; Sd, per pecks—Lincobashire Chronicle. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Again were there crowds assembled in the early part of the evening, anxiously awaiting the opening of the doors of her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday; again was there a terrific crush as soon as the doors were open ; again was every part of the theatre crowded to suffocation within ten minutes after the doors were opened; again were large numbers, who were anxious to obtain admittance, disappointed, from the absolute impossibility of crowding any more persons into any part of the theatre, for which it was possible to hear a note of the voice of Jenny Lind. She repeated the character of Amina on Saturday, and excited, if possible, even greater enthusiasm, than she did on Monday. Voltaire says, that to write a critique on Racine, it is only necessary to write at the bottom of each page—beautiful, exquisite, perfect I So with regard to the Amina of Jenny Lind, we can only say it is beautiful, exquisite, perfect ! to say less would be injustice, to say more would be impossible. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accom ranied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, honoured the per formance with their presence. The royal suite comprised the Countess of Charlemont, Lady Augusta Bruce, Hon. Miss Dawson, Lord Waterpark, Sir Edward Codrington, Lieut.- Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and the Hon. Capt. Gordon. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by his hn e ßoyal ss Highne ss Ed w P a r r i d n ce G of s e o a r x g e e vir e e n i d m a r h , i Serene Ha nd at tended a and d a r t c h h e i n E e s a s r l of a o n r d m 0 la C d o e u , n H t es o n s s w s e n , u t d h s e o Mar quisdCaptain Somerset, occupied her own box. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan, Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. E. St. John Mildmay were also present. Amongst the general company were—The Prince Louis Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington, his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Baroness Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and Lady Blanche Somerset, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, the Duchess of Northumberland, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis of Clanricarde. the Marquis of Huntley, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Donegal, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl of Jersey, the Earl and Countess Bruce, the Earl Ducie, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Shelborne, the Earl of Belfast, the Earl of Munster, the Esrl of Falmouth, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, the Countess of Pembroke, the Earl of Euston, the Earl of Cardigan, Earl Granville, Viscount Cantalupe, Viscount and Viscountess Villiers, Viscount Lascelles, Viscount Somerton, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Canterbury, Lord and Lady E. Bruce. Lord B. F. Howard, Lord Forester, Lord Saltoun, Lord A. Fitzclarence, Lord Macdonald, Lord Sandys, Lord C. I Bruce, Lord Foley and the Hon. Miss Foley, Lord 0. Fitz gerald, Lord Dunkilling, Lord Gardner, Lady Foulis, Lady Grosvenor, Lady Palmer, the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Lady, and the Misses Carroll ; Baron L. Rothschild, Baron and Baroness Roths child, Baron Mi s lai, L or d G. Fit zgera ld, L or d R e d es d a l e , `Count De Barke Count G. Revel, Honourable S. Lyttelton, Mr. and Lady d. Sandford, Lady M. Wood, Lady C. Town ley, Sir W. and Lady Fremantle, Sir G. Wombwell, Sir T. Hare, Sir J. Lowther, Sir A. Woodford, Sir A. Barnard, Lady, and the Misses Barnard; Sir J. Campbell, Lady Tyrwhitt, Hon. Mrs. S. Herbert, the Hon. D. Darner, Colonel T. Wood, M.P., Lady Meux, Capt. the Hon. C. Forester, M. C. Le Koudriaffsky, General Upton, Captain Wildman, Major Buckley, Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, Captain Lyon, Mr. B. Trelawny, M ' .P. Mrs., and Miss relawny ; Mr. Packe, M.P., Mr. and Mrs. Hubert De Burgh, Mr. Hurley, Mr. Shaw, Mr. W. W. Williams, Mrs. MOidetiore, Mr. and Mrs. M. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. E. Phillips, Mr. P. Rolt, Mrs. E. Johnstone, Lady Grant, Mr. B Baldwin, M.P., Hon. Captain Foley, M. De Canofaine, M. De Kremer, Hon. C. Lawless, Sir W. Massey Stanley, &c. &e. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. COVENT GARDEN. Donizetti's opera, Lucrezia Borgia, was produced for the first time at this theatre on Saturday evening. Grisi ap peared as lucrezia ; Alboui as Orsini; Mario as Gennaro; and Tamburini as Alfonso. The character of Lucrezia is one which Grisi has long since made her Own. It is one of her greatest, if not her greatest character, and never did she act or sing more magnificently than she did on Saturday; albeit, it was understood that she was suffering from the effects of illness. Mario, as Gennaro, was in excellent voice, and sang deliciously. The great feature of the evening, however, was the appearance of Alboni in the character of Orsini. She more than divided the applause with Grisi during the early portion of the opera, and when in the banquet scene in the last act she gave the far-famed drinking song, " Ii segreto per user felice," her long-continued , at n .1 : ? d e nnt in ti nh ue silentered, was if possibl e , i ncrease d effect. Alboni has made triumph was complete. Her rich deep contralto tones told with immense e ff ect in this beautiful air—the audience le aurtsht o l es bi s delight ya hearty universal until applause,the conclusion, allloud for and its and g t accompanied an dbabr repetition. This ca ll was , o f course, complied with, and she was again c a ll e d on to repeat the air, which she did with, n the part of Orsini. tbia part ahe is far and away superior to any of her predecessors. Tamburini, as the Duke, had little to do, but that little he did excel lently. His actinF was very fine in the scene in which he ordered Lucre= to administer the poison to Gennaro. The principle artistes were all called for at the conclusion of the opera. Her Majesty's box was occupied by Colonel and Mrs. B. Drummord, Honourable Miss Fitzroy Somerset and Lord Clarence Paget. There were present the Wurtemberg Minis ter, his Grace the Duke of Beaufort, the Marquis and Mar ehioness of Woacester, the Dowager Marchioness of Downshire, the Countess of Jersey and Lady a Villiers, Countess of Tan kerville, Earl of Sandwich, Count Einsiedel, Earl Granville, Viscount Gage, Viscountess Glentworth, Viscount and Viscountess Falkland, Viscount Clifden, Viscount Temple town, Lord Bridport, Lord Carington, Lord Archibald St. Maur, Lord Seaham, Lord Suffield, Lady Southampton, Lady William Poulett, Lord George Manners, Lady Cecilia Des Vieux, Lady Mary Wood, Mr. Vaughan and Viscountess Forbes, Lady Caroline Lennox, Lady Augusta Lennox, Lord Henry Lennox, Lord Alexander Lennox, Hon. Robert Lawley, Hon. T. Tollemache, Hon. George Milks, Hon. John Fortescue, Hon. F. Byron, Hon. A. D. Willoughby, Hon. Colonel Upton, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Fitzgibbon, Hon. Mr. Duncombe, lion. F. Chichester, Lady Macfarlane, Lady Joddrel, Lady Thorold, Hon. Sir Edward and Lady Butler, Lady and Miss Domville, Sir W. and Lady Molesworth, Sir W. de Bathe, Sir Henry Webb, Sir Charles Kent, Sir Thomas Cullam. Sir R. Vivian, Sir Philip Broke, Sir W. Galway, Sir George Wombwell, Sir Bellingham Graham, Si r J ames C arm i c h ae l, Sir W. Abdy, Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., Admiral and Mrs. Mitford, the Chevalier de Paiva, Lieut.-General Sir Loftus and Lady Otway, Sir Clayton East, Hon. Mrs. Godsal, James Pattison, M.P., and Mrs. Pattison, Captain Hood, Captain Baillie, Captain de Bathe, Colonel Brownlow Knox, Hon. Mrs. Milner Gibson, T. Duncombe, Esq., M.P., &c. THE DISSOLUTION. — The House of Commons will be adjourned next week for the Whitsuntide holidays, after advancing several Bills through the respective stages, and will meet again after a week's recess. It is not expected that the session can be brought to a close much before the end of July. Whether the dissolution will immediately follow, or be deferred till after the harvest labours shall be ended, must depend upon the circumstances of the moment, and cannot now be possibly determined upon. Already symptoms of im patience are exhibited in the House of Commons by Members desirous of cultivating the good graces of their constit uen t s , and even at a period of the session so early as this it is not easy to keep the House together. Hon. Members, however, must be more calm, for we believe it will not be possible to dispense with their services sooner than the time we have have indicated.— Observer. SCOTCH MARRIAGE AND REGISTRATION BILLS.— A numerous meeting of Members of both Houses of Parlia ment connected with Scotland was held in the Clarendon Hotel on Saturday last, for the purpose of considering these Bills, his Grace the Duke of Montrose in the chair. After various Members had delivered their sentiments, the meeting came unanimously to the conclusion that, from the strong expression of opinion against these measures in Scotland, the Dilli ought not to be proceeded with thip sessios. PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. SIT nNcs OF MAY 5 AND 10. The Academy did not meet for the ordinary business on the 3d, in consequence of the annual meeting of , the united academies having been fixed for that day. l'he sitting was therefore postponed to the sth. On the 10th, the academy met in tho usual way. We subjoin are • port of the most interesting proceedings of the two sit tings A report was made by M. Poncelet on a paper by M. de la Gournerie, an engineer, respecting a sub-marine boat employed last year in the harbour of Croisic, for the removal of some rocks which obstructed the entrance. We do not, however, find in the account anything new, except as to the modifications rendered necessary for the peculiar p ur p ose t o w hi c h th e b oat was t o b e applied. The means of remaining under water in a boat supplied by air from above, were known nearly half a century ago, and many of our readers may remember the account given by the notorious Johnstone, the smuggler, of the submarine boat in which he proposed to remove the Emperor Napoleon from his captivity at St. Helena. There has not, we believe, been much improvement upon Johnstone's system of operation, and the submarine ap paratus of Croisic appears to have been on a nearly similar plan. The real improvement in submarine navi gation is the discovery a nnounce d a b ou t two y ears ago , by which persons may, by means of a chemical process, which restores to vitiated air its vital properties, remain under water several hours without receiving a fresh sup ply of atmospheric air. M. Arago gave au account of some improvements made by M. Delvi gne on th e apparatus employed b y Captain Manby fur saving shipwrecked persons, by conveying to them a cable tired from a gun or mortar. The improvement consists in a greater degree of cer tainty as to the arrival of the cable, and the impossibi lity of inflicting any injury on the persons for whose re lief it is meant. M. Delvigne in his experiments has been able to cover a range of 385 metres, but he hopes with a Paixhans gun to obtain a range of at least 100 metres more. A report was made of a break ;for railway carriages, invented by M. Laignel, and almost generally adopted in Belgium, where it is said to have rendered im portant service, but which, in spite of all exertions of the inventor, bas been tried by only one rail road company in France. The committee of the academy charged to examine the system, and report upon it express great approbation, and as a proof unanimously recommend that a prize of 2,500 f. shall be awarded to M. Laignel. W e hope this report will have the effect of inducing some of our railroad companies to make a fair trial of the'break; but we are still of opinion, until a permanent commission shall be established, with funds to pay for experinitnts, and power to compel the use of improvements when their utility shall have been proved, nothing, in the interest of the public will be done. The immense number of vain things submitted to the companies is made an excuse for confounding good with bad, and the frequent sacrifice of human life seems to have little effect towards the adop tion of plans which, in the opinion of practical men, would diminish the danger that attends the existing modes. A paper was received by M. Dolfus, on the injurious effect upon health fr om th e stagnant water i n the poo l s, occasioned by the excavations along the lines of railroad, for the purpose of using the removed earth for embank ments. Some of the facts stated in this paper are pain fully interesting. In the commune of Bollivelu, on the Strasburgh and Bale Rail roa d, w h ere t h ere are' several of these pools, the number of cases of malayia has in creased to a frightful extent. In 1842, before these pools were made, the number of cases of marsh fever was only 36. In 1844 it was 160. In 1845 the plants charac teristic of stagnant water having increased the number was 743, and in 1846 it was 1166, and this, too, in a popula tion of only 1446 inhabitants. The mortality also has been greatly augmented. The average number of deaths per year, from 1836 to 1845, was only 36, although after 1844 the evil had already begun to pronounce itself in a striking way, but in 1846 the number of deaths was 54. In the small commune of Fcldkirch the number o f Cases of fever in 1843 was 2; in 1844 , 20 ;in 1 84 5 „n 5 and in 1846, 376. It is astonishing that i n a country where science has made such strides, the natural result of these excavations was not foreseen. M. Lallemande made a favourable report on a paper by M. Pujeade, recommending the use of medicinal springs during the whole of the year, instead of con fining it to seasons, as is now done. M. Barrol sent in a paper showing the comparative advantages and disad vantages of the two modes of gilding—viz., the old process by mercury, and the electrochemical. For solidity he gives the preference to the former, but for safety, where the article gilded is one for domestic use, and comes into contact with acid, he prefers the latter. ANECDOTES OF SIR W. SCOTT. (From Hogg's Weekly Instructor.) - He used to relish Creech's stories prodigiously. 1 have seen him in convulsions of laughter at a ludicrous anecdote told by the bookseller of a country woman, who, one market day, came into his shop (then in the Luckenbooths) with a basket of butter on her arm, which having deposited on the counter, to the imminent peril of some of his most splendid "wire-wove, hotpressed " volumes, she asked him for " tippence worth o"oo creash." Utterly at a loss for the woman's mean ing, he replied that he sold nothing but books and stationary—articles totally out of her way ; and very naturally concluded that she was wrong in the upper storey, civilly requested her to quit the shop, which was much more easy in theory than practice ; for she insisted on being served, while he insisted that h. sold no such article. " What for div ye tell lees then?" demanded she, stretching her neck out at the shop door, and pointing with one finger to the large golden letters on the sign-board—" What for div ye pit double 00 creash over your door to cheat folk then?" It is scarcely necessary to add, that the honest woman, whose education had unquestionably not been first rate, had mistaken the name on the sign- board—" W. Creech"— for the article she demanded, which was wool grease for the purpose of spinning. When the mirth and laughter at this drollery had somewhat subdued, the conversation for a few minutes turned on the impositions of horse-dealers, Scott (who had a ready rebound for every story) said—" Well, that reminds me of an anecdote quite characteristic of the fraternity, I once heard from a friend, who happened to meet with two horse coupers at a public-house. My friend loved everything which marked a character strongly, and had purposely placed himself where he could hear without being seen, and listen to a bargain about a mare which one of these worthies wanted to sell to his companion, whom he filled mortal fou, while he contrived to keep himself comparatively sober. At last, after sitting till a late hour, the bargain was concluded, the money paid, and bill and their horses called for, each having to ride in a different direction to their respective places of abode ; but before mounting, the one who had sold the " meare" turned round suddenly, and told his companion that, though she was a guid beast, she had twa faults—" In the first place, man," said he, " she's unco ill to catch," " Ou, man, that's naething to speak o', " stammered his friend ; " but what's the tither faut?" " Wait a wee," was the reply, " till I ha'e my fit in the stirrup (making sundry hopeless efforts to seat himself in the saddle). Whist, noo, dinna hurry me— hurry nac man's cattle," clapping his hand on the pocket of his " smalls," to make sure tbat the siller was safe. " Toot, toot, man," impatiently exclaimed he who had bought the beast, " yer unco lang coming out wi' the tither faut—oot wi' it ; ye telt me she was ill to catch." " I did so," was the reply, " and noo I tell ye she's no worth a single boddle when ye've gotten herr' Clap ping spurs to his steed, he was off like a shot. FUNERAL OF TUE LATE DUKE OF ARGYLE.-- On Tuesday the remains of the late Duke of Argyle were conveyed from Inverary Castle and deposited in the family vault of Kilmun. Early in the morning a large concourse of people had assembled in Inverary, habited in deep mourning, to pay the last mark of respect to their departed chieftain. About seven o'clock, A.M., the coffin containing the body of the departed Duke was brought out of the castle to the lawn in front, surrounded by the chief mourners, the ladies of the household, and a large assemblage of the neighbouring gentry. Prayers were offered up by the Rev. Mr. Smith, of Inverary, after which the procession formed and. walked down to the steam- boats in waiting, amidst a dense concourse of people, most of whom were dressed in deep mourning. The procession amounted to about 500 in dividuals. The steamers Dolphin, Craignish Castle, and the Dunrobin Castle, were chartered to convey the funeral com pany to the place of sepulture. The coffin was taken on , board the Dophin, and deposited in the after part of the cabin, where it lay in state, surrounded by the distinguished relatives of the deceased and a body of Highlanders. The vessels in Inverary harbour had their colours half-mast high, and the various vessels which met the steamers in their course to Kilmun, also lowered their colours as they passed. The steamers proceeded through the Kyles of Bute with a fair passage, and arrived in the Holy Loch a few minutes before two o'clock, where a large assemblage of people, amounting to about 2,000 from Glasgow and the surrounding country, were in waiting to witness the last pageant of departed great ness. The forenoon of the day at liilinun and eastward was very unpropitious, it having rained without intermission for several hours ; and consequently the concourse of stran gers was not what it would have been had the morning of the day been more favourable. By the time the funeral procession had disembarked. the weather had cleared up, ind the mist began to roll upwards from the hills, and the afternoon turned out agreeable and pleasant; every eminence along the line of procession was occupied by orderly and respectably-dressed people, anxiouslytwen awaiting t minutes the landing of the funeral train. About c rowf p K as ii t in t o w o o , aoo'cdlobcokgathoetpo mov e towards the church,rocession was arranged on the h p G ie r r ac o e f g im r u e o a , c a h n e d d t t h h e e Duke borial ovfaAolresilteobaeteindg beet the coffin having been d e p osited, the Rev. Dr. M ,- Leod offered i i e n f d m th our e nen church i o ia t s. Kilmun, up an i.npressive and fervent prayer. Immediately after the funeral, the Duke, Lady . Emma Campbell, Mrs. Boner, and a small party of their friends, left the ground in their carriages ; and the company re-embarked on board the Dol phin, the Craignish Castle, and the Dunrobin Castle, for their several destinations.—North British Mail. NUMEROUS ROBBERIES.—On Saturday information was received of the following robberies .--From Mr. Hes keth, in the Edgware-road, a purse, containing thirteen so vereigns; from the office of the terminus of the railway, Brighton, the property of the Brighton Railway Company, 2291. 2s. 4d; from the billy-boy Sarah, lying off the Rose and Crown-stairs, Shad Thames, the property of William Wake, a silver watch, No. 951, chain and seals ; from Mr. Goodfellow's, the Waterman's Arms, Lower Shadwell, several silver spoons, a quantity of tobacco, su'iar, and clothes, be longing to lodgers ; from Mr. Howell's, the Haxd-in-hand, Holborn, 60/. in gold ; from the Thatched House Tavern, 9, Red Lion-street, Holborn, a quantity of silver plate and ' linen, marked "T. H. 1."; from Mr. Brown, of South ampton, in a house in Leman's-pond, Southwark, 27 sove reigns, six 51. and four 101. Bank of England notes; and from Mrs. Gullives, 51, Trafalgar-square, Walworth, 50 so vereigns, and 10s. in silver, and a quantity of plate, m ark e d ~ S. A. 0." MILL STOPPAGE IN WAKEFIELD.--- I, Ve learn that the extensive worsted mill of P.," •Tuesday last. Wakefield, suspended last. We hear that about 200 hands will operations on employment by this unexpected s toppage—Do ncaster Samuel Mr. Lee, be thrown out of regret to Pron. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ish P A oi rn iTs bass mo a u ci T o i r i : A an lA d y 1 1 1 6 . . visited this port y es t er d a y. Th e ill ustr i ous visitors put up at the R a il way n lin c9 iak r? i s , ui th 6r e ,e T n u er r a k i: Hotel, Gosport, where, after the inspection —Theo ira b,O Princet toCmaal cf sundry objects of interest on both sides of the harbour, they dined, and left by the last train for Loudon. The Driver steam-sloop, Captain Hayes, having coaled, left the harbour yesterday afternoon and proceeded to Wool wich to be paid oft: She took with her the officers and crew of the Amphion screw steam-frigate, who have been navigating the Odin during her relief service." When the Driver left Rio Commodore Herbert's squadron in the River Plate were all well ; th e crews and marines still ashore, pro tecting British p ro p ert y — consequently there are no cruizers to prevent the slave traffic, and slaves were being landed in thousands along the unwatched parts of the coast with the most commercial coolness. She reports that the Inflexible steam-sloop, Commander lioseason, had run from the Cape to Port Jackson„Sydney,a distance of 6,392 miles, in 35 days 6 hours. __ _ and made the yesterda The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Miln e , fl ag of Admiral Sir ne cessary preparations for going to Spithead thi s d ay. The Cen taur steam-frigate of 540 horse power, Master-Commander H. Davy, got her steam up this morning to take her out, and took her in tow at a quarter before twelve. Unfortunately, bef ore the steamer could get sufficient way on her to give her a proper command over the St. Vincent's motions, the latter Look a sheer to starboard, in trying to counteract which the steamer was unavoidably thrown broad on her port, which was also her lee bow ; at the same time the starboard hawser snapped, and after a vain attempt to recover her proper pc ) . , ition the steamer was compelled to cast off altogether, on iccount of her drifting so near the shore, being only about :hirty feet from the Custom-house watch-house. In the ,neau time the three-decker, with only her jib set, was rapidly " sagging" to leeward towards the beach near the Quebec Hotel. Every exertion was made to get the ship under canvass, but before the tepsails could be got on her it was evident the wind was not suitable to enable her to wea ther Point. The starboard anchor was immedialely let go, but the scope was too small for the anchor to bring her up, and she drifted, broadside on, to the beach, but whether she touched the ground or not we will not trust oar own eyes to determine, as the opinion of the multitude was divided as to whether she did or not. She certainly appeared to hang a little. By the most skilful exertions of the officers on board she was immediately extricated from her dangerous position. Warps were immediately run out to the nearest buoys, and she was got thereby further into the harbour channel, whence, at a quarter to two, she was hauled, with the assistance of her jib and foretopmast staysail, back to her moorings off Stony Steps, having slipped her cable opposite the Quebec Hotel, the occupants of which were much frightened in consequence of being hailed . to get out of the house at a time when it appeared very possible the ship would strike and crush it. The hotel was deserted accord ' ingly until the danger was past. The Queen, 110, was nearly being the destruction of the Quebec, tin a somewhat similar manner, when she left this harbour last. A very experienced harbour pilot, Mr. Davis, as well as Mr. Brown, the master attendant; Mr. Bellamy-, his assistant; and the experienced master of the St. Vincent, Mr. Biddlecome, were on board and exerted themselves to the utmost. To attempt to describe the excitement caused by this affair would be a work of no ordinary difficulty. It seemed as though the inhabitants of the three towns had suddenly fallen from the clouds upon the beach on either side of the harbour, so instantaneously was the shore peopled with anxious crowds. Nor was the bustle confined to the shore; the boats of the ship, on the first alarm, were lowered and manned, and others from the other ships quickly joined to carry out hawsers and render assistance. Great credit is due to the officers, who, by their skilful and judi cious directions, extricated the ship from her dangerous position. The Fairy Royal yacht was taken on to the graving slip yesterday morning to be fitted with a new three-fan screw. The opportunity was taken at low water to examine the state of her bottom, in reference to Mr. Hay's composition, applied to it two months since, when not the slightest symptom of weed or vegetable matter could be discovered on it, whilst the painted streak in imitation of copper had the seed of the barnacle freely deposited on it. This result was very satisfactory to Commander Crispin, but for whose warm re commendation and strenuous exertions this composition would never have been applied to the bottom of the Fairy. The Commander-in-Chief and a number of scientific officers made an inspection of the bottom of the vessel, and it was the general opinion that the application was a good one, although Mr. Owen, the chief metallurgist of Chatham dock yard, was of opinion that the inspection was premature, and that to judge of the effects or value of the application it should have been on twelve months. So far as present appearances went, however, the opinion was general that the application was of service to iron vessels. It remains now to be seen, whether the red lead applied to other iron vessels will have equally beneficial effects in preventing the adhesion of rubbish. The following are the promotions and appointments for the past week ------------ rROMOTIONS. Captain—E. W. Hoare, to the rank of Rear-Admiral. Mates—Edward Scroggs (1845), Henry Augustus Claver ing (1845), Edward Scott (1845), and Augustus Chetham Strode (1845), to the rank of Lieutenant. The following Mates passed for Lieutenants in navigation on Tuesday :—Messrs. Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby, Arthur Braithwaite Warre, George William Rice, Stapleton John Greville, George Hope Mansell, and Francis James D'Aguilar. APPOINTAIEWTS. Rear-Admiral--Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., to command pro tem, in the Tagus, and to hoist his flag in the St. Vin cent, 120, at Spithead. Captain—The Hon. Frederick Thomas Pelham, to the Odin steam-frigate. Commanders—Joseph M. Langtry and Frederick Adam Ellis, to the Coast Guard Service. Lieutenants—John Stephens, Thomas Miller, and John E. F. Risk, to the Caledonia; Bellield Woolcombe, to be Flag- Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Superintendent Sir John Louis Bart.; P. G. Nettleton, to the Apollo. Master—Edward Williams, to the Dragon. Chaplains—The Rev. George Ross Lewin, M.A., to the Victory ; Peter P. Smith, to the Howe. Second Masters—G. R. Barnes, to Dart ; Robert Wheatland, to Cockatrice; Joseph H. Mallard, to Apollo. Naval Instructor—John N. Laverty, to the Howe. Assistant- Surgeons—Dr. Archibald Armstrong. Frederick Manger, and Henry-Dlathias, to the Caledonia ' William Cal ham-, and James Wood, to Plymouth Hospital. Clerks—H. H. Gilbert (in charge), to the San Joseph re ceiving ship at Devonport ; Alexander Jeffreys (in charge), the Dart; Edward 0. Hayes, to the Dragon; T. W. Neame, :o the Terrible. Midshipmen—John Osmond, to Avenger; John J. Barnard, lo Excellent; G. J. Bartellot, Thomas Green, and Arthur Bayley, to the Howe; Valiancy Robinson, to the Dart, Wil liam Graham, to the Caledonia. Masters' Assistants—Sydney Ayling, to the Avenger; E. C. Ball, to the Bulldog; W. B. Shillabeer, to the Howe; Charles Renny, to the Athol. Naval Cadets—Philip 11. Saunders, G. G. Wallace, and R. H. G. Helps, to the Howe; Theodore B. Hollingworth, William Harvey, Henry Machel, J. W. Lambe, J. S. Rey nell, W. IL Gould, G. B. Clayhill, and C. E. Slaughter, to the Caledonia ; W. J. S. M. Molyneux, to the Avenger ; Nowell Salmon, to the Dragon; James G. P. Kemp, to the Dasher steam vessel. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAY 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-Our market to-day has been very dull and uniuteresting; quotations for shares are at lower rates than when our last report was made. The sales are-Am bergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 28s. 9d.-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 6 1 ,i p.-Bristol and Exeter, 4 dis.-Chester and Birkenhead, 44%-East Lancashire, New 17 dis.-Ditto, New Scrip, par-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 69-Great North ern, 1 1 A1 dis.-lludderstield and Manchester, 1 dis. ex int.- Leeds and Thirsk, 6 dis.-Ditto, Preference, I/ 5 p.-London and North-Western, Quarters (L. and B.), 14% p.-Man chester and Leeds, Halves (late Liverpool and Bury), IA p.- Midland Stock, 401. Shares, 234 p.-Ditto, Preferential, 126 -Ditto, New, 1; ; p.-North Staffordshire, 1% p. -Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 2 dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, 36-Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, V I dis.-Dutch Rhenish, 3% dis. MANCHESTER, MAY 15. STocK EXCITANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, F%-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Che shire, 1% dis.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1 1 4 dis.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, par-Ditto, Halves, % c. dis.-Manchester and Leeds, Quarters 27S p.-Ditto, Fifths, 374 p.-Ditto, 32/. Shares (late Extension), par- Ditto, Sixteenths, 7 1 ,4-Manchester and Southampton, 30s. dis..-North Staffordshire, 15,q-North-Western, 1 3 4 c. dis.- Scottish Central, 6 p.-South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 3-16 dis.-Shrewsbury , Oswe str y , and Chester, 4 dis. - West Riding Union, LEEDS, MAr 15. S ea . EXCHANGE. -The share markets evince scarcely any change from the quotatious of last Saturday, but the tone of business is exceedingly dull, and to-day the indispo sition to purchase is perhaps greater than ( tha se n ri o p n l, th l e s. w 6 o d r . s d t pre ceding day of the last few weeks. The sales are-E as t Lan cashire, New, 1% n. dis.-Ditto, N East and West Yorkshire, 38s. 9d. dis. - lluddersfield and Manchester par-Leeds and Dewsbury, 23. 6d. dis.-Ditto, Extensions, Scrip (green), 20s. dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, Pre ference, 2s. p.-London, Brighton, and South Coast, Fif teenths, par-Manchester and Leeds 321. Shares (late Ex tensions), 4s. p.-Ditto, West Riding Union, is. 9d. c. p.-Newcastle and Berwick, New, 335. 6d. p.-North Bri tish, Extension (scrip), 2s. 6d. p.-North-Western, 375. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAY 15. STOCKE.XCHANGIL.-The sales are-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 275. dis.-Great Northern, 1 1 4 dis.- Newcastle and Carlisle, New, 9% p.-Newcastle and Ber wick, 5 p.-Ditto, New, 1% p. -Ditto (North Shields Pur chase), 4% p. EDINBURGH, MAY 14. a rd th een and 2sl F . orf l 7s. le6d Junction, 421. 11. 19s. 6d. 15 Ditto Halves, 15/ .-Ayr and Galloway, 271. s.- 6dS.fAicxrdrEiexcalrinr BGaEtTigTathee, 38/a.lels4sa.-re-ArAbbroe 11. Ditto, New, andblane Donne, and Callender, a 105.-Decside, Si. 55.-Dun Cd e l s 9 d a Caledonian, 30L-Ditto, New, No. . New, 3, 41. 7s. 78. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 421.-Ditto, Ditto, lc New, No. 1, Dumbartonshire , 241- 6d.-Dundee and Northern Junction, 11. 10s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, 30/.-Ditto, New, 111. -Ditto, Quarters, 21. 15s. -East of Fife, 21.105.-East Lothian Central, 1/. 19s. 6d.- Edinburgh and Bathgate, 61. 10s.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 691.-Ditto, Halves, 221. 55.-Ditto, Quarters, 17/. 108.- Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 181.-Ditto, Preference, 20/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 21. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, lls. 6d. -Edinburgh and Northern 171. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 31. 25.-Ditto, Newport, V.-Ditto, ditto, New, 1/. 18s.-Edin burgh and Perth (New Co.), 95. 6d.-Glasgow and Av.shire 1 1 1 1 81.- 15 A - tto p , it N to ew li S a t l o v rk, 351. lOs.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, Si. 155.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 61. 35.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 391.-Glasgow General Terminus, 12/. 55.-Glas gow and Greenock, 161.-Ditto, Halves, 8/. 155.-Ditto, Pre ' ference, 8/.--Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 4/. 10s. -Great North of Scotland, 21.-Great Northern (late Direct Northern), 21. 10s. 6d.-Ditto (late London and York), 21. -Newcastle and Berwick, 21/. 155.-North British, 30/. 155.-Ditto, Halves, 141.-Ditto, Quarters, 4/. 43.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 16s. 9d.-Ditto, Thirds , 2 /. lb s. - Ditto, Fifths, 61. 155.-Scottish Central, 241.-Scottish Grand Junction, 195.--Scottish Midland, 19L-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s. -Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 155.-Ditto, New, 1L -Stirling and Dunfermline, 3/. 58.- 34/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 14/. 10s.- ss. -York 55.-Wishaw and Coltness, 491. Ditto, Preference, 61. 10s.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 2s. 6d.-East Indian, 2s. 6d.-Great North of - India, 35.-Great Southern of Madras,GLASGOW, MAY 25.-Madras, Nellore, 4 and Arcot, Is. 6d. 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 555.-East Indian, 2s. 9d.-Edinburgh and Glas gow, Quarters, 17',4-Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 375. -Ditto, Halves, 95.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 35 1 h -Ditto, Halves, No. 2, G%.-Great Western of Bengal, 15.,. 3d.-Great Southern of Madras, ls. 6d.-Manchester and S Q o u u a t r h t a e m rs, p stoz, 6d.-Ditto, 9 D d i . tro, N N ,or e t i h v tish Central, 24/. Quarters ntish' (sc Thirds,ril), 505.-Ditto, . _ Major-General Sir Harry Smith had an interview with Earl Carey, at the Colonial thEce, on Saturday, jot, Atja load Jot. ;pa czt ... 3 44 20 0 00 - 2 - 1 g 23i IS 10 1 , 62,t 0334 64, o 1 231 k f 30, i 4 13)4 304 11() Lidt• rbil" Sc. bor w• der )0. i ds; WE , beet rigoo itb , Lire, to ria, roll ea'