The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-29 00:00:00

T HE A NOVEL. BY MSS. TI{OLLOPE, kuthor of " Father Eustace," " The Rarnabys," &c. Henry Colbuni, Publisher, i 3, Great Marlborough-street Now read, , in 3 vols., SECOND EDITION OF TANCItED By B. DISRAELI, M.P. nenry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully In 'formed, that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place TO-NIGHT, April 29,1847, when will be performed Bellini's celebrated.:Opera, I PL-RIT-1..N1. Principal Characters : —Elvira, Madame Castellan ; Giorgio, Signor .Lablache ; Arturo, Signor Gardoni ; and Riccardo, Signor Coletti. In the course of the evening a Divertissement, comprising the alents of Mdlles. Cerito, Rosati, Maria Taglionl, and Lucile Gratin ; . Perrot, M. St. Leon, and M. P. Taglioni. After the Opera. the first Tableau of the Ballet of L..kLLi. It°4:ilCll ' in Wh ich 311111 e. Cerito, M, St. Leon, and M. Perrott will appear. ifi. t o conclude with the admired Grand Ballet (omitting the two first Tableaux) of CORALIA, and comprising the Moonlight Scene, the Garden Sc e n e , an d th e ce l e b r ated Aquatic Palace of the Ondlnes. Principal characters by Mdlle. Rosati, Mdlle. Maria Taglioni,Mdlle. Petite Stephan; Mdlles. llonore, Cassell, Jullien, La- Enereux, M. Gosselin, and M. P. Taglioni. ROYAL I FALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. The Nobility, Gentry, and Subscribers, are respectfully informed, that TO-NIGHT will bean EXTRA NIGHT, not Included in the Subscription, on which occasion will be performed BellinPs Opera I PURITANI. In which Madame Grisi, Signor Mario, Signor Tamburini, and Signor Marini will appear. To conclude with a new grand ballet, LA REINE DES FEES. Composed by M. Albert ; music b y Signor Cum'. Principal cha racters by Madlle. Dumilatre, Madlle. Bertin, Madlle. Neodot, and Petipa (from the Grand Opera, Parts). Tickets, stalls, and boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow. greet ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. The doors will be opened at Half-past Seven o'clock, the periOrin &nee to coramencs at Eight. MIMI of ADMISSION. Pit Stall ...• •••••••••••••• • • •• • • • • • • • • • • gi 1 o First Amphitheatna Stalls, First Row ... •.. 0 14 0 Ditto, Second and Third Row 5.... Second Amphitheatre Stalls. First Amphitheatre 0 8 0 Second Amphitheatre .... .... ~ ..., Gallery . THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. There will be a MORNING PERFORMANCE, THIS MORNING, commencing at Two e'Clock, when will be p er f orme d t h e Secon d Act of the BOHEMIAN GIRL. After which the New and Original Spectacle, called THE DESERT; or, THE IMAUN'S DAUGHTER. THIS EVENING Rill be performed the Opera of MABITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don Caesar de Bazan, Mr.W. Harrison ; Don Jose, Mr. Sretton ; Marv* s de iantarem, Mr. Honacastle ; Lazarillo, Miss R. Isaacs ; Maritana, Miss Rainsforth. Afcer which the New and Original Oriental Spectacle, called THE DESERT; or, The Imaim's Daughter. In which the Two Elephants, upwards of Sixty Horses, and the Camels will appear. The Imaun lUseph, Mr. Howell ; Hatez, Mr. Rafter ; Barek. Mr. W. H. Payne ;. Fuzel Oola, Mr. Harley ; Maleck, M. T. Matthews ; Ahabeck, Mr. Hutchison ; Kuzliraga, Mr. L. Lee ; Princess Ipomaye, Miss Mes lent ; Nilda, Miss Collett ; Girgee, Miss R. Isaacs. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING _ _ _ Will be performed, Sheridan Kn owlea"; celebrated Comedy of TIIE LOVE CHASE, with new scenery, dresses, and appointments. Sir William F. udlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr. Howe ; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Constance, Mrs. Nisbett. After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza. called`THE NEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin cut of Place. To conclude with THE LIGHT TROOP OF ST. JAMES'S. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. nder the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENING Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF TILE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Chew, John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford ; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After which will be produced an Opera Buffa apropos sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed :the Opera, entitled LA SONNAMBULA. Rodolpho, Mr. Bodda ; Elvino, Mr. Allen; Allessto, Mr. Cowell ; Liza, Miss G. Smithson ; Teresa, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Arnim, by a Lady, her third appearance. After which, an entirely new and original Farce, entitled A WIFE FOR AN HOUR. Principal characters by Messrs. Walton Granby, J. Vining, Cowell, Compton, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Stanley. To co..elude with the Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENVING will be performed a New Drama, called THE CREOLE. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews. Leigh, Murray, Emery, Kinloch, and Keeley, Miss Dickinson, Miss May, Miss M. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, an entirely new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ters by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, Mr. Render, Mr. Yarnold. and Mrs. Keeley. Mr. WILLIAM BATEMAN, the celebrated BLACK MINS TREL, will give a Vocal and Instrumental Selection from his American Entertainments, concluding with his greatly admired Concerto on the Piccolo. To be followed by the New Vaudeville Extravaganza, called CRUSOE THE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley - Miss Dickinson, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the FOAM OF A WIFE. Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan.; Mrs. Woollidge. Characters by FRENCH PLAYS. —ST, JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MORROW EVENING the performances will commence with the new Comedie-Vaudeville, entitled LA PROTEGEE, SANS LE SAVOIR. Helene, Madile. Rose Cheri. After which, an entirely new Comedie-vaudeville, entitled LA BELLE ET LA BETTE. Antoinette, Malle Rose Cheri.. To conclude with (for the last time),IRENE ; ou, Le Magne tisme. M. de Brienne, M. Langeval ; Le Vicomte de Clermont, M. Ilhozevil ; Irene, Mdlle. Rose Cheri. Boxes, 63. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3e.; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS at the St. James's Theatre, THIS E VEXING, April 29, and and Saturday Evening, May I. Doors open at Eight o'clock. They will also give a Day Perform ance on Wednesday next, May 5. Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond•streel and at the Box•ofce. NEW STRAND THEATRE. THIS EVENING, AND DURING THE WEEK. Will be performed an Original Pictorial Drama, in Four Parts, entitled 1100ARTIPS 2111nItOR. Principal characters by Messrs. Darcie, H. Lee, Butler, Payne, H. Reeves, Ayliffe, Deighton ; Miss Love, Mrs. Griffith; Miss liar court, &c. To be followed by an Eccentric Vaudeville, ealle I CAPERS AND CRUSHERS. After which, a screamer, in One Act, entitled ARE YOU COMING TO BED? To conclude with a new Ballet, introducing upwards of 60 Cory phees, founded on and entitled the . _ . ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENT. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, Is, 6d.; Pit, Is,: Gallery, 4d. Half-price a' half-past Eight o'clock. Box-office open from eleven till four o'clock. Applications to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Proprietor and Manager. Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary Novelties and grand Equestrian Feats every night, THIS EVENING, FOURTH WEEK OF THE SUCCESSFUL GORGEOUS SPECTACLE OF Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or, THE CORSAIR, introducing Mr. Batty's numerous and highly trained Horses and Fairy Ponies, living Elephants, Camels, Zebras, Deer, &c. Entire change in the Scenes of the Clrc'e, by the first artistes in Europe. Great success of the extraordinary lofty leaper Mr. lien derson in his wonderful Arab flights. Splendid Pageant by Eight Ladies and their trained horses, and other productions, only to be witnessed at this Theatre. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box (Mice open from Eleven till Four. Box Book-keeper, Mr. Sheffield. Performance commences every evening at Seven o'clock, doors open at Half-past Six. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Managemen. or Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. THE ORIGINAL ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, CROWDS NIGHTLY TO SEE THE BUFFALO GIRLS, With Coloured Concert, Nigger Songs, Banjo, Bone, Tambourine and Violin Accompaniments, the Railway Overture, and Grape Vine Twist. All by Female Professors. TIIIS EVENING The Performances will commence with THE ANCHOR OF HOPE ; or, The Seaman's Star. Mr. Dunmore, Mr. Conway ; Squire Har greave, Mr. T. Fredericks ; Captain Walton, Mr. Tindel ; Mary Wheatly, Mrs. Ware. After which THE BUFFALO GALS; or, Female Ethiopian Sere naders. To be followed by THE BEDOUIN ARABS. To conclude with THE FATE OF CALAS. Boxes, 25., Pit, 13.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence at Half-pat Six. ROYAL VIC FORZA THEATRE. For One Week only, the Dark Brothers and the Black Gals of Ohio, who will sing, with full Instrumental Accompaniments, all the Popular Melodies of the Day. Second Week of the SHIP BOY, hailed with acclamations of ap plause THIS EVENING, AND DURING THE WEEK, In Three Acts, POVERTY ; or, A TALE OF SORROW. Characters by Mr. N. T. Hicks, Dale, Searle, Bird, Gardner ; Mrs. G. Lee, Miss Burroughcliffe, &c., &c. After which, The Mississippi Dark Brothers, and the Black Gals of Ohio. To be follewed by the SHIP BOY ; or, The White Slave of Gus ialoupe. The Ship Boy by Miss Vincent. To conclude with (This Evening), THE RATS OF RAT'S CAS TLE; or, The Old Abbey Ruins. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Private Boxes Parties of Four, 10s. 6d. ; and Parties of Eight, 1/. Is. II E WEATIIEII.—Sun 071fICE, APRIL 28. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42 ; Highest, 59 ; Noon, 55. BAROMETER, 29.72. WIND, S.W.; squally and showery. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 16 minutes after 1. Evening .. 33 minutes sfte , 1. - .....vi. , .t 1 ." , .........t , Y 4 % • .., ~ 4-7, ' I " , ~ .5 4 1e . , / ,50 , T mill/Cu ) , .., •4 , . '''''. 4s.: - - 4 0 - \t" ''- 1 .4 4, -- • _,. . . 4.. ..v., 4 , ...e. jii. .v-...,,...... - ;ii,.. ; -ffz---- 4 't , ';;;',/ 47 . . 4'o 'A ',.,:„ ...• -iarEEL ' ''All ', . timitil% (*nu. LONDON. THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1847. . Among the many ev il s b y which the So c i a l tion of Ireland is aff ec t e d, the prosperity " rld '- of the island deteriorated, improvements retarded, and national resources diminished, th e em b arr assedstthte e of the landed proprietors throughout the kingdom may be considered as one of the most obvious ; con siderable portions of the rental of the different estates belong not to the nominal owners, but to the mort gagees and encumbrancers, who have charges affecting their lands. Those persons, although receiving so large a proportion of the produce of the land, have no interest whatsoever in its permanent improvement, or in the welfare of the tenantry. Provided their interest money is punctually and regularly paid, they care not whether the farms are let at a rack-rent,whether they are properly cultivated and brought into the highest state of fertility, or suffered to remain com paratively waste and unproductive, without yielding half the produce that could be obtained under a better system of husbandry ; whether they ar e i n h a bit e d by thriving and industrious occupiers, or crowded with a dense body of paupers, wallowing in filth and • misery. They cannot be benefited if the produce should he quadrupled by a judicious expenditure; and, generally speaking, they take care that a suffi cient surplus shall be left to cover any loss that may be sustained by the scantiness of the harvest or the failure of the tenantry, so that as they cannot be benefited by the prosperity, they cannot be injured by the poverty of the district. In the most propitious seasons they cannot hope to receive more than the in terest on their demand. They will not receive less in the most adverse. They cannot be called upon to contribute to the poor-rate, no matter how heavily it may press on the industry of the country. They will not, therefore, exert themselves to provide useful occupa tion for the able-bodied peasant—to direct the vast amount of unemployed labour into profitable sources, by which it might be made to contribute to, and in crease, the national wealth, in place of being a heavy burden thereon—to enable the people to become pro ducers in place of unproductive consumers thereof. Mint those encumbrancers will not, the em barrassed owner is unable to effect. Under any circumstances, he must, before he can apply a single shilling to his own wants or exigencies, make provision for the payment of the interest money. He may call the estate his own, but the chief part of the income goes into other hands. He is little more than an agent to collect and distribute the rents. If there is any failure on his part he is involved in litigation, subjected to heavy costs, and perhaps the estate put into Chancery. He would, in many instances, gladly sell his property, if in his power to do so ; but he is deterred from such a course, not merely from feelings of pride and an unwillingness to part with a pro perty that had remained in his family for many years, but chiefly on account of the ruinous expenses attendant on the sale, and the preliminary legal charges and delays. Anything calculated to dimi nish those charges, and to shorten the period of bringing encumbered estates to the hammer, will therefore be hailed as a valuable boon by both debtors and creditors, and will be highly beneficial to the kingdom in general. The Bill introduced into the House of Lords by the Lord Chancellor, and which was read a second time en Tuesday night,: is intended to attain this importan object. It was, mirabile dicta, received with the mos perfect unanimity. Every one admitted the impor. tance and pressing necessity for some such enac ments. The grievance is too manifest to admit of any controversy or doubt as to its existence. Great caution, however, is necessary as to the details, to guard against the possibility of any injury being done, either to those having present or prospective interests. Until the year 1843, it was necessary, in filing a bill for the sale of an encumbered estate in Ireland, to bring every person interested in the subject -matter of the suit before the court, either as plaintiff or defendant. Although he might be only entitled to a small charge affecting the pro- perty, he was compelled to put in an answer, and to go to considerable expense, all of which ultimately fell on the inheritor. In that year con- siderable amelioration was effected in the practice or the court by the new orders then introduced, by which, when no account, payment, conveyance, or other direct relief was sought against a party, it was not necessary to compel such party to appear and answer the bill; he was to be served with a notice, stating the names of the parties in the cause and the object of the suit, so far as he was concerned, and was at liberty to inspect a copy of the bill in the hands of the plaintiff's solicitor ; he was at liberty to answer in the ordinary manner, if he thought proper to risk the costs that would be occasions ethereby. If he did so unnecessarily, and if he did not appear, he was bound by all the pro- ceedings in the cause. A great saving was effected by this judicious regulation, without the slightest injury being sustained by any one whatsoever. The present measure goes still further, and establishes a new and most important prin ciple. It enables the parties interested to apply by petition to the Lord Chancellor, stating the nature of the encumbrance, and praying that the case should be referred to one of the Masters to inquire into the whole circumstances, having, if necessary, all parties before him. The Master is to be enabled to report that the estate should be sold and the, money paid into court, and that from thence- forward all litigation is to take place with respect to the money and not to the estate. It is impossible to estimate too highly the value of this enactment. It will prevent es tates from being locked up for years in Chan cery, to the serious injury of all parties. It will speedily substitute a solvent and healthy pro prietary for the embarrassed and impoverished per sons who are unable to discharge the duties incidental to the possession of their properties. It will afford the greatest stimulus to the industry of the country, and tend to the full development of its resources. It will eventually lead to what may be termed a free trade in land itself, the advantages of which have been so ably and fully detailed - by Mr. STEWART, the eminent conveyancer, in the addresses which he directed to the members of agricultural societies, and _ _ others, in the latter end of last year ; and in propor tion to the facility and cheapness of disposing of land will be the increased desire to acquire its possession, and the consequent improvement of its value in the market. An extraordinary alteration in the system of im pressment for the naval service has just been brought under the consideration of the House of Commons by Sir CHARLES NAPIER. Any reasonable change in an arrangement at present so ineffective, so protracted, and so preposterously expensive as the present, would be welcome ; but in the one proposed by the Gallant Admiral the Member for Ilarylebone we discern advantages which demand especial recapitulation, and which, if carried into operation by the Legislature, must redound to the credit of Parliament, and sustain the interests of the community. Now that provisions are made for manning the mercantile marine with ' comparative economy, and with a tolerable degree of dispatch, it is but just to anticipate the passage of some measure which shall ensure the same con veniences to the Royal Navy. Are those vessels which tend to enhance our commercial prosperity to receive a greater amount of benefit, from the careful super vision of the Government, than those vessels which are the sureties of our national safety ? Is it pru dent to look rather to the extension of our re sources than to their preservation ? to foster a pre dilection for barter at the expense of the acknow ledged safeguards of the empire ? to deteriorate the means of defence for the sake of encouraging the facilities of trading ? Such a one-sided distribution of attention is assuredly calculated to destroy the proper balance of power and the requisite proportion ing of energy. The differences traceable between the two ser vices, the naval and mercantile, in regard to their numerical strength and tonnage are not more remarkable than the differences visible in reference to the manning of their vessels. While in the mercantile marine there may be enumerated so many ships above one hundred tons burden, that their aggregate comprises 189,569 tons, and so many under that rate that their aggregate exceeds 1450,000 tons, and so many registered steam-vessels, again, that their aggregate comprises /3,838 tons—in the naval service there are a hundred sail of the line, with a proportionate number of frigates and smaller vessels, and somewhere about 150 steam-ships, capable of employment in war. That is the difference percep ti'sle between the two services in reference to their total capacities. But the advantages secured to the mercantile marine in the arrangement of the plans of impress ment are immeasurably more remarkable. They aflizd boa r r y d inducement to the able-bodied mariner to seek eve • a t oh n fe - man -of r endanger: by employment in the merchant service rather than on attraction they a t he interests spasmodic reversalof m e the r ee ifnromeastehseir mercangteilnecy' by luring the seamen employers by extraordinary bounties. A sum is 3 ther eb y drainedoo l I s. the , required. to 400,0001. there Exchequer varying from for every 2,000 or 3,000 men ( not something marvellously incongruousl ed. this—a linking together of a niggvoi in a ll y ision and a profligate expenditure ? Absolutely,prov th ere is scarcely a preference between this blundering con trivance and the old, tyrannical, brutalising, insane, and cruel system of impressment. Sir CHARLES NAPIER very happily instanced the brutality, the insanity, the tyranny, and the cruelty of forci)le impressment, by a rt , tniniscence of the times when he was tlycatigster. The Gallant Admiral mentioned that when a reefer at the blockade of Bou logne he was dispatched by his superior officer to press the men aboard a vessel ~ f 800 tons. On picking ten or fourteen out of the crew, the whole comple ment turned below, and comforted themselves, ac cording to the lion. Representative tor Marylebone, with such a " regular jollification," that on again making their appearance on deck there were scarcely half•a-dosen individuals among them hut were in toxicated. It is not, however, in solitary instances that the abhorred system we allude to is shown to be fallacious in its operation, and unconstitutional in its practice. But the proposition of Sir CHARLES NAPIER would tend in a very great measure to diminish the evils arising from the ancient custom, and those arising from more recent mal-administration. The amendment proposed by that Gallant Officer is, that her MAJESTY shall, at any time, whether in peace or war, by proclamation, call out whatever seamen may be required—these seamen being called in ro tation, according to the period in which they had been released from their apprenticeship. By that gradu ated arrangement large sums of money would be saved to the Exchequer, forcible impressment would become scarcely ever necessary, and the complements of every vessel in the Royal Navy might be mustered without the usual disastrous procrastination. Sir C. NAPIER, at the very least, is acting wisely in agi tating this matter before Parliament. If ever there was a measure introduced into Parlia ment entitled to public approval, both for the object for which it has been framed and for the machinery by which it is proposed to be carried out, it is Lord MOUPETH'S Health of Towns Bill. Nevertheless this measure has been already attacked by isolated bodies in terms of undeserved reprobation. The people at large, and especially the: poorer classes, for whom in particular the Bill is calculated to produce the greatest benefits, as regards their future cleanli ness, comfort, happiness, and morality, cannot be roused into any show of resistance to this scheme of sanatory reform. Indeed, any appeal to the humblest ranks of the population for a collective remonstrance against the proposal of the Government would end in certain failure; for their present physical condition in all crowded districts is such that they would readily furnish the appellants with the practical answer that no change could injure them, whilst the probability was that it would be found to result to their advantage. Moreover, if they were to be truly informed of the intrinsic merits and benevolent ten dency of Lord Moarvrit's Bill, they would lose no time in pouring in their petitions to both Houses of the Legislature to give their sanction to the measure with the utmost promptitude. But, as we have before observed, the attempt of the Government to minister to the con servation of the public health has been subjected to a degree of vituperation quite undeserved, under the mistaken idea that it would unduly interfere with the principles of local self-government. Corporate autho rities and parochial authorities have assembled in various districts to protest against any interference with their rights—rights which, as far as regards the adoption of sanatory measures, may be considered as almost forfeited for non-usor. The truth is, that the public ends, to be compassed by the sanatory measure in question, cannot be obtained without some general controlling power, and, consistently with this necessity, never was the principle of local government more scrupulously regarded than it has been in this instance. But, supposing the existence of a general central authority to be unnecessary, for the purposes contemplated, then may Lord MOI PET}I.B Bill be fairly regarded as a vote of censure upon those who hare hitherto undertaken to act in furtherance of the public health ; for, by their own admission, they have left undone things that they ought to have done., The parochial authorities will still continue to exercise the chief practical influence in all matters of a sanatory measure,.especially in all corporate towns. We are certain that the opposition to the Health of Towns Bill will be as short-lived as it will be futile. Madrid journals of the 20th and the 21st have arrived. The Committee of the Chamber have reported un• favourably on the Government measure for the liquidation of the Treasury bonds, and their conver sion into three per cent. annuities. A warm discus sion is expected in the Chamber, and should the Ministry be beat, they will, it is said, go out, and Senor OLOZAGA, who has had another audience of the QUEEN, will be commissioned to form a Ministry. General SERRANO has returned to his command, by order of the Government. General RONCALI having refused to accept the Captain-Generalship of Gallicia, it has been conferred on General Vico. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 21.—The Three per Cents. 31 ; Fives, 20 ; Exchange on London, 49 75. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The position of the Ministers is by no means satis factory to themselves. The independent Conserva tives seem inclined to thwart them by adopt ing the annoying Stanley system of obstruction, and avoiding anything like a direct trial of strength. The Commerce says— " We are assured that the independent Conservatives are determined to make no demonstration in the discus sion relative to the demand of the secret service money. In this decision there is a tact imposed on the party which desires to regenerate the majority without sepa rating from it. They fear, that in voting against the Ministry on a question of confidence, they would take with respect to it another attitude than that of friendship, which is only importunate for good intentions. The ardour of some independent Conservatives, however, will have difficulty in restraining itself in the way of re forms. Some friends of M. de Castellane, M. E. de Gi rardin, M. Sallandrouze, &c., are spoken of as feeling tempted again to prove the vitality of their political pretensions. But the party, if it cannot succeed in im posing silence upon them, will not follow them. Thus the Ministry, which, with 195 functionaries, only ob tained a relative majority of 49 votes, on the question of incompatibilities, will probably obtain, on the ♦ote of the secret service money, its great majority of the first days of the session. But, notwithstanding this respite, the Ministry is by no means without alarm. It delibe rates, it is affirmed, on the question whether it would be better to declare open war against the independent Con servati►es, and exclude them from the ranks of the ma jority, or enter into a compromise with them, which shall give temporary satisfaction to their progressive ideas." The following article from La Presse (the organ of the independent Conservatives), in reply to the article of the DEbats on the submission of the Kabyles, shows how wide is the gulf which now separates the two portions into which the majority is split:— " The submission of the Kabylians of the Jurjura, of which the Government received iatelligence on Saturday by telegraph, was yesterday the subject of a pompous article in the Journal des Debats, in which it says it is but justice to do honour to Marshal Bugeaud for this unhoped-for result. For our own part, we must confess that we cannot comprehend the justice of doing honour to Marshal Bugeaud for a result which he so little fore saw, that only a month ago he wished to go with a strong force and make a military promenade in Kabylia, in order to give the Kabyles a taste of the French gun powder." After alluding to the opposition which it has offered for the last five years to the Bugeaud sytem, the Presse makes the following attack on the Ministry:— " If we had firm and vigilant Ministers, not sacrificing to subaltern considerations and to the sentiments of in dividuals the great and general interests of the country, the submission of the liabyles on the very day after Marshal Bugeaud expressed his wish to be allowed to make war upon them is a fact that would have com pletely opened their eyes, and instead of complaisantly praising Marshal Bugeaud they would have recalled him. Is it not clearly proven that they entertain the idea of preserving such a state of things in Algeria solely to warrant their keeping up an army of 100,000 men, justifying, if the expression is applicable, the pro motions which are there so prodigally made to the pre judice of the greater body of the army? But the pro• longation of such a state of things is so contrary to nature that it is in vain that they seek for war; it is peace which comes. If they are afraid of Marshal Bugeaud, let them, on condition of his returning to France, give him a civil list equal to that granted to the King; let them give him 12,000,0001. per annum, and the country will gain the difference between that sum and what will be so uselessly expended in Africa." The National has an article on the same subject, in which it takes a similar view of the question, but it is not nearly so severe on the Ministry as is their quondam supporter, the Presse. . • The Commerce, in an article on Portuguese affairs, asks, in allusion to the alleged settlement, consisting, as it does, of a mere revocation on the part of the QUEEN, of her own illegal acts—" Who will again guarantee the charter, the Cortes, the constitutional institutions, against this Absolutist Court, whose ill will, always continued, will be augmented by the re sentment caused by the necessity of accepting a forced NEW NOVEL BY MRS. TROLLOPE. Now re.dy, in 3 vuls., post bro. THREE COUSINS, TIIE SUN, I,ON DJ r, THURSDAY MORN! N CI I APRIL 29, 1847 prue,eds to set out, w ith a ll the particularity a :; ty nd o ten thanitdi,,t:nw, the crimes (may we not call t; ;?nt the treasons ? ) to the perpetration of which th e weak-minded QUEEN, acting under the advice of the irresponsible agents of the most crafty and unprincipled intriguer in Europe, has permitted herself to become accessory. " War," says the Commerce, "has often for justice the chastisement of the conquered. What does a guilty power merit for having interrupted all the relations of civil life in a country ? d royalty was established by a people in revolt, and by three Powers, to govern constitutionally. This royalty is invaded by we know not what dream of despotic domination, and to attempt the realisation of this dream it forgets the most sacred engagements, the very conditions of its establishment and of its eziatence, and it constrains a whole people to throw itself in self-defence in the hor rors of a general struggle. The country is ravaged ; all kinds cf labour are suspended ; commerce being inter dicted, communicates its ruin to all private fortunes ; there are no more productions, no more exchanges, no more justice, no more safety—entire families beg in the streets. We demand once more, can so many evils, any one of which would constitute an ordinary criminal, be committed by royalty without at the very instant implicitly striking it with moral for feiture ? The Three Powersare about to re-establish DONNA. MARIA in Portugal. This re-establishment, we greatly fear, will only be the consecration of impunity in an order of things in which this impunity is the most dangerously scandalous—in the exercise of public power. But the old and replastered domi nations of Europe have this vertigo—they no longer calculate, not without reason, on moral power—they imagine they are saved when they have for a moment the guarantee of material force." There are other Sovereigns besides the Queen of PORTUGAL who would do well to ponder over these observations. She is not the only monarch owing a throne to a revolution, who repudiates her origin. and persecutes her benefactors. Cocas AusmiRNTIQua.—PAIIIII, APRIL 29.—French Five per Cents., 115 f. 70c. 75c. Four-and-a- Half per Cents., 105 f. Four per Cents., 100 f. Three per Cents., 77f. 80c. 75f. 85c. Bank of France Shares, 3,260 f. 3,255 f. Obl. of the City, 1,300 f. Neapolitan (Rothschild's) Definitives, lO2f. 50c. Romans, 101%f. Belgian Fire per Cents., (1840) 100 f. Ditto, Two-and-a-Half per Cents. (1947), 53 1 Af. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 58!if. Spanish Passive, 5V s lA. Ditto, Three per C en t s . 35 1 %. Exchange on London :—One month, paper, 25f. 50c. ; money, 25f. 47%c. ; three months, paper, 25f. 25c. ; money, 25f. 22%c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 27. Boulogne and Amiens, 16 1 / 2 —Demerara, 2—East In dian, li—Lyons and Avignon (Constitated), 2 1 ,4—Namur and Liege, VA—Northern of France, 12 1 ,x 4 —Paris and Lyons, 4%—Paris and Orleans, 46 1 ,4; 1 —Paris and Rouen, 36 1 4—Paris and Strasbourg 11—Tours and Nantes, 1 1 4— West Flan ders, 3%. APPREHENDED DEATH OF THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. DUBLIN, MONDAY EVENING, TBREE-QUA/LTERS PAST FIVE O'CLOCK. I have barely time to convey to you the information of the fact that the Lord-Lieutenant is dying. He is not expected to survive another hour. This afternoon an express was sent off for a " Queen's Letter," to appoint Lords Justices. his Excellency has received the Sacra ment, and all his medical attendants, with the exception of the Surgeon-General, have left the Castle.---Herald. DEATH of the DUKE of ARGYLL. (From the Glasgow Courier, of Tuesday.) We regret to hive to announce the death of his Grace the Duke of Argyll. This venerable and excellent nobleman died at Inverary Castle yesterday morning, in the 70th year of his age, having been born on the 21st of December, 1777. In early life he entered the army, and served under the Duke of York and Sir Ralph Abercromby in Holland. He after wards represented the county of Argyll for upwards of 20 years. He retired from Parliament about the year 1821, and chiefly resided at Arden capel Castle, his seat in Dumbartonshire, till his accession to the title on the death of his brother, the sixth Duke, i❑ 1839. The part he took in endeavouring to arrest the imppnding disruption in the Church of Scotland is well known; and although the propriety of legalising the veto law—which would have been the effect of his Bill—will be doubted by many, the attempt was worthy of the descendant of those who had contributed so essentially to its establishment. In private life his Grace was distinguished by the warmest and most generous feelings, united to the highest sense of honour. He was attached to scientific pursuits, and wss won sca.o,etinti.d with the principles of chemistry and mechanics. He was a fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, and Knight of the Thistle. He is succeeded in his estates and honours by his only son George, Marquis of Lorne. EXTRAORDINARY SPEED ON THE LONDON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. A special train, consisting of five carriages, was taken from London to Birmingham, yesterday morning, in 2 hours and 30 minutes. The actual time of travelling did not exceed 2 hours, being an average speed of 56 miles per hour ; the train being stopped four times 04 the journey to allow other trains to be clear of the lice, besides the stoppage at Wolverton to change engines. The engine which started from London, No. 157, is one of Mr. Stephenson's ordinary patent engines, and the latter part of its journey (21 miles) was performed in 21 minutes. The maximum speed, over upwards of a mile, was 75 miles per hour. The engine from Wolverton to Birmingham was also a patent engine of Mr. Stephenson's, having three cylin ders, and it performed the first part of the journey, 41 miles (until it was stopped by another train) in 42 minutes. Maximum speed on this part of the journey, 64 miles per hour. We understand that Lord George Bentinck and several gentlemen, going to the Chester races, were in the train. A side wind was blowing throughout the journey. Mr. M'Connell, the locomotive superintendent of the London and North-Western Rtilway Company, and Mr. 'Winter, the superintendent of Mr. Stephenson's patent gin*, and described the motion as beia g p er f ect l y stea d y . ae engines, the g ine high s, ‘s' e e r s e t v o e n l o t c h i t e i es, se,n COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROX OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) TUESDAY. APRIL 27. Eutunox MOVEMENTS.—An active canvass has beer, com menced in the Isle of Wight, by Thomas Willis Fleming, Esq., and his friends ' • their cry 13 .4`o Popery." He is op posed by M r . J o h n Simeon, another Conservative, but who Is in favour of the hlaynooth grant. A candidate on the Liberal interest is also expected to take the field. The elec tors seem quite indifferent at present ; they think more about tithes and church -rates just now. The report of her Majesty's intention to visit the Isle of Wight this week is without foundation. It will probably take place the latter part of next week. A t the Royal Yacht Squadron meeting on the 14th of May, the new commodore is to be elected, the arrangements for the next regatta made, and seventeen new members balloted for, The Duke of Sutherland, the Marquis of Stafford, and Lord E. Howard, are cruising off in his Grain's yacht, the Ondine. They will proceed to /Norway in a few days. Lord and Lady Alfred Paget are also here. Sir Edward Paget, Sir Bellingham Graham, Captain C. Hamlyn Williams,the Hon. Miss Monson, R. Meiklam, Esq., and several other fashionables, have taken houses here. TILE GROUNDS OF EAST COWES CASTLE.—These beauti fully-situated grounds were offered for sale by public auction, in 177 lots, at the Medina Hotel, East Cowes, this afternoon, but failed to attract any company. We believe that only one lot was sold, and that at only ls. 64. per foot frontage. Nothing but freehold will do in this neighbourhood—ninety nine years' leases have no admirers. Not more than twelve persons attended this auction, and several of those were in the vender's interest. ART-UNION OF LONDON.—After the prizes were drawn on Tuesday, a n o peration which occupied more than two hours, those of the greatest value were announced:— The two 3001, prizes to R. Potter, Esq. and Colonel Estcourt ; the three of 2001. t o W. H ogg , Esq., A. Staunton, and G. M. R. ; the five of 1501. to Colonel Wood (of - Venezuela), T. Hughes, E sq . and Ra ven hill , Esq. Among the lesser prizeholders were-- (Halifax) T. Kennedy , Esq. , Morel ), Esq. , his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, 40/. ; J. Des b, °is; 1 001. ; Baldoch, 100/. • Dormer , 100 /. ; H. Thompson , 1001 • ; C. Battersea, 100/. ' • D. Scanlan, 80/. ; F. Garnett, 80/. ; R. Wilson, 801. ; J. Brandon, 80/. ; H. Coleman, 80/. ; J. Parr, 80/. ; ?di es B rown, 80 1 .; Mrs. Collier, 70/. ; J. San derson, 70/. ; M r . S out hb ec b, 70/.; J. Tooner, 70/. ; Mr. Miss C. Dow, 70/. ; Miss C. Alexander, 70/. ; Fripp, 80/. ; J. Ricketts, 701. ; Cook, 70/. ; Greenly, 70/. ; W. Smith, 701.; A. Dickson 70/. ; Viscount Aitchison, 7 0 /. ; G. Godwin, honora r y Secretary to the society, 131. ; &c. DEATH OF SIR CHARLES PRICE, BART.—This venerable Baronet, whose name has been for several years back so familiar in city circles, from being the head of the eminent banking firm of Price, Marryatt, and Co., expired on Monday last, at his seat, Spring-grove, near Richmond, aged 73. The deceased was eon of the celebrated Sir Charles Price, who represented the city in Parliament for so many years, and was created a Baronet in 1804, having served the office of Lord M a y or t h e pre v ious year. SOCIETY F OR T EACHING TO E BLIND TO READ.— The anniversary dinner of this most useful and humane so ciety was held on Tuesday at the London Tavern, where, as usual, due provision w as ma d e f o r the appetites and palates of the charitable. M r . T . A. Smith presided on the occamion, supported by Lord D u dl e y Stu ar t, Mr. J. Masterman, jun., Mr. G. Hoare, and Mr. Mildred, and surrounded by a highly respectable party of gentlemen interested in the success of the institution. We have so recently noticed the objects and wants of the charity that it is u nnecessary now to repeat them. We may state, however, that the great aim of those who conduct it at present is the extension of its usefulness by the erection of a suitable building. During the evening sub scriptions were announced to the amount of 6001. The ar. I 1 - Angel:nuts of the festival were perfectly satisfactory. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Last NTght.) The Cotton-market ett Liverpool yesterday was dull. Sales, 2,500 bales, nearly all to the trade, and Am-rican at former rates. There was a great improvement in shares, and nearly all the principal lines advanced. The state of the Money-market is somewhat more tranqail to-day. It is stated with a considerable degree of confidence, that the Court of Directors of the Bank of England have been more liberal in their discounts than they were a very few days back. It is the case, we are informed, and most correctly, we believe, that eel., rain paper sent in was taken at the Bank of England's minimum rate. It would seem further that more favour is shown to long-dated bills. The result of the proceed ings at the Court of Directors of the Bank of England is looked for with much anxiety. We do not, however, anticipate that any variation will be made in the rate of interest charged upon discounts. ['he fine growing weather which now prevails induces the Batik to look with increased confidence to the prospects of the coming harvest, upon which it ❑eed scarcely be reiterated, so much depends as bearing upon the future condition of the money market, and with reference to the prosperity of the commercial, the manu facturing, and the industrial portion of the United Kingdom. In the mercantile advices received from New York to-day there are not any items of interest. The Ex change was firm, and according to some of the letters rather on the rise. There is not a feature of novelty in the intelligence from Canada, if we except the fact that much animation was displayed in preparing to forward flour to Montreal and Quebec, to be shipped to this country, and some of the ports of Ireland. In mercan tile affairs there were symptoms of improvement. In dustrious labourers could easily find employment. The Stock Market has been in a comparatively quiet state this morning. Not a very large amount of specu lative business has been transacted. As to private trans fers, these have been very few indeed. Consols for the account have fluctuated only from 116} and for money from 861 The Bank of England Stock has fallen from 193 to 191. East India Stock keeps up at 224 to 226. Exchequer-bills remain heavy at about 4s. pre mium, and the New Three-and-a-quarter per Cents, are at about the same value as yesterday. In the foreign Stock Exchange the bargains to-day have been very few indeed. The Brazilian Five per Cents. are quoted at 83; Russian at 109; Spanish Three per Cents. at 34j-; the Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents. at 581 ; and the Four per Cents. at 884. We cannot report a favourable market for the railway shares to-day. Buyers are found with very consider able difficulty. The official prices are given as usua. BRITISH FUNDs. ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .. •• ••• 193 191 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 85 % Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 86% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Arms. 87% % Lung Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 8 15-16 9 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 8% T. Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 914 344 24& India Stock .. Consols for May 27 •• • • •• V 6% i s % Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. 1 - .0001. 5001. -. Ditto. Small ..•,. •• I, 4 dim • 3 die 2 7 dis ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 83 Danish, 3 per Cent -. .. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. Portuguese Four per Cent . Ditto, for the Account .. Russian Bonds Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, Three per Cent .. 34% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Balt per Cent .. 583 i Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certitlcates .. 88% .. .. .. 109 CLOSING PRICES. 193 135y4 86 1174 BUSINESS PRICES OF CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction . .. • • 2% .... 1% 1...... 1 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 17% .. ••.. • • 17% Birming., Wolver., and Dudley• • i .... 9% Jl4 9 Reston, Stamford, & Birmingham 5 .... 5 5% Caledonian 30 23% 24 24 Ditto, Half Shares .. ,2%.•., 1% Chester and Holyhead 27%.... 20% • • • • • • .. • • 20% Eastern Counties . .. 20 .... 18 % 18% Do. I'erpet., 5 pee Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. % p % p Ditto, ditto.. .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. par .. .• • par Ditto, York Extension .. 6 4 5 East Lincolnshire .. 4 .... 534% .• • . 5% Edinburgh and Glasgow .. ..........69 Edinburgh and Perth • • .. • • 2 . Ditto, Extension . 105... — „... Great Northern .. .. • . 3 5 ...• 2% •• .. ...... 2% Do., London & York Extension 2%.... 1% % ........ IGreat Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 .... . • 25)4 25 ; Great North of England . ..100 • • • • . .. 230 Ditto, New .. S .... 58% ...... 58% Great Western .. 85....11334........., 11334 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 1234 1734 . 1734 Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 .... 26 Ditto, New 434 .... 7% % ........ 73+4 Hull and Selby 50 ....103 .......... 102% Ipswich and Bury St.Edmunds .. 14 .... ....... .. Ditto ditto, and Norwich .. 814 4 • • ........ 4 Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 50 .... 6054 5934 .... 5934 Leeds and Bradford .. .. 40 .... 82 .... B3 Leeds and Thirak 223{ ..... Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. 334 .... .......... London and plackwall .. 161. las. 4d. ....... 734 London, Brighton, and S Coast •. 50 .... 5074 5054 London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. 814 ...... 81 ,4 London and North-Western • •100 • • ••170% •• • .... . 172 Ditto, Quarters .. L. and B. 7 •• •• .... Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 11% ..... 114 Ditto, Fifths 2 .......... 15 Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. .. 40 .... _•••. • • .. 6534 London and South-Western .• 411. 6s. 10d... 6234 .......... 6234 Ditto, New .. . • .. 27% .... 29% .......... 29% Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. 50 .... 524.......... 52 1 4 Ditto, Scrip.. _ 5 4% 4% Lynn and Dereham .. 20 .... 20% Manchester and Leeds .. •• 82 •• .... Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. .. • .71. 45... %p• • • • 54 P Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... ..... Midland ..100 ....113 114........ 114 Ditto, New ~ .. 36 .• 39 Ditto, New .. 2 .... 4 3% ...... Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 88 89 .....• 89 Newcastle and Berwick .. 20 .... 2434 % Ditto, New . . 5 634 .• Norfolk .. • • .. ..100 . ... Ditto, Extension North British .. Ditto, Ralf Shares .. 12% 14% 13% • • Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 2 34 .... • • 3% Ditto, Extension .. • • .. %.... .. •• • Ditto, Thirds .• .. • • • . 1 .... 2%34.. ' North Staffordshire .. • . .. 5 .... 6% % ...... • • 654 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate S .... 4%.......• Scottish Central .. . 1734 .... 2334 .......• • • 533 4 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3)4 .... 3% % •• • • Shropshire Union .• 425..... 1% % •• • • 1% dis. South Eastern and Doror .. • • 3334 36 •••• .. • • 36 1 bo., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. .... 4% ••.. • • South Wales .. .. 10 .... 7 ••••• • •• • • 7 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole .. . 2 134 %• • .. Welt Riding Union • . • • .. 41. 25... .. 34 p par % p Wilts. Somerset, and Weymouth 20 11 1034 York and Newcastle 25 3344 34 .. York and North Midland .. 50 ........ Ditto, Extension •• 25 .... 39% 40 •• •• 4 Ditto. Preference • • .. 2 .... 10 •• Do. E. and W. Riding Exten..• 10 .... .. 2O FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bord., Toul., & Cette kConstituted) 4 .... • • ........ Demerara .. 234 .... 2% .......... East Indian . 55. Italian and Austrian .. 4 .. • . .......... Northern of Franco .. .• • • 8 .. • . 12% % ...... Paris and Lyons •• .. • • • • 8 • •• • 3 34 ••••• • • • • • Tours and Nantes .. .. • • .. 5 .... .......... MINES. .. .. .. 10 .. [teal del Monte, Unrerlstered LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, APRIL 28.—Wind S.W., fresh breeze, and fine weather. OFF MAZGATE, APRIL 27.—Jannet, Chalmers, Mauritius ; Copy, Lovett, Bathurst, Rio Grande; Spheroid, Baillie, St. Vincent; Lotus, Head, Barbadoes; Tiberius, Boswick, Balti more and Terceira. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 27.—Wind W.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Hazard, Penang, sailed 15th January. COWES, Arum 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Elahout, Co ningh, Batavia. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 27.—Wind W., a gale.—Arrd. Penance, M‘Leod, ; Medina. Mazatlan and Valparaiso; Ann Bates, Callao; Viola, Goodridge, Pernambuco; Urania, Barker La Guayra ; Isabella, Briggs, New Orleans; Meam ticock,llsley, New Orleans; Soldier, New Orleans; St. Law rence, Hagedorn, New Orleans; Elizabeth. Hasty, New Orleans; Chesapeake, Clark, New Orleans; Thistle, Turner, Mobile; Jessie, Oliver, Apalochicola ; Tuskar, Chapman, Savannah; Abby Baker, Pratt, Baltimore; Camera, Dunbar, Baltimore; Sophia, Collins, Philadelphia; Swanton, Duncan, Philadelphia; Ashburton, 'lowland, New York; Cynthia, Smith, New York ; Mary Ann, Brown, Boston ; Jane Halifax. Off port, Georgiana. The Luna, from Cuba, has gone on shore, and thumping heavily, but is expected off after lightening. Spoke the Kelen, ( Eller, Stafford; hence to New York. with master and several passengers sick, Sth inst.; lat. 39, long. 50. The Ann Richardson, from Philadelphia to Londonderry, dismasted, and making for Bermuda, was spoken, 21 alt. in lat. 38, long. 63. The Manico, Williamson, of London, Little hampton to Baltimore, was abandoned in a sinking state, 29th ult., lat. 28, long. 67. Crew saved. The Solway, for New Ross; and the Harrison, hilton, for this p or t, were aground on the Bar of New rleans, !Ist ult. The Broom, for Liverpool, was on the Bar of the Mississippi, 25th ult. The others had all got over. BRISTOL, APRIL -- 7.—Wind ViT.S.W.—Arrd. Englishman, Dyer, Africa. Co - ra, APRIL 15.—Sld. Emily, New York, Mail, Quebec. OFF FOrICSTONE, Arm. 27.—Jacobs, Grool, Surinam. LONDON, APE.. 28.—The stern of a boat, marked " Sky lark, of Falmo." was washed ashore in Buds Bay, Feb. 17. CAUTION TO MARINERS. SHOAL IN THE STRAITS OF SUNDA. The following has been posted at Lloyds:— LIVERPOOL, APXII, 26, 1847.-1 have taken the liberty of sending you, for the benefit of my brother shipmasters, the exact position of a shoal which was reported to me in Singa pore by the Dutch Naval Officers from Batavia. SuoAL in THE STRAITS of SurrnA.—Bearings by Dutch charts, N. 63 deg. 3 / 4 W. from the Button ;N. 27 deg. E. from the South end of Thwart-the-way; N. 52 deg. E. from North end of Thwart-the-way; bearityri by llorshurg. From the Shoal, the South part of J utphin Island, just on with the most northerly part of Pule Bessy, this shoal has 2i fathoms on its shoalest part, and 12 and 18 fathoms around. The distance from the button is miles. (Signed) JOHN HILTON, Of the ship Helena, from Singapore. JOHANN GROSSMITH'S EAU DE COLOGNE.—llitherto the family of Farina, the members of which seemed to equal in number the sands of the sea, have monopolised the market of Europe for the sale of Eau de Cologne. They have. bow ever, now met with a formidable rival in the person of Jolt? Grossmith, of Cologne, who has an establishment in Cannon . street, in the City. We have tried Grossmith's Eau de Cologne, the perfume of which is, as the fragrance of fresh gathered blossoms, delicate, yet deliciously retreshing. His Excellency M. de Titoff, the Russian Minister resident at Constantinople, has just departed for Paris, whence his Excellency proceeds on a tour through Italy, and finally embarks at Trieste for Oxistsuitinople, to resiirue his diplsruatic duties. HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE. The Queen he'd a L•vice yesterday aft• moon, in St. James's Palace. Tier 141,,jesty and Prwce ar rived from Buchingharn Palac.. at two o'clock, with :b e Ladii s and tienth mei, of the rod al are, in tour c ie rbgi-s, escorted by a party the Lit, Citrtrds Its Waiting i , ere the Ladies of the 13,mletiatob, r, Countess of Chad, motif, and the Ci u..tess 4.1 Gain,- borough ; the Lord in Waiting, the Eart of M..rton ; the Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert, Lord George Lennox ; the Groom in Waiting, Major the Hon. Ro bert Boyle ; the Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert, Captain Francis Seymour ; the Equerry in Waiting. Major General Wemyss ; the Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert, Colonel Bouverie ; and the Page of Ho nour, Mr. Byng. The Lord Steward, the Lord Charab, rlain, lad the Master of the Horse, received her Majesty and her Royal Consort at the Palace. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was pre sent at the Levee. His Royal Highness was attended by Major Stephens and Mr. Edmund Mildmay. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge, and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen of tt• Court, having entered the Throne room, the Foreign Ministers were introduced, when the following presentations to her Majesty took place in the diplomatic circle : By the Baron da Torre de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister—La Conseiller Dietz, Secretary to his Majesty the King of Portugal ; and M. de Moraes Sarmento (Baron de Moncorvo's son), Attactd to her Most Faith ful Majesty's Legation at this Court. By the Baron Brunnow, the Russian Minister—Le Baron Clement A. de Bode, Conseiller d' Etat de S. M. L'Empereur de Russie. By the Commandeur Marques Lisboa, the Brazilian Minister—M. Le Chevalier Pinto Peixoto, Attache A Is Ligation de S. M. L'Empereur du Brecil. By Monsieur X. Isturiz, the Spanish Minister—Don Mariano Dyaz y Requelme, and Don Fernando M. de Terry, Attaches to her Most Catholic Majesty's Le gation. By the Baron do Beust, the Saxon Minister—M. Le Comte Clement Einsieddel, and M. Le Baron Alfred de Zedt witz. By the Baron Koller, Austrian Chargé d'Affaires— The General Prince Francis Leichtenstein. By Mr. John R. Brodhead, Secretary of the Legation of the United States of America—Mr. Robert C. Win throp, Representative of the City of Boston, of the United States of America. Tine foreign diplomatic circle was attended by I. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister ; Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister ; Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese, Minister ; Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minis.er ; Count de Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister ; Baron de Hugel, the Wurtemberg Minister ; the Che valier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister, and Prince Loewenstein, Secretary of Legation ; Le Commandeur Marques Lisboa, the Brazilian Minister ; Count de Re ventlow, the Danish Minister ; Prince Callimeki, the Ottoman Porte Minister ; Count Schimmelpennick, the Netherlands Minister, and Mr. de Stratenus, First Se cretary of Legation ; Senor X. Isturiz, the Spanish Mi nister, and le Chevalier de Pedronena, Secretary of Le gation ; Baron de Beust (Chambellan de S. M. le Boi de Saxe), the Saxon Minister ; Baron de Re hausen, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires ; Count Adrien de Revel, the Sardinian Charge d'Af faires ; Le Comte de Jarnac, Charge d'Affaires de France ; Baron Koller, Austrian Charg4 d'Affaires ; and Mr. John R. Brodhead, Secretary of the Legation of the United States for Foreign Affairs ; and Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. 9% 246 86% The general circle was attended by the Archbishop of Armagh, the Bishop of London, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Colonial Depart ments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the President of the Board of Controul for the Affairs of India, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the President of the Board of Trade, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Alms, the C iptain of the Yeoman Guard, the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Lord Justice-General of Scotland ; the Vice-Chan cellor Knight Bruce ; the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty; the Treasurers of the Household; the Comp troller of the Household; Lord Monteagle, Comptroller of Exchequer ; Mr. G. E. Anson, Keeper of her Ma jesty's Privy Purse ; Lieut.-050nel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Private Secretary to Prince Albert ; Mr Mat thew Wyatt, Standard-bearer of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; Sir George Houlton, Ensign of the Yeoman Guard ; Mr. Thomas Shiffner, Paymaster of the Household ; Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Bowater, Groom in Waiting • Colonel Smith, Silver Stick in Waiti ng ; Reverend J. Vane, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting ; Captain Sir George Westphal, R N., Naval A.D.C. to the Queen ; Colonel Buckley, Equerry to the Queen ; Colonel Sir Horace Seymour, Equerry to her Majesty the Queen Dowager ; Captain Lord James Murray-, (Scots Fusilier Guards), Equerry to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent ; Major Stephens and Mr. Edmond Mildmav, Equerries in Waiting to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ; Mr. James Hance Curling, Adjutant of the lion. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; Capt. Kincaid, Excn in Waiting of the Yeoman Guard ; Captain Sadler, Exon of the Yeoman Guard ; Mr. Fisher, Surgeon-in-Chief of the Metropolitan Police; Sir Benjamin Smith, C.S.; Sir Noel Harris, Groom of the Privy Chamber in Waiting; Colonel Master, Gentle man Usher of the Privy Chamber in Waiting; Captain the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, Gentleman Usher to Her Majesty in Waiting; Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Gen tleman Usher to her Majesty; Colonel H. Bentinek (Coldstream Guards), Field Officer in Waiting; Captain Milman (Coldstream Guards), Acting Adjutant in Waiting. 109 234 34% A large number of presentations took place. After the levee, the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, Viscount Falkland, had an audience of the Queen in the Royal Closet, to introduce Mr. Henry Chard as an Exon of the Yeoman Guard, and Lieutenant• Colonel Fitz Maurice, K.H., as Clerk of the Cheque of her Majesty's Yeoman of the Guard, Both Gentlemen received from her Majesty their silver sticks of office, and had the honour to kiss hands. Mr. Milne had the honour of an audience of the Queen in the Royal Closet, and delivered the badge, and Ribbon of a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, worn by his father, the late Admiral Sir David Milne. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Royal Suite, returned to Buckingham Palace in four carriages, es corted by a party of Life Guards. General Prince Caste'cicala, the Neapolitan Minister, being out of town did not attend the levee yesterday. We have authority to state that her Majesty's Ball, on the 14th of May, is to be in FULL DRESS. Tickets to view the Two Royal Pictures, by Winter halter, in the Banqueting-room in St. James's Palace, will be issued from the Lord Chamberlain's office, from twelve to four o'clock. i) lON 34 Each Ticket will admit the Lady or Gentlemen, whose name will be inserted in it, and fire other per sons. All applications must be made Personally, or through a Responsible agent, as it will be impossible to send tickets, or to answer written applications. Ladies and Gentlemen receiving tickets will be re quired to leave their names and address on their cards, at the Lord Chamberlain's Office. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers assembled shortly before four o'clock. Viscount Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., and a Deputation, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The officers and private gentlemen of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, dined with the Standard Bearer of ,the Corps, Mr. Matthew Wyatt, at his residence in Ilyde-park-square, yesterday evening. Lord John Russell had a dinner party last evening, at his residence in Chesham-place. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office, from the Governor of South Australia, New Zealand, and the Gold Coast. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY, APRIL 27.—The state of the money-market has almost entirely put a stop to business titre. The only purchases made, either of goods or yarn, are in small quantities to make up as sortments—generally at previous prices. It is under• stood that the execution of some rather considerable orders from the United States is prevented by the diffi culty of negotiating the bills, or using the credits on which they are founded. ROCHDALE, MONDAY, APRIL 26.—We have had an other dull market; but the few pieces that have been sold have fetched former prices. At the close of last week the Government orders arrived, which will com prise about 9.000 pieces. These pieces have been very equally divided amongst ten or twelve manufsettirers, In the wool market there is no change to report. HALIFAX, SATURDAY, APRIL 24.--Scarcely a buy er has been seen in the hall to-day; and business has, con. sequently, been excessively flat. The state o f t h e money market, and the rise in price of provisions, cm . bine to throw a deeper gloom over all departments of trade: and the feeling amongst the manufacturers to-day was less hopeful than for some time past. In the yarn trade we have no alteration to notice, except, perhaps, an increase of caution on all sides. Wh a t i s d o i ng in the blanket trade is sufficient to take off the present limited supply of brokes and noils, which are, therefore, kept firm; but the wool trade generally is in a languid condition. HUDDERSFIELD. TUESDAY, APRIL 27.—Not more than three or four buyers of any importance have at tended our market to-day, and they. appear to have used extreme caution in all purchases. The rise in the price of corn damps all speculation; and were it not for considen.ble orders being iu hand for the Araeric in and continental markets, we fear we should be experiencing the distress of some of the cotton districts. LEEDS, TUESDAY, APRIL 27.—This day's market presented a dull appearance, but as many manufacture's are employed to orders, principally on American ac counts, the supply of goods to our cloth halls is neces sarily very limited, and the transactions very insig nificant. In prices there is no alteration whatever.— Illanchester Guardian. TUE BOOKBINDERS' PENSION SocrETy.-..Tuesday evening, at half-past nine O'clock, the seventeenth annual meeting of the committee and members of this society took place at the Theatre attached to the Mechanics' Institution, Southampton-buildings, Chancery -lane. Mr. England, the secretary, produced the balance-sheet for the past year, which showed an increase over the previous one of 41/. 7s. Sd. The total expenses of the past year had been 325/. Is. sd. The total amount now in hand (up to the 24th of the present month) was 1,096/. 19s. Id.; the total stock in the bank being 1,0001. The report was carried unanimously. s. 1 l •la it • .;;aracter Two-% t here last tap, t . ,••• to her of Juliet,the CE SS'S T LIE ATRE • c '4 ,1- actor in %%Pica she ;,tig:naily 11:5" l del and it er - arne. r reatlin , of the character w's I , c:, a r.d h. r turn tf ho t o.,ge at. It as'. l'a sc t thig. good t-freet ; it ,Niti lr.:tn tho stage 11 '1 , u inriuraur f-eitativ., that wre t c h: , i h t ••ti tul!her s .yina sari of 6 ' 3114 the oil our tragic the !•ucc,b,sisti 'ioa of " nib!, dy, aas ty, us ed for the beautiful deulavas tion of the old school. We hope that all our Yr .. actors, who are not irr,trieahlv spoiled by this bhitd' admiration and conset i uent imitation of this wretch' , modern school, will take Al s. Butler as the ir model °` elocution, and a e shall then at least have ShaksPerlY e read properly. In the e ar lie- scenes, we could searce „bare realise the girl Juliet, but in Ebe three last acts ' Butb-r way rer „f the girl has become a woman, great. The Seen , . ill which Juliet taken P"' ; '' v "7, and the la,t scene of the tragedy. We re g...v It roaliuded Iles with electrical force and energy. of the palmy days of the drama Juliet was, at the titer Mrs. Butler made her debut as Fanny greatest character. It stlio.d r yoathful apPotrailliecer and her, as yet, scarcely developed powers; b t great triumphs will, for the future, be achieved is the higher walks of tragedy, and we 100 k for. characters ward to her appearance in such as Lady Macbeth and Constance, with a trustful .b fur that it is her high destiny to revive among us a ts g!e the sublime Shaksperian drama. Never before ha d e Shakspere, as an author, been more extensively re_e.d an derstT g or more enthusiastically adored, or better than he is at the present time ; what has been wa nt ': , has been a fitting interpreter of him on the fl ,;:. Is Mrs. Butler to be that interpreter ? That is a ties' tion which time alone can solve. Mr. Creswick we s t be Romeo. When he acted quietly he acted well , w at times indulged in rant and chant. Let him e— v b e - getable, he the chanting school of declamation, and he u " bas e come a great actor. There is stuff in him, but h e r • much to unlearn. Mr. S. C owe ll, as the Apotheeetiu: acted with great propriety. He indulged not 1 1 t h e buffoonery and gag of low co m edy, but he a eon 1,0 part with a true Shaksperian feeling. He wes„a„:ill whom " misery had worn to the bones," and who " - t his ingly sold a poison because "his poverty but loot la will " consented. The gods of course were 108" 09 1 silent astonishment at being baulked of their aired . farcical fun, but Mr. Cow e ll, we are assured , seeti w ore that which to him, as a tru, valuable than the applause of "barren spectators, hi,"`k, approbation and the gratitude of every lover of S ne w is i t ifinitelY sere in the house. The traged y flowed ht t/ " farce, entitled A Wife for Hour, aj in which; ee ls in Emma Staaley made her rentrde, after a long L ib „d ide Inn, the character of Patty, a chambermaid at a in:Do nn, a great reader of penny romances, and wb ° inoculated her sweetheart, Gditer (Compton) , th e waiter, postbo), ostler—in t ac t, the felcO uni ;7 sh e love of the romantic. Patty i s a lways in her e ass be ads may turn out to be " somebody," because,ou t argues, the nobodies in the first chapter alway s "I ca " on at to be grt people, in the last, and her wishes 5er..-AveS the eve of accomplishment. A fashionable youth 11-gia at the inn, and asks her to be his wife for an hoa r ' the uncle has insisted on his being married, which eonditiou of continuing the supplies, of Oaf the young gentleman is greatly in wanr,,,t itt• himself; has fallen in love with a beau t " — •o4 c h ognita at the opera, to whom, in his to e has vowed eternal fidelity, and of course ren j - i t ig bestow himself on any one else ; but his uncle is e e l , as to the inn. He has represented himself to the linc ia s tti married, and in order to prove the fact, he feg e , g fi es , le le to act the part of his "wife for an hour." lite ' e o be accompanied by the fair fatherlandincoi the opera , 7",tv is escorting home to her who is as ue e r i m brtt s . lio love as the young gentleman himself. This gives rise to a series of most anit ising u roris e tretemps. There is the vulgarity of Patty, th e e a l,,* ( oo, of the lady, the embarrassment of the gell":oor the anger of the incognita at the base attempt Or ". of ried man to entrap her affections, the the uncle at the gross immorality of his neith e s r , of j e alou r . , b a though last, not least, the most amusing Gaiter. After keeping the audience in a roar for t ive an hour, an explanation takes place, and the re e cbich lovers are made uutually happy. This far ,e well is from the practised pen of Mr. E. L. Blanchar ' fete wa tb built and well written. The dialogue is res t flags' smart repartee, and the fun never for an W et° The house was crowded. indignatwio and ST. JAMES'S THEATRE' AMATEUR PERFORMANCE. r r the An amateur performance of the Hunchback, lace es i benefit of the distressed Irish a nd Scotch, took p1ec..„0., the 81. James's Theatre o n Tuesda y , under the potiwa age, and in the presence of, her Majesty and his Itt i ., Highness Prince Albert. The amateurs, who acted ~• mirably, were well supported by Mrs. Butler as .1 0 „,.` 1 .; Miss Jane Mordaunt as Helen, and Mr. Vandenhou 1.: Master Walter. The gentleman who acted Fatzb°,3 gave a new, and, we believe, the correct reading 0 ", - , part, by acting it in a country dialect. The pleY ' w i rd spoken by Mr. Vandenhoff, and followed by an preceded by a prologue, written by Lord Morpetb , 11 . e Pu il l i er -' . written by Lady Dufferin, and sp l The theatre, the use of ' which - owns allowed by Mr. Mitchell gratuitously, was completel y filled. Du ke a nd Among the co m p any assem bl e d were the t * Duchess of Bedford, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufoor ! 1 aron and Baroness Lionel Rothschild, the Marquis .11_°. Lady March, Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Marchioness of Cj a f e ricarde, the Marquis and archioness of Abercorn, tia Earl of Ellesmere, Lord and Lady Beauvale, Lord an_ Ernest Bruce, Sydney ; Lady Dufferin, Lady Serosup: Lord and Lady Palmerston, Lady Honoria Cad, 4 A . Lords Harr) Vane, Morley, Clarendourt Lord and Lady Maidstone, Lady C. Lascelles, Lea L o , Paget, Lady F. B en ti nc k, Lady Theresa Lewis, !,::dy Throgmorton, the Earl and Countess o f Roseberi, •L' A G. Fullarton, the Marquis of Douglas, Lord Clare•l4_°:t Macdonald, ' Lord Somerton, Lord Northland, u°41,0 Potocki. Count de Blacas, Count Revel, Sir Ge v 4 r Talbot, Sir Stratford Canning, Sir Charles Ibbotsoalr frd D. Dusdas, Viscount Cantalupe, Lady Wallscotol,l'usir and Lady Guernsey, Lord and Lady Granville-, Mr. Ralph and Lady Howard, Ir . Henry Baring, i'-' Bon. Charles Greville, Hon. E. Stey, Mr. A. Craven. C. Howard, Hon. G. Byng. .. e l '', HER MAJEST Y 'S THEATRE.—There vvere4 re E s ti on Tuesday evening at her Majesty's Theatre -- - ,f l : te iton, '.' , 3 b 0); Spencer, the Hon. Mr. Lyttelton, the lion. Miss and the Hon. Miss Kerr (who occupied her Majesty _, T o_ the Earl Cawdor, Viscount and Viscountess Elol.o7opied count and Viscountess Brackley and party (w__, her Majesty the Queen Adelaide's box) ; st r, the Ps' Napoleon, his Excellency the Rueei" Alin' e e _ e. _ r. roness Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olgar q_Le jr v o f the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, the Marquisr o f Clanricarde, the Marquis of Donegal, the (l,,_:the Huntley, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of FalMoutof Lord the. who B u s, ' 6ol' Earl of Munster, Count de tiarke. Count Koudriaff,rskYci Charles Wellesley, Lord and Lady Templemore, I, ° l Lord borne, Lord and Lady Brougham, Lady Palmer,' i ota Gerald Fitzgerald, Count de Courcy , Mr . and Lady Allier Wentworth, Sir George Wombwell, Sir W. and LadY .dy ton, Sir H. Webb, Sir Thomas Hare, Sir Phili p and Land Egerton, Sir Alexander Woodford, the Lord Mayor gr. Lady Carroll, Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Wentworth , le, Ke O nt P , E a ll t:end C ed ()% bY E 3'N :a - d Leader, M.P., Capt. Meynell, Mr. Barry Baldwin, 3 1 . 11 ' 1 4' r Majesty's box was occupied ori Tuesda y by her Roya l I '''' d theoYADL u c I T ALIA N s Duchess f nessß,,,, ir 1 Lady Mary Howard, Lady Au b y COVENT — iad e t t . 6 Ninth, Lord James Murray, and Augusta Bruce, Barooz, ne r. Colonel Sir George r'o There were also present his Ex nister, the Duke of Roxburgh, Excellency the Hanoverian got the Ladies Taylour ; the urgh, the Marquis of Ileadto. r+ o o Marquis of Donegal, the (A lu pe, of Braybrooke, Viscount Combermere, Viscount Can, ts t, Pi Viscountess Maynard, Vi ffi I''' "° Viscount Alford, Lord Sue,,, w lett , and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lord and Lady William r° a s, Lord George Manners, Lady C • Lord IL tell arington,,Jacjer Lady Montresor, Lord and Lady Somerville, Lady ~,,hu i t. nald, the . Hon. Mr. Gray, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, ri °ll. iloa' F. Willoughby, Hon Mrs. Gage, Hon. G. Barrington, 0. Byron, Hon. 11. Fane, Hon. Miss Hill, Sir J° 1 1,04 Lowther, M ---.P., Sir W. Abdy, Sir Bellingham Gre,,scl and Lady Graham, Sir Richard Joddrell, Bart. Sir EaThAr Hartopp, Sir John Duckworth, 31. P., Sir W. Codriogder Lady aleux, Mr. R. Sanderson and the Hon. Mrs. rots' son, Mr. H. T. Mann ers S u tton, Mr. H. T. Hope, '-'e Napier, &c. d job° A PAUPER CHOKED.—A poor fellow, name i,,otoe, Strange, aged 54 years, an inmate of St. Luke's * wor r t he Old -street, while eating his dinner on Monday I ,, e r 0 5 t00 t 7 1/ dining hall, put the greater portion of a potato in .'B, in 10 and was in the act of swallowing it, when it stuck fsebl'ooe, throat. He was observed to biome quite black i sludge the , tA and pointed to his throat. An effort was made to L eoto" potato, but without effect, and before medical assistite" be obtained he was lifeless. „. NV ° ire THE LATE BISHOP OF SODOR AND ISI A— ' -- tpr e , 1136 , of authorised to contradict, in the most ositive ter -,, statement going the rounds of the papers that the "view the Bishop of Sodor and Man was caUsed h).' hi at w b°6e r r slept ou in a damp bed in this town. The :relation,: bed J ° _,, - _h s se the bishop slept whilst here, gave up her 0w." . .. r , frOIP botle - '' '' his Lordship, and the bishop's on their ow e the Isle of Man this week, . parents, o the owe will sleep a t Liverpool Standard. io n Russia the • has obtained • • fro m - This river, permission Government to th row • „ve4. the a bridge over the Arse 11 , into , on the boundary of Persia,n 14 ' • beinle near Tehera , , lo p, Caspian. , i gat 11 be Its course is not favourable to T oe W I # f sometimes deep and sometimes shallow. The bridg e o bje io 0 1. that t h e a Russia work, but it is supposed by mani ther politic% in going to the expense of it is altoge - d • es of es e The b • ridge will be guarded b yapo;u s , 4 20 1 ie c ountry.—Gu'iginlini• Al' t or Slia r ' S 8 EXPERIMENTS WITH CONCHSSI talent EX the PORTSMOUTH,—Dir. Tyre, of the proof depar ant g g i"t Royal Arsenal, Quartermaster Freeburn, and Sergeant receo Moore, of the Royal Artillery, have concluded Ifl i c coons experiments at Portsmouth. with shells fitted w ' , it; tired ir.g it ~. sion fuzes made of metal. The number of 1 " e yen ta. P" - d the Excellent gunnery ship were forty of each in g _ ri d, a 0 , Tyre's proved the best, Sergeant-Major Moore ._ec e v sobe il3 o f Quartermaster Ereeburn's third, four-fifths of tu to h e °, the latter having failed in the object so desirouse ~.e e, r e; tamed. Mr. Tyre and Sergeant-Major Moore hav4furtbe quested to obtain a similar number of s hells and ,•,... war, trial. Captain Moorson, Lieutenant Hewlett, a 0 "-2, 11 fa.' veil, intend making experiments with shells fitted : 1 i , i' l2„roerl of their coustruction, to be fired from the Excene t ship at Portsmouth. —The t wentie 1N itWFOUNDLAND SCHOOLS' SOCIETY. held on Tirdeg' fourth anniversary meeting of this society was . ding. ' ll6 day, at Exeter Hall, Mr. Joseph Wilson presi ec ,_.,_ c ettl; report deplored the cramped condition of the n e c ±7 e -7, ti enc_ pared with existing wants, and stated that i 2 . ,' l e f• till of the limited state of the finances the salaries el s O'Xl,By ro. missionaries, th att, and others had been In te o '%i e d a duced. On motion of Mr. J. Labouchere, sec v_i dopte a, the Rev. Edward Tottenham, 8.D., the report wa g 1 e . geo• and the meeting was subsequently addressed by th e Bei'. Dr. Perry (Bishop elect of Melbourne, Australia), ii. pus' James Anderson, the Rev. Daniel Wilson, the Rev' „ f c on' gess, and other gentlemen. Resolutions expressiavndu s cool' tinned confidence in the society were agreed to, tr_ittee The co oi. tnittee to carry out its objects W2S appointed. a thn ves se l erri° IMPORTATIONS OF POTATOES. —A a c , cow in the river from Alderney has brought an entire c r i f I, t o sisting of 2,000 bushels of potatoes, the prioductio o f island. i 4 CLOSING PRICES. 3 dig A dis 7 dl. ~.