The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-13 00:00:00

Why, that out of the sums voted for educati )n, 37,0001., had got into tie hands of the two Sta'e Churches, and but one-tenth into the hands of the Dissenters, it was but fair to presume that a similar result would take plLce under this new plan. The aristocracy found that the people of this country were degenerating, and that they would soon be reduced to a potato dietary, and thinking that many connected with them would be thrown upon them for support, they wished to introduce this system of pensioning, in order also that the people might bs kept down to the starvation point.—(Cheers.) The Church wished to keep the people in the condition they were at present. If they did not, why did the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1834, oppose the educational grant ? They had 11,000 parishes and 11,000 teachers in the schools, and now they wanted as many more masters and pensions— each master to have five pupils and five apprentices. They knew if one member of a family were pensioned, that the family was aecared for whatever support they might stand in need of. And if the teachers were kindly declared by the clergy not exactly fitted for their vocation, they would be made e xcise-men and custom house officers.—(ob, oh.) It was by these means that they intended for the future to work the Government of the country ; it was an insidious attempt to obtain influ ence over the people, and those orthodox Dissenters who were in favour of it, were as narrow-minded as the priests themselves. Until they got rid of the influence of the Church, the education of the people could not be properly accomplished. Mr. KING considered that there was no lack of the means of education, but that there was great unwilling ness on the part of the parents, when very poor, to wash and comb their children, and send them to school. The supporters of the schools did all they could to induce the ehildren to attend them ; but they verified the old saying, " that you might take a horse to the water, but th at you could not compel him to drink." Some localities were unable to afford much for education ; but many of them had powerful neighbours, who were willing to afford all the aid in their power. But the Government plan was one which was neither judicial nor just. To call a father in want of food to send his naked, hungry children, to school was abburd. The voluntary principle would always command subscriptions, and sufficient funds for education ought thus to be provided. He was exceedingly jealous of Government interference. Mr. LowE said he was a Sunday-school teacher forty years ago, and that he considered Government inter ference would destroy the schools supported by volun tary subscriptions ; they would always work better than Government schools, and would accomplish all that was required. Mr. HILL was of a similar opinion. He was strongly opposed to state interference,and considered that the mil lion of money proposed to be expended mi.,lht be devoted, with far greater advantage, for the purchase of eloLhes for the poor naked children, to enable them to labour, and to pay ld. or 2d. a-week to an evening school. After considerable discussion with respect to an ad journment, the further discussion of the subject was postponed until Thursday next. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed Verdi's succeseld New Opera I DUE FOSCARI. Between the Ada of the Opera will be presented the admired Di vertlsetnent, entitled LE BACCHANTE, by Mdlle. Lacile Gratin 111,111 es. Corran Honore, 31. Dor, and Corps de Balet. --7 1'w conclude with the new successthl Ballet, in Two Tableaux, by M. Paul Tag , ioni, the music by Signor Pugni, entitled THEA ; 01.7, LA FEE AUX FLEURS. Principal characters by Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, M. Paul Taglioni, &c. In the course of the Ballet will be introduced the following dances : Le Moreeka, Mdlle. C. Rosati. L'lndifference, Mdlle. Rosati and 11. P. Tagßoni. Solo of Le Fee aux Fleurs, Mo.11:e Marie Taglioni. La Bouquet, Mille. Rosati. Mayerbier's Opera of ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO !s in rehearsal for the first appearance of 3ldlle. Jenny Lind, who is Immediately ex pected. Sign Vietti and Herr Stautiigl have arrived, and will appear forthwith. Verdi's Opera " Ernani " will be repeated forthwith. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the rubltc, are re3pectfUlly in , formed, that there will be an EXTRA NIGHT On THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1847. When will be performed (first time this season) Bellini's celebrated Opera I rURITANI. Princi pa' Characters: a;tellan ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache ; Artura, Signor Ciarctoni ; and Riccardo, Signor Coletti. Between the Acts of the Opera, a Divertissement, in which will be presented the following Dances :—Deutchen Rhein, by Corps de Ballet ; a favourite Pas, by Mdlle. Rosati ; and a new Pas, composed by M. P. Taglioni for Mdlle. Marie Tagl:oni, entitled Posnania, or D‘inse Polonaise. After the Opera will be presented an entirely New Ballet Diver tissement, by 31. P. Taglioni ; the Music by Sigr. Pugni ; the Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, entitled Orithia, ou, Les Camp des Amazones. Principal character Orithia, Millie. Lucia Gratin. THEATRE ROYAL Dl; UltY-LAN E. THIS' EVENING Will be performed the Opera of NIARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borranl ; Don Caesar de Baran, 3fr. D. W. King ; lon Jose, Mr. Bretton ; Marqu's de gantarem, Mr. Horneastle ; Lszrillo, Miss R. Isaacs ; Mar.tana, Mist; Rainsforth. After which the New and Original Oriental Spectacle, called THE DESERT; or, The Irnaun's Daughter. In which the Two Elephants, upwards of Sixty Horses, and the Camels will appear. The Imaun tiseph, Mr. Howell; Hafez, Mr. Rafter; Barek, Mr. W. H. P.yne ; Fusel Oola, Mr. Harley ; )laleck, Mr. T. Matthews ; Aliabeck, Mr. Hutchison ; Kuzliraga, Mr. L. Lee; Princess Ipoinaye, Miss 3feaent ; Nilda, Miss Collett ; Girgee, Miss R. Isaacs: THEATRE ROYAL, iIAYMAItKET. Under the Management of Mr. H. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new and original Comedy, called THE CHOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far ren, Stuart, Buckatone, Howe, Selby, Brindal, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. liumby, Mn.s Yarnold, Miss Fortescu e , Miss B enne t t, Miss Rey_nolds, colds, -Sze. After which the Grand Astronomical Extraragaissa, called THE NEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin out of Place. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called THE LIGHT TROOPS OF ST. JAMES'S. Master Thomas Smallbones, Mr. Buckstone ; Maids of Honour to the Queen, Mrs. Clifford, Mrs. Seymour, Mrs. l'arnold, Miss Carre, Miss Telbin, and Mrs. Caulfield ; Jane Roberts, Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. I nder the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENING Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford ; Leybotarne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemael, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bess. Mrs. Fitzwilliatn ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. To conclude with the Fairy Spectacle, founded on the 'Ballet et LA GiSELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; er, the Wdi, Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, air. 0. Smith, Mr.Cullentord, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor , dpi s Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be presented Scribe and Auber's celebrated Comic Opera, in 'Three Aets, sailed TIIE BARCAROLE. The principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Bodda, Leffler, and Allen; Miss E. Honer and Miss Anne Romer. After bleb, Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Ryder, J. Vining, C. Fisher, Wynn, and Compton ; Miss Winstanley (her sixth appearance In London), Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. H. Hughes, Miss S. Flower, Miss ♦nne Romer, Miss Marshall, and Miss Smithson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. - Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING, 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, the New Vaudeville Extravaganza, called CRUSOE THE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley; Miss Dickenson, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan Ttirner,Kinloch, Miss Villars, and Miss Arden. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. Fifth Appearance of Mademoiselle ROSE CHERI. TO-MORROW EVENING the performances will commence with LES GRISETTES• After which will be produced the popular Drame-Vaudeville, en titled CLARISSE HARLOWE. Le Comte Robert Lovelace, M. Rhoaevil; Macdonald, M. Cartigny ; Clarisse, Mdlle. Rose Cheri; Boutou de Rose, Mdlle. Duverger. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3t. ; 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 W,ERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S TIIEATRE. THIS EVENING The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of Resuming their inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the St. James's Theatre, and will give a grand day performance every Wednesday Morn mg, commencing at half-past two o'clock. The evening perfor mances will be continued every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and the day performances every Wednesday morning. Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHEATRE, Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Proprietor and Manager. Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENIVG, AND DURING THE WEEK, 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, and other Novelties, with magnificent Costume, Scenery, Panorama, and Appointments, forming one of the most brilliant Spectacles ever produced. Entire change in the Scenes in the Circle. Feats of Horsemanship Mons. and Madame Dumos, Mr. 13e11, Mr. Powell, Herr Hearique, and Laurents Wolff. To conclude with a laughable Alterpicce. Acting and Stage Ma nager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box Office open from Eleven till Four. Box Book-keeper, Mr. Sheffield. Performance commences every evening at Seven o'cleek, doors open at Half-past Six. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. SECOND WEEK of the truly wonderful BEDOUIN ARABS, from the Theatre Port St. Martin, Parts, their Seventh Appearance in England THIS EVENING The performances will commence with , BRIDGE OF NOTRE DAME; or, THE PARRICIDE'S a new Drama,called eß T s H E E Heel chiimpinon, Mr. Neville ; Master Legrls, Mr. llcslop ; God frey M• 1 •1 14 Mr. J. T. Johnson ; Melanie, Mrs. H. Vining. Aft e l which. a grand ORIENTAL FESTIVAL in ARD-iaL-H&Dxft (the Emir of the Desert), introducing the won- Arab Tribes, the HALLS af sterna and navel Teats peculiar to the Native Bedouin attended costume. b., Mid? Marabouts (Priests), &c. in their national s ___ To be foUovred by anew Farce, by Mrs. Stirling, entitled KIS._ ING GOES BY EAT°l nt- puke de B mpiere, Mr. Tindell ; Marchl° - nees de Lanny, lc. ..p ram To conelnde with (everY EveningHTEß but Saturday), a New Drama, called THE DISCARD D. Count Carsdorf, Mr. T. Fredericks CAW* Mre. W ED AUG co. Boxes, IL, Pit, Is.; GilikrY, 61. D at Half-past:Six. ° ° ll, open at Six, commence ROYAL VICTOR IA TE AT THIS EVENL.NG JACK LONG OF TEXAS; or, THE SlloT r cr Jack Long, Mr. Hicks; Hinch, the Regulat o , li r. se IEIE ! Mr. Gardner ; Noah Gibbs, Mr. Dale ; White, Mr. Bir c Ben Small, d Howard ; May Gibbs, Miss Vincent, &c., &c. , gector, Mr, After which, DONZELLA, THE HEROINE OF CASTILE Do n _ eaSe (commonly called the Rose of the Rock) Miss Vincent. To conclude with THE FORGER'S VOW ; or, SIDI BAROgsk The BEDOUIN CHIEF OF JARRA.: Principal characters by lit. Vincent, Miss Lydia Pearse, Miss Julia Johnson, Mrs. G. Lee, Mrs COOke ; Mr. N. T. Hicks, Mr. Dale, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Searle, Mr. Bird, *e. Boxes, is.; Half Pries, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Private Boxes Parties of F our, from 10s. Gd. ; and Parties at Eight, 11. is. We understand that a new novel from the pen of the writer of " Temptation; or, a Wife's Perils," is about to make its appearance. The secret of the author • ship has at length transpired, and it seems that we are indebted to Mrs. Gascoyne, wife of Colonel Gascoyne, for that highly interesting production. The title of the forthcoming novel is "Evelyn Harcourt." FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon a sailing boat, containing four young men, was upset in the river Thames at Battersea Reach, and John Somes, aged nineteen, son of Mr. Somes, of the King's-road, Chelsea, was drowned. The other three, being able to swim, kept themselves afloat till assistance reached them from the shore. It has been computed that Mrs. Butler's demand of 1001. a night would, in the part of Juliet, amount to four 'billings a line for the repeating of every line ; Sir Walter Scott, it is said, had half-a-crown for writing 01141. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. APRIL 13, 1847. THE SUPPLEMENT to BURKE'S LANDED . v e n s Lo h n isi p e e r rpe ße t v u t a e l aj ly m i a n y o b n e e m p o r r e a s l c ly rib r e e d vnl o l r i b n i g t. in T on h e e GENTRY being now in a State of g reat forwardness, it is earnestly requested that it,hyos_esani-i.oilisessitßoLwiT;omancaircthulaatraslhlawvhcobeaertet scot, will reply prescribed orbit, but the world is certainly not. desirous of contributing information, to ensure the correctness of this u i v important national undertaking , w ill address the Authors (care of Untilw•e ; can untilr evivew nn e ca the auto da le Surrey y Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street), without loss of time. , ancestors the o r f r e our Zoological neda a 1 N.B.—No communications will be available aftsr the 15th of May. Gardens illuminated by the human flambeaux of NERO ; until the ingenious exhibition of Madame TI:ISAUD is transformed into a theatre fur the per formance of the Eleusynian Mysteries, or for the libidinous orgies of the Bacchantes, we shall believe that spiritually the earth does not re volve, but that, in moral as well as in physical sciences, it rushes onwards and onwards. To the imagination of the Westminster Re view, however, society presents a spectacle as dis couraging, if not as ludicrous, as that of the Green wich pensioner who, in a moment of intoxication, got the stump of his wooden kg into a water-plug, and walked round it as a kind of pivot until morning under the deplorable delusion that he was going homewards. As we have already observed, that may be the moral progression of the Westminster Review, but it is decidedly not the moral progression of the civilised million. Why the very annihilation of a sanguinary idolatry, the very extinction of the creed in obedience to which, in the noble language of Lord BROUGHAM— NEW WORK BY MISS COSTELLO. Now ready, in Svo., with Portrait, &c., 4i. WAIO IR S of JAQUES C(EUR, THE FRENCH ARGONAUT, By LOUISA STUART COSTELLO, Author of the " Lives of Eminent Englishwomen," " A Summer amongst the Bocages and Vines," &c. Nut only a moat interesting addition to our literature, tut a work which cannot but enhance the author's well-merited repute tien."—Morning Chronicle. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-streot. Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. " Benighted nations, blood and wino In vain libations poured !" the very obliteration of the doctrines of Paganism, the very establishment of Christianity, the destruc tion of the feudal system, the emancipation of the negroes, the abolition of the penal statutes, the reduc tion of capital punishments—nay, the very establish ment of the principles of free trade, prove that the world advances as perpetually in its moral as in its physical course. As we quoted very re cently from a living poet, " the great world spins for ever down the ringing grooves of change." The Westminster Review is, nevertheless, obstinate in its hypothesis of the wooden leg and the water-plug, and it illustrates its hypothesis by the NEW FACTORY BILL ! We cannot but express our unfeigned asto nishment that our Contemporary should advance such very venerable and threadbare propositions. It is absolutely averse to any legislative interference with adult labour, because, for one reason, it is an indescrib • able sort of infringement of the liberties of the sub ject, but principally because it is fairly impossible. An infringement of the liberties of the subject ! Was ever argument so enormously and irredeemably absurd ? As wall might we cha racterise the imprisonment of any ruffian who throws vitriol into the eyes of the passers-by in a public thoroughfare, an infringement of the liberties of the subject. As well might we call the imposition of a fine upon the owner of any deleterious manufactory within the precincts of a populous city, an infringe ment of the liberties of the subject. As well might we term the prevention of unnecessary death, whe ther individual or multiple, whether sudden or pro tracted, an infringement of the liberties of the subject. Rut this is not the only objection; the Westminster Review has a formidable reserve—the proposed inter ference with adult labour is impossible ! llere's a discovery i' faith. Our vaunted Legislature proves them to be after all impotent, and impotent, be it ob. served, not in a remote colony, not among our anti podes the Australians, but within the narrow boundaries of thsse chalky cliffs. If the power of the Legislature cannot indeed extend to the factories, then it most certainly can never reach the lair of coiners, or the cellars of illicit distillers. And yet the power of the Executive does reach; the coiner and the illicit distiller. Why, what trash this continual s rangling is, about the possibility or the impossi bility of legislative interference (indirectly) with the adult operatives in the factories ! The Legislature has capacity enough to accomplish things of immeasurably greater difficulty than this. The flash of the shuttle or the twirl of the hand-loom are not such appalling movements as to deprive a Govern. ment like ours of all energy ; nor are the jaded deni zens of the cotton mills precisely the class capable of baffling the sagacity, or of eluding the penetration of an experienced and gigantic State. The Westminster Review is employing the stratagem of the ancient warrior, but the Parliament of England is not to be frightened by lighted straws ! IThe seat of justice ought to b e preserved as imma culate as possib!e. Considering the infirmities of human nature and our complicated system of laws, owing, in a great measure, to the highly artificial state of society in which we live, the mode in which justice is ordinarily administered in this country has equally obtained the confidence and respect of the native and the admiration of the foreigner. For the excellence with which the laws are executed among us we are indebted less to the abilities (though these are, for the most part, consummate) of those who are raised to the bench than to the jealous vigi lance preserved by the public over the proceedings of the legal functionaries. If a judge goes beyond his province, or conducts himself in a way calculated to bring into disrepute the sacred trust reposed in him, he finds himself checked in his unseemly career either by the independent members of the bar, or by the full and unreserved remonstrance of public opinion, em bodied in its acknowledged channels ; and so effectually is this done, that the Secretary of State for the Borne Department, or Parliament itself, is oftentimes saved the necessity of interfering to rectify for the future the particular abuse that may have ens gendered public discontent. Of this we had an in stance, not a great while back, when the Chief Baron of the Exchequer was made sensible of an impropriety into which he had suffered himself to lapse. The Learned Judge on the bench cried peccavi to Mr. Gocanuax, who had so spiritedly taken him to task for having, by a strong extra-judicial remark, inadvertently warped the minds of the jury in the outset: of the cause. The talents of a judge should be beyond question equal to the solemn duties he has to disvharge ; but he should be also qualified for his office ;by a suitable temper and an appropriate de mean otur. Where these latter are wanting the effect 35 very prejudicial both within and without our courts of justice. Above all, the judge should be scrupuli nis in the extreme that he does not himself set am example subversive of the principles of law and equity, which he would be bound to check in others.. It so metimes happens that in a prosecution counseil are not engaged for either the prosecutor or the pi s:soner. Under these circumstances, the duties of cou osel devolve upon the judge. With the depo• sitions :before him, he has to examine witnesses on ' both si kies. If he puts what are termed "leading questio tra" he is guilty of a practice which it would ' be his duty to condemn, were counsel so to ,deviate from the established rules of evidencat. Again, if he should conduct the ex aminaa yr > in so rapid and gabbling a manner as to precl ade the jury, or the public at large, from masterir kg the real circumstances of the case, he wantonl or trifles with the ends of justice. By such a course the judge may save himself some time and trouble ,; but, at the same time, he relinquishes that decoru o which it is so important to observe upon the bench and, by flying in the face of the acknow ledged. rules of justice, in the manner already inti mated „ills judicial character becomes seriously affected. On. ' Saturday last, in the Central Criminal Court, Emir 4 • ELWOOD was indicted for stealing a watch, oke. :It appears that the COMMON SERGEANT exa miried the prosecutor and another witness in the folk ing manner : " R 'ell, you live in Clerkenwell ? Prosecutor— Yes. " the morning of the 12th February, you found the pt isoner in your kitchen ? Prosecutor— Yes. " $ 0 low she came there, whether she was his servant, or a tY utter stranger did not appear.) " l 3e mmon Sergeant—Yon left her there for a mo ment 7 while you went into your shop? Prosecutor— Yes. • 3 001 mon Sergeant—And when you went back she was zone ? Prosecutor—Yes. "t ~oints, or. Sergeant—You gave information of the robb a^y to the police? Prosecutor—Yes. 4 ,3, mim a i i Sergeant—And they found the next day that y, ,ur we, tch had been pledged? Prosecutor—Yes. "• mtnora Oergeant—Let the pawnbroker stand up. "" Ii ichard, Nsgin then got into the box. • ommon Sergeant—lt was pledged with you by a vi"uses 1? Witness—Yes. "Co .mmim Sergeant—But you can't swear theprisoner 'glair.* at p erson? Witness—No. " et ,mu on Sergeant—Gentlemen of the jury, the case quib clear ' and th e j ury, according to his Lordsh i p ' s direettil 3n, found the prisoner Guilty." G iment on the foregoing would be superfluous. Suff jet it that such proceedings are manifestly unjust and • ghly indecent. The public will not brook a rej . 04 on of them. It is to be feared, moreover, that the foregoing is far from being a solitary instance. We perceive that Mr. PAYNI, the Counsel, last week read a lecture to the COMMON SERGEANT in open court, and severely animadverted upon the " helter-skelter" way in which cases were conducted before him. Mr. PAYNE remarked, that " it was a long time since he had thought this with respect to the conduct of the Court, but that he felt obliged to say it then." We hope we shall he spared the infliction of having again to observe upon the administration of justice in the Central Criminal Court. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The National has a long article on the alleged understanding between England and Spain for the settlement of the affairs of Portugal, which of course it represents as an attack upon the interest of France, thus admitting by implication that it is for the in terests of France that the affairs of Portugal should remain unsettled. As we know from experience that the French Government is not over scrupulous as to the means it employs to forward what it ima gines to be its interest, we may easily guess who were the intriguers who first excited these troubles. The National thus concludes— " Our interests, our friendship, our legitimate action in the Mediterranean are attacked on every point—in Greece, at Tunis, at Lisbon, and in Spain. This might have been expected. The press had often warned the Government against such a contingency. What has been done to ward off the blow ? Whht measures have been adopted to avert it 2 It was known that England intended to demand by force the payment of the Greek debt, and our Government, every where so prodigal, never thought of giving to Coletti the money necessary to deprive Lord Palmerston of all pretext to commit that act of violence. Thus, every fo reign state protected by the system falls to ruin; Chris tina weeps over her sins; Isturitz will shortly seek a re fege in Paris; and nothing now remains of the brilliant exploits which had raised so high the glury of M. Guizot. We are mistaken; there remains a dowry, and another signal illustration of the fact that the dyna3tie interest is necessarily the national interest." The Prease has an article on the recent changes in the Palace of Madrid, which, from its style and its violence, must, we should imagine, have been mitten by CHRISTINA herself, complaining bitterly of the conduct of the Spanish Ministry, " which begins by ridding the Queen of SPAIN of her most faithful servants, because they have opposed the pretensions of the English embassy, and asking how it occurred that at such a crisis France was no longer seriously represented at Madrid"—a compliment which wili . no doubt be properly appreciated by the Due DE GLUCKIBERG, the French Ambassador in Spain, and also by his father, the Due DECAZES. The Journal des Debats says— " The importations of wheat anti flour in March ex ceeded those of the preceding month. The importations at the ports on the Atlantic were 358,874 hectolitres, at those in the Mediterranean 637,797 hectolitres, by the land frontiers 76,577 hectolitres, making a total of 1,073,248 hectolitres. The importations from July to December were 2,465,069 hectolitres ; in January and February, 1,377,896 hectolitres ; making a total since the last crop of 4,916,213 hectolitres. This is the largest importation there has ever been in France. During the same period the exportation of wheat and flour to Algeria and the French colonies, and other countries, has been—of flour, 8,074 quintals ; wheat, 1,621 hectolitres; meslin, barley, and rye, 42,811 hteto litrt s; Indian corn, 82,014 quintals." Notwithstanding these importations, the price of flour has risen in the Paris and Havre markets. The Inflexible, of 90 guns, has been ordered to sail immediately from Toulon for the Levant. Letters received in Paris on Sunday stated that Mr. OCONNELL (who had not yet, on Thursday last, reached Lyons) had been unfavourably affected by the journey and the wintry temperature. The Minister of Finance has given notice, that from the 12th instant the interest on Treasury Bon , ls will be as follows :-4 per cent. per annum on honds at from three to five months' date; 4i per cent. per annum on bonds at from six to eleven months' date ; and 5 per cent. on bonds at one year's date. This was held in Paris to indicate that no loan would be required, and checked the fall in the funds. The Madrid mail of the 6th inst. had not reached Paris on Sunday. The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de l'Opera, at 77f. 92&c. MARSEILLES, APRIL 6.—Marseilles and Avignon, 788 f. 75c. ; Northern, 627 f. _soc. LYONS, APRIL B.—Paris and Rouen, 873 f. 75e.; Avigno❑ and Marseilles, 793 f. 75c. ; Northern, 628 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 431 f. 25c. ; Orleans, 1,235 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCLIAMIB, APRIL 12. Boulogne and Amiens, 161: 2 —llemerera, 374—Dutch Rhenish, 3%—East Indian, %—Namur and Liege, VA — Louvain a la Sambre, I%—Northern of France, 12% — Orleans and Bordeaux, 6 1 4—Paris and Lyons, 4 3 / 4 —Paris and Ruuen,3s—ltouen and Havre, 26—Sambre and Bleuse,6. LATEST from the UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING.--By the arrival of the Speed from Savannah, and the Princess Royal from New Or'tans, we have later advices from both !hese places. The former is dated March 12, and the latter March 13. A conflict had been fought between the United States troops in New Mexico .and tke native soldiers. As usual, the arms of the former were victori ous. They had taken a mule-load of powder, besides several horses and mules. From New Orleans we find exchange on London was quoted so low as 21 to 3fr per cent. premium. All kind of bread-stuffs had experienced a decline, a nd freights.remained without any eari,ition. The low receipts of cottnn at the several landing ports had caused this article to be firm in value, and in some instances prices had ad vanced, particularly at Charleston, where an advance of a. per lb. had been established during the week ending March 12. Corn was in good demand at that place at $B3 95e., and exchange on sterling bills, having sixty days to run, 3i per cent. MARKETNEWS.-(T HIS DAY.) NAY MARHETS. SMITHFIELD. — Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 3/ 17s• ' Clover ditto, 3110 s to 41 17s; and Straw, 1/ 12 s t o 11 16s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 41; Clover ditto, and Straw, 1112 s to 1/ 16s per o i a t cl o r . and a steady d eman d. %I tl Ai r IOs EC il AtoP mod e rateE4 1 5 - 8 suy M ; d w Hay, 21 lOs to 31 16s; Clover ditto, 31 10s to 51; and St raw , 11 12 s t o I/ 15 s per load. upply good, and trade dull. COLONIAL. SUGAR. —The market for British Plantation is heavy, only about 70 hhds having been sold privately at rather lower prices. The public sales have offered 127 hhds Barbadoes ; 9,315 bags Mauritius ; 3,617 bags Bengal ; and 808 bags Madras ; which went off heavily, Barba does selling in some instances about 6d lower, whilst the Mauritius, Bengal, and Madras were nearly all withdrawn ; a small portion of the Mauritius (principally damaged) being realised at a decline of fully Is. The Bengal Oiledy found, buyers, but at a further reduction of 6d t o Is. Nearly all the Madras was taken in. The quantity of British Planta don landed in London this year to tho Ist inst. has been 8,539 hhds 1,138 tierces, against 11,503 hhds 1,272 tierces, to the same time last year. The c nsumption was 11,904 hhds 1,436 tierces, being a reduction of nearly 7,000 hhds and 700 tierces. The stock in London, on the Ist instant, was 3,098 hhds 481 tierces, against 5,472 hhds 727 tierces at the same date in 1846. The imports of Havannah, Brazil, Mau ritius, Bengal, and other East India, have decidedly increased. and there is also a material advance in the consumption. The stocks are larger, as regards Mau ritius and East India, but there is less Brazil. MOLASSES.-64 hhds Bengal realised 22s to 24s for mid to good quality, being lower prices. RU3l.—The quantity landed in London this year up to the Ist inst. was 3,443 puns 2,658 hhds, against 4,362 puns 1,910 hhds to the corresponding period cf last year. The consumption has increased about 500 puns ; and th e stoc k i u London is 11,216 puns 3,460 hhds, against 13,579 puns 2,513 hhds to the correspond ing date of last year. COFFEE.—The quantity of British Plantation landed in London this year is 81 hhds 19 barrels and bags, against 1,118 hhds 600 barrels and bags to the same re e i r s i pod of an db l a a g s s t , y a e g a a r i . nst T 2 h , e os s B tok is h c hds 1 1 :7 2 2 1 8 9 b h a h r d l, r e s l sa 3 n l d 4 b b a a g r s to the corresponding period of last year. The imports of Foreign have increased, ss well as the deliveries for honleolarge as in consumption. TAhpril, estloBc4kB.s on the whole are scarcely ExcE.-4,080 bags Bengal were taken in at 19s 6d for good white, being the previous value. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 49s 3d to 49$ 6d per cwt. on the spot. TEA.—The market has been steady, and the deliveries last week increased. DEATH OP CAPTAIN COTESWORTII, R.N.—We have to announce the demise of this distinguished naval officer, who expired on the 7th instant at his residence in Devonshire, at an advanced age. After a probationary service as midshipman, the deceasedofficer, in 1814, was appointed to a Lieutenancy, and in 1829 was advanced to the rank of Commander. He was a midshipman in the San Josef at the siege of Cadiz, and, in 1810, while holding similar rank, he served in the Andromache, on the occasion of the capture of the United States frigate the Presidoat. His next services were on the occasion of the capture of Algiers. In 1824, when Lieutenant of the Thetis, he commanded the boats of that vessel in an action with the Ashantees. EXPRESS TRAVELLING ON THE GREAT WESTERN. —The twelve o'clock up express train on the Great Western yesterday was, owing to some derangement in the engine, upwards of half an hour late at Bath. At Swindon the train consisted of ten carriages, weighing 100 tons, and with this load the engine gained eight minutes in a run of 77 miles upon the ordinary express speed of 43 miles per hour. The average rate at which this train of 100 tons, and conveying 320 passengers, travelled between Swindon and Paddington, was 52 miles per hour. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was ani mated ; sales 8,000 to 10,000 balc3, at 4-1. per lb. advance in prices. The sales consist of about 8,000 bale; : Anacrioan at qd. to 7-0., 400 PernaLos at Gad. to 70., 100 Egyptian at Id. to 8, 500 Surat at 31(1. to per lb. Railway shares were heavy. An iatproved feeling is apparent in the mercantile and monetary circles again to-day. I: is true that the value of money keeps high, and that it may possibly rule more against those who require acommodation. oven upon what are held but a shade below first-clasi s..etn itit-s. But it cannot be doubted that matters will soon t igbt themselves. People begin, in fact, to think for n hat reason has Consols gone back so low as is the ease. Public credit is good. Trade is good, though not speculatively active (and so much the better for ulterior r, sults), and the demand for manufactures for exports- Von and home consumption has recently been on the in crease. Taking then all things into consideration, we think we are justified in representing that the recent monetsry and other difficulties have passed their perihe lion, and are lowering to a more steady and safe con dition. A considerable degree of interest is taken in the in tended commencement of lailways in the East Indies. Yesterday the first general meeting of the scrip holders in the East India Railway Company was held, and a most favourable report was presented to the subscribers. But it is still thought that over four per cent. ought to be guaranteed by the East India Corn. parry, and for a longer period than fifteen years, fur the really immense advantage which will inevitably accrue from a train of rapid communication, per rail, in the lo calities marked out for this bold, and undoubtedly neces sary- enterprize. The amalgamation of the East Indian Company with the Great Western of Bengal Company, hinted at yesterday, is considered a most wise and s )und point to be accomplished. Th 3 scripholders in the latter projected line are to meet on Wednesday next, to consid r the mode in which the amalgamation is to be made, which, without doubt, will be carried into full and entire effect. In the City there are no late arrivals announced this trorning. A very considerable amount of business has been transacted in the public Securities this morning. Con sols both for Money and the Account opened at 86 i i, and subsequently receded to 85 T ." 1 , for the Account. For Money the prices improved subsequently to 86 and BGb. The Scrip of the New Loan has been sold at 3i discount. Exchequer-bills were at 4 discount, and East India Bonds at 7s. discount. Bank Stock is down t , .; 192, a fall of 6 percent. since the Ist instant. In the Foreign Stock Market the Four per Cent. Portuguese Bonds have improved to 35. Spanish Five Cents. have been sold at 25? ; the Spanish Three per Cents. at 36 ; Brazilian for the Account at 83 ; the Dutch Two-and-a-littlf per Cents. at 58, and the Four per Cents. at 90. The Railway Shale Market has not been very ani mated to-day. There was, it must be stated, symptows Hof weakness in many of the lines completed, and, in operation a; well as those in progress, still, upon the whole, there is a better feeling apparent. BRIT ISII 1 UNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRD.'ES. Bank Stock .. •• 194 193 195 192 192 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 85 84% a 51,4 85 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 86Li 85% sti!.i, 86 86% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 86%%% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. t, 1860 .. 98% Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 8 13-16 8 13-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. 7 die 7 dis Ditto, under 1,000/. par par Consols for Account .. • . 86 1 i 85% , 86 Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip • • • • . 3 did Excliequcr d. 2d. par 4 dis bat°, Small par 3 dis 3% dis par 3 dis ONE cLOSIN6 FOREIGN FUNDS. O'C .uC K. PtclC ES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, Small .• • • . • .. 83 83 Grenada, 1 per Cent „ 19% Mexican Bonds. 1846, 5 per Cet.t. 21 Portuguese Four per Cent .. 34% 35 35 Ditto. for the Account 35 1 A 343. 34% Russian Bonds 110 SAnish Bonds, 5 per Cent 25 25% Ditto, for the Account • • .. 26 Ditto, Passive Bonds .. Ditto, Three per Cent .. 364,y 36% Ditto, for the Account .. 37 37 Venezuela lionds, 2 per Cent .. 39% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian lour-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 96 1 ,4 96 1 ,4 Dutch Two-and-a-Dalt per Cent .. 58 58 1 A Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 90!4 90 90 P.USINESS PRICES OF CLOSING RAILWAY 511A1t PAID. DONE AT ES. PRIOEt. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. .. 30 .... • • ........ 26% Amber., Notting., Heston, anti Eastern Juliet - con .. 2%.... ..... . . . . . 1 34 lllrminKhaiu and Oxford Junction 5 .... 13%th ........ 13% Divining., Wolver., and Dudley.. b 10%.......... 10% C aledunian 30 .... ........ 24 Eastern Count:es 20 . 181i';•••••••• Do. I'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 6/. 13s. 4d. p...... p Ditto, ditto.. .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. %p par .... ar Ditto, York Extension .. •. .... 4 1 4 East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 17 ••• • ......... Ditto New .. .. 7!4.... BIA ........ •. Ditto, tiltt* New Scrip 1 a .......... East Lincolnshire .. .. 4 .... 6 .. ••• ..... Edinburgh and Glasgow 51) .... 70 • • •• .. 70 Litto, Quarter Shares • • .. 12Y, .... 1754 17,4 Ely andlluntingdou .. 15 .... 15 •• .. 15 Great Northern 3N . 3 •... Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 .... 2434 25 24..., 24 Great North 01 England . ..100 .... 23 l% 23014,... 231 Ditto, New . .. 20 .... 58;i •• • • ...• Great Western .. 85 •• .. 114 115....,.,, 115 Ditto, Quarter Slimes 12R, .... 17% 17 ...... Ditto, New .. _414 7 . ..... and Selby .. •• •• ..103 — •• ....... 103 Ditto, Hall' Shares .. 25 .... 51 .......... 51 Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 50 .... 61% . 6l Leeds and Thirsk 22% .... Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. !. 3% .... 7.. • 4 I.olldoll au t Blackwall .. 151. 133. 4d. •....,,, Ditto, New, No. 1 b •......... London, Brighton, and S Coast • . 50 .. • • 5I N, . 51% Ditto, Consul. Eighths .. 10 .. • • 11 .......•.. 11% London 411 North-Western • .100 .• .- 173 172.• • ..... 172% Ditto, Quarters Dltto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 11% 14%...... 113{ Ditto, 40/. Shares M. &B. .. 40 .. • • 66 .......• 66% Ditto, 101. Shares M. &U. (B) 5 .... 101.4 .......... 104 Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 .... 6% London and tcouth•Western • • 41/. Gs. 10d... 63% ....... 63% Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. 50 .... 52% x, .• 52% 4% Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 .... 21 .•.. • 21% Lynn and Dereham .. • • 20 .... 21 .......... 21 lisuichester and Leeds.. .. •• 82 •• Ditto, Quarter Share:, .. .. 12 .... 15% :... ..... 15U Ditto, Sixteenths .. .. .. 6 , 4 .. •• ••••• • •• 7 Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. .. ..71. 45..... 1% 3ip•• •• 1% P M.lnchester, Buxton, k, Matlock 425..... par.... •••• •• 4 P Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1% 1•.•• .. .. 1 Cidiand .. .. .. .. .. ..100 ....112 113•• •• •• •• 113 Ditto, New ........ 2 .... 4 .• ...• .... 41 4 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 90 .. •• • • .... 00 Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 20 .... 25 24 3 4 25U .. Ditto, New .. .. .. .. . 5 .• •• 7 6 74 i 7 N• • • • 7% Norfolk .. .. .. .. .. —lOO •• .. •. • • ...... 13ZN Northern Counties Union • • •• 2% •• • • 1 % North British .. .. .. •.•• 25 • •• • • 31 % 32 • • •• •• 32 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. •. 12,4 .... 15 .. ....... 1514 Ditto, Thirds .. .. •- • • 1••.. .2 74 3.. ..... 3 Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .• .. ... ... 54 North Staffordshire .. •. •. 3 .... 7V 4 %... . . . . . 7% Preston and Wyre .. .. .. 25 .• .. 33% 30 4 .•• 34 Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. .. 8 1 ,4 .... .......... 11% Royston ant Ilitchin . • . .. 1%.... 134 .......... 1% Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3y, .... .......... 3•X Shropshire Union .. .. .. .• 425. 1: 2 3 i 115...—. 1.% dis South Eastern and Dovor .. •• 33;6.... .......... 35 1)o.. New (do. 33/. Gs.Bd.) No. 2. 12 .... 12% Do.. Ne w (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 5 ..•. 5 431 :: •• • • 12% South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and 4% 1 3/ West Riding Union • • • • .. 4/. 2s. • • %1 p P York and Newcastle .. .. 25 DUO, New.. .. .. 10 ...... 14 Ditto, l'reference .. 4 .... C;r, % . York :tad North Midland .......... Ditto, Extension .. 25 ~ 39 1 39 Ditto. Preferencc, • . 2 •••• 9 %•••••••••• 10% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon) .• • • • • 12 .... 14 14% Demerara .. ... 334 ki Dutch Rhenish .. • • • • 7 • • 4 ••••• • • • • • 4 East In . ss. .... se ........., Northern of France .• 8 .... 12N % .... • . 12)4 Paris and Rouen .. • • .. 20 .... 35 1 A 35 Paris and Strasbourg .. 5 .... Sambre and Meuse .. 12 .... G3y.. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Union of London .. .. 10 .... 12% ........ Union of Austtalia -"" ....... MINI:S. Real del Monte. Unreaistered .. .... 3% ••• • • 12% 24% LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY). LONDON, APRIL 13.—Wind N.E. to E.N.E., fresh gales, and dull hazy weather. DEAL, APRIL I2.—Wind S.S.E. to S.W.—Arrd. Pre ciosa, Jacobsen, New Ycrk, and sailed for Rotterdam. Arrd. from the River, City of Poonah, Madras ; Som nauth, Bombay; Berbice, Berbice ; Margaret, Quebec ; Waterman, Quebec; Espadarte, Madeira ; Mary Houn sell, Rio Janeiro. DovErt, APRIL 12.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Grange, New Yolk. Off port, Adelhaide (Danish ship), Havannah for Hambui gh. Cow Es. APRIL 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Ann Smith, Hogg, Cuba. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 12.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W., light.—Arrd. Sophia, Alexander, Honduras ; Princess Royal, lluguid, New Orleans, sailed from the bar 13th ult.; Hindoo, Lawrence, ditto ; Ambassadress, Banner man, ditto; Pollock, M'lntyre, ditto; Margaret, Black, ditto; Yorkshire, Tripp, Mobile; Lady Milton, Hayes, ditto; Speed, Grundell, Savannah, sailed 15th ult.; Col chester, Withers, Charleston, sailed 16th ult.; Roanoke, Kelly, Baltimore ; Logan, Trent, New York ; Fidelia, Haekstaff, ditto, sailed 16 , 11 ult. Ski. Ann New York; Lc)! d Sandon, New Orleans. Mem.—The George, for Qty•bec; London, for Staten Island ; anti Omega, for Boston, did not sail yesti rday, Re reported. Suc ), APRIL W.—Arrd. American Bill, Beatty, New York; Adna, Sherman, ditto. 81d. Inventor, Philadelphia; Dromaheir, New Yin k. ABERDEEN, APRIL 10.—Wind N.W.—Sid. S:T Wil liam Wallace, Quebec. DuNDLE, A PRIL 10.—Wind N. to W., strong gale.— Arrd. Euphrates, Valparaiso. Put back, Ariel, Ritchie, for Montreal. SUNDERDAND, APRIL 11.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Gem, Quebec. LOUGH SWILLY, APRIL 9.—Arrd. R. H. Douglas, Norville, Baltimore, for Sligo. HULL, APRIL 12.—WiLd W.N.W.—SId. Fergus, Quebec; Llan, Rummy, ditto. WrirrErtAvErr, APRIL 1 o. Wind SAV.—Sld.Richard son, Quebec. LEITH, APRIL 10.—The Sarah schooner, of Yar mouth, was abandoned off the Humber on the Bth inst., and yesterday seen off Bridlington; crew saved by the Royal William steamer, arrived here. NOTICE TO M ARINERS—BUOYS ADRIFT. Llnoansrians, APaIL 10.—The East Tongue buoy on Margate Sand, an I the Border buoy, on the Gulls, have broken adrift and bepn taken into Ramsgate. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor resumed his sittings to-day, after tho Easter recess. His Lordship sat in his Court at Westminster, and, after disposing of several luna#,:c petitions in his p :per, proceeded to hear appeals. APPERLEY P. PAGE. This case came before his Lordship upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce over calit,g a demurrer put in by the defendants to the bill tiled by the p!aintiffs on behalf of themselves and others, shareholders in the Midland and Easter Counties Rail way Company, cgainet the defendants, directors of the sail company. The bill stated that in July, 1845, this line was projected from the Northern and Eastern Coun ties Railway, at Cambridge to Worcester. That the capital was to ba 1.500,0001., in 60,000 shares, at 251. a share, on each of which the deposit was 21. 12s. 6d. The plaintiffs paid their deposits, but they alleged that they did so upon the faith that the whole of the shares would be duly and properly allocated, but that they subse quently learned the fact to be, that only 35,000 shares were allocated, and that of these 17,840 were not ac cepted. The total, deposits paid amounted to 47,6701. At the date of the Parliamentary contract, the 29th of October, 1845, the directors well knew that the project had failed, and become impracticable by reason of the insufficient allotment of shares, and they incurred the expense of surveys and other charges, although having failed to raise the required capital, they were unable to apply to Parliament for an Act for the projected line. The defendants, however, applied last session for an Act for a small portion of the line, extending thirty-eight miles, from Cambridge to Weedon. The Bill passed the House of Commons, but was rejected in the House of Lords, and it has been since finally abandoned. Pursu ant to the standing orders, 39,0001. was lodged with the Aecoan:ant• General by the defendants, on account of the Cambridge and Weedon line, which sum consisted of the deposits paid for the line to Worcester. The defendants obtained an order for the payment out of Court of the 39,0001. to discharge liabilities, but the money had not yet been paid out. The bill prayed, that as the objects and purposes for which the company was proposed, had failed, through the neglect and mismanagement of the defendants, they might be declared not entitled to •leduct expenses under the circumstances stated, and that an account might be taken of all proper expenses, and that the plaintiffs might be declared liable to said expenses iu the proportion which the number of shares held by them have to the 6,000 shares originally pro posed ; and that after the payment of such expenses there should be a distribution of the deposits. On the part of the defendants it was contended that as the bill suhrtuntially pra)ed for a dissolution of partnership, there was a want of parties, the majority of the share holders not having been made parties to the suit. On the case coming before the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, his Honour ordered the demurrer to be overruled, and from that decision the present appeal was brought. The arguments occupied his Lordship the whole morning. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Lordship sat to-day at Westminster, and was occupied in hearing cases which were of no gentral in terest. VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England resumed his sittings to-day in his Court at Westminster. WALL V. WALL-JUDGMENT. His lloNourt gave judgment to day in this case, which was argued before him some time since on fur ther directions. By a settlement, dated in 1802, the Baroness de Thorin became entitled to a reversionary interest in a fund of 14,0001., contingent on the death of her lather and -mother, of whom the former was now deceased. 1' he lady had intermarried in 183 t with the Baron de herin, who. by the marriage, acquired an interest in the same fund contingent upon the event of his surviving his wife. By the will of William Wall, en opulent banker, in Worcester, which took effect in 1842, a sum of 18,0001. was bequeathed to the Baroness do 'Morin, conditionally that she should relinquish the benefit received by the settlement of 1802, and a re ference was in consequence directed to the Master to inquire whether it was for the benefit of the wife that she should accept the provision under the will in lieu of that made by the settlement; but on the Master reporting in favour of the bequest under the will, a difficulty arose by the husband refusing to surrender his contingent interest in the settlement of 1802, so as to sanction the wife's election. Application was, there t'ore, made to the Court for the purpose of having determined whether the wife's election could stand independently of the concurrence of the husband. A second question arose under the same will. The tes tator gale to his widow . an annuity of 1,8001., issuing out of certain real estates, vested in trustees, and the words employed in the devise were, that " she should have a yearly sum of 1,800/., clear of all taxes and de ductions whatsoever." The Income and Property- Tax Act, schedule A No. 4, sec. 10, directed that the trustees in whom land is vested, charged with the payment of annuities, should deduct at the rate of 7d. in the pound on such annuities. The doubt was whether the widow was to take the 1,8001. unbroken, or less by the income tax. The Court was clearly of opinion on the second question that the income tax ought to be paid by the widew, but with respect to the question of election, his Honour thought that the record, as at present framed, did not give the Court jurisdiction to decide that. his Honour thought the best course would be to set apart the sure of 18,000/. until the Court was in a condition properly to decide the question. EVANS V. RUNTER.-JUDGMENT. His HoNoun. also gave judgment in this case, dis missing the bill with costs, except so far as it prayed relief with respect to giving certain certificates, and as to that the Court granted the prayer of the Bill. MoSELEY V. ALST,N.—THE OXFORD AND BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION RAILWAY The further arguments in this part-heard motion oc cupied his Honour the remainder of the morning. (Before Sir J. WICRAM.) MALCOM V. SCOTT. _ This cause, the particulars of which have already appeared in this journal, was in the paper for judgment to-day, but his Honour, after going at great length through all the facts, directed a further inquiry. HUMBLE V. SUCRE. We have already given the facts of this case, which turns upon the construction of a will. His lloNoua to-day gave it as his opinion that the terms of the will should betaken literally ; but stated that ho would go further into the authorities that had bern cited. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Mr. Philip flay, the son of Major-General Hay, was placed before Mr. Jardine, charged with obtaining money under false pretences, by means of a cheque drawn by him upon his father, it was alleged, without authority. Mr. Gardiner, the proprietor of the Golden Cross, Charing-cross, said that on Christmas day, 1844, the pri.-oner rt.quested him to cash a 51. cheque for him. He said that in an emergency, the banks being all closed, he would be obliged to him if ho would advance him 21. on the spot and let litin have the remainder in a day or too. Ile at first liesitatel, but as the prisoner repre sented that his connections were highly respectable, and that he was the son of General hay, upon whom the cheque was drawn, he acted upon these representations of the prisoner, and advanced him 2/. The next day he received a note from the prisoner, calling his attention to the date of the cheque, and requesting that he would not present it until the 4th of January, when it would become due. He, therefore, did not present the cheque till that day, and he was then informed that it was a f• swindling tramaetwn altogether," and that several ie s:milar cheques had been presented and refused. left the cheque at the bankers, Messrs. Cox and Gree a n d he dis honoured for a few days, and he understood that it h been shown to C o l o n e l (now General) Hay, and it. The prisoner called his father, General Hay, to prove that he had given him, a general authority to draw cheques upon him for small amounts, and that if this one was refused it was by mistake. The General stated, ninst distinctly, that his son had authority to draw not only this checque, but many others, and that, had this been presented co him he would have paid it. He was surprised that Mr. Gardiner had not applied to him be tore taking the course he had adopted. Mr. JARDINE said this was a complete answer to the charge. The prisoner was liberated, but was followed out by the officer engag,Al in the case, who took him into cus tody again en a ::econd charge, to be preferred at an other Court. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Edward Parmehtunt, 14 years of age, an apprentice to Mr. Newman, boot and shoemaker, No. 35, G loster street, Hoxton, Old Town, was charged by Serjk ant James Godfrey, of the N division of police, with cutting and wounding his fellow apprentice, Alfred Fullum, aged 17, with intent t o d o hici some grievous bodily harm. Alfred Fullum, who appeared so weak as scarcely to be enabled to give his evidencE, stated, that about four o'clock yesterday afternoon he was called down stairs by his master. He was absent only a few minutes, and on his return he found the prisoner using his tools. Wit ness complained, and told the prisoner he deserved a good thrashing. The prisoner said, witness dare not touch him. Witness, however, smacked his face, and the prisoner instantly rushed at him with the knife pro duced, and cut him severely across the arm. A medical certificate having been put in, The prisoner denied the felonious part of the charge, sod said that it was purely accidental. The wound was occasioned by Lis putting up his hand, in which he held his knife, to ward off the blow aimed at him by Fullam. The Magistrate ordered that he should be again brought up previous to his committal, on the charge of feloniously cutting and wounding with intent, &c. CLERKENWELL.--(THIS DAY.) A gentlemanly-looking young man, who appeared to be in an almost dying state, was led to the bar by Wad din,:.,ton, the gaoler, and Mr. Wolff; his professional adviser, to answer a charge preferred against him by John Kelly, a shopman in the employment of Woolston holine, pawnbroker, of Leather-lane, Holborn, of having stolen a quantity of Orleans cloth and Irish linen. The prisoner, whose name was John Cooper, was taken into custody on last Wednesday, and placed in one of the cells at the station-house, and upon the officer on duty in the yard going round to the place where the pri soner was confined he observed him lying in an apparently lifeless state upon the floor, and upon closer examination it was found that ho had inflicted a fearful gash across his right arm. Mr. Taylor, the divisional surgeon, 0 , instantly sent for, and a f ter th e woun d had been dressed he was removed to the R o y a l F re e Hospital, the Gray's Inn road, where he remained until this morning, When Mr. Coombe, the presiding magistrate? P er : ceiving the weak and dejected state in which the prisoner e was, he most kindly ordered him to be taken int°,! t b private room and supplied with ev e ry attention wul t e t , his position required. By some ov e rsight, when prisoner was first locked up he was a llowed to reta in penknife by the officer on duty. The facts of the robbery as stated in ev idence peared to be, that the prisoner enter e d the shop of r; Woolstonholme, and off e red to pl e d ge a piece 01 flann r f While the shopman was looking at it. the prisoner wa; observed to take dowii two pieces of Orleans cloth en" I gy . Irish linen, which hung near the d oor a n d conceal t hel : under his coat. When taxed with the robbery he ti ; first denied it after having dropped the linen upon ground. When called upon 'or his defence, he made thre,n; ° : s four attempts to speak, and at l e n g th in s ad b voice, that he would say nothing at the p,-eent nu ne- j o He was fully committed to take his trial upon charge. A second charga was preferred against him of ha ll stolen a waistcoat, b u t ow i ng t o t h e wea k an d exhato , 0 state in which he appeared to b e , th e h ear ing of it 11 adjourned. SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY), , a • Ann Sheen was charged with b e i ng c oncerna" . plundering the house of Mr. Driver, No. 16, Nel i°- square, Blackfriars-road, of jewellery and clothes. bis It appeared that on Sunday l a st, M r . Driver an d l e wife being from home, l e ft it i n care o f th e two feew o servants. On their return the same n i g ht the bedr % drawers were found open, and th e i r con t en t s , cools° to . of jewellery and clothes, taken. Among the for °3 o / articles were a diamond ring and a gold chain. Oiler 's the servants was at home, but the oth e r (the priso nt ,L sister) had absconded. The evid e nc e i m plicating 0 prisoner was, that on Sunday she Wa3 se e n to leave "" i house carrying two bundles, which were traced 0 4 house in the Lower Marsh, the landlady of which pro ve c that the prisoner left them on Sunday night, saying th d belonged to her sister. She bundles wer e produced , consisted of a 'variety of expensive lady's dresses , n: all of which were identifi e d by th e comp l a i nan t as Pe property. die The prisoner admitted she got the clothing at complainant's house, and that her sister told her P;i o they were her own, a n d d es i re d h er t o l eave t h e m st ' ' place in the Marsh, Lambeth. Mr. Corririounm said he should remand the prisnn er until her sister was taken into custody, and then coronet them both for trial. MR. DOUGLASS and THE BRITIS H AND NORTH AMERICAN ROYAL AL`' -- COMPANY. TO TILE' EDITOR OF THE SIM ck Sia,—l regret to find that a letter signed "Frewa y Douglass" has been publish e d, i n w hi c h m y ra 1113 2 - mixed up in a manner t h at appears to me to b e very of o os traordinary and unjustifi a bl e . H av i ng been abseel . ,'• o r Liverpool for a wee k on b us i ness, I had not an "; I 1 0 opportunity of noticing this, which I shall nor ue briefly as possible. r e t The first . time Mr. Fred er i c k D oug l ass sa w of het with me was not, as h e states, before, but after ee'" agreed with my people to arrangements and aee°Ptoll dation for his passage on board the Cambria, wit.l3. l "; f p he expressed no dissatisfaction to me, but the coe t. tf IDe Mr. Douglass had no conversation whatever with except in the presence of three or four other indivi,•,.. and the whole point of my remarks amounted to .i t it i l i that he (Mr. Douglass) when coming from the u r o ist States some months ago in the same vessel, the Cei n f t he as a steerage passenger, was invited by some ()* u se, cab il passengers to enter the saloon, and was the ef li , of whether intentionaay or unintentionally on his Pl O O producing, by the ebservations h e m a d e us e of, s i. „w' r i t y disturbance on board, which required the set' s ee of the captain to quell, in order to - restore P e to ld and safety. Under these circumstances I ; o p Mr. Douglass, ti.at h a d h e not en tered , ' O4 l, the arrangements which h a d b een cotePe I should undoubtedly have considered it my dut.Y i t f f iget quire of him, bef o r e a ll ow i ng hi m t o em b ar k, a uw . t he pledge that he would neither of himself, nor a l ., to desire of others, f o .l ow suc h a course a s w as likg ' h od lead to a repetition of such scenes of confusion 1 0 0 0 formerly occurred. I added that, from the conve r°ll o ll that had just taken place between u s , it w as unneee s I,isliould act or say mere upon the subject. I n w i . re lisd, told him that 1 should' have taken the same course of his name been John Jones, or anything else, instead Frederick Douglass, or had he been the whitest na'"" the world. These were my words. 0 00 All I find fault with is, that Mr. Frederick M? ,„ c e has withheld the entire conversation which took P 74, between us, and by suppressing the most material F' and giving a spurious version has misled the public. I admit, to the fullest extent, my accountability what was actually done, or actually said, to Mr. Dougi_n" . ., by my people ; but, he hiving so commenced by presenting the conversation I myself had with hie/. shall not discuss, through the press, either now or ad' his al egations as to what took place with others.-4 Sir, your most obedient servant, CHAS. MAC IVO" " British and North American Royal Mail Company, Liverpool, April 12, 1847. e ff THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. 111 Sin,—My accidental absence from town for 11.cu'Z i ge of days has occasioned my seeing at the same time li c it journal of the 7th ai.d Bth in -4., the former of vf ~„f contains a letter from Mr. P. Douglass, and the hltVis s..ine observations of your own on the subject of Corn int:Lie:it ion. st afi You are pleased to si eak " of your intense disg u . o 6 the conduct of the agents of the Cambria;" expres s. in ley ()Leiden, equally unmerited and strong. • t he Allow me, as oae of the principal proprietors 1 " s he Cunard Comp an y, arid as the person responsible 'f" n r dire ctions given t o its su b or di nate agents i n this CO" - to place the matter fairly before your readers. ey 0 So far as we ours e l ves are concerne d , it is r e tell matter of perfect i n diff erence w h et h er t h e: Pesseqr °1 : conveyed by our v esse l s are bl ac k , w hi te , or ",; ie o ll coloured. N on o l et nunimus ; the fare of one wa n t - die good as that o f anot h er. B ut if t h ere ex i sts , 119 •010 finely affirm that there does, an absolute and h 1 ;" ° 0 0 ; disgust on the p ar t o f a great majority of wit e a elea and particul ar ly o f w hi te women, not l ess in Df,: . „00 - than in America, t o come -i nto c l ose contact w ith mores, are we the proper parties to be blamed for re r aversion and loathing? Can it be expected by 1 1, 1 4 sonable being that the proprietors of a mere " 1 / 7v ,""b1 16 trade shall utterly annihilate, not their profits enfe l e: their very business, by opposing the feelings or ti",". 00 of cies, whatever they may be, of a very great propnrl o of their customers? It is no longer back than the November last th a t 43 fi rst c l ass b erths havin*l7i t he gaged on board thi s very vesse l , i t so happened td 44th and 45th were t a k en by a bl ac k gen tl e man """ 0 0e* wife, also a black wom an . O n thi s c i rcum stance h ec jaa ing known only thr e e day s b e f ore th e s hip sailed, ° too w the London agents, who w e r e w ith ou t specific i O5 lot tions on the matter,- having refused to cancel the Vg ° e re issued tickets, no less than 29 out of 43 berths di thrown up, and the company sustained a loss exne, e ,,,, I 1,1001. Of the parties thus throwing up took the trouble to ascertain that 10 only were Alne rl 6 10 and the remaining 19 English. Are we, I repeat it, 4 7 blame for refusing to renew the costly e xperial"., o , When the sight and smell of the majority of your e° 14 . 10 trymen are so much altered as that their eyes can rag be upon the colour, and their noses agreeably imbibe " e. odour of a negro, we shall gladly welcome the child. Until then we are compelled by our own interests as e , commercial company to place upon the issue of tickets t° such restrictions and condition* as were speelP tally stated to Mr. Douglass. Of Mr. Douglass's letter I do not wish to say a wa il their berpc in disparagement. He has stated the matter plaitai simply, and without exaggeration ; though he ought o must add, not to have omitted mentioni ng th a t the W, was originally issued by a mere lad in the a bsence of 1" , ,, senior clerk, and that the instant the circumstance lief discovered he was pressed to rece i ve back the m ou o r which had been:thus improperly:taken.—l am, Sir, faithful servant, CHARLES M. BURROP, (Of Asgill, Virginia, United States), 0, Head Manager of the Cunard Company of ape Maidenhead, Berkshire, April 8. MR. COBDEN IN ITALY. --The OSSerVacOre wit.; lino joit received a ll u d es to the flattering r ecept i on go f Naples, h M Cobden has een honouted by 11- 4 , 1 : 0 r and makes mention in general terms of diulity and goo d- w ill displayed towards our f r e t oil countryman by th e ran k and intelligence of the 1. Peuirhula. On Easter-e ve , at Newto BIRTHS f the Wife Bushel, Devon, the . e , Rev. R. S. Hutchings, Curate of Kingsteignton, of* eon' On the 7th i n st., a t E nsemere -hill , Ull swater , the J. C. Bristow, Esq., of a son. fi abte r o i On the Bth inst., at Holb eac h, Mrs. E. Key, of a da---01, On the 9th inst., at Inverness-road, Bayswater, the W Sidney Vardon, Esq., et a son. n arlh On the 9th inst., at Hanover-villas, Kensingto n -r Mrs. M. Hall, of a son. ~pe, On the 10th inst., in Curzon-street, the wife ofJ. A. Pw Esq., of a still-born child. of IV* j. On the 10th inst., at Ru sse ll- square , th e l a dy Whyte, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. f On the Bth inst., at Tho r p e , Notts, Theodore Mai deo n ob of King's Heath, Worcestershire, to Louisa Joyne , „k Ar pe. daughter of the Rev. Charles Townsend, Rector of l's 04 8 On the 10th inst., at St. Pancras New Church , c' e f ° ool How rd, of Greenwich, to Susannah, second daughter 0 late 'Henry James Stevens, Esq., of Dalston. DIED. 01 On the 22d ult., at Rome, Lieutenant-General Sir D d ifte Little Gilmour, K.C.8., Colonel of the 2d Battalion of Brigade. , late of On the Ist :- . __ on _ Ist inst., at Paris, Miss Katharine Welling* Upper Clapton. it pf On the 4th ; lnd sue 4th inst., at Maidenhead, Edmund, seta the late Richard Goolden, Esq. %vigil ° On the 7th inst., at Cheltenham, Commander — 1 Cotesworth, R.N., of ebber House, von. ), wife of On the 7th inst., at S W hipston y -on-Stour D , e Amelia, t—e Commander Henry Story, R.N. a 7 4 . On the 7th inst., at St am f or d-hill, J. Tyrie, Esq., ag e sr( of On the Bth inst., at Bromley, Kent, Charlotte, wi tiotv the Rev. Alfred Sanderson, late Vicar of Aston Blanc, cestershire. Ou the 9th inst., at Beddington, Charles Francis, tl.O L 13611.1 son of Joseph Laurence, Esq. PO ° On the 9th inst., in North Audley-street, Mr. He On bard the 10 inst., at Upper To u ti ng , S u r r ey,Sarally ter of John Melhuish, Esq. if o. t London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUliat a 2 . ... % KW Strand, Printer, at The Sun °M ee , No . 112, Strand, In th e fL a i A of the Savoy, in the County o f Middlesex, Tuesdals Ar .- 1547'. RAILWAY SHAILES BY PUBLIC SALE, NIESSI-IS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY JIL SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends uad the Public for their continued support and patrouage, and to anno:mce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., Lake place every Ttitsnar and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the stall of Ccrnmerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are resi:ectfully equestc 1 to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day ,revlous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds home 4iately disposed of according to instrtictions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THE WEATHER.—SUN 07FICE, APRIL 13. THERMOSISTER, Lowest, 40 ; Highest, 58 ; Noon, 46. BARcatzTER, 29.92.—W1ND, N.N.E.; fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRLDGE THIS DAY. Horning minutes after —. I Evening .. 20 sainntes alter 12. .• !. #: • ‘ l4 '' ' . • s il,4=r, • 5 a • 4, • ROIT ..;4r '-: tiling ..„-int. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1847. The House of Commons was last night engaged in making due provision for the service of the country, whether by land or sea. It is the especial duty of the representatives of the people, who are to provide the large expenditure necessary to maintain the exalted position which Great Britain has attained in the scale of nations, to examine with the most searching scrutiny every estimate brought forward, so that, on the one hand, no useless expense may be incurred, and, on the other, our naval and military establishments may be preserved in full efficiency, and full justice rendered to those who are now actively engaged in the service of their country, and to those who have devoted the best years of their life to that service, and now look for the means of erjoy ing that tranquillity and comfort in their declining years which their past exertions have entitled them to receive at the hands of a grateful nation. All ex travagance is to be avoided, so that our burdens may not be increased without good and sufficient cause, %chile undue parsimony should equally be eschewed. The control and direction of those important por tions of the state machine, properly belongs to the Executive Government. Any undue interference would be productive of the most injurious results. But there is a constitutional mode by which the people, through their chosen representatives, are en titled to offer their suggestions as to any ameliora tions that may be required in either branch, and to curtail their proportions, if a more extensive amount is demanded than may appear to be necessary for the exigencies of the empire, and a just regard for its honour and dignity. The Executive may move as it thinks proper the bodies placed at its disposal. It may direct the place where, and the manner in which, they shall act, but the sinews of war remain in the hands of the people, and no course of aggression, nothing, in fact, of any description can long be carried on without their approbation being first had and obtained. The just and proper balance is thus maintained, and the best guarantee and security given for the continuance of our rights and liberties. It is now fully understood that the most certain way of main taining peace and avoiding war is, to be in a constant state of preparation for any contingency—to be "Ready, aye ready for the field ;" that; it is not consistent with true economy to spare any outlay that may be required to keep our naval or military forces in full efficiency. No desire could, therefore, be entertained in any quarter, to reduce our establishments below the proper standard, but the time of going into supply on the estimates is the fitting period for directing the attention of the Government to any abases or defects in the system, and offering any suggestions for improvements and ameliorations. The present Ministry have most honourably dis tinguished themselves by the alterations they have already introduced ; they have manifested their anxious desire to improve the condition, to elevate the characters, and increase the comforts of our military brethren. They are devoting the closest attention to many abuses and grievances, and we doubt not that many of the most objectionable will by degrees be re moved and a better state of things substituted. The required reforms cannot be brought into operation at a moment's notice. It is a subject that requires to be treated with a very delicate hand. The most glaring abuses should first be suppressed—the grievances mitigated. Those relating to the "of polloi," " the base of the pyramid," those by which the great body of the soldiers are affected, demand the speediest attention. The claims of any rank or class should not be neglected or slighted. The more helpless the parties affected, the less the power they may have of bringing forward their complaints, the more readily should they be attended to, when an advocate comes forward on their behalf. Everything that frets and teases the soldier should be banished, if not essential to the preservation of dis cipline. Many things, in themselves of trivial con sequence, are suffered to continue, that are calculated to make the soldiers uncomfortable, and thus eventu ally to produce crime. Sir CHARLES NAPIER has well said, that "small worries will so irritate an impatient and daring, but unstable spirit, as to goad the man into deeds that otherwise would never have been contemplated. Men give way to drinking as a resource against such harassing annoyanc , A. To mane soldiers comfortable and happy is among the best means of rendering de linquency rare and punishment effectual." These are truths that cannot be lost sight of. The removal of all well-grounded causes of complaint on the part of the private .soldier is the first step to be taken. Sir DE LACY EVANS last night brought forward no less than eleven topics, several of which related to the. condition of the private soldier, and demand im- mediate attention ; the improvement of the barrack accommodation (especially with regard to the sleep ing rooms) and the more suitable and decent quar tering of the married non-commissioned officers and privates is peculiarly urgent. It is impossible to sup pose that the condition of the soldiers can be ele- vated until we teach them to respect themselves, and to observe the decencies of life, which cannot be regarded so long as men and women are huddled together in the limited accommodation now afforded The regulations also respecting ration stoppages should be strictly investigated. The soldier should not :for a moment be suffered to think that he is deprived of that which is his right, which is pro vided for him by his country in return for his ser vices, under any pretext whatsoever. " The world moves, as was said by GALILEO, but it moves in a circle." Upon that beautiful and once hypothetical rotation, the Westminster Review professest itself a sceptic as regards the physical, but to Write hitn .17 , a gu r is u . z e belie ver as regards the moral sciences. Ex -1 credulity I DOGBERRY sig hed for the sexton p n o an t ythin g but a sage. Surely the view, must sigh too for t he author of the in the Westminster Re eolsexton I We could have the heart to be thehissexvt ERG % hi s 7-1 ges its the Boultacnio to ....OGBERRY, or minster Review not only 8. kßut the West faith in the alternate progreasesionuwled retro gression of society in the moral o f a n n y and decided sci e nces, and consequently in the impossibility ad vancement in that noblest o f philosophies, but it condescends to explain its theoretical f ancy by an illustration. According to it the world careers onwards and onwards towards the heaven of knowledge in its pursuit of the truths of chemistry, and astronomy, and geology, and me chanics, and navigation ; but in its endeavour to attain something of an affinity to moral perfection, the world, according to the Westminster Review, is 4s t -9E-1 1 14, 111 • att 1 ~ 14,