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• W WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " WILD SPORTS OF THE WEsT," &c. Vow ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., with Illustration' on Steel and Wood, by Leech kind'. as. , w, 210., bound. FILL -SIDE and BultDEkt SKETCHES • with LEGENDS of the C HEVIOTS and the LAMMER 2 By W. H. MAXWELL, Ext. Anthor of " Wild Sports of the West," " Stories if Waterloo," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, The Nobility. Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, tirs reepeolitsily informed, that the THEATRE WILL RE-OPEN On SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1847, Wien will be performed Donizetti's Opera, L'EtISIR D'A3IORE. Adtna, Madame Castellan ; Nemorino, Signor Gardonl ; Belcore, Signor F. Lablache ; and Dr. Dulcomam, Signer Lablache (his first 'appearance this season). Between the Aots of the Opera will be presented (for the first time tkli season) the 'Amend Divertisement, entitled LE BACCHANTE, by Mille. Lucile Grannj (her Snit appearance this season), Mdllee. fjarrapiXollll.lll, M. Der, and Corps do Ealet. To conclude with the new successibi Ballet, in Two Tableaux, by f. Pat/ Tsglioni, the music by Signor Fugni, entitled TELL; OU, LA FEE AUX FLEERS. principal eharactets by ildße. C. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, Paul t ,Taglloni, Ste. In the course of the Ballet will be introduced the following dances : Le Moreska, Mdlls. C. Rosati. L'lndifference, Mdlle. Rosati and N. P. Taglloni. Solo of Le Fee aux Fleure, Mdlle Marie Taglioni. IA Bouquet, Mdlle. Rosati. An Opera is in rehearsal for the first appearance of Mdlle. fenny XIII on her arrival in England. On Saturday, April 17th , w i ll be produced (for the first time in age eenntrY) Verdi's Opera " I Due Foecari." Tordl's Opera " Ernani " will be repeated forthwith. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ell• So Nifty, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully in- Owed, that there will be an EXTRA NIGHT On THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1847. WIWI "labs performed (first time this season) Bellinre celebrated (Yen T PI7IIITANI. Principal Characters; —Elvira, Madams Castellan ; Giorgio, Signor lablache ; Artnra, Signor Gardoni ; and Riccardo, Signor Coletti. With 'carious Entertainments in the Ballet Department, in which 3(dlle. Lucile Grahn, Mdlle. Marie Tagltoni, and Mdlle. Rosati, will appear. THEATRE TOTAL DRURY-LANE, THIS EVENING Will be performed Balfe'sCranTiojiiiSeria, entitled The DAUGH 'SEE OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Camaro, Mr. Borrani ; Moncenigo, Mr. Weiss ; Adolphe de Csurcy, Mr. W. Harrison ; Catarina Cornaro, Miss Rainforth. After which (fourth time) the New and Original Oriental Spec tacle, called THE DESERT; sr, The Imaun's Daughter. In which the Two Elephants, upwards of Sixty Horses, and the Camels will appear. 'the Imaun Useph, Mr. Howell ; Hafez, Mr. Rafter ; Barek, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Fuzel Oola, Mr. Harley ; Maleck, Mr. T. Mat thews; Ahabeek, Mr. Hutchison ; Kuzliraga, Mr. L. Lee ; Princess Ipomaye, Miss Messent ; Nllda, Miss Collett ; Girgee, Miss R. Isaacs THEATRE ROXAL, HAYMARKET. under the Management sit Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING be performed the Comedy of TH% CLANDEST INE MAR- X E. Lord Ogleby, Mr. Farren ; Lovewell, Mr. Holl ; Brush, Yr. Ni uckstone ; Mrs. Heidelberg, Mrs. Glover ; Fanny Sterling, Miss J. Bennett; Betty, Mrs. Humby ; Trusty, Miss Woulds. After which (fourth time) the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, ailed 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. Yarnold, Miss Carre, Miss Telbin, and Mrs. Buckingham ; Jane Roberts, Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. littler the directio EVENING n of Madame Celeste. THIS gill 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; Leybonme, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. To conclude with the Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE. entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; er, the Wills ftride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullen:ord, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, 5111 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 (for the fourth time In this country) Scribe and Luber's celebrated Comic Opera, in Three Acts, called THE EAR CAROLE. The principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Bodda, Leffler, and Allen ; Miss E. Homier and Miss Anne Romer. After which, Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Ryder, J. Vining, C. Fisher, Wynn, and Compton ; Miss Winstanley (her first appearance In London), Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. H. Hughes, Miss S. Fl,wer, Miss Anne Romer, Miss Marshall, and Miss Smithson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Crider the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING will be peribrmed a New Drama, ealled THE CREOLE. Characters by Miss F. Mathews. Messrs. Leigh, Murray, Emery Kinlech and Keeley, Miss lOickiasen, Miss May, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, fouLth time, a New Vaudeville Extravaganza, called CRUSOE THE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley; Miss Alcicenson, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan Turner, Kinloch, Miss Villars, and Miss Arden. FRENCH PLATS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. Senrth Appearnee of Mademoiselle ROSE CHERI, and First Appear ance of Mademoiselle DUVERGER. TO-MORROW EVENING the Performances will commence with title amusing Comedie-Vandevide, entitled L'IMAGE. Le Baron de Zerandal, M. Dumery ; Leopold, M. Rhozevil; Pierre Mauclerc, M. Pesten ; Madeline, Mdlle. Duverger. After which (that time in this country) a new Comedy, entitled UN ROMAN INTIME ; ou, Les Lettres Du Mari. Edouard Dus noun, 31. Rhozevil ; Albertine, Mdlle Rose Cheri. To be followed by the new Comedte-Vandeville, entitled LA PRO TEGEE, SANS LE SAVOIR. Helene,;t3ladlle. Rose Cheri. To conclude with the favourite Comedie-Vaudeville, entitled ° GENEVIEVE ; en, La Jalousie Paternelle. Cherambeurg, M. Ear tiithY ; Adrien, M. Pascal; Genevieve, Mdlle. Rose Cheri. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 34.; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. 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 ing, 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. Rotes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. Ah"PLUArC WeIYAL . 1.31 X 1122TX.r kTRE, iradey OK patronage of the Queen, Prince Royal Family. Proprietor and Manager. Mr. W. Batty. . . This Unique and Royal Equestrian National Temple of Arts will sontinue Its :powerfully attractive Entertainments every evening, at Seven o'clock ; presenting an unusual display of talent in all its varied branches of Equestrian, Gymnastic, and Dramatic productions ; com bining Mr. Batty's numerous stud of highly trained Horses and Fairy Ponies, with his magnificent Syrian Camels, Elephants, Wild Zebras, Deer and Oxen, tope brought into action in the new grand Easter Spectacle of Lord Byron's THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or, THE CORSAIR AND THE AVENGER'S STEED. With New Scenery, Marine Panorama, Decorations, and Gorgeous Appointments, on a scale of magnitude unequalled in this Amphi theatre. The Scenes in the Circle will present the unequalled performances of La Petite Isabella, Madame Durnos, Mons. Dumos, M, Leonard, Herr Henrique, and Laurents Wolff, first appearance of the great Engliep rider, Mr. Powell, and popular provincial Artiste of Equita tion, qtr. Bell. A splendid pageant, uniting the Artists of the Arena on their highly trained Steeds, led by Mrs. Batty. The Exercise as sisted by the re-appearance of the celebrated Hibernian clown, Mr. T. Barry, and Mr. Twist, the grotesque. For detail see full Pro framme. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Boa Office open from Eleven till Four. Box Book-keeper, Mr. Sheffield. Performance commences every evening at Seven o'clock, doors open at Half-past Six. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. tIIREE NEW PIECES, and the truly wonderful BEDOUIN ARABS, from the Theatre Port St. Martin, Paris, their First ..A.p vearanee in England. TIIIS EVENING The performances will commence with a new Drama, called THE DISCARDED DAUGHTER. Count Carsdorf, Mr. T. Fredericks ; Julia, ars. Ware. After which, a grand ORIENTAL FESTIVAL in the HALLS of ABD-EL-KADER (the Emir of the Desert), introducing the won derful and navel Feats peculiar to the Native Bedouin Arab Tribes, attended by their Marabouts (Priests), &c. in their national costume. After which, a new Farce, by Mrs. Stirling, entitled KISSING GOES BY FAVOUR. Duke de Bassompiere, Mr. Tindell ; Marchio ness de Lanny, Mrs. Ware. To conclude with a romantic Drama, named the TWO BROTHERS OF PISA. Count de Outien, Mr. _Neville ; Theodora Bemauati, Mrs. Henry Vining. _ Boles, 25., Pit, is. ! Gallery, Gd. Doors open at Six, emumence Sit Half -past Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. IQ EVENING (fourth time), THE FORGER'S VOW ; or, SIDI BA _A, the BEDOUIN CHIEF OF JARRA. Principal charac ters by Miss Vincent, Miss Lyder Pearse, M'ss Julia Johnson, Mrs. G. Lee, Mrs. Cooke ; Mr. N. T. Ricks, Mr. Dale, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Searle, Mr. Bird, &c. After Which, DONZELLA, THE HEROINE OF CASTILE. Don zella (commonly called the Rose of the Roek) Miss Vincent. To oonclude Veltk a Nautical Drama, in Three Acts, entitled, A REEFER'S WRONGS ; or, IRE WRECK OF THE AURORA. .pported by the entire company. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Private Boxes 07 Parties of Four, from 10s. 6d. ; and Parties of Eight, 11. ls. THE WEATTIEIt—Sus OFFICE, APRIL 8. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 45 ; Highest, 55 ; Noon, 55. BALROMiTER, 29 62.—WIND, W.; fine. - _ HIGH W ILTER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning •• 24 minutes after 6. 1 Evening .. 49 minutes after 6. not merely for the sake of the grantees, but for the I enAt; of the public generally, and that no pez our, has a right to deal with his property in an:: manner that may be injurious to the community at large or even to a single individual. If, then, these laws can be maintained without detriment or mis chief; if no public evils can be traced to their ope ration ; if they are founded on the principles of na tional justice, and conducive to that which is the foun dation of all correct legislation—the greatest good of the greatest number—they should be retained, but if otherwise, no time should be lost in their amendment. This is the simple question to be dealt with —to this the voice of public opinion is required to give an answer. There are constitutional modes of giving expression to that voice, which can not be slighted or despised. It may for a time be re sisted, but must ultimately prove victorious. Hitherto philanthropists have proclaimed the serious and demoralising effects of the game code to the peasantry of the country, they have pointed out that it holds a prominent position amongst the social evils that are suffered to exist, to the public detriment ; that by its means thousands of our fellow-citizens are taught habits of idleness, and made acquainted with crime ; the county gaols filled, and the rates greatly magni fied ; once happy families deprived of their natural guardians and protectors, and becoming the inmates of parish workhouses, and the recipients of parochial charity. But still the public generally have not been fully awakened to the great extent of the mischief. Inhabitants of cities and towns do not feel the pres sure of the grievance. The rural part of the commu nity are widely dispersed ; they are not in the habit of congregating together in masses, and giving expression to their feelings. The wound may rankle at their hearts ; their maledictions, though deep, may not be loud, and their apparent apathy is not ascribed to its true causes. _ Other matters, too, up to a recent period, ab sorbed the public attention. It was but within the last year that the doctrines of free trade were triumphant ; that monopoly was prostrated, and a tax that pressed on the national industry, and en hanced the price of the people's food, removed. No question of minor interest could be fully inves tigated while those of such paramount importance remained unsettled. Happily they have been dis posed of, and the public mind is no longer distracted in reference thereto. We may now look for other measures of reform, and what can be more urgent or pressing than that to which we have alluded ? The distress that has unhappily afflicted the sister king dom has occupied the earlier part of the session ; there remains, however, ample time for legisla tion. Let it not be supposed that the people are indifferent or supine ; their voices must be heard. The prison returns of the past year would alone speak trumpet-tongued as to the necessity of a sweeping alteration, a radical change. Many of the higher classes have not been inattentive to the signs of the times. They have, with a good grace, surrendered the strict preservation of their estates. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE has lately directed that a considerable quantity of hares on his property should be destroyed. We trust that many will be found to follow the example. Let them ask themselves what real benefit or gratifi cation they derive from the excess of game, to set against the immense mass of crime, vice, and misery, produced by these game-laws. If a conscientious answer is returned to the question, we are convinced that a majority of our gentry will cease to be game-preservers, and that a thorough and efficient reform will take place, to the benefit not only of the public generally, but also of the landowners them selves. Anything more ungenerous and disgustingly servile than the conduct evinced towards Mr. FREDERICK DOUGLASS (whose letter we published in our columns of yesterday), by the Liverpool agent for the steam-ship Cambria, which runs between this country and Boston, it were difficult to conceive. Four weeks before this ship sailed Mr. FREDERICK DOUGLASS, in company with a gentleman of the Hall of Commerce, London, called upon the London agent, and having inquired whether his being a man of colour would prove any barrier to his enjoying all the rights and privileges enjoyed by other passengers, and having been answered in the negative, paid 401. 195., the amount of the passage-money, and then received a ticket assigning him a particular berth in the Cambria. On repairing on board Mr. Douai,Ass learned to his surprise that his berth had been given to another, and was told that the London agent had acted without authority, and he was further informed, proh pudor! that he would not be allowed to proceed in the ship unless he gave up his berth, agreed to take his meals alone, and not mix with the saloon company. Desirous of returning to the United States, this gen tleman had to submit to these mortifying conditions, which however reflect no degradation upon the party on whom they were imposed, but have fixed an in delible stigma upon the company owning the Cambria. Such treatment is, indeed, an outrage upon British feeling and British philanthropy. Against such a scandalous proceeding Mr. F. DouGasss, on the eve of his departure, wrote a pro test which, to quote his own appropriate language, "he felt to be due to his own rights as a man, as well as to the honour and dignity of the British public." In having taken this step Mr. DOUGLASS has faithfully anticipated the judgment which every high-minded Englishman will pass upon the dis graceful conduct he has experienced. We do not envy the feelings which ought to actuate the minds of the American on reading the concludiz ig paragraph of Mr. DOUGLASS'S letter :—" I have travelled in this country nineteen months, and have always enjoyed Equal rights with other passengers, and it was not until I turned my face towards A.merica that I met with anything like proscription on account of my colour." The more we reflect upon this matter the worse it appears. The assertion that the .London agent acted without authority is a trumpt3d-up excuse. How happened it that Mr. DOUGLASS wa s not informed of the objection to the contract he ha l entered into till the last moment ? A month had el apsed since he had taken his berth, and he had ma dr..t a particular inquiry before he paid his passage- u coney. From the singular nature of this inquiry-., even if the London agent had no doubt as to his. ;authority, it is not improbable that he had, in the interim, acquainted either the directors in London (if any), or the Liverpool age nt, with the question which Mr. DOUGLASS .12; id put and the answer he had received. If this vv as so, and the arrangement made was viewed as objectil.‘mable and un authorised, Mr. DOUGLASS ought to ha v e been warned of the fact at the earliest moment. As the matter now stands before the public, who cte a say but that the other passengers intimated to the rcompany their repugnance to the manner in which t h ey had agreed to accommodate Mr. DOUGLASS in the. Cambria, and that then, and not before she was on the eve of leaving the harbour, regardful only cd . their pockets, and shamefully regardless of the constitutional laws of freedom, for which England h ai ; so long been proudly renowned, the company deter. u tined to sacri fice Mr. DOUGLASS to the vilest prejut L ices that can warp the human mind ? But whetheir this was the real state of the case, or not, it is grim - ous to con sider the miserable and dishonourable e:sl tent to which a company, partly formed of Englisluziet en, have con descended to pander to the tyrannical cic nceits of the upholders of slavery. America may boast of her freedom, but so long as her pracru :e belies her vaunted principles of equality, the son s of genuine freedom will laugh her to scorn. For ourselves, we should heartily rejoice if the Governm .e. nt were in a condition, without a breach of contra cl , to mark its sense of the insult which has been offered to the British nation, in the person of Mr. -DOUGLASS, by withdrawing the allowance which the y make to the company for the conveyance of the ma i is. AV We learn from Konigsberg (Prussia ) that all the Russian students of that University, about 150 in number, have been ordered to return t n their country immediately. It is said that the Emp et or NicuoLas intends to forbid all his subjects to re, ive their edu cation in foreign universities. It is stated in a Berlin letter that I .A. DE Hum nonnT has been charged by the KIN 1.3 3, to convey to London the magnificent shield which his MAJESTY has cawed to be executed for his ro y al godson, the Prince of WALES. The Madrid mail cf ti .e lit had not arrived in Paris when the post left on Tuesday. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. The Prr,cc returns to the rec?nt chnnge in the p:tnish Ministry, ;1:1(1 article of the " 1. -fling to wound and yet afraid to strike school," expresses its surprise at the reception which the Pacheco Ministry has met with from the Madrid press, and considers the " benignity of polemics" which all the journals have exhibited on the occasion as even more strange than the manner in which the new Ministry came into power. We think we can enlighten the Presse on this subject. The Pacheco Ministry is a Spanish Ministry, chosen by the Queen of SPAIN of her own free will to serve Spanish interests alone, It is what no other Ministry since 1843 has been—a national Ministry. Since 1843 until the present moment, every Ministry in Spain has been really nominated by the Neapolitan agent of France, CHRISTINA, for the all but avowed purpose of sacrificing the interests of Spain to those of France. Hence the general joy with which the appointment of a national Ministry is hailed. Here we take note of another admission, made by the organ of Queen CHRISTINA : " The Progressists, satisfied that the Puritans were preparing the way before them, have too much tact to continue against that party the war which they have waged against every Ministry since 1843. Making all necessary reservations for saving appearances, they will vote with them on all important occasions, as they have heretofore done with M. Salamanca. They expect to reap very shortly the fruits of their tactics. They have, it appears, already gained M. Olozaga, and want only Espartero and the National Guard. They see that they will gain all this by a dissolution of the Congress, for which they are striving." If a dissolution of the Congress would give a Pro gressist majority, it is evident that the present Con gress does not represent the Spanish people ; and having been elected only a few months, it is also evident that but for the unconstitutional and illegal coercion exercised by the Afrancesado Ministry of IsTintrrz, under the inspiration of the French Government, the Progressists would have , bad a majority in the present Congress. It is pleasant to find the Presse every now and then in its agony thus blurting out a truth. Queen CHRISTINA is in the greatest consternation— " She wanted," says La Patrie, " to return forthwith to Madrid, and it has required the most earnest entrea ties to prevent her doing so. She bitterly regrets having left Madrid, and not submitted to the sorrows she had to endure there. She considers the intrigue which has subverted the Casa Irujo Cabinet as but the prelimi nary scene to a drama which she awaits with terror. The recal of Olozags and Espartero would give her mortal pain." It would appear from the following article in the Presse, that France is likely to be embroiled with the Brazils on account of the seizure by French cruisers of certain Brazilian slavers : " Since the month of March, 1846, during which the convention of 29th May, 1845, has been in full execu tion, a considerable number of Brazilian vessels, destined probably for the slave-trade, have been seized and pro secuted for piracy, in virtue of the dispositions of the law of 10th April, 1825. Among them were a Brazilian schooner seized on 17th April on the coast of Congo, and brought into Brest on the 25th June; another schooner of the same nation, seized the 223 May in the Gulf of Benin, and arrived at Brest the 6th August ; a three-masted Brazilian vessel, captured the 20th at 150 leagues from Gabon, and brought into Brest the 15th August ; a Brazilian brig-schooner, seized the 18th at Congo, and arrived at Brest the 17th Decem ber ; together with several other vessels, Sardinian or Brazilian, proceeded against before the Maritime Tri bunal of Brest. All these vessels were laden with nvgroes, who were disembarked at Goree, and placed at the disposal of the local authorities. If France were invested with the right of applying her own repre s sive laws to foreign vessels, without doubt the seizure would be valid, and the slave-ships ought to be con demned. The offence of being engaged in the slave trade would in their case be incontestable ; but France has not the right to prosecute and judge them on that account—that right belongs only to their national jurisdictions. The Government of Brazil has, there fore, strongly protested against the seizures made, and the prosecutions undertaken against its subjects, in violation of the right of nations and of its own cove reignty. It never ceases complaining, and the fact becomes evident that if justice be not dons in the case grave misunderstandings will arise between the two Governments. We hesitate not to say that the demands of Brazil are well founded. The vessels have been seized in despite of the most evident right. The slave trade, criminal as it is in the eyes of humanity, is not a crime in the face of international law, and its repres sion belongs only to interior jurisdictions. Odious though the slave-trade be, we have not the right to assimilate it to piracy, and we cannot do it without wounding the nationality and menacing the security of all navies." Bank Stock .. __ .. .. .. .. 2OO 198 ex div Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 86% % ea div Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • • • • $ 7 % 1, 636 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 877 %Y. ex div Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 8 15-16 9ex div Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 8 13-16 ex dlv South Sea Stock .. .. .. .. 96% Bank Stock for Apt il 14 .. .. .. l9B Consols for Account .. • • • • • • • • 17 % % % Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip.. .. • • 13 din Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. 1,0001. .. .. .. .... I die 1 p 500/. .. .. .. .... 1 dis 1 p Ditto. Small .. .. ~.. IMs 1 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent .. .. 86% 17 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. -• • • Ditto, for the Account .. .. 24% Ditto, Three per Cent ...... Ditto, for the Account • • • • 35 % Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 58% 4 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 90% % BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham, Wolver., and Dudley • • i .. 10%.... to Bristol and Exeter • • • • • • •. 76 ..., 74 .... to ~ .. .. .. .. 17 — .. • • t• Caledonian • • • • • • • • • • •• 30 •• •• ••.. t o Ditto, Half Shares .• • • • • •. 2% 2% .... to Dublin and Belfast Junction .. .• 12% 2% .... to Eastern Counties ..........20 lB% %.. to Do., Perpetual, 5 per Ct. No. 1 , 61. 13s. 4d % p.. t o Ditto, York Extension .. .• • • 6% ...• 4% %•• t o East Lancashire N ca ew shir . e . ..• .. .. .. .. 7% .... t. _ Great Northern • • • • • • • • .. 3% 3%; % .. t o _ Ditto, London and York Extension.. 2% 2%.... to Great Western • • • • • • ••- .. 85 • • ll5 ...• to Ditto. Half Shares • • .. • . 50 Ditto. Fifths • • • • • • • • •• 20 •• •• 27 .... to Ditto. New • • • • • • • • • • • • 4 % .. •• 7%.... to d Newc. Junct. 2% Huddersfield and Manchester .. • • 16 Leeds and Thirsk • • • • • • • • • • 22% .. „ ..._ ..., t , _ Liverpool, Di t t Ditto, , New • • • • • • .. 10 • • to London and Blackwell • • 161. 13s. 4d. ..., _ .... to Ditto, New, No. 2 • • • • 11. 13s. 4d. , % p.. to _ _ Ditto, Extension • • • • • • .. 7% 4%.... to 5 London, Brighton, and South Coast • • 50 London and North-Western .. • • 100 .. 175% 175 to 176 ldan . c . h, " flit L. and B. 7 Ditto, Quarters .. • • 23%.. to : Ditto ditto New • • • • • • • 2 ~ ~ 12%.... to 12 London and South-Western 411. 6.3. lod. Lynn and Ely • • • • • • • • • • 2 0 ••• • 22 .... to Lynn and Dereb am • • • • • • •• 20 .•• 21 .. ••to . Manchester and Leeds .. . ~ 82 .... to Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) • • • • • • 7 1 . 45... • • 2% p•• to NI anch,ster Ltod Southampton .. „ 2 •• •• 1%.... to Midland Ditto, New • • • • " • • •• 36 • • The Journal des Debats has an article urging on the Government the necessity of abolishing, until 1848, all import duties on corn and provisions of avery description. The Commerce gives the following particulars as to the provisions of the new Customs Rill, which has been introduced by the Minister of Commerce : '" The new Customs Bill lately presented in the Chamber of Deputies has not yet been published. Its principal provisions are, however, known to some of the Deputies. It appears that the only important article:of this Bill relates to the admission, free of duty, of mat ters necessary for ship-building. This article runs thus : Bar iron, copper, zinc, flax, and tow, destined for the construction of French trading vessels, shall be admitted free of duty, on condition that it be shown within the space of one year that these articles have been employed as specified. The same immunity is accorded to sheet iron destined for the construction of trading vessels. Royal ordonnances will hereafter point out the nature and conditions of the proofs to which this immunity shall be subjected:* On the same subject we find the following in the Emancipation of Brussels, from a Paris correspon dent : " You would probably like to be made acquainted with some of the modifications of the tariff of Customs Duties Bill, just laid before the Chamber of Deputies. As far as a rapid glance at it has enabled me to see, there are several provisions which will affect your pro duce and manufactures. Raw zinc is to be altogether free of duty. The prohibition on looking-glasses is to be taken off, The duty on plain glass is to be reduced 30 per cent. There is also to be a reduction of the duties on hops and on marble. In general the reform, for such the new law proposed by M. Cunin Gridaine is declared to be, is framed on the most timid and insigni ficant scale. It is presented to our manufacturers and traders in a dose so mild, that their complexion, so easily affected, is not changed in the slightest degree. It is to raw produce that relief is applied, and even this is not radically done. Neither coal nor cast-iron is touched on ; something certainly is granted to cast iron appli cable to ship-building, but that is a trifling boon. No change whatever is made with regard to cloths of any kind. The partisans of free trade, and the great railroad companies, who have need of rails and engines, cannot be satisfied with this Bill." The French Government has forbidden all French subjects to accept letters of marque from Mexico, thus following the example which had been previously set by the English Government. M. DUCHATEL, the Minister of the Interior, in troduced on Monday, into the Chamber of Deputies, a Bill for granting a supplementary sum of 1,000,000 francs for the secret police service. This Bill, and the speech of the Minister of tha Interior on intro ducing it, are the subject of some indignant com ments in the National. The Prince DE JOINVILLE'S squadron will sail from Toulon on the arrival of the Descartes from Cher bourg and Brest. The destination of the squadron is said to be Athens. Count ST. AIILAIRE arrived in Paris on Monday, and had interviews with the Km; and M. GUIZOT. It is said that the Duc DE MorrrEBELLo will replace Count DE ST. ADEAIRE in London. The Baron BILLING will go to Madrid and Count BRESSON to Naples. __ _ OLOZAGA left Paris for Madrid on Monday night. The Paris Bourse became very firm towards the close of business on Tuesday. The Three per Celts. closed at 78f. 65c.; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 65c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,240 f. ; Rouen, 880 f. ; Havre, 677 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 633 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 795 f. ; Vierzon, 565 f. ; Bor deaux, 515 f. ; Boulogne, 4251. ; Troyes and Montereau, 300 f. ; Basle, 210 f. ; Dieppe, 335 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 432 f. 50c.; Tours and Nantes, 427 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 436 f. 25c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 4601. ; Cette, 447 f. 50c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 34%. MARSEILLES, APRIL 2.-Marseilles and Avignon, 808 f. 75c. ; Northern, 623 f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 165,E-Dutch Rhenish, 4-Luxem bourg, PA-Northern of France, 1234-Orleans and Bor deaux, 6 ,6-Paris and Lyons, 51,4. THE COAST OF AFRICA. By an arrival from the above quarter, we are put in possession of intelligence to the 10th of March, being a month later than the last advices. The coast was healthy, as was the squadron em ployed upon it in the futile endeavour to suppress the slave-trade. One capture had been made since our last letters, but she was an empty prize. Sierra Leone and Ascension were healthy, and turtle was abundant at the former place. A frightful massacre of slaves had taken place at Lagos Bay, some months since, the owners not having vessels to ship them in, nor food for their sustenance. This had no relation to the report which re -appeared some days since, about 2,000 slaves having been taken to the beach at the Gal linas, and slaughtered, which report had no founda tion in fact. •• •• •• •• 2 % 4%% to Newcastle t tle and Berwick Ditto, New • • • • • • • • • 5 .... 8 .... to 7% Norfolk • • • • • • •" • • • • • 100 . -- • . to Ditto, Extension • • • • • • • • 6 N..to North British • • • • • • • • • • 25 _ to Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • • 12%.... 15% .... to Ditto, Quarters • • • • • • • • • • 2% •• . 3%.... to Ditto, New • ••.. • • • • 20 .... 25% .... to 26 • Ditto, Thirds • • • • • • • • • • 1 _ North Staffordshire • • • • .. .. 5 7%54 to Preston and Wyre • • • • • • • • • • 25 34% .... to Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) .. 3;4 .• to Ditto, ditto (B) • • • • • • • • 1 %.,,, 1 • • . to Shropshire Union • • • • • • • • • 425..... 1% dls. to South Eastern and Dover • • • • • • 331. 2s. 4d. • .. to Ditto. New (do. 151.) No. 4 3%.... 4 ..• • • to Vale of Neath • • • • • • • • • • 2 .. • • % to West Riding Union • • • • • • • • 41. 25..... 1% • p.. to Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth.. 2() ~.. 12 .. ••to York and Newcastle • • • • .. 25 34 to Ditto, New • • • • • • • • .. 10 .... 14%%51 to Ditto, Preference • • • • .• .. 4 _ 7% .. ••to York and North Midland 50 • . 83)4 .... to 82% Ditto. Preference • • • • • • .. 2 .... 10% •••• to Ditto East and West RldingExtension 10 .... 20% .. to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. B oulogne and Amiens • • .. .. 20 .. • • 16% ••.. to Dutch Rhenish • • • • '• •• 7 •• • • 4 •• • • to Northern of France • • • • • • 8 ..•• 12% ••.. to Paris and Lyons •• •• .• •• a .... a% .... Sambre and Meuse • • • ' • • •• 12 •• • • 6 .• • • o JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Lordon Joint-Stock .. 10 15% •• . to London and Westminster .. .. 20 .... 26)4 .... to MINES Real del Monte, Unregistered 334 to The following important notice has just been issued by the Bank of England : " The minimum rate of interest on bills discounted by the Bank of England, not having more than 95 days to run, is Si. per cent. " April 8, 1847." 3ti m s ulin to 41 1 . MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) RAY MARKETS. A fair average supply , and a sluggish demand. LD ls Vie an ad d ow st H ra a w y : 2 1 / 1 151 0 t a o t 3 0 11 1 6 1 s ;Clover ditto, load. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 16s to 41; Clover ditto, 3/ 148 to 41 14s ; an d Straw, 11 12s to 11 16s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. WHITE CIIAPIL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 31 18s; Clover ditto, 3/ 16s to 5/; and Straw, 1/ lOs to 1114 s per load. A moderate supply, and a dull trade. uTn ALI, AP RIL 7 . —There was a very steady general MEAT NIANLILETEL So trade here to-day, and prices had a n u p ward tendenc y .— Beef, from 3 s 6d y to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s 6d; Lamb, 5s 8d to Gs 6d; Veal, 4s 4d to ss; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10(1 per 81bs., to sink the offal. ROMFORD, APRIL 7.—We had a very firm trade this morn ing, at from 2d to 4d per 81bs. more money.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 8d to 5s 4 d ; Lamb , 5 s 4 d to 6 s 6 d ; Veal, 4s 2d t o 5 s ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per Sibs. Suck ling Calves, 18s to 29s ; Quarter -old Store Pigs, 16s to 19s ; and Mich Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each. LEWES, APRIL 6.—Beef, from 3s 10d to 4s 6d; Mutton, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; Lamb, 6s to Cs 4d ; Veal, 4s 4d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. A short supply, and a firm demand. NEW-GATE PLAID LEADENIIALZ. There was only a moderate supply of Meat on sale here, and which moved off steadily at full prices. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 45 4 d ; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6 s 8 d ; Vaal, 45 to ss; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s per labs by the carcase. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended April 1, 1847, ma de u p frora the Returns of the PRICE I 776 Id I g 3dl Sts sd 67s 7d I 515 5d liG 5 10d Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Eagland and Willis per Imperial Quarter. warn. BAILEY . OtT3. RTE. SEAMS. PE A . The Duties on Foreign Grail arc now impended. APRIL 4.—His Majesty the King is so much better __— THE R ING OF THE N ETHE RLANDS.—THE H AGUE , that no more bulletins will be issued. MONEY and COMMERCIAL _NEWS.; LLOYD'S SIIIPPI.NG—(THIS DAY.) CITY, Q UA TO THREE, At'llit, B.—W'ied S.W., fresh gales and The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,' , , to 5,000 bales at firm rates. American Cid. to lid. per lb. Shares were dull. The full confirmation of the total loss of the Tweed mail packet ship, which has been communicated to all those deeply interested this morning, has cast a consi derable degree of gloom here, especially among the parties connected with the West Indies and the Spanish American traders. The Avon royal mail steam ship places this sad loss beyond a doubt, and with her letters the fact is demonstrated that thirty-one of the passengers, and forty-two of the crew, have met with an almost instantaneous death. Ot passengers there were saved twenty-nine, out of fifty-two souls. trader this must trying circumstance it is a relief to be assured tut the loss of this fine ship and so many lives is not ascribed to want of skill, nautical or otherwise, on the part of the commander and crew, but of one of those inevitable accidents which must occasionally occur in the navigation of the seas, where strong and impetuous currents prevail, and where all may be fair at eight bells, and a strong ship, seven hours afterwards, become a total and entire wreck. In other respects the intelligence from the West Indies, brought by the Avon, is of a very satisfactory character. The fact that all the letters put on board the Tweed have been lost will cause no inconsiderable inconvenience to the merchants here,at Liverpool, and elsewhere, who were looking out for ad vices. To some extent the difficulty may be remedied by the accounts obtained per the Avon West India steamer. The letters are certainly written in very high spirits. Excellent crops are looked for in almost all the colonies. The weather was all that could be wished for the cutting of the canes and the housing of the produce. The works at the mills had been commenced in Bar badoes, St. Lucia, Trinidad, and other parts. The sugar granulated out of the new crop is spoken most highly of in respect to colour and quality. The Coolies at Deme rara are still as a body ill-disposed. This is, in truth, the only drawback upon what may be, as far as at pre sent advised, the rising prosperity of' the group of our West India colonies. It appears by the accounts received from the country grain markets that the farmers have begun to send for ward supplies with considerable alacrity. Perhaps they begin to fear that the highest range of values has been passed. There is very little fear of this, in the opinion of practical men in the City. This has been a very heavy day at the Stock Ex change, and the tendency of the prices is still most un questionably to recede. It is now alleged that the Ac count on Consols, which is to be adjusted on the 15th instant, is what is called a " rank Bull" account. It may, however, turn out to be the very reverse. Consols for the Account opened this morning at 87 and for im mediate transfer at the same; since which the former and the latter have fluctuated from 89i to 59;,. The sales for the savings banks are continued, but as only rather over 11,000/. have to be invested in the re demption of debt this quarter, should stock in the hands of the Commissioners for regulating the former be still thrown upon the market, it is quite clear that even present values cannot be supported, without a tar greater demand than now exists for portions of the Na tional Debt. The payment of the dividends, which commenced to the public this morning, is going on rather actively, but still there is no apparent anxiety on the part of recipi ents to come early for their cash. The Exchequer Bill market Lab fluctuated only from Is. discount to Is. pre mium. The sole quotation for the Consol Scrip is 18 discount. Bank Stock has fallen from 200 to 198. The Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have ranged from 87i to 87k. lii the Foreign Funds the transactions have been few this morning. Danish Five per Cents. are quoted at 86- to 87; the Spanish Three per Cents. at 35; the Active Stock at 244; the Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. at 584 i; and the Four per Cents. at 904 k. There is not any variation in the quotations of Rail way Shares this morning which demands especial com ment. Certainly the market wears a more steady appearance. maim FUNDS THIS I)AY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) , eather A.ILla W. tnI.NT.W.; 6 p.m , nearly calm.—Arrd. Laura Prahm, Rio Janeiro, for Stockholm; Vere, Boyd, Jamaica. Arrd."from the River, Rose bud, Cullao, Kingston, Havannah ; Jordeson, ditto ; Vittoria, Quebec; Devereux, ditto; Trusty, ditto; Dart, ditto ; Queen, Newfoundland; Marmion, China. Sld. Buccphalus, Penang; Douglas, St. John's, New Bruns wick; Centurion, Quebec, put back; Europe, Qin bee. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL W. t N.W.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Hydra. Left Ascension Feb. 26, Sierra Leone, March 10, and Teneriffe, March 17. CONVES, APRIL 7.—Wind W.—Arrd. John Woodhall, London, for Hobart Town, crew in a state of mutiny. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 7.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Achilles steamer, Constantinople ; Avon steamer, West Indies, left 'St. Thomas 17th ult, and Bermuda 24th. Sld. Iberia steamer, Lisbon. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 7.—Wind W.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship E-puir, Coast of Africa. NEWPORT, APRIL 7.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Matchless, Grenada; Princess Royal, Rio Grande. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 7.—Wind fresh.—Arrcl. Cassiopeia, Hodgson, Singapore ; Condor, Valparaiso ; Aurora, Sandeta, Havannah, sailed 2d ult.; British Em pire, Essen, New Orleans; Herald, Fulton, Mobile; Sea King, Hutton, Savannah ; Manchester, Prantes, Balti more; John Clark, Desbrow, New York; Waterloo, Allen, New York; Niantie, Ostrom, New York; Taro lanta, Cave, Boston; Btooklyn, Leadley, Halifax. Off port, Walton, St. Domingo ; Marmion, New York ; Sisters, The Maid of Mona, M.‘Lelland, hence to Havannah, was lost in the Old Bahama Channel, near Nuevetos, 20th February, crew saved. The Nene from Hamburgh, arrived here to-day with loss of bowsprit head and cutwater, having been in contact off the Bell Buoy with the Iron Duke, for Dublin, which proceeded. HAYLE, APRIL s.—. Sid. Victoria, Quebec. SHIELDS, APRIL s.—Sid. Feronia, Quebec; Walms ley, ditto; Herrings, ditto; Grenville Bay, ditto; Four lier, Montreal; Memnon, Restigouche, Tralee. Sld. Newbottle, New York. _ , LONDON, APRIL 8.--The Brothers, of St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, waterlogged and ' abandoned, was passed, 3d inst., off Cape Finisterre, N.E., 5 leagues in a dangerous position to steam vessels, by the Achilles steamer, arrived at Portsmouth. EXPORT OF TIMBER FROM RUSSIA. A dispatch has been received at Lloyd's from the Board of Trade, enclosing an extract from the Journal de St. Petersburgh, dated 24th January last, announcing the abolition of the official inspection of timber prepared for exportation from St. Petersburgh. RELATING TO A WRECK PASSED OFF CAPE FINISTERRE. A dispatch from the Admiralty has also been received at Lloyd's, inclosing a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Smith, Admiralty agent, attached to the contract packet Madrid, reporting having passed 3d inst., off Cape Finis terra Eby, S. 10 miles, a wreck waterlogged and aban doned, mainmast gone by the board, bowsprit and fore and miser stumps standing. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BuncHELL.) WILLSIIER V. SMITH. The plaintiff in this action is a printer, in Manor street, Chelsea, and the defendant is a nuseryman, at Chelsea and Battersea. The action was brought to re cover the sum of Si. 2s. 6d. for engraving and printing cards, &c. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted, but did not appear. Two witnesses were called who proved the delivery of the goods, but the order for part only was proved. The plaintiff's attorney said if the jury had any doubt he would call his clerk. The UNDER-SHERIFF—To fill up the gaps? but perhaps the jury will be satisfied with the proof of value. A witness was called and proved the prices to be fair, and the attorney's clerk was called and proved he had written a letter to the defendant, who had returned it by his man with an answer. The UNDER-SHERIFF said that evidence of the letter could not be received, as no notice had been given to the defendant to produce it, The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. WOOD AND OTHERS V. WORSLEY, CLERK. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 85/. 2s. 7d. for goods sold and delivered. The plaintiffs are coal merchants in Northumberland street, Strand and at Kentish Town, and the defendant is a clergyman at Finchley. The defendant allowed judgment to go by default. The plaintiff's attorney stated the case. The defendant had dealt with the firm since 1844, and goods to the amount of the sum claimed had been delivered ; there was also a previous amount due to the plaintiffs as exe • tutors of their predecessor, Mr. Edward Wood. This latter amount did not, however, form part of the present claim, although it was all admitted to be due when de fendant was applied to for payment. Evidence to this effect was produced. One of the witnesses, on being asked the price of some of the coals, gave the merchant's price, 245. 3d. per ton. They were, however, charged at 40s. The jury gave a verdict for the full amount claimed. HAINES V. RUTHERFORD. The plaintiff in this action was lately the landlord of the Mortimer Arms Hotel, in Tottenham-court-road. The claim was for 81. Os. 6d. for goods sold, and 2/. for money lent. The defendant pleaded that he was never indebted. Mr. BAGLEY, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that the defendant was a student at law, and was a young gentleman from the West Indies, and was in the habit of using the plaintiff's. Some little difficulty always existed to prove the delivery of each article, but it was particularly so in this case, as the plaintiff had gone into quite a different line of business, and had mislaid his books. He (the Learned Counsel), however, could not conceive what possible defence the defendant could have, for he had applied for and obtained a judge's order to stay proceedings on payment of debt and costs. The goods, consisting of port, sherry, claret, cigars, &c., were supplied in August and September, 1845, and in October two or three letters were written, in which the defendant apologised for the non-payment, and said he had been " trusting to friendship of others and had been disap pointed," "that he was involved through having lent his signature to a friend," but he fondly hoped that he should soon be able to pay, so that the plaintiff should have no further reason to regret that he had trusted his honour. These letters were put in and proved. Witnesses were called who proved the orders and de livery of great part of the wine, &c., and a general sup ply of cigars, B:,c. Mr. CLARKE, the defendant's attorney, put in a notice to produce the books, which, however, were not forth coming. He then addressed the jury, and said that the defendant had put in an affidavit in which he denied that he owed the money. When :the writ was served, no particuiars were given, and a judge's order was ob tained, and, after some delay, the case went:on without particuiars being furnished, and ultimately an affidavit was made that the plaintiff had torn out two of the leaves of the book containing the defendant's account, in order to send them to Mr. Salomon, his solicitor, but that they were lost in the transit, and he had since mislaid the book). This was a very impro bable story, and that in a case where the evidence was doubtful, and regular entries in the books might have confirmed it, their absence was a very suspicious cir cumstance ; to tear out leaves from a book, to say the least of it, was an act of great folly on the part of a tradesman. He also produced a bill of exchange for 25L, dated August, 1845, due in November, but witnesses had spoken to larger dealings previously to the present account. The UNDER SHERXFF said defendant's affidavit denying the debt could not be received in evidence, but left it to the jury to say whether the witnesses had proved the delivery of the goods to their satisfaction ; as to the bill it might have been given for other goods, or on quite a different matter, at all events defendant had: not pleaded payment, which he might have done, and given evidence on the point. The jury almost immediately gave a verdict for the amount claimed. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) STEALING A LETTER. - Alfred Triggs, aged 27, a postman, was indicted for stealing a letter containing a cheque on the Union Bank, for 131. 2s. 6d., the property of the Postmaster-General. The Attorney-General, Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. Bodkin appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Payno for the prisoner. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case to the jury. He said, on the Ist of February it was the duty of the prisoner to deliver letters in the Covent-garden district. On that day the Rev. John Fletcher, posted a letter 'to Mr. Haynes, secretary to the Clerical Club, No. 13, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, containing a crossed cheque for 131.25. 6d. on the Union Bank. The letter never reached its destination. The cheque was presented at the Union Bank, but as it was crossed and not payable except through a banker's clearing-house, payment was refused, and the cashier wrote across it, " Cross and C 0.," to denote that it was a crossed cheque, and that payment had been refused. He could not, however, identify the prisoner. On the 10th of March the pri saner pledged a frock coat and a pair of shears at Mr. Fleming's, in St. Martin's-lane , for 3s. 6d. Shortly after the shopman searched the pockets of the coat, and found the letter, in which the cheque had been enclosed, in the breast pocket. Mr. Fleming at once informed the Post-office authorities of the circumstance, and the pri soner was taken into custody. He admitted pawning the coat, and said he purchased it a day or two before from a Jew, in Monmouth-street, whose shop he did not recollect ; but it appeared that the coat was in his pos session some time before the occurrence. The letter was not within the district of the prisoner, but in that of a person named Wells, who was at the time delivering letters at that part of the town, but the prisoner offered to deliver it, and Wells, who could speak to the letter, entrusted it to him. These were the simple facts of the case. In his opinion they proved that the prisoner was guilty of the offence imputed to him. Witnesses having testified to the facts stated by the Learned Attorney-General, Mr. PAYNE addressed the jury on behalf of the pri soner, and contended that the evidence was too slender to convict his client of so serious a charge. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up the evidence with the utmost care, and the jury, after a short deliberation. returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was sen tenced to ten years' transportation. The prisoner had been three years in the service of the Post-office. Several unopened letters, of some days old, were found at the prisoner's lodgings. , • • On APP ' ;_AII4, !'' . •: ( kv , , -‘,"" ' III L-71FT .7 • . ' • • -.= .• SECOND EDITION. -= 3 ATIL LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1847. ~~' ~. ~-~ 4 r l There are many subjects, in themselves appare n tl y of trivial. consequence, th a t exerc i se th e grea t est in fluence over the welfare, happiness, and morals of thousands of our countrymen. It may seem of little importance to the public generally, that wealthy landowners should be permitted to deal with their own properties in the manner they may think proper ; that they should sedulously encourrivagateeasuperabund demesnes ance of game, not only on th e i r p on the farms of their tenantry, and th at they should enabi2d, by means of stringent enactme n t s, t butbe o serve that game, and to punish with the greatest re severity any attempt to interfere with what they ...are taught to regard as much their private prop er ti es as any other portion of their possessions. They ask why should not the surreptitious taking of a hare or a pheasrait be dealt with as a theft as fully as if a pocket-handkerchief had been abstracted —or, to make the analogy more perfect, as if a domestic animal, a sheep or fbwl, had been purloined ? And they con tend that, because there are greater facilities afforded for obtaining possession thereof, that a greater degree of punishment is absolutely ne cessary to prevent persons from taking that to which they have no manner of right. There is some ap pearar ice of justice, some colour of equity, in these assert ions ; but a little close examination will enable ua to detect ti fallacies, and to show how wholly unwarrantable are the assumptions. It is now u n i.. oersal ly admitted " that property has its duti es as wpII To its rights ;" that it was originally conferred, THE SEIN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1847. THE MURDER IN SHOREDITCH. Immediately after Thomas Brooks, aged 21, and described as an umbrella-maker, was placed at the bar, ::liiicted for the wilful murder of \Viliiam Uabart, hooting him on the 17th of March last. The prisoner seemed borne down by the weight of the awful charge against him. He looked wretched and care-worn, and immediately after he was placed at the bar he placed his handkerchief to his eyes and burst into tears. He is of a very spare figure, and has a very youthful appearance. Certainly, looking at him in the d , ..ck, we would hardly imagine that he could commit so tearful a crime as that of murder. Mr. Clerk and Mr. Robinson appeared for the prose einion, and Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. Mr. CLERK brieflY stated the case for the prosecution, and r, capitulated the details, which have recently and at length appeared in 7'he Sun. It would be for the jury to say, after hearing the evidt'nee, whether the prisoner was guilty of murder or of manslaughter. He then called the following witnesses : Richard Eat.)n, tin-plater, 3, Cock-alley, Shoreditch, recollected Wednesday the 17th of March being near Hare-alley. He went there about ten minutes to ten o'clock. James Vadkins and the deceased were with him. By the desire of the deceased he went and called on the prisoner. He called Toni, and the prisoner came down, as he had told him the deceased wanted to speak to him. He (the deceased) asked the prisoner for the tickets of his things which he had in his box. He said he would not give them to him. until he had paid him the money he owed him ; and, ho added, he did not know he should even give them to him then ; adding further, that if the deceased stopped there a minute he would put a bullet in him. He (witness) then went away, saying "'That he would not stop there to be shot at." He went to his lodgings in the next court. A few minutues after he h, and the report of a gun. He went down stairs and hurried to the house in which the prisoner resided, at the door of which he found the deceased lying in a pool of blood. He did not see the prisoner there. He then went for a doctor. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—He simply went at the request of the deceased, in order that he might call the prisoner down to speak to him (the deceased). He did not go to annoy the prisoner, with whom he never had an angry word. On his oath he did not expect a row, and he did not go there for the purpose of creating one. By the COURT—He saw a young woman sitting down at the prisoner's door. James Vadkins, a lad, was next examined—Know the deceased. Recollected Wednesday evening, the 17th of March. He was at the top of Hare-alley about ten o'clock that night. The prisoner, the deceased, and Eaton were there. They were all close together. Heard the deceased say to the prisoner " I'll give you a punch on the head." The prisoner said, "If you stop there a minute I will put a bullet in you." No blows were struck ; none were armed. The deceased had his hands in his pocket. The prisoner then went in. He (witness) remained at the top of the court with the de ceased. The deceased was going down the court, and he (witness) said " Don't go down, you'll be shot." He replied, " What have Ito be afraid of ?" He did, how ever, go down, and called " Tom" at the prisoner's door. Immediately after a gun was fired. He saw the flash, and heard the noise. As nearly as he could guess, the firing took place about ten minutes after the prisoner threatened to shoot the deceased. Cross-examined—We found those he had mentioned in the court. He did not know that they were there. The deceased and the prisoner looked angrily at each other, and appeared' as if they had been quarrelling. Charles Eaton said he was the brother of Richard Eaton. Recollected being at the top of Hare-alley on the night in question. His brother, the deceased, and the prisoner were there. When he came up he heard the prisoner say, "If you stop there a minute I will put a bullet into your head." He heard nothing said in reply. His brother on that went away to his lodgings leaving him (witness) and the deceased in the court, The prisoner went into the hcuse he lived in and a ent up stairs. They (witness and deceased) went down the court and stopped at the prisoner's door. The next mo ment the deceased was shot on the threshold of the door. He had not said a word. The deceased instantly fell and died. Immediately after the report he saw the pri soner with the gun in his hand. Mary Jarvis, jun„ said she lived with her mother in Hare-alley, in the same house as the prisoner. They lived on the third floor. The prisoner lived higher up. She had kept company with the prisoner. She was sitting at the door of the house on the night of the 17th. Eaten came to the door several times, and called the prisoner. saying " Come down; I want to speak to you." He came down, and they went together to the top of the court, about six yards from the door. No one else was at the top of the court at the time. Some words passed between them, and she heard Eaton say " God strike me dead." That was all she could recol lect. She went into the house and came out again immediately after. She then saw the deceased standing at the top of the court. Saw the de ceased strike at the prisoner, and hit him on the forehead several times. Gobart challenged the prisoner to come out and fight him, but the prisoner said it was not worth his while to do so. She then went towards Shoreditch, but stopped on her way, and saw about half-a-dozen at the top of the court. Heard Dick Eaton and some of them say, "if they could get a good bullet they would blow his (the prisoner's) bloody brains out, or blow his b—g nose off." Gobart said, " No, if I had a knife I'd stick it in his b—g guts." They then all went into Cock-court ; she then went into Shoreditch, and immediately after heard the report of a gun, but she could nut tell by whom it was fired. When she came back she saw Gobart lying on the ground. She went up to her mother's room, and found the prisoner there, with his hands stained with blood. He threw his arms round her neck, and exclaimed, " I have done it ; I have done it." He had a gun in his possession. Cross-Examined.—When Dick Eaton came down the court he was alone. Asked the prisoner if he should say that be was there, and he said "No ' don't tell them that, as I shall go up stairs and come down again." Dick Eaton swore at the prisoner, and d—d his eyes, and said he would have the prisoner's life some time or other. (The trial was proceeding when our report left.) NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman HUNTER.) William Henry Graham pleaded Guilty to breaking into the premises of his late employer, Mr. James Wil hams, and stealing 37 lbs. weight of flock, value 3/. Sentenced to seven years' transportation. Thomas Gardner pleaded Guilty to stealing a coat, value 10s., the property of James Cotter.—Sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. George Burr; aged 19, pleaded Guilty to stealing a brass window guard, value 255., the property of Samuel Reeves. The prisoner had been formerly tried on dif ferent charges, and acquitted. The Learned RECORDER, in passing sentence of seven years' transportation, said that he intended that this individual should be sent out of the country, and be sub jected to the mildest form of transport p un i s h ment; t h at was, as he understood, that a ticket of leave should be given him for the term of his sentence, and that he should be employed in the operations of husbandry or as a shepherd. Some papers had been sent to him (whence they came he knew not), showing that employ ment in this way could be given to above ten thousand persons. - George Yarnold, aged 40, oilman, pleaded Guilty to two several acts, charging him with stealing 39 pieces of stained paper, the property of Mr. John Knight, and 30 pieces of paper, the property of Robert Denton. The Learned JUDGE said that it had long been the practice of the prisoner to rob from boys the property which had been entrusted to them to carry home, and where he could not do this he had in many cases corrupted and induced them to steal from their employers. One boy with whom he was thus infamously successful was at present undergoing a year's imprisonment. The sentence was that he be for the first offence sentenced to seven years' transportation, and for the second offence to seven years' more, the latter term of punishment to commence at the expiration of the first. John Donne, aged 25, a draper, pleaded Guilty to steal h.g eighteen yards of silk, the property of his master, Charles Terry.—Sentenced to a year's imprisonment with hard labour. Thomas Avery, a boy of 14, pleaded Guilty to stealing a shilling from his master, Thomas Leonard.---To be imprisoned for a month. The RECORDER-If you come here again you will be thoroughly well whipped.—(Laughter.) The remainder of the morning was passed in hearing similarly trivial charges. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) IN THE CAFE OF BARTHOLOMEW BENIOWSKL The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said an application had been formerly made for the postponement of this case, and he wished now to ask what course the parties intended to adopt on the present occasion. Was the counsel for the prosecution in attendance ? Major Beniowski—l wish for no postponement, my Lord. I mean to defend myself, and I am quite ready now. Mr. FILER, on the part of the prosecution, wished for a short adjournment, in order that Mr. Bodkin, who was at present engaged at the Central Criminal Court, might have time to attend. The JUDGE—Then I shall take another case, which will occupy the Court for about half an hour. The deputy-clerk of the peace having read the indict ment charging the defendaLt with an assault upon David Urquhart, The defendant pleaded not guilty ; when Mr. FILER (Mr. Bcdkin not having arrived at the expiration of the stipulated time) opened the case and sai,i this was an indictment for an assault of a most aggravated nature, and one which, if th e f acts were fully stated before the committing magistrates, might have assumed a much more serious character, and then stated the facts elicited in the following evidence : Mr. BODKIN, having at length arrived, proceeded to examine the prosecutor, who stated that his name was David Urquhart, and that he had resided at 28, Charges street, and had been secretary of embassy at Constan • tinople. He had a residence near Southampton, and whenever he came to London stopped at 15, St. Ja mes ' s . place. He had written many articles for the press, as well as in the form of pamphlets, upon various subjects, and any person who wished to find out his address could have easily done so by inquiring at his pub lisher's. He had been much connected with the Association of the Friends of Poland, and was present at the late meeting at the Freemasons' Tavern on the the subject of the annexation of Cracow. Previous to that day he had not known the defendant personally, but he was aware of his character by public report. He (the defendant) was a Polish Jew by birth, and had been in the service of Russia. After the meeting at the `Free masons' Tavern was over, and as he (witness) was going through the vestibule the defendant came up to him with the air of a. Man who felt grateful to him for having spoken iu favour of his country, as he (witness) had wade FS speech the du nn moving a resolution, and took hold of his hand, and asked for a few moments' conversation with him. When he heard that his name was Beniowski he walked wary- fr , rn Litil The ‘vitr...ss then diitailed the facts of the assault, which are already familiar to the public from the report of the preliminary investigation at Bow-street. Cross-examined by Mr. WYLD (who in the interim had been engaged by defendant)—He had not been politically engaged since his return from Constanti nople. There was a cause for his quitting that situation• That cause was the 'act of his having countenanced the voyage of the Vixen to the Black Sea. He had not been employed since, but he believed the reasons why he had not were groundless. He bad not made any charge stating that Lord Palmerston and Mr. Cobden were in the pay of the Emperor of Russia. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said he did not see what light the jury could derive from any arrangements between the Emperor of Russia, Lurd Palmerston, or Mr. Cobden. Cross-examination resumed.—He had no occasion to look out for his litel,hood since his employment had ceascd in 1837. as he had an independent property. When. ver he sent any communications to the newspapers, he invariably attached his name and address to them. He had Vi ritten leading articles, but, as a matter of course, his name did not appear to them. A work had been published at Glasgow, in which the name of the defen dant had been used. He had on many occasions said the defendant was a spy, but in any observations he made upon him, he only alluded to him in his public character, a , one of a class of agents who are employed, or may be employed, or looking for employment, from Russia, in this and other countries. One of his grounds for con cluding the defendant to be in pay, was, that he was ex ceedingly active in exciting the people to revolution in England, and Lad been the chief organiser of the Chartist conspiracy. His (defendant's) name was struck off the Polish list by the English Government. Another reason why he believed the defendant to be a spy was, because he had published a work instructing the people as to the best means of defending themselves against the military. Mr. BODKIN re-examined the witness, he said when that after his return from Constantinople, he was pre sented to her Majesty at the Drawing-room, by Lord Palmerston, to prevent any unfavourable impression from resting on his character, in consequence of his meal from the embassy at Constantinople. With respect to his (defendant's) relation towards the Poles, he (witness) spoke upon the authority of Lord Dudley Stuart, and he was authorised to state so. In 1839 he was invited to stand for the borough of Marylebone, and in cows' quence he had much communication with the leading Chartists of London, and he was borne out in his opinions of Beniowski by what he was told by them. The Rev. Hamilton Grey confirmed the statements of the prosecutor with respect to the facts of the assault. The police-constable, who took the defendant into custody, and the surgeon who attended Mr. Urqhart , having been examined, _ _ Mr. WiLD addressed the jury at great length for the defendant, dwelling strongly on the great provocation he had received in being denounced as a spy. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE summed up the evidence. After a short consultation, the foreman of the jury rote and said we are obliged to find the defendant Guilty. Sentence was deferred to the next session, the de fendant being admitted to bail on his own recognizancet• WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Julia McCartney, a servant-of-all-work, was charged with assaulting her master, Mr. Hass, a master tin' manufacturer, of No. 2, Middlesex-street, Spital-square• The com?lainant, who is of the Jewish persuasion , and whose head and face were literally covered with plaister, and his left arm in a sling, stated that he er: rived home last ev en i ng , a t a b out h a lf past e ight o'clock, with his three sons, from the Synagogue, when he found his wife, who is near her confinement, outside the door, and being supported by two strangers, the cause of which, he learnt, was the conduct of the prisoner' who had threatened to " knife her." He went into the parkur of his house, where the prisoner stood, but Ol e had no sooner seen him than she snatched up the tW candlesticks which were upon the table, and b e f o re ke . could prevent it, she struck him violently on th e h e ad w ith each of them. He fell, and she then bit him in the arm' and tore the flesh through the coat and shirt. The cons' plainant here showed a deep and dangerous wound in the sinewy part of his arm. The defendant was the worse for liquor. Mrs. Hass stated that the prisoner was sent out wit h the youngest child to feed it. It was the Jews' Passover; and the bread they eat themselves during that period was not fit food for infants. It was therefore the pre' tice among the Jewish parents to have the young! children fed from home on these occasions. When et'" came home she had evidently been drinking, and durili e i the day had procured more drink. Witness remon strat A with her, but she was answered with the vilest abuse, ell at length the prisoner snatched up a table-knife en' swore she would " do for her with it." bea rd The prisoner here expressed, loud enou g h to be he by several persons near the dock in which she was sten ° ing, her regret that she had not done it. Mr. BROUGHTON said he should send her to pris° l " but she must be brought up again next week. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince 11 . 1 ' bert took their accustomed early walk this morning. es The Royal Family took walking and pony exercisle. to-day, on the Eastern Terrace and Slop es o f the Coasart M. Isturitz, the Spanish Minister, is expected t es t• rive at the Castle this evening, on a v i s it t o her * 9, ,je Viscount Palmerston is also expected to a rrived t 0 day, on a visit. Her Majesty and Princ e Alb er t, accom p an i e d by the Prince Lowenstein, rode out on. horseba c k thi s sae; noon, attended by the Lady in Waiting, th e C oun t e ss ol Mount Edgecumbe. The Equerries in Waiting, Majc )P. eso General Wemyss and Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour, attended on horseback. The royal dinner party at the Castle, this evening , L a expected to include his Excellen c y M. Isturitz, 1 : Serene Highness Prince Lowen s t e i n , Vi scoun t rainie r ston, and Mr. George and the Hon. Mrs. Hope. . The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards at durl dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. The band of the Ist Life Guards attended durineg dinner, at the Castle, on Tuesday even i ng , and pethrill the following pieces:— March—Waddell. Introduction and Polka—Lady Combermere- Pot Pourri, No. 4—Zulchner. Walzer—" Attila"—Labitzky. March—" II Torneo"—Lord Westmoreland Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visit e t, her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at 19: borough-house. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President of Council) was sufficiently recovered yesterday from 7„f recent attack of gout to lea ve t own i n t h e a f tern oon '- his seat, Bowood-park, Wilts. tad MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.--The nuptials Of . th Alfred Paget, son of the M a r qu i s o f A ng l ese y, °I Miss Wyndham, daughter of th e C ountess o f ListoWel, ~ and sister of Lady Macdonald, were so l emn ized morning in St. James's Church, in the presence of t' relations and connexions of both families, and of distingui s h e d circle, consisting of the principal nobila in town. WILSON'S Er TERTAINMENT IN EDINBURGIL--- 01$ Saturday evening litr. Wilson gave an entertainment the songs and ba110.4 of Scotland in the Music 1111 , i i, which was attended by % numerous an d fashionable I,ll`- ence. The minstrel was b. great force, and seeingj o i , f. O increase in strength and vigour with his constant svb ing through the count r y, for he never sang better sm'a, he did on Saturday, and the seleeton of songs was mirable. Besides many of the old faTourites, which 0 1 1 0 never tires of hearing Wilson warble, the progliera. contained some songs t h at he never sang%efore in Drip burgh ; for example, Burns' fine song. of Go fete° me a pint o' wine, which he gave splendidly to a vat s fine melody that expressed well the feeling of tan som a and another by Tannahill, called " Despairing beautiful pathetic song, and sung to one of the mos t &a cious bits of mel o dy we ever li s t e ned t o . " The S tuo a n 4 t of Appin" is a noble song, and produced as. g r f e aro et effect as it did when Mr. Wilson sang it o n WI The visit. In addition t o th e p rogramme h e gape N Flowers of the Forest," and it was as finely sung7,_ th e earnestly listened to by the audience, as ever. be humorous song of " The Married Man's Lament , aw l effect as to elicit frequent applause. At the conclu delineated the querilous old man with such force .. ; . ,,,ti of the entertainment, Mr. Wilson said a few words in '" to usual happy style, in which he alluded to his late vis it to Paris, where the songs of Scotland gave great delight his audiences. He said he was to return thither soo tb; with the intenti on o f d o i ng a l l in his power to bring French o n i n Scotch." He returns to L on don to 01 5 mence his entertainments for the season.—Edin bur io Evening Courant. [lt will be observed, on referen c :ust our advertisi ng co l umns, that this distinguished vec,,,10 makes hi s fi rst appearance for the season at the la Hall, Store-street, on Monday next.—ED. Sun.] r ol REPRESENTAT ION OF WESTMINSTER.—Yest,e'gn there w as a coa li t i on amongst the partisans 0, ~ere Lushingt on an d C olonel Evans, and the wails p!aearded with " Vote for Lushington and Drell' aid THE ROYAL HIBERNIAN BALL.—This ba ll , Al i o of the funds for the destitute Irish, took place je j, night at Willis's R ooms , emo and was excellently ,atte nd Nothing cou ld exceed the admirable arrange l3 . 3 made by th e s t ewar d s f ur the convenience o f v islo ol ti2o and in their endeavours they were ably seconded by directors of these popular rooms. te &Y SERIOUS AFFRAY IN ST. GILES'S. Yes- r a w morning, between the hours of four and five, a oils t ies % ance took place in the neighbourhood of St. txl iv ial which resulted in an affray that has been attended 0 0 the most serious, if not fatal consequences, toa d named James Burke, aged 40, who was conveyed go. cab by police-constable D 103 to the Middlesex `lto pital, where it was ascertained by Mr. Dicksoy; t he house. surgeon, that he had sustained a fracture el' io .bt skull, a broken leg, and a dreadful wound in the r temple, with other serious injuries, so as to render no te ultimate recovery extremely d u bi ous . Th e unfortu d man states that he was kn oc k e d d own an d kieke vie another person without the slightest provocation. _ o der , surgeon considers Burke to h ave b een l a bouring u Aer , the effects of intoxication wh e n a d m itt e d. It is tw- " stood that the other has been secured by the police. the METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. —YestercIar,O preparati ons f or th e f ormat i on o f t h e new s treet,t ur r u i , the Broad Sanctuary, ;W es t m i ns t er , t o ShaftesLiso place, V aux h a ll-b r id ge - roa d, was commence d, ▪ st, the thmolition of the remaining portion of UPP e : txoo s Martin's-lane, for the co n ti nuat i on o f the new 7, 41 . through Leicester-square from Piccadilly and CO"' street.