The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-07 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. The Royal Italian Opera at Covent Garden, opened last evening, under the management of Mr. Beale. We have already given several notices of the altera tions which have been made in the interior of the theatre under the direction of Mr. Albano, the ar chitect, to fit it for the purposes of an Italian Opera Rouse, we shall, therefore, on the present occasion confine ourselves to giving a general description of the coup trail presented by the theatre last evening in its comp o lete state, with all the scaffolding r emoved and as fitt e d up for peratic performances. The sale itself is nearly two-thirds larger than that of the old theatre. The circle, or rather the horse-shoe of boxes is carried back into the saloon, the roof has been raised, and the pit has been exca vated, so that there are now six tiers of boxes. The decorations on the panels of the boxes are white and gold, and the ornaments are of very elaborate workmanship. The second tier of boxes is supported upon Caryatides, which produces a novel and pleasi ng effect. The supports of the upper tiers are hid by the draperies. The boxes are lined with scarlet draperies, and, the curtains are of rich scarlet silk, the hangings being of scarlet velvet. These draperies gi ve to t'ae house a magnificent, but some what heavy appea ranee. The proscenium boxes are flanked en each side by Corinthian columns, with gilt capitals, as •At Drury-lane and the Haymarket theatres. The chandelier is, perhaps, the most superb ever seen, and it completely illuminates the house. In addition to t'ais, there is a branch containing three wax candles to each box of the two lower tiers—a novelty in the. way of lighting a theatre that is in troduced here. These branches proceed from the moulding of the boxes, and the light is, consequently, thrown from below upwards. The ceiling is richly embellished by allegorical paintings, which r eflect the hi g h es t cr e dit on the artistic skill of Signori Ferri and Venardi, of the Theatre Jtalien, Paris, who have been employed to embellish it, and who have also painted the drop curtain, which is exceed ingly rich in its pictorial embellishment. As soon as the doors were open, the house was crowded in every part, and the appearance of Costa in the orchestra was the signal for loud and frequently repeated shouts of cheering, which were acknow ledged gracefully by the musical director. The opera chosen for the opening was Semiramide, and Mr. Beale has certainly shown great judgment in select ing it. It is, perhaps, Grisi's greatest character. Tamburini had years since made the character of Assur his own in the new contralto ; Mademoiselle Alboni was sure to make a hit in Arsace, and the choruses and orchestra were already well drilled in the music. He was thus enabled to play out his great cards at once, and with effect. The following was the cast : Semiramide Madame Grisi.. Arsace . ....Mademoiselle Alboni. Assur ......Signor Tamburini. Idreno Signor Lavia. Oroe Signor Polonini. Grisi, who has grown somewhat stouter than she was last year, looked well, and was in excellent voice. It is needless to add. that she was indeed the Queen of the Assyrians. Tamburini has not appeared in England for four years, and we regret to say that those four years have left their mark on him. He is somewhat increased in size, but there is the same in tellectual expressive countenance, the same energy, the same passion in acting; but his voi.:e is not what it RMS. it is occasionally husky, and its upper notes uncertain. He still accomplishes great things, but with visible effort, and we have been unused to this with Tamburini ; still, take it for all in all, his Assur is a great performance, and when he shall have recovered from the fatigues of his voyage, and have become again accustomed to the English climate, let us hope that Tamburini will be himself again. In the great duet with Grisi, in the second act, she at times com pletely sang him down. The great hit of the night was the debut of Alboni. Her voice is one of the richest, clearest, purest contraltos ever heard. As a musician she is perfect ; her features are beautiful and most expressive, and her acting is everything that can be desired. Imagine Pisaroni with beau tiful features and a fine figure, and you have Alboni before you. Her " scena d'intrata" at once secured her position. The audience felt that they were listening to an artiste of genius. The only encores of the evening were bestowed on Alboni— first, in the finale to the scene with Oroe in the second act, and next in the duet with Grisi (the gem of the opera), Giorno d'orror. We never heard Grisi exert herself more than she did in this duet. It was evident that she felt it was a trial of skill between herself and. the accomplished debntant, and the con sequence was, that this duet was given superbly. Signor Lavia is a worthy and pains-taking tenor. but Signor Polonini, who acted the part of Oroe, although rated as a primo basso, will never rival Lablache, who used to make so much of this cha racter. The 'chorus singers were well drilled, and sung the music correctly, but it would be well if the director would endeavour to infuse a little more ani mation into hia subordinates, and make them act as well as sing. The opera was well put upon the stage, and at the conclusion Alboni, and Grisi, and Tamburini were called for. The national anthem was sung at the conclusion of the opera, (which was not over until after midnight), and the new ballet, Les Odalisques, with Mademoiselle Fleury (who, two years since, appeared at Drury-lane), con cluded the evening's entertainment. The ballet, the scenery of which is splendid, and which was com pletely successful, did not conclude until such a late hour that we must defer a more detailed notice of it to another opportunity. CHINE SEBANKING. Three per cent. per month, or thirty-six per cent. per annum, is the limited rate (of interest), and what ever the period upon which interest is due at the day of repayment, no more can be received or demanded than the original sum lent, and the lawful interest thereon, to an amount not exceeding the principal. Debtors not fulfilling their.engagements are punished by blows, or by banishment to a given extent, ac cording to the amount of the debts; the blows to be repeated from mon th to month. Bills of exchange and promissory notes circulate. In lieu of endorsing the original note in the manner customary in Europe, they attach a piece of paper to it, which they assign the reason why it hr is been handed over to another person instead of money ; at maturity, the holder does not apply for paynse nt to the drawer, but to him from whom he has received the bill ; and thus each endor ser proceeds, until at; last it reaches the drawer ; or the three or four . yersons whose names are on the en dorsement, including the actual holder of the bill, call together on the drawer for payment ; this latter mode is considered the most simple and effectual. On placing funds in a bank, the depositor is furnished with a pass book, and whenever he draws for money, he sends his book to the bank, where the sum paid is entered in the same. It appears that when the pass book is lost, there is a great difficulty in recovering the money which has not been drawn for.—Montgo mery Martin's China. A monument to Lord Byron at Missolonghi is spoken of, to be erected on the site of the now demo lished house in which the champion-bard died. The proprietor has offered the ground for the purpose, and • handsome subscription towards the work has been commenced. Mademoiselle Lind left Vienna yesterday, on her way to London. She will,pasa through Munich, where she will meet Mr. Lumley. LTTrust.—We are exceedingly gratified in being ablo to state that Thomas Clifton, Esq., who has been for soma time seriously indisposed, at his scat, Lytham Hall, in this county, is daily improving in health. Preston Pifc THE ISLAND OF Losos.--The island at which the American forces are concentrating, preparatory to a descent upon Alvarado I tnd Vera Cruz, is thus described by a correspondent of the Philadelphia North American, who writes from Lobos under date of March 7 :—" The island of Lobos is a love:fy little spot, formed entirely of coral, about two miles ir, circumference, twelve miles from the Mexican shore, :about sixty miles from Tam pico, and some 130 from Vera Cruz. It is covered (or was before we landed) w ith a variety of trees and shrubs, the highest of the form er perhaps twenty-five feet high, and these are so thickl y covered with vines that one can hardly get through them. There is hardly a tree, or shrub, or plant grow'mg here I have ever seen before. Banyan trees, sprerAding over large spaces of ground, their limbs forming props as they pierce into the earth and take root, while the tops, thickly thatched with evergreen vines, form most beautiful arbours. Lemon, lime, fig, palm, cane, and a hundred other species of wood, are growing with all the freshness and beauty of the Indies. There is plenty of water to be had by digging four to six feet. It is braekish and sweet, but we are getting used to it, and like it nearly as well as ship water. Fish and sea fowl we have in profusion. With these we have a delightful sea air, that fourteen hours out of the twenty-four raakes the place pleasant. It will be difficult, I imagine, to convince you who read this scrawl besides great cor.l fires, that we are literally roasting during a portion of the day. The sun is so hot that our faces and arms are blistered if exposed but a few minutes. To-day, by Fahrenheit, in the shade, I scored 92 degress. The universal remark among the volunteers is, if this is winter what will summer be ? But withal our; regiment is getting along remarkably well. There are very few sick, and they arc from the country—none dangerous." NEW SOUTH WALES.—Extract of a letter from Sydney, dated 7th November, 1846 :—" Ido not exag gerate when I say, that a recurrence to transportation here will effect inestimable benefit to all classes, and produce in the colony a state of propriety unexampled in its previous history. As you might expect, we havo some dissentients in the community, one party turning up their eyes at it for the sake of consistency, and an: other from a desire not to perpetuate their status in quo, which they hoped in a few years might be merged in the influx of free people, and old distinctions forgotten. The matter is, however, of vital importance ; and if we fail in getting converts direct the agitation of this measure will, at all events, stimulate emigration, and either we must have shortly, as labour is every day growing scarce and dearer." at full terms, with more inclination to buy than to sell. From Malta our letters are of the 24th of March ; in consequence of the very reduced state of the stock of wheat at that place, barley had been extensively used for home consumption as a substitute, and Indian corn had been in so much request as to drive up the price to 555. Bd. for future delivery, whilst for parcels on the spot still higher rates had been asked. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, APRIL .5, 1847. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold Drawing-rooms, at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock, via.: —Thursday, 15th April ; Thursday, 27th May next (to celebrate her Majestes THE CORN TRADE. (From the Mark-lane Express.) The weather has throughout the week been very cold and ungenial, and on several occasions sharp night frosts have been experienced : vegetation has, cinse quently, been kept back, and from present appearances there is not much prospect of an early season. We do not, however, regard this as an evil, a premature luxuri ance being generally attended with danger. It is, of course, at present impossible to ascertain whether the young wheat has been injuriously affected by the low range of temperature; but from the hardy charac ter of the plant, we feel little apprehension on that hand, and the only circumstance which can be viewed as unfavourable is the probability of the next harvest being late, which might, in the position of the country in regard to stocks, prove very inconvenient. The sowing of spring corn having received but little interruption, nearly the whole of the month of March having been highly aus picious for field work, most of the barley and oats have been got in, and great progress has likewise been made with bean and pea planting. These important labours having been nearly brought to a close, farmers h ay . e again directed their attention to thrashing; a in the and it is probable that an increase w ill shortly sake place deliveries of grain from the g rowers. The time has now arrived fur testing whether the stocks of wheat in the hands of the producers be reall y short, for the r e ere can be no question that if they a re holders to any gr exteht, they will avail themselves of the very first opportunity of turning their whea t into cash. -The inducements to realise are the still high value of the ar _clF and the state of uncertainty felt as to the future ; if, there fore, the markets i n the a g ricultural districts be not plentifully supplied during the month, we shall no l onger e ntertain a doubt on the question of stocks, but look upon it as the strongest possible evi dence that the quantity remaining in the country is actually as small as represented. The regular course of the trade has been more or less interrupted this week in consequence of several of the markets having been held off the accustomed day (owing to Good Friday), and the amount of business done has not been important. The value of wheat has, as might have been expected, felt the effect of the recent fall at Mark-lane, and prices have tended downwards in all parts of the kingdom. At Liverpool further arrivals of flour and Indian corn have come to hand from America, but the receipts of foreign wheat have not been large either there or elsewhere ; whilst the demand for export, though on a somewhat de creased scale, has nevertheless continued. The advices from the port just named are not quite so dull as last week, the important reduction which has lately occurred there having attracted buyers from the interior. In wheat a fair amount of business appears to have been done on Tuesday, at rates 3d. to 6i. per 701 b. belowthose current on that day se'nniht ; and subse quently a portion of that abatement was recovered, several sales having been made on Thursday on terms not obtainable earlier in the week. United States our, which was, it will be recollected, at one period of last week sold at Liverpool at 365., has since been in request at 375. per barrel, and many holders have even refused to accept the latter price. Indian corn seems also to have met with attention at improving rates, 50s. to 525. per 480 lb. having been paid for fine, a nd 48s. to 505. for mixed American. At the leading towns in Yorkshire stocks of wheat are unusually small ; and the supplies having barely kept pace with the demand (tardy as has been the latter), sellers have declined submitting to a greater reduction than is. to 2s. per quarter. The business done at Hull and Leeds on Tuesday was, however, very circumscribed. At Wakefield, on Thursday, the operations were also on a restricted scale, and the few sales of wheat effected were at prices ls. to 2s. per quarter below those current the preceding week. The accounts from Bristol, Birmingham, Gloucester, and other towns in the vicinity of these p re laces, are of a s i m il a r character to the reports above ferred to; but whilst there has been no speculation, and the buyers for consumption have confined their purchases to as narrow limits as has been permitted by their pressing wants, there has, on the other hand, in most cases been a degree of firmness on the part of holders, which has prevented prices giving way more than 2s. per quarter. In the north the weather has been even more severe than with us, and the letters from Scotland speak of rather sharp frosts ; this, however, had produced no in fluence on tho corn marke ts, and quotations of wheat, as well as prices of spring corn, were lower at Edin burgh and Glasgow on Wednesday than on that day week. From Ireland we learn that Indian corn, which has become the staple article of consumption with the poorer classes of that country, had been freely offered at about 50s. per quarter at several of the principal ports, and that a corresponding abatement had occurred in the interior. This great fall has tended to alleviate the distress; and as further supplies of this useful article of food are likely to be sent from Liverpool and other English ports to the sister isle, besides what may still be on passage from America, the Black Sea, arid the Mediterranean, prices of Indian corn will probably remain at about their pre sent level. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have been moderate ; and the show of samples at Mark-lane on Wednesday by land carriage from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk was small. The greater portion of the wheat exhibited consisted of white, and as the French buyers have all along directed their attention more to red, there was not much done for export ; the town millers were, however, pretty free purchasers at Monday's decline, and a fair clearance was made. Good qua lities of foreign red wheat were inquired for on French a l,stmh c o:n c ibvge o gmeo u hl nt, but the high pretensions of holders pre vented extensive transactions. We stated last Monday that submit tis haveue sellers droa tna tgd o hbr f aeoet enhnd f noeu Wednesdayrpccerwtoi g noev n cnei loku h ued o a seelr d nydr sot e ntr f gTue u nyhb s t e dhaes d iri on hnsgaogar w(ri sni et arrivals (Saturday) tsoe a rh s t defss aroooycmm)c some inclinationsave i declinebeox evening abroad una t n n o dt consisted of 10,719 quarters, whilst the exports have, g according to the bills of entry, amounted to 6,111 guar birth-day). N.B. The Knights of the several Orders are to ap pear in their Collars, at the Drawing-room on the 27th THU ROYAL HOSPITALS. On Monday the Lord Mayor received the following report at Christ's Hospital, upon the occasion of the preaching of the first spital sermon at Christ Church: — A true report of the number of children and other poor people maintained in the several Royal Hospitals of the City of London, under the pie us care of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and governors thereof, the year last past. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. Children put forth apprentices and discharged from Christ's Hospital the year last past 194, .some whereof being instructed in mathematics and navigation were placed forth apprentices to commanders of ships out of the mathematical school founded by his late Majesty King Charles II.; children buried the year last past, 11; children now under the ease and charge of the hospital in London and at Hertford, 1,410; to be admitted on presentations granted to this time, 248; total, 1,658. The names of all which, as also when and where they were admitted, will appear in the said hospital books. The support of this hospital materially depends upon benefactions and bequests. As that part of its income which is permanent is far short of maintaining the usual number of children whose education qualifies them for the Church, for naval service, and fur every station in life, according to their abilities ; and as the principles of religion, as well as the due order of civil society, are points to which their attention is constantly directed, it is hoped that all charitable persons will readily contri bute to an institution which is not only of local but of national good. The expense of repairing and keeping up the build ings of this hospital (many of which are very ancient, and originally formed part of the Old Grey Friars Monastery) having been found to be extremely burden some, a fuud was established in 1802, by subscription of the governors and other friends of the hospital, with a view to the gradual and complete rebuilding of the whole fabric, and a great part has accord ingly been restored in a most commodious and substan tial form, notwithstanding the number of children upon the establishment during the progress of the works. Much, however, yet remains to be done, and the Gover nors regret to state the fund originally subscribed has been completely exhausted, and a very considerable sum expended from the general funds of the charity ; but they are willing to hope that the generosity of the public will afford the means of completing this great work, and prevent the necessity of encroaching further upon the permanent income of the hospital, and thereby diminish ing the scope of its usefulness. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL. Patients admitted, cured, and discharged, during the last year, 5,831 in-patients ; 19,758 out-patients ; 31,536 casulty patients, most of whom were poor, sick, and lame persons, and many of them being destitute of all relief have been supplied with money, clothes, and other necessaries, to enable thorn to return to their seve ral habitations ; amounting together to 57,125 ; died, 383 ; remaining under cure—in-patients, 493 ; out patients, 2,798. This being the most ancient hospital in the city and suburbs of London, and having escaped the great fire in the year 1666, the building, by length of time, became so very ruinous that in the year 1829 great part thereof was necessarily taken down. A subscription was then en tered into by many of the wealthy governors and other 1 charitable persons, for defraying the expenses of rebuild ing the hospital, which was progressively effected. The funds for this purpose having been exhausted, and the building still being inadequate for the purposes of the charity, it was found necessary to make a considerable addition thereto ; and the' Governors have removed within the last six years valuable pro perty on the north side of the principal entrance in Smithfield, and have erected on the site thereof a spacious surgery, which is open at all hours of the day and night for persons requiring medical and surgical assistance, with additional wards, and an operating theatre adjoining, whereby a very large sum has been expended, and the fulfilment of the intentions of the benevolent founder, to afford immediate relief to the multitude of poor diseased or injured applicants, has been effectually promoted. All fees on the admission of patients have been abolished ; the sisters and nurses placed in situations of comfort better adapted to the nature of their duties ; and the accommodation for the in-patients so extended as to admit 560, while their diet and general com forts have been very materially improved. The accomplishment of these objects, so essential to the welfare of the patients, has occasioned a very heavy increase of annual expenditure. The Governors, therefore, earnestly represent the strong claims of this an cient institution to the public, hoping that by their con tinued support and encouragement they may be enabled to render relief to the annually increasing necessities of the poor, and the urgent calls upon this charity. ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL. There have been cured and discharged from St. Thomas's Hospital, in Southwark, the last year, of sick, wounded, maimed, and diseased persons, 3,692 in - patients, and 26,928 medical and surgical out patients, including casualties, some of whom have been relieved with money and necessaries at their depar ture, to accommodate and support them in their journeys to their several habitations; total, 30,620. Died, after much change in their sickness, 249. Re maining under cure, in-patients, 428; out-patients, 1,504. So that there has been, during the last year, of poor miserable objects under the care o f the said hos pital, and destitute of proper care, in all 32,801. The Governors think it their duty to state that on the rebuilding of London-bridge and the formation of its new approaches, they made, at a considerable expendi ture of capital, large purchases of ground and buildings adjacent to the hospital, and rebuilt two new wings, 1 affording accommodation for about 160 patients , and, at the same time, secured such ventilation and accommoda tion as were deemed necessary for the health and com fort of the patients, &c. BRIDE WELL HOSPITAL. Received into this hospital during the last year, under commitments by the Lord Mayor and the Aldermen of this City, as criminals or disorderly persons, who have been kept to hard labour, cr to receive correction, 1,222; apprentices sent by the Chamberlain for confinement, 32; received into the hospital during the same period sundry poor persons who had been found wandering abroad and begging in the city of London, 168. TILE HOUSE OF OCCUPATION OF BRIDEWELL HOSPITAL. of May. REG ULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOMS, AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE. The Ladies, who purpose attending her Majesty's Drawing-Rooms, are requested to bring with them two large cards, with their names legibly written thereon, one to be left with the Queen's rage in Attendance in the Presence-chamber, and the other to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the narae to her Majesty. And those Ladies, who are to be presented on Thurs day, the 15th of April, are hereby informed, it is abso lutely necessary that their names, together with the names of the Ladies who are to present them,. should be sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's Office, before- 12 o'clock on Monday, the 12th of April, in order that. they may be submitted for the Queen's approbation ; it being her Majesty's command, that no presentation shall take place unless the name of the Lady presenting, together with that of the Lady to be presented, shall appear on the card to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, which names shall correspond with those previously sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's Office. It is particularly requested that in every case written cards only be delivered. The following article is substituted for that which ap peared in last Tuesday's Gazette.] WIIITLHALL, Maacti 29. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend James Taylor to the church and parish of Mouzie, in the presbytery of Auchterarder and shire of Perth. vacant by the transportation of the Reverend George Hutchison, late minister thereof, to the church and parish of Ban chory Ternan. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Lieut.-Colonel Charles Oldfield Bowles to be Colonel, vice Gore Lang ton, deceased - , April 3. WHITIMALL, Manen 5. The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, has appointed Richard Pidcock, of Woolwich, in the county of Kent, Gent., to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the sub stitution of more sbnple modes of assurance, in and for the county of Kent. BANKRUPTS. Frederick George Wilson, draper, Pangbourne, Berk shire, to surrender April 21, at one, and May 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Peddell, Cheopside. William Henry Mackey, attorney, Southampton, April 15, and May 13, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; W alker, Lombard -street. Mary Deacon, of the firm of Mack and Company car rier, Norwich, April 14, at one, and May 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street -buildings ; Wilkinson and Rasch, Nicholas-lane, London. Thomas Symes, scrivener, Bridgwater, Somersetshire, April 20 and May 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Messrs. Trevor, Bridgwater; Messrs. Holme and Co., New-inn, London; Stogdon, Exeter. John Cartwright, iron founder, Shrewsbury, April 14, and May 15, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Wolverhampton; Smith, Birmingham. James Bryan Ward, cheese factor, Birmingham, April 17 and May 15, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Hiern, Stafford; James, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. B. Oram, clerk to a wine merchant, West-square, St. George's-road, Southwark—firbt div. of 3s. 2d. in the pound, on Monday, April 12, and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City. J. E. Green, appraiser, Whitecross-street, Cripplegate —second div. of 3s. in the pound, on Monday, April 12, and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City. A. Yeatman and A Lunn, chemists, Fore-street, City —third div. of lid. in the pound, on Monday, April 12, and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City. A. Yeatman, chemist, Fore-street, City—second div. of 2id. in the pound, on Monday, April 12, and two following Mondays, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin- lane, City. R. Mann, chemist, Huntingdon—firstdiv. of ss. in the pound, on Saturday, April 3, and two following Satur days, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. DIVIDENDS. • At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall street. W. Gilpin, army clothier, Villiers-street, Stram. April 27, at eleven—J. Johnson, grocer, Chelmsford, April 27, at eleven—J. Bickerton, hat manufacturer, Castle-street, Southwark, April 27, at half -past twelve —C. Ashby, tailor, Bishops Stortfurd, April 28, at two —J. Knights, cattle dealer, Great Melton and Thur. garton, Norfolk, April 27, at one—i. J. Carr, Lieu tenant, R.N., Bradwell near the Sea, Norfolk, April 29, at eleven—J. A. Willson, baker, Old-road, Stepney, April 29, at eleven—W. H. Benfield, publican, Bedford bury, King-street, Covent-garden, April 29, at eleven. In the Country. P. A. Hannaford, bookseller, Exeter , April 29, at one, at the Exeter District Court—J. Prior, tailor, Saint Blazey, Cornwall, April 29, at one, at the Exeter Dis trict Court—J. I. B. Wright, druggist, Liverpool, April 30, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—W. Bickerton, timber merchant, Hull, April 28, at ten, at the Town-hall, Hull—R. Buckeridge, clerk, Castle Church Staffordshire, May 4, at twelve. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on the day herein mentioned. J. S. Flaxrnan, tailor, Ludg ate - str eet, City, April 28 —E. Axford, m illi ner , SL John's-wood terrace, April 27 —F. Hatch, iron-plate worker, St. John's-square,C lerken well, April 28—H. Leonard, ironmonger, Cheltenham, May .I—J. Hall, innkeeper, Carlisle, April 29—J. W. Hance, architectural ornament manufacturer, Liverpool, April 27—J. Bailey, builder, Stalybridge, Cheshire, April 29—J. Hudson, lace manufacturer, Nottingham, April 27—J. T. K. Sloan, tavern keeper, Manchester, April 27—J. Taylor, rope man ufacturer, Manchester , April 27—A. Thorn, oilman, High Holborn, April 27 W. Cleversley, floor-cloth manufacturer, Old Kent-road, W D' a Jackso nrlasto April 27. PA RTNERSH IPS DISSOLVED. J. Anning and J. D e ane, millers, Axminster, Devon shrireer—s, l'oyser, glue ma nu f ac t u rers, West Leigh, Lancashire— nandst Staffordshire—H• T. d lV h o i r o e d i_ wood - scre w i j. en y m anu fa c - and J. Kenyon manufac turers, R. Cana and B. Moulton, appraisers, Woodbridge, Suf folk—E. Halle, M. H. Steinthal, L. Steinthal, and T. Hertz, Manchester (so far as regards T. Hertz)—W. Ridgway, E. J. Ridgway, and L. J. Abington, earthen ware manufacturers, Hanley, Staffordshire -11. Oppen heim, jun., and S. Oppenheim, Mansell-street, White chapel—S. Cary and R. Leonard, jun., attorneys, Bristol —S. Woodhouse, T. Ward, and J. Priest, warehouse men, Manchester—W. Jackson and H. Collier, comb manufacturers, Sheffield—J. R. Symons, G. T. Symons, and S. T. Middlwon, grocers, Newlyn East, Cornwall— H. and T. llilditch, grocers, Shrewsbury—W. Theak stone and 11. Umpleby, surgeons, Bedale—H. Clark and J. Contecin, lithographers, Pan cras-lane, Cit y —S. Thornely and J. Dod, tailors, Liverpool—lL and J. Davison, builders, Manchester--W. B. Hills and R. W. Alldridge, provision merchants, R ood-lane, Cit y —W. Dicker and G. Meek, lithographers, Crane-court, Fleet street—W. T. Probyn and J. Sloper, jun., curriers, Pontypool, Monmouthshire—S. Diggle, W. Tuer, W. Hodgson, and R. Hall, monfounders, Bury, Lancashire (so far as regards S. Diggle)—G. Thornton, B. Gimson, and J. Gimson, pressed cotton reel manufacturers, Lei cester—G. Martin and E. Cade, linendrapers, Exeter — J. Barns and 8.. Smy, brickmakers, Bristol—E. Shrigley and J. Williamson, painters, Lancaster—E. Hollins, C. Yeltmann, sod 3.1..,131.ar51and, cotton manufacturers, Manchester--T. Sperrings, S. Sperrings, W. Sperrings, G. Sperrings, 3. Bennett, and H. Milsom, stone quar riers, Frenchay, Gloucestershire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Robert Henderson Robertson and Company, manufac turers, Dunfermline, April 14 and 30, at two, at the chambers of Mr. Ronaldson, Dunfermline. Alexander Robson, surgeon, Dumfries, April 12 and May 11, at twelve, at the chambers of Messrs. Gordon and Whitelaw, Dumfries. William Stewart Donnan, draper, Whitborn Aprill2 and May 3 , at one, at the chambers of dr. Black, Wigtown. Fairley and Thomson, ironmongers, Glasgow, April 12 and May 3, at one, at the chambers of Mr. Gourlay, Glasgow. Robert Thomson and Company, copper merchants, Glasgow, April 12 and May 3 , at two, at the chambers of Mr. o urlay, Glasgow. Thomas Wallace, wright, Edinburgh, April 12 and May 3, at one, at the chambers of Mr. Dunn, Edinburgh. ters. English flour was on Wednesday to the full as difficult of disposal as earlier in the week; and, in the absence of business of importance, quotations remained nominally unaltered. United States flour met with a moderate share of attention, the relatively low value of the article as compared with that of wheat having at length bought forward a few buyers. Good brands of Western Canal, which had previously been freely offered at 365., were not obtainable below 375. per barrel ; and unless the supplies should be very large, a further improvement is not improbable. The barley trade was wretchedly dull ; the seed de mand appears to be nearly over, and the principal mal sters having left off work, the finer sorts were almost as difficult to place on Wednesday as the ordinary kind. The quantity of English on sale being, however, small, Monday's currency was about supported for the best, but secondary sorts and foreign barley might easily have been bought at a reduction of Is. per quarter. Malt was totally neglected, and to have succeeded in effecting sales Is. to 2s. per quarter less must have been taken. The arrivals of oats coastwise and from Ireland were scanty; having, however, a good supply from abroad, the display of samples was rather large. The quality of the foreign oats of last year is much inferior to the usual growth, which circumstance has unquestionably assisted to p r oduce the existing depression in the market. Some of the Dutch feed do not weigh more than 28%. to 301 b. per bushel, and the sales having been pressed from on board ship to avoid incurring landing expenses, the dealers have had it all their own way. Malty good corn was not cheaper on Wednesday than in the com mencement of the week, but to place the inferior sorts less money had to be taken. The quantity of beans exhibited proved more than equal to the demand, and the turn was again in favour of the buyer. White peas, suitable for seed, brought 60s. to 635. per quarter, being fully their previous value ; but gray and maple peas were rather easier to buy. The continued du'l accounts from Ireland relative to Indian corn, caused that article to be pressed on the market, and it has become difficult to give correct quotations. The decline which occurred in the value of wheat about the middle of the month of March here, in France, and in Belgium, was, in the first instance, caused by the fine weather which was experienced in all those coun tries about that time ; and though the fall which has since taken place in the temperature 'renders an early harvest, to say the least, improbable, still prices have continued to tend downwards as well abroad as at home. The most recent advices from Dantzic (28th of March) state that the dull accounts from this side had caused prices of wheat to recede 3s. per quarter front the ex treme point, and even at that abatement there had, it appears, been little disposition to buy. Fine high-mixed parcels were then held at 675. to 695. per quarter, and other sorts at corresponding terms. The ice had mostly disappeared, and a few vessels had arrived out in search of cargoes. The Vistula was still partly frozen, and would not, it was thought, be open much before the first week in April. At Stettin, on the 29th of March, the navigation was entirely free from ice; still business was then, and had for some days previously been, very dull. Holders of wheat had, nevertheless, remained very firm, and for red, weighing only 591bs. per bushel, 60s. to 675. per quarter, free on board, bad been demanded. Barley had met a moderate degree of attention, for local consump tion, at a price equal to 355. per quarter, free on board. By the accounts from Rostock and the neighbouring places, it appears that, though stocks of wheat were generally short, and the deliveries from the growers had not been large, the prices had, nevertheless, rather tended downwards, in consequence of the dull English, French, and Dutch accounts. At Hamburgh, on Tuesday, there was, however, again some inquiry for wheat on French account, but to effect sales it was necessary to accept lower terms than those current the preceding week, and 70s. per quarter had become the current value for good 601 b. red. In the Dutch markets prices of both wheat and rye appear to have undergone a considerable fall. At Am sterdam, OR the 29th of March, Polish Odessa wheat was quoted 785., and Norder 80s. 10d. per quarter; these rates, though high, were from 4s. to Gs. per quarter below the quotations of that day week. Osts were very scarce there, and not cheaper, feed being then still held at equal to 385., and thick at 395. to 40s. per quarter. The advices from the southern and south-eastern parts of Europe are generally of a firm character, and the value of wheat appears rather to have risen than fallen at the principal ports in the Mediterranean. Letters from Marseilles, of the 27th of March, inform us that, notwithstanding the enormous arrivals of wheat which had taken place there during the winter months, the demand from the interior had been so extensive as to leave but little stock on hand. The small quantity remaining had, consequently, been held with much firm ness; and though the inquiry had rather fallen off, and several vessels grain-laden had again entered the port, prices of wheat had not receded. At Leghorn, on the 26th ult., the article was also held --- Remaining in the House of Occupation at Christmas, 1845-101 males, 92 females; admitted in 1846 —4B males, 38 females; discharged in 1846-50 males, 29 females. Remaining at Christmas, 1846-99 males, 101 females. Of the number discharged, 3 were expelled, absconded, and all the rest left the house under favour able circumstances. BETHLEM HOSPITAL. Remained in hospital, Ist of January, 1846, including those out on leave of absence, 204 males, 396 females ; admitted during the year 1846, 142 males, 171 females. Discharged—Cured, 67 males, 96 females; uncured, 25 males, 62 females; by request of friends,3 males, 12 females ; improper objects, 17 males, 16 females. Died, 5 males, 10 females. Remaining December 31st, 1846—Out on leave, 1 male, 5 females ; in hospital, 216 males, 174 females. The sub-committee meet every Friday, at Bethlem Hos pital to admit and discharge the patients from all parts of the United Kingdom, without expense to their rela tions or friends. DARING BURGLARY.—Considerable sensation exists in the garrison at Chatham, on account of an audacious burglary having been perpetrated, during the night of Friday, the 3i instant, by breaking into the Invalid Depot Pay-office, at the Casemate Barrack s, at Gilling ham. The entrance was first discovered by the orderly on Saturday morning, on his going to prepare the office for the clerks, when he found it in the utmost disorder. Papers and books were strewed about the floor, as also a quantity of lucifer matches, some of which had been burnt; and it was evident, from the drops of tallow about, the party.had had a candle. Tho cashier's desk was the only one broken open; and, from the destruc tion of the lock, some strong instrument bad been used. The whole of its contents were taken out, including a number of India remittances, bills belonging to invalids returning from India, amounting to about 12,0001.; and a large bowl, containing a quantity of copper coin, was gone, as also several coats belonging to the clerks taken away. The thieves, not content, took away the whole of the keys of the several departments. No clue . as yet has been obtained of the offend ers, althou g h a stilet in quiry is on foot by the po lice and militar y authorities. During the• day of Saturday the remittance bills, and some of the papers belonging to the officers were found in the trench, as also the bowl which contained the copper money. The entrance, it appears, was effected through one of the windows. The office is placed in a very secluded situation, being by itself and totally un- ' protected, not a sentry near it. By the cashier's desk being the only one destroyed, it is evident that this bur glary must have been committed by some one who well knew the place. It was fortunate that on the evening of the robbery a considerable sum of money was removed on the clerks leaving their duty at four o'clock. THE LATE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF STAIR.—The funeral of this lady, who died on the 17th of February, took place on Wednesday. The funeral moved from No. 4, St. Andrew-square, the residence of her brother, John Gordon, Esq., of Cluny, and was deposited in the tomb of the Cluny family in St. Cuthbert's churchyard. The body was enclosed within a coffin covered with fine black cloth, as also a leaden coffin, lined with white satin, and both were placed in an outer dress coffin of oak, covered with purple silk velvet, richly ornamented. On the top was an engraved subscription plate, with her Ladyship's armorial bearings, surmounted with a massive coronet. —Edinburgh Paper. AN UNINTENDED TEMPTATION.---011 a field in the outskirts of Manchester there is erected a board on which is painted the following rather tempting notice:— " Five Pounds Reward. Any Person found, breaking down or removeing, any Rails or Posts from the Fences of this estate, shall upon conviction receive the above reward." We omit the name of the solicitor to whom application is to be made for the reward, lest he should be pestered with a crowd of applicants, willing, for the ' sake of the 51. offered, to break down as many fences as might be thought desirable, and to find witnesses to con vict them of the offence. THE CHELSEA PENSIONERS.—The out-pensioners of the Royal Hospitals of Chelsea and Kilmainham have received notice that for the future, agreeably to the pro visions of the Bill lately introduced by the Right Hon. Fox Maule, their pensions will be paid without the de duction of 5 per cent.—an impost which, after years of useless complaint, they have, owing to the determination of Ur. Maule, succeeded in removing. EVERY DOG HMI usa DAY. —A singular apparition • is now constantly witnessed along the highway of Clif ton•—namely, a carriage, splendid in all its appoint ments of horses, harness, coachman, footman, &c., driving about in the fashionable hour of the day, its sole some what of the poodle breed, which look out at each win dow, with pert and important air, as if conscious that they were panse is spared. The owner of tenants s b enionpuppies handsome uonnwdgsrdoeeml degree," but " curled favourites of fortune," fur whose conve the equipage, poodles, &c., is a lady of noble family, who is so fond of her canine pets that even a carriage ie. kept as much for their accommodation as her own, for it is driven up to the door, and when the lady herself i 3 nience or comfort no ex unable and indisposed to go out darlingsotman will throw down the steps, and the curled , descendin the well• carpeted stairs, jump into the chariot in a style only to be attained to by quadrupeds after long custom and practice. The steps are then put up, the door closed, and the dogs driven off for their airing, return. ing, with a brisk and self satisfied bark, the valedictory hand-waving of their benefactress in the balcony above! —Bristol Times. We understand that his Majesty the Breaf the French has lately presented the Dowager Ladyton with a beautiful vase of Sevres china, in token of the high estimation in which he holds the memory of her husband, the late Vice-Admiral Sir J. Brenton, Bart., a copy of whose memoir his Majesty had been graciously 6 pleased to accept from Lady Brenton. white rh toeu hounds, 'reewelhin„elaplsl, LONDON, WE DNESDAY --- MORNING, APRIL 7, 1847 ' THE SUN, (Z. AZETTE. THE WEST INDIA MAIL-STEAMER TWEED. The announcement of the reported loss of another of the West India mail-packets, which reached London on Sunday from Havre via Southampton, and appeared in this journal of yesterday, caused great excitement in the City ; and anxious inquiries were made during the day at the company's office, in Moorgate-street, with a view to ascertain whether any authentic information had been received by the directors on the subject. To these in quiries but one reply was given, viz., that the directors had received no official information of the wreck, the only intelligence forwarded to the office being a short note from their agent at Southampton, and an extract from the Havre paper, the latter containing no facts beyond those published yesterday. The Southampton agent wrote as follows :—" By the Calpe steamer, just arrived from Mavre, an American account has come of the loss of the Tweed. They say she struck on the Alacranes, and went to pieces almost immediately, on the 12th of February—that 60 persons were lost ; but beyond this I am unable to obtain any particulars relative to this very unfortunate report, which, I trust, may be without foundation." The hope expressed is the last sentence of the South atApton agent's letter is shared, it is right to say, by several of the directors, but the prevailing impression, it must be added, among parties competent to judge is, that the account received via Havre is too circumstantial in its details to be untrue in fact. Moreover, the locality where the wreck is alleged to have taken place agrees so exactly with the supposed position of the ship at the date quoted, that little, if any doubt, is entertained of her loss. The frightful loss of life described to have taken place—no less than 60 persons—may, perhaps, lead to an impression that many passengers have been lost in the ship. This fear will be in a great degree set at rest by an announcement, furnished yesterday by Captain Chappell, the indefatigable secretary of the Royal Mail Steam-ship Company, to the effect that when the Tweed left Grenada, her starting point on the present voyage, she had but seven passengers on board for Vera Cruz. These were— Mr. Price, of the firm of Manning, Mackintosh, and Co., of Vera Cruz. Mr. Ellice, nephew of Russell Ellice, Esq., the East India director. Mr. Ynchausti. Mr. Farias. Mr. Fontecha. Mr. G. Le Charlier. Mr. Bausel. It is possible that passengers may have booked from Jamaica and the Havannah for Vera Cruz, in which event they would, of course, be on board when the alleged wreck took place ; but it is not considered pro bable that any had so booked. The Alacranes, on which the ship is supposed to have struck, is a dangerous coral reef, about 400 miles from the Havannah, and about 70 from the coast of Yucatan. It is considered by navigators the most dangerous part of the Gulf of Mexico, the currents being so capricious and powerful in that region as frequently to carry vessels upwards of 40 miles out of their course in one day. The Tweed was due at Southampton to morrow. In consequence of numerous applications from the re latives of persons supposed to be on board the Tweed, we have procured from the General Register-office of Seamen the following list of the crew, as reported on board when the vessel left Southampton, on the 18th day of Dec., 1846 : G. Parsons, commander. E. J. L. Ellison, cbief- officer. C. H. Onslow, second officer. E. Shepherd, third officer. W. H. Croke, fourth officer. T. A. Spence, midshipman. R. Vaudell, midshipman. T. T. Rowlett, midshipman. I'. H. Barnard, supernume rary midshipman. S. B. Rowland, surgeon. J. Ballard, clerk. J. Broad, boatswain. S. Rogers, carpenter. W. Shotter, carpenter's-mate. G. Fleming, quartermaster. J. Smith, quartermaster. P. M'Cullam, quartermaster. W. Turl, able seaman. J. Slade, able seaman. T. Harris, able seaman. J. Purze, able seaman. D. Martin, able seaman. W. Green, able seaman. G. Turl, able seaman. P. Moore, able seaman. J. Cove, able seaman. W. York, able seaman. W. Mackrel, able seaman. J. Briscoe, able seaman. 11. Harley, able seaman. J. Layer, able seaman. G. Deal, able seaman. G. Barwick, able seaman. T. Sully, able seaman. H. Horslow, able seaman. J. Phillips, able seaman. J. Macey, able seaman. J. Ivatts, ship's cook. J. Dixon, commander's ser va J. Morrison, second engineer, W. M. Hair, third engineer. D. Blair, fourth engineer. W. Androse, fifth engineer. W. Wilesteed, boiler-maker S. Foster, fireman. R. Johnston, fireman. A. Burt, fireman. G. Low, fireman. W. Hitchings, fireman. J. Wallace, fireman. J. Cox, fireman. J. Haddon, fireman. J. Glassup, fireman. T. Stone, fireman. W. Bishop, fireman. T. Kenney, fireman. J. Harmey, coal-trimmer. ,D. Wallace, coal-trimmer. IJ. Garnett, coal-trimmer. I S. Harris, coal-trimmer. W. Allum, coal-trimmer. L. Noyes, coal-trimmer. C. Parker, coal-trimmer. J. Merton, coal-trimmer. J. Moody, coal-trimmer. 0. Hill, coal-trimmer. J. Newman, coal-trimmer. J. Alcock, coal-trimmer. C. Stewart, lamp-trimmer. C. T. M'Cave, steward. W. Hughes, waiter. H. Bluett, waiter. H. Handcock, waiter. W. Ellis, bedroom steward. H. R. Hawkins, boots. J. Paine, cook. E. Burton, cook's mate. J. Benson, baker. -,W. Lee, butcher. IT. Finlay, barman. !Mrs. A. Gundy, stewardess. 'G. Marlow, waiter. 'G. Adams, extra waiter. G. Dawson, storekeeper. iW. Bundy, supernumerary able seaman. Lietenant J. Davies (C), R.N., Admiralty-agent, in charge of the mail. E. Moon, apprentice. F. Warren, apprentice. .1. W. Eager, apprentice. G. Loney, apprentice. S. L. Gallais, apprentice. W. Cushman, officer's boy. W. Cooper, dispensary boy. U. Philpot, engineer's boy. A. Mlienzio, first engineer. NEWS FOR ANGLERS.-111r. D. Lipscombe, the well-known angler, caught in the Teme, at Broadwas, on Saturday, with an artificial fly, a fine salmon, 1211 b. weight. The fish was taken with a common fly rod used for trout fishing, after a gallant fight which lasted an hour and a half. This is the first salmon known to have been taken in the Teme with the artificial fly within liv ing memory. The event was celebrated by a few bro thers of the angle dining off the prize, who were not a little elated at so good a commencement of the season's campaign.—On the same day a gentleman of this city caught in the Severn at Holt, while angling with the worm, a splendid trout weighing 411 b., in the finest con dition, measuring only twenty-two inches in its extreme length. The fish was taken with a very small hook (No. 8) attached to the finest gut. Last week, a trout of a similar kind was taken in a trap at Powick Weir, which weighed upwards of 51b.— Worcestershire (Aron. AN AGED FROG.—A few days ago, as a man of the name of John Bally, of Abergavenny, was in the act of sawing a large block of freestone, the saw came in contact with some hard substance, which entirely re sisted further progress. It was turned upside down, and the saw entered in an opposite direction, and after pro ceeding to within a few inches of the centre it encoun tered the same obstruction as before. After being cut as far as practicable on each of its four sides, a wedge was applied, when after a few strokes with a sledge hammer it burst asunder, and a living frog was discovered in a small cavity in the centre of the hard flinty substance which had resisted the saw. The frog must have been confined there from a very remote period, without air, food, or light, as the stone is without any fissure or joint within at least two feet and a half of the place where it was enclosed. It is still alive, and appears much more active than when first discovered.—Hereford Times. CuAST DEFENCES OF SCOTLAND. — The annexed return embraces a list of the various guns mounted on the different castles on the coast of Scotland and the estuaries :—Edinburgh Castle—nine 24-pounders, six 18-pounders, nine 12-pounders, seven & pounders, and two 8-inch mortars ; total, 33. Stirling Castle—six 12- pounders, eleven 9-pounders, and twelve 6-pounders ; total, 29. Dumbarton Castle—three 18-pounders, nine 12-pounders, one 9-pounder, and four 6-pounders ; total, 17. Leith Fort—five 24-pounders, four 18-pounders, and one 10-inch mortar ; total, 10. Fort George—seven 24-pounders, eight 18-pounders, eight 12-pounders, two 9-pounders, and two 13-inch mortars ; total, 27. Fort Charlotte—eight 18 pounders, and four 32-pounder carronades; total,l2. Fort William—twelvel2-pounders. Rothsay Castle (Isle of Bute)—five 18-pounders. Grand total for Scotland, 145 guns. It will be observed from the above return that, with the exception of a few guns, mortars, and carronades, at Leith Fort, Edinburgh Castle, Fort George, and Fort Charlotte, the whole of the guns in Scotland are of exceedingly light calibre, and almost unfit for the improved state of modern war fare. The attention of the authorities has not yet, we understand, been drawn to the coast defences of Scot land, but a total revision is likely to take place shortly in the character of this armament, or at least, a material increase in the number of guns of heavy calibre. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—TILE GAME-LAW NOVEL.— The very distinguished success of Mr. Carew's novel, " The Poacher's Wife," has arisen not merely from the undoubted genius it displays, nor from its thrilling inci dents, its breathless situations, its pathos, its mirth, nor its dramatic force of individual character—but because it illustrates a great principle, and exposes one of the most glaring abuses yet remaining of civilised England— namely, the game-laws—which have done more to de moralise the peasantry, than any other offspring of an cient feudal tyranny. The Court Journal, in its review of the work, says, " Truth stares us in the face at every fresh page we open, and we shudder as we close the volumes, because we feel that, as it is in the power of the country to destroy such frightful sources of crime, every man is accessory to their existence. The Weekly Dispatch observes, that " the author has manifested as much good feeling in exposing the evil effects of the game-laws by means of a tale, as the great commenta tor, Blackstone, did when he denounced them with his legal philosophy." AFFECTING DEATHS OF Two FEMALES (MOTHER AND DAUGHTER) AT INVERNESS SUPPOSED FROM STARVATION.—We learn that two females, of the name of Logan, residing at the Shore of Inverness, are re• ported to have died last week from actual starvation. We believe they were, at one time, in comfortable cir cumstance,—the knowledge of which, in addition to their recent depressed circumstances, and their anxiety to conceal their actual condition from the knowledge ial of the e public, rendered them averse to asking pch other relief. The result therefore, has been that they were both found dead in one bed.—Ross -shire Advertiser. FORTIFICATIONS OF lianwion.—The means of de defence at this seaport are so exceedingly deficient as to induce the military authorities to make a strung repre sentation to the Board of Ordnance on the necessity of placing the defences on a more efficient state. It appears that there are ten 24-pounder guns on traversing plat forms, and the only force to work them consists of a master gunner, one non-commissioned officer, and three gunners of the Royal Artillery. In consequence of this representation, an experienced officer of Artillery will it is stated, be sent next week to examine the state of the defences, and report to the Bord of Ordnance what is necessary to be done. It is expected that some 56- pounder guns, or others of heavier calibre, will be mounted, and that a company of Royal Artillery will be stationed to take charge of them—Essex Herald. MARSEILLES, APRIL I.—An alarming fire broke out in this city, at about midnight, on the 30th to 31st ult. One person was burnt to death, an old lady aged fifty-eight. Several persons were more or less seriously - injured in their endeavours to escape. The loss of property is estimated at from 250,0001'. to 300,000 F. This loss falls upon the Indemnite, Roy ale, and Urbaine Insurance offices. The site of the calamity was only about 200 yards distant from the port; not a breath of wind was stir ring very fortunately, for the slightest m i stral would have conveyed the flames to the centre of the shipping, in which case the whole port and the prin cipal part of the town would have perished. The origin of the fire does not appear to be pre cisely known. It is supposed to have arisen in a stable, adjoining the timber yard of Messrs. Constant, where it was first perceived. The Tribunal of Commerce was in the greatest danger, and but for the energy and presence of mind of one clerks of the Court, who ordered some of the rafters of the building that were already kindled to be cut away, the whole edifice must have fallen a prey to the flames. AT MANILLA. The following regulations recently ',brought - into operation at Manilla will be of interest to parties connected with the trade of that port : Attention having been called to the practice ob served in the Custom house of this capital by the captains or consignees of vessels, of not expressing in the manifest the contents of the bales, packages, eases, and other sorts of packages of goods which they con vey, before their introduction into the Custom-h ouse, and in order to correct a practice which, although founded on the tariff in force, in these islands may give room to very great abuses, it has been decreed as under : The house adjoining the timber yard of Messrs. Constant, inhabited in part by them, and by others, among whom was the family of the propEetor of the premises, and the unfortunately lady above referred to, was burnt to the ground., SUNDERLAND DOCLS.—PARTIAL DESTRUCTION OF THE GROYNES.-A very serious accident has befallen the groynes which are to form the breakwater to the immense sea wall for the extensive docks at Sunderland. Three groynes, about 100 yards in length, and of solid masonry, have just been completed, and were found to answer the purpose most admirably for which they were designed. The successful completion of the work, after an arduous struggle through the winter, was a subject of much congratulation ; but the work has been hardly finished before the unruly waves of the ocean have broken through the middle of the north and south groynes, leaving the centre one uninjured. The extent of masonry swept away in each of these two groynes is about 25 yards, and the heavy blocks of stone, bound together with iron clasps, and cemented in the usual way, calculated to resist the greatest violence of the sea, was on Friday night last, swept away during a tremen dous gale and heavy sea from the north-east. It was expected that the succeeding tide would have completed the total demolition of the two groynes, but, fortunately, the gale abated, and the sea subsided in violence, so that no further damage has yet been done. This untoward circumstance has created a great sensation in the town, and given rise to fears that the final completion of the docks will be attended with great danger and expense, but as yet no official account of the accident has been given, and it is impossible to say whether the masonry has been insufficiently put together, or it is one of those casualties which the greatest care cannot always pre vent. The expense of repairing the breaches will be very considerable, but it will not fall upon the con tractDrs. _ _ Art. 1. The manifest that according to :rule No. 24 of the present tariff, captains, supercargoes, or consignees of ships, national as well as foreign, are bound to present within 30 hours after being visited in this port, and 48 hours if in covite, shall contain -Ist Class, country, name, tonnage of the vessel, and number of crew. 2nd. The name of captain or mas ter. 3d. The port or ports from whence she comes. 4th. The name of consignees to whom the carg o is directed. sth. The bales, packages, casks, barrels, hogshead, &c., of all kin ds, with their cor respon , marks and numbers, express in g the quantity of each class by figures and letters. 6th. The different des cription of goods or contents of the packages. irth. The number and kind of those that contain go ods prohibited from importation by the tariff, expressing the foreign port to which they are destined in the manner permitted by the law. 9th. That the ship does not bring any other pods, and that none of t hose on board are prohibited from a fear of plague. Art. 2. Goods which on account of their nature canna come baled or packed up, as iron in bars or sheets, metal in slabs, logs or beams of wood, planks, seeds or other like articles, shall be expressed in the manifest by the descriptions without specifying the quantity. Art. 3. In the continuation of the manifest, but separately, shall be put a circumstantial note of v var like stores and provisions, and marine, on board such vessels. THE DOCKYARD BATTALIONS.—The artisans, eic., of this dockyard have this week been organised into 12 companies of infantry, and 10 companies of artillery, each company consisting of 85 men, making a total of 1,870 men. The infantry corps is ender the command of the master shipwright, with the rank of lieutenant colcnel ; to each company will be attached a captain, two lieutenants, two sergeants, and two corporals. The captains will be constituted of the foremen and clerks, the subalterns of the junior officers and clerks, and the sergeants of the leading and single station men. Of the artillery companies, six companies are for land and four companies for afloat service, the latter to be called the boat brigade ; the whole under the command of the master attendant, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. These companies have also the same complement of offi cers attached to them as the infantry companies ; the captains of the boat brigade companies are the foremen afloat, the boatswain of the yard, the master rope maker, and the master rigger. The men of both corps are to have canvass dresses for fatigue duty ; and it is understood that it is intended they shall wear a uniform on show occasions.—Hanipshire Telegragh. SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTIONS ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S STEAM VESSELS SHEARWATER AND TOR- ToisE—Official information has just been received at Woolwich Dockyard that fires haring broken out on board these two vessels, through spontaneous combustion. The first occurred on board the Shearwater steam vessel (2 guns), Commander Sir G. Webster, Bart., stationei at Oban, where, on the 20th of March last, a fire broke out in her coal bunker, and on the next day in the opposite one; with the united exertions of the offi cers and crew, after some hours' working at the pumps it was extinguished, but not before great damage was done, and the fear of being compelled to run her on shore and scuttle her. It is expected she will be ordered home to Woolwich dockyard for repairs. The second was on board the Tortoise (2 guns), store-ship. Cant. Hutton, stationed as guard-ship at the Island of Ascension, for the supply of the African steam squadron with coals. The fire broke out among the coals, a signal gun was fired, and the whole troops in garrison were put in re qnisition, when, after four days and nights' hard work her hold was cleared, and the fire extinguished, but not till nearly all her beams were burnt from three to five inches through ; as it was, had not the united exertions of the officers and men of the marines and naval crews of the vessels been prompt and with alacrity, she must have burnt to the water's edge ; had she not been lined with copper inside she must have been a wreck. It jis ex pected from this circumstance that the Lords of the Ad miralty will order all vessels to have a copper lining which are employed under similar circumstances. AN IRISH RAILROAD.—A correspondent of the Railway Record gives the following sketch of a locomo tive establishment on the Great Southern and Western at Inchicore :—" On my approach to the locomotive work at Inchicore, to my astonishment I saw, in the midst of a large field, a building to all appearance tumbling to decay. There were no workshops of any description. The blacksmiths were working in canvass tents ; the pattern makers in a temporary wooden shed (the offices comprising a part of the same) ; the fitters tumbling about in the half-finished running-engine shed ; and valuable machinery lying about exposed to the weather." He also gave a narrative of the style in which they run special trains. On Sunday, the 30th, a special train, from Dublin to Salins and back, w as engaged by a party of gentlemen. On the return to the Dublin station, neither station-master nor porter was to be seen. The carriage doors were looked, and the party could not get out. After a short period of excitement, a gentleman was seen crawling out of one of the windows. The example was soon followed, when the whole got out in the space of three minutes. If you had witnessed the scene, ycu could not, while you condemned, but have laughed, for the last was a gentle man remarkable for rotundity, and it required three of lady, his o friends ra ny to lady drag at himalshe out. I f would tbis had have been been a rather awkwardly situated. SINGULAR DISCOVERIES AT IPSWICH. --A few day since, as some workmen were digging for a cellar in the premises of Mr. Charles Meadows, in Tavern -street, they discovered a considerable number of human bones, not placed in the usual manner of sepulture, but layin g heaped together. Upon examination, it appears that a place, about ten feet deep and two feet wide, had been made for the deposit, at the bottom of which a fire had been made with wood, and the bodies placed over it and burnt, as those in the lower part show evident marks of the fire. Upon making further search, the remains of an urn, apparently of Romano-British workmanship, was found, containing ashes, charred wood, and some brass instrument, but so oxydised that it could not be made out, some bone pins, with plaited work twisted over them. From the bones collected, many of which are very large, it is ascertained that the remains of at least thirteen bodies were here deposited. Several of the sets of teeth are very perfect. Over the narrow chamber containing these mysterious remains, and at about six feet from the surface, was laid a round stone, containing a large aperture in the centre ; it was, however, unfortunately, broken into five pieces. A gen tleman, who is a competent judge, says it is evidently . a stone that was used for placing over a large mortar, in which it was customary to pulverise grain, &c., and that the pestle was passed through the hole in the centre to steady it. The stone is of a vey coarse material, and is very similar to a small rough grindstone ; it is about four feet in circumference. The bones occupy a space of feet in depth, and must have been intered hundreds —lpswich Express. o f y t e fo a u rs n . d atfort.hMeresaidmoiwiasridnefporomaistourys.that workmen have jus PORTLAND.—Within the past week a ground sea swept the beach of Chisel-beach quite clean, and enabled searchers after curiosities, &c., from an old wreck oppo site Chisel Town, to realise a few rich prizes. Some have picked up a dozen or so of dollars, amounting in all to sixty ; some, two large pieces of bullion, valued at 101. each ; others, some large pieces of gum benzoin, weigh ing from 201 b. to 101 b. This ship ran ashore at Chisel Town some fifty years ago in the dead of night ; the captain was the only hand saved, and he, through his experience of this coast, as nothing can come ashore here but it is dragged off the breakers recede, owing to the underground current. He took his station on the bowsprit, and leaped clear of the sea. The others, buf feting to and fro with the waves, were soon all drowned. Should this meet the eye of any distressed navigator in Chisel Bay it may be a guide for his preservation. We hope some slight harbour of refuge or c t avi w ty h sT e i b ll y b e e ss u els driven in may run fo r shelter.l fimately constructed off B rand y -row, , o twoultdafford the mariner security , it would gi ve isecurityWhilst to he now overwhich helpless town o f C hisel, only protected by a mud bank, ks, and threatens destruction to life and pro- pr. sea ty. One day it will go if not strengthened by a the e r ea , on every spring tide , wind setting in west, sea wall, and then g ood b y e to Weymouth, for Chisel b e ach isits breakwater.—Sherbourne Journal. PUBLIC WORKS (InELAND).—It appears, from a Parliamentary Paper, issued on Saturday, by order of the House of Commons (having been presented by her Majesty's command), that, during the week ending March 13, there were employed in the Public Works (Ireland) 708,002 persons, on roads, &c., and 20,736 on drainage, making a total of 728,738 persons. The cost of labour was 236,9221., of superintendence (charged to Baronies) 17,102/, and of superintendence (charged to Government) 5,0811. ; total cost 259,105/. The daily average number of persons employed on public works, in Ireland, for the same week, was 128,181 in Leinster, 303,614 in Munster, 86,446 in Ulster, and 210,497 in Connaught ; making the gross total of 728,738 persons. PROGRESS OF PUBLIC AND OTHER BUILDINGS. The new hall and staircase of the British Museum, to aid the interior effect of which polychromatic decoration has been called in, and with considerable success too, will be opened to the public, it is expected, on Monday next . The exterior of the northern wing of the Board of Trade, Whitehall, is fast approaching completion. Re port says, that a design to elevate the Horse Guards has been approved by the Government. At the Carlton Club, a part of the new facade is up ; and the Museum of Economic Geology, described last week, is showing itself above ground. Mystery still shrouds the proposed addition to Buckingham Palace ; rumour speaks of an alteration in the elevation, but we haie no certain information concerning it. The public mustpay. their money before they see the sight ; and instead enc o e .: commenting in time, with a view to obtain . e w xpe e l n l too oppor ' est h must be contented with abusing late to amend, and sighing .grumpilyo Act over into tunities. When Mr. Disraeh new ordered. " Hang en the results late ope ration, these things will be better Th e _ u ilder, architect," and all will come righ t. A boiler explosion, attended with loss of life, oc occurred on Thursday on board the Troubadour, which trades between Swansea, Bristol and Liverpool. The vessel had just arrived at the Mumbles, and turned off her steam, when one of the principal tubes of the boilers exploded, filling the engine-room with scalding steam, which rose in a dense cloud, and was seen from the shore. Two men were below at the moment, and their sufferings were frightful. One of them rushed out of the door which communicated with the engine-room, and fell exhausted. The other made for the ladder, with a view of getting on deck, but the scalding steam drove him backwards, and he sunk. When extricated their appearance was truly appalling—they were ac tually boiled. They were conveyed to the, Swansea In firmary, where ono shortly died: the other remains in a dangerous condition. None of the passengers sustained any injury. SPONTANOUS COMBUSTION ON BOARD HER MA IESTY'S STEAM-VESSELS, SHEARWATER AND TORTOISE. --Official information has just been received at Wool wich Dockyard of fires having broken out on board these two vessels, through spontaneous combustion. The first occurred on beard the Shearwater steam-vessel (2 guns), Commander Sir G. Webster, Bart., stationed at Oban, where, on the 20th of March last, a fire broke out in her coal bunker, and on the next day in the opposite one; with the united exertions of the officers and crew, after some hours' working at the pumps, it was extin guished, but not before great damage was done and the tear of being compelled to run her ashore and scuttle her. It is expected she will be ordered home to Wool wich Dockyard for repairs. The second was on board the Tortoise (2 guns) store ship, Captain Hutton, stationed as guard-ship at the Island of Ascension, for the supply of the African steam squadron with coals. The fire broke out among the coals, a signal gun was fired, and the whole troops in garrison were put in re quisition, when, after four days' and nights' hard work her hold was cleared, and the fire extinguished, but not till nearly all her beams were burnt from three to five inches through; as it was, had not the united exertions of the officers and men of the marines and naval crews of the vessels been prompt and with alacrity, she must have burnt down to the water's edge; had she not been lined with copper inside, she must have been a wreck. It is expected from this circumstance that the Lords of the Admiralty will order all vessels to have a copper lining which are employed under similar circum stances. LOLA MONTES.—A fresh claimant appears for the " honour" of the birthplace of Lola Montes. The Galway Vindicator, on the authority of a corespondent, insists that Coughrea is the true locus in quo Betsy Watson first isthaled the vital air. Her father, poor Jerry Watson, follow ed the profession of a vagrant player, and often delighted the denizens of Loughrea with his " mirror," which he held singularly close "to nature." Betsy, too, was famous in her day. The Vindicator concludes the notice thus:—" This is no tale of imagination; it is ' an ower true tale' of natural life. We should not wonder if she inherit some mixture of Spanish fire, obtained from the ' old Spanish town,' the ' ancient citie of the tribes,' Galway, which may account for the surmises as to her Spanish origin. LAMMING EXTRAORDINARY. Mr. Burrell, of Burshill, near Brandsburton, has thirteen ewes which have produced forty lambs, most of them are doing well, one ewe having had twelve lambs in three years. THE ISLAND or LABUAN.—The following is an extract of a letter from a gentleman, dated Labuan, east coast of Borneo, December 25, 1846 :—" We are now at the island of Labuan, which was taken possession of yesterday by Captain Mundy, of the Iris, in her Ma jesty's name. There is to be a grand expedition against the pirates next April, and we may be detained on the station till May. The treaty ceding the island of La buan was signed by the Sultan (sealed rather). I have no doubt that there will be a flourishing trade here in a few years. There is a brig laden with long-cloths in the harbour, so that the merchants of Singapore have their eyes here already. If the piracy could be suppressed, a large market would be opened." Ma. MAcaEanr.— We are glad to learn that this distinguished tragedian is recovering from his recent attack of illness. He suffered very much in his journey to London on Monday week; but, under the care of Dr. Elliotson, he has been gradually improving, and was able, on Monday evening last, to preside over the gene ral theatrical fund dinner ; though this effort, we regret to learn, threw him back a little. The latest accounts of him are, that he is again improving, and he will, in all probability, be in Manchester this day week to fulfil his engagement. —Manchester Guardian. FETER ON THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. Fever of the very worst kind, we are informed, has broken out among the railway labourers employed on the Cale donian Railway, at the Cut at Evenhead. A great number of deaths have taken place. Some of the rural inhabitants of the districts have been attacked with it; and in a shepherd's family on the farm of Howcleuch, four deaths have taken place during the last fortnight. The huts are not fit abodes for men. Let the directors look to this!—Glasgozo Argus. THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR.—We learn that the statement of the retirement of the Count de St. Aulaire from the post of Ambassador to the Court of St. James's is confirmed. His Excellency, at his own express de sire, retires from the fatigues of public affairs to the enjoyment of private life. We regret it, knowing the high' estimation in which his Excellency is held in Lon don by all who have the honour of his acquaintance. It will be a difficult task to replace him by a diplomatist so eminently formed to command universal friendship and respect, both towards himself and the nation he has so ably represented. We learn that Count de St. Aulaire is expected in Paris on Monday or Tuesday next. It does not appear that anything has yet been decided on as to his successor, but it is thought pro bable that it may be the Baron de Barante.—Galignani'e Messenger. RAILWAY TRAVELLING, AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE HUMAN SYSTEM.—The very important question of the medicinal effect of travelling by railway has lately engaged the attention of the most eminent physicians; and it is some satisfaction to know that those who are said proverbially to disagree are at least in this respect unanimous. Even to the passengers of the third-class , exposed to all the elements, railway travelling has been pronounced the harbinger of health, and the g reatest uop ponent to disease. Dr. James Johnson , no_uwmea in n c, o , terms rity in these matters, has written in the glowing a dead calm gi of the advantrges derived; as ‘ we cleave through the air as we‘thiofurigtehe h w e ere adverse, runn i %, n , g e against a brisk gale—and if the breeze are sailing right in the wind's eye against a furious h hurricane. This is th e wa y to undergo a thorough ven tililation—a sanatory p urification from the mephitic at mosphere of London, impregnated with all the poisons issuing from Pandora's box. It is in the "main-top" of a flying train like this that we can most effectually take pretique from a London lazzaretto, and disengage from our persons and clothes these noxious vapours that have emanated from at least one hundred millions of living things, besides the inculculable masses of dead animal and vegetable matter in the transit of de composition from a solid to a gaseous form of existence." Rather strong language this : but the assertions aro confirmed by every- day experience. He further adds, that the oscillatory motion of the railway carriage is not only more salutary than the swinging. jolting, motion of a stage-coach, but that " it bids fair to be a powerful remedial agent in many ailments to which the metro politan and civic inhabitants are subject ; and that to thousands of valetudinarians a railway ride of twenty miles would prove a means of preserving health and prolonging life more powerful and effectual than all the drugs in Apothecaries' Hall." EXPORT OF HORSES.—On Friday last, 18 very fine horses, the property of Mr. Sacks, were shipped by the Helen Macgregor for Hamburgh ; and on the fol lowing day a further shipment of 12 horses was made for the same place, the property of Captain Dickinson.— Hull Packet. ' l ';vlA ALARMING FIRE. NEW . CUST OMS - ULA.TIONS ,~.