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TANCRED. Now RE 4DY. By B. DISRAELI, M.P. In 3 ;ohs., post Byo., " Tancred is a brilliant book, abounding in adventure and enter tainment, rich in descriptions and lively touches of character. It bears the stamp, more.iver. of individuality. It has entertained us "sore than either Coningsby or Sybil—and, we think, may stand higher in public favour. It rs. unquestionably, the most brilliant and uprising novel of tho season."—Athenmum. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ILER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ha Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respeethilly informed. that the THEATRE WILL RE-OPEN On SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 18.17, When will be performed Donizettl's Opera, L'ELISIR D' AMORE. Adina. Madame Castellan ; Nemorino, Signor Gardoni ; Belcore, Signor F. Labl i ache; and Dr. Dulcomara, Signor Lablache (his first appearance this season). Between the lets will be presented a "New Pas," composed by M. Paul Taglioni, for Mlle. Marie Taglioni. To oone,liiiie with the admired Ballet, in Two Tableaux, by M. Paul Tag aunt, the music by Signor Pugni, entitled THEA ; OU, LA FEE AUX FLELES. Principal oharasters by Mdlle. C. lioeati, Mdlle. Marie Tegllaul. M. Paul Taglionl, &c. On Saturday, iprll 17th, will be prodcced (for the first time in this country) Verdi's Opera " I Due Foscarl." Verdi's Opera "Ernani " will be repeated forthwith. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully In flamed, that there will be an EXTRA NIGHT On THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1947. When w iM be performed (first time this season) Ballot's celebrated OPeroa I PURITANI. Principal Characters: —Elvira, Madame Castellan ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache ; Artura, Signnr Gardoni ; end Riccardo, Signor Coletti. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department, in which Millie. Lua le Gratin, Mdlle. Marie Tagllone, and Mdlle. Rosati, will appear. ROYAL. ITALI&N OyERA, COVENT GARDEN, Astablished tor the Pur posc of rendering a more perfect perf ormance efthe Lyric Drama than has hitherto been attained in this country. tinder the Direction and Management of Mr. BEALE. The Nobility. Gentry, and Patn•ns of Music, are respectfully In formed that the Royal Italian Opera will open early In April. It is proposed to produce, in the course of the -eason, some of the setabliehed works of Cimaro.a, Mozart, Rossini, Meyerbeer, and ethers at the more modern Italian School, including Operas by Belllni, Dont setti, Mercadante, and Verdi, on a s ca l e o f th e utmost perfection in . ve ry department ; to which intent the manarement has assemb'ed a company embracing the greatest and most varied talent in Europe. PRIME SOPRANI.—Madame Grisi and Madame Persiani (her Bret appearance in London for three years), Madame Ronconi and Mdile. Stefhtuoni (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, her first ap pearance in this country). CONTRALTI.—Signora Alboni (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan, Ind of the Imperial Theatre it Vienna, her first appearance in this Country), and Mademoiselle Corbari. TENORL—Signor Mario, Signor Salvator Lavia (of the Imperial theatre of St. Petersburgh, his first appearance in this country), signer Tulli (of the Theatre San Carlo, in Naples, his first appear snee in this country), and Signor Salvi (ot the Theatre La Scala, In Milan, and of tke Imperial Theatres in Vienna and St. Petersburgh, kis first appearance on the Italian stage in England). PRIMI BASSI BARITONI—Sigor Tamburinl and Signer Giorgio Ronconi. PRIMI BASSI PROFONDI—Signor 31arini (of the Theatres San Carlo, Naples, La Scala, Milan, and the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, his first appearance in this country), Signor Angelo Alba (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and Signor Polunini (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, kis first appear ance In this country.) PRIME BASSI COMICI —Signor Pietro Ley (of the Theatre Royal kadrid, his first appearance in this country), and Signor Agostino Rovere (of the Theatres Royal, Naples, Milan, Vienna, and St. Pe- Wraburgli, his first appearance in this country). Seconde Donne—Madame intotaetta Mollidori (of the Theatre La Scala, PI Milan), Mademoiselle Amalie Linari, Mademeiselle Luigina Bellini. _ Seconds Tenors—Signer Emmanuele Slane (of the Theatre Sao flar:o in Naples). Director of the Nude, Composer, and Conductor—Mr. Costa. A powerful and numerous CHORUS of chosen and experienced angers will complete the Vocal Department. Chorus Master— Signor lionconsiglio. Prompter—Signor Monterasi. The ORCHESTRA, formed of Artistes possessing the highest executive powers, will comprise among its members Eighty distin guished professors. The Military Band of the Coldstream Guards will be under the direction of Mr. Godfrey. An ORGAN, of extensive compass, has been expressly erected la the theatre by Messrs. Flight and Son. Organist--3fr. V. Novell°. The It A.LLET, of a brilliant and costly character, will close the perforniance of the evening. and no Divertissement will he suffered between the sets of the Opera. The Director has the pleasure to announce that he has concluded an engagement with M a d emo i selle Fanny Eteger ; and, during the season, the ibllowing eminent Dansetmose will appear : —Premieres Danseuse—Mademolselle Durni latre (et *a Gesell Opera, Paris), and Mademoiselle Plunkett (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Mademoiselle Benin (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, her drat appearance hi this country), Mademoiselle lieodet (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Mademoiselle Marietta Baderne (of the Theatre La icala, Milan), and Mademoiselle Fuoce (of the Academie Royale de Paris). Monsieur Petipa (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Monsieur Gontie (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Monsieur Ferdinand* Croce, Monsieur Deiferier (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Auguste Mabille (of the Grand Opera, Paris). Maitree des Ballets—Monsieur Albert (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Blasis (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan). Lender of the Ballet—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Regisseur de la Danse— Mr. O'Bryan. Composer—Signor Alessandro Curmi (of the San Carlo Theatre, Weplee). THE THEATRE.—To render the Interior at once commodious, elegant, and comfortable, it has been entirely reconstructed and decorated, under the immediate direction and after designs of S. Albano, Esq., C.C., with every attention directed to its proper ventilation. The Decorations have been executed by Mr. Ponsonby. The Management has happUy secured the artistic skill of Signori Perri and Verardi (of the Theatre Italien, in Paris), to embellish the ceiling and to prepare a New Drop Scene. The approaches to the Theatre will be found improved, by a carriage way being formed immediately under the P)rtico in Bow-street, whereby parties can leave or enter their carriages without exposure to the weather ; and by Increased facilities for ingress and egress. The Refreshment Room will be under the superintendence of Mr. J. G. Watson. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, for the night or season, to be obtained at the Rox Office, Bow-street ; and at Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera of 31A.R1TA: 4 14.. After which the New Grand Oriental Spectacle, Called THE DESERT; or, The Imaun's Daughter. In which the Two Ele phants, upwards of Sixty llerges, and the Camels will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. "Wader the Management of Mr. R. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new and original Comedy, called THE FCHOOL FOR SCHEMIN4 Ir. Principal characters by Messrs. Far ren, Stuart, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, Brinclal, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Humby, Mrs. 'remold, Miss Forteecue, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey nolds, &c. _ . After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, called TILE 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 d Honour to the Queen, Mrs. Clifford, Mrs. Seymour, Mrs. Tarnold, Miss Carre, Mils Whin, and Mrs. Buckingham ; Jane Roberts, Miss Reynolds. Tin:AIRE ROYAL. ADELPIII. isder tho direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVEN.NG Will be performed the original Drama, called TIIII FLOWERS " OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford ; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Nliss Harding. To conclude with the Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE. entitled TILE PHANTOM DANCERS; •r, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, 31 r. 0. Smith, Mr. Callemord, Nladaina Celeste, Miss M ar i an T aylor, VI, Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. 41. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be presented (for the first time in this country) Scribe and Auber's celebrated Comic Opera, in Three Acts, called THE 13Alt- CAROLE. The principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Bodda, Letter, and Allen; Miss E. Honner and Miss Anne Romer. After which, Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The principal characters by Messrs. 11. Hughes, Ryder, J. Vining, C. Fisher, Wynn, and Compton ; Miss Winstanley (her first appearance In London), Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. H. Hughes, Miss S. Flower, Miss ♦one Romer, Miss Marshall, and Miss Smithson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. This Theatre will RE-OPEN THIS EVENING. First :light of a New I.tiece. To commence with the Drama of MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. Young Bailey, Mrs, Keeley; Sairey Gamp, Mr. Keeley ; Pecksniff, Mr. Matthews ; Tigg, Mr. Wigan ; Chuzzlewit, Mr. Emery : Pinch, Mr. Meadows. After which, first time, a New Vaudeville Extravaganza, called CRIISOE THE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley ; Miss Dickenson, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the splendid new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE ENCHANTED FOREST; or, Bear, Eagle, and Dolphin- Principal characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Bromley, Rise g. Daly, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Howard, Mr. Seeley, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Bender, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, aml Mr. K. ER„ILNCIT PLATS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. Pleat Appearance of Mademo'sell, ROSE CHERI. TIITFI EVENING, the Performances will commence at a quarter past Seven e'eleck, with: (first time in this country) a new Comedy, entitled LE SECRET DU MENAGE. After which the Connedie-Vaudeville of UN CHANGEMENT DE MAIN. Alexis Ramanouski, M. Rhoaevil ; Elisabeth, Madlle Rose Cheri. To conclude with (first time in this country) a new Coinedle-Vau &villa, entitled LA PROTEGEE, SANS LE SAVOIR. Helene, Madlle. Rose Cheri. Boxes and, Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mlicheinfßoyal Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETRIOPIAN gERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. EASTER TUESDAY. 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, TO-MORROW ETENING, April G.—doors *pen at Eight o'clock; and wilt give a grand day performance on Wednesday Morning, April 7, commencing at half-past two o'clock. The evening per. formanees will be continued every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and the day performances every Wednesday morning. Noses and 'Rand at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. EY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Ender the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and Hie Royal Family. Proprietor and Manager, dlr. W. Batty. This Unique and Royal Equestrian National Temple of A rte will Re-open THIS EVENING, and continue its nowarmii ---Y attractive Entertainments every evening, at:Seven o'clock ; presenting an un usual display of talent In all its varied branches of Equestrian, Gym nastic, and Dramatic productions ; combining Mr. Batty's numerous tad of highly trained Horses and Fairy Ponies, with his magnificent Syrian Camels, Elephants, Wild Zebras, Deer and Oxen, to be brought into action in the new grand Easter Spectacle of Lord Byron's THE BRIDE OW ARTDOS ; or, THE CORSAIR AND THE AVENGER'S STEED. With New Scenery, Marine Panorama, Decorations , and Gorgeous Appointments, on a scale of magnitude unequa lled in this Amphi theatre. M Leonard, The Scenes in the Circle will present the unequalled of La Petite Isabela, MadaMe Dumos, Mons. I ) of the great uinos, performances Herr Ilenrique and Laure.nu Walif, first appearanceA ti te of F.:Vita - Engiish rider, Ntr. Powell, and popular provincial .-r...s tion, Mr. Bell. A splendid pageant, uniting the Artists of the Arena on their highly trained Ste.eus led by Mr3.lltatty. The Exerc.se_a,' Meted by the re.appearanca of the celebrated llibernian clown, Mr. T. Barry, and Mr. Twist, the gramme. Acting and Stag grotesque For detail see full flo e Manager, Mr W. D. Broadfoot. Box Office open from Eleven till Pout:. Box Book-keeper, Mr' Sheffield. Per commences every evening at Seven o'clock, doors open at half-past Six. ROYAL SURKET THEATR Under the Management of Mrs. Frances ta L E THREE NEW PIECES, and th e truly wonvge.Lfsssee. ARABS, from the Theatre Port St. Martin, Paris their Fi rst Ap. "b43171 N pearance is England. THIS EVENING, AND DURING THE WEEK, The performances will continence with a new Drama, called TH E DISARDED DAUGHTER. Count Carsdorf, Mr. T. Fredericka Julia, Mrs. Ware. ; After which, a r,•and ORIENTAL FESTIVAL in the HALLS of ABD-EL-KADER (the Emir of the Desert), introducing the w on . derful and novel Feats pecnliar to the Native Bedouin Aral, Tribes, attended by their Marabouts (Priests), &c. in their tutional costume. After which, a new Farce, by Mrs. Stirling. entitled KISSING GOES BY FIVOUI:. Duke de Ilassompiore, Mr. Tindell ; Marchio ness de Lanny, Mrs. Ware. To concla(!e with a romantic Drama, named the TWO ISROTNERS OF PISA. Count de Outten, Mr. Neville; Theodora Bemanatl, Mrs. Henry Boxes, 25., Pit, Is.:! Gallery, 61. Doors open at Six, couimenee at Half past Six. ROYAL YU; cORIA THEATRE THIS EVENING, and DURING THE WEEK (first time), THE FogGERR VOW ; or, MIDI BAROSSA, the BEDOUIN CHIEF OF JAItItA.7 Principal eharacters by Miss Vincent, Miss Lyder pearse, Miss Julia Johnson, Mrs. G. Lee, Mrs. Cooke ; Mr. N. T. vi e ks, Afr. Dale, Mr. Gardnar (first night of his re-appearance), yr. Searle, Mr. Birth &c. After which, DONZELLA, THE HEROINE OF CASTILE. Don zella (eolnalonlyollad the Rose of the Rock) Miss Vincent.' To einc i,d e .00s (all the Week), a Nautical Drama, In Three Acts, ent!tled, A REEFER'S WRONGS ; or, IHE WRECK OF THD AURORA. Sappo o rt f e c d , by p t i h t e 6 e d ntlr%c l o l m er p y m 3 y d .. Private Bowe f guf or 10s. 6u.; and Parties of Eight, ii. Is. "" for HAYPSAIRII WIT.—A Winchester man, a teeto taller, the other day asked a neighbour if he were not !flelining to the Temperance Society ? and he replied, Yes ; for when he saw the wine his mouth watered." 441 k-i. TrIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY ItIVE:-`, I INO -:: ;A'AiiitlL 5 IM4 Y ANEW FEATURE IN MESMERISM. 141DLLE. ISA PRUDENCE, the celebrated Somnambulist from the Continent, is to be seen MONDATs and SATURDAYS, at Two o'clock, and TRURSDAYS, at Six o'clock P.M., during the month, at the Concert Room, 71, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square. Her performances, under the operation of Mdlle. Hermione Lau rent, front Pails, consist of a series of experiments, in which a transmission and embodiment of ideas are effected in the shape of attitudes and dramatic actions, by the mere agency of the Mes meriser's will. The subjects may' be suggested by the audience, but in writing only. For persons wishing to acquire the knowledge requisite to set as an operator, a Course of Lectures will be given WEDXI7IDAYS and FRIDAYS, at right o'clock P.M.; to commence the 14th but. The science taught In seven lessons. Terms, three guineas. —Apply at the Room. TO THE CREDITORS OF STOCKWELL AND CO. Notice is heteby given that the CREDITORS who have proved their debts under a Commission of Bankruptcy, which was issued, In the year 1302, against CHARLES STOCKWELL, CHARLES HEMINGWAY, JAMES HAIGH, SAMUEL STOCKWELL, JOHN BAKER, and JOHN ROGERSON, formerly carrying on business together in Co-partnership as DYERS, In LEEDS, In the county of York, or the respective legal representatives of such Creditors, may receive a FURTHER DIVIDEND on their several debts, on application to Mr. James Hoatson, of West-hill, in Halifax, in the said county; or at the office of Mr. George Eiwards, solicitor, Lord-street, Malifax. IHE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, APRIL 4. r YRNONETER, Lowest, 31; Highest. 42; Noon, 45. BAROMETER, 29.78.—Wind N.N.E. ; fine. APRIL 5. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 40 ; Highest, 47 ; Noon, 52. BAROMETER, 29 73.—WIND, W.N.W. ; fine. 111(111 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Ilorning .. 26 minutes after 4 Evening .. 41 rninntes after 4. , ment have devoted all their energies to the improvement of Ireland. Night after night the Legislature has been occupied almost exclusively on Irish affairs. Matters of the deepest interest to this country have been postponed, while immediate and attentive consi deration has been given to any question relating to Ireland. An addition of eight millions of pounds sterling has been made to our national debt, the whole of which has been devoted to Ireland. The representatives of the people have unhesitatingly sanctioned the enormous expenditure, and by so doing have deprived themselves of the power of even asking fur a remission of many of the taxes that press on the na tional industry, and their constituents have invariably approved of their conduct in so doing. More than 400,0001. has been collected by voluntary contribu tions, in addition to large sums that have been pri vately distributed in the afflicted districts. Vessels of war have been freighted with flour, meal, and bis cuits, in the preparation of which relays of men have been engaged, without intermission, night and day in the public victualling yards. Nothing in reason has been omitted or left undone for the people, and yet their pastors, men who profess to speak their senti ments and to direct their opinions, have dared to speak in the following terms of their benefactors, v; a.. " That no language at our command can sufficiently express the horror we feel at the conduct of the present bungling Government in striking off the public works simultaneously, on Monday last, vast masses of the moat destitute of our respective parishioners, who had no other earthly means of support for themselves and their families ; that the cries and shrieks of those famishing creatures, which have been incessantly ring ing in our ears since that fatal day, are enough to move even the most obdurate to sympathise with those poor outcasts, who have been thus sacrificed by the ruthless policy of those monsters, who, as it is well known, are anxious to rid the country by any means of its super abundant population. "That Government, by thus cruelly, recklessly de priving thousands of their only means of subsistence be fore the machinery of the new Relief Bill hail been ready for operation, are unquestionably responsible for all the terrible consequences which must inevitably follow in the interim from such a dangerous experiment, and are accountable before God aid man for the lives of those forlorn creatures who are now doomed to die of starva tion in this unfortunate locality." And again— " That we cannot separate without pointing attention once more to the psinful subject which we endeavoured to press upon the Government at our last meeting on the 9th instant, namely, that tillage in this district is totally neglected ; that combination' still continues hare, and must continue as long as the Government and the Legislature close their ears to the cries of the Irish people, as they have hitherto done; and, as for the land lords, so far are they from troubling themselves about helping their tenants to get seed, that, on the contrary, the generality of them, quite regardless of the fate of their tenants, chuckle with un-Christian delight at the hippy prospect of soon having their lauds to themselves:' None have spoken more violently than those very persons themselves against the retaining on public works the quantity of labour that should be engaged in agricultural operations, and in making due preparation for the ensuing harvest. No sooner is the cry attended to, and a certain number of those best able to support themselves, and most likely to obtain work from the farmers, set free, than a new howl is set up, and a still stronger condemnation ut tered than before. It is hard to characterise this conduct as it deserves ; the term " mania" has been already applied, and it is the most charitable way of account ing for it. The most strenuous advocate could scarcely set up any defence, save that of " insanity," for those clerical agitators. We are happy to say that few participate in the sentiments to which they have given expression. Men of all parties in other parts of Ireland, however widely they may have differed from the Ministerial policy, have invariably given the members of the Cabinet credit for the best intentions. They have admitted the extraordinary difficulty of their position, and have spoken of them in the language of gratitude, for the anxious desire they have exhibited, not only for the temporary relief, but for the permanent welfare of Ireland. It would be hard, therefore, to visit on the country generally the fitting punishment for such impropriety, to make the innocfait suffer for the guilty. The resolutions, therefore, should be received with the profound con tempt and scorn they so richly deserve. The Emperor of RUSSIA has issued a ukase inter dicting the circulation of the Polish coin, even in any part of Poland, and forbidden all the public offices, from May Ist, to receive any such coin in payment of public dues. We learn from Munster (Westphalia) that on the 29th ult. the Bishop of that diocese, while walking in the corridors of his cathedral between six and seven in the evening, was struck with apoplexy, and died in a very few minutes. His last words were, "My hour is come. U God! have mercy on my soul !" Ms was raised to the see only on the 10th of December 'fast. Madri& papers of the 28:h and 29. h ult. have arrived. The 17-azette of the 28th contains a decree removing the Duke DE SOTOMAYOR and his colleagues from office and another appointing their successors. These decr!es are countersigned by Senor ROCA DE To- GOPLEs, the Minister of Commerce of the Sotomayor Ministry. The following are the new Ministers : M. Pacheco, President of the Council, and Minister fr,r Foreign Affairs ; M. Salamanca, Minister of Finance ; M. Benavides, of the Interior ; General Mazzarredo, of War ; General Sotelo, of Marine ; M. Pastor Diaz, of Public Instruction and Com merce. The portfolio of the Minister of Justice was offered to Senor ARRAZOLA, and refused. The portfolio of War was offered in the first instance to General MANUEL DE LA CONCHA; had he accepted it, General MAZZERRBDO would have been nominated Minister of Marine. The Chamber sat on the 29th, and the new Premier, PACIIECO, made an official announcement of the change of Ministry, and declared that the new Cabinet would act upon liberal but moderate prin ciples. He made an appeal for support to the patriotism of the Chamber, and requested a suspen sion of the sittings for a few days, in order that the Ministers might examine, with a view to approval or rejection, the ditferent Bills which had been pre sented by their predecessors. Alluding to the foreign policy of the new Cabinet, M. I'ACUECO said that it would not permit the throne of the Queen of Poit- TUGAL to be placed in peril. Of the domestic feeling he said that it should be founded on the principle of legality, and that, if any event should occur contrary to the hopes and expectations he entertained, to render it necessary to suspend for a time the constitutional laws, the :Ministry would immediately after the resto ration of a , ..der abolish all extra-legal measures, and call upon the Chamber for a Bill of indemnity for the suspension of the laws. Some of the Deputies brought forward a proposition to the effect that M. SALAMANCA, the new Minister of Finances, having held contracts with the State, should now, in consequence of his accession to office, give in his accounts, and pledge himself to abanlon all financial operations of a private nature. M. SALAMANCA stated that, in accepting office, he had made all the necessary arrangements for relinquish ing - personal speculations, and repelled in warm terms all insinuations against his probity. Although the feeling of the majority of the Chamber seemed to be with him, the authors of the proposition in sisted upon going to the vote, when they were de feated by a majority, the numbers being 134 against 56. The Progressists voted with the Ministry. It was supposed on the 29th that the Cortes would be prorogued for ten or twelve days to enable the Ministry to complete its arrangements. General SERRANO made his appearance on the 28th before the Procurator Fiscal, in obedience to the summons issued by that functionary, but it was understood that the prosecution against him would be imme diately abandoned. Accounts from Barcelona in the Madrid journals state that the Montemolinists are severely pressed by the QUEEN'S troops, and that General PAIL► has issued orders to his soldiery not t 3 molest the people of towns in any way, but to render them all protection and assistance in their power. A Madrid letter of the 29th ult. says—" The chang e of Ministry has produced a powerful effect upon the funds. The Three per Cents. have risen to 311. The partizths of the l a t e C a bi ne t say thi s h as been the effect of some financial combinations by M. SALamaxca. ; but the friends of the new Cabinet profess to regard it as a strong indication of public confidence." It is said that ESPARTERO will be appointed to the London Embassy, NAlrvatz to the French Erebus's', that OLOZAGA will be recalled, and a general amnesty proclaimed. MADRID BOLSA, MARCII29.—The Three per Cents. closed at 31i for cash ; the Five per Cents. at 194 ; the Debt without interest at ; and the Coupons at 17. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. The change in the Spanish Ministry is the subject of comment in almost all of them, and is attributed, not to its true cause, viz., the natural repugnance of a young and spirited woman to those who have in sulted, thwarted, and tyrannized over her, and have ruthlessly sacrificed her happiness and her interests to forward their own ambitious and avaricious views ; but to the intrigues of Mr.BuLwER. The exhibition of impotent rage on the part of CHRISTINA'S organ, La Presse, is quite amusing. It says— " In carefully considering the present circumstances, the events which are occurring contrary to all rule, the proceedings of this Ambassador of Opposition, kept by England in Spain to create anarchy, the language of the Spanish journals which are notoriously under his de pendence, the still more significant language, in our eyes, of the press of the F , reign-office, it is evident to us that English diplomacy is labouring to re-sieze by the most M itch iave lic intrigues, the ground that it lost in the affair of the marriages. The English policy does not count much on the protests that it has made for the future; it prefers to turn the present to account. It aeems to it, moreover, a piquant thing to twist to its profit an arrangement which it so uselessly combatted. Mr. Bulwer, too, is there with his vanity to be avenged at the same time as the policy of his country, arid to every one who knows how to read events, it is clear that nothing is spared to promote that object. Thus a dis sension arises between a young Queen contending against the difficulties of the Government, and her consti tutional Ministry supported by both Chambers; a Minis try falls at the very moment at which the two Chambers gise it a striking proof of their support; an endeavour is evidently being made to obtain a dissolution of the Cortes which have been just elected, and which no friend of Spain could think of overthrowing at the commence ment of their first session; the partizans of the British Embassy in the press and in the Cortes reassume all their audacity; the Queen-Mother, who maintained the union of the Moderate party, has been obliged, it is said, to quit Spain; Spain marches rapidly towards a crisis, which may become lamentable; and during this time the English press re doubles its invectives and calumnies against France, against the Moderate party, against all that can save Spain from the domination of England. All these circumstances reveal a redoubtable cause of action, to neutralise which too much dispatch cannot be employed. We are convinced, therefore, that our Go vernment at this moment has something else to do than to insult, in a Ministerial journal, the members of the Conservative party who have remained faithful to the flag under which the last general election took place. We believe that they should not slumber in the satisfac tion of the indirect advantage obtained in the affair of the Spanish marriages. The policy which ef fected those marriages is in danger of allowing itself to be compromised. The cunning and shamelessness of England threaten to turn the result we applauded to her profit and the triumph of anarchy in Spain. It is time to reflect more than seems to be done ; it is time to retake the advantage that we are perhaps on the eve of allowing to be wrested from us. England is morti fied, and it is only by opposing an incessant persever ance that we can struggle against her efforts. Why does not M. Bresson return to his post? Why does he leave the field free to Mr. Bulwer, who now dominates in the secret counsels of Queen Isabella, who openly en deavours to effect the annihilation of the moderate party, who has already reversed the Ministry which re presented that party, the Cortes, and all regular in terests in Spain ? Can it be conceived that in a crisis which may become so grave, when Queen Christina is absent, France is not represented at Madrid ? Is it desired then to lose all the advantage conquered six months ago at the price of an alliance to which great importance was attached ? Is it desired to become the laughing stock of Europe? Let our Government then become warned, and let it at least exert itself in the circle of its legitimate influence! The conclusion given to the marriage affair, in spite of the op position of England, undoubtedly assures it real advan tages, but at the same time imposes upon it a great re sponsibility. Let it not forget that for a single day! And let Spain, too, think seriously upon it ! A malignant influence s,_elts to dominate her destinies, and its intervention in the complications which arise is only too evident, The mind which dictated the famous in structions of the 19th July; the band which directed the scandalous demonstrations which were made in Spain and in England at the news of the conclusion of the marriages; the policy whi c h t r i es t o com p e l Sp a i n t o dis inherit her Infanta, and to violate her constitution, and which caresses the Legitimatist Pretender kept at London as an object of dread to Spain—England, in one word, menaces at this moment the repose of Spain. And what aggravates the danger still more, this policy disposes of a party in Spain, and finds an evident support in a frac tion of the Spanish press, which has not known how to preserve itself from its action." Here we take note of an admission in this the organ of Queen CHRISTINA, which proves the truth of the assertions that have all along been made by the patristic party in Spain, and the falsehood, the absolute and downright falsehood, of the denial of those assertions so audaciously put forth by Cirrus- TINA and her supporters. CHRISTINA is and has been an agent of France in Spain. CHRISTINA, although holding no official appointment in Spain, although only simple Duchess of RIANZ %RES and a Neapolitan, has interfered in the Government, exercised the rights of sovereignty, and overruled frequently the will of the QUEEN. Such were the assertions of the patriots, assertions denied by CHRISTINA and her organs. IVhat says La Presse 1 " Can it be conceived that in a crisis which may become so grave, when Queen CHRISTINA is absent, France is not represented at Madrid ?" If CHRISTINA does not interfere in matters of state, as has been asserted, if CHRISTINA is not the agent of France, what difference can her presence at, or absence from Spain, make to France? We thank the Presse for this admission. The National ha the following on the subject of :he Spanish Ministerial changes : " Our predictions of the inevitable return of the English influence at Madrid have been realised much sooner than we expected. After a long resistance, the Sotomayor MiniStry has been vanquished, and fairly turned out of doors by the Queen. Her wishes were known, but it was necessary to find a Minister who would consent is countersign the dismissal of the others, and this was difficult. The Minister of War, who was the first to get weary of his position, had wished to re tire. This first breach caused the whole edifice to give way. The Duke de Sotomayor, however, held his ground, and refused to the end to give up his port folio ; it was necessary, therefore, to take it from him by force, and M. Bow de Togores consented to become the executioner of his colleagues. The Queen has appointed DI. Pacheco President of the Coun cil, M. Salamanca Minister of Finance, and M. Pastor l)iaz Minister of Public Instruction. These three per sons occupy the first rank in the fraction of the Opposi • tion, which is calle.l Puritan. Their three colleagues are of a different character. M. Mazzarredo has the portfolio of War, M. Benavides that of the Interior, and M. Sotello that of Marine. This monster Ministry has the head of & woman and the tail of a serpent. It is called a cabinet of coalition. It should rather be called a cabinet of transition between the Moderates and the Progressists. We do nut know, besides, whether Mr. Bulwer will be much in a hurry to adopt the latter, for we do nut believe that he will find among them many men of whom England would be so proud as she is of M. Pacheco and his friends. It was with these persons, and not with the Progressists, that Mr. Bulwer had an understanding at Madrid, for the protest against the Montpensier marriage. They were his legal support, and the extra-legal support figured in his calculation as an en ras. We believe Mr. Bulwer has now four men out of six of the new Cabinet; and now behold how, at the end of six months, the influence of France is pre ponderant on the other side of the Pyremi,!s." The Legitimatise organ, the Union Monarchique, says— The &Wele, in noticing the change of Ministry, says— " If a pronunciainieito be desire], the affair is in good hands, for it is Mr. Bulwer who now holds the strings England made the revolution of La Granja, and brought about the abdication of Valencia; but she was afterwards beaten in the person of Espartero and in the marriage question. It is her turn now; and we may believe that she is determined to take it seriously. We know full well that whatever we might have done in Spain, England would have counteracted us. France requires that Spain should be powerful; England that she should be thrown out of the path of her veritable political interests. An tagonism was inevitable. But what we deplore is that our Cabinet has not understood that the affinity of France and Spain is by revolution, by democracy, and by liberty. We ought to have taken in the Peninsula the position that we have given to England." Had the k'rench Government taken in Spain the position which a Government, the offspring of the revolution of July, ought to have taken—had it shown itself the friend of liberty and of progress, England would never have sought to counteract its efforts, and the entente cordiale would never have been interrupted. " The price of flour and grain," slys the Moniteur, "continues to decrease in Paris. The rate at which flour sold on Thursday reduces the price of the kilo gramme of bread to 55c., being a diminution of 14 centimes per loaf of 2 kilogrammes." The Constitutionnel of Friday has a long article defending the conduct of COLETTI and the Greek Government. According to the Journal des Chemins de Fer, the Ministry contemplate introducing some measures for the relief of the railroad interest. The squadron of evolution is to sail from Toulon in the beginning of April. The Courrier de Marseilles of the 30th ult. con tains the following:— " The Infante Don Enrique, brother of the King of Spain, who arrived on Saturday morning at Marseilles, intended to sojourn some time in our city, for he had hired, for a month, an apartment in the Hotel Beauveau. ' In the course of that day he was visited by Lieutenant- General Hautpoul, by the prefect of the department, and the Consul of Spain ; and the cordial reception he had experienced confirmed him in his resolution to pro long his stay at Marseilles. A diplomatic decision, however, soon upset all his projects. To the great astonishment of every body the Infante was immediately ordered to quit Marseilles and France. The order, which, no doubt, reached by the telegraph, was notified to him at nightfall, with an injunction to depart betbre day, for Nice, and thence proceed to Naples, At four o'clock on Sunday morning a postchaise arrived at the gate of the 'lota Beauveau, and the Prince, without giviog any explanation, took his departure for the Sardinian states." The Three per Cents. closed at 78f. 75c. ; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 70c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,278 f. 15c. ; Rouen, 8651. ; Havre, 6751. ; Great Northern, 630 f. ; Avignon, 792 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 565 f.; Bordeaux, 516 f. 25c. ; Boulogne, 415 E ; Troyes and Montereau, 300 f. ; Basle, 2101. ; Dieppe, 3381. 75c ; Paris and Strasburg, 430 f.; Tours and Nantes, 425 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 4421. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 4601. ; Cette, 447 f. 50c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 34k. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWATS AT TH]e LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 3. Boulogne and Amiens, 16% —Dutch Rhenish, 3%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 6% —Earls and Lyons, —Tours and Nantes, 2 —West Flanders, 4%. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. (THIS MORNING.) Shortly after three o'clock this (Monday) morning, one of the most extensive water-side fires, since the con flagration at Topping's Wharf, broke out upoa the pre mises known as the Kent and Sussex Wharf, on the Southwark side of London-bridge, the property of Mr. Alderman Humphery. The north frontage of this range of building faces the river Thames within a few feet of the bridge, the dis tance from the one to the other being filled up by the Hibernia Wharf, which is tenanted by Messrs. Alder man Huraphery, Messrs. Gold aid Co., wholesale grocers, and Messrs. Mann and Skinner, cider mer chants. The south front of the Kent and Sussex Wharf faces the basement story of the Bridge-house Hotel, while on the western aide it is adjoined by the wharf denominated " Mann's Wharf." The ground plan of the building forms a parallelogram, the depth of which is about 180 feet, and the breadth nearly twenty feet. The premises were lofty, with four floors, and a double connecting roof stretched in a con tinuous line from the northern to the southern gables. The fire made its appearance, in the first instance, in the front facing the water's edge, from the windows in which the policeman on duty upon the bridge observed a strong glare of light, and immediately a huge body of flame burst from the lower part of the wharf, and rushed upward with uncontrollable fury. Information of the circumstance was instantly dispatched to the several engine -stations, the police stationed in Montague. place exerting themselves most judiciously in preventing any persons from forcing in the doors before the arrival of the engines. Mr. Henderson, the foreman of the Southwark section of the brigade force, arrived with his; engine, followed by the one from Tooley-street station; Mr. Braidwood, with the Watling-street engine and firemen, and others from more distant stations. The West of England engine and that of the County were also very ;early at the scene. At the time of the arrival of the earliest engines considerable difficulty was expe rienced in obtaining assistance, and a sufficiency of hands not being found until the several policemen scoured the neighbouring beats, and knocked up parties known by them to belong to the labouring population. Orders were given by Mr. Braidwood, as soon as the fact of the outbreak was made known to him, for the un mooring of the floating engine, and consequently the gong was sounded to call the hands together required to row the vessel from its station near Southwark. bridge, and for hands to work it when it reached the fire. Upwards of half an hour elapsed, however, before a sufficiency of men could be obtained. As soon as possible the engines on shore were got into full play, two of them being stationed on London-bridge, the hose being led over the Hibernia Wharf, while vast bodies of water were poured upon the burning pile from eagines stationed in Montague-close, and the floating engine moored immediately in front of the wharf. For some time but little impression was made upon the fire, but by a judicious appointment of the appliances at hand the flames were confined to the wharf, and the adjoining property and party walls kept as cool as possible. For tunately there is, between Kent and Sussex and Hibernia wharves, a passage or water-way about six feet in width, the side walls are of great thickness, while the party wall on the west side is of an excellent character. The fire, consequently, was kept within the area of the wharf in which it originated. By six o'clock, however, the flames were got under, and by seven nothing could be seen of the fire except the smouldering embers and the bodies of smoke which arose from them, and the deplor able havoc the conflagration bad occasione d. • How the fire originated it is not possible to explain. An investigation it is expected will follow the calamity, to be instituted by Mr. W. Payne, the coroner for the City and the borough of Southwark. LATEST PARTICULARS. ELEVEN O'CLOCK, A.m.—The fire by this hour is completely extinguished, and the firemen having gone over the ruins as far as practicable, and with the several parties belonging to the property consumed or damaged, Mr. Braidwood has been enabled to lay thus early the result of the catastrophe before the several insurance offices. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool, on :Saturday, was quiet. Sales, 3,000 bales, of which 2,500 were American, at 61,1. to 7A-1.; 100 Maranham, at 74d. ; 300 Surat, at 4+l. to 44d.; and 80 Egyptian, at 71d. to Bd. per lb. There appears to be a very considerable difference of opinion whether the Court of Directors will act up stringently to the resolve they arrived at on Thursday last, relative to the discount firms of the City, and the bills sent into the Bank of England by them. It is stated with very considerable confidence in some quarters, that the resolutions will, in all pro bability, be rescinded. If such should be the case, the directors, in the opinion of many, will only yield to the expressed opinion of a clique of the rich firms of the City of London. With the exception of speculators and monopolists, the strict rule intended to be enforced on and after the 17th inst. meets with much favour. Much anxiety has been expressed in all circles this morning, especially in circles connected with the West India and South American trades, at the re ported loss of the royal mail steam ship the Tweed. It is scarcely doubted but the ship has foundered, but there are very strong grounds for the belief that the loss of life has been greatly ex aggerated. Authentic advices were looked for with deep ill terest. A general expectation seems to prevail that, exclusive If railway supplies, a large drain upon our stocks of iron will take place on the return ot the almost innu merable vessels now arriving in our ports with cargoes of bread-stuffs. These stocks are by no means accu mulating under the present demand, alt hough an in crease of produce in the manufacturing department has been carried out to a great extent—so far, indeed, as the supply of materials will allow. This ex pectation, combined with the existing pressure of orders, imparted a tone of cheerful feeling at the prepara tory meeting held at the hotel, Dudley, last week, when a resolution was passed unanimously, to the effect that the prices of iron should remain the same as last quarter. It appears, therefore, pretty certain that the full nominal price for manufactured iron, and the slight advance upon pigs that was established last quarter day, will be easily sustained during the ap proaching quarterly meetings ; and under the adverse, position of the general mercantile interests of the coun try, the satisfactory maintenance of existing prices may be considered equivalent to an advance under ordinary circumstances. An uneasiness among the workmen in the Welch districts has been manifested, and in a slight de gree has contaminated this neighbourhood, but it has been met by determined measures ot self-protection on thepart of the masters, and with the prospect of more moderate charges for provisions, and the summer season at hand, we do not think a general attempt to demand higher wages will be made. The quarterly meetings will be held at Walsall to-morrow (Tuesday) ; at Wolverhamp ton on Wednesday ; Birmingham on Thursday, Stour bridge on Friday, and at Dudley on Saturday next. A slight improvement has taken place in the Consul Market to-day. For Money, as well as for the Account, the present value is 88i. Exchequer bills have im proved to 3s. premium, and India Bonds to 4s. premium. There has not been any quotation for the Scrip of the New Loan this morning. India Stock is at 2461, and Bank Stock for the Account at 204. In the Spanish Three per Cents. there has been a good sprinkling of business done this morning. The Three per Cents. have ranged from 34,1 to 354, and the Five per Cents. have advanced from 23} to 24. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have ruled from 584 to 59. Danish Bonds have realised 861 without the divi dend. Grenada Bonds have realised from 194 to 20i. ar In the Railway Share Market there is very little doing this morning. The prices are very generally steady. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • . • • 1184 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. Ditto, 30 years, Jan 5, 1860 .. 9 3-16 India Stock • • • • • • • • • • .. • • 246 1 / 4 India Bonds, 1,000/. • . .• • • .. 4 p Bank Stock for Apt il 14 .. .. • . .. 204 Consols for Account .. • • • • .. • . 884 Exchequer Bills, I%d. 2d. 1,0001. .. •. ..•• par 3 p 5001. •• 3 p Ditto. Small .. .. • • 1 p 4 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent •• 8634 ex div Granada, 1 per Cent. .. • • • • 19% 20 1 / 4 Ditto. Deferred • . . • • . 3% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cont. Cent.....— Ditto, ter the Account .. • • 2334 24 Ditto, Passive Bonds • • .• • . 5 1 / 4 Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. 25 34% 3534 Ditto, for the Account .. • • 3534 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. .. 404 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 58% 59 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK, RAILWAYS. PAID. PER MARX. Aberdeen • • • • • • • • • •• 30 .. • • 27 1 / 4 .. to 28114 Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2%..,. 24 .... to Birmingham and Oxford Junction • • 5 • • 13 1 / 4 %..to Birmingham, Wolver.. & Stour Valley 5 .... 64 ... to Caledonian • • .. .. • • • • •• 30 264.... to Dublin and Belfast Junction .. • • 1234 •• •• to Eastern Counties 20 .... 19 18% to 19 1 / 4 Ditto, York Extension .... 4%.... to East Lincolnshire .. .. 4 .... .... to Edinburgh and Perth • .. • • .. 2 .... 3 .... to Ditto, Extension .. .• • • .. 10s. .... I .... to Ely and Huntingdon • . • • . .. 15 .... 15% 1 / 4 .. to Great Northern .. • • • • .. 3% 3%.... to Great North of England • • • . .• 100 • • ..231 1 / 4 .... to Ditto, New • • • • • •• •• •• 20 .• 584 .. •.to Great Western .. .. • • • • .. 85 .. • • to Ditto, Half Shares .. • . • . 50 .... 68 .. • to Ditto, Quarter Shares .. • • • . 1234 • ... 17 1 / 4 %•• to Ditto. New .. 4/.... 7 % .. to [lull and Selby • .. • • .. 50 .• . • 10234 .. to Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. • • 35 .... 79 .... to London, Brighton, and South Coast .. 50 .. 521/4 14 .. to Ditto, Consolidated Eighths • • • • 10 11)4 •• • • to London and North-Western .. 100 .. 177 .. • • to 176 Ditto, 401. Shar,s .. M. and B. .. 40 .... 68 to Ditto, 101. Shares .. M. and B. (C) 1 •• • • 7 1 / 4 • • to London and Siiiith-Western 411. 10d. •• .• 61 .... to 64 Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) . .. 50 .. • • 54 1 / 4 •• • • to Manchester and Leeds • • • •• 82 ••• . ••.. to Ditto, Fifth. •• • • .. 5 to 10 Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) • . • • —7l. 45..... 234 p.. to Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock -. 425. % p.. to Manchester and Southampton .. • . 2 .• • • 134 . • to Midland ..100 ••..115%.... to Ditto, New . • .. .. 36 .•.• 40 .... to Ditto, New • • .• • • .. 2 .... 434. •.. to Nfidland, Birmingham & Glouc ester 100 ...123 .. ••to Ditto, New (issued at 71 dis) 17 1 / 4 .... 30 1 / 4 .... to Newcastle and Berwick •• 20 .... 27 1 / 4 1 / 4 • . to ' Ditto New . 5 .... 84 .... to Norfolk . • .. ..100 . ••..to it Ditto, Extension .. • • .. 6 .... .. • • to North British .. 25 •• 3214 • • • • to Ditto, Extension • . %•• •• 1% .• •• to North Staffordshire .• .. • • • • 5 •• • • 7% •••• to Ditto, Scrip (late Churnet & Blythe) 2 • • 3 % •• •• to North Western •• .. • • • • 4 •• • • 3 % •.•• to Preston and Wyre .. • • • • 2 5 •• • • 35 .... to Reading, Guildford, and Reigate • • b •• .. 5 to Scottish Central •• •• •• •• 15 .. • • 22%.... to Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) •• 3 .... • to Ditto, ditto (B) .• • • .. 1 14 .... to South Devon • • • • • • •• 40 to Ditto, Preference .. • • .. .. 5 .... 5% .... to south Eastern and Dover . • • • • • 33L 2s. 4d. .... to Ditto, New (do. 331. Gs. Bd.) No. 2.. 12 ... 134 •• . to Ditto, New (do. 301.) No, 3 15 .... 16 •• • • to Ditto. New (do. 151.) No. 4 .. •• 3% •• • • 4 1 / 4 ...• to South Wales .. .. 10 •• • • 8 • • • to %Vest Riding Union ~ ..4/. 26.• ••• 134 p.. to York and Newcastle .. 25 .... 3434. •.. to Ditto, New .. 10 .... 14% .... to Ditto, Preference • •• • • • • 4 •• • • 7 14 5 a ••to York and North Midland • • • • .. 50 •• .. •• • • to .... Ditto, Preference • • • • • • '• 2 11 % 1 / 4 •• to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 20 •• to - _Boulogne and Amiens • Dutch Rhenish • • • • • • •• • • 7 ••'• 4 •••• to ',Tor them of France • • , • • • • • 5 • • 12% Paris and Lyons •• •• •• •• 8 •• 5 3%% to Sambre and Meuse .. 12 .... 6 1 / 4 0 6 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia •• •• •• •• •• •• 40 .. •• 22 .. ~ to Colonial .. • . • • • • • • • • • • 25 •• •• 15% l(.. to London and Westminster .. .. .. 20 .... 26%.. ~ to MINES to —.. •• Real del Monte. Unregistered .. —..— .... 21% LLOYD'S SHIPPING —(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL s. —Wind W.N.W., light breeze and hazy. DEAL, APRIL 3.—Wind N.W. to N.N.W ; 4, N.N.E. to S.W.—Arrd. Marmion, Ewing, to Calcutta; Gemini, Benn, Calcutta ; William Parker, Mauritius ; Patri Ityarson, Porto Rico; Fanny, Havannab. 4th, Spence)., Manilla; Redcliffe, Whitney, Charleston, for Hull. Sld. the outward bound. BRISTOL, APRIL 3. —Sid. Victory, Acadia, and Can• ton, Quebec. NE;VP3RT, APRIL 3.—Wind N.E., strong.— Sld. Mar garet, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 3.—Wind N.N.E. ; 4, N.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Ifindoitan, Lamb, Bombay ; Osprey, Ar narnbuc(4; Napoleon, Collis, Honduras; Frazer, Charles ton, Sardinia ; Crocker, New York ; Lady Constable, Poole, New Orleans. Sld. Harry Galbraith, La Guayra; Cambria steamer, Halifax. DunLy , /, APRIL 2.—Wind N.N.W. to N.E.—.Sid. Cornebia, Bevan, Baltimore. WATERFORD. APRIL 3.—Wind N.E. to N.N.E.—SId. Downes, New York. PORTSMOUTU, APRIL 4.—Wind W. to N.N.W.—Sid. Mediator, New York. COWES, AI'RIL 4.—Wind W.—Arrd. Duc Marias, Grerbeck, Canton. DARTMOUTH, APRIL 4.—Wind N.N.W.—SId. Ca lypso, Quebec. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Matilda Hoppen, Monte Video. Sid. Chapman, Quebec ; Belle Alliance, Adelaide, South Australia. OFF PENZANCE, APRIL 2.—Marmion, Porto Rico. ST. IVES.—SIII. Victoria, Quebec. LLANELLY, MARCH 31.—Sid. Bette, New York. STUDWELL ROADS, APRIL 3.—Wind N.E., a gale.— Arrd. Tamarac, Cooper, St. John's, New Brunswick for Liverpool. LANCASTER, APRIL 2.—Sld. Chieftain, Quebec. DUNDEE, APRIL I.—Wind N. to N.N.E.—SId. Earl Powis, Montreal. PETERHEAD, MARCH 30. —The cargo (lime) of the Defiance, from Sunderiand, is on fire, and it is feared the vessel will be destroyed. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Matilda, Hopper, Monte Video. Coax, APRIL 2.--Wind N.E.—Sld. Kate Kearney, Jamaica ; Budre, New York ; Pallas, St. John's. Arrd. John Bull, Crawford, Moulmein. GALWAY, MARCH 26.—S1d. Lord Fitz,;erald, N ew York. LONDONDERRY.—Arrd Floridian, New York. AYR, APRIL 3.—Sld. Magog, St. John't , , New Bruns wick. LIMERICK, APRIL 2. Wind \.E.—Arrd. Gibbet, Boston. Sld.pcean,Philadalphia. CLYDE. APRIL 2.—Sid. John Ic.rr, St. John's, N,w Brunswick ; Oxford, Quebec. 3. Monticello, New York; Saracen, New York ; Indus, Quebec. FALMOUTH, APRIL 4.—Wind N.—Arrd. 3d, Olive Branch, Le Bas, Rio Grande and Pernambuco, and sailed for London. Off port, Ist, Lady Flora Hastings, We therall, Mauritius. WHITEHAVEN, APRIL 3. Wind N.N.E.—SId. La bella, Quebec. KINGSTOWN, APRIL 3. Wind N., fresh. Acrd. David Henshaw, Penkham, Philadelphia. HULL, APRIL 4.—Win3 N.E.—Sld. Ist, Humber, Sr. John's, Newfoundland. MILFORD, Aram 3.—Tho Rose, Newport to Glaa• gow, has put in here with rudder unshipped, having struck on the Crow Rock this mornint►. SHIELDS, APRIL 3. The Shamr;;ek, of Kirkaldy. was assisted off the Herd Sand Ist instant, and brought in II( re. MARKET NE WS.-(T HIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—(MONDAY.) During last week the arrivals of all kii.ds of Grain, as well as Flour, of home produce, were on a very limited scale, while, from Ireland and Scotland, scarcely any thing came to hand. The imports of foreign Wheat were good, viz., upwards of 10,000 quarters ; while those of Barley exceeded 9,000 ; of Oats, 25,000 quarters ; and of Flour, 14,000 barrels, all exclusive of a fair importation of Beans, Peas, and Indian corn. The receipts of English Wheat fresh up, were very small ; and the total supply of that article on offer — owing to most of last Monday's unsold samples finding purchasers on Wednesday, was comparatively limited. The best qualities of both red and white commanded a steady, but by no means brisk, inquiry, at prices about equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight. In all other kinds only a moderate amount of business was doing, at unaltered quotations. At the close of business nearly the whole of the Essex parcels had been disposed of, but a few of those from Kent and Cambridgeshire remained on hand, There was no business transacted in English Wheat on French account; indeed, we did not see a single foreign buyer in attendance The show of foreign Wheat, from the weekly increasing arrivals, was larger than for some time past ; still, however, the im porters were very firm, and some of them would not sell except at a trifle more money. We, therefore, call the foreign Wheat tr a d e stea dy, a t fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, the rates obtained on Monday last. The sales for the day amounted to about 4,000 quarters. The quantity of English Barley on show was very small, that of foreign somewhat extensive. The best qualities of grinding and distilling moved off steadily, at fully last week's quotations, but all other kinds were a mere drug, at barely late rates. With Malt we were but moderately supplied, yet the trade with that article was in a very inactive state at barely stationary prices. The show of foreign Oats being large, and mbre than tide. quate to meet the wants of the buyers, the trade was Teri dull at a decline in valise of from 6d to is per quarter, at which depression very little progress was made in sales. The quuntity of Beans in the market was by no means large ; yet all kinds met a slow inquiry, at late rates. Peas were very dull, but not cheaper. So little was doing in Indian Corn, that prices were almost nominal. Flour dull—the nominal value of the best town made being 62s per 2801 b. Very few spi culative purchases were made in American. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE firheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier...... 78s tO — 0 Red, New.... 728 to 788 Oats—Yorkshire and Di tto,White, New 74s 81s Lincolnah., Feed. 30s 331 Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red... • . 708 74s Youghal and Cork, , Ditto, White—. •• • 748 78s Black . ... • —25 s Irish, Red ••• . • ... —8 —s Cork, White ... • . 288 3k° Ditto, White.. •• • • —s —a Scotch, Feed..... 33s 361 Rye—Old .. ...... •. • . —s s Beans—Tick......... 428 450 New. ••...... .. .. 4As 54a Pigeons Barley—Grinding ... • • 405 42s Pease—Grey ... Malting . .... —•• 48a 528 Maple. .. ... ••. • • 51s 511 Chevalier .... ... 528 53s White . ... • .... 515 571 lialt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ......... 578 591 folk ...... • • .... 73s 758 Flour—Town-made... 60s 6 1 Brown ... .. Kingston and Ware 753 78a Stockta & Norfolk 498 5" SIVIITZIFILLD. A decided increase has taken place in the arrivals o f foreign stock into London during the past week, and we, have to report a very g r e a t i m p rovemen t i n i ts gen eral quality. The imports may be stated thus:— From whence. Oxen. Cows. Sheep. Calfelh Rotterdam Harlingen ... 3O ..... 24() Nieudiep Total ...... : 134 426 646 25 The above are, as'a matter of course, wholly exclusive of the receipts at Hull and the various other out Oort-t which have comprised about 200 Oxen•and Cows t Sheep, and 10 Calves, chiefly from Rotterdam, with few from Hamburgh. There were in the market this morning about 120 foreign Beasts, 180 Sheep, 41:1_9". Calves, most of which were dispos e d o f a t l ate rag' From our own grazing districts, the arrivals of 1101 fresh up to-day were but moderat e as t o number, litli;of full average quality. Owing to the large supply " Beasts disposed of on Frid a y l as t, we h ave to repo rt inactive Beef trade, at, in some instances, a decline 1 " the currencies cbtained on Monday last of 2d per 8 1 b g ; the highest figure for the best Scot s b e i ng 4s 4d Per 81bs, yet a good clearance was effected. The Bull'; droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridg o shire, were composed of about 1,000 Scots, lioca4br e pt t and Short-horns ; from the northern, w estern, a no , midland districts, 900 Herefords, R unts, pelt)/ and Short-horns ; from other parts of England, 40 v d various kinds; and from Scotland, 180 horned O i l polled Scots. With Sheep we were scan t " supplied, but the quality of that description of W e d , was very good. Prime old Downs commanded a re s sale, at a further improvement in value of quite 21r, Blbs, they producing without difficulty 5s 6d per 9 ...e 0 but in the value of all other breeds—though it was. ' f h t i supported—we have no alteration to n otice. Fronlb Isle of Wight 27 Sheep and only 6 Lambs came i'qie to hand. Although the Lamb supply was small. :T he 2d was in a very depressed state, and prices were:The 2d to quite 4d per 81bs lower than on Friday last. o s numbers of Calves were good ; y e t th e V ea l tradC ii firm, at fully last week's quotations. In Pigs. 00 moderate business was doing, at previous currencieS4 • Per Blba. to sink the offal. , a. d. to a. d. s. d . to .• 6 literior Beasts... 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 0 iecond quality 3 6 3 8 Coarse-woolledditto 48 b 6 Prime large Oxca 310 4 0 Southdown Wether b 2 . Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 4 4 5 0 Large loge •••• •• 8 s 5 Prime small ditto 6 . 4 iec‘ling Calves Is 0 29 0 Quarter old Pigs •• . 6 6 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 8 4 0 Latras .. ••••• • •• • riusurccalm Aral) ZAZIADE)723ILIA7.. r o Of S'nee this day se'unight very moderate supP 1 fi r slaughtered Meat have been received up to thos e kets either from Scotland or the North of En°, l tefr tip) , having amounted only to 190 carcasses o 'l ,4j• e olf 600 di to of Mutton, 120 ditto of Lamb, 80 ditto er.', Ae and 320 ditto of Pork. With London•killed Ige gl ' ef ol have been scantily supplied, owing to which, the #.Ol o n demand has ruled brisk, and the quotations have neu ß 4o improved tendency. To.day, however, there We s iiii of ac tivity in the trade, at our quotat i ons. The sk Ye foreign Beef has b e en goo d ; t h at o f M utton and • very small. 11 1, STIPP LY AT MARKET. Yeasts. 1 I Sheep. Calves. 2,770 16,350 96 rio. I 21° At per atone by the Carcase. to. .. d, 4 i ' 1 .. d. to e. d. i 2 6 A o Beef. inferior...—. 10 30 , Mutton, Inferior •• - - I middling .... 3 0 3 2 i middlillB•• 3 1' 4 0 prime large .• I 2 3 4,' 0 prime small •• 3 6 8 8 1 Pork, large.... —• • •', 6 " Veal •••••••. • • • • • . 4 4 5 4 small .... ••• • ' Lamb. 5s 8d to 68 10d BOROUGH AND SPIETALPIELDS' yolk About 300 tons of potatoes have arrived from Pl e ie in the pa s t we e k ; but, from ou r own coas t s , the r — c tD O have bten trifling. The trade is still very dull' 6 220 g annexed quotations :—York Regents, 200 s to 0 001 ditto Reds, 200 s to 220 s ; ditto Shaws, 200 5 W isr int Dutch Whites, 160 s to 170 s ; Linc o ln and Cara.,."" shire Regents, 170 s to 200 s ; ditto Kidneys, 16 05 "- per ton. BOROUGH HOP IVIAREVr• 131.13C! Next to nothing has been doing in this Ittry -e ;; 0 0 l our last report ; but in prices we hare no alters• notice. WOOL. 40 4 - -- The imports of wool still continue on a very lil. rir scale. Still, however, the private demand for all 'l i : 0 0 tions is in a very inactiveatete p yct we can 10 " alteration in the general (Xotations. . TA2.7.077. v lid Both on the spot and for fo ard delivery Ye r . o .lll, 'business is doing in tallow, atfte depression not . ', our last report. The stock is now smalgebut qul l ," Oft quate to meet the wants of the candle.imakers. SSP from the increased supply of Lome-make, which is '- at 49s 9d to 50s 3d net cash. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY') (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPnEn°•)OT, art Mr. ADJUDICATION.—IN RE STEW"t" 01 r ; Mr. DUNCAN applied this morning, renevvil!g s ,o: jr , p!ication to be allowed to re-open the case 1 1, t ,4. 0 . of the adjudication, under a fiat issued 110- at i s e qpi Stewart, a barrister, as a builder, &c., having 1 : 3 1 soo', estates, s w i i ' i e o r a h b a d i e a at m e N a P o r r d t ° t m a s e reported n i n d The it S nio u str : : fi_ b ac la 0 3 : 1 , 7 tit i l t i gi f i‘ tli fi er : nh e ge tn -ah e r n iti t iu, on the Hippodrome an day last. On Saw( day Mr. Commissioner F° ll h 0 4 ,0 dication. refused to entertain the applica to ° or additional evidence in support of the present .„ a tle_ ° it , posing h e cons id ere d t h at the case h a d not been 'Tor " , D e Mr. DUN CAN now app li e d f or summ onses 05 to be nesses, and conte n d e d th a t th ere were three P ° e ly, o f considered resp ec ti ng the adjudication, 11 , 1 1 0 AP f io, petitioning creditor s debt, the trading, and Viet t) l, Bankrupt c y. B y t h e 23 r .3 sect i on o f 7 and a ' : bo lcr . 7 o f cap. 122, if after notice had been given to the t clid4l, before the adjudication was filed, the bank r i uP t oßri i er show cause why he should not be adjudg ed ou eit t , the adj u di ca tp r wou ld b e G aze tt e d ; but if e inlpe of those points the Court deemed the e videlc ied. i d cient, then the adjudication would be niin vi dm itio o r• words of that clause, he contended, never a,.. fron ° if) the divisibility of the cases, and therefore h;: :s dec 16 , 0 % Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque, by reserving n'etitionker on the point of trading, did not preclude the ,P the ot',P t ,j creditor from giving evidence on either nr cot oicLl o o points ; consequently the case could not be, is o pn t be las closed. Supposing his Honour expresso r '!,,, , be ~.ti t that the trading was not made out satisfacto.lia'.!.e 0 In t l Learned Counsel) considered that he would I,_l o , t h on to go into further evidence viva voce to any wPl.° 00 hio o4 d the caie was c3ncluded. whieo ci lfer considered the case ripe for judgment , ... ery i 4 , (;$ His HONOUR said that Mr. Commissioner F. ° , ll- be b° o t merely taken time to consider. It was ' re i co aro 14 sfe a case. e ditor* from where an opinion was thrown out in tn Mr. DUNCAN said that they, the cr His HONOUR asked how they could do ti"",, i n ot n Ile con.' willing to take all the risk on themselves.. # if he do t 6 no power to grant the summonses? at , 0 na ' 0 on such a guarantee. any Lic 0 1 warrant issued, the creditors would defend _.., r ao ttle ir Honour for a 5 ' law. lam only asking your to W ider attendance of witnesses Mr. DUNCAN—If the parties refused to atte t oe 0 compel the evidence. t oon getl ; o for 03 d oor Mr. DUNCAN then applied for summonses crented' to prove the act of bankruptcy, the petitioningnses were gill i His HoNoult said he could not grant the sub" - 0 0 5 , 0 debt being admitted. These summonses ...tifet3, Colonel St s well, of the 12th L a ncers, nii° from the corp after m eerrice of forty-six Ylllll‘ tr - • . 11 1 , ..i,440 - ' ,fr- ' :44 1. a , • . 4 • •••: , 014 • , 41110111111 4r, D czr SECOND EDITION. THE OFFICIAL REPORT. " Easter Monday, April 5, 1847. Fire at Mr. Alder man HumpherY's wharf (Kent and Sussex), Montagu close, London -bridge (late Bush and Duman's), the pro perty- of J Humphery, Esq. Call police; water ob tained from the Thames and the Southwark mains. Damage:—building and contents nearly destroyed Building insured in the Phoimix Fire-office. Contents unknown; cause of the fire unknown. The wharf was filled with hops, hay, wood, wool, and other goods for shipping. " A complete exposure of the little drama, somewhat political but more of a private character, which preceded the fall of the Sotomayor Ministry must not be expected from us. IL would require the boldness of a Latin pen, and thank God we have not got one. So many scandals are mixed up in this affair, so many mysteries are yet hidden in certain parts of the palace of Madrid, that we have not the courage to raise entirely the veil which covers them. We shall therefore be discreet publicists in confining ourselves to saying, that the caprice of a young woman is at least for one-half in the Ministerial crisis just accomplished. As to the other half, who has not al ready seen in it the work of English policy? Evidently the last Cabinet has inaugurated by its fall a change of preponderance; it gave way to that rcaction which has already raanilested itself, and which in less than six months has paralysed French influence, circumvented the revolutionary throne of Isabella, and precipitated Chris tina in a new exile. To seek the last word of English dim plornacy in Spain would be fur the moment to seek the solution of an insoluble problem. It is the impenetrable DEATH OF JOHN CURWOOD, Esq., THE OLD secret of Lord Palmerston. No one can say, no.ue can BAILEY BARRISTER.—The death of this venerable imagine to day what he will ordain to-morrow 711 . that j member of the Old Bailey bar took place unexpectedly land conquered anew from Fr&nch policy. What we can at Hendon, on Wednesday Ism. Mr. Curwood's name affirm is, that this policy at the end of fwe months has has been for more than thirty years familiar to the lost all the ground that it gaine d at the time of the double public a ; a leading practitioner at the Metropolitan marriages ; and that after having been tottering aneliiiminal Court. At various periods his forensic dyint , under the last Administration, our influence is abilities were exhibited in leading trials of interest ; nod - tint; more than a souvenir under the Pactieco , amongst others was that of the King v. Thistlewood, nistration ;it vanished never to return with the phantom in which he was retained for the defence. The deceased Cabinet of the Duke de Sotomayor, with that Cabinet gentleman retired from the profession about eight years miserably smothered between tw° secret doors, one of ago. at least his name has not since appeared in con which led to the apartments of Isabella, the other to the flexion with any case. Mr. Curwood was called to the hotel of the English Embassy. Let us resume in two bar by the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple in 1796, words the sad termination of this sad comedy : it is less having fur some time previously acted as a special a Pacheco Ministry than a Serrano-Bultver Ministry that pleader. Queen Isabella has just given herself. These two names DEATH or THE RIGHT REV. Da. MURPHY, ROMAN will fur the future weigh on Spain, and become the CATHOLIC BISHOP or Coas.—lt is our painful duty to symbol of English re-action. As to France, there re- record the death of our venerated diocesan, at the ad main to her nothing more than the sweet recollections vanced age of seventy-five years. The career of this of the double marriage, and of the pompous bulletins distinguished and exemplary prelate terminated at four drawn up by M. Bresson. Where are now the author s o'clock this (Thursday) morning. The malady of which of these marriages ? M. Isturitz is in discomfiture— he died, and under which he has for a length of time Christina is in a foreign land—and M. Guizut—oh ! as suffered, was water on the chest. The Reverend Pre to him, be assur e d that his complaints again s t th e in- t late had presided over the diocese for thirty-two years. gratitude of Isabella aro not the least bitter I" — Cork Reporter. " Hibernian Wharf (jointly occupied)—partially in ured. Insured. " Mann's Wharf—slightly damaged, and two doors broken open." The stop was well effected: about 200 auxiliaries were employed by the London Fire engine Establish ment for the purpose of aiding in extinguishing the fire. , 1* - bele-fling LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1847. No man in his senses would dream of giving a shilling for the sermon recently written and published by the Bishop of EXETER, nor even for any discourse which he might now-a-days be disposed to indite. It is confidently asserted that the greater portion of the late publication will shortly be to be had in the market at the usual price of waste paper, and that the whole of it would have shared the same fate, had not a few friends of the Bishop purchased some copies, with the view of diminishing the hazard of increased injury to his reputation, which the atrabilious Dio cesan has untowardly incurred by rushing into print, and so extending the knowledge of his freak beyond the immediate precincts of the pulpit. Had the Prelate's friends not been exceedingly limited in number, and very deficient in energy withal, this benevolent scheme might have been fully carried out. It appears, however, not only that HARRY of Exeter has not many friends, but that some persons, who are represented to be evilly-disposed towards him, have actually bought sundry copies, determined that the public should cot be ignorant of the episcopal frailties of the Right Reverend PHILLPOTTS. But, after all, it is not quite clear to us that these latter purchases have been effected with the bad intention imputed. May it not be that the Bishop's real design has been more truly fathomed by these parties, who have spared no pains to give every notoriety to the sermon in question, than by those who were, in the first instance, dis posed to suppress its publication altogether ? If it be true that Bishop PUILLPOTTS feels acutely for the dis tresses of the Irish and Scotch—as any person of common humanity must—and if it be also true that the Diocesan's means have become severely restricted, in consequence of the munificent extent to which he has carried his eleemosynary contributions, in every shape, ever since the acceptance of the mitre was re luctantly forced upon him, so much so that he found himself unable to subscribe to the Relief Fund in any way proportionate to his desire, or correspon dent to his high position —may it not very well be that, in an indirect, but, at the same time, in a shrewd and singular manner, he was anxious to second the charitable effort of the Mayor of Exeter and of a great proportion of the aristocracy of Devonshire ? Can any one doubt that the ball, which is to come off on the 6th inst., will be far more fully attended, by reason of the profound diplomacy of Bishop Plum, roTTs, than if he had never anathematised it ? and if the Subscription Rooms should be thronged, and the re ceipts be unexpectedly large, to whom will the patrons on the one hand, and the indigent and suffering on the other, be indebted, if not to Harms- of Exeter ? May not, then, the Mayor of Exeter be guilty of having mer cilessly castigated the very man who, of all others, actually foresaw how much good he could effect by offering himself up as a temporary victim to the odium of the unreflecting multitude ? Clearly, Mr. W. DENIS MooRE has not acted under any such impression in regard to the conduct of the Bishop ; and we freely concede that, if the Mayor was right in the view he took of the Bishop's proceeding, never was a sounder thrashing more meritedly, or more masterly administered than the one he has given to the redoubted PHILLFOTTS. We presume, indeed, that the Mayor was bent upon making the inter meddling Bishop sensible of the full force of one part of his sermon, where he has indited,—" it is good for us that we be afflicted—it will be good for us, that we still be made to feel what worms , we are—what mere shadows we pursue !"—and every one will admit that the Mayor, convinced that cucrl ins non . facit mmachum, has completely effected his purpose. But we are strongly of opinion tha't the Mayor has not done justice to the Prelate's conduct, and that he has altogether mistaken his motive- It is quite true that he has palpably convicted the', illus trious divine of having previously sanctions 1 a ball just as earnestly as he has denounced the forf.hcoming one ; and it is equally true that the Bis.}lop would have acted more in conformity with the Wmiable and Christian-like qualities with which every minister of religion, high and low, is supposed. to be aid , mated, by privately, and in due season, Undering his advice, and stating to the promoters of the charitable design his existing objections against it, than by bounding off, as he did, to the pulpit currente edam° ; but then it should be rerriembered, on the other hand, that the Bishop is not deficient in memory, and must therefore have, been prepared for an assault upon the inconsistenuy of his conduct at different times ; and again, it must be borne in mind, that if the Bishop had quietly remonstrated with the Mayor and his benevolent associates in the way sug gested, it might have led to the abandonment of the project to which the Bishop himself was, nor is, not really averse. Had Dean SWIFT done what 'TARRY of Exeter has, everybody would have understood the joke ; but as this is the first time in his life that the Right Reverend PHILLPOTTS has ever done a face tious thing, no one seems inclined to give him credit for a very artful stroke of humour. We believe, however, that we have rightly inter preted the Bishop's policy, and it is no mean addition to the discoveries of the nineteenth century to learn that Halms- Purr.LroTTs is really a very witty man. The Bishop may console himself with the reflection that many who are chuckling over his prostrate con dition will soon perceive the " very grievous error of their judgment," and do all in their power to miti gate his present sufferings. For ourselves we should certainly rejoice at such a revolution of sentiment, and to evince how earnestly we wish him well, we will , give a slight hint, calculated to be of great service to him in future, which is—never again to attempt a wrestle with the Mayor of Exeter. It is with considerable pain that we have again to direct the publi c attent i on to t h e o bj ec ti on abl f: t one antem perate langua g e m a de use of in a series of resolutions Catholic clergymen adopted at a meeting of certair. Roman last. Those reverend held at Westport, on Tuesday agerntilernen, whose especial duty it is, as ministers of the angry passions and togieeanl of peace to assuage irritation that might exist among the people onif whom e th appointed pastors, forgetful of theiorms whomit profes sion, strive to excite and madden those and destitution render too prone to listen m t isery such suggestions. We have alr ea d y pointed ooutanty° those persons the injurious tenden c y o f sue h language. how little it is calculated to attain the desired objects, and its probable effect on many who have readily and to the utmost of their power contributed to alleviate the wants and mitigate the sufferings of their Irish brethren. Vituperation and abuse is Ind a sorry re turn for the gigantic efforts made by all classes in this country, from the peer to the peasant.. The Govern- pat col two we ten W(