The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-19 00:00:00

NEW WORK NY THE AUTHOR OF " RICHARD SATAGE." NOW ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., SMILES AND TEARS; Or, THE ROMANCE OF LIFE. BY CHARLES WIIITEHEAD, Author of " Richard Savage," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera ERNANI. jutiea, name. Castellon ; faloyanna, 3fdrne. Solari ; Don Carlos, guperchi ; Ray-Gomes, Slog. Bouche ; Ernani, Sig. Fran/1111i. Between the acts a Divertissement, in Which will be introduced the celebrated Pas de Quatre, from La Lee des Fees, by Mdlle:Cerito (her first appearance this season), M. St. Leon, Mdlles. Cassan and ilonore. — A new Pas de Deux, eomposed by M. Perrot, Mdlle. Rosati and M. Perrot (his first appearance this season) ; and the admired Spa nish dance La Mavola, by Millie Cerito and M. St. Leon. To conclude with the new successful Ballet, in Two Tableaux, by M. Paul Taglioni, the music by Signor Pugni, entitled TfIEA ; OU, LA FEE AUX FLEURS. Principal characters by Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, M t Paul Taglioni, &c. It is respectfully annottneed that 31,111 e. Jenny Lind has arrived, and will shortly appear. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, 'Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully in farmed, that there will be a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT on Thursday next, April 22, when will be performed Donizetti's Opera, L'LISIR D'A3IORE. Adlna, Madame 'Castell E an ; Nemorin o, Signor Oardoni ; Delcoro, Signor F. Lablache ; and Dr. Dulcomara, Signor Lablache. In the course of the evening a Divertissement from the favourite Ballet of Lalla Rookh, in which will appear Mdlles. Cerito, Rosati, Miren, Taglioni and L. Grahn, M. St. Leon and NS. Perrot. After which, the Third Act of I DUE FOS',.; kit I. To conclude with ORITHA. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. THEA EVENING Will be performel a New Grand Opera, entitled MATILDA OF HUNGARY. Count Magnus, Mr. Borrani ; Prince Ottokar, Mr. S. Jones; George Podlbrad, Mr. Harrison; Ma , thins, Mr. Weiss; Count Itnriz, Mr. Simmonds : Matilda of Hungary, Miss Rainsforth. After which the New and Original Oriental Spectacle, called THE DESERT; or, The Imaun's Daughter. In which the Two Elephants, upwards of Sixty Horses, and the Camels will appear. The Imaun Useph, Mr. Howell; Hatez, Mr. Rafter; Barek, Mr. VT. IL Psyne ' • Fuzel Oola, Mr. llarley ; Malock, Mr. T. Matthews ; Ahabeck, M r. Hatchison ; Kuzliraga, Mr. L. Lee ; Princess Ipomaye, Mi=s Me2sent Hilda, Miss Collett ; Girgee, Miss R. Isaacs. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the ManagementTHlS will be revived, Sheridan Knowles's celebrated Comedy of THE LOVE CHASE, with new scenery, dresses, and appointments. Sir William Fondlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr. Howe ; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Constance, Mrs. Nisheit. After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, called THE NEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin out of Place. To conclude with a Farce, by J. li. Plancbe, Esq., called SPRING GARDENS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. odor the direction of Aladame Celeste. THIS EVENCSG Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John. Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. I'. Bedford; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After which will be produced an Opera Buffa apropos sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Yessrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullentord, and Miss IVoolgar. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, FOIC 1.4 , 55 CC and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be presented Scribe and Aubcr's celebrated Comic Opera, In Three Acts, called THE BARCAROLE. The principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Bodda, Loftier, and Allen; Miss E. Honner and Miss Anne Romer. By desire, Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The Principal characters by Messrs. 11. Hughes, Ryder, J. Vining, C. Fisher,Wynn, and Compton ; Miss Winstanley Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. /I. Hughes, Miss S. Flower, Miss Anne Romer, Miss Marshall, and Miss Smithson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING will be performed a New Drama, called THE CREOLE. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews. Leigh, MnrrAy, Emery, Kinloch, and Keeley, Miss Dickinson, Miss May, Miss M. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. _ AC er which, an entirely new occasional Dramatc Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, Tire Swedish Nightingale. Charac ters by Mr. A. Wigan, Me. Turner, jlr. Kin:och, Mr. Bellingham, Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold. anti Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by the -New Vatalevtilc Extravaganza, called CRUSOE THE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley; Miss Dickenson, Mf34 Turtle-, and Mrs. Keeley. And other Entertainments. FRENCH PLATS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. Sixth Appearance of 31a0emoiseM ROSE CHERI. TTII3 EVENING the Nrformances will commence with LES HERITIERS ; nu, Le Nefrage. Antoine Kerlebon, M. Dumery; Jacques Kerlebon, M Cartigny ; Henry, M. Beton ; Duperren, M. Masquiltier ; Madame Kerleb.m, 3ladame Dumery; Sophie, Mdlle. Cordcly. After which a new Comedy, entitled UN ROMAN INTIME ; on, Les Lettres Du Mari. Edouard Dusseull, M. Rhozevil ; Albertine, Mdlle Rose Cheri. To conclude with (first time in this country) IRENE ; on, Le Magnetisme. M. pe itrienne, M. Langeval ; Le Vicomte de Cler mont, M. Rhozevil ; Irene. 31(111e. Rose Cheri. Boxes, Go. ; Pit, 3t. Gd. ; Amphitheatre, 3 , .; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily front Eleven till Fire. ETHIOPIAN iERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING Doors open at Eight. Day performance on Wednesday morning, April 21, commencing at Half-past Two. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White , Stanweod, and Germon, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS at the St. James's Theatre. The evening performances will be continued every Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturday, Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ASTLEI"S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Veda the patronage of the Queen, Peince Albert, and the Royal Farnly. Proprietor and Manager Mr. W. Batty. THIS EVENING, THIRD WEEK OF THE SUccEssruL GORGEOUS SPECTACLE OF Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BitIDE OF ABYDOS ; or, THE CORSAIR, introducing Mr. Batty's numerous and highly trained Horses and Fairy Ponies, living Elephants, Camels, Zebras, Deer, &c. With brilliant feats of Horsemanship. First Night of Mr. liendermn, the Loftiest Living Leaper, with ether productions which this Theatre can alone produce, and for which it is so justly cclsbrated. Acting aid Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box Office open from - Eleven till Four. Box Book-keeper, Mr. Sheffield. Performance commences every evening at Seven o'clock, doors .pen at Half-past six. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE BUFFALO GIRLS, ETHIOPIAN SIX E.NAD Ell S, With Coloured Concert, Nigger Songs, Banjo, Bone, Tambourine and Violin Accompaniments, the Railway Overture, and Grape Vine Twist. All by Female Professors. THIRD WEEK, and Last Six Nights, of the truly wonderful BEDOUIN ARABS. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence with THE ANCHOR OF HOPE or, The Seaman's Star. Mr. Dunmore, Mr. Conway ; Squire Ilar• heave, Mr. T. Fredericks; Captain Walton, Mr. Timid ; Mary Whcatly, Mrs. Ware. Afterl;rhich THE BUFFALO GALS; or, Female Ethiopian Sere. waders. To be followed by THE BEDOUIN ARABS. To conclude with THE BRIDGE OF NOTRE DAME ; or, THE PARRICIDE'S CURSE. Noel Champinon, Mr. Neville; Master Legris, Mr. lieslop ; Godfrey Mervin, Mr. J. T. Johnson; Melanie, Mrs. H. Vining. Boxes, 25., Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence I Half-past Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING JACK LONG OF TEXAS; or, THE SHOT IN TIIE EYE Jaek Long, Mr. Hicks; Minch, the Regulator, Mr. Searle ; Ben Small, Mr. Gardner ; Noah Gibbs, Mr. Dale ; White, Mr. Bird ; Hector, Mr, Howard ; May Gibbs, Miss Vincent, &c., &c. After which THE BLACK DOCTOR. Fabian, Mr. Hicks ; Pau line la Raynoire, Miss Vincent. To conclude with THE HOUSE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Private Boxes Parties •f Four, from IN. 6d.; and Parties of Eight, 11. Is. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OnicE, APRIL 18. TUREMORRTEU, Lowest, 31; Highest. 47 ; Noon, 49 BAROMETER, 29.90.—Wind N.N.E.; fine. APRIL 19. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, 51 ; Noon, 50 BAROMETER, 29 B.—WIND, W.; fine. WATER AT LONDOI•T-lIIIIIMIE THIS DAY. Morning .. 29 minutes after 4. I Evening .. 50 minutes alter 4, ;„ 0 -7‘," 4•01 Is de, MU qt <l, • 40N6 ,4- • , AIR 4k l 4) , • c,s -. • • ,• "Th. ;#.l - batninti ;:.'llit. LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1847. At a moment when the subject of national educa tion is occupying so large a space in the public mind, it is reasonable that we should revert not merely to the general neglect of which we have been guilty towards the nation at large in regard to its intellec tual culture, but likewise to every act of positive injustice that can be laid to our charge in relation to this important topic. And, perhaps, there is no point spun which the British Legislature could now-a days be more prominently and successfully assailed, for not having acted up to the requirements of an enlightened age, than that presented by the refusal it has ,continuously given during the last seventeen years to sanction the admission of Dissenters into our Universities. That the Parliament, previous to the Relief Bill of 1829, should have maintained the pro hibition, as enforced by the Universities, against the Roman Catholics and Dissenters, is not so much a matter of astonishment ; but its perseverance in the same course, after the Roman Catholics had been admitted to a participation in the hig hest civil privi leges in the State, an d after the passing of the Reform Bill, which caused its s pirit of improve mentporate bodies to light upon a ll the or. redounds a the empire, the Universities ex ce p t e d,c ne ither to its honour, j u i liberality. Owing to the right which wasicecl nor on behalf of the State to impose civil disab a il m itie d s upon subjects whose religious tenets differed, in par ticular forms, from those of the Established Church, and owing to the apprehension entertained that to abandon this right would weaken, if not subvert, the religion of the State, the Relief Bill was kept in agitation for half a century before it became the law of the land; but, although opposed to the opinion of the Legislature, public opinion continued steadily to rise, till at length its full tide set in, and forcibly swept away the main barriers of religious persecu tion. 'Without troubling themselves to deny it in the a bi t ii t i c t; 'people at large justly conceived that the right,iach had, been put forward as being in herent in the State; ,had, in the nineteenth century, and ins respect to Roman Catholics, practically resolved it4elf into i‘ alpolitic and unjust exercise of - Nzti .9. power, and they generously repudiated the notion that, by opening the portals of the Constitution to millions of their fellow-countrymen, against whom they had so long been closed, the religious welfare of the com munity would be in any wise affected. And thus was a great advance made in the cause of religious liberty. The idle fear which was suffered to infect the mind of the Legisla ture, that the people could not be intrusted with a large increase of political power, without en- ..„ dangering the balance of the Constitution, unjustly I deprived the middle classes for half a century of those rights and privileges which, it may almost be said, were wrested from the aristocracy to be finally embodied in the Reform Bill. Our modern Magna Charta and the Relief Bill owe their success entirely to the " pressure from without." As Lord MEL BOURNE said, in 1837, " every institution is unwilling to reform itself;" and this remark is peculiarly ap plicable to the Universities. Nevertheless we are persuaded that the same external influence which secured the two great measures to which we have adverted will, whether the Legislature shall choose to act promptly and judiciously or not, suffice before long to induce Parliament to take into its own hands the reformation and improvement which is so much needed in the leading Universities of the empire. The House of Commons will this week have an opportunity of reconsidering the whole question, and of determining whether it is right to permit the system to continue of excluding Dissenters from the honours and privileges which Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin are empowered to confer. On Thursday next Mr. CHRISTIE will re-open the discussion. We heartily wish him success. He ought, and, no doubt, will feel emboldened in persevering with an object which, for its benevolence and enlightenment, entitles him to a large share of public gratitude, when he remembers that the present Prime Minister and other eminent statesmen have seconded his past exertions for rendering our ancient and influential seats of learning really worthy of the British nation. Cer tainly, at no time so much as the present, could the undoubted grievances of the Dissenters, so far as sound policy is concerned, be more opportunely re moved. Rightly, or wrongly, the Dissenters are just now strongly excepting to the Govrnment plan of education, and mainly on the ground that the patronage to be created by it will not be inconsider able, and that the Church will come in for the lion's share. Whether, under all the circumstances by which the vexata quostio of national education is environed, the objections to Lord LANSDOWNE'S scheme be well or ill-founded, yet, seeing how un justly the Dissenters have been treated by the Univer sities, whose authority is wielded almost entirely by clerical members of the Established Church, and seeing also how much the Dissenters have done for education, despite of the frowns of power and the existence of miserable and narrow-minded prejudices, it assur'dly is not unnatural, to say the least, that they shoull look with no favourable eye upon any plan of education of which they conceive the tendency would be to impart additional strength to an institution that has hitherto proved itself so inimical to the progression and development of their civil and religious liberties. Neither is it to be ex pected that this feeling of hostility will abate till full ustice shall have hem meted out to the influen religious communities that exist in this country with out the gala of the Church. Our Universities shoul( be forwith re-organised, and have their laws re modelled in accordance with the rights of con science and principles of religious freedom. Talk as we may about the advisability of pre venting the corruption of our populous cities by the poisonous systems of intermural interment, of ne glected drainage, and of forgotten ventilation, there are other causes of corruption—of social and moral corruption—which call yet more loudly for a legisla tive interference. Sanatory measures, however com prehensive, cannot affect these causes. National education, however liberal in its distribution of knowledge, cannot sufficiently counteract their bane ful influences. Poor-laws, however generously de vised, cannot tend to their eradication or even their abatement. We mean, of course, the brood from which come juvenile offenders—those swarms of young creatures which infest the rookeries of this vast metropolis—children in years, but aged in wretchedness, and poverty, and ignorance, and vice, and degradation. You may see them whenever you so list," on a summer day, when in the blessed sunshine and warm air, misery itself will sing, dashing in and out of these closes, careering over the open ground, engaged in their rude games, arrayed in flying drapery, here a leg out and there an arm." " Their thin faces," continues the same writer—one who has watched the brood with a heart melting in his bosom with compassion, "their thin faces," he says, " tell how ill they are fed; their fearful oaths tell how ill they are reared; and yet the merry laugh, and hearty shout, and scream of delight, as some unfortunate urchin, at leap-frog, measures his length upon the ground, also tell that GOD made childhood to be happy, and that in the buoyancy of youth even misery will forget itself." The name of this deplorable class is Legion. Visit the poorest districts of any large town, but especially of the capital, and you will see this crowd of chil- dren—the spawn of poverty and vice—sprawling in the gutters, crouched on the doorsteps, clusteredin the car riage road, and scattered . over the pavement. They a re laloated with unwholesome living ; they are emaci ated with want ; they are ugly, sallow, dirty, ragged, wretched, sickly, despicable. Here is one of them, taken at random, and sketched NI ith the truthful pencil of the benevolent writer we have already quoted :—" Poor fellow ! it is a bitter day ; he has neither shoes nor stockings ; his naked feet are reJ, swollen, cracked, ulcerated with the cold ; a thin thread-worn jacket, with its gaping rents, is all that protects his breast; beneath his shaggy bush of hair he shows a face sharp with want, yet sharp also with intelligence beyond his years." That is no in dividual portrait, it is the portrait of an entire species —it is a faithful delineation of those deplorable atoms of humanity that are warmed into life in the foulest corners of our larger municipalities. They are as plants that sprout up into noxious and poisonous brambles if neglected—but which, if transplanted and tended, would flourish, would bloom, would give a whole some and abundant fruitage. What we have here remarked is applicable to England, to Wales, to Scotland. How immeasurably more applicable, therefore, must it be to the famishing and miserable millions of Ireland. 'When it is proved by statistical evidence that such is the multiplicity of those abandoned children, can we be amazed at the fre quency of crime, at the crowded state of our penal settlements, at the thriving trade in justice carried on in our criminal courts, at the busy occupation of our turnkeys, and the practised skill of our hang men ? With such plentiful supplies of seed strewn so lavishly over such a congenial soil, can we be in any manner surprised at the extent and frequency of the harvests ? Alas ! it is the parable of the tares and the thistles again —neglected in the spring -time, and torn up only when they have effectually choked the barley. For the diminution of evils which are at length re cognised to be so enormous, strenuous efforts are now being made by every earnest and practical philan thropist. Ragged schools are starting into existence in many despised localities, and, honour to those gentle and intrepid women, honour to those ardent and self-denying men, who for the sake of our com mon humanity brave all the filth, all the stench, all the noise, all the suffocating and sickening in fluences of those wretched dens where the forlorn and callow young are gathered under the wings of a benignant knowledge! Reformatory establishm en t s are rising into life simultaneously, and still wiser and still ing blessings amongth better establhhments (if that be possible) are distribut where the outcast cshilal_e_ the h poverty-stricken of Glasgow and Dundee, in children receive t h o s e I n b d o u d s i t l r y i a a l s S i c v h e l o l a s s , mental nourishmenbetingThefreecatdvantagcs have been springing and are still unassisted enterprise; they adre byprivate and spon taneously from the charity of heart. Beautiful as the endeavours aretbe therefore,popular they are necessarily weak and, to a very considerable give efficacy to extent, ineffective. It requires the potent and centrated impulse of Government to these struggles against ignorance. There is a ne- cessity for the stretching forth of the arm of the Executive to the help of whatever ragged schools, and reformatory schools, and industrial schools, have yet dared to raise their redeeming heads, and to show forth their plenary benevolence. England presents a gigantic field for those Governmental labours— Ireland, a profound abyss. We want the diminu tion of the sources of our physical contamination, and GOD knows we are sadly in need of a diminution of the sources of our moral and social corruption ! - The Prussia n Di e t held a short sitting on the 12th, at which it resolved that an address should be sent in answer to the KING'S speech, and it appointed a committee to draw it up. The members of the Prussian Diet were presented by their marshals to the KING on the 12th, and after wards had the honour of dining at the palace with his MAJESTY and the Princes of the Royal Family. The Ministers were also present. During the dinner the KING proposed a toast to the country and the United Diet, and expressed a hope that the labour of the assembly would be useful to the nation. The toast was received with enthusiastic acclamations. The Post•Ampt Gazette of Frankfort publishes a letter from Berlin, stating that the effect produced there by the speech of the King of PRUSSIA, on open ing the Diet, was so favourable, that the funds rose nearly one per cent. We find in the Aug,sburgh Gazette a letter dated the 10th instant, which states that the five great Powers had instructed their ambassadors in Vienna to adjust the difference which has arisen between the Porte and the Greek Government. Letters from Rome of the Bth instant announce that Cardinal Gizzi, the Secretary of State, had ten dered his resignation on the 6th, but the POPE had refused to accept it. Madrid journals of the 11th have arrived. The Government, it was said, had received positive assurances that it was not the intention of Queen CHRISTINA to return to Spain, but that when she quitted Paris she intended proceeding to Marseilles, to embark from thence for Naples. General SERRANO left Madrid on the 11th. Pre viously to his departure he was visited by Senor Ros DE OLArio and by Senor DE LA VEGA, the private secretary to the QUEEN. The Carlist Generals ELI° and ZAVALA have entered Navarre and joined General ALZAA. The Carlist insurrection, however, is, it is said, rapidly dying away. Senor 0 LOZAGA was expected in Madrid on the 11th. lle will be speedily followed by General OSORIO, the friend of ESPARTERO. ()SOUL° has received a full pardon, and is reinstated in all his honours. The Madrid mail of the 12th had not arrived in Paris when the post left on Saturday. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. The Jourwil des Dibats announce=, in what may be considered an official form, the appointment of the Duc DE BROGLIE as Ambassador to the Court of London. The Bill authorising the Bank of France to issue notes of the value of 200 f. has passed the Chamber of Deputies by a large majority, the amendment of M. LEON FAUCHER (proposing to authorise the issue of notes of 100 f.) having been previously rejected. The announcement which appeared in the Patrie of 'Wednesday, of the execution of the three persons convicted of rioting at Buzan9ais, was, it appears, pre mature. The execution was to be delayed until Friday, according to the National. The Siecle ex presses a hope that this delay may be favourable to the convicts. It says— " The evening journals of Wednesday announced posi tively, and one of them, the Patric, with the most cir cumstantial details, the execution of the three unfortunate persons condemned to death for the affair at Buzancais. This news has been repeated as certain by most of the morning journals. The 1) bats itself, which ought to have been better informed, reported that the execution took place on the 12th, in the public market place at Buzancais, amidst a prodigious concourse of people from the environs, adding that there was a great display of military force from Bourge, Nevers, and Chateauroux. Notwithstanding all this, the magistrates, who have seats in the Chamber, and who, by reason of their special posi tion, have been called upon to follow all the phases of this deplorable affair, declared yesterday that the sen tence upon the condemned men at Buzancais had not been executed. We hope that this happy delay, which has allowed the Government time to appreciate the unanimous feelings of the public, will save these un fortunate men, who certainly were very guilty, and who would have no claim to pity, if their crime had not, in a degree, sprung from the popular agitation excited by the apprehension of famine. Our intention, as we trust our readers, will conceive, is not to extenuate the crime of murder, which has been committed. We have respected, even in all its rigour, the decree of justice. But can the shedding of blood on the scaffold expiate the blood of the victim?" The Moniteur publishes a royal ordonnance ap pointing in the department of Public Works a general committee on railways. This committee is divided into four sections : first, that of lines of di rection ; secondly, the working in a scientific point of view; thirdly, the working in a commercial point of view; and, fourthly, the regulations. Each sec tion is to be consulted, according to the nature of its attributions, on such questions as belong to it. The Speech of the King of PRUSSIA on the opening of the States-General is the subject of comment in almost all the Paris papers of Saturday. The Con stitutionnel draws the following curious parallel be tween the opening of the States-General of France in 1789, and those of Prussia in 1847: " Prussia gives at this moment a curious and solemn spectacle to the rest of Europe. The States-General have just been opened at Berlin, as the States-General of France were opened in 1789. There, too, is a King beloved by the nation, who, influenced by the liberal movement of his century, takes the initiative of this con vocation. The Assembly is also divided, in nobles, who for the most part believe in equality, and in citizens, who have the sentiment of their rights. The first questions propo-ed by the royal power are questions of finance ; Out the Assembly seems pre•cecupied above all by the desire to assure and develop the liberties of which it takes possession. Around the States a nation of writers, of controversialists, of thinkers, discuss natural and histo• rical rights, the origin of the powers, and the best con stitution. These similarities, although they are more apparent than real, and although there are very profound differences between the two nations, the two periods, and the two sovereigns, do not the less appear to have caused a very profound impression on the mind of the King of Prussia. The speech which he delivered on the opening of the States seems altogether inspired by aversion for liberal French principles, by the ter rible remembrance of the Constituents and Louis XVI. The King declares twenty times in his speech, and with the greatest energy of language, ' that no power on earth will be strong enough to induce him ever to change the natural relation between the Sovereign and his people, into a conventional constitutional one, gua ranteed by charters, and sealed by oaths.' Never will he permit that a written sheet shall place itself forcibly between God and Prussia to govern that country with its paragraphs.' The natural relations between the King and the people are founded on the royal omnipotence;' and the people owe obedience, not servile, but dictated by God and the conscience. The States are instituted in virtue of the historical German law;' the Deputies represent neither the people nor opinions;' they exercise their proper rights, those which they enjoy in virtue of an cient laws, and those which the Crown has recognised;' the Crown must reign according to the laws of God and the land, and to its own free will, and not according to the will of majorities, if Prussia is not soon to be an empty sound in Europe.' The King expects sad expe riences; he complains bitterly of part of the press, and of Prussian Liberals; he counts on his people, who will not see the absolute power' of their kings broken, and who will second him in his stru gg l e against democratic efforts, and the wicked desires of the cen tury. Our readers will understand that we shall not here discuss these theories, which are so much in con tradiction with our ideas in matters of natural right, of political right, and of liberty. Tl , e King of Prussia, with great warmth, praises the English nation, whose constitution, he says, is the work of centuries, an d o f incomparable hereditary wisdom. It would be easy to us to show that the English nation, since it founded and developed its liberty, has never considered royal omni potence the basis of constitutional right, that the writ ten text of the law reigns supreme over the people and the Kings of England, that the political institutions of Great Britain are guaranteed by charters and sealed by oaths. But instead of opening a useless controversy, we prefer to follow the King of Prussia and the nation which he governs in cash step that they make towards liberty, to applaud their gen erous sen ti men t s , an d h onour their patriotism, even its exclusiveness. When King Frede rick William recognises in the Diet the right of voting the taxes—when he accords to the courts of justice public and oral trials—when he proclaims liberty of con science in religious matters, and the civil character of marriage —when, in short, he seems to regret that the laws of the Germanic Confederation do not permit him to concede the liberty of the press, what matters it that be has discovered all that in the German historical law, or that he has involuntarily received the inspiration of the great principles which the French revolution promulgated in the world? There is there a movement towards liberty, and we pardon King Frederick William for being in his speeches less just towards France than he appears to desire to be in several of his acts towards and her friendly ntiehbo his OW t country. O ne thi ng, h owever, str i kes us in this speech—th e d eclaration of a sort of rene%: al of the . Holy Alliance. Alt er h av i ng spoken in general terms of z urai elati t oxz ing hich exist b e t ween P russ i a adds, and with our allies, whom we formerly aided in making Germany free, and upon whose blessed concord with us depends the main tenance of the peace which has now reigned for thirty two years, our relations are firmer and closer than ever.' In these words are grave symptoms of the disposition of Europe towards us, especially during the last few months." The Journal des Debats gives the following account of the effect produced by the Royal speech on the auditory : " The strange impression which the Royal speech produced on the auditory was depicted on the counte nances of all. The assembly was thrown into great agitation. A considerable number of Deputies bad de. termined on immediately quitting Berlin and returning home, but the counsels of prudence and moderation prevailed, and the excitement by degrees subsijed. The correspondent of the Colo gne Gazette properly observes that the King's speech had placed from the onset the deliberations of the Diet on a ground widely different from that which the Members, in their preparatory meetings, intended to assume." The Union Man,arehique thus sums up the objects of FREDERICK WILLIAM in assembling the States, and the means he has adopted to obtain those objects : " This Prince, whom some have called philesophe, but whom we shall call wise, has comprehended ail the dangers of rendering the roj al authority too feeble. He does not think that it ought to be infringed by too hasty concessions; he wishes to make use of his own words, that his crown which he has received without a blemish shall pass untouched to his legitimate successors. There is one point, in fine, upon which the speech of Frederick William leaves no ebaibt or equivocation. He has an antipathy to written charters; he rejects them with energy, we may even say in rather a military style. On the whole this speech clearly analyses, and without any mental reservation, the real obj ec t o f t h e M onarc h— to reconcile by a judicious measu re t h e representat i ve w i th the monarchical principle, favouring the first without taking anything from the integrity of th e secon d ; con secrating their growing alliance by pacific means, with out any violent efforts likely to p ro d uce a s h ock. Th i s is a grand spectacle, exhibited to revolutionary schools, which have hitherto refused to admit of such a union- It is a ,great problem to be solved, and we hope that it will be solved without collision, without any abrupt shocks, without any rebellion. If this gr ea t un d erta ki ng be brought to a good end it will be a most forcible demon stration of the truth of the dictum, that enlightened liberty is the holy daughter of monarchy." The Bill establishing a line of steam-packets between Havre and New York has passed the Cham ber of Peers. The Prince DE JOINVILLE, having under his com mand the line-of-battle ships Souverain, Jena, rnd Jupiter, sailed on the 11th, from Toulon, for the islands of llyeres. The health of Lord COWLEY has considerably improved. Letters from Lyons, dated the 16th, announce that Mr. O ' CONNELL had recovered from the fatigue o: his journey, and was considerably better. The Three per Cents, closed on the Paris Bourse, on Saturday, at 771. 80e.; the Fire per Cents., 1 15f. 45c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,221 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 897 f. 50c.; Havre, 6721. f.oc.; Great Northern, 621 f. 25c.; Avignon, 767 f. s)c. ; Vierzon, 5621. 50c.; Bordeaux, 5081. 75c.; Troves and Alontereart, 297 f. 50e.; Basle, 1901; Dieppe, 32511; Paps and Strasburg, 428 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 4211. 25e.; Paris and Lyons, 4:.6f 25c. ; Lyons and-Avignon, 450 E ; Cette, 75e. ; Belgian Two-and-a- Half per Cents., MAnsErm.Es, Amur, 13.—Marseilles and Avignon, 7721. 50c.; Northern, 622 f. 50c.. LYONS. APRIL 15.—Paris and Rotten, 8761. 25c. ; Avig non and Marseilles, 771 f. 23c. ; Northern, 621 f. 23c.; Paris and Lyons, 4301. ; Orleans, 1,222 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 17. Boulogne and Amiens, 16 'Ai— Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Constituted), 114 —Dernerera, 3 1 / , 2 —Dutch Rhenish, 4 —East Indian, %—Louvain A la Sambre, 1 1 A—Namur and Liege, 414—Northern of France, 13—Paris and Lyons, 54 Paris and R-..-uen, 35. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Accounts from the Cape of Good Hope of Feb. 12 have just come to hand. They bring news of the loss of H.M.S. Thunderbolt while entering Algoa Bay. No lives were lost, and it was hoped the stores would be saved. MARKET NE WS.-(T HIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. The arrivals of all kinds of Grain of home produce up to our market last week, especially those of Barley, Oats, Beans, and Peas, were on a very limited scale; while those from Ireland and Scotland were unusually small. However, the imports of foreign Barley and Oats were on an extensive scale; those of all other articles being trifling in the extreme, even allowing for an importation of 4,450 quarters of Wheat. The reeeipts of English Wheat fresh up from Kent were moderate. Those from Essex, Cambridge, &e., small. The stands being scantily supplied with samples, arising from a good clearance being effected on Friday last, and the attend ance of buyers, several of whom were from France, large; the English Wheat trade was very brisk, at an improve ment in the quotations obtained on Monday last, of from ss. to 6s. per quarter, and at which the whole of the sam ples were disposed, of. The tradsactions in English Wheat, for shipment to France, consisted of nearly 2,000 quarters, or, at least, a moiety of the supply of that article brought forward. The whole of the reported arrivals of foreign W heat were taken afloat last week for Havre; however, we had a very limited quantity on offer to-day. For home con sumption a moderate business was doing, while for export to France about 3,000 quarters were disposed of, at an im provement in value of fully 3s. per quarter. A larger business would, doubtless, have been concluded had the supplies been on a more liberal scale. Not withstanding the large arrival of foreign Barley last week, the actual ,apply on sale this morning was by no means good. All kinds, owing to the dealers being very short of stock, moved off briskly, at Is. to 2s. above last Monday's prices. With Malt we were rather scantily supplied, yet the demand was by no means active. In prices we have no alteration to notice. Alth6ugh upwards of 30,000 quarters of Oats came in from abroad last week, the trade was active, and the currencies improved from ls. to 2s. per quarter. The few parcels of English brought forward sold at high rates. The show of Beans being trifling, there was a decided im provement in the demand, at is per quarter more money. There was only a moderate inquiry for Peas; yet they were mostly held at higher rates. Indian Corn, for arrival, was is to 2s per quarter higher. The Flour trade was firm, and some of the millers would not sell except at higher rates. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE ►Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.... • • 78s to —6 Red, Ne , .v •• • . 79s to 86s Oats—Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 81s 89s Lincolnsh., Feed. 30s 33: Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red... • . 75s 80s Youghz.l and Cork, Ditto, White.. •• • • 80s 86s Black . .• .. 25s 21s Irish, Red •• ••• • • • — S Cork, White..... 285 Ms Ditto, White ••• • • • —8 —8 Scotch, Feed... •. 33s 36s Rye—Old —s s Beans—Tick New. ...... 48s 54s Pigeons .•. 505 52s Barley—Grinding..... 425 44s Pease—Grey. •• • Malting . ........ 493 345 Map1e........... 51s 44s Chevalier •• • • •• • 548 568 White ... •..• • • • . 51s 47x If alt —Suffolk and Nor- Boilers • ••• • . 573 595 folk • • 73s 75s Flour—Town-made... 60s 62s Brown ..... • • 67s G9s Suffolk .•••. • • • .. 48s 52.5 Kingston aud Ware 750 78s Stocktn & Norfolk 49s 52s arenTRIPIELD. Since Monday last the following imports of live stock have taken place into London:— From whence. Oxen. Rotterdam Hamburgh 23 Harlingen Nieudiep Flushing Cows. Sheep. Calves. ...... 1 . 95 ...... 271 Total ...... 84 820 920 112 At the outports the arrivals hare been moderately good, viz., about 400 Oxen and Cows, 200 Sheep, and 40 Calves, nearly the whole of which have come to hand in excellent condition. There were on sale to-day only 120 Oxen and Cows, 142 Sheep, and 16 Calves from abroad, which moved off slowly, at barely late rates. The arrivals of Beasts from our own grazing districts, fresh up this morning, were, the time of year considered, very large, viz., nearly 4,000 head, and of most excellent quality; indeed, we may state that at least three-fourths of the supply were above the middle quality. Notwithstanding the attendance of both town and country buyers was numerous, the Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, and the few inferior animals on offer sold at an abatement of 2d per 81bs; but the value of the primest Scots, Devon', Herefords, and short horns was mostly supported. The very highest figure for the former kind did not exceed 4s 2d per 81bs, and at which a clearance was not effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received about 1,200 Scots, homebreds, and shorthorns; from the midland and western districts, 900 Herefords, runts, Devons, shorthorns, &c. ; from other parts of England, 800 of various kinds; and from Scot land, 220 horned and polled Scots. With Sheep we were fairly supplied, while the quality of all kinds was excellent. On the whole, the Beef trade was steady, but by no means brisk, at prices about equal to those paid last week. At the conclusion of business a fair clearance had been effected. The prime3t old Downs, in the wool, sold at 5s 4d, those out of the wool, 4s 8d per Blbs. From the Isle of Wight the ar-• rival of Lambs was very small, but from other quarters a full average number of that description of stock came to hand. The Lamb trade was tolerably firm at late rates. Although the supply of Calves was small, the Veal trade ruled heavy, at Friday's depressed rates. The Pork trade was heavy, yet prices were mostly supported. SUPPLY AT MARKET. Yeasts. Sheep. I Calves. 3,83 i 21,500 103 NEWGATE AND LEADENBAIa, • During the past week the arrivals of Scotch and country killed Meat up to these markets have consisted of about 100 carcasses of Beef, 400 ditto of Mutton, 200 ditto of Lamb, 180 ditto of Veal, and 450 ditto et Pork. The supplies on offer slaughtered in the metropolis have been seasonably good, yet the general demand has been tolerably steady, at but little variation in prices. About 60 carcasses of Foreign Beef, 80 ditto of Mutton, and 30 ditto of Veal, have ap peered on sale. I Pigs . 512 At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. d. to s. Beef, inferior 2lO 3 0 Mutton, inferior 3 8 310 middling -_— middling•. 4 0 4 2 prime large --- prime ••• • 4 4 4 • prime small Veal' ••••••• • • • • • • 4 0 5 0 5ma11........ 4 8 6 • Lamb. os 4d to Gs 2d BOROUGH AND SPITAMPIELDS. The supply of potatoes being unusually small, the amount of business passing is trifling, at higher rates. BOROUGH HOP NEARICHT. Selected parcels of hops in pockets are in steady request at fully last week's quotations. In all other kinds, next to nothing is doing, with a full average supply on offer, V/001.. About 1,000 bales of wool have been imported since this day se'ennight. In the private contract market—noteith standing the supplies on offer are by ne means extensive--a very limited business is doing, yet we have no alteration to notice in the quotations. TAXMOW. Although the st oc k s o f T a Eow continue stnall, the dema nd both ern the spot and f i r forward delivery, is heavy, at th e late decline in the quotations. Town Tallow is in good supply, and somewhat lower. MONEY arid COM MERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QZ 7 ARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton in th a Liverpool market on Satur day were about 4,000 bale: the market being quieter. A larger quantity was of - offer, and prices were more in favour of buyers. Surat, 300 bales, sold at 4d to sd; 50 bales Egyptian realised 7-id. to 8d; and the rest was American, at 6-id. to lid. per lb. Railway Shares were dull, and generally drooping A most important feature has prevailed in the Cora market this morning. Th( - 3 purchases on French and Belgian account have been immensely large. Nearly all the stands were, in fact, cleared off. The price of Wheat was fully 6i. per quarter in advance of the rates of last Monday ; Oats are ls. to 2s. per quarter ; and Barley, 2s. pe r quarter dearer. There was in truth a positive rush to , purchase from the nio ment the market opened until all was cleared off. Such an active and brisk demand, while it lasted, has not been seen fur very many years past. For a season at least this extraordinary advance must; - have an influence on the operations of the Court of DirecZ ors of the Bank of Eng land. The steamer which leaves Li‘rf.rpool to-morrow for the United States takes out some a mount of specie again, but there is reason to believe ths ,t as Messrs. Rothschild and one or two other firms have: received a large amount in bullion from the continent, av ithia the last few day-, there has been application made, to them by exporters of coin, rather than to the Bank I»' England. The latter, it is stated, has declined to laity the specie imported by the firms alluded to at a higher price than usual, and this may inducts them to ship it to America and foreign parts .on their own account. Under any circumstances the r,:ceipt of this money must afford present relief, and it would be scarcely of any use for the Bank to be a buyer at a premium, when the whole might soon again be wirhdrawn at par by the holders of its notes. The wisest plan seems to be to let the bullion operators make their own arrangements. The Funds have been higher t his morning, and there has been rather an increased dens nd for Stock. Consols for transfer to-morrow have realis 86f to 87, and for May 864 to 87i. The Reduced ra'hree per Csnt. An nuities have been 854 to 86*, and th the New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. 87* to 874. The value of Exchquer bills has been Is. premium to 2s. discount. East India Stock is at 245. The Foreign Investments hare varied but little. Portuguese Bonds are dull at 341. Spanish Five per Cents. have been quoted 251 ; and the Three per Cents., 364 Brazilian Stock 7 .1. as been marked 824, and Atxican, 20-g- to 20i. Austri caa Bonds have realised 1091, and Dutch Two-and-a-llalf per Cents., 544. Railway Shares have been s toady, although they were flit at Liverpool on Satv..rday. Great Western New are quoted 7'*; North- Westczn, 172 to 173; South- Western, 64 ; South-Eastern, 364 to 37 ; B r i g h ton , 52 to ; Midland, 11.li to 115 ; Etorern Counties, 18i to 10* ; Aberdeen, 27 ; York and North-Midland, 82 ; Scottish Central, 24:1 ; Northe..n. of France, 12i ; Demerara, 3:1 ; Paris and Strasburg, 2 to 21 ; and East Indian, 4. BEITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING WICLOC K. PRICES. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 85% % 86% 86% Mree per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 86;i %87 87 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. An as. 87% %% % 87% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 ... 9 8 15-16 8 15.16 Ditto, 30. years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. .. 9 3-16 India Stock •.. . . .. .. ... .. 245 245 India Bonds, 1:,0001.. .. .. .. .. par Scuth Sea Stock .. .. .. .. ~ _ 96 , j a Ditto, New Annuities .. .. SG% 86 1 / 4 Conrois for May 27 .. .. .. .. .. 86% % 87% 86% 87% Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. 1,0001... .. 5001. -. .. Ditto, Small I klis 1 p 2 dis I p ONE O'CLOCK. ▪ 109 ▪ 82% CLOSING PRIC ES. 109 N 82 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Small • Chilian•Bonds, f per Cent .. Ditto`, 3 per Obit •• • • - • Mexican Donets, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 20% Ditto, for the Account .. 20%% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Portuguese Four per Cent •. .• Ditto, for the Account 34% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 25 1 ,E Ditto, for the Account • • .• • • 25 1 •4 Ditto, Three per Cent .. 3614 Ditto, for the Account .. 36 1 ,4 % Dividend‘ on the above prtyable in London. French Itentes, 5 per Cent .. —f. c. Exchange .. . .. • . • . —c. Belgian Four-and-a-half per Cent .. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 58% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 89% 90 BUSINESS PAID,. DONE AT CLOSING ONE O'CLOCK. PIUCES' PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. 20% 20Th 83% 34% 25M 254 36 1 ,4 36 115 f. 25f. 67%c. 96% 5 g% • so Aberdeen.. .. .. 30 .... 27 Amber., Notting., Beston, and Eastern Junction .. .. 2 % Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... • • Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. b .... 10 m Caledonian 30 , ...... Ditto. Half Shares .. Cheltenham and Oxford .. .... 1 4 ... Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 15 Eastern Counties 20 .. 19 18% 19% Ditto,.York Extension .. '54 •• • • 4 % % • • East Lancashire 1T •• • . .......... Ditto New .. 23‘ .. • • 8 7% • • ...... Ditto, ditto New Scrip • • .. IIA• • • • I .......... East Lincolnshire .. • . • • 4 .. • • GM ..... .•• .. Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 ......... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12y..... ...... Edinburgh and Perth • • .. • • 2 .... Ely and Huntingdon .. • • • • 15 •• • • 15 % ••••• • • • • • Great Northern 3•U .• 3X4 3 Do., London & York Extension 2%.... 2 Great North of England . ..100 ....231 Ditto, New .. . 25 .... 61N 62M Great Western .. 85 . Ditto, New 4N1.... 7% Hull and Selby .. .. 50 .. 103 X, 103...... Ipswich and Bury StEdmunds .. 14 7 % 103 Ditto ditto, and Norwich .. .... 4% ........ Leeds and Thirsk 225 E ........ Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent... 354 .... 4% . ....... Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 251 .... 1 London and BlackwaU 16/. 13s. 4d. 7% ........ Ditto, New, No. 1 5 .... London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 .... 5251 82% Ditto, Consol. Eighths .. .. 10 .... 115 s London and Greenwich .. 12/. 15a. 4d. 9 .... London an North-Western • .100 .• • • 172% 173 172 Ditto, Quarters •- L. and B. 7 Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. .. 40 .... , London and South•Westeni —4ll. 6s. 10d..• 64 Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 .... 21% Manchester and Leeds 82 . Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. .. • .71. 45..... 154 p Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •..• par %p • • Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1% Midland ..100 —.11434 115 Ditto, New .. 36 .... 39 3 414 Ditto, New .. 2 •• •• 4 14 % Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 015 C Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 20 .. •• 26 2534 % Ditto, New .. • • • • • • 5 •• • • 7 % •• • • Norfolk ..100 ..... Ditto, Extension • • • • .. 6 .... 614 • 61 Northern Counties Union .. • • 4 .. % North Staffordshire .. • • • • 5 •• • • 7 %••• .. • • 7% Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptn. 22 14 14 ..... .. • 14 , 4 Preston and Wyre .. • • .. 25 34 ....... 35 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 • • .. Scottish Central . • .. . 175¢ .... 24% . Shropshire Union .. 425. .... dis. .. •• • . 1% dis South Staffordshire .. • • .. 21. 125... % din .. 1, 3 dis South Eastern and Dovor 33% .. • . 36% 37 • • Do.. New (do. 30/.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 15% 15% Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 5 .... 514 .......... 5 South Wales .. .. 10 .... 7M• • • • •• • • 7 M South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Vale cf Neath 4 .... 234 .... • • .... %Vest Riding Union • • • • .. 41. 2s ..... p York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 33% 34 .• .• •• Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 .... 7M% •• York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... 82 Ditto, Extension • • .. 25 .... 40 .• ...... • • 10% FOREIGN " RA 2 IL;;VAY I S I . Ditto, Preference Demerara .. Dutch Rhenish • • .. .. .. Gaatlndlan .. • .• .• • • bs• •• • • ••••• • • • • • Madrid and Valenti& 2 ... .......... Northern of France • • .. • • 8 .... 1214 % ..... Paris and Lyons • • .. 8 5 Paris and Strasbourg .. .. 5 .... 2 2.. Sambre and Meuse .. .. 12 .... 6 .......... West Flanders . 8 ...• . .... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster .. .. 20 .. 26% . p P 115% 39% MINES. Real del Monte, Unrezistered .. .... 33 .......... :,;4: 'ltrb Ebitton NEWMARKET RACES (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old. T.Y.C. Redwing . Veroncts Four ran. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each. T.Y.C Bishop of Romford's Cob African Cocoa Nut 3 Seven ran. MATCH, 200, h ft, Bst 7lb each, T.Y.C.—Duke of Bedford's Rithen beat Sir J. Hawley's Piccinino. Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, for three yrs old. A.F. King of Morven walked over LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 19.—Wind at Noon N.W., moderate breeze, and fine. DEAL, APRIL Ig.—Wind N. to N.N. W.—Arrd. Clipper, River ; Mary Bibby, Archibald, Cuba. Sld. Young England, Batavia; Lady Flora Hasti ngs , W et h erall, New Orleans; Mary Caroline, St. J o h n ' s , N ew Brunswick; Ganges, Sydney, New South Wales; Morning Star, Ceylon ; Brahmin, Bombay ; Semiramis, Havannah ; Victoria, New York ; Cottingham, Richibucto. OFF DARTMOUTH, APRIL 18.—Wind N.—Barham, Gimlett, Calcutta, left Ist of January; Enchantress, Cape of Good Hope. CARDIFYZAPRIL 14.—S1d. Isabella, Quebec. CORK, APRIL 16. Wind S.W. A rr d . P rospect, Kent, Philadelphia. 16th, Lalla Rookh ; Martha, Callao; Almera, Curling, New Orleans; Forrester, Andrews, Norforlk Island; Napoleon, Chesebro, Baltimore ; Newhaven, Downes, New York; Elizabeth Ch urc hill, M'Gil vary , di tto . Sld. 15th, Governor, Douglas, Baltimore; Mary Ann, New York; clittn; Que , cc. TOiAT LOSS OF THE BRIG CANNING, BY FIRE. A dispatch has been received at Lloyd's from the Foreign office, inclosiog a copy a- a dispatch from bet Majesty's Charge des Affaires in Chili, announcing the merchant brig Canning having been destroyed by fire in the Straits of Magellan, 16th December last; carpenter and two men sup posed to be drowned ; vessel sunk in 71 fathoms water. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN and a full Court). IN RE GARBETT. Mr. PARRY applied for a writ of habeas corpus, on behalf of Edward Garbett, now a prisoner in Newgate, in order that he might be brought up and admitted to bail. The Learned Counsel stated, that the prisoner had been committed by his Lordship at the Kingston assizes fer forgery; and he had to submit to their Lord ships, that from the mode and manner of his committal, never having been taken before a magistrate, he was placed in a position of peculiar difficulty as regarded his defence. Lord DENMAN—Ire placed himself in that position by his own statement. lie could not have been taken by surprise, for he went fully into the history of his having forged the bill, although he did not pay that he forged it in so many words. Mr. PARRY—That was your Lordship's opinion, sitting as a magistrate; but a committal by a magistrate is not conclusive against the party committed. He was corn mitred on suspicion, to take his trial for forgery, and the difficulty I wish to point out is this—a true bill has now been found against him for forgery, an d t h at circum stance places him in a position of still greater difficulty than before. There may be witnesses on the back of the bill of whom the accused knows nothing whatever, and he is not entitled to a copy of the bill. There were no depositions taken, and he has, therefore, no warning of what the case against him may be, except the admis sion he made—namely, although there are no precedents to cite to your Lordships, yet, in this instance, justice will not be defeated by allowing the party to be bailed. Mr. Justice WrGirratax—ls it usual to bail a person against whom a true bill has been found, and upon such a charge as that of forgery ? Mr. Paltar —I admit that it is not usual ; but this is an extraordinary case, and the accused is in a position entirely different from that of ordinary prisoners against whom bills have been found, and who know the charge and the witnesses against them. But in this instance the prisoner is quite in the dark. Ile swears that it is his desire to meet this trial, and to bring witnesses who can prove his innocence. • _ _ Mr. Justice WIGIITZIAN—How does any person know what witnesses are brought before the grand jurj ? Mr. PARRY—A prisoner may not know what wit nesses are brought before the grand jury; but by statute he is entitled to a copy of the depositions, at a very mo derate charge. here there are no depositions, but the statement of the accused—an admission made under cir cumstances of surprise and agitation. Lord DENMAN—I have bound over the short-hand writer to appcar as a witness. Does he swear that in his agitation he has stated that which is not true? Mr. PARRY—IIO says that in his agitation—for he was surprised at the mode of cross-examination of coun sel, and at the questions asked, that he' does not knuw what he did state. Lord DENMAN—Does he state that he did not forge ,he acceptance _ _ Mr. PARRY—IIe does ; for he says that he is not guilty of the crime with which he is charged. Mr. Justice PATTESON—I thought yuu said that he did not know the crime with which he was charged. Mr. PARRY—Ho does not know except it is a charge of forging the bill. If it he the charge of forging a particular acceptance, then he does not k❑ow what witnesses are to bring home that charge to him. Lord DENNAN—W by, it is trifling with justice to sup pose that a man who, by his own statement, admits that he forged the acceptance of a bill, should not be con signed to prison to take his trial for his crime. It ap pears to me to be abourd. Mr. PARRY—I would not continue to press anything against your Lordship's opinion, but you must forgive my reminding you that the prisoner never stated that he forged the bill. Lord DENMAN—No, not in set terms, but he said it in effect, as clearly as if the words wero uttered. It is trifling with common sense to suppose that such an ap plication could be granted. The prisoner knows very well that it is only a wish to try the chance of the Courts allowing him to escape from the consequences of his crime. Here is a man, himself an attorney—in order to shield a defendant—stating in open Court, that he him self forged the acceptance. Ido not know what expla nation can be given when the trial comes on, but to attempt any now is merely trifling with justice, and the application cannot be granted. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) The cases heard in this Court possessed no feature 6 public interest. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) SHARP V. CHAPLIN. This was an action tried at the last sittings before the Lord Chief Baron, when a verdict was entered for the plaintiff for 1001. ._. Sir F. TIIESIGER moved for a rule to show cause why a nonsuit should not be entered, and also why a new trial should not be had, on the ground of the admission of improper evidence. The action was brought to re cover the sum of 100/., the amount of a deposit paid by plaintiff on 20 shares in a projected company, called the London and Westminster Water Company. The plaintiff had, in 1841, applied for shares in this 'company, and in accordance with that application an allotment of 20 shares had been made to him. The Learned Counsel contended that the receipt produced at the trial, the advertisements, &c., ought not to have been produced in evidence.—Rule granted. COMMON PLEA S.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) 000DLEY V. RICO. This was an action on a promissory note for 51., which was tried at the last sittings before the Lord Chief Jus lice, when the verdict went for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and en tered for defendant, on the ground that the debt was barred by the Statute of Limitations. The promis sory note was given on the 30th September, 1835, pay able six months after date. There were several pleas, but the only one on which stress was laid was the one pleading the Statute of Limitations. On the 7th June, 1843, a letter was written by defendant to plaintiff, and it was maintained that this was an evidence of the ac knowledgment of the debt, but he contended that this letter was not such an unconditional acknowledgment or promise to pay as invalidated the plea of the Statute of Limitations.—Rule granted. SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.) John Male was placed at 'the bar, charged with shooting on the river Thames, to the imminent danger of the inhabitants of Whitehall-gardens. An inspector of the Thames police said, that about eight o'clock the previous morning he saw the prisoner in a boat near the gardens of the Duke of Buccleugh' s mansion, Whitehall. He several times pointed a gun torewnatrtdoswtahred towards s n sbinonnt, and and took kd him it ioff,nt custody. o consequently h e Mr. Curpsciiam inquired whether any person re ceived any injury from the shot ?—The inspector re plied that he believed not, but the firi ng o f the gun was a great annoyance to the inhabitants of Whitehall gardens. In answer to the charge the prisoner said he had no intention of injuring or annoying any person. He had been told there were plenty of rooks in the gardens of the Duke of Buccleugh, and he borrowed his brother's gun for the purpose of shooting a few of them. He had only fired twice when tha officer took him into custody. Mr. COTTINGIIAX ordered him to pay a fine of 205., and in default of payment to be imprisoned one month. *4 li, P CLERKENIVELL.--(THIS DAY.) Charles Abided and Henry Edwards, two middle-aged nten, of respectable appearance, were charged with fraudulently obtaining from Mr. Samuel Elliott, fancy dealer and dressing-case maker, of No. 68, Jewin-street, Aldersgate-street, a number of dressing-cases and en velope cases. It appeared from the evidence that, last Saturday, the prisoner Madell called at the warehouse of the prose cutor, and representing himself to be a fancy cabinet maker, said he had a very good customer for him in the person of a gentleman named Whiffen, who carried on extensive business at Chelmsford, and was now staying at his (Madell's) house, in Baltic-street, St. Luke's, and wished to make some large purchases in the way of dressing and writing-cases and workboxes. As Mr. Whiffen did not wish to go out, he requested that samples might be sent to him of the articles, and the prosecutor accordingly sent his son with several, having first cautioned him an no account to part with them without the money. The lad accompanied Madell, who told him that Mr. Whiffen was at the Sir John Falstaff public-house, in Baltic-street, and they had better take the goods there to him. On entering the parlour, " Mr. Whiffen" was there, and turned out to be the prisoner Edwards, and upon the boy laying down the goods, they made him drink so much as almost to stupify him, but he still retained sufficient recollection of his father's order as to bring back a portion of the goods. Mr. Wonter appeared on behalf of the prosecution, and said that there were numerous charges of a similar description to be preferred against the prisoners, he, therefore, requested that they might be remanded. The prisoners were accordingly remanded. ........11 DARING ROBB ERIEB .—O n 5 .... aturday information was received by the police of the following daring robberies: From Mr. Currie, Caniden.row, Camden -town, a silver watch, maker's name " David Gill, No. 29,848," a guard, gold seal, and keys, by two men, who attacked him near the Eagle Tavern, City-road.—From Mrs. Grey, Kingsland road, in the City, a purse, containing 51. 16s. 6d.—From Mrs. Campion, 12, North -street, Islington, a double bot tomed silver watch, jewelled in eight holes, No. 5,481, mak er ' s name, " Froome, _Nelson-street, City-road," by a woman, about twenty-eight years of age, who snatched the watch from Mrs. Campion in the Boundary-road, and escaped; and from Mr. Levy, in Size-lane, Bucklersbury, a gold watch, and 71. 10s. in gold. THE BRITISH ARMY IN CANADA.--The reserve 2 i battalion of the Rifle Brigade, at present stationed at Quebec, will proceed to Chanibly in the early part of the summer, and be replaced at Quebec by the 71st Light In fantry. The 77th Foot, at prese n t a t L aprarie, will relieve the 46th Foot at Kingston, and the latter marching to Toronto. The 52d and the 81st Regiment of Foot are ordered home. MR. O'CONNELL.—A letter has been received in Paris, dated Lyons, the 13th instant, conveying favourable intelligence as to the state of Mr. O'Connell's health. The 'n 1 ; t- - frotn the extreme fatigue consequent on the lenth of his journey from P ar i s, and increased by the extreme inclemency of the weather. RAILWAY COMMITTBO. (THIS DAY.) , ,_ AOUSE OF COAIMONS. GROUP LXVII. This Committee met for the lira time to-day. tord 1 Members present—Sir J. I. Buller (Chairman) , ---, 0 .,,. Alniners, lion. G. 11. Cavendish, Mr. Neweate, " ',.' thin Plurnridge, to whom have referred the folloiva Bills: ; 1 • git' Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and Glasgow, Pa's' e l' been marnock, and Ayr (No. 1). Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle and Glasgow, marnock, and (Ayr (No. 2). North British (No. 2). Caledonian (Branches to Canobie, tkc and Or Caledonian (Lease of part of Glasgow, Dumfries, an lisle Railway). Ayrshire and Galloway. *.'oo t ° n inquiry it was found that the only Bill in a position go forward was the ' AYRSHIRE AND GALLOWAIrd, onerl It being the only one in whi c h th e Railway C011 x4551-, had as yet reported. ,I,A Corw This being an unopposed Bill, it was agreed by '"",d tile rnittee to refer it to the Chairman of Committees, 3i ' Members who brought in the Bill. I, Dill s After entering the appearances on behalf of the ()L er with the etitions aainst them, it is The Co pg mmittee adjourned till Thursday next, he expected all the reports will b e ready. lf--11 GO. Fre^seri tt The Committee met thi ß UP i morn V . ing Hon• gr at twelve. core+ Lord 11. Vane (chairman), Hon. M. Sutton, Mr. Rice, and Sir E. Elmer. LONDON 11. ND SOUTII-WESTERN (w XNG THEREOF, ETC). Oope; , Counsel for this Bill, M r . A us ti n , M r . Hill, and Air' agents, Messrs. Dorrington and Co. a id i ll° Mr. Minix in opening the merits of the ; vo tes object of it was to widen that part of the South-,:octioe line extending from Nine Elms to the i ll° one with the Richmond li ne a t F a l con -biidge on hand, and to Hungerford-bridge on the other, tue ,i_ 3 " , r est four lines of rails might b e l a id d own t o meet o f increase of traffic which would press upon that porti tjo l ie line. The cost of th a t wou ld b e a b out 24 , 000/., o pre' opposition likely to be made to it would arise from i" of prietors in the neighbourhood of Falcon-bridge. coa rse his Mr. Locke,ion proved the eng ed the e o amount of f the compan esti y mate, in thfor e ;b e Pr° exam at ` miles of two additional lines of rail to be 2 , 1,80.90 t° property about Falcon-bridge interfered with by the be of no other importance th an t o g i ve the owner,s,:ied al for compensation. Th e Y or k- roa d S tat i on was est'''' 78,0001. land cost, and 40,0001. cost of erection. FAO" Mr. BoviLL, onjbe part of the propiieters at , after' bridge, cross-examin e d th e w i tness; b ut i mme diate.Y jog wards intimated that he would not persist in his 02°5 to the general Bill. SP A The CHAIRMAN then d ec l are d th e pream bl e proc'" A ,;bichi the Committee proceeded to go through the claus, e V i irio lll/ with some amend men t s , were agreed to; an d the u" announced that he would report the Bill to the lionse. MURDER AT NC RWOOP n 5111' MURDER OF A WIFE AND CHILD, AND CII)E OF THE MURDERER. t , „,t pf Yesterday (Sunday) morn i ng, about hall-11-sate/1 o'clock, th e qu i e t i n h a bi tants o f L ower N orw ood, s pa were thrown into a state of alarming c onsterna tl n jer• excitement in consequence o f a most f r ightful e'v o ung , which had b een comm i tte d b y a man name d Joh7 ieg is aged 21 year s , au art ifi c i a l fl ower-maker , resi tp kivl lligh-street, Lower Norwood, who succeeded la tt the lives of his wife and child, and afterwards e c ' el • - r eal . self-destruction w ith t h e same instrument, uu der el stances of the most painful and awful character' bsfe It appears from the subjoined particulars which tat been gleaned fessn an authentic source, that t he big Young, who is twenty one years of age, lived v il fis eiell wife, Jane Young, aged twenty, and an infa nt :ool Jane Bolton Young, aged only two months, at - t ificif'' shop in the High- street, where they exhibited arts bees flowers, &c., for sale. The murderer Youne e d of weak intellect for some time past, which bsrillegei attracted the notice of the tradespeople in the Thera who w ere frequently sp ea ki ng o f hi s peculiar antics;ten end is no doubt that they h a d su ff ere d grea t Prive p r o lsr distress, from the state of th e h ouse an d the get' ph pearance of the victims and the murdeter. Jog. Shortly after six o'clock pelice-constah le ideec e ' Armstrong, 278 P, was going off duty to his r es that g im e near the scene of the dreadful tragedy, but at , s edll s [ s ° nothing attracted his attention, bat whils. , 0 11 0 -1 himself he was alarmed at the cry of m ur der" a d, so d screams. He instantly ran out partially dress 202 saw another constable named Robert Arebe r ,: ne thei hastening towards Young' s h ouse . By the ti.- neig h ; had reached the place severa l o f t h e imrnediste.s, Out hours were running fro m th e f ron t o f the prem i t s ; ', s eer as the officer Archer proceeded to the doorweY we co t ° tam the cause of the alarm, the man Young, ce nt !, atitl i e the threshold, with hi s h an d s covere d w ith h' °- re , te e table knife in the left hand, also smea red with roe e°ll- for a moment st oo d t rans fi xe d t o th e s pot, an d d fesr stables, seeing him armed with such a wesPoih,_ „ledge ing what had taken place from their previous ", 11 ,, it0 of him, they drew their truncheons and followed ", 1 o bea the house. He rushed upstairs to the first floor, am aw ful the officer reached the first landing place a ale e f WS. spectacle presented itself. The lifeless body be g; Young lay with her head almost severed from lief _ to ed she was lying in a pool of blood, which had str ew c ad from the wound completely down the stairs. Iler 1 0. was on the top step and her feet were in the i be . room. They pursued him into the front room, an? the fore they bad time to secure him he sharpened f ig knife by rubbing it tip and down the stonawe round the fireplace, mid stood before the looking ,g.' where he drew the knife across his throat, inflicting; most frightful and extensive wound. When th e otiie : e ., had entered the apartment he was standing in a steer e l position behind the door, and bleeding fr o m the 1013 , 0 he had inflicted on his neck. Whilst he was lying tia d the floor the officers rushed into the adjoining rooms ; 0 0 there discovered the lifeless body of the poor infa tt , T ia the bed, with its head cut completely off, only hara s his by a small piece of skin at the back. The scene o are d period was ono at which the officers felt much a' e „ o pe and horror-stricken. Several persons by this tini_ e : o lo to the aid of the two constables, who, seeing thy so itn Young still alive, and the other unfortunate victims 7010 warm, instantly dispatched a messenger with all 13.,:00d, speed for the aid of Mr. Chapman, surgeon, of 24 ° e ' sc hed who attended with promptitude, but when heThe the house the mother and child were qu ite dead ' the in' man was still a li ve , b ut w h en the surg eon BaW c ola juries on his person, he was of opinion that p.e. bed' not survive many minutes. He was placed on .t u " old but notwithstanding everything medical ek : e li r o c f as devise and suggest, he died in about hour afterwards. A knife was found on equar t!ii la the A ss tsfhrmocetiadtrereaoddo deadly weapon. du e . ec n ao d pv oetnrhe.ed withstoeb blood where ro fu bed tt L ee d b s s cloveened ea d they d As soon as th e o ffi cers found the man young ful immediately forwarded information of the ,a‘ c dieisil tacle and deed t o th e B r i xton stat i on o f the ,i.frosel and in a v er y b r i e f space of time Inspect or u l e of th e a small body of officers repaired to the sanded by a; murder, which, by eight o'clock, was sern tili lty kep t least .500 persons, who were with great (-L" - dies and by the police, who took charge of the b 0 tO the premises. A constable was also dispate-s e , e affste' land-yard with the particulars of the horribi whicli subsequent a lo over the whole village. t the Intl : From inquiry it appeared tha - t gee- . Young had been under the care of his friends e d. nos ney, owing to his mind being somewhat imPaire. rely' on Saturday to afternoon he returned in the car e 0, /or; tive, who had great trouble with him on the vre l nig h wood in the omnibus. The whole of Satar d r oar Mrs. Young sat up a t wor k f or t h e purpose i e t i o , iS, pleting a small order, and the general stlPPes fn that Young laid down on the bed with part of h i s , 4 , o 0 01 on, and at the time of the murder his wife, wi leo he with labour, went to sleep by the side of him , dread' awoke at the time above named and committed th e ,, , t ied ful deed. The fire in the grate was still burnrebroant the few articles on the table which stood in _T o d that were two cups and aft old tea-pot, which indic' bo dice Tne ft they had only recently partaken of tea*, were e were removed into the front room, where Olg a „sere in the charge of police-constable 202 F, w ho a_ was the place. Towards noon the High- street, Lower isTorvro° poll reU I most impassable, and hundreds of Per een • s of th e 'rho relative d from all the surrounding districts. •t was sta te murdered woman are very respectable, and, etravil reside in Brunswick-squar e . It seems ra t her a llowe that the friends of the man Young s h o uld ba r be s eas him to go at large when they were aware that it, WO labouring under some aber ra ti on o f intellect, s" 10 010 suggested by his relations to get him into sel ne asylum. fingers on t he Upon further search of the bodies the finge- - u I ° left hand of Mrs. Young were much cut, no .." - ; 13 „ he endeavouring to save herself from his grasp, and ^- e f t ota struggle. Her death must have been instantaneous the appearance of the injuries, and th e poor little leo'," must have died in a few seconds. There i s lit t le douu n , but that he meant to make his escape; but when he sa w the police so near he retreated back again into the house? where he committed suicide. At ten o'clock last night large crowds of persons w c re round the house, and the greatest sympathy seems ' t° prevail for the murdered female, who bore a most e°' emplary character for cleanliness and industry. TIIE OPERATIVE BAKERS.—On Saturday ' very fully attended meeting of the masters and journeY l 7 l - 0 bakers of the metropolis and environs took place at Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, on behalf of the Perin Live Bakers' Society. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M. 11 , 38 0 . 0 0 the chair. His Lordship having spoken stronglY la c i s of the objects sought by the society, and of the earlY , ing movement in general, the meeting Cheat several other gentlemen. It was stated that were in London 2,000 bakers and 9,000 journeymen, the (sir , majority of whom were favourable to a limitation of the b_ en _ of labour. It was now the general custom for journerr_ck was address ed to work from live o'clock in the evening till eleven clic_ the next morning, and have vary little rest oa Sund a , P us ly, solutions deprecatory of the sy in were carried unarum" the after which thanks were voted to the Noble Lord n the chair, and the meeting broke up. ANGLING.----The first clean salmon of thi s sea taken taken from the Ness, by rod-fi s hi ng , was c aught in the I-I°' Pool last Wednesday, by Ch ar l es W oo dmas, E'cl• 4 , ere beer! in most of the northern rivers, the spring that very unproductive; but from the quantity Mach,nt fis. have gone down the rivers in February and r it is * it , pected that the late fishing will make up for the early. ..0a the Beauly Lord Lovat has taken three clean salmolVoss the Master of Lovat six. From the 13Iackwater, H. Esq., landed the same number within the last fort n ightl /30 THE GAME NUISANCE.—It is a notorious fact the ir gamekeepers, when they have got a poacher into to " snare," in the way of conviction worry for hal f ° for penalty. The half-penalty system is a direct prem,ipbeir r , jury, and that it has been corninitipd keenP r3 iii.:;, (oho sire mostly ignurant and impudent) to at extent is also a notorious fact. These, and a Inult" i p ho m evils more, through the game nuisance, ga mreee gentry are a scourge to the country. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENI_NG, l9, 1847.