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:slt Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., HE STORY OF LILLY DAWSON. By Mrs. CROWE. AUTHORESS OF " SUSAN HOPLEY." " Lilly Dawson is a creation worthy of Scott. The work will place Mrs. Crowe high among the living writers of fiction."—John _ _ _ Bull. " This work has excellent qualities. Its intention is high and wholesome —Its tone fresh and natural—its perception of nature Slobtle and accurate —its portraiture graphic and truthful. Lilly 11)awson, May Elliott, Philip Ryland, Abel White, Jacob and Luke Littanbaus are additions to our gallery of imaginative characters."— .Ltkauseuni. Henry Collars, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAT SHAME AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends And the Public for their continued support and pati'oaage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, Ste., sake place every ItTiIDAT and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Rail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, faunas, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfullY a:quested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day orevious to their being offered ; and advices of results will t 'brwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds brume giately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. HER 3f4LTESTY'S THEATRE. Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, stmt. the Public, T are respeotfully Informed, that the THEATRE WILL ISE-OPEN On SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1847, When will be performed Donizetti's Opera, L'ELISIR D'AIMORE. Adina, Madame Castellan ; Nemorino, Signor Gardoni ; Belcore, Signor F. Lablache ; and Dr. Duicomara, Signor Lablache (his first appearance this season). Botween the Acts will be presented a " New Pas," contpesod by 3S. Paul Taglioni, for Mdlle. 3larie Taglloni. To conclude with the a dmired Ballet, in Two Tableaux b , yM. Paul tionl, tho music by Signor Pugni, entitled TaT THEA ; OU, LA. FEE AUX FLEURS. Pri nc ip a l characters by C. Rosati, Mdile. Marie Taglioni, M. Paul Tal4lioni, Sze. April 17th, will be produced (for the first time in On SaturdaVerdi 's this country) Opera " I Due Foscari." Verdi's Opera " F.rnani " will be repeated forthwith. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectlldly in abaged, that there will be an EXTRA NIGHT On THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1847. When will be performed (first time this season) Battles celebrated Orli& I rIIRITANI. Principal Characters —Elvira, Madame Castellan ; Giorgio, Signor I.oblache ; Artura. Signor Gardoni ; and Riccardo, Signor Colettl. With ♦arious Entertainments in the Ballet Department, in which 31dlle. Lucile Grahu, 3ldlla. Marie Taglione, and 3ldlle. Rosati, will appear. ROYAL. ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, Established for the purpose of rendering a more perfect performance ofthe Lyric Drama than has hitherto been attained in this country. Under the Direction and Management of Mr. BEALE. The Nobility, Gentry, and Patrons of Music, are respectfully in- Armed that the Royal Italian Opera will open the tint week in April. It is proposed to produce, In the course of the Season, some of the established works of Cimarosa, Mozart, Rossini, Meyerbeer, and others 01the more modern Italian School, including Operas by Bellini, Doni anti, Mercadante, and Verdi, on a scale of the utmost perfection in 7very department ; to which intent the mana.:ement has assembled a ilompany embracing the greatest and most varied talent in Europe. PRIMI SOPRANI.—Madame Grisi and Madame Persiani (her Dist appearance in London for three years), Madame Ronconi and Mdlle. Steffanoni (ot the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, her first lip• pearance in this country). CONTRALTI. —Signora Alboni (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan, and of the Imperial Theatre in 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 ance in this country), and Signor Salvi (01 the Theatre La Scala, In Milan, and of tke Imperial Theatres in Vienna and St. Tetersbargh, Ws first appearance on the Italian stage in England). PRIMI BASSI BARITONI—Signor Tamburini and Signer Giorgio Nonconi. PRIMI BASSI PROFONDI—Signor Marini (of the Theatres San Carlo, Naples, La Scala, Milan, and the Imperial Theatre, Viennae, the Ins first appearance in this country), Signor this A nge lo Alba (of Theatre Royal, Madrid, his first app earance in this count first ry), an d Signor Polonini (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, s appear ance in this country.) PRIMI BASSI COMIC' — Sig nor Pietro Ley (of the Theatre Royal Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and Signor Agostino Rover* (of the Theatres Ro y al. Naples, Milan, Vienna, and fit. Pe tersburgh, his first appearance in this country) . Secon d s D o nne—Madame Anto inette Molldori (of the Theatre La Seale., in Milan), Mademoiselle Arnalia Linarl, Mademoiselle Luigina Seoonde Tenere—Signer Emmanuele Slane (of the Theatre San filexqo in Nal)lea). Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor—Mr. Costa. A powerful and numerous CHORUS of chosen and experienced Singers wll complete the Vocal Department. Chorus Master — Signor Bonconsiglio. 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 tit the theatre by Messrs. Flight and Son. Organist—Mr. V. Novello. The BALLET, of a brilliant and costly character, will close the performance of the evening, and no Divertissement will be suffered itetween the acts of the Opera. The Director has the pleasure to asnowace that he has concluded an engagement with Mademoiselle fanny Elssler ; and, during the season, the following eminent Danseuses will appear : —Premieres Dansense--Ilademolselle Dumi lairs (.f the Grand Opera, Paris), and Mademoiselle Plunkett (of Cite Grand Opera, Paris), Mademoiselle Benin (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, her first appearance in this country), Mademoiselle Neodot (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Mademoiselle Marietta Baderna (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan), and Mademoiselle Fuoco (of the Academie Royale de Paris). Monsieur Petipa (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Monsieur Gentle (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Monsieur Ferdinand. Croce, Monsieur Delferier (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Augusta Mabille (of the Grand Opera, Paris). Maitres des Ballets—Monsieur Albert (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Blasis (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan). Leader of the Ballet—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Regisseur de la Dense Mr, O'liryan. Composez—Signor Alessandro Curmi (of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples). THE THEATRE.—To render the Interior at once commodious, elegant, and comfortable, it has bees entirely reconstructed and decorated, under the immediate direction and after designs of 12. Albano, Esq., with every attention directed to its proper ventilation. The Decorations have been executed by Mr. Ponsouby. The Management has happily secured the artistic skill of Signori Ferri and Verardi (of the Theatre Itallen, 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 Pattie° in Bow-street, whereby parties san 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 Boa., for the night or season, to be obtained at the Box Office, Bow-street ; and at Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and C.o.'s, 201, Regent-street. TIZATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. ON RAWER MONDAY Will be performed the Opera of MARITANA. After which the New Grand Oriental Spectacle, called THE DESERT; or, The Imaun's Daughter. In which the Two Ele pbrnts, upwards of Sixty Horses, and the Camels will appear. THEATRE BOYA.L. I:AYMARKET. "Under the Management .f Mr. Webster, sole Lessee. ON EASTER MONDAY Will be performed the new and original Comedy, called THE SCHOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far ren, Stuart, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, itrindal. Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Hrimhy, Mrs. Tarnold, Miss Fortescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey noble, &c. After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, called THE NEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin out of Place. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Cider the direction of Madame Celeste- OlsT EASTER MONDAY Will be performed the original Drama, called THIS FLOWERS Of THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. O. SmWi ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford ; Leybourne, Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. To conclude with the Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GiSELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Willa Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. sm,th, Mr. Cullen'ord, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. ON EASTER MONDAY, Will be presented (for the first time in this country) Scribe and .A.uber's celebrated Comic Opera, in Three Acts, called THE BAR CAROLE. The principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Bodda, Lerner, and Alien; Miss E. limner and Miss Anne Romer. After n hicb, Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Ryder, J. Yining, C. Zlisher, Wynn, and Compton ; Miss Winstanley (her first appearance In London), Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. 11. Hughes, Miss S. newer, 311ss _Anne Romer, Miss Marshall, and Miss Smithson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. under m..l.crarnrisityir4l Keel. , ru<Atre will RE-OPEN on is alurtl. of a New Piece. To comtnenee with the Drama of MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT. y Young Bailey, Mn.s Keeley; Saire Cramp, Mr. Keeley ; Pecksniff, Mr. Matthews ; Tigg, Mr. Wigan ; Chazzlewit, Mr. Emery Pinch, 31r. Meadows. After which, first time, a New Vaudeville Extravaganza, called CRUSOE THE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley; Miss Dickenson, Miss Tune-, 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, Liss E. Daly, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Howard, Mr. Seeley, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Bender, Mr. Kinioch, Mr. Bellingham, And Mr. Wigaii. FRENCH PLATS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell begs respectfully to announce that Maclemoisell, ROSE CHER/ will make her First Apper.rance on EASTER MON. DIY, in the Comedie-VautleviPe of UN CHANGEMENT DE RAIN ; and in an entirely new Comedy, entitled LA PROTEGEE, SANS LI SAVOIR. Itexca, 65., Pit, 3s. 6d. , Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at 31 5 11 1,..f . t5t Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's loyal I .brarY, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office. ETHIOPIAN gERENADETtS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Re-engagement of the Ethiopian Serenaders. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanweod, and Gannon, will give ;heir Attractive ENTER TAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, on EASTER TUESDAY, and wrill be continued every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Evening ; iin4 a IidORNING PERFORMANCE every WEDNESDAY, be ginning on Wednesdy in Easter week. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 23. ; Amphitheatre, 2s. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the patronage of th e Queen, Prince Albert, and o th er Members of the Royal Family. Will open, for the Summer Season, with Lord Byron's Equestrian Dramatic Oeill_Qf vEru Lircro , or, THE CORSAIR AND THE AVENGER'S STEED. Introducing Mr. Betty's Living Camels, Elephants, and stud of Ilerses, Ponies, &c. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 2. Ta ". llol twrint, Lowest, 28,; Highest. 44 ; Noon, 37, N • fine. BI at , OXETER, 29.29.—Win- • y _ 'UGH W A.TXR. ATLONDON-BILIDGF , THIS DAY. .. 52 minutes after 2 . 1 Evening .. 9 minutes after 3. SECOND EDIT lON • ilk " 110,e0141111,11. I, - 7 1)0 • ri'4 4o „.• • Fitaiasec.:;,, treltingi LONDON. FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1847. An opportunity is afforded by the Easter vacatiop . not merely to survey, at leisure, the general a.:,pect of our internal affairs, but likewise to cow:ller the position of our external relations. So rrluch time has been engrossed in Parliament by 'che consideration of Irish exigencies, that the, it question of bow far our foreign friendships have been endan gered by recent occurrences has only been brought incidentally under the notice of the representatives. But for the ineffectual motion for the stoppage of further payments upon the Russo-Dutch Loan intro duced to the House of Commons by the lion. Member for Montrose ; but for the curt allusions . made to the perfidious proceedings of the Not thern Potentates by our SOVEREIGN in her Speech from the Throne ; but for the memorable correspon dence laid upon th e table by the Noble Lord the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the casual observations uttered upon the disposi tion evinced by the different European Governments, the first act of the legislative drama for 1847 might have passed without any Parliamentary reference to those Governments. The attention of the Legislature indeed has been manifestly so far pre-occupied and en grossed by the calamitous visitations of PROVIDENCE in these islands, as to render more than a momentary and furtive glance abroad impossible. The man of true genius looks first of all to the things by which he himself is immediately surrounded, and then, by a gradual extension of his gaze, looks onwards and onwards to the horizon of his intelligence. With the man of mediocre intellect the process is altogether different; he stares afar off into the depths and in finitudes of the distance, and is morally blind to the very existence of the materials close at hand. He is grasping at things that are unattainable ; an.l con temning or rather overlooking the things that are within reach, and that, properly handled, might be turned to practical advantage. With a sagacious Legislature it is precisely as with the man of indu bitable genius. The sagacious Legislature looks first to the well-being of internal affairs, and afterwards occupies itself with the conservation of external alliances, with the reconciliation of Cabinets estranged by jealousies, and the re-establishment and re-adjust ment of those common bases upon which a general peace is constructed. We by no means imply, however, that it is either incumbent upon, or advisable for, a Legislature to allow the differences and misunderstandings, which may have arisen out of any political movement upon the part of another power, to accumulate in number and viru lence, while it is itself absorbed in matters restricted within its boundaries. We would on no account be understood to mean that a Legislature can leave any difficulty, whether internal or external, in abeyance without enormous peril, while it strives to conquer other difficulties of a more urgent kind. The com plicated machinery of Government admits of no such a hiatus in its operations. Like the spinning and weaving machines, its thousand treadles move in unison, the threads of its policy cir culate, and twine, and are intervolved with uninterrupted rapidity, its shuttles flash to and fro upon their various missions, imparting, almost imper ceptibly, colour and design to the general fabric, and all this is produced with apparent confusion, but really with order and regularity. We mean, therefore, that for a time it is essential a predominant attention should be paid to the most urgent necessities, al though the least pressing difficulties shall be com batted unobserved. In this manner our Legislature has been apparently engrossed by administering assist ance to Ireland. Ostensibly it has neglected those ominous movements which have latterly been tran spiring upon the Continent and in the Peninsula, for the purpose of directing its undivided energies to the assuagement of Irish destitution. In reality it has been doing nothing 0 the kind. Its vigilance has been directed simultaneously to the home calamities of Skibbereen, and other localities of the British islands, and to the most distant quarters of the habitable globe, where the powers of the de stroyers of Cracow, and of the usurpers of Spanish nationality extend. When the dark cloud of destitution has floated away from Ireland the Parliament ,will be enabled to take into its serious consideration the rela tive position of the European States, and to act as prudence shall thereupon dictate. Not to the occupation of the island of Labuan, not to the jeopardy of Majorca, Minorca, and Ivica, not to the petty squabbles still maintained at La Plata, not to the over-crowded condition of the penal settlements, or to the sorrows of Cracovian citizens, or to the disabilities of a Spanish Prince, must the scrutiny of the Legislature be directed ; but to the removal or diminution of the unnumbered obstructions which debar the earth from the securities of a perm anent peace. Two protests have been entered on the journals cf the Upper House against the Irish Poor-law proposed by the Government. Each contains its four "reasons of state." One protest is nearly double the length of the other. The shorter one is signed by the Arch bishop of DUBLIN and the Lords MONTEAGLE, RAD NOR, and MouNTcasusL ; the lengthier, by the Lords MONTEAGLE and RADNOR only. If anything were wanting to confirm the wisdom of the Peers in re gard to the recent vote respecting Lord MONTEAGLE'S motion, to refer the consideration of a poor-law for Ireland, in the shape recommended by the Ministry, to a Select Committee, the deficiency is amply supplied by the protests alluded to. By the very feebleness of the recorded reasons, we are strengthened in the convic tion that the Government are pursuing the right course upon this important subject. We denounced Lord MONTEAGLE'S proposition, at the time, as nothing better than an inconsiderate manoeuvre to defeat a wise measure by Fabian tactics ; the denunciation is now completely borne out. The trick is apparent, and never was a trick more clumsily performed. Vain and antiquated dames, who are satisfied of the uncomeliness of their features, but conceive they have some slight pretensions to figure, when they seek to disguise the former, have ordinarily the prudence to cover them, not with a veil of flimsy gauze, but with one of sufficient thickness to baffle the inquisitive eye. This is worldly wisdom ; for as their happiness con +hop tale,. the best chance of imposing upon the credulity of society. lhe an mirable opera of the Duenna is founded upon the like stratagem. Bat these protesting Peers are , evidently bad hands at masquerading. They are quite unequal to the part they have undertaken to perform ; they do not kn ow h ow to wear the appropriate costume They have rushed to the House of Lords certainly with their dominos on their back, but have all the while unguardedly kept their masks in their hands. Quern Dews veil perdere, pries de mental. Precipitate in their own conduct, with the very first stroke of their pen they ac cuse the Government of " culpable rashness." Why ? Because, without further inquiry, "it is proposed to legislate in opposition to the principles which, during the last half century, have been unfformly admitted by ALL writers of eminence as well as by ALL Parliamentary authorities." Perfection of bombast ! Sound is everything— meaning nothing. But we must be just. This hyperbole has a meaning. Every writer of the last fifty years who happens to agree in opinion with the dissentients is ipso acto eminent, and every senator who during the same period has not presumed to darer from them is beyond all doubt a " Parliamentary authority. The second " because" is like the first. Unqualified and dictatorial assertion reigns supreme thloughout— Damnant quodnrJn iratelligunt. AMadingly we have " hazardous experiments," " general confiscation," and a chow.* variety of sirallar expressions shoulder ing each ether in every line. The authors of this literanj maze express their anxiety that the " L:egislature may stand clear of the charge of a reckless and wanton disregard of the rights and happiness of our f e ll ow - su b jects. " How dignified is this benevolence! These Samaritan Peers will " throw light upon the subject," though they should stand alone. The Government itself, a n immense majority of the House of CommorA, and thousands upon thousands of other good fd-Iss through out the empire, have, it seems, been all along under an infatuation, in thinking that the proposed Irish Poor - law would put some check upon " the reckless our, and _wa,ut on , : - egard of the rights an d happi ness o f rellow,-subjects." It is to be inferred, that, up to tbz present time, the rights, comforts, and interests of the poor have been most considerately consulted and faithfully respected. It were a waste of time to comment further upon the contents of these dogmatical and suicidal protests. In the speech which Lord MoNTEAGLE lately delivered, he declared his inten tion was not to examine a single witness before the Select Committee he desired to get appointed, but simply to abridge and arrange the voluminous evidence in the " blue books" on the subject of poor laws. His Lordship must have already waded through their contents. Let him epitomise them (if he will) as well as he can in the speeches which he will no doy.bt make when the measure reaches the House of Lords. We are, however, fully satisfied that the Upper will concur in opinion with the Lower Branch of the Legislature, that sound policy and humanity alike dictate that the Ministerial scheme should speedily become the law of the land. The social aspect of the United Empire cannot be contemplated by the philanthropist without pro ducing intense grief. When he surveys the wealth, power, influence, and grandeur of these realms, and contrasts their existence with the misery and desti tution prevailing among thousands of our country men, the deplorable state of ignorance in which vast numbers are suffered to grow up, the gigantic criminal apparatus which is kept in constant opera tion for the restraint of vices—a large proportion of which owe their contaminating development rather to the neglect of the State than to the inherent degeneracy of man,—the regret of the philanthropist that, where so much has been done so much should have been disregarded, .must necessarily be great in deed. And when he reflects that the country, whose social features present this strange mixture of dazzling light and ominous shade, expended twenty millions to free the West Indian from the manacles of slavery, he will be astonished at the munificence of the act, but, at the same time, be prone to con demn it as the result of an ill-regulated impulse. If there be any virtue in the adage of " charity begins at home," no nation so much lost sight of it as England in the instance referred to. Still, while reflection over the past must fill the mind of the humane philosopher with astonishment, it cannot be charged with despondency for the future. A nation that has made such sacrifices, as we have for the welfare of millions in our colonies, will not, in the end, be found wanting to do whatever is requisite for the improvement of our social organization in Great Britain and Ireland. Our wants in this respect are twofold : the one educational, the other the refor mation of the criminal law. In fact, abstractedly considered, the latter is an educational want, like the former; for the true end of all criminal jurisprudence and prison discipline is, to draw off the mind of the criminal from the pursuit of vice to that of virtue. The punishment he undergoes is only regarded as a wholesome means to this end, and meant, at the same time, by the influence of example, to deter others from breaking the Jaws of their country. It is gra tifying, then, to observe that the two cardinal defects in our institutions, to which we allude, are engaging the attention of the Legislature. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE has already given a favourable outline of what the Government mean to do for the exten sion and advancement of national education, in the popular sense of the expression ; and Lord BROUGHAM is under a pledge to bring the revision of the criminal law under the notice of the Senate. A nobler champion to undertake the task we could not have. His past successes in the wide field of legislation augur favourably for the benefits we may reap from a renewal of his labours for the reform of the law. Great, however, as is the necessity for improving the criminal code and its administration, it is, nevertheless, to the spread of a sound education among the humblest ranks of the people that we attach the greatest importance. it should be re collected that the criminal machinery, which we maintain at an immense cost, is chiefly employed in attempting to undo all the mischief which results from the shameful manner in which we have neg- ected the condition of the poorer classes of society Happily England is now animated with a desire to repair and redeem the errors of the past. A man's actions correspond with the character of his mind. If it be well moulded, he acts beneficially to himself and his own immediate circle ; if it be badly trained, or neglected, he becomes a curse to himself and others. What is true of an individual is equally so of a nation—its weal or woe will be found, in the long run, to be entirely dependent upon the care which is paid to the culture of its moral and intel lectual energies. In addition to the intelligence from Athens, pub lished in our paper of yesterday, we give the following extract from the Moniteur Grec (the official journal of COLETTI) of the 20th ult. : " Fresh communications have been exchanged be tween the Divan and the Cabinet of Athens respect ing the difference pending between the two countries. Without presuming to divine the contents of the diplomatic documents, we consider the two Courts now sufficiently enlightened by the explanations, given on both sides with equal good faith. and we trust that the solution of the difficulty which rendered them necsssary will speedily take place." The Minister of the Interior of Prussia has ap pointed sixteen short-hand writers to report the pro ceedings of the General Diet, and they have sworn to execute their duty faithfully. The extraordinary session of the Chambers of Saxony was closed on the 24th. This session was the first which has been held since Saxony obtained a constitution. It was exclusively occupied in dis cussing the measures proposed by the Government for the relief of the misery of the poorer classes, and in the consideration of the question of the construc tion by the State of the Saxo-Bavarian Railway. We learn from the proceedings of the Diet of Saxe- Gotha, that Prince ALBERT, the Consort of Queen VICTORIA, has appropriated the 1,000 thalers, granted to his Royal Highness in 142 and 1846 by the Diet, to be an annual premium, bearing his name, to such primary teachers as shall most distinguish themselves by their aptitude and zeal, and by their good conduct. A letter from Munich, of March 25, states that the Government had some intention of augmenting the export dues on corn, in consequence of numerous bujca-D .. , ..tently from France and Switzer land. Bread, when exported, to be subjected to a duty of four florins the quintal (224 lbs.) The Rhenish Observer mentions from Warsaw, a report that the Emperor of RUSSIA. intends to make his brother, the Grand Duke MICIIIEL, Viceroy of Poland. it is also rumoured that Gallicia is to be made a Vice-royalty under the Archduke ALBEIT. Madrid journals of the 26th have arrived. If we are to judge of the prospects of the Soto mayor Ministry by their conduct, we st, ou id sa y that they felt that the termination of their reign was approaching, as they are now endeavcuring to throw every possible obstacle in the way of those who may succeed them. In the discussion in the Chamber of Deputies on the Bill authorising the levying of taxes, Senor MARTINEz DE LA Rosa moved an amendment, to the effect that the power given to the late Finance Minister, Mort, of managing the public debt, should not be continued to his successor. This amendment, which was opposed by MENDIZABAL CALDERON, COLLANTES, and LUJAN, was supported by BRAVO MuitlLLo, in the name of the Ministry, who said that it could not be considered as a vote of want of con fide :lee in them. This amendment was carried, and the meaning of the manoeuvre is explained by the Herald° :to be " the embarrasing of any future Pro gressista Ministry which may be formed, by prevening the authorisation from falling into the hands of persons who would not know how to apply it." Another amendment was proposed by:Senor MoirrANEs, to the effect, that the authorisation should cease in case the present Cortes were prorogued or dissolved without voting the Budget. This amendment was opposed by the Finance Minister, and the discussion was proceeding when the post left. There was a rumour, alluded to by the Tierapo, that Senor SALAMANCA would be charged with the construction of a new Cabinet. General ENNA has been appointed Captain General of Girona. New Carlist bands have appeared in various parts of Catalonia. MAnnis 801..5.t, MARCH 2G.—The Three per Cents. closed at 30% for cash ; the Five per Cents, at 19 ; the Debt without interest, at 5:!/ 4 ; and the Coupons, at 17. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. The report that the Spanish Ambassador had re ceived orders to prosecute the proprietors of the French journal La Patrie, for its revelations of the doings of the Court of Aladrid, had excited quite a sensation in Paris. The Union Xonarchique thus comments on it ceed , by 1?,%. " The Heraldo of-the 25th announces that the Am• hstasador of Spain at Paris had received orders . to pro .bnt the the Spanish Cabinet thinks that Isabella has been calum niate the Patrie, for an article in which mated- libertyWe cannot say what the Ambassador will do, of the press would be an illusory matter, It . the on, dzt of fereign letttra may be in rrauce the THE SON, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1847 object of a prosecution, when the facts stated do not apply to French subjects. The law is severe in what concerns natives; and consequently they alone ought to be protected by it. The best mode for persons living in other countries of not being attacked is not to leave room for attack; and, unfortunately, the accounts of what passes in the interior of the palace of Madrid are so contradictory, that it is impossible to know what to believe. Even in Spain persons do not agree as to the relations which exist between Isabella and her hus band. Thus, a journal of Madrid has recently announced that the King retired to rest at ten o'clock and the Queen at three or four in:the morning —one, therefore, would be about to get up when the other withdrew to her apart ment. That does not indicate a perfect accord, but, on the contrary, leads to the supposition that they avoid each other as much as possible. Yet the journal in question was not prosecuted in any way by the law officers of the Crown at Madrid. We believe, therefore, that the menace addressed to the Patrie 'cannot be meant seriously, and the Ambassador will not give any further effect to the orders which he may have received. From such a process nothing but scandal could result; and scandal is always to be avoided, particularly in France, where the laughers would inevitably be on the side of the journal proceeded against." As a specimen of what the laughers will say on the subject we give the following from the National:-- "If we are to believe certain Spanish journals, the public are furious in Madrid—the most vehement indig nation has seized on all the Don Quixotes of the mo narchy. It is true that this is very natural. These journals, devoted to the innocent Isabella, have read in the Patric certain insinuations of the presumed inclina • tion of Isabella for the Progressists, and amongst that body the Pairie named in particular General Serrano as the one whom public opinion pointed out. Nothing more was wanted to cause the chivalrous organs of Spain to utter loud cries. They want to have that journal prosecuted, and perhaps they have imagined that, in the absence of the justice which they demand, the criminal publication in questior would be delivered up to all the severities of some captain-general. Our laws, however severe they slay be, do not sanction pro ceedings so prompt and so sure. Her Majesty, the innocent Issabella, if she desires a process, must run the risk of having her person as well as her policy discussed before the jury. The inviolability of the royal person in France by nomeans protects theiuviolability of Queen Isabella. French juries are very curious, and as in his tories of the kind we are now speaking of they like to go back to the origin of matters, the proceedings promise to be exceedingly amusing. Our Madrid contemporaries have the monarchical epidermis somewhat too excitable, they ought to be aware that they could gain nothing by proceeding against the Patric , . The Times, the Morning Chronicle, the Daily News, and the Morning Post have been far less circumspect, and since they cannot be silenced, it is just as well to allow every one to speak. For our parts, we have taken good care not to repeat either the details which have come to us from Madrid, or the gross indiscretions of the English journals. We only complain of one matter; that the young Queen has not full liberty to take whom she pleases, to give all her con fidence to whom she prefers. It happens that at present it is a Progressist; to• morrow it may be one of the oppo site party. We do not require from ardent youth the fixity of taste inherent in seventy years. Leave to each age its character and its humour; there is a dark period of life, when ideas become contracted and the affec tions cool down. The innocent Isabella is not yet, fortunately for her, at that point; she has not yet felt affection on conceived ideas; she is making her essays, she feels, she goes from one to another, she studies men and things, and throws into her search all the warmth of her noble blood. 3ut the Moderado party wishes to confine her within de constitutional circle; it pretends that the present Ministers having the majority, she ought not to go beyond that line. But why should not the Queen, if Caere is nothing there to satisfy her, seek elsewhere? Why does the Cabinet suddenly give an order to a general who excites its jealousy to depart from Madrid i Why do they hasten to have a declaration of confidoce in themselves voted by the Chamber.? Is it strange that such proceedings should give occasion for all kin3s of suspicions? The Debuts has stt ted, that in disseminating such rumours ignorance was shown of the habits and morals of the Court of Spain. It seems to us, however, that since Maria Christina's time, the morals and habits of that place are tolerably well known. If even the reign of Ferdinand VII. was gone back to, there could be found, without much trouble, morals and habits of an exceed ingly edifying character; the innocent Isabella has the advantage of certain traditions; and, from Godoy to Munoz, the Court of Spain has shown, without much effort at concealment, morals and habits all very much alike. The Debuts is perfectly right to glide lightly over this subject, and to cover with a thick veil all that can attack the monarchical dignity. It has its reasons; and we have ours to act quite oppositely. The falling away of institutions is revealed by marked signs to the eyes of the people, and if any idolatry is still felt for the principle, let the persons now occupying thrones in Europe be regarded.' The Debats returns to the subject of the expected deficiencies of the ensuing harvest, and justifies its former article by adducing facts which certainly go to prove that even an average grain har vest in 1847 will not supply the deficiencies which must arise from the failure of the potato crop, and that the potato crop must fail is evident, because, even ad- mitting that the rot should not manifest itself, and that it has already done so is but too apparent, still there is not a sufficiency of sound potatoes left for seed to plant the usual acreage of ground devoted to the cultivation of that esculent. The following extract from this article is well worthy the attention of the Government, the Legislature, and the shipping and mercantile interests of this country. It behoves us to take care that France shall nut forestall us in the grain market of the world. " We shall want flour this year unless we have such a prodigious harvest, as it would be madness to reckon on. Our supply will be short, because the potato crop will, in a great measure, fail, and nothing can replace the loss. This is a point of fact; in order to remedy the evil there is but one means, and that is, to purchase corn abroad. Suppose there be iinportei into France ten millions of hectolitres, in order to make up for the incomplete har vest, it is well known that this supply must be principally drawn either from the Black Sea, or from America; and on account of the ice, which at the commencement of December closes the Russian ports and the American canals, this quantity ought to be embarked before the end of November. Ten millions of hectolitres will employ 800,000 tons of shipping. In order to prepare this mass of corn for shipping, six months will be required from the date of the promulgation of a law for extending the time for free importation, even supposing it to be brought forward within a week. We beg the Constitutionnel, who wishes for nothing to be done in haste, to reflect on this subject : 800,000 tons of shipping is the trade of an entire state ; it is the loading of from three to four thousand vessels of ordinary tonnage. The delay of six months is, theretore, very little for purchasers to such an extent, or even for operations for half the amount, particularly when it is considered it is not France alone which may require a supply of corn. England, whose wants will be still greater than ours, since Ireland con sumes more potatoes than any part of France, will go into the foreign markets at the same time as ourselves, and probably before us, and to supply the wants of En gland, France, and other countries which may require to replace by corn the failure of their potatoes, it will not be too much to expect that the producers may sell their crop of 1847 with that of 1846. In fine, in order to secure ships de ,tined for the transport of this unusual mass of corn, it certainly is not too soon, if it be even soon enough, to begin immediately." The price of corn, however, still continues to de cline in the markets Of France. The Reforme states that flour underwent another important diminution in the Paris market on Tuesday. " The offers," it says, " 'vere numerous, and the purchasers very cold. It would be '-eipossible to fix, with any degree of accuracy, the pr., es of the market; but we calculate at from 6 to 6 francs she fall in the value of the sack of flour since last week." The price of wheat had increased 2f. per hectolitre at Compeiegne, if. 60c. to 2f. at Meaux, 21. at Beauvais, 2f. 50c. at Douai, sf. to 6f. at Vernon, sf. at Arcis-cur-Aube, Bf. at Blois, Brissac, and Saunnur, 4f. to 41.50 c. at Dieppe, 2f. to 9r Aoc. at St. Quentin, if. 50c. at Le Mans, 2f. at Chateaugoutier, 6f. at Montargis, il., to 2f. at Chalons-sur-Marne, sf. at Sezanne, and lf. 50c. at Cambrai. The Journal des Debats publishes a letter, dated Toulouse, 27th ult., which states that a fall had been produced there in the price of wheat to the ex tent of 2f. 26c., and in Indian corn of 2f. the hecto litre. Of 800 hectolitres of wheat offered for sale on the last market-day above 600 remained unsold. In the Chamber of Peers, on Monday, a short dis cussion took place on certain petitions praying for the immediate abolition of slavery in the French colonies. It being generally admitted that the con dition of the slave population had improved since the passing of the late colonial measure, the Chamber decided that the prayer of the petitions was uncalled for, and passed to the order of the day. A short al tercation of a personal character took place between the Prince DE LA MOSCOWA sod General FADVIER, relative to an expression appliei the previous day by the latter to some assertion a* the Prince's. The matter was, however, ultimately arranged. In tke Deputies, the Civil Pension Bil was brought under discussion ; and some of the articles adopted. At the commencement of the sitting the Minister of Finance presented a Bill demanding the crest to pay the la. terest on the Greek loan. In the Chamber of Deputies the Committee on the proposition for postal reform determined to adopt an uniform postage of 20 centimes per sitgle letter. M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN was appointed reporter of the Committee. The Moniteur publiettles the followins:—] " Most of the Paris journals announce, from a paper of the Mauritius, that th e French settment of Nossi Bey was evacuated in December last, )3T order of the Government, and assign as the real cane the insalu brity of the climate. No order for the evacuation of the island of Nossi Bey hu , been addressed to,he authorities of Bourbon and Mayotte ; the recent dispatches from whom represent, on the contrary, that this small, island, under present circumstances, has become of increased utility from its affording the means of collecting flocks and herds for the consumption of Bourbon. As to the salubrity of Nossi Bey, the following is a report made in a letter of October 27, from Chef de Bataillon Passot The Plateau of Hellville is becoming healthy. The small garrison of the island, after having been stationed there for twelve months, has returned to Bourbon with out the loss of a single man out of 58.'" Don ENRIQUE, it is said, intends embarking at Mar seilles for Italy. Wednesday being the first day of Longchamps, the Champs Elysees were crowded with carriages, eques trians, and pedestrians. The weather was fine, though cold. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday at 781. 55c. ; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 500. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,273 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 862 f. 50c. • Havre, 672 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 625 f. ; Avignon, 800 i; Vierzon, 5601. ' • Bordeaux, 510 f. ; Tr o y es an d Montereau, 2901.; Basle, 203 E 75c. ; Dieppe, 3151. ; Paris and Strasburg, 420 f. ; Nantes, 4161. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 427 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 460 f. ; Cette, 447 f. 50e. The following are the quotations for other lines :-- LYONS, Dimwit 29.—Paris and Rouen, 8701. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 845 f. ; Vierzon, 571 f. 25c.; Northern, 635 f .; Paris and Lyons, 4451. BUSLNESS DONE IX FOREIGN RAILWAtS - AT THIS :LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 1. Dutch Rhenish, 4 —Northern of France, 12X—Orleans and Bordeaux, 65i—Paris and Lyons, s—Sambre and Meuse, 6. HEALTH OF THE KING OF HOL- LAND. THE HAGUE, MARCH 20. The following bulletin of the health of the King was published this morning:— " His Majesty passed the whole of yesterday in a state of great tranquillity, and slept at intervals through the night, till this morning, when very slight symptoms of fever manifested themselves. (Signed) " BECKERS, M.D. " EVERHEERD, M.D. " The Hague, March 30, 1847." The following was also issued this afternoon, at half past six : " A slight change for the better has taken place in his Majesty's health." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. In the Liverpool Cotton Market there was not much done yesterday. Sales, 3,000 balm.—Shares were flat. This is a strict holiday in the City. There is no longer any doubt that the Bank of Eng land at the present moment is seriously drawn upon for specie to send abroad, and that restrictive measures of a more sweeping character than perhaps ever before were adopted, and which are necessitated by the new cur rency law, by which the Bank must now regulate itself, have been resolved upon. The Bank, in order to keep a stock of bullion up to the proportion allowed against its circulation, has intimated to the bankers and dis count houses in the City that they must no longer ex pect any but temporary accommodation, and that loans upon bills will be made only till the 17th inst., and then not for the full amount. We shall have discounts up therefore to 6 or 7 per cent. currently until the Bank is in a situation to relax from this "screwing" process. Had the Bank put on an extra 1 per cent., the public would have been much less inconvenienced, but to refuse to re-discount for the City bankers will compel the latter, cautious as they have been of late, to decline advances upon half the paper offered to them. Now, therefore, comes the " tug of war," and the trial of the Bullion Currency Act, which, though it may secure the Bank by compelling the maintenance of a large reserve of coin, will derange commerce and cause immense losses. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) This being Good Friday, no business was transacted either in Mark• lane or the Borough. SMITHFIELD. For a holiday market the supply of beasts on sale here was unusually extensive, viz., 1,225 head. Still,however, owing to the large number of buyers in attendance, the Beef trade was steady, and a good clearance was effected at Monday's quotations. From abroad we received 104 Beasts, 140 Sheep, and 20 Calves. There was less activity in the Mutton trade than on last market day. In some few instances a slight depression was submitted to in prices; yet a full average amount of business was transacted. The number of Lambs was seasonably large, or about 6,000, while the trade was firm, at from ss. Bd. to 7s. per 81bs. From the Isle of Wight 120 came to hand. Calves were in good request, at previous currencies; but Pigs, though quite as dear, commanded very little attention. Mitch Cows were dull, at from 161. to 18/. each, including their small calf. Per albs. to sink the offal. a. d. to s. d. s. d to s. d. inferior Beasts 3 0 3 4 Second quality dhto 4 2 4 6 iscond quality -. • 3 6 3 8 Coarse-woolledditto 4 8 410 Prime large Oxen 310 4 2 Southdown Wether s 0 5 4 Prime Scots .. •. 4 4 4 6 Ditto out ef the wool Large coarse Calves 4 4 5 0 Large Hogs •••. .. 3 8 4 6 Prime small ditto 5 2 5 4 Small Porkers • . 4 8 5 2 suckling Calves —ls 0 29 0 Quarter old Pigs • .16 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep .• . 3 8 4 0 Lambs •••••• • • • • 5 8 7 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Yeasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 1,270 8,070 254 200 NEIRMATE AND IMADENEIALL. We had a steady trade here, at very full prices. At per stone by the Carcase. a. d. to s. d. I. d. to s. Beef, inferior.. 2 8 210 i Mutton, inferior .. 3 6 3 F middling • • 2lO 3 0 middling.. 310 4 0 prime large 3 2 3 4 prime •.• • 4 2 4 4 prime small .. 3 G 3 8 ' Pork, 1arge........ 310 4 6 Veal.. Lamb. 5s 6d to 7a Od CO36ONIAL. SUGAR.—There has been rather more done in British Plantation, but at reduced rates in some instances. Some Barbadoes of the new crop has been sold at 46s Gd to 53s for low to fine bright grocery, and 46s tid to 49s for low to mid yellow. Berbice has been sold at 45s to 47s for low and mid yellow, and at 43s to 45s for mid to good brown. REFlNBo.—Standard Lumps have realised 64s to 64s 6tl. EAST INDlA.—blauritlus 14,741 bags about half sold, low yellow 44s to 455, low to fine grey 44s to 495, and good to fine brown 40s to 435. Madras 6,793 bags brought 43s 6d to 44s for fine damp yellow, and 38s 6d for fine brown. Bengal has been rather cheaper, fine strong grainy yellow 53s 6d to 545. Java, 1,117 baskets 948 mats was chiefly taken in at 48s to 1 55 s for low to good yellow. FORElGN.—liavannah has been about is per cwt cheaper, white has been taken in at 535, yellow at 47s for mid and 52s to b3s for good. Porto Rico has been taken in at 23s 6d to 265, for low greyish to good yellow in bond. St. Croix has been sold at 58s to 58s 6d for very fine yellow. COFFEE—West India descriptions have been quiet. Cey lon samples are pretty steady. Plantation is held for 65s to 70s for mid, and low mid and pale at 54s to 58s. Padang has been taken in at 28s to 295. Company's Java at 50s to 51s for fine bold yellowish, and Batavia at 31s 6d to 32s fine ord ; Rio fine tine ord is 43s 6d, and La Guayra 36s to 375. Cocoa.—There has been a good demand. Low and mid Trinidad 52s to 565. SALTPETRE.—The inquiry is moderate, and prices are firm. RlCE.—Prices are declining Bengal has been sold at 16s to 17s 6d per cwt, and Madras at 16s to 17s per cwt. SPICES.—White Pepper has been taken in at 4%d to 6d per lb., and Malabar has been sold at 276 d to 3d per lb. Run—The market is dull again, and prices are nominally much the same. Corros.—Rather an increased business has been done. INDIGO.—The market is firm. The May sales commence on Tuesday, the 11th inst., and the accounts from India are likely to influence them favourably. TALLOW.— P.Y.C. Tallow is 50s ed per cwt. on the spot. TEA.—The market is not active, but prices are steady generally. The markets are closed until Wednesday next. DEATH OF LORD SATE AND SELE.—This much respected nobleman expired on the evening of the 31st ult., at his residence in Grosvenor street, aged forty. nine, and after au illness of about eight days. The de ceased Peer,William Thomas Eardley TwisletonFiennes, was born April 24th, 1798, being the son of the eleventh Lord, who died in 1844, by the Hon. Maria Eardley, eldest daughter of Lord Eardley. The deceased was never married, and the title and estates fall to the Rev. Frederick Twistleton, his uncle, who is a canon residen tiary of Hereford Cathedral. ROBBERY or BANK NOTES.—A letter, containing 3001. in 51. Bank of England notes, which was forwarded from the Plymouth branch of the Bank of England, on Friday last, by post, in a packet to Messrs. Vivian and Co., of Torquay, has not come to hand. The numbers of the notes are known, and their payment stopped. CAPTURE OF A DANGEROUS LuNAtlc.—The town of Brentford was on Wednesday night thrown into a state of great excitement and alarm, in consequence of a desperate attempt at murder made by a man of the name of Barney Fitzpatrick, an Irishman, formerly a soldier. He has been more than once an inmate of the Middlesex County Pauper Lunatic Asylum, ~at lianwell, but on each occasion, after remaining th.ro ‘oinc tamc, w as discharged as convalescent,. On Wednesday night Fitzpatrick, while uutler the effects of liquor, rushed into the streets of New Brentford in a very excited state, and created a great disturbance. Sergeant Gib son, T 27, knowing his dangerous character, endea voured to appease him and persuade him to go home quietly, but without avail. Mr. Millard, the landlord of the Catherine Wheel public-house, who knew him well, then went up to him for the same purpose the ser geant had tried in vain, when Fitzpatrick immediate!) rushed upon him and assaulted him very severely, the whole time threatening his life ; and there is no doubt that he would have carried out his threats to the fullest extent, had not Sergeant Gibson ably assisted Mr. Mil lard in defending himself, but it was not until the assist ance of five policemen had been obtained that Fitzpatrick was overpowered and conveyed to the station- house. Yesterday he was taken before Mr. G. Baillie, the chair man of the Brentford magistrates, and Sir Alexander Spearman, Bart., at the residence of the former, Han well-grove, when evidence proving the above facts was gone into, and the bench were at first disposed to commit him for trial for the attempt at murder, but it was eventually considered that the best course would be to send him again to the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, when he was immediately taken by the police. SALMON FISRING.—The Scottish rivers have seldom commenced the salmon season with less success than on the present occasion. The Ness still continues to re ward the fishermen charily. A fish now and again re wards the haul, but there is nothing like plenty. The snowy chill of the waters probably keeps the fish from running. In the Conan the take has been more success ful. Since the season opened, we learn that tho average daily take has been from ten to twelve fish. On Saturday week twenty-one were caught, and on Tuesday thirty six.—lnverness Courier. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MARCH 31.—Tbe broker's offices have presented but little assortment this week, and consisted principally of the cargo of the Glenelg. just landed, of which about one-half have been sold at for mer rates. The arrivals consist of two vessels from the Mauritius, one from Havanna'', and one Irons Calcutta, the cargoes of which are not yet landed. A parcel of Molasses has been taken ex ship at :235. per cwt. Nvtliing doilig in rums,—Bristol Gazette, TIIE LONDON GAZETTE, (THIS DAY.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAacn 30, 1847. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Julian Melendez, as Consul-General in the United Kingdom for the Republic of Peru. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Samson Cahlmann, as Consul in London for the Princes of Schwarzburg Rudolstadt and of Schwarzburg Son dershausen. CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 1. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. COUNTY OF BEDFORD.—Charles James Fox Russell, Esq., commonly called Lord Charles James Fox Russell, in the room of William Astell, Esq., deceased. WAR- OFFICE, APRIL 2. 3d Dragoon Guards —Henry Heywood Lonsdale, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice St. George, ap pointed to 17th Light Dragoons, April 2. 4th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Thomas Bigoe Williams to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Baker, who retires; John M`Donnell Webb, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Williams, April 2. 4th Light Dragoons—Cornet and Adjutant Charlie Berkeley Molyneux, to have the rank of Lieutenant, April 1 ; Lieutenant John Williams Wallington, from 83d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lord Alfred Churchill, who exchanges, April 2. 13th Light Dragoons—Sergeant Major Thomas An • derson, to be Quartermaster, vice John O'Reilly, who retires on half-pay, April 2. 7th Light Dragoons, Cornet Howard St. George, from 3d Dragoon Guards (Ridingmaster), to be Cornet, vice Graham, who retires, April 2. 4th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Matthew Villiers Sankey Morton, from 35th Foot, to be Lieuienant, by purchase, vice Baldwyn ' who retires, April 2. 11th Foot- - John Mac Henry, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Warren, appointed to 35th Foot, April 2. 19th Foot—Lieutenant John Lewis Richard Rooke to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fearon, who retires ; Ensign Robert Onesiphorus Bright to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rooke ; Frederick Charles, Ashworth, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bright, April 2. 26th Foot—Paymaster Serjeant Charles Kent to be Quartermaster, vice Charles Dairies, who retires on half pay, April 2. 35th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant Henry Samuel Bowman, to have the rank of Lieutenant, April 1 ; Lieutenant Matthew Villiers Sankey Morton, from the 4th Foot, to be Lieutenant, ;vice Glubb, promoted, April 3 ; Ensign Richard Lane Warren, from 11 th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Morton, promoted in 4th Foot, April 2. 39th Foot—Lieutenant Theodore M. Haultain, to be Adjutant, vice Croker, promoted, March 19. 44th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Taynton, from half-pay 31st Foot, to be Captain, with out purchase. Lieutenant John Le Merchant Carey to be Captain, by purchase, vice Taynton, who retires; En sign Godfrey Cooper to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carey; George Massey Robins, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cooper, April 2. 48th Foot—Lieutenant Andrew Green to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bromley, who retires ; Ensign Cam Sykes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Green ; William Henry Cairnes, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Syhes, April 2. 66th Foot—Ensign John Clifton Hawkes to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Coates, deceased, March 14. David Robert Ross, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Hawkes, April 2. 69th Foot—Alexander Edward M'Gregor, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase, vice Fell, deceased, April 2. 79th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Bromhead Butt to be Captain, by purchase, vice Mac Neal, who retires ; En sign George Murray Miller to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Butt ; James Webster, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice:Miller, April 2. 83d Foot—Lieutenant Lord Alfred Churchill, from 4th Light Dragoons, :to be Lieutenant, vice Wallington, who exchanges, April 2. 85th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant George Thompson to have the rank of Lieutenant, March 31 ; Ensign Charles Hamilton AidO to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Walters, appointed to the Cape Mounted Riflemen, April 1; Alexander Ross Bayly, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Aid& April 2. 87th Foot—Sergeant-Major Robert Gibson, from 74th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Stephen Carr, who retires upon half-pay, April 2. Rifle Brigade—Henry Montolieu Bouverie, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dickson, deceased, April 2 . . Cape Mounted Riflemen—To be Captains, without purchase—Lieutenant Thomas Hare from 27th Foot; Lieutenant Frederick Campbell ; Lieutenant John T. Bissett; Lieutenant John Burrow, April 1. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Lieutenant Robert Hole Walters, from the 85th Foot; Ensign William Macdonald Mill, from 91st Foot; Ensign Robert Frederick Augustus Lavers, from 91st Foot; Ensign Thomas de Courcy Hamilton, from 90th Foot; Ensign Ormond Fitz Gerald, from 91st Foot; Ensign George Jackson Carey, vice Bissett; Ensign John Harvey, vice Borrow, April 1., To be Ensigns without purchase—John Sandham Warren, Gent., April 1; William Charles Bruce, Gent., April 2; Francis Smyth, Gent., April 3; George Lloyd Studdert, Gent., April 4; Murray Babington Steele, Gent., vice Carey, April 5; James Christopher Grant Kingsley, Gent., vice Harvey, April 6, 1847. STAFF.—Lieutenant Charles Peters, from half-pay Ist Foot, as Quartermaster, to be Adjutant of a recruit ing district, vice White, promoted, April 2. BREVET.—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Taynton, of the 44th Foot, to be Colenel in the Army. November 9. 1846. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 31. Corps of Royal Engineers—First Lieutenant George Clement Baillie to be Second Captain, vice Simmons, placed on the Seconded List; Second Lieutenant James Liddell to be First Lieutenant, vice Baillie, March 22. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire. William Henry Bowen Jordan Wilson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 20. WHITEHALL, MARCH 29. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Walter Canning, of Handsworth, in the county of Stafford, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed Edmund Oldham, of Stockport, in the county of Chester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed George Archer Smith, of Newcastle-upon - Tyne, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Henry Jones, oilman, 14, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, to surrender April 9, at two, and May 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingh all- street ; Shaw, Fish-street-hill. Henry James Cook, linendraper, Hedge-row, High street, Islington, April 12, at half-past one, and May 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assigilee, Coleman. street ; Hardwicke and Co., Weavers' Hull. - - - - - John Barlow, the elder, and James Gill, hop factors, Calvert's-buildings, Southwark, April 14 and May 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official a,signee,Basingliall-street; Gregson and Kewell, Angel- court, h ogmortor-kAreet. John Jebb, grocer, Stanwardine, Shropshire, April 8 and May 1, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. Andrew Birrell, vinegar manufacturer, Salford, April 12 and May 11, at eleven, at tne Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Johnson and Co., Temple ; Snowball, Liverpool. Robert Macoun, cotton spinner, Bolton, Lancashire, April 20 and May 18, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London; Wood- house, Bolton. George Jones, victualler, Rough-hills, Bilston, Staf fordshire, April 13 nod May 4, at twelve, at the Bir mingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Barleet, Birmingham. John Jones Price, tanner, Builth, April 16 and May 13, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Brittan and Sons, Bristol. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending March 30, 1847, is 345. 4d. cwt. TRIAL FOR WIFE-STEALING IN VIRGINIA.— ItsThtolS e took place before the Court of Loudon County, Virginia_ The following are a few of the particulars:— A. coloured man, named Talbot, had been legally ma numitted by the will of his late master; but his wife Maria, who was claimed by a lady named Russell, still remained in slavery. They had been married about three years previous by a minister of the Gospel, and with the consent of Maria's mistress. Talbot, who, on kis liberation, was compelled by the law of Virginia to leave the state, made two attempts, but without success. to purchase his wife, in order that she might accompany him. On his finally leaving the state, Maria disappeared about the same time. They were arrested together at Washington, and taken back to Virginia, where his wife was restored to his mistress, and the husband thrown into prison, to await his trial at Leesburg, on the charge of stealing her. The prosecuting attorney brought for ward Maria as a witness against her own husband, and read the law, which declares that negroes and mulattoes, whether bond or free, althoug h not competent witnesses against a white person , may g ive evidence against a person of their own colou r . To the great joy of the poor woman, this attempt was o ver-ruled, on the g round that she was not a free agent. In the course of the pro ceedings, the prosecutor asserted that the law regards slaves not as persons but as property. He also took the positi( n "that there is no l a wful marriage for slaves, and that they can make no contract that their owners may not annul. The defence was ably and feelingly conducted by three legal gentlemen, and the prisoner was finally acquitted; but there is eve r y reason to believe that the poor man would have been convicted of wife stealing, had it not been for the inability of the witnesses to identify him, in consequence of the darkness of the morning on which the escape was effected. POTATOES.—This morning (Tuesday) about seven or eight carts of potatoes, chiefly from Strathnairn, were brought to the market here. They were of mixed kinds, and though generally small, were sound in appearance. There was considerable demand for them for the table, at lOd. per stone; and all, or nearly all, were sold. On Friday there were about the same number of carts, but the potatoes did not sell so readily. The people are .renerally impressed with the idea that there are con siderably greater quantities of potatoes saved than the farmers admit, and they therefore anticipate a consider able fall in :price, and a fair supply, as soon 413 the seed season is eYer.—lnverress Courier. FLANDERS and HAMBURGH MAIL. BRUSSELS, MARCH 31.—The average price of wheat in the week ending on Saturday, the 27th of March, was 36f. 54c., and that of rye 26f. 90c. per hectolitre. These prices sow a small diminution of 9c. on wheat, and of 21c. on rye. The Senate, in its sitting to-day, received a commu nication of the report of M. Delafaille, on the project of law relative to offences towards the King and members of the Royal Family; and the report of Baron de Royer, on application for a vote of credit on the department of public works. It afterwards resumed the discussion of the articles of the project of law on the gold coin. The several articles were agreed to, and on the vote of the whole law there appeared a majority of 20 to 6. The Moniteur of to-day promulgates the law by which the Government is allowed to authorise the negotiation, and the quotation of the shares of the iron railways, which have already been granted in the exchanges of Antwerp and Brussels, when it has been proved that at least 40 per cent. of the capital has been paid, and that the security has been repaid according to the conditions of the grant, of the amount of four-fifths for the railways from Tournay to Hasselt, and for other railways. A law of the 24th of March gives the Budget of the Marine Department for 1817 a credit of 125,000 f. for building a steam-boat for the passage of the Scheld. To-day (the 30th) two vessels arrived at Antwerp, one with a cargo of wheat, and the other with a cargo of rye. On Sunday evening and yesterday morning a great number of ships, sixteen of which had cargoes of corn, arrived at Antwerp ; six other ships, laden with corn, were at the mouth of the river. ST. PETERSBURGH, MARCH 18.—An Imperial order of the day appoints General Count V. D. Pahlen, for merly Ambassador at the Court of Paris, to be Inspector General of the cavalry, retaining his former offices. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENN&, MA.ncif 24. 5 per Cent. Metalliques.• •• •• •• • • • • •• • • •• 108% 4 per Cent. ditto.. •.••••••••• • • • • • • • .• •• 99 3 per Cent. ditto• ••••••••••• • • • • •• • • • • " Loan, 1834 ........ Ditto, 1839 •• •• •• • • •• 119 - Bank Shares ........... . Esterhazy's Loan ........ .......... RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand ...• ••••• • - • 175% Gloggnitz • • •• • • • • •••• • • • • •• • •••••• • • •• 121 Vienna—Milan ..• • • • • • • .• • • .• • • • • •• 109 1 4 Perth •••••••• • • •• • • • . Grosetto •... • • ..... .. Pesth Bridge .. • ............... .. — 11AMBURGIL EIORSENHALLE, Ifsatcli 30. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents ••• • • • ••••• • •• 109 Bank Shares . • .• . • ...• •• • • ••• • •• .• • • 1590 Anglo-Russian Loan ...... •••• • • • • 106% 10.51, Russian 5 per Cant., Hamb. Certificate. 101% 101% Ditto I st series Inscription ...... Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series• • 96 Ditto, in Certificate• • ...............• 965 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •• • • 88 Ditto Stieglitz •••.•. •. •• ......... Spanish New 5 per Cent .• •• 15% 15% Ditto 3 per Cent ..... ••••••• • • •• • • 28 Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2f per Cent • • Dutch Actual Debt, 23l per Cent ••• • • 57 Ditto 3 per Cent. .. •••••••• • • • • • • Polish New 4 per Cent. loan, 1844.• •• 78 Anglo• Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••.• • • National Bank Shares• • • . • • • • •• • • •• •• iBELGIAN FUNDS.—BRINsELS, Meson 24. • Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •.... ..... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent -- Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent Ditto Three per Cent.. ................ Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ...... Ditto, ditto, 1840.. •• • • Ditto, ditto, 1842 .• .. ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • - Ditto, 1844. •• • • Ditto, 1836. ..... .••.•• • • • • • .......... Ditto, 1838 ••..••.••• •• • • .. ••• • •• 69 Ditto of the City, 1832 .......... Ditto, 1843 • •• Bank ofßelgium ••.. • • •.• •• •• ........ 881 —Brussels Papers. April 1. LATE MURDERS IN KILKENNY. We deeply regret to have to record the following oat - ' rage, sonnected with the late atrocious murders of gr• Prim and Constable Yeates. Our:readers will remember that in our last we gave a report of an inquest on thl body of a man named Roe, who had died of a wove , ' which he acknowledged to have received from 2ittr' Prim, when engaged with the assassins, wb c ; have escaped, in the murderous attack on OP; gentleman. Well, on the day after the inquee" (Thursday last, we believe), the deceased prisoner ° wife brought a hearse for Roe's corpse, but was in formed by the police that she could not get it until th e following morning, at six o'clock. At the appointe a hour two men appeared at the police-station, and claime d the holy, saying they were Roe's nearest relations. o _ l3 their making this statement, the constables allowed t hew to take it, enclosed as it was in a shell, which bad bees ordered by the Coroner. The men, who, it has eine° turned out, are inhabitants of the neighbourhood i o n i which the murders were committed, immediately ca rri off the corpse to the spot where Mr. Prim bad beet murdered, and there, with the assistance of severe 2, others of the country people, dug a bole, flung In corpse into it, and threw a quantity of large stones sip'• lime on top of it. This was conduct for which we will offer no 1: 411° ,i tion. We have given the above facts as they reaeitt us; but we must also add, that we have been informti that the people, who, as we before stated, held the ill Mr. Prim in very great esteem, were provoked to,t - d outrage on Christianity by Roe's wife having sliro, she would have as good a co ffi n for her husba n d , Mr. Prim had. The peasantry also felt very indigee' s at seeing a grand hearse brought in for the body of t i : s j of the murderers of a gentleman to whom they g been so much attached, and, hearing the woman he ns , that she would have a fine funeral for him ; being l e a naturally under the impression that part of the IlW a l; money would defray the expenses of such burial. 1,0 do not wonder at this; but, as we said before, we een P o f excuse men for having acted in such gross violation the rules of common decency. gp It was apprehended that a collision would have ta to place between Roe's friends and the Dells people we are happy to say that no such disturbance h a s tal‘ place.—Kilkenny Journal. " The cleverest conjurors," says the Gazetta des Tribunaux, do not always perform for the amusemeri! of the public. A gentleman lately went to dine °his-- restaurant; the waiters placed two silver forks u pon 7, table; but when he paid the reckoning they found nr . ther; both had been conjured away most mysteriouvij The waiters, not duly appreciating the clever trick, 4 , e e , the gentleman to be allow( d to speak to him in priire', He consented with exquisite politeness, but was e%c e e sively indignant when it was hinted to him that t, missing silver forks must be in his pocket. Ile irintr diately offered to be tearched, and at such a proof of l il t : nocence, the waiters were confounded. Th e guard 10, ing, however, been sent for, the gentleman went t o e ing guard-house, and there positively insisted upon S searched. His pockets were turned inside out — hi s dre if was closely examined, but there was nothing absolute nothing. Innocence was triumphant over column)" , „ li d the injured gentleman was radiant with j o y . A eunn", old corporal, however, thought it wo uld be as v vell s look into the innocent man's boots, a nd lo! the two for% wore found therein! How they got there was a ta irae' of legerdemain, but, the Correctional Tribunal, have n l no admiration for such conjuring tricks, has conderan, e the clever operator to thirteen months' imprisonment.% AN Ecuo.—There is a singular echo in the Yi c t i :x l pity of Lochcarro n, which p ut a g emekee p er to a g, $ deal of annoyance lately. It seems he had shot a on the opposite side of the glen, and his ear was short d o afterwards saluted with a double report from the ec b a proceededata n d ina severalf m a poacher's efwrmo hours o e u s' r distance. reached Imagining that the so le d e • Disappointed and vex e d, h e l a y d own , a nd yawning 11 ,0 These interjections were agrampus, vociferated " Hey ! how ! Haoo 115 11;e gun,the immediatelyphleac e set quite r o e ff p e a a t t e e f x u d h l Echo ; the keeper started up in alarm ; his dogs menced to bark, and as their howls were also repel" h he fancied that he had fallen upon the den of C erberti and fled confounded from the spot. —lnverness Courier.,., PUNISHMENT OF DEATII.—ESQUIMAUX rny.—Amongst the Esquimaux, according to Sir P i; Ross, the crime of murder very rarely occurs. NVI.e1 e ,,,-; does, the murderer's punishment consists in u 4 banished to perpetual solitude, to be shunn ed b y. e tto individual of his tribe ; insomuch, that even the slgti o e him is avoided by all who may inadvertently meet i t On being asked why his life is not taken in retnrcell was replied, " that this would be to make themSe.nre e t h q e u a o ll t y he b r ad ; ;an th d a t t h t a h t e b l e os w e hoorsnhiosullidrecwomoumictit such r answo would ho e q ually guilty." FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AND MIRACULOUS ESO lr ti t —NORTHAMPTON, Thursday.—On Wednesday li t accident of a fearful character occurred to the ladf h lo William Smyth, Esq., of Little Houghton, near: l town. The lady had been driven in a single 13 1;:i phaeton to the railway station at Northampton, 11,7 6 0 brother, Mr. Stopford. On arriving at the s td i n g the gentleman alighted, and the lady was prePe r p g to do the same, but the noise of the engine alert:aid the horse, a spirited animal, he became restive, lb' the servant, in endeavouring to check him, broke h is head piece of the bridle, the bit came ou t of , be mouth, and the bridle fell back upon his neck. animal, finding himself at liberty, started off tit'oe furious pace, Mrs. Smyth alone being in the pho.oo Clearing the station yard, the horse dash ed the street, and continued his course over the S°ll,ol, bridge towards the town, at a terrific rate, Mrs. s 333 o ce meanwhile, retaining her seat with remarkable p rese fi et of mind. Mr. Harber, veterinary surgeon, of this Se.pg was riding down the street at the time, and , obserile,3 that a collision with a cart was inevitable, he dismouee'o, and awaited the catastrophe, with the intention of 1. 1 3 0 dering his assistance. Scarcely was he on his feet w the collision he had feared occurred, and the 1ady,..14:,0 thrown from the carriage upon the horse's back, I'veo whence she fell to the ground behind the hors e, betif_ed the carriag e and the horse. She was speedily ro asted from this fri g htful position by Mr. Harber, an d assisybe by him into a Neighbouring dwelling. In reply t? anxious inquiries of those who had witnesse d the sla.rd ing occurrence, Mrs. Smyth stated that she had ree st rap no injury. The lady's escape from death, or, for, events, from extensive injury, was most miraculo us _ t o had the horse moved on after the collisio n, nothing et' have saved her. los t MASONIC CEREMONY,—We understand t of Grtaid Lodge of Scotland have agreed, at the req . ee te s a t the directors of the Caledonian Railway, to offie la ,j o r laying the foundation-stone of the terminus in Let':,'„ e r road, and that the ceremony is to take place on We il ' day, the 7th of April.— Witness. transpiredT n E Acuow relative t 11 0 I t uh this D a partic bee ER tro . crous N m o t t i h rd in er g , of which appeared in our last. The executive hav,' h os indefatig,atible in endeavouring to obt:in a clue, Nl' „ s ol, hitherto been unsuccessful. lbe young man lodged In !I n ce ; under suspicion of being concerned in the ailair, Os Pr" been liberated.—John 0' Groat Journal. rfurther u 13.060-5