The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-03 00:00:00

UNITED STATES. NEW TARIFF FOR THE MEXICAN PORTS. The Secretary of the United States Treasury has published the new tariff of duties to be levied in the Mexican ports occupied by the Americans. The fol lowing articles are those which more particularly in terest the merchants and manufacturers of this country : " All Mexican ports and places that now are or may be in our possession are open to our commerce, and that of all other nations, in all vessels except Mexican, under the following regulations 1. Within 24 hours after arrival the master of the vessel must produce to the officer in command of the port a manifest of the cargo, to be certified by the col lector of the port from which he sailed, or by a consul of a nation with which we are at peace, under a penalty of one dollar per ton. " 2. A tonnage duty of one dollar per ton shall be paid by the master at every port, in lieu of all port charges. " 3. Vessels arriving at any port will be required to unload all their cargo there; but no vessel, except those registered in, and ownt d by, citizens of the United States, will be permitted to transport coastwise any goods, the product oc Mexico, from one department to another, and any violation will subject the vessel to seizure and confiscation. " 4. The following duties are to be collected and paid in cash on all goods imported into any of the Mexican ports aforesaid:— " On all manufactures of cotton or of cotton mixed with any other material, except wool, worste'l, or silk, in the piece (excepting shawls and handkerchiefs), not exceeding thirty-six inches wide, five cents per running yard (and for every addititinal inch in width, one-fourth of one cent per running yard additional duty). " On cotton, trimming laces, cotton insertings, and trimmings, tares, curds, galloons, tassels, and all other manufactures of c •tton or of cotton mixed with any other material, except wteil, worsted, or silk, not other wise specially mentioned and provided tor, 40 per cent. ad valorem. " On cotton shawls or reboses, 30 per cent, ad valorem. "On cotton hintik , rchiels t over one yard square, six cents each. it o:er tha size, une-tourth of one cent per runnii.g yard each additional inch in width. " On cotton yarn and twist, Bc. per lb. " On cotton th , ead anti balls, 25e. per lb. " On cotton thread and spools. 6c. per dozen spools. Ou ad manufactures of silk mixed with any other material, in the piece or otherwise, including every article of which silk is a component material, not other wise especially enumerated ; also including sewing silk, silk hosiery, and silk millinery, except bonnets and caps, dolls. per lb. On all manufactures of hemp, grass, and flax in the piece, not otherwise specifically enumerated and pro vided for, and not exceeding 36 inches wide, 6c. per running yard (and for every additional inch in width, one-fourth of lc. per running yard additional duty). " On cables and cordage, sc. per pound. " On twine and packthread, 4c. per pound. " On linen thread, 25c. per pound. " On flax, hemp, or grass bags, not exceeding one yard square in size, 12ic. each (if exceeding that size, 12ie. per square yard of material). " On cotton bagging, gunny bagging, and all other bagging and matting of all kinds, sc. per running yard. " On linen handkerchiefs not over one yard square, 12i-c. each. (If over that size ic. per running yard for each additional inch in width.) " On hemp, flax, Sisal, or India grass, coir or jute, India, Satin, and Manilla, lc. per pound. " Of all manufactures of wool or worsted, or of wool and worsted combined in the niece, not otherwise spe cially enumerated and providedfor, and not exceeding 36 inches in width, 50c. per running yard. And for every additional inch in width, lie. per running yard ad ditional duty. On shawls of wool or worsted, 30 per cent. ad valorem. " On blankets and counterpanes of wool, or of wool and cote , n mixed, not exceeding six feet square, 1 doll. each. If over 6 feet square, and not exceeding 10 feet square, two dollars each. If exceeding 10 feet, pro hibited to prevent fraud. " On ilannels, beiges, and bockings, not exceeding 60 inches in width, 20c. per running yard. " On oilcloth and oil floorcbth, not exceeding 72 inches in width, 50c. per running yard. " On carpets and carpeting, not exceeding 36 inches in width, 40c. per running yard. " On all manufactures of goats' hair or mohair in the piece, not exceeding 36 inches in width, 15c. per run ning yard. (And for every additional inch in width, ic. per running yard additional duty.) "On pig iron, per pound. " On bar iron, rolled or hammered, and on old or scrap iron, lir. per pound. " On nails, spikes, tacks, brads, and sprigs, 4c. per pound. " On sheet, rod, hoop, and all other descriptions of rolled and hararaered iron, and on cables, anchors, and anvils, 4c. per pound. " On castings of all descriptions, not otherwise enu merated, 3c. per pound. " On cutlery, say pocket-knives, scissors, razors, and table cutlery, and on all other manufactures of iron and steel, except those prohibited (see article fifth), and in eluding iron and steel wire and cap and bonnet wire, 40 per cent. ad valorem. " On copper, in pigs or bars, old copper, sheathing copper, brass, in pigs or bars, old brass, sine or spelter, in pins, bars, or she. ts, and On steel in bars, not over one inch square, intended only for mining purposes, 2c. per pound. " On tin, in sheets, pigs, pr bars, 4c. per pound. On all manufactures of copper, bra-a, tin, able, or apelter, pewter, and German silver, except such as ar e prohibited by article fifth, 30 per cent, ad valorem. " On beer, ale, porter, and cider, in quart bottles, 1 doll. per down, which includes the duty on battles. In pint bottles 50c. per dozen, which includes the duty on bottles. In casks, or any other description of pack age than the ab.)ve-named, 25c. per gallon. In all cases of liquids imported in casks or barrels, the duty shall be levied on the capacity of the cask or barrel, without regard to any deficiency of its cAltents. " On paints of all descriptions, and painters' colours, dry or ground in oil (except watercolours in boxes), and on varnish, 4c. per lb. " On salt, 15c. per bushel. " On anthracite and bituminous coal, and on eharcoal, doll, per ton. " On whale, sperm, linseed, and olive oils, and on all other oils, except perfumery, sc. per lb. " On gold watches, 10 dolls. each. " Ou silver watches, 3 dolls. each. " On wearint , apparel, comprising all articles of cloth ing worn on the' person, except those specially enume rated and provided for ; on millinery articles, say caps, collars, cutfs, braids, and other ornaments for the hair, curls, ringlets. and ail similar articles (except of silk), 40 per cent. ad valorem. " On hats for men and boys, of straw, fur, or silk, 1 doll. each. " On boota and bootees, for men, women, and children, of whatever material composed, 1 doll, per pair. " On shoes and slippers, fur men, women, and chil dren, of whatever material composed, 30,'. per pair. " On bonnets for women and children of all descrip tions, except silk, and on sills caps for women and chil dren. 1 doll. each. On raw cotton, 2c. per pound. " And on each and every article not specially enume rated and provided tor herein, 30 per cent. ad valorem, " PROHIBITED AND CONTRABAND GOODS. " 5. The following goods, wares, and merchandise are to be considered contraband of war, and the importation thereof is strictly prohibited, under a penalty of seizure and confiscation of the goods, and of the vessel in which sail goods may be found:— " Gunpowder ; saltpetre. " Gun-cotton. " Lead. " Sulphur and brimstone. " Cannon, swords, dirks, lances, spears, bowie knives, rifles, muskets, side-arms, and fire-arms, and all other arms, implements, instruments, and munitions of war. "And the importation of the following goods is pro tibited under penalty of forfeiture : " Steel in bars, plates, sheets, or other form, except in bars less than one inch square, intended for mining purposes. When the duties are imposed by weight, no allow ance will be made for tare or draught ; the duty will be computed on the gross weight, and no allowance w.ll be made for damage or deficiency ; whenever a doubt exists as to the rates, the highest noes will be taken. "7. The con;ignee must produce invoic ss of the goods, de•cribing• their character, and stating their value, to be verified by oath of the owner or purchaser. They must be made out in the currency of the country from which the goods are imported. Goods fraudulently in voiced will be confiscated. The commandant of the port will receive the duties. " 8. Goods on which the duties have not been paid within thirty days of the arrival of the vessel will be seized and sold for the payment of the duties. " 9. All goods subject to confiscation will be sold within ten days after seizure. " 10. Upon goods of which the invoices are not yeti- Led as directed, there shall be levied one-fourth addi tional duty. " 11. If the port of destination named in the manifest be nor in possession of the U n ited States it may he changed. . • 12, It an article specified in themanifest be wanting, the vessel shalt pay I doll. -r ton penalty ; if any be Found nat i n the manifest P they shall bforfeit ed ; and if the value exceed 1,000 dulls, the vessel shall be seized and confiscated. " 13. The followingtacery in gools d t are exemp from duty:— " To wit— -1 machinel to be used for raining purposes in th e go l d or silver mines of Mexico. " Quicksilver. 6 ' All articles the sole property or the 3 1.Tnited States tri,artered, or army or navy, in American ves3els weed' State! ; and freighted by the Government of the All officers' individual stores, introduced their own actual use and equipments require,' by law, are exempt from duties. " 14. Upon the arrival of any vessel, a sent'nel sho u ld be at once placed on hoard. Passengers may land when She tonnage duty has been made. " 13. If there is reason to suspect goods have been falsely invoiced they shall be appraised. All good s not landid ten days after their arrival shall be warehoused by the commandant. On the Ist of each month reports sire to be made to the Secretary of War or the Navy. " 16. Mexican laws and customs are abolished, al duties on exports, &c. " 17. The commandant is to occupy Mexican build , Lags whenever wanted for revenue purposes, without ex pense to the United States. " 18. Clearances and manifests of cargo must he pro cured for vessels outward bound. " 19. These regulations are to apply to places at once, upon their corning into possession of the United State,. ;No drawback will be allowed on exports from any Mexican ports. No fees are to be allowed f or t h e per formance of any of the duties enjoined by these regu- Atiou.s. " 20. All the duties devolved upon the commandant may be assigned by him to others. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 1. (Before Mr. Baron ALDEN.sox.) WAKLEY V. COOKE. Mr. Luaw moved, on the part of the defendant, for a rule to show cause why further proceedings in this case should not be stayed. The action, it may be remembered, was brought by the plaintiff, the Member for Finsbury, against the defendant, who is the publisher of the Medical Times, for an alleged libel pub lished in that paper in reference to his conduct on the inquest on the Hounslow flogging case, and came before the Court of Queen's Bench, when leave to file a criminal information was given to plaintiff. That rule, however, was discharged last term, and the plaintiff having now commenced an action for damages in the Court of Exchequer for the same libel, the present motion was made to stay proceedings, on the ground that the rule for the criminal information had been discharged in the other Court. _ Mr. Baron A LDERSON said that the present motion could be carried no further than a rule to strike out the first count in the declaration. Mr. Lusit consented to take a rule on those berms. Ruled granted accordingly. THE AMERICAN SQUADRON IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. We understand that the following is a corrected list of the United States naval forces now concentrating in the Gulf of Mexico. They furnish a formidable arma ment on the seaside to cover the debarkation of our troops and to assist in taking the Castle:— Guns. Line of battle ship Ohio, Captain Stringham Frigate Potomac, Captain Aulick Frigate Raritan, Captain Forest 44 Sloop of war John Adams, Commander M'Clunef Sloop of war St. Mary's, Commander Saunders Sloop of war Albany, Captain Breese Sloop of war Germantown, Commander Buchanan 2O Sloop of war Saratoga, Commander Faragut Sloop of war D , citur, Commander Pinckney Bi ig of war Porpoise, Lieutenant Hunt lO Schooner of war, Bonito, Lieutenant Benham 1 Schooner of war Reefer, Lieutenant Sterratt Schooner of war Peterel, Lieutenant Shaw Steamer Mississippi, Commander Adams (Paixham) 10 Steamer Princeton, Commander Engle 9 Steamer Spitfire, Commander Tatnall Steamer Vixen, Commander Sands Steamer Maclean, Captain Howard Steamer Union .Captain Rudd Steamer Hunter, Lieutenant M'Laughlin 6 Steamer Scorpion, Commander Biglow, 64-pr 1 Steamer Scourge, Lieutenant Hunter Storeship Relief, Lieutenant Bullus Storeship Supply, Lieutenant Calhoun 2 Storeship Fredonia, Lieutenant Chauncey Bomb ketch Stromboli, Commander Van Brunt, 93-pr 1 Bomb ketch ALBS, Commander Walker, 93-pr. Bomb ketch Vesuvius, Commander Magruder, 9:3-pr 2 Bomb ketch Hecla, Lieutenant Fairfax, 93-pr 1 Bomb ketch Electra, Lieutenant Hunt Cutter Forward, Captain Noma 6 Total number of guns 333 The whole number of guns, according to the-ratings of the ships enumerated, is 353—which is less, however, than the actual number. This enumeration does not include several small vessels captured from the enemy, and taken into service by Commodore Connor. The brig Washington (one gun), Lieutenant Commander S. P. Lee, also destined for the Gulf of Mexico, will sail in a few days ; and the Perry (10 guns), Lieutenant Commander Barron, will sail as soon as a crew can be obtained for her. The steamer Allegheny (10 guns), Lieutenant W. NV. Hunter, is completing her equipment at Memphis, and will soon be ready for sea. 14 of the ♦essels named have been purchased by the de • Dartment since the commencement of the war.—New York Tribune. THE KING OF PRUSSIA. We have received the reply of the King of Prussia to the Address of the Diet. It was communicated to that assembly on the 23d by the Marshal Prince de Solms. It is as follows " We, Frederick 'William, King by the grace of God, our gracious salutation to our States, united for the first time in a general Diet. We have heard with satisfaction the expression of the gratitude and of the confidence which our faithful States have set forth in the address of the 20th, and we have seen with still greater satisfaction that they have recognised it to be their task to labour to bring about a future rich in blessings for our country, by means of our intimate accord between the Crown and the States, an accord based on the respect for rights. In that we also recognise their noble mission. If our faithful States have believed it right to insert in the address reserves preserving their rights, because many of their members think that there exists, as regards the representation of the country, a want of accord between the ancient laws and the new ones—we will not regard these reserves as an ex pression of distrust towards our Royal determination to save and prat. , ct all acquired rights. Never theless, the truth and sincere accord between us, our States, and our people—truth and accord that we hope never to see troubled—require us to re ply in a clear and precise manner to this passage of the address. In promulgating, of our free will and by our Royal power, the letters-patent and ordinances of the 3d of February, we have not only fulfilled in the manner which appeared to us the best, and, in con science, the promises vrhich his Majesty our late father had made with respect to a represeutative Constitution, hut we have also given to our faithful States essential rights exceeding those promises. In so far as the pro mises needed an interpretation, we gave it in the sense that we believed alone compatible with the institutions and welfare of the country; and therefore we cannot re cognise in the United Diet, created by our ordinance of Feb. 3, any other rights than such as were attributed to it by those laws, or which may hereafter be attributed by us in the way prescribed by the Constitution. Our faithful States may count on our firmest protec tion in the exercise of these rights. But we have the entire confidence that they will only on their part act within the circle of these rights, and will fulfil the du ties which correspond thereto. The laws of the 3d February ought to be free from all attempts on your part as to their principal dispositions. But, notwith standing, we do not consider them as immutable ; we believe, on the contrary, that they contain the germ of an ulterior organization. Is is on that ac count that we have ourselves opened the way to our faithful States, in order that they may pre sent to us their petitions on this subject. We will carefully examine the petitions which reach us, and we will comply with their prayers as far as we may believe compatible with the inalienable rights of the Crown and the welfare of the country. On this constitutional ground all doubts which may exist as to the sense of this legislation may be removed. As, on the one hand, it is to be feared that the motions and the wishes to which we refer, emanating from the Diet united for the first time, may not be based on experience sufficiently ripe, and, on the ether hand, as the co•opera tion of the Diet, pursuant to the twelfth clause of the first ordinance of the 3d Feb., is necessary to attain the object indicated above, we willingly give to our faithful States the assurance that we will unite them again around us, within a period of four years from the present time, as foreseen by the second clause of the second ordinance of the patents of 3d February relative to the periodical convocation ; and will do that, even if none of the motives commanded by the law shall exist, in order that the fruits of a better experience shall not remain without profit. Moreover, we will remain affectionately disposed in grace towards our faithful States. Given at Berlin the 22d April. " FREDERICK WILLIAM." The disturbances in Berlin had entirely ceased on the 24th, but strong detachments of troops occupied all the market-places, and numerous patrols of cavalry paraded the streets. The agitation among the lower classes was still very great. The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia arrived on the 20th at Dresden. On Saturday the members of the Royal Academy of Arts gave their anniversary dinner at their apart ments in Trafalgar-square, which was attended by a numerous assemblage of guests of the first rank and talent, among whom were the Lord President of the Council, Lon! Privy Seal, Secretaries of State fOr the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, Secretary at War, First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Steward, L Id Chain herl sin, President of the Board of Control, Chancellor of the Exchequer, First Commissioner of the Land Reve nues, Treasurer of the Navy, President of the Board of Trade, the Netherlands Minister, Prince Lowenstein, Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Lord Chief Baron, Vice-Chancellor of England, Governor of the Bank, Chairman of the East India Company, Chair man of the Board of Customs, Master and Warden of Dulwich College, Resident of the College of Physicians, Resident of the College of Surgeons. Dukes—Bedford, Devonshire, Leinster. Marquisses—Northampto n , An glesey. Westminster, Clanricarde. Earls—Brownlow, .1),, Grey, Howe, Shrewsbury. Viscounts--Jocelyn Mahon. Bishops of London, Durham, Lincoln, Oxford. Lords—Sudelcy, Northwick, C. Townshend, Colborne, Monteagle. Right Honourabbs—Sir R. Peel, J. Wi frram W. E. Gladstone, C. W. Wynn. Sirs—W. J ames, , , J. Flower, R. H. Inglis, J. Swinburn, H. Ellis, G. Phillips, H. de la Beche, H. Meux, R. J. Murchisson, G. Staunton. Messrs.—J. Neeld, E. R. Turner, W. Wells, S. Rogers, C. Babbage, H. Munro, J. Cart wright, C. Hampden Turner, B. Hawes, T. G. B. Est court, H. P. Howard, A. Milne, C. Dickens. Sergeants —Bellasis, Talfourd, and Thompson ; W. Russell, W. R. Collet, W. R. Miles, Jones Lloyd, T. Baring, E. Bicknell, G. E. Anson, Professor Owen, W. Gillot, J. Bell, Dr. Wiseman, Rev. G. T. Palmer, G. Franklin, G. Young, I). Salomons, R. H. Pigeon, P. Miles, T. Wyse, 11. Hallam, J. H. Green, General Fox, &c. &c. Newcastle, LITTLE NAILER.—At a conversazione, at tour through Ncnvv.ce.atle, Elihn Burritt told an anecdote, which, we shower, and too'lt o n t eatcia e to this country, think, he first but prove interesting to our readers. an hour' little bo that he had on his pedestrian he was overtaken one day by a heavy a conversation inmates of the place, and during never n i e o e n n h e had with the man, he learned y were thrt,efuge in a nailer's shop. A man and he could only earn Gd. pittance was unable When he wrote home to the circumstance, not thinking able to send his boy to school, as about the matter, per to d s ay. and his own miserable support himself and family. and by next letters he recei ve:T h h ue e Qbc' w a a s s ually mentioned prised to learn that the Sunday-seheolageZablY clubbed together their pence to enable the little fello w to go to school, and every American post t, r i stir had ngs him further d,.uations, and he has now g;)t .hitn to school, and 10,000 children are anxiously waiting on the other side of the Atlantic till they have a letter in the hand writing of Little Jemmy Stubbins, the Nailer Boy.__ Newcastle Guardian. MEMOIRS OF JENNY LIND. (From a work just published by 011ivier, 59, Pall- mall.) This most truly original artist was born in 1821, the 6th of October, in Stockholm, where her parents kept a school. There seems to have been nothing in the daily occurrences of her infancy to give an impulse to that love of music which was developed in her at a wonder fully early age. When she was yet only three years old song was her ruling passion —every melody that struck her ear was retained with an accuracy which caused general admiration ; no work was done without accom panying it with her clear voice ; and no pain, during frequent illness, presented her from finding consolation in song. Thus Jenny reached her ninth year, precocious in mind and feelings, but by no means in bodily strength or beauty, when it happened that Mrs. Lundberg, an actress, heard the child sing ; and,-struck with her pure voice and correct enunciation, strove to open the eyes of her parents to the treasure they possessed, and urged them to devote their child to the stage. Jenny's mother, feeling those prejudices against theatres common among the middle classes, was at first horrified by the idea; but Mrs. Lundberg ultimately conquered them, and the parents at last consented to leave the decision of the matter to their child. The quiet and retiring girl at once declared herself determined to devote herself to the stage. Jenny was conveyed by Mrs. Lundberg to Croe lius, a music master, well known in Stockholm. The old man soon became enthusiastic on the abilities of his new pupil; he introduced her to Count Pucke, the manager of the Court Theatre, requested him to hear - her, and to take her under his protection. The Count, measuring the gentle, pale little creature with astonished eyes, angrily asked Croelius, what he meant to do with such a child, for she surely bad nothing to fit her for the stage. Croelius, nothing daunted, insisted upon the Count at least hearing her, adding, if he should not then deem her worthy of his favour, that he (Croelius) himself would undertake her education on his own account, for that he considered it a sin not to reach forth hi hand to talent where it was so manifestly revealing itself; and so the Count consented at last to listen. Already her voice presented that heart-searching quality by which the now accomplished artist exercises so irresis tible a spell. Count Pucke was overcome ; for scarcely had he heard the infant singer when he generously de cided that she should participate in all the advantages of the Ecole, or musical school attached to the Theatre Royal, Stockholm. Shortly after Jenny appeared in children's parts, and excited an enthusiasm similar to that with which Leontine Fay, in her early career, moved all Paris. Vaudevilles were written for the clever little girl ; and by her quaint humour, and the lively origi nality of her performances, she soon became a perfect prodigy. In the following year old Croelius confided his motes* to a younger teacher, Herr Berg, a profound musician, who conducted her instruction with an equal zeal, and to whom she is indebted for that solid musical science which forms so sure a basis to her lofty dramatic delineations. Pursuing herstudies unremittingly, borne on by the im petus of applause—ever welcome, from the shrinking mo desty of her demeanor, to the most brilliant circle of so ciety, Jenny Lind attained her twelfth year, and here the rosy morning dream of her life became suddenly obscured. Jenny Lind had grown out of her famed children parts, and her youthful form was unfit for higher tasks ; her charming high notes had vanished ; her voice became soundless, and vainly did her worthy master essay to re awaken the silver tones of his favourite scholar. The hope of forming her for the Grand Opera was banished. Jenny had appeared but rarely in the parts of soubrettes in dramas, and, as is usual with precocious prodigies the former impression was soon obliterated. The child, whose greatest delight was music, bore her fate with resignation. Her musical studies, were, how ever, pursued with the same assiduity as hitherto. Weber's Agathe, in "Der Freischutz," was the ideal of her lyrical ambition. Four years had now elapsed since she had ventured on any new attempt in public. It hap pened, however, that in a concert, in which the fourth act of Meyerbeer's " Robert le Diable" was to be per formed, a singer for Alice, who has a short solo in this act, was wanting. None could be found for " the insig nificant solo," and Herr Berg, remembering his poor pupil, thought that so slight an attempt might be ven tured upon. Jenny Lind received her solo with mingled joy and sadness, and commenced her task with a palpitating heart. But, as though by miracle, on the evening of performance the long missing voice re-appeared ; the surprised public re cognised at once the notes of their former favourite, and the most tumultuous and frenetic applause followed. It is impossible to describe the delight, not unmixed with terror, of the young girl, when Herr Berg, overjoyed, in formed her that she must, without delay, sing the entire part of Agathe. The goal was reached at last; in this character Jenny Lind made her debut in the theatre of Stockholm; and with this, her first step, the maiden of sixteen summers placed herself for ever on the pinnacle she was henceforth to occupy without a rival. She bad, at this peried, never acted a tragic part, and had never received instructions for that purpose; at the rehearsals she appeared as though immoveable—the actors trembled for the result. It came, and genius as serted its power and supremacy. Jenny Lind, by her fire, carried the lagging orchestra, which had taken the allegro too slow, to a quicker tempo, and the public, by her acting and singing, to the highest pitch of enthusiasm. Jenny Lind was at once engaged as prima donna. Yet, while singing opera after opera—and the public would listen to no other vocalist—Jenny Lind and her master were struggling hard to conquer the inflexibility of her voice. Who, while listening enraptured to her now pearly fioriture, would believe that at that period she could scarcely, with the greatest exertions, achieve the slightest cadence. tier notes. though pure and full, were with out eirviticity, and failed altogether in the power of the crescendo ; she was not to be intimidated, but exercised her voice with the patience of the sculptor shaping his marble. Whilst thus persevering in such arduous prac tice, she interpreted, during eighteen months, Euryanthe, Alice, the Vestal, parts r quiring exertions which were most violent for her youth. Still, the applause with which she was rewarded made but a deeper impression on her mind that she was not yet worthy of it ; that her master had done for her every thing in his power, but that the study of great examples and the finishing hand were required to conduct her to that elevation in art which she had ambition' d. Garcia was known to be the first vocal teacher in Europe ; the wish of visiting him in Paris ripened to resolution. But how to accom plish it ? Where were the means upon which to exist while giving up her engagement and passing one or two years in Paris ? She had been accustomed to live in the first circles of society, beloved and honoured by all who knew her. With the true pride of genius she shrunk from seeking assistance, and was resolved to trust to her own strength alone. Dur ing the vacation of the theatre she travelled with her father through the whole of Sweden and Norway, giving concerts at every town, everywhere creating a sensa tion ; and she returned to Stockholm with abundant means to carry out her resolution. Declaring her inten- I tion to the directors of the theatre, and vindicating her act by unanswerable reasons, the courageous maiden obtained the wished-for leave of absence. Her parents attempted not to dissuade her—they knew their child ; firm, decided, silent, and earnest, she followed up her resolutions steadfastly. Her parents knew her purity of mind, the futility of temptation. and so they left her to her fate. Occupied in their avocations, they could not afford to accompany her during this long absence ; and so the girl of eighteen, alone, protected only by her firmness, her innocence, and her sacred love for art. journeyed to that capital which had already produced so much greatness, and destroyed so much of the noble and virtuous. Arrived in Paris, her first visit was to Garcia, to whom she had been provided with introductory letters. It was with the most intense anxiety she crossed his thresh hold. She stood now before the master on whose deci sion she had built her whole futurity. Garcia received her kindly. She sang—he listened to her without signs of approbation or disapprobation —and when fhe had concluded, he said calmly, " My dear child, you have no voice"—a dreadful word for Jenny. " Or," added he, correcting himself, "you have had a voice, and are just going to lose it. Probably you have been singing too much or too early, for your organ is worn and rugged. I cannot you any instruction at pr esen t. D o not singan g ote ise for three months, and then give me another call." Such was the comfortless answeeof the man upon wh'm rested all her hopes. Three months were spent by Jenny Lind in profound solitude ; in that entire loneliness one only learns to feel rightly in such large capitals. "I was living on my tears and the Agony or the mal de pays," she said once, speaking ' of her Pirisian residence. Nevertheless, nothing could induce her to return without procuring from Garcia another trial. After the lapse of the stipulated time Garcia found that her voice had improved, and that her instructions might commence At this time Garcia was teaching a countrywoman of Lind's, Madlle, Nissen, who possessed a very powerful, full-toned voice, but no mental abilities. Jenny Lind confesses that it often brought her to despair to hear Garcia hold up that lady to her as an example, whilst she felt that she under stood more, and was pursuing loftier aims than would ever be attained by her fellow student. Garcia was wont to say, " If Jenny Lind had the voice of Nissen, or the latter Jenny's in telligence, one of them would become the greatest singer in Europe." Although Jenny used to compose the cadenza and fiorituri to the airs she was studying, and Garcia so much approved of them as to copy them, he could never believe that she would ever rise above me- dio:•rity ; and she often observes that, next to herself, nobody would be more astonished about her successes than her old master, Garcia. In the following year a Swedish composer was sent to Paris, in order to summon her home, she being painfully missed both by the public and management at Stockholm. Through this gentleman she became acquainted with the celebrated Mayerbeer, and his well-practised eye soon recognised the pearl under the modest and unpretending shell. His single doubt was, whether the peculiar charm of the flute-like purity of her delicate voice would sufficiently tell in a large space. He th ere f ore arrange d a re h earsa l , with full orchestra, in the salon of the Grand Opera, and Jenny Lind sang the three great scenes from Robert le Nviable,orma, and the F re i sc h u t z , w i t h suc h e ff ec t I that Meyerbeer made her at once offers for Berlin. Her love of home, however, and the word she had pledged drew her back to Stockholm. Received with enthusiasm in her native town, the young girl gave proofs of her successful studies during her absence; she proved an excellent actress, a perfect mistress of delivery, and the possession of an organ which seemed when most exerted more pure and beautiful. As she had formerly been the favourite at Stockholm, she was now its pride— all participated in her triumphs. The subsequent spring bnaight Me)erbeer's invitation to assist at the opening o:t.t.:(2,tneht.ke jlia o ,on..: : n e nt) :: h t iL,t It was with grief Jenny thought of again leaving h.r native place, but she was urged to obey the ll of the great master. As deep as her loss was felt in ta a nevertheless,Whoaulla to b e obtainu e itoai generallyntEeEuropean interrupt pp c e k t a n hn o e w rr l ei e np d u g ht e ea d r. glorious career. The invitation cr was accepted. In Au gust, 1344, she went to Dresden, where Ueyerbeer was then writing an opera, in order to arrive at a better understanding with the master, and to acquire the Ger man language. At the request of the management at Stockholm she returned, however, after a month's ab sence, once more to Sweden, to assist at the coronation of the King. It being now decided at Stockholm that Jenny Lind was to pass the winter in Berlin, they began to fear her entire loss, and a number of the most wealthy bankers proposed to the young artiste to deposit annu ally a certain sum for ten years, so that, at the expira tion of that time, she would be in possession of a con siderable fortune, if she would consent to bind herself not to leave Stockholm. Jenny Lind was touched to the heart by this gener ous proof of the deep interest of her countrymen ; but she had given her word, which was sacred. The even ing of Jenny's leave-taking was one of universal sor row ; the public wept more than they applauded ; it was as though a beloved child was departing. The streets were crowded by thousands on the day of her departure. She knew then scarcely twenty words of the German language ; but after two months' application, all admired the correetness of her pronunciation ; such is her quick ness of comprehension and facility of retention. Jenny Lind remained four months in Berlin, during which time the enthusiasm of the public was hourly in creasing. Through all the districts of Germany, and far beyond its boundaries, her fame was extending, and soon the managers of London and Paris were outbidding each other to win the northern songstress ; but she was obliged to return to Swedea by her previous engage ment. She appeared at Berlin in Norma, Somnambula. Camp of Silesia, and File du Regiment. The night of her leave-taking was distinguished by marks of approb a ti on , such as, perhaps, had never been shown to an artist on that stags. It was not that loud burst of tumultuous applause so frequently offered to musical talent ; no, a deep silence evinced the intense interest. Scarcely had the curtain concealed her from the eyes of the excited public, than one rush was made upon the stage, to bring her forward amidst the most enthusiastic cheers. Previously to her return to Stockholm, she visited most of the other principal towns of northern Germany, gathering everywhere the same laurels. In Ramburgh, a silver laurel wreath was presented to her on her depar ture. Her entire journey was a constant triumph. During the following summer she was called to the festivals on the Rhine, which the King of Prussia was preparing for the Sovereign of Great Britain. On this occasion she appeared in Frankfort and Cologne. The Countess Rossi (Henrietta Sontag) pronounced her the first singer of her time. From November, 1845, till the end of March, 1846, she fulfilled her engagement for five months at the Theatre Royal of Berlin. She then proceeded to Vienna, where she made her debut as Norma, on the 22d of April, in the Theatre An Der Wien, before that public to whom in Germany belongs the final adjudication in matters musicaL She appeared and conquered. FLANDERS, HAMBURGH, AND DUTCH MAILS. BRUSSELS, APRIL 23.—The correspondent who lately represented the visit of the Emperor Nicholas to France as probable, informs us to-day that this visit will not take place at present. A contract, dated April 3, has been concluded for a line of sailing vessels between the ports of Antwerp, Galatz, and Odessa, between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mr. Frederick llarkort. The contract is from the year 1847 to 1851 inclusive. - On the 21st of April the prices of corn in the market of Lisle continued to rise. This rise has been 2F. 6c. in the course of one week. The hectolitre of the finest wheat was 42f. 72e. We learn from the Journal du Commerce d' Anvers that the Minister of Finance has given orders, dated the 14th April, to the Custom-house, with necessary directions, to prevent the importation or trade in the port of Antwerp under the name of Molasses and at the duty to which that article is liable by the tariff. BRUSSELS, APRIL 27.—The average price of wheat in the week ending on Saturday, April 24, was 39f. 98c., and that of rye 29f. 21c. per hectolitre. These prices are considerably above those of last week, namely, 3f. 14c. on wheat and of 2f. 27c. on rye. BATAVIL—We have news from Batavia of the Ist March, which is not very interesting. The Governor- General of India has taken measures for the execution of the articles of the treaty concluded on the 29th July with Belgium relative to the exportation of 4,000 lasts of colonial produce. A letter from Singapore, dated March Bth, praises in the highest terms the efforts of the Dutch Government in favour of a more liberal colonial system, as well as of the enlightened views of the Governor-General of Dutch India, who it is hoped will open the Molucca Islands also to the trade of all nations. The authorities of Java and Singapore are on the most friendly terms, and a com mission from , Macassar had arrived at Singapore to ar range several points relative to trade. The Journal de Lisle says, the accounts from the markets all announce a decline in the prices within these ten days—wheat has fallen every where on an average from 21. to Of. per hectolitre. We were yesterday informed that the prices are more favourable to the seller. THE HAGUE, APRIL 27.—We have received, by the overland mail, Java papers up to the Ist March. BATAVIA, FEB. 19.—During the afternoon his Ma jesty's steamer, the Merapi, arrived in the Roads of Batavia, having left Singapore on the 15th, and brought the letters and parcels destined for this port by the European overland mail, which left London on the 24th December. The arrival a the mail was delayed in consequence of the Lady Mary Hood, British steamer, which brings it from Ceylon to Singapore, and further to China, having been surprised in the Gulph of Ben gal by very stormy weather and a high sea, by which it required eleven days fur the voyage from Ceylon to Penang, which is usually performed in 137 or 140 hours. on the same clay his Majesty's steamer the Batavia, ar rived from the Cape of Good Hope. This vessel is intended to communicate with Singapore, and there to meet the British Overland Mail. There have been very great inundations in several parts of the country, in con sequence of heavy rains in the interior. Mr. Sullivan is appointed by her Majesty, Consul at Ningpo. in China.—Observer. MURDER OF THREE CHILDREN BY THEIR MOTHER.—On Saturday, intelligence reached town of a dreadful murder having been committed in the parish of Llanbydder, in the county of Carmarthen. It appears that a woman of the name of Mary Hughes resided at the house of her sister-in-law, who keeps the Carriers' Arms public-house, about three miles from the village of Llanbydder. On Wednesday last the landlady left the the house about 12 o'clock at noon to go to the village, leaving Mary Hughes, who had three children living with her, Tic, two girls and a boy, of the respective ages of five years and a half, two years, and twelve months, at home with them. She did not return until seven o'clock in the evening, when she found the outer door locked, and the key placed under the door. On entering the house she found no one about, and on going up the stairs to see where her sister-in law and the children were, she observed the legs of one of the children in a position as if the body was suspended, and upon going up into the room a dreadful sight presented itself, the three children being suspended by their necks to one of the beams in the roof. She rushed out of the house, and ran to a neighbour's about a hundred yards off, who instantly returned with her and cut the poor children down, but life was quite extinct, and had been for some time. The wretched mother, who alone could have committed the dreadful deed, could nowhere be found, although strict search was made for her, and it is sup posed that she has gone to Merthyr to see her husband, who had left her a few days before to seek work in the iron factories in that vicinity or at Nantyglo, or has committed suicide. No cause can be assigned for the murder, as destitution could not have caused her to do it, for although her husband had gone to look after work, the family bad received every assistance from the sister-in-law, and she had also parochial assistance to upport the children. SUPERSTITION IN THE NINETEENTFI CENTURY: A few days sin ce an unusua l c i rcumstance was observed at Pillgwenlly, which caused no small degree of astonishment to one or two enlightened beholders. A patient ass stood near a house, and a family of not much more rational ani mals were grouped around it. A father was passing his little son under the donkey, and lifting him over it 3 back, a certain number of times, with as much solemnity and pre cision as if engaged in the performance of a sacred duty. This done the father took a piece of bread, cut from an untested loaf, which be offered the animal to bite at. No thing loath, the Jerusalem pony laid hold of the bread with his teeth, and instantly the father severed the outer portion of the slice from that in the donkey's mouth. He next clipped off some hairs from the neck of the animal, which he cut up into minute particles, and then mixed them with the bread, which he had crumbled. This very tasty food was then offered to the boy who had been passed round the donkey so mysteriously, and the little fellow having eaten thereof, the donkey was removed by his owners. The father, his son, and other members of his family were moving off, when a bystander inquired what all these "goings on" had been adopted for ? The father stared at the ignorance of the in quirer, and then, in a half-contemptuous, half-condescend ing, tone, informed him that " it was to cure his poor son's hooping-cough, to be sure !" Extraordinary as this may appear, in days when the schoolmaster in so much in request, it is nevertheless true.—Monmouthshire Merlin. The weather during the past week has been of a rather extraordinary character for the time of year, tern pests of unusual severity having been experienced in many parts of the kingdom. Here, yesterd a y , we had several storms o f hail, accompanied by thunder and lightning louder and more vivid than often occurs in the most sultry weather. On Saturday, also, we had a similar visitatio n , but of less severity. On that da y , however, the force of the tempest was very great at Lavington and the neighbourhood, several trees having been injured, and one of them shivered to pieces by the lightning. At Oornberry-mill, situate between East and West Lavington, considerable damage was done ; be tween fifty and sixty panes of glass having been shat tered besides other injury. From the severity of the hail storms we much fear that the early blossoming fruit trees have suffered considerably.— tVikshire Inde pendent. BAINEs v. BAINEs.—The learned Recorder of Hull, Matthew Talbot Baines, Esq., Q.C., brother to Mr. Ed ward Baines, took care, in his address to the grand jury on Friday last, to remove any suspicion which might have existed of his participation in the editor of the Leeds Mercury's abhorrence of the Government scheme of national education. In charging the grand jury the Learned Recorder said, .‘ I, for one, rejoice greatly over the improved prospects of' national edu cation ; for it is quite impossible to conceive a subject of greater importance. So far from wishing to limit education at all, if I had my own will, I would snake it accessible to every human being; because, in proportion as you disseminate the blessings of a sound religious and moral education, in exactly the same pro portion do you provide for the dearest interests of the public at large.-e-Mr. Thomas Baines , the editor of the Liverpool Tintes, is also at issue with Mr. E. Baines, jun., on this important question. not having, like his brother, changed his opinion upon it. SINGULAR ACCUSATION OF ROBBERY. On Saturday a case was brought before the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House, who, notwithstanding his magisterial experience in the conduct of individuals of almost every nation, expressed much surprise at the remarkable incidents which the following particulars detail:— Some days ago a young man named John Doyle, the son of a Dublin tailor, H as collared in the street by his father, and charged with having run away, accompanied by one of the men employed in the house, with coats and trousers, amounting in value to between 2001. and 3001. The prisoner was brought before the Lord Mayor and regularly accused of the robbery, and—the prose cutor having stated that he intended to go to Manchester to look for Tom Smith, his son's alleged particeps criminis —was remanded for a fow days. The prosecutor upon going to Manchester, whore, it appeared, he was as well known as he was in London as an extensive dealer in c!ches, found Tom Smith with out any difficulty, and caused him to be apprehended, and in a short time to be deposited in a London station house, from which he was removed to the Mansion house for examination. Mr. Vann, solicitor for the prosecutor, upon hearing the statement made by Mr. Michael Doyle, his client, which was as loose and unconnected, and uncondemna tory as it was possible to be, declined to proceed against Tom Smith, and it was quite evident that Mr. Doyle was very glad to find himself disappointed. There were some few indications as the business proceeded, that Mr. Doyle had been endeavouring to drown his affliction at rather too early an hour, so that Mr. Vann considered it to be his duty to apologise to the Lord Mayor for the eccentric conduct of his client. The Lord Mayor—Have you not been drinking, lately, Mr. Doyle? The prosecutor—Drinking, your Lordship, oh, upon my faith ! not to my knowledge. Why, then, hav'nt I just come from Manchester with Tom Smith ? Tcm, answer for yourself. The prisoner —Yes, we drank a little drop for ould friendship, that's all. You drank most, for you know you will always have more than your whack.—(A laugh.) The Lord Mayor—But, Mr. Doyle, you said you would procure a warrant from a magistrate in Dublin to take over your son; have you done so? The prosecutor—What, against my own boy? Do you think lam such a baste as to do that? Not I, faith. The Lord Mayor—And why did you bring this pri soner from Manchester? The magistrate there had just as much power to send him to Dublin, if there was evi dence against him, as I have. The prosecutor—Why, faith, I thought it would be more comfortable for the three of us to go over toge ther. I don't want to charge the poor boy with any thing. The Lord Mayor—lie has been in prison for some days upon your statement that he and the present pri soner robbed you. The prosecutor—Ah! then more's the pity, for a prison was never made fur him; a'nt he my own darling? Did'nt I pay 31. a week for his education, and is'nt he able to talk to any of ye? Why he can speak to the greatest nobleman here, or even at home in our own place, where we have the best sort.—(Laughter.) The Lord Mayor—Then you don't mean to charge your son with any offence? The prosecutor—Charge John, my Lord? Oh! then God knows I don't. The divil a word I've to say against him; but I charge Tom, though. The Lord Mayor—You can't substantiate the robbery against him. Your solicitor has very properly with drawn the charge. The prosecutor—Robbery! Lord, I don't mean to charge him with robbery. I mean to charge him with a deal worse than that. The Lord Mayor—Worse ! What's that ? The prosecutor —Why, prevailing upon John to leave me, to be sure. I'd rather he'd rob me of anything than my boy, the Lord knows! —(Laughter.) The Lord Mayor—Well, this is a very singular sort of business, Mr. Doyle. I'll send for your son, as you say you have nothing to say against him. The prosecutor—Ah, then, God bless you, my Lord, for sure I'll be glad to see him ; won't you, Tom ? (to the prisoner, amidst loud laughter.) The prisoner —To be sure I will ; much gladder to see him than to see you. The prosecutor— Why, Tom you can't say that I was ever hard-hearted, you villain ? The prisoner —Oh, by my sowl, it's often you gave us nothing. Your heart may be as big as a bullock's, but it's not the right sort.—(Great laughter.) John Doyle, the son of the prosecutor, was then brought up. " Oh, then, is that you, John, my jewel?" said the prosecutor ; " and how are you, John?"—(Laughtcr.) John Doyle—Oh, I'm well enough, considering the lodging you've got for me. It's in ginteel company I've been. The Lord Mayor, who found it very difficult to check the rapidity of this odd conversation, desired the pri)su cutor to say whether he had anything to state against the prisoners or either of them ? The prosecutor—Now tell me, John, what hare you done with the 201. you brought away with you ? The Lord Mayor—You must not put any questions to him. John Doyle—Why you know it was my own money, and I gave 51. of it to Tom, and I spent near a pound, and you got 141. - Tne prosecutor—Well, don't say a word about it, but come along home. John Doyle—Why, then, do you think I'm going to leave poor Tom here after all you said against him? I don't care what I've suffered myself, but I'll never desert him, e,peciaily as you have taken away his character so cruelly. The prosecutor—There, you see, my Lord, what an education I've given him ! You see how he can talk! I'll tell you what, John, give Tom the 141. and come along, and when you get home you shan't want for 2001. or 300/. when you like. The London agent of Mr. Doyle stepped forward, said he knew all the family for many years, and that an honester or cleverer lad was not to be fund under the sun than young John, and that it never entered into the boy's head for a moment to rob his father or any body else. The Lord Mayor then advised the prosecutor to take his son home and give him a share in the business, which would have the effect of preventing him from going elsewhere to seek his fortune, and from being charged with theft 1;)r making the experiment. He (John Doyle) felt so strongly the liberal offer of his father, and the recom mend ttion of the Lord Mayor, that he at once expressed an earnest wish to return to Dublin, and the reconcili ation having been accompanied with tears from each of the parties, Mike, and John, and Tom left the Man sion-house for the purpose of confirming it in the most binding and agreeable of all ways, in one of the neigh bouring public-house. The Lord Mayor, upon being informed that Mr. Doyle and his son and journeyman had determined to start all together for Dublin by the next train, said he had often heard of strange Irish ways of Accomplishing certain ends, but not one of them exceeded the plan adopted by Mr. Doyle, whose great affection for his son suggested to him the idea of an accusation of robbery, as a means of securing to himself the object of his paternal soli citude. THE CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL. The annual distribution of prizps to the students at tending the medical school of this hospital took place en Saturday, when marks of distinction were awarded by the Right lion. Vernon Smith to the following gentle men:— 3 U RGER Y. Junior Class—Bronze medals, G. M. Young and J. W. Paternoster; certificate, F. W. A. Rawlins. ' Senior Class—Silver medal, C. R. Durell ; certificate, J. Buck stone. MATERIA. Silvor medal, C. Terry; certificate, C. Wood. PRACTICAL ANATOMY. Junior—Bronze medal, C. Terry; certificate, C. Wood, Senior—Silver medal, J. Fayrer; certificate, C. R. Durell. MIDWIFERY. Junior—Bronze medal, G. M. Young; certificate, M, Todd. Senior—Silirer medal, J. Buckstone; certificate, C. R. Durell. PHYSIOLOGY. Junior—Bronze medal, C. Terry. Senior—Silver medal, J. Fayrer. MEDICINE. Junior—Bronze medal, G. M. Young ; certificate, G. W. Paternoster. Senior—Silver medal, C. R. Durell ; certificate, J. Buckstone. CHYMISTRY. Silver medal, C. Wood. BOTANY. Silver medal, S. Ludlow. FORENSIC MEDICINE. Silver medal, J. Buckstone ; certificate, A. Butler. CLINICAL PRIZE. Silver medal,J. G. Green. GENERAL PROFICIENCY. Gold medal, C. B. Durell ; Silver medal, C. R. Durell, Two gentlemen received honorary testimonials for diligence and good conduct. GIBRALTAR, APRIL 18.—On the 15th instant the crews of two of the Queen of Portugal's cruisers at anchor in our bay (the cutter Conde de Thomar and mistico Serra do Pilar), that had , taken refuge h ere on the appearance of the Junta of Oporto s steamers off the coast of Algarve, attempted to declare themselves in favour of the Oporto Junta, but the commanders, having discovered their intention, applied to our Governor for protection, in consequence of which the commander of her Majesty's steamer Virago received orders to send his boats to their a ss i stance, and they towed her Alost Faithful Majesty's cruisers to the anchorage at the Sew Mole, alongside of her Majesty's stea mer Vi rago, w hi c h has them in surv e ill ance under our batteries. These vessels, which were sent by the Queen's Government to blockade the coast of Algarve and impede the commercial intercourse be tween this and that part of Portugal, from which this garri son receives supplies of provisions, are consequently put hors de combat, and our communication continues tree. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of the West India colonies. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. - The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma of this college, were admitted members at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on Friday evening last, viz. :—Messrs. John Henry Walker, Dublin ; 'Theodore Shel don 'l'earne, Worcester; John William Williams, Southwell, Nottinghamshire; William Hyde Cooke, Stockton, Worces tershire; William Johnson, L ee d s; J a m es Lardner Green, Flintshire ; Robert Stead Jones Stevens, Ely', Cambridgeshire ; Alfred Adney, Exeter; Michael M'Don nell, Randalstown, county of Antrim, Ireland ; and Henry John Barrett, Commercial-road.: Professor Owen having completed his course of lectures on Human and Compara tive Anatomy on Saturday last, will be succeeded by Pro fessor Paget, who will deliver a Nu trition, commencing to-morrow altern ate ed r a e y s on stot he completion. andelteornf lectures NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. _ PORTSMOUTH, MAY 2.—The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Milne, received her crew from the Victorious hulk yes terday, and hoisted the flag of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., the Commander-in-Chief. This ship has been refitted in a most smart and admirable manner, presenting at this moment as fine and splendid an ap pearance of what a British three-decker ought to be as was ever exhibited afloat. Her captain, master, indeed every officer and man in her, deserve great praise for this perfection. Sir Charles Ogle attended Divine ser vice on board this morning. The Alert, 6, Commander Ellis, arrived this morning at Spithead, from th e wes t coast of Africa, whereon sbe has been employed in the suppression of the slave trade. Although not included in the regulations with regard to saluting, being rated only as a 6-gun sloop, she saluted the Commander-in-Chief, which was duly returned by the St. Vincent. She left Tobaccany (we understood) on the 3d of March, at which time the Penelope steam frigate, Captain Giffard, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.8., Commander in-Chief ; the Devastation steam-sloop, Commander Crouch; and the Rolla, 10, Commander Ellicombe, were there, all well; left Sierra Leone on the 24th of March, at which time the French Admiral was there, but no English man-of-war. Since she has been on the coast the Alert has captured eight slavers, only one of which, however, had slaves on board when taken. The station generally was healthy when she left. She has brought dispatches from the Commodore, and letters from the squadron. She will now be paid off. Two courts-martial are ordered to be held to morrow; one upon the officers and crew of the late Thunderbolt for the loss of the vessel, the other upon the carpenter for drunkenness. The Avenger steam-frigate, Captain Deere, arrived yesterday morning from Ireland, having completed her " relief service," and came into harbour to be fitted up for foreign service. The Star, 6, Commander Selwin, sailed last night for Sheerness, to be paid off. The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, was at Vera Cruz on the 12th of March, a letter of which date says :--- " The packet which left Engl an d on th e I s t o f Jan uary, itis feared and believed, is totally lo,t, nothing having been heard of or from her since she left Havannah for Vera Cruz. The American forces now number ten thousand men before Vera Cruz. They have cut off all communication, but in consequence of some gross mis take in the department of the quartermaster, they are totally without shelter, being unprovided with tents, consequently they have to remain on the scorching sand hills the whole of the day and are saturated with deadly heavy dews all night, which at this p:aiod are most fatal. They made another most disheartening discovery last night only, namely, that the whole, or nearly the whole, of their artillery train has been left behind (at Matamoras). It may fairly be presumed that, under these circumstances, it will be some time before the Americans can make prize of this place, if at all, and they must suffer fearful loss in the attempt. Some skir mishing has already taken place ashore between the Ranchero cavalry and the American outposts, with the result of a loss to the latter of a colonel and eight men of the Tenessee Volunteers. The Mexicans only had a very few wounded, aad those only slightly, scarcely anything to mention. The troops landed on the 9th and 10th of March, and the first division (about 2,000) got all their ammunition saturated in the surge, and re mained four hours without a cartridge; fortunately for them the enemy did not make any descent upon them, or awful would have been the carnage among the troops of Jonathan. The Mexicans have about 2,500 infantry and 600 cavalry in the town, and 2,000 well armed and trained patriots in the castle. A stiff norther is now blowing, which will commit sad discomfort and annoy ance among the Yankees in the sand hills by the drift. To a looker on these features present a most engaging and deeply interesting aspect. The issue remains. to be seen, but to us there appears no apprehension on the part of the Mexicans of defeat. At present the advan tage is incontestably on their side, but the struggle will be a frightful one whenever it comes." Captain Booth, late of the Columbine, arrived here on Friday evening in a pilot boat from the Australasian packet from Cadiz; he was left at St. Helena by the Cleopatra, 26, in consequence of suffering severely from the effects of old wounds received in action with pirates in 1813, for his gallantry on which occasion he was pro moted to the rank of lieutenant. Captain Booth took a passage from St. Helena to Cadiz in the Najaden, a Swedish corvette, of 16 long 24-pounder guns, of whose discipline he speaks highly. She may be expected at this port, en route to Sweden, about the 10th hut. We are glad to find Captain Booth, although lame, much recovered. The good-service pension of 3001. per annum, which reverted to the Admiralty on the death of Admiral Sir Davidge Gould, has been bestowed on the Admiral of the Wnite, the Hon: Sir J. Talbot, K.O G., who was, according to the record of his services in Allen's' New Navy List, " Senior Lieutena n t o f th e A s t r ea at the capture of the French frigate Gloire in 1795 ; Captain of the Leander in 1805 ; and captured the Villa de Milan, of 46 guns, and retook the Cleopatra, her prize. Was Captain of the Thunderer, and attacked the Turkish squadron under Point Pesquier, in the Dar danelles, 1807. Was wounded when commanding the Victorieuse, in 1812 ; and received a gold medal for the capture of the French 74, Rivoli. Gazetted 1795,1805, 1807, 1812." The Wolverine, 16, Commander Hay, called at the Western Islands (as above stated) on her way home, and found great distress prevailing there. The Childers, 16, Commander Pitman, was at Wham poa on the 25th of Februry, a letter of which date says, " The affairs of the new year have progressed very smoothly at the city (Canton), the Commissioner Keying having acted with much decision and sound justice, according to the Chinese mode of administering it, haying cut off the heads of no less than 129 of the rioters in one morning (the 11th instant), and 37 the next morning. You have, doubtles4, heard of the death of Commander Gordon, of the Wolf sloop, and of Lieutenant Vansittart having been promoted by Sir Thomas Cochrane, and put in command of her to take her to England. But perhaps you have not heard of the death of 30 men of the Iris. 26, Captain Mundy, from fever caught at Labuan, off Borneo." During the past week the Admiralty have made the following promotions and appointments : PROMOTIONS. Captains—Henry Prescott, C. 8., and Sir N. J. Wil loughby, C. 8., to the rank of Rear-Admiral. Commanders—Thomas Vere Watkins (1837), and Thomas Ross Sullivan (1840), to the rank of Captain. Lieutenants—Thomas E. Symonds (1841), and James G. Mackenzie (1830). to the rank of Commander. Mates—Henry Townley Vermin (1845), and Robert Thomas (1845), to the rank of Lieutenant. APPOINTMENTS. Captain—Sir James Stirling, to Howe. Commanders—Astloy Cooper Key, to Bulldog, vice Davis ; Hector Loring, to Howe. Lieutenants—George A. E. Ridge, to Imaum ; Thomas C. Ponsonby, to Poictiers ; A. S. Booth, L. G. S. Tayler, J. P. Palmes, Thom as Miller, •W. A. J. Heath, and Ilenry N. Burroughes, to Howe. Masters—John C. Giles, additional, to William and Mary ; J. F. Loney, additional, to Poictiers ; J. J. Ball, to Bulldog ; George Johnson, to Howe. Paymaster and Purser—George Wailer, to the Howe. Surgeons Charles K. Nutt, to the Excellent ; Augustus Slight, to the Growler; J. W. Elliott, super intendent to the Joseph Soames, convict ship;. Edward T. Dickson, to be Admiralty Surgeon and Agent at Jersey. Mates—Fairfax and Moresby, to the St. Vincent; R. A. Buchanan, acting to the Howe. Second Masters—George Turpin, to the Amphion; W. B. Moorman, acting to the Crocodile; Robert Wailer, to the Queen; George Williams, to the St. Vincent; George Reid, to the Howe. Assistant-Surgeons—George Everest, to the Kestrel; James Peters, to the Victory. Clerk-in-Charge—Thomas P. Atrill, to the Mohawk. Clerk—John Down, to the Howe. Midshipman—H. M. Miller, to th e H ow e. . . _ _ Assistant-Masters—Joseph Walker, to the Mercury tender, vice Scarlett, to the Fanny tender, vice Allen, to the Undine; F. Kirkham and Archibald R. Patterson, to the Hibernia; Samuel Libby, to the Lucifer ; R. J. Dundas, to the Croc)dile. Naval Cadets—Arthur Onslow and Archibald Baghe, the Howe. MARYLEBoNE VEsTRY. THE HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL AND DEPUTATION TO LORD MORPETti At the meeting of the Marylebone Vestry on Saturday the Rev. Dr. Spry in the chair, Mr. JACOB BELL b roug ht f orwar d a motion of which he had given notice, " That this, vestry, although opposed to the principles and machinery , of the Health of Towns Bill, now before the House of Commons, is, nevertheless, de sirous of supporting any measures which m a y be brought forward with the view of promoting the public health, without interfering with local rights and privileges." Mr. Bell proceeded at considerable length to show that the Marylebone and other metropolitan parishes had been species s of sanatory improvement. They consider that many clause the Bill, which were based upon the reports of the Health of Towns Commissioners, were excellent, but they contended, if proper powers were given to local boards by Parliament, such boards to be amenable to the rate-payers for their conduct, that sanatory improvements could be far more effi ciently carried out than bfconcentrating all the power in the hands of the Government. Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, after which the resolution was carried. Sir B. HALL stated that he had received a communication from Lord Morpeth, appointing Thursday next for receiving the deputation from the metropolitan parishes on the subject of the Health of Towns Bill. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES, A report was brought up from the board of commissioners recently appointed under the Baths and Washhouses Act, for erecting baths and washhouses for the labouring classes in Marylebone, stating that the commissioners had procured an eligible site for such an establishment. The site alluded to was the vacant ground, including the whole of the bowl ing-green of the Yorkshire Stingo Tavern, New-road, the purchase of which would be 5,5001. The sanction of this purchase by the vestry would enable them to carry out a vast improvement in the widening of Stingo-lane, the whole of the ground not being required for the building in question. After some slight discussion, the report was ordered to be brought up for considerati o n on Satarday next, and the yes ry separated. SUPPOSED INCENDIARY Futz.—Late on Monday night a rick of hay, the property of Mr. Wm. Tooby, of Hartpury, between this town and Gloucester, was discovered to be on fire. A messenger was immediately dispatched to Gloucester for the fire-engines, which arrived in a remarkably short space of time, and by great exertions on the part of the firemen the devouring element was soon arrested In its progress, but not till a Considerable part of the hay had been so burnt or damaged as to be wholly unfit for use. The rick was only some thirty yards from Mr. Tooby's dwelling house and farm-buildings, but fortunately the wind was still at the time. The damage done is estimated at from 504 to NI- The PriPertY insured in tile Pluenix ogles. It is iuppoeed to be the sot of NI Incendisry...,ffereArti 2inefe TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIC Sat,—having read in your paper an account of a meeting of " the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire" at the Hanover-square ROOMS, on Tues• day last, that a prize was awarded to 'policeman Fisher, 48 0, for saving Mrs. Devonshire, at tht• fire at my late tether's hotel (Raegett's) Dover.street, Piccadilly, near two years since, I write to inform you that I was this person who saved Mrs. Devonshire, by taking her from the second floor window, and placing her in the Suciet)'s fire-escape, w hich is confirmed in the accounts of the inquest and lamentable calamity in the papers. This being the case, I am at a loss to know why policeman Fisher, 48 C received a prize for what I did, entirely unassisted, and without the aid of any p9rson whatever, and for which I received the thanks of the St. James's Society, conveyed to me through the Secretary, Mr. Newton, of Brewer street, a copy of which I herewith inclose.---I have the honour to remain Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, II ENRY RAG GET. 48, Coleshill-street, Eaton-square, May 1, 1847. [coPv.] St. James's Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 41, Brewer-street, St. James's Westminster , June 3, 1845. At a Committee m ee ting of the St. James's (Local) Society for the Prot ec ti o n of Life from Fire, held this day, it was specially directed, that the Secretary con vey to Mr. H e n r y R agge tt, th e i r unanimous and h i g hest possible laudatory opinion of his intrepid and humanely heroic conduct at the late melancholy fire which bar pened at his f at h er ' s h o t e l, i n Dov e r-street, in the parish of St. George, W es t m i ns t e r, by his courageous l y as cending the society' s fi re es c a pe, and then r escuing Miss Round and (M r s. D e vo ns hire) her maid , f rom en b otherwise certain and dreadful death, througk th e ,. medium of their machine, from the second floor of the house already envel o ped i n fl a mes, and at a momen t when all other aid appeared unavailing. gr. The Committee consider the manly cone •••• Henry Raggett above all praise, and them oo tt i b h n admired on account of the appalling catastrophew"Pa he had that instant witnessed in the horrifying aw e-- tion of his pari-nt and his sister, and his own niotnent sti l a escape after affectionately and successfully assist in g 0 1 , saving his afflicted mother through the actual the Such conduct, therefore, at a moment so trying t g t human mind, calls for the loudest praise and admiration. stimulating others, as the Committee trust, such examii—'. plea will, should similar occasions arise in this vast WI tropolis. w hich The Committee deeply regret that their funds, _,,a are barely sufficient to support the two fire es capes . - rie. men in this pari s h, w ill not a ll ow t h em to o ffer InA r. substantial pro o f o f th e i r ki n d i ntent i on towar ds for Henry Raggett, b u t assure hi m o f t h e ir best wis hes his prosperity, and they f ee l cer t a i n the remelt:thrll or t m f of his action, on this o ccas i on , w ill b e a source of co in his future life, and th e y f erven tly hope of some cow solation under the bereavement with which the unserui table ways of Providence have afflicted his lawi l Y" have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant/ W. J. NEWTON, Secretary. Mr. Henry Raggett, Dover-street, Piccadilly. RAILWAY SHARE MARKET S ' LIVERPOOL, MAY 1. „„, itt :V Although not a regular market day, there was a cu"' able business done privately at improved rates. MANCHESTER, MAY 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergwateew, N ( o B t e t r i; i : 1) . . I '. : :: , , ,,? 7 ,..i' I ham, and Boston, "i ii dis.-Birmingham and Oxford Junet!":;: : ..: f - Z,l 7% p.-East Lancashire (late 13. and P.), 4 p.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, ~,, .51, ; ,,, t .‘ :,. , dis. -Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Cana141_,:,,,„-1,:, paid), 1% p.-Manchester and Birmingham, 67 % a s a or'c r. • chester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extension) , _,.73.4A.; ~4; , „: ;, _ Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), :YI Shares), ,i'.;c:i Sheffiefd, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby 20/. Shares), 2 /4,_,,,, : 4. ? ..,"' -Manchester and Southampton, 245. ad.-Midland-Nun., ..,!,*, ~ arils, 50/. Shares, 2% p.-North British Extension, 115. in......, ~s ~p, North Staffordshire, 2 3-16 p.-North•Western, ns, ' ..:';: V; 1 7. Oldham Alliance, 1-16 c. p.-Preston and Wyre, Halve s t ___./ 4,F;1 - <l' 3 14 P.-South-Eastern and Dover, 37--Ditto, No. 4, 'A , P^ - ~s ~.. ..._r! Leeds and Dewsbury, Halves, 1%-Cheshire Juuction ia ~ sy_ is s : ...- ,''':/ dis.-Sheffield and Lincoln. 2%. LEEDS, MAY 1: TOP' STOCK EXCHANGE.-After a continuance of gloomi P it . pects and failing markets; we are at last enabled to reEt e some degree of improvement in the value of shares.. j.our.. settlement on the account not having broug ht stoss niur. ward to an extent equivalent to the demand, a desire u r a l i n . chase was evinced in the early part of the week, wuesuited. creased for some days,. , and a gradual rise in prices r The demand, however, lessened on Friday, and buyers fo i r it t t b i e e account were exceedingly shy at existing rates, reaction took place. The sales are-Ambergate a, ham, and Boston, 20s. dis.-East Lancashire, New, .die. york -Ditto, New Scrip, 3s. 6d. p.-East and West __A shire, 9s. n. dis.-Great Northern, 15s. dis.-Leeds air Thirsk, 5 dis Ditto, New, 3L4 n. dis.-Ditto, Preferen_esti 14s. p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 20s. dis.-Iga l , tl L and Driffield Junction, ss. dis.-Manchester and Leeds Oar Huddersfield and She ffi eld), 5 ,4 n. p. -Ditto, 321. Shares (la's Extensions), I9s. p.-Diito, West, Riding Union, 14s. n. P. a l d sro a tting - -Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, par-Ne w " castle and Berwick, New, 2/. 3s. 6d. p.-North British, Ex tension (scrip), Bs. 6d. p.-North Staffordshire, 2% P. -- Northern Counties Union, 2% n. dis.-North-Western, 235. 6d. dis.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 3 1 4 p. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAY 1. Preston, STOCK EXCHANGE.-The s a l es are -Fleetwood, and West Riding Juncti on , 1% di s.- M a nchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Q uarters, N o. 2 , 4% dis.-:-N o rth British, I 303%-West Riding Union, p. UI, % 51Aar 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-North British, Quar ters, 655. 6d.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 10s. 3d. p.-York and Newcastle, Preference, Ils. 3d. p.-Ambergate, Notting ham, arid Boston, 405.-Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 216 dis.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 2 dis.-Great Northern, 21. 188.-North-Western, 1 1 4 dis.-North Staffordshire, 2% IN -West Riding Union, 14s. p. EDINBURGH, APRIL 30. STOCK ExCIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 26/.-Air drie and Bathgate, 3/. 18s.-Arbroath and Forar, 27/. 15e. -Ditto, Halves, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, 11.195. ad.-Cale donian, 24/.-Ditto, New, 1/. 19s. 6d.-Caledonian and Dam ' barturishire, 2.. 2i. ad.-Clydesdale Junction, 371. 10s.-Dee side, 3/. 55.-Dunblane Donne, and Callender, 1/. 7s. ad - Dundee and Arbroath ,. - 42/. 10s.-Ditto. New, No. 1, 10 L - New, No. 2, 301.-Ditto, New No. 3, 4!. 13 s. Dundee and Northern Junction, 11. 95.-Dundee and Perth, 351.-Ditto, New, 15/. -East of Fife, 2/. 10s.-East Lothian Central, 21. Os. 6d.-Edinburgh and Bathgate. 6/. 17s. 6d.-Edin burgh and Glasgow, 704 ex div.-Ditto, Halves , 181. ex div.-Ditto, Quarters, 17/. 10s. ex div.-Edinburg h, Leith, and Granton, 181.-Dino, Preference, 201.-Ditto , New, 21. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, 10s. ad.-Edinburgh and Northern, 17/. 7s ad.-Ditto, New, 2/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, 61. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, New, IL 14s. ad.-- Edinburgh and Perth (New), 2/. 2s.- Ditto, Halves, 12s. 3d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire. 581.-Ditto, New Stock, 361. 55.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1; 97. 155.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 6/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, 15/. 15s -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, SL-Glasgow and . Garnkirk, 39. -Glasgow General Terminus, 12/. 55.-Glasgow and Greenock, I6L 103. -Ditto, Halves, 8/. 155.-Ditto, Preference. 8L -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 51.---Great North .f Scotland, 2/. 95.-Great Northern (late Direct Northern), V. lls.- Ditto (late London and York), 21. -Newcastle and Berwick, 25/. 10s.-North British, 31/. 2s. ad ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 14/. 153.-Ditto, Quarters, 41. 2a. 6d -Ditto, Quarters, New (scrip). 19s. 6d.- Ditto, Thirds, 21. 9s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths. 61. 155.-Scottish Central, 241.- Scottish Grand Junction, 19s. -Scottish Midland, 19/. 10s. -Shrewsbury and Hereford, 11. -Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester. !W.-Ditto, New, 1/. Is. 6d.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 3/. 7a. 6d.-Stirling and Midland, 2/. 55.-Wishaw and Coltness, 49/. IN.-York and Newcastle, 33/. 155.-Ditto, New, 13/. 55.-Ditto, Prefer ence, 6/. 7s. 6d.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 35.-East Indian, 35.-Great North of India, 35.-Great Southern of Madras, 25.-Madras Nellore, and Arcot, i s . ad. GLASGOW, APRIL 30. 38s. 6d .- C a ledonian . , ian, STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ayr Dumbar tonshire, 325. 6d.--East Indian, 25.-East 49s -Caledon* N ew , and Galloway, L a n ot hianddr. Central, gow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 395. ad.-Edinburgh arid Perth (New Co.). 41 ' Was' Greenock, 6/. 6s.- Glasgow and 3 5 2 -Ditto,Halves s , - No. 2, ) ter and Seuthampton.lss.-slonkla sfadras, Is. 6 d.-Madras, Nellor 2 (---seNriopr)t,hl9s.6 e, and Arcot, Is Kirkintillock,-Manehes- I n s d V a - nd Great . So uthern2oAof d.-Slarannan, 241. British, Thirds , 50s. ad.-Ditto, New Quarters lIZPORTATION OF FLOUR AND BREAD.—We bad occasion a short time since to notice the arrival of a parcel of barrels of flour, at the port of London, in a vessel (rota ene of the West India islands. The flour was distinctly stated in the official report of the vessel to be of American produce and manufacture, but claimed especial attention on account of its being the first instance, to our knowledge, of such an arrival taking place from the West Indies. The vessel, Lady M'Naughten, which has arrived in the West India Docks trom Madras and Demerara, has brought from the latter place 593 barrels of flour, and 100 barrels and 99 half barrels of bread. It is not precisely stated in the ship's report, in the present instance, to what country they owe their origin. neither was it absolutely necessary that such ebould be the case. so far as their importation and admissibility to entry for home use is concerned, now that the navigation laws are suspended in the matter until the autumn ; but the novelty of the arrival invests it with peculiar interest, especially with reference to the particular country or province of which they may be the produce; and if the articles be not of American manufacture or production, it will be of very considerable im portance to those interested in the importation of food, for the especial information of whom we have in the present case made particular mention of the name of the importing vessel and the place where she is located. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, WOOLWICH, MAY 1. —A special public examination of the gentlemen cadets, composing the senior practical class, with the view of their being immediately commissioned in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, took place to-day, at eleven o'clock, and for the first time in the history of the institution was held in the Academy in the Royal Arsenal, instead of as hitherto in the Royal Military Academy. The examinations were satis factory, and at the close various prizes were awarded. BIRTHS. On April 26, at Claremont, West Derby, Liverpool, Mrs. John Scott, of a son. On April 28, in Torrington,square, the Hon. Mrs. Richard Denman, of a daughter. On April 28, in Bedford-row, the wife of F. F. Jayeli t Esq• of a son. On April 22, at Hampstead, the wife of Richard, Beach-. croft, Esq., cf twins, a son and daughter. On April 29, at Knole MARRIED , Kent, thei Marquiss ofj SalisburY• to the Lady Mary Catharine Sackville West, second daughter of the Earl and Countess Delawarr. On April 27, at Mansion House Chapel, Camberwell, William Edwards, Esq., of Denmark-hill, to Sophia Stewart, eldest daughter of the late David Dykes, Esq., of Portland place, Camberwell. On April 28, at St. Luke's Church, Mr. Edward Vann, solicitor, of Providence-row, Finsbury, to Elizabeth Ann' only daughter of Mr. W. T. East, of the same place. DIED- On April 27, in North Kilworth, Leicestershire, Admiral Man Dobson, aged 92. On April 28, in Upper Brook-street, Dr. Robert Blasters Benison. At Haney House, Clifton, Colonel Lewis, of St. Pierre/ Monmonthsitire, aged 67. }~~~" Landon: Printed and Published by AWED° YOUNG, of No. ill' Strand, Printer, at The .we Ofdee, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precis' tki 1 11,0 7$ in the County. of littrirliesex, liondsY, May °J 164 T, , ;{l . -,a f; };, ~,.~ .' AYf ~, , _ ler nrs , ter! T 41 4 fe 611 THE SUN, LONDON MONDAY _VENING, MAY 3, 1847. ~ ; ; z e: ,i