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Now Ready in 2 vols. 215 . bo und, T HIRD EDITION of HOC HEL AGA ; OR, ENGLAND IN THE NEW WORLD. EDITED BY ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq., Author of " The Crescent and the Cross." " This work has already reached a third edition. We shall be surprised if it de not go through many. It possesses almost every qualification of a geed book. We cordially recommend it to our readers, as well for the amusement of its lighter portions, as the vivid brilliancy of its descriptions, and the solid information it contains."— John Ball. Henry Colbura, Publisher. 13, great Marlborough-etreet. GOVERNMENT PLAN OP EDUCATION. This day is published, price Sixpence. AVERBATIM REPORT of the SPEECH of the Right Hon. T. B. MACAULAY, 3f.P. for Edinburgh, in the House of Commons, on Monday Evening, April 19, 1847, on the Motion of Lord John Russell, that a Vote of 100,0001. should be taken, to defray the Charges of carrying out the Minutes of Council au Education. London: Chapman and Hall, 168, Strand. WITH AN ILLUSTRITION BY LEECH, AND A PORTRAIT OF W. H. PRESCOTT, ESQ. (Author of " The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella," &c.) 121-B MAY NUMBER price Half-a-Crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY WILL CONTAIN MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT. By R. W. GRISWOLD. With a Portrait. A Bishop very considerably Dis-,Doings at Stamford Hill. By W. gained. By the Author of " The Law Gane. With an Illustra- Gaol Chaplain." Lion by Leech. Spring ; a Poem. By Carlos. i The Fat Little Man in Gray. By A Ghost Story. By Alfred Crow-I Greensleeves. quill. The Flaneur in Paris. By the Grandmother's Story about al Author of " Second Love. Darning Needle. By Hans, The Orchard Plot. By Rev. G Christian Andersen. Aspinall. The Massacre of St. Bartholomew.,A Ramble amongst the Bills and By Dr. W. C. Taylor. Valleys of Franconian switzer- A Sentimental Journey through land. By H. J. Whiling. Normandy. By Odard. A Go-a-head Day with Barnum. By Albert Smith. ISLETS OF THE Gt - tr. ,uthor of " The Plot," " the Spy," Rover," &c. CAPTAIN SPIKE : or, Till By J. FE.NNIMORE COOPERRe , " The d Richard Bentley, NI Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully lb formed, that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place TO-MORROW, A pri l 29, 1847, when will be performed Bellini's celebrated:Opera, I PURITANI. Principal Characters : —Elvira, Madame Castellan ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache ; Arturo, Signor Gardoni ; and Riccardo, Signor Coletti. In the coarse of the evening a Divertissement, comprising the t alents of Mdlles. Cerito, Rosati, Maria Taglioni, and Lucile Gratin ; N. Perrot, M. St. Leon, and M. P. Taglioni. After the Opera. the first Tableau of the Ballet of LALLA BOOM!, in which Mdlle. Cerito, 31, St. Leon, and M. Perrott will appear. To conclude with the admired Grand Ballet (omitting the two first Tableaux) of CORALIA, and comprising the Moonlight scene, the Garden Scene, anti the celebrated Aquatic Palace of the Ondines. Principal characters by Mdlle. Rosati, Mdlle. Maria Taglioni,Mdlle. Petite Stephan; Mdlles. Vonore, Canaan, Jullien, La morenx, M. Gosselin, and M. P. Taglioni. ROYAL I FALUN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. The Nobility, Gentry, and Subscribers, are respectfully informed, that TO-MORROW will bean EXTRA NIGHT, not Included in the Subscription, on which occasion will be performed Bellini's Opera I PURITANI. In which Madame Grisi, Signor Mario, Signor Tamburini, and Signor Marini will appear. To conclude with a new grand ballet, LA /MINE DES FEES. Composed by M. Albert ; music by Signor Cum!. Principal cha racters by Madlle. Dumilatre, Madlle. Bertin, Madlle. Neodot, and M. Petipa (from the Grand Opera, Paris). Tickets, stalls, and boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow- Street ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. The doors will be opened at Ralf-past Seven o'clock, the perform ance to commence at Eight. PRICES OF AD3LISSIO'N'. Pit stall ........ ••••••••.•.. •• •• •• • • • • £1 1 0 First Amphitheatre Stalls, First Row ...... 0 14 0 Ditto, Second and Third R0w5.............. 0 12 6 Second Amphitheatre 5ta115................ 0 7 0 First Amphitheatre • • .....• .• •........... 0 8 0 Second Amphitheatre •••••••• .• .. .... • • 0 5 0 THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. The Last Night but Three of tha New Grand Oriental Spectacle, and of Mr. Hughes's Mammoth Establishment. THIS EVENING Wlll be performed the grand Opera of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Aniheim, Mr. Borrasi ; Florestein, Mr. Harley; Thaddeus Mr. Harrison; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Queen of the Gipsies, Mrs. Hughes ; Arline, Miss Itainforth. After which the New and Original Oriental Spectacle, called THE DESERT; or, The Imaun's Daughter. In which the Two Elephants, upwards of Sixty Horses, and the Camels will appear. The Imaun rseph, Mr. Howell ; Hafez, Mr. Rafter ; Barek, Mr. W. H. Payne ;. Fuzel Oola, Mr. Harley ; Maleck, Mr. T. Matthews ; Ahabeck, Mr. Hutchison ; Kuzliraga, Mr. L. Lee ; Princess Ipomaye, Miss Mes sent ; Ntlda, Miss Collett ; Girgee, Miss R. Isaacs. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be peformed the Comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Principal characters by Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Hudson, Mrs. Glover, and Mrs Nisbett. After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, called THE NEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin out of Place. To conclude with:A CABINET QUESTION. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENiNG Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF TILE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford ; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight 'less, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After which will be produced an Opera Sutra apropos sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullentord, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. PRINCESNS TIIENTRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET. Prince Scalus, Mr. Walton ; Paris, Mr. A. Harris; 'Montague, Mr. Manner ; Capulet, Mr. Granby ; Benvolio, Mr. C. Fisher ; Romeo, Mr. Creswick ; Mercutio, Mr, J. Vining. Julet, Mrs. Butler (late Miss F. Kernble) ; Lady Capulet, Miss Winstanley. After which, an entirely new and original Farce, entitled A WIFE FOR AN HOUR. Principal characters by Messrs. Walton Granby, J. Vining, Cowell, Compton, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with the Farce, entitled KEEPING A PLACE. Spikespur, Mr. Granby; Crocus, Mr. Compton; Dorothea Danvers, Airs. Fosbroke ; idy, Miss Laporte. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Tinder the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING will be performed a New Drama, called TIIE CREOLE. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews. Leigh, Murray, Emery, Kinloch, and Keeley, Miss Dickinson, Miss May, Miss M. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. AS er which, an entirely new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ters by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, Air. Bender, Mr. Yarnold. and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by the New Vaudeville Extravaganza, called CRUSOE THE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley; Was Dickenson, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the FOAN OF A WIFE. Characters by Me.isrs. F. Mathews, A.. Wigan ; Mrs. Woolliage. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. Madlla. ROSE CHERI has the honour to announce that her Benefit, and positively the Last Night of her Engagement, will take place THIS EVENING, when will be performed LES GRISETTES. After which. JEANNE ET JEANNETON. To conclude with the Comedic-Vaudeville of UN CHINGEMENT DE MAIN. Alexis Rarnanouski, M. Rhozevil ; Elisabeth, Wile. Rose Cheri. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN REREtiADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS at the St. James's Theatre, THIS MORNING, April 28, commencing at Half-past Two o'clock. To-morrow Evening, Thursday, April 20, and Saturday Evening, May 1. Doers open at Eight o'clock ; the Entertainment coin mencing at Half-past Eight. Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street ; and at the Box-office. NEW STRAND THEATRE. THIS EVENING, AND DURING THE WEEK. Will be performed an Original Pictorial Drama, in Four Parts, entitled HOGARTIPS MIRROR. Principal characters by Messrs. Bards, H. Lee, Butler, Payne, 11. Reeves, Ayliffe, Deighton; Miss Love, Mrs. Griffiths, Miss liar• court, &c. To be followed by an Eccentric Vaudeville. called CAPERS AND CRUSHERS. After whileh, a Screamer, in One Act, entitled ARE YOU COMING TO BED? To conclude 'with a new Ballet, introducing upwards of 60 Cory phew, founded on and entitled the ARABIAN NIGIITS' ENTERTAINMENT. Stalls, 31.; Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is,: Gallery, 4d. Half-prico at half-past Eight o'clock. Box-office open from eleven till four o'clock. Applications to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPILITHEATRE, Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Pronrietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary Novelties and grand Equestrean Fetes every night, THIS EVENING, FOURTH WEEK OF THE SUCCESGFUL GORGEOUS SPECTACLE OF Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF AJ3YDOS ; or, THE CORSAIR, introducing Mr. Batty's numerous and highly trained Horses and Fairy Ponies, living Elephants, Camels, Zebras, Deer, &c. Entire change In the Scenes of the Circle, by the first artistes in Europe. Great success of the extraordinary lofty leaper Mr. Hen derson in his 'wonderful Arab flights. Splendid Pageant by Eight Ladies and their trained horses, and other productions, only to be a►ttnessed at this Theatre. _ _ _ Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box Office open from Eleven till Four. Box Book-keeper, Mr. Sheffield. Performance commences every evening at Seven o'clock, doors open at Half-past Six. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. THE ORIGINAL ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, CROWDS NIGHTLY TO SEE THE BUFFALO GIRLS, With Coloured Concert, Nigger Songs, Banjo, Bone, Tambourine and Violin Accompaniments, the Railway Overture, and Craps Vino Twist. All by Female Professors. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence with THE ANCHOR OF HOPE ; ar, The Seaman's Star. Mr. Dunmore, Mr. Conway ; Squire Har greave, Mr. T. Fredericks ; Captain Walton, Mr. Tindel; Mary Wheatly, Mrs. Ware. After which THE BUFFALO GALS; or, Female Ethiopian Sere naders. To be followed by THE BEDOUIN ARABS. To concinde with THE FATE 6d OF CALA S. open at Mx, commence Boxes, 25., kit, Is.; Gallery, . Doors At Half-past Six. _ - ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. For One Week only, the Dark Brothers and the Black Gals of Otto, who will sing, with full Instzumental Accompaniments, all the °T e ar 'meldies of the Day. ci l um tnd . week of the SH IP BOY, hailed with acclamatio ns of ap- THIS EVENING, AND DURING THE. WEEK , In Three Acts, POVERTY ; or, A TALE OF SORROW. Characters by. Mr. N. T. Ricks, ' Dale, Searle, Bird, Gardner ; Mrs. Lee, Mies Barrougheltif e tee After which, The laissiesir'pt D ' art . Brothers, and the Bltck Gals of Ohio. To be followed by the %11IP BUT ; or, The White Slave of Gua daloupc. The Ship Boy by Miss Vincent. To conclude with (This Evening), TUE RATS OF RAT'S CAS TLE; or. The Old Abbey "Ruins. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, Gd. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Private Boxes Parties of Four, IN. 6d.; and Parties of Eight, Is. • -- SIR BA/LT.—This DEATH Or venerable Baronet, whose name has beet3i3fo back so familiar in city circles, from being trhesel;:ardaloietah: eminent banking firm of Price, Marryatt, and on Monday last, at his seat, Spring-wove nearUlietxmPitr,V aged 73. The deceased was son of the celebrated°< Charles Price, who represented the city in Parliament for so r many years, and was created a Baronet in 1804, having served the office of Lord Mayor the previous year. SOCIETY FOE TEACHING THE BLIND TO READ.-- The anniversary dinner of this most useful and humane so ciety was held yesterday at the London Tavern, where, as usual, due provision was made for the appetites and palates of the charitable. Mr. T. A. Smith presided on the occa.'ion, supported by Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. J. Masterman, jun., Mr. G. Hoare, and. Mr. Mildred, and surrounded by a highly respectable party - of gentlemen interested in the success of the institution. We have so recently noticed the objects and wants of the charity' that it is unnecessary now to repeat th in] . We may state, however, that the great aim of those who conduct it at present is the extension of its usefulness by the erection of a suitable building. During the evening sub scriptions were announced to the amount of 6001. The ar rangements of the festival were perfectly satisfactory. Sir Robert Peel has kindly consented to take the chair at the :a:eh:at:on of the annriersary of the 'King's College Hopital, at the Albicu Is7zrt, ca thi atla cf Tate. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1847. THE WEATHER.—SU OrncE, APRIL 28. THERMOMETER, Lewest, 42 ; Highest, 59 ; Noon, 55 BAROMETER, 29.72. WIND, S.W.; squally and showery. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Horning .. 38 minutes after 12. I Evening .. 57 minutes rile 12. ....,i'l, , r .. kt. - . 1. , . .., , ~.. o*A'24,-, if.ez.-1, - z-4 4 1pir-w..4 ~ .A. ~.,...4,air ..,r0p t ,,,t3„,,,, , 4.6„,.. ,,,,..4w,--. .-: Rr - mos ~.:'l:::i,.. ~ . ' .. - 1 11 --.7 .b. --, , :,,, olio 4,. :1-,1L , ' , ....,,,....--; . _.: ~. " p. SECOND EDITION. eilitning ;AM LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1847. The Lords met at Four, and The Royal Assent was give❑ by Commission to the Fever (Ireland) Bill. Their Lordships re-assembled at Five o'clock. Several petitions having been presented, The report on the Harbours, Docks, and Piers' Clauses Bill, was brought up, and received. The Customs' Duties Bill, the Portland Harbour of Refuge and Breakwater Bill, and the Insolvent Debtors' Act Amendment Bill, were severally read a third time and passed. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of the Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill. The Marquis of IVEsTmEATn, the Earl of Wics.- Low, and Lord ASHBURTON supported the Bill. Lord MONTEAGLE hoped that in the sale of estates under this Bill, the land would be sold in smaller parcels than it generally was. The Bill was then read a second time, and their Lordships adjourned. The Commons met at Four o'clock. Sir CHARLES NAPIER obtained leave to introduce the Navy Enlistment Bill, authorising the SOVE REIGN to issue a proclamation when necessary calling upon all seamen in Great Britain and Ireland to come forward and enter themselves for the navy within five days of the date of such proclamation, or in default to be liable to impressment. Mr. WARD did not oppose the introduction of the Bill, but would not, on the part of the Government, undertake the responsibility of such a measure. Dr. BowEING then brought forward his motion, for the adoption of a decimal system of coinage cur rency and account. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted that much might be urged in favour of a decimal system, but still he thought the prejudices existing on the subject were so great, that whatever was done should be done gradually. He was prepared to agree that two-shilling pieces should be struck. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN congratulated the Hon. Member for Bolton on his partial success. Mr. SIIEIL said, that as far as silver was concerned the alteration was easy enough, the great difficulty was with regard to coppers. He had no objection to having a twc-shilling piece to be struck, to be called a Royal. After a few words from Mr. BROWN and Sir G. CLERK, the motion was withdrawn. Lord JOHN MANNERS then rose to call the atten tion of the House to the present state of affairs in Greece, but before the Noble Lord had concluded his speech, the House was counted out. CABINET COUNCIL. Summonses were issued yesterday to the Cabinet Ministers, to attend a Cabinet Council this afternoon at the Foreign Office, Downing-street. The meeting will be held after the Queen's Levee, and the Ministers are expected to assemble about half-past three o'clock. Among the many evils by which the social condi tion of Ireland is affected, the prosperity of the island deteriorated, improvements retarded, and the national resources diminished, the embarrassed state of the landed proprietors throughout the kingdom may be considered as one of the most obvious ; con siderable portions of the rental of the different estates belong not to the nominal owners, but to the mort gagees and encumbrancers, who have charges affecting their lands. Those persons, although receiving so large a proportion of the produce of the land, have no interest whatsoever in its permanent improvement, or in the welfare of the tenantry. Provided their interest money is punctually and regularly paid, they care not whether the farms are let at a rack-rent,whether they are properly cultivated and brought into the highest state of fertility, or sutTered to remain com paratively waste and unproductive, without yielding half the produce that could be obtained under a better system of husbandry ; whether they are inhabited by thriving and industrious occupiers, or crowded with a dense body of paupers, wallowing in filth and misery. They cannot be benefited if the produce should be quadrupled by a judicious expenditure ; and, generally speaking, they take care that a suffi cient surplus shall be left to cover any loss that may be sustained by the scantiness of the harvest or the failure of the tenantry, so that as they cannot be benefited by the prosperity, they cannot be injured by the poverty of the district. In the most propitious seasons they cannot hope to receive more than the in terest on their demand. They will not receive less in the most adverse. They cannot be called upon to contribute to the poor-rate, no matter how heavily it may press on the industry of the country. They will not, therefore, exert themselves to provide useful occupa tion for the able-bodied peasant—to direct the vast amount of unemployed labour into profitable sources, by which it might be made to contribute to, and in crease, the national wealth, in place of being a heavy burden thereon—to enable the people to become pro ducers in place of unproductive consumers thereof. What those encumbrancers will not, the em barrassed owner is unable to effect. Under any circumstances, he must, before he can apply a single shilling to his own wants or exigencies, make provision for the payment of the interest money. He may call the estate his own, but the chief part of the income goes into other hands. lie is little more than an agent to collect and distribute the rents. If there is any failure on his part he is involved in litigation, sul4jected to heavy costs, and perhaps the estate put into Chancery. He would, in many instances, gladly sell his property, if in his power to do so ; but he is deterred from such a course, not merely from feelings of pride and an unwillingness to part with a pro perty that had remained in his family for many years, but chiefly on account of the ruinous expenses attendant on the sale, and the preliminary legal charges and delays. Anything calculated to dimi nish those charges, and to shorten the period of bringing encumbered estates to the hammer, will therefore he hailed as a valuable boon by both debtors and creditors, and will be highly beneficial to the kingdom in general. The Bill introduced into the House of Lords by the Lord Chancellor, and which was read a second time last night, is intended to attain this important object. It was, mirabile dictu, received with the most perfect unanimity. Every one admitted the impor tance and pressing necessity for some such enact ments. The grievance is too manifest to admit of any controversy or doubt as to its existence. Great caution, however, is necessary as to the details, to guard against the possibility of any injury being done, either to those having present or prospective interests. Until the year 1843, it was necessary, in filing a bill for the sale of an encumbered estate in Ireland, to bring every person interested in the subject-m a tt er o f th e su it b e f o re the court, either as pl a i nt iff or defendant. Al t h oug h h e m i g h t b e only entitled to a small charge affecting the pro perty, he was compelled to put in an answer, and to go to consider a bl e expense, all of which ultimately f e ll on the inheritor. In that year con siderable amelioration ew ti n onwas effected i n th e pract i ce of no account, then i n t ro d uced, b y the cou: , t he b n y payment, convey ance, or o w t h h i e c r h lrect relief was sou'tagainst a party, it was was to ptaartzr to appear and of s e suit, t e hs r e : ed farparties not necessary to compel such answer the bill; h e a notice, stating the ee n t a o m f e t s he in the cause and the obj w as concerned, and was at liberty to inspect a"cophye of the bill in the hands of the plaintiff's solicitor '-• he was at liberty to an swer in the ord i n ary manner, if he thdught prcin to rink the cc:its that would be occasiimed thereby. If he did so unnecessarily, and if he did not appear, he was bound by all the pro ceedings in the cause. A great saving was effected by this judicious regulation, without the slightest injury being sustained by any one whatsoever. The present measure goes still further, and establishes a new and most important prin ciple. It enables the parties interested to apply by petition to the Lord Chancellor, stating the nature of the encumbrance, and praying that the case should be referred to one of the Masters to inquire into the whole circumstances, having, if necessary, all parties before him. The Master is to be enabled to report that the estate should be sold and the money paid into court, and that from thence. forward all litigation is to take place with respect to the money and not to the estate. It is impossible to estimate too highly the value of this enactment. It will prevent es tates from being locked up for years in Chan cery, to the serious injury of all parties. It will speedily substitute a solvent and healthy pro prietary for the embarrassed and impoverished per sons who are unable to discharge the duties incidental to the possession of their properties. It will afford the greatest stimulus to the industry of the country, and tend to the full development of its resources. It will eventually lead to what may be termed a free trade in land itself, the advantages of which have been so ably and fully detailed by Mr. STEWART, the eminent conveyancer, in the addresses which he directed to the members of agricultural societies, and others, in the latter end of last year ; and in propor tion to the facility and cheapness of disposing of land will be the increased desire to acquire its possession, and the consequent improvement of its value in the market. An extraordinary alteration in the system of im pressment for the naval service has just been brought under the consideration of the House of Commons by Sir CIIAMEES N APIER. Any reasonable change in an arrangement at present so ineffective, so protracted, and so preposterously expensive as the present, would be welcome ; but in the one proposed by the Gallant Admiral the Member for Marylebone we discern advantages which demand especial recapitulation, and which, if carried into operation by the Legislature, must redound to the credit of Parliament, and sustain the interests of the community. Now that provisions are made for manning the mercantile marine with comparative economy, and with a tolerable degree of dispatch, it is but just to anticipate the passage of some measure which shall ensure the same con veniences to the Royal Navy. Are those vessels which tend to enhance our commercial prosperity to receive a greater amount of benefit, from the careful super vision of the Government, than those vessels which are the sureties of our national safety ? Is it pru dent to look rather to the extension of our re sources than to their preservation ? to foster a pre dilection for barter at the expense of the acknow ledged safeguards of the empire ? to deteriorate the means of defence for the sake of encouraging the facilities of trading? Such a one-sided distribution of attention is assuredly calculated to destroy the proper balance of power and the requisite proportion ing of energy. The differences traceable between the two ser vices, the naval and mercantile, in regard to their numerical strength and tonnage are not more remarkable than the differences visible in reference to the manning of their vessels. While in the mercantile marine there may be enumerated so many ships above one hundred tons burden, that their aggregate comprises 189,569 tons, and so many under that rate that their aggregate exceeds 1,350,000 tons, and so many registered steam-vessels, again, that their aggregate comprises 8,838 tons—in the naval service there are a hundred sail of the line, with a proportionate number of frigates and smaller vessels, and somewhere about 150 steam-ships, capable of employment in war. That is the difference percep tllele between the two services in reference to their total capacities. But the advantages secured to the mercantile marine in the arrangement of the plans of impress ment are immeasurably more remarkable. They afford every inducement to the able-bodied mariner to seek employment in the merchant service rather than on board a man-of-war : by a spasmodic reversal of the attraction they endanger the interests of commerce in cases of emergency, by luring the seamen from their mercantile employers by extraordinary bounties. A sum is thereby drained from the Exchequer varying from 300,000/. to 400,000/. for every 2,000 or 3,000 men required. Is there not something marvellously incongruous in all this—a linking together of a niggardly provision and a profligate expenditure ? Absolutely, there is scarcely a preference between this blundering con trivance and the old, tyrannical, brutalising, insane, and cruel system of impressment. Sir CHARLES NArIER very happily instanced the brutality, the insanity, the tyranny, and the cruelty of forcible impressment, by a reminiscence of the times when he was a youngster. The Gallant Admiral mentioned that when a reefer at the blockade of Bou logne he was dispatched by his superior officer to press the men aboard a vessel of 800 tons. On picking ten or fourteen out of the crew, the whole comple ment turned below, and comforted themselves, ac cording to the Hon. Representative for Marylebone, with such a " regular jollification," that on again making their appearance on deck there were scarcely half•a••dozen individuals among them but were in toxicated. It is not, however, in solitary instances that the abhorred system we allude to is shown to be fallacious in its operation, and unconstitutional in its practice. But the proposition of Sir CHARLES NAPIER would tend in a very great measure to diminish the evils arising from the ancient custom, and those arising from more recent mal-administration. The amendment proposed by that Gallant Officer is, that her MAJESTY shall, at any time, whether in peace or war, by proclamation, call out whatever seamen may_ be required—these seamen being called in ro tation, according to the period in which they had been released from their apprenticeship. By that gradu ated arrangement large sums of money would be saved to the Exchequer, forcible impressment would become scarcely ever necessary, and the complements of every vessel in the Royal Navy might be mustered without the usual disastrous procrastination. Sir C. NAPIER, at the very least, is acting wisely in agi tating this matter before Parliament. If ever there was a measure introduced into Parlia ment entitled to public approval, both for the object for which it has been framed and for the machinery by which it is proposed to be carried out, it is Lord Moarvrii's Health of Towns Bill. Nevertheless this measure has been already attacked by isolated bodies in terms of undeserved reprobation. The people at large, and especially the, poorer classes, for whom in particular the Bill is calculated to produce the greatest benefits, as regards their future cleanli ness, comfort, happiness, and morality, cannot be roused into any show of resistance to this scheme of sanatory reform. Indeed, any appeal to the humblest ranks of the population for a collective remonstrance against the proposal of the Government would end in certain failure ; for their present physical condition in all crowded districts is such that they would readily furnish the appellants with the practical answer that no change could injure them, whilst the probability was that it would be found to result to their advantage. Moreover, if they were to be truly informed of the intrinsic merits and benevolent ten dency of Lord MoßPErres Bill, they would lose no time in pouring in their petitions to both Houses of the Legislature to give their sanction to the measure with the utmost promptitude. But, as we have before observed, the attempt of the Government to minister to the con servation of the public health has been subjected to a degree of vituperation quite undeserved, under the mistaken idea that it would unduly interfere with the principles of local self-government. Corporate autho rities and parochial authorities have assembled in various districts to protest against any interference with their rights—rights which, as far as regards the adoption of sanatory measures, may be considered as almost forfeited for non-user. The truth is, that the public ends, to be compassed by the sanatory measure swoinei thgn ies i u quest i on, cannot be obta i ne d w i t h out al Lov n er in nm thisen t n er etss c i o ty nt , ro n l e l v in e g r N% p .a o s w t e h r e , p a r r i id n , cir c l o e ns o is f te loc ntl a y l in m snc otarese.crupulously regarded than it has But, supposing the existence of, a general central authority to be unnecessary, for the purposes contemplated, then may Lord Ilion- PETII'S Bill be fairly regarded as a vote of censure upon those who have hitherto undertaken to act in furtherance of the public health ; for, by their own admission, they have left undone things that they ought to have done. The parochial authorities will still continue to exercise the chief practical influence in all matters of a sanatory measure, especially in all corporate towns. We are certain that the opposition to the Health of Towns Bill will be as short-lived as it will be futile. Madrid journals of the 20th and the 21st have arrived. The Committee of the Chamber have reported un. favourably on the Government measure for the liquidation of the Treasury bonds, and their conver sien info three per cent. annuities. A warm discus sion is expected in the Chamber, and should the Ministry be beat, they will, it is said, go out, and Senor OLOZAOA, who has had another audience of the QUEEN, will be commissioned to form a Ministry. General SERRANO has returned to his command, by order of the Government. General RONCA LI having refused to accept the Captain - Generalship of Gallicia, it has been conferred on General Vico. MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 21.--The Three per Cents. 31 ; Fives, 20 ; Exchange on London, 49 75. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The position of the Ministers is by no means satis factory to themselves. The independent Conserva tives seem inclined to thwart them by adopt ing the annoying Stanley system of obstruction, and avoiding anything like a direct trial of strength. The Commerce says— " We are assured that the independent Conservatives are determined to make no demonstration in the discus sion relative to the demand of the secret servic e mone y. In this decision there is a tact impo se d on the party which desires to regenerate the majority without sepa rating from it. They fear, that in voting against the Ministry on a question of confidence, they would take with respect to it another attitude than that of friendship, which is only importunate for good intentions. The ardour of some independent Conservatives, however, will have difficulty in restraining itself in the way of re forms. Some friends of M. de Castellane, M. E. de Gi rardin, M. Sallandrouze, &c., are spoken of as feeling tempted again to prove the vitality of their political pretensions. But the party, if it cannot succeed in im posing silence upon them, will not follow them. Thus the Ministry, which, with 195 functionaries, only ob tained a relative majority of 49 votes, on the question of incompatibilities, will probably obtain, on the vote of the secret service money, its great majority of the first days of the session. But, notwithstanding this respite, the Ministry is by no means without alarm. It delibe rates, it is affirmed, on the question whether it would be better to declare open war against the independent Con servatives, and exclude them from the ranks of the ma jority, or enter into a compromise with them, which shall give temporary satisfaction to their progressive ideas." The following article from La Presse (the organ of the independent Conservatives), in reply to the article of the Debats on the submission of the Kabyles, shows how wide is the gulf which now separates the two portions into which the majority is split:— " The submission of the Kabylians of the Jurjura, of which the Government received intelligence on Saturday by telegraph, was yesterday the subject of a pompous article in the Journal des Debats, in which it says it is but justice to do honour to Marshal Bugeaud for this unhoped-for result. For our own part, we must confess that we cannot comprehend the justice of doing honour to Marshal Bugeaud for a result which he so little fore saw, that only a month ago he wished to go with a strong force and make a military promenade in Kabylia, in order to give the Kabyles a taste of the French gun powder." After alluding to the opposition which it has offered for the last five years to the Bugeaud sytem, the Pres.se makes the following attack on the Ministry : " If we had firm and vigilant Ministers, not sacrificing to subaltern considerations and to the sentiments of in dividuals the great and general interests of the country, the submission of the Kabyles on the very day after Marshal Bugeaud expressed his wish to be allowed to make war upon them is a fact that would have com pletely opened their eyes, and instead of complaisantly praising Marshal Bugeaud they would have recalled him. is it not clearly proven that they entertain the idea of preserving such a state of things in Algeria solely to warrant their keeping up an army of 100,000 men, justifying, if the expression is applicable, the pro motions which are there so prodigally made to the pre judice of the greater body of the army? But the pro longation of such a state of things is so contrary to nature that it is in vain that they seek for war; it is peace which comes. If they are afraid of Marshal Bugeaud, let them, on condition of his returning to France, give him a civil list equal to that granted to the King; let them give him 12,000,000 f. per annum, and the country will gain the difference betwe.n that autn and what will be so uselessly expended in Africa." The National has an article on the same subject, in which it takes a similar view of the question, but it is not nearly so severe on the Ministry as is their quondam supporter, the Pre.cse. The Commerce, in an article on Portuguese affairs, asks, in allusion to the alleged settlement, consisting, as it does, of a mere revocation on the part of the QUEEN, of her own illegal acts—" Who will again guarantee the charter, the Cortes, the constitutional institutions, against this Absolutist Court, whose ill will, always continued, will be augmented by the re sentment caused by the necessity of accepting a forced composition ?" and then proceeds to set out, with all the particularity of an indictment, the crimes (may we not call them th e treasons ? ) to the perpetration of which the weak-minded QUEEN, acting under the advice of the irresponsible agents of the most crafty and unprincipled intriguer in Europe, has permitted herself to become accessory. " War," says the Commerce, "has often for justice the chastisement of the conquered. What does a guilty power merit for having interrupted all the relations of civil life in a country ? A royalty was established by a people in revolt, and by three Powers, to govern constitutionally. This royalty is invaded by we know not what dream of despotic domination, and to attempt the realisation of this dream it forgets the most sacred engagements, the very conditions of its establishment and of its existence, and it constrains a whole people to throw itself in self-defence in the hor rers of a general struggle. The country is ravaged; all kinds cf labour are suspended ; commerce being inter dicted, communicates its ruin to all private fortunes ; there are no more productions, no more exchanges, no more justice, no more safety—entire families beg in the streets. We demand once more, can so many evils, any one of which would constitute an ordinary criminal, be committed by royalty without at the very instant implicitly striking it with moral for feiture ? The Three Powers are about to re-establish DONNA MARIA in Portugal. This re-establishment, we greatly fear, will only be the consecration of impunity in an order of things in which this impunity is the most dangerously scandalous—in the exercise of public power. But the old and replastered dom nations of Europe have this vertigo—they no longer calculate, not without reason, on moral power—they imagine they are saved when they have for a moment the guarantee of material force." There are other Sovereigns besides the Queen of PORTUGAL who would do well to ponder over these observations. She is not the only monarch owing a throne to a revolution, who repudiates her origin, and persecutes her benefactors. Cocas AUTITENTIQUE.—PARIS, Arm 26.—French Five per Cents., 115 f. 70c. 75c. Four-and-a- Half per Cents., 105 f. Four per Cents., 100 f. T hree per C en t s ., 77f. 80e. 75f. 85c. Bank of France Shares, 3,260 f. 3,2551. Obl. of the City, a f' n d-a H Neapolitanal f per Cents., Detinitives, 102 f. 50c. Romans, 101 1 Af. Belgian Five per Cents., (1840) 100 f. Ditto, Two-and-a-llalf per Cents. (1847), 534 f. Dutch s s c s h iA ild f. 'B) Ditto, Three per Cents. 35 "Exchange on London :—One month, paper, 25f. 50c. ; money, 25f. 47%c. ; three months, Spanish Passive, 5%4. paper, 25f. 25c.; money, 25f. 22% c- BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Arun. 27. Boulogne and Arniens, 16% —Demerara, 23q—East In dian, 1/B—Lvons and Avignon (Constitated), 21/2—Namur and Liege, 4- 4 —Northern of France, 12% —Paris and Lyons, 47i —Paris and Orleans, 46% Paris and Bonen, 36'%—Paris and Strasbourg I%—Touri — and Nantes, 14— West Flan ders, 3%. ROYAL MAT ERNITY SOCIETY. —The 'anniver sary dinner of this excellent society, which was instituted i the year 1757, t a k es p l ace to -morrow, at the London . 'Tavern. Sir George Larpent, B ar t., has consented to preside. The object of this soci e t y i s to secure proper medical attend ance for poor married women, a t their own habitations, during their accouchement; and with a view of extending as much as possible the benefits of this excellent charity, the committee have extended the boundary line t o t h e limits of the town delivery of the General Post. A s u bscriber i s en titled to eight recommend a ti ons for every guinea subscribed. We have no doubt b u t th at th e f u nds of the society will be much benefited by th e f es ti va l o f to-morrow. IMPORTANT DECISION TO SCHOOLMASTERS. —In the Brompton County C ourt on Monday, a schoolmaster , residing in Pimlico, sought to recover the sum of 21. 3s. Ild., the balance of an account for tuition, stationary, firing, &c. The defendant, Mr. Battin, who is chief foreman to Mr. Freake, the eminent b u ild er, o bjected to the payment of i t on the ground that the stationery an d firing ought not to have been included, an d contende d, therefore , that he was not justified in payi ng f or t h e same ; the objection, but the plaintiff being prepared with satisf actory ev id ence to show that such mode rate charges were usua ll y made, the Learned Judge over ruledection, and adjudged him to pay the whole amount. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton-market at Liverpool yesterday was dull. Sales, 2,500 bales, nearly all to the trade, and American at former rates. There was a great improvement in shares, and nearly all the principal lines advanced. The sale of Railway Shares yesterday, by Messrs. Lamond and Co., was well attended ; and, although prices were meub lower, a fair business was done. The following are a few of the principal sales : London and Manchester (Remington's).. £0 4 6 Ambergate, Nottingham, and 805t0n...... 1 5 0 Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 0 11 0 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and G001e... 1 2 6 Northern Counties Union 1 10 0 Newmarket and Chesterford Manchester and Southamipton 0 16 6 North Staffordshire Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) 3 11 6 South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 4 15 0 South Staffordshire West Riding Union ... 4 3 0 Royston and Hitchin Great Northern .. East Indian . . Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire .... 0 9 6 The state of the Money-market is somewhat more tranquil to-day. It is stated with a considerable degree of confidence, that the Court of Directors of the Bank of England have been more liberal in their discounts than they were a very few days back. It is the case, we are informed, and most correctly, we believe, that cer tain paper sent in was taken at the Bank of England's minimum rate. It would seem further that more favour is shown to long-dated bills. The result of the proceed ings at the Court of Directors of the Bank of England is looked for with much anxiety. We do not, however, anticipate that any variation will be made i❑ the rate of interest charged upon discounts. The fine growing weather which now prevails induces the Bulls to look with increased confidence to the prospects of the coming harvest, upon which it need scarcely be reiterated, so much depends as bearing upon the future condition of the money market, and with reference to the prosperity of the commercial, the manu facturing, and the industrial portion of the United Kingdom. In the mercantile advices received from New York to-day there are not any items of interest. The Ex change was firm, and according to some of the letters rather on the rise. There is not a feature of novelty in the intelligence from Canada, if we except the fact that much animation was displayed in preparing to forward flour to Montreal and Quebec, to be shipped to this country, and some of the ports of Ireland. In mercan tile affairs there were symptoms of improvement. In dustrious labourers could easily find employment. The Stock Market has been in a comparatively quiet state this morning. Not a very large amount of specu lative business has been transacted. As to private trans fers, these have been very few indeed. Consols for the account have fluctuated only from 861 and for money from 861 I. The Bank of England Stock has fallen from 193 to 191. East India Stock keeps up at 224 to 226. Exchequer-bills remain heavy at about 4s. pre mium, and the New Three-and-a-quarter per Cents. are at about the same value as yesterday. In the foreign Stock Exchange the bargains to-day have been very few indeed. The Brazilian Five per Cents. are quoted at 83; Russian at 109; Spanish Three per Cents. at 34,i; the Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents. at 58i ; and the Four per Cents. at 884. We cannot report a favourable market for the railway shares to-day. Buyers are found with very consider able difficulty. The official prices are given as usual. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. • • • • • • • • 193 191 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 851 X % Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 86% 4 4 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 8734 % Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1460 .• 8 15-16 9 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 834i4 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 91.4 India Stock • • .. • • • • . • .. • . 244 246 Consols for May 27 .. • • • • • • • • 86 %%% Exchequer Bills. I%d. 211. 1,000!. .. • • 4 dis 500/. -.— • ... 8 3 dis Ditto, Small .. .... 3 7 die PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 83 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent . • 109 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. .- .. Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. • • 34% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 58% X Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 88% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SIIARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Amber., .Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2% .... 1 3x3 .... to 1 Birmingham and Oxford Junction .. 10 .. • • 17% %.. to Birmingham, Wolver., and Dudley .. I .. • • 91i %.. to Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham .. 5 .. • • 5% • ... to Caledonian .. • • .• .. 30 .... 23%.... to 24 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • • • 2% •••• 1%.... to Chester and Holyhead • • .. • • .. 27%.... 26% to Eastern Counties .. .. • • • • 20 .... 18%3=% to Do., Perpettial,s per Ct. No. 1, 61. 13s. 4d... p.. to Ditto, ditto .. N 0.2, 61. 13s. par .... to Ditto, York Extension • • • • • 6 1 % •• • . 5 .. ••to East Lincolnshire • • .. .. . • .. 4.. • • • • 4 .• • . 534 %.. to Great Northern .• • • .. 3% ..... to Ditto, London and York Extension.. 236 1%34 .. to Great Southern and Western (Deland) 30 .. •• 25% to Great North of England • . •• • • 100 • •. .... to Ditto. New.. .. 5 5874 .... to Great Western .. .. • • • • .. 85 ....113 1 %" .... to Ditto, Quarter Shares .. • • • • 12%.... 17% .. ••to Ditto, Fifths .. .. • • •. 20 .. •• 26 •••• to Ditto. New .. • • • • .. • • 7 % .. to Hull and Selby .. • • .. •• 50 •• • • 103 .... to Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds •• 14 •••• to Ditto, ditto, and Norwich • • • • • • 8% •• • • 4 .. • • to Lancaster and Carlisle .. 40 .• .• 80% .... to 593 y Leeds and Bradford .. • • 40 .. • • 83 ..,. to Leeds and Thirsk • • .. • • • • • • 223 .• • . to Do., do., Preference, 6 per Cent 3% •• • • 3 to London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. ...• .... to London, Brighton, and South Coast ••50.. • . 507,5 to London and Greenwich • • 121. 15s. 46. .• • • 8% .... to London and North-lVestern .• • • 100 • • —170% .to Ditto, Quarters .. .. L. and B. 7 .... .. • • to Ditto ditto New .. .. • . • 2.. 114 .... to London and South-Western 411. 6s. 106. .• • • 62% • • •. to Ditto, New .. • • • • • • 27% •• •. 2934 .... to Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) • . • • 50 •• • • 52X .... to Ditto, Scrip .. .. • • • • • • 5 •• • • 4% .. ••to Manchester and Leeds •• . •. 82 ••.. to Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) • • • • • • 71. 45....• X p.. to 34 p Manchester and Southampton .• 2 • • % •to % Midland •• •• •• •• ..100 —ll3 to 114 Ditto, New .. .. • • • • • • 36 .... 3$ .... to Ditto, New .. .. • • • • • • 2 .. • • 4 .. • • to 3% Ditto, Birmingham and Derby • • 100 .• •• 88 .... to 89 Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 20 .. • • 24 34 % to Ditto, New • .. • • • • .. 5 ... • 6% %.•to North British .. .. • • .. • • 25 .... .... to Ditto, half Shares • • .. 12%.... 1414.. • • to 13% Ditto, Quarters .. .. • • • • 2 1 4 2%. .. to DittO, Extension • • • • • • • •• . • % •• to Ditto, Thirds .. • • .. • • 1 2% .. to North Staffordshire .. • • • • • • 5 .. • • 6% %..to Reading, Guildford, and Reigate • • 5 .• .. 4% ••.. to Scottish Central .. • • • • • • • • 17% .. • . 23 1 ,{ .. • • to Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) .. 3% •• 3%%.• to Shropshire Union • • • •• • • 420... .. dls. to - - South Eastern and Dover .. • .331.28.4 d. 36 to Ditto, New (do. 151.) No. 4 .. • • 5 .. • • 4% .. • • to South Wales .. • • • • • • 10 .. • • 7 •• .. to South Yorkshire, Doncaster, & Goole 2 •• • • 1141,4 .. to West Riding Union .. • • • • 4/. 25... • • lip par to 14 p Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 20 .. • • 11 .. • . to 10% York and Newcastle ••• • . 25 .. • • 33% .. • . to 31 York and North Midland .. • • 50 ..., .... to Ditto. Extension 25 .... 39% ...• to 40 Ditto, Preference .. . • 2 .... 10 .. ••to • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. !lord., Toulouse, & Cette (Constituted) 4 .... 1% .... to Demerara .. .. • • • • • • • • 2% •• •. 2%.... to Italian and Austrian • • • • .. 4 .. .. .. .. to Northern of France •• • • .. 8 • • •• to • • •• Paris and Lyons •• •• •. •• N a •• • • to 8 . .. • • to Tours and Nantes • • • • • • • 5 MINES Real del Monte. Unregistered • • • • .. • • to - COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam .. .. C.F. 12 7 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2 U l2 7% Antwerp 2B 20 Elunburgh • 11.11. 13 13 Altona ....... „,, Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 28 80 Ditto, 3 months...... 26 15 Ittarsellies • • .. • • • . 26 2 26 20 Frankfort on Maths.... 1223, 1 , Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... ilerlin • ..... Vienna, effec.t10...... 10 12 Trieste, ditto.... •• .... 10 12 Madrid .. . Cadiz .. •.. : ........ 47N ..... ••—•••• -- Barcelona .• •......... ieville... ..... •• •• ••.. Gibraltar.. • • • • .• Le5h0rn......•.••..•• 30 70 Genoa ..... • • 26 25 Milan ..••.... Naples ....... 40 Palermo, per ox . 119 Li5b0n..........., 63 Oporto— .. •• . .• ••.. • • 64 1 4 Rio Janeiro •• . ..... • • 26% Bahia . Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days' sight Phihulelphla .......... PRICES OF BULLION, FIB OZ Foreign Gold In bars.. X 3 17 9 New Dollars • • 0 0 0 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloon S.. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ......•• 0 0 0 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. , LONDON, Arm 28.—Wind S.W., fresh breeze, and fine weather. OFF MARGATE, ArRIL 27.—Jannet, Chalmers, Mauritius; Copy, Lovett, Bathurst, Rio Grande ; Spheroid, Baillie, St. Vincent ; Lotus, Head, Barbadoes ; Tiberius, Boswick, Balti more and Terceira. ORTSNIOUTH APRIL 27.—Wind W.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Hazard, Penang, sailed 15th January. COWES, APRIL 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Elshout, Co ningh, Batavia. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 27.—Wind W., a gale.—Arrd. Penance, M'Leod, ; Medina, Mazatlan and Valparaiso; Ann Bates, Callao ; Viola, Goodridge, Pernambuco ; Urania, Barker, La Guayra ; Isabella, Briggs, New Orleans; Meam. ticock, Ilsley, New Orleans; Soldier, Now Orleans; St. Law rence, llagedorn, New Orleans; Elizabeth, Hasty, New Orleans; Chesapeake, Clark, New Orleans; Thistle, Turner, Mobile; Jessie, Oliver, Apalochicola ; Tuskar, Chapman, Savannah ; Abby Baker, Pratt, Baltimore ; Camera, Dunbar, Baltimore; Sophia, Collins, Philadelphia; Swanton, Duncan, Philadelphia; Ashburton, Howland, New York; Cynthia, Smith, New York; Mary Ann, Brown, Boston; Jane, Halifax. Off port, Georgiana. The Luna, from Cuba, has gone on shore, and thumping heavily, but is expected off after lightening. Spoke the Kelen, (?) Eller, Stafford; hence to New York, with master and several passengers sick, Bth inst. ; lat. 39, long. 50. The Ann Richardson, from Philadelphia to Londonderry, dismasted, and making for Bermuda, was spoken, 21 ult. in lat. 38, long. 63. The Manico, Williamson, of London, Little hampton to Baltimore, was abandoned in a sinking state, 29th ult., lat. 28, long. 67. Crew saved. The Solway, for New Ross; and the Harrison, Chilton, for this port, were aground on the Bar of New Orleans, 21st ult. The Broom, fur Liverpool, was on the Bar of the Mississippi, 25th ult. The others had all got over. BRISTOL, ArßlC'27. Wind W.& W.—Arrd. Englishman, Dyer, Africa. APRIL 15.—S1d. Emily. New York, Mail, Quebec. OFF FOLISTONE, APRIL 27.—Jacoba, Gruel, Surinam. LONDON, APRIL 28.—The stern of a boat, marked "Sky lark, of Falmo." was washed ashore in Bude Bay, Feb. 17. INVEIGLING AND ROBBING A SURGEON.—At the Court of Justiciary, held at Glasgow, ou Thursday, two per sona, James Ford, and Jane Livingston, were sentenced to fourteen years' transportation, for having inveigled Mr. Black, a surgeon, into their lodgings, under the pretence that his services were required for a sick person, and then as saulting and robbing him. M. Dietz, whose name has been so repeatedly mentioned in the domestic affairs of Portugal, arrived in London yesterday. MARKET NEWS.-(T HIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY The arrivals of English Wheat have been tolerably good this week, yet the s h ow o f samp l es h ere to -d ay was y by no means large. All kinds moved off steadily at about .qon day's quotations. The best qualities of foreign Wheat were held at full prices, but all other dei•icriptions met a .low in quiry. Most kinds of Barley, except the finest malting, were a dull sale but not cheaper. The Malt trade was dull, at about stationary prices. There was a fair trade doing in Oats, at the late improvement in value. Beaus and Peas were quite as dear, but Flour commanded very little at tentiou. Irish... Foreign ...... Wheat. 1,070 qrs. ARR I VALS. Barley. 120 qrs. Oats I Flour 150 qrs. 6SO , 1 300 1 -- 3,620 1,860 970 Malt. 2,680 qrs. WHITECHAPEL. Fair average supplies of e&ch kind of meat were on offer to-day, yet the demand was steady at very full priers. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 5s 4cl to 6s 4d ; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s 2d ; and Poik, 3s 10d to 5s per Blbs. by. the carcase. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court at Westminster to-day. mositianc V. ALSTON.-JUDGMENT.-THE NARROW V. THE BROAD GAUGE. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave - judgment to-day in this case, which was argued before him a few days since upon an appeal from the decision of the V ice-Chancellor of England. overruling a demurrer, put in by the defendant, to the Bill filed by the plaintiffs. We -have already given a length ened account of the facts of the case, and it will, therefore, be unnecessary to repeat them here. His Lordship, in giving judgment to-day, said, that this was a case in which two persons, not alleging dis tinctly that they were shareholders in a railway company, but describing themselves as such, had tiled a bill in which they alleged, that owing to circumstances to which it was not necessary his Lordship should further allude, certain individuals who were originally appointed directors ought to have ballotted out four of their number and elected tour others ; that they had omitted to do so, and that, consequently, they were not now a body of directors, such as was contemplated by the Act of Parliament ; and the bill pr a yed an i nju nction to restrain thm from voting or acting as directors of the Railway Company, and that they might be ordered to place the common seal of the Company the hands of six other persons, whom he alleged bad been appointed directors under the provisions of the Act of Parlia ment, authorising the increase of the number of directors from twelve to eighteen. The result, therefore, of granting the injunction prayed by the Bill, would be to restrain twelve out of eighteen of the directors from acting, and permitting the whole duty of directors to be performed by the other six. There was nothing in the Bill praying the Court to set aside what might be an error, but the Bill assumed that the whole twelve were illegally exercising the functions of directors, and that they all ought to be restrained. Great difilcultfarose with respect to the construction of the Act, but upon that it was not his intention to give any opinion, because in his way of viewing the case he thought it to be his duty to allow the demurrer without any reference to the Act at all. He thought it was not within the jurisdiction of the Court to take that matter into its consideration. Years ago there could be no doubt that the present Bill was demarrable. The rules of the Court of late years had been relaxed to suit modern times, but therelaxation of those rules ought not, and never had been extended be yond the exigencies of the case itself. Now, in the pre sent instance, there was no case of necessity stated in the bill, but the most obvious mode of cor recting the grievance discussed in the bill, were to be found in the allegations of the bill itself ; added to this, if such a bill as the present was permitted to be on the files of the Court, every shareholder in every com pany, might file a similar bill, and the Court be inundated with them. Even if there were no other objections to the bill than the one to which his Lordship had adverted, he thought that would be fatal, although there was no doubt that that might be easily corrected; but there were in his Lordship's opinion many other objections to the Bill. First, that which was complained of by the Bill was not personal at all to the parties who had filed it. What was the complaint? Why a usurpation of the rights of the corpo ration, and it was prayed that the party that had done so should be ordered to hand over the seal of the company to the party whom they alleged were the proper directors of the company. The case of " Foss and Harbott le," decided by Vice-Chancellor Wigram was precisely like the present, it was stronger, because there there was malversation, and in that case th e Vice-Chancellor Wigram decided that the bill could not be supported, and in that decision his Lordship perfectly concurred. In the present case, for anything that appeared in the bill, the Company might file a bill, and ask for relief as a properly constituted body. The present was the first attempt that had ever been made to call upon the court to exercise a jurisdiction under such circum stances. None of his (the Lord Chancellor's) predecessors had ever exercised such a jurisdiction as he was now asked to do, and he would not be the first to adopt such a course; the question in the case was, whether these parties were proper corporate bodies ? Now, that was purely a question of law, and not of equity. If his Lordship was to grant what was now asked by the bill, it would have the effect of putting an end to the railway com pany altogether. On the whole, without expressing any opinion upon the merits of the case, his Lordship was clearly of opinion that his duty was to allow both the demurrers. Sir F. KELLY said that such being his Lordship's judgment, the Court would, as a matter of course, order the injunction that had been granted by the Vice-Chancellor of England to be dissolved. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Yes. The Court also ordered the costs of the motion for the injunction in the court below to be paid by the parties applying for it. The court was crowded to excess during the delivery of the judgment, and among those present we noticed i C. } Russell, M.P., Mr. Muntz, M.P., and Mr. Spooner, . . EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) LEWIS V. VWCLEY. This was a special case, arising out of a devise in a will, and which came before the Court by the direction of Vice- Chancellor Bruce, but the particulars possessed no feature of public interest. COMMON PLEAS.--(THIS DAY, (Sittings in Banco.) GRANDON AND OTHERS V. NEWMAN. The Court was occupied nearly the whole of the morning in hearing the arguments on a demurrer in this case, which arose out of a bill of exchange, but the particulars possess no interest but to the parties concerned. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.) KNIGHT V. NYALMSLEY. In this case the defendant was summoned under the Small Debts Act, to show cause why he did not pay a debt of 31.105. due for rent. The defendant said he was unable to pay or make any order as he had filed a petition in insolvency, and obtained his protection. Mr. HUGHES, for the plaintiff, contended that as the sum mons had been taken out before the schedule was filed, that the protection would not stand against an order under the Small Debts Act, as the plaintiff had not had r.otice of the intention to apply to this Court, and if his Honour would make the order, the plaintiff would take the responsibility on himself of acting on the order. His HONOUR said that he could not make any order in defiance of the protection which was from all arrests fur debt. The order was therefore refused. IN RE D. :MACLEAN. To-day was appointed for the adjourned last examination of this bankrupt, who was formerly M.P. for Oxford. An application, however, had been made previously to enlarge the time for the bankrupt's surrender, and the business attic day was pro forma merely. SECONDARIES.—(THIS DAY.) Before Mr. Secondary POTTER. WILD V. NAY. This was an action to recover the sum of 111. l Oc. for one quarter's rent of premises in St. Martin's-le-Grand. Mr. Tnomas appeared on behalf of the plaintiff, and called witnesses to prove the occupation of the house ; but a difficulty arose as to the production of an agree ment, as the plaintiff had not been able to find the at testing witness, although an expense of 6/. had been gone to to get it stamped, so that it might be put in evidence. Mr. llonnv called a witness who happened to be the one in request, as he admitted that he was present when the agreement was made. Mr. THOMAS said, that if the witness could have been found, the case might have been tried without the extra expense of the stamp. The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. There was only one other cause tried on an I. 0. U., which was undefended, and not of the slightest interest. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) William Medhurst, otherwise John James Parker, was charged with stealing a prismatic compass, the property of Mr. Curtis, civil engineer, of 14, Robert-street, Adelphi. It appeared that the prisoner had called at Mr. Curtis's chamfers to seek employment, being a surveyor. On Sa turday last, and shortly after he left, a compass which had been seen safe on the sideboard a short time before, was missed. Suspicion did not fall on the prisoner until Mr. Swift, a pupil of Mr. Curtis, heard from Mr. Denham, ma thematical instrument maker, that a person whose descrip tion answered that of the prisoner, had sold a compass to him which corresponded most minutely with that lost. He then with some difficulty traced the prisoner(who had given the name of Medhurst to Mr. Curtis, and Parker to Mr. Denham, and had given false addresses to both), and left a message for him, that if he would call at Mr. Curtis's be would get employment. The prisoner called and was taken into custody. He was immediately identified by Mr. Denham as the person who sold the compass to him. Mr. Curtis, who alone can identify the instrument with certainty, being out of town, the prisoner was remanded fur a week. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) William Macqueen was brought before Mr. Bingham charged with assaulting a young lady of the name of Woods residing at No. 6, Marlborough-road, St. John's -wood. , It appeared that last night, about eleven o'clock, the com plainant, accompanied by two other young ladies, were pro ceeding along Tottenham-court-road, when the defendant went up to them, and seizing hold of complainant, exclaimed " I'll have this one," and caught her up in his arms in such a manner that she had the greatest difficulty in getting from his unwelcome embraces. After a severe struggle, she at length got away, when the prisoner again caught hold of her, struck her in the mouth, and said he would give her in charge for attempting to rob him. She then called a police constable, and gave hint in charge. and Mary Anne Jon es , th e two young ladies with the compl a i nant, corroborated who onn were Fur in company company her evidence in every particular. The defendant said, he was extremely sorry for what had occurred. Ile was in liquor at the time, and did not know what he was about. Mr. BulcriAm said, respectable females were not to be annoyed and insulted by every man who chose to plead in toxication as an extenuation of the offence. He should fine him 31. fur the assault; and trusted that it would act as a warning to him in future. Harriet Wiltshire, a middle-aged female, was placed at the bar, charged with intermarrying with George Baker, her former husband, Thomas Willshire, being still alive. George Baker, grocer, No. 3, Bruton -street, Berkeley square, stated that he was married to the prisoner at Stepney Church, on the 11th of June, 1843. She had previously re presented to him that she was a widow, and that her former husband had been dead for some years. Upon thoee repre tpettativng he rafted her. The certificate of the former marriage was produced, and the prisoner, who declined to make any a:,: , ,wer to the chlrge, was remanded till Monday next, in order to procure toe attendance of the witnesses who were present At t he marriage. WORSHIP-STREET.---(THIS DAY.) A SAINT IN TnouuLa.—Sergeant Teakle, of the II divi sion of Metropolitan police detective force, applied for and, obtained summonses for the appearance at th is Court, 01 Messrs. Meeking and Co., linen-drapers and silk-mercer 4 &c., of Holborn-hill, and Messrs. Williams and Co., 0 1 gent- street, also in the same line of business, under the fol lowing very peculiar eircumstances. It appears that an individual, named William Travers Heater, had obtained, in the capacity of town - t raveller, , four pieces of silk goods, valued at 60/., from th e firm of Messrs. Brooks and Co., silk-weavers, Spitalfields, and that the sale thereof was effected by Hunter at Messrs. Meeking and Williams, as above. Hunter, who is represented as an individual b eloeging t° the society called "Teetotallers," and who has also been re 7 cognised for his apparent piety and general good conduc.t by the clergy of the district in which he resided, absconded; and was traced by Sergeant Teakle to Liverpool, and founa. at the " Temperance Commercial Coffee-house." The Pr& sorier acknowledged having sold the goods to Messrs. Meet_ log and IYilliams. On being searched, a portion of 09 money, 25/. 13s. 6d., was found upon him. Mr. Keane, clergyman, of Bethnal-green Church, s pokei o high terms of the respectability of the prisone r, but Mr. Broughton observed th a t he had a public duty to Perf°ring it was well, perhaps, for the prisoner that he had suc of powerful friends. He, however, sat there for the p urpose at:ministering justice, and a worse case had not, per ha p s ' come before his notice. The prisoner should be brought fIP again, preparatory to his being fully committed to Nola ° for trial. RAILWAY COMlfirrE (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP VI. SALISBURY AND YEOVIL, AND lEZ YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER . Evidence in favour of these lines was received this morning. The tirst witness called was Mr. Higgins, of Co c who gave it as his opinion that the construction of a nd to peting line with the Great Western Railway WOUld a reduction of the fares, from the effects of whic h the 1 I t. bitants of Collington would reap their proportion of heaM. Mr. T. Avery, merchant, of Honiton, and 3lr.Lee, of ton, also gave evidence in favour of the line. GROUP IX. WEST CORNWALL (BRANCHES Ali° IMPROVEMENT). • 00% This Committee met to-d a y a t t w elve o'clock, but 1 1 the diately afterwards adjourned, on account of a report 0 o d Admiralty having been received against the mode PrO c r i ee d for crossing the river Hoyle. The adjournment w as aig un i. to, in order that the promoters might be able to cora • cate with the Admiralty, to obtain, if possible, Bora° I nv-- cation of their decision. GROUP XVI. STOUR. VALLEY (No. XL) The Committee met in Room 13 ; Sir J. Graham , Mr. Bailey, M.P. for Heretbrdshire, gave " id" t e the favour of the Stour Valley Railway, en the ground that the competition between that line and the lines promoted 1 1 ) , ' „uld Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway "- be o great public adantae Re f v. R. B. Horne, v Vicar .of Halesowen, stated that lite population of Halesowen amounted to about 200 ° l a ss, the greater portion of which were engaged in mining, g„1.0. and iron works ; and it was his opinion that th e line o ne moted by the Stour Valley Company would be the °nil which would afford adequate accommodation to the inh•.'„ tants of that town, and to the whole of the district betvw— Dudley and Worcester. GROUP XVIII. CHELTENHAM AND ONTORD. c m ytbr The Committee on this group—Captain Jones, gr. lof Sir Walter James, Mr. M. J. O'Connell, with the Ear,d Lincoln in the chair—met this morning at twelve o'clock, l y e Mr. BURKE called Mr. Hawkeshaw, who sta ted thBS had had great experience in the construction of railwals to ve r different parts of the country, and that he bad walked h. the line of the Cheltenham and Oxford Railway i n the Ha ig" bourhood of Cheltenham. He had examined th e whole strata in that district, and was well acquainted with the flotwot the water in the course of the railway, and was salisa nd t roc• no inconvenience whatever would be felt during theca" old Lion of the works. He also believed that no difficulty' w it is occur in the workin of a gradient of one in sixty, oor done every day. There is a steeper gradient on th._ ° ,, the chester and Leeds Railway, which is supposed to o.„l"_,„toir greatest traffic of any line in the kingdom ; and at the xlirsi square station of the London and Birmingham Italhior the line rises on a gradient of one in sixty-six. lie had self gone up the gradient on the Birmingha m and Gloucest.ct line, which was one t in sixty, with a train of sixty tons, at Ir rate of thirty .five miles an hour, and with a train of WI" dred tons, at the velocity of twenty-five miles an hour; S n , that he conceived there would be no difficulty in the Clio* tenham and Oxford line. GROUP XXI. E.S.STER,Tir COUNTIES EXTENSION (11EI&W° TORD EITCHIN.) M. A. Bathwick, Esq., engineer to the company, was eX. amined this morning at considerable length. GROUP XXVIII. EASTERN COUNTIES (sp.aleVZ" TO NEWARK). in the The Committee on this group—Mr. T. D. Acland chair, with Lo r d Ed w i n Dill, the Earl a March, Cap taut Ilaris, and Sir Ralph Lopez —met this morning in Room The Committ ee was occupied during the whole of the day in receiving ev id ence i n opposition to the Bill fro m the landowners against th e li ne , showing the local inconvenience' it would occasion. GROUP XXXIII. LEEDS CENTRAL. This Committee met to-dav at twelve o'clock; Mr. W• Hope in the chair. Aft , r hearing some further evidence against the Bill °I I behalf of the Leeds and Bradford Railway CompanY the c closed. uld After a conversation respecting certain clauses that wo wo Id be necessary to regulate the crossing of streets , Which be necessary if the Bill passed, the preambl e was postpo till the Railway Commissioners' report was received.. ase —_—_,. COMMITTEES on PRIVATE BILLS. (THIS DAY.) LIVERPOOL WATERWORKS. g o on The Committee en this group met this morning, 33; Sir J. John: t Te in the chair. After the adjournment yesterday the Committee drelf.UP a clause, which, however, did not satisfy the several partigs' and they accordingly went on with the opposition to the Bill. The— the 3 were occupied during the sitting with 1] .. _. evidence on the qualities of the water at present supplied 0Y different thecompanies to tllflo l . ..__—.'•________ 13.1PERIAL PARLIAML ziNT. (THIS DAY.) in Roo HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twel" o'clock. REPORTS. T r r e ep a o t r o ts : L n the following Bills were brought up and agreed Glasgow, eg Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, and Glas gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (No. 2.) Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway, an Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway (No. I). Kingston upon Thames Small Tenements. Lynn and Ely Railway (Extension to Spalding 104 Holbeach). LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' Amendments to the Cheltenham Water" works Bill were agreed to. The report on the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Railway (Extension to :Belford, LaYell" ham, and Clare) was further considered and agreed to. GRAIN IN DISTILLERIES. vase Mr. BROTHERTON presented pet i t i ons from Belfast and Methune against the use of grain in distilleries. HEALTH OF TOWNS. Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented petitions CI Warrington c om pl a i n i ng o f t h e state of that torn], " praying for seine legislative enactment. EDUCATION. Nort hamp- Mr. V. SMITH p resente d a pet ition from • D . tun in favour of the G overnmen t plan of edueatio SMALL TENEMENTS BILL' parishes in the neighbourhood of Birmingham, Mr. R. SI'OONER presented petitions from several fur exemption from the Rating of Small Tenenle.llLe'rpoi Lord SANDON presented a petition from lir To e.. against certain clauses in the Rating of Smal l ments Bill. fr °°l Mr. P. SCROPE presented similar petition parishes in Lancashire. BANK OF ENGLAND On the motion were ordered:lotcrqUirrt; s F o O f ß t S h T e E c ß irc t u h l e at f i o o .l ri lo v iv j n the Bank n t: re d tti a : s . of England,. and of the banks • ''' g- 1:1 Wales, Scotland of issue in 0 146, t ° the present and Ireland, from JanuarY, ....,- p o ts'," Paper , No. time (in continuation of Farlia..—eari ti es, Bullion &ofthe . , e., in the Gazette, from the passing of - Act 7 613- • the,, oiamen C. 32, to the present time (in continuation or " s " f the tart' Paper, N0.336,t 0 quarterly z,),o _ averages of the Bank of England siv e° • matarY ? January,r 1846 (in continuation of l'arlialn- Paper, No. 27, of session 1846). 1) , ROI 3 PED ORDERS OF THE Dof The dropped n o ti ces o f ders of the Aei .. motion and or were reappointed. _. JUVENILE OFFENDERS D II ' . • . Sir J. FAKING' rON presented several petitions Wile from parts of Worcester in favour of the Ju Offenders Bill. On the m o ti on th a t th e J uv enile Offenders fill I, e read a second time, t Mr. ROEBUCK moved Bill b read that day that the e .. D o da • • ) six months. A very extensive power iv.- . r ,.. posed to be vested in the magistrates of tbis cot!_,_ try ; hut, in his opinion, the magistrates of tin° country did not know their duty (Hear, hest..) It was proposed that two magistrates , silting in privt", dj u u not in a public court, should have the option t o a l cate on eases where the age of the offender did not ex; ceed fifteen y, and hen epr o perty did not excee.ae the value of 40s. ears Now, w that was th opposed to the pri ncipi t of the constitution of this country, which was th t s o there should be perfect publicity given administer the law ; but, perhap s, a fox-hunting juli" tice would not, by waii of legal information, and by the operation of injurious influ ences, be comp e t e nt to administer justice fairly. An HON. MEMBER seconded the motion. vi- Mr. G. BANKES—There certainly were some warms sions in the Bill to which he could not give a very wa ll : assent. But, at the same time, it was r13( 1" important that there should be some law on this subject.--(ilear, hear.) LTuder the pre.seut PY5lel2 '~, ~ , f " i ,,,,, .), SI i k • : , f , -i 1 ~. .r e. .., F , r` ~. y~~ T '~~. R+ p„ ~}T 1 • ~ Y ~~ e ~„ ~, "i- a