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THE NEW NOVELS. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. THE STORY OF LILLY DAWSON. By AVIN. CROWE. AUTHORESS OF •• LOYLEY." &c. TEMPTATION AND ATONE - 34NT. 13.1 Mrs. GORE. 3 vols. FATHER ETTSTACE, a Tale of the Jesttlta. By Mrs. TROLLOPE 3 vols. Henry Colburn. Publislaer. 13, Great Marlborough street. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " WILD SPORTS OF THE WEST," &c. Now ready, in 2 T019._ post Bvo., with Irustrations on Steel and - Wood, by Leech and G. Measom, 215., bound '[ILL-SlDEand Buli DER SKETCHES ; with LEGENDS of the CHEVIOTS and the L.LMMEE, MUIR. By W. 11. MAXWELL, En. Author of " Wild Sports of the West," " stories of Waterloo," &C. Richard Bentley, New Bur]ington .treet (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). T HE EDINBURGH REVIEW, IN,. CLXXII., Will be published on WEDNESDAT NixT. CONTENTS I. CRACOW IN 1815 AND 1846. 3. SAINTS' LIVES AND MIRACLES. 3. PRISON VISITING. 4. ARABIAN PHILOSOPHY. S. THE EMIGRANT, BY SIR F, BEAD. 6. THE MARIAN EXILES. 'sic:LAND. 7. PRIMITIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF E- - 8. SCHOOLS OF DESIGN, 9. THE ROCK AND THE BIL LOW t HISTORICAL FICTIONS. 10. STATUTE LAW REFORM. 11. THE SPANISH MARRIAGES. 12. A PLEA FOR RAGGED SCHOOLS. London : Longman and Co. Edinburk. dC. Blnek. HER MAJESTY's THEATRE. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, ar s resPeCtitilly informed. that the THEATRE WILL RE-OPEN THIS EVENING, When will be performed Donizetti's Opera, L'ELISIR D'AMORE. Mina, Madame Castollan ; Nemorino, Signor Gardoni ; Belcore, Slime F. Lablache ; and Dr. Dulcomara, Signor Lablache (his first appearance this season). the Acts of the Opera will be presented (for the first time Between the admired Divertisement, ent:tled LE BACCHANTE, this season) by Mdlle. Ladle Gra bnj (her that appearance this season), Mdlles. Conan Honore, M. Dor, and Corps de alat. T o c onclude with the new successful Ballet, in Two Tableaux, by M. p a w Tagtioni, the music by Signor Fngni, entitled THEA ; OU, LA FEE AUX FLEURS. rrincio i c haracters by Mdße. C. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, 11. Paul T*4llolll, Sac. In the course of the Ballet will be Introduced the following dances:— La Moreska. Mdlle. C. Rosati. L'lndifference, Mdlle. Rosati and id. P. Tagliont. Solo of Le Fee aux Fiesta, L a Bouquet, Mdlle , Rosati. Ma le Marie Taglioni. An. Opera is in rehearsal for the first appearance of Mdlle. Jenny ngland. Lind an her arrival On Saturday, April i7th, will be prodaced (for the first time in this country) Verdi's Opera " I Due Foseari." Verdi'stithera " Ernie' " will be repeated forthwith. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Th• Mobility. Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfUlly in formed, that there will be an EXTRA NIGHT On THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1847. When will be peribrmed (first time this season) Bellini's celebrated Opera I `IrItITANI. Principe Characters: —Elvira, Madame Castellan ; Giorgio, Signor Labiache ; Artura, Signor Gardoni ; 3nd Riccardo. Signor Coletti. Between t:e Acts of the Opera, a Divertissement, in which will be presented the following Dances :—Deutchem Rhein, by Corps de Ballet ; a favourite Pas, by Mdlle. Rosati; and a new Pas, composed by M. P. Taglioni for Mdlle. Marie Tagliont, entitled Posnania, or Danse Polonaise. After the Opera will he presented an entirely New Banat Diver tisseraent, by M. P. Taglioni; the Music by Sigr. Pugni ; the Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, entitled Orithia, on, Les Camp des Amazones. Principal character Orithia. Made. LucTs Grahn. F:0Y.11. DitURY-LtNE. TUF, EVENING Will be performed the Opera of MARITANA. Charles the Second, Mr. Horrani ; Don Caesar de Bazan, Mr. Harrison ; on Jose, Mr. Bretton; Marqu s de gantarem, Mr. Horncastle ; Lazrillo, Miss B. Isaacs ; Mar.tana. Miss Rainsfoith. Atter 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 Imam Usepli, Mr. Howell ; Haiez, Mr. Rafter ; Barek, Mr. W. H. P yne ; Puzel Oola, Mr. Harley ; Maleck, 11r. T. Matthews ; Ahabeck, Mr. Hutchison ; Kuzliraga, Mr. L. Lee ; Princess Ipomaye, Miss Meaent ; Nilda, Miss Collett ; Girgee, Miss R. Isaacs: THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. liToder the Management of Mr. 11. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular Comedy, caned MONEY. Lord Glosstnoi e, Mr. 801 l ; Sir John Vesey, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Frederick Blount, Mr. Brindall ; Mr, Benjamin Sto , •t, Mr, liuck%tone; Evelyn, Mr. Stuart; Graves, Mr. Webster; Captain Dudley Smooth, irr. litudion ;;Lady Franklin, Mrs. Glove; Georgina Vesey, Miss P. Hor ton ; Clara Douglas, Miss Fortescue. After which .the Grand Astrummical Extravaganza, called THE NEW PLANET; or, Harlequin . itt f Place. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called THE Li T TROOPS OF SL'. JAMES'S. 31ainer Thomas Smahbones, Mr. Buckstone ; Maids :I Honour to the Queen, 'lrs. Clifford, Mrs. Seymour, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Carre, Miss Telbin, and Mrs. Caulfield ; Jane Roberti, Miss Reynolds THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. I rider the direction of Madame Celeste_ THIS EVEN? NG Will bo performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John. Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford ; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. To conclude with the Fairy Spectacle, rounded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled TILE PHAN Ton DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Sm tb, Mr. Cullertord, Madame Celeste, si tes Marian Taylor, Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. YRINCESS'S T liE VTRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be presented Scribe wad Auber's celebrated Comic Opera, in Three Acts, called THE BARCAROLE. The principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Saida, Leffler, and Allen; Miss E. Honer and Miss Anne Romer. After m hich, Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Ryder, J. Vining, C. Fisher, Wynn, and Compton ; Miss Winstanley (her sixth appearance in London), Mrs. Stirling. Mrs. 11. Hughes, Miss S. Flower, 3llss Anne Romer, Miss Marshall. and Miss Smithson. ItUYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING will be performed a New Drama,' ealled THE CREOLE. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews. Leigh, Murray, Emery, Kinloch, and Keeley, Miss I.dekinson, Miss May, Miss MS :Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the New Vaudeville Extravaganza, called CRUSOE. THE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley; Miss Dickenson, Miss Turne.*, and Mrs. Kee:ey. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan Turner, Kinloch, Miss Villars, aid Miss Arden. FRENCH PLAYS.— ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. Fourth Appearance of Mademoisell , ROSE CHERI, and Second Ap pearance of Mademoiselle DI; VERGER. On MONDAY EVENI% G the Performances will commence with the amusing Comedie-Vaudeville, entitled L'IMAGE. Le Baron de Serandal, M. Durnery ; L. *void, M. Rhozevil ; Pierre Mauclerc, M. Priston ; Madeline, Mdlle. Duverger. After which will be produced the popular Drame-Vaudeville, en titled CLARISSE lIARLOWE. Le Comte Robert Lovelace, M. Rhozevil ; Macdon3l , l, M. Cartigny ; Clarisse, Mdlle. Rose Cheri; Boston de Rose, 2 dlle. Duverger. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3e. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3+. ; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN k;ERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Gsrmon, will have the honour of Resuming their inimitable EN r ERTAINMENTS, at the St. James's Theatre, and will give a grand day performance every Wednesday Morn ing, commencing at half-past two o'clock. The evening perfor mances will be continued every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and the day performances every Wednesday morning. Boxes and stalls at Mitch:ll's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. AS VLEY'S ROYAL AMPILITHEATRE, under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Proprietor and Manager Mr. W. Batty. This Unique and Royal Equestrian National Temple of Arts will continue its!powerfully attractive Entertainments every evening, at Seven o'clock ; presenting an unusual display of in all its varied branches of Equestrian, Gymnastic, and Dramatic productions ; com bining Mr. Batty's numerous stud of highly trained Horses and Fairy Ponies, with his magnificent Syrian Camels; Elephants, Wild Zebras, Deer and Oxen, tocbe brought into action in the new grand Easter Spectacle of Lord Byron's TILE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or, THE CORSAIR AND THE AVENGER'S STEED. With New Scenery, Marine Panorama, Decorations, and Gorgeous tppointments, on a scale of magnitude unequalled in this Amphi hoatre. The Scenes in the Circle will present the unequalled per:ormances e.t.a Petite Isabella, Madame Minos, Mons. Humus, M. Leonard, Herr lienrique, and Laurents WaLl, first appearance of th• great English rider, Mr. rowed, and popular provincial Artiste of Equita tion, Mr. Bell. A tplend:d pageant, uniting the Artists of the Arena on their highly trained Steeds, led by Mrs. natty. The Exercise as sisted by the reappearance of the celebrated Hibernian clown, Mr. T. Barry, and Mr. Twist, the grotesque. For detail see full Pro gramme. Acting .md Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box office open from Eleven till Four. Box Book-keeper, Mr. Sheffield. Pert;.nnance commences every evening at Seven o'clock, doors open at Hall-past Six. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management c;.' 3lrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. THREE NE W PIECES, and thee truly wonderful BEDOUIN ARABS, from the Theatre Port St. Martin, Paris, their fifth Ap pearance in England THIS EVENING The performances will coWmvice with a new Drama, called THE DISCARDED DAUGHTER. Count Carsdorf, Mr. T. Fredericks; Julia, Mrs. Ware. After which, a grand ORIENTAL FE 4TIVAL in the HALLS of ABD-EL-KADER (the Emir of the Desert), introducing the won derful and novel Feats peculiar to the Native Bedouin Araj Tribes, attended by their Marabouts (Priests), &c. in their nltional costume. After which, a new Farce, by Mrs. , t rling, entitled KISSING GOES BY FAVOUR. Duke de Bassompiere, Mr. Tindell ; Marchio ness de Lanny, m re. War e . To conclude with a romantic Drama, named the TWO BROTHERS OF PISA. Count de Outten, Mr. Neville; Theodora Bemaiaati, Mrs. Henry Vining. Boies, 25., Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence at lialf•past Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, THE FORGER'S VOW ; or. *MI BAROSSA, the BEDOUIN CHIEF OF JARRA. Principal characters by Miss Vincent, Miss Lydia.Pearse, Miss Julia tohnson, Mrs. G. Lee, Mrs. Cooke ; Mr. S. T. Hicks, Mr. Dale, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Searle, Mr. Bird, &c. After which, DONZELLA, THE HEROINE OF CASTILE. Don sells (commonly called the Rose of the Rock) Miss Vincent. To conclude with a Nautical Drama, in Three Acts, entitled. A REEFER'S WRONGS ; or, 'll HE WRECK OF THE AURORA. int:coned by the entire comp my. Boxes, Is.; Halt' Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Private Boxes Parties of Four, front IN. 64.; and Parties of Eight, 11. Is. Wiliam DO ALL THE ETHIO PIAN in S t,,r Elt e l. s 7 .4 and a DER: colas iriox ?--ti question as inten s e in liAlle likely to meet with a satis!actory reply, cele brated q uery—where do all the pins go to ? _ as We the have surmised th a t t h e King c'if Ethiopia must have Perl'i"d. a terrible diminution in th e num b er of his subjects c't late. Can it be so ? Are the Venuses of Africa left Nilwidow e—abans—anddo the p icani nnies about t h e sources of the ned to du4cy orphanhood, that we may listen to the epic of Datuel Tucker, or weep ovcr the hapless Mary Blanc. ? Alas lis the sound of many banjoes hushed under the palm—is the clink of many bones silenced beneath the cocca-tree ? we would fondly trust that they are nct—that all the Ethiopian Serenaders no more come from Ethiopia—than do %II the Yarmouth bloaters from Yarmewh—all the Bath buns from Bath, or all the PrusAan blue from Prussia. --The Curtain. The late Admiral Sir Willoughby T. Lake, K.C.B by his will has left his charts aid case of spy glasses t . c . ) 1 his son-in-law, Captain W. Wtbb, R N. ; his. plstols to 1 his nephew, Captain J. Wigston ; his carriages and 1 horses, and picture, by Serres, of " Black-eyed Susan,'' j to his brother, the Rev. Atwill Lake, one of his execu- 1 Lora ; and, after leaving specific and pecuniary bequests to the three daughters of his late brother Si Samuel T. Lake, Baronet, and to others of h s family, and remem- 1 brances to his friends, amongst othrrs, the Hon. Sir , Courtney Boyle, General Birch Ileynards , n, and Messrs. , Stilwell, he leaves the residue of hs peri, natty, the j hole of which, within the province of CAtite t bury, was w estimated at 16,0001., to be divided into fly,. parts. To his sons Willoughby Lake and Captain Noel T. Lake, a h : to his daughter. Mrs. 12.. ad, a fifth ; and to fifth eac h -. ~,,, Captain W. Webb, at d. afterwards to his his son-in..i children, s afifth ; and the remaing fifth to be divd b e tween the son and daughter of his deceas e d son, e ide apt. madras Engineers, 11. 8.1. C. 8. z. Lake , of the THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY • MORN 'N G, APRIL 10, 1847. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Subscriber at Chester" had better apply to Messrs. Will- mar and Smith, American news-agents, Liverpool. t i WEATiLEII..—Sma OFFICE. APRIL 9. THIRM:IiMETER, LewPgt. 37 ; Highest. 57 ; Noon, 52. BAROMETER, 29 75.—WIND, W.N.W.; fine. HT •ii w*ATKI: AT LONDON -BRIDGE LsAY. 9. orninz .. 38 mltintes after 8. I Evening .. 20 minute OW - _ ~..,.... ,__„ 0,6 ,-......1ir ,T..zf...,_ ir.,,,. - .„ ......., . , ~ ~.. --- :---4,.. r44 ''' . .1 6 ,..,.. ' - 16 MOTU/in 2rUlt LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1847. Being the recognised leader of the Young Eng landers, Lord JOUN MANNERS is rather naturally re garded as a day-dreamer. Every proceeding of his, whether it be the promise of a statement respecting the present ccndition of Greece, or the insertion of a 1 lyric in the Oxford and Cambridge Review, is re garded by the Dogberries of political life with a sort of supercilious suspicion. Can there be any as• tonishment at the ridicule thus cast upon the intended revivers of " the golden prime" of middle-aged Al bion ? There is ample opportunity, no doubt, for parodying the principles of the gentlemen in white waistcoats. But it would be indicative of a total lack of generosity, and of a singular ob tuseness of perception, to deny that there is an earnest philanthropy at the bottom of their fine-spun theory, a yearning for what Mr. DISRAELI calls a " theocratic equality." Among the most brilliant evidences of this sub-current of bene volence must be considered the Birmingham Athenic Institute. Although we have already occasionally referred to this establishment in terms of high eulogium, we consider it incumbent upon us to corn ment upon the fifth anniversary of its foundation, which was celebrated on Wednesday evening, with be coming ardour and cordiality. Much as we may other wise differ in opinion from the Noble President and his coadjutors, it would be an erroneous expression of our sentiments to speak otherwise than in language of profound respect of their practical exertions to in spire a feeling of brotherly affection among all classes of the community. The Birmingham Athenic Institute is, to our thinking, the model of a system of social federation which it were ad visable to carry into operation throughout the various municipalities of the United Kingdom. Under the auspices of such an institution the intellects of the neglected artizans are cultivated and developed during their salutary leisure, their hearts are opened to a consciousness of their own innate capacities for good, their limbs are recreated by agreeable and bracing pastimes, their very blood is purified by the inhala tion of purer air than is generally respirable in the workshop, and they become impressed at once with the majestic power of knowledge, and the lovely influences of morality. From being merely the " vile mechanicals" of the state they are elevated to a position commensurate in some measure with their divine origin. From an existence which appears to be comprised in the refrain of the popular poet— '. Ever to toil, Ever to moil, That is your social charter !" from this barren and stunting drudgery the artizan becomes promoted under the shelter of these Athenic Institutes to a higher grade in society, to a grade com patable with his unnourished aspirations, to a grade on a par with his natural and tardily-recognised rights. The encouragement afforded to honest industry by such associations is astonishing in its immediate results, and the effects of that encouragement are of an irre fragable permanence. It imparts vigour to the, frame, serenity to the disposition, inquisitiveness to the mind, and universal good-will, in terra par hominibus. We are not delineating the hypothetical fancies of a one• eyed philosopher of the flying-islands. We are enume rating the advantages which have actually accrued to the working men of Birmingham from the aid of the Athenic Institute. Supposing, however, the picture werok flatteringly over-coloured, supp os i ng th e bene fits elerivable from associations of this nature were scarcely so remarkable as those we have mentioned, we should still feel ourselves necessitated to com mend them as the offspring of a gentle generosity, and as establishments calculated to enhance the moral, intellectual, and corporeal strength of the em pire. It is not, moreover, in its direct operation upon individual localities that this system of combining study with amusement is alone admirable ; it is more especidly so in its ulterior results upon various legislative efforts for the improvement of the multitude. Besides the nutritious banquets prepared for the surrounding denizens of Birming ham, or wherever else they may be situated, these Athenic Institutes afford food for the nourishment of the collective million. As the Welsh parson saith in SHAICSPERD-- " There be pippins and cheese to come yet !" Upon the construction of public baths and wash houses, upon the railing in of parks and pleasure grounds, upon the advancement of street architecture, upon the progress of the educational question, and upon the application of a well-digested sanatory system, establishments of this character directly and materially act. In this respect we regard them as at once preservative and progressive • preservative of whatever might have formerly rendered this "merrie old England," and progressive towards whatever can effect the spiritual and bodily exaltation of the people. Besides, it is undeniable that harm can by no means arise from associations so peculiarly innocent ; it is scarcely probable that the harmony of races should be destroyed by the contentions of cricket, that the liberties of the subject should be injuriously affected by the rod of the scientific lecturer, or that civilisa tion should in any particular be retarded by the gyrations of the polka. For so small a roan the Bishop of EXETER is un doubtedly a great actor. All his public performances savour of the dramatic art. The turn of his mind is strikingly theatrical. Once before the footlights, the energy of his acting speedily renders the spectator oblivious of the diminutiveness of his figure and his general deficiency in respect of other personal advan tages If a principal actor on the stage receives a mortal thrust from an adversary, he never thinks of appearing to resign liie without a violent struggle. He knows very well, that simply to fall on his back and stretch out his legs would be considered by the audience as a vulgar and insipid feat. Accordingly, he puts his body through a variety of powerful contortions; and frequently, at the very moment when everybody con , siders he has made his last effort, he will be observed to raise himself on the elbow, give an awful grin, seise his shattered sword, and make another in effectual thrust at his victim. This finished, the player generally finds his level in the most approved manner for scenic effect. In all these minute de tails of the histrionic art the Bishop of EXETER is thoroughly versed, of which he furnished the public with ample proofs in the sharp con flict which he recently provoked with the Mayor of Exeter. After the first onslaught, the prevailing impression was that the wrangling Prelate had got his pieta; but all were mistaken. Panting i with envenomed feelings, HARRY PHILLPOTTS once more aimed his luckless goose-quill at his cool and intrepid antagonist. The Mayor parried the im potent thrust, when, as a matter of course, the Bishop immediately rolled over utterly exhausted. A glance at the continuation of the correspondence between the Mayor and the Bishop confirms what everybody thought hefore,—that the latter is no match for the f ormer. In his LordFlip's letter of the 3d inst. he struggles to explain away the awk -1841. He affects to have beenwtno ward fact of his having patronised a charity ball in U r ignorant tthat festivities time . ort of!theqpivities that a ball was intended to which took place in that year in supp Hospital. The Bishop, however, lets otuitsbetolia:tv(bhine sanctioned a dinner on that occasion. the way, are notorious for their love of dinners, by which we presume they suppose—(at any rate RA'aßillr of EXETER does 5-)—it is quite imnoasibl e that any ' thing in the shape 0f "revelry" should , ccur. But tile j diocesan of pamphleteering celebrity seems pos i tively I to wince under the intimation that he ever suffered his name to figure among the stewards of a ball. We do not ourselves appreciate the niceties of distinction to be inferred from Pluti.sorrs' writings between dinners and balls. We admit, how ever, that he would not look well at the latter. Nature never cut out the Bishop for a ball, which should be an enlivening scene, and attended only by persons of a lively and agreeable cast of countenance, of the truth of all which we have no doubt the Bishop must be painfully sensible. 'There can be no ques tion, we should think, that, whether he knew of the ball in 1841, beforehand or not, the Bishop became shortly after acquainted with the fact of line having taken place. Did be then mount the pulpit and ful• minate against the " mi.-enable frivolity" which con cluded that festival ? We take it the Bishop did nothingof the sort ; because be now observes with com placent arrogance, " I consider that ball to have been of a very different character from the one which is about to take place." The Mayor of Exeter was not the man to let the Bishop fly off at a tangent. The following extract from the answer of the former, dated the sth instant, will best enable the public to judge how the Bishop, throughout this controversy, only went farther and fared worse "I am unable t o un d erstan d the difference i n the distinction which your Lordship draws between the proceedings of 1841 and those now in contemplation . I cannot connect the ball of the 6th of April with the day of the fast and humiliation of the 24th of March. Doubtless all visitations great and solemn lessons —should have their future and continuous effect upon the thoughts and conduct of men ; but it is not, it cannot be said that all amusements are to cease, and if not, and if the amusement of the hour may be legi timately coupled with a more abiding purpose of charity. then the ball of 1847 is as blameless as the festivities of 1841, and is equally entitled to your Lordship's indul gence. The one raised funds for the relief of sickness and distress in our immediate neighbourhood, the other is de signed to obviate the miseries of famine at a distance. Call either of them what you will, they are identical inform and purpose." Those who run may read. The mace bas shivered the crosier. The common law wisely made a distinction be tween animals that were ferce nature and unre claimed, and those which were reclaimed and con fined, and might serve for food : in the former case no I, larceny could be committed. It was justly felt that there could be no such property in animals suffered to remain in a state of nature, who might one day rest on the lands of one proprietor, and on the follow ing day visit those of another, as to justify a convic tion for lsaceny. Indeed, if such animals could fairly be termed the property of an individual or body of individuals, it would be of the farmers, whose crops are eaten down, and too often almost wholly de stroyed; so that frequeutly, in place of a fair return for their labour and capital laid out in the cultivation of the land—in place of an abundant harvest—no thing is to be seen but fields laid bare by the devas tating influences of game and vermin ; but even this is not the case, the animals are still in the enjoyment of theirnatural liberty, they are free to go where they think proper, and according to the principles of natural law, become the property of the first person who can cap ture them, who can take them either dead or alive, and bring them into a state of subjection, and by the same law every person could have a just right to exercise the dominion originally accorded to man over all other animals. In the earlier stages of so ciety hunting was almcst the only means by which a livelihood could be obtained ; and to this day many tribes of Indians and others look to it as their only support. A passion for the chase appears to be an instinctive feeling in the human mind, and no argu ments can convince a poor man that in killing a bare on his own land, which he sees eating the food that should belong to his hungry children, he is guilty of any moral crime. A great tempta tion is held out to him, and should he yield in a moment of weakness, his future doom is sealed ; he is sent to a prison and becomes a marked man. The very name of poacher is sufficient to ensure his destruction. He can obtain no employ ment. The game-preserving landlord denounces him, and woe to any tenant that shall afterwards give him work, or suffer him to gain his living by his own honest industry. He becomes an outcast; and in turn his hand is against every man, until he finishes his career by some act of violence or bloodshed that consigns him to the hulks or the gallows. It is manifest that the taking of game is not cone trary to natural law, and that the only punishment that could fairly be imposed would be for the trespass on the property of others in the pursuit; but, unfortu r.ately, our legislators are directly interested in the question. No person can sit in Parliament unless he is actually a landed proprietor. No matter how highly qualified he may be in other respects, how great his natural or acquired endowments, how inde pendent his circumstances, the possession of real estate to the amount of 6001. per annum for a knight of the shire, and of 3001. for a citizen or burgess, is an essential requisite. The game-laws are consequently a landlords' code, framed by landlords themselves. The only object appears to be to enact the most stringent provisions for the punishment of those who interfere: with them. Magistrates (who are also compelled to possess real estate to a certain amount as a qualification for their office) are entitled to convict parties in a summary manner, and to inflict imprisonment, with hard labour, without the intervention of a jury. Such a person may actually be himself the complaining party and the person to adjudicate on the complaint. Any owner or occupier of land, or any person having a right, or reputed right, of free warren or free chase thereon, or the lord of the manor, or reputed manor, or any gamekeeper or servant of such persons, or any person assisting such gamekeeper or servant, are authorised to seize and apprehend any person entering at night on any land, whether open or enclosed, for the purpose of..taking or destroying game ; and if such person should resist his capture he is subjected to transportation therefore, as he will be in like manner for his third offence even without any violence, and if he should have two or more associates armed with any gun or offensive weapon, he may, even for his first offence, be transported for 14 years. Surely such iniquitous and unjust laws should not be permitted to encumber our statute-book; they have been already condemned. Of late years we have had less of class legislation, and there is a disposition to do justice to all. Inquiries have taken place before Committees in btoh Houses of Parliament as to the effects of these laws, and there are ample materials on which to ground a comprehensive reform. Let us hope that it will not long be postponed. Mean time the public should not be idle ; petitions should be sent forward. A general election must speedily take place, and if the desired ameliorations should not be obtained during the present session, there can be no time more favourable for directing the attention of aspirints to senatorial honours to the question than when they are seeking the suffrages of the several constituencies. The Madrid Gaceta of the 2d instant, the only journal published in Madrid on Good Friday, has been received. It contains decrees accepting the re signation of General MANSO as Captain-General of New Castile, and of General SALCEDO, as Captain- General of the Canaries, and appointing Senor Esco suaA, Political Chief of Madrid. General REQUENA, fiscal in the case of General SERRANO, has declared that the tribunal was incom petent, and that the whole case should be submitted to the deliberation and sentence of the Supreme Tri bunal of War and Marine. The Duke of Geucassuncx has presented his credentials to the QUERN, as Ambassador fur the KING of the FRENCH. Intelligence has been received from Portugal that an attempt had been made to induce the inhabitants of Yelvas to pronounce in favour of the Junta. The Q C EEN'S volunteers had, however, repressed the nsovetnent; end, rendered valiant by their success, had marched out to force Count Met.r.o to raise the siege of Eatremoz. Their courage, however, failed them when they came in sight of Count Meeeo, and they fled back to Yelvas, pursued by a detach ment of Mer.r.o's forces. The remains of the gallant volunteers re-entered Yelvas in coin.ilete disorder, having lost one hundred met, in their flight. The Ist and 2ki inst. were kept as close holidays, and there was consequently no Bola. 4110 k We have received the Paris papers of Wetinec,&.;: : Tile vorn.. - ur of th. downfal ~f Cu!''” l Administrati on i n Greece has occasioned a great sensation in Paris. The National, taking it for granted that the rumour is true, has the following furious article on the subject:— " The Ministry yesterday received news of extrema gravity. It is stated that M. Coletti, chief of the Greek Cabinet, has been overthrown. The fall of this Minister is a striking triumph of English policy. Since Mavro cordato lost power the representative of Great Britain at Athens has constantly struggled against M. Coletti, who was considered, whether rightly or wrongly-, as placed under the influence of France. There is no sort of embarrassment that Sir E. Lyons has not created against the Greek Cabinet since it has existed; and whilst English intriguers laboured to enfeeble the Hel lenic Government in the interior, efforts were made to cause it to lose consideration abroad. We still remember the words of Lord Palmerston in open Parliament, that the Cabinet presided over by M. Coletti was only a heap of brigands. Events have succeeded to words. A miserable quarrel, excited by the Turkish Ministry, has furnished the occasion so long expected. A trifling dissension, or, at least, a dissension easy to appease, has taken the pro portions of a serious rupture. The Porte, encouraged by England, has no longer put bounds to its exigencies. To the offers of an honourable satisfaction, it has replied by maintaining, it, its absolute terms, a pretension hu miliating for the Greek Government. At the same time Great Britain enjoined the Cabinet of Athens to pay in totality, and without further delay, the interests of the loan contracted by Greece and guaranteed by the three protecting Powers. The insufficiency of the financial resources of a state reduced almost to misery by Bava rian administration was counted upon, and a refusal too well founded was foreseen. The calculation was just. Coletti was not able to satisfy his engagements, and he has fallen under the menaces of his pitiless cre ditor. If it be true, as is stated, that England sup ported her demands by the guns of her fleet, it is easy to understand why the Greek Cabinet has fallen. Our policy, then, has just received a new check. It is France that Lord Palmerston has stricken in overthrowing Co letti. Shall we submit without resistance to this new attack on our interests in the Mediterranean ? Shall we leave English domination to establish itself in the Archi pelago ? Or shall we only accompany with sterile regrets the fall of a Ministry placed under our protec tion ? Such are the questions to which the intelligence received yesterday . give rise. Tise Chamber will examine this day in its bureau a Bill relative to the Greek loan, and will no doubt seize the occasion to ques tion M. Guizot on the condUct he proposes to adopt at Athens. And, besides, explanations on this new com plication must be made from the tribune. The English Parliament is to examine the affairs of Greece in one of its early sittings. The French Chamber will not allow itself to be outstripped, and it will, we hope, know how to reply to a hostile manifestation by a solemn expres sion of its sympathies for a Government which its feebleness, more perhaps than our interests, commands us to protect." In the bureaux of the Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday, the Committee appointed to examine the Bill annually introduced for the payment of the in terest of the Greek Loan, commenced their labours. Several questions were put to the Minister of the In terior as to the truth of the rumours in circulation on the subject of Greece. He was asked particularly if it was true that the Government was in possession of information of the full of M. COLETTI'S Ministry, and of the appearance of five English ships of war at the Piraeus ? M. DUCHATEL replied that the Govern ment had received no information of any kind upon the subject, and that he had no reason to think that there was any truth in the rumours. He acknow ledged, however, that the affairs of Greece were in a very delicate position, but he gave an assurance that the French Government knew how to act with pru dence in that affair, but also with firmness, in the event of there being any reason for the display of that quality. Whether the rumours be true or not, we hope that this article in the National will open the eyes of the Greek SOVEREIGN and the Greek nation to the true character of M. COLETTI. It is evident that COLETTI is the Minister in reality, not of Greece, but of France. "It is Fiance that Lord PALMERSTON has stricken in overthrowing COLETTI," says the National. " Shall we submit," it asks, " without resistance to this new attack on our interests in the Mediterra nean ?" How could the distnission of COLETTI be construed into an attack on French interests, if he were not the Minister, not of Greece but of France Wetrustthat these avowals will rouse a national feeling in Greece, before which the anti-national Afrancesados will be compelled to give way. The Ministry have consented to the prise en con sideration of M. REMUSAT'S proposition for excluding placemen from the Chamber. The Bill for aug menting the effective force of the army for home service by 10,000 men, passed the Chamber of Peen on Tuesday. The Nemesis,. a new sixty-gun frigate, is to be launched at Breit On the 14th instant; on the 15th the Tage, of one,hundred guns, is to be launched • and on tbe . 2Btll, .the t'anns, of sixteen guni, will b e launched. It is said that several Chinese labourers have left Amoy for the Island of Bourbon. They receive a sum of money in advance, with a promise of monthly wages. The Spanish authorities have also authorised the hiring of Chinese labourers for the Philippine Islands. On the Bourse, on Wednesday, the Bears circulated a rumour that the KING was ill, and that Marshal Souls wcs dead. There was no foundation for these rumours. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday at 78f. 50c.; the Five per Cents., 1161. 50c.: the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2351 ; Rouen, 8801. ; Havre, 6751 ; Great Northern, 628 f. 75c.; Avignon, 7901 ; 1 1. or ; ,te B re o a r u d , ea3u0 O x f.; 5 B 12 a 1 Sle 54 , ) 210 ; ; Dieppe, 3 3 51 . ; TroyesVierzon a , n d 5 61 ,5 Boulogne, 4301 ; Paris and Strasburg , 430 f.; Tours and Nantes, 425 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 4271 50c.; Lyons and Avignon, 4551. ; Cette, 447 f. 50c.; Spanish Three per Cents., 34%. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Aran. 1. Boulogne and Amiens, 16:If i — Dutch Rhenish, 4—Northern of France, 12% —Paris and Lyons, 51—Rouen and Havre, 26%—Sambre and Meuse, 6. RUMOURED ILLNESS OF LOUIS PHILIPPE. Last night a letter, of which the following is a transla Lion, was delivered at our office:— " South-Eastern Station, April 8, Bridge Hotel. " SIR, —Yesterday, about four o'clock, the King was suddenly attacked with illness. Fortunately M. Pas quier, his Majesty's surgeon, happened to be at the Palace of the Tuileries. He saw that the face was dis torted, and deemed it necessary to proceed without delay in bleeding the patient copiously. The state of the King having become worse, M. Pasquier ordered two consecu tive operations of cupping. At half.past five, the time of my departure by the special train, there was no change in the alarming condition of his Majesty, who had not then recovered his consciousness. The members of the corps diplomatique were arriving at the Tuileries in order to ascertain the real state of the King. " I have the honour, &c., ad • The writ er o f t h e l et t er a dd s hi s na me, but it is one with which we are totally unacquainted. Our own ex press, which left Paris at five, P.M., on Wednesday, is silent on the subject; and on inquiry at the French Em bassy at a late hour, we were informed that no intelli gem of the sort had arrived there. We submit the communication, nevertheless, to our readers, because we do not feel justified in suppressing it, though we have no means of verifying the statement it contains.—Post of yesterday. An exact cop of the above letter was left at onr office at half-past two o'clock on Thursday afternoon. We immediately instatutA inquiries in various quarters, and having aicertaiucd that no special train had recently arrived at the South Eastern station; and that the various authorities, who must have bE en aware of the fact of the illness of the King of the French, had such an occurrence taken place, had received no information on the subject, we concluded that the whole affair was either a stupid attempt at a hoax or a fraud concocted for stock-jobbing purposes, and therefore took no notice whatever of the letter or its contents.—[ED. Sun]. snakes which he h a d tame d t o a A Ssexu FANCIER.—We were not a little sur prised on Saturday l est to see a man with a bundle of s ingular state of doei. lay. fle 3pread th em cu t o n a table and took every kind of liberty with t h em , t w isting and turnirg them about at pleasure with,ut the animals appearing to be in any way annoyed. It did not appear that the sting of the reptiles htul been extracted, and we are informed that the person is a regular s ntike fancier, and that he has some secret by which he tots obtained the command oier those reptiles.— Pert Philip Gazette. AWFUL VISITATION oN A WEDDING DAY.—On Thursday Mr. W. Bak,r, coroner, received information from Warner, a summoning officer of St. Luke's, of the death of Lucy Loomes, aged 22, who died at No. 14, Baltic-street, Old-street, where she was about to spend the honeymoon. It apFeared that she was married on Tuesday last, to a young man of respectable connexions, at Spa-fiePs Chapel ; afterwards they walked about the a ! reetp , . when iu the the a ft..11,00n, she rtmnl olrined of being id. On reaching home she became so had, that a surgeon was sent for. Lite, however, soon became extinct. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, APRIL B.—There has been a fair demand hie sugars tor both scale and pa.; to - Tost? s , aNd th , consist of 400 tow, Ahuil • of low quality, 700 boxes Havannah, 4,000 bsgi of it: nu ritius, Laub 300 iilicib. West Iwl a. _Prices mutt be quoted ' 6d. to ls. lower. Nothing doing in rum, and prices bare a drooping appearance. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) Th• sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 3,000 to 4,000 bales, 500 bales being American, and taken on speculation. The prices for American were bid. to 7d. per lb. Railway Shares were dull. The sale of Railway Shares to-day, by . Messrs. Lomond and Co., was flat, and prices were again lower. The market generally for shares had a very dull aspect, and the fall in Consols made them rather unsaleable, except at very reduced prices. The following are a few of the principal sales : East Indian Great Western of Bengal 0 5 6 Taw Vale Extension and Dock Manchester and Southampton 1 0 0 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 16 0 North British Extension 1 3 0 Great Northern North Staffordshire Ambergate, Nottinghain,is Bostoa,ex int 2 2 6 Eastern Counties. York Extension 4 5 0 Newport and Abergavenny Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B) 1 0 0 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Shropshire Union and Canal 0 12 6 Paris and Lyons 5 0 0 It is scarcely possible to form any correct opi ion upon the ultimate results of the Bank notice, which we gave yesterday afternoon under this head, by which the minimum rate of discount was raised to 5 per cent. per annum. In all, but a few interested quarters, the course of operations adopted by the Bank of England is held tenable upon the main points which should regulate the transactions of the cor poraion. Inconvenience to some, and, doubtless, large losses to others, must occur. But these will prove but a drop in the bucket, as compared with placing the cur rency in a safer position. It is denied, in many quarters, that there are any large Corn bills out, which awaited renewal in the course of the present month, at least to any alarming amount. Time will show whether such is or is not the fact. There is a very strong opinion, very strong indeed, that at least two, if not three firms of influence have out such bills, but if so, they have ample resources to meet them. Probably, it may, without any very material stretch of the powers of divination, be asserted that though the secrets of the Bank-parlour are not known, the Directors have ample sources of information at their command to form a correct opinion as to the most prudent course to be adopted, and have due discretion to use the power Placed in their hands with benefit to the public, and of course with all due advantage to the proprietary body, whom they represent. As will be seen below, the Stock market continues heavy. After the regular hours of business yesterday afternoon, there were some private bargains made in Consols. for Account at 8641. This morning the second instalment of 124 per cent. on the eight millions loan has been in the course of payment. The recipients of the interest upon the na tional debt have muitered in rather full force this morning. There are not any late colonial arrivals announced in the City this morning. The fluctuation in Consols for the Account to-day has been limited to about 4 per cent., viz. from 861 to 864, the tendency of the prices, as will be observed, being still downwards. At the regular close of the market yesterday afternoon, the last quotation was 861 to 87. Some few sales of Money Stock have been effected at 861 ; in the Reduced Three per Cents. at 854 ; in the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 861 (now the price is 870; and in the Consul Scrip at 24 1 dis. Bank Stock has dropped from 200. the opening value of yesterday, to 1954, the price paid for a pretty large sum just now. Exche quer bills are at par to 2s. discount, and East India - Bonds at 55. discount to 2s. premium. The quotations just noticed will tend to show very clearly how sensitive the market for all public securities is. The report, unconfirmed though it be, of Louis Phi lippe being attacked with sudden and severe illness, has led to a fall in the French Rentes to 105 f. Exchange, 25f. 50c. The report of the illness of the King is not at all believed in the most influential circles connected with French affairs here; many think it was an attempt to •irceive ai.d alarm the public, and thus to aid Bear ~peculattonv. Spanish Stock is at 241; and the Three per Cents. at 354 ; the Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. have been done at 58 and 581; and the Four per at 90 for the Account; Brazilian new, at 84 for Account; and Danish at 66. The Railway Share Market is certainly heavy, espe cially for London and Brighton, for London and North- Western (Wands are now steady), for South-Eastern and Dover, and for York and Newcastle investments. BRITiSII FUNDs. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRI , ES. Bank Stock .. 195 195Ri ex div 195 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 55% %ex dlv 85% Cliree per Cent. Consols Annuities 8614 %% 86% I NT .o cr i T A h Le , t e a - t ald: ar:xliputraret Jan.e rpe r s. C l e t h 6 t o . Anus. 8 8 7 7 1 8 9 6% e . 8 d '7 1 1 ,4 , x d 87 9 mita Bonds, 1,000/. .. 5 tlis 2p 2p .outlt Sea Stock . .. • • .. . • 95 95 antis for Account . •• 86%‘ 3 86% Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip . % die 2i dis .xeliequer lad. 2d. 1,0001... par 2 dis 5001. . p:ir 2 dis Ditto, Small .... par 2 dis ONE O'CLOCK. 2 dis FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, Small .• • . .. 84 Danish, 3 per Cent • • • .. 86 Mexican Bonds, 1646, 5 per Cent .. Portuguese Four per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account 24% Ditto, Three per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. 35% Venezuela Builds, 2 per Cent Dividendr on the above payable in London. French Rentes, t 3 per C•nt .. ... 105 f. :7:c. 2 dis 2 dis CLOSING PRICES. 105 f. --c. Exchange . • .. 25f. 50c. 25f. 50c. Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cent .. 58% 58 5834 58% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 90 90% BUSINESS PRICES OF PAID.CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Amber., Notting., Milton, and Eastern Junction . •. .... 2% .... •.• • •• 2 54 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 13% 13 13% • . 135( Buckinghamshire 6/. 45..... lk dis... M dis. Caledonian . .. 30 .... 24% .... •• • • 24% Eastern Counties . .. 20 .... 18)4 1 ,4 •• •• 181 4 Ditto, York Extension • • • • 5 14 •• • • 4 1s ••••• • •• •• 4% East Lancashire .. .• • • • • 1 7 •• •• ••••• •• •• Ditto New .. •• 7 55.• •• •••••• •• •• East Lincolnshire.. • • • • • • 4 •• • • 6 IS •• ••• • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow • • .. 50 .... 71 .• •• Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 10 .... Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 12% .• .. 17% .• .. 175{ Great Northern .. • • • • • • 3 % •• • • 31 4 3 . •••• • • • 3 Do., London Sc. York Extension 2)4 .... 1% 1% Great North of England . —lOO ...• • • ••• • .. 231 Great Western .• .• 85 ••• • ••• • • .... 112 Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 12% ••• • ••••• • • • .. 17 % Ditto, New • • • • • • • • 4 3 •• •• •••••• • • • • 71 .4 Bull and Selby , .. • • .. -• 50 .• ..... Ditto, Half shares .. .. 25 .... 515 •..•,...., •....... 51% Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 50 „„ Ditto, New 5 . 5% ..... . . Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. 35 .... 78 7 8 Leicester and Bedford 163. dis ...• dis. Leeds and Thirsk 22%.•.. 19 „ 19 Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. 3% .. 4 ..... 4 1 4 London, Brighton, and S Coast • • 50 ... • 51% 5054 .... 505 Ditto, Consol. Eighths .. 10 .... 105,E ......., 10% London all North-Western ••100 .• •• 174 173 175..., 175 Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 7 .... 23 23 tto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 12 .. Ditto, 461. Shares 31. &B. .. 40 ..•• 68 Ditto, 101. Shares M. &U. (II) 5 .... 103 4 . Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 .• .. 654.. •••• •• •• London and :South-Western -.41/. 6s. 10.1.•. 621 4 ...... • .. Ditto, New .. 27% .... 30 .......... Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) •• 50 .• .. 5234 •.. ••• • • • Ditto. Scrip.. .. • • .. .. 5 .... 5........ Lynn and Derehana .. • • 20 .... 21 % .... • • . . Manchester and Leeds .. •., .. 82 .• .. • • Ditto, Thirds (lteg.).. .. —7l. 45..... 2 p.. ••.. • • 2 p Ditto % (late Iludaers. & Sheff.) 23 .... 25% •• 25% Manchester, Buxton, 8t Blatiock 425. •• •• par... ..... par Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... Itg ...• • • Midland •• ..100 ....113 112 114 •• •• 114 Ditto, New 36 •• 39% 3954 393( Ditto, New .. .. 2 .... 4% %% . . Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 91 .. Ditto, Consol. Bristol aad Bir mingham 6 per cent. .. ..100 ....123 123 Ditto, New .. .• . •• • 5 .... ........ 734 Norfolk •• —lOO ....134 ......•••• Ditto, Extension • • .. 6 .... 551 6.......• Northern Counties Union .. 2% %•• • • ...... Nonni British 25 ..•• ....•• •• Ditto, Quarter Shares •• .. 2% Ditto, Extension . • • • .. %..•• 1% 1.... •• •• 1 Ditto, Thirds ••• •• • • 1 •• • • 3 3i •• • • ••• • • 3% Northern and Eastern • . .. 50 .• 54 56 tiorth Staffordshire .• • • • • 7 1 ,4 Preston and Wyre •• 28 .... 341 4 •.• 3455 Ditto, Half Shares (A) • • .. 856. •• 12 ... ....... 12 Ditto, Half Shares (IS) • • .. 134 .• • . 134 ...„..„ 1% Shrewsbury and Binningham .. 354 .• • . 3% „ Ditto, Class 8.. ......1 !41 •• •• 1 •••••••• • •• 1 Shro p s hire Union .. .• . 425. .... 1% dis... 114 dis Sout h Eastern and Dover .. • • 33% 36% 35 7% South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole .. • • • • • • • • • 2 .... 1% ..... 1% Waterford anti Kilkenny .. 13 54 6 54 ••••• • • • • • 6 54 6% West Riding Union •• • • • • 41 . 2, • •• •• 11 4 P• • • ..... 13f p York and Newcastle .• • • • • 2 5 •• • • 33% 33 33 Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 ... 14 „ 14 Ditto, Preference • • • • • • 4 .... 76% . 6% York and North Midlan d .. ...... Ditto, Extension • • .. 25 .... 40% Ditto, Preferenc ,, • • • • • • 2 .... 10% „ „ 1054 Do. E and W. Riding Exten.• • 10 ... 20 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. toulogno and Amiens 0 .... Demerara .. . • • • . 234 Dutch Rhenish •• •• • • • • 7 .... 374 4.. ,rll of France • • .. • • 8 1251 % Orleans and Bourdeaux 6 ........ Paris an.i Lyons •• • . .. • • 8 .. .. 54% 11,...,1, and ilarre . .. 20 .... 26 Sambre and Meuse .. .. 12 •‘ b% MINES. 6% 71 10% 6% 63 30 52)4 5 21% 134 6 12% 6 41i 26 Reel tel Monte. Unrezistered —3%.•••...... 3% COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(YESTERDAY). Amsterdam ....C.F. 12 4% Gibraltar.. ..... Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 5 Genoa .. •• • 26 Antwerp.. .......... '25 95 Milan .. • • Elam burgh ......M.B. 13 11 Venice........ A1t0na.........• •• • Naples ...... • • • • 40% Paris, 3 days' sight .. • . 25 60 Palermo, per 0z... ..... 120.3 i Ditto, 3 months.... 25 90 Li5h0n................ 53% Marseilles •••• • • • ..... 26 Oporto .•..• • .. •• 54% .. 25 95 ltio Janeiro • • • • 26% Frnikfort .ns Mains. 121% Bahia.. — Petersburg'', 3 Us.. .• • • Buenos Ayres Berlin ••..••••• • • • • . . • New York, 21 days' sight -- Vis,nna, effec. tic. ••. • .. 10 4 Philadelphia Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 4 PRICE.ti OF BULLION, PIE OZ. Madrid ' ••.. • ..... 3ii 4 Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9 Cadiz ••• .. : t,q1;a0...• •• •• • • tarcelc:na • - oar. ........ 0 5 0% _ The celebrated Sculptor Bartolini, of Florence, arrived in Rome, to execute a bust of the Pope. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Pri❑cess Royal, and the Princess Alice rode on ponies and took walking exercise to-day in the grounds around the Castle. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert rode out in a pony phaeton end pair, the Prince driving. The Lady in Waiting, the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, the Maids of Honour in Waiting. and Lord J.,hn Rus sell, followed in another carriage. The Equeries in Waiting, Major• General Wemyss and Lieut -Colonel Seymour, were in attendance on horseback. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening is expected to include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, the E•rl stn3 Countess Grey, Lord John Bus ell. the Rev. Lord and Lady Wriothesley Russell, the Provost of Eton and the lion. Mrs. Hodg son, and Mt. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. The Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards will attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private Band will atter wart. attend in tits Castle. Her Royal Hightms the Duchess or CambridgP, at t( nded by Mr. Edmond Mildmav, honoured the per 'ormance of the French Plays with her presence vest. r day evening. His Thiyal highness the Duke of Cambridge vis:tpd ber Royal Hi4hnesl he Duchess of Gloucester yest. play at Gloucester Houw. The Right Hon. Edward Strutt (First Commissioner of Railways) ani Mrs. Strutt, arrived in town yesterday from Kingston, near Derby. Lord Adolphus Filz-Clarence has left his residence in St. James' Palace for Paris. The Earl of Clarendon left Combe Abbey, Coventry, the seta of the Earl Craven, yesterday, for his residenee Grove Park, Herts. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, APRIL 6.—The average price of wheat in the week ending on Saturday, the 3d April, was 36E 5c., and that of rye, 26f. 14c. per hectolitre. These prices are rather lower than those of the pre ceding week, viz., 49c. per hictolitre on wheat, and 51c. on rye. The Minister of the Interior has just addressed to the governors of the provinces the following circular : " I think it necessary to call your attention to a question which is of great importance under the pre sent circumstances. It has been observed that the disease which for ten years has affected the potatoes, attacks, in particular, the /ate:species, which may pro bably be accounted for by the fact that wet especially contributes to propagate this disease. "It appears to me, Sir, that it would be use ful to direct the attention of the farmers to this fact, and to point eut to them at the same time how advantageous it would be to them, consi dering the present high prices of provisions, greatly to extend the cultivation of early potatoes. They would thus have the hope of enjoying a double advantage—first, their crop would not be ravaged by the disease, if it should unhappily appear again ; and, in the second place, they would profit, by the high price of provisions, to sell their stock at prices which they would probably not be able to obtain at later dates." A letter from Stutgard, of the Ist of April, says, at the end of March such a quantity of snow fell in the environs that the mails were considerably delayed by it. A French journal, in one of its last numbers, states that a general inquiry has been instituted in Denmark to ascertain the quantity of corn in that country, and that, in consequence of that inquiry, the exportation of corn will be prohibited. A general inquiry has in fact been made, but with great precaution, in order not to alarm the people. It results from the report that there is not only a quantity of corn sufficient for the consumption of the country, but that some pro vinces, for instance Langeland and the Duchies, have corn which may be exported. As for the prohibition of exportation, it was indeed talked of for a moment, but, on the representation of very competent persons, this measure was given up, which would have been attended with great inconvenience. The Cologne Gazelle says, the steps which have been taken of applying to several states on the banks of the Rhine for the suspension of the duties on the river, in favour of vessels laden with corn, flour, and other provisions, have been favourably received by the Grand Duchy of Baden, by France, the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and the Duchy of Nassau ; and it is affirmed that Prussia, Bavaria, and the Nether lands, are likewise well inclined to adopt a measure of this kind. The Swabian Mercury has a letter frcm Limberg, which gives a melancholy picture of the state of Western Galicia. The wounds which the insurrec tion of the peasants inflicted on the country are very far from being healed. In the circles of Tarnow, Sandow, and Wadowice, a number of villages are found, in which many houses are empty, desolate, and forsaken, where the fields are scarcely half cultivated; and even now there is little prospect of their being so, though the Govern ment takes all possible measures and causes the peasants to be supplied with corn seed. Many peasants seem to have lost all attachment to their native country, and - are leading a vagabond, dissolute life. Limberg itself has indeed gained in animation and wealth, because many landowners whose circumstances are at all adequate have fixed their residence there, and this for fear of the peasants, for there is great fermentationlin many villages, and the peasants, ren dered savage and driven to despair by necessity, could only be restrained by military powers. Under these circumstances, it must be a great risk if foreign corn dealers should:purchase a great quantity:of wheat and send it down the Vistula, as they would be in danger, in case of a sudden insurrection, of having their corn seized and carried off. PRAGUE, APRIL I.—The Archduke Stephen re turned to Prague the day before yesterday. The Bohemian Gazelle of to-day accompanies this infor mation with the following words, which excite not a little attention :—" It is generally hoped that his Highness will not give up the government of our country." His Majesty the Emperor, considering the present want of work and the great distress, has granted an extraordinary sum for the improvement of roads about Prague, among which that of the road from Prague to Konigrual appears to be the most neces sary, as the communication is always impeded during the inundations and the breaking up of the ice. BELGIAN FUNDS.—fItUiSELS, APRIL 7. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •• • . • . -- Loan of Thirty ➢Zillions, Four per Cent • ... Ditto Three per Cent Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto,ditto,lB4o. • • • • ••• • . • ... 100% Ditto,ditt0,1842 .. Ditto, 1844 • .. 96% Ditto, 1836. Ditto, 1838 ................. .... . 681 i Ditto of the City, 1832 ................ 99 Ditto, 1843 Rank ofßelgium.• ...• . ..... • . • . 879 —Brussels Papers. April 7. :AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Arm I. 5 per Cent. Metalliques........ • 108.. 4 per Cent. ditto .. .... •• • . 9Ny.i 3 per Cent. ditto •• . ••• • • • • • 70 Loan, 1834 . Ditto, 1839 .. • • •• • • • • ••• • • • • • ••• • • • • • 119 % Bank Shares Esterhazy's Loan •••• • • • • • • .......... RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand .. ••.• .. • • . 172 Gloggnitz . • • . • • • • • • •• • • .. •..• • • • • • •• • • 121 Vienna—Milan . •108 Clrosetto . • . . 921 Oldenburg Pesth Bridge .........................• Apenninen . OPINIONS ON MR. DISRAELI'S NEW `YORK.— " Tancred," observes the Athenceunt, " has entertained us more than either Coningsby' or ' Sybil,' and, we think, may stand higher in public favour." This opinion seems to have been fully borne out; for we notice that a second edition has already been called for. The 7 itnes, not• withstanding its dissent from many of the writer's views, says, " We hold it to be impo-sible for the author of Vivian Grey' to write a work of fiction which shall not be clever, brilliant, witty, and dashing. Tancred ' is all this, and, in truth, something more. Its writer ha. borrowed for a season the pencil of Roberts, and become a gorgeous painter. Characters, too, are admirably hit off. Mr. Disraeli exhibits a master hand in his delinea tion of Fakredeen, the most elaborately drawn character in the work. The first volume deals entirely with Eng land and the English, but makes the reader blush for the hollowness and folly that crowd into the corners of the little island. We could fill our columns with smart saying and happy hits, but we leave them to be sought in their natural home." DEATH OF A PRISONER IN THE MILLIIANK PE NITENTIARY.—Thursday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Millbank Penitentiary, on the body of Henry Wood, aged 21, late a prisoner at that gaol. The de ceased was admitted there on the 15th of September, 1846, having been convicted at the Central Criminal Court on the 17th of the previous month, of larceny, on a previous conviction, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. He died in the infirmary, on the 6th instant, of pulmonary consumption. On the 3d of last December he attempted to commit suicide by hanging, ut was prevented by the warder. He was visited by his friends, and during the last five weeks of his illness he had everything requisite fey his delicate and melan choly condition, under the express orders of the go ,,rnors of the prison, including wine, arrow-root, broth, dce. His friends:expressed their entire satisfaction with the tr , aLuttut e had received. Verdict, " Natural death." IioDDEEsFIELD, TrESDAT, APRIL 6.—This being a g.'eat holiday, but litt;e business is expected ; y e t we h Lye had a good attend , nce of buyers, and there have b yr) extensive purchase for the American market. In th wa rehouses, al-0, a !air amount of busi ness h as b een tra ,„;,„; week. Low TIDE IN THE THArtus.—Thursday afternoon the ebb tide fell unusually low in the Thames, and many of the above-bridge steamers and crafr ground d in the customary navigable channels of the river. From the steam-ves,els were unable t. ! shallowness of the water, bring up along,ide the Hosting piers. At the I,'estinin ster-bridge steam boat pier, Surrey side, three small steamers were aground at the same time, to the great constetnition of the Humorous passengers en board. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. BETTING ON THURSDAY NIGHT. THE PORT STAKES. 2 to 1 on Sting. THE METROPOLITAN STARES. 7 to 2 agst Clermont 10 tt, 1 agst Wolfdog Bto 1 agst Jenny Wren 12 to 1 agst Rufus (t) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS . STAKES. Even on Kent's lot 7 to 2 agst Liberator (t) 3 to 1 apt Glen;ilt 6 to 1 agst Conyngham (t) 3to 1 agst Planet (nom) Bto I agst Christopher (t) Notice was posted to the effect that it is doubtful which of Kent's lot will start. R CUP. 28 to 1 agst the Lamb 33 to 1 agst Sting 40 to 1 agst Plaudit 50 to 1 agst Annandale CHESTE: 17 'o 1 agst Dulcet (t) 20 to 1 agst Alendicant (t) 25 to 1 agst Newcuurt (t) 28 to 1 agst Princess Alice (taken) Princess Alice was back, d for a good dual of money, at 50 to 1, 40 to 1, and so on, up to 28 to 1, by the owner, who also la d large sums against his other mare, the Lamb, dri‘ing her trom 18 to 1 to 1,000 to 30 ; her last price was 1.000 to 35, the general opinion being that she, after all, is the real Simon Pure. DERBY. 6 to I agst Planet I 33 to I agst Wanota 7 to 1 agst Van Tromp (t) I 1,000 to 15 agat Black 16 to 1 agst The Liberator Dwarf (t) 17 to 1 agst Glentilt 1,000 to 10 agst Will-o'. 17 to 1 agst Epirote • the Wisp (t) 25 to 1 ap t War Eagle (t) I 2,000 to 10 agat Lionel (t) 30 to 1 agst Conyngham I ENTRIES FOR FRIDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, h ft. T.Y.C. Evenus, aged, 9st Banana, 4 yrs, 7st 41b Bishop of Romford's Cob, Blackcock, 3 yrs, 7st llb aged, Bst 71b. Cocoa Nut, 6 yrs, 6st 131 b Garry Owen, aged, Bst 71b Jollity, 3 yrs, Est 61b African, aged, 7st 101 b Cosachia, 3 yrs, Est 41b Cantley, 4 yrs, 7st 91b The Port—Only Sting and Sir Tatton left in. NORTHAMPTON RACES. The Althorp Park Stakes. The Stewards have decided that the first start was valid, and that the Sheriff is entitled to the stakes. FRIDAY'S RACES. Handicap Sweeps, of 15 sous. each, 10 ft. for T.Y.C. Mr. Merton's African. aged, 7st 101b...(W. Adbale) Lord Exeter's Cocoa Nut, 6 yrs, Est 13Ib Mr. T. Rott's Bishop of Romford's Cob, aged, 6st 71b 3 Mr. Byng's Garry Owen, aged Bst 71b 4 Mr. Cuthburt's Banana, 4 yrs, 7.t 41b 5 Betting-7 to 4 agst Garry Owen, and 3to 1, each, agst African and Cocoa Nut. African made the whole of the running at a strong pace, and won by half * length ; the Cob a bad third. Run in 1 minute and 10 s, c'}nds. Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for three-yrs.old• D.M. (6 Subs.) Mr. J. S. Douglas's Marie Louise, Bst 21b (F. Butler) I Lord Chesterfield's Lady Lurewell, Bst 21b The following also ran :—Duke of Rutland's 800 Donna. Lord Exeter's Tanais, Colonel Peel's Sorrel, Mr: Merton's Mouseling. Betting-5 to 4 agst Mouseling, 3to 1 egst Bells Donna, and 4to 1 agst Lady Lurewell. Bella Donn* Marie Louise, Lady Lurewell, and Sorrell, went sway in a line and ran abreast to the cords, where Lady Lure' well, Marie Loise, and Mouseling singled themselves out and made a pretty race home, Marie Louise winning by half a length, Mouseling a good third. Run in 1 will' 43 sec. Match, A.F, 200, h ft. 1 Lord E. Russell's Reminisc ence , 6 st 71b (Kitchener) . Mr. Moore's Wolfdog, 9st Even betting. Won in a canter, by two lengths. It° ll in 2 min. 14 secs. Match, A.F., 100, h ft. Mr. R. Boyce's Colleen Bawl). Bst 71b ...(J. Marson) 1 Duke of Bedford's Leopard, Bst 311 b 2to 1 agst Leopard. Won by a head. Run in $ min. 17 sees. The Port Stakes of 100 sov. each, h ft; for colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b; the second to save his stake' T. M. M. (11 subs) Lord E. Russell's Stine (J. Marson) 1 Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes (W. Scott) 2 The betting on Thursday night c l ose d a t 2 to 1 0 11 Sting, and in the ring on the Heath this afternoon 1 11 friends became so sangu i ne t h at 4 an d 5 to 1 was la on him, an increase of confidence fully bOr n ' e out by the man ne r i n w hi c h th e race cam• off. Sir Tattoo Sykes went away with e strong lead, made all the running at a great pact , 1° the gap, and, although it afterwards sl ac k en ed, we ir sailing along at least three lengths ahead until near the cords ; he then declined altogether, went out to the lefts and Sting, gallopping on, passed the post eight length s before him; time, 4 min. 10 secs. The suddenness with which Sir Tatton Sykes gave up the race surprised niall d i e of the spectators, and some strong remarks were too on the rider ; we believe, however, the truth to be tb__ A * the horse was not half prepared, and that h e stems" simply because he was run to a stand still. ' This race brought one of the dullest Craven Meeting' on record to a close. CHESTER CUP.—The only bets laid this morning were 1,000 to 50 agst the Lamb, who was. again in force, and 1,000 to 60 agst Mendicant. DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM TEMPLER POLE, BA RT. We have to record the demise of this Baronet, who el• piled on the 3d inst., at Shute House, his seat in Devon; shire, aged sixty-five. He succeeded on the demise °I his father in 1799, and RAS twice married, viz., first in, 1804 to the only daughter of George Templer, Esq.. ° I Shapswick, in Someisetshiu, by whom he had issue on e surviving son George Reeve, born in 1808, who succeed!, to the title and estates; and, secondly, to the daughter 01 John Fraser, Esq., and neice of the late J. Farquhar; Esq., of Fonthill Abbey, Wilts. By this union be MI D issue four children. his family have • been seated i 0 Devonshire ever since the conquest. The deceased iv° a Deputy Lieutenant of the counties of Devon and So" merset. ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORT/IMEST SII RAILWAY.—LIVERPOOL, THURS DAY .—W O are sorry .o 0 announce that as the expre s s tr a i n , w hi c h l e ft Lond o n at 5 P.M. yesterday, was proceeding to Li ver p o ol, it off the rail at Winsford. No serious damage was s "" . tained. All the passengers, we are glad to lei escaped unhurt ; but the engine-man has been very severely injured, and it is uncertain whether he will re cover. It is thought that his back is broken. The cal' of the accident is at present unknown ; b u t no doubt,l f will be thoroughly sifted by the directors and the el° officers, who;have ever manifested the utmost vigile°4 care, and caution, since the line was first opened I public traffic. CALAMITOUS FIRE.—On Monday evening_ t d ,„b e stable at Mr. Allan's farm, Old Li s t on , near the Nan station of the Glasgow Railway, was completely burr, down, and twelve valuable work horses, which were in: at the time, were suff oca t e d or b urnt to death. T'7," conflagration spread to the conti guous o ffi ces , a nd short time the whole steading was consumed. The origin of the fire is involved in uncertainty ; it was ar e coverrd about dusk by the man who attends to t, horses, when he went as usual to pat them ri g ht for 1 00 night, and might either have been the work of an i n / . cendiary, or been owing to the culpable negligence ° some smoker who had access to the stable. We u nder' stand that Mr. Allen is insured, but whether to the eV tent of his loss we are not aware.—Edinburgh Eyed° , Post. --- ABOLITION OF SMITIITIELD.—On Thursday' wen bearing tables and writing mat e rial s were stat i on ed in . e. the principal thoroughtares in the metropolis to soli cl ' , signatures to the petiti on t o Parliamtnt praying , the a° . lition of Smithfield market. COMMITMENTS BY JUDGES OF THE NEW Conl4.° COURT/.—lt was mentioned in The Sun of Wednese l l t that the judges of the new court s h a d p owe r to coniell: a defendant on the hearing of a cause, and of makie s an order, as in the case of an unsatisfied judgment. O f ; reference to the 98th and 99th sections of the Act ‘ and lo Victoria, csp. 95), it will be seen that a debt (),. can be committed for forty days to the common gaol, e " house of correction of the county, district, or place 111 which he resides. There is no power of appeal untle. n the Act further than giving permission to a judg rescind or alter his orders. By the 98th section it I t provided that any party holding an unsatisfied iu d ,g in t e i z i l e or order under this Act, or any Act repeale d vy same, may obtain a summons, and the defendant Mats be examined on oath, as well as witnesses, and the cosh of such summons,. and all proceedings thereon,. u: deemed costs of the cause. Then follows the provisl7 giving the power of commitment :—" And be it enacts' that it' the party so summoned shall not attend as requir e . by such summons, and shall not allege a sufficient e xcus e for not attending, or shall, if attending, refuse to of f swcrn or to disclose any of the things aforesaid, er i. ho shall not make answer touching the same to the saris' faction of such judge, or if it shall appear to such judg e. . either by the examinati on o f th e party or b y any ot",,e;, evidence, that such party, if a defendant, in incurring tt— debt or liability which is the subject of the action 1. 1 : which judgment has been obtained, has obtained ere u n l f from the plaintiff under false pretences, or by means fraud or breach of trust, or has wilfully contracted se e debt or liability without having had at the same time a ref, sonahle expectation of being able to pay or dischent, the same, or shall have made or caused to be made et% w gift, delivery, or transfer of any property, or shall be v .„ charged, removed, or concealed the same, with intent defraud his creditors or any of them, or if it shall aPr e k t t r to the satisfaction of the judge of the said court, Of the party so summoned has then or has had since O a judgment obtained against him sufficient means a n d ability to pay the debt or damages or costs so recover e against him, either altogether, or by any instalment or , instalments which the court in which the judgment W . r obtained shall have ordered, and if he shall refuse neglect to pay the same as shall have been so order ft e or shall be ordered, pursuant to the power hereinalteg provided, it shall be lawful for such judge, if he JO think fit, to order that such party may be committed t, the common gaol or house of correction of the county; district, or place in which the party summoned is ret i e dent, or to any prison which shall be provided ae. . 4 1 " v prison of the court, for any period not exceeding Icr a .l. days." By other sections, a judge can rescind or so', an order ; can commit at an original bearing, and, 0 , certificate in bankruptcy or protecting order shall charge the party so committed. It is provided 'W s another section (the in3d), That no imprisone te under this Act shall in anywise operate as a satisfivre tion or extinguishment of the debt or other cause „ u r action on which a judgment has beea obtained , ;' ; 'a protect the defendant from being anew summoned g !' d imprisoned for any new fraud or other defmult rende r ' ,n him hafile to be imprisoned under Ihis Act, or der i ; the plaintiff of aoy gh', to t,lte out xecution age 2 , 3 4, the goods and chattels of the deteudan,. in the same a ner as if such imprisonment had not taken place."