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NOT ICE. PARDOE'S LOUIS THE XIV., AND THE COURT OF FRANCE. A SEcOND EDITION OF THIS NEW WORK will be Published on MQNTALY, the ''2lst instant. Orders received by all Booksellers. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. THEATRE ROYAL, !DELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS (I' 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; , tarlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After which an entirely new Petite Comedy, entitled FLYING COLOURS; or, Crossing the Frontier. Captain Sans ?ougi, Mr. Webster ; Margaret, Miss Woolgar ; Helen de Montereau, Madame Celeste ; Justine, Miss Ellen Chaplin. To be followed by the Opera B•sffa Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Redford, Lambert, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Sec end appearance of Monsieur Bouffe, Will be presented a new vaudeville, entitled LES FLEUR'' , A NIMERS. ;haracters by MM. Pascal, Tourrillon, PriStoll, 3ldlles. Duverger, Vallee, Leyder, &c. After which the comedic of LE PERE TURLUTUTU. Rigaud, BoutTe, Rose, Ildame Grassau ; Adele, Mdlle. Vallee. To conclude with LE G 8.311 N DE PARIS. ",Joseph, M. Bouffe ; .Amede, M. Rtiozevii; Eliza, Mdlle. Vallee. loses, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3 , . ; Gallery, 29. Ttl.xe; and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, ?g, Bend-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open ; laity front Eleven till Five. - - -- - COMPANION TO TIIE PEERAGE. I C r olv toady, In 2 vols., royal Bvo., beantifUlly printed in double columns, price 21. 10s. bound. BURKE'S HISTORY OF 'SHE LAND ED GENTRY; A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE UNTITLED ARISTOCRACY OF ENGLAND, SCOT- LAND, AND IREL.iND. " a work in which every gentleman will find a domestic interest, as it contains the fullest account of every known family in the United lOW sdOm."—Messenger. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. SECOND EDITION..--NOW READY. pANCRE D. By B. DISRAELI, M.P. • In 3 vole. post Svo. _ . .... "' Tattered' is a brilliant book. It has entertained us more than either `Coningsby' or 'Sylui,' and we think may stand higher in puolicfavour."—Athenum. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re spectfully informed, that there will be a grand F.IrTRA NIGHT TO-MORROW, Thursday, when wi 1 i c presented A Grand Dramatic and Miscellaneous Entertainment, comprising The talent of Mdlle. Jenny Lind, _Mesdames Vietti, Montenegro, and Za.tellan ; Signori Lablache, Staudigl, Coletti, F. Lablache, Corelli, Bouche, Superchi, Eraschini, and Gardoni. Including Selections from Haydn's oratoria of the CREATION, and Citnarosa's opera of IL MA fRIMONIO SEGR.ETO, and from the works of Mozart, Mendelssohn, Spohr, Rossini, Douizetti, Verdi, MeyerUeer, and Beethoven. On this occasion also n ill be sung Select SWEDISH MELODIE-=, by Mdile. JenNy Lind. The Entertainments in the Ballet will comprise the talents of Mlles. Carlotta Grist, C. Rosati, and Cerito, M.M. St. Leon and Perrot. Pit Tioets may be obtained, as usual, at the Office of the Theatre, price 10s. 60. each. TIIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. tinder the Manzgement 61f Mr. R. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING knowles's Comedy of THE LOVE Will be performed Shericlan CHASE, Sir William Fondlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr. Howe ; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Constance. Mrs. Nisbett. After which The MA.GYAR. MULATSAG; or, Hungarian Fetes. By the celebrated Hungarian Dancers and the Hungarian Instru mental Vocalists. To be followed by a new comic drama, called THE JACOBITE. Sir Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart ; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone Lady Somertord, Miss Fortescue. To conclude with an entirely new and original farce called WHO Dr) THEY TAKE ME FOP.? Colonel Templeton, Mr. Howe ; Terence O'Reilly, Mr. Hudson ; Mrs. Dorrington, Mrs. Seymour ; _Miss Prudence Pickings, Mrs. Hamby. t:THIOPIAN *EWEN IDERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. In consequence of the increasing success which attends every re presentation given by the celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, l'ell, Harrington. tite, Stanwood, and Germon, they will repeat Nair usual ENTERTAINMENTS at the above Theatre, TO MORROW EVENING, Thursday, for the Benefit of Mr. White. and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evening. Doers of en at Eight o'clock. They will also give a DAY PERFORIL NCE on Wednesday Morning next, commencing at halt-past PA.). Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Oli Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lussee and Manager. THIS EVENING. Will be presented the tragedy of THE BRIDAL. Melanthius, Mr. Macready ; Amintor, Mr. Creswick Evadne, Mrs. Warner. After which a new comic drama. entitled "LADIES BEWARE I" Colonel Vava.sour, Mr. Granby; Sir Charles Vavasour, Mr. James Vining; Matilda, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with a Drama, entitled THE KING AND THE I'IPER. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Walton, Barker, Wynn, Delavanti, Granby, Miss E. Stanley, Miss G. Smithson, and Atlas Marshall. _ A.:TLF.Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager Air. William Batty. l'a,ler the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. el...twldid combination of Novelties, in addition to which Mr. Batty dos engaged Mdlle. Laurina, the Female Equestrian. THIS EVENING (First appearance of Mr. West, late of this Amphitheatre.) Will he presented a goNeous Peruvian Drama, to illustrate the historical events of the Spaniards conquest of Peru, arranged from the original test of Brins'ey Sher;dan's play of " Pizarro," entitled THE STORMING OF QUITO ; or, the Warrior of the Sun. Rolla, Mr. W. West. l'neo.tailed SCENES in the CIRCLE, with a brilliant display of H witou,anshlp, introducing the Foreign and British Artistes. To conclude with the Equestrian Magical Sketch, THE GOLDEN F )DYED STEED; or, The Charmed Horse of the Black Valley. stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. ; Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes, 33 ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; tipper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. L'mLa the Management of Mrs. Frances Davklge, Lessee. THIS EVENING Will he presented a new ballad opera, the libretto by Mr. E. Fitz ball, the music and overture by Mr. J. H. Tully, entitled THE FOItEST MAIDEN* AND THE 11001USH PAGE. Philip of Spain, Mr. T.eiller, , Francis Huntley, Mr. W. Harrison; Sir Edward Cop ley, Mr. 3P3falion ; Queen Mary. Mrs. Henry Vining ; Alice Copley Miss Rainforth ; Leon, the Moorish Page, Miss IZebecca Isaac V° conclude with Shakspere's tragedy of MACBETH, with the of Locke's music. Macbeth, .i r. Scott ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. lenry Vining. itose.^. .0., Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at six, commence a flalf ROYAL VIC 101 LIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a splendid drama, by Fitzball, called JANE PAUL ; or, the Victim of Persecution. Jane Paul, Miss Vincent : Michael Paul, Mr. Hicks ; Necker, Mr. Bird ; Hedgehog Jack, Mr. Searle. .After which THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. To conclde with a drama, in three acts, called TIIE MOUN TA IN JUDGE ; or, the Patriot's Grave. Characters by Messrs. flicks, Dale, Bird, Searle, Howard, Gardner, Mrs. G. Lee, Mrs. &c. Boxes, Is.; half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. ROYAT, SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under the patronage of her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, &c. Open every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Actnissien, One Shilling. THIRD WEEK OF M. JITI.LIEN'S ENGAGEMENT. No Extra Charge ! THIS EVENING, June 16. The Proprietor has much pleasure in annoupcing to the Subscribers, A attteurs of Music, and the public. that he has succeeded in re-engag ing M. JULLIES and the Principal Solo Performers of his unrivalled :Ant, iheludin.; Richardson, Baumann, Barret, Lazarus, Prospere, rottinet, and Her Koenig, for a limited number of Lights. Which, wtth Mr. GODFREY'S Sp'etlid Band, aided by a selection from 11:e principal bands in the Metropolis, will form an orchestra of One I I u adred Performers. roe Proprietor begs to announce that he has, at a considerable esrense. erected a new Entroice, and a magnificent Walk, with flower borders, statues, and a Central Fountain, in front of the grind Pictorial Representation of THE TOWN AND BAY OF GIBRALTAR. The Menagerie contains many specimens, including the Giraffe, &c. The Promenade Concerts, conducted by Godfrey. A representation of the Porcelain Tower of Nankin. The Gothic Bridge of , tatnes. The grand Pyrotechnic ,Aspla.y. representing the stEbr, OF (IBK:U.TAi --:.owing the commencement of the Bombardment, partial destrue- Well of the 'gown, and Blowing up of the nattering Ships, TO CORRESPONDENTS. Ia reply to a Correspondent in the Isle of Wight, we beg to observe that no actual decline took place in the value of Wheat at ➢lark•lane on Friday last. WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, JUNE 15. T111".11110METER. Lowest, 49 ; Highest, 66 ; Noon. 59 b kRomETErt, 29.6.—W1ND.5.W.; heavy showers. pfii; , Tl WATER. AT I.ONDON-BRII I GE THIS DAY. Morning ~ 55 minutel after 3. ! Evening .. 14 eninntes •t''r• Z:tre • - - It' - Tll , ll ` .4146 4rei k , • / , . ``bA-- Cb) tr ' • • H 0::t "Ditpur :*: xniing • nit aft , pa LOSDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE IG, 1847. Gladly do we announce the amendment introduced to the attention of Parliament on Monday by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Finsbury, in reference to the conduct pursued by Government towards the pople and the SOVEREIGN of Portugal. The amend ment suggested by Mr. DUNCOMBE is one precisely in accordance with the spirit of Mr. HUME'S motion, and in every way compatible with the principles enunciated by ourselves as to the propriety of an armed interference. According to the word ing of this amendment, the House of Com mons will pronounce it to be " the duty of 'the British Government to endeavour by every just :means in their power to secure to the people of Por tugal the full enjoyment o f their constitutional rights and privileges." Beyond the gratifi ca ti on experienced at the introduc tion of a p ro position like this, a pro position which will afford a brilliant testimony of the sympathy with which the Legislature of these islands regards the blessedness of a liberal and mode rate sovereignty, we are in a particular manner re joiced at Mr. DuscomßE's pro ceeding, as it eli c i te d I from the lips of Mr. MACAULAY an explanation of the sentiments by which his colleagues have been ac tuated throughout towards Portugal—an explana tion at once so comprehensive, so terse, so masterly in arrangement, and so conclusive in argument. If the Right Honourable the Paymaster of her Majesty's Forces does not absolutely vindicate the necessity lr the subjugation of the insurgent forces of the i:unta by our squadron of surveillance, he, at least, testifies in an unanswerable manner to the humanity ,f the views by which the Cabinet of England has Jaen instigated to the adoption of such violent mea sures ; he confirms the opinion we expressed on Thursday evening, that the Ministerial arrangements THE_ SUN,_ LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORN NO, _ JUNE 16, 1847. have been characterised throughout by the most perfect good faith and simplicity of intention. In the speech delivered last night by the Right Hon. THOMAS BAI3INGTON MACAULAY it was elo quently explained that the relations subsist ing between England and Portugal are of un usual antiquity—dating as far back as the days of the BLAca l'aiNcE—and, in like manner, have continued for centuries of a character so earnestly indicative of a common friendship, as to be invested, according to the felicitous expression of CANNING, with a sort of romantic colouring. Rendered remarkable by this venerable and ardent complexion, the cordial understanding between the two countries becomes in a manner more entitled to be considered as a matter of the most delicate and estimable importance. It is scarcely, however, by allusions to the pageantries depictedb in what may, without extravagance, be termed the emblazoned chivalry of the Chronicles of FROISSART, that any extenuation can be discerned for the employment of military or naval armaments for the reconciliation of a foreign people and a foreign monarch. It is scarcely by:reminiscences of the gorgeous reception of the Portuguese ambassadors in the fifteenth century at the Court of the King of ENGLAND, in the pre sence of the renowned JOHN of GAUNT and of the puissant EDMUND LAN LEY, that any satisfactory reason can be discovered for the extraordinary course adopted by the present Government in empowering Sir WILLIAM PARKER to impel the revolted popula tion of Portugal to a pacification through the iron logic of his vessels. of-war. Had Mr. MACAULAY restricted himself to such a line of argument, how ever brilliant or heroic it might have been in its abstract bearing upon the discussion, it would have left the disputed principle as questionable in point of justice or propriety as it had appeared to many to be from the very commencement. But the Right Hon. Gentleman the representative of Edinburgh assumed a more cogent and comprehensible ground of argument, and by the earnestness with which in his exordium he stigmatised the Government of the Cabrals and their creatures as despotical and as in famously subversive of the natural and constitutional rights of the Portuguese, he prepared even those who were most disposed to regard the British Ministry as reprehensible, to coincide with the abstract principles which had animated the official dispatches of Lord EALMERSVON. Cordially and readily do we acknowledge the speech delivered on Monday night by Mr. MACAULAY to be conclusive; and in uttering this acknow ledgment we are by no means waiving a single one of those liberalising principles which we have all along endeavoured to advocate as the only ones consonant with the enlightenment of this generation and the generous character of our glorious constitution. Mr. .MAcauLAY, indeed, maintained the sanctity of the very principles to which we are alluding with the recapitulation of sincerity and in the language of unaffected eloquence. Speaking of the sentiments by which all representa tive Governments should be influenced in similar cir cumstances, the Right Honourable Gentleman de clared that no doubt whatever could exist but that the rule condemnatory of interference in the internal concerns of a foreign country is a sound general rule ! He maintained that the Minister who so interfered would invest himself with a terrible responsibility ! that the throne of Portugal had unquestionably been encompassed, for a considerable time past by evil coun cillors ! that acts which he was compelled to designate as cruel had disgraced the Portuguese Go vernment ! and that no human doubt could exist but that " circumstances had occurred which justified the Portuguese people in receiving with distrust the as surances of the Portuguese Government !" In a later portion of his harangue Mr. 'MACAULAY asserts yet more distinctly, "If I be asked what the origin of the Portuguese war was, then, Sir, Ido not hesitate to say that I believe it was caused by the acts of the Portuguese Government." Coupling this declaration with the fact of Mr. DUNCOMBE'S amendment (that it becomes " the duty of the British Government to endeavour, by every just means in their power, to secure to the people of Portugal the full enjoyment of their constitutional rights and privileges"), having been cordially welcomed by the Paymaster of her Majesty's Forces, we cannot but augur happily for the consequence of what very naturally appeared (before the utterances of those avowals) to be a most ominous proceeding. From the threatened interference of France and Spain in the disturbances which had continued so long to desolate the Portuguese provinces, Mr. ➢IACAULAY maintained that the matter had changed from a purely internal question to a strictly international question, and that therefore the Ministry are justi- fled in resorting to an armed intervention. Upon the inflexible humanity of England during her di plomatic correspondence with the Cabinet of Lisbon Mr. MACAULAY spoke most effectively and forcibly. Observe, he exclaims, the process of the arrangement about the amnesty promised to the insurgent chieftains. First, MARIA DA GLORIA. says, " Agreed that there shall be no capital punishment, still some persons must be sent out to the colonies ?" England replies to that, No! " They shall not be consigned to a cruel and miserable exile; they shall not be sent to Africa ; they shall be sent to Paris ; they shall have their milreis regularly transmitted, and Government will add something itself to their incomes !" Not one mile out of the Portuguese territory ! "Let them be exiled for eighteen months ? " Not one ! "For fourteen ?" Not one ! "For only ten ?" No, not one ! Those are the humane determinations upon which the Cabinet have already proceeded. Beyond those, we have now a guarantee that the Ministry will endeavour to secure to the Portuguese people the full enjoyment of their constitutional rights and privileges. The speech of the Right Hon. THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY is the eloquent vindication of the Government. The intelligence which we published yesterday from America, in regard to the prominent political topic, the Mexican war, entirely corresponds in its character to the prediction we made some time since touching the probable issue of the belligerent opera tions then being carried on in that unfortu nate country. Divided in their councils, with an army badly disciplined, and destitute of the most ordi nary means requisite to ensure success, the Mexican forces have, in every pitched battle with their enemies, sustained throughout successive defeats. The ordi nary tactics of war have been consequently aban doned ; all further resistance to the invaders will be based upon the guerilla system. Of all methods of warfare this is the most frightful. When fanned by the flame of patriotism, it drags its slow length along, with its invariable adjuncts of indiscriminate mas sacre and heartless and wholesale plunder, without producing any decisive result, unless, indeed, the power of the invader be overwhelming, his judgment and energy of a superior character, and the union among his forces unequivocally firm. The armies of the United States are far from commensurate in strength to the object they seek to attain—the virtual subjugation of the immense territory of Mexico ; and the American Generals are already feeling the serious inconve nience of being deserted by large numbers of their volunteers at the critical moment when they require a judicious concentration of all their available strength to pursue their progress triumphantly to wards the Mexican capital. Union, the chief ele ment of success, is therefore wanting to them ; and though they will, in all probability, possess them selves of the metropolis, it will be then that they will find the commencement of their real difficulties. Then only will they learn the force of the saying, le commencement de /a fin. SANTA ANNA and CA NALES have issued proclamations, commanding the male population, from 12 to 50 years of age, to range themselves into guerilla bands for the purpose of putting to the sword every American, of whatever age or condition, wherever and whenever he may be discovered within the frontiers of the Mexican coun try. The Americans will, of course, retaliate in the sam e way, and A theutmost horrors be mutually perpetr a t e d. reig n of n terror will super plude vene. Insubordination an d have marked the proceedings of the American voluterst,ermo who, f s atiated with their predatory gains, and theirservice being exp ired, are fl ying homew ards, after h av ing created the bitterest feelings of revenge b y thei e x n Congress have practised. Me anw hi le the :8 are averse to all overtu res f or iea cruelties t they peace, and have, it is said, rejected a proposition for requesting the mediation of England for terminating the war. This argues confidence on their side that the Americans will yet regret the unprincipled inva sion they have made, in consequence of the detestation in which their conduct is held throughout the Mexi can provinces. Should the war not be speedily concluded, Mr. POLK will be called to a severe account at the re-opening of Congress. The origin of the dispute being so disgraceful in itself, the cost already incurred, and the immense outlay that would be required to secure anything like a decent military occupation of the conquered country, would constitute national evils of sufficient magnitude to induce Jonathan himself to re-consider his ways. The sympathies of Europe are with the Mexicans. Any reverses which may await the policy of America in the prosecution of this war, would be regarded as a just retribution for as iniquitous a proceeding as ever was taken by one nation towards another. Were any country, or colony, desirous of manual labour for the purpose of developing its resources, to apply to any well-organized State to supply their defi ciency, and to receive a reply that they were welcome to numerous bodies of convicted felons which they were yearly in the habit of transporting to some portion or other of their remote possessions, there can be little doubt that the country or colony would feel itself not only averse to embrace the offer, but insulted by such a proposal. People would naturally, and in stinctively dread the contaminating evils that would inevitably attend any attempt to supply their want of labour from such polluted sources ; and yet how op pressive would it not appear if the mother country should insist upon its colony receiving, =lens volens, the scum and criminal dregs of its own population. Such, however, is actually the course which humane and enlightened England has pursued unchecked for years ! Viewed in the abstract, every nation is bound to punish, and particularly to reform, its law-breakers in the best way it can within its own territories. It has no right to palm off upon another the offscourings of its criminal besom; and this remark becomes all the more consonant with justice when it is re membered that the amount of crime is, in every country, more or less attributable to bad laws and gross neglect, on the part of the State, towards the wants, physical and intellectual, of the humbler classes, which always constitute the great body of the community at large. Are we ourselves free from such imputations ? Assuredly not ; and that this is the truth is fully borne out by the anxious desire at length evinced to contribute in a variety of ways to the promotion of the educational and moral neces sities of the people, and to introduce an extensive reform in our prison discipline. For though it has been sufficient to punish, the State has entirely failed to correct or improve the moral condition of the prisoner, when he is thrown back upon society at the expira tion of his term of incarceration. The contrary is notoriously the fact, viz., that in consequence of - the absence of proper buildings, and regulations essential to a due classification of prisoners conformable to their respective degrees of mental turpitude, the last state of the prisoner has always been found to be worse than the first. Our system has been in this wise : we have first been neglectful, and then we have been severe, and not only so, but we have exercised our severity in the most selfish manner towards other and unoffending communities. We have inverted the order of nature, and violated the first principles of humanity. We have suffered people to grow up in poverty and ignorance ; crime has followed, extreme punishments have been resorted to, and, to wind it all up, we have sent the felons by ship loads to become a contaminating curse to lands whose inhabitants, because they are so remote, should, as subject to the British Crown, be treated with greater circumspec tion and national solicitude for their future welfare. Captain AlicoNoculs, R.N., has just informed us, in a pamphlet, of the system he pursued whilst in com mand as superintendent of the penal settlement of Norfolk Island. When he first went there, the ap pearance of the convicts he describes to have been the most demoniacal looking that could possibly be con ceived. In three years he completely changed the condition of the convicts, tc the astonishment of the Governor himself, Sir G. GIPPS. He gives a general outline of the plan he successfully adopted in the fol luwi,is teramka - "11Q - sides introducing most imperfectly my own sys tem of management among them (for my marks never had a fixed value towards liberation assigned them, which could alone make their accumulation really im portant), I sought generally by every means to recover the men's self respect, to gain their own wills towards their reform, to visit moral offences severely, but to reduce the number of those that were purely con ventional, to mitigate the penalties attached to these, and thus gradually awaken better and more enlightened feelings among both officers and men. I built two churches—got a catechist added to the establisnnient to assist the chaplain—almost every Sunday during all my four years read the service myself, with a sermon at some one or other out-station—established schools—dis tributed books—gave prizes for assiduity—was un wearied myself in my counsels and exhortations wher ever I went—and went everywhere, alone and un attended, showing confidence, and winning it in return. I also gave every man a small garden, which was a boon to the industrious, but none to the idle." Very much of what Captain MACONOCHIE en forced in Norfolk Island to reform the convicts should be pursued in this country by adequate insti tutions. Once imbue with self-respect, and you do more than anything else to lay the axe at the root of crime. When, however, crime is nevertheless per petrated, we should endeavour to reclaim the criminal in the manner above adverted to. And seeing that the Government have evinced their anxiety to establish their convict discipline upon a similar basis, we hope and believe that the results will prove commensurate with the humanity and wisdom by which their efforts are at present characterised. Aradrid papers of the Bth have arrived. The Faro states that a plan had been formed to organize a Carlist outbreak on a large scale in all the provinces of Spain. The plans of the Carlists have, however, been effectually thwarted by the arrest of General ALZOA at Bayonne. It is rumoured that negotiations have been entered into with the KING, the object of which is to induce him to join the QUEEN at La Granja. Letters from Catalonia state that the sudden return of General PAvIA to Barcelona was caused by the discovery of a Carlist conspiracy in that city. Since his return seven persons have been arrested and con fined in the citadel. MADRID BOURSE, JUNE B.—Three per Cents. 301; Five per Cents., 18f. Exchange on London 49f. 10e. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. A second edition of the Commerce states that Queen CHRISTINA had just arrived in Paris. The Journal des Debats states that the Committee on the affair of M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN were to meet on Monday to consider the report of M. LA VILLE, that the report would be printed and distri buted to the Deputies on Tuesday, and discussed in the public sitting of the Chamber on Thursday. The National expresses a hope that the debate on the affairs of Portugal will not be permitted to pass over without a demand for explanations from M. GUIZOT on the subject of the contemplated interven tion of France in the affairs of Switzerland. "In Switzerland," says the National, " the designs of the Ministers may yet be prevented, and we must repeat how important it is to the honour and the interests of France that the Chamber should interpose to detach M. GUIZOT from the policy of Austria." After denouncing the intervention in Portugal, the National proceeds :—" But intervention in Switzer land would be treason and infamy of, if possible, a deeper dye. The guilt of this intervention is aggra vated by everything that is culpable in the choice of accomplices. What the Minister dares to accomplish in Switzerland is to act in concert with Austria to forward the views and promote the interests of the Absolutist Powers. Is it not suf ficiently disgraceful to have delivered to the Cabinets of Vienna and of St. Petersburgh, Poland, Cracow, and Switzerland ? It is impossible that the Chambers, whatever may be their composition, can permit M. GUIZOT to force France openly to enter into this Holy Alliance of hangmen." The report of M. RENOUARD on the Cubieres affair was to be read in the Chamber of Peers, and distributed among the Members on Monday. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Jusx 14. East Indian, lA—Namur and Liege, WA—Northern of France, 12—Orleans and Bordeaux, 64—Paris and Stras bourg, 4%—West Flanders, Dispatches were received on Monday evening at the Colonial-office from the Governor of Canada. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From The Sun of Last Night.) There was a firm market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday, with prices unchanged. Sales 5,000 bales, of which 700 American were on speculation. The sales included 4,000 bales American, at 61d. to 7d. per lb. The tone of the Share Market was healthy to-day, in the absence of an y great demand, and th ere was a consider able improvement in the prices of Railway Shares at the sale by Messrs. Lamond and Co. The following are a few of the principal sales : South Staffordshire Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire .... 010 6 Shropshire Union and Canal 2 4 0 South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 4 15 6 West Riding Union ... 4 2 0 Louvain ala Sambre 0 19 0 Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston.-- 1 7 6 Birmingham and Oxford Junction ..... 16 19 0 Eastern Counties ..........•.., Eastern Counties, York Extension 6 15 0 East Lincolnshire Great Northern London and Blackwall 7 12 0 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 3 • There was an animated demand for Shares, princi pally for Midland, North Stafford, North-Western, York and Newcastle, and Dover half. The advices delivered yesterday afternoon, and brought by the Britannia, serve to show what inter ested speculation will do, in inducing people to form opinions. The American journals by the previous ar rival, generally represented that upon the re-opening of the navigation, abundant supplies of grain would be forwarded to the sea-board for shipment, but the private letters written by several leading firms, threw consider able doubt upon.this view of the question, and we have to thank them in part for the subsequent rise in corn. Intelligent and impartial Americans, however, with whom we have had the pleasure of conversing, inti mate generally their belief that we shall receive very lurge supplies of food from the opposite shores of the Atlantic; and as freights ruled lower when the Britannia left, shipments will be facilitated. The accounts from Canada are satisfactory also in reference to the supplies we may expect, especially as American grain from the in terior will be allowed to pass duty free through the British possessions if re-exported within six months. This will attract a carrying trade of some im portance to Canada, and benefit both the merchants and the shipping interest, without, as is hoped, damaging to any extent the position of the Canadian agriculturist. Some effect upon prices appears, however, to be likely. The Canadas, however, must look for strength and growth to the development of every branch of industry, and, assuredly, its shipping interest ranks high. The Upper Canada Mining Company is said to be commencing operations on the Canada side of the Lake this spring, under most favourable auspices. The loca tions upon Lakes Huron and Superior are known to be very rich in mineral wealth, and strong hopes are enter tained of the presence of coal on Lake Huron. Exploring parties have already gone forward. There are late accounts from Australia. The Sydney advices are to March 2, at which period the weather was brilliant, trade steady, agriculture flourishing, and the whole colony looking more prosperous than for a long time past. There is rather less doing in Stocks to-day, but the quotation are firm, and have even further improved a little compared with yesterday. The beautiful weather, increasing supplies of foreign grain, ease in the money market, and the anticipation that trade will gradually expand, all conduce to excite a buoyant feeling, and an impression that nothing but a good harvest is wanting to bring us back to a state of confidence and pros perity. Consols have been 88 to 881 for July, and Exchequer-bills have touched 7s. and 103. premium. Bank Stock has been at a rise to 196 and 197. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 891 to 90. The Foreign Stock Market has been very dull, but looks firm. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 321 to 33. Spanish, Mexican, &c., are merely nominal. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 584 to 58k, and Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, 95. Railway Shares have been higher again. BUITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. •• 196 197 197 Three per Cent. Reduced AnnUitlea . • • • 88 88 88 88 18 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 891 % 90 8914 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 1-16 9 1-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 8 15.16 8 15-16 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. 6 Ditto, under 1,000/. .. .. 6 3 Consols for Opening, July 16 .. 88% Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip .• •• • par Lxchequer Bills. tlid. 2d. 1,0001... .. 7 10 p 5001... 11 14p Ditto, Small 12 18 p ONE O'CLOCK. 7p 88% par 10p 14 p 18 p CLOSINt, PRICES. FOREIGN FUNDS. Equador Bonds .. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 4 per Cent .. • • .. 33 Ditto, for the Account • • .. 32% Russian Bonds Sdanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, Three per Cent .. -- Dividend% on the above payable in Lendon. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 95 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 58%4 % Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 90 89% Ditto, Bonds .. • • • • .. 89% BUSINESS PRICES OF AID. DONE Al , CLOSING P RAILWAY SHARES. PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. . Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 16% .......... 17 Buckinghamshire .• 6/.45.... 1 di5....... • • 1 dis. Caledonian •• •• • • • • 35 .... 304 ..... . . . . . 30 Ditto, Half Shares .• • • 2!%i •• .. Iyi Chester and Holyhead .. .• • • 27%.... 21 .......... 21 Eastern Counties .. • • .• •• 20 .... 20% N i % 20% Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. U. 13s. 4d. .......... Ditto, ditto.. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. 11 3 • •• • •• • Ditto, York Extension East Lancashire .. • • • • • . 20 3"c 111 li P 6% 19% 9% Ditto, New .• • • • • .. 10 ......... East Lincolnshire .. • • • . 6% „••„.., Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 Ditto, Half Shares .. - . 15 21 34 ..... Ditto, Quarter Shares • • 1234 16% Ely and Huntingdon • • • • .. 15 ~ Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 14 .• • .. . Great Northern • • • • • • -- .... 2 Do., London & York Extension 2% 1%34,•.•„.• Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 .... 24% • Great North of England . ..100 Ditto, New .. • • • • • • • • 134 1834.,,, 1834 Great Western • • • • • • • • 85 • • ..115 .• Ditto, Half Shares .. • • .. 50 .... 6868 . Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 1234 1734 17 4 Ditto, Fifths • • • • • • •• 20 .... 26% 2734 273 Ditto, New • • • • • • • • 434 .• ...... 8 Hull and Selby • • • • • • •• 5 0 • • ..104 .......... 104 Ipswich aud Bury St•Edmunds 14 .... 10 ....... .. 10 Leeds and Bradford • • • • .. 40 89 87 . Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manchester 32% 3334 ...... 333; Leeds and Thirsk • • • • • • .. 26 19% .......... 19% Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent. .. 3% .... 3 3 London, Brighton, & South Coast 50 .... 54% 54% London an : North-Western • • 100 ....la() 179........ 17 9 s . h Ditto, Quarters .. L. and B. 7 .. 23% .. 23% Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 12% 13 13 Ditto, 401. Shares M. Sc B. 40 ........ 63 % London, Oxford, and Chelt. .. 2 .. 1 1 Manchester and Leeds • • • • •• 82 • • —lO3 . ........ 103 5114 (late Thirds te 1 ( l it edu. • Ditto, I lalf Shares .. •••. 38 • ... 453,‘ 45% •. • • Ditto, Fifths •• •• 10% Ditto, sixteenths • • • • • • 6 4 •• • • 7% ••••• • • • • • 7 % par Ditto i Ditto, dl4 . . Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .... dis. • • • •• dis Ditto, New •• •• •• 36 41 40% 414 414 Ditto, New •• •• . 6 94, 934 • 934 Do., Consol. Bristol and firm. Six per Cent. _100 Newcastle and Berwick •• .. 20 .... 28 27% •• •• .„ 27% Ditto, New .. • • .. 5 73 Norfolk .. • • .. ..100 „12634••••........ 1264 Ditto, Extension .. .. 10 .... 936 ... 9% North British • • • • • • .. 25 .... 32% Ditto, Half Shares 1234 • ..... 15% Ditto, Extension • • • • • • %•• • • Ye •••• • • • • 34 Ditto, Thirds .. -, • • 1 . North Staffordshire .. .. • • 7% • • 1 0 34 1034 •• • • 104 North Western • • .. • • 4 •• • • 2% ••••.• • • • • 2% Oxford, Wor'ster, Sc Wolverhamp. 223,E .... 14 .......... 14 Preston and Wyre.. 25 Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. .. • • .......... 12% Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .... 5% 4 ...... 54 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 334 .... 334% • • • ..... Shropshire Union .. .- 4 .... 2% •••• • • • South Eastern and Dovor 3334.... 36% . Do.. New (d 0.331. Os Bd.) No. 2. 12 .... 11% Do.. New (do. 101.) .. No. 4. 5 .... 4 •• ••• • • • 4% West Riding Union .. 25... dis par .. Windsor. Staines, & S. Western.. 425..... p.. • Wilts, Somerset, and WeymoUth 20 .... 1134 •• • • York and Newcastle 25 .... •• • • .... Ditto, New.. 10 .... 15% Ditto, l'reference .. • • 6 •• • • 11 •••• • • • • 111 ,4 York sad North 311dland 50 .. • • 85 ••••• • • • • • 8 5 Ditto, Extension .. .. 25 .... 424 Ditto. Preference .. 6 .... 15 .. ••..• • • • 15 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten . • 10 •• • •• • • .... •• 203( FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. • • 20 •• • • —1 i•• • • • Luxembourg „ .. 6 .• . 1 3s • • •••• • • • 1 / 4 Northern ot France .. 8 ••• • ••••• • • • • • 1 24 Namur and Liege .. .. •.. .. 10 •• • • 334 ••••• • • • • • 3 % Orleans and Bourdeaux .• • • 6 •• • ••••• • • • • 6 L i Sambre and Meuse .. .. 14 ...• 7%• •.•.•.• •• 7 MINES. Real del Monte, U nreg i s t er ed —• • •• • • 34** • •.• •• plinrtiws::L.3l:, ''''''''''''' :: i i COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam .. ..C.F. 12 6 Gibra1tar.............. - Ditto, at sight . ...... 12 3 Leghorn ..........30 60 Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 6% Genoa .. ••• • • • ........ 26 26 Milan . • •• . . .. Elambargh .. ....mai. 13 13 Venice.... •••••• • • • • • • A1t0na..... .. ..... Naples ............ • 120 Ditto, .............. 2 2 5 5 6 95 5 L P i a s i b e o rm n. ° . ' . P . e . r . ° .! 52% Marseilles .......... .. 26 Oporto .••••••• • • • • • • • • 43% Bourdeaux... ..... 26 Rio Janeiro 26 Frankfort On ;rains 122% Bahia .. .. •••••• • • • • • • retersburgh, 3 Us .... .. Buenos Ayres — Berlin ... .. New York, 21 days' sight __. Vienna, effee.f10...... 10 8 Trieste, ditto.... ...... 10 8 Madrid . • •• •••• • • • 47% Cadiz • • •• • : ........ 46 Barcelona Philadelphia ..... PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold ia bars...£3 17 9 New Dollars • • • 0 4 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver is bars 0 4 11 GAMING IN THE ARMY.—We have been informed on competent authority that his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, commanding the troops in the Dublin district, lately intimated his intention of withdrawing his name from the list of members of the Hibernian United Ser vice Club, unless an immediate stop was put to the gam bling which had been carried on there for some time, and which had led to the ruin of several officers. His Royal Highness also stated, that every general officer serving in Ireland intended to follow the example set by himself in this matter. It gives us sincere pleasure to be enabled to add, that the committee of the Hibernian United Service Club promptly acceded to the Prince's wishes, and have deter mined to discountenance gambling within the walls of the club by every means in their power. The promptitude and decision of Prince George on this occasion are deserving of the highest praise that it is in our power to bestow.—United Service Club. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen went in state yesterday to her Majesty's Theatre, to honour the performance with her presence. The Royal procession left Buckingham Palace at ten Minutes before eight o'clock, and consisted of nine car riages and an escort of the Life Guards. In the first carriage were the Gentlemen Ushers. Sir Wm. Martins and Mr. Heneage, and the Exon of the Yeomen Guard in Waiting, Captain Sadler. In the second carriage were, the Silver Stick in Wait ing, Colonel Smith ; the Groom in Waiting, Admiral Sir Edward Codrington ; and the Pages of Honour. In the third carriage were, the Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert, Colonel Bouverie ; the Groom in Wait ing to his Royal Highness, Captain Francis Seymour ; the Comptroller of the Household, Lord Marcus Hill ; and the Field Officer in Waiting, Colonel Chaplin. In the fourth carriage were, the Woman of the Bed chamber in Waiting, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Clerk Marshal, Lord Alfred Paget, the Equerry in Waiting, Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and the Treasurer of the Household, Lord Robert Grosvenor. In the fifth carriage were, two Maids of Honour, Hon. Miss Murray and Hon. Miss Macdonald, the Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert, Lord George Lennox, and the Vice-Chamberlain, Lord Edward Howard. In the sixth carriage were, two Maids of Honour, Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hun. Miss Kerr, the Lord in Waiting, Lord Byron, and the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, Viscount Falkland, G.C.H. In the seventh carriage were, the Lady of the Bed chamber, Viscountess Jocelyn ; the Maid of Honour in Waiting, Hon. Miss Paget ; the Gold Stick in Waitin g , Viscount Combermere, G.C.B. ; and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Marquis of Abercorn, K.G. In the eighth carriage were, the Lady of the Bed chamber in Waiting, the Marchioness of Douro; the Lord Steward, the Earl of Fortescue ; and the Lord Chamberlain, the Earl Spencer. In the ninth carriage were, her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G., the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Sutherland ; and the Master of the Horse, the Duke of Norfolk. Her Majesty the Queen-Dowager attended by Francis Lady Clinton and Earl Howe, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their presence last evening. Her Majesty was accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Here ditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar; the Countess of Assenburg, Count de Bengt, and Baron de Zigesar were in attendance. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baroness Hammerstein and Baron Knesebeck, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. The Equerries in Waiting attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by Colonel Bouverie. The annual general inspection of the men and officers of the Corps of Yeomen of the Guard, by Viscount Fal kland commanding, took place yesterday in St. James's Palace. The Mayor of Birmingham, Mr. Alderman Phillips, Mr. Councillor Heaton, accompanied by the Town- Clerk of Birmingham—a deputation from the Town Council on the Health of Towns Bill—had an interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday at the office of the Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. Sir William Somerville bad an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Strutt yesterday at the office of the Commissioners of Railways in Great George-street. Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. G. F. Muntz and Mr. Richard Spooner, Members for Birmingham, Mr. W. S, Dug,dale, and Mr. C. N. Newdegate, Members for Warwickshire, Mr. Thomas Lane, High Sheriff of Birmingham, and Messrs. R. T. Cadbury, James James, David Malens, and William Haines, a deputation from the Commissioners of the Bir mingham Street Act, had an interview yesterday with Viscount Morpeth. A deputation, including Messrs. Tasker, Turner, Lang, Murray, Miller, Deans, M. Junes, Connell, Henderson, Tennant, M'Call, G. Stirling, and A. Smith, had an in terview yesterday with the Right Hon. E. Strutt. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S GRANt) FETE TO HER MAJESTY AND THE PRINCE CONSORT. The Duke of Wellington gave a princely fete to the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert on Mon day evening, at Apsley House. We understand that the Noble an Gallant Duke re ceived intimation of her Majesty's gracious pleasure, on the Queen signifying it to be her intention to stand sponsor to the infant daughter of Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, that her Majesty and her illustrious censort would honour his Grace by their company at the fete which was to be given on the interesting occasion. The Duke of Wellington invited the several member,' of the Royal Family and a distinguished cirel • to meet the Queen at the sumptuous entertainment which pr.— ceded the musical reception, the bang cuing-table beine laid for about forty guests. Aereeably to the invita tions, the guests began to assemble shortly after seven o'clock. The full band of the Grenadier Guards (the Duke's regiment) was stationed in the vestibule, and performed a variety of airs while the august visitors congregated prior to her Majesty's arrival. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived at halt-past seven, and as the royal carriage drove into the court-yard were warmly cheered by the populace congregated in Piccadilly. The Duke of Wellington was in waiting to welcome his Sovereign and her illustrious husband, and after a cordial greeting, the Queen resting on the arm of the venerable Duke, proceeded to the gallery, where the majority of the guests had met; Prince Albert, Lord Charles Wellesley, and the attendants on the Queen and Prince followed to the picture gallery, Lady Charles Wellesley advancing to the staircase to meet the august visitors. The banquet was served in the noble dining-room, the table presenting a gorgeous display of plate, from the celebrated Portuguese plateau occupying the centre, besides a rare collection of ornamental plate. The whole was relieved by the choicest flowers, and massive cande labra, from which the festive board was illuminated. The spacious apartment appropriated for the banquet is hung with the portraits of the continental sovereigns in alliance with this country during the wars that suc ceeded the French revolution. The following is a list of the dinner circle, in addition to the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the noble host:—Their Royal Hignesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Gloucester and Prince George of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis and Marchiones of Douro, the Countess of Westmoreland, Viscount Jocelyn, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, the Right Hon, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, the Right Hon. Henry Pierrepoint, the Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley; and Lord Camovs, Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord Alfred Paget, Lady Caroline Cocks and Colonel Bouverie, in waiting on the Queen and Prince; Lady Augusta Cadogan and Baron Knesebeck, in waiting on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge; Lady Georgiana Bathurst, in waiting on the Duchess of Gloucester; and the Hon. Capt. James Macdonald, in waiting on Prince George. Her Majesty retired from the dining-room at half-past nine o'clock. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia arrived shortly after ten o'clock. Their Se rene Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar had previously arrived. His Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince of Lucca was also among the early arrivals, and among the general com pany we observed their Highnesses the Prince Francois and Princess Lichtenstein, his Excellency the Aus trian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein, his Excellency Prince Castelcicala, his Excellency the Prussian Minister, and Madame and Misses Bunsen, his Excellency the Russian Minister and Baroness Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner, bis Excelleacy the Portuguese , Minister and Baroness Moncorvo, his Excellency Count Kielmansegge, his Excellency the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, his Excellency Count Schimmelpennick, his Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Bancroft, his Excel lency the Danish Minister and Countess Reventlow, and the Countess Hilda Reventlow, his Excellency the Bra ailian Minister and Madame Lisboa, his Excellency the Saxon Minister and Baroness de Beust, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, his Excellency Baron Hugel, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires and Baroness Rehausen, Count Revel, Count Potocki, Baron Koller, M. de Berg, the Duke 'of Rutland and Lady Adeliza Manners, the Duke de Palmella, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis and ' Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Emily de Burgh, the Marquis of Granby, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, the Earl and Countess Spencer and Hon. Miss Lyttelton, the Earl and Countess of Haddington, the Countess of Manvers and Lady A. Pierrepoint, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl and Countess Fortescue and Miss Geale, the Earl a id Countess of Lincoln, the Countess of Clarendon, the Earl and Countess Grey, the Earl of Auckland and the Hon. Miss Eden, the Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl of Ripon, the Earl and Countess of Desert, the Earl and Countess of Cawdor, the Earl and Countess Delawarr, the Earl of Warwick, the Earl and Countess of Clan willies'', the Countess of Charlemont, the Earl and Countess of Minto and Ladies Elizabeth and Harriet Eliot, the Earl and Countess of Morley, the Countess of Morton and Lady Ellen Douglas, Viscount Morpeth, Viscount and Viscountess Newport, Viscount Chelsea and Lady Honoria Cadogan, Viscount StrangFord, Viscount and Viscountess Brackley, Viscount St. Vin cent and Hon. Mrs. Dyce Sombre, Viscountess Palmer ston, Viscount and Viscountess Canning, Viscount and Viscountess Falkland, Viscount and Viscountess Syd ney, Viscount and Viscountess Combermere, the Lord Chancellor and the Hon. Miss Pepys, Lord and Lady Lyndhurst and Hon. Miss Copley, Lord and Lady Ash burton and Hon. Miss Baring, Lord and Lady 1)e Ros and Hon. Miss De Res, Lord Foley and Hon. Miss Foley, Lord Dunkellin, Lady Blanche Balfour, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Lord Clarence and Lady Adelaide Paget, Lord and Lady Beauvale, Lord Heystesbury, Lord E. F. Howard, Lady Granville Somerset and Miss Somerset, Lord Campbell and Lady Stratheden, and Honourable Miss Campbell, Lord and Lady Stanley, Lord Lyttelton, Lord and L-idy Fitzroy Somerset and Misses Somerset (2), Lady Marcus Hill, the Lord Chief Justice and Lady Wilde, Lsdy Georgians Fane, the Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, Major- General and Lady Isabella Wemyss, llonourable Colonel and Hon. Mrs. Anson, Hon. Colonel Liddell and Mrs. Liddell, the Right Hon. Sir James and Lady Graham, the Right Hon. Fox and Mrs. Maule, Hon. Major West, Hon. Captain and Mrs. Dancombe, Major-General Sir Harry and Lady Smith, Sir E. and Lady Bowater, Mr. and Lady Charlotte Watson Taylor, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Coartenay, Mr. G. E. and Hon. Mrs. Anson, the Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone, Sir Horace Sey mour and Lady Clinton, and Misses Seymour, Sir John and Lady Macdonald, Sir Willoughby and Lady Gordon, Hon. S. Pierrepont, Hon. Lieut.-Colonel and Lady Mary Wood, Hon. Mrs. Grey and Miss Copley, Hon. Lieut.- Colonel Phipps, Colonel and Lady Catherine Buokley, Captain Meynell, Miss B. Coutts and Miss Burdett, Mr. and Mrs. Assheton Smith, Captain Pakenham, Lieut.- Colonel Seymour, Mrs. Shawe Lefevre and Miss Lefevre, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Arbuthnot, Mr. Wynne, Mr. Algernon Greville and Miss Greville, Mr. H. Greville, Hon. William Bathurst, Hon. J. Fane, Sir Henry and Lady Wheatley and the Misses Wheatley, Hon. P. and Mrs. Pierrepont, the Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Captain Francis Seymour, Hon. Mrs. D. Damer and Miss Damer, the Right Hon. Sydney and Mrs. Herbert, &c. The concert commenced about half-past ten, and the subjoined is the programme of the performance:— PART FIRST. Trio, " Qual volutta," Madame Grisi, Sig nori Mario e Tamburini (I Lombardi) . Verdi. Duo, " Si mel credi," Madlle. Alboni e Tamburini (Esule di Granata) Meyerbeer. Quartetto, " Ave verum," Madame Grisi e Madlle. Alboni, Signori Mario e La blache Duo, " Dillo tel chieggo," Madame Grisi Sig. Mario (Parisina) Aria, " Per non istare in ozio," Madlle Alboni (Maria di Rohan) Donizetti. Quintetto, " Ah m'illuse," Madame Grisi e Madlle. Alboni, Signori Mario, Tam burini, e Lablache (Zelmira) Rossini. SECOND PART. Trio, " Ferma crudele," Madame Grisi, Signori Mario a Lablache (Ernani) Verdi. Aria, " Se d'amore," Madame Grisi (Ales sandro nelle Indie) Pacini. Duo, " Bel paese," Signori Tamburini e Lablache (La Regina di Golgonda) Donizetti. Aria, " Connais-tu la chanson?" Signor Mario (La Chanson de Mai) Meyerbeer. Duo, " Ciel qual destino," Madame Grisi e Mdlle. Alboni (Bianco e Falliero) Rossini. Coro, "Felice, eta,' Madame Grisi e Mdlle Alboni, Sig. Mario, Tamburini, a La blache The instrumental artists engaged were, at the viod Ipnat cello, Mr. Lindley; the contrabasso, Mr. Howell; an the pianoforte, Mr. M. Costa. ller Majesty and Prince Albert took theireleaye of the Noble and noble host at a quarter to twelve o'clock, Gallant Duke seeing his august guests to their carriage. Ilis Grace soon afterwards retired for teeei.sight, after taking leave of the Grand Duklo.2.r_latja_in ig CASUALTIES OF WHALE --- ---- jin[NGT—'rhe Factor is since leaving Sydney on he the 19th September last. an d 35 barrels sperm, having taken about 18 0 barrels has on board 2,150 barrels black, T C T following vessels have been reported by her. At Stewart's Island, December 7, 1846, the Fortitude , bar q ue, of Hobart Town, mont hCAp. out, clean ; lowered after a larg sperm whale, , der 's Island, on the even i ng o f fain Bailey, one hi m , but lost sight of the b a r que , so off Soleil the sth, and killed whale all night (the three boats). At tweatherheri remained by was very bad ; they saw the ship three leagu-s. Captain Bailey left to leeward, distance boats, with the intentionof • ith the two the whale w daylight the on b o ard. When within three hundred yards o f t h e ve ssel a sea broke into the boat and caps i ze d h er. They saw this accident from the ship, but lost th e i r presence of mind, and were consequently unable to render any assistance. As soon as the mates arrived alongside with the whale, the people on board informed them of the accident, bat knew not where to direct them in search of the captain. When at last they did find the boat, the captain was delirious and nearly dead, and dreadfully bruised, having been in the water three hours. All the rest had perished. Singular to say, the captain was the only man in the boat who could not swim. The mate left the whale, and took the barque into Paterson's River, Stewart's Island. She was spoken off the Solan ders, December 26, ' ptain Bailey much . C l butter, able to go on deck ; and again, January 11, 1847, the captain j able to go in his boat.—Sydney Morning Herald. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Berkshire. George Henry Eilioft, the younger, Esq., to b e D.,puty- Lieutenant, June 5, 1847. CAnmissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of For 4 lirshire. at- Thomas George Earl of Strathmore, be ore, to be Deputy -Li tenant; David Graham Drummond Lord Og ilv y , to Deputy-Lieutenant; Lord John Frederick Gordon Hally burton, M.P., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Rio and Gm - dnert to be Deputy-Lieutenant;_ William Macdonald Mac donald, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; John Ramsay L'Arny, younger, Esq., to be D-Duty- Lieutenant. Julie 5. Commission by the Lord.alieutenant of Suffolk. East Suffolk Regiment of Militia-John Cobbold, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Richardson, resigned, June 10. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Trinity Term, in the Tenth Year of the Reign of Quee n Victoria. Friday, the 11th day of June, 18.17. This Court will, on Saturday, the 3 d day of July nest, hold a sittin, and will proceed to give j u d gme nt in certa in of the matters standing over for the considertion of the Court. THO.a WILDE. WHITEHALL, JUNE 11, 147. The Lord Chancellor has aointed Frederick C harsleY, °f Amersham, in the county of p Buckingham, Gent ., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPE RSEDED. Meyer Abraham Seckel and Hillery John Banerman, watch nianafacturers, Duke-street. A ldgate. B. Charles Gilman, oilman, CanaANKRUPTSI-terrace, Camden Town, to surrender June 22, at one, and July Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing' hall-street ; Lacy and Co., New Bridge-street. Jane John Evans, paper stainer, Pump-row, St. Luke's, „ 27, at eleven, at the 22, at half-past twelve, and July 27, at half-past eleven:„.re: the Court of Bankruptcy. Catlan, of fi c i a l assignee, kii chin-lane, Corn hill ; Weeks, Tokenhouse-yard. Edward Edmunds, ho'ier, St. Geol bridge, June 25, at one, and July 23, at eleven, at the Court Lo gfora of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Reed, and Marsden - Friday-street, Cheapsde T n n 29, Edmund L ' ord, flannel manufacturer., Rocliale, n o un. , and July 20, at eleven, at the Manchester District Cour Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Hunt, Rochdale; CrBg6 ge's-place, Rnights: and (byes, Bedford-row. n 25 an d Abraham Thomas, cart owner, Liverpool , -u- e Turner , July 23, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. jowl• official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Co. , Old chambers ; Pemberton, Liverpool. „, e A nd John Fox Kemp, grocer, Uxbridge, June 24, a t John July 28, at half-past one, at the Court of 1 311 '% ' 11 a rid Tairquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; P Co., Bow Church-yard, Cheapside. %tract, Henry Dircks, manufacturer o f malt and 1: 10 1 3 e ne, A nd Winsley-street, Oxford .street, June 24, at half-Pe st f ru - ptcy. July 28, at half-past two, at th e Court of Dan'. -tleett' Graham, official-assignee, Coleman-street; Ro biegm ' Q street-place. Ben jamin Thomas Shipman, jun., William Birks, and 18,-e and Shipman, lace manufacturers, Nottingham , J une . tttle • July 16, at ten, at the Birmingham Nottingham Cnti' ston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Wells,, At James Rollings, staymaker, Portsmouth, Bankruptcy eleven, and July 28, at two, at the Court of Pa n ' --- fotter , Follett, official assignee, Basingliall-street ; and Co., King-street, Cheapside. g 23, William Gideon Churches, Blackwell Hall factor,,i,vue at two, and July 21, at one, at the Court of BankruP.-.7T; and official assignee. Coleman -street-buildings • Di ck3°- Overbury, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry a 1 6, a l James Robinson, perfumer, Manchesler, July 1 a n A fficial twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Bobson n t e lif o rd• assignee, Manchester; Abbott, Charlotte-street, ter. square; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Mallebtsn-e 25, Thomas Jagger, victualler, Birkenhead, Ceshire, .'", no rt. and July 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District c oo and July 1, at twelve, at the Liverpool pistric fled' Turner, official assignee, Li, erpool ; Gregory and C" ford.row; Fletcher and Hull, Liverpool 11 -s treet , John Longman Shepherd, tavern-keeper, Basingba i r:,, at City, •Tune 29, at half-past eleven, and July 2 7, at 51 v iredir the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assig nee ' rick's . -place, Old Jewry Buchanan, Basingh all. and William Broster, joiner, Tranmere Cheshire, Ju ne „ July 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Cow" r ow; . Bed Fletcher assignee, Liverpool; Gregory and Co., Fletcher and Hull, Liverpool, Wi • lliam Worsey-, dealer in stone, Forebridge, ming- June 23, at eleven, and July 15, at twelve, at the P, ; ham District Court. Christie, official assignee, street.,,s, B rut Bowen, Stafford. George Gilbert, leather cutter, Folkestone, June 22, a t tvl el N ip and July 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ru p tcy. L ie• official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Ste nning ' coin's-inn- fields. lic 0 ; Archibald Dunlop, land agent, Bel rave-Plee e 'r - ft 1 : 3 f June 24, at eleven, and July 21, at g one, at the ‘- ,()-- tr r ee t; Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-a- Phillips, 13 - asinghall-street. TY II6 Anthony Atkinson, share broker, Newcastle-1110"o, at June 18, at half-past ten, and July 23, at hall-PO e o fficial the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker h Noir assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Crosby and CO., C court, Old Jewry ; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyn e. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. fe* M. J. Stone, grocer, Abingdon, Berk ,ti div. • in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office o' Graham, Coleman-street, City A i tile J. Elliott, builder, Chichester-first div. of 75. 3 1 4.",:„",,, 1 o re, pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. "-- • Bas Jaminghall- street. es Bickerton, hat-manufacturer, Castle-streecr, s:denteall: wark-second div. of 2s. Bd. in the pound, on any "" day, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basingliall-street- f6cl - Shutter, grocer, Portsea, Hampshire-second div.,o in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the of fi ce of Whitmore, Basinghall-street. T. M. Taylor, merchant, Newcastle upon-Tyneof6-ce n i . of 6d. in the pound, on any Saturday, a t the rs - gr Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. e„ S. Nelson, music seller,_ New Bond-street, July 7, etfribslf• G. Purt, ale merchant, Upper Thames-street, July 7 ' 3 , ater past one-A. V. Leaman and W. Andrew, inahoganj chants, Fenchurch-street, July 13, at twelve. In the Country. the W. H. Rites, factor, Birmingham, July 6, at twe ls .„ l ' t Birmingham District Court—G. Russell, mereh'b t 4ri.,'" minghain, July 13, at eleven, at the Birminglia"l-„1: 7 - 6.,7, Court—ll. Hodgkins, shoe maker, Birmingham , , — Stei'"' eleven, at the Birmingham Dietriet Coert— N " . n osto mercer, Uttoxeter, July 13, at eleven, at the Bit.° Teeet, District Court—H. Deverill, corn factor, Stoke-ulvnr-ort."' July 20, at twelve, at the Birmingham District..',' 7 , at J. Ogden, cotton spit:ner, Reddish, Lancashire, ui)ciriper. eleven, at the Manchester District Coutt—ft. Cretve ca; tle' Newcastle-upon-Tyne, July 8, at eleven, at the iNe` upon-Tyne District Court—R. Tennant, linen Manchester, July 8, at ten, at the Leeds District Co ast tete Helliwell, stock broker, Halifax, Yorkshire, July at the Leeds District Court. I to CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless ca use be ..sb° HaywardW. t the contrary , , con, butcher trary , on,Ash the datyo;d, Kent,hereinrnen tione Toone, e , s g to r n O e Cer n : pawebre-ter' Dulwich, July 7—A. S. Tipper, H. R. Tipper. " stationers, Upper Thames-street, July 6 — R . 3 Tate, sil,, n t ; Wiles lA. T i p per, ,a r s ,A o . n ic , ke Q n u h a a d m r , a J n u t, iy l-1 7 e_ge i n v t . - st reet, paler, smith, Regent-street, July 7—A. White, shiP °per Trefores I \V earmouth, Durham, July 6—W. Thern°' dralkistol, July Id Glamorganshire, July 8— %V. Knowell, builf J Chattertonr: c—oaJc.hTbauyilloare,rr Manchester, } B le u st r e y r , , L j a u n l ;a 6 s — hir s ei . Ju) .., e _ horse yorlo Bath, July 6—G. Hirst, wooletapler, lia b're, y J ul 6-- July 6—J. J. Price, currier, Builth, Brecons Gent, commission merchant, Bread-st reet; chell, commission merchant, Westerham, Keui S. Coxwell, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyl:! , Woe Gillon, jun., wine merchant, Liverpool, timber merchant, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, July PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. eg I. B. Brown, G. Reece, and J. G. PiliPPe, aP°thecariti' , Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road — J. E. Pool anuok...ifvf. B ou lt on , attorneys, Walbrook- buildings , Wall. afford' Hood and E. Rowland, brewers , West Bromwich, shire—J. Little and R. Byers, silk mercers, LiverPe ° Bindloss and E. Preston, silk me rchants, Manchester — . J, Beales and J. Wilkinson , gardener s, Batley, Yorkshirre:.., Cartwright and J. Bruce, painters, Wavertree, LanCas h e ller T. S. Dobinson, B. G. Tyzack, and - G. S. Tyzack , founders, North Shields (so far as regards T. S. Dobi ,4 ll4° 4;i, J. and C. Andrews, wine merchants, Leeds—J. t"1"„eld Harrison, civil engineers, Sheffield—J. Walker 13+ Thurstons, merchants, Wolverhampton—W. Fellow e :l,bire Best, and G Eglington, coal mast ers , Walsall, StaffLrroif, J. and W. Le Marechal, vel ve t ne:nufacturers, Ru 3s ' s- d Milk-street, City—L. Heywo r th, P. G. Ileyv,-orth,ley- Heywortli, merchants, Liverpool (so far as regard s ,"'i o ucev worth)—ll. J. Dodd and G. Cole, grocers, Olvestono„esier' tershire—J. and G. Cooke, hosiers, Loughborough, L"l'. ' rt 's• shire—W. Padbury and T. Barnes, pill-box makers, " M rieq e "' place, City-road--J. Newton and A. Blenkinsopp , o ober th Silver-street, Wood-street, City—A. Brown and —•1 sad architects, Manchester—W. Wright, jun., G. Writ,,eetb Wright, coach builders, Westminster-b r id ge -road, ,„. m ere, —J. Dewhurst, A. Dewhurst, and W. Dewhurst, Scotforth, Lancashire—S. Spencer, G. Spencer, aAjo.ovies Smith, ice merchants, Oxford-street--R. Forth , Ji: - ,";: r tsos and J. Ogilvie, jun, chemists, North Shields —J. and R. Mackie, merchants, Liverpoo l —D. Bowen, F.ynnoet, J. Cosslett, and S. Morgan, railway co ntractors, _,: , N . r o r o eet Glamorganshire (so far as regards D. Bowen )--T. 7.04 . Gass, S. and 'l'. Phillips, rape H. rs, Ga Gl s.s, ou c a e n s ci te D. r-te u r a ra ss c , e, j .. un e . : Wilitechapel—D smiths, Regent-street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. _ gi and Edinburgh. merchant, Aberdeen, June 24 and July 14, ulßoberty 15,Hu Hunter, e earthenwar e , wo, at t he Royal manufacturer, Exchange c Leith, o e o J .. tr o r ps t Andrew Leslie, , ra a y a , eo li c n a e t n es -hall, thea w d o at the chambers of Messrs. Wilkie, Gleeg ° Robert bl. Gown, tavern keeper, Glasgow, June 2 1 J u ly 12, at twelve, at the office of Mr. Young, Glasgow June 18 1 1 . jatupltywe peter attrti 04 John Cameron, grocer, Edinburgh, June 21 and JAY' at two, at the chambers of Mr. Alexander, Edinburgh' .3 James Alexander and Company, tailors, M ay b o l e , JO' and July 10, at twelve, t the Crown Inn, Ayr• Andrew Walker and Co a mpany, manufacturers, Tillicoalt June 22 and July 20, at the Crown Inn, Alloa. 21 O a George Symington, ironmonger, Paisley, June --_ ro p s July 12, at one, at the office of Messrs. Reid and Haw" Paisley. Robert John Henderson, cabinet makers, Glas , owl"" - 0 W 01, and July 12, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. 1 4 3.- , Glasgow. illiam Hutchison and Company, timber Glasgow, June 18 and July 16, at two, at the chaulD' Messrs. Steele and Douie, Glasgow. STEAM NAVIGATION IN THE PACIFIC.--rootA' APRIL 2l.—The Pacific Steam Navigation Company st A e r ,l l l; ship Ecuador, from Callao, arrived here on the 21st of —o l d ringing, in addition to her usual passengers and eargo,l3o6 mails in continuation with the company's steamer ti cio ro which left Valparaiso on the 28th of March, from the unsoo, mentioned ports in Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, an d Granada of the respective dates as undernoted: — C hile-- paraiso, March 28th ; Coquimbo, 29th ; Huasco, 30113;1,-.1.16, piapo, 30th. Bolivia—l:obija, April Ist. Peru--11,111; April 2d ; Arica, 3d ; Islay, 4th ; Pisco, 6th ; 6 0 . Payta, 14th. Ecuador—Guayaquil, April 16th. New nada—Buenaventura, April 19th. m i ns' Ma t ' CORN MARKETS IN FRANCE.—In the ki ket business has been very dull throughout tb? / 1 7 0 - nc l every one being evidently afraid to purchase ~°. ..e r ) t be their immediate wants. The price or broad for second fortnight of the present month will be 3c. the 21b. loaf. In Alsace and Lorra ine the ea or e lia3 been very considerable. In the south Pil e owes falling rapidly, and the accounts from all the pr° to U . with regard to the approaching harvest couiule very favourable. wtho rri THE HAWTHORN.—The bloom of the ha the was never known to be more beautiful than is the cza se e r pasi present moment. IL many instances the trees are 000 0 of bloom, throwing around a perfume of the Most character imaginable.—Derby Mercury. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH,", JUNE 14.—The Polyphemus steam sloop, Commander M'Cleverty, left the harbour this morning at daylight (about 2) for Lisbon direct, with dis patches from the Government for the British Minister and Commander-in-Chief. We are authorised to state that there is no truth what ever in a paragraph which has gone the round of the press to the effect that Captain Campbell, Royal Navy, of Southsea, intended to contest the borough of Ports. mouth, on the Conservative interest, with the present Members, in conjunction with Mr. Jones, the banker, of Portsea. FLYMOUTII, JUNE 12.—Her Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120, Captain Manly H. Dixon, with the flag of Port- Admiral Sir John West, K.C.8., and her Majesty's ship Queen, 110, Captain Sir Henry Luke, left their moorings in the Sound this morning, and proceeded to sea. Be tween one and two o'clock in the afternoon they were observed outside the Knap-buoy with the Rame Head open. The Queen was about half a mile ahead, on the weather bow, and on being signalised from the Admiral s ship hoisted her three top-gallant sails. Both ships were reaching W.S.W., with the wind about S.S.E. In the evening it veered more to the westward. Her Majesty's ship San Josef, 101, Commander Hall, is to be supplied with 14 six pounders, for the purpose of returning salutes in the absence of her Majesty's ship Caledonia. Her Majesty's steam-tug Confiance sailed suddenly on Wednesday for Falmouth with a party of artillery, two pieces of ordnance, and a detachment of the sth Fusiliers. She returned on Thursday, and the same evening, when at hor moorings in liamoaze, a fire, r hick originated close to the boilers, was discovered on board her. The Confiance is not provided with a gun, but having hoisted a distress flag, the powerful float-engine, manned from her Majesty's dockyard, was soon along side, and speedily extinguished the flames, which have not done much damage. Unfortunately,:one of the hands belonging to the San Josef, in his haste to join that ship's boat, for the purpose of aiding the Confiance, fell overboard, and was drowned. The officers and crew of her Majesty's steam-sloop Growler, Commander Potbury, were paid advance yes terday, and she is now lying at the moorings of her Ma jesty's ship Queen, in the Sound. She will probably sail to-morrow for Sierra Leone, there to embark emigrants for the West Indies. Captain Ellbrecht and the officers of his Danish Majesty's corvette Flora, now in the Sound, went yester day in the passenger steam-packet Queen up the river as far as Morwelham, and on their return visited Cote hill House, and were much delighted with their excur sion. When in the Sound, the steamer passed round her Majesty's ship Queen, the band of which honoured the strangers by playing the National Anthem. Captain Mahommed Ben Hames, commandinghis High ness the Imaum of Muscat's ship Caroline, at anchor in the Sound, is now on a visit at Mamhead, the seat of Sir Robert Newman, Bart. The Caroline is the ship which brought the rich present of Arabian horses from the Imaum to her Majesty th© Queen of England. When the captain joins her she will sail for Zanzibar. JETNE 13.—1 n consequence of the thick weather which came on yesterday afternoon with the westerly wind, her Majesty's ships Caledonia and Queen returned about 4 o'clock to the Sound. They were accompanied by Port- Admiral Sir John West, in the Sylph tender, and by Admiral-Superintendent Sir John Louis, in the Ply mouth tender, both of whom went out with the inten tion of witnessing the comparative sailing qualities of the two ships. The Caledonia, with the flag of the Port- Admiral, red at the mizen, is now lying inside the eastern arm of the Breakwater, and the Queen, with the flag of the Admiral-Superintendent, white at the main, is moored near the western end. The Growler continues in the Sound. Wind southerly, blowing strong. WOOLWICH, JUNE 14.—The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Joseph West, was paid off at this port on Wednesday, the 9th inst., on her return from the coast of Africa, to which place she proceeded in June, 1845. On her return to England she had not a man on the sick list, and during her time on the coast the master, boat swain, and four of her crew died of fever. These per sons had not been more exposed than the rest, and it is supposed some previous constitutional malady was the cause of their death. The Hecate visited every part of the coast as far south as Angola, and the excellent pre servation of the health of the crew is partly attributable to her keeping under weigh whenever she could, and employing the mei in the exercise of their various duties, and not exposing them to the heat of the sun, or the miasma off the land. One principle was strictly en forced on hoard this vessel to keep her perfectly dry— white% ash her fore and aft once a week, and keep up a thorough ventilation. Since her arrival at Woolwich she has met the approbation of those naval officers who have visited her, and some idea may be formed of the efficiency of her crew when it is stated that at the time her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent embarked at Woolwich for Ostend, half-past nine o'clock A.M., the Hecate had royal yards across, and her yards manned, and, at twelve o'clock, she was at a Bantling, with all her spars overboard, and the whole of her rigging in a lump alongside. Tne Charon steam-vessel, being old and useless, was towed down is river to-day by th e M on k ey steam vessel, and it s interded to sink her to serve as a break water at Harwich. - . BEAUTIES 07 NATURE.-HOW beautiful to the eye and the heart rise up, in a pastoral region, the silent green hills from the dissolving snow-wreaths that yet linger at their feet ! A few warm sunny days, and a few breezy and melting nights, have seemed to create the sweet season of spring out of winter's bleakest deso lation. We can scarcely believe that such brightness of verdure could have been shrouded in the snow, blending itself, as it now does, so vividly with the deep blue of heaven. With the revival of nature our own souls feel restored ; happiness becomes milder, meeker, and richer in pensive thought ; while sorrow catches a faint tinge of joy, and reposes itself on the quietness of earth's opening breast. Then is youth rejoicing, man hood sedate, and old age resigned. The child shakes his golden curls in his glee—he of riper life hails the coming year with temperate exultation—and the eye that has been touched with dimness, in the general spirit of delight, forgets, or fears not the shadows of the g rave. 'BOSTON, STAMFORD, AND BIRMINGHAM RAILy: wAy.—At a special meeting of the shareholders in_rth;.c pauy held at 18, Abingdon-street on Biondi') I ' 'b A mit . ted and Ma caulay in the chair, the tellowing Bills were approved, viz.:—To make a railway from P s e y u te ; rb a oro ra u i g lw h a t; the Stamford and Wisbech branch at from Wisbech to Wisbech-barbour, andThhtotoronceosnustttrounc-tbNrviodrgkes, in the harbour a branch from t? and another to Sutton St. Mary, improvea W n i ct . ,e b to ee at Sutton-bridge -, also to enablet Great N o Ttti.lll r e n harb ouri/.a way Company to lease or purchasethe East Lincolnshire ; the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham ; and the Amber- gate, Nottingham. and Boston Railways. a