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great measure attributable to mismanagement and want of vigilance on the part of those to whom were intrusted so many lives and so much valuable property of the most alluring description. 'll3-ir sole dependence in case of attack was upon the means on board of their own vessels, which, however, were ample; but although their atten tion for some days previous had been repeatedly directed to the pirate boats, yet, without having a gun loaded or a man ready, they allowed themselves to be surprised and boarded, when sauve qui peut was their only re source, though it would appear that no great discipline or resistance would even then have sufficed for their de fence. Instead of leaping overboard, or rushing in panic haste to the boats, had the few men then on deck, with muskets and ammunition, taken to the rigging, it is more than probable they would quickly have made the deck too but for their assailants." Hwang, the distinguished Lieutenant-Governor of Kwang-tung (Canton) province, has been degraded, and sent prisoner to Pekin. Two causes are assigned for this untoward event, both, to our notions, trivial enough, and neither, probably, the true reason for removing perhaps the most enlightened states man who has ever had the direction of the foreign policy of the empire. His talents, and the use he made of them, could not fail to create jealousies at the Cout t of Pekin, and it is probable his enemies have fixed upon a teglect of a merely formal observance as an excuse to crush this really great man. One report amongst the Chinese is , that he had ap peinted a military officer, on account of his age and lung service, to some honourable office, which was reserved for literary candidates ; but the other reason assigned seems ne)re probable and is better confirmed. It is this : we take the statement as follows from the China Mail : " While presiding at the late literary and military examinations be received intelligence of the death of his ;nether, and, according to the laws of his country, he ought immediately to have denuded himself of office and retired into privacy for three years ; but, instead of Plis, it is said with the connivance of Keying, he kept the matter secret until the close of the examinations, when the circumstances having transpired, his enemies (euch a man in China cannot be without them) pressed Evle matter on the attention of the Emperor, who imme diately ordered Hwang to be degraded and brought as a culprit to Pekin. The punishment due to the crime is clbath ; but he will, probably, be able to save his life at the cost of a heavy pecuniary mulct and the loss of of " It is said that Keying shed tears on receiving the Imperial order; and well he might, for Hwang has been his right hand and the mainspring of his administration. It is well known to those who have come in contact with both, that for the reputation Keying has obtained in Eurrpe and Amt-rica as an enlightened statesman, he is inr:o?ted in no small measure to Hwang; and should the next Lieutenant-Governor, as is probable, be of the old stamp, the foreign policy of China will experience a re trograde movement—bringing back the petty diplomacy of fiymer days, to b.) cut short, perhaps, by another in glorious war." The following communications on the subject have been transmitted by the Chinese correspondent of the China Mail:— " Hwang Ngan-tung, Lieutenant-Governor, B:c., lately rec,-ived the announcement of his mother's death, and did not report it, but kept it secret, in consequence of which offence the Imperial will is sent down in haste that, he be divested of office. The order having been received on the mornir.g of the 12th moon, 27th day (12th February), the seals of office were delivered over to Keying, who is in the meantime to discharge the duties of the two offices. Taukwang, 27th year, Ist moon, 3d day." "Keying. Governor of the two Kwang, and the three Commi,:sioners (of Justice, Finance, and Excise), having received the deposition of Hwang, he was placed under an ezcort, and en the 3d day of the Ist moon dispatched to the capital. " Tauk %yang, 27th year, lit moon, sth day." The China Mail says— " The failures alluded to in the Canton market report aro Aming's and the Footae Hong. The former has been doing a large, but a reckless, business, and making extensive shipment: of tea under advances, generally taking imports in exchange. These he has been com pelled from time to time to force off at under prices to meet h's engagements to the teamen, who seem to have trusted him chiefly because they understood him to be supported by foreigners. As the China new year, the general settling time, approached, his creditors became more pressing, and to meet the increasing demands he was driven to raise money upon the goods stored in his packhouses ; but, suspicion being excited, upon informa tion obtained, it is said, through a China boy, several of the English merchants went across to Ifonam (an island in the Canton river), and forcibly took from the shrofF, with whom the goods had been pledged, as much of them as they could lay their hands on. Through the interposition of her Majesty's Consul, additional re coveries, both of money and goods, have since been made, and even a portion of the goods pawned within the city may be got back, so that the loss to our countrymen is not expected to be very great. The Namhoi has closed Aming's doors, and sealed up his papers, stationing a guard over the hong, in which, however, there is not much now to protect. "Footae's difficulties are of old standing, and are a ttributed to the enormous squeeze t o w hi c h - this along with the other bongs was subjected to make up the 3,000,000 dollars for the ransom of Canton in 1841, and which the Emperor was made to belve was the amount of debts due by the Hong merchants sad demanded by foreigners. "It is said that several other Chinese merchants are strue;gling, the business they have been doing of late having been unsound and unprofitable. The temptation to ship under advances is irresistible, but the result has been disastrous to themselves and injurious to the foreign trade." The Manilla correspondent of the China Mail, writing on the 12th of February, states:— " An English ship, said to be the Medusa, his been dismasted in the late gale, and driven into the Bay ef L,mpong, on the east coast of Manilla, opposite the island of Polillo. The report was to the effect that the vessel was in a sinking condition, and that her cargo is valuable. A person has been sent, at the request of the agent for Lloyd's, to ascertain the facts, and render such assistance as may be practicable. " The Medusa left London for Hong-Kong on the 22d of August, and has been expected for some time past." CANTON MARKETS. (From the China Mail of Feb. 25.) IMPORTS. There have been two failures among the Hangs an nounced this new year; the amounts they owe to the teamen are said to be very large. The holidays have only just terminated, and the market has hardly yet opened; transactions reported therefore have reference chiefly to the- hree weeks previous.. Cotton—Only about 1,000 bales, all Bombay, are re ported as sold. The present quotations, nett, fur cash in two months, are—Bombay, 6.4 to 7.4 taels; Bengal, 7 to 8.2; Madras, 6.6 to 8. Tne following is the monthly statement of stocks and deliveries:— Imptd. Stocks same periods. Bales. Deld. 1847. 1846. 1845. Bombay 8,341 5,239 24,659 45,515 50,555 Bengal Madras American Shanghae 5,854 7,371 36,809 60,661 94,951 Cotton Yarn—The sales during the month are very small. The imports for the past month are reported at 1,300 bales, the deliveries 338, and the stock 3,922 against 795 bales at the same period last year. The fol lowing are the quotations, duty paid, for cash, in two months:—Nos. 16 to 24, 29 dolls. to 30 dolls.; Nos. 26 to 32, 31 dolls. to 32 dolls. ; Nos. 34 to 42, 34 dolls. to 36 dolls. Long Cloths—Sales reported to the extent of about 40,000 pieces. The quotations for the current descrip tions, duty paid, are 2 dolls. 30c. for 60's up to 2 dolls. 80c. for 72's grey; and 2 dolls. up to 2 dolls. 95c. for whites; less 7 per cent. for cash. American Goods have been sold to the extent of about 20,000 pieces. A sale is also said to have taken place outside of some 30,000 pieces drillings, without duty, at 2 dolls. 20c. to 2 dolls. 25c. cash in two months. The current quotations, duty paid, are—drillings, 30 yards, I dolls. 50e. to 2 dolls. 60c.; domestics, 40 yards, the same; leas 7 per cent. for cash. Long Ells—The sales are reported at 6,000 pieces. Starlets have again advanced, and are worth 11 dolls. Assorted have been sold at about $ dolls. 80c. for HH goods, duty paid, and less 7 per cent. for cash. Spanish Stripes-1,800 to 1,900 pieces reported as sold. An assortment of the best description of a favourite mark sold at 1 doll. 30 c. per yard, duty paid ; less 7 per cent. for cash. Camlets—One small parcel only sold at about 18 dolls. iSc. duty paid, less 7 per cent. for cash. Iron—Sales to the extent of about 4,000 piculs have been made to a speculator within the last few days, at 3 dolls. 90c. to 4 dolls. for nailrod and bar, duty paid, less 2 per cent. for cash. Lead is worth 5 dolls. 80c. duty paid, cash, less 2 per Cent Tin Plates are quoted 6 dolls. to 6 dolls. 50c. duty paid, cash less 2 per cent. B etel Nut --No sales reported since our last. Only 1,500 Pleas.reremmainein first hands, and about 5,000 piculs s u m nc o lea s t k, i a bet t r fp7khouse,, which being a very exists regarding the article. The nominal quotatio ee n, "l d g ut y paid, is 2 dolls. 75c. to 3 dolls. 25c. Rattans continue withoutiei ci provement, an d w ith a quotations are, Banjar cati heavy stock. The duty paid BStra massing, 2 dolls. 80c. to 3 dolls. Manilla to 2 doll s . n 50e. to 2 dolls. 70 c. ; Water, 1 doll. 80c. its, 2 dolls. Rice has advanced a little ; cargo m 1 doll. 7 5 c. to 1 doll. 80 e , ; Arracan, 1 doll. 40c. Putchuck Java, d . ola. 50 c ., Putchuck has also advanced a little, say duty paid. Cutch is extremely dull at 3 dolls. 50c., duty p a id. Sapan Wood continues steady at 1 doll. 75c. to 2 dolls. duty paid. Cloves nominally at 25 to 27 dole. Sandal Wood has advanced : Madras 10 to 13 dolls., duty paid ; South Seas, 10 to 11 dolls. 50c. ; Damaun, 6 to 8 dells. A late excessive import of South Seas, not yet landed, must, however, depress the market. Opium—A good deal has been done in Malwa lately upon credit. The stock at Cumsingmoon is reduced to 1,500 chests, of which little or noon is good. The highest rate we hear of is 560 dolls. Since the Red Rover's ar rival Bengal has given way, and for the last day or two holders seem anxious to sell. Old Patna is dull, at 670 dolls. ; and new Benares 650 dolls., without buyers. Turkey is held by foreigners, at 375 dolls. ; but Chinese are selling at 350 dolls. SLIGO, APRIL 17.—Fever is making rapid progress throughout the county; it has appeared in the gaol. Both the old and the new fever hospitals are full, and there is scarcely a cabin in town free from it. LONBoN, SATURLIAY MORNING, Alll-tIL 24, 1841 NEW NOVEL BY MRS. TROLLOPE. Now ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., THREE COUSINS, A NOVEL. BY MRS. TROLLOPE, Author of" Father Eustace," " The Barnabys," Sze. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. T II E HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed Donizetti's Opera, L'ELISIR D'AMORE. Adina, Madame Castellan ; Nemorino, Signor Gardoni ; Belcore, signF. Lablache ; and Dr. Dulcamara, Signor Lablache. Ite ° t r ween the Acts,"a Divertissement, In which will be presented a Pas de Deux (compose by M. Perrot, Mdlle. Rosatti and M. Perrot ; Pas de la Rosiere, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni ; and the Pas de Quatre, from Le Lae des Fees, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, supported by Mdlles. Honore and Cassan. A grand Pas, by Mdlle. Lucile Gratin, composed by herself, sup ported by Mdlles. Honore, Cassan, and James. In the course of tile evening, an entirely new Pas de Deux (com posed by M. P. Taglioni), by Mdlle. Rosati and Mdlle. Marie Taglioni. To conclude with the first Tableau of the highly successful Ballet, Lalla Rookh, by Ildlles. Cerito, Honore, Cassan, Julien, Lamoreux, M. St. Leon, and M. Perrot. The new Ballet, Orithia, will be repeated forthwith. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully in formed, that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, April 29,1847, when will be performed Bcllini's celebrated Opera, I PURITANI. Principa! Characters : —Elvira, Madame Castellan ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache ; Arturo. Signor Gardonl ; end Riccardo, Signor Coletti. In the course of the evening • a Divertissement, comprising the talents of 3ldlles. Cerito, Rosati, Maria Taglioni, and:Lucile Grahn ; M. Perrot, M. St. Leon, and M. I'. Taglioni. After the Opera. the first Tableau of the Ballet of LALLA BOOKIL in Which Mdlle. Cerito, M. St. Leon, and M. Perrott will appear. To conclude with the admired Grand Ballet (omitting the two first Tableaux) of :CORALIA, and comprising the Moonlight Scene, the Garden Scene, and the celebrated Aquatic Palace of the Ondines. Principal characters by Mdlle. Rosati, Mdlle. Maria TaglioniAMdlle. Petite Stephan ;:Mdlies. Honore, Cassan, Julien, La moreux, M. Gosselin, and M. P. Taglioni. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed, Sheridan Knowles's celebrated Comedy[of TUE LOVE CIIASE, with new scenery, dresses, and appointments. Sir William F.mdlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr. Howe ; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Constance, Mrs. Nisbett. After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza. called THE NEW PLANET; or, Harlequin out of Place. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called THE LIGHT TROOPS OF SC. JAMES'S. Master Thomas Smallbones, Mr. Buckstone ; Maids of Honour to the Queen, :\I rs. Clifford, Mrs. Seymour, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Carre, Miss Telbin, and Mrs. Caulfield ; Jane Roberts, Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. I nder the direction of Madame Celeste TIIIS EVENING Will be performed the original Drama, called TILE 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 ; 'tarlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After which will be produced an Opera Buffa apropos sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by let essrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullentord, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed :the Opera, entitled LA SONNAMBULA. Rodolpho, Mr. Bodda ; Elvino, Mr. Allen ; Allesslo, Mr. Cowell ; Liza, Miss G. Smithson ; Teresa, Mrs. Fosbroke; Amina, by la Lady, her second appearance. To conclude with the Cornea) , of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Principal characters by Messrs. Granby, Ryder, Vin ing, Cowell, Walton, Compton, Miss Flower, Mrs. Stirling, Miss A. Romer, and Mrs. Fosbroke. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. . .. THIS EVENING will be performed a New Drama, called THE CREOLE. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews. Leigh, Murray, Emery, Klnloch, and Keeley, Miss Dickinson, Miss May, Miss M. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, an entirely new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JENNY LINT) AT LAST ; or, Tim Swedish Nightingale. Charac ters by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingtiarn, Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold. and Mrs. Keeley. • To be followed by tiler Nevb . Vaudeville Extravaganza, called CRUSOE T lIE SECOND. Characters' by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley ; Miss Dickenson, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. And other Entertainments. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. Last Night hut Two of the Appearance of Madlle. ROSE CHERI. MONDAY EVENING the Pertbrmances will commence with the amusing Comedie-Vaudeville, entitled L'IMAGE. Le Baron de Kerandal, M. Dumery ; Le.epold, M. Rhozevil; Pierre Mauclerc, M. Priston ; Madeline, Mdlle. Duverger. After which (second time), an entirely New Comedie-Vaudeville, entitled LA BELLE ET LA BETE. Antoinette,:Mdlle. Rose Cheri ; Ernistine, Mdlle. Duverger. To conclude with the popular Comedle-Vaudeville of LA MERE DE FAMILLE. Alfred de Varennes, M, David; Etienne, M. Pris ton ; Therese Gauthier, Mdlle Rose Cheri. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. Gd. ; Amphitheatre, 3i.; 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. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Proprietor and Manager. gr. W. Batty. THIS EVENIi.G, THIRD WEEK OF THE SUCCESSFUL GORGEOUS SPEC FAUX OF Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or, THE CORSAIR, introducing Mr. Batty's numerous and highly trained Horses and Fairy Ponies, living Elephants, Camels, Zebras, Deer, Stc. With brilliant feats of Horsemanship. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot, Box Office open from Eleven till Four. Box Book-keeper, Mr. Sheffield. Performance commences every evening at Seven o'clock, doors open at Half-past Six. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. FIFTH APPEARANCE OF THE BUFFALO GIRLS, ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, _ _ With Coloured Concert, Niger Songs, Banjo, Bone, Tambourine and Violin Accompaniments, the Railway Overture, and Grape Vine Twist. All by Female Professors. THIRD WEEK, and Last Four Nights, of the truly wonderful BEDOUIN ARABS. `CUE WEATHER.—SUN OrincE, APRIL 23. TILER3IOMETER, Lowest, 36 ; Highest, 52 ; Noon, 45. BAROMETER, S.E.; fine. 111 , :ii WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Iforning .. 4 minutes after 9. I Evening .. 39 minutes after 9. thesis. It is now notorious that the monetary con dition of the Bank of England is the very reverse of satisfactory. And, seeing that the amount of bullion still retained in its cellars exceeds the average quan tity of many years, it is becoming equally notorious that the present embarrassments are attributable, not so much to the excessive drain of specie, as to the malign influence of the restrictive system established by the late Prime Minister. On the first proposition of the preposterous law of 1844, it cannot be forgotten that we opposed to the uttermost the principle upon which that law was framed. We protested against a contrivance so shallow and inefficacious ; we recognised in its sinister provisions the assurance of some such involvements as those by which the Bank of England is at present surrounded. Hitherto no opportunity has been afforded for testing the accuracy of our de ductions, or for demonstrating the real character of the pet financial scheme of Sir ROBERT PEEL. The juncture has now, however, arrived, and the illusion of more than two years is vanishing. Common sense assures us that our original estimate of the Act passed in 1844 was by no means too depreciatory. The present condition of the stock market, the present advance in the rate of interest, the present impracti cability of obtaining discount, prove that all our for mer assertions and calculations were correct to the tittle. As a correspondent of undoubted intelligence, and of no inconsiderable experience, observes to us in a letter published in another column of The Sun, " the present emergency loudly calls for the repeal of the Act so prejudicial to the commerce of the country." Wherefore should there be any hesitation,in the reci sion of a fallacy so egregious, so indisputable, and so flagrantly demonstrated, as this absurd and blunder ing enactment ? With all his magnificent genius for legislation, with all his extraordinary wisdom and experience as a statesman, it is utterly useless to deny that Sir ROBERT PEEL has committed many mon strous errors, and fallen into several enormous mis takes during the course of his political career. He did this in regard to Parliamentary Reform, he did this in regard to Catholic Emancipation, he did this in regard to the abolition of the Corn Laws, he did this again in regard to the Bank Restriction Act. But hitherto he has had the inestimable good fortune to perceive his own blunders, and besides that he has hitherto had the magnanimity—a magnanimity be yond all eulogium—of rectifying those blunders by a timely retractation. He retracted on the Reform question, he retracted on the Catholic Emancipation question, he retracted on the Corn Importation question; let him consummate his career by retract ing on the Bank Restriction question. We have an exceeding and unaffected admiration for the abilities of the Right Hon. Baronet; we have an implicit con fidence in his patriotism; we are among those who must ever continue grateful for the benefits conferred by him upon Great Britain. Let him, we say again, consummate his political life by the course we have pointed out; let him, we say, with this assurance of our admiration, our confidence, and our gratitude, put the seal to those boons he has already showered upon his native land, and thereby more than expiate the blunders of his judgment ! We had hoped, cordially and earnestly we had hoped, that Sir ROBERT PEEL would, on acknew ledging the fallaciousness of protection, have simulta neously, or almost simultaneously confessed the insufficiency and folly of his financial arrangements of 1844 ; for is there not equal reason to, demand a free trade in gold as in all the other commodities drawn from the earth ? How anomalous to proclaim the unrestricted importation and exportation of barley, and to place the golden metal which is smelted from the ore of the mountains under the inexorable bondage of 31. 17s. 10d. per ounce ! Not ad valorem, not variable under any circumstances, however exigent, hut fixed as if by a legislative cramp. Unstring but the knot of this disastrous enactment as the knot of the defunct corn-laws was unstrung, give free trade in specie as well as in turnips and leather, and the ebbing and the flowing of money will go on unimpeded, without unhealthy gluts or depressive drainings. Let the proprietors of the Bank of Eng ...i aptalise 2,000,0001., as has been alreadyspro pose , 4et that great medium of our national wealth be empowered to purchase securities, say to the ex tent of 2,500,0001., let the Government extend the ar bitrary point of issue on securities by 1,500,0001, for the Government has the power at option of inter posing for the security of the Bank of England, whenever it may so seem advisable. By some such arrangement, but especially by the abrogation of the law of 1844, the country may be relieved from further anxiety, and the funds may be secured from a similarly excited depression. Not otherwise. For a freedom from such restraints is essential to the healthy condition of the monetary resources of the empire. Room must be given for the play of the elasticity of our national finance, or the intricacies of that finance become entangled and involved. We are tarrying with impatience for some reformatory movement en the part of the Legislature, for we cannot conceal from ourselves that the emergency is most imminent. The intelligence from India, by the Overland Mail, is of the same acceptable character as the previ , ms news which we have now happily for some time past been in the habit of receiving from our Eastern dominions. It assures us of present tranquillity throughout India. Here and there the prospect of peace is shadowed by rumours of political intrigues, which we trust will prove to be without foundation. It is said, for instance, that Candahar and Caubul are exhibiting symptoms leading to the infer ence that a northern European power is busy in renewing its endeavours to compromise the continuance of tranquillity on our north-western frontiers, endeavours which originally gave rise to the war in Affghanistan. The ruthless ambition treachery, rapacity, cunning, and love of intrigue which constitute the chief characteristics of many of the Indian tribes, are calculated to render them willing instruments for seconding the wiles and abetting the unprincipled policy of any powerful state. We should hope, however, that, if there be any truth in the re ports to which we have alluded, the severe lesson which we have read to our enemies, from 1841 downwards, whenever we have been compelled to draw the sword, will not be without its effect, and that the crafty diplomacy of any Court in Europe will not so easily find convenient channels for its development. The belief was general that the infamous AKBAR KHAN was dead, though there was no positive intel ligence to establish the fact. Certainly, no one would repine at the news of his death, seeing that, perhaps, his own father, DosT MAHOMED, would regard the event as a happy release. The treacherous assassina tion of Sir WILLIAM IPNAGHTEN Will ever associate the name of AKIIAR KUALA with one of the foulest deeds recorded in history. In the Pun jaub the British authorities are incessantly on the watch to guard themselves against desperate conspiracies formed against their lives. Fresh dis coveries vindicate the wisdom which Colonel LAW RENCE evinced in prohibiting the Ranee and her son from performing pilgrimages without his express sanction ; and it appears probable, that prudence will dictate the propriety of putting a veto upon all public fetes. The British Resident intended to celebrate the anniversary of the battle of Sobraon, but, in con sequence of information that he received, the fete was postponed, and numerous parties (chiefly A khalees, religious enthusiasts of the worst description,) were arrested, who are accused of having designed to assassinate the principal members of the Lahore Government. In Sinde everything bore a peaceable complexion. Sir C. NAPIER, having visited the plains' where his gallant troops covered themselves with glory, and he himself gained imperishable laurels, had returned to Kurrachee in excellent health. The question of time-bargains in India continues as un settled as ever, the judges in the Supreme Court at Bombay having differed in their judgments upon the celebrated opium actions. The Privy Council at home will now be called upon finally to adjudicate the question. The distresses of the Scotch and Irish have elicited the sympathies of her MAJESTY'S subjects in the East, where munificent collections are being made in the different presidencies for their alleviation. In Bombay alone, in less than a week, year 1847 the sub scr i pt i on reached 3,000 / . Thi s w id e - s p r ead spirit of ben evo l ence, equally exhibited by r i ch an d plor , an d from a quarter of th e gl o b e th ousan ds of miles dis tant from the the' y objects ar of memorable their cmfoirssetrhaetion, philan will render thropy which has been universally manifested, and which is unprecedented in the annals of the world. On the 15th inst., the King of PRUSSIA presented to the Diet a project of law for ameliorating the con dition of the Jews. Among its various provisions are the following :—" Jews may be appointed to all such public functions as have no executive power attached to them. They may be appointed professors at the Royal Universities, but only in the faculty of medi cine, the section of physical and mathematical sciences, and the faculty of philosophy. The ar ticle in the national code, which declares that no Jew can be a witness in any criminal affair involv ing venally greater than six weeks' imprisonment, or a of 50 thalers (200 f.), is to be repealed. Jews may be chosen as judge arbiters in all suits in which all the parties are of the Jewish religion." By a Berlin letter of the 16th we learn the result of the discussion of the Diet on the Address sub mitted to it by the Committee. It has been adopted, with the suppression of the portion in which a perio dical convocation of the Diet is claimed, and with the modification of the part which was intended as a sort of remonstrance to the KING. The suppressed para graph was as follows : " The decree of the 17th January , 1820, comp e l s the autho rity charged with the administration of the public debt to give an account annually to the Assembly of the State: of the kingdom, and thus ensures to it the vital condition of useful action, viz., its periodical convocation." The concluding portion of the Address now stands as follows. By comparing it with the draft presented by the Committee, it will be seen that the language is much more subdued than in the original : " We are confident that your Majesty will not consider it a want of gratitude if, in the course of our d e lib erat i ons, we should be occupied in a more circumstantial manner with the points of the decrees of the 3d of February of this year, which many amongst us do not regard a s b e i ng per f ect l y i n accord with the most ancient laws; for, i n or d er t h at t h e faithful States of your Majesty may prove a true support to the throne, in order that we may be able efficaciously to aid your Majesty in your efforts for the security and prosperity of our dear country, those whom we represent must have the most sincere conviction that the representative rights ac corded to us by the King are dear to us, as well as the ho nour and force of the Crown ; and that we will protect the one and the other as being equally precious. If the Diet, in the course of its deliberations, if your Majesty from mo tives, which in such case the Diet will respectfully lay before you, should be convinced of the divergences between the an cient and present laws, we doubt not that the wisdom and justice of your Majesty will adopt measures to lead to an ac cord compatible with the prosperity of Prussia—a prosperity which rests upon the force of the monarchical principle and on a sure and well-regulated representative legislation." Madrid papers of the 16th have been received. On the 16th the Alinisters presented to the Cham bers a Bill for the regulation of the public pi-ess. By this Bill it is declared that the Senate shall try of fences ,against the Sovereign, juries those that are merely political, and the ordinary tribunals cases of defamation and calumny. There was a discussion on both days on the Bill for raising 25,000 men for the army. Two amendments were proposed, but neither of them was successful. On the 15th the Chamber of Deputies proceeded to the election of a new Vice-President in the room of Senor SALA MANCA. The candidates were Senor Rios ROSAS, a partisan of the late Ministry, Senor REINOSO, the candidate of the present Ministry, and Senor CRESPO, a Progressista. At the first ballot neither of the candidates obtained an actual majority ; at the second Senor CRESPO having retired, the Progressistas voted for the Ministerial candidate, who was elected by a majority of eight. Senor OLOZAGA has had an audience of the QUEEN, and was very graciously received by her MAJESTY. Her MAJESTY drove out on the 15th, and alighted at the Royal Botanical Gardens, where she mixed with the promenaders. There was not the slightest attempt at a renewal of the annoyances of the pre ceding Sunday. General SERRANO, instead of proceeding into Andalusia, remains at Aranjuez, and, according to the Eco del Comercio, it is extremely probable that his journey will extend no further. Mr. HENDERSON has addressed a strong appeal to the Finance Minister and to the Spanish nation, on the subject of the foreign debt. In speaking of this publication the Heraldo says— . •'The documents it contains, which tell us, with rather rough frankness, what is thought of us abroad, will no doubt convince all Spaniards who refuse them of the urgency of regulating our foreign debt, not only from a sense of justice and self-interest, but also in order that we may not lose the honourable reputation Spain has always enjoyed in financial matters." MADRID BoLs A APRIL 16.—Three per Cents. 311 money, 31/ paper ; Five per Cents. 201 money ; Debt without interest 6 money, 6* paper; Coupons 17 money, 171 paper. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday, The iTloniteur publishes the following ordonnance, containing the new quarantine regulations, founded on the report of the Minister of Commerce : " Art. 1. All vessels arriving from countries suspected of the plague shall henceforth be ranged only under the dis tinction of having clean bills of health and foul bills of health. There shall be a foul bill of health when there shall be either in the country where it is delivered, or in other countries having a free communication with that country, either a pestilential epidemic or circumstances of a nature to excite fears for the public health. The bill of health must be delivered or vise on the day or the day before the depar ture of the vessel. Art. 2. Ships arriving with clean bills of health from the ports of Turkey in Europe, Turkey in Asia or Egypt, and having a medical officer on board, and nurses or attendants commissioned by our Minister of Commerce, shall be admitted to free pratique when ten clear days have passed since their departure from the port they come from. Art. 3. Vessels arriving with clean bills of health from the ports of Turkey in Europe or Turkey in Asia, Syria excepted, but having no medical officer on board, shall continue to be subjected to a quarantine of observation for three clear days in the ports of the Mediterranean, and of twenty-four hours ►n those of the Ocean and the Channel. Art. 4. Ships arriving with clean bills of health from the ports of Syria and Egypt, and having no surgeon on board, shall be subjected to a quarantine of five clear days from the day of their arrival. Art. 5. Arrival with foul bills of health from Turkey in Europe, Turkey in Asia and Egypt, shall be subjected to a quarantine of ten clear days, without the distinction of vessels having or not having a medical officer on board. Art. 6. Arrivals with clean bills of health from the regency of Tunis shall be admitted to free pratique immediately after the verification of their papers. Art. 7. Goods, with clean bills of health, whatever may be their nature or origin, may be freely landed immediately after their arrival, when at least ten clear days have elapsed since their departure. In case of foul bills of health, goods called susceptible shall be subjected to a quarantine at the lazaretto for three clear days from the day of their landing. Art. S. If, during the passage, or during the quarantine, any case of plague, or of any other suspicious disease, shall ozcur, the passengers, the ship, and the cargo, shall be subjected to a special quarantine, the duration shall be fixed by the Board of Health at the port of arrival, subject to the approval of the Minister of Commerce. Art. 9. French medical men, ap pointed by the Minister of Commerce, shall be established in such of the ports of the Levant at which their presence shall be found necessary to ensure the due execution of the mea sures required for the protection of the public health. They shall ascertain and state before the departure of each ship the sanatory state of the country. The bill of health shall be delivered upon their report- Medical officers of ships shall superintend during the passage the execution of such mea sures as shall be ordered by the Minister of Commerce for the purification of the baggage and clothing of the passen gers. Art. 10. The provisions of this present ordonnance concerning foul bills of health from the Ottoman empire shall be applicable to all such countries as may hereafter be ranged in the class of places under the regulations for foul bills of health. This ordonnance is dated April 18, is signed by the King, and countersigned by the Minister of Commerce." It would appear that, notwithstanding the report of the Committee of the Chamber in favour of an uniform and low rate of postage, the Minister is de termined to shelve the question for the present session. The Journal des Debats has a long article on the sub ject, admitting the necessity of postal reform, but declaring that the state of the finances is such as to render it impossible to carry the measure into effect during the present session. Information was received on Tuesday that the miners of St. Etienne had commenced a strike. The Moniteur Algerien of the 15th confirms the report of the capture of Bou Maze. He is ex pected daily in Paris, and is to be confined in a locality dependent on the Ecole Militaire. Prince OSCAR of Sweden landed at Toulon on the 17th. The Prince DE JoINVILLE, who according to the latest accounts was in the Bay of Juan, has received orders to return to Toulon with the three ships under his command. The debate on the motion of M. REMUSAT, for ex cluding placemen from the Chamber, has been spun out to a tedious length. It had not concluded when the post left on Wednesday. PARIS 13ocasE, Aram 91.—The improvement announced in the English market has been responded to in our market by increased firmness, and some extensive purchases having been made, prices at the close were declared again higher, the last quotation for the Threes being 78f. 15c., both for cash and account, and for the Fives 115 f. 75c. for the former, and 115 f. 80c. for the latter period. The share market has also shown increased firmness and a fair de mand !Or most of the lines having existed, prices at the close were generally better. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 22. East Indian, V s —N or thern of France, IVA—Paris and Lyons, 5!/,—Paris and S tra sbourg I % — Sa mbre and Meuse, 5A —West Flanders, 41/4. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, attended by Captain the Alex. Gordon, yesterday honoured the Society of Painters in Watrr Colours by a visit, to view their forty-third Annual Exhibition, at their Gallery, 5, Pall-mall East, previous to its being opened to the public on Monday next. AMERICA. HIGHLY IMPORTANT. EXPRESS FaOM LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY NIGHT By the Rainbow, Captain Benjamin, which entered the River just before the Express-train left for Lon don, we have advices from New York three days later than was received by the Hibernia. The news which the vessel brings, is highly important. We copy the g from the New York Sun of April 3 :- By the arrival, at an early hour this morning, of the schooner Portia, Captain Powell, which left Sacrificios on the 15th instant, we are in receipt of the following highly interesting intelligence from the forces co-operating against Vera Cruz. For the facts detailed we are indebted to our correspondence and conversations with passengers. Troops were landed, after a reconnoisance on the ith, by Generals Scott, Patterson, Worth, Pillow, Quitman, and Twiggs, with their aids, and the Topographical Corps, which approached near the shore, towards the direction of the Castle, the guns from San Juan de Ulloa opening fire upon the party, throwing shell and round shot, but without doing any damage to the reconnoitering party; the round shut either passing over or falling short, and the shell, although thrown with precision, bursting at a considerable elevation, doing no harm. One shell passing over the stearnN- Petrita, the vessel employed in the reconnoisance, and another burst ing under her bow, without doing her any injury. The reconnoisance was made while the transports and convoys were lying off at Anto Lizard° ; after their return, with the least possible delay, transports and convoys weighed anchor, and stood to the southward of Sacriticios. bearing in towards the main line, with a fair breeze and in a gallant style, when they came to anchor, the convoys taking posi tion in such a manner as to protect the disembarkation of the troops, the first, 6,000, being landed at two o'clock, P.M., on the 9th, and the remainder during the day. The landing is spoken of by persons who were eyewitnesses, as a scene of magnificence, rarely witnessed more than once in a life time. The troops landed attounted to the exact number of 12,100. . _ After the landing, the columns took up their line of march for the positkns assigned to them in the important action and siege of Vera Cruz. The steamers Vixen and Spitfire, lying under Punta de Hornos, opened on the city across the point in the direction of the Castle, with shell and round shot, which was returned by the Castle, hut without effect. General Worth's division, which, it is said, has been as signed to the operations on the left flank of the city, from the localis of the landing on the South and under Punta de Hornos, had necessarily to move in echellon to the rear, past the right, in order to gain his proper position—in the execution of which it became necessary to attack and take possession of two redoubts thrown up by the enemy, on one of which was a piece of artillery, and both filled with infantry. The redoubts were attacked, charged and taken, a spirited resistance being made by the enemy, who lost several in killed, wounded, and prisoners—our loss some seven killed and several wounded. Captain Alburtis, of the 2d Infantry, was killed by a round shot, supposed to be from the Castle; the ball severed his head from his body, the same shot taking off the arm of a drummer (a boy) and wounding a private. Captain Alburtis was a Virginian, and formerly conducted a newspaper in Fredericksburg. Colonel Dixon was wounded in the breast by a musket-shot. The skirmishing was however no check to the advancing column, which passed steadily forward to its position on the left and rear of the city, where it halted and commenced the work of entrenchment. The pipes used for the purpose of supplying the city with fresh water, have been discovered and broken up, completely cutting off the supply from the tanks, which are situated some distance from the city. During the advance upon the rear of the city, passed mid shipman Rogers, who had not yet been sent from Vera Cruz, was bound on a cart and ordered to be conveyed, under a guard, to the prison at Perote, but fortunately they were en countered by our forces, and Mr. Rogers was rescued, and is now on board his ship. The city is now completely surrounded by our troops, each division having taken a strong and advantageous position, with entrenchments, completely cutting off all communica tion by sea or land, and at the same time are safe from the fire of the castle. The positions of divisions were established on the 13th, ex tending from Punta de Hornos, on the right, to Punta de la Catita, on the left, in one unbroken line, and active prepara tions were on foot for the immediate subjugation of this for midable place. So closely is Vera Cruz now besieged, and so entirely are every means of communication cut off, that, in a very few days the news must reach us that both the city and castle are occupied by our victorious troops. The general impression seems to be that the city will sur render in the course of ten days or two weeks. No doubt is expressed of the successful termination of the enterprise. The Portia was delayed from the 13th to the 15th by the prevalence of a Norther, during which time the discharge of heavy ordnance was frequently heard, which doubtless pro ceeded from the Castle. The vessels belonging to the squadron employed in the service as convoys, and for the covering the landing of the troops below Punta de Hornos, are Flagship Raritan ; frigates Potomac and Princeton ; sloops St. Mary's, Albany, and John Adams ; steamers Vixen and Spitre • gunboats Reefer, Petrel, Bonita, and Bell. The gunboats carry medium 32's. Arrived at S. W. Pass on 20th, pilot-boat Frolic, Captain J. J. Sullivan, seventeen days from Holmes' Hole, reports having been passed by steamer Mississippi on the 10th, in lat. 31 deg. 8 min., lon. 76 deg. 19 min., steering south. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 1. 50,000 dolls. U. S. 6s, T. N. 2,000 dolls. Ohio 6s 3,000 dolls. Illinois 39 1,000 dolls. Mortgage Bonds 100 Farmers 150 do. 50 Bk Corn scrip 50 Morris 50 do. 375 do. 150 do. s3o 20 250 N. A Trust 100 U. S. Bk 100 do 15 do. 50 Vicksburg.. 200 do. 50 Erie scrip . ... 25 E. Boston... 150 Reading s6mos 58 250 do 600 do 100 do 50 do 100 do s4mos 58 3 / 100 Canton Co .. .... .......... 341 50 do 50 do slO 34. 1 4 50 do s3O 34 3 4 25 do .... .. ..s6O 343 100 do b6o 35 1 25 111 St. Bank 16% 205 Harlem ... 49 14 300 Nor. and Wor. 100 do , b3 50% 25 do b3 5 0 % 50 do 50 do ‘Oll4-1'" " 4 414 4 ... 406 , /.t 4 • 't 1).4 ' 4O 1 ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. The Nobility, Gentry, and Subscribers, are respectfully informed, that THIS EVENING, April 24, will be performed Rossini's Opera Buffa L'ITALIANA IN ALGERIA. Isabella, Signora Alboni ; Elvira, Mdile. Angelini ; Zulma, A. Bellinl ; Lindero, Signor Salvi ; Taddeo, Signor Rovere (his first 'appearance this season) ; Hely, Signor Polonini ; Mustapha, Signor Masini (his first appearance in this country). To conclude with a new grand ballet, LA REINE DES FEES. Composed by M. Albert ; music by Signor Cunni. Principal cha racters by Madlle. Dumilatre, Mane. Bertin, Madlle. Neodot, and H. Petipa (from the Grand Opera, Parks). Tickets, stalls, and boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow street ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. The doors will be opened at Half-past Seven o'clock, the perform , ance to commence at Eight. PRICES OF ADMISSION. - . - Pit Stall .... •. • • • • • • 4l 1 0 First Amphitheatre Stalls, First Row 0 14 0 Ditto, Second anti Third R0w5............ 0 12 6 Second Amphitheatre Stalls .. . „ 0 7 0 Pit Tickets •• • • ••.. • • •••• •• •• • First Amphitheatre •••• • • • • ...• •• •• 0 8 0 Second Amphitheatre ••••••••••• • • • .. • . • • 0 5 0 0 3 0 THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE, Positively the Last Nights of the New Grand Oriental Spectacle, and of Mr. Hughes's Mammo. 1 Establishment. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Grand Opera, entitled MATILDA OF HUNGARY. Count Magnus, Mr. Borrani ; Prince Ottokar, Mr. S. Jones; George Podibrad, Mr. Harrison; Matthias, Mr. Weiss; Count Ituriz, Mr. Simmonds ; Matilda of Hungary, Miss ltainsforth. After which the New and Original Oriental Spectacle, called THE DESERT; or, The Imaun's Daughter. In which the Two Elephants, upwards of Sixty Horses, and the Camels will appear. The Imaun Clsepli, Mr. Howell ; Hafez, Mr. Rafter ; Barek, Mr. W. 11. Payne ; Fuzel Oola, Mr. Harley ; Maleck, Mr. T. Matthews ; Ahabeck, Mr. Hutchison ; Kuzliraga, Mr. L. Lee ; Princess Ipomaye, Miss;Ales sent ; Nilda, Miss Collett ; Girgee, Miss R. Isadis. ETHIOPIAN iERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated 'ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington. White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS at the St. James's Theatre, THIS EVENING, doors open at Eight o'clock; and will give a grand DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, April 28, commencing at Half-past Two o'clPek. The evening per formances will be continued every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, Boxes and , stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office. _ _ Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, OM Bond-street. THIS EVENING The Performances will commence with THE ANCHOR OF HOPE ; or, The Seaman's Star. Mr. Dunmore, Mr. Conway ; Squire llar greave, Mr. T. Fredericks; Captala Walton, Mr. Tindel ; Mary Wheatly, Mrs. Ware. After which THE BUFFALO GALS ; or, - Female Ethiopian Sere naders. To be followed by THE BEDOUIN ARABS. To conclude with THE BRIDGE OF NOTRE DAME; or, TIIE PARRICIDE'S CURSE. Noel Champinon, Mr. Neville; Master Legris, Mr. Heslop ; Godfrey Mervin, Mr. J. T. Johnson; Melanie, Mrs. H. Vining. Boxes, 25., Pit, is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence at Half-past Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING JACK LONG OF TEXAS; or, THE SHOT IN THE EYE! Jack Long, Mr. Hicks; llinch, the Regulator, Mr. Searle ; lien Small, Mr. Gardner ; Noah Gibbs, Mr. Dale; White, Mr. Bird ; Hector, Mr. Howard ; May Gibbs, Miss Vincent, &c., &c. After which, an entire new Drama, to be entitled the SHIP BOY ; or, The White Slave of Guadaloupe. To conclude with TIIE RATS OF RAT'S CASTLE ; or, The Old Abbey Ruins. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Private Boxes Parties of Four, from 10s. 6d.; and Parties of Eight, 11. Is. k '.,o7ClTillfff 2/1111X3 LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1847. a d A i s a fi s t n r a o n u ci al crisis sca campaign ai is a to a and a beleaguered co u t y what capital are to a military country. Without a skilful application of whatever forcelis still reserved, without calmness, promptitude, and intrepid decision, the consequences must in either instance be deplorable, if they be not altogether ruinous.- We know not, indeed, whether promptitude and intrepidity are not, if possible, more essential to the financier than . to the captain. They are necessary now; they are absolutely requisite at this moment, or the panic which has been latterly as- I suming a more formidable aspect, will be consum mated. Ever since the passing of the Bank Restric tion Act of 1844, we have been advancing blindfold to a precipice ; the recent dearth of provisions and the consequent necessity for purchasing large quantities of foreign produce to make up the defi ciency, have driven us t t o im th e e an b d ri r n e lc coi o l f fr t o h m a t thatabyss precipice. Let us open our eyes n to wards which opera tion o w e have been impelled by the f a fantastic and foolish hypo. perverse . SZCOND BOARD. 50 Harlem b3 49% 50 . do 50 do. bnw 49:y 4 300 Vicksburg blO 11 10 do. 75 Nor & Wor 50 do. 30 50 1 / 2 50 do. b3 50/., 25 East Boston 225 Canton scrip .. ~ 3% IMPROVEMENT - in LOCOMOTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—An article of some length, on " Improvement in Locomotion," appeared in your journal of Friday, the 19th inst., which is calculated to mislead the railway public as to the novelty of the invention and its only recent application. Your correspondent is in error in attributing the in vention and its first application to that talented engineer Mr. E. Galloway, and is in error in alleging that an approximation to it was projected by Mr. Vignoles and Mr. Errixon, and in error in asserting that "mechanical contrivances of &similar character have been attempted both in this country and abroad, but have always turned out to be failures," and " that the wonder will be that for upwards of sixteen years so really simple an expedient for obviating admitted difficulties should have escaped undiscovered." I hope you will deem it but fair to allow one who oc cupied the field before Mr. Galloway, and who has in• curred large expenditure is carrying the invention into practice, to correct those errors for the information of those of the public who are interested in the economy of railway operations and safety in travelling. I think Mr. Galloway is not himself aware that in the years 1841-2 and 1843 I enrolled the specifications of three varied patents for the same invention, not only in this kingdom, but also in several countries abroad ; that in 1842 I publicly exhibited the invention on large work ing models at the Baths, City-road, and that in 1845.6 I carried the invention into practice on a full practical scale on the Grand Junction Canal, in iti application to propelling a train of vessels on a canal by a single rail laid along its margin, and that my specifications described the invention, as well in combination with the locomotive engine for obtaining an adhesive propelling power to surmount inclines independently of gravitation, by add ing horizontal driving wheels in combination with ver tical driving wheels, so as to act on each side of a middle rail laid between the ordinary rails, and so as to press simultaneously against the opposite sides of the rail, being pressed by means of adjusting screws acting upon springs with any required degree of force, and by such an arrangement to obtain a bite or adhesion far beyond what is due to the weight of the engine, and thereby obviate the difficulties which arise from greasy rails and heavy gradients, and so as to adjust the power according to the load or gradient. Thus it will be seen that it is precisely the same invention described by your correspondent previously made public in this country and abroad, publicly shown by extensive experiments, and without " failure," as assumed by him. Messrs. Vignoles and Errixon's projection was only a brake-wheel, acing on one side of a rail, for the pur pose on ly of retard i ng on a descent, and was not in. tended for the purpose of propelling adhesion at all, 171 hilst a patent was taken out by me in a foreign coun try, in 1823, for the application of guide-wheels, acting on the sides of rails as a substitute for flange-wheels, and for retarding on dose have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, H. PINKUS. 4, South-square, Gray's Inn, April 14, 1847. - . Mr. Joseph Whitworth, the inventor of the street sweeping machine, submitted last week, at Paris, a model of the machine to the Minister of Public Works, the Prefect of Police, Marshal Soult, M. Arago, and several of the savans, as well as to several members of the Muncipal Council, all of whom were much pleased with its great simplicity and effi ciency; and its early introduction into France may be ex pected, as its services are much needed, and the system of cleaning now employed, and the formation of the streets, are both well adapted for its application, DRURY-LANE THEATRICAL FUND DIN N This annual festival took place at the Freemason's Tavern last evening. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was in he chair. His Royal Highness was supported by the Conte de M the Marquis of Villafr.n;ca, the Duke de Media, Sulonia, Col. Dan Francisco Antonio 'xi,- my (in the suite cf the Conde de Montemolin), his Grace the Deka of Beaufort, K.G., the Marquis of Downshire, the Earl of Charleville, the Earl of Munster, General Viscount Comber mere, G.C.8., Lord Fenterden, Lord Muskerry, Lord .ohn Manners, M.P., General Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir W. de Bathe, Bart., Sir Thomas Howe, Bart., Sir Paul Jodvell, Bart., Mr. Sheriff Kennard, Captain Chappell, R N., Captain C. Cooke, Quentin Dick, Esq., M.P., W. Collett, Esq., M P., J. F. Elphinstone, Esq., M. Gore, Esq., M.P.,T. Hussey, N:sq., M.P., C. J. Roberts, 111. D., A. Bunn, Esq., J. Strutt, Esq, G. Whate'ey, Esq., and several other noblemen and gentlemen. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. J. L. flatten, assisted: by the followint; ladies and gentle men:—Miss Rainforth, Miss Poole, Miss Sarah Flower, Mrs. Weiss, the Misses Williams, Miss Messent, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, and Miss Bassano; Mr. %V. Harrison, Mr. Travers, Mr. Burdini, Mr. Borrani, Mr. Bodda, Mr. Weiss, Mr. Bin ge , Mr. Rafter, Mr. D. W. King, Mr. J. W. Roe, Mr. Stretton, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. S. Welaon, Mr. Hobbs, Mr. Machin, Mr. hill, Mr. C. K Horn, Mr. Kerridge, Mr. Bradbury; Mr. Genge, and Mr. Kench. The•stewards were Mr. B. Webster, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Will- mott, Mr. J. Vining,-Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. J. Bland, Mr. G. Wieland, Mr. Howell, Mr. G. Ellis, Mr. Cathie, Mr. S. Jones, Mr. Honner, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Brindal, Mr. 0. S‘nitli, Mr. W. %Vest. A six o'clock upwards of 200 gentlemen sat down to din ner. The gallery and several seats at the back of the room were occupied by ladies. The usual loyal and national toasts having been given (Lord Combermere responded to the toast the " Army and Navy"), The Duke of BEAUFORT proposed the " Health of the Chairman," which was drunk with three times three. His Royal Highness, the CMAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said that the institution had been originally founded by David Garrick in the .year 1766, that for a time it had flourished, but that at last it had fallen into the sere and yellow leaf. In 1814 an effort was made to revive it. His late brother, the Duke of York, had presided at that festival,' and from that time the institution had gone on prosperously. So long as the Duke of York lived, he had presided at their annual festival. The Duke of Sussex had then presided, and lie (the Duke of Cambridge) had at first presided as the sub stitute for his late beloved brother, who had been prevented by illness from attending their festival. Sir.ce his brother's death, he had presided over them, and so long as his life. should be spared, he would continue to do so.—(Cheers.) They. had never hitherto met without having a Member of the Royal Family as their chairman. His Royal Highness having explained the nature of the institution and having passed a high eulogium on the manner in which the affairs of the Institution were conducted, concluded by proposing the health of their illustrious visitor, the Conde de Montemolin, and thanks to him for having honoured them with his pre sence.—(Loud cheers.) The toast having been drunk with three times three, The CONDE DE MONTEMOLIN rose to return thanks. His Royal Highness, who spoke in English, was very indistinctly beard in that part of the Hall in which we were located. We understood his Highness to say, that he thanked the com pany for the kindness with which they hag received the toast, and that he felt highly gratified at the opportunity which was thus afforded him of assuring them of the admira tion which he entertained of the English drama.— (Cheers.) He had, in studying t he English language, paid great attention to the works of the immortal Shakspere, and of the English dramatists, and he entertained an ardent admiration for them. He had by those studies learned to appreciate the innate nobility of the mind of Shakspere—(Cheers)—and to entertain a respect for those who devoted their talents to the illustration of his works.—(Cheers.) He cordially thanked them for the manner in which they had received his health. The following song. written expressly, by A. W. Roe, Esq., for this occasion, and adapted to a Spanish national melody, by Mr. Hatten, was then sung by Miss M. Williams, and rapturously encored : Tho' gorgeous the splendour that twineth Round the state of the monarch, I Crow, Yet a far purer influence refineth The scene that we gaze upon now; For the fair gem of charity shineth Bright, unclouded on royalty's brow. Welcome, welcome, royal stranger, Welcome to our feast to-day. Tho' darkness and gloom may be hiding The splendour that once shone so bright, And the clouds that above us are riding, May turn the fair day into night, Yet, let charity still be abiding, We need seek for no holier light. Welcome, welcome, &c. The CHAIRMAIN then proposed" The health of the Master and Treasurer, Mr. Harley. Drunk with three times three. Mr. HARLEY then rose, and spoke as follows: " May it please your Royal Highness, my Lords, and Gentlemen—Upon these anniversaries, though necessarily involving details of privation and sorrow, I have been emus • tomed to meet you with congratulations and smiles; indeed, I have only to look around this assembly to see that charity, like her kindred virtues, is as cheerful as the day. It has been facetiously said that, with Englishmen, one good work is generally preluded by another; to wit, a good dinner.— (Laughter.) And why not? The enjoyment o f a bl ess i ng (and a most substantial blessing is a good dinner!), while it warms the grateful heart of its recipient, brings into forcible and sympathetic contrast the object of its privation. These festivals have invariably been turned to the account of benevo lence; every feast has proved a merry prologue to what, as regards my indigent brethren, might, I fear, have otherwise been a fast.—t Applause.) It is not my intention to recapi• tulate the history of the Drury-lane Theatrical Fund. Your Royal Highness, thanks to your long-continued _ pre sidency and munificence, knows full well that it originat ed in the purest philanthropy; that it has been patronised with d a liberality and a zeal every way worthy of its high deserts ; and I believe I may add, that its resources have been de voted to those salutary purposes contemplated by its im mortal founder. And very many of you, my Lords and Gentlemen, whose bounty has replenished its coffers. and whose presence has gladdened this social board, need not be reminded of its importance and usefulness. Yet I should be wanting in respect to the new patrons that I have the honour and happiness to see assembled here this day, it I did not, with all possible brevity, select a few prominent points, in order that I might satisfy their judgments while I appealed to their benevolence. It was hard, thought David Garrick, that while other liberal pur suits had their asylums for decayed members, the his trionic art should stand insulated in its destitution. Experience had taught him the difficulty and uncer • tainty of his profession ; that where one, like himself, should start into immediate and brilliant popularity, the great ma jority must.be content with moderate success, which success was still only to be attained by incessant labour and study; that sudden and uncontrollable contingencies might cast the. actor from the proudest eminence, or incapacitate him in a humbler sphere ; what then would be his fate in the wreck of his means and the winter of his days?—(Hear.) Opulent beyond the possibility of a reverse, in fortune and in fame, that great master of the human passions devoted the influence of his high position, and most liberally the ample resources of his purse, to the endowment of this fund ; and from the day this long-desired opportunity was afforded the actor of making a gradual and economical provision for the future, the profession has-risen in public estimation. That the drama, like other national institutions, has its reverses, many of its professors can too painfully testify. Yet the cloud that pat tially obscures it, I confidently expect, will pass away, and that a splendid revival of its ancient glories will greet every admirer of impassioned eloquence and classic taste.—(Loud applause.) It cannot fail to be pecu liarly gratifying to the patrons of this institution that Drury•lane Theatre, the honoured temple of Garrick's fame, has never ceased to solicit and to receive public patronage. During recent seasons many members have been admitted as subscribers to this fund. Every ap plication that can be fairly entertained is respectfully welcomed. As the almoners of an important trust, we are bound to maintain in all its integrity that which is confined to our care; and if ever we have been induced to deviate from the strict letter of prescribed rules, our apology must be the imperative and unforseen misfortune whose appeal for temporary relief it was found impossible to resist.—(Ap plause.) I stand not here to take any credit for y, dutybrethren and myself for having honestly done that, whiet cur commanded us honestly to do. But at these, I may be allowed to say, annual audits, when you reasonably expect some account of our stewardship, it would be wrong to withhold from you the pleasing truth that this fund still continues to fulfil all the benevolent intentions of its founder, that many of your old favourites are the grateful objects of its delicate and unostentatious bounty, and that a large number of subscribers would, at this moment, be entitled to its benefits, should necessity compel them to have recourse to that last trying necessity.—(Great applause.) That two institutions, devoted to similar objects of benevolence, should for a long series of years maintain a friendly and most praise worthy rivalry in doing good is alike honourable to both. The Drury-lane and Covent-garden Theatrical Funds have pursued their charitable course in perfect amity and with mutual good wishes. A third, amimated by a kindred spirit, has recently put in its claim to public patronage. Far from regarding this new institution with jealous apprehension, we hail it with hearty and cordial commendations.—(Applause.) Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to transmit for the use of this fund a donation of fifty pounds.—(Loud cheering). We hail this noble gift, not only as an important addition to our means, but as a proof of her approbation and sympathy. With united prayers for her health, and that of her august consort and family, we most gratefully receive the munifi cence of our Sovereign.—(Cheers.) Honeyed phrases of flat tery would ill express our feelings for your Royal Highness. You have done this institution good service and great honour. You have advocated its cause, contributed to its resources, and our presence well-tempered byy hila s r a ty nct o io f n i e t d s the fest generousfestive a nn., vrei enthusiasm, sea : rl puejk t n l pc ie e. plause.) This devotion of high rank and p of a right spirit and a of exalted virtue, the sure indication w to the sacred duties of philanthropy it the . true touchstone ell-merited eulogium. noble mind. This, Sir, is your t Take it, with every are our veterans (Loud and continue • d applause). 1%1 blessing tha_ o g t ra o ti n tr y de can invoke I -and here I would res pectfully remark that by economy and en poor not to avail themselves of it s this fund, they are too p p ru d e nce having fairly titled themselves to the benefit s o f resou rces; too proud that their necessities sho u ld b e pu bli s hed to gratify to desire h ear tless curiosity ; not only a re t h ey mo derately provided for remnant of their during the brief sojourn here, but when life s curtain has dropped, their w id ows receive a yearly stipend more consistent • with our often too limited mea ns than with their actual r equ i rements, and their children that support and protection of which the orp h an stands so much in need This, your Royal High ness , my lords, and gentlemen, is my case. Let not, I pray you, the interests of my clients suflbr from the inability of their pleader.—(Great applause.) The healths of the Vice-Presidents was then drunk. The Earl of CIIARLEVILLE returned thanks. The TREASURER then read the first list of subscriptions, amounting to 647/. 10s., including her Majesty the Queen, 50/ the Duke ; his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, 251. • the Conde ' Lord Tenterden, 5 guineas; of de Monteinolin, 101. ; the Marquis of Villafranca, 51. Col. Don Francisco Antonio Merry, Si. ; W, v t h.e de Earl sßa t o h f; Car •• Beaufort, 20/. ;Lord Saltoun, 51. ; Lord Ernest Bruce, 51.; Sir P. Joddells s / i . r ; digan, 10/. ; M. Gore, Esq., M.l°., Si. ;• Miss Burdett Coutts, 2-1 ; J. W. Roberts, Esq., 10 guineas; ft.. Kennard,utn guineas; Alfred Bunn, Esq., 10 guineas; J. Strutt, Es P. Borthwick, Esq., M.P., 5 guineas; Mr. Sheriff 10/. ; Charles Kean, Esq., 201.; and a legacy from the widow of the late Mr. John Moody, formerly master of this society, 100/. The CHAIRMAN then proposed "Success to Drury-lane Theatre."—Drank with th ree t i mes three. Mr. BUNN returned th an k s. He had been connected with lane Theatre ev er s i nce the 182 during t p h r e u t r i y nie that he had h a d the managementyear 0 he had and adproduced dramatic entertainmentsof • • every description, supported by the highest order of talent —talent that he feared lie should never again see equalled,—(Cheers.) Many persons sup posed that he was wedded to one species of dramatic enter tainment only, but such was not the case. He produced that species of d • ramatic entertainment which he was enabled to produce most perfectly. He had a great many . . suggestions offered to him, but it did tot always d° to adopt suggestions. Marinari. the scene painter, was once employed to paint a Roman street. A. crowd of artists assem o bled in his painting-r o om, and one suggested to him introduce a tree in such a part—another to intro duce a rose bush—another a part,rre, /IA so on ; and the re sult wa, that when the scene was fini-lied, instead of being a street it gas w..u,l.—(Apidause.) tle (Mr. Bonn) mast, therefore. claim the privileg, , of biang I ., rinitted to judge for himself.— (Cheers). S.) long es he swayed the dtstinies of Drury La" Theatre he myth' leave nothirsg undone to merit the public favour.—(Cheers.) And to use an expression applicab le to membnrs of a higher place—when he should lose the confidence ot his constituents, he Notild resign his sect. — (C heer=.) The i‘ext toast was "Toe Covent-garden Theat rcal Fund,. which was drunk with three times three; and the last- toast was "the Ladies,' which was drunk with all t he honours, after whii-h the party broke up. During the evening several exquisite songs and gl,e3o"(s, were given by Miss Messent, Miss Rebecca I,' (who was deservecUy enefled in an exquisite air from 's new op,ra of Matilda), Miss Bassano (who sung Beneik! beautiful air, '• B the sad sea waves," from the opera of 7 " Brides of Venice, to exquisitely, that she was honoured by' ties especial encore from the Duke of Cambridge) , the Ni e s Williatr ' , Mr. Hatton Mr. Hobbes, and several ot her ladi and gentlemen. Mr. Hatton presi.ied at the piano forte. : THE CURRENCY.. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN• SlR,—it is plainly evident to all who are engagea. in mercantile• affairs that Sir Robert Peel's Bank Restrict,tr! Act of 1844 has been " weighed in the balance' s° found wanting." The commercial community, is plunged into a state td)l: much suffering, in orch r that a theory may be test' ? The question is, has not the experiment gone tar en(igh, The obligation of the Bank to pay its notes in speci e on demand is an ample security against an exees' ive issue on the part of that establishment. Why, 0 °; limit its resources by a law which, to all intents an purposes, renders five millions of its bullion practically useless ? With ten millions of bullion in the Bank coffers, di': counts are more restricted, and the value of moneY Is higher than with half the amount before Peel's Bill owe into operation. The present emergency loudly calls for the repeal 0f an Act so prejudicial to the commerce of the country. It ought to be done without delay ; we shall then be able to pay our way until the next harvest, which, if 1/ turns out a good one, will puf matters right. Your obedient servant, NO THEORIST• April 22. IMPORTANT EXPERIMENT -GS CRUCIS, OR DIRECT PROOF OF THE B y TRUCTION OF THE POTATO PLANE - THE APHIS VASTATOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. bar e SIR,—In my treatise on the potato Plant, A shown that, antecedently to all other changes , a cel l ° , insect is to be found on the leaf, which sucks the juicers of the plant and causes it to die, locally, at t he Pa' affected, or generally through its entire sYstcw• wit s By tracing the insect to numerous other plant s Idis found to produce similar effects—the turnip r otted is the bulb, the carrot in the root, and even the ie 1 1 , tructible groundsel equally suffered from its atta cks- fe if et the damsged plants anatomy demonstrates inWeri.is. tissue—chemistry, a deficiency of the solid materblef and natural history indicates the source of the nlise hich by pointing to the creature which abstracts that iv should form the fibre and starch of the plant To those who prefer experiment to observation I ? I I!. now to announce that at length the direct proof of,,:t; capability of the aphis vastator to destroy the r' s i, plant has been obtained ; an experiment which has c lips ready been performed with the same result upon Ur crocuses and other plants. w ell Several Russian tubers apparently sound andd the' filled with starch were planted in a greenhouse , an o f roughly healthy plants were produced. - upon . 0 , : 00 the best of the number, when about two feet than.hignt placed a colony of vastators which fed and throve ,„ dantly, and which were prevented from travelling '''' neighbouring plants by a covering of gauze. ne igh- For a time, this plant throve as well a s its ,thered hours, but eventually the entire haulm died a nd ";` its up, as was observed last year in the blighted Auld' t' neighbours, which had no insect to suc k the viti".. '" . t to were perfectly healthy, forming a striki n g een the withered and dead stalk. cay o e n d e i x e am th i e nit ni rg an t n h e e v collar which i l t h w av a e s d fi e n; r d ib p e a d rt , i t a s l l y be,, d iri :i he especially attributable t o the ravages of aphides. of disease. The a hardness characteristic.t . 0 truobootsrswartheofuogutindntoot blc6ethztetnhseivbeulylkrootftethh,eanodrit,hineallit:et divert t e fromhave striven e e r n a vhaagreds o t f the vastator ; and in the, unparalleled virulence of their opposition, they have even frequently substituted acri monythe and mis-statement for courtesy and truth. theless, no scientific ram in any country h s ever dig' ; , s ; and proved my statements, or confuted my deduct- 1 ; r who if amongst practical men there be one still left im° doubts the destructive power of the vastator I begat7, to consider deeply and repeat this experiment, thall m atters being of one mind we shall not be diverted Sever which are irrelevant, but shall be enabled to concentrate. our ener2ies in the annihilation of the destroyer, ne the protection of o ur crops.--I ain, Sir, your ob,ient servant, 7, Finsbury-circus, April 19, 184 A SAME. 7.LFRED NAVAL INTELLIGENC E. DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDIT ERRANBAN' SQUADRON. ikrliAnLgTA the APRIL a of l 17 4.— Admiral -tALdimsbioranl—sTirhew. llibrearrnkiethr,ll4o' ben Commander- in-Chief; and the America, 50. At Gibraltar—The Virago war-steamer. At Barcelona—The Amazon, 26. b e ' ) aring At Malta—The Ceylon, ' 12 (receiving -ship , ~ cu • the flag of Sir L. Curtis, second in command, 97 ' the perintendent of Malta Dockyard; the Belleisle, ~„.,, Spartan, 26; the Mutine, 10; the Research (surveYn. cutter), the Locust steam sloop, and Wee Pet steam -I.h At Corfu—The A thens steam-sloop. he 1 10c1- At the Piraeus of—The Albion, 90; t , the ney, 90; the Vanguard, 84; the Fantome, 16; and ' Bonetta (surveying vessel). At Constantinople—The Hecla war-steamer. At Beyrout—The Harlequin, 16. MAIL STEAM-PACKETS. d : _ herA w t aMyatlhtait—heTrhfernSmpimtfiarres,eAiliredse,nt, and Flamer; an _e . , S PENINSULAR AND ORIENTA L COMPAIs!X , ° _MEDITERR A NEAN PACKETS. _:..,,te At Malta, the Ariel and the Ripon. On her 5'15.70a the Volcano. Malta from Southampton and Gibraltar, the Tagus. to her way from the ports of t he continent of Dal t; Southampton, the Tiger. Between Trebisond and U.° s t , a 4 n t t i i n n g o e p r l , e, o r t i h e e n ta E l , r i A n. e hill s t , S m o o u n th tr a o m s e p , t Roy on, a t l h e Ta r s o n s o l p Iberia. MOVEMENTS AT THE PORT OF MALTA SINCE THE STH OF APRIL. The Belleisle arrived from Corfu on the 6th, and i f , l tottary di nin g v l a n li d d i s a , n sh m e e w al idhl f lo o lt r .nr, C kltye o h Cork, with ptr w he i dt t eo h pdr w aer h stu i n c rnr h ee , and some some Mil t ' surveyingweek. d ) v v li. Archipelago, in the waters of Skyre, ll ,; brings no i from ntel r labourswhere im Is T mii h i L B t a h i to n' ee) Locust immediately s ht i the 13th, but the e cte pir le a m England) f ng A la t n hens 00 i s n u g lta th n e w T i u li rc d o e iG ain re n ek ll clure7ktiltgme.ncelnorailmlsppoorrotbaanbcielittr t;_ the required satisfaction until Greece are the chief carriers will tend to distress I the ports of the continent of It i and France requiring corn, of which the vessels ve f s r s bo e me l s gt a hi t vee t ron h a e tnnu D hb a le. m r d, andawn Dardanelles th e Black Sea. The Ariel returned from Alexandria at ten o'clock last night, bringing the India passengers and mail, with th__ heavy portion of which the Ripon (whose detects 1:r (tte)oai returned ensg.Aet eu , hri ce( h i been made good) will be dispatched this evenin, 1 " .. Southampton; whilst the Spitpire will carry on to gel, seilles this morning the mails for England by the over land route. The Flamer arrived last night from P a tras an the lonian Islands; and the Tagus, from Southamp ton, a. the Volcano, with the overland mail from M arseilles, sr : hourly looked for. The Ariel will carry on the l atter t Alexandria. The Louisa cutter yacht sailed yesterday for the Levar it. where,The A fo l r uti s t o ie me wi t l i l m p e ro p b a a s b t, ly the b r e e o h r a d s er b e e d en to n o s r3r y i r ti l . supposed to be French, Pa s shi A p- e l f in - w e- a e r f- s b ta a t t i t o le ned. j ship, (1 Malta for the eastward on the llth. OCCURRENCE IN LONG-ACRE. """ - P, : Th D urs ß d E a A y p m F o ri tting, between the hours of eleven and w tw hlc 'c h, o'clock, an accident of a most appalling character, and o fr c p e m arr t e h d e asetrtiohuesenoarntuerreooffEtnhdeeiLjsutrrieeest,iLnfloincgte.aderteo, tw ° irli viduals, is expected to be attended with fatal consequenceg' past workmen have been employed in effecting following circumstances :—lt appears that for some UM° in the above-mentioned street, and some scaffolds having been erected at the spot where the improvements are being' carried out, at the period specified, two labourers, namedt Thomas Welch and Thomas Cockling, yvhere engaged a work, when some of the boards on which they were stang suddenly gave way and fell beneath them, by whichotb!): were precipitated from a considerable height on t T . : ground. The pcor fellows, assisted by their fellow-we.; men, and two police-constable 3 of the F division, wer e i de d an under the_ rnedi.dely taken to the Charing. cross Hospital, andaaittteertatti to by Mr. Stegball, the resident medical officer. Both 01.011_ were frightfully mutilated, and remained insensible .I_l several hours, and at length the surgeon asctrtained tna: Welch, who is about twenty-five, had fractured his left sr; broken a leg, and received a fearful wound in the head, 1 ,, year,oth r has contusions;evidetievidently sustainedhilst Cock Cocking, e who isi severen besides outward bruises, but owing to his state of in.sner. • bility it was difficult to say the precise nature of the inj c r . Both sufferers remain at the institution in a deplorable 0 dition. nIESIIP*' THE REY. D. ROBINSON AND MRS. BA-- 50 L It seems that the sum of 101., being a portion of the the which the Rev. D. Robinson was compelled to pa,' 9 re . result of the late trial for a libel upon Mrs. Barker, his internalttalent}.- entYauwunrirets7, w" P but sented by her to the Wesleyan schools of Cheltenham.; „... the Rev. W. Burt and G. C. Taylor, the Wesleyan mints_e`: have handed it over to Mr. Robinson, with an their sympathy.— Worcester Chronicle. river DUTCH CATTLE. A vessel arrived in the _. from Nieu Dieppe, llolland,has brought, besidesB,7l9 cl_synesf: 96 bags of potatoes, 272 bags of beans, several casks of ej.. tables, 341 sheep, 1 horse, and 44 cows, the very largo n e t' Nv do assurance • ber of 60 calves, the production of that countryA ipi.. not recollect so large a number of this particular "1" . portant description of young stock to have before been ported from a foreign country on any single occasion. -- NKW NOVEL BY .MRS. THOMSON. Just Ready, in Three Vols., post Bvo., T R A or, THE APPARIT ION. Y? • By Mrs. THOMSON. , Author of " Widows and Widowers," " Ragland Castle," " The Chevalier," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.