The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-03 00:00:00

HEN MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, (;entry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are reepeetlhily informed, that the THEATRE WILL RE-OPEN On SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1847, When will be performed Donizetti's Opera, L'ELISIR D'AMORE. Adios, Madera. Castellon ; Nemorino, Signor Gardonl ; Belcore, Signor F. Lahlache ; and Dr. Dulcomara, Signor Lablache (his first appearance this season). Between the he s will be presented a "New Pas," composed by M. Baal Taglieol, for NI dlle. Marie Taglioni. To conclude with the admired Ballet, in Two Tableaux, by 11. Paul Taglioni, the music ?Sy Signor Pisani, entitled TBEA.; OU, LA F 3 ACI FLErItS. Principal characters by Mdlie. C. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, M. Paul Taglioni, &c. On Saturday, April 17th, will be produced (for the first time in this country) Verdi's Opera " I Due Foscarl." Verdi's Opera " - Ernaul " will be repeated forthwith. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are reispectflilly in formed, that there will be an EXTRA NIGHT On THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1847. When will be performed (first time this season) &Dias celebrated Opera I PURITANI. Principal Characters : —Eivira, Madame Castellan ; Giorgio, signor Lablache ; Artura, Signor Gardonl ; and Riccardo, Signor Coletti. With various Entertainments In the Ballet Department, in which Mdlls. Luc le Gratin, Mdlls. Marie Taglione, and Mdlle. Rosati, will appear. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, Established for the purpose of rendering a more perfect performance efthe Lyric Drama than has hitherto been attained in this cottutry. Under the Directon and Management of Mr. BEALE. The Nobility Gentry, and Patp.ns of Music, are respectfully in formed that the Royal Italian Opera will open the first week in April. It Is ProPoeod to produce, in the course of the ! , eason, some of the Istabliehedworks of Chnarosa, Mozart, Rossini, Meyerbeer, and others at the more modern Italian School, including Operas by Bellini, Doni sett!, Mercadante, and Verdi, on a scale of the utmost perfection in 'very department ; to which intent the manacement has assembled a Company embracing the greatest and most varied talent in Europe. PRIMI sopitmi L—Madame Grisi and Madame Persian! (her first appearance in London for three years), Madame Ronconi and Mdlle. Steffanoni (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, her first ap• pearance in this couutry). CONTRALTI. —Signora Alboni (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan, ind of the Imperial Theatre in Vienna, her first appearance in this Country), and Mademoiselle Corbari. TENORL—Signor Mario, Signor Salvator Lavia (of the Imperial theatre of St. Petersburgh, his first appearance in this country), Signer Tull! (of the Theatre San Carlo, in Naples, his first appear wee in this country), and Signor Salvi (ot the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, and of the Imperial Theatres in Vienna and St. Petersbergh, tail first appearance on the Italian stage in England). PRIMI BASSI BARITONI—Signor Tamburini and Signer Giorgio Ronconi. - PRIMI BASSI PROFONDI—Signor Marini (of the Theatres San Carlo, Naples, La Scala, Milan, and the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, ale first appearance in this country), Signor Angelo Alba (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and Signor Polonini (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, his first appear ance in this country.) _ _ PRIM! BASSI edMICI —Signor Pietro Ley (of the Theatre Royal Madrid, hs first appearance in this country), and Signor Agostino Rovere (of the Theatres Royal, Naples, Milan, Vienna, and St. Pe tersburgh, his first appearance in this country). Seconds Donne—Madame Antoinette Mollidori (of the Theatre La Seals, in Milan), Mademoiselle Amelia Linari, Mademoiselle Luigina Seconds Tenore —Signer Emmanuele Slane (of the Theatre Slut ;'arse in Naples). Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor—Mr. Costa. A ►owerful and numerous CHORDS of chosen and experienced Singers will complete the Vocal Department. Chorus Master — Signor Bonconsiglio. Prompter—Signor Monterasi. The ORCHESTRA, formed of Artistes possessing the highest executive powers, will comprise among its members Eighty distin guished professors. The Military Band of the Coldstream Guards will be under the direction of Mr. Godfrey. An ORGAN, of extensive compass, has been expressly erected lit the theatre by Messrs. Flight and, Son. Organist—Mr. V. Nemeth:. The BILLET, ef a brilliant and' costly character, will close the performance of the evening. and no Divertissement will be suffered between the acts of the Opera. The Director has the pleasure to announce that he has concluded an engagement with Mademoiselle Fanny Elssler ; and, during the season, the following eminent Danseusee will appear : —Premieres Danseuse—Mademoiselle Dumi latre (ef the Grand Opera. Paris), and Mademoiselle Plunkett (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Mademoiselle Benin (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, her first appearance in this country), Mademoiselle Neodot (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Mademoiselle Marietta Baderna (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan), and Mademoiselle Fuoco (of the Academie Royale de Paris). Monsieur Petipa (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Monsieur Gontie (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Monsieur Ferdinand* Croce, Monsieur Delferier (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Auguste Mabille (of the Grand Opera, Paris). Maitres des Ballets--Monsieur Albert (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Stasis (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan). Leader of the Ballet—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Regisseur de la Dense Mr. O'Bryan. Composer—Signor Alessandro Curmi (of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples). THE THEATRE.—To render the Interior at once commodious, elegant, and comfortable, it has bees entirely reconstructed and decorated, under the immediate direction and after designs of M. Albano, Esq., C.E., with every attention directed to its proper ventilation. The Decorations have been executed by Mr. Ponsonby. The Management has happily secured the artistic skill of Signori Ferri and Verardi (of the Theatre Relief], in Paris), to embellish the ceiling and to prepare a New Drop Scene. The approaches to the Theatre will be found improved, by a carriage way being termed Immediately under the Portico in Bow-street, whereby parties can leave or enter their carriages without exposure to the weather ; and by increased facilities for ingress and egress. The Refreshment Room will be under the superintendence of Mr. J. G. Watson. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, for the night or season, to be obtained at the Box Office, Bow-street ; and at Messrs. Cramer, Beale. and Co 's. 201, Itegent-street. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. ON RAiTEIt MONDAY will be performed the Opera of MARITAITA. After which the New Grand Oriental Spectacle, called THE DESERT; or, The Imaun's Daughter. In which the Twe Ele phants, upwards of Sixty Horses, and the Camels will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mader the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. ON EASTER MONDAY Will be performed the new and original Comedy, called THE SCHOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far ren, Stuart, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, Brindal. Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Humby, Mrs. Tarnold, Miss Fortescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Hey golds, &e. After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, called TIM NEW rL.AN ET ; or, Harlequin •ut of Place. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. ( nder the direction of Madame Celeste. ON EASTER MONDAY will be performed the original Drama, called THI FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford ; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. To conclude with the Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet et LA GiSELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by y r. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullen'Ord, Madame Celeste, miss Marian Taylor, lei-s Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. YItINCESS'3 THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. ON RASTER MONDAY, Will be presented (for the first time in this country) Scribe and Auber's celebrated Comic Opera. In Three Acts, called THE BAR CAROLE. The principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Bodda, Leffler, and Allen; Miss E. Flonner and Mig3 Anne Romer. .After hick, Shakspere's I DSGMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Ryder, J. Vining, C. Fisher, Wynn, and Compton ; Miss Winstanley (her first appearance In London), Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. H. Hughes, Miss S. Flower, 3liss Anne Romer, Miss Marshall, and Miss Smithson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Mstuwement of Mrs. Keeley. This Theatre will RE-OPEN on EASTER MONDAY. First sight eta New Piece. To commence with the Drama of MARTIN CIWZZLE WIT. Young Malley, Mrs. Keeley; Sairey Gamp, Mr. Keeley ; Pecksniff, Mr. Matthews ; Tigg, Mr. Wigan ; Chuzzlewit, Mr. Emery ; Pinch, Mr. Meadows. After which, first time, a Kerr Vaudeville Extravaganza, called CRUSOF: THE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley ; Miss Dickenson, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the splendid new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE ENCHANTED FOREST; or, Bear, Eagle, and Dolphin- Principal characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Bromley, Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wo,dlidge, Miss Laldlaw, Misa Howard, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Bender, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, and Mr. Wigaii. FRISNCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE:. Lessee, Ur. John Mitchell. Yirst Appearance of the admired Actress Mademoiselle ROSE CHERI, whose engagement is limited to Twelve Representations. On EASTER MONDAY, the Performances will commence with (first tittle in this country) a 1 ym,conted,... entitled LE SECRET DU MENAGE en Trots ACtts, du Theatre Francais. The principal characters !fy M. Langeval, Madlle. Angela. and Madame Deluc. After which (first time this season), the popular Coinedie-Vtilde ville of UN CHANGEMENT DE MAIN, en Deux Actes, par MM. Bayard et Charles - Latent. The principal characters by M. Rh ozev il , M.'Dumery, 31. Langsval, Madlle Rose Chart, and Vallee. To eonclud'e with (first time in this country) a new Comedic Vau deville, entitled LA PROTEGEE, SANS LL' SAVOIR, en un Acte, yar M. Scribe. The principal ch •racters by M. Rhozevii, M. Pascal, M. Cart&gny, M. Tuurillon, and Madlle. Rose Cheri. . . moxes,6i. , Pit, 3s. 6d.. Stalls, aa.; Gallery, 2s. Doors op ene d at Seven. and the performances commence at a quarter -past Seven. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Royal Library, 32, Bond-street; and at the Box-office. STPHOPIAN gERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Re-en gagement of the Ethiopian Serenaders. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Bell, Barrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will give their Attractive ENTER TAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, on EASTER TUESDAY, and will be continued every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Evening ; and a MORNING PERFORMANCE every 'WEDNESDAY, be ginning oa Wednesdy in Easter week. Boxes, Is. ; Pit, 2e. ; Amphitheatre, '4e. A.STLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and otker Members of the Royal Family. Will open. for the Summer Season, with Lord Byron' s Equestrian Dramatic Poem of Tlil MUD' 07 ABTDOS ; or, THE CORSAIR ♦tiD THE ♦VENGER'S STEED. Intreelnelng Mr. Batty's Living Camels, Elephants, and Stud of forces, ronies, ice. rHE WEATIIKR.—Stry Oirnca, APRIL 3. TtIERNOMETBR, Lowest, 29 ; Highest. 42 ; Noon, 40. BAnoxzrEtt, 29.4.—Wind W.N.W.; fine. HI iFI WATER ♦T LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. m or ning 14 minutes after 3. I Evening .. 38 minutes after 3. ebienins 2ititt LONDON. SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1847. Another remarkable charaet whose name is in thnately associated with the history Europe to the its most momentous Cr,isis expired on o of during t in a g t St. Germains. Every successive month, obituary some distinguished contemporary that era of greatness which must render the co Y mni t e ment of the nineteenth century memorable to a ll future generations. In speaking of Prince JULES DE POLIGNAC immediately after his decease, we do not feel ourselves exonerated from the unpleasant duty of mentioning him in language of reprobation. Truth is the worthiest epitaph of humanity; and the old heathen adage is pregnant with wisdom which says, that facts narrated on any funereal occasion are more eloquent, when clothed with accuracy, than when adorned with the blandishments of a de ceptive rhetoric. In this respect a trustworthy chronological table has more value to the thoughtful man than the most masterly panegyric of a biassed orator, even though that panegyric to suffused with the genius of a BOSSUIST or the energy of a Citznn- Los. Of the departed statesman, therefore, it would be unworthy to speak in terms otherwise than truth ful, although in so speaking we should seem to be profaning the sanctuary of recent dissolution. According to the expression of a vulgar me taphor, some men Appear to be born with I silver spoons in their mouths —meaning good fortune ; while others are endowed with nothing better than a wooden one —meaning misfortune. Prince JULES DE POLIGNAc must unques tionably have entered existence with both. His whole career was literally a succession of catastrophes, attributable partially to an adverse destiny and partially to the weakness and vacillation of his own judgment. With many estimable qualities as a pri vate character, Prince JuLss DE POLIGNAC had abso lutely no capacity for public administration beyond that of yielding to the wishes of an incom petent Sovereign, of evincing the suavity of a petit-maitre in the midst of the most perilous junctures, and of participating in the most wild and extravagant schemes when they pro mis.d the advancement of the apotheosised prin ciple of Legitimacy. In struggling to evidence his loyalty to this principle, Prince JULES DE POLIGNAC showed his willingness to violate the holiest emotions of his heart and the pure s t i m p u l ses o f hi s na t ure . Legitimacy was to him what BAAL was to the Eastern Idolators. He sacrificed to it everything ; he sacrificed for it everything ; he sacrificed, through the passionate reverence which it inspired in his bosom, everything. For the sake of Legitimacy, Prince JULES DE POLIGNAC was ready to forsake the paths of honour for those of dishonesty ; to become reckless, from being remarkable for his timid so briety ; to become cruel and ruthless, from having been naturally generous and benignant. Are we exaggerating the effects of this unfortunate infatua tion ? History responds to this inquiry and she tells us that Prince JULES DE Pomorrac was implicated in a murderous conspiracy against a wonderful man, who had been summoned by national acclamation to the throne of his country ; she tells us that for the gratification of his diseased loyalty he leagued him self, in 1804, with cut-throats and brigands; that for this flagrant dereliction of his duties as a Christian and as a civilized man he suffered a captivity of several years' duration; that, ultimately, in 1829, he was principally instrumental in plunging his native land into a brief but bloody revolution. History tells us these things in an inexorable voice ; she brands the monument of the dead statesman with the words IN TB:NDED ASSASSINATION and ABETTED DESPOTISM! As one among the accomplices of PICHEGRU, and as the last Minister of CHARLES X., Prince JULES DB POLIGNAC gained notoriety rather than immortality. The offspring of a venerable aristocracy, he has blended his memory in the recollections of men with the vices of ruffians and the triumph of the rabble. Cradled in a luxurious court, he has perished in a distasteful obscurity. The favourite of Princes, he has ensured to his nat. the contempt or the abhor re.nce of the people. Throughout his life, however, there is one pal liation which must not be overlooked, in estimating the qualities and actions of Prince JuLEs DE POLIGNAC. He was the bigot of an erroneous loyalty; he was the fanatic of kingly succession and kingly irresponsibility. These sentiments were instilled into his heart on the outburst of the revolution ; th , ?y inoculated, they permeated his whole nature ; th ?), assumed in fine such an overweening pre dominancy that they resolved themselves into a moral disease. And it was solely through the operation of this monomaniacal devotion to Legitimacy that Prince JULEs DM POLIGNAC became politically criminal, though privately virtuous. Within the do mestic circle he adorned himself with many social gr!.ces ; upon the arena of public events he either appeared as a contemptible scapegoat or as an im:entestable culprit. With this motley character, with these contrasted lights and shades, with these mingled colours of good and evil, Prince JULES DB PC iMIGNAC has descended into the grave a perfect chfaroscuro of statesmanship. Among the glorious fig ttres grouped upon the political tableau of his epoch he will appear to posterity as a fantastic intruder. Notwithstanding the protests of the dissentient Loixds, the Irish poor-law may be regarded as virtu ally carried ; and although there are some points, mocre particularly in the recently-introduced clauses, which appear in some degree objectionable, the mea sure is calculated to confer the greatest benefits on the , country at large. Already its good effects are becoming manifest in the increased exertion of the lam 'lords, many of whom are seeking to provide profitable employment for the labouring popula tion , and thus to diminish the burden that must otherwise press with extraordinary weight. If such a c ourse should be generally pursued—if the owners an. I occupiers of land in Ireland would for once con sen x to co-operate together for their mutual advan tag le—the vast improvement in the social condition of tjhe people generally that would be the inevitable res►, It would be cheaply purchased by the misery anct wretchedness that has been borne by suffering tho tisands—we might say, millions -= during the past wii i ter. Then, indeed would Ireland be regenerated, and! assume her proper position in the scale of nat ions ; her children would be contented and happy, in t ;he certainty of being enabled, by their exertion, to procure the means of subsistence, and to obtain a fair day 'a wages for a fair day's work, and the lands through. out the entire island would be brought to the higher pitcji of cultivation and fertility. The British nation wo' ald gladly render every possible assistance to those wh. y had set their own shoulders to the wheel, and ens ble them to bring to light the latent resources of the country. I.7he chief question of difference, respecting which mart y good and conscientious men, strenuous ad voc ates for a good and efficient poor-law, enter tain ed opinions of the most opposite character, was rest )ecting, the area of taxation that should be adopted ; som e clamoured for a townland rating, that as nearly asp ossible a single landlord, or two, or three at the fart' hest, should have to maintain the poor of their estales ; and this proposition has certainly an appearance of equity, as i t i s not consistent with JUStli 2e that those landlords who fully and efficiently perf;.rm the duties incidental to their position—who furnish employment to the able-bodied poor on their esta4; es, and ensure to every man who is able and willing to earn his livelihood by honest industry, the meat is of doing so, should be heavily taxed by reason of the negligence, apathy, or improper conduct of their immediate neighbours. Other reasons, how ever, existed why the area of taxation should not be of s o limited a character. It would hold out a pre miu m to cruelty and hardness of heart, an inducement to ltmdlords to clear their estates, to drive out the cott ier tenants from their humble habitations, regard less of the fearful sufferings that would thereby be produced. A man might be strong and industrious, and well able to maintain his family, but such a person would not he suffered to gain a footing where he might be enabled to obtain good employ ment, because the rates might thereafter be increased. The proposition, therefore, of another class, that a union should be substituted for an electoral rate, gained many influential supporters, while the Govern ment adopted a middle course between the extremes. Now the great object would be, if practicable, to introduce some plan by which the objections to either plan would be obviated, and the ad vantages of both realised. On behalf of a union or even a national rate, it might fairly be urged that the poverty of the entire kingdom should be provided for out of the property of the kingdom ; that it is un just that one proprietor should escape for 6d. or Is. in the pound, while another might be taxed to the ex tent of 7s. or Ss. for the same purpose. Much injury would also be averted to which the seaport and other towns are now subjected. The present measure gives n°, right of r emova l o r settlement, consequently those no are driven from their humble homes will nat urally, indeed must, flock to the towns, and thus the burden s of on greate e Blass may be materially increased enabled deserving to of reliev eth e by the heartless cruelty of another, who would be themselves by a course of conduct chargeable on the Why should not throughout a national rate then be esntr"irke. entire real property of everyudee:e the kingdom, and coupled therewirtTiti:n which a drawback from th at rate should provision al, by to every one who would b e ena bl ed to prove l ' n wed satisfactory manner that he h a d g i ven his full proportion of employment ? Such a person should only be bound to contribute his proportion of the expense of maintaining the sick and the infirm, the aged and the helpless, and those who are unable by any means to work for their own support, and also of the staff necessary for carrying out the provisions of the law. By the adoption of this prin t ciple every fitting encouragement would be given to the humane landlord, while practically a tax would be levied on absentees in the only manner consistent with national justice and national honour. No precautions in the way of clearing estates or pre venting the industrious portion of the community from obtaining a footing will be sufficient to save those who do not improve their properties, and discharge the duties of a resident landlord, at least so far as giving ample employment to the people, from a heavy payment. We are well aware that there would be many difficulties interposed in the way of bringing this plan into execution, but we are convinced that they are not insuperable, but that, on the contrary, they could be easily surmounted. The suggestion at least appears worthy of attentive consideration on the part of those whose interests are so deeply involved in the question. HARRY of Exeter is really a very insupportable sort of bishop. He is restless as a squirrel in a cage. We have seen in an exhibition of animals and birds, styled " the happy family," a most effective and pleasing restraint imposed upon their natural and vicious propensities, and perfect harmony prevailing throughout the group. But whatever wonders may be wrought, by dexterous management, among the lower tribes of creation, it would seem that, if the same system of discipline were attempted to be universally applied to man, it would not be difficult to point to a class of sentient beings who would com pletely mar the effort. The redoubted Prelate of Exeter belongs to this class. He is not to be influ enced by fear, for he is absolutely fearless. His courage is as undaunted as was that of the immortal Quixorr, with whose judgment, too, that of the Bishop of EXETER is as nicely on a par as possible. This mental combi nation, which is so curious, striking, and harmonious in the knight-errant, is nevertheless not equally palatable, though it is highly facetious, in the character of a Church dignitary of the nineteenth century. The Right Reverend PHILPOTTS has happily been of late but very little before the public eye. This has not been the result of any dis inclination on the part of the Bishop to draw the attention of the public towards himself, but because, like many a surgical tyro, he has been in want of a subject. The Bishop has had as much con fidence as ever in his modus operandi, but, some how or other, people prefer keeping aloof from him. We believe the Prelate has felt very much chagrined since Lord SEYMOUR declined, with such admirable contempt, entering into a correspondence with him. The Bishop, however, could not exist with out having a tilt at somebody. Accordingly he couched his lance the week before last, and made a desperate charge at the Mayor of Exeter. The par ticulars of the tournament are now before the public. The chivalrous Prelate received a very severe shock. We understand it will be some time before his Lord ship will recover, and that his medical attendants have advised a discontinuance from these violent pranks in future. It is rumoured that the Bishop has be come wholly unequal to these contests, to which he has been warmly addicted from his earliest years, and that the reason of his constantly missing his aim is attributable to his sight being seriously impaired. The encounter alluded to arose in this singular way. A ball was advertised to be held in Exeter, under most distinguished patronage, in aid of the Irish and Scottish Relief Fund. The Bishop animadverted, in his sermon, upon this announcement, and then ad dressed a letter to the ISlayor, apprising him of what he had done, but disdaining any intention of being " personally disrespectful" to his correspondent. The Mayor replied with crushing effect. After describ ing the ball as a harmless amusement, and as a course directly sanctioned by the personal example of her Most Gracious MAJESTY, he aptly remarked— " I am very far from thinking that the end, however good, can sanctify objectionable means ; but when the means are blameless in themselves, I am at a loss to comprehend how their character should be changed by an ulterior benevolent purpose." The Bishop is then reminded of the value of his disclaimer of personal disrespect, by a simple ex traction of a few of the choice epithets which he ap plied in his discourse to those who approved of the benevolent project. " Selfishness," " degrading," low," " miserable frivolity," " mockery," and "dis sipation," are among the generous and " respectful" expressions that grace the sermon throughout. HARR: of Exeter has a code of ethics peculiarly his own, presenting the rare advantage of enabling a man to asperse another in the bitterest terms, accompanied with an assurance that his personal regard for him is unim peachably sincere. The veracity of this assurance it is impossible to impugn. We ought to mention another singular circumstance. As soon as the Bishop had recovered from the recoil of the Mayor's buffetings, as if in repentance of what he had done, and by way of recompensing any loss which might accrue to the Relief Fund from his unprovoked proceedings, he generously offered to publish his sermon, that the copies might be sold for one shilling each, and the produce applied to alleviate the distress of the Irish and Scotch. People may admire the Bishop's motive, bat we are satisfied that the compensation will turn out to be " a mockery, a delusion, and a snare." The Augsburg Gazette has the following from Trieste, of 21st ult.:— " We have just heard from Naples that considerable demands of wheat have been lafe'y made in that city, both fur Italy and Sicily, and that, in consequence, an advance in prices has taken place. The present state of vegetation is de►cribed as exceedingly tine. We have also received a letter from Odessa of the 10th, which declares that the cold had returned, and that the port was so covered with ice as to prevent a number of vessels from going out. Very little corn was ready for delivery; but on the other hand a large quantity was to be deli vered in July. In Southern Russia an abundant harvest was again looked for. At Theodosia the navigation had been re•orened on Feb. 2." The Russian Government has officially declared to the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin, that for the future no foreign officer will be allowed to take part in the campaigns of the Russian troops in the Caucasus, unless he will consent to be naturalised, and to take an oath of fidelity to the CZAR. We have already stated that the Vorort of Berne had demanded from the Government of the canton of Lucerne explanations respecting its military prepara tions. The Government of Lucerne has replied, that it does not recognise the right of the Vorort to make this demand upon a sovereign state, and only replies to it for the purpose of putting an end to misrepre sentation. It asserts that the spirit of turbulence in other cantons renders it necessary for it to provide for its own security, and that this is the only object of its present military display. Madrid papers of the 27th ult. have arrived. The Ministerial crisis still continued, and it was rumoured that Senor PAcnEco had undertaken to form a Mi nistry, as the KING of the FRENCH and Queen CRESS TINA were afraid of the consequences of the elevation of NARVAEZ to the head of the Government. The price to be paid by PACHECO fur this neutrality was the admission of MAZAREDO, the devoted adherent of NARVAEZ, to the Cabinet, as Minister-at-War. The following list of the new Ministry has been handed about :—FAcnEco, Foreign Affairs ; MAZA REDO, War; BENAVIDES, Interior; SALAMANCA, Finance; PASTOR DIAz, Justice; SOLLERO, Marine. The Marquis of MuterLoaEs, Senor ARRAZOLA, Senor PENA r AGUAYO, Senor Ros DE OLANO, and Senor LLORENTE, were also spoken of as likely to be members of the Pacheco Cabinet. The Herald°, however, declares that there is no authority for these rumours; and remarks that, as the Tiempo, the organ of Senor PACHECO, has recently attacked Senor SALAMANCA, it is hardly likely that they would be members of the same Cabinet. The Bill authorising the collecting of taxes until the adoption of the budget, and annulling the authorisation for the settle ment of the debt, has passed the Chamber of De puties by a large majority. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 27.—The Three per Cents. closed at 304 fur cash ; the Five per Cents., at 19 ; th• Debt without interest, at 5i and the Coupons, at 17. 'Fe e have cons r t e i c t l e i t i I % .) e i d i n e t i h et thus to o f Thursday. The alarmist. article on the state of the crops which appeared in of the Journal des Debate on thQ s ris re p p a rie e s rs the Journal des Debats of the day preceding:— " It is impossible to understand the strange reasoning . After denying the obvious insufficiency of the last crop in October and November last that is, when it was easy to ascertain question of provisions. the quantity of grain available, we find it to-day expressing the most lively apprehensions re specting the crop in the ground, and of which no ono can yet appreciate the results. The Bourse follows with docility the oscillations of the Ministerial journal, from ,• . • 4 11 4 . • 044, A • ,7 :..M/11 1 111V , . , - • • - 'fr , 4 , ••• - 4 " !L'4•-•••• .1"t• , THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1847 one extreme to another, and from a confidence without cause to a premature terror. Two days ago a first alarm ing article produced a fall of one-half per cent., and a second article occasioned to-day a similar depression. This is the first time, perhaps, that a Ministerial journal has ventured to frighten the country by such hazardous predictions. The most vehement recriminations would be directed against •an Opposition journal, if, under existing circumstances, it attempted thus to spread alarm without any truly serious motives. It would be charged with an intention to aggravate the present em barrassments, and revive a panic which was beginning to subside. The most perverse designs would be imputed to it, and the Government organs would say that it was encouraging stock jobbing and riots. In whose name does the Journal des Debuts speak? Is it in its own name or in that of the Government? If it be in the name of the Government, why, instead of publishing prophetic articles and creating uneasiness, does not the Minis try, if such be its convictions, carry immediately to the Chamber of Deputies a project of law containing an expose of its fears, and at once adopt efficient mea sures ? If the Journal des Debuts speaks in its own name, we will reply, that the facts known and probable are the following :--A portion of the potatoes will fail ; that is true, but nobody can exactly calculate the amount of the deficit. Spring crops, wherever the potatoes have failed, will decrease the deficit, whatever it may be. The very scarcity of provisions has induced farmers to sow a greater quantity of grain than last year ; we have not even experienced this year that great augmentation in the price of meat which is anticipated for next year ; finally, God alone in the world can tell, in the present state of things, what will be the produce of the coming crop." The Patrie has the following : "It was announced to-day at the conclusion of the Bourse as a certain fact, that the Ministry would forthwith bring forward a Bill to extend, until the month of July, IB4R, the permission to import corn free of duty." This rumour, if true, will account for the alarmist character of the articles which have recently appeared in the organ of the Ministry. The Protectionists are strong in the Chamber of Deputies, and it is only by exaggerating the difficulties of the present situation that the Ministers can coerce them into giving way on this question. The National and the Presse both contain articles on the present relations between Turkey and Greece, which are valuable on account of certain admissions made in them of which we take note, not only be cause it may be hereafter useful to recal attention to them, but because they admit what heretofore the French Government and its agents, and the Greek Government have thought proper to deny. The National says— " IR hatred to our influence zt Athens, hitherto so precarious, so disputed, and so little fertile in favourable results, Great Britain allies herself with Russia, in order to cast the latter on Greece, of which she is the most implacable enemy. The question at issue at present at Constantinople is, moreover, neither new nor unex pected. It arises from the position of the European owers on the Mediterranean. At Athens, as at Con stantinople, and as at Alexandria, we meet with Eng land ; between her and us there is a constant struggle, of which the last word is in Algeria, and again, perhaps, on the road to the Isthmus of Suez. At present we are attacked in Greece—it is France which Lord Palmerston wishes to reach by striking Coletti." Here we have it admitted that French influence is paramount at Athens, that French influence is exer cised at Alexandria to close against us the road to the Isthmus of Suez, and that the Greek Prime Minister, COLETTI, notwithstanding his repeated asseverations to the contrary, is the mere tool of France. How, otherwise, could Lord PALMERSTON, by striking at COLETTI, reach France ? Turn we now to the reve lations of La Presse. After stating that what ren ders the affair menacing for France is, that the British Government is preparing to overthrow the COLETTI Ministry, it thus proceeds : " Everything appears to demonstrate, on the part of Lord Palmerston, a return to those culpable manceuvres which he could not succeed in carrying into effect in Spain. What means, for example, that mysterious de parture of General Kalergi, who having landed at Malta on his return from England, quitted that island in an English vessel, the Locust, placed at his exclusive disposal? Have they succeeded in prevailing on one of the principal authors of the revolution of September to make a new insurrection, this time to be attempted for the advantage of England? We cannot too often repeat that all this merits serious attention ; and if France does not remain on her guard, she may find hz.rself surprised by events as grave as th e y are imminent." If COLETTI be not the agent of France, why should France remain on her guard lest he should be dis missed, and if he governs, in accordance with the prin ciples of the constitution which he has pretended to accept, and if France does not seek, in pursuance of the counter revolutionary and retrograde policy which her governors have adopted, since 1832, to subvert that constitution, which is the fruit of the patriotic revolution brought about by KALERGI, and in praise of which at that time none were so eloquent as the French, why is that revolution now stigma tised by inuendo as an insurrection ? The Doctri naires have always accepted revolutions with the in tention of betraying them. These articles alone are quite a sufficient justification of the bold policy adopted by Lord PALMERSTON in 1840, and right glad are we that the Noble Lord presides over the Foreign-office at this time. If our foreign relations had been now committed to the care, or rather no care, of the sleepy Earl who for the last four years 113 bernated in Downing. street, the Mediterranean would very speedily become a French lake. The statement of the accounts of the Bank of France, for the first quarter of the year, made up to the 25th ultimo, shows the following results : Actif—The Bank had on that day, in cash, 79,535,819 f. 87c. ; in discounts and loans, 212,219,665 f. 67c. ; in branch banks' accounts, 78,459,960 f. 67c.; in Rentes, public securities, and reserve funds, 64,261,181 f. 50c.; credits and various items, 594,8951. 98c. Passif—Amount of bank notes in circulation, 249,404,694 f. 91c. ; accounts current, 98,412,4631. 89c.; capital and reserve, 81,900,000 f.; different items, 5,351,3641. 89c. Total, 435,068,525 f. 69c. The discounts, advances, and loan:{ made during the quarter amounted to 204,587,962 f. 77c. ; movement of the accounts current (private), 3,130,992,900 f. ; public, 274,849,0001. ; general movement of the caisses, 3,741,631,100 f. Corn experienced a very considerable fall in the Paris Halle on Wednesday. The wheat came down af. a sack. The Bayonnaise corvette is to sail on the 15th inst. from Cherbourg for China direct. The new French mission to that country is to be carried out by this vessel, and will be established for the first time at Canton, thus made the central point of the French relations with China, Japan, and the Indian seas. M. FoRTII ROUEN, the KING'S envoy and head of the legation, is to be accompanied by Count ALFRED DE NOAILLES, M. HENRI DUCIIESNE, and. AL KLECZKOWSKI, interpreter of the Chinese language. M. DE MONTIGNY, consular agent at Shanghai, in the north of China, is shortly to embark at Havre. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 7Sf. 55c.; the Five per Cents., 116 f. 55c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,276 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 861 f. 25c. ; Havre, 6721. 50c. ; Great Northern, 6231. 75c ; Avignon, 790 f ; Vierzon, 5601. ; Bordeaux, 5071. 50c. ; Boulogne, 4151.; 'Troyes and llontereau, 2901. ; Basle, 203 f. 75c. ; Dieppe, 3201. ; Paris and Strasburg, 4201.; Tours and Nantes, 4131. 75c.; Paris and Lyons, 426 f. 25c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 4601. ; Cette, 445 f.; Spanish Domestic Debt, 30f. The following are the quotations for other lines:- LYONS, MAacu 30.-Paris and Rouen, 8701.; Avignon anti Marseilles, 821 f.; Northern, 6371. ; Paris and Lyons, 4421. ; Orleans, 1,277 f. 50c. HOLIDAY EICURSIONS.—Not withstanding the dull appearance of yesterday, various railway termini were crowded at an early hour by " pleasure seekers, all all seemingly an x i ous to get f rom t h e s moke of London to inhale the fresh breezes of the country. About eight o'clock an excursion train (at half fares) conveying nearly 300 passengers, started from the London-bridge terminus to Brighton. The South-Western and Great Western Railways also had a fair sprinkling of "ex cursion folks." The Gravesend steam-packets were not much crowded, owing to the coldness of the morning, many preferring to go by the Blackwall Railway, which saves at least half an hour in the journey. The Rich mond boats began running, but were not much patronised. The Richmond Railway had trains running every half hour, which were numerously filled by the holiday folks. CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—Last evening a sermon was preached on behalf of this institution at Sr. Arne's Church, Blackfriars, by the Rev. Edward Annie!, M.A., rector of St. I)unstan's in-the-West The Rev. Gentleman cited a very large number of cases in which clergymen had been completely borne down under the labours of their ministry, having large and unma nageable districts to attend to, hut whose incomes were so small that they were unable to avail themselves of the services of a curate. To assist in such cases, the Church Pastoral Ail Society was formed, and although it had aided a vast number of clergymen, its funds would not, allow it to respond to the nurrn roils and pressing applications constantly made from all parts of the coun try. A liberal collection iti aid of the society was made at the close of the Rev. Gentleman's eloquent appeal. THE POET AND THE PUDLISHER.—A poet was once asked by his publisher 11. w many copies of his poem, then in sheets, he would like to have put in boards?" "'The whole edition," replied the confident author. "Humph!" said the publisher, "just us you please; but, if you will take my advice, you will only have a dozen or so." " Wh e y not the whole?" asked the indignant poet. " Because,' answered his adviser, "it spoils therm for waste paper."—Fraser, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. Thy-re was no Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday. On the whole, the quotations have been firmer for the staple this week. We have no arrivals this msrning. The Bank of England averages for the week to Satur-• day last present the following features:— Notes Issued £24,320,340 Decrease Rest, Increase Public deposits increase. Other deposits decrease 559,304 Seven-day and other Bills decrease 9,990 Other securities increase Notes Decrease Bullion 11,015,583 Decrease The Bank of England has rather increased its circu lation, but to effect this, and also to meet the decline in the private deposits, we find a material reduction in the reserve of notes. The further increase in the other securities indicates that the Bank continued to discount freely last week, although it is now drawing in, and seems inclined to afford less accommodation to the discount houses, and to desire to engross more of their basiness for its own profit, besides checking specu lations for the hoarding of grain. Thus, by merely lending money to the discount brokers until the 17th inst., the latter will be compelled so keep themselves well in funds to repay the Bank. Possibly on the 17th they may be told that the amount can be loaned again to them for a further period of two or three weeks, but it is clear the Bank will not tie itself down. It 'now re mains to be seen whether the Bank will discount to the same extent as usual the bills of private firms. Better accounts are coming to hand from the manu facturing, and of the London districts the demand both for Foreign and Colonial productions, continues to be extensive ; the - markets have been freely supplied, and a disposition to realise at present rates has been manifested, consequently prices have ruled unevenly. The deliveries of the necessaries of life, as also cf the raw material for manufacturing purposes, continue large; and from the known lightness of stock in the hands of the wholesale houses, as also in those of the manufac turers, we look for this to continue ; and as the ship ping season commences a considerable increase may reasonably be expected. The stock of some of our principal articles is greatly diminishing—we allude more particularly to Cochineal and Lac Dye—both of these are higher in price since our last, and further ad vances are looked fur; much, however, will depend upon the state of the money market, as any increase in the rate of discount must necessarily tend to prevent a rise in produce. From the manufacturing districts the accounts are rather improving, the orders received from America have had much to do with this, and as others are known to be on the way, combined with the more favourable news received from India and China, and the prospects of provisions being cheaper, we hope shortly to hear that trade has altogether much improved. By the overland mail from India and China, we have dates from China to the 31st of January, Singapore, February sth, Calcutta the 10th, Madras the 13th, and Bombay to the 16th: the commercial news is of a much more cheering charac ter than has been the case for some time past; the busi ness done in British manufactured goods, both in India and Chills, has been at improved price:, with a good demand. The Funds have been heavy again to•day, but there is not much business doing. Consols are 88 to 88i. At the former rate there has been some demand ho+. ever. Exchequer bills have been quoted par to 2s. premium. The Consols scrip is at Is. discount. In the Foreign market the business done is limited, and the quotations have not varied much. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 344, and Spanish Three per Cents. 341 also. Mexican are merely nominal. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 584. In railway shares the transactions have been compara tively limited, and prices continue heavy. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 88S 88 1 4 Now Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. ex diT 88% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 9% 9% India Bonds, 1,000/. .. 1 p 1 p Ditto, under 1,0001. .. 3 die 2 p 2 p Bank Stock for Arra 14 .. 205 ►4 ',:onsols for Account .. 88% 88 Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip .. 1 dls dis Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. 1,0001... .. .... par 2p 2 p 5001. -.— .... par 2 p 2 p Ditto, Small 2 p 1 p 1 p ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PEICES. Chilian Bonds, G per Cent .. . Ditto, Deferred .. 52 Danish, 3 per Cent -. •. • • •• 86% 87 ex div 86% Portuguese Four per Cent 34 1 4 34% Russian Bonds 110% 110% klpanish Bonds, 5 per Cent 22% Ditto, Passive Bonds .. 4% Ditto, Three per Cent .. 34% 34k Dividend' on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-lialt per Cent .. 58% 54% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..90% 91 90% ox div 90% PRICES OF BUSINESSCLOSLNO RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Am'er., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction . .. • • 2% .......... 21A Blrminghain and Oxford Junction 5 .... 13% .......... 13% Bristol and ' , meter • . 75 .... 743¢ ex div.... 7434 Buckinghamshire ..61. 45..... par .......... par Caledonian .. 30 .. 26 %••.... • • .. 26 IA Ditto, Half Shafts .. 2Yi ..... 24 Dublin and Belfast Junction .. .......... 2 , 4 Eastern Counties .......20_ 194 19 ...... 19 Ditto, York Extension .. .. East Lancashire .. .. • . .. 51,4 .... 4ii r 4 . . Ditto, ditty New Scrip .. la .. • • ••••• • • • • • 2% East Lincolnshire 4 .. • - a •• ••• • • • 1 - s , Edinburgh and Perth .. .. • • 2 .... 3h /i iii •••• • • . _ 34 Ditto, Extension .. .. .. los. .... I% % .... • ... 1% Great Northern .. .. .. .. 334 ...• •.••• • •• • • ”ii Great Western .. .. .. .. 85 .... .. •• • • .... 115 Ditto, Halt .hares .. 50 .... ••.. • • . 68% Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 12 y, .. . . 17N .......• 171 Ditto, New .• 4%...• .......... 71 Hull and Selby .. .. • • 50 ....102 102 Lancaster and Carlisle .. 50 .... 62% • •••62% Ditto, New Leeds an Bradford •• .. 35 .... 79 •• 76% Leicester and Bedford .. 16s. ••.. • ..... M dis. Leeds and Thirsk •• 22k ••• .. •... 20% Ditto, New Liverp., Dlauch., & Newc. Junct. 9 • . •• .. 1% _ 2 }4...*: - • London and Blackwell 161. 13s. 4d. London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 52 1 A, • ........ 52 London an North-Western ..100 ....177 176 .• •• •• 176 Ditto, Quarters . 2 .... • • .... att.° ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 12% • • 12% Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. .. 40 .... •• .. 69 1 A London and South• Western •• 41/. 6s. 10d.. • •••• .. • .. 63y, Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. 50 .. • • ...... 53% Ditto, Scrip.. •• • • .. 5 .... 4% 5........ 5 Ditto, ditto .. • • .. .. • • 4 .... ...... 4 Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 .... 21% • • ........ 21% Manchester and Leeds.• .. • • 82 .......... Ditto, Fifths ..... 10 Ditto 3C (lute 11 ucl icrs. & Sheff.) 23 —261 A Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1144.• •• • .... 1 % Midland ..100 ....11434 115 .... 116 Ditto, New 30 .• 33% .. ••.. •• . 33% Ditto, New .. .. 2 •• • • 4% %••• • • • 4 % Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 20 .. • . 27% x tut •• • • 27 Ditto, New .. • • • • • • 5 ••• • ••••• • • • • • 8 % Norfolk .. • . ..100 •• .. 13.5 ••• • .. 136 Northern Counties Union 234 •• • • %•• •••• • • • • North British .. .. • • •• 25 •• ' • 32h....... " • 32 % Ditto, Half Shares .. • • 1234 •• • • 1 5 % • • •••• • .• .f Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 2'A •• • • 3 % ••••• • • • • • 4 Ditto, Extension .. • • • • %•• • • 1 % ••••• • • • •• 114 North Staffordshire 5 • • Oxford,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptn. 22!.4 P or t s mouth loiroct • • • • • • 3 % ••• • ..........334 Preston and Wyre .. • . 25 ....... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .... ~........ 6 4 3 % Scottish :Midland :1734 2034 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 54 .... 454.. Shrewsbury and Hereford .. • • 2 .... ...... South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33 1 4 .• • . 36U xti Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 3% . South Wales .. • 10 7 West .. ..41.25..... • . ..... 1% P Vale of Neath York and Newcastle .. 2i .... Ditto, New.. .. 10 15 .......... 14% Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 .... 73i• . • ... . . . 7 34 York amd North Midland .. 50 ..... Ditto, Extension .. .. .. 20 .... • • ........ 36% Ditto, Preference • • .. .. 2 .... 11% •• • • .... • . 11U Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.• • 10 .• 21% ........ 21% FOII.EIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 20 .... 16% •....... 16 Dutch Rhenish • • • • .. 7 .• .. 4 • • .... •• • . Orleans and Bourdeaux .. 6 .... . • • Paris and Lyons • • .. ........ Tours and Nantes •• .. 5 1% ••••• • • • •• 2 West Flanders •• • • •• • 8 •• • • 4% ••••• • •• • 4 !• 4 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia • • • • •• • • • • 40 ••• • 22 ••••• • • • • • 22 London and Westminster .. .. 20 .... . ..... .... 26 MINES. Real del Monte, Unreeistered .......... 334 LAMB AND FLAG COURT RAGGED SCHOOLS, CLERBENWELL.—The children attending these day schools, to the number of near 200, were yesterday (Good Friday), after a most gratifying examination, regaled by the committee with hot cross-buns. We un derstand that nearly 300 children now attend both day and Sunday schools. The General Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Wilberforce, W. Phillips, commander, arrived in the River on Thursday night, with the Hamburgh and Bremen mails, after a fine passage of 46 hours only from Hamburgh, left the Princess Royal steamer at Ham burgh, loading, for London, to leave this day; passed the Mountaineer steamer, from Dunkirk, off Borkum on the 31st, at three P.M., and passed the John Bull steamer, Corbin, with the London mail of the 31st, on the Ist of April, at 4. 30. A.M., about 30 leagues from Orfordness, both bound to Hamburgh. _ _ SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 2.—The Royal West India Mail Packet Medway, Captain Andrews, left the river this day at two o'clock P.M., with the Gulf and West Indian mails, also 600 bottles of quicksilver, value 9,350/., specie 8,500/., and general cargo and 35 pas sengers. The Oriental Company's boat Tagus, Cap tain Evan's, with the East India and China mails, a full cargo of bale goods, and about 30 passengers, leaves the Docks at 3 o'clock P.M., to morrow, for Constantinople, Malta, Esc. ENCOURAGEMENT TO E M IGRATION.—ACSTRALIA.— Extrac:, Sept., 1846 :—" The thing we are in the greatest want of is labour. We are now giving 35/. a year for a man and his wife, and 251. a year for shep herds, besides rations, which consist of 101 b. of flour, 121 b. of beef, 21b. of sugar, and 41b. tea per week, and a house to live in, and by no means hard work. We have a great many working men earning from 30s. to 425. per week." PROVISIONS FOR IRELAND.—PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 2.—The anxiety of the Admiralty to get the seed corn to Ireland is so great, that notwithstanding this being Good Friday, people are employed in loading her Majesty's ship Odin, and they hope to fill her, so that she may put to sea to-morrow. At daylight in the morning a strong party of men from the Victory are to be sent to the Avenger, to fill her with the seed corn which will be at the Clarence yard this evening. The Avenger goes to the county Galway with her cargo. The operatives of Hull have established a proprie tary mill for grinding their own corn, and a similar mill is to be established at Lincoln. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 3.—Wind th!s day at noon W.N.W., light breeze and cloudy. DEAL, APRIL I.—Wind W S.W., A. at. squally, P. M. mo derate.—Sid. the outward bound. Arrd. Doggersbank, Kerkhoven, Batavia, and std. for Amsterdam. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 2.—Wind N. to N.N.E.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Cygnet, Sierra Leone. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 2. —Wind N.E. by E. —Sld. Medway (steamer), Jamaica. DINGLE.—Arrd. Gemini, Berm, Calcutta, for London. PLYMOuni, Aram variable.—Sld. Edward, Quebec; Chapman, ditto. FOWEY, APRIL 2.—Wind N.—Sld. Alicia, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 1 AND 2.—Wind N.N.E., moderate.— Arrd. Menzies, Whittern, China; Gazelle, Perrott, Pernam buco, sld. Feb. 21; Phoenix, Kerr, ditto; Abbey Pratt, New Orleans. Off port, Sardinia, New York, Lady Char lotte, and Hindostan. Std. Aderondack, New York ; Sutlej, Calcutta; Ellen Jenkinson, Africa; Lamaena, Rio Janeiro; Mary, Ray, Demerara; Frances. Batbadoes; Galena, New York ; Symmetry, ditto ; J. M'Lellan, Quebec ; Sarah, Mon treal. 2. Jenny Wren, Calcutta ; Jessie, Miller, Monte Video ; Radius, New Orleans ; Samuel Hicks. New Orleans; Bonholm, ditto; Isabella, Stewart, ditto; Neptune, Mira michi ; Clarendon, and Scotland, Quebec; Sarah, Rawes, Newfoundland ; Eleanor, ditto. OFF TUSKAR, MARCH 30.—Victory, Bombay. CIoYDE, MARCH 30.—Arrd. Ann Johnston, Neal, Pernam buco. Sld. Lavinia, Baltimore; Christina, Quebec; Gipsey, Newfoundland ; Woodpoint, Trinidad. DUBLIN, MAttcn 31.—Wind E.S.E. to W.S.W.—SId Coolock and Faugh-a-Ballagh, New York. The Princess Alice, on shore at Howth 24th instant, has been towed up here to repair. CORK, MAncu 29.—Wind N., light; 30, N., light; 31, N.N K, fresh breeze.—Arrd. 29th, Two Friends, Simms, Cal lao, and aid. for Newport. 30th, Mail, Gordon, Baltimore; Rubv, Collinwood, New York; Sir Robert Peel, Daniel, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Liverpool, with loss of rudder, &c. Sld. Lady Mary, Newfoundland ; Mary, St. John's, New Brunswick. Gitimsuy, APRIL 2.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Don, Quebec. BRISTOL, APRIL 2.--Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Idas, Evans, St. Kitts; Ripley, Allister, Manilla. Sld. Ist, Ocean Queen, Qubec; 2d, William► Miles, Five Sisters, and Lord Canter bury, ditto. , SUNDERLAND, APRIL 2.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Toronto, Simpson. Moulmein. Sld. Tancred, Baltimore; Radical, New York; Harrisons, Queen Victoria. Mary and Dorothy, and Whitewell Grange, Quebec; Rover, Philadelphia. GLOUCESTER, APRIL 2.—Wind variable.—Sid. Ireland and Cambria, Quebec. NEWPORT; MARCH 31.—Wind E.—Sld. Mellina, West Indies. OFF THE DODMAN. MARCII 31.—Robert Clive, Mauritius. BRIDPORT, APRIL 2.—Sld. George Robinson, St. John's, New Brunswick. HULL, APRIL 2.—Wind \.E.—Sld. Lord Mulgrave, Mi ramichi ; Endymion, ditto ; Eizabeth Holderness, Ricni bud°. LIMERICK, MARcif 31.—Wind N. W.—Arrd. 30th, Home, Mirson, New York. CORK, MARCH 29.—The Ovesiba, Fernandez Po to Liver pool, was spoken on the Equator by the Ripley, M'Allister, from Moulmein, which put her second mate on board to as sist in navigating the vessel. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Pine Apples, 8s per lb ; Apples, 6s to 12s per bushel ; Oranges, 8s to 15s ; and Lemons, 9s to 14s per 100 ; Filberts, 120 s per 100 lbs. ; Savoys, 10d to is 8d per dozen ; Greens, 2s 9d to 4s per dozen bunches ; Brocoli, 2s to 4s per bundle ; Forced French Beans, 2s 3d per 100 ; Potatoes, 8s to 12s per cwt; Turnips, 2s 3d to 4s; and Carrots, 53 to 7s per dozen bunches; Horseradish, la 6d to 4s per bundle ; Cucumbers, 5s to 9s each ; Brussels Sprouts, is 6d to 2s 3d per half sieve; Turnip Greens, 21 9d to 3s per bushel; Leeks, 2s to 4s per dozen bunches; Parsnips, 6d to Is 6d per dozen ; Onions, 8s to 9s per bushel ; Celery, 10d to 2s 3d per bundle. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. All kinds of meat, the supply of which was by no means extensive, moved off steadily on the following terms : Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 5s 8d to 7s ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 5s per Blbs. by the carcase. Ducks, is 9d to 2s 9d ; Rabbits, 10d to Is 9d ; Turkeys, 3s 6d to 9s ; and Pigeons, 6d to 10d each ; Fowls, 3s 6d to 8s per couple ; Eggs, 7s 6d to 8s per 120; Fresh Butter, is Id to is 3d per lb; Wild Ducks is to 2s 3d each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 33 to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s Sd ; Lamb, Gs 4d to 7s ; Veal, 4s Gd to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 4s 4d to 5s per Sibs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s Sd ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 43 4d; Lamb, 6s to 6s 10d ; Veal, 48 4d to 5s ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10d per Blbs. BILLINGSGATE. A large business was doing at our quotations. Turbots, 9s to 18s ; Brills, Is Od to 3s 3d ; Cod-fish, 2s to 7s; Haddocks, 8d to is 4d; Whitings, 4d to 8d; and Lobsters, Is to 3s each ; Soles, 10d to 3s 3d per pair; Eels, 4d to Is; Mackarel, 15s to 28s per 100; Salt Fish, 2d to 8d per lb.; Red Herrings, 6s to 83 per half barrel. lIUNGERFORD. The supplies of most articles here this morning were tolerably good; yet a good business was doing, at very full prices. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 10(1; Household ditto, 8d to 9d per 4lbs loaf. HIDE MARKET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2 1 4 d to 3d per lb ; do. 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3%d; do. 721 b tu 801 b, 3 1 / 2 d to 3 3 /.1; do.Bolb to BSlb, 4d to 4 1 / 2 d ; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4 1 / 2 d to 5d ; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 5 1 / 2 d to 6d; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; Horn Hides, 13s; Polled Sheep, 5s Gd to 6s 6d; Kent and Half breds, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; and Downs, 3s 10d to 4s Bd.; Shear. nags, 6d to 9d. HAY MARKETS SMITTIFULLD.— Meadow Hay, 2/ 53 to 3/ IGs ; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 41 16s ; and Straw, 1/ 10s to 1/ 14s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERIAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ Es to 41; Clover ditto, 3/ 53 to 41 15s; and Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 15s per load. Supply rather limited, and trade firm. WIIITECHAPICL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 31 15s; Clover ditto, 3/ 83 to Si; and Straw, I/ lOs t• 1/ 16s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. RAILWAY RETURNS. RaiLwar THAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year: Week Last E.. 64 ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. F . t C.) .S - - X Mar. - Arbroath and Forfar ..... •.•••• • • • • 168 26 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••• • • • • •• 623 527 25 Dublin and Drogheda• •• • • •••• • • • 708 604 30 Dublin and Kingstown .•••••• • • • • • • • 650 854 28 Dundee and Arbroath .••••••• • • • • • •• 2 53 297 - Durham and Sunderland .••• • • • • ..... - 27 Edinburgh and Glasgow .•••••• • • • • • 3,089 2,822 28 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 9,047 7,066 27 East Lancashire • • •....• •••• • • •. 73 - 21 Eastern Union ••• • • - 27 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 2,319 1,859 27 Glasgow and Greenock• • ....... 1,004 808 - Gravesend and R0che5ter............ - 27 Great Southern and Western • • 1, 169 - 28 Great Western, 16,510 16,519 21 Ipswich and Bury.. - 27 Lancaster and Carlisle •••••• • • • • • • 985 - 27 London and North Western, &c...••• 35,428 36,928 28 London and Blackwall.• •••••• • • • • • • 818 760 27 London and Brighton .•••• • • • • 6,318 4,586 28 London and South Western. •• • . 6,645 5,617 - Manchester, Bolton, an 4 Bury ...... - 27 / Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. 7,410 7,374 27 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 1,838 1,591 20 Maryport and Carlisle ............. 521 371 27 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... 17,954 14,822 27 Newcastle and Carlisle 2,144 1,808 28 Newcastle, Berwick, and North Shields 746 425 28 Norfolk ............................ 1,560 1,200 - North British .... •................. - 29 Paris and Rouen . 27 Preston and Wyre • ................. 534 548 27 Rouen and Havre .................. 883 - 26 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 410 - 27 South Eastern and Branches •• •••• .. 6,821 5,362 26 South Devon ••••• • .. . .............. 975 -- 27 Taff Vale • • 28 Ulster .•.•• • • • • 27 York and Newcastle . 27 York and North Midland . 5,645 4,909 DEER-RENTING WITH TIIE PRINCE CONSORT'S HARRIERS.-It having been ascertained that some out lying deer, supposed to have escaped from Windsor Great Park, had been seen in the neighbourhood of Swinley, his Royal Highness's pack of hariers met at that place on Thursday last. A large field was present, it haying been stated that the Prince would honour the meet with his presence. The weather, however, was not very favourable, and his Royal Highness did not attend. Upon drawing the plantations at Wycombe Bushes, near Blackwater, the discovery of a fine three year-old fallow deer was soon made, taking away to Sandhurst and Wichmer Cross, doubling round nearly to Fria:goy, where it was headed back to the plantations. The deer then broke away across the heath towards Bagshot, circling round to Rapley Farm, and thence over the high palings into Bagshot Park. As the palings were upwards of eight feet in height (rather too much for any horse to attempt to take), King, the Prince's huntsman, Messrs. Humphries, Dyson, and several other sportsmen present, dismounted and managed to get into the park, the harriers having bounded over in close pursuit of the deer. Before, however, they were enabled to get up to the pack the deer had been run into and killed, after an excellent chase of nearly two hours. By this time the gates had been opened by the Bagshot keepers. The harriers were then taken towards Sand hurst, where a second outlying deer was soon found. The deer, after taking away to Bagshot, crossed the park and made for the Prince Consort's farm, a heavy snow st4.rm just at this time setting in, completely covering the ground, the harriers were called off, shortly before five o'clock, and the deer left at large, on the Brackn e ll side of Swinley, for another day's sport, after a very fast and excellent run for about an hour. AMERICAN FLOUR.—The vessel Lady Hilda, ar rived in the London Docks from Barbadoes, has brought, in addition to a cargo of West India sugar, 100 barrels of American flour. This is a remarkable instancy of the effect of the recent Act permitting the importation of grain and flour into the country free of duty under any circumstances, and it being the first Occasion, to our knowledge, of an arrival of American flour from the West Indies, this notice of it will prove interesting and of importance. PIMLICO PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY.—On Thursday evening the sixth annual meeting of the abo% e society was held at the Gun Tavern, Pimlico, and in the un avoidable absence of General Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., the chair was taken by Mr. Merritt. The secretary's report:having been read, which presented a most grati fying statement of the funds, and of the relief of a large number of families who were in necessitous circumstances during the past trying winter, several resolutions, en forcing the peculiar claims of the society on the sym pathies of a benevolent public, and of extending its usefulness, &c., were unanimously adopted. The meet ing was addressed by Messrs. Englefield, Fox, Berry Harris, and others. WAGES ON THE FAST DAY. --We understand that the farmers generally throughout the country paid their labourers the full amount of their wages on the fast-day. Stockport Advertiser. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner F')NBLANQUE.) IN RE STEWART Mr. DUNCAN made an application this morning under a fiat sued out against a Mr. Stewart, a barrister, and the litiaec of the Hippodr,me and Norley estates, and who it was sought to be made bankrupt as a builder. The case was argued at great length on Tuesday, when it was contended, in - - 2pport of the fiat, that Mr. Stewart being only lease-hider of the ground, and as f e built on it for the purpose of selling, letting, or mort gaging the houses, &c., he was liable to be made bank rupt. On the contrary, it was urged, that Mr. Stewart had a right to build for improvement on the land, as he held it for 99 years, without being deemed a builder, so as to be made a bankrupt. Hts lloNoutt eas inclined to adopt this view of the ease, but said he would take time to consider his judg ment. Mr. DUNCAN ri,iw applied for permission should his Honour's opinion be i,dverse to the fiat for further evi dence to be adduced, to show trading us a dealer and chapman. His HONOUR said he could not make an adjudication except on the evidence as it stoi.d. lie could not take evidence piecemeal, but if his opinion should be conclu- • sively against the present fiat another might be sued out. IN RE . This was an application to his Honour to name a day for the bankrupt to come up to pass his last examina tion, which had been adjourned sine die for want of accounts. The accounts were now prepared. His HONOUR said that he could wit name a'day un less the assignees said they considered there was a rea sonable probability that the bankrupt would be allowed to pass on them. The bankrupt's paying the fees of the Court did not remunerate the assignees for their trouble ; and if a rule was not laid down to prevent it, they could be greatly harrassed by these appointments. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) William Kent was charged before Mr. Henry with stealing a pair of boots from the shop of Mr. Randall, Broad- street, Bloomsbury. Policeman Dunn saw the prisoner walk up to the door of Mr. Randall's shop and take away a pair of boots from a heap near the door, He followed him and took him in charge. • i _ .1. . - • - : The prisoner was committed.• i ~.. William O'Brien and James Collins, two boys, were charg.-d with a precisely similar offence at the same shop. The constable stated that in about half an hour after he had detected the last prisoner he was again standing opposite Mr. Randall's shop, and he saw the prisoner O'Brien snatch up a pair of boots and hand them to Collins, who ran away. He seized O'Brien, and leaving him in the care of Mr. Randall, pursued Collins, and caught him with the Loots under his arm. Mr. Randall said that he only opened his shop 0 0 Thursday morning, and several pairs of boots and shoes had been stolen in the course of the day. The prisoners were committed. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) John Lawrence and Ernest Sultz, two very respect ably dressed young men, were charged with robbing $ young lady's pocket of a sovereign, in an omnibus. Maria Louisa Hammond said she and her sister got into an omnibus at llungerford• market, and sat down 00 opposite sides. The prisoners afterwards entered the om nibus and sat down, Suit z:near the witness, and Lawrence on the opposite side, close to her sister. It was not long before a suspicious twitch at her bag, and a handling of her mantilla put her on her guard, and excited her at tention to whatever might follow. She then observed Lawrence, with his right glove off, Pummelling about the side of her sister, but not yet being satisfied of the cri minal designs of either of the parties, she determined to watch them. Sultz saw this and pressed the toe of his companion opposite, and threw himself in different attitudes, so as, if possible, to prevent her view. She watched, however, and saw Lawrence withdraw hie hand from her sister's side, and place something in hie left waistcoat pocket. This convinced her that a rob" jiwry had been committed ; but yet,- not to be too preei.' pitate, she asked her sister to lend her some money' Her sister, not aware of what had been going on, sua, supposing this request at first was in mere joke, hesitate °, but afterwards pulled out her purse, and found the save' reign, which had been there just immediately before , was gone, and the ring nearly off. Witness, therefore, charged Lawrence with robbing her sister, and begge d the aid and protection of some of the gentlemen in th e vehicle. Lawrence, of course, denied having taken th e sovereign, but on the mention of a policeman he was for leaving the omnibus. This was prevented, as no rolice' man could be met, until the omnibus drove up to Mary' lebone• lane station. The prisoners were searched at the station-house, atta on Lawrence were found, in his left waistcoat pocket one sovereign and a half, some silver in the other pockets, and two diamond rings on his fingers ; on Sultz three sovereigns in one pocket. one sovereign and a lo b, folded in papzr in another, a gold pin in paper, solve silver, and a paper attesting the owner's former acquaint ance with the penitentiary. Mr. BINGHAM would have committed them then, bu r ' for convenience sake, remanded them till Wednesday. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY-) Henry Jones, was charged with having broken ir ta , the house of Mr. Wm. Watson, No. 5, Park-row, 13 , ° 1 0 loway, and stealing from it a quantity of plate, vtltis.. jewellery, and wearing app a rel, on th e morn i n g of ): es terday. There was a se con d c h arge pre f erre d agso sg , him of breaking into the house Of Mr. Brock, in P." Paul's -terrace, Islington. It appeared from the evidence of a race-constabl e ', ' that he was on duty in Park-rosi• yesterday morial about half-past two o'clock, when he saw the pris o to corning out of the gete of the house, N 0.6 Park-roei; questioned him, and his answers being unsatisfactory. 'r examined him more closely and perceived a silver ss ige o projecting from his pocket. Ile then took him to h station- house, where he was search- d, and a large qua rt, tity of plate found on him, as well as a small casket 0 01 taming a valuable diamond ring. The policeman irastr a • diately returned to the . spot where he found s h "; window of No. 5, w a s b ro k en i n , an d On t h e he saw a large silv e r t ea p o t, a s il ver pi c kl e it a nd,t;; - Litter of which had been broken up, and on going the house a qu a ntity of w e arin g a pp a rel and oth e articles were found packed up ready for removal. Ac t ne er the prisoner was taken to the station.house the attenti7 i , of the sergeant on duty was attracted to a pair of bifr 4 he had on, and in consequence of a burglary lei/ similar in character to the present having been 0 7: mitted at the house of Mr. Brock, in St. Paul's-terra . ..l Islington, on the 21st ult., when several pair of shl and boots were stolen, the sergeant took the boots t o the prisoners' feet, and bri ught them to Mr. Brock, identified them as a pair which had been stolen f rom P house. The prisoner was committed for trial. His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, with a troll, philanthropic consideration for the welfare of ht tenantry, has ordered all the hares to be destroyed or" his Grace's domain about Chatsworth. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury ha ve , left town for Paris, and contemplate a sojourn of about - month in that capital. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.-- - L 11 1: marriage of Lord Altred Paget, M.P., son of the alt; quis of Anglesey, and Miss Wyndham, daughter of t" Countess of Listowel, is to be solemnised on Thurgluis next. The Countess of Listowel will give a surnptuou dejeuner at Kingston House, to a numerous circle of te e latives and friends of both families, in celebration of tP interesting event. The Duke of Devonshire has pla ced his villa, at Chiswick, at the disposal of the PAP°, couple. ' LAMBETH EXTENSION RAILWAY.—A GOOD H I NDI —Lambeth, though the great hierarchal capital of al t England, and for ages the chosen seat of archiepiscoP li : dignity, does not possess a carriage - way, or continua,' thoroughfare, from Westminster bridge to Vauxhal l; and few would venture to thread its pollution-breatbini mazes who were not intimately acquainted with its - dittos' purlieus. The attempt to continue a carriage-way fre ip the end of York-road, which would have been of innerr e service to the whole locality, was once a tt empte d, on t', destruction of Astley's Th ea t re by fi re; b u t a rchieP, copal authority, and other over w h e l m in g interests, en tirely reckless of the public good, succeeded in defeat i ; so laudable an object. At this time, however, a to o' ` glorious A glorious opportunity presents itselt for laying O U t h e tine continuous street, or grand esplanade, along t k i entire length of the Lambeth extension line. It vvo ll n f present a splendid example to all f u t ure promote rs : t extension lines which are t o b ranc h i nto the bel/'-r of crowded cities or towns. Let the street road be sufficiently wide, and the footway plat i e with poplar s or b eec h trees, like many of the lea the streets on the c on ti nent , an d i t would soon become .1-4 concentration of respectability and opulence, b e cause i : the certainty of it s b e i ng converted into a great and 31; portant thoroughfare, and a place of general resort bet on busin ess an d p l easure. The rentals of the boil ° which could be let either as elegant shops or private re ; sidences, would probably return a revenue ccrrespond en d with the original outlay; but if this could not be ensur e r .' owing to the extravagant demands of the various own, e . oo of the miserable property at present occupying the' 11 ,.. • of road, then most assuredly it would be the duty ° l id wise Government, alive to the amelioration of soeiell. and the sanatory condition of the people, to extend th e o , all-powerful aid, though at some public cost, to the P„ r t . motion of so magnificent a project as the present opP tunity affords through the instrumentality of rsib v ,, enterprise. The line is now rapidly approaching to ee'::„ pletion. Let the present session of Parliament P 7 ., away, and the opportunity may be for ever lost. Monthly Railway Record. P S A THE F AMINE R ELIEF F UND FOR I REL AND - .. b FCOTLAND.—Yesterday the committee of the Bri t r4 Association acknowledged the receipt of 144 bls. a n ; 25tcs. of Indian meal and corn from the ladies of N a t o York, United States, and 100 barrels of meal, and the barrels of corn , f r om Boston. in the United States. ":„. total amount of their subscription up to yesterday w_T I , 3C2,676/. 2s. 4d. The Famine Relief Fund, in efej nexion with the National Society, yesterday Ivo° 16,1471. 16s. Id. _ f 0 SUDDEN DEATH.—Mr. William Jackson, o I-1 n ,t ll ; castle, brewer, expired whilst sitting in his chair at 11 }7, 0 on Tuesday evening last He was apparently in Zit usual health and spirits, and we are informed hatrtao very evening ordered a new suit of clothes to be nos f it for him, when he was thus suddenly summoned to 0.,. off his mortal garments, and appear before his Maker' • Linconshire Chronicle. lIERRINGS.—A number of herrings of a I_l, superior quality, were taken at Shieldaig last wr h i and appearances indicate that there are more on 4 coast. A fossil cherry-tree was discovered lately in aIC tb° of sandstone, in the Isle of Wight, 200 feet below level of the earth.—Poole Herald.