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The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-07

LYCEUM,

The sustained popularity efthe7‘ Duke's Motto" rendered
a change of entertainments at this theatre unnecessary, and
this effective drama, therefore, held its place in Mr. Fech-
ter's bills. Mr. Jordan is the successor of Mr. George
Vining in the character of the Duke, Mr. J. G. Shore now
plays the Regent, and the rest of the cast remains unaltered.
London, England, 1863-04-07

OLYMPIC.

The performances at this house last night commenced with
the comedy of "Taming the Truant," in which Mr. Robert
Soutar (from the Brighton Theatre) made his first appear-
ance here, in the small part of Captain Pertinax. The after
piece, bang the Easter novelty, was an extravaganza en-
titled " Acis and Galatea, or the Nimble Nymph and the
Terrible Troglodyte." Nothing is safe now-a-days from
the ruthless hands of the burlesque dramatist. The classic
legends ot antiquity, the tragedies of Shakespeare, and the
dramas of Byron, have all been seized on as subjects for
word-twisting and joke-spinning. Milton, so far as our
recollection serves, remains as yet untouched. Milton and
broad grins I—the combination might be found attractive,
spiced in the modern fashion with nigger dances and
parodies of opera airs. However, as the practice has met
with general acceptan, e, and Easter brings with it the same
licence for burlesque that Christmas gives for pantomime,
the Olympic version of " Acis and Galatea" is no graver
ffence than has often before been committed ; and the bur-
lesque adaptor (Mr. F. C. Burnand), if pronounced guilty,
must be recommended to mercy on account of the many bad
examples which he might cite as precedents. The verdict of
the audience wee certainly anything but condemnatory, and
to judge by the laughter and applause at the Olympic
Theatre last night, there was no classical scholar who took
any offence at the liberties taken with the charming fable
of " Acie and Galatea." 'There is no occ, sion for detailed
I
description—it may be easily imagined how the incidents of
the legend are intermixed with the most absurd anacluo-
0' arais—hOW the rhymed dialogue is stuffed full of Fula of
London, England, 1863-04-07

CANTERBURY HALL.

The series of halls, including the Fite Arta Gallery,were
well filled last night, and the usual musical and pictorial
treat awaited the audience. Grand se ections from operas,
with Miss Russell as the prima donna assoluta, alteinate
with the laughter-moving harangues of Unsworth (the
great stump orator), and the brilliant burlesque dancing of
Eugene, and eccentric displays of Daley. The novelty of
last night consisted in the first appearance of " Les Freres
Athos," four artists of the physical school, from the Carig-
nan Theatre, Turin, whose feats of acrobatism excited great
astonishment.
London, England, 1863-04-07

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL 7.
The following are the principal passages of the
address to the Emperor, voted unanimously at the
meeting of the nobility of the Government of St.
Petersburg.
The address says :—" The pretensions to the
patrimony of Russia arising from the troubles in
Poland excite our grief and indignation. The era
of reforms inaugurated by your Majesty will not
be favourable for the projects formed against the
integrity of the empire. The nobility, united with
all the other classes of society, will not shrink be-
fore any effort or sacrifice to defend the territory of
the empire."

BRUSSELS, APRIL 6.
The King drove out to-day in public, taking part
n the promenade of Longchamps.
His Majesty drove along the Boulevards several
times, and appeared to enjoy good health.

VIENNA, APRIL 6.
The Vienna papers publish intelligence, stating
that the day before yesterday a band of insurgents
attacked a Cossack frontier post near Szlany. The
attacking party were yesterday, in their turn, as-
sailed by Russian infantry and dispersed.

CRACOW, APRIL 6.

The Czas of to-day stated that an engagement has
,aken place near Olkusz, in which a Cossack de-
tachment was entirely destroyed.

ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL 5.
A great number of soldiers on furlough have been
called in.

The Journal de St. Petersburg publishes an Im-
perial decree, transferring to General Berg the civil
administration of Poland in the event of the Grand
Duke Constantine being prevented from discharg-
ing the duties connected therewith.
London, England, 1863-04-07

ADE LPIII.

The great success of the drama of " Aurora Floyd," and
the wonderful conception of the part of Steve Hargreaves
by Mr. Webster, rendered the production here of an Easter
piece quite unnecessary; but the untiring lessee, ever
anxious to evoke a special laugh for his patrons at holiday
time, gave them a new farce, entitled the "Trial of Tomp-
kins," in which Messrs. Toole and Paul Bedford sustain
the principal parts. The plot is slight, amusing, and
extravagant, and it enables Mr. Toole to show his
talents in light eccentric acting as distinguished from
what is usually called low comedy. Tompkins is a
suitor for the hand of a young lady who possesses £6,000,
and is guarded by a father even more ridiculous than the
ordinary run of parents in farces. The father has drawn
out a list of qualities which he wishes to find in a son-in-
law, "and he "tries" Tompkins in various ways to see if
he possesses these qualities Up to a certain point the un-
fortunate suitor is mystified by the actions of the old gen-
tleman, until he comes across the list before-mentioned.
His eyes being opened, he humours his expected father-in-
law and becomes super .humanly virtuous, abstinent, and
courageous. His exertions, however, are not awarded
with the hand of the young lady, but he consoles himself
with philosophy and a short address to the audience. Mr.
Paul Bedford played the plotting father with plenty of ani-
mal spirits, and Mr. Toole exerted himself—as he always
does—energetieally,,humorously, and suee.ssfully. A very
charming set scene, representing a villa residence and gar-
den, painted by Mr. Jemes, ought not to pass without notice.
London, England, 1863-04-07

The private commercial advices from"NewfitorkS
contain the important statement that two well-
known merchants, one from Boston and one from
New York, have been commissioned by the Wash-
ington Government to proceed to London on finan-
cial business. The former sailed from Boston by
pat,,huoiestfieuisotnroegifatmer which arrived last week, and the latter
to which2o,o theyo
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was to sail in the present steamer, the Australasian.
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they are instructed positively to dispose by buying
up "the gunboats now bui!ding in England for the
rebels," a device which seemi to have cad. cd great
Amiration and cot,fil,nce in the metcAntile curn-
munity of New York. These circumstances, which
had betnassumedalmost as accomplished facts by the
ignorant and credulous multitude, will in a great
degree account for the fall in the premium of gold,
especially as the Government had. made a general
effort through the press to strengthen the chances
of the proposed loan negotiations by simultaneous
representatioes in all parts of the Union that the
war is now undoubtedly to be brought to a close forth-
, with. A late report from Cairo, contradicting the
official news received the previous afternoon of the
repulse of the Federal fleet at Port Hudson, is
thought to have been created as part of this arrange-
ment jut in time for the present stearnei. iticguilaq
predictions were put forth that the premium on gold
would decline to 40, and then to 20, if Vicksburg
should be captured, but in better informed circles
the opinion is evidently prevalent that before July
next it will be higher than ever. Very little gold,
it is said, is coming into New York,either from the
country or from California, so that the shipments to
Europe on their present scale will soon absorb all
the available stock. That they will continue large
is rendered certain by the fact that at the present
quotation of exchange every article of produce is
too high to ship to Europe at a profit. The total
exportation of specie from January 1 had already
amounted to £2,820,000 against £1,600,000 in the
corresponding period of last year. This is apart
from the amounts now sent direct to England from
San Francisco, and the recent magnitude of which
will help to account for the reaction in the premium
on gold at New York, since they lessen the pressure
of the demand at that point. The next news will
be by the Norwegian and the Edinburgh, which
were respectively to leave Portland and New York
on March 28, and the latter will probably bring a
considerable remittance.
London, England, 1863-04-07

SURREY.

Mr. Shepherd, catering for the Easter holiday folks and
for the patrons of his attractive theatre, produced last night
an Easter novelly, entitled " Jessie Ashton ; or. London by
Day and Night." In the production of the piece, the in-
defatigable lessee has bestowed the greatest care, and it
will create surprise if it does not attract for hundreds
of nights to come. The scenery by Mr. Charles Brew,
particularly that of the Thames by moonlight, with
the new Westminster-bridge, the Houses of Parliament, a
few sail, and other dottings, is remarkably imitative, and
elicited rapturous applause from all parts of the house. The
artist was called before the curtain, and received the highly
merited honours to which his artistic genius as a scene
painter entitled him.
Among the new engagements were Mr. William Searle,
the popular London favourite; Mr. Dacre Baldie, from the
Theatre Royal, Brighton ; and Mr. J. H. Fitzpatrick, from
the Theatre Royal, Birmingham ; and the French clowns,
Arthur and Bertrand, who to their Parisian and Adelphi
celebrity have already added South London fame.
London, England, 1863-04-07

Deaths.

BURNHAM.—On the 6th inst., at Peckham, Mr. Joseph
Burnham, aged 83.
CARTER.—On the 2d inst , at 12, Davenport-street, Admi-
ral John Carter, aged 78.
GOODMAN.—On the 2d inst., at 2, Bishop's-road, Bays-
water, Mr. P. B. Goodman.
HUTCHINSON—OU the sth inst., at Southgate-road, Isling-
ton, Mr. Robert Hutchinson, late of Finchley and Frith)
street, Soho, aged 55.

LAWRANCE.—On the 3d inst., at Bath, A. Lawrance, Esq.:
aged 89.
PORCHER.—On the 4th inst., at Cliffe, Dorset, Charlet!,
Porcher, Esq., aged 63.

STAPLETON.—On the 3d inst., at Grey's Court, Henley..
on-Thames, Miss Stapleton, aged 95.

London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS.
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112.
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of
Atiddlesex.—Tuesday. April 7, 18113.
London, England, 1863-04-07

DRURY-L ANE.

Mr. Falconer's popular Lyceum drama, " Peep of Day,"
was revived at this house last night—being performed for
the 347th time in London. All the original scenic effects—
enlarged to suit the stage of Drury-lane—were reproduced,
and Messrs. Grieve and Telbin were again applauded for
their work. The cast of the drama shows many alterations.
Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, and Spencer ; Miss Hudson
and Miss Clara Weston appeared in their original characters;
but nearly all the other principal parts were in the hands of
fresh performers. Messrs. H. Loraine, C. Verner, and J.
Graham stand in the places formerly occupied by Messrs,
Hermann Vezin Falconer, and C. Selby; and Miss Cleve-
land replaces Mrs. Bowers, who has gone back to America.
Tee piece was acted with great spirit throughout, and the
faction fight, with more people and more space, was more
exciting than ever. The ballet farce of " Magic Toys," in
which Miss Lydia Thompson sustained her original cha-
racter and danced a sailor's hornpipe,brought the evening's
entertainment to a very pleasant close.
London, England, 1863-04-07

COUNTRY MARKETS.

COLCHESTER—APRIL 4.
A fair supply of wheat. Trade was dull, at former
currencies. Barley was in moderate show, and no change
in value. Beans and peas dull, but not cheaper.
Wheat, white 46s 52s Beans, Mazagan..3os 33e
red 42s 48s middle & ama11.358 420
Barley
Oats

GLOUCESTER—APRIL 4.
To-day there was a very small attendance, with a fair,
supply of English wheat from the farmers, which sold at
the prices of last week, Foreign wheat in retail demand,
at late prices. Barley, oats, and beans unchanged.

CHELMSFORD--APRIL 3.
At this corn exchange to-day there was a fair supply
of whe.t dieted, with a slight improvement in the trade.
Prices for all descriptions of grain were as follows:
Wheat, old white...3os 53s Yeas, Partridge 378 400
new ......35s 49s White 39s 400
old red.... 37s 46s Boiling .. 40s 430
new 35s 44s Dun 35s 3811 Barley 288 36s Ditto new —o ---4
Chevalier ..288 39s Beans, Tick, old ..34s 398
Grinding 228 31s
new..-8 --:,;/1 Malt.... 61s 678 Harrow Ticks
..35s 405
Chevalier 64s 69s new..—s —°
Oats 20s 28s Diazagan ..... ..30s 385

`:KIRKCALDY GRAIN—APRIL 4.
We had small supplies of wheat, barley, and oats to-del'
Sales ready. Wheat and oats is per qr advance. Barley
sold much as last week.
Wheat. Barley. Oats.
First .... 36s Od I 23s Od I 22s Od
Second ..41s Od 26s Od 24s Od
Third....—s Od —s Od —s Od

COAL IN,
Prioea of Coal per Ton at

ARKET.
the close of the market.

s. d.
Bates'sWest Hartley 14 0
Byass's Bebside West
Hartley. ........ 15 0
Buddle'sWest Hartley 15 0
Carway and Duffryn
Malting , 19 6
Lambert's West Hart-

s. d.
Hastings Hartley ....15 0
Holywell ..16 3

Walls End.
Haswell ..........17
00
Hetton ..............17
Cassop ........ 15 (3,
Riddell....
Hartlepool. l6 ",
South Hartlepool.... „14 v
Kelloe ... .15 6
South Kelloe 15 3
South Hetton ...17 2
Tunstail
West Hartlepool 16 0
it, 90 ; sold, 62.

ley 15 0
Davison's West Hart-
ley 15 0
Walker Primrose ll 3
North Pelton Gas l3 3
Eden Main ...14 6
Wylam l5 6
Bower's West Hartley 15 0
Ships at market

Foreign Mail Packet List.
London, England, 1863-04-07

PREFERENCE SHARES.

Great Eastern, E. C. 6 per cent. pref., 129,}
London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1. 114
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., 46, 41 I
Ditto, 6 per cent., 125 6
Ditto, 3 per cent., 66
Mid. Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 140
North Kastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 92 1
Nor h Eastern, 3i per cent. rd., 101
North Eastern, York. H. and Selby purchase, 10
South Wales, gua. 4i per cent., 1-59, 100
PREFErtENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pl., 1031 41

LINES LEASED A c FIXED RENTALS.
Lancaster and Carl ale, 2061, 6
London and Chatham 4 per Cent., 921
London and Greenwich, 63
London, Tilbury, and Southend, 91
Shrewsbury and Hereford, 136
Annahtwiaearp.dansda.Rlo,rttaenrcdiasemo,oBimt
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
it'aixheennaisbhOulr6gl, 176
.) gua. 7 per cent., 211
Dutch
San Panto '1
South im.). gm.- 7 per cent., 91
Austrian and Lo
ma. ),
Lombardo Venetian, 241
Cape Coppe FOREIGN MINES.
Don Pear ,141,1,1%). 3it 3
Fortuna (Itirq -57 "el Rey. & 1
BANKS.
Livar?ool
United Mexican
Yudanamutana. of 8. itu6t:trll aim.) 4;
JOIN Ti.s.rocaw' ' -
Alliance Bank of London and--
Anglo i ortuguese (lim.), 2 (Um.), 241
Australasia, 7.il I
Bank of Egypt, 91 304 30 1 nly 1,
Chartered Bank of British Columbia, g
Chartered Bank 01 India, Australia, and chi-
City, 94 31 -.us, 241 5
Eng., Sco ~ and Australian Chartered, 201 i
Imperial:Bank (11m.), 15
London and Brazilian ,lim.), 311 i .i.
London, B. Ayres, and It. Plate (Urn.), 221"
London and Comity, 44 34
London and N irthern (Lim ', 5 41
London and South Airman, 271 7
London and Westminster, 77i i
Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 21
Ottoman Bank. 461
South Australia, 371

DOCKS.
London, England, 1863-04-07

THE AMERICAN SITUATION,

The latest military intelligence from the West is
not so favourable to the Union armies as we would
wish it to be. Important movements are on foot,
and either great successes or great disasters will
soon be announced. The very latest news may be
summed up as follows :-1. Admiral Farragoes
fleet did not get pest the batteries at Port Hudson,
but Admiral Farragut, in the steamship Hartford,
did get past, and at last accounts, was below the
Warrenton batteries ready to co-operate with Ad-
miral Porter, who doubtless by this time has sent
more iron•clad gunboats to his assistance. The
Union Navy Department account of the passage of
the Port Hudson batteries was wrong, and the ori-
ginal rebel account was substantially correct. 2.
The Yazoo Pass Expedition has come to a stop.
Worse than that, it Las not only been held at bay,
but beaten back. The rebels have disabled our iron-
clads, and put an army of 10,000 on the defensive.
Reinforcements have by this time reached the
Union expedition, and we hope soon to hear
better news, from that quarter, but so far things
have not gone well. 3. Union gunboats and
transports are reported to have reached the Yazoo
river abive Haines Bluff, by way of Cypress
Swamp, and the Deer and Sunflower rivers. This
is good news, if true ; but there is ne confirmation
of its truth, nor can there be for several days to
come. 4. The news from Tennessee and Kentucky
is really alarming. The rebels are flanking Gen.
Rosecrans, as they did Gen. Buell. They are in
Kentucky in force, and have captured Danville.
We hear of more feeble fighting and cowardly sur-
renders in the Department of the Cumberland, and
it is clear that Gen. Rosecrans must either soon
fight a great battle or abandon Murfreesborough
and Nashville. 5. The arrival of Gen. Burnside
with his 9th Army Corps at Cincinnati from the
Department of the East is significant, and shown
that our military authorities are seriously alarmed
at the threatening state of affairs at the West,
especially in Kentucky. As Gen. Burnside will be
compelled to take the field immediately against the
enemy, it is to be regretted that he was not sent
some time since to his new department, so as to
learn something of the country he was to operate
in. From this resume news may be expected from
the West at any moment, Let us hope that it will
prove as favourable as all loyal men wish it to be.—
New York World.
London, England, 1863-04-07

post being assigned me by my friend Chassaing,
who had himself taken another position. About
seven in the evening I began to hear the roar of a
lion, and soon after an enormous animal sprang at
my horse, which was standing about eigl:t or ten paces
from me. I took good aim, and the ball which was
steel-pointed, knocked the lion over. I was re-loading
when the animal rose and made slowly towards
me, roaring frightfully. I laid aside my gun,
and, taking a large horse pistol, was about to dis-
charge it at his head, when another large lion ap-
peared not far off. As this second one was fresh
and unwounded, I considered it more dangerous
than the other, and again taking up the gun, I
finished loading, and then fired at the new corner
and killed it on the spot. At the report, the first
lion rose and disappeared in the wood. All the rest
of the night passed off quietly. Chaessing, who had
heard the reports, came to me at day-break, and we
went together in search of the first lion, which we
tracked by his footmarks and his blood during the
whole day, but without being able at last to dis-
cover his haunt. What a pity ! after having watched
for 13 nights."
BOURSE, April 6.—The market has been quiet
but firm, and at the present time prices show a
slight improvemen t—Threes, for the Account, being
at 69f. 75e. The Railway Share Market has been
well maintained, and many of the lines are rather
higher. The market closed as follows

96 10

41 per Cents.
Do. end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month 69 85
New 3 per Cents
Do. end month —
Credit Mobilier 1392 60
Do, end month —

Bank Shares 3375
Credit Foncier 1530
Italian Loan 72 '—
Do. end month 7l 90
Russian

Austrian .. B4 75
Spanieh Threes 52 75
Rome Debt .. — --
TAYS.

RAIL'

Cash.

Account.

1025 - .. 1035 -
1045 -- .. 1047 50

Orlearts• • • .. • • 00000000
Northern .........
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1217 50 .. 1220
Geneva ..
Southern 772 60 .. 778 75
Western
Eastern • ........ • • • 435 540
Sardinian 550 .. 457 50

Auste an

Lombard
North of Spain 5 7 60 .. 593 75
Saragossa.. 755 762 50
Ditto to Barcelona
London, England, 1863-04-07

DRURY-LANE.

Mr. Falconer's popular Lyceum drama, " Peep of Day,"
was revived at this house last night—being performed for
the 347th time in London. All the original scenic effects—
enlarged to suit the stage of Drury-lane—were reproduced,
and Messrs. Grieve and Telbin were again applauded for
their work. The cast of the drama shows many alterations.
Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, and Spencer; Miss Hudson
and Miss Clara Weston appeared in their original characters;
but nearly all the other principal parts were in the hands of
fresh performers. Messrs. H. Loraine, C. Verner, and J.
Graham stand in the places formerly occupied by Messrs,
Hermann Vezin Falconer, and C. Selby; and Miss Cleve-
land replaces Mrs. Bowers, who has gone back to America.
Tue piece was acted with great spirit throughout, and the
faction fight, with More people and more space, was more
exciting than ever. The ballet farce of " Magic Toys," in
which Miss Lydia Thompson sustained her original cha-
racter and danced a sailor's hornpipe,brought the evening's
entertainment to a very pleasant close.
London, England, 1863-04-07

APPEAL.

The Committee of Management have to state that, since
he beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat
Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab-
lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, a•nd Ireland.
• -

The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the
Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800;
tor which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and
£16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu-
tion has also expended £67,(00 on Life-boats, Life-boat
Transporting-cart cages, and Boat-houses.
The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of
the generous support which they have received from the
British public during the past few years, a support which
has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet
of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom.
Deeply sensib'e, however, of the great responsibility that
res's on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient
state, and its Crews practised in the management of their
boats, which can only be effected by a large and pe:manent
annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their
countrymen to aid them in upholding and perpetuating so
great and truly national a work.
The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con-
tributions :

Fier Majesty the Queen • • • •
Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G.
Clerk, Colonel, R.A.
Coutts and Co. Messrs., Bankers ..
Currie, Wm., 14qb

£ s. d
annual 50 0 0
annual 5 0 0
annual 1 1 0
annual 10 0 0
4th don 10 0 0

Erie, Lord dhierJustice .. don. 10 10 0
Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0
Fenwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran-
sporting Carriage .. .. 250 0 0
Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 3 0 0
Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. 7th don. 10 0 0
Moore, Rev. G. B. .• •• •• .. don. 15 15 0
Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. 3 0 0
Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. annual 2 0 0
Thorn 8, Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collected by her
Ladyship •• • • 16 18 0
Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. .. annual 5 0 0
Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re-
-erved by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis,
Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Ceutts and
Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Herries, Farauhar, and Co., 16, St.
.Tamer's-street, London ; by a 1 the Collectors of Customs
and Bankers in the UnitedKlng,dom ; and by the Secretary
Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14,
John-street, Adelphi, London. W.C.
London, England, 1863-04-07

FINANCES OF THE UNITED STATES•

-

The private commercial advises from New Yoik
contain the important statement that two well-
known merchants, one from Boston and one from
New York, have been commissioned by the Wash-
ington Government to proceed to London on finan-
cial business. The former sailed front Boston by
the steamer which arrived last week, and the latter
was to sail in tho present steamer, the Australasian.
It was understood that they are instructed to dis-
pose of £2,000,000 of Six per Cent. bonds, with
which they are furnished, and that they also have
authority to negotiate a further sum of £10,000,000
to £2O,OOOAR). With regard to this it is rernurXed,
"If Englishmen know the !tiling 1 hat is entertain :id
toward them here and at the East and West, it i
not very likely they will buy a single bond." The
Commissioners in question are expected, it is also
said, to employ part of the £2,000,000 of which
they are instructed positively to dispose by buying
p "the gunboats now building in England for the
rebels," a device which seems to have excited great
admiration and confidence in the mercantile cum-
mueity of New York. These circumstances, which
had been assumed almost as accomplished facts by the
ignorant and credulous multitude, will in a great
degree account for the fall in the premium of gold,
especially as the Government had made a general
effort through the press to strengthen the chances
of the proposed loan negotiations by simultaneous
representations in all parts of the Union that the
war is now undoubtedly to be brought to a close fort h-
with. A late report from Cairo, contradicting the
official news received the previous afternoon of the
repulse of the Federal fleet at Port Hudson, is
thought to have been created as part of this arrange-
ment just in time fertile present steamer. Sanguine
predictions were put forth that the premium on gold
would decline to 40, and then to 20, if Vicksburg
should be captured, but in better informed circles
the opinion is evidently prevalent that before July
next it will be higher than ever. Very little gold,
it is said, is coming into New York,either from the
country or from California, so that the shipments to
Earope on their present scale will soon absorb all
the available stock. That they will continue large
is rendered certain by the fact that at the present
quotation of exchange every article of produce is
too high to ship to Europe at a profit. The total
exportation of specie from January 1 had already
amounted to £2,820,000 against £1,600,000 in the
corresponding period of last year. This is apart
from the amounts now sent direct to England from
San Francisco, and the recent magnitude of which
will help to account for the reaction in the premium
on gold at New York, since they lessen the pressure
of the demand at that point. The next news will
be by the Norwegian and the Edinburgh, which
were respectively to leave Portland and New York
on March 28, and the latter will probably bring a
considerable remittance.
London, England, 1863-04-07

THERMOMETER.

-----
Highest since Noon yesterday. .. 53
Lowest during the night
This day at Noon .............. 38
......... 50
Wind—S.-West; light, with fine weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Vrts DAT.—Morning, 3h, 59m.—Afternoon, 4h. 20m,
To-xoßaow,-Morning, 4h. 40m.—Afternoon, 4h. 59m,

41
gin,
London, England, 1863-04-22

RAILWAY BILLS.

Yesterday, after hearing Mr. Wordsworth, Q.C.,
on the case of the Carmarthen and Cardigan for
their new mineral lines, the committee, of which
Lord Egerton is chairman, decided that it was not
expedient to proceed with the bill, which is conse-
quently lost. The case for the promoters of the
Dare Valley was concluded in Lord Monteagle's
committee, and that of tne Vale of Neath opened by
Mr. Clarke, in opposition, the principal witness
examined being Mr. Bruce, M.P. In the case of
the Blackburn, Chorley, and Wigan, Mr. Hawk-
shaw, C,E., and Mr. Smithcrs gave evidence of the
necessity of extended railway communication in
that district. In the House of Commons committee
he ease of the Barnsley Coal Railway was opened
by Mr. Burke, Q.C., and in another committee the
proposed extensions and deviations of the Montrose
end Bervie Railway were opened by Mr. Sergeant
Bellasis, Q C.

DUEL WITH SWORDS.--A hostile meeting with
swords took place on Monday, at Auteuil, between M.
Konieg, of the Diogene, and M. Lafont, of the _Pi:gar°. The
duel, which arose from a trifling misunderstanding, termi-
nated without the effusion of blood.—Galignans.
The Charwars publishes a woodcut representing
a number of officials in a grand costume each armed with
a pen and having suspended from his shoulder a portfolio
inscribed'' Diplomatic notes." Evesy one is seated on a
tortoise, and in the distance is seen Poland in the greatest
commotion. Underneath the whole is written, " Diplo-
matists hurrying off to the aid of Poland."
The address of congratulation to the Prince and
Princess of Wales voted by the Corporation of L on,
don, on the occasion of their Royal Highness's marriage,
was presented this day by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
sheriffs, and a number of the leading members of the Corn
mon Council at Marlt °rough House. The civic procession
was headed by the City Marshall, and consisted of upwards
of 30 carriages. the foremost of those conveying the Lord
Mayor and the Sheriffs.
SOUTH WALES.—It is gratifying to record that
the agricultural prospects of the district are more
encouraging than has been the case for many years. The
mildness of the winter and the favourable weather which
has prevailed since the commencement of the spring quar-
ter have materially aided vegetation, and nearly every de-
scription of farming produce is in a more advanced state
than is usual at this time of tho year. The hundreds of
kitchen gardens in the mining districts look equally as fa-
vourable, and it is expected that if the weather continues
moderately propitious the result will be a reduction in
many articles of consumption,
London, England, 1863-04-22

BURIAL OF SIR J. OUTRAM

Mr. P. 'WYNDHAM asked the Secretary of State for
India if it was true that the Indian Government intended
to defray the expenses of Sir James Ontram's fiineral ; and
if the sergeants of the 78th Highlanders, who volunteered
to attend at their own cost from Folkestone, and did so,
would not have their expenses allowed to them by the Go-
vernment ?
Sir C. WOOD replied that it was only a fitting tribute
to the memory of Sir James Outram, one of the bravest and
most gallant officers connected with any of the public ser-
vices, that the cost of his funeral should be defrayed out
of the public purse. (Hear, hear.) The attendance of the
sergeants of the 78th Highlanders was perfectly
voluntary and spontaneous; they desired to testify
their respect to their late commander by being
permitted to carry him to the grave, and
did so at their own expense ; but the Government consi-
dered that they should be reimbursed for their outlay, and
it had been refunded to them, (Hear.)
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN CATTLE AND
London, England, 1863-04-22

ONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The transactions in the general disci-amt. market
have been further reduced, and an extreme degree
of quietude cons, quently prevails in monetary
circles. The general charge for first-class short
dated bills is 3?-, per cent., but business is reported
even as low as 31 per cent. Under these circum-
stances it is almost unnecessary to state that the in-
quiries at the Bank of England have been almost
suspended.

About £107,000 was purchased by the Bank of
England authorities yesterday afternoon.

The Carleggas Tin Mining Company is an under-
taking recently formed fot the purchase and work-
ing of several mines in Cornwall. This is not a
project in which the directors have only uncertain
data to base their anticipations of success; on the
contrary, five tin lodes are known to pass through
the sett, and on one of them operations have been
carried on to a ',considerable extent by :former
workers. In addition to this evidence of the
existence of such deposits of tin ore, recent ex-
plorations have also demonstrated that vast quan-
tities of metal may be easily raised if sufficient
capital be expended upon the workings. The
contract for the purchase of the property appears
favourable, as part of the money is to be paid in
shares of the company. The capital is fixed at
115,000 in £5 shares, of which it is estimated
that £2 will be ample to place the mine in a pro-
fitable state.
London, England, 1863-04-22

ISLE OF WIGHT (EASTERN SECTION).

Yesterday a special meeting of this company was
held at the offices, Great George-street, Westmin-
ster, Mr. Simpson in the chair, to consider a Bill
now before Parliament for changing the name of
the Isle of Wight Eastern Section, and authorizing
them to make and maintain the proposed central
lines in extension of their authorized eastern lines ;
to raise money for the purpose, and make arrange-
ments with other companies. Mr. Porter, the
solicitor, read the heads of the Bill, which proposed
to authorize new lines, commencing by a junction
with the authorized line, and terminating near the
river Medina, at the bottom of High-street, New.
port, and running through St. Helen's, Brading,
Arreton, Wootton, Whippingham, and Cariebrooke,
to Newport. The sum of £25,000 by shares, and
£B,OOO by loan, was to be raised for the eastern
lines; and £lBO,OOO by shares, and £60,000 by
loan, for the central lines. Major Atherley moved,
and Captain Huish seconded, the approval of the
Bill, which was carried with one dissentient.
London, England, 1863-04-22

TO BR MAJOR-GENERALS.

Major and Brevet Colonel John Garvock, from half-pay,
unattached, serving on the Staff of the Army in the Eat
Indies, with the local rank of Major-General.
Lieutenant. Colonel and Brevet Colonel William Jones,
C. 8., from half-pay, 61st Foot.

TO BE COLONELS.
Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Timbrell Allan, 25th Foot.
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Ross, half-pay, late 'nation-,
lar service

TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.

Major Francis Topping Atcherley, 30th Foot.
Major John Nason, Depot Battalion.
TO BE MAJORS.
Captain Henry William Wily, half-pay, unattached,
Staff Officer of Pensioners.
Captain George Walter Baldwin, 31st Foot, Brigade
Major at Colchester.

BANKRUPTS
The following are the only bankrup' of any importance
which appear in the Gazette :
t lieweiler, Strand
Charles Robinson, mattonxeir,
k Gravesend
TChhaotorleass
Edmund Baker, watehnT
agent, Leeds
'de commission .
ipsi:gitalti:DufeaPett:
'thographer, Strand
auctioneer, Guildford and Farnham
Thos. ImPeY, inerceant, Norfolk-street,
Jas Nathan Holmes,
Hu:mil:on Gordon,
Strand
Macclesfield
George Dabron, farmer, Chobham
George Hayes, Plumber, Manchester
John Robinson, builder, HUlme
George Hutchison, grocer,
William
Henry
Hawkins Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
John Murry Hayes, bri i, grocer, Ayleabury
Wiliam Asbourn • cidayer, Gillingham, Kent
Henry Pyne,
coal un., tailor, Lincoln
rnereetsbire
:iii.iarten yloivarnlng,as:
merchant, Weston-super-Mare, Soe

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
James Gordon APKay, Edinburgh
John Hepburn, merchant, Strathaven
Win. Alston, grocer, Dumbarton
Thomas W. E. Robson, rector, Cupar
Fraser, Turner, and Co., manufacturers, Glasgow
John Sim, farmer, Heatheryfield, Aberdeenshire
London, England, 1863-04-22

SHEEP.

Mr. GRIFFITH asked the Vice-President of the Privy
Council whether he had any objection to lay upon the table
of the house the report of the Commissioner sent by Go-
vernment
in the course of last autumn to the Continent,
to inquire into the existence of sheep and cattle contagious
or infectious diseases in foreign countries, and into the
liability of their introduction into this country ?
Mr. BRUCE replied that the report, which was a very
long one, had been delivered to his department, and was
now under its consideration. It would be shortly printed
to the house in the form of an appendix to the report of
the medical officers.
London, England, 1863-04-22

Sir Boyle Roche's Blunders.

Many of these are happily preserved. " Sir, I would give
up half—nay, the whole of the constitution, to preserve the
remainder." This, however, was Parlimentary. Hearing
that Admiral Howe was in quest of the French,he remarked
somewhat pleasantly that the admiral would "sweep the
French fleet off the face of the earth," By-and by came
dangerous times of disaffection, and honest men's lives were
insecure. Sir Boyle writes from the country to a friend in
the capital this sad view of his position :—" You may
judge," he says, "of our state, when I tell you that I write
this with a sword in one hand and a pistol in the other."
On another occasion, when the famous letters to the Public
Advertiser were attracting universal attention, Str Boyle
was heard to complain bitterly of the attacks "of a certain
anonymous writer, called Junius." He it was who re-
counted that marvellous performance in gymnastics, when,
in a tumult of loyalty, he "stood prostrate at the feet of his
sovereign." He it was who denounced in withering language
the apostate politician, who " turned his back upon him-
self.' He it was who introduced to public notice the ingenious
yet partially confused metaphor of the rat. " Sir," ho said,
addressing the Speaker of the Irish House, "I smell a rat
I see him floating in the air—but mark me, I shall yet nip
him in the bud." Thera was the famous speech which
confounded generations. " I don't see, Mr. Speaker, why
we should put ourselves out of the way to serve posterity.
What has ever posterity done for us?" He was a little discon-
certed by the burst of laughter that followed, and proceeded
to explain his meaning. "By posterity, sir, Ido not mean
our ancestors, but those who are to come immediately
atter them." His invitation to the gentleman on his
travels was hospitable and well meant—but equivocal.
"I hope my lord, Hover you come within a mile of my house,
you'll stay there all night." He it was who stood tor the
proper dimensions of the wine-bottle, and proposed to Parka-
went that it shaild be made compulsory that " ever e qua-t
bottle should contain a quart." Very pleasant, and yet per-
fectly intelligible was his mean ng —though it unhappily
took the fatal bovine shape—was his rebuke to the shoe
maker when getting shoes for his gouty limbs—" I told
you to make one larger than the other, and instead of that,
you have made one smaller than the other; the very oppo-
site,—Dickens's " All the Year .Round,"

* [The writer makes a slight error here in fathering this
Bull upon Sir Boyle Roche—the veritable perpetrator of
it having been no other thau the famous Lord Castlereagh,
vide Lord Brougham's "Statesmen."]—ED. Suri.
London, England, 1863-04-22

CORK AND KIN SALE.

Yesterday a Wharncliffe meeting of this company
was held at the offices, Gracechurch-street ; Sir C.
P. Roney in the chair. _

The Solicitor read the bead of the Bill promoted
by the company, and explained that one of its prin
cipat objets was to enable them to subscribe
£lO,OOO towards the erectio❑ of a first.class hotel
in the town of Kinsale.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the approval of thu
bill,congratulated the) shareholders that they woulc,
be able to give the usual notice of the Board of
Trade on the Ist of next month, and by the 15th of
May ho bad no doubt the rvgular visstnger and
goods trains would be running over the line.

Mr. KINGWORTII seconded the motion.
The motion vas then agreed to, and a vote of
thanks to the chairman, directors, and secretary
terminated the proceedings.
London, England, 1863-04-22

T E OXFORD,
e, OXFORD STREET.
THIS EVENING. Auber's Grand Opera,
MASANIELT.O.
Also, the New Cantata, by Herr Meyer Lutz,
" HERNE THE HUNTER,"
Supnortcd by Miss Russell, Miss Oesten, Miss Townley, &c. ;
Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Finish, Kimberley, &c.
with full band and chorus.
Conducted by Mr. Jonghm,ns.
Drew Dean's Flute Solos
UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes.
Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutehenson, and the mat venous
ARTH R and BERTRAND.
" These two Parisian clowns have carried the art of
tumbling to apparently the highest pitch of perfection, and it
is impossible even for the most staid of visitors to avoid
being amused by their origin,l gambols. They elicit shouts
of laughter and applause."—Times, April 7, 1883.
London, England, 1863-04-22

JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS.
• At the ARGYLL ROOMS,
Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
Continued success of J. LEVY, the celebrated Cornet-a-
Piston !
Every Evening a Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's
Opera, IL TROVATORE—SoIos, Cornet-a-piston, by Mr. J.
Levy—Messrs. Horton, Tyler, King, Snelling, and Mosca.
Revival of the Scotch Fantasia and Irish Quadrille, by M.
Jullien.
Der Freischutz, Masaniello, L'Etoile du Nord, &c.
Doors open at Eight o'clock.
Admission, Is.
Manager, Mons. GRENET.
London, England, 1863-04-22

THE TAX ON INCOMES.

Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice of his intention, when the
Chancellor of the Exchequer's proposition with respect to
the income tax was next before the house, to move a reso-
lution to the effect that the tax on precarious should be
lower than that on permanent incomes. (Hear, hear.)
DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS (IRELAND).

Mr. HASSARD gave notice that on a future day he
should call attention to the state of the law with respect to
donations and bequests in Ireland, and propose that the
laws relating to them be assimilated to that in force in Eng-
land.
London, England, 1863-04-22

CORK AND KINSALE.

Yesterday a Wharncliffe meeting of this company
was held at the offices, Gracechurch-street ; Sir C.
P. Roney in the chair.
The Solicitor read the head of the Bill promoted
by the company, and explained that one of its prin-
cipal objects was to enable them to subscribe
£lO,OOO towards the erection of a first-class hotel
in the town of Kinsale.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the approval of the
bill,congratulated the shareholders that they would
be able to give the usual notice of the Board of
Trade on the lst of next month, and by the 16th of
May he had no doubt the regular passenger and
goods trains would be running over the line.
Mr. KIN GWORTH seconded the motion.
The motion vas then agreed to, and a vote of
thanks to the chairman, directors, and secretary
terminated the proceedings.
London, England, 1863-04-22

Births.
Sei
BONRAM-CARTER.—On the 20th inst., at 29, UpPerl
mour-street, Portman-square, the wife of Henry De'
Carter, Esq., of a son.
~atte)
COLBORNE.—On the 20th inst., atValetta House, le—
the Hon. Mrs. Colborne, of a son,
PAULL.—On the 19th inst., at 33, Devonshire-place'
wife of Henry Pau11,40%
TUITE —On tile 17th inst., at Woolwich, the wife of )."
Gen. Tuite, R.A., of a son.
Marriages.
-- oetil
CAPPER—SMITHETT.—On the 21st inst., at St. ,ry
Piccacilly, Thomas Capper, Esq., to Henrietta P
second daughter of Sir Luke Smithett, of Dover.
SCHAW—WEYMOTJTII.—On the 16th inst., at ICirin'effhl
D?von, Henry Schaw, Captain Royal Engll3-030"
Louisa Mary, third daughter of the late IsaacWcY
Esq., solicitor, Kingsbridge.
Deaths. ik 3°l
ANSELL.—On the 19th inst., at Hadleigh,
Ansell, Esq., aged 84. 301)
BITEDETT.—OR the 20th inst., at Waitharasto66.
Burdett, of 76, Bishopsgate-street within, aged oe°
BOYER.—On the 20th inst., Mr. James Boyer, of
hall, Basinghall-street, aged 81.
KEPPEL.—On the 20th inst., at Brighton. the 00-
Rev. Thomas R. Keppel, M.A., rector of North
Norfolk, aged 53. „xi!,
PAvYrEn.—On the 20th inst., at 53, Thurloe•Ftle'st.o3'
Paynter, Esq., late one of the magistrates of v, Set
ster Police Court, aged 69. 1
SEPPINGS.- On the 17th inst., at Torquay, Joh. u _//itt.te
pings, Esq., late of ILEJ.C.S., eldest son of
Robert Seppings, aged 65.

A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.--
Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre-
pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found Invaluable to all who
suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind.
spasms, giddiness. dizziness of the eyes, &a For habitual
costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and grateful to 'he stomach, they create appetite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three
times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
green package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the
Stamp.
London, England, 1863-04-22

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS---Last Evening.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at
the usual hour.

PETITIONS.

The Marquis of NORMAN BY said he had a notice on the
paper to present a petition from the Rev. Alfred Bishop,
on Monday, the 27th April, in reference to the petitioner's
son, now undergoing imprisonment in the fortress of Alex-
andria, but he wished to postpone its presentation until
Monday, the 4th of May.

Lord HARROWBY presented a petition against the sale
of intoxicating liquors on Sunday.
Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY :presented a petition
to the same effect.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Lord STANLEY of ALDE ttLEI moved the second
reading of the Local Government Act Amendment Bill.
Llrd CHELMSFORD weuld not oppose the second
reading of the bill, but comment upon one or two points
in it.

A short discussion then took place, in which Lord Redes-
dale, Lord Egerton of Tatton, and Lord Stanley of
Alderley joined, the bill was r..ad.
London, England, 1863-04-22

to the ship-builders throughout the country. This
conduct of the Government is all in keeping with their
refusing to give any protection to the Sea Queen.
I Great excitement has been produced in Liverpool,
, by this vessel being " exchequered," since it is
obvious that the most disastrous results will ensue
if the system be maintained. Workmen will, of
course, be discharged, and hence a considerable
addition will be made to the number of hands now
out of employ, and the distress and suffering among
the working classes will be greatly increased.
Mr. HORSFALL is to bring the question before
Parliament on Friday, when it is to be hoped that
a full and searching inquiry will be made into the
whole affair. It has been rumoured, indeed, that it
is intended to put off the consideration of the
charges against Messrs. MILLER, the builders of
the Alexandra, so that in the event of the subject
being discussed on Friday the particulars will not
be known. Such a subterfuge will not avail, how-
ever; for if this trifling with the interests, and in-
terference with the rights, of ouc subjects go on
much longer the general feeling of the country will
be roused to such a pitch of excitement that the
Government will have cause to regret their vain
endeavours. It is as absurd as it is unfair
to persist in favouring the Federals in
this mintier, and Lord RUSSELL cannot
fall back on the argument of neutrality, since the
Americans never respect our flag as that of a neu-
tral power, but are as insolent as it suits their pur-
pose to be. The plain facts of the case, as repre-
sented to us by our Foreign Secretary, are virtually
these :—We are to bear all the disadvantages of a
neutral nation at home, 'and see our workmen out
of employ, our manuafacturers idle, and our general
trade depressed, while on the seas we can claim no
immunity from that position, since Admiral WILKES
and his friends are to expose us to the annoyances
and losses of war, without our having any power
to redress such grievances. It is high time that
such anomalies were put a stop to, and before the
session is any older let the case be seriously con-
sidered. It was supposed last year that we had
suffered enough from the disastrous war in America,
but we are now to learn that thcre is reserved for
us the insalt of having our vessels searched, and the
mortification of finding that our own Government,
instead of being prompt to defend our honour, is
taking part against us in the most inconsistent and
unjustifiable manner.