The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-24 00:00:00

TZE tTfLE EoYAI. HAYMAVOLET.

II pr th. management of Mr. tn6katone.
Tr-EVENING, Aran 24,
MW be perform 'THE PLOCTGH. Charaetere by
Iteserd. Vandenhoff. COMPtOn...Rozere. and Chippendale; Mies E.
Miss Louisa Howard, and Mrs. Stanley. _ -
t which, the entirely new and original extravaganza, entPled
MIL BUCKSTOISIE'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE (IN LEI-
tiriTER,SQUAEE). written. by J. B. Planche, Esq. Prime:pal
characters by Mr. ftnckstboe, Mr. VT. Farrell, Mr. Clark, Mr. J.
Marshall, Mr. H. Martial! t Mn. Fltzwilliata, Mrs. Caulfield, sits,
k. Grey, Miss Ly0..11 Thornr,son, Misa Laura Mere's, and Miss
Ventherst4rie.
To!Lowesl by WILLIKIND AND HYS DINAH. Supported, by
fileAsr4. Backitone and Corn ; KIM Louisa Howard, Mre. Fitzwil
Urn, aet Mrw Canliteld,

uor,AL PRINCESS'S THEATIM, -OXFORD-STREET. •
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THIS EYENING.-Ayszt. 24,
-Wl.l pe2fmaiul--T EIS ItARRI-ED 1.1-.TMATtfa _(.lll:ArActOt
Yy }lt 'I. it.-Lacy, Ryder, emu. atltc.iri •
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TaEATRE- ROYAL ADF.I.FII-I,- •
, Prep:Wee yfr. 13. Webster.—Dlreel,ress, Madams Celeete.
THIS' ):YE'...,TING, Are= 21,
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Will be perfornitd TWO LOVE.; AND A LIFE. Supported by
blears. c. Selby, /.4411 %;ireay, Benjirain W'ebster, Keeley, end 0,
Smith ; wee wonistranot Madame Celeste. ,
Followed by T'IifiLOVERL %ND JOITBSEY TO CO''STANTI.
NOPLE, UNDBRTAKEINT BY LORD BA.TEWAti, WITH
INTERE3TINGI PARTICULARS OF THE FAIR isOpii/A.

LYCEUM THEATRE.
'Under the. Management of Madame Ves
THIS EVENING. ATIIL 24,
wiu, be performed A CHARMING WIDOW. Principal charm,
tars by Mr. C. Mathews; Miss Talbot and Miss Oliver.
To be foilowe4 by (HVE A DOG AN ILL NAME. Principal
characters by Messrs. C. Mathews and F. Matthews.
Alter which, NUMBER ONE ROUND THE CORNER.
Concluding with A HOUIE/OUT OF WINDOWS.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEkTRE,
Le.smee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING. Aram 24.
Will be performed THE HAPPIEST DAY or MY LIFE. Cha-
racters by Messrs. F. Robson, J. 11. White, Leslie, and Vlacent ;
Mrs. Chatteider, Miss P. Horton. and Miss Marston.
To be followed by TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported !es'
EaterY. Robson,, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling and Miss Wyndham.
To conclude with the Farce of THE WANDERING ZiIInSTREL.
Jein Higgs, Mr. V. Robson.

STU ASD TdEATRE.
Sole bfr. F. w.lcroft.—Directress, Mal Ilebee" Isaacs

THIS EVENING, Arm 24,
win vh_
tt PerfOrtned THE ENCHANTED LA/A.E.
After whlcb, TUE BLUE JACKETA.
To be followed by WtVES BY .ADVERTISEMENT.
Concluding with the new burlesque on RICHARD THE THIRD
4%119, Se.; Boxed. ; Plt, 11. 6.1; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxee,
gl 119. 64., to be had of Mr. Al'croft, lb. New Blind-street.

ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager. Mr. William Cooke.
Great attraction and powerful Novelties for the Easter Holidays.
THIS LrVENINO. APRIL 21,
Will be presented the new grand Nautical and Equestrian spec-
tacle. embodying n,vel and extraordinary effects (wri,ten by Mr.
Nelson Lee), entitled A TALE OF THE SPANISH WM; ; or,
Tad gorse of the Wreck. Thi horses expressly trained by Mr. W.
Cooke.
Followed by an entire change of the Scenes of the CIRCLE, intro-
ducing Niles Kate Cooke, Miss Emily Cooke, Mr. Alfred Cooke, and
the most talented Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes in Europe.
• Cov.Cl' tiding with a pepnlar FARCE.
8r..1-ofElce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
'wilt-

WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tins Dot —Morning 0 tain.after 01 Livening 16 min.aft. 12
To.Monaow—Morning 39 min.after 12 1 Evening 1 min.aft. 1

THE WEATHER.—Sms OPTIC% APRIL 23.
THERMO/INTIM, IDf THE SHADS.
54 —highest since noon yesterday.
42—lowest this morning and during the night.
.51--this day at neon,
BanozorrEn, 30--risen half an inch since yesterday.
WIND, N.E.—Strong gale, with large scudding clouds.
Arara 24.
44—highest since noon yesterday.
37—lowe4t this morning and during the night.
48--this day, at noon.
, BAROMETER, .3010—another great rise efface last night.
W'acn. N.N.E. to N.E.—Fresh breeze, with cold,
cionerp weather, and occasional sunshine. Some slight
suor,v fell during the morning.

SAL

erne directed
e, against King °TIDO and_Queen
Amm.'-al 9f 'ti-reeca by no obscure, much less
by an 'L anonymous, accuser, but by one of the
most iistinguished of the leading Ministers
of the Crown of England. We pointed out
on 17"ridi. ',‘„7, we say, how, curiously enough, it
came .to , pass 'that this occurred on the 6th of
April in IA mama, while on the same 6th of April,
in Athens, thei British; French; Austrian, and
Swedish Anibal sadors abstained from attending,
with the rest! of the diplomatic corps, at the to
Deuuv:allVar chanted on that- date; as the -anni-
i-e-rsary" of do a -foundation of Greek Independence.
This evening we would especially call those re-
markable fatal is to the popular remembrance. We
would Demintl our readers- thus pointedly of the
coirrsereeentl y pursued atAthens by the Four Am-
bassadors, those of England, France, Austria, and
Sweden—of :the explanation given by the Noble
Lord the Member for the City of London in reply
to. inquiries put to -.him by the Hon. Gentleman
the -Member foriPontefractof the circular
cent-ly addr:l4ed. to
Consulsour in the Levant by
lien 134011.-;il4 .representative. at._
- • - -

Ilavitig..`teVerted -to -which three_:iiiBd4its; we
e ild 110 At allude t_o another of a different kind,
mentionesf, in our impression of Saturday—au
incident which transpired at Malta, and which
Ire am informed'has thrown the Greek merchants
into the utmost consternation. It is nothing
less than the revelation of certain evil ma-
chinations in aid of the Hellenic invaders of the
Ottoman territory. The discovery, in fact, of
tY.e circumstance of the resident Greeks of Mar-
w3illes having subscribed a large sum of money
to be sent to the insurgents I- With
the amount ve are not made acquainted : but
the Prefect does not hesitate to acquaint the
Greek-Consul with his determination that mea-
sures should be at once taken that the money so
subscribed should be intercepted before reaching
its destination.

Is it really the case that nearer home than
Marseilles a similar scheme has actually been set
on foot—a scheme for the practical aid of the
Greek insurgents, by the transmission of 10,000/.
from London and Manchester ?

The question is worth putting to the occupants
of the Treasury. Benches directly the Easter recess
is over—say even as early as Thursday evening,
as soon as possible after the reassembling of Par-
liament. We would urge the matter seriously
upon the attention of our independent represen-
tatives. The suggestion is worthy, for example,
of the notice, either of the Member for Aylesbury
or of the Member for Pontefract. There are many
facts, indeed, that must be dragged to light
as quickly as possible in reference to much
that has been doing of late by Orno and AMELIA
in furtherance of the designs of the Northern
AUTOCRAT. t Nay,. Lord JOHN RUSSELL himself
may be said to have given the voucher for this
on the 6th of April, from tho floor of the British
Legislature. The forthcoming blue-bOok in re-
ference to the recent conduct of the Greek Go-
vernment will, of course, abound with timely
revelations-. But apart from this before
a syllable of these documents is 'officially
published—it is already by no means difficult to
recognise the turpitude of the Hellenic sympa-
thisers with the Czar NICHOLAS. The truth -in
this matter is already, in a great measure, patent to
any impartial observer's apprehension. It cannot
henceforth be ignored, or glozed over, or lost
oven for a while from our remembrance. It is
altogether too glaringly demonstrated to be any
longer oierlooked—demonstrated, if by nothing
else, by the deliberate assertions of the Noble Lord
the Leader of the House- of Commons, by the
conduct pursued recently at_ Athens, not only by
the 'British and French, but even by the Austrian
and Swedish Ambassadors, as well as by the re-
markable circular addressed to our Consuls in the
Levant, by her MAJESTY'S diplomatic representa-
tive at Constantinople.

The first Russian prize has been brought into
a British port. The " Union Jack" floating tri-
umphantly over a hostile flag has been first exhi-
bited in English waters, and the first prisoners
of war have been placed under restraint in the
United Kingdom.
Her MAJESTY'S revenue steam-cruiser Argus,
Commander M. W. S. Grandy, was the fortunate
captor. Her officers and crew have realised the
first fruits of the existing "difficulty," and afforded
an example which will doubtless be so extensively
followed that prizes will speedily lose the charm
of novelty, and cease to attract attention on that
ground.
It appears that the Argus oily left Southend
on Thursday, and that ou Friday about noon she
fell in with the Froja, 440 tons, and fifteen
men, WEEKALAN, master, bound from Lisbon
to the Baltic. - She had left Lisbon on the 28th
of March--r-the day on which the declaration of
war appeared in the Gazette, and the one before
that on which the Orders in Council for reprisals
and embargo were made. It is possible, there-
fore, that the master. and crew were ignorant of
the danger they were incurring, and ran unwit-
tingly into the trap. This view of the case would
seem to be supported by the fact that the Froja,
when boarded, was within 18 miles of Beechy
Head, and that, although having two nine-pound
carronades and a supply of small arms and ammu-
nition for the crew, no resistance of any kind was
offered. On the other hand, the master asserted
that he was bound to Elsinore, and not to Abo—
a matter of , no real consequence so far as the
legality of thp:captnre was concerned,' but which
he might have supposed would have afforded a
chance of escape from condemnation.
An, interesting question now arises. There are
fifteen prisoners of war, inoffensive seamen, who
were not taken with arms in their hands, or aim-
ing blows at the power and authority of this
country, but engaged in a peaceful and laudable
calling. How, then, are we to deal with these
persons ? By the -laws of war they are unques-
tionably lawful prisoners, responsible for all the
untoward consequences of the insane ambition and
grasping cupidity of their despotic master, and we
would be justified hi making them close prisoners,
and subjecting them to all the privations and suf-
ferings incidental to such a position. But ought
we to act on these rights? Would it be humane
or politic to do so These are questions deserv-
ing of mature consideration, and we earnestly hope
that the answers may be worthy of the noble cause
iu which the Western Powers have engaged.
There can be no doubt as to the propriety of
exacting ample guarantees, that the skill and
physical power of these prisoners should not be
brought into operation against us. If allowed to
return freely to their own country, where their
position is nearly that of serfs, they may be pressed
into the service of their despotic master, and com-
pelled to fight against the generous enemy who
treated them with such extraordinary kindness.
Experienced seamen would be of the utmost
value to the AUTOCRAT, and it could scarcely be
anticipated that we could render any assistance to
provide him with the most useful " munitions of
war." Nor would it be true kindness to the poor
fellows themselves to scud them off in order that
they might be, forthwith converted into "food
for gunpowder."
lt would be little better than a mockery to
take their paroles against their serving in opposi-
tion to the Western Powers during the conflict.
ThEi CZAR would deal very summarily with any
such engagement, which would scarcely induce
him to dispense with services which might at the
moment be peculiarly valuable. Or were it other-
wise, and that the "Muscovite gentleman" actually
respected the honourable pledges given, these men

wollabe again employed'in the mercantile marine,
and would /ender available for war services an
,equal number of seamen, who would at once be
taken in their place. On either ground, then,
we could hardly consent to the unconditional dis-
charge of those parties. But there is another
ground why we should keep those parties. We
cannot hope that we ourselves should be exempted
from the ordinary " fortune of war," that we
should not lose vessels, and have British subjects
taken iflto captivity, from whence flat' *fll not
be released until exchanged for others. We may
then require these Men, as the means of obtaining
the liberation of:Our :own countrymen.
But although we may be compelled to detain
these parties; there is no reason why they should be
treated with harshness or severity. It is no case for
hulks or prisons. The incarceration of the parties is
by no means required. They should, on the con-
trary, be allowed the utmost degree of liberty; con-
sistent with their safe keeping, and a fair allow-
ance for their support and maintenance. Ey per-
mitting them to move about, and to acqUire
some idea of the manners and customs of the
English people, to see the working of free insti-
tutions, and at the same time- inspiring a feeling
of gratitude far unexpected kindness, we would
render immense service to the cause- of liberty.
These people would speedily compare their pre-
viuus condition with that of others living: under
a Constitutional Monarchy. - They_ would dis-
cover the vast disadvantages of despotic power,
and on returning home-would communicate to their
friends and neighbours the nature and extent of
the-blessings from Which they were debarred. Each
man would thus become an apostle of civilisation,
enlightening the minds of their benighted brethren.
A spirit of inquiry would be excited—an enthu-
siasm awakened which it would be impossible to
suppreis, and which would strike at the very root
of the principle of • autocracy—a principle which
only subsists on the besotted ignorance .of its fol-
lowers. The question (if.,. what we shall -do with
our prisoners of war becomes one of vast impor-
tance, and should not be disposed of on any trivial
or insufficient ground; or until all the elements
of the calculation are fully and maturely con-
sidered.

Our late remarks on the Colonial Clergy Disa-
bilities Bill were fully sustained by the debate in
committee on the 10th. The whole matter is in
a false position, and, consequently, the confusion
and misunderstanding were inevitable and incur-
able. The Solicitor-General, clear-headed and
straightforward man as he is, through submitting
himself to the ingenioui and subtle ecclesiastical
tutelage of Mr. GLAnsToNE, has only succeeded
in mystifying and perplexing the whole house.
We, and all ordinary mortals, may well spare our-
selves any painful study of a measure which even
Mr. ELLICE (the Member for Coventry) declared
" he did not understand," which, to such a man an
Sir G. GREY, was " legislating in the dark," and
which Mr. NAPIER, and Mr. HENLEY also, like
Mr. ELLICE, " could not understand." When
such lawyers and politicians are at fault, it may
well be conceived that the country at large
must be much more in the dark, than Sir
G. GREY. Indeed, it is puzzling enough to the-
general reader to find Sir RICHARD BETHELL,
whom, turning to his faithful DOD, he finds to be
not only Solicitor-General, but " Queen's Counsel,
Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lan-
caster, and Counsel to the
_University of Oxford ;"
and Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE, who, as he learns
from the same authority, is Doctor of Civil Law,
Chancellor of Worcester, Oxford, Bristol, &c.,—
actually differing point blank on the question of
the supremacy of the Crotrn in the Ecclesiastical
government of the Colonies ! We may reasona.bly,
therefore, inquire whether even
.the shadow of a
necessity exists fora -bill so likely; according to
Mr; alio; a statesman of so much Colonial ex-
perience, to produce heartburnings and ill-will in
the Colonies.

We think, however, it is becoming clear to the
House that' Mr. PHILLIAMILEI told the truth in
describing it as a measure to bring about the
establishment• of a convocation with legal vOwers
in the doubtless with the nnderstOod de-
sign, of strengthening the hand,s of Couvocationists
in• demanding ,like powers at hoine. •Virhatever
the secret wishes of Mr. GL&DsToiaz, it was quite
plain, as observed by Mr. T. CHAMBERS, that
" the Bill was a very different thing from what it
was repreSented to he, for instead of its dealing
with a free and voluntary Church in the colo-
nies, which by some accident had been left under
disabilities, it, in point 6f fact; -proposed to relieve
an Established Church from disabilities under
which it laboured." Phis is the kernel of the
whole question. If the Colonial Episcopal Church
be as free and voluntary as the Wesleyan and
other Churches in the colonies, whose liberties
were so often adverted to, and if, through any,
technicalities of law, the Episcopal Church be
more fettered than the other churches, why then,
as Mr. ELLicH and others justly observed; repeal
the statute or statutes, so• far as the colonies are
concerned, at once. • Declare: the Act of HvSitY
VIII., and any ogler .similar acts, null'and void
beyond our own shores, and .there the business
will end, and we shall know what we are, about.
But if Mr. GLADSTONEI really wants to secure
for his pet colonial Churches a legal oneness
with the Church of England, and 'by conse-
quence a legal status and precedence in the
colonies, to say nothing of importing his
Colonial Convocations to the mother country, we
hope we are not mistaken in believing the day for
such interference with' Colonial rights past. It
has been settled for the _English Church at home,
that if she will be the State Church,. she must
bear the yoke of the State ; that if she wants
the liberties of Dissenters, she must purchase it
at the price they pay for them. NO statesman
grudges them their freedom while they decline to
trouble him for special privileges or pay, and no
man ought to know better than Mr. GrAD.sTorrs
that neither the colonies nor the mother country
will, unless cheated by unintelligble bills, tolerate
now any other principle.

•We had thought that all sensible men had
agreed that the - Canada Clergy Reserves Bill
settled for ever the point that all the Colonial
Churches were henceforth to be independent of the
moiher country. That a whole colony might
turn Quakers if they pleased, and dispense with
clergy altogether, or Roman Catholics, and ac-
knowledge the Popo as their religious head. That
whether any church, or what church, should be
supported by the Colonial Government, and to
what extent, were to be questions for the colonists
themselves to settle. The Anglican Church in
the colonies, on this basis, can retain spiritual
and ecclesiastical connection with the Mother
Church in this country, as Wesleyan Societies do
with the Wesleyan body here, and Catholics with
Rome itself. Mo-re than this no honest advoCate
of Colonial Rights will concede for a moment.
We hope this dishonest bill will drop, and wish
Sir R. B.ETHELL had never put kis. name on its
back.

Her' Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied
by the
_iviiole of the Royal family, will arrive at Buck-
ingham Palace this afternoon, from Windsor Castle.
The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady -Augusta
Poulett have arrived in St-. James's-square, from visiting
Mr. Mark and Lady Augusta Millbanke, at Thorpe Hall,
Yorkshire, where they passed a few days ea route from
Raby Castle.

The Duke of Argyll, after atteiding the Council on
Saturday, returned to the •Duke of Sutherland's seat,
Clifilen House. near Windsor, where the duchess and
family are staying.
The Duke of Devonshire has recovered from his recent
slight indisposition at his villa at -Chiswick, where the
Countess of Carlisle, the Coontess Dowager Granville,
and a few other relatives, have been passing the recess
with the noble duke.

yisoount- Pahnerston arrived in town on Saturday
to attend the Cabinet Council. The noble lord went
back in the evening to Broadlands. Lord and Lady
Palmerston, return to town early this week. Her lady-
ship will immediately resume her political 7.lozions on
Saturday evenings. •
Lord and Lady Monteagle have arrived at Trinity
Lodge, Cambridge, from Ashridge, Herts; on a visit to
the Master of Trinity College and Mrs. Whewell.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone
have arrived in Downing-street from visiting Lord and
Lady Lyttelton, at Hagley Park, Worcestershire, during
the holidays. The right hen. gentleman will have a
large dinner party to-morrow evening.
The MarsLuip of Ormonds returned on Thursday from
London to Kilkenny Castle.'
The Eatl and Countess Vrahvillo havo Arrived in
Bruttmlitittot frotia Parma....." -

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MIXNE MA It filcir

AND
COIkiMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday
were estimated at 5,000 bales, all to the trade. The
market closed steadily without alteration. The
sales comprised 4,000 American ; 200 Pernam and
•Maranham,(( at 6d. to (RI ; 200 Egyptian t Od,
to 10d. ; snrat, ati 34, :to 4td,-;:tind SO 's.4
Island, a 34.-1 d: to 15.,9d..per.1b. Railway Shares
were dull, at rather lower piices.
Wheat is steady at last Monday's prices, but
spring corn tends-upwards.

The General. Weekly Shipping List gives the cur-
rent rates of freights as follows :----Adelaide, 80s. to
90s. ; Hobart Town, 80s. to 90s. ; Launceston, 85s.
to 100 s. ; Melbourne or Geelong Wharves, 105 s. to
120 s. Melbourne or Geelong, 80s. to 90s. ; New
Zealand, 100 s. to 120 s. ; Portland Bay, 110 s. to
120 s. ; Swan River, 80s. to 90s. ; Sydney, 80s. to
90s. ; and Algoa Bay, 455. to 555. per ton.
The steamer Canada, has arrived from the United
States, but her letters will not be delivered until
to-morrow.

Accounts fiora I!eflin of the 21st inst, state that
the new convention was signed on the 20th inst.,
and not same days pieviouslx-as was asserted. The
details given are moSt mportant, as tending to
prove that the freaty is decidedly hostile to
Russia, and goes far beyond a mere declaration of
neutrality. 'The necessity of the provinces being
evacuated is distinctly avowed, and Russian aggres-
sion is stigmatised as -dangerous to the European
balance of.power.

The Prussian ambassador at St. Petersburg,
General von Rochow, died in that city a few days
since. ` .• .

The Fren6h Goverunient ha 4 appointed a Captain
of the Port for Gallipoli;. .
During the fortnight ending the 22d inst. the
Hon. East India Company.drew bills here on the
thrre presidenoies to the amount of 92,4801.
The railway " calls" for May are as follow
Due. Call. Total.
*Arica and Tacna 2 £2 10 £62,500
*Central 'of Switzerland - l5 1 0 postp.
Dublin and Wicklow • --- l5 210 87,500
*Dutch Rhenish l5 1 0 82,483
Great North of Scotland, Ist Pref 8 110 45,000
Limerick and Foynes
Newry and Enniskillen (for. shs.) 1 010 unkn.
*Sambre and Meuse Preference
Shrews. & Ches. 5 p cent. Rd. Pref 6 2 0 15,228
South Wales, 201., 4 per cent 12 3 0 8 7
Do. 20/., 41 per cent .12 3 0 ' "978

• . £398,539
* The proportion called by foreign companies is
158,8331., but, tht holdings of English proprietors are
not known.

The railway meetings announced are the fo:
[owing

'Company. Date. Place, &a.
Antwerp and Rotterdam May 4, Brussels.
Central of Switzerland::....... April 27, Basle.
Demerara
Dublin and Wicklow
East Lancashire... . ........ May 1, Bury.
Eastern of France April 26, Paris.
Great India Peninsula April 28, 3, New Broad-st.
Londonderry and Coleraine May. 4, Coleman-st. Bldingt
Lyons and Geneva April 27, Paris.
Northern of France
Paris, Caen, and Cherbourg April 29, Paris.
Sambre and Meuse May 2, Jardinet.
Southern of France April 27, Paris.

The English Stock Market has been influenced
unfavourably by the Spanish news, Consols, which
opened at 87i- I, being now 81 to for transfer,
and 87i I for account., The New 3 Cents. per
have been 87t:to and the 3, per Cents. 86 to
Stock h
Bank Stoas been steadier, at 214. Exchequer
Bills have been at par to.4i. premium, and India
Bonds at 2s. discount:

In. Foreign Securities there has been very little
doing. Spanish Three per Cents, have realised
36k, being lower in consequence of the Barcelona
insurrection. Portuguese Four per Cents. have
been at 374. Mexican Stock is firmer at 24k, and
Peruvian quiet at 60. Russian Five per Cents.
have advanced to 93 and 934-, by sympathy with
an improvement at Berlin. Dutch Two-and-a-
Half pc; Cents.,have realised 56g.
Railway Shares have been-rather, higher, though
scarcely so good- again 'within the last hour, owing
to the relapse in the .funda. There has not,been
much doing. The principal transactions have been
in Caledonian. Great Northern, North-Western,
and Midland. Foreign Shares hate been neglected.
The Mining Shares have been steady with a few
bargains in the principal companies. The Land
Shares are dull, and the Banks nominal.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES
( Prom the Official List.)

fluitinems &fie
•
Bank Stock . ..... ............ .... ... 2111 9

per Cent. Reduced Annuitiee- " 863 f, 6
3 per Cont. Consols Annuities . B7i 4
New 34 per Cent. Annuities 871) 7
Long Annuities; Expire sth Jan., 1860
Dittc, 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859..., 41
Ditto 30 Years, r,xpire stliJati., 1860 5
India Bonds, £IUOO ...... ..... 5 d
Ditto, under £lOOO 2 d
Consols for Account 11th May
Exchequer Bills, 2.;1. 871 I

£lO6O ' ...•
2500 . .
,—; • par 4 p
, .

PRICE OF, FOREIGN. FUNDS THIS DAY.
P'razilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. , - 96
New Brazilian Bonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account~
Vaxican 3 per Cent. - - 244
Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Coat. GO
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 37i
Rug= Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £st 934 3
Spanish Bonds, 3pa Cent . .... .....
Ditto Passive (Converted)]. 3l
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil
THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols B7i
Ditto May Account .

CABINET COUNCIL. --A Cabinet Council was held at.
the Foreign-office, Downing-street, on Saturday after-
noon. The Ministers present *ere the Earl of Aber-
deen, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville,.the Duke of Argyll,
Viscount Palmeitton,, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke
of Newcastle, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney
Herbert, and Sir W. Moleiworth. The Council sat one
hour and a half. Viscount Palmerston left town-after
the Council for his seat, Broadlands, Hants. The Mar-
qnis of Lansdowne took his departure for Bowood-park,
Wilts.

DEATH OF MR. EDWIN ATEINE.—It is with great re-
gret we have to record the death of this enterprising gen-
tleman, who for several years, in conjunction with his
brother John, who is the present proprietor, had the
management of the Liverpool. Zoological Gardens for his
mother. In order to procure some new arid curious spe-
cimens of the animal world, he started, in 1852, on the
perilous journey of e&plorin the almost unknown tracts
of the interior of Akita. He had "been most Successful
in 148 daring adventure, having secured, several speci-
men*, when death .overtonichiaron a small i land on the
White River, a branch of VIC: Nile,"injanuary bat. The
melancholy intelligence was communicated t 9 his family
by a letter from her Majiisty's consul at Cairo.—Liver-
pool Mercury.
SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS.—On Sa-
turday a numerous company of the nobility and distin-
guished amateurs of the fine arts visited the gallery of
the Society of Painters in_Water Colours in Pall Mall
East, previous to its being opened to the public. Among
the company were the Duchess of Sutherland, the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne the Dowager-Countesss of Morley,
the Bishops of. Winchester and Lichfield, the Hon.
Richard Cavendish,, Sir. Charles Wood, Sir Robert Inglis,
and many of the members of the Royal Academy. .
STEAM:STEMMA—By a parliamentary return, printed
yestsrday, the whole number of steam-vessels registered
in the "United Kingdom between Jan. 1, 1852, and
Jan. 1, 1854, was 1,375 vessels, with an aggregate
tonnage-U.248;623 tinie; giving an average of 180 tons
to each vessel. The largest is the Himalaya, of 3,508,
tons, iron screw, belonging to the Peninsular and Orien-
tal Steam Navigation Coinpany, 340 feet in length, and
44 feet 4 inches in breadth, registered Dec. -9, 1853 ;
and the smallest is the Revolution, belonging to the
Earl of Dundonald, of 7 tons, 45 feet 6 inches in length
and 7 feet 2in breadth,- registered May 16, 1833. The
oldest is the .4.na and Jane_„. of 27 tons, 'exclusiVe of en-
gine-room, reOstered at IS ewcaetle, jan..l7, 1825.
EARL BEAUCHAMF.--WORCESTER. SATURDAY NIGHT.

—A. public 'dinner waa held at the Shire-hall in this city
'this evening, to celebrate-the accession of. Earl Beau-
champ to the peerage, and to present him with a testi-
monial for his services as. member for the connty of
Worcester. The chair was, taken by the Right Hon
Sir John S. Pakington, Bart.,' M.P., and men of ail
politics were present, including' Lord Ward, Viscount
Eltnloy, M.P., Colonel Rushout, M.P,, Mr. J. H. H.
Mr. Lai.lett, M.P., Hon. Mr. Coventry,
Eon. and Rev. Themas Coventry, Hon. and. Rev. W.
W. C. Talbot, Sir 0.. P. Wakeman, Bart., Sir E. H.
Lechmere, Bart.-, &c.. The testimonial consisted of a
full•length portrait of the noble and gallant earl—late:
General Lygon-2—by Mr. Grant; R.A., and bore at the
foot the folio Wing :—"This portrait of Lieutenant-Ge-
neral the Earl Beauchamp was presented to him on his
accession to the peerage, after-representing the western
division of the county of Worcester'in Parliament fur
the period of thirty-six- Years, by his friends and late
constituents of all political opinions, -in testimony of
their appreciation of his Ocilailitollt public character and
high private worth,"

TIV-PA*I-NG,- A PR.IL- -1854.

A ATE RI CA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEORAPI7.)
ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.

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LITERPOOL, Monday.—Thu Canada, royal mail
steam-ship, with the mails from the United States,
Canada, and the Lower Province; pAssed Holy-
head, inward bound, this morning at 7 o'clock.
She is expected to arrive in the Mersey about 2
o'clock. Pier mails will .reach London per firs
.delivery on. Tuesday morning...
G., r,- late -.Cornlnanfiet NOrth-:
'Ali-Jerkin Station, was on; board:: Sba has adviees
froth New York to the 11th instant, and a large
amount of specie for Havre.

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPff.)

SOUTTIAMPTON, April 24.—The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steam-ship Tagus, Capt. Joy,
has arrived hero, with dates from Gibraltar, 14th ;
Cadiz, 15th ; Lisbon, 19th ; Vigo, 20th ; with
Oporto) no communication.
The Tagus brings on freight 10 packages specie,
1,000 boxes oranges, 122 .boxes lemons, 99 cases
eggs,
,and sundry merchandise.
'There is no news- of importance from Lisbon.
Tip reports of a Ministerial crisis' there were de
void-of foundation: - - Exchange on -London was quoted 541, with bills
over and money. scarce.- Lisbon ,Bitak notes, 2i
per-cent._ discount.

The accounts from Gibraltar mention the arrival
there of the steamers Trent and Orinoco, from
Southampton ; Tonning, from Deptford ; City of
London, from Woolwich ; and Medway, from Ports-
mouth : all well. These ships coaled immediately
on their arrival, and proceeded for Gallipoli. After
lisembarking their troops at Gallipoli, the Trent
and Medway were under orders to return to Gib-
raltat to take from that garrison the 13th and 55th
Regiments, destined to form a portion of the
British army in the East: •
The• British transport-ship, Earl of Shaftesbury,
passed the Straits of Gibraltar on the 11th inst.,
and the transport No. 2 passed Gibraltar the same
day.

The Royal Mail steamer Niagara, with the 88th
regiment on board, passed Gibraltar on the 10th,
without stopping there.

PORTUGAL.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.--The Gannet steamer
brings Lisbon letters and papers of the 15th inst.
The Great Western steamer, with the Brazil mails
Of the 10th, had arrived from Southampton on the
15th at daybreak, as also the Menai steamer, for
the South American Company's service in the
River Plate, which likewise left Liverpool on the
10th.

The French steamers Zelee and Newton were the
only foreign vessels of war in the Tagus. The
Duque do Porto, coasting steamer between Lisbon
and Oporto, had struck upon a rock in the Douro ;
her cargo and passengers were immediately taken
out, and she was expected to be again ready for
service in about a month. This steamer belongs
to the Lugo-Brasileira Company.
Independent of the Portuguese quarantine upon
vessels from Brazil. by the declaration of Bahia as
infected by yellow fever, and all other ports as sus-
pected, England has again been subject to the
same annoyance by the declaration of Glasgow as
infected, and all other English ports as suspected,
of cholera, so that the passengers per Great
Western had: three days' lazaretto at Lisbon, to
make eight days' voyage and detention.
The Deputies were discussinr, the bill to reform
public instruction, the Saldanha members being
still much annoyed with the majority, which had
turned out some of his Grape's partisans. There
was otherwise no political news at Lisbon.