The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1847.

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&c. 385. bound.
stghtedness of the municipal authorities. Since that
BURKE'S AGEPEER 1847. and BARONETAGE, memorable epoch in the history of our capital its
NE and REVISED EDITION ; mortality has marvellously outnumbered the average
Corrected throughout to the prment time, from the personal com- mortality of the rural districts. The disproportion
=lineations of the Nobil ty, &c., and
CONTAINING all the NEW CREATIONS. of the mortality
Of the kind ever offered to the public.' between the inhabitants of town and
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which have been effected in our medicinal know-
ledge, and taking into the calculation the different
facilities afforded for the receipt of medical assist•
ance, is of such an alarming and enormous character
as to render some interference on the part of the
Legislature absolutely requisite. Besides which,
the causes of that disproportioned mortality
are of such antiquity and multiplicity as to be era-
dicable only through the gigantic interposition of
the Government.
Several of the statistical calculations of Lord
MORPETII in regard to the difference observable be-
tween the mortality of our intermural and extra-
mural communities, were so apt and conclusive, a an
enforcement of the Ministerial proposition, and at
an argument for a comprehensive sanatory reform,
that we are induced, even at the risk of repeating
many of the facts previously enumerated by our-
selves, to interpolate the following, transcribed from
a statement forwarded to the Registrar-General by
the physician to King's College Hospital. The esti-
mate of that gentleman requires no enforcement :
" Population to the square mile, country, 199:; town,
5,100. Annual deaths in 1,000,000, country, 19,300 ;
town, 27,073 ; annual excess in town district, 7,773.
Rate of mortality, country, 1 in 52 ; town, 1 in 37."
Upon the average mortality of the British island
the physician iri question regards the subjoined
numbers as correct :—" England 1 in 45 ; Isle of
Wight, 1 in 58 ; Anglesea, 1 in 62 ; London, 1 in
39 ; Leeds and Birmingham, 1 in 37; Sheffield, 1 in
33 ; Bristol, 1 in 32 ; Manchester (Union), I in 30;
Liverpool (parish), lin 29. Tbus the inhabitants of
London, compared with England at large, lose 8
years of their lives ;of Liverpool, 19. The popula-
tion of large towns in England being 4,000,000, the
annual loss is between 31,000 and 32,000." Is
anything more essential to indicate the advisa-
bility of a legislative effort at a sanatory
reformation ? We should opine not. The
pollutions of the atmosphere inhaled in the
crowded habitations of the poor, the rank exhalaticns
floating like a miasma in the vicinity of our metro-
politan grave-yards, the foulness and scarcity of the
water consumed in household operations and as a
beverage, the odious accumulations of filth in con-
sequence of neglected drainage, the very exclusion
of the daylight, with a view to the avoidance of the
window-tax,—all these things operate independently
to the degradation and destruction of the multitude.
For their permanent prevention it only requires the
guidance and direction of an enlightened Govern-
ment. Such practical philanthropists as Dr.
SOUTH WOOD SMITH have commerced the whole-
some crusade against these crying evils ; they have
effectually ssnoothed the way for the Executive ; and
the ripeness of the popular mind for enactments like
those n per, promised must act as a generous in-
citement to Parliament and the Administration.
The factory women and children are de
scribed (and accurately) as yearning for the
acceptance of the Bill introduced by Mr. FIEL-
DEN. A conviction that such is actually the case has
tended as much as anything to carry it so far
through the House of Commons. May Lord Moa-
rETH'S proposition prosper in like manner ! for it is
not merely a clique that is solicitous for sanatory
reform, it is an entire community—it is not the thou-
sand that yearn for these improvements, it is the
million—it is not a class, it is a nation.

ROYkL ITALIAN GYERA, COVEN 1 GARDEN,

istablished ror the purpose of rendering a more perfect performance
ot the-Lyric Drama than has hitherto been attained in this country.
Under the Direct on and Management of Mr. BEALE.
The Nobility Gentry, and Patr, ns of Music, are respectfully in-
formed that the Royal Italian Opera will open the flr,t, week in April.
It is proposed to produce, in the course of the -eason, some of the
Wablished works of Cimarosa, Mozart, Rossini, Meyerbeer, and others
of the more modern Italian School, including Operas by Bellini, Dont-
seta. alercadante, and Verdi, on a scale of the utmost perfection in
-very department ; to which intent the mana,ement has assembled a
Company embracing the greatest and most varied 'elect in Europe.
PRIME SOPRANI.—Madame Grist and Madame Persiani (tier
first appearance in London for three years), Madame Ronconi and
Mdl:e. Steffanoni (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, her first ap-
pearance In this couutry).
CONTRALTL—Signora Alboni (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan,
arid of the Imperial Theatre in Vienna, her first appearance in this
Country), and Mademoiselle Corbari.
TENORL—Signer Mario, Signor Salvator Livia (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-
ance in this country), and Signor Salvi (ot the Theatre La Scala, In
Milan, and of the Imperial Theatres in Vienna anil St. Petersbergli,
his first appearance on the Italian stage in England).
PRIME BASSI BARITONI—Signor Tainburinl and Signer Giorgio
Ronconi.
PRI3II BASSI PIIOFONDI—Signor Marini (of the Theatres San
Carlo, Naples, La Scala, Milan, and the imperial Theatre, Vienna,
his first appearance in this country), Signer 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.)
PREMI BASSI COMICI —Signor Pietro Ley (of the Theatre Royal
Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and Signor -Agostino
Revere (of the Theatres Royal, Naples, Milan, Vienna, and St. Pe-
tersburgh, his first appearance in this country).
Seconde Donne—Madame Antoinetta Mollidori (of the Theatre La
Seals, in Milan), Mademoiselle Amelia Linari, Mademoiselle Luigina
Benin.
Seconds Tenure—Signor Emmanuele Slane (of the Theatre San
Carlo In Naples).
Director of the Music, Composer, and Conclactor—Mr. Costa.

A powerful and numerous CHORUS of chosen and experienced
flingers will complete the Vocal Department. Chorus Master—
signor Bonconsiglio. Prompter—Signor 3fonterasi.

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
In the theatre by Messrs. Flight and Son. Organist—Mr. V. Novello.
The BALLET, of 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
enneunce that he has concluded an engagement with Mademoiselle
Fanny Eissler; and, during the season, the following eminent
Danseuses will appear:—Premieres Dansense—Mademolselle Dumi-
latre (ef the Grand Opera, Paris), and Mademoiselle Plunkett (of
the Grand Opera, Paris), Mademoiselle Bertin (of the Imperial
Theatre, Vienna, her first appearance in this country), Mademoiselle
Neodot (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Mademoiselle Marietta
Baderna (of the llseatre La icala, Milan), and Mademoiselle Fuoco
(of the Academie Royale de Pari.). 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 Danse
Mr. O'Bryaii. Composer—Signor Alessandro Curmi (of the San
Carlo Theatre, Naples). _

THE TTIEkTICE.--To render the Interior at once commodious,
elegant, and comfortable, it has bee■ entirely reconstructed and
decorated, under the immediate direction and after designs of
.A lbano, Esq., C.E., with every attention directed to its proper
♦entilation. The Decorations have been executed by Mr. Ponsoriby.
The Management has happily secured the artistic skill of Signori
Ferri and Verardi (of the Theatre Italien, in Paris), to embellish
the ceiling and to prepare a New Drop Scene. The approaches
to the Theatre will be found Unproved, by a carriage way being
formed 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, tor the night or season, to be obtained
at the Box Office, Bow-str. et ; and at Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and
Co.'s, 201, Regent-street.

THEA FREtiOYAI. D RCRY- LAN E.
ON EASTER MONDAY
Will be performed the Opera of MARITA.N.i.
After which the New Crand Oriental Spectacle, called THE
DESERT; or, The Imaun's Daughter. In which the Two Ele-
phants, upwards of Sizty Horses, and the Camels CR appear.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
IrrOer the Mankrement of Mr. B. Webster. sole Lessee.
OX EASTER MONDAY

Will he performed the new and original Comedy, called THE
SCHOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far-
rell, Stuart, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, Brindal, Mrs. Glover, Mrs.
Humby, Mrs. Tarnold, Miss Fortescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey-
nolds, &c.

After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, called THE
3TEW PLANET ; or, Hariequin 3ut of Place.

THEATRE ROYAL, .ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
ON EASTER MONDAY
Will be performed the original Drama, called THE 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 ;
IBtarlight•Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilli.xm; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding.
To conclude with the Fairy Spectacle, rounded on the Ballet
of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the
Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford,
Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Collenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor,
,s Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws.

tnother discussion took place in the House of Com-
mons on Tuesday night on the question that the House
should go into Committee on the Army Service Bill.
Although the principle of the Bill was fully sanctioned
by the House on the occasion of the second reading,
the Gallant General the Member for Liverpool again
forced a debate on that principle, repeating the argu-
ments he had previously made use of, and assuming
that the veteran Commander-in-Chief was opposed to
the measure, because the advisers of the Crown had
refused to state the nature of communi-
cations of the most strictly confidential character.
We cannot, however, regret the occurrence, as it had
the effect of eliciting from the Right Honourable the
Secretary at War a vindication both of the justice
and expediency of the proposed alterations, that was
perfectly conclusive in their favour. To that speech
we confidently refer all those who have feared to put
their own opinions in competition with those of the
distinguished officers who have unfortunately been so
warped by their prejudices as to offer their strenuous
opposition to the limitation of the term of enlistment.
Every one of the grounds relied on by its opponents
were answered in the most clear and satisfactory
manner, the fallacies detected, and the errors refuted.
The speech of the Gallant Member for Carlow was
also in the highest degree creditable to his head and
heart, and the astounding fact which he mentioned,
that no less than one death out of twenty in cavalry
were cases of suicide, should alone be sufficient to in-
duce a Christian nation to incur any expense and to run
any risk to effect an alteration in A system that led to
such frightful results. Every consideration of justice
as well as of humanity calla for the change. It is not
fitting that a great nation should enter into contracts
with lads who have not attained years of discretion,
or an age at which aey engagements into which they
entered with their fellow-subjects would be held
binding—by which they would be bound for their
entire lives,—contracts in which there is no recipro-
city, for, although then dier eennot look forward
to Any time when he would be liberated from his part
of the bargain, the nation reserves to itself the
power of di;charging him at any time when it
may be expedient to do so. How often have cases
occurred of young men, who having lost their health,
or even been disabled by wounds received in actual
service, have been turned off without provision or the
means of obtaining an honest livelihood, to starve in
the streets, become mendicants, or have recourse to
the tender mercies of the union workhouse. The
case of poor COTTON, the man who was brought to
Worship. street Police-court, during the latter part of
_ last year, for exposing wounds received at the battle
It wanted only the introduction of an organized
of Hyderabad, and by which he was incapacitated
scheme for effecting an improvement in the sanatory
from earning his daily bread, establishes the fact that
condition of the people to crown the Parliamentary there is little hesitation evinced in getting rid of
labours of the Government before the Easter adjourn-
those persons the moment their services cease to
he valuable, and yet they are retained for their life-
ment. Lord MORPETH, as Chief Commissioner of .
without
time consideration of their feelings or wishes,
her MAJEsTv's Woods and Forests, formally brought
this important matter under the consideration if the State requires them. These contracts are too
meneoaffftehee_
often obtained in the most discreditable manner. A
representative legislators. It would be a
ration to say that we are rejoiced at such a proceed- raw lad of seventeen or eighteen years of age is dis-
ieg on the part of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S Administra-
covered by a wily recruiting sergeant ; he is taken to
tion. 11" e have so repeatedly and perpetually
veighed against the lassitude, or possibly the procras-
he becomes perfectly inebriated; during that period
tination of the Executive, in dealing with this extra-
he iS told the most outrageous falsehoods,
and at last is induced to take the bounty by means of
ordinary question and we have accompanied those
false pretences and practices that would justly sub-
expressions of our impatience with such continual
ject the perpetrator to severe punishment if he ob-
and such earnest observations upon the economy and
tamed any pecuniary advantage thereby. As a
humanity which are involved in it, that it would lite-
matte r of simple equity, therefore, the claim of the
soldierantdto a limitation of his term of service should be
rally amount to affectation to offer our congratulations
to the Ministry upon the course they have at length
grErorn the statementth of the lion. Member for
adopted. Considering that in the passage of some
eitisyheaarrmlyB4wshothhearde
such sanatory measures as those indicated by Lord Wiltshire, it appears
th.ne British were but 2,000 soldiers in the MOEYETH on Tuesday evening, are implicated the hap-
served more than 21 years; that the moment the
piness or discomfort, the health or disease, the more-
became entitled to their pensions a series of fraudsy
lity or depravity, the lives or deaths of many millions
of our fellow-creatures, we cannot but regard the commenced, which never ceased until their dis-
proposition of the Government with the most
pecu- charges were o tai ned —that, in fact, the great majority
liar and absorbing attention. Upon the activity
of of the soldiers left the army after 18 years' service.
the Legislature in removing the abuses pointed out
by the Noble Lord, the Chief Commissioner Out If this be so—and we see no reason to doubt its ac-
of her MAJESTY Woods and Forests de curacy—it is an additional reason why they should
'S ,
-
obtain, as a matter of right, in an open and honour-
pends not merely the cleanliness, but the bodily and mental health the men.? sr ab m
le anner, that which is now procured by under-
in corpore eano—of a populous and, so to speak, a
2' hand and fraudulent means. It takes from the
stick ors for unlimited enlistment their chief ground,
helplees and dependent multitude. The evils arising
strongest..e argument. There cannot be that
from the insufficiency of drainage, from the indis
greatloudly asserted,n. inconvenience to the public service that is so
criminate interment within towns, from the squalor
atbveeer.na gfiexservicetheis so
pe rilittle()d
more than that which hthnheas
re
o
and narrowness of the tenements occupied by the
industrial classes, from the lack of wholesome water, for which the soldiers
ducement should be 1- eld out teo
thbeound. Every in-
and the general absence of proper ventilation, are
to re-enlist for
the time that would entitle them them to
full pensions.
evils of d vast antiquity. They have grown and ex-
We would gladly 'see the az-mount of those pensions
paneled and propagated during the lapse of several
centuries. Upon the very cinders of the metropolitan increased, and some little mark of distinction in the
shi pe of a cross or medal, (Stc., with a small additional
conflagration of 1666, upon the very cinders of that
conflagration which appeared to be intended not pecuniary advantae4e attached to it, conferred upon
merely for the purification of London from the soldiers who had ' served their full time, with credit to
plague, but for the destruction of its rotten, , themselves and advantage to their country. These
crowded,
and pestilential thoroughfares, rose
; tokens of thee : country's approbation might be
up again the Architectural testimonies of the conferred for gallant actions iu the del()) or for

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley.
This Theatre will RE-OPEN on EASTER MONDAY. First Night
of a New Piece.

To commence with the Drama of MARTIN CFIUZZLEIVIT.
Young Bailey, Mrs. Keeley; Sairey Gamp, Mr. Keeley ; Peeksniff,
Mr. Matthews ; Tigg, Mr. Wigan ; Chuzzlewit, Mr. Emery ; Pinch,
kr. :Meadows.

After which, first time, a New Vaudeviile Extravaganza, called
CRUiOE THE SECONi). Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley;
Miss Dickenson, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Kee!ey.
. _

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 N. Daly, Mrs. Woolliclge, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Howard, Mr.
Keeley, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Bender, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham,
and Mr. Wigan.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell.
Mr. Mitchell begs respectfully to announce that Mademoiselle.
ROSE CHERI will make her First Appearance on EASTER MON-
Y, in the Comedie-Vaudeville of UN CHANGEMENT DE
MAIN ; and in an entirely new Comedy, entitled LA PROTEGEE,
SANS I.F. SAVOIR.
Boxes, 6i., Pit, 3s. 64. , Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at
lalf-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight.
Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may he engaged at Mitchell's
Iteral Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office.
_

ETHIOPIAN iERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Re-engagement of the Ethiopian Serenaders.
The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington.
White, Stanwood, and Gormon, 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 on Wednesdy in Easter wvek.
Boxes, 43. ; l'it, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, its.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Propnet,or sir. W. Batty.
Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and other
Members of the Royal Family.
Will open, for the Summer Season, with Lord Byron's Equestrian
Dramatic Poem of
THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or, THE CORSAIR AND THE
AVENGER'S STEED.
Introducing Mr. Batty's Living Camels, Elephants, and Stud of
Horses, Ponies, &c.

11i WEATFIER.--:,ina mvicE, MARCH 31.
ToERmovETER, Lowest, 30 ; Pliewst. 46 ; Noon, 41.

BAROMETER, 29 52.—Wind N.N.E , fi❑e.

WATER AT Min DAY
Sforn'ng .. 4 minutes after 1 1 Eveninz .. 5 nirinte,4 ittor 2.

the ground in e hich the flair sn'ff was planted. The re
flections which we then made b d not been without fruit,
for we soon after learned that H. de La,grenee ha.l
taneously paid the small sum necessary to Insure the
French flag to float at Canton during the year 1846. It
was the only apparent means of showing that we were
present in China, until a diplomatic agent should go
there to carry on the labours of our extraordinary mis-
sion. Well, the year 1846 had not y%l finished, the
flag-staff was still standing, declaring to the Chinese
people that by the side of England and the United
States there was also a great nation which often decided
the destinies of the world, when the French flags
thebnselvee were already exposed for public sale under
a shed, and were afterwards sold for three Spanish
piastres (abeut 16f.), with some articles of furni-
ture from the Consulate included. Once that the
tri-coloured flags had been sold, it was necessary,
in order to be consistent, to do away with the
staff thus rendered completely bare ; and this was
accordingly done. As soon as the period paid for by M.
de Lave h-ad expired, the axe went to work, and
the sun of 1847 no longer shone in China on any vestige
of our glory. We do not want to attach to this fact
more importance than it really possesses, for we are
convinced that on the arrival of the new Charge
d'Affaires, M. North-Rouen, our relations with China
will resume that character of dignity and 'good intelli-
gence which our embassy had given them ; but it is not
less deplorable that in a country where the power of
foreign nations is judged of by the brilliancy with which
they are surrounded, our agents should hold our display
so cheap. The Chinese, we are informed, were shocked
and grieved at beholding the friendly flag, which they
regarded as a pledge of peace for the future, taken
away from the commercial capital of their empire.
Amongst the foreign Powers, some bewailed the matter,
whilst others laughed at it ; the French Consul has been
the only person not to pay attention to the effect of his
acts, although, if the budget is to be believed, where
he is set down for a considerable sum, he is not paid for
advancing the affairs of England and ruining our own."
The Moreiteur has the following announcement :
"The Pauline merchantman, just arrived from Rio de
Janeiro at Havre, was the bearer of dispatches an-
nouncing that the ship Mutine had brought to Buenos
Ayres orders from the Governments of England and
Prance to Messrs. Gore Ouseley and Baron Deffaudis,
to sign the treaty concluded between the Argentine re-
public, President Oribe, and the Envoy, Mr. Hood."
The price of corn continues to fall, nevertheless
the price of bread will be raised on the Ist of April
in consequence of the high prices of corn during the
months of February and March. The price of bread
will not be affected by the present fall in the price of
corn until the commencement of the second fortnight
in April. So much for Government interference in
fixing the prices of commo iities. Had the baking
trade been left free, competition would have brought
down the prices at once.

undeviating good conduct in the barrack, and
would have a wonderful effect in stimulating
these whom it was desirable to retain to endeavour to
gain them. The objection that the country would
become martialised by having among its citiEens so
many who had served is quite untenable. Those
men will have a direct interest in the preservation of
the public peace in the deferred pensions to which
they may look forward ; they will also be enrolled in
the public service; and all experience has shown that
they will form a class whose loyalty may be relied on,
and who will oppose the strongest barriers to any in-
sidious attempts to create public disturbances.
The gallant acts of our young soldiers in the
Peninsula and at Waterloo pro►e that even
raw recruits, certainly men of very inferior standing,
may perform the most brilliant actions, and that
the honour of the British name and the safety of
the British nation may safely be entrusted to
their keeping. The statistical returns quoted by
the Secretary at War, showing the increase of
mortality in our colonies after men had passed a cer-
tain age, establishes that, on the ground of
humanity alone, if there was nothing else to recom-
mend it, the measure should be sanctioned and
adopted. We trust that we shall see it followed by
other regulations for the improvement of the condi-
tion of the private soldier, that will make him an
object of envy to persons of the class to which he
originally belonged, and induce them to endeavour
to obtain similar advantages by entering into the ,
service of their country.

The Berlin correspondent of a Frankfort journal
states the receipts of the Zollverein during the last
year were much less than in 1845, and attributes the
reduction to the dearness of the necessaries of life and
the scarcity of money. The writer adds that the
Zollverein has renewed its negotiations with America
for a commercial treaty.
A correspondent writes from Vienna, on the 22d,
to the Journal de Franefort—

" In consequence of the continued dearth of provi
sions, there were riots on the 20th at Funthans, a village
in the environs of Vienna ; the bakers' and other shops
were forcibly entered, and a quantity of bread and
other provisions was carried cuff ; but a detachment
of hussars soon dispersed the mob. No act of
personal violence was committed. The Government
is taking all possible measures for relieving the
general distress. It is increasing the public works, and
urging the formation of railroads with redoubled vigour.
Nevertheless, all the hospitals, prisons, and houses of
correction are full, and it is evident that all human re-
sources will not sutfice to remedy- an evil so general.
Every one is persuaded that, if the next harvest is not
abundant, the Government will be compelled to interdict
the exportation OF corn. At the last market there was
a great number of French buyers. The Government
has ordered the issue of 500,000 florins in Treasury bills
for the benefit of the town of Brunn, celebrated for its
industry, and particularly for its woollen manufactories.
These bills bear three per cent., and may be paid at any
time. A similar issue at Prague has been pertectly suc-
cessful."

The Cologne Gazette states from Vienna, that it
is not intended to make any formal reduction in the
Austrian army, but to give unlimited furloughs to
30,000 men.

The Prince DB JOINVILLE has at Toulon six ships,
three of which are of the first class, under his orders.
The Governor of Senegal, Captain DE GRAMMONT,
opened on the sth ult. the Colonial Assembly, with a
speech, in which he announced that the Colonial
Minister had found it inexpedh-nt to accede to the
wishes of the assembly for the maintenance of the
existing system of free labqur by the blacks, as bear-
ing too great an analogy with the slave trade. The
Assembly, in its answer to the speech, intimated its
intention to renew the application, believing that it
would rather tend to favour emancipation.
La Semaine announces the arrival at Paris of one
of the directors of the Imperial Batik of St. Peters.;
burgh. It is added that his presence in the French
capital is connected with the financial operations lately
concluded betwean the Bank of France and the Im-
perial Bank of Russia.

We learn from Breslau, under date of the 23d, that
public order had just been disturbed there, in conse-
quence of the discharge of 500 workmen, who had
been employed during the winter on the fortifications.
These men, instead of seeking work elsewhere, went
through the town uttering menacing cries, and it was
found necessary to call out the troops to disperse
them, which was done without bloodshed.

Madrid Papers of the 24th have arrived.

The Herald() denies, in the strongest terms, that
any intention has ever existed on the part of the
Ministry to propose entrusting to the KISS-CONSORT,
either alone or in conjunction with the Due DE
MONTPENSIER, the power of administering the mo-
narchy in the event of any failure in the QUEEN'S
health. The same journal suggests the union of
NARVAEZ, MON, BRAVO Murtur.o, and OLIYAN in
one Cabinet, as likely to secure the confidence both of
the QUEEN and of the Chambers. The discussion on
the Address still continued. It has outlasted one
Ministry, nearly outlasted another, and will possibly
never be concluded, as it is more than probable that
a continuance of the Ministerial crisis may necessi-
tate an immediate dissolution of the Chamber.
31Anma AlAscn 24.—The Three per Cents. were
done at 30:1 for cash ; the Five per Cents, at 19 ; the
Debt without interest, at 57,1 ; and the Coupons, at 17.

We have received the Paris papers of Sunday.
The Journal des Debals has an article extending
over four columns, which is full of the most gloomy
forebodings as to the next harvest. It prophecies a
failure of all the crops of 1847, and urges the neces-
sity of taking immediate measures to secure immense
importations of corn and provisions during the course
of the ensuing year. Speaking of the prospects of
the future, the Dibats says—
" In such a matter we can only have probabilites for
the basis of reasoning. But then the subject is of such
gravity, that however slight the probability may be,
hesitation is not to be permitted, arid we must, under
the penalty of incurring a terrible responsibility, reso-
lutely take the side to which the probability leans. Now
what is it that probability indicates for the next harvest?
As regards grain, properly so called—wheat aed rye,—
the abundance of the next harvest is the secret ef the
ta:nre. We ought to believe that we shall have the
ordinary quantity. It appears, however, that the recent
colds, which have been late and intense, have injured
the rye in some cantons of the south. Let us however,
pass over that circumstance until it shall be better proved.
But there is another harvest, the fate of which is at
present certain; we shall not have this yaar more than half
of the ordinary potato crop. Tne malady, which cane un-
expectedly to attach itselt obstinately to this product, and
against v. hich all the art of our farmers, and all the
science of our academies, have tailed, has destroyed the
potato almost ever) where before it could be sown; and
where it has been preserved[, it has become so enorny,usly
dear, that it cannot well be purchased fur planting. Ire-
land, rs hich lived exelusivey on potatoes, is threatened
next year with a repetition of the frightful scenes o hich
thla winter has witness( d. With uv, the public alimenta
tiun, without being anything like so varied as it might
and ought to be in the interest of the general security
and of health, is, however, far from consisting of one
single article. Cern enters into the consumption of
every one in France, and yet potatoes are consumed in
large quantities. France produces from .00 to 120
million hectolitres of potatoes, in quantity almost as much
as wheat. Let us admit that the million hectares de-
voted to the cultivation of this root will not be left un-
productive. But they will not yield anything like a
quantity of aliment equivalent to what they would have
produced in potatoes. In this case, then, the deficiency
is, one cannot say probable, but inevitable and certain.
It may, therefore, be announced from the present time,
that the harvest of 1847 will not be sufficient. Even if
the reaction downward in prices, which it is permitted
to foresee, during the next two months, should be
very great, we must not allow ourselves to entertain
deceitful hopes. The decline would prove nothing,
except it be that the speculation for high prices
had been excessive, and from it nothing should be
prejudged with regard to the future. Unless we
have an extraordinary production of corn, on which it
would be very imprudent to calculate, we shall be under
the necessity of receiving supplies from abroad up to, at
least, the harvest of the summer of 1848. Must it be
concluded from this that the next year will be calami-
tous, or only that the price of wheat will remain after
the next harvest almost as high as it is now? We do
not think it. The next season, even with the failure of
the potato crop, will be much less hard to pass through
than that of which we have almost reached the end.
But it will be on the express condition that the faults
committed in 1846 shall not be renewed in 1847. It is
clear to every impartial judge that wheat would not have
attained in Europe the high price at which we see it, if
a year ago, at the same period, or only to speak of what
was practicable, if, from the month of June or July, a
better account had been obtained of what the harvest
would really be. An extreme want of foresight has been
shown everywhere, in England as in France, not only
in June and July, but in September and October, when
the facts were known ; and we are now subjected to the
consequences of it. With more foresight measures
would have been taken of which the effect would have
been, not to prevent the high prices (we never flatter
ourselves, even retrovectivcly, with chimerical hopes),
but to restrain them in somewhat narrow limits ; the
hectolitre would not have remained at 30 francs ; but
instead of rising to 40f., to 50t., to 55f., as it has done,
it would, most probably, have remained below 30t."

The Three per Cents. closed at 781. 90c.; the Five per
Cents., 116 f. 75c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,27 bf.;
Rouen, 867 f 50c. ; Havre, 672 f. Zoc., Great Northern, 6:30f. ;
Avignon, 810 f ; Vierzon, 565 f. ; Bordeaux, 516 t. 25c.
Boulogne, 415 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 2901. ; Daale
205 f. ; Dieppe, 325 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 4351.; Nantes,
420 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 437 f Zoc. ; Lyons and Avignon,
460 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 3414.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Ittacu 30.
Boulogne and ♦miens, 16j —Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette
(Constituted), 1 N —Namur and Liege, 4% —Northern of France. 13
—Orleans and Bordeaux, G;li —Paris and Lyons, SLA —West Min-
ders,

DUTCH PAPERS.
THE HAGUE, MARCH 29.—The Staats Courant pub-
lished yesterday evening has the following bulletin:—
" Yesterday afternoon, about five o'cluck, his Majesty
felt an oppression about the heart, accompanied by
violent palpitations. Complete repose not having brought
any change in the King's condition, and his pulse be-
coming hard and rapid, recourse was had to copious
tleeding, which was soon followed by improvement.
This morning towar2s one o'clock, the King fell asleep;
on awaking at three o'clock his Majesty felt better, and
is now calm. (Sign(d)
"B. G. EVERARD BECKERS.
" The Hague, March 28."
This morning a second bulletin, published in the Palace
is as follows:—•• The feeling of oppression about the heart
did not return in the course of yesterday, and the palpi-
ations had much diminished. At the beginning of the night
the oppression returned, and the palpitations increased,
but they afterwards gradually subsided, so that about
five o'clock in the morning the King fell into a peaceful
sleep, which continued tiol nine o'clock in the morning.
On waking his Majesty felt himself much better.
THE HAGuE, Maacu 28.—1 n the Second Chamber
of the States General, on Saturday, a royal message
was reeeivud with a project of law, tending to regulate
the expenses flowing from the laws of the 6th of March,
and the 25th of June, 1844, with an explanatory memo-
rial and the tables belonging to it. Then- documents
are to be printed and referred to the sections. Several
d,.cuments relating to the finances were present d by the
Minister. It appeared tor the year 1845 only,
6,212,000 florins are rt quir,d by the law of the Ist
April, 1846 Of this sum 5,612,000 florins t‘ us tkans-
terred from 1846.

MARCH 31.—1 n the sitting of the Second Chamber
to-chiy, a discus*ion took place on the project of lyw, for
transferring to the budget of 1847 sums included in that
of 1846, for the expenses of refortning the coin. l'he
Chamber proceeded to deliberare; after that a moti,n
of M. LUZAC, to adjourn the same till after the recess of
tLe Chamber, had been rejected by a majority of 34 to 7.
Several Members having spoken on the iiroject of law,
and his Excellency the Minister of Finance having
spoken in favour of it, it was adopted by a majority of
24 to 20.

The First Chamber of the States-General in its late
sit'ing a opted zeveral projects of law sent by the Second
Chamber.

GALICIAN FRONTIER, MARCH 19.—The negotiations
are teiminatel between Russia min Austria fur regu-
lating the commercial regulations with Cracow; and the
Austrian Government has tulfiLed all the reasonable
explanations in this respect. On the part of Prussia, it
is said to be especially wishel that Austria may modify
its tariff, and approxitnate more nntly w the rates of
the Zollverein. A subject which will be thoroughly tx-
amit ei at Vienna, and on which, undoubtedly, for other
reasons, everything; possible will be granted. The two
Governments of Lomburg anti Cracow, (East and West
Galicia), are ordered to subsist each as an independent
Government, but only one Government shall be ap-
pointed for both. Accounts from Berlin state that that
Cabinet has applied to Vienna to know whether the
plan to connect the Dniester with the Save, by means
of a canal, really exists, and in this case, if any steps
have already been taken to carry it into effect, the
matter seems to be very interesting to Russia, because
the vistula, which, by the realization of the plan would
receive the large exportation of corn and timber from
the whole of Galicia, would thereby
.become of much
greater importance.

The effect of this article was to produce a panic
on the Bourse; the Three per Cents. fell to 78f.
flOc., and the Five per Cents. to 116 f. 75c., and the
prices of shares declined in a nearly equal proportion.
The Presse is exceedingly irate with the French
Consul ,it Canton for striking his flag " about a mat-
ter of money." The article is very amusing, and is
as follows :

" We received by the last mail from China a piece of
news which we hesitated to publish, so extraordinary
did it appear; but since we are not the only persons that
are acquainted with ir, and since other journals speak of
it also, it cannot be considered strange that we lay be-
fore our readers the facts such as we have received them
from correspondents whose veracity is beyond all suspi-
cion. We announced towards the end of 1845 that the
French flag, which bad for more than half a century
been floating in front of the factories of Canton on the
same line as those of England and America, was about
to disappear, thanks to the inconceivable meanness, if
not calculated malice, of our consul, M. Lefebvre de
Becour, R ho rcfueed to pay about a hundred francs for

MONEY and COM.MERCIAL NE WS.
(From The Sun Nii...111%)
The sales of Cotton re Liverpool yesterday were 5,000
bales. The market was firm. In Shares a small
business only was done.
Accounts from Sydney of December 12, although
of later date, communicate no intelligence of par-
ticular interest. The new clip of wool was
arriving fast at the port from the stations
in the interior, and in the course of a few
weeks we may expect largo arrivals in London, if the
vessels have a favourable voyage. The Legislative
Council had passed resolutions expressive of th• it
conviction that the ri-ling or the upset
price of land to one pound per acre was im•
politic, and some of the colonists had drawn up a pe-
tition for general signature in support of that view.
Trading affairs seemed to be progressing tolerably well,
sad there was a steady demand for efficient labourers
and mechanics.
The money market is rather tight on account of the
bill payments falling due this week, but the payment of
the dividends next week will afford some relief.
The Foreign Exchanges were more in our favour yes•
terday afternoon, and higher rates were given for the
pour.d sterling in bill transactions upon the prin-
cipal continental cities. Of course the recent exports of
bullion serve to produce this result, arid when another
million sterling has been sent to the United States, as it
is expected there will be next month, we shall probably
hear of a rally in the exchanges on the other side of
the Atlantic.
The funds have been very dull again to-day, and it
seems now, independent of other circumstances, to be a
rule that prices shall be depressed prior to Thursday, in
anticipation of some restrictive action by the Bank
of England. Perhaps it may not, however, be out of
place to observe that the Bank is charging now 4} per
cent. on the best paper, and that the discount brokers
get 5 per cent. and a commission upon excellent bills.
This will prevent money getting "easy" without a forced
action upon the circulation. Consols have been quoted
88-1 for present transfer and time. Exchequer Bills
are Is. discount to Is. premium. Bank Stock is marked
204 k to 205 i. Consols Scrip is II to 4 discount.
The Foreign Investments have been very flat.
Mexican 21f 4, and Spanish Five per Cents. 22 -
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 584 to 59.
Railway shares are again rather unsteady.
BRITISH. FUNDS ONE
O'CLOCK.
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 88%1A
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto, under 1,0001. ..
South Sea Stock .. .. • • ..
Ditto, Old Annuities .. • . 87% 87%
Bank Stock for April 14 .. 205 y, 204% 20534 205%
coioads for Account .. 88%1Ai 8834
Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip .• . % dis % dis
exchequer Bills. t%d. 24.
1,0001... I dis 1 p 1 p
6001. . .•,• 1 dis 2p 2 die 1p 2p
Ditto, Small • •—• .... 3p 2 dis 1 p 2 p
ONE CLOSING
FOREIGN FUNDS, O'CLOCK. PRICES,
Brazilian Ronda, .5 per Cent .. 88 88
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. . 9334 9:1%
Cuba, 6 pet Cent .. 84
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 4 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account .. 21% 34 21%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. 40 40
Russian Bonds • • llO% 110%
Spanish Bonds, .5 per Cent •22% 2241
ditto, Three per Cent •••• 341.4
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent • 40% 40%
Dividends on the akove payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 95%
Dutch Two-and-a-Dalt per Cent .. 59 58% 58%
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 931% 93%
BUSINESS
CLOSING
PAID. DONE AT
PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen..•
.••
.. 30 .... 27% •• •• • 27%
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. • • • • 2% • • 21 • • ••• • • 21
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 13% .• 133
Isirming., Wolver., and Dudley.. 4 .... 11% 11 113.4 .. 11
Buckinghamshire '.•': e 5..... par .. pat
Caledonian •• .. 30 .... 26% •••• 261
Ditto, Malt Shares 2% % • 2 i
Eastern Counties ... 2O .... 19%14%
Do. Perpet, 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. p........
DittO, York Extension .. .... 4%
East Lancashire •• •• 17 •• •• .•••• • • • •
East Lincolnshire .. • 4 .... 6%
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 70% •••••• • • • 7031
Ditto, Half Shares .. 10 .....• •• .. 18
Great Northern .. .. • . • . 3% • • 3% ....... 31A
Great North Ot.England ..100 ..........
Ditto,, New • • •. 5 .
• 20 .... 57% •. • . 57 j
Great Weetern'' • - 85 .. —..• • • • .... 116
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ..... 183 d
Lancaster and Carlisle .• SO .. •.. .....
Ditto, New
Leeds and Bradford • • • • •• 35 .... 78% • •
London and Blackwell • . 161. 13s. 4d. .. • • 8
London, Brighton, and S Coast •. So .... 5234 52 ...... 5214
London an North-Western • • 100 .• .. 175 177.. •• • • 177
Ditto, Quarters • • • • • 2 183¢ 181,4 .... 191,E
Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 12% •• •• .• • • 12%
Ditto, Fifths 2 .... 15% 16 •• 16
Ditto, 40/. Shares M. &B. • • 40 69% .. •••• • • • . 69%
Ditto, 10/. Shares 51. &B. (A) 5 ...• 11% . ...... 11%
Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 •• • • 714 .. •••• • • • • 7%
London and South• Western .• 41/. 6s. 10d.• . 64 .. ••.. • • • 64
Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .... 47% ••.. ..
Ditto, Scrip.. .. •• • • • • 5 •• • • 5 • 5
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 134 • • %•• • •
Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 .... 21% •• ••..• • .. 21%
Manchester and Leeds .. 82 •• .. .• ......
Ditto, Quarter Share.; .. 12 .... 16 •• .• .•• .. 16
Ditto, Fifths .. 5 .... 10
Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. 4El .. 2% p...... • • 2% p
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • • %p • • .... • • % p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 ....
Midland ..100 ....11534 116 ll6
Ditto, New .. .. 2 .... 5 .• •• • •
Midland, Birming. & Gloucest.•• 100 —.123% •• . • 123%
Ne wcastle and Berwick .. •• 20 .. •• •• • .... • • 2814
Ditto, New . • • • 5 ....
Newcastle and Carlisle .. .. 100 ....11334 ......... 1133,E
Newmarket and Chesterford •. 10 .. • • 10% •• • ••• • • 1014
Norfolk .. •• —lOO .• 137- ••• .• 137
North British .. 25 .... 33 _
Ditto, Extension .. • • • • %•• • • 134 ••••• • • • • •
Ditto, Thirds • • .. • • • • 1 •• • • 3% • • ••• • • 3%
North Staffordshire .. • • • • 5 •• .. 8 .. •••• • • • . 8
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 •• • • 4% 5. ••.. • • 5
Scottish Central • • .. . 15 .... 22%
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 334 .... 4xa...... • • 4xa
Ditto, Class P. .. • • • • • • 1 •• •• ...... •• •
Shropshire Union 42a..... dis dis
south Devon ..
South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 3334 .. •••• • • • •
Do., New( 10. 33/. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 12 .... 12%, kit—
Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 16% ••••.. • • •
Do., New (do. 150 .. No. 4. 3%.... 4 •• ..... •••
South Wales .. 10 •• • • 734 8•••• • • • • 8
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and
Goole .. • 2 .... 23,%,14•••• •••• 21%
Swans. & Loughor & Cameron's . • 2 .• , 2%
York and Newcastle .. .. •• 25 •• • • 3444 35 31!'s • • 3446
Ditto, 14%
7%
York and North Midland .. .• 50 ..•• 83% ...... 83.34
Ditt,,, Extension
Ditto,NPreewl New.. 10
10
... .. .
it%
.. 20 .... 36% 36
Ditto. Preference ......2
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
.e. ..
Boulogne and Amiens .. • • • • '0 .... 16%...
Luxembourg •• • • • •
Namur and Liege .. • • • • • •
.
:•'t ern of France .. 8 .. 13 12%
..
Paris and Lyons • • • • • • • 8 53
11.0w,i, and flay re - • • - • • •
Fthihre and Deese • . • • •• 12 •• .. 6t4
West Flanders • • • • • • • 8 •• • • 4k •• •• ••
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminster .. .. 20

PRICES OF
RAILWAY SILIRES.

MINES.

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PRICES.
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MONEY MA RTC ET.—The premium on gold at Paris is
10 per mill , which, at the English Mint price of
3/. 17s. 10i1 per ounce f'or standard gold, gives an
exchange of .45.40 ; and the exchange at Paris on
London at short being 25 35, it follows that gold
is 0.20 per cent dearer in Paris than in London.
By advices from liamburgh the price of gold is 4321
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/.175. 101 d.
goldrghis tom.BlL7edrocuent
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.81;
e7x.cliTri(g)lelowast thattirnbutdeshar(eirt
and the exchange
ibneillngamburgh than in London.
ST. PANCRAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND GUAR-
DIANS.—On Tuesday, at a meeting of the board, Mr. Pitt re-
ported, that on Monday evening a man, with his wife and
two children, applied for admission at the workhouse ; an
insane woman and a madman, who were brought in a cart,
were admitted about the same time. The husband left his
wife and children inside the walls and decamped, and in a
few moments the woman was delivered of a child in the

gravel walk. Dr. Cooper, the parish—surgeon, was imme-
diately sent fur, but did not make his appearance. The
woman was removed to the lying-in ward, and after the
lapse of more than an hour Mr. Mitchell, the assistant
of Dr. Cooper, arrived. A rigid investigation was gone into,
and the report of Mr. Pitt fully substantiated by the evi-
dence of Lamb, the porter of the workhouse gate, and other
witnesses. Mr. Mitchell admitted being sent for, and being
informed there were a madman and a woman in labour, at
the workhouse gate, and said he only waited to have his tea
and put his coat on, and that not more than half an hour
elapsed from the time of his being first sent for and his ar-
rival at the workhouse. lie did not consider the case of the
woman required his notice, as she had been removed to the
lying-in ward. Dr. Cooper contended it was no part of his
duty to attend midwifery cans unless they were too difficult
for the midwife; they ought to have sent for the midwife,
and not for him. The investigation and explanation having
terminated, 111 r. Churchwarden Wagstaff moved a resolution
to the effect, that the conduct of the medical officer showed
most reprehensible neglect, and was calculated to bring dis-
credit on the medical superintendence of the workhouse, as
well as upon the directors. The resolution, after some strong
observations from several of the directors and guardians on
the conduct of Dr. Cooper, was carried unanimously, and
the Doctor himself admonished to correct his conduct in
future on similar occasions.

VISITpid
aTOvisiTtHeEn
Tuesday SOCIETY t o
the
EHRiTg'lSlness
A iii:rsit.LNlci
is RA.eyLaBIOF
exhibitions of specimens of British manufactures, opened by
the Society of Arts and Manufactures, of which his Royal
Highness is the president. His Royal
Highness took special
interest in those specimens which exemplify the combination
of decorative -art with mechanical ingenuity. He praised
the specimens of enamelled and coloured glass—a manufac-
ture from which, until recently, the British manufacturer
was excluded by a prohibitory duty. His Royal Highness
remarked the deficiency of this country in bronzes, in which
we are greatly surpassed by other nations. The specimens
of oak carving by machinery he regarded as the means of
enabling the designs of the best artists to be multiplied and
executed at a cheap rate, and expressed his hope that the
great powers of that machinery would be used on the very
best designs only of the most eminent artists. In the pro-
cess of colouring on china his Royal Highness remarked that
we were making rapid progress; and the exquisite vases in
ciiina decorated with flowers were praised. The larger
specimens of oeeorated earthenware wert, commended, espe-
cially those adorned with foliage in relief. Haying spent up-
ward.s of an hour in the rooms, his Royal Highness retired
with his suite.

NIERCIJANT SEAMEN'S SOCIETY.—On Tuesday a
quarterly court of the governors of Oda corporation for the
relief and support of sick, maimed, and disabled seamen, and
the widows and children of such as shall be killed, slain, or
drowned in the merchantservice' was held at the board-room
of the Society, in Birchio-lane, Cornhill; Lindsay, Esq.,
in the chair. The report stated that the pensioners on the
hooks for London and the outports were 1,801 men, 2,746
widows, and 2,740 children. The receipts for the past year
from all sources were 23,009/. 18a. 10d., and the expenditure
22X2/ 35., leaving a balance of 8571. 15s. 10d. The usual
business of a routine character having been disposed of,
thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the court adjourned
BRITISU MUSEUM —Dr. Buckland, Dean of West-
minster, has been elected a trustee of the British Museum, in
the room of the late Duke of Northumberland.

The King of Prussia has conferred the distin-
guiThed Order of the Black Eagle on the reigning Landgrave
of Hesse Hornberg. The Queen of Prussia has quite recovered
twin her reeso o9yereiudispooitio.

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