The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-24 00:00:00

LONBoN, SATURLIAY MORNING, Alll-tIL 24, 1841

NEW NOVEL BY MRS. TROLLOPE.
Now ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo.,
THREE COUSINS,
A NOVEL.
BY MRS. TROLLOPE,
Author of" Father Eustace," " The Barnabys," Sze.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

T II E

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING will be performed Donizetti's Opera,
L'ELISIR D'AMORE.

Adina, Madame Castellan ; Nemorino, Signor Gardoni ; Belcore,
signF. Lablache ; and Dr. Dulcamara, Signor Lablache.
Ite°trween the Acts,"a Divertissement, In which will be presented a
Pas de Deux (compose by M. Perrot, Mdlle. Rosatti and M. Perrot ;
Pas de la Rosiere, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni ; and the Pas de Quatre,
from Le Lae des Fees, by Mdlle. Cerito and M. St. Leon, supported
by Mdlles. Honore and Cassan.
A grand Pas, by Mdlle. Lucile Gratin, composed by herself, sup-
ported by Mdlles. Honore, Cassan, and James.
In the course of tile evening, an entirely new Pas de Deux (com-
posed by M. P. Taglioni), by Mdlle. Rosati and Mdlle. Marie Taglioni.
To conclude with the first Tableau of the highly successful Ballet,
Lalla Rookh, by Ildlles. Cerito, Honore, Cassan, Julien, Lamoreux,
M. St. Leon, and M. Perrot.
The new Ballet, Orithia, will be repeated forthwith.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully in-
formed, that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY
NEXT, April 29,1847, when will be performed Bcllini's celebrated
Opera, I PURITANI.
Principa! Characters : —Elvira, Madame Castellan ; Giorgio, Signor
Lablache ; Arturo. Signor Gardonl ; end Riccardo, Signor Coletti.

In the course of the evening • a Divertissement, comprising the
talents of 3ldlles. Cerito, Rosati, Maria Taglioni, and:Lucile Grahn ;
M. Perrot, M. St. Leon, and M. I'. Taglioni.
After the Opera. the first Tableau of the Ballet of LALLA
BOOKIL in Which Mdlle. Cerito, M. St. Leon, and M. Perrott will
appear.
To conclude with the admired Grand Ballet (omitting the two
first Tableaux) of :CORALIA, and comprising the Moonlight
Scene, the Garden Scene, and the celebrated Aquatic Palace
of the Ondines. Principal characters by Mdlle. Rosati, Mdlle. Maria
TaglioniAMdlle. Petite Stephan ;:Mdlies. Honore, Cassan, Julien, La-
moreux, M. Gosselin, and M. P. Taglioni.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed, Sheridan Knowles's celebrated Comedy[of TUE
LOVE CIIASE, with new scenery, dresses, and appointments.
Sir William F.mdlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr. Howe ;
Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Constance, Mrs. Nisbett.
After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza. called THE
NEW PLANET; or, Harlequin out of Place.
To conclude with the Comic Drama, called THE LIGHT TROOPS
OF SC. JAMES'S. Master Thomas Smallbones, Mr. Buckstone ;
Maids of Honour to the Queen, :\I rs. Clifford, Mrs. Seymour, Mrs.
Yarnold, Miss Carre, Miss Telbin, and Mrs. Caulfield ; Jane
Roberts, Miss Reynolds.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
I nder the direction of Madame Celeste
TIIIS EVENING

Will be performed the original Drama, called TILE FLOWERS
OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ;
Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford ; Leybourne,
Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ;
'tarlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding.
After which will be produced an Opera Buffa apropos sketch, called
JENNY LIND. Principal characters by let essrs. Wright, Paul
Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullentord, and Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed :the Opera, entitled LA SONNAMBULA.
Rodolpho, Mr. Bodda ; Elvino, Mr. Allen ; Allesslo, Mr. Cowell ;
Liza, Miss G. Smithson ; Teresa, Mrs. Fosbroke; Amina, by la
Lady, her second appearance.
To conclude with the Cornea), of THE MERRY WIVES OF
WINDSOR. Principal characters by Messrs. Granby, Ryder, Vin-
ing, Cowell, Walton, Compton, Miss Flower, Mrs. Stirling, Miss
A. Romer, and Mrs. Fosbroke.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley.

. ..
THIS EVENING will be performed a New Drama, called THE
CREOLE. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews. Leigh, Murray, Emery,
Klnloch, and Keeley, Miss Dickinson, Miss May, Miss M. Keeley,
and Mrs. Keeley.
After which, an entirely new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called
JENNY LINT) AT LAST ; or, Tim Swedish Nightingale. Charac-
ters by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingtiarn,
Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold. and Mrs. Keeley. •
To be followed by tiler Nevb. Vaudeville Extravaganza, called
CRUSOE T lIE SECOND. Characters' by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley ;
Miss Dickenson, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley.
And other Entertainments.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell.
Last Night hut Two of the Appearance of Madlle. ROSE CHERI.
MONDAY EVENING the Pertbrmances will commence with the
amusing Comedie-Vaudeville, entitled L'IMAGE. Le Baron de
Kerandal, M. Dumery ; Le.epold, M. Rhozevil; Pierre Mauclerc, M.
Priston ; Madeline, Mdlle. Duverger.
After which (second time), an entirely New Comedie-Vaudeville,
entitled LA BELLE ET LA BETE. Antoinette,:Mdlle. Rose Cheri ;
Ernistine, Mdlle. Duverger.
To conclude with the popular Comedle-Vaudeville of LA MERE
DE FAMILLE. Alfred de Varennes, M, David; Etienne, M. Pris-
ton ; Therese Gauthier, Mdlle Rose Cheri.
Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. Gd. ; Amphitheatre, 3i.; Gallery, 2s.
Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library,
33, Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open
daily from Eleven till Five.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,

Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the
Royal Family.
Proprietor and Manager. gr. W. Batty.

THIS EVENIi.G, THIRD WEEK OF THE SUCCESSFUL
GORGEOUS SPEC FAUX OF

Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or,
THE CORSAIR, introducing Mr. Batty's numerous and highly trained
Horses and Fairy Ponies, living Elephants, Camels, Zebras, Deer, Stc.
With brilliant feats of Horsemanship.

Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot,

Box Office open from Eleven till Four. Box Book-keeper, Mr.
Sheffield. Performance commences every evening at Seven o'clock,
doors open at Half-past Six.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee.
FIFTH APPEARANCE OF THE BUFFALO GIRLS,
ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS,
_ _

With Coloured Concert, Niger Songs, Banjo, Bone, Tambourine and
Violin Accompaniments, the Railway Overture, and Grape Vine
Twist. All by Female Professors.
THIRD WEEK, and Last Four Nights, of the truly wonderful
BEDOUIN ARABS.

`CUE WEATHER.—SUN OrincE, APRIL 23.
TILER3IOMETER, Lowest, 36 ; Highest, 52 ; Noon, 45.
BAROMETER, S.E.; fine.

111,:ii WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Iforning .. 4 minutes after 9. I Evening .. 39 minutes after 9.

thesis. It is now notorious that the monetary con-
dition of the Bank of England is the very reverse of
satisfactory. And, seeing that the amount of bullion
still retained in its cellars exceeds the average quan-
tity of many years, it is becoming equally notorious
that the present embarrassments are attributable, not so
much to the excessive drain of specie, as to the malign
influence of the restrictive system established by the
late Prime Minister.

On the first proposition of the preposterous law of
1844, it cannot be forgotten that we opposed to the
uttermost the principle upon which that law was
framed. We protested against a contrivance so
shallow and inefficacious ; we recognised in
its sinister provisions the assurance of some such
involvements as those by which the Bank of England
is at present surrounded. Hitherto no opportunity
has been afforded for testing the accuracy of our de-
ductions, or for demonstrating the real character of
the pet financial scheme of Sir ROBERT PEEL. The
juncture has now, however, arrived, and the illusion
of more than two years is vanishing. Common sense
assures us that our original estimate of the Act
passed in 1844 was by no means too depreciatory. The
present condition of the stock market, the present
advance in the rate of interest, the present impracti-
cability of obtaining discount, prove that all our for-
mer assertions and calculations were correct to the
tittle.

As a correspondent of undoubted intelligence, and
of no inconsiderable experience, observes to us in a
letter published in another column of The Sun, " the
present emergency loudly calls for the repeal of the
Act so prejudicial to the commerce of the country."
Wherefore should there be any hesitation,in the reci-
sion of a fallacy so egregious, so indisputable, and so
flagrantly demonstrated, as this absurd and blunder-
ing enactment ? With all his magnificent genius for
legislation, with all his extraordinary wisdom and
experience as a statesman, it is utterly useless to deny
that Sir ROBERT PEEL has committed many mon-
strous errors, and fallen into several enormous mis-
takes during the course of his political career. He
did this in regard to Parliamentary Reform, he did
this in regard to Catholic Emancipation, he did this
in regard to the abolition of the Corn Laws, he did this
again in regard to the Bank Restriction Act. But
hitherto he has had the inestimable good fortune to
perceive his own blunders, and besides that he has
hitherto had the magnanimity—a magnanimity be-
yond all eulogium—of rectifying those blunders by a
timely retractation. He retracted on the Reform
question, he retracted on the Catholic Emancipation
question, he retracted on the Corn Importation
question; let him consummate his career by retract-
ing on the Bank Restriction question. We have an
exceeding and unaffected admiration for the abilities
of the Right Hon. Baronet; we have an implicit con-
fidence in his patriotism; we are among those who
must ever continue grateful for the benefits conferred
by him upon Great Britain. Let him, we say again,
consummate his political life by the course we have
pointed out; let him, we say, with this assurance of
our admiration, our confidence, and our gratitude,
put the seal to those boons he has already
showered upon his native land, and thereby more than
expiate the blunders of his judgment !
We had hoped, cordially and earnestly we had
hoped, that Sir ROBERT PEEL would, on acknew-
ledging the fallaciousness of protection, have simulta-
neously, or almost simultaneously confessed the
insufficiency and folly of his financial arrangements of
1844 ; for is there not equal reason to, demand a
free trade in gold as in all the other commodities
drawn from the earth ? How anomalous to proclaim
the unrestricted importation and exportation of barley,
and to place the golden metal which is smelted from
the ore of the mountains under the inexorable bondage
of 31. 17s. 10d. per ounce ! Not ad valorem, not
variable under any circumstances, however exigent,
hut fixed as if by a legislative cramp. Unstring but

the knot of this disastrous enactment as the
knot of the defunct corn-laws was unstrung, give
free trade in specie as well as in turnips and leather,
and the ebbing and the flowing of money will go on
unimpeded, without unhealthy gluts or depressive
drainings. Let the proprietors of the Bank of Eng-
...i aptalise 2,000,0001., as has been alreadyspro-
pose , 4et that great medium of our national wealth
be empowered to purchase securities, say to the ex-
tent of 2,500,0001., let the Government extend the ar-
bitrary point of issue on securities by 1,500,0001,
for the Government has the power at option of inter-
posing for the security of the Bank of England,
whenever it may so seem advisable. By some such
arrangement, but especially by the abrogation of the
law of 1844, the country may be relieved from further
anxiety, and the funds may be secured from a
similarly excited depression. Not otherwise. For a
freedom from such restraints is essential to the healthy
condition of the monetary resources of the empire.
Room must be given for the play of the elasticity of
our national finance, or the intricacies of that finance
become entangled and involved. We are tarrying
with impatience for some reformatory movement en
the part of the Legislature, for we cannot conceal
from ourselves that the emergency is most imminent.

The intelligence from India, by the Overland Mail,
is of the same acceptable character as the previ,ms
news which we have now happily for some time past
been in the habit of receiving from our Eastern
dominions. It assures us of present tranquillity
throughout India. Here and there the prospect of
peace is shadowed by rumours of political intrigues,
which we trust will prove to be without foundation.
It is said, for instance, that Candahar and Caubul
are exhibiting symptoms leading to the infer-
ence that a northern European power is busy
in renewing its endeavours to compromise
the continuance of tranquillity on our north-western
frontiers, endeavours which originally gave rise to
the war in Affghanistan. The ruthless ambition
treachery, rapacity, cunning, and love of intrigue
which constitute the chief characteristics of many of
the Indian tribes, are calculated to render them willing
instruments for seconding the wiles and abetting the
unprincipled policy of any powerful state. We should
hope, however, that, if there be any truth in the re-
ports to which we have alluded, the severe lesson which
we have read to our enemies, from 1841 downwards,
whenever we have been compelled to draw the
sword, will not be without its effect, and that the
crafty diplomacy of any Court in Europe will not so
easily find convenient channels for its development.
The belief was general that the infamous AKBAR
KHAN was dead, though there was no positive intel-
ligence to establish the fact. Certainly, no one would
repine at the news of his death, seeing that, perhaps,
his own father, DosT MAHOMED, would regard the
event as a happy release. The treacherous assassina-
tion of Sir WILLIAM IPNAGHTEN Will ever associate
the name of AKIIAR KUALA with one of the
foulest deeds recorded in history. In the Pun-
jaub the British authorities are incessantly on
the watch to guard themselves against desperate
conspiracies formed against their lives. Fresh dis-
coveries vindicate the wisdom which Colonel LAW-
RENCE evinced in prohibiting the Ranee and her son
from performing pilgrimages without his express
sanction ; and it appears probable, that prudence will
dictate the propriety of putting a veto upon all public
fetes. The British Resident intended to celebrate
the anniversary of the battle of Sobraon, but, in con-
sequence of information that he received, the fete
was postponed, and numerous parties (chiefly A khalees,
religious enthusiasts of the worst description,) were
arrested, who are accused of having designed to
assassinate the principal members of the Lahore
Government. In Sinde everything bore a peaceable
complexion. Sir C. NAPIER, having visited the plains'
where his gallant troops covered themselves with
glory, and he himself gained imperishable laurels,
had returned to Kurrachee in excellent health. The
question of time-bargains in India continues as un-
settled as ever, the judges in the Supreme Court at
Bombay having differed in their judgments upon the
celebrated opium actions. The Privy Council at
home will now be called upon finally to adjudicate

the question.
The distresses of the Scotch and Irish have
elicited the sympathies of her MAJESTY'S subjects
in the East, where munificent collections are
being made in the different presidencies for their
alleviation. In Bombay alone, in less than a week,
year 1847
the subscription reached 3,000/. This wide-spread spirit
of benevolence, equally exhibited by rich and plor, and
from a quarter of the globe thousands of miles dis-
tant from
thethe'y
objectsar of
memorable their
cmfoirssetrhaetion,
philan-
will
render

thropy which has been universally manifested, and
which is unprecedented in the annals of the world.

On the 15th inst., the King of PRUSSIA presented
to the Diet a project of law for ameliorating the con-
dition of the Jews. Among its various provisions are
the following :—" Jews may be appointed to all such
public functions as have no executive power attached
to them. They may be appointed professors at the
Royal Universities, but only in the faculty of medi-
cine, the section of physical and mathematical
sciences, and the faculty of philosophy. The ar-
ticle in the national code, which declares that no
Jew can be a witness in any criminal affair involv-
ing venally greater than six weeks' imprisonment,
or a of 50 thalers (200 f.), is to be repealed.
Jews may be chosen as judge arbiters in all suits
in which all the parties are of the Jewish religion."
By a Berlin letter of the 16th we learn the result
of the discussion of the Diet on the Address sub-
mitted to it by the Committee. It has been adopted,
with the suppression of the portion in which a perio-
dical convocation of the Diet is claimed, and with the
modification of the part which was intended as a sort
of remonstrance to the KING. The suppressed para-
graph was as follows :
" The decree of the 17th January, 1820, compels the autho-
rity charged with the administration of the public debt to
give an account annually to the Assembly of the State: of the
kingdom, and thus ensures to it the vital condition of useful
action, viz., its periodical convocation."
The concluding portion of the Address now stands as
follows. By comparing it with the draft presented
by the Committee, it will be seen that the language is
much more subdued than in the original :

" We are confident that your Majesty will not consider it
a want of gratitude if, in the course of our deliberations, we
should be occupied in a more circumstantial manner with
the points of the decrees of the 3d of February of this year,
which many amongst us do not regard as being perfectly in
accord with the most ancient laws; for, in order that the
faithful States of your Majesty may prove a true support to
the throne, in order that we may be able efficaciously to aid
your Majesty in your efforts for the security and prosperity
of our dear country, those whom we represent must have the
most sincere conviction that the representative rights ac-
corded to us by the King are dear to us, as well as the ho-
nour and force of the Crown ; and that we will protect the
one and the other as being equally precious. If the Diet,
in the course of its deliberations, if your Majesty from mo-
tives, which in such case the Diet will respectfully lay before
you, should be convinced of the divergences between the an-
cient and present laws, we doubt not that the wisdom and
justice of your Majesty will adopt measures to lead to an ac-
cord compatible with the prosperity of Prussia—a prosperity
which rests upon the force of the monarchical principle
and on a sure and well-regulated representative legislation."

Madrid papers of the 16th have been received.
On the 16th the Alinisters presented to the Cham-
bers a Bill for the regulation of the public pi-ess. By
this Bill it is declared that the Senate shall try of-
fences ,against the Sovereign, juries those that are
merely political, and the ordinary tribunals cases of
defamation and calumny. There was a discussion on
both days on the Bill for raising 25,000 men for the
army. Two amendments were proposed, but neither
of them was successful. On the 15th the Chamber
of Deputies proceeded to the election of a
new Vice-President in the room of Senor SALA-
MANCA. The candidates were Senor Rios ROSAS,
a partisan of the late Ministry, Senor REINOSO, the
candidate of the present Ministry, and Senor CRESPO,
a Progressista. At the first ballot neither of the
candidates obtained an actual majority ; at the second
Senor CRESPO having retired, the Progressistas voted
for the Ministerial candidate, who was elected by a
majority of eight.
Senor OLOZAGA has had an audience of the QUEEN,
and was very graciously received by her MAJESTY.
Her MAJESTY drove out on the 15th, and alighted at
the Royal Botanical Gardens, where she mixed with
the promenaders. There was not the slightest
attempt at a renewal of the annoyances of the pre-
ceding Sunday.
General SERRANO, instead of proceeding into
Andalusia, remains at Aranjuez, and, according to
the Eco del Comercio, it is extremely probable that
his journey will extend no further.
Mr. HENDERSON has addressed a strong appeal to
the Finance Minister and to the Spanish nation, on
the subject of the foreign debt. In speaking of this
publication the Heraldo says— .

•'The documents it contains, which tell us, with rather
rough frankness, what is thought of us abroad, will no doubt
convince all Spaniards who refuse them of the urgency of
regulating our foreign debt, not only from a sense of justice
and self-interest, but also in order that we may not lose the
honourable reputation Spain has always enjoyed in financial
matters."

MADRID BoLs A APRIL 16.—Three per Cents.
311 money, 31/ paper ; Five per Cents. 201 money ;
Debt without interest 6 money, 6* paper; Coupons
17 money, 171 paper.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday,

The iTloniteur publishes the following ordonnance,
containing the new quarantine regulations, founded
on the report of the Minister of Commerce :

" Art. 1. All vessels arriving from countries suspected of
the plague shall henceforth be ranged only under the dis-
tinction of having clean bills of health and foul bills of
health. There shall be a foul bill of health when there shall
be either in the country where it is delivered, or in other
countries having a free communication with that country,
either a pestilential epidemic or circumstances of a nature to
excite fears for the public health. The bill of health must
be delivered or vise on the day or the day before the depar-
ture of the vessel. Art. 2. Ships arriving with clean bills of
health from the ports of Turkey in Europe, Turkey in Asia
or Egypt, and having a medical officer on board, and nurses
or attendants commissioned by our Minister of Commerce,
shall be admitted to free pratique when ten clear days
have passed since their departure from the port they
come from. Art. 3. Vessels arriving with clean bills of
health from the ports of Turkey in Europe or Turkey in
Asia, Syria excepted, but having no medical officer on board,
shall continue to be subjected to a quarantine of observation
for three clear days in the ports of the Mediterranean, and of
twenty-four hours ►n those of the Ocean and the Channel.
Art. 4. Ships arriving with clean bills of health from the
ports of Syria and Egypt, and having no surgeon on board,
shall be subjected to a quarantine of five clear days from the
day of their arrival. Art. 5. Arrival with foul bills of
health from Turkey in Europe, Turkey in Asia and Egypt,
shall be subjected to a quarantine of ten clear days, without
the distinction of vessels having or not having a medical
officer on board. Art. 6. Arrivals with clean bills of health
from the regency of Tunis shall be admitted to free pratique
immediately after the verification of their papers. Art. 7.
Goods, with clean bills of health, whatever may be their
nature or origin, may be freely landed immediately after
their arrival, when at least ten clear days have elapsed
since their departure. In case of foul bills of health, goods
called susceptible shall be subjected to a quarantine at the
lazaretto for three clear days from the day of their landing.
Art. S. If, during the passage, or during the quarantine, any
case of plague, or of any other suspicious disease, shall ozcur,
the passengers, the ship, and the cargo, shall be subjected to
a special quarantine, the duration shall be fixed by the Board
of Health at the port of arrival, subject to the approval of the
Minister of Commerce. Art. 9. French medical men, ap-
pointed by the Minister of Commerce, shall be established in
such of the ports of the Levant at which their presence shall
be found necessary to ensure the due execution of the mea-
sures required for the protection of the public health. They
shall ascertain and state before the departure of each ship
the sanatory state of the country. The bill of health shall be
delivered upon their report- Medical officers of ships shall
superintend during the passage the execution of such mea-
sures as shall be ordered by the Minister of Commerce for
the purification of the baggage and clothing of the passen-
gers. Art. 10. The provisions of this present ordonnance
concerning foul bills of health from the Ottoman empire shall
be applicable to all such countries as may hereafter be ranged
in the class of places under the regulations for foul bills of
health. This ordonnance is dated April 18, is signed by the
King, and countersigned by the Minister of Commerce."
It would appear that, notwithstanding the report
of the Committee of the Chamber in favour of an
uniform and low rate of postage, the Minister is de-
termined to shelve the question for the present session.
The Journal des Debats has a long article on the sub-
ject, admitting the necessity of postal reform, but
declaring that the state of the finances is such as to
render it impossible to carry the measure into effect
during the present session.
Information was received on Tuesday that the
miners of St. Etienne had commenced a strike.

The Moniteur Algerien of the 15th confirms the
report of the capture of Bou Maze. He is ex-
pected daily in Paris, and is to be confined in a
locality dependent on the Ecole Militaire.
Prince OSCAR of Sweden landed at Toulon on
the 17th.

The Prince DE JoINVILLE, who according to the
latest accounts was in the Bay of Juan, has received
orders to return to Toulon with the three ships under

his command.

The debate on the motion of M. REMUSAT, for ex-
cluding placemen from the Chamber, has been spun
out to a tedious length. It had not concluded when
the post left on Wednesday.
PARIS 13ocasE, Aram 91.—The improvement announced
in the English market has been responded to in our market
by increased firmness, and some extensive purchases having
been made, prices at the close were declared again higher, the
last quotation for the Threes being 78f. 15c., both for cash
and account, and for the Fives 115 f. 75c. for the former, and
115 f. 80c. for the latter period. The share market has also
shown increased firmness and a fair demand !Or most of the
lines having existed, prices at the close were generally
better.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 22.
East Indian, Vs—Northern of France, IVA—Paris and
Lyons, 5!/,—Paris and Strasbourg I%—Sambre and Meuse,
5A—West Flanders, 41/4.

His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, attended
by Captain the Alex. Gordon, yesterday honoured the
Society of Painters in Watrr Colours by a visit, to view their
forty-third Annual Exhibition, at their Gallery, 5, Pall-mall
East, previous to its being opened to the public on Monday
next.

AMERICA.

HIGHLY IMPORTANT.

EXPRESS FaOM LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY NIGHT

By the Rainbow, Captain Benjamin, which entered
the River just before the Express-train left for Lon-
don, we have advices from New York three days
later than was received by the Hibernia. The news
which the vessel brings, is highly important.

We copy the g from the New York Sun of

April 3 :-
By the arrival, at an early hour this morning, of the
schooner Portia, Captain Powell, which left Sacrificios on
the 15th instant, we are in receipt of the following highly
interesting intelligence from the forces co-operating against
Vera Cruz. For the facts detailed we are indebted to our
correspondence and conversations with passengers.
Troops were landed, after a reconnoisance on the ith, by
Generals Scott, Patterson, Worth, Pillow, Quitman, and
Twiggs, with their aids, and the Topographical Corps, which
approached near the shore, towards the direction of the
Castle, the guns from San Juan de Ulloa opening fire upon
the party, throwing shell and round shot, but without doing
any damage to the reconnoitering party; the round shut
either passing over or falling short, and the shell, although
thrown with precision, bursting at a considerable elevation,
doing no harm. One shell passing over the stearnN- Petrita,
the vessel employed in the reconnoisance, and another burst-
ing under her bow, without doing her any injury.
The reconnoisance was made while the transports and
convoys were lying off at Anto Lizard° ; after their return,
with the least possible delay, transports and convoys weighed
anchor, and stood to the southward of Sacriticios. bearing in
towards the main line, with a fair breeze and in a gallant
style, when they came to anchor, the convoys taking posi-
tion in such a manner as to protect the disembarkation of
the troops, the first, 6,000, being landed at two o'clock, P.M.,
on the 9th, and the remainder during the day. The landing
is spoken of by persons who were eyewitnesses, as a scene
of magnificence, rarely witnessed more than once in a life-
time. The troops landed attounted to the exact number of
12,100. . _

After the landing, the columns took up their line of march
for the positkns assigned to them in the important action
and siege of Vera Cruz.
The steamers Vixen and Spitfire, lying under Punta de
Hornos, opened on the city across the point in the direction
of the Castle, with shell and round shot, which was returned
by the Castle, hut without effect.
General Worth's division, which, it is said, has been as-
signed to the operations on the left flank of the city, from
the localis of the landing on the South and under Punta de
Hornos, had necessarily to move in echellon to the rear,
past the right, in order to gain his proper position—in the
execution of which it became necessary to attack and take
possession of two redoubts thrown up by the enemy, on one
of which was a piece of artillery, and both filled with
infantry. The redoubts were attacked, charged and taken,
a spirited resistance being made by the enemy, who lost
several in killed, wounded, and prisoners—our loss some
seven killed and several wounded. Captain Alburtis,
of the 2d Infantry, was killed by a round shot, supposed to be
from the Castle; the ball severed his head from his body,
the same shot taking off the arm of a drummer (a boy) and
wounding a private. Captain Alburtis was a Virginian, and
formerly conducted a newspaper in Fredericksburg. Colonel
Dixon was wounded in the breast by a musket-shot.
The skirmishing was however no check to the advancing
column, which passed steadily forward to its position on the
left and rear of the city, where it halted and commenced the
work of entrenchment.

The pipes used for the purpose of supplying the city with
fresh water, have been discovered and broken up, completely
cutting off the supply from the tanks, which are situated
some distance from the city.

During the advance upon the rear of the city, passed mid-
shipman Rogers, who had not yet been sent from Vera Cruz,
was bound on a cart and ordered to be conveyed, under a
guard, to the prison at Perote, but fortunately they were en-
countered by our forces, and Mr. Rogers was rescued, and is
now on board his ship.
The city is now completely surrounded by our troops, each
division having taken a strong and advantageous position,
with entrenchments, completely cutting off all communica-
tion by sea or land, and at the same time are safe from the
fire of the castle.

The positions of divisions were established on the 13th, ex-
tending from Punta de Hornos, on the right, to Punta de la
Catita, on the left, in one unbroken line, and active prepara-
tions were on foot for the immediate subjugation of this for-
midable place.
So closely is Vera Cruz now besieged, and so entirely are
every means of communication cut off, that, in a very few
days the news must reach us that both the city and castle are
occupied by our victorious troops.
The general impression seems to be that the city will sur-
render in the course of ten days or two weeks. No doubt is
expressed of the successful termination of the enterprise.
The Portia was delayed from the 13th to the 15th by the
prevalence of a Norther, during which time the discharge of
heavy ordnance was frequently heard, which doubtless pro-
ceeded from the Castle.
The vessels belonging to the squadron employed in the
service as convoys, and for the covering the landing of the
troops below Punta de Hornos, are Flagship Raritan ; frigates
Potomac and Princeton ; sloops St. Mary's, Albany, and
John Adams ; steamers Vixen and Spitre • gunboats
Reefer, Petrel, Bonita, and Bell. The gunboats carry
medium 32's.

Arrived at S. W. Pass on 20th, pilot-boat Frolic, Captain
J. J. Sullivan, seventeen days from Holmes' Hole, reports
having been passed by steamer Mississippi on the 10th, in
lat. 31 deg. 8 min., lon. 76 deg. 19 min., steering south.

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