The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-01 00:00:00

TUE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING,'

the church another salute of artillery was fired, and
NARVAEZ and the Minister of War took their places
at the sides of the royal carriage. The procession then
moved on, accompanied by great crowds of persons
bearing palm branches. The reception in the city
was rather enthusiastic, and in the evening a general
illumination took place. Next day the QUEEN
I)OIVAGER, with her daughters, was present at a
Te De-mn performed in the church of San Isidro, and
were to go to the theatre in the evening. In another
part of the paper will be found a telegraphic dispatch
received on Saturday, which brings intelligence to
the 27th. _

The Gazette publishes a Royal decree for the re-
organisation of the infantry of the army, and another
for the payment of a month's salary to the employes
of the Government. _ _

The 23d was observed as a holiday, and the Bourse
was closed.

On Saturday, the French Government received the
following intelligence from Spain :
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH.
"MADRID, MAncn 27.

" Carthagena surrendered at discretion on the 25th.
" Yesterday there was a very numerous and brilliant
drawing-room at Court. The two Queens and the Infanta
enjoy good health.
"rhe most perfect tranquillity prevails in all parts of
Spain."
So that we may expect by the next dispatch an ac-
count of more butcheries in that devoted country.
The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with the dis-
turbances in Italy, the plan of M. GAINIER PAGES
for the conversion of the Five per Cent. French Stock,
and the English Factory Bill. According to accounts
in some of these journals the French Government has
resolved to occupy Ancona and the Lega-
f oas, as the Sovereign Pontiff, with all
his civil and ecclesiastical power, is totally
unable to preserve peace in his dominions. The
Journal des Debats views the question in a dif-
ferent light, and asserts that the disturbances have
been greatly exaggerated, and attempts at insurrec-
tion suppressed. " These events," it states, " cannot
be viewed without great pain. They are perfectly
insensate, for they were manifestly without hope of
success. Those who seek to revolutionise Italy do
not unquestionably rely on their own strength. But
it would be cruel and impolitic to encourage in them,
even by silence, weak illusions and baseless hopes.
Europe is calm, and whatever may tend to disturb
this general repose will not find sympathy in a single
Government. 'We, therefore, repeat our conviction
that these disturbances can have no serious effect.
They are rather the expiring than the reviving strug-
gles of faction—an impotent demonstration. They
have, in our eyes, been greatly exaggerated as to
their gravity, and this exaggeration has not been
greatest either at Rome or Naples. The ease with
which the attempts have been repressed proves two
things—first, that revolutions have no longer any chance
in Italy; and, secondly, that the Italian Governments
—the Neapolitan Government above all—are suffici-
ently strong to triumph over them without foreign aid."
The latter portion of this statement is not entitled to
any credit. It is well known that the Papal Govern-
ment is totally helpless, and that without foreign as-
sistance a revolution cannot be avoided, and the
Government of Naples is nearly in the same con-
dition. Even the French Government seems to view
the state of Italy in that light, and are taking active
measures on the subject. On Thursday the Neapoli-
tan Ambassador passed nearly two hours with M.
GUIZOT at the Foreigh-Office, and from thence pro-
ceeded to the Tuileries. At half-past eleven M.
GUIZOT was sent for to the Palace, where Marshal
SOULT and the Minister of Marine were already
assembled. At one o'clock two couriers were' dis-
patched from the Foreign-office. During the whole
day the communication between the-Ministers' hotels,
the Embassies, and the Palace, were incessant, to such
degree, that it wac,found necessary to double the
orderlies-at the hotel of the Minister of the Interior
and the
,Itlinister of Foreign Affairs.
In adverting to the votes of the House of Commons,
the Jouftaldes Debats makes the following remarks:—

,a,lia.rely have we seen this great country take fire in a
n4uner
.so sudden and so extraordinary. In general this
great popular resource, which the English call agitation, is
..,neither spontaneous, sudden, nor unexpected. It is seen to
aqipreach, the first sparks are observed, the flame then in-
it progresses with a slow step, enlarging its circle,
fires the entire surface of the soil ; but it always dis-
pla *f Ili mid-day sun, and seems to warn of its ap-
trt'ach-tfii inn who watch., over the destinies of the empire.
occasion noligigning preceded the storm, no previous
sipin gave notice .to the4reat political calculators. Public
feeling has hurt ferth, and this explosion has filled all
Classes of the nation with anxiety, as well as the ranks of all
parties. Takettthus unawares, the Legislature went further,
perhaps, than it intaudecl., Being alarmed at the solemn
warning. Oven .by the. natnirifborn it is accustomed to follow, it
hesitates, returns on its steps, and endeavours to feel its way
't.4ln-ung,r.t.,the darkness. The strongest minds feel difficulty in
recovering their self-possession, and look with uneasiness at
.the„depth of the problem which has been introduced."
, The. article extends to four columns, and, on the
whoc/e', displays much ability and impartiality. It is
"evidently:;the opinion of the writer that this commo-
tion .has given a serious shock to the PEEL Ministry.
After adverting to the opposition made to the Mi-
nisterial plan by the whole of the Tory press, he adds,—

" This change of support, which was observable in the
press, was likewise to be found in the Chamber, but no doubt
the Liberal and disinterested sentiments which were ex-
pressed on this occasion in the British Parliament were not
without an alloy. There were to be found, in the majority
which voted for Lord Ashley, former Ministers, who were not
sorry to see their.successors in difficulty—discontented Conser-
vatives, who gave themselves to the satisfaction of a petty
vengeance—and representatives of the agricultural interests,
who waged war for war. It may be seen, from the speeches
made during the debate, to what a point the passions of the
speakers were excited. The Minister may recover his majo-
tity, but the recollection of these irritating discussions will
not be so speedily effaced."
The motion of M. GARNIER. PAGES, for the con-
version of the Five per Cent. Stock, was examined in
the different Committees'osi Friday, and seven out of
nine decided that it should be discussed at their next
sitting. Ministers did not oppose the reading of the
motion, but at the same time expressed their deter-
mination to resist the attempt to carry such a measure
at the present time. On Saturday M. CUNIN GRI-
DAINE; the Minister of Commerce, presented to the
Chamber a project of law opening a credit of
54,000,000 of francs for the Tours and Bourdeaux
railway, and another Bill opening a credit of
54,000,000 for the railway to be constructed between
Paris and the Mediterranean (Lyons railway).
The Funds declined a trifle on Saturday, the Five
per Cents. closing at 121 f. 90c., and the Threes at 83f.
THE BOURSE—SATURDAY, MARcn 30.

APRIL L 1644

THE LATE MURDER AT MARYLE-
B ONE.-CORONER'S INQUEST.
(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Wakley, 111. P., the Coroner for. Middlesex, having ap-
pointed the inquest on the body of the female murdered on
Saturday evening by her husband, to be held, this morning at
nine o'clock, at the Three Compasses, Little Marylebone-
street, a great crowd of persons assembled from an early hour
in front of the premises, anxious to have a look at the mur-
derer, as it was well known that the Coroner had determined
on his being present•during the proceedings. This morning,
shortly before ten, at which time, for the better convenience
of jurors, the inquest had been ultimately fixed, the
wretched prisoner was conveyed in a cab, in the custody of
Inspector 'Adman of the D division, and accompanied by Mr.
Joseph, surgeon, of Great Marylebone-street, from the St.
Marylebone Infirmary to the place appointed for the holding
of the inquest. The appearance of the prisoner was the
signal for a yell of the most frightful character from the as-
sembled mob, and it was, with considerable difficulty that a
posse of police was enabled to protect him.
Mr. Wakley, M.P., and Mr. J. G. Mills, his deputy, hav-
ing arrived, the jurors were sworn in, and the \first witness
called was
Mary Lynes—l. am a married woman, residing at No. 4,
Little Marylebone-street, where the body of the deceased at
present lies. On Saturday evening last, a few minutes
before seven o'clock, I was scrubbing down 'the stairs, when
William Crouch, the deceased's husband, came up, and said
to me, "Is my. missus up stairs: I said that she was. He
then went up into my room, on the first attic, where she was
nursing her baby, and singing to it. The instant he went in she
ceased singing. I was at the time only sonic three or four steps
from the stair, and I heard my little girl, who was also in the
room, scream out, " Oh, mother, mother, he has cut her
neck." I ran up stairs, and saw Crouch standing at the door
wiping a razor with a bit of rag. When I got inside the
room I found Mrs. Crouch sitting on a stool, with her head
leaning against the side of my door, and her throat cut. I
said to Crouch, " Oh, you villain, get out of the room ;" to
which he replied, " If one man is not sufficient for her twenty
is not." Deceased never moved nor spoke after. I ran down
stairs and called Mrs. Mayhew, another lodger, and at the
same time Crouch passed me and ran out. I rushed down
stairs after him, and found that he had reached the corner of
Chesterfield-street. Mr. Davies, my landlord, followed him,
and caught him in that street. On his being given into cus-
tody he was brought back to my room. He then asked, "Is
she dead ?" and I said, " Oh, you villain." I did not see the
razor then, and Crouch on being questioned said he had
thrown it away. Mr. Joseph, surgeon, was sent for, and the
prisoner was taken away.
By the CosioxEn—Scarcely a half minute elapsed between
the time when Crouch passed me on the stairs, and my child
screaming out. I saw him before on Saturday morning, and
he asked if his wife was up stairs, when I told him no. He
was a sober man and no words arose before he committed
the act. When 'he ran away after committing the murder,
I saw him conceal the razor in his left waistcoat-pocket. He
lived at 7, Great Chesterfield-street, and, I believe, was at one
time a gentleman's servant, but afterwards a potman. He
did not keep the last place long.
Sarah Simpson, the little girl alluded to by Mrs. Lynes,
said she was seven years of age. About seven o'clock on
Saturday night she was with-Mrs. Crouch, who was sitting
with her baby on hei knee, when her husband came into the
room. He stood by the side of her, and then took her by the
hair and cut her neck with knife. She fell off the stool on
to the floor. They had not quarrelled before he cut herneck.
She was singing to her baby at the time. After he had cut
her, he stood by the drawers, and when her (witness's)
mother came in he ran away.
Sergeant Bennett, 18 D, said fiat at a quarter after seven
o'clock on Saturday night he was in Great Marylebone-
street, when he was called by a little boy, who said that he
was wanted in Little Marylebone-street, where a man had
cut his wife's throat. Went there and found a mob of people,
with the accused in the midst of them. Witness asked which
was the man, when some one there said, "That is him, don't
you see his hands covered with blood." Crouch said,
" Dont collar me ; I'll go qtiiet." Took him to the house
where deceased lay, and in going along Crouch said, " There,
you see I've not hurt her." The floor was covered with
blood, and it was still pouring from the wound in her throat.
He said to the prisoner, " What have you done with the ra-
zor," when he replied, " I have thrown it away." He then
took prisoner down stairs, and met Mr. Joseph at the door.
In going to the station-house the prisoner said, "I don't care
anything about it; she deserved it for leaving me. You may
hang me, and be d—d." And on going further he said,
" Oh, this cursed drink ; she left me, and if she had not left
me I should not have done it." On searching him at the
station house, found a razor-case in his right coat pocket.
Found also ls. 7id. On taking off his handkerchief found
that he had cut his own throat also.

Robert Davies merely proved the prisoner's running away,
and his capturing him.
Mary Ann Smith, sister of deceased, had last seen her
alive on Tuesday, when she informed witness that she had
left her husband, but said nothing of his treatment of her.
Mr. E. Joseph, surgeon, of Great Marylebone-street, was
sent for to see deceased soon after seven on Saturday night.
Found her in the front top attic of No. 4, Little Marylebone-
street. She lay on the floor in a pool of blood. Examined
the wound in her throat, which commenced about an inch
anterior to the left jaw, severing the windpipe, and reaching
to the angle of the right jaw, in length about eight inches. It
had divided the muscles of the throat, the jugular vein, and
carotid artery on the right side. The entire structure of the
throat to the spinal process had been injured, and he should
suppose that the throat had been drawn into a state of ten-
sion before the prisoner had inflicted the cut.
The prisoner, a thin and wretchedly emaciated-looking
creature, was asked If he wished to say anything to the Court,
when he stammered out, " The cause was "—he then hesi-
tated, and appeared almost fainting. At last the words could
be indistinctly heard, " Oh, I cannot ; don't ask me. Take
me away, take me away." The wretched creature was then
removed.

Mr. WAKLEY briefly addressed the jury, and said that
from the very clear evidence adduced, and the admission of
the prisoner thimself, he thought there could be no reasonable
cause for hesitation in delivering their verdict. He would, if
they wished it, repeat the nature of the witnesses' statements.
The jury replied that it was altogether unnecessary, and
at once returned a verdict of " Wilful murder."
The prisoner was then taken to Marylebone Police-court,
where the same evidence was gone into.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

QUEEN-SQUARE.—(THIS DAY.)
For some time past the churchwardens, and other autho-
rities, of St. Margaret's parish, have been endeavouring, by
every means in their power, to put.a step to Sunday trading,
and although their exertions in some instances have been
crowned, with success, gin-palaces, cigar-shops, confectioners,
&c., continue to supply the lieges with articles in their pe-
culiar line of business, in defiance of the wrath of the heads of
the parish, or of the commandment which saith, that they
shall labour six days and rest on the seventh day of the
week. However, many respectable shopkeepers have con •
ceded to the wishes expressed in a handbill, industriously
circulated throughout the parish, but persons carrying on the
above-mentioned businesses are by no means favourable to
the adoption of the new plan, which they declare will ma-
terially reduce their profits. The police, however, have been
instructed to use their utmost endeavours to put an end to
Sunday trading in this neighbourhood.'

Ellen Haggerty, a poor Irishwoman, was brought before
Mr. Bond, charged with hawking a basket of cranges about
for sale whilst the congregation of St. Margaret's Church was
leaving that edifice.
_

60 B said that, a few minutes after one o'clock yesterday,
he saw the defehdant with a basket of oranges opposite St.
Margaret's Church. She was moving slowly along, and on
desiring her tk) go away, she became very indignant, but did
not make use of any bad language, and would not go, but
kept moving along. She did not ask persons to buy, but
was evidently there for the sole purpose of disposing of them.
She said she was going to Millbank to serve some persons
there, who were in the habit of buying oranges of her.
The woman, in answer to th... charge, said she had seven
children who were solely dependent upon her for support, and
that she was compelled to go out to endeavour to get them
some food, as she had taken very little during the week.
She was not in the habit of selling oranges on the Sabbath.
Mr. BOND discharged the defendant, telling her that there
were six days for labour and one for rest; and that if she
was brought before him again charged with a similar offence,
she would not be so leniently dealt with.

UNION lIALL.-(THIS DAY.)
Hannah Boyd, a girl in the service of a Mrs. Trindall, in
Bermondsey-street, was charged before Mr. Traill with steal-
ing a neck chain, and a variety of other articles, the property
of her mistress.

The prisoner, who is a young and well-looking female,
had been in the service of the complainant for the last six
months, during which period she was in the habit of attend-
ing in her mistress's shop. The prisoner, however, absconded
about a fortnight ago, and, when she was gone, a variety of
articles were missed, amongst which were those above de-
scribed. Upon subsequent inquiry it was found the prisoner
had formed most improper connexions, and, when taken
into custody, the stolen articles were found in. her possession.
Mr. TimiLL said that he should consult the feelings of the
complainant, and either commit the prisoner for trial, or deal
summarily with the charge, and at once commit her for a
limited period to gaol.
The complainant said, that with a view to sever the con-
nexion between the prisoner and her associates, she should
wish to prosecute.
The prisoner was, therefore, committed for trial.

CLERIi,ENWELL.--(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Foley was charged with threatening to murder his
wife, and with having violently assaulted her and also police-
constable 124 E.

It appeared from his evidence, that on Saturday night last
the constable was on duty in Brunswick-square, vhen he heard
cries of" Murder" proceed from a house in Mirchmont-place ;
he hastened thither, and, on ascending the Staircase, saw the
prisoner standing over his wife, and beating her in the most
brutal manner. The constable rushed in, but had scarcely
entered the room, when the prisoner pushed him out again,
and, striking him a violent blow on the breast, knocked the
officer against the bannisters. The bannisters gave way, and
the unfortunate constable was precipitated down to the next
landing, and his hand coming under him, was severely
sprained. An outcry was raised, and the police and civilians
rushed in and secured the wife and officer from further vio-
lence. •

Waddington said the priioner was one of the worst cha-
racters in that neighbourhood; he had been frequently con-
victed of assaults on the police.
Sergeant Lester, 10 E, said the prisoner's wife refused to
prosecute, fearing his violence when he came out of prison.
The prisoner denied the assault, and said he had several
witnesses to disprove it, but when called upon to produce
them not one came forward._ _
Mr. COWIE sent him to the House of Correction for a
month, without fine.

ACCIDENT TO THE RIGHT HON. GENERAL SIR JAS.
KEMPT, G.C.B.—The above gallant and venerable General
Officer is confined to his mansion in South-street, Park-lane,
by an accident which befel him in the early part of the
week. Sir James was reaching something from a shelf in
his dressing-room, when he overbalanced himself and fell, by
which Sir James injured one of the small bones of his arm.
The answer returned to inquiries yesterday was, that Sir
James was going on well, and able to leave his room.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey have gone to
Belvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, who is sur-
rounded by a distinguished circle of friends at that splendid
residence.

KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, PORTUGAL-STREET.—
Yesterday morning a sermon, on behalf of the funds of this
charity, was preached at the College, in the Strand, by the
Rev. R. W. Jelf, D.D. In the course of a very eloquent and
impressive sermon, the Rev. Gentleman strongly impressed
upon those present the value and importance of an institution
like that of King's College Hospital,administering as it did to
the wants of a dense and increasing population. During the
years this hospital has been established, thousands of suffer-
ing and almost perishing individuals have received medical
advice and assistance. At the. conclusion of the service the
handsome stun was collected of (within a fraction) 501.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
• el-PI; QUARTER E.
The _Cotton Market at "Liverpoel,R
on SaTO THRE
turday, was in a
dull state : sales only 1,500 bales, all to the trade. Shares were
steady, and in many instances higher. The demand was
good, especially for the French lines It is very satisfactory
to find that the mania for 9peculation in Cotton and in Shares
has very considerably subsided.
There were no colonial advices in town this morning.
As to the state of the manufacturing districts, some informa-
tion has been received this morning from a source upon which
much reliance may be placed. Our informant remarks thus :
--" The sanguine expectations of an extensive spring trade,
which were ripe at the end of last, and the beginning of the
present year, led to large operations by capitalists in the raw
staple of the woollen and stuff fabrics in Yorkshire. The im-
petus thus given, induced a corresponding demand for
Worsted Yarns ; contracts were eagerly offered by manufac-
turers, and prices rapidly adianced. The textile article,
when manufactured, has not obtained a corresponding ad-
vance, and, as might be expected, a pause has ensued, the
consequence of which is that prices have a downward ten-
dency. As yet many of the spinners are engaged with
former orders net yet completed, but, as their engagements
run out, they show a disposition to take engagements at
lower rates." At the same time, it is to be remarked that
the principal spinners refuse to accept large orders at any
very considerable reduction, the expectation being that trade
will very soon improve.
The commercial accounts received from Hull this morn-
ing note an improved demand for Linseed there, and -as the
arrivals from the north of Europe had been very small,
higher prices had been "submitted to. This is a branch of
trade which is increasing in importance. The circular of
Messrs. Wright and Young, of Hull, as to the present condi-
tion and the future prospects of the trade of the country, ob-
serves, in reference to the corn trade at that important port
—" The transactions in free foreign wheat have been to a
very limited extent, at somewhat reduced prices. The same
has also been'the case at the other principal ports, as well as
at most of the markets for • home-grown throughout the
kingdom, prices• generally showing a downward tendency.
This position of the trade at the present time excites some
surprise, and-is difficult to be accounted for. In the several
descriptions of spring corn the buSiness has been limited, and
prices are'lower,lather than otherwise."
Many purchases of Consols have been made this morning
at within 4of par. The Commissioners took 30,0001. Consols
at 994. The.price for Account has been- the. same, the open-
ing rate having been 984. The New Three-and-a-Half per
Cent. Annuities have advanced to 1024, New South. Sea An-
nuities to 984, Bank Stock for Ole opening to 2004, and
India Bonds are at 88 premium. Exchequer. Bills at 68s. 'to
70s. premium.
' An improved demand has existed this morning for the
Spanish Bonds, but the extreme prices are but a shade above
tliose of Saturday. The Three per Cents. have fluc-
tuated between 374 and 38, and the Actives from
264 to 264. Deferred Stock has realised from 154
to •
.14 The lowest range is now the more pre-
valent. The dividends on Dutch Five per Cents.
are in course of payment this morning, and they are quoted
at 994 to 4, ex the interest. Brazilian Stock is also sold ex
div., and is at 80. Colombia, ex Venezuela, remains at from
-154 to 154 ; Peruvian at 31 and at 304 ; Mexican at
37 to 37i ; and the Deferred Stock at 174 and 17.
The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Shares have im-
proved this morning, as well as. the Bristol and Exeter, the
Edinburgh and Glasgow, the French lines, and the Stras-
bourg and Berle. For Real del Monte Unregistered 54 have
been paid, and for Bolanos Scrip, 65.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
jFrom the Official List)
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuit1e5.......,„,„ 38%
New 3% per Cent. Annuities 10236% Ni
India 80nd5,1,000.." .......
.....
Ditto under 1,000
ES
South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities 97% 98%
Bank Stock for Account 'AO%
Consols fur Account 98% 99%
Exchequer Bills, 1%.1. I%d
1,0001.
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Columbian Bonds.
15Vi%
Mexican Bonds, .837, 5 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account 37% 37
Ditto Deferred Stock
17% 17
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents. SI 30%
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent IE4O 26
Ditto for the Account .....
Ditto Passive Bonds.
7 %
Ditto Deterred
15%%
Ditto Three per Cent.
Ditto for the Account.
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 39%
Ditto Deferred
11% %
Dutch 236 per Cents
Ditto for the Account.
58%h
Patch 5 per Cents
96%,s
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAXS. • PAID. Pta &WIZ
BirMingham and Derby 4100
Birmingham and Gloucester
Ditto New
Bristol and Exeter 7O 7 to
22%
to
Bristol and Glouc-titer
Chester and Holyhead 5 ..... 796% ... to
Dublin and ......... 236 •5)6% ... to
Eastern Counties
... to
Ditto New Registered...—. 8/. Os. Pd,
..... to
Ditto eerpetual 5 per eent l3B. 4d.... 1
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 65 . ....... to 61,11(
Ditto Registered
Great Western
Ditto % Shares ...... ..... ...... 50
Lancaster and Carlisle 5 ... ...... ...... to
London and Brighton .. ......... 50 44%%... to
London and Birmingham....... Stock 236 ..... to 235
.
London and South Western 41% 82%% to
Manchester and Leeds ........
--
Norwich and Brandon
Northern and Eastern 45 ..... . to Ditto Share:, 16%. to
North Midland
Paris and Orleans' ...... 1;0 to-36
Parisand Rouen - 2O ..... 36% ...... t0_36%
South Eastern and Dover 31% 3534% ... to
Strasburg and Basle
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, Marten 30.
Three and a Half Stock
Ditto Reduced. lOl%
Bank Stock
194%
LAST PRICES OF SHARES. -
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER Smuts.
Dublin and K. Road
Drogheda 55 - 69
Hibernian Bank '
. City of Dublin Steam Company -
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 30.—We
continue to have a good market. Bolton and Preston, 31;
Dublin and Drogheda, 704 • Eastern Comities,. New Regis-
tered, 135; Manchester and Birmingham, 474 48; South
Eastern, 374 ; Ditto Scrip, 374 ; Ditto, New Creation, 5 pre-
mium ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 64 ; Huddersfield
Canal, 174 4 ; Manchester Assurance, 104.

FINE ARTS,(TIIIS DAY.)
• DIORAMA. I -

We were favoured this morning with a private view (pre-
vious to the public opening to-morrow) of the Interior of the
Abbey Church of St. Ouen at Rouen, which is the new
painting exhibited at the Diorama. It is a picture that dis-
plays the most striking effects of light and shade, sunlight
and moonlight, and maintains unbroken harmony in every
change. The first view of the Interior of .the Abbey, over
the full length of which the eye travels at a glance, pro-
duces a most impressive effect on the mind of the spectator,
if only from the extreme reach of the perspective, the lofty
and symmetrically proportioned arches, the magnificent
stained windows, and the immense height of the vault-
ing which • apparently exceeds that of Westminster
Abbey. The Interior is first beheld in the full light of
mid-day, which, however, streams in, not in - a burst Of
splendour, but in a sober and mellowed radiance, just
sufficient to bring out the varied tints of . the stained
glass windows. Presently, the light gradually dies away
—the grey, sombre shadows of evening draw on, enve-
loping every object in a thin, filmy haze—the night
with its thick and raven gloom next shuts out from view
even the minutest features of the Abbey ; and, ulti-
mately, the moon rises bright and cloudless, while, at the
same time, the whole Interior is seen brilliantly illuminated
by lamps, which exhibit, in picturesque relief a vast crowd
of worshippers, who are kneeling, in the solemn stillness
of awe, on the floor of the abbey. We must not omit to
add that during the performance of these rites of wor
ship, the organ is heard rolling in a majestic stream of
sound through the cathedral, and filling the vast space with
its harmony. Of all the pictorial delusions that have yet been
exhibited at the Diorama, we conceive this to be the most
perfect, for in no one instance is it marred by any defects of
drawing, or exaggerated display of colouring. Of the second
view, namely, that of Notre Dame, we have already spoken.

LLOYD'S SH-IPPING._(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, APRIL I.—Wind this day at noon, light
easterly breeze and flue, with slight fog.
DEAL, MARCH 30.—Wind E.N.E. fresh breezes ; 31,
E.S.E. to E.N.E., moderate.—Sid. Orestes, Madras; Stadt
Utrcht, Batavia; and Euphrosyne, Quebec; Wellington,
New York ; Constance, Prince Edward's Island.
OFF DOVER, MARCH 30 AND 31.—Rowena, Palot, River
Gambia.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 30.—Wind E.N.E. fresh breeze ; 31,
E.N.E. to S.E. ditto.—Sld. City of Poonah, Cape and Madras.
OFF SALCOMBE, MARCH 29.—John Panter, London for
Algoa Bay, with loss of jib-boom.
OFF SCILLY, MARCH 30.—Resource, Bond, Sierra Leone.
PADSTOW, MARCII 29.—Sid. John and Mary, Quebec.
BRISTOL, MARCH 31.—S1d. Bristolian, Coquimbo, and not
Africa, as reported ; -.Bee, Quebec ; Cosmo, New York.
WHITSTABLE, MARC!! 30.—About eighty quarters of wheat
have been saved from
.the Industry, from Spldirig to Lon-
don, wrecked on the East Burrows.
CORK, MARC!! 28.—A piece of a wreck, forty feet long and
thirty feet wide, perfectly flat, with planks six inches thick
longitudinally, and beams about three feet apart trans-
versely, and apparently something under, with an opening
or hole like a hatchway or scuttle, the side and ends at right
angles, and supposed to be the bed of a steamer's engine, was
passed on the 19th ult. 250 miles north of Terceira, by the
Douglas, Wade, arrived here.
SHIELDS, MARCH 30.—Sid. Gratitude, St. John's ; Lilburn,
Pugwash ; Bolton and Jane Avery, Quebec ; Ostria,Calcutta.
SUNDERLAND, MARCH 29 AND 30.--Sid. Express, Hough-
ton-le-Spring, and Thomas and Hannah, Quebec.
HULL, MARCH 29.—S1d. Elizabeth Holdensess, St. John's,
New Brunswick.
CORK, MARCH 28.—Arrd. Dale Park, Loudon, Port
Phillip - Britannia, Volnin, Africa (guano). Off, Douglas,
Wade, Ichoboe. '
. _
CLYDE, MARCH 29.—Arrd. Duchess of Portland, Paterson,
Demerara. _
LIMERICK, MARCH 29.--Sid. Jane Black and Lily, Quebec.
BRIGHTON, MARC!! 30.—The Cheviot, Grinitils, was in
contact off this, 28th inst., with the schooner Post,Boy, and
lost foreyard, &c.
STANGATE CREEK, MARCH 30.—Arrd. Iberia steamer,
Books, Constantinople (left 6th ult.), with loss of mizenmast
• and other damage, having been in contact with a large ship
28th instant.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 30.—Wind S.S.W. to S.E., moderate;
31st, S.S.E., fresh breeze.—Arrd. Brazilian, Cunningham,
Pernambuco ; Cario, Childs, New Orleans ; Llama, Porto
Rico ; Quiz, Patras, -after being ashore. Sld. 29th, Sir H.
Huntley, Prince Edward's Island. 30th, Anti Amisty,
Bombay; Laurina, Para; Sunflower, Bahia; Grace, An-
tigua; Sea Flower, Bay Chaleur ; Prompt, aid Sarah,
Montreal. 31st, Patna4China ; Currency, Calcutta; John
Walker, Cape of Good Hope ; Charles, Buenos Ayres ; - Tar-
tar, Bahia; Elizabeth Beynon, Pernambuco ; Portland;
Cuba; Herman, Baltimore ; Princess Victoria, St. John's;
New Brunswick; Fairega, Caireget, United States; Timer-
lane, Quebec.

PERPETUAL SNOW.—M. Agassiz has made some
experimental researches 'amongst the Alps, to -determine
the limits of perpetual snow, and has read 4 paper before
the Academy of Sciences. It appears that each succeeding
year leaves behind it its region of snow, mid that a vast
number of years may thus be traced. The superficial bed
distinctly shows the quantity that has fallen in the-preceding
season, but little further ltnowledge has yet been -gained,—;
Polytechnic Review.