The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-12 00:00:00

UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDS.

It is most desireable that advantage should be taken of
the notoriety of all the circumstances attending the late
will forgeries, to review the system pursued at the Bank
as regards the administration of wills, the mode of deal-
ing with powers of attorney, and, above all, in making
known the particulars of unclaimed dividends, so as to
determine whether the public are as fully protected as
they ought to be in these matters. It is a very com-
mon persuasion at present, that measures are about to
be taken by the Bank to reader more difficult of access
all information relative to unclaimed dividends; and
the amou►nt of stock standing in the names of per-
sons who have forgotten or ceased to apply for them ;
hut some correspondents are of opinion that the contrary
is the course which ought to be pursued, and" that
frauds woull become fax more difficult if such publicity
were given to both as could not fail to bring the true
parties forward. Of the " unclaimed dividends" it is
supposed that the gre..ater portion belongs to persons
who have sold out their stock, but have overlooked some
remnants of dividends, conceiving them to go with the
stock and to belong to the purchases. Yet such smali
sums would probably afford timely relief to thousands,
while the total addition to the Government fund from
that source is a sum not worth consideration. Others,
through relations dying intestate, never acquire any
knowledge of funded property which belongs to them;
and suffer distress and poverty from the want of it. Yet
the Bank, which alone can give the information, in ad-
herence:to a system of over-caution, uniformly refuses
it. A case, cited by a correspondent, will illustrate the
point more clearly:—
" Some years since an Irish pig-tie:der, having dis-
posed of his cargo in England, invested the proceeds and
his previous savings, amounting to a large sum, in Go-
vernment stock, in the Bank, after which, on his way
:home to Ireland, he was drowned. His son and daugh-
ter, who were extremely ignorant and indigent, made
their way to London, to inquire into his affairs. From
the strangeness of 'their appearance and the story of their
father's supposad Property, they were brought to an in-
-terview with the chief clerk at the Bank ; but, being
without any knowledge either of the amount or of the
stock - *which it was invested, he was on the point of
dismissing them, when a Stockbroker entered the room
on business, and, being informed of- the nature of their
inquiry,: was enabled to pnt them into the possession of
the property, us :he happened, by -a-most singular coin-
cidence, -to be the broker by whom the stock had been
purchased."

Such fortune as this cannot often happen, and but for
this circumstance- the whole amount would, without
doubt, have been transferred to the Commissioners for
the National Debt. Many cases resembling it may
easily be imagined, and in'all these publicity given, after
a certain lapse of time, which should not be a very long
one, could . hardly fail to bring the rightful owners for-
ward, while it would act as a preventative against fraud,
Tor precaUtions may always be taken so to identify the
real owner as to render it iinpOssible fur others to obtain.
it. Something of the kind.would be done by a private
banker, who, if he:possessed any clue to the owners of tit.-
.claimed.balances..or to their representatives, would not,
fail to give them information of them. A remarkable
illustiation of Bank of England practice occurs in the
well-known case of Emma Slack. Many of the clerks
who keep the books there must have been cognisant of
the fact that she received only one portion of that
which was due to her, for every stockholder has a re-
gularly posted account ; and yet the portion unclaimed
by this person was suffered to accumulate in dividends,
and, at last, following the rule prescribed, capital stock
and arrears of interest together were handed over to the
National Debt Commissioners. In a private merchant
or banker this would be something like dishonesty, .and
in the administration of bankrupt estates it is well
known that attempts are constantly made to find out
and bring forward those parties who do not in 'due
course apply for their dividends. Suppose the clerk.
who kept the book at the Bank containing the account
of Emma Slack had reported to his superiors the cir•
enmstance,•which he must have known, that she_ held
two descriptions of stock, on one of which only she re-
ceived the interest, there could have been no harm in
conveying to her an intimation of it. Such a course
wouldatonce have protected her, and prevented the fraud
which has been committed.
The book of "unclaimed dividends," about which so
much is said from time to time, is as inadequate to the
purpose as can well be imagined. It is high of price,
difficult of access, and incomplete in its information. A
suggestion has been made that the Bank should publish
in the London Gazette an account, periodically, of all
stock and dividends unclaimed; but, in addition to that,
there could be no harm in so much of private mercantile
practice finding its way into the greatest banking esta-
blishment in Europe as.would lead to some regular in-
quiry, by their own clerks and agents, after individuals
or their representatives who have stocks standing in
their names. It will be alleged, perhaps, that the im-
mense number of accounts kept will render this next to
impossible; but a new department might be created, to
be supported by a small per centage, which would be
readily paid, on the property so restored to its rightful
owners. Many families would by these means be an-
nually saved from ruin.

But the whole system calls for revision, and this is the

" The Liberator, accompanied by the two other Ca-
tholic conspirators—the Rev. Mr. Tierney, and the
Member for the city of Kilkenny—yesterday attended
mass, and the three Protestant convicts went to church,
and in the evening they all, Catholic and Protestant,
partook of the splendid hospitality of the Mayor of
Cork, Mr. Fagan, with a large party, at his country
house, in the vicinity of this city.
" Five o'clock, P.M.—As -I promised, I send yon, be-
fore the post-office closes, a-note of the great meeting at
the Court-house.

"The County Court-house was crowded almost to
suffocation, the Mayor in the chair, •in his robes of
office; also in the same robes the ex-Mayor, Alderman
Lyons, and, sitting on the bench with them, Mr. O'Con-
nell. _ _

" A number of the Members of Parliament, end of the
most respectable citizens of Cork, and gentry of the
country around were present.
" Several admirable speeches were male, in which the
repeal spirit glowed with its deepest fervour, as well as
denunciation of Lord -nefarious' (as it, was called
by Edmond Roche) Registration Bill. •
" Mr. O'Connell made a speech of extraordinary
power in denunciation of the Bill of the Irish Chief Se-
cretary, and his speech breathed the most obdurate re-
solution of perseverance, under all possible circumstances,
in his efforts for the restoration of the domestic Parlia-
ment of Ireland, and the enthusiasm with which he was
heard is almost without 'precedent in Ireland.
" He could venture, with perfect security., to give this
pledge, for he is certain, under every possible contin-
gency, of the unbroken peace of Ireland.
This is the crisis of existence and of Ireland—and
the talismanic influence of his name and services was
never so tried as at the present hour ; but Ireland will
not be lured from her 'vantage ground, and play the
game of the enemy by any outbreak or disturbance.
The Mayor and ex-Mayor of Limerick, and about
45 of the corporation and citizens of Limerick, have just
ar rived.

" John O'Connell, of Grena, the elder brother of the
Liberator, has, I have been just this moment informed,
also arrived, with a great number of the gentry of Kerry,
to give testimony of their feeling on this occasion."
Toole, the person in custody, charged with the mur-
der at Rathfarnham, will be tried at the approaching
Commission.

THE LATE MURDER IN ESSEX-STREET.—Yesterday,
at two o'clock, the prisoner, John West, was removed
from Mercer's Hospital to Newgate, in order to abide his
trial for the crime of which he is accused. For the last
few days the prisoner'shealth remained in the same state,
and as there was no appearance of inflammation or other
dangerous symptoms, it tvas the opinion of the medical
gentlemen at the hospital that he might he removed with
safety. He has expressed the deepest sorrow for what
has occurred, and states that it was purely without the
slightest premeditation, and that he was goaded into a
fit of ungovernable passion by the ill conduct of the un-
fortunate deceased. On the arrival of the van at New-
gate, the prisoner had to be supported by two men, and
he looked almost more dead than alive. He was al-
lowed to rest a few minutes in the hatch, and had a
drink supplied to him. -He could hardty articulate a.
word, and shook violently. ; but after some time he 'be-
came more composed, and was enabled to speak, but in
a very low tone of voice. He was then given into the
charge of Mr. Bourne, the Deputy-Governor of the pri-
son, and conveyed to a cell, where he was promptly visited
by the medical gentlemen of the establishment,- Sur-
geon Read and Dr. Harty, who deemed it prudent to
have him removed to the hospital of the house, where
every attention was paid to his state.- He had a conversa.,
lion with Mr. Bourne, and mentioned to that gentleman
some particulars relative to the melancholy affair. He
stated that he was well known in Dublin; and could have
a good character from several most respectable gentle-
man. He never was before a magistrate in his life, nor
was he ever charged with the smallest offence of any kind.
From general report, he is a person of quiet disposition
and regular habits, and was always very industrious.
The deceased, he states, from her unfortunate propensity
to drunkenness, and ill language while indulging in the
vicious habit, used to annoy him , greatly ; and on the
evening of the tragic occurrence she- had almost driven
him to madness, so much so that he was bereft of reason
altogether, and knew not what he did. A day or two
since he stated, in the presence of our reporter, that he
had 691. saved up, and that his wife, in the course of a
few months, contrived to spend this sum, together with
having pledged or sold every particle of furniture, wear-
ing apparel, &c., of which he was possessed.
THE TENURE COMMISSION.—Lord Devon and the
other Commissioners of Tenure commence their inqui-
ries in Londonderry. On Thursday - they proceed to
.Newtown Limevady and Innishowen, and on Saturday
to other parts of Donegal.
NATIONALEDUCATIONS.---The . Evening Mail reite-
rates Once more its "appalling announcement" of Sir
.Robert Peel's instructions to Lord de Grey to with-
hold " the loaves and fishes " from such of the Ftsta-
blished clergy as refuse to identify themselves with the
National System of Education. Referring to a recent
article in the Standard, the Mail says—" As Mr:
Frederick Shaw continues to haunt the diseased imagi-
nation of our Contemporary, we beg to assure him that
he was not our informant, nor had we ever a communi-
cation directly or indirectly with that Right Hon. Gen-
tleman upon the subject. The authority upon which we
made the statement could not err; and the inquiries set
on foot, and the conjectures hazarded, as to the how, the
where, and the whom, by which the information was
conveyed to us, only tend to prove the receipt and ex-
istence of the document, for if there was nothing to tell
there could not have been anything to reveal; an inves-
tigation upon the one hand, and surmising upon the
other, would be needless."
In another part of the same journal, apropos to the
same subject, we find the following passage :—" That
many men now in office, from Sir Robert Peel down to
Mr. T. B. C. Smith, made use of the religious opposi-
tion to the Whig scheme •of education, as a fulcrum
whereupon to place a lever to raise themselves into
power, is plain enough—as is also the fact that they now
make of that fulcrum a pedestal upon which they hope
to stand. That the mass of the Irish clergy are actuated
by any such motives, we must repe_at, we
will
not believe.
At all events, we presume the salve. Aillbe more or
less cleared up at the approaching, meeting of the Church
Education Society, to the proceedings of which public
attention is now strongly directed."

On Wednesday a ballot was taken at the East India
House, for the election of six Directors, in the room of Major-
General Sir James Law Lushington, G.C.8., George Lyall,
Esq., M.P., Elliot Macnaghten, Esq., John Petty Muspratt,
Esq., Martin Tucker Smith, Esq., and Williani Wigram, Esq.,
who go out by rotation. At six o'clock the glasses were
closed, and delivered to the scrutineers, who reported that
the election had fallen on Sir Robert Campbell, Bart., James
Weir Hogg, Esq., M.P., Hon. Hugh Lindsay, Major-General
Archibald Robertson, Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry
Sykes, and Sir Henry Willock;
FOREIGN TRADE WITH CHINA.—Some very.curious
items are to be found in the list of articles of Chinese experts,
in the tariff of duties ork the foreign trade with the Celestials.
Among them we read of " Kittysols, or paper umbrellas
(very useful, ‘doubtlessly, in heavy rain !) ; "birds' siesta,
first quality, cleaned ;" birds' nests, second quality, good
middling ; ' and " birds' nests, third quality, uncleaued ;" also
" unicorns' horns," " sharks' fins," "crackers and fireworks
of all sorts," and various other concerns " right strange
relate."

GEENWICEI FAIR.---Wednesday the amusements of
Easter Fair at Greenwich was brought to a close, after one
of the best attended fairs which have taken place for many
seasons. The licensed victuallers, both in the town and in
Lee and Lewisham, have reaped a harvest, in consequence of
the prohibition of drinking booths on Blackheath. The
concourse of visitors exceeds calculation, and the general
propriety of conduct can be pretty well arrived at by the few
charges at the police-court, which have not been one-tenth as
many as last year. The steam-boats have daily been almost
overburdened, and the railway company have had some diffi-
culty in providing sufficient accommodation. The crowds
have been so dense at the terminus, that many ladies were
glad to escape even with the loss of shawls, veils, slippers,
&c.- which were trodden Under foot in the collation.

The officers of Abe navy
.are to be divided into two
branches—viz., a military branch and a civil branch;
and to be styled, respectively, 'officers, subordinate
officers, and warrant officers.
The military branch is to include flag officers, Com-
_modores, captains, commanders, lieutenants, masters
of the fleet, masters, mates, second
.masters, midship-
men, Masters'-assistants, naval cadets, gunners, boat-
swains, and carpenters.
The civil branch will comprise the director-general
of the medical department, who, is to rank with, but
after, commodores.
--- Medical inspectors of hoSpitals and fleets to rank
with, but after, captains under three years' seniority.
Secretaries to flag officers commanding in chief,
deputy medical inspectors of hospitals and fleets, both
of whom are to rank with, but after, commanders.

Chaplains, secretaries to junior flag officers and
commodores of -the first class, surgeons, paymasters,
and pursers, and naval instructors, to rank with, but
after, lieutenants and masters.
Assistant-surgeons to rank with, but after, mates.
Clerks to rank with, but after, masters'-assistants.
Clerks'-assistants to rank with, but after, cadets.
The officers of the two branches are to he appointed
as follows :

By commission (military).—Flag officers, commo-
dores, captains, commanders, lieutenants, masters of
the fleet, blasters, mates, and second masters.
By commission (civil).—Medical inspectors of
hospitals and fleets, secretaries, deputy medical in.
spectors of hospitals and fleets, chaplains, surgeons,
paymasters, pursers, and assistant-surgeons. •
By order.—Naval instructors, midshipmen, mas-
ters'-assistants, clerks, naval cadets, and clerks'-assis-
tants.

By warrant.—Gunners, boatswains, carpenters, and
engineers.

MIDSHIPMEN AND MATES.

So soon as a midshipman shall have passed such an
examination as to qualify him for a lieutenancy, as
the Admiralty may from time to time direct, he shall,
if of approved character, be entitled to receive. from
the Admiralty, if. in England, a commission as mate;
but if abroad, he is only to receive from a commander-
in-chief or (in certain eases) from his own captain or
commanding officer, a commission as acting "mate,
until he shall have passed the Naval College in Eng-
land the regulated extunination ; but an acting mate
is to be deemed eligible to receive an appointment as
acting lieutenant ; and should he continue long enough
abroad to qualify him for higher acting appointments,
he is to be deemed eligible to receive them also ; the
confirmation of the whole, however, depending on his
passing the Naval College within such period- after
his return to England as shall be regulated by the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
The total complements of sea-going ships are to
consist of—first-rates, 1,000 or 950 men ; second.
rates, 850 or 750 men ; third-rates, 700 or 620 men ;
fourth-rates, 500 or 450 men ; fifths-rates, 360 or 320
men ; sixth-rates, 240 or 200 men ; sixth-rates
(steam-ships), 200 or 175 men ; sloops, 150,140, 130,
110, or 80 men ; sloops (steam-vessels), 145 or 100
'nen ; gun-brigs, schooners, and cutters, 70 or 60
'Tien ; ditto (steam-vessel), 80 or 60 men.

THE PENDING POST•OFFICE
CHANGES.

For some time past arrangements have been in the
course of preparation for the purpose of increasing the
number of deliveries in the London District Department
of the General Post, which, by command of the Noble
Earl at the head of the establishment, has been so called,
so that the " Two-penny Post-office" is now no longer
officially known. _ _

The merchants, anti others of the metropolis having
extensive correspondence, have long complained of the
delay which, under the old system, necessarily took place
in the delivery of letters which arrived at the General
Post.office; Riter the morning dispatch of letters:by the
General Post letter-carriers. To remedy this evil it
was suggested that more frequent, indeed, hourly de-
liveries should take place after the arrival of the mid-
day mails, so that these mails, and any other arrivals,
eaer from Tndia, Hamburgh, Holland, or elsewhere,
might be forwarded to the persons for whom they were
directed without delay. The officers of the district de-
partment, whose duty would be principally affected by
the proposed change, were consequently called upon to
report.upon the practicability of the measure, *hen it
was urged that such a proposition, if adopted,'would in-
volve an outlay to a considerable amount, in addition to
the present cost of the establishment : ag, in order to
effect the change, upwards of 150 extra officers Must be
appointed, and other sorting-houses taken and‘fitted up
for the purpose of facilitatiog the delivery. The:propo-
sition, however, was accedeeto, and the following are
the benefits which the public will realise from the opera-
tion of the new arrangements :
Ten deliveries of London local letters per diem., at the
following hours :—S and 10 8.111. ; 12 at noon ; 2,3, 4,
5,6, 7, and 8 p.m. All letters will be dispatched from
the General Post-office as soon as possible after they
arrive through the channel thus provided.
To effect this, upwards of 100 letter•carriers have al-
ready received appointments ; also two inspectors of
letter-carriers ; and several sub-sorters and stampers
sufficient to meet the anticipated extra duty. Addi-
tional letter-carriers are being brought in daily. The
total will be about 150.

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So great a chano.,,e— as the above has not taken Place ia
this department of the public service for many. years.
At the Corner. of Old-street-road a sorting-office h
been fitted up, and another one is being prepared as
rapidly as possible in Sidmouth-street, Gray's Inn road;
the former for the purpose of expediting the preparation
of letters for delivery in Shorediteb, Dalaton, and Kings.
land ; the latter for the districts in the vicinity of Regent,
Brunswick, and Tavistock-squares.
A day mail to Woodford and back from the General
Post-office is also established. This is well appointed,
as it will not only convey correspondence backward and
forward, but also afford an additional conveyance for
passengers, having the advantage of punctuality.
The necessity for the above arrangements become
daily more apparent. On Tuesday morning, in addi.,
inward, the dispatch from India, •
tion to the ordinary number of letters brought by the
numbered 32 boxes, containing "
via. Southampton,. was also
Southampton,mornin morning m as ,
boxes and 30,000 letters, ex-
-27,000
made up
p rtlicientlai‘%l.etroe
b 0
It is expected that the vroj
elusive of newspapers.
ected improvementkVabo
complete by the day - appointed for the celebration of her
Majesty's birth, which, it •was announced yestlrday to
the officers of the Post-office, would be fixed three weeks
earlier'than usual. •

A LANDSCAi'E n SOUTH AMERICA.---A new and
surpassingly beautful landscape burst suddenly upon our
view, seeming to dance in. the transparent atmosphere.
On either side monntains,' thoSe on .the left in deep
shadow, those on
rthe right standing forth like 'colossal
figures of light, in a beauty and' splendour that: seemed
really supernatural, every tree, :every branch shining in
its own vivid and glorious colanring,.. There.lay the
valley in its tropical luxuriance and beauty, one'sheet of
bloom and blossom up to the topmost' crown of the palm
trees, that shot up, some of them 150 and 180 fnet high.
Thousands and millions of convolvolnses,
bignonias, nendrobiums, climbing 'ft.* the fern to the
tree trunks, from the trunks to the %ranches and sum-
mits of the trees, and thence again: falling grneefullY
down, and catching and clinging to the 'mangroves and
of that glo-
blocks of granite. It burst upon us like a- scene of en-
chantment, as we emerged from 'iliii'darktiesst of the
rifoorieisstvianitioeyt.h—e
,laTzwaloin.!.,v,,higashtinandm:eteltr, itngivacimood.
" PEA-GREEN lIAYNE."—TIIe.BP4 of. Manchester
having, as is pretty well known, many and various
pledges, sonic of which it has found,' and still finds, it
'difficult to convert into the " ready," has; :kowever,
hit on an expedient, within.
_tile last
_few, days, of
ridding itself, though perhaps at ite full cost,
as 44 pea..reen Hayne."llis
of a most splendid dressing7eise; 'once the property
of the well-known Mr. Rayne, better known, nt. doubt,
..1? •
"come on, t week,. splendid affair has
in the shape of a lotterynr raffle.
The estimated value is said to have been 1,0001. The
bank took, so says the report, twenty: shires or: tickets,
and its manager, Mr. W. SMith, also-one tickeit, which
proved to be the lucky one; so . that, it is prottable we
shall witness another lottery or raffle •in duei. course.
This splendid article of the toilet has been. op show,
and those only who have seen' it can duly appreciate its
richness and splendour.—Liverpoetchronick.

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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANZ.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 12,
Will be performed Rossini's Grand Opera of GUILLAUME
TELL, Arno'd, rd. Duprez ; Gessler, Mr. G. Honicastle •
Vb illiarn Tell, Mr. Stretton ; Lutern, Albertazzi ;
MISS Romet
conclude with THE TALE OF MYSTERY.
Dress Boxes is., Second Price SL 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 56..
Second Price 3L ; Pit 3s, Second Price 25.; Middle Gallery 2L,
becond Price IL ; Upper Gallery IL, Second Price Sd.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
MIL BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEB.
THIS EVENING, APRIL IS,
WIII be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir
Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews- S Ado
ir nus
Leech, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle, Mr, James Bland; Miry, Miss Julia
Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs Humby.
Alter which, a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE
MILL. Marquis de Richeville, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Francine,
Madame Vastris.
To be followed by a New, Original, Occasional, and Local Extra.
vegansa, founded on Fact, entitled THE DRAMA AT HOME; or,
An Evening with Puff: Principal Characters by Mr. C. Mathews,
Mr. J. bland, Mr. Caulfield, Mrs. Glover,- Miss P. Horton, and
Slim Lee.
TO conclude with the Extraordinary Performances of Professor
RISLEY and his INFANT SON, surnamed " Le Petit Mercure."
Orchestra Stalls, M. ; Boxes, M. ' • Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 2s.•' UpUpper
Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes 3s. ; Pit Gallery, Is. ; Upper
Gallery, ed. Doors opened at Halt-past Six, and the Performances
cotenseisee at Seven
Mr. W. Fatten will appear on Monday, April 15, as Br Peter
Teazle, in the Suhool for Scandal.
'rickets and Places to be had of DU I. T. Archer, at the Box-
°llk*, from Ten till Five.

PitrNCF.SS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
I ESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 1?,
'Will to pertained the Petite Drama, called THE GREEK
SLAVE Sir Henri Norton, Mr. Fitzjarnes; Dr. Robertson, Mr.
Granby ; Lo d Berton, Mr. Higgie ; Zaida (the creek Slave),
Madame Eugenie Prosper.
To Which will be added GONE TO TEXAS.
• After which, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR.
To conclude with a new Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, called FAIR
*TAR ; or THE SINGING APPLE. AND THE DANCING
WATERS. The principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul
Redford. oxbury. Hre. H. P. rirattan, and Miss Fortescue.

THEA PRE ROYAL, LYCEUM LATE ENGLISH OPERA-
Under the Management or Mrs. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING, April 12, an Address by Mrs. Keeley.
After which, wil be repeated a New Comedietta, in Two Acts
entitled HASTY CONCLUSIONS. 1-rincipal Characters by Messrs.
Diddear, F Mathews, F. Vining. Emery, and Miss Fairbrother, and
Mrs. Keeley.
To Ise followed by a New Drama, in One Act, called THE POST
OF HONOUR. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch,
J. Collier, Stanton, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the 1 heatre Royal,
Asielphi,. her first appearance at this Theatre) and Miss Grove.
To conclude with an entirely new Grand Burlesque Fairy Extra-
ragansa, called OPEN, SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. Cha.
ractets by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss
Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother,
and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge, Wigan,
Yarnold, and Chaplin.
PRICE 4 OF ADMISSION.—First Price—slloxes, 41.; Upper
Boxes, Ss. ; Pit, 2s. • Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, Ls. ;
Upper Boxes, is 61. ; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony '1 ier
(holding eight persons), 'lwo Guineas Private Boxes on the Second
Der
.(bo.ning eight persons), One Guinea and asHalf. Private
Boies on the Pit Pier (holding six persons), One Guinea. Free Ad-
mission Tickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Nightly
Traissferrable Free Tickets (for thc, first forty nights), Three Guineas.
Doors open at Half-past Six. Performances begins at Seven seClock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 12.
AhTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE of ARTS (under the
management and sole proprietor ;hip of Mr. BAT IY), with its Treble.
Rotation of Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacles, and unequalled
Scenes-of the Circle,and Batty's Matchless Stud of beautiful Horses,
Fairy Ponies, &c. Mr. Batty begs respectfully to acquaint the
Nobility, Gentry, and public that, encouraged by the flattering
success during the past year, and nadir); the Theatre not suffi-
ciently commodious for its numerous pitrons, 'he entered into an
extensive arrangement with Messrs. Haward and Nixon, the emi-
ient builders of Lambeth, for the re-constructing on a magnificent
. and • novel principle, the whole of the interior of the Theatre,
which has bees rebuilt, dress boxes entarge.4, upper boxes widened,
and pit and galleries extensively improved. Fourteen glass lustres
are added, and a Grecian dome ceiling, with entirely new splendid
classic decorations, and gorgeous apppsintments, which, with the
tint-rate talent to be offered, he presumes cannot fail of obtaining
that support so liberally bestowed on his endeavours during the
last season. The grand Easter national Spectacle will combine all the
splendid historical effects of the Norruan Conquest of England,
produced by Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. The Cirque Olympique will in-
troduce um quailed equestrian tale.it, and the don .le company com-
prise talent of the highest older.
The door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances
commence at seven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The
private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care and
splendour.
Acting and stage-manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.

DA' !IMES ROYAL SURREY THEATRE
The taost splendid Easter Entertainment ever presented—Everything
New—Supprted by the First Talent in the World.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 12,
Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, embracing all the
strong effects of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFRIARS,
in which the entire Company will perform.
A fter which (First Week), THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS, sup-
t,orted by all the leading Favourites of the Establishment.
To which wi 1 be added the Wonderful Perfonnanco of Herr
BENGILER on the Corde Elaatique, and the Carlo Family in their
Unrivalled 03maastioues.
To ci)nclude with, a New Drama of peculiar construction, entitled
BARAK JOHNS ,v; or, The Blind Witness.
Places and Private !Soles to be had 01 Mr. Kerschner, at the Box-
°dire, from Eleven :o Four.

, ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
Great Novelty and new Engagements.
THIS EVENiNti, APttIL 12,
Will be repeated a New Drama, calved LEONTINE; or
dIXTEEN YEARS AGO ! Fitzarlitigton, Mr. Usbaldiston; Ar.
Our, Mr. C. J. Bird ; Mat, Mr. Freer ; Paul, Mr. Corer', ; Leon_
tine, Miss Vincent.
With the Brand Fairy Ballet of ONDINE ; by Mr. Frampton
and his Pupils.
After which, a Melo-Drama, entitled, THE BRIDGE OF
KEHL. tiervase, \lr. Freer ; Darv:lle, Mr. Nantz ; Albert, Mr.
C. J Bird ; Eugene, Mr. Seaman-, Von Glotzen, Mr. James;
Valance, Mr. Da ; Phillip°, Mr. Paul; Madelon, Miss Saker ;
Isabella, Mrs. G. Lee.
To conclude with THE ICE WITCH. Harold, (the Sea-
King) Mr. Nantz ; Magnus Snort), Mr Gardner ; Hecta, Miss
Arden ; Ulla. Miss Steph,ns ; M nna, Miss Saker ; Freyer, Miss
Hicks ; Druda, Mrs. O. Lee, &c., &c.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI,
. THIS EVENING, April L?, the GREAT WIZARD OF THE
NORTH will re-ascend his MYSTIC THRONE, and com-
mence his NEW .-CIENCES of MODERN MIRACLES, which
hate no parallel in the world. In addition to the Wizard's Ter-
formances, MR. MALONE RAYMOND, the succesatul repre-
sentative of Irish Characters, from the Theatre Royal,. Haymarket?
will.give his original E.itertainment, entitled AN HOUR I!
IRELAND, assisted by MRS. 61ALONE RAYMOND, MISS
LINLEY, and MR. SMITH.
Bones, e. Pit. Is. M. Gallery, ed. Second Trice at Nine o'clock.
I) ors open at Seven, the Performances commenceat half-pact.

LOVE'S POLYPHONIC ENTERTAINMENTS,
CROWN• AND ANCHOR TAVERN, STRAND.
Mr. LOVE has the honour to announce that he will present
HIS ANNUAL POLYPHONIC ENTERTAINMENTS, and
LEC CURES on LIFE and CHARACTER, every MONDAY,
WEDNESDAY, and kEIDAY. He will introduce much Novelty,
which has been long in preparation, with entirely New and Appr,
priate Mutative Costumes and Appointments.
Total Change of Entertainments Every Evening.
On MONDAY, MIRTH AND MARVELS; with A WOLF IN
SHEEP'S CLOTHINO ; and other Entertainments.
On WEDNe: DAY. LOVE'S REMINISCENCES; with MINE
HOS rs DILEMMAS; gad other Entertainments.
On FSIDAY, LOVE IN ALL SHAPES; with LOVE'S LA.
'SOUR'S LOST; and other Entertainments.
Particulars in Handbills. Doors open at Half-past Seveti ; begin
at Eight- Admission, It t3d.; Reserved Seats, :a. dd.

EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
ONE SHILLING AdmLssion to THE NAPOLEON MU-
REU3I, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo-
rical Curiosities and Works of Art over known to hove been formed
by One Person, during. Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a
cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in-
.structive slid Interestinst manner, the most-Important part of Eure-
',Ran history, viz.—CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL. and
LOUIS XIV., to the deaths .of GEORGE HT., and the EMPEROR
NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often,
during the last and present year, by the Royal Fatuity, the Duke of
Wellington, the k.oreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies,
Also many thousands of the Nobility and Public ; and the Pro-
prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine
ph:tures, &e.. his previous almost incredible number and variety of
MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relies, and other
edrio:iities, in -this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it_
ought to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it,
and THIRTY PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS
have stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of adinis-
Sion is reduced to ONE SHILLING.
The NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the "Egyptian
null." Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk.

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TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The Budget will be brought forward shortly after Easter,
probably Friday,
.26th April.

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THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 11.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 40; Highest, 59; Noon, 65.
BAROMETER, 30 05.—WIND, W.
Nom. _The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
teezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
usually placed, opposite 30, and rain at 29.

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