The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-22 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, APRIL 22.

THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37 ; Highest, 60; Noon, 55.
BAROMETER, 30.09.—W1ND, E.

NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and
Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the
:hermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All
tie other observations are made at noon.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .. 37 minutes arter 1 ! F.vening st; min,,tos aftPr 1.

indolence, and desperate from starvation. The
relations betw-en landlord and tenant would find their
own adjustment on terms twenty times more beneficial
and lasting than twenty •‘ Land Commissions" can ever
hope to accompli,h. The stimulus of " a fair day's
wages for a fa'r day's labour" would bring out all the
latent energy and spirit of the native Irish character as
one body of the people. The example and influence of
that prosperity which attends the secure and peaceful
occupatioas of commerce and manufactures, would unite
another and a higher class in a generous emulation to
consolidate and accelerate those visible indications of the
reviving prosperity of their beloved Ireland ; and the
spectacle of such a people, thus thoroughly united for
the first time, during a thousand years—among them-
stives—would re-act, with a moral, a certain, and an ir-
resistible force on the Imperial Government, so as to
render their equality in the Legislative Union of the
two countries as unquestionable as it would prove in-
destructible.

According to some of the Paris papers the two great
parties in the State, at the head of which are M. GUIZOT
and M. TRIERS, are actively engaged in preparations for
the general election, which is expected to take place in
the autumn. The Const tut;onnel states that a great
number of prefects of departments have been summoned
to Paris by the Minister of the Interior to make ar:ange-
ments for that purpose. The Opposition, including the
Deputies of the Left and Left Centre and the Legitirna-
fists, under M. BERRYER, have formed Committees to
watch their interests and stir up the electors in the pro-
vinces. The Comruittee of the Left Centre will be pre.
sided over by M. TRIERS, and that of the Left by M.
ODILON BARROT. It is therefore anticipated that there
will be no party contests of importance during the re-
mainder of the session. M. GUIZOT had completely re-
covered from his sudden indisposition.
Several of the journals contain brief articles on the
Maynooth question. One of them, the Constit,tionnel,
pays a high tribute to both parties in this great contest.
After alluding to the speeches of Lord Jolts MANNERS,
Mr. SMYTHE, and others, it says—their unexpected
defection from the old Tory politieans, and their support
of the measure, may compensate them for the angry
attacks and insults of those journals which, the other
day, exalted Mr. D'IsRAELr. " Many of the Whigs,"
it adds, "do not hesitate to support the Bill, notwith-
standing the fact that Sir ROBERT PEEL had not hesi-
tsted to compromise his political existence by proposing
it. This disinterestedness of the two sides— this
devotion of public men, who sacrifice themselves
to the triumph of their principles—gives a character
to the debate remarkable for grandeur and elevation
of sentiment. It is mortifying to French Conservatives
to find Sir R. PEEL, a man of progress and conciliation,
not only far removed from re-action, .but constantly seek-
ing to realise reforms which the situation of his country
demands. It is no doubt painful to our pretended Con-
servatives to suffer such a crushing comparison, and to
represent only the dark shade in the picture."

The intelligence from Zurieh is to the 17th inst. At
the sitting of the 16th the report of the Federal Com-
missioners was read, in which they stated that they ar-
rived at Lucerne on the 13th, and immediately supported,
with the Government, the decree relative to the amnesty.
They also assured themselves, by the communications
from the, governments of the cantons from which the
free corps had proceeded, that no such expeditions should
hereafter take place. S xty young men under twenty
years of age had been set at liberty by the Government
of Lucerne, and 120 others were to be promptly liberated.
The following is the note sent to the Directory in the
name of the Sard'nian Government :

TO COUNT CROTTI DE COSTIGLIOLE, ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY.
Mon'ieur le Comte—Although the King, our august
Master, is from principle, far from wishing to interfere in the
affairs of other countries, yet, in the presence of the events
which disturb Switzerland, his Majesty cannot refrain from
expressing his regret at so deplorable a state of things. The
neighbour of Switzerland, and having always kept up with
the confederacy the intercourse of a sincere friendship, the
King thinks he is giving fresh proof of the amicable feelings
that animate him, in communicating to the Diet his wishes
for the restoration of peace in that country.
"To attain so desirable an object, the sole means are, no
doubt, a sincere return to the principles, that have for many
years secured the repose of the confederacy, that is to say,
that the cantonal authorities, such as the compact has
established them, be maintained, and that religious creeds be
sheltered from all attacks. It is by a respect for all rights
that fresh complications and the calamities arising from them
can be avoided.

" Such, Monsieur le Comte, is the King's impression ; you
will always suit your language to it. The sincerity of his
Majesty's v►ews cannot be doubted. He can have no other
wish than to see tranquill►ty restored among our neighbours,
and Switzerland maintain the position which treaties have
assigned to her in the political balance of Europe.
" You are authorised to communicate this dispatch to the
President of the Diet.—Accept, &c.
(Signed) " SOLAS DE LA MARGUERITE."

The Three per Cents. were dune at TORTONI'S on
Sunday at 85t'. 8:7.e. The Madrid mail of the 14th had
not arrived at Paris.

IJAY"6 NEWS.

HOUSE 01 LORDS-(THIS DAY.)
The House sat to-day for the purpose of hearing appeals.
The Lords present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham,
Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell.

SHEEHY V. LORD MCSKERRY.

The arguments in this case, which occupied the whole of
yesterday, were resumed this morning, and were not con-
cluded when our Evening Edition went to press. The appeal
came before their Lordships from a decree pronounced by the
Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The only question in the case
was with respect to the operations of a lease granted by the
first Lord Muskerry, in which a power of leafing was con-
ferred. That power was disputed on the ground that no such
power had been give❑ by the post-nuptial settlement.
The further arguments occupied their Lordships the whole
day.

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor did not sit to-day, in consequence of
sitting in the House of Lords.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
His Lordship the Master of the bolls was occupied the
whole morning with unopposed petitions and short causes.

VICE-CHANCERY._(THIS DAY.)
(tlefore the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
• PEARSON r. THE LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY.
This case, which was part-heard, occupied the Court the
whole day.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor BRUCE.)
The case of the Attorney- General r. Munro occupied his
Honour the whole day.
( Before the 'Vice-Chancellor WIGRA3I.)
Cases of no intereA, as far as the publie are concerned, oc-
cupied his Honour the whole morning.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

(Sittings in Banco).

IN RE CARUS WILSON.—THE ROYAL ;COURT or JERSEY:
This-, Morning the 'Court of Queen's Bench was fully
crowded, to hear the discussion of the validity of the return
to the writ of habeas corpus in the case of Mr. Carus Wilson,
whose name has been so often before the public in connexion
with the authorities of the Island ofJersey.
Mr. Wilson was in court some time before the entrance of
their Lordships.
On their Lordships taking their seats .on-the bench,
Lord DEN MAN asked Mr. Roebuck if he was prepared to
show cause against the validity of the return of the writ of
habeas corpus in this case ?
Mr. ROEBUCK said that he had no instructions whatever
upon the subject.
__

Lard DE.NkAN—Then the Court may at once dispose of
the case. •
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was informed that Mr. Fitzroy
Kelly and Mr. Peacock were retained for the defendant.
Lord DENmaN—But they are not here, and we are pretty
well aware of the reason why then did not appear last day.
Mr. C. Wilson—Had seen his counsel late last night, and
he had no doubt they were they in some of the other Courts.
Lord DENMAN then ordered that they should be sent for
In a few minutes Mr. PEACOCK entered the Court, and
said that he with his Learned Friend, Mr. Kelly, had been
instructed to oppose the return to the writ of habeas, but he
in the meantime intended to apply to their Lordships for
leave to let the case stand over for a few days.
Lord DF.NNLtN said the case came before the Court on the
13th of February. At that time, in consequence of counsel
not appearing, the matter was postponed:till the 22d of April,
consequently the Court could not, without very sufficient rea-
son, consent to any further delay.
Mr. PEACOtK said he was just furnished with an affidavit
made by Mr. Wilson, which stated that that gentleman had
not been able to obtain a copy of the return to the writ un•
til within a very limited period of the trial, although the
Solicitor-General had promised that he should have been
furnished with one long before. The affidavit further stated
that the defendant had a good and sufficient answer to the
return, if this Court would permit a reasonable delay.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL thought the Court hardly dealt
with in thus a*king for a further delay. Mr. Wilson's coun-
sel did not attend on the former day appointed for the trial,
and when Mr. Roebuck asked for a postponement, it had not
been opposed. There had been ample time in the interval
to have had counsel:properlylinstructed, and he the (Solicitor-
General) now felt it his duty to oppose this further appli-
cation.

Mr. F. KELLY at this moment entered the Court, and the
defendant's affidavits having been read, said that on the
last occasion on which this case was to have been
heard, his brief had been so lately given to him, that
he was quite unable to attend to it, in consequence of
previous professional engagements. He trusted, however,
that now the Court would allow a reasonable period for Mr.
Wilson to file affidavits, contradicting a portion of the state-
ments in the return, particularly those which related to the
laws of Jersey, on which would depend the issue of
the question—namely, whether Mr. Wilson should be
remanded back to his former place of custody, or whe-
ther he should be discharged. If it were proved that
the return was faulty in this particular, the defendant would
be entitled to his discharge; but as a copy of the return had
not been obtained till within the last day or two, the defend-
ant had not been enabled to answer the allegations, contained
in it. He only asked for the delay of a day or tyro, in order
to give time for this purpose.
Their Lordships then consulted for a few minutes.
in the return Lord DEN3raN said that the Court was of opinion that the
applicationu for further delay could not be;granted consistently
h'aitdhhtadhe due consideration of pubic juAtice. The defendant
pie time to answer all the material' facts contained
General to proceed withor IP)
b,,_ „
Court, Ile
was read at length wb an he was last
for ,a He was not, therefore, in :a position to ask
be rerusa"eaurs, and the application must in consequence
then called ups a the Solicitor•
to his former custody. ra motion for remand ing the prisoner
Mr. 1 ELLI--11.1y Lords th
of cTuriley is
correctly
stated
.e prisoner (levies that the, law
in the Alienatif, coutgiojk

the return to the writ, and he fequests an opportunity to file
affidavits.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL objected to further affidavits
being filed.
Lord DENMAN said the return to the writ alleged that Mr.
Wilson's imprisonment was in strict conformity with the
laws of the island of Jersey ; and as the Court of Queen's
Bench was not a court of error, he did not see that they
had any power to receive affidavits condematory of the
Court's proceedings. The application to receive ;illidavits
for the purpose of showing the_ of the Court in
Jersey must, therefore, in his opinion, be refused.
The other Judges declared their opinions seriatim, and
coincided in that given by the Lord Chief Justice, namely,
that the affidavits should not be received.

Mr. KELLY then proceeded to address the jury in favour of
the defendant. He contended that the whole of the pro-
cesdings of the Royal Court in Jersey were illegal, and
should be set aside. _

(The Learned Counsel was proceeding with his addresp
when we went to press.)

BAIL .COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
IN HE --

Sir JOHN BAYLEY applied for a distringas against the
defendant, a barrister, whose chambers were in the Temple-
church-yard. The ors of the chambers were always
close], and no notice was affixed as to where the defendant
was to be found. The defendant had not been seen in his
chambers for the last five months, and the treasurer of the
Temple, the porter there, and the Law Directory could give
no .clue to his private residence—Granted.
(sittings at Nisi I'rius.)
ROBERTSON r. yocNG
_ . • •

This was a question of breach of contract.
Mr. Butt and Mr. Ball were for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Humphrey for the defendant.
Mr. Burr stated the case. The plaintiff was one of seven
children, whose parents had died in the West Indies. 'They
were brought to this country, and placed under the guardian-
ship of Mr. Harwood, who, with the view of doing the best
for the children, advertised for a person to whom the plaintiff
might be apprenticed to learn the cabinet-making. In con-
sequence of that adver isement, the defendant, Mr. Young, a
cabinet-maker at Maidstone, saw Mr. Harwood, and agreed
to take the plaintiff as apprentice, and a premium of 401.
was paid with him. The defendant broke up his business
before the apprenticeship had expired, and the present action
was brought to recover part of the premium, with costs.
The indenture was put in, but it was unsealed, and Mr.
Humphery said that the defendant would pay 201., but not
any costs, if the plaintiffs were willing to accede to these
terms. _ _

The case was dismissed, both parties agreeing to this pro
position.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
The Court was occupied during the whole morning in
hearing two cases—Fowler v. Russell, and Charlton v. Gib-
son—which contained nothing of the slightest interest to
the public. _

Several short notices were disposed of, and they were
equally uninteresting.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
His Lordship the Lord Chief Baron entered the Court alone
shortly sfter ten o'clock, and informed the bar that their
Lordships were that day sitting in a Court of error. His
Lordship with a view to prevent any inconvenience had,
however, determined to sit in ,Court to hear short motions.
Contrary to the usual procedUre, his Lordship then called
upon the junior counsel at the bar to proceed first, and then
proceeded to take the new trial paper.
The Court of error broke :up very unexpectedly, and Mr.
Baron Rolfe with Mr. Baron Alderson came into Court.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL C. FOSTER.
Sir T. WILDE applied for a rule for a new trial, on tha
ground that evidence which ought to have been inadmissible
had been admitted, and also on the ground that the jury had
been misdirected. The facts of the case stood thus : the
Attorney-General had filed an information against Parker
and Foster, for importing goods in the ship Harlequin without
paying the legal duty. On the trial he (Sir T. Wilde), had
tendered a bill of exceptions, which were accepted by the
Learned Judge.
The Lonn CIIIEF BARON thought that it would be better
to let the exceptions entered by the Learned Counsel be first
disposed of by the :edges, and if their opinion was adverse
then it would be time enough to move for a new trial.
Sir T. WILDE would act upon his Lordship's suggestion.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
_ _

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 7,000
bales, nearly all being American ; 1,500 bales were to specu-
lators, and the rest to the trade. The market was very firm,
but not animated.-Shares were not so good, especially Scrip.
Aberdeen Railway, 4% ; Armagh and Portrush, 31/ ;
Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 9 % ;
Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4% ; lack-
burn and Preston, IN ; Belfast and Ballymena, %;
Belfast and Coleraine, 334 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool,
14% 13% ; Caledonian, 12% ; Cambridge and Lincoln,
9% 4; Chester and Birkenhead, 52% 52; Churnet Valley,
9% ; Clitheroe Junction, 414 ; Cork and Bandon, 6% ;
Cork and Waterford, 32% ; Dublin and. Belfast Junction,
1114_4.; -Dublin and Galway, 5% %. ;. Dundee and Perth,
4%; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone, 3% ; Dundalk and
Enniskillen, 4% 14; Eastern Counties, 20% %; Edinburgh
and Northern, 21. 68. 21. 7s. 6d. ; Glasgow and Dumfries,
1/. 3s. 1/. ss. ; Grand Junction, 228 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares,
19% ; Great Southern and Western ,Extension, 16 15% ;
Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 6% ; Huddersfield and
Sheffield, 8% 13s. 9d. ; Hull and Selby, 104% ; Inverness
and Elgin, 1% ; Inverness and Perth, 28s. 6d. prem. ;
LiMerick and Waterford, 8% ; Liverpool and Manchester,
New Shares, 37% ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 314
2% ; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 4 % ; London and South-
-11 401. Shares, 26 ; Ditto, New 501. Shares, 1514 ;
London and York, 3% 96 ; Direct Northern, 65% ; Leeds
and Dewsbury, 4%; Leeds and Thirsk, 5 ; Leeds and West
Riding Junction, 7% ; Manchester and Birmingham,
Quarter Shares, 10% ; Manchester and Buxton, 41. 18s. ;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, %; Manchester and
Leeds, 148 ; Midland Railway, 157 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 18%
%; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 4; Ditto consolidated Birmingham
and Derby, 119 ; Newark and Sheffield, 6%; Newcastle and
Darlington, 5114 ; Newry and Enniskillen, 5% ; North
Union (A), 145; North Wales Mineral, 18%; North Western,
51/.z 5 ; North Wales, 3% ; Oxford and Birmingham Junc-
tion, 4% ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 1/. 17s.
1/.lBs. ; Preston and Wyre,
NewNe s
New Phraerfeerse(nBcoe
d(sispoe,r
Ic6entAt.
Nam:
div.) 51% ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 3% 3 prem. ;
Runcorn Gap, 33% ; Ditto,
Sheffield and Manchester, 125 % ; Ditto, Quarter Shares,
1614 16 ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 6 % ; Shrews-
bury, Oswestry, and Cheshire,.. 4% 3/4 ; South-Eastern and
Dover, 4214 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 2, 10% ; Ditto, New
Shares, No. 3, 814 ; South Wales, 6% ; Trent Valley, 20 ;
Ditto, Extension, 634.; Ditto, Continuation, 3 prem. ; Water-
ford and Kilkenny, 4%; IN est Yorkshire, 534 ; Wexford and
Carlow, 4%; Worcester and Tring, 4% % ; Whitehaven and
Furness, 3%
; Central of France,(Gann e1r60%11,8;)D,
56s.ijon 6d. 55s
5 P151:.11-;
house, 51s. 6d. ; Louvain and Jemeppe, 5 ; Orleans, Tours,
.4 t
find Bordeaux (English), 12%; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte's),
sEanTmgilibiesr
ehs
h, a
n3pci/ .a3r2r, /ie.:aslle9s, stBx4.
ay bring
rg no news of importance.
.
o.
In the Public ;Ditto
Securities there has been again some flatness.
Consols for present transfer, have realised 98% to 98%, and
for Time, 99 to 98%. .Ihe premium on Exchequer-bills
has been 595. to 575., being rather lower. Bank Stock has
realised 209% to 210%, and India Stock 278. The New
Three abd-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 100% to 100%,
and the Three per Cents. 97% 74. There are still a few sales
of Stock making.
The Foreign Securities have been. entirely neglected.
Mexican Bonds have not been higher than 379(3, and Buenos
Ayres have been steady/at 44. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. have realised 63)e.
With but few exceptions Railway Shares are rather cheaper,
and there is less business doing.

ONE
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK, CLOSING
Bank Stock
2091/,,
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols
New 3IA per Cents 100%N% 100%
Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 11% lAr.
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860
271%. 1 la
India Stock ...................... : B, - ,:: ' 11",li
[ndia Bonds, 1,000/.
71
Ditto under 1,0001. .. ......
South Sea Stock .....
Ditto Old Annuities
97A
Consols for Account....
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 11/d.....59 57 pm. - 57
Dittcf 500/.. .
pm. 57
Ditto Small ....................•••• 57 59 Pm. 59
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN:FUNDS, O'CLOCK. pRicES.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.. 44 44
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 15%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 37% 37A
Ditto Account
sl7

184
1171/4
30%
18

Ditto, Deferred
Russian Bonds ............ .........
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto, Account
Ditto Deferred
Ditto 3 per Cent. ... ......
Ditto, Account
Belgian Bonds, 41/ per Cent lOll/,
Dutch, 2% per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Cortific 97 97
PRICES OF
IikILWAY SHARES
Aberdeen PAID. 2 A 04.72
sO 'CLOCK. CiL.l:: 15C1E.4)4(

Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% 2%
Birmin and Gloucester. 100 135 136 ......... 136
Ditto % Shares
Bristol and Exeter
Do. New .... . ......... 2
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln I% ...... 91 9 ...
18
Chester and Holyhead... 5
Churnet Valley ......... 2
Coventry, Bedworth, and
Nuneaton - — ...............
Coventry and Leicester 1% 3% ...............
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
I •üblin and Belfast June 2% 111(2% .........
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway 2%...... 5% ••• ......
EDublinastern UnionandAl
allitigar 91,4
...
_4
.............................
Ditto Extension - ......... •••••
Eastern Counties 25 ...... 203/4 21 20i14•••
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 65 64% ......•••
Ely and Bedford • ll4 —•• .............
Great South. and \Vest.
(Ireland) ..,
Ditto Extension
Great North of Scotland 214-- ................ 9An
GnatNorthof England-100' 200% 200 •••••• -- „
24%
Ditto New 2 ...... 24%
Great Western BO ......1903 190 ...... ... 189
Harwich
...,,, ............ ••• 214
Hull and Selby
104
23
Ditto Quarter Shares 12% 23 ........
Do. llalf Shares ...... 2 ....... 23
London and Birminglim (5t0ck)...235 234%
Do. Thirds ...... 2
Do. % Shares ........ 2
London and Blackwall. 16/. 135.4 d 91.11 ............... 9 /.;
London and Bright0n... 50
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. ............... 11(0
L radon i•.d S. Western 41/6410d 81 80% ........ . 81 A
Do. New
Do. New
London aid York .2% 334% 4.- ''''' 4
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen ... 217 3% ..............
Lynn and Dereham ...... 1% 3%........•..••••
Manchester and Leeds... 73 ..___ -

318
201,4
6414

191(2

Du. 1 v Shares ......... 32
Mageherter and Birmin. 40
'Apo. .... 4 10

... 31~t

146

651

104

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1845.

Bordeaux, Toulouse, and

ART-UNION OF LONDON.
(THIS DAY.)

THEATRE.

Midland 100
Do. New
Midland, Birm., Derby...loo 118
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction
Do. New Brandling lO
eweas:le: and Perwick 11 :, l5l/;: - - its t
Newry and Enniskillen. 212 ..„ 5% 5
4"/
Newark and Sl.effield 1 A 6'4% ... 6%
North British
Do. New
North Kent
North \Vales
Norwich and Brandon... 10
Do., New ... ..... ..... 1
Richmond and West End
Junction
41/2
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Central .. 2l/?, 6% 761
z‘tottish Midland ll/2 4 3% 334
Shrews., IWolverhamp.,
fAr
Dudley, and Birm 2%. .... 41A... 414
South Devon... l5 ..... 27 23
South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 4214 41%
Do., No. 3
Staines and Richmond... 1
South %Vales 2% 6 53/ 5%
Trent Valley 2 .....
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 4 ...... 4
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 —
York and North Midland 50 lO4
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25
Do. Extension

FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 4
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2

Cette ..... ....... ..... 2
Dieppe and Paris Junc. 2 ...... 51e —
Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 -
Great North. of France.. 4
I/4
Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 ......a
Louvain and Jetneppe... 2 ... . 4361/1 4
Lyons and Avignon
Orleans and Vierzon ... 2
Orleans and Borde I i5... 2
Paris & Lyons, Lallitte's 2
Paris and Lyons, Gan-
neron's, - _ 2

Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and Rouen
Paris and St. Quentin ... 2 —
Royal North of Spain ... 2
Saimbre and Meuse .... 2 ......
Strasbourg and 8a1e,.. 14 _ —

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Union of Australia
Union of London.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 21.—The sales
are:—Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4 7-16 % ;
Hull and Selby, 106; London and Brighten, 64; London and
South-Western, 81 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 59 ;
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 10%; Ditto, New Quarters, 5% prem. ;
Midland Railway, 401. Shares. 183/4 ; North British, New
Shares, 5%; South-Eastern, No. 3,8%; Armagh, Coleraine,
and Portrush, 3 1-16; Belfast, Ballymena, and Carrickfergus,
; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire, 10%; Black-
burn, Darwen, and Bolton, 53/4 ; Cambridge and Lincoln,
9%; Clitheroe Junction, 3:A 3/4 prem. ; Churnet Valley,
9% 834 ; Direct Northern, 5, 6 ; Dublin and Belfast Junc-
tion, 11 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal,
6 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 8% ; Leeds, Dews-
bury, and Manchester, 43/4 ; Leeds and West Riding Junc-
tion, 7 9-16 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 ; London
and York, 3% 3-16 ; Lynn and Dereham, 3%; Manchester
and Buxton, 5 4% ; North Wales, 3% ; North Western,
5% 5-16; Preston and Wyre Extension, 2 13-16 3/4 prem. ;
Scottish Central, 7%; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction,
1/. Bs. ; Shewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 4% 3% ; Trent
Valley Continuation and Holyhead Junction, 414 prem.
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette, 23/4 ; Manchester Fire and
Life Assurance, 11%.

ANNUAL MEETING IN DRURY-LANE

The ninth annual meeting of the Art-Union of
London took place this morning at the Theatre Royal
Drury-lane, the manager, Alfred Bunn, Esq., having
kindly lent the theatre for that purpose. The doors were
opened shortly after eleven o'clock, and the boxes
and pit were almost immediately afterwards filled
by a most fashionable audience, the majority of whom
were ladies. The stage was also completely occupied
long before the commencement of the proceedings. The
tickets and prizes were placed in the respective wheels,
and the wheels were repeatedly turned so as to mix the
tallies before the commencement of the proceeding&
At twelve o'cl. ck precisely, his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, the President of the Society, en-
tered-the theatre, and was conducted to the chair by the
officers of the Society. His Royal Highness was loudly
cht ered on his appearance, and the cheering
continued for some minutes after hi 4 Royal
Highness had taken his seat as President.
His Royal Highness, who looked remarkably well, was
accompanied by his Serene Highness the Duke of
Mecklenburgh Strelitz. Among those present, we
obierved Sir C. Hepkinson, Captain Bowater Vernon,
Captain Foskett, the Rev. H. Hyde, General Sir Gord n
Drummond, Admiral Sykes, Lady Green, Mr. Alder-
man Humphery, Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. B.
Bond Cabbell, Mr. J. P. Deering, R.A., Mr. W. Wither-
ington, R.A., Mr. T. Uwins, R.A., Mr. Edwin Landseer,
RA., Mr. D. Maclise, R.A., Sir Richard Westmacott,
R.A., and Miss Burdett Coutts.

The proceedings were opened by the Duke of CA.3I-
- who addressed the Society as follows :
Ladies and Gentlemen,—l have great satisfaction in in-
forming you that in, the last year your subscriptions
have increased full 6001.—(Cheers.) This year the
subscription amounts to 15 4001.—(Cheers)—while
last year it amounted to 14,800L—(Cheers.) Now,
when we consider that in the year 1837, when
we first began we only collected 4..10/. I think
there is every reason for saying that we are thriving—
(Cheers)—and I most sincerely hope that we shall con-
tinue so.—(Cheers.) After saying these few words,
which I trust will be satisfactory to you, I will call upon
Mr. Godwin, the secretary, to read the report.—(His
Royal Highness sat down amidst loud cheering.)
The SECRETARY (Mr. Godwin) then came forward
and read the following report, which seemed to give ge-
neral satisfaction :

Joubert, and the engravings from them will be distii-
bated as soon as they are completed.
"Every subscriber fur 1846 will receive an impress on
of a line engraving, Jeplitha's Daughter,' after Mr.
O'Neil, by Mr. Peter Lightfoot, which is alrcady far
advanced; with such other advantages as the Committee
may be able to afrord.
"For the subscribers of some future yea!' the Com-
mittee have been enabled, by the kind permission ot: the
artist and of the proprietor, Mr. Willes, of Goodrest,
Berkshire, to place in the hands of Mr. C. Rolls and
Mr. Frederick Heath, tw:,- pictures by Mr. Uwins, R.A.,
• The Last Embrace,' and 'The Neapolitan Marriage,'
to be engraved by them for the Society and distributed
as a pair.
" The Committee look anxiously to the result of the
offered premium of 5001. for the beg original picture
illustrative of English history. The cartoons are to Lo
received in competition on the Ist of next January, and
the Committee venture to repeat to the artists of the
United Kingdom their earnest hope that a work will
be obtained for engraving crditable to them and to the
country. _ _

" Astatement of the engraving account, still open,
will he published with this report.
" In reply to the offered premium of 601 for the best
consecutive series of not less than ten designs in outline,
illustrati%e of same epoch in Biblical or British History,
or of the work of a British author, nineteen sets were
received, from which the Committee selected a series
from the Revelations of St. John,' afterwards found to
be b 1 Mr. George Elgar Hicks, of Lymington, Hamp-
shire, as entitled to the reward. Considering that much
talent was displayed by some of the competitors, and
anxious to stimulate young artists to exertion, they fur-
ther awarded honorary premiums of 201. each to Mr. G.
E. Sintzenick, Mr. W. Cave Thomas, and Mr. G.
Scharf, jun.
" With the view of inducing the production of finer
and more elaborate works in lithography than are now
general in this country, the Committee some time ago
placed in the hands of Mr. Templeton Mr. E M. Ward's
excellent picture, La Fleur's Departure' (selected by a
prizeholder in the last distribution), to be executed on
stone of a large size. As this is not yet finished, it will
be made to form part of the next year's arrangements.

" In continuation of the Society's endeavours to en-
courage the production of bronzes, Mr. John Bell's
statue of the 'Eagle Slayer,* exhibited in Westminster
Hall last year, has been reduced by Mr. Fdward NVyon,
and of this twenty copies in bronze will be distributed
to-day. The thanks of the Society are due to Mr. Bell
ter the liberal manner in which he placed this figure at
the disposal of the Committee. For the ensuing year
Mr. Foley's statue, The Boy at Stream,' has been
reduced by Mr. Cheverton's machinery, and will be pro-
duced in bronze by Mr. Foley him••elf.
" Your Committe have long borne in view the con-
nexion between manufactures and art, and have felt the
importance of leading one to the aid of the other. Con-
sidering the porcelain manufacture to be of considerable
consequence, and greatly dependent on art, they pur-
pose to reduce a statue to a convenient size, and to issue
a certain number of copies in that material. Mr. Gib-
sot., RA., when in England kindly offered the use of any
of his works for this purpose, and the Committee have
determined on adopting ' The Narcissus' for the first
experiment, his diploma piece at the Royal Academy.
Some difficulties which arose at the Academy have de-
layed the completion of the intention, but these are now
removed, and the work will be proceeded with imme,
diately by Messrs. Copeland and Garrett. Mr. A. J.
Storhard has completed the medal commemorative of
Sir Joshua Reynolds ; the Committee propose distri-
buting to-day to thirty subscribers the right to receive
an impression of it in silver. Any subscriber who may
desire to have a copy of the medal in bronze, in lieu of the
engraving for the present year, Kill become entitled to
do so by forwarding to the office a note to that tffect.
" The want of encouragement in the art of gem en-
graving, at present seriously ft lt, has been urged upon
them in several quarters. It has been shown that we have
no artists in this department capable of engraving a figure
equal to those which were produced in England a few
years ago, and that there is not sufficient inducement to
lead engravers to pursue such a course of study as would
enable them to execute works of first-rate excellence;
the Committee take this upportunity to draw public at
tention to the fact.

" For the ninth time the Committee have the great
satisfaction of announcing the continued and increas
ing prosperity of the Art-Union of London, a more
extended and better appreciation of its great objects.
and clearer evidence of the goodness of its plan and
working.
" The subscription:for the present year amounts to the
sum of 15,4321. 125., and would have been larger, but
for the misapprehension that Lord Monteagie's Act
(under which the present distribution is made) applied
simply to the past year, anti that as no fresh Act on
the subject had been passed, we were not recognised
by the Legislature. In reality, however, the Act in
question remains in force until the 31st of July next,
before which time, as there is every reason to believe.
the Association will be placed on a firm and perasa
nent basis by an Act of Parliament, to be brought in
by the Right Hon. Thomas Wyse, as Chairman of a Com-
mittee of the House of Commons appointed in June
last to consider the objects and results of Art-Unions,
and the most exp,dient and practicable means of ren-
dering them most subservient to the improvement and
diffusion of art through the different classes of the com-
munity. The minutes of evidence and the report of
the Parliamentary Committee hive been printed, and,
when made public, will doubtless afford nlany valuable,
suggestionsiVi• the fueure conduct-t-of the Nssociation.
"It is gratifying to find that the late agitation
of the subject and this inquiry have not hed
the effect of changing the opinion of any early friend
to the Art-Union of London, so far as is known ; while
it ha& eYen already induced many, who entertained
doubts on the matter, to give it the advantage .of their
countenance. And hero they cannot omit offering
publicly respectful thanks to his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, President, for the interest his Royal
Highness manifested in the successful issue of the late
proceedings, and his personal endeavours on several
occasions to obtain it. His Royal Highness has himself
brought the subscriptions of various members of the
Royal Family, and has been graciously pleased at all
times to give assistance to the Committee.
" The list of provincial and foreign secretaries has
been increased considerably, and now numbers 338. In
addition to New York, Mexico, Nova Scotia, Hobart
Town, Ceylon, Bombay, and Singapore, mentioned in
the last report, the Society has now active correspondents
at Coblentz, Wiesbaden, Aix-la-Chapelle, New Bruns-
wick, Dominica, Monte Video, La Guayra, Toronto, in
Montreal, and last, but certainly net the least in im-
portance, at Canton, in the Celestial Etni ire !
" The prizeholders of last year purchased 253 works of
art, including two pieces of sculpture. These were
exhibited for the usual time, at first to the subscribers
and their friends, and afterwards gratuitously to the
public, and were visited by 250,000 persona without the
occurrence of any accident.

" Since the last meeting Thomas Griffith, Esq., M.A..;
George John Morant, Esq.; W. J. Smith, Esq., F.S. A.;
Henry G. Atkinson, Esq., F.G.S.; and Arthur Tooke,
Esq., M.A., have retired from the Committee ; the
Right Hon. the Earl of Arundel and surrey ; the Rev.
Edward Coleridge, of Eton; T. C. Harrison, Esq., F.L.S. ;
and: Mr. Sergeant Thompson, have been elected to fill
the vacancies thus created.

The account of receipts and disbursements is as
follows :

The amount set apart, accorditrg to the foregoing
statement, for the purchase of works of art, viz., 9,6501
will be thus allotted :-
40 Works of Art of the value of 101. each.
55 Works of Art of the value of 15/. each.
39 Works of Art of the value of 20/. each.
37 Works of Art of the value of 25/. each.
25 Works of Art of the value of 301 each.
25 W,,rks of Art of the value of 401. each.
14 Works of Art of the value of 50/. each.
12 Works of Art of the value of 60/. each.
10 Works of Art of the value of 701. each.
10 Works of Art of the value of 80/. each.
6 Works of Art of the value of 1001. each.
3 Works of Art of the value of 1501. each.
2 Works of Art of the value of 200/. each.

and 2 Works of Art of the- value of 300/. each.
To these are to be added twenty bronzes of "fhe Eagle
?,layer,' and thinly medals of Reynolds. To save the
time of the meeting, the medals will be allotted to the
first thirty names drawn consecutively at the close of the
general distribution.

" The reserved fund now amounts to 1,5251 25., con-
sisting sim,ly of the interest on subscriptions r ceived,
the sums unexpended by prizeholders, and the profit on
the sale of catalogues at the exhibitions. In order to
enlarge it, the Committee renew their exhortation; for
the payment of subscriptions early in the year.
"The Committee are anxious to increase to the utmost
the efficiency of the Association.

" The various new modes of multiplying works of art
the announcement of which has recently startled the
public, will not be disregarded by them, so far as they
may be likely to assist in spreading abroad universally
works of fine art. The steam-press has made goad
literature cheap, and the increased demand consequent has
made it cheaper still, without weakening in any degree
its worth and power. The delight and instruction it
gives are extended to all azd lessened to none. So it
should be, and will be, with art. It is recorded of
Apelles that he could not en-lure that a picture should
have but one master,- he thought that the works of
great artists should be carried from one country to
another, because painting • was a common good to all
the world.' We are told, too, there was a period when
such works were looked upon in Greece as public tr:a-
sures, whereof the enjoyment was due to all.
"In modern times, the engraver has extended the
delight afforded by the contemplation of works of art to
a wide circle, and the processea now in progress of
development may enable him to fulfil literally Apelles'
wish, and make a fine picture a common good to all the
world. If we look back hardly a century, and note the
state of arts in England at that time, the utter disregard
of them which was shown, and the prevailing opinion
that Englishmen had not the quslificati,ms necessary for
the successful practice of thtan, and remembering what
has been done since, observe the important movements
'now making in favour of the fine arts, we shall find
ason to be hopeful. Amongst the most recent efforts
in this behalf is the Bill now before the Legislature to
enable town councils to establish museums of art for the
benefit of the public—to provide galleries for the recep-
tion of

" Relative to the selection of the works of art on that
occasion, it is the painful duty of the Committee to re-
probate in the strongest terms the conduct of one of the
prizeholders, who :ought unworthily to divert the funds
of the Association from their proper course for his own
pecuniary advantage. The artists to whom he applied
proved themselves men of honour and integrity, and his
scheme failed. The Committee minutely investigated
the occurrence, and received the fullest proof that the
selection ultimately made was a buns fide transaction, or
they would assuredly have declared the prize forfeited,
and allowed the subscriber to seek what remedy he
might. They deemed it right, however, with a view to
the attainment of the objects of the Association and the
protection of artists, to make the ' R►egulations as to
selection' more stringent than they were before, and
have accordingly provided that no arrangement what
ever shall be made, or attempted to be made, between a
prizeholder and an artist, or by any parties on their
behalf, in the selection of a work of art, by which a
prizeholder may obtain, or attempt to obtain, the return
of a portion of the amount of a prize, or other valuable
consideration ; that no prizeholder shall sell, or attempt
to sell, the right of selection; and that should any at-
tempt to evade the published regulations be discovered,
the amount of the prize shall be Weited and merge in
the funds of the S,lciety. In this determination they
are quite satisfied they will receive the support of all who
appreciate rightly the real objects of the Association,
and they would state emphatically, it is only these they
desire to find in the list of subscribers. The engraving
due to the subscribers of last year, The Castle of
Ischia,' will be delivered, in pursuance of the notice al-
ready sent to every subscriber, on and after the 7th of
May next.

‘— Gems of art
And genius, ravished from the grasp of Time,'
and to adopt the most efficient means of rendering them
educationally useful.
".Emanating, as this Bill does, from a member of their
body, Mr. Ewart, to whom, in conjunction with others,
the public are greatly indebted for the establishment of
schools of design, and believing that if carried out effi-
ciently by the local authorities, public taste will thereby
gradually be improved, and that much good will result,
the Committee feel entitled to allude to it in terms of
sincere commendation. The connexion between manu-
factures and arts is generally admitted, and has been
always urged in the reports of your Committee ; it is
asserted that we cannot compete with foreign manufac-
turers in some branches of trade because of want of
knowledge of the arts of design on the part of the opera-
tives. By providing collections in each town of the
fins at casts of tl.e ancient forms of beauty ; giving
general access to them, and making drawing a part of
ordinary education, we might speedily overcome thi, re-
proach, and lartome indeper.dent of foreign aid.
"The increased facilities of access to national and
private collections now enjoyed by the public, was
threatened by the recent demolition of an ancient relic.
The law being tbund defective—a roof, a:nongit others,
of the indifference towards the fine arts which his been
entertained b; our Lvgislature—a Bill for the protection
of works of art has been brought into the Ilou,a? of
Commons, and will speedily be made law ; and it is to
be hope], that should any evil-disposed person commit a
similar outrage, he will punished with rigour ; all
have an interest in maintaining the security 4* works of
art publicly exposed, and thereby preventing the renewal
of an unjm t stigma now nearly removed.
"The remission of the duty on glass will be advan-
tageous to painters in water colours, arid leaf many to
adorn their hou-es with prints, who otherwise would
not have done so.

" The increased attention paid to the fine arts at our
Universities, the important proce,dingi or the royal
commisAion for their eiwourdgernent, the rapid spread of
a desire for artiAieal dec rations in our building, and
other evidence that the lore of art is penetrating the
mind of the country, would afford important matter for
congratulation and comment.

is not too much to assert, that the proceedings of
the Art-Union of London have greatly assists d in pro-
ducing tha movement now apparent, by leading multi-
tudes to talk and think of art w!io otherwise had disre-
garded it, and obtaining a more exrvnded consid: ration
of its value and uses. It will be the duty of the Com-
mittee, as it is their pleasure, to aid in giving this move-
ment a right din...akin, and they salt upon the anbscrib rs,
and they call upon artists, as they have befi•re done, z-a-
lously to assist them in the en&iiv..u,..
The great end of art,' say, a philosh !Neal writer
of the last century,* has been su little consithred, thst
many are accustomed to look on pictures as they would
on rich hangings. It is true that some kinds o, s,
like some kinds of books, CAR do no more than please.
But the first object of high art is no more to be orna-
mental than the first object or an author is to decorate a
library. Like poets, historians, and philosophers,
painters have the power of instructing whilst
entertaining the mind.' To painters we say, exercise
this power ; produce works to teach as well as please,
and rouse art to her proper station umongst us ; and to
the public we say, purchase these works whozprodaued,

The Waterloo Soldier Convalescent,' engraved by
Mr. G.T. Doo, after Mr. Mulready, R.A., due to the sub-
scribers of the present year, is approaching completion.
In addition to this print the subscribers will receive for
each guinea paid, a series of designs in outline illustra-
tive of Thowson's Castle of Indolence,' made by Mr.
William Rimer. The drawings have been placed in the
hands of Messrs. Webb, Whitfield, EL W' Ord, and

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