The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-03 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS!

LATER FROM UNITED STATES.
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING.
We have this morning received a few New York
and Boston papers of a later date than previously
brought here by a passenger, by the Independence,
which sailed from New York, on the 9th April, and
brings papers of that date, being wind-bound in the
Channel. The gentleman who brought these papers,
has been landed at a port in Ireland, and arrived here
this morning.
Lord Ashburton was duly installed in his resi-
dence at Washington, on the 4th, called upon the
Secretary of State on the sth, arid Was presented to
the President on the 6th. He was in'good health and
spirits,and attended both Houses orCongress afterwards.
The examination of Hogan, who had been seized a
second time in the -United States 'territory, at Roches-
ter, had terminated, at the end of five days, in his dis-
missal, on the insufficiency of the warrant, and he
would be sent across the border as soon as possible.
The Texians were promised the assistance of
Yutucan, in their contest with the Mexicans. General
Moore, had sailed from Campeachy, and the Yutucans
were fitting out vessels to attack Mexico.
Buenos Ayres news is to the 9th of March. A
battle had taken place between the Monte Videans
and Buenos Ayreans in the interior, and the former
had been victorious.

NINE DAYS LATER FROM THE
UNITED STATES.
We have received by express New York papers of the
10th of April, being nine days later than those received
by the Columbia. These papers are brought by the In-
dependence packet-ship, Captain Holdridge. The Inde-
pendence sailed on the 10th, and brought nineteen pas-
sengers, thirteen of whom were taken by the Bristol
steamer from Cork when the Independence was off Wa-
terford. Amongst the passengers is Washington Irving,
just appointed American Minister to Madrid.
We learn by a paragraph in one of the papers which
we have received, that Lord Ashburton had arrived at
Washington.

Fronil2exas there is no news of a decided character.
Three or four " sympathising" Meetings had been held.
and " strong" resolutions passed in favour of supporting
the Texians. The following paragraphs contain all upon
this subject that we find in the papers that have reacued
us :-

•
(From the New York Herald of the 10th. )
We are happy to announce that the difficulty between the
French Minister, Hon. Al. Saligny, and our Government, has
been amicably and satisfactorily arranged, and that Mons. Sa-
lim will return to Texas either by the next steam-packet
from New Orleans, or by one of the French vessels of war,
which are expected to visit our coast, for the protection of the
interests of Frenchmen in case of Alexican invasion.
A United States sloop of war has been ordered to Galveston
from Pensacola for the protection of American citizens and pro-
perty in case of Mexican invasion, and will probably be here
in a few days.

News WAS brought to town a day or two since, that a party
of the French emigrants who have lately settled near Aransas
Bay, have captured a Mexican vessel having 350 muskets on
board, 4,0001b5. of powder, 30 barrels of flour, some sugar and
coffee, and 3,000 dols. in specie.
( From the New York Intelligeweer.)
Galveston dates have been received at New Orleans to the
28th ultimo. The most important item of intelligence is a
proclamation of President Houston, declaring all the ports of
Mexico on the Gulf to be in a state of blockade, and forbidding
neutral vessels to trade therewith, after having received notice
of the blockade, under the penalty prescribed by the law of
nations. 'I he decree is to take effect within twenty days as to
any port in the United States north of the Gulf of Mexico, and
in forty-five days as to vessels coming from any port in Europe.
The advices from Galveston contradict- the rumour of a
Mexican invasion, and there seems now little doubt that the
party which attacked Antonia was a mere marauding expedi-
tion. The Texans, however, were still in motion, pushing
their preparations with a view to this. -invasion of Mexico.
General Somerville was invested witirthe command of the
main body of the Texian army, and was under warching
orders for some point beyond the Rio Grande. The only
news that had been received from the aimed- fleet fitted out by
the citizens of Galveston was, that they had sot yet found
the enemy, but were determined to cciintinue their search to
Metamoras, if they could not sooner get a fight. It was the
general opinion that Metamoras would be the first point of
attack.

BUENOS AYRES AND MONTE VIDEO.—We are indebted to
Captain Adams for papers from Buenos Ayres to the sth of
February. and from Monte Video to the 9th. The war be-
tween these two Republics stiU continues. Their two fleets
had repaired damages and were lying in their respective
ports. On land military operations continued in the province
of Corrientes.

Captain Adams represents the state. of the market in both
places for exports, as well as imports, to be very unfavourable,
and that there is little prospect of improvement in them
until the war is ended, which prevents all trade with the
upper provinces.

Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer.)
PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 8, 5 P.m.—Beyond th, sales of
4,300 dubs., Philadelphia City s's 1858 at 96, and 5,000 dols.,
ditto s's 1846 at 95, and 4,000 dols. Cincinnati Bonds 6's
1865 at 56, there was very little done; United States Bank
closed at 2{ to 3; North American Bank 155 bid ;' Pennsyl-
vania 50 bid ; Philadelphia 33 bid ;-Camden and Amboy RR.
70 asked; Wilmington RR. 9i to 10; Girard Bank notes sold
at 59 discount; United States Bask notes 65 to 70; 6 per Cent.
Treasury Notes 21/ to 3% per cent. ; exchange on New York
and Roston to j per cent. discount.
The ,honey Market continues somewhat tight, but not so
much so as it was on the close of March or the early part of
the present month. The banks are doing a little in the way of
discount, and the heavy payments of the 'month have been
overcome pretty much.
A man by the name of Reiff, residing in Kensington, com-
mitted suicide yesterday, by throwing himself into the river
Delaware.

BALTIMORE, FRIDAY, 9 A.M.—..There is not a word of news
by the Western papers.
The tariff meeting in this city last evening was a very large
one. The rotunda of the Exchange not being large enough to
hold them, the meeting adjourned to the' Exchange-place.
Judge James Harwood presided, and 15 Vibe-Presidents as-
tasted. The officers were eoually divided 'between the two
parties.
The resolutions adopted will be found in the papers
sent with this.
Andrew Stewart, of Philadelphia, addressed the meeting,
and Judge Wilkins, of Philadelphia, was' expected also io
speak, but for some unexplained canoe, did not. B. H. Richard-
son, one of our Loco Delegates in the Legislature, made a
thorough tariff speech. Altogether the meeting was a decided
demonstration in favour of a tariff, and proved there was little
difference of opinion in this city among men of all parties.
The hull of the steam-boat SouteCaroliria, divested of all
her machiney and her copper sheathing, was sold at public auc-
tion on Wednesday for 300 dollars. Cheap enough, if the pur-
chaser can make any use of her—if not, it is dear enough.
Exchan,ge on New York and Philadelphia, par ; on Boston,
disc. ; Virginia Bank Notes, ti disc. ; Railroad orders, 41 to
43 disc.

(From the New York Herald.)
A fair amount of business was transacted at the Stock Ex-
change this morning, and a better feeling was manifested ;
nearly every description advanced. New York State 53 per
Cents. improved I per cent. ; Delaware and Hudson, ;
Canton and Co. of Baltimore, ; Mohawk, /3 ; Harlem, g ;
Bank of Commerce (full), I ; Ditto (Script), 1 per cent. ;
Indiana Bonds declined
We have it not in our powet to notice any improvements in
business generally. The great depression in prices have com-
pelled many manufacturers to stop entirely, and almost all ar-
ticles of import continue selling at a serious loss. The Loan
Bill is strongly opposed by the Loco Foco Members of the
Senate, and if they succeed in delaying its passage much
longer, the government will not be prepared to meet the trea-
sury notes falling dae. These have been in 'demand for the
payment of duties at 1 to 13 per cent. discount, for amounts of
1,000 dols. and 50 dols., and 3 to 1 per cent. for those of 100
dols. and 50 dols. Money is scarce among the brokers, bet
there is little demand for the merchants. The rate of discount
in the street is from-12 to 15 per cent.
There has been a fair demand for sterling Exchanges, and the
market closed firm at our quotations. On France and other
continental cities the transactions have been limited—so much
so, that it is almost difficult to give quotations.,
The business in inland Exchanges throughout the week has
-been moderate ; the supply of bills is riot large, but sufficient to
meet the demand. There is but little alteration in rates.
We have no foreign demand for specie. 'Considerable quan-
tities are drawn fr., in the banks for Philadelph,a, but that makes
no changes here, and every description remains at par. -

BRAZIL.
(FRODI A CORRESPONDENT.)
Letters have been received from Bahia, to the 28th
February, containing some interesting notice of the oc-
currence related in the newspapers, received by packet,
last week, from Rio de Janeiro, to the 22d of same
month, and approving of the proceedings of the Imperial
Government, which, it is stated, had procured for it such
confidence, and gained such bold on the public opinion,
as no Government has enjoyed in Brazils since the
abdication of Don Pedro the First.

The case is thus described :—Each province in the
Empire has its own legislative and representative as •
sembly, with authority to make laws sanctioned by the
President, wits regard to its internal government, or
provincial affairs—but not in respect of matters con-
cerning the empire at large, which are reserved exclu-
sively to the cognizance of the General Legislative
Assembly.
In the last Session of that Assembly two laws were
passed and sanctioned by the Emperor, the
one creating a Council of State, a kind of
Privy Council, for the purpose of holding a
wholesome check on the Ministers for the time being, and
the other a " Reform of the Criminal Code." Both those
measures had become extremely necessary, and the Go-
vernment could not be carried on well without them ;
they were adopted after most mature and able discus
sions, for which purpose the sittings of the two Chambers
had been prolonged for two months beyond the ordinary
period for their cosing.
There is not a man of property, nor any one having
a stake in the country, but approves highly of
those two laws ; and the foreign residents in Brazils,
in particular, are quite delighted with . the reform
in the criminal code; but it is singular enough 'to
observe, that the very men (though few) who now con-
demn both these measures, were most clamorous for
them, and earnestly supported them, in the expectation,
it appears now, of being selected for members of the
Council. Disappointed in this respect on raurning to
their own province, St. Paulo, they set to work, and, in
order to produce a commotion, as members of the Pro rill-
cial Legislature, got up an address from that Assembly
direct to the Emperor, couched in disrespectful language,
inveighing bitterly against the Ministers, designating
them traitors and wat not, and praying his Imperiall
Majesty, of his own anthority, to annul those laws
which he had so recently sanctioned and promulgated.
The Constitution admits of no direct communication
from the Provincial Assemblies to the Emperor, but re-
quires that all such, relating to matters not strictly pro-
vincial, must be made through the medium of the Presi-
dent of the respective provinces for the time being. This
they refused to abide by, and sent a deputation, consist-
ing of three of their own members to lido de Janeiro, to
present their address to the Emperor personally.
In the meantime the Council of State had been
named, and the Government had
_thereby gained great
ad —.

tditional stremicrth Thav arontvli ntrlir ;ar,laa hr.-1

furnished with a copy of the Address ly fit deputy
C. n, which being complie I with, it v. a; declare
to be out of all character, hide( oi.i ILF, whollf
miconsCtutional, violent, and disresre_nful to the
Monarch, offensive to the Minisby, and sub•
versive of public order, and as such returned;
and its presentation being refused, the Deputation there-
upon returned to St. Paulo, breathing reveng,, and
threatening to spread disorder throughout the-provinces,
vi et armis."

The Government, however, took the precaution to
send a steamer to St. Paulo, explaining the whole pro-
ceedings, and issued a circular calling on all the,Presi-
dents of the provinces, and enjoining them hence-
forward not to allow any such departure- from
or tampering with the Constitution, and moreover,
suspended the Municipal Corporations of several
towns which had, through intrigue or misrepre-
sentation, been induced to follow the example of the
provincial assembly of St. Paulo. These prompt and
decisive steps had the desired effect of entirely dissi-
pating the threatened storm, and the deputation, on their
return to St. Paulo, with the concoctors of the scheme,
the Andrades and -Vergeseiros, became objects of ridi-
cule, since their conduct was universally ascribed to dis-
appointed ambition. Every thing, it appears, remained
perfectly quiet, and the greatest tranquillity prevailed
throughout not only St. Paulo, but all the other pro-
vinces to the northward, whatever a few discontented
and disconcerted indiViduals may wish " to- make
believe " to the contrary. Indeed, the public spirit
and patriotism was never better or greater. Whilst
to the southward, the leader of the Rio Grande rebels,
Benzo Gonzalver, has recently had a very narrow-- es-
cape of being taken, or killed, in a renconter with a de-
tachment of Imperialists, having had 60 'men killed, and
leaving several prisoners behind him, in which the rebels
have been beaten, according to the Rio newspapers, and
confirmed by the Bahia letters. They are in a very dis-
organized state, being much discouraged by repeated-de-
feats, and even desertions, whilst the Imperial troops are
in high spirits.
With regard to the finances, the writer of thuletter
observes that he cannot see any difficulty to be appre-
hended whilst capitalists can .be found who would be
glad to contract for a loan, perhapa to a large amount,
at 70 per cent., and whilst " Exchequer Bills" are freely
taken, and he concludes with expressing his' opinion
that a new era had commenced in the prospects of the
empire, from the additional firmness the Government
had acquired by the nomination of the Council of State,
above referred to, and by which a degree, of moral
strength had been gained, never before experienced' in
that country.

,1
FINE ARTS.
ROYAL ACADEVY EXHIBITIOX. ;:"
The seventy-fourth Exhibition of the Royal Academy
opened yesterday; an immense crowd waited with eager-
ness the opening of the doors, and. the rooms were
speedily thronged-, so much so, indeed,-,that it was with
difficulty we could • elbow our way threugh the close-
wedged mass. The Exhibition contains several striking
pictures, some few of first-rate merit, and many of a.very
inferior character.- Aniong the exhibitors, we are glad to
find Landseer, Maclise, Pickersgill, Collins, Lee, and seve-
ral other popular painters. We will just enumerate a few
of the pictures that most struck us, on a necessarily-hasty
glance.—No. 62, The Play Scene in liarnlet, is from the
pencil of Maclise. It is a showy, imposing productiqn,
and exhibits some of the worst faults,' as Well; 'aS the
greatest excellencies, of this clever artist. The -ceneeti-
tion as a whole is good, but the executions in same
places is feeble, and in others exaggerated. The
countenance of Hamlet, who is reclining on • the
ground, attentively watching the countenances of the King
and Queen, is too violent and passionate in expression,
and that of the King is quite a caricature. There are
some rich effects of colouring, and some judicious group.-
ing in, w hat may be called, the back-ground of the pic-
ture, but we should have been glad to have seen a little
more repose of manner. However, despite its defects, the
work is an animated one, and will be sure to find munerops
admirers. No. 63, Portrait of the Queen, by Partridge,
is too chalky in its flesh tints ; but the rich, lustrous,
satin drapery is very effectively painted. No. 118, POr.
trait of toe Right Hon. -the-Speaker, is Sir. Martin
Archer Shee's
.qitietest and, soberekt.. manner-. A • little ~
more vie•'our of colouring would not have been amist-
No. 141, Ziva, a badger dog belonging to the Prince of
Saxe Cobourg, is more like life itself than an imitatioma
of it. lt is one of Landseer's happiest productioni...
No. 166, An Italian Landscape, is not unlike the glowing,
poetical style of Claude. The details. are wrought,
up with uncommon care. Callcott is the -painter,
of this sterling, gem. No. 171, Portrait of Prince Albert,- -
is a creditable likeness, but there is a little toomuch stiff- •
ness about the figure, and the eyes are deficient in that
softness which characterises the original. -It is
in the lower part of the face that the
semblance is most easily to be traced. No. 182,1;
Snow Storm--Steam-boat off a Harbour's Mouth",
one of Turner's extraordinary freaks. What" he means
by it, it is impossible to say, for never was there-
so utterly unintelligible a performance. No. 201, The
Battle of Prestonpans is one of Allan's clever, animated
works. The figure of the wounded Col. Gardiner,. who
represented in the act of falling back on his rearing and't.
alarmed horse, is excellent. No. 220, The Chapel of j
the Convent of St. Catherine, is in Roberts's most truthfdl. •
chaste, and forcible style of colouring. The mellowed
light, glimmering in at the. stained window, and lighting
up portions of the chapel,_produces some,striking effectfr-
No. 229, A Contest qf.the Lyre and the Pipe, in the Trdi"
ley of Tempe, is a truly poetical conception,.by Danby-
No. 230, Portrait of Dr. Barclay, is a sober, graceful
piece of colouring by Air. Irvine. There are numerous other
deserving paintings, a notice of which we must reserve
to another opportunity. In the Sculpture-room we were
greatly pleased with an admirable bust of Sir William+
Follett, by E. B. Stephens, a sculptor of much promise.

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ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY. . .'
CLAUDIT'S DAGUERROTYPE. 1
The gentleman who conducts the process, of painting '
with the real rays of the sun himself, instead of •., •
"camel's hair" at the Adelaide Gallery, shows very good
taste in retaining the name of the profound and' ingerii- i
ous man to whom the world is indebted for the invert.
' tion ; although Mr. Claudit has made some valuably
improvements, which we have no doubt will lead to the .
complete perfection of this wonderful and most interest-
ing
art. It was a bold conception to search for means .
throUgh which the image of an object upon the plane of ~
the camera obscure should be permanently fixed, and - -
retained as if it had been traced by the graver, or
stamped into the metal by the steam press of the Mint.
What the effect will be upon painting and painters, it is
~,,
not easy to conjecture, noris it very pleasant to speculate. ,-,k
The great resource of struggling genius in that branch ':
of the fine arts, has been in all ages the ministering tJ
the vanity of the rich, by transferring their images -to -•
canvas and to paper. This occupation of the artist is,
we suspect, nearly gone for ever. No one will sit and
yawn from day to day for weeks, and months, and years, „IR
in the studio of Bothwell or Robertson, in the doubtful joip
hope of seeing a guessabk likeness of him or herself ;01
upon a kit-hat or an inch of ivory ; when, in half aii
,
second— literally half a second— or so small s; :: •
space of time as admits only of musical . ;•,'l`
mea-
surement, the father of all the Muses, the autho.449,
of all the Arts, the great Phoebus himself, *ill Y,-,",
strike a portrait, exact to the minutest trait, faith- •,..' ;,i
ful to the very life, and as expressive. r,, as if the soul -,,,
passed into the picture, with the lineaments of thtei,e,
human face divine—of 'which all the divinity, is pre.te,
served. A sketch of the process may not be unacceptep,
able to some of our readers. The discovery of- ISO :',4-**
Daguerre, consisted of the means of fixing permanefitlf, . ., ~
upon a plate of silver, an image formed in the camera ~ ''' ~
obscure. The silver, having been chemically cleaned'
and accurately polished, is placed over a vessel contain-
ing iodine, the vapour of which is diffused over ita,.siirl,
face. The greatest nicety and taste is necessary to
secure the equal diffusion of the vapour over the whole .- " ir
surface, and in a certain exact quantity, as the least ?JO;
deficiency or excess would frustrate the • experiment.-
•-• du;
Thus prepared, the plate is placed in the focus of the -'.,,,0160,
camera, where it receives the light reflected from the 's'
object of which the image is required. This part of the ,e,v7,0
process occupies, as we have said, an inconceivably short ,',rt,oi
time, and if the object be a portrait . the most transients c,io•o
expression pas-ing over the face so rapidly as scarcely'!'"
to be seen, it is fixed upon the plate with the force a • '
truth of life. No effort of the pencil, in the hand of otif • •
master that ever did or ever will live, could make ail
approach to such an effort. It is to be observed, how,.
ever, that, upon first withdrawing the plate from the boxi
fri:
n
no effect of the light upon -it is perceptible, end •
faintestthe
o isclose
chamber,
to be observed.
the
ercHuor3 However, 00,
a state , •
beoitng exposed in a e
of vapour, in a heat of 180 degrees Fahrenheit,
the picture is formed. In this process M. Claudit has ,
, ',,,
made some important changes, the exact nature of which
_p
we, of course, are not acquainted with. But the result •t.
is that he produces pictures, having the general appear-
ance of drawings in Sepia, but on close inspection, and in -y:,,,
a particular light, the flesh tints are to be perceived, as.
~,'l,
'
clear, rich, and warm, as they are seen in the life. ettA
Hence we are induced to believe, that M. Claudit is ap- -
proaching the point of perfection, and that he will be able •
i,,
to produce portraits with not only the lineaments and ,04.
character, but with the colour of the original in greater '; ;'r;;• ~
frt shness and truth than any production of the easel. i
As we are on the subject of the Adelaide Gallery, we "`,.,)
t '
may observe that there has been recently a change in
i 4 ;i=
the management, which is now in the hands of Mr. - ,; -r. Jones, himself a man of science and an able lee-
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turer. his lectures on the voice of man and animals are il- ~ .1 lustrated by the German Siffleur, Herr Joel, who posseses .-.. -'.n; '''-'
a wonderful facility of imitating all sorts of voices and :- ,-•.,,,''...,
sounds, discordant or melodious. Several of the courses .'t
4 ..,, ;
1,.." of lectures are proceeding daily and nightly: The riff.. - 0
sweet prodigy the Infant Sappho is retained, and Clarke'o ' ,ci. e:ii
Dissolving Views, being often varied, continue, us they -, , ,1000,
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deserve, a great attraction. A passing word may be be-
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stowed upon the Magician Cranbrook. whose feats-:- ;,
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abate our wonder at the exploits of Herr. Dobler. .‘ 0' 47
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The Commerce says :—" The number of larFe Pl,ll
barracks, for both infantry and cavalry, which are to be ill- ttl`,l
stantly commenced within tl.e line of the continuous wall, is
six. They will bo built against the principal bastions, and
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protected on the city side by a ditch. There are to be three ti
on the right bank of the river, and three on the left ; those on'
the right bank will be situated as follows :—one on the Plaine
du Tombeau, near the Batignolles ; another near the Bond
Point, on the ro id from La Chapelle to :tit. Denis ; and a third
at the entrenchments of the Pont de Flandres, to the north of :A;;'1
La Villette. The three barracks on the left bank of the river
will be situated thus :—one opposite the Barriere de Fontaine- . .
bleau, on the hill of Ivry ; another behind the Observatory, to '
the left of the Paris and Orleans road ; the third at Vaugi- -
rard."
Two speeches of Lord Howick, one on the Corn-
law Bill, and the other on the Financial measures of the Go- ''F,%6
vernment, corrected by his Lordship, have been very genecally
circulated in Northumberland. They are dedicated to the
farmers, and, in a short notice prefixed, the Noble Lord con-
trasts the professions of Lord Ossulston and Mr. Creswell with
the opinions delivered by himself; and after adverting to the
new Corn Act, the Tariff, and the Income-tax sigatileiuktly

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ELECTION COMMITTEES.
SOUTHAMPTON.
~rhe Committee met yesterday morning at the usual hour.
ti'lt examination of witnesses was proceeded with, the ques-
''s h.eing.directed to obtaining proof of ?gencv and bribery.
harde examination of a witness named Luce, he was
:if he had seen anything given by a Mr. Whit-
t}l4'" , tot:Ur. Wrenn, and refused to answer the question,
11
gh positively ordered by the Committee to do so. Th
41 was cleared, and on being re-opened, Luce was called,e
ti the same question put to him, when he answered it in the
rrnati re. In answer to another question, he said it was
i,°q•eEty,ds el w but he did not know how much. The Committee then
with the examination of J. Lyle, the Town-Ser-
of Southampton.

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READING.
11 e C
rmnittee met yesterday morning at 11 o'clock, when
eedings terminated, by the Counsel for the petition
wi rig the opposition to the return. The sitting 111cm-
' tnert fore, C. Russell and Lord Chelsea, retain their seats.

The „ • - PENRYN AND FALMOUTH.
Bair, k,otrzmittee met at the usual hour, Mr. C. Wood in the
1'11,„ ~.,
, \Vijr`mrain ittee proceeded with the examination, of witnesses.,
,-,lltill 'ln's, 'ivho was under examination on Saturday, was
'til,:lawiineid, and a woman named Jeffries, but nothing par-
,,4, WI, elicited.
,;i4it_ 14erson
Named
John Goodman was next examined,
.0' -"ed that Mr. Searle, Mr. Tilly, Mr. James, . Mr.
ty,,,',.4kh(1 M.
i., '.
were canvassing with Capt. Plumridge.
re ^n la,it'e up to Captain Plumridge when those pers,ons
'',litj 1 -- ""w, and asked what was his figure, to which Cap-
sittt)4,,d,ge replied, "I will walk as far as
Laughter.)eier of them,
~Il'ari:';lltll,'‘'.,'les further if required."—( He saw
'Ava,le i,ZaY before the day of nomination, who said
Williams
im
t9h4lY-04,11,-;,74rltisted that morning., A. person called NI i
at,
,e t tali he understood Captain Plumridge was gohing
Cro,-It ..° which James replied that he knew better t an
ff" a 1-Z4kkt,:la,wlpo-vvereci to give more.
for hi 3 "trsiD'iled b Y Mr. CocKBL arc—He did not much care
of r ,'''te '''',,,.• He did not want it. He never took a bribe
) 4 Cil
~/,' '67 e • ined before a Committee of the House
ii":s,nrc,ree,l,i-ve"itsi,.;;s.ie'ir I°B9l for the purpose of hearing evi-
e, ',hi Pe-nry'n. Said on that occasion that
yl,ys°lc,„ h:11.11,.--''Jrom Mr. Stanbiutrg.r
purpose v d
of t footing l e at
for
Hthee
(Le stiLeal dint' trite4t Let!. rSeteaenivburgfewould bring forward. Vi'as
,I'4, ,et'd lmsthe election. Was always for Justice and purity.
e,i '''' gn, rter ) Went to Mr. Reed and asked him for a
'' l':)'' ~Jellt • Captain Vivian. Might have asked
1 - 111-1' I°F. anc a were low then He pulled 's4. 0.1)4g, or,`"" s( ve;eui ii Th were for the pur- k 41.1 10 t}, ~",_WYitig 'leather.. Slight have told Captain
ti't4",es„ if. 'n liad plenty of money, and could have more.
Ihi"--(4_,,e I_4l not ask him for money ; asked him to assist
iillrY tf;v -Ugnter. ) Ife. might have gone to Captain N lian
il,l Pr't'ciple of the tiiing.( Laughter. ) Means booths
, krt "Of 01 •
4, ed ?
,tan • e thing, to see if Captain Vivian was a good-
s.",lken .. n'--(Laughter. ) Mr. Reed gave him 3/. He is
iki 64,,,.,
_, he believes, for the petitioner. Won't tell where
ol,taL's ,17 of sovereigns elme,from. He got the so% ereigns by the
tic eather. When iie said he did not know when
4, of
sovereign
he did not then understand thequestion so well.
"tiii, P' Captain Vivian in the House of Commons ; does not
~,,t, iet that he spoke to him. He asked him for his address.
.0.1,:
to
recollects better that: he spoke to Captain Vivian.
''' i w Vivian was in the milli and lie knew it. Would be-
' Captain Vivian if he said so.
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:4'e regret to have to announce the death of Lady
4 ay, the wife of Sir Matte wTierney, Bart. B.r ladyship
141, t k:er residence in ....enton—etreet, on Sunday last, after a
toted illness of sotne montho.

On 84tur(lay evening Torquato Tasso was performed for
the debut of madame Ronemit. This opera was brought out
.:-. here two years ago for the debut of Coletti, an admirhble per-
former, whose engagement instead of Tamburini gave occasion
• to the " Tamburini row," which had the effect of cos-apelling
• Laporte to engage that singer, and to lay Coletti on the shelf,
bfl.l v.ho, however,
'of Italy, has since been placed, by the unanimous voice
in the highest rank of his profession. Coletti re-
teived very great applause for his acting and singing in the
_,, character of 'lasso, though the piece was generally disap-
kreved of; and such, we believe, will be the case now.
7?-1-- noncom's -performance of the same character, by which, it is
.aaui, he laid the foundation of his continental reputation, was
• _excellent. He certainly did not look the character of the
Yc.uthful, poet, the aspiring but favoured lover of the high-
, born Leonora of Este, so well as Coletti, who was singularly
houdsome and graceful ; • but his performance was energetic
arid imvassioned, and his singing was full of that expressive
simplicity which we have eh eady remarked as belonging to him.
3.ladantie Ronconi, in the part of Leonora, did not at first make
a striking impression ; but, as she proiteeded, her powers de-
veloped themselves and she merited and obtained general and
cordial applause. In the air " L'affaimo in cui penal" (one of
the best things in the opera), she was loudly and warmly en-
cored
; and her appearance may be considered as decidedly sue-
neeefel• .Her voice is a mezzo soprano, of very pleasing qua-
lity, though not of great power.
t'--•• The theatre was crowded. The Queen, Prince Albert, and .
:4), their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of
es • ,Cembridge, and the Princess Augusta, were present ; and the
o:•:, • eexes were filled with fashionable company.

" PORTUGAL.
J. ID
' FALMOUTH, APRIL 30.—The steamer Liverpool arrived
here this morning, and after landing the Peninsular mai'.s pro-
• 'needed for Southampton. She brings dates from Gibraltar
ist inst., Cadiz 22d inst., Lisbon 25th inst., Oporto 26th
last-, and Vigo 27th inst. Passengers:—Messrs. Fitzgerald,
Et.
s Eaton, Delius, Vidal-, Baker, Howard, Kanin, Jon-
. gun; and Jackson ; Lieutenant Osborne ; Captain Lyons and
servant ; Mrs. Baker, two children, and servant. Left at Lis-
,. ban the Indus and Lynx British ships of war.
LISBON, APRIL 25.—Some delay will necessarily take place
thenegotiations about the commercial treaty, owing to a
• I• h wenity started by the Portuguese negotiator, and which will
, A
nowaroi to refer the question to the Government
5, at home. What the Portuguese want is to ensure a continu-
'' anee of exclusive favours, as regards their wines, &c., in our
2lierket ; so that whatever treaties we might make subsequently
a. ,nth other wine. growing countries, there shall always be a
-..,1:L.0wer duty on Portuguese wines than on any other.
Our Government, I believe, is willing to make a very ex-
tensive reduction of duties on Portuguese products, for an equi-
,- •
i,,valent reduction here on British cottons, woollens, hardware,
and salt fish. It is understood that the duties on Portuguese
'wines would be 'reduced from ss. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per gallon ;
that en Brandy from 21s. 6d. to 10s., and Portuguese fruit,
which now pays 75,, 6d. per chest, would be admitted at the
merely nominal duty of ls. per chest. For such concessions as
these, which would give an enormous impulse to the agricul-
-.
aural; interests, the Portuguese ought not to hesitate to reduce
'tlieir ditties on our staple articles to one half at least ; in fact,
the principle should be to regulate the duties so as to amount
to about 20 per cent. ad valorem, making some exception, on the
'vie hand, in favour of additional protection to such branches of
tztanufacture as have been long established under the existing
tstystenr, and on-the other, reducing to a still lower amount than
I.29.per.eent, the duties on such articles as are consumed exten-
'''sively by. the poorer classes and which do not enter into corn-
-Petition at all with their home' manufactures. The idea is
'ilto appoint a commission of practical men, English and Portu-
guese, to examine the tariff, and the hearings of the reductions
~Proposed. The hitch that has now taken place is unfortunate ;
and the interest of Portugal certainly is that there should be no
titineeessary delay. The best exemplification of this afforded
by the strenuous efforts making by the French and Spanish
*Minister's to prevent the conclus on of the treaty. The opposi-
Aitur of its two rivals in the British market ought to convince
Portuguese statesmen how much their country would benefit
:by the prOposed arrangement,
It. is reported that the Council of State have not yet come to
a definite conclusion as to Baron Lagos's plan of converting the
foreign into home stock. The idea of its supporters is to con-
vert no more than a million or two millions at present. Ir ap-
Pears that Messrs. Neave and Co., of London, offer to deliver
over to the Portuguese government a million of Five per Cents.
Foreign Steck, to be exchanged for a million of Portuguese
Four- per Cents., payable at Lisbon, the parties receiving a
edinintssion- of 2# per cent. We e this carried out, then the
coeirertiOn'of a further amount would be proeeeded with.
The golden' rose consecrated by the Pope, .and which con•.
tamed torne relics Within it, was preit-nted to the Queen yes-
terday.with much ceremony, at tht Chapel of the Necessidades,
by, Monsenor D. .hstavao Vizzardelli, 'councillor of the Papal
legation
chamberlain to hi's Holiness, and his delegate here for
the especial purpose of presenting this offering on the occasion
of the baptism of the young Prince. It was made a religious
'rere°nY, and after mass the delegate presented the golden
rose, with a short speech, hoping that it would be the precur-
tor of the'piosperity of religion in Portugal. The Queen re-
plied in suitable terms, expressing a hope that the acts of her
reikn would correspond with the benevolent intentions of his
holiness.- Monseuor Vizzardella received a gold snuff box set
roiind with brilliants, and also the commandership of the order
of ,Christ,. of which the nuncio has received the grand cross.
British ships here, Indus and Lynx. Iha Kite steamer of
weir: came. in on. Wednesday, from Plymouth in four days, and
left: on Friday for Sierra Leone, to order home the steamers of
the' NigCr expedition.. The Dukei and Duchess of Montrose
are en route for Madrid.

E MATRICIDE AT MERTHYR.
'• COMMITTAL OF THE MURDERER.
ii:H.THYR, Aram 30.—Yesterday the accused, Richard
Edwards' was brought up for examination before the Magis-
trates. The room in which the examination was taken and
the street in front were completely crowded by the multitude,
tad the prisoner, on being removed from the police-station,
Pei saltited with loud yells from the populace.
•The evidence which was given before the Coroner having
een repeated, the following additional testimony was given:
• Anne Williams, wife of Richard Williams, deposed that the
I'rife• of- the prisoner came to her house the Saturday pre-
vious to the discovery of the murder. She said her husband
h;old her to come, and that his mother was perfectly willing for
omecome. Witness said she thougkt his mother was from
,as she had seen a cloak hanging over the window the
Whole
Friday, and the door shut all day, and that she had
seen the prisoner peeping from the outside through the win-
bLwk;- he was pushing the cloak a little on one side through a
h. en pane. Witness told him his wife had been leoking for
anything
win-
him on the Saturday morning, and asked him if he had seen
her
Nis on.the Thursday
°his Panther. The prisoner replied that he had seen
wife night, and that she was gone from home.
:months.himfor
had not been iving with
Gwenllian Jones proved her having seen the old woman
alive on the 16th, which is two days later than was previously
known.
William
Richards deposed to the prisoner's having beggep
bit of bread of him on the Sunday after he absconod ; he
maid he had not had a bit that day, and on being asked how it
-wasano he was begging, he said that he had betn out of work two
Chapel. he was single, and that he lodged near Dowlais
Several other witnesses were examined, but their testimony
vtas unimportant.
The prisoner was asked if he had anything to say, at the
saineer time being duly cautioned. He replied that he would
lf,a.th make his statement then, and said ( in Welch) that on Mon-
day morning I went to my mother's house. She had told
tee that she was gointo Llanfabon on Friday, and would
tjoaain till Saturday,morning. I asked Niary Treharne,
,ne next door neighbour, if she had seen any one look-
tidfor me, and when she had seen my mother ? She
she had not seen my mother since yesterday evening;
Athal my wife had been there on Saturday morning, and that her
Zer.had turned her out of doors. She also told me, that my
ife Was gone to Caer Drain, to a relation ; I went there after
'and asked her if she would come with me. She at first
efUsed ;; but after a long conversation she consented, and we
Zeft the house together about 7 o'clock in the evening. When
egot to my mother's house there was no fire, and my wife
rean right it, while I went into Evan Davis' o
s shp.
m'When
;returned; my wife was sitting in the corner ; she told emy
dtrl other was under the'bed, dead. I said, " What did you say,
?",, She repeated what she had said. I went and looked,
gotiquite distracted. Peggy took hold of me, and told
dill to K.
pacified, and I said, God, God, who has been here
I,ng mother. We both of us pacified ourselves, and
gen agreed,to say she was fr,im home.
The
sge next priGlamorganshire auslls.zes.soner was then fully committed to take his trial at