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All this looks very fair on the face of it, though so very elistresaing. Never was such an interchange of explanations as passed between the parties, even Mr. Doetuaki himself falling in fur his share. And yet boneath all their blandness and polish. wo fear there is a vane of finesse going on %high has its charms for tselniciame who love owing and take delight in the mysteries of cock- fi ghting. The light in which Lord ST 041.Y.T, in his letter to the (Rust, read by Lord JOlll4 Ites.sim. in the house, regards the reelitete, is certainly very illustrative of the states nianlike VielVie and habits of the pnsent day. It says, in plain English, let Lord Jolts try first to win over the Pealitta Ills offer of terms may disgust them, and then I shall have a iiroxisct of getting them at a rMsywr rate and making a better bargain. The Ptelites*, through being the object of courtship by the parties on either side of it, evidently assumed these airs which ladies do in a similar situa tion. They could not think for their part of even accepting the arm of protection; whilst to their union with Lord bolts there was an eternal barrier in his naughty bill. Never were such definite prudes as thew same Fichte% in mutters of religious tole ranee. Mr. Uksnscose., for ex ample, the member for Oxford, is declared yesterday nnerning by his organ, the ehrtmide, as incapable of werosenting to the least law of restriction against Roman catholirs. On what principle did he minced in placing himself as member for the University in the seat of PEEL? In what frame of mind or shade of principle- has the honourable gentleman returned from Rome ? Will Oxford nut ask ? Or how long does Mr. GI.AItsTONE illtend to (It iiiii ler ' us the Peach say, half a dozen sets of principles and needs, boats% which he is to choose merely at his own eonvenience? Then ftir JAMES Gwinau cmild not consent to a hill preventing Roman Catholic bishops front me ruining tcnitorial fiats even in Englund. This up pared to hint intolerant and unjust. Yet lw would 144 undo the bill different for England and for Inland, because that would endanger the Irish church. Was ever such straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel ? The imp who came to a po litical divorce with Lord JOHN I(t'ss►i.i., because the Isttur wished to devote the funds of those protestant clunles in Ireland where there were nollocks bi Wu eation--he cannot jolt a cabinet that would insist on Unman Catholic prelates in Englund being called bishops with other names, instead of bishop; of cer tain towns. In the 'sincerity of this, we must frankly own, we do not believe. It is a mere bidding for certain 1 whig statesmen to fling over their leader, and take bum. Sir JASIY/4 GRAHAM, as Prime Minister, on the I principle of allowing the Port and Cardinal Wtsx -111/44 a triumph, and of continuing to put down Eng- i bah feeling by Irish votes. Now, we have no obj ection to Sir JAMES GRA HAM MS Premier. if he cou ld unite the strength of the liberal party : nay, we think that the novelty and the weakness of his position would compel him to introduce good and radical measures. such as the whir ntight he long laoltering about. But we doubt. in the find place, of het suctent. His first step would be to alienate the zealous protestant-liberal party, nut merely from himself. but front all who took office with him; and he would leave to Lord STANLEY and; his friends the inestimable advantage of replacing Protection on their banner by the Prottstunt interest. Such a monwuvre would, in our opinion, be as fatal to the free trade cause as it would lie unjust to ; Lord Join: Itt We utterly deny the hisbout bon and assertion of Sir lssitsGavnitt. that the effervescence and enthusiasm against the papal ag- , gression was gut up. that it was excited hy, the Durham letter, or created by the bill. We be- lieve, on the contrari, that the agitation was allayed by the general conviction that the government had taken the thing in hand. Nay. we think, the letter and the legislation hod more effect in calming down' the public mind than in exciting it. Believing! this, we see the greatest of dangers, even to: toleration, in the abandonment of that bill, at least feu England, and in the affording to WI , EMAN and his colleagues a complete and resplendent triumph. Par from the agitation going down as the result of this, it would resuscitate. Meta and communities attached to that religion, which is so bound up with British liberties, would, finding the state desert them, form association', and leagues among themselvi s. And whilst cardinals went in purple procession through the laud wader the protection of a liberal ministry, the tountry itself would club to offer that otgouised nsistance to Rome. which this state of par liament and ponies rendered legislation and govtrn nwnt powerless to undertake. Whilst the religious question presents these in-; impend& difficulties, it is gratifying to think that that ministerial crisis has achievea two good thinge:i it low buried protection. and resuscitated reform. For carlyin,r on the latter we have now the double! promise od (IRAlltit and of PEEL, guarded no doubt, and necessarily so. seeing the two houses such a qwst ion has to pass through. But the country and the retornwrs must be aware that it is only they who ran compel and give force to the must willing minister to carry a noeusure of any efficiency through the pre m.:lt (louses of Parliament. Although we have been severe upon Sir Jany.s OtttllAN, and although we deem Lard Joins Hes s t.. rite and conduct on the religions ques ti on to tn.. mom ntanly and more statesmanlike than his, we 1 1 m ist say that the latter portion of Lord JOHN Res.! st:t.t.'s speech last night tilled us with sad and supreme disgust. It was nut very clear, though intended to be eloquent. But the nie re at e li of it war crick:n:lY this, that he had been in an 'autocratic sellout of statesmen. that with sach he bad lived and acted, and he would sit in cabinet with to other. Any thing so mispiaced or so offoasive it would be difileult to conemye. What t tau Lord Joint RessELL, the author of the Reform Bill, take no account of the social revolutions which suggested, promoted, and rendered electoral reform popular ? As • statesman does he not see its progress ? It has re novated society, it has revolutionised parliament, and Lord Joine himself consented to be the instrument of further changes. But this progress must not touch the cabinet. Parliament may become open to the talent and the eminence of every class. But the minis terial bench must still be confined to a caste. It does not suffice to be even well born. The clique is narrower still, consisting of men bound together by propinquity, by habits of friendship, connexion, or birth. Why, of all the grievances of the day — of all the abuses anti monopolies, against which the public, the political public, revolts, this is the most crying, the most insufferable, the most huge. It is the prime sin of whiggism, and one that will weigh whiggism down and eject it from power much more sorely and effectually than any blunder either in financial or religious legislation. In support of this melancholy and superannuated theory of political exclusiveness, Lord JOHN RUSSELL had the misfortune to quote BURKE—BURKE, the man of genius, who fed the whig party with ideas fur a quarter of a century long, but whom that party never admitted beyond the threshold of the cabinet. The name of BURKE is alone remembered of all that contemporary galaxy; his wisdom and profundity are alone worth quoting after the lapse of a century. But such a man was tabooed from the political coun cil of the sovereign, by virtue of that self-same code of sharing power with none who were not front birth I or early adoption of the political clique, whom alone the gods have thought worthy of Itowning-street. The name of Benxi: should have stuck in Lord Join's throat, when he quoted him in support of the doctrine that political wisdom belonged exclusively to the aristocracy. We are bopnd to declare frankly that we think Lord STANLEY'S explanation of the reasons why he declined the reponsibility of taking office entirely satisfactory. He would not abjure his principles; he could not mend his party ; and upon such principles and with such a party he manfully declares that he could not hope for toleration in parliament or autho rity in the country. Lord STANLEY is a man who has much to lees. Ile has in poiseeskin a high reputation for ability, and in anticipation a splendid inheri tame. He cannot be doubted when he says that he shrinks from has arding either, for he is at once a shrewd and a proud man. He is a man of unquestionable courage, but it is quite consistent with the truest courage to he afraid of deserving the epithet of a firebrand or a failure. lie has proved himself incapable, wilfully or knowingly, of either risking the peace of the realm or the permanence of his own personal cha racter. And by his own lucid narrative of the events of the last week, it is plain that either or both would have been placed in imminent jeopardy by his at , tempt to govern under present eircimustruices. Carte blame-Az , it would appear was given him by I the QUEEN. He made no stipulation with regard to the power of dissolving parliament either at his first or second audience of her MAJESTY. He as sumed, that if necessary that power would not be withheld; but he avowedly did not, from the outset, consider its exercise possible or safe at present. The of that opinion may be variously surmised. ground s atiste of the public business was the only one ad verted to by the noble lord himself. Many other motives, weighty and cogent, will, however, suggest themselves to the minds of all who have the least capacity. or_ reflection. In another portion of his speech LOIIiSTAN LEY made use of the pregnant phrase, I still regard the policy of le-le us an experiment, and if at the next general election the people of this country shall pronounce that experiment to he successful, then I shall for one he prepared to lay aside all further thoughts of its modification." This being so, we can appreciate his reluctance prematurely to risk his lust stake. A dissolution at the present moment would manifestly have been peculiarly un propitious to the interest he affects to represent. His followers must have gone to the hustings without any prestige of administrative success, with pledges hateful to the mass of the people in both Eng land and Ireland, and with the imputation of having stopped the whole business of the empire for the sake of trying whether for a brief space they could hold the reins of rule. Well might Lord STANLEY counsel his impatient and incepts. rienced friends not to throw away their last chance under circumstances so unfavourable. A dissolution being out of the question, two alter natives only remained; either to re-unite the two sections of the tory party, or to form an administration out of the materials at his disposal. His first offer was the portfolio of foreign affairs to Lord ABER DEEN ; an offer which that wily veteran de clined upon the ground that he could not sup po rt any measure restraining catholic discipline. The next offer was made to Lord CANNING, who, as we know, refused in like manner. Mr.Gtsisrosie was also invited to make part of the new tory govern ment. On what grounds he declined we are not distinctly' informed ; but his refusal was conclusive, and the repulsed protectionist leader was driven to fall back upon his own adherents exclusively. For three long days he tried to solve the riddle how to fit men to offices and how to fill offices with men. We can imagine the variety of official pos tures into which he threw his impotent and incapable party. First he tried how it would look this way ; then how it would look that. All were reedy, anxious, and pliant. Everybody was willing to attempt anything, and their leader no doubt thought that each was as fit for one post as another. ' But special capacity or fitness there palpably was none. And at length, with appalling candour, Lord STANLEY having summoned them all together on . Thursday afternoon, told them in plain English that he had dune his best, and that he could make nothing of them. Whereupon they went every man to his own disconsolate home, and their light-hearted leader hastened to the royal presence to relieve him self of the perilous responsibility which it is quite evident he had reluctantly undertaken. With n nairetc peculiarly his own. Lord STANLEY thought fit to announce to the world what his pro granune was to have been. Ile would have applied the whole of the present surplus in the revenue to lightening the burthen of the income tax, which would have been cut down from three per cent. to one-and-a-half or two. He would then have im posedwhat he calls a moderate fixed duty on i foreign corn, which by some mysterious process not explained, would have had the effect of benefiting the landed interest without raising the price to the consumer. The produce of this inappreciable tax he would have applied to the fur , thee reduction of the income tax next year. Never ells conjure equal to this. Millions of money were to be ratiell for the protection, first of the fanners, and next of the landlords, and other propertied classes,-out of nobody's pocket ; bread was to re main as cheap and plenty as ever, while domestic grassers of wheat were to be made happy without any advance in the markets. On the only other subject of absorbing interest, the tory chief avowed himself prepared to outbid Lord Jolts for protestant sympathy and support. lie had not only refused to win Lord ABERBEEN'S assistance by concession on the subject as dealt with by the whigs in the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, but he declared that he was ready to go much further and to deal with the right assumed by the Roman catho lic prelates of meeting in synod or otherwise, and proclaiming their opinions on temporal matters to the community at large. He hinted, moreover, his to enforce the existing statutes against the monastic orders, and if need were to render the powers of those statutes more complete for the " T:e is only one question on which we confess we uinnot make up our minds, and that is, whether thin development of the sieves and intentions of the tory party will be regarded with more repugnance by the popular party in England or the popular party in Ireland. OERNIANY.—The news from Carnally is devoid of interest. Afnni.t Agave HALL—Nantes of gentlemen who their elimination in the Menet and timnice of me and remised entigt•ates to prat-616,...,1i numbly, Feb. 21, Is3l:—Henry Walktr, Ludlow, tillop ; William Falahaw, Healiagden, Laminar; Lir aton, Sting . ford, Liandaddre. FRANCE. PARIS. FRIDAY RVIININO. The motion of M. Creton for abrogating the laws of exile against both branches of the House of Bourbon, occupies almost exclusively to-day the at tention of political men. The club of the Rue des Pyramides, in other words the supporters of the government, having met last night to the number of 88, agreed unanimously to an amend ment for the adjournment of the motion. On the other hand the legitimists will vote also for the ad- 1 journment, which will, it is understood, be proposed by a member of M. Creton's own party, M. Casimir. Perrier. l But this will only give 230 votes for the adjourn ment. The fate of the question will therefore mainly depend upon the decision of the Left. Meanwhile no argument has been left unturned to bring over the Mountain to M. Creton's aide. The proposition is is manifestly a mere preliminary for bringing forward the Prince of Joinville as a candidate for the presi dency in 1832. I have already drawn your attention to the change latterly operated in the sentiments of the Prince on this sulject, and there exists at this moment not the bust doubt with regard to his wish to appear in the lists. Now the natural conse quence of such a candidature would be a rupture of the coalition between M. Thieve and the Mountain, which would at once exchange in that ease a candidate such as Cavaignac or Lamori ciere, on whom the rotes of the coalition could meet, for a thorough-red socialist like Ledru-Rollin. l Clearly the only third competitor who could appear in the field against Louis Napoleon and Joinville would be the chief of the socialist party; and the best chance for his election to the presidency would be opened by pitting two such potent names against one another as the Bonaparte and the Orleans. But the same reasons which would determine the Ex treme Left to vote for M. Creton's motion would ope rate in deterring the moderate republicans, whose champion, Cavaignac, would be completely eclipsed by a socialist candidature. These considerations will help you to form an estimate as to de chance of M. Creton's motion being adopted. My own opinion is that there will be a majority in favour of the ad journment, although by no means so large a one as three months ago, when the rupture between the Assembly and the executive power had not been con summated. The legitimists oppose M. Creton's mo tion, becanse they wish to make the so-called fusion the price of their adherence. The Orlcanists look upon fusion as suicide, because they feel the ina dequacy of a restoration of the legitimate monarchy to the wants of France, and therefore dread the inauguration of a policy which would, long before the demise of Henn V. make way for the Comte de Paris, ruin the credit of the monarchic principle, and precipitate France once more into the republican re //ire,. The Duke of Bordeaux's manifesto is an evi dence of the ardour with which he desires fusion ; and the pledges of liberalism given in that document are as much directed to gain the confidence of the members of the house of Orleans as of the people of France. Count Montalivet has just started for Eng land, probably with the mission of sounding the family at Claremont upon fresh overtures towards 'fusion from the Duke of Bordeaux, in order to dissuade the Prince do Join ville from coming forward as a candidate fur the presidency. The objections entertained by the legitimists to such a step are set forth strongly this morning by the Opinion Pnbligne. The recent pledge which has been given by the Prince de Joinville to respect his oath to the republic, in case he should be elected president' may be regarded as one of the moot important steps towards the con firmation of the present institutions; and for that very reason has given deep offbnce to the legitimists, whose organs remind the prince that he has called a rrpublique princiere the worst of all republics. They regard the dcaent of a Bourbon into the arena of a republican competition as a deep blow to the hereditary principle, and tell the Prince de Joinville that he could be only faithful to his presi dential oath by betraying his duties to the head or his family and to his nephew. It is impossible to deny that under all these circumstances the proposi tion of M. Croton presents a question of high in terest for the future of France. If it pass, a very serious element of perturbation will be introduced, for the evident tendency of the measure would be to Ipush the lionapartists to desperate schemes for pro onging their hold upon power. But as the Assembly is more bent at the present mo ment upon mortifying the President than upon preserving public order, considerations of public weal will have little effect in determining its vote. If the motion is carried a fall may be expected in the funds; business will suffer, and the public irritation against the legislative body be considerably increased by these consequences of an imprudent vote. M. Odilon Barret has definitively withdrawn from the club of the Rue des Pyrnmides. To-day an old subject of irritation was stirred in the Assembly, which had to vote the credits for main taining the French army of occupation at Rome. M. Emanuel Arago complained of the perpetuity of this occupation, and maintained that the object of the expedition had been altogether distorted, the French troops serving at present merely to protect odious executions and condemnations pronounced by secret tribunals. He therefore called loudly for putting an end to an intervention which cost much treasury, after having cost much blood and no little honour—(Murmers)—and which bolstered up an iniquitous government against the will of the nation. M. Bremer read, in a low and almost inaudible tone, a speech, in which he contradicted many of the facts alleged by M. Arago, and maintained that French influence at Rome had been the source of, serious ameliorations in the government of Italy. M. Mathieu de In l)rome made an energetic s pe ech against the occupation. He said that the exp edi tion of Rome had paved the way to the conferences of Dresden, where a new Holy Alliance was forming. which he hoped might not receive the accession of the new English cabinet. He demanded that Rome should pay the expenses of the expedition, as France had paid the Holy Alliance in 1813. Gen. Oudinot dwelt upon the good understanding existing between the Roman and French troops. M. Valentin, having been twice called to order for interruptions, the pre sident consulted the Assembly on applying the cen t sure to him. The house derided on proceeding to , the discussion of the articles. Colonel Charms attempted to show that the expe dition had cost France not 15, but 60 millions. After some words from M. Poesy, the Ist article passed. The house then proceeded to divide on the ensemble' of the bill, which was passed by a large majority. In an article of the Debuts, on the conference of Dresden, the terms in which the French note of the 31st Jan., addressed to the Austrian government. and protesting against the violation of the treaties of Vienna, are given in a way that confirms completely what I some time ago communicated to you on the subject. It says: " If the stipulations of the treaty of Vienna should receive, without our assent and without the formal consent of all the persons who signed it, such a material alteration as that which is in question, the government of the republic would see itself, with I regret, reduced to the necessity of declaring that it ! does not admit the legitimacy of the order of things resulting from such an innovation." M. Lucour, the French envoy at Vienna. having read this note, re celled from Prince Schwarcenberg the following verbal reply. Our new constitution has cstahlished with us (or ever unity of government : all the parts of the Austrian empire form a united ensemble, regulated and administered by one and the same government. We have, therefore, only to choose between these two points ; tither we must belong to the confederation with all our possessions, or we must henceforth hold ourselves aloof from the federal system of Germany. I leave it to the wisdom of the French govern ment to judge what would happen if Austria were to adopt the latter course. Germany would then be at the mercy of Prussia, a power close to and very jealous of France. And, what is still more serious, Germany would be delivered up to the fury of revolutionary and demagogical passions ; for Prussia and the other German states are completely under mined by revolutionary and anti-social doctrines, against which it would be impossible to struggle but with the co op, ration of AWltti.l. Some slight disturbances troubled the celebration of the 24th February at Marseilles, UMW brick-bats haring been thrown at an officer who refused to allow his band to play the " A few arrests were made, and order was restored without any difficulty or accident. The tree of liberty in the Place de la Republique was cut down by ortkr of the authorities. A question having been raised in the superior council of puNie instruction with rcgaid to the corn petenee of that body to recommend the closing of M. Michelet's lectures, M. Beugnot withdrew his motion. The Minister of Public Instruction in the meantime has signified the intention of closing the course of M. Michelet, in case his lectures should inculcate dangerous doctrines. The metallic reserve of the Bank of France has increased considerably this week, being 41 millions in Paris, and 31. millions in the provinces. The dis count accommodation in Paris has fallen off slightly, about 100,000, but in the provinces the diminution is 21 millions, the amount of the former being 56,908,730 f., and of the latter 81,072,714 f. On the side of the liabilities, the notes in circulation have declined 2 millions in Paris, and about 31 millions in the branch banks. The account current of the Treasury has increased upwards of 8; millions, the present amount being 106,507,888 f. Private accounts current have fallen off 1 million in Paris, but remain nearly as they were in the provinces, the amount of I the 'former being 73,716,216 f., of the latter I 22,595,270 f. The whole amount of the metallic re- serve at present is 509} millions to 313 millions of notes in circulation. . _ The Bourse was more animated to-day. The Fives closed at 96f. 651:., with a rise of We. upon yes terday. SPAIN. A letter from Madrid states that the calm which' apparently reigns in the Cortes is hut temporary. ' Herm debates are expected on several propo,itions presented by the ministers. The settlement of the debt, the levy of 35,000 men, the budget, and: the law on the liberty of the press, may lead to the' di.solution of the cabinet, as they will be combated by the opposition, supported by some members of the majority. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1851. gDt Court. The Marquis of Lansdowne had en audience of the Queen yesterday morning at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty yesterday. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Lieut.-Colonel lion. A. Gordon. The Princes. Royal, the Princes. Alice, and the Princess Holt na took a carriage drive yesterday. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the younger member. of the royal family, took their accustomed 'exercise ' yesterday in the garden of the Palace. At the Queen's levee on Werincnday,Quarterrna4ter Geo. Bailin, lion. Artillery Company, was presented on his ap pointment by Lieut.-Colonel Hon. H. Fitaroy, A meeting was held at eleven o'clock yesterday morning' at Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square. The following were present—Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lans downe, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grev, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, Sir Chas. Wood, Sir l'rancis Baring, Lord Broughton, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Earl of Carlisle, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. 'I he meeting broke up at twelve o'clock, at which hour the Marquis of Lansdowne went to Buckingham Palace and had an audience of her Majesty. On leaving the Palace the Noble Marquis pro ceeded to the private residence of Lord John Russell in Chesharn-place, Iklgrave-square, and had un interview with his lordship. The Noble 'Margins after% ards returned to Lansdowne House. Despatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of Canada and the rest of the North American colonies. (Pram last nittltep Gametes.) ST. .I.II4PA'B-PALACE, FEB. 25. The "Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Foley, to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to her Majesty's lion. Conn of Gentlemen at Arms. Adolphus George Finch Cotton, Esq., vice Lane, retired; Charles Jtunes Cos, Esq. vice Ewan, Eq., retired. ST. JamEs's-rat.tne, Feb. 26.—The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon Johu Thomas Briggs, Esq., Accountant-Geueral of the Navy. lVnrrEtr.►tt., Feb. 27.—The Queen baa been pleased to present the Rev. Norman NieLend to the church and barony parish of °bonnie, in the presbytery of (flavor', and county of Lanark, void by the death of Dr. William Black, late minister thereof. CROWN-OFFICE, Feb. 48.—!Member returned to serve in thispresent parliament for the County of Glamorgan: Sir George Tyler, of CoMrel, in the county of Glamorgan, in the room of Edwin Richard Wyndham Quin, commonly called Viscount Adam, now Earl of Dunruven, who has ac cepted the Mks of Steward, of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY TILE LORD LIEUTENANT or Nottrotu.—The Hou. E. K. W. Coke, Col. H. Fitzroy, and It. T. Ourdon, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenants. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. Our parliamentary columns afford the latest authentic information relative to the ministerial crisis; though it is generally rumoured that Lord John Russell will be again called upon to undertake the reconstruction of the cabinet. The excitement which prevailed throughout the whole of Thursday was scarcely lessened yesterday. The clubs were crowded during the day with anxious inquirers, and as each member entered he was eagerly beset by inquirers, all desirous to obtain the latest intelligence in reference to 'the ministry. At noon it became known that the Queen had commanded the attendance of the Duke of Wellington at Buckingham Palace. In well-informed circles it was also understood that her Majesty had done this, not with a view of entrust ing the noble duke with the formation of a ministry, but solely to obtain his counsel and advice on the present diffi culty. The noble duke arrived at the Palace before noon, and having been admitted to an audience, remained in confer ence with her Majesty more than an hour. The Marquis of Lansdowne was summoned to the Palace almost immediately after the Duke of Wellington had taken his departure. We believe the object of her Majesty in calling in the noble marquis was precisely similar to that we have described in the ease of the Duke of Wellington, viz., to have the advantage of his lordship's advice as one of the most experienced members of her Majesty's l'rivy Council. A meeting of the members of the late cabinet took place at Lansdowne House yesterday morning. All the ministers were present, with one exception. It was after this meet- 1 ing had broken up that the Marquis of Lansdowne pro ceeded to Buckingham Palace. The noble marquis had a lengthened interview with her Majesty. In the course of the day communications passed between Lord Stanley and Lord John Russell. Sir James Graham paid a visit to the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday morning, and remained in consultation with his lordship for more than two hours. Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Cardwell, and Mr. Sidney Herbert , had also audiences with the noble earl during the day. In the evening her Majesty again commanded the attend ance of his Grace the Duke of Wellington at Buckingham Palace. DEATH OF ALDERMAN SIR JOHN PIM, lIART.—A few days since the death of Sir J. Pixie, Hart. alderman of Cornhal Ward, was announced in one of the Lily journals. ' This announcement was then premature, but an official communication reached the Lord Mayor, tinting that tho worthy baronet expired at 20 minutes before 4 o'clock yes terday morninc, at his residence, Champion-hill, Surrey. For the aldenunnie gown thus rendered vscant there are already several candidates, amongst whom arc Mr. D. Nicoll (the late sheriff), Mr. G. llodgkinson, the present sheriff Mr. John Carter, ehrouumeter-maker, and Mr. Jamul Waterlow. &MOLARS AND ATTEMPTED NEURDF.R.—A case of daring burglary was heard yesterday before the county ma- , gistrates; at Calton, against W. Perkins, alias Smith, W., Morgan, and J. Welch. The offence took place on the 21st instant, on the premises of Mr. Robert Cadge, at Ashill. From the evidence adduced it appeared that about two hours after the family had retired to rest on the night'! in question Mrs. Cadge was awoke by her lied-room door being violently forced open, and immediately the curtains of her bed were drawn aside, and she saw a man, who, with an awful oath, demanded h er money. Mrs:Cadge screamed, when the villain struck her several times with a heavy instrument. The noise awoke Mr. Cadge, an old man of seventy-five years of. age, who got out of bed with the intention of protecting his wife, upon which the fellow rushed round and commenced a murderous ' attack upon the old man, beating him dreadfully ab ou t th e head and face : notwithstanding,i Mr. Cadge fought valiantly with the villain and got him down. Another man then came into the room, and the two attacked Mr. Cadge with a heavy screw-driver and a poker, which was broken in half in the scuffle. During this time Mrs. Cadge attempted , to escape down stairs, but was stopped on the landing by a I man armed with a g un , w ith w hi c h h e h eat her dreadfully. She succeeded, however, in getting to her maid's room, and I put the seri ant-girl out of window to alarm the neighbours. This getting to the ears of the fellows they made off, leaving Mr. Cadge for dead. Some days afterwards the prisoners were apprehended at Cambridge. Mr. Cadge continues danrrously ill This prisoners Isere all committed for trial POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. BOW-STREET. Fvntona Datviso.J/17 Vauser, a cab-driver, was charged with furious driving, and with cruelty to his horse. Last evening the prisoner was driving a " Hansom" cab along the Strand at a most furious speed. There was a lady inside the cab, and she appeared terribly alarmed at the horse oscillating from one side of the road to the other. Although the animal was proceeding at his utmost speed, the defendant continued to whip it violently lie struck several vehicles, and, when opposite Somerset-house, he nearly ran upon an omnibus. Mr. Hall commented strongly upon the conduct of cab drivers driving in such a furious manner along crowded thoroughfare., and endangering the lives of the public. lie had power to suspend their license and to send them to prison without any fine. He thought this was one of the worst cases, and he sentenced the prisoner to be committed for the full term of two months with hard labour. 1 1 ..... 1F.. - 1:141 - 16;:eharge wi th a similar offence, and was committed for 15 days, without the alternative of paying a fine. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. Yesterday forenoon a special court of the Metro politan Commissioners of Sewers was held at the office of the commission for the purpose of receiving the engineer's estimate for the works proposed in his report for the drain age of the districts north of the Thames. The com missioners present were the Lord Mayor, who resided, Viscount Ebrington, M.P. ' Sir Henry lle la Beebe, Alder man Lawrence, Mr. 11. L. Taylor, Capt. Dawson, Mr. Hardwieke Mr. Henry Lewis, &e. Mr. WOoLRYCII, the secretary, read the report of the engineer, in reference to the estimates, from which it ap peared that there were 39 miles of main level and low level sewers to be formed, the former extending from the Grand Junction-road, Uxbridge-road, to a pumping station on the cast side of the river Lea, and the latter extending from the Grosvenor Canal in the Fulham and Hammersmith district, to the same point in the river Lea, where the sewage of the the lower would be pumped into the higher level, and from thence carried to a point near Barking creek, a dis tance of four miles. In the course of these sewers, 15 miles would have to be tunnelled. The estimated cost, including branch sewers, three engines of 600 horse power each, would be about 966,1621. ISr H. 3iE . 3.ii3ECHE moved the adoption of the report, which was unanimously adopted. The LORD MAYOR remarked that it must be gratify ing to themselves, as also to the .public, to see th. 4 they were all so unanimous in carrying out the great object they had in view.. . . The court broke up, when an adjourned court was held, Viscount Enittmorox, M.l'., in the chair, to order the execution of carious works, which were resolved upon, amounting to about 1,5001. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST, AND DIS- MISSAL OF, A MEDICAL Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of the directors and guardians of the poor of St. Marylebonc, held in the hoard-room of the workhouse, New-road, Mr. Tunnels in the chair, the board were engaged fur a long period in in-' vestigating a charge of alleged gross neglect on the part of Mr. Macreight, one of the out-door visiting surgeons. The charge arose out of an inquest held before Mr. Wakley, I M.P., the coroner, on the body of a female named Young, ' who lodged with a friend in Newnham-street. held on this day week, and the facts were as follows:—The deceased I woman was taken ill on Wednesday, the 12th ult., and a medical order having been obtained, Dr. Maereight attended and prescribed for her. lle saw her again on the Friday, but refused to give an order for her admission into the house. She became much worse on the Saturday morning, and, in addition to the deceased's woman landlady, the Rev. Mr. Hansard, curate of St. Mary's, his scripture reader, and ultimately, on Saturday evening, Mr. Barker, a surgeon in the Edgware-road, sent to the workhouse, stating the dangerous state in which the deceased was. saving her removal to the infirmary was imperative. Mr. Barker sent a note addressed to the medical officer, declaring that the deceased's was a pressing illness, but no attention whatever was paid to it, and deceased died the same evening. The whole of the above-mentioned persons were examined by the board in the presence of Dr. Macrcight, as was also Dr. Hall Davis, who made a post nwrtem examination of the body, and who proved that the death was from fatty dege neration of the heart. Mr. Macreight, on being called on for his defence, stated that after he saw the woman on the Friday he did not' think her so bad, and he referred the case for admission to the overseer, but he made out an order for admission on the Sunday (after the woman was dead). He admitted that, as a medical officer, Le had full power and discretion in his own hands as to the admission of a patient into the infirmary, without the order of the relieving officer. He also admitted that he was with a Mr. Gilham, another out door surgeon, in the workhouse until after twelve o'clock on the Saturday night, when the note of Mr. Barker came, and the other application were made ; but he could not say if he was engaged in visiting any other patients that induced him not to go and see the deceased woman. After some discussion the dismissal was carried. MELA.NCHOLY SUICIDE OP A LADY.—Yesterday an inquiry was taken by Mr. W. Carter, at the Duchess of Kent, Bland-street, Great Dover-road, as to the death of Mrs. Jeannette Bramby, aged 41, widow of Mr. Bramby, chemist, of Woolwich, who destroyed herself as follows : Miss Jane Gibson, daughter of the deceased by a former husband, stated, that they resided at 13 Bland-street. On her mother's marriage with Mr. Bramby four years ago, she had considerable property, but it had been squandered away by him, and he died about six months since. From that time her mother had been disposing of her furniture fur their sup port, and muck dreaded that they should come to poverty. On Tuesday night, as she was going to bed, she said she would take a pill, and went to a small chest of drawers for the box. The drawer contained three phials of essential oil of almonds (prussic acid), which had been given to her to flavour custards, and witness observed she had got one of them towards her mouth. She instantly seized it and threw it into the grate us well as one of the others. Iler mother seated herself, and it was evident she had taken some, for she became insensible, and Mr. Adolphus, a surgeon, was sent for, but she died soon after, from the effects of the poison. In answer to the coroner, Miss Gibson said she did not think her mother, when she first went to the drawer, had any intention of taking the poison, but seeing the phial her fear of poverty raised a sudden impulse which induced, the act. The jury and coroner observed, that it was a most heart-resoling case, and a verdict of " temporary insanity" was returned. SIR JOHN Toms, of Liverpool, (lately a most extensive merchant in the African trade,) died at his place of residence, near Liverpool, on Thursday night, aged RS. BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JeNC rwn ltan.way.—The proprietors of this undertaking met at Birkenhead yesterday, when the directors' report, which was of a satisfactory nature, was adopted. At the suggestion of the directors, a committee of shareholders was appointed to consider the course to be pursued under the railway antagonism of the district, and the propriety of revi,ing the agreement with the London and North- Western. NEWPORT, ATIERGAVENNY AND lIEREFORD.—YeI, terdny the ninth ordinary meeting of the proprietors of this railway was advertised to be held at the Trafalgar Hotel, Spring-gardens; but a legal quorum of proprietors not being present, no business was transacted. The cash account showed that the sum of 1,0181. 7s. Bd. had been received during the half-year, making the total receipts amount to 100,1121. 4s. 4d. The expenditure had been, during the hal flear, 9181. 131. 44., t0ta199,8691. Os. 10d., leaving a balance in hand of 273/. 3s. 6d. The arrears were, on the first call, 6,8701. 10s., first instalment of the second call 6,6531., second instalment ditto 7,0161., total 20,5391. 10s. The tram roads revenue account showed a balance from the last account of 1,0321. Is. 7d., receipts since 1,0901. 14s. 51d., ,total 2,1221. 16s. Old ; which was thus disposed of—ex pended 485/. .ss. 6d., cash transferred to the credit of the eompnoy 7181. os., cash in hand and outstanding accounts 9211. as. EXETER AND CREDITON.— A meeting of the shareholders in this company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of electing three directors and one auditor, and for other business. Mr. Chaplin in the chair. A with factory report was carried unanimously. —Mr. Duller and Mr. }Award Woolmer were elected new directors, and the Ilon. Francis Scott and Mr. Townsend were re-elected. Thanks were voted to the chairman and board, who serve gratuitously, and the meeting adjourned. LEEDS AND THIR.SK RAILWAY.—The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held at Leeds on Thursday, 11. L. Marshall, Esq., one of the directors, in the chair. There was a very full attend ance of shareholders. At the close of the regular and ordi nary business the meeting w as m a d e s p ec i a l, to cons id er t h e I provisions of a bill the company have before parliament for altering the name from the Leeds and Thirsk to the Leeds land Northern Railway Company, and for other purposes. I The report was adopted. THE MAGDEBURG BRIDGE—The Prussian mili tary engineer' have jtud completed a very important work— the great bridge across the Elbe. It is 1,5 100 feet in length, I and, as it is constructed across a port of the river which is I very deep and rapid, it has required the use of piles of a novel kind. There have been employed in this work three cons panics of pioneers of 200 men each, 270 horses, and VJ pon toons. The troops employed have been taken from the garrisons of Berlin and Magdeburg, and the works executed under the direction of a Prussian general. WOOL NIARKET.-THIS DAY. Since Tuesday, when the colonial Wool sales terminated (as alrtady reported in the F-rpress), there has been little movement in this market. For British Wool the inquiry is quiet, and there is no alteration to report in prices. Thin week's imports are 5 bales from Hamburg, and 318 from Sydney. The total imports of colonial Wool from the 25th Feb., 1850, to this date, have amounted to 156.143 bales, and the sales, during the same period, to 163,119 boles. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS D.Y. Messrs. Cooper and Davis report trade brisk at the fol lowing quotations . Prime Meadow Hay, 755. to SOs. ,• infe rior ditto, 635. to 704. ;_ Rowen, 60s. to 65e „ . • CIOT2T, 7.).. to 80s.; 2nd cut, 635. to 705.; Straw, 24,. to 26s • MONEY MARKET. THIS DAY. Two o'CLocx The various departments of the Stock ixchinge have exhibited an improved feeling this morning. Notwithstanding the prolongation of the minis terial crisis and the cheek which it placed upon the prosecution of active business ope- rations by the political uncertainty now prevalent, the decided manner in which the principles of free trade and of political progress were affirmed by th e chief speakers in both houses last night, has exercised a powerful influence in restoring confidence among the dealers, though the future course of affairs is as yet involved in too much uncertainty to admit of their entering into speculative transactions of any 'magnitude. Consols opened at 96; to ; for money, and about better for account ; they have since been done at for cash, and arc now called 96! to for both, being k higher than yesterday. The prices of business marked, are: Three per Cent. Consuls, 961, i; ditto for account, 96,f, ; Reduced Three per Cents., 97, 4 ; New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents., 98; ' 1, 99; South Sea New Annuities, 95,i ; India Stock, 263, 262. . _ Exchequer Bills are very quiet. The I,ooot. bills have been:bought at 50s. prem.; ditto small, at 495. India Bonds, large, mark 545. prem. ; ditto small, 51s. The foreign stock market has been almost entirely destitute of business, and the only notable change in prices is in Mexican Bonds, which havu improved to 34k. The list of the morning's bargains is restricted to :—C'hilian Six per Cont. Bonds, 194. Danish Three, per Cents., 1825, 781. Mexican Bonds, 33k ; ditto for account, 34, k. Peruvian Four-and s-Half per Cents., 1849, 83; ditto Deferred, 371. Portuguese Four per Cents., 31, 331. At Paris, yesterday, the quotations of bullion and l of exchange were firm. ANULtoll FUNDS.—Tuta Dar. ewe Piot% 2141 151 1 3 pot CLUeo. tee., 961 11 3 tor Cc Rad. &tool.. 97 tor Uw. el 1 Sow oi. Cow. Awn.. Ki 1 Ltebaqwer Ltalls.l74. to Ser. VOIIMION 11. 1 111/8. I poi Ct. Aurtrton 11 per Ct./In...Us WW., 17 10 11 par Ot. Bola. bowls. VI 3 brawls Deter, l lee, 31 11 24 oar Ceot., 5 per Ct. 331 1 5 per Ct. bratlltrat lid... 92 4 44 we OLP 0-1.1. !as Ma 034 31 111th New. 44 3 VorterstwerVoneertehl, 331 4 eer 'tumor ATTer. S 3 S 11 pet S. 111 1...110 IS per Cs. Chilton lUS T litto 01.44. 13( 304 Ditto Columb. bet We— 7 pre Cs. Mpowoe itls., 3.1 et Colombia. Eqw4lor nda.. 31 j Do. Deferred 3 twr 00. IWatrh Mx, 7$ IN Onto Pereira 111...42 21 pet V Dutch 11,11..561 9 Sloe Ct. VieWILW4.I W.ll. 30 3 {pre Q Dubs. 'NNW.. 911 3 Irreorwola Peternel Booms, 111 11 IN EXCHA NGES. LATEST FOREV for !lone]. 47 IClroulag , 67 1116 II M, 117 PARIS, To. M. For Ac aunt. illightet Lowert., cam. 87 94 I 37 93 I h 7 ISO V9O 99 IQ 96 70 96 49 96 0 3 per Cents. 3 per testa 3 per Oentio. New' 3 per Cents. Do 44 per Dents. Rao:bangs on Lando . ° :ai sight, 23 3; be days. - 24 975. Belgian, 3, le le lOll Notsey. I Naples Rent, s lOu 3, 15,11 — Raman Levi, IVO 765 It,. 45 — Do. do. 11930 ... 77 ... Do. 2t 1839 Treasury Putuis Piedmont p. Cents. 39 33 ... Bank slur,* 2220 ._ Dot: 'mtg.—Versailles (right hank), 170; 'Versailles Oat bank), 187 50; Parla and Orleans, 87; So; 1 . 4t1+1 and !Warn. oS0; Bonen and Havre, 270; Manailles and Avignon, 192 30; Strasbourg and Bale, 129 73; Ortesna and Bordeaux, 395; North, 475; Parrs and Hirasbourg, 363 29; Tours and Nantes, 233 73; Dieppe and Fee unp, 205 73. Blum:4, Fan. 27.—Voluntary Loan, IOG ; New Loan, Four-and-a-half per Cents., 1001; National Deld, 811 ; Com mercial Marine Society's Premium, 1271 • Bank Share: , 931. V193;3:A, Fan. 26.—Fire per Cent. Metalliques, Ow ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., ditto, 1141. Bank Shares, 1 . 237. Exchange on London, 12.41. RAILWAYS. THIS DAT. Two O'CLOCK, The share market is very good to-day, and a de cided improvement has taken place in most of the heavy stocks, in which many of the lighter descrip tions of unguaranteed shares have also participated. Business is likewise prosecuted with more activity than for some days past, many lines having met with an encouraging demand. East Lancashires have been done as high as 16; Caledonians, at Itq, ; Great Westerns, at 911; North Westerns, at 1311; and Midlands, at 621. In South "Wales shares there is a great rise, the price having advanced from 30 to 321, which is the last figure marked. The following are this day's sales : Aberdeen, 131 14 ; Ambergate, Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction, 31 cx die.; Caledonian, 121; ditto New 101. Prof„ 5; Chester and Holyhead Preference, 161 ; East Anglian, 1, E. and 11., 21 ; ditto 31. 10s., ; Eastern Counties, ti ; ditto Extension, 5 per C e nt., No. 2, par; ditto New Preference, 6 per Cent., 101 ; Eastern Union, B. and C., 41 ; East Lancashire, 141 ; Great Northern, 181 ; ditto Halves, A Deferred, 61; ditto Halves, 11, 6 per Cent., 121 ; ditto 6 per Cent. Preference, l 31; Great Western, 911 1 1; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 571 8 ; ditto Fifths, 44; Leeds and Thirsk, 15; London and Blackwall, 71 1 ex div.; Loudon and Greenwich, III; London and North Western, 1311 cx dividend; ditto New Quarters, 2.11; London and South West ern, 89.81 ; Man., But., and Mat., 11; Man. Sheff., and Lin., 351 ; ditto New 101. Preference. 111 ; Mid land, 62 A ; ditto 501, Consolidated l'reference, 201; ditto Birmingham and Derby, 130; Newmarket, sex new North British, 91 1; Pref., 61; North Staffordshire, 101 1; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 191 i; Scottish Central, 18 ; Scottish Midland New, 71; South- Eastern, 261 ; ditto 41 per Cent., 301 ; York, New castle, and Berwick, 211 1; York and North Midland, 241 1. Orleans and Bordeaux, 31; Paris and Rosen, 231. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. WEEKLY SUMMARY OF THE PRODUCE MARKETS. MINCING-LAMB, SATURDAY MORNING. The sales of colonial produce have this week been very trilling, and business generally has been checked by the un certainty of ministerial affairs. The Sugar sales have gone off at full rates for the middling grocery qualities, but the fine descriptions have occasionally been sold rather in favor of the buyers, while for refining sorts extreme rates have in some instances been paid. Very few transactions hart occurred in Coffee, a small parcel of Native Ceylon changed hands at the commencement of the week at 465. 6d., the present quotation however is about 464. per ewt. ; for Plan tation Ceylon at low prices there li:is been some inquiry, but there is little to be had ; Mocha has been sold rather cheaper. The sale of Spices have consisted of 422 bags Pimento, nearly all of which sold at Sid. per lb. for coarse and mid dling quality, and the damaged at 4d. to 4/d. per lb. The Tea market has considerably improved in tone, and there is demand both by tho home trade and export for clean Congou, at ls. per lb. As the import of this quality has been very limited of late, orders are not easily executed, except from second-hand parcels. The next qualities arc not at all affected as yet, but some some slight improvement is visible in low greens. TALLOW LiAItKET.—THIS DAY. The market is again quiet to-day, with prices rather look ing downwards. Town Tallow is quoted 375. ' • Petersburg Y. C. on the spot, 375. 9d. to 3 8 s . ; M arc h and April, 375. 9d. ; last three months, 38s. Gd. MARKET Avansoas.—Town Tallow, 395. Gd. • fat hy ditto, 2s. Id. ; Yellow Russian, 395. ; melt ed stuff, 29.. ; rough ditto, 18s. ; Tallow graves, 9s. ; good dregs, Gs. —•- • - . . • The demand has been more active for Russian on the spot this week ; them h also an advance, fine new Y. C. selling at 375. 6d. to 375. 9d., and old 375. to 375. 3d. per cwt., at which holden are firm. For delivery few sales have been made, but for next two months there are not sellers under 375. 3d. for new, and 38s. 6d. to 38s. 9d. is asked for last three months of the year. There are several buyers at a slight decline. In home melted a good deal has been dons at 375. to 378. 6d. nett cash, but the market is yet well supplied. Other sorts of Tallow are dealt in with more freedom and cannot be obtained at former rates. The stock of colonial and foreign is 3,000 casks more than last year, but in the value there is now little difference. There h a firmer market for fut, and a good deal has been done. COVENT-GARDEN.-THIS DAY. FRUITB. Pine-apples, per lb., 8a tots - Grapes, Portugal, per lb., Sd to Is Pears, per dos., 2s to 3s per half sieve, rs, to ISs Apples, dessert, p. bus.,lls to Ins kitchen, ss. to Is Lemons, per dos., Is to 2s Almonds, per peck, Ss sweet, per lb., 2s to 3s _ _ Urenses, per dos., 9d to 2s per 100, CP. CO 1011. Seville, per 100, 7% to 1 is p. don, Is to2s 6d Cbes- tnuts, pee pe per 10 0 o,'9d t o la fi nd Nuts, Bar., p. bush., 20s to 2* —tir uil, p. bush., 12s to Us robs, per 100 lb., 70s to 75s 1111.1KA. Brunch, Sprouts, per halt-eieV - e - ,. 1. to Is fkl Cabbages per doz., Gd to Is , G p reen; per doz. bunches, Is Gd to ' Cauattowers, per doz., I. Gd to 4a Broccoli, p. doe, bond., 7s to Ils Statute, per pun., Gd to 2s Asparagus, per 100, 2a to 8s Rliub.ab, per bund., 6d to Is 8d Potatoes, per ton, 60. to 100 s per cwt., Sa to 6s per bu.h., Is Gd to is Turnips, p. doz. band., Is to 2,1 Cucumbers, each, Is 6d to to Itodisheo, per doz. Is to Is 6d Merv, per bundte, Gd to Is 64 Omens per doz. bun., 26 to Ss Spinach, per sieve. Is to 1s GU Onion*, per hunch, 34 to 4d Spanish, p. d.,e., Is Gd to ti Leeks, per dc.., 9d to Is per lb., IA to 4141 Lithe, per lb., 4d to Gd Artlebohmo. Jerusalem, pet sieve, Is to Is Gd Lettuce, Cab., p. score, Gd to Al Co., per score, la to Is 6d Endive, per more, Is to Is 4:d Small Salads, p. pun., 2d to 3d Horse Radish, per brit, Is to la Red Beet, per doz., 6d to Is Mushrooms, per pot., 64 to Dd Havel, per half rune, Fid tld Fennel, per bunch, &I to Sri Savory, per bunch, 2d to Jd Thyme, per bunch, 2tl to .1.1 Parsley, p. doe. bun., Es to 30 ts, per bun., 9d to Is Marjoram, per bunch, 24 t.. 44 Mint, green, per bare!, &I to 94 Waterercvn, per dos bureLm, ti Jd Curt Salad. p. hf. acne, la to I 4 sid