The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-18 00:00:00

ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, Introductory ADDRESS, by Mr. Albany Brown. Alter which, a new scene of Apropos, entitled the MAITAGEIit'S 800 3f. With THE SWISS COTTAGE. To be followed by the Neapolitan grotesque Divertissement of ARLECIUNO FORTU.NATO, with the Frolics of Saltarello and Pierrot. To conclude with the Musical Burlesque of BOMBASTES FL% BIOSO. In the coarse of each Representation, a selection of Music will be performed, including the Royal Marionette Quadrilles, by M. l3osisio, and the Royal Marionette Polka, by Mr. T. Browne, composed ex pr.ssaly for this Theatre. Doors open at Hall-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. A Morning Performance on Saturday next. Doors to open at Half-pxst Two, and commence at Three o'clock. In active preparation, a n entirely new version of the Grand ?asternSpectacle of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, which Will shortly be produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. 5..1.Mar1A11..111.M M.A.= TREATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brampton. THIS EVENING, Will lie performed WOMAN'S HEART. The Marquis of Albritzzi, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Angiolo, Mr. Barry Sulivan ; the Lady Giulia Miss A. Vining : Isolina, Miss Vandenhoff. To be hollowed by THE SERIOUS FAMILY. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee, Mr. E. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVESIzai. Will be performed THE WRECK ASLIORE. After which, DID YOU ETER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAM BERWELL? To conclude with a new and original Christmas Tale, called LIT TLE RED RIDING HOOD. Wolfram, Baron of Burliburg (sur nameMhe Wolf of Bibericb), Mr. l'aullledford ; Seraggenhcim, Butler; Trudchen (commonly called Little Red Riding Hood), Mlas Kathleen Fitz wißiam. Ya.l4 1' C TiIEA 0/C.l Under the ManagemenT. of Mr. C. Keaa. THIS EVENLSG, Will be performed the CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, hyder, J. Chester, J. Vining, Meadows, F. Cooke, Everett, and Wheatleigh ; 2dlyse 3 Phillips, Murray, Robertson, Vivash, Daly, and C. Leclerco. To conclude with THE HONEYMOON. ROYAL LYCEUX THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENDTG, Will be performed - " THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Ruby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C. fern, and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with A new and original Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled TILE PRINCE OF LIAPPY LAND ; or, The Fawn in the Forest. Characters by Madame Vestris, Miss St. George, Miss Lanza, Miss Martindale, Miss Grove, Miss Ellis, Miss Rosina Wright, Messrs. F. Matthews, B. Balier, Suter, llorncastle, Butler, and Vernon. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farm. THIS EVIiDIO, Will be performed THE RIVALS. With the FAST COACH. To conclude with PLOTS FOR PETTICOA.TS. Frank Finish, Hr. Hoskins. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE:. Lessee. Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverriool. New Piece. A Ra;ged School—Revival of Behind the Scenes. Boars of Laughter at Matrimonial Prospectuses, and My Lover the Captain. V - EN 1140 Will be performed MATRIMONIAL PROSPECTUSES. After which, THE RAGGED SCHOOL. Characters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Rogers, Attwood ; Misses Sanders, Maskell, and Mrs. Selby. To be followed by MY LOVER THE CAPTAIN. To conclude with BEHIND 3.THE SCENES. Bores, 35.; Pit, ; Amphitheatre, IS. private .ones (me t,t...ner, anti o (lall each. Stage Manager. Mr. E. Stirling. A.STLEY'S ROYAL AXPHITHEATRE. Under die Patronage of her Majesty and LA ttoyft; Highnen Prince Al Left. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre In London. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Grand Spectacle, entitled TANCRED ; or. The Triumph of the Crusaders. From the pen of J. Kingdom, Esq., which has been some months in preparation, and in the pro. duction of which neither cost nor pains have been spared. After which, the second week of the most wonderful Artists, the NICOLO FAMILY, who will introduce their admired Enter tainments. To he toll"wed by P.atty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. To conclude with (by parlptilar desire) BLUE BEARD. Tic:seta to be WO at the Boa-office from Eleven tfii lour daily. _ _ Stage Niatia,;er. Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taro DAT —Morning 44 min. alter 12 Evening i min after To-Moasow—Morning 27 nen. alter 1 1 Evening 47 min atter THE W EAU:UAL—Su - 1g OFFICE, MARCH 18. Tinuotomicrich, is THE SEADN. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 34 —lowest this morning and during the night. 39 —this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'34. Wll'm N.E.—cold breeze and dull weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following paces at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations a re arranged in order of latitude. PLYMOUTH—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. FooLs—Wind E., strong breeze —overcast. BUIGHTON—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. HASTUCGS— Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. SouTuAranTox—Wind N.E., strong breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. Tummrpoz—Wind N F.. gentle breeze—overcast. GREENWICH—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. SIMUDON—Wind E., light airs—overcast. COLCHESTER—Wind N. W., strong breeze—overcast. HOLYHEAD—Cahn—overcast. LazicesTEß—Wind N. vr ~ calm—overcast. DAP,UNGTON—NIind N.N. W., gentle breeze—overcast. REarrock.—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. The returns from the lollowine places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock : Alur.r..lNGAa—Wind E., calm—overcast. HOLY ki EA 1) Calm—overcast. S rTAP— 4v ind E., calm overcast. BR ArrocK—Wind \.W., gentle breeze—overcast. ei;;;:ti\ ,1 *-141 .% , ,of Co , • 11, ••• 0 / 4 ;qint4 C - 4. 7 LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1852. Anything which promises, in the slightest degree, to revive the long-neglected question of Educational Reform in the Legislature, secu7es to itself, on the instant, our most cordial approbation. It was, con sequently, with peculiar pleasure that we observed even the cursory and incidental debate which took place yesterday in the House of Commons, on the motion of Mr. BELOTBERTON, for the second reading of the Bill relating to the free schools of Salford and Manchester. Thanks to the prompt in terposition of the Hon. and Right Hon. Gentlemen, respectively, of Sheffield and Manchester, the re consideration of the measure alluded to was postponed for a month, the matter being referred meanwhile to the judgment of a Select Committee. Aware that the proposed enactment would go so far as to secure the establishment of the novel principle of supporting free schools not only for secular education but for religious teaching in all the varioes forma of Catholicism, Protestantism, and Dis sent, the public, w e feel assured, must be perfectly well satisfied with the course adopted in the present instance by Mr. ROEBUCK and Mr. MILNER Gliesotv. There are so many interests involved in the eubject of yesterday afternoon that we cannot but experience a sense of exultation that a Bill which was, technically speaking, private in its character was not permitted to pass hurriedly through Parliament, so t hat the cou ntry might afterward s have been subjected to the annoying consequences of a perilous principle o r an incon venient pr ece d ent- Therefore, it was that—we repeat again — we felt re joiced at proceedings which tended, however slightly, to advance one of the noblest objects in the way o f popular improvement ever opened up to the mind of a great people by the holiest lights of civilization. Education is, perhaps, of all boons the one most essen tial as a preliminary to the various social and political reforms needed by the population. It would manifestly be the most effectual preparation to a wider extension of the franchise. It would qualify those we are desirous of seeing admitted to the privilege of elec tors for the proper discharge of the duties devolving upon the recipients of the rights of suffrage. It would prevent the possibility of anything like danger resulting from the diffusion of the prerogatives of citizenship ; and would, through that very circum stance, disarm of a somewhat formidable argument those do-nothing or (still worse) retrogressive poli ticians who are, now-a-days, perpetually babbling about the peril of any change going far towards the establishment of the principles of universal suffrage. Educate the masses, and in proportion as you educate them admit them class by class into the exercise of the sacred rights of free citizens. Develope the minds of the people, and then gradually and progressively develope in their hands the power which they would then be enabled to wield to the advantage of the en tire community. Meanwhile, of course, we would gladly witness the triumph of those interests which even in the present state of the popular intellect could not but aid in spreading the means of happiness ~,,,,,,- throughout soviet -` while so doing, all IS tl-s" that is really admirable and worthy of preservation ' .. the framework I'LL'?h - - ~- ~spe, for example, t o : . .7.-- ~sect 1 districts . W zk ,„...„ iteiectorameorweou th ..e .e. separable from the ballot yielded u 1e Constitution. We would would equal see e e distribution the benefits in- Nei • the multitude, up at last to the 'tilde. We would see, ewer possession of •••-,-,,..,... birt4ese means, the residue of th e pocket-boroughs 4116 1afety the First Parliamentary Reform Bill destroyed by the Second, and witness at S U N, the same time the removal of all fur ther inducements to the bribery and corrup tion recently found to be so painfully and even terri bly rife in electioneering. We would see the sanitary movement of late years completed by the adoption of measures, such as would secure for the people the blessings of wholesome water, of sufficient drainage, of proper venpation, of extramural cemeteries, and extramural slaughter-houses—advantages inevitably leading to an enormous and appreciable diminu tion in the general mortality. Having obtained reforms thus reasonable and comprehensive, we would then see the long-desired and long-despised cause of national education triumphant over all existing diffi culties—difficulties not the least formidable of which arise from the diversity of the religious opinions of the pcpulation. Such constitute the merest outline of the social and political improvements for the de velopment of which we are more especially solicitous. That ultimately these reforms must be secured is by this time, we conceive, rendered altogether indis putable. The genius of the age requires them, and against its mandates no power on earth can pre vail. It is for these changes in particular, therefore, that we look with eagerness and anxiety to our suc cessive Governments. 13cause Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S Cabinet would not accord them to the demands of the population it was destroyed, and it was because of this very fact that we exulted in its destruction. There is a possibility that Lord DESIBY'S Ministry may, in bidding for the popularity essential for its very existence, yield some, at least, of those reforms—legal reforms, sanitary reforms, and even educational reforms—thereby effecting more (unin tentionally) fur the interests of the democracy than the so-called Reformers constituting the bulk of the late do-nothing Administration. It is from our hopes in this direction that we have been disposed to await calmly the unfolding of the policy of the present Government. From the late Cabinet we could look for nothing in the way of real, social, or political improvement. From its successor there was, and still is,' just the chance that the people may reap some advantages from the neces sity of its position, as above indicated. By tarrying for thb result we are wasting no more time than we should actually have wasted in expecting, vainly expecting, a com prehensive and adequate series of reforms from Lord JOHN and his colleagues. Besides, the Whigs are more likely to prove themselves practical Reformers now that they are once more in Opposition—urging the wants of the age more and more strenuously upon our existing administrators—men who must strive to secure to themselves popularity, and who can only secure to themselves popularity by taking the initiative in reforms such as the legal, the sanitary, and the educational. By so doing they will alone enable themselves to be tolerated even for a while in the offices of the Government : and to us it matters little whether the advantages referred to come from the hand of Whig, Radical, or Conservative, so long as they do come, and, by coming, work out the sublime problem of progressive civilization. We have never been the advocates of coercion, of any restrictions upon the liberties of the people, or undue interference with the administration of the law. We, however, willingly admit that occasions m ay arise when, for the preservation of order and tranquillity, and the bestowing of that protection which it is the duty of the State to afford to every citizen, stringent and extraordinary powers should be conferred on the executive, for the prevention of crime and the fitting vindication of the majesty of the law. If it should be shown that a deep-seated and organized conspiracy exists in aoy district that unlawful confederacies are in the habit of carrying on their nefarious pro ceedings with impunity, that there has practically been a failure of justice, it is essential that a strin gent and searching inquiry should be instituted into the causes that have led to such an untoward state of affairs, with a view to their speedy removal, and the establishment of a better order of things. It signifies little what might be the nature of these causes, whe ther the peasantry were induced to abstain from coming forward in the cause of order, through the fear of the consequences which might happen to them selves or families if they incurred the displea sure of the fearful confederation, or whether the same result was produced through sympathy with the ob jects of the sanguinary band. The effects in either case would be the same, and there_would be an equal necessity of providing an adequate remedy for the wide-spread and formidable evils. In whatever way, then , we regard the subject, whatever may be the influences in operation, we must distinctly and unequivocally admit that the ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland has made out an ample case for the appointment of the Committee for which he moved on Tuesday evening. The mo tion was temperately and ably brought forward. It wax not framed for the purpose of obtaining tempo rary popularity on his accession to office. The Right Honourable Gentleman had long before given ❑otce of his intention of applying for such a Com mittee. He bad conferred with the ex- Secretary of State for the Home Department, had conformed to his views, and Sir GEORGE GREY, with a just and proper appreciation of the abilities of Mr. NAPIER, had decided on leaving the matter in his hands and offering no opposition to the motion. It was a hand some tribute of respect to such an opponent to confide to his charge the important duty of carrying into prac tical operation one of the most urgent recommendations contained in the Speech from the Throne. It was, how ever, fully merited, and one that was equally honour able to both parties. Whatever differences might exist between Whig and Tory, Protectionist and Free-trader, there would be an equal anxiety amongst all for a due and sound administration of the law—a perfect and complete security for life, liberty, and property. It is admitted on every side that the great want of Ireland is the introduction of capital sufficient to develop its extraordinary natural capabilities. But capitalists are a sensitive race ; they will not incur ri'k, no matter how great may be the temptation in other respect. A safe 3 per cent. will be preferred to a doubtful 30 per cent., although the hazird may he amply covered by 2 or 3 per cent. of that amount. The otty reason why English capital has not hitherto found its way into Ireland, may be found in the agrarian outrages that have been reported. A single murder, such as that of Mr. BATEMAN, may have nipped the most promising speculations in the bud, and occasioned a marked depreciation in the properties offered for sale under the auspices of the Encumbered Estates Com mission. If we ask how it is that eligibly circumstanced lands held in fee, and with an unimpeachable title, are disposed of for less than half their actual value, or, in other words, for eleven or twelve years' purchase, we are told that no man, how ever pure his motives or guarded his conduct, can be consid ere d safe from the machinations of riband iam.Any real or fancied injury to a member of the terrible association will be sufficient to call down a frightful r etribution. The party will be placed on trial befor e a sanguinary and unscrupulous tribunal. He can k now charge, nor is there no any opportunity of the nature of the opportunity of offering the explanations that might satisfy even the bloodthirsty The modern Vehni-gmeremiTers,list and n n d s as judg es and j ury on the case. m i s creants that sit unlimited cred ence to their statements accords the romliteanalagiatrates d o t o t h ose championshould unex staomethe almost complaintsu nlim - , othfaptosloictneme policemen. metropolitan pettedly arise the matter is a foregone conclusion. The of the accuser is implicated . has no opportunity of and as the party stick together charge is preferred, the evidence of of clearing the matter, which he might with due notice be easily enabled to rebut, and as the gentlemen w (R it i h band e m d e if n y ) ing pres u e n n a t nim g i e t n y e:a ll y acquittals are of l rare occurrence. The verdict then is brought in, the sentence is pronounced in a tone of awful levity, and the executioners are selected by lot, if volunteers anxious to distinguish themselves (! !) do not step forward in abundance. But it is not merely among the less wealthy classes that the organization has spread. It has entered into the jury. box. And when we find that jurymen have, after returning their verdict, rushed forward to exchange greetings and shake hands with the discharged prisoners on w h om t h ey h ave b een sitting, and whose life or death has been dependent on their decision, and that the liberated criminal bag THE LONDON, boasted of the outrage for which he could no longer be responsible, we must acknowledge the necessity of a change. In calling for a Committee of Inquiry, rather than introducing measures under the Ministerial sanction, the Irish ATTORNEY-GENERAL has acted fairly and consistently. It is, of all others, a matter in which the Government for the time being should share the responsibility with a judiciously selected Committee, and tie are quite convinced that the subject has not been thus referred for the purpose of being shelved, as was too fre quently the habit of the Whig Ministry, but that it is intended to have a really searching inquiry, and to bring forward measures calculated to carry the sug gestions of the Committee into practical execution. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday, The Moniteur publishes a decree for the re-organi zition of the order of the L'gion of Honour. The members are to swear fidelity to the PRESIDENT of the Republic. The Constitutionncl announces that the budget of 1852 will be published in the Moniteur of to. day (Thursday). It states that the salaries of the "high functionaries of state, such as ministers,i bishops (sic), ambassadors, magistrates, and prefects, will he found raised to what they had been before the reductions made by the Provisional Government. Ministers are to have 100,000 f. a-year. The Minister of War and the Minister for Foreign Affairs will be allowed 130,0001. a-year. Chief judges and procureurs generaux, from 20,000 f. to 15,0001. The President of the Cour de Cassation and Procureur-General, 30,000 f." The same journal contains an article in justification of the Orleans confiscation decrees. The signature thereto is that of GRANIER DE CASSAGNAC, formerly editor of the Epoque, Ministeral organ of M. DUCHATEL, and ultra-devoted partisan of the Orleans family. The Bishop of ORLEANS has declined the functions of member of the Superior Council of Instruction. The election of M. CARNOT, the opposition candi date for Paris, is denounced by the Pays as a Socialist manifestation, showing that the party is not yet put down and would, on the least encouragement being given, raise its bead. The Sieele, on the contrary, claims for the bourgeoisie the merit of the victory : " A few Republicans in the Corps Legislatif would not have signified anything one way or the other. We only desired that France and Europe should know the actual opinions of the capital, and that the tree manifestations of these opinions by enlightening the Government might induce it to give up a system of severities which is not in accordance with our times, and to replace it by measures of conciliation and pacification." Adding, in the words of Scrip ture, " man does not live by bread alone," but re. quires such satisfaction of his moral wants as liberty alone can give. _ . Count WALzwsKr, the French Ambassador to the Court of England, whose recent arrival in Paris gave rise to some a b sur d s p ecu l a ti ons in an English journal, was to leave yesterday to return to his post. The mortal remains of Marshal MAEMONT are, sap the Presse, to be brought to France, and deposited in a vault which he caused to be prepared in the Church of S Vorles, at Chatillon-sur-Seine, the village i n which he was born. The election for Lyons has been again adjourned. The Government candidate had been returned for tooff the the Nantes. The opposition candidate was in the majo rity at Lisle. The Government candidate is in the majority at Arras. Fi T ve h p e e p r Cebeuntiss. againl It dwells attacks strongly n t the conversion onh t ef ac division of the Routes amongst very small holders, for if the million who bold this stock, Five per Cent., ventures to say that upwards of eight-tenths (indeed, it says nearly 900,000) receive only 500 f. or less. As a consequence it argues that a panic must follow, calculated to shake public credit. Another argument is that a fall of af. or 4'. would compromise the ope ration, and it would not require a very extraordinary event in the present state or the public mind to bring down the Funds below par. Then, as regard s th e saving to the country, it contends that it cannot be so great, because hospitals, public establishments, and communes or towns, have investments in stock, and their incomes must be made up in some other way. To this add Eecessary diminution of private expendi ture, and what will the state gain ? Conversion might, it concludes, have been effected under the monarchy, when the Five per Cents. were at 125 f., and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 106 F., but at pre sent it considers the measure totally unjustifiable. Oa the other hand the Constitutionnel says, that al though a distinct office has been opened for receiving applications for rernboursement, not a single demand has yet been made. The Assemblee Nationale states, that the hospitals and other charitable institutions are preparing petitions against the reduction of in come, which must follow the conversion of the Five per Cents, - On the English newspapers there is now an in creased postage charge (12c,), but they do arrive in Paris as usual in due course ; so that the notion that they would be prohibited turns out to be erroneous, people having been misled by the wording of the de cree on the press, which, with respect to foreign journals, read rather ambiguously. The Bourse was heavy, except for railway shares, which all rose. The Five per Cents. opened at 100 f. 50c., fell to 100 f. 10e., rose subsequently to 100 f. 60c,, end closed at li Of. 55c. for the end of the month; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents., closed at 100 f. 75c.; the Three per Cents. closed at 69f. 95c.; Orleans Railway Shlres, 1,1901.; Rouen, 707 f. 50c.; Havre, 2771. 50c.; Great Northern, 647 f. 50c.; Avignon, 2621. 50c.; Vier -5651.; Bisle, 232 f 50c.; Bordeaux, 5651.; Paris and Strasburg, 5501.; Tours and Nantes, 3421. 50c; Paris and L>ons, 600 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCII 17. Boulogne and Amiens, 12%—Dutch Rhenish. 4 1 4,—Great Indian Peninsula, 4 3 / 4 —Ltixembourg, 3 1 4—Namur and Liege, Rl—Northern of France, 21 , ,4 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 123 e —Paris and Strasbourg, 21%—Rouen and Havre, 10,4 Tours and Nantes, 10%. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 12th instant. Heraldo states, o❑ the authority of a respect able correspondent, that a letter, dated Feb. 14, had been received from the Havannah, communicating the fact that another expedition was preparing i❑ the United States for the invasion of Cuba. MADRID BOL9A, MARCH 12.—Three per Cents 39 ; Exchange on London, 50 70. GERMAN Y. The EMPEROR arrived in Vienna from Trieste, in perfect health, on the evening of the 12th. The steam navigation established between Galatz and Odessa now joins the Austrian line at Galatz, whereby the journey from Vienna to Odessa can now be performed without stopping at the junction stations. The French Ambassador, M. DE LA Conn, has had a conference with the Ministerial President, in which the foreign policy of the PRESIDENT of the French Republic formed the topic of conversation. The con viction has been hitherto cherished at Vienna that the policy of LOUIS NAPOLEON will remain peaceable, and the communications made by M. DE LA COUR in this respect, particularly in reterence to England, have confirmed the Government in this conviction. If, as M. DE LA COUR assert?, a reduction is to be made in the army, it is thought the same will take place in Austria, and that too on a more extended scale. The Weiner Zeitung says the intelligence inserted in the New Prussian Gazette of a proposal made by Austria to the French PRESIDENT for the occupation of Belgium, Switzerland, and Sardinia, is an inven tion as slanderous as it is scandalous, and which can only be accounted for by the well-known character of the individuals from it whom'proceeds. In the sitting of the Second Chamber of Wurtem burg on the Bth, the Deputy SOSKIND, before proceed ing to the order of the day, gave a lamentable picture of the misery which prevails i❑ the country, and pro posed to the Chamber to vote an address to the JUNG, praying his MAJESTY to reduce the civil list by 200,000 florins. Mr. SCHRODER, on the same side, considered the proposition very opportune, but thought that it should be referred to the commission of finance.—Adopted. The Councillor of State, Von LINDEN, communi cated towards the close of the sitting a project of law, and expressed himself in the following terms : —The difference of opinion which subsists between the Government and the First Chamber, on the one hand, and the Second Chamber, on the other, makes it imperative upon us to prevent that this divergency of opinion should any longer depend upon uncertain theories. It is evident that the Government are no longer to go along with the Chamber, which con siders itself bound by rules to which neither the Go vernment nor the First Chamber consider themselves subject. The fundamental laws of the German nation have never been recognised as obligatory in their totality.. consequence the Government adopts the constitu tion, conceived The nacn ediva ed do Chamberi adoption nh e w o fi followingl tic!), and presents a project of law. Its only atm is to mtroduce into the legislation of the country that which according to the fundamental law appears to it to be good and useful . Govern ment attaches much importance to a prompt discus "ln order to put a : . 11 sro j understand etecrtmofs thatlaw. h projecte ion individoufallaswtasteosf. obligatorys atop to every law, in regard to the character of the funda mental laws, we ordain as follows: " 1. 1. The fundamental laws, to which a federal reso lution refuses the character not be obligatory " 2. The ordonnance of the sth of October, 1851, the empire, can- THURSDAY EVENING, concerning the relations of the laws of the liraelities, is übrngated " The President shall refer the project of law to the Commission of Public Law, in order that the uncertainty subsisting in the present state of affairs may terminate as speedily as possible." The Council of the Bourgeoisie of Bremen Ehave passed a resolution against the decree of the Senate suspending and displacing the pastor BuLoN from his ecclesiastical duties, which it declares to be invalid on account of its being passed without the concur rence of the bourgeoisie, and also an infringement of the rights guaranteed to religious communities. The resolution was carried by 150 votes against 31, and ordered to be communicated to the Senate. ITALY. On the 14th the Chamber of Deputies at Turin passed the law for the fortifications of Casala. The Minister of Justice presented to the Chamber a treaty of commerce between the PRINCE PREHDENT of France and the King of SARDINIA. LATEST FROIVI PAP, IS. (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) PARIS, THURSDAY 1110RNING. The Itloniteur publishes the estimates for 1852. The State expenditure is calculated at 1,430,363,244 francs ; the receipts at 1,449,413,604. The import duties on fermented liquors are reduced by half, and those on liquors sold by retail raised by half. The war estimates are augmented by 7,000,000 francs ; those of the navy by 12.000,000 francs. The extraordinary works are augmented by 14,000,000 francs.— Times. WEST INDIA and MEXICAN MAILS SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, 9 A.M. The Great Western had just arrived with the West India and Mexican mails. Her dates are :—Chagres, Feb. 10th; Jamaica, 10th ; Demerara, 11th ; Vera Cruz and St. Thomas, 25th. Amongst her cargo is specie to the value of 1,525,708 d°11 ,117,173 dolls, in silver, and 408,535 dolls. in g o ld. „, The bpecie and bullion on account of Mexican Dividends amounts to 74,151 dulls. Amongst her passengers is Mr. Thornton, secretary of legation to the Mexican embassy, from Mexico, where quiet reigned. The revolutionary movement of the northern frontier had been quelled. Congress at Mexico was deliberating on the reduction of the tariff. When the Great Western arrived at the Gulf, on the 18th of Febr uary , e l even vesse l s were lying wrecked, from the northern gales in January last. They were totally abandoned, and were fast breaking up. The only Bri tish vessel amongst them was the &ban Green. The general Government had it under consideration whether or not the' customs department should be leased out on a farming principle. The plan it was thought would be adopted. A shocking murder took place on board the British schooner Cynthia, between Tabasco and Campeachy, the master being the victim, and the murderer a Mexican, trom the latter port. The Great Western got out to St. Thomas in sixteen days. The Great Western came home in consequence of some slight derangement of her machinery. The Medway was gone to the Gulf. HAYMARKET THEATRE. White Magic, a comic two act opera, c ompose d b y Signor Biletta, was produced with perf ect success last evening, at this theatre. The music i s pl eas i ng, taste ful, sparklin g , an d effective, and a production more likely to prove popular and effective has been rarely given. The execution on the part of . Fyne, was admirable, I t h ia o r o r t a io n n d Al able i , ss ait PthYe manner in which the princip a l art i stes, Mr. the piece was put on the stage most cre di ta b le to the ma rtne'stAiranuWnexßicseFp' nagement. The plotis of li ght construction. Th e Count de Mericourt (Mr. Weiss), a dissipated noble man of the Regency period, disguises himself as a con juror and fortune-teller, and by the eclat of his magic manages to induce a rich he iress, Coralie (Mi ss L. Fyne), to pay him a professional visit. Once in his power, he throws off his conjuring robes, and is begin ning to make rasher violent love t o t h e young lady, when she is rescued by Colonel Laval (NIL Harrison), a dissipated old acquaintance of Mericourt, whom he has employed as &confederate, and who turns out to be an old lover and cousin of Coralie, from whom, however, bad courses have long separated him. A r escue b urst i ng ing in at th e sa me moment, Mericourt turns the tables upon his quondam confederate, by denouncing him as the wizard and the conjuror, and thus getting him hauled off to prison. In the second act, how ever, we find him at libsrty, and Coralie preparing for h er marr i age w i th Mericourt, w hi c h is stopped by th e s i mple process of Laval informing the bridegroom that the bride is penni less under a newly-discovered will. M er i court t h ereon declares off, and Laval proving of course the rightful heir, Coralie, without more ado, transfers her hand and heart to her old adorer. Several of the morceaux are very telling—" pic turesque," if we may use the expression. Of these we may specify a romance, " Gone are the merry days," and " Ah, since the sun," by Mr. Ilarrison; " /low merry is morning," by Mr. Weiss, and the exquisite duet, " 'Tis in change that we are charming," by Miss Pyne and the former gentleman. White Magic is just the sort of opera for the English boards, nothing pon derous or somniferous, nothing to give the longeurs, nor, on the other hand, aught of the namby-peruby flimsy texture. Signor Biletta has accurately hit the taste of such of the public as have any ear for music, and the hearty applause with which he was greeted on the ter mination of the piece may be taken as the seal o f a po pularity not likely Soon to Lade. Mr. Webster made his re-appearance, after a short trip to Paris, in his popular role in attended, 0 / Lam. The house was v e ry fully productions are pr esented as the opera of White Magic. the as t f r a i n e hly deserves to be when such delightful LONDON WEDNESDAY CONCERTS. The second of the series of these concerts took place last evening. The large hull was densely filled, and the entertainment went off with the utmost spirit. Braham sang gloriously, and the enthusiasm of the audience was boundless. Mr. T. Harding, in an air from II Pirata, Mr. Henry Smith, in " Man the Life-boat," the Mi sse s Brougham, in Macf arren ' s duct, " Two Merry Gipsies, " " Queen of my How, iss Rose Braha m (th e two l a tter „ by Mr. Tedder, and " What a songs from Mr. How ar d G lover ' s opera of Aminta), and "Throughi Woods," by Miss Allure; were warmly ethncnt)greids Love, the Woods," M by Brandt, who has been lately suffering under severe illness, gave a barcarole, by I3alfe, with a freedom, taste, and power of voice which made us regret that he confined hi mself to a single appearance in the evening. Mr. L filer's fine voice was heard to much advantage in " The Battle of Hohenlinden," and a song from Aminta. Tho gem of the evening was, to our mind, Rossini 's chorale " Charity," sung by the entire company of ladies. It was deliciously executed, and should figure again in Mr. Stammers' programmes. M. Alexandre Billet's performance of Moschelle's beautiful fantasia, the "Recollections of Ireland," was a de lightful treat in the instrumental department. In several cases where an encore was elicited the recipients of the honour contented themselves with mutely ac knowledging the token of public favour, therein evincing a commendable propriety which we wish were universally in vogue. Mr. Stammers most judiciously announces in his afficher, that should the encores inconveniently pro long the entertainment on any evening, it will be ter minated at half -past eleven o'clock, even though the pro ents without e x h austin, gramme shcuki not be compl e t e d. A " recall" compli m the artist frequently bor es b oth the artist and a very considerable portion of the au di ence. en '' encore" too THE CONTACT FOR, THE INDIAN AND AUSTRALIAN MAIL SERVICE. TO THE LDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The writer of the article in Mc Sun of yester day states that he is " justified in saying" that the ten der put in for the above service by the projected Eastern Steam Navigation Company was lower than that of the Peninsular and Oriental steam Navigation Company, There never was a grosser misrepresentation, and I beg to ask why, instead of spreading such misrepresentations by means of the public press, the parties interested do not at once have copies of the respective tenders moved for to be laid before the House of Commons, when I feel "justified in saying" that it will bo shown that by the acceptance of the tender of the Peninsular and Oriental Company instead of that of the projected company about one million sterling of the money of the public has been saved, and a prompt and efficient execution of the same secured. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, FAIR PLAY AND NO FAVOUR. London, March 18, 1852. ---- --- BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. PATRICK.—The sixty-ninth anniversary festival of this benevolent and edu. cational society was celebrated yesterday evening at a pub lic dinner at the London Tavern. For three or four years, in consequence of distress in Ireland, and of other excep tional circumstances, the annual dinners of this most excel lent society, which used to be as regular as a Lord Mayor's day, have been suspended; and as was to be expected, therefore, on this renewed reunion, the attendance was un wontedly numerous. The "Benevolent Society of St. Pa trick" has included amongst its supporters, and has always hitherto congregated at its public dinners, all the most emi nent of our public men, of all parties, Englishmen and Irishmen, officially connected with Ireland ; and on this occasion the company collected was, as heretofore, repre sentative of every variety of political opinion —the objects of the society, essentially educational, and applying to the im migrant Irish inhabitants of London of all creeds, naturally concentrating the support of all sections of Irishmen resident in the English metropolis. The Duke of Newcastle, who , when Earl of Lincoln, was Secretary for Ireland, was a warm t _ e supporter of thi s soc i e ty, o c c u pi e d th e c h a i r . Among t he distingui s h e da boreueli, Sir J. .E. Tennent, M.P., Rev. Mr. Ma h one', -,-. Reynolds, M.P. Sir R. Howard, distinguished company present were—The Earl of L nes 111r. E. G. Hanewell, m.P., Colonel Dunne, M.P., Illf; :, L N D api A e i r, A il ./- • the routine and Mr. Whiteside, M.P. The toasts were of and responding to character ; and the speeches, in proposing il The subscriptions them, offered no points calling for record. for which Yorkshire, on to 660/. The conviviality, announced amounted throughout the these festivals are celebrated, prevailed DEATH OF Sin MARCS 1 .......Th e evening. ON, his 40th year. He was the wife daughter second son of the first baronet by his third , of the Right Hon. James Fitzgerald, of Inch Cronan, county Clare. This I T I Hon. r s ß d a a r y o , n i e .n t died at Rawmarsh Rectory, JAMES THE CAPE MAIL.--PLTm°uTir) General Screw Steam Shipping Company's mail packet Hel lespont, Captain Watts, sailed y es terday afternoon w i t h the mails for Sierra Leone, St. V incent, and the Cape of Good goPe. kW had a large aucabu of Passengers, THE SHARE MARKETS. ERITIBR RAILWAYS. MARCH lB, 1852. Rrsrzrzcz. ; - :,lct. N °minx 1 1 ------- -- -- ' ; Agna Fria ~.......... 1 Bushiest done 1 14 - 13 4 P Railway!, Paid. Nerainal Prices. to-clay, Anglo Californian ...... 10s. %- % p Asturian ....... •..• • • • — —. • , ....—...........- ....,;,..—__„..... --....... Aberdeen.. ... • • all j 12% to 13 12% 13 12% Australian Freehold all ILA —IA dis. ' Ambergate, N o tti ngham, Arc Maria .... —• • i 4dis i Boston, &E. Ju nc l on 8% 6% —5% bx %% 6 131 aenarvon Iron & Coal all .. par —.. • • 1 firming., Wolverharnp., British Au s t ra li an Gold 1 % dis par and shear Valley ia, 9 34 —lO British Iron ...... . 131. Is. . _ .. • Birkenh., Lan., & Ch eah B raz i l i an Imp. (is. Si. p . .) 24% 1 34 2 ' June., late 331.65. Bd.. 26 12% -11%d. x.d Do. Cocaca and Caleb(' all 1% - Do. Chest. & Birkenad., Do. St. John d e l Boy- 15 '4B - 28 1% 4 / 501. &251, Consolidated all 16 -17 x.d Cobro Copper ..... .. • • 40 30 -31 [ Do., d0.,201... .. .. 17% .. -• • dis. Copiapo .. -•••••• • • • 14 Bristol and Exeter.. .. too 89 -90 89% 90 Eng. &Australian C o p per 5 4'A - 5 - Caledonian .. .. •• 50 18% - 1954 19 7 81 % 74 General.... ... •••. • • all 9% -0 P % Chester and Holyhead .. all 20% - 21% 21% Gold Mountain •••.. • • 1 par -34 p Dublin and BelfastJun c t. 45 17 — l5 d. x.d Great l'olgooth .. . .... all 1 —l% Dundalk and Enniskiller • all .. —.. Mexican& S. American 9 3% —4 p Dandee, Perth, and Aber. Nouveau Monde ........ , 1 % % p leen Junction .. .. all 5 34 634 Santiago de Cube ...... 10% 6 7 Do.. New .. .. - all .. -.. Ti n Croft ..... •.• ....•. 7 Is -11 East Anglian (251. L. & United Mexican........ I all 2 1 4 -24 ' E. and L. & D.) •• .. all 374 -4 %1 4 % West Mariposa ........ ; 1 %dis. --par Do, (181. E. & FL) .. all 27, - 3 Carson's Creek, 1 1 „i Eastern Countlos .. .. 20 8 34 - 8 34 8% s Eastern Union, class A. .7032 1 7 T 114TOOR 2:149.7171Y.26. late E. U. shares • • all 534 - 6 5 % 6 Australasia ........ •• • • all 38 - 39% Do. do. do. .. 6 .. -.. British North America.. 50 4734 -49 Do. do., B& C shares all 374 -4% 4 Colonial ........ •..... 25 1134 -- 12% East Lancashire .. •• all 17 - 17 36 17 4 % Commercial of London.. 20 24 - 254 Di. New quarters •• all •• -.. London Joint Stock .... 10 18% - 17% East & West India Docks Lenten and Westminster 20 29% -30 and Birm. June. .. all 49 -50 National Provincial .Eng. 35 .. -.. East & West York. June. all .. •••• • • Do. New ........ •• . Edinburgh and Glasgew 50 28 -29 x.d 28 4 ,a Natio na l o f Ireland .... 22% 17% -17 Edin., l'erth, and Dundee 25 434 - 5 5 Oriental Bank Corporal. all 30 - 314 x.d Glasgow and South-West. 100 • • - - ric,cl Provincial of Leland- - 25 42% -43 Great Northern .. •• all 19% - 2 0 % x•d 19% 20 19% Do. New .. - •••• .... all 154 - 1634 Do. halves, A, deferred all 6% -6% 6% Unio n o f Australia ...• all 85 - 3636 Do. halves, U, 6 per ct. all 14% - 14% x.d 145 i % x.d Do. New ........ •... 234 3 -3% Great Southern and Union of Londcn .... • • 10 14% - 1536 Western, Ireland • all 34 - 3436 x.d 34 - Union o f Madrid ... • all • •• Great Western .. .. 100 87% - 8 7 i 8 7 & %14N% —•• TYLISCELE.2I.NEOTTS. Lancaster and Carlisle .. all 74 -77 x.d [..-...-„. Canada ...... --- •• 3234 48 - 49% Do. thirds .. .. .. 11 13 4 7 ..... 8 p x.d 1'...... Eastern Steam .. • • 1 4 lion. Stearn Navig . a . tior; . . 14 274 -28 Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 72% - 72% x.d 72% %73 Do. quarter id .2,l'es .. all .- -• • Penin. & Orient a l S team. all In - 81 Do. fifths . . .. 13 6% - 6 6 . 1 10 26 -28 Do. West Riding Union 11% 4% - 41. x.d Ditto ditto Leeds Northern Crosby,. and all 16 17 17 Royal Mail Steam ...• .. 160. 79 - 80% Liverpool, • .. rWe cannot b e answerable for the errors of the Of • Southport .. 17% - will not be influenced by interested c orrespon d ents.] .. .. • • London and Blackwall .. all 7% • - 7% 7 % % % London, Brighton. and Smith Coast .. .. 100 9534 —9634 96% 96 34 MONEY and COMMERCIAL London road N.-Weetern 100 114 -11836 118% %% % Do. do. quarters .. 22 3% -ax p. 15% CITY, TWO 026 [l9 % De. fifths -.. .. 12 234 -3 p. 15% 15 The sales of Cotton at Li verpoo l yesterd Do. 101. sh., M. &IS (c) 1 1% - I% p. 234 mated at 6,000 bales, all to the trade. Ma, London and S.-Western . 100 8634 -87 87 86% ranham were d., and Pernam and Egyptil Do. new 501. .. .. 4234 7% - 7 die, higher. Americans without alteration, bu' Do. new 401. .. .. 34 6 - 534 did. Manchester, Buxton, and at sd. to sid. were more plentiful. The sal Matlock .. .. .. all 2% -2% 4,000 American, 200 Pernam and M Manchester, Sheffield, & d. 5,-td. to 6id., 300 E gypt i an at C i Lincolnshire ,•• .. 100 3334 - 3434 33% 34 34 Do. Manchester and 1,500 Su ra t at 3-Id. to 4 : 1-d. per lb.- Lincoln Union •• 4 2 0 3% •••• 2% db. Market was very buoyant, and a large 1 Midland .. .. .. .. 100 61% - 61% 61% 62 1 4 62 done, in London, Midland, Lancashire, an( Do. Birming & Derby 100 30 -32 32 % [% f 4 Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) 4734 .. - Eastern Counties, and C a l e d on i an, at hi ghs Newcastle and Carlisle.. all .. -• • The six week s ' a verage pr i ce o f W hei Do. quarter shares .. all • • - •.• per (porter. Newmarket • • .. all 7% - 11% sewport, Abergavenny, The Mexican mail ha s arr i ve d , an d b r i m. and Hereford .. .. 10 5 - 436 dis. dollars, of which 74,000 dollars are for the alorfolk .. .. .. .. 100 30 -32 32 31% 32 ~, From Jamaica the ac c o un t s are to t h e ! On. New 201. shares • • lb 11% - 1034 die. they stated that Mr. Franklin had present, Northern Ceunties Maim 3% 3% - 3 dm. North British.. .. .. 91 7% -7% 734 x 34 .% Lion, that fin order to meet the deficiency in North Devon .. .. .. it a - 7 dls. it was necessary to levy an additional North Staffordshire • • 19 17 8% -8% dia. 934 meal, and tobacco, and r e d uc i ng t h e North-Western-Western.. .. .. -• • WE. The Bill was read a second ti me, a North &Sth.-West..lems. 3% •% - % P 4% 4, Oxford, Worcester and to be committed. The duti es to Wolverhampton.. .. all 17 3 % - 17% 1 7 36 %%5634 under the provisions of this Bill are Scottish Central .. .. 25 15% -16 1614, 16 Ale, beer, porter, cider, end perry per ton Scottish Midland .. .. all 9% - 9% x.d 9% Do. new all 9% -9% or biscuit, per cwt. Is.; butter, che ese , an d .. .• •• Shrews. & Birm., Class A all 6% -6% 6% per lb. Is.; wheat, in grain,,per bushel Bd.; fl Do. Class 8.. .. .. all 4% -4% 4% % per barrel 2s; meal or rather flour, no Shrews. & Hereford.. Old 7 4 - 3 dis. barrel Is.; tobacco, manufactured, for Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) - .. all 14 -16 weight, 2d.; aegars, per every I Do. Halves .. •• .. all 7 - 8 201; spirits for cordials, per gallon, is. Do. Oswestry .. .. all 10 -12 clocks and watches, drays, preserved Shropshire Union .. •• 6% 3% - 3 d. 3% 34 Do., A, B, C, & D, fhlly meats, in tins, fili oil, perfumery, plate, prei paid up at per cent • • - .. -• • nut oil, soup, and vegetables one per cent.; i South Devon •• .. - all 16% - 16% x.n 1634 Li ' or bottled, per tun 11. 10s. 5d.; unenumer South-Eastern .. .. 30 20% - 20% x.d 20% % x.d South Wales.. - .. all al -32 x.dld k 3234 x.d one per cent. No drawback allowed under I South Yorksh. and River The Amsterdam Bourse was very anin Dun Roth.,and .. 15 2 did. - 1 dls x.d 13% 16th inst., but sellers of Dutch Stock app Sheri., th Goole, decline ensued. The Two-and-a-Half per Boutk Divißioll .. .. 6 .. Stirling and Donfennline all .. —..— .. 4% 6(4. The Act tor issuing paper money w; Stockton and Hartlepool 16 2-3 .• -.• by a large majority. Taff Vale .. .. •• • • 126 150 - 151 Thames Haven Dock and A comparative statement of the tonnage Railway .. .. • • 18 • • - • die. employed in the foreign trade, entered ii Vale of Neath .. ~ 17 7 .- • 6 d cleared outwards, has been completed f t Waterford and Kilkenny all 3% - 4 34 4% 1851. It gives the amount of British ewe Waterford and Limerick all 1636 - 17 36 Waterford, Wei., Wick.' at 4,388.245, which shows a decrease, t • and Dublin .. 3 - with the year 18 49 , of 2,130 tons. T .. .. • West Cornwall .. • • 13 53i ... 4% Ms. of the foreibgeningtaennninagcreeasealsooyer e t n h t e e r; West London .. all •• . -• • York, Newc., & Berwick 25 17% - 18 % was 2,599,988, 18 17X 18%1 Ditto and Newcastle 919,094 tons. Cleared outwards th e B r i t Extension .. ... 20 734 -6% d. 12% 13 34 was 4,147,007 having exceeded the clearance Ditto York azG.N.E. parchdland 50 9 2 3es° %- 3 23 ' 4 . by 384,825. The foreign tonnage a l so c l ear( d North Mi 2% - 4 2 2 % %23 • ...... 9 fu3A.137. showing an i,,,,-...-__ ,-- - MINES, smas: PIZZD 'dill. Railways. Le u i ng Paid . Nominal Prloes. Business Companies.dens to-day. ONMOMISMIN.II•II... Bcdf. & Bletch ley. • •• Lon. & N.W. all .. Birming.• & Ox ford Junction, guaranteed • • Gt. Western all 29 —3O Do., without a guarantee .. Ds • • all 28 —29 Birm., Wolver., & Dudley, gua ranteed •• Do .. all 29 —3O Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • • • all 28 —99 Bnckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% —I s Clydesdale June Caledonian all 45 —47 E. Lin., Guar. 6 Der Cent. •• G. Northern all 35 —36 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 2234 3 4 p Hartlepl Dock I Yrk, New,/ and Railway e. and Ber. Hull and Selby Yk. &N. hi. all 107 109 Do. X, Shares Do .. .. ea 5434 5434 Do. Shares Do .• .. all 25 —27 Leeds and 13ra3. Midland .. all 100% —10 13 G Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 1214 1234 Do., Pref. •• Do .. all 2434 2534 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cont. • • Norfeik .. all 16 —l7 x.d De.. 6 per cent De .. hicidlebbro' and Redcar, 6p. ct Stockt.& Dar all N. & East, 6 per Cent. •• E. Counties . all —•• Do., 5 per cent. Do. .. • • all 59 —6l Do. Now .. Do ~ all .. Preston and S L. &N. W. • wyre .• •• L &La.& y.} an 44 —46 ic.d Do. 34 SharcsA Do .. .. 11 834 934 p x.d Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern .. all 22 —223 L 34 R )0. Sh o ep y. & Ilitchin G. North ern 614 8% — 5% . Ex.. DO „ all 8% Shef., Roth. and G oo l e , 5 per ct. Lane. Is York is 1 i 6 Weasouth Staffordsper. Mr. M'Clean 9 34 I%alf. r - Val. 6 Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. a ll Do. do. .. Do .. .. 25 29 30 Do. do. •• Do • • • • all .. • Wilts & Somers., Gt. Western 100 94 —95 111111.11 ES . 0 Railways. Paid. Norninal Priem. Bulimia dole h to-day. , ----- —.........______ ' Aberdeen .. .. CI 1% .... % did. die. C Aberdeen, No. 2,7 pr. ct. 234 •• -.• 8 34 x.d e Caledonian 10/. .. • • 10 8% -8% x.d i Chester and Ilolyhead .. all 17 - 17% x.d 17% 17j% [. Dund. I'er.& Aber. June all 4% -5% x.d 1 East.Ang. (31. 10s.) Ii p. c. all 3 -3% 3% 3 Do., (5/.) 7 per cent... all •• -•• 3% Eastern Counties Exton., n 5 per cent. No. 1.. all X - 13 4 1 3 Pa Do. No. 2...• • • all a %- % PU I Do. Kew 6p. cent . Stock 10 1234 - 12% 12% - Eastern Union, Scrip .I; ruaran. 6 percent. - all 12% - 12% Y Do. ' 101. Deben. Share. all .. -•• East Lancashire, 6 per • - cent. quarter shares .. all • • -.. - E. &W. York. JURC. sths all .. -.• Edin. Per. &Du n . 5# p. et. all 2 34 - 334 - Glasgow & S.-W. Consul. 100 • • ..- .. Gt. Northern, S per gent. all 14% - 14% D0.,5 p. c, Redeem. Scrip 6 34 1 -1% p ) Great South. & Western 3 (Ireland) eighths -.. all 7% 8 x.d Gt. Western (Barks and Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.) 6 •• -•• p. Gt. West., fixed 434 p. ct. 100 .. -.. IDo., do. .. • • 80 .. -.. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201... •• - 6 134 - 1 dia. x.d 4% 34 Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. 100 .. r- .. Leeds Northern, 6 per • cent., No. 1.. - .. 13 .. - ..p Do., do. . • No. 2 17 .. -- •• Do., do •• 'No. 3 5 .. - Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 •• - „ p London, Brighton, and S. Coast, guar. 5 per et 101 .. .... .. De. pref., S p ct.Sk,lBsl 100 - -.. Do., Cony. sp. ct. 1852 a ll I .. --•• De. new guar., 6 p er c t . 100 . • ..... • • Lou. & N. West. (C ov . k Nuneat.) 5 per cent. .. 1334 •• -•• London &S.-W., now .. 8 2% -3 P. London. & Ennis., 34 Sha all 11 -12 Stanch., Sheffield, and Linc., quar.shrs.,Ne. 1 all 11 - 1134 Do. new, 101. .. •• all 12% •-• 12% 123 i Do., Q. .. • • .. .. 3 % --.• % P 3% Midland Con. 6 p.c. stock 109 • Do. Consel. Bristol & 137 Binning., 6 per cent.. 100 136 - 138 Do., Erewash Valley. 100 .. -•• Do., Leic. & Swanning., 8 per cent. guar. .. 100 • • -„, ,h i , Do., Preference • • .. 5 % -- * • - 19 Norfolk Extension •• all i_s% x d Do. guar. 534 per cent , all 1 4% _ Ix, Do., Waveney Valley 2 '''' 834 5 % 1 4 5 9% 75 North • • .. 6 _ ,ar Oxf.Wor ßritish . &W 01.151.6 p.c 10 ,! r .. 1 p 034 Shrews. & Dir., new guar. all •0-- . Shrews. and Ches• (Nor. a 1611 x.d - • ,•• 16% I.d • .‘ % W bum) 8 per . cont• all is l , -13 South Devon • • • • ,:'. ' 3 - 2 • dls.x d South-Eastern, 43 l'• - ( 1 . 20 South Yorks., 4 p. ct. g Stock. & Hart., guar__ . p. ct. until all 1 JulY• I " ° Waterford and 1(11k . e . 111)Y : 3 • • 6 per cent, and Barer., york• - t•Te ' Rc 'x..' par. •• all 16 % - 16 15 % Gt. N•°l E. 6 334 -4 Do. ,•,° l , lo . r th . M idla nd York a n " purch. .. 10 1 1L and S. - X db. 9% PoREIGN. . Bou logne and Amiens .. all 1234 _.. • c e ntral of France.(o.,V.) a ll 22 12% , .... ' 6 22 % 22% % Demerara .. .. .. all Dutch Rhenish .. ~ ' • --• East Indian .. .. .. 1 : 3 1(s -3% die. 4% % Do. do. do. .. 2) 2 % -3% p. 20 .• . Great Indian Penin su : a .. - . 23% ail % N Ditto ditto .. _ P. • I in Loava ala 5- , a.in_Te % - it P• - „. 7% 4% .. ..... .. Luxembotirg •• • • Ditto (Railway) •• 13 334 - 2 X 3% % % 1 .. 10 3% - 3 34 3% % 1 Ditto.. (Canal) .. 2 % - I %* Maria Antonia .. .. 17168 ed •• - * Ditto, New .. .. , 8% .. -.. 1 Kainnr and Liege .. .. all 634 -6% 6% % % Northern of France •• 16 211% - 21% 21% % g I Orleans And B or d eaux .. 11 134 -1% fl. 1 3 4 s 71 7 * Paris and Lyons .. .• 6 3% -4% p 10 3 f ] Paris and Orleans •• .• all 46 -46 27% Paris and Rouen • • • • all 27 -28 Paris and Strasbourg .. 18 21% - 21% 21% % 11 , 4 I Rouen and Havre .- .. all 11 - 11% 4 34 4 Sambre and Meuse •• all 4 -4% St.Andrew's&Quebc.(A) 2 - -• ;, di ,. 11% 34 % 'S. m Tours and Nantes • - •• 17 634 - 63 f 7 ei l ynay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Ilassolt _•• - all •• .•••••. i 1 Watit F ! landerB . 1 - '•• 6% I'N TO X - 1852. Great Western £14,404 North Western 40,745 South-Western 8,482 Brighton Midland South- Eastern North Stafford 4,840 Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire York and North Midland Conools ... „. ~, Ditto Account, April 13 ... ONE 2413111,i5r 2% lli !i 23% 29 45,6 % 1% % 104 sb !?, 27% —2 8 1 A E 0 —Bl 26 - 28 79 804 As errors of the Official LIEU, in • correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS• CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6,000 bales, all to the trade. Maceio and Ma ranham were 0., and Pernam and Egyptian d. per lb. higher. Americans without alteration, but good staple at sd. to sid. were more plentiful. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 200 Peru= and Maranham at 54d. to 64d., 300 Egyptian at 6id. to 9d., and 1,500 Surat at 34d. to 4d. per lb.—The Share Market was very buoyant, and a large business was, done, in London, Midland, Lancashire, and Yorkshire Eastern Counties, and Caledonian, at higher prices. The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 425. sd. per quarter. The Mexican mail has arrived, and brings 1,500,000 dollars. of which 74,000 dollars are for the dividends. From Jamaica the accounts are to the 9th ult., and they stated that Mr. Franklin had presented a proposi Lion, that iin order to meet the deficiency in the revenue it was necessary to levy an additional tax on corn, meal, and tobacco, and reducing the drawbacks. The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The duties to be levied under the provisions of this Bill are as under:-- Ale, beer, porter, cider, and perry per ton 135.; bread or biscuit, per cwt. Is.; butter, cheese, and lard Is.; tea, per lb. Is.; wheat, in grain,,per bushel Bd.; flour (wheat), per barrel 2s; meal or rather flour, not wheat, per barrel is.; tobacco, manufactured, for every lb. weight, 2d.; segars, per every 1001. value, 201; spirits for cordials, per gallon, is.; carriages, clucks and watches, drays, preserved fish and meats, in tins, fiAi oil, perfumery, plate, preserved cocoa nut oil, soup, and vegetables one per cent.; wines in bulk or bottled, per tun 11. 10s. 5d.; unenumerated articles one per cent. No drawback allowed under this Act. The Amsterdam Bourse was very animated on the 16th inst., but sellers of Dutch Stock appeared, and a decline ensued. The Two-and-a-Half per Cents, were 604. The Act for issuing paper money was agreed to by a large majority. A comparative statement of the tonnage of shipping employed in the foreign trade, entered inwards and cleared outwards, has been completed for the year 1851. It gives the amount of British entered inwards at 4,388 245, which shows a decrease, as compared e a s eover yeared inwards d o s f with the year 18 49 , of 2 ,130 tons. Th e amount of the foreigntonn age also was 2,599,988, being an increase 919,094 tons. Cleared outwards the British tonnage was 4,147,007 having exceeded the clearances of 1849 showing an i ncrease of 670,411 tons over by 384,825. The foreign tonnage a l so c l eared outwards the was foreign outward tonnage of 1849. At the meeting of the Bank of England proprietors, a dividend at the rate of four per ceut. for the half-year, free of income-tax, was declared, and the net profits for the six months to February 28 were stated at 546,5721.: Tho dividend being an increase -3 per cent. having been paid on the last occasion—will have to ballotted for on the 23d instant. The question of the abundance of money came under discussion, and the amount in the Bank cuff,-ra this day was stated by a proprietor to be twenty millions sterling. It has been currently stated in the Stock Exchange tnat the Bank of England would reduce its rate of discount this morning, but no announoment on the subject has been made up to the hour of our writing. The meeting of dissentient Spanieh Bondholders has jest been held, and passed a resolution to meet the ex penses incurred, and it is understood that the committee will notrieully continue. The English Funds are very steady at full prices, but there is not much doing, and the highest rates of yester day are not attained. Consols have been 981 for Money and Account. Exchequer -bills are still 655. to 684., and India Bonds 735. to 763. premium. Foreign Securities have been dealt in to a consider able extent again, and at high prices. Buenos Ayres have risen to 78 and 81. Equador are firm at 5. Gre nada Deferred are quoted 10. a. to and Mexican 32~ to Peruvian have risen to 1051, and 106 for the Ac tive, and to 60 for the Deferred. Venezuela Stock is 431, a rise of Spanish Three per Cents. have improved to 42i and the Certificates to 191 1. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are 92/, and the Two-and-a Half per Cent. Dutch Bonds have advanced to 611. Portuguese Four per Cents. are quiet at 341. Sardinian Bonds have been at 93 to 93k. Railway Shares have been rather fluctuating. They opened a little weaker, but have since rallied. French lines are much the same. Gold Mine Shares are steady, but not brisk. The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up to tibia day, are in round figures as under:— 1851. £13,538 39,050 8,800 7,621 20,483 8,717 4,739 7.239 7,656 13,923 7,252 QUARTER TO THREIS. ... 981 984- ONE PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS O'CLOCK . 8 per Cent. Console Annuities 98 94 1 4 I n di a Bond i % 1,000/. ......• 73 76 p Cm°ls for Account .. 98%94 /16(111er B 115. t 1,4 d. 1,0001. 5001. Small, .. CLOSD U PRICER 98 1 4 76 p 98-'4 68 p 68 p 68 p CLOBnO PRICES. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLoCit. , razilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ... — Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. .•••• . Ditto. Account ............... 7B 81 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .... Ditto 3 per Cant. — 5 Equador Bonds G rena da Bonds, 1 1 ,4 per Cent 24 . —' Do. Ex Dec. , 1849 Coupons Ditto, Deferred ................. -10"% u Bltorican, 3 per Cent , 1816 ... . 32 14 ''", Ditto Account 32 L A I , i Ditto, Small. ••• 32% Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent„, Ditto, Account ....-... ........... 10' 65 I , 6 . 059f i ; 74 Portuguese D i t Ditto, ñ Deferred per 6 ... i ;.. Ditto, 4 per Cent. ............... -- Russian Bonds .... per ................................... 10 : Sardinian Ditto, Ditto, Bonds, 4l4Accountp e r C Cent . . ::.... ... . . 34 . l itt; s Azun ce t nt . . r ................. 93 1 ,41 ....... ..... . 840 ............ Spanish glo., P3apsseirv(.sz.n.; ................... 5 4% 93 Ditto. New Deferred 2 5 14 Sp v an en is e h zu Co el s% 42% %, 43 Au D s i t t r t i o aDn Deferred In a B . C on er d t. s, C 3 o j up. not funded 1 2 9 74 '414% 274 per cent. l9 4 per Cent.... 43% 44 44 1 4 17 1 A 2 18 1 AI i , v s ide p n e d r s c o e n n t t h . e above payable in London. ••• 77 Belgian, 4 1 ,( 2 per Cent................ 921 4 92 1 4 Dutch 2 1 ,4 per Cent. 12 Guild.... 61 1 4 614 Ditto 4 per l !pm , . C-wtificates ... 95 1 ,‘ 1 4 95 781 80 1031 18, —Find at noon E., light breeze LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) andL LONDON , 6-Tr."' bancu 17.—Wind RS.E.—Arrd. Go- LivEnrooL, , . N Clo M ud A y lic w il ea l ernor, Laguna; Cambria,Charleston. Sld. Harold, 'Calcutta; Hants, Africa; Condor, Guatemala; Christina, Carnoll, Buenos Ayres; Rhondda, Buenos Ayres; New York New York; Sarah, G. llyde, New York. QUEENSTOWN, MARCH 16.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Chal lenger, Callao. N E w YORE. MARCH 2.—The Constantine, from H avre , which got on shore on H og I s l an d, 11th F e b., broke up on the 28th; nearly the whole of her cargo had been got out. DEAL, MARCH 17.—Wind N,E.—Arrd. Metta Ca therine, Porto Rico. SOUTHAMPTON, 111 ARCH 17.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Trent steamer, West Indies. SUNDERLAND, MARCH 17.—Wind N.—Sld. Elbe, Havannab. NEWPORT, MARCH 17.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Forest Queen, New Orleans; Windsor Castle, New Orleans. , 11% ) FAIL -4 _ -lIRE.—The Liverpool advices announce the suspension of Messrs. M. Retemayer and Co. Their trans actions were rather consid era b le, but the amount of their liabilities has not been k,tated. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DO') xll.l/ GATE The general demand v% as t xcceoinglY bead, N; barely stationary prices. Beef, from 2s 2d t ; 1)(2 " Mutton, 2s 63 to 3e Sd; Veal, 3s 2d to 48 2d 2s 62 to 3e 82 per 811):, by the carcase. IVIARILETS. ic, SMITHFIELD.— Meadow -' 1.2 9 to .5/ I' 9 Clover ditto, 3/ Si to 4/ is; and Straw, 114% to I I d. load. A full average supply, and a sluggish deo33,°„s pi; CUMBERLAND —Aleadow Hay, '2l 15s Od to 4 ' v o ,Ett Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4145; and Straw, 114 s to 1 1 I load. Supply good, and trade tolerably firm. is , 03: WEITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 3 1 , 9ir ti Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 41 Se; and Straw, 114 s to load. Trade dull, at lase rates. t: birb 315i;:;.ittolit'''''' RAcfs. IV A it W 1 C K (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH') TIIE GOLD C LTV. PAlmerston Proccei Waturman Won cleverly. 12 rm. CORN AVERAGES C O - a l GENERAL .AVERAGE PRICES OF llRlTlS l , T ,'oireo °l '; For the Week ended March 11, 185/ made up from the ~,ed 55 ,10 P In-pectors in the different Cities Lid Towns in tngl' n per Imperial Quart e r. roll fi oli. , 01 WHEAT. i BARLEY. OATS. OATS I RYE. 1 308 - Id*" PRICE ..1 42s 10d 303 sd . 19s 9111 30s 5d DUTIES ON FOREIGN cORN• is . Pi )g* I WHEAT. BARLEY. 1 OATS. BYE. I Od I la 08 Is Od Is Od Is Od is WES 13 1; 0 0+ ' QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAS.,e, • 04; Wheat, 107,374; Bar ey, 60,072; Oats, 25,561; ItY, 9,362; Peas, 1,1388 quarters. BANKO ------------------- -----'—''--------- prietors of ;Bank Stock . b air. Thomson F ch a li ,r h. eminutesG ER u E k G oy L A ND— '''''' crti i , ; (,tf _D ot A be li prot ). „ ,. Tho ordinary halt-yearly general meeting - foto t 0 d e e i u o r f pos,ra t ao h i co el -od e f y e tsu h ha4der a 6,. d ,hasan ni 2t e .iy t h:eei ba t I bi ire c r ...., : i edn i sn:ti r td a uoo. 7 : nue :i sg6s ti ot ri f hot ! :l l / 3 :: si ts s t ; b o tt roo l f Court rbye-lawsead a n t that a, c t the n fi Nr n m e R t e d irF F tnehe e caa T pb b onorm r h u n e te a dh_ r iti y lva, last Governoriwas previous hel d ai thisoe e f the i d o a g y j°9' ; 3111::: bte responding period d e n preceding , o t ,it ,4 h a nary last arnounten half-year. 3,604,1 86 Le L o t of d ri l l He had also to inform the Court e that irh the ors i p n r t o e r p e o s s t e d an t d hat ro a fil d s i o vi f d op m f a , d :,d e e , bdr if the court of proprietors should fli v t be 2t° 'i 3 , ) 0 . 2 2 , 0 7 u o a z r : y_ b now only to propos 9 : 4 per cent. be di Mr. DE W INTON had an(cil proposition. It was hi hlg creditable freeuestrnits more then t t h il a e t r t e h s : : :11 . 0 5 13 , l i o ci f i that, vid hampered i e r h , t ye had a were es been e e they enabled n ea w ere . customs, they last,e ( i TCgh Glared e w e 2 r r i s t :l n i. pas ) o esel .utr tyActeectnalfarietndrety.._o half-year d f tt hh e ( 4 oe d u :r p c ae e a t . sr: o 0 3h u ce w en e s e 0 ' so d : . r i : I I . 1 i di k oA g e f r : 6,,,i the 1, t dab ° 09 : d : 11 p:i t or oor . : t much pleasure l'i . G a fetP d b 1 of f to , i_n i e bs ° o : 3 o e ,idisg ' ; l oo b r e , par cent. it en money was at SO Jew is rate oarter market. He would hay ped BR seiditioabsoltigabt 11l be t a . l tb balance left should 0 00 c i be allowed to accumulate oil next dividend was declared 1^ h o ped t o t bel have , when he,,, hot , as large a one. In September, 184 9, ''' is I' would soon have at least vaults, and his 20,000,000/. o I tor proposed,obtsyo orbleedec-ostussreheieennde d 6 o_ rules 1 1 orge, 13 , 9 prophecy hadturned out correc 1 Vitipig bullion at . the ' present in the ion of possess amounted to that large sum. The COVER - I t 0 Mr. NOR—Not quite. be 0 I DE WINTON—WeII, they had not on l 9 vo tes 0 a very unemployed capital in unetaplos'eu rid P r abou 8 13,000,0001.rgefair gr °ll efr That presented a to ci culling upon ' to' Governor and director/ be boos t ibe p ion - 0 ...0v.... ploy a portion of the unemployed capital for, l ;iter ', , of the proprietors. It might be eruplol i e " h iebre lte•l of manner of private and joint-stock backs an° "•, 0 , rale re without fixing either a minimum or maXi tn , ll- ,ir Ca lti , discount, in discounting bills, according to 6 ' iA ;eat `„ and goodness. Ho thought money ought t' ) : - , e ; se c ; ° 0 Consols, Exchequer-bills, and other Govern,-, of t",, i rities, and also on debentures in some rad v t ha n • d highest character.—(" Oh," an d o No.") fie,eo of wish to trench upon their 3,000,000/. rest until }) ", 3 • 1 lo t ° what the Government intended to do en t te rolit te August, 1855, when notice might be given aged' iben"; vernment would have the Bank's charter. It such notice were receia, yibic they lent to the country at 3 per cent. It 11 ,„, 89 ,01 .4 ,. extraordinary that though the Bank had so e' er eell' i ' vantages, it did not realise more than 4 P 6 sild h i , whereas joint-stock banks yielded as niaeh,t e tots , ~,"1 • 3. per cent. He did rot find fault with the u" - ie d by "" ro cause, as he said before, they were trawe have a 03°• 0 forms and regulations. t was impossible to rwhor o _ able man at the head of their affairs than Al • o se d t d f i it he f the Hauleey, and he was sure no on© was more di4 ) u odt` that gentleman to give 1 di videv a urger in his power. The rumba' - Acreated a v irer precious metals iu the country he' _ lo os _ oredandsecY °ere° when ho said he believed there senstoion.—(Hear, hear. bad been _a_ net ieec ° for sixty )(airs, and he ) spoke froal long v ol• r ofda ntl of gold until the whole world was full.—( A • m ig ht e Astro a l ; resources of the greater part of Europ , and they 034,0 and Australia, had yet to bo developed; gld in herd' depend upon it that any redundaccY of e o later. a er •ti would be used for - purpose sooner or ,i s ted 1 that e Id e snot ad. fore, ' if too great au accumulation 0 , e , be v o f Eugland, a tield for its employment would so on a _tod.o, Gold might now be treated like c otton a 9 I F y II Op America, and if that country could no,t b i ll or P , P , o won ° be would bo noiaralLu..) The gel:' the exportation of British Casuurac. be :be 0 / of gold to .00 minish. He considered the great use ,_ re cal3 o „lo cility it atlorded for circulation and tort ne be 0300'ff exchanges. He hoped no attempt would ~__ Co ullt o f, tamper with the currency for be believed tinu,,,,,,00' would not be satisfied with , a less sum than 31 - ' o re for an ounce of gold. 0 thee ije panic, but by judiciously Mr. COOKE congratulated the proprietors 0 _ ef) e , perity ot the bank. That prosperity had n°'„ ia ot!!,,l mined by means of commercial distress, or l' es plio em ploying the ir larg© for legitina ite purposes.t o The resolutio n was then put and carried. elu d e d t o o be b A PROPRIETOR remarked that th e rest in 15Ci ~ securities held by the Bank, and b e should , 0 OP know if they bad been calculated according ' 13 315 market or their cost price? f tbe r , ) The GOVERNOR said it was the practice 0. be 9 to value the securities at the cost price.—(gia es' He had now to inform the Court that as the divie_ a ij Ir°, ceeded that which was paid last half year, it 1 0 , 13 3 f e (l necessary to go to a ballot on the proposition;!ooto ' that put pose he should move that the court be ael des a), to the 23d jest ,at 11 o'clock in the forenoon.--( P ,_ 0 0 Mr. DE WINTON, before that motion wasp o'_ , E 0 0' made.—(hear, dividg °Ciii .to l ' y desirous of asking a question. No publication u o ipco claimed stock or dividends bad been publishe d ei ber 1843, and be should be glad to know when a n Hear, hear.) f er e formerly published at certain intervals, b u t w itb o "i ilio publication The o ov E w ß a: e 0 d fixed time. They were oublished in . oliakealayidto tbhee Lonscquen e ,,,eir e •of an Act of Parham • passing ent in 1816, which r",, 0 or that they should b© published at intervals of 900- 0 0 eight years; but in the year 1835 . his Predecesioce one et .„ p a in of fi ce undo rtook, that the publication should " •f ' annually. Ho believed that •Ication ..roe o ..., question put to Mr. Petals° • was in consOl'` o f Co; mons, who was Governorn 111 the house at at e(j of the Ban time, and subsequently , o cloi li3 o f stock and dividends a statement of tn e , — , e feg -„ eight consecutive us was published annually Tor ae ce"' eurs , t b a ttue bo siderahle fraud ) 1 dclwn to 1843..Abotts io 14 were connected 8 took plac e i n Bank bY part ~,e, with the Fletcher the ' - and in e e „, v ore quence of that forger,i e " a i na l r 13 °1, ci transaction and others 0 1 a 1 a h" ti it was not rn whie , 0 0 expedient prevailedu to continue the il",t e an far 11 1,r pto that period. It wa s felt tna -- • tore' affording a o ang in AO tier' to any protection to the public in v.1,00P„, parties who might nut require it, the p . ut , v! 85 gOD C r jt) led to a ractice of extortion which was aedi, p individuals , who were but one degree reT,"f u fve in - r common swindlers, and who were in the hah,7,:d e ado 1 , - 1 0 taking to recover unclaimed stock and n' v h ' co , uP`J those who might happen to have a title tn o t o tt re aove, t , i ' e , their being presented with a large share of tu''' l oan. property, or receiving in advance a substautia_ ofor.o ration. So far, therefore, from the publics it w oe / 0 ing the public any protection or information, i t ' po rli° o , point of fact, a serious injury to the bone ° tbe ivll of mankind , and it was discontinued, ur ic ° a 9 10 derstanding that the authorities of the re adsU all ' 00 deed they were, Would be always tarra 9 • l o afford ever) body, and anybody, every possible indivijea,,s in their power upon the subject of unclairced u nten r and stock. For this purpose the Chief ' l ' a c : pli, b „ .l o; office of the Bank was at all times open to ©he and if that source of irquiry failed, the ell - i'. was always happy and ready to pot° ; his AC publi^ awith every species of information in - d - 5 00 j e . In consequence, however, of the previous fran i.ie pre, b e of Parliament was passed, at the insta nce of e e i ; ab led l ii , censor, Mr. Cotton, when in the chair, whin" up !id Government to give all necessary information loc j, e t re matter, through the agency of the Bank of E ri g a P i pe by the provisions of that Act it was proF°s- din •13 • bed Ol t distinct department should be establish _Os , it Bank where searches and inquiries could he _w k , boi e reference to the unclaimed dividends and a L u s e t AO Act , rested entirely with the Government to put "'joie p ct, force, as it was not a compulsory but 3 Per i ", w hit e . c o The Bank of England, in tact, had no con T° sp a lo c ,f over it, but a sufficient interval having now eli 3 l )- , f er e ,,, it was passed into a law, the Court of Directo]; or al _ o , opinion that something ought now to be cl ‘ _ s L e Ch! ri , should be most happy to communicate wit,;' , be der cellor of the Exchequer on the subject- La ity c' t s e; ment could only be established with the aute . _ pen." Government, who would have to guarantee that t`l res ti" • ter" and he could assure the propriety 0 l a 00 Court of Directors had really 13 , 00 1 . 2 1 e il whatever in withholding this iutorrie!e_i uncle his' the public, for, at the end of ten years or " Ca torF l i f the a nd ', dividends and stock were transf.rred to ! p e tit ; be e , . sioners for the Reduction of the Natioea ,p,rotig b; e li any portion of the sum were atterwar.n „ e rli i a lioc o f iu into the Bank accounts, upon the stinr,ovettioviie, claim, it was only done by order of,otune __` - ', O , tb 0 ;., 0 0 his capacity, as one of the Comenissi ro e b so f 1 , . daction of the National Debt, and not th 'l5 DO' blehlf that he held in the house. 1 tion a ss ''' d Mr. DE WINTON said the expiants. t 111) then Pli of tlsfactory. t was ---- Ott The motion for the adjournMen,_,ed 60 the to carried, after which, thahla w?iro ,t„,,il l ood! WI Mow and dirlos9; o l gad the Eng!,