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NEW NOVEL, BY TILE AUTHOR OF "MOUNT SOREL." Now ready at all tho Libraries, in 3 vols., MIL A WYNDHAM, By the Author of • TWO OLD MEN S TALES," " MOUNT SOREL," &e. Henry Colburn, Pablishg, 13, Great Marlborough-street, Now rew:y at [I the Libraries, in 3 vols., 7I S. GORE'S NEW PEEIIS AND PARVENUS." NOVE L, The best work from the pen of Mrs. Gore that has app7ared for 1301h3 years. It will, no doubt, be univeriutly read and admired. The characters arc forcibly drawn, and the story is full of incident, adventure, and originality.—lliitannia. . Henry Colburn, pu!;lisher, 13, Great 3farlboroagh-street. INTERESTING NEW HISTORICAL WORK. Now Ready, in small Bvo., price 10s. 6d. bound, Printed and Illus trated uniformly with Miss Strickland's " Lives of the QUeek9 of England," Volume I. of ••_ "E S OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND. BY THOMAS ROSCOE, ESQ. Comprising WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. - NEW EDITION—WITH ADDITIONS. Just ready, New Edition, revised, with additicns, Two Portraits, and Twelve humourous Illustrations, by George Cruikshank, price 65., MEMOIRS of GRIMALDI, the CLOWN. Edited by BOZ. With Additions and rtes by CHARLES WHI FEFIE Richard Bentley, New Bullingon-street. To be had of all Booksellers. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, and LAMOND, Share Auctioneers, beg respectfully to inform their friends and the public that their SALE of RAILWAY SHARES will take place on :JAMMU', the 11th last., at the usual hour of One o'clock instead of FRIDAY (being Good r riday.) °Men received until Eight o'clock on Thursday evening, the 9 Instant Sale days every Tuesday and Friday. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, April 8, 1846 RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. ESSI S.- LAMOND, SMALE, AND LADIGND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FIIIDAY, at One o'clock„ at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all favours, containing instructions, are respectfully requested t. be addressed. All scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed that this Theatre will RE-OPEN on TUESDAY NEXT, APRIL 14, When will be performed (for the first time this season), Bellini's Opera, I PURITANI. Elvira, Madame Grisi (her first appearance this season) ; Arturo, Signor Mario (his first appearance this season) ; Riccardo, Signor Fornasari ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache (his first appearance this season). _ - _ _ To conclude with the highly successful New Grand Ballet, by M. Perrot. The music by Signor Pugni, entitled, CATARINA. ; ou, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. The principal parts by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlles. Monceiet, Cassan, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglioni ; M.N. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di Mattia, and Perrot. HER 3IAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY, APRIL 16, When will be presented Mozart's chef d'ceuvre, DON GIOVANNI. • -- - • - - Donna Anna, Madame Grisi ; Donna Livira, Madlle. Sanchioli Zerlina, Madame Castellon. Don Giovanni, Signor Fornasari ; Don Ottavio, Signor Mario ; Il Commaadatore, Signor Botelli ; 3lasetto, Signor F. Cablacho ; Loporello, Signor Lablache. With various Entertainments in the BALLET. In which Madlle, L. GrJhn, Madame Petit Stephan, Madlle. Taglioni, M. Gosselin, M. Di Mattia, and M. Perrot will appear. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets, to be made at the Box , alike, Opera Colonnade., Doors open at Seven ; the Opera to corn inence at half-past Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. ON . EASTEII MONDAY, APRIL 13, Will be performed a Nevr Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS, The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har rison, Borra.ni, Homcastle, S. Jones, Weiss, &tretton, D. W. Ring, 311 s. homer, and Miss Rainforth. - After which, will be produced the Ballet d'Action, entitled PEI:OUSE ; or, The Desolate Island. Principal characters by Madlle. Louise, Madame Ginbilei, Mr. W. 11. Payne, Mr. Howell, Mr. T. Matthews, Mr. Wieland, and Master F. Payne. THEAT az ROYAL,. HAYMARKET. ON EASTER MjNDAY win be performed a Nesv and Original Comed3 - , called, A BEGGAR. ON HORSEBACK. C.; mon Foxall, Mr. Webster; More craft, Mr. W. Farren; Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. H. Lloll; Horace Waidgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Selmel dermal:li, Mr. J Bland; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover ; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, Mrs. Seymour: Tac Band will perform the Overtures, " La Symphonic," and " La Neige ;" a Fantasia, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," and "Antoinette," Cellarins Waltz. After which (for the first time) an experiment will be tried upon TilE BIRDS OF ARISTOPHANES : wi which occasion they will be presented to the public with new Names, new Feathers, new Songs, end new Tales. Principal characters by Messrs. James Bland, Hudson, Tilbury, Brindal, Caulfield, T. F. athews, and Miss P. Morton. To conclude with a New Comic Drama, called THE MISR POST. Characters by 'Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Hamby, &c. 1:0Y AL. ADELPIII. A New Drama, and a New aacl Yagnificent Barlsque. ON ' , ASTER MONDAY; APRIL 13, Will preseni,M a New Drama, in Three Acts, called, IN DUSTRY AND IN'OOLKNCE ; or, The Orphan's t•cgacy. St. Amour, 3lr. Paul DedfOrd ; Rollin, Mr. O. Smith ; Si:nsoiiet, Mr. Wright; Del Mr. Perkin , ; Bati:Ule, Miss Woolgar ; Vs.s er ; Cecile, MAarne Celeste. _ Af.er which, a New Barle.que, entitled, PETER WILKINS ; or, The Loadstonc Rock rani the lolying Indians. Principal characters by NiZSCS Woolgar, Taylor, E. Ilardirw, Chaplin, Brooks, &c. To cor,inde with a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR. WIFE. TO C XMIIERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr. Wright; Isaac Cratil:, - Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. _Matthews, Mrs. Honey Miss Ern ma 11 a*ding. PRINCESS'S OXFORD-SMEFT The Public is respectfully inrorrned, that the eminent Tragcdiae, Mr. MACRE:WY, is re-engaged fur a limited number of Nights, and will appear on EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 13. When will be prer,ent , d Shaksperc's Tragedy of lIAIILP.P. Ch ratters by Mesrs. Maeready, Granby, L. Murray, Ryder, Esln James Vining, Wynn, fc, , nner, Walton, Compton, Oxberry, Coon?.r , Mr's. Ternan, Mts3 Er, , ma S!anley, and Miss k:. thinner. _ . After wlieh. a New Gr,lnfi F:6 GODIVA AN;) PEEPING TO Messrs. Waitun, Wynn, Compt Miss E. Stanley, Mrs. I , A anza, entitled 1,2 )VENTRY. In r: by Oxberry ; 31Iss T.,: ilonner, &c., will 3.,,pear )r' C ti W 6 roke, guided by the dictates of wisdom is inevitably virtuous ; by the right acquisition of knowledge he becomes ipso facto less liable to violate the natural code of right and wrong ;--the inference of which reasoning must be that vice is the child of ignorance. Hence for the eradication or suppression of that vice, education is the most rational and the most efficient instrument. Animated with these convictions, we cannot but years for some comprehensive change in this branch of legis Cation. Everything goes to enforce the necessity of some radical alteration of the kind ; nor do we consider the matter as anything but feasible. Some of the calculations produced at the meeting of the Middlesex Magistrates yesterday were significant indications enough that we are at present proceeding upon a most fallacious system. On this head let us merely examine the criminal statistics there given with reference to two of our metropolitan places of confine went. The numbers will be of themselves the advo cates of the reformation of which we are speaking; they plead most eloquently for the interposition of the Legis lature. From the report produced by the visiting jus tices of the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, " it appeared that there were at present one thousand and t teuty three prisoners confined within the walls of that gaol!' Here we have a large battalion of our fellow countrymen pent up in a state of comparative inactivity and uselessness, a degradation to themselves, a burden upon the country, and a disgrace to society, And yet, by a judicious preparatory mode of instruction, those 1,023 human beings might, at the present moment, hi gaining an honest livelihood, and adding the impetus of their ingenuity and their bodily strength to our national industry. "Of these there are 757. males r That is surely enough of itself. On a similar authority we learn that 677 prisoners are now the inmates of the West minster Bridewell: of these, " 500 were males !" To this circumstance, however, we are compelled to add another, infinitely more deplorable. We transcribe the precise language of the report :—" Since the commence ment of the pulling down of the New Prison, Clerken well, on the Ist of September last, the num ber of commitments to Westminster had amounted to 3,830, and that since the 21st of February only they had not been fewer than 754." We shall abstain from any detailed commentaries upon this statement, conceiving, as we do, that the insuffi ciency of the existing mode of prevention is, in point of fact, no mode of prevention whatever. Public attention has been already directed to this great social blemish, among others by ourselves; the inefficacy of punishment for the eradication of vice is even now recognised, and hopefully we anticipate some decisive movement. As one step in advance we were rejoiced to perceive that at the magisterial meeting in question a memorial from the Philanthropic Society (" offering their establishment, or a certain portion of it, in aid of the proposed reform atory for juvenile offenders ") was referred to a com mikee, " for the purpose of seeing what means could the best be adopted, with a view to the checking of juvenile crime, and reforming the juvenile offenders." These efforts, of which the preceding is an example, have en. gaged our warmest sympathies. Accounts from Berne, of the 3d instant, state that the Bishop of SOLEURE had addressed a letter to the consti tuent Assembly of the Canton of Berne, protesting against any oath which the Assembly might see fit to impose on the Roman Catholic clergy of that canton with regard to the constitution then under consideration, inasmuch as the clergy did not consider itself relieved from the oath which, with the authorisation of the Holy Sec, it had taken to the constitution of 1831. They also prayed the Assembly to guarantee to the Roman Ca tholic Church, by a special article in the new constitu tion, the maintenance of its rights as stipulated in 1815. The following appears in the German Universal Ga zett?, under the date, Cracow, 30th of March :, " It is a peasant named Sala who is at* the head of the in urgents who are still in the field, and these are Via terms on which he offers to order his men to lay down their arms :—Abolition of the feudal service—sup. pression of taxes—sale of salt at a fixed price per quintal—a general participation of the land ; one-fourth to be allotted to the nobles, and the three other fourths dividgd am:;ng the peasantry. It is said that a person of note has the direction of the movement at Tilsna, and represents the civil power, while Sala considers himself to be the military chief." A letter from Posen, of the :24th, in the Voss Gazete, mentions a rumour that, in several of the districts of the Grand Duchy, the peasantry have signed a declaration, that, being grateful for the welfare that they had enjoyed under the rule of Prussia, they were resolved to oppose all attempts at revolution on the part of the nobles, and by the energy of their own resistance render unnecessary any proceedings on the part of the Government. A letter from Breslau, of the 24th ult.., states that a of insurgents, under a noble, is in occupation of the forests of the district of Ostrolewka, which communi cates with the famed forest of Biavelege, in Lithuania.. This body is composed of a race of halt noble peasantry, called Kurpics, who from remote times poi , tess lands :ziven to them by bishop; or Starcsts, in remuneration of :race; rendered to the church or to the country. These Kurpies, on multiplying, had partitioned out the lands in numerous portions, but when the estates of the clergy were confiscated by the Government, they became tenants of the Crown, without king subjected to :toit rind service. . A Consistory is to be held at Rome on the 16.11 April, at which the Archbishop of NAPLES will rec. ire a cardinal's hat. A letter from 1:ome, dated 20th ult., sqys that the POPE has obtained from Russia the per nission for an Apostolic Nuncio to reside kt St. Peters burgh, and the Cardinal Prince ALTIERI will be ap point,d to that office. The Augssurg Gazette publishes a letter, dated Odes:a. Ifarch 8, which contains the following important intel- lipnce from Persia : " We have news from Persia by Trebisond. bodily health of the Shah is improved, but his mind, it is sad, suffers. It is now exceedingly difficult for the `ereign ambassadors to have interviews with him. Great astonishment was excited at Teheran by the unexpected return of Mirzs Dschafar Khan, the extaordinary am bassador from Tiflis, without having continued his jour ney to St. Petersburgh. It is known from a good source that during his sojourn in the former city, the Governor- General, Prince de Woronzow, received dispatches, which authorised him to conclude a secret convention with Persia, relative to several reci➢rocal concessions. In order not to excite too mach the jealousy of England, the Russian Government, it is said, intimated to the am bassador that it did not desire his presence in St. Peters burgh. In place of a formal treaty, a convention was nerely signed betweeen the Persian plenipotentiary and the Governor-G'rneral of Trans-Caucaiia. It is certain hat Russia, even before the return of Alirza Dschafar Than, was already in possession of the important advan ,-.ages which this convention Confirms. Naval arsenals and dockyards were already commenced on the pai t the Russians in the Persian ports of the Caspian Sea, and he barbo - ars of Engeli and Astrabad are now in a certain measure in their power. Between Reschz and Teheran he construction of forti ied caravansaries to protect trade iias also been begun, and from the manner in which the ioldiers of the Russian lineconduct themselves, one would almost imagine that the Cabinet of St. Petersbargh was al ready in possession of that province of Persia. At Astrabad a number of Russian miners were daily expected to work, ror the Russian Government, the rich mines of copper, tin, and coal, abounding in that part of the country. 'The Arsian Government has farmed out these mines to the Russians. It having been reported that the Russian deserters in Persia — were to be cent to the Araxes, a number of them who were at Tauris fled for refuge to Turkey. Many had entered the Persian armj, and turned Mahometans. Pechmen Mirza, brother of the Shah, is said to have favoured their flight. But some of them, who had fixed their residence in other towns of the empire, have been given up to th e R uss i an authori ties. The Persian Government has also entered into an engagement to force the families of peasants, which had • migrated from A: minis and Tart,ry, to return to the Russian territory. All these concessions have been made by the Vizier to secure, by a formal engagement of the Russian Government, the succession to the throne of the son of the present Shah, a lad of only 16 years of age, and half an idiot. The Russians have, in fact, numerous troops on the Araxes, to put down any revolt that might be attempted in favour of one of the Sons of Feth Ali'zhali. It is only in case that Peehrnan Mirza, bro !her of the Shab, should declare in favour of this young man that he could Lave any chance of success. The I.rmy is well inclined towards him, and hitherto Pech man Mirza has manifested great attachment to his bro ther and his family. The cholera is raging in several provinces in Persia, having been originally introduced by the Neret caravans into Khorassan. From thence it spread all over the country. At Meschid, a third of the population has perished, and at Teheran and Ispahan the inhabitants of entire quarters have been carried off. To - wards the middle of February Asserberdshan was still exempt from this plague. Accounts from Madrid, dated the 4th instant, an nounce that General NARVAEZ had resigned, that his resignation bad been accepted, and that the fol lowing appointments had taken place : M. ISTURITZ, President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs ; M. AR3IERO, Minister of Marine ; M. EGANA, to remain as Minister of Justice ; M. MoN, Minister of Finance. It was reported that the real cause of the crisis was, the unwillingness of the late Ministers to agree to a proposition made by EGANA and PEZUELA, for the im mediate marriage of the QUEEN with the son of Don CARLOS. The law on the subject of tune bargains was merely put forward as the excuse. Generals CONCHA, CORDOVA, :Hos DE OLANO, and A RAOZ, bad, on the 2d, after some delay, obtained their passports, and were preparing to leave Spain without delay. GONZALES BRAIN), who had resigned his embassy to Lisbon, had arrived in Madrid. Orders were seat to Corunna on the ' 2d to place the brig-of•war Constitution at the disposi. EX 1 lIZB INGI grate:el thanks to his hind - , x , ona to merit a out:nuance of past thvo;:rs, rap :n hint by the discerning Public of this h‘,,:s leave to announce that he will Resume his 31F.NT at the above Theatre, ON aA.STEIt MONDAY srxT, When he will have th.• honour of introducing an ENTIRL CHANGE: in h a PEXFOR3I,I...NCW, which has been prepared at a great expense and Labour. The . New rests ,nel Miraculous Seient:tle Experiments are of the ny.:et extr,erl , nary and astounding kle scription, and must Le eon to ito behoved. M. Pllll,l, EPPI7. will commence. tha Entertainment by T. ighting Two Hundred and Fifty Wax .Cantles by a stoats Pistol Shot This unique seal brilliant E::.perinient was originaby performed by Mons. Philippe fur upwards of 700consccutive nights in Paris. During the Evening M. Phillippe will introluce his GRAND MOTHERN CAP, with alt is tiapid Transformations. During the Easter Week there will be a Morning and Evening Performance each Day. 'I lie Morning Performance will commence at Two o'clock ; Evening l'erforinance at a Wafter to Eight. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 25.; Is.; Gallery, 6a.; vale Boxes, M. PITILLT t'PF. Patrons, and feeT.; 80 iihecal y r. * 1i great inetropo E NTZIcT..I.I it. 1s id 17. I Is. G4l ASTLE A Al extcr, .7.jr. W. Eatty. Patronised by her most grart:g 21.1;4 - ,s;y the Queen, Ranee Alba and tha Royal Family. Easter Entertainment extraordinary the holiday visitors. The Public are most respectfully appris , that the Summer soann will commence en FASTER, i' , .EONDAY, APRIL 13, With an entirely new Eque.;trlan. Oriental Spectacle, rep'ete wit gorgeous pageantry, intense ibc;dents, splendid scenic effect?, con: 'Ailing the whole resources of the Dramatic and Equestrian Con: panies, aided by the be Stu 1. New Scenes in the Circle; with other Entertainments, which wi be fully expraised in the bills of the day. Box-otlice open froni eleven till five o'clock.— Tuition !it the art o! riding daily. THE WEATIIER.—Su3 01:FICE, APRIL 10. TJEILMOMETER, Lowest, 36; Highest, 57; Noon, 58 BAROMETER, 29.90 —Winn westerly; fine. WATER. AT LO:v DON-:;RI I , GE Til ES DAY. Morning Glnintttes after 1. I E7ellnz .. 24 minutes after 1 i. 4 V- Ger cy^y;;~s E .-, • ~~, ,; ~ i. a „~~. ~`~~~,:s:f, , SECOND EDITION. . r* OV - 3 1 ( 1 t t i f e r S 4' 41 - tit LONDON, FRIDAY. APRIL to, 1846. From the scanty particulars obtained at the meeting of the Middlesex Magistrates, held yesterday, som , extremely important deductions may he drawn. We have talien occasion more than once to protest against the system hitherto adopted for the suppression of crime and the'prevention of social misdemeanours. The prin ciple that Punishment "is the Hercules to be em• ployed . 1.4 e cleansing of this A ugean Stable of Vice has ever appeared to us as rotten at the core, and hence wt have constantly and earnestly insisted upon the necessity of some thorough transformation in the entire fabric o criminal jurisprudence. We acknowledge ourselves sanguin-fts'eo-tlie consequences of a grand moral revo lution ortas. 4e.. - cription, and we look upon its realisa tion as far from impracticable. Hitherto the question of criminality in the' Populace has been considered only as' suppressible by retribution. Men were to be awed into probity, shamed into decency, or goaded into - virtue. The experience of all ages proves .this., to have been a most inefficacious system. Penalties, now onerous, now l en i ent, have been enforced—and still depravity has continued to flourish. Justice has been erroneously pourtrayed as wielding a sword, and sometimes, even, with the intention of vindicating the "majesty of the law," the scales of the benign'goddesa have been either tampered with or forgotten. A more mistaken mode of purifying a king dom from the disorders which have always been, more or less, prevalent in society, could not possibly have been adopted. Prevent the recurrere3 of vice by instilling knowledge and the right principles of morality into the popular mind, and then, if any incorrigible specimens of licentiousness present themselves, let the offence be expiated. Give the multitude an opportunity of be coming decent citizens ; but, in the name of propriety and common sense, do not tacitly encourage, by your torpor, the, propagation of villany for the mere purpose of crowding your penitentiaries, or of ----- rtions of Australia. If we look simply to crime, the mode by which it can be the prevented becomes obvious. A man Eiv , _„.._.\T-_,„ ; j ,,,,,,, : N\c.,„ (4 , ~-,....,„,v . „..., 4 , ..ertiel__, _ IND TIIEATRE. \ - Er.Trr.s ANT) 31 WIC EFFSEC tion of the Infante Don ENRIQUE, to whom it was inti mated that he had better lose no time in setting ,ut on his travels. The Infante accordingly embarked immediately, and on the sth arrived at Gocoa, and immediately proceeded to St. Jean de Luz. lie was expected to arrive at Bayonne in the evening. iris father, Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA, held a levee at Madrid on the 2d, which was brilliantly attended. The Duke and Duchess of SAXE COBURG GOTBA lauded on the 3d at Barcelona. General O'DoNNELL has been recalled from Cuba, and General RoNCALI has been appointed Governor of the Island. MORIAN; the singer, has been decorated with the Cross of ISABELLA the Catholic. MADRID, BOLSA, APRIL 2.—The Three per Cents. closed at 31 3-16 at 30 days ; the Five per Cents. were not quoted ; the shares of the Bank of San Fernando were 280 ; ditto of Isabel, 170. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. On the previous day the Minister of the Interior had stated iri the Chamber of Deputies, in reply to M. LEDRIS ROLLIN, that it would be attended with danger to the public service to give any information at present on the subject of the disturbances at St. Etienne ; but that, hereafter, he would give every information in his power on the subject of these disturbances. The Courrier de Saint Etienne of the 6th instant .-ays " The strike still continues, but it is easy to perceive that he mass of the miners are only restrained from resuming work by the moral influence exercised over them by the most ardent of their companions. Yesterday morning the men if the Cote Thiolliere were about to go down into the pits, when a large troop of the dissentients came and forced them away." The Courrier de Lyon of the same day has the follow ing : " At the moment of going to press, we learn that the directors of the Compagnie Generale des Mines have taken measures to satisfy their men that the reports of the inten tion of the company to reduce the rate of wages was totally unfounded." The subject of free trade seems to be progressing in France. The following article on this subject, from the Journal des Debats, will be read with feelings of interest by every free-trader. It is evident from this article, for the Debuts is a semi-official journal, that the French Ministers are much in advance of the Legislature in the science of political economy. " The absolute isolation of nations, which is the object of prohibitionists, is a countersense in the present day. Is it peace or war which exists in Europe ? Is it peace or war which ought to be encouraged? Is the most evident proba bility in favour of peace or war? What is a peace in which commerce, destined to bind nations together, is subjected to a thousand obstacles, a thousand delays; a thousand vexa tions? If it is the maintenance of peace that Governments demand and ought to demand, they go right against their object in placing at each frontier excessive tariffs, like an unscaleable wall. Foreigner remains synonymous with enemy, just as if the cannon was still roaring, fora free trade between two nations is publicly qualified as a tribute paid to a foreign power, in place of becoming in the official language what it really is, a profitable arrangement for both parties, what is done but to excite relative to commerce those ideas of hostility and implacable jealousy, of which the political effects are so justly dreaded? It has been declared a thousand times to the friends of prohibition, without their being able to give it an answer, that these abso lute prohibitions, these exorbitant duties, place every thing on a wrong footing, and in the end injure the very persons they were intended to protect. Let us take, for instance, the fabrication of linen threads and cloths by machinery. Great Britain, in whose manufactories work is done on so immense a scale, had produced a complete revolu tion in this article, and it was necessary to raise ourselves to a level with her. The principal impediment in this improvement consists in the dearness of the spinning machines. What, however, is done! At the moment that England permits the exportation of these machines, hitherto prohibited, in place of opening to them every entrance free of duty for a period of four or five years, which would infallibly produce the creation of numerous spinning factories, the duty on them, already elevated, has been augmented to an extreme amount. This, forsooth, is called protecting the national labour. It must be stated that this most ill-judged measure is one of those which the orators of the League delight in referring to most frequently, to prove to their auditory to what inconsistencies the prohi bitive system was sure to lead. Quite lately even ideas of free trade, presented with extreme moderation, and with due regard to the prejudices of nations, excited a sort of disdain. They were considered mere Utopian schemes, young men's dreams. Adam Smith was a madman, political economists light heads ; and in order to merit the title of a practical man, the first condition was to greet free trade, even in a miti gated point of view, with a smile. The practical man in commercial matters was he who •had no fixed principle; who had neither read nor written anything on the subject, if not to cause a laugh against pnlitical economy. What do practical men think of the matter at present? Is Sir R. Peel a practical man? Is the avowal which he has made of his old prohibitive illusions an error, or the act of a great statesman, strong in his knowledge and his conviction? Is the striking homage which he has rendered to the memory of Adam Smith the enthusiasm of an unthinking scholar? We know well that our prohibitive gentlemen will say— ' Oh, this is another Machiavellian trick of la perfide Albion. England, which produces everything cheaper than other nations, has nothing to fear from the general reduction of duties; let us not be the dupes of this r use de guerre.' What England, however, produces cheaper than others is not wheat, which is certainly as important a matter as any other; nor glass, paper, silk goods, nor articles of fashion, or bronzes. The a c t o f ie English Government is a sincere one, inspired by a profound conviction. This conviction takes Its origin in facts, and the result is, that the English ;Government takes this step the first without demanding a return from any one; it is not a bargain which it makes with other nations, but an example which it gives. It is an act of enlightened policy, a decisive demonstration in favour of the peace of the world, which thus receives a precious pledge. From what passes in England it must c om e t o pass that in France, as elsewhere, in consequence of the move ment that has declared itself, the old prohibition system will be shaken, and that the duties will be successively modified so as to facilitate free trade. The formidable phrase of a tribute paid to foreign powers will lose its power and prestige. It will .be generally understood that commercial - trans actions profit the two contracting parties, nation and nation as well as individual and individual. Already some Govern - 'rents, shaken by the example of Great Britain, give the signal. Absolute prohibitions will disappear from the code of nations, from ours at least, where they are still so multiplied. It will be admitted that it is good for foreign ccmpetition to make itself be felt, in order to stimulate ma nufacturing improvements. The various great interests of the kingdom are as little tractable in England as with us, and yet we find that they yield to evidence, and accept what is commanded by the general interest. We do not deny that absolute liberty of commerce is, like perpetual peace, a Utopian scheme ; but still it is one of those schemes which we ought to endeavour to approach as much as possible, and towards which we ought each day to make a step. The ultra-conduct of the partisans of the prohibitive system has at length produced a reaction which will impel us strongly in the course just alluded to. Such is the state of things, and we consider it fortunate for the country." The 11ational gives vent to its Anglo-phobia in an article which only proves that the writer is annoyed by our recent triumphs in India, representing the victories of Moodkee, Feroz2shah, Aliwal, and Sobraon, as being merely gained by disciplined troops over a horde of barbarians, forgetting that those barbarians had been drilled, trained, and instructed for years by AVITABILE, ALLAItD, and VENTURA, who had learned the art of war under NAPOLEON, and who had fre quently led .the Seikhs to victory. The men, however, who shrunk not from Seikh cannon will hardly be " frighted from their propriety" by the "p , Ter pellets" of the National. The account given in the .Fentaphore of Marseilles of the defeat of a large Arab force near Tlemcen, by General CAVAIGNAC, is confirmed. The combat, it appears, was very obstinate, and the Arabs lust 100 killed. The French also had a great number killed (among them one officer), and Colonel CAGNON, of the Hussars, had a horse killed under him. The Fromm Algerienne (an Algiers journal) of the 2d says :—" As we were going to press we learned that a telegraphic dispatch had been received announcing that AI3D•EL-KADER, having been surprised by General YUSUF, has withdrawn with a small number of horsemen to the tribe of the Ouled Sidisi Skihs, to the south of the Chots, and consequently to the south of our posses :ions in the west, towards the frontier of Morocco. This news appears certain, and it is added that the Ex- Emir, beaten, pursued, and hunted by our troops, ac knowledges himself that he is unable to continue any longer the struggle in which he has been so long en gaged." M. Oct,ER late Colonel of the 7th Legion of the National Guards of Paris, and who was a candidate for reelection, has been rejected by a large mokrity, because as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies he voted for the indemnity to Mr.PRITCHARD; such,"at least, is the cause assigned by the Siecle for his rejection. The Stocks and Shares again improved on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday. The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 75c. ; the Five per Cents., 120 f. 30c.; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,237 f. 50c.; Rouen, 1,040 f.; Havre, 747 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 765 f.; Avignon, 917 f. 50c ; Vierzon, 695 f. ; Bordeaux, 634 - '.l. 9 • Boulogne, 505 f.; Troyes and Montereau, 420 f. • Basle, 232 f. 50e. ; Dieppe, 450 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 525 f.; Tours and Nantes, 547 f. 50c. ; Par:s and Lyons, 580 f. ; Belgian Two and-a Half per Cents., 56%; Spanish Three per Cents., 36%. The following are the quotations for other lines: — Lyons and Avignon Railroad (Talabot), 508 f.; ditto (Le cointe), 503 f. : ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 502 f. 50c.; Vordeaux and. Cette (Mackenzie), 502 f. 75c.; ditto (Espe- Iota), 509 f.; Cl iarleroy, 490 f. ' LYONS, AP:au. 6.—Marseilles and Avignon, 921 f. 255. i Paris and Chie ans, 1,232 f. 50c.; Rouen, 1,032 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIIIN RAILWAYS AT TIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Arm'. 9. Butch Rhenia k, iN —East India', % —Great Northern of France Constituted, 15-- Great Indian Peninsular, %—Great Western Ben gal, %—Louvain and Jeinappe,l%—Luxembourg, 1 %—Namur and Liege, I%—Orlet 'us and Vierzon, 16%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 10%— Over Ywel, 3—Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, s%—Rouen and Havre, 29. THE WEST INDIA MAIL.—A notice has been given that the Tweet steamer's passage to Madeira baying been protracted, fro es heavy weather, for nearly five days beyond the estimated t ime, it is expected, in consequence, that the corresponding ship from the West Indies, whose departure from Bermuda dependent upon the arrival of the Tweed, will not reach 1 iouthampton until two or three days later than the usual d de. No anxiety need, therefore, be felt in the event of a del ay thus fully accounted for. THE BERKEI WELL MORDER.—James Read, who has been acquitted I f the above murder, has just been appre hended for the robbety of Mr. Trantor's handkerchief and waistcoat, and ill is in Birmineihalli• MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. To-day is observed as a strict holiday in the City, and there is nothing particular to communicate, for parties merely call for their letters, and this but in a few instances, and take them home for perusal. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) This being a holiday, no business was transacted at Mark lane or in the Borough. SP.= TIIPXELD. For the time of year, the supply of Beasts on sale here to day was moderately extensive, owing to which the Beef trade ruled dull, and Monday's prices were with difficulty sup ported. There were in the market 300 Scots from Scotland, and 50 Beasts, together with 40 Sheep, from Holland. The number of Sheep was small ; hence the Mutton trade was firm, and previous rates were steadily maintained. This being the great Lamb market, the supply of that description of stock was good, though not quite equal to that at some previous corresponding periods of the year. The trade was brisk, at an advance in the currencies of from Gd to is per Blbs. From the Isle of Wight, 233 Lambs came to hand. Calves moved off steadily, at an improvement of 2d per 81bs. In Pigs and Mulch Cows very little was doing. Per albs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d Inferior Beasts •—• 2 6 3 0 Second quality ditto. 3 2 3 6 Prime large Oxen.. 3 $ 3 10 Prime Scots .. •... 4 • 4 2 d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 4 4 6 Coarse-woelled ditto 4 6 4 8 Southdown Wethers 4 10 5 0 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 4 6 5 0 Large Hogs •. 3 6 4 6 Prime small ditto .. 5 2 5 6 Small Porkers • ... 4$ 5 0 Suckling Calves —l3 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0 Inferior Sheep .. .3 10 4 2 Lambs .. 6 0 S 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. I 4,930 170 i 263 • Beasts. 760 NEV/GATE LEaDENNAT.a.. Lamb sold steadily, at higher rates. Otherwise the de. mand was in a sluggish state. Al per stone, ►y the Carcase. a. d. to a. d. — ----- a. d. to s. 4. Beof, inferior...... 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior •• 3 6 3 8 - middling .... 2 8 216 middling.. 310 4 2 - prime large .. 3 0 3 2 prime • ..• 4 4 4 6 - prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, 1arge........ 3 4 4 4 Veal •••• . • • • ...... 4 6 5 4, - small .. .•.. • . 4 6 5 2 Lamb. 6s 2d to 8s 2d. EXPORTATION OF WHEAT FROM BARBARY PROHIBITED. Gibraltar, March 31, 1846. Sir,—l have the honour to communicate that credible information, though not official, has reached this place, of the Emperor of Morocco having prohibited the ex portation of wheat from his dominions, owing, it is said, to the continued drought causing fears to be entertained for the growing crops. Saffi, Casa Blanca, and Mazagan, on the western coast of Barbary, were the principal ports for the shipment of wheat, and many cargoes were recently sent from thence to Marseilles and Genoa. The exportation of barley has been prohibited for a long time past. Rain is much wanted in the south of Spain.—l am, Sir, respectfully, &c., (Signed) LLOYD'S AGENT. W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT LIME HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) Between four and five o'clock this morning a most terrific fire broke out in Three Colt-street, Limehouse, near to the church, which at one period threatened the total destruction of the entire neighbourhood. The devouring element was not extinguished before six houses fell a prey to the flames, and eight others were seriously damaged. The fire was first discovered to be raging in the lower part of the premises of a Mr. Hunt, cheesemonger, No. 40, Three Colt-street, which in a short time enveloped the entire building, the inmates having escaped with great difficulty. The greater part of the building, as well as the ad joining ones, being wood, the fire spread with the utmost rapidity, and in a few minutes No. 39 and 40 shared the same fate. Messengers were instantly dispatched for the engines, but by the time the engines from School-house-lane, Wellclose-square, and that from Jeffery-square arrived, about 12 or 14 houses were destroyed and partly consumed ; the un fortunate inmates of several of them having escaped in a state of nudity, while others were only able to save a few things, with but little of their furniture. The en gines having at length been got to work and a plenti ful supply of water obtained, the firemen, assisted by the police and other., through very great exertions, by abeut five o'clock succeeded in stopping the further progress of the flames. The follow ing is the official report of the houses destroyed and damaged :—No. 40, Three Colt street, Mr. Hunt, cheese monger, destroyed ; No. 41 and 42, Mr. Elwes, butcher, ditto ; No. 39, Mr. PariS, King's Arms, all destroyed but the cellar ; No. 38, Messrs. Haywood and Green wood, grocers, ditto ; No. 1, Mr. Moyes, King's Head, seriously damaged ; No. 1, Limehouse-lane, Mr. Cricklee, fishmonger, partially destroyed ; No. 3, Mr. Gardiner, grocer, ditto ; No. 95, Mr. Browne, pastry cook, ditto ; No. 96, Mr. Hyde, fishmonger, ditto ; No. 97, Mr. Dicks, dealer in china ; No. 98, Mr. Reeves, pastry-cook ; and No. 99, empty, all destroyed. The damage done is estimated at about 2,0001. No informa tion can be obtained as to the cause of the fire. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN EXETER.— On Thursday morning, at half-past two o'clock, Inspector Hamlin, of the Exeter night police, being upon the Quay, observed flames issuing from the back part of the premises of Mr. James L. Thomas, tallow-chandler and starch manufacturer, on the opposite side of the river. The alarm boll was sounded,.and messengers were dispatched io the different engine -houses, to give intimation of the fire. Ileanwhile the alarm had been given to Mr. Thomas and to other persons living in imme • diate proximity to the scene of the conflagration ; and every effort had been made to remove as much property as time and circumstances would admit beyond the reach of the devouring element. It was feared at one time that the fire would spread considerably, and those who thought their furniture might be endangered by it had hastened to remove it, and we regret to add that in the confusion which ensued there is too much reason to fear that many robberie.s were committed. The shop and lower rooms of Mr. Tb othas's premises were cleared as far back as the in tense beat would allow; bet in the manufactory and store rooms - the first had already attained to such a head that i: was :learcely possible to save anything. From the corn bustilsle nature of the property—principally tallow and cot ton, i t ither in a manufactured or unmanufaetured state — with which the premises were stored, the progress of the flames was more than usually rapid; and eye-witnesses of exp.srience have assured us that the conflagration, while it lase el, was one of the most terrific in appearance ever re membered in the neighbourhood of this city. The whole of the_ lower part of the city was illuminated, and the flames were distinctly visible at a distance of many miles. Mr. Thomas's stock and machinery were insured in the Norwich Union office, and the buildings in the West of England. The irteuranee in the Norwich is to the amount of 2,0004, but it is estimated that this amount is insufficient to cover his loss, as lie had recently made a large addition to his stock, and his stock of manufactured goods was at the time more than ust tally extensive. The origin of the fire is attributed to sp, tntaneous combustion. We understand the men found some cotton burning some hours before, which they suc ceedsd in extinguishing.— Western Luminary. NVEYANCE OF THE SOUTH MAILS BY THE MAN uLTE.sr rER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—We are glad to learn that this long-desired accommodation to the commer cial -public of Manchester has been at length effected ; and that, from the Ist June next, the mails to and from Birmiug ham, London, and the south, will be transmitted along the Manchester and Birmingham line, between Crewe and this town instead of being convey e d roun d by Warr in g ton at a loss .o ' f nearly an hour each way. This boon has not been conreded to the oft-repeated and almost importunately-urged req nirements of the mercantile community of this town ancf. neighbourhood. It is not granted in answer to the me morials of the merchants and manufacturers, of the. two commercial associations in this town, or o f the corporation of the borough. No ; two railway companies, who had rival interests, have now amal gamated; and that which has all along been the interest of the community, having also become the interest of the com bine d railway bodies, the thing is at once settled. The secret hist oly of the resistance, by the Post-office authorities, to the rep drements of the public at Manchester, would present a cnri .ous picture of the way in which public business is some tim es managed. But this has now gone by; and all that we sha 11 add on the subject is that for the increased facility to correspondence, which will be afforded by the proposed c ba.nge, we have to thank—not the Post. office, or the Trea s ery—but that desirable combination of circumstances, which sakes it the interest of individuals or companies to do that s Nell is right in itself and best for the public.-211anchester lliardian. WINDSOR, THURSDAYEVENING.—THR STATE APART -11 AT THE CASTLE. —Previously to the arrival of the C curt at the Castle, yesterday afternoon, an order had been is rued for the State apartments to be closed to the public to in:or-row (Good Friday). This morning, however, the order was countermanded, and the State Rooms, together with the Peor and Tower, will be open as usual. Before the recent re gal: itions came into operation for the admission of the public wit bout the payment of a fee, the Castle, while the Court was at' Windsor, was closed on Tuesdays and Fridays. It having s mowed bee n, as we are inf or M e d, sugges ted to an illustrious per son Lmberlain) e x p ress l y s t ates t h e C a stle is open on Tues day s, Thursdays, and F r id a y s , g reat disappointment would be occasioned to visit or s t o Windsor if the apartments (without due noti ce h av i ng b een g iven) were to be kept dosed, it wa s i mme di ately comman d e d th a t the former order f o ue ,ancithatthefrheeouardsmofiseslieovnenshaonudldfobuer to- I w 1 norrow. dgldetobtehtahrt, seepaeuisnbtalhiece betweend tickets of admission (signed by t h e Lord DISTRESSING CALAMITY.---FORTY-FIVE PERSONS I hLOWNED.-A very lamentable occurrence took place last v Peek at Werden, between Sarrebrouck and Sarrelouis. A f v -Ty-boat with fifty passengers, of all ages and both sexes, " at d two carriages with horses harnessed to them, returning 1 . iam market, was sunk after having struck violently against 1, 14 bank, and only five persons were saved, the rest perish ing in the Sarre. This catastrophe is attributed to the care less ness of the ferryman and the breaking of the chain, when the rapidity of the current hurried away the boat, and the shrieks of the females alarming the horses, they moved to ono ..side of th e b oat, which overbalanced and sun k . G.ArtBETT V. ADAMS AND OTHERS.—The solicitor for th e plaintiff in this case, reported in our paper of yesterday , ur der the head o f Gloucester Assizes, states that the plain tifi 'was not nonsuited, but had a verdict on the Ist, 2d, an , 1 sth issues. On the 3d and 4th issues a verdict was entered for the defendant, with libarty to move to enter it als( for the plaintiff, subject to the authority of the court abs ye. s PAUL'S CATUEDRAL.—Workmen have been for sem. a time engaged in putting u p additional doors at the sout is entrance t o S t. Paul's C a thedral. The old doors are very . 1 'wavy, and have seldom been opened except on special occa el ons. The new doors are light and partly glazed , the same; is thos e on t h e opposite side, so that the public can new Is 3 admitted at either entrance. °l4 M onday, at Gloucester, the Marquis of Worcester, as f(ea eman of the grand jury, handed in a true bill against P the h. V. Disney R o bi nson, fora libel on Jane Barker, a lady wh( ,se name has lately been before the public in connexion wit the name of Earl Fitzhardinge. The trial will, in all pr obaility, be traversed until the next assizes.— Cheltenham R u g ride. EMBANKMENT ACROSS THE SEVERN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Bristol, 3d month (March) 10, 1846. Respected Friend,—Permit me to offer to your readers the following observations on the subject of an embank ment across the Severn :—Some years ago I submitted for the consideration of our worthy representative, the Hon. H. Berkeley, the propriety of constructing an embankment across the Severn at or near Aust Passage, of sufficient width to allow a railway and carriage way to be constructed thereon, which I believe would tend greatly to promote the convenience and benefit of the public, and occasion but little or no inconvenience to the navigation. It has lately been proposed to construct at the same situation a suspension bridge, at an estimated cost of about one million one hundred thousand pounds. Nov as I imagine an embankment, with all the needful re quirements for the navigation, draining, &c., might be effected for a considerable less amount, I cannot but think that it would be decidedly superior to a suspension bridge springing from the top of Aust cliffs. The ad vantages would, I think, be as follows :- 1. A superior level for a railway and carriage road. 2. Superior stability and firmness. 3. The advantage of a separate spacious carriage road. 4. The advantage of preventing the occasional tide; floods over the low land on the borders of the Severn. 5. By making a floating harbour from thence to Glou cester the dangerous navigation at Aust Passage would be avoided. 6. By making proper arrangements to obviate the in convenience and evil of land floods, thereby increasing the value of all the low lands adjoining. 7. By the probability of converting large tracts of swampy and marsh land, now of little value, into valu able pasture or arable land. At first sight the project may appear to some wild and even visionary; but I feel persuaded that if the subject be calmly considered it will not seem so pre posterous as some, without thinking, may be led to imagine. I can easily suppose that some will conceive that to effect such a work would be attended with almost insurmountable difficulties, and enormous outlay ; in answer to which I feel no hesitation in stating that there is no engineering difficulty; and as to the cost, I feel equally confident that it would not exceed one million pounds. It might be asked, how will you accommodate the na vigation, because the making locks in the embankment will be attended with great annual expenditure to keep in repair, and will be dangerous and inconvenient in boisterous weather? In reply I may observe, that at less than one mile up the river Wye there is a nick of land (as though provided for the purpose) about 200 to 300 yards wide, which joins the Beachley Head in the main land. At this point I propose to construct an auxiliary basin and canal, to communicate with the navigable part of the Severn or floating harbour, with proper sea and harbour gates, so that vessels may pass up the Wye and effect an easy entrance into the basin in perfect safety, however boisterous the weather may be in the main channel of the Severn. Of course the water in the harbour must be kept to a proper level, so as to enable the shipping' to enter the Berkeley and Gloucester Canal at all times—the passage to which canal-will be less dangerous than it is at present. Along the embankment, at proper places and of pro per dimensions, weirs must be made, to allow the sur plus water flowing into the float to pass away, with proper tidal hatches over the same, to pre vent the tide entering the float. To remove land floods I propose to cut large drains close to the banks of the float, into which the land flood may enter, with proper sea hatches to allow the water to make its exit into the Severn when the tide permits, and to provide powerful steam or water engines to be used when required for pumping the surplus land water into the float or Severn. Thus I think it is clear and indis putable that an embankment would be infinitely superior to a suspension bridge (exposed as the foundations of such bridge would be to the tremendous effects of strong tides and heavy seas, and the upper works to the un broken fury of tempestuous gales and storms), securing all the advantages I have enumerated, at the same time producing a much larger remuneration for the outlay by an income derived (independent of railway and carriage road tolls) from reclaimed waste land, and general im provement of landed property contiguous thereto; and therefore, should it even exceed the estimated cost of the proposed bridge, it appears obvious that the great convenience and advantage obtained would far more than counterbalance the difference. Yours respectfully, THOMAS MOTLEY. P.S. Should the plan of compressed air for locomo tive engines (now exhibiting at Pall-mall East) be feund to answer in practice, then power may be obtained at the weirs more than ample to work the projected direct Bristol and Liverpool and South Wales railnays at almost no cost ! exclusive of extra power for mills and other works, which might be constructed on the em bankment. DREADFUL CONFLAGRATION IN PORT•GLASGOW. A few minutes before two o'cloek yesterday (Tuesday), the ropework and sailcloth weaving premises at Port- Glasgow, belonging to the Gourock Ropework Com pany, were discovered to be on fire, and the alarm was immediately given, the steeple bell was rung, the fire engines were sent for, and a messenger dis patched for the Greenock engines, but every effort at stopping the progress of the devouring element was fruitless in the extreme in twenty minutes the whole range of wooden buildings on the south side of the Greenock Railway, on which an additional story for weaving was lately erected, was enveloped in one line of blaze and smoke, from the bridge at the railway station to the flax spinning -mill, which has been saved, a distance of some hundreds of yards, presenting a scene of most imposing grandeur, yet a dreadful and ap palling F peetacle. By three o'clock the whole buildings were levelled with the railway wall, leaving 'nothing but the burning embers, and an immense quantity of hemp, on which the fire-engines were playing, to save as much of it as possible. Part of the gable of a brick building fell with a crash upon the railway, and, although the ruins were partially cleared away, ob structed the down-train from Glasgow; at three, and the up-train from Greenock at half-past three, till the passengers *of each dismounted and walked past the scene of devastation. The railway servants, however, were most assiduous in attention to the passengers, and not the slightest accident occurred. .The blaze and Smoke were seen in awful splendour at Greenock, which With the intelligence attracted a number from that place. The people of t'ort-Glasgow were thrown into the ut most consternation, and all the heights commanding a view of the catastrophe were crowded. Fortunately the wind being light and from the north, the flames and sparks were driven back toward the hill, else the consequences to the town might have been frightful; as it was, only one dwelling-house has suffered. Had the event occurred during the night, the appearance, consternation, and consequences tmust have been awfully heightened. .As it .is, the loss must be very great. The company of proprietors are chiefly belonging: to Greenock, and have been enterpris ing manufacturers of sailcloth and ropes for a num ber of years, giving employment to a great number of workmen and other persons, who will now be for a time thrown out of employment. We understand that the property of the company is insured—we should hope to cover all loss. When our informant left the spot, the only efforts being made were to save as much of the raw material on the spot as possible, every other consumable article being burned up.—Glasgow Chronicle. • FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—CHESTER, APRIL 7. An inquest was held yesterday at Baekford, near this city, on the body of Thomas Jones, who was unhappily killed on the previous Saturday night, while rambling on the Chester and Birkenhead Railway. It appeared from the evidence adduced, that the deceased (who was resident at Chester, but who was in the employ of W. Cole, at Birkenhead, as a joiner) took a second-class ticket at the latter place for this city. He alighted at the Hooton station, and did not return to the carriage. Another joiner of the name of Harding also acted in a similar manner, and was left behind just as the train was moving off. He asked permission to walk on the line as far as Sutton, as the next train would call there and not at Hooton, but was refused ; he therefore went across the fields, and continued his journey to Chester by the mail-train, which he joined at Sutton. Of the deceased, however, no more was then seen. When the mail-train, which leaves Birkenhead at 15 minutes before nine o'clock in the evening, arrived within a quarter of a mile of the Milling. ton station, the fireman told the engine -driver that he had just seen a man., and that a hat had blown past the train. The alarm whistle was immediately sounded, the engine was re versed, and the train stopped at the Millington station. The night was very dark, and a heavy storm of sleet was falling at the time. Information was given of the circumstance, and the watcher and station-keeper immediately proceeded to the spot. where they found the corpse of the unfortunate man Jones most dreadfully mutilated. The train came on to Cheater, and on its arrival there Mr. Calligan, the super intendent, set for a medical gentleman, whom he accore panied on an. engine to the scene of the sad disaster. The mangled remains of the poor fellow were then conveyed to a farm in the neighbourhood to await the coroner's investiga tion. As there was snow upon the ground the footsteps of the deceased were tracked to the Blue Gate- bridge, which is within a short distance of the place where the accident occurred, so that he could not have been long on the line. He appears to have been walking between the up-rails, and with his face towards Birkenhead ; he would, therefore, meet the train in full career, and his death must have been instantaneous. A verdict of Accidental Death was returned. POST-OFFICE CHARGES AT MADEIRA.—The following is an extract of a letter received at Lloyd's, from their agent at Madeira, dated March 21 :—" The Health Office fees are now levied at the rate of 10s. per mast. Say, three masts, 1/. 10s.; two masts, 1/. If without a bill of health, an addi tional fee of 1 . 0 dollars, if coming from a clean port, and 15 dollars from an unhealthy port." The Lancaster and Ulveston mail coach has ceased running, and the bags are now conveyed by a gig. PETITIONS FOR INCREASED SALARIES IN TUE DIS TRICT PoST-ORFICE.—The sub- sorters, stampers, and letter carriers of the London District Post, are preparing petitions to the Postmaster-General for increased salaries, on the ground of the great quantity of extra duty they have to per form. From the precedent established by the recent rise in the scale of the General Post sub-sorters, it is probable that his Lordship at the head of the establishment will cause a general arrangement of tie salaries throughout the executive department. BOUNTY UPON ENLISTMENT IN THE ARMY.—Within the past two or three weeks, the bounty paid to recruits upon their enlisting in the infantry regiments has been raised from 31. 17s. 6d. to 41. The bounty upon enlistment into cavalry regiments is now also raised, the sum paid being 5/. Formerly the bounty paid by the infantry was 31., and by the cavalry 41. GRANDSON OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.—Mr. Walter Scott Lockhart, son of Mr. J. G. Lockhart and grandson of Sir Walter Scott, has been gazetted to a cornetcy in the 16th Lancers, the regiment which contributed so much to our s:uc cess in the recent glorious victory of Aliwal. FALL IN THE PRICE OF 13aEsD.--YeF terday the four pound loaf was reduced to co. in the neighbourhood of Drury-land, and the New Cut, Lambeth, and other districts In the Inetropollo. THE MASTER PAPER-STAINERS - AND THE NEW TARIFF. Last night, at a late hour, a numerously-attended meet ing of operative paper-hangers was held at Jacob's Well Tavern, Barbican. The men assembled "for the pur pose of receiving a deputation of paper-stainer, and taking into consideration the oppressive measures about to be adopted by their employers towards the working men," in consequence of the alleged interference of the provisions of the tariff with the trade. The chair was taken by Mr. Sparks, an operative. After introducing the object for which the meeting was assembled, The CHAIRMAN said, that in consequence of the pro- I position of Sir R. Peel that the protective duty on the 1 importation of foreign paper should be reduced to 2d., the working classes took alarm, because it became ru moured that the masters intended to lower the wages of their workmen. The operatives had waited upon Mr. Duncombe, and then they applied to the Board of Trade. Tne result was, that the masters fancied they were going to be ruined by the proposal of Sir R. Peel, and they proposed a reduction of prices. The consequence was, that 223 men, working at nineteen shops, had turned out, as the proposed rate of prices was reduced full one half, and in some instances two-thirds, on the previous amount of pay allowed.—(flear.) This would not allow sufficient for the support of themselves and families. Mr. BALLARD then moved the first resolution, which was to the following effect:—" That this meeting consi ders the conduct of the master paperstainers unjust and oppressive, in offering a reduction of wages to their workmen, on account of the importation of foreign paper hanging, before the same has become the law of the land." He was well aware that the interests both of masters and men were identical, and lie was surprised that the masters should attempt to force upon the men such an unjust and oppressive reduction. It was his be lief that it was not because the masters were afraid of the introduction of French papers, and this fact was cor roborated by a master, who was of the first standing in the trade. He told him (the speaker), that this was not their object—that there was no necessity for the course pursued by the masters, but that the majority of the employers desired to reduce the wages, under the pre tence of the proposed reduction in the tariff. He had been in the trade for forty years, and never during the whole course of his life had he known such an infringement of the rights of labour as the (eduction now submitted to them.—(Cheers.) There was no reason in the propo sition. In consideration of the reduction of the price paid per score for the manufacture, the masters had said they could take an unlimited stock. This was a fallacy on their part, which they employed in order to delude the men.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped the working men would open their eyes, and unstop their ears. He believed there was a possibility of their ob taining as much as 6d. on gold papers, if they were only united—(Cheers) —and be believed that the present at tempt, on the part of the masters, to lower the wages of the paper-stainers, was only a subterfuge and a snare, calculated to increase the profits arising from capital, at the expense of the rights and comforts of the working classes.—(Cheers.) He cordially moved the resolution. Mr. THOMPSON, in seconding the motion, said in ex planation of the unjust proposition of the masters, that the following was the proposed and present scale of wages Present—Nine score at 11. 10s. Proposed—Nine score at 135. 6d. if under 50 pieces. •If over 50, the price of painting nine score would be I ls. 3d. He considered that at these prices it was not possible for a man to live ; and from the poisonous ingredients used in the business, so destructive as they were to human life, he considerod it was not right that the man should thus be ground dawn to prices of such a character that the Union fare was far better than it would be possible for them to obtain. The resolution was passed unanimously, amidst thunders of applause. Mr. TAPwonrit proposed the second resolution— " That this meeting views the reduction of wages pro posed by the masters as of so overwhelming a character, being in some casts two-thirds, and in others one half of their present prices, that it is utterly imcossible to earn a subsistence.. He considered the reduction pro posed of the most unparalleled character ; the decline in price, in fact, was from 3s. 6d. per piece to h. 6d. per piece of goods. The idea of fear, on the part of the masters, of the importation of French papers for hang ing, was a perfect trade absurdity. He maintained that the English could compete with the foreigner at any time. Then, if this was the fact, why should they fear the productions of the home market ? fie felt con fident they were in a right cause ; they had not struck, they were not the aggressors, they had left their employment because the proposed prices would not enable them to earn subsistence for themselves and their families. He contended that they were entitled to insist upon a fair remuneration for their labour.—(Herr.) The motion was seconded in a few words by Mr. M'Doual, and unanimously carried. Mr. PARROT then moved the last resolution—" That this meeting most earnestly submits, that every paper stainer resists to the utmost of his ability the present attempt to reduce the scale of prices, and that all pre sent pledge themselves to unite to maintain the present rate of wages, so that they may continue to hold a re spectable place in the scale of society." This was seconded by Mr. DARRANT in a neat speech, and unanimously carried. Thanks being voted to the Chairman, and three cheers being given for Mr. Duncombe, M.P., and three cheers for the "Press," the numerous assembly separated. IRONMASTERS' QUARTER-DAY. BIRMINGHAM,' THIIRSDAY.—The Birmingham meet ing of the iron and coal-masters of South Staffordshire and Shropshire,.held in the Town-hall to-day, passed oil much more satisfactorily than was expectc d For some weeks past, as might be seen from published reports,' the iron trade was understood to be generally depressed; and there appears to be no doubt that, owing to causes which I will shortly explain, such has been the fact. It will be recollected that between two and three years ago the ironmasters of South Staffordshire considered themselves in point of trade and future prospects so dis• tressed that they appointed a deputation to Sir Robert Peel, requesting that the Right Hon. Baronet would be pleased, in order to afford them relief, to issue any quan tity of "paper money." Sir Robert's answer was to the point. He told them that the grand evil of the system which had recently been pursued by the iron trade was " over production.' Such threatens to be the conse quence of the late extraordinary impetus given to the trade. Prose ;t appearances confirm it. It would appear that ever since the opening of the pre sent session of Parliament, and immediately subsequent to the late ironmasters' quarterly meeting, a depression of the trade was first felt. The mania for railways (pro jected) was' then at its height; an.l the natural con tequence was, ironmasters being as much, or more, in fected than the rest of the world, that works were put on, wages raised, the price of materials augmented, and throughout the entire district there was, to every appear ance, a brilliant prospective prosperity. For a time the prospect has been dimmed. The first blow given to the over-speculation in iron was the with drawal from Parliament of many of those wild railway speculations which had no other effect than to fill the pockets of attorneys, raise the price of the staple manu factures of Staffordshire, and ruin the shareholders. The present session Of -Parliament has had the effect of weed ing these projects; and, at the same time, of threatening the reduction of the price.of iron. To-day there was an evident intention on the part of the ironmasters to keep up the prices of the last quarter; and, indeed, so far as the determination of the large houses could succeed in establishing them, they were successful. Staffordshire bars fetched 101, while Shrop shire pigs were certainly not lower, and, as far as I could learn, as firm as they were in January, There appeared to be a scarcity of them in the market. Stet'• fordshire pigs fetched from 51. to 51. 10s. It must be admitted that the inclination to a decline of prices, which no ironmaster was prepared to gain say, was by many of them accounted fur on different grounds to those already stated. The first was the pressure in the money market; and the second was the immense number of works at present in full employ. The number Was never exceeded in the memory of man; while at the same time it is said the lime and coal works are inadequate to their supply. The GovernniZnt measure introduced into the two Houses by Sir Robert Peel and Lord Dalhousie, has also had a most vital effect upon the trade. The great houses think that ultimately it will prove beneficial, but the small masters, calculating as they have been induced to do, upon immediate consumption, look upon it as injurious. As I have said before in many previous communica tions upon this subject, the decisions of quarterly meet ings are in all seasons to be looked upon as purely arbitrary. They may last for the day, tr' ,3 alt pro bability before th e wee k i s over som e n, ma, require cash, and th e settled prices completely thrown overboard. It is i 0 Th sday are nder c a om fa p iv c a t r , a t t ha e t houses o during the last quarter many respectability ha% e sold iron ets pricelt should fixed b ate thementioned, however, per ton under the January. that one house i n eminentoe e to to-day has purchas e d the who le of the iron d it ay wi ; ll a r n e d qu t i h re at er fo a r n t o h t e h nextquarter still m ore a t the prices n o fixed o e of the largest manufacturing establishments in the kingdom—has during the last few weeks been an exten sive buyer. The greatest cloud which has overhung this clay's market is the defalcation of a large iron house in London. THE REPEAL RENT.—WiII it be credited that from the Ist of January, 1840 to the 23d of February, 1846—that is, within a period of twe years and. six months—there have been acknowledged subscriptions paid to the Repeal ex chequer, amounting to the enormous sum of one hundred and twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine pounds eleven shillings and sixpence. INDIA HOUSE.—Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India-hous e , w h en th e new directors elected on Wednesday last—viz., Mr. John Cotton, Mr. John Loch, Mr. Charles Mills, Mr. William Henry Chicheley Plowden, Mr. Henry Shank, and Mr. Henry St. George Tucker, took the oath and their seats. Mr. James Weir Hogg, M.P., was chosen Chairman, and Mr. Henry St. George Tucker Deputy- Chairman, for the year ensuing. Yesterday the Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the borough of Southwark was held at the Town-hall, High_ street, before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, the High Bailiff; and Aldermen Lucas, Sir C. Marshall, and Gibbs. The Grand Jury having been sworn the Recorder said there were no bills in his office to go before them. These sessions, he said, were obliged to be hell 1 as a matter of contingency, but there was rarely anything for them to do, as the business formerly done at those sessions was now transferred to the Central - Criminal Court.—The Court then adjourned, A clandestine gaming-house in the Rue des Moulins, at the Batignolles, was entered by the police on Sunday night, whilst a considerable number of persons were at play. The two persons keeping the table were apprehended. The fur niture was seized, and all the visitors were compelled to give their names and addresses.—Galignani. YORK and LANCASTER RAILWAY,' PROPOSED WINDING-UP. Yesterday afternoon a meeting of shaieholders in thin undertaking was held at 53, Charing-cross, to consider the propriety of calling upon the directors forthwith to , dissolve the Company. Major Jelf Sharp presided, and detailed the circumstances connected with its past his tory. A circular was circulated amongst the proprie tors, iuuuiring—L Whether the original route of the line was not altogether altered, and that without consult ing the shareholders ; 2. Whether the Company had ob tained the consent of six landowners of the line; 3. Whether they were not opposed on standing orders by the Leeds and Thirsk Company, Lord Harewood, and various landowners, and whether their attempt to p that tribunal was not so hopeless as to create a mere waste of expense ; 4. Whether they had not already spent between 30,0001. and 40,0001., and accomplished nothing ; 5. Whether the directors had not a daily allowance for their attendance at the board, and there fore interested in protracting a dissolution ; 6. Whether they would undertake to produce their banking accounts and show what funds, if any remained, applicable to the use of the shareholders. The circular alluded to pro ceeded to call upon the directors to produce their corres pondence and negotiations with other companies, and re quired to know how many shares each member of the committee had allotted to himself, and how many had found it beneficial to take them up. On the motion of Mr. Pococx, seconded by Captain ROSE, it.N., it was resolved that it would be advan tageous to the shareholders if the concerns of the York and Lancaster Railway were immediately wound up. A protest against the further continuance of the scheme was agreed to, as was also a petition to the House of Commons, praying that the progress of the Bill might be arrested. It was stated that the. expenses of the Company, up to the present time, could not have exceeded 7s. 6d. per share. A vote of thanks to the chairman ch. lei the pro ceedings. NUMEROUS AND SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. Yesterday the following serious accidents occurred , several of which are expected to terminate fatally The first case was that of William Whitehead, age* fourteen years, residing at No. s,,White's-buildings' Bermondsey -street. He had been on an errand to the Southwark Bridge-road, and whilst on the way home he got behind- a cab, and, endeavouring to reach the kerb facing the Town-hall, High-street, Southwark, he was knocked down by a h eav il y -l a d en waggon, the wheel of which passed over his left leg, crushing it in a most frightful manner. He ;ems carried to St. Thomas'* Hospital, where he lies in a hopeless condition.--The second accident occurred to a child named Sarah Wright" aged eight years, whose friends reside at No. 3, Stockwell' street, Old Kent -road. She was left by her mother to pre pare something for dinner, and during her mother's ah: senee she set her clothing on fire. Her screams brought several neighbours to her assistance, who, with great difficulty, succeeded in extinguishing the flaniet but not before she was completely burnt and charred over the whole of her body. She was wrapped in blanket, and conveyed to Guy's Hospital; but she an: not survive the injury many hours.—The third accident happened to a young man, a boiler-maker, living a t Greenwich, in the employ of Messrs. Penn and Co., Sh e extensive engineers. It seems he was engaged in the boiler manufactory at Deptford, and while lifting a large piece of plate iron, the ponderous mass fell upon h i s . . right leg, by e vhi c h i t was f ractured in two places. ne was extricated with considerable trouble, 'and carried to a surgeon near . th e p rem i ses, b ut the injuries he 139 P sustained were so serious that it was deemed necessari to remove him to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he ne w . remains in on exh aus t e d state.—The fourth happened to Norton F. Agate, to two persons. About noon, a post-bei , named William Keal, aged 13 years, was proceeding along the High-street on horseback, towards th e , General Post-office, at a rapid pac e , a t th e same m omeeo a man named John Severs, aged 49 yeari, was crossing the carriageway, and before the lad could stop the horse the man was knocked to the ground with fearful vice fence, and the lad was also pitched over the horses head on to the stones. The man was carried into f! surgeon's, and was found to have received a compeund. fracture of the left thigh, and other serious injurie* The boy was taken to the same place, having sustained* severe scalp wound and concussion of the brain. Bo t ! / were speedily taken into Guy's Hospital. The lad Is in a dangerous condition, and the man also lies with veil slight hopes of recovery.—Another accident took place at Tomlinson's coal-wharf, Bankside. A man Darne d John M`Shea, aged 39 years, was leaping into on e of the arges lying off the wharf, when he lost his f o othold , and fell with great violence to the lower part of the, barge, and severely injured the s pi ne o f hi s b ac k, and also fractured several ribs on the left side. He Ws f taken to St. Thomas's Hospital. SINGULAR CASE OF POISONIN0" Yesterday afternoon Mr. G. J. Mills, Deputy-Coronq for Middlesex, held an inquest at the Adam and By l Tavern, High-road, K ens i ng t on , on v i ew o f the b o dy 0; Richard Bird, aged 45 years, whose death occurred under the following circumstances : It appeared that the deceased was in the occasionT employ of Mr. Henxman, a wine -merchant, living at 6, Terrace, Ken s i ng t on . O n Wednesday, the Ist deceased was sent about one o'clock with a dozen 0 . wine, in a basket, to the house of Mr. Rayner, with ds rections to bring back with him a dozen empty bottles' Deceased did not . arrive at Mr. Rayner's until 6 " o'clock, and while selecting the empty bottles Mr 6: Rayner desired him not to take a dirty bottle which 8 , 11 pointed out to him, which she repeated three times; IP; deceased persisted i n t a ki ng i t, and did so, for the sela" evening he was b roug ht to t h e Mason's Arms, Titcli c i field-street in a ca b, t h e ca b man stating he had pio ke_ a him up in the N ew - roa d , very ill ; and ' the deceased told the landlord that he was very ill, that he had drunk something out of an empty bottiej and that th e moment h e h ad done so his mouth a n d stomach seemed all on fire. Remedies were tried, $ 11 „ deceased app eare d on Saturday to be better ; but 0 : Sunday h e go t worse , an d died about four o'clock 0 : Monday morning. Inspector Havel], T division, °_!; learning the p art i cu l ars o f the case, and that decease! was dead, sere a policeman to the Mason's Arms for the empty bottles, when it was found that the dirty bot , t' e had on it two 'Ales, one of which was written, in larg,.: characters, " Poison f or verm i n ," an d on the other w printed the name o f " M r . Wooldridge, chemist, Bath' : place, New-road." F ur th er inquiries were then mad e, both at Mr. Rayner's and Mr. Wooldridge's, the foralt il ; of whom said it w as use d to kill b ugs, and the latter,t ll he believed it con t a i ne d a strong mineral poison, and' probably, so me corros i ve su bli mate; and, it is presurafd_ that the deceased being very near-sighted, did not notice the labels. , The jury returned a verdiet, " That the deceased died from the eff, cts of some i rr it an t po i son, ta k en acc ideo , tally, but what de scr ipti on o f po i son i t was there 011° no evidence to show. MALLEABLE GLAss.—A correspondent remarks; Some time since your publication co n t a i ne d an account o 1 the invention of a malleable glass, by some gentleman in France. In Wanley's Wonders of the Little World,' Y t/ ct will find, as I did w h en a li tt l e boy, that a man submitte,, to the burgomast er o f A msterdam a glass bottle, which 11`! bent by violently throwing it upon the payment, and thq hammered it into its former state; but he was found deal in the hi g h roa d on the ensuing morning. Mr. Same Etherege Act on , t h e father of the late Mr. Samuel Acto n; of of Euston-s.qu.are, discovered the method o f ma ki n g mall ,1 able glass; but, with a commendable though mistaken k' n . t of feeling, he steadily refused to disclose the secret, le. 4 1 -- should depriv e th e g l ass manu f acturers of subsistence.”" ,1, Bgfilder. LOYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY.— The quarter general court of the governors of this c h ar it y , es t a bli s hed rbr the purpose of a ff or di ng t o po or i nva lid s t h e means o f sea bathing, with medic& attendance, was held yesterday a t tt London Coffee-house, Robert Pugh, Esq., i n th e c h a i r . Fr om ., the report read by the secretary, it app ears th at h er Majesty still continues her patronage of the in s tit u ti ou , and that t he r funds are in a flourishing state. Th e infirmary at Marga , L,_ 4 which is capable of affording accommodation of from 20 0 If 300 inmates, will be opened on Monday, the 11th of Mai' and continue open until Septemker. B. C ur li ng , E sq ., en geon to the London Hospital, and Thomas Thornton, Fer o having been elected directors, a vot e o f th an k s was g iven the chairme-. and the meeting sepa r at e d. From Pa liamectary paper issn e d on S a turday, i t appears tha li i the year 1844 the number of Acts of Parlia7 meet suppl el to the public under the promulgation orde,r, was 505,849 in Great Britain, an d t o . public departnie, 45,313. e h ghest number in any year since 1835 suppliel to the public eras in 1842, when 549,128 were so supplied, ~ to public departments in 1837, when they were 111,731. The Duke de Nemours and the Prince de Wur temberg proceeded on March 31 to the forest of Kalatte, 1. " hunt the wild boar. Their Royal Highnesses were acceel panied by the Sub-Prefect of Senlis, and several sportsmen of the neighbourhood. Two boars were wounhed ; one by a keeper, and the othe r by M . L acour. A third was killed Senlis by M. Chamnion, jun., li eu t enant in the sapners-pemPiers - f . It WS a young b oar o f three years of age, one ° those kno\ 111 oy:the name of bete de campagnc, because, 01 . 1- trary to the habits of the old boars, which always rem a c i n alone in the depth s o f t h e woods, the ' young ones stay company with some of their fellows. The Princes appoin t° - yesterday for a no th er d ay ' s hunting, in the forest of Er nie ) nonville.—Galignant. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY JUMPING OFF WEST ,-r ¢ ST ER - BRlDGE.—Yesterday evening, between six and se ve ao o'clock, a desperate attempt at suicide was committed hy . young woman, nin e t een years o f age, named Charlotte sell, who threw herself off the top of Westminster-bridge l e l ' er i the river. It a pp ears t h at s h e and a companion had 1) drinking w i t h some ca b men in Westminster, un til they; be came intoxicat e d. R e t urn i ng h ome over West m i ns ter-bri d l e ' she suddenly left h er compan i on, and mounted the top of ,f bridge, on the Surrey s id e , an d i nstantly precipitated her'ilt into the river. An alarm being given, some waterinen P off in their boats, and succeeded in saving her as she wa s te the.point of sinking. She was removed to the Westnia' Hospital. --••• We read in the J ourna l d u H avre of Satur daY ' " The Prince de Joinville arrived here yesterday ev eni t li be from Caen, by the Calvados steamer. After witnessing t he launch of the Passe Partout, at Nantes, and paying a tact visit to Lorient and Brest, his Royal Highness left the •' Ari t port by a Government steamer for Cherbourg. H e at Ai le „ intended to come direct to Havre, but the fear of being , er .. tamed in his voyag e by the regulations of our port tleli be mined him to land at Cherbourg. After sleeping a t It Hotel de l'Amirautd, he started this morning for P a ris. e _ „f is needless to add th a t i n thi s pl ace , where the featur,3o;o the Prince de Joinville are so imprinted in the me mory a inhabitants, his incognito was nothing more than rine .11 de convenance." RICHMOND ELECTION.—The nomination o f canaid e° _,. o r, for the borough of Richmond took pla c e on W r etinT w as when, there being no opposition to Mr. Rich, a sho w 0 8 ° 13- taken, and he was declared elected. The Hon. Gen tle briefly addressed the electors, and the proceedings term' NlBO - TINPLATE WORKERS' STRIKE IN B I . ll _ 5 HAM.--The tin-plate workers employed in Birmins sjoa about seventy in number, have struck against a proptoyp_er ; made by their masters to reduce their prices tvren • cent. Bat have The Post-office clerks and distributors at of t he made an appeal to the public against the continuanc e Sunday delivery. Taft SUN LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1846.