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NIGHT, not included in the Subscription, will take place, on THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, !When will be performed (for th's occasion only), lionizetti's cele. braled Opera, entitled BELISARIO. Bslisario, Sig. Fornasiri; Giustiniano, Sig. F. Lablache ; Alamiro, Corelli ; Irene, Mdme. Castellon ; Antonina, Mdlle. Sanchioll. To be followed by the D.vertissement of UN BAL soua 7.0111 S XIV. In which Mdllcs. Lucile Grahn and Louise Taglioni will appear. _ _ In the course of the Evening, a New Pas de Deux, by 3ldlles. lonise Taglioni and Petit Stephan; and the admired Cracovienne, by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn. After which, the Last Scene of LA SONNAMBULA, Amine, 3laame Castellan. With other Entertainments, in which Mdlle. Gaetanina Brambilia, 11. Perrot, &c., will perform. To conclude with (for the first time this Season), EOLINE ; on, I.a Dryade. Arranged by 31. Parrot, In Three Tableaux. Principal characters by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, 31. Perrot, Mdme. Petit Stephan 31. Dl 3lattia, &c. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ON SATURDAY NEXT, MARCH 28, 'Will be performed (for the first time this season) Do.nixetti's cele brated Opera, entitled LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. Untie, Madame Castelian (her first appearance this season) ; Yierotto, Mdlle. Gaetanins Brambilia her first appearance in this country) ; Carlo, Signor Corelli , II Marchese di Boisfieury, Signor Lsblache ; Ii Prefetto del Yillagio, Signor Botelli ; Antonio, Signor Fornasari. To conclude with the highly successful New Grand Ballet, by M. Perrot. In Five Tableaux. The music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, entitled, CATARINA ; nu, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. The principal parts by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Madame Petit Stephan, Sldlles. Moncelet, Cassan, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglioni ; 111.11. Gossclin, Bertrand, Di Mattia, and Perrot. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS. e principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har rison, Rurdini, Horncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King, ill:ss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. To conclude with a new grand comic Pantomine, called HARLEQUIN' GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Harlequin, 141 r. Wieland ; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbines, Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will ha performed a New and Original Comedy, railed, A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cymon Foxall, Mr. Webster; More craft, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. 11. Holl ; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei dermann, Mr. J. Bland; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett; Emmeline, Mrs. Seymceir. The Band will perform the Overtures. " La Symphonic," and " La Nelge ;" a Fantasia, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," and "Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz. After which, Sheridan's Comedy of THE RIVALS. Sir Anthony Absolute, Mr. W. Farren ; Capt. Absolute, Mr. H. Holl ; Acres, Mr. Webster ; Sir Lucius O'Trigger, Mr. Hudson ; Fag, Mr. Brindal ; David, Mr. Blackstone; Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Glover; Lydia Lan guish, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lucy, Mrs. Humby. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. First Night of a New Drama ! GENERAL TOM THUMB having, on each Evening of his ap pearance, been welcomed with most enthusiastic shouts of ap plause, and excited the astonishment and approbation of an elegant and delighted auditory, by his almost Incredible Dimi nutive Person and his equally Incredible 'Mind, the Management has much pleasure in anncuncing his Performance for every Evening till further notice. THIS EVENING The performances will commence with PETER JENKINS. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MAR :LE DIAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Lnicllaw. To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and les Seven-League Hoots. In which General Tom Thumb, who is engaged expressly for this occasion, will have the honour of snaking his appearance. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. THEATICE ROYAL, ADELYILL, THIS EVENING --- Will be performed a New Petite Drama, in Two Acts, called, THE CABIN BOY. Mons. Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Largecetti, Mr. Paul Bedford Julien, Madame Celeste; Mdlle. Laroche, Miss Woolgar. After which, a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Moneybun, Mr. Wright ; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Mrs. Iloneybtm, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by TAMING A T NitTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphohla. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, Miss Taylor, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. ' PRINCESS'S THEATRE, oxFoun-sTnE Last Week but One of the celebrated Artistes, Madame VESTRISI and Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS. - - THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Vaudeville Comedy, entitled, Tllg FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. Duke de Chartres, Mr.J. Vining ; Count de Brissac, Mr. Harris ; Dr. Drulgendraft, Mr. Compton ; Pierre Paillut, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mane. Duval, Miss E. Honer; Duchess de Chartres, Madame Vestris. To be followed by a Serio Comic Drama, entitled, A SPEARING LIKENESS. Baron de Raney, Mr. Granby; Alfred, Mr. Jamul Vining ; Coco, Mr. Compton ; Manette, Madam Vestris. After which (fourth Ulric) a New Comic Drama, entitled, TIM DREAMER. Count do Florville, Mr. James Vining ; Sir George Dormer, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Col. Sheldrake, Mr. Wynn; Charles; Salley, Mr. llarris ; Gage, Mr. Oxberry ; Ladyßelton, Mrs. Stirling. To be succeeded by a Comic Scene, etlled, TWO IN MORNING. By Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Compton. To conclude with a DIVERTISSEMENT. In *which Messrs_ Gilbert, Marshall, Adrieu, Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, and Mdlle. Melanie Duval will atpear. NEW STRAND THEATRE. LAST WEEK BUT ONE. Ai. PHILLIPPE'S iiOIREES and MATINEES MYSTERIEUSES. Two Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distingu 7 shed. families, and In order to accommodate the crowds who . focl to attend his Morning Performances, 31. PHILLIPPE will give hts Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesda:,* and Saturday Morning, at Two o'clock. M. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusing Per— formances of the Ch!mini Family, and the astounding Feats of the American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter past Seven, to com— mence at a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 33. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; revate Boxes, 11. Is.. and It. Us. 6d. subsequently addressed by Mr. FORBES, Mr. P.M. STEWART. Mr. B. DENISON, Mr. HODGSON, Mr. F. MAcKENztz, and Mr, H. DRUMMOND. After which a division took place, when there appeared — For the motion,3o ; against it 18 ; majority for the motion, 12. The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill, and several of the clauses - were carried by very narrow majorities. Ultimately, Mr. Fox Ma imE intimated that it was not his intention to proceed further with the Bill, and the House resumed. Mr. F. MACKENZIE gave notice that on Friday he should move for a Select Committee to inquire into the mode of granting licenses to public houses in Scotland. The House adjourned at Half-past Four o'clock. statements, tending to kindle and inflame the strongest feelings of the human mind, will bo sedulously propagated, and that their consequences will remain un checked, at any rate untii the result of Lord JOHN'S motion in the House of Commons becomes known. Sup posing that Lord JOHN should have it in his power to originate an auspicious line of policy towards Ireland, we cannot disguise from ourselves, that before he can do so the session will be too far advanced to admit of its being effectuated by adequate laws; and in this view the protectionists will have added to the responsibility which they are now incurring, and should recollect that the effect of their blustering on in a friendless and hopeless strug gle, which has already brought down upon them the merited reproaches of our principal seats of commerce, may be to deprive Ireland of the wholesome and timely fruits of improved legislation. It is idle for the Duke of WELLINGTON to furbish up the old doctrine of fioality. It is wholly unsuited to the progressive enlightenment of our age. It has been long since expended. The Duke cannot forget his celebrated dictum on Reform in 1830, which led to the fall of the Cabinet of that day , and no Ministry can at this period tura upon the doctrine of finality without meeting a similar fate. Lord FITZ wiLLIAH aptly informed his Grace that " this genera tion had no right to disinherit their posterity of their full legislative functions, and ventured to doubt whether a past generation had a right to disinherit this." It is a mockery, too, for the Duke to generalise upon the improvement effected in Ireland since the Union. So long as Ireland continues in her present prostrate condition, so long will it be clear to the most superficial observer, that our legisla tion for her has been deplorably ineffective; neither can you deprive the repealers of the colourable argument, that with a domestic Parliament Ireland would not have been in the degraded position she now is, alternately requiring British loans and British coercion. We thought that the fate of the POLIONAC Ministry, and a change of dynasty, would have furnished a useful lesson to the statesmen of other constitutional Govern ments, and deterred them from risking their own lives and the throne of their Sovereign, by destroying at one blow the most valuable rights and privileges of their countrymen. But the statesmen of Spain are too proud and too desperate to take warning from the past, and NARVAEZ and his reckless and dan gerous accomplices having once already tried a coup d'etat, without exciting rebellion, think that the Spanish nation will now submit patiently to any outrage, and that any experiments may be made with a people so lest to all sense of consistency and constitutional order. Yet he may carry his experiments too far, and though he maculates upon the devotion of the army, may find that he reckons without his host, and that a brave people, when a Sovereign, or the Consort of a Sovereign is forced upon them, will set every consideration, of puifety at defi ance, and rise up as one man against what they consider a national disgrace. In the mysterious crisis which now exists at Madrid, it is difficult to find any appa rent facts which . can guide inquiry or lead to a solution of the plot evidently formed by NARVAEZ and Queen CHRISTINA. Every measure in that Court is concocted in the dark: the Camarillo wW,ch environs the QUEEN, with the Captain-General at its head, works secretly, and by a strange perversity generally adopts measures which suit their own views and selfish inte rests without the slightest regard to the good of the community. We believe this is the case at the present moment. The QUEEN-MOTHER is bent upon marrying her daughter to a Prince agaLest whom the nation generally, and even the Cortes and the press, have evinced the greatest repugnance. Hence tb e suspension of the representative body, preparatory to its dissolution and perhaps ultimate extinction, and the POLIGNAC ordonnance for annihilating the liberty of the press. While they were allotted to perform their usual and legitimate parts in the Goyernment of the country, the public would be informed of everything, the timid might be roused to action, and the firm supporters of the constitution be only the more encouraged to per severe in their duty. It was necessary, therefore, to get rid of such trouble some agents when a settlement, almost universally opposed, .was resolved upon in the secret recesses of the Court. With a view to the accomplishment of this dark plot, the Cabinet of MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA was purposely broken up, NARVAEZ was appointed Captain-General, his mo deration and ostensible wish for retirement into private life were extolled in the Ministerial journals, and a new set of puppets, called Cabinet Ministers, were set up, to be knocked down when the moment for action ar- ASILEY'g ROYAL AbtriiITHEATHE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Last Week but One before the Holidays, and of the present at tractive Entertainments, which have proved far more sucassful than any Novelty yet presented. The Performing Elephants with the grand Elephantine Ascent up the Giant Staircase. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Spectacle, entitled THE RAJA OF NAGPORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the whole resurces of the Establishment will be introduced. Magnificent Scenes of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats of the British and Foreign Artistes. Tit whole to conclude with the Novel Military Ballet, entitled THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. rived. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Entire charge. TWO New Pieces. Four Dramas every Evening. Re-engagemem of Hr. R. W. Pelham, the celebrated Ethiopian Serenader. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Nsw Drama, entitled JULIE LEWITT or, the City Goldsmith. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Maynard, Cowell, Lewis, Htslop, Morrison, Williamson; Mcsdms. Vining, Daly, &e. After which, a New Farce by Mr% WITH MY AUNT. E. Stirling, entitled, TEA. To be followed by THE MASQUERADE BALL. Sambo M ein-bird, Mr. W. Valium. To conc l u d e with THE VAMPIRE, and THE BLIND BOY. Then the NARVAEZ Ministry was installed, consisting of men generally without ability or character and ready to obey the Captain-General with as much alacrity as an ensign or a corporal looksng for promo tion. The new Minister of Finance, ORLANDO, the second successor to a Minister who had done so much to raise public credit, is totally unknown as a states- man, and, we believe, never had any pretensions to fill the most difficult department in Spain. The Minister of Marine is a Carlist, and was one of that daring band of conspirators who made the attack on the QUEEN'S palace. The new Minister of the Interior had some years since been denounced by General ALAVA as a man convicted of frauds on the public in the negotiation of foreign loans, and we believe was expelled on those grounds from the Chamber of Peers. The rest of the members are scarcely known for anything, an .1 had evidently been selected as blind tools for carrying out the obnoxious scheme. How the affair will end it is impossible to an ticipate. The Spaniards are like no other people. We cannot reason, therefore, from experience, except only in respect to one quality, their obstinacy ; and when their patience is exhausted, and they are fairly put to the trial, NARVAEZ and CunisTlNA. may find that even the army, on which they entirely rely, may be only a " broken reed." Occasionally this great sluggish discussion about the Customs is enlivened by intense gleams of the ludi crous. Disgusted, probably, with the dry details of a matter which has been drawn out to the most miserable tenuity, Honourable Members come forward as though for the express purpose of making themselves ridiculous : in this attempt they succeed to the heart's content of everybody. These gentlemen ic; their particular walk are heroes ; their conduct should excite the grati tude of the House, as no doui;t it does. The witticisms of Colonel SIBTHORP hace been diluted through a hundred repetitions to an absurdity of the stalest description : even the arch-comedian of the Commons, Mr. FERRAND, has become a trifle more sparing in the display of his great genius as a burlesque actor. Hence, any one who will undertake to immolate himself in the cause of the vis cornice; and, at the sa crifice of his personal sobriety, will take upon himself the office of Parliamentary droll, surely merits the con sideration of his brother representatives. Never did SILENUS call forth such hilarity from the jovial gods of Olympus as that elicited on Tuesday evening in the Lower House, by a certain inimitable Mr. RASIILEIGH. After hearing the loud and protracted mirth with which our Legislators greeted each point of that Hon. Member's address, we could not but entertain a shrewd suspicion that the Roman RadiculizEdicula, or Chapel of Laugh ter, which occupied, in ancient times, such a conspi cuous position by the Gate Capella, was in reality no thing more than a kind of Latin Parliament, with some such an officiating priest as the Hon. Member for East Cornwall. He planted himself boldly. on the floor of the House, and produced with that triumphant coolness which a man generally exhibits on broaching some novel and unanswerable species of logic, the identical scarecrow of opposition, which has been worn so terribly threadbare by the protectionists. lie taunted the Prime Minister, in short, with his " tergiversation," and gratified the Commons by reading long passages from a speech delivered by that Right Hon. Baronet on a pre vious occasion. He recalled, in the most pensive terms, In the additional intelligence from the army on th e Sutlej, published in another part of The Sun, will be found a general order by the Commander-in-Chief, which will afford universal satisfrction. It relates to the 62d Regiment, so unjustly stigtn'atised by Sir Jourr LITTLER, in one of his dispatches describing the battle of Aloodkee. This officer evidently bad not been aware of the circumstances under which this brave regiment retired, but that is no justification for the remarks which he had thought proper to:make on its conduct. The fol lowing extract from the general order places the affair in its proper light, and shows that the troops, even amidst the awful fire to which they-were exposed, did not retire until ordered by the Brigadier, commanding that part of the division:— " The Commander-in-Chief finds that seventeen officers and 183 men fell on this occasion, and that the regiment did not desist from its noble efforts to carry the position until ordered by the Brigadier commanding to fall back, as stated in the following extract from the Brigadier's report, only now received : " Under these circumstances, seeing her Majesty's 62d was exposed to a most destructive fire without any object, as they could not move forward, I conceived it my duty to direct them to retire, which they did in almost as good order, making allowance for the heavy loss they had Austained, as that in which they had advanced.' " those days when the motions of the Member for Wolverhampton were treated with "silent contempt," and negatived by "large majorities." He conjured the prelates, with all the solemnity of the last of the Tribunes, to vindi cate the interests " of their order, of the throne, and of the cottage," beholding them, as he imagined, crumbling away beneath the oppression of cheap beef and accessible biscuits. But it was the indignation of Mr. RASIILEIGII, when he re proved the Honourable Gentlemen around him for smiling, which we regard as the greatest triumph of his performance. In a paroxysm of scorn he accused Sir JAMES GRAHAM of smiling; his feelings were outraged; the Right Hon. Baronet " had so right to smile." As might be conceived, the risibility of the Home Secretary became remarkably infectious—a cir cumstance which - only served, however, to heighten the amazement and indignation of Mr. Thasmx.teur. He in veighed in the bitterest terms upon the smiles of Mr. Cos nits, the smiles of Mr. VILLIEF.S, the smiles of Mr. M. GlB sox, and the smiles of "all the crew behind them." And after a very artistic amplification of his drollery, con cluded with the choice peroration, that" he could not allow himself to be drawn through the muck and mire of expedi ency to adopt the new notions of the Right Hon. Gentleman." After this, the Member for Knaresborough may retire from the boards; his powers are eclipsed; as the theatrical critics Lord J. RUSSELL confessedly resigned the task of forming an administration when he learned that he would not.have the advantage of the Ministerial ser vices of Earl GREY. He felt that, deprived of so power ful . a colleague—one who, with respect both to free dom of trade and the political evils of Ireland, had evinced a prophetic • sagacity commensurate with the boldness and soundness of his views—he could not successfully cope with the difficulties which would have environztl his position as First Minister of the Crowu. Lord Joux took occasion to state in Parliament, during the debate upon moving an ad dress an 4 answer to the Royal Speech, that his chief regret .in not having succeeded in forming a Govern ment arose from his belief that he could hkve brought forward measures productive of g rea t beneff to Ireland. It is the recollection of these circumstances that impart peculiar interest to Lord GR7.Y'S speech on Monday night on the state of Ireland. The mutual political esteem known to exist between Lord JOHN and Earl GREY leads us to feel deeply interested in any observations of the latter touching the momentous subject he introduced to the Lords. Every one is aware that the Upper House is not the most genial sphere for favourably discussing the grievances, or eliciting a sympathy for the millions - of our humblest fellow-countrymen, who are smarting under wrongs without a parallel in any other state, their poverty, wretchedness, and political degradation being unequalled throughout the civilised world. Earl GRE Y considered that not a moment should be lost in con eying to the Irish nation, pari passu with the Co ercion Bill, that a different spirit would animate the Le gist:Aura in dealing with the interests of that country. Lord JOHN is unquestionably identical in his opinions, but, out of consideration to the Ministry, anxious to re lieve the immediate wants of Ireland, and embarrassed by the dilatory and selfish manoeuvres of the monopo • lising protectionists, has felt himself constrained to put off his motion until after the Easter recess. Notwith stan ding his consciousness that the matter would have been much more felicitiously broached in the Corcimons under the auspices of Lord Joiest RussELL, even though it should be simultaneously deliberated on in the Lords', Earl GRET unflinchingly - presented himself in the chilling atmosphere of the hereditary branch of the Legislature, and in a well tempered, luminous, and skilful speech, invited them to p resent an address to the Throne calculated to con sole Ireland under the new and stringent provisions a be at to b e i mpose d on t h em b y t h e measure f or i nsur ing inepeased protection to life in Ireland. Upon the simple fiat of the Duke of WELLINGTON, and solely be eaivie Earl GREY press e d upon their a ttention (amongst oths r mattex s) the necessity of effecting a salutary change, by / -..1 better distribution of the revenues o f t h e Esta blishied Church in Ireland (a topic, which be it reeol !eote d, was not even specified in the terms of the a dd ? e ss), the Peers, by a large majority, refused their assi nt to the patriotic step which Earl GREY so fervently urged them to adopt. What may be the effect of this conduct upon our sensitive and oppressed neighbours, will, we fear, too speedily be exhibited. There are in that,country those who will not fail, and with success, to depict in the strongest and m ost stimulating language, that, because Earl GREY recommended a better provi sion for the religious wants of the Roman Catholics, and that the vast majority of the people should he placed on a footing of perfect equality with their more favoured brethren, his compeers declined to approach the Throne and express their willingness to improve the laws affect ing their country and the mode in which they are ad ' ministered. We feel convinced that these and similar , . would say, "the success of the new comedian is most grati fying and triumphant." But, regarding the matter in a common sense light, with an eye to public business, and the good of the community, what possible benefit to themselves or any one else do the agriculturists imagine, for one moment can result from such silly specimens of irascibility as that of the Hon. Member for East Cornwall? Ought not the feel- ing of very shame at their own incapacity to prompt them to submit calmly and silently to the decrees of the popular will? The reproof of such folly, uttered by Mr. F. BARING, was pointed and well-timed. "However able,' s2id he, "or in dependent might be those who formed a Government for the purpose of carrying out the principles of protection, I have no doubt whatever as to the result,—they would soon find themselves compelled to follow the principles of their prede cessors. Agitation was not the true cause of the defeat of those who advocated the principle of protection ; it was reason, justice, truth, by which they were betrayed. They were silently undermined by the stream of time, because their castle was built upon the sand." If the protectionists would only accede to the broad facts that stare them ever in the face, we might be spared the in fliction of much nonsense in the shape of their own advocacy, though at the same time we should be mulcted of no little laughter. When the entire commercial system of Great Britain is thrown into a state of indecision or stagnation it is not the time, however, for such supernumera:ies as Mr. RASHLEIGH to be tampering with the time of the House. We have received Madrid papers of the 17th inst the day after the remarkable scene which occurred in the Chamber of Deputies, and which evidently foreboded some desperate plot on the part of NARVAEZ and the QUEEN.MOTUEIL The coup d'etat which was carried into effect on the 18th, was not then precisely foreseen, but from what occurred at the Palace on the evening of the 16th, the schemes of NARVAEZ were placed beyond a doubt. According to the Espanol, the QUEEN, after the meeting of the Camber of Deputies, sent for MIRA.. FLORES and his colleagues, and desired them to dissolve the Cortes. The Ministers represented to her MAJESTY that, not having experienced any oppbsition from the Cortes in the exercise of their official power, and the Cortes having given them marks of their sympathy and confidence, it was impossible for them to put in force a measure which they could not conscientiously recom mend to her MAJESTY. They added, however, that they would respectfully lay at her MAJESTY'S feet their resignation, that her MAJESTY might, at her pleasure, nominate Ministers who might believe that they ought to carry this desire into execution. The QUEEN accepted their resignation, and the Ministers withdrew. This was exactly what NARVAEZ wanted. He then appointed the members of his Cabinet, all tools fit fur his purpose, and by suspending the Cortes and the liberty of the press assumed dictatorial power. In order that the army may be more at his command, he has dismissed General CONCHA, and several superior officers opposed to his violent measures, and supplied their places with men suited to his desperate purposes. It is a curious fact, that the funds during this crisis have rather im proved. The following are the quotations on the Ma drid Bourse for the 17th :—Three per Cents., 29 15-16 at 30 days; Five per Cents. not quoted; Bank of St. Ferdinand, 255; Bank of Isabella, 168; Canal of Castile, 142; Company of Iris, 130; Exchanges on London, 37-a; Paris, 16 6. TUE WEATHER—Sus OFFICE, MARCH. 25. THER3IOMETEIt, Lowest, 33 ; Highest, 57 ; s oon, 56. BAROMETER, 29.48.—W1ND cloudy, Alan WATER AT lAMDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. ----- M , rning .. 56 minutes after 12. Evening .. 20 minutes atter 1. 1Y:16- A ~gt`?. -:s;'-' - -- :=;:-V - irk- c • 17 ' .:,44,„,, , ---1,11-„,:i,v,.1-i4,:4-44t01, .T...,....,,...„..*.r._i,. ~ ...., ,, ,L51T.A ... .„,, ..t....., r. i . .i i 0 ...: :40 47- z• ~: 7,..,* ". 7r7di ); , -!`g 4-,V vk•vp7 7 ii a . i t E- , ---4. . ',` ------n',--AeOWAltrt:,---,.. In the French Chamber of Deputies the motion rela tive to the dissolution of the National Guard of certain large towns came on for discussion. M. DUCHATEL, the Minister of the Interior, was the first speaker, and said "he addressed the Chamber at the very commencement of the discussion in order that the real state of the question might be understood. Ministers, he said, had dissolved the National Guard of two large towns, Toulouse and Carcassonne, in consequence of disturbances having broken forth in the body itself. At Toulouse the disso lution was pronounced at the period of the census, in consequence of the disturbances that took place in that city. It might be said that calm was now re established. Yes, but the Government was responsible for the main tenance of order, and from what it knew of the state of the public feeling there, it deemed it prudent to let the National Guard remain as it was, dis solved. At Carcassonne, a most violent spirit of disorder had reigned in the National Guard. Notwithstanding all the representations made to the contrary, the members of that body had persisted in naming as their colonel, BARBER, who had been condemned by the Chamber of Peers, and who was undergoing his punishment at Mont St. Michel. Such were the facts, and he conceived that e'• 41 - 41 , tl'in t , OUR LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1846. Tile Lords did not sit yesterday. .The Commons met at twelve. S3veral Railway Bills were read a second time without opposition. Ou the motion that the Edinburgh anti Glasgow and Scot tish C3ntral Junction Railway Bill be read a second time, Mr. F. MAu LE moved that it be read a second' time that day six months. After a lengthened discussion, the motion for the second reading was carried by a majority of six ; the numbers being 40 in favour of the motion, and 36 against it. Mr. F. Mau LE then moved the order of the day for going into Committee on the Turnpike Roads (Scotland) Bill Sir J. Al . TAGaaaa o+ pored the motion. The House was THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING - , MARCH 26, 184 k the Government was fully jusiitiA in acting as it had done. He therefore called upon the Chamber to vote against the motion." After some remarks from M. ODThori BARROT, and a further explanation from the Minister, M. LACROSSE said, as his object had been chiefly to obtain an explanation from the Govern ment, and that had been accomplished, he would with draw his motion. This did not suit the views of the more violent party, and M. LASTEYRIE, considering a vote necessary, took up the amendment. Previous to a division, MM. BARROT, BERRYER, and a large number of Opposition Members, left, and only 52 remained to vote with M. LASTEYRIE, thus giving the majority of 230 for Ministers. The other domestic news possesses no interest; though much anxiety prevailed in all quarters respecting. the mysterious movements in Spain. We subjoin some extracts from other Continental COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by his . Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Baxe Meiningen, and attended by the Countess of Sheffield, Lady in Waiting, visited the Queen and Prince Albert yesterday at Bucking ham Palace, and remained to luncheon with her Majesty and his Loyal Highness. Tier Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma jesty yesterday. The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk yesterday in the royal garden. Sir Robert Peel had an audience of her Majesty yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of V ales, Prince Al fred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken an airing in an open carriage and four yesterday, accompa nied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. The royal dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace included her Royal Ilif,hness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Viscount Jocelyn, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Captain Francis Seymour. The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Gusrds, under the direction of Mr. J. R. Tntton, was in attendance at the Palace during dinner, and perfOrmed the following pieces : Overture—" Masauiello' —Auber. Polonaise—H. Proch. Selection—" Crusaders"—Benedict. Walt zes—" Errinerung au Pesth"—Straus. The Duke of Wellington gave a grand dinner yesterday evening at Apaley House, to the Noble Directors of the Con cert of Ancient Music, his Grace being the Directortfor the evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were present, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, arid afterwards accompanied. their Noble Host to the performance of the Concert. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by his suite, also honoured the performance of the Concert with his presence. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an airing in a carriage yesterday. A deputation, consisting of Mr. J. Gresham, mayor of Hull, Mr. B. M. Jalland, of Hull, Mr. Thomas Thompson, town-clerk of Hui', accompanied by Sir J. Harmer, and Mr. Hutt, M.P., had an interview with Sir George Clerk, yester day, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday, at the office in Whitehall-place. There were present, the Archbishop of Canterbury ; the Bishops of London, Bangor, Carlisle, Chester, Ely, Oxford, and Rochester, the Earl of Besaborough, and the Eight Hon. 11. Hobhouee. The Earl of Ripon gave a dinner yesterday evening to the Cabinet Ministers at his residence in Carlton Gardens. The Earl of Tladdington and the Hon. F. Charteris had interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade, . Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office, from the Governor of the Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope. Dispatches for the Governor of' Hong-Kong and Ceylon were sent off on Tuesday evening from the Colonial-office. papers:- The Intialicle Russe, of St. Petersburgh, contains the fol lowing ref ort addressed to the Emperor by the Commander in-Chief of the army, Count Paskevitch d'Erivan, dated March 4 :-" A report of Lieut.-General Panutine, just re ceived, an nonnces that yesterday the insurgents, on learning the arrival of our tre,,ps at Michalowice, evacuated the town of Cracow, which was occupied by us at three in the after noon. One hundred Cossacks entered first, amidst cries of Long live the Emperor P from the inhabitants. They were followed by a battalion of infantry, with four pieces of artillery, the mountaineers, and other troops. The band of armed insurgents, which had quitted the city during the night, and which amounted, it is said, to 500 horsemen and 1,000 foot soldiers, proceeded, according to some, on our territory of Szial, and according to others towards the Prus sian frontier by Krzeszowice. Colonel Prince Bariatinsky, aide-de-camp to the Grand Duke, heir to. the Crown, was sent with 300 Cossacks to pursue them. Another body of 150 Cossacks is to join him at Oikusz. There are now at Cracow three of our battalions, with 12 pieces of artillery, and 500 irregular cavalry. The other troops who were on their way towards that city have received orders to stop short at the points where they had arrived. The inhabi tants have brought their arms, and delivered them up.' A letter from Cracow of the 16th, in the German Universal Gazette says :-" From yesterday all the prisoners have been kept in close confinement, without being allowed to re ceive any one. The banker, Wolf, who was Minister of cinance under the revolutionary Government, is kept guarded in his own house, not only en account of his having assumed that post, but as answerable for the large sums raised by the insurgents from the Austrians at Wieliezka. Many women have also been arrested. The Prussian General Count de Brandenburg has informed the representatives of Austria and Russia, that he has been ordered by his Government to give up to them the Polish insurgents in his power who are na tives of the territories subject to Austria and Russia." The constituent' assembly of the canton of Berne held a second sitting on the 18th of March, which was almost en tirely devoted to the discussion of a new series of rules, con taining thirty-five articles. Before entering on the discus sion, the assembly took into consideration, and adopted, the proposition that their deliberations should be made public in the form of a bulletin, drawn out by as many stenographers as might be deemed necessary to report faithfully the differ speeches ; further, that many thousand copies should be strns :k off, and one given to each deputy. The Tn:ee per Cents. dosed on the Paris Bourse on Monday at 84f. ;ti Five per Cents., 120 f. 55c. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,317 f. SU. ; Rouen, 1,060 f. ; Havre, 765 f. ; Great Northern, 786 f. 25c. ; Avignon. 975 f.; V ierzon, 722 f. 50e. ; Bordeaux, 687 f. 50c.; Boulogne, 515 f.; Zroyes and Montereau, 437 f. 50 c. ; 245 f. ; Dieppe, 462 f. 50c. ; ,:aris and Strasburg, 542 f. 5Ge. ; Tours and Nantes, 573 f. 75e. ; d Definitive, 680 f. 75e. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 37% ; s pa r li .!th Passives, 5%. The following are the quotations for other lines :- Lyons and Avignon Railroad (TalaboO, 512 f. ; ditto (Le eointe), 505 f. 50c. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridlo:,ale), 503 f. 50c. ; Bor deaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 503 f. 50c. ; ditto (Espeleta), 511 f. ; Charleroi, 498 f. 50c. Ifitaszim.r.s, Mama 19.-Marseilles and Arignent, 297 f. 50c. LYONS, 3lsacu 21.-Marseilles and Avignon, 970 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,297 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,050 f. ; Vlerzon, 726 f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAY& AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Mesa' 24 Au 1.1.1.1 - - Boulogne and Amiens, 12% —Louvain and Jemappe,ll/(3—Luxem bourg, 1 —Madrid and Valentin, 3i—Namur and Liege, 2.34 Bonen and Havre, 30. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NORTHAMPTON RACES.—TUESDAY. The Farmers' Plate of 501. Heats, once round and a dis. Mr. A. Manning's Melody, 5 yrs flat 11b (T. Parr) 0 1 1 Mr. Hicrgin' bg by Mundig, aged, 11 st 11lb Mr. C. Bull's the Curate, aged, list 111 b. 0 3 2 Mr. Wesley's Solitude 4 yrs, lOst 71b .. 0 6 3 Mr. C Higgins' br f, by Stapleton, 4 yrs, lOst 71b 2 5 5 Mr. Dickins s May-day, aged, list Illb 0 2 6 Mr. W. Drage's Ten Pound Note, 5 yrs; list llb. 0 7, 7 Two others ran. The first heat was won by a neck, the others in a canter. CHESTER CUP BETTING—TUESDAY ArrEnNoort. 13 to 1 agst Sweetmeat—(t I 25 to 1 agst Fitzallen 20 to 1 agst Clumsy I 40 to 1 agst Cotranna 22 to 1 agst Miss Burns 40 to 1 agst Whinstone. BETTING AT MANCHESTER —TUESDAY. Nothing done w)rth mentioning, the majority of the spe culators being at Northampton. NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT RACES. WEDNESDAY. The Open Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added. Winner to be sold for 1501., &c. Once round and a distance. (7 subs.) Mr. W. H. Johnstone na Blind Hookey, aged, llst 21b 1 Mr. May's Crocus (late Miss Robinson), 6 yrs, list 21b 0 Mr. Parr's Jack Cade, 5 yrs, lest 121 b 0 Mr. T. Dawson's Kiss me Quick. 4 yrs, lOst 51b Lord G. Bentinck's Coal Black Rose, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b 5 Mr. Murphy's Venus, 4 yrs, lOst slb 6 Even on Blind Hookey, and 5 to 2 agst Coal Black Rose. Won by a neck. The Althorp Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 added, for two yrs old. Straight run in, about half a mile. (9 subs.) Mr. R. Peel's Credential, Bst 4.b Lord Spencer's Typhon, Bst 71b The following also started :—Mr. G. Ongley's cby Game boy. out of Sister to Prizeflower, Bst 71b—Mr. John Day's Madge Wildfire, Bst 41b—Mr. May's Honey Dear, Bst 41b— and Colonel Anson's f by Jereed, out of Sweetmeat's dam, Bst 41b. Betting-6 to 4 egst Credential, and 4to 1 each agst Ty phon and Madge Wildfire. Won by a length. The Northamptonshire Cup Sakes of 10 sovs. each; the winner to be sold for 5001. Twice round.. (19 Subs.) Mr. Shelley's Maynooth, 4 yrs, Bst 91b ......(W. Abdale) 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Discord, aged, 9st 121 b Mr. Worthington's Hooton, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b 3 Mr. S. Scott's Mosque, aged, 9st 121 b Mr. Owen's Xanthus, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b ... -•• 5 Mr. Cooke's What, 6 yrs, 9st I` 9 lb d. 6 Lord Southampton nd Tractarian, 3 yrs, 6st 71b Mr. F. Ongley's Fama, 6 yrs, 9st 101 b Betting-2 to 1 agst Discord-4 to 1 each agst Hotoon and What, and sto 1 each agst Tractarian and Maynooth. Won by two lengths The Pytchley Stakes of 15 sow. each, 10 ft., and 50 added for 3 yrs old. One mile. (5 Subs.) Mr. A. W. Hill's Burlesque, Bst fib (S. Darling) 1 Mr. G. Higgins's Redleg, asst 21 stol on Burlesque. Won by eight lengths. The beaten Handicap, of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, once round and a dis. (7 subs.), was won by Tractarian, Gst, beating Fairplay, ist 61b, Fame, Bst 71b, Crocus, Bst 91b, Dr. Husband, Bst 131 b, Redleg, 6st 71b. and Muscatel, Est 41b.— Betting-2 to 1 agst Muscat,' (taken)-3 to 1 agst Dr. Husband (taken)-4 to 1 agst Tractarian—and sto 1 agst Fama. PONTEFRACT STEEPLE CHASE.—MoNDAY. Sweeps of 5 soya. each, for 3 yrs old, 9st 71b ; 4 yrs, lOst 41b ; 5 yrs, list 21b; 6 yrs and aged, 12st. Three Miles* (20 subs.) Mr. Addison's Why Not, aged 1 Mr. Nainby's Robin Hood, 5 yrs Mr. Haigh's Mulatto, aged 3 Ten others started. The Badsworth Hunt Cup of 201., added to a sweepstakes of 3 sows. each. Three Miles. Won by Mr. Smallpages's Truck, beating Mr. Smith's Vanish and three others. The Flat Race, for a sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each. Two Miles. (4 Subs.) Was won in two heats by Mr. Frankland's Po wick, aged, beating Mr. E. Smith's The Rail, Mr. Rams bottom's Dudu, 4 vrs, and Mr. Duke's Lady Marv. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—The attention of your correspondent " Telegraph" is called to the following glaring error in his article this day, which shows how little he is conversant with the lineage of our " high-mettled racers :" " Of the lot, Mr. Ford's filly by Gladiator (who ran second to Mut:- " dig for the Derby), out of Deception fan 9ala, and all but a Derby winner)." Gladiator rim second to Bay Middleton. Deception, winner of the Oaks, is by Defence. Mr. Ford's Deception is by Mountebank Yours, &c., SCRUTINATOIt. Monday 'evening. At Drury-lane last night every part of the theatre was crowded as usual, Miss Rainforth and Harrison were en cored in their ballad?, and the curtain made to reascend fcr the exquisite finale in which Miss Romer surpassed herself. The ballet of La Tarantule was also received with en thusiasm. • BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. PATRICK. —At the dinner at the Freemason's Tavern, on Tuesday evening, Mr. W. W. Simpson was announced as the donor of twenty-five guineas, thus constituting himself a life governor of the charity. Mr. Green and Mr. Liston have been appointed Examiners for the College of Surgeons, in the room of Sir B. Brodie and Mr. Anthony White, resigned. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein give a splendid banquet, on Saturday next, at Chandos House, when Sir Robert and Lady Peel, and most of the Ministers, dine at the Embassy. CABINET DINNER.—The Earl of Ellenborough's en tertainment to the Cabinet Ministers, originally appointed for Wed nesday next, the Ist proximo, has (in consequence of the Lord Mayor's dinner to her Majesty's Ministers) been postponed until the Bth. In the meantime the Noble Earl removes from Charles-street, Berkeley-square, to his official residence, at the Admiralty. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN AiANCHESTER.—On Friday morning, eleven vessels belonging to the Bridgwater Trust arrived from Liverpool, bringing upwards of 300 tons of grain for the Man chester market. EXPORTATION OF BUTTER.—The following quantities of butter were exported in the years ending January, 1831, 1836, 1841, and 1846 :-65,955cwt., 79,941 cwt., 52,972 cwt., and 46,592awt. These results are given from a Parliamentary paper recently printed, obtained by Mr. Grogan, the Member for Dublin. THE ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB.—On Tuesday the noblemen and gentlemen of the above aquatic club dined tog,ther at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. The Commodore of the squadron, Mr. Thomas Willis I. laming, presided. Among the members present were Lord Rossmore, Lord Keane, Mr. G. S. Har court, Mr. W. W. Burrell, Lieutenant-Colonel Temple French, Mr. A. Fountain, Mr. J. E. Jones, Mr. Wm. Bevan, Mr. James Hartley, Mr. E. S. Chandos Pole, Mr. H. J. Hamborourgh, Mr. W. Vansit tart, Mr. A. Vansittart, Mr. L. Holland, &c. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — We are glad to see prepa rations making for constructing an electric telegraph from Hull to Derby—thus giving us telegraphic communication to the metropolis. —Hull Packet. EXPRESS TRAINS TO LONDON.—We hear that the directors of the London and Birmingham and Grand Junction Rail way Companies are, with the consent of the Post-office, making ar rangements for delaying the four A.m. mail train in Liverpool to six A.M., but so expediting its speed that it will arrive in London by one P.m., as at present; but that the alteration will not take place till the Ist of May. The directors decline running an early express train from London.—Liverpool Standard. ORDINATION. —The Bishop of Salisbury held a general ordination in his cathedral on Sunday last, when the follow ing gentlemen were admitted into holy orders :—Deacons : J. J. Jacob, 8.A., Emmanuel C olle g e, Cambridge; R. S. Moody, 8.A., Christ Church, Oxford ; W. P. Wood, 8 .A. , St. John's College , Oxford ; W. M. Heath , 8 .A., Exeter Colle g e, Oxford ; J. .J. Orge r, 8.A., ;f0r d i Y . Crawley, B A., Magdalen Hall, Oxford ; W. B . de Moleyns, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin ; E. R. Pitman, ad p h r a ie m sts , College, W. Popham, oscfrd ; C. Hinman, 8.A., Ballot College, M.A., Oriel College, Oxford ; R. E. O B.A. Christ's College, Cam briage ; T. A. Babington, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge; E. Peacock, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge; H. E. Maids, 8.A., Gonville and Calus College, Cambridge; T. M. Patey, B.A. Cathe rine Hall, Cambridge ; 11. Watson, 8.A., Wadham College, 8.A., PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, SITTING OF MARCH 16.—The papers read at this sitting were not of much interest. M. Morin read a long notice on the economy effected in the transport of hay for the supply of the army by compression, and of the presses which have been used in France for this purpose. It appears that even with the imperfect means hitherto adopted an enormous saving had been effected in the transport of hay for the cavalry in Algeria, but this probably will be double I by the use of English presses, which have been recently purchased in England by the French Go vernment. M. Laurent read, in his own name, and in that of M. Gerardt, a paper on a controversy that has taken place between them and M. Liebig, the celebrated German chemist. It appears that these gentlemen dispute many of the comclusious come to by M Liebig in his researches in organic chemistry, with a view to their practical application to agriculture and other purposes. The other papers were all on subjects of no importance to the public at large'. R OYA L VISIT TO ASTLEY S —On Tuesday, pursuant to the "Royal command," a grand hippodramatic entertainment took place at Astley's Amphitheatre, which wasi.enoured by the presence of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, ac companied by a brilliant suite. Mr. William Batty, the lessee, fully appreciating the honour, had determined that nothing in his power should be wanting to render the entertainment worthy of its illus trious patrons. The centre box of the first circle was appropriated to the royal party. The ornaments /were of the most costly description, and of excn. I.site handicraft. The box was fitted up with silk tabard, the prevailing colours being crimson an d white, and every porton of the theatre was 'most gorgeously decorated. The Foot Guards lined the passages of the theatre, sentries were placed at the stage-door, and detachments in the stable-yard and at the principal entrance in the Westminster-road. The visit was strictly private. Shortly after four o'clock her Majesty and Prince Albert, and their illustrious children and attendants, arrived in three car riages, and were immediately ushered Into the royal box by Mr. Batty and Mr. T. Thompson, the stage-manager. The entertain ments, of course, exhibited to the utmost advantage the whole strength and talent of the company. At their conclusion the royal party retired, but not before her Majesty and Prince Albert had ex pressed, to Mr. Batty and Mr. Thompson, their entire approval of tire general arrangements. Her Majesty left the house shortly before six o'clock, after which the doors were opened, and the rush of the public to obtain a view of the box and the other decorations (which will not bo taken down for some time).was terrific. ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.— On Tuesday morning, as the courier was conveying the dispatches, from Folkston to Loudon, in anticipation of the Overland mail, by special engine, an accident occurred, which (though fortunately unattended witli any serious result) shows the necessity existing that some plan should be adopted by which means tae engine might be enabled to clear the rails of any impediment, Ni llful 1 y - or acci dentally-placed in the way. It appears, that, when about eight miles from Tunbridge, the carriage was thrown off the line, and from the speed at which the engine was going at the time it could not be stopped for some minutes, when, after a very severe job ing, and by the able assis ante of eight or ten labourers who were in an adjoining field, ti e carriage was placed on the rails, but being in an unfit state for use, the courier rode to Tunbridge on the engine, where a fresh carriage was attached, and be arrived safely at London. Had it been a train instead of a single carriage tire damage would have been considerable, and loss of life very probable. No blame whatever can be attached to the engine driver. AN UNPARALLELED CASE OF INTOXICATION.—On Tuesday an inquiry took place before Mr. Bedford, at the Britannia, Portland-street, St. James's, as to the death of W. R. Keating, aged fifty-two, an upholsterer, living in the above street. Elizabeth Keat ing, the daughter of the deceased, stated that her father had not been sober since Christmas, nor had Ire attended to his business during all that while. The witness then went on to state, that on Sunday morning she went to ask her father what he would have for dinner, and she tumid that his hands were quite cold ; and a surgeon pro nounced him dead, most likely from apoplexy, brought on by his In temperate course of life. Verdict, " Natural death." FOOT RACE FOR TWENTY PoUNDS.—On Tuesday Dolman and Mills, wafts were matched to run one mile, decided their match at Holloway. Dolman won, and went over the distance ander five minutes.. PEDESTRIANISM.—FouR- MILE RACE AT BIRMINGHAM Fon 501.—The interesting trial of speed between James Byrom (the Lancashire Runner), and John Tetlow (of Hollinwood), for 25/. aside, came off on Monday, ten miles from Birmingham, on the ohiCoventry road. The distance measured was from the 97th to the SBth mile stones. Large sums of money changed hands, the Birmingham and Manchester men betting strongly on the Hollinwood hero. At a few minutes to four, all preliminaries being arranged, the men started well together. For the first mile more beautiful running has rarely, if ever, been witnessed. The competitors touched the handkerchief and turned for the second mile together. It soon, however, became evident to the eye of the connoisa;ur that Byrom was running within himself; while his antagonist was certainly going his hardest. Strong running was kept up , which will be best shown by the fact that the men comelated the ' first two miles in 10. minutes 25 seconds, and the second two miles in 10 minutes 20 seconds, Byrom running in a winner by 10 yards only. The stakes were given up shortly after the race, Byrom presenting his defeated rival wills a sovereign, and the subscription for the losing man (collected by Temperance) amounting to 5/. We wish we could see more of this spirit. THE LATE FATAL PRIZE FIGHT.—Two of 'he abet tors in the late fatal prize fight, on Blyth Links, have been appre hended, and lodged in the Northumberland county gaol, at Morpetin on warrants issued by the coroner. The parties apprehended are — James Renwick, of IVinlaton, and Israel Lazarus, publican, Butcher Hank, Newcastle. Cleghorn, the surviving combatant, is in conceal ment, but understeod to be recovering, which was at ono time con- aidered doubtful. CONFESSIONS OF A PRETTY WOMAN.—The manner in which these papers came into the possession of Miss Pardoe is rather curious. She concludes the account by saying, "From her own hand I received this written record of the past, and I give it (with her permission) to the world, in all confidence that such a transcript of the real struggles of a woman's mind,' and of the actual trials of a woman's life, will present more lasting - and whole , ome interest than the romantic creations of fiction, or the practical miseries 9f a merely fertile fancy." BELGIAN EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. A meeting of the etarehelders and directors of this Company was held yeeterday at the London Tavern, Sir Frederick Smith in the chair, for the purpose of consi _. dering the expediency of disiolving the'G.an pany. T:tle SECRETARY road the report of Mr. Stevenson as to the fmsibilay of forming the line. The CHAIRMAN said he wished to make a few ob- servations upon that report. Ile had the pleasure of being able to state that the Belgian Government were favourably disposed towards the line if the shareholder.; should t.lnnk fit to approve of its being made. He next took up the report of Mr: tinily, the resident engineer, which, he said, contained all the statiAtical det:tils,•and was a very voluminous docunr , ht; but he would read it if the met tine thought fit.--(Cri , ..s of " No, no.") A SHAREHOLDER ex; ressed a.wish to have the Re count of receipts and disbursements read. The CHAIRMAN said he would read it, and proceeded to do so. The amount paid up, at the rate of 21. 10, per share, was --„. Caution money 30,000 0 0 Exchequor Bills Cash in Bank „ 4,435 0 0 Nute blaring interest Cash at the (Alice l9 6 11 In answer to a qu,ntion from a SHAREHOLDER, The CHAIRMAN said that " the note bra' ing interest," meant a sum that was to be paid for the c)neet , sioll of the French Government. He then read the items of the expenditure, which amounted in the segregate to about 2,0001. A SHAREHOLDER, who spoke in a strong foreign ac cent, said the 12,0001. was raid before this Company had actually any existence. He was of opinion that the Company should be dissolved. He would like to know how many shares had been allotted to the directors? The CHAIRMAN said they had 400 shares each, on which they had paid up in full, and they had had not one single share reserved to them.—(Hear.) Mr. LAMERT suzgested that the Directors' report should be moved and seconded, as he had an amend• ment to move to it. THE NA VY. " RELATIVE TO HER M ECLAIR. -.. . -era inert -- A return cf cdu, and -,,,_ ' •eno t board her 'Majesty's t. 4" fever broka out on bowed, t u c n , , a.y "' IP , frOln 'lie day the yellevr . . , e . ..;.• ve.untenred to serve on 9tl r . !;,,1*. of eae,b individual, the . they aid ship was paid off; stiting the name_ number that Clad, and " le re- Bard, Preintition, or union f ' - .4e Admiral ,;y—to eihieh is added those since granted by who have been , . promoted or died , Sept. 18, 1845 ; rewell.ed for service in the Eclair, wilftlaer volunteers 'Jr not :—G. AL M•Olure, sur geon, moted I :jct . 20, 1845; " ~ „ • T"' ia' a It ogers (b), assistant-surgeon, prfAnoted, Oct. 20, 1845 ; Vl'. 41 J- G. ..:, 4 =tew.art, surgeon, pro --. 4" ...rd Heath, assistant surgeen, protneted, Dec. 11, 1845 i 8.i:) - Aey promoted, Sept. 21, 1945, 1 ". Lied Oct. 9, 184:4 ; Charles Coffey, Bernard, assistant.surgeor, assistant-surgeon, note: for promotion when , passed ; Lieutenant Henry Dec. 6. 1845; P. Har rola acting-commander pr o moted, **/:+ihn War ..en, ' boatswain, 3d class , , promoted, Jan. 5, 184 0 _, ; 'Willi am H urst, gunner, 3d class, promo ted, Jail. 20 1846; *John A ttwood, gunner's mate, pr o moted J 0.:,. 24, 1846 ; J. FL 1 'avne, able seaman ; John Leach, stoker; John Power, ord.' .r.ary seaman, died Sept. 7, 1845; *George Dickinson, ste Aker; O. Wilson, able seaman; *Robert Thurley, able seaman ; 'John Bridger, ordinary seaman ; * Riche:rd Barth ett, ordinary seaman ; "Joseph Todd , ordinary set - nman; °J o ] in Hill, stoker •; William Hughes, boy; J,:',..n Herbert, b ay ; Wi l li am Gardhatn, boy; *William Cock',e, seaman, gratuity EL ; *Thomas SMith, seaman, gra' tuity 101. ; Thomas Baillie, seaman, pension 6/. ; P. Saunders , seaman, gratuity 101.; 1 - Villiain Watson, private malice, gra telly 101. ; John Smith, i ,er 'man, gratuity 10/. The following officers •eo Zuni eer,d, but their services wer e not revired :—Alexand er B ryson, surgeon; J. 0: APWF: limn, surgeon ; Francis . 11 se.derson,susistant-surgeon ; Charm II Fuller, surgeon ; 1) a- e id G. Miller, surgeon; Thom Kincaid, assistant-surgeon ; G eorge S pr i gg, commander, ri lc_ of the Ferret, 10, 'sloop ; A. R. Du n l ap , li eutenant; J o hn , . Deurv, captain, R. 31 . RETtJIL -JESTY'S SHIP The following gentlen lent also offered their services for the Eclair:—George M'Huary, , M.D.; James Gave, surgeon • A 0. Edwards, surgeon ; ;hal Barry, M.D. ; Rev. Is. 0;0" lan, Ray. T. Hardinge lye N. I'ENSAONS, NAVY. Under this title the following - Parliamentary return , moved for by Sir Chark s Napier, "of naval officers wil ° have received pensions, or augmentation of pensions, for wounds or hurts, since Clio Ist day of January, 1841. and the report of the meuical officers who surveyed them," has been published, dated Adrairalty, March 9, 1848, and signed H. F. Ameclroz, chief clet k. The SOLICITOR to the Bill said that the Company as yet was not formed, and therefore it would be better that the report should be printed and circulated, and perhaps consider the adoption or reception of it at a future meeting. Mr. LAMERT hoped that day would never arrive. = (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") He hoped the Company would be dissolved, and he had no doubt they would get back their 30,0001 due from the Belgian Govern ment. He held in his hand a map received this morning from Brussels, by which it appeared there we re 66 lines projected, which would cross their proposed line Lke a spider's wen, but he hoped their money would not be the fly to get into that web.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to Mr. Stevenson's report, he would say that that gentleman had a gnat many other railways in hand, and he had been hunted for two months before this report could be got, and now when it appeared suddenly before them the line was found in the position he had stated. He concluded by proposing that the Company be now dissolved.—(Bear, hear.) Mr. FIELD seconded the resolution, and asked a ques tion relative to the 12,000/. The CHAIRMAN said that all the directors, except two, were concessionaires, and all were liable :o the payment of the 12.0001. Mr. FIELD expressed himself satisfied with the answer, and thought that the directors had acted all through in an honourable manner. The SOLICITOR to the Bill said, that he thought the 12,0001. was paid to a Belgian subject for property of his over which the proposed line was to pass, and the opinion of counsel had been taken, which was to the effect, that whether the Bill did pass or not, the Company were liable to the payment of the 12,000/., and to 3,0001 in addition if the Bill should pass. Mr., FIELD could not see the use of this meeting if it was to do no more than hear reports read. They had heard that there were 10,000 shares which had not been taken up, arid that means were being taken to compel the parties to do so. tie thought that was a strong fact in favour of dissolving the Company, though he had heard it said that there was a renal difficulty in the way. But he looked upon it as utterly hopeless to go on. Mr. AMPSINK said he did not think the Cha;rmen could put the resolution.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and cla mour.) Nu Company could be dissolved unless by the consent of ail the partners, or unless Chancery com pelled it. A SHAREHOLDER would like to have the opinion of the solicitor now behind the chair upon this question, for this was a Company held together by no other deed, or act, or band than the prospectus he now held in his hand. The CHAIRMAN said the directors had foreseen the necessity Of adopting the course, and they had taken an No. I.—Extract from the Medical Report on Capt. Jam Ryder Burton, R.N., dated November 24, 1843.—Captain Burton was won .tied by a ball in the left hip, which has not been extracted, and is still lodged in the bone, which is greatly diseased. The woun d h as never healed; repeated extbliations of bone have taken place, with a conetant die charge, the whole producing great personal suffering and in jury to his general health;; and havi..g also bad the ankle of 6 .1 d-piece passing over the same side severely it; this injury, on the wound of the hip becoming Inflamed , sympathises with the other wound, and adds greatly to hie distress. The hip wound still remains open, with great dis charge.. Captain Burton is much emaciated, and his cons" tenance is indicative of great personal suffering, and there IS no doubt that the wound has been, in its consequences to bodily health, very far more than could have arisen from the loss of a limb. opinion. The SOLICITOR then read-the opinions of Messrs. Turner, \Vigram, and Palmer, upon the case submitted to them, and which was a very lengthened document ; the opinions were to the effect that the Company could not be dissolved without the consent of all the share holders ; and that if the directors did dissolve the Com pany, they would be liable, not only to the dissentient shareholders for the whole amount of their deposits, but also, perhaps, an action for breach of contract. Mr. LAMERT said he had t tken an opinion also. He contended that all the shares had not been paid for at the time of the agreement :llama the 12,000/., and the prospectus did not state that fact at all. The SOLICITOR said that all the shares had been allotted at the time, which was the same thing. - Here the proceedings became exceedingly boistereus and irregular, and cries of (" Decide," and " put law against law,") arose from different parts of the room, which was crowded to excess. The opinion Mr. Lamert had taken was then read ; it was from Mr. Chambers, who was of opinion that the withholding of the fact as-to the 12.00eL from the pro • sp. ctus, would be a sufficient ground for him to seek to recover his deposits. Mr. LAMERT asked if an instance could be named in which the Belgian Government, failing to ratify an undertaking. refunded the 30,000/. dep :sited? Mr. AMPSINK said he know of several, but that the Belgian Government never promised without intending to perform. Mr. LAMERT begged of the Chairman to put his re solution. The CHAIRMAN said he could not do so, and then pro ceeded to speak of the many advantages the line pos sessed, and said it would be impossible that it could have any line competing with it. The meeting shortly after separated, having come to no determination; but the understanding appeared to be that the work should go on, as there appeared to be no legal mode of dissolving the Company. LONDON and COUNTY ECONOMIC INVESTMENT AND FAMILY ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION. No. 2. Extract from the Medical Report on Captain Wile Liam Alexander Willis, R.N., dated 23d January, 1845-' Captain Willis, lately in command of her Majesty's slot? Frolic, who, while on duty on shore near the city of SatitoS, in the Brazils, we.s, on the sth .January, 1844, en returning to his ship, attacked by a party of ruffians (supposed to halo belonged to a sl ave vesse l l ate l y capture d b y the Frolic ) a dd beaten with bludgeons in a most shocking and, inurderon 9 manner, fracturing his skull and the fore-arm of the left si6ot and also inflicting four other severe wounds on differeq parts of his head. He was also dreadfully bruis e d i n severs' parts of the body by blows inflicted by the bludgeotls alluded to; but there was one of a more severe and delti gerous nature in the imm e di a t e ne i g hb our h oo d o f the spit° column. The consequen ce o f th ese severe an d numarct' , " wounds has been a confinement of nearly thirteen weeks ;I t bed on shore, attended with great p and considerab le fever. His constitution. has suffered most severely fro .t these severe injuries, and he is frequently attacked by a distressing pain in the neighbourhood of the fractured skt , " incapacitating him from any exertion at the time, and re t r dering him liable to an attack of inflammation of the ine l °' branes of the brain from ve r y t r i v i a l causes , an d putt i n g hj ., ...,"" therefore, in constant ha zar d o f hi s lif e . Th e v i s i on is lc; paired, the free use o f both arms di m i n i s h e d, an d t h e coor mend of his urinary organs is less in his power than ball the wounds were received. H e complains also of debit.li 4 and palpitation of the he ar t. Th e i n j ur i es rece i ve d i n tvd case are more detrimental to the con s tit u ti on t h an t h e lost' a limb. No. 3.—Extract from the Medical Report on Comma (O A Henry Chads, dated F e b. 20 , 1 8 45 . Commander Clt,',o when serving as fi rs t li eutenant of the Harlequin, in -0 attack upon Pirates at M er d oo , i n t h e I s l an d of Sumatra, °,4 the lath February, 1844, received two severe and dangeo sabre wounds; the first divided the whole of the flexor Ve tii ii ; dons, arteries, and ligaments, at the left wrist, leaving " hand attached to the fore-arm o n ly by th e extensor tentt,`", ligaments, &e., on the back Of th e b an d. Th e seco nd Nc.na 1 0 deep wound, seven inches in length, in the l e f t s id e , divi", l several of the muscles, laying ba r e, as th e surg eon of 'a Hyacinth states, the angles of the 7th and Bth ribs, a li o wounding the periosteum covering them. The wounds t t i p been healed some time, but the left hand i s irretriev - jV i i disabled, and they are equally pr e judi c i a l t o b o dily extie' l with the loss of a limb. jet No. 4.—Extract from the Medical Report on Comm fi n iet R. J. W. Dunlop, dated 18th May, 1842. Comm :o' oo Dunlop, while lieutenant of-the Favorite, at Tingaraboo , the 24th June, 1840, while serving on shore in an ittoy, upon one of the native forts in that island, was struck 1 1_ 4 , musket-ball, which entered immediately under the kneci4;. , and passing over the front of the tibia in an oblique tion, without apparently injuring the bone, made its 0 0 4 about three inches lower down. The wound itself %Tag ", of great magnitude, but the consequences were severe 1,4 serious spasmodic affection took place in the limb, atte o at one period with symptoms of lock-jaw, and produi t i, contraction of the muscles of the leg and foot, and 1 ; 0 1 mutely wasting of the limb and a permanent contraction o the muscles and tendons of the posterior part of the 0 1 which does not allow the heel to reach the ground by al)? four incises, the whole weight of the body, when this 1 cc, used, being thrown on the toes. Commander Dunlop _h'io wise mentions that he is still subject to spasmodic attack , : d particular states of weather. On a careful considered° , the circumstances of this case it would appear that the jury is fully equal to the loss of a limb. so t No. s.—Extract from the Medical Report on Lieute n Walter Kendall, dated 22d of February, 1842.—Lieute g i0 Kendall, of her Majesty's ship Nimrod, was wounded i!t attack upon the city of Canton on May 25, which occas!,7o, the immediate amputation of his right leg above the !T o t No. G.—Extract from Medical Report ripen Augustus C. Murray, dated Bth of June, 1845. Murray, when a mate of the Dolphin, in boarding a Braz..t: v ig slave brigantine, on the 30th of May, 1841, received of a musket, which fractured the left clavicle, and conif ol e the surrounding parts greatly. There is also on the , !' et side a most severe sabre wound of the wrist, immed r y below where the bones of the arm are united to those to_` . to ing the wrist, which hed completely laid the joint ndlef o or —Lietite.. 4 lo an extent of more than two inches, by which the e%'; tendons were cut across, and he was thus deprived use of the left hand, except in a very limited degte wound in question is equal in its consequences to the 100 d a limb. 0011 No. 7.—Extract from the Medical Report upon Lietate_roat Lsvis Roper Fitzmaurice, dated Oct. 5, 1844.—Lieu t : ri e Fitzmaurice, when serving as mate of her MajestY'o s _.telf ing vessel Beagle, and being detached in a beat to the er y lOC chore in the Gulf of Carpentaria. at a distance of nee r Loo t ' miles from the ship, was wounded, on the 9th of i S rsetti 1841, by the accidental explosion of a musket whiecto.o carried by one of the officers under his orders. Til,e. he es' entered the left ankle joint, shattered the bones, and ' pe ar s ternal wound has not yet healed. The a n kle join t l' o tse 3 l. to be ankylosed, the bones are much enlarged and dl' ,s an-I the wound is in its effects fully equal to the for a limb. 4 - .le llll No. B.—Extract from the Medical Report upon I r ' t r' Davies, Master, dated April 20, 1841.—1 t appears tb a t ' v tO B Davies is afflicted with a double rupture, proved, i ,.: l o eit l e papers and certiiicatee (herewith returned) * as well L ' ao d statement, to have been occasioned by the service, ositjok:, latter rupture while assisting in placing his ship in f e d 3 . ; before St. Jean d'Acre. In the action which s uccee;', o o . o ; Davies was slightly wounded, by a portion of a shelii..`a, diately above the os pubis, and. exactly in a line strap of the truss, adding considerably to the incon s ,,,,lll" of the ruptures. The double rupture, quite indepenei o n. ei the subsequent wound, is fully equal to the loss of a rec erco * Note.—Those a,ainst witom an asterisk is placed have,o Tr compensation for loss of clothes. (A compensation of 801 ' "oa r paid to the mother of Mr. J. R. Hallett, late paymaster and P vt the Eclair.) t Mr. Robert Bernard was promoted to the rank of snrg e°'' ' 001 respect to his deceased relative, air. Sidney Bernard. A public meeting of this Association was held in the theatre of the Western Literary Institution, Leicester square, on Tuesday evening. FRANCIS W. WALESBY, Esq., took the chair a few minutes after eight o'clock, and proceeded to explain the nature and objects of the Association. He gave the meeting to understand that it was a building socie y, founded under the Act 5 and 6 Wm. IV., on the model. of the 'Liverpool Barrow Building Society, to enable mechanics, on terms level to their circumstances, to be come possessed of property in houses. He said the As sociation had existed for only two months, their first public meeting hating been held a fortnight ego in Pen tonville. They had resolved on holding another public meeting that evening, in order to make their' ex istence and their objects more widely known. After ad dressing the meeting: on the nature and well-founded advantages of the Society generally, and having stated that the Committee received no salary, and that the Secretary was remueerated only in proportion to his see. vices, he called on The SECRETARY, who stated that the maximum num ber of shares originally offered by the Society was 500, and that 300 of these had been taken up during the last fortnight. He then read a detailed pro.ipl•ctus, from which the following extract will serve to show what the objects and principles of the Society are: Each shareholder contributes 10s. 6d. per month, or 31s. 6d: per quarter per share (and if he has a loan from the Associa tion, an additional 35., by way of redemption money). to the general fend, a ntil by such subscriptions, with the profits de rived fruin p mitt as, fines, and other incidental sources, each share shall 1 aye realised the value of 1201., which it is an ticipated v ill be fu ten year- from the commeecement, when the Ass( iatio will be dissolved. If, however, the. Associ ation 81 , as prosperous ,as is anticipated (which, of course, mai ~ y depends upon the exertions of the members), the dist olu ion will take place at an earlier period. To explain more fully and practically the beneficial and profitable working of the Association, suppose, for example, a shareholder is desirous to purchase the lease of the house in which he resides, for which he is pa) ing a rent of 30/. per annum ground-rent is 5/. per annum, and the purchase money:9ol. : the party has one share, and applies to the As scciaticnt for an advance upon that and three additional shares..ef The shafeholder will in ten years, at 10s. 6d. per month ; upon one share, have paid in 63/., but which, with interest and accumulations, rill in this Association: then realise him In consideration of receiving his share imme diately, he is willing to allow a premium or de duction of 55 0 0 Leaving a sum to be paid to him of £tis 0 0 His four shares will then produce him immediately 2601., being the sum above required. On each of the four shares he will have to pay 10s. Gd. per month, in all With redemption money, 3s. per month Making a total monthly payment of The following statement will serve as an example to prove that the borrower derives more advantage by means of this Association (besides the convenience of repayment by easy instalments), than by obtaining a loan in the ordinary way, and paying 51. per cent. for the same. The value of a share will be Discount for present cash INSTITUTION OF CIVIL NEERS. p r bec J rt oSi ind ß e toh n ne n i T e N , ruc P .el os rl a i t3 cl , e nt, in the Ch tti r tit° Tuesday was an essay by Bodies moving in Ina. C. E. Auniddst,h,eb3,lrt j.e.simst.aim; author introduced his subjrct demon f to - oe scientific interest, and eu!ogisieg the eff° rt % t i 4 :I : fnr e o n nit who have that t ,danveeep department e u n g t h brought y e :I 7 : to. i m :(llplenleSi c la , ndtsii recent experiments of PA' e of l b Newton o , „phY' d p o u f bli c sh iv e i td l E in ngi t n h e e ers " ; Tran a n n a d ctioS t.‘,reri s ti c o ri i ii illustriouscthG:\ißhto'bearfi'srs:u'Tr.. Institution easdhlhnetateeje i gis:ng for his apparent presumption in e't c , e be to add anything t o a su bj ec t a l rea dy so r e t investigated, he proceeded to observe tha t, e - ral o 0 exception of the above-named researches t" 1 . 4 0 0 5. and Macneill upon canal boats, all " Pe esi° 4 f have been made on bodies of too small ,ee The communication then noticed the i:rrri,`:esce, the properties of larger vessels being more clearserviPe° tained, and gave a formula for doing this, bi the diminution of the velocity ot bodies, in a it e'ec l , e when the motive power was withdrawn ; by tb* : e d elf" be ascert tined whether any deficiency in l or of from a defect in the construction ot the vest" 0 0 propelling machinery. sel ye., The following example was given t",' i t s v' s cl been subjected to the action of a force equal .to s see tt . , ,e weight, the amount of velocity destroyed,. i t .' l .l , e, as f'l s would have begin 32 feet per second ; the-et" Aoc itf distance of 32 feet is to the observed less of ve yes sel feet per second, so is th,, whole weight of th e t his shown by its deplacemcnt , v (11 to the force by ' cu d re s Tt f of velocity has been produced, that is, the hates yeloc ante of the wa ter and air, corresponding to i(l° • in question. this Fes The method for ascertaing experimentally ssehss„ij was thus described. To the bowsprit of the V u 51: 0 ',4, ciently a-head to be out of the disturbed watT e ' n der r ° , l ‘ iron bracket shoulsi be attached, to suspend a rd; dipping at it its lower extremity into the wat e " by which it hangs being a few inches below Its u, a Pr,ph r ' c t u pon the lower end, beneath the water, is a M' o vie t and to the upper end is attached a smal l cord, c o o aril, with a rectangular bent lever, the hor101), $o of which works against a graduated areverticle vi , lecl, that when the slender rod is hangieg vro oe nE the ship being at rest, it should be opposite %.r.re, be 4 arc. When the ship is in motion, the g',,. 7 . 0 (1 fr,v eh is o 'f the c‘ ,4 0 acted upon by the reAistance of the water. the perpendicular inwards towards the bow 4 the bent lever is drawn upwards by t he corLel'avatec iti Tre on ttle arc the amount or force exerted; _ er w_ rta ln if iy the variation of this in given times and tit _y: seci uc cumstances, the diminution of velocity anti c" ne d. meeting of Tuesday, March 24, 1346 . : y_l' oc " . D I A v . the Trheetafrodlilnogw following paperescan wasbe efioni.nuorantneci cydasteoe;.ribesdo_ of tho river Severn, by William Partas,A s '' • £65 0 0 Ten years' interest on ditto at five per cent. £97 10- 0 Yearly payment on one share 103. 6d., } 8 2 0 and 3s. per month Multiplied by ten rear lO-81 0 0 Balanc? in favour of the borrower on one share... £l6 10 0 the prospectus having been read, the St licitvr of the Association explained the nature of the rules, and answered several questions put by gentlemen in the meeting. It was then moved and carried unanimously, that this meeting approves of the principles of this AsEociation, highly satisfied with the explanations which have been afforded this evening ; and th, meeting. adjourned. MADAME PASTA.--This celebrated singer has just lost her husband, from whom she had been separated, and w4O was allowed by her an income of NO/. per alum. SUARENiTHEATRE Two new pieces, the one a drama of interest, entitled Ju'ie le Dru; or, the City Goldsmith; the other a broad farce, en titled Tea with my Aunt were produced here on Tuesday with the most undoubted success. Julie Ic Dru (Mrs. H. Vining) is the daughter of a City go•!dsmith, and her baud is sought by the two apprentices of her father. Saud ford ( Mr. H. Hughes), the virtuous apprentice, and Hurst (Mr. Maynard), the vicious apprentice; of course she favours the suit of Sandford, and of course he is perse cuted by Hurst. He is tried, convicted, and condemned for highway robbery, but just as he is on the point of being executed, the villany of Hurst is discovered, and to quote a play-bill common-place, " virtue is rawarded and vice pu nished." The piece is well constructed, and well acted, and will no doubt draw. As to the farce it is excellent, and we think the management may reckon upon this invitation to Tea with my Aunt being accepted every evening that my Aunt chooses to be "at home." A GREAT PRINTING OFFICE.—We copy from Dick inson's Almanack, for 1846, an 'account of his immense printing-office, in Boston e-e." The office of the Rotary Press covers an area of 14,283 square feet, embracing fifteen rooms. It is ligoted by day by 1,664 squares of glass set in 100 different windows ; and by night by gas shooting up from 100 different burners. In those premises we have one steam engine of ten horse power, three Adam's power presses, two : Napier presses, three rotary presses, two Ruggle's job presses, eleven hand presses, two copper-plate presses, two embos sing presses, one hydraulic press, four standing presses, one small power press, two paper cutters, three card cutters, one ink-mill, and four machines for shaving stereotype plates, two Of which are moved by steam-power. We have morethan 400 different styles of types, borders, flowers, and cuts of various sorts, in weight 30,000 les. These are all held in their places by means of 866 type cases, of brass galleys, 200 feet standing galleys, 330 chases, and 3 bushels of quoins. We have two large cisterns, which contain about a 1,000 gallons, or up wards of 18 hogsheads of water. This is distributed through every part of the office, by means of 550 feet of lead pipe. We use six hogsheads of water per day, which, supposing it was brought in buckets, would take one man 13 1 / 2 hours each day to furnish, allowing him to bring four gallons every tea minutes. Our various presses threw off in the course of the year, 6,069,480 sheets of paper, er 12,645 reams. Sup posing each sheet to be but 2i feet long, and that they were placed in one continuous line, they would stretch out to 15,173,700 feet, or nearly 2,875 miles, about the distance from here to Europe. It is computed that we have printed the past year 130,240,000 pages, of books, 64,000 circulars, 25,000 commercial and lawyers' blanks, 20,000 cheques, 25,000 billets, 500,000 bill-heads, 300,000 shop bills sad band bills, and 2,000,600 of Labels. We have cut up, printed, embossed, and sold 1,201,520 cards, or 24,030 packs. Our average consumption of coal is over two tons a week, or more than 100 tons a year. Besides our 100 gas burners, we use about 150 gallons of oil for extra lights and ma chinery. For our various printing it takes 1,200 pounds of ink per annum, besides gold leaf, bronze, and size. In our type and stereotype foundry we have used the past year 50,0001b5. of metal, and turned out 7,000 stereotype plates of various sizes and shapes. In our whole - establishment we employ usually about 100 hands, and it is safe to conclude that our office affords direct sustenance to at least 500 per sons. "—Boston paper. AN ENEMY TO IRON FOUNDERIES.—At the Drogheda assizes a Mr. Harman, who has a domicile in that town brought an action against Mr. Grendon, of the iron foundry' for injury done to his property, in consequence of the ham- , mering- which daily goes on in that busy and thriving concein. At a time when Sir Robert Peel is at his wit's end for devising means to feed and employ the Irish people, and when societies, under the highest auspices, are being formed for the same object, it is certainly rich to see a person coming into a court of ju,tice to complain that his long cars are daily assailed by the cheerful sounds that pro • seed from au iron factory, and that he is frighted from his propriety by the flames of a blast furnace. The jury seemed to be under the impression, that if a hundred more iron foundries were in fall play in Ireland, the country would not be worse cff than it and very properly handed down a verdict for Mr. Grendon, the defendant. We do not know what country would suit Mr. Harman's quiet and contem plative disposition. Perhaps one of the Marquesa Islands er a valley in New Zealand, where the spirit of improvement is unknown, would be more congenial to him than the banks of the Boyne.—The World, March 16. WINDSOR ANNUAL MILITARY STEEPLE CHASES.— The two Members for the borough, Colonel Reid and Ralph • Neville, Esq., have just subscribed 51. each towards the race fund. The sport, which will be extended this year to two days, is to be of a first-rate character, four races having been appointed to come off on the first day, the 7th of next month, and five events on the second day following. Vicsount Neville, the Hon. R. N. Lawley, and Albert Ricardo, EN., have accepted the stewardship, ' S PECIAL tilittpLi.:!;f fora il.t theories, e i r: d i n ri g is e et r i sa ( , WI / l' t ilwl :, '3 .1. 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