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*,.~ Now ready, in 2 vols. small Svo., 21s. bound, (IQ IR_RICRARD HENEGAN'S SEVEN 1,3 YEARS' CAMPAIGNING, IN THE PENINSULA AND THE NETHERLANDS. Henry Colbuni, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. M. MICHELET'S NEW WORK. On Friday next will be published, ' 1 1 HE PEOPLE. By M. MICHELET, Author F. of " Priests, Women, and Families." Translated, with the Author's approbation, by C. COCK*, Translator of Michelet's " Priests, Women, and Families." A Library Edition, in 1 vol. post svo. ; and also a Cheap Edition, uniform with M. Michelet's " Priests, Women, arid Families," price ls. 6d. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Lonfi'manc This day are Published, 3 vols. Bvo., price 2/. 2s. 4 1 - ' 1 IR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S MISCELLA LJ N ECHTS WORKS. Including his Contributions to The Edin burgh Review. Collected and Edited by his Son. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmane ; of whom may be had, MR. MACAULAY'S ESSAYS. 3 vole 36e. LORD .TEFFREY'S CONTRIBUTIONS. 4 Tole. 481. THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH'S WORKS. 3 vole. 365. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. L AMON D, SMALE, AND LemoND, 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 FRIDAY. at One o'clock„ at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all favours, cons lining instructions, are respectfully requested to 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. THIS EVENING, MARCH 14, will be performed Terdrs cele brated Opera of " N.A.RUCO," under the title of NINO. With New Scenery, Dresses and Decorations. Minus, King of Assyria, Signor Fornasari; Idaspe, Signer Cored' Orotasphc (High Prie7,t of the Temple of Isis), Signor Botelli ; Ab dallo (an Officer of the King of Assyria), Signor DaillOri ; Fenena (daughter of Ninus), Madlle. Corbari ; Anna (sister of Orotasphe), Madame MUM ; Abigail (a slave, supposed to be the eldest daughter (.f Ninus), Madlle. Sanebioll. 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 • ou, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. The principal parts by 1%1(111e. Lucile Grahn, Madame Petit Stephan, Mdiles. Moncelet, Cassan, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglioni ; M.M. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di Mattia. and Perrot. ------- - THEATRTHE R IS EVENING OYAL, DRURY-LANE. Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THY: CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har rison, Burdini, Horneastie, S. Jones, Weiss, Stratton, D. W. King, .3liss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. After which, a new Fairy Ballet, called THE ISLAND NYMPH. In which Mons. Desplaces, Mdlles. Neodot, Louise, Adele, Mdme. Giubilei, &c., will appear. TLI EATHE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Mr. Hard -tastle. Mr. W. Farren ; Young Marlow, Mr. H. Noll ; Tony Lump am, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Glover; Miss Hardcastle, Miss Julia Bennett. _ The Band will perform the Overture, `. La Refine d'un Jour," "Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz, and the Quadrille, " Le Rol d'Yvetot." After which a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Humby, &e. To be followed by a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SIM TINOS. Mr. Golightly, Mr. Buckstone ; Capt. Phobbs, Mr. Tilbury; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss P. Horton. To conclude with A CABINET QUESTION. In which Messrs. Brindal, 'I itbury, liuckstone, and Miss Julia Bennett will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. i'NPER TILE MANAGEMENT OF MISS. KEELEY. ro,dtively the last Night of " The Enchanted Hone." THIS EVENING Will be performed LUCK'S ALL. Principal characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, and Keeley ; Miss Hicks, Mrs. A. Wigan, &c. After which, NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard. To conclude with the new successful Burlesque, entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE; or, Prince Firouz Schah of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kluloch, &c. ; Keeley, Villars, Hodson. Arden, &c. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 48. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery. Gd. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Great success of the New Drama of " The Cabin Boy." THIS EVENING WM be performed a 2 , ;;; - 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 (for this week only), NORMA. Pollio, Miss Woolgar; Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To couclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, 31Iss WooLzar. &c. YRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled, A SPEARING LIKENESS. Baron de Raney, Mr. Granby; Alfred, Mr. James Vining ; Coco, Mr. Compton ; Manette, Madame Vestris. After which (first time) a New Comic Drama, entitled MATIIEWS AND CO. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, .Compton, Walton, Oxberry, and Miss E. Ilonner. To be succeeded by Mr. Charles Mathews s Farce of PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with THE BRIGAND. NEW STRAND THEATRE. M. PIIILLIPPE'S SOIREES and MATINEES MYSTERIEtSES. Two Morning Performances during the Week. . . At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distinguished families, and In order to accommodate the crowds who fio:k to attend his Morning . Performances, M. PHILLII'PE will give his Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday liornng, st Two o'cloek. M. PhilUppe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusing Per formances of the Chiarini Family, and the astounding Feats of the American Brothers.—Door open at a quarter plst Seen, to com mence at a quarter before Eight. 3s. ; Boxes, 25. ; Pit, le. ; Gallery. 6d. ; Pirate Boxes, 1/. ls., and 1/. 1 ls. 6d. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Fifth Week of the Magnificent Elephantine production, which la nightly hailed by brilliant audiences with the most tremendous applause. Second Week of the Elephantine Tight-rope Dancer. THIS EVENING Will be performed ft New Drama, entitled THE RAJA OF NAcipORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the whole of the extensive resources of the Establishment will be bmight into requisition. Brilliant Scones of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats of the British and Foreign Company. The whole to conclude with the laughable Farce of ANIMAL MAGNETISM ; or, Love and Physic. ROYAL VICTORIA TILEATIZE. THIS EVENING Will be performed MARGARET CATCEIPOLE ; or, the Female Horse Stealer. Principal characters by Messrs. Fredericks, Saville James, Dale, Herbert, and Miss Vincent. After which, SEIAKSPERE'S FESTIVAL ; or, A New Comedy of Errors. Miss Rosalind Arden, Miss Vincent. T ) conclude with ALEXANDER THE GREAT ; or, th• Rival Queens. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Dale, Fredericks, &c. THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, MARCH 13. THEIL3IOMETER, Lowest, 37; Highest, 50; Noon, 51. BAROMETER, 30.55.—W1ND W., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. If irning .. 4$ minutes after 2. Evening .. 3 minutes after 3. ti • vA,. 4.; 4, - . 04 ‘"•• • aa~ ,•;:.,-Vzv 4 5 . • 44e‘; 14- yg • " t ;r- ,Loi4 „„ ig ht ho; •, ornin int LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1846. The Lose CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Various petitions having been presented, The Earl ST. GERMANS moved the third reading of the Irish Pacification Bill. Several verbal amendments were proposed and agreed to, and after a desultory conversation, the Bill, as amended, was read a third time and passed. Their Lordships then adjourned. The SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock. Several railway Bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed. Lord HENRY BENTINCK took the oaths and his seat for North Nottingham. Several railway Bills were read a third time and' passed. The Grand Trunk, or Stafford and Peterborough Railway Bill was read a second time, after a division, by a majority of 20. Lord J. RussELL gave notice of his intention on Thurs day, the 26th of March, to move that the House on that day do resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House for the purpose of considering the state of Ireland. Sir R. PEEL, in answer to a question from' an Hon. Member, said it was impossible for him to, say on what day lie should bring forward the reduction of the sugar duties. It was his intention, however, to do so as soon as the corn importation measure was disposed of. In answer to a question from Mr. O'CONNELL, Sir It Palm said it was the intention of the G overnmen t, i mme di a t e ly u p on the Irieh Protection of Life and Property Bill coming into the House, to move that it be printed, and taken into con sideration on an early day. The South Sea Company Bill was read a third passed, on the motion of the CHANCELL OR o f theExC .me and Sir J. Gl:Amara moved for leave to bring in a Bill n u ff i :c . l temporary provision for persons affected with fever in Ire l and. Mr.WAKLEY,thought t he b est course to stop the ti that w as now raging ill Ire l a nd was to p rovi de the people withfood . After some observations from Mr. COLQUHOUN, C aptain OSBORNE, Lord G. BINTINCK, Mr. HOME, Mr. OTONEELL, Sir J. GRAHAM said that nothing had been lost sight of by the Government to alleviate, as far as possible, the distress and misery that was existing in Ireland. Mr. S. O'BRIEN believed if the English proprietors of Ire land were compelled to do their duty, the people of Ireland would be in a much better condition than they were at pre sent, and would not be under the necessity of calling upon British generosity. After some further discussion, leave was given to bring in the Bill. Mr. GREENE then brought up the report on the customs and corn importation measure; and on the question that the first resolution with respect to silk be read a second time, !,Jr. R. SPOONER moved that it be read a second time that day six months, believing that, if carried, it would have the effect of paralysing native industry. The Hon. Gentleman attributed the whole of the evils under which the country was at present labouring to the Bill of 1819, enforcing the resumption of cash payments. Mr. NEWDEGATF. seconded the motion. Sir G. CLERK seconded the resolution. and, after a short discussion, the amendment was withdrawn. Upon the question that a reduction should take place in the duty on foreign butter, some considerable discussion ensued, and, upon a division, the original resolution was car ried by a majority of 102. Upon the question for the reduction of the duty on hosiery, a division took place, when there appeared a majority for the reduction, of N. The further consideration of the report was, after a short discussion, postponed till Monday. The other orders of the day Were then disposed of, and the House adjourned till Monday. The House of Commons took holiday on Thursday for the first time this session, there being, not altogether, we pi e sume, without management, " No House" at four o'clock. The most important business on the paper was a motion of Mr. Moaersoses for a Committee to inquire " whether, with out discouraging legitimate enterprise, conditions may not be embodied in Railway Acts better fitted than those hitherto inserted in them to promote and secure the interests of the public." We conclude that the untoward event of ye,ter day will only have the effect of postponing Mr. MoxersoN's motion. Not that we agree by any means entirely in Mr. MORRISON'S views, as he has explained them in his published pamphlet; but the subject id one of very great importance, and we anticipate much benefit not only from the labours of a Committee, but even from debate in the House of Commons, where Mr. MORRISON'S views will be modified and corrected for the public by other Members of equal authority on such subjects. Mr. MORRISON'S chief object appears to be to procure the intervention of the Legislature for a great reduction of rail way fares. Through such a reduction he hopes to administer a great check to railway speculation ; and he seems to believe that this, and this only, is the way to check the speculation. Now, at first starting their seems to be a great inconsistency in Mr. MORRISON'S reasonings. lie recommends a reduction of railway fares to railway companies as likely to produce even an increase of profits; and there is no doubt that, within limits, such would be the result of reduction. I t has been found to be so in practice ; and, in the last two or three years, there has been, on the part of almost all the great established companies, a gradual reduction of fares for the sake of increasing profits, and profits have been in creased. How then is this reduction of fares to diminish speculation? Mr. Mozursow says, by the reduction of pro fits. And here is his inconsistency, Now with regard to the diminution of speculation in rail ways, we suspect that the time has gone by for Parliament to trouble itself about it. Parliament might have interposed last year with advantage : if it had then interfered judi ciously many of the evils of the railway excitement of last autumn might have been prevented. But the mania was allowed to go on unchecked, and it has, we believe, now worked Its own cure. There is an end of excessive railway speculation. The railway share-market is now suffering from a reaction. To diminish speculation is not now the object for Parliament to strive at, but to mitigate the evil consequences of speculation which has already existed in excess, and to prevent as much of suffering as can be prevented from the railway mania of the last autumn. This appears to us to be the extent to which Parliament should interfere ; and to this extent, and fur this purpose, it deeply behoves Parliament to interfere promptly and with vigour. We have observed, with regret, in the progress of the Railway Committee, appointed at the instance of Sir ROBERT PEEL at the beginning of the session, a complete departure from the principles laid down so clearly and ably by Sir ROBERT PERI. in moving for its appointment. We cannot see on what principle the interference recommended by Mr. MORRISON is to be made—on what principle the rates are to be adjusted—except on the commercial principle; and by that principle the companies themselves would be guided, and that principle will not suffice for Mr. MORRISON'S ulterior object of diminishing the inducement to invest in railways. Interference on any other principle would be unjust and impolitic. All direct interference with rail way speculation, as with any other speculation, we repudiate. But there is a mode in which Parliament might earlier have guided railway speculation with advantage, and may yet materially smooth difficulties for those who have impro vidently embarked in the excessive speculation which has existed, and that is, the adoption of some principles of selec tion in dealing with the railway schemes which are brought forward. Notwithstanding Sir ROBERT PEEL'S emphatic warnings as to the amount of capital already authorised to be raised for railways in the next three years, and the immense addition which would be required for the schemes of the present year (allowing in all cases for only one out of any number of competing schemes being passed), the Railway Committee appears to have flown entirely in the teeth of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S recommendation, and Par liament is about to submit all the schemes which have come before it to separate Committees, as before, to be dealt with in separate groups, and without any comprehensive view takes. of the various degrees in which different dis tricts want railway accommodation, or comparison be tween one group and another. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S plan did not involve the rejection of any railways, but merely the postponement of many. When we consider the immense number of railway schemes now before Parliament, the im mense amount of capital which will be required, and the practice of requiring in the Act the completion of the rail ways within three, five, or at most seven years, no one will say that the simultaneous construction of such a large amount of railways can be viewed without apprehension. We look forward with interest to the discussion on Mr. Mon- BISON'S motion, principally to ascertain whether Sir ROBERT PEEL'S views have undergone any change, and whether the Government will abandon their desire to limit the annual expenditure on railways, in consequence of their having been left in the lurch by the Committee. We have never con templated any close or illiberal limitation of such expendi ture; but a large limitation of the expenditure at present proposed might be made, and the Government be on the safe side. The returns moved for by Sir ROBERT PEEL, and presented to the House of Commons on Monday, relative to British shipping, exports of manufactured goods, Customs' duties, silk and woollen manufactures, and revenue commercial sources, of which we gave an outline yesterday, form per haps the most important and matiefactory document ever laid before Parliament. They show how much trade was ham pered by the old prohibitive system, and point out, in the clearest language, the absurd principles of those statesmen who considered that revenue could be obtained only by im posing high Customs and Excise duties, and that protec tion was the only means of encouraging domestic manu factures. On looking at these tables, we find that a striking change began to take place shortly after the period when Mr. Hosxissox, after many vain attempts, and long conviction of their necessity, introduced only partially free-trade measures. Since then an in crease has taken place in almost every department, though the plan was still defective, and the Minister's views were not half adopted, but when brought into full play, when Sir ROBERT PEE. boldly ventured on the grand experiment, and gave the favourite principles of Husiossox a fair chance, the soundness of his views was confirmed by facts, and the very prelectionists themselves stood astonished to find all their dismal forebodings falsified. The shipping interest was among the loudest in its complaints. The Americans, they said, were ruining the British trade, and in a few short years the strength and glory of England would be gone, her seamen and her shipping would diminish to those of a third rate maritime power, and all this owing to the wild theories and visionary schemes of a man without practical knowledge. What has been the result? In 1820 the number of vessels belonging to the several ports in the British empire was 25,374, and the men and boys employed in navigating them amounted to 174,514. For several years these numbers con tinued to fall off, but when the changes had time to come into operation a great rise took place, and in 1844 the num bers had increased fully one-third, for the number of vessels had risen to 31,320, and the hands to 216,350. The tonnage during that period had been increased also to the extent of one million of tons. Foreign vessels carrying on trade with this country bad increased in still greater proportions. The number, for instance, of all vessels entering British har bours in 1832 was 14,627, and the tonnage 2,497,893, while, in 1845, they amounted respectively to 23,859, and 5,023,583, the tonnage thus being more than doubled. The exports from the United Kingdom had consequently increased in nearly an equal proportion. The real or de clared value of native produce and manufactures exported in 1827 was 36,860,3761., while in 1844, it had increased to the enormous amount of 58,584,2921. According to the protectionists, the silk trade was to be ruined by Husiussotes wild scheme, and the poor Spitalfields' wea vers for many years attributed all their sufferings to his evil genius. But the trade sprung up in other quarters where the baneful influence of monopoly had not alighted, and while, in 1826, two years after the partial alteration, the value of British silk goods exported wa.s 168,8011., in 1845 it had risen to 764,4244 or about 450 per cent. The impulse given to the woollen trade was equally remarkable. In 1824 the number of pounds imported both from the colo nies and foreign countries was 22,564,485, and the price of the best Soutbdown Is. 2d. the pound. In 1844, when the import duty was abolished,the price remained still at Is. 2d., and next year the price of domestic wool rose to 13.4 d., though not less than 76,828.1521b5. were imported. These are truths not to be disputed by any casuistry of the RICJIMONDS and BECKINGRAMS, and NEWCASTLES ; and if any two facts are more palpable than others in the range of human knowledge, these two are, that the price of cattle has increased (and is still increasing) since foreign cattle were admitted at next to a nominal duty, and that since the duty on foreign wool was abolished, British grown wool has ri-en in price. But th e net produce from the Customs and Ex cise paid into th e E xehequer is another feature of a most astonish , ng chara c t er . In 1832 the set produce, exclusive of the corn duties, was 32,178,8141. , and in 1845 it amounted to 33,415,4311., though th e tota l amount for the two departments remitted during that p eriod was 5,197,074/. These show, above a ll ot h er things , how in jurious protection, under the guise of prohibition and heavy duties, is to the well-being of the community; h ow i t robs the Exchequer, without benefiting any class; and how well founded are those liberal measures adopted by such a large majority of the Commons House of Parliament. Among the dropped motions which stood for discussion in the Commons on Thursday, is one of considerable interest and im portance for the press, and, we venture to think, not less in teresting and important to the public. Lord Iwartrraw is to call the attention of Parliament to the contents of a peti• tion which he has presented from the proprietor of the Wolverhampton Chronicle, complaining of his having been proceeded against for libel, having been cast in damages, and by costs and damages together having been put to an ex. pense of upwards of 3001., for printing in his newspaper an extract from minutes of the Committee of Council on Edu ce►tiou, published by authority, on the tubject of the Lich. • THE STY N, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1846. i field Grammar School. The account of this school, given by Mr. ALLEN, the Inspector of School, in the publication of the Committee of Council, was naturally published in a newspaper circulating in the locality. It turns out that this account contains unfounded allegations relative to the cha racter of the school Master. The schoolmaster brought ac tions both against the publisher of the minutes of the Com mittee of Council and against the publisher of the Wolver hampton Chronicle, whieh merely copied a statement published on official authority. The publisher of the newspaper twice tendered apology to the schoolmaster, and both tenders were refused. The action proceeded, and a verdict for 501. damages was obtained by the schoolmaster. But for Lord CAMPBELL'S recent amendment of the law of libel, by which a tender of apology is allowed to be given in evidence for miti gation of damages, the damages would have been higher. Now this state of things cannot be right. It is expedient that a Government should have the power of publishing the results of inquiries necessary to be known with a view to legislation ; and, on the other hand, that there should be the means of preventing an abuse of this Government power, in publishing statements with regard to individuals, either un true, or though true, not needing to be published. The best means of preventing libels may be by giving a right of action to individuals; but then this should be against the officials, who are responsible for the libels, not against other parties who, relying on official documents, merely copy them for the further instruction of the public, and the further diffusion of what it is the object of the Government to have as widely diffused as possible. The publisher of the Wolverhampton Chronicle was carrying out the ob;ects of the Government in giving further circulation to the statements with regard to the Lichfield School. It is manifestly unjust that he should now be made the scape-goat for official errors; and Parlia ment is bound to compensate him for the expense to which be has been subjected. We extract a few paragraphs from this petition, knowing that a question of a grievance of an individual. affording no room for party excitement, always comes before Parliament under great disadvantage In the month of April, 1844, your petitioner, in the exer cise of his profession, inserted in his newspaper a verbatim extract from the minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, purporting to be the result of official inquiry by the Rev. Mr. Allen, her Majesty's Inspector of Schools, and the unquestionable accuracy of which your petitioner sup posed to be testified by that report. The extract in question related to the Endowed Grammar School of the city of Lich field, in which your petitioner's newspaper has a considerable circulation, and imputed its deplorable condition (the school at that time having been completely closed, and without a single pupil, for about six years), to the harshness and ex treme severity of the master, the Reverend Cowper thwaite Smith ; and alleged that upon two separate occasions he had appeared to answer charges of improper punishment of two of his pupils before the magistrates of the city of Lichfield. Upon this statement, guaranteed by the above official authority, your petitioner placed the utmost reliance, and earnestly wishing the revival of the school in question, at which many distinguished scholars and eminent men had been educated, conceived it to be his duty to give a local circulation to the statement, contained in the report, and it consequently appeared - in your petitioner's newspaper. Your petitioner is of opinion that he cannot, in any degree what ever, be considered as participating in the writing of any libel, and is only responsible for having placed reliance on the statements contained in a public and official document, bearing on the face of it the high sanction of her Majesty's Privy Council, and the guarantee of the authorised investi gation of her Majesty's Inspector of Schools, for the truth of the particular facts alleged.' We have received Madrid journals of the sth instant, but they contain no news.- The Fund?continued much depressed. The Three per Cents. closed at 28% for cash, and 28 3 / 4 for the 28th inst., and the Five per Cents. at 21 for the 25th of April. The Paris papers continue to be chiefly occupied with the Polish insurrection, which, from all accounts, may now be considered at an end. Cracow was occupied by the Russians on the 3d of March, the Austrians, it is understood, entered on the 4th, and the Prussians on the 7th. The Prussian State Gazette announces these facts with some additional particulars : " General Comm, who on the Ist of March had opened communications with General DE FELDON, commanding the Prussian troops, had at the same time opened negotia tions with the insurgents, who were disposed to give up the town. Whilst the negotiations were going on, the Russian corps moved forward, and marched into the town without striking a blow. It will be recollected that the Russian frontier is but seven kilometres from Cracow, and that the town offers no means of defence. Besides, the young and able part of the population having left the town and gone into Gallicia, the only persons whe remained in Cracow were a few old men, besides women and children. Further than this we have no details relative to the occupation of the town by the Russians. The Russian corps consists of five battalions four squadrons, 600 Cossacks, and one battery of artillery. The Austrian corps is about the same force, and was to in vade Cracow on the 4th inst. Lastly, the Prussians, 3,000 strong, commanded by General ROHR, were expected to ar rive at Cracow on the 7th, which is about 80 kilometres distant from the Prussian frontier. Thus it will be seen Cracow is once more placed. under the protectorate of the three Powers, which by the treaty of Vienna guaranteed its independence. Cracow, the point where the insurgents first commenced their operation's, is about to cease to play the principal part in this heroic and disastrous attempt on the part of the Poles to recover their nationality. We have no accounts of what has taken place upon the right bank of the Vistula since the Ist of March. It is not yet known whether the remnant of the three insurgent corps succeeded in open ing a passage into the Carpathian mountains, for their return towards the Vistula was cut off by Generals COLLIN and Mnurourf, who had occupied all the passages of that river which border upon the territory of the Republic." The Universal Gazette confirms this intelligence in a letter dated Breslau, the sth inst. :—" Yesterday, not only the Austrians, but the Russians, also appeared on the fron tier with 5,000 men. They have entered Cracow without any resistance from the insurgents, between 500 and 600 of whom are said to haee surrendered. The Prussian corps also came over the frontier yesterday, and is expected to arrive in the course of . to-day." Sonic of the French Oppo sition papers assert that the insurrection is still spreading other places, but we have great doubts of the intelligence We place more confidence in a statement in the Siele re specting the sympathy expressed in Germany for the suffer ings of the Poles, and evidently hope that it will yet pro duce ,good results. Could public opinion only be awakened to the cruel treatment to' which this brave nation has been subject, even the three great rowers might be compelled to revise their decisions and grant redress. That journal says : " The sympathies of all Europe are awakened as ener getically and as warmly as in the year 1831 in favour of the Polish nation. Hereafter it will be impossible to suffer a state of affairs to exist which has produced such deplorable conse quences. Public opinion in Germany has declared itself with extraordinary unanimity on the subject. Everywhere, but particularly in Saxony and in Prussia, the most active demonstrations have been made in favour of Poland. The Silesian journals state that every class of society is animated by a similar feeling, and anti-Russian demonstration was never so strong. Europe cannot neglect such a warning ; the cause of Poland is that of justice, and can never be effaced. There is but one mode of re-establishing the balance of power in Europe, fatally destroyed by the sacrifice of Po land, and that is, to sqinit the stipulations of the treaty of Vienna to an equitable revision. The sword of revolutions will one day resolve the difficulties which have been neglected by pacific negotiations." The French Deputies who had met on Monday with a view to render every assistance to the cause have published the following appeal to . France "The efforts making by Poland to regain her nationality, the claims to which are so solemnly inscribed in treaties, claims which the Legislative Chambers of France recal each year to the attention of Europe by unanimous votes; the heroic courage displayed by the people of Poland, who brave death in the most sacred of causes; the sad reflection that new martyrs are at this moment sealing with their blood their faith in the power of right—these circumstances have produced a profound emotion in France. All parties, forget ting their divisions, concur in the sympathy which is shown in all quarters, and the undersigned, feeling the necessity of taking part in the manifestation, have opened the follow. ing subscription." The subscription, up, to Tuesday evening, amounted only to 6,000 f. (240/.), but the appeal had produced a striking sensation, and it is expected that considerable sums will yet be raised, if not to aid the insurrection, at least to relieve those who have sufered .in the attempt. We quote from the papers indiscriminateiy the follow ing remarks on the subject, in which most peisous will cordially concur : COMITITUTIONNEL.—" We hope that every one in the Chamber, without distinction of party, will join in this demonstration. The news from Poland, unfortunately, ap pears unfavourable enough to lead to the belief that there will soon be wounded mien and fugitives to succour. A common sentiment of humanity, united with the remem brance of the vote liaised each year in favour of Polish nationality, will determine. the whole Chamber to give Po land this mark of sympathy. We see with pleasure that all opinions are represented in the committee just formed. The emstitutionnel subscribes one'thousand francs." NATIONAL.—" This striking manifestation will spread through Europe ! It will speak to nations as to govern meats ! Both one and the other will perceive that opinions are unanimous in France when the question is Poland I that its rights are sacred, and its nationality always alive . : tt d o o r w t unr,e butit, t b h u ; t s n e e n y t e i m r destroy h c t and put h Th a e t f in o s r u c r e r ec may tio n o m p p a r y e s b s e it has given birth to, and the hopes that it has aroused, will not be effaced I Efforts will be vain—violence powerless-- its duration even will change nothing in the eternal truth of right, and the oppressors will never succeed in establishing an unjust authority, of which an heroic persistance has so often interrupted tbs course.". Tiii Eroqtris (Government paper).—" We are disposed to admit the profound and universal sympathy which Poland is worthy to inspire. Althopgh it may be affirmed that the mat fallen to the lot of Austria, and the part possessed by Prinsia, are in general very paternally governed, we declare that this reason sloes not suffice to cause national tradi tion and the sacred rights of country to be forgotten. If ever we became, by the fate of war, English or Prussian snbjec;s, there is no paternal government in the world which c(anld silence in Our hearts the veice of France. But all that sloes not excuse the truly deplorable ex aggerations which we read in the journals for some days b ac k ; an d, a b ove a ll , t h at d oes not prove that it is necessary, as one of them imperati ve ly d eman d s , t o sen d iminediatel 3 50,000 men to the frontier of the Rhine, as many to the frontier of Italy, and a fleet into the Black Sea. All that appears to us exceedingly hasty and puerile. In all things, as common sense suggests, the end ought to be con sidered. It is not sufficientto revolt for the holiest of causes. It must further be examined if the insurrection will be useful or fatal. It will be use f u l if i t is sufficiently well combined to succeed ; it will be fatal if it Tails, and if it has no other result than to take off from the cau se , b y arms er by punishment, the most energetic of its supporiers. W e f ear much that this is the case with the Polish insurrection." THE. FRANCE.—" We frankly admit all our repugnance for gratuitous and useless manifestations which have no other effect than to embitter both parties and nations more and more against each other. However, on this occasion, we are willing to acknowledge that a motive of humanity has specially pre sided at the meeting of the Honourable Members. This idea we greet with joy, and we should be happy to see it shared by the greater part of the European courts. Great interests are involved in the Polish question, they are the interests of a people whom the ardent thirst of a nationality, always uncertain, always combated for, unceasingly urges towards sanguinary abysses. 111-advised, by false or imprudent friends ' drawn by them into the path of insu rrec ti on , th e y have been marching fur a number of years over the dead bodies of their countrymen, to find in Europe a place which their anterior divisions had long taken from them. But let a spirit of conciliation once succeed to revolutionary blind ness; let an idea of humanity and compassion animate the nations of Europe, in favour of the unfortunate Poles; let France in particular, no longer seeing in them, but men in Misfortune and co-religionists, take an interest in the:r fate by a pacific and humane initiative, and we shall be the first to encourage manifestations of such sentiments." The Duke d'Aumale left Paris on Wednesday morning for Africa. The King, Queen, the Duchess d'Aumale, and the other members of the Royal Family assembled at seven o'clock in the Salle de la Seine, to take leave of the young Prince, who departed at eight. He is accompanied by two aides-de-camp, M. Jammiu and M. d'Hautpoul, and two officers of ordnance, M. Pttjol and M. Drubet. General Jacqueminot, Commander-in Chief of the Na tional Guard of the Seine, is now so ill that serious appre hensions are entertained as to the result. The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia arrived at Rome on the 26th ult. from Civita Vecchia. The French Funds improved considerably on Wednesday. The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 85c. ; the Five per Ceuta., 119 f. 60c. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,3051.; Rotten, 1,042 f. 50c. ; Havre, 744 f. ; Great Northern, 7821. 50e. ; Avignon, 985 f. ; Vierzeu, 750 f.; Bordeaux, 6701. ; Boulogne, 5201. ; Troyes and Montereau, 4501. ; Basle. 242 f. 40c. ; Fampoux, 465 f.; Dieppe, 470 f.; Paris and Stras burg, 5411. 25e. ; Tours and Nantes, 5731. 75c.; Paris and Lyons, definitive, 620 f. 30c. ; Spanish Actives, 35 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38. The following are the quotations for other lines:— Lyons and Avignon Railroad (Talabot) 512 f. 50c. ; ditto (Lecolate), 505 f. 50e. ; ditto (Coinpagnie Meridiemlo), 503 f. ; Bordeaux and Cetto (Mackenzie), .502 f. 50c. ; ditto (Espeleta), 5090 ; Dijon and Mulhouse!' (O'Neill), Definitive, 565 f. ; Charleroy, 496 f. BUSINESS DONR IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DlAzett 12. Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie), 2—Central of Spain, - •llutch Rhenish, 5% —East Indian, % —Great Northern of France Constituted, 15 3 4—Great Western Canada, 3%—Louvain and Je mappe, 1 —Luxembourg, 1 3 4—Namur and Liege, 2%—Sambre and Meuse, 4 1 A —Tours and Nantes Constituted, 7 1 4—West Flan ders, 3%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS (From Th. Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales. Orleans W 23 V 2 d. per lb. dearer for fair to good quality. Other descriptions were steady. Shares were more active, and at higher rates in some instances. A considerable degree of satisfaction has been expressed in mercantile circles at the confirmation of the intelligence before received of so many important reductions being pro posed in the tariff of the United States. By commercial legislation of this nature more will be done to prevent war than by any other course. The letters received by business men in New York show bow highly pleased they were at the intelligence of the intentions of Sir Robert Peel. An improvement has taken place of about three per cent. in the Funds this morning, principally owing to the favour able character of the American advices. The Government broiers bought Consols for money, and the prices were soon raised from 951 to 96i. Consols for the Account left off yes terday at 95%. Just now there have been purchases effected as high as 96%.. The premium upun Exchequer-bills re mains at 345. to 375. premium. A bargain was made in the New South Sea Annuities at 95%, being an improvement of per cent, upon yesterday's value. There has not been any business of importance done in the Foreign Stocks to-day. The fluctuations have been as fol lows:—in the Mexican Five per Cents. for the Account from 31t, to 314 ; in the Spanish Three per Cents. for Ac count from 35% to 36; in the Venezuelan from 43 3 % to 44%; and in the Grenada Deferred from 4 3 4 to 4%. The Share Market has an appearance of more firmness this morning The last quoted values are annexed. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 95% 96!4 96 96 1 ,4 96% South Sea Stock .. BRITISH FUNDS. . .. .. .. Ditto, New Annuities .. .. .. 95% 95 Consols for Account .. .. .. .. 964% 96 Exchequer Bills. 13f d. 13id. 1,0001... .. .... 34 37 —-- pm. 37 5001... .. .... 34 37 pm. 37 Ditto. Small .... 34 37 pna. 37 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. FOREIGN rUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. Ditto, for the Account Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. Ditto, Deterred, 3 per Cent .. Equador Bonds .. Grenada, 1 par Cent .. 2134 Ditto, Deferred • • .. • • • 4U % Mexican Bonds, 1837, 4 per Cent .. Ditto, for the. Account 31%34 34 Ditto, Deferred — Portuguese .. Four per Cents .. Ditto, tor the Account .. .. Spanish blonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. • • Ditt., Three per Cent .. Ditto, for tke Account .. 35% 36 Venezuela llonds, 2 per Cent .. 433 i 4434 . Ditto, Deferred .. .. • • 13 34 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Twa-and-a•Half per Cent .. Ditto, fur the Account .. BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DON EAT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush 1%.... % .......... 34 Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 .. .. 125 •• .. 125 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... -- .. Bristol and Exeter .. .. .. 70 .... - ........ . 8234 Buckinghamshire .. .. .. .. 425. .... %,% dots- .. .. % dis Caledonian .. .. .. .. .. 10 .... 11%% %. . ll% Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 2%.... 2% % ........ 2% Ditto, Extension .. .. .. 2%.... 134 • • ........ 1 34 Chester and Holyhead .. .. .. 20 .... 204 .• • • .... • • 204 Cork and Waterford .. .. .. I% .... % .......... 1 34 Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2%.... - •• • • ...... Direct Northern .. .. .. .. 234 .... 2% .• • • ...... 2 Eastern Cotuities .. .. 141. ICs. .... 20% 21 .... - 21 22.1% •.•. I'. 2 3,4 %•••• • • • • Ditto New .. .. .. 81. 16s. .... 6 p ..... ....• 5% p Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. :No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. 34 % p .. 34 p Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. 4 p........ % p Ditto, York Extension .. .. 105..... 1% • • 1% East and West of England .. • • 1 % •• • • % .. Edinburgh and Glasgow .. • • 50 ••• • - ••••• • • • .. Ditto % Shares .. .. .. • • 5 •• • . 1334 ...... ~ , , Goole, Doneast., and ibeffield, he. 425..... % % p ...... Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% •• • • 1........... Great Eastern and Western .. 2% .... %.•,,_ , , ~ Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 13 .... __. .......... Ditto, Extension -.. • • • • IA •• • • 17% ~ , .. Great North of England • • • 100 ••• • - ...... ~ ~ Ditto, New . • Ditto, New .. .. • • • • • 1%•••• 14%4 lb .... Great Western .. • • • • • • D D l i t tf t i o ) . l Q lt u tl ar f i te h r ar s e t s ,ares .• Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • 35 • • •• • - • .... . Ditto New .. .. • . • • • • 5 •• • • 9% 4 10 ..., ki dis Leicester Liverpool and .ud L li e e e d d fo s r D d ir .. c . t ........ London an .I Birmingham •• • •100 .. •• 220 213% Ditto Thirds .. • • • • • • . 16 •• • • 50 % •••• • • • • London - Mid Brighton .. • • •• . 0 ••• . 64 ... ..... London and Croydon .• • • 13/. 15s. 9d. 22 217,, ....., London and South-Western.. 411. 6s. 10,1. 76% ~ ~ 12 1 '. 22 Ditto, New . • • • • •• l ' - '' ' ' .. London and York .. • • .. .. 2% •• • . 3% ...... .... London and Windsor .. • . • • 1 %. •• • - .......... Manchester and Leeds .• • • • • 82 •• • • •- .... ...... Ditto, Hull Shares ............60 ..., ~ .... .. .. „ 425. -.. 3% % p . Ditto, Quarters • • • • • Dltto,fifths .. . • • • •• ' •• • • • • ; ; 'Li 55: ... 1 . ... ... 183641 8133. :• : ... ..•• : :• r . 7 . 11, ti : D nn i ce t t hh o el l l l tt ee x c t , e a l iisdi Buxton, o s n o ut i ,ulB, i pmt oa nt i 4, .. k. 422. . .. : : : 21 il %2 . p. .. : .. : : : •-•• • ' . Midland .. .. .. .. .. ..1 00 ....144 145........ Ditto, New .. 18 ... 30% 31 .. Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 108 .• ..115 ......... Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... 43% 44 t 4 .... Ditto, New .. .. •• •• 1 •• •• 9 4 •• •• .. North Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 • .... 19 2(1 ........ Newark, Sheffield, and Boston • • 2% •• .. 14 .......... r l i lt i t s l i f i Shares ••• •:::: :: 260 :: : : . - 9 . % :: : - Ditto,9 l % 2) p• ::: 32% 1' 2 % Ditto, Carlisle Extension • • 1 4••.. 24%........ 2 % Ditto, Dalkeith .. .• • • 25 •• • • --• ••• • • .... 31 North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2%.••• 2%.......... 2% StaffordshireKNoonrivhiehanynratdon . , ... .... .... 4 1 2 s : s. : :: 2 3 3 % 2 4 :. . Ditto. New .. .. • • • • 5 "• ' - ••••• • • • • . 7% Nortlimptomltanbury,&Chelthat. 2 .... 1% ~ ........ 1% Oxiil.,Worcester, & Wolverlimptu. 123! .... 12% % % ...... 1234 Preston and Wyre • • • • •• 25 ••• • - ••••• • • • • 34 Richmond .. .. . • • • • • Itughy and Huntingdon .• .. 2 .• .. 1 . ... 1 Scottish Central .. .. . • • 7% ••• • - ...... .... .- Ditto New .• .. • • • • •• 2 .. . • 8 •••••• • • • • 8 Shrewsbury and Birmingham • • 2 % •• • • - • • ........ 2% Shropshire Union .. .. .. .. 421..... % die........ AL dm. South Midland .. .. .. .. 42 5..... 1 % % p , ..... f% p South and Midlands Junction .. 42 5. •• • • 1 dis .. „„ ~ 1 dis South Eastern and Dover .. • • 33 % •• • • 38 54 ••• • • ..... 361 A elo., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 234 •... 2% ~ „ „ .. 2 , South Wales .. .. • • • • • • 5 .... 4% 4........ 4 ' Swans. & Loughor & Cameron's .• 2 •• • • 2% •• •••• • • • • 234 Vale of Neath .. .. • • • • 2 ••• • - ••• • • ..... 2% West Riding Union .. .. .. 4 25 . •• • • 31,4 2% P••• • • 2% p. Yarmouth and Norwich .. .. 20 ••• • - ••••• • • • • • 24 34 York aud Carlisle .. .. York and Lancaster .. .. • • 2 %. •• • - ••••• • • • • • 14 York aid North Midland. .. • • 50 •• • • Ditto, Selby .. .. .. .. 30 .... 73 .......... Ditto. Extension .. .. .. 15 .. • • 3134 ...... •• Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.•- 1 •• • • 9% ‘ II/ ...... FOREIGN RAILWAYS. lioulog•no and Amiens .. .. .. 10 .... 1031 ford., Tout., & Cette Olackeinsie) 2 .... 2 Dutch Rhenish .. .. .. .. 5 .... 6% East Indian .. . art. North. of France Constituted 5 .... 164 16 ...... Great Indian Peninsular .. .. Is. ...• % •• • . Great Western Canada .. .. 34.... 3% 4 334 Jamaica South Midland Junction 1 .... - ••••• • • • • • Louvain and Jemeppe .. .. 4 .. . I % ... •.•• • • • Luxembourg • • • • • • .. 4 .... 1% . ...... .• - Orleans and Vleraeu .. .. .. 10 .... 193¢ .. Orleans and Bordeaux .. .. 6 .... 1234 •••• • • • • Rouen and Havre . .. .. .. 20 .... - •• • • Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 .... 734 •••• • • • • West Flanders PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London' and Westminster .. 20 .. .. 27 id •• • . 26 1 ,4 ad Union of •Lonilon ...... 11 MINES. Beal del Monte, ITureglstered —3% •• • • • • •' ' 3% United Mexican 281.25.8%d.. 4 •••• • • " " COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam .. .... C.F. 12 9% Gibraltar.. Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 5% Leghorn .... •• • • • ' • 3° 75 Sotterdam • .... •.2 U. • 12 10 Genoa .. ••••••• • • • " • • 26 10 Antwerp 26 15 Milan .. ••••••• • • • • • ' • Hamburg!' M.B. 13 14% Venice.... ••••• • • • • " Alton*" ..... — Naples • • • • • " " • • 33 Paris, 3 days' sight .... 25 75 Palermo, per oz.. Ditto, 3 months.. 26 Marseilles Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine.... 122% Bahia ••• • • .... ' • Petersburgh, 3 Us.. .. .• Buenos Ayres ........ Berlin .• .. ...... .. • ... New York, 21 days' sight Vienna, etfee. do .. • • 10 10% Philadelphia .. •••• • - • • Trieste, ditt0.......... 10 10L raicze or BULLION, PER OZ, Madrid ••..••.• • • • • .. 36 Foreign Gold in bars...£3 17 9 Cadiz • • •.. : ........ 36 Portugal Gold Cuin 3 17 5 Bilbao.. •• • ...... . Baritelona .• ...... New boubloonts 0 0 0 New Dollars • • 0 4 9% Seville ........ .... .. ,iilver In bars ........ 0 4 11 The expected rupture with America does not prevent the flow of emigration to the United States. The American liners during the last month carried out upwards of 400 emigrants from London to New York. On Thursday afternoon, at high water, the New York packet-ship Gladiator, of 700 tons burthen, was hauled out of the St. Katharine's Dock, with 140 passengers on board, con sisting chiefly of agriculturists from Suffolk and Norfolk, who Intend to settle in the far west. The Gladiator has also taken out a very fair cargo of British manufactured goods. ARMY Fort INDIA.--EXETER, MARCH 10.—Yester day, thirty privates, a corporal, and a sergeant, volunteered from the First Dragoon Guards, now stationed at Exeter, into the 10th Hus sars, now under orders for India.—Penrance Gazette. MAIL CART ACCIDENT.—On Thursday afternoon, be gutwaerend, fivea as pr n oc d e s e ix di o n ' g clo t c o k cart, which was heavily l a d en. On arriving oppos ite St. Giles's , t t h l e ie G m en ai e l r c a a l rt po d s r t i: o •e in r, e a c e , c d o ri m v p i t a , n , ed by the church, and passing ov er th e wooden pavement, the horse t f h e e ll, m an a d il the driver and guard were thrown out, and the letter -bags were strewn over the street. Assistance was immediately rendered, and the guard and driver were conveyed to Mr. Fitzpatrick, a surgeon, in t High-street. The guard was severely lajured. The mail bags were `forwarded in cabs to the Yost-oflice. The horse, on being got up, suddenly dashed on to the foot pavement, through the crowd, knock ing tittle or ten persons down, several of whom were injured. AMERICAN NEWS. LI VERPOO r,, TIT URCDAY, The packet-ship Rochester, Captain Britton, has arrived from New York, bringing na intelligence to the very late date of the evening of the 21st. By the Rochester we have news of the effect produced in America by the outward arrival of the steamer Cambria. Her arrival was looked for with much anxiety ; vessels had been chartered by the New York newspapers to cruise for vessels from Europe, and at the time of the Cambria reach ing no news from England had been received for thirty-one days, and her advices extended over that unusually long period of time. In order to convey an idea of the interest excited for this vessel's arrival, we may mention that the New York papers had expresses from Halifax to New York at an expense of three thousand dollars. It was the first attempt ever made to run the news overland from this the first port at which the steamer touches. The Cambria did not beat the expresses, and was prevented being the herald into Boston of the intelligence she had conveyed across the Atlantic. Instantly on the Cambria's dispatches being landed at Boston, expresses were dispatched in all directions, and it will scarcely be credited in England that the news from England was conveyed from Boston to New York, a distance of 250 nines, in seven hours twenty five minutes. Our news by the Rochester is of great interest, as convey ing the feelings of the American nation on the great measure of free-trade proposed by Sir Robert Peel, full details of which were taken out by the Cambria. All the papers hail it as the greatest blessing, and more especially as tending to force on a peaceful settlement of the Oregon question. War seems to be scouted as a thing not to be dreamt of, and Mr. Presi dent Polk and his crew are regularly pitched overboard in the joyous outburst of feeling consequent on such an early prospect of commercial union between the two countries. The Cambria's news reached New York on the morning of the 19th, and was printed in extenso by the papers of that day. From the tenor of our private advices it would seem as though the New Yorkers looked on Mr. Polk and his war talk as mere secondary considerations, and as if they were determined to take the settlement of Oregon and other differences into their own hands. Everything was lost sight of in Sir Robert Peel's free-trade measure. On the arrival at New York of the Cambria's dispatches, the New York Express. in giving vent to its satisfaction and delight, thus opened the ball:— " The news from Europe received by the steamer is hailed by all classes as most pacific and favourable. The expres sion of the Queen in her Speech in Parliament, and Sir R. Peel's remarks in the House are so decidedly friendly, that all possibility of war from the other side is at an end. All the belligerent spirit is manifested here, and none by Great Britain. " The news had an instant effect to carry up stock, and to give life and animation to everything. All was congra tulation that the tone is so different in England from what we receive from Washington. " It is believed by all that this intelligence will have a de cided influence in Congress, and that the measures that will be adopted in the Senate will be of a character to meet the feeling manifested in Great Britain." The Commercial Adcertiser thus instantly recorded its opinion :7 " We have only room to say that, as a whole and in all its parts, we look upon Sir Robert Peel's measure as one of the grandest and boldest ever submitted to a legislature. It is in effect a complete abandonment of the policy which has governed England for centuries—the adoption of a new sys tem, and we b:lieve there would be no hazard in prophesying that it opens before England a new career of prosperity and greatness, more splendid even than that in which she has marched at any phase of her national existence. But what is of more interest to us and to the world, it commits Eng land—binds her down—to the cultivation and study of peace, while it strengthens the motives of interest that incline other nations to the maintenance of peace with her." The New York Herald notices the Cambria's news as follows : " The advises from Europe received by the Cambria are of more importance to this country than any received at any time within the past 20 years. Their commercial import ance must be acknowledged by every interest in the country. The agricultural classes will be particularly benefited by the reductions in the tariff proposed by Sir Robert Peel. The corngrowers and provision dealers of the west, the ricegrowers of South Carolina, the wooden clock manufacturers of Con necticut, and, in fact, all parties, will be benefited by the re duction of the duties proposed by Sir Robert Peel. " The proposed changes in the tariff of Great Britain, the proposed reduction in the duties heretofore levied upon many of the staple products of this country, and the proposed modification in the tariff of the United States, reducing it to a strict revenue standard, will, if adopted, draw the two countries much nearer together in the bonds of commerce, and, therefore, make an irruption more ruinous to both than it otherwise would. The more unrestricted the commercial intercourse of any two nations, the more interested each is in the preservation of peaceful relations, and the cultivation of those things so necessary in maintaining friendly feelings. The commercial and manufacturing interests of the two countries—United States and Great Britain—are now so in timately blended, and so deeply involved with each other, that it is almost a guarantee that no hostilities, or no inter , ruption in any shape of the present peace, can take place. War between two such nations is almost out of the question. When we take into consideration how much it requires to draw two such nations into a rupture, the idea of our ever reaching such a point cannot for a moment be entertained." Regarding the Oregon question, nothing decisive has taken place in Congress. The debate in the Senate was still going; on, and the steamer will no doubt bring us the result. The speeches are all of the same character, and it is perfectly useless to refer to them. The Cambria's news had reached Washington just as our last express was being dispatclhd. It had given the liveliest satisfaction. A correspondent says, " Peel's glorious measure will carry all before him here. POlk and war must go to the wall." The Cambria's news reached Washington on the 20th, and is thus noticed in a letter dispatched by express:-- " The pacific character Of the news has set our stockmen wild, and the anticipated abrogation of the corn-laws, sad the adoption in the mercantile world of th e pr i nc i p l es of free trade, has created immenee excitement. It is a good omen fur the friends of true freedom throughout the world." A grand dinner was given at Washington on the 17th ult., by the American engineers composing the surveying party running the line of the north-eastern boundary, to the gen tlemen engaged on the English side of the survey. There were between 30 and 40 persons present, including Daniel Webster, who negotiated the treaty, the present Secretary of State, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of War, Secretary of the Treasury, the British 'Minister, the American and bri tish Commissioners to run the line, and several other persons of distinction. Our latest accounts of Congressional proceedings st Wash ington are communicated in the following letter of the 19th ult. : "The Whig senators, so far, have left the Oregon question entirely in the hands of the administration senators. The President and his friends expect no new movements until the arrival of the next steamer. The debate will go slowly on in the meantime, at the rate of a speech a day, or one in two days. Mr. Dix opened the question of title to day, and based the American claim almost exclusively upon the Spanish title. A great many men, who are investigating this subject here for the first time, fall back upon the same ground of claim, though with a very different conclusion. The more the subject is investigated the stronger will be come the testimony that Great Britain not only never ad mitted this Spanish title, but that Spain yielded her title to exclusive possession, occupancy, settlement, trade, or ex clusive right of any sort. The more, therefore, we fall back upon this Spanish title, the more we weaken our exclusive claims to the whole cf Oregon. Mr. Adams so reasoned in his speech, and both Mr. Gellatin and Mr. Rives have shown in their recent letters upon this subject. Sober minded' men all over the city continue to remark that this Oregon question will be settled upon the 49th degree of north latitude. No one pretends to see, or to say, exactly how this will be done, but almost everybody jumps to the conclusion that between us and England there can be no war, and that as the 49th degree of north latitude is the basis of a proper compromise, it will be so settled. If this be public opinion, as it seems to be, the Executive will have to abide by it." Colonel Benton was one of the speakers who addressed the Senate on the Oregon question. He was for the notice, but thus treated it : "The notice was not only a peaceful measure, but the first step in an indispensable series of measures for preserving peace. The present he regarded as a most auspicious period for settling the matter. The two Governments were at peace, and good understanding prevailed between them. No collision had yet occurred between the parties in pos session—no blood had been shed—no point of honour was involved, and nothing had been done to arouse angry feeling. He should vote for the notice as an amicable measure, for such he regarded it, but come what come may, he should vote for it." It would appear that ere long the Atlantic Ocean will be traversed by steamers so as to make the communication at the least weekly. A contract has been entered into by the Government of the United States with the Ocean Steam Navigation Company, chartered iu New York, for the esta blishment of a line of steam ships, to run between New York and Europe. A vessel is to take her departure twice in each month, fur Cowes and Bremen. The Govern ment is to pay 400,000 dols. per annum for the conveyance of the mail, &c. The vessels are to be of not less than 1,400 tons burden, and they are to make their voyages with speed not less than that of the British and North American line. The arrangements for building are in active pro gress , and it is expected that the first will be ready to start on the Ist ofJanuary, 1847. The American papers record a sad list of shipwrecks on the American coast ; upwards of one hundred lives were lest. The steamer Calabria will most probably reach Livarpoo, to -morrow. COMMERCIAL NEWS. New YORK, Fern. 21. The news by the Cambria has given the greatest delight. Stocks are all rising; every • thing looks well for business, and as to war, we may now defy Mr. Polk and his party. Cotton—The newspaper advises per Cambria were re ceived early on Thursday, which stopped transactions until the extras were issued. During the day sonic 1,500 bales were sold, generally at- previous prices, although one parcel was said to have been sold at rather lower rates. There was nothing of moment done yesterday, the letters not being considered so favourable as the printed accounts. We make no change in our quotations. The sales of the week amount to 6,150 bales, as follows Upland and Fl or id a Texas, Mobile, and . New Orleans. 4,600 bales. 1,550 bales. Inferior Ord. to good ord 6 a 64 ei a 64 Mid. to good mid. 6g a 7 a 4 Middling fair to fair 74 a 76 7 A 8 a Fully lair to good fair 76 a 8} 84 a 94 Fine Flour—The principal sales are for the City use, at 5 dols. 62 1 / 2 c. for Genessee, with a light demand. Yesterday, after the arrival of the steamer, 1,000 bls. Genessee, good brands were sold at about 5 dole. 56 'Ac., and 500 brls. at 5 dole. 50c., both for export ; 200 brls. New Orleans, of good quality, brought 5 dols. 25c. ; 500 brls. Michigan 5 dole. 50c. In Southern the sales are at a decline, for Balthnore, of which about 1,600 brie. have changed hands at 5 dols. 12 1 ,4 c.; Georgetown is held at 5 dols. 37!6c., 150 brie. Brandywine brought 3 dols. 62 1 ,4 c. ; cornmeal is dull at 3 dols. 50c. or 3 dole. 75c. per brl. Rye flour, 4 dols. a 4 dols. 12 1 ac.. Fruit-2,000 drums Turkey figs have been taken on pH • vats terms; 1,000 boxes bunch raisins, 2 dole. ; 50 bales Marseilles soft-shelled almonds, 11c. ; Mantauzas oranges, in lots from the vessels, at 5 dole. a 6 50; Sicily walnuts, 6 1 4 a t34c. 15 cases Genoa citron 16 1 / t c. 6 inns.; 1,800 boxes Palermo oranges sold under warden's inspection at 1 dol. 626 a 1 81 1 / 2 , and 150 boxes lemons at 2 dots. 126 cash. Grain—The operations in wheat are to a very limited ex • tent. The sales of the week consist of 4,000 bushels Genes see and 3,000 do. inferior Illinois, both on private terms; 800 bushels inferior southern at 874 e. 1,000 bushels barley brought 62c. a 63e. for malting. Northern rye is in better demand, and sales have been made at 80c. a 82c. The sup plies of corn are not heavy, and prices are rather better; sales of 9,000 bushels southern at 64c. ; 2,000 do. do. 66c. ; 9,500 bushels Jersey white and yellow at 68c. Oats are dull at 45c. a 46c. for northern; 2,500 bushels southern bold at 17c. Provisions—The market is still very quiet. No trannetions of any note have taken place; what there has been done has been taken for immediate consumption. Beef still remains at our last week's quotation, say—for mess, 8 dols. 2itc. to 8 dols 50c.; prime, 5 dole, to 5 dole. 25c. In pork, little or nothing doing; mess may be quoted at 12 dole. 25c. to 12 dole. 50c. ; prime, 10 dole. to 10 dole. 25c. Freights—We have no material alteration to notice in rates. The amount offering to the different European ports is limited. To Liverpool-Cotton, 1-4 d. to 5-16 d. ; wool, ; seeds, per tierce, ss. to 65.1 beef (3041b5.), 6s. 6d. ; beef and pork, per barrel, 4s. ; flour, 2s. ; turpentine, 2s. 9d. to Ss. ; leather, per lb., id. ; heavy goods, per ton, 255. to 27e. Bd. ; grain, per bushel, Bd. To London-Tobacco, per hhd., 40s. to 41s. ; flour, per barrel, 3s. 6d. ; naval stores, 3s. 6d. to 4s. ; measurement goods, per ton, 30s. to 40s. ; heavy goods, 40s. ; oil, 40s. ; cheese, 40s. ; seeds, per tierce, 10s. to 12s. 6d. ; beef(3o4 lbs. to 336 lbs.), Bs. Exchange on England, 108 c. to 1081 c. NEW ZEALAND. The West of England Conservatzve of Wednesday contains the following extract of a letter from her Majesty's ship North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart., dated from the river "Kni Kni, Bay of Islands, New Zealand, Oct. 6, 1545 "We have not lifted our anchor for ten weeks. Thank goodness we are still as happy and comfortable as a ship can possibly be made, and likely to remain so. We are on the eve of a bad peace; the Governor is negotiating with the disaffected just at a moment that strong reinforcements have arrived, and now that we are in a position to give them a sound drubbing our hands are tied behind our backs. It puzzles me how they will convince the people of England that such a humiliating alternative was wise. I don't know who takes the merit of planning the terms, but here they are. I have them privately; they are not yet promulgated. " CONDITIONS ON WHICH THE GOVERNOR WILL CONSENT TO A GENERAL PEACE. " ' 1. The treaty of Waitangi to be binding. " ' 2. The British colours to be sacred. " ' 3. All plunder now in possession of natives to be forth with restored. ." 4. The following places to be given up to the Queen, and to remain unoccupied by any one until the decision of her Majesty be signified :—Ports of Mare, Ohaiwar, Taiaonia, Wangai, Kofow, Kaipatitu, and Wailcau. " 5. Hostilities to cease entirely between all chiefs and tribes now in arms with or against the Government. (Signed) " ' R. FITZROY, Governor.' REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS. The following is the text of the great measure which is destined to have so important an influence upon both the agricultural and manufacturing interests of England : A BILL TO AMEND THE LAWS RELATING TO THE IM- PORTATION OF CORM Whereas an Act was passed in the session of Parliament held in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act to amend the Laws for the Im portation of Corn." And whereas it is expedient that the duties now payable upon the importation and entry for home consumption in the United Kingdom and in the Isle of Man respectively, of corn, grain, meal, and flour, should be altered, and that the Act hereinbefore recited should be amended as hereinafter is expressed; Be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords, spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present Par. liament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the passing of this Act, in lieu of the duties now payable upon the entry for home consump tion in the United Kingdom, and upon the importation into the Isle of Man of corn, grain, meal, and flour, there shall be levied and paid unto her Majesty, her heirs and succes sors, on all corn, grain, meal, and flour, already or hereafter to be imported into the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man from parts beyond the seas, and entered for home consump tion after the passing of this Act, the duties set forth in the schedule to this Act annexed, until the Ist day of February, which will be in the year of our Lord 1849, and on, from, and after the said Ist day of February, 1849, the following duties, viz.:— Upon all wheat, barley, beer or bigg, oats, rye, pease, and beans, for every quarter, Is., and so in proportion fur a less quantity. Upon all wheat meal and flour, barley mea!, oat meal, rye meal, and flour, pea meal and bean meal—for every cwt. 40., and so in proportion for a less quantity. And be it enacted, that the several duties hereby imposed and leviable in the United Kingdom, shall be levied, col lected, paid, and applied in such and the same manner in all respects as that in which the duties imposed by an Act passed in the session of Parliament, held in the eighth and ninth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled, " An Act for granting Duties of Customs,"are directed to be levied, collected, paid, and applied. Acd be it enacted, that the several duties hereby imposed and leviable in the Isle of Man shall be levied, collected, paid, and applied in such and the same manner, in all respects, as that in which the duties imposed by an Act passed in the session of Parliament, held in the eighth and ninth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for Regulating the Trade with the Isle of Man," are directed to be levied, collected, paid, and applied. And be it enacted, that the average prices, both weekly and aggregate, of all British corn, shall continue to be made up, computed, and published, and the certificates of the aggregate average prices shall continue to be transmitted at the times and in the manner required by the said herein before-recited Act for amending the laws for the importation of corn; and the rate and amount of the duties set forth in the schedule to this Act shall be regulated and governed, according to the. scale in the said schedule contained, by the aggregate average prices so to be made up, computed, pub lished, and transmitted, in the same manner as the rate and amount of the duties imposed by the said hereinbefore-re cited Act are by that Act directed to be regulated and governed; and at each of the several ports in the United Kingdom and in the Isle of Man, the aggregate average the certificate of which shall have been last received previously to the passing of this Act by the collector or other chief officer of Customs at such port as by the said herein- before-recited Act is directed, shall be taken to be the aggre gate average price by which the duties hereby imposed shall be governed and regulated at such port, until the certificate of some other aggregate average price shall have been re ceived by the collector or other chief officer of Customs at such port. And be it enacted, that so much of the said Act herein before recited as prohibits the importation into the United Kingdom for consumption there of any corn ground, shall be repealed. . . _ . And be it enacted, that this let may be amended or re. pealed by any Act to be passed in the present session of Par• liament. SCHEDULE TO WIIICM TKIS ACT REFERS. If imported froM any foreign country, Wheat.—Whenever the average price of wheat, made up and published in the manner required by law, shall be, for every quarter a. d. under 485., the duty shall be, for every quarter 10 0 48c. and under .19s. 9 0 495. and under 50x. ••• 8 0 50s. and under 51s. 0 51s. and ander 525. ... 6 0 523. and under 533. 5 0 535. and upwards ... ... 4 0 Barley, Beer, or Bigg.—Whenever the average pr.ce of Barley, made up and published in the manner required by law, shall be, for every quarter under 265., the duty shall be for every quarter 5 0 265. and under 27A. ... 4 6 275. and under 28s. ... 4 0 28s and under 295. 3 6 295. and under 30s. ... 3 0 30s. and under 31s. ... 2 6 31s. an upwards ... •.• ••• 2 0 Oats.—Whenever the average price of oats, made up and published in the manner required by law, shall be, for every quarter under 18s., the duty shall be for every quarter 4 0 18s. and under 19s. ... 3 6 I9s. and under 20s. •• ... 3 0 20s. and under 21s. ••• ... 2 6 21s. and under 225. ••• 2 0 225. and upwards ••• 1 6 Rye, Pease, and Beans.—For eve r y quarter a• duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of barley. NV heat Meal. and Flour.—For every barrel, being 196 lb., a duty equal in amount to the duty payable on 38 1 ., gallons of wheat. Barley Meal.—For every quantity of 2171 lbs., a duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of barley. Oatmeal and Groats.—For every quantity of 181 1 ,4 lb., a duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of oats. Rye Meal and Flour.—For every barrel, being 196 lb., a duty equal in amount to the duty payable upon 40 gallons of rye. I'ea Meal and Bean Meal.—For every quantity of 272 lb., a duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of pease or beans. If the produce of and imported from any British posses sion out of Europe :—Wheat, barley, beer or bigg, oats, rye, pease and beans, the duty shall be for every quarter, Is. Wheat meal, barley meal, oat meal, rye meal, pea meal, and bean meal, the duty shall be for every cwt., 44d. LLO YD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, 3fARCH 13.—Wind light airs and hazy. Pouzsmouzu, Maacn 12. Wind N.E. to E.S.E.—SId. her Ma jesty's ship Carysfort, Caps of Good Hope, and Sydney, New South Wales. OFF THE Wiwi', Maacri 9.—Magdelene, Harde, Valparaiso. SWANSEA.—Sid. Helen Hardy, Odie, Cuba. LIVERPOOL, Mattel' 12.—Wind light and ♦ariable.—Arrd. Cum berland, White, Baltimore ; Rochester, Button, New York, sld. 21st ult. Off port, Thetis, Belize; Victoria, New Orleans; Letitia Ileyn,—. CLYDE, 11tAR0u .—Arrd. Akbar, Giles, Mauritius. Sld. 9th, Vareudo, Galloway, Trinidad ; Calypso, Colville, ditto. 10th. General Wolfe, Jenkins, Demerara. DuaLIN, Maacit 11.—Arrd. Anne, Wright, Honduras. Conic, March, 10.—Arrd. Robin Gray, l'atullo, Valparaiso; Alex ander Murray, St. Domingo, leaky, with part of cargo thrown over board, and loss of bulwarks, &c. ; Ann, Simons, Honduras. Sld. sth, Flor, ltorrens, Havannah. TRALEE.—Id. Argyll , Duskee, St. John's. LERWICK.—ShI. Hebe, Great, Greenland ; Eliza Brown, ditto; Fairy, Davidson, ditto ; Commerce, Ogster, ditto ; Hannibal, Laurie, ditto ; 7th, Gleaner, Johnsnu, ditto. SUNDERLAND, MARCH 11.—gild. Hendon, Linersad, St. John's, New Brunswick. HARTLIgIOOISIARCII 11.—Sld. Adelaide, Stahr, Rio Janeiro. LIVERPOOL, MARCD 12.—The Ceylon, of an I for New York, from Newport, leaky, and with part of cargo thrown overboard, was spoken 27th ult., lat. 43, lung. 33, by the Rochester, Button, arrived here. The Neptune, loaded for this port, the Robert Kerr, for China, the Conqueror, and the Lady bluntly, received more or less damage during a violent gale at Charleston, 13th ult. DUNDALK, MARCH 10. The William, of Llanelly, and Robert Ward, of Strangford, were blown on the Ballast Bank during the late gales—the former got (ate-day. LEitwica, Meacti 7.—The Prince of Wales, Lee, which was on shore on the island of Trap on the Ist inst., got off to-day without damage, and arrd. here. PIGEON EXPRESS.—On Thursday, a pigeon tossed at Southampton, arrived at its domicile in London, in one hour and twenty-six minutes, covering upwards of seventy tulles of ground within that time. EFFECTS OF THE TARIFF.—The monthly cattle market at Oxford, on Wednesday, was well attended by buyers ; and, although cattle and sheep of every description were very much dearer than at the last market, nearly everything changed hands. The supply of horned cattle was unusually large. Good beef realised full 6d. per lb.; barren cows, 'tellers, Parks, &c., were in great de mand. The qt.stntity of sheep penned wits not so largo, in conse quence of the abundance of trod; the demand was much greater than the supply. Mutton, in wool, realised from ss. 4d. to 65.; out of wool, from 4s. 6d to ss. per stone ; store sheep fetched enormously high prices, in some cases nearly after the rate of Is. per lb. The pig-market was a large one, but in consequence el such high prices being asked for stores, very little business was done. English fat hogs fetched from be. to 9s. 6d. per score ; porkers, from 98. 9d. to 10s. 6d. These prices are a sufficient answer to those who pro& that the farmer is ruined by the import:4l9n of foreign CAW . ST AFFORD ELECTION. (BY EXPRESS.) (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) FRIDAY, 6 IP Eh The polling for the rival candidates, W. Sleigh, E 51: 1" o❑ the Protectionist interest, and the Hon. CaPtai n Carnegie, on the Ministerial side, took place this day' The polling throughout was in favour of the Hon. Car tain, and at the close, the numbers were : Carnegie Sleigh Majority On the poll being closed, the Mayor stated th e numbers, as given above, and the newly-elected Member and his opponent subsequently addressed the ele , :tors. The whole of the proceedings were conducted in an unusually quiet manner. Mr. Acland, from th e League, was at Stafford, and addressed the electors io the course of the day, in favour of Captain Carnegie• COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by tk° Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Soy and the i'rincess Alice, and attended by the Marebior.less. of Douro, Colonel Bowl es , C o l one l A r buthnot, Mikk er General Sir Edward B owa t er , an d D r . PrcetOrius , left Osborne House at half-pa s t n i ne o ' c lock yesterda y morning, crossed in the Fairy steam-packet to Gosporl and travelled to town by a special train. The !gi r l party arrived at Buckingh a m P a l ace from the Elms' terminus in four carriages and four, at half r; one o'clock, escorted by a p a rty o f Light Drag °°° „a The Queen, Prince Alb e rt, th e P r i nce o f Wales. I', the Princess Royal, were in the fir s t carriage and f u ll, the Prince Alfred and the Princ e ss Alice, scowl:4 4n : by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were in the follo w carriage; Colonel Arbuthnot and ,Major-General 0% Edward Bowater were iu the third chariot and four; the Marchioness of Douro, Colonel Bowles, and Prostorius, were in the fourth carriage and four. on Her Majesty and h e r R o y a l C onsor t wer e receisfeur uL their arrival at the Palace, by Lady Caroline Hon. Miss Devereux, the Lord Chamberlain, Vise uli p ii. Hawarden, Lord George Lennox, Captain 3 ,1 0 11- Captain Francis Seymour, and Lord Charles Wellesley' The Countess of Charlemont has succeeded the I r o , chioness of Douro as the L a dy i n W a iti ng to the Clu e fa Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Devereua succeeded the Hon. Misses Sta n l e y an d Dawson II." Maids of Honour. Viscount Hawarden has succeeded Lord Glenlyoll Il the Lord in Waiting to the Queen, and Captain Merl, has succeeded Colonel Drummond as the Groin '- Waiting to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left W ill yesterday morning for her residence, Frogmore near Windsor. Her R o y a l hi g hne s s returned to ' rence House, St. James's, at half-past four o'clock. Mr. Brownrigg, M.P., had an interview with gr. D" retary Gladstone yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and 'l l e% had an interview with the Ch ance ll or o f the Excheq uere* yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-stre et. Lord Kinnaird had an interview with the Earl of 1:: / ° ) housie yesterday, at the office of the Board cf Trig?' f Lord Granville Som e r se t (Ch ance ll or o f the Duct/,,,," Lancaster) left town on Thu rs d a y, on a v i s it to the xi -- G. D. Ryder, at Westbrook, Hemel Hempstead. lr Lord Thomas and L a dy S o phi a C ec il arr ived et ' a rance's Hotel yesterday, from Burghley House, 11 Stamford. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Af es Benedict's magnificent opera, The Crusaders, 7.; t he overflowing houses here every ni g ht. It is by a most perftct opera that has hithert o b een p r oduced the English stage. As might have been expected, i g os heard now to much greater advantage than it w ils r f e rl the first night. The solo performers are more P, tot in the music—the c hor u se s ( w h a t mass i ve ly magelu' a " t rs ( 7 0 choruses they are !) go b e tt e r as th e c h orus -singe. more used to the music—and the orchestra is as t he vast instrument, discoursing excell en t mus ic from s t inspiration of one master-mind. Unity is the gr o le beauty of this opera. It is one piece of music, and indivisible ; nothing c an b e a dd e d to it, nothing " or be taken from, it with out marr i ng t h at h armo nious °. 9 , ness which is its distingui s hi ng characteristic. 11 l or great musical epic ; and, as the Iliad, o r the 1 % 0 dice Lost, or the Jerusalem Delivered, mil t bui read again and again, an d no t on ly re i es', studied to thoroughly appre c i a t e th e gen i us of Jcw-lie' or Milton, or Tasso, so must The Crusaders bo d i e d tened to attentively again and again, and be sl it , t he before its beauties can be properly a pp rec i a t e d. 1 " t he first hearing the mind is lost in admiration et to py magnificent whole. It is only by hearing it rePe s a ty —by dissecting it, as it were—th a t th e exc essive be s , 0 and fitness of the various part s o f w hi c h that elli ° ' e s r. . composed, can be comprehended, or that the , — tt re vollously harmonious manner in which those Per e rs combined can be thoroughl% appreciated. The Cron • is, indeed, a great oper a . Benedict has prodr" work which " the world will not willingly let die. RAILWAY SII tRE MARKET S LIVERPOOL, MARCH 12. its a hiss, ..A STOCK EXCHANGE -The sales are-Birkenhead, Lancits b sn.- Cheshire Junction, 3 p.-Clitheroe Junction, 1 dis. ,I' o o, Crewe, 2% p.-Grand Junction, 212% x d and n. -Grand 1 -) 1 , ost' dis. -Great Grimsby and Shettle:d Extension, par-Goole an ddb caster, p. -Huddersfield and Manchester, 21. I is. 6d. 1). --- f.1 Se f , field and Sheffield, 6% p. Liverpool and Bury, 12% p.-D,":, - , r poo" Shares, 1% p.-Leeds and Liverpool Direct, % dis.-- - '„„,rtes* Ormskirk, and Preston, 234 p.- London and Birmingham , ' 4 " - isasr 24 p.- London and York, % p.-Manchester and Birmingharn,;:ter ters (B), p.-Ditto (C), p.-Manchester and Leeds ~t,:o s S, sion, 3% p. -Manchester and Southampton, % p. 144% -Mold Junction, 1% dis.-Northumberland and Lexically dis.-North Staffordshire, 3% p.- Oxford and Birmingham'S`Ssr Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport, 19s. 6d. die.- Sheffield chester, 120-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 5% p.-Ditto, No. 3, 47, 0 , • - South-Eastern, New Half Stares, 34 p.-West Rtains_,, b. p , Gs. 3d. p.-Newry and Warren Point, 1% p.-Dutch nen' Paris and Lyons, Con., 4% p. aIANCIIESTER, Masco 12. -Midland er_.: STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are -Birkenhead, Lancasn"',lo. , Cheshire, 2% p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Wales , 14 Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, New, 1-16 die.-Clitheroe J ae p. dis.-Derby and Crewe, 2% p. -- East Lancashire, No. 1, East Lincolnshire, p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, war , % dis. -Lancaster and North Yorkshire, % die.-Eivern ol 30 , 4 0, kirk, and Preston, 1% p.-London and Manchester (Rein.) , doef - ~,, - London and Windsor, % dis.-Manchest er , B ux ton, and , 1 7, 1% p.- Manchester and Southampt on , % p.-North rot p•- dls.-North Western, % p.-Preston and Wyre, Halves ( 15 .4 s clfs r , Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 1% p.-Sheffield and '' ss steP" ter, Quarters (No. 3), 2% p.-South Midland, 1% p.-Sant b And Dover, Halves (No. 4), 3 / 4 p.-West Riding Union, 2ji „ LEEDS, MARCH 12. STOCK Exenasraz.-The sales are-Manchester and ?..- oisla" Shares, 191. 19s. p. c.-Ditto, Extensions, 3% p.-East ' - sselnLd No. 2 (late Accrington), 2% p.-Great Grimsby 833 " Le ed0 . 5, Exten•dons, 4s. Gd. dis.-Hudderstitld and Sheffield, 7 d Thirsk, 10s. die -Newcastle and Berwick, 1954-London ST A lls , l 31. 35.-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 255. dis.-Direc t 1111. 6d.-West Riding Union, 4/. 145.-Birkenhead, Mold, !7s. 6d. die.-Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, 1 4 s yt East Lincolnshire, 154-Grand Union, 10s. dis.-Leeds s▪ ? pool Direct, ss. die.-Leeds, Wakefield, anditikiland, 115. al n ds, IP Western, 15s. p.-South Midlands, 24 5 . 6d. IL-Welsh Midi chat'. MULL, Malmo 12. 11 O al f STOCK EXCHANRI.-The sales are-Hull an d S e lby, 26-North British, Half Shares, V. 3s. 6d.-Derby and Gan n f lis P 12s. 6d.-Hull and Barnsley Junction, 26 1 . 3d . -Li ver pool 2% -North Staffordshire, 51.95. Gd. SHEFFIELD, Masco 12. 0 4. 4 . STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sa l es are-Leeds, Wakefield, land, 11 9s. 6d.- Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Jun_ i . c lalw" Manchester and Lincoln U n i on an d Canal, 11. 175.-Ner'm 1/. 12 5.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 425. HUDDERSFIELD, Masco 12. fr otinge STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-M anc h es t er and New Quarters, 9%-North British, New, 254 -Iluddersde l ",; (r e• t, and iradford Union, 41. 6s. 6d.-Le e d s an d Li ve rpool w i z_ 121. 6d.-North Western, 12$. 6d. p.-London and York , •"" West Riding Union, 4% -Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Prostnn, 4. 111 . 1 ; YORK, MARCH 12. 34 --3( STOCK Excliesoc-The sales are-London and York. ,to Ofd chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midl an d , 3/ . 142.-Newc..-4411- Berwick, 1934-Nowcastle and Darli ng t on E x t en sions, 92i British, Carlisle Extension, 254-Welsh Midland, 11.3 1 . 6d. r d° l EDINBURGH, 3fsaco 10. be s i STOCK EXcHANGE.- -Air sales are-Aberdeen. - As -- br0i .. .„ 0 , -- Banff, and Elgin, 11. 14s. rie and Bathgate, 21. - pos. - k ir Foliar, 28/. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares, 161. -Armagh fros.-- - ,01 11.-Ayr aid Dtunfties, 21. Gs. -Ayr an d G a ll ow ay, l'• _„d Co' - s % shire and Bridge of Weir, V.-Banffshire, 11.-Belfas t ,"• - np issu i p. Down, 21.-British and Irish Unio n , 2/. 7s. • lb 00 new, 101. 155.-Ditto, New, 21. 15s.- Caledonian Exten' l° -Caledonian and Dumbarton, 2/. U.-Caledonian an d __CDPsp Direct, IL 19s. 6d.-Carnwath and West Linton, 11. Is. °N. d 1 34 ,0, ford and Bury, 1/.-Clydesdale Junction, 1 6/.-Cornw sll • a ii n 0, ---• 4 h'i'ts Central, 1/. 12s. 6d.-Deeside R a il way , 41 . 10s.-Diree s_ snd 21. Os. 6d.-Dublin and En n i s kill en , 41 . I s. 6d.-Dunde e ili scd° 2 1. broath, 391 . 55.-Ditto, New, 221 . -Dundee and Forfartelndos2:ii, 11. 165.-Dundee and Perth, 13/. 10 s. -Di tto , Kinross Vows 7s. 6c1.-Eastern Counties Extension, 11. 181.-East :: 1 1 and fl o r way 12s. 6d.-East of Fife, IL 15s.- East Lothian Cen ts „-- 0. Valley Junction, 11. Is.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 5 Q a 5 burgh and Glasgow, 741.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151. - 171. 15s.- Ditto, ditto, New, 16/. Ms. -Edinburgh , Glfrie. 11. ,os. Dumbarton. 16s. Gd. - Edinburgh and I.eith AtmosP.' 20/. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 181.-Ditto, Preferencelbs. -Edinburgh and Northern, 41. Ss.-Ditto, Newlsor t ;,. Ditto, Lochgelly, 1/. Os. 6d.-Edinburgh and Peebles, I n ' d 5(a7,4 Edinburgh and Perth, 21. Se -Edinburgh, Portobellnqt io gosTo burgh, 11. 131.-Forth and Clyde Junction, it. 17s. 6 ,1 . - `4 s res, ynd „ 0 .• Ayrshire, 701.-Ditto, New Stock, 241.-Ditto, Q ua rter • 55.-Glasgow Belfast Union, 1/. IN.-Glasgow, Dutna -le L s of lisle, 21. -Glasgow and Dundee Junction, IL 10s. -. 'W o of, . 11 . Ditto,_gow, Garnkirk, 421.-Glasgow and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, N evi j s octW h _al. -Ditto, Preference, 11. 155.-Glasgow H ar b our Grand , ano rti , i i. IN.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, I!. 18s. 6d.-Glasgn iv ' n l is goil, and Ardrossan, 2/. Bs.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and L e l co tiand , , /. 15. 65.-Great County Down, 1/. 15s.- Great North o' t uin, ' es s. Great North and South Wales, 7s. 9c1.-Inverness " *n ig 1011 "11 0. -Lanark and Lothians, 2/. 2s. 6d.- Larne, Belfast, s' chest ° I,elr 11. Bs. -London and Hounslow, 11.- London and Man 6d, 6 ,1. d s pd trick), 31. 10s.-London and Manchester (Rem) ,it atialS n ck , don and York, 3/. 15s.- Madras, Nellore, and Arcot. 3 , 1 6 .7 ind Eastern Counties, it. Bs.-Morayshire, 21.-Newcastle . 25 6 sato , 211.-Newry and Londonderry, 11. 17t.-North anti 9s Ditto, Halves, 81. IN.-Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, xinersa, Ne „„ t io. Extension to Dalkeith, 51. 17:. 6d.-North Wades and nowi t ya 31. 10s.-Perth and Crieff Direct, 11. 10s. -Partl q. J os.-Woos. 1/. 113.-Scottish Central, 14/. 10s.-Ditto, New, At o , Central and Caledonian Junction, 11. 10s.-ScottlshAs.%._sn .7; 11. IN.-Scottish Midland, 51.-Scottish Southern, I n i,' ho ter,Al s d bury and Hereford, 15s.- Shrewsbury, Oswestry, ‘i' 4 ,.-..SIELit South Midland, 3/. Os.-Stirling and Dunfermline. ..... I ' s ' urr o. 07 0 4. and Msliand, 21. 45.-strathern Junction. 21. Mi ni g u or and Junction, N. 6d.-Tean and Dove Talley, M ims. 501. 101. GLASGOW, MARcn 11. 4 38/ .. r; STOCK EXCtig.tiaz. —The sales are Airdrie and Bathill . 107. Bridge of Weir, 325. British and Irish Union, 42s.—Caled°11/,.„,c't10,11 --Caledonian Extension, 32s.—Catletioniaa lid Ayrshire ore, 335. Gd. Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 39givoiolt_; Northern, 40s.—East Indian Railway, Sc. 6d.—Edinburgh, ologow and Dumbarton, 17s. 6d.—Glasgow General Terminus, 8 1 . - 1 .. ...61 0 " and liel ast Union, 295. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, aud AYr , Z 7O gew, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 37s.—Glasgow, Kilmartio c.• drossan, 40s.—Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 306.—Grell Peninsular, 71.—Inytirness and Elgin, 20s.—LesMa/1307 i ' ob CO' Perth and Invernass, 28g. Isl.—Scottish Central, 1344—Se°t`105130. tral and Caledonian Junction, 30 g. — South 31 Idla n'd, and Coltncss, 49/, _ . . JAY , Lord Brougham entertained at dinner on Thu" G peneli . his mansion in Grafton-street, the Marquis of Douro, A d Ws% Lady Charlotte Lindsay, the Hon. Mrs. Norton, = l i I% lin7„ and Montgomery, Mr. Edmonds, and Mr. W. Broughant. ouotr, stand that Lady Brougham is not expected to ret urn to 0° r oiln i until after Easter. His Lordship will shortly leave town for order to accompany her Ladyship to Euiland. THE FOREIGN MAILS.—POST-OFFICE NOTIC.O.- terday the following notice of the departure of t he foreign rosin 10 a. ...... 1 Glbr ostd at t for he chiefa itar, office, loniGreece St. Martin an -l ls l es , Malta,e-Grand:--Inl4Yr„:the on, India, and China, yid Southampton, next malls, instant. For Lisbon, Madeira, Spain, and Gibraltar, For 3ladeira, Brazils, and Buenos Ayres, 17111 toa chs , mouth, by the Paella. (From August to January the 1 jansil l ':' passage to 11 1' ey ., at Pernambuco and Bahia on her outward and the other six months on her homeward.) sydneYher i f so jesttl e . , t will be dispatched Wales, mails will be dispatched (newspapers free) w e st ship Carysfort, expected to sail front Portsmouth thi Ow- Indies—The Tay sails from Southampton on the tuorninf cAledouloi, from Liverpool, en the 3ct of •'''P "'PERI Their I , li ° l7 s/ Ishi E itE PEXI rEs( 4 Ivi4iort ivt4ttitd 8 0 ,, " . from ( r Pealed t '44raerot4la th e n tH E prose bIRE ( r+ilw ay. tieip n eers fro 4 4 . 17 h r ertq n d on ti 1114 41. 8h qiield ill o i I . L th e HO I YB )0 4 ,„. 41 , in ` 4 ' c.tt on cot, o'4 o ' 0 lif e i n Nett3e• The I N tn cl cont ther e w bY thei r k itie p o rnt e u :It w o „,". remark 4 tr uir listly I L of r ,gav • vEli 2S; 218)i 6414 21N 7614 3i r IN p 115 44 94 . ~.