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MISS ?ARDOR'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, lu 3 TolS. CONFESSIONS OF A PRETTY WOMAN, By 31115 PARDOE. Authoress of " The City of the Sultan," &e. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborongh-street. Just ready, In 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21e. bound, ALGERIA AND TUNIS, In 1845. By Captain J. CLARK KENNEDY, 18th Royal Irish. An Aconnt of a Journey made through the two Regencies, by Viscount FEILDING and Captain KENNEDY. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.' Orders received by all Booksellers. SECOND EDITION. Now Ready in 2 vols. avo., with Portrait, 245. bound, MEMOIRS OF PRINCE CHARLES STUART, Commonly called " THE YOUNG PRETENDER ;" With Notices of the Rebellion in 1745. BY C. L. KLOSE, ESQ. " This work may Justly claim the credit of being the fullest and most authentic narrative of this great era of English history."— Messenger. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON. Just ready, in 3 yds. post Eiyo., MEMOIRS OF A FEMME DE CHAMBRE. By the Countess of BLESSINGTON. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. SEAT OF WAR IN INDIA. Just published, in post Bvo., price ss. cloth, with Map. THE PUNJAUB, being a brief Account of the COUNTRY OF THE SIKHS, its Extent, History, Commerce, Productions, Government, Manufactures, Laws, Religion, &C. By LIEUT.-COL. STEiNBACII, Late of the Lahore Service. London : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornbill. The MAP may be had separately, price is. coloured, and Is. 6d, .n cue. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, 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 TVESDAT and FRIDAY, at One o'clock,, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all favours, cent xining 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, Mall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. On SATURDAY Next, MARCH 21, veil be performed Yerdl's highly successful Opera of NINO. With New Scenery, Dresses and Decorations. nuns, King of Assyria, Signor Fornasari; Idaspe, Signor Corelll Orotasphe (High Friest of the Temple of Isis), Signor Botelli ; Ab dallo (an Officer of the King of Assyria), Signor Dallied ; Fenena (daughter of Mutts), Madlle. Corbari ; Anna (sister of Orotasphe), Madame Bellini ; Abigail (a slave, supposed to be the eldest daughter of Ninus), 3ladlle. Sanchtoli. 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 F 1 LLE DU BANDIT. The principal parts by Mdlle. Lucile Grain], Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlles. Moncclet, Cassan, Demelisse, anti Madame Louise Taglioni ; M. M. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di Mattis, and Perrot. Madame Castellan is daily expected in town, and will shortly appear. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. TH S EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har rison, Burdini, Horucastle, S.. Tones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. Ring, 3fiss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. To conclude with a new grand comic Pantomine. called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Harlequin, Mr. Wieland ; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbines, Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdalc. T UEATRE ROYAL, FIAYMARKET. TO IS EVENING Will be performed SIZE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Mr. Hard 'ulle. Mr. W. Barren ; Young Marlow, Mr. 11. Itoll ; Tony Lump win, Mr. Buelcstone ; Mrs. llardeastle, Mrs. Glover; Miss llardcastle, Miss Julia Bennett. The Bawl will perform the (h-etture, " La Wino Wan Jonr,' "Antoinette," Cellarlus Waltz, an.l the Quadrille, "Le Roi (I . l's - ctot: After which 4 New Comic Drama, eared Tti? IRISH POST, Characters by INlc , ;srs. J. Liana, Till , tiry, Mrs. Ilumby,&,c. To be followed by a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SIIIL• rINGS. Mr. Gollghtly, Mr. Ilu:k3tone ; Capt. Phohbs, Mr. Tilbury Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major rhobbs, Miss I'. linrton. To conclude with A CABINET QUESTION". In which Messrs. Brindal, Tidtry, Buckstone. and Miss Julia Bennett will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. First Appearance in the Regular Drama of the celebrated GENERAL TO3I THUMB! THIS EVENING The performances will commence with WITCH AND WARD. After which, a New Extraynganza, entitled TUE MARBLE MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, auk' Miss L,Lllaw. To be followed by An entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled HOY 0' MY TILUMIt ; or, The Ogre and his Seven League Boots. In ~hich General Tom Thumb, who is engaged espreszdy tor this occasion, will have the honour of making his appearance. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Mesirv. A, Wl4an, Turner, Bellingham ; Mir,cs Arden, Villars, and Howard. Stall?, ss. ; - Boxes, 43. ; Pit, 2s. Gallery, 6d I.II.FATRE ROYAL, ADELPI.H. Wondrous snocess and hearty shouts of laughter at the New Farce of " D:d you ever send your Wife to ?" THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Petite Drama, in Two Acts, called, THE CABIN BOY. Mous. Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Largecetti, Mr. Paul Bad ford ; Juiien, Madame Celeste; Mdlle. Laroche, Miss Woolgar. After which, a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND TOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Iloncybun, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &e. will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, &c. PRINCESS'S TtIF,ATRK, OXFORD-STr.EET. TILTS EVENINCI Will he N:TforinNl a New VandeTine Comedy, entitled, THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. Duke de Chartres, Mr.J. ; Count de Itrissae, Mr. Harris ; Dr. Druggendraft, Mr. Compton ; Pierre Pallet, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mdile. Dural, Miss E. Monitor; Duchess de Chartres, Madame Vestris. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled MATHEWS AND CO. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Compton, Walton, Oxberry, anti 3fiss E.Honner. To be followed by a New Comic Drama, entitled, A SPEARING LIKENESS. Baron de Barley, Mr. Granby; Alfred, Mr. James Vining; Coco, Mr. Compton ; ?Janette, Madame Vestris. To he succeeded by a Comic Scene, called, TWO IN THE MORNING. By Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Compton. To conclude with a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall. Adrien, Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, and Mdlle. Melanie Dural will appear. NEW STRAND THEATRE. M. PHILT.IPPE'S iOEREES and MAI ma - ,s MYSTERIEUSES Two Morning Performances daring the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distinguished families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who flock to attend his Morning Performances, M. PHILIAPPE will give his Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday Morning, at Two o'clock. M. Philippe'si 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.—Doors open at a quarter past Seen, to Wm 'nonce at a quarter before Eight. - - Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 2a : ; Pit, ls.; Gallery, 6d. ; Pevate Boxes, U. 1 9.:and 11. 1 Is. 6d, ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Last Week but Three of the Winter Season, and of the present brilliant Spectacle, which is acknowledged by the countless throngs of admiring Spectators to surpass all previous efforts, in gorgeous tableaux and magnificence of effect.—Splendid Double Band, Stu pendous Performing Elephants, &c. THIS EVENING Will he performed a New Drama, entitled THE RAJA OF NAGPORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the whole of the Company and beautlftd Stud will appear. Unique Scenes of the Circle, combining tke unequalled Feats .1 the British and Foreign Company. The whole to conclude with a G ran d 311LITARY BALLET. I I►AVIDGE'S ROAT ' SUEREY TIIEATRE. Enormous hit. Unparalleled attraction. The New Grand Spectacle and the Army of Women received with Thunders of Applause. The New Drama highly successftd. THIS EVEw;N(: Will be performed THE SEA KING'S VOW; or, a Struggle for Liberty. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Rogers, Cowell, May ard, Johnson, Lewis, Ileslop, Monson; Mesdms. Vining, Daly, Martin, Miss Glover, and One Hundred Female Warriors. After which the, New Drama, entitled, THE PASTOR'S DAUGHTER. To conclude with THE WARLOCK OF THE GLEN. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 19. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 29; Highest, 44; Noon, 40. BAROMETER, 29.64.—W1ND W., frosty. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 35 agnates after 5. I Evening .. 56 minutes after . 4 „. —fez' - Ca s ~u 7 I 5, A..., • = - ipo ef i g ,•••%If ic i r . • ‘: ,:r o lics. 4.. 1%447 ~4„ lilL LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1846. It has been generally observed that a strong Opposition is for the good of the country. At the present moment, it must be confessed, that, numerically—for want of cementing princi plea, or by reason of circumstances peculiar to the era in which we live, preventive of that union between various s ections who are presumed to be generally adverse to the Government—the country is without the benefit of a strenuous Opposition. Nevertheless —though, for the reason stated, the power of resistance likely to b e p re sented against the Ministry is but limited—yet, in point of t a l ent, it will be acknow ledged that the country possesses in the ranks of the opponents e to the servants of the Crown a salutary check upon the ercise of that power which is ever within the reach of the Government, and which, without some such controlling i n _ nuence, would be highly dangerous to the valuable privi leges under which we have the happiness to live. It is our good fortune that, in the absence of any organised system of opposition to the Administration of the day, we are re lieved from any apprehension of suffering under such weak ness, by being justified in reposing great confidence in the integrity, skill, and vast experience of the first Minister of the Crown; and, on the other hand, this confidence is by no means diminished by a sense of the highly honourable feelings whirl uniformly actuate the mind and conduct of his chief politica opponent. Lord J. Itcssar.L, having failed to form a Ca. binet, notwithstanding that he had the assurance of Sir It. PEEL, that in his capacity of a private Member of Par liament, he should not be wanting in his utmost support to carry out the measures loudly called for by the novel and melancholy position of Ireland on the one one side, and the voice of public opinion on the other, now bears his part nobly, in reeiprccating a statesmanlike generosity and aiding, to the best of his ability, the laudable endea yours of the reinstated Cabinet to ea;sctuate much measures s are strictly and urgentiv demanded by the state of the common weal, both local and general. In this view we yes terday recognised with satisfaction the animus with which, by deferring his motion respecting Ireland until after the recess, Lord J. lltissELL exhibited himself as a faithful and honourable helpmate of those whose energies are, under most trying circumstances, devoted to the public welfare. Had Lord Jous'a mind been differently moulded, had the springs of his conduct been of other and alloyed material, instead of the most pure—had he been prompted THE SUN K LONDON, TiIt:MADAM EVENING, MARCH 19, 1846. by party jealousy, or sordid views, what embarrassment might he not have caused to the Government, what fearful consequences not entailed upon the country, had he stood upon his right of earlier bringing under the consideration of Parlia ment his motion respecting Ireland—a motion which, now, by being well timed, may, regard being had to his well merited fame and great abilities, be productive of much national good. hence, we have in an unrivalled commercial country the leaders of two great parties in the state such, that were either of them to make a tour through the principal marts of our land, they would be everywhere welcomed as men of whom we had just reason to be proud, and to whose masterly superintendence we may in future safely confide the consideration of all our national interests. In Lord JoEN we recognise a mental structure of that pro minent "capacity which has always enabled him to take his place in the van of civilisation, and of its own strength to evolve sound schemes of policy, justly anticipating the public wants, and judiciously paring away the various defor mities which, with the progress of time, are apt to be constantly incrustating the different institutions of even the best of states. In his great rival we have another mind of equal largeness—but not by nature so prone boldly to grapple with wholesome theories, so as to launch them in time to attend upon the march of public events. Yet, as a practical man, which is a valuable feature in the statesman of a country like ours, where such great and complicated interests have so artificially sprung up for winnowing their hurtful ingredients from new and daring schemes, pregnant with the seeds of exten sive alteration and reform in our body politic, and for accommodating them in a saf e an d cau ti ous spirit, in nicely poised accordance with the surrounding cir cumstances, which have evoked the necessity, Sir R. PEEL presents to us a combination of admirable qualities and at tainments suitable for the high position to which his talents have so justly elevated him. Sir ROBERT PEEL has had the disadvantage of being hitherto con nected with men who have ever lagged behind the growing enlightenment of their compatriots ; while, on the contrary, Lord JOHN has had the benefit of being in com munion and action with minds kindred to his own. Lord Jourt has, no doubt, by his intellectual superiority, braced up the minds of his colleagues, and thereby accele rated the extraordinary improvement we have effected in our institutions within the last twenty years. Sir ROBERT PEEL has, with equal certainty, by his firmness and cola• mending powers, given a healthier tone to his official associates, and through the attempering their feel ings, and moderating their prejudices, has succeeded in saving the nation from the rude shock of many a civil convulsion. It is impossible that with other than feelings of warm and grateful admiration we can regard two such pillars of the State, securely upholding, as it were, by their united exertions, the graceful pediment of our matchless Constitution, and keeping its portals thrown widely open fer the introduction of the riches of civilisation, in addition to the inestimable treasures already within the ancient walls of the noble edifice. May these two great statesmen long be preserved to us ; and may we from their joint wisdom derive many additional benefits to the benefits that we have already re ceived at their hands. The question as to how the destitution in Ireland is to be alleviated, as it is the most importunate subject of the present Parliamentary session, has elicited an extraordinary number of propositions. Among these may be particularised Govern ment loans, railway measures, fever hospitals, the erec tion of lishory piers, extension of public works, cunt cteteris paribus. Yesterday other plans were propounded by Mr. I'. &ROPE and seconded by Mr. CRAW • roan. Altogether, the discussion consequent upon the introduction of these schemes was remarkable for its array of facts, and for the earnestness with which those facts were enforced and applied. The proposal of ➢lr. ScrtorE amounted simply to the following :—" That the guardians of the several poor-law unions in Ireland be re quircd to relieve with food all such destitute persons within their unions as may be in danger of perishing from want, or from disease the consequence of want ;" and upon this motion the Hon. Gentleman built up a further recommendation, to the effect that the entire social fabric of Ireland should undergo an immediate transformation, by incorporating with the Irish institutions the system of compulsory charity, through the medium of which our English paupers have been fed during times of scarcity, or whenever they might be unable or incompetent to obtain employment. This pro position contains in itself the germs of a vast and daring system ; and, although we are desirous that permanent as well as temporary benefit to Ireland may redound from whatever enactments are passed during this session in behalf of that country, we cannot but feel with the Home Secretary, that it would have been advisable for the Hon. Member to have reserved it until the time appointed for the Noble Lord, the Member for the city of London, to introduce the question of Ireland and her various exi- gencies in all - its entirety. Until that moment arrives, it is scarcely advisable to retard the pro gress of those measures from which immediate assistance could be affurded to a starving and debilitated po pulation—it is, we say, scarcely advisable to retard those more necessary measures, by mooting questions of the most subtle complication and of the most gigantic character, when neither the Parliament nor the multitude are prepared for their reception. It is evident, however, from this very preci pitancy, as well as from the sagacious arguments adduced by Mr. P. SCROPE, that the Hon. Member was induced to bring for ward his motion yesterday from sentiments of the deepest commiseration for Ireland and her unfortunate people ; nor do we despair for a moment of seeing some great and prac tical measure advanced when the rigid time collies! A mea.- sure built out of the accumulation of the experience and wisdom among onr legislators—a measure by which the Irish labourers may be kenceforth protected from starva- tion by having a readier access to employment and greater facility in the purchase of economical and nutritious food. According to the assertions of Mr. SCROPE, the eviction of tenantry is still carried on with all those adjuncts of wretchedness which have attracted the sympathy of the philanthropist for years past : this of itself would be sufficient to demand some official eftnrt at alleviation ; but when it is remembered that it forms only one amidst a number of equally lamentable abuses, the necessity for some attempt at their eradication on the part of Government becomes doubly apparent. Nor can it possibly be a matter of a moment's question whether the men of authority should wrest assistance to the local destitute from those who are capable and (from their relative position) are bound in conscience to afford it, when that assistance does not flow forth spontaneously. Simultaneously with the formation of the grand measure by which the whole fabric of Ireland might be remodelled upon a firmer, more comprehensive, and more natural plan, the recom- I mendation of reclaiming and draining waste land should on no account whatever be overlooked or forgotten. Increase of health, increase of useful employment, and increase of profitable territory, would be the necessary and not unimportant consequence of such a clause. We cannot but feel satisfied, from the behaviour of Mr. P. &ROPE, Mr. Canwron.D, and Mr. S. O'BRIEN, during the debate yesterday, that those honourable Gentlemen will not allow the matter of destitution in Ireland to subside until some rational means be adopted by Parliament for its removal ; at the same time, however, we cannot but acquiesce in the opinion uttered by Sir JAMES GrArrAm, that it were advis able to delay the introduction of such comprehensive mo tions until after the evening stipuhtted by Lord Joitx Res- SELL for the thorough consideration of the actual condition and the positive wants of the Irish multitude. Madrid journals of the 11th have been received. No busi ness was done in the Cortes on that day, the anticipated change of Ministry, which we announced yesterday, having put a stop to all business. The Funds continued to decline. On the 11th the Three per Cents. closed at 29 3-16 at 30 days, and 29 for the 31st inst. The Fives were not quoted. In the French Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday the debate on the motion of M. RemusAT was resumed, when M. THIER3 made a long speech in support of the motion for excluding salaried Deputies from the Chamber as well as those who received pay from the civil list. The debate began to excite some interest, not on account of the subject, but as a trial of strength between the Government and the Opposition. The dissolution of the Spanish Ministry is noticed in several of the papers, and they seem to agree in the opinion that the change has been brought about by NARVAEZ, and that he,will be called upon to form a new Cabinet. MARTINEZ DE LA RosA had left Madrid before the downfal of the PifIRAFLORES Cabinet, and arrived in Paris on Tuesday. • These papers contain no later news from P o l a nd. It appears from one of them that a diplomatic com munication had been made by the Austrian, Prussian, and Russian Ministers to M. Guizov, iintimating a resolution come to by the three Powers to interfere in re-establishing order in Cracow, and declaring their intention to occupy the city and territory as long as may be re quired to suppress the present spirit of the population. GUIZOT returned an answer, stating that the Cabinet of Louis PHILIPPE should make no objection to this intervention. The answer was the subject of discus sion i n t h e Council of Ministers, after a private audience granted by Louis PIIILIPPE to Count D'Arroxv, the Aus trian Ambassador. A similar th communication has been made to northern Lord Aprerneir'sEEN L b c s v n o t m lon e e , o r f u t t be th e answer of his Lordship b epresentatives of the same three tillieopepoltilsihat in th st e irrec in ti s o u n rrec j b t ° i a n o a n may y had not transpired. vain yet succeed. If been suppressed,' journals yet entertain the says the Rcforme, " the Northern Governmentsee would have hastened to announce it witla great pomp. If t h e insurrection was suppressed , the Austrians wouPlodn.ot be obliged to said 40,000 men into Gallicia. If the insurrection e had been suppressed, we should have i7een told what had bec9ine of the insurrectionary columns, whose march is at tested by their bold action• We should lave been told that one column wwis defeated on such a day, or that it had been compelled to lay down its arms. The ernes of the victorious generals would have been announced, and we should have known the number of victims. The organizers of the mas sacres at Tarnow would not have scrupled to terrify the po pulation by sanguinary executions." Accounts had been received in Paris from Algiers, dated the 10th instant, according to which AED-EL-lADEn had quitted the Kabyle country as soon as he heard of the ap proach of the troops under BUGEAUD. General CAVAIGNAC, according to the Akbar journal, had made a razzia, and took 7,030 head of cattle. One of the French prisoners who has had the good fortune to make his escape from the deira of ABD-EL-KADEIC has furnished some information as to the comrades in captivity. They are in good spirits, but are fatigued by the long marches that they undergo. Those who remain in the rear from weakness or sickness are exe cuted by order of Bou HAMEDI. Six of our poor fellows have been already thus massacred by this ferocious Ka byle. The same journal publishes the following proclama tion, addressed by Ano-m-Bazaß to the Arabs "Oh ! ye Musenlmaris! Shako off from your eyes the blindness into which you have been plunged by your commerce with the infi dels I Recognise their perfidy, of which you can judge by the follow ing facts :—When the French wished to seduce you to submit to them, they said—Become subject unto us, and we will guarantee to you your religion, your property, your women, and your children. We will leave you under the rule of your own chiefs. We will not interfere with your customs, and we will respect your laws. We will only watch that you may be justly governed, and that you do not become the victims of the exactions which weighed so heavily upon you when you were under your Sultan Abd-el-Bader. You believed their lying words, and submitted to the Christian. As soon as the impious man believed he had strength enough, and I had for a moment disappeared from among you, he hastened to violate all his promises. He applied your mosques to profane uses. He took your best lands and gave them to his own people. He has purchased the virtue of your women. He has enrolled your children in his abominable cohorts. He has enfranchised the slaves which God had given. He has arrogated to himself the rights of justice. He has persecuted your most noble families. He has changed your chiefs, replacing them by infamous Mussulmans, who have sold themselves to him. Yeur nobles andyour marabouts, whohave been so insensate as to serve him with fidelity, have had for their reward an eternal prison in the country of the Christians. You are now commanded by Roumi, judged by Roumi, administered by Roumi. And to render his perfidious designs the more evident, he comes and reckons your warriors, your women, and your children, as the master counts the sheep which he wants to send to the market for sale. In spite of the mission I have received from God to fight against the Infidel, to the last drop of my blood, I have allowed him some repose. I have de parted from the theatre of war, because I was certain that the Chris tian would destroy himself by his own misdeeds. The day of your awaking is come ! Rise all at the sound of my voice ! Oh, Mussul mans, God has placed in my hand his flaming sword, and we will go forth and fertilise the plains of our country with the blood of the Infidel !" On Monday Louis Prnurpz reviewed, in the court of the Tuilleries, four regiments of the line, one of dragoons, and one of hussars, with two batteries of artillery, forming the garri son of Paris and the banlieue. After riding along the lines, attended by the Duke de Nemours, the Prince de Joinville, the Duke de Montpensier, and the Duke of Wurtemberg, his Majesty distributed numerous Crosses of the Legion of Honour to officers, non- commissioned officers, and soldiers, of the different corps, after which they filed off with the utmost precision. The King was hailed with repeated accla mations. The Funds continued to Improve. On Tuesday the Three per Cents. dosed at 541. 55e. ; the Five per Cents., 120 f. 80e. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,337 f. 50c.; Rouen, 1,172 f. 50c. ; Havre, 757 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 795 f. ; Avignon, 1,000 f.; Tlerzon, 760 f.; Rersleaux, 687 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 535 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 430 f.; Basle, 245 f. ; Fampoux, 462 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 545 f. • Tours and Nantes, 5770 bOe.• Paris and Lyons, definitive, 625 i. 50c. ; Belgian Two-and-a-H alf per Cents. 57 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 37% ; Ditto Passives, 5%. The other quotations were : Lyons and - Avignon Railroad (Talabot), 512 f. ; ditto (Le eointe), 505 f ; ditto (Cornpagnie Meridionale), 504 f. ; Bordeaux and Cetto (Mackenzie), 504 f. ; Charleroi, 500 f. BUSINESS DON 3 IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIES LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Meacm 18. Boulogne and Amiens, 1034 —Dutch Rhenish, 6—East Indian, %—*reat Northern of Franee Constituted, 16 1 ,4—Great Western Ca nada, 3%—Jamaica South Midland Junction, IN—Jersey, % Namur and Liege, B—Orleans and Bordeaux, 12% —Paris and Or leans, 51—Tours and Nantes Constituted, 7%—West Flanders,3%. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall to-day. WILKINSON V. lIARWOOD. This case came before the Court upon the petition of Miss Hannah Keningate Wilkinson, presented under rather singu lar circumstances. The object of the petition was, that part of a fund to which she was entitled, amounting to between 2,000/. and 3,000/. stock, might be sold, in order to pay the costs of certain proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Courts and in the Court of Chancery, rendered necessary in consequence of the following circumstances :—lt appeared from the state ments in the petition that Miss Wilkinson, who was of rather imbecile mind, became possessed of the amount in question under the will of her grandmother, and that by an order of the Court she was pla c ed un d er the guardian ship of her father, who sent her to the house of two ladies of the name of Revell, living at Sudbury, with whom she had ever since resided. It ap peared that in May last she came to town, accompanied by one of the Misses Revell, on a visit to a gentleman named Fenn, who resided at Blackheath; and that on Saturday, the 24th of May, a young seafaring man, named Watts Wilkinson, the cousin of the petitioner, came there, and stated that he had come for the purpose of taking Miss Wilkinson to spend the day at her aunt's, in Brudenell-place, Hoxton. Mr..Fenn and Miss Revell, believing the truth of the statement of young Wilkinson, hesitated not to let the young lady go with him. Instead, however, of taking her to Hoxton, he persuaded her to go with him to Stepney Church, under the pretence of viewing it, and when there (having previously obtained a license), after consider able objection and reluctance on the part of the young lady, the marriage ceremony was performed, the young lady for some time declining to sign the contract, but ultimately doing so. Both parties then went to the aunt's at lloxton, and, upon the petitioner threatening to inform her of what had taken place, young Wilkinson, left—no cohabita tion having taken place, and the marriage being unconsummated. Miss Wilkinson informed her aunt, Mr. Fenn, and Miss Revell of all that had taken place, and ultimately returned with the latter lady to Sudbury. A suit was then instituted in the Ecclesiastical Court and a decree of nullity of marriage obtained against Wilkinson, who, it appeared, had gone to sea and was totally unable to pay the costs awarded against him. Such being the state of the case, the present application became neces sary in order that the costs might be provided for. His LORDSHIP made the order as prayed. BANK OF ENGLAND.--(THISDAY.) A general half-yearly Court of the directors and proprietors of the Bank of England was held this day, in the large room, for the purpose of declaring a dividend. A considerable number of proprietors were present. Precisely at twelve o'clock the Governor (William Heath, Esq.) and a number of directors entered. The SECRETARY (John Knight, Esq.) having read the minutes of the last meeting, The GOVENOR said—This is a half-yearly general meeting of proprietors, appointed to be held by law to declare a dividend. It is, therefore, my duty to acquaint you that the Court of Directors, having considered and examined the ac • counts, are of opinion that a dividend may be made of 3/ 103. per cent. on the interest and profit of the half-year ending the sth of April next, without any reduction for income -ta x. (Cheers.) It is probably agreeable that I should state toyou the amount of " the rest." The gross rest at the last meeting, on the 31st of August,lB4s, was 3,588,8871. which was 15,363/. more than at the previous meeting. The rest on the 24th of February, 1846, the period when the accounts were last made up, was 3,689,4301., showing an increase of 100,5431., and a net increase in the year of 115,9061.—(Cheers,) I therefore beg to move that this Court do order the payment of 3/. 10s per cent. for the half-year ending the sth of April next. Mr. FIELDER was about to call the attention of the Go vernor to some discrepancy in the levying of the income tax on money received by persons from the Bank, but he was called to order by A PROPRIETOR, who said the Court had not been called to listen to the dispute of Income -tax Commissioners with persons receiving money from the Bank , but to declare a dividend. The GOVERNOR said he should be happy to answer any questions Mr. Fielder might think proper to put to him, if he would call on him at his room privately after the meeting. As the Hon. Proprietor had stated, the question was one which ought not to be brought before a general meeting. The motion was then carried unanimously. The GOVERNOR said the document warrants would be ready on the 6th of April. DAVID &sumo/is, Esq., said they ought not to adjourn without giving expression to their approbation of the con duct of the Governor and directors. It would be stnfitting to the respect and dignity which that Court held to allow that occasion to pass by without announcing their opinion of the communication which the Governor had made to them respecting their affairs, especially as they met, for the first time, under new circumstances. When Sir Robert Peel introduced his measure respecting the Bank, many doubts as to its probable effect were ex pressed, both in and out of that Court. Peculiar circum. stances had marked the first year of its trial, and he must say that, out of that Court, a general feeling of satisfaction prevailed as to its working, and as to the conduct of the G overnor and directors with respect to it. If this feeling of approbation at the conduct of the directors prevailed out of doors, surely a similar expression of feel ing ought to be made in that Court. He should not have ventured to come forward to make these ob servations, but when he saw so marked an improvement in the affairs of the Bank of England, and when he knew that that improvement was one quite consistent with good management, which offered proper accommodation to the commercial world, and that no attempt had been made to take advantage of circumstances by which their profits might have been probably increased—(Hear, hear)—he thought that this feeling should not only be expressed there, but conveyed through the aid of the press elsewhere. As one of the proprietors of the Bank of England, as one whose capital and energies were enlisted in the commerce and energies of this city, he felt much pleasure in stating that great satisfaction was felt at the way in which the affairs of the Bank were managed by the Governor and di rectors. As no other proprietor had come forward, he pro posed " That the thanks of that Court be given to the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Board of Directors, not only for their able management of the affairs of the Bank of Eng land, but for the assistance they had afforded to the commer cial world during the last half-year." Mr. MARRIOTT said that he certainly thought that the meeting should not separate without expressing its satisfac tion at the way in which the governor and his colleagues had attended to the interests of the proprietors, and also their satisfaction for the way in which they had met the late mo netary emergency of the public. Mr. BARNES HAMMOND said, that it had been his inten tion to propose a resolution similar to the one proposed by his friend, Mr. Salomons. He saw that a great alteration had taken place behind the bench during the last few years. Every shareholder who now asked a question had it an swered immediately, and without reservation of any kind, showing that both management and manners were very much improved.—(Laughter.) He knew the labour and unwearied attention given to this corporation by the Go vernor and his colleagues. The whole time of the Governor, and his whole talent (which was not small), were devoted to the interest of the Company; and he, therefore, cordially supported the proposition, that the thanks of this meeting be expressed to him and the directors also. Mr. LEVI said that he thought, as 8 per cent. dividend had formerly been paid, that a similar amount ought to be paid at present, as the affairs were in a flourishing state. The sop of no reduction being made was not sufficient to make up the difference between 81. and 71. 103. per cent. being paid. The resolution for a vote of thanks to the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Board of Directors were then put to the meeting and carried unanimously. The GOVERNOR said that he felt that on the part of the Deputy-Governor and Board of Directers, that if anything could reward them for their exertions, it was such a compli ment as had just been paid to them, particularly the manner in which it was paid to them. He felt with his colleagues that it would act as a stimulus to their future exertions, and he, on his part, was not likely to forget it. The meeting then adjourned. REDUCTION IN TH E P RICE OF BREAD. iceandofsobmreeadtofe6lildin. v T al h i e ou highest --Yesterday gh p ee ar t ts pri of ee th o e f t t o he m pr , metropolis, is now from R. , 7 an ld el the lowest Gid. per f our pound loaf .. Colonel Voisin, who was implicated in the affair at Boulogne, but was recently pardoned by the King of the French, died two days age at I'assy, after long illness,. THE POTATO CROP IN IRELAND.--The accounts re ceived in this town from Ireland, as to the state of the potato crop, are worse today than they have ever been before. The demand fur Indian corn for that country is rapidly increasing, wig tu a casl ,, e 4 a hatcr Guardian cnusiderable tin In price,—kranc , j MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,000 bags, including 500 Americans on export. 1,500 Americans were sold on Tuesday, after the usual hours of Business, for exportation. Prices wire firm. Shares were dull, and lower. There are no later arrivals to-day, but the Indian over land mail seems to be expected. The memorial of Lieut. Waghorn, presented to the East India Company, and praying for the grant of a pension, has excited attention in the City, where it is deemed well en titled to the most favourable consideration. Lieutenant Waghorn expresses himself somewhat bluntly in his memorial, but he evidently writes his thoughts without disguise, and tells all he thinks too. Some of the readers of the memorial think probably that there might have been lese frankness—but so think not we. It is characteristic of the man, and those who read the letter at once know him. We regret much to hear of that gentle man's having incurred heavy pecuniary liabilities on ac count of his overland experiments, which no remuneration he has received could be expected to cover. In fact, as far as private interest is concerned, Mr. Waghorn must have been a great loser by quitting his original profession, to say nothing of the harrass of mind, and constant unsettled state which the career he has since pursued, must necessarily have occasioned him. From the New Zealand papers to November 22, we take the following account of the progress of the colony : " In last year's return, the quantity of land in cultivation was given at 1,262 acres, of which 237 were in wheat. This season we have no doubt there will be over 2,000 acres, of which not less than 600 will be in wheat. Taking 25 bushels to the acre (which is not at all too much to expect, consider ing what the crops were last year, and how much better they ought to be every year, as the land is better cleaned and worked), this will give us about 300 tons of flour. We be lieve our consumption is not above 200, so that we shall have 100 for exportation, which will go to pay, not our debts, for which we shall receive in ret urn . none, but for vario u s necessary imports in Nelson we owe " Oar potatoes also will probably form an article of export. Last year we had 288 acres. Probably the quantity will not be doubled this, as more land will be put into wheat and barley in proportion to other crops. We have, however, more than enough for local consumption, and some probably will therefore be exported in the coming year. Of barley, last year, we had 182 acres, and should have had much more, but when the sowing time arrived it was discoved that no seed was to be had, and potatoes, oats, and other crops were put in instead. This year there is seed enough; and, as a second brewery is to be started at the be ginning of the new year, there is every encourage ment for the agriculturists to grow a larger quantity, which we understand is being done.. In 1843 our sheep amounted to only 1,130 ; last year they were 5,782 ; this year we ex pect they will not be less than 10,000. Horned cattle last year were 918 ; allowing one-third for increase, they will be about 1,200 of this. Of minor stock, such as goats, pigs, and poultry, we can only say that, early in the spring as we yet are, fowls have been retailed at is. 6d. a couple, eggs at 6d. a dozen, and pork, as usual, in the carcase. at about 2d. a pound." _ _ _ The Stock Market is flat again this morning. Console realise 95% 5 for present transfer, and 95% to 96 for Ac count. The premium on Exchequer-bills has been reduced to 295. and 245. There is very little doing. In the Foreign Market the transactions are very circum scribed, not extending to half a dozen bargains. Spanish Five per Cents, are 26, and the Three per Cents. 304. Dutch Four per Cents. are 94 3 4. For Railway Shares there is scarcely any inquiry. BRITIgN FU2il)5. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. COMMITTEE ON BILLS. The following Irish Bills were grouped to be heard before a Com mittee of their Lordships, which opened its sittings this day : —The Silge and Shannon Railway, the Galway and Kilkenny, the Irish Great Western (Mullingar to Galway), and the Irish Great Western (Dublin to Galway). The Committee consisted of Lord Falmouth, Lord Byron, the Duke of Beaufort, Lord Ayleaford, and the Chairman (Lord Selkirk). The first case called on was W 833 IRISH GREAT WESTERN (mum= TO GALWAY). Mr. AUSTIN opened the proceedings on behalf of the promoters of this Bill, which he said was opposed by the Mullingar Company. The Learned Counsel in the first instance stated that the opposition to the Company was most unjustifiable, and entered into with direct violation of a written agreement entered into between the direetors of both Companies, that tbo opposition should be mutually withdrawn, and that each line should be allowed to obtain their respective Acts without farther opposition. Now, in direct violation of that solemn agreement, the Mullingar Company at tempted to obtain a line from Mullingar to Galway. Ile trusted that their Lordships would repudiate this attempt in violation of an agreement which would be binding in a court of law. The following is the contract which the Learned Counsel com plained of having been violated : " That both parties waive all opposition on the standing orders in consideration of the several matters hereinafter mentioned, viz., " Ist. The Mullingar Company giving up their line from KulUngar to Athlone. " 2d. Mr. French undertakes for himself and the other peti tioners against the Mullingar line, to withdraw all opposition to the said Mußinger and Longford line, and to give this latter undertaking, and the branches to the northward connected with it, all the support in their power. " 3d. Mr. Perry undertakes for himself and the others concerned, to withdraw all opposition to the Galway line, and to give it, and its branches to the southward, all the support in their power." Dated this 4th April, 1845.—And Signed, FITZN. FRENCH. JAMES PERRY. " If Mr. Perry shall be unable to prevail on the Grand Canal Company to withdraw their opposition, and that they shall not suc ceed in throwing out the Galway Company, this agreement shall exist the same as if the opposition had been withdrawn." Signed by F. FRENCH. J. PERRY. (No. II.) At a meeting of the Deputation held in London, the 9th April, 1845, it was unanimously agreed— That in the fullest confidence that the arrangement entered into between Mr. French and Mr. Perry will be carried out by both gentlemen and the Companies they represent, as well as all those by whom they are supported, or with whom they are connected to the utmost of their ability for securing the Acts of Incorporation for both lines, we acquiesce in, and confirm the said agreement. Signed by FITZN. FRENCH. JOHN ENNIS, Deputy Chairman to the Mellinger Line, and HUGH M. TUITE. (No. III.) Memorandum, sth May, 1845, London. The heads of an agreement for carrying into effect the proposed measures for a railway from Dublin to Mullingar and Longford, to be ultimately contintull to Sligo, and another railway from Porter lington to Galway, through Athlone. It is agreed that the petitions now pending in Parliament for the above purpose be withdrawn, and that etch party assist the other to carry the pending Bills (but con fined to the above objects) into effect. If any difference shall arise as to the mode of carrying the above arrangement into effect, it is hereby distinctly agreed by all parties signing this paper, that the mode of doing so shall be submitted to the decision of the Committee to whom the Bills be referred. For the Dublin and Mullingar Company, JAMES PERRY. For the Galway Company and other petitioners, FITZN. FRENCH. Mr. Sergeant Witanctual addressed the Committee in Lehalf of the Mullingar Company. The Learned Counsel complained of the construction which had been put upon the contract mentioned by his Lt arned Friend. He trusted the Commi-tee would not sanction a breach of contract; but what his Learned Friend had stated was entirely a mistaken view of the whole case as between his clients and the Dublin an Galway Company, and this he would show to their Lordships before he concluded his address. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP IX This Committee met this morning at half-past eleven o'clock, Lord Worsley In the chair. All the other members of the Committee were present. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW AMEI MENT AND BRANCHES. The CHAIRMAN gave the decision on this Bill, which was, that the preamble of the Bill was proved, with the exception of that portion relating to the Port Dundas branch, which was ordered to be struck out. The clauses of the Bill, with the exception of those relating to the rejected portion, were then read ; and, after several unimportant amendments, passed. The report was tnen agreed to, and the Chairman instructed to present it to the House that evening. _ _ _ _ Mr. Robson, clvil engineer, called and examined by Mr. HOPE— He surveyed, in last autumn, fur a line to connect the Polloc and Govan, the Glasgow and Ayr, and Glasgow and Greenock joint line, and the Barrhead and .Nellstou Railways. It was to be connected with these lines by three branches. The heaviest gradients were one ascending one of one in 104, and a descending one of one in seventy. The shortes cur• e was twelve chains radius. The other mineral lines around Glasgow had worse engineering difficulties than these. It was superior in this respect to the two competing lines, both of which had severer curves and gradients. The Grand Junction scheme was too high up the harbour, and interfered with house property and feued land ; and the Mineral Harbour was too low, being two miles from Glasgow-bridge. Both these lines were also longer, while the latter would give very imperfect accommoda tion to the Lanark coal fields in the east of the city. His estimate of the general terminus was—for works, 51,216!. 13s. Bd. ; for land, 50,358/, 10s.; contingencies, 10,157/. Both the other schemes were much inferiorly situated to this. It possessed a medium to accommo date the harbour well, and also to avoid the general traffic of the river. The opposing lines were not only longer, but connected with the southern lines in an inferior manner. Cross-examined by Mr. MONTEITM on behalf of the harbour Mineral —No house property would be interfered with by the General Terminus. The locomotives were to be brought within fifty yards of the harbour, and there unyoked and used to push the waggons gently behind along the quay. His estimates included land fora depot. _ Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS cross-examined this witness, with the object of showing that the Grand Junction would not interfere so much with house property as had been represented, but no point different from the examination in chief was elicited. He admitted that the Grand Junction would join the Polloc and Govan some what nearer Glasgow than the General Mineral. This would also be the ease in reference to the joint line of the Ayr . . and Greenock Railways. The engineers and agents are the same as in the former Bill. The isi, as in tilt lasz e isd, ,v,03 uno, having been adduced, the standing orders were declared to be com plied with. ' Sub-Committee No. 2. This Committee met to-day shortly after twelve o'clock. Present, Sir J. Y. Buller (Chairman), Mr. 'Walker, Mr. Kemble, Mr. E. Yorke, and Mr. Bramston. CHELMSFORD AND nurty. The consideration of the remaining allegations in the petition against this Bill, which was commenced yesterday, was resumed. These allegations stated that there were several inaccuracies in the gradients, rate of inclination, and other engineering points, on the plans ; and several of these on the Suffolk and Essex portions of the line were sustained, while several others were abandoned. Amongst the former were the 33d mile and 7th furlong, 3d mile 2d furlong, 7th mile let furlong Ist chain, 7th mile 7th furlong Ist chain, &c. The remaining allegations of this class, down to 51, were admitted. An allegation that there was an error in the datum line, at,the point 223 miles 6 chains, which should have been marked 220 feet, was sustained. It was next alleg,d, that on the plans and sections deposited with the clerks of the peace for the counties of Suffolk and Essex, the rates of inclination on certain turnpike-roads, &c., were not eimwn. Several instances of the alleged omissions were adduced and sus tained, and several more were admitted. The next class of allegations was, that the height of the embank ments at various points on the line wrs not stated hi the same plans. Several instances were susta!ned. Bab-Cemmittee No. b. This Committee met in room No. 11, at about half-past twelve o'clock, when there were present, Mr. Packs (Chairman), Mr. Ca vendish, and Mr. Walker. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD (BIRMING HAM EXTENSION), AND IMMINGHAM AND OXFORD 3ITNCTION RAILWAYS. The discussions as to these Bills, which, it will be remembered, are part of the same project, making together but one line, were re sumed. In reference to the former Bill the Committee reserved two points—that as to the datum line, and that as to the necessity of the sections being on the same scale as the additional plan. In reference to the latter point, it was observed by Mr. Carter that, as the small plans had been admitted to be incorrect, there was no other plan for the sections to agree with but the additional plans. Mr. CARTER resumed the discussion on the question of sufficiency of the notices, in which there was no distinction made between the parts of the line for which separate Bills were to be obtained, al though it was stated that the proprietors intended " to go for a part or parts" of the Bill. (Mr. Carter spoke at great length in answer to the arguments used by Mr. Burke en Tuesday, and Mr. Burke re plied, although the Chairman considered it unnecessary.) This question also was reserved, the Chairman wishing to consult with Mr. Hope Johnstone (who was not now present), and some other persons. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS. 15his Committee resumed its sittings this day, at twelve o'clock, Present, the Earl of Shaftsbury, in the chair. TAW VALLEY. The object of this line is to connect Barnstable and Bideford with Exeter. The whole length of the line is thirty seven miles, including an extension of six miles from Fanninaton to Bideford. The main line is from Barnstable to Crediton, whore it joins the Exeter and Crediton Railway. The estimated cost is 515,000/. Engineer, Joseph Locke ; Parliamentary agents, Dyson and Company. The Company were opposed by the proposed North Devon Rail way Company. After hearing the usual evidence, the Committee decided that the datum line of the extension was not formed from such a point as was contemplated by the standing orders, and they theretore re jected that portion of the line ; with respect to the main line, they decided that the Company had complied with the standing orders. RAILWAY ACCIDENT. - - - - STOCKPORT, WEDNESDAY.— An accident of a very serious character, involving the loss of two lives and nearly sacri ficing four others, happened on the works of the Maccles field branch of the Blanchester and Birmingham Railway, early on Sunday morning, a few miles distant from this town. The particulars connected with the melancholy oc currence may be gathered from the subjoined notice of the evidence adduced yesterday, at the town infirmary, before Mr. Hodson, the coroner, on the bodies of John Seal and John Birtles, the unfortunate men who perished. It appeared that the deceased were married men, the former a dyer by trade, in the employ of Messrs. Marsland, in the town, and the latter a labourer on the line, in the service of a Mr. Parkin son, a sub-contractor, and was employed in throwing the sand from the bank near the town station. In consequence of the men at this particular part of the works having been up two nights at work on the line, an, being desirous of having a good night's rest, they refused to unload a number of earth waggons on the night of Saturday, which would have occupied them until two or three o'clock on the following Sunday morning, and accordingly they were allowed to work on that day in order to facilitate the traffic of the line. Seal went casually in the course of the morning to view the operations, and unfortu nately joined in the work. That was about eleven o'clock. There were thirty wagg,•ns to unload, and an engine, num bered 27, took at first fifteen. They were emptied on the main line, and the ballast was thrown upon another lime parallel to it, on the Manchester branch in the township of Woodford. While they were being unloaded, the engine went back for the remainder, which were emptied and brought back to the Cheadle Hulme station. They were left on the Macclesfield branch,a trifling distance off the main line, and the wheels of several were tied by the fastening down of the breaks, to prevent them running on the main line, when the other waggons behind came up. The engine then set the behind carriages in motion, and when about 140 yards off, the train of standing waggons, it was detached and " shunted " off to the opposite line of rails; as the road is an incline the waggons were left to descend to the others by their own gravity. Prior to this, however, the engineer had, by the use of his breaks, checked the impetus of the train just before be left the waggons, and as their velocity was considerable directions were given to those on them to put down the breaks. The deceased and four men were on the breaks when the engine was detached. Two of them were thrown off by the sudden check given to the impetus, the other two jumped off from fear as the danger increased, and the deceased, it seems, retained their position, and were crushed severely be tween the carriages. They were removed to the infirmary, and died in dreadful suffering in the course of the day. Birtles had the bones of both hips fractured in several places, and the pelvis crushed extensively. Seal had a compound fracture of the right thigh, and extensive injury of the soft part of the limb. It was impossible for them to have lived after such injuries. Mr. Parkinson, the sub-contractor, said, he never allowed the men to work before on a Sunday in his life. There were only three waggons that had net breaks It having then been proved that there was a sufficient num ber of breaks on the carriages to stop their do wnwar d velocity, and that their not being preperly used was th e cause the accident, the jury found—" That the deaths of the deceased were accidental, caused by the breaks of the waggons not being sufficiently made use of, and they re commended that in future no strangers, nor any one not ac customed to the breaks, should be entrusted with their use." It was stated during the proceeding, that the Company had 400 waggons of a similar description to that which met with the accident, and that net more than ten were without breaks. Died lately, at Camberwell, within a month of his 103c1 birth-day, Nicholas Le Richeux, a Protestant refugee from _Nor mandy. Two of his brothers lived over 100 years lu France ; his wife died three years since, aged 93. weeseemeeensesee, ....„ THE SOCTII-EASTERN RAILWAY.--The directors of STATE o e"FRAD-r",' , t i this railway have given the public the accommodation of two express trains daily both ways upon this line. One leaves the Bricklayers' Arms at eleven o'clock in the morning, and the other London mAxelrEsT(EFßryilititAtßhceHMla7.n-chershteerreGiusanrodijatp'iotheogillue:i,i.; Bridge, at four o'clock in the afternoon. The trains stop at Ton- week in the demand for goods or yarn ; and_ gr ini, ,,c iv bridge, Ashford, and Folkestone, and make the journey both ways are on the whole tolerably well suppci ted, 01° 0 0 ! between London and Dover in two hours and a half. creasing stecks in the hands of spinners s od f t be Some of the Railway Companies, who have failed in induce sales, in some case! , at lower and ~.4 , V' bir getting in the half-downs, and such small sums, as fast as they de- prices. a Of t ee sire, are pertinacious in their endeavours, and give the delicate hint ROCHDALE 11 16 .--This has been 011- 0 0 , i ARCH .2 to the defaulters that the r names will be inserted in the London and few P lec- 01 country papers, care being taken to select journals published near the markets we have had for a long time ;0 P led it/ residence of the parties. arid, and those at a low rate. Wool as bee n At Aw l , NEW DUTIES.-SILKS, &c.---The Treasury order for same demand as last Monday. • P r°l 7°;. 4 the reduction of duties has just reached the Custom-house. Although LEEDS, DIA Ecti 17.--Alt bough no actual I t f, er fee t o,' only actually taking effect to-day for dairy produce, butter, cheese, taken place as yet in our markets, a rather be l i on ii , d $1 1 "00 &c., entries can be prepared and received this afternoon at the house be said to gain ground ; and the general Opinion annotli for the payment of the duties on silk, and the other articles specified have seen the worst of the reigning stagn.aZre, ti o r dr early to-morrow, and the establishment will be opened half an hour . livelier business time is close at band. P ric so olf,' 00 earlier for the dispatch of the large amount of extra business ex pected. The parties clearing the goods give bond for the payment of whole, better maintained, and wool is very it the old duties if the Bill should not pass. a shade higher for some descriptions, d l ear , ; e4 illtli WINDING UP OF PROJECTED RAILWAYS.-Pptitioris EIUDDERSFIELD, MARCH 17,-We have 1,2 4 eo o .i i, / are in the course of being signed here, calling on the various pro- from London, and for the American trade, , a ,',., t irbri, vincial committees to wind up their undertakings.-Edinburgh Ad- greater activity was manifested in our L , `"" %tem ,, vertiser. THIS DANGER OF READING IN BED, - Yesterda Cambria has brought orders to a considera ble e ole l morning, between twelve and oxe o'clock, the family of Mr. Lafon- Y of which will require two or three months to c °° ` tr gO so / taMe, of Montagu-street, Bryanstone-square, w, re alarmed by loud . .„.,e- ef 1 8 . vi A shrieks proceeding from the beed-room of Miss Jane Lafontaine, who SNOW STORM - DARLINGTON, MARCH I . ist , i , le slept on the second floor. On proceeding to ascertain the cause, it gan to fall at this town about eight o'clock th is ss nrietsid e e! was found that the bed and bedding were in flames, as well as the continued up V , this hour, four o'clock, P.M. T u L tifo„,:epf . night-dress of Miss Lafontaine, who was severely burnt before the inches deep. I hear, from report, that the snow . e', ow fire could be extinguished so much so that her recovery is extremely Newcastle, and further north it is still deeper. I feelt doubtful. It seems that Miss Lafontaine was in the habit of read- late arrival of the Edinburgh bags, if they strive 5. ..,,,It01;0 Mg in bed, and in this instance, falling asleep, the candle ignited - the a Correspondent. the bed furniture, the heat and flame fortunately awaking Miss The Earl of Wilton left town yesterqaY, f ro °r 41j t 'b i e cle, Lafontaine, or otherwise the consequences would have been dreadful. THE RECENT FIRE ON LUDGATE- HILL.-The inquiry 'The dinner given last evening by his ti a ft 0 :0 0 / Nese,' es le e Into the cause of the late fire upen the premises of Mr. Carlin, tobac- of Wellington, was very fully attended. _ e at a Ministers, as well as some of the most staunch t il Yc r ed '''' conist, Ludgate-street, Ludgate-hill, was resumed and concluded yesterday afternoon, at the Goose and Gridiron,- St. Paul's Church. Host apPe- , healthverri ment, were present, and the Noble , ar , and spirits. yard, before the deputy-coroner, Mr. Joseph Payne. The jury re .t.c. ra f -.0 1 ..q turned the following verdict:-' We have reason to believe that the ERRATUM.-In the new edition of ~-_,, „0, - „cr ~ pc. ,, fire was accidental, although there is not sufficient evidence before us Companion, v, hich subjoins all the clubs to which te ed le. JP, to show the precise manner in which it originated." After the ver- bore belong, it is proposed to read " Coal-hole" 1 0 frer diet had been agreed to, the jury, by resolution, expressed their thanks after Lord Northland's name.-Punch. Of Avesta/0/ to the firemen and others engaged in extinguishing the fire, on the The Ma rqu i s and Maretvoness 0 - ao f 04 . 1 ground that ~ if it had been allowed t o rage ten minutes longer, it Mined at dinner yesterd a y, th e D uke and Dacha-ea of i t r, would most probably have beer attended with loss of life an d a much Lady Blanche Som erse t , the Marquis and Mare hi° or greater sacrifice of property." Lord and Lady Sandwich*, &c. e 4 ati r , CHELSEA AND GREENWICH PENSIONERS.--By the THE BELLEROPHON.-We must coo' i ar d Bid now before Parliament for amending the Act for rendering effec- our Parliamentary report of yesterday. it was .e at /e tive the services of the Chelsea out-pensioners, and extending it to the not Lord Forester, who remarked upon the shiePr'w pr .n r. out-pensioners of Greenwich Hospital (which Bill, as amended, was Lord Forester is not in London, but in Shropshir 6 ' 1ff' 0 90 ., 515 yesterday printed), it is proposed that the Act 6 and 7 Victoria, sec. ENLARGEMENT OF THE ROME PAR j / 95, fur the enrolment of Chelsea pensioners, shall extend to Green- The new r oyal gardens at Frogmore (extending ov.' giol 4 ,fo ~,, wich pensioners who may have served in the Royal Marines in like acres), having now arrived at a high state of cultif o :i s A te j ee manner as if they were out-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital; and that determined by her Majesty's Commissioners ef W %roltoil;sl the whole number of pensioners of both hospitals to be enrolled in considerably add to the size of the Hume Park, bYe ee pl. - e l/Y e t the United Kingdom is not to exceed 20,000 men, and that the days of portion of the royal domain at Windsor an extens.• iv/ IA." 0 ; inspection or exercise shall not exceed 12 in one year. In the event half a mile in length and of considerable width, k tge ~/ it„ e ge r of any of the out-pensioners of Greenwich Hospital so enrolled velun- Wein gardens, In which were formerly produced ff,pliet e tf';,( 7 teenier their services to be kept on duty and pay for any period not wall fruit and vegetables of various kinds for the e l e i e v itlie f o , exceeding six months, they shall only be employed within the United table. These extensive gardens, which run Pa rali n e taid .. .o,'" - 1 Kingdom, or along the sea costs thereof. The Lord-Lieutenant of at the western extremity of the Home Park, ° S - e et P;. - eret Ireland may call out the Irish pensioners to aid the civil power in finest descriptions of peach, nectarine, and AP. - be w - ,..irof the preservation of the public peace. which, it is feared, on account of their age, it w .. ill s tn e _l° ° , 4 l REPRESENTATION OF EAST LOTHIAN.-There have remove with safety. The wall which separar': i t ''''-- tr• t big ' ,S v been rumours of a vacancy likely to occur in the representation of gardens from the park is upwards of ten fee t e.ro l ee / Iladdingtonshire, by the retirement of the present Member. In that course of being taken down. v mv Ott ti e CI, event, the Hon. Francis Charteris, who is intimately connected with METROPOLITAN . I .3IPROvEMENTS.-e- te a re,a - deted'i the agricultural interests of the county, has announced his intention is now fast approaching completion, and it is "il e a f_.. e l il i .4 way will shortly be thrown open for the Pa ssag rf e erit" a. ° I# l o l of becoming a candidate.-Edinburgh Advertiser. The Birmingham Musical Fe oval has this year been whole of the buildings having an architecture , froill e eee . vie 11°"" v o te fixed for August 25 and three following days, under the presidency most pleasing appearance, particularly whoa - , 4 is ~ efe of the Right Hon. Lord Wrottesley, Tottenham-court-road. A still further improve n elat.tie , :j THE KINGFISHER.-On Tuesday, Mr. Langford, of effected in this locality, the whole of the healse!_"4o s r .10: - Newington, shot one of those rare birds the kingfisher, in Batter- Church having been demolished preparatory r, , 08 ey sea-marshes. It is seldom these birds approach so near the metro- handsome crescent on their site. vrACV•,.. 0 1 4 OP polls. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE 80AT.... ,_,...-„0 , -,.,., d-cuti'' 0f v v r Mr. HUDSON.-Wd regret to hear rumours of the will be gratified to learn that an eight-oare vereitiofoul 0 it existence of such disagreements between Mr. Hudson and the dime- take place between the gentlemen of the beets seleet ed ei p e e „ e be ii,t P oro tors of the Eastern Counties, as may possibly lead to Mr. Hudson's Cambridge. Some very fine men have sti r, strug l ' ea ieretd , , retirement. We trust, for the interests of the shareholders, that ferent boats' crews, and a spirit-stirring slightly t the P 7 05 W- 10 010/ events may net confirm this report. Looking to past mismanagement, paled. The Cantabs have, to , we can hardly believe that any board which had so signally mane. sent. The day announceclft . t r b i ri t s h d s e ge m t e o tc 3 h re i to be contested from Putney Tested its incapacity, would venture on a course of opposition to Mr. Hudson.-Railway Chronicle. A few evenings ago, as the driver of a one-horse morning, between eight d on the river, by which 6 der 0 01 els, chariot, belonging to a liveryman, was returning home with his car- FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.----.T.-e1010.,f tressing accident oc w c n urr a e bargeman, was drowned , u n ri 00 0 0 /9e l e tiara from a job, he met with an old acquaintance, who induced him named George Bro.- and nine o'clock, t rs li t e lAakp fo reji ll C ! -u : euo ., j e l ? Air ‘ to go to the Barriere du Maine and drink a bottle of wine together. albtaarpgpc"do7t ' t ' i t ie ll r r i o vZfb a r nd th s e WP"-s ee tP relef s P S, i They enjoyed themselves over their glasses until the next day was well advanced, when the charioteer was upset under the table, and it loaded w Fulbam, a ns l g. s in the Pool, and about the time B as itl e eil l . e i e:,, Brown, who had been rowing, viz. ter n s I"Diet a h t l o g n c , i were rcutn circumstances:-It t tri a:l nc e go e i lay in profound stupor. The worthy companion having paid tie being . off Fulham, t h e gunwale of the barge towerda h e e ,, r eitea eli score, mounted the box of the chariot, and drove it to St. Germains, where he sold the horse for 201., and the carriage for 50f., although, throwing i a boat-book to him, but the unfortinV o gsto;4 l 6 , !F el a i lk il l i i t g o the river. Kingston immediately tried r - ' w erh e ft ° e r at the very lowest estimate that coull be made they were worth struggles for life, missed his grasp and sunk. „ mo pe `,', Ai , 1,200 f. With his 701,, or as much as was left after paying his ex his barge as soon as possible, anti, having proeureumit site t ' t , pr penses at St. Germaine, he returned to Paris, and there, after having sieavoured to find the body of his unfortunate mats, 0° I spent the whole of the money thus fraudulently acquired, was ar t. - fur some time he could not meet with any Nu" . 0 0 J o Di g , rested upon the complaint of the liveryman, who had got trace o . him. The vagabond was an old offender, having been already seve rat times tried, and twice condemned for similar offences. were sober at the time. IMPUDENT SWINDLE.-At the Surrey' Scssiresect, s ther tl 3 i e 'tO tjP i of fi t ' ad, '- fit' se t being in want of appearance, was put upon his trial, on a charge , fe -ro t ee 4 o examined he pretenied that he went to St. Gennains in p ° u l r ' su b i e t h o jg f terday, James Wallace, a middle-aged man, a r snot ,40..$ his wife, who had absconded from him, and the , . tv , o A sp t ill , The case has caused more than ordinary notoriee e., wh ae res v, money, he had only plecged the horse and chariot toe the 701 * Ile of coals, the property of 31,.. Di xon , of Belviue 10 D es se Was committed for trial.- Galignani. Abbey. Each train will stop a line Trt o E f railroadL-"TfrNomE NEW o e i t t ' Poet's-corner c i o L r W n e A r roundY..itth is Interior of Westminster "teed in various side present conveyances round ' new V the prisoner being a member of a gang of swindle,,*,., co ,„,,t , 11 e plundering tradesmen out of propert s ' ot her,rol7 4 *" tent, by taking houses, giving references' to e e,,f ‘efa d oi. hr etips means procuring goods, which they at once tn e _ie,;,. fo o r.n to_ i . lin Cost. In October last Mr. Dixon received f .e e IL: 0 1., wagg" r ' passengers to view the monuments. slow, chapels, and a minute and a hal h f a a l t r and ircapable of holding a l i a , l i e ie i m iry in ll.'s chapel, to enable coals from a Mr. Gland, and when the represented they e ae , SIPA the Abbey are considered to be too be sufficient number of passengers, to coisistent with the convenienc e : than, he was met l , y Wallace, who .- To e. t i -- 0 4. 9 t y4s of then'. ti prOP er p , V oi of the public. The fares, too, will be reduced.-N.B. An express i in half the time, will be started (- ' t q l u ir e ie n , the following day he managed to get rid ling the . . e . _ O U and got the waggoner to deliver them at his nt, train, warranted to do the distanee i . services.-Puneh. ten minutes before each of the sery . committed on that charge from Souti-wart ws , a lleci: gne a, lately running t runninz • THE ROAD I-Out of the four coaches stePproposed to carry tl i y m t w a e li v e e n r i , n i to ie c.,,u,snt,,odby,,iolnedaocuhtarbg; of a jt te_ ,, t ::::: , :eotaz;.. " d the " Leeds Mail." The Grantham " Won- ' daily irom Stamford to Grantham, there are now lint two left, viz., " The Red Rover an in I der" coach, that met the eleven o'clocktrait rum London, ceased months afterwards. The jury, after a let L e .., puller running on Saturday last. Parties from Grantham will therefore rang. lie did not appear at the sessions to tea top eeu ge oc- 4 1?- to the tenor of his recognize. cos, but had_ b_ e _.!,, n en r ed _ W .raair found the prisoner guilty, and the court SeLO P '" have to leave town by the first train, or stay in Stamford all night, tioa for sem years. sad go by the Leeds ma the following morning.-mgmicrog pfrao. GROUP XIV. The Select Committee on this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morubig in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, Mr. Protheroe in the chair. NORTH SENT LINE. The cross-examination of 3lr. Vignoles, the engineer of this line. was resumed by Mr. Austin, on lioehalf of the South-Eastern Com pany. He proposed that trains should run every half hour for Gravesend, and every two hours for Dover. He had fixed no station yet at Greenhithe, nor had he yet fixed upon a station at Graves • end, owing to the difference of opinion which prevailed there on the subject. The South-Eastern line was nearer to Greenhithe than his own, but it was not nearer to Gravesend. From Gravesend to Rochester there was a gradient for two miles of 1 in 142. The difference of level between the high water mark at Rochester and the level of the level of the rails there was about 17 feet 3 inches. With respect to that portion of the line which lies near to Faversham, he should certainly prefer the straight line, which avoided the town, but, of course, it was for the Committee to say whether the import ance of the town of Faversham justified the adoption of the alterna. tive line which ran through the town. There would be a tram-road from the line to the Faversham quays, with gradients of 1 i n 38, 1 i n 28, and 1 in 17, but there was no section to connect it with the alternative line. The distance of the straight line from the gunpowder mills would be about 185, and the tram-road about 300 yards. The length of the line ftom Boughton to Harbourdown, was five miles, the tunnel was 1,500 yards, or a little more than three quarters of a mile, and either side there was half a mile of mixed deep and shallow cutting, the average depth was 50 feet, and deepest depth 80 feet; the cost of this portion of the work would be 160,0001. This calculation was made in anticipation of finding the Boughton hill consisted of a particular kind of sand, 101. per cent. would per haps have to be added if the stratum was found to be of London clay. The price of the tunneling would be about 701. the yard, in cluding contingencies. The Deal and Dover trains, he proposed to work from the Canterbury station, that was a train leaving Deal and Dover stations would arrive at the point ofjunction where theline forked off and be drawn into Canterbury and on to Chatham by one engine. Further on beyond Canterbury the Ramsgate and Margate carriages would be hooked on behind the Deal carriages, and so carried on to Chatham, and thence to the metropolis. The line be tween Canterbury and Deal would only be five miles shorter than the South-Eastern, but the line ought to be taken in the aggregate, and then it shortened the distance between the metropolis and Deal by tenor twelve miles. The maximum gradient on the line was 1 in 132, while the rise between Lewisham and Woolwich was 100 feet. The work this year was more expensive than that which he proposed last year, but he bad made it so in deference to an opi nion expressed by the Committee which sat last year. GROUP XV. The Committee met in the Vice-Chancellor of England's Court, at twelve o'clock. Present, Mr. O'Connell (chairman), 21r It. Price, Captain Hatton, Mr. Hindley, Mr. Mackinnon. BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER (BOGNOR TO LITTLEHAMPTON), carcznasTEre, AND BOGNOR. The CHAIRMAN announced this morning that, in consequence of his application to the Speaker, the Bill fur that one of the competing lines which had not been read a second time, would be read a second time to-night by special motion, that the sittings of the Committee might not be interrupted. But, as some of the witnesses had been sent home, the Committee postponed the consideration of these lines to Monday next. LONDON AND BRIGHTON (EAST. GRINSTEAD). NORTH EASTERN (GODSTONE TO EAST GRINSTMAD). ----- Mr. Alexander and Mr. Lang continued the examination of wit nesses for the South Eastern. Sir. Barlow, the engineer of the line was called, and stated that the most unfavourable gradient on this line was 1 in 66, and it would be more easily overcome than the gradient on the Brighton branch at Trow Bridges, of one in eighty, and that this arose from the circumstances attending the inclination of the plain. The viaduct on the branch of 450 yards in length would be constructed partly of brick, partly of timber, and would be quite secure. There was a viaduct of the like construction with a maximum height of 125 feet on the Sheffield and Manchester line, and was found quite safe. The expense would be 22,0001., and the working expenses of the line would be 3001. per mile. He thought the gradient of 1 in 66 of 80 feet in a mile, which occurred on the viaduct, was quite inappreciable in its effects on the travelling of the trains. Several other witnesses were called and examined, on behalf of the South Eastern, to show the traffic of the neighbourhood towards the east ; and this closed the case for that branch. Mr. ROWE then addressed the Committee on behalf of Mrs. Phil lips, Mr. Hastie, and other proprietors on the South Eastern Branch, in opposition to that :ine, and called witnesses to show that the great damage done to private property would not be compensated by public advantage. Mr. Dizazwrrima having shortly addressed the Committee in reply on behalf of the South-Eastern, Mr. Mira.F.a was rising to reply en behalf of the Brighton Branch, when The Cnatanfax announcedf that he need not proceed as the majority of the Committee were of opinion that the Brighton branch should be passed, and the South-Eastern rejected. The Chairman said he had spoken of the majority of the Committee, for his own opinion was, that both lines should have been granted. The preamble or the London and Brighton (East Grinstead) Branch Bill was declared proved, and the several clauses of the Bill were then read and passed. The Committee adjourned till Monday next at twelve o'clock. Sub-Comittee No. 1. Members present, Mr. Strutt (Chairman), Mr. Forbes, And Mr. Beckett. The Committee met at twelve o'clock. PRESTON AND WYRE, HARBOUR AND DOCK COMPANY (LONGRIDGE JUNG. TION). The object of this Bill was to obtain powers to concentrate a line i connecting the Preston and Wyre with the Preston and Longthige Railways, and to sell or lease it to either of these lines. The length of the line was one mile, and the estimated cost 93,0001. Agents, Messrs. Dorrington and Co. ; Solicitors, Messrs. Nelson and Wynne; Engineers, Mr. S. P. Bidder and Mr. Park. The standing orders were declared to be complied with. INVERNESS AND ELGIN. This Bill sought powers to make a line from Nairne to Elgin, wins branches to the three harbours of Findhorn, Burghead, and Lossie mouth. The length of main line is twenty-two miles ; the branches fourteen ; total length thirty-six miles. The estimated cost is 350,0001. The railway is intended to form an important link in the chain which connects London with the northern capital. Agents, Messrs. Graham and Weymss, London ; Messrs. Ander son and Stewart, Inverness. Consulting engineers, Messrs. Locke and Errington. Acting engineer, Mr. Mitchell, Inverness. The formal proofs, such as advertising in the newspapers published in the several counties through which the proposed line shall pass, &c., having been given In and supported by evidence, The Committee decided that the standing, orders were complied with, excepting with respect4o,2le fixed point referred to on the datum line, which was at thK-Opirrittep-.of the academy at Inverness, a dis tance of fifteen miles :.,,:..i4lte *rest terminus at Nairne. -i. , ..;,- - -.—, PE '-,-, ~ 0 , ',; INVXRNESS. This Bill sougle;?; •'.construCt . a line from the town of Inverness to a2,:wi . tik 1 .. gortou) live mites from Perth, where it effected t iti1K114974 ' tile., qottish Midland Railway. The Bill proposed also to nial4 . 4' 'lO. liwto Nairne. The length of li main line is 12514; the broxcia' , 4g; *4440 Miles. The estimated cat is 4400,0004 . , ' :,- , t .:, -,\, *-2- zi;;' .• -•:`' . ..',1•...--,11.:;:;:i,,,--i - CLOSINA ONE ' O'CLOCK. PRICES. Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. • • 953 A % % 95% An i nui o ti l s' y r.aP s, Jan ir °la . 5, 16 Jan. .. 60 .. Dtt,O ear 10% Bank Loig Stock for Account Consuls for Account Exchequer Bills. 1,0001... 5001... , Ditto, Small 0% 213 • • • • 96 95% 96 96 1%(1. 29 24 29 -- pm. 29 29 - - p m . 29 29 24 - pm. 24 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3U, 31i FOREIGN FUNDS. Equador Bonds .. „ Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. . Portuguese Four per Cents Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent . Ditto, for the Account -- Ditto, Passive Bonds .. Ditto, Deferred Ditto, Three per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. 36 1 A Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94 3 ,4 94% BUSINESS PAID. DONE AT CLOSING ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. . 1 6 I.i Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction •. .. 2% •• • • 1% . . Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 . • Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham. 225. .... 3i dis... Caledonian .. _ 10 .... 11 10% Ditto, Half Shares .. 2% •. • 2% • • Cambridge and Oxford.. .• • • 1 % •• • • ••• • • • Churnet and Blythe .. 2 .. I Cork and Waterford .. .. • . 134.... Cornwall and Central Devon • • 2 % •• • • ••• • • • Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% .... %• • Direct Northern .. 2%..,. 2% Dublin and Belfast Junction .. 10 .... 7 ......., Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 .... % . Eastern Countie 4l. 165..... Ditto New .. .... ....5i. 165..... 6 Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 6/. 13s. 4d. Ditto, ditto, .. . No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. 34 p Ditto, York Extension 10s. .... 114 % East Lincolnshire 1% Edinburgh and Glasgow .. 50 .... 72% Ditto New 1 4 Shares.. .. 10 .... Goole, Doneast., and s heffield, &c. 425..... 34 p Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% % 1.. Great Eastern and Western .. 2% ... . . . Gt. Grimsby, Louth, Horn. ,&c... 425. .... 1 dis Great North of England . .. 100 .... 215 Ditto, New . 1% Great Western .. 85 . • ..145 •• .• Dil Lo Half shares .. 50 .... 83 •• . Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 32% Hull mid Selby .. 50 ....102 10034 Ditto, Halt ~hares .. • • • • 7 .... 26 ..• , Lancaster and Carlisle .. 35 .... 53 Leicester and 8edf0rd...... 225...., % 1 4 dis Leicester, Tamworth, &c. ...... 425. London an i Birmingham . .100 .. • . 219 Ditto Fifths • . .. • • • • 2 .... 23 London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. 8 . • . . Ditto New . • • - • • .. 2%.... 4% London mad Brighton .. .. 50 .... 62% % London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. 9% 1 A London and South-Western.. 41/. 6s. 10d. 76 ..... London and York . • • . • • .. 2% 314 %%% London, Warwick, & Kiddermins. 2% 11,4 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 2% _ Lynn and Ely • • • • • • •.10 .. 914 Manchester and Leeds . • • . 82 _ Ditto, half Shares .. . • • . 38 .. • . 56 x . .. 420 MchaDnittoe,stFeir and rths Birmingham x d. Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • • 4 .. •• 113 4 x Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) • • 2 934334 x d Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • 1 7% x d Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. 114 Manchester and Southampton .• 2 _ 21K Midland .. • • • • • • • • ..100 .• • • 146 145 ilic,Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 108 .• • .117 • Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .. • 44 Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .. 19 18 .. • Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2% •• . North British .. • • • • ••• .. 20 .. • . 26 ..... ... . Ditto, Carlisle Extension • . 114 234• '' Ditto, Dalkeith • • • • .. 25 _ ... Ditto, ditto • • • • " • • 5 •.• • • G ... . Northamp., Bedford, &Cambridge 42 5 . % d • i ; • L . :: North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2% ....i 7 e 2 .. North Staffordshire • • • • • • 425. 34i Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverhmptu. 12% • 12% Perth and Inverness • • . • • • 234 11 4 .. Preston and Wyre • • • • •• 25 .... 34% ... . Rugby and Huntingdon _ •2 Scottish Central • • • • . • • 7134 • Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2,, Somersetshire Midland _• South Midland • • • • • • • • 425. ... .0% p.. • . South Eastern and Dover 33% Do., New (do. 150 • • No. 4. `2%.... Trent Valley • • • • • • • • • • 5 .. • • 27% Trent Valley and Holyhead June. 2% .... .... Tcing, Reading, and Basingstoke.. 534 .... 21 4 ........ Welsh Midland .. •• 2% West Riding Union • • • • .. 425. .... 2% p. York and Lancaster • • • • • • 2% 1 1 A% York and North Midland _ 50 Ditto. Extension • • • • .. 15 .... 31 Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 934 ... FOREIGN RAILWAYS, Boulogne and Amiens • • • • .. 10 .... 1 . Bord., Toul., & Cette l (Espele , (Mackenzie) 2 .... 2 _ ... Ditto, ditto tel • . 2 _ 2% Dutch Rhenish • • • • • • • 5 „„_ East Indian .. • • • . ss. 34 Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 1 6 " . ........ . Great Western Canada • • • . Lyons and Avignon • • • • • • 2 .... •. Namur and Liege • • • • • • 4 ~.. 2 3 4 . ... Orleans and Bordeaux • .. 6 ~ Sambre and Meuse • • • • • 6 4 Tours and Nantes Constituted _ 5 .... 7% ... West Flanders • • •• • • • • 4 3 3 4 ...... JOINT-STOCK BANKS London Joint-Stock • • • • .. 10 .... London and Westminster • • .. 20 .. MINES. . 7 q dis. . 10% . 25/4 1 d 1;. 215 .14% 32 00% 26 ,j 14 d s 1 dl5 219 81A 4% 62% 91i 76 31,6 56xd 77%;(a 1194xd 9 1 ,4xd 7%xd 1% p % dig 3 % P 12% 2% '-i-) Unregistered .... 3% ...••• • Real del Monte, Errata—ln yesterday's list, read Welsh Midland I —West Riding Union 2% 3—aud Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, and Worcester, Hereford, Revs, and Gloucester, blank. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 19.—Wind W., light airs and fine. DEAL, Maacu 18.—Wind N.N.E. to N.E.—Arrd. Stad Utrecht, Jaske, Batavia, and sld. for Amsterdam; Allan Bride, Bird, St. Do mingo. Arid. from the River and sld.. Louisa Munro, Harding, Aden; Lady, Williams, Lima; Mary Ellen, Edmonds, Bayannah • i Lady Seater], Duffell, Montreal ; Gl a nmire, Barclay, Barbadoes. Sld. Cin derella, Purkis, Sumatra. The Elizabeth, Wilson, from Hartlepool for Shoreham, got on the Goodwin, but assisted off without apparent damage, and proceeded. Two casks and one case of gum, with sun dry staves, have been picked up here, supposed to be part of the cargo of the brig Richard, ofNewcastle, from Liverpool for London, wrecked on the Pair Sand. The staves are marked Barclay and Co. POWLESMOUTLI.—SId. Essex, Morris, Madras. LivEarooz, MARCH 18.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Jane Augusta, Lambe, Callao ; Gautemala, Denby, Valparaiso ; James Stewart, Pernambuco. Sid. Lucinda, Seolley, Valparaiso ; Dublin, Sholtleld, Philadelphia ; Wyoming, Mierkin, ditto ; Jnnlua, Wilson, Slaten Island ; Sea King, Smith, St. Andrews, N.B. Mem.—The Oberon did not sail yesterday, as reported. Off port, Robert Finite. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) EC .T MAIMICTS. SHITHPILLD — Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 418 s ; Clover ditto, 41 is to 61; Oat Straw, 1112 s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 16s per load. Supply moderate, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.--Meadow Hay, 31 bs to 41 106 ; Clover ditto, 41 53 to 51 15s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 16s ; Wheat Straw, 11 Ids to 11 184 per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. Warrxcnarxi..—Meadow Hay, 313 s to 41 is ; Clover ditto, 41 103 to 6135; Oat Straw,lll2s to 11 143 , Wheat Straw, 11 144 to 11 16s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. MEAT DIAN3LETS. HansnAxe, Marten 18.—We had a steady trade for meat kinds of stock, at very MI prices. Beef, for 3s 6d to 45 6d ; Mutton, 4s 6d to Si 8d ; Veal, 5s to 5s 6d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s Gd per 81b. ARUNDEL, MARCH 17.—Beef, fl - om 3s 4d to 45 ad ; Mutton, 45 4cl to 39 Gd; Veal, bs to 5e 4d; and Pork, 4s to 4$ 6d per Sibs. A moderate supply, and a steady trade. CHICHETER, MARCH 18.—A good business was transacted here to-day, on the following tenns :—Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 4s 44 to 3s 8d ; Veal, 4s 8d,.t0 5s 4d; and Pork, 48 to 4s Gd per 84b8. Sucking Calves, 188 to 19s ; Quarter -old Store Pigs, 16s to 199; and Mach Cows, with their sinallealf, 161 to 181 each. SOUTHALL, blaacit 18.—Prime Beasts and Sheep moved off steadily, at full prices ; othenvise, the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef front 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 4s tc 53 8d ; Veal, bs to 5s 8d ; and Pork, 43 to 4s Bcl per Sibs. Romeoan, Maker! 18.—The supply of stock on offer to-day was but moderate, yet th e general demand was by no means active. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 4cl Mutton, 3s 8d to 55 6d ; Veal, 5e to os 8d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 8d per Bibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s ; Quarter-old Store-pigs, IGa to 195 ; ad Milch Cows, with their small calf, 161 to IS/ each. NEWCIATE AND X.E.A.DENTIALL. Although the supplies of each kind of meat was by no means ex tensive, the trade ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices. Beef, from 25 Btl to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s thi ; Veal, 4$ 101 to Ss 10d ; and Purk, 3s 10d to bs per 81b4. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISPI CORN For the Week ended March 14, 1546, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns 1* England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT• 1 BARLEY . 1 OATS. I EYE. I BEANS. PEAS. PRICE .. 54a 3d 293 4d 21s 9d 34■ 2d 35s 2d 34s 9d DUTY,.. IS)) Gtl 94 oci ii 3 Od 94 G(.l $s 6d 33 6d • BUENOS AYRES. By the Petrel packet, :arrived at Falmouth, hav l4 o3 o from Rio Janeiro on the 25th of January, we h a r d g eo of° from Buenos Ayres of the sth, and from Monte Vi 1 1 $ 1 9th of January. All was tranquil at Buenos A t r,,dl lines at Monte Video were garrisoned by the 45 '. 1 " 01 0 Regiments, which was considered satisfactory' , s ee coo pti, discordant materials of which the inside party vis s This would, no doubt, facilitate a change such be determined upon by England and Franc e ,e. I VO The Al 0110 troop-ship, which conveyed the 7*n r e 1 0 a bout tu to Monte Video, was to leave for England January, no doubt to be sent back again in the stlin t e b e as the Resistance was, to convey those troops t° ginal destination. of policy-, Bert MONTE VIDEO, JAN. 6.—The staff of the Ito , e it landed here on the 6th instant, and proceeded to.et, racks. It appears quite ce r t a i n th a t this regime 00 45th were ordered down on th e au th or ity of M e ' W et and, from the turn w hi c h thi ngs h ave t a ken her e ' 001 tainly serve as a protection to British interestseeeteo eruption of the discorda n t e l ements o f w hich the g'""" this town is composed. • is The appearance of the E ng li s h fl a g on the 1 1 °_,,,;_ i e to have caus e d grea t exc i tement i n the ou tside P; 1 40: taking an' impartial v i ew o f t hi s procee ding, in A l i( Pr with what we h ave a b ove stated, we cons id e r that fr" is uncalled for. No news from the Parana or Uruguay. To EXTRACTS PROM THE ANNUAL MESSAGE OF 0 , TIVE TO THE CHAMBER OF REP RESESTAT i r BUENOS. AYRES, Dric. 27, 1845.—1 n my for folti I informed you that the Commodore of the ol v d etr‘ f her Britannic Majesty, D on J o h n B . Purvis, 110004 the belligerent rights o f th e A rgent i ne Conte' ein e, suited its flag, given fr es h lif e to i ts conqu ered e ° oooro broken the neutrality declared by her DlaajestP ~0 0 10 ceedings, and the arming of the foreigners in the c l Uicli Video, have prolonged the calamities of the lor on the point of terminating. that But the Government has not lost its confidel e d by id Cabinet of her Britannic Majesty will be g 11 „ 1, as, i t 1 pacific spirit from which, in its official deelars.."; s rttlj never departed ; and that by acts of justice andr t he / 3 ' will redeem the character of her Majesty and 0. p ei nation for magnanimity an d rect i tu d e. „f 0 1 4 110 In consequence of th e re f usa l on the par' - Aid'? forces of her Britanni c M a j esty an d of h is ad. ° fo l King of the Fren c h t o ac k now l e d ge t h e bloc— se ta/ ports of Monte Vid eo an d M a ld ona d o . the T o e of closed the Argentine ports to vessel., proceeding :31 e ) lc oot i Video, or which hat touched there. The disai re • blockade rendered that measure necessary and in e tas' el The injury that may have resulted from i t to th do ofj cial interests is attributable solely to the comm',, ll t ete,'J British and French naval forces, and on them hr .& ef:j responsibility of it, inasmuch as it was they ir e m ,7o,e r unjust infringement of the belligerent rights-at.- drew forth this legitimate act of self-defence. te3 h ! '. Before the blockade o f thi s prov i nce was instittl ent Ministers of England and France, the Goverlintre tbl bited all communic at i on w i t h t h e s hi ps o f war" hie to , linos. It would ot h erw i se h ave b een imposs'", of disagreeable consequences, nor was the presen-010 officers and crews in the Argentine territory el with its dignity an d t h e nat i ona l honour. 01, You know, honourable representatives, that the e re tervention of Fr a n ce an d England cannot it with the decla ra ti on i n Parliament of the Pri ni ob of her Britannic M a j esty , w h o state d t hat ro e dl, o jl existed in the law o f nat i ons, nor w i t h that of t t u to FLO for Forei,en Affairs of his Majesty the King of , rt es'f who declared that he never for one mome°` 4 ol o the idea of interf er i ng i n t h e i nterna l affairs " et federation. ": The Government met the inflexibility of ths England and F rance w i t h a s i ncere sp i r it of e n $ and with unvarying moderation of conduet.„;o4 ' with cordiality a private and confidential invin'lso 4 ` Chargé n'Affaires of France to point out sod r e a might lead to the re-establishment of peace ; to him one which conc iii nte d t h e h onou r an ly iDte e England, of France, and of the Confederation . t ot tors rejected it, r e it erat i ng t h e i r unjust demsods'tsoflo Upon them wei g h s t h e respons ibi l i ty o f A 5 :1 W „ or afflicting to humanity, derogatory to the righ — ees° republics (the Oriental and Argentine), destr uc '" tierce, and alarming for the American States. . ct iioro l , The Confederation in all its cities and dif ri b 00,' prepared to sustain the national liberty n nd 't ° erri vr o /tr Government is resolved to defend the Argentine t i o tt o oe the independence of its flag. With the eir eB ,, /) .le defensive attitude it has not adopted any u°' t ifrO, nor ordered reprisals against the Governments 0 ., tt, Great Britain, or their subjects. It perseveres.litir the persons and properties of the latter, and in . 1 , 11 ,, 0 e„' confidence which c i v ili se d G overnments p l ac e in its root/ and public engagements. Whatever mey he th e itEe lt the Government of this Republic congratulat es d t he having respected international conveniences, ap cent precepts of civilizkrAon The Government has seen withpleasure the ;OS merit of the int e r n al p eace an d th e p etm eolidete B ve d 0 tegrity of the empire. The Imperial arrns,lbeir,',, for his Majesty an d f or B raz il the fru i ts or L and their ill us t r i ous v i ctor i es. Th e coeirt 01 o e d also, of the vi c t or i ous army of the Oriental s e tbv tines has deprived the rebellion of the incentir' longed it. • r enlt i°lll The Oriental Republi c , a id e d b y t h e Conie— riously defends its i n d epen d ence an d the legs t t e ej The fatal Rivera h as di sappeared from it s free or ieo 7 o ( consequence of the memorable victory of 01,11 Argentine arms. Th e General Legislative As se b 0 • Oriental peopl e , pres idi ng over i ts h e roic defenc e ' important measures which do it great honour' trious President, B r i ga di er D on Manue l Orih e t ' t ifte' the confidence of th e country an d i ts represeVoo tains its dignity and i n d epen d ence w i t h hi s well - and sagacity. 1010 18 • a 91 The French and English naval forces, unite 0 00 of Italian adventurees, have carried to the e lit e Oriental state desolation, pillage, and sit g ,,, tliS t Orientals continue a valiant resistance, and su tifrbv• country is unconquerable. The Republic of the Uruguay, its illustrious c - aeli t i fee its legal Gove r n men t are wort h y h onoura ble repro ,, f r, of the high estee m o f the Argentine Contederati ° % . ,c o o ol and the rest of the nations of the world, behold 01, with glory, defendi ng th e i r l aws , th e i r indepeO ° t / deafest rights, and their honour. ed pi Ai The Argentine Government has not falter , d menaces of superior force, in its obedience to the t .: 4 o• honour, and safety. The abandonment of s°,oo, 2 brave an ally, and of its own political indepenu have degraded the Confederation for ever. es 0 0 / The natives will look with interest towar%d t pe Oriental republic, which, in defending forwn,,l" upholds the common principle of liberty au'• • • • • „, $O 7 JUAN MANUEL FELIPE ARANA. MANUEL INSIABI° I Consi Ati Ze ITU tit