The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-10 00:00:00

ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. THIS ETENING, and every evening daring the week, Introductory ADDRESS, by Mr. Albany Brown. After which, a new scene of Apropos, entitled the MANAGER'S ROOM. FII- To be followed by the Musical Burlesque of BOMBASTBS aroso. --- With the Infinitesimal Opera of THE UNITED SERVICES. To conclude with the Neapolitan grotesque Divertissement of ARLECIILNO FORTUNATO, with the Frolics of Saltarello and Piarrot. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. A Morning Performance on Saturday next. Doors to open at Half-past Two, and commence at Three o'clock. In active preparation, an entirely new version of the Grand Eastern Spectacle of A.LADDIff ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, which will shortly be produced with all she vast resources of this small estaPlishment. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-oeice of the Theatre, and of all the prisiciPal Librarians. THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LAXE. THIS ICVEITING, WM be performed THE SICILIAN BRIDE. Marquis Montluc, Mr. Whitworth; Count Andreersi, Mr. E. 0. Toulmin ; Rodolfo di iSangeetaro, Mr. Sims Reeves; Duke, Mr. S. Jones; Pietro, Miss P. H or ton ; satanic°, Mr. H. Drayton ; Bianca Andreozsi, Miss Crich ton ; Siren. Miss Rebecca Isaacs. Aftos wh i c h, a new Ballet Fantastique, entitled THE STAR THE arirß or, The Genius of Danci ng . it er beam, Madlle. ear Sl Plunkett ; 311114: (a young Peasant), M. Durand. Box-office open daily from 10 to 4. Stage Manager, Mr. J. M. MORTON. Tke whole under the management of Mr. BUNN, LESSEE. THEAT:L:: ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptou. THIS EVENING, Will be perfbrmed LONDON ASSURANCE. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone, Leigh Murray, Lambert, Howe; Mrs. Stirling'. sad Miss Reynolds. A Selection of English Music. After which, THE JACOBITE. THEATRE ROYAL, A.DELPIII. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Wlll be presented the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colonel Hardy, Mr. Emery ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mr. Willis, Mr. Worrell ; Phoebe, Miss Woolgar ; Eliaa, Miss L. Honey. After which, OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES. To conclude with a new and original Christmas Tale, called LIT TLE RED RIDING HOOD. Wolfram, Baron of Burliburg (sur named the Wolf of Biberich), Mr. Paul Bedford ; Scraggenheim, Mr. Baser; Trudchen (commonly called Little Red Riding Hood), Miss Kathleen Fitzwillisun. e.OYAL PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kea'. THI 6 4 EVEING, WIS be performed shakespere's Historical Play of KING JOIDI (as acted at Windsor Castle by Royal Command). Principal cha racters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Addison, Meadows, J. Vining, C. Fisher, Graham, F. Cooke, Everett, Stanton, Cathcart, and Wheatleigh ; Miss Phillips, Miss Robertson, Miss Kerrey, Miss Kate Terry, Mrs. ally, and Mrs. C. Kean. After which, OUR CLERKS ; or, No. 3, Fig Tree-court, Temple. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C. Horn, and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with A new and original Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esti., entitled THE PRINCE OF HAP PY LANsr, The Fawn in the Forest. Characters by Madan,: Vestri, St. George, Miss Lanza, Miss Martindale, Miss Grove, Miss Ellis, Miss Rosins. Wright, Messrs. F. Matthews, B. Baker, Suter, Horncastle, Butler, and ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. „ wee) an d m,nager, Mr. W . Farrar, THIS EVENDIG, VVSiI be performed THE ADVOCATE AND HIS DAUGHTER. Principal characters by Messrs. Farren, Hoskins, W. Farren, jun., Diddear ; Mesdames Sarah Lyons, Durand, and Bartlett. After which, THE LAST OF THE FAIRIES. To be followed by a Novel Performance by Hr. Edwards. To oonclude with THE DUMB MAN OF MANCHESTER. rt .- NCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELA—ND, Liverpool. Twe New Pieces. Last Week of the Willow Pattern Plate. Tniti EEENIIeG Will be performed MATRIMONIAL PROSPECTUSES. After which MY FRIEND THE CAPTAIN. With THE TWELVE LABOURS OF HERCULES. To ebnclude with a new Chinese burlesque, called THE MANDA RIN'S DAUGHTER , or, Willow Pattern Plate. Characters by Messrs. J. Reeve, Rogers, Romer, Attwood, Hudspeth ; Mesdames Marshall, &Indent, Bell, Eglinton, and Maskell. Boxes, Ss.; Fit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is. Private Boxes Ono Guinea rtna a Hail each. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Wndur Palronast of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and 3lanager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successral and popular Theatre in London. THI,. EVENING, Will be performed a new Grand Spectacle, entitled TANCRED: or. The Triumph of the Crusaders. From the pen of J. Kingdom, Esq., which has been souse months in preparation, and In the pro duction of which neither cost nor pains have been spared. After which, the second week of the most wonderful Artists, the `Ni ICOLO FAMILY, who will• introduce their admired Enter tainraents. Bath's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. To be tollowed by To oonclude with a Laughable r aree. Tickets to no had at the Boa-office from Eleven tell Four daily. Stage manager. Mr. T. Thompa,,n. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAT —Morning 41' min• after 4 Evening 9 m i n after 6 To-Aoiaow—Nicrning 30 n►in. after 5 Evening 52 min s lur 5 THE WEATHEE.—Sirx. OFFICE, MARCH 10 . THERMOACEVEZ, rHx SPIADN. 46—highest since noon yesterday. 33—toweat this morning and during the night. 40--this day, at noon. _ BABOILSTIIR, 30.47. WIND E.S.E.—Morning, cold breeze and cloudy; Afternoon, fin* sunshiny weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. -- State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are awaaged in order of latitude. PLrmotrrif—Wind E., strong breeze—overcast. Poout—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. BRIG/I-rote—Wind N.E., strong breeze--partially cloudy. Hasroas—Wind E.N.E., fresh breeze—overcast. SOU TBAXPTON--- Wind E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FoLkssrosic—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Ts—vYind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—Wind N.E., gentle breeze— overcast. Swoon—Wind E.,gentle breeze—cloudy. SwixDoie—Wind .E. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CorzEusgrza—Wind strong breeze—overcast. CAE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. Yartmotrrii—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—foggy. BULACMGHAM—Wind S.E , gentle breeze—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Monday morning at nine &stock - - Lramattor.—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless. McrLuircteß—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. Poor—Wind N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. LANCASTER W ind N.E., calm—partially cloudy. W mTBT- ' W ind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. Diatt.mcrros—Wind E.N.E., gentle breeze—foggy. SHAP— ind W.N.W., calm— frost. BEArrocx—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 in. on Thursday, Friday i and Saturday ; the mean reading of the week was 30.061 n. The mean temperature cf the week was 36.4°, which is 4° below the average of ten corresponding weeks. The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day of the week; it was 35.2° on Wednesday, or 5.6° below the average ; it was 34 8° on Thursday, or 6.1° below the __. average ; and on Friday, when it was lowest , it w as 3"e , Which i s 7.2' b e l ow the average. The wind blew generally from the north and east. TO CORRESPONDENTS No communication call be attended to unless outhen. ticated by the name and address of the writer. Rejected commtuneatem s cannot be, returned. „-, i • ~, , o` __-.7).:710 a4.rxe. ) ” %,_\____ , 4t. .vim , 24 #."-• : ' . 7 , l . r NiA. st , a,x, „ A. A., ' '... DIE r • ':ZPIC •'•,i 0, ,' . A .. ,r• -•,'"_ ',:e.o. zfr .". ' •n , * ,„ .`fig• N.1,..e., et ellina LONDON, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 10, 1852. Tomorrow tlatra is to be a grand meeting of the Liberals, convened by Lord Jowl RUSSELL in antici pation of the re-assembling of Parliament. What the Noble Lord's purpose may be it were somewhat difficult to conjecture. Can he dream for an in . stan . t that he still possesses a vestige of h is once consider able, dh; able, but now long-departed popu larit y ? Does imagine that be is still regarded by the nation with anv degree of confidence, h P owever insignificant It would be diffic ult to believe this eve n of one so blind to tile teachings of the past, and so deaf to the voice of experience, a, the late Prime Minister. That his judgment is fallible the country has learnt rather severely by five or six years' trial-administration. But that its fal libility extends to l.with so peculiarly extravagant is altogether, we believe, beyond the reach of supposi tion. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has fallen never to re sume an authority he has abused so very grievously. The prestige of his name has departed. His reputation for political valour has disappeared. His removal from office has come upon the people with such an ineffable sensation of relief, that even democrats are disposed to exult at the elevation to power of those diametrically opposed to them in principles. They pref-r au open foe to one concealing his enmity under the deceitful guise of friendship. It is recounted in the most wonderful allegory in our literature ho w 4:AITHFUL, after traversing the Valley of the Shadow, and iieiog at length relieved from the intolerable companionship of TALKATIVE, exclaims out of the fullness of his heart—" A good riddance!" Tfle ssntiments with which the commu nity at large, after passing throu g h the melancholy depths of the last half- dozenyears of _ misgovernment, fi n d themselves Ultimat e l y and unexpectedly relieved from the pees-oce of Lori JOHN RUSSELL as First Ls r d of the Treasury, are a c t ua lly and literally identical Toe in character. Whigs with their pride, and their obstinacy, and their nepotism, and their vasio ns of reform, and their pretended enthusiasm about liberality, an d t h e i r really aristocratioLtendencies, prejudices, and predia lections, had stuck to the nation like burrs. At last THE SUN, they are shaken off, and, like FAITHFUL we cry, " A good riddance!" There are some individuals who may feel disposed to accuse us, who actually have accused us of incon sistency—because of the views taken by us in refer ence to the recent changes in her MAJESTY'S Govern ment. People of this class would really appear to identify consistency with partizanship. If to pin our political faith down to the ideas of any particular statesman or of any particular group of statesmen be consistency, then do we claim for ourselves at once the privileges of inconsistency. But no—away with such miserable notions of consistency as this— away! with such frivolous opinions of the superior value of men beyond measures—away with such silly and purblind fancies of pre ference of persons to principles. For ourselves, we have during the past quarter of a century advocated unremittingly whatever course we believed in our conscience to be for the advantage of the population. We have never permitted ourselves to degenerate into the apologists of any Cabinet whatsoever. We have endeavoured at all times to uphold those opinions which conviction, not hasty but deliberate, has as sured us are calculated to advance the cause of free dom and of civilization. We have striven during this last quarter of a century to render ourselves the organ —not of Party but of the PEOPLE. To argue, therefore, that as Liberals we should uphold my Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the rest of the Departed Administration, now that they have fallen from the lofty and responsible position of administrators, is at once unreasonable and preposterous. We regard the late Prime Minister and his adherents as too heinous traitors to the interests of social improve ment not to recoil from the despicable office of dwindling into their apologists. Did we speak other wise of them and their proceedings than we do at this present moment when they still held on with desperate and convulsive tenacity to the reins of government—drawing those reins tighter by the very agony with which they clung to place and all its perquisites, to power and all its pre rogatives ? Assuredly not. And now that by their imbecility, by their incapacity, by the scorn of the age, and by the disdain of their contemporaries, they have been thrown down to make room for other statesmen, shall we, forsooth, select this juncture as the fittest in which to forget the cause these men have abandoned,' . in a despicable eagerness to screen them from the contempt to which they are entitled ? Rather than this, we would be laughed at as political Quixotes. We would rather be derided as crack brained Patriots than despised as obdurate and nar row-minded Partizans. Once for all, then, we are of no Party. Instead of Party, we look to the People. Instead of Men, we look to Measures. Instead of Persons, we look to Principles. Besides—what reason has Lord JOHN RUSSELL given the nation for becoming his panegyrists? Can we discover any sufficient cause for this in the whole record of his five or six years' administration ? Com pare the fruits of his tenure of office with those of the tenure of office by Sir ROBERT PEEL. Compare hie five or six years with the three or four years of his illustrious predecessor. Weigh them in the balance, and then give with all honesty the result, showing the preponderance. Why, more, immeasurably more I was effected for the good of the community , during the last few months of the supremacy of Sir ROBERT PEEL, the originator and organizer of Conservatism, than during the whole of the protracted period during which Lord JOHN RUSSELL unfortunately presided over the affairs of the Government. For which of the acts of the late Premier during that interval are we to be grateful ? For his mockery of a Reform Bill, introduced only on the very eve of his compulsory resignation ? For his blundering system of finance ? For his bungling budgets ? For that Colonial policy which was per petually drawing upon the empire the evils of war, or or discontent ? For the insolence displayed towards the only distinguished statesman in his Cabinet, the only man there posses sing the confidence of the people, the only Minister renowned at once by his ge nius, his patriotism, and his experience ? For his concessions made to German: influence in 1847 by the maritime and diplomatic assistance afforded to the unpopular SOVEREIGN of Portugal ? or for that still more glaringly displayed in 18.52 by the abrupt and impertinent dismissal of Lord PALMER STON ? For which of these things is it that the nation has reason to be grateful to Lord JOHN RUSSELL ? Or, shall we say that the people have cause to become enthusiasts in his favour, for inas much as he revealed such a very wonderful regard not for the interests of the country, but for the interests of the lineal descendants of his great-grandmother ? Why, the very mention of the GREYS, the ELLIOTS, and the RUSSELLS, is enough of itself to show the ab surdity of this talk about the patriotic and liberal con sistency of the late Government. Better one Earl of DERBY than a thousand Lord JOHN RUSSELLS ! Bet ter a Cabinet presided over by an able Protection ist than a Ministry composed of Free Trade inca pables ! And in saying this we are in no way forgetful of our devotion to the cause of unrestricted commerce, and of our implacable animosity to the agricultural monopolists. It is by reason of our implicit reliance upon the wisdom of the former, and our conviction of the hopelessness of any effort to re vive the latter policy, that we speak thus candidly in reference to any choice between the late and the present Government. By welcoming the Earl of DERBY as a relief after the incubus of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, we are jeopardising ❑othing—for, as we have already maintained, it is our conviction that the corn-laws can never be restored without bloodshed—that free trade can never be repealed without a revolution. " Then," it may be insidiously suggested by the more fanatical adherents of the departed Administration, " you are con sistently maintaining your devotion to the cause of liberality by applauding the Earl of DERBY and his Government." Our observations yesterday in reference to the reigning Cabinet looked exceedingly like this—it must be acknowledged ! So earnestly are we dedicating our energies to the support of the Derby-Disraeli Administration, so fully have we given in our adhesion to the Protectionist leader now at the head of the Government—that whenever we discern equal opportunity, we are pre pared to comment upon the course pursued by the present Cabinet in language as strong a 3 any we have recently applied to the Ministry of Lord Jon RUSSELL. At the same time, saith the vulgar but accurate proverb, "fair play is a jewel :" let us hear before passing sentence what are the exact projects of our existing rulers — if they confer boons upon the community, let us ac cord them welcome, what though those boons fall, as they did in 1846, from the hand done repeatedly, Conservative they violate the libe ral tenden c i es of the age, let us still, as A of 'e have aCo cln reference t o th e when occasion req u ir e d, in Whigs in 1847, in 1848, in 1849, in 1850 , in 1851, an d i n 1852, ronounce upon their heads a stern and uncompromising condemnation. Iv e would invite the public attention to the advertisement of the New Granada be nadaCompany now in cours e of formation , which will foundbefore the ex in anoth e r pa rt of this day's impression. California and Aus tralia deposits of gold dust in Long bad bee n brought to light, disco veries hi h av e alike excite d the hopes of the needy and d ch the t e rrors of the wea lth y , the auriferous qualities of cer tain districts in Ne w Granada were well k nown. t was found —we are told by Mr. IV - rx.n i n his admirable pamphlet on the distribution of gold throughout the world'" —in the Central and Western Andes. There were also river washings in the Rio Cauca, and ',considerable quantities were obtained i n the Rio Zulia and the Rio Melia. In the mountains of Autioquia it was also produced by mineral wash ings, the yield being about 500,0001. yearly. On the same high authority we learn that the gold coinage at the mint of Bogota, in New Granada, for the 16 years from 1810 to 1825, inclusive, amounted to no less than 15,151,531 dolls., or nearly 950,000 dolls, per annum on an average. It ' - cer t a in that a is very considerable quantity of the produce never found it s w ay to the mint at Bogota, and when such quan tities could formerly have been obtained with the in different resources and inferior skill available, we can easily conce i ve what may now be realised by the * " Notes on the Distribution of Gold throughout the World, including Australia, California, and Russia." London: James Wryld, Charing-cross East. LONDON, combination of experience, energy, and every possible adjunct which the resources of a wealthy company place at their disposal. The directors have, it appears, entered into a con tract or agreement for the purchase of a freehold pro perty in the province of Choco, upwards of 70 miles in length, and varying from 20 to GO miles in width, comprising an area of more than 1,500,000 acres, upon which many surface mines have already been discovered, not of gold only, but also of silver, platina, cinnabar, and other products. A deposit of 5,0001. is to be at once paid, the balance of the purchase-money being payable in the shares of the company ; satisfac tory security must, however, be given to the directors for the refunding of the de- posit in the event of the reports and represen tations already) made not being fully confirmed, after the most stringent and searching investigation, by approved agents, selected, nominated, and sent out on behalf of the company : other treaties are also said to be in progress, from which the most important results may be anticipated. It is not, however, merely from a consideration of the quantity of gold embedded in the soil, and which may be discovered and brought to light, that the ad vantages of the present undertaking can be fairly estimated or appreciated. We must bear in mind that the principal ports of New Granada, Santa Martha, and Carthagena are within twenty-five days' sail of our own shores. Early and regular in formation may thus be anticipated on all points con nected with the affairs of the company, and full and efficient control may be maintained in all matters requiring the manager's attention. But there is another feature of singular importance connected with the present undertaking which in duces us to regard it with peculiar interest. The contemplated junction of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans has long attracted the attention of geogra phers and parties interested in trade and commerce throughout the world. Some have advocated the construction of a railway, while many have thought that a ship canal would afford the most extraordinary advantages, by enabling vessels to pass from ocean to ocean without unloading, or what is technically termed " breaking bulk," by which considerable time and great expense would be saved, and the maritime intercourse of the nations of the earth materially pro moted, the enormous circuit round Cape Horn being thereby entirely avoided. We are by no means in clined to depreciate the benefits derivable from a judiciously planned railway. We believe that there would be ample employment both for railway and canal, and that both would prove remunerative; but if we were to be restricted to one of the two, we con fess an unhesitating preference for the canal. Now the canal, if constructed, would lie in the immediate vicinity of the district selected as the scene of the company's operations. In his considerations on the Great Isthmus of Central America, read by Captain FITZROY, R.N., before the Royal Geographical Society in November , 1850, that gallant and experienced officer declared that, "of all the comparatively well-known routes, it has been shown that the Atrato and Cupica line seems to be the most suitable for a canal, and the Panama route for a railway, or road ; and the reasons for that opinion are fully set:forth by Captain Ferzaor. He says—" Fro na the inner part of the Gulf of Darien (called Candelaria, Choco or Culata), up the river Atrato, and along part of the river Naipi or Naipipi, and thence across to Cupica Bay, is a dis tance of 114 miles (by estimation), of which about 19 only are overland. Two-thirds of this distance (76 miles) are said to be now navigable for large ships, and half the other third (or 19 miles) by loaded boats. It is supposed that a canal may be excavated through the small remaining distance (19 miles) without extraordinary difficulty ; and it is proved that it might open into an excellent port—that of Cupica, in whbsh are coves, perfectly sheltered, with deep water in the:, close to the shore. Cupica Bay is spacious, but open to the south-west. In that lati tude, however (6 cr.eg. N.), south-west winds are seldom strong ; very rarely do they cause disaster ; and, as evidence that this bay is not affected much by them, it may be mentimaed that trees grow down to the water's edge alon3 the beach, and that there are no indications of a heavy surf having been known. There is shelter far any ships in sufficient water on each side of the bah:7, land-locked. The recent survey, by Admiralty ords r, is quite satisfactory, as to the purely hydrograpt ical part; but of course it does not show the topograp: by of the adjacent district beyond the coast. Other concurrent testimony shows that betweea the pars] y navigable portion of Naipi and the Bay of Cupics , there is a tract of comparatively low land, through which a canal may be cut. That a road of any kind u 'ay be made there readily, is shown by the fact that Is boat has been dragged across in a few hours." These vitally important points have not escaped the notice of the directors of the New Gra nada Company. Clearly perceiving how greatly the value of the a urrounding property would be en hanced, and the independence of the surrounding country secured try the construction of such a canal, which would ens u ,re the support of all the maritime powers of the globe—aware of the Conven tion (the Bul:wer treaty) between England and America, they endeavoured to carry out the project in its integrity. On further inquiry they found that " a concession had already been granted by the Governrns Ent of New Granada for the con struction of the cs mai on advantageous terms, and that certain beneficial modifications are even now under consideration." Under these circumstances, the di rectors lost no tin se in entering into negotiations with the concessionai:r es, in order to participate in the auspicious spec a lation. Arrangements were ac cordingly entere d into, and we find that " a careful survey and estimate of the expense of constructing the canal is in course of preparation, under the joint superintendence of the concessionaires and the di rectors," and also that the shareholders of the New Granada Compaq are to be secured a clear moiety of all the advantages which may be derived from the concession, whether arising from its sale or from an optional pro rata participation, by the indi vidual shareholders of the New Granada Company, in the shares of the company which shall undertake the construction c f the canal. These are matters deserving of the serious conside ration of every person anxious to obtain a favourable investment for his capital, and at the same time to promote one of the greatest and most important un dertakings that has ever been contemplated for the benefit of mankind, without reference to creed or nation. MINISTERIAL EXPLANATIONS.—It is confidently stated that no formal Ministerial statement is likely to be made before Monday next, when, in both Houses of Parlia ment, new explanations from Lord Derby and his colleagues may be looked for--all decidedly in favour of a " protective " policy. Mr. Disraeli is not likely to be returned to Parlia ment in time to take his seat in the House of Commons by Friday night.—Morning Paper. The meeting of Liberal Members of the House of Commons, invited by Lord J. Russell to a conference on the present position of public affairs, is to be held on Thursday, at twelve o'clock, at his Lordships' residence, Chesham place. APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.—It is understood that the Duka of Ne*castle is about to lead to the altar Miss Hughes, Vie accomplished niece of Mr. Quintin Dick, M.P. The Marquis of Bath is said to be the accepted suitor for the hand of the Lady Harriet Hamilton, eldest daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn. The Viscount ande e, vill eleitst son of the Duke of Manchester, is understood to be about to marry a German lady of high rank and large fortune. OPENING OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH TO Dori- CASTER,-It was stated in the last half-yearly report of the directors of the Great :S'orthern Railway Company that ar rangements had been made with the Electric Telegraph Company for the exteu ,sion of their system along the Great Northern line, and that the communication was already established between L. )ndon and Peterborough. Since then the utmost expedition has been used in order to complete the communication to Donlcaster in time for the Spring Meeting, north and yesterday (Tuesi lay) afternoon this object was accom plished.,,e by a junction r of two out of the four wins between t rborough and Do ocaster. The only other station between those two points at wi dch the telegraph is at present working telegraph miles distance is at Boston, where ti le temporary plant of the railway com pany is established. ;Chore is at present no communication throughout o f Doncaster, b lit it is intended to complete the work company the line ;ts soon as possible. The rates of the pa 2 ny ar tionate charge' fora,6d. ; above 100 miles, ss. • and a propor tionate twenty words and under 100 pany undertake any greater number of words. ' The corn country, and, Sit munications with all parts of the system will be a great as Doncaster is, the extension of their district. convenience to the town and adjacent The newly-appoL Ited Vicero for Ireland and the y C oun tess of Eglinton l f ft S t. James's-square yes terday morn ing, en route for Dub] in Castl e . The Ladies Montgomerie w ill follow on Monday next. The Earl of Harc Iwicke (the Postmaster-General) has taken the Earl of Eglinton's mansion Noble Earl's appoints lent to the Vi ceroyalty), St. James's square, for the seasm . (vacant by the WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1852. THE FRENCH !.I.I',7PITIR LTC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The result of the election for Corsica is now known. The Government candidate, M. SEVBRINA ABBATUCCI, has obtained nearly the whole of the votes. A decree from the PRESIDENT of the Republic, ap points M. 13iLLauLT, Deputy, President of the Legis lative body. Nearly ow-third of the candidates elected as mem bers of the Legislative body were members of the ex-Legislative Assembly. It has been decided that the members of the new elective Assembly are to take the official title of de puties of the Legislative body. The France Napoleonienne contradicts rumours, current for seme days, that the PRESIDENT of the Republic has been dangerously ill—acute rheumatism, brain fever, cholerine, having all been mentioned by the gossip-mongers as diseases with which he had been attacked. He paid a visit on Monday to the Tuileries. He went there in a light two horse car riage, which he drove himself. The Patric contains the following communicated note :—" A report his been several times circulated that certain differences had arisen between the PRE SIDENT of the Republic and General St. ARNAUD• This report is absolutely false. We declare, for the sake of truth, that since the accession of General St. e , in every h ARNAUD to power i not m the and al t i nge ht p e l td m i D ff E er s e T n . ce l h v a e s ta k en place between affirm this in the mo s t f orma l man ner." A decree in the Itf on ite u r declares it to be indis pensabletblic functionary to take an oath e accordance with Art. 14 of the Con stitution; P fec ; n and ord ers th a t i n case suc h oa th is refused, a o tf r ita i ul ts lteii t g erms modified in any way, the person so acting shall be considered is having given in his resigna tion. Special decrees shall determine the mode in which the Minister& members of the great bodies of th e State, officers in the army and navy, magistrates, and functionaries, siall take the oath in question. The followingeonisurthmeedl4btyh thisar ticldeecorfee: the_ Constitu tion,which is " Ministers, memters of the Senate, of the Corps Le gislatif, and of the Council of State, officers of the army andttho t thus :Ie nav y,President."' rsimagistrates,d con ceived,e t and functionaries , ta ke the oath swear o b e di ence to t h e Constitution and fidelity Refusal to take the oath in this form without ad dition or modification will, according to the decree in the Moniteur of this morning, be considered as a resignation. Should General CAVAIGNAC, therefore, refuse to swear ficblity to the PRESIDENT, there must b e anew election for the third arro ndissement of Paris. The Moniteur contains a decree , definitivel y or ganising Chamber f orme d i i th e C o urt of Appeal of Paris by and enticing permanent t he tem p orar y the ordonnance of August 20, 1843. The Moniteur also contains two Aber decrees, one transferring, in the . coloni es , to the Correctional Tr ibunals, such poli tical offences as hive hitherto been sent before the Courts of Assizes , and the other, modifying the en trance duties on wool and tallow in certain determined Cases ; wool, whet coming in French bottoms from countries) beyond Cape Horn or the Cape of Good from beyond Cape i Hope, h av i ng t o psy 15f. ad valorem, and when in forei gn b ottoms, or f rom o ther countries, the same as at present ; and tallow, when Horn or th e C a p e ) f Good Hope, n French bottoms, having to pay 61. :he 100 kilog.; when from other countries, 101. ; and when in foreign bottoms or by land, 13f. Marshal JEROAE BoNAPARTE, President of the Senate, has made the following nominations in the internal service of that body BALLARD, ex chef de cabinet of M. FRESLON, Minister of Public In struction, has been named Secretary of the President of the Senate ; M. PAEVosT, head of the corps o f short-hand writers of the Moniteur, is named head of the prcces-verbaux ; M. FERRE, short-hand w r it er of the Moniteur, is appointed assistant to M. PRE• YoST ; M. PONSA3D, the author of" Lucrec e " an d " Charlotte Corday," is nominated librarian ; M. DE MARAINVILLE, appointed under the Empire t o or ganise the administrative services of the kingdom of Westphalia, is named archivist; M. VEULLEMOT is appointed secretary of the office for petiti o n s ; M. CAussape, at present sub-director at the Post-office, is named 'direct o r of the a dministrative service of the Senate; M. DEVELNY, who was regisseur of the old Chamber of Peers, is to fill the same office under the Senate; Dr. EMERY, who accompanied the Emperor NAPoLEON to Elba, is named physician to the Senate; and M. DE GISoRS, architect of the Luxembourg, is maintained in his functions. Almost all the former ushers and messengers of the Chamber of Peers have been re-appointed. A train of 160 prisoners, destined for Cayenne and Lambessa, left Paris on Sunday night for Havre, from the fort of Ivry. They are to be taken by steam from Havre to Brest, whence they are to proceed to their destination. A special train arrived at Havre the day before yesterday from Paris with 477 prisoners condemned to transportation. They were escorted by a detach ment of 60 of the Gendarmerie Mobile, and were im mediately taken to the Florida basin, and embarked on board the Christophe Colomb, which soon after wards left the dock. Among the number sent on board her are the ex -representative M. MIOT, and M. of of e Montagnard guards. S als a, ex-chef de bataillon o f th e na ti ona l guard of Sotteville, a painter named A YMARD , M. LEBALLEUR VLRouen, and M. PoRNIN, who was the organiserioiEtlt the 2d , 2d inst. the last o f th e F renc h M ars hals fo the Empire, REDERIC Y AUGUSTE LOUIS VIESSE DES MARMONT, Duke of Ragusa, died at Venice, in the 78th year of his age. Th e price of public securities was well maintained at the Bourse. The Five per cents. opened at 1031. 50c., and closed at 103 f. 70c. for the end of the month; Th e Three per Cents. closed at 691. ; Orleans Railway ; Avignon, 2381. 75c.; Vierzon, 548 f. 75c.; Basle , 227 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 4801.; Paris 15f an d Strasburg, 5 - ---.; Tours and Nantes ' 318 f. 75c.; Amiens to Boulogne, 3201.; Paris and Lyons, 595 f. Northern,S hares l, 1606f.Rouen, 6901. ; . H avre, 2 7 2 1. 50 c . ; Great 22 ; 50. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCii 9. Bou l ogne and Amiens, 121,4—C entra l of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 21 1 ,4—Dutch Rhenish, 3 5 ,w —Luxembourg , 3 —Namur and Liege, 14—Northern of France, 20% —Or leans and Bordeaux, 9 4—Paris and Rouen, 2744—Paris and Strasbourg, 20 1 4 ex d.— Sambre and Meuse, 3%. SPAIIii. Madrid journals of the 4th inst. have arrived. wards t d a s p the a ppears journals. by Government continue s i ts system o f an noyance to a paragraph i n the Herald() that the On the 3d no less than six were seized, namely, the Constitutional, Clamor Publico , p Novedades,Observador,Opinion Publica, and Heraldo. On the same day the POPE'S Nuncio went to the QUEEN'S Palace in great st a te, to prese nt to her MA JESTY the rich presents sen t by the POPE for the royal infant. The Duke DE ROHAN.CHABOT and M. GUDIN, the celebrated painter, have arrived in Madrid, and M . GUDIN has taken up hi s res id ence i n the Palace of the Duke D'OssuNA. The Clamor Publico states that the works of the railway between Alreanza and Aranjuez have bee n A letter from Barcel ona s t a tes that the expedition commenced. which recently left that place for Mahon nar rowl y esca ped destruction. Wh en near Minorca the Le panto steamer, with th e t roo p s on board, was caught in a violent storm, an d was f or s ome time in great danger of being wrec k e d , b ut f or t un ately she escaped without material i n j ury . MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 4.—The Three per Cents. were done at 38f for time ; the New Three per Cents. at 19 146; the Debt without Interest at sk-; and the Coupons at 91. GERMANY. According t o a l e tt er from Vienna, in a Berlin journal, the dissension which arose between Austria and the United States respecting the reception given to KOSSUTH may be considered to be arranged. The Gra n d D u k es M I CHAEL and NicuoLas of Russia, o n t h e i r a pproaching visit to Vienna, will, i t i s said, in the name of their imperial father, invite the Emperor of AUSTRIA to attend the solemnities which will take place in Russia this year to celebrate the one-thousandth anni- Y er"rY of the foundation of the Russian empire. THF, STIARP, IVLARKETf!, Leasing Business Railways. Paid. Nominal Prices. Companies.done to-day. Bcdf. & Bletch ley • • Lon. & N.W. all • • —• • Bizraing:i Ox ford Junction, guaranteed •• Gt. Western all 29 —BO Do., without a guarantee .. De .. • • all 28 —29 Wolver., & Dudley, gua ranteed .. DO ;,; .. all 2 , _BO Do.. without a gu arantee •• Do •• ••all 28 —29 Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% —lB Clydesdale June Caledonian all 45 —47 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. •• G. Northern all 34% 85% Gloucester and Dean Ferest Gt. Western 22% 2% P HartleplDock s Yrk,New.,l Bull il d Railwaya and Ber. 108 Do. 34 shares Do .. .. au 53 54 Do. % Shares Do • • •• all 25 —27 Leeds and Brad. Midland all 100% 101% 181% Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 12 12% Do., Frei. Do .• all 24% 2634 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 aSelb L y Yk. N.M. all 106 per Cent. • • Norfolk • • all 18 —l7 De.. 6 per cent, De .. .. all Middlesbro' and N e dear, 6p. ct Stockt.St Dar all N. 8; East, 6 per Cent. •• E. Counties . all „, Do., 5 per cent. Do. .. all 59 —6l x.d 60 x.d Do. New •• Do • • • • all .. Preston and 4 L. 8; N. W. _ Wyre • • L &La.& Y. 3 an 44 —46 D 0.% Shares ADo .. •• 11 8% —9% p Read., Guild., and Reigate . • Eastern • • all 21% —22 Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern 614 8 % x.d x.d Do. Shep. Ex.. Do 834 x.d x SW., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. &York 18 11 6 South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 9% 1 —l% dim. x.d x.d Wear Val. 6 per Cont. gua. Stock.& Dar. all Do. do. .. Do •• 25 28% —• 29% la Do. do. •• DO • • • • all Wilts &Somers. Qt. Western 100 94U 94% plorable ten o'clock in the morning, BELGIUM. Belgian journals contain an account of a de accident near Mons. On Saturday about The I3 e • whilstthe miners, seventy sevenL_ lu number, were at work in the coal pit called „aungterne Ferran d, at Elouges, an explosion of fire damp took place,' and it was followed by an extensive .!' Lu ng in of coal and earth. Two miners were killed instantaneou s l y ; fif te en more or less injured succeeded iti reachin g the mouth of the pit, but one of them died shortly after; as to the others it is not known what became of them. All day on Saturday and Sunday excavations were made to reach the unfortunate men, but without success. The explosion was caused by one of the minershaving impru dently opened his lam p . It had bee n intended to suspend operations in the mine on the very day on which the accident occurred justice Penny to proceed (if only CAPTAIN PENNy NoT grievous act with a single . steamer) this Y now be repaired by their successors, go popularity might be at once ybyearSirinFrasen Admiralty yorpmeatrated by the late authorities at the the present Lords. Commissionerp, by enabling Capt a i n effectual reparation of the evil tolerated in this instance se cured to his Grace the Duke of Northumberland. a:ieslaßaorfinthe Arctic expedition. By such an - BRXTX RSILW®Y9e TINES LEALS: AT 'TAMIL :t of BIZATLZS I Railways. Paid. Nominal Prices, Business doze to-day. ------ --- 111.1.m.m./.....• •••1 Aberdeen •• •• sy 2 - 134 dia. 1% dia. Aberdeen. No. 2, 7 pr. ct. 234 .. -.. Caledonian 10/. •• •• 10 8% -8% 8 Chester and Holyhead .. all 16% - 1 736 17% % Dund. Per. & Aber. June. all 5 - 534 EastAng.(3l.los.) 6p. c. all 3 -3% Do., (51.) 7 per cent.- all •• -.. eastern Counties Eaten., 5 per cent. No. 1 • • all 14 - 134 p pm Do. No. 2 .. .. • . all %- % p pm Do. New 6p. teat. Stock 10 1234 - 12% 1234 Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. G per cent. • • all 12% - 12% Do., 101. Deben. Shars, all • . -.. East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. all .. •••• .. E. &W. York. Jane. tithe all .. -.• }kiln. Per. & D un. 5i p. et. all 234 - 334 Glasgow & 5.-W. Consul. 100 • • .- .. Gt. Northern, b per cent. all 1434 - 14% 14% 34 D0.,5 p. c. Redeem. Scrip 654 1 -1% p Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. .. all 7% -• 7% 7% Gt. Western (Barks and Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.) 6 .. -_ IL Gt. West., fixed 4% p. et. 100 .. -.. Do., do. .. .. • • 80 • • -•• Lancashire and York shire, F. 201... .. • • 6 1% - 134 die. Do. 6 per et. Stock .. 100 .. -.. 13734:138 Leeds Northern, 6 per cent., No. 1.. .• .. 13 .. -.. p Do., do. • • No. 2 17 .. -.. Do., Co • • No. 3 5 - -.. Do. quarters, 1848 . 9 .. -.. p London. Brighton. end S. Coast, guar. b per et 100 .. ....• .. Do. pref., I pet. 5k,1851 100 .. -.. Do., Cony. sp. et. 1852 all .. -• • Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 .. •••• •• Lon. & N. West. (Coy. & Nuneat.) 5 per cent. .. 1834 • • -•• 7 % =.d Loudon &S.-W., new • • 5 2 34 - 3 P . d s•d London. & Ennis., 34 Sha all 11 --, 1 2 • Manch., Sheffield. and _ii x.d Line., quer. shrs.,Ne. 1 all 1054 ig u-• 12% x.d 12 34 _ X- f; Do. new, 101. .. • • all -- - x.d 3% '"- Do., 61. •• •• •• •• 3 % - ?,. P hildland Con. 6 p.c. stock 100 Do. Consel. Bristol & 1373 e etirming., 6 per cent... 100 13? -.... 1 . 3 . 6 Do., Erewash Valley. 100 . Do., Leic. & Swanning., 100 • • - " ..,• x.d 4% 8 per cent. guar. •• a I }4 - 71 Do., Preference • • •• all I a -19 Norfolk Extension au 5 - 534 Do. guar. 534 Pa ce nt. 2 1 4 - % 5 % DO., WaYeney Valley b a 34 - 5 % , _ % Cs North British •• •• VI 10 ._ lo 3i Osf.Wcr. &P 01.151 .6 e.c Shrews. & Bir., new g uar. (bl - 0 A Cbes• r ' all 1 5 % - 16 % erews. au- oat . Min.) 8 per c all 12 -14 V... •• s ou th Devon ••, , , .... of tO . 3 . -_ ... .i die. Barith-Eastern,44,g y Ct. gd* 2° South Yorks.,,. P ;uar. 5 Stock. & nar"" ii i 1856 all •• -.. p. ct. until 1 J ,. y Waterford and -^ er ' • and lserw., is..:-..mnY.., 3 .. ...... .. Yore, N ' e e w il l ' ..... rur .. all 15% - 15% X.d 1534 Gt. N•°' E. • DO. '. .. .. .. v . k and North Midland 5 334 - 4 x.d - Ti. and S. Porch. .. 10 1% ..., 14 dis. Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of i r rance.(o..V.) Demerara .. .. .. au paten Rhenish .. .. 8 East Indian - _ .. 18 Do. do. do. . • 23 Great Indian Peninsula.. a.. an FOREIGN. all 12% - 12% all 21% - 21% •• - .. 4% -4% din. 2t - 3%p, .. -.. 12% X.d Ditto ditto .. .. 34 - A. 4 % Louvain ala Famine .. 7% % • -%p. - •• - - Luzembourg .. .. .. 13 3 3% Ditto (Railway) .. 10 274 - 334 Ditto (Canal) .. .. 2 34 - % traria Antonia • • • • 27163841 .. -•• Ditto, NEW .. .• 8 34 . • --. S . Namur and Liege .. • • all 64 6;4 6% Northern of France • • 16 20% _ 2 0 ; 20% % Orleans and Bordeaux .. 11 1% -% d. 91 12 Paris and Lyons .. • • 6 3% - 3 % p 9 's Paris and Orleans • • .. all 45 -47 Paris and Rouen • • •• all 27 - 27% . „,,, Paris and Strasbourg .. 18 20% ... 20% x.O l ''' }Sown and Hay" • - all 105 3 - 1134 10 % Sambre and 3ieuse .• all 3% - 434 St. Andrew's &Quebc.(A) 2 .. 754 dia. 95. % _ Tours and Natites • .. 17 • curnay, Jurbi se, Lan. den, and Ilasselt _ a u .... I I W eat liander" ..• .. 8% 2 --,934 no w in working operation, rather TELEGRAP RANGE OF R ----- AlLW'tir AND 6,500 miles o f ra ilway 1, 1 , —011t Of more than 3,000 miles are furnished with telegraphic tackle. dcua. Fria ............ 1 134 - 1? , p I railway%Az - iglo Californian E Paid. Nom i nal prim ,. Business done to-day. losl% 1 Asturian - Au5tra1ian........... * ..% ~,... . 34 . Aberdeen ••-•• • • all 11% to 11% 11% s A us tralian Freehold .... all 34 - i % % - 34 dis. % A m b erga te, Nottingham, Ave Maria ... •••• • • • • I. %dis - par 1 Boston, &E. Juncion 8 34 1% - 574 x.d 5% z.d Blaenarvon Iron & Coal all .. - . • Binning., Wolverhanno 74 -IA dis ( and Stoat' Valley - a n s% - 1034 British Iron.. .. •••• - • • 131. ss. .. - , Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh Brazilian Imp, (is. N. p.) 2434 134 - 2 June., late 331.65. Bd.. 26 1234 - 11 34 d• Do. Cocaes and Cataba all 1% -1% Do. Chest. & Birkenhd. , Do. St. John del Rey • • 15 9336 - 24% 501. &251. Consolidated all 16 -)7 Cobre Copper .•..• • •• • 40 33 -BA 31% Do., do., 201. • • •• .. 17% _ - ~. dis. Copiapo .. ••• • • ... - 14 4 - 5 Bristol and Exeter- •• 100 g 7 -89 x.d 8554 8S Eng. &Australian Copper 2% %dis - p ar 2% Caledonian •• •• •• 50 16 % -17 17% % Z•d General .• ••.- • • • ...... all 9% - 1034 Chester and Holyhead .• all 19% -20 Gold Mountain •• •••• •• 1 Par -14 p Dublin and Belfast Junct. 4b 18 -16 a. Great Polgooth ... ••• .. all i%-, 1 % p 4% D an dalk and Enniskillen all • . - ..Mexican& S. American 9 336 - 4 Dandee, Perth, and Aber- Nouveau Monde ........ 1 %- % P 1 34 % leen Junction .. • • all 5 34 - 634 :Santiago de Cuba .....• 10% 6 - 7 Do., New .. • • ~- all • • -• • Tin Croft .... •• • • ...... 7 10 -11 East Anglian (251. L. & United Mexican.• •.• • .. all 2 - 234 E. and L. &DJ •• .. all 374 -4 35 West Mariposa .. • • .... 1 Mditn - par Do. (181. E.& IL) •• all 2X -3% Eastern Counties .. .. 20 7% - 736 x.d x.d JOINT STOCN BANNS. Eastern Union, class A, Anatralasia ............all sti - 39% late E. U. shares - all 5% ..- 6% British North America .• 50 47 34 -49 Do. do. do. .. 6 •• .- • • 5s Colonial .............. 25 11 - 12% 11% Do. do., B& C shares all 4% -4% Commercial of London 20 24 - 25% East Lancashire •• .. all 16 -- 16% 16% London Joint Stock lO 18% - 17% 18% D®. New quarters • • all ••- • • London and Westminster 20 29% -30 29 %29 East & West India Docke National Provincial Eng. 35 • • -• • 1 Lad Birm. June. .. all 49 -50 x.d x.d Da. New ...... ..... . 10 • • -• • East & West York. Jtmc. all • • —• National of Ireland .. - 22% 17% -17 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 28% - 29% 98% Oriental Bank Corporat. all 30 -31 M x.d Ellin., Perth, and Dundee 25 434 -4% 4% Provincial of Ireland... 25 42% -43 Glasgow andSouth-West. 100 • • -• • Do. New a n 15% - 16% Great Northern • • • • all 18 X- 19 19 % Union of Australia all 35 - 36% Do. halves, A, deferred all 6- 6% 6% Do. New 234 3 - 3% Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. all 14 •-• 14% 14% Union of London .... • lO 14% - 1 5 34 Union of Mad r id • -..- all •• -• • Great Southern and Western, Ireland .. all 34% -35 35 MISCELLANEOUS. Great Western .. .. 100 85% - 86% , 86% 34 'Ji Canada ........ - 4934 Lancaster and Carlisle - all 74 .- 77 Bastem Steam Do. thirds .. .. .. 11 13 4 7 - 8 p. P Gen. Steam Navigation - 28% - Lancashire and 'Yorkshire 100 6934 -70 70 % Perrin. & Oriental Steam, k all 80 -id 81 80 Do. quarter It - .area .. all .• -.. Ditte ditto 10 26 -28 Do. fifths .. • .. 13 6% -6% d. 634 % Royal Man Steam •• • • Do. West Biding Union 11% 4% - 434 d. Leeds Northern .. •.. all lb -16 [We cannot be answerable for the errors of the Official Lists, an Liverpool, Crosby, and will not be influenced by interested oorrespondents.l Southport .. .• .. 1714 • • • • London and Blackwell . • all 7 -7% x.d 734 s•d MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. London, Brighton, and South Coast .. .. 100 95 - 95% 95% 54 (x.d CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. London and N.-Western 100 116% -117 % x.d 116% 1754 117 The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were Do. do. quarters - 22 3% - 334 a x.d 2.94 % x.d estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 500 American De. fifths .. .. .. 12 2% - 3 p. x.d 14% x.d i.d were taken for export, and 500 American and 500 Do. 101. sh., M.& B (c) 1 1% -114 p. x.d London and 8.-Westera . 100 85 - 85% 85% 1 4 Surat for exportation. The market closed tamely, Do. new 501. .. .. 4234 7% -7% die. and with more desire to sell. Prices re- Do. new 40/. .. •• 34 634 - 534 die. Manchester, Buxton, and main without alteration. The sales comprised 3fatlook •• .. 2% -2% 4,000 bales American, 500 Pernam and Madras, 6 d. to Manchester, Sheffield, & 60. ; 200 Bahia, at sid.; 1,000 Suritt;at 3d. to 4d. ; and Lincolnshire .. .. 100 8034 - 31 34 % 31% 34 150 Sea Island, at ls. 10. to ls. 100.-The Share Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union .. 4 2 0 3% ..-2% dis. Market was firm at rather higher prices. slidland .. .. .. .. 100 58 -58% x.d 58% 34 x.d The state of the Metal market is thus reported on by Do. firming & Derby 100 27 -29 x.d 28% 34 x.d Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) 47% .. -.. Messrs. Virra. Short end Co.:-" For Welch and Staf fordshire Newcastle and Carlisle all .. -•• • iron the demand has been very limited during Dc. quarter shares .. all - . .the last six weeks, Bars, in Wales, are a shade lower . . Newmarket a 117% - BNI x.d in price. An order for a very large quantity of Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford .. .. 10 4% -4% dis. rails for Russia, is reported to have been taken Norfolk ........100 26 -28 x.d 97% x.d during the last few days ; but, as the period Do. New 201. shares • • lb 12 -11 dis x.d for delivery is very extended, it has had ' Northern Counties Union 334 IN - 3 die. • 25 634 -6% 6%, but a moderate effect in stiffeuitz the price. Consider- North British North Devon .. .• .• .. .. .. 11 8 - 7 tic . able business was done in Scotch Pig Iron in the mb idle North Staffordshire .. 1734 8% -8% dis . 8% of last month, and prices a dvanced trom 355. 6d. to 37s i North-Western .. .• 19 .. -.. die, per ton for inferior ord. brands. Since then the price North &Sth.-West.Jane. 334 %dis. - % P has declined a shade C' , but a fair business has continue Oxford, Worcester and 3 Wolverhampton.. .. an 15 % - 15% 15% to be done at 365. 3d. to 365. 6d. per ton, at which lat. „ Scottish Central .. .. 25 15 - 15% 16 ter price we quote the market se llers. i Scottish Midland .. .. all 9% -9% "Both in Wales and Scotla nd the sub j ect of a g enera ' 1 Do. new .. .. .. all 9% -9% I Shrews. & Birm., Class A all 6% - 6 agreement to reduce the make of iron is occupying th I Do. Class 8.. •• .. all 4% -4% attention of the iron masters?' ' Shrews. & Hereford.. Old 7 4 - 3 die. The Sugar Market has opened rather lower this wools I Shrewsbury and Chester and although holders of Coffee are firm, buyers do no s (Nor. W. Min.) .. .. all 13 -14 Do. Halves .. •• • • all 6% - 7 come forward freely. Native Ceylon is about 395. fo e Do. Oswestry •• .. all 9% - 1034 good ord. Rice is fiat, b u t Saltpetre is brisk. Dye 1. Shropshire Union • • • . 634 354 -3 d. 3 % ' Do., A, B, C, &D, fully goods also look well, and the lower sorts of Tea ar ✓ wanted. paid up at per cent • • - .. -• • y South Devon. • • .. .. all 14 -16 x.d South-Eastern .. •• 30 90% - 2036 2034 x.d A measure of great importance to the East Indi interest has been accomplished within the last lei South Wales.. - .. all 30 - 30 34 e t;sonth Yorksh. and River e Dun •• .. •• .. 15 2 dis. - par days, and gives rise to conside rable discussion here. ] must be patent, to all who have watched with attentio Shaft., Roth., and Goole, .'' South Division .. .. 6 •• -.• the subject of steam communication with the East, thi - stifling and Danfermline all a Parliamentary Committee was formed for the purpo! If Stockton and Hartlepool 16 2-3 .• -.. "„ Taff Vale .. .. .. • • 126 159 - 152 of inquiring into the exp edienc y of promoting increase If Thames Haven Dock and ) f Railway .. .. .. 18 .. -.. die. f a cilities, and that, in subs tance, their recommendatio vale of Neath .. •• 17 7- 6 was favourable to the establishment of a new line I !1' Waterford and 'Uncanny all 3% - 434 Waterford and Limerick all 1636 - 1734 steamers. Encouraged b y the understood bias of th d Waterford, Wex., Wick.' Government, and the anxious desire of the mercanti Ana Dublin .. .. 13• , R Wee Cornwall • . .. 5% -4% die. interest to obtain a choice of conve y ance, either ft •• • W es t London .. .. au .. ..... . , York, Newc., & Berwick 25 17% - 17% x. d x.d their freight or themselv es, several eminentue under rd the tit. is Ext ension .. )1 . D itto and Newcastle pany. .207%- 7% d. z.d x.d till parties formed a new undertaking, m For th Ditto G.N.E. purchase 9 3% -8% d. z.d 5 % x.d I. York EL.T.d North Midland 50 22 - 24% x.d 2214 of the Eastern Stea m Navigation co they secured a charter, and entered into condition 4,000 bales American, 500 Pernam and Madras, 6d. to 60. ; 200 Bahia, at sid.; 1,000 Surat,"at 3d. to 4d. ; and 150 Sea Island, at ls. Id. to ls. 100.—The Share Market was firm at rather higher prices. The state of the Metal market is thus reported on by Messrs. Wm. Short end Co.:—" For Welch and Staf fordshire iron the demand has been very limited during the last six weeks, Bars, in Wales, are a shade lower in price. An order for a very large quantity of rails for Russia, is reported to have been taken during the last few days ; but, as the period for delivery is very extended, it has had but a moderate effect in stiffening the price. Consider able business was done in Scotch Pig Iron in the miadle of last month, and prices advanced from 355. 6d. to 375. per ton for inferior ord. brands. Since then the price has declined a shale, but a fair business has continued to be done at 365. 3d. to 365. 6d. per ton, at which lat ter price we quote the market sellers. ":Both in Wales and Scotland the subject of a general agreement to reduce the make of iron is occupying the attention of the iron masters." The Sugar Market has opened rather lower this week, and although holders of Coffee are firm, buyers do not come forward freely. Native Ceylon is about 395. for good ord. Rice is fiat, but Saltpetre is brisk. Dye goods also look well, and the lower sorts of Tea are wanted. A measure of great importance to the East India interest has been accomplished within the last few days, and gives rise to considerable discussion here. It muse be patent, to all who have watched with attention the subject of steam communication with the East, that r. Parliamentary Committee was formed for the purpose of inquiring into the expediency of promoting increased facilities, and that, in s ubstance, their recommendation was favourable to the establishment of a new line of steamers. Encouraged by the understood bias of the Government, and the anxious desire of the mercantile interest to obtain a choice of conveyance, either for their freight or themselves, several eminent and influen tial parties formed a new undertaking, under the title of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company. For this they secured a charter, and entered into conditional contracts with eminent builders for the supply of suitable steamers. Not a shadow of doubt existed, .therefore, that these parties were in earnest, and as to their ability to carry out what they proposed, we could name one or two of the directors who, among themselves, had the means of paying for the necessary ships. The old com pany, however, possesses great power, and no small in fluence ; and, having the command of a large fleet, could offer unusual advantages to the Government. In this way, probably, we must account for their receiving a preference, not only la the revival of the old contract, but likewise in the award of the separate and additional service. One important consideration now with the Admiralty in making ar rangements for the mail service is that the whole fleet of the contracting companies is at their disposal in the event of war, that the steamers are built on a given scale, and that even the crews from their organization would become excellent volunteers, if so disposed. There is no reason to conclude, however, that in order to se cure these advantages a monopoly should be instituted. At present there is but one company that conveys goods and passengers overland to India, and while renewing their present contract for seven years, the extra service required could most easily have been given to a rival. It is notorious that greater accommodation is needed, and that if more travelled across Egypt it would long since have been worth the Pacha's while to have offered increased facilities. The charges, too, quite preclude the numerous subordinate officers, clerks, and mecha nics from proceeding by that route, and time is to them as valuable as to others. We hold, therefore, that even if the Government is advantaged by getting a cheaper contract, the mercantile public suffers by the want of competition, and it would pay them to subsidise any rival company that took a contract below a fairly re. munerating rate. We hope this will be taken into con sideration with the Royal Australian Mail Steam Com pany, which has acted with such spirit in doing the Go vernment work low, depending upon private support, and an extended contract hereafter. The holders of Mexican Bonds are now assembled to consider generally their future prospects,but more parti cularly to decide as to the acceptance of the terms which their committee have provisionally arranged with Messrs. Barings. The course is left open to every holder to retain his claim upon the indemnity money until it is received in England, or to take it at once, consequently no objection was likely to arise. The committee, who have worked so zealously, really merit great praise. They have rescued a considerable sum f ro m the American in demnit y fund, they have obtained, under trying circumstances, the payment of two d t " an dends, they have acted with decision in sending ou sti agent and looking after moneys due, and h s a tr y exertions in support of its credit. The regards mulated the Mexican Government to make fit of fnutohuies e the in will be permanent, for a state that once charge without terest on its debt as an unavoi ill be a guarantee to tern of taxation and economy t.hsaetlw which no budget can be complete, will establish a sys the creditors and a benefit to f decision since the above The meeting has con s a: i r is that those who are so dig. was written, and the re o • 1 per cent. commis p t e h r e c e o n : D. contrary, y annum, wh o for prefer waitin sion and at Baring, on account, paying posed can receive 41. 1 3. of the indemnity from Messrs. four months ' interest Pay, according to c w o re m re iss s io p n ecie to is remitted. Those, on will the rate of 5 The proceedings have been quite unanimous, and the m p have r e o r e c e a n ui ti e l r e el u Y sa t g h e e chairman, Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, expresses a confident opinion of the ability and inclination of Mexico to fulfil its obligations. The revenue last year fell short, but the Mexican Government has various measures for its improvement. The ser vices of Mr. Falconnet were highly eulogis ed , and that gentleman returns to Mexico by th e next packet to watch over the interests of the boedhoklers. Thanks were cordially voted to Mr. Doyle, the British Minister in Mexico, and Lord Palmerston, and a vote was passed requesting Lord Mulmosbury to give 1 2 ;e ,continued support. Mr. H. A. Lackerstew. in the East India trade, has suspended for 100,0001. state that the Second was engaged engaged in consi- The C capital not fixed or Accounts from Amsterda ul Chamber of the States en Till embarkedd eri g the ilna some impbraonsceh a o tax lnhdeu..st.,,, The of ommission had reported favourably f 010,000,000 eh . Dutch Stock had to b, Spanish and Mexican witiiolit particular was firmer, florins of paper money. On r t th e e e B rn tl; 't Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Ceot,9. 59 1-16. alteration. t etters from in' State that the distress . 11 ere w" greater even than in 1847, and grain b y waggons from Koanigsberg ndg Tilsitt. Messina has been erected into a free port, an'd tonnage dues on steamr-rs at Malta have been lowered. I brought , r ,„ E n glish Stocks have been steady this morning, princior an d the transactions are s ets are 971 to for Money, an p d all th y e f same mone for y the Ac count. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 99} to and the Three per Cents. 981 to Y. Ex chequer• bills have been steady, being 625. to 655., and India Bonds have improved to 755. premium. Foreign Securities have kept without much move ment. Mexican have been quiet at 32 to 33k, and Chilian Three per Cents. have advanced to 71. Bra zilian have been firm at 981, and Buenos Ayres have been weaker at 58. Equador are rather better, viz., 5 to h, and Grenada Deterred at 101 to 1. Peruvian De ferred are lower, being 544 Sardinian Bonds are quiet at 90, and Venezuela Active are 421 to I, a nd the De ferred 18i. Spanish Bonds are dull, and the Three per Ceuta. are quoted 42 . Dut ch Bonds have improved a I , T Riiilway Shares are rather better, and Cai(Aonian have improved 17i tot, Aberdeen 11t to i, Great Western 86-,, ) - to a, Lancashire and Yorkshire 70 to k. South Western have been 85 4 to . North-Western have been lower, namely, 1161 to 1171. French Shares have been generally rather dearer. Gold Mine Shares have been steady, but the business done in them has been limii:ed. QUARTER TO 7'HRE.E. CCII33'S „. , 91 i• Ditto Account, March 11 ._ 97i ft BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY Al' ONE O'CLOCK f From the Official List.) 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuitie5........... 98N% 3 par Cent. Consols Ann& ..... 9 9 % 5 A New 3 1 4 per Cent. ans. .. 94% Lung Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... 7 146 D 0.30 Years, Expire Ocit. 10, 1859... 6 1e I:o.dia Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 75 p Nan under 1,000/ South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities 97 Console for Account 9 7- • EKehr-Iler Bills. 14d 1,0001. .. • — 62 65 p 500 t 65 62 p Small — 63 65 62 P PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent....... 9 3 14 Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent. ... 58 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent . Ditto 3 per Cent. Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent IO 2 IA Equador Bonds ... ... 55 3 Grenada, 114 per Cent. ... ...... ... -- 4 Ditto Deferred •• Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent......... —* Do. Deferred 54% Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ..... :ipanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4g Venezuela Bonds Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in Louder Belgian 4 1 -, per Cent ....... ... Butch 2 1 4 per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates COURSE OF EXC] kinsterC am ...... •• • • 11 19% Ditto, three months .. 12 1 Rotterdam .... 12 1 Antwerp • • ............ 25 573! 1 Brussels ••• • .. .... 25 57 1 ,4 Hamburgh .• M.B . 13 l 1 kltona • • .... Paris, 3 days'sight • 25 3734 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 57 Marseilles •• .• •• • ..... 25 57 80urdeaux......... • Frankforton Mains..., 122 Vienna, effec. fin .• •• •• 12 40 Trieste, ditto.... •.... 12 40 Petorsburgb ,SII. Rble . 374, Madrid .• .. • - - SO Cadiz • • .. • • . . 503¢ Barcelona HANGE.—TvEsv AIi• 30 87 o "iraltar •• ••••'- (Leghorn •• •• •• •• •••• 65 Genoa ..• •• •• " •.' 25 •-• Milan -• .• •• •• •• -- Venice.— •• • • 40% Naples .• •••••• •• " Palermo, peroz.. •• •• •• 1 21% Messina ...• •• •• • • •• 5354 Lisbon...... •••••• •• " 634 Rio Janeiro •• •• •• " -- Buenos Ayres •• •• •• P s hil ew ad Y e o l r p k laf 6 a o . d .T :•°•ifif• PILICEB 01 BIT LLION, PE} . 9 F ore ign Geld in bars.• X,! l 0 0 Portugal Gold Coin •• S pan i s h Donbloonli •• 410/4 New Dollars •••• •• ; 5 Silver in bars • • •• •• •• - LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DA I ' t i e LONDON, MARCH 10.—Wind at noon N. 8., 01°d"8 breeze and dull cloudy weather. CLYDE. —Sld. Sophia, Monte Video; Dromobair,l4e° CROMER, MARCH 9.—The William, o f and from Sallo; derland to London, came on shore during' a fog, bu t g off and proceeded. to 4 13 " ANTWERP, MARCH 9.—The Twelingen, . Lisbon, sailed from Portsmouth Jan. 22, and hag since been , h i e A ar ß tl CH 4 3 . a tO MALTA h Lec 3 t the Clyde, put in here Feb. 22, very leaky, on d 4111 •—The Akxander Wise, have to discharge. -- A r r J. DEAL, M ARCH 9.—Wind E , thick fog.`— from the River and sld. INT,.Barbadoes; Trideo Htvannah. A LIVERPOOL, MARCH 9.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.Vi•*-- rrd. Acorn, Demonra. sh 3. Belton, San Franc isco; Essex, New Orleans; Queen of the West, New York; Antarctic, Now York; Titania, Newfoundland; E': Baine, Newfoundland. Off port, Pomona, Jane gar and Olivia. GREENOCK, MARCH 9.—Tlio histle, hence for Lioty donderry, got on shore near Port T Rush on the 7th and has put back leaky. PLYMOUTH, AlAncu 9.—Wind E., very strong.'" Arrd. Tropic, Demerara. Sid. Mary Harrison, .ticle" laide. Off port, Tyrol, Boston for Havre. F AL MOUTH, MARCH 9.—Wind E., strong gale--Ai rrd. A. F. Moore, Mauritius. HOLYHEAD, MARCH 9.—The Grace schooner of res. ton is on shore 16 miles from hence. EA.LLINA, MARCH B.—The Jane schoon er, of ory port for Ibraila, is stranded, having beenfon shor e,. E LS INORE, MARCH 4.—The Wanderer, of and frail Hull to Danzic, which was on shore 2d March, WI assisted off yesterday, but since gone on shore againt afl remains fast. Assistance has been sent to her; cog° discharging in good condition. The Anholt, ligh t ' vessel, left this for her station 2d March. SOUTHA MPTON, MARCH 9.—Wind N.E.--Sld. Sa v eal steamer, Brazils. B E LFAST, MARCH 8. Wind E.—Sld. Madras; William, Carthagena; Colton, Cork and or America. Ad ß v ß e ID ntu Ll r N e r COhNa,rMiesAtoßnCHfo9r.—B:eitinad, N.E.—Arrd. Friend!. The Active, Guernsey to Sunderlanvid:thhassl having been on Flamborough Head. 11/1 1 . QUEENSTOWN, MARCH 8. The wreck of a brig, marked " Union, &c., Kincardine," was passed 181 k i bruary about seventy miles off Cape St. 'Vincent. piguhttildiaregy, - -------- CAUTION TO MARINERS. 1.. nrovg l BRIDLINGTON, MARCII 9.—A shoal has late , ' e.- 1 - ., up in this Bay, from which the head bears about f~e~ and Bridlington Pier N.W., on which vessels of 14: ic water have struck within the last two months. ARRIVALS THIS WEER Wheat. Barley. Malt , Oats. QrS. 3,660 —_ Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. 3,150 830 3,100 6,920 - 400 2,910 vnarrzcilAPEL. Prime Beef and Mutton sold steadily, at fall cc rencies. Otherwise, the trade ruled heavy. B eet fro 4a 25 2d to 35 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Veal , 35 to 4a 4d; Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 8d per 81bs by the carcase• MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAll*) --..--_. CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDY' /..9 08° A fair average quantity of English ), Wheat v ! 1 .. quarters) have been received up to our market, cul‘d°,o, wise, this week. By laud carriage the arrivals to- i d red o l li a were smeallil:rayndsethtrecosiyhow of samples of both white was limited. For all kinds the demand rtlf:r, only 1,940 heavy, d at Monday's decline in the quotations. For_ted, From abroad qauni7rtebrussoinf i !DI lls ; yet the actual supply brought forward Was tole ravi extensive. Fine dry qualities were mostly held at I .: currencies. In the middling and inferior lands so lit"! was doing that prices were almost nominal. Fla at.ll cargoes were dull, and the turn lower. There 'No 9 le es inquiry for Barley, yet holders generally were arm I to eWsshewatsshatil::lir:lsucbe.a thi-ir demands. The inquiry for Malt was heavy, 1 t l h ° o figures. Good sound Oats commanded full prices, v s low and damp qualities were a slow sale. BegIIS, relic:, Indian Corn, and Flour moved off elowly, at a bogit 5t... tiouary prices. sA e -05° Qrs. EngllB •• • . 2,080 Irish •••• • • • • - Foreign •• • . 1,91 0 13011,01:YOtt is col. A4 O Our market coutinues steady tor all good and Hops, at very full prices. In other hinds exceediffig;' little is doing. I r t p t h p i L mo E rn S in E g X took S th E e The C in ou (THIS DAY.) George Cross 00 , aged 22, surrendered to his bail ul:' an indictment SbaSillcOasNes.S. age for stealing a copper boiler from a H e re in Queen's•cou t t , Seven Dials. The circunistances I::_iii somewhat curious. The prisoner's mother owned sev.le, houses in that court in oofwhich theprison ©9ll°ll )1 ! with her. 0 , one Oa the day on which the boiler in qu _ 0 was missed from the premises a police-constable Ower) man (whom he now swore positively to be the prisoo,o carrying a boiler of similar size and material fr_uji, Queen's. court towards the Seven Dials, and afterws'eeo vvheu he received information of a boiler having b, ho stolen at that precise time from the place, he took ' OO prisoner into custody. The defence was an alibi, ur i ve r the evidence of witnesses who swore that the pr ix was was in their company the whole of the afternoon of „ . ` iii , day laid in the indictment. But the policeman was.lT 0 1 tive as to the identity, and the jury found aWO Guilty. Oc t The JUDGE deCorred sentence till next session, in c : ir 'o t o allow further i n q uiries to be made as to the pris°' chara cter. „ia The Court was occupied the rest o f the day ill ''' two charges of indecent assault. BOW-STREBT T HIS DAY' ) o f Samuel Foyle, aged 22, late clerk in the ernployl° et, of Mr. Baptista Benot.i, of No. 61, Red Lion-str,eio. stereotype worker, was charged before Mr. I.l.cnrY " embezzling money, the property of his employer, u o b' , It was proved that on t he 9th of January last Gritbe tamed 251. on the prosecutor's account, from ~f ir fiths, clerk to Messrs. flannel], Langley-street, ° p., acre, having been that evening dismissed froui o , Benoni's employment, lie was not taken into o u st ) 3 0 until this morning, when ho told the policeman at received the money from Mr. Griffiths, and WO 1 09 0 saying more when the constable cautioned him, a" i ot that w h a t e ver he told him wou ld bu evidence Se bat him. t Mr. HENR Y r e p roved the officer for baying gic° ~..,0 caut ion, which he said wa s hi g hl y improper, as it 1331" shut out the very best evidence. of The prisoner said that he obtained the moneY ''' the himself' his wages, which his mister had withheld 00 Satuiday night.—Committed for trial. char g, ---_—_. ii:ugu4stwusithlYsitl i l !.: i li g s p a ia b c i t i v d , a r t s t r t. fr b_a b r ox abeforerd aM:i..rLei:ori4iii, CLERKEN WEE L.-(T HIS DA yo ri ca,,,,,,,,.. -wining Lnonceiyre, under the :.71',1"svin Islington, Mary A:•311.4/ Jiill6, servtnt in Princes-street, ,0 0 u,Lnlusduienrclit,csle;_s to the value of stated that yOternay afternoon the prisoner ano o see brothcr,wl) .ou; she known for some time, cam e t — O l her, and uF on a ;ing them in to the house. she 5h07,0, them ever the se rooms. In a short time theY 5‘.1_,., down to ti w kitchen, and she made them . son! JeeP, in the t ours. 3 e.f zamng which the prisoner satd, ciTt,n,g/0 must e Neuse to jai tor a rronute or t.wo , as he v"nhu:,„t leo back." ,Site t bought uottoug of this, hut in a 3 , '. - , a tninutes, heart brother "who that was," and requested him to g P. -... 3 V the 6treet-door slammed, it he st‘ Reo.so '7 - • I 1