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EXHIBITION OF TABLEAUX, OIL PAINTED and in RELIEF.-209. REGENT-STREET. The Nobility, Gentry, and ths Public are respectfully informed that the above Exhibition will be opened on TIICItSDA.T next, the rith inst., and will comprise Models of FRIJIT, BIRDS, FISH, &c. These Tableaux have already attracted much attention on the Con tinent, as well from the intrinsic beauty of the colours and grouping, as from their overcoming the most difficult question of art, viz., the combining distant perspective on a flat surface, with a foreground Modelled in relief, preserving at the same time unity of composition. Admission, One Shilling, which will also admit to the Anatomical - - , .—Open from Ten to Six. 01111 , , .--- -'XL r of PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY, MUSE I - 1 --is a One Thousand MODELS, cast from conta ining ;11)11'4- - 'e • cornprieing every part of the human Frame And cokairea 4fter -,a.u...' In ~ekla,temrfgsslttiveclofn:3staisine'g, „u m . ivill also admit to the Gallery of Tabieatta. Open from Ten till gtx.—.Alit-atreet• To be had at all the Ltbrerlee THE NEW NOVELS. JIT3T PUBLISHED BY MR. COLB1:11.N. E ROBERTSBS Oti TLIBIB TR. kVET.i. By Ntre, TROL 'AP r, JEERS J P PARITE).TIS3. By Mrs. GORE. sill ROGER DE COVERLEY, HonourA Tal e H of the Court of Chittiesjl. IT. By tte Author of " Maids of. 'THE CITIZES E)F PRAGUE. Edit e d by NARY HOWITT, econci Edition. TEIL W HITE SLAVE and THE RIISIAN PRINCE. By the Revelations of Russia." Second Edition. Author " VI. TIIE QUEEN pr DENMARK (Caroline Matilda, Sister of George III.) ; an itiSt,:`tical Romance, founded on the private com munications of her Majesty Chamberlain. henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVE L BY TILE COU U NAS OF BLESSINGTON. Just ready, in 3 vols. post &Yu., MEMOIRS OF A FEMME DE CIIAMBRE. IV the Countess of BLESSINGTON. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY EZARF.s BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAW)ND, 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 TIISSDAT and FIUDAT, at One o'clock„ at the Ball of Commerce, Threa d n eedle•street, Lon don, to which place all favours, cotainintiontware respectftdly requested to be n g ' instruction , addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advises 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. TO-MORROW EVENING, TUESDAY, MARCH 24. Will be performed Verdi's ceOlebrated Opera, entitled NIN. With New Scenery, Dresses and Decorations. Nines, King e Assyria, Signor Fornasari ; Idaspe, Signor Coreli , Orotasphe Priest of the Temple of Isis), Signor Botelli ; Ab dallo (an Officer Of the King of Assyria), Signor Daificri ; Fenena (daughter of Ninus), Madlle. Corbari ; Anna (sister of Orotasphe), Madame Bellini ; Abigail (a slave, supposed to be the eldest daughter of Ninus), Sanchioli. 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 FILLR DU BANDIT. The principal parts by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Madame Petit Stephan, Moncelet, Cassan, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglioni ; M.M. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di Mattis, and Perrot. Madame Cs-stellan is daily expected in town, and will shortly appear THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har rison, iturdini, Horncastle, S. Janes, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King. Miss Romer, and Miss Ralntorth. To conclude with a new grand comic Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Harlequin. Mr. Wieland Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ; Rantaloon, Mr. Howell Columbines, Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF M. BENEDICT. M. BENEDICT begs respectfully to announce that his BENEFIT, and the Last Performance but Three before the Holidays, will take place on THURSDAY. APRIL 2, on which occasion the New Opera of THE CRUSADERS will he performed, with a variety of Enter tainments ; full papticulars of which will be duly advertised. Tickets and places may be procured of Mr. Parsons, at the Boa office,' from Ten till Six daily. THEATRE ROYAL, H.AYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, called, A BEGGAR ON 11ORSEBACK. Cymon Foxall, Mr. Webster; More craft, Mr. W. Farm: air John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. H. Han; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hutson ; Schnel dermann, tdr. J Bland ; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover ; Selina Coves tale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, Mrs. Seymour. The Band will perfbrm the Overture, " La Rene d'un Jour," "Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz, and the Quadrille, " Le Roi d'rvetot." After which a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Hamby, &c. To conclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVB SHIL LINGS. Mr. Golightly, ; Capt. Dobbs, Mr. Tilbury ; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brincial ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss P. Horton. • THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. First Night of a New Drama ! GENERAL TOM THUMB having, on each Evening of his ap pearance, been welcomed with most enthusiastic shouts of ap plause, and excited the astonishment and approbation of an elegant and delighted auditory, by his almost Incredible Dimi nutive Person and his equally Incredible Mind, the Management has much pleasure in announcing his Performance for every Evening till further notice. THIS EVENING The performances will commenee with PETER JENKINS. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MARBLE MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Leidlaw. To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled HOY 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and his Seven-League Boots. In which General Tom Thumb, who is engaged expressly for this occasion, will have the honour of making his appearance. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham ; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 48. ; Fit, 23. ; Gallery, 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPMJ. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Petite Drama, in Two Acts, called, THE CABIN BOY. Mons. Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Largecetti, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Julien, Madame Celeste; Mdlle. Laroche, Miss Woolgar. After which, a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Mrs. Honeybun, 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, &c. will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, Miss Taylor, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Last Week but One of the celebrated Artistes, Madame VESTRIS and Mr. CIIARLES MATHEWS. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled, THE DREAMER. Count de Florville, Mr. James Vining; Sir George Dormer, Mr. Charles Mathews; Col. Sheldrake, Mr. Wynn; Charles Sedley, Mr. Harris ; G age, Mr. Oxberry ; Lady Belton, Mrs. Stirling. To be succeeded by a New Vaudeville Comedy, entitled, THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. Duke de Chartres, Mr. J. Vining; Count de Brissac, Mr. Harris ; Dr. Druggendraft, Mr. Compton ; Pierre Palliot, Mr. C. Mathews; Mdile. Duval, Miss E. llonner ; Duchess de Chartres, Madame Vestris. After which, the Serie Comic Drama, entitled, A SPEARING LIKENESS. Baron de Raney, Mr. Granby; Allred, Mr. James Vining ; Coco, Mr. Compton ; Manette, Madame Vestris. To conclude with the Romantic Drama, called, THE BRIGAND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wallack, L. Murray, J. Yining, Granby, Bonner; Miss Honner and Mrs. Brougham. NEW STRAND THEATRE. LAST WEEK BUT ONE. H. PHILLIPPE'S SOIREES and MAI INEES NLYSTERIKUS ES Two Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distinguished families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who to attend his Morning Performances, M. PIIILLIPPE will give his Grand Juvenile Entertainment every 1V ednesday and Saturday Morning, at Two M. Philippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusing Per formances of the Chiarini Family, and the astounding Feats of the American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter peat Seven, to com mence at a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Peva° Boxes, I/. Is., and 1/. I is. 6d. THE WEATIIER.—Stni OFFICE, MARCE 22. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 38; Highest, 51; Noon, 52. BAROMETER, 29.28.—W1ND W., fine. MARCH 23. THER3IO3IETER, Lowest, 37; Highest. 54; Noon, 51 BAROMETER, 29.29. WIND W.S.W.; morning, cloudy: afternoon, fine. fHGlrf WA.TEIt AT LOKDON-131Z11)GE THUS DAY. Morning .. 2 minutes after 10. I Evening .. 46 minutes after 10. ...F r , 2... * ... 1., 0--,--3._' 4 N' i ...r )1 1., • •.„.,•„,. 4t „:7 • ~ ' ...) 1, : , ''''T ' ' V ,. -1 : ‘ ,, , L ,::: ''''' .7' , 4 ' l ' r '• i ..\:z.0.,f , ,: r 4 v. t.: ... -• - t -,,, A ' . A1 . ..Y.„ •7V. , '•' ( 0 > f -e, , •, . - .. - , ...1H. c; ~•': . , lnt LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1846. The telegraphic dispatch from Marseilles, which ap pears in another part of The Sc,,, will afford great satis faction to the public. The intelligence from the Punjaub and the British army on the banks of the Sutlej, has ever since the arrival of the last mail been anxiously expected, partly on account of the desperate resistance anticipated on the part of the Seikhs, the dreadful loss of life in the late battles, the report of the defeat of the division under Sir HENRY SMITH, at Loodianah, and th e total uncertainty as to the plans of the Governor -Gene 1. All this anxiety has been completely removed by favourable news just received. According t o the statements in some of the Indian papers, Sir H EN " SMITH, on the 21st, moved his brigade up the Sutlej, driving the enemy before him, when he came upon one of their fortified positions which fired grape shot among the British troops. Some of the na tive regiments, it was said, threw down their arms, while another account stated they had gone over to the Seikhs, and left the battle to two European regiments, and the commander of the division under such circum stances withdrew his - troops. The Agra Vhbar called this retirement a (14401, and the rumour of the defeat in creased in strength on its way to Bombay. We at tached no credit whatever to the report, partly from the manner in which it was given, and from a full conviction of the loyalty of the Sepoys so remarkably displayed on the 21st and 22d of December. We were correct in the view taken of this af fair. Not the slightest allusion is made to it in the French telegraphic dispatch, and had there been any det,ikupfavotirable, we may take it for granted Ndiaiih'iyiwbtilctzbt have been omitted. On the con ' t!'aryrlViiiicirciitteaAhat a great victory has been ob tained-bY this trrY'ai.'sion, that the Seikhs, at a place tailed 4ilivert (neii 1,11 bridge over the river at Philoor, We Prestitae, thOuglo is not given in the best maps), were driven act oss - tk Sutlej, leaving behind them all their artillery,' and losing a great number of their troops. Ws hare here only another proof that this law less horde of robbers, who are said to be disciplined, cannot stand before regular troops, and that a few Bri tish regiments, supported by the brave Sepoys, can put twice their number to flight whenever they come fairly into contact. The result, as well as the dispatch altogether, affords great ground of satisfaction with regard to future operations. The battle took place on the 29th of January, more than five weeks after the victories at Moodkee and Ferozeshah, thereby showing that Sir HENRY HARDINGE is resolved not to commence the in vasion of the Punjaub till he has his whole force con centrated, and till Sir CHARLES NAPIER has reached the scene of warfare. He is evidently maturing his plans, and making preparations for taking vengeance in a manner that cannot be mistaken for this wanton, cruel, and unexpected attack upon peaceable neigh bours. Looking, therefore, at the present position of affairs, at the large force under his command, the strong batteries forming, and the powerful Sinde division under its gallant leader, we may, therefore, anticipate by the next mail the most important and favourable intel ligence. Our columns of Saturday contained the report of the case of "WOULJI BR and others v. Tony," which illustrates most forcibly the proverbial uncertainty of the law, and premises a goodly crop of litigation ; so that, if the numerous schemes which came before the public in the course of the last autumn did not prove very profitable to the_parties embarking therein, there is at least every prospect of their doing so to the gentlemen of the long robe. It has been the first attempt to recover, by legal process, the deposit on shares allotted in pursuance of a letter of application, and seems to be in direct oppo sition to the principle of the case of 110960 N v. SPOTTIS WOODE, some:few weeks since reported in our columns. The present case was an action by the directors of the Direct Exeter and Plymouth Railway Company against a gentleman to whom forty shares had been allotted ; it appeared that his application was made on the 13th of October, and that the allotment was not made until the 15th of December, mor than two months afterwards, and long subsequent to the occurrence of the panic, which nipped so many promising schemes in the bud. Shortly after the date of the letter of allotment a new circular is issued, calling upon the allottees to pay a sum of three shillings per share on the amount of their re spective shares, on which they would be indemnified from all further liability thereon. All the elements of the former case of HODG SON V. SPOTTISWOODE, in which the allottee was held entitled to recover back from a member of the committee of management the entire sum paid by her as deposit, where the scheme was not carried into execution, existed in the present one. There had been a change in the committee of management, two gentle men having retired subsequent to the application, and previous to the allotment the full number of the shares had not been allotted, no scrip was ever issued, no share was in existence, and yet the defendant has been held liable to pay the full amount of the deposit claimed, 21. 12s. 6d. per share, when three shillings only was demanded from him, and which sum he can of course on the authority of HODGSON V. SPOTTISWOODE recover back from the company (with costs) when paid. We cannot believe it possible that this ver dict can be allowed to stand, that this litigation in a circle can be continued. To what extent can the doctrine be carried? If once it is at all recog nised, we shall have the projectors of the numerous defunct schemes turning with new vigour upon the various allottees ; persons, who had the shares come out at a premium, orhad the undertaking proved a prosperous one, would probably never have had an answer to their applications, and whose request was complied with at the twelfth hour, will now be compelled to share in the amount of the expenses (in many instances most reck lessly) incurred. We did not at that time see allotments of 500 or 1,000 shares to the solicitor, or secretary, or others of the earlier promoters. No, the public indeed get the full benefit of the scheme such as it was, and we may, per haps, yet see promoters of bubble schemes realising a considerable profit to themselves and their friends out of lines which it was never contemplated should be carried further than the allotment of the shares. We sincerely trust that a satisfactory conclusion may be come to, and that the decision of the full Court, de liberately arrived at after solemn argument, and not with the hurry which inevitably attends all nisi prius decisions, will settle the law on this interesting and important question. As we have so repeatedly taken occasion to comment upon the general character which the great commercial revolution of 1846 will obtain in history, and the con sequent blessings which it will entail upon posterity, any additional observations may at first sight appear somewhat superfluous. Scarcely anything indeed should induce us to recapitulate our sentiments upon this extra ordinary epoch. Certainly, nothing of an ordinary kind could persuade us to utter once more those generalised views upon the free-trade victory entertained by ourselves, and with which our readers must be now tolerably well acquainted. Nevertheless, it is impossible to avoid some allusion, however momen tary, to the expressions employed by a Contemporary, when analysing the present " State of Parties." Those expressions are so terse, so happily grouped, so discri minating, and so suggestive of thoughts to the peruser. Our epithets bear reference to a paper published in the recent number of the Westminster Review, and, if merely in commemoration for the twentieth or the hundredth time of men whose mea sures have rendered them for ever illustrious, or, if simply as illustrative of much candour in a political essayist, some especial mention of that disquisition ap peared to Is-as absolutely necessary. Never did a no bler theme for the philosopher present itself than the an nihilation of all restrictions upon commerce, viewing that annihilation (the commencement of which will date from the opening of the present session), as generative of a principle, to quote the language used by Mr. COBDEN on January 17, " which shall act on the moral world as the law of gravitation in the universe; drawing men to -1 gether, thrusting aside the antagonism of race, and creed and language, and uniting us in the bonds of eternal peace: , Thisis the most correct, as it is the most stupendous, aspect of free trade and its effects upon after genera tions,; and, considering the matter precisely in this aspect, the time, the words, and the men leading to its realisation, are surely not altogether unworthy of scru tiny and of a repetition of scrutiny. "We have opened another page of human history," says the Westminster Review ; " with the new year we see the inauguration of a change in the policy of nations, the greatest perhaps on record ; a change differing ' from all the occurrences of the past, and, as it will be seen in the future, momentous in its results. At length, and for the - first time, in a boric fide sense, we abandon the principle of aggression and retaliation. A moral revolution is accomplishing. In the present state of parties we see signs of the progress of opinion, as incon testible and as marvellous as a direct revelation of the Divine will. A great victory has been won ; but when we look back upon the obstacles over come, old-world traditions, class-privileges, public apathy, the impression made upon the mind is one less of exultation than the thankfulness of devo tional feeling." The consequences to be deduced by time from .the operation of the Ministerial measures are not in this paragraph over estimated or exaggerated to a single tittle—no, not one jot. Not only is the pre sent a great " moral revolution," but it is, without the most shadowy question, the greatest moral revolu tion (strictly of human origin) which has hitherto transpired in the records of the most remote or the moat civilised nations. As the French revolution, par excellence, was matured in a loathing for bodily sub • jection, and matured from a sheer concupiscence of cruelty and lust and power, so has this revolution against a vile 'system of monopoly, by which incalculable evils have been showered upon our forefathers and upon our selves, germinated in an instinctive reverence for the laws of nature, and the precepts of OMNIPOTENCE ; and been conducted to its present prosperous issue by a zealous love of justice and brotherhood amongst mankind. What MIRABEAU and FOUQUIER TINVILLE and DsasTorr, were to the former half-glorious, but wholly diabolical revolution, COBDEN, and BRIGHT, and Veoiannttr. raa s have been to a gl o rious, and a beneficent re volution.nenN,oabuldy nobly y e wtihneytbdneysebreveeduloogfisetdheairs worthy tellow instruments to a grand end, by after times. In the panegyric evieu,, s u n p d on wh RICHARDhi our COl D readersN, mayat remember,226 of a the Review', t ran scribed a few days sinc e i n our columns, we recognise one gleam of the honour which will be coupled with his name in future ages. And this, because the principles, towards the acknowledgment and acceptation of which his energies have been in such a remarkable degree conducive, are, in the strictest sense of the word, cosmopolitan. Of Sir ROBERT PEEL, whosename, from c i rcums t an ces partially fortuito us and partially .neces sary, will be mainly and illustr iousl y identified well the triumph of free-trade, our reviewer speaks, if possible, with double emphasis and with doub le propriety. " Sir ROBERT PEEL stands upon hi g h ground. His present measures are wholly free from t he imputation of party tactics. As a Minister he gains nothing and risks everything, by his determination to carry out a prin ciple. He knows that, to attain that one object, he alienates friends and creates enemies, who may at any moment combine with his old opponents against him. To see this without recognising ~honesty of inten• Lion (now at least, if net before), and moral courage sustaining that honesty of intention, would be to convict ourselves of moral blindness." "Pos terity will not occupy itself with the vascillations and . defects of the present generation of statesmen. It will remember, as we remember of the past, great names only as connected with great deeds ; and the greatest achievement of this age is that which destroys the 'food power' of a banded oligarchy, breaks up monopolies, and proclaims the rights of peaceful industry. With this the name of Sir ROBERT PEEL must now be inseparably connected, and it is a great honour ; there can be no higher reward for personal ambition." In the utmost limit of these expressions the vast bulk of Englishmen now living and yet unborn will ac quiesce ;—a thought pregnant with incitement to one labouring for a great achievement amidst the debri.'s of many gigantic factions, and fraught with coneolation to one subjected to incessant vituperations! It ;.s in this utter dismemberment and assimilation of PP.: ties that one of the chief benefits of the movement consists. " There can be no more exclusively Tory or exctasively Whig Cabinets," says the reviewer; this is, toa inference too manifestly correct to require the authority of further argument; and in its veeacity is centred the welfare of future millions. It is in the consideration of the character of Lord PALMERSTON that we cannot induce ourselves for a single moment to coincide with the Westminster Review, otherwise its strictures are dictated with much discrimination and impartiality. The fact of the viq, tory, however, will constitute its noblest history; 'the enumeration of those statesmen who have shares) . i n it s achievement will form their truest, and surest, 'And most imperishable eulogium. Accounts from Madrid of the 16th 'announce the for mation of a new Ministry. NARVA.EZ, it is thus seen, constructs a Cabinent with wonderful dispatch. On the 12th MIRAFLORES and his temporary colleagues were told they were no longer wanted, and three days after their places were supplied from a list most probably drawn up before their dismissal. Of this new Cabinet NARVAEZ is the chief and %It the same time acts as Mi nister for Foreign Affstirs. Senor ORLANDO, - a devoted adherent of the Captain. General, is Minister of Finance, BURGOS, who filled that department in the reign of FER DINAND, succeeds ISTURITZ as Minister of the Interior, D'EGANA, formerly editor of the Correo Nacional, is ap pointed Minister of Grace and Justice, and General PENZUELA, a Carlist, Minister of the Marine. All the members of RosA's Cabinet are excluded, and NARVAEZ has so far attained his object. On the 14th the Three per Cents. closed at 29 for cash, and 28 15-16 for the 30th of April ; the Five per Cents. at 21 for cash, and 211 for the 30th of April ; the shares of the Bank of San Fernando, 255 ; ditto of Isabel, 168, &c. In the French Chamber of Peers the discussion on the Secret Service Money Bill was brought to a close on Friday evening, and on a division the numbers were for the Bill 106, against i t 22 ; majority for Ministers 84. The speech of VICTOR Hiroo, on the Polish insurrection, was listened to with great attention, and is much praised for its noble sentiments, as well as moderation. " Two nations," he said, " for the last four centuries, had played a disinterested part in European civili:ation— France and Poland. The former had shed light on all sides; the latter had kept back the incursions of barbarism. France bad been the missionary of civilisation, and Poland its knight-errant. When a people had done well to humanity, it resembled a man who has done good service to his fellow-men. Gratitude was due to it ; and if, in the course of time, it by chance fell away from its lofty position, it still remained surrounded with that halo of glory which memory shed around it Such was the case with Poland ! She was still great and noble, notwithstanding her:partition. And why was she so? Because she bad been always most useful to European civilisation—because she had bravely defended it when threatened eighty years back; when she was struck from the list of nations, a universal regret was manifested. The remorse of FREDERICK was caused by his having mutilated that kingdom, and the regret of NAPOLEON by not having restored it to its former rank. He (M. V. 'lnce.) was not one of those who counselled an European conflagration. Writers, thinkers, philosophers, were men of peace. If he raised his voice at present in favour of this unfortunate nation, it was not to urge ether na tions to war, but to protest against the late attack on European civilisation. He could see nothing more odi ously inimical to peace and civilisation than the fact of the Austrian Government having excited the lower classes in Gallicia against the nobles. What, then, was it he asked from the Chamber? Not to furnish fleets, or armies, or wealth, but to nobly put forward their great moral ascendancy. A protest ought to proceed from that as sembly—the tribune where he stood ought not to remain mute ! What he demanded was a moral intervention— that their voices should reach abroad, and that this truth should be heard—that a nation could not be effaced with impunity from the map of the world. In such a mani festation every party could join. The influence of France was great. France had inherited the power of Rome in the middle ages, and possessed at present the same authority in civilisation as Rome had done in re ligious matters I Let, then, France speak, and much would be done ! That was the intervention which he demanded, and the Chamber rnig!it rest satisfied that it would be of powerful effect." These sentiments were loudly cheered. On Saturday, in the Chamber of Depu ties, General JAcQuEsimoT brought forward a motion to increase the number of officers in the National Guard of the Seine, when M. ODILON BARROT took the opportunity of blaming the Government for disbanding the National Guards in several of the provincial towns. The motion of General JACQUEMINOT, it was understood, would be carried. The following dis patch, received by the French Government, brings news from Algiers up to the 16th instant. It will be seen from it that Ann EL-KADER has again escaped from his pursuers, probably to surprise them in some other quarter:— " PErtriGNAN, Mincit 18.—The Montezuma, which left Algiers the day before yesterday, arrived to-day at Port Vendre. General De Bar writes to me from Algiers on the 16th. On tie 7th Colonel Cgnon retook from Abd-el- Kader, on the south of Boghar, the booty he had carried off from our allies. General Jussef attacked the Emir on the 13, eighteen leagues to the south of Zahzz, and captured his baggage and mules, which were on their way to 13oucada. Abd-el-Kader saved himself with great difficulty. Lieutenant Lacoste and the interpreter Levy were rescued, both severely wounded. Marshal Bugeaud was expected at Algiers on the 17th or 18th." We regret to find that on Saturday a fatal railway accident occurred on the Paris and Rouen line. A special train, which left Paris on Saturday morning, with the Government Commissioners sent to inspect the fortifications at Havre, ran against a diligence mounted on a truck, which had been carelessly left on the rails. The diligence, which contained twenty-two passengers, was completely destroyed ; three persons in it were killed and four wounded. We have accounts from Berne to the 16th inst. The Constituent Assembly was opened on that day by a speech from the Avoyer M. DE TAVEL, which he con eluded by a pray er to the ALMIGHTY to bless its labours. The Assembly afterwards proceeded to instal its provi sional board, and Messrs. SCHNEIDER and FUNK, the Radical candidates, were elected-the first President, and the second, Vice-President. AL NENHAUS only obtained eight votes, and M. BLOESCH three. The Com mittee chargscl with drawing up the project of regula tions for the Constituent censhted of Messrs. SCHNEIDER, FUNK, STCEMPFLI, and KOHLER. " On the 18th," writes the correspondent of the Journal des Debuts, " Divine service will be celebrated in the Catholic and Protestant churches, previous to the opening of the set stun. A solemn sermon will afterwards be preached i❑ the cathedral by the Protestant minister WEYERMANN, who has acquired a gnat reputation for sanctity in Switzerland by heading a free corps in the expedition against Lucerne." On Saturday the Funds and Share-market was very firm on the Paris Bourse. The following are the prices of the Funds:- Five per Cents., 120 f. 45c. 30c. ex. div. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 113 f. ; Four per Cents., 106 f. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 84f. 20c. 10c. ;;Bank Actions, 3,4101'. ; Bente de Naples (Rothschild's), 101 f. 25c. , Romans, 1111% ; Belgian Five percents., 1840, 102!.i ; ditto, 1842, 105% ; Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per Cents., 101 ; ditto, Two-and•a-half per Cents., 57; Spanish Passives, 3%; Belgian Bank, 1835, 955 f. 950 f. ; ditto, 1841, I,loof. Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 60c. ; three months, money, 25f. 45c. Railway "9-tares for the Account-Settling of April 2-St. Germain have risen 14f. 50c., Versailles (Lett Bank) and Rouen to Havre, 10f. each ; Paris to Orleans, 7f. 50c. ; Orleans to Vierzon, f. ; Orleans to Bordeaux, Avignon to Marseilles, and Northern, 2f. 50c. ; Paris to Strasburg, lf. 25c. ; Nantes, Versailles (Right Bank), Dieppe, Rouen, and Strasburg to Bale, are all unvaried. For money, Versailles (Left Bank), have risen llf. 25c. ; Paris to Orleans, 7f. 50c. ; Boulogne, sf. ; Northern, Paris to Strasburg, and Versailles (Right Bank), 2f. 50c. each, Nantes, if. 25c. ; ♦vignon to Marseilles and Orleans to Vierzon not quoted. Five per Cents., 120 f. 50c. 55c. ; Four per Cents., 126 f. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 84f. ; Bank Actions, 3,400 f. ; Reate de Naples (Roths child, 101 f. 50c. ; Romans, 101 1 ,E ; Belgian Bank, 9451 ; Belgian Five per Cents., 1840, 102% ; ditto, 1842, 105% ; Spanish Passives. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 1845, 37 1 ,%. Exchange on Loridcn, one month, money, 25f. 60c. ; three months, money, 231. 43c.; paper, 25f. 42%e. 141.7SINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EACIIANGE, Meilen 21. Barbadoes, % —Boulogne and Amiens, 12%—Bordeaux, Tou louse, and Cette (Espeleta), 2%—Dutch Rhenish, 6—great Northern of France Constituted ' 15%—Great Western Canada, 3% Lyons and Avignon, 2 —Luxembourg, 1% —Madrid and Valentia, A-Na mur and Liege, 2%—Orleans and lierdeaux, 123 a —Rouen and Havre, 29%. Sir Robert Peel had a dinner party on Saturday at his residence in Whitehall. gardens. The Low Moor Iron Company are busily engaged in casting cannon of considerable calibre. THE LATE JOHN LANGAN.—The mortal remains of John Langan, celebrated in England fur his pugilistic en counters with Spring, the English champion, arrived in Dublin on Friday night, mid were interred on liatarday in GlgunneTia Cemetery, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY '-..PrE4NINGO M'ArRCH 2-3, we: INDIA. DEFEAT OF THE SEIKHS. TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCM FROM MAR- SEILLESO—. " CAIWO, ArAttett 8. " MARSEILLES, MARCh 21. "On the, 9th of January a division of the Seikh army WP.,a attacked by the English forces under the command of Sir H. J. Smith, at Aliv ert. The Seikhs 'ere forced to cross the Sutlq, leaving behind them all their artillery, amounting to about silty-nine pieces of cannon. " The loss of the English has been four officers killed, fourteen wounded, and about 400 soldiers killed and wounded. The 'loss of the Seiks appears to have been very considetable. " A salute, of twenty-one guns had been fired at Bombay to celebrate this victory." 31 . 07 X14Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were only '..oout 1,500 bales. The market was quiet, and prices were nominally the same, but buyers had an advantage in choice. In Shares, but little business was doing, and prices were declinin g . Much satisfaction has been expressed in all circles here this morning, at the character of the news received by spe cial express of a further victory (it may be considered a deci sive one, and which, ere long, must place British rule all over the Punjaub) by the British and native forces, over the Seikhs. The intelligence is the more gratifying, as for the last few days rumours have been in cir culation that Government had obtained official accounts not only of a serious reverse on the part of our forces, but that the . Governor-General had been taken prisorer. We gave no credit to the report, and, therefore, refrained from noticing it. The question as to whether our forces will push on to Lahore is set at rest entirely by the nature of' the news obtained from the banks of the 'Sutlej this morning. The private letters by the West India mails do net contain any important information beyond that already made public. The planters were generally in better spirits, owing to tie railways and immigration. The crops were not very pro mising. The state of the money market is at the present moment watched with rather more than ordinary anxiety. The re cent fall in the value of the Unfunded Debt clearly indicates that the pressure for cash is on the increase, and the question is asked in some quarters, " How does this state of things arise ?" The reply is obvious. Merchants and traders, who have held back from making purchases of produce for some time past, are now con ing into the markets as buyers, under the full conviction that the Premier will be enabled to carry out, with entire success, his com mercial measures, not even excepting the all important question of the cern duties. It is very probable that before the Quarterly dividends are paid that Exchequer-bills will recede below their comparatively low figure. The deposits upon projected railways are slowly returning back into circulation, and ere a very few weeks have passed, the fate of most of the applications for Bills will have been decided by the Committees appointed to test their merits, and if failure in the results, the scrip holders ought to demand a return of their deposits. The Consol Market has been, upon the whole, pretty firm, but not much business has as yet been transacted. The intelligence from the East Ihdies did not have much effect upon the prices, although it is considered to most satisfactory. Consols for the Account have been at 96% %, but for Money the price has receded from 96% to 95 %. he premium on Exchequer-bills is higher than on Saturday afternoon, being now at 255. For India Bonds the price is given at 28e. to 30s. The Foreign Stock market is rather more firm this morning. Spanish Actives have been sold at 26 ; the Three per Cents. at a rise to 37. The Portuguese Four per Cents. have advanced from 56V, to 57 1 4 ; the Russian Metalliques are at 109; the Dutch Four per Cents. at 944 ; Danish at 89; and Mexican at 30 1 4. The share Market is rather steady, with an inconsiderable amount of business doing. Late accounts have come to hand just now from the Cape of Good Hope. The dates from Port Natal are of the 24th January. The Lieutenant-Governer had arrived there, and had been received extremely well by the inhabitants. Many reforms were in progress. There were 4 vessels in port, and as the import duties had been abolished, a considerable in crease of business was looked upon as a certainty. stimuli FUNDS. ON. O'CLOCK. Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96% 88A India Bonds, 1,0001. 80 28 Ditto, under 1,0001.........80 Consc is for Account • • • • • • • • • • 96 X % Exchequer Bills. I%el. 134 d. 1,000/. .... 25 22 25 pm. 23 5001... .... 25 22 26 pa. 26 Ditto, Sinai/ 21 pus. 25 CLOSING PRICES. 119% CLOSING PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. FOREIGN FITNDFI Chilian Bonds, G per Cent .. .. Danish, 3 per Cent . .. 89 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account 31►,( 31 1 ,E Portuguese Four per Centa 56x, 57% g 7 y 3 Ditto, for the Account 37 5734 Ditto, 3 per Cent .. .. • • • • —57 n Russian Bonds .. .. 109 10,4 kpanish itonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Account •. .. -. Ditto, Passive Bonds Ditto, Three per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. 37 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59%X Ditto, for the Account 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certiloates 944 Ditto, for the Account 94X 'SINE" CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. • • .. 2%.... Bideford and Tavistock • • .. 1% .... 1 / 4 ... ...... Birmingham and Gloucester. ..100 ....125 Ditto New (issed at 7 1 / 4 die.) .. 1754 . Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 _ 2 Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham. 22e. .... Caledonian .. • • • • • • •• 10 .... 9 14 % 8% Ditto, Half Shares .. • . 2 1 / 4 .... 2%.. •• . Ditto, Extension • • • . 214 • ,11 / 4 Chester and Holyhead .. • • .. 20 _ is Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) Direct Northern .• • • • • • • 2% .... 2 IN . Dublin and Galway • • • • • • 4 Ti a Eastern Counties .. • . .. 141. Ms.—. 20% %Ti• • • • • Ditto New Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 42, 1 / 4 Ditto, ditto, .. • • N 0.2. 61. 13s. 4d. % 1 / 4 p.. Ditto, York Extension • . • . 103. .... 1 1 4 ......., East Lincolnshire .. • • • • • • lq 1 1 / 4 Edinburgh and Glasgow • • .. 50 7254 .73% Ditto 1 / 4 Shares .. • • • • • • s •• • • 13 1 / 4 14 . Goole, Doneast., and • lieffield, &e. 429... par Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% , , . . Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 15 .... 16% 1 / 4 .... • • • • 16 1 / 4 Great Western ........85 ••• • Ditto Halt shares • • • • .• 50 .... 80 .. 80 Hull and Selby • • • • • • •• 50 •• • • 101 • • 101 •• • • •.• 101 Ditto, Halt hares • • • • • • 7 .. ... 25 Lancaster and Carlisle • • .. 35 .... 50 48 Leicester and Bedtord Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. 2 1 / 4 .... •• 2 London an Birmingham • • 100 •. 217 1 / 4 219.: 219 Ditto Fifths .. • • • • • • 2 .... 22 .... .. :. : 22 London and Brighton .. • • • 50 .... 62 1 / 4 62 ...... 62 Ditto, Consul. Eighths • • .. 40 „, Ditto ditto Fifths .. • • •. 20 .... 29 29 • •• • • 5' • . London and Croydon .. 131. 15s. 9d. 20% 21 ...... Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 . London and South•Wes•em 411.,63. 10d. Ditto, New . • • • • .. 12 1 / 4 .... 21 1 / 4 Ditto, New .. • • .. 10 London and York .. • • • • • • 2 % •• - Lennon, Warwick, & Kiddermins. 2 1 / 4 Manchester and Leeds .. • . .. 82 ....... Ditto, Half Shares • • .. 38 •...... Ditto Extension • • • • • • 42 5. •• • . p.. Manchester and Birmingham _4O 76 234 Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .• 1 7 :\,.lla.itnncehl.teesStteerr,anilallXstoOultlil&ampßitoantloc.k. 42 2 5. 1 1 14 Midland —lOO ....145 144 1 / 4 .... Ditto, New • • .. .. 13 .... 30 29 1 / 4 ...... Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 ......... Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 'l5 .... 43 1 / 4 43. _ 4 Ditto, New • • • • • • • • 1 •• • • 8% 9 Ditto, New, Brandling • • .. 20 .. .. 87 Newcastle and Berwick .• .. 10 18 % •_ 18 North British .. • • • • • • •• 20 .• 25141/ .. 25 1! Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1 1 / 4 .... 2 2 North Devon • • • • • • • • 2 •• • • 14 34 ••• • • • 54 North Kent and Direct Dover • • .. • • 154%•..,••„ 134 if North Staffordshire 425. •• .. 3%14 54 p 3 1 / 4 p Oxld.,Worcester,& Wolverlimptu. 12 ...... Perth and Inverness • • .. 2 1 / 4 1 i /4 Rugby and Huntingdon .. .. 2 .... 1 _ „ 1 Scottish Central .. . • • •• 10 •• .. 15 1 0 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2 1 / 4 .... 2% ...... • • Shropshire Union .. • • • • • • 42 8. •• • • '7 1 4 dis ••• • • • South Midland .. 423... • • 0 54 %p••• • • • Ifi p South and Midlands Junction .. 425. .. ••.. • . 1 dis South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33 1 / 4 .... 35N 36 36 Dc., New (do. 331. 63.8 d.) N 0.2. 10 .. Jr Do., New (.10. 30/.) .. No. 3. 15 .... , . Do., New (do. 15/0 .. No. 4. 2 1 / 4 .... 2 3 4 1 / 4 % South Wales .. 5 .... 3 1 / 4 Teen and Dove Valley.. 1% Tying, Reading, and Ba ingstoke.. 5 1 / 4 .... 2 West Riding Union 425. •• .. 2p. • Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 254 .... 2 1% Yarmouth and Norwich .. .. 20 .... 24 1 / 4 ••• • • York and North Midland .. 50 ••••• • • • • Do. E. and W. Riding Exten..• 1 .... 9 • • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 12 .... 12 3 4.. • . •• • • Bord., Toul., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 ... •• • Ditto, ditto (Espeiete) .. 2 .... 2 1 / 4 • • Dutch Rhenish _ , „ 5 6.• • East Indian .. •• bs. % ..... .•• • • G rt. North. of France Constituted 5 .. • • 16 4 ••••• • • • • • Louvain and Jemeppe .. 4 . • • 1% 1 . 4• • • Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia .. 2 • • 0 % ...... Namur and Liege „ 4 234 3.•.... Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .... 12N 13 .... • . Sambre and Mouse _ .. 6 .... 4 33i ••• • • • Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 7 1 / 4 .. •••• • • • • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster .. 20 .... 271 A.... •• • • MINES. dia. 8% 2% 2 %%5% ••••• Real del Monte, Unregistered 3% 1 A •• • • •• • LLOYD'S SHIPPINC--(TH IS DA Y.) LONDON, Meacit 2:l.—Wind this day at noon, S•W light breeze and fine, but cloudy at times. DM, Miami 22. -•It blew hard with severe squall from S.S.W. and S.W. t,,roughout the night. The schooner Emma, Jones, of Cardiff, from Limerick to London, got in contact last night off the South Fore:and, with the Quebec, from New York tor ondon, was abandoned, dro:o on shore near No. 1, Battery, but was got off by Captain Newenham, of the Coast Guard Service, and tak.n into P.am•gate vrry leaky, loss of rudder, &c. The Quebec sustained but trifling damage. FALMOUTH, .Maacit 21.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W., fresh and squally. aid, wind W.S.W., strong and squally.—Arrd. 21st, Manchester, Tear, Pernambuco. Sid. Eliza Leithman, Dickson, Mauritius; John Stewart, Martin, Santa Martha; Tropic, Clark, Barbadoes. LivEnrcem, M town 21.—Wind S.S W., fresh. 22d, wind S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Dumfries, 'I hompson, China, left St. Helena 9th ult.; llindoo, Ward, Calcutta; Panama, M`Lcod, Bombay ; Marchioness of Clydesdale, Charleston ; 22d, Princess Royal, China. FRASERBURG, MARC!! 17.—The Northern Maid broke from her moorings to-day, and is stranded at the back of the quay. The James and Mary, of Peterhead, for Antwerp, lying at Roseheartz, broke adrift front her moorings, and drove on to the beach, apparently much injured. _ . WATERFORD, MARCH 20.—Sid. Mary Walsh, Newfoundland.; her Majesty's ship:Prospero, ACCIDENT TO COUNT RODOLPHE KINSKY.—We re gret to hear that Count Rodolphe Kinsky, who has been visiting the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle, while hunt ing a few days back, at Croxton- park, with the fox hounds. was thrown from his horse, and in his fall dislocated his .eollar-bone. The Count was conveyed to Melton Mowbray, where medical assistance was instantly obtained, and though confined to his room, he is doing well. GAOL DESOLATION.— There has not been a prisoner in DUChillg 4 l lll l bivaugh ga9l, since the 14th 9f February. 40 MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. During the past week up to Saturday evening the arrivals of Eng lish Wheat were on a very moderate scale and of middling quality. Of Barley, Malt, Beans, Peas, and Flour of home produce, the re ceipts were rather limited, but those of Oats were seasonably larger. From Scotland very little grain of any description came to hand, but from Ireland upwards of 17,000 quarters of Oats were received. The import of Foreign Wheat was large, viz., 27,000 quarters, but that of moot other articles was small. Coastwise, as well as by land car r:age and sample, the supply of Wheat fresh up this morning was again dull, consequently the stands were by no means heavily Shied with samples. The attendance of both town and country buyers was moderately extensive, however the finest qualities of both Red and White Wheat moved off freely at fully, but at no tidng quotable, beyond the prices obtained on this day se'nnight. In the middling and inferior kinds only a limited business was doing, and the quotations were with difficulty supported. At the close of the market a total clearance of the samples had not been effected. From most quarters the accounts which have come to hand to-day, from this morning's post, respect ing the appearance of the growing wheat, are satisfactory. Kotwith standing the increased arrivals of foreign wheat last week, the snow of fine samples of that article -to-day was very small. Although the amount of business actually tilinsacted in it was limited, last week's prices were supported in every instance. Several parcels of foreign Wheat, in bulk, were on offer. Several speculators being in the market, the importers asked most extrava gantly high prices for that article, and which enii , ely prevented the transaction of any business of magnitude. The show of Barley, bet English and foreign, being small, and many of the large brewers short of stock, the finest malting parcels com manded a brisk sale, and the quotations were considered the turn higher. In grinding and distilling sorts a lair average amount of business was doing at DA prices. liuperflue White Malt, the supply of which was rather limited, commanded a firm inquiry at very full currencies. In the middling and inferior kinds comparatively littie was doing, at late rates. Although the number of Oat samples was on the increase, that description of grain, arising from the limited quantities held by the principal dealers, was again firm, and last week's currencies were firmly supported in every instance. The show of Beans was moderate ; for the best kinds we had a fair de mand at full prices, but other qualities hung on hand. Peas, espe cially white, moved off steadily at our quotations. The flour trade was steady, and prices were steadily maintained. CURRENCY PER 131. Wheat—Essex & Kent, . _ Rod, New.... 515 to 655 Ditto,White, Old • . 57s 70e Norfolk and Lin coln, Red... .. 528 65s Ditto, White 55s 68s Irish, Red • 515 545 Ditto, White • 535 57s Rye—Old 365 38s New. ...... . 385 40s Barley—Grinding . 24s 255 Malting . ........ 3ls 345 Chevalier - .• .. 375 38s Malt—Suffolk and Nor folk ••• • • • ...... 585 62s Brown 575 605 Kingston and Ware 63s 65s FOREIGN GRAIN AT Wheat—Dantzic 575 to 63s _ _ . _ Hamburgh Barley .....• 22s 28s Oats- —New . • • • . • • •• 25s 27s eed .... • ... 228 23s 'ERIAL MEASURE Malt—Chevalier— • • 64s to 65s Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Fead. 22s 26s Potatoe Toughs• and Cork, Black. ....• 23s 25s Cork, White . Scotch, Feed 26s 30s Beans-- 7 Tick . Pigeons 43s 49s Pease—Grey . • • Maple ...•• .. • . 41s 44s White ... .. •• .. 4sB 53s Boilers Flour—Town-made ... 55s 57s Suffolk 488 49s Stockta & Norfolk 46s 48s rD FLOUR IN BOND. Beans • • 898044 s SMITH: The importations of live stock fr Pease •••••••• • • • • • . • . 41s 47s Flour—American s —s Baltic .• o :rump. roni abroad into the port of London since Monday last have been small; ♦iz., 70 Beasts and 80 Sheep from Rotterdam, in, comparatively speaking, middling condition. At Hull, the arrivals from Holland have comprised 48 Beasts and 70 Sheep, of fair average quality. In to• day's market we had on sale 80 Beasts and 70 Sheep derived from the Continent, and which met a very sluggish demand, at barely last week's quotations. Until the new tariff comes into operation—and which will admit foreign stock free of duty —very limited supplies can be expected, but from that period they will no doubt be considerably on the increase. Since the passing of the new tariff tho fallowing supplies of foreign stock have been imported : Oxen ...... .. .. 55 .. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) GROUP IX This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, Lord Wors ley in the chair, when the further consideration of evidence was resumed in favour of the GLASGOW lIARMOUR, MINERAL T.h.nrina.rus. Mr. Bold, civil engineer. was called and re-examined by Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, on behalf of the General Terminus. The whole land for the line was about nine and a half acres. From his knowledge of the strata, the slopes were quite sufficient when the soil was drained. The borings had been made by a Mr. Stropp, but witness was satisfied they were quite correct from his know ledge of the strata. The dee . pcst boring that had been made was 28 feet. The centre of the tidal force would be 341, feet. The frontage of the dock or tidal basin was . tobe built on piles 42 feet in length. The excavation of the line of railway would amount to 100,000 cubic yards; of the tidal basin to 227,431 cubic yards The expense of these cuttings he estimated at 14d. a cubic yard, which was ra ther . a high estimate. Supposing the whole of the spoil o f-the cuttings laid down on oue spot at two yards deep, it would require about 40 acres surface. Cross-examined by Mr. HILL, on the part of the Grand Junction terminus. The tidal basin would load about 1,000 tons a-day, and for this traffic he thought about 1,000 wag ; gons would be required. He could not say how many trains would be required, as he had not directed attention to that point. He had not surveyed the line himself. The plans had been put into his hands by Mr. Dreghorn, a director, and the solicitor, Mr. Kyle. The depth of the basin would be, at high water, 17 feet; at low water, 10 feet. Vessels of 150 tom could float at low water. GROUP XII. GLASGOW AND 'WEST OT SCOTLAND DIST.EGICT. Members present—Mr. V. Smith (chairman), Mr. Langston Mr. D'Eyncourt, Marquis of Granby, and lion. W. Fite• maurice. TM: GLASGOW, DANSLIMAD, AND NEIL STON inr.EcT (TIT! renANCLIDS TO TaironraLus lIOUSEUILL, AND HURLI:.;T) was the first Bill called on. _ . The petitioners against it were certain shareholders in a line which had not yet passed the standing orders. Mr. HILIMARD, for the promoters, reserved his objection against the admission of the petitioners until the proper moment. TIM GLASGOW, nAluutra), AND 7.IEXL-• STON DX.I2,2LCT (WITH BIZANCILLS TO PAISLEY) was opposed by the Glasgow, Paisley, and Kilmarnock and Ayr Companies. The other Bills before the group were also opposed. The first Bill taken was an unopposed one. 'IRE GLASGO PAISLEY, XEL/V/A2INOCE., AND AY Z, No. 1., (WITH EnalawcEms TO LINWOOD). Sir Thomas Putuars called Mr. Adam Ferguson, an assistant to Mr. John Miller, who proved the several small branches, which were proposed to be made, as well as an extension of the main line to Cunmock. One was to Lin wood Mills, another to a place called Swindlers, and a third to connect the Kilmarnock and Ayr with the Troon Railway. The engineering character of the country was easy, and they had, in consequence, no difficulties to contend with. The formal proofs, as assents, dissents, &c., were handed in, and the case for the promoters closed. The clauses were afterwards read seriatim and agreed to. The preamble was declared proved. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, NIZIWARNOCE, AND AYR. (No. 2—XIWINE BRANCHES.) Mr. Talbot, Q.C., with Sir Thomas Phillips, appeared for the promoters; Mr. Wheatley. Q.C., for Mr. Guthrie, a land owner; and Mr. Gregg for the Ardrossan Company. Mr. TALBOT objected to the admissibility of the last-named pilition, rs, on the ground that they represented only two gentlemen, Messrs. Graham and Ferneese, and not the Ardrossan Railway Company, of which they were only individual members. • The objection was not persevered in. The present scheme was fix the purpese of connect ing. Busby with the harbour of Irvine, a place of come importance on the western side of Scotland. GROUP XIV. The Select Committee appointed Co consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group assembled this morning at the .usual hour, in the Court of Exchequer, Westminster Hall, Mr. Protheroe in, the chair. The other Members pre sent were General Lygon, Mr. Grogan, Lord Emlyn, and Mr. John O'Connell. THE NOTZTH WENT L7NE. The 'early part of the sitting was occupi d with Counsel cross-examining Mr. Vignoles, the engineer of the North Kent lire, on behalf of several landholders who were averse to the railway passing through their property. Sub-Codanittee No. 1. RILDIARNOCIL AND AYR DIRECT. The Committee on standing orders, who have charge of the gri.up of which this line is the first on the list, are Mr. Strutt, chairman, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Cavendish, and Mr. Forbes. The other lines to come before the same Committee, aie, Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet ; Hamilton and Strath. haven; Kilmarnock and Troon ; Morayshire; Pool Harbour; Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth ; Ayrshire and Caledonian Junction; Forth and Clyde Junction; Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton ; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Edin burgh, and Direct Glasgow; Oxford, Coventry, and Burton on-Trent.; Glasgow and Dundee Junction; East Fife; Edin burgh and Perth; Kinross Junction; Edinburgh and Hamil ton Direct ; West Riding Union. TH2 ILEIGIVIANZTOCZ, AND; AYR DIRECT Lirzr. was then first called on; it was not opposed, and after a very short investigation, The CHAIRMAN declared the standing orders to have been complied with.' The length of the line ie 12 miles; the esti mated cost 160,000/., or at an average of nearly 12,000/. per mile. Engineer, Mr. Gale; Solicitor, Mr. Lamont; Parlia mentary agent, Messrs. Deans, Dunlop, and Hope. PAISLEY, BARILIZEAD, AND EcuELET X.XNE. There were two petitions against this line, alleging non compliance with the standing orders; one from Sir J. Max • well, which was withdrawn, and the ether from Mr, P. M. Stewart, whose agent appeared. The object of this line is to connect the village of Barrhesd with Paisley and the mineral districts; the length of the line is 12 miles, sad the estimated cost 195,0001., on an average of 14,0001. per mile, including branches. Engineer, John Mitten, Esq.; Parlia mentary agents, Messrs. Deans, Dunlop, and Hope. Mr. P. M. Stewart's agent, contended that there was dis crepancy between the datum line on the section and the actual mode in which the line would traverse a bridge, which crossed a river in Renfrewshire. A witness was called, who deposed as to a mis-description in the section'. The parapet of the bridge was formed of iron railing, horizontal and up right ; but that it would be impossible. to understand from the description hi the section, whether the.proposed railway was to run below the level of the railing of the bridge or upon a level of it. _ Mr. George Martin, the engineer,who prepared the section, deposed that he conceived the description in the section to be sufficitmt, and that the term " rail►ng," as applied to a bridge, was such as no Scotch engineer could mistake. The room was cleared for a divis►on, and on re-admittance the Committee declared that the objection did not hold good, though they conceived that the description might have been better. _ . The next objection was somewhat of a similar character, and the error was admitted by the anent to the Bill. The next allegation was that the miles were not numbered on the map, hut were distinguished by crosses, which was also admitted. The next allegation was that the plan and section differed, inasmuch as that the plan described a certain distance be tween two given points, as 5 miles 5 furlongs, while in the section the same distance was described as 7 miles 6 furlongs. The agent to the Bill said he admitted the allegation, but in the Bill he had limited the said distance to that marked in the plan. • Standing order not complied with. Several other allegations of ;he same character were made, and declared by the Committee to have been proved, and the standing orders net complied with. The agent stated. that all these discrepancies had been cemeted in the plan deposited in the Private Bill. office. Sub-Committee, No. 2. This Committee met to-day shortly after twelve o'clock; present Sir J. Y. Buller, (Chairman,) Mr. Bell, Mr. I,>ram ston, Mr. Ketnble, and Mr. Walker. CHELMSFORD .A.van BURT. Mr. Gauame (agent for the petition, the consideration of which was commenced, but not concluded on Friday) said that as a question bad arisen with reference to the manner in which the petitioners' engineers had checked the levels, they (the petitioners) would consent to have the consideration of the remaining allegations postponed till the line had been examined by one or two competent engineers, the expence of which they would defray. This course of proceeding had been sanctioned in a case before the House of Lords. The Committee were i f opinion that the case had better be proceeded with, and the consideration of the remaining allegations was then resumed. The first allegation was, that there was an error of 8 feet at the sth mile, 7th furlong, and 6th chain, on the datum line at the surface. Evidence was adduced in support of the allegation, and the room was cleared. The CHAIRMAN (on our re-admission) said that the Com mittee were of opinion that in this case the standing orders had been complied with, the surface of the ground at the point specified being shown on the plan in question. There was another allegation to the seine effect with re ference to the 51st -mile 6th furlong and 4th chain, which was sustained. __ Some similar allegations were abandoned. The next class of a'legations was that the radius of the curve at various points was not shown on the plan deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for Essex, one instance of which was adduced and sustained. There was another allegation to the same effect with re spect to the plan deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for Suffolk, one instance of which was sustained. It was next alleged that the change of gradient on the Stowmarket branch at the eighth mile, seventh furlong, and eighth chain, was not shown on the said plans. Evidence was heard in support of this allegation, which was sustained. Another allegation to the same effect was sustained. Sub-Committee No. 6. This Committee resumed its sittings at twelve o'clock to• day, in Room No. 11. Present, Captain Jones (in the chair), Mr. Pakington, and others. The following additional Bills have been referred to them, viz. :—= Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western Junction. Blackburn Darwent, and Bolton. • Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction (Darfield Branch). Kinross Jurction(A). Southampton and Dorchester. Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal, and Swansea and Loughor. Scottish Southern Termini. Lesmahagow, Dalserf, and Coatbridge Mineral Junction. The first called on was the BLACKBURN, CLXTDEITLOIa, AND NOII7II - 311LINCTION, against which the petition of a Mr. William Harper ant! two other parties had been lodged, but no parties appearing on their behalf, the Chairman directed the clerk to enter "no appearance" in respect of those parties. The object of the Bill is an extension of the Blackburn, Dar men, and Bolton Railway to the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway, and to the North Western Railway. This line will connect Blackburn, Clitheroe, Gisburne, Bradford, nd the weighbeuxing manufacturing tome in Yorkshire, with Liverpool, Bolton, Chorliv, Manchester, Wigan, &0., and joins the North-Western Railway at Lough' reston, connecting Carlisle, Glasgow, &c., with Blackbur n and the neighbouring dtstricts, giving outlets to the contents of the extensive lime fields near Clitheroe, &c. The length of the proposed main Jim is 23 miles, and of the branches 8%. The estimated cost is 600,000/. Chief engineer, Charles Vignoles, Esq., F.S.A ; acting en: ginger, John Watson, Esq. ; Solicitors, Messrs. Robinson and Perfect, Blackurn ; Parliamentary agents, l%lesers. Bu rke and Co. The standing orders were complied with. ZILACIESITIZIT, DAJZIXTEN, AND BOLTOIir (21t7Itle suaNCll). The object of the promoters of this Bill is to construct s line of railway which shall commence at the Blackball: Darwen, and Bolton Railway at Chapel Town. and pa 7, through Tothington to the Liverpo i l, Wi gan , a nd Boit ° ' Railway, at Bury, which it joins. The length of the line will be six and a half mil es; estimated cost, 150,0001. Engineer in chief, Charles Vignoi esl E4q. ; acting engineer, John Watson, Esq.; solicitors, 5 16 -7, Robinson and Perfect, Blackburn ; and Parliamentary sgen Messrs. Burke and o. The standing orders were complied with. DlTDDratsrxmLn AND smErriEx,D TION (DAEPXELD nnaNcEz). 4, The object of this Bill is to make a branch from the 110. derstield Railway to Darfield. The length is a little more than fifteen miles, and the 06. mated cost 350,0001. Engineer, Walter John Mallorie, Esq.; solicitors, Fenton and Jones; and Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Bar"' Pritt, and Co. The Comtnittee declared that th e p romo t ers h a d coniP llea with the standing orders. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. Lor d The Committee on standing o r d ers me t aga i n thi s day, Shattsbury, Chairman. 141 ' THE SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE JUNC TI 0 dr This Bill was unopposed, and th e s t an di ng or d ers were dared complied with. DIRECT NORTHERN BURY (LONDON TO Yol llo b ,' The opposition to this Bill having been confined to a n Lt, jection against the levels, whi c h were f oun d t o be eo,rri r . the opposing parties withdrew thei r petition, and the (-l e d man decided that the standing orders had been cool ) with. Out of 260 allegations against the Bill, none bs o. been sustained, and they would report accordingly House. 1812. 1843. 1844. 1845. 3,165 .. 1,114 .. 3,710 . 9,782 Cows . ................- 1',046 .. 468 .. 1,156 .. Calves .... • ... —••• • • • 40 .. Sheep and Lambs .. • ... 648 .. Pigs 415 The above gives the annexed totals. 6,502 1842 .. 1843 .. 184 t 1843 •• 217 .. 2,817 .. 15,958 361 .. 269 .. 1,598 Read. .. 5,360 .. 2,100 Grand total .. .. 5,007 .. 34,426 .. 49,883 Although the numbers of both Beasts and Sheep on offer to-day were somewhat less than those exhibited at the corresponding date in 1845, the actual weight of meat (from the improv, d condition of the animals) was a fair average one. This circumstance, together with the mildness of the weather and the heaviness in the demand in the dead markets, caused the Beef trade to rule inactive, at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath last week's prices, at which a clear ance was with difficulty effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,100 Scots homebreds and short horns ; from the northern counties, 200 short horns ; from the western and m dland counties, 500 Herefords, Devons, runts, &c.; from other parts of England, 400 of various kinds, and from Scotland there were 120 horned and polled Scots. Although the numbers of Sheep were tar from extensive, the sale for them was heavy. However, the primest old Downs sold at previous currencies, but the middling and inferior qualities declined 2d per 81bs. About 4,000 of the Sheep were out of their wool, and which sold at 8d per Sibs beneath those in the fleece. About 60 Lambs were re ceived from the Isle of Wight. Prime Essex qualities produced full prices, but other kinds full 2d per 81bs. In Calves very little was doing, and the prices were somewhat in favour of the butchers. Pigs moved off steadily at late rates. O. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 4 4 6 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 $ 5 0 Southdown Wethers 8 2 6 6 Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs • . .. 3 8 4 6 Small Porkers .. 4 $ 6 2 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0 Lambs .... ...... 8 6 7 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Per to sink the offal. s. d. B. d Inferior Beasts ••.. 2 10 3 2 Second quality ditto. 3 4 3 6 Prime large Oxen.. 3 8 4 0 Prime Scots .•• . 4 2 4 4 Large coarse Calves 4 al 5 4 Prime small ditto .. 3 6 510 Suckling Calves ..18 0 30 0 Inferior Sheep . 3 8 4 2 Beasts. 9,745 I Sheep, 17,070 I Calves. 68 I Figs. 320 NEMTGATE AND MEADENNALL! Since this day se'unight, the arrivals of slaughtered Meat from Scotland and different parts of England have been somewhat on the increase, and of fair average quality. The supply of Meat killed In the metropolis has been moderately good ; hence the general demand has been in a sluggish state, and in some instances the quotations have had a downward tendency. Very few carcases of either foreign Beasts or Sheep have appeared on sale. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior.• •• 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior •• 3 6 3 S middling •.•• 2 8 3 0 middling.. 310 4 2 prime large •• 3 2 3 4 prime ••• . 4 4 4 6 prime small •• 3 4 3 6 Pork, large ........ 3 6 4 6 Veal. • ..... •• • .... 4 8 5 >i small ••••• • • • 4 11 b 2 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. ARRIVALS DURING TIM PAST WEEK. • Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs. Scotland • . •••• • . • •• • • 4 460 400 Yorkshire •••••• • • • • • .••• • • • • 50 540 5,:10 Lincolnshire .• .• •••• • • • ......... 34 180 150 Norfolk ••••••......•••••••••••• 25 100 91 Suffolk • .. 30 120 80 Cambridgeshire .••• • • • • ........ 44 200 200 Essex •••.• • • • .• ........... .... , 20 200 60 100 Surrey . ... 60 300 80 300 Devonshire .. Wiltshire • • .. Other parts ........... •••• ... $0 120 70 140 ... 100 350 100 300 Total .• •...... ..... 481 2,570 310 2,310 Previous week's arrival •••• 312 2,150 250 2,315 Dikerence since onr last .• .. IG9 420 GO BOR.OUGIC XOP ACCARIEMIC. A steady business has been transacted since eur last In East and Mid Kent, as well as Sussex pockets, at very full prices. In all other kinds of Hops but little is doing, at low rates. 801OUGH AND SPITAIMIELDS. Fair average supplies of Potatoes have arrived at the water-side during the past week. The best qualities have sold steeby at full prices, but other kinds have hung heavily on hand. WOOL. Since our last the imports have been but moderate, viz., 371 bales from New South Wales, 20 ditto from Antwerp, 212 ditto from Spain, 81 ditto from Smyrna, 84 ditto from Hamburgh, and 23 ditto from Odessa. AlthoUgh the stocks held by the manufacturers are compa ratively small, the private contract trade is in a sluggish state, and prices are barely supported. TALLOW. The Tallow market Is firm, and the prices for Tallow fully main tained, although the new duty of is 6d per cwt. on foreign Tallow is now in operation We believe purchasers have held back expecting the prices to decline nearly equal to the reduction in the duty ; but the stock being so limited, and the prospect of the supply in the autumn rather deficient, prevent a fall. On the spot Y. C. is 42s 9d for fine quality, and for the autumn 41s 6d to 42s in bond for the last three mouths. Town Tallow 42s 6d to 43s net cash. LICENSING MEETING for the CITY (THIS DAY.) This morning a special session for the City of London, was held by adjournment at Guildhall, before the Lord M iyor, Aldermen Laurie, - Sir James Duke, Moon, Wilson, Challis, and Hooper, for the purpose of granting licenses to new houses. There were 12 applications for licenses, or extension of li censes to public-houses, and 26 applications for licenses for playing billiards. James Dickens Saltner applied for a license for No. 4, Guild hall Chambers, and 33. Basinghall-street. The premises were formerly the White Bear Inn, and it was intended to carry on the business without a sign. It was supported by all the Ward authorities—Granted. Thomas Stephen Taylor applied for the extension of the license at a house called the Dark House, Dark House-lane, to a house, No. 16, Upper Thames-street. It was opposed by the ward authorities, the Rector, and several inhabitants, on the ground that there was no necessity for the exten don by which the license would be brought up in Thames-street, although 'here were three other houses in Dark-house-lane. One of the ALDERMEN said all those houses were City pro perty. Mr. CLARKSON, for the applicant, said this house was the only one kept open at night for the accommodation of the market people and persons going by late and early steam boats.—License granted. WM. DUNN, CROWN AND SCEPTRE, 19, OLD CHANGE. Mr. LAURIE appeared against ths application on the part of the ward authorities, and fifty-five of the inhabitants. There are only 220 houses in the ward, and twelve licensed houses; three others had been shut up within the last twelve months in consequence of business in the neighbourhood having fallen off through several inns having been given up, and the business carried nearer to the different railway termini. Mr. CLARKSON showed that this was formerly a licensed house, and now kept as a beer shop, the petitioner not having had the means to take out his license, his house having been robbed and his cash-box stolen.—Granted. James T. Cuthbert applied for a license to a house No. 14, Great Distaff-lane.—Granted. James Pickworth applied for a license to dining-room Nes 38, Throgmorton-street, exactly opposite the Auction-room Coffee-house. —Refused. John Hartley Butterworth applied for a license to houses No. 39 and 40, King-street, Cheupside. Mr. LAURIE opposed, and stated that the applicant had been bankrupt in 1838, obtained his certificate in 1840, and took the benefit of the Insolvent Act in 1844. Yet he now stated that he had laid out 3,000/. on it.. He (the Learned Counsel) considered it highly improbable that the money had been laid out, but that the lease had been mortgaged— at all events his property was subjected to the claims of his creditors. Mr. CLARKSON addressed the Court, and the license was granted. George Edward Healey applied far a license to a house, No 18, Old 'Change ; it was in another ward, but exactly opposite to the Crown and Sceptre, granted above, and within three doors of another., licensed house.—The license was refused. Messrs. Ring and Bryman applied for a spirit license to " Birch's," on edornhill.—lt was granted without oppositioe. Joseph May applied for a license to a house at the corner of New-street, to be called Victoria-street. It was strongly opposed. Mr. BODKIN supported the petition, and stated that the house had been built by Messrs. Calvert and Co., the brewers, on ground leased to them by the Corporation ; the ground had been taken with a view of inducing others to purchase also, as without that being done, the Corporation could not carry into effect the improvements; they desired to open a direct road from Farringdon-street to the northward—some difficulties had existed but were likely to be overcome.— Granted. James Ramsden obtained a license to dining-roomy, No. 6, Clement's-lane. John Benjamin applied for a license to a house, No. 20, New- street, Gravel-lane, Houndsditch. One house had been licensed last year near the spot, but that had not been opened.—Refused. William Daines, for a house, King's Head and Lamb, Thames-street, transferred from No. 50 to No. 49.--Grante..l. The licenses suspended at the last meeting 'ere Tineyfed. The OW bueineme wee of ao interest. 591 A 59% 94% 94% ( .. i 125 31% 3 20% P P 2% 1% p 1% 24% . HOUSE OF COMMONS. Sub-Committee, No. 3. rise This Committee reassembled this morning at the - - a d. hour. Mr. Aldan, Chai rman . M r . Th ornely an d Mr. DO ley in attendance. • EXETER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. at , The Committee resumed the con s ider a ti o n o f this which was postoned from Friday last. titi t o ° ll Mr. Thom A s p, Parliamentary agent, presented a Pe from Mr. Townsend, opposing th e li ne , an d alleging net no notice of the intenti o n of the p romo t ers t o a pply t° liament had been inserted for three successive weeks, " a il the months of October and Nove m b er l as t, i n th e newslOr published in the counties of Somerset and Glouceste r ' t o which the works were to be constructed, agreea bly t ° requirements of the standing orders. L°' Arother petition was presented from five pers oll 7, gar Bridport, Mr. Higgins, two gentl emen o f th e na me 0 ' oil kiss, and Mr. Sparks, alleging omi ss i ons i n th e drawing s plans with regard to curves, and other non compliances' PRIVATE COMMITTEES.—(THIS DO ) GLASGOW WATER-WORKS. Oil The Committee on this Bill recomm ence d its sitting morning in room 14. The Committee consisted of Mr. Macken z ie, r• 1)°11' town, Mr. Bouverie, and other Members. Mr Hope appeared for the opponents of the Bill. v s jo The Commit tee were engag e d th e wh o l e o f the Mar: ; s ae, hearing evidence in favour of the Bill. Th e rropsee works are intended especially to serve the district Gorbals. SPOR TING IN TELLIGENCV'jto THE CHESTER Cur.—Lord Howth has sold Ver lll- t ei r SirJonn Gerard, who has sent her to Jones's steblee Marlborough, to be trained. st d WINDSOR, STEEPLE CHASES.—The Handicap oirs'.e".o.'' of 25 sovs. each, with 100 add e d, close s a t Spiral to P tit riff and the Household Brigade Cup t o - morrow . Geod c are expected. to ° The Warwick M ee ti ng l as t wee k gave sat i s f ac tion except in one respect, viz.; that no cards were to be b he s t d evening prior to the ra c e s a t L eam i ngton , w h ere the men took up their quarters. It is a most annoylet v tb that so much incenvenience should be experienced ' A ter; patrons of racing on account o f the j , ,aluusy of p e e S r , The racing calls fa- no particular comment. nurletiwe r her race in a trot, and her form did infinite credit to r;: i eit; In the Handicap, the favourite's defeat rather surer is 1 00„ as he was by far the most favourably weighted hers ' tr y.: race, and ought, from his previous running at Cos'e l l,er, have defeated Godfrey with great ease. Of Godftk' no iiri formance I shall merely observe, that good as inY,,, - ;eNto of him has always been, I did not conceive with the .' ;0 e, weight,,Sst. 121 b., he could have occupied the placetil'ottl; race he did; and in conclusion remark that, to use! al 1 13 rid phrase, "he never appeared to a g r e a ter advents , ' i he did on The Nor theam present occasion." thpton Spring meeting commences te, - e e with a stronger programme than usual, and, from t " 0 - 111' ties of access afforded by the Birmingham Bailie* i f no doubt, strongly patronised by London sportsmen' Seven races are set down in the list, the first of of t be , e , the Trial Stakes, to which four horses are named. . he° l o ,l should old Discord hav e recovered from the acciden' s,Ce j with at the Eastern Counties Railway, at the las t October meeting, he ought most assuredly to be the be, e ss next to be decidedis a Two-Year Old Stake of 50 els, with seven subscribers. Of the lot Air. Ford's '‘ ' 0 11„4 1 Gladiator (who ran second to Mundig for th e Derbfrho try Deception (an Oaks and all bet a Derby winner) is 6 - 0 0 bred, but from the superior condition in which Lord a 1 )(1 , 1 0 young stock are brought to the post, I sheu l ., t e d , standing upon one of them. For the Great Nor th '" shire Stakes I do not think we shall have, l e large field at the post, Godfrey and Miss ee,,,a: k so very favourably weighted as hat dly to give the 44'5, tsN chance. It will be, we imagine, a fine race betty ii ` t but after Godfrey winning with Bst. 121 b. so easily dsre wick, on Wednesday, with his lasting qualities, 83 4, o'r less upon him, I must say I think his chance the b e tress will, no doubt, straggle and obtain a good Pl ec rt e 'sr thus and Yardley both like courses half a mile s he it this one. 1, 0 11 , 9 In the Open Stakes, if I diced upon any single sassy would be upon Lord George Bentinck's Coal Bleel lo ors whose doings at Goodwood last year I have it' s 1 ,1 recollection. Nineteen horses are named for the Cup, but w pi?c,l,l conceive, will be neither numerous or select. f ge: cto 9st. 101 b , since he has within the last two years 1:12il e 0. 1 emerge from the rank of a " trial horse" to that e so ee horse," his length being in general a mile and a c 1, 35 et having now increased it to two miles, managemeut ought, I think, to dispose of the lot • til e c; i i e meet at the post with little opposition. I come t° 2 400 1 1)1 elusion by the easy manner in which he won the under e oe tonshire Stakes last veer at this meeting, and th e For Handicap and the Sold Cup at Croxton Park. ilsr..;4 Granby he carried list. 1011 e, and for the Gold CoP rof eeiv weight on this occasion will not, I conjecture, Mc ° him. 5 °I) ,1 Of the nine nominations to the Althorpe Stak. o io o them have jet made their, deb& in pub li c, any O t t o re their merits must be a matter of conjecture. r,„n r blerlj, I have previously given my favourite would be kx : ',_gp London, March 21. 1846. TEL VISIT OF TUr: RovAl. FAMILY TO ASTL- 5 , William Batty, the lessee of Astlev' s Ampliiihes t ' - i ;e o / „Of received the "royal command," a private perfot,,,, take place to-morrow (Tuesday) o f at fi'"l l l,o' which will be honoured by the presence of his g s ° 'ilie n sol ness the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, fe e „ - i let i fiC!: CM Alice. • This is the first visit of the Royal s . b " f ie' theatre or place of public amusement, and it is tU pated that her Majesty the Queen and his EDP c liu Prince Albert will accompany their illustriletere:, Mr. Batty, fully appreciating the honour, tol e f oiin i ca that nothing shall be wanting to render the entti sfo which will be conducted with the strictest pri oc ' ' of Astley's. 't 4 „. RAILWAY ACCIDENT COMFENSATION.-"L ti ( 'l the Edinburgh and G 1 agow t :ompany have coloP - 0 1 action for damages at the instance of the children wia rsool ceased Mr. Coelley; horse •dealer in Glasgow, irit.?„,r the in a railway carriage on that line in May last, of 2,000/., with all expenses.— Perth Couricrio, dared By the abolition of toe aeciion and g te en salaries to the amount of 52,6361. annually hav e o pid by the discontinuance of the army of officers e fee collect those taxes. a this ARRIVAL OF INDIAN CORN IN DUB L I N a le 10,00 highly gratified to announce the nrrival of a ~stc . ei lr e. city from Cork, laden with Indian meal. tse erA stacks of this excellent and nutricious corn, b.)" the e o lie One half, by the orders, is to be dispatched b; r, it et ' and the other by the Grand Canal, to the intero nt l o se be acknowledged that her Majesty's Govereni e , y ..- cuting their duty promptly and with on' 3l ,er r' Evening Pont. v ige, o ec The cutter Espiegle, stationed at Gran AO° and brought into port, a few nights ago, six Er o ds i t i which were fishing within the F r e nc h limits. iste e v ,te The Earl of Derby, we understand, fully r talf be i7 leave Knowsley shortly after the Easter recess r o poP.l l ' i object the Noble Earl has for coming to the in e t ss°, o 4 , i' l f to vote with the Government in the division 011 ali o* ir plf, i measure. The Noble Earl, from continued In ens` from impaired health, has not as vet taken tr_,. r , oaths as a Member of the House. of 'Peers since v" 0 f l a accession to the throne. p ort s • al ~n6° pa 0 l td THE WEATHER.—The papers froth c 'ie country notice the recent extraordinary c ,„ . 0 te ck e weather from the mildr,ess of advanced sprinAp; 6 0; 1 1, and snows of winter. The railway trains and sn onolp , the north have been impeded by the depth , Newcastle correspondent states that on tu, 3,06 nes' i o North Shields, between which p l ace ' and New the t tance is usually performed in twenty minute:4o;c" were delayed three hours. In many plac es the " feet deep. OSnT.sta:etur.rsdtaEye:TßDicat,aNrrds,rs:iNnEinygo:, jun.,PEE,ll,ls,lsFicrsi treasurer his annual report of the funds of this t he 5, ,e property to 1,1501- Dun oe - thesociety's boiin t j . given to the recipients receipts for the year amo u . n ng ted o to e 2 y 4 e 7 a L r 1 1 2 3t s. ) La r n e ' ,0 5i 0 y ., ° ;i , g e DY 4 ,1 e e m a a hn le sh r u a se lt s fie o d t w c h an ei d n id t a w re e s ilt. c,sie 149 ; tl f i elected. , It P° 1) 01 , 4 It 1.3 said that the last canto of Byron ' s .11 eV foreig eight m m is a i l i c on a n to d has been discovered at Geneva—that it is evideio`; pew au thor's manuscript, and equal to any of a t 4 110 1 ;1 : works. lk At the annual hop dinner at the New v7 Ol/ stone, last week, the betting for the present Y e° from 160,0001. to 170,0004—D over Chronicle. he Seld e The Duke of Richmond's salmon on t he i s al e if selling at the high price of 2s. 6d. to 3s. Arn o do le bourhood of the fishing grounds. dory ere a do The cod fishery has been prosecute k t bs e ; week with great success. The steam-PoF, j e cer roe' l ig i , each of the two last trips, carried 0 the ieet has from twint to thirty tons of fish. Our ;nar k re b ead. ofbeen well supplied; prices from 6d. to 9d. P et ef Sun. • A 0 41 ill 6 1( 11 '1 0 ge % IRISH RAILWAY LABOURERS. — n t of shareholders of the Great Southern and o ba?1, Company, held on Friday, it was stated ; h ai l r e : s tit; report that there are upwards of 20, 00 . 0 0 0' # f on the works, who are as remarkabl theca 0 1 scription of work. ii.b9t4s 1 5 1 0 9 0 92111 conduct as for the efficiency - they eor-ll'u it ' ti ppler - Mallispr