The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-28 00:00:00

MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T " ROBERTSE S. ON THEIR TRAVELS. By Mrs. TROLLOPE, Authoress of " The Barnabys in America," " The Attractive Man," " The Vicar of Wrexhill," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound, OURTH EDITION of THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By ELIOT WARBURTON, Esq. " Remarkable for its colouring power and play of fancy ; Its use fill and interesting information."—Quarterly Review. " Innumerable passages of force, vivacity, or humour, are to be found in these volumes."—Spectator. Henry Colburu, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. An EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the Shareholders f this Company will be held at the Company's Offices, 61, Moor gate-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the Bth day of April next, to ratify the terms entered into with her Majesty's Government for the immediate formation o: a Harbour of Refuge and Railway Pier at Holyhead. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. By order, GEORGE KING, Secretary. 61, Moorgate-street, March 28, 1846. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock„ at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all favours, containing , instructions , are respec tfull y requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed that an EXTRA NIGHT, not included in the Subscription, will take place, on THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, When will be performed (for th's ocasion only), Donizetti's cele brated Opera, entitled _ _ BELISARIO. Belisario, Sig. Fornasiri ; Giustiniano, Sig. F. Lablache ; Alamiro, Sig. Corelll ; Irene, Mdme. Castellan ; Antonina, Mdlle. Sanchioli. To be followed by the Divertissement of UN BAL SOUS XIV. In which Mdlles. Lucile Grahn and Louise Taglioni vill appear. In the course of the Evening , a New Pas de Deux, by Mdlles. Louise Taglioni and Petit Stephan; and a favourite Pas de Came tere, by Mdlle. L. Grahn. After which, the Last Scen e of LA SONNAMBULA. Arnim, Madame C a stellar'. With other Entertainments, in which Mdlle. Gaetanina Brambilla, N. Perrot, &c., will perform. To conclude with (for the first time this Season), EOLINE ; on, La Dryade. Arranged by M. Perrot, in Three Tableaux. ineipal characters by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, M. Perrot, Mdme. Petits ephan, M. DI Mattia, &c. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed (for the first time this season) Donisetti's cele brated Opera, entitled LINDA DI CHAMOUNI. Linda, Madame Castellan (her first appearance this season) ; Picrotto, Mdlle. Gaetanina Brambilla her first appearance in this country) ; Carlo, Signor Corelli , II Marchese di Boisfieury, Signor F. Llblache ; II Prefetto del Yillagio, Signor Botelli ; Antonio, Signor Fornasari. To conclude with the highly successful New Grand Ballet, by M. Perrot. In Five Tableaux. The music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, entitled, CATARINA. ; on, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. The principal parts by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Madame Petit Stephan, Moncelet, Cassan, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglioni ; M.M. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di Mattia. and Perrot. Verdi's highly successful Opera, " Nino," will be repeated as soon as (Aker arrangements will allow. 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, Burdini, Horncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. Ring, Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. After which, a new Fairy Ballet, called THE ISLAND NYMPH. In which Mons. Desplaces, Mdlles. Neodot, Louise, Adele, Mdme. Giubilel, will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and O ri g inal Comedy, called, A BEGGA ON ORBACK. Cymmt Foxa Mr. Webster ; More- craft, R H Farre SE n : Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. H. Holl; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei dermal-In, Mr. J Bland; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett; Emmeline, Mrs. Seymour. The Band will perform the Overtures, " La Symphonie," and " La Nelge ;" a Fantasia, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," and "Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz. After which a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Humby, &c. To conclude with a New Farce, ailed LEND ME FIVE SHIL LINGS. Mr. Golightly, Mr. Buckztone ; Capt. Phobbs, Mr. Tilbury; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss P. Horton. THBATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. 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 commence 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 Lnidlaw. To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and his Seven -League Boots. In which• General Tom Thumb, who is engaged espressly 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, Villas, and lloward. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 43. ; Pit,_2l. ; Gallery, 6d. BAROMETER, 29.68.—W1ND W., foggy. " irk " J 1•11 ° " "' n 25 r. K ~;-~~,~ SECOND EDITION. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. 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. Iloneybun, 3liss Woolgar. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zonrkaphobia. 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 !Larding, Miss Taylor, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STRE Last Week but One of the celebrated Artistes, Madame VESTEIS and Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS. THIS EVENING Will he performed the Vaudeville, entitled ONE HOUR ; or, A Carnival Ball. Mr. Charles Swiftly, Mr. C. Mathews ; O'Leary, Mr. Collins; Miss Dalton, Madame Vestris. To be followed by a Serio.Comic Drama, entitled, A SPEARING LIKENESS. Baron de Raney, Mr. Granby; Alfred, Mr. James Vining; Coco l Mr. Compton; Manette, hladarrie Vestris. After which (fifth time) 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. ()sherry ; Lady Belton, Mrs. Stirling. To which will be added, the popular Farce of TEDDY THE TILER. Teddy Mullowney, Mr. Collies. To conclude with a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall. Adrien, Miss BallM, Miss Marshall, and Mdlle. Melanie Duval will appear. NEW STRAND THEATRE. LAST WEEK BUT ONE. M. PHILLIPPE'S SOIREES and MAIINEES MYSTERIEUSES. Two Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and ,reiterated solicitations of many distingif shed families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who flock to attend his Morning Performances, M. PIIILUPPE will 've his Grant Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday Morning, Morning, at Two o'clock. M. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusing Per formances of the Chiarini Family, and the astounding Feats of the American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter plat Seven, to com mence at a quarter before Eight. Stang, 35.; Boxes, 2s. ; is.; Gallery, 6 d. ; Pivate Boxes, IL Is., and 11. 11 s. 6d. ASTLLY'N ROYAL Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Last Week but One before the Holidays, and of the present at- • tractive Entertainments, which have proved far more successful than any Novelty yet presented. Tho Performing Elephants with the grand Elephantine Ascent up the Giant Staircase. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Spectacle, entitled THE RAJA OF NAG PORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the researees of the Establishmeat will be introduced. Magnificent Scenes of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats of :Le British and Foreign Artiste:a. To cotic:udc with a Favourite Afterpiece. DA.VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Entire change. Two New Pieces. Four Dramas every Evening Re-engagement of Mr. It. W. Pelham, the ce lebrated Etbioplar, Serenader THIS EVEIsTINCI Will be performed a New Drains, entitled JULIE LEDRU ; or, the City Goldsmith. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Maynard, Cowell, Lewis, Morrison, Williamson; Mcsdms. Vining, Daly, &c. After which, a New Farce by Mr. E. Stirling, entitled, TEA WITH MY AUNT. To be followed by THE MASQUERADE BALL. Sambo Hit em-hard, Mr. R. W. Pelham. To conclude with THE VAMPIRE, and THE BLIND BOY. THE IYEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, MAIM 28. THEENOMETER, Lowest, 36; Highest, 57; Noon, 46 -.Dili WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIIIS DAY. Bivning •• 26 minutes after 2.1 Evening .. 46 minutes after 2. 11* , ) 3 -X AI/ 'I k LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 2g, 1846. his sea up on th e W oo l sac k The Loin) CLIANCSLLOS took at Five o'clock. Various petitions having been presented, The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of the Charitable Trusts Bill. Lord BROUGHAM suggested the propriety of postp • the further consideration of the Bill until after Easter. "m The LORD C HANCE LLOR considered it would be most de sirable to proceed with t he Bill, the principle of which he at some length proceeded to vindicate. Lord CorrE:4THAst complained that the Bill proposed to give to the Commissioners powers which the Crown itself did not possess. Ultiiiiately it was agreed to postpone the second reading of the Bill, and their Lordships adjourned. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. Several railway Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Sir R. KEEL presented petitions in favour of the Govern• went measures, with lespect to corn and the tariff. Lord DurrcAN postponed his motion with respect to the window-tax till after Easter. Sir R. INoris asked, pursuant to notice, when it was the ,Intention of the Government to introduce the Bills, prepared -0 \V T, iby thareasury, for carrying out the recommendations of the ~,,,......„. _.------ 1. 41 i 1. 7 . W S ' - li and sth reports of her Majesty's Commissioners for the --- i , ilia ovement of the metropolis. •<""' ,__ 1 ( ~' R. PEEL said the Bills were prepared, but his Noble 7, -- :- - -"-=' - Flie (the Secretary for Ireland) feeling desirous to see ;,- - -, --• • : - , theca before they were introduced, they had been sent to him ',..-1. ~.,1, - in i t land, and they would be introduced immediately on '' ' - . they', eturn. 7 : . W. COBDZN presented petitions from the tenantry of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, at Netherby, in favour of the Government measure with respect to the corn-laws. The petitioners stated, however, that they would Nava preferred the imme- :)\", f :~V c~ dicta and total repeal of the corn-laws. - Sit ;, cfroUtAX7 iq resiuning the dqbMo on the 1800114 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EFENING, MARCH 28, 1846. reading of the Corn Importation Bill, assured the House, with reference to the petition that had just been presented, that he had never interfered in the slightest degree with his tenants, upon the subject on which the petition had been presented. He was prepared on public grounds, notwith standing all the obloquy that had been attempted to be coal upon him, to support the present measure, which, he felt as sured, would receive the sanction of Parliament. He was convinced that there was no ground for the alarm that had been expressed by several members for the results if the present measure was carried ; the value of land would not be decreased, the rents would be kept up, and the public miad would be set at rest upon the question. He was one of the trustees of land in Essex. and it was not until within the last three weeks that he and his co-trustees had been offered that rent for it which they thought it was worth. If it was to be supposed that the measure would have the effect of throwing land in the country out of cultivation, why, he would ask, should such individuals as Lord GEORGE BENTINCK be found foremost in a project to recover land from the ocean? He denied the assertion that had been made that the famine in Irelhnd was totally w ith ou t foundation, and that t he gr eatest misrepresentation bad been made with respect to it. The report of the Government Commissioners was not the first thing that alarmed him with respect to the state of Ireland, for his attention had been called to it by a letter of the 21st of October, from the secretary of the Agricultural Society of Ireland. Immediately upon receiving the infor mation the Government thought it their duty to revise the laws with respect to the importation of food, and the result of their revision was the introduction of the measure now before the House. The Right Hon. Gentleman then read several letters for the purpose of showing that the state ments that had been made by the Government re lative to the disease in the potato crop', had not been exaggerated, and from which it appeared that one-fourth of the crop was totally unfit for human food. Added to this, a deputation from Limerick had waited on the Lord Lieutenant at Dublin but a few days ago, to represent to him the alarming state of destitution and want of food that existed in that part of the country. The Right Hon. Baronet concluded b Of y DUBLIN warmly su pp or ting the Bill, and wisuring the Recorder that he preferred his open hostility to his smouldering re sentment. The Right Hen. Gentleman had cast the horo scope of the Government, had stated that be found they were falling, and he sat behind them in order to kick them because they were falling. Mr. STRUTT, the Marquis of WORCESTER, Mr. D. GARD NER., and Mr. MILDMAY, opposed the Bill, which was sup ported by Mr. BouVERIE. The House was subsequently addressed by Sir R. Pm., Mr S. O'BRIEN, and Lord PALMERSTON ; after which the House divided, when the second reading was carried by a majority of 88, there being 302 for it, and 214 against it. The House then adjourned. Our satisfaction at the Ministerial introduction o free trade, earnest as it then was, is, if possible, at the present moment tenfold. Early this morning the Corn Bill passed a second reading, with a majority of eighty eight I A majority whioh, though actually inferior to the ninety-seven votes which gave a Parliamentary accordance to the first reading, is, in fact, positively greater than the previous majority, when the numbers of both divisions are respectively submittid to the right arithmetical test, and brought into immediate juxta position. The deduction to be drawn from this is ab stractly signiacant—to us it is an extension of victory. In addition, however, to this most important and in disputable fact, the other proceedings coincident with last night's discussion cannot but afford the sincerest pleasure to every lover of liberality, to every one, in shtrt, interested in the welfare of humanity. As Sir ROBERT PEEL'S reason is now attached wholly and emphatically to those principles which have been advo cated by men hitherto distinguished as his political 'antagonists, we feel assured that the hearts of those quondam-antagonists are now wholly and emphatically attached to a statesman so honourably and valorously actuated as himself. His address of last evening was eminently worthy of his present position—a posi tion which we hesitate not to characterise as the most dignified, the most exalted, and the most enviable Prime Minister ever occupied. Ordi narily regarded, his arguments here might bo aspersed as mere reduplications of previous inferences. Not so— bis remarks as to the causes and effects of the proposed measure upon the social system of England, of Ireland, indeed of the world at large, if not altogether novel, were at least advanced in a new way, and accompanied with fresh illustrations. To that speech we commend the so-called country party, and we do so, we must confess, with just a trifle of malice prepense—they will find their personalities upon the Premier so dissected, and analysed, and torn as it were to ribbons by the quiet sarcasm and withering corollaries of Sir ROBERT. Nor was Sir JAMES GRAHAM less fortunate in the materiel or in the influence of his very practical and ingenuous address. Assuredly it must have afforded Lord GEORGE BENTINCR anything but feelings of gratification to witness the casualty—(as we may call it)—by which the observations of the Home Secretary were preceded—a casualty most apropos to the purpose of the Right Honourable Baronet, but most ill timed and calamitous for the sprouting statesmanship and youngling oratory of his Lordship. This casualty was no other than the presentation by Mr. COBDEN of a petition from the tenantry of Sir JAMES GRAHAM himself, expressing their extreme satisfaction at the course of policy now pursued by her MAJESTY'S Government, and at the same time distinctly and positively asserting " that the assertion made by Lord GEORGE BENTINCH, that the whole of the farmers on the Netherby estate, with one exception, had signed the petition from East Cumberland in favour of protec tion to agriculture, is erroneous and unfounded in fact !" Be it observed, moreover, that the Right Hon. the Secretary for the Home Department, denied having any cognizance whatever of the existence or even the inten tion of such a petition from his tenantry until the moment before he rose to address the House, when the Honourable Member for Stock• port laid that document before the representatives. It is not irrelevant, neither is it superfluous to reiterate a circumstance to which, if we recollect right, we have already on a former occasion referred. We allude to the fact of Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S revenue being exclusivt ly derivable from his landed possessions, and a great por tion of which land proves remarkably unproduc tive, even under the most sedulous cultiva tion. Hence every rational person cannot but perceive that the Right Honourable Baronet would be naturally averse to any measure likely to deteriorate his property, and therefore could scarcely be supposed to advocate a Bill with one quarter the zeal which he has testified upon the present occasion, unless he were either actuated by a most noble and scarcely paralleled act of magnanimity, by sacrificing his own individual interest for the benefit of his less elevated countrymen, jeopar dizing; in short, the very life-blood of his fortunes, solely for the public good, or, unless he were convinced—fully and thoroughly convinced—that the proposed measure could inflict no injury whatever upon agriculture. Under either of which reasons Sir JAMES GRAHAM stands in a healthy and solid position. If he believes that evil must result to agriculture by the passing of this Bill, he claims our -warmest admiration—he claims our reverence for a noble act of self-forgetfulness. If, on the other hand, he knows that no evil can result to agriculture from its acceptance, his Parliamentary proceedings are good and valid —he acts as an upright and sagacious statesman. Precisely the same arguments, though possibly to a different extent, apply to Sir R. PEEL. On this very account it was that the Premier asked, in allusion to the agricultura l interest, " Why, what pos sible interest can I have to injure that interest ?" Surely every interest, on the contrary, to render its prosperity permanent, its rights intact, its capabilities for improvement more numerous. That such would actually be the consequence of the proposed policy is maintained by the mot eminent, the most experienced, and the most sagacious of our legislators. It is maintained by Mr. COBDEN, the most practical mercantile thinker in the kingdom. It is maintained by Sir ROBERT PEEL, a man to whose judgment the destinies of England are consigned by the bulk of the people. It is maintained by Lord PALMERSTON in its beneficial relation with fore4-,n countries, than whom a more competent autho rity upon this division of its consequences could not be discovered. It is maintained by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Mr. GLADSTONE, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Mr. HUME (with whose very name political economy has become identified); and by a host of others whose talents would alone guaran tee the soundness of a principle. And besides all this, it is maintained by the most interested portion of the agriculturists themselves—the tenant-farmers—a fact placed beyond dispute by the respectable petitions pre sented in Parliament, as well as by the array of circum stantial evidence adduced to that effect by the Right Hon. the Secretary for the Home Department. A sense of confidence in the benefit which must accrue to all parties, without distinction, by the operation of this free trade measure, is beginning to extend among the farming population ; fresh leases are taken, and extreme satisfac tion is very generally expressed amongst those classes at the prospect s now held out by the reclamation of waste land. Of the paltry misstatements of the Recorder of Dublin, in reference to the maladies which afflict Ire land, Sir JAMES GRAHAM made little less than mince meat. Howbeit, we h ave now merely to congratulate , the lovers of liberality on last night's division. Already the predictions to which we gave utterance ° sp M rung up companies. in our observat ions on the the new life has in the offices of m an y of the defunct railwa y Secretaries are no w a g ain busily engaged letters to the several allottees, calling their fi lling l u t p o that ease, which they are pleased to say has settled th e question of their liability, and informing them that if the sums thereby demanded (with, in some instances) an additional sum of ss. for cost of the letter of applica tion, be not paid within a certain limited time, immediate steps will be taken to enforce the payment of the entire deposit. Now those gentlemen m ust be perfectly aware that the very important question to which they allude has not been by any means settled by that verdict. Our non-professional readers should be informed, that where a point of much importance—particularly if it be a bad one, and that the decision of the full court thereon is desirable—is raised before a judge at nisi prius, it is usual for him, even though his opinion should be with the defendant, to rule it in favour of the plaintiff, reserving to the defendant liberty to move for judgment as in case of a nonsuit. And it is just and reasonable that it should be so, because if the defendant be right he can sustain no damage by such a course having - been adopted. No judgment has ever been marked against him. The questions raised are calmly discussed before the full court ; the argu ments are prepared with full opportunity for the counsel on each side to examine every authority at all bearing on the point at issue, which it is often (indeed almost always) impossible for them to do on circuit, not having books torefer to, even if sufficient time were allowed for the purpose ; the decision is arrived at with that delibe ration which should ever characterise legal pro ceedings ; and it is that of all the judges of the court, and not of a single one, and therefore generally is conclusive on the question. On the other hand, great hardship would be inflicted on the plaintiff if a point was wrongfully decided against him on the trial. Even, if successful in setting aside the nonsuit, he should under any circumstances again go to trial, all the expenses of such a new hearing would be rendered necessary, and he would be subject to the con • tingency of his witnesses being absent, and if he finally succeeded in getting his judgment it would be at a later period, and perhaps rendered less valuable, if not totally inoperative, by reason of new incumbrances affect ing the defendant, incurred subsequently to the time when he would have been entitled to recover if a proper conclusion had been arrived at in the first instance. Such was the course in the present instance : the Learned Baron heard the various objections urged by the defendant's counsel, and without offering an opinion on them himself, he reserved them for the decision of all the judges ; there has, therefore, as yet, been no valid decision on the question ; it has been placed in train for solemn argument, and we sincerely trust that such a result will be arrived at as to settle speedily this very important question. We cannot agree in the truth - of the proposition, now advo cated by many of our Contemporaries, that parties applying for shares should bear their propor tion of the expenses of an abandoned project. It might be just, if the parties, on putting down their names, or writing their letters of application, thereby insured to themselves the possession of a certain number of shares in the undertaking ; but their case is very dif ferent from that of the provisional committeemen. In one instance, the party, before putting down his name, is admitted behind the scenes; he has the fullest opportu nity of examining the ground on which the undertaking is commenced, with its prospects of success, and he owes it, not only to himself, but to the public, many of whom may be influenced by the additional sanction the authority of his name and influence may confer on the project to join therein. He has also the certainty of being connected with it, and having a large allotment of shares in the undertaking, which may be a source of considerable profit to himself. Such, how ever, was not the case with the applicant for shares ; he could have no opportunity of knowing in what state the project was, or whether competent persons were engaged in taking all the preliminary steps; he made his appli cation solely on seeing the names of the parties who came forward as managers. If they were men of property, of respectability, and of character, he had fair grounds for supposing that the undertaking was good in itself, and that it would be carried on with vi gour and with every reasonable prospect of success. He had no certainty of having any number of shares what ever allotted to him ; on the contrary, if the undertaking was a prosperous one, if the scrip came out at a premium, no matter what might be his respectability and sol vency, unless he had some interest with the alloting committee, he had very little chance of receiving any answer whatever to his application. It is a well-known fact, that it required considerable canvassing to get any allotment of shares, even the tenth part of those applied for in the early part of last year, when every project good or bad was coming out at a premium ; that the general rule was that a small number of shares was allotted to persons who might be useful in bringing the scheme favourably before the public, and that the great majority of the shares were kept, and from time to time sparingly distributed to members of the com mittee or their personal friends, and in too many in stances the deposits actually paid were employed in purchasing up the shares issued to members of the com mittee themselves ; but if, on the other hand, it appeared likely to end disastrously, then, indeed, all the shares were allotted to the persons who would not otherwise have heard of them. We have ourselves known an in stance (and we believe it not to be a solitary one) where a gentleman had applied for shares, and no answer was given to his application, although the shares were allotted, and in the market realising a high premium. After a time the project shared the fate of many others, the panic arose, and what had been selling at two or three pounds premium got below par, and could not be disposed of save at a heavy loss, and then a letter of allotment was sent, giving the full number of shares demanded, and calling on him to pay the deposit within a few days, —an application, varich of course failed to be complied with, Would it not be monstrous if that gentleman could now be called on to bear any part of the expensei of that undertaking, which (it is almost unnecessary to say) was shortly afterwards dropped? when, from the course of proceeding, it is quite manifest that he would have had no share if the project had been successful—in other words, he (and it may be so predicated of appli cants in general) was to have a partnership in the losses to be incurred, if such there should be, but none what ever in the profits, if any. We therefore agree in the justice of the rule, that where persons set a scheme on foot, and assume to be the managers of it, all the expenses incurred before the scheme is in actual oper ation must be sustained by them, if that scheme should afterwards be abandoned. The question is one of very general interest, and we think we are only discharging our duty in putting the public on their guard, that they may not be induced, through misapprehension of the real state of facts, to lend too ready a credence to the statements made to them from interested quarters ; and to satisfy demands, the very urgency of which may fairly raise the presump tion that the demandants know the weak foundation on which their claims rest, and are anxious to extort from fear that which they could not hope to obtain from reason or justice. We have accounts from Madrid to the 20th instant, but they add little to the previous intelligence. The capital remained quiet. On the 20th General MA.zze.- REDO held a review of the troops in the garrison, amounting to upwards of 7,000 men under arms, to make an impression on the inhabitants. The editors of all the Opposition journals, with the exception of the Tiempo, had announced their intention to suspend pub lication so long as the present state of things lasted. The Espectador, published on the 20th, consisted of only a half sheet, printed on one side, and the whole of the contents were the manifesto of the Government, and the decrees against the press, headed by the following two articles of the Constitution in large type " Art. 2d. Ali Spaniards are at liberty to publish their ideas without previous censorship, and subject only to the laws. " Art. 12th. The power of making laws resides in the Cortes, with the concurrence of the Monarch." • Several Carlists had been appointed to important offices, and a considerable number of Deputies had left Madrid for the provinces. The funds continued to rise. On the 20th the Three per Cents. closed at 32 3-16 . for cash, and 32i at 30 days; and the five per Cents. at 22 for cash; the shares of the Bank of San Fernando at 255; and those of Isabel at 136. The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with the affairs of Spain. The Journal des Debats contains an article vindicating the French Government against the charge in the Constitutionnel, that it abetted this new coup d'etat Of NARYAEZ. It thus concludes:—" What we know, and what the Constitutionnel knows as well as us, is, that our Government will always support in Spain, by its counsels, the cause which it defends in France, that of moderation and temperate liberty." According to the Courtier Francais, several of the Moderado leaders had precipitately left Madrid and taken refuge in Bayonne. On Wednesday evening the Dukes of NEMOURS and MONTPENSIER left Paris for Tours, to be present at the opening of the Orleans and Tours Railway. The Universal German Gazette contains the following from. Cracow, March 18 : - "Five companies of Austrian troops set out to-day for Si lesia. Letters from Gallicia still speak of commotions among the peasantry, which are renewed without ceasing, but which are attended with little danger. The circle of Saodaz is in particular exceedingly agitated. Several of the National Guards of Cracow have passed over to the insurgents. Count de Potulicki, who was made prisoner, has returned to his estate at Bobrek, on the Cracow territory. Arrests are multiplied beyond measure, for all kinds of denunciations are listened to." Paris was visited on Wednesday afternoon by a vio lent thunder-storm, accompanied with a heavy fall of hail, which was followed by torrents of rain. The Elltmla were lese Area on Thursday, The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 95c.; the Five per Cents., 120 f. 300. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,305 f.; Rouen, 1,055 f.; Havre, 757 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 785 f. ; Avignon, 955 f. ; Vierzon, 707 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 6651 75c.; Boulogne, 520 f. • Basle, 240 f.; Dieppe, 458 f. 75c ; Paris and Stra , .buigh, 5401.; Touts and Nantes, 563 f. 75c.; Paris and Lyons Delinitives, 601 f. 25c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 37. The following are the quotations for other lines:— Lyons and Avignon Railread (Talabot), 5081.; ditto (Le cointe), 501 f.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 5021. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 502 f. 50c.; ditto (Espe leta), 509 f.; Charleroi, 4901. BIISINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, 31eacii 27. Boulogne and Amiens, 11%—Dutch Rhenish, 5% —East Indian, %--Great Northern of France Constituted, 14% Italian at d Aus trian, 2—Louvaix and Jemappe, 1% —Luxembourg. I%—Namur and Liege, 114—Orleans and Vierzon, 16% Orleans and Bordeaux, 11% —Paris and Orleans, 50—Tours and Nantes Constituted, 6% —West Flanders, 3. THE Two DIVISIONS ON THE CORN BILL.—The division of this morning shows that the majority in favour of Ministers is greater, in proportion, than that on the grand division which took place on the 28th of February. The " ayes" on the 28th of February were 337, on the 28th of March 302, showing a falling off in the numbers of 35—one-ninth six-tenths of the whole. The " noes" respectively w ere 240 and 214, showing that they bad fallen off 26, or one-ninth two-tenths, and that the minority this morning, to keep pace with the majority, should have been 215. EXPRESS TRAINS.—An additional express train for the conveyance of first and second-class passengers, we are glad to learn, will run daily from the Great Western station, at Paddington, to Exeter, on and after the Ist of April , per forming in four hours and a half a distance of more than 190 miles. Why might not the Birmingham and some other lines follow the example ? If a similar express train, for instance, were to run to Liverpool, the whole distance of 200 dines between the metropolis and that town might be accomplished in five hours, to the great convenience of the public and the dispatch of business. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about 4,000 bales. The market is steady. The market for Railway Shares was gloomy, and prices were lower, with very little demand. Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s public sale of Railway Shares yesterday excited particular attention, as from the indisposi tion of the " house" to make any prices, or buy shares at all., the public were unaware of the real state of things. There was a full attendance, and prices of most lines must again be quoted lower. They sold snore of the established lines, as Brighton, Croydon, Chester, and Holyhead, London and South-Western, Richmond, Northern and Eastern Quarters, Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, &c. &c., for which the fair market price was readily obtained. The following are a few of the sales :-Reading and Rei gate, 95.-Essex and Suffolk, Bs. 6d.-North Devon, 55.- Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, 11.-Oxford, New bury, Andover, and Southampton, 175.-Eastern Counties, No. 2 (5 per cent.), 6/. 165.-Madrid and Valencia, 18s. 6d. -Eastern Counties, York Extension, 11.-Cornwall, Half Shares, 10s. 6d.-Louvain and Jemappes, 11. 6s. 6d.-Lon don and Manchester (Rastrick), 21. 19s. 6d.-Vale of Neath, 11. Os. 6d.-Hull and Barnsley, 1/. Os. 6(1.-London, Oxford, Cheltenham, Gloucester, and Hereford, 4s.- Welsh Midland, 165.- . ---Shropshire Mineral, Ms.-Shrewsbury and Hereford shire, 75.-Great Grhnsby, Louth, and Homeastle 18s.-So mersetshire Midland, 15s. 6d.-Oxford, Gosport, iortsmouth, and Southampton, 158.-Shropshire Union and Canal, 12 s. -Whitehavea and Furness, 2L-Ely and Huntingdon, 21. 10s.-Chester and Holyhead, 16/. 7s. 6d.-Orleal,s, Tours, and Bordeaux, 111. 185.-Richmond, 14/. 55.-London and South-Western, 731.-London and Brighton, 601. 17s. 6d.- Northern and Eastern, Quarters, 15/. 125.-Rugby, War wick, and Worcester, 10s. 6d. The Bank returns for the week, up to the 21st inst., show the following result as compared with its predecessor:- An increase in the circulation of 146,67(1, or to 27,264,4751. An increase in the rest of 12,3861., or to 3,780,0091. An increase in the Public Deposits of 260,0001., or to 7,065,4221. An increase in the seven day's Bills of 34,4001., or to 921,8871. A decrease in the other securities of 117,5931., or to 21,806,195/. An increase in the notes (banking department) of 321,5451., or to 8,033,6651. A decrease in the silver coin of 17,0631., or to 700,2221. An-increase in the bullion of 129,607!., or to 13,964,6971. There has been an improvement in the Funds this morning, amounting at one time to from 96% to 96 1 / for the Account, and for P.. 1 onev from 96 to 96%. At the present moment the prices are, gto per cent. lower. Still the market looks firm. The premium on Exchequer bills has remained at 275. to 30s. Bank Stock is at 210%. Business was flat in the Foreign Stock Market to-day. Brazilian Bonds, have been sold at 82%; Grenada, at'2l%; Mexican Deferred, at 16%; Portuguese Four per Cents. at 57 ; Spanish Three per Cents. at 36% ; and the Dutch Four per Cents., at 94 1 4. The Shares of the established lines of Railways, as well as the prices of several of the scrips of new projects are looking rather more buoyant this morning, as our qoutations an nexed will show. Infiniti FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. • • 9614% 1 4 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 • • - Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 10% Bank Stock for Account • • • • .. .. 2101 Consols for Account • • • • • • • • •• 96 % 1 4 Exchequer Bills. 114 d. I%d. 1,0001. .. •• - 27 30 - - pm. 5001. • • .. • • - •• •• 27 30 - - pm. Ditto, Small •• .... 27 30 - - pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • - Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 82% Granada, 1 per Cent. • • .. .. 21% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent • • - Ditto, Deferred • • • • .. 16% 16 16% Portuguese Four per Cent • • .. 57 Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • .. 37 36% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. - Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 9414 % BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK PAID. Pal SnARL Amber., Notarek,Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2%.... % .... to 1% Caledonian ,10 .• 7% to 8 1 / 4 14 Ditto Hat Shares .. • . •• 2% .. • • 1 5 A, 3 % ••to - Chelmsford and Lary •. • • .. • •• to - Direc.. Manchester (Remington's) .. 234 .... 14 .... to - Direct Manchester (Bosnia's) .... 3 1 14 .• • • to 3 Direct Northern • • • • •• • • 2% 1%.... to - Dublin and Galway .• ..• • . 4 •. .. 1% 1 4 .. to - Eastern Counties • • •• • • 141. 16s. Od. •• .. 20 3 14% .. to - Ditto, York Extension •• •• •• 102. •• • • 1% to - Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth.. 425..... 14 dis. to par Grand Union (No:flush:lm add Lynn) I% % to - Great Western • • • • • • • • .. 85 .. - ••.. to - Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 5 .... 14% to 15 1 % Htal and Selby • • • • • • • •• 50 •• • . 9914 • • to - Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth .. 2 .... % .... to - Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • 35 .. 47 ...• to - Leicester and Bedford • • • • • • 225. .. dis. to - Leicst., Tana.,Bir., &Trent Val. June. 425. •1 % dis... to - Liverpool and Leeds Direct 2 5 4.... 2 .... to - London and Birmingham •• • • ..100 ....218 • . to - Dia°. Th•rds • • • • • • • • •• 16 .. • 50%.... - Inn°, Qatirter Shares • • • • .. 2 .... 2514 ...• to - Ditto, blahs • • • • • • • • •• 2 .... 231 ••.. to 22% London and Blackwell • • 161. 13s. 4d. 8 •• .. to - Lokdon and Brighton •• • • • • • • 50 .... 62 •• .. to 61% Ditto, Consolidated Eighths • • .. 40 - .... to - Ditto ditto Fifths • • • • • • •• 20 .... 271 .. •• to 28 London and Croydon • • • • 131. 15s. 9d. •. • • 20 1 % .... to 20 London and South• Western•• 411. 64. 10d. 75 . to - London and York • • • • • •• 2% •• • . 13 4 %% to - Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • • 2% .. .... to - Manehmter and Leeds •• • • .. 82 .... to -- Ditto, Fifths • • • • • • • • • • 2 .• .. 10 1 4 .... to - Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 .... 75 to 74% Ditto, Quarter Shares (II) • . 2 .... 7% .... to 8% Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • .. 1 .. • . 61%34 .. to - Do., Cousin. and Welsh Junction.. 1% •• .. 1 / 8 • .to - Manehester, Buxton, and Matlock .. 425. .... 14 p.. to 1 4 p Midland • • .. -100 ....140 .•• • to 139 Ditto, New .. • • • • .. 18 •• .• 27% .... to 28% Ditto, Birmingham and Derby ..100 • • -111 ••to - Newcastle and Darlington Junction .. 25 .• .. 42 •• • • to - Ditto, New .. 1 .... 6% •• .. to 7% Newcastle and Berwick • • .. .. 10 .... 18 ••.. to 171 y Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2% .... 1 .... to - North British • • • • .. 20 •• •• 23% to - Ditto, Half Shares • • .. .. • • 6 •• • • 8% %..to - Ditto, Carlisle Extension 1% • • 1% ••• to - North Devon • • .• 2 • • 3 / 4 •••• to - Northern and Eastern . • • • • • 30 65 •• •• to - North Kent and Direct Dover .. 1% .. to - North Staffordshire • • • • • • .. 425. .. 1% 2 1 / 4 pto 2 p Northampton, Banbury, & Cheltnam. 2 .•• %•••• to - Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 121 q .... 10% .. • to 10 1 ( Portsmouth Direct • • • • • • .. 3 3 4 .... 1% •••• to - Preston and Wyre • • • • •• • • •• 25 .• - ••.. to - Ditto, Half shares • • • • • • • • 2% • • • 3%•• •• • to - Scottish Central ..' • • • • •• • • 10 ..•• 14% •• • . to - Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. • to 2 Shropshire Union • • • •• •• • • 425..... 1 1 4 dis to - South Midland • • • • • • • • • 425. .... par .... to 14 dis South Eastern and Dover • • •• •• 33% .... 35 to - Ditto, New, No. 1 • • • • • • •• 16 . 16%•..• to - Ditto, New, No. 2 . • • • • • • • 10 •• • 10% to - Ditto, New, No. 3 • • • • • • • • 15 14% •. • • to - Ditto, New, No. 4 • • • • • • •• 2 .... to - Staines and Irchroond • • • • •• • • 1 .• •• %••. • to - South Wales .. • • • • • • • • • • 5 .. • • 2% •• • • to - Trent VaPey • • • • • • • • • • • • 5 .. •• 27 .... to - Trent Valley and Holyhead Junction 2% .. • • 1% ••.. to - Vale of .Neath • • • • • • • • • • 2 .• .• 1%...• to - Welsh Midland .. • • • • • • • • 2% •• • • 1%...• to - West Riding Union .. • • • • • • 425..... 1% %pto - Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth .., .... %..• • to 1 York and Carlrsio .. 234.... 1 .• • • to - York and Lancaster • . • • • • • • 2% •• • • to- York and North 11Pdland • • .. .• 50 •• .. 96 •• .. to 95 Ditto East and West Riding Extension I .... 7% •• .. to - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens • • • • .. 12 •• • • 12 •• .. to - Bold., ToalotKe, & Ce:te (Mackenzie) 2 •• - • ... to - Ditto, ditto (Esrele:e) .. • • • • 2 •• • • 2 .... to - Dutch Rhenish. .. 5 • • 5% - East Indian .. ss. •• • • 1 14%•. to - Great Northern of France Constituted 5 •• • • 15 1 4 %• • to - Great Western Canada • • • • • • VA • • • 4 •• • • to - Lyons and Avignon .. • . .. 2 .• .. 2 .... to - Madrid and Valentia .. • • .. •• 2 .. • • 14 •••• to - Namur and Liege .. •• • 4 •• • • 1% .• • • to- Orleans and Bordeaux • • .. 6 •• • • 12% • • to - MINES Real del Monte, Unregistered — TT. 3 1 ,4 •. to United Mexican .. 281288 V • • 4% .... to LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY LONDON, Maxim 28.—Wind S.E. light airs and hazy. DEAL, 31 emu 27.—a ait. Wind W.N.W.—P.X. S W., squally.—Arid. Caledonia, Berbice ; Pallas, Lukie, New Orleans, and sailed for Hull. Arrd. from the River, City of Poonah, Nelson, Madras ; Madras, Kilbenr, New Zealand; Slaviana, Visconich, Rio Janeiro; Zion, Coleman, Quebec ; Prince George, Coils, ditto ; Princess Victoria, Mainland, ditto ; Favourite, Leitch, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Archimedes, Stark, St. John's, Newfoundland ; Lord Metcalfe, Grey, Saguinay ; Hymen, Howell, Wallace, United States. LIVERPOOL, Manes 26.—Wind W.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Orixa, Chris tian, from Bombay ; Coronation, Savannah ; Elizabeth 'Hall, Myes, Baltimore. Off port, Iris, Alexandria; Lahore, Joshua Bates. CORK, MARCH 25.—Arrd. Louisa, Pallot, Valparaiso ; Wilsons, Campbell, Trinidad. SHIELDS, MARCH 26.—Arrd. Britannia, Irvine, Quebec. PwLLIIELI, MARCH 26.—The smack John,. from Holyhead to Port Madoc, which came on shore here, 21st inst., came off yesterday, making a little water, and sailed for her destination. STRANGFO3D, MARCH 25.—The Britannia, M'Alillan, from Troon to Dublin, on shore on Ballyquenton Beach, has just been got off, making a great deal of water, and brought into Pertaferry. GRANGEHOUTH, MARCH 25.—Sid. Henry Porcher, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Sid. Emerald Isle, Palmer, Sydney ; Pauline Houghton, Arnoyl, Mauritius ; Louisa Munro, Harding, Aden ; Zealous, Douglas, Quebec. FALMOUTH, Memos 27.—Wind moderate.—Sid. Alex ander, Newfoundland. Pat back, 26th, Marmion, Bell, Ceylon. CLYDE, MARCH 26.—S1d. Packet, Steele, Jamaica; Clydesdale, Auld, Halifax. DUBLIN, MARCH 26.—Sld. Wave, Smallman, New York. KINSALE, MARCH 25.—Arrd. Ann, Nicholson, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Sligo, very leaky, and with loss of bulwarks, Bcc, Stimns, Miatcl;2.—gld. Tom Bowline, Hunter; Lilburn, Ellison; Isabella, Reay ; Harvey, Cunningham ; and 27th, Herrings, Taylor, Quebec. WINDSOR, FRIDAY EVENTNG.—It is now expected, from instructions which were received at the Castle this wiorning from town, that an important change has taken place in the arrange ments which had been previously determined upon with reference to the accouchement of her Majesty. It is now stated, however, to be the general impression that her Majesty has resolved open remaining at Buckingham Palace, instead of Windsor, during that period. ANDOVER.—Lord William Paget, it is reported, does not intend again to put up for the borough. Beaumont Coles, Esq., of LOW has cossold to Dom on the CenserrstiTe Bide, MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Owing to the abundant supplies of most articles on Fale, the' demand ruled huttv.•(, at our quotations —Potatoes from 4s to tri l er cwt; Turnips, 10d to 2s ; Carrots, 3s 6d to 5s 6d ; spring Unions, is to 2s ; Greens, is 6d to 2s 6d ; and Leeks, 6d to is 2d per dozen bunches. Apples, is 6d to 5s ; and Spinach, 4d to 10(1 per half sieve.. New Potatoes, 2d to 6d per lb ; Savoys, 6d to 10d ; and Cauliflowers, Is 6d to 5s per dozen. Celery, 8d to 2s ; Horseradish, is 6d to 4s 6d ; forced Asparagus, 4s to 6s ; and Rhubarb, 4d to is 2d per bundle ; Oranges, 7s to 16s ; and Lemons, 7s to lOs per hundred ; Sea-kale, is 3d to 3s 6(1 per punnet ; Turnip Greens, id to 2d ; and Brocoli Sprouts, 4d to Bd per bushel; Radishes, 4d to 8d per dozen hands TiTEWGATE AND LEADENILtkLL. We had a very dull trade here on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s Gd; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s 2d. ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 5s per albs. by the carcase. Turkeys, 4s to 8s 6d ; Geese, 4s to 6s Gd ; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 6d ; Tame Rabbits, Is Gd to is 8d ' • Pigeons, 6d to 10d; Roasting Figs , 6 s to Cs ; and Guinea Fowls, 2s 6d to 3s 6d each; Fowls, 5s to lOs • and Chickens, 4s. to 7s per couple. In Game next to nothing was doing. NEWPORT. Beef from 2s Ed to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Teal, 4s Gd to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s per Blbs. MINGERFORD. The supplies of most articles on sale to-day being large, the general demand was in a very depressed sta' e, and pric , _F had a downward tendency BILLINGSGLAM. Turbots, 8s to 16s ; Brills, 2s Gd to 5s ; Cod Fish, 33 to 9s ; Whitings, 4d to 8d ; Mackartl, 6d to 10d ; Lobsters, is to 3s ; and Crabs 8d to 2s each ; Soles, 6d to 3s 3d per pair ; Smelts, Is Gd to 2s Gd, and Thames Flounders, is Gd to 2s per dozen; Salmon, 10d to is 4d ; Eels, 4d to It ; and Crimped Scate, 7d to 9d per lb. WHITECELAIrEIN. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s 2d; and Pork 3s Sd to 5s per Sibs. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from ed to 9%d; of Household do., 7d to B%d per 41bs loaf. HIDE MARKET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2%cl to 3d ; do. 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3%d ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3%d to 3%d; do. 80lb to 881 b, 3%d to 3%d; do. 881 b to 961 b, 3%d to 4d; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 4%d; Calf Skins (each), 4s to 7s ; Horn Hides, 13s ; Polled Sheep, 4s gd to 6s 6d ; Half Breds, 4s to 5s 6d ; Downs, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Lambs, 2s 9d to 4s; Shearlings, 6d to 8d each. its R 1 MaILICETZ, SMITHFIELD —Meadow Hay, Si 3s to 418 s ; Clover ditto, 418 s to 61; Oat Straw, 1112 s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 11 16s per load. A full average supply and a dull trade. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 41 lOs ; Clover ditto, 41 Ss to 51 15s ; Oat Straw, 11 12s to 1/ 14s ; 'Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to li Its per load. Supply but moderate, and trade rather dull. • WHITECHAYEL.—Meadow Hay, 313 s to 41 Se; Clover ditto, 41 10s to 616 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to 1116 s per load. Both Hay and Straw sold heavily, at barely late rates. TESTIMONIAL to MR. SHERIFF LAURIE.—(THIS DAY.) A meeting was held this day at the London Tavern, Bishopegate-street, of the friends of Mr. Sheriff Laurie, for the purpose of making arrangements to present him with a testimony of the estimation of his fellow-citizens, for his exertions in endeavouring to procure refuge for destitute prisoners discharged from custody. Henry T. Richardson, Esq., presided, and John Lilley, Esq.; proposed, and Lieutenant Colonel Moody, seconded the following resolution, which was carried unanimously That the conduct of Mr. Sheriff Laurie in the discharge of his high office offers an example which it is for the benefit of mankind to hold up to imitation—that his benevolent anxiety on behalf of the most destitute of human bei igs, con victed prisoners, forced, by the absence of all possible refuge, to continue in a course of guilt which they are earne-tly de sirous to renounce, reflects equal honour on his judg ment and his philantrophy, while the use he makes of his official opportunities and experience in this behalf happily distinguish hiS shrievalty in public benefit in value ter above the most magnificent display—that his fellow-citizens assembled at this meeting are able fully to carry out such, his benevolent efforts, are yet proud to avail themselves of the means of manifesting their sympathy with his object, therefore propose to present Mr. Sheriff Laurie a fitting testimonial, whereby they may record his endeavours, and their own appreciation of them.' A Committee was then appointed, and a vote of thanks passed to Mr. Richardson, and the meeting adjourned. ADJOURNED GENERAL LICENS- ING DAY FOR THE CITY. This morning an adjourned annual licensing day for the City of London was held at Guildhall, before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, to grant billiard licenses, &c., on which doubts had arisen at the last meeting. Mr. D. Wlnu appeared on behalf of Mr. Stabbing, of Sherborne-lane, for a license to two houses, in that place and in Cannon-street. The magistrates, however, considered that they could only grant a license to one house. Mr. Wire now contended that the magistrates were not restricted, but that it was entirely discretionary on their part, and the applicant was recommended by the ward authorities. The application was granted. The other applications for licenses were granted in all the cases recommended by the ward authorities. They were, however, prohibited against allowing playing on Kinds , ys, which had heretofore been the case. Mr. WIRE applied for a license for Mrs. Davis, the widow of Mr. Cyrus Davis, a licensed victualler in Giltspur.street, who died suddenly without making a will, and the time had not expired for obtaining letters of administration. The Court granted the license to the public-house, but bald that they could not grant the billiard license. CITY POLICE COMMITTEE. (THIS DAY). OBSTRUCTIONS BY RAILWAY WAGGONS.—Henry Thompson, driver of one of Pickford and Co's. waggons, attended on a summons for causing an obstruction in Wood-street, at eight o'clock in the evening of the 16th inst. From the evidence of two police-constables, it appeared that the defendant was engaged in covering the goods in the waggon, and refused to go on, causing a delay of five minutes. The ALDERMAN said that ought to have been done in the yard. He said that the great number of waggons now sent out to the different railroads rendered it necessary that the officers should be strict in the performance of their duty in preventing obstructions. He would only place a small fine, in the hope that Messrs. Pickfurd and Co. would give orders to prevent a recurrence of the complaint. A Clerk from the firm, who was in attendance, said their men were ordered to go on. without delay.. The defendant was fined ss. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON SPRING RACES—Fninar. The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and 50 added. One mile and a quarter. (5 Subs.) Mr. E. Haworth's John Davis, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b BrOwn,jun.) 1 Mr. C. Dorrien's Sensation, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b Mr. Davis' Pimento, 5 yrs, Bst 61b Mr. G. Dodson's The Rejected, 4 yr.? ' ist 111 b (Bst) Won cleverly by a length. The Hunters' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 40 added ; the second to receive 10/. Heats ' nearly two miles. (6 Subs.) Mr. Brown nd Jack, 6 yrs, llst 41b.. (Mr. E. Haworth) 1 1 Mr. Coppard's Agility, lOst 111 b Mr. Matthews' Rushlight, lOst Illb 3 dr Mr. Taylor's Flora Fabbri, lOst I Ilb Mr. C. 'Bates's The Baron, lOst 111 b Lord Paget's Camilla, 10st 111 b First beat won easy, and second heat won cleverly by a length. The Hurdle Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 20 added, for all horses, list 71b each, gentlemen riders; winner to be sold for 1001. Three-quarters-of.a-mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. Hornsby's Donald Caird (Mr. Haworth) 1 Lord A. Lennox's Barnaby Rudge 2 Mr. Bates' The Baron The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Ricardo's The Orphan ; Mr. F. Thomas's The Ugly Buck, 4 lbs. over; and two others. The Hack Stakes, of 2 sovs. each, and 15 added; list. Three-quarters of a mile ; 5 subs, were won in two heats by Mr. Matthew's Rushlight, 11st 71b ; beating Mr. Draw bridge's Rob Roy, easy. The Hurdle Sweeps, of 1 sov. each,and 10 added; list 71b eeach. Two miles; 6 subs; were won easily by Mr. Jen kins's Bob Booty ; beating The Rejected, The w Orphan, Crisis, and Cei eto. MANCHESTER BETTING.—FRIDAY. CIIESTER Cur.-13 to 1 agst Sweetmeat, 18 to 1 agst Clumsy, 18 to 1 agst Miss Burns, 20 to 1 agst Fitzallen, 25 to 1 agst Best Bower, 25 to 1 agst Hope, 40 to 1 agst Whin stone (t), 40 to 1 agst Inheritress, 50 to 1 agst Weatherbit, 50 to 1 agst Rose of Cashmere (t). Nothing done upon the other stakes. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's stag hds, Mon., Knaphill, near Woking Station • Wed., Twyford Station ; Fri., Salthill -11 %. Bedale hds., Mon., Studley Park ; Wed., Oak Tree Inn, Lecening-lane ; Fri., Hawkwell Inn-11. Cleveland hds., Mon., Newthorpe ; Thurs., Court Green —lO%. Norfolk stag hds., Wed., King's Arms Inn, Rupham. 7th Hussars' stag lids., Sion., Charsfield ; Thurs., Otley. Cambridgeshire hds., Mon., Tempsford ; Sat, Agden Green. F. B. hds., Mon., Constantine Cross; Thurs., F. B. Kennel —lO%. Oakley hds., Mon., Dungee Corner ; Sat., Colworth- 103 4. Pytchley Is., Mon., Cransley ; Wed., Brixworth Kennels; Fri., Boughton House, Kettering; Sat., Sudborough. Sinnington hds., Tues., Ashberry ; Fri., Morton-9. Prudhoe and Derwent hds., Mon., Stanley Hall, near Shield Row; Fri., Scotswood Bridge-10. Baron Rothschild's stag hds., Mon., Culverton ; Thurs., Hoc kliffe-11. Lord Southampton's hds , Mon., Wicken Park ; Fri., Castle Thorpe. Mr. Watson's hds., Mon., Chevington Moor; Wed., Ul gham Village; Fri., Newriding-10i. Tindale hds., Mon., Stagshaw Bank toll-bar ; Thurs., Sh alto— 10i. . York and Ainsty hds , Wed., Copgrove ; Saturday, Owls ton-10i. Mr. Trelawny's hds., Tues., Blisland Village, at 11; Fri., Sh au gh Bridge-10i.' Norfolk harrs., Wed., Holt (a deer.) Shropshire hds., Wed., Chipnel Wood-10f. PEDESTRIANISM.—FOOT-RACE AT MANCHESTER FOR 100/. A-SlDE.—William Howarth (of Bolton) and Thomas Brian (of Bradford) ran 200 yards, on Tuesday, at the Bellevue-ground, Man chester, for the above large stake. The assemblage was unusually large, and the Yorkshire division backed their champion at 5 to 3, at which price an immense deal of money was, risked against Brian by the Lancashire people. At starting Howarth took the lead, but was passed about the 50th yard by Brian; he again, however, showed foremost when 100 yards had been covered. He could not, however, hold his ground, the Bradford man outpaced him, and ran in a triumphant winner by five yards, amid the shouts of his partisans. Inwood and Rawlings's race of one mile, for 251. a-side, fixed for Tuesday, did not come off, Rawlings forfeiting 15/., his health not permitting him to contend. Died on the 27th instant, at Knightsbridge, Miss Daw, who with Mrs. Langford, was the originator of preparatory schools in Phillmore-place, Kensington, nearly 60 years ago, and from thence she continued (soaring high amid all her content') raries) at Tuntham • green, dining a period of 40 years. She retired from her labours 11 years since. Her health has been throughout very delicate; and after sojourning in this world of trial until she attained her 90th year, has been called to abetter world, leaving behind her a cha racter full of the milk of human kindness, and greatly lamented by all who knew her. Peace to her manes. TERRIFIC TII UNDER STORM AT SO U THAN ETON. — About half past one o'clock on Thursday, a fearful thunder storm burst with great violence over Southampton and neighbourhood, con tinuing for about half an hour. several peals followed each other in rapid succession, shaking the strongest warehouses and buildings; the flashes of lightning were awfully grand, and as vivid as those witnessed during the hottest months of tile year. Hailstones fell of great size, and were then succeeded by snow and rain, continuing with but short intervals till alter sunset. We are happy to hear no serious accidents occurred. The Earl of Aberdeen has resigned the Presidency of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, and it is rumoured that his Lordship's successor will be Prince Albert, Dr. Prsetorius, or Viscount Mahon, the latter et' whom, it is understood, would thus have an opportunity of vacating his seat, under Lord Jocelyn, at the Board of Control.—Post. THE BATTLE OF ALIwAL.—A letter received from an officer engaged in the Aliwal affair observes that it was a superb' sight to see the 16th Lancers with the Native Cavalry breaking through the Khalsa square the former cutting up like fury. Shawls and gold bracelets without end fell into the hands of the victors. — Bombay Times. DEATH OF SIR CHARLES J. ANDERSON, BART.- The above venerable Baronet expired on Tuesday last, at Lea Hall, near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, at the advanced age of 7S years. The deceased WU in holy orders. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, MARCH 27 the following Petitions lor Itailways were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in iv the undernanned lion. Mtrubers : Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe—Mr. Adderloy, Mr. W. Russ. 11, and Mr. Brocklekurst. Halcsworth and Norwich—Lord Rendloham, Lord A. Hervey, and Mr. Gooch. Inverness and Elgin—Mr. H. Baillie, Mr. Morrison, & Mr. Matheson. Duntdane, Donne, and Callander—Mr. C. Bruce and Mr. Fortes. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE, The following re;olutions were reported from this Committee:- 1. That, in the case of the Dunblane, Doune, and Callandar Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, with the exception of the provisions giving the Company power to sell their undertaking. 2. That, in the case of the Helme Reservoir petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permit ted to proceed with their , Bill, with the exception of the clauses giving power to construct new 'works. 3. That, in the case of the Lesmahagow, Dalserf, and Coatbridge Mineral Junction Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on forthwith inserting, for three successive weeks, notices in the " Gazette" and newspapers, that powers are proposed to be taken by the parties promoting the present Bill, to sell their undertaking to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company. 4. That, in the case of the British Guarantee Association petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with: —That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on forthwith inserting. fur three successive weeks, the notices in the " London" and " Edinburgh Gazettes," and depositing in the Private Bill-office a copy of the deed of partnership and the declaration requiring by the standing orders. That the Committees on this and the preceding Bills do examine, in the first place, how far such orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill. 5. That, in the case of the Surrey Grand Junction Railway peti tion, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 6. That, in the case of the Inverness and Elgin - Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bid. 7. That, in the case of the Scottish Southern Terminal Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with:—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 8. That, in the case of the Binning:lam, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway petition, the stan.iing orders ought to be dispensed with That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 9. That, in the case'of the Bedford and Cambridge Railway peti tion, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 10. That, in the case of the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with That the parties be permitted to proceed with.their Bill, First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and tenth resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. Joint Stock Banks (Scotland and Ireland) Bill—Committee de. ferred till Friday next. Customs Duties Bill—Committee deferred till Thursday next. ORDERS OF THE DAY—MONDAY, MARCH 30. Poor Removal Bill ; Second Reading. Coal-Whippers (Port of London) Bill;—Committee. Art-Unions Bill ;—Second Reading. Corn Importation Bill;—Committee. Supply ;—Committee. Ways and Means;—Committee. Indemuity Bill ; —Third Reading. Sir James Graham,—The First Reading of the Protection of Life (Ireland) Bill, at Five o'clock. NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. O'Connell,—Amendment on First Reading of Protection of Life (Ireland) Bill : —That,. while this Rolls') deplores the existence of outrage in Ireland, and is sincerely anxious for its repression, it is of opinion that such outrage will be aggravated, not removed, by the arbitrary, unjust, and'unconstitutional enactments of this Bill ; and that it is the duty of Parliament to adopt such measures as will tend to eradicate the causes which produce these crimes, instead of resort ing to laws which will harass and oppress the innocent without re stra,ning the guilty ; and which being restrictive of public liberty, cannot fail to augment national discontent. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen. attended by, the Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady in Wait in u g ; fo took f'n airing yesterday alternet - m, in an open carriage 51 ' d I.6rd I. hulks (Clerk Aiarshul), Equerry in Waii.ll4;.• iu attent;ance on liorseba-ck. fte rnoolh A' Ills Royal Highness Prince Albert presided, yesterday at-- hype a meeting of the Commission for promoting and encouraging Arts in.the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster. His DO a l ness arrived at Gwydyr House, Whitehall, at a quarter before LP — o'clock, attended by Major-General Sir Edward Bowater. , The Commissioners present were Viscount Canning, N't: Mahon, Lord Ashburton, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Bart.; Hawes, 111.P._.; Mr. Henry Hallam, and Mr. T. Wyse. The bes— Lary, Mr. C. L. Eastlake was in attendance. The Meeting broke u at bfast five o'clk. heir Royal Highness p es th al e P -p rince of Wa o le t s, Prince Alf red. Princess Royal; and the Princess Alice, were taken an airil , g2; e r terday in an open carriage and lour, accompanied by the 1) 0 ' Lady Ly Belton. Their Serene Highnesse: the Heriditary Prince of Saxe 31einisgee4'' and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,,isited his Royal 111 g li'' Pr.nce Albert yesterday at Buckinghtun Pslace. of Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured the performance French Plays with their presence yesterday evening. The 71,4 suite consisted of the Viscount Jocelyn, Hon. Miss Devereh, 'Tier — l ll Rivers, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Sir Edward Bowater. std Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Aeg u :a. Bruce, Sir George Couper, Bart., and Captain the Hon. J 0..- Murray, also honoured the performance with their presence. of Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchne Gloucester, and Prince George, visited her Majesty t he Qu Dowager yesterday at Marßorough House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended b7in Stephens, honoured the exhibition ofthe Society of British ArtiZolo Suffolk-street, Pall•mall East, yesterday, with a visit. R ie Highness was attended through the rooms by Messrs. Huricel; Hassell, and Stevens, the President, Secretary, and Treasurer a Society. • 05 Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, transacted husll3 yesterday at the Foreign-office. Se re. The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with Mr. tary Gladstone, yesterday, at the Coloniol-oftice. e,„ Lord Donsandle had an interview with the Earl of Da 1,45 yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. att b The Turkish Chargé d'Affaires was present yesterday private view of Mr. Burford's Panorama of Constantinople. . 41. Lord Petre, and Mr. A. J. B. Hope, M.P., had interviews with secretary Gladstone yesterday. r EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIO r ~,-T, OF BRITISH ARTISTS, SUFFOLK-STR PP PALL-STALL EAST.—(THIS DAY). a.ce This, the twenty-third annual Exhibition of the 1, ciety of British Artists, exhibits, as far as t '; progress of art is concerned, most assuredly a step; advance. There is, with one exception only , nothioll; outré or exaggeratedall is artistical; and although , 602 pictures, there must be necessarily many of 0 01 ; h e merit, yet there are none which offend the eye of t br ii , connoiseur by absolute bad drawing or bad taste, 4 .0 , there are several which are of a very high order 0 1 . 0 , Landscape is, as usual, the great feature of the exhibit;°,lo 'and here Pyne and Tennant are most successful. „If Menai Straits" of Pyne is a large picture, most ela bora,' finished, the aerial effect of which is marv elhO The air seems absolutely tremulous with heat. 309. " The Ferry at Port tiadoc, in Wales," is another eS. quisite picture by the same master. In this picture a 111 , bow is introduced, arching the sky. The subject i s tre4, in a most artistical manner, and the effects remind o ne of sc'''lz of the best of Turner's. Perhaps, however, the most b ri liant picture in the exhibition is 351. " it Guyon and the Palmer arrived at the Idle meet with immodest Merth in her Gondelay, * * * " Bedecked, trim, With boughs and arbours woven cunningly. * * * * * By this time was the worthy Guyon brought Unto the other side of that wide Armlet Where she was rowing, and for passage sought Him needed not long call ; she soon to bond Her ferry brought, where she him byding loud • With his sad guide."—Vide Speuser's Faerie Que en " Canto VI. f ei e The painter has entered fully into the description °, 10 poet, and has admirably trauslated Spenser's imaginittteJ canvass. Never has poetry been more beautifully inte: by painting. At this late hour it is impossible to do more than t° cate a few of the best pictures. Herring gives us — R ini 334. "The Oaks, 1845—A False Start," a picture tbs. be almost worshipped by every sportsman. He also g ic some admirable cattle pieces. 470.. " St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall, low water, is a beautiful piece of effect, by Lancaster. There is a " Cupid" by Hurlestone, which is very b e au,, and among the portraits is one of " Mr * . Payne Coll iert e ot Baxter (354), the most striking likeness that we 'lace seen. • r pP ° We hope to return to this exhibition at an early tunity. ;0 01' JERSEY.—A recruiting party, of the 81st N e g s e . is actively engaged In enlisting recruits for her lifajest'snted Several stout fellows, in sailor's jackets, who had ac ee ' e irl' i s• bounty, were seen parading the town with cockades 111 &it apparently delighted at the prospect of soon exchanging going garb for a uniform a la militaire. SO I THE ARMY.—The augmentation of the 10th 11 :t 9 o'S has been completed, and the gallant regiment will pr.: o 'llo4, Oriental dominions with a considerable additional strength. sors'o, Dragoons arrived at York on Wednesday, relieving the 10tIl e ilAf t who proceeded to Canterbury en route to Gravesend, fo r „ 0 1 ' 0 4 tion. • The 17th Lancers relieved the s th at Nottingha ltial, sal, understood that the 11th Hussars, on their arrival in Eilg 101. move to the latter town, when the 17th will proceed tn t o The Earl of Caledon, on account of his late marriage, 1101)0 the Coldstream Guards, which he joined in 1833. horn corps' eldest son of the Marquis of Clanricarde, has joine d this is but nineteen years of age. •tiVO 5 :O 4 CONDUCT a- F THE CONDEMNED PRISONER " D olvj Within the last few days the manner of the unfortuna,,,, te ,e, under sentence of death has undergone a complete ch.-V.90 hope of the extreme penalty of .the law not being put ja i ', t ne from the circumstances of the execution not taking plac e ° t wo s ,' hist., buoyed him up, but which, now that the deternain....fir James Graham has been made known, has completelY7,; his former apparent firmness. Yesterday he was friends, and the meeting was of a more than usu all y distrr e r to racter. The wretched young man has addres sed a leLttritisol' widow of his late master, in which, after expressing- c0n..„0; his crime, he earnestly implores her forgiveness , and r'4 A9see her. f, HULL POST-OFFICE.—On Wednesday, the lst °, O lllO sundry Important alterations will take place both in the departure of the malls. The box, which now closes a_, t , e d close at half-past four o'clock, and no letters can be avec!: t tsiSel window after ten minutes past five o'clock. The mortal's 001!„eii be due at twenty-three minutes past seven o'clock, instead n,,,,,172 six, but scarcely any perceptible difference will take place grr le delivery. The minor mails will all be influenced by tbeserege.ft'? melds. The only advantage to the public will be witl i ' at eleool the dispatch of letters to the north, which, leaving H ui gap e 1 1 / minutes past five o'clock, will meet at Normanton the iTet it. go d , ' from London which the coach at 1 p.m. aced to meet at 511 object of the change is solely to secure greater regal- 04Y; Ajli It will be n advante. —Bull Advertiser. o f ifi? CORN FOR EUROPE .- shipments 00 0,4 corn having been made from this country for varinna,,i' . oi l 1 0 ' 0 0` land, the impression prevails that on corn at least the " or will be taken off. The shipments, as already stated,.o of the British Government, for the aid of the poor Irish feting iron the injury to the potato crop. Indian cor_.ager.tooge will be included in the tariff of bread•stuffs, if it shall h e r rern4 that rir Robert Peel is strong enough in both Houses 5 0, to reform the corn-laws according to the principle he h 4„, uti7 1 . 1 7 but it is certain that recent experience having shown t ':,, c e4 economy of our Indian corn, and as it cannot be Pr cl t l ie De t ' es ci;, corn-growing countries of Europe, cur west will have an extensive sale of this valuable product, as every h n ' o f salP93 ment will be made in England to improve the mann er , tlis 13 0 4 In other bread-stuffs it is possible that grain fr ° ;try • do( could be sold in England as cheaply as from this fro m we look at the importations of our bread-stuffs into I- 1) 74 1 , !,, the months of December and January, say in th• - ne rt __lo 11 9fr, s , alone, we are doing a heavy business even ‘sith the coil+pls' Pf/ 1 83° Of flour there was entered in those month s 13 F ess, O. bushels of wheat, 188,012 bushels of corn, besides barley' 9 &c. It is a doubtful policy tor us to tie ourselve s to t w oes..o. mercial arrangement of reciprocal duties in relation., re d .60 We reduce our tariff as a nationalpolicy, and Euglallioir tseto duties on the corn-law in conformity with the wi - hes ,llee tli .,, O e The change is mutually beneficial, and operating ',„tiort,ot.to benefit of both. There is no necessi p ty tor eaty pendent of the double crop of corn produced in o '7 in, /eV west, we can grow to the north several millions of bn: presil we did in 1845; and we learn that our farmers at co' e lg are preparing to plant many additional acres of lIIdI . 4 York Sun. 10 5 of a* t „ 10 ° ,0 0 A HINT TO OLD IZACHELORS,—Ther e in the union poor-house three patriarchs, whose unitc.,l of 'or , ' 0 1 0 to 301 years. Each of these " fine Irish gentlerne o, ,• time," were married, it is stated, no less than four rFJ AB stance to which, no doubt, is attributable their lengtu de 0 the land of the living.— Waterford Freeman. bpd ie L° Wer SIR C. NAPIER'S A ItMY. —FrulDse„ei At' learn that the 12th Bombay Infantry, with forsteroe.,,, batteries, and some European Sappers and SlinctS•ol,4cr,co, Hyderabad on the morning of the 16th of JanuarY• di ost,,llsll reach Roree about the Ist of February. ImP rtal _a it tlir" lk4P il ii •,l the Governor-General to Sir Charles Napier pass Fit, 013 l ie i f) bad on the night of the 14th. Her Majesty's 170 1. o d pi. • Bombay Infantry, had marched from Kurrachee,;floierSot. , 4th regiments were hourly expected there. The to Bombay without even putting their fires out. ..,•„.jan't force, now on the move upwards, consist of CaPt. 9 Ail re: Horse Artillery, with Brett's, Forster's, and Giber ne der batteries, besides the heavy guns ( 10 and 01' 5 lith o , inch howitzers, with mortars, &c.), her lilajes t .2„joie n t Foot, and the 7th, 1 2 th, 13 th, 17th, and 18 t h 5 0- 11 Native Infantry, to which it is said the GOth t ty free; Fusileers will shortly be added. It is now Ri d l',0 1 ;01:,: it ) at Sukkur that the 6th and 7th Light Cavalry, th e i nerf 15th and 69th Native Infantry, with all the the 1 ,„,%' 41 ,0 will join the Lower Sinde force at Roree from Sn oo o ri l pro tJ pore, and make the army nearer 15,000 than 10, , 07 5 0 Light Cavalry reached in one day from Shilien e *lf ' atonce to cross the river on the 20th of January ocl• ,01,4 the orgir cross on the 21st, and the 2d Europeans on ,te o f 0, 0 quarters of her Majesty's 86th Foot (moving uP ' y e Der° sir petted about the 28th (this day). Major Peat, th,..„.0. has been appointed field engineer to the Sin& i i ," t t os t ; i o t:"" i ts .. o Napier was net to leave Kurrachee till the 250. ISnriP i ps at Sukkur, that the 4th Bengal Native Infantry s, 0 0 lOU Battery were still halted at Subzulkote, and lia ii ii ap py t i e ts c;;ol o ' joined by Captain Jacob's Shade Horse. We a re , t the ° O p tl• it was not an European officer who was killed 5_ sep op erpo i 0 4 . baggage boats of the 14th, but a Subadar, wit h foul 110,00 ber of boats captured is stated to have been 3 100 1 t",, its report prevailed at Sukkur that the Governor of +- oilers of submission, but we are inclined not to ticl.y.—Delhi Gazette, Jan. 28. • Co o - (.0.1 On the 24th inst., in StanhoilpletrtHreSet, the Collin Ic y , daughter. DO' O soo n nn the the 2 2 223 1 a s d t iin h us t s s tt t . . :, , tju i h n er P sw. aris, the lady of Charles Og g ! 11 , ' f irs+ that city, of a son. w ieteft e ti re',. ,i i J f.e . F. J lV enff G r a eson s y ' alba ) toe" P elf' On the 24th inst., at Ladbroke-Place West, 16 ''' 311 40 ' 6 c l Henry William Field, of ' a son, still-born. es.parh' 4' On the 25th inst., at Kent-terrace, Bege h (A' IN aithtnan, of a daughter. 0 . . COlthte° qt/V On the 22d inst., at Orton L gueville the On , 04 y a daughter. .de, o f ';01, v Oa the 22d inst., at Birkenhead, Airs. C. Be . the ' On the 23d inst., in Old Burlington-streeL, r" .1 , e Laukester, Eeq., M.D., of a daughter. iroO P - - ,OcliesintOr,:oil,r toro ~ 1 , et - Ashcombe, of Winchester, Haute , MARRIED. o r AOciet ~ On the 23d inst., at the parish church, a r ia fourth (10 ,pvoi to 310::::::0,r;lt:14,. late John Ashcombe, Esq., of Sewardstone, Ess"' o f Otrp,r di PhCIPS, ci[iP I'. On the 2 ith inst., at Brixton, Mr. W. , - --, ~, pi , 0„,1 1 Camberwell, to Harriet, second daughter of s'°- k?" or ISorwood, Surrey. oho Tag .te''' ,Jr 0,1 tile 24 ii inst., at St. Botolph, the BeV'fliviish,l,ll),ol :- ints', Newmarket, to Catherine Anne Goss , Ivou th. t . er ralipt y ter orthe late John Weston Goss, Esq , On the 25th inst., John Mocatta, E. of Glot: tri ,, tl 01, 04 ,0 park, third son of Daniel Alocatta, Esq., to $ , tI S A fa ii the late Alexander Goldsmid, Esq. AP' c f " '‘ On the lt , th hist., at the Cathedral of Dell, ~,. 05 5 4 ,, ,, ,,• Iloyal Ellgilleerg, to Margaret, eldest daughter t, Jo o 4o 'ol' Esi.. of Londonderry. nisbuil,Aost On the 241.15 inst., at St. George's, 8100 ois,`" Graves, Esq., 11. A., F.ILS , of Gray's Inn, to AO fii,J of William Tooke, E , q., of Russell-squar e. ~ C°'J' f' D/ED. ra '' Or' Ea We of On the 17th inst., at Brailsford, Derbyshire, t en ~ Haornttagheed 215t2l On the 20th inst., at Islington, Jones, eldes 6 7 ' 4 0 itg- - .0. 4 * inst., at Durham, tiopP e rl' if ' On the 23d inst., Catherine, the wife o •,, en coet. , ,„ At I On the 23d inst., at Dawlish, Penelope .'"' 0 0 ,- et u late It. W. lileneowe, Esq., aged 74. „.,, o f phi' .0 i Mrs.. Wailtger whit o ,e e , w i,lo ~ 4., On the 24th inst., Mary Pearson, the wife 00 , of Bushley Lodge, Hants. u an oft he On the 25th inst., John Carney, senior CeP Royal Regiment, aged 46. 1 1 4 f' or oc ,•11 London: Printed and Published by L "P Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, o. 112, Strall;opirr of the s hi the Colley or AliddlOse%t 2 8 , 1846, CARTE The Public Tk4 INS, d on and ue Mae in the a 7 and at prei 2 at , T T7 : I .hi °l 6 : 0 C e T n i k k° r e : C a r Ct I t :If Hertford d e 3 a a' T v n. uTh r 2 itirt Th oog at :' B eloo r, i k tiw at 2.15 03,1,0 The Train leavin The 2'30 P M. Trs The Train, leavi 0 and will h e T • i.,„ ra n from „an additional Tr "qa, at 6 P.M. 'rile in from C s o 24 T ra ti n and afteAthe dge, Ely, I and will lea% ,:!ts DarticularS of time-bills, - ::bona or coach -, ser the 27th hist general offices, 41: o n ik al:tn.fodr 1:4‘. 1 : 0 : 1 R EAT n n ir rit ei lea: iti°ll:l7;r e a'ecl a ilega7 d ildtue , leeaki a eSdle r t Pa iwedi e 0 P northerin particti °ll daY next, the ~' ATION~ I k 7lll l inatituti 1 1 7" With retipw 48 sared has, Zse or fortoiturc iab',e) • also I tr . Ititer.sts to thlhe 'access an / ot threctors, at vannng f Pulley effect to Premiurc 245. pe 265, 20s tht,o l l , llk ..„ r _ 4l allo rent Isnotr:,e.tuity -Agent4 wai l,y ( a 1 PPly, per tette AllO l SOE 7.) - .Ock in the direct tn A t : 24 to 40 11 y logs, al ges. T his sale will I,;_ l ea . Kingdel r i'4 il l is g: o ilx d : 1 1 1 : -n e. °t : time, Will CO 11 1 4 be St NY Otllkee. kZ,t ll l'l , / 4444 14 4 4 r t: 1 _ tolt I, PARLIAMENTARY 15IVIS1O1'TS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, MARCH 27. CORN IMPORTATION BILL. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " u p on this day six months :"—Question put, " i:aat the word' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY-AYES, 302. Acheson, Viscount Evans, William Muntr. G. F. Acland, T. D. Evans, Sir De Lac Napier, Sir C. A'Court, Captain Ewart, William Neville, Ralph Aglionby, H. A. Feilden, William O'Brien, J. Ainsworth, Peter Ferguson, Colonel O'Brien, Timothy Al lam, W. Fitzgerald, It. A. O'Connell, John Anson, Colonel Fitzroy, Henry Ord, William Attwood, John Fitzroy, Lord C. Osborne, Ralph Baillie, Colonel Fitzwilliam, G. W. Oswald, James Baillie, H. J. Fleetwood, 5.:r P. ' Owen, Sir John Baine, Walter Flower, Sir J. Paget, Colonel Baird, William Forster, Matthew Paget, Lord IV. Baldwin, Barry Fox, C. R. Paget, Lord A. Bannerman, A Gibson, T. M. Palmerston, Viscount Barclay, David Gill, Thomas Parker, John Barkly, Henry Gisborne, Thomas Patten, J. W. Baring, F. T. Glynne, Sir S. Pattison, James Baring, %V. B. Gore, Montague Pechell, Captain Barnard, E. G. _ Gore, Robert Peel, sir Robert Beckett, Williani Goalburn, Henry Peel, Jonathan Benbow, John Graham, Sir J. Pendarves, Edward Berkeley, Craven Granger, T. C. Pennant, Colonel Berkeley, Captain Greene, Thomas Philips, Berkeley, 11. F. Grey, Sir George Philpotts, John Bernal, Ralph Grin ditch, Thomas Plumridge, Captain Blake, M. J. Grosvenor, Lord R. Powell, Caleb Blewitt, Reginald Guest, Sir John Price, Sir R. Bodkin, W. H. Hall, Sir Benjamin Protheroe, Edward Botfield, Beriah Hamilton, W. J. Pulsibrd, Robert Bouverie, E. P. Hamilton Lord C. Itawdon, Colonel Bowes, John ' nanmer, Sir J. Reid, Sir John Bowles, Admiral nestle, Archibald Reid, Colonel Bowring, Dr. Ilatton, Captain Rosa, D. R. Bridgeman, Hewitt Hawes, Benjamin htumbold, C. E. Bright, John Hay, Sir A. L. Russell, Lord John Brocklehurst, J. Hay ter, W. G. Russell, Lord E. Bretherton, J. Heathcoat, John Russell, J. D. Browne, It. D. Herbert, Sidney Rutherfurd, A. Browne, W. Hervey, Lord A. Bandon, Viscount Bruce, Lord E. Hill, Lord Marcus Scott, R. Buckley, Edmund }Lindley, Charles Scrope, G. P. • Buller, Charles Hobhouse, Sir J. Seymour, Lord Buller, Edward Hogg, J. W. Seymour, Sir H. B. Busfeild, W. Holland, Robert Smith, Benjamin Butler, I'. S. Hope, G. W. Smith, J. A. Byng, George Herlihy, John Smith, Vernon Byng, G. S. Horsman, Edward Smythe,',George Cardwell, Edward Howard, C. W. G. Soule's, J..P. Carew, R. S. Howard, E. G. Somerset, Lord G. Carnegie, Captain Howard, P. H. Somerville, Sir W. Cavendish, C. C. Howard, Sir R. Stansfteld, W. It. Cavendish, G. H. Hughes, W. B. Stanton, W. B. Chapman, B. Hume, Joseph Staunton, Sir G. Chichester, Lord J. Humphery, Ald. Stewai t, P. M. Childers, J. W. Hutt, William Stewart, -John 1 Christie, W. D. Jai - nes, Sir W. Stuart, Lord J. Clay, Sir W. Jerrnyn, Earl Stuart, Henry Clerk Sir George Jocelyn, Viscount Strickland, Sir G. Clive, R. 11. Johnstone, Sir J. Strati, Edward Cobden, Richard Johnstone, Hope Sutton, Henry Cochrane, A. Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Tancred, H. W. Cockburn, Sir G. Kelly, James Thesider, sir F. Colebrooke, Sir T. Kirk, Peter Thornely,. T. Collett, John Laboucliere, Henry Tollemache, F. J. Collins, William Lambton, H. Tomline, G. Corry, H. Langston, J. H. Townely, John Cowper, W. F. Lascelles, W. S. Trail, George Craig, W. G. • Layer d, Captain Trelaivny, J. S. Crawford, W. S. Legh, G. C.; Trench, sir F. Cripps, William Lemon, Sir C. Troubridge, Sir E. Currie, R. Loch, James TuMell, Henry Curteis, H. B. Lockhai t, A. E. Turner, Edmund Dalmeny, Lord Lyall, George Vane, Lord ii. Dalrymple, Captain Macaulay, T. B. Vernon, G. H. Dashwood, G. H. Mackinnon, W. A. Villiers, Clarles Denison, J. E. Macnainara, Major Villiers, Viscount Dennistoun, J. 31'0.11111y, Alex. Vivian, J. H. D'Eyncourt, C. T. 31•Geachy, F. A. Vivian, Captain Dickinson, F. H. WNelll, Duncan Wakley, Thomas Divett, Edward M`Taggart, Sir J. Walker, Richard Douglas, Sir C. E. Mahon. Lord Wall, C. B. Douro, Marquis of Mainwaring, T. Warburton, Henry Drummond, 11. Mangles, R. D. Ward, H. G. Dugdale, W. S. Marjoribanks, S. Watson, Henry Duke, Sir J. Marshall, William Wawn, J. T. Duncan, Lord' Marsland, Henry Wellesley, Lord C. Duncan, neorge Martin, John • - White, Samuel Duncrumon, Lord Martin, C. W. WillialliS, W. Duncombe, T. Masteruian, John Wilshere, W. D nudes, Admiral Matheson, J. Wilmington, Sir T. Dundas, David Motile, Fox Wood, Charles Lasthope, Sir John Meynell, Captain Wood, Colonel Eastuor, Viscount Mll..es, It lilonekton Wood, Colonel T. Ebrington, Viscount ItlitcaLe, Ilebry , Wu! tley ,J. S. Egerton, Sir P. Mitchell, T. A. Wrightson, W. B. Ellice, Edward Moffatt, George Wynn, C. W. Ellice, E., jun. Molesworth, Sir W. Wyse, Thomas Ems Wynn Morpeth, Viscount Yorke, H. It. Elphinstone, H. Morris, David Escott, Bickham Morison, General TFAXILIte. Estcourt, T. G. I‘lolTis,ii, James Young, John Etwall, Ralph Mostyn, E. M. Baring, Henry MINORITY-NOES, 214. Acland, Sir T. Duncombe, A. Minch, Earl of Adare, Viscount Duneembe, 0. 31aunse1l, T. B. Adderley, C. B. Du PTe, C. 0, Maxwell, Lou. J. P. Alford, Viscount East, J. B. Mlldmay, 11. t',. i:. John Allix, J. P. Emlyn, Viscount Miles, Philip W. S. Antrobus, Edmund Eutwisle, W. Niles, William Arbutheott, Hugh Farnham, E. B. Morgan, 0. Archbold, Robert Fellowes, E. Meagan, C. Arkwright, G. Flintier, Sir E. Mundy, E. M. Astell, William Finch, George Neeld, Joseph Austen, Colonel Fitzmaurice, C. Neeld, John Badge, William Floyer, John Newport, Visct. Begot, William Forbes, Wm. Norreys, Lord Bailey, Joseph : Forman, T. S. O'Brien, A. S. Bailey, Joseph, jun. Fox, S. L. Ossulton, Lord Baillie, William . Frewen, C. H. Packe, C. W. Bankes, George Fuller, A. E. Pakington, J. S. Baring, Thomas Gardner, J. D. Palmer, Robert Barrington, Lord Gaskell,J. M. Palmer, G. Baskeiville, T. B. Gladstone, Captain Pilot, Sir Robert •Bateson, Thomas Gooch, E. S. Plamptre, J. P. Bell, Matthew Gordon, Hon. Capt. Pollington, Viscount 13eriett, John Gore, W. 0. Powell, Colonel Bennett, Philip Got e, W. It. 0. Rishleigh, W. Bentinek, Lord G. Goring, Charles Itendlesham, Lord Bentinck, Lord H. Granby, Marquis of Repton, G. W. Blackburne, J. I. Grogan, E. Iticbares, Richard Blackstone, W. S. Hale, R. B. Rollescou, Colonel Blakemore, It. Halibrd, Sir Henry Round, C. G. Boldero, 11. G. Hall, Colonel Round, John Berthwick, Peter Halsey, T. P. Russell, C. Bramston, T. W. Harcourt ,G. G. Ryder, Granville D. Brisco, M. Harris, Hon. Capt. S..nderson, It. Breadley, Henry Heathcote, G. J. Scott, F. Broadwood, H. Heathcote, Sir W. Seymer, H. K. Brooke, Lord Ileneage, E. Shaw, F. Brownriege, J. S. Henley, J. W. Sheppard, T. Bruges, W. H. Hildyard, T. B. Sheridan, R. B. Buck, Lewis W. Hill, Lord E. Shirley, E. J. Buller, Sir J. Y. Hinde, J. H. Shirley, E. P. Buller, Sir T. Hodgson, F. Slbthorp, Colonel Burroughes, H. N. Hodgson, It. Smith, Abel Campbell, S:r H. Holmes, W. AT. Smyth, Fir H. Carew, W. H. Pole Hope, Sir J. Sotheron, T. 11. S. Castle+ eagh, Vise. Hope, Alexander Spooner, Richard Cayley, E. S. Hotham, Lord Spr; , Sla S. Chandos, Marq. of Houldswerth, T. Stanley, E. Cnelea, Vise. Hudson, G. Stuart, J. Cholinondeley, 11. Horst, R. H. Tailor, Capl do Christoiiher, R. A. Hussey, Thomas Taylor, J. A. Chu , chill, Lord A. S. ingestre, Viscount Thompson, Ald. Lhute, W. L. W. Inglis, Sir It. Thornhill, G. Clayton, It. R. Jollilie, Sir W. H. -Tollemache, J. Clifton, J. T. Jones, Captain Tower, C. Clive, Vise. limbic, H. 'I todope, Sir J. Cole, 11. A. Kerrison, Sir E. Trotter, John Collett, W. R. Knight, F. W. Tyli ell, Sir J. Colquhoun, John Knightley, Sir C. Vyse, it. 11. E. 11. Colvile, C. R. Law, lion. C. E. Vyvyan, Sir R. It. Compton, 11. C. Lawson, Andrew Vs acldin3 ton, H. S. Coote, Sir C. M. Lennox, Lord G. H. Walpole, S. H. Courtenay, Lord Leslie, C. P. Walsh, Sir J. H. Davies, D. A. S. Lockhart, W. Williams, T. P. Deedes, W. Long, W. Wodehouse, E. Deidson, W. J. Lopez, Sir R. Worcester, Marquis Denison, E. B. Lowther, Sir J. H. Wiiirsley, Lord Dick, Q. Lowther, Hon. Col. Wynn, Sir IV. Disraeli, B. Lygon, General Yorke, E. T. Dodd, George 'Mackenzie, T. TELLEIIS. Douglas, Sir H. Mackenzie, W. F. Douglas, J. D. S. Manners, Lord C. Dowdesw ell, W. 31aeleun, Donald Duckworth, Sir J. Manners, Loid John Berestord, Major Newdegate, N. PREPARATIONS FOR TUE EXECUTION OF WICKS.— Thisrnorning workmen commenced putting up the barriers in front of Newgate for the execution of the unforttmate young man Wicks. Almost opposite where the drop will be placed a large house is being rebuilt, so that, unless some strong precautions are taken, it is on highly probable serious accidents may occur from persons getting the scaffolding. MILITARY LEGISLATORS.—In th elHo use OCo m mons there are two Admirals, one General, one Lieutenant -General seven Major-Generals, twenty- two Colonels, thirty-two Lieutenant-Colonels, seven - Majors, sixty-seven Captains of the Army and Navy, twelve Lieutenants, and two Comets. In all, one hundred N a fitty-three law-makers with a direct interest in the consumption oh gunpowder. FRESH BEAR'S REAsE.--Ye‘terday, a 18112 e i:eur W3B drawn through the streets of the metropolis, which it was announced was about to be slaughtered , and the public Invited to purchase grew et Is. per QUM.