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THE NUN, LONDON, SAT:TYRDAY'ErENIING, A'PRIL 4, 1846. ElCaitt, VIM? ti? !AZT SZVEZ 31'A:fat:MEI MntOlTte twould hire a contrary effect, he should give it his m o st t"-4 , ready , us 3 vols,, with Illustrations, 31s. ed. bound, i determined opposition. The Bill gave the Lord Lieu- NARRATIVE OF THE tenant of Ireland arbitrary power and unlimited authority. TaAVELS of LADY HESTER STANHOPE. If instead of proposing such a Bill as the present, they were RELATED BY HER PHYSICIAN. to make an alteration in the law of landlord and tenant in Farming, Ireland, give to the people of that country a greater frail-- THE COMPLETION OF HER MEMOIRS. Orders received by all Booksellers. aim., and more representative s , an d compensation to tenants irellrY Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. for improvements, allow an extension to the Ulster Tenant Act, and impose an absentee tax, they would then do some real good for Ireland. Captain OSBORNE seconded the amendment. He believed that the measure was not calculated to answer the objects it had in view, but that it would increase the misery of the people of Ireland. The House was afterwards addressed by Mr. Sidney Her bert, Lord J. Russell, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Seymour, Mr. Butler, and Mr. R. A. Fitzgerald. On the motion of Mr. CAREW, the debate was adjourned. The remaining orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past Oue o'clock. To be had at all the Libraries, T HE NEW NOVE L S. BY POPULAR AUTHORS. JUST -65113U1t.N. CONFESSION'S OF A. PRETTY WOMAN. By Miss PARDOE, Authoress of " The City of the Sultan." THE ROBERTSES ON THEM TRAVELS. Br Mrs. TROD LOPE. ILI. PEERS AND PARVENUS. By Mrs. GORE. THE CITIZEN OF 11:i.A.GUE. IV: Zdited by MART HOWITT. Second Edition. r V. SIR ROGER DE OVERLEY, A Tale of tke Court of Charles 11. By the Auttwr Maids of Honour." VI. THE QUEY,N OF ' DR.NMARIC (Caroline Matilda, Sister o George III.) ; an Hlstorice.l Romance, founded on the private com municatior.s of her Majesty's Cliamberlain. Ileriry!burn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RAILvrAy SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSttP. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAme Sll, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their irrienda and the Public tor their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAT, at One o'clock„ at the Ball or Uominerce, Threadneedle -street, London, to which place all fa"ur4 coat tiring Instructions, are respectfully requested to be adds eased. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa initiation 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 LAST NIGHT BEFORE EASTER. (BY DESIRE.) THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, Will be performed Verdi's highly successful Opera, entitled, NINO, _ . igloo, Signor Fornasarl ; Idaspe, Signor Corelli; Orotasphe, Signor Botelli ; Fenena, Mdlle. Corbari ; Abigail, Mdlle. Sanchioli. To be followed by the Divertissement of UN BAL SOUS LOUIS XIV. In which Mdlles. Lucile Grahn and Louise Tagliool will appear. In the coarse of the Evening, a New Pas de Trois, by Mdlles Louise. Taglion', Petit Stephan, and M. Perrot ; and the admired Cracovienne, by Mdlle. L. Gratin. . .... After which, the Last Scene of LA SONNAMBULA. Arnina, IlacLime Castellon. To conclude with EOLINE ; ou, La Dryade. Arranged by bl Perrot, in Three Tableaux. Principal characters by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, M. Perrot, Mdme. Petit Stephan, M. Dl Mattia, &c. In the course of the Ballet, a Vale Silessienne, by the Corypbees ; Pas de la Flanc6e, by Mdlle. Lucile G-ahn, supported by Mdlles. Moncelet and Ca.ssan ; Mazourka d'Extase, by Mdlle. L. Grahn and M. Perrot ; Grand Pas de Dryades, Aidlte. L. Urabn, and the corps de ballet. rtIMA IRE ROYAL, OIiUUY-I,ANE. The Last Night of performing before Easter, being for the IiENEFIr OF MADLLE. MARIA. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS, The principal charaoters will be sustained by Messrs. W. liar- Burdini, lionicastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King, 31iss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. Between th,3 First and Second Acts of the Opera, Madlle. Maria and M. Desplaces will introduce their celebrated PAS DE DEIIX, from the Ballet of " La Tarantula." _ _ After which, ;tiew Fairy Ballet, called THE ISLAND NYMPH, In which Mons. Desplaces, 31.dlles. Neodot, Louise, Adele, Zgldme. Giubilei, &c., will appear. 111 3 :ATR IC ROYAL, HAYMARKET. The Last Night of performing before the Hotalus. ben for the BENEFIT OF MRS. GLOVER. THIS EVENING Iv;11 he performed a New and Original Coll7edy, called, A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cymon Fox*ll, Mr. Webster; Mora craft, Mr. W. Ferree: Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. 11. Holl; Horace Waldgrave, Hudson ; Schnei denuar.n, Mr. J. Bland; Thomas, Mr. Brind ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover ; Selina Coverdale, Miss JUN Bennett ; Emmeline, Mrs. Seyraolr. The Mind will perform the Overtures , La Symphonic.," an Neige ;" a Fantasia, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop, id • Autoinetto,"Cellarias Waltz. Atter which, a CONCERT. In which Mr. John Parry will the Romance of " Fayre Rosamond,. :" and Mrs. A. Newton, a new Son 7, entit " Front an Orient CYane." Signor Sivori will perform Le Tremolo," on the Violin ; "Mons. Godefroid, "Le Carnival di Venls, - _ , ," with Variations, on the Harp Pianoforte, Mr. H. Glover. To conclude with the Cornett. , of rHE LOVE CHASE. Sir Wrn I•ekilove, Mr. 'lll:airy ; Wilisrake, Mr. Webster; Master Waller Mr. Howe; Trueworth, Mr. Stuart; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover Con stance, Mrs. Seymour ?, and Lydia, by a Young Lady. T ILEA TIC& ROYAL, LYeE UM • UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MIS. KEELEY. GENERAL TOM THUMB having, on each appearance in the Bur kintio of " Hop o' my Thumb," been welcomed with most en thusiaitic shouts of applause, and excited the astonishment are a sprobation of an elegant and delighted auditory, by his aimoc, Ineredlble Dimi,tutive Person and his equally Incredible Mind the Management has much pleasure in announcing his Per. formatter for every Evening till further notice. TillS EVENING The performances will comlnencesviih; New and Original Comm Drama, In Three Acts, called HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prii,• cl )31 characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, A. Wigs', Diil4ear, Silver, ant Keeley; Miss Villars, Miss Howard, Mrs. A Wigan, Miss Forster, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled HOP 0' MY TUUMB ; or, The Ogre and It's Seven-Leagw P.oots. In which General Torn Thumb, who is engaged espressl3 for this occasion, will have the honour of making his appearance. To conclude with TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY. Cha racters by Messrs. V. Mathews, Meadows, Kinloch, and Turner , Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Arden, and Mrs. Wigan. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. THEATRE ROYAL THIS EVENING Will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Aga. In which Messm Paul Bedford, Wright, 0. Smith, Selby. Stoker; Madame Celeste, Mrs. E. Yarnoid, and Miss Woolgar will perform._ . . _ After which the new interes!lng Drama, called THE CABIN BUY. Mons. Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Lar.recettf, Mr. Paul Bed lord t Julien, Madame Celeste; Mdlle. Laroche, Miss Woolgar. In the course of the Evening, a Tableau from the Drama of J....CK SHEPPARD, with the favourite Chaunts of " Jolly Nose," ant " Nix, my Dolly." Blucekin, Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEN I • YOGI: WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun, Mr. Wriwht ; Isaac Cratit, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews Mr.a. Iloneybun, Miss Woolgar. NuESS'S THEATRE, OXEMW-STMEE'r Last Week of the celebrated Artistes, Madame VESTRIS an( Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS. 'fFIIS EVENING Will be performed a New Vaudeville Comedy, entitled, THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. Duke de Chartres, Mr.J. Vining; Count de Drissae, Mr. Harris ; Dr. Druggendraft, Mr. Compton ; Pierre Pallioz, Mr. C. Mathews; Mdlle. Duval, Miss E. Honner ; Duchess do Chartres, Madame Vestris. Ater which the favourite Comedy, entitled ONE HOUR ; or, A 'am! val Ball. Mr. Charles Swiftly, Mr. C. Mathews ; O'Leary, ..:iillins ; Miss* Dalton, Madame Vestris. To be followed by (ninth time) a New Comic Drama, entitled, THE. DREAMER. Count de Florville, Mr. James Yining; Sir George Dormer, Mr. Charles Mathews; Col. Sheldrake, Mr. Wynn; Cherie , . Sed 1 ey, Mr. Harris; Gage, Mr. Oxberry ; Lady Belton, Mrs. Stirling. To which will be added, the popular Farce of TEDDY THE ILLER. Teddy Mullowney, Mr. Collins. NEW STRAND THEATRE. PHILLIPPE'S SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES. THIS EVENING, S kTURDAY, APRIL 4, M. PRILLIPPE will give his extraordinary MAGICAL DELUSIONS. Being ti:r the Benefit of the CHIARINI FAMILY, and positively the Last Night of his perrormances until Easter. . Doors open at a quarter past Seen, to commence at a quarter before Eight' Stalls, 31.; Boxes, 23. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 64.; Fr'vate Boxes, I/. Is.. and 11. I is. 6d ASLLFY'i ROYAL AMPIIITHJLATIa. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. ro4itlvcly the last Week before the Easter Holidays. Immense _Novelty, which will cemhino the attractive Entertainments ex• pressly prepared by Royal Command, on the occasion of the V:sii of her most gr./eons Majesty the queen, Prince Aihert, and tln Princess Royal to the Amphitheatre on Tuesday, the 24th instant The last Six Representations of " The Elephants of the Pagoda." Tills EVENING Will be performed the Grand Spectacle, entitled THE RAJA OF AorOP.E ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which tht a hole res. , urces of the F stablishment will be introduced. Ilrilliant Scenes of the Circle, in which Mr. Baby will have tie I.ononr of appea7ing with his celebrated Arabian mare Beda, on •a•h.),p, performances Royalty has beeta pleased to bestow the most in.trke,l encomiums. The whole, taconc!ude with a Novel Afterpiece. Sir HENRY HARDINGE and Sir HITCH GOUGH, as we stated yesterday, are to be raised to the Peerage, and, in accordance with the usual practice, they will be tbrther rewarded with pensions for their own lives and the lives, probably, of the two next heirs. To these ' honours and pensions the people of this country will give their hi arty concurrence, and they would also be gra tified if a mark of royal favour, and something also more substantial, were conferred upon Sir H. SMITH, fcr his admirable generalship displayed at Aliwal, and the striking influence which the remarkable victory gained at that place had upon the military operations that fol lowed. The battles of Moodkee and Ferozeshah wer. as glorious in every respect as they could be un der such circumstances ; but the generals were crippled for want of means : they had neither heavy artillery nor a command of cavalry, nor a suffi eiont quantity of ammunition to follow up their victories, and the consequence was, that not only the Seikhs, but the native population of India, began to suspect that no advantages had been gained, and that a renewal of the contest might lead to the most serious results. The batte of Aliwal, however, left no doubt whatever that a decisive victory had been gained, and gained too, in a way which established the vast superiority of the English General, as well as the in domitable bravery of the troops under his command_ This could not fail to have a powerful moral effect upon the armies, Anglo-Indian as well as Seikh, which fought at Sabraon. To this distinguished officer, as well us to those who served under him, honours and rewards are due, and the public will, therefore, be glad to see from .he Gazette of Friday that promotions in consequence have been granted to many of the commissioned officers; but the people of England would like to see the system of rewards for noble services carried much further, and the humble soldier made to share in them, along with those who led them on to victory. The devotion of the men, natives as well as English, is admitted on all hands to have been rarely or never equalled. In the battles of the 21st and 22d of December, we are only astonished that they were able to fight at all. They were fatigued —worn out by long marches ; they were without food, and almost faint from want of water ; they had a formidable enemy to encounter, an enemy, whose fame tad extended over the whole of Hindostan, supported, too, by batteries of heavy guns in a strong position; they fought at every disadvantage, yet, alike forgetting their sufferings, and disdaining the bribes of the nemy, they rushed to the contest, and achieved, ,hough with enormous loss, almost an unexpected vic :,ory. In these battles the stern firmness and daring :ourage of the men did nearly the whole work, for here was little room for the display of maracuvrea ; and 'n them, therefore, the country would be glad to ste something more substantial conferred than votes of thanks. The turn which affairs, too, have taken, attri outable in a great measure to the gallantry of the trot p„ enders some fair compensation of the kind more neces. .ary. The chief city of the Punjaub, unlike that of iinde, has escaped capture ; the treasures of gold end Aver, and valuable jewels, of which such a large amount was taken at Hyderabad, will remain Kith the original possessors, and the victorious troop: are thus deprived of a rich booty, to which _hey were entitled. We therefore trust that the East India Company, as wk 11 as -the Government, will Ake these circumstances into consideration, and vote ouch grants to the officers and privates as may be con adered a just compensation and a fair reward for'deeds which have, to all appearances, brought a hazardous .var to a speedy and glorious conclusion, and saved the Company millions of additional expenditure. Mr. O ' CONNELL last night moved an amendment upon the first reading of the Protection of Life (Ireland) Bill, and made a long speech in support of it. The amcnd nent ;admits and deplores the existence of outrage ia Ireland, and urges the eradication of its causes, in the place of the measure demanded by the Government. this eradication he considers may be effected by various measures, such as, first and chiefly, will prevent the abuses of property, and especially .hose connected with the clearance system; and next, others that will confer equal rights, Franchises, and protectio❑ upon the Irish with those which are enjoyed by the English, will give a greater number of representatives to Ireland, an im proved corporation reform, as well as a more just distri bution of the Church temporalities, an alteration in the ;rand jury laws, and an impartial administration of justice. The first thing that strikes us is, that assum lig the efficacy of the — remedies here suggested for the social regeneration of that country, their sweeping cha racter, and the importance of each is such, that before all or any of them can become the law of the land, much more before their anticipated effects could be realised, the horrible crimes conceded by Mr. O'CONNELL 70 be now deluging five of the Irish counties will con inue unrepressed. It must be remembered that the Government stands charged with the execution of the taw ; they announce to Parliament that the law is vie ently outraged, beyond their power of vindicating it, and demand increased means for effectuating the same. If life is sacrificed both by night and by day, and this through the confederation of midnight assassins, the irdinary functions of the law being established to be insufficient to suppress these outrage:, v hat Parliament can hesitate to arm Go vernment with means adequate for the purpos:! ? Lord J. RUSSELL will not incur the responsibility o; withholding the necessary appliances. Some or the provisions may be too stringent, bat the fearful evils to be grappled with demand no ordinary remedies. These ire matters of detail, and are such as, we think, however adhered to or modified in Committee, the Government will feel it to be their duty to accept as Parliament may decide. It should not be forgotten, however, that if this stringency be too much paired down, so that the sequel should prove the measure to be almost in- THE WEATHER.—SU OFFICE, APRIL 4. KMOBIETER, Lowest, 41; Highest, 54; Noon, 48 BAROMETER, 29.58.—W1ND E.; raining all day. ,turf WATER AT LONDOS-BRIDGE Tills DAY. M •••riltir •• 17 minutes after 7. I Evening .. 47 minutes after 7 ig • „,, ,•m(), •• SECOND EDITION. )perative, much responsibility will be incurred by .hose who suffer their legislative timidity to defeat the lighest ends of philanthrophy. Such a result would be ven worse than what we have at present to deal with ; for the midnight assassins, when they learn that Parlia ment has legislated against them, yet ineffectually, will imbibe a greater contempt fur the authority of the law, and promptly spread their machinations, till ;hey involve the length and breadth of the lansl in the meshes of the;r fearful organisation. At the same time, we most fully agree with Lira JOHN RUSSELL, that Government cannot too speedily render Parliament practically alive to their sincerity in removing any just cause of complaint the Irish may have against us, by producing as well measures of a healing and conciliatory spirit as those of coercion. In ?articular, we hold that the Bill announced by the Earl Of ST. GERMANS, to be prepared for bettering the rela tionship of landlord and tenant, should be amongst the earliest of those to be laid on the table of either House of Parliament. This is a subject that has now been long under consideration. The clearance system is emphatically declared by Air. O'CONNELL to be the mainspring of the Irish crimes ; he stated that, in Tipperary alone, more than one hundred and fifty thousand persons have been evicted from their holdings within the last five years. If such be the case, the state of that county is, indeed, ttle to be wondered at. Sir JAMES GRAHAM has paid, that if the landlords persevere in this con duct, the Legislature must interpose. Why, then, has such procrastination been suffered, that pro bably not till after Easter will even the first reading be given to any Bill affecting this •übject ? The great struggle in Ireland is for laml: exorbitant rents are demanded, proportioned to the keenness of the competition and the extent of debt with which the greater part of the landed property is encum bered, by reason of the improvident spirit that has fur years characterised the higher, not less than the lower orders of that country. The consequence is that the tenant cannot cultivate and enjoy a fair and profitable remuneration for his labuur. Ilence the produce which he has, with; his limited means, reared is exported to our markets, overflowing with capital, and Ireland is left without the ineul culabla advantages of home consumption. What regard can the Irish peasant have in favour of our legislation, when one moment he fiuds himself standing in the midst of the overflowing bounties of the soil, which he has helped to develupe, and the next sees them carried to other shores, whilst he is left, with his offspring, to exit on what amounts to little short of starvation? If the agrarian system is, as we ourselves believe, the prolific source of crime, no time can be so opportune as the present for entering upon wholesome legislation on this branch of Irish calamities, when so largo a sum has been voted for the furtherance of wt rkt of public utility, by which, in corm, stun with the , forma tion of railroads : a comiderab'e opet‘i , g wi;l he efforcl:- , d for the employment of the redu dant population, till the source of the ev:l we have pointed out is reached by salutary Parliamentary paper, No. 179, just issued by order of the House of Commons, affords us a most harrowing category of the recent homicides in Ireland. Most of these atrocious deeds have been chronicled in The Sun as they were perpetrated, together with their most im portant details, such as the causes of the different out rages, the suspicions as to the assassins, and the atrocities which accompanied the assaults. Nevertheless, it cannot but be productive of good in the formation of the most effectual and appropriate remedies for the prevention of such heinous guiltiness, if we cast a comprehensive, though cursory, glance over the aggregate of such ini quities when presented to us in a simple and classified cluster, such as this official document. The benefit to our deductions by a retrospective survey of this nature must be twofold. Firstly, it will el i dence more forcibly than heretofore the hideous depravities, the general insubordination, and the dangerous audacity which stimulate the most law less of the Irish population to the perfcrmance of mur- ders the most ruthless and the most dastardly, and which consequently places the lives of the more peaceable members of the community in imminent peril; by which means the necessity for some immediate and efficacious interference on the part of the Government will become more apparent than ever. Secondly, it will tend to en lighten us as to the social grievances from which these efforts at assassination spring ; by which knowledge a clue may be discovered which may conduct us to the very root of the evil. Acting upon this principle, the Legislature would instantly stay the progress of a great moral disease ; it would not potter over the social condition of millions by endeavouring simply to destroy the ejects, while the causes were entirely overlooked. The heads of the dire hydra would no longer be lopped off to spring forth anew ; its heart would be assailed : the further development of murder would be prevented oy striking at the point in which that arch-sin is germinated, and from which every successive instance of its perpetration radiates. Our object, therefore, is to assure ourselves that a prodigious evil really does require eradication in Ireland. Surely, if we are not convinced of this grievous "fact" already, a moment's examination of the Parliamentary document to which we have re :'erred will fill our minds with that most lamentable con viction. The paper consists of " Extracts made by Colonel SPGREcon from the police reports, stating the particulars of the principal homicides in Ireland in the years 1845 and 1846, and forwarded to the home-office by him." From these extraordinary extracts upwards of thirty of tie most diabolical assassinations, or attempts at assassination, may be selected ; bludgeoning, shooting, strangling, drowning, on the high road, in the daylight, and at midnight. Sometimes the murderers are single, sometimes in bands ; sometimes they have been discovered, some times they have escaped ; but the cause of almost every outrage has been surmi.,ed. One unfortunate gentleman is shot dead while returning with his children from church on a Sunday morning; another person is struck down suddenly with a musket-ball chile seated with his family at supper ; a venerable lady, nearly blind with extreme age, is seized by a party of ruffians, a pistol is snapped in her face, and she is beaten over the head ; the corpse of another individual is dragged from a ditch ; some are found by hedge-sides with their brnins crushed out of their skulls, while others are riddled through and through with bullets. Is it pos sible, after these terrific_ disclosures, to doubt the exigent state of Ireland, And the absolute duty impose'i upon Parliament fur some immediate interposition ? b there not crime enough to arouse the most sluggish Go- vernment to exertion ? Does not humanity, - does n religion, does not human policy itself, call out for a powerful preventative ? Our next object is to discern, if possible, the reasons by which the marauders have been actuated, as by so doing we shall perceive the incite ments there are to the commission of these whole sale murders, and, by inference, the - means by which those incitements may be destroyed, or, at the least, negatived. To these deduction:, the Parliamentary paper before us affords a ready ac cess ; and after a careful inspection of its particulars we are induced to ascribe the generality of the homi. cides to one or other, or occasionally a combination, of the following causes:—Animosity excited by the pro ceedings of magistrates, police-officers, or other agents of the executive —revenge against those who have given evidence in courts of law by which peasants have been convicted of any offence—hatred inspired towards those landlords who have ejected one or more individuals from their pro perty, or otherwise dealt harshly with their tenantry— or, finally, from a feeling of jealousy on the part of a tenant who has been ejected from his tenement, and for the idle gratification of which jealousy the subsequent occupant is assaulted. There are, undoubtedly, stray casi:s to which no satisfactory reason can be ascribed, or in which the assa - lant has been impelled to the act by a complex or individual interest. But to the mass of the homicides already reported in The Sun, and recorded in this official document, one or other of the four causes just enumerated are applicable. We say this after a most careful consideration of the matter. The murders in Ireland are attributable either to a feel ing of dislike as to the mode in which justice is ad ministered, or to some circumstance in which the interests of landlord and tenant are placed in antagonism. Disease and destitution tend, no doubt, to heighten the malady, and to render its recurrence more frequent. Hence , , the removal of sickness and penury must necessarily ac company any scheme that may be propounded by our Legislators for the removal of this frightful evil. The Government must be rendered more accordant to the p )pular mind ; the question of landlord and tenant must be thoroughly analysed. We could cull many terrific proofs of what we have de clared from the pages of this " report ;" this, however, would be a needless repetition of crimes, with the particularsof which the public are already farni- liar. The plan which should be adopted towards Ireland should be animated by a faith in the resources and real integrity of the nation ; a hope for her ultimate regene ration, and a charity towards her people. The Madrid Gazette of the 27th nit. contains a royal decree, by which the kingdom is divided into electoral dis tricts, agreeably. to the provisions of the new Act for the election of representatives. A general belief prevailed that the Cortes would be forthwith dissolved, and that a general election would soon take place. It was said that General RoNcau had been appointed Governor of Cuba, in the roo.r of General O'DoNNELL, who was to be Minister of War. According to accounts from the provinces, the manifesto of the new Cabinet was received with much apathy, and tran quillity prevailed. On the 27th the Three per Cents. closed at 32 1 for cash, and 32 9-16 fur the 30th of April. The Five per Cents. were not quoted. We have accounts from Lisbon to the 30th of March On the 20th the Minister of the Interior bronlit into the Chamber of Deputies a Bill for appointing the ICING CONSORT, in the event of the demise of the QUEEN, Regent during the minority of the heir apparent. This Bill is in contravention of the 90th article of the Charter, and met with strong opposition from a few Members, but was ultimately adopted by a large majority. A special Commission had been appointed for the purpose of re vising the tariff of import duties, and sugggesting such alterations in it as may be thought expedient. M. FON SECA MAGALHAES, formerly Minister of Foreign Affairs. has been named President. In the French Chamber of Deputies the debate on the commercial treaty with Belgium was brought to a close on the 4th, when all the articles were adopted by a maj3rity of 209 to 36. The principal feature of interest in the discussion was a speech of M. GUIZOT, relative to the great commercial measures now before the British House of Commons ; and we regret to find that he ap. pears to be still much attached to the prohibitive system or to very high duties, which have nearly the same result. lie admires the comprehensive and mighty changes pro posed by Sir ROBERT PEEL; but, while he admits that they are adapted for England. he can see in them little or nothing for France to imitate. A brief outline of his remarks will be read with interest. "I cannot," said he, leave the tribune without dying a word or two on the question alluded to on the previous day by the Minister of Commerce. In the reform proposed by Sir R. PEEL there are two distinct questions—a social reform, which is to bear on the domestic constitution of Eng!and, and a manufac turing reform, which regards her relations with other Powers. In England the manufacturing population is far more considerable than the agricultural one, and this disproportion goes on constantly increasing. The con dition of the English working classes is exceedingly severe, as they with difficulty suffice for their (Lily wants. This condition is, besides, exceedingly variable, precarious, and subject to considerable oscillatitns. The severity of this condition, and the perils to which it is incessantly exposed, have for a length of time attracted the attention of the English statesmen, and particularly of Sir R. PEEL. It is the strong desira which he feels to ameliorate the condition of the working classes that has induced the Right Hon. Baronet to undertake the work, the success of which all humane minds mutt 06- sire to behold accomplished. (Here Ito was loudly cheered by M. DE iiASPAININ .) law certain t thi, cheer only cxpr• 5,.,s the sen. in ,•7-:t of the whole Cfinmher, for every one must f , e aux Otis to see measures succeed, the obj-et of which is to improve the condition of the work ing classes.—(t° Yee," exclaim. d a Mt mher, " if rot at our expense.') Titere mee.ing in the Project of Sir H. PEEL that is to be accomplished at our expense. He has three objects—to lower the price of provisions, to assure constant labour, and to set a curb en commer cial fluctuations. The plan imposes some :sacrifices certainly on agriculture, but they are such as it can sup port. I am convinced, also, that Sir P. REEL desires to carry out his measures, without altering the principles 'of the constitution of his country. lle is well aware that the landed aristocracy, which has hitherto made the grandeur of England, cannot be sacrificed to the manu facturing interests ; he has merely endeavoured to re store the equilibrium between these two influences, and everything leads to the expectation that he wit com pletely succeed.—(Hear, hear.) The second part of his plan aims at increasing the trade ef England with foreign powers. Such art extension will add to the influence of his country, will contribute much to preserve peace, and will be advantageous to the consumer. Sir H. PEEL, in effecting this second part of his reform, by no means abolishes all protective duties ; he merely applies his new plan to such branches of manufactures as can support competition with the produce of other nations. He has retained protection on all articles which re quire it. The first part of his plan is not applicable amongst us—it is a noble spectacle, but it does not affect us, for in what does our situation resemble that of Eng land ? Our manufacturing population is not perhaps as well off as it might be, but it is not in the position of the same class in England ; our working population, be sides, is principally agricultural, and this class, which is more fortunate in its condition than our manufacturing workmen, is also far better off than the English agri cultural population. We may, therefore, admire the so cial reform in Eegland, but it holds out nothing fur us to imitate. As to the second part—the commercial portion of the reform, we can only imitate it partially and gra dually. We must continue to protect such branches of our manufactures as require support, and which a sudden reduction in our duties would not fail to annihi late. I have signed eight treaties, and all are conceived in this spirit. 'We shall persist in this course prudently and cautiously, and you may be certain that we shall reap the fruits of our proceedings. These doctrines seemed to meet with the general approbation of the Chamber, and we may therefore conclude that the Legislature, unless driven to a more liberal policy by the sufferings and losses of the vine growers, and by the continued decay of the shipping interest, will for some years adhere to the protective system. It is gratifying, however, to see several of the journals displaying more knowledge of commercial policy. The Journal des Debars is liberal in that respect, and disapproves of the latter remarks of the Minister, which refer to reform in the Custom house system. "M. GUIZOT," it says, "is of opinion that within the last ten or fifteen years wo have pro ceeded sufficiently fast in the road of commercial liberty. We hare several times expressed a different opinion. M. GUIZOT'S conclusion is, that we ought to continue to proceed in the same course ; we prefer, we state sincerely, a more decided tystem." The Moniteur contains a dispatch from Marshal Btr- GEAUD, dated Algiers, March 2.5, but it contains no in telligence of interest. We subjoin some miscellaneous extracts from the 4411 LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1546. The Lords met last evening, and sat for a short time, but transacted no business of importance. The SPEA KEIL took the chair at Four o'clock. The Sm..Katt informed the House that the securities for the prosecution of the petition against the return for Brid port were unexceptionable. Mr. HAWES gave notice of his intention, on Monday next, to move that all proceedings on the North-Kent Railway Dill should be stayed, until the report was made of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into those lines of railway the termini of which were proposed to be in the City. Several Railway Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed. IlAwEs, on the bringing up of the report from the Committee on the petition for leave to introduce the Cale donian xtension Railway Bill, moved, "That the report be referred back to that Committee, with an instruction to t hem to entertain the petition of WILLIAM MAXWELL ALEX ANDER and others, sworn witnesses upon it. After some discussion strangers were ordered to withdraw, bat no division took place, in consequence of the opposition to the motion being withdrawn. The motion was consequently agreed to. Mr. PLIDIFTREE gave notice of his intention, after Easter, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Act for the FrulOwinent of the Roinaa Catholic College of Maynooth. ' Qir R Plat., in answer to a question from Mr. J. CoLLErr, t i c would state on Monday for what period he should t Howe should adjourn for the Easter holidays. (i.i. ti Lim moved the resumption of the adjourned 4leiiat a on the first reading of the Irish Life and Property Mr. O'CoNNELL then moved as an amendment—" That whit,: the House deplores the existence of outrage sn Ireland, sad is sinc..rely anxious for its repression, :t is of opinion that ouch oitteage will be aggravated, not removed, by the arLi irary. unjust, and unconstitutional enactments of this Bill, and that it is the duty of Parliament to adopt such measures ma will tend to eradicate the causes which produce these crines, instead of resorting to laws which will harass and oppress the innocent, without restraining lan d which, guilty, which, being restrictive of p u bli c liberty, cannot fail to augme nt national discontent." Il e was happy , to hear the ;Ri g ht Honourable Baronet at e headof the Home Mpartwent, on moving the first reading o f t h e Bill th e other ' night, admit that the murde rs and crimeg that bad been perpetrated in Ireland were not of Jitical, sectarian, or religious character. In Ireland, if any eeercion Bill was required, it was upon the landlords, and riot the peasantry. His motion was directed to remedies ; he std not deny the murders that had taken place. It was toe true that great crimes had been perpetrated in Ireland, an if he thought this Bill would remedy the evils, no one would b_t more ready to support it than himself; but believing that papers : " The review at Vincennes took place on Wednesday. The King, accompanied by a numerous staff of Generals and other officers, including those of his military household, ar rived at Vincennes at half-past twelve o'clock, and was re ceived by General Lvautey, the Commandant of the School of Artillery, Colon-l - Perignon, and the Duke de Montpen sier. Ilis Majesty amd the 4th regiment of artillery, of which the Duke de biontpensier is Lieutenant-Colonel, and which is about to leave Vincennes immediately for Lyons, the 4th battalion of the Chssseurs of Orleans garrisoned at Vincennes, and detachments of the other regiments of infan try composing the 1 . -Ichool, ranged under arms and in due crder. Having rode along the ranks, the King took his sta tion in front of the Castle, while the troops filed off before him. After being three hours on horseback, repeatedly cheered by the most warm and animated acclamations, he re-entered his carriage, and returned to the Tuileries, where he arrived at half-pas', five o'clock. " The Prince de Joinville arrived at Lorient on the even ing of the 28th ult. On the next day he visited the arsenal, and was to leave in the evening for Brest. " Lord Brougham arrived on Wednesday at the Hotel Meurice. "By a letter from St. Etienne of Monday afternoon we learn that order hiral been restored, and the miners had retired to their homes. It appears that the disturbance was occasioned, in the first instance, by a dispute between the directors of the mine Gagne-Petit and the foreman or governor, as he is called, named Ogier; but on Saturday this man had apologised, and it was suppos2d that the dispute was at an end, when his nephew busied himself with exciting the miners to revolt. The men them came to an understanding with the workmen of the Montet mine, and they all refused on Monday morning to go to their work. `Eight of them were therefore arrested by the gendarmerie, and were being conducted to prison, when their companions, aided by their veives and some of the populace, made serious attempts to rescue theni. Some troops of the line, under the command of General Gharron, were called to the assistance of the gendarmes ; a:id, being compelled by the . fury of th e i r assa il ants to f i re, the calamitous result mentioned by the Message, took place. The C'ourrier Lyon of fuesday states that the mayor, M. de Furens, had Ins clothes pierced by several bullets, and that General Charron was struck sev era l t i mes b y stones thrown by the workanen and their partisans. We learn from Warsaw, that on the 2 ith ult. a proclama tion was published announcing that the Government had ordered to be confiscated, for the benefit of the State, all the estates and other property in the province of Lublin belong ing, or hereafter to belong, to Pantaleon Potocke, to Prous cliewsk i, and Zarski , leaders of the late revo l t i n t h e town of Siedlce. M. E. Dobryez , a rich mer c h ant o f W arsaw, t4aking on a seditiou s correspondence with fo reigners,an active p art i n the late insurrection. The has been condemned by a court-martial t o b e ex il ed to Si be c e n' per fr.( ". e r3:rin Conts. closed on the P ar i s Bourse on Thursday at T ae s B t 3 ta r. re 7 s, ° 1,.2 ' 75 t f. h ; 3 Rouen, pel,ro3Coef.ll;ts v l9 re,7 1191'. 15e.; tee Orleans Railroad 50e.; Great Northern, %se. 75e. ; Avignon, 931 f. 25 c.; Vierzon, 675 f. Boulogne, 505 f. ; Bordeaux, 645 f. ; Troyes and Mont ereau, 430 f. ; 235 f. ; , : t sDsietp. ;Paris pe,4s7 . d f. i so on s, Paris Domestic Debt, 31. t and Strasburg, 53 0 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 0592 f. 50e.; S panish Three per Cents., 36 ; The following are the quotations for the new lines Lyons and Avignon lt:iilro ad,ompa g ni e lleridionale 503 f. ; ditto Detinitives, (Talabot). 506 f. ; ditt o (Le cointe), 803 f. 50c.; ditto (C 516 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 503 f. 50c. ; ditto ditto Definitives, 561 f. ), ; Charleroi, 4971. 50c. 3iA ( R l. s .: E s p i L e LI e„..t fst.)_, 3 0 1 9 11 51 r . seilles and Avign on, 940 f. LYONS, Mancn 31.—Paris and Orleans, 1,27.5 f. ; llotton, 1,033 f.; Lyons, 5881. 75c. ; Vierzon, 6921 . 3 0c. ; Northern, 707 f. 50c. uuslNEss DONH IN FOREIGII RA ILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 3. Boulfv.ne and Amiens, t 2 % —Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette I)S—Namur and Liege, 24—Orleans (Espekta), 2% —Ceylon, se—Dutch .Rhenish, 5 3—East Ingian, % —Great Northern of France /Constituted, 154 —Louvain and Je -12 Paris and Strasbourg (Constituted), 51. ainnadph,e,,,ralelAia.—xl:uxernbozirg. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DA-r.) COVENT-GA/LIM N. We had large supplies of vegetables, yet a good clearance was effected at low figures. Potatoes from 43 to 8s per cwt ; Turnips, 10d. to 2s; Carrots, as 6d to 5s 6d; Sng Onions, is to 25 ; Greens, is Gd to 2s 9d ; and Leeks, fid pri to Is 2d per dozen bunches; Apples, Is 6d to ss; and Spinach, 4d to 10d per half-sieve; New Potatoes, 2d to 6,1 per ib; Savoys, 6.1 to 10d • and Cauliflow ers , i s 6d to 5s per dozen.; Celery, 8d to 2s ; norse- radish, Is Gd to 4s 6d; Forced Aspa ragus, 4s to 6s; and Rhubarb, 4d to Is 2d per bundle; Oranges, 7s to 16s ; and Lemons, 75 to 101 per 100; Sea kale. is 3d to 3s 6d per punnet; Turnip Greens, Id to 2d; and Brocoli Sprouts, 4d to 8d per bushel; Radishes, 4d to 8d per dozen hands. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. We had a very dull inquiry for each kind of Meat on the following terms:—Beef from 2s 4 , 1 to 3s Gd; Mutton 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s to ss; and I'ork, 3s 4d to 5s per Blbs by the carcase. Turkeys, 4s 6d to 8s 6d; Geese, 4s to 63 6d; Ducks, Is 6d to 2s 6d; tame Rabbits, is 6d to is ; wild ditto, 6d to is; Pigeons, 6d to 10d; roasting Pigs, 6s to 9s; and Guinea Fowls, 2s Gd to as 6d each ; Fowls, 5s to 9s; and Chickens, 3s to Gs per couple; Partridges, Is to 2s; Hares, 3s to 3s 6d ; Woodcocks, 2s to 2s 6d ; Snipes, 6d to 10d; Grouse, Is 6d to 2s; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s; and Widgeons, is 3d to Is Gd each. HIINGERFORD. Although the supplies of most articles on sale were by no means extensive, the general demand ruled heavy, at barely late rates. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d; and Pork, 4s to 5s per Sibs. WHITECILELPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 38 6d ; Mutton, 33 4d to 4s 61 Veal, 4s to ss; and Pork, 3s 4d to 5s per Blbs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbot, 9s to 16s; Brills, 3s to 4s 6d ; Cod Fish, 3 s to 9s; NN hiti ngs , 4d to 8d; Mackerel, 4d to 8d; Lobsters, Is to 3s; and Crabs, 8d to 2s each; Soles, 6d to 3s 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 Is ; and Crimped Scate, 7d, to 9d per lb. RED. The price s o f Wheaten B Bread A in the metropolis are from 83(.1 to gd; of Household ditto, 6101 to 8d per 41bs loaf. T' Market Hid es, 561 b to 6 41bRIDEMARK E , 21d to 3d per lb ; do. 6411, t o 721 b, 3d to 3 1 ,fd; do. 721 b t o 8016 , 3 1 4 d to 3 1 / 0; do. FOlb toBSlb, 35( 2 d to 3;.%d ; do. 8816 to 9616, 33%d to 4d ; do. 9G!b t o 104!b , 4u to 4IAd ; Calf Skins, each, 3s 9d to 7s; Horn hides, 13s; i i; °1 , 1 ;' , (1 1, . 81 3 7 6 1 , 4 1 t 4 o s 4 7 s d 8d to ; 6 L s ani 6d 6s ; , 1 2 1; 9 1 f d - b t r o ed 4 s a , Gd to SW 4s S t h o ea s r s li 16)gds, rtAy WILLIZZLVT3. SNlrrnytELD. — Meadow Hay, 3/ 3s to 418 s; Clover ditto, 41 8s to 5/ Ins • Oat St raw , 11 12s to 11 14s; Wheat Sraw, 1/ 14s t o 11 16s per load. Trade at barely late rates. CUMBERLAND. --meadow H a y, 31 5s to 41 1 - 0 s ; Clover ditto, 4/ to 5! 15s; Oat Straw, 11 Ps to 1114 s; Wheat 4/ 8s to SLraw, 1/14 s to 1/ 16s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggi s h d emand. litTFCHAPI43 , —Meadow Hay, 313 s to 418 s ; Clover ditto, Cl; a t S traw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw 1 14s to 1 6s per l oa d . S upp l y goo d, an d t ra d e d u ll. ; WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, APRIL 3.—We have god arrivals "ail grain to this market. There was a fair attend ance of buyers to-th,y. The hulk of our samples, wheals, were of common qualities, a-id such sold at a decline of Is. per qr. ; and the best samples were rattler worse to sell. Fine barley maintained its price, othe r d escriptions rather lower. In beans no alteration Oats and shelling eac h fully as high. Malt firm, and in good request. EXT RACTIaN OF P ARTICLES FRO M THE E TE .—A German, writer has rec ently proposed, that w h en a f ore i gn bod y , such as a p ar tid e of straw, dust, &c., gets between the eyelids and globe of the eye. but without being infracted, a solution of gum arable dropped i n t o the eye may be advantageously employed for II i , extraction, as the solution does not produce any disagreeable snsaticn. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUAUTER T o 111171 E. The saleA of c ,, tton at Liviapool were nearly 5.600 baley:. The in,trket wa.l quiet, and prices iinc'taiigvd.-T,e Share Alark,t was much ch•pressed, and I.)wcr prices nave been submitted to. The number of Shares actually sold at the mction of Messrs. Lamond's yesterday afternoon wa. 1,560, and among a good as semblage of buy ra more purchasers were observable. A slight im provement in prices occurred, but the Irish shares are still very un saleable :-Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby, 10s.-Buckingharnshire , 11. 3s. 6d.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 13s. 6d.-Shetheld, Buxton, and Leek Potteries, Its. 6d.-South and Midland, 11.- Madrid and Valentia, 19s. 6d.-Derby, tiltoxeter, and Stafford, I/. 12s. 6d.-Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, 19s. 6d.-North Devon, 155.-London and Manchester, Remington's, Its. 6d.-Lendon and Manchester, Rastrick's, 31.-North Cheshire, 11. 55.-Essex and Suffolk, 9s. 6d.-West Riding Union, 21. 4s. 6d.-Grand Trunk, 10s. 6d.-Reading and Reigate, 125.-Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, 145.-Vale of Neath, 1,7. 4s. 6d.-Rugby and Huntingdon, 12s. 6d.- Essex and Suffolk, 10s. The West Indian mail is now about due, and the merchants connected with the trade are most anxious for the letters. As matters, according to the last accounts, were settling down, a large increase of business is calculated upen as a certainty. The measures taken to facilitate the com munication by steam vessels along the coast cf the Southern Pacific must, in time, be of vast ad vanta4e in increasing British influence in that direction, and with it of course the augmentation of our trade. The Governments of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, have most cor dially entered into the plans for the establishment of a regular interchange of mails on the seaboard, and we hear that Mr. Wheelwright, who first set the project on foot for a line of steamers to act in coi,junction with the West India mail steamers, has again left this country in order to carry out the great and important plans originated by him to faci litate the rapid conveyance of advices and passengers be tween Great Britain and the whole of the South American Republics. The Bank returns for the present week give the following results : An increase of 4,7701. in the circulation, or to 27,269,245. An increase in the Rest of 9,9627., or to 3,789,971/. An increase in the Public Deposits of 254,2037., or to 7,319,625/. A decrease in other Deposits of 252,2757., or to 17,103,928/. An increase in other Securities to 22,181,3921. A decrease in the Notes in Banking Department of 349,7951., or to 7,683,6901. The Bullion has amounted to 13,987,5357., being an increase of 22081. in the week. The value of the Consols has been firm at 96%, V, both for Money and the Account. Scarcely a dozen bargains have been entered into this morning. Exchequer-bills have been sold at 255. and at 28s. premium. This has been a blank day, or nearly so, in the Foreign Stock Market; Mexicans have fallen from 32 to 31 3 / 4 ; the Portuguese Three per Cents. have reached 57 1 /, the Spanish Three per Cents. have been bought at 36 1 / 3 f , r the Account; and the Dutch Two-and-a• Half per Cents. at 59%. The Railway Share market, upon the whole, cannot be said to be firm this mornirg, and business is still very slack for Stock as well as tor Scrip. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96 1 4% Consols for Account .• .. • • 9614% Excl.equer Bills. I%cl. 1%(1. 1,0001. .. .... 28 25 pm. 5001. • ... 25 —— pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 32 Ditto, for the Account .. • • 32 31% Ditto, Deferred • . .. • . • • 16 % Portugue: e Three per Cents. • . 57%, Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. .. Ditto, Deferred • . • • .. • . 1614% Ditto, Three per Cent .. • . • • 36% Ditto. for the Account .. . . Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PEE, SHARE. Aberdeen Amber., Notthig.,Bostnn, & EastniJn. Y%.... 1 1 ,4 .. • . to Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush .. 1 sje .• • • %•.•• to Binningham and Gloucester .. —lO9 .. -•— .... to Ditto New (issued at 734 elis.) • • 1734 • • •. 30N . • • • to 31 Bristol and Exeter .. 75 •• •• 84 .. • . to Caledonian .. 10 •• .. 7 .. • • to 6 Cork and Waterford .. .. • . • • 1% •• • • .... to Direct Northern .. • • 2 1 . A; •• • • 1IA)4 34 to Dublin and Galway .. .. • • • • 4 •• • • 1 ••.. to Eastern Counties .. .. 14/. 16s. 0d..... 20% .... to Ditto, York Exteasion 10s. •• • • 1 •• • • to East Linc01n5hire..........134% •• to Great North of England .. .. 100 ....210 •••• to Ditto, New .. .. 5 51 1 ,-- to Ditto New .. .. 5 .... 34 •• • • to Leicester and Birmingham 225. • ... .% die... to Leicester and Bedfurd. .. 225. 1% dis. to Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. .• 2% .. • . 2 to London and Birmingham •• .. 100 ...•220 . .. to 218 Ditto. Thirds .. .. • • .. .. 16 .. 5114 .... to 5214 London and Blackwall • • 161. 13s. 4d. .... 7.74 .... to Loudon and Brighton .. • • •. tO 6234.... to London and Croydon .. 131. 15s. 9(1.....203.4%.. to London and South-Western 411. 6s. 10d. . to Ditto, New .. . 1214 •• 21 to 20 London and York . •••• to 1 London, Salisbury, and - Yeovil 214 • %• • • • to Manch ,ster and Leeds • • • • .. 82 •• • • .. • • to -- Ditto, Fifths .. 2 .... 11 .... to 10% Ditto, Extension .. • • • • • • 425• •• • - 1 % 1l pto Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 • • •••• to Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • .• 1 •• • • 7 • • to 6% Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. 425. .... par •• .. to Midland .. —lOO ....144 .... to Ditto, New 18 ....28% . ..tø__ Ditto, Birmingham and Derby .• 100 .• • .115 .. ••to Newcastle and Darlington Junction •. 25 •• .• 43 .... to Newcastle and Berwick • . .• 10 .... 17% .... to 17 Newark, Sheffield, and Boston • • • • 1% .. • . to North British .. .. •• 20 .... 24 23% to 24% Ditto, Half Shares • • .. .. • 6 •• • • 7% 8.. to 7% Ditto, Carlisle Extension • • •• • 1IA• • • • 1% .. •.to Northampton, Bedford, & Cambridge 425..... l dis to Nortir Kent and Direct Dover • • .. 2% .. • • 1%. .. to North Staffordshire • • • • • • • • 425. •• .. 1% %pto Norwich and Brandon •• .. • • 18 •• • • 22% .... to Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 12%.... 9 .. . to 8% Perth and Inverness • . • • • • -• _2% •• • • 1 •• •• to Scottish Central .. .. 10 .. •. 131 9 •. • • to Shrewsbu.-y - and Birmingham .. 2 .• %.. to South Midland • • • .. 425..... % dis.. to South East ern and Dover .. • • 33%.... 34 .... to Ditto, New, No. 4 •• • • .. 234.... 2 .... to West Riding Union .. .. • • • • 425.•... Ip•• .. to Wilts, Somet Set, and Weymouth .. 2% •• • • Y, .. ••to loll; and No2th Midland .. .. • • 50 .• •• .. to Ditto, Selby* .. 30 .. 72! •• to 71% Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 .... B X . • .. to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. 12 .... 12 .... to lord., Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 .. • . to Ditto, ditto (Es:oelete) .. 2 .. • . 2 .... to Dutch Rhenish .• .. • • .. .. 5 .. . 5%14 .. to East In.ll.in .. • • • • .. ss. •• .• %L to Great Northern orrrance Constituted 5 15 1 / 4 to 14% Luxembourg .. •• .. 4 •• • • 1% .... to Orleans and Bordeaux •• _6 .... 11 .• to Paris and Itcuen •• • • •• 20 .• .• 40 1 7, .... to Paris and Strasbotnrg Constituted .. 3 .• 5% , t4 .. to Sambre and Meuse • • • • .. •• G .• • • 3IA • . to West Flanders MINES Real del Monte, Unregistered • • • • 31,E .... to COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam c..F. 12 9 Gibraltar.. Ditto, at sight •• —.. 12 6 .- Rotterdam ...... '2 U. 12 10 Antwerp .... tlamburgh ......:11..8. 13 15% Leghorn .. i;en0a.............••.. 26 )5 Milan ........... . Venice........ Naples ...... ......•• .39% Paris, 3 days' sight ..... 25 85 Palermo, per oz.. 119 Ditto, 3 months...... 26 10 Marseilles •••• • • • - • . 26 15 Bourdeaux....... —. • • 26 15 Frankfort on Maims.... 122% Petersburgh, 3 Us.. .. .. Berlin .. .. • • .... Vienna, effee. flo •••• • . • 10 11 Trieste, ditto.... ••• .... 10 11 Madrid • • ........ „ 36 Cadiz • • •.. : 364 8i1ba0..... • .. • • „ Barcelona • .. Seville.. ..... Lisbon.. •• ............ 52 Oporto ........ •••.. . • 52% Rio Janeiro ........ • . 24 8ahia................ Buenos Ayres .... New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia -- PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin • • 3 17 5 New Doubloons . ..... 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... . 0 4 9% Ailver in bars ...... • . 0 4 11;k LLOYDS ;SHIPP' LONDON, APRIL 4.--Wind S.S.W DEAL, APRIL 3. Arrd. from Janeiro ; Falcon, Lawson, Alg 1'443-Cl'lllB DAY. r., light airs, and rain. the River, Jessie, Tydeman, Rio oa Bay; Thomas Crisp, Beart, New York; Caroline M`Lean, th, Liverpool, o.iver, and Mariner, Trinidad ; Switzerleurid, Camden, Armstrong,. Leo, Iloldfoil Beckett, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Aron. 3.—Arrd. Jane Drowse, Williams, China. 2. Put back, Gleitarin, Calcutta; Howard, Boston; Norval, St. Petersburgh ; Cosmopolitan, Africa, with loss of spars, &c. LYTHAM, APRIL 3.--It blew a strong gale at W.S.W. from mid night until six A.M..., when it moderated.—The Brian Boru, Ellis, of and for Liverpool. from Fleetwood, came on shore on the Horse Bank at four a.m., vr.th keel broken, and leaky, but is expected off this tide. BRIDLINGTON, ARIL 2. —The Tutelina, of Stockton, from Hartle• pool, in entering this harbour struck on the South Pier this morning, and remains. _ . _ WIVENIIOE, API= 2.—The Robert Ingram, from London to Sutton Bridge, grounded , on the sunk sands yesterday morning, but was assisted off and proceeded. The Rhoda, Price, of this port, and Pilgrim, of Shields, was in contact in the Hallett, 30th ult., and both received daraage. PILL, APRIL 2. —Sid. Ireland, Harris, Quebec; Galatea, 'Williams, Quebec; Whitwoll Grange, Quebec ; Maria Grace, Guthrie, New , 'oundland. BELFAST, Aran, 2.—Arrd. Merighila, Stewart, Miramichi ; Glen• ly. Tic, Forsyth, 'brad: Sid. Mori - ,iana, Wheatley, Miramichi ; Spl tngilower, Reynolds, Quebec. P lax• TALBOT, APRIL 2.—The Diligence, Phillips, from Mumbles, grou 2dE d on the Bar in coming in to-day, but is expected off next tide. PPtIVY COUNCIL -(THIS DAY.) The judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat agaiu to day, flu- the purpose of hearing petitions, &c., 'for the Pxten sion t C patents. The Lords present were the Lord Presi dent, the Vice-Chancellor ‘Vigram, the Judge of the Admirr Ity Court, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Comm: 11. _ IN THE MATTER OF STEAD'S PATENT. This c stse was heard yesterday, upon the petition of Mr. Stead, fi T the confirmation of this paten'. Their Lordships this morning gave judgment, dismissing the petit lion, with costs, thereby refusing to confirm the patent. IN THE MATTER OF LOWE'S PATENT. This case came before their Lordships, upon the petition of Mr. Lf ore, praying the extension of his patent for increasing the illy fusinating power of coal gas. Thei r :Lordships ' after hearing Cou nse l an d t h e ev i dence o f Sir Jat ne f z Clarke, Dr. Reid, and Professor Brande, ordered an extent ion of the patent for five years. IN TILE MATTER OF BELL'S PATENT. This ca se came before their Lordships upon the petition ot Mr. Bell f n. the extension of' a patent for making wax ta p er matches, i gnit e d by f r i c ti on , an d th e x.achinery and apparatus used in th eir manufacture. Their L Irdships, after hearing Ceoutnbsaeti no case d been ,andexhaam examining; witnesses, stated their opinion to b made for ti he extension of the patent, and ordered the peti tion to bo. dismissed. SA I I4I KRUPTCY.---(THIS DAY) (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.) IN RE PIERSON. To-d Ay was appointed for the choice of assignees of the estate of this bankrupt, who had petitioned for a fiat in bankr Jptey by the description of a scrivener and banker. The'b ankrupt was ~:lso an attorney residing in the vicinity of Le ids. An application was mode on behalf of a creditor residing at L.deds, that the choice of assignees should be adjourned un'Al after a petition presented to the Court of Review had ben heard; the facts of the case were rather peculiar. The tankrupt had lived in the country up to the 16th of March last, when lie came up to London, and forthwith filed his - petition for a fiat. The country creditors considering that their interests would be greatly injured by the fiat. being worked in London, presented a petition to the Cr ,urt of Review for an order to stay proceedings under the - fi,resent fiat. and that another fiat should be issued, di rects. d to the Commissioners of the Leeds District Court. The Court, however, was doubtful whether it could inter fere with the right of the general body of creditors to proceed to tl ie choice of assignees on the present fiat, but it would, at the same time, grant an order for a country fiat, and, on no't .ice being given to the other side, they would proceed at this, ;r peril. The other parts of the petition stood over. T, he Learned CO3I3IISSIONER said it was a very strong case, yet i Le did not see that he could adjourn the choice in order to transfer the ease to the District Court. He inquired whst was the native of the property, and whether It was of a nature requiring the attention of a trade assignee ? The Attorney said it principally consisted of bills of costs not m,de out, :Ind securities for money lent by him. There was very Hale tangible property, except soma houses in London. The Learned CommtssioNErt said it was for the interest of gll parties that the pro.: , edings should be c-irried out wi It as little expeti,4l as possible, and that t' erefore it would be batter to let the choice take place rather than have the delay and expense of another application to the Court of Review. There wag a special provision that the examina tions might be taken by the Commissioners in the country. The bankrupt's attorney said that they could not appear to oppose the petition. The suggestion of the Learned Commissioner was adopted, and the choice took place. INSOLVENT CO URT-(THIS DAY (Before Mr. Commissioner YOLLOCI►.) IN 17. F. S. S. C01311A31. The insolvent in this case was opposed by a Miss Such, who bad been plaintiff in an action for breach of promise of marriage, in which the damages of 10(11. were awarded her, and for the recovery of which she now opposed Cubham's re lease. _ -- Very minute evidence was gope into, during which it was alleged that the insolvent was the father of a child which the opposing creditor had given birth to; but the plea put in by the insolvent in the action was, that he was not the father, and that the plaintiff's character being stained, he could not keep his engagement with her. The Learned COMMISSIONER was firmly convinced the child was the insolvent's, and the plea recorded with respect to Miss Such's character was most wicked and malicious. He considered this a case in which a long remand w; s called for, and he felt himself bound to delay the insolvent's discharge for twelve calendar months from the vesting order.—Remanded accordingly. CRIMINAL COUIt.T.-(THIS DAY (Before Mr. Commissioner tULLOCK.) Ficrmous Arrow( Eys.—John Oakham, aged 48, stood in• dieted with obtaining money under false pretences, with in tent to defraud James Smart. The prisoner pleaded guilty, He was charged with being one of a number of persons who infest the vicinity of the Court, with a view to extort money from the friends of unfortunate prisoners, under the pretence that they could get up a defence, and would employ counsel. Such had been the conduct of the prisoner on the present oc casion to the prosecutor. The Court animadverted in strong terms upon the conduct of the prisoner, and sentenced him to twelve month's im prisonment with hard labour, and intimated that the offence was punishable with transportation. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) CHARGE OF MURDER.—Jesse Bridger, aged 98, stood in dicted for the wilful murder of his wife, Jane Bridger, by giving her a kick. It appeared from the evidence, that deceased was seen in a state of intoxication, in the Borough-road, on the 20th of February; the prisoner was seen to run after her, strike her on the face, and kick her in the abdomen, and swear he would knock her eyes out. She fell, and was subsequently carried home, and from thence to the hospital, where she died on the fifth day after the occurrence. On the cross-examination it appeared that deceased bit one of the men who was carrying her home, which compelled him to let her fall, and she came to the ground with considerable violence. - On the cross-examination of one or two witnesses, it ap peared that the deceased was a most inveterate drunkard ; that she was in the habit of going to public houses and getting drunk in the absence of her husband, and had been found reeling about the streets drunk ; and was brought home to her husband in that state, with her head cut, &c., upon several occasions. The Surgeon who made the post mortem examination, de posed, that deceased died from a rupture of the bladder, which was caused by some external violence, and which might have been the re,ult of a fall against any projecting sterstance ; and that the prisoner called frequently at the hospital to see deceased, and appeared very anxious about her. The prisoner bore an excellent character, and was said to be a man of sober and industrious habits, and never ab sconded, or went out of the way, during his wife's illness. The jury acquitted the prisoner of the charge of murder, and found him Guilty of Manslaughter ; but recommended him to mercy upon the ground of the great provocation he had received. The COURT said that in consequence of the recommenda tion, the sentence would not be a severe one ; it was, that he should be imprisoned for twelve months in the House of Correction. Richard Thorpe, coal porter, stood indicted for cutting Jane Thorpe, with intent to do her some bodily harm, on the 17th March. This was a case somewhat similar to the last in some of the particulars. It appeared from the evidence of his wife that she asked him for a penny to get bread for the child, which he refused her, and knocked her down ; she remained in the streets all that night; the next morning he met her again and knocked her down. He subsequently induced her to go into a public-house, gave her some beer, put his left arm round her neck, and with his right drew a knife across her throat; she then gave him in charge to a policeman. Several witnesses deposed that the prosecutrix was a woman of drunken and other depraved habits. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TaAPrin.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year: Week Last at, 4 C ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. k A Mar. 26 Arbroath and Forfar •••• • • • - Bristol and Birmingham .••••.• . • • • • • - 27 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••. • • • • • • - 548 26 Dublin and Drogheda.. •. • ... •.•• • • • • 603 G 22 31 Dublin and Kingstown •.. • .... •.• • • • 853 954 29 Dundee and Arbroath • • 297 264 28 Durham and Sunderland • • 711 1 , 88 28 Edinburgh and Glasgow . ...... • . 2,822 2,190 29 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 7,066 4,091 28 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr •••• • . 1,859 1,498 28 Glasgow and Greenock.. •••• • • • •• • • 808 726 - Grand Junction • - - 28 Gravesend and Rochester. • • - - Great North of England ••••.• • • • • • • - - 29 Great Western .•••••• • • • • • • 16,518 14,315 30 Hartlepool .. ••• • • • ..... •••••• • • • • • • 920 - 28 London and Birmingham, &c. .• • • 34,350 29,897 29 London and Blackwall.• •••••• • • • . • . 760 996 28 London and Brighton .••••••• • • • • • • • 3,519 3,601 31 London and Croydon .•.••••• • • • • • • • 1,271 1,072 - London and Greenwich .•••.•• • • • • • . - 28 London and South Western .••.• .• • • 5,617 5,654 29 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... 1,024 930 27 Manchester and Birmingham ........ 4,210 3,734 28 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. 5,702 6,264 28 Midland Counties . • ................. 14,822 13,481 April 2 Newcastle and Darlington .......... 2,496 2,217 Mar. 28 Newcastle and Carlisle .............. 1,808 1,546 29 Newcastle and North 5hie1d5........ 425 436 29 Norfolk .. ••• • • •• • •••••• • • • • • . 1,240 258 - North Union and Bolton and Preston - 1,475 30 Paris, Corbell, and Orleans 5,817 5,754 30 Paris and Rouen .•••• • • • • • •••• . • .. 5,594 4,672 28 Preston and Wyre.................. 548 368 28 Sheffield and Manchester •• • ......• 1,591 794 28 South Eastern.... •• • . 24 Talf Vale .. • • • • ..... ••••••• • • • • • .. 1,157 849 29 Ulster • • 646 604 - Yarmouth and Norwich 28 York and North Midland - THE BRITISH AND FORE INSTITUTE. GN The sixth soiree of the season was held last evening at the rooms of the British and Foreign Institute, and WtoS as fully attended, by a large number of ladies and gentlemen, as on any previous occasion. The musical performances of the evening were of the usual varied and agreeable character, and were well sustained throughout. Among the novelties on the table was an interesting and valuable invention of Mr. Losebv, for correcting, by an instrument in which mer cury was used as the chief agent, the inequalities in the rates of chronometers; occasioned by those variations of tempera ture in different climates, by which the most accurate chro nometers are greatly affected. The opinion of the Astro nomer Royal in favour of this invention, has been conveyed in the highest terms of praise to the Board of Longitude, and was read at the meeting. Some beautiful specimens of a new process for producing the effect of electro-gilding without the use of gold were exhibited by Messrs. Sedge ick and Taylor, of riccadilly, which were greatly admired. By this method the surface of brass can be wrought up to a degree of finish so exactly resembling gold, that the most experienced eve ith po e fr u og s co u e sl a ds l could not detect the difference—and in one of the candel abra shown, the lower half was plated with real gold or mode, gild gilding, the yet no upper one halfo could ld determine finished withoutwhere a theonet particle ended or the other began. In additian to the richness of the effect, this invention has the further advantege . of much greater freedom from t arn i s h than ordinary gilding, and can m Among ge the foreign visitors ata present was a Chinese , saving of 700 per cent. A gentleman, NVoe-tan-jin, f rom t h e Empire, who had t rave ll e d with Mr. M e . rt of the Celestial ne, the learned and accomplished missionary ' himself a native of China, though of British parents, through the ate " flowery land," an d had since gr accompanied est himrti ouonoaf tourthe through En g l an d and Scotland. He is about to return to his native count ry in a few weeks, with Mr. Milne, and from the impressions h e seems to h ave received during his stay i n England, he w ill no dou b t convey to his countrymen very favourable ideas of the people, as well as of the arts and ma nufactures of the " outer barb irians," as we have been hitherto called in China. There was also present a North American Indian, Kah-ke-wa-guan-o-by,. or " the feather that flies," chief of a Canadian tribe, living near Toronto, in Canada, and speaking as good English as the Chinese visitor. It was an interesting sigh t to witness the personal introduction to each other of these strangers from the oppo site extremities of i the globe ; each n his native costume, and each communicating his thoughts and feelings in what to both must have been a difficult as well as a foreign tongue. Among the literary proceedings of the evening, an oral review was given of the recent work of Mirz a Al o h un L al, the Cashmerian traveller , who is one of the frequent visitors of the Institute; and some account was also offered of the progress made by the Bulgarian Pri nce , Al exander Stoilo vitch, in his mission of education to England. The 'eN ening was altogether one of much interest and varie y, and ap peared to give great satisfa c ti on t o t h e numerousand bril liant assemblage present. THE FOREIGN MAILS. —POST-OFFICE NOTICE. The following notice relative to he departure of the foreign mails was yesterday exhibited at the chief office, St. 111ar tin's-le-Grand : ISLAND or ASCINSION.—NoTics.—A mail will be made up fer the Island of Ascension, to he forwarded by her Ma jesty's ship Ferret. All letters intended to be so forwarded must be addressed, "By her Majesty's, ship Ferret," and will be liable to the packet rate of ls. not exceeding half an ounce, &c. Newspapers free. The Ferret is expected to sail from Plymouth on Sunday, the sth inat. Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Mediterranean, India. and China. The next mails for Gibraltar. Greece, lonian Isles, Malta, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China via Southampton, will be dispatched on the morning of the 20th inst. The next mails fur India, via Marseilles, will be dispatched in the evening of the 7th inst., and will be conveyed by the Madrid, sailing from Sonthampton. Madeira, Brazils, and Buenos Ayres, on the evening of the 7th instant, will be conveyed by the Express from Fal mouth. IVEsT Ilsnms.—The British colonies (except Honduras and Bermuda)—The Foreign colonies (except Havannah), Venezuela and Madeir. . The next mail s b e di spatched on the 17th instant, and will be conveyed by the Clyde from Southampton. America on the 3d May. Sydney on the 30th instant. The Earl of Roden has left town, tor Paris. tik GEAM AN PAPtftS, BERNE.mAn.cIi 11.—Ttm Council of tha C o n.tltutio n toni• pleted the order of the proceedings on the 18th of March. A special committee of seven of its members will draw up the scheme of the new constitution, the Council in the mean while su-peniling its sit , hugs. WeIsTERN RaussiA, 31Ancli 17.—Several of the Roman Catholics in this quarter having, either of their individual 'notion, or as active particip fors in the late corispirac:t, been guilty of ottitoding ag;iin-t the 1aw..., although their ducks resisted their attempts to reduce them, the Bishops of their dioceses have intimated their indignation at this their unjustifiable conduct, and have earnestly admonished the clergy of their diocese to observe inviolably their duties as faithful subjects, and to call upon their flocks to adhere with fidelity to their allegiance. The Pope has also addressed the Bishop Kulon, expressing his grief at the disloyalty of the priests in question, and direct ing the Bishop to admonish his clergy severely to abstain from prostituting their office to so disgraceful a purpose. BADEN, Mancir 26.—The Grand Duke has directed that a sam of 30,000 greddens, or about 1,4001., should be laid ou t in the purchase of seed potatoes, either within the Gran d Duchy or in foreign parts, in order that they may be sold a t a moderate price to the growers in that district where there is a eearth of them. The Agricultural Association has been charged with carrying this order into effect. ST. PETERSBURGLI, MARCH 17.—1 t appears from a report of the Field Marshal the Prince of Warsaw, that the only Russian troops remaining in quarters at Cracow, are two battalions of light infantry, and 150 Cossacks of the line. A long return is made of the time consumed by the several de tachments (ordered to Cracow, on news being received of the outbreak of the late insurrection) in moving from their respective states to the scene of the revolt, The artillery accomplished 146 miles in seven days, the distance from Warsaw to Cracow, 190 miles, in six days. LEMBURO, Mancir 13.—At seven o'clock this morning Weseznivoki and E. Dembosski, the leaders of the late insurrection, were brought into this town in chains. The former is said to have headed the attack on the troops at Narioff on the night of the 21st of February, when two cadets were killled and two wounded. The Government had set a price of a thousand florins on each of these leaders heads. The reward in the case of Weseznivoki falls to the lot of two country men, who discovered him lying upon a haystack, and delivered him on suspicion to the district au thorities. He was disguised in a priest's garment, had cut off his whiskers and mustachios, and shaved his head behind. He said his name was Lepzc asski, and that he had fled out of Poland for the purpose of escaping' persecution on account of his religion. It is expected that the capture of these chiefs will lead to important revelations with regard to whole conspiracy. AUGSBURGH, MARCH 24.—The parties who light the city of Stuttgart with gas have contracted to light this city also. It will he the first town. BADEN, MARCH 21.—As the Roman Catholic party, who form a mejoritv of the population, decline to support the ministerial candidates at the present elections, and equally decline to coalece with the Radicai party, it is almost certain that the Ministry will be baffled in the object which they had in view, when they advised the Grand Duke to dissolve the Chambers, and consequently a triumph for the Liberal and Radical party begins to be antici pated. In this case the Ministerial opposition is likely to be as all powerful in the new Legislature as in that which has been lately dissolved. PESTI!, ALCRcit 18.—The Polish insurrection having been so completely put dowi., not only has the march of troops from this country ceased, but those dispatched into Galicia are returning to their quarters. We can confidently state that neither Prince Sapeclia nor any of his family were in the remotest degree connected with the suppressed revolutionary movement. The short-lived Dictator is de• scribed to have been destitute of energy as well as capacity. He took the degree of Doctor of Laws at Limberg, and after• wards was manager of an estate; chance only threw the ephemeral dictatorship into his hands. He harangued the populace once during his short sway, but was very active in wielding his pen and writing fur the public journals. The populace took no notice of him when he rode abroad. His right hand man was Dewbasski, his secretary► an individual of considerable oratorical talents. INDIAN CORN. DISTRESS OF THE PEOPLE. The Poor Relief Committee having purchased a certain quantity of Indian corn, and having appointed certain depot.. for its sale, it was announced that the sale would commence on Saturday last. Many people supposed that it would not be bought up, a nd all were interested in the result of the experiment. The price fixed on it was one penny per pound. The result of the day's sale is sufficient to dissipate all further doubt, and to demand the most serious attention of the,citizens of Cork. No sooner were the doors opened than the rush to procure the corn meal was tremendous. We understand that the utmost excitement, almost frantic, prevailed during the day; and it was only by the ceaseless efforts of a number of police that order or regularity could be preserved. The avidity of the people to procure a novel description of food is the most con' elusive evidence of the misery to which bad food and famine prices have reduced them. The Irish, of all people in the world, are the least addicted to change, especially in 9 0 article of diet; and when such a spectacle as that of Seta' day last is presented, be sure that there is dire necessity as the inducing cause of the ready and anxious change. We understand that 4,480 lbs. of the corn meal were sold on Saturday at id. per lb. The Committee waited this morning on Mr. Hewitson, W . grant them a further supply, they of course offering to pal the full price for it ; but - Mr. Hewitson was compelled t° refuse the request, he having no orders from the Govern' went to that effect. The people, supposing that the supply would be continued; assembled in hundreds round the depots ; but were informed of the fact of there being no more for sale. Considerable excitement was occasioned by the announcement, and the Mayor, fearing that disturbance might arise in consequence, published a public notice st a ti ng t h at when the order, which was daily expected, would arrive, further supplies would b ° distributed.—Cork Examiner. SALE OF MR. PRATT'S COLLECTION OF ANCIENT Anmoint, &c.—Yesterday, the sale by auction of the entire cone: tion of ancient armour and weapons of Mr. S. Pratt, of New Bone' street, took place at Mr. Deacon's auction-room, in Bernere-strel Oxford-street. There were ne a r 250 l ots, consisting of armour 111) : weapons of all ages and climes, among which the following are deser; Ing of notice. Lot 74, a rare E ng li s h gun, of the time of Henry VIII'' the stock inlaid with ivory, th e b arrel embossed steel, ornameist°- with silver, in subjects, sold for it guineas. Lot 76, an EllO . bethan rifle, sold for 51 10s. Lot 81, a Bavarian cap-a-pie suit:, knight's fluted armour, sold for 31 guineas. Lot 106, a suit of Asia. horse armour composed of steal plates and rings, only two stall suits known, 25 guineas. The next lot, a su it of b lack armour, flute d and finely formed, of the same period, sold for 27 gu i neas. Lot 13 5, . suit of German fluted armour of the time or Henry VIIL, with f a . curious helmet, sold for 311. Lot 150, a gigantic suit of armour Italian workmanship, covered with engravings, and enamelled, r. russet and gold. The catalogue sated this suit to have come fr. Padua, and with a similar one i n th e T ower of London, formerly u;t; longed to Count Oddi. Th e auct i oneer stated that Mr. Pratt ga t 150 guineas for it ; it wa s so ld yesterday for 51 guineas. The ot l w lots, consisting of pieces of armour, halberds, portguns, svrer dk ancient guns and pistols, daggers, &c., fetched good prices. SUPP,.SED SUICIDE.--Yesterday evenin g an ingil ° , S , was held at the Edinbur g h C as tl e Tavern, Limehouse, before t; Baker, on the body of James Rich, a sawyer, aged 23 years, W committed suicide by drowning Maisel: in the Re gent ' s Canal, H a ut the above house. Two persons, named John Warren and Carol'', - Beale, who were betrothed to eac h ot h er, drowned themselves the same spot last week, a d a great many other suicides have be, committed in this part of the cana l . I t appeared from the eyidenr, of John Rich, the br o th e r o f t h e d eceased, that his relative svr bitten by a dog eight years ago, an d h e had ever since been 001 s, i jutted to fits. The unfort una t e y oung man had applied to sev eral eminent members of the faculty, but they had been unabled to 0% come the malady. His sufferings occasionally were vety great, a; he had repeatedly threatenened to commit selt-construction. Thursday night the deceased was with his brother and a friend, !).;', left them about 10 o'clock. He was never se en a li ve a f ter ward About an hour after the deceased parted with his brother. clothes were found by a policeman, hanging across the rails adjoins the canal. The policeman immediately procured the dr ags, an d A lba the assistance of War , ell, the night-locker, hauled the b o d y o f in deceased out of the water. He was quite dead--Verdict,“ Few' drowned." LATEST ADDITIONS TO THE LOUVRE GALLERY ;; The following sculptures from Greece have b een placed in the al)° collection :—A vot've basso-relievo, rep resenting " Theseus as P,, tectiag hero of Attica; a fragment of a frieic, on which is relo,; 0 tented a scene of the war of tae A mazons ; a votive basso-relle_d from the island of ereta ; Jupiter with Europa, and Cadmus at sides ; a sepulchral stele, representing a young girl bidding farewell: her parents. Of great hi stor i cal interest are twelve marble trt ments, with inscriptions from .lylasa, in Carla. They contain sot: decrees issused by Mausolus, King of eerie, and belong therefo r to the fourth century before the Christian era.—The Builder. SALE OF TH E V ALUABLE AUTOGRAPHS, &e., of .41$ LATE Ma. T. THANE.— Yesterday the sale by auction took place , the auction-rooms of 3lessrs. Sotheby and Co., Wellington-str' oo . Strand, of the va l ua bl e collect i on of b ooks, & c., of the late Mr. Til! Thane, consisti ng o f th e " History of the Knights o f th e Gartetgi the "Crom we lli ans, " a var i e ty o f manuscripts, &c. Th ere were lots. "Thane's British Autogr..phy," being a collection of facsit:/ . 70 of the handwritings of royal and illustrious per sonages, w i t h Pi authentic portraits, three vols. 4t0., sold for 110/. ss. SUDDEN DEATH IN A CHAPEL.—A thrl ting sensa 6oo was u ri producedng the Episcopal prayer Ch f a or pel t „ h ß e Bata, on l o a n in S e u n n t, da ir mo j rnl ose ip ri ino Gregory, one of the occupants of a pew nea r th e organ, was to by those near him to give two deep sighs, and was t h en f ee° oo During offering at Laura of the lean back insensible. An alarm being given by Mrs Gregory, re r pew-opener, aided by Mr. Cottell, of the M ar k et-place Bank, la' v ol diately went to his assistance, and the suff erer, amidst the ira t e to p sympathy of the congregatitn, was remov e d to the lobby at the .„.„ of the gallery stairs ; uttering on the way thither one deep 1‘ 03 5. Both Dr. Cardew and Mr. Chilton, the surgeon, happened told present, and they rendered the most prompt me di ca l a i d; the 'to applied the lancet to either arm of the prostrate body, but 7;: o p Scarcely any success. In the course of his sermon the Rev. E. tenham alluded in appropriate terms to the etent, and annoll!n, that the object of the congr. gation's solicitude was then e ta tent of of anottur world. —Devizes Gazette. . Ro ses tra si H on 'El s a S t ll NN l , L , L od l s N t G .c ri fr os E cene D tho utE plac O e F at week. Elliott, the principal gamekeeper for the Duke of M th A e RL Pe la ttY borough, charged a young man of the name of Steel, a servant to•' 0 1 Bowles, with an offence against the game laws, and surnni*,l 3 ,l Dr. Bowles to give evidence against him . At the time of the all's committal of the ffence Steel was out with his master, who .. 8 13 nov T el n s shooting over his own land. Steel was charged with killing A pheasant out of season. Mr. C. Tomes, solicitor, of Oxford, attensp for the prosecution, as he said, for the Duke of Marlborough' H. North, solicitor, Way citor, of Woodst oc k , defended, and said the case left in fact, the Duke of M arl b orough against Dr. Bowles. steel the service of his l ate master, and it was not pro ve d th a t the %Of mons had " either b een served on him or left at his usual Pit oil residence ;" hence the case WaS dismissed. Dr. Bowles said shilling had been g i ven h i m with the summons. This sbillinfral would give as a do nat i on to the poor old people of Woodstock Y e the Duke of Marlb orough, and it would be the first shilling the vioi—od of Marlborough aver gave them." This announcement caused laughter in the Co ur t , wh i ch was crowded, the affair having ("' a stir in Woodstock. • BIRTHS nohld On the 2d of February, at A hamadabad, the lady of John Morgan, Esq., Bombay Civil service, of a daughter. On the Ist inst., at Upper Brook-street, the Hon. Mrs. Plo gri of a son. p j On the lit inst., at Norwich, the lady of Archdeacon Ornaer'' a son. DIED. On the 30th ult., in Beaumo nt - square, Cecelia Rebecca 3113.,0 00 .: On the 30th ult., In Bry ans t on - square, Maria, wife a Bigge, Esq., aged 73. On the 31st ult., James Richmond, Esq., of Millbank-roW , rninster. On the 31st ult., at Winchester, W. N. Wickham, Esq. QUARTERLY NA V OBITUARY: Rear-Admirals FLAG OFFICERS. - Vice-Admiral —James Katon. 10 lia l m 'ap j t o a n h es is -J y o e lin Clavell, Hon. William Keith, Thomas S mit h °lt Ro c lat m T a u n c i k i e e r r s ,_W i 1 10e° • C. Anne.lef , • ung, Francis - M`Douall, Edmund Rayner, lienjamiu Leigh, Robert Mayne. fir olt Lieutenants —Richard Corsbie, VN Whim Bowers, William 01e' Charles Turrell, William Macfarlane, John Norval Smart, ' l o ur Godby, Hugh L. Williams, George Hamilton Smith, Joseph A ";roi li f f bridge, James M'Cornish, Lionel Halliday, Seymour Y. ,:des •'' Charles D. O'Brien, Charles Clavell, Henry W. Baugh, C' Brickditle. Rear-Admirals—Edward uiCrelay, Samuel Campbell Rowley , Fair °. Masters—Henry J. London, Henry Thompson (a). Ed '• Second Master —William Weatherley. di "L P ' MEDICAL OFFICERS —lnspector of Ilospitals—D. Rowlan d" ._,.., Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals - Isaac Royal. Surgeons - $ l orf bald :,kirving, James Cook (a). Samuel inclair, M.D., Richard L. Birtwhistl a . Are''' . Assistant-Surgeons—James W. Moffatt, Samuel Sproule, David Thomson (c), M.D., Hugh Gamble, M.D. .1 01° _..d. Paymasters and Pit , • era —John Richards, John Sa lte r, , r. iall_u+3, Wrigley, Thomas G. M`Murray, Thomas Willey, henry Q. ~• • -- ---- 140' 19, I et London: Printed and Published by .11,,! URDO 'YOUNG, 0 p r ecl o 4 Strand, Printer, at The Sun (Mee, No. 112, Strand, in the . )4 , of Oka Savvy, in the Couuty of ..liiddleeex, SaturcieP 4, 1846.