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RAILWAY sIIARES PURIM SALE. ESSItS. LA MON D, SMALI.,', AND LA.MON ), Railway Sparc Auctioneers, beg to thank theft Friends End the rob:ic Pa- their co:dilated support :mg patronage, and to annottoe,4, that the:r l'uh'ic Sales of Railway Shares, g:e., take place every TUE±DAY and Fadnav, at tine o'clock., at the Ilan Com,leA,e, Plreadneed!e- , dreet, London, to which place all f 4tVOUN, Con: timo4 respe , ,lfalLy requested ti be, ibtre-ised. All Scrip and Shan:: Certificates must he deposited for exa mination r.t lest om, day lwetiously to theft being offered ; and kly;ces of resa:ts he h)rwardeil hy the first post after the sale, tn.! On: proceed. , immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Mall of Commer , e, Threadneedle-street, London. TTIE.kTIIE. The Nohliity, Sa;,scril•ers, :In:1 the Pr 041.: arc respectfully infruted that au Ex - rru MOAT, n,,t in the Suhscription, will take place tei Turrt. , :o.ky EVENING, APRIL 2, Wlipn perc,rinq,l t{, D , lliZettrS eele- hrAt, 4 /pi:TO, ntioe , :t BEr.r;.ktno. Beit , +ar r ,o, Sig. Forna,a,i ; Si;. F. ; Corea: : CiNte;1:111 ; Yo he lolhbwel hy the Itiverti,sentent of I T S UAL 50153 TS/ VA XIV. In NV , A1..211 Incite Gratin and Lonitie Twz Appe:ti• fn the cour,e .r• tho F,ve, i iirz, a New r,,,s d e I)ei ! ,, TagHoni and l'et!t 01,! - ,01 :111,1 nOttlirt,i t.y Nhllle. L. Gratin. Ater svhioll, La,t S , ;oile of LA. :•tONN.111111:1A. Amina, With other 1. - .ltertninklients, in whirl), Abulle. Gaetatiina Brftrnhilla, w 11 it•rforin. To conclude. With (tier the first time this Season), EOLINE ; La Dryatie. Arranged he M Perrot, ill Three Tabicanx: Principal characters by Lnelle Graha, M. Perrot, 3:time. Petit Stephan, 31. DI Mattia, &e. lit the course or the Ballet, a Val=e Silcssienne, by the Ccryphees ; l'as to by llrllle. Lucile G - ahn, srtp- Potted by ThllleA. Monet:let and t";c:sati Alazoittlta d'Extase, lidl e. L. lratin mel M. P. trot ; rraud Pas de Dryades, Mdfle. L. Crttlin, auA the corks de 11E1: MA.II.I,4TY'S THEATRE. TIGW EVENING, Turst).kr, ..)III:(11 31, Will !), ptsrfOrn:P‘.l I I•ING.A 1,1 '11.1.11i Linda, .•.Madame Castellon ; Pierotto, Gaetanina Brambi ; Carlo, Signor Corelil-, 11 Marchese di Boistlenry, Signor F. Labbtehe ; Il PretWo del Villagio, Signor Botelli ; Antonio, Signor Fontasari. To cririelude with the highly succe.ssfol New Grand Ballet, by M. Perrot. In Five Tableaux. The music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, entitled, CAT-kr:INA ; on, LA FILER DU BANDIT. The lirineipal parts by 3ldlle. Lucile Gratin, Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlies. Moncetet, Casaan, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglioni ; M.M. oosselin, Bertrand, Di Mattia, and Perrot. Verdi's highly successful Opera, " Nino," will be repeated as soon as other arrangements will allow. 111LATitk. :WYAL, 1,1W1:1-1.A.NE. THIS Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har rison, 'turdha, llorneastle, S. Jones, Weiss, S.tretton, D. W. Kiag, Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. To conclude with a new grand comic Pantomine, called HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, Giants and Dwarfs. Harlequin, Mr. Wieland ; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbines, Miss Hicks and Miss Lonsdale. THEATRE ROYAL, ELAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, called, A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cymon Foxall, Mr. Webster; More craft, Mr. W. Farren : Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. H. Holl; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei demumn, Mr. J Bland ; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover ; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, Mrs. Seymour. The Land will perform the Overtures, " La Symphonie," and " La Nelge ;" a Fantasia, " Fra Diavolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," and "Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz. After which, the Comedy of MY WIFEW MOTHER,. 'Uncle Foozle, Mr. Farren ; Mr. Budd, Mr. 801 l ; Mr: Waverly, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Quickfidget, Mrs. Glover; Mrs. Budd, Miss Bennett. To conclude with a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POET. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Hamby, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. GENERAL TOM THUMB having, on each Evening of his ap pearance, been welcomed with most enthusiastid 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 mach pleasure in announcing his Performance for every Evening till further notice. TIIIS EVENING The performances will commence with PETER JENKINS. which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear. After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled TEE MAItIaLE WALDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss imidlaw. To be followed_ by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled HOP CP MY TIIUMB ; or, The Ogre and his Seven-League Boots. In which General Tom Thumb, who Is engaged expressly for this occasion, :will have the honour of making his appearance. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham; Misses Ardeu, Pillars, and Howard. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. . 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; Iddlle. Laroche, Miss Woolgar. After which, a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Uoneybun, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crallk, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews Mrs. Honeybun, kiss Woolgar. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with a 'New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, Miss Taylor, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. 'S . OX Last Week PRINCESS Of the celebrated THEATßE Artistes, FOßD-STREET Madame VESTRIS and Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS. THIS EVENING Will be performed the VaudeviLe, entitled ONE HOUR ; or, A Carnival 11.d1.. Mr. Charles Swiftly', Mr. C. Mathews ; O'Leary, Mr. Collins; Miss Dalton, Madame Vestris. To be followed by a - Seri° Comic Drama, entitled, A SPEAKING LIKENE:SS. Baronale Raney, Mr. Granby; Alfred, Mr. James Vining; Coco, Mr. Compton; Manette, Mame Vestris. After which, the favourite Farce, called, Ht: WOULD BE AN ACTOR. Motley, Mr. Charles Mathews;' Griffith Morgan, Mr. Granby; Dickey Darling, Mr. ox berry ; Mr. Cur ran t, M r. S . S m i t h ; Edward Sinclair. Me. A. Harris; Becky Morgan, Miss E. Stanley. To which will he added, the popular Farce of TEDDY THE TIT, ER. Teddy Mnllowney, Mr. Collins. To conclude with a DIVERTISSEMENT, In which Messrs. Miss Uall 3 lig‘ Marshall, and Mlle. Gilbert. Marshall, Adder], Melanie Duval will appear. NEW STRAND THEATRTC PHILLIVPE'S ► AGWAL DELUSIONS. M. 1111111 mm respectfully announces that he will make his last Appearance, unt'l Easter, on THURSDAY Next, the 2d of Aram. The Last Morning; Performance Will take plane on WEDNESDAY Next. Doors open at a quarter lust Seven, to commence at a quarter before Eight Stalls, as.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; revate Boxes, 1/. is.. and I!. Its. Gd. AhTLEY' Y, ROYAL AM PHIT/MATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Positively the last Week before the Easter Holidays. Immense .Xovelty, which will combine the attractive Entertainments ex pressly prepared by Royal Command, on the occasion of the Visit of her most gracious Majesty the queen, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal to the .Atuphitheatre en Tuesday, the 24th instant. The last Si.K Representations of " The Ile; harts of the Pagoda." THIS EVENING Will be performed tha Grand Spectacle, entitled THE RAJA OF NAGPORE; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the Whole ressurces of the Establishment will be introduced. Brilliant Scenes of the Circle, In which Mr. Batty will have the honour of appealing with his cdebrated Arabian mare Reda, on whose performances Royalty has been pleased to bestow the most marked encomiums. The whole to conc:ude with a Novel Afterpiece. n.tviDGE'; ItitY.t,t. SURREY TILE tTTZE. Op.sn for Two Ys /its only. Itrancuse and complete .success of the New i) . :a:111. i:Oari Of Lindner at " Te-t with rny Aunt." First appearance of 3tr. Elphinstone,froin the Theatr.. Royal, Edinburgh. TIIIS EVEN 111; Will be performed a New Drama, entitled JULIE LED/%11; or, thn City Goldsmith. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Maynard, Cowell, Lewis, Morrison, Williamson; Mesdms. Men &c. Atter which, a New Farce by Mr. E. Stirling, entitled, TEA. WITII MY AUNT. In the course of the evening a Song, by Miss Moyer ; gylphide, by Mr. Charles and Miss Brown; and a Song, by Mr. Williamson. To conclude with THE FALLS OF CLYDE. . - ---- ANDOVER. —Lord Wil!iam Paget, it is reported, does not Intend again to put up for the borough. Beaumont Coles, Esq., of Long Parish, has consented to stand on the Conservative side. THE WEATHER.—SUIT OFFICE, MARCH 28. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 36; Highest, 57; Noon, 46. BAROMETER, 29.68.—W1ND W., foggy. MARCH 29. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37; Highest, 50; Noon, 47. BAROMETER, 30.05. Wuen N.N.W.; morning, rain: afternoon, fine. mon WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 46 minutes after 3. 1 Evening .. 7 minutes after 4. 1 4, 4 Ar7f......5)t ^ • • A 64. , * l5 0 . " . • 411011 z „ jo A . ihrm THE SUN, LONDpN, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, tB4B. %cm tall )Wl - LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1846. Our satisfaction at . the Ministerial introduction of free trade, earnest as it then was, is, if possible, at the present moment tenfold. Early on Saturday the Corn Bill passed a second reading, with a majority of eighty eight ! A majority which, 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 submitted to the right arithmetical test, and brought into immediate juxta position. The deduction to be drawn from this is ab stractly significant—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 short, 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 a3tuated as himself. His address of Saturday 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 be aspersed as mere reduplications of previous inferences. Not so— his 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 13ENTINCK anything but feelings of ;ratification to witness the casualty—(as we may call it)— by winch 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 thaw distinctly and positively asserting " that the assertion made by Lord GEORGE BENTINCK, that the whole of the farmers on the Netherhy estate, with one exception, had signed the petition from East Cumberland in favour of protec tion to agriculture, is erroneous and unfounded in fiat 1' Be it ob:erved, 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 petithn from his tenantry until the moment before lie rose to address the House, when the Honourable Member for Stock port laid that document before the representatives. It is not irrelevaw, neither is it superfluous to reiterate a circumstance to which, if we recollect right, we have timely on a former occasion referred. We allude to the fact of Sir JAMES G RAHAM'S revenue being exclusive Iy derivable fr,',ln his landed possessions, and a great por tion of which land proves remarkably unproduc tive, even under the most sedulous cultiva tion. netare crcv y person cannot but perceive that the Right Honourable Baronet would be naturally averse to arty measure likely to deteriorate his property, and ther,fore could scarcely be supposed to advocate a Bill with one quarter the zeal which he has testified upon the present occasion, unless he were tither actuated by a most noble and scarcely piralieled act of magnanimity, by sacrificing his own individual interest for the benefit of his less elevated countrymen, jeopar dizing, in short, the very lifeblood of his fortunes, solely fur the pablic good, or, unless he were convinced—fully and thoronghly con vinced—tha: 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 agricultural interest, " Why, what pos sible interest can I have to injure that intere s t ?" 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 mo t eminent, the most experienced, and the most sagacifis 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 PALmusurroN in its beneficial relation with foreign countries, than whom a more competent autho- city upon this division of its consequences could not be discovered. It is maintained by Lord JOIN RUSSELL, Mr. GLADSTONE, Sir JAMES GUAHAM, Mr. HUME (with whose very name political economy has become identified); and by a host of ethers whose tales its would alone guaran tee the soundness of a principle. 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 respecktble 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 he prospects now held out by the reclamation of waste land. Of the paltry mis-statements of the Recorder of lublin, in reference to the maladies which afflict Ire- land, Sir JAMES GRAHAM made Halle less than miuce- meat. howbeit, we have now merely to conratulate ;he lovers of liberality on Saturday's division. Already the predictions to which we gave utterance in our obsermtions on the the case of WOOLMER v. Tone are becoming verified. A new life has sprung up in the offices of many of the defunct railway companies. Secretaries are now again busily engaged in filling up letters to the several allottees, calling their attention to that case, which they are pleased to say has settled the question of their liability, and infore 'lug them that if the SUMS thereby demanded (with, in some instances) an additional snm of ss. for cost of the letter of applica tion, be not paid within a certain limi tad time, immediate steps will be taken to enforce the pa- - Ili ent of the entire deposit. Now those gent l emen must be perfectly aware that the very important question to 'which they allude has not been by any means settled bv - ',that verdict. Our non-professional readers should be irtfo.Pmed, that where a point of much importance—particu larlly if it be a bad one, and that the decision of the fu It court thereon is desirable—is raised before a j ud g e at nisi prius, it is casual for him, even though his opil lion should b e wi t h the defendant, to rule it in favor tr of the plaintiff, rererving to the defendant Jibe) ty to move for judgment as in case of a or Snit. And it i s just and reasonable that it shoe cid be so, because if the tlefendant be right he can sus :fain 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 fu? L -court ; the argu ments are prepared with full-opportv airy for the counsel on each side to examine every auth :rarity at all bearing on the point at issue, which it is o Eton (indeed almost always) impossible for them to do on circuit, not having books to refer to, even if sufficient tir ie were allowed for the purpose ; the decision is arrived et rith 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 ithe 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 c cted with it, and having a large allotment of e 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 wele 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. Ile 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 he 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 letrehasing up the shares issued to members of the corn - inittee themselves ; but ir, on the other hand, it appeared likely to end dis istrously, then, indeed, all the shares were allotted to the persons who would not otherwise have heard of them. We have ourselves known an in st3nce (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 preject 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, which 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 expenses of that undertaking, which (it is almost unnecessary to say) was shortly afterwards dropped? when, from the course of proceediner. it is quite manifest that he would have had no share if the project had been successful—in other worth, he (and it may be so predicated of appli cants in general) was to have a partnership in the losses to he 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 Mizza- 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. All 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 bad 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 NARVAEZ. 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 Courrier 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 Saildaz 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 Funds were less firm on Thursday. The Three per Cents. closed at 831. 95c.; the Five per Cents., 120 f. 30c. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,305 f. ; Rouen, 1,055 f. ; Havre, 7571. 50c.; Great Northern, 7851. ; Avignon, 955 f. ; Vierzon, 707 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 6681. 75c.; Boulogne, 520 f. ' • Basle,, 240 f.; Dieppe, 458 f. 75c ; Paris and Strasbutgh, 5401.; Tours and Nantes, 563 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons Detinitives, 601 f. 25c ; Spanish Three per Cents., 37. The following are the quotations for other Jinni— Lyons and Avignon Railroad (Talabot), 508 f.; ditto (Le cointc), 501 f.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 502 f. 50c.; Bordeaux and' Cette (Mackenzie), 502 f. 50c.; ditto (Espe leta), 509 f.; Charleroi, 490 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK E XCHANGE, Nlkacir 27. Boulogne and Amiens, 11%—Dutch Rhenish, 5% —East Indian, %—Great Northern of France Constituted, 14% Italian ami Aus trian, 2—Louvain and Jemappe, I—Luxembourg, 1% —Namur and Liege, I%—Orleans and Vierzon, 16 1 4 —Orleans and Bordeaux, 11% —Paris and Orl eans, 50—Tours and Nantes Constituted, 06—West Flanders, 3. TnE Two InvisioN s ON THE CORN BILL.—The div:s on 'f Saturday morning shows that the majority i n f greater, in p roport i on, t h an that n which to,, place on the 28th o f The " ayes" on the 28th o f F e b ruary were Fetrual. r,vothuer c f grind M n d i iv t i e sTon i s It 337, on the 28th of Mareh 302, showing a falling off in the numbers of 35—ore-ninth six-tenths oe the whoie. The " noes" respectively were 240 and 214, showing that they bad fallen off 26,•0r one-ninth two-tenths, and that the minority on Saturday morning, to keep pace with the majority, should have been 215. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service yesterday in the pri vate 'chapel, Buckingham Palace. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Oxford. Prayers were read by the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took their accus tomed early walk yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken airings yesterday in the royal gardens. Sir Robert Feel had au audience of the Queen on Saturday. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Saturday included her Royal ilighness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Prince and Princess Nicholas Esterhazy, the Marquis of Northampton, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lady Augusta Brute, Baroness de Ahlefeldt, Earl and Countess de Grey, Earl and Countess of Jersey, Captain the Hon. James P. Murray, Sir Henry Willock, and Baron Knesebeck. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attend ance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended at the Palace, and performed the remainder of the evening. His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen at Marlborough House, at two o'clock on Saturday after noon. The Hereditary Prince, attended by Colonel Cornwall and Baron de Reitzenstein, visited and in spected the Wellington Barracks, in St. James's Park. on Saturday morning. His Serene Highness honoured the performance of the Italian Opera with his presence in the evening, attended by Baron de Reitzenstein. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Ripon, who took his text from Hebrews, chap. ix., versos 11 and 12. Prayers were read by the R. J. C. Haden, the Lessons by the Rev. J. V. Povah and the Communion service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem was " Awake, awake, put on (Wise). Mr. Tulle presided at the organ. The Queen Dowager was attended by the Countess of Sheffield and Earle Howe. Among the nobility present were the Marquis of Anglesey, Earl and Countess St. Germans, Lords Delawarr, Cawdor, Sheffield, Canter bury, Cantalupe, Hawarden, De Manley, and Paget, The Duke of Wellington, Lord G. Paul -t, and Sir Frederic Trench attended the early service yesterday. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated, and preached the sermon. The Archbishop of Canterbury will preach the sermon in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, on Sunday next. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George attended Divine service, yesterday morn ing, in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audisy-street. Prince Castelcicala, the Neapolitan Minister, was pre sent on Friday night in the House of Commons during the debate, and remained until the division. A deputation from Glasgow, opposed to the amal gamation of the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway, consisting of Mr. Baird, M.P., Mr. Bain, M.P., Mr. Hugh Tennett, Baillie Anderson, Mr Brooks, Mr. Mann, Mr. Lamond, Mr. G. Tennent, and Mr. Strong, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie, at the Board of Trade, on Saturday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a Committee•meeting on Saturday, at the offices in White hall place. There were present the Bishop of Ely, Hereford, Lichfield, Oxford, and Rlpon, the Earl of BessLorough, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, and the Dean of Westminster. Mr. A. Hope, M.P., had an interview' with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official resi dence in Downing street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The first appearance for the season of Madame Castellan, and the first appearance in this country of Mademoiselle Gaetaniva Brambilia, were the attractions which on Saturday night crowded her Majesty's Thea tre to the ceiling with the elite of rank, beauty, and fashion. The opera v% as Linda di Chanam , :i, Madame Castellan sustaining the part of the heroine, and Made moiselle Gaetanina Brambilla appearing as Pierot. Such being the cast, it is almost a work of supereroga tion to state that the voice of the fair debut rote is a con tralto. Her personal appearance is very prepes sessing ; she is exceedingly young, her figure is perfect, her large dark lustrous eyes beam with ex pression, arid her features are beautiful, exceedingly, and vary in their expression with every passing thought. Her voice is rich, mellow, and of great compass and power. Her intonation is very fine, and her histrionic powers are of a high order. She appeared suffering dreadfully from nervous agitation when she came upon the stage ; but the applause of the audience reassured her and she gave the beautiful opening aria, "Per sua madrt." with such sweetness and pat] os that her success ass at once seeured. Her gifted namesake, to whom, however, we believe she is not in the remotest degree related, could not have given it more exqtrisitely in the zenith of her power. At the end cf the first 'let both Mademoiselle Brambilla and Madame Caitellan were called for, and again at the conclusion of the opera. Having thus recorded the triumph of the fair debutai;t3,' it is our pleasing duty to congratulate Madame Carrel lan on her rerun to the scene of her former glories, and returned only to achieve fresh triumphs. She appeared in the third scene of the first act, looking even more lovely than ever, notwithstanding her recent illness. She was welcomed with an nthusiasm seldom exhibited within these walls; and in the exquisitely bt autiful aria, " Oh! luce di quest' anima," which she sings almost immediatelyarter she appears on the steep, she exhibited so .11 an intensity of feeling, such a delicacy of expression, such a power of voice, and such a degree of high musical science, that the audience were perfectly asto nished, and carried away by their enthusiasm. It was scarcely possible to believe that it was the Madame Castellan of last year, so.astonishing has been the pro gress she has made in her art. In the duet which fol lowed, with Corelli, " Quel dover crelar nel core," she was equally great, and, at its conclusion, both artistes were called for. Indeed, throughout the opera she sur passed the most sanguine expectations of her most ardent admirers, and her Linda may be considered as a perfect performance._ Co relli, as Carlo, afforded her admirable support. Of the Anthony of Fornasari, it is as superfluous to speak as it would be of the Richard of Kean. It is one of the most intensely impassioned, soul•harrowing pieces of acting on the lyrical stage. F. Lablache, as the Marchese, exhibited a rich and mellow humour, that would have been not unworthy of his father. His exe cution of the music, too, was most artistical. The several artistes were called for at the conclusion, and were received with deserved applause ; and bouquets innumerable were showered on the ladies. The ballet of La Caterina, with Lucile Grahn as the heroine, fol lowed ; and by far the greater portion of the audience (one of the most crowded and fashionable of the season) remained to its conclusion. 74% 8 y 4 614 1' 7q 1614 23:4 There were present at her Majesty's Theatre on Sa t urday, the 28th of March—His Royal Highness Prince George of Meiningen, the Duke of Wellington, his Excel lency the Russian Ambassador and the Baroness Brunnow, his Excellency the French Ambassador, the Duke of Devon shire, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Douro, the Marquis and Marchioness of Worces ter, the Countess of Dalhousie, the Earl and Countess Howe, the Earl and Countess of Sheffield, Lady S. Holroyd, the Baron Reitzenstein, the Marquis of Titchfield, L or d F o l ey ' and the Hon. Miss Foley, the Earl of Lonsdal e , th e Vi scount Cantalupe, the Earl of Munster, the Earl of Suffield, the Viscount Beresford, the Viscount Duncannon, Lord and Lady Macdonald, the Baron and Baroness de Lagos, Lord Aylmer, Lady Bentinck, Lord Sandye, the Countess of Suffolk, Sir Wm. and Lady Fremantle, the Marquis of Palavacina, the Count and Countess de Salis, Lady Pollington, Lady Glent worth, Sir Ralph and Lady Howard, Lady E. Greville, Sir , Henry Webster, Sir John and Lady Anne Beckett, Lady Eli zabeth Dawson, Lady Boyer Smith, Sir H. Willoughby, Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir Charles Kent, Sir Henry Webb, Sir John Lowther, Lady Carroll, Hon. 0. Toler, th e H on . J ames Macdonald, Sir Lionel Goldsmidt and Lady Goldsmidt, the Hon. H. T. Hope, SirFrederic_Trench, Sir Wm. Abdy, Major Buckley, &c. kc. DRURY LANE THEATRE.—The success which the gorgeous opera of the Crusaders is enjoying continues un abated, the house being literally crowded every night it is performed. Its representations must, however, cease, we understand, after the present week—for an entire change of performances takes place at Easter; the first of which will be Les Diantans de la Couronne (Auber's celebrated opera), for the debfit of the charming Madame Anna Thillon, who has just arrived in town, to comment :: rehearsals. MR. F. WEBSTER'S BENEFIT.—On Tuesday next Mr. F. Webster, the stage director o f th e H aymar k e t th ea t re takes his benefit at that, the only theatre remaining devoted exclusively to the representation of the legitimate drama. In addition to the new comedy of The Beggar on Horseback, which is nightly increasing in attraction, Madame Celeste, supported by the elite of the Adelphi company, will appear in The Cabin Boy, one of the most popular dramas that has been produced of late years. There are to be a variety of other entertainments, and certainly Mr. F. Web ster has shown himself an admirable caterer. That the house will be a bumper there cannot be a doubt, more especially when it is recollected that Mr. F.Webster is one of the ancient order of Freemasons, an order, the peculiar characteristic of which is, to rally on all occasions round a brother. SACRED H ARMOFIC SOCIETY, EXETER PA' L —The oratorio of Joshua will be performed on Wednesday next, The principal characters will be sustained by Braham, Phil lips ,Miss Dolby, and Mrs. Sunderland. On Saturday, at the Marylebone vestry, the Rev. Dr. Spry, the chairman, called the attention of the vestry to the distressing c mdition of a number of poor families resident in a place called York-corrt, near the workhouse. If ry few of these people had more furniture than an old stool, and a few shavings to lie upon. He proposed that a Committee should be appointed for the purpose of investigating the subject:— Mr. Wilson, Mr. Joseph, and Sir. Peter Laurie corroborate I the Rev. Chairman's statement, and a committee was ultimate'y appointed. A notice of motion was given for Saturday next . upon his grounds GAME-LAW MORALITY.—On the nor tllorn circuit, a for the establishment of five additional fire•escrrs in ratio' the instance of Mr. Charles Waterton, the philanthropic nate. f the parish; and Mr. Potter, the chin cawarden f St. Mary's district, announced that a subscription had been o f game. Mr. Waterton was examined :—" Mr. opened for the survivors of the late calamitous fire in Cray .. i r D alis se t, a :: h me men were indicted for treApassing Sergeant Wilkins asked the witness if a spring-gun did not go ford-street, and most of the leading members of the ye try a off ?—Witness : Does not the law of this country forbid the b us f e s o r f i s n p g r - i g n u g b -g s, un l s w ?— an it t Jiro. k S b e o r w ge:e b t e W tbe il r ki a ns m : a T b ha is t, sir, is not once came forward and contributed liberally. an answer to the question.—Witne ss : It the law forbids the use THE BATTLE OF ArAwA.L.—A letter received from a officer engaged in the Aliwal affair observes that it was a superb IwViethcovin,hs which r t t h h e i s learned e w d or s worthy s ght to see the IGth Lancers with the Native Cavalry breaking . r bound by through the Khalsa square the former cutting up like fury. Shawls and gold bracelets without end .fell into the hands of the 'victors.— p f? re " ssed himself " satisfied." The one There was, indeed, a tre- Bombay rotes. An artist at Stuttgart, named Wenn', is said to have witness then wound up by saying....." go t e atbh a te w v je t e o rsyu c i r st i i,g m . b is al t i e eng h tel i yt m ae s n e xd l discovered a process by which copies of drawings may be multiplied mendous explosion !" Artless Mr. Waterton. He had no to an unlimited extent, without the aid of pressure. The co pes thus objection to prosecute poachers for breaking the law, but it ' obtained present the appearance ofaquatint prints, lithographs, and , was not for him to "criminate himself" by owning to a syste crayon drawings. They can be executed by none but artists. The music violation of the statutes. And this is A ugs burgh Gazette states that it has received copies, which seem to game-law morality. prove the success of the in-ventlon. • Punch. 1 % 2 p MUTES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .. SU% United Mexican .. 28/. 28.81.4 d.. 14 .. % dis. jar LLOYD'S SHIPPING. li 11 / , 11 'fir LONDON, MARCH 28.—Wind S.E., light airs and hazy. DEAL, MARCH bt. Wind W.N.W.—P./d. S W., squally.—Arrd. Caledonia, Berbice ; Pallas, Lukie, New Orleans, and - sailed for Hull. Arrd. from the River, City of Poonah, Nelson, Madras; Madras, Kilberg, 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, Sagninay ; Hymen, Howell, Wallace, United States. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 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. Coax, MARCH 25.—Arrd. Louisa, Pallot, Valparaiso ; Wilsons, Campbell, Trinidad. SHIELDS, MARCH 26.—Arrd. Britannia, Irvine, Quebec. PWI,LITELI, MARCH 26.—The smack John, from Holyhead to Port Madoe, which came on shore here, 21st inst., came off yesterday, snaking a little water, and sailed for her destination. STRANGFORD, MARCH 25.—The Britannia, M'Millan, from Troon to Dublin, on shore on Ballyquenton Beach, has just been got off, making a great deal of water, and brought into Portaferry. GRANGEMOUTH, MARCH 25.—Sid. Henry Porcher, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, MAxcu 27.—Ski. Emerald Isle, Palmer, Sydney ; Pauline Houghton, Arnoyl, Mauritius ; Louisa Munro, Harding, Aden ; Zealous, Douglas, Quebec. FALMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Wind W.S.W., moderate.—Sld. Alex ander, Newfoundland. Pat back, 26th, 3larmion, Bell, Ceylon. CLYDE, MARCH 26.—Sid. Packet, Steele, Jamaica; Clydesdale, Auld, Halifax. DUBLIN, MARCH 26.—S1d. Wave, Smallman, New York. KmALE, MAitcH 25.—Arrd. Ann, Nicholson, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Sligo, very leaky, and with loss of bulwarks, &c. SHIELDS, Miami 26.—S1d. Tom Bowline, Hunter; Lilburn, Ellison; Isabella, Reay ; Harvey, Cunningham ; and 27th, Herrings, Taylor. Quebec. PROTEST OF THE GREAT LIVERPOOL. The folowing is an extract of the protest made by the late Capt. McLeod, of the Great Liverpool, before the Vice-Consul of the district of Corcubion, on the 26th of Feb. last : "I, Alexander McLeod; Lieutenant in her Britannic Majesty's royal navy, and commander of the contract mail steam-ship Great Liverpool, do make known and hereby protest ; that at 4 o'clock on the morning of the 24th of Feb., 1846, whilst on our homeward passage from Alexandria, Malta, Gibraltar, towards Southampton, and being then from 7 to 10 miles to the southward . of Cape Finisterre, in the province of Galicia, in the kingdom of Spain, that the said ship did strike on a shoal, during thick, foggy, dark weather, blowing strong from S.S.W., with a heavy sea run ning, steering at the time N.N.E., and thereby received so much damage that the engines were soon stopped by the water flawing into the engine-room; that she then drifted in towards the land, and stranded in a small bay called Gure, about a league and a half to the southward of Corcubion." FLANDERS MA IL . _ BRUSSELS, Mancn 25.—Tiie official part of the Illoniteur of this date contains a royal ordinance, by which the Cliam ber is adjourned till the 20th of April next. The ordinance is dated the 24th of March, and signed by Baron de Anethan, the Minister o [Justice. The average price of wheat in the week ending on Saturday the 21st of this month was 231. 34c., arid that of. Rye 17f. 16c. BRUSSELS, MARCH 24.—The list of the Ministry has been placed in the hands of the King, together with a pro gramme. It is thought that his Majesty will receive M. Rogier to-day to acquaint bim with his determination. The Ind , pendenee says—" It is assured to-day that the Honourable Member for Antwerp (M. Rogier) has agreed with the persons who are to take office with him on the principles and bases of their policy. What is stated on the subject allows us to say that those principles are calculated to satisfy all the friends of liberal opinion, and at the same time to be accep table to all reasonable partisans of the Catholic opinion." We (the Courrier Beige) heartily desire that the Insiepen dance may be right, but we just learn that the programme is drawn up is such terms, that it compromises a combination, in which we find, with pleasure, names which offer all desirable pledges of mediation and capacity. At four o'clock Messrs. de Brouckere and Delfosse entered the Hall of the Chamber of Representatives. They were immediately summoned by a great number of their col leagues, who learnt from these two Members of the proposed Cabinet, that the King did not accept the Ministerial pro gramme of M. Rogier, and that it was all broken off. P.S.—lt is said that three of the conditions of the pro gramme submitted to the King were—the dissolution of the Chambers, the withdrawal of two laws voted by a parlia mentary majority, and, it is said, the dismissal of func tionaries, in case of need they occasi ned his M. jesty's refusal. In the debate in the Chamber yesterday, the Minister of Pub lic Works made a statement which is worthy of notice, as show ing the progress of useful public works. In the year 1835, Belgium possessed highroads of the total length of 738 leagues, and, in 1845, 1.073 leagues. Two years ago we had only 50 leagues of canals, we have no•s 183 leagues. We say nothing of the railways already completed, much less of those which are projected. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MARCH 19. 5 per Cent. Metalliques... • 4 per Cent. ditto. 101% 3 per Cent. ditto• •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 75% Loan, 1534 • • • • • • • • • • 154 Ditto, 1879 ••.••• •• • • • • • ••••• • • • • • 123% Bank Shares • • •• • • • • • • •••• • .•• • • • .... 1572 Estwhazy's Loan •• • • .•••••• • • • • • 57 RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand •• • • .• 1921/ Gloggnitz • • • • • • • • • 139% Vienna—Milan • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••• • • • 119% Leghorn 11334 Sienna Grosetto 96% Oldenburg ••••• • • • • • • • Apennines .............. Pesth BricF:e ............ —Allgememe Zeitnng, March 22.' DUTCH FUNDS.--AMSTERDAM, MARCH 20 Money. L.. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • ••• •••• • • • 60 601ei I,itto, 3 per Cent •••• • • • ••• •••• • • • • 72% 73 Ditto, 4 per Cent Amort syndic, 4' per Cent .. 9914 9914 Ditto, 3% per Cent • . Commercial Company, 4% per Cent .. 1651 A 166 East India Loan, 4 per Cent Exchange on London, at sight • •••• • • 12 25 Two .. . .• . • 12 15 On Hamburgh, at sight .• • • 35 62 Two months..... •••• • • • . 35 31 —Ditch Papers, March 21. • • 99 fIAMBURGII BORSENIIALLE, Mallen 20. Bits. l'lJney kustrian 5 per Cents .•••••• • • • • • • 113 &Ink Shares ............ ••••• • • • • • 1600 Angio-linssian Loan •• • • • • .• 107 Russian 5 per Cent., Ilamb. Certificate. 10214 Ditto Ist series Inscription .. •• . • ••• • • 101 Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 98 Ditto, in Certificate.... New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • . • 89% Ditto Stieglitz •.•• • • . ••••• • • • • , ssy, Spanish New 5 per Cent.. •••••• • • • • • • 1714 171 Ditto 3 per Cent • • ••• • • 29 Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 2 pert ent ... • . 59 Ditto 3 per Cent. ................ Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 81 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •••• • . 87% National Flank Shares • . .•• • • ........ BELGIAN FUN DS.—BaussELs, 3IARcn 26. Actual Debt, 2 per Cent ....... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent -...— Ditto Three per Cent.. Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ...... Ditto, ditto, 1849 .•••••••••• • • • • • • • . • • 101% Ditto, ditto, 1842.... Ditto, 1844. .. . Ditto, 1835 ... • • 96 Ditto, 1838 • • •• . • • • •••••• • • • • .. 74% Ditto of the City, 1832 Ditto, 1843 . • • • Bank of Belgiutn —Brussels Papers, March 25. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, MARCH 17. Bills 9'N 100 ... ............... 905 St. Schuld Sch., 34 per Cent ..... Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent...... Foreign Exchanges ........ ...... .......... Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 3 Months. 6 253, Hamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 149% Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months • Vp,,, On Paris Two inonths. — -Universal Prussian Gazette, March 18. 1/U1 CH MAIL. THE HAGUE, MARCH 25.—1 n the sitting of the Second Chamber of the Stat, , s General to-day the two projects of law were agreed to ; Ist. for an extraordinary advance of money to the Charitable society, by a rnajo • rity of 49 to 1 ; and 2d. that for increasing chap. ix A. of the budget of the expenditure for 1846, UUREHM , HsIy. THE HAGUE, MARCH 26.—1 n the sitting of ih,- Serond Chamber to-dly, the report of the Committee for revising the standing orders was discussed. It was resolved that the report shy uld agreed to by a majo rity of -16 to 7, and the debate on the several proposed modifications is fixed for to-m - irrow, and each stpa rattly. NIMEGUEN t MARCH 24 —We are sorry to ohsFrve an increastng desire in the inhabitants to emigrate to America, the motives for which we will not inquire into, but we think it our duty to warn those, who intend to leave their own country, of the danger to whiol they expose themselves, and the privations they may expect to suff , r. Hundreds of eVery rank have reached the place of their destination, with the loss of all their re sources which they possessed, and are plunged into the greatest distress. ZWOLLE, MARCH 24.—We learn from Zulphen, that a baker of that town had purchased American flour to the amount of 1,000 florinst the American wheat-flour cost him 12c. prr lb., free to Zutphen ; while our own flour coats there 16c., and h,re 20c. per lb. 'rUItKI4:Y. AUOSBERG, MARCH 24.—There have been freA cam bate between the Montenegrins and the Turks in th! , neighbouring district, Andvari, which have been occa sioned by an attach of the Montenegrins on the village of Tabre. We shall give the particulars to-morrow. THE INDIAN PRESS. The conduct of a portion of the Indian press cannot be too strongly condemned in reference to the rNient actions on the Sutlsj, as well as in connexion with the frar!ul disaster that betel our arms in Affghanistan some time since. There can be no doubt that the statements made in these papers —many of which have an enormous circulation among the natives—.have been indirectly the cause of severatof the reverses sustained by our troop, and it may be also the cause of the Seikh invasion. An anti-English spirit pervades the whole tone of the jour nals in question, and it might be doubted whether they are writt4.n by natives of this country, so violent are their attacks upon every act of our' policy, so eager are they to point out to friend and foe the weak points of our territory. It is stated that these journals are the pro perty of native merchants and native princes, and that that they are concocted by renegades or Americans, as sisted in their wretched task by the egotism or the anger of British-Indian officers in actual service. If so, the anomaly is explained, and the treachery of the writers accounted for. The last thing that should be done in a free country is to fetter die expression of public opinion ; but when the mischief caused by these anti-national publications is taken into account, there is hardly a man in the com munity who will not look on . a check upon them as the least of two evils offered for adoption. It is time for the India Company, therefore, to bestir itself in the matter, and to let indigo bags and bales of cotton lie side by side for a while with sacks of sugar, chests of spices, and turn their attention seriously to the modification, if not t e extirpation, of that canker in the very heart of their so vereignty in Asia. The Marquis Wellesley made such stringent regulations as prev en t d much ill from result ing hrough these organs of intelligence. The India Company have not,-therefore, to establish a precedent in the case ; and, consequently, they need not, in suppress ing this moral and political nuisance, incur any public odium in the matter. At any rate, it were well that something was done in regard to it, and done speedily. The risk is enormous, and the injury that may result from inaction is incalculable: Observer. TESTIMarNIAL to MR. SHERIFF LAURIE. A meeting was held on Saturday 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 exerti , ns 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 hiph office offers an example which it ie for the benefit of mankind to .hold up to imitation—that his benevolent anxiety on behalf of the most destitute of human beidgs, con victed prisoners, forced, by the absence of all possible refuge, to continue in a course of guilt which they are earnestly 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 valu e f ar a b ove t h e most magnificent display —that his fellow -citizens assembled at this meeting are able fully to carry out such, hit; benevolent efforts, are yet proud to avail themselves of the means of manifesting their sympathy .vith 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 ,assed to Mr. Richardson, and the meeting adjourned. MR WILSON.—The Scotch pagei a record the sue cesses of this vucalist in his tour. liE PRESENTATION OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE. We think it right to state, for the information of our readers, that there is considerable probability of an early election for the southern division of this county. Within the last few days rumours which had previ o u s ly b een i n c i rculat i on, o f an intention on the part of government to create several ad ' ditional peers, have acquired grea t er pro b a bilit y a nd con sistency. It is now pretty generally believed that after the Bill for altering the corn-law has passed the House of Com mons, several individuals, now or recently in that House, including Lord Francis Egerton, Lord Lincoln, (and Lord Ashley, will be call e d to th e Upp er H ous e, in order to assist in carrying the great measure through that assembly. We give the statement as it reaches.us, not vouching for its truth, but, at the same time, with a strong impression that there ig at least some fouadation for it.--Manchester Guardian, MONEY 'rad COMMEr."_,.TAL NEWS (From The Sun of Saturday Evening). 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 buyshares 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 more of th- established lines, as Brighton, Croydon, Chester, and Holyhead, L on d on an d 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, ]7s.-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), 2/. 19s. 6d.-Vale of Neath, 11. Os. 6d.-Hull and Barnsley, 1/. Os. 6d.-London, Oxford, Cheltenham, Gloucester, and Hereford, 45.-Welsh Midland, 165.-Shropshire Mineral, 165.-Shrewsbury and Hereford shire, 75.-Great Grimsby, Louth, and Hornrastle, 18s.-So mersetshire Midland, 15s. 6d.-Oxford, Gosport, Portsmouth, and Southampton, 155.-Shropshire Union and Canal, 12s. -Whitehaven and Furness, 21.-Ely and Huntingdon, 2/. 10s.-Chester and Holyhead, 16/. 7s. 6d.-OrleaLs, Tours, and Bordeaux, 11/. 185.-Richmond, 14/. 55.-London and South-Western, ?W.-London and Brighton, 60/. 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 146,670/., orto 27,264,4751. An increase in the rest of 12,386/., or to 3,780 0091. An increase in the Public Deposits of 260,000/, or to 7,065,422/. 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 21,806,1951. An increase in the notes (banking department) of 321,545/., or to 8,033,665/. A decrease in the silver coin of 17,063!., or to 7C0,222/. An increase in the bullion of 129,6071., or to 13,964,697/. There has been an improvement in the Funds this morning, amounting at one time to- from 961 A to 9614 for the Account, and for Money from 96 to 96%. At the present moment the prices are, 1/8 to U. percent. lower. Still the market looks firm. The premium on Exchequer bills has remained at 275. to 30s. Bank Stock is at 210 1 / 2 . Business was flat in the Foreign Stock Market to-day. Brazilian Bonds, have been sold at 824 ; Grenada, at 21. 1 7 3 ; Mexican Deferred, at 16A8 ; Portuguese Four per Cents. at 57; Spanish Three per Ce n ts. a t 36%; and the Dutch Pour per Cents., at The Shares of the established lines of Trailways, as well as the prices of several of the scrips of new projects are luokh'g rather more buoyant this morning, as our (imitations an nexed will show. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE C LOSINK O'CLOCK. PRICES. Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96 % 96 % Long Annuities, Expire Jan. ', 1E5150 . Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 10% 10% Bank Stock for Account .. .. .. .. 2101/ 210 1, , f2onst.ls for Account .. .. .. .. .. 96%%14 1614 Exchequer Bills 134,t1. lid. 1,0001... .. .... 27 30 pm. 30 5001... • • .. 27 30 pet. 30 Ditto, Small .... 27 30 pm. 30 , FOREION FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. . . . Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 82% 82 iQ Grenada, 1 per Cent .. .. .. .. 2 % 21% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. .. .. 16 3 ,i 16 16% 16% Portuguese Four per Cents .. .. 57 57 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. DittA, Three per Cent .. • • .. 37 36% 36% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a 7 llalf per Cent .. .... _ . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certlacates .. 94%14 94M, PRICES OF BUSINESS PAID. DONE AT CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. /ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES ' , _. ... _. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction . -2%„ Birmingham and Gloucester .. 100 .. Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 Buckinghamshire 423. Caledonian .. • • • • • • 10 •• • • 8 4 7 3i Ditto, Half Shares .. 21y4,.., 1 %'34 •• • • Ditto, Extension 2 , 4 ......., Chelmsford and Bury .. 1% gi, Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2 Direct Manchester (itastrick's) .. 5 .... 31; 3........ Direct Northern 232.... 1% Dublin and Galway .. .. 4 .... Eastern Counties 141. 165... 20% 3 4, Ditto, York Extension .. 105..... 1% • ••.. • . Exeter, Dorchester, & Weymouth 425. .... 4 ills. par. Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% .... 14 ......., Great North of England . —lOO Ditto, New Great Western .. .. 85 ......... Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 5 .... 1414 151 .... Hull and Selby .. 10 .... 99 1 4 .......... Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth 2 .... % ......... Lancaster and Carlisle .. 35 .... 47 ........ , Leicester and 13edtord ... Leicester, Tamworth, &c. .. Liverpool and Leeds Direct London an Birmingham . Ditto Thirds .. Ditto Quarters .. Ditto Fifths London and Black wall .. 16/. 13s. 4d, 8 London and Brighton .... 62 61 3 4 Ditta, Consol. Eighths .. .. 40 .... Ditto ditto Fifths .. .. 20 .... 2 7 14 28 London and Croydon .. 131. 15s 9d. 20 1 / 4 20 London and Greenwich .. 12/. 15s. 4d. London and South-Western.. 41/. 6s, 10d. 75 .. - Ditto, New . .. 12 London and York .. 2;1..., % . . Ditto, Halt Shares • . . 1 Manchester and Leeds 82 IA. 1 1 A •••••• •• - - 1 •• ..••• 12434 dis i is . 1 • 04 • 1 2014 1!i par .. - .. 39% y e . 47 1 / 2 . dis 2 217 50% 25 , /, 2* 2 8 6134 Ditto, Fifths .. 2 10y 4 : Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 .. 75 71 dtto, Quarter Shares (B) • • 2 .... 85, . . Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) 1 6;; Do. Cont. and Welsh Junction .... 1 8 Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock. 425. .... p 111idla , d ..100 —l4O 139.. Ditto, New .. .. 18 .... 275 28% Ditto, Birmingham and Derhy 108 .... 1i 1 Newcastle and Darlington Janet. `?5 .... 42 .... Ditto, New . .. 1 .... 6t 7% ...... Newcastle and Berwick .. 10 .... 18 17% ...... Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2%.... 1 Nortn British .. 20 .... 23% ....... Ditto, Ilalf Shares • 6 .... %......., Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 114 .... 1% .North Devon .. 2 • .... % ...... Northern and Eastern .. 50 .... 65 North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2% .... I % ........ North Staffordshire .. .. • • 425. 1% 214 2 Northmpton,Banbury,&Clieltlim. 2 .... lz Oxtd.,Worcoster,& Wolverlimptu. 12%.... 1• % 101,E .... Portsmouth 1 drect .. • • .. ••1% • • ..... Preston and Wyre .. • • .. 25 - ......... Ditto, Half Shares • • 2% .. • • 334 Scottish Central .. . .. 10 .... 14 1 4 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2% .... 1: 3 4 2 Shropshire Union .. 42.. 1% dis South Midland .. .. • .. 42s .... par % dis South Eastern and Dovor .. • . 33%.... •. Ditto, New (iss at 321.) No. 1. 16 .... 1611 ••••• • • • • • Do.. New (do 331. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 10% ....... 110., New (do. 30/0 .. No. 3. 15 .... 14% . De., New (do 15/.) .. No. 4. 2%.... 2 Staines and Richmond 1 .... % .......... South Wales .. .. 5 .... 2% .. Trent Valley .. 5 .... 27 Trent Valley and Holyhead June. .... Vale of Neath .. • . .. 2 .... Welsh Midland .. .. • . 2% .... 1% West Riding Union . • • • .. 425. •.. 1 %14 p. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 2% .... % 1 York and Carlisle .. , .... 1 York and Lancaster .. .... York and North Midland .. 50 .... 96 95 Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten... 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 12 .... 12 .......... Bord., Toul., dt Cette kMackenale) 2 .... ........., Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... 2 hutch Rhenish .. • . 5 %. ..... .. East Indian .. • • • • • • . ss. . • % Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 .... 15 ........ Great Western Canada .. .... 4 Lyons and Avignon .. .. 2 .... 2 ... Madrid and Valentia . • • . 2 ... • A ..... Namur and Liege •.. • . .. 4 .... 1 3 4 Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .... 12% Paris and Orleans .. .. 20 .... .......... Paris and Strasbourg (Constituted) 5 RA ILWAY ENTERPRISE. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. EXPRESS TRAINS. The Great - Western Company, it appears, intend frail Wednesday next to start express trains every morning , except Sunday, at half-past six, from Exeter to Padding' ton, which will call at Taunton, Bristol, Bath, Chipper' ham, Swindon, and Reading, accomplishing:the whole distance in four-and-a-half hours, and returning Proof Paddington to Exeter at half after five the same evening' To the commercial body of Exeter, Plymouth, De' vonport, and other places in the west, these express trains will be of the utccost importance, inasmuch as I tradesman will be enabled to leave his home in the morning, spend in L on d on near l y t h e b us i ness hours of l the day, and ret u r n h ome to E xeter to an early sup per Considering, too, that Exeter is in the high road to Fif; mouth, these expr ess t ra i ns , secur i ng as they do a " communication with that vast arsenal, are of great us' tional importance. The thanks of the community ar e due to the Great West , rn Cc mpany :or their enterpris e and spirit, and we hope the excellent example they have set will be f o ll owe d b y t h e London and Birmingham, the Grand Juncti on , an d t h e other railway companies 0 similar commercial enterprise. We believe the London Birmingham, and Grand Junction have had the idea in view for some time back, but the Grew Western has th e merit of setting the example.' THE R.AILWAV SHARE MARKET' TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.' SIR—I enclose a statement to you that I hope r ° will consider of sufficient importance for a place in yourr , journal, as it proves there is no cause h ut wan t 0 , confidence that keeps the Share market at the unnatursi and depressed state in which it is at present. You have ready mean. to test its correctness, there' fore I will not trouble you with my name and address. A Statement, showing the Cost Price of all the Railways Completed and Working, and that their Improved Valu e ' even at the depressed state of the Market, gives 70 Pe r cent. : Amount paid up. Present Price, £ P. d. £lt t Birmingham and Gloucester ...... lOO 0 0 126 0 v Ditto New l7 10 0 31 0 ) (~ v Bristol and Ex.t er Ditto New... , 5 0 0 Bristol and Glance-4er 30 0 0 Edstern Coun'ies ... 14 16 0 Ditto New 8 16 0 Edinburgh and Glasgow Quarter 'hares l2 10 0 Ditto New Quarter Great North of England .. .... Ditto New ..... ... ........... Ditto ditto Ditto ditto Great western Ditto Half Share• 5O 0 0 Ditto Fifth Shares Hull and Selby 5O 0 0 Ditto Quarter Shares . Ditto One Half London and Birmingham ion 0 0 Ditto One Third Ditto One Fourth 2 0 0 Ditto One Fifth London and Blaekuall ... .. 16 13 0 New .... 2 10 0 9 10 ° 52 0 ° 0 21 0 14 10 0 73 0 0 18 0 15 0 0 215 0 0 46 0 33 0 0 14 10 0 145 0 63 0 32 10 v 101 0 0 21 0 26 0 0 219 0 50 0 L' 26 0 23 0 o i , 8 5 4 . 0 0 London and Brighton Ditto One Eighth Drto One Fifth... London and Croydon .. London and Greenwich Ditto Preference London and South Western 4l 10 0 Ditto One Eighth 2B 0 0 Ditto New .... 12 (0 0 Ditto ditto lO 0 0 Manchester and Leeds Ditto Half ditto ...... 38 0 0 Ditto Quarter ditto 2 0 0 Ditto One Fifth ditto Ditto One Tenth 6 5 0 Manche,ter and Birmmgham 4O 0 0 Di to Quarter shares Ditto B Ditto C ... 1 0 0 Midland 63 0 0 5 7 2 0 0 28 0 0 21 10 0 9 5 0 22 0 ,0. u' 76 0 46 0 u 22 0 0 u 18 10 A u 124 0 54 0 0 12 0 0 11 10 0 8 10 ! 77 1 0 , 11 0 0 9 10 0 7 10 0 0 0 Ditto New... Birmingham and Derby lOO 0 0 Newcastle and Darlington Ditto New 1 0 0 Ditto. New Brandling . 2O 0 0 North British Ditto Half Shares 6 0 0 Northern and Eastern... Ditto Scrip Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New 1 0 0 Preston and Wyre 25 0 0 South-Eastern and Dover Ditto New, 1. Ditto 2. Ditto 3. Ditto 4. Yarmouth and Norwich ...... York and North Midland...... Quarter Shares 25 0 0 Scarborough branch... 25 0 0 Ditto Selby 146 20 0 117 0 w 41 0 „, 9 0 u 36 0 Cl 26 0 t!. 9 0 68 0 68 0 0 17 0 0 18 0 0 34 10 0 36 0 0 17 0 0 11 0 15 10 0 2 15 0 25 0 0 98 0 0 47 0 47 0 0 ,, 70 0 w £1,863 8 3 £3,046 15 IRISH LINES. Dublin and Drogh e d a 65 0 0 72 0 /0, Ditto New lO 0 0 14 0 nu Dublin and K ing ,t own 1 00 0 0 206 0 0 Ditto Extension H a lf Shares Ditto Quarter ditto Ulster, Belfast, and Armagh ... .... ~ 4217 10 0 £369 fl 0 P. S.—The expense in constructing the earlier lines W enormou., viz. : Blackwall 4100,090 per mile Brighton Grea. Western ... Birmingham Railways are now constructed at from 10,0001. to 15,0001- per mile. EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS. SUFFOLK-STREET PALL- ALL EAST. This, the twenty-third annual Exhibition cf the S° --------- ciety of . British A r ti s t s , ex hibi ts, as far as the progress of art is concerned, most assuredly a eV ill advance. There is, with one exception only, nothini mitre or extggerated—all is artistical; and although, situ" 602 pictures, there must be necessarily many of mediocre merit, yet there are none which offend the eye of th e connoiseur by absolute bad drawing or bad taste, old ie there are, several which are of a very high order of al s i' Landscape is, as usual, the great feature of the exhibition , and here Pyne and Tennant are most successful. ' lll. " Menai Straits" of Pyne is a large picture, most elaborate-If finished, the aerial effect of which is marvelled' The air seems absolutely tremulous with heat. 309. " The Ferry at Port Macke, in Wales," is another el' quisite picture by the same master. In this picture a Ili!: bow is introduced, arching the sky. The subject is treat in a most artistical manner, and the effects remind one of Woe of the best of Turner's. Perhaps, however, th e most brii - Haut picture in the exhibition is 351. 4 ‘ it Guyon and the Palmer arrived at the Idle L 3 °' meet with immodest Merth in her Gondelay, Bedecked, trim, With boughs and arbours woven cunningly, * * * * * Ry this time was the worthy Guyon brought Unto the other side of that wide btroud Where she was rowing, and for passage sought; Him needed not long call; she soon to hond Her ferry brought, where she him byding nand With his sad guide."—Vide Spenser's Faerie Queen% Canto VI. The painter has entered fully into the description of the poet, and has admirably translated Spenser's imaginings ; canvass. Never has p oe t r y b een more beautifully intsrPret by painting. At this late hour it is impossible to do more them to ja i. cate a few of the best pictures. Herring gives us -334. " The Oaks, 1845—A False Start," a picture that 41 be almost worshipped by every sportsman. He also Wivesiig some admirable cattle pieces. 470.• " St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall, low water, suage; ' is a beautiful piece of effect, by Lancaster. There is a " Cupid" by 'lodestone, which is very beautir nl 2, and among the po r t ra it s i s one of " Mr. Payne Collier," bJ Baxter (354), the most striking likeness that we have o ver seen. We hope to return to this exhibition at an early opPo r .unity. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER BETTING. —FRIDAY. .03 Ctre:sTEß Cup.-13 to 1 agst Sweetmeat, 18 to —.74 Clumsy, 18 to 1 agst Miss Burns, 20 to 1 agst Fitzallen , s t t o o l ne ag - s o t ) B , 4eosttßo oi e r a e g r s , t 2 l s nh t e o ri l. tr agt ö ll o o t p o e, l 4o a t v o t l . w ea st o W er h u l l t ; 50 to 1 agst Rose of Cashmere (t). Nothing done upon the other stakes,. HUNTG . Her Majesty's st ag IN hds, Mo APPOINTMENTS n., Knaphill, near Wok ing Station ; Wed., Twyford Station ; Fri. Salthill-11%. Bedale hds., M ' lon., Studley Park; VVed„ Oak Tree rig" Lecening-lane ; Fri., Hawkwell Inn-11. Cleveland lads., Mon., Newthorpe; Thurs., Court Greer —lO%. Norfolk stag hds., Wed., King's Arms Inn, Rupham 7th Hussars' stag hds., Men., Charstield; Thurs., 0t1e.7„.,. Cambridgeshire hds., Mo n ., Ternpsford; Sat., Ag e Green. F. B. hds., Mon., Constantin e C ro s s; Th urs ., F. B. Ke nn el —lO%. Oakley hds., Mon., Dungee Corner; Sat., Colworth-1 03 4* Pytchley hds., Mon., Cransley ; Wed., Brixworth Kennels; Fri., Boughton Mouse, Kettering; Sat., Sudborougb. Hall, near Shield P Si r n u l d 'i l?o g e t° a u nd hd lt ' r ' s r v u et e i s tl As ds. h , Row ; Fri., ScotSw oo d Bridgo—lo. 3 b i e o r m ry , ; s r a r n i. le , 3 l l . lorton-9 , • Cs; Ho ß e a ki ro is n e._ 11 1 olh . schild's stag lids., Mon., Culverton; Ti' trg t:e Thorpe. Lo Lord Southampton's lads Mon., Wicken F sa ; F r i., Stagshaw Bank toll-bar ; 11.5' Dir. Watson's lads., e li r o i n dog C -10. Mror; Wed., V - gham Village ; Fri., Shafto— 10i. York and Ainsty lids , Ted., Conrove ; Saturday, O ffl2- ton-101. Mr. Trelawny's He., Tues., Blisland Village, at 11; Shaugh Bridge- 7 .10i. Norfolk parrs., W ed., Holt (a deer.) Shropshire Ws., Wed., Chipnel Wood-10f. ICONDUCT OF THE CONDEMNED PRISONNR WICE.S.'" Within the last few days the manner of the unfortunate man nog under sentence of death has under t ,• , one a complete change, An d * hope of the extreme penalty of the law not being put in force h ad ' . from the circumstances of the execution not taking place on the Jr inst., buoyed him up, but which, now that the determination of _. l ; James Graham has been madelnown, has completely changed . 4 , 1 1 his former apparent firmness!' On Fi I lay he was visited by . D.: friends, and the meeting was of a more than usually distressing 0, 2 1 _ racter. The wretched young man has addressed a letter to tn r . widow of his late master, in which, after expressing coatritioa fo r his crime, ha earnestly implores her forgiveness, and request* 0 !teller. 106% Money A 6,.., , X tETER, Tr, 33 81 Mr. Joseph 11. aee an • You have hear of,hi. bridge c" v. u see an draw_ bridge wit ••••••I see no, difficl aa difg..ulty wee free from a 1)0 you agree de's as at other of for terminat.ir ottnhhit:itzi.iinae:gerloldwgtilosujfttoshinnti,etndrilin canal ; tnig tune whatever ; b oiler he ke f a i o 's t uh it soudob ove r au et should e of C ross-examine Is your Croydo OPen to the of And trains run Mince when ? How often ? ftlrining. Y ou mean this ton,ing?._ Yes. Yon have met 13 ° You mean t waiver?—M 5 ; any accident difte nities. Ido not knot ni have not ru tificulies. Ore 'kit ot the earriai hey...,rhar has h' You I ink not • gre at eerool "" much et • We have a distal floe had int..rr lios—..partial int( t ° Sou what tho' V?ttat were du l'ad, then, have 'atit W e uf the Pr'i es of the Penn *he n they break, trsced, Every c (Ate; the e ng to streogth w whi^h Aeien t in power F tr t on th mrtioof the it 11.41n' pu which hat diffprent eh; ,to be effective ; tl olpractice t o be th koged for the vat the T are bein, neat ar e h e f t th id, . Al together the How et many ? , I dr, want liferruptions. tar wie rruption( to t welv e or fou Rhea the traffic And what has l'apted?—The " !Sic crank axi€ qvred an i n t erru Paired. That. OCI 1 41 ( or to guard m a de as an ac •fd tottle for as th ey a h ' the work th ,„.*°,4ltl not have one engi ne . Mork eittse the oth er W hat i s t h e Mace ?—The trt 1 tYtt. I r eco ll ec oas / spoke of• thltlseddelasen°gf to to t a Hoe itself, wh Haw many en ti 'safer extremity 00 you mean oAnd the other tnetliate. 1 ` ". It is fix; YoWhat is the tiYour en g i nes frn do ting th em d o rrt.—.ls three "teen Norwood Jo,eph Locke, a Y rk ou are th e e Aoil you are Locke 1 ioates, Btc.] • 1 I believe yet e gles?1011 of t 1 liave you bee oircents on th )1 I'rl believe e S o h r the %y e votl got t get the fart h it th e resu lt xicability of II 'factory as t tarnereini p. I I% cation, eo , ton d on the 1 4 ftt ial questioi 44 Lye you go . I have. Just state till Principal. , kr, Manua ] ti ding it was tio.o 011 the eX ' rhe C,o cK u Qom nii 1,7.• t::o c kburn I Gf th e atn 44 4 'otuld at ach to on the au 11Y Itlr. Coc the subjet, Nice to the qu 1'44 ne t 1144 no ) , P t yznon°r4': ii ;Ned that op, ~'ltttlotpheric dill. l'e moat of