The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-15 00:00:00

performance of short operas, like L'Eli.eir, Lucretia, and others. Over the scenic department Messrs. Grieve and Telbin again preside; Mr. Alfred Mellon remains con ductor of the dance-music; and the other Elinor officers are the same as last year. The theatre opens on Tuesday, the 23d inst., with what particular opera has not yet transpired. Donisetti's Les Martyrs has been mentioned. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TIIRATRE, OXFORD-STREAT. Vidor Use Management of Mr. CHARLES &BAN. On Menday, March 15, will be performed thakspere's Mato rieal Play of Kin. John, mith Qs* new and original Farce, entitled Oar Clerks ; or, k h 9. rk .frea r oourt, Temple. Tuesday, leth, o Corsican &others, with the new Farce, and Betsy Baker. Wednesday, 17th, Shakspere's historical Play of King John, and the new Farce. Thursday, ISth, The Corsican Brothers, with the new Farce, and A Model of a Wile. Friday, 19th, Shakspore's historical ray of King John, and the new Farce. Saturday, 20th, The Corsican Brothers, with the new Farce, and Betsy Bakirn, R OYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. THIS ETENING, and every evening during the week, Introductory ADDRESS, by Mr. Albany Brown. After wnich, a new scene of Apropos, entitled the MANAGER'S ROOM. With THE SWISS COTTAGE. To be followed by the Neapolitan grotesque Divertissement of ARLECIIINO FORTUNATO, with the Frolics of Saltarello and Plerrot. To conclude with the Masical Burlesque of BOMBASTES FU RIOIIO. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. A Moraing Performance on Wednesday and Saturday next. oars to open at Half-put T wo, and commence at Three o ' cloc k. In active preparation, an entirely new version of the Grand T.astera Spectacle of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, whi c l a , will shortly be produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Paivate Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-Q.llWe of tke Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. THEATRE ROYAL, HATMARICF.T. Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed LONDON ASSURANCE. Characters by Messrs. Buclutone, Leigh Murray, Lambert, Howe; Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Reynolds. A Selection of English Music. After which, THE JACOBITE. THEATRE ROYAL, A.DELPHI. Lessee, bk. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TIIE WRECK ASHORE. After which, DID YOU EVER SEND, TOUR TO CAK. BERWRLL ? To conclude with a new and original Christmas Tale, called LIT TLE RED RIDING ROOD. Wafram, Baron of Burliburg (sur named the Wolf of Biberich), Mr. Paul Bedford ; Scraggenheim, Butler; Trndchen (commonly called Little Red Riding Hood), Miss Kathleen Fitz william. ,t0Y.1.1., Fl HSS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kettle, THIS EVENING, Will be performed Shakespere's Historical Play or KING JOHN. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, ♦ddison, Meadows, J. Vining, C. Fisher, Graham, F. Cooke, Everett; Miss Phillips, Miss Robertson, Miss Murray, Miss Kate Terry, Mrs. Dlly, and Mrs. C. Kean. After which, OUR CLERKS; or, No. 3, Fig Tree-court, Temple. EOYAL LYCEUM TiIEATUE. Under the Management oz Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C Horn, and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with A new and original Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Flanche, Esq., entitled THE PRINCE OF HAPPY LAND ;. or, The Fawn in th e Forest. Characters by Madaince Vestris, 31133 St. George, Mi ss Lanes., Miss Martindale, Miss Grove, Miss Ellis, Miss Rosins Wri g ht , Messrs. F. Matthews, 13 . Baker , Suter , Horncaitle, Butler, and Vernon. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farm:. THIS EVENING. Will he performed THE ADVOCATE AND HIS DAUGHTER. Principal characters by Messrs. Farren, Hoskins, W. Farren, jun. Diddear ; Mesdames Sarah Lyons, Durand, and Bartlett. After which AN ORGANIC AFFECTION. To be followed by THE LAST OF THE FAIRIES. To conclude with 'MATRIMONIAL, &c., &c., in which Messrs. Compton, , Shalders, . Cooke, Meeidames Phillips and Bartlett will appear. TrN;;IPS FLA ICHOC:,L .1.2,D STRAND rIIEATRE Lessee. Mr. W. it. I;OPELA.ND,'Llver.lionl. New Piece,,A RaXed !School—Revival of Behind the Scenes. rut'. isVENIN,i , Will be performed MATRIMONIAL PROSPECTUSES. After which, THE RAGGED SCHOOL. Characters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Rogers, Ittwood ; Misses Sanders, Maskell, and Mrs, Selby. To be followed by MY LOVER THE CAPTAIN. To conclude with BEHIND THE SCENES. Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Han eacit. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. ,t,rLEY'S *OYAL AMPIIITIIEATRE. Under re Patronage 01 her Mcjesty and his Royal Ilighnais Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful arft popular Theatre in London. THIS EVENLNG, --- Will be performed a new G rand Spectacle, entitled TANCRED ; or. The Triumph of the Crusaders. From the pen of J. Kingdom, Esq., which has been sone months in preparation, and in the pro duction of which neither cost nor pains have been spared. Atter which, the second week of the most wonderful Artists, the NICOLO FAMILY, who will introduce their admired Enter tainments. To be tollowed by Batty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. To conclude with:(by particular desire) BLUE BEARD. Tickets to be had et the Boa-office from Eleven ttli Fear daily. Stage Manager. Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tall DAY —Morning 19 min. after 9 I Evening 14 min after 10 To-Moasow—Morning 19 niln. after 10 I Evening 41 min after 11 THE. WEATHEIL---6011 OFFICE, MARCH 14. TasamomsTaw, us THE SHADE. 43—highest since noon yesterday. 30—lowest this morning and during the night 39—this day, at noon. BAROMETUR 7 30•52. Wi E.N.E.—dull, cloudy, cold weather, with alight sunshine occasionally. MONDAY, MARCH 15. THRRMOMSTF.R., TES SHADS. 41—highest since noon yesterday. 30—iowft3t this morning and during the night. 40—this day, at noon. BA.ROMETISE, 30.52. Wixi E.:l.E.—cold breeze and cloudy, with sunshine occasionally. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. Prmaours—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Pooue—Wind N.E., strong breeze—overcast. EintourroN—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Ha cis—Wind gentle breeze—rain. Souretastrrox—Wind N.E., strong breeze—overcast. FoLimsToNE—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudy. TtrsmuiDiak--Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. GREENWICH—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. STZOOD—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudy. SwfxDos—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. COLCHESTER—Wind N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—NV ind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YaastouTH—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. BIitHLNGHAM Wind N.E , strong breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the staSc of the win* and weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock - Lemm —Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. Bicrualt4sa—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. LEIGHTON—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. BIRMINGHAM —Wind S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. HoLnizap--Calm cloadlebs, frost. SaAr—vv ind E., calms— principally clear. BEATrocK—Wind S.E. gentle breeze—cloudless. 4:f, g Itk`r7., N o tt,„",, - 4,7, ; 4 ~2. i 4 " k. c. s le Alf . ~. . —c , )F . 4 • .4 f 31, ., - .7. '" - ' .-°.,.;‘,.: •*r.::,''' '''''T-' . •' . ';. .-- - • , ......, ettreitina LONDON, MONDAY MARCH 15 , 18 52. A candid Ministerial statement is l oo k ed forward the pviple of to this evening by England, and it roust be observed that the multitude are by no means dis posed to r ece i ve as a d e quate for the occasion remarks as evasive as those which on Friday morning proved insufficient e ven f or th e l e nient constituents o f Aylesbury. Reflection must already have carried rather uncomfortable c;ioviction of this to the mind of the CHANCELLOR, of the Exc lu c t u E it. He must be perfectly aware that the nation at large cannot rest satisfied with explanations so-called, which in reality are no explanations whatever; and that more espe cially the House of Commons will require some definite and explicit announcement of the poli c y pro p o sed to be carried out by the new Cabinet, even before voting the annual supplies or getting through the routine business of the country. Of this there can no longer be the smallest d o ubt whatsoever. The G overnment formed by the Earl of DERBY, aided, or we might go so far as to say inspired by the geni us o f Mr. DISRAELI, must, as a matter of justice, as a matter of f a i r p l ay, as a matter o f comm on sense, tell the p opu l at i on o f t!ie United Kingdom, through the medium of their Parligmt?otary represen tatives, what are the precise principles upon which they propose to carry on the affairs of the British empire. From the House of Commons the Ministers of the Crown will, in accordance with the constitutional regulations of the Legislature, have to obtain the votes of the moneys essential for the main tenance of our institutions. without those supplies being in the customary manner granted by the House of Commons, a great deal o f confusion of a temporary c h arac t e r must, of course, be b rought down upon the heads of the different de p ar tments of th e Ad m i n i strat i on. While such is unquestionably the case on the one side, it must on the other be admitted that the annual supplies cannot reasonably be expected from the House of Commons before the M embers of that House have heard from the lips of the chief personage in the Government some clear and straightforward account of the actual intentions iof the Adminis tration. T o - n i g ht, th e refore, it s believed that the biinistesialst a t assen t will beeoale more comprehensible THE SUN, than it has hitherto been through the dubious inuendoes and bewildering generalities indulged in by the principal candidates in their electioneering speeches. More secure may we feel that such will really be the event, now that the Opposition has re solved upon extorting from the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, or from one or other of his colleagues, something more than words of mystery and preva rication. Nevertheless, while we insist that some candid avowal as to the exact nature of their policy may be looked forward to by the House of Commons from the Right Hon. Gentleman the Financial Mi nister of the Government, we must still continue to maintain, as we have strenuously and dispassionately maintained from the outset, that it will be nothing less than factious to place any serious or insurmountable obstacles at the present moment in the way of her MAJzsres Government. That the House of Com mons should know before voting the annual supplies what are the precise tendencies of the Cabinet whose members demand those supplies from the Legislature is, of course, reasonable enough under every point of consideration. Yet, it must be allowed, as in every way equally reasonable, that Ministers situated as the present Ministers are should not be prevented from carrying on the business of the country simply for the gratification of party feeling, or for the con solation of certain powerless and disappointed ad ministrators. The good of the country, the peace of the' country, the prosperity of the country, the happiness of the country, require that the ordinary estimates should be made in due course before the newly coustructed Cabinet be forced into a deadly fight for its existence, a contest such as must inevitably lead to an imme diate dissolution of the present Parliament. Now a dissolution taking place at this particular juncture—before the supplies have even been whispered of in the House of Commons—would, under all circumstances, be little else than disastrous. Besides—it should be borne in recollection, if only out of motives of honour, not to say of magnanimity (about which Lord Joint Rus- SELL appears to know absolutely nothing), that some regard in this matter more than customary should be had in reference to her MAJESTY'S Ministers, seeing that their call to office is attributable not to their own eager and factious exertions to obtain power, but to the exigency of the moment, to their own acknowledged surprise, and in compliance with the demands made upon their loyalty by their SOVE REIGN. Remember, upon this point the late Cabinet was broken up, not by any blow directed against it by the Protectionists, but by thv3 trenchant and avenging brand of the great political chieftain—the ARON of the recent Government according to the graceful panegyric of the celebrant .of " King Arthur" —the knightly champion who " Rode to war no vizor on his holm," - the administrator of whose chivalric patriotism it has been inferentially said— " Who hated Cymry, hated Axon most:" and yet one who, notwithstanding his genius, his civism, and his valour, had so very recently and so very heinously been treated by his colleagues with insult and ingratitude. The Russell Government re vas destroyed, therefore, we peat, not upo n any motion of Mr. DISRAELI, bum upon a motion made by Lord PALMERTON—act upon any ques tion relating to the revival of the corn-laws, but to one referring exclusively t o the re-organization of the militia. t oniequently w e maintain that senti ments of honour as well ai .sentiments of patriotism impel the representatives of the p , :)ple of England to place no embarrassing obstruction at this particular juncture in the way of the, present Govern ment. Hear what its members have to relate as to the nature of their intended policy—elicit from them some accurate statement as. to their inten- tions, in the event of their revealing any disposition to evade inquiry—but do not, for the sake of • the out of II totives at once general welfare, do not, of honour and of magnanimity, interfere with the course of the routine business of the country, by placing a factious obstacle in the diffi- cult path just adventured upon by the ruling Administration. While we persist in upholding this view as the most generous and the most advisable in the present instance, we cannot conceal from ourselves the fact that Lord JOHN RUSSELL has the intention (after having advised her MAIESTY to send for the Earl of DERBY as his successor) of factiously, perversely, and petulantly —upon a silly pretext that free trade is in danger—administering at this early period a death-blow to the but recently created Government. Should this somewhat paltry intention of the Noble Lord be frustrated his will still be the guilt. Scelus intro se taciturn qui cogitat ullurn facti crimen habet. For the good of the nation; however, let us still hope that after the Ministerial state ment of this evening, the estimates may be brought forward in due course, and the routine business of the country be deliberately accomplished, instead of a dissolution of the House of Com►nons being pre cipitately forced upon her MAJESTY'S Government. The summary dismissal of Colonel OUTRAM from his situation as Resident at Baroda, by order of the Bombay Government, will, we have no doubt, lead to inquiries of the most stringent and searching character, the result of which must necessarily prove exceedingly important at the present moment, when the renewal of the Charter to the East India Company is about to be brought under the consideration of the Imperial Parliament. The investigation cannot, however, be restricted to a single case. Colonel OUTRAM, as a British officer once highly favoured, nominated to a position of great trust and considerable emolument, having many influential friends, and the means of sustaining and vindicating his character, will unquestionably obtain the fair trial which is the privilege of every British sub ject, and which should be accorded to every indivi dual who has been in any degree injured by the Bri tish Government, or any person deriving authority under or through that Government. If there be any feeling that prevails beyond all others in the hearts of Englishmen, it is an inherent love of justice and fair play. Accustomed to a public administration of the laws by men of great learning, of vast experience, and of unimpeached and unimpeachable honour and inte grity, they can scarcely conceive the possibility of any corruption on the Judicial Bench, or of any of their grave and venerable judges being in any degree influenced by improper motives, or of the de cisions of a high tribunal being affected by pecuniary bribes to -the presiding magistrates. Any charges on such points are therefore regarded as almost incredible, and it is not until after a strong Prima facie case has been established that they will be deemed worthy of even serious consideration. But there is another point en which the feeling is equally de c id e d , and that is that no man shall be con- ' damned unheard, or without having a full opportu nity o f heating eve r y matter that may be alleged against him, a n d of rebutting the accusations by , every legiti mate means. When that constitutional right—the v ery f oundation o f our nat i onal liberties— is withheld or tampered everywith, full and ample relief w ill be afforded, e n d honest man, however deeply biassed or pre'eer J leEd he may b e, will to the u t m ost extent of his abilitie s i nsist on am le redress b e ing accorded to the aggrieve, P party. N o w we do not come forward as the defenders or gists for ColoneluTael e e„, apologis O vv e merely allude to his case as anot her and a powerful illustrati on of system which p revai the unjustifiable a under the Anglo-Indian Government, andagainst which we have r e peatedly recorded our solemn and, earnest protests, in reference to the case of the unfortunat and deeply injured PEETAUB SINGEL, the d eposed Raja of Sattara, who was not only deprived of el s dominions and consigned to what was practically little better than incarceration at Benares, but whose bonci fide private property was confiscated, in delibe rate violation of the unequivocal assurances of the Resident and the solemn pledges of the Bombay Go vernment. The inquiry that has been so constantly and perseveringly demanded has hitherto been evaded on the most frivolous and insufficient grounds, but we cannot conceive how it can be denied when the in evitable investigation into the causes of the dismissal of Colonel OUTRAM shall be instituted, more espe cially as it will go far to justify the report, for which the ex-Resident at Baroda has been so severely treated. We shall only briefly refer to the causes which led to the disgrace of Colonel Otrsteter, but which will be amply sufficient to establiakthe _impe rat i ve nue,. M:4,6 ta au Na gg& 0, weeetalw LONDON, city of a Parliamentary inquiry. It appears that general rumours were circulating, and strong sus picions entertained of the existence of gross and habitual bribery and corruption, not only in the local tribunals but also in the superior courts of the Bombay Presidency. It was loudly asserted that the course of justice was but too frequently perverted, and that wrong could prevail over right, if sufficiently liberal doucsurs could be conveyed to the judicial authorities. We do not say that these grave charges were well founded, but they undoubtedly received considerable circulation, and even particular instances were cited in whiCh it was declared that gross in justice had been practised. These rumours at length reached the Government, and a circular was issued to the principal officers throughout the Presidency, requiring information on the subject, and among others to Colonel OuntArtt, as Resident at Baroda, where one of the most promi nent cases was said to have occurred. Colonel OUTEAM, as in duty bound, returned a full and explicit answer to the inquiry, although it was by no means palatable to the authorities. There can be no doubt but that if the answer had been of a favourable character—it would have been confidently appealed to as decisive on the point, and as conclusive against the validity of the allega tions. But, contrary to expectations, Colonel OUTRAM declared that " the suspicions referred to were currently and; practically operative throughout the whole district within his cognizance," and ho also declared a strong opinion in favour of parties whom he believed to have been seriously injured by un warren table and unjust decisions. Now, if this report had been made maliciously, or even on trivial or insufficient grounds, it would, in deed, be deserving of severe censure and stringent punishment. But the officer by whom it was made should be allowed to set forth the reasons by which he was actuated in arriving at such a conclusion, and establishing the ben& fides of his opinion. No such opportunity was permitted to Colonel OUTRAM. He- was at once superseded from his lucrative and important situation, and the dangerous precedent was established that, if public officers do not decide the questions referred to them in accordance with the wishes of their superiors, they must be content to suffer the most serious conse quences. If this be a recognised course, we can readily conceive how useless must be the testimony of officials when favourable to the Government, and what weight should be attached to the honest remonstrances put forward by conscientious men, regardless of the too probable results of their earnest and energetic appeals. Considerable light is new thrown on the causes of the severe reprimand inflicted on a gallant and meri torious officer, Major CARPENTER, the Governor - General's agent at Benares, for having dared, while rendering the explanations which were required from hien, to offer his disinterested and unprejudiced opi nion as to the entire innocence of the royal prisoner— an opinion the expression whereof must necessarily prove exceedingly prejudicial to his own future pros pects, and which nothing but a strong sense of justice, and an earnest determination to suffer no merely pri vate or personal motive to interfere with his iropera tive,duty as an upright and honest man, could have elicited. The statement of the gallant officer in this respect is so straightforward and conclusive, that we cannot refrain from transferring it to our columns. He says— " When the R a j a was cons i gne d to my charge, early in 1840, I considered it neces sary, for the efficient dis charge of my duties, t o m ake myself fully acquaint e d with the cantles of his dethronement, his general reputa tion for intrigue, and other circumstaeces connected with his character and conduct, to enable me to form a just estimate of the man with whom I had to deal, and to guard against the consequences that might arise from any laxity of surveillance on my part. To this end I carefully studied the whole of the voluminous documents connected with his case, and the result tow a belief in his innocence; and this belief has been confirmed beyond a doubt by subsequent disclosures, and by his pledging himself to prove it, if permitted to do so, in his letter to Sir Henry Hardinge, of the 12th of :December, 1844, forwarded through me, and which pledge I am fully persuaded he is able to redeem." For this he was strongly„censured, being informed that the assertion of his conviction of the ex-Rea.e's innocence of the charges of which he had been con victed, and of his (the RAJA'S) ability to prove his innocence, was "as unbecoming aslit was uncalled for ;" and again, that whatever his (Major CARPER TER'S) private opinions, and whatever the real facts of the ex-RAJA's guilt or innocence might be, such con duct and communications were " entirely inconsistent with the position of agent to the Governor-General charged with the care and superintendence of the ex-RAJA and his domestic arrangements ; and with the execution of the Government orders in re spect to his treatment and position." Fortunately for Major CARPENTER, the illustrious captive was then living, and it did not suit the policy of the Anglo-In dian Government to have the public attention drawn to his case. Had it been otherwise that gallant and high-minded man might more bitterly have expiated his military frankness in revealing unwholesome and inconvenient truths. But it was not only by persons on the spot that the severity with which the injured Prince was treated, and the bad faith and duplicity exhibited to wards him, was unequivocally condemned. We find that many even of the directors recorded on the minutes of the court their earnest and solemn protests on the same subject, when Major-General ROBERT SON, Sir ROBERT CAMPBELL, Lieut.-Colonel SYKES, Major OLIPHANT, and Messrs. SHEPHERD, PLOWDEN, and LoCH, entered their deliberate dissents from the course adopted by their 'colleagues on the same sub ject, Mr. SHEPECERD boldly referred to the instruc tions contained in the letter from the then Governor of Bombay, Sir J. R. Caltstec, to Lieutenant-Colonel OVENS, the resident at Sattara, that the RASA was to be treated " as an c.bject of sympathy, not of punish ment ," and to the 'pledge of the Governor that " his (the RADA's) private property should not be inter fered with," and 'pertinently inquired, " could any usage, or precedent, justify the breach of this pro mise ?" The Hon. Gentleman added, "To me, therefore, it appears. that the confiscation and transfer of his (Pairrann Snecies) property to the present BAJA is an additional penalty inflicted oa this unfortu nate Prince, not warranted by any considerations what ever." He also contended " that the act was ILLEGAL, the regulations of ou:r Government guaranteeing to all our subjects the free, possession of the property held by them, until they shall be deprived of it by the judgment of a court .of competent jurisdiction." The protests of MI ijor OLIPHANT and Major-Gene ral RonzarsoN are, however, even more important, referring as they do. to the mode in which all inquiry into the, charges preferred by KRUSHNiJEE SIJDA SEW RHIDEY, one of the principal accusers of the unfortunate Prince,: was suppressed on the report of Lieutenant-Colonel OVENS, the party' chiefly impli cated, and that although " the said KR,IISIINAJEE had entered inte+ heavy recognizsnces, him self in 5,000 rupees, and a friend in 1,000 rupees, to prosecute the charge, with the certainty of being subjected to severe punishment, if found' guilty of defa.mation," and having even fur nished a list of the 'witnesses, whose evidence would, as he asserted, confirm the accuracy of his statement?, these statements accusing Lieutenant -Colonel OVENS of personal bribery and corruption, declaring that " he had obtained from the Raja of SATTARA (APE-A SAHIB) payment of the sum of 1,500 rupees per mensem, to his (the , Resident's)_fatile_r•i_a 7 law, which, on his death, we.s transferred to the Resident's brother-in-law, and. that when the Resident's lady and children proceeded to England, gold bullion a n d Ve netian necklaces wire purchased and given to the Resident to the value of 50,000 rupees," acquire additional significanice at the present moment, in con sequence of the dismissal of Colonel OUTRAN, and the grounds of that dismissal. w 'We do no t say th at these grave accusa ti ons were found e d. Go.o forbid that we shou ld con d emn any man without ;illowing him to make his full de fence. But we hop o an d trust f or th e h ono ur of the British n ame that when the case of Colonel Ountam is investigat e d, the ri umerous petitions of Kitusnrie- JEld SUDASEW Bila-DRy and th SINGH may also b e considered, in order that the memory of that rau.c h-wron ge d -ease of anT ce may be vindi catedaun and tardy juutice accord e d to hi s law f u l h e i r P and successor ,— and: that the c h aracter of England tan for fair play Da 71 37 be re- esta b lished in the eyes u h of a natives tti Ircctfhliinwdioll ultimately p reva il, s —th at they may be g however i pow erful ttai influences by which it may for taught the t h vieps t MONDAY EVENING, a time be suppressed. Let it be remembered, more over, that it has been observed to the central adminis trators in Leadenhall-street, " The facts and figures furnished by the Indian Government— " Will convince every man who reads them what the real object of your conduct throughout has been, in appropriating all his dominions on the pretext that he left no male heir, while you yourselves make prisoner of the heir, Shahoo Baja, and forcibly detain his person at Benares; fourth, in starving that lawful heir and adopted son, and the Raja' s w id ow , w h om a l so you h o ld captive, into a written renunciation of their right to those dominions, of which you nevertheless proclaim to the world you have assumed lawful possession;' fifth, in keeping that helpless lady and child prisoners at Benares, pending the pleasure of the Bombay Govern ment." We cannot conclude without quoting from our contemporary the Times, of the 10th instant, the statement " that all representations must be re ceived with caution from such astonishing pro ficients in forgery and deceit." If this be so, and we cordially concur in the accuracy of the assertion, how essential is it that the inquiry so strenuously, so perseveringly, and so incessantly demanded by the deposed Sovereign during his lifetime, and by his representatives since his death, should be conceded even at the eleventh hour. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of Saturday and yesterday. Yesterday's Moniteur contains a decree for convert ing the Five per Cents, into a Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock. This decree is founded upon a report of the Minister of Finance, which, after a series of pre liminary considerations, proceeds to propose that the New Four-and-a-Half per Cents. be guaranteed for ten years against right of reimbursement, which would be sufficient to induce holders of Five per Cents. to accept the conversion, nor could they have any in ducement to exchange into the Three per Cents., which pay no more. The report then shows that to meet reimbursements, should such be demanded, the Trea sury possesses 120 millions, and which, after payment of the dividends du e th e 22d March, would still be nearly 100 millions. It also has 150 millions' worth of railway securities, of which 100 millions could promptly be necessary, it could negotiate rentes. As the 80 millions Exchequer- bills which are now out. if In fine,negociated, and it might easily double for a Sinking rued, the Minister thinks it an illu sion—the only - proper means for reducing debt being an excess of receipts—but, for sake of reserving the qu estion, on account of there being Sinking Funds attached to th e ot h er spec i es o f stock, he transfers to the New Four-and-a-Half per Cents. the Sinking Fund which belonged to the Five per Cents. A decree con f orma bl e to th ese principles follow sic. cordingly. The contest for the 4th arrondissement of the city began yesterday. The candidates are M. CARROT and M. MOREAU. This is one of those elections which have had to be recommenced owing to an in sufficiency in the number of voters. M. CARROT, although he had a considerable majority over M. MOREAU, yet he was below the number required by law to render his return valid. Should M. CARROT be completely successful on the present occasion, it is not thought likely that he will avail himself of his right to sit in the Corps Legislatif. He quitted France with his family immediately after the 2d De cember, and has taken up his residence in Belgium, where he devotes himself to the education of his children. Th e on l y e ff ec t o f his being elected would be to sh ow th a t i n th e 4 t h, as in the 3d arrondisse ment, which elected General CAVAIGNAC, there is a majority hostile to the Government. Tne ilfoniteur says—" The accounts of the receipts of the taxes and the indirect revenue for the month of February have just reached the Ministry of Finance. They show an increase of nearly two millions as compared with the receipts of the corresponding month of 1851. This result is the more remarkable, as it far exceeds that of January last. It fully con firms the hopes which the re-establishment of ord er and authority gave rise to." The Constitutionnel says—" We learn th a t t h e difficulties which have hitherto prevented the statutes of the Paris and Lyons Railway Company from being approved of have just been removed. The company has now come to a perfect understanding with the Minister of the Interior, and it is more than probable that the delivery of the definitive shares will take place before the liquidation of the 15th inst. The Debats has an article on the decree authorising the establishment of Mortgage Banks. The writer appears to be decidedly favourable to the project, and predicts that it will render moat important services to agriculture, provided that the precautions that are necessary to prevent an abuse of the facilities accorded be adopted. It is stated that the opening of the Senate and the Legislative Body will be preceded by a Mass du Saint Esprit, at which all the great bodies of the State will be present, and that the opening sitting will take place in the Salles des Mareohaux at the Tuileries, as under the Empire. It has been incorrectly stated, says the Patrie, that the places in the Legislative Body were to be drawn for by lot. Nearly 20) deputies have already marked the seats which they vish to occupy. The Public says :—" It appears certain that the costumes of the deputies of the Legislative Body will only be worn by them on state occasions." It is stated that the health of ABD-EL-KADER again gives cause for uneasiness. The funeral ceremony of M. ARMAND M ARRAST , who was President of the Constituent Assembly an d thehe followed Church Provisionalo f by Government, took place NOtre Dame de Loretto. about 500 persons, The n h m e l' m r h i e d b a a e r y r s ,eoifn wast amongst whom were MM. de Lamartine, Gamier Pags, Pagnerre, Goudchaux, Bastide, Jules Fevre, Senard, Cormenin, de Bennaset, Jourdan, Pelletant, &c. The cords of the pall were held by General Cavaignac and MM. Marie, Havin, and Corbon. After the service in the church the body, followed by the same number of mourners, was carried to the cemetery of Montmartre. No funeral oration was delivered. M. AIARII4ST was only 51 years of age. We read in the Puelic:—t, According to informa tion derived from a source which we are bound to regard as certain, the fusion has been concluded on the following conditions and bases :—the national flag is to be such as it was adopted by the sections of 'B9, namely, tri-coloured, quartered with fleurs de lies. The reign of LOUIS PIdILIPPE is to be recognised for the eighteen years during which it lasted. As preli minary acts, the Duke DE INT -. , BSIOURS is to go to Frohs dorf to pay an official visit to the Count DE Crram- BORD. In his turn, the Count DE CHAMBORD is to present, either in London or at Naples, his homage to Queen MARIE AMBLER." The Five per CeEts• fell on Sunday to 100 f. 100. They, however, subsequently recovered, and closed at 101 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK E XCHANGE, MARCH 13. Boulogne and Amiens, 121 4—Namur and Liege, OA — Northern of France, 204—Orleans and Bordeaux, 10'i — Paris and Lyons, 9N—Paris and Strasbourg, 204—Toure and Nantes, 9%. SPAIN. The accounts from Madrid are of the 9th inst. levy of 10,000 recruits of the cla ss o f 1851. On the 4th instant, the Count e s s DE CANADA ALTA, The Gazette publishes a royal d ec r ee o rdering the mother of General NARVAEZ, died at Loja, in the 70th year of her age. The Three per Cents. were done at 381 for time ; the New Three per Cents. at 19 ; the Debt of the First Class at 7i; that of the Second Class, at 5i ; and the Coupons, at 3i. GERMANY. The Emperor of AUSTRIA received the civil autho rities of Trieste in a private audience, visited the arsen al and the barracks' and then, accompanied by the Duke of PARMA and the chief naval commandant, embarked on board the steamer Vulcan, proceeded to the Bay of Muggia, where a splendid sea-fight, which lasted till late in the evening, took place in the Gulf of Trieste. At night the Emrklitoß returned to Trieste. Throughout the whole day the weather was magnificent. The Austrian journals state that a fire broke out in the palace of the Stadtholder, at Warsaw, on the 6th instant, which, notwithstanding the utmost exertions of the firemen, could not be extinguished. The fire continued to burn th e whole day, and the second storey was utterly d estroyed. The vaults, in which are the offices containing the archives, were fortu nately preserved. M. H. BROCXIIAUs, editor of the Universal ,Ger man Gazette of Leipsic, was a few days ago con demned by the Criminal Tribunal of that city to three weeks' imprisonment for an article on Mr. GLADSToNE's lett ers : and to a furt h er i mpr i sonmen t of three weeks f or reproduc i ng an a rti c l e from the , Augsburg Gazette, considered offensive to the mem bers of the Conferences at Dresden. HOLLAND. The Second Chamber of the Netherlands has for some days past b een engage d i n di s cussing a. Bill presented by the Government for placing a tax of 3 per cent. on incomes from capital, the public funds, mortgages, &c. I n case the tax s h a ll be established , . peat and coal, an d to reduce the h eav y the Government p roposes to ta k e the import duty oft tax on news papers. But the O ppos i t i on warm ly opposes the i m position of the ta x , an d ma i nta i ns that the projected a bolition or reducti on o f dut i es w ould not benefit the ne - lower classes. DENMARK- The marine of the Duchies of Schleswig and IL?- stain has been officially and solemnly given over into 1, 9&87 l o v ~V/jii4.1.13 I,trt, MARCH l5, 1852 the hands of the Denish authorities, who, in the name of the KING, have re-entered into the exercise of their functions, interrupted by the insurrectionary war. The officers and other persons who had served in the navy of the insurgent duchies have given in their resignation. The same thing has taken place in the war department and in the war materiel of the duchies. The various sections of this department have been consigned into the hands of Government, and all the officials and servants dismissed and replaced by the Danish authorities. Thus the authority of the King of DENMARK may now be looked upon as re established by act and deed in every part of the Monarchy. THE SHARE MARKETS BEITXI3II IL/111.W.LLYS. SWITZERLAND. _ _ " Our letters from Berne, of the 29Th says the Journal des Debats, states that it a p pears certai n that the Federal Council is determined at last to take vigo rous measures against the Dictator of Geneva, M. JAMES FAZI, who refuses to execute the orders of the Federal Government relative to the refugees, a considerable number of whom are still at Geneva. M. mesa, Federal Commissioner, delegated at Geneva for this matter, whose decision and energy are universally praised, was to have sent in a report to the Federal Council, altogether unfavourable to M. JAMES FAZI, for his non-compliance with the orders of the Federal Government. He has, it is said, presented on the point an ultimatum to the Government of Geneva. Public opinion in Switzerland has frequently declared strongly against the political conduct of M. JAMES FAZY, and an occupation of Geneva by the Federal troops would cer tainly not be disapproved of by all who wish for order and tranquillity in Switzerland." According to the last census in Switzerland, the popu lation of that country amounts to 2,302,740 individuals, of whom 71,570 are foreigners. Of the whole body 1,417,786 are Protestants, 881,809 Boman Catholics, and 3,145 Jews. Amongst the foreigners are 1,085 travellers and 1,539 political refugees. The canton of Berne contains 458,304 inhabitants, of whom 6,764 are foreigners. ITALY. The Genoa Gazette of the 11th states from Sas sari that the troops behaved with the most exemplary forbearance, and avoided using either their bayonets or cartridges, notwithstanding the provocation they were exposed to by the mob. Twenty-five persons have been arrested at Sassari. The greatest tran quillity prevailed there at the date of the last accounts. The Syndic of Turin has issued a proclamation, dated the 6th, forbidding persons not belonging to th 4 national guard to wear the uniform, or part of the uniform, of that body, on pain of the penalties pre scribed by the laws. OVERLAND MAIL (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) We have received the following dispatch from Trieste, in anticipation of the overland mail :-- " TRIESTE, MARCH 14. " The steamer Egitto arrived here at half-past twelve to-day, with advices from Bombay to the 18th of February. No other collisions with the Burmese had taken place up to that date. Troops and provisions had been sent to Arracan and Moul mein, and it was said that the Burmese were arming themselves. " Ali Moorad, of Kyrpoor, had been deposed. " Imports and exports were weak. Cotton from 83 to 95 rupees per candy. Five per Cants., 10$ ; For per Cents., 91k. Exchange on London, six months, per rupee, 2s. to 2s. o'd. Freight for Lon don, 21. 10s.; for Liverpool, 2/. 7s. 6c1." We have also received the following from Mar , seilles " MARSEILLES, MARcu 14, NINH " The India mail has just arrived. The dates are Calcutta, Feb. 8; Bombay, 17 ; China, Jan. 22. The troops are gone to the frontier, but a conciliation is expected. " Exchange at Calcutta, 2a. Old. to 2s. ld." LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAIL WAY. Traffic—Week ending March 13, 1852 ... £8,245 11 6 Traffic—Week ending March 15, 1851 ... 7,621 5 3 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 84,877 5 1 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 85,549 7 5 Total number of Passengers—Week ending March 13, 1852 ... 45,123 Passengers ... ...£5,648 14 6 Goods ... 2,696 17 0 Total ... £8,245:11: 6 Total miles open, 1852, 173!‘ ; ditto, 1851, 173 London Terminus, March 15, 1852. THE CAPE NEWS.—(FBOM A CORRESPONDENT).-- SINGULAR Costraxruaces.—On Saturday a Noble and Gal lant Lord, whose great services in India were certainly not duly recognised by the late Government, was about to pay his usual visit to the Senior United Service Club, when he observed several of its members at the door in animated conversation. The Noble Lord's approach was observed, and occasioned a sudden interruption to the conversation, and he was asked if he had heard of the glorious manner in which Sir Harry Smith had be- Gough'd the Whigs? He said he had not. The facts were, in a few words, given to hi m . The eye of the gallant and noble officer was lighted up with the fire of military enthusiasm, and, taking off his hat, he gave several hearty " hurrahs." His hat nearly brushed a gentleman who was passing. That gentleman was —Earl Grey. lie must have felt the cause of the gallant officer's enthusiasm.—Herald. [lt is scarcely necessary to observe that the gallant nobleman above alluded to was no ther than Lord Gough, Viscount of Goojerah.—ED. Sun.] ALLOWANCES TO THE STRIKE HANDS. --Tile strike hands (engineers) were on Saturday paid their ninth week's strike pay, at the usual rate, viz., 15s. for society, and 10s. for non-society hands. The moulders, w h o possess but a small accumulated fund, have hitherto paid their strike hands the sum provided by the rul es of their society, viz., ss. per week ; but, finding it impossibl e t h at they could con tinue to exist on such an allowance, their executive com mittee has called for a day's pay per week, to be contributed by every-member in work, for the purpose of enabling them to increase the strike allowance to 10s., an arrangement which will be brought in operation next week. The labourers, of whom but few additional have been employed during the week, shared leas on Saturday than in any previous week, the highest amount not exceeding ls. 6d., while in one branch they were penniless. EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE.—A very extraordinary accident, which might have been attended with serious consequences, occurred a few days since at the Foreign-office. The new Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Earl of Malmesbury, had made an appointment to meet his Excellency the Austrian Mi nister at three o'clock in, the afternoon. His Excellency arrived at the hour appointed, but the Earl of Malmesbury having been unexpectedly engaged for some time previous, requested Count Buol to oblige him by calling again at four o'clock. In the interval between three and four the whole of the ceiling of the room in which the Noble Earl would have received the Austrian Minister fell with a tre mendous crash, covering the tables, and chairs, and floor of the apartment with the debris of the plaster, which was between three and four inches thick. The accident occa sioned much alarm, but, as the room was unoccupied at the time, fortunately no person suffered any personal injury. It is understood that the whole of the buildings on the south side of Downing -street are in a very insecure condition, and quite unfit for Government offices. THE OUTWARD CAPE MAIL.—PLYMOUTH, MARCH 14.—The General Screw Steam-Shipping Company's mail packet Hellespont, Captain Watts, is appointed to sail on Tuesday, the 16th inst., at 2 P.M., with mails for Sierra Leone, St. Vincent, and the Cape of Good Hope. She has a full cargo of British manufactured goods, 50,0001. in specie for payment of the troops, jewellery, plate for General Cathcart, the newly-appointed Governor in place of Sir Harry Smith, &c. During her stay in the docks she has thoroughly overhauled, and under the superintendence of Captain Watts, she has been completely fitted by Mr. Gor don, sailmaker to the Customs, with a complete suit of sails on the plan of the yacht America. By this arrangement considerable additional speed is expected to be obtained, and her progress down channel justified the expectation. She left the decks at 6 A.m. on Thursday, and arrived in the Sound at a quarter past 12 o'clock on Friday. The last voy age out and home of the Hellespont was the moat rapid yet made. She left Plymouth on the 15th of November and returned on the 30th of January. Her outward passage, in cluding stoppages, was done in 35 days 9 hours; homeward, 32 days 18 hours. She was exactly seven days at the Cape. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM AN INFURIATED BULLOCK. —On Saturday mo rn i ng a b ou t n i ne o 'clock as a large number of foreign beasts, just ar r ived in London, were being driven towards the lairs in St. John-street-road, nearkeeps an one of the bullocks attacked an old womanwho the butting at her apple stall. and so seriously injured hea her by neighbouring that she waiobliged to be removedto sur geon's. It was a long time before the beast in thetcouldb course to desist from his attack. The woman died of the night. FOREIGN POLICE IN LONDON.--The p o li ce (Greif) to be rP Prussian Go vernment has appointed a Lieutenant of stationed in London, for the o f watching over the movements of the German refugees here, and reporting to head-quarters thereon. OXFORD P ROFESS ORSHIP ce expires on the OF POLITIC AL 23d E instant,co N but ou. —Mr. Senior's term o f o of his successor , will not take place uneßte.iolLnntoeewxsett the election ick h a u r t ds, wh a e n t d her M t r h . term. Mr. Neste, 51r.G e . la. ch . ei ß r continue candidates for at present uncertain. will proceed to a poll is WEST CORNWALL RAILWAY. — This l ine was opened to the public for traffic on Thursday, from Redruth to Pen- Three T t r h a i o n r s e r i u s n au third nd c t l a h s r s e e putdown with daily e , a c a h n o d f two zanca. on tie o S s u , nd a s . return tickets are granted to the third as well as the other classes. It is anticipated that the remainder will be ope ne d i n August of tho line, from liedruth to Truro, next. Lord John Russell will have a Parliamentary dinnner party to-morrow, at his town residence, in Chesham place, Belgrave-square. The Right Hon, the Speaker's fourth Parliamen. tary dinner took place on Saturday. The guests were— Lord Edward Howard, Lord Harry Vane, Hon. Edward Mostyn, Right Hon. Edward Strutt, Sir George Pechell, Sir Thomas Birch, Sir Denham Norreys, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Hume, Colonel Tynte, Mr. J. A. Smith, Mr. James Wilson, Mr. Bethel!, Mr. Stansfield, Mr. Thornley, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Anderson, Mr. William Williams, Mr. Macgregor, Alderman llumphrey, Lord Dudley Stuart (indisposed); Hon. John Elliott, ditto; lion. W. Owen Stanley, ditto; Mr. Thomas Duncombe, ditto; Mr. Fergus (out of town); Mr. Sergeant Murphy, ditto • Mr. Shafto Adair, ditto; Mr. John Vivian, ditto ; Mr. 'Freueh, Aglionby, and Mr. E. Roche (prevented). The Speaker will hold his prat levee on Saturday next, arch 20. ~.; .i 111 yi MY11714,13. 1 Railwa .11.61121 C 1121 ys. ma y Asturian . 1 P a i d . Nominal Prices . Business done ----- Australian Anglo Cali ---- Aberdeen.. .. .. .. all 11 34 to 11% 11% % Australian f Ambergato, Nottingham, Ave Maria Boston, &E. Juncion 8 34 5% —6% 6 Blaenarroi Birming., Wolverhamp., ' British Au 1 and Stoar Valley ..all 9% —lO British fro; Birkenh., Lan., & Claaa Brazilian I ' June., late 331.65. Bd.. 26 12% 11% (1. De. Coca Do. Chest. & Blrkenhd., 501. &251. Consolidated all 16 — l7 Cobra C Do. St o . J Copp Do., d0.,201. • • •• • • 17% .. —.. dis. Copiapo ~ ' Bristol and Exoter.• lOO 89 —9O Eng. & MIS Caledonian .. •• SO 17% 17% 17% 18 General... Chester and Holyhead all 19% 20% 20% %34 Gold Moun Dublin and Belfast Junot. 45 17 —l5 ti. Great Polg Dundalk and Enniskillen all .. —., Mexican & • Dundee, Perth,and Aber- Nouveau X , leen Junction .. •• all 5 % — 6 % Santiago d( Do., New .. .. •, all • • —•• Tin Croft . East Anglian (251. L. & United Me' E. and L. & D.) .. .. all 3% —434 West Mani • Do. (131. E. & II.) .. all 2% 3 56 . Eastern Counties .. .. 20 I 7% — 7 % 7% Australasia Eastern Union, class A, British Not late E. U. shares .. all 5 % 6 Colonial ~ Do. do. do. .. 6 •• —• • Commerchi Do. do,, B& C shares all 3% 4 34 London Joi East Lancashire • • • • all 16% —l7 16% London anc De. New quarters .. all •• —• • National Pi East & West India Docks De. New and Birm. Jane. .. all 49 —5O National of East & West York. June. all •• —•• 10% Oriental BA Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 28% 29% Provincial I Edin., Perth, and Dundee 25 4% —4% 4% Do. Now Glaagew and South-West. 100 —•• Union of A Great Northern .. • • all 19% 19% 19% Do. New Do. halves, A, deferred all 6 —6% Union of L Do. halves, B, 6 per et. all 14 14% Union of 14 Great Southern a n d Western, Ireland .. all 34% —35 Great Western .. •• 100 85 % — B6 86 85% Lancaster and Carlisle .. all 74 —77 Canada .. Do, thirds •• •11134 7 8 p. p Eastern Sti Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 7()% —7l 70% 79 713 Gen, steam Do. quarter shares .. all • • —• • Penln. &Ot Do. fifths.. • •• 13 6% —6% d. 6% Ditto Do. West Riding Union 11% 4% 4 d. Royal Mail Leeds Northern .. • • au 15 —l6 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southporthport . .. . 1734 • • — • MONE • London and Biackwall - , all 6% —• 7% 7 London, Brighton, and South Coast .. 100 9434 95 34 95 The sa; d London and N,-West ern 100 11634 —ll7 ' 116% % estimated Do. do. quarters • • 22 3% —3% p. 25% taken for De. fifths ... 12 2)4 —3 p. heavily at Do. 101. sh., M.8:13 (o) 1 1 34 13( p. London and S.-W es t ern . 100 85 85 34 5554 85 34 American Do. new 501. —. 42% 7% —7% dis. 250 Egyp Do. new 401. —•• 34 6% 5 34 dis. a nd 250 ;. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock •• .. .. all 2% --2% way Shan Manchester, Sheffield, & The Cc Lincolnshire .. .. 100 31 31% 31% lower. Do. Manchester and A subjc Lincoln Union •• 4 2 0 3% —2% dis. perishable Midland •• . . .. ~ 1 00 58% 58% 5834 % % Do. Binning & Derby 100 28 —3O 30 suremont, Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) 47% .. —.. enforced Newcastle and Carlisle.. all .. every earl —• • Do. quarter shares .. all —.• Newmarket .. .. .. ail 7% 8 73( Besides t Newport, Abergavenny, amounts i and Hereford .. 10 5 —4% dia. 5% be i ng prfe Norfolk .. .. . •.• Do. New 201. shares.. 10 is 1 2 —ll 27% pense, and Northern Counties Milan 3% 334 3 dla• Messrs. K North British.. .. .. 25 6% —6% 6% of all part North Devon .. .. .. 11 8— 7 Ca, matter to North Staffordshire .. 17% 8 % 834 as. 8 % Ii .-Wletters exl North-Western ~ .. 19 '• —• • dia. North& Sthest.Janc. 334 Par —34 P set up:— Oxford, Worcester and " To the i Wolverhampton.. •• all , c l 5 1 1534 " Honot Scottish Central .. •• 9 5 " •- 5 a L ?, 15% % Scottish Midland .. • • all " Q., 78 —9 O interferenl Do. new .. . . all 9% — 9 % 9% goes of no Shrews.Bs Birm., Class A all ' 6% —6% conviction Do. Class 11.. .. .. all 4% —4% Shrews. & Hereford., Old 7 4 8 Ws. any °harp Shrewsbury and Chester and having (Nor. W. Min.) •• .• all 12 —l4 of which 1 Do. Halves .. —.. all 6 . 7 ,, instruction Do. Oswestry .. .. all 956 —l°% Shropshire Union .. .. 634 3% 5 d. 3 % perintend Do., A, B, C, & D, Itilly has been a paid up at per cent .. •• —•• taore as a South Devon .. .. .. all 14 - - • 16 15 % 15 South-Eastern .. .. 30 20% 20% 20% South Wales.. • • all 30% —3071 `a Gentic South Yorksh. and River chesnuts t( Dan .. .. •• .. 15 2 dig. -- Par y Shelf., Roth., and Goole, not wish r( South Division .. .. 6 .. —•• we shall Stirling and Dunfermline all .. —• • • tendered t Stockton and Hartlepool 16 2-3 •• —• • Mr. Hof Tail Vale .. .. .. • • 126 150 15 1 I Thames Haven Dock and nial Gold Southampt Railway .. •. • • 18' '.; • _. 6 Vale of Neath .. • • 17 ' i , , pore. He Waterford and Kilkenny all , aii Ire Waterford and Limerick all 1 6 34 1734 for Alexat Schneider, Walt Wex., Wick.' and Dublin .. .. 3 •• 5% •••• 4% " 5 . mouth, veil West Cornwall •• 13 --chanics, col -•- West London .. • • all ~; 17v York, Nowc., & Berwick 25 •• "" 1734 to Port Phi Ditto and Newcastle that 20 3% b the 7% - 3% d. Mr. Hopkii —7% d. 12% y Extension .. Dicta G.N.E. purchase 9 York and North Midland 50 .22 22% 223 i enable then LINES LE, ID .ILT FIZZD 'AIM. Leas i ng paid °alual P Business Railways. companies. rices ' done to-day. Bcdf. & Match ley .. Lon. & N.W. all .. Birming.' & Ox ford Junction, guaranteed •• Gt. Western all 29 —3O Do., without a guarantee .. Da .. • • all 28 —29 Wolves., & Dudley, gua ranteed •• DO .. all 29 —3O Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • • all 28 —• 29 Buckinghamsh. Lon. & N.W. all 17M 17% Clydesdale Juno Caledonian all 4b —47 E Lin., Guar. 6 nor Cont. G. Northern all 85 —36 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 2234 2% 3 34 p HartloplDock j Yrk, New., and Railway t and Bar. Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 106 138 Do. 34 Shares Do .. • • all 53 —54 Do. Shares Do .. .. all 25 —27 Leeds and Brad. Midland • • all 10034 1013{ Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 12k 12 3 Do., yref. •• Do all 24 34 -- 2534 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. • • Norfolk • • all 16 —l7 De.. 6 par cent Do .. • • all •• —• • Middleabro' and Itedear, 6p. ct Stookt.& Dar a ll _ N. & Into ; , 6 per Cent. :•• 4. Counties . all Do., 5 per cent. Do. u a 59 61 Do. Now .. Do all Preston - End 1 L. & 46 11 8% 934 p Read.,; Guild., an d eigate S. Easterri •• all 21% —22 71; r % e ;hare; A L Do a . . 81 . Y. - . S . an 44 21 Ray. & Hitchin G. Northern 634 834 —B% Do. Shop. Ex ••I Do •• all 834 8% Shot., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lana. & York 18 11 6 .. South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 134 dig. Wear Val. 6 par • Stock.& Dar. all . .. Do .. • • 25 29 — 3O 2934 Do • • • • all .. . C DD e n oo dd u oo a Wilts &Somers , Gt. Western 100 94 —95 •xis: BRATLEISI. Paid. i_Nonalnal Prie*a. 171fis lid S 3 2 % _ 17 - b 17% 5 -% 314 %- % - %P 1234 - 12% 12% - 12% - 334' 14% -- 14% 1 - I% P 7% -, 7% • • -.• p. • • ••• • • IX, I dim. - -• • P .. .._ .. p ~• . 234 - 3 •• P• II -12 10% - 11 123 E - 12% %- % P •• 136 - 138 • 54 U (Hs. 18 ..-1J 5 .... IX .... IN 5 .._ 5% 1 .... % dig 10 ..., 1034 Easiness dote to-day. pm pm 12% A 124. T 92 ~, g 63t 34 2t3 % 11 27w }4 • 21 [OM % i,usiiit.s.a oP4 t - atc._ Noixvr.4: PriccA to-dui' - ~ ------------ ..---- ........................-... ......... ........ -• ." ...... -'- Apia Fria ............ 1 I% - 1 %1 3 2 % 3i Anglo Californian .. •• • 10s. Xt -% P 1 lii Asturian Australian .... ••.• • • .. 5 )4 -- it 1' Australian Freehold .• •• all If - % dis. s A Ave Maria .. •••• • • • , i %ills - par X Blaenarron Iron & Coal all _ -.. British Australian Gold 1 % - % dis s fii• British Iron .... •• • ... - 131. ss. .. -. Brazilian Imp. (is. 5/. r.) 24 34 134 - 2 De. Cocaes and Culaba all 14 - I % Do. St. John del Rey.. 15 'A% - 24% 25 Cobra Copper ~ •• 40 33 -- 34 30 N Copiapo - ......... . 14 4 - S Eng. & Australian Copper 234 4- % dis 2a % ' General- - .......... all 9% -103 Cr • Gold Mountain - - - - 1 par - % p Great Polgooth ..., .... all i 34 -. 1% p 4% Mexican& S. American 9 33% - 4 , Nouveau Monde ...... • • 1 li - l ii p 1% 34 . Santiago de Cuba .... - 10% 6 - 7 6 Tin Croft _.. 7 10 -11 United Mexican- - .... I all 2t,( —2% I West Mariposa ........ 1 4 dig. - Par Yi J 41 JOINT STocn 13.3.N21.2 I Atutralasia ............ all 38 - 39% British North America.. 50 47% -49 49 Colonial .... •• Commercial of London.. 20 24 - 25>( 25 London Joint Stock .... 10 18% - 17% London and Westminster 20 2934 -30 29 National Provincial Eng. 85 •• -•• De. New 10 .. -.. i National of Ireland ~ • • 22% 17% -17 7 Oriantal Bank Corporat. all 30 - 314 x.d Provincial of Ireland.... 25 42% -43 Do. Now .. • , _ _ all 15% - 163( Union of Australia ...• all 35 -- 3634 35 Do. New .. .. 234 3 -3% I Union of London -- •• 10 14% - 15% Union of Madrid •••• • all .. -.. London and County, 20. MISCEML.A.IOIBOI:7II. Canada •• .. •• •••• •••• I . 32% 48 49% _ Eastern Steam • • ...... 2s. .. -.. 2s. WS' Gen. Steara Navigation . 14 27 34 - 284 , Perlin. & Oriental Steam. all 80 -81 . Ditto ditto ~' 10 26 -28 , Royal Mail Steam ...... 60 79 - 803{ 80 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW S. CITY, T IVO O'CLOCK The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday W are estimated at 6000 bales, of which 2,000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market tiles!, A he m av e i r ly ica a n t , P 3 r o e o vi° P u e l rn r a a m tes. and The. s m to Gr 250 Egyptian at 6d. to Sid.; 300 Surat at 30. to 4 9. 1 : and 250 Sea Island at ls. lid. to Is. 9d. per lb.--R' l way Shares were dull. The Corn trade is particularly dull to-day, and rather lower. A subject of considerable interest to importers of perishable and other articles that are susceptible of n 3 es'' suremont, is the legality of the claim always hitherto en: , a tsk d comprised. 4,0? v . enforced by the City meters, to cheek the contents of . every cargo, and make an established charge Besides the annoyance of such interference , w hi % amounts in fact to a double supervision, the Custorn_. being prfectly independent, there is the uncalled for e% pense, and as the validity of any demand is contested, Messrs. Keeling and Hunt will be entitled to the thanbite of all parties concerned, if they succeed in bringing , matter to an issue. They have written the followllla letters expressive of a determination to oppose the right set up:— " To the Hon. Commissioners of her Majesty's Custotr• there.ol " Honourable Sirs,—Having determined to resist O r e , interference of the City fruit meters to measure the ea goes . of . nnts and apples consigned to our care, froth thee conviction that they have no legal authority to in 3 l 3°l o any charge or interfere on the landing of such tiara and and having served them with notice to that effect , e "t eolici of which we subjoin, we therefore respectfullY instructions b e i ng g i ven to your Honours' ofTheera to en; perintend the l an di ng o f such cargoes, which hitherto has been conced e d to t h e City meters by the Crori° snore as a matter of courtesy than of right." " To the City Fruit Meters. ed " Gentlemen,—N o t h av i ng occasion for t h e - nuts al, chesnuts to bo me t ere d per the Volunteer and Gifon vier. not wish you to i n t er f ere w i t h them, and after t hi s nett we shall resist th e p a y ment o f any claim that may"- tendered to us for that purpose." Mr. Hopkins, the agent of the Port Philip and Col% nial Gold Mini ng C ompany, w i t h t h ree ass i s tants, I" Southampton on the 20th ult. for Port Philip, via Si n g% pore. He w as a t M a l ta on t h e 29t h F e b rua ry, and le for iAlexandria on the following day. The August a ". Schneider, a new s hip o f 421 t ons register, now at Fa l" will proceed with a party of miners and me chanics, consisting of- about 60 men and their families , to Port Philip, in about 14 days. The directors trust that by the time this party shall arrive at Port Philip, Mr. Hopkins will have made such arrangements as will enable them immediately to proceed to work. Notice has been given to the holders of the Amiens and Boulogne Shares that, in execution of the arrange' ment with the Northern of France, the exchange of their shares for bonds of that company, of 500 f. each, carry ing 15f. annual interest , will take place on and afte r the Bth inst., at Paris. . The recent meeting of the Caledonian Railway pro prietors has given great satisfaction, the depressed etst e . of the company's affairs under the former manageme nt having inspired very little hope of early retrieval. .-t i3 7 payment of a dividend, fairly earned, upon the origt a t stock, is however such an earnest for the futuretst: !, capitalists have been selecting the shares as a s att . t a. ,,c . tory investment at the current rates, and this expl 1 " the late advance. to the Notice has been given in the French Per rid i i ' e re holders of bonds of th e l oans o f th e Rotten a Railway, contracted in 1845 an d 1847, that those of formeryear bearing the following numbers- - 3,205 3,210 3,211 3,2 13 3,215 3,217 3,218 3,220 3,221 3,224 3,225 3,227 . 3,244 3,246 3 ,24 8 3,25 3 3,272 3,282 3,256 3 , 257 3,259 3,2 65 3,294 and those of 1847 numbered -101 110 116 12G 151 154 156 157 171 - 182 197 193 drawn by lot on- the 27th ultimo will be re-inabureed._g_t_ the rate of 1,250 f rancs eac h on an d a fter the Ist in stant. The numbers 3,783, 3,789, and 3,790 of th e to no of 1847, drawn on th e 11t h Fe b ruary , 1851, have rl yet been presented for re-imbure, meet. Stuck xc ange The Committee of the E h have resolved a "that no transferor of Stock Ault be obliged to us e _ larger denomination of stamp than 91.10.9.; and that, thata sequently, the buyer will be liable for all the fees il may be caused thereby." This resolution stands for CO firmation. The Teviot steamer, with the Brazilian mail, furnish! ! important but not unexpeeted information. Rosas 13 ;5 been entirely defeated, and having taken refuge on boar of an English ship-of-war, may, ere long be in country. Trade at Rio, up to the 13th of February, tea,e dull. The imports were large. A new Brazilian loan ci ls . to be brought out in the London money market, "' besides this, it was thought there would be no necessity,, for the issue of Exchequer-bills to defray the cost of the Argentine war. The future destiny of Buenos Ayre s will now b e anx i ous l y awa it e d, a nd all commercial Clal. culations are for the time, frustrated. the ex- The Hamhurgh mail of last Friday quotesl3 7 , with change on London the same as last week, Tie. and _a.% the price of gold 4291. Stocks were fin wed. At il ways were better. Mils on Loudon were tt Dis counts were without alteration. The for Home Securities, but day, and tolerably animated n ish, and Mexican were quiet. Russian, Portuguese, BPabeen obtained for Public Securi ties, of the news from Paris of The Amsterdam Stock Market was steady on Satur day, prices have ico f the Five per Cent. Rentes to Cent. security. Some difference a Four-and-a-Half per . -" ar i s en'respecting the ability of Louis Na of opinion has the m • • to carry through measure, the price being Na poleon nough, but there are as many in favour as scarcely high 0 . nd all admire the thetes ,i intended nd ed consequenceredueti 0 n c h o the other sec m ur e i s t t i l e y s 6 1 1„ 1 . 23 b T e h en e very full rates. the reverse, a 7 boldness of the attempt. Consols have been 9 i to 98k, a rise of I per cent. None of beinghas been 655. to 68s; and on India Foreign Securities have been looking up. The most remarkable improvement has been in Buenos Ayres pdereareltieine3, 'theee Exchequer - bills ie k ni s isig Stock, which has advanced 5 to 7 per cent., viz., trona 58 to 61 and 65. Equador Bo n ds have been 5i to .1i; Grenada Deferred keep steady at 101 i; and the Active have risen to 24i; Peruvian Deferred are 541 to 5511 Sardinian have risen to soi and 92. Venezuela Stock is at 421. Spanish r Cents. have been steady at Fire per 25 to e 4, and the Three per Cents. at 42 to /1-. The De ferred have rallied to 19. Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents, have risen i- per cent., being 60,1 to 611. Railw a y Sh ares are a cted upon by the settlement of the account. Caledonian have further advanced, having been taken up to some extent. Aberdeen are good, ana Lancashire and Yorkshire, Souit-Western, Midland, and the rest have improved. The French lines aro 2to 3 per cent. better. QOAR7'ER TO TUBER. ... 97i 98 ... 97-1. 98 ONE cnosraici I CES_. PRICKS OF BRITIsti FUNDS O'CLOCK. pR 98',10 3 ~ PI Ceet. Redueed Anne. 8 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9B 97% 981 / 8 9974 bTew 3% per Cent. Aims- ... e 73 1 3 India Bonds, 1,0001._ ... ~ „„„, 73 p 73 p Ditto under 1,000/ ..—.. 7 3 p 220 !it Bank Stock for Accounti . 98 Consols ter Account .. 9BA% Exchequer Bills. is i o. t,0001. 500/. Small, .. ONE CLOsir G PRICES PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 994 'trazilian 'lends, 5 per Cent. .. — 63 lee BuenosAyres Bonds, 6 per Cent....... 60 61 65 Ditto. Account Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent. old 47ei 47e E qua d or Bonds . , _ G re nada Bonds, I te per Cent. • -24'4 Do. Ex Dec., 1849 Coupons 23 1 4, 24 M 10% Ditto, Deterred P.l4xicari 3 oer e ant. • 1816 324 Ditto Account 32 10-1 10x4 Peruvian florid:.. 5 per Cent... 56 Ditto, Deferred Pori; pose 5 per Cents. ...., ..... - Ditto, 4 per Cent. - Ditto, Account Russian - Russian Beads 103 1 ,4 11 /, Ditto, 44 per Cent .... ........... 90 4 92 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent ..... . 9.2 3 41 Ditto, Account ..................... 25 1A Spetp.e 5 pm - Cant. !84' 1 5 . ' Ditto, Passive 1.,1_ , Ditto. 3 per Cent ................. 149.rtu 4:, Ditto. New Deferred......... Iper Cent 4 2 3 /1 Venezuela Bonds, 3 / a • • in condo 101 f• bOC. Dividends on the above payable 101 • French Rentes, 5 per C ent 23f. 35c. 60% •• •• Exchange ...... . ..... .. .. . (e: .. • e . 60 %61% uiltis e fet Dutch 2% per Cent. 12 Consois ... Ditto Account, April 13 544 55 14 .s. S, acia Otigs74o zr,17.1 RailWityl. Aberdeen Aberdeen, No. 2, 7 pr. Caledonian 10/. • • • • Chester and Holyhead . • Hand. Per. & Aber. June. East:Ang.(2l. 10s.) 6 P. c. Do., (50 7 par cent. •• Eastern Counties Exton., per cent. No. 1 • • Do. No. 2 • • • • • • Do. New 6 p, cent. Stock Eastern Union, SellP guaran. 6 per cent. • • I)o., 101. Deben. Shays. East Lancashire, 6 Per cent. quarter shares - • E. & W. York. June. sths Edln. Per. &Dun. 5} p. et. Glasgow & S.- W. Cousel. Gt. Northern, A per gent. Do., 5 p.c. Ile,eloem. Scrip Groat South. & Westorn (Ireland) eighths .. • • Gt. Western ( i3orks and Hants Ex,, 5 per Cent.) Gt. West., fixed p. ct. Do., do. .. .. • Lancashire and York• shire, F. 20L .. • • • • Do. 6 per ct. Stock . • Loads - Northern, 6 per cont., No. 1.. .• Do., do. No. 2 Do., do • • No. 8 Do. quarters, 1845 London, Brighton, and S. Coast, guar. 5 per et., Da. pref., E p et. 5k,18511 Do., Cony. 5 p. et. 1852 Do. new guar., G per et. Lon. & N. West. (Coy. & Nnneat.) 5 per cent. •• London Sc 3.-W.. now • . London. & Ennis., Shit Manch., Sheffield. and Line., (var. stirs., No. ' Do. new, 101, :. • BO: 61 . steak BeLidllnd Con. 6p. n. t s _ Consel. Brieo 1 & mrming., G per eat..• Do., Erewaih Valley. Do., Leif. & Swanning., 8 per cen t. guar. • • Do., Preference • • Norfolk Extension .. Do. guar. 5% per cent. Do., Waveney Valley, North British • • .. Or.f.Wor. &W 01.151.6 p.c fihreivs. & Air., new guar. ibrows. and Ches. (Nor. W. min.) 8 per cent. South Devon .. South-Eastern, •. South Yorks., 4 p. ct.gd. Stock. & llart., guar, 5 p. ct. until 1 July, 1858 Waterford and Kilkenny, 6 per cent, .. York, Nevin., and Berw., Gt. N. of E. Pur, Lv..• .• • • York and North Midl and 11.. and S. Purch. Bonlogne and Amiens Central of France (O,V. Demerara .- Dutch RheniAb .. •• East Indian • .• • 1)o. do. do. • Groatlodlan Pepin/Li a., Ditto ditto .. -• Louvain ato Sambre •• Luxembourg •• •• •' Ditto (Railway) •• Tito (Canal) .• •• Maria Antonia - • •• Ditto, New •' Namur and Liege Northern of Fran . e Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Lyons .. raris and Orleans .. • • Paris and Rouen • . Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre . Sambre and blouse • , St. Andrew's & Q uebe. (A) Tours and Nan :OR ournay, .TurNse, Lan_ den, and Hasselt Wait Ylauder! an 10 all all 15% - l 6 12 -14 .. ...... 2% 154 dig. .. .. 115 lb% a% 4 1% —7: dts. IGN. 12% - 12% 21% - 22 44 4 dim. 274 —34 p. 34 - N P. % - % P. 3 -34 2 3i -ayi % - % 6 - g. 20% 20% ti d. 3 % p 45 47 26% 2714 20% 20% 10% 10% -- 4 X 7% 7y6 clla. 1% all 109 All all a too 100 100 all all - 10 - PO3 all