The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-17 00:00:00

efg Pi r-k< A 4.1 ROYAL MARIONET TE THEATRE, ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, Intuctory ADRESS by Mr. Albany Brown. After which, a new scene , of Apropos, entitled the MA_NICIZ I V 6 ROOM. . With THE SWIM COTTAGE. To be followed by the Neapolitan grotesque Divertissement Of ARLECHINO FORTUNATO, with the Frolics of Saltarello and Pierrot. To conclude with the Musical Burlesque of BOMBASTES TU RIOSO. In the course of each Representation, a selection of Music will sio, be performed, including the Royal Marionette Quadrilles, by M. Boei and the Royal Marionette Polka, by Mr. T. Browne, pressly for this Theatre. composed ea - Doors open at ftalf-past Seven, and eommence at Eigh to t o'c openlock. at A Morning Performance on Saturday neat. Deers Half-past Two, and commence at Three o'clock of the Grand . In active preparation, an entirely new version ?.astern Spectacle of ALADDIN ; or, Th e Wonderful Lamp, which will shortly be produced with all the vast resources of this Email establishment. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-office Of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. TIdEATRE ROYAL, HAYM.ARKET. Mr. B Webster, S•le Lessee and Manager, Old Bromptoi. VE NIN 0, Will be presented a new Opera entitled WHITE MAGIC. Prin. cipal characters by Messrs. W . Harrison, Weiss, Misses Pyne, and Louisa Pyne. To conclude with the new Comedy, entitled THE MAN OF LAW. Marquis de la Seigliere, Mr. Lambert ; Raoul, Mr. L. Murray ; M. Destournelles, Mr. B. Webster ; Bernard, Mr. Howe ; Baroness de Vaubert, Mrs. Stirling ; Helene de la Seigliere, Miss A. Vining. TII.EATRZ BOTAL, ADELPIII. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIN EVENING, Will be performed THE WRECK ISHORR. After which, DID TOW EVER SEND TOUR WIFE TO CA.II - T 'e conclude with a new and original Christales Tale, called LIT TLE RED RIDING HOOD. Wolfram, Baron of Burliburg (sur named the Wolf of Biberich), Mr. Paul Bedford; Scraggenheim, Mr. Butler; Trudchen (commonly called Little Red Riding Hood), Miss irs4leen Fitawilliam. ~.OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kea'. THIS , Will be performed Sha.kespere's EVENlNG Historical Play of KING JOHN. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Addison, Meadows, J. Vining, C. Fisher, Graham, F. Cooke, Everett; Miss Phillips, Miss Robertson, Miss Murray, Miss Kate Terry, Mrs. D 11Y, and Mrs. C. Kean. After which, A MODEL OF A WIFE. dOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE• Under the Management ox Madame Vesiris. THIS EITENriO, Will be performed TIM GA3IE OF SPECULAT)ION. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C. Horn. apd.3liss M. Oliver. To conclude with A npW'ind original Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitleitTllE PRINCE OF HAPPY LAND ; or, The Fawn in the Forest. Characters by Madame Vestris, Miss St. George, Miss Lanza, Miss Martindale, Miss Grove, Miss Ellis, Miss Rosins Wright, Messrs. F. Matthews, B. Baker, Suter, Horucastle, Butler, and Vernon. ROYAL OLYMP/C THEATRE. '.A:Asee t.oct Manager, Mr. W . Farm- THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE ADVOCATE AND HIS DAUGHTER. Principal characters by Messrs. Farren, Hoskins, W. Farren, jun. Diddear; Mesdames Sarah Lyons, Durand, and Bartlett. Alter which AN ORGANIC AFFECTION. To be followed by THE LAST OF THE FAIRIES. To conclude with MATRIMONIAL, Sze., kn., in which Messrs. Compton, ihalders, G. Cooke, Mesdames Phillips and Bartlett will appear. .' NCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND. Liverpool. New Piece. A Raged Sclseol—Revival of Behind the Scenes. Roars of Laughter at Matrimonial Prospectuses, and My Lover the Captain. THIS EVENING. Will be performed 3IA.TRIMONIAL PROSPECTUSES. After which, THE RAGGED SCHOOL. Characters by Mess rs . Waiter Lacy. Rogers, .A.ttwood ; Misses Sanders, Maskell, and M rs . Sel To b. be followed by MY LOVER THE CAPTAIN. To conclude with BEHIND TEE SCENES. B o xes, 35.; Pit, 25. ; Amphitheatre, Is P r i v ate Boxes One Guinea and a Ilan each, Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. AS TLE Y'S ROYAL AAt Pill TBIE A TRY.. I:ruder he Pltronar,) 01 her Majesty anti his Royal Highneils Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre in London. THIS EVENING, . Will be performed :t new Grand Spectacle, entitled TANCRED or. The Triumph of Crusaders. From the pen of J. Kingdom, Esq., which has been sonse months in, preparation, and in the pro duction of which neither cost nor pains have been spared. After which, the second week of the most wonderful Artists, the NICOL° FAMILY, who will introduce their admired Enter tainments. _ To be ioilowed by patty's Inimitable Scene of the Arena. To conclude with (by particalar desire) BLUE BEARD. •I'ickern t o be had at the Box-of:lce truth Eievem tali Your daily. stage Alana.;mr. Mt. I. l'humpson. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tgrte DAT 0 rain. alter 0 I Everting 16 min after 12 To-Aloaitow—Storning 44 nun. after 12 'Evening 6 min atter 1 THE WEATI=IF.E.—Stin OFFICE, Ktucn 17. THEnxtomirrifirs, caTRE Smarm. 45—highest since awn yesterday. 35—iowest this morning and during the n i g ht. 43—this day, at noon. BAAOMETBE, 30.43. Wpm N.E.--dull, hazy weather. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. state of the Wind and Weather at each of the following p'ades at Niue o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations ara arranged in order of latitude. PLridouTH—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PooLE—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. BEUGHTON—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. HASTMGR—Wind N.E.,gentle breeze—overcast. SOUTHAMPTON—Wind CE., strong breeze—overcast. FoLkE..sTosy..—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. Tunnamok—Wind N.F., gentle breeze—overcast. GREENWICH—Wind N., gentle breeze overcast. STRooD—Wind N.E., calm—scud. Swilmozr—Wind E. gentle breeze—overcast. LEIGHTON—Wind gentle breeze—overcast. COLCHESTER—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. Castrumbou--Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast. YaismouTh—Wind N., gentle breeze—cloudy. BuciusciaAtt—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. LANCASTER—W ind W., calm—overcast. WEUTBY—Wind N., gentle breeze—foggy. Datitawrosr—Wind .N.N.W., gentle breeze—foggy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of tha wind and weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock : Lositracx—Wind E., calm—overcast. lifuLuxemt—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. HOLTRZAD—Wind E.S.E , gentle breeze— overcast. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean daily height of the barometer was above 30 in. on every day of the week; on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, it was respectively 40.521 in., 30'395 in., 30'308 in., and it con tinued to fall till Friday ; the mean of the week was 30.300 in. The mean daily temperature was below the average of the same day in ten years on every day except Tuesday. The mean of the week was 40°, which is I's° below the average. It was lowest on Thursday, when the highest reading was 44.4°, and the mean 37 . 8, or 3.8° below the average. The wind blew generally from the north-east. alb \ .. , ...),,Tc, - it . ''' -A • ,.. " .1 1t. ( ‘: : i fi.-7,; , WY - . ~., - , . • 1 Ali. • . '- ..i L..10,.. - \ . % . A:, , :•$ - kt, ... 4.____ • ----,„„--:y„, , G.i. , -.-,.,,•.; -, 21_ itN s'.' .e .. _ ' • ~ ,t ''',.. 0 — ~,, 1)1:q ~....,,, f , '2 ',,,_o:s. A 0 4_ , ..;.0 ... ~,. —,,,,,,,,,,,.. . -.,.. „,- ... ....... 5 ;e'..it - ii ' W mulat LONDON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1852. Already there have been apparent throughout the country those electioneering movements which are always indicativ e of a speedy dissolution of the lower branch of the Legislature. Tbe citizens of London have forwarded to V iscount PALMERSTON a requisition, beseeching him to become one of the metropolitan candidates. The possessors of the elective franchise in Westminster have meditated a touching aod noble tribute to the - memory of the greatest of modern 7statta_tn,,,,, that of se l ec ti n g' u his son, Capta in " • "EL , R.N., as one of their representatives in tha Imperial Parlia ment. The appearance cf Sir E DWARD BULWER LYTTON ukl)..the. county hustings has long sinc e been secured to the men of.HertiordAmre. A v ar i ety e of other arratile men t s have, in iik 0f less note beenli:l'Bn-tier entered into : vaith reference to m en and in different boroughs and shires of the U n it ed own to the - fre- Kingdotn persons , hitheri-o uti4Jl quenters of theil-louse of CA indicated their have their detßiTaindion to aspire, at the earliest oppor tunity, to the most solemn duty end the most enviable privilege within the reach of the citizens by th e b ene ficence of the Constitution. With this ulterior purpose before them, the latter aspirants - tor the dignity have been recently canvassing their intended constituent., and otherwise clearing the ground ffom the rough pre liminary work of opposicion. Addresses both oral and written have, moreover,- in - several instances, enabled their proposed supporters tpludge with some degree of accuracy of the principles by which they are really actuated: .Among these,, oneone.in Rarticu.lar has, within the last fe - w dap, especially.arreated our attention,:bringing under discussion, as' iit-dper,- the majority of those vitally import'ant queStiAns which, before many months have elaps.d, must have agitated , the great mass of our populatio:l, The document to which we won/a here direct observation is the letter addressed, in tile lOrm of ii pamphiel - ,* to the electors of Tvwteabwy,f h Y. ,44 , k:DWARD W. Cox, barrister-at-Live, .well`, known „at, the e ditor of the Law Ti mes , and the propriepor of the Critic, as well as the editor and proprietor of other legal and literary publications. In this political dis quisition the newly-announced candidate for the suf frages of that particular constituency in Worcester shire, pa .,„ rapidly, but comprshensively, under re view the tendencies of what is d es i gnated the Con servative recouoting, as he d ues so, th e nature of the so-called Conservative principles. A discus sion of that policy . and of tho se pr i nc i p l es could not by possibility be more h app il y timed, transpiring at a moment like th e present, when a " Conservative Principles and Conservative Polic y a Lette r t o th e El ec t o rs of Tewkesbur_ 7 .7 , By E dw ard W. Co; Esq. Bvo., pp. 16. Lon don: e rockford. 1852. THE speedy dissolution has emerged from probability into certainty by the advent to power of a Protectionist Government. Opposed, as our opinions are, upon several most remarkable questions —diametrically opposed as our opinions are to the views entertained by Mr. Cox, and put forward by him in his present addresstoatzhe,e electors of the borough of Tewkesbury, there appare2 however, ideas, an identity important points a ck:_lucidence of • ° • t to ourselves upon other scarcely. lees . • tes iration, very singular of feeling, and an union of P upholders respec. indeed, as occurring between the .4, .nneervatism tively of the great antagonistic causes P t and Democracy. In appearan ce no two Pteres7 , could be more distinguished by the di versit y of thee: characteristics ; yet, in truth, there is traceable to the heart of both, as already intimated, those same attributes of union, identity, and coincidence. For the purpose of rendering our meaning upon this subject visible at once, it is only ne cessary to particularize a distinction marked out by Mr. Cox in the very exordium of his ad dress. Having ingeniously and rather gracefully defined the principle of Conservatism as tending simply " to support existing institutions, to preserve and stregthen their roots and trunks, but also to prune and train their branches to the needs of those who live under their shadow and feed upon their fruits," the writer maintains that it (Conservatism) is consequently opposed, " directly opposed to the prin ciple of Radicalism, which," says he, " seeks to tear them up root and branch and plant new ones in their place." " Conservative Reform," says he, in conclusion, " Seeks to preserve—Radical Re form to destroy." Enough ! Now let us endeavour to chalk out the lines of the opposite distinction. Partizans we never have been. Partizans we are not. Yet, if there is any category within the range of which our name could be inscribed—it would assuredly be upon the list of Radical Reformers, or, what is still more, among the number of those who from the depths of their heart and from the sanctuary of their conscience yearn for the peaceful advance of the interests of the Demo cracy. Actuated by these feelings therefore, inspired by these convictions, cherishing these supreme and in extinguishable aspirations—we must protest that in the sentences above excerpted Radicalism has been wrongly coloured, while an erroneous exclusiveness has been attributed to the more generous hopes of Conservatism. True, the Conservative reformer is anxious to preserve—to preserve what? Every thing worthy of preservation ! The Radical Re former, and we speak as one ourselves, cherishes— not a similar, but the same identical soli citude. He also is desirous of preserving— everything worthy of preservation. Again, the Radical Reformer is equally anxious to destroy —whatever may from its prejudicial qualities, or its irredeemable worthlessness, call aloud for the doom of dissipation. So, likewise, we presume is the Conservative Reformer desirous of delivering up the chips and straws of evil, the political vermin and the legislative dust accumulated from the days of antiquity, to the same inexorable sweepings of the besom of destruction. Let us not have, therefore, any more perversions of the real tendency either of Radicalism or Con servatism. Let us not define the same ambitions among our patriotic citizens as though they were diametrically antagonistic in their very nature. Let the Radical Reformer be viewed, if you like, as mistaken in his impressions, but do not, in the name of justice, attribute to him the villanous motive of desiring, with malice aforethought, to deliver up the nation to the horror of Socialism or Red Republicanism. Neither let the more bigotted sticklers for the cause of Liberalism impugn as cri minal those Conservative Reformers who are eilinging with mistaken tenacity to the blighting sources of mischief which are in reality infusing the virus of discord into the very core of the Constitu tion. Calling ideas, as well as things, by their right names, the bitterness, the heartburnings, and the misrepresentations arising from parti sanship would be happily dissipated throughout society, without in any manner diminishing the energies of political agitation. , Radicalsland Con servatives might then contend, without brawling, for the triumph of principles respectively deemed by them essential for the national happiness— acting towards each other as becomes co-patriots, fellow-subjects, and fellow-citizens, who are striving by different means, it is true, but with a like loyalty and a like earnestness, to preserve what is good and destroy what is bad in the framework and the move ments of the Constitution. We earnestly hope that a stringent and searching i nqu i r y may speedily be instituted into all the cir cumstances connected with the recent arrangements for the steam communications with India and Aus tralia. Rumours are in circulation ascribing to the late Board of Admiralty, and to Sir CHARLES WooD, some participation in what could only be designated as a gross and utterly unwarrantable job, combined with a certain degree of duplicity, which would ne cessarily be condemned by every honest man, if the hints and surmises now current were in any degree well founded. We should totally disregard the statements above referred to, were it not for some peculiar matters that appear to lend addi tional credibility to the assertions, and to require some answer on behalf of the parties implicated thereto. So far as we have been enabled to ascer tain, it appears that not only were the urgent re commendations of the Select Committee of the House of Commons totally disregarded and set aside—not only was the encouragement afforded by the ex- Chancellor of the Exchequer, while it suited his own purposes to obtain a strong and powerful competi tion forgotten, but a degree of expedition previously unknown was displayed by all the parties concerned after they were virtually, if not actually, out of office. The Lords of the Admiralty reported with such ex traordinary and unprecedented dispatch as to prove that their minds had been made up long before the tenders had come in ; while Sir CHARLES WOOD showed that so far as he was concerned the matter was a foregone conclusion. He must have signed the Treasury minute either at the time when he was proceeding to deliver up the seals of office to his SOVEREIGN, or after he was really out, and his suc cessor invested with the insignia of the situation. It is due, then, especially to Sir CHARLES Woon, that a full investigation should take place, and it would naturally he more satisfactory to all parties, particularly to the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the inquiry should be conducted before the high est tribunal of the land, where there would be full authority to examine witnesses on oath, and to require .the sworn testimony of the Right Hon. Baronet him self, of Sir " CHARLES TREVELTAN, and -others who mi g h t be enabled to thaw any degree of light on the :transaction. At Present, we sball onli allude to do cu.rne n t s.lang - since published, and which a r e w ithi n ' r u e la a kin o g f hi ev nl e s z i pe rson in the community d es i rous o f It will n o t be forgotten with th e su bj ec t. that • the Eastern Steam Navigation Company constit ted about t welve - months since, withth e Was object of entering into co rn and Oriental Compa n y, pctition with the Peninsuar the latter held should when the contract ashiu_h tie x on p a ire. Of course it vv* ,,,, asent . a c :d m al m t u h n o i n e g a h . we can not speak positively on th e subject, we believe encouragement you, should be ma o d f e afforded by WOOD to the Sir CHARLES project. This at 46 the ear a nn. leant is certain, thae that every degree received a of pcorporation; . 4 4 1 d, royal charter , „ that o n oranuttee inquire into " the existing was appointed ! to g steam the 27th day of March, 18a 1, a Select:c . communications with India and !h e . cticabhity n e effecting any improvement therein, the tied also into 1 best mode of establishing withtile I:astuhravt, taTen England, India,Australia, New steam communications he. ; China, Zea land, or any of them, as well as any points upon the several routes between them." Of course the appointment of such a Committee practically. took th e su bj ect-matter o f t h e ir investi gation out of the hands of the Government until the report should be obtained, more particularly as three Member's of the Administration, viz., Sir CHARLES WOOD himself, the Hon. WILLIAM COWPER, a Lord of the Admiralty, and Mr. JAMES WILSON, Secre tary of the Board of Controul , were acting on that Committee. After a - protracted and patie n t investiga mmaindise,tena witih the full assent a ti n o d c, co t n w cu o rr r e e n p c o e r o ts f w th e e re Members. We shall at present only allude to the second, which ~~; x:~~~ was, by a vote of the House of Commons, ordered to be printed on the 29th of July last. By that report, after alluding to "certain propo sals made by the Eastern Steam Navigation Com pany to carry out a communication between England, India, and China, the express portion of the mails to be conveyed via the Trieste route, in conjunction with the Austrian Lloyd's Company," and stating " that the political advantages of having two lines open across Europe was considered of some importance, and that it appeared from the evidence that the Go veruments interested in the Trieste line are pre pared to enter into the negotiation, and to give every facility for the transmission of the mails, I the Committee recommended tizt a communication twice ;r1 the month between England and the different Presidencies of India should be esta blished, and that such communication should be separated into two distinct services, and put out to separate tender." They also declared that, " as it appears from the evidence that any new par ties competing will require at least 18 months after their offer is accepted to prepare for the due perform ance of their engagements, it is the opinion of your Committee that no time should be lost by her MA JESTY'S Government in taking all the preliminary steps which the fair encouragement of an open com petition so obviously demands ; and they therefore recommend that tenders may be called for, contem plating the arrangements already alluded to. Ample time will thus be given to enable her MAJESTY'S Government to decide from the tenders which may be sent in, whether a bi-monthly com munication can be established on the plan proposed, without any probable increase of expense to the revenue of this country." We can scarcely conceive how it was possible for auy person who sat on that Committee, and assented to the clauses above referred to, to waste unnecessa rily any portion of the very limited time remaining, every moment of which was of such vital conse quence, or to consider that the recommendation " that the communication should be separated into two distinct services" could be carried out by giving the contracts to the same company ; but, as if to remove any possible doubt or difficulty on the subject, the following unequivocal paragraph was inserted : " Your Committee cannot close this report without stating their conviction, that any arrangement which might tend to promote an exclusive traffic on the In dian lines in the hands of one company, is open to serious objection ; and in the recommendations which they have suggested for the consideration of the Go vernment, they wish to lay down the principle, that the only security to the public for the full advantage of these communications must consist in open and fair competition." Let us now see how Sir CHARLES WOOD acted on these suggestions. In the first place, although we believe no fitting opportunity was lost of inviting his at tention to the subject, no step was taken for four months, from the 29th July to 29th November, on which day advertisements were issued calling for pro posals from parties willing to contract for convey ing the mails by five different divisions. The tenders were not, however, to be lodged for nearly three months, until the 26th of February following ; thus seven months were lost out of the seventeen that remained between the re port of the Committee and the delivery of the tenders, or rather more than two-fifths of the entire time, a formidable disadvantage, which but for the zeul, energy, and high position of some of the directors of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company would have defeated their chances, and left a monpoly to their favoured rival. Arrangements were, however, made at the private expense of some of these gentle men, which enabled the company to which they belonged still to enter into competition. The tenders were accordingly lodged on the morn ing of the 26th of February, and we believe that we are justified in saying that they were lower than those put in on behalf of the Peninsular and Oriental, and subsequently accepted by the late Government. Now, it cannot be for gotten, that on the Friday preceding the Ministers had been left in a minority of the House of Commons, which induced Lord Joule RUSSELL to announce his intended resignation. On the following day, the 21st inst., that resignation was placed in the hands of her MAJESTY, who sent for Lord DERBY, to whom, on the 22d instant, she entrusted the task of forming an Administration. On Monday it was an nounced that the then Ministers only held office until their successors could assume their positions. The Admiralty Board, how ever, when the tenders of the different companies were lodged, at once reported in favour of the highest tender, and Sir CHARLES WOOD, on his way to the throne of his SOVEREIGN, if not after his return, signed the Treasury minute, committing the nation to the payment of 1,592,0001., and in direct opposition to the recommendations of the Committee, to which he was himself an assenting party. We leave these simple facts to speak for them selves. We offer no comment, use no harsh language ; but we do say, that they are amply sufficient not only to warrant, but to demand the closest investigation, and that it is due to Sir CHARLES WOOD himself that it should take place at the earliest possible moment. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY); DISORDERLY CC:MINX:T.—Mr. Charles Lemon Greaves, of Stratford-upon-Avon, was brought before Mr. Bingham charged with creating a disturbance at the office of Mr. Ed ward Elkins, solicitor, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street. It appeared that the defendant, who was formerly a soli citor, called with another person at Mr. Elkins's office on the previous afternoon, and asked to see that gentleman. They were accordingly shown into the private office, but no sooner had they entered than the defendant commenced abusing the complainant in the most violent terms. Mr. Elkins re quested him to compose himself, and consented to hear what he had to say if he would conduct himself like a gen tleman. The defendant, however, became more violent and abusive in his lanirmige, and took up " Webster's Court Guide," which was lying on the table, and opened it. De fendant then pointed to Mr. Elkins' name, tore out the leaf, and assailed him with such a volley of abuse that he was under the necessity of s ending for a constable and giving him in charge. The accused, in defer ice, said he was suffering from a do mestic affliction, having a son lying dead in his house. He acknowledged he had i nisconducted himself in the manner described by Mr. Elkin a, to whom he now offered his humble apology. Mr. Elkin said, in comsequence of the defendant's apparent penitence, he did not wish to press for any punishment, and would merely request that he be held to bail to keep the peace. Mr. BINGHAM told the defendant he ought to be obliged to Mr. Elkins for the ler dent view he took of the case, and ordered him to find two .sureties in 501. each, with himself in 1001., to keep the peace for three months. CLERKEN WELL.-(THIS DA Y.) Thomas Bailey and A 1 exander Force, two well-known asso ciates of the worst of chat acters, were-placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged wit:l2 the following brutal and disgrace ful assault. _ Mr. Edward Sams, w;tkoz . e head and face was bandaged and plastered in nearly .very part, stated that thii morning the two prisoners, who were standing at the corner of Peter street, Clerkenwell, insulted him and his wife when passing them on their way to t heir home. Upon turning round Bailey spat in his face, and upon remonstrating with him Force knocked him down, and struck and kicked him in the head and face several Una es. While on .the ground Bailey struck him several times in the face. The policeman said th a.t he saw Force kick prosecutor in the head, and otherwise W. I treat him. The surgeon at the B .oyal Free Hospital stated that the • injuries were very severe.. Mr. CORALE sent the p risoners to the House of Correction for a month, with hard 1 a .bour. MARKET NB WS.-(THIS DAY-) CORN EXCHA2,NTGE I 4EDNESDAY. Notwithstanding that , our market to-clay was very scan tily supplied with English Wheat, the demand for all descrip .tiou& ruled heavy, at barely Monday's decline in the quota tions. For forward delivery next to nothing was doing. No fresh foreign Wheat 'has come to hand. Selected quali ties were in moderate n quest at full prices. In low and mddling kinds so little vras doing, that the quotations were almost nominal. No tramsactiona were reported in floating cargoes. We had a fair . sale for malting Barley, at fall prices; but grinding an d distilling sorts, including malt, were very dull. In Oats very lew sales took place, yet holders were firm. Beans, Peas, and Indian Corn were much neglected. The Flour tx ade was heavy, and the nominal top price of the best towns-made fell to 405 per 281bs. ARRIVALS THIS WREN►• Wheat. Barley. I Malt. Oats. English Irish Foreign Qrs. I Qrs. 1 Qrs. 680 1,620 930 ....... CAA Qrs. 7io 230 Flour. Sacks. 620 2,i70 I 50 1108017 CM BOP MARKET. Oar market is very inaotive for all kinds of Hops; but WI have no change to notice in prices. WIZIICECEMPIGL. For each kind of Meat the demand was in a very inactive state, at barely last week's currency. Beef from 2s 2d to Bs 2d ; Mutton, 2s 4d to 2s 6d to .38 6d ; Veal, 3s 2d to 4s 2d; Pork, 3s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. The cost already sustained by Brazil in the inter vention wa r in the River Plate is equal to 8,300,000/. ster ling. 4101 lisill DNESDAy EVENING, MARCH 17, 1852. 12 to 1234 Sh -6% 6% 6 9y,-10 2% —ll)4d. x.d 16 17 x.d dli. 0 —go 18% 18% 20% 21 17 16 1. x.d 18% 19X 18% 21 X 20% 5% -6% 3 —4% sx, —351 771 —ayi 4 a 8 % % % 5% - 6 3% - 4 % 6% - 17% 173 i 17 36 17 49 -50 60 49% 28 —39 x.d 4% —4% % (110z.d 19%%% 20% 6 % % % 14 z.d 19% 19% x.d 6% 6% 14 14% x.d 33% 34% x.d 86% 86% 74 77 x.d 7 8 p. x.(l 71 71% z.d •• •• —6% d. 34' 86% 67%:87% all 11 13 4 100 P 72%;004%% 43; 47. x.d 16 —l7 7 5 6% [l7 16141,17 16% 7 34 14 95% 96M(11$ [ 17 % %%IL% 25% 14% % 85% 86% [34 83% 34% 33% so% )4 4 62 [61%;62 Ditto ditto Royal Mail Steam ...... f We cannot be answeri will not be influenced by 7% 8 20% 31:8034 7% % lIICINMS. liwitheas Paid. Nominal Pricez. to-say. Ague Fria • ! 1% I%p 2% % Anglo Calliornlan 10s. Australian ...... a % Australian Freehold all 34 % dis• Ave Maria •• •t %dis par Blacnarvon Iron & Coal all .. • British Australian Gold 1 34 dis par ' British Iron—. •••• • • 13/. ss. .• Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) 24% 2 Do. Cocaes and Culaba all 1 Do. St. John dol Itey— 15 23% 24% n 34 Cobra Copper • • •• • 40 83 —34 30% Copiapo .. •••..• • • • • 14 4 5 Eng. & Australian Copper a die p General•• • • • Gold Mountain 1 par Great I'olgooth ........ all i % p 4 Mexican& S. American I 9 3% 4 Nouveau Monde.-- • • 1 % P 1% % % Santiago do Cuba .... •- 10% 7 Tin Croft .• ............ 7 10 —ll United Mexican......•• all —2% West Mariposa .. •••• • • t 1 Udis. par Carson's Creek, 14 96, JOINT STOCH 33.A.N1LS. Australasia .... ••• • • • all 38 39% British North America.. 50 473 —49 49 Colonial .....• .. • • .... 25 11 34 —123 t Commercial of London.. 20 24 254 London Joint Stock .... 10 18% 17% London and Westminster 20 29% —3O National Provincial Eng. 35 De. New ............ 10 .. National of Ireland .. • • 22% 17% —l7 Oriental Bank Corporat. all 30 314 xal Provincial of Ireland.... 25 42 344 -43 all 15% 163 Union of Australia • • all 3 5 36 % Do. Now •• • • 2% 3 —33 r Union of London •..... 10 14% 15% Union of Madrid • all MISCELLANEOUS. Canada ..... 323{ 48 493% 484 49 Eastern Steam 2s. • • die. Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 273( 284 & Oriental Steam. all 80 —Bl Ditto ditto 10 '26 —2B Royal Mail Steam ...... 60 79 803{ 6ble for th, 2734 —28 X so —Bl 26 28 79 80% Le errors of the Official Lists, an I cerreepondenta.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6,000 bales. The market closed steadily but tame without alteration in prices. Good stapled American at s*d. to sid. was in demand and difficult to buy. The sales comprised 4,500 American, 800 Pernam and Maranham at sid. to 61d., 250 Egyptian, 6kd. to 9d.; 400 Surat, 3id. to 41d.; and 50 Sea Islands, at ls. lid. to ls. 6d. per lb.—ln Railway Shares a fair business was done at rather higher prices. The letters from the United States have been deli vered, and are satisfactory in reference to commercial mutters. The value of the exports from New York last month was 7,320,690 dolls., and upon this statement it is remarked by a local writer that— "Of the above aggregate there has been a better dis tribution than usual. It will be seen that only a little more than one•half of the total went to European ports. The value of shipments of domestic merchan dise to English and continental ports during the month of February was 2,110,005 dolls., leaving a balance of 1,242,878 dolls, for foreign ports on this side of the Atlantic, and other than those in Europe. This is a more favourable comparison than we have ever been able to make before, and we have no doubt that, in the course of another year or so, it will be still more satisfactory. Our merchants are alive to the importance of the trade with Central and South America, and every effort will be made to encourage and extend it. While our export trade with European nations is becoming of secondary importance, we must bear in mind that our import trade with that section of the world should also be reduced, that the balance of trade between us may be more equalized. It will be seen by the above official return, that nearly one-half of the aggregate export for the month was in specie, the shipment of coin averaging nearly nine hundred thou sand dollars per week." According to official returns from the Custom House of San Francisco, the shipments of gold dust from that port during 1852 were as annexed : SIIIPMENTS OF GOLD DUST FROM SAN FRANCISCO, 1852. New York... ... $30,861,400 49 New Orleans ... 404,294 11 London ••• ••• ... 3,392,660 78 Panama ••• ••• ••• ••• 151,293 64 San Diego ... 5,000 00 Valparaiso ... 444,482 00 Rio Janeiro ... 15,000 00 Taloahuana 15,750 00 Hong Kong ... ..„ 2,554 00 Total ... $34,492,633 02 About as much again was brought away by passengers. A lino of serew-steamers is about to be established from the ports of Quebec and Montreal to Liverpool and other ports. These vessels are proposed to run fort nightly while the navigation of the St. Lawrence is open, and monthly between Liverpool and Halifax, Portland, or some other port of the Atlantic. The accounts from India notico no particular altera tion in the import markets, but the value of money was easy. _ _ The Amsterdam Stock Market was very lively, and at advanced rates on the 15th inst. for all securities. The English Stock Market has been exceedingly firm again, although business is very restricted. Console have beep 98, and are now 98g. Exchequer-bills con tinue at 655. to 68s. premium, and India Bonds are 765. premium. _ _ _ In the Foreign Market a further important rise has occurred in Buenos Ayres Bonds, which opened at 71, suddenly advanced to 75, reached to 734, and are now 77. Equador also are firmer at 44 to 5, and Grenada De ferred have risen to 104 1.. Brazilian Stook is worth 991. Venezuela Bonds have been 43 to f. Mexican are still fiat at 824 to 4. Peruvian Deferred have reached 57. Spanish Five per Cents, have been 25i to 4, and the Three per Cents. 424 to 43. The Deferred are 194 I, and the Certificates 24 to f per cent. French Five per Cents. are worth par, with the Exchange at 25 40. Sar dinian Bonds have been at 921 and 93i. Dutch Four por Cents. are 95 to 4. There is a further decided improvement in most Railway Shares, and a large business is doing. The market has, in fact, not been so aaimated for some time past. Great Northern have started up about 10s. to 155., Great-Western 11., North-Western I/. to IL 55., and Midland 21. to 31. Lancashire and Yorkshire are up about 21., Caledonian ss. to 108. Some of the French Shares are dearer, but not in the same proportion. Paris and Strasbourg are, perhaps, scarcely so good. Dutch Rhenish are in favour st very full prices. The Gold Mine Shares look well, though not particu larly active. EARL GREY AND SIR HARRY SMITH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l have heard it more than whispered that it appears almost litre persecuting Earl Grey, and hardly fair to keep this subject so continually before the public, under present circumstances. This generous feeling in, and proposed forbearance towards, the late Colonial Secretary, I can moat fully appreciate, and indeed, I believe, that it has been the chief, if not the only, cause of the general silence of the editors of all the papers; but, Sir, the taunting and insolent language of your evening contemporary, the Globe, under date the 25th of last month, renders it necessary that the public attention should be kept alive on this subject, and that his Lordship should be af forded that opportunity of rebutting the charge brought against him the Globe so ostentatiously parades before us as being his wish. Your contemporary is, however, most anxious that the acts of former Governors and Governments should be at the same time inquired into; against this we must at once protest, and for this simple reason, that the case we have to consider, the one we have now to deal with, stands between Earl Grey and Sir Harry Smith, and the public are not to be led away by a sweeping explanation of the general misgovernment of our colonies, or even of the Cape. Earl Grey's charges are clear and distinct against Sir Harry Smith—they are just or unjust, true or false, real or imaginary—by them Earl Grey must stand or fall, as a public man. His Grace the Dake of Wellington has only spoken, and could only speak, for he had no other right,as Sir Harry Smith's commanding officer, and in that capacity his ' Grace has approved of all his military operations. But Earl Grey's dispatch contains other and graver charges, which, in my opinion, and, as far as I have been able to judge, in the opinion of the public, must, sooner or later, recoil upon his Lordship. At the risk of being tedious I will proceed to quote from the Globe, to satisfy your numerous readers that we are challenged to the combat, and that, even did we wish it, there is no retreat : " According to the votes and proceedings of the House of Commons," says the editor of the Globe—mark him—on the 25th of February, Earl Grey being out of office, " we ought now to be in the midst of the debate upon Cape affairs, instead of witnessing the marvellous development of Lord Derby's Ministry—a grotesque exhibition, in truth Mr. Adderley's motion, it seems, is not only already ' a dropped notice,' but a notice to be dropped."lndeed is it, Mr. Globe Editor? we shall see; and, adds the Globe," it is quite in keeping with the tactics of party that it should be so. Mr.Adderley will be speech less, Lord Derby will be dumb, care will be taken to burk alike explanation and defence—affairs at the Cape will go on just as they did before, and Lord Grey's vin dication will be found only as time rolls on in the silent adoption of his principles and his measures, which will end in the subjugation of the Kafirs and the establish ment of representative government." Pretty well, I think, Sir, for the Globe. This para graph shall be noticed one day. ",We most unfeignedly regret that Mr. Adderley,"adds the Globe, " lost his opportunity; a little discussion, even though very stormy, very personal, very colonial, in fact, would have cleared at least the Parliamentary atmosphere. dispatch which was unjustifiable. Well, if so, why not fairly give Lord Grey au opportunity of vindicating his dispatch? a Cape debate even in the Commons; but if fair play and a love of justice pervade so august an assembly as that of the Peers of England, as strongly as it does the English people, perhaps Lord Derby will kindly furnish Earl Grey some day with an opportunity of vindicating his policy in his place, and no longer labour under the reproach that he encourages and aids his lieutenants in the Lower House to attack the Minister who sits before him, whilst he himself flinches from the contest." _ Now, Sir, this is pretty well, and pretty insolent. Lord Derby flinch ! Well, it may be so, as the Globe asserts it; but we have nothing to do with Earl Grey vindicating his policy ; it is beside the question. We have nothing to do but with the unjustifiable dispatch, and, with all due deference to the editor of the Globe, we shall not travel out of record, but will . endeavour to prove out of Earl Grey's own mouth that his dispatch of the 14th of January was unjust, ungenerous, unstates m anlike, and altogether unjustifiable. We have already, I think, Sir, proved that it was most c rue l in its commencement, and it will be found most cunning in the sequel. Now, Sir, let mo beg of you to turn to Earl Grey's dispatch of the 21st October, 1851. His Lordship therein acknowledges to have heard from Sir Harry Smith up to the 20th August; expresses his con cern, that less progress than he had hoped had been made in the subjugation of the Kafirs, and that deser tion and disaffection continued to be shown by many o f the coloured inhabitants of the country. His Lordship then proceeds—" Unfavourable as is the intelligence you have transmitted to me, it suggests little or nothing that I could add with advantage to the instructions I have already addressed to you, • • • . and havi ng t a k en steps for sending to you reinforcements, which I do not understand you to regard as insufficient, her Majesty's Go ver nment can now only rely on your energy and judgment for so using the force at y our di sposa l as to effect the subjugation of the enemy with th e least pos sible delay." So then, Sir, up to the 21st October, 1851, Earl Grey, having beard from Sir Harry Smith up to the 31st August, sees nothing to add in the way of instruc tions, has no fault to find with Sir Harry, but, on the contrary, states that the Government relies on his energy and judgment. Either, then, that energy had been great up to the 20th August, and that judgment good, or her Majesty's Government were en during a most uncalled-for responsibility in sending additional troops, and relying oa what they did not consider sound—relying in fact on a broken reed. How the Government, or, rather, Earl Grey, is to get out of this dilemma, I know not, but certainly up to the 21st October, 1851, Sir Harry Smith stands f u lly a nd honour ably acquitted by his Lordship's own words, and from the very head - quarters—Downing -street. In that very dispatch, too, Earl Grey not only does not find any fault with Sir Harry Smith, but adds additional labours to his work. "I look with much alarm to the danger which seems to exist," says his Lordship; "but the tears very natu rally excited amongst the white inhabitants as to the intentions of those of African descent, may induce the former indiscriminately to treat as enemies all the co loured classes, and thus really create that general hos tility which is apprehended. I trust that you will use your best exertions to avert such a result, and protect to the utmost of your power those of her Majesty's coloured subjects against whom no charge of disloyalty can be supported. Here, Sir, was a most important and difficult, and very delicate duty to be performed, and for which Sir Harry was considered qualified. Now, Sir, I think you will perceive that this case is drawing size, a small com p ass f or a l arge expand itself again as we show into biue b a oo nkt:tsbhuetllit off each particular item. This dispatch of the 21st of October either most fully acquits: Sir Harry up to that date, o r condemns Earl Grey. In my opinion it does both—it acquits Sir Harry Smith, because we must take the dispatch as we find it, and as it is borne out by ail previous dispatches, but it equally condemns Earl Grey, because I think it will be shown, not only by the fatal dispatch of the 14th of January, but by many others, that when Earl Grey wrote that of the 21st of October it was then in his heart and his head that he would su persede Sir Harry Smith, but the moment had not arrived, the hour was not ripe—any great success on the part of Sir Harry would render his removal not only un necessary, but impossible. Earl Grey was then ready to claim all the merit, the meeting of Parliament was then at some distance; so Earl Grey concludes on the 21st of October.—" The ultimate abandonment of the Orange Sovereignty should be a settled point in our policy." Poor Sir Harry, did he, indeed, believe that Earl Grey would share the merit of any successful policy? Did he offer to share the punishment of the error of judgment, in permitting the troops to leave the Cape? For this time, Sir, I have done. YOUR CONSTANT READER. March 8, 1852. A STREE T PR EACHER IN ROME. A couple of casks, covered with a few planks, served for a pulpit. A ragged audience, consisting of about a hundred men and women, were listening with open mouths to a sort of ecclesiastic, filthy and sunburnt his appearance, who was gesticulating away e fo n rt t h h upon P of this primitive erection. He w as holding f our first the Passion. "It was," said he, " the sloe forth Saviour. Yes, ori my original n father that brought on the death of our be sCionrweeplaernetlayll g b ret hren, we are all of us the murderers, the execu tioners of our God, and we shall be punished as such, a s party we are t o all lhis tainted a ass assinatio n . waittihovn the . g p en ance." So . saying, he opened the top of his s le t s u s we nie d tunic, an o d seizing hold of a stone, prepared f o r th e purpose, he fell on his knees, and lacerated his breast most cruelly, muttering prayers all the whil e i n a sort o f f re nzy. Fired by his example, his audience like wise fell on their knees. Some struck themselves violently, at the same time uttering frig htful ot h e rs sobbed aloud, and threw yells; themselves on their faces. Men, women, and girls seemed alike most violent despair, or the deep est a prey to the what is almost beyond belief, mot h ers, repentance. But, to make their child ren participate • in their anxi e ty this exhortitioc in the goo d ( "fle e t s o f , were whipping th em The preacher, coveredwith without mercy. and the people as suddenly blood, at length gave over, scene now changed. ceased their wailiugs. The Pale as death, gasping and foam ing at the mouth, the fanatic preacher cast a threaten ing look around ' him. He perceived Fernando and myself observing him from afar; and quick to take ad vantage of this incident, he extended his arms in our di rection, exclaiming, " This is the way the apostles of the Lord get treated! Heretic foreigners say to each other, `Let us go and see what that priest is alter, and make game of his sermons, since the season for laughing at the buffooneries of Punch and Harlequi n is now over!" I was unable to learn the conclusion ho drew from this epos. trophe, as my friend, fearing, that this holy maniac might incite the populace against us, took me by the arm and drew me away. I could not recover from my surprise. Less struck, however, by the preacher's ad dress than by the tears of his audience, I observed that, no doubt, the fruits of this sermon would rejoice the hearts of all honest folks. " You labour und er an error, " interrupted Fernando, " the religion of the Romans is of the nature of saltpetre, that evaporates as it explodes; and these fanatics will have no sooner turned their backs than they will go and drown all these fine compunctious feelings in liquor, or fritter them away : some violent qu arrel." ill —Barnbles through Rome, by the Chevalier de Chatelain. ----- A charter of incorporation, with limited liability, bas been granted by the Government to an association to be called the Colonial Gold Company. The proposed capital is 500,0001., in 51. shares, and the objects chiefly contemplated are the purchase . of ores and th e t ransm i ss i on o f t h e r i c h er sorts for economical reduction of works to be established in London. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORT;-I AND SOUTH WKS:TERN „11.;:s : JOS. Tee first half-) eaily meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office, Parliament-street; Mr. 13. Tootal in the chair. The report stated that the directors have much plea sure in expressing their confidence that the value of this railway has not been over estimated. At the recent meeting of the London and North-Western and the London and South-Western Railway Companies, the importance of this junction railway was dwelt upon, and its merits acknowledged. These companies agreed provisionally to work the line. This agreement since the pissing of the Act has been confirmed. By its terms the two companies undertake to provide, maintain, and work the rolling stock, and to work the junction for 33 per cent. of the gross receipts; to allow to this company a mileage toll of six miles on goods, and four miles on passengers, and in any ease to (gua rantee a minimum net revenue from the toll on MerChall disc alone of 2,250/. per annum; and that this company shall be entitled to divide 6 per cent. as dividend after payment of all interest on debentures, &c., before the two companies participate in any way in the profits. The surplus above 6 per cent. to be apportioned between_ the three companies as follows, viz.:—One-half thereof to this company, and the remaining halt to the London and North-Western and London and South -Wes tern Railway Companies. The directors are convinced that this agreement is equitable, and for the com mon advantage of the three companies. The directors have been actively engaged in the, purchase of the land, the greater part of which is in the hands of the con' tractor. The works have been contracted for on antis' factory terms with Mr. Brassey, who engages to coos plete them in August next. The report of Mi G. Berkley, the engineer, stated th a t the line is s take " out, arid the land, with the exception of one or two in' considerable portions, is in the hands of the contractor. More than one-third of the line is fenced. The earth work at all the cuttings is progressing, and three of t he principal bridges are commenced. The accounts shows,"t that 12,0351. had been received, and 6,623/• expee deu leaving a balance of 5,4121. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the ren ''' port, said that on reference to the map it would be seem that the North and South Western Junction line WOO connect the London and North-Western line at Willes den with the Loudon and South Western Rail wa Y Brentford. The Act authorizing the construction the line was obt a i ne d in t h e l ast session by the, : 1 19 1 , of the two companies he had mentioned. They had advantage of having two directors from each of those companies on the board to assist them in n t i es management of the undertaking. These ann.P. ll- 1 had entered into an agreement for working t"' „ i fi n t a a when completed, which it was believed would be P r " able to all parties. The line was estimated to e 50,000/., and there could be no doubt that the good` and mineral traffic on the line would produce 3 P nt . cent. on the outlay, to say no thi ng o f the Pas selt d g dia traffic, which it was believed would produce a n s ls ,t tional 3 per cent. On going to Parliament liras session, it was intended to make a s in g le but with bridges and works for a double linef, o bis on examining the position of the line and the probable amount of traffic it was determined to make it s (I' to line. The borrowing powers would enable them the raise a further sum of 16,000/., making with o e uhl share capital 66,0001., a n d th e y b e li e ved this sum not be exceeded. They had every reason to bea s d that the works would be co m pl e t e d i n August next, and that in September they would see the trains running the line from Willasden to Brentiord in the ordioser.f. course. The minimum guarantee was 3 would be allowed to divide 6 per cent. and half the s o l t l io plus profits, and the other half of the surplus Pr comp would be divided equally between the other two ,„ t nies. He believed the arrangement would be aa l3-3' genus lmn r r. e t p c - p ) A l a y i Y i tpsoea questionser(t)inecis e . d t h the it motion, wa s in possession had arisen bt ' thee stated that per so c n e t ndtehieri t. ession of the land, hat Mr. Brass ,y would do everything iu his power to ope the line in August. The line was 3 1 miles in I " n g tli s: the number of shares was 5 000, IN. each, and th e ( were all taken up. It was intended to call up the Qcllo amount as possible. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, re-Oen!: ing the retiring dir e ctors, vo t ing t h e m 5001. fort bel past services to the 31st of D ece mber last, and 511° per annum in future, fixing the salary of the secretary, at 1501. per annum fr o m the time of the first bo g" meeting of the provisional directors, and electing Ai J. Durham and Mr. T. R. Cobb auditors, the remunera tion to be ten guineas each per annum. Mr. R. cmpany, CREED as a sa d i i d re , director, reply to a r of the London and dNotrrott; West Mr. Field, of the Stock -Exchange, that it would be 0 very desirable measure if the Bill for the proposed ho e from Croydon to Wands worth should be allowed to pess' as it would complete the line of railway communication from the East and West India Dock line to the South- Eastern and Brighton Railways. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. THE SHARE MARKETS. RatirlA /. Aberdeen.. • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Ruleion Birming., Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley Birkenh., Lan., & Cheat June., late 331.65. 6d.. Do. Chest. & Birkenkal., 501. & 451. Consolidated Do., do., UOL • . • • Bristol and Exeter .• Caledonian • • • • • • Chester and Holyhead .. Dublin and Belfast Janet. Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee, Perth I d.ber-1 lean janation •• Do., New East rigllsai (251. L. a E. and L. •• •• Dz. (lid. E. & El.) .. Eastern Counties .. Eastern Union, class A, Paid. 17% 100 BRITXBII NuLx Lways. 1,. -, - • Nominal Prices. 15usiles " °n° to-day. ls% A 34 13 late E. 11. share,. Do. do. uo• • • Du. uo., B & C shares East Lancashire • • • • Ds. New eins.rtia's •• East & West India Docks and Birm. June. .„ East & West York. June. EdinbuTgh and Glasgow Ediu., Perth, and Dundee uth- West, 1 Great Northern • • • • Do. heivos, A. deferred, Do. halves. D. 6 Per et. ern anti W es tern, Ireland . Carlisle .. GtaßLGaLLLidingll r,l l , asgr :nrooloDDDBreaby, so r e nedsnn a oe ; t r a thtt w i n ; ropeano as" Cea 6 r r ° ::,:th:turit t an td d tgdn.n . . riteran u enr.u r ee B ; BlaekwsU ▪ ~ ghton, and N .Wes▪ tern Do. do. quarters „ • De. fifths •• • • .. ; Do. 10 1 . an., M•&11 (0) London and SrWeateru Do. n ew 501. „ Do. new 401. .. sfanehester, Buxton, awl Matlock • • Manchester , Sheffield, Lincolnshire sii.:DiDiDwlndiwdeoolLancaanr.iliciarsdisdMuticinin Unlorl •• shares .. sewport, Abergay▪ enTr., and Hereford 4 .. N or f o lk • • Do. New 201. sh a▪ res.. Northern Cenntiesllaien North British., North Devon .• North Staffordshi re • Nerth-Westorn •• •• North & Sth.-West. June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhamp ton.. Scottish Central . Scottish Midl an d ..• • • Do. new " shrew]. & Birtu, df ass i Do. Class Shrews- & Hereford., Old stirewsbury and Chester , (Nor. W. Min •. Do. Halve s . Do. Oawe s t ry :• Shropshire Unica ; • : Do.. B, C, s, D, f u lly paid tip at per out South -Eastern 894 a Southh i nue c ift 111 k WDRY 34. s i oi and and River Stirling and Dunfermline Stockton and Hartlepool names Haven Dock and Railway • •• Valo or Neath •• • • • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wex., Wick.' and Dublin .. West Cornwall • • •• West London .. • • York, Newc., Ya Berwick Ditto and Newcastle i Extension Ditto G..N.E. purchase Yotk add North Midland, 7 - 7li 95 —96 117 —117% 3 34 3 % P. 1 % % 3 p. p. 85% 86 7% —7% tic 6 34 —554 z. —2% 32% 3334 59% 59 2% % 30 —3l 100 42)4 34 4 2 0 100 100 4?.34 - all all all fi)i 5 .—4% Mo.' 28 —2O 12 —Il IN— 3 dll. 6% I 8 7 Ma. sai 8 3 / 4 clls. par 34 P 15 —16% 15 —13% 9% •••• 9 % 6% 6 % 1 4% — 4% 4 -- 3 db. 13 —l5 6,4 7}. 10 —l2 3u 3 d. •• 13 —l6 40 2034 x.d 30% 30% x.d ,a dig. 2 did x.d •• •••• •• .. - .. ibo ^1" 7 mom 6 d 16 s Xl7} 9 $% 9t 17 16% 17%% 15% % % 16 ... 4% dim. IN x.n 20%VliNx.d go% 31i 2c,cl 171 ... 11 4% % 1 71 i 18 12 % %7: 13 22% % 7 % -- 7 d. 3% .- 3% d. 224 •- 24% LINES] LEASEXI:4I.I I r==im ) RENTAss. Xtailways. /A 131 '4 had, i Nominal Prices. lash:teas Companies. done to-day, & Blotch- • ley .. .. Lon. & N.W. all • • —•• & Ox ford Junction, guaranteed •• Gt. Western all 29 —BO Do., without a guarantee .. Dc .. • • all 28 — 29 Eirm., Waiver., & Dudley, gua rantee d Do ~ all 29 —3O Do., without a guarantee .. Do .. .. all 28 —29 Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% 17% 17% Clvdesdale June Caledonian all 46 —47 E. Lin., Guar. 6 oar Cent. •• G. Northern all 35 —36 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 22% 3 4 p Hartlepl Dock Yrk, New., 1 al i and Railway -and Ber. —. • Hull and Selby Yk. is N.M. all IST 109 108 Do. % Shares Do • • • • all 53% 64% Do. % Shares Do •• •• all 25 —27 Leeds and Brad. Midland • • all 100% 101% Lon. and Green. S. East= all 12% 12% Do., Pref. .. Do •• •• all 24% 25% Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. .. Norfolk •• all 16 —l7 Do., 6 per cent De •• all Midillesbro' and Redcar, 6p. ct Stocktis Dar all N. & East, 6 per Cent. •• B. Counties . an Do., 5 per cent. Do. • • ** all 6 9 —6l ;6 x.d P D wres o yro . to N n o . w ..an.d. . 1 . L 11 i 0 ta.14 . 86 .... vvy.. all Do. % Shares ADO •• • • 11 g% _ 9i4 p x.d Read., Guild., and Reigate •• g• Eastern • all 22 221, Roy. & Hitchtn G. Northern 6 % 5% Do. Shep. Ex.. DO •• an ti c: Shot., Roth. and • T ra ct.. vi Lan r. e. , fs .c Y leem ork 18 9 1 % 1 6 1%. _ dig. 7% Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. all S vir G o e u ° a th r le y g ol talf s 6 per Do .. 2, Do •• •• all 29 30 Wilts &801nara. Gt. .Western 94 95 Do. do. do. SINES] SICARMIS. : . sosways. Paid. [Nominal Prices. business dole f to-day. 1 ................1-............., • Aberdeen •• ** 111 1% -1% cus. 134 dls• Aberdeen. No. 2, p 7 r. ct. 2 36 .. ... „, Caledonian 101. .. •• 10 g% _ 6i, x.d Chester and Holyhead • • all 17 .... „.1 1734 ' Druid. Per. & Aber. June. all 4% ..... ; 5 , % 11 , East:Ang.( 3l . 18 0 6 l'• °• • al l 2 % -• 3% ,11 % r D o ., (51.) 7 per cent.. • all „ .... .. i Eastern Counties Eaten., 11l b per cent. No. 1 ••% ...- 1% p • Pm : Do. No. 2 • • • • •• all % - % P _ Pm ' Do. New 6p. coat. Stock 10 12)6 - 12% 1 2 )4 % ' Eastern Union, Scrip i Kaaren. 6 per cent. •• all 12% - 12% Li t GEEEldi.asceasD&nteng.w..otp,L.w.elqanOryuiloar.fstset.-ehire.rbenrirunjahun..tcs.ariarp. ethact... s ir.. , 1 00ausi a a i i i ....ix 7.7: ..i.34 . Gt. Northern. sep r sent. ail 14% - 14% 14% ~.; GGD(trI Hants e:a .re . l l b a nde t P l gt e Ee i rn . .t. h eighths . R edeem . ~ ( s& ,B pererW k s.cie s. .B 3 t n c a r n e z:n. . a : 0.116 634 7 1 % ..- 1 8 % P • - Gt. Weat.,fixed4 3 6 p. ct. 100 ;,.• = l4 Do., do. • .• so I, Lancashire and York- .. .... shire, F. 201... •• - 6 1 36 - 1 die. Do. 6 per et. Stock • • 100 ~ Leeds Northern, 6 per . • cent., No. 1.. •_,..• •• • 13 [ Do., do. .. isie• 2 17 ~ _ „„ L Do., do • • No• 5 5 .. -.. London, De.aDj a. o Co . 0r oftprof., guar.vi i, quarters, 5 Brighton, e p l t 5 8 .. 4 se Il p e rk ,t . la: itti , 14 i .... .. .:..... ... .: P Do. new guar., 6 per ct. •,102 .. ..... Lon. & N. West. (Coy. & .. • Nuneat.) 5 per cent.' ** 1336 .. • - London &S.- W., new •• a 2% 3 .• p. London. & Ennis., 56 Sha all II -12 Stanch., Sheffield. and , Line., quer. &hrs., No. I all 10% -11 Do. new, 101 . •• •• all 1234 -. 12% 12% Do., GL •• ••' i• • ' %- % P Midland Con. 6p• e. stock 100 .. .. • Do. Consul. Bristol & sinning., G per east." 100 136 --. 135 Do., Erewash yte --- 100 .. •• Do., Leic. & Sw ag S . , , 8 per cent. guar. , 100 , .. , ..... ;_ Do., Preference .. . s % ,_,.' % dia. ' 4% Norfolk Extension '.. a ll to -19 Do. guar. 5 34 Per cent, • all 5 - 5 % Do., Waveney.yuv 2 1 - 1 % North British .. .. 47 6 ~.., 654 x.d 514 Oxf•Wor.BtWol.lsl.6p.e 10' at - M its. 10 9% le Shrews. & Bir., new guar, all 10 -• 10% Shrews. and Ches. (Nor, W. 5 11 n.) 8 per eiint. , all l6 % - 16% South Devon .. ~• all 12)6 - 1334 x.d x.d South-Eastern, 4% P. et. ▪ • is .. South Yorks., 4p. ct.gd. 20 • 3 - 234dis.x.d Stock. & Hart., guar. 5 p. ct. until 1 July, 1236 -ail Waterford and Yll 7 ko on - , , York, Gt. 6 i e Ii N. rNewotc E. cent,. . and . lu r l I: 0 rer : ,: - : • all 15% - 16 ' D° ' "" ' ;.; 6 8% - York and North 3fidi od i L. and 8. Parch. lO 1 %- % dig- • IZODT. , • • N Boulogne and Amiens ;-.- ;11,03Z all 1274 - 1334 13 1 2 % Central of France.(o.y.) all 22 % - 22% Demerara .. .: au . Dutch Rhenish •.' -;., 3 4 -3% dim. 4 34 36 East Indian .. . „ 18 • 2% -33`?. Do. de. d e ; .*. 25 .. _ Greatlndian Pezdn.sula.. all Ditto ditto .. .„ • 4 u 34 -% P. 4 % 34 - 3 / 4 P . • Louvain ala Slunk a.. 7% - - *:, 3). Luxembourg •, .. .. 13 3% Ditto ( Railway ) .. 10 3% - 2 % Ditto (Canal) ~ 2 54 - • % . Karla Antonia .. 1 71 6, ad .., - .. Ditto, New .. .. a% ~, 6% Namur and Liege .. .. a u 04 -6% Northern of France .. 21k 16 213(- 21 % la% % % Orleans and Bordeaux .. 11 1%— 1 % d ' A „ , Paris and Lyons .. .. 6 -4 - •! -- •*74`r • , • : p r a a r r il and wid P C .o ri n: s ... ..: ~ w al l 1 ;;: i., 2 : - ,:,• Paris and StrasbotuK ;'' '-• 13 ' 21% •-' a' -,. 11 * ' •,... 11)6 /torten and Havre ~ ; . a n ' 11 . Sambre and Meuse • ~. , ' i n • 33f - 5 5 1 • • • st. Andrew's & Quebo.(A)• .i 3 , •• di, t 10% -% % Tours and Nantes... ~... ~ 17 l, 6% •-• 6% • , TournaY, Jnrbise, Lan- '' ', , i • , . ' den, and Hasselt . ~. ' all . - - ...:3% ' i l . Weld flawil B r l *. 1 . , , $11(' .1%,. . i 'o' ,'' ' , .l'i . 1 tal.! . , 11.4 Jobe. I :)ttl ^--.li fV.wu. y 3, 1 "4 16 2-3 126 QUARTER TO THREE. Consols ••. ... 98 i Ditto Account, April 13 ._ , ... 98 i, ON E . PRICES OF BRITIsrI FUNDS . O'CLOCK, 3 per Cent. Console Annuities 98 % lndia 'Stock Incu 6 Bonds, 1,0001........... Ditto under 1,0001 76 p ;:oue..le for Account — 9 B % Exchequer Bills. _ l JA,o. t,O001. soot. Small. .. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. FRICES. ;-trazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ... ..... 99 3 / 99 3 / 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per. Cent. 7 1 1,¢ 71 71 Ditto, Account Equador Bonds 4% 5 5 Grenada Bonds, l% per Cent. — Ditto, Deferred ..... .... 10%143% Mexican, 3 per Cent., 1846 Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent— — Ditto, Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account — 35 Russian Bonds . • ....... 113 Ditto, 43( per Cent - ' 103 1021,% 103 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 25% 25 1 4 • Ditto. 3 per Cent 42% 42% Ditto, Account 42% 'fii 423 g Ditto. New Deferred Spanish Com. Cert. Coup. not funded 2% % 2% per cent. Venezuela Bonds, 3 A per Cent 43 1 4 43 1 Ditto Deferred lB% CLOSID. G PRICES: 98% 260% 76 p 98% 10% .32,6 105 5714 Dividends on the above payable in London. f 4, le.'J::,i~. ... ...~, ' French Rented, 5 per Cent. - 100 f. 100 f. The. Exchange Belgian, 4% per Cent. 92 92 Dutch 2 1 ,E per Cent. 12 Guild.... Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ... 95 14 95% LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) „ LONDON, MARCH 17.—Wind at noon N.E., light airs, and (lull hazy weather. SINGAPORE, FEB. 3.—The Ann and Jane, Shanghai to Sydney, New South Wales, has been lost on the Kangeary Is lands, south of Soarabaya ; a quantity of cargo saved an d landed. The Herald, Lawson, Shanghai to Leith, was scut tled 31st Oct. off the coast of Java, by part of her crew (Manila men), who had massacred the master, two mates, and two men; master's wife left on board when the vessel sank. Tha Victory, China to Callao, arrived here 25th Jan., in charge of the mate, the master, second mate, and two men having been murdered by the passengers, Chinese Coolies, who who gained possession of the vessel , a nd after taking he various places In . the Gulf of' Si a m, left her, carrying off a considerable portion of the cargo. Troon C:rligestdana; GuiRALTAR, lVancii 7.-The Jenny. , submerged b ni tinople, has lost her mainmast, and is partly Algeciras. •- ' , Albert Edward, ft Liver acc., and the Apollo, GANToX,,JANCART AK—ihe pool; has arrived with loss of foremas t, from Valparaiao, with Wind and main topmasts. N.E.—Arrd. from the River DEAL, MAncir 16. _ . and Sailed, Fa H on duras, Slerr Leon ; Planet, cailiar, Cardiff and a rorto e ßico; Hamilla, Alit and "L Arrd. Art Union, chells, Bombay; Margaret, Charleston. ' Rainbow, Belize ; Pekin, Carchff LrvEaroor.,, lifiatcu 16.- Wind E.— Union Janeiro ; Baltimore ; ' Ceres, Sierra , Leone; 4 - douard Sid. Gladiatdi, ' Monte Video; Mary Ray, Ri Cambrica, Barbadoes; Buraponee, St. Domin go (); La Guayra. Off port; Governor and Ilecla. FAIALOUTII, MARCH 16. Wind E. strong.-lArrd. Caesar. Batavia, Amsterdam. - Off port, Jane, Greene, Madras. ' PENzANCEE MARCH 15.--Wind E. .E R o se, and Elizabeth, Cardiff, both i „ •-- Arrd. Engli s h leaky. or London, a n d b o th , BittrAs 15.—Wind S.E.—Sld. g osamun d a , ; T Demerara. MARCH LOWESTOFT, MARCH 16.—The Ayton schooner, of Whitby, has received dam age f rom contact with a brig, but will pro ceed. The Struggler brig, of Aberdeen, was in contact last night with a schooner, supposed to be the Ayton. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 16.--Sld. Mary Wilsod, Oporto and Sydney. .Purmounr, MARCH 16. Sid. Mary Ann and Asiatic, Sydney; Mount. Stuart Elphinstone, Port Philip; Helles • pont, Cape of Good Hope. Off port, Scilly, Allan, Calcutta ; Neptune (Bremen barque), New Orleans; Mobile, ditto,: for Havre. • FALMOUTH, MARCH 16.—A barque, waterlogged and aban doned, was passed 14th February, 100 miles north of Cape Finiaterre; and the Brandon ship, of Liverpool, wte r. r logged, was also paged by the Aznetta Woosiaa, arrived e Vt trb Wbition+ WARWICK RAC (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGItAr The Castle Stakes. Black Audrey Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Dame Tattle walked over. Curl ... BETTING ON THE TWO YRS OLD S'-F4S. 2 to 1 agst Libel colt 2 to 1 agst Catherine Hayes 4 to 1 agst Madame Landeao D hou A se ßß i - e u nder' staEndXPtEh EXPECTE D InVALLadbOrFookKe-OsoiSuSUarTel:.--- T, been taken for Kossuth, whose family is expected t 15 possession on the Ist of May. falls° MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.—The Protec i t do. are very anxiously asking what the Ministers mean tr ° y , if We can give an answer. They mean to do the co ri ._►..... they can; and if not, they do the Protectionists will genejogtoon,..ll: Punch. CITY SEWERS C OMMISSION . -- YeSt Yesterday a art ° i s . of the gentlemen connected with the above-named co.mo!ke sion was held at the Guildhall, Mr. Deputy Peacock iltlft.. chair. After a proposition to employ a member of th e police as inspector of nuisances had been negativedo,,t.l.3! new rules for the regulation of slaughter-houses, and tn''' regarding lodging-houses, were passed. DISCOVERY IN DAGUERREOTYPING.—A gentlemen in Charleston, United States, is said to have made a valuable discovery in the art of daguerreotyping. The advant claimed for a picture taken by the new proces s is that el! requires no glass to protect it, inasmuc h as it is cover. a with a transparent enamelled surface, whic h renders _tue picture impervious to the effects of the at mos p here, and les, liable to be rubbed off; in fact, the more friction that e is used on the surface, the brighter and clearer the Rict e b any distance, without the possibility o or defaced. comes and so durable is it that it cafri its e e sbeltgi sc ratched a r i (l tt e r -13 L oft — Majesty DEPARTMENT OF .RACTWA . he Board of Trade, to permit W. Henley, President of .. t ..ouse to be used by the new' portions of Marlboroeugh 14 has been pleased, on the application he Right Hon. J. u th n e til u u pu e r s c ig h n as , be transferred thither oo from department, andthethex articles of ornamental manufacture forthwith fro .. We believe the the Crystal Palace. occupation of Mari borough House is only 1 capacious jo a se b o u f ild th in e g ge h h ee b is e!t io . f . provided sufficient yexhibition n rar f y or metropolitan accommodate the lo," department and its branches in Somerset flat' purchased efraobmout to and Gower-street, where thefemale school has been recently located. DEATH OF FHB MARCHIONESS DOWAGER OF THOMOND.—This venerable and noble lad e xpired at "t maslTreot,ti;rff Esq., of Duleck ( Her Ladyship was Elizabeth,lr(lreland), a n daughter d), a a n n d d w heiress aeu 1 0 1 residence in Eaton-square, on Saturday, at an a dvanced ag'' fteTto cow untess L a dyship ßer to even, has left tour daughters, namely • ,I.: thheomather liam, second Marquis of Thomond, 18°2t ir ,b il Susan Hoth e even, Lady Sarah Stanhope Taylor, La "' arn a nd hiar• , the Lady Elizabeth Buck. The " gins d ie d in 1846. REYNELL T ia v. SPRYE—SPRYE V REYNELL.---h case, the argument of which • . Lords Justic, occupied the more or less during 16th ( 1 ' fifteen days, beginning on the ,...,d January and endin on the 10th , of Februar last, was P'"„ t on the paper on M o nday f judgment,the judgment or w he n j of the Court below was affirmed. bat; THE LEAMINGTON COLLEGE. -- A scheme , just been propounded for converting this proprietarY ? sil t ' : blishment into a public school, upon a similar prinelP e ws those at Harrow, Eton, Rugby, and Winchester—beingfoulle believe, the first addition which has been made to the _., dation schools of the country for between two and three cern, turies. One gentleman has already made a testalue ll , ft disposition of WO/. in support of the new foundation, "':.„ the Lord Bishop of Worcester, who visited the college.t: Thursday last, and expressed himself much pleased with . LI , arrangements, especially those of the chapel and the lithe has signified his willingness to accept the yisitorshiP 0 • 1 new institution. BIRTHS. OF A BON. if On the 15th inst., at Sussex-square, Hyde-paik, the Vi of R. Hanbury, jun., Es On the 14th inst., at Ch q. adwell Rectory, Essex, the wife of the Rev. Edward H. Kittoe. OF A DAUGIITRII. the On the 14th inst., at Gower - stree t, Bedford-s q uare, wife of Charles J. Braithwaite, Esq. On the 14th inst., at Mecklenb ur g h-s q uare, the wife of Henry M. Cox, Esq. MARRIED. William S . On the 13th inst. , at St. James's, Paddin g ton, Wilkinson, late of the I st Dragoon G u a rds, onl y son of the late Major Wilkinson, K. 11.. &c, of Kensington, to Em il, ' daughter of Sir John and Lad y llansler, of WestbourOr street, Hyde-park. f Sargent,t Es ( l At Fulham, on the 10 th in st ., John ~ H. M. 95th, to Rosina Sara h Cham p ion, dau g hter of the late James llenry, Esq., of Perti_____________-----, DIED. At Stockholm, on the 29th ult., aged 68, Lieutenant" General Baron Peyron. On the 12th hat., at Wimpole - stre et, Frances, iv idorr f the Rev. G. A. Thurshy, of Cound -ball, Shropshire, aged 83 ' aged " 84. On the 15th inst., at Shackl ewell, G. Burton, Esq., At Blendworth, H an ts, on the 13 th inst. , a g ed 77, I'B Seymour, widow of the lat e Rear-Admiral Sir Mic h " mour, But., K.C.H. London: Printed and Published by hIURDO '10110,,j; No. 112, Strand , P rinter, at Tke .sfo4 Office , o k Strand, in the Product of tue Savoy. in the 004 Middlesex, Wednesday, aarclx 17 1.852. ~~ . 1 I I AE