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Just published, complete in one volume, tutitiom with Meore and Byron, with portrait and vignette, price one guinea, cloth; or two _ guineas bound in morocco, SOtTHEY'S POETICAL WOII.KS Reprinted front the Ten-Volume Edition, with the Auto biographical Prefaces. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and LOagMallS. TO PRINTERS. COMPOSITORS may have FULL EMPLOY MENT, on applying at No. 5, New-street -square, Parting. don , street, London. SAINT PAUL, COVENT-GARDEN. March 12, 1846. The COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT of this Parish, hereby give notice, that they will MEET in the Vestry-room, on TUESDAY, the 17th day of March instant, at Six of the clock in the Afternoon, to receive and consider PROPOSALS and enter into CONTRACTS for PAVING and REPAIRING the CARRIAGE-WAYS and FOOT WAYS within the said parish, and providing good materials for the same: and likewise for Cleansing the Streets of the said parish, and taking away the Dust and Ashes from the houses of the inhabitants. The Contractors to give security, and pay the expenses of the bonds and contracts at the time their tenders are accepted. Printed proposals to be filled up by persons willing to contract, may be had at the office of the Vestry-clerk, adjoining the church ; or at 13, Bedford-street. Covent-garden, where such proposals will be re ceived at any time before the meeting. The Committee do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender ; nor in the event of money being offered for the Dust do they pledge themselves to accept the highest proposal. THOMAS MOSELEY, Vestry-clerk and Clerk to the Committee. D HILHAR MONIC SOCIETY, HANGVER-SQUARE ROOMS. The Subscribers and the Public arc respectfully informed that the first Concert - will take place on MONDAY NEXT, when will ba performed Ila.ydn's Symphony, No. 9 ; Beethoven's Eroicse ; Weber's Overture to Oberou; and C'herubini's Deux Journecs. Concerto violin, M. Sainton, Spohr. Vocalists, the Misses Williams and Mr. Lockey. Conductor, Signor Costa. Single Tickets, One Guinea, and Double Tickets, 11. 10s., to be had at the Music Warehouse of Messrs. Addison and Hodson, 210, Regent-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support anel patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, Sec., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock„ at the Ball of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all favours, cont iining instructions, are respectfully requested to be addressed. _ _ _ All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. iIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, Mitten 11, will be performed Verdi's Celebrated Opera of " NABUCO," under the title of NINO. With New Scenery, Dresses and Decorations. Maus, King of Assyria, Signor Fornasari; Idaspe, Signor Corelli Orotasphe (High Friest of the Temple of Isis), Signor Botelli ; Ab dallo (an Officer of the King of Assyria), Signor Dalflcri ; Fenena (daughter of Mutts), Madlle. Corbari ; Anna (sister of Orotasphe), Madame Bellini ; Abigail (a slave, supposed to be the eldest daughter of Ninus), Madlle. Sanchioli. To conclude with the highly successful New Grand Ballet, by V. Perrot. In Five Tableaus. The music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, entitled, CATARINA ; ou, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. The principal parts by 3ldllc. Lucile Gratin, Madame Petit Stephan, Moneelet, Cassini, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Tagliont ; M.M. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di Matta, and Perrot. T 11E AT I% E ROYAL. DU URY- LA IN E. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled TILE CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. liar rison, leurdini, llonteasile, S. Jones, Weiss, Stratton, D. W. King, Miss Romer, and Miss Ralnforth. After which, a new Fairy Ballet, called THE ISLAND NYMPH. In which Mons. Dcsplaccs,lles. Ncodot, Louise, Adele, Mdme. Giubilei, &c., will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed the popular Comedy, entitled MONEY. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. Webster, Buckstone, 11. Holl, llrindal, Hudson, Stuart, J. Bland, Mrs. Glover, Miss P. Horton, &c. The Band will perform the Overture, " La Heine d'un Jour," "Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz, and the Quadrille, "Le Roi d'Yvetot." After which a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST, Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Humby, &c. To conclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL LINGS. Mr. Gollghtly, Mr. Buckatone ; Capt. Phobbs, Mr. Tilbury; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss I'. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Positively the last Two Nights of " The Enchanted Horse." THIS EVENING Will be performed LUCK'S ALL. Principal characters by Messrs. Diddear, F. Vining, Meadows, Kinloch, Turner, and Keeley ; Miss Hicks, Mrs. A. Wigan, &c. After which, NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham; Mines Arden, Villars, and Howard. To conclude with the new successful Burlesque, entitled THE ENCHANTED HORSE ; or, Prince }irons Sc of Persia and the Princess of Bengal. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Wigan, F. Matthews, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, &c. ; Mdlles. Keeley, Villars, Hodson, Arden, &c. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, is. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, fid THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Great success of the New Drama of " The Cabin Roy." THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Petite Drama, in Two Acts, called, THE CABIN BOY. Mons. Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Largecetti, Mr. Paul Bedford; Julien, Madame Celeste; Mdlle. Laroche, Miss Woolzar. After which (for this week only), NORMA. Polito, Miss Woolgar ; Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma zourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, &c. FRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFOILD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled, A SPEARING LIKENESS. P.aron de Raney, Mr. Granby ; Alfred, Mr. James Vining ; Coco, Mr. Compton ; Manette, Madame Vestris. After which (first time) a New Comic Drama, entitled 3IATHEWS AND CO. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Compton, Walton, Oxberry, and Miss E. Hornier. To be succeeded by Mr. Charles 3iathews's Farce of PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with THE BRIGAND. NEW STRAND THEATRE. M. PIIILLIPPE'S SOIREES and 3IAIINEES ➢ITSTERIEUSES. Two Morning Performances during the Week At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distinguished families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who igo:ik to stiend his Morning Performances, M. PHILLIPPE will give his Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday idorring, sr Two o'cloc. M. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments will be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusing Per formances 01 the Chiarini Family, and the astounding Feats of the American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter plat Sel en, to com mence at a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, le. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Pevate Boxes, li. Is., and U. I ls. 6d. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The enarmons success attending the Grand Spectacle and the One Hundred Female Warriors is unprecedented. Battle of Moodkee— Glorious Victory. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE SFA KING'S VOW; or, a Struggle ILiberty. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Rogers, Cowell, May natd,Johnson, Lewis, lltslop, Monson; Mcedms. Vining, Daly, Martin, Miss Glover, and One Hundred Female Warriors. After which a now Drama, entitled NORAH CREINA. Cha racters by Messrs. Rogers, Johnson, Lewis; Mmes. H. Vining and Daly. After which, THE BATTLE OF MOODICEE. To conclude with a New Drama, entitled, THE PASTOR'S DAUGHTER. AsTLRY'S ROYAL AbIPIIITKNATRE Ok• ARTS. Fitth Week of the 3:lagnliecntifepl7antinepro:inetion, which is nightly hailed by brilliant audiences with the most tremendous applause. Second Week of the Elephantine Tight-rope Dancer. TIIIS EVENING _ . Will be performed aNew Drama, entitled THE. RAJA OF NAGPORE ; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the whole of the extensive resources of the Establishment will be bmglit into requisition. Brilliant Scenes of the Circle; combining the unequalled Feats of the British and Foreign Company. The whole to conclude with the laughable Farce of ANIMAL MAGNETISM ; or, Love and Physic. ROYAL VICTORIA TtINIATKE. MIS EVENLNG Will he pnformod the Tragedy of O'..HELLO. Othello, Mr. Saville ; Cassia, Mr. Fredericks ; Roderigo, Mr. Iliggic ; rage, Mr. Dale ; Desdetnona, Mrs. G. Lee ; Emilia, bliss Richardson. After which, TILE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. Characters by Messrs. Dale, James, Fredericks, Herbert, Searle, and Mies Terry. To conclude with the Drama of THE SEA ; or, the Occan ChM. Supported by the entire strength of the company. THE WEA THER.--Suzi OFFICE, MARCH 13. TitEßatomErza, Lowest, 37; Highest, 50; Noon, 51. BAROMETER, 30.55._W1ND W., fine. rlltlii WATER AT LONI)ON../ E THIS DAY. .. 17 minutes after 2. 1 la .. 31 minutes after 2. J. N JeL . k • , • -- e .1% -:,/ t , e , e .„. - eri t ,- , \ , A ;,,,,,L , _.. )...,.. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1846. The LORD CHA.NCEL LOB. took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clock. Various petitions were presented. The Earl of ST. GERMANS moved the reconsideration of the report on the Irish Pacification Bill. The Loan CHANCELLOR then formally moved the amendments which had been agreed to on Tuesday. The Earl of CLANCARTY wished to know whether witnesses who were cognizant of crimes would be com pelled to give evidence or not. He put that question to 1 ... 1‘ i , k ,t s llt . 7,oble and L earne d L or d opposite (CampnEu.). *__. , I'd CAMPBELL, who had only occupied the situation encif.Ch tenor of Ireland for an instant, would recom -4Z—i2,-:,--..s\znettid, at the question should be put to the ,Noble and rlett-l - iikr.,/ it);fl o r - 4- s "`"",=-4,:'h--;•... A;;;•*7 - -:E.: .`„,4 t'k„ ji it g Learned Lord on the Woolsack, who had been Lord Chancellor during three reigns. The LORD CHANCELLOR did not feel bound to alllWer the question. Lord STOURTON urged that every person who was going to fetch a priest should under all circumstances be exempt from arrest. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that no one could doubt that a person going to fetch a priest to attend a sick man was out on his lawful occasion, unless he was a cri minal, when under the existing law he was liable to be apprehended. The report was then ordered to be received, and the third reading of the Bill was fixed for this day. Earl GREY gave notice that he should, on Monday week, move an address to her MAJESTY on the subject of Ireland generally. The Earl of DALHOUSIE moved the suspension of standing orders requiring the Select Committees on Railway Bills to take evidence as to the traffic of the districts through which they passed.—Agreed to. Their Lordships then adjourned. There being only thirty-four Members present at four o'clock, the House of Commons adjourned. The House of Commons took holiday yesterday for the first time this session, there being, not altogether, we pre sume, without management, " No Hiutse" at fur o'clock. The most important business on the paper was a motion of Mr. MORRISON'S for a Committee to inquire "whether, with out discouraging legitimate enterprise, conditions may not be embodied in Railway Acts better fitted than those hitherto inserted in them to promote and secure the interests of the public." We conclude that the untoward event of yester day will only have the effect of postponing Mr. MoanrsoN's motion. Not that we agree by any means entirely in Mr. Monarsores views, as he has explained them in his published pamphlet; but the subject is one of very great importance, and we anticipate much benefit not only from the labours of a Committee, but even from debate in the House of Commons, where Mr. MORRISON'S views wilt be modified and corrected for the public by other Members of equal authority on such subjects. Mr. MourusoN's chief object appears.to be to procure the intervention of the Legislature for a great reduction of rail way fares. Through such a reduction he hopes to administer a great check to railway speculation ; and he seems to believe that this, and this only, is the way to check the speculation. Now, at first starting their seems to be a great inconsistency in Mr. Monursox's reasonings. He recommends a reduction of railway fares to railway companies as likely to produce even an increase of profits; and there is no doubt that, within limits, such would be the result of reduction. It has been found to be so in practice : and, in the last two or three years, there has been, on the part of almost all the great established companies, a gradual reduction of fares for the sake of increasing profits, and profits have been in creased. How then is this reduction of fares to diminish speculation? Mr. MORRISON says, by the reduction of pro fits. And here is his inconsistency, Now with regard to the diminution of speculation in rail ways, we suspect that the time has gone by for Parliament to trouble itself about it. Parliament might have interposed last year with advantage : if it bad then interfered judi ciously many of the evils of the railway excitement of last autumn might have been prevented. But the mania was allowed to go on unchecked, and it has, we believe, now worked its own cure. There is an end of excessive railway speculation. The railway share-market is now suffering from a reaction. To diminish speculation is not now the object for Parliament to strive at, but to mitigate the evil consequences of speculation which has already existed in excess, and to prevent as much of suffering as can be prevented from the railway mania of the last autumn. This appears to us to be the extent to which Parliament should interfere; and to this extent, and for this► purpose, it deeply behoves Parliament to interfere promptly and with vigour. We have observed, with regret, in the progress of the Railway Committee, appointed at the instance of Sir ROBERT PEEL at the beginning of the session, a complete departure from the principles laid down so clearly and ably by Sir ROBERT PEEL in moving for its appointment. We, cannot see on what principle the interference recommended by Mr. MonntsoN is to be made—on what principle the rates are to be adjusted—except on the commercial principle; and by that principle the companies themselves would be guided, and that principle will not suffice for Mr. Moiuusoa's ulterior object of diminishing the inducement to invest in railways. Interference on any other principle would be unjust and impolitic. All direct interference with rail way speculation, as with any other speculation, we repudiate. But there is a mode in which Parliament might earlier have guided railway speculation with advantage, and may yet materially smooth difficulties for those who have impro vidently embarked in the excessive speculation which has existed, and that is, the adoption of some principles of select• tion in dealing with the railway schemes which are brought forward. Notwithstanding Sir ROBERT PEEL's emphatic warnings as to the amount of capital already authorised to be raised for railways in the next three years, and the immense addition which would be required for the schemes of the present year (allowing iu all cases for only one out of any number of competing schemes being passed), the Railway Committee appears to have flown entirely in the teeth of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S recommendation, and Par liament is about to submit all the schemes which have come before it to separate Committees, as before, to be dealt with in separate groups, and without any comprehensive view takea of the various degrees in which different dis tricts want railway accommodation, or comparison be tween one group and another. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S plan did not involve the rejection of any railways, but merely the postponement of many. When we consider the immense number of railway schemes now before Parliament, the im mense amount of capital which will be required, and the practice of requiring in the Act the completion of the rail ways within three, five, or at most seven years, no one will say that the simultaneous construction of such a large amount of railways can be viewed without apprehension. We look forward with interest to the discussion on Mr. Mort 'mores motion, principally to ascertain whether Sir ROBERT PEEL'S views have undergone any change, and whether the Government will abandon their desire to limit the annual expenditure on railways, in consequence of their having been left in the lurch by the Committee. We have never con- templated any close or illiberal limitation of such expendi ture; but a large limitation of the expenditure at present proposed might be made, and the government be on the safe side. The returns moved for by Sir ROBERT PEEL, and presented to the House of Commons on, Monday, relative to British shipping, exports of manufactured goods, Customs' duties, silk and 'woollen manufactures, and revenue commercial sources, of which we gave an outline yesterday, form per haps the most important and satisfactory document ever laid before Parliament. They show how much trade was ham pered by the old prohibitive system, and point out, in the clearest language, the absurd principles of those statesmen who considered that revenue could be obtaieed only by im posing high Customs and Excise duties, and that protec tion was the only means of encouraging domestic manu factures. On looking at these tables, we find that a striking change began to take place shortly after the period when Mr. Iluserssox, after many vain attempts, and long conviction of their nececessity, introduced only partially free-trade measures. Since then an in crease has taken place in almost every department, though the plan was still defective, and the Minister's views were not half adopted, but when brcught into full play, when Sir ROBERT PEEL boldly ventured on the grand experiment, and gave the favourite principles of Ilusxissox a fair chance, the soundness of his views was confirmed by facts, and the very protectionists themselves stood astonished to find all their dismal forebodings falsified. The shipping interest was among the loudest in its complaints. The Americans, they said, were ruining the British trade, and in a few short years the strength and glory of England would be gone, her seamen and her shipping would diminish to those of a third rate maritime power, and all this owing to the wild theories and visionary schemes of a man without practical knowledge. What has been the result? In 1820 the number of vesels belonging to the several ports in the British empire was 25,374, and the men and boys employed in navigating them amounted to 174,514. For several years these numbers con tinued to fall off, but when the changes had time to come • into operation a great rise took place, and in 1844 the num bers had increased fully one-third, for the number of vessels had risen to 31,320, and the hands to 216,350. The tonnage during that period had been increased also to the extent of one million of tons. Foreign vessels carrying on trade with this Country had increased in still greater proportions. The number, for instance, of all vessels entering British har bours in 1832 was 14,627, and the tonnage 2,497,893, while, in 1845, they amounted respectively to 23,859, and 5,023,588, the tonnage thus being more than doubled. The exports from the United Kingdom had consequently increased in nearly an equal proportion. The real or de clared value of native produce and manufactures exported in 1827 was 36,860,376 1 , while in 1844, it had increased to the enormous amount of 58,584,2921. According to the protectionists, the silk trade was to be ruined bvg y ee rn i si l tfl u os s .r t n i ßl s s a ' ut i) s ,he N ea v r i l ts d r aa s dt c te h r i e bs m pu r e t ue , (n a l. n ga d lul t pt h hi e ne p ro o t o h r e Sr sufferings p q it u a a l r fi tt e eo l r d sh s ' i s we a evil where the baneful influence of monopoly had not alighted, and while, in 1826, two years after the partial' alteration, the value of British silk goods exporte d was 168,8011., ' in 1845 it had risen to 764,424/., o r a b out 450 per cent. The impulse given to the woollen trade was equally remarkable. In 1824 the number o f p ound s imported both f rom the colo ' nies and foreign countries was 22,564,485, and the price of the best Southdown Is. 2d. the pound. In 1844, when the import duty was abolished, the price remained still at ls. 2d., andnext year the price of domestic wool rose to I 5.4 d., though not less than 76,828,1521b5. were imported. These are truths not to be disputed by any casuistry of canth RICHMONDS and BUCKINGIIAMS, and NEWCASTLES ; and if y two facts are , more palpable than others in the range of . human knowledge, these two are, that the price of cattle has increased (and is still increasing) since foreign cattle were admitted at next to a nominal duty, and that since the duty on foreign wool was abolished, British g rown wool has risen in price. But the net produce from the Customs and Ex cise paid into the Exchequer is another feature of a most astonishing character. In 1832 the net produce, exclusive of the corn duties, was 32,178,8141., and in 1845 it amounted to 33,415,4311., though the total amount for the two departments remitted during that period was 5,197,074/. These show, above all other things, how in jurious protection, under the guise of prohibition and heavy dutio, is to the well-being of the community ; how it robs the Exchequer, without benefiting any class; and haw well founded are these liberal measures adopted by such a large majority of the Commons House of Parliament. Among the dropped motions which stood for discussion in the Commons last evening, is one of considerable interest and im portance for the press, and, we venture to think, not less in teresting and important to the public. Lord INcIESTRE is to call the attention of Parliament to the contents of a peti tion which he has presented from the proprietor of the Wnlcerhanipton Chronicle, complaining of his having been proceeded against fur libel, having beeu cast in damages, and by co. is and damages together having been put to an ex pense of upwards of 3001., for printing in his newspaper sn extract from minutes of the Committee of Council on Edu catior, published by authority, on the subject of the Lich field Grammar School. The account of this school, given by Mr. ALLEN, the Inspector of Schools, in the publication of the Committee of Council, was naturally published in a newspaper circulating in the locality. It turns opt that this account contains unfounded allegations relative to the cha racter of the schoolmaster. The schoolmaster brought ac- tions both against the publisher of the minutes of the Com• mittee of Ccuucil and against the publisher of the Wolver hampton Chronicle, which merely copied a statement published on official authority. The publisher of the newspaper twice tendered apology to the schoolmaster, and both tenders were refused. The action proceeded, and a verdict for 50/. damages was obtained by the schoolmaster. But for Lord CAMPBELL'S recent amendment of the law of libel, by which a tender of apology is allowed to be given in evidence for miti gation of damages, the damages would have been higher. Now this state of things cannot be right. It is expedient that a Government should have the power of publishing the results of inquiries necessary to be known with a view to legislation ; and, on the other hand, that there should be the means of preventing an abuse of this Government power, in publishing statements with regard to individuals, either un true, or though true, not needing to be published. The best means of preventing libels may be by giying a right of action to individuals; but then this should be against the officials, who are responsible for the libels, not against other parties who, relying on official documents, merely copy them for the further instruction of the public, and the further diffusion of what it is the object of the Government to have as widely diffused as possible. The publisher of the Wolcerhampton Chronicle was carrying out the ob:ects of the Government in giving further circulation to the statements with regard to the Lichfield School. It is manifestly unjust that he should now be made the scape-goat for official errors; and Parlia ment is bound to compensate him for the expense to which he has been subjected. We extract a few paragraphs from this petition, knowing that a question of a grievance of an individual, affording no room for party excitement, always comes before Parliament under great disadvantage : " In the month of April 1844, your petitioner, in the exer cise of his profession, inserted in his newspaper a verbatim extract from the minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, purporting to be the result of official inquiry by the'Rev. Mr. Allen, her Majesty's Inspector of Schools, and the unquestionable accuracy of which your petitioner sup posed to be testified by that report. The extract in question related to the Endowed Grammar School of the city of Lich field, in which your petitioner's newspaper has a considerable circulation, and imputed its deplorable condition (tbe school at that time having been completely closed, and without a single pupil, for about six years), to the harshners and ex treme severity of the master, the Reverend Cowper thwaite Smith; and alleged that upon two separate occasions he had appeared to answer charges of improper punishment of two of his pupils before the magistrates of the city of Lichfield. Upon this statement, guaranteed by the above official authority, your petitioner placed the utmost teliance, and earnestly wishing the revival of the school in question, at which many distinguished scholars and eminent men had been educated, conceived it to be his duty to give a local circulation to the statement contained in the report, and it consequently appeared in your petitioner's newspaper. Your petitioner is of opinion that he cannot, in any degree what ever, be considered as participating in the writing of any libel, and is only responsible for having placed reliance on the statements contained in a public and official document, bearing on the face of it the high sanction of her Majesty's Privy Council, and the guarantee of the authorised investi gation of her Majesty's Inspector of Schools, for the truth of the particular facts alleged." We have received Madrid journals of the sth instant, but they contain no news. The Fundecontiuuel much depressed. The Three per Cents. closed at 28% for cash, and 28 3 / for the 28th inst., and the Five per Cents. at 21 fur the 25th of April. The Paris papers continue to be chiefly occupied with the Polish insurrection, which, from all accounts, may now be considered at an end. Cracow was occupied by the Russians on the 3d of March, the Austrians, it is understood, entered on the 4th, and the Prussians on the 7th. The Prussian State Gazette announces these facts with some additional particulars: " General Comm, who on the Ist of March had opened communications with General oE FELDON, commanding . the Prussian troops, had at the same time opened negotia tions with the insurgents, who were disposed to give up the town. Whilst the negotiations were going on, the Russian corps moved forward, and marched into the town without striking a blow. It will be recollected that the Russian frontier is but seven kilometres from Cracow, and that the town offers no means of defence. Besides, the young and able part of the population having left the town and gone into Gallicia, the only persons whet remained in Cracow were a few old men, besides women and children. Further than this we have no details relative to the occupation of the town by the Russians. The Russian corps consists of five battalions four squadrons, &CO Cossacks, and one battery of artillery. The Austrian corps is about the same force, and was to in vade Cracow on the 4th inst. Lastly, the Prussians, 3,000 strong, commanded by General Roust, were expected to ar rive at Cracow on the 7th, which is about 80 kilometres distant from the Prussian frontier. Thus it will be seen Cracow is once more placed under the protectorate of the three Powers, which by the treaty of Vienna guaranteed its independence. Cracow, the point where the insurgents first commenced their operations, is about to cease to play the principal part in this heroic and disastrous attempt on the part of the Poles to recover their nationality. We have no accounts of what has taken place upon the right bank of the Vistula since the Ist of March. It is not yet known whether the remnant of the three insurgent corps succeeded in open ing a passage into the Carpathian mountains, for their return towards the Vistula was cut off by Generals CO:LIN' and Meuroux, who had occupied all the passages of that river which border upon the territory of the Republic." The Universal Gazette confirms this intelligence in a letter dated Breslau, the sth inst. :—" Yesterday, not only the Austrians, but the Russians, also appeared on the fron tier with 5,000 men. They have entered Cracow without any resistance from the insurgents, between 500 and 600 of whom are said to have surrendered. The Prussian corps also came over the frontier 'yesterday, and is expect.d to arrive in the course of to-day." Some of the French Oppo sition papers assert that the insurrection is still spreading i other places, but we have great doubts of the intelligence We place more confidence in a statement in the SPele re specting the sympathy expressed in Germany for the suffer ings of the Poles, and evidently hope that it will yet pro duce good results. Could public opinion only be awakened to the cruel treatment to which this brave nation has been subject, even the three great Potters might be compelled to revise their decisions and grant redress. That journal says : " The sympathies of all Europe are awakened as ener getically and as warmly as in the year 1831 in favour of the Polish nation. Hereafter it will he impossible to surer a state of affairs to exist which has produced such deplorable conse quences. Public opinion in Germany has declared itself with extraordinary unanimity on the subject. Everywhere, but particularly in Saxony and in l'russia, the most active demonstrations have been made in favour of Poland. The Silesian journals state that every class of society is animated by a similar feeling, and anti-Russian demonstration was never so strong. Europe cannot neglect such a warning ; the cause of Poland is that of justice, and can never be effaced. There is but one mode of re-establishing the balance of power in Europe, fatally destroyed by the sacrifice of Po land, and that is, to submit the stipulations of the treaty of Vienna to an equitable revision. The sword of revllutions will one day resolve the difficulties which have been neglected by pacific negotiations." The Freuch Deputies who had met on Monday with a view to render every assistance to the cause have published the following appeal to France The efforts making by Poland to regain her nationality, the claims to which are so solemnly inscribed in treaties, claims which the Legislative Chambers of France recal each year to the attention of Europe by unanimous votes; the heroic courage displayed by the people of Poland, who brave death in the most sacred of causes; the sad reflection that new martyrs are at this moment sealing with their blood their faith in the power of right—these circumstances have produced a profound emotion in France. All parties, forget ting their divisions, concur in the sympathy which is shown in all quarters, and the undersigned, feeling the necessity Hof taking part, in the manifestation, have opened the follow ing subscription." The subscription, up to Tuesday evening, amounted only to 6,000 f. (2401.), but the appeal had produced a striking sensation, and it is expected that considerable sums will yet be raised, if not to aid the insurrection, at heist to relieve those who have suffered in the attempt. We quote from the papers indiscriminately the follow ing remarks on the subject, in which most persons will cordially concur :- CONSTITUTIONNEL.—" We hope that every one in the Chamber, without distinction of party, will join in this demonstration. The news from Poland, unfortunately, ap pears unfavourable enough to lead to the belief that there will soon be wounded men arid fugitives to succour. A common sentiment of humanity, united with the remem brance of the vote passed each year in favour of Polish nationality, will determine the whole Chamber to give Po land this mark of sympathy. We see with pleasure that all opinions are represented iu the committee just formed. The Constitutionnel subscribes one thousand francs." NATIONAL.—" This striking manifestation will spread through Europe ! It will speak to nations as to govern ments I Both one and the other will perceive that opinions are unanimous in France when the question is Poland ! that its rights are sacred, and its nationality always alive : that force may oppress and torture it, but never destroy it I The insurrection may be put down,but the sentiments which it has given birth to, and the hopes that it has aroused, will not be effaced Efforts will be vain—violence powerless— its duration even will change nothing in the eternal truth of right, and the oppressors will never succeed in establishing an unjust authority, of which an heroic persistence has so often interrupted the course." THE Eroctut (Government parer).--" We ale dispose 1 to admit the profound and universal sympathy which Poland is worthy to inspire. Although it may be affirmed that the part fallen to the lot of Austria, and the part possessed by Prussia are in general very paternally governed, we declare that this reason does not suffice to cause national tradi tion and the sacred rights of country to be forgotten. If ever we became, by the fate of war, English or Prussian subjecss, there is no paternal government in the world which c, uld silence in our hearts the voice of France. But all that goes not excuse the truly deplorable ex aggerations which we read in the journals for some days back ; and, above all, that d& es cot prove that it is necessary, as one of them imperatively demands, to send immediateis 50,000 men to the frontier of the Rhine, as many to the frontier Of Italy, and a fleet into the Black Sea. Ail that appears to us exceedingly hasty and puerile. In all things, as common sense suggests, the end ought to be con sidered. It is not sufficient to revolt for the holiest of causes. It must further be examined if the insurrection will be useful or fatal. It will be useful if it is sufficiently well combined to succeed ; it will be fatal if it fails, and if it has no other result than to take off from the cause, by arms or by punishment, the most energetic of its supporters. We fear much that this is the case with the Polish insurrection." THE FRANCE.-" We frankly admit all our repugnance for gratuitous and useless manifestations which have no other effect than to embitter both parties and nations more and more against each other. However, on this occasion, we are willing to acknowledge that a motive of humanity has specially pre sided at the meeting of the Honourable Members. This idea we greet with joy, and we should be happy to see it shared by the greater part of the European courts. Great interests are involved in the Polish questioi, they are the interests of a people whom the ardent thirst of a nationality, always uncertain, always combated for, unceasingly urges towards sanguinary abysses. 111-advised, by false or imprudent friends, drawn by them into the path of insurrection, they have been marching fur a number of years over the dead bodies of their countrymen, to find'in Europe a place which their anterior divisions had long taken from them. But let a spirit of conciliation once succeed. to revolutionary blind ness; let an idea of humanity and comp.. sslon animate the nations of Europe, in favour of the anfortunate Poles; let France in particular, no longer seeing in them, but men in misfortune and cu-religionists, take an interest in thez fate by a pacific and humane initiative, and we shall be the first to encourage manifestations of such sentiments." The Duke d'Aumale left Paris en Wednesday morning for Africa. The King, Queen, the Duchess d'Aumale, and the other members of the Royal Family assembled at seven o'clock in the Salle de la Seine, to take leave of the young Prince, who departed at eight. He is accompanied by two aides-de-camp, M. Jammin and M. d'Hautpoul, and two officers of ordnance, M. Pajol and M. Drubet. General Jacqueminot, Commander-in Chief of the Na tional Guard of the Seine, is now so ill that serious appre hensions are entertained as to the result. The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia arrived at Rome on the 26th ult. from Civita Vecchia. The French Funds improved considerably on Wednesday. The Three - per Cents. closed at.. 831. 85c. ; the Five per Cents., 1191. 60c.; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,305 f. ; Rouen, 1,0421. 50c. ; Havre, 7451.; Great Northern, 782 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 985 f. ; Yierzon, 7501.; JS ordeaux, 6701. ; Boulogne, 5201. ; Troyes and Montereau, 4501. ; Basle, 2421. ;oc. ; Fampoux, 4051 ; Dieppe, 470 E; Paris and Stras burg, 5411. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 573 f. 75e.; Paris awl Lyons, definitive, 620 f. 50c.; Spanish Actives, 35 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38. The following are the quotations for other lines:- Lyons and Avignon Railroad (Talahot) 5121. 50c. ; ditto (Lecointe), 5051. 50e. ; ditto (Compagnle Metidienale), 503 f. ; Bordeaux and Cello (Mackenzie), 5021. 50c. ; ditto (Espeleta), 509 f.; Dijon and Mulhausen (O'Neill), Definitive, 565 f. ; Charleroy, 4961. BUSINESS DON IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK E ICHANGE, MARCH 12. ..... - Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie), 2—Central of Spain, Dutch Rhenish, b%—East Indian, %—Great Northern of France Constituted, 13% Great Western Canada, 3—Louvain and Je mappe, 1 —Luxembourg, I%—Namur and Liege, 2% Sambre and Meuse, 4%—Tours and Nantes Constituted, T4—West Flan ders,3'4. The Queen, Prince Albert, and the Court arrived in town at half-past one o'clock this afternoon, from Osborne House Isle of Wight. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THIEF. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 bales. Orleans was hd. per lb. dearer for fair to good quality. Other descriptions were steady. Shares were more active, and at higher rates in some instances. A considerable degree of satisfaction has been expressed in mercantile circles at the confirmation of the intelligence before received of so many important reductions being pro posed in the tariff of the United States. By commercial legislation of this nature more will be done to prevent war than by any other course. The letters received by business men in New York show how highly pleas: d they were at the intelligence of the intentions of Sir Robert Peel. An improvement has taken place of about three per cent. in the Funds this morning, principally owing to the favour able character of the American advices. The Government brokers bought Consols for money, and the prices were soon raised from 95i to 96i. Consols for the Account left off yes terday at 95%. Just now there have been purchases effected as high as 96%. The premium upon Exchequer-bills re mains at 345. to 375. premium. A bargain was made in the New South Sea Annuities at 9576, being an improvement of per cent. upon yesterday's value. There has not been any business of importance done in the Foreign Stocks to-day. The fluctuations have been as fol lows:—in the Mexican Five per Cents. for the Account from 3114 to 311; in the Spanish Three per Cents. for Ac count nom 35 1 -A to 36; in the Venezuelan from 43 3 4 to 441 h ; and in the Grenada Deferred from 434 to 4%. The Share Market has an appearance of more firmness this morning The last quoted values are annexed. ------- ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 95% 9634 96 96►4 9634 South Sea Stock BRITISH FUNDS. . 95% 96%9i Ditto, New Annuities .. Consols for Account .• Exchequer Bills. 1,0001... .. 5001. .. .. Ditto. Small .I%cl. 13d. 34 37 -- pm. 34 37 34 37 pm. ONE CLOSINI FOREIGN FUND& O'CLOCK. PRICES, Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 621, Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. .. .. 99 Ditto, Deferred, 3 per Cent .. .. —5/ Equador Bonds .. .. .. .. .. 3% 3 Grenada, 1 per Cent .. .. .. .. 21% - 211 Ditto, Deferred • • .. • • .. .. 4%14 41 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 8 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 31% ;, U 311 Ditto, Deferred .• • . .. .. 16? Portuguese Four per Cents .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 561 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. _ 263 Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 31% 36 361 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. .. 433. E 41% 441 . - Ditto, Deferred .: • • • • .. 13'7 2 Dividends on the above payatle in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT P RAILWAY SHARES. O NE O ' CLOCK. RICES. Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush 1% 34 Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 ....125 ..... • • 125 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 2M 1 2 % 2% Bristol and Exeter • • .. 70 • 82% Buckinghamshire .. ••• • • • 42 5• ••• • • %3.4 di5...... dt, 11 %ii%•••••• 11% Capleidtoton,lannalf Shares.. Ditto, Extension • • • • • • 2 .31 t •• .. 1% Chester and Holyhead .. • • • • 20 .... 2014 ....... 201 y . Cork and Waterford • - • • • • 114 .......... Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% ...... Direct Northern • • • • • • • • 2% •• .. 214 Eastern Counties • • • • 141. Ms. .... 20% 21 • • Ditto New .• • • • • 81 . 16 e. •• .. 6 p.. Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13e. 4d. y 4 x p ..... Ditto, ditto, • • No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. % p ........ Ditto, York Extension .. • . 105..... 1% „, East and West of England .. 1% . Edinburgh and Glasgow • • .. 50 _ ..... Ditto 14 Shares .. • • • • • • 5 • • 1314 ....... Goole, Doneast., and :heffield, &e. 425. Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1% .... Great Eastern and Western 24 • fs Gr e at Southern & West. (Ireland) 15 .... Ditto, Extension • • • • •• 15 .• • • 17% Great North of England . ..100 .......... Ditto, New • • • • • • • • 5 34 334 Ditto, New .. • • • • • • • ; •• • • 14% 1 4 15 • Great Western .. • • • • •• 85 ....145 Ditto Half Shares . • .• .. 50 _ 81 83 Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • 5 .. 16 Lancaster and Carlisle • . 23 ...... Ditto New .. ••• •• • • 5 .. • • 9% 10 ....▪ .. 10 Leicester and Bodtord .......... 225..... % dis % d Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. 2% .... 2M %........ 214 London and Birmingham ... .100 ....220 2134 ...... 21834 Ditto Thirds .. 16 .... 50M 51 London and Brighton .. • • • • 50 •• •• 64 .. •• • • . • 64 1 4 London and Croydon . • .. 13/. 13s. 9d. 22 21% ...... 21% London and South-Weeern.. 41/. 6s. 10(1. 76% 76 ' % 22 London and York .. . • .. 2j 334 Ditto, New . 12% 22 .. .. 3% London and Windsor • • • • 1 % •• • • ••• • • • •.. 2% Manchester and Leeds • • • • • - Ditto, I [elf Shares • • • • • • 38 •• • • 60 • •.. . Ditto, Quarters • • • • • • Ditto, „ 4o Fifths .. • • • • • • ..„ Ditto Extension • • • • • • "t• •• • • 34 4 P••• • • • Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 2% 2. ..100 ....144 145 Ditto, New .. • • .. 13 .... 30% 31 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 108 ....115 .... Newcastle and Darlington Juliet. 25 .... 4352 44 1 4 Ditto, New 1 .... 9M • • ... Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .... 19 20 • • Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2%.... ...... North British .. 20 .... • • ...... • • Ditto, Half Shares .. .... 9% .... Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1M .... 2M ........ Ditto, Dalkeith 25 .• • • North Kent and Direct Dover • . 234 .. • . 2% North Staffordshire 42e. •• • • 5 14% 1 1 •• •• • Norwich and Brandon .. 13 23 22 34 Ditto. New 5 ... • ••••• • • • • • Nortinnpton,Banbury,&Cheithm. 2 .... 1% ••••• • • • • • Oxfd.,Worcester, & IVolverhuaptu. 1 2 14 .... 12% %••• • • • Preston and Wyre .. 25 .... ••••• • • • • • Richmond .. 10 .. • • ••••• • • • • • Rugby and Huntingdon .. 2 .. • • 1 •• • • Scottish Central .. . •• • • ... •• • Ditto New .. 2% •• • • 8 ••••• • • " • Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 24.... ••••• • • • • • 2 y . „ Shropshire Union .. 423. die •••• • • .: die. ~sets Midland 425. .• • 1143% P••• • • • 1% p South and Midlands Junction .. 425. .• • • 1 tlis South Eastern and Dover 33% .• • • 3 6 34 ••••• • • • • • 36 14 Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 214 •• • • 2 ,5 •••• • • • • 2 % South Wales 4 5 •• • • 4 .. 4 Swans. & Longhor & Cameron's.. 2 •• • • 2 :' 2 •• •• • . 2 /2 1 ' Vale of Neath 2 •••• •• • • „,• •••• • • • 2 34 West Riding Union, • . 428. •• • • • 2 P. •• • • 2% it. Yarmouth and Norwich .. .. 20 .... •• • • ...... 244 York and Carlisle 2%•••• I %'• • • • York and Lancaster .. 2%, ••• • •••• • • • • •-• York and North Midland 50 •• • • '•'•• • • • • • Ditto, Selby .. 30 •• • • it ~• • • • ' . Ditto. Extension .. .. 15 .• •• 3 1 .. Do. E. and W. Riding Exten... 1 •• • • 9 34 10 ••• • • • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 10 .• .. 104 .•• • • . fiord., 'foal.. & Cette (Mackenie) 2 .• .. 2 .... ••• • . • Dutch Rhenish ~ • • 5 •• • • 674 ••••" • • • • East Indian .. ss. .... %••.• • • • • ('art. North. of France Goustituted 6 .... 16M 1G .. •• • • tlreat Indian Peninsular .. • • 55 . •• • • % st ••" " • • Great Western Canada 334.... 3% 4 3 Jamaica South Midland Junction 1 •• • • ••"'• • • ' • Louvain and Jerueppe .. 4 • 1 Xr•••• • • • • • - Luxembourg •• .. • • Orleans and Vierzen 10 .... 19 34 •• • . Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ••• • 1 2 3 e Rotten and Havre .. 20 • Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 West Flanders ;y:.:::::::: p % P .1? 3 !,2 r p 3M - 1; 2'474 by 2 121,i 2534 7;4 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster .. 20 .... 27 id ........ 26 1 4 xd Union of London .. 10 •• • • •-'• •••'• • • • • 11 Real del Monte, Unregistered M . I . N — ES. •• • • 3 % ••• • • • •• • United Mexican 281.25. 8% d.. 4 The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch will have a granl dinner , at Montagu Hou se t o - mo r r ow evening. The Marqui3 and MarchL=ess of Queensbury I,.ft Farranee's Hotel, yesterday, for their seat, Kinmount, Duna frlesshire. ARMY Fog INDIA.—EXETER, MARCH 10.—Yester day, thirty privates, a corporal, and a sergeant. volunt eered from the First Dragoon Guard s , now stationed at Exeter, into the 10th Ho- Sam, now under orders for Indlc—Fenwnce Gazette. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAncn 13.—Wind S.S.W., light airs and hazy. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 12. —Wind N.E. to E.S.E.—SId. her Ma jesty's ship Carysfort, Cave of Good Hope, and Sydney, New South Wales. OFF TUE WIGHT, MARCH 9.—Ms.gdelene, Hartle, Valparaiso. SWANaEA.—SId. Helen Hardy, Odic, Cuba. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 12.—Wind light and variable.—Arrd. Cum berland, White, Baltimore ; lochester. Button, New York, sld. 21st • ult. Off port, Thetis, Belize ; Victoria, New Orleans ; Letitia Ileyn,—. CLYDE, MARCH 1 I.—..krni. Akbar, Giles, Manitins. Sid. 9th, Varendo, Galloway, Trinidad ; Calypso, Colville, ditto. 10th. General Wolfe, Jenkins, Demerara. Dumas', MARCH 11. Anne, Wright, Honduras. • CORE, March, 10.—Arrd. Robin Gray, Patullo, Valparaiso; Alex ander Murray, St. Domingo, leaky, with part of cargo thrown over board, and loss of bulwarks, &c. ; Ann, Simons, Honduras. Sld. sth, Fier, Borrene, Havannah. TICALEE.—Sid. Argyll, Duskee, St. John's. LEnwrcx.,-Sld. Hebe, Gloat, Greenland ; Eliza Brown, ditto ; Fairy, Davidson, ditto ; Commerce, Ogster, ditto ; Hannibal, Laurie, ditto; 7th, Gleaner, Johnsnn, ditto. • SUNDERLAND, MARcn 11.—514. Hendon, Uncrsad, SL John's, New Brunswick. HARTLEPOOL, MARCH 11.—Slit. .Adelaide, Stahr, Rio Janeiro. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 12.-1 he Ceylon, of an I for New York, from Newport, leaky, and with part of cargo thrown overboard, was spoken 27th nit., lat. 43, long. 33, by the Rochester, Button. arrived here. The Neptune, loaded for this port, the Robert Kerr, tbr China, the Conqueror, and the Lady liuntly, received more cr less damage during a violent gale at Charleston, 13th ult. DUNDALK, MARCH 10. The William, of Llanelly, and Robert Ward, of Strangford, were blown on the Ballast Bank during the late gales—the former got off to-day. LERWICK, MARCH 7.—The Prince of Wales, Lee, which .was on shore on the island of Trap on the let inst., got off to-day without damage, and arrd. here. MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. Since Monday the arrivals of English Wheat have becn on the in crease, and of Mir average quality. The show of samples was tole rably extensive. Fine parcels of White commanded a steady in quiry, at very full prices. In other kinds exceedingly little was doing, at late rates. Foreign Wheat, free as well as in bond, met a slow inquiry, yet we can notice no alteration in value. Good Malting Barley was in Lair request, on much the same terms, but Grinding and distilling sorts were very dull in sale. he demind for Malt was inactive. yet superfine qualities were quite as dear. The middling sorts hang on hand. The Oat trade was steady, at full currencies ; but Beans, Peas, and FLar were 'very dull. ARRIVALS. Barley. Oats 1 Flour. 4,390 qrs, 5,1340 qrs. I 4,8915 ks 5,150- Wheat. 7,370 qrs. English • • • • Irish Foreign .. • • • • 120 Malt, 7,860 qrs. SMITHFIELD 12,260 The supply of Beasts on offer being on the increase, and the ,:t1 end ance of buyers small, the Beef trade was in a very sluggish state, and Monday's quotations were with difficulty supported. From Holland we received 40, and from Norfolk 200 beasts. The num bers of Sheep were not large, yet the sale for them was heavy, and the late advance In the currencies was barely maintained. In Calves a steady business was doing, at a farther improvement in prices of quite 2d per Fibs, the primcst qualities producing Cs. The Pork trade was /inn, at previous figures. :Mich Cows very dull, at fiat 161 to 111/ each. Per %lbs. to sl s. d. s. d. nf'erf or Beasts .... 2 10 3 2 Ink the offal. d. to s. d Second quality ditto 4 8 410 _ _ Second quality ditto. :3 4 3 6 • Coarse-vroolledditto 5 0 5 2 Prime large Oxen 3 8 4 0 Southdown Wethers 5 4 5 8 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 5 0 5 6 Large Hogs Prime small ditto .. 5 8 6 0 Small Porkers Suckling Calves —lB 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs l6 0 20 [leerier Sheep .. . 4 0 4 6 Lambs •••••• ••• • 5 8 7 p SUPPLY AT MARKET. Sheep. Calves. Pigs. I 2,980 l3l I 230 NEWCATE AND LEAZIEII.7I3ALL. We had a slow trade, yet prices were supported. Beasts. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. S. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior.. 2 6 2 8 Mutton, Inferior .. 3 8 310 - middling .. • 2lO 3 0 middling.. 4 0 4 4 - prime large .. 3 2 3 4 prime .... 4 6 4 8 - prime small .. 3 6 3 8 Pork, 1arge........ 3 6 4 6 Vea1.............. 410 510 - small Lamb, Os Od to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP NIAHHET. - This market has been in a very inactive state since our last re port, and prices, If we except Mom o: the finest parcels, are with dif ficulty supported. The show of flops has somewhat increased. SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY.) (Before bir. Secondary JAMES.) WOOLMER V. PARSONS. This was an action brought on a guarantee for grocery supplied to Messrs. Davison and Grant, grocers, of Kent street, Borough. The demand was for 191. 17s. 10d. The defendant had allowed judgment to go by default, admitting his liability under the guarantee. Witnesses were called to prove the delivery of the goods, and that the period of credit had expired. The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. BRANSCOMBE V. T. L. MOLT. This was an action brought against the defendant as acceptor of a bill of exchange for 101. 9s. 10d. The de fendant, who was stated to be connected with the Iron Times newspaper, pleaded that lie did nut accept. He, however, did not appear to support his plea, and a vet diet was given for the plaintiff. TIOL3IES V. SMITH. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 81.45. 51, for repairs done to some carts alleged to belong to the de fendant, who was, until lately, a potato salesman in Spital fields market. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted, and the evidence in support of that plea went to show that the busi ness belonged to Samuel Smith, the son-in-law of defendant, whose name was painted on the cart, and who had actually sold the carts, one of them to plaintiff himself. On the other hand it was proved the defer - Want had sold the goodwill of the premises, and when his son-in-law sold the cart he gave him in charge for stealing them, but did not follow up the charge. The SECONDARY said the evidence was very loose, and if Samuel Smith had been called he could have set the matter at rest at once. In these family quarrels it was rather dn. cultto discover the rights of the respective parties. - - The jury, some of whom said it was almost hopeless that they should agree, suggested that they should be dismissed. The SECONDARY said they must give a verdict. After being locked up some time, they gave a verdict for the plaintiff: _ BANKRUPTCY.--(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Go ULII URN. ) WATTS. To-day was appointed for the last examination of this bankrupt, who was formerly a linen and cotton factor in the Old Jewry. His examination had been adjourned in con sequence of his ill health, which had prevented him from making out his accounts. Mr. LAWRENCE, the solicitor to the tie, now stated that the bankrupt was dead, and requested the Commissioner to make a record of the fact, so that the necessary steps might be taken to cam- on the proceedings under the fiat. The Learned - COMMISSIONER said he did not see how he could take the mere statement of the solicitor so as to make any entry. In the case of Fanntleroy, the banker, who was executed on the very day he was to have attended, the Com missioner under the old system had male an entry that the bankrupt did not appear or send any excuse ; that showed that even a matter of notoriety could not strictly be received. Mr. LAWRENCE said that no person who could positively prove the death of the bankrupt was present, but a policy of insurance had been paid. The Learned COM3IISSIONER said there could be no doubt of the fact, but it would be as well to call a witness, so that he might make a minute on the proceedings, to say it had been satisfactorily shown to him that the bankrupt was dead. IVIAHLBRO-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Edward White and William Flint, young men, dressed in the garb of working engineers, were charged with being concerned in the following robbery. About eleven o'clock, last evening, tie prisoner White entered the shop of Mrs. Ann Lacy, Well-street, Oxford-street, tobacconist, and asked for some tobacco. While serving him, the other prisoner came in, and asked also for some tobacco. They were acting in concert, together, and they made every effort to confuse her. While in the act of taking some silver from a bag, the prisoner Flint rushed forward, and snatching the bag made off with it ; and while waiting at this Court, before the charges came on, she identified the prisoner Flint amongst the crowd, waiting outside, and gave him into custody. White was apprehended on the instant of the robbery. The prisoners gave a very unsatisfactory account of them selves, and were remanded until to-morrow. John Price and Henry Jackson, two young men, were charged with stealing the hind check-braces from the car riage of Earl Dude. Between seven and eight o'clock last evening, William West, police•sergeant 106 of the F division, saw the priso ners, whom he knew to be bad characters, in Drury-lane. The Earl Ducie's carriage passed, and the prisoners imme diately jumped up btArind. Suspecting that their intention was to commit a robbery, he followed the carriage, and in Piccadilly, opposite to St. James's church, the prisoners, having unbuckled and secreted about their persons the hind braces of the carriage, got down and were about making off, when the police captured therri. In their possession was found another set of carriage check-braces, which have no doubt been stolen.—Remanded. RAILWAY COMMITIEES. (THIS DAY.) Sub-Committee No. 1. The Committee met at twelve o'clock this day. Mr. Wckett, in the ab7erce of Mr. Strutt, took the chair. THE EGE.BURY-ERIDGE AN CALDER. This Bill was unopposed, and the standing orders were declared to have been complied with. THE ZAATzcztEsrr:R. AND LINCOLN YIN ZOW RAILWAY AND CZIESTZE,VIELD AL 7D GAINSECROUGE CANAL. This was also an unopposed Bill, and the standing orders were declared to have been complied with. THE ATZDIZOATH AND X'OR!'AR. Tlii3 Bill was declared to have complied with the standing orders. THE Lk:EDS AND grzinsx (ST. HELEN'S ZiRJ .NCH DEVIATION). - . _ This Bill was unopposed, and the standing orders declared complied with. TUE GLASGOW, GAR IN imam, AND COAT- BRIDGE ZXT:ONSIoN. This Bill was unopposed, and the standing orders were de clared to be complied with, and the Committee proceeded with a few Waterworks and Irish Harbour Improvement Bills. Sub-Committee No. 3. This Committee resumed its sittingsat the usual hour this morning, in Room, No. 8. There were present, Mr. Ag lionby, in the chair, lir. Aldan, and Mr. Thornely. ox.roraD, Vin I NiVir, CHELTENIZA.br o AND emouc . zsT:en. The hearing of the opposition to this case was resumed. The next petitioner against the Bill was Colonel Sibthorp, who col planned tbat there were defects and imperfections in the plans and sections, while the books of reference deposited with the clerks of the peace did not correspond with these deposited at the Private Bill-office. Several of the allegations were admitted, others abandoned, and a few proved. Most of them, h)wievei., were of a trivial and unimportant character. The next petition was signed by a number of landlords in the parish of Hapnett, in the county of Gloucester, who al leged that a field in that parish was set down in the book of reference as the property of Mr. Hope, a large landed pro prietor of the district, whereas itbelonged to the Rev. Mr. Daubeney, the clergyman of the pariO. The witness who was called to prdee this allegation ad mitted that he had unintentionally been the cause of the error. He was waited upon by the party who had made cut the book of reference, and to that party, in the hurry of the moment, he said that the whole of the property through which the railway passed belonged to Mr. Hope. ;The allegation was therefore abandoned. Another allegation was, that two roads described on the plans and sections were stated to be private occupation roads, whereas they were public roads. Mr. Thomas Wells, the surveyor of the high reels of the parish, proved this allegation. The allegation respecting the first road was admitted, bt t the party n•ho prepared the bo.l of reference &elated tin t Mr. Wells told him that the 2,:cond was a private uccupa tion road. Standing orders in reipect of the laft instance nct com plied with. A number of other allegations were made out, and the Committee resolved, zdter a four daya' heafing of the case, to report that the standing orders had not been complied with in the several instances already published. Sub .Committee No. 6. Captain Jtnes took the chair at twelve O'clock ; the - e were also present Lord Ebrington, Mr. Deedes, and Mr. Pakington. ST. ALBAN'S, zu . rari, AND DUSST,II3I67I. The object of this Bill is the construction of a line (.f railways that shall commence from the - Landon and York Railway at Hatfield, and join the London and Birmingham Railway at Dunstable. The length is nearly twenty miles, and the estimated cost 350,0001. The engineer is W. Cubitt, Esq. ; the Parliament try agents, Messrs. Hall, Dyson, and - Co. ; and the solicitors, Messrs. Baxter, Rose, and Norton. Standing orders complied with. GUILDPORD, CHICHESTER. LAND PORTSMOUTH. This is a re-introduced Bill; it parsed the standing orders last session, but was stopped in the Lords. The promoters seek to consi:ruct.lines of railway from Guildford to Gods Truing, and from Farcham Portsmouth. The total length is twelve miles, the estimated cost 500,000/., and the amount subscribed 375,000/. The engineer is J. Locke, Esq. ; Parliamentary agents, Messrs. . Dorrington and Co. ; and the solicitors, Mas.r,- , . Buchan and Co. The standing orders were declared to have been complied with. NORTE OX' NOIEVOLX. The object of this Bill is to connect Aylsham and North Walsham with the city of Norwich. The length of the main line is 13 3 / miles, and of the North Wal,ham Branch 6 miles. The estimated cost is 220,0001., and the amount subscribed 165,000/. Engineer, M. A. Bortbwick, Esq ; Parliamentary- agent, Coppock, Esq. ; the solicitors, Messrs. Tiliett and Mend ham, Nu' The Committee decided that ths promoters had complied with the standing orders. EDXNBURGH, xinrrn, AND GRANTON AIIIENIDIVLELTT. The object of this Bill is the amendment of the former Acts, and to enable the Company to raise a further sum of money. Tl;e Parliamentary agents are Messrs. Graham and Weems Standing orders complied with. STANDIN G ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF COMMONS. This Committee resumed its sittings as usual this morn ing at one o'clock, in No. 9 room. The Members present were Mr. Estcourt (Chairman), Sir W. Heathcote, Mr. Ord, Mr. 11. Drummond, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Bruce, Mr. W. Patten, and Mr. Agiionby. The following Bills were allowed to be proceeded with GLASGOW, STRATHAVEN, AND LESMAHAGOW DIRECT RAILWAY. GLASGOW, BARRIIEAD, AND NEILSTON RAIL WAY, GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK (BRIDGE OF WEIR BRANCH). WISHAW AND COLTNESS RAILWAY, WHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS RAILWAY. CHESTER AND MANCHESTER DIRECT. The Committee was of opinion, in the above case, that the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS. The following is the text of the great measure which is destined to have so important an influence upon both the agricultural and manufacturing interests of England:— A BILL TO AMEND TRE LAWS RELATING TO THg 111 PORTATION OF CORN• Whereas an Act was passed in the session of Parliament held in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act to amend the Laws for the Im portation of Corn." And whereas it is expedient that the duties now payable upon the importation and entry for home consumption in the United Kingdom and in the Isle of Man respectively, of corn, grain, meal, and fl ur, should be altered, and that the Act hereinbefore recited should be amended as hereinafter is expressed ; Be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's most excellent Majes'y, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords, spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present Par liament assembled, and by the authority of the .same, that from and after the passing of this Act, in lieu of the duties now payable upon the entry for home consump tion in the United Kingdom, and upon the importation into the Isle of Man, of corn, grain, meal, and flour, there shall be levied and paid unto her Majesty, her heirs and succes sors, on all corn, grain, meal, and flour, already or hereafter to be imported into the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man from parts beyond the seas, and entered for home consump tion alter the passing of this Act, the duties set forth in the schedule to this Act annexed, until the Ist day of February, which will be in the year of our Lord 1849, and on, from, and after the said Ist day of February, 1849, the following duties, viz.:— Upon all wheat, barley, beer or bigg, oats, rye, peace, and beans, for every quarter, is., anti so in proportion for a less quantity. Upon all wheat meal anti flour, barley mea!, oat meal, rye meal, and flour, pea meal and bean meal—fur every cwt. 41d., and so in proportion for a less quantity. And be it enacted, that the several duties hereby imposed and leviable in the United Kingdom, shall be levied, col lected, paid, and applied in such and the same manner in all respects as that in which the duties imposed by an Act passed in the session of Parliament, held in the eighth and ninth years of the reign of her present Majesty, iutituled, " An Act for granting Duties of Customs,"are directed to be levied, collected, paid, anti applied. And be it enacted, that the several duties hereby imposed and leviable in the Isle of Man shall be levied, collected, paid, and applied in such and the same manner, in all respects, as that in which the duties imposed by an Act passed in the session of Parliament, held in the eighth and ninth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for Regulating the Trade with the Isle of Man," are directed to be levied, collected, paid, and applied. And be it enacted, that the average prices, both weekly and aggregate, of all British corn, shall continue to be made up, computed, and published, anti the certificates of the aggregate average prices shall continue to be transmitted at the times and in the manner required by the said herein before-recited Act for amending the laws for the importation of corn; and the rate and amount of the duties set forth in the schedule to this Act shall be regulated and governed, according to the scale in the said schedule contained, by the aggregate average prices so to be made up, computed, pub lished, and transmitted, in the same manner as the rate and amount of the duties imposed by the said hereinbefore-re cited Act are by that Act directed to be regulated and governed; and at each of the several ports in the United Kingdom ai,d in the Isle of Man, the aggregate average prices, the certificate of which shall have been last received previously to the passing of this Act by the collector or other chief officer of Custcms at such port as by the said herein before-recited Act is directed, shall be taken to be the aggre gate average price by which the duties hereby imposed shall be governed and regulated at such port, until the certificate of some other aggregate average price shall have been re ceived by the collector or other chief officer of Customs at such port. And be it enacted, that so much of the said Act herein before recited as prohibits the importation into the United Kingdom for consumption there of any corn ground, shall be repealed. .And be it enacted, that this Act may be amended or re. pealed by any Act to be passed in the present session of Par. liament. SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS. If imported from any foreign country, Wheat.—Whenever the average price of wheat, made up and published in the manner required by law, shall be, for every quarter s. d. under 485., the duty shall be, forevery quarter 10 0 48e. and under 495. ▪ ... 9 0 49i. and under 50s. 8 0 50s. and under 51s. ... ... •• • ... 7 0 51s. and under 525. 6 0 525. and under 535. ... • ... 5 0 535. and upwards ... 4 0 Barley, Beer, or Bigg, , .—Whenever the average price of Barley, made up and published in the manner required by law, shall be, for every quarter under 265., the duty shall be for every quarter 5 0 265. and under 275. ... . 4 6 275. and under 28s. ... 4 0 28s and under 295. ... 3 6 293. and under 30s. • ... 3 0 30s. and under 31s. ... 2 6 • 31s. and upwards ... ... 2 0 Oats.—Whenever the average price of oats, made up and published in the manner required by law, shall be, for every quarter under 18s., the duty shall be for every quarter 4 0 18s. and under 19s. ... 3 6 193. and under 20s. ... 3 0 20s. and tinder 21s. ... ... 2 6 21S. and under 225. 2 0 225. and upwards 1 6 Rye, Pease, and Beans.—F or e ver y quar t er a duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of barley. Wheat - Meal. and Flour.—For every barrel, being 196 lb., a duty equal in amount to the duty payable on 38 1 / 2 gallons of wheat. Barley Meal.—For every quantity of 2171 z lbs., a duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of barley. Oatmeal and Groats.—For every quantity of 1.81% lb., .a duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of oats. Rye Meal and Flour.—For every barrel, being 196 lb., a duty equal in amount to the duty payable upon 40 gallons of rye. Pea Meal and Bean Meal.—For every quantity of 272 lb.. a duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of pease or beans. If the produce of and imported from any British posses sion out of Europe :—Wheat, barley, beer or bigg, oats, rye, pease and beans, the duty shall be for every quarter, le. Wheat meal, barley meal, oat meal, rye meal, pea meal, and bean meal, the duty shall be for every cwt., 4id. Lord Brougham entertained at dinner last eveninz at his mansion in Grafton-street, the Marquis of Douro, Lord Gleneig, Lady Charlotte Lindsay, the Hon. Mrs. Norton, Mr. and Mrs. A. Montgomery, Mr. Edmonds ' and Mr. W. Brougham. We under stand that Lady Brougham Is not expected to return to this country until after Easter. His Lordship will shortly leave town fur Parish, older to accompany her Ladyship to Entland. _ _ THE FOREIGN NIA -POST• OFF ICE NOTIC E. —Ye s terJay the following notice of the departure of the foreign nialls was posted at the chief otice, St. Martin's-le-Grand:—lndia, &c.— The next mails for Gibra:tar, Greece, lonian Isles, Malta, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, rid Southmpton, will be dispatched on the 20th instant. For Lisbon, INfade.tr.l,„ Spain, and Gibraltar, 27th install!. . , F. Buenos For Madeira, Brazils, and Bnos Ayres, 17th instant, from Fal mouth, by the Paella. (From August to January the Paella touches at Pernambuco and Bahia on her outward passage to Rio Janeiro, and the other six months on her homeward.) Sydney, New South Wales, mails will be dispatched (newspapers tree) by her HaJesty's ship Carysfort, expected to sail from Portsmouth this day. West Indies—The Tay sails from Southampton on the morning of the 17th. America—The Caledonia, front Liverpool, on the 3d of April. The 10th Hussars, who were to have succeeded the 17th Lancers at Brighton, are to go out to India. The 17th Lancers have been suddenly called away from our cavalry barracks to Not tingham, and we believe will go to Ireland in a few , days, prepara tory to their embarkation for Canada. Their heavy baggage is left at Brighton. It is said that Prince George of Cambridge will accom pany his regiment to Ireland. A company of the Grenadier Guards under the command of Colonel Thornton, arrived here on Monday, for the purpose of taking the Palace duty. As soon as it became known here that the 10th Husgars were ordered to India, no less than 20 applications were made at our cavalry barracks by young men desirous of enlisting in that regiment. It would seem, there fore, that there will be no great duuctuty iu procuring recruits,— ,Vrighcon Gazette, AMERIC AN NE W. LIVERPOO r., Tout:STAY. The packet-ship Rochester, Captain Britton, has arrived from New York, bringing U 3 intelligence to the very late date of the evening of the 21st. By the Rochester we have news of the effect produced America by the outward arriva of the steamer Cambric. Her arrival was looked for with much' anxiety '; vessels had been chartered by the New York newspapers to cruise for vessels from Europe, and at the time of the Cambria reach' ing no news from England had been received for thirtY - e ne days, and her advices extended over that unusually l on g period of time. In order to convey an idea of tile inter° t excited for this vessel's arrival, we may mention that tb e NeW York papers h a d expresses f rom H a lif a x to New: I f t at an expense of th ree thousand dollars. It was the 'rs, , attempt ever made to r un th e news over land from this tmB.,, first port at which the steamer touches. The Cambria drd not beat the expresses, and was prevented being the he the' into Boston of the i n t e lli gence sha had conveyed across t' Atlantic. ed at, Instantly on the Camb r i a ' s disp a tches 'being land d it' Boston, expresses wer e di s p a t c h e d i n a ll direction', an will scarcely be c re dit e d i n E ng l an d th a t the 1 103 , 0 0 England was conveyed from Boston to New York, a of 250 miles, in seven hours twenty five minutes. eq .. Our news by the R oc h es t er i s o f great i n terest, as e°n ; e ire ing the feelings o f th e American nation on the gree t 11 1 .`0, - teb. of free-trade proposed by Si r R o b er t P ee l, f u ll decaile oe i it pi were taken out by th e C am b r i a . All t h e forte: the greatest blessieg, and more especially as tending, 010' on a peaceful settlement of the Oregon question. 1i, 3 " pre? . to be scouted as a thing not t o b e d ream t of; and el e r• oar e is , dent Polk and his crew are regu l ar ly pitched ove r " aril' the joyous outburst of feeling consequent on such an ntr i e st. prospect of commercial uni on b e t ween the two 0% 4 oft The Cambria's news reached N ew Y or k o n the W ill it b $ the 19th, and was printed in - eatenso by the pePe rs ,je see! day. From the tenor of our private advices it wilt i e . , as though the New Yorkers looked on Mr. Polk and eels talk as mete secondary considerations, and as if tb e ej otb eir I determined to take the settlement of Oregon `'l o st differences into their own hands. Everything `vas of in Sir Robert Peel's free-trade measure. etab e t On the arrival at New York of the Cambria' s dielle e the New York Express. in giving Ten t t o its satisfa ctn ' delight, thus opened the bail : • hi ° "The news from Europe received by the steamer l s e , p rtr e by all classes us most pacific and favourable. Th e l eo s l ' sion of the Queen in her Speech i n Parliament, an tbs . ! Peers remarks in the House are so d ec idedly friei lu T ds all possibility of war from the oth er a ide is at an 6 , 1 ,:00 the belligerent spirit is manife s t e d h ere , and none Britain. t The news had an instant effect to carry uP e ef e te; to give life and animation to ever ythi ng . All w n ee en ce e tulation that the tone is so different in Lgiand we' It fro Washington. " It is believed by all that this intelligence will beve l cided influence in Congress, and that the measures be adopted in the Senate will be of a character to In feeling manifested in Great Britain." rtle" The Commercial Advertiser thus i n stantly re e° op"W opinion : e have only room to say that, as a whole and o f 0 . parts, we look upon Sir R o bert P ee l' s meas ure as one grandest and boldest ever submitted to a legisla l t re e - iell; in effect a complete abard o nm en t o f th e polesol.'7; governed England for centuries—th e adoption ofe %e l tern, and we balieve there would b e no hazard in P r°P ety that it opens before En g la n d a new career o f pros:Pe.o6 greatness, more splendid even than that in Whi ch ite t e s!. marched at any phase of he r n a ti ona l ex i s tence. it s is of more interest to us and to th e wor ld, it C Ol '', P s 'e; land—binds her down—to the cultivation and sttld ._ e o t3 while it strengthens the motives of i n t ere st that inch,' 0 nations to the maintenance of peace with her." 00 The New York Herald noti ces th e Cambria's o f follows : bris are " The advices from Europe received by the Clin e , ' st more importance to this country than any recei v i ioe ts f, time within the past 20 years. Their comme re ' l 0 111 0 auce must be acknowledged by every interest in the br The agricultural classes will be particularly beneh l e e. reductions in the tariff proposed by Sir liobert glee corngrowers and provision de a l e rs o f th e w est, the e ri o s e f re of South Carolina, the wooden clock manufactu re , he th e necticut, and, in fact, all parties, will be benetite",'"' t y duction of the duties proposed by Si r R o bert Pe e ,' itaiti , s e " The proposed changes in th e ta r iff of Great P r 0/l ei: s et proposed reduction in the duties heretofore levietl e uP prert, o of the staple products of this country, and tl ee ttet l ; a t modification in the tariff of the United States, Nu" the 'e, a strict revenue standard, will, if dr rc eee s e;ol countries much nearer together in the ° bonds i e tli '4 l and, therefore, make an irruption more ruitteus to oieett; it otherwise would. The more unrestricted th e c , e aes c ll intercourse cf any two nations, the more interes`eitifeese in the preservation of peaceful rel a ti on s, and th e d f s - .feelo of those things so neces;ary in maintaining frien e f the, er The commercial and manufacturing interests " n oeitee countries—United States and Great Britain —a re - oh °: er timately blended, and so deeply involved with 'l, c e• that it is almost a guarantee that no hostilities , ° ;AeP' ruption in my shape of the pres:nt peace, ca e n,„eat, s r t ee te War between two such nations is almost out ot'''' re - qui el When we take into consideration how much 4 4 oar r . draw two such nations into a rupture, the idell s - ee tsie e oo l reaching such a point cannot for a moment been 'e e ess,4 Regarding the Oregon question, nothing deeisi% s ell roe place in Congress. The debate in the Senate wil s oo lt.. ,/c ee' on, and the steamer will no doubt bring us thlr is F ej 'cli e ' t speeches are all of the same character, and 1 1 10 ,1 rebel' useless to refer to them. The Cambria's new s eils t , c e Washington just as our last expr es s was being o derPiolo It had given the liveliest satisfaction. A corresP° he rr. " Peel's glorious measure will carry all befpre 01$ and war must go to the wall." 2 0li* The Cambria's news reached Washington on `? e , ees, is thus noticed in a letter di s patched by expres s • e s tet' s e' "The pacific character of th e news has set 05 13"s'(frt,' wild, and the arVicipated abrogation of the eo rn : e les ° ,oo the adoption in the mercantile world of the pyinc l : ro o , d' trade, has created iminente excitement. It is e r 7 / I.',olte for the friends of true freedom throughout the weei7te e rt' A grand dinner was given at Washington on l " - e ing l eer by the American engineers composing running the line of the north-eastern boundary,,le', tlemen engaged on the English side of the sue lie V:" were between 30 and 40 persons present, inclueeoristsof 'Webster, who negotiated the treaty, the present L' e , e '' r etfe State, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of War,and s the Treasury, the British Minister, the Americeber ot P e tish Commissioners to run the line, and several iTte of distinction. ee St 1. the s nore : . the beta t . Our latest accounts of Congressional proceedineef tee ington are communicated in the following letter et e tiS ult. e— eoel " The Whig senators so far, have left the o %oo' t fiti„ entirely in the hands of the administration sc, 1 0 ,00: 1 4 President and his friends expect no new Illcs .ilt g ° 0 0 'S the arrival of the next steamer. The debate dase or on in the meantime, at the rate of a speech c lß e two days. Mr. Dix opened the question of 00. 4 00 , , based the American claim almost exclueiveliteestiepo Spanish title. A great many men, who ar e ~1 0 0 lh e joi a oP. this subject here for the first time, fall back ur , col „ G el Ir t ground of claim, though with a very differ ; e t r i ; The more the subject is investigated the str°4oe'r to come the testimony that Great Britain not ° "ie e rl per l mitted this Spani-li title, but that Spain r e tes deubt s to exclusive possession, occupancy, settlemen t, s ee P - J00: 1 , elusive right of any sort. The more, thereforeLor ert oe l upon this Spanish .title, the more we weake n eess e e claims to the whole cf Oregon. Mr. Adams SiVecift, his speech, and both Mr. Gellatin c ud l‘ec e ee shown in their recent letters upon • this sli e r]; tw e as e e minded men all over the city continue to re e n 9E - e tl e ,r e oe de " Oregon question will be settled upon the ;‘, to north latitude. No one pretends to see, or t e rer e olf, how this will be done, but almost 'everybody can ba be` cenclusion that between us and England ther e the "eti kl ; and that as the 49th degree of north latitude is *3 b e 'AP' 11 tb l to a proper compromise, it will be so settleu• , e e s ve °pillion, as it seems to be, the Executive wtil tibt by it." Colonel Benton was one of the speakers wh n te g e so n e c6 o , o Senate on the Oregon question. He was for be t 4/1 4 thus treated it : asu r eseN "The notice was not only a peaceful rue e e r er e eet i o first step in an indispensable series of measuresgreeiotieere peace. The present he ,regarded as a most a n e c i ts for settling the matter. The two Goverl ee tWe e In peace, and good understanding prevailed ett ese „ t ic, No collision had yet occurred between the P of ern ee lilre session—no blood had been shed—no Pl iut snAore involved, and nothing had been done to ar ouse oleev as He should vote for the notice as an amie nb e le ay be' , such he regarded it, but come what come eie at vote for it." Oce n stilee It would appear that ere long the Atlantie_rauec traversed by steamers so as to make the o nl ed jet° ete J e the least weekly. A contract has been alto! oc otil lo e:, e e Government of the United States with th° k, for e o , , f e 'lor a „ t o , e Navigation Company, chartered in New blishrnent of a line of steam ships, York and Europe. A vessel is to take P oe twice in each month, for Cowee 'and Bret - Ilen_ eon', t!e t r lee' ep merit is to pay 400,000 dols. per annum for n ot n ot es s . 0 1 1 to ru ' er of the mail, &c. The vessels are to be n!, e l:tek t i t e' s e 1,400 tons burden, and they are to make theie_ t e A e „gie .te speed not less than that of the British and ;NI to line. The arrangements for building are i, u te eter'' and it is expected that the fi rst will be resle' rec o its Ist of January, 1817. she •c$ The American papers record a sad list oe ire d lts the American coast ; upwards of one bun" lost. sel l The steamer Cambria will most probably r c to morrow. ___.......--......--------. 10 4 li f' COMMERCIAL NEWS. coapreie/y NEW YORK, FEB. 21. The 'laws by th eking' " ° given the greatest delight. Stocks are all pni,' thing looks well for business, and as to warp w e; w ere 0 ..i 1 . defy Mr. Polk and his part , brie no (1 .10 1 Cotton---The newspapet?.adVices per Can i- ~oti''* - V 1 ceived early on Thursday which stopped trae s- 1,5v - dc t o the extras were issued. 'During the dal , f rom - one , 0 were sold, generally at previots prices, altheughTer°44 was said to have been sold at rather lower rates._ oo t is ,' nothing of moment done yesterday, the letter', oro, considered so favourable as the printed seem-°l'ol:e' no change in our quotations. Ti's sales of the ''' , oe j fole le 'i• to 6,1E0 bales, as follows : Texa s ' 3 0rl e" Upland and Florida. New, t ole I, s j ° 4,600 bales. uovc• e 61 , t , Inferior Ord. 'ood ord. e )1 Jill. to gf_ . 6A a Si 3 sl• ,w l3. Mid. to good mid 64 a 74 8' 9 ~, Middling fair to fair— 7} aid Fully fair to good fair 7i a 84 no ,,aill at 0 . ( Fine none. Flour—lle principal Sales are for the Cit‘ustee'rd/00/ 62%c. for Genessee, with a light demand. ' g oo(' i dr i the arrival of the steamer, 1,000 bls. Genes s i ee 'fil sd ° - 0$ 11 1; were sold at about 5 dots. 56 1 Ac., and 500 br g ood 5 p 0 both for export ; 200 bAls. New Orleans, 0 , d e l ,. 5 0c ;olc, brought 5 dols. 25c. ; 500 brls. Michig2n,l":„.,co're,ol.d4:`,;; Southern the sales are at a decline, for rj 3e " dot ` loo'd about 1,600 brls. have changed hatids lit " Dr2n7oc , " Georgetown is held at 5 dols. 37%c, 150 hr l9 • 3 do ls• il „ brought 5 do!s. 62%c. ; cornmeal is dull at 12 1 ,4 . 0 ti' 3 dols. 75c. per brl. nye flour, 4 dols. a 4 dols•takenr°o rid Fruit-2,000 drums Turkey figs have been dol'• ; j eeeill , va..e terms; 1,000 boxes bunch raisins, 2 1 a g oro - '67s e , Marseilles soft-shelled almonds, 11c. ; Manta I%idotevl lots from the vessels, at 5 dols. a 6 50; Si cil Y . 1, 00 1 du' Gie. 15 cases Geaoa citron 16 1 4 - 6 nu;s:, o , o at ~. Palermo oranges sold under warden's inspl“l2l cis t :4 el: 621 a 1 81%, and 150 boxes lemons at 2 dots. linnoell e , Grain—The operations in wheat are to a s e h l us heig , er fal; tent. The sales of the week consist of 4,0 0 ' ,,r i c ate,:-.r p ..1 01 see and 3,000 do. inferior Illinois , both on 1, 0 1113 0 ' 1 000 800 bushels inferior southern at . B7/go• ', ktt 11 '416, I, THE SUN, LONDON,