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I Evening .. 38 minutes after 10. 4_,e A .v . k t, •=4 •• , ~,,:. ... , 0-- --'' '''': 4 z • ..,. • ' I, If, * '‘At...,, - ,_`-‘ 7 .r...., : 'l - ,' ': , , - ? :itl etiT - , ..: „,, ..44i i. tv , J.,, , , ~, -,,, Tr. iti v..4„ . .._ , : N .,...„ • 11. 0 • • 0. ...,- I, . orr • - A ^tv.. " ' ', -' 4 , '' '---- - -2 ,i '"'AL *-... :I;4± A1r..14i 6 h;. • ? -, •, , • " ',..... 111ffminix LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1846. THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. The official return of the net produce of the revenue of Great Britain for the quarter ending sth April, 1846 will be found in another column. This return exhibit, a decrease on the year of 2,327,2191., and on the quarter a decrease of 1,121,5041., and considering the larg.. , amount of duties which have been taken off, the distres, existing among the people in consequence of the failure of the potato crop, and the enhanced prices of all articles. of consumption, together with the almost total stagnation of trade and commerce occasioned by the factious oppo sition given by the landocracy to those measures of commercial reform which have been proposed by the Minister, and have twice received the sanction of over whelming majorities of the House of Commons, we are only surprised that the decrease is not a larger amount. There is still, however, a surplus of revenue over expenditure of 1,783,308/. As might have been anticipated there is a considerable decrease in the Customs and the Excise. The Customs revenue for the quarter is 3,961,918/.; for the year it is 17,664,6181.; showing a decrease on the quarter of 440,5881. and or. year of 2,512,1131. The revenue from the Excise is for the quarter 1,626,4581. ; and for the year 11,886,0851., showing a decrease on the quarter of 291,0271., ' and on the year of 338,8221.; sr that by the larger portion of the decrease on the year in the Excise revenue has taken place daring the last quarter, and as the amount of the Excise revenue has always been considered as an indication of the s. ate of the working population of the country, this Law? Cle,rease furn'sties as additional proof that as provirlons increase in price so does the distress o the labouring classes increase; the earliest indication of the approach of that distress being a fall ing-eff in the Excise revenue, - consequent upon the of the working classes to purchase those humble luxuries in which, when in a state of compara tive comfort, they are woet to indulge. There is a de crease On the quarter, of 56,593/ In the revenue derived from Stsmaps, the amount for the quarter being 1,685 8681. The amount of revenue derived from Stamps for the year, is 7,095,521/. Showing an in crease on the year, of 380,6811. Th e r i se, progress, an d cessation of the railway f ever , t oget h er w i t h the present state of stagnation in trade, will sufficiently account both for the increase on the year, and for the decrease the quarter. The taxes for the quarter amount to 146,1421, and for the year to 4,224,0391., showing an increase on the quarter of 197/, and on the year of 6.2911. The property-tax shows the increase on the qu arter of 58 171/ , and a decrease on the year of 19,707/, the total amount of revenue derived from that impost being for the quarter 1,963,8821., and for the year, 5,084,741 The Post-office revenue, we are rejoiced to say, goes on steadily increasing. The amount for the quarter is 215,0001., for the year 768,0001., showing an increase on the quarter of 37,0001., and on the year of 89,000/. If the principle of the uniform and cheap postage, conjoined with frequent deli veries and proper attention to the public wants and accom modation were fully carried out, the increase in the Post• office revenue would be enormous. If the experiment were fairly tried ; in five years the revenue derived from the Post-office would exceed that raised under the old system. The revenue derived from the crown lands is for the quarter 45,000/, for the year 130,0001., showing an increase on the year of 5,000/, and on the quarter of 10,000/ Under the head of miscellaneous, the revenue for the quarter is 91,3221; for the year 939,747/, show ing a decrease on the quarter of 323,494/, and on the year of 127,607/. The total charge for the quarter is 8,477,206/. The total ordinary revenue is, from the quarter, 9,735,790/. ; and fer the year, 47,792,7511., showing a decrease on the quarter of 1,121,5041., and a decrease on the 3 ear of 2,327,219/, yet still leaving a surplus of income over expenditure of 1,783,3081. Sir HENRY HARDING E and Sir HUGH GOUGH, as we stated on Friday, are to be raised to the Peerage, and, in accordance with the usual practice, they will be further rewarded with pensions for their own lives and the lives, probably, of the two next heirs. To these honour and pensi , ns the people of this country will and they would also be gra give their !hefty concurrence, tified if a mark of royal favour, and something also more substantial, were conferred upon Sir H. SMITH, for his admirable generalship displayrd at Aliwal, and the striking influence which the remarkable victory gained et that plow had upon the milling oPerstiewi thou ful lowed. The battles of Moodkee and Ferozeshah were as glorious in every respect as they could be un der such circumstances ; but the generals were crippled for want of means : they bad neither heavy artillery nor a command of cavalry, nor a suffi cient quantity of ammunition to follow up their victories, and the consequence was, that not only the Seikhs, bat the native population of India, began to suspect that no advantages had been gained, and that a renewal of the contest might lead to the most serious results. The batte of Aliwal, however, left no doubt whatever that a decisive victory had been gained, and gained too, in a way w'tich established the ♦ast superiority of the English General, as well as the in domitable bravery of the troops under his command. This could not fail to have a powerful moral effect upon the armies, Anglo-Indian as well as Seikh, which fought at Sabraon. To this distinguished officer, as well as to those who served under him, honours and rewards are due, and the public will, therefore, be glad to see from the Gazette of Friday that promotions in consequence have been granted to many of the commissioned officers; but the people of England would like to see the system of rewards for noble services carried much further, and the humble soldier made to share in them, along with those who led them on to victory. The devotion of the men, natives as well as English, is admitted on all hands to have been rarely or never equalled. In the battles of the 21st and 22d of December, we are only astonished that they were able to fight at all. They were fatigued —worn out by long marches ; they were without food, and almost faint from want of water ; they had a formidable enemy to encounter, an enemy, whose fame had extended over the whole of Hindostan, supported, too, by batteries of heavy guns in a strong position; they fought at every disadvantage, yet, alike forgetting their sufferings, and disdaining the bribes of the enemy, they rushed to the contest, and achieved, though with enormous loss, almost an unexpected vic tory. In these battles the stern firmness and daring courage of the men did nearly the whole work, for there was little room for the display of manceuvres ; and on them, therefore, the country would be glad to see something more substantial conferred than votes of thanks. The turn which affairs, too, have taken, attri butable in a great measure to the gallantry of the troops, renders some fair compensation of the kind more neces sary. The chief city of the Punjaub, unlike that of Sinde, has escaped capture ; the treasures of gold and silver, and valuable jewels, of which such a large amount was taken at Hyderabad, will remain with the original possessors, and the victorious troops are thus deprived of a rich booty, to which they were entitled. We therefore trust that the East India Company, as well as the Government, will take these circumstances into consideration, and vote sach grants to the officers and privates as may be con sidered a just compensation and a fair reward for deeds which have, to all appearances, brought a hazardous war to a speedy and glorious conclusion, and saved the Company millions of additional expenditure. Mr. O'CONNELL last night moved an amendment upon -he first reading of the Protection of Life (Ireland) Bill, and made a long speech in support of it. The ems nd inent :admits and deplores the existence of outrage in Ireland, and urges the eradication of its causes, in the place of the measure demanded by the Government, This eradication he considers may be effected by various measures, such as, first and cbiefly, will prevent the abuses of property, and especially those connected with the clearance system; and next, others that will confer equal rights, franchises, and protection upon the Irish with those which are enjoyed by the English, will give a greater number of representatives to Ireland, an im proved corporation reform, as well as a more just distri bution of the Church temporalities, an alteration in the grand jury laws, a; , d an impartial administration of justice. The first thing that strikes us is, that um bigasz the efficacy of the remedies here suggested for the social regeneration of that country, their sweeping cha racter, and the importance of each is such, that before .11 or any of them can become the law of the land, much more before their anticipated effects could be realised, the horrible crimes conceded by Mr. O'CONNELL to be now d, luging five of the Irish counties will con tinue unrepressed. It must be remembered that the Government stands charged with the execution of the law ; they announce to Parliament that the law is vio lently outraged, beyond their power of vindicating it, and demand increased means for effectuating the same. If life is sacrificed both by night and by day, and this through the confederation of midnight assassins, the ordinary functions of the law being established to be insufficient to suppress these outrages, what Parliament can hesitate to arm Go vernment with means adequate for the purpose ? Lord J. RUSSELL will net incur the responsibility of withholding the necessary appliances. Some of the provisions may be too stringent, but the fearful evils to be grappled with demand no ordinary remedies. These are a:letters of detail, and are such as, we think, however adhered to or modified in Committee, the Government will feel it to be their duty to accept as Parliament may decide. It should not be forgotten, however, that if this stringency be too much paired down, so that the sequel should prove the measure to be almost in eperative, much responsibility will be incurred by those who suffer their legislative timidity to defeat the highest ends of philanthrophy. Such a result would be even worse than what we have at present to deal with ; for the midnight assassins, when they learn that Parlia ment has legislated against them, yet ineffectually, will imbibe a greater contempt for the authority of the law, and promptly spread their machinations, till they involve the length and breadth of the land in the meshes of their fearful organisation. At the same time, we most fully agree with Lord Jostss RUSSELL, that Government cannot too speedily render Parliament practically alive to their sincerity in -emoving any just cause of complaint ..,he Irish may have against us, by producing as well measures of a healing and conciliatory spirit as those of coercion. In aarticular. we hold that the Bill announced by the Earl of ST. GERMANS, to be prepared for bettering the rela tionship of landlord and tenant, should be amongst the earliest of those to be laid on the table of either ileuse of Parliament. This is a subject that has now been long under consideration. The ,clearance system is emphatically declared by Mr. O'CONNELL to be the mainspring of the Irish crimes ; he stated that, in Tipperary alone, more than one hundred and fifty thousand persons have been • victed from their holdings within the last five years. if such be the case, the state of that county is, indeed, !tale to be wondered at. Sir JAKEs GRAHAM has said, that if the landlords persevere in this con duct, the Legislature must interpose. Why, then, has sue procrastination been suffered, that pro bably not till after Easter will even the first reading be given to any Bill affecting this subject ? The great struggle in Ireland is for land: xorbitant rents are demanded, proportioned to the keenness of the competition and the extent of debt with which the greater part of the landed property is encum bered, by reason of the improvident spirit that has for years characterised the higher, not less than the lower orders of that country. The consequence is that the tenant cannot cultivate and enjoy a fair and profitable remuneration for his labour. Hence the produce which he has, with; his limited means, reared is exported to our markets, overflowing with capital, and Ireland is left without the incal culable advantages of home consumption. What regard can the Irish peasant have in favour of our legislation, when one moment he finds himself standing in the midst of the overflowing bounties of the soil, which he has helped to develope, and the next sees them carried to other shores, whilst he is left, with his offspring, to exist on what amounts to little short of starvation ? If the agrarian system is, as we ourselves believe, the prolific source of crime, no time can be so opportune as the present for entering upon wholesome legislation on this branch of Irish ealamities, when so large a sum has been voted for the furtherance of works of public utility, by which, in connexion with the forma tion of railroads, a considerable opening will be afforded for the employment of the redte,dant population, till the source of the evil we have pointed out is reached by salutary legislation. Parliamentary paper, No. 179, just issued by order of the House of Commons, affords us a most harrowing category of the recent homicides in Ireland. Most of these atrocious deeds have been chronicled in The Sun as they were perpetrated, together with their most im portant details, such as the causes of the different out rages, the suspicions as to the assassins, and the atrocities which accompanied the assaults. Nevertheless, it cannot hut be productive of good in the formation of the most effectual and appropriate remedies for the prevention of such heinuus guiltiness, if we cast a comprehensive, though cursory, glance over the aggregate of such ini quities when presented to us in a simple and classified cluster, such as this official document. The benefit to our deductions by a retrospective survey of this nature must be twofold. Firstly, it will evi dence more forcil4 than heretofore the hideous depravities, the general insubordination, and the dangerous audacity which stimulate the most law less of the Irish population to the performance of mur ders the most ruthless and the most dastardly, and which coullecklehta7 Alice* the Um of the aore Pegoesbie members of the community in imminent peril; by which means the necessity for some immediate and efficacious interference on the part of the Government will become more apparent than ever. Secondly, it will tend to en lighten us as to the social grievances from which these efforts at assassination spring ; by which knowledge a clue may be discovered which may conduct us to the very root of the evil. Acting upon this principle, the Legillature would instantly stay the progress of a great moral disease ; it would not potter over the social condition of millions by endeavouring simply to destroy the cifectr, while the causes were entirely overlooked. The heads of the dire hydra would no longer be lopped off to spring forth anew ; its heart would be assailed : the further development of murder would be prevented by striking at the point in which that arch-sin is germinated, and from which every successive instance of its perpetration radiates. Our object, therefore, is to assure ourselves that a prodigious evil really does require eradication in Ireland. Surely, if we are not convinced of this grievous "fact" already, a moment's examination of the Parliamentary document to which we have re ferred will fill our minds with that most lamentable con viction. The paper consists of " Extracts made by Colonel WGREGOR from the police reports, stating the particulars of the principal homicides in Ireland in the years 1845 and 1846, and forwarded to the Home-office by him." From these extraordinary extracts upwards of thirty of the most diabolical assassinations, or attempts at assassination, may be selected ; bludgeoning, shooting, strangling, drowning, on the high road, in the daylight, and at midnight. Sometimes 'the murderers are single, sometimes in bands ; sometimes they have been discovered, some times they have escaped ; but the cause of almost every outrage has been surmised. One unfortunate gentleman is shot dead while returning with his children from church on a Sunday morning; another person is struck down suddenly with a musket-ball as hile seated with his family at supper ; a venerable lady, nearly blind with extreme age, is seized by a party of ruffians, a pistol is snapped in her face, and she is beaten over the head ; the corpse of another individual is dragged from a ditch ; some are found by hedge-sides with their brains crushed out of their skulls, while others are riddled through and through with bullets. Is it pos sible, after these terrific disclosures, to doubt the exigent state of Ireland, and the absolute duty imposed upon Parliament for some immediate interposition ? Is there not crime enough to arouse the most sluggish Go vernment to exertion ? Does not humanity, does n religion, does not human policy itself, call out for a powerful preventative ? Our next object is to discern, if possible, the reasons by which the marauders have been actuated, as by so doing we shall perceive the incite ments there are to the commission of these whole sale murders, and, by inference, the means by which those incitements may be destroyed, or, at the least, negatived. To these deductions the Parliamentary paper before us affords a ready ac• cess ; and after a careful inspection of its particulars we are induced to ascribe the generality of the homi cides to one or other, or occasionally a combination, of the following causes:—Animosity excited by the pro ceedings of magistrates, police-officers, or other agents of the executive—revenge against those who have given evidence in courts of law by which peasants have been convicted of any offence—hatred inspired towards those landlords who have ejected one or more individuals from their pro perty, or otherwise dealt harshly with their tenantry-- or, finally, from a feeling of jealousy on the part of a tenant who has been ejected from his tenement, and for the idle gratification of which jealousy the subsequent occupant is assaulted. There are, undoubtedly, stray cases to which no satisfactory reason can be ascribed, or in which the assailant has been impelled to the act by a complex or individual interest. But to the mass of the homicides already reported in The Sun, and recorded in this official document, one or other of , he four causes just enumerated are applicable. We say this after a most careful consideration of the matter. The murders in Ireland are attributable either to a reel ing of dislike as to the mode in which justice is ad ministered, or to some circumstance in which the interests of landlord and tenant are placed in antagonism. Disease and destitution tend, no doubt, to heighten the malady, and to render its recurrence more frequent. Hence, the removal of sickness and penury must necessarily ac company any scheme that may be propounded by our Legislators for the removal of this frightful evil. The Government must be rendered more accordant to the p pular mind ; the question of landlord and tenant must be thoroughly analysed. We could cull many terrific proofs of what we have de clared from the pages of this " report ;" this, however, would be a needless repetition of crimes, with the particulars of which the public are already fami liar. The plan which should be adopted towards Ireland should be animated by a faith in the resources and real integrity of the nation ; a hope for her ultimate regene ration, and a charity towards her people. The Madrid Gazette of the 27th ult. contains a - royal decree, by which the kingdom is divided into electoral dis tricts, agreeably to the provisions of the new Act for the election of representatives. A general belief prevailed that the Cortes would be forthwith dissolved, and that a general election would soon take place. It was said that General RoNCAIA had been appointed Governor of Cuba, in the moat of General ,O'Dositzu., who was to be Minister of War. According to account& from the provinces, the manifesto of the new Cabinet was received with much apathy, and tran quillity prevailed. On the 27th the Three per Cents. closed at 32 1 A for cash, and 32 9-16 for the 30th of April. The Five per Cents. were not quoted. We have accounts from Lisbon to the 30th of March. On the 20th the Minister of the Interior brought into the Chamber of Deputies a Bill for appointing the KING CONSORT, in the event of the demise of the QUEEN, Regent during the minority of the heir apparent. This Bill is in contravention of the 90th article of the Charter, and met with strong opposition from a few Members, but was ultimately alopted by a large majority. A special Commission had been appointed for the purpose ( f re vising the tariff of import duties, and sugggestirig such alterations in it as may be thought expedient. M. FON SECA MaGALRAEs, formerly Minister of Foreign Affairs. has been named President. In the French Chamber of Deputies the debate on the commercial treaty with Belgium was brought to a close on the 4th, when all the articles were adopted by a majority of 209 to 36. The principal feature of interest in the discussion was a speech of M. GuizoT, relative to the great commercial measures now before the British House of Commons ; and we regret to find that he ap pears to be still much attached to the prohibitive system or to very high duties, which have nearly the same result. He admires the comprehensive and mighty changes pro posed by Sir ROBERT PEEL; but, while he admits that they are adapted for England, he can see in them little or nothing for France to imitate. A brief outline of his remarks will be read with interest. "I cannot," said he, " leave the tribune without saying a word or two on the question alluded to on the previous day by the Minister of Commerce. In the reform proposed by Sir R. PEEL there are two distinct questions—a social reform, which is to bear on the domestic constitution of England, ankl a manufac- Suring reform, which regards her relations with other Powers. In England the manufacturing population is far more considerable than the agricultural one, and this disproportion goes on constantly increasing. The con dition of the English working classes is exceedingly severe, as they with difficulty suffice for their daily wants. This condition is, besides, exceedingly variable, precarious, and subject to considerable oscillations. The severity of this condition, and the perils to which it is incessantly exposed, have for a length of time attracted the attention of the English statesmen, and particularly of Sir R. PEEL. It is the strong desire which he feels to ameliorate the condition of the working classes that has induced the Right Hon. Baronet to undertake the work, the success of which all humane minds must de sire to behold accomplished. (Here he was loudly cheered by M. DE GA SPA RIM.) I am certain that this cheer only expresses the sentiment of the whole Chamber, for every one must be anxious to see measures succeed, the object of which is to improve the condition of the work. ing classes.—(" Yes," exclaimed a Member, " if not at our expense.") There is nothing in the project of Sir It. PEEL that is to be accomplished at our expense. He has three objects—to lower the price of provisions, to assure constant labour, and to set a curb on commer cial fluctuations. The plan imposes some sacrifices certainly on agriculture, but they are such as it can sup port. I am convinced, also, that Sir P. REEL desires to carry out his measures, without altering the principles of the constitution of his country. He is well aware that the landed aristocracy, which has hitherto made the grandeur of England, cannot be sacrificed to the manu facturing interests ; he has merely endeavoured to re store the equilibrium between these two influences, and everything leads to the expectation that he will com pletely succeed.—(Hear, hear.) The second part of his plan aims at increasing the trade of England with foreign powers. Such an extension will add to the influence of his country, will contribute much to preserve peace, and will be advantageous to the consumer. Sir R. PEEL, in effecting this second part of his reform, by no means abolishes all protective duties ; he merely applies t his new plate to such branches of manufactures as can support competition with the produce of other nations. , IL- has retained protection on all articles which re quire it. The first part of his plan is not applicable amongst us—it is a noble spectacle, but it does not affect us, for in what does our situation resemble that of Eng land ? Our manufacturing population is not perhaps as well off as it might be, but it is not in the position of the same class in England ; our working population, be sides, is principally agricultural, and This class, which is more fortunate in its condition than our manufacturing workmen, is also far better off than the English agri cultural population. We may, therefore, admire the so cial reform in England, but it holds out nc,thing for us to imitate. As to the second part—the commercial portion of the reform, we can only imitate it partially and gra dually. We must cox - antic, to protect such branches of our manufactures as require support, and which a sudden reduction in our duties would not fail to annihi late. I have signed eight treaties, and all are conceived in this spirit. We shall persist in this course prudently and cautiously, and you may be certain that we shall reap the fruits of our proceedings. These doctrines seemed to meet with the general approbation of the Chamber, and we may therefore conclude that the Legislature, unless driven to a more liberal policy by the sufferings and losses of the vine growers, and by the continued decay of the shipping interest, will for some yearn adhere to the protective system. It is gratifying, however, to see f , everal of the journals displaying more knowledge of commercial policy. The Journal des Debats is liberal in that respect, and disapproves of the latter remarks of the Minister, which refer to reform in the Custom house system. "M. GUIZOT," it says, "is of opinion that within the last ten or fifteen years we have pro ceeded sufficiently fast in the road of commercial liberty. We have several times expressed a different opinion. M. GUIZOT'S conclusion is, that we ought to continue to proceed in the same course ; we prefer, we state sincerely, a more decided system." The Moniteur contains a dispatch from Marshal Bu- GEAUD, dated Algiers, March 25, but it contains no in telligence of interest. We subjoin some miscellaneous extracts from the papers : " The review at Vincennes took place on Wednesday. The King, accompanied by a numerous staff of Generals and other officers, including those of his military household, ar rived at Vincennes at half-past twelve o'clock, and was re ceived by General Lyautey, the Commandant of the School of Artillery, Colonel Perignon, and the Duke de Montpen sier. His Majesty found the 4th regiment of artillery, of which the Duke de .Nlontpensier is Lieutenant-Colonel, and which is about to leave Vincennes immediately for Lyons, the 4th battalion of the Chas3eurs of Orleans garrisoned at Vincennes, and detachments of the other regitnents of infan try composing the school, ranged under arms and iu due order. Having rode along the ranks, the King took his sta tion in front of the Castle, while the troops filed off before him. After being three hours on horseback, repeatedly cheered by the most warm and animated acclamations, he re-entered his carriage, and returned to the Tuileries, where he arrived at half-past five o'clock. " The Prince de Joinville arrived at Lorient on the even ing of the 28th ult. On the next day he visited the arsenal, and was to leave in the evening for Brest. " Lord Brougham arrived on Wednesday at the Hotel Meurice. "By a letter from St. Etienne of Monday afternoon we learn that order had been restored, and the miners had retired to their homes. It appears that the disturbance was occasioned, in the first instance, by a dispute between the directors of the mine Gagne-Petit and the foreman or i,overnor, as he is called, named Ogier ; but on Saturday this man had apologised, and it WAS supposed that the dispute was at an end, when his nephew busied himself with exciting the miters to revolt. The men them came to an understanding with the workmen of the Montet mine, and they all refused on Monday morning to go to their work. Eight of them were therefore arrested by the gendarmerie, and were being conducted to prison, when their companions, aided by their wives and some of the populace, made serious attempts to rescue them. Some troops of the lige, under the command of General Charron, were called to the assistance of the gendarmes ; and, being compelled by the fury of their assailants to fire, the calamitous result mentioned by the Messager took place. The Courtier de Lyon of Tuesday states that the mayor, M. de Furens, had his clothes pierced by several bullets, and that General Charron was struck several times by stones thrown by the workmen and their partisans. We learn from Warsaw, that on the 24th ult. a proclama tion was published announcing that the Government had ordered to be confiscated, for the benefit of the State, all the estates and other property in the province of Lublin belong ing, or hereafter to belong, to Pantaleon Potocke, to Prous chewski, and Zarski, leaders of the late revolt in the town of Siedlce. M. E. Dobryez, a rich merchant of Warsaw, has been condemned by a court-martial to be exiled to Si beria for carrying on a seditious correspondence with fo reigners, and for taking an active part in the late insurrection. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 53f. 79c. ; the Five per Cents., 1191. 15e. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,275 f. ; Rouen, 1,030 f. ; Havre, 747 f. 60c.; Great Northern, 768 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 931 f. 25c.; Vierzon, 675 f. ; Boulogne, 505 f. ; Bordeaux, 645 f.; Troyes and Montereau, 430 f. ; Yasle, 235 f. ; Dieppe, 457 f. 50e. ; Paris and Strasburg, 530 f.; Tears and Nantes, 560 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 592 f. 50e. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 3611, ; ditto Domestic Debt, 31. The following are the quotations for the new lines : Lyons and Avignon R.tilroad (Talabot), SM. ; ditto (Le cointe), 503 f. 50c.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 503 f. ; ditto Deflnitives, 5461. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 5031. 50c. ; ditto (Espeleta), 509 f. ; ditto Detlaitives, 561 f. ; Charleroi, 497 f. 50c. Maasliuge.—Marseilles and Avignon, 940 f. Lvoxs, MAACK 31.—Paris and Orleans, 1,2751. ; Rouen, 1,033 f.; Lyons, 5881. 75c. ; Vierzon, 692 f. 50c. ; .Northern, 767 f. 50c. 1311SINESS DONE IN FORRIBN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 3. Boulogne and Amiens, IVA—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espeleta), N —Ceylon, % —Dutch Rhenish, 5% -East Indian, % —Great Northern of France Constituted, 15% —Louvain and Je rnappe, 1 —Luxembourg, I —Namur aid Liege, 2 1 ,( —Orleans and Bordeaux, 12- Paris and Strasbourg (Constituted), 6%. DEATH OF THE REV. CHANCELLOR FLETCHER.— We have this week to announce the death of the venerable Chancellor of this Diocese, the Reverend Walter Fletcher, M.A., of Dalston. fie was seized with paralysis, whilst in the discharge of his duty, in Dalston Church, on Sunday last, and died on Wednesday, at the ripe age of 79 years. Mr. Fletcher was a native of Derbyshire, and first came to this diocese as Chaplain to Bishop Vernon, now Archbishop of York, by whom he was appointed, in August, 1793, to the vicarage of Dalston as the successor of Archdeacon Paley. In 1814 he was appointed Chancellor of the Diocese, on the death of Dr. Grisdale, whose daughter he had married. He was also Vicar of Lazonby, and held a Prebendal Stall in the Cathedral of York. Mr. Fletcher was the tutor of Sir James Graham, Bar ~ and leis brothers, and of the present Duke of Beaufort. He was a man of most charitable disposition and active benevolence, and was es teemed and respected wherever he was known. The livings of Dalston and Lazonby (worth respectively 2001. and 4001. per annum) and also the Chancellorship are in the gift of the Bishop of Carlisle. Carlisle Journal. ;,The Earl of Roden has left town, for Paris. SALE OF MR. S. PRATT'S COLLECTION OF ANCIENT Anima, &c.—Qn Fri.lay, the sale by auction of the entire collec tion of ancient armour and weapons of Mr. S. Pratt, of New Bond street, took place at Mr. Deacon's auction room, in Berners-street, Oxford-street. There were near 250 lots, consisting of armour and weapons of all ages and clinics, among whi c h the following are Englishdeserv ing embossed steel, ornamented gun, of the time of Henry VIII., thestock kol silver, , . id Lnowti7t subjects,, r ivory.re otlid,e for t a guineas. Lot 76, an Eliza bethan rifle, sold for 51 10s. Lot 81, a Bavarian cop-cl-pie suit of finely The next lot, a suit of black armour, fluted steal and knight's fl u ted armour, sold for 31 guineas. Lot 106, a suit of Asiatic horse cults known, plates and rings, only two similar period, so ld f or 27 guineas. L ot 135, a T o t. ur of the tim e o f H enry VIII . , w ith a suit orm o curious helmet, sold for 31/. Lot 150 , a gigantic suit of armour of German formed, scomposed fluted guineas.toedt h nar samem Italian workmanship, covered with engravings, and enamelled, in russet and gold. The catalogue sated this suit to have come from Padua, and with a similar one in the Tower of London, formerly be longed to Count Oddi. The auctioneer stated that Mr. Pratt gave 100 guineas for it; it was sold yesterday for 51 guineas. The other lots, consisting of pieces of armour, halberds, portguns, swords, ancient guns and pistols, daggers, &c., fetched good prices. LATEST ADDITIONS TO THE LOUVRE GALLERY. — The following sculptures from Greece have been placed in the above collection :—A votive basso-relievo, representing " Theseus as pro tecting hero of Attica; a fragment of a frieze, on which is repre sented a scene of the war of the Amazons ; a votive basso-relievo ti out the island of Crete ; Jupiter with Europa, and Cadmus at their sides ; a sepulchral stele, representing a young girl bidding farewell to her parents. Of great historical interest are twelve marble frag ments, with inscriptions from Mylasa, in Carla. They contain some decrees issused by Mausolus, King of Carla, and belong therefore to the fourth century before the Christian era.—The Builder. SALE OF THE VALUABLE AUTOGRAPHS, &e., OF THE Lars Ma. T. THANE.—On Friday the sale by auction took place, at the auction-roams of Messrs. Sotheby and Co., Wellington-street, Strand, of the valuable collection of books, &c., of the late Mr. Thos. Thane, consisting of the " History of the Knights of the Garter," the "Cromwellians," a variety of manuscripts, Re. There were 394 lots. "Thane's British Autography," being a collection of facsimiles of the handwritings of royal and illustrious personages, with their authentic portraits, three vols. 4t0., sold for 1101. ss. THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH'S SHILLING A novel scene took place at the Petty Sessions at Woodstock this week. Elliott, the principal gamekeeper for the Duke of Marl borough, charged a young man of the name of Steel, a servant to Dr. Bowles, with an offence against the game laws, and summoned Dr. Bowles to give evidence against him. At the time of the alleged committal of the offence Steel was out with his master, who was shooting over his own land. Steel was charged with killing a hen C. pheasant out of season. Mr. Tomes, solicitor, of Oxford, attended for the prosecution, as he said, for the Duke of Marlborough. Mr. H. North, solicitor, of Woodstock, defended, and said the case was , has left the fact, the Duke of Marlborough aga inst Dr. Bowles. Steel the service of his late master, and it was not proved that the sum mons had "either been served on him or left at his usual place of residence;" hence the case was dismissed. Dr. Bowles said " a shilling had been given him with the summons. This shilling he would give as a donation to the poor eld people of Woodstock from the Duke of Marlborough, and it would be the first shilling the Duke of Marlborough ever gave them." This announcement ceased loud laughter in the Court, which was crowded, the affair having caused a stir in Woodstock. SUPPOSED SUICIDE.--On Friday evening an inquest was held at the Edinburgh Castle Tavern, Limehouse, before Mr. Baker, on the body of James Rich, a sa w y er, age 4: :years, who committed suicide by drowning himself in the Regent Wane], near the above house. Two persons, named John Warren and Caroline Bettie, who were betrothed to each other, drowned themselves near the same spot last week, asci a great many other suicides have been siostraltted in this part of the canal. It appeared from the evidence of John Rich, the brother of the deceased, that his relative was bitten by a dog eight years ago, and he had ever since been sub jected to fits. The unfortunate young man had applied to several eminent members of the faculty, bat they had been unabled to over come the malady His sufferings occasionally were very great, and heh had repeatedly th rea t enene d to commit self-construction. On Thursday night the d eceased,was with his brother and a friend, and left them about 10 o ' c l oc k . H e was never seen alive afterwards. e n i About an hou r a f ter the decease d p ar t e d w ith hi s b ro th e r. his oti iesmsere found by a po li cema n, hanging across the rails adjoining the canal. The policeman immediately procured the mirage, and with the assistance of Wariell, the night-locker, hauled the body of the deceased out of the water. He was quite dead—Verdict, " Found drowned,. LEEDS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. —The guardians of the Leeds poor having determined to erect an industrial school, offered two premiumi of aot. and 151. for the best and second best plans sent in, and :appointed Mr. Waller, of fluddertield, and Mr. Parker: of Manchester, both architects, to decide on the respective merits of the designs. Those gentlemen have awarded the first prize to Mr. Joseph Thompson, of Leeds; and the second to Mr. C. W. Burleigh. This style of Mr. Thompsons's plan is Elizabethan; that of Mr. Burieigh is the English domestic of the fourteenth century. The school is to accommodate 160 boys, 160 girls, and 80 infants. The estinfated cost of the successful design is 10,000/.-27se duader. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET,- APRIL 3.—We have Mel arrivals of all grain to this market. There was a fair attend ance of buyers to-day. The hulk of our samples, whea,s, were of common qualities, amid such sold at a decline of Is. per qr. ; and the best samples were rather worse to sell. Fine barley maintained its Price, other descriptions rather lower. In beans no alteration Oats and shelling each fu lly as high. Malt firm, and in good request. EXTRACTI:4I OP PARTICLES FROM THE EYE.—A German writer has recently proposed, that when a foreign body, such as a particle of straw, dusts g., gets between the eyelids and globe of the eye, but without being inftacted, a solution of gum Arabic dropped into the' aye ma y be advantageously employed for Ps eXtraCtiOß, 4 the Sollatiell degsotPlC:"Qi 847 "agreeable MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening). The sales of Cotton at Liverpool were nearly 5,600 bales. The market was quiet, and prices unclianged.—The Share Market was much depressed, and lower prices have been submitted to. The number of Shares actually sold at the auction of Messrs. Lamond's on Friday afternoon was 1,560, and among a good as semblage of buyers more purchasers were observable. A slight im provement in prices occurred, but the Irish shares are still very un saleable : —Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby, 10s. —Buckinghamshire , IL 3s. Gd.—Midland and Eastern Counties, 13s. 6d.- Sheffield, Buxton, and Leek Potteries, 103. ad.—South and Midland, 11. — Madrid and Valeatia, 19s. 6d.--4)erby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford, 11. 12s. Gd.—Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, 19e. ad.—North Devon, 15s.—Loudon and Manchester, Remington's, 165. 6d.—Lendon and Manchester, Rastrick's, 31.—North Cheshire, IL ss. —Essex and Suffolk, 9s. ad.—West Riding Union, 21. 4s. Gd.—Grand Trunk, 103. ad.—Reading and Reigate, 12s.—Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, 14s.—Vale of Neath, 1/. 4s. 6d.—Rugby and Huntingdon, 12s. 6d. — Essex and Suffolk, Ids. The West Indian mail is now about due, and the merchants connected with the trade are most anxious for the letters. As matters, according to the last accounts, were settling down, a large increase of business is calculated upon as a certainty. The measures taken to facilitate the com munication by steam vessels along the coast of the Southern Pacific must, in time, be of vast ad vantage in increasing British influence in that direction, and with it of course the augmentation of our trade. The Governments of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, have most cor dially entered into the plans for the establishment of a regular interchange of mails on the seaboard, and we hear that Mr. Wheelwright, who first set the project on foot for a line of steamers to act in conjunction with the West India mail steamers, has again left this country in order to carry out the great andimportant plans originated by him to faci litate the rapid conveyance of advices and passengers be tween Great Britain and the whole of the South American Republics. The Bank returns for the present week g i ve the following results : An increase of 4,770/. in the circulation, or to 27,269,245. An increase in the Rest of 9,962/., or to 3,789,971/. An increase in the Public Deposits of 254,203/., or to 7,319,6251. A decrease in other Deposits of 252,2751., or to 17,103,9281. An increase in other Securities to 22,181,3921. A decrease in the Notes in Banking Department of 349,795/., or to 7,683,690/. The Bullion has amounted to 13,987,535/., being an increase of 22,838/. in the week. The value of the Consols has been firm at 96 1 % V, both for Money and the Account. Scarcely a dozen bargains have been entered into this morning. Exchequ.r-bills have been sold at 255. and at 28s. premium. This has been a blank day, or nearly so, in the Foreign Stock Market; Mexicans have fallen from 32 to 31 3 / 4 ; the Portuguese Three per Cents. have reached 57 1 / 2 . the Spanish Three per Cents. have been bought at 36 1 4, f ,r the Account; and the Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. at 59%. The Railway Share market, upon the whole, cannot be said to be firm this morning, and business is still very slack for Stock as well as for Scrip. BIUTISLI FUNDS. ONE CLOSINc O'CLOCK. PRICES. Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 9614 96% t2onsols for Account • .. _96 % 96% Exchequer Bills, 1%(1. , INd. 1,0001... .... 28 25 pm. 28 5001... • • •• 25 pal 28 Data, Small pm. 28 ONE CLOSINC FORERIN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 80 ex div Mexican Bonds, 1837, 4 per Cent .. 32 32 Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 32 31% 315( Ditto, Deferred .. • .. .. 16'e N 16:,, Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 36 Portuguese Three per Cents • • .. 571;- ; 57ix Spanish Bonds, i per Cent .. .. Ditto, Deferreel .. .. • • .. .. 1614% 161 . 4 Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. 36% 36% Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 36.34 36;4 Dividends on the above payable in London, Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 59% 59•4 PRICES OF lIITSINESS RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT CLOSING ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 .... 2 3 % Author., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. • • 2% •• •• .......... 11 S Armagh, Coleraine, and P0rtru5h .,. 1%..... „ „ • Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 Ditto New (issed at 7;,', dis.) .. 17 .. . 31:N 31 31 Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 „ 84 ...... B4 Buckinghamshire 425. . 1 ills Caledonian . .. 10 .... 7 6 4...... • • 6 % Ditto, Half Shares .. •• • Cork and Waterford .. • • • • 1 •• • • M Cornwall and Central Devon .. 2% 1 Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) ••••• • • • • • 3 1 / s Direct Northern .. .... 134 Dublin and Galway .. 4 .... 1 ....... 1 _ _ ..... _ Eastern Counties .. .. 141. ltis... .. 20% 20% Ditto, York Extension .. .. 1.5..... 1 .......... 1 East Lincolnshire .. .. .. • • Iu• • • • h••• • .. • • Ti Great North of England . ..100 .. .. 210 . . . Ditto, New .. .. 5 .... 51% Ditto New 5 .... 34 34 Leicester and Birmingham .. 225. .... % dis Leicester and Bed'ord .......... 225..... di5....... 1% &- Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. 2% •• • • 2 u •. . 2% London an . Birmingham . .100 .. —220 218 ........ 218 Ditto Thirds .. .. 16 .... 51% 52% .... 52!3 London and Blackwell .. 16/. 13s. 4d. 7% 7,3 4 London and Brighton 50 •• • • 62% •• • • •• • • 62 London and Croydon .. 131. 15s. 9d. 20% % ........ 20% London and Sonth-Western.. 411 68. 10d. Ditto, New 12% .... 21 20 ...... 20 London and York .. .. • . 1% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .• 2% .... % Manchester and Leeds .. .. 82 .... • • Ditto, Fifths .. 2 .... 11 10% .... • • 10% Ditto Extension .. 428..... p • • .. p Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . - Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1 •• • • 7% ...... 614 Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .. • . par. • .... •• .. par Midland .. ..100 .. •.14 I ..........144_ Ditto, New .. • . .. 18 • • 28% ...... • ... 28% Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 108 .. 115 lis Newcastle and Darlington Junet. .... 43 • • •• .. 43 Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 •.. 17% 17 ...... 46 Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2% .... 1% .. • ..... 1% North British.. .. 20 .... 24 .. 23%_24%.. 24% Ditto, Bait Shares .. 6 .... 7% 8 . 7 % 7 Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. IIA .. 1% ... 1% Northamp..Bedtbrd, &Cambridge 425..... I dis •• dis North Kent and Direct Dover • • 2% .. • • 1% .... ••• • .. North Staffordshire .. . • 425.. •.. p...... 1 p Norwich and Brandon .. 18 .... 22% •. Oxid.,Worcester, & Wolverhmptia. 12% .... 9 $1 8% Perth and Inverness . • .. 2% . Scottish Central .. . .. 10 .... 13% ...... • 13g Ditto New •• .. • • • • • • 2% ••..•• •• .. 5 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2}Q .... 1h % .. • . % guath Midland .. 425..... dis... •• • . dis. South Eastern and Dovor 33% .... 34' 2 - ,1D0., New (de. 15/4 .. No. 4. 2% .... 2 .. • • ...... West Riding Union • • • • .. 425. •• .. Ip. WiLbeach and Sc. Ives .. .. • • 2 .... .......... Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 2% % .......... York and North Midland .. 50 •• • ••• • • • Ditto, &d by .. 30 .... 72% 71% .• • • 71% Ditto. Extension .. 15 .... Do. E. and W. Riding Exten. • • 1 •• .. 814 FOREIGN RAILWAY-. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 12 .. .. 12 •.••• • • • .. 12 Bord., Tout., SL Cette Mackenx e) 2 Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 .... 2 2 Dutch 1{ .. • • .. 5 5% ...... • • 5% East Indian . . • .. is. Grt. North. ut France Constituted 5 .... 15 14 it% •• • • 147 i Louvain and Jemeppe .. 4 . .. I % Luxembourg • • • . • . .. 4 .... ...... .1;t Orleans and Bordeaux .. 6 .... 114 i . ....... • . I Paris andßonen .. 20 .... 4o ..... 4o Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... 574 Sambre and Meuse .. . 6 .... 34 ...... West Flanders - .. .. .. 4 .. ~ 3 . • ... ..... ML E 3. Real del Monte, iTare;istered .. •• • • 3 4•• • • • • •• • 3 THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITU FE. The sixth soiree of the season was held on Friday at the rooms of the British and Foreign Institute, and was as fully attended, by a large number of ladies and gentlemen, as on any previous occasion. The musical performances of the evening were of the usual varied and agreeable character, and were well sustained throughout. Among the novelties on the table was an interesting and valuable invention of Mr. Loseby, for correcting, by an instrument in which mer cury was used as the chief agent, the inequali.ies in the rates of chronometers, occasioned by those variations of tempera ture in different climates, by which the most accurate chro nometers are greatly affected. The opinion of the Astro nomer Royal in favour of this invention, has been conveyed in the highest terms of praise to the Board of Longitude, and was read at the meeting. Some beautiful specimens of a new process for producing the effect of electro-gilding without the use of gold were exhibited by Messrs. Sedgwick and Taylor, of Piccadilly, which were greatly admired. By this method the surface of brass can be wrought up to a degree of finish so exactly resembling gold, that the most experienced eye could not detect the difference—and in one of the candelabra shown, the lower half was plated with real gold in the usual mode, and the upper half finished without a particle of gold or gilding, yet no one could determine where the one process ended or the other began. In addition to the riehness of the effect, this invention has the further advantage of much greater freedom from tarnish than ordinary gilding, and can be produced at a saving of 700 per cent. Among the foreign visitors present was a Chinese gentleman, Woo-tan-jin, from the heart of the Celestial Empire, • who had travelled with Mr. Milne, the learned and accomplished missionary, himself a native of China, though of British parents, through the greatest portion of the " flowery land," and had since accompan as ie o d rw h ,e i thhae o v n iee a abt t he o ee u nr r through England and Scotland. He is about to return to his native country in a few weeks, with Mr. Milne, and from the impressions he seems to have receivlievdindgurinnegarhiTs Toronto, in England, he will no doubt convey to his countrymen very favourable ideas of the people, as well as of the arts and ma nufacturesthatfl American ies Indian, iea t fn h o, e f Ka"a Canadian n e e r ; aa a ..n r g b u i t ar r in i b a -e n o, s - , b " y hitherto called in China. There was also present a North in Canada, and speaking as good English as the Chinese visitor. It was an interesting sight to witness the personal introduction to each other of these strangers from the o ppo - site extremities of the globe • each in his nativecostume,e, and each communicating his thoughts and feelings in what to both must have been a difficult as well as a foreign tongue. Among the literary proceedings of the evening, an oral review was given of the recent work of Mirza Mohun Lal, the Cashmerian traveller, who is one of the frequent visitors of the Institute; and some account was also offered of the progress ogh m ei ts a n d ne e iri s b os y inoen t h oo e ff Bulgarian ne r P teos r t i E n e ta, Pe, IdaAlexandernvd variety, r e,,yh ,e and nv S de t n o a i I np o gi Ipieaanrtedastsoemgbiviaeggerepartesseantti.sfaction to the numerous and bril- THE FOREIGN MAILS.—POST -OFFICE NOTICE. The following notice relative to the departure of the foreign mails was on Friday exhibited at the chief office, St. Mar tin's-le-Grand : ISLAND OF AsczNsiow.—Noricz.—A mail will be made up fer the Island of Ascension, to be forwarded by her Ma jesty's ship Ferret. All letters intended to be so forwarded must be addressed, "By her Majesty's ship Ferret," and will be liable to the packet rate of ls. not exceeding half an ounce, &c. Newspapers free. The Ferret is expected to sail from Plymouth on Sunday, the sth inst. Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Mediterranean. India, and China. The next mails for Gibraltar. Greece, lonian Isles, Malta, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China via Southampton, will be dispatched on the morning of the 20th inst. The next mails for India, via Marseilles, will be dispatched in the evening of the 7th inst., and will be conveyed by the Madrid, sailing from Southampton. Madeira, Brazils, and Buenos Ayres, on the evening of the 7th instant, will be conveyed by the Express from Eel• mouth. - - _ - - - _______ Wan Insras.—Tlie British colonies (except Honduras and Bermuda)—The Foreign colonies (except Havannah), Venezuela and Madeira. The next mails be dispatched on the 17th instant, and will be conveyed by the Clyde from Southampton. America on the 3d May. Sydney Oil the 30t11 Witte, DUTCH MAIL. TUE HAGUE, APRIL I.—• The Government hag just sent to the Second Chamber of the States Genera) its answer to the observations made in the Provisional re port, on the project of law relative to the conditional augmentations of the imports and export duties of vari •us articles.' We see in this document, that the Govern ment has observed with satisfaction, that the SecOnd Chamber had found in the circumstances in which the Netherlands are now placed with respect to Belgium sufficient motives to assent to the proposals which had been made to the legislature. The Government, on its part, sees no difficulty in yielding to the desire expressed by the majority of the Chamber to remove from the project of law, the gene ral tendency which had been given it, to render it ap plicable to Belgium alone. We have received, by way of Sincapore, accounts from Batavia of the Ist of February, they inform us that in consequence of the failure of the potato crop in Holland, orders have been given to export a large quantity of rice. Ships laden with colonial produce for the Government were authorised to take one-third of their cargo in rice, other Dutch ships, which desired to take in rice, were admitted for that purpose, into the smaller ports, where there are no Custom-houses, and the duty on exportation is excused. With respect to the robbery in Riouw, which we mentioned in our number of the 28th of February, we learn from the official account, published by the Government at Batavia, that a band of about fifty Chinese, forcibly entered the house of William Koek, an English mer chant, settled at Riouw, in the night of the 11th of December, and having secured the inmates, began to plunder the house, &c. Mr. Leisk, an English seaman, who resided with Mr. Koek at the thee, succeeded in making his escape, sad giving an alarm, which made the Chinese hastily take flight. The patrole which came up was not, however, strong enough to capture any of the thieves in their flight. The inmates of the house escaped with some slight ill-usage, the value Of the property stolen is estimated at 1,070 thrins. This crime is attributed to plots among the Chinese at Sinca pore, who have extensive connexions, and are much feared by their countrymen, to which it may be as cribed that no discovery has been made of the robbers, though a reward of 1,000 florins has been offered. It is in contemplation at Timor. ke pan.; to establish a depot of coals, for the use of steam-boats between Sincapore and the Dutch coast of Australia. TEE HAGUE, APRIL 2.—The First Chamber of the States General, in its sitting yesterday gave its assent to three projects of law :- 1. That for regulating the excise on sugar. 2. That for making an extraordinary grant to the Benevolent Society. 3. That for transferring to the budget for 1846, cer tain sums granted for 1845 for the Mint. HAMBURG MAIL FROM THE GALICIA FRONTIER, MARCH 9.—The arrests in Poland and Galicia still continue. Count Potolucki and his family have just been taken by General Armes to Cf scow ; he is said to have been one of the most zealous adherents of the insurrection, and it is reported that on his estate of Bo brok, in the terntwry of Cracow, a lime-kiln was found, which was converted into a manufactory for arms, in which there was a considerable stock of weapons of every kind, with scythes and pikes. His request. to remain under the protection of Russia was refused, because this was only granted to those who delivered themselves up with arms in their hands, whereas those who came clandestinely into the country to seek for protection were given up to the military tribunal at Cracow. blaitcft 20.—The melancholy fruits of the insurrection, which, if not occasioned, was powerfully supported by the aristocracy and part of the clergy in Galicia, begin already to appear in all their frightful c ,irequences, according to the accounts from Rozeszow. The pea.sants come in hands to the tribunal of the Circle, and demand the reward of their heroic defence, as they call it,of the throne and the monarchy, Their modest requests are confined to the abolition of the Corvees, the division of the estates of the nobles who have been killed and taken prisoners, of which they claim the half, the abolition of the monopoly of salt and tobacco, and exemption from military services. It may be conceived with what astonishment the governor li-tened to these bold demands. It seems that this state of things has given occa sion to some precautionary - measures; for these last two days all courriers and diligences arrive at the frontiers with a military escort. We leave it to the statesmen of Aus tria to settle the question of this emancipation of the peasants, which would change the whole Austrian system of Govern ment. The most melancholy is, that it is now difficult to gain the confidence of the peasants. The priests and the nobles have no influence over them, and the officers of the Circles meet with no attention to their exhortations. The Bishop of Cracow has returned to his flock. GALICIAN FRONTIERS, MARCH 21.—The accounts from Galicia are more favourable. Tranquillity is restored. The organisation of the public authorities, in those places where the justice and police officers of the nobles had been broken up, proceeds with t, lerable rapidity; and it is hipped that the praiseworthy activity of the high imperial authorities will soon effect what is necessary. The country itself has of course sustained a severe shock, and years may pass before it entirely recovers, which is the more to be regretted, as Galicia has of late made considerable improvements. Thanks to the regulations of the Paris propagandi, which had forbidden its partisans to sell corn, that the revolution, at least immediately after it broke out, might not be in want it is not likely that there will be any great scarcity in the country, because large stores of pro visions have been discovered on most of the estates, and others are found every day. On the whole about fifty emis saries of foreign Polish committees have been partly killed and partly taken prisoners. The number of insurgents now subject to judicial inquiry may amount to 2,000 in Galicia alone, of whom the least guilty will probably be soon dismissed. On the whole, as the proceedings are concern ing facts and not plans of conspiracy, they will proceed rapidly, and probably be terminated in a few months. The roads are everywhere secure, and remittances of money are again forwarded by the Post-office to Galicia. The Prussian resident at Cracow has received instructions from Berlin to co-operate, to the utmost of its power, in the restoration of the Senate of Cracow.—Hamburg Papers, March 31. GEirtM AN PAPERS. BERNE, MARCH I 9.—The Council of the Constitution com pleted the order of the proceedings on the 18th of March. A Special committee of seven of its members will draw up the scheme of the new constitution, the Council in the mean while suspending its sittings. WESTERN PRUSSIA, MARCH 17.—Several of the Roman Catholics in this quarter having, either of their individual motion, or as active participators in the late conspiracy, been guilty of offending against the laws, although their flocks resisted their attempts to seduce them, the Bishops of their dioceses have intimated their indignation at this their unjustifiable conduct, and have earnestly admonished the clergy of their diocese to observe inviolably their duties as faithful subjects, and to call upon their flocks to adhere with fidelity to their allegiance. The Pope has also addressed the Bishop Kulon, expressing his grief at the disloyalty of the priests in question, •and direct ing the Bishop to admonish his clergy severely to abstain from prostituting their office to so disgraceful a purpose.; BADEN, MARCH 211.—The Grand Duke has directed. that a sum of 80,000 greddens, or about 1,4001., should be laid out in the purchase of seed potatoes, either within the Grand Duchy or in foreign parts, in order that they may be sold at a moderate price to the growers in that district where there is a dearth of them. The Agricultural Association has been charged with carrying this order into effect. Sr. PETERSBURGH, MARCrI 17.—1 t appears from a report of the Field Marshal the Prince of Warsaw, that the only Russian troops remaining in quarters at Cracow, are two battalions of light infantry, and 150 Cossacks of the line. A. long return is made of the time consumed by the several de tachments (ordered to Cracow, on news being received of the outbreak of the late insurrection) in moving from their respecti% ie states to the scene of the revolt, The artillery accomplished 146 miles in seven days, the distance from Warsaw to Cracow, 190 miles, in six days. LEMBURG, MARCH 13.—At seven o'clock this morning Wesezuivoki and E. Dembosski, the leaders of the late insurrection, were brought into this town in chains. The former is said to have headed the attack on the troops at Narioff on the night of the 21st of February, when two cadets were killled and two wounded. The Government had set a price of a thousand florins on each of these leaders heads. The reward in the case of Weseznivoki falls to the lot of two country men, who discovered him lying upon a haystack, and delivered him on suspicion to the district au thorities. He was disguised in a priest's garment, had cut off his whiskers and mustachios, and shaved his head behind. He said his n ame was Lepz,casski, and that he had fled out of Poland for the purpose of escaping persecution on account ofhis religion. It is expected that the capture of these chiefs will lead to important revelations with regard to whole conspiracy. AUGSBURGN, MARCH 24.—The parties who light the city of Stuttgart with gas have contracted to light this city also. It will he the first town. i3ADEN, MARCH 21.—As the Roman Catholic party, who form a majority of the population, decline to support the ministerial candidates at the present elections, and equally decline to coalece with the Radical party, it is almost certain that the Mini s t r y w ill b e b affled in the object which they had in view, when they advised the Grand Duke to dissolve the Chambers, and consequently a triumphbe is likely Liberal and Radical party begins ta . 5 likelv antici pated. In this case the Ministerial opposition ht bas beeeasla alllately pow d e i rf ss u o l h i , n o t . h e new . Leg . islature as g i th l at which insurrection having been PESTH, MARCH 18.—The Polish h i hn e olotf Galiciayi r s ° a Ep fsroomcotmbpislectoeunly country yt ceased,do.i not btu tr o n his ly family s those w _ l _ o a -n e s r dispatched su ca t an h n cmoonfafir march connected te with the suppressed wt are bearte returningntheneitherr e t rnoporttlhensecti Prince d q e u gs a rae r pee e ch . a The short-lived Dictator is de. revolutionary movement. eeg b r e e e e n of de l s ) t o i c t t u o t r e o o f f L e a n w e s rgi t L as . well b as capacity. Lim erg, and after anager of an estate; chance only threw the s wH c a r e i v b tlo e s d okw to atisi h e a m., Ni ephemeral dictatorship into . his hands. He harangued the populace once d . uring . his short sway, but was very active in wielding his pen and writing for the public journals. The populace took no notice of him when he rode abroad. His right hand man was Dewbasski, his secretary, an individual of considerable oratorical talents. BATTLE OF SOBRAON.— Mr. 011ivior, of Pall-mall has just published a lithographed plan of this battle, which clearly shows the respective positions of the British and Seikh forces during every portion of the glorious battle of the 10th of February, from the commencement of the attack to the final overthrow of the enemy. EXPLOSION OF A STEAM-BOILER AND DESTRUCTION OF A MANUFACTORY.—Two Lives LOST.—On Tuesday afternoon. at about half-past five o'clock, an awful explosion of a steam-boiler occurred at the machine-manufactory belonging to Mr. Samuel Rodgett,in Starkic-street, Salford, Blackburn, by which two persons were killed; one man had both legs broken, and several others seriously injured, the whole of the premises destroyed, and great part of a row of houses running by the side of the factory much damaged. The explosion was terrible in its force and effects. The boiler itself was driven front its place into the foundry, a distance of several yards. The reservoir or water tank, which hell about eighteen or twenty sq,atre feet of water, and was full at the time, was blown from over the boiler, to a distance of eight or ten yards, and one side knocked out. The whole premises, which were four stories high, were reduced to a heap of ruins. The bricks, &c., projected from the building by the force of the explosion, struck against the opposite houses in Starkie-street, and four or five of them presented the ap pearance of having been battered with cannon shots. There were about forty men at work on and off in the manufactory, and it was a providential circumstance that very few were on the premises at the time of the accident. The regular number of hands employed is from sixty to seventy. —Liverpool Mercury. LORD DUDLEY STUART. —We learn that a Thst Friends of Poland" have determined to give an entertainment to Lord Dudley Stuart. as a mark of their appreciation of his Lodship's unremitting zeal and advocacy of the rights of that dismembers nation, and that the banquet is to take place the second or third week in the twining month, at Willis's Rooms, at. JalllOS'9, "Viscount ziwpstla, m,r, has crariatgrtl tt wits% • RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (SATURDAY.) GROUP IL The Committee met to-day at twelve oclock, Lord Wors ley in the chair. WEST OF SCOTLANZ JUNCTION. After some conversation, itiwas arranged that, in abandon ing the junction with the Greenock and Polloc and Govan lines south of the Bridg -street station, the promoters of the West of Scotland Junction did not give up the small branch proposed to connect it with the Barrhead and ,Neil stun, and that opposition should he heard on that head. Mr. Gray, the deputy-chairman of the Clyde River Trust, was called, and was undergoing examination against the via duct proposed over the river, when Mr. HorE wished the promoters of the Bill to put in the exact plan of the bridge they intended constructing. They had spoken about two or three plans, and he wished to know which of them they selected, in order to regulate his exami nation of witnesses accordingly. It was announced that the promoters were prepared to take any of the plans that the Committee proposed; either that with seven piers detached from the present bridge, or one to abut on it; or else to cross above it, as explained by Mr. Miller. Atter some discussion on the point, the room was cleared. On our admission the CHAIRMAN intimated that the parties should confine themselves to one plan for crossing the river. Mr. ANDREWS then said the plan selected was viaduct. with the same n um b er o f arc Les and w i th continu ers. 1 Mr. Gray's exam i nat i on was then resumed, w deposed generally that he opposed the present scheme, because it would interfere with traffic of the streets„ while the crossing of the Clyde at the point proposed would drive the shipping down the river forty or fifty feet. The crossing would also damage Glasgow-bridge. _ The cross-examination of the witness did tli t elicit any particular point, and the Committee adjourned, at three o'clock, till Monday at twelve o'clock. GROUP XXI. LONDON AND OXFORD. The Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual hour; present, Mr. Finch (chairman), Mr. Lawson, Lord A. Hervey. and Mr. Wodehouse. The CHAIRMAN then gave the decision of the Committee with respect to the objection raised against the validity of the contract deed. He said the Committee were unani mously of opinion that the objection raised was invalid, and that they should, therefore, proceed with the investigation. Without menti on i ng the names of those they had consulte d' on the subject, he might say that they had obtained the opi' nions of persons whose authority on such questions was very great, and who were all of the same opinion. Mr. Humphrey Brown, general traffic manager of the Bit' mingham and Gloucester Railway, was then called to give eviiience with respect to the traffic which might be expected by the line. He taid he had had much experience in the management of traffic by railway and water conveyance, and was t'rmerly manag-r of a large carrying trade. Since the first formation of railways he had been actively engaged is making estimates of trtAc for lines now in operation. Thee°, estimates had been generally rea li se d. W as we ll acqua i nt ed with the district which the line would traverse. Had re' ported on the traffic of the Great Western Railway for 1 1 body of shareholders at Liverpool at the time it was dis; cussed whether the Great Western should be constructed on the broad gauge from Maident etd to Bristol. The re' venue which he anticipated would le derived from passenger s travelling various distances, estimated from those now ter yelling by public and private conveyances at 44,403/.145. 10(10 100 per cent. increase by the construction of a railwai, 44,403/. 14s. 10d. ; p assengers who now travel by the Gre s* Western 1 1 ,2511. 6s. Bd. Total revenue for passenger.trafP. 102,058/. 16s. 4d.; merchandise and agr i cu lt ura l p r oduce by road, 9,2411. 2s. 2d. ; minerals by road, 5781. 15s. 4d.; me t ' chandise which now came by Hereford, 12,5121. 10s.; total' 22,232/. 7s. 6d. Horses, cattle, sheep, and pig s ' 7,607!. 10s. 7d.; parcels, mails, dogs, hor ses . told carriages' 4,6091. 17e. Bd.; t o t a l for traffic, 136,6081. 12s. id.' out of which would have to be deducted 25,929/. 16s. 7 "' for tollage to the London and Birmingham Railway' 44,2711. 10s. 2d. for maintenance of roads, stations, locomotiv e ' power, and the general expenses of the line (40 per cent.it making a total of 70,201/. 6s. 9d., mid leaving a disposelsl balance of 55,407/. ss. 4d., or 7/. per cent. on the capital ('`, 990,000'., and leaving a surplus for contingencies ,_°: 3,407/. ss. 4d. By this line coals in the district would ‘ 7, reduced from 325. 6d. to 175., thus saving 15s. per ton. l'„% saving to the district in coals would be 155,000/. (Th e assents and dissents were handed in.) He then detailed tl,, saving of time and expense which would be effected, 1' ,7 having the use of the terminus of the London and Birmiog . ham Railway, over that of the Great Western. This evidence concluded the case on the part of the promoters Mr. TALBOT then proceeded to address the Committee to opposition to the p ro j ec t, i n b e h a lf o f t h e G rea t .Westerl Railway Company, and the landowners who had petitioof; against it, namely, Mr. Cox, Mr. Granville Prim, LS& Grenville, Lord Carrington, Sir John Dashwood King, Il e Wenman, Lord Abingdon, and the Colleges of Oxford. 0 said thejine was open to innume ra bl e o bj ect i ons: i t was 0 competing line with the Great We s t ern , an d ran, f or sixtee n miles of its route between three and four mil es o f it. "P'" promoters, in the event of the line not passing, would be is.; volved in ruin, and in ruin no less deplorable, if ~i t received their sanction, because it was obvi o us the it would not be constructed. but handed over to its compo l, t tors, the Great Western Railway, in which case it would I!_ ° , be made at all. Then it was akurl to say that the hilt, would he of advantage to the district, because it was F e .b evident that the Great Western offered every facility w 13 1 ,0 the whole district required. Then let the Committee bear i a mind the difficulties with which the Great Western had d i, contend in making their branch from Didcot t o 00 0 ' which was indisputably the best line of railway in the course try, and that it bad only been opened tore, lV , months; that the directors had had scarcely 0 1 1 6 to make all the a rrangemen t s necessary for affording 'is inhabitants of Oxford all the advantages of their line. i l what had the Gre a t Western gained ? A person mig re travel from Oxford t o L on d on f or 95., an d t h e fares 0,,'4 being gradually re d uce d, b ut i n the event of any. of 0 ;, passengers being withdrawn by a competing lire this s e es: tary insertion wo u ld b e f rus t rate d , an d t h ey would be olske. to increase their fares to k ee p u p th e revenue wh i ch the) ',I rived from a larger number of passengers. It v i d true the collegians o f O x f or d were originally opWeed to the Great Western, but the line was alte r t e and re-altered t o mee t t h e i r wishes, and at leng 1. they gave their assent t o it. H e should call Dr. Wince; e the late Vice-Chancellor o f O x f or d b e f ore them, in or der 0 show the feeling of the colleges with respect to the Gr t e a t Western and the proposed line. They h a d no secur ity t` s , the proposed line wouldgive greater facility for the trans"' 0 , sion of parcels at a cheaper rate than the Gr ea t West' . 0 for they might, and would, no doubt, c h arge th e hi g hest' ',.s .ir allowed by Act of Parliament. Wo u ld it th en h e e ither P i o or equitable to p ass a com p e ti ng li ne t o one so l a t e l y opent : l,9 ,o whose resources had not as yet. been fully developed and other instance of a few disappointed and envious persons ?- were t` 00 to adopt sindicti ve l eg i s l at i on b ecause a few persons, o f t ,J kind wanted a rail wa y t o th e i r d oors . If t h e Great Wester n 11 , 61 been guilty of all th e mi scon d uc t w hi c h h ad been attr ibut ; to it by the promoters of the London and Oxford, was it h id likely that. more than t w o p ersons , li v i ng at Oxford 310 have invested their capital in it ? Eith er a b uses di d o r , 0 1 not exist ; bat it was most evident from this that they ~ 0 0 not exist, and that the p r op ose d li ne was ti 'd required by the i n h a bit an t s o f O x f or d . Then t ell admitted that their line was a b a d o ne in engineering 'point of view. Then, again, this line eras of effect a snlntion of the gauge question. The absurdit?',oo this was evident when it was considered that the construc t ' . 4 of a nar row gauge li ne 'i n t o a b roa d gauge di s t r i c t 1 0 "„; make " confusion w o rse con f ou nded," and that the Gr:a Western was constructed on the broad gauge to Exeter, ' 0 proposed to be extended to Fishguard and Porthdynallelto South Wales. He was at a l oss t o k no w how the line " i o to save 155.000/. per annum. in the article of coals, wheo o ; the estimate furnished by Mr. Brown th e an° 16 of revenue for coals was set down at 578/. only s f was equally ridiculous to conceive that the whole j, the stations could be made for the sum proed namely, 22,000/. Then the whole district, instead of a r i c agricultural one, as stated, was a poor one, and thinly Po pulated, which he should prove by witnesses. Uxbridge: 0 instance, to which the G rea t W estern proposed to ms foot branch 2% miles in l eng t h, would be a mile nearer Len To than by the line proposed. Then let them look at the too,, they propos e d t o accommodate. In the list of places o ' o e eluded in th e i r l i st, he found places south of maidani,tere where th e G reat Western had a station, and Hanwell, no they also h a d a stat i on ; Hempstead and Harrow, to whicil. ce o London andßi rm i ng t am gave a :Tom se °dation ; andotherP ':01 the population of which they bad included in their list,:y which they proposed to accommodate, were intersected;e, the Great 'Western.- They proposed to carry coals to Th._s'7o but the lin e of the London and Birmingham to Aylesu i t i i lo and the proposed extension to Thame, would fully give _d accommodation. The assents were only 137, and from peP„, l a residing on sixteen miles of the line, whilst the dissents'ileo been received from persons residing within twenty-two "' vi sa of the line. Was it likely that the large landowners ~ 00. had petitioned against this line would have doe te e if it would bestow upon them all the advantages S I t iort No; they preferred to depend for railway comm a s o bo to a solvent Company instead of a project admitted t oe bad and inefficient, and proposed by parties of whinv, ire si knew nothing By the branches proposed from the t . js' Western to Henley-upon-Thames, to Wycombe and 0 , 0 0 bridge, no town of the slightest consequence would be > n k9+ than seven miles distant from a railway. Then, as to Ifs' the_ Great Western brought them from Bath to P bridge and other places. It' they granted this 11 0 `: e ti' would be a precedent to which all the commercial r„ t ieg tions presented to them were oppos e d, for P, l ti to to propose the construction of lines immediately paral7 o ll those now constructed in the same direction. He shoe' d si witnesses to prove that the soil at St o k e was not c ban : : stated by Mr Addison, who was hitherto unknowl:',,po o engineer, and whose evid ence t h ey must, therefore, I°°lli,iii with considerable cau ti on; h e had made no borings. Y;,00' i a soil fluctuatin g i n every acre, he felt perfectly 05'fro0 in saying that it was e i ther chalk or London clay, , d merely looking at b rea k s i n t h e eart h . H ow, t h en , c ow say with any con fid ence t h at he could safely fo flr ducts of an immense height in soil of which he meit t . l c oe e :, this, be ignorant ? Af ter some further observations, eluded by calling on the Committee not to pass the p 1 of the Bill. WYCOMBE BRANCH. f rely Mr. TALBOT then p rocee d e d t o s t a t e th e co urse o areo branch, which is proposed to be constructed fr o m the of; Western Railway, at Maidenhead to Wycombe. at 9 _," jlt: pense of 134,633/. It would be nine miles, five furlong s ' Or seven chains in length, and would pass tbrouguoilea towns of Woburn and Cookham, would he three ,6e o from Great Marlow, two-and-a-half miles from Beacon from six miles from Monks Risborough, eight miles The Princes Risborough, and seven from Amtrsbera• b re°, town of High Wycombe was situ a ted on th e o ld coat f between London and Oxford, and before the opening fic !A Great Western Railway possessed a consid era ble t ll i i' 4 , coaches, waggons, and posting the l o ss o f w hi c h bad serious injury to its trade and market, an d grea t depreeer in the value of property. The m anu f acture o f P3Pe„r tiefo chairs, and a trade in corn, g ra i n , an d fl our , 113 V; 1" carried on in the town t o a cons id era bl e exte n t ' stream upon which it is situate turning , ` o 4li, c . one mills in the i mme di a t e ne i g hb our h oo d, o f nineteen are paper mills, and the remainder core cal ; These trades have necessarily suffered from the Bk.°, final' the manufacturers being unable to compete with th 6l ` &e l ; at other plac es , w h o possess the advantages of railw'',.,`,oo, munication, and are unable to undersell them in ti , e4 coy, market. For want of the means of transit.otwue6 mills are only worked to half their P Ito 1/"0 though the district affords abundant surP, , et , duce. which, if a railway were establishea _ 0 1; ~ Tbehisgr l o in u e nd wet i a n d aee toflo a i m ir a , o a d e a d t e aelrli the vicinity of the line, would offer the same or b triA li a mun i c ation than the London and Oxford, and a t v 19. st th t e o l a the rg e London mark t_teo : 106 1 ?.: ever expense compared to it. He therefore trusted that made out a good case in its support. The Committee then adjourned until Monday- His Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Sa: • :_ ingen, honoured the Italian Opera-house with bis,r - ,; .ItAirclay vytaing. • THE SUN., LONDON, MONDAY M'ORNING, APRIL 6, _1846.