The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-24 00:00:00

ROY IL MARIONETTE THEAT RE , ADELAIDE-STREET, WEST STRAND. Continued Success—Now Pieces. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, Introductory ADDRESS, by Mr. Albany Brown. After which, a new scene of Apropos, entitled the MA_NAGER'S ROOM, with Songs by Signora Barbiere Alleni and Mr. Semi Breve. With THE SWISS COTTAGE. To be followed by a new and original Farce , in one act, written expressly for the Marionettes, by Hugo Vamp Esq., called WHOSE WIFE IS SHE ? To conclude with the Neapolitan grotesque Divertissement of ARLECHINO FORTUN. ATO, with the Frolics of Saltarello and Pierrot. A Morning Performance on Saturday next. Doors open at Half past Two, and commence at Three o'clock. In the coarse of each Representation, a selection of Music will Le performed, including the Royal Marionette Quadrilles, by M. Bosislo, end the Royal Marionette Polka, by Mr. T. Browne, composed ex pressly for this Theatre. In active pr:paration, an entirely ne w version of the Grand Eastern Spectacle of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, which will shortly be produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. TUE A.TRE. ROYAL, HAYifARrET. - Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENING, Will be presented a new Opera entitled WHITE MAGIC. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. W. llarrison, Weiss, Misses Pyre, and Louisa Pyne. To conclude with MONEY. THEATRid ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee, 3tr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS F.YE.NING. Will be presented the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colonel Hardy, Mr. Emery ; Paul Pl 7. Mr. Wright ; Grasp. Mr. 0. Smith ; Mr. Wallis, Mr. Worrell ; Phcebe, Miss Woolgar ; Eliza, Miss L, Honey. After which, OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES. To conclude with THE IRISH LION. Tim Moore, Mr. H. Bed ford. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EFENLNO, Will be performed Siiakespere's Historical Play of KENO JOHN. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Ryder, Addison, Meadows, T. Vining, C. Fisher, Graham, F. Cooke, Everett; Stan ton, Cathcart, and Wheatleigh ; Miss Phillips, Miss Robertson, Miss Murray, Miss Kate Terry, Mrs. Dzly, and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with PAULINE. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. tinder the Management of Madame Vestria. Last Week before Easter, THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal characters by Meagre. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, R. Roxby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C. Horn, and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with A new and original Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled THE PRINCE OF HAPPY LAND ; or, The Fawn in the Forest. Characters by Madame Vestris, Miss The Fawn Miss Lanza, Miss Martindale, Miss Grove, Miss Ellis, Miss Rosins Wright, Messrs. F. Matthews, B. Baker, Suter, Horncastle, Batler, and /anion. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. warren. THIS EVENDTG. Will be performed HEARTS ARE TRUMPii. After which MATRIMONIAL, &c., &c., in which Messrs. Comp ton, Shalders, G. Cooke, Mesdames Phillips and Bartlett will appear. To be followed by BLACK EYED SUSAN. To conclude with KATHLEEN; or, The Reapers. PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THElers.r... Lessee. Mt. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool. Immense attraction of the Ragged School, and Behind the icenes. Received each Evening with g reat applause. THIS EVENING. Will be performed MATRIMONIAL PROSPECTUSES. Messrs, Walter Lacy, Attwood ; Mrs. Selby, Misses Sanders, and Alaskell. After which, THE RAGGED SCHOOL. Characters by Messrs, Rogers. Attwood, Hudspeth ; Aliases Sanders and Maskell. To be followed by GONE TO TEXAS. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Romer, Robertson ; and Mrs. W. R. Copeland. To conclude with BEHIND THE SCENES. Messrs. Rogers, Robertson, Romer, Att wood, Huditpeth, Maskell ; Mrs. Selby, and Miss Maskell. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. A.:3 ILLY'S IV) YAL YHITILEATRE. Under thePaU'onage of her Majesty and hie Royal Highneal Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre in London. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Grand Spectacle, entitled TANCRED er. The Triumph of the Crusaders. From the pen of J. Kingdom, Esq., which has been some months in preparation, and in the pro• (Suction of which neither cost nor pains have been spared. To be followed by patty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. To conclude with a Laughable t arce. Tickets to Ca bad at the Box-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager. Mr. T. Thompson. - HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tis DAT —Morning 5 min. after 4 I Evening 20 min after 4 To-Molaow—Morning 34 rain. after 4 I Evening 47 min after 4 THE WEATHER.—Strs OFFICE, MAnca 24. THataisosth - rss, Ii THE bILADS. 56—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day, at nooc. BasordirrEn, 29.93. WSW variable from S.E. to S. Morning, thick fog; Noon, sunshine; Afternoon, hazy. DAILY WEATHER T. -- State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. Flearums—Wind E.S.E., light airs—cloudless. SournemyroN— Wind S.W., gentle breeze—foggy. ForJrkszolcp.—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. Tuxenmos.—Wind E., calm—cloudless. GREENWICH—Wind S.S.E., light airs—line. STROOD —Wind S.W., calm—cloudless. COLCHESTER—W ind S.E., calm—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—W ind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. Yinmotrris—Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock LEIGHTON —W in d S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BTRMIN G HAM W ind S.E , calm—partially cloudy. IlormixAD—Wind S, strong breeze - rain. LexcasTEß—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. ind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. DARLD:GTON-WindS , strong breeze—overcast. Sang—Wind S.E., gentle breez::—rain. BaarrocK—Wind S.. gentle breeze—overcast. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 in. on every day except Saturday ; the mean of Monday was 30 . 310 in., the highest in the week. The mean of the week was 30.172 in. The mean temperature of the week was 40 . 5°, which is 1.7° below tha average cf the same week in ten years. The wind was generally in the north-east. .... i JaA“...% l '• - A, f,i--t,. r.e) W—N 4 s.'l' %-t • 41' . - iy; l ' t. 5 4,. ~.., ,w. ........ 0t. ' , ..c1imi ," ; :4 - ' f tl; " I '\ '' ,. - t" if ~ ...t .. '. 7: X 6 '-• ?, s- 7 . 111 11,„ ,*k... ' . c o , ..- , ..o**A"' ~,, ~ 7,, -.. ~. :,_ , __,.'7, ; eiw,. 4 . —lO-.. -- I t , ~ ,,,. ..5.07.- ~ , Pitiiii‘ t " . ; ,, - ~... —4.1.: , ! . : , ;41 [mina tWuz 6710-.. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1852 We inveighed yesterday against the rashness of al lowing any mistaken economy in the Naval Estimates to degenerate into niggardliness. Such has all along been to us matter fcr very serious solicitude in the midst of our unaffected anxiety to witness a rea sonable diminution in the amount of our annual expenditure. We have dreaded lest the more en thusiastic advocates of this decrease should, through what we could not but regard as a very dangerous solicitude, exert themselves to bring about reductions, in reference to the maritime service of England, such as must necessarily prove, in the end, most disastrous, if it were not ultimately found to be absolutely irre trievable. Instead of enervating the defensive power o f the empire in this particular, we would see it, on the contr2TY , h t ?roughly r e - organized, and very con siderably re-invigorated. so far from consenting to without protest a n ywitaess such ill-judged and re trenchment, we h ate , perilous e_en lon g i n readi ness'is regard to the management of the to evince , o f Great Britain, a preference Royal Navy expenditure that might munificence of be designated by some as extravagant. Rather than Bee the force upon which our very existence,as an insular power, is mainly dependent , we should be will' advocates of economy though we are — t o countenance a disbursement of an almost prodigal description. It - consequently with regret that we observe the argument s of this very mistaken system o f retrenchment put forward not only in the House of Commons, but subsequently in the columns of a morning Contem porary, by the Hon. Gentleman the repre sen t a tive of Tavistock. It would appear that Mr. T Y is desirous that no misapprehension whatever should be entertained as to what he really observed in the popu lar branch of the Legislature, insomuch that he appeals to the Times to repeat yet more explicitly what might not be sufficiently comprehensible in the pages of Hansard—he invokes the aid of Journal ism to render yet more clear the records made by the short-hand writers of Parliament. Hence the letter published elsewhere in our columns of this evening, in which the Member for Tavistock en deavours to show that another million and-a-half might be spared to the nation from the Naval Esti mates, already reduced since 1847 by 2,000,000/.ster ling l Seeing that the moneys were on Monday night actually voted, it certainly appears to us rather ill timed and superfluous to demonstrate that 4,000,0001. would be ample for the annual support of the mari time department, in lieu of the 5 700,000/. virtually accorded to the Admiralty within the last forty-eight hours by the Rouse of Commons for the ensuing t w elve months. A better employm ent of the munificent sums granted to the Royal Navy of England ili, of have co urse, 13 w e again and again in sisted, requisite. But a whole , .ale re duction of those dutie3 to th e tune of another 1,500 0001., we are by no me ans prepared to regard as desirable. When the Member for Tavistock ob serves that, with nearly this very amount of 1,600,000/. annually expended upon the two items of Wages for artificers and materials for ship-b u ildi ng, , we should have much larger supplies of efficient men of war than are Actually at 0 213 Wile i n our possenio, he expresses an opinion in every respect coincident with the views we ourselves have for a considerable time past entertained. Ac cording to the well-known estimate, we should be enabled to secure to the country new ships of war at the rate of 1,0001. per gun, yet such has hitherto proved by no means an accurate calculation. Had it done so, we should now, in truth, have collected together during the last 37 years of peace, no less than 370 such vessels—as Mr. THELAWNY has him self intimated—the ordinary duration of these vessels extending over a period longer than the interval from the present moment to the battle of Waterloo. When, however, the Member for Tavistock, in con tinuation of his argumentin favour of retrenchment in our naval expenditure, contends that for 40,000 seamen, an annual outlay of 2,000,000/. ought at the very out side to be sufficient " on the ground that able seamen can be obtained for 11. a week to find themselves," he is himself guilty of an extravagance yet greater than the very extravagance complained of by him in the disbursement of 5,700,000/. in our Naval Estimates. The suggestion we cannot but regard as one alto gether derogatory to the national character, revealing, as it does, that very tendency to niggardliness against which we have protested as unbecoming the wealth and dignity of the empire, and as calculated in a particular manner to prove injurious to our maritime interests. Fancy the House of Commons resolving that the sailors of England should be secured at the rate of 11. a-week, on the understanding that they were "to find themselves !" Away with these little quibbles of parsimony, away with them Let us re-organize the administration of naval affairs by the Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty, if we will. Let us see that the moneys granted by the nation for the maritime service are expended without folly and without prodigality. Let us so arrange matters for the future in regard to the manning of our vessels of war, in re gard to our building :of ships, in regard to the management of our dockyards, in regard to provisions, and medicine stores, and all the other items in our maritime expenditure, so that not a thousand, or a hundred, or ten, or even a single pound shall be squandered without the return of some compensative advantage. But do not, in con sideration of the glory of our navy, and in considera tion of the wealth of our empire, and in considera tion of the national credit, and the popular munifi cence of Great Britain, do not be grinding down the tars of England with an economy less befitting the generous hands of JOHN BULL than the miserly clutches of JOHN ELWES ! It was a fundamental principle observed both in Courts of Equity and COmmon Law, that " wills should be construed liberally, and deeds strictly." Certain legal forms should be observed in the latter, but the sole object of the judges in adjudicating upon the former was to ascertain the intention of the testator, which, so far as practicable, in every instance was carried into execution. There were abundant reasons for this wise and salutary distinction. Deeds were supposed to be solemn instruments, framed with the utmost care and deliberation, the enacting parties having the benefit of adequate legal advice. It was not considered desirable that they should be di vested of the formalities essential to their efficiency, or that any undue facilities should be given to the execution thereof. It was rightly considered that great security against fraud was afforded by the stringent rules of interpretation, which rendered professional assistance almost indispensable. Had it been other wise, the business of the tribunals, more especially of the Courts of Equity, would be greatly increased by proceedings instituted for the purpose of setting aside deeds improperly obtained, or executed under an erroneous impression of their effect and operation. But it was otherwise with respect to testamentary dispositions. Although every prudent man should prepare himself for the event that sooner or later must occur to all without exception—although he should have his affairs so arranged that his wishes and intentions should be carried into effect, no matter how sudden might be the final summons, even though it should arrive while he was in the possession of physical and intellectual vigour, in the full enjoy ment of mental and bodily health—a large proportion of persons were in the habit of postponing the execu tion of their wills. There were various reasons for this dangerous omission. Some merely indulged in habits of procrastination. They would give instruc tions for their wills, to-morrow or next day, but there was surely no hurry. They were never better, and might look forward to many years during which circumstances might change, so as to occasion the necessity for various alteration=, codicils, &c. There could, therefore, be no harm in a little delay, but they would take care that everything was done before any necessity should arise. Others might pause from real uncertainty as to how they would wish to bequeath their property, being too much busied in acquiring fortunes to think seriously of the ultimate disposition. Some avoid the small pecuniary outlay incident to the prepara tion of their wills, while the great majority are in fluenced by the dislike to think seriously on so unpleasant a subject, and perhaps a superstitious feeling secretly indulged in. The result in every , case is the same. It was only when the emer gency actually arose that the omission was felt. But professional advice or assistance could not then be obtained. It was therefore essential in such cases to dispense with all formalities, to look only to the substance, and to give effect to the intention of the testator whenever it could be fairly arrived at, adopting only such precautions as might be deemed essential for the prevention of fraud. Such was the case until the Statute of Wills (1 Vic., cap. 26), which came into operation on the Ist day of January, 1838, and by which certain formalities were rendered necessary in the execution and attestation of wills. The principal features of the new law were, that every will should be in writing, signed at the end sr foot thereof by the testator, in the presence of two or more persons, who should, in the presence of the tes tator, affix their names as witnesses. It has, however, been found that some one or more of these compara tively trifling points are but too frequently dispensed with, so that will; which could not be impeached on any other ground become inoperative. Many Learned Judges have expressed their deep regret at being compelled to disregard the clear and unequivocal ex pression of the testator's wishes on some merely tech nical difficulty by which the objects of their bounty were reduced from a state of comparative affluence and comfort to poverty and destitution. Persons of even the highest rank were not exempted from these mistakes, and we believe that her late Majesty Queen ADELAIDE was included among the number. The LORD CHANCELLOR has introduced a Bill to r emedy these acknowledged evils, which last night received the a second reading in House of Lords. The nobl e and Learned Lord directs attention to three P o i nts which require amendment, and we can scarcely „ iv of opinion that there can be any dif ferenceor either of t n he as to the propriety of any LEozi,. : the signature of the tes tator. first and most important topic relatest. de_esnd_enies that the execution "the rule of law, tator. Lord ST. that . if the signa tureshould in that respect s and not on the rule of pp s a p lga s P ee c e e d , t :' an was should of giving authority of his some ha h lf er ob e re tof e o ff re ec be affixed with the boniifi ao d und e. validity to the Idvoceuhmaeynet,thiet tu con sidered l, quarter of aanithinocuhghloiwtemr iognhtthbee correct. Lord ship for the assertion that upon the construc tion that the name should immediately follow the disposition " hundreds of wills have been held invalid, and misery and wretchedness h ave found their way to hearths where wealth, and p eace, and comfort, ought to have bad their habitation." The principle appears indisputable that "a will should be considered valid and sacred where the form only is impeached, and the substance is not objected to." We trust, then, that the most inveterate advocate for an early dissolution will acknowledge the propriety of the most speedy remedy practicable, and give every possible facility to the passing of the measure of the Bill during the present session. The other points relate merely to the attestation, and although there are not by any means so many cases of invalidated wills in consequence of the existing rules as of that relating to the signature, they are no less objectionable in point of principle, and equally require amendment. For instance, the signature must be made or acknowledged in the pro sence of the witnesses, and if a man, desirous of con cealing the provisions of his will from the inquisitive scrutiny of the only eligible persons whose attesta tions he might be enabled to obtain, should chance to turn down his signature with the other portion of the will, the whole would be vitiated. It is now proposed that it shall be sufficient if the will itself is acknowledged by the testator in the presence of the witnesses, and also that the attestation may be affixed, when the witnesses without fraud, and as part of the same transactions, and without leaving the house, sign their names, although not within the sight of the testator. This is the first of the legal reforms introduced by the LORD CHANCELLOR, and we believe that all will acknowledge its propriety. It affords a favourable augury of future proceedings on this very important subject. The vulgar adage bath it, that " It is easy to find a stick to beat a dog." Prejudiced judges, whose minds are previously made up, will easily assign reasons for the decisions which they may deliver, although from the very beginning these decisions were little better than " foregone conclusions." From the first we had but little hope from the ap pointment of the Treasury Commission of Inquiry into the the cost and applicability of the Crystal Palace, unless there was a vigorous pressure from without, combined with strong and energetic de monstrations within the walls of Parliament. There was a too manifest disposition to get rid of that magnificent structure, to convert what should be the honour of the country into a national disgrace, by its being made the object of an act of Vandalism un paralleled among civilized nations in modern years. The people, however, remained apathetic, while the stirring events in Parliament and the an ticipated dissolution have prevented the energetic efforts being made which could alone preserve that magnificent structure to the community. There is, however, yet time for combined and strenuous exertions, and the designer and constructors of the building are willing to afford every opportunity to the people to give expression to their sentiments. On Monday we inserted the letter of Messrs. Fox and HesinExsoN, containing an invitation to all corners to visit the building gratuitously during the present week, so that they may be enabled to form a just estimate of its capabilities, and also of the conduct of those who insist upon its destruction. We now earnestly in vite attention to the letter of Sir JOSEPH Pa vror.r, which will be found in another part of this day's impression, and which throws considerable light on the animus of the Commissioners, who, in their report, only adverted to a single detached sentence, the meaning of which they totally misunderstood— a .misconception, probably arising from the omission of affording him an opportunity of making verbal corrections in the printed evidence. _ We be- lieve that there are but few disinterested persons who will not coincide in the opinion that the destruction of the building would be a wanton sacrifice of property," which should not be sanctioned under any circumstances, but most certainly not under erroneous—we shall not say false representations of the evidence of Sir JosErs PAXTON. Let, then, the people speak out boldly and unequivocally, so that the voice of public opinion may be heard within the walls of Parliament, and let some of our representa tives insist on the matter being calmly discussed, so that the opinion of the Legislature may be fairly ascertained. We venture to assure those who may make them• selves active on the subject that their chances of re election will not be diminished thereby, and that such conduct will be anything but displeasing to their re spective constituencies. THE SUN, LONDON, LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY LONDON, MARCH 24.—Wind this day at noon N.E., light breeze and fine clear weather. ALICANTE, MAROH 15.—The Occidenton (Swedish ship), and Flora (Russian ship), are on shore near Tor revieger ; the latter is expected off. SUNDERLAND, MARCIE 23.—Wind S.E.—Sld. Bower, Boston, U.S. LIARTLEPOOL.—SId. Graafstrom, Wakefield, South Australia. _ _ _ HULL, MARCU 23.—Wind W.—Sld. Anne, Davie's Straits. _ DEAL, MARCH 23.—Wind Westerly ; 7.M., a calm.— Arrd. from the River and sld. Sultana, Cape Coast Castle; Jane, Dominica; Penelope, St. Lucia; Jenny Lind, Newfoundl)nd. F THE SOUTH FORELAND.—Rebccea, New York, for Bremen. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Wind S.S.E., light.—Sid. Her llijesl's steamer Polyphemus, Plymouth and Coast of Africa. _ . LIVERPOOL, MARCH 22 —Wind N. to S.S E.—Arrd. Robert Barbour, Calcutta; De Witt Clinton, New York. Std. Caronata, Calcutt; Mahtoree, Table Bay; Jenny , Lind, Rio Janeiro; Joseph Walker, New York; An drew Foster, ditto; Catharine, Quebec; America, Mon treal; City of Manchester, ditto; Britannia, ditto; St. Lawrence, ditto. Off port, Beej3pore and New World. The Sumpter, Wilmington to this port, was on shors March 4, but gas expected P LYMO UTH, MARCH 23. Wind E. Sld. Emma o n ff ea n r e S x m t i ti t d h e. evlle Bar, N.C., Eugenia, Portland Bay. OFF SCILLY, MARCH 22.—Wind S., very thick.— Gothe, Richmond, for Bremen. FALMOUTH.—SId. Tay, Honduras. SWANSEA, MARCH 23.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Schilde, llocz ENnug E-KosbTgowN, m ;Minna . Cuba. RCH 22.—Wind S., thick.—Arrd. Berwick Castle, Valparaiso. Put back, Zephyr, for Bar badoes. CHOOKHATEN.—Arrd. Dolphin, Buenos Ayres, and not :he Peter Juhl, as before reported. BELFAST, MARCH 23.—The Reynard, which was taken into Donaghadee, derelict, 19th inst., has been towed up here; the cargo is entirely damaged. WARRENPLINT, MARCH 23.—The Bret ze, TTOOEL to Newport, has put in here leaky. MALAGA, MARCH 14.—The Signet and Ranger, were driven on shore at Vera Cruz during a severe gale; crew saved. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY. Notwithstanding that the supply of English Wheat on sale in to-day's market was very limited, the demand for all descriptions, owing to the thin attendance of buyers, was in a depressed state, at about Monday's prices. Nearly the whole of the country markets held yesterday were lower, for both Wheat and Barley. The show of Foreign Wheat was again moderate; neverthe less, the amount of business doing in that article was trifling, at barely late currencies. Floating cargoes were in fair request chiefly for Holland. Fine Malting Barley realised full quotations; but grinding and distilling sorts, including Malt, commanded very little attention. We were scantily supplied with Oats, for which the inquiry was tolerably firm, at full prices. Beans, Peas, and Indian-corn were dull, and almost nominal. Flour moved off heavily, yet, as an advance of three francs per sack has taken place in the quotations in Paris, holders refused to submit to lower prices. 3 ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Oats. Flour. •••••••.1 Ql l . Qrs. Qrs. Sacks. 440 691 l 0 360 8,100 720 Wheat. Qrs. English •• •• 1,020 Irish •• •• •• •• foreign • • I 1,390 Barley. I Malt. BOROUGH HOP D149.R.8117. Our market is very scantily supplied with most kinds of Hops, yet the demand is in a sluggish state, at las week's prices. 'O7IIITECHAPEL. The general demand was heavy, and late rates were with difficulty supported. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Veal, 3a 4d to 45 4d; Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY. William Henry .Boredam was placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged with being drunk and making a disturbance at Sadler's Wells Theatre, and also with assaulting the constable. Mr. Reynolds, the constable at the theatre, stated that last night the prisoner, in company with some others, went to the boxes of the theatre, and being drunk, shortly after their entrance, began to make a disturbance. Upon being remonstrated with the prisoner refused to desist, and he therefore proceeded to eject him, when the prisoner became very violent, and struck at him several times. In the course of the struggle the prisoner tore the prosecutor's coat across the arm, and inflicted other injuries. There were several other persons present who witnessed the assault, and who also complained of the prisoner's conduct. Had it not been that there was a benefit at the theatre, the prisoner and his party would not have been admitted. Other evidence having been given, fia.mv ri eo 'h us e hnit p ug rojr, the s i a son erin defence, said he was very sorry , and that_ noshing of the kind should occur again. Mr. C ORRIE said he must protect the officers of this well- con d ucted theatre, and fined the defendant the damage d d r o u n n e k t . o the officer's coat, and also for b eing WORCESTER CATHEDRAL,—The numerous little spires which on ce gave a have now all toen taken d own except one, and that is a l so to They be removed shortly: peculiar character to our Cathedral had become so dilapidated as to rock to and fro, and threaten irnirnnent danger to the struc ture beneath. We believe it is the intention of the Dean and Chapter, if not to replace the Spires (which, probably, formed no part of the present Cathedral as it at first stood), at least to supply their places by such terminations as may be consistent with the style of the architecture (chiefly Early Euglizb) , -.- Worcestfr Chi °nick, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1852. THE SHARE MARKETS BRITISH HjsaywAyg. Paid. Nominal Prioes. tsusincse dor to-day. pAgue Fria ........... 1 % - 1 2% • ss • Railways, Paid. Nominal Prices. to- Bust ieday. done Anglo Californian .... 103. -% p 14 Asturian a-- 34 - if Aberdeen.. .. •• •• all 13% to 13% 1 3 % % % Australian Freekold •• •• all -34 dis. Amborgate, Nottingham, Ave Maria ... ••••• • • • I %di' - par Boston, &E. Juncion 8 34 6 - 6 34 6 34 5% Blaenarvon Iron & Coal all . -.. Binning., Wolverhamp., British Australian Gold 1 % die - 4 die and Stour Valley .• • all 9% -10 British 1r0n.... •••• • . • • 131.5 e. .. - • Blrkenh., Lan., & Cheek Brazilian Imp. (Is. Si.!.) 24% 1% - 2 1 14 34 June., late 331.65. 841.. 26 1234 -11341. x.d Do. Cocaes and Cniaba all 13( -1% Do. Cheat. & Blrkenhd., Do. St. John del Roy.. 15 28 - 2934 601. &251. Consolidated all 16 -17 x.d Cobro Copper ...... .• . 40 30 -31 Do., d0.,201. .. .. .. 17% .. -.. tbs. Copiapo .. --• .... •• • 14 4 - 5 Bristol and Exeter • • •• 100 90 -91 90 Eng. &Auatralian Copper 5 34- 4p 5% Caledonian • • • • • • 60 18% - 1934 x.d 19 18% %x.d General •••• • • • - 10 34 Chester and Holyhead .. all 2136 -22 21% 22 % Gold Mountain .• -.. • • 1 .1. 36 - % p 1 34 Dublin and Belfast Junet. 45 17 -15 4. x.d Great Polgooth ...• .... all 1% -1% p Dundalk and Eaniskillen an .. -.. Mexican& S. American I 9 334 - 4 Dandee, Perth, suad Aber- Nouveau Monde ...... • •... 1 %-34 p 1 % % leen Junction .. •• all 634 - 7 Santiago do Cuba .... 10% 6 - 7 Do.. New .. .. .. an .. -.. Tin Croft .. .•• • - .... •• ' 7 10 -11 East Anglian (251. L. & United Mexican.. -..- all 254 - 234 E. and L. & D.) •• .. all 434 -4% 41 4 West Mariposa .. • • .... 1 %dis. - par Do, (181. E. & H.) .. all 3 - 334 3% Eastern Counties .. .. 20 9%, -1 , 3 a 9 % 34 %34 Carson's Creek, 1% %. Eastern Union, class A, .70INT 15TOC8 13.6-MILS late E. U. shares - an 7 .... 734 734 % % Anetralaila .... •• • • .... all 33 - 39% 353( 34 Do. do. do. .. 6 • • -• • British North America.. 50 4734 -49 Do. de., B& C shares all 4% -54 5 54 54% Colonial .............. 25 11% -123 y East Lancashire •• .. all 173 e - 17% 17 3( 34 Commercial of London.. 20 24 - 254 D.. New quarters .. an .. -.. London Joint Stock .... 16 18% - 17% East & West Ind ia Docks London and Westminster 20 29% -30 and Birm. June. .. an 49 -50 National Provincial Eng. 35 .. -.. East & West York. June. , all .. -•• Do. New ............ 10 .• -• • Edinburgh and Glasgow 60 28 -29 x.d 2334 x.d National of Ireland .. - 2234 17% -17 &in., Perth, and Dundee 28 5 - 5 % 5% 0 ontal Bank Corporat. all 30 - 3134 x.d' 3234 x.d Glasg.; w and South-West. 100 .. -• • [a,d Pr o v i nc i a l of Ireland.... 25 4234 - 43% Great Northern •• ••1 all 19% - 20% x.d 19% 20 Do. New .. -• • ...... all 15% - 16% I Do. halves, A. deferred all 63q -6% 6 % X Union of Australia .. •• all 35 - 36% ' 3634 Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. all 14% - 1434 x.d 14% 34 34 x.d DO. Now •• • - 334 Great &ahem and Union of London - 1 5 34 I Western, Ireland • • all 36 -37 x.d 37 3634 Union of Madrid ••-- - all - - - Great Western .. •• 100 89 - 8934 89 88% 89 341 MISCELLANEOUS. Lancaster and Carlisle .. all 77 -80 x.d Canada •• ..•• •• - - - 4934 , Do. thirds •• •• •. 11 13 4 534 - 9%p x.d P Kastern Steam Lancashire and Yorkshire 100 72% -73% x.d 73 72% 7334 Gen. Steam Navigation l4 2734 -28% 2534 x.d Do. quarter stares .. all • • -.. [72% x.d Penin. & Oriental Steam. all 80 -81 Do. fifths .. . .. 13 6% - 6 d. Ditto ditto 10 .. -.. 27 Do. West Riding Union 114 4% - 434 d. x.d Royal Mail Steam .. • • - 80% Leeds Northern .. .. au 16 % _ 11 % 17 Liverpool, Crosby, and MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS Southport .. .. • • 17% • • -• • London and Blackwell .. all 7% -- 7X 7% CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. London, Brighton, and The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were eat South Coast .. .. 100 98 -99 98 34 London and N.-Western 100 12434 -125 124 9434 123 % mated at 5,000 bales, all to the trade. The mark , Do. do. quarters .. 22 a -64 p. 2734 27 closed heavily with prices as compared with Friday Do. fifths .. .. .. 12 3% -4% p. 15% rates, Brazil id. higher, American at at Do. 101. sh., M. &B (c ) 1 1% -2% p. 3 34 3 under sd. were 1-16 d. in favour of buyer London and 8.-Westera . 100 8734 - 8834 88 87% Do. new 501. .. .. 4234 6% -51( de. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 3 ! Do. new 401. . .. 34 b% - 5 dis. Pernam and Maranham at Sid. to 6 fd., 20 Ba hi a 1 Manchester, Buxtos;, and -. 6d., 100 Egyptian at 6id. to Bd., 500 Surat at W. ' Matlock • • •• • • all 3 - 334 x.d' 234 Manchester, Sheffield, & 4d., and 40 Sea Inland at Is. lid. to Is. 54d. per lb.—] Lincolnshire :.. _ 100 3434 -35 3 4 34 34 % Railway Shares a good business was done at high Do. Manchester • and prices. 'Lincoln Union .. 4 2 0 3%'- 2% die. Midland .. .. .. ~100 63% - 64% 62% 64 63%:: The state of the London Dried Fruit trade is thi Do. Birmiag & Derby 100 32 -34 34 33 described by Messrs. Witherby and Hanson:- Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) 4734 .• -• • " Our clearances of Currants are an indication of eOl Newcastle and Carlisle.. all .• -• • siderable sales, to effect which the holders have be( De. quarter shares - all • • -• • Newmarket .. .. _ an 7% -8% obliged to submit to a further reduction in price. TI Newport, Abergaveany, business has been limited for the most part to Upp and Hereford .. .. 10 5% -4% dis. Gulph and low quality, fine and good fruit being scare ' Ncrfolk - '• •• •• too rt —35 35 3434 Do. New 201. shares.. 16 11 -10 dis. or, if offered for sale, not finding an adequate price. Northern Counties Union 334 3 34 - a dis. " Notwithstanding the late extensive shipments of c ' North British.. .. .. 25 7% - 8 7 % 8 7% % fruit from this part to the continent, and the fact . North Devon .. .. - 11 8 - 7 dis. ' North Staffordshire .. 17% 834 - 7 % dls• 9 % 3i several direct cargoes of Island Fruit being I North-Western .. .. 19 .. -• • ola• -- the way thither, there is still a good inquiry from HI North & Sth.-West.Junc. 334 % --. 1 P land, where several cargoes of Island and g ood Patr i Oxford, Worcester and were purchased last week, not so much for immedis . Wolverhampton.. .. all 1534 - 18 17% ' Scottish Ceatral .. .. 25 15% -1 6 15% resale and consumption as for investment by capitalis , Scottish Midland .. .. all 9% - 10% x.d 10 i: whose attention has been called to the extraordina Do. new .. .. .. all • • -• • low price of the articles. The decline in Currants Eihrews.&Birm., Class A all • 7% - 734 73( x.d this market since the commencement of the press , Do. Clam 8.. .. .. all 5% -5% 634 Shrews. & Hereford.. Old 7 4 - 3 dia. season has been about 20 to 95 per cent. on the lo 1 Shrewsbury and Cheater price, but as our Customs' duty now constitutes one h (Nor. W. Min.) .. - all 14 -16 or more of that price, this decline is equivalent to • Do. Halves .. .. .. an 7 - 8 I Do. Oswestry .. ~ all 10 -12 1134 per cent., and in some instances 60 per cent., upon t Shropshire Union .. .. 634 314 - 2 % d• 356 original cost price in Greece." I Do., A, B, C, &D, fully Messrs. Schroder and Mummy's Circular, dated N paid up at per cent .. - .. -• • I South Deven .. .. .. all 16% - 17% x.n x.n Orleans, February 28, and published by Mr. Jan ?. South-Eastern .. .. 30 21% - 21% x.d 21 34 %% )4 x.d Irvine, of Liverpool, gives the following particulars South Wales- .. all 32 34 -33 x.d 32% 83 3( x.d lative to the state of the Cotton Matket: - " Our 1 t 6onth Yorksh. and River Circular, dated 14th inst., advised great briskness in , Dan .. .. .. .. 15 2 die. - 1 dis x.d 13% , Ellett., Roth., and Geol., Cotton Market; the transactions have since been qu e South Divisiom .. _ 6 .. -.. extensive, amounting to 93,300 bales during the p Stirling and Danfermline all • • -• • fortnight. Prices have fluctuated slightly, and are n e Stockton and Hartlepool 16 2-3 .. -• • , Taff Vale .• .. .. .• 126 150 - 151 about the same. Our last accounts from Liverp L Thames Haven Deck and (11th inst,) announce a small decline in that market, I e Railway • • .• • • 18 - - • •• dis. as its cause is ascribed to large arrivals, without 8 Vale of Neath .. • . • 17 7- 6 d discouraging feature in trade, this news has scare Waterford and Kilkenny all 3 -04 Waterford and Limerick all 17 34 - 1834 5% produced any effect here; we may fro m time to ti ii• , Waterford, Wex., Wick.' yet have irregularities in our rates, but we persist i . and Dublin .. .. 3 .. -•• 8 34 our opinion that no permanent, material decline can West Cornwall .. .. 13 5 .- 434 dis. • West London .. .. all -•-• • • looked for while the present general demand contin i York, N ewe., & Berwick 25 18% -19 18% % to prevail, and freights and exchange remain favoural Ditto and Newcastle as at this present moment, combined with the light stl h Extension .. ... 20 634 - 6 d. for sale. Our receipts during the last two weeks a Ditto G.N.E. purchase 9 34 -4; %•d. 5% 6 York aed North Midland, 60 2.4 - 2434 2434 k 24 up 95,639 bales. _yaquote „ o i rdi „, narl l t . o gmooiadaourndo.ins MINES LEAS: IED A' rxxxa 'TAMIL Railways. Compan ion. Paid. I Nominal Prices. Engine " done to-day. Bcdf. & Blotch ley .• • • Lon. & N.W. all •• —r • • Birming. & Ox ford Junction, guaranteed •• Gt. Weetsrn all 2934 3014 Do., without a guarantee .. D. .. all 28- 29 Rirm., Wolver., & Dudley, gua ranteed •• Do .. all 2934 3034 Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • • • all 2 8 — 29 Backinghameh. Lon. &N. W. all 17 34 —lB 17;4 Clydesdale June Caledonian all 45 —47 E. Lin., Guar. 6 ner Cent. •• G. Northern all 85 —36 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 223 8 4 p Elartlepl Dock r Yrk,New.,} an —• • and Railway and Tier. Bull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 167 189 Do. 34 Shares Do •• •• all 5834 5134 Do. 3( Shares Do •• •• all 25 —27 Leeds and Brad. Midland •• all 101 102 102 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern., all 1234 123{ Do., Pref. .. Do •• •• all 2434 2534 Lowestoft, Gel. 4 per Cent. •- Norfolk •• all 1634 1734 x.d Do.. 6 per cent De •• •• all Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6p. ct Stoc ktis D ar all N. & East, 6 per Cent. .. E. Counties all Do., 5 per cent. Do. • • •• all b 9 61 6034 Do. New •• I" •• all •• —•• Preston and & L.N . " • Wire •• •• L 8s La.& Y.} all 44 —46 x.d Do. %4 sharesA Do •• •• 11 9 —lO p x.l 2834 Read., Guild., and Reigate S• Eastern • • all 22 2234 22% Roy. & Elitchin G. Northern 6 1 ,( 844 8 74 Do. Shop. Ex.. Do •• •• all 8% —B % Shef., Roth. and •• Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. &York 1811 6 .. Mouth Stafford'. Mr. MlClean 934 1% 1 44 dig. Wear Val. 6 per Stock.& Dar. all 2 5 29 —3O Do. do. Wilts & Somers. Gt. Western 100 94 —95 Cent. Do. d u a o .. Do .. .sizarz: Railways. SMARMS, raid. Aberdeen Aberdeen, No. 2, 7 pr. Caledonian 101. • • • • Chester and Holyhead Dund. Per. & Aber. June. East Ariz. (31.10 e.) 6 p. c Do., (51.) 7 per cent... Eastern Counties Ezten.,l 5 per cent. No. 1 .. Do. No. 2 • • .• •. Do. New 6 p. teat. Stock Eastern Union, Scrip guarar . 6 per cent. •• Do., 101. Deben. Mars. East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. E. &W. York. June. bths Edin. Per. &Dun. 53 p cf. Glasgow & S.-W. Cone9l. Gt. Nor thorn, 5 per sent. Do., 5 p.c. Redeem. Scrip Great Seuth. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. Gt. western (Barks and Slants Ex., 5 per Cent.) Gt. West., find 4% p. ct. 10 all all all Nominal Prices. 1 12 -- A dbl. fiyi —8% z.(l 17 17% x.d 4% —b% x.d, a —ax 1 % - I qP %- % P 12% - 13 123 - 13 Boaloam dole to-day. • • ••• .. . . . -• 2% -3% 14% - 14% I%- 1!‘ p 8 x.d .. - . p. ck o L L D I D DA '3 4s ; :lor : t d sdca...oeop6.l3nr qu a rt ers , hp F e N , l rd. r . or o ,2 er N o rther n , e S r and n th , " p k i : r .• cent., No. 1.. .• L Do., do. No. Do., do .. No. 3 Lon.BD D.Coas t , a seCw N ot n.ggNyuV Brigh to n,. a ra r e ts e. t p.l . Bsl6 ( 4Bc C Bppk o e'e' v irrl a nBB . ca t55 & :21. LomLiCoaiddncooehcana. Stanch., r E - Enn i s. , pe r S heffiel d, h ' s ° • u s e Zst cad h. Do. new, 101. Do., 61. •• •• •• midiad Con. 6 P.C. stock Do. Consol. Bristol & Btraiing., 6 per cent... Do., Erewash Valley. Do., Leic. & Swat:mi ni ... 8 per cent. gnat. Do., Preference .. Norfolk Extension Do. guar. 5 3G Der cent. Do., WaTencY Valley North Britisho. .. oe, Wor. toP 01.151.6 p.c shrews. & Bir., new guar. shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. South Devon .. South-Eastern, 4 3 4 1 p. ct. South Yorks., 4 p. ct. gd. Stock & H art. guar. 5 p. ct. until 1 Hart., 1855 Waterford and Kilkenny, 6 per cent, • York, liewc., and Berw., Gt. N . of E. Pur. York and North Midland SIB and 8. Farah. •• 1% —l% dia.x.di .. -.. P .. •••• •• • • .... .. p 100 100 all 100 18% b .• • • an au a 1W die. x. 4 IN x 17% 6 % % 3 -334 p. It -12 IN -11% 12% -12% %- % P • • rr .. 136 -188 1 pm 14 it Pm 13 13% % die. 19% 6 x.d 1 —ll b — B3( tis par 10 —lO% 16 1634 13% 14% z.di MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were eati' mated at 5,000 bales, all to the trade. The marke closed heavily with prices as compared with Friday's rates, Brazil id. higher, American at and under sd. were 1-16 d. in favour of buyers. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 350 Pernam and Maranham at 54d. to 61d., 20 Babia at 6id., 100 Egyptian at 6id. to Bd., 500 Surat at W. to 4d., and 40 Sea Island at is. lid. to Is. 54d. per lb.—ln Railway Shares a good business was done at higher prices. The state of the London Dried Fruit trade is thus described by Messrs. Witherby and Hanson:— " Our clearances of Currants are an indication of con siderable sales, to effect which the holders have been obliged to submit to a further reduction in price. The business has been limited for the most part to Upper Gulph and low quality, fine and good fruit being scarce, or, if offered for sale, not finding an adequate price. " Notwithstanding the late extensive shipments of old fruit from this part to the continent, and the fact of several direct cargoes of Island Fruit being on the way thither, there is still a good inquiry from Hol land, where several cargoes of Island and good Patras were purchased last week, not so much for immediate resale and consumption as for investment by capitalists, whose attention has been called to the extraordinary low price of the articles. The decline in Currants in this market since the commencement of the present season has been about 20 to 25 per cent. on the long price, but as our Customs' duty now constitutes one half or more of that price, this decline is equivalent to 50 per cent., and in some instances 60 per cent., upon the original cost price in Greece." Messrs. Schrader and Mummy's Circular, dated New Orleans, February 28, and published by Mr. James Irvine, of Liverpool, gives the following particulars re lative to the state of the Cotton Market:—" Our last Circular, dated 14th inst., advised great briskness in our Cotton Market; the transactions have since been quite extensive, amounting to 93,300 bales during the past fortnight. Prices have fluctuated slightly, and are now about the same. Our last accounts from Liverpool (11th inst,) announce a small decline in that market, but as its cause is ascribed to large arrivals, without any discouraging feature in trade, this news has scarcely produced any effect here; we may from time to time yet have irregularities in our rates, but we persist in our opinion that no permanent, material decline can be looked for while the present general demand continues to prevail, and freights and exchange remain favourable, as at this present moment, combined with the light stock for sale. Our receipts during the last two weeks sum up 95,639 bales. We quote ordinary to good ordinary, 6f to 7; low middling, 71 to 71; middling, 71 to 71; good middling, 7i to 8; middling fair, to 8i; fair, Bi. to 9. Sales during the two weeks, 93,300 bales. Receipts at this port, 872,515 bales, against 696,538 bales last year. Increase of receipts at all ports, 163,184 bales. Increase of total experts to Great Britain, 103,274 bales. Increase of total exports to France, 26,146 bales; and to other foreign ports 2,673 against last year." The public sales of Colonial Produce have been of very limited extent today, and scarcely any auctions are announced for to-morrow. The stock of tea in London on the 16th instant was ,38,580,0001b5. against 29,050 000 lbs. at the corresponding period of last year. An o ffi cial statement of the amount of loans made by the Commissioners for Public Works has been com pleted np to the Ist January, 1852:—The sum advanced for canals, rivers, and drainage, was 1,261,5001. at I per cent, 208 5001. at 4 per cent.; for harbours and docks, 495,6001. at 5 per cent., and 89,500/. at 4 per cent ; bridges and ferries, 166,000/. at 5, and 108,5001. at 4 per cent.; fisheries, 32,2001. at 5, and 1,5001. at 4 per cent.; 493,970/. at 5 per cent., and 163,3001. at 4 per cent.; railroads, 480,6001. at 5, and 10,0001. at 4 per cent.; improvement of cities and towns, 179,800/. at 5, and 587,0001. at 4 per cent.; collieries and mines, 234,7001. at 5, and 69,0001. at 4 per cent.; churches and parochial chapels, 98,8501. at 5, and 114,2501 , at 4 per cent., colleges, 101,000/. at 4 per cent.; law courts, gaols, and other public build ings, 327,500 1 . at 5, and 164,000/. at 4; and poor-law union workhouses, 2,133,710 at 5 per cent. These ad vances were for Great Britain. For Ireland, 901,000/. were advanced for railways at 5, and 450,0001. at 31 per cent.; about 130,0001., chiefly at 3i, for harbours and canals; 52,500/. for law courts, &c., at 5 and 4 per cent.; end 1,420,7801. for poor-law union workhouses, without interest. Fully previous quotations were obtained yesterday afternoon for Bills of Exchange on the principal conti nental cities. Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25 50 to 55; Amsterdam, at 19 Oi to 12 11; llamburgh, at 13 10i to 112; and Trieste, at 12 40 to 45. The amount of bills drawn by the East India Com pany from the 6th to the 24th inst. was 197,3781. 4s. 6d., viz., 159,000/. 18s. 9d. on Bengal, 34,7261. Os. 9d. on Madras, and 3,651/. 51. on Bombay. The Amsterdam Stock Market on the 22d inst. was feeble for Dutch Stock, but business was tolerably animated in the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 60 1-11 to 1. The English Stock Market has been very firm, and the highest prices of yesterday are readily obtained. Consols have been 981 1 for Transfer, and are 981 for Account. Exchequer-bills have risen to Co. and 70s. and India Bonds to 755. premium. When Consols get over 99, they will as suredly further rise to par, it is considered, but there is usually a check when the price gets to an even figure, and parties realise. It is not expected that the Bank of England can delay beyond the period of the April dividends, a reduction of the rate of discount. Foreign Securities have been very well sup ported. Mexican are 321 to 1. Equador Bonds are 5* to Buenos Ayres; Stock is up to 744 to 711. Brazilian New Bonds have realised 99f. Chi lien Stock is at 106 to 1061. Portuguese Four per Cents. are worth 351 to 36. Spanish Five per Cents. have further advanced, being 26 to 1, and the Three per Cents. are 43/ to 441. The New Deferred are 191 to 20. Grenada Bonds bring 101 to i. Dutch Two-and-a. Half per Cents. are 61, and Belgian Four and-a-Half per Cents. 931. The Railway Share Market is very good, and both in the home and foreign lines there have been numerous transactions. Gold Mine Shares are very firm, but still quiet. The Port Philip and Colonial Gold Company have agreed to accept their charter on the terms offered by the Board of Trade. • • .. •• 2% 1)015•Ld 15%-16%( . 3% -4% Boulogne and Amiens Central of France(o.Y.) Demerara Dutch Rhenish East Indian • • .• Do. do. de. . Great Indian Peningu:a.. Ditto ditto • • .. Louvain a la 6amlire Luxembourg .. ro: % 34 dls. :DN. 12% - 111% 22 - 2234 Ditto (iiailwai) .... Ditto (Canal) .. .. Maria Antonia .. .. Ditto, New .. .. Namur and Liege .. .. Northern of France .. Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Lyons .. .. Paris ar.d Orleans .. .. A 7169 Ski 11% Paris and liouca Paris and Strasbow g Konen and Havre Sambre and Meuso .. St.Andrew's&Quebe.(A) Tours and Nantes .. !clingy, Jurb!se, Lan den, and Hasselt Wed( ruuldov Cherie 34 as. 2N B%P. 8% c an 4 - % P• )4 - % P. a s 414 a% — 3% % •• 6% — 6%, 21.% 2 04 174 P" 3%, - 4% P 4 ,5 —47 27% •-• 2 g 21% —21% 1 4 1% •• 65i 6 % dg' 1274 135 9i4i TX m.d 1% Aollatv, 10h. 113% It% % 3% 4 II:A 6% s QUARTER TO THRE.G. ••• 98 i ••• 981 ONE CLOSIRU PRICES OF BRITIKI FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.. 98% Is 98% India Bonds, 1,0001. ...... ... — Ditto under 1,000/. Consols for Account .. 9 BN% Exchequer Bills. 1 1 ,4 a. 1,000/. ................... . 7O 67 p 5001. ... ...................... « 70 6 7 P Small. •• ....... - 7 O 7O 67 p oNE PRICEX OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .- ..... —. Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 ... 79494 76 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. ...... 1064 106 Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .... Ditto 3 per Cent. ..................................... 6944314 Equador Bonds .. • C t Grenada Bonds, 1% per en — Ditto, Deferred ........ 84 . 6 . ....... Mexican. 3 per Cent , Ditto Account 3 2 3 /4 s , 32% Peruvian B onds, 5 per Cent lO6 /8 32% Ditto, Defe rred 63% 106% Portuguese:s per Cents. D itt o , Converted, 1841 — Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account Ditto, Small 3 5 14 35 3 4 Russian Bonds • 36 per jB4 C o e . nt. Ditto, 4% per Cent Sardinians3pßeornods,,nst.ll3% 103% Sp D an it i to eh . per Cent Bonds, 9314 Venezuela Ditto, 26 — 44 Ditto, Account per Cent 4 1 7 9 4444 N 48 20 1934 Dividends on the above payabl 4 e 7 i l :L 4 o B nilo 7 n. 34 44881 A Belgian,u 4I A per Cent. 93N 93 Dutch 2% per Cent. 12 Guild 6l t A 61 Ditto 4 per Cent. Cwt,iflcates 95 T! Consols ... .. ••• Ditto Account, April 13 ... 75 p 98% 67 p 67 p 67 p CLONING PRICES. 21% % 11) 4% 10% % 106 G 9 53‘ 'he weather in the north of England has been exceedingly mild—almost sultry, in fact, at present; and fears are entertained of a recurrence of less genial weather, with all the accompaniments of sickness and damage to the unduly vegetated crops. So extreme is the warmth that at three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon the thermometer stood in Market-street, Manchester, at 71 deg., the rage 91 MU' 11910 Dcipg oly 6 deg, Uistar. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes past Twelve o'clock. NEW MEMBER. ViBCOURt NEWPORT took the oaths and his scat, on his re-election for South Shropshire. RAMSGATE ROYAL HARBOUR BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. WAWN inquired of the Member for the city of London (Mr. Masterman) whether it was intended by the Bill to carry out the recommendations of the Com mittee which had been appointed to consider the subject? Mr. MASTERMAN was understood to say that the object of the Bill was to reduce the tolls now charged at Ramsgate for vessels engaged in the coasting trade. Mr. STAFFORD said, since the new Admiralty Board had come into (Ace they had earnestly directed their attention to the subject, and they were of opinion that as neither the promoters nor the opponents of it had sought interviews with the Board of Trade, nor laid plans before them, any further proceeding at present with the Bill would be premature. They thought the question was not so much one for the Admiralty as for the Board of Trade, as , it affected the mercantile and not the royal navy. He hoped the Hon. Member would not object to the postponement of the Bill. Sir F. BARING said he was bound in justice to the promoters to explain that they were not open to the accusation of the Hon. Member. They applied to the Board of Trade in the first instance, but they were told that the subject was ono for the consideration of the Ad miralty—a view in which the Admiralty coincided. The Bill was of very great importance, bscsuse it enabled the trustees of the harbour to remove the grievances which now pressed on the shipping trade, and could not be removed except by means of an Act of Parliament. It was at the suggestion of the late Government that the promoters bad introduced the Bill. Mr. STAFFORD said he wished to cast no imputa . tion upon the late Government. Owing to the short period he had been in office he had not had time suffi ciently to consider the Bill. Mr. DUNCAN hoped the shipping interest would be relieved from the present oppressive tolls. Mr. WAWN thought the late Board of Admiralty were liable to great complaint for their c,)nduct in regard to the measure. Mr. MASTERMAN said he could not consistently force the second reading on the present occasion after the statement of the Secretary to the Admiralty. He would postpone the second reading until this day fort night. PETITIONS. Sir E. FILMER presented a petition from the metro polis against the post-horse duty; also petitions from West Kent against the hop duty and the Maynooth grant. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Dundee against the Maynooth grant. Mr. J. H. HAMILTON presented a petition from St. Albans against the coal duty imposed by the Corpora tion of London. Mr. W. WILLIAMS presented a petition from Mr. Rigby Wason, complaining that grants of land in the New Forest had been given to certain noblemen and gentlemen. Mr. SPOONER presented petitions from places in Warwickshire and Lincolnshire, and also trom Kin piton upon-Thames and the metropolis against the Maynooth grant. Mr. H. WILLYAMS presented a petition from Truro against the war in South Africa. Mr. GEORGE DUNCAN presented a petition from the Presbytery of the Free Church at Dundee, against the Maynooth grant. Mr. FARNHAM presented a petition from the post masters of Loughborough, praying the immediate repeal of the post-horse duties. PROTECTION FROM DANGEROUS ANIMALS BILL. Mr. FREWEN, in moving the second reading of this Bill, said its object was to extend the power now exist ing in the metropolitan police districts for the destruc tion of dangerous animals, to the rural districts of the country. His constituents were much annoyed, and put to great inconvenience iu cons( (pence of the law not giving them any protection against the attacks of mad dogs and infuriated bulls. These grivances, however, were not confined to Sussex, but were felt throughout the ‘ country; he therefore hoped there would be no objection to the short measure he now proposed to remedy the nuisance. Sir F. THESIGER said he had not been aware until that moment of the public being so entirely unprotected against the attacks of dangerous animals; but he doubted whether the propositions of the Hon. Member were the most satisfactory for attaining the object he had in view. He proposed to give to other persons than the owner the right of disposing of an animal of this description. Two credible witnesses were in the first instance to go to a magistrate and de pose they had seen a mad dog, but, while on this mis sion, it might in the meantime be ranging about the parish at large, biting other animals, and perhaps many people. Be was then to give them a written mandate, which they were to deliver to the constable of the parish, who thereupon would go in search of the dog, and if he succeeded in slaying it he was to get a reward of 2s. 6d., a kind of head money to stimulate him in his exertions. Then it was required that in certain cases all the dogs in a parish should be muzzled, but it was a great hardship to deprive innocent and well-behaved dogs of the pro tection which nature afforded them to protect themselves against the attacks of mad dogs or other dangerous animals. The Hoe. Member's Bill brought to his mind the story of the quaker. who, in riding through a village, was met by a whelping cur, to whom he said, " I cannot kill then, but I will give thee a bad name," whereupon he raised the cry of mad dog, and the villagers being alarmed came out and knocked the dog upon the head.—(A laugh.) He did not think this was a subject in which there was the least necessity for legislation. The Learned Gentleman then alluded to the other pro visions of the Bill, and concluded by moving that it be read a second time this day six months. Mr. SPOONER said the Learned Gentleman had amused the House by his entertaining speech, but he had Jailed to point out any fault in the Bill which might not be amended in Committee. The employment of dogs in carts was a dangerous and increasing evil in the country, and if not prohibited, ought to be p aced under some better control. Mr. EW.ART opposed the Bill, considering that it would not accomplish the object of the Hon. Member, and would act very unjustly in its operation. Mr. DEEDES said great doubt existed whether there was any law which authorised magistrates to order the destruction of unmusaled dogs is hot weather, but for his part he thought the magistracy ought to possess such a power, and he hoped it would be formally sanc tioned by the Legislature. He did not wish to abolish dog-carts in the country, but they ought to be placed under the control of the police, for many of the carts contained false bottoms, and they were frequently used for felonious purposes.—(Bear, hear.) Mr. J. ELLIS thought it was high time that dog earls were put a stop t o . The y were not p ermitted within the borough of Leicester, and he believed there was not an inhabitant of that borough who was not thankful that such a bye law existed in their town. Mr. WODEHOUSE supported the Bill. Colonel THOMPSON was apprehensive that this Bill would endanger public liberty in reference to dog -carts. the dog cart interest was not represented in that House, and he was informed it would be sacrificed.—(A l aug h.) They heard a good deal of the danger to life from the use of dog carts, but there is just as much danger resulting from the use of high spirited horses.—(Hear, hear.) There was an impression abroad that dogs were intended for uses of burden and drawing, but an anecdote which came under his notice in the colonies, would illustrate the fallacy of the objection. A Governor of a colony wished to impress his subjects with the belief that bul locks could be rendered serviceable at the plough, and he made use of some on his own grou , n . d_ri. ase eZ Maroon captain then came to him, and said, tZio do G o d- am ighty never intended the bu ll see a bun will the 411 Ce Captain p of alm a er, 'oss l ,' e ' t b u t? the .Governor do the work of a horse, and if he he was intended for the purpose. ( ' a — rt interest had not laughter.) He was afraid the dog ( -% ar, hear.) been fairly heard in the Hete s° t l - 1 00, . vv I L u d e e r p r e , nd b e u a r p , o on and bat some reg Ul a W. JOLLIFFE thoug vent cruelty to the dog and lion ought to be made to s. Hear, hear.) A horse had a dog in a cart, and the aeYet:ige(were continually occurring accidents c cgreatid en t s i n t h antipathyeb gtoh accidentswn caadrvt advocate c w a e t e r e f a o l r i o w t heedir—(ii abolition,ear , consequence was, a b r u . ) t He was, allowed.— however, , E d and Mr. FREWEN, e fr t o h m em m p r i . a p ee l d u un er proper regula in districts where r dnogo hear.) it:mg.—a-tear, The Bill was withdrawn. sim A p f l t y er an a m f i e: a w t o o rd Ee s COUNTY RATES BILL. On the motion of Mr. FRESEFIELD the motion CORRUPT for h soemß t t e ßi ulv e e opE c r T o dt p ie N d r pe odrßeNaat to ding Ic o e rT f Ee Hf se t rb had A i ae s ddT ß t b i oL l a : L vi r s cl ce T d qc ui Select eo c ' s h tis aerdsgteoßd Committee. , Eal L a o n move. r. the second readi ng o f t hi s Bill by e th n e Noble Lord the Member for the City of London, and as the Bill was now supported by the Government, he hoped there would be no opposition to it.—(Hear, hear.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was true the Government approved of this Bill, but they reserved to themselves the right of making alterations in the Bill when it got into Committee.—(Hear, hear.) Colonel SIBTHORP denounced the measure as a mean and shabby affair. The poet said conscience made cowards of us all, and as the promoters of this Bill had been guilty of corrupt practices, their consciences had frightened them into this Bill.—(Bear, hear.) He did not wish to bribe any man, but whenever he had the opportunity ho would treat his friends and assist his poor supporters, as ho believed it was his duty to do it. Why should a Bill be passed to prohibit him from dis tributing his bounties to those who deserved and re quired it? Why, if this Bill paned it would be dan gerous for him to offer any f his supporters a pinch of snuff—(A laugh)—while, es for relieving the distress of any of them which he might meet with in the courso of his visits, it would be quite out of the ques tion.—(Hear, bear.) He would be no party to such a Bill as this, and though the House might pass it ho would distribute his bounties in spite of it, when any of his friends and supporters wanted it.—(Heir.) The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday next. COMMON LAW FEES REGULATION BILL, On the motion for the committal of this Bill, The ATTORNEY -GENER AL said it would be his duty to oppose some of tho clauses in the Bill, and he suggested therefore that the Committee should be post poned, Mr. BOUVERIE, who had charge of the Bill, de clined to acccede to this request. The ATTORNEY- G EN ER AL said the Bill contained money clauses, which would neceisitate another Com mittee of the whole House. The House then went into Committee on the Bill, when all the clauses, with the exception of the money clauses, were agreed to without discussion, and the House resumed. COMMON LAW FEES REGULATION SAL NRIES BILL. This Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported to morrow. The remaining orders were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'clock. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. On Saturday last some very curious experiments were , made at this establishment in the presence of several scientific gentlemen to test the results of a recent inven tion of Dr. Bachhoffner, for which patents h ave been ob tained by the inventor and Mr. N. 1k fries. The in consists in the substitution of thin pieces of metal in the ploe's of coal in fire-grates, which being acted upon by a small, jet of gas, immediately become r ed hot and emit a prodigious degree of heat. The flame , which Is. produced by the proper but very simple management of the gas co-operating with the metallic laminae, give t he appearance of a brisk and cheerful co il fire, and CO scarcely be didinguished from it. The heat can be re gulated by turning the cock of the gas-tube. There IS no dosit of soot, no smoke, nor any of the annoyirees which attend coal fires, and the gas can be extingutslatd instanter, or the fire kept as low as may be convenient. It will be seen that this useful invention is of general interest, and not only as effects private houses, but as affects breweries, manufactories, and all places vvber e . large fires are required, and by its adoption the usekoer enormous chimneys might be dispensed with, as no smo is generated. The expense with - the lighting would render a fire on this new principle algal the same expense us if coals were employed, but were the W e re what is termed non-carbonized gas employed, diminution of expense would be obtained. The inven. Lion is of public importance, and is well worth the atm° Lion of the public. gas now used for Vb tit Writtiont NORTHAINIP7FON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH)• The Northamptonshire Stakes of 100 sous., added to a Handicap of 25 sum each, &c. Poodle ... Chief Justice ... 1 ... 2 •.• Eleven ran. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. --The prospects 0' the opera season become more definite through bi be Lumley's programme. That the prime donn e were to Mada me Sontag and Mademoiselle s Cruvelli and Waguero was already known. The name of Signor Ferlotte 105 also mentioned, with those of the danseuses Cerito, Rosati, and Guy Stephan—the last a reminiscence of thoesl old Ceritonian days when ballets seemed to have receiv that a new principle of vitality ; but the prediction 0.1 i d e t d r l a y n d n , e new, a new opera composed by the Duke of Saxe Gotba , 0 7 3 another deriving its existence from M. Flotow, of Gerin d s e celebrity, will be among the novelties of the semen, i 5 - c i receivedaLyab b la n che a a rd n o d ni m , Interest. Ber The permanent body of artists, including . (father and son), . Belletti 11 ad (some time absent in Transatlantic regions), still heres to ( the • las e ancient establishment, while productive gen _ finds its with freshl awakener representative in the celebrated Meyerbeer, Wh°s.: new opera, written expressly for Madame Sontag, w il _ 1 1 ; . i e t 1 -- 8 said, be probably produced this season. Next Taesu a " d now fixed upon as the opening night, and the promise " stars" are Signor Ferlette in opera an Stephan in ballet.—Times. TERRIFIC CONFLAGRATION.—This morning, shortly before one o'clock, a terrific fire broke out in Surrey.strfts Calolari, Croydon, in the premises of Mr. Burt, a corn -factor. The inmates having been aroused, succeeded in reaching the street in safety. Information of the fire was dispatched. to the various police and engine station for assistance. punng an d very that time the flames travelled with rapidity - , speedily the premises of Mr. Neal , a clo g and patten InakeT'i became ignited, and the Are from the two buildings illum nated the town and the country for miles distant. Th e ea gine of the parish was soon on the spot, closely followed by another from Addiscombe Barracks. By this time the WO buildings, as welt as another belonging to Mr. Ringhavr, house decorator, No. 17, in the same street, were blazing away with the greatest fury. The police bad sent off as express to London for the aid of the fire brigade st. The 10he 0 ' men t the news arrived in town, Mr. Connorton ar spot with the West of England engine and firemen, an d was followed by Mr. Henderson, the foreman of t he Lon th.. - don brigade, and t he en g ine from the Sou abundant wark-bridge-road station. Fortunately ane mains, su pply of water was procured fr om the high-pressar wor k in and the London firemen, with the local aid, went to a most praiseworthy manner, but the flames could not be ex tinguished until the premises of Mr. Burt were burned down! the stock in trade, &c., consumed. The sufferer was insured in the Kent Mutual Fire Office. Theprernises of Mr real_ e were likewise burned down. The occupier was insured in th . Pheenix Fire Office. The premises of Mr. Ringhaw Sus nearly destroyed ; but the loss of which will fall on the the Fire Office. The premises of Mr. Steadman, No. 14, in su same street, were also seriously damaged by fire, water,_ :, removal. The total loss is very considerable. The Wh01«3,....1. the buildings were insured in the Royal Farraers' i" Office. The origin of the fire is unknown. 1 sts +o NOVELTY IN MEDICINE.—The local jouroto -- • of that Mr. Lewis, the well-known medical practitioner! .. Manchester, has been induced to devote nearly the whole of his attention to the preparation of certain.discoveries: were which he has found by experience to ahem a powerful ten" dency in removing disease and sustaining h. It .0 , 001 0 ! seem that Mr. Lewis does not throw any mysterious hal° around these discoveries. The whole, or greater part, la vegetable, indigenous to America, and is admitted by the_ much of the efficacy, however, depends upon a first physicians to be an efficient substitute for calomel, course of amalgamation, and machinery of an extrernei novel character has bean invented with this object in 0 ,.. 1 . Bond-street, from whence a medicine untainted by emP"l - is likely to extend its beneficial influence. HE TOL ' 'ttal Of LEbBERY MURDR.—The acqut a Har r yington of the murder of Mrs. Cobb at the late g 110 1 ,5 seems to have excited an extraordinary degree of popull indignation throughout that district, which exhibited Use' en Wednesday last in an unmistakable form. An effigY probations? re presenting Harrington was drawn in a cart through the p a ; rishes of Salcot, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, and Tollesbury. large platform was erected in the square of TollesburY, 06 which were placed a number of tea chests , to compose the the judicial bench, and on these were seated in fu ll costurae officials of a court of j us ti ce , comprising fisherm en end la bourers. The mock ceremonials of the trial having been gone through in the most exciting manner by those engage in it, and the jury having returned the ir unanimous verdict et guilty, the ministers of the law were directed to carry out the immediate execution of the culprit, with two witnesses, whose conduct at the assize was considered most unsatis factory, and of whom effigies had also been prepared. A large quantity of faggots and brambles, over which hung the gallows and the effigies of the condemned, was then tired and reduced to ashes amidst the blasting of a large quantity of gunpowder, the discharge of a number of guns by the fisher men, and the hootings, yells, groans, hisses, and. impredea tions of an indignant and excited populace. This rude e. el tne imitators of monstration of mob justice, of course, produced great lii . cite.. ment, but it was carried on without the commission of any j da h m dg a e ge L , y o h r c a h ny ei b id rea h c i h s 6istpeersa,c.ehlv,qgcompletedin their E i l l : r-Dult f A ß T il a hl O a, r have l‘li been BENJAMINre cetv received, ver ß y ° c Y on D ir; that this gentleman,. late a member work, quietly dispersedofmtaihnbout nine o'clock the even :prreOSPlneOett: of steam communication betwee n i n g 1 . 1, - ; "r o " e n T x t a o lle h d av th e e Accounts, by way °- °Efnegvlearnyd a il enterprised • c ha said s c odfietth°erYLiengnistntive C o uncil of New South Wales, and so con. Australian spicuous for he the calculated to be colonies, and for the furtherance benefit our possessions in the Southern Paoli , islands s, riAiedfray with the natives of one of the group of id vesse l, the \Vanderer, in which he was returningo c) , r . o __ Ca ., lifornia to Sydney, is I 01 uentlY wrecked ; but the details of this alleged death, are so little consistentoccurrence, like other,those 01 . as to throw very considerable doubt on the with each te The b " ee S n IstrnlboSn; ,11.1:50 rumour, however, had obtained whole narraeiVencei at Sydney, where it produced considerable cr a owing to the high character a most painful irnpreseioo,,o wag deservedly regarded and pepularity of Mr. Boyd , Iv". te i n the southern as one or the most valuable colonis hemisphere THE G RE AT ' „,.....- ~,e B RITAIN'S Bus TO H O LM; this We yesterday noticed 1 of the departure from Liverpoo bee n noble steam-ship on her trial trip. We have sinc e 'T he nished with details of her run as . far as Holyhead. _ engines worked beautifully, and the trip so far was in ever way satisfactory. At 12 o'clock she left the Sandon Docks and in 43 minutes passed the Crosby lightshiP, wh i chge going 18 revolutions. The Admiral, Havre steamer, ,s., left at the same time, a quarter of a mile astern, - 1. 4 ' l 11 with topsail set, passed the HormbY lightship, going s ~ knots, engines making 21% revolutions. At 1.10 pas,et the Bell Buoy, about 13 miles from the Sandon Deck i tir Admiral half a mile astern. At 2.30 was abreast of E r n n Yti stopped the engines for heated bear in g s. At tiles;ss tub; ahead • 3.17 Great Ormshead, S.S.W., 0 m wind rounded the Skerries, the Admiral in side abreast. d ex , W.; no sail set. At 6 P.M. at Holyhead, al l , fr ies• changed signals with the Royal Mail steam -ship .e. e ma ker Amongst the company on board were Mr. Penn, th h, the of the engines; Mr. Harman, of London; Mr. ST i i t tr ietol , originator of the screw-propeller; Mr. Paterson, el t aia the builder of the vessel; CaptainClaxton,E N.; Cap . • ~. sad Kilsado, of the Spanish service; Captain Bibby, gr._........0 T. Bright. —.........--- BIRTHS. OF A 30 X 1, 16 0 On the 22d inst., at Dorset-terrace, . Clapham-road, t,-.13 of Richard V. Turner, Esq. On the 20tb inst., at Charles-street, Westboerne-terrace, the wife of Vandeleur Crake, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 22d inst., at E rin-house, St. John's-rrood, the l ildi of Robert John Lattey , E q . +l,O Rifetoo, .-- On the 20th inst. , at C om p ton•terrace, Isling of Peter Ewa t, Esq On tho 17th init., MARRIE at Douglas, D Isle of Man, the ' to . Philip Bland, chaplain to Price'3 Factory, Nrachiuxe, 01,,, Agnes, youngest daughter of t he late Walter Rit 14th Light Dragoons. Ou the 21st inst., DIED. P r at St. James's Palace, aged 74, DD I A ta General Sir Henry Wheatley, Bart., C. 8.. 1i.G.11., her Privy Puree to his Majesty William the Fourth, And t° Majesty Queen Victoria.of w oo as On the 21st inst., aged 64, Rachel, the ivie ' Chadwick, of Stockwell, Surrey• a f. Jane On the 20th inst., at Chiswick, aged e 6, Ronalds, Esq., of llighbury -terrace, Middlesex• , On the 20 h inst., at Withatn, Essex, T. Butler, Fs On the 20th inst., aged 51, Mr. G. Nichols, of - court, Leicester-square. London: Printed a nd Published by KURD° 1 0 , 4 . Ili , No. 112, strand , P rinter, at The Sus i Officsh c ;; ; ; 0 01 Ot Strand, n the Precinct of the S• O a loadd,s,s, Viodatidap Ailvr4 2 4 , arov Losl'