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THE NEW EDITION OF AM SLICK'S ATTACHE, in 4 vols., post Bvo., price 215., IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES AND BOOKSELLERS. Rickard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be had at all the Libraries, THE NEW NOVE L S. BY POPULAR AUTHORS. JUST purtiis - H - 15if 3CiTC-01BURN. EMILIA WT DRAM. By the Author of " Two Old Mena' Tales," " Mount Sorel," Sze. CONFESOIONS OF A PRETTY WOMAN. By Miss PARDOE, uthorosa of “ The City of the Sultan," &C. THE ROBERTSES ON THEIR TRAVELS. 117 Mrs. TROL LOPE. ;MEM AND PiLRVE.NITS. By Mrs. GORE. POMFRET. By HENRY F. CHORLEY, Esq. VI. SHE CITIZEN OF PRAGUE. Second Edition. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street Edited by MARY HOWITT. QTARTLING NOVELTIES in the LADIES' 11,3 GAZETTE of FASHION for MAY—the only work that con tains the correct Summer Fashions. (Price Is., post free Is. 6d.) The most superb collection of Yew Fashions ever published. 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All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Mall of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London. AJESTY'S The Nobility, Sub ER scriber M s, and the Public are THEATRE respectfully informed that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY NEXT, MAY 7 , When will be performed (for the first time this Season), Rossini Opera, entitled, LA GAZZA. LADRA. Ninetta, Madame Grist ; Lucia, Madame Bellini ; Pippo, Madlle. Brambills ; Gianetto, Signor Mario ; Fodesta, Signor Lablache ; Isaac, Signor Dia Fiori ; Fabrizi Vingradito, Signor A. Giubilei ; Fernando Villabello, Signor Fornasari. With a Selection from a favourite OPERA. In which Madame Castellan, Madile. Sanchioli, and 3tadlle. Corbari will appear. Also, various Entertainments in the BALLET Department. In which will appear Mdlles. Cerito, Louise Taglioni, Lucile Grahn ; MM. St. Leon, Gosselin, Di Mattis, and Perrot. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box office, Opera Colormaft. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at half-pact Seven o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, TUESDAY, MAY 5, Will be performed Beßird's Opera, entitled, N 0 R M A. Norma, Madame Grisi; Clotilde, 3ldlle. Benin' ; Adalgisa, Mdlle. Corbari ; Yoilione, Signor Corelli ; Arevosa, Signor Lablache. To conclude with a favourite BALLET. THEATRE KOYAL. DELTRY-LANE. 'MIS EVENING, Will be performed an Opera, entitled THE CROWN JEWELS. Count de Campo Mayor, Mr. Weiss ; Don Henriquez, Mr. Harrison ; Don Sebastian D'Aveyro, Mr. I). W. King; Rebolledo, Mr. Borrani ; La Catarina, Madame Anna Thillon ; Diana, Miss Poole. After which, the celebrated Balht of LA GISELI — ET Duke of Silesia, M. Mathis; liilarion, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Prince of Cour land, Mr. Howell ; M. Adrien ; Giselle, Mdlle. Sall; Mirtha, Mdlle. Louise; Prin.:ess Bathilde, Mdlle. St. Looin ; Bertha, Mrs. Payne ; Principal Willis, Mesdames Adele and Glubilei. T.HXATRE ROYAL, FIAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will ) 7,e performed the Comedy of A CURE FOR THE HEART ACH-F,. Old Rapid, Mr. W. Farren ; Young Rapid, Mr. Hudson ; Frank Oatland, Mr. Webster; Jessy Oatland, Mi;s Julia Bennett. To !te followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER WIIITEpEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren; Dray ton, Mr. Tilbury; Langley, Mr. Stuart; Louisa' Drayton; Mrs. Seymour ; Susan, Mrs. Stanley. The Band will perform the Overture, "Edourdo e Christine," th? Tantasie, " Fra Diavol o ;" th e " Post Horn Galop," " Antoinette, ' Cellarius Waltz ; tha "Chatsworth Quadrilles ;" and the " Bninow Polka." To be succeeded 'y an Original Farce, called TIIE IRISH TIGER. Sir Charles Lavender, Mr. Howe ; Paddy Hadson ; Alderman Marrowfat, Mr. Tilbury ; Bilbury, Mr. T. F. Mathews ; Julia, Miss Telbin ;Nancy, Mrs. Caulfield. After which, an experiment will be tried upon THE BIRDS OF ARISTOPHANES on which occasion they will be presented to tle public with 'new Names, new Feathers, new Songs, and new Tales. Prine;pal characters by Messrs. James Bland, Hudson, Tilbury, littudal, Caulfield, T. F. Ii athews, and Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. - UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. First Night of a New Grand Burlesque. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin- Cipal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan, DlMear, and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. A. Wigan, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New (;rand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec iacle, founded upon certain Startling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas sages in tke Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD C(EUR DE LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley (her first appearance), Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. To conclude with a New and Original Farce, entitled, A FRIEND INDEED I THEATRE ROYAL. A DELPIII. THIS EVENING Will be performed a popular Comedy, entitled EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY ; or, Who's to Father Me? Sam Swipes, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Swipes, Mrs. F. Matthews; Miss Melrose, Miss Chaplin, Ladr Cranberry, Miss Voolgar. After which a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Iloneybrm, Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. Iloneybrm, Miss Emma Harding. To be followed by the Burlesque, entitled PETER WILKINS ; or, The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters by Misses Woolgar, Emma Hardin;, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Munrard, Mr. Mitchenson, &c. To conclude with a Farce, entitled THE UNFINISHED GEN TLEMAN, Bill Downey, Mr. Wright; Louisa Bloomfield, Miss M. Taylor ; Mary Chintz, Miss Woolgar. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be ; erformed Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH• Macbeth, Mr. Macready ; Macduff, My. Wallack ; Banquo, Mr. Cooper ; He cate, Mr. Leffler ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Ternan. To be followed by a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, and Fleamore ; Miss Bailin and Miss Marshall will appear. To conclude with a Petite Comedy, called THE NERVOUS MAN. M'Shane, Mr. Colins ; Mr. Aspen, Mr. Granby ; Vivian, Mr. Hon ner ; Lord Lounge, Mr. Harris ; Emily Vivian, Miss E. llonner AmILEY'* ROYAL AMPHITHEATER. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial patronage of her most gracious Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal. Triumphant career of Mr. Leman Rede's New Equestrian Spectacle of " The Arab and his steed," aided by the Double Stud, Beautiful Scenery, Original Effects, &c. Second Week of the Domestic Equestrian Afterpiece, entitled, " The Post-Boy of St. Austie ; or, The Cornish Wreckers." THIS EVENING Will ho performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB AND HIS DESERT STEED ; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. E itire Change in the Scenes of the Circle, and magnificent Feats of the Hippodrome, by the Foreign and British Professors. To conclude with the favourite Drama of the POST BOY OF ST. RUSTLE ; or, The Cornish Wreckers. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Constant Novelty ! Continued attraction of the Virginian Har monists. Re-engagement of the Deulin Family. Wonderful effects by Herr Nicol.), from St. Petersbuigh. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Play, entitled, BIANCA ; or, The Three Trials. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Maynard, Johnson, Lewis, Cowell, Ileslop, Edgar; Mesdms. H. Vining, Martin, Daly, &c. After which a New Ballet, called LA STATUE BLANCHE. Le Tonneau Roulant ; or, Running Tub, by Herr Nicolo. To conclude with TIIE LAS r RISS ; or, the Soldier's Grave. Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Lewis, Heslop, Wil liamson, Mesdms. Vining and Martin will support the principal characters. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Triumphant Success ! Repetition of " The Bride's Journey." THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Drama, entitled JARVIS, THE HONEST MAN; or, a Tale of the Times of Judge Jefferies. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Fredericks, Searle, Burton, Tindell ; Miss Vincent, and Miss Jefferson. After which (by desire), THE BRIDE'S JOURNEY ; or, the Seven Escapes of Adelaide of Dresden. In which Miss Vincent will perform. To conclude with an Original Drama, called THE DOOM OF QUILT; o- ' The Norman Tiger. Supported by the entire strength of the Victoria Company. NEW STRAND THEATRE. ENTIRE CHANGE.—NOVELTIES AND MAGIC EFFECTS. " La gaiete est la sante de I'ame, La trristease en est le poison." THIS EVENING M. PFIILLIPPE bogs leave to announce that, in consequence of the Triumphant Success that has attended his EASTER ENTER TAT NMENTS, they will be repeated every Wednesday and Sa turday Morning. and every Evening until further notice. M. PHILLIPPE will commence tha Entertainment by Lighting Two Hundred and Fifty Wax Candles by a single Pistol Shot This unique and brilliant Experiment was originally performed by Mons. rhillippe for upwards of 700 consecutive nights in Paris. 31„, Phillippe will also have the honour of introducing 111% GRTNIMOTHER'S CAP, with all its laughable and rapid Trans formations. The Entertainments wll he varied by the Dancing of the cHIARL:sz r FAMILY, and the Olympic Gambols of the AME RICA BROTHERS. The at a quarter Morn i ng Performance will commence at Two o'clock ; the Evening 25 • Pit, I • Gallery, 6d.. ; Fr'vate Bones,r to Eight. Stalls, Boxes, 2s. • it. is., and lOs. 6d. THE WEATHE.R.—Sus OFFICE, MAY 4. TUERMOMXTER, Lowest, 51; Highest, 69; Noon, 63, BAROMETER, 29.88.—W1ND S.E.; fine. _ 1 (i ri WATER AT L0ND0.7..:-BRIDGE TrirS DAY. 14( "minst •• 42 minutes after 7. I Evening .. 17 minutes after • ,f - ~,,t , , " 6 , ; ,- r.,,,„ v- w .. 0 A , %.,, 4' A '; - 4-: :,' , .. - - , ,y.L. - %.0 - w._ %;; * .--,:',...", a - -;,-..tzv - ' 0 0.-*- , ... vv. va )- -..-- 9 '''. - • .! 2 A l t .'. i p 441 ~ s -12___dt7k,_ A f • .•4 ,,, • ' Ake low int 0A4,4.-,41 A 4, XitiM ((III: bin LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1846. Happily for all parties—happily for England, Scotland, and Ireland—for agriculturist and manufacturer, the mi serable period of su,spence and procrastination has almost ex pired. To-night the Corn Bill will be resumed. Considering the length of time which has elapsed since its first introduc tion by the Premier, now upwards of four months ago, namely, upon the 27th of January, the relative position of the free-traders and of the protectionist gentlemen is mow startling, if possible, in contrast, and more thoroughly sa ti s factory than at any previous moment o f t h e sess i on. During the large gaps of time, and of comparative leisure which have interrupted the discussion upon this all-important question, how have these two divisions of Parliament and their sympathisers out-of-doors acted? First, of the Free traders. Wh y , every successive circumstance that has transpired in relation to th 4 abolition of import and ex port duties, whether within the echoes of St. Stephen's, or in some distant corner of some distant shire, has tended only to elucidate the soundness and ,beautiful Adaptability of the principles inculcated by the advocates of unrestricted com merce. This fact has been proved beyond the cavil of the most sceptical, by the frequency and earnestness of the con versions to those principles. Noblemen, and farmers, and legislators, no matter how much they might have identified themselves with the opposite policy, have seized the first reasonable opportunity of acknowledging the change which the consideration of truth has worked in their own minds. And this has occurred not once, but incessantly, not only irrespective of all base inducements to such a transformation, but in actual opposition to self-interest. Now of the Protectionists. At the commencement of the discussions upon abolition of taxes upon foreign corn and provisions, the mouthpieces of monopoly endeavoured to fill us with trepidation by threats of the antagonistic forces which would be summoned from all quarters, at the sound of their voices, for the express purpose of worsting Sir ROBERT and his supporters. We were threatened with demonstrations on a prodigious scale in favour of protection to agri culture ; petitions, signed by hosts of day labourers and tenant-farmers, were to choke up the entrance, and crowd the lobbies of Parliament ; distant but giant remon strances were to issue from our colonial possessions ; the Legis lature was to be stunned with the din raised by British sub jects in indignation at the proposed policy. Four months have elapsed since the u tt erance of these big-mouthed warnings four months I— and how have they been fulfilled ? F,x nihilo nihil fit, saith the adage : here is an exemplar ! 2V demonstration in favour of agricultural protection worth one moment's pause to a statesman ; no petitions in earnest of the popularity of the same cause ; no single hint of dissatisfaction from our colonies. That is the relative position of free trade and monopoly. The Bill approaches its final stage in the Lower House, and it does so under auspices the most propitious. The majority en the second reading was, if anything, more triumphant than on the first; hence we look with sanguine eyes to the divi vision upon the third and last. That it must prove in every essential particular most decisive, man can no more doubt than he can question his existence. Even the unfortunate enemies of the measure must long since have perceived, not only that their doom is sealed but that they have rendered themselves the laughing-stocks of Christendom, the scape goats of their own folly, the general butts of mankind. My Lord GEORGE BENTISSCK, however lofty his egotism, must recognise this fact ; so must all of his followers, minnows and tritons, whales and lam preys. His Lordship's speeches have been listened to just as a Hunterian lecture by WIDDICOMBE would have been listened to by the associated men of science—viz., as a curious eccentricity, worth hearing, if only for the sake of enjoying a hearty cacchination. Further than this, 1 and the obsequious cheers of the disinterested poli ticians ranged behind his Lordship, the attention of the House did not go. He and bis forlorn pa- ty were in a preposterous and untenable position. With the remainder of the Commons affairs have stood very differently through out, but especially at the present juncture, when the Prime Minister enforces the cause he had previously avowed in words more explicit than ever, declaring what he previously believed to be impolitic he now believes to be unjust. A more overwhelming and concordant support Bill never had—in its vitality is its triumph. " Re member, soldiers, you are but the advance-guard of a great nation !" NAPOLEON to his army on the outset of the Austerlitz campaign. So say we to our liberal-minded and liberal-hearted legislators:—" Remember, free traders, you are but the advance-guard of a great nation !" To say that there is no constitutional government in Spain is a mere truism, admitted by every observer. The Spaniards, to their cost, find another truth of still more vital importance, and one which is equally obvious to that unfortunate people—there is no government whatever. They have been deserted by every Cabinet ; the Cortes, under a despotic ruler, had been so changed in the constitution of the body, and so humbled, that for any national good they were helpless, and available only for registering the decrees of the Camarilla and the proclamations of a military Dic tator. Even all these external forms of government have been swept away, the new Ministry is justly regarded as a non entity, and the people, to escape from the basest slavery— the galling chains of a foreign yoke—are thrown entirely upon their own resources. But a week ago we ventured to predict—rather a hazardous experiment in regard to such a country—that, their patience being utterly exhausted by such endless and ruinous revolutions at Madrid, they would be compelled to rise in their own defence, and would take for their watchword, " The QUEEN and the Constitution !" " Down with CHRISTINA !" " Down with TRAPANI !" In a proclamation just issued to the army by the " Directing Junta of the National Movement" in Galicia, we were therefore not surprised that the words to the same effect had been actually adopted by that body, and that the main causes of grievance at the present moment are, the detestable intrigues of this wicked woman for overthrowing the liberty of the country, and making it, as in bygone days, subject to Naples and France. "On other points of the territory," says the Junta, " the war-cry has also been raised against that even cious, hypocritical, and intriguing Neapolitan, who takes ad vantage of her position to deceive and enslave the QUEEN. Aided by a handful of traitors, she exhausts all her schemes to seat on the throne of Spain a Neapolitan Prince full of superstitions and servile ideas, to drag us at the tail of Rome, beneath the feet of the French Govern ment." The Junta, at the conclusion of the proclamation, furnishes the watchwords, " Down with the Neapolitans!" " Down with the traitors !" " Long live liberty and the country !" This movement in Galicia is evidently of a very serious character, even judging from the distorted statements in the Madrid Gazette. A naval force (and what naval force has Spain ?) is ordered to operate on the coast of Galicia as if the soldiers in the interior could not be depended upon ; and the Government of Louis PHILIPPE has also taken the alarm, and appointed a protecting naval force for that quarter. But they will have more (toasts than this to guard. The Spanish nation can no longer submit to the ruinous schemes of foreigners and traitors, and, sick as they must be of civil war, and disheartened, too, in the prospect of anything like a regeneration of the classes that rule them, they are forced by dire necessity to resist a system the most insufferable of all with which they have yet been afflicted. The accounts in the Madrid Gazette received this morning state that none of the peasantry have joined the insurrection. But that really says nothing. The movement was begun by the middle classes, aided by the military—parties sufficiently powerful in these days to create a revolution in Spain. The army, too, is a machine just suited to the occasion. It is open to the highest bidder, totally disorganised, destitute of any distinguished leader, and in a very short period, if affairs thus continue, will be without pay. The conduct of the intriguing traitors at Madrid has excited such abhorrence and despair in the provinces, that the public functionaries or juntas that may be formed will stop the revenue returns, and retain all for their own local purposes. Never was any country more thoroughly ripe for a great movement. And what has been the cause of this total derangement of a Government that but four years ago appeared to be established on fair con stitutional principles?—Queen CHRISTINA, the protegee of the French Court. We blamed at the time the part acted by Louts PHILtprE, after CHRISTINA was expelled from Spain by a well-arranged and patriotic plan of &TARTER°. He saw the despotic and unprincipled disposition of the woman could not be eradicated—he saw that if she were allowed to return to Madrid to renew her intrigues, there must be a struggle between them for the mastery, as has since been exemplified in the ruin of NARVAEZ, and he resolved to cut the matter short, by compelling her to embark at Barcelona. She had no alternative, and was hurrying fast to Naples, to pass the rest of her days, as she said, in retirement, when she was stopped near Marseilles, by a messenger from the Court of the Tuileries. She was induced to take up her residence in the French capital, her hotel became the centre of intrigue for all discontented Spaniards, and all the enemies of ESPARTERO. She was evidently a favourite with the French Court, and used as a means for an eud. What that end was it is difficult to say, but one thing is clear, that this woman has occupied herself with nothing so much as the marriage of her eldest daughter, the QUEEN. Could that have been quietly arranged, perhaps, the marriage of the other daughter might have followed as a matter of course, and some near relative of Louts Pnuxeries might have been selected as the favourite. We fear that only some strong personal feel ing of this description could have made a Sovereign so re markable for his prudence choose a woman of very low cha racter, and thoroughly disliked by the great majority of I Spaniards, as a tool for carrying his family schemes into effect. Has he gained his object, or has he any chance of it? CuiusTina's character is so tainted, she is regarded by all good patriots as a foreigner, and the agent of foreigners, and any marriage that she could propose for either of her daughters would be regarded with the strongest suspicion, and considered as a return for some enormous bribe to betray her adopted country. Lord ABERDEEN ap pears to have acted a prudent part in reference to all these disreputable transactions. As far as we can jud ge , M r . BuLWER has sided wi th neither party ; he has not disgraced the character of a Briti s sh of M t i h n e ist Q er uE b Es y . m m ix oTH ing irt him an s d elf h u e p r Camarilla. He is neither for Count TRAPANI nor Don ff *rs to the Spaniards, and lIENRIQuE , with the vile inletraivgeuse. these a ai thereby maintains the true dignity of the British Embassy. Every free-trader will be glad to learn that Lord LINCOLN has been at last rewarded for his spirited and honourable perseverance in a good cause, and been returned as Member for the Falkirk Burghs. His conduct on this occasion, as in all the transactions which took place during the contest for Nottinghamshire, has been straightforward and manly. However anxious for a seat in Parliament, and though he knew it was absolutely necessary to enable him to till his present important office, he would not give a pledge which lie considered inconsistent with constitutional principles, but resolved rather to take his chance, trusting to his own merits and the good sense of the Scottish electors. The result is highly honourable to both parties, and more especially to the Liberals, who form the majority of the constituency. Many of them, it is admitted, held back, in order that Lord LINCOLN might be returned, not because they had deserted their prin ciples, or concurred in all those entertained by his Lordship, but because they knew that a great boon for the country was at stake, because they wished to encourage a Minister engaged in a noble and a sacred duty , and were convinced that on th e presen t occas i on measures, and not men , ought to guide their deci s io ns . This is the practical way of carrying TL mit SUN, LONDON, IVIUNDAY MIAY"-4, on business, and only furnishes another proof of the caution and prudence which distinguish our brethren of the north. We publish in our columns to-day a correspondence be tween Mr. HUME and a committee of the Bible Society. The substance of the correspondence is, that Mr. HUME, who is about to renew his labours for abolishing the QWEEN'S printer's monopoly in printing Bibles, claims the support of the Bible Society in his exertions, and this committee, re presenting the often-expressed feeling of the parent society, refuses to help in the work. Most of oar readers perhaps know, but it will do no harm to repeat, that by vii tue of a royal patent, of very question able legality, the QUEEN'S printer claims the sole right (the two Universities only excepted) of supplying Bibles in Eng land, and that without limitation as to price. For fifteen years Mr. MIKE and some other parties have been labour ing, in Parliamentary Committees and by public agitation, to accomplish the removal of se enormous an abuse. Indi rectly, by preventing the renewal of a similar patent in Scot land, by throwing the trade open in that country, and thus causing an abundant importation of Bibles into England, which the QUEEN'S printer has not ventured to check, the price of Bibles has been reduced in seme cases 30, in some 50, and in some even 60 per cent. Of course the Bible-. Society, the grand instrument for dif fusing the Word of GOD to the heathen, the poor, and the ignorant—the almoner of good men's money—has afforded prime aid in carrying on this great work, by which its means of accomplishing its own purpose have been more than doubled: doubtless this Society has at least urged on the public mind the vast benefit of sending two thousand Bibles where they had previously the means for only one—they must have acted on the principle of honesty in seeking to make the funds devoted to so holy an object available to the utmost extent. So plain men would reason, and so, we are almost con strained to say, upright men would judge. But of all this the reverse is true, and in the Bible Society, its public com mittees, its private machinery, and its circulating agencies, have been found the most influential props of the Bible monopoly, and the hardest working opponents to every plan for its abolition. We do not waste time in considering the plea alleged by the committee in their present letters, especially as Mr. HUME'S reply disposes of the whole, but we are driven back upon another consideration—we are constrained to think of the channels into which many of these long-established bene volent institutions are running. It has long been forced upon our conviction by the annual proceedings which are just now commencing in town, that their legitimate objects are grievously lost sight of—that they are getting to be erected into huge business corporations—that there is a continual approximation to a maximum of money and a minimum of result—that, instead of a great good sought to be accom plished by means of large co-operation, the objects are re versed, and we have the name of a good thing retained as a means to a gigantic subscription list. We think the Christian public, and the world of benevo lence in our country, would do well to ponder this thought, which has to our own minds been forcibly presented by this latest production of the Bible Society. The Lucerne Gazette reports that on Sunday week General SONNENBERG was fired at as he was returning from Ettis well, where he had been attending mass, to his chateau of Kastalen. The person who fired the shot was concealed from his view, but it is said that immediately afterwards he saw two young men run off, and take refuge in a neighbour. ing forest, and who are naturally suspected to be the guilty parties. The police of Lucerne have offered a reward of 300 f. to any one giving only a slight indication of the of fender, and 600 f. for more positive information. The Augsburgh Gazette states that, during the late insur rection in Poland several Polish families took refuge in Russiy, where they were kindly received, and furnished with the means of subsistence until the restoration of tranquillity should enable them to return to their homes. It would appear from the statements in the German papers, that the tranquillity of Austrian Galicia has been completely restored. On the EMPEROR'S birthday an Imperial decree was issued, abolishing the oppressive feudal claims, such as forced labour, &c., which had hitherto grievously pressed on the peasantry, by whom these concessions had been most gratefully received. The Levant mail brings ads ices from Alexandria of the 20th, Greece of the 12th, Constantinople of the 18th, and Malta of the 24th ult. RIZA PACHA, who, since his dis missal from the Ministry, had been confined to his own house by order of the SULTAN, has been completely restored to liberty. Constantinople was quite tranquil, and Syria seemed to be completely pacified. There is no news of importance from Egypt or Greece. Madrid papets of the 26th have been received. General OMB; who had been appointed Commandant of the pro vince of Teruel, had refused to go to his post, and had been in consequence ordered by the Minister of War to leave Madrid in twenty. four hours and proceed to the Canary Islands, there to await the orders of the Government. A loan of 200,000,000 reels for the construction of railways has been contracted by the Government under very favourable conditions. M. RIVAS has been declared the contractor for the loan; there were eight other capitalists who delivered tenders. Among them Senor SALAMANCA. By the Southampton packet we are in possession of later intelligence from Galicia than is to be found in these jour nals. The packet left Corunna on the 24th, and brings the following intelligence : " Gene;al Conditl., in a report to the Captain-General of Galicia, writes from Santiago, dated the 23d, that after a desperate combat at Cacheira, and after his having entered the town of St. Yago, not withstanding the vigorous defence of the rebels, commanded by Solis, they had been forced to surrender at discretion. The number of prisoners amounts to 1,400, composed of the battalions of Zamora, Gijon, and Segovia, 70 men of the civic guard, different detachments of the regiments of Gijon and Oviedo, and 23 men of the cavalry regiment of Villaviciosa. The number of officers made prisoners is 54, including their Commander, Solis. The troops of the Queen dis played great bravery, particularly in the taking of the town, which was attended with a loss of 100 killed and wounded. This morning the prisoners were sent forward to Corunna under the escort of four companies of the regiment of 31ondenodo and a squadron of cavalry." Since then intelligence hap been received announcing that CONCHA entered Lugo on the 26th, and took 300 prisoners. The Madrid Bolsa was closed on the 25th. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Satur day. The fete of King Louis PHILIPPE, was celebrated on Friday with more than usual splendour and more than usual enthusiasm. The weather was superb. Louis PHILIPPE wherever he appeared was received with enthusiastic shouts of Yive le Roi. He appeared in excellent health and spirits. A grand recep tion took place at the Tuileries in the morning, at which IBRAHIM PACHA was present. The KING with his own hand invested the Egyptian Prince with the Grand Order of the Legion of Honour, who expressed his gratitude in truly Oriental terms. The report of the Committee on the budget of ex penditure was distributed to the Deputies on Thursday. The report itself extends to five hundred pages. From a resume of it, which is given by the Journal des Debats, it appears, that there exists a deficiency of nearly one thousand millions of francs (equal to 40,000,0001.), and which will re quire eleven years of uninterrupted peace to cover it. The Committee only propose certain small reductions in the salaries of public functionaries, amounting in the whole to not more than 422,417 francs. The report concludes by declaring, with regard to Algeria, that the Committee considers it desirable, in every point of view, that the administration of the affairs of Algeria should be confided to the direction of a Minister specially appointed for that purpose. From the examination of the carriage in which the KING was riding at the time he was shot at by LEcosax, it ap pears that the balls must have passed within the fraction of an inch of his MaJxszv's head. The Epoque states that the story in the Armoricain of Brest about a traveller in a diligeace stating that the KING had been fired at long before the event took place, originated with a stupid fellow at Morlaix, who invented the story to astonish and alarm the good people of that place. The price of bread in Paris for the first fortnight in May has been fixed at 35 centimes the kilogramme for the best quality. The Gazette de France was stopped on Thursday at the post, and seized at its own offices. The motive for this pro ceeding is not stated. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAT 2. Boulogne and Amiens, 12%—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espleta), 21i—Central of Spain, I—Dutch Rhenish, 7—East In dian, % —Great Northern of France Constituted, 15%—Great In dian Peninsular, ►,4—ltalian and Austrian, 2—Louvain and Jo mappe, 1% —Lyons and Avignon, 2% —Luxembourg, 2% Madrid and Valenti, I%—Namur and Liege, 2 —Orleans and Vierson, 17— Orleans and Bordeaux, 11%—Paris and Lyons Constituted, 8 Sambre and Meuse, s%—West Flanders, 3. Lord Lincoln arrived in town this morning from the north of Scotland. By our advertising columns it will be seen that the Provident Clerks dinner takes place on Wednesday next. Useful, without being ostentatious, based on sure principles, and supported by all the mercantile and banking interests of the kingdom, this Association ranks among the highest, and when we see the President of the Board of Trade taking the chair, and such a list of stewards supporting him, we feel satisfied that any eulogium on our part would be unnecessary. Our co lumns have often reported the growing prosperity of this Association, and we shall be much disappointed if the results of Wednesday do not far exceed those of last year. The Association has our best wishes. The Annual Grand Dress and Fancy Ball, in aid of the funds of the Distressed Needlewomen, took place on Friday night at Almaeles Rooms, which were fully and fashionably attended. During the evening it was stated that the most illustrious in the realm took a great interest in the benevolent object the Society has in view, and that his Royal Highness Prince Albert set the example, which was most extensively followed by the rank and fashion during the recent winter, of patronising not only vests embroidered by hand, but the collars of both dress and riding coats, and that an incredibly large number of young women had thus found lucrative employment from the Messrs. Nicolls, of Regent-street alone, to whom this practically philanthrophic experiment was in part entrusted. THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—The directors of this railway have adopted a very liberal system, in furtherance of the excellent plan of running " excursion" trains, which promises to become exceedingly popular. Since the opening of the line to Rams gate, a new code of fares has been issued, at greatly reduced rates, in addition to which, by a recent arrangement, passengers by any of the trains, on payment of one fare and a half, are entitled to traverse the line (to and from) between all the stations on Saturday, Sunday, and 34, 11 day. The thirty minutes after e i g h t A.M. train from Lon don -bridge yesterday morning consisted of no less than twelve second, and third class), all of Which were densely crowded with passengers. At each station down the line an acces travellers took place, and upwards of five hundred persons acces sion of s between Ramsgate and Canterbury alone during the day. took ticket (first, SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE GREENWICH RAILW AY . n eon, an accident of a most distressing nature oc curredycaesrriteargdeitsy of the Greenwich Railway, to a man named Reuben on the line . eight years, residing in the Spa-road, Bermond aged twenty Martin,the service of the Greenwich Railway Company Bermond sey. Martin was in employes at the Deptford station, and whilst en and was usually e_ige, town, whereby knocked down by one of the gaged near the Cre to k br wards town, whereby he received a fl-ightnil trains proceeding bait six Inches in letigth, and severe injury to wound of the scalp, a several contusions and bruises on various after immediately stoppoi by the engl he train was . parts of his body. T was found to be quite insensible, and bleeding copiously arest surgeon's, where neer, when he srried to te ne Ile was t i ke Injuries he Mid sustained from the wound , 1 dresSed, bUt mPLY deemed uocassawt o his wounds were P nature that it was were of such an extensive roso hl= 11,5 la vv. 4.).4CtilLti removl 11114 tO Guy's UC W itai) W the skull, together with ii 994401% Nearly 1,000 of the latter have reached the metropolis by steam from Ireland during the week. Suckling Calves 18s to 30s, and quarter old Store Pigs I6s to 20s each. Beasts, 2,880 ; Sheep and Lambs, 23,050 ; Calves, 96 ; Pigs, 3450. NEWGATE 21.7 , 7 A LEADENIIII.I.I... For the time of year, the receipts OP slaughtered Meat from Scot land and most parts of England for our markett, ,3 .pring the past week, have been on a fair average scale, and of superior quality. The supplies on offer killed in the metropolis having been somewhat extensive, the general demand must be considered heavy, at, in most instances, drooping prices. Nearly 40 carcases of foreign Beasts and 150 ditto of Sheep have been disposed of hero, at reduced currencies. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. S. d. to 3. d. Beef, inferior.- 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior •• 3 4 3 $ -. middling .... 2 6 2 8 middling.. 310 4 0 - prime large .. 210 3 2 prime ••.. 4 2 4 4 - prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, large ••••• • . • 3 4 4 4 Veal •••. • • • • ...... 4 4 5 4, - small .. •... . . 4 6 5 0 Lamb. 5s 4d to 6s 4d. ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs. 6cotland • . • ........ ..... 30 480 250 Yorkshire ••••• •• . • • ........... 40 800 350 Lincolnshire .... • .......... . Norfolk .................... Suffolk .......... ~........ Cambridgeshire ................ MONEY and COSIMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool on Saturday was quiet. Sales about 3,000 bags, at former rates. Shares were firm. We perceive that the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway hold their meeting on Saturday the 9th instant. It is evident that among the railway Bills seeking to obtain an Act of Parliament this session this line is attracting very favourable notice. This proposed railway runs parallel with the old Great Western-road from London, through Hammer smith, Brentford, Isleworth, and Hounslow, the most popu lous and largest commercial and manufacturing district within many miles of London. By its bridge across the Thames it will be the means of connecting the Northern and Western with the Southern and Eastern Counties, command ing on the Surrey side approaches to all the bridges without creating any additional metropolitan terminus. It is strange that no railway has yet been made for this dense locality, seeing that its former coach traffic was greater than in any other part of the kingdom. The Indian news received this morning is considered by the merchants here as most satisfactory. There is now but little question that trade has taken a turn in the right direction. A further improvement has taken place in the market for the public securities to day. Consols for Account have reached 96%, and for Money 96%, with a very steady de mand. The premium upon Exchequer-bills too is higher, sales having just been made at 265. Bank of England Stock has improved from 2041/, to 205%, and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, to 97%. The Foreign Stock Market has not been so active this morning as it was on Saturday last. Russian Five per Cents. have varied from 10914 to 110%. The only price of Aus trian Five per Cents. have been 110% ex-div. The Mexican Bonds have been sold freely at 32 and 32% for Money and the Account. The Spanish Three per Cents. are at :37 ; Dutch Two. and-a-Half per Cents. at 59%, and the Four per Cents. at 91% %. The Railway Share and Scrip Market is buoyant, and Pward tendency. prices have a decidedly u ONE O'CLOCK Bank Stock • • • • • • • • .. 205% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96% % New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97 1 4 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5 ,1860 .. 10% IA Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5 , 1860 10%% Consols for Account • • • • .. 96%3i Exchequer Bills. I%cl. 1,0001... • • .... 24 26 pm. 27 5001. -. • • 24 —— Plu• 24 Ditto. Small 27 24 pm. 24 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 110% ex My 110% 82 BRITISH FUNDS, CLOSING PRICES. 205% 95% 96% 97 I A 10►,4 96% FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian Bonds, S per Cent Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Columbian Bonds , Grenada, 1 per Cent Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 32 Ditto, for the Account 321 A Ditto, Deferred .. 16 IA % Ditto, Debentures .. .. Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent..... — Ditto, for the Account .• .. • • 375 Russian Bonds .. .. 110 109% 11051 11051 bpanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, for the Acceunt • • • • • • — 24% Ditto, Passive Bonds • . • • • • Ditto, Three per Cent • • • • • • 37 37 Ditto, for the Account .. 36% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. -.. 42 42 Ditto, Deferred .. 12% 12% Dividends on the above payable in Lendon. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 96% cx div Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent • • 59 % 59% Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates • • 9156 % 91% BUSINESS CLOSING PRICES OF PAID. DONE AT PRICES. RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen .. „ „ 10 .... 5% 6 1 A 6 Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. 2% •• • . 2% 2 ..... .. 2 Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 ....126 .. •• .. 126 Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 • • 3 % 3% Bridgewater and Minehead .. 425. .• • • ••••• • • • • • 1% Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 —•• 85 85 Buckinghamshire .. 425. .... par P •• • • % P Caledonian 10 8 % 7 % 8 %•• Ditto, Half Shares .. 2% .... 234 1% 2.... 2% Chelmsford and Bury .. .. • - 1%•••• %•••••'•'•' 3' /8 Chester and Holyhead2234 .... 23 34 % Cornwall and Central Devon • • 2 % •• • 1% . . Derby and Crewe .. . .. 2% ••• •• • • • • • .... . Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% .. • • 1 31 Direct Northern 2% •• • • 1 % 2 • Dublin and Galway .. 4 .... 234 .. • . 2 34 Eastern Counties .. 141. 168..... 243434% 244 Ditto New .. 81. 165... .. 8% 8. p • Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 1 1 0 335. 4d. .. • • Ditto, York Extension l% 234 • • • • 2 East Lincolnshire 1 '.4 •• • • 1% qi 34 ••• • • • I Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 425. .. • • 5 ,4 %%P• • • • % P Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... 25% Great North of England . .. 100 .• .. 214 215% Ditto, New .. . • 1 % •• • • 13 % ••••• • • • • • 13 % Great Western .. .. 85 ..156 160 ...... Ditto, Half Shares .. 50 .... 90 .. •• • • Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 .... 19% 20 19 19 Guildford, Fareham, & Portsmoth 5 .... 434 • • Lancaster and Carlisle .• • • 40 ••• • ••••• • • • • Ditto, New . .. 5 .• .. 10% 11 .. 11 Leicester and Birmingham .. 225. .• • • dis Leicester and Bedford ...... 225. .... % dis. • . 34 dis Liverp., Manch., & Newc. Junct. 234 234 ...... London an 1 Birmingham • .100 .... 228 230... ..... 230 Ditto Thirds .. 24 .... 6334 64 .. •• .. 63 D m i t t to to } Q .i tiArt s ers .... 2 2 ........ 3 2 0 6% London and Blackwell 161. 13s. 4d. 34 Ditto, New .. .. . • 4 London and Brighton .. .. 50 .• .. 66% %• • . ..... 66% Ditto ditto Fifths .. 20 .... 32% ...... 32% London and Croydon .. .. 131. 155. 9d. 23% %•••• • • • • 23% London and South-Western.. 411. Os. 10d. ••••• • • • • • Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 34 .... 54 5334 ...... 5334 Ditto, New . 1234 .... 2434 25 ••. • • • 25 London and York .. 234 .... 14 % % • • • • 2 % Manchester and Leeds .. 82 —..........— Ditto, Quarters .. . 2 .... 12% ••.. . • • ... 12% Ditto, Fifths .. 3 .... •• • • • • 13 % _ Ditto Extension 425..... 3% 3p•• • • • • 3% P Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 .••• • • • Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) 4 .... ........ 13 1 ,! Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... 1%% p.. • . 1% p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 21S, %...... 2% Midland .. • ..-100 —l5B .... • 158 Ditto, New .. 18 35 34 1 ,E .. •• .. 341 A _ Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25 .... 47 .. • • 47 Ditto, New . .. .. .. 1 .... 10%!y .7i . . Ditto, New, Brandling .. .. 25 •• .. 46% .. • Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .. 21 1 4 21% .. • • Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2% .... . North British .. • • • • •• .. 20 .... 27% 28 27 IA • • 28 Ditto, Half Shares .. 6 .... .10 ...... .... 10 Ditto, Carlisle Extension 23i 3 .... •• .. 3 North Kent and Direct Dover .. 24 ...... North Staffordshire • . • • • • 425... 5% 4% 5 p p Norwich and Brandon .. Ditto, New • • • • • • • 5 .•. • •• •••• • • • - • .8c Cheltlun. Northmpton,BanburY , . ... 2 .... 1% .......... 1 Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverlimptn. 12% .... 9% si .3i ...... 91 Portsmouth Direct • • .. .. 3% .... 3% . . 3% Preston and Wyre • • • • • • 25 .... 29 xd• • • • , 29xd Reading, Guildford, & Reigate .. 425. .... .. •• • • • • 3i dis Scottish Central • • • • • •• 10 .... 16 .......... 16 Ditto New • • • • • •• •• 2%.... 7 .......... 7 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2%.... 3%% 4 3%.. 3% Shropshire Union • • • • • • • . 425..... 3 ' dis... . .... % dis. Sh rews bury and Hereford .. .. 2% .... is % .....• ..... 1% South Midland • • • • • • • . 425..... 214% 3 p.... 3 p South Eastern and Dovo r „, .. 33%.... 3,x, 40 Do., New (do. 33/. 65.8 d.) No. 2. 10 .... 14% , ..., .. 14% Do., New (do. 301.) • • No. 3. 15 .... ...... .... 16% Do., New (do. 151.) • • No. 4. 2%, ... 32% .. 2% Staines and Richmond .. .. 1 .... 1 m .......... 1% South Wales • • • • • • • • • • 5 .... 3 .. Vale of Neath • • • • • • 2 .... 2 ... ... 2 .G . lou . : 4 4 2 2 5 5 : .... .... — 314 . . 14 ... 1 ) :: :: 1 5 di P s . .... ... IslV,oersctelsttidir.,nigiUerniefodn., Ross, u. Yarmouth and Norwich .. .. 20 .... 27% York and Carlisle . • • • • • .. 2%.... 11,4% . ..... .. 134, York and Lancaster • • •• •• 2% .... 1% . York arid North Midland .. .. 50 .... .......... 1% Ditto, Scarborough Branch .. 25 .... 50 .. Ditto. Extension • • • • .15 .... 26'354 Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.... 12% .... 12% FORE IGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and AlTlign 3 • • •• .. 12 .... 12% % ...... . 12% Bord., Toul., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 .... —..........— Ditto, ditto (Espelete) „ 2 „„ .......... 21 4 Central of Spain • • • • • • .. 2 .... 134 ........ 1 % Dutch Rhenish • • • • , • .. 5 .... 734 %lA, %.... 7% East Indian .• • • • • • .. ss. .... Ni .. Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 .... 15% .......... 15% G r eat Indian Peninsular .. ~ s s. .... %.......... % G r eat Western Canada • • .. 3m.. .. 411 4 •• .... 4 Italian and Austrian . • • . .. 3 .... 1% Jamaica South Midland Junction 1 .... 2 ...... Louvain and Jemeppe •• ~ 4 .. . Luxembourg• 2% Namur and Liege ......6 .... 4% • ...... •••• 4% Orleans and Vierzon . • • . .. 10 .... 17 1 4 .••• • • • • Paris and Lyons Constituted „ 5 ~ , , Bli Sambre and Meuse' ......8 .... 6 .......... 53R Strasbourg and Bale . • .. .. 14 .... 834 Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 .. .. 6% 6% West Flanders • • • • • • . 4 .... 3 33i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia • • • • • • • • .. 40 .. • . 26% .. •.••• • • .. 26 MIXES. Real del Monte, Unregistered .. .... 3% - " 3% LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 4.—Wind N.E., light breeze and fine clear weather. DEAL MAY 3.—Wind E. to N.E., and E.N.E.—A rrd. 2d, Jane Hammond, Giles, St. John's, New Brunswick ; a three ; masted steam-schooner, from westward, and sid. northward. Sld. Royal William, Back, Quebec ; James Gray, Carter, Boston ; Norma, Jack son, famaica. Arrived from the river and sailed, Dolphin, Ryan, 'Newfoundland ; Bittern, Foss, Ceylon. 3d, Clara, Crow, Sydney and New Zealand; Berkshire, White, Sydney; Carib, Heaton, Hong-Kong ; Seringapatam, Fennell, Calcutta; Brah min, Taylor, Bombay; Vihilia, Milan, Algoa Bay; Prince Albert, Freeman, Jamaica; Chanticlere, Fassmore, ditto ; Ceres, Smith, Honduras; William Foster, Killick, Nassau; Burnhopeside, Lorby, Montreal. Sld. Thames, Barclay. Valparaiso; Eliza, Adamson, ditto ; with the rest of the outward bound. PLYMOUTH, MAY 3.—Wind E.S.E. -- Arrd. Milford, Stowe, Sanders foot, for London, to stop a leak. 1 . Off , George. Carson, New 'York, for Stettin. Sid. Catherine, Simmons, for Quebec. FALMOUTH, MAT 3.—Wind N .E. to E.—Arrd. I, Giovanni Maria, Fatula, Pernambuco ; 2, Lady Peel, Lenty, Moulmein ; 3, San Jose, Faduda, Santander. Sid. 2, Mathes, Sutton, Batavia. April 9. Off, Factory, Vanderlinden, Rotterdam, f M or er N th ew :G r d ork h . in' Havannah ; LIVERPOOL, MAT 2.—W., • w W•, moderato , — Acrd. Chaseley, Lee, Calcutta ; Ellen Jenkinson, Trade Island, Africa, sld. March 4; Saranak, Tinley, Philadelphia ; Will iam, Brown, Mazagan. MARKET iTEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE.-MONDAY. -- --- -- - The past week's arri va ls of English Wheat coastwise were o n a fair average scale ; but those of all other kinds of grain of home produce were Ihnited. From Ireland and Scotland the receipts of Oats were small, while the imports of foreign corn were by far snore limited than for some time previously. Fresh up to day, a moderate quantity of Wheat came to hand from Essex, Kent, and Cambridge shire, coastwise as well as by land carriage and samples, yet the stands were by no means heavily filled. The attendance of both tozinittaensdoef both yreld and h myersw numerous,e.•tatsolowlehrtachbkyfennadhttt a am hence the portion g spe of the supply— comman d e d a ready sale at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, the prices obtained on this day sem:light. In the middling and inferior kinds exceedingly little business was transacted, at previous currencies, and a total clearance was not effected. The accounts re c ei ve d t o -d a y from most parts of the country re specting general appearance of the young wheat plants state thatc the the future prospects are good. There was rather more tree Foreign Wheat on offer, yet the inquiry for that article was very steady, and last wee k' s prices were well supported. In itonded Wheat a fair busin ess wa s transacted for speculative purposes , bat prices underwent no change. The supply in warehouse it still on the Increase. With Ba r ley we were rather scantily supp lied. Fine Malting parcels moved off steadily at very fu ll p rices, but Grinding and Distilling sorts hung on band, yet we cannot call th em chea p er. Since our last very few parc els of Malt have come to ha nd, conse quently the show of that article to-day was small. Fine Ware par cels supported late figures. In other kinds, comparatively little business was transacted. From all parts the receipt of Oats have been scanty. Potato parcels connnanded a firm inquiry at extreme currencies ; while the value of all other parcels was well maintained. We understand that the shipments of Oats from many of the leading Irish ports are increasing ; hence additional supplies may be shortly expected here. We had a very short supply of Beans on offer, which commanded a steady sale at late rates. In Peas there was rather more doing, and white parcels were held at Is per qua rter more money. The Flour trade was firm, at the late adv ances. SIWITZIPIELD. From our own gra z i ng districts we received a full averag e time of YGar supply ( 1 1 . Beasts fresh up this morning , the q uality of which was unusually fine. The attendance of buy ers being by no means numerous, the Reef tr a d e ruled dull, at a decline in t he q uotations of 2cl per Sibs, the highest figure for the best Sco ts being 4s per 81bs,land at which a clearance was not effected. The droves from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, a n d Cambridgeshire, embra ced nearly 2,000 Scots, llome-broil s , an d Short -horns ; from the Eastern and Midland districts, 300 Devons, Runts, ller efords, &c. ; from other p a rts of England, 200 of various kin ds ; and from Scotland 300 Scots. The Th numbers of Sheep wa re again on the incre ase, owin g to which the Mutton tr a d e was somewhat inactive, at prices barely equal to those obtained on this day ae'anight. From the Isle of Wight about 170 Lambs came to hand per railway. On the whole the Lamb trade was steady at Friday's depressed rates. In Calves very little was a°1541 itt IfrrficaLl ettraiXaCii, anti WO Ow) may b 6314 Of ries, 30 90 20 100 60 110 80 80 100 Essex Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts .•••• . • • • • • ••• • • • 80 300 120 200 30 120 60 110 Total .. • ... ..... 410 2,100 300 1,750 Previous week's arrival...... 510 2,010 310 2,450 Difference since our last • • • . 100 90 10 700 BOROUGH AND SPIT.A.IPIELDS. The arrival of Potatoes at the water side during the past week has been very small. However, selected samples have moved off steadily, at full prices. In the middling and out of condition sorts, 80 little is doing that the quotations are almost nominal. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Selected qualities of East Kent and Sussex Hops continue in steady request, and last week's quotations are fairly supported. In a'l other kinds of Hops, the supply of which is moderately good, next to nothing is doing. _ _ TALLOW. This market is firm, and pricesore well supported. The quotation for the last three months is 4s 3a in bond. Town Tallow 4s sa nett cash. WOOL. Since Monday last the imports of Wool into London have been on the increase, they having amounted to 733 bales from Hobart Town, 18 do. from Ostend, 35 do. from !famburgh, 27 do. from Antwerp, and 91 do. from Konigsberg. It is expected that several public sales of colonial wools will be held towards the close of the present mouth. Privately there Is rather more business doing in foreign and colonial qualities, but English still hang on hand. M ARLBRO'-STREET-(T HIS DAY.) William Anderson, a young man of respectable appearance, was charged with stealing ss. in silver from the till of Mr. Blake, of No. 50, Great Portland-street, licensed victualler, under the following circumstances : Between four and five o'clock en Saturday afternoon last a servant of the prosecutor's, wko was in charge of the bar, had occasion to leave it for a few seconds unattended. On returning he saw the pri soner leaning over the counter, and in the act of pulling out the till. The prisoner grasped a portion of the contents in his hand and ran out of the house. The barman pursued him a very considerable distance, and, after he had attempted to escape by getting up behind a gentle man's carriage proceeding at a rapid rate, he was secured. On his being searched, no silver money was found in his possession ; he must of course, have thrown it away as he ran. The prosecutor was able to specify the sum taken from the till, as he had noticed the amount in it a short time previously. The prisoner, on being asked by Mr. MALTBY what he had to say in answer to the charge against him, flatly denied that he was leaning over the counter or had even touched the till. He was remanded until this day week. OVERLAND MAIL TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. The treaty of peace between the Indian Company and the Maharaja of Lahore was signed at Lahore on the 9th March. By Art. 3, the Maharaja cedes to the Company all the terri tory comprised between the rivers Beas and Sutlej. By Art. 4, the Maharaja, finding it impossible to complete the pay ment of the indemnity agreed upon, cedes to the Company all the mountain territory comprised between the Beas and the Indus, inclosing the provinces of Cashmere and of Maza rah. By Art. 5, the indemnity to be paid by the Maharaja is settled at fifty lacy of rupees. In a word, the Company obtains by Art. 10 the right of passage across the ter ritory of Lahore by the troops wherever required, By Art. 12, the Maharaja recognises Ghoolab Singh as inde pendent Sovereign of the territory which he at present pos sesses, and of whatever the Company shall choose to cede to him hereafter. On the 16th of March a counter-treaty was signed at Umritser, between the Company and the Maharaja Ghoolab Singh. By Art. 1 the Company cedes to Ghoolab Singh the terri tory at the east of the Indus and west of the Rave. Art. 3 stipulates the payment to the Company by Ghoolab Singh of 800,0001. By Art. 6 Ghoolab Singh engages to join all his troops to those of the Company in the operations which may take place within the limits of the Company's territory. By Art. 10 Ghoolab Singk recognises the supremacy of England, in testimony of which he will pay annually to the English Government eleven goats and six Cashmere mules. INDIA AND CHINA. (From the Times and Herald.) Our dispatch, in anticipation of the Bombay mail of the Ist of April, brings the gratifying intelligence of India being at present in complete tranquillity. The late rapid campaign on the Sutlej bas terminated in the complete subjugation of the Seikhs. Qur correspondent has forwarded to us the Delhi Gazette Extraordinary of the 23d of March, containing several most important documents connected with the treaties which were signed for the pacification of the Pun jaub. The first is a notification published by the Governor- General, and contains a note of the conference held on the Bth of March, between the British diplomatist, Mr. Currie, and the Minister and chiefs of the Lahore durbar, and also translations of two applications on behalf of the young Ma haraja Dhuleep Singh, praying for the protection of the British troops. The second document gives an account of the proceedings attendant on the treaty. The third is a memorandum of the proceedings of the durbar (public levee) held at Lahore on the 9th of March, in the state tent of the Governor-General, during which he delivered an address, which was interpreted sentence by sen tence, to the Lahore Chiefs and Minister, by Mr. Currie. The address is a remarkable document, as it explains the policy of the British Government, and the stipulations which are required from the Seikh Government. The fourth document is the treaty of peace between the British Government and Dhuleep Singh. It is comprised in 16 articles, and cedes all the territory south of the Sutlej, and also the hill country which lies between the Beas and the Indus, including the provinces of Cashmere and Husarah. The Maharaja is to pay 50; lacs (half a million sterling) on the ratification, and engages to disband all the mutinous troops of Lahore, and to keep 20,000 infantry and 12,000 cavalry, and no more. The British armies are to be allowed to pass through the Lahore territory, and all the guns pointed against the British are to be surrendered, as in fact they have been. The control of the rivers Beas and Sutlej to the Indus is vested in the British. No European or American is to be employed by the Lahore Government without the sanction of the British. Rajah Ghoolab Singh is to become an independent Sovereign in the territories which the British may cede to him. All changes in the frontiers of the Lahore state are prohibited, and all its dis putes are to be referred to the British authorities, who are not to interfere in its internal administration. This treaty is also remarkable in not using the title Pun jaub or Five Rivers. The dominions of Dhuleep are confined to the Lahore state. The fifth document is the memorandum of a state visit paid by the Governor-General to the Maharaja Dhuleep Singh, at which the Lahore Minister, Dewan Deen a Nath, pronounced an address of thanks to the British leader for his generosity. The sixth is a note of the proceedings of the Minister and Chiefs of Lahore, 'assembled together on the 11th of March in durbar, during which articles of agreement were signed for the occupation of the city of Lahore during ten months, in order to protect the Maharaja while organising his army. The seventh is a copy of the treaty entered into by the Governor-Genei al with the (now) Maharaja Ghoolab Singh, to whom the British give over, in independent possession, all the hilly or mountainous country lying between the Ravee and the Indus, including of course the valley of ashmere and the province of Hazarah and Chumba, but excluding Lahool. Ghoolab Singh is to pay half a million on the ratification of the treaty, and a quarter in October next, and is not to employ any foreigners. The British undertake to protect him against all foreign enemies ; while he and all his forces are to be ready when called on to aid the British. In ac knowledgment of British:supremacy, he engages every year to present a horse, twelve shawl goats, and three pair of Cash mere shawls. Thus the Jamoo Chief, who contrived to obtain possession of the greatest part of the treasures of old Runjeet, has been able to raise himself into the rank of an independent Ma haraja. While he was Wuzeer of Lahore he, in February last, promised to pay 1,500,000/. to the British; but when the day of payment arrived, in March, the money was not forthcoming, and new treaties became necessary, by which the Lahore Government was deprived of the Kohi?tan country), and Ghoolab or Gholab (for his name is written both ways), having undertaken to pay half a million down and another sum of a quarter million seven months after wards, was declared an independent Raja (or rather Maha raja—Great King), with the_ far-famed valley of Cashmere as his dependence. There is a remarkable omission in the Lahore treaty, to which it may be useful to awaken attention—viz., that no mention is made of the province of Moultan, which is known to have been always independent of Lahore until the reign of Runjeet Singh. The non-mention of this most important commercial entrepOt, leads to the belief that some further military movements for the occupation of that province may be expected after the rainy season shall have passed over-- that is, about October next. The Sinde army, which had reached Bhawulpore, was ordered to be broken up on the 10th of March, and most of the regiments returned to Sukkur, Sec., in order to be sta tioned in Sinde, while the Bengal troops proceeded towards Ferozepore. Sir Charles Napier, who by a most rapid march had reached the Governor-General at Lahore on the 3d of March, and where he was received with every distinction, was to return to Sinde as Governor. Some foolish reports have been circulated of the surrender of the Indus and Sinde to the Ameers, as if that great river was not now more than ever requisite for maintaining the preponderancy of the Bri tish supremacy in the north-west of India. General Sir J. Littler, at the head of 10,000 men, is to oc cu p y L ahore for the remaining months of 1846 ; the Lahore Government has to defray the expense of the British troops there. Th e Ga. vernor .General was expected to quit the Lahore state on the 20th of March, and to proceed into the newly-acquired provinces to the east of the Bens in company with Sir C. Napier, where they will to have to regulate the cantonments. It appears to be expected that the Governor-General will pass the hot and rainy months at Simla. No mention is made in the Lahore treaty of the province of Peshawar, of which the Affghans, under the notorious Akbar Khan, are anxious to repossess themselves. This is calculated to prove a new source of discussion, and perhaps of conflict, as soon as the season opens for a campaign. The whole settlement of the Punjaukindicates a great wish on the part of both the Powers to make terms as quick as possible, and the results may be confusion and disputes hereafter. The Nizam's finances are still in the utmost disorder, and must speedily require the application of a strong remedy by the paramount Government of India. The hot months had begun in India, and great complaints were heard of the want of water, in consequence of the scanty fall during the last monsoon. A famine was feared in various districts . during the two months which had to elapse before the rains set in. The news from China was to the 27th of February, which we received by the last mail. The French steamer, Archimede, with M. Lagrinie on board, had arrived in Bombay harbour on the Ist of April. He appears to be making a tour of all the great ports of India, having visited Calcutta, Madras, Trincomalee, Colombo, Bombay, &c. The resolution of the • Dutch Government to conquer the fertile island of Bali, with nearly 2,000,000 of inhabitants, has awakened the most indignant feelings amongst the mer chants of Singapore, as being contrary to the treaty signed by Mr. Canning and Baron Fagel on the 17th of March 1824. This island is a valuable acquisition, and it ought not, to be allowed to pass over to the cruelties of the Dutch slave owners with impunity. The Governor of Bombay, Sir George Arthur, had a severe attack of illness, but was recovering. His retirement from India was spoken of as approaching, :(From the Bombay Tinies of April 1.) THE PUNJAUB. The latest Lahore intelligence contained in our last extended to the Ist of March—the latter portion being scanty and incomplete. Ghoolab Singh had, at this time, been appointed Vuezeer—the first instalment of the indemnity was said to have been paid, the Khalsas were believed to be dispersing, and Lahore was garrisoned by British troops. It was a fortn+ght since we understood that our army would break up about the 12th, and before the 20th be entirely within our own frontier. Since then a considerable proportien of these arrangements have been altered, We shall come to the ex planation of the changes which have acetified by and by : mean while we must take up the narrative of events in the order of their occurrence. The village near camp, called Chooney, having been plundered, a stern order, intimating that camp fol lowers convicted of such malpractices as this would be hung on the spot, was issued. On the 2d the troops were inspected by the Commander-in-Chief, and presented a very fine appearance, Officers were alleived to visit the city and environs with a pass and escort, and nothing could be more orderly and respectful than the conduct of all classes of the people. Traffic, which on our approach was interrupted, was renewed with double vigour, the dealers in each supplies as were required in camp reaping an abundant har vest. The Khalsa troops came iii by regiments to receive their ar rears of pay. Five months' was due to them—two were struck off; so that for the fighting portion of their setileB they got no re ward at all. Even that allowed them was reduced from 245. to 14s. a month—the former being the sum extorted by them since they took the regulation of allowances into their own hands-120, was all they obtained from Runjeet Singh, and to this the newly organised army is to be restricted. Seventeen bullock cart-loads of rupees, amounting to 215,0001., came into camp on the sth, and the whole of the Seikh cannon used against us, thirty-six in number, were surrendered. Sir Charles Napier, who had ar rived in camp on the 3d, was received with the most marked consideration. Two days .afterwards a general review of the army took place. Sir C. Napier was introduced by Sir Henry Har dinge to ll.M.'s 50th, the regiment lie had commanded at Corunna, and in the evening a splendid entertainment was given by the Clover. nor General. According to the Kurrachec Advertiser (other authori ties arc silent on the subject) Sir H. Ilardinge asserted that he had sent for the here of Meance to take his place as second in command, as lie expected the reduction of Lahore, Umritser, and GoVliulghur, to be difficult and protracted operations. He complimented him highly on the civil government of Sinde. An entire and complete alteration began now to be found necessary in the arrangements. The jealousies existing between Ghoolab and Lail Singh being found an insurmountable obstacle to the Vuzzeership remaining in the hands of the former, the entreaties of the Queen was listened to, and the latter nominated in his place. When the promise of a million and a half of indemnity was made, it must have been well known to those who made it that in the treasury of the state no such sum was to be found. The hoards of Runjeet Singh had all been squandered, and by the time the arrears of the army, and the first instalment of the indemnity was paid, the last shilling was expended. The Government being unable to pay the whole of the sum they had promised, or to give satisfactory security for its eventual payment, the whole of the territories between the Bess and the Indus, including the provinces of Cashmere and Hazara, were ceded to us in perpetuity in lieu of the million they found themselves unable to make up ; the half million 1) as paid when the treaty was ratified. Ghoolab Singh having agreed to pay half a million now, and a quarter of a million on or before the Ist of October, had the whole of the country last ceded to us betwixt the Beas and Indus made over to him, including Chumba, but excluding Lalool ; which last, we presume, makes up for the detective 25,0001. required to bring the total up to the million and a half originally promised us. He was to recognise the supre macy of the British Government, and to present them annually one horse, twelve shawl goats, and three pairs of Cashmere shawls. He was to assist up with his troops whenever any army should be em ployed in his neighbourhood, and all his disputes and quarrels with those around him were to be referred to our arbitrement. No Euro pean or American, or subject of the British Government, was ever to be employed by him without our consent ; in defending himself from his enemies he was to have the benefit of our assistance. This dismemberment of the empire may be humiliating to the representatives of the ruler by whose vigour it was consolidated, but for us it is eminently expedient. We have now not one but a multitude of chiefs to deal with, in the last degree jealous of each other, with scarcely a single sentiment in common, save apprehension of us. Ten thousand British troops, with thirty-six pieces of artillery, are, by request of Q. ne T e i n. to be ,ey left at will rematutill Lahore übn t u ill t tahesoelnidd of fovtehrme year, nent bbeuetswtae have pledged ourselves that then they shall be withdrawn ; the extra charges of their maintenance being met by the treasury. The fol lowing are the corps ordered to stand fast :—Day's Troop of Horse Artillery, Horsford's Battery, Fordyce's ditto, two reserve Companies of Foot Artillery—viz., the 2d Company 2d Battalion, and 4th Com pany 4th Battalion, the Bth and 9th Companies of Sappers and Miners, a wing of the 2d Irregular Cavalry, two 18-pounders, two 8-inch howitzers, her Majesty's 80th Foot, the 6th, 12th, 27th 42d, 43d, 45th, 47th, and 68th Native Infantry. The Commander-in- Chief had made a short sweep of the fortresses near the capital, with a view especially of examining those of Uniritser and Govindghur, of which, we should imagine, plans arc likely to be taken. His ab sence was expected to be of short duration : his final departure from Lahore was fixed for the 18th or 20th. Sir John Littler had moved his troops somewhat to the south-west, and the new camp was esta blished considerably more near than the former one to the capital. A portion of the Seikh army is to be re-embodied for the service of the state, and paid at the rate allowed them under Runjeet Singh— sixpence per diem or thereabouts it is to consist of 25 battalions of infantry, 800 strong, with 12,000 cavalry—or 32,000 in all, and on no account to be increased without our consent. How a body of some 50,000 discontented and vindictive men are hereafter to be kept quiet or disposed of, must be matter of the gravest concernment to their own Government as well as ours ; and it seems not unlikely that indacements may by-and-bye Le held out to them to join the ranks of the British army. The Jullander Doab proves on exami nation to he more rich and fertile than it was supposed to be. The Seikh prejudices are so strong against the killing of the sacred cow, that as few Europeans as possible are to be quartered in our new dominions. The Governor-General returns by Umritser and Roopur, thence to Sultanpore and the other military stations in our new dominions he will thence proceed to Umballah on his way to Simla, where he will spend the hot season, watching from a convenient distance the effects of the political arrangements just made. The chiefs who held estates under grants from Runjeet Singh are to be allowed to continue in possession of them, in the confiscated states, paying to us the contributions formerly made by them to the Seikh treasury. We yesterday received the treaty, with relative correspondence, by special express. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Foreign Department, Camp Urnritser, the 16th March, 1846. The Right Honourable the Governor-General of India has been pleased to direct the publication for general information, of the sub joined extracts from the proceedings of the Government of India, re lative to the re-establishment of amicable relations between the British Government and the State of Lahore, and the recognition of the independence of Maharaja Ghoolab Singh. Note of conference between F. Currie, Esq., and Major H. M. Law rence, on the one part, and the Minister and Chiefs of the Lahore Durban on the other, Bth March, 1846. The Ministers and Chiefs having assembled at the tent of the Governor-General's agent, for the purpose of signing the treaty, the conditions of which had been previously discussed and determined, produced, on the part of the Maharaja, a letter addressed to Major Lawrence, the Governor-General's agent, of which the fellswing is a translation : " The feelings of consideration, kindness, and generosity which have been evinced towards the Lahore state by the Right Hon. the Governor-General, and his Excellency's respect for the former friendship of the British Government, with the late Maharaja Rua jest Singh, have been communicated to me through Mr. Secretary Currie and yourself, and have caused me to feel most grateful. " Certain important matters will now be represented to you by the following confidential personages : . Bhaee Ram Singh, Rajah Lai Singh, Birder Tej Singh, Dewan Deenanath, Fugueer Noor-ood-deen, and you, who are the guardian of the perpetual friendship of the two Governments, will represent these matters to the Governor-General, and will, doubtless, use your endeavours to procure a favourable de cision regarding them. The Lahore Government, it is known, is endeavouring to ar range its affairs, and it is necessary that effectual ;measures should be taken to prevent the recurrence of any disturbances. With this view it it is very desirable that some British regiments, with artil lery and officers, should be directed to remain at Lahore for a few months for the protection of the State. After affairs have been sa tisfactorily settled, and the period which may be fixed upon expired, the British troops will then return." To the above paper the following reply was made verbally, and was, at the request of the Minister and Chiefs, written down and given to them:— " The letter from the Maharaja to Major Lawrence, expressing gratitude to the Governor-General, has been read in presence of the Minister and Chiefs of the durbar. At the close of that letter, it is requested that a British force may be left at Lahore for a limited period. " Upon this, it is to be observed, that from the wording of the letter, it is not evident that the retention of a British force at Lahore is sincerely and urgently desired by the Lahore Government, and the nature of the disturbances which arc to be provided against are net specifically described. In se important a matter general expressions are out of place. The British Government desires to exercise no in terference with tie Government of Lahore after the treaty of peace is concluded, and the Governor-General is not willing to have any concern with the Lahore Government, or to accede to any measure not provided for by the treaty. This has been repeatedly explained to the Lahore durbar. If, therefore, for any special reason, and on any particular account, the assistance and intervention of the British Government are desired by the Lahore durbar, the fact should have been more distinctly stated in the Khur recta, and the causes which render such aid indispensable should have been given in detail. However, as the Maharaja has au thorised the chief named in the Khurreeta, and who are present, to make known all the particulars of the case, they should now state all the circumstances in dill." The Minister and Chiefs after consultation, read aloud the sub stance of the paper, of witch the following is a translation, but re quested that it might be put in the form of a Khurreeta from the Maharaja and sent In the evening. A communication was then made to tie Governor-General, who determined that a British force should, under certain oonditions, to be entered in a separate engage melt, occupy Lahore for a limited time ; the treaty was then - signed by the commissioners, and the meeting broke up. F SE D N OC T U F M R E O N N T PAECEDINO PguAaGRREAgiA, TRANSLATION AFTERWARDS circumstancesregarding the disorganisation of the Go vernment La demise of the late Maharaja Runjeet WITS! the n eo z f SEALI Lahore s THEinees the fit a a. nghuntil the present time are well known to the British Govern ment. The satisfactory settlement of affairs, the discharge of the dis turbers of public peace, and the reorganisation of the army under the stipulations of the new treaty, are now engaging consideration. But lest after the departure of the British forces the evil disposed should create fresh disturbances, and endeavour to ruin the state, it is the earnest and sincere desire and hope of the Lahore durbar that British troops with intelligent officers should, for some months, as circumstances may seem to require, be left at Lahore for the protection of the Government and the Maharaja and the inha bitants of the city. When affairs have been satisfactorily settled, and the period prescribed for the stay of the British force shall have expired, the troops may then be withdrawn." • (True note and translations.) (Signed) F. CURRIE, secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General. GENERAL ORDER BY THE RIGHT HON. THE GOVERNOR- Foreign Department GENEßAL , Ca O mp Lahore, the Ath March, 1846. The treaty of peace between the British Government an gift% his Highness the Maharaja Dhtileep Singh has been signed. The treaty will be ratified by the Governor-General in presence of the Maharaja and the Seikh Chiefs to morrow afternoon, the 9st lust., at four o'clock, in the Governor-General's tent. The Governor-General invites his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief, his Excellency the Governor of Sinde, with their present staff, to attend on this occasion ; also the generals of divisions, the bri gadiers, the head of each department, and all officers commanding corps, with one native officer from every regiment. III; H4llllBBB the Maharaja. Dhuleep Singli will toe recatretl by a salute of 21 guns. The street leading to the Governor-General's tent will be lined by detachnients of regiments according to the orders which his Excellency the Commander-in-atief will be pleased to issue. The following day the Governor-General will pay his llighness the Maharaja a visit of congratulation on the restoration of peace be tween the two Governments, and will leave the camp for that pur pose at three o'clock. The escort will be fixed in the General Order of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief. The 36 pieces of Siekh artillery, which were pointed against the British army, have been surrendered and brought into camp. The disbandment of the Selkh army, its reorganisation on the same rate of pay as in the the time of the late Maharaja Runjeet Single, and the limitation of its numbers, have been settled by the treaty. At the earnest solicitation of the Government of the Maharaja Dhuleep Singh, the Governor-General has consented to occupy the citadel and town of Lahore by British troops for a limited period, that opportunity may be afforded the Lahore Government of com pleting the reorganisation of its army according to the stipulations of the treaty. If by the good offices of the British Government peace and order can take the place of the military anarchy and misrule by which the Seikh nation has been brought to the verge of dissolution, the Governor-General will rejoice that the co-operation of the British Government, by the aid of its faithful army, shall have been suc cessful in effecting that object, It is the strongest proof which the British Government can give of the sincerity of its desire to see a Seikh Government reestablished. The British Government having afforded the protection desired,"the troops will be withdrawn before the end of the year. The details of the force will be deter mined between the Governor General and his Excellency the Com mander-in-Chief. During the period of occupation the native troops will continue to receive Sinde pay and allowances. It is by the valour and discipline of the British troops, led by their distinguished commanders, that these important and complete suc cesses have been gained, and the Governor General is confident that during the temporary occupation of the fortified town of Lahore, the troops will prove by their good conduct that they are as generous and humane after victory, as they are brave and invincible in the field of battle. By order of the Right llon. the Governor-General of India. (Signed) F. CURIIIE, Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-Generai. MEMORANDUM OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF A DIJEBAIC HELD AT LAIIORE ON THE 9TH OF MARCH, 1846. At four r.a.t. of the 9th March, a public durbar was ;held in the state tent of the Right lion. the Governor-General, at which his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief and staff, his Excellency the Governor of Sinde and staff, with the British and native officers. invited by the Governor General's order, dated Bth instant, attended. The young Maharaja of Lahore,* attended by the Minister Raja Lall Singh, Raja Ghoolab Singh, the Commander-in-Chief ,of the Lahore army, Sirdar Tej Singh, and about thirty other sirdars and civil officers, with their suites, being present. _ After the treaty of peace was rati&ti and exchanged with the usual ceremonies, the Governor-Goner 11 addressed the chiefs in the following terms, the address being trar slated, sentence by sentence, by the secretary to the Government of India, Mr. F. Currie : "On this occasion of ratifying the treaty of peace between the British Government and the Maliara , a Dhuleep Singh, in the pre sence of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, his Excellency the Governor of Sinde, and the officers of the British army on the one band, and of the Seikh Chiefs on till, other, I have to repeat the assurances which have so often been given by me and by my prede cessors, of our desire that peace and friendship may always subsist between the two Governments. " The British Government desires to see a Seikh Government re establiSlied which may be able to control its army protect its sub jects, and willing to respect the rights of its neighbours. "By this treaty the Lahore Government has sufficient strength to resist and punish any native power which may ven.ure to assail it, and to put down all internal commotions. " Wisdom in council and good faith in fulfilling its engagements will cause the Seikh Government to be respected, and enable it to pre serve its national independence. " For forty years it was the policy, in Runject Singh's time, to cultivate friendly relations between the two Governments, and during the whole of that period the Seikh nation was independent and happy. Let the policy of that able man towards the British Govern ment be the model for your future imitation. " The British Government in no respect provoked the late war. It had no objects of aggrandisement to obtain by hostilities. The proof of its sincerity is to be found in its moderation in the hour of Victory. "A just quarrel, followed by a successful war, has not changed the policy of the British Government. The British Governrnentdoes not desire to interfere in your internal affairs. lam ready and anxious to withdraw every British soldier from Lahore. At the earnest soli citation of the Seikh Government, I have reluctantly consented to leave a British force in' garrison at Lahore until time shall have been afforded for the re-organization of the Seikh army, by which assist ance the stipulations of the treaty may be more easily carried into effect. " In no case can I consent that the British troops shall remain in garrison for a longer period than the end of this year. " I state this publicly, that all the world may know the truth. and the motives by which I am actuated in this matter. Sella; army must, according to the ti•ertt3, be immediately reorganised by adverting to the same system and rate of pay as in Runject Singh's time. " If the friendly assistance now afforded by the British Govern ment be wisely followed up, and honest exertions made by the chiefs without delay, you will become an independent and prosperous state. " The success or failure is in your own hands : my co-operation shall not be wanting, but if you neglect this opportunity, no aid on the part of the British Government can save the state. . _ "4 leave my political agent, Major Lawrence, assisted by Major M'Gregor and a most able general officer, Sir John Littler, to cern' mend the British troops. These officers possess ray entire confidence " Again I repeat that my anxious desire is to see the S e ikh Govern ment strong and respected, an obedient army, patriotic chiefs, and a happy people, trust the reign of the Maharaja will be long and prosperous, and celebrated for the happiness of his people under a just and pacific Government," At the close of this address, the Sirdars expressed in warm tering their gratitnde to the Governor-General, and their resolution to follow the advice his Excellency had given. The usual presents were then given, after which the durbar broke up. (Signed) F. CURRIE, Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General. TREATY BETWEEN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE OF LAHORE. Whereas the treaty of amity and concord, which was concluded be tween the British Government and the late Maharaja Runjeet Singh , the ruler of Lahore, in 1809, was broken by the unprovoked aggresion, on the British provinces, of the Sikh army In Decembt - tr last ; and whereas on occasion, by the proclamation, dated ad ofDeceiriber, the territorie f e, then in the occupation of the Maharaja of Lahore, and that the le ft or British bank of the river Sutlej, were confiscated atsd annexed to the British provinces, and since that time hostile oper3tions hav e been prosecuted by the two Governments, the one against the ether: which have resulted in the occupation of Lahore by the British troops ; and whereas it has been determined that, upon certain conditions peace shall be re-established between the two o° ' vernments, the following treaty of peace between the Honour able English East India Company - and the Maharkja Phule e P Singh Bukadoor and his children, heirs, and successors, has bee n t ': concluded on tke part of the Honourable Company by Frederic k Currie, Esq., and Brevet-Major Henry 3lonizomery LawreuoC, by virtue of full powers to that effect vested in theizi by the Right gon. Sir Henry Hardiage, G.C.11., one of her Britannic. Majesty.* most Honourable rrivy Council, Governor-General, appointed by the Honourable Company to direct and control all their affairs in the East Indies, and oil the part of his Highness the Mahara DhuleeP Singh, by Lhaec Ram Singh, Raja Lal Singh, 'Sirdar lej Sings, Sirdar Chuttur Singh Attareewalla, Sirdar Runjoor Singh Majethria, Dee wan Deena Nath, and Fukeer Noor Oodeen, vested with full powers and authority on the part of his Highness. ARTICLE I. There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between the British Government on the one part, and Maharaja Duleep Singh, his heir " and successors, on the other. ARTICLE 11. The Maharaja of Lahore renounces for himself, his heirs and al e : cessors, all claim to, or connexion with, the territories lying to I.ue seuth of the river Sutlej, and engages never to have any concer n with these territories or the inhabitants thereof. ARTICLE 111. The Maharaja cedes to the Honourable Company, in peril en n4l sovereignty, all his forts, territories, and rights in the Dooabi r country, hill and plain, situated between the rivers Bees and bhlU _ ARTICLE IV. The British Government having demanded from the Lahore stt t , as indemnification for the expenses of the war, in addition to Oa , sion of territory described in Article 111., payment of one And crores of reis, and the Lahore dovemment being mashie to to pal whole of this sum at this time, or to give security satisfact,Ory the British Government for its eventual payment, the Maharaja cedes t ° the honourable Company, In perpetual sovereignty, as equiygeent tot one crore of rupees, all his forts, territories, rights, and interusts, in the hill countries which are situated between the rivers Be as and Indus, including the provinces of Cashmere and Hazarah. AITICLE Y. o f The Maharaja will pay to the Britis.h Government the sum 50 lacs of rupees, on or before the ratification of this treaty. ARTICLE VI. The Maharaja engages tdisband the mutinous troops of th° Lahore army, taking from th em th e i r arms; and Lis Highness agre°' to reorganise the Regular or Aeen Regiments of Infantry, u p o n the system, and according to the regulations as to pay and allowance , observed in the time of the late Maharaja, Rurejeet Singh. Th: Maharaja further engages t o p ay up all arrears to the soldiers that arc discharged under the provisions of this article. ARTICLE VII. The Regular Army of the Lahore State shall henceforth be limi ted to 25 battalions of Infantry, consisting of 890 bayonets each, yr" 12,000 Cavalry ; this number at no time to be exceeded without tita concurrence of the British Government. Should it be necessary t: any time, for any special cause, that this force should be increase'', the cause shall be fully explained to the British Government, i. 11 ?;'; when the special necessity shall have passed, the regular troops slof, be again reduced to the standard specified in the former clause v' this article. • ARTICLE VIII. The Maharaja will surrender to the British Government all !? guns, thirty-six in number, which ha ve been pointed against the British troops, and which, having been placed on the right bank - ° the river Sutlej, were not captured at the battle of Sabraon. _ ARTICLE IX. The control of the rivers Bees and Sutlej, with the continuation., of the latter river, commonly called the Gurrah and the Punjnud, to tb e onfluence of the Indus at Mithunkote, and the control of the j rll . dus from Mithunkote to the borders of Beloochistan, gilt% is spect to tolls aid ferries, rest with the British Government. T.be sions of this article shall not interfere with the passagec. • boats " ey longing to the Lahore Government on the s a id r i vers for tlre p..,.; poses of traffic or the conveyance of passengers up and down tliv.• course. Regarding the ferries between the two countrias r ee P ec ; lively, at the several ghats of the said rivers, it is agreed that wt British Government, after defraying all the expenses of mans geU' ff and establishments, shall account t o th e Lahore Governs one-half of the net profits of the ferry collections. The provi sione this article have no reference to the fe rr i es on tha t par t o f tj rive t Sutlej which forms the boundary of Bulwhapore and Lai sore re spectively. - - ARTICLE X. h the territories of his Highness the Malearaja . ,„ 0 troops throng of their allies , "" ii, If the British Government should, at any time, desir . e. to w P o s t protection of the British territories, or those being __,_ e British troops shall, on such special occasion, duo notice , e _ oo , be allowed to pass through the Lakore territories i .. p t vid V g T ip p uce officers of the Lahore state will afford f acilities tne British GoveriL gent will and boats fir the passage of rivers, o d m bo ay at b s e , e a n n d d a W n : compensation for all private llmoreover observe all due consitleration ..i n' s t u hos i liali pt.' zibitants of those tracts thresUgh wi ll ' . r p yli ert i y anon tl7: pthmarieyurtsehhliegull Governmentreligious f r ee l ce linog. w all a the army may pass. ARTICLE XI. A n ni e . d a . Re T fili4 The Maharaja engages never to take, or retain in his service, ant British subject, nor the subject of any E uropean or America a state, without the consent of the British Government. ARTICLE XII. In consideration of the services rendered by Raja Gh oo l a b $ ingb , 0 1 Jummoo, Lahore state, towards producing the restoaration te, tile relations of amity between the Lahore and British G.:m*llMT t the Maharaja hereby agrees to recognise the befi t ePs, n ",4- sovereignty of Raja Ghoolab Singh in such territories an a , s i 17 tracts, is the hills, as may be made over to the said Raja ‘a h 7:ll Singh by separate agreement between himself and the J 3",,,, i s Government with the dependencies thereof, which may have _ be— „uis the Raja's possession since the time of the late Maharaja is -u4 , n o. Singh, and the British Government, in consideration of the g00 d ,,,,'" 0 - ee duct of Raja Ghoolab Singh also agrees to recognise his indepen".;te in such territories, and to admit him to the privileges of a ilel ), "" treaty with the British Government. Alarms mum tii° Lahore state In the eve n t of any dispute or difference arising betvreelled to to and Raj (lheolab , the be refer' the arbitration of the a British Gover Singh nment, same and by shall its deesision Maharaja engages to abide. OM The limits of the Lahore tetories ARTICLE XIV. * shall not ,at cha nged without the c oncurren ce of the British Gove be rnMent. a ny T • XV. The British Government wiII ARTICLE net exercise any interference iti • rn o th ; inter nal administration of the Lahore state, b u t i n all ca se 'oo- questions which may be referred to the British Government, 1. 116 to Yernor-General will give the aid of his advice and good aka, fer furtheranee of the interests of the Lahore Government. ARTICLE XVI. The subjects of either state shall, on visiting the territoriet of the other, be on the footing of the subjects of the moat 'AO " nation. dal This treaty, consisting of sixteen articles, has been iweor settled by Frederick Currie, Esq., and Br ev e 4- 0, ~ o ' o o Henry Montgomery Lawrence, acting under the direc . B., of the Right Honourable Sir Henry Hardinge, of Governor-General, on the part of the British Government, ar,(tittet Bhace Earn Singh, Raja Lai Singh, Sirdar Tej Singh, Sirdar , Single Attareewalla, Sirdar Runjoor Single Majethia, Dewar D "is Nath, and Fuqueer Noorooddeen, on the part of the Mat.,oed Dhuleep Sleigh, and the said treaty has been this day ra , _. f . 0., by the seal of the Ri g ht H on . Si r H enr y H a rdinge, ; eg p Governor-General, and by that of his Highness Maharaja 3) 1, "' Singh. ford Done at Lahore, this 9th day of March, in the yen' of eur 1846, corresponding with 10th day of Rubbee-001-awul 1263, and ratified on the earns date. 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