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some decisive steps for meeting the emergency ? From tilt, scarcity of supplies generally in Europe, he gathered that this I measure would produce little or no alteration of the price of corn in this c .untry. Nothing was to be feared, then, upc,n that point ; but it was contended that the change would throw large bodies of lab3urers out of employ. It was errone ous to suppose so, for a more fitting time for the alteration, avoiding such a result, could hardly have been selected than the present. Railways and other public works were largely in the course of construction, and labour was never in so great demand. Tiere was a third reason for the alteration taking place at the present time, namely, the influ te ace it would have upon the policy of other nations. It would influence France, it would influence Germany, and it would nfluence America. On these grounds, therefore, he thought Hon. Members opposite were wrong in finding fault with the change proposed by the Hon. Baronet. The Right Hon. Baronet maintained the corn-laws as long as he could—he maintained them for the interest of Hon. Gentlemen opposite ; and if any one had to complain at all, he thought it was the Members of the Opposition. Hon. Members opposite ought to thank the Right Hon. Baronet for his past policy, and pin with him now in yielding to the pressure of irresistible circumstances. The most discreditable course which the Right Hon. Baronet could have pursued would have been that which they said he ought to have pursued—( Hear, hear)—for that course would in fact have been this, that a public man who had changed his opinions upon a great question should persist, contrary to his convictions and conscience, for the purpose of pleasing a particular party. But he had honestly come forward to refute e fallacies from which he had been freed. But if the Hon. Gentleman on the other side of the House told him that it was the duty of the chief Minister of the Crown to vote and act, contrary to his conscience, to please a particular party, he conceived that the post of that individual would be one not of honour or of dignity, but the most dishonourable to which a man could be appointed.—( Hear, hear.) And now there was only one other argument on which he would venture to trouble the House on that occasion. It was an argument which had been put forward by an Hon. Member, whom he regretted not to see in his place. It was this—that the present Parlia ment had no right to do this and that ; the course which the Right Hon. B ironet should have proposed should have been to sugeeet the dissolution of Parliament, for the purpose of taking fhe opinion and sense of the people upon this important ques tion. Now,to a certain extent, he (Mr. Buller) was bound to admit that there might be some validity in that argument, if he thought that this repeal of the corn-laws would really have been carried by the ssnse of the country. If be could see any unequivocal proms of that, he should say to the Hon. Baronet. " the experiment which you are about to try is not only un fair but most exceedingly d a ngerous—(Protectionist cheers)— bscense if the sense of the country is so clearly against you, the inevitable consequence of your act will be tint th- new Parliament, which must be called into being in a year or two—( Hear, hear)—will reverse your Act for the repeal of the corn-laws."—( Hear, hear.) Well, now, be would say, that if any Hon. Gentleman on the other side of the House could show him that the inevitable consequence of an appeal to the country would be the return to Parliament of a majority of representatives in favour of protection to agri culture, he should be perfectly willing to have a dissolution of the resent Parliament.—( Hear, hear.) But, really, after the decisive majority by which the question had been carried, he must say that he could conceive no ground for supposing that the gentlemen opposite—the protection party—would increase their numbers by one single unit in the event of a new Parlia ment.—( Hear, hear.) Well, then, he would say also, that even if they should procure a small majority in favour of pro tection, they must (not suppose that the country would quietly submit to their decisions. The Parliament that might be elected must, like the present, act in conformity with the opinion of the intelligent portion of this country ; and, unless . the Right Hon. Baronet were certain that the new Parliament which would be returned after the dissolution of the present one would be one that would maintain the present corn-laws, it would be a most culpable act on his part to put the country to the expense and turmoil attending an election which could produce no good result. He (Mr. Buller) did not think it advisable that the country should be put to trouble merely for the purpose of pleasing the whims of the protectionist party. But what would be the effect of a majority the other way ? Why, that they would have a Parliament, of which tee minority would be pledged one way and the majority the other, and the legislation would be carried on by a party whose opinions were contrary to those of the majority of the intelligent people of this country. And he believed that the consequence would be that the people would cry out for a second Reform Bill of a nature far more formidable than what any Hon. Itlernber could anticipate.—(Near, hear.) Hon. Mem 'bers in favour of protection had said that the election which had lately taken place in Westminster was a proof that the people were also in favour of protection. Now, he could scarcely understand how the returning of a consistent free trader could be an evidence of their feelings in favour of pro tection. —( Hear, hear.) He had certainly heard it stated that the Duke of Richmond had 400 voters ready to come up on an emergency in favour of a protectionist candidate, but no such candidate had ventured to introduce himself to the notice of the constituents, and he (Mr. Boller) must, on those grounds, conclude that the people of Westminster were decidedly in favour of free trade.—( Heer, hear.) He would wish to ask Hon. Gentlemen opposite whether they really anticipated that in the event of an election a majority of votes would be recorded in favour of protectionist candidates? Why, they knew that the contrary would be the result of an appeal to the country. —(Hear, bear.) It was impossible for them to get re turned by the large constituencies of the country. The great counties would not return them. They might get re turned for the small agricultural boroughs, but it would be impossible for them to be returned by the great county of Lancashire. They knew that very well. They would also lose the great constituency of the West Itiding. ( "Hear," and " No, no.") They would also lose the' great metropolitan Constituencies.—( Cries of " Hear, hear," and " No, no ") Bat if they did get a majority, that majority would be impo tent to keep their places—they would bring the House of Com mons tumbling about their ears. They talked very largely about their county representatives. They believed that they would obtain the representation of Northampton and Gleu cestershire. His Noble Friend, the M ruber for the West ' Riding of Yorkshire (Lord Morpeth) had entered that House as the repres-ntative of a constituency which had sent him there to supeort the total repeal of the corn-laws. And he believed that that Noble Lore would silos have a colleague to support him in those views in the event of a new elec. tion,—(Protectionist cries of " No, no.") Three two Honourable Members would then represent as many peo ple as were represented by twenty -three of the county Members. Now, he would not take into consideration the borough Members, but he would say, as a fact, that the representatives of Middlesex, Lancashire, and Yorkshire, %soul(' represent the greater portion of the people of England. They must, therefore, tremble at the result of a dissolution of Parliament. Even if they were successful, they must tremble at the consequences of their own success, for he would tell them that the minority of the representatives represented the wealth and intelligence of the majority of the people of this country. He, therefore, warned them to look at the ground on which they were treading ; and he begged of them, before they determined to persevere in their present policy, to recol lect that there were questions yet to be settled of far greater importance than that even of the corn-laws. His own belief was, that the course which had been taken by the Right Hon.- Baronet was a wise and statesmanlike course. They bad heard much of true Conservative policy. He believed that never did the Right Honorable Baronet show a more sagacious foresight into the true nature of conservative policy --(Protectionists' cries of " Oh, oh !")—than when he pro posed to repeal those laws, which were the only real cause of the heart-burnings and divisions amongst the people of Eng land, and which gave them a right to demand their repeal. Lord G. BENTINCK said that the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman who had just sat down, commenced his observations by stating that the universal common sense of all mankind were agreed in the principles of free trade. Why, he (Lord G. Bentinek) thought the Honourable and Learned Gentleman looked to the opinions of the United States of America, of the monarch and people of Prussia, of the people of France and her Government ; the Zollverein of Germany, and the opinions of Russia. He should have paused before he came to the conclusion, that the united sense of all mankind was in favour of free trade.—(Hear, bear.) He ( Mr. Buller) was something like the tailors of Tooley-street, who mistook their opinions for those of the united people of England.—(Hear and laughter.) He had mistaken the opinions of his party for these of the majority of the country. In his observations he had alluded to the alleged potato famine in Ireland. He (Lord G. Bentinek) believed that the allega tions that had been made by the First Minister of the Crown at the opening of Parliament, respecting the potato famine in Ireland, were gross delusions. —( Hear. hear.) The papers that had been laid upon the table of the House, and the accounts which they received daily, stated the averageprice of potatoes in the more important towns of Ireland at a fraction under 4d. a stone, and he could not therefore conceive that the people of that country were in such a distressed condition as had been represented by the Members of the Government.—( Hear. s. When the people of England learnt that the average price of potatoes in Ireland did not quote up to 4d. a stone, he real y did not think they could bapersuaded to believe in:the existence of a potato famine in that country. From the return made on the 24th of January, and also from the prices current of the markets in Ireland, it appeared - that prices were falling in that market instead of rising. They had also heard that several ship loads of potatoes bad left Ireland for 'W ales and Cumberland —(Protectionist cheers.) He (Lord George Bentinck) had surc , eded with considerable difficulty in forcing the Right Honourable Baronet to a declaration that, in his opinion, bad a free trade in corn existed in the year 18.36, when the piece of wheat was 46.. and not as stated at 395., the prices would not have been reduced. He (Lord George Bentinck) had calculated from the Parliamentary returns of the prices of wheat in ten different countries in Europe, that wheat could have been brought into this country and sold at a profit at a price of 325. Ilid , being 13s a qr. less than *tee average price in England. The same calculatipns made wi , h reference to the year 1835, including freight and all othe • charges to Mark-lane, as in the former case, would give as a result that wheat could be sold with a pro fit at a price of 293. 10 d., being about 10s. lower than the lowest price of wheat in this country. He hoped he hid shown to the satisfaction of the House, that the fears of the farmers were not altogether visionary. The Ministers, in all their speeches to his side or the House, s tated that free trade in corn would have the effect of enlist:lc ing rather than lowering the prices. But they no sooner finished their address than they turned roundto the tree-traders and tle eiared that their object Was t• obtain cheap bread—( Hear. ) -=and the time is gone by When rents can be eked out by the sufferings of the poor.—(Hear, hear.) It has been argued that free trade is corn is necess ary to procure steadiness in the prices throughout the country ; and it has been made one of the principal charges again-t the present law that it has not produced a single steadiness of price, but rather a great fluctuation. He was ready to meet Hon. Gentlemen on bnth sides of the House as to that fa .t. Gentlemen around him had not abandoned the sliding-scale, and he bllieved that a larg e po r ti on of the o fr i. cultural community w er e in favour o the present corn-law, and in the year 1842 the prices under its operation in this country, had been subjugated to less fluctuation than to a ny other market in the world. The Right Hon Gentleman then went into various details, for the purpose of showing t hat fo reign wheat could be impo rted into this country, from Patitzic and other places, at such a price as to swamp completely all a ttempts at competition on the part of the British farmer. The fact of - there being 600 , 000 qrs. of wheat in bond in October . last, proved that the sliding scale, and the duty even of 18s , per quarter, were no impedimen t to its im p ortation. He c nt tended that the Right Hon. Baronet was wr on g in stating that the wages of the agricultural labourer was 6s. per week. The prosperity of the labourer did not depend on the low price of corn. The Right Hon. Member for Portsmouth, the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, called upon them (the protec tionists) to say what course they woul I adopt under the cir cumsta.nces. He had no hesitation in repeating what he had said on ti:e night of the great debate, that there was no ne cessity whatever for opening the ports, and th it the rumours respecting the fetilure of the potato crop were not founded on truth. When the Right Hon. Baronet proposed to open the ports, there were only teree in the Cabinet to concur in opinion with him; and a noble indivielual,possessedofgreat influence, s..id that he believed the reports of tbeeetirciVand failure of thepotato crop were greatly exaggerated, but Y they were founded in truth, and if a famine really was approaching, that the ports would open themselves. His friends around him concurred in that opinion.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government, when at the point of having the sweets of office dashed from his lips, asked them at his side of the House for their support. Now, he would give an answer to that. It was not till the year 1841 that the f overnment asked for something like a reduction, and after that they proposed a Axed duty ; elebseqaently to that, the Noble Lord the Member a S for London, found out that something was brewing in her Ma jesty's Government, and it was then he sought to outbid them. The advice which he (Lord George Bentinck) had given the House and the country on she part of his friends was, to follow the advice of Dr. Bailey, and to take no more of the remedies which were propounded by the opposite side of the House, supposing even they were to come into office. With respect to the Right Hon. Gentleman on the Treasury bench having alluded to his (Lord G.Bentinck's) speech as a poetical one, he (the Right Hon. Baronet) must have been thinking—like the man who was said to be an object worthy the envy, if not the admiration of the gods—(Laughter)—he must have been like a gentleman who was fishing for the budget—(Laughter)—and no doubt he was fishing up for the budget. The Noble Lord on the opposite side of the House, when -he found - out that •he was- about to be dismissed from office made a virtue of their condition, and then went out on the cry of cheap bread. The Noble Lord and his Hon. Colleagues were then like pirates, who rather than surrender their ship were determined to apply the torch to the magazine.—( Laughter.) He thought the present Ministry were also comparatively pirates, for they had pirated the opi nions and principles of the Noble Lord, nay, they had gone farther, and even pirated the principles and the speeches of the Anti-Corn-law League.—( Laughter. ) They had applied the torch to the magazine of the state vessel, and they would assuredly partake of the danger. But he could not compare the dare-devil courage of the pirate, who in the extremity of the storm, applied the torch to the magazine. That was not the course of the Ministry—far from it.—( Hear, hear.) They had been entrusted with the care of a ship, and what did they do? The commander had led her upon a lee shore—he brought her upon the breakers—(Cheers) —and under the guns of the enemy's battery—(Cheers)—while the crew were asleep in their hammocks, the commander scut tled the ship, with the assistance of the sentinel, and the master, and the mate, and then they stole the compass, and skulked away in the long-boat, and attempted to sell to the enemy the gallant crew who had saved them.—( Loud cheers from the Ministerial side of the House.) But the captain judged of that gallant crew by their own craven hearts—(Renewed and pro longed cheering from the Ministerial side of the House )—but still they were not thrown into dismay and confusion ; they ral lied and took the ship off the breakers, and would, eventually, carry her int* port.—( Great cheering.) Sir .1. GRAHAM said that he rose at an early hour of the evening for the purpose of addressing the House on this ques tion; bat not having been able to do so until now, he would not wish to begin at this late hour of the night, and, therefore, he moved that this debate be now adjourned.—( Hear. ) The debate was then adjourned. Upon the motion of the other orders of the day being read, Lord G. BENTINCK moved that the House do now adjourn, which, being seconded, strangers were ordered to withdraw ; but no division took place. On our re-admission to the gallery, we found Lord G. BENTINCK on his legs, in explanation of the fact of adjournment. The Noble Lord was quite inaudible in the gallery. Mr. YOUNG followed in reply. Lord G. BENTINCK said that his Hon. Friend the Secretary to the Treasury had informed him that he had a communication to make froni the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government, with the view of making some ar rangement with respect to the Irish Coercion and the Corn Importation Bill. It was arranged between them, and with, as he (Lord G. Bentinek) understood, the entire concurrence of the Right Honourable Baronet, that if the party on that side of the House would not provoke a discussion on the question put by the Noble Lord, the Member for London, the third reading of the Corn-law Bill would not be taken until after Easter. Their party, therefore, paced the matter, sub silentio, according to the terms of their agreement, and it was not until afterwards, when be received a communication from the Hon. Member for Craven, that he was aware that the First Lord of the Treasury was no party to this arrange ment. He merely stated this to the House, that it might know that the misunderstanding was not attributable to him or to the party with which he was connected. Mr. YOUNG said that he had expressly guarded himself in his interview with the Noble Lord by saying that he was not authorised by the Right Hon. Baronet to make any proposition on the part of Government. The Noble Lord seemed to have recognised this qualification, for within ten minutes after he expressed himself thus:—" Then the agreement is no agree ment after all." He afterwards wrote to the Noble Lord, stating that he had been acting throughout without the au thority of the Right Hon. Baronet. If the Noble Lord did recollect aright, he (Mr. Young) had made answer to one of his suggestions, that he could not entertain this point at all, and therefore would not mention the matter to the Right Hon. Baronet. He could only repeat, that throughout the whole matter, it was without the authority of the Government. Sir R. PEEL said that it would be necessary for him to state that his Hon. Friend was not authorised directly or indirectly by the Government to enter into any arrangement or engage ment with the Noble Lord, and he (Sir R. Peel) came down to the House without an idea that there was any specific engagement entered into. He should regret if the Noble Lord and his friends had lost any advantage. He thought they bad not, for if the Noble Lord would recollect, he (Sir R. Peel) had distinctly stated in his place that he would give precedence to the Irish Coercion Bill, but to nothing else. Mr. THORNELY said that a most important question arose out of this debate, and he would ask the Right Hon. Baronet if the Corn 8 , 11 was not to be read a third time until after Easter, because if not the country ought to be aware of it. Mr. DISRAELI hoped that her Majesty's Government would state whether it was possible the third reading of the Bill would take place before Easter. Mr. HUDSON did not see much reason for pushing the measure forward ; for though it was said great stagnation of trade took place from the present state of suspense, be be lieved much greater stagnation of trade would follow if the 13i11 passed than what now existed. The country laboured under no anxiety for the passing of the Bill. If the Noble Lord, the Member for the city of London, had made any engagement with her Majesty's Government on the subject, perhaps that Noble Lord, it requested by the Right Hon. Baronet, would release the Government from the engagement. Mr. ORMSBY GORE said he would not be bound by any arrangement that might have been made respecting the close of the debate. If he saw it necessary be would move the adjournment of the debate to-morrow night, in order to express his opinions. Lord G. BENTINCK said, there was no bargain at all on his part, beyond an understanding expressed on behalf of a number of his friends, that the debate should be allowed to conclude the present week. Mr. YOUNG said, that he was not authorised by the Right Hon. Baronet to make any specific arrangement a. to the mode in which the Corn Bill and the Coercion Bill were to be taken up. Sir R. PEEL repeated that he had never authorised, either directly or indirectly, any arrangement but the one stated by the Noble Lord; and when he came down to the House he did not conceive that the Noble Lord was under that impression. He thought it was of the utmost importance that the Bill should be passed before Easter, and every eff , .rt would be made on his part to pass the Bill in that time. He might ask those of his colleagues who were with him on Friday, to bear him out in this statement ; the question was agitated among them, whether the Irish Coercion Bill should be read the first time before the Corn - Bill, thus leaving no assumption on their mind that any arrangement had been entered into with the Noble Lord. • Sir J. GRAHAM said it was absolutely necessary that no concealment whatever should be made in respect to what bad passed at the meeting, to which the Right Hon. Baronet had referred. They then considered whether they should proceed with the corn-laws, without taking any step in reference to 'the Bill sent down from the other House of Parlia ment for the protection of life in Ireland—( Hear, hear ) and he (Sir James Graham) expressed his strong con viction, that notwithstanding, the pressing urgency for pass the cern-laws, they should, in courtesy to the other House, pass the first reading ; but that should it not go beyond that stage, no interruption would be offered to the passing of the corn-law. All his colleagues had come to the conclusion, that that was the course to be adopted, and they also came to the conclusion that no compact should be come to with any other party , in the House. Mr. DISRAELI thought that this was no explanation of the misunderstanding which had been come to. The Hon. Mem ber for Cravan was well known to be the active manager of the business of the House, and he had before that time bad no less than three conversations and a lengthened correspondence with the Noble Lord. They were, therefore, entitled to con sider him authorised by Government in making any arrange • ment with him. This, before any Committee of the House, would be held a clear case of agency—immediately brought home.—(Laughter.) As far as he himself was concerned, he did not care when the third reading of the Corn Bill would take place, but still he thought it necessary that they should • know when that third reading was anticipated. The conversation then dropped. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjoutned at a Quarter past One o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Cmnmoni.) EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW AND SCOTTISH tENTRAL RAILWAYS JUNCTION BILL. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " after the Committee on the Amalgamation of Railways and Canals shall have reported to the House :"—Question put, " That the word 4 now' stand part of the Question." The House divided MAJORITY—AYES, 40. A'Court, Captain Ewart, William Mundy, E. M. Ainsworth, Peter Forbes, Wm. O'Brien, A. Stafford Arkwright, G. Fox, S. L. O'Brien, J. Baillie, William Fuller, A. E. Patten, J. W. Baird, William Gladstone, Captain Polhill, Frederick Bateson, Thomas Gordon, Hon. Capt. Rollesion, Colonel I.lo4kin, William H. Greene, Thomas Sotheron, T. H. S. Bridgeman, H. - itibity, T. P. - . • Minot*, gtej, -- Buckley, Edmund Horsinan, Edward Wood, Colonel Busteild, William Jolliire, Sir W. G. H. Wortley, J. 8, Cluistoph4r, It. A. Kelly, James Cripps, W. Loch, James Dennistoun, J. Mackenzie, T. Drummond, 11. Mackenzie, W. F. Esmonde, Sir T. APTaggart, Sir J TELLERS. Duncan, Lord Egerton, W. T. MINORITY-NOES, 34. Arbutintott, Hugh Ebrington, Viscount Pakington, J. S. Battle, Walter Ellice, Edward Palmer, G. Baring, F. T. Eiphinstune, IL Stewart, P. M. itiackburne, T. I. Escott, Bickhain Strickland, Sir G, Bolder°, H. G. Gouibum, Hoary . Tattered, H. W. Bouverie, Edward P. Grey, Sir George Thornely, T. Carew, W. P. Huila, Archibald Trelawny, J. S. Clerk, Sir G. . Hawes, Benjamin Wawn, J. T. Coiquhoun, John Hope, Sir J. Coote, Sir C. H. Howard, P. H. TELLERS. Cowper, W. F. Johnstone, Hope Maule; Fox Dickinson, F. N. Lockhart, A. E. Hodgson, R. Duncombe, A. Lockhart, W. TURNPIKE ROADS (SCOTLAND) BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Second Clause (Not to be lawful for justices of the peace to grant to the tacksman of tolls or toll gatherer, or other person situated at any toll bar, any license to sell any wine, ale, spiritous liquors, or provislons) :—Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause to add the words, " at any toll bar within such shire, stewartry, or royal burgh respectively :"—Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend ment, to add the words, " Provided such toll bar shall be within five miles of a house regularly licensed by the justices of any such road :" —Question put, " That the proposed words be added to the proposed Amendment." The Committee divided : MINORITY—AYES, 16. Bowring, Dr. Hawes, B. Walker, Richard Buller, Sir J. Y. Henley, J. W. Wawn, J. I'. Denison, J. E. Hodgson, Richard Denison, E. B. Labouchere, Henry TELLBUS. Dickinson, F. 11. O'Brien, A. Is, Braille, Fox Eb r ington, Viscount Parker, John Thornely, Thomas Stewart, P. M. Grey, Sir G. MAJORITY-NOES, 18. Arbahnott, IL Hope, Sir J. Tr o tt er, Joint Baillie, W. Lockhart, A. E. Williams, W. Baird, William Lockhart, W. Wood, Colon e l Buckley, Edmund M ac kenzie, T. Wortley, J. s. M'Seill, Duncan UMS. I. Denniatoun, J. Drummond, 11. II 8 Duncan, Viscount Fatte n, J. W. Mackenzie, W. F. Forbes, W. Trelawny, J. . ----------------. Proposed words words added to the proposed Amendment :—Amend went, as amended, added to the Clause :—QUestion put, " That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill." The Committee divided : MINORITY—AYES, 18. Acland, Sir T. Ebrington, Lord Patten, J. W. Bowriug, Dr. Grey, Sir G. Thornely, T. Buller, Sir J. Y. Hawes, Benjamin Walker, Richard Dalmeney, Lord Hodgson, It. Wawn, J T. Denison, J. E. Labouchere, Henry TELLSAII. Denison, E. B. O'Brien, A. S. Mauls, Fox Dickinson, T. F. Parker, John Stewart, P. 31, MAJORITY—NOES, 19. Arbuthnett; H. Hope, Sir J. Williams, W. Baillie, William Lockhart, A. E. Wood, Colonel Baird, William Lockhart, W. Wortley, J. S. Buckley, Edmund Mackenzie, T. 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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 advicw of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale. and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to Instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-streettonaon. HER M \JESTY'S THEATRE. lie Nobility, Suhscribers: and the 'Public are respectfully informed that an EXlitA .1•116411', not iucluded in the Subscription, will take place, ou lIIURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, When will he performed (for this occasion only), Ijonizettl's cele• brated Opera, entitled' BELI,4ARIO. Belisario. Sig. Fornasiri; Giustiniano, Sig. F. Lablache ; r-ig. Corelli ; Irene, 3ldtne. Castellan ; Antonin, Mdlle. Sauchioli. fo be followel by the Divertissement of UN .BAL SOUS LOUIS XIV. In which Milks. Lucile Grain and Louise Tagliopi will appear. In the course of the Evening', a New Pis de Deux, by Mdlles Louise Mallon' and Petit Stephan ; and a favourite Pas de Carac tore, by Mlle. L. Grain. After which, the Last Scene of LA SONNAMBULA. Amine, Madame Castellan. With other Entertainments, in which Mdlle. Oaetanina Brambilla, M. Perrot, &c., will perform. To conclude with (for the first time this Season), EOLINE ; ou, La Dryade. Arranged by M. Perrot, in Three Tableaux. Principe characters by Mille. Lucile Grahn, M. Perrot, Aldine. Petit Stephon M. DI Mattia, &c. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING, MARCH 28, Will be performed (for the first time this season) Donizetti's cele• brated Opera, entitled LINDA. DI CHAMOUNI. Linda, Madame Castellan (her first appearance this season) ; Pierotto, Mdile. Gaetanina Brambilla 'her first appearance in this country) ; Carlo, Signor Corelli , I 1 Marchese di Boisfieury, Signor P. Lablache ; I 1 Prefetto del Vlliagio, Signor Botelll ; Antonio, . , Signor Fornasari. To conclude with the highly successful New Grord Ballet, by NI. Perrot. In Five Tableaux. Tim music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Ur. C. Marshall, entitled, CATARINA. ; on, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. • The principal parts by Aldlle. Locile Gratin, Madame Peat SI - ephan. ildlles. Moncelet, Ca.ssan, Demeisse, and Madame Louise Taglionl M.M. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di Maftia, and Perrot. Verdi's highly successful Opera, " .151 no," will be repeated as soot as other arrangements will allow. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE Mr. BENEDICT begs respectfully to announce that his BENEFIT will take place on THURSDAY, APRIL 2, when will be performed his New Opera of THE CRUSADERS. After which, a DIVER ESSEMENT, in which Maellle. Maria, Madlle. Neodot, and 31. Desplaces will appear. To be followed by a CONCERT', in which Mrs. Alfred Shaw, the Misses Williams, Miss Dolby, Mr. W. Wallace. Signor Sivori, and other eminent artistes will perform. To conclude with (for the first and only time at this Theatre) a selection of the most admired songs, by the ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, may be obtained of Mr. Par sons, at the Box-ottlee. THIGATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS, Me principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. liar• rison, Burdini, Horncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King, )lies Romer, and Miss Raintorth. After which will be produced the popular Ballet, called LA TA RENTULE. In which Mona. Barret, Mr. A. Webster, Mr. 'Marks, Mons. Desplaees, :Mlles. Marla, Neodot, K. St. Louin, Mrs. Payne, and Miss Hicks will appear. TILEATRT. ROYAL, RA Y NIAHKE.T. THIS EVENING Will he performed a New and Original Comedy, called, A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cymon Foxail, Mr. Webster; More craft, Mr. W. Farrell; Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest Coverdale, Mr. H. 11011; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Selma. dermar.n, J Bland ; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, Mls .Glover ; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, Mrs. Seymour. The Band will perform the Overtures, " La Symphonie," and " La Neige ;" a Fantasia, " Fra Diuvolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," and "Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz. After which a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. f'haracters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Ilumby, &c. To conclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIT.- . ING,s. Mr. Golightly, Mr. Buck.none ; Capt. rhol,bs, Mr. Tilbury Spruce, Mr. Itr:ndal ; Mrs. Major Phobtis, Miss P. II rton. THE ATUEOf I.Y(EITM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF ains. KEELEY IENERAL TOM THUMB having, on each Evening of his ap pearance, been welcomed with most enthusiastic shouts of ap plause, and excited the astonishment and approbation of an elegant and delighted auditory, by his ahnost Incredible Dimi nutive Person and his egaally Incredible Mind, the Management has much pleasure in announcing his Performance for every Evening till further notice. TGIS EVENING performances will commence with PETER JENKINS. In which Mr. and firs. Keeley will appear. After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE 31.%11141,E :IA 11)EN. Characters by M. Keeivy, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs, Keeley, Miss J. idlaw. To be tellowoi by rn entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled HOP 0' AIY THUMB ; or, The Ogre and Irs Seven-Le , gue Boots. In Nhich General Tom Thumb, who is engaged ex pres,ly for 905 occasion, will have the honour of making his appearance. To conciade wlih NEXT 1)001t. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bel'in3ham ; Arden, Valera, and Howard. Stalls, 53. ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, f,d. THFAT= F ROYAL, ADELPHI THIS EVENT N( Will be perionned a New Petite Drama, in Two Acts, called, THE CABIN LOY. Mons. Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Largecetti, 11 , :. Paul Bedibril ; Julien, Madame Celeste; Mdlle. Laroche, Miss Woolgar. A aer wb , cb, a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SENT) YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeyblin, Mr. Wrigh ; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Mrs. lloneybun, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR; or, Magic and Ma zourkapbobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Woolgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with a New Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM BREAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar. Miss Harding; Miss Taylor, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. vitll4tlESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-sTItEET Last Week but One of the celebrated Artistes, Madame VESTRIS and Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS. THIS EVENDT{; Will be performed the Vaudeville, entitled ONE HOUR ; or, A Carnival Ball. Mr. Charles Swiftly, Mr. C. Mathews ; O'Leary, Mr. Collins ; Miss Dalton, Madame Vestris. To be followed by a Seri.) Comic Drama, entitled, A SPEARING LIKENEP,S. Baron de Raney, Mr. Granby; Alfred, Mr. James Vining ; Coco, Mr. Compton ; Manette, adame Vestris. After which (fifth time) a New Comic Drama, entitled, THE DREAMER. Count de Florville, Mr. James Vining; Sir George Dormer, Mr. Charles Mathews; Col. Sheldrake, Mr. Wynn; Charles Sedley, Mr. Harris ; Cage, Mr. Oxberry ; Ladyßelton, Mrs. Stirling. To which will be added, the popular Farce of TEDDY THE TILER. Teddy Mullowney, Mr. Collins. To conclude with a DIVERTISSEMENT. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, Adrien, Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, and Mdlle. Melanie Duval will appear. NEW STRAND THEATRE. LAST WEEK BUT ONE. A. PIIIILITTUS LOIItEESand MAI INEES MYSTERIEUSES, Two Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distinguished families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who flock to attend his Morning Performances, M. PIiILLIPPE will give his Grand Juvenile Entertainment eve:y Wednesday and Saturday Morning, at Two o'clock. U. Piiimppe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments viii be repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusing Per ormances of the Chiarini Family, and the astounding Feats of the American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter p t.st seven, to emi r:unite at a quarter before Eight tills, 35.; - Boxes, 2s : ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Pr'vate Boxes, li. Is.:and I/. Ils. a Az, ILE 1 1c +.I AMt' ii r !O. . Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Last Week but One before the Holidays, and of the present at tractive Entertainments, which have proved far more successful than any Novelty yet presented. Th. Performing Elephants with the grand Elephantine Asc-ot up the Giant Staircase. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Spectacle, entitled THE RAJA OF NAG PORE ; or, the - Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the whole ressurces of the stablishment will be introduced. Magnificent 'cones of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats of ,:tai British and Foreign Artistes. The whole;t6 conelnde with the Novel Military Ballet, entitled TIIE SOLDIER'S DREAM. trAvlj)4lE't , ' ROYAL lIIEVVRF Entire change. Two New Pieces. Four Dramas every Erming. lie-cngsgemext of Mr. U. W. Pelham, the celebrated Ethiopian Serenader. THIS EVENIN% Will be performed a Now Drama, entitled JULIE LEDIII7 ; or, the City Goldsmith. Supported by Messrs. Ilughes, MaAllard. Cowell, Lewis, Morrison, Williamson; Meedms. Daly, &e. After which, a New Farce by Mr. E. Stirling, entitled, TEA. WITH MY AUNT. To be followed by THE MASQUERADE: BALL. Sambo Int ern-hard, Mr. 1.. W. Pelham. To conclude with THE VAMPIRE,- and THE BLIND BOY. THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, MARCH 26. PREIMOMETER, Lowest, 39; 52; Now, 50. BAROMETER, 29.62.—W TN D W., fine. iitirl WATER AT LON.DON-t RfJ.GE THIS DAY. If , rning 40 rnlnates slier 1. I Evening 3 minutes after 2. ft,TN 14- tc - s• ) <4* \1. A 1 4 1 , 91 , 4•41-Qt;* St 0 • -7.4477 incimint 41"' LONDON, FRIDAY. MARCH 27, 1846. oarncd. There Lordships met at Five o'clock. The Duke of WELLINGTON gave notice, that on Tuesday, the 7th of April, he should move the adjournment of the House until Tuesday, the 21st, for the Easter recess. In answer to the Duke of RICHMOND, it was stated by the Duke of WEttawevrox that the Corn Bill would not come up before the 27th of April. Their Lordships then adjourned. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Several railway Bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed. Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY gave notice of his intention, on the Ist of April, to move for a copy of all orders by which the post-master of Cheltenham was authorised to make an additional charge upon certain letters in the town. Sir Wm. SOMERVILLZ gave notice of his intention, on the motion for the first reading of the Irish Life and Property Bill, to move, as an amendment, that the other orders of the day be read first. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from Aberdeen, in favour of the Ministerial measure for the alterations of the corn laws. The Right Hon. Baronet also presented petitions from Manche ter and Nottingham, praying the House speedily to r ass the government measure with respect to the corn-laws. Sir R. PEEL, in answer to a question put to him the other day by Mr. HumE, stated that it. was his intention not to propose a longer recess at Easter than eleven days, and that he would not even pledge himself to move so long an adjournment. Mr. M. Gussort wished to know whether it was the inten tion of the Government to proceed with the Irish Coercion Bill on Monday? Sir R. PEEL said he was not prepared to depart from the declaration he had made, of his intention to move the first reading of the Life and Property (Ireland) Bill on Monday next. After the Bill had been read a first time, he should propose that no Government measure should interfere with the progress of the Corn Bill. Mr. M. Giusorr said that it was intended, he understood, to oppose the Irish Coercion Bill in every stage. Sir R. PEEL trusted that Hon. Members would not oppose the first reading, but make their opposition on the second sealing, or some other stage of the Bill. Mr. O'CoNNEL said, that such was the feeling with re spect to the Bill entertained by Irish Members, that they felt bound to oppose the measure at every stage. Sir R. PEEL would persevere in the course he had ch*lked out, notwithstanding the statements that had been made. Mr. G. BANKES, pursuant to notice, moved for the ap pointment of a Select Committee to take into consideration the laws relating to the settlement and removal of the poor. Mr. R. SPOONER seconded the motion. Sir JAMES GRAHAM opposed the motion. When the House went into committee on the Bill it would be competent for the Hon. Gentleman to move such clauses as would accom plish the object be had in view. After some observations from Mr. R. SPOONER, Sir R. PEEL, Mr. CouvitouN, Sir R. Isaias, and Colonel SIB THORP. the motion was withdrawn. Mr. FINCH then resumed the adjourned debate on the Corn Importation Bill. The House was afterwards addressed Lord RENDLI MA.M. Mr. BORTHWICKE, Mr. C. BULLER, and Lord Cr. BENTINCK. On the motion of Sir JA3INS GRAHAM, the deba'e was ad- The remaining orders being disposed of, the House ad journed at a Quarter past One. The news expected by the Indian mail has fortunately been anticipated by the arrival of the Bombay Times, published on the 15th of February, which contains a general artier by the Governor-General of India. anneunc mg the important victory gained by the British forces over the ailfns at Aliwal, on the 28th Jauuary, together with the dispatch of Sir H. SMITH, describing the battle, its results,. and the judicious arrangements made for rendering it decisive, and decisive it has been to the fullest expectation. One dispatch, however, is still want ing, namely, that relative to the attack made by the Seikhs on the British troops while Sir HARRY SMITH was forming a junction with Colonel GODDY ; but from all accounts the loss was very small, and the General acted with great prudence in avoiding a general engage ment before the proper opportunity had arrived. Indeed, throughout the whole of the military proceedings, from the 21st to the 28th, he appears to have acted with con summate skill as a commander. He did not rush into battle without preparation or foresight; he submit.ed to the trifling loss of some baggage, but kept the main object in view—the certain and utter defeat of the troops opposed to him. The result, when all the circumstances became known, fully justified this prudent conduct, for he bad opposed to him the very best troops in the Seikh army—namely, those which had been so thoroughly drilled and disciplined under the immediate eye of General AVITABILE, and which were called the " Avitabiles," in honour of this Neapoli tan officer. The General deserves praise, aLo, for the wise and humane provision made for the relief of the wounded. Owing, says he, to the judicious arrangements of Dr. MUR RAY, field surgeon, every wounded officer and soldier was placed under cover, and provided for soon after dark, and or. the 29th, the'day after the battle, the whole of the wounded were moved to Loodianah, for the sake of accommodation and comforts which could not be given them in the field. What will strike:the reader most, next to this humane conduct, is the admirable order in which the British force was arrayed. They were all properly organised and brigaded on the morning of the 28th, so as to render them manageable in action, and they started for the contest alike prepared to march or fight the enemy at a minute's notice. " The ad , vance," says the General, " was steady, my troops well in hare], and if the enemy had anticipated me on the Jugraun road, I could have fallen upon his centre with advantage." Fortunately, for good generals are also rtunate if we are to believe the Romans, both the ground and the weather were most favourable for his purpose. The scene just previous to the onset is well 'r and the orderly manner in whit; the advance eas made exhibits in the most striking manner the con - fideree of the troops ender his command. "As I neared the enemy, the ground became most favourable fur h , troops to manoeuvre, being open and hard grass land. I ordt red the cavalry to take g..•ourtd to the right a - id left by b:igades, thus displaying the bends of the in fantry columns, and a-. they reached the hard ground I directed them to deploy into line. Brigadier GODBY ivittutle was in direct echellon to the rear of the right, the She kawattee Infantry in like manner to the rear of my left, the cavalry in direct ecbellen on, and well to the rear of both 'flanks of the infantry. The artillery massed on the right, and centre, and left. Ater depl yrnent I Oa- s,Tved the enemy's left to outflank me, I therefore broke int:, open columns and took ground to my right; when • I had geir.ed sufficient g,rountl, the troops - wheeled into line ; there v. - sts no dust, the sun shone brightly. The manceitvres were performed with the celerity and pre cision of the most correct field day. The glistening of the bayonets and swords of this order of battle was must imposing, and the line advanced. Searce`y had it moved forward 150 yards when at ten o'clock the enemy opened a fierce cannonade from his whole line." And to the honour of the native troops, we ought not to omit to state, that, in almost every instance, they rivalled the European regiments, and had, with the assistance only of one regiment, the glory of defeating the " vita biles." Upon the left, Brigadier WILSON, with her 'AJESTY'S 53d and 30th Native Infantry, equalled in celerity and regularity their comrades on the right, and this brigade was apposed to the " Aieen" troops, called Avitabiles, when the battle was fiercely raging ; and, in another attack, a native corps nobly obeyed orders, rushed among the Avitabile troop, drove them under a bank, and thus exposed them to the deadly Ste of twelve guns within 300 yards. But it is needless to give more detaile The battle was in every part favourable to the British fences, and that Owing as much to the prudence and skill of the General as to the milted superiority of the troops under his command. Sir HARRY SMITH has well merited the flanks of Parliament and other metre substantial honours for one of tto most decided victories on record, and g4ined, too, with comparatively small loss of life. Every heart cap £b!e of sympathising in a reverence for liberty—that handmaid of civilisation !—but a few weeks shies was stirred to its innermost depths at the news that Poland had once more risen to assert its in dependence ; that Cracow was taken, and that the troops of its foreign government were driven back in conciee. nation. Erglishmen, generally, could not but sympa thise in this movement ; cognisant of - their own felicity in poses,ing . a political constitution essentially free, they c, old not but commiserate the des tiny of a great nation, and of an illus trious race, subjected to the domination of three separate powers of a most despotic character. It is indeed from the inhabitants of Great Britain that the -Poles have 'experienced the Inott Esethstantial and see-- r shits - Of esteem ; dttting `the'tiine' of linir ap parent reconciliation to the authority of their triple rulers, English oratory, English poetry, and English morie.y have been regularly, if rot lavishly, de%oted to the solace of the refugees from Poland. Hence it was that on the arrival of the intelli;enee from Gallicia a vas nvijority of the people of this country participated in the feeling of patriotism by which the insurgents were acteatiai ; i.ild among that majority we: confess that we ourst , lves felt earnestly. Our sympathy how-- et-or was iint , wd rather with sadness than «ith hope, we could not but perceive the unfortunate ali.iuptne,s of th cuthreak. The scheme was so crude, there was such a manifest lack of preparation, that we saw only in that pie mature ebullition a certainty of greater hardships than had* hitherto been inflicted upon that land of martyr:. We appreciated the glorious sentiments in which that revolution had originated, but we mourned the calamitous consequences which must ensue. It would indeed he cruelty to assert that the present is not the right time for the emancipation of Poland. Abstractedly, it is the right time ; but practically speaking, it is not. Without the most perfect unanimity on their own part in action, as well as in thought, and without either the virtu%l or actual co-operation of other nations, the re storation of freedom to the Poles is totally chimerical. It is an impossiblity. The seeds of regeneration must be sown, they mutt be tended and nourished, and com mence of themselves a secret germination before they can burst from the soil and flourish. A trite philosopher has said " Rome was not . built in a dq." On the same principle, if the population of Poland aspire to better things, their plans must be gradual and systematic. Otherwise, the hour of their emancipation will Lot merely be deferred, but more in tolerable miseries will aerue from the failure of each insurrection. On these accounts, and on these accounts alone, we have deeply mourned the recent struggles in ; we consider the instigators of the outbreak as unwise and incompetent in the last degree.. They pos sessed enthusiasm and patriotism, but they wanted pru dence and tact. Nevertheless, though present suffering may result from these proceedings, we are sanguine that their ultimate effect will prove beneficial. A new victory for Austria, Russia, and Prussia, will only serve to enhance the commiseration of Europe and America towards Poland; the e f fort alone of her people will revive—it has. already revived, and will continue to do so—the ano malous position of a territory situated in the centre of the civilised world being a prey to the avarice of three adjacent states, her constitution dismembered, her cities the spoliation of invaders. A sense of this anomaly, a persuasion of its injustice, will ❑ever die away among the nations of the earth, until the error is rectified, until Poland iS restored to her original place in the chart of Europe. As among the fir 4 indications of this consequence of the late doings at Cracow, we bail with real satisfaction a meeting of the friends of Poland, held on Wednesday, in the Crown and Anchor Tavern, a report of which meeting a great press of matter unfor tunately obliges us to postpone. That two thousand persons were present, that a working man filled the chair, and that all the speeches were characterised by a fierce hatred of oppression 'and a cordial sympathy with the Polish insurgents, will be sufficient to show that the assembly was precisely what it should have been, especially as being the representative of the sentiments entertained in this vast metropolis. Occa sionally, perhaps, the holiness of the cause, for the advo cacy- of which the parties present had been convened, was tarnished by language too virulent and sweeping ; a blemish in the speakers, which we the more particularly regret, as it was derogatory..to the dignity of their theme. For example, the Chairman was rather injudi cious, if not actually blind to propriety, in declaring that the aristocracy of England, en masse, sym pathised in no manner with the grievances of Po land : it was a wholesale condemnation, the ieaccu racy of which there are many living witnesses to prove. The vituperation, in like manner, uttered by Mr. FEARGUS O'Coareort ups n the newspaper press of Great Britain for its " baseness, servility, truckling. cor ruption, and perfidy," was much too comprehensive and violent to forward the cause of liberality in any one particular. But enough of this demonstration in favour of Poland ; it has afford, d us much satisfaction, as we confidently regard it merely in the light of a prelimi nary movement. The civil rights of many millions of our fallow-men are too holy, and are too intimately blended by association with our own, to become a matter of indifference or neglect. Poland, in fact, demands the sympathy of every European race in her present hour of tribulation, and the voice that issues this mandate is the solemn voice of history. That voice tells us, that the gratitude, the succour, the hearts, and the hands of Europe, belong by right to Po land, whenever by her distresses she requires assistance. Never should that glorious achievement of the Polish troops, by which this right has been entailed upon their posterity, be forgotten or disregarded ; nevershould that memorable day be lost sight of, when, in 1683, the auxiliary forces of Poland, under their monarch Jona SOBIESKI (amounting, with a few German regiments, to merely 70,000 men), routed an army 0f200,000 Turks upon the plains of Vienna, and by so doing preserved Austria and the rest of Europe from becoming the dominion of barbarians and infidels. And this victory, be it recollected, was attributable exclusively to the consum mate tact of the Polish Sovereign and the dauntless bearing of his troops ; a faet the more re markable from the simultaneous pusillanimity of the Austrian Emperor. Within five days Vienna would have been compelled to capitulate, when the continent would have beea wholly exposed to the depredations of a lawless body of conquerors: from this calamity were Austria and her sister kingdoms rescued by the genius of SOBIESKI and the valour of his soldiers. Have not the Poles therefore a claim—a won derful and deathless claim—upon the sympathy and succour of every European empire ? And has not ungrateful Austria a dire and unpa ralleled crime to answer for ? Had NAPOLEON bat accomplished his views upon the Autocrat, Russia would have been driven into a compromise, Austria and Prussia would have been compelled to concede, and Poland would have been again numbered among the nations of the earth. An issue most emphatically diverse prevented the accomplishment of this grand design, and Poland remains in servitude. The day of retribution must, hoe ever, come at last. Patriotism must predominate over tyranny. We have received Madrid journals of the 18th, but their principal contents have been anticipated by the telegraphic dispatches. The Chamber of I)..puties met on that day for the last time, according to all appear ances, when Senor NOCEDIL. one of the Secretaries, rose anti said :—" The President has directed me to in form the assembly, as his ill state of health will not allow him to address it, that at a late hour in the night he received a communication from the President of the Council of the Ministers, signifying that the Con gress should meet to bear the organisation of the Cabi net and other important communications." The names of the new Ministers were then announced, and after that the following royal decree was read " In virtue of the prerogative conferred upon me by Article 26 of the ConstiTution, and by the advice of en s Council of ,'Nlinister, , , I haVe decreed and do decree as ful 14ws":—The.sit'ings of the Cortes of the present Legislature • ere pronugued." , M. NOCEDAL, then, in the name of the - President, declared , that the sitting was closed. The deputies then retired. The'Gazette, of the same date, publishes a royal degree superseding General CONCHA in the ge nerul command ot the Basque provinces, by General URBISTONDo, formerly an officer in the Carlist arm). General CORTES, one of the chiefs of the War depart ment, had resigned, and AEETA, the political Chief of Madrid, had been dismissed, and replaced by General BILBOA. All the troops in garrison in Madrid had re ceived orders to be night and day under arms; and ready to march out at a moment's notice, in case of an) attempt at disturbance. We have given, in another part of The Sun, the ,manifesto issued by the new Cabinet, and it is quite in keeping with the character of the map who has assumed the dictatorship of Spain. The Fund. had risen nearly three per cent. On the 18th the 'rhret per Cents. closed at 31 for cash, and 311 at thirty days ; the Five per Cents. at 224 at thirty days ; the shares ot the Bank of San Fernando. 255 ; cf Isabel, 168. With the exception of an article on the affairs of Spain, in the Journal des Debuts, the Paris papers contain little news of iini.ortance. That journal and the Messager appear to ba the onl:,. papers that had received detailed accounts of the suspension of the Cortes, and the de struction of the freedom of the press, and the manifesto of the new Government establishing arbitrary power. The great press of other important matter prevents tp. from giving the article at length, and we therefore coo fine ourselves to a brief extract, which shows that tbi.. Government paper declares strongly against this new 33 stern of despotism. We only lope the Court of Franc and the.GuixoT Ministry will evince a similar spirit:— " The new Ministry formed under the auspices of General Narvaez has inaugurated its accession to power by two acts. of the- greatest importance, and which show in what a dis astrous path it wishes to lead the country and the young 'Queen. By a decree .Of March 17, the Ministry has ordered the indetlialte prorisgation of the Cortes. This measure wil, be , followed, no person can doubt, by the dissolution of the Congress, which, •compcsed almost entirely of members of the Moderado party, has given so many pledges of prudence and devotedness to the throne and the constitution. This suspension of the Gates is so much th- more inexplicable thst it has been pronounced before ae vote of the budget feriihe present ydhr; and before the present Cabinet has oh- - Li - hied a vote - of Confidence to' collect taxes and ontribu lions. The second decree of the new Ministry has an awk ward analogy with the ordinances of July, 1830. It pro nounces in reality the suspensiow of the liberty of the press. The new Ministry has, in consequence, been looked on with a generahentimenTof uneasiness. and even terror. Madrid, on he evening of the 19th, was tranquil, and order had not been troubled, but there reigled a great agitation• in the public mind. The measures which the Government have adopted betray its own disquietudes; the garrison remains] day and night under arms, and several generals and colonels have been already replaced or dismissed. The situa :jou is grave for Spain. The Ministry is placed at the head .of an ultra and turbulent minority of 40 members, all per sonal friends of General Narvaez, or declared enemies of the constitutional Government. Its first acts have been a fla grant violation of the constitution, and one may say an insult to the convictions and good sense of the country. There is no possible safety for Spain but in the maintenance of the constitution, and with the concurrence of the whole Moderado part - , which for four years has shown so much devotedness to the throne, and so much attachtrent to the constitutional institutions. We. hope that this party, so powerful by its number and by its position in the state, will know how, under actual circumstances, to remain united and firm in its prin ciples, and consistent in its conduA." • Accounts Prim Algiers announce the arrival at that place of the Duke D'AUDIALE and the Prince of SAXE ..:'OBIJRCi on the evening of the 17th. Their arrival had just been preceded by the return of Marshal BEICIEAUD, whom they visited immediately after landing. A violent storm had been raging on the coast, and in comet parts of the interior of Algeria, for two days. A telegraphic dispatch from Milianah announced on the 17th that General JOSCF had fallen suddenly cn ABD-EL-KADER'S camp, not far from Boussada, The ex-Emir had hardly time to escape with a few regular troops. The details are wanting. The Siecle states, that the — son of the celebrated Titomas MooRE, who was serving in the French Fo reign Legion in Africa, died lately in that country, to the universal regret of his regiment. Mme. DE SALVANDY, mother of the Minister of Public instruction, died on Sunday, at Paris, after a long and painful illness. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tuesday at 84f. 25c,; the Five per Cents., 1201. 60c.; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,315 f. ; ltouen, 1,057 f. 50c. ; Havre, 765 f. ; Great Northern, 7851. ; Avignon, 975 f. ; Viezron, 715 f. ; Bordeaux, 683 f. 75c. ; Boulogne, 525 f. ; Baele, 241 f. 25c. ; Fainpoux, 4651. • Dieppe, 470 f. ; P:ris and Strasbur:, 542 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 5721. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, defluitive, 161 f.; Spanish Three per Cents., 37M ; Spanish Passives, 5%. The following are the quotations for other lines : Lyons and Avignon Railroad (Talabot), 512 f; ditto (Leco'nte), 505 f. ; ditto (Compagnie 3leridionale), 502 f. 50c. ; ditto (Definitive), 557 f 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie). 502 f, 75c.; ditto, Es peleta, 509 f. ; Charleroy, 454 L BUSINESS I,oiik, IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCKECIIANGE, MARcu 25. Boulogne and Amiens, L2%—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espeleta), 2--Dutch Rhenish, 5%- -East Indian, 16—Great North ern► of France Constituted, 15 3 / —Great Western Canada, 4—Lou vain and Jemappe, 1% —Luxembourg, l%—Madrid and Valmtia, % —Namur and Liege, 2% —Oreang and Bordeaux, 12%—Sambre and Meuse, 4. EXPRESS ROM PARIS. SAFET Y of the OVERLAND MAIL. (From the Times of yesterday.) We have received by Extraordinary Express the Paris papers of Wednesday, with a letter from our cor respondent. The hitter announces the safe arrival of the Indian Mail, and consequently of th., Virago steamer. There is no news in the Paris papers. A Radical journal, r Esprit Public, states that an express from Madrid, dated 20th instant, had been received, announc ing the commencement of insurrectionary movements, but our Paris correspondent contradicts it formally, wit!), however, this qualification, that fears for the conce quences of the late coup d'elat of General Narvaez were entertained in the hi., hest quarters in the French capital. The statement above referred to, added to the in geni,..us and alarming inferences of the Bears on the Paris Bourse, from the lea. ing article of the Times of Monday, depressed the Paris Money Market on Wed nesday. Our readers will aprracit.te the sagacity of the part:es dup-d by those false rumours and inferences The Three per Cents. clos, d on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday at 84f. ; the Five per Cents., 120 f. 40c. ; the Orleans Railroad Share% 1,297 f. 50c.; Rouen, 1,045 f. ; Havre, 757 f. 50c.• Great _Northern, mcf.; Avignon, 956 f. ; Vierzon, 7001 ' . ; Bordeaux672l. 50c. ; Bou logne, 5251.; Troyes and Montereau, 4301.; Basle, 240 f.; Dieppe, 4701 ; Paris and Strasburg, 538 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 567 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 6021, 50c. ; Spanish Active=, 33%; ditto Pas sive, 5%. Tue iollowing are the quotations In the new lines : -Ly,ns and Avignon Railroad (Talabot). 512 f. ; Ditto (Lecomte), 5041. ; Ditto (Compagnie Me idionale), 502 f. 50c. ; Ditto (deflnitives), 5521. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 5021. 75c. ; Ditto (Espeleta), 509 f. ; Charieroy, 490 f. LYONS, Aleacn 23.-Marseilles and Avignon, 930 f. ; Paris and Or leans, 1,318 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 1,057 f. 50c. ; Vierzon, 732 f. 50c, RAILWAY Sll .R.E MARKETS BRISTOL, MAncH 25. STOCK E XCHANGE.— The sales are— Bristol and Exeter, New, 9 1 A —Caledonian, Sii—Great Western, Quarter Shares, li—Midland, New, 2834. MANCHESTER, MAIM 25. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Pirkeilhead, Tancashire, and Cheshire, 1% p.—Blackburn and Preston, 4 p.—Chester and 31a: chester Direct, 1% dis. Derby and Crewe, 238 p —Eastern Con: ties, Perpetual, No. 1,6 Y— East -Lancashire, NI, 2,2 1 A p.—Edi] burgh and Glasgow, Quarters,.lB-- . Glasgow and Dumfries, 1% is. Gra - nd Union, 11-16 dis. c.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1 % p.- -Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 9-16 dis. - - Leeds and Thirsk, New, 2% dis.-Liverpool and Bury, 11% p - Liverpool and Leeds Direct, % p.-London and Manchester (11,,m -ington's), 1 11-16 dis.- London and York, % dis. -Manchester, Bux ton, and Matlock, % p.- Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 7% p.--Ditto, ditto (C), 6% p.- Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, p.-Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, % dis.-North umberland and Lancashire, 1% dis.-North Staffordshire, 3 p. - North Western, % p.-Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 2 p -Ditto, ditto (B), % p. • Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 1,. 6d. p. - Sheffield ant Manchester, Quarters (No. 1), p.- Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1% dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, Halves (No, 4), 3i, dis.-West Riding Union, % p. LEEDS, dream 21. STOCK ExciuNca.—The sale:s aie— London and Croydon, 2Q Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 8) 2 p. —Great Grimsby and menteld, 50s. dis. —Ditto, Quarter Shares, 7s. 6d. dis. —Huddersfield and Manchester, Ili p.—Ditto, Extensiot,s, 10s. din.—Huddersteld and Sheffield, 4;. , , p.—Leeds and Bradford, 24% p.—Leeds and Dews bury, par—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 1/. 18s.—London York, 10s. dis.—Direct Northern, it. 18s. -West Riding Union, 3/. Ils 6d.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 265. dis.—Birken. head, Chester, Mold, 275. - 6 d. dis.—Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, 20s. dis.— Buckinghamshire (late Rugby), 17s. 6d. dis.— • litheroe Junction, 25 dis.— Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 12s. 6d. dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 14s. p.—.North timberland and Lancashire Junction, 25a. dis. --North Staffordshire, 2h p.—North Western, 2s. p.—York and Carlisle, 355. dis. HULL, MARCH 25. • STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are -North Brltisb, Carlisle Branch, 38s.— Boston, Newark, and Sh fficld, 225. 6d.—Derby and Gains borough, Is. 6d.—Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, Br,c., 42s.—Hull lud Barnsley Junction, 245. 6d.—Lincoln and Wainfleet, 41s. 3d.— Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3%—North Staffordshire, .5/. 28. Aouth Midland, % dis.—Siirewsbary and Birmingham, 2%—Weal Rlding;Urtion, 3%. SHEFFIELD, MARCH 25. &rocs Excnewon.—The sales are—Grimsby and Sheffield Exten sion, IL 12s.—Ditto, Quarter Shares, H. ls.—Manchester, old Midland Junction, 2W—Manchester, Midland, and Great , ;rimsby, It. Is.—Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, 9s. id.—South Y orkshire Coal Railway, 1/. 18s. YORK, Meilen 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The_sales_are7Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 13s.—London and York, 2%—Newcastle and Berwick, 18 NTewcastie and Darlington, 43 Ditto, Extensions, 794—North Bri tish, Carlisle Extension, it. 18s.—IVel,h Midland, 1--York and Car lisle, 1% —York and North Midland, Scarborough Branch, 47—Ditto, dew (Last and West Riding), 8%. EDINBURGH, MARCH 23. Srocx EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, Si. 6s. 6d..-Aber. Jeen, Banff,and Elgin, 11.11 s. -Airdrie and Bathgate, 1/. 198.—Ar• ',math and Forfar, 2bl: 108.—Ditto, Half Shares, 161.--Ayr nd Dam. Cries, 2f. 6s. -Ayr and Galloway, 1/. IN.-Bartffshire, IL-British tnd Irish Union, 21.-Caledonian, 111.-Ditto, New, 2/. 14s. 6d.-- 'aledonian Extension, 11. I la-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 21. Is. -Caledonian and Northern Direct, ii. 19s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junc tion, 151. 10s.-Direct Northern, 21.-Dundee and Arbroath, 391. ss. -Ditto, New, 221.-Dundee and Perth, 121. 2s. 6d.-East of Fite, IL 10s.-East Lothian Central, 11. 3s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Bath 4ste, 175.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 731.-Ditto, Half Shares, 131. 12s. 6d. - Ditto, Quarters, 18/. 55.-Ditto, ditto, New, 161. 55.- Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton. 17s. 6d. - Edinburgh andLeith .%Amospheric, 11. Is. 6d.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 171. 10s.- Dit to, Preference, 19/. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 3/. 55.-Ditte, N'ewport, 10s. 6d.-Ditto, Lochgelly. 18s. 6d.- Edinburgh and Pee bles, it. 6s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 2 i.Ts -Forth and Clyde unction, 11. 14s. Gd.- Glasgow and Ayrshire, 711.-Dit'o, New Stock, 241.-Ditto, Quarter hares, 181. ss. -itlasgow, Dumfries, and 'artiste, 21. -i:lasgo o: and Dundee Junaion, 11. 10a. 6d. - Gins -.;•ow and Garnkirk, 411.-Glasgow and Greenock, 191.- Ditto, New -,took, 10/. - Ditto, Preference, 1/. IN.-Great North of Scotland, 55.-Granton Junction, IL-Inverness and elgin, 188. 6d.-London and York, 3/. 155.-North British, 261.-Ditto, lialves,• 8/. 103.- ,itto, Extension to Carlisle, 21. Is.- Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, I. 2s. 6d.- Perth and Inverness, ii. 6s. - Scottish Central, 161. ,s.-Ditto, New, Si. 55.--Scottish Central and Caledonian June :on, 11. 7s -Scottish Midland, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Scottish :outhern, 11. ss.- Stirling and - Danfermline, 1/. 12s. 6d. GLASGOW, MARCH 24. STOCK Excnelsoz. -The sales are Airdrie and Bathgate, 40s. Bridge of Weir, 28i.-British and Irish Union, 38s. 6d.-Cale ismiau, New, 485.-Ditto, Extension, 295. 6d.-Caledonian and Ayr hire Junction, 375. 6d. Cornwall and Devon Central, 225. 6d.- ,ast Indian Railway, lie.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 18s.-Edinburgh and Hamilton Direct, 308.- t,lasgow General Ter minus, 81. 9s. Glaktow, Kilmarnock, and Ard ossan, 345.- Glasgow !amour Grand Junction, , Os.- Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 465.- iilmarnock and' Ayr Direct, 345.- Lanark and LothianA, 375. - ,'erth and Inverness, 275. W.-Scottish Central, New, 7% Q =Seottish southern, 345. 6d.-Scottish Central and Calodonian Junction, 265. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA.TTERSALLS—YESTERDAY. The Great. Metropolitan Stake was fairly launched yester day afternoon, and, with Auricula, on the strength of her running at Northampton, as first favourite, will, we have not the slightest doubt, prove a fruitful source of speculation. In addition to Auricula, we may instance Peasant, Lyons, :end My Mary, as having been conspicuously in favour, and from the disposition shown to back them in several quarters, are are led to expect that our next quotations will be favourable to their supporters. Lord Saltoun, Corranna, Satyr, and Killi Krankie were also backed, but only to small amounts. The Chester betting was limited, and without the ;lightest effect on the prices. The only bets that came to cur kno ...ledge on the Derby were 1,300 to 100, 650 to 50, and 12 to 1 against Brocardo, 1,000 to 20 against L i nis Fatuus, and 2,000 to 35 against Arkwright. Two or three :,rifling bets were laid on the Oaks. Latest prices : METROPOLITAN STAKES. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Auricula 15 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Peasant—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Lowther's Lyons—takes 16 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's My Mary 16 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Lord Saltoun 20 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Corranna 20 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Kill Krankie 20 to 1 agst Lord Glamis's Satyr CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's lot—taken 13 to 1 agst Mr. A..W. Hill's Sweetmeat—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Woffenden's Miss Burns—taken 18 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinek's , Aumsy 22 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Thompson's Hope—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen 40 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Vitu!a—taken • 40 to 1 agst Sir. Merry's Whinstony—tak en 40 to.l agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Corranna 45 to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's Arthur 50 to 1 agst Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Roper's Daughter 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel 1,000 to 1. agst Elemi winning Chester Cup, the Newmarket Handicap, and the Metropolitan Stakes—laid two or three times. DIERBT. 12 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo 33 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humbrum—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Malcolm 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Arkwrigbt 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Ignis Fatuus Mr. Osbaldiston has taken 30,00C1. to 3001. that he rides and wins on King Charles. OAKS. 15 to 1 agst Lord Geo. Bentinck's Princess Alice 16 to 1 agst Colonel Pell's Queen Anne 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwick's The Fiitch—taken. THE WINDSOR STEEPLE CHASE. Weights f :r the Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya. each. Pioneer, 12st 121 b . My Lord, lOst 101 b Vanguard, 12st 41b Tramp, lOst 915 Lyculgus, 10113 Mahomed, lOst 81b LL:ixkeeper, llst 6st The Count, lOst Sib Lancet, list 51b The Sikh, lOst 61b iuittea Pippio, list 415 The Crab, tOst 61b ECN. S t: l oilv:l a thi y reis ti elF : ss.o : ces e nr;, , m l 3 O , t lostslb oib salute, list. 41b NEimeltikP. I Ist 31b :9 1 :l s O st s t l t 4 12 1 21 b i1i: Ragman, list Gaiow, Lust 1215 Little Julio, lOst 1215 Cracksman, I Ost 1015 CROXTON PARK RACES, 1846. Acceptances for the Granby Handicap. Discord, aged, I2st 111b—Miss Elis, 4 yrs, 12st llb—Mor petit, 5 yrs, 1 Ist 1215—What, 6 yrs, I Ist 111b—Porto Bello, yrs, list 81b—Cataract, 6 yrs, 114 tilb=the Roper's Daughter, aged, Ilst 41b—Solace, 4 yrs, list lib—Satyr, 5 yrs, I Ist lib—New Brighton, 6 yre, 1 lst—Dog Billy, 5 yrs, 10st 1215—Javelin, 4 yrs 104 111b—Fame, aged, 10st 1011 i Bashful, 5 yrs, lOst 101b:—Magnet, 4 yrs, lOst 71b—Wootton, 5 yrs, lOst 71b—Secutor, 4 yrs, 10st 715—Blind Hookev, aged, lOst 71b—Alogador, 4yrs, lOst 61b—Jack Cade, 5 yrs, 10et 51b —Valiant,- 4 yrA, lOst—Outcast, 3 yrs, 9st 515—c by Don John, 3 yrs Bst 121 b. Acceptances for the Gold Cup. Yardley, 6 yrs, 12st 715 Nlorpeth, 5 yrs. 12st 31b—What, 6 yrs, 12st—Naworit, aged, list 1215—Roper's Daughter, aged, 1 Ist 71b—Cataract, 6 yrs, list 41b—New Brighton, 6 yrs, 11 st 41b—Poussin, 6 vrs, list 21b—Javelin, 4 yrs:, lOst 1315—Magnet, 4 yrs, lOst 915—Secutor, 4 yrs, lOst 915 —Mogador, 4 yrs, 104215. • A GOOD SPEC.—On Tuesday Mr. R. P. Cunningham° , of the Loddon, sold a station and sheep, which he had 18 months previously purchased fi om Captain Cole for 1,..,C10/. ot. to Mr. Frank Bryant, of Van Diemen 's Land, for 5,00 The sheep averaged 13s. a head; and the sale of the vv-eth him ers and wool alone, during the time he held them, repaid the original purchase mony. Mr. Cunninglytine, therefore, clears the. 5,000 t. less the expenses of management, in a year and a half !—Port Philip Herald. THE HERO OF A HUNDRED BROADSIDES. —It is con templated to let the four sides of the hoarding round the Nelson column to celeh ra ted bill-stickers. Th us, one side will he leased 1 o Mr. ~ ebster, anoth , r to Mr. 8111111. a third to Jullien, and than h will be shared by Moe a , the Adelaide (la lery, Llfe the lls, the minor theatres. ay these means It is elleulated a stitlicient sum of money whl be collected in less than ten yeats to dive the melln choly column a docent pedestal.— Punch. COURT CIRCULAR. - - - - _ The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. The Equerries in Waiting, Lord Charles Wellesley and Sir Edward Bowater, were in attend ance on horseback. Their Roviil Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken airings yesterday in the royal gardens. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by Sir Edward Bowater. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at. Buckingham Palace. The company included her ',Majesty the Quee n Dowager, her Royal Highness the 'Duchess of Kent, bit Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen , the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Countess of Sheffield , Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Earl Howe, the Bishop of Oxford, Lord and Lady Claud Hamilton, Lord George Lennox, Li4clv Graham, the Baron ce Ratz4,n&tchi , the Hon. and Rev G. Leslie Courtenay, Sir George Coupe'' , and Captain Francis Seymour. The Band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following pieces : Ove , -t u”e—" Die Fe !seri m uhl e,"— Rei.i ger. Waltz—" Die Gtmuthlielienr—MaEsah. Seen.. e Aria—" Dio di giuda! I'ara it tempio," from Nill° Dobru-noc,"—F= , hrback. Galop--" Glockenspiel,"—Kubwr. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in tbe Palace, ,and performe4 the remainder of the evening. Yesterday was the birthday of his Rval Highness Prince George. His Royal nightie a received visits of congratulie tion in the course of the day from his illustrious relatives. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived in town from their residence at Kew. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester gave a grand dinner at Gloucester House, in honour the auspicious event. The company consisted of h l Hignes Prince Georges their Royal HighLese* the DUI: uthess of Cambridge. his Serene Higtine , s Prince E f Saxo Weimar, his Excellency Count Kielmansegge, th rioverian 151ini ter; the Alarcon and Marchioness of Dour Viscount Cantalupe , Colonel Cornwall, Lady Georgianna Bs.tharst, Barcn Knew" beck, Mr. Edmund Mitdmay, Captain -111 Donald, and the Hon. Captain Liddell. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester had after: wards an evening party. The company began to arrive sti Gloucester House soon after nine o'clock. Dancing cool' menced at ten o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge afterward s returned to Kew. Her Ropl Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. A deputation from the trustet-s of the Manchester an d Buxton Turnpike-road, corodsting of Mr. NV. Tattoo Eger ton, Mr. Philips, Mr. Orford, Mr. Shaw, and Mr. Vaughe' l ' had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer Yes' terday, at his official residence in Downing street. Count de Reventlow, the Danish Minister, transacte d business yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Sir John Henry Pelly had an interview with Mr. Secre* tarydfadstoTieesterii . ay, --- ai the Mr. William - Fie'den, M.P., bad an interview yesterdai with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Wickhair, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had also an intervie w with the Right Hon. Gentleman. The Lord Chancellor, Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Hot* dington, the Earl of Aberd-sen, Mr. Secretary Gladstone, th e Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Ellenborough; Lord Granville Somerset, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Righ t , Hon. Sidney Herbert, and the Earl St. Germans were resell' at the Cabinet dinner given by the Earl of Ripon, on Wed nesday evening. Mr. Tattoo Egerton, M.P., and Mr. Ireland Blackbu rnei M.P., had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yester day at the Board of Trade. .11 1 The Rev. Edward Monro had an interview yesterday Mr. Secretary Gladstone. LLO YD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, MARCH 26.—Wind this day at noon, S.W., Mod er° breeze and cloudy. DEAL, Martell 25.—Wind S.W., fresh and squally.—Arrd• of the Lake, Bombay; Matthew Plummer, Bonabay ; Wootl''s. Mauritius; Wa.,hington, Mauritius; Janet, Rio Janeiro ; •r*,s, Kadamanthus, and proceeded for Cbarham. Arrd. from the lii Lord Auckland, Brown, Hobart Town ; Mary Stewart, Renwick , ' , l l, of Goo.; Hope; Braish Monarch, Prance, Jamaica ; Joseph lie'i Foster, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. 18th, Planeius, Java. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 25.—Wind W.S W., squally.—North Crouch, Princes Island. Off port, Emerald, Rio Janeiro. OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT, MARCH 22.—Norma, Janeiro, for Hamhurgh. BRISTOL, MARCH 25.—Arrd. Wenman, Peters, Buenos AYre s ',,cti LIVERPOOL, MARCH 25. —Wind moderate.—Sld. Hamilton, P',„ • ; Calcutta ; Denison, King, Antigua ; Alecto, Anroyl, Barbail.nd, Murray, Hughes, Jaica ; Agnes, Dulker, Nassau ; Lari e r, Simpson, New Orleans; Avon, Kenny, Halifax ; Jantha, ditto ; Mersey, Machesh, Quebec ; Britannia, Hamilton, Montroto'o TENBV, MARCH 23. —The Friendship, Fisher, which was 00 at ,Alter, is now in the road apparently without damage. . te re FORT TALBOT, MARCH 24.--The Tiutern (st.)ifrom Bristol, on on the bar, has been got off without damage. STRANGFORD, MARCH 23. —The Britannia, 11`.Millan, from 119 to Dublin, and not Naples, as previously reported, on shore .::: Bab quenton Point, is discharging her cargo. DUBLIN, MARca 23.—Arrd:Xirlfa, Barrett, Barbadoes, DUNGARTON, MARCH 22 —And. lanthe, Hunter, Mauritius. , BALLTCOTTON, MAticu 22.—Arrd. Canada, Williams, Batal' o , LOWESTOFFE, MARCH 24.—Arrd. Alexandria, Chesman, Cal e° , 011 PLYMOUTH, MARCH 25.—The Catlin rine Perry, which Net'" shore on Duke's Island, is discharging to repair. LLANELLY, MARCH 24.—A small vessel was seen to go doh .0; 6 Carmarthen Bay, 21st instant, and this morning the stern of a answering the description, together with a few planks, in 'Dave of fetharel," were washed ashore near Carmel manor. MARKET NE VW S.-(YESTERDA Y ' HAY M ...V4ll,Vrts. SMITHFIELD —Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 418 s; Clover ditto. 4/.411 61; Oat Straw, 1112 s to II 14s ; Wheat Straw, II 14s to'' 1 6i ' load. Supply moderate, and trade dull. 11!: CUMBERLAND. - Meadow Hay, 31 is to 41 las ; Clover ditto, 11 p• to 51 its ; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to I/ 14s ; Wheat Straw, 11 14s to per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. 4/ I° WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow May, 3/ 3s to 4/ es ; Clover ditto, ,yd to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s ; Wheat Straw, 1 1 145 to 11 load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. 1i.44:r WC& N'X' S. f Pi SOUTHALL, Maacia 25.—W o e had only a moderate supply 01 4 Stock on offer to-day yet the demand ruled heavy, and prig 4 ,0 1 ' with ddileulty supported.- Beet from 28 8d to 4s 4.1 ; Mutton , 5s 6d ; Veal, 5s to 55 6d ; and P.;rli, 4s co 4s 83 per 811,s. 10 4 . , ROMFORD, Martel' 25.—There was a very sluggish inqu. .. 1 ~ isr this in..rning, on the following terms :—Beef, from 2. bd to 4 %0 6 Mutton, as 8d to 5s 6d ; Veal, is to 5s od; and Pork, 4s to 161 per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s ; Quarter-old Store-00'4. to 215 ; and Mulch Cows, with their small calf, 161 to lot LEWES, 3IARCH 24.—Beet; troth 3s 4d to 4s Gd ; Mutton. 0f 5s Bd. ; Veal, 5s to 53 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs. supply, and a sluggish. trade. 1v:14X7 GATE AND LEADLNE.A.I.Z. Although the supplies of Meat were by no means large, the demand was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. „ from 2s lid to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Veal, 46 0 " and Perk, 33 10d to 6a per ring, CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH COl l5 For the Week ended March 21, It'46, made up from the Returnf s°oJel Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Iltighuid and • per Imperial Quarter. WH AF EAT. BARLEY. 22s O QAI . B. WYE. BEANS. I .is 0 60 PRICE .. 55s Id d led 34s 4(1 1 DIITY.•• 29s 10d 14 9s Od es t d 9s Od 9s ea ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLANI3O.--4p Hon. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., and Thomas WakleY , 0 0, M.P., have just had an interview with Sir James Gr 5 , 4 0, when they presented a memorial, signed by 850 Fell°7, Members of this College, praying the Crown to grant o jet; plemental charter to the College of Surgeons. It i su stood that the President and Council have fur some tinte r oft been in communication with the Right Hon. Bar c ' n fre' ll the same subject, and it is generally expected that g n f t he batch of Fellows will be made; in fact, all member s 28 ; College, of eight years standing, not keeping 814 obtain the honour. • ul7 O A SLIGHT ERROR OF THE PRESS —A Not iin jo: paper regrets "that, by a typographical error last week, In , i 'pe I f ' burglary at Mr. Clarke's, Dutch's-yard, lieweastle•stre,,bitii described as `brother to Mr. Clarke, the well-k now n house" e i instead of horse-breaker." id atO THEATRICAL INTELLIGENCE.—We understan" gre b e a ' r r d e i in n 4 T -ti n: u rn s e b : o i r n th a e gr p a e n in d o b i t: m to ie b r e osco o":„, It l of drains is being written for the "Industrious Fleas." T_„ 1 1,1 appear Flea." l i nted aft ß e o r kept on hire in the boxes. Pun c h. L of lIER AJETY' VIIT ATEY'.—A " - ,, l3l frov' t po persons were char S ged S with S attempting S to plck S pockets , Astley's Theatre, during her Majesty's visit to that theso r e e d preceding evening. Amongst them was a youth, va n ' te, o # Rolton, who was sworn to as having made se end atten i P,eti the spectators of their loose cash. This youth is apprein'tols respectable cigar manufacturer, and his mother is a resP ec olt ° : , o man, so that he had not the sli,thtest necessity to resort t,, tieot practices. It seemed, however, that, in December iss i t b e committed to prison for a month, for attempting to pick of `' of Mr. Evans, the superildendant of the M division „ t oe , Mr. Henry committed him for two mouths to Guildf ord bol t eorrecth.n. LLOYD'S —A t a general meeting of the '11.014:,i0,1; of Lloyd's, held on Wetinesday,'March 25, G. R. Robinso°, , sa , i ' e sts, vl ;s; chair, after the subject of the internal arrangements of tu.'.. l to 'do' meat was disposed of, a vote of 251. towards the testiMoalt.,scribc,-,r Waghorn, R.N., to record the sense entertained by the s b 1 Of, the important services rendered to the mercantile inte te ' t ,Tata 00, gular and early receipt of the shipping intelligence ws# effected by the energetic and persevering exertions or . A i r o , io in originating and establishing the overland commun i ca tiol! id 00 extensive portion of the British empire, was proposed , 46, mously carried. FANCY FAIR UNDER TUE RIVER THAMES tv day, and every day since, the e has been 'he novel end a ast' scene of a fancy fair in the Thames Tunnel, to eettun' r i btar e '6,o , : third anniversar of the opening of this wonderth w vie thoroie „se the flia.t d..y no less than 12,594 persons visited the fa ir, . more than on the first day of last year's fair. The boo d e ,* 39 , attractions exhibit taste and spirit on the part of the own . 1: A DVERTISEMEN T]. —SIGHT AND I.IEA FR"' folcir Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, Newly-Invented Spectaci!,L, Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c.—Patronize d :,c f :Di . e . jcsty the King of Hanover, her Grace the Dowager Duc'.o do?, ford, their Graces.the Archbishops of Canterbury, York , %pi c ceil o the Dekes of evoushire, Norfolk, Argyle, Marltiorottg lli re ., sit,, tit re cheater, Bishops of Exeter, Linc , ht, Cork; giphln, dare. Messrs. S. and B. Selomons, oculists and °P. lin t oo' invented Spectacle Lenses upon a new construction . sa e iic • l 4 they are placed bef ire imperfect vision, either by day °s it °4 - i or, that mist and dullness which appears before the eye* ;,,,01 0 : to moved, every object becomes clear aud distinct, so that 4,,tieD i eSt o ; detective sight becomes bright and brilliant. and is ; 0 111 1 'Ai youthfel natural and original state. Also the most P° 0 11 00; freak Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes Invisib! e s . e ri of Acoustic Instruments for relief of extreme dead i 'y essrs. S. and It Solons'ms, opticians, are not in WO' _ eig els!; j oe with a person of the same name in their imuietlia,•;:, b e h Of To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and obst rye - 0 0 ; r A # Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hot e " n i [IIDVERTISEMEN T.] —.A N F. TItA o ti DIN A i 0 011 4 0 0 ; A DISEAsED KNEE, OF TEN TEALS' STANDING, 1 . , 21, t. yD d PILLS AND OINT Id ENT. —Mr. E. Perryns, residing street, Worcester, is now cured of an abscess e the ver of vw, - „i• stiff joint, which had been bad for ten years, i (I '7 '„,ces e"t was lourteen. He lost Iron, the knee joint seve i rt r d r° tad /A 0 one being two inches in length. Be had been ui t 05 neat of the faculty Worcester, amid at last told tn.l ,erfe ct i , . lo o# be amvtated, as a cure was quite impossible. A ni l del °le oP dri. b- en effected in this hopeless case by these won Sold by all chemists, and by the Proprietor, 244, St'. .0 On the 21st inst., at Crannlß:ri-}Tre, Waterloo -bridge, Partsh, of a sou. . r d tli lF° DIED. ..eoll a -'t A u r a :ls s , ve t.:l l l l e:il . iZabeth NOM 5,,- e t, of O th n ie th ha e te ls s t i l r i inst ., at CO I' st ric, stf• On the 21st inst, in Albany-street, Regent's - P _ O , Penelope, fourth daughter of the late Major Gascoignc-, ~0 IP ~ reljyt O r ' 0 0 O P On the 2lst inst., at Camberwell, Mary Ann, Thomas Oeorge Ingall. o r 0 ,0, On the slat inst., in South-square, Gray's Inn, of the late Simon Martin, Esq., Ko d 29. • I ; tli 6 •l3 o ' " On the List inst., at Exeter, Captain Francis Patric-,uev, on the 22d inst., John Prescot, eldest son of tb ° Clowes. of Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire. 0 0 , On the 2211 Inst., Mrs. Martha Nelson, aged 86. , ge,l - , 4 , ° • ee 0 0 , On the 22d lest., at Woolwich, William Theodore '. ,• t o 'it Theodor 1.,14 fit Or son of rine late Colonel Sir Ueorge Mate, C.ls• It °) , hit Po' IV Oa the 22d hist., at Wheathamitead. Herts,'Mr..°t'ii, Bell 0 1 On the 221 inst., Lucy, the wife of William Its° , Ur Se c° Fleet-street. o at, C I. f.; a NI arif Tho ,o. 0 On the 2ni inst., at Camberwell -grove, S O P• -- ' 0 414 daughter of John Routh, Esq. On the 23d hist Jane Pierce, the wife of Georg' ~ Il°' 0. , __ ri oter , v Great George-street, Westminster. r• o4° flie r On the 24th inst., Mr. Josh. Baylis, of Streatham 40; ton-hill. of Samuel Williams, Esq., aged 32. ~.........'"'" t . illo" On the 24th inst., at Clayton-place, liennington, AW e1 : „. .... li g ; '----- - • • - • London: Printed s.rtd. Published by It:tfitDO I ° l ,, l !tttb °6 r W rr Strand, Printer, at The .Sun O ff ice, ...N a. 112. Strap .. :' v iol , of the Savoy, ill the County ,of >Oldie"' 27, 1846, REEK D AYS Trails sta: TH: EtIC DAY OR lienia Bily of the ti " obtained at ti Star °Mee Gl' U r EA ' On and after ' - "sin, for the cc ron kitly, excepi Pa 6 o'clock i Z ll PPenham Exeter at , Ha stations, and per consequenc, 7. 11 1 leave Padd 'lai denhead, at F arther parti II ci nctaY next, 11 STAFF. LITERP ~ h e obstacles resolution p rin7 on the sth 2,Charteery, en P treat ers lug t r 44.4 111 of psi ' , re* allotted, _kanchestor -4,4 Saturday t clo c k . ' Liven, I I .lltant, from E London--At I " 44 /friday, the l 'iwcastle-ur Of March, igan—fit t had Elevou t• tech sharehc 4 Cie/large for „2, Rope -litres LEE At a .11 46 , the foliow, The mebe t l f eauy to the Public at la te ed this sessio] 41 (1 the amoun 4 'oeholders. i „?. It is carne l eraea circuit "eetings, and r the Provisio] NIA for the ac 3 . That a C Ppointed to co •Iclered advisab tlpy viz., Mr. `` , l Mr. Turin: 4 . That thee 4, thee in such I 14 - 0 11 k proper. Cemmer °TIC] ASSIGI ' - "A . SMITH, eeeX, hosier, etl Zivid iw ti r I .ad„ on, glove net - le-Grand, ° Malt of all ti Zate the same, , s "mrm Yeatherd "the day of "2 01 . William ' , Jested by G lo lleitor, and k l 4„_ attested 1 ] Mica is beret nut at the of ".resald for Dated this 2 Wit te Hess ' J AVII Is. 5i 8 • , am 'Males, ls. Dwrit wax, tXtra AV.lxf d ul4 r, 3s. 2d. ip,„" "'wd , er Sual "'Motor, kr H o. . Hal Il n6, 9d. u!or Cash .41'11 4 4,1net1 INE made 1 c_ 4l)o intment, gk illionable at trivenience MZen who p MESS Peculiar MAC Asir having .!!trisd depart re) submit, t tainable by 2 those who Lk, excellent London Es I, o°l Establis a 7, Buchanan a cline i os " k rtistical De APER _TI tnat have a 1 accu rate and show that th the price. , for real silve Prices of Eli dozen, W. 5s table forks, Astir, ss. ; sal l adles, each, elusively for The money vs y large held plated e ___ ° hhected w THE Beever Chester IYOrtr %Vint keys' Winter Doe bre?' i ► rock, Roll Cc Double Iloye I Ditto, Ditto. Winte The rectioni Wardell Obse/ ters, . :-ma '`` r An hazy th rp ul Edic I ' o l, fermi divine Ry Yr Yr Atx Aoyi THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1845. GRAVE BC The !