The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-25 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT G kRD N. l'lte DIRECTORS of the ROYAL I I'ALIAN OPERA beg most re.spee fully to imorm the Nobbity, Gentry. subscribers, and the Public, that the Season of I tiee w 11 commence on SATURDAY NEXT, March 27. On which occasion will be performed (fur the first time these four years) Dunizetti's Opera, MARIA DI ROWS. The principal characters by Madame Castellan , Madile. Seguin (her first appearance in England), Signor Ronconi, Signor Polonini, Signor Soldi, and Signor Tamberiik. In the erst act a Divertissement will be given. In which Madge. Brussi, Madlles. Lehlon ,, , Helene Bellorti. Louise Bellotl, Ko lernoere Messieurs Alexandre and 31inard, aid 31adlle. Robert, veil appear. In announcing the present, the Sixih Season of the Royal Italian One• a, the Directors feel it almost unnecessary to repeat their assurances, or to reiterate their pledges of former seasons, as to the future conduct of this great Lyrical Establishment : hoping that the manner in which they have hitt erto conoucten it will be accepted by their Patrons as the best guarantee for its future mangement. During the extraordinary season o f the past year, ucUences of the Royal It li at Opera numbered among them some of the most eminent Musical PrOieSBurS and Amateurs of Europe, many of whom were intimately acquainted with the great Lyrical Theatres of Italy, France, and Germany and it must be a matter of pride and graeficarion to the English Public, as well as to the Directors hetn , elTes,, to know that the Royal Italian Opera (both as rega ds the extraordinary talent of its individual Artis.es, as we ll as its general completeness and perfection a.. a whole) was pronounced by these d.stinguished persons to starts unrivalled among its European competitors. By the following outline of the arrangements fir the Present Stasbn it .111 be seen that not only have the most distinguished Artiste, oflast season been re-engaged, but that others now occu pying the highest positions in the Co ti ental Theatres have been addeei no the Estabdshment. The Orcnestra and Chorus have re ceived several ,mportant aad Mons ; and it will also be founl that ie the department of the Ballet (which will still be dmited to short Divertis.ements, and to tho;e Dances Lucid, ntal to the Opel as), a very consi era le augmentation in the personnel has taken place. In fact, exteavive as the Company of the Royal Hellen Opera hi therto has been, t e assernhage of Artistes this year will be found to surpass that of any f rmer season. The Repertoire of the Royal Italian Opera now consists of THIRTY-SIX OPE KAS. each of which is complete in Scenery, Cos tumes. aril A ppointearnts. SEMIRA IDE LA DONNA DEL LAGO L'ITALL-aNA IN ALGIERI - - - Rossini. It. BARBIERE DI SEVIGLTA - - Rossini. LA GAZZA LADRA IL TArCRED[ - - - - Rossini. LA C. - NERENTOLA - - - - Rossini. GUGLIEL 110 It LL - Ro-s , ni. 310 SE IN EGILTO (ZORA) - - - - - Rossini. OT E L - - - - - - - Rossini. ERNA N ----- - - - - Vend. I DUE FOSC ,RI - - - - - - Verdi. NA,sll 0 (ANA 10) - - - - - e - Verdi. NORMA ----- - - liellini. LA SONNA3IBULA ----- Bellini. I PURITAN[ - - - - - - - Belanl. I CAPULET ii E 31ONTECCIII - - - - Bellini. LEe HU UENO -- 3 3 Ie eY v er rb hee e4 . LF. • . RORER.' LE DIABLE_ ---- PeOPHETE LUCIA Di LA3I31ER31 0011 . L'ELISIE D'AMORE - " - Donizetti. LUCREZIA eORGIA ANNA B 'LENA 31ARI a DE ROIIAN La Ft VORITA - ----- Dorpzetti. LINDA DI HANIOUNI IL FLA U 0 M ;GI - - - - - - .11 , z. rt. DO , GIOVANNI LE NOZZ Dl FIGARO MAS , N 1 ELLO - - ----- - Auher. 1.. MA Mt NON I 0 SaGRETO - - Cimarosa. LAJUIVE ----- ---- - - y. DERE it EI;•21117 fZ ----- - AVehr. SAP PUG . - • - - - G , unad FIDELIO During the Season the following Operas will be produced : Senhr's tapera of FAUST. The Dire tor' have the satietaction to announce that they have mad- an arrangem nt w;th the gre A Compo•er, Herr Spohr, to pa oduce t ,, is Grand Rom tntic Opera. The Itecit,Ltives (neces-ary in the adapt , tic,' of th Opera to the Italian Stare) have been w Wen by the Composer exp , essly for the Royal Its ian Opera, and th- whole Work will be arranged and produc al under his di recton. Au entirely new grand Oper eastitl a, composed by Monsieur jallien, ed PIETRO IL GR samE. Rossini's favourite Opera, LE COMTE ogy, As performed at the tacademie Royale at Parts. We ba's Fairy Opera, OBE RON, The Libretto, w'th the addition of Recitatives, having been expressly re-arranged l" , y the suthor, J. ft. Planche, Esq. Donizetti's grand Opera, LES MARTYRS. As per armed at the Academic Royale at Paris. The Engagements fir the present Season are : Soritasu- Madame GAIST, Madame CAST ELLIN, Mademoiselle I E itT RAN AND Madame VIARDOT. ALSO, ame JULLIENNE, )0f the Amin:tie Royale of Pans, her fl-st appearance in England). Mademoiselle ANNA ZEBR (From the Imperial Theatre of Vienna). AND Madame GAZZANIGA. (Of the Testro della Scala at Milan). An Engagement has also been offered to Madame , )}:DORI (Of the Imperial i heatre of St. Petersburgh). CONTRALTO. Mademoi , elle TtiERESA. SEGUIN (Her first appearance in England). SBCONDE DONNE. Mademoise , le COT CI, AND Mademoiselle RELLINI. • TENORI. Signor MARIO. Si_nor STIGELLI, Signor LUIGI MEI, Signer SOLD', AND Signor TAM RE 11LIK, ALSO, Signor GALVANI (From the Teatro della, Scala at 311!an, his first appearance in England), Herr ANDER (Principal Tenor of the I i.perial flicatre at Vienna, his first appearance in E; gland), AND Mot', sienr r,ULEbWARD (Frlactpal Tenor of the cadernie Roya eat Paris, his first appearance in Eni.tnd).g BASSI 1 , ARRITONI. Signor RUN.2ON Signor Itit3tMl. AND Signor B lZ 101,PZI (From the Italian Opera of t'..lertno, his first appearance in Fin;; BASSI VROFC , NDI. lie: F 4 vr E SL ~ . r TACILIOF , CO, Sws:o - Goa: 0!t10, 1.1ga. , r ltA(.;11 , AND Skrnor M (Ms first apoi eta; ce the e thre^ years), The Orche.tra wnl tie co;nowe l of the tollo in; eminent Protes:ors FIRST VIOLIN'S. Messr 4. S,U. ( t'zi wal) H Narve ezetri Browue Coouer Daude I) .ye - Goffrie 11i1 L Ye Mellon Mori hlrlwall Wa a .n Willy Zerbinf. SECOND VIOLINS. Messrs. Watkins (Principal) W. lilagroVe Han man Platt I (Solo) 1.. klatti lined ,ctime er. DOUBLE HAMS. !Messrs. thiweil (P:inei t ml) I esi..l (solo) Cara Daigle Casten Motlnt Y. at , en Hei a4le Fa noldi C. -evern Waudrelan. 14. cars.. Messrs. Trust Streather. FLUTES. IMessr3. Pratten —De rotley. OBOES. Messrs Barr. tt :Nichol. on. CLABINETTI• Messrs. Lazarus ma ,- cock BASSOONS. Messrs. Baumann Bo rt I ,ra iley - Cusini H Grlesbach Jay - Kelly - L der - Marshall - Sewsharn Patey Payton i - lnueons WeetrePP liana Kessrs. lILI' d T /1 ""5 ' A IseyiUciPal) 6 H inn Th m pson Trust W • ud Webb Westlake T. Westropp VIOLONCELLOS. Messrs LJcas (Principal) - t alkrn Chi pp Guest Han .ock Hatton D IREC TOR OF TUE MUM, r. Larkin. II ORM. Messrs C. Harper Rae. - rett KiAlback. Taummrs. k:essrs. T. Harper Irwin. TROMBONE.% Messrs. Mtn Antoine Healey. OPHICLEIDE• M. Prospere. Daum. Chipp TRIANGLE Mr Seymour. A 39 DRUM. 110, Ilegides Extras. ( OS CA. COMPOSER. DCONDUCTOR, tendence of The Military Band will be under the Stan Ani a-• 3.1 r. GOD , REY. MAESTRO AL I'IANo, Signor PANIZZ (From the Teat ro d. Ua Scala at Milan), PROMPTER , Signor M N rt.; If k POET. Signor MAGG In accordance with a wish very gen erally eaprrssed by the Sub. Scribe , 8, a oho - t Divertissement will be performed on thoset evenings when the Opera given is not suff icien tly long to form the evening s entertainment. This arrangeirent will avoid then cessity or gi v i ng Portions on Y of of er ..pe- as; a plan, eX , opt on extraor 'lnary casions, subje,t much objet on. In order to Meet tin a arrange. meat, the following enzagemen s have heen Madeinoise le LODE T (From the Ac.tdemie Royale at Paris). Alacl.moiselle LOUISE TAGLIONI , AND Mademoiselle BRUSSI (From the Imperial theatre at Vienna). 111 ade moiselle LEB LON' D, 31a , letboi elle KOLEMBERG, Mademoiselle RELLOI rl, AND . 11reeMdielle L. BELLOTTI (Their first appearance in England). Mon letir M INARD, Monsieur FLL SSE, AND Monsieur EL7AULT (Their first appewarce in England). The COIL'S DE BA LLET w ill aso be augmented, and embrace several Danseuses fro= Paris, being their drat. appearance in Eng land. Maitre de Ballet—Monsieur Alexandre. Leader or the r. Alfred Mel:on. Director of the Itise•en• scene —sloinneur Laurent (From the Theatre •••ationa Pari.)- 4 rtiStes Coltumleres —Mrs. E. B nley mid Madame Mani°. corAtor—Mr. Pres..ott, Machinist Mr. Allen. _ _ , Fcenic Artist,—MezEri. Grieve and Telhin. TItI L 6 '3. Stalls, and Boxes, fur thd Night or Season, to be obtained at the Bo t-• ffled of the Theatre (c rner of Itow-street and Uart-street); a i ,d I - tier - the I - 1I lb " and liwicsellers. at pr LeTa . raries Evening' ."°‘ ruxaces Will commence L t Eight o'clock on each - The n°x•ofilee is open from Eleven to Five o'clock, Royal ltalia,i Opera , Covent-Garden, March, Isb2. *4 °Y&I. LT°E C - M r URA TRE. racier "•'''. ,lans4zen,na ~ 1 %I Adarne Vestria. Last we 'k before E , ster THIS EVENING' w, ' I L b 9 Pertorm e j THE GAME OF PI. , CULATIONT. Principal characters b y Messrs. C. Mathews, F. : Matthews, R. Roxby, B. Baker ; Mrs. C. Horn, and AESS Ai. O in e r . To conclade with A new and original Fairy ExtravAv OF HAPPY LA.XD ; or, The Fawn in the ..anza, by J. R. Planche, Eatl., entitled THE PRINCE M i ss Grove , . Miss Erns, Miss Rosin& right, Forest. Characters by 34 . adame Vestris, bliss St. George. Miss Lanza Miss Martindale, B. Baiter, Suter, Horneastie, Ballet, and Mess 4. F. Matthews. its'7ll.ll. FLU YAL OL 1 ILVIC TlitATit.— 1,004*.e And AI f11164,tr, F!ON Vr. W.F unnu E 4 rq EVG , PeifirinV+ElNlElß .AT LAW. L .. i.ti t : r • . • , ....„ .NIA L. &c, • , I c *'?..,,,Veli Masers. Comp -0:1 :. u G. VoTke, liktames 1 Itu zz Pflu 4 artlett, will appear. ` 4 : : '— :" • .: : - - 74,L*4, zu±. l ? t..' - -AFq- - ( .- ~ .1 . e ..,..,, n a s- I „,?:,.• THE SUN, OY AL MARIONETTE THEATRE, AnFT. kiDEATI{EFT WE''T STRAND. 41) _ • _ _ Continued Success—Now Pieces. THIS EVE' LAG, and every evening during the week, Introductory ADDRESS, by Mr. Albany Brown. Alter which, a new scene of Apropos, entitted the MANTAGER'S ROO3l, with Songs by Signora Barbiere Alleni and Mr. Semi Breve. With THE nWISS TAGE. To be followed by a new an original Farce, in one act, written expressly for the Marionettes, by Hugo Vamp Esq., called WHOSE WIFE IS SIZE? To conclude with the Neapolitan grotesque Divertissement of ARLECHINO FORTUNATO, with the Frolics ot Saltarello and errot. A Morning Performance on Saturday next. Doors open at Half past Two, and commence at Three o'clock. In 'he coarse ot each Representation, a selection of Music will be performed, including the Roy al Marionette Quadrilles, by M. Bosisio, and the Royal Marionette Polka, by Mr. T. Browne, composed ex pressly for this Theatre. In active pr partition, an entirely new version of the Grand :astern Spectacle of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, which will shortly be produced with all the vast resources of this small establishment. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. Private Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-office of the Theatre, and ot all the principal Librarians. TI.TEATICE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brampton, Illy EVE 41:11#, Will lie performed WOMAN'S HEART. The Marquis of Albritzzi, Mr. Vandenhoff ; ‘ngiolo, Mr. Barry Sulivan ; the Lady Giulia, Miss A Vining ; isnlina, Miss Vandenhoff. To conclude with LONDON ASSURANCE. Characters by Messrs. Ruckstone, Leigh Murray, Lambert, Howe; Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Reynolds. TLIEATRE ROYAL, kDELPIII. Lessee, Mr. B. Webiter ; Directress, Madame Celeste. F.VI4:-N Will be performed TIIEW ASHORE. After which, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAM- B intWELL? To be followed by THE LOTTERY TICKET. Wormwood, Mr. Emery ; Susan. Miss E. Chapla. aU AL ritINCESSN THEA FRE, OXFORD-6TREET. Under the Management of Sir. C. Hem vim; r;VH.titNG, Will be performed the CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, nyder, J. Chester, J. Vining, Meadows, F. Cooke, Everett, and Wheatleigh ; Misses Phillips, Murray, Robertzon, Vivash, Daly, and C. Leclercq. To conclude with THE lIONEYMOO (compressed into three acts), in which Messrs. C. Kean, A. Wigan, Harl,y, , Me.duwa; Miss Robertson, Miss Leclercq, and qrs. C. Kean will perform. . r.L.zi Y 1:14J1-4 Eit*lJJ skts,A.r.o 7ILEA I Kt*. r.e.ofte. Mr. W. R. COPELAgD, Liv.rnrwo Immense attraction of the Ragged School, and Behind the Scenes. Received each Evening with great applause. r'l% I Will he performed MATRIMONIAL PROSPECTUSES. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Attwood; Mrs. Selby, Misses Sanders, and Maskell. Alter which, THE It I.GGED SCHOOL. Ch;,ract,rs by Messrs. Rogers, Attwood, Eluespeth ; Alfsses Sanders and Maskell. to be followed by GONE TO TEXAS. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Romer, Robertson ; and Mrs. W. R. Copeland. ro conclude with BEHIND THE SCENES. Messrs. Rogers, Rob, rtson, Homer, At. wood, Hudspeth, Maskell ; Mrs. Selby, and Miss Maskell. Boxes, 38.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, is. rt..e gitillind. and 4. 11.11.11 eacb• Stage Manager. Mr. E. Stirling. Xt.') .4L .4161 P 1 "ILA Under '24e PtatrOttiket of ner Majeoty and Ws Kora. Highness Che.rt Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most sucep,sstu I and winnar Theatre in London. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Grand Spectacle, entitled TAICCRED ; ir. The Triumph of the Crusaders. From the pen of J. Kingdom, sq., which his been some months in preparation, and in the pro luction of which neither cost nor pains have teen spared. Co be oil we • by :'atty', Inimitable Scenes of LOU Arena. To conclude with a Laughable e'arce. w oe tout wt the iws-ottce trom Eleven till Four daily. Stage Aana.er. Mr. 'I. rtwasvaer.. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. P: 12 O&Y —slorninv 34 _sin. after 4 I Evenins 47 min after 4 f , -Movaom—Mornln. 4 min. after 5 Evenin. 19 - um lute/ 5 THE w k..Al'llk,kt.—DuN 01 , 11101 s, hlAucu 25. rHiCILIIO74ICI ER, 13 THU 7Llawm. 48 —nigtiest since awn yesterday. 28 , oweet tine morning, and during the night. 41 —th - s day. at noon. BA ROUST/CR, 30.07. WIND N.E.—fresh breeze and cloudy, with occasional sunshine. DAILY WEATIIEB, TABLE. state ofthe Wind and Weather at each of the fallowing paces at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations a'P arranged in order of latitude. 13Lrmovrn—Wind N., calm—cloudless. l'oor...E—Wind N. W., calm—cloudless. Bnicaffori—Wind N.E. calm—cloudless. IASTINGS Calm—cloudless. SOUTHAMPTON— Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. ?ouursrosg—Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudless. rumaarnoe—Wind S.W.. calm—cloudless. :REEN'A ICH—Calm foggy. '' , TROOD —Wind E.. calm—cioudless. Swrsuots—Calm—partially cloudy. jOLCHEsTuR—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. IAMBEIDGE—Wind N., gentle breeze—cloudless. Y tRMOUTTI—Vi ind S W , calm—overcast. dIRMINGHAM—.W ind S. W., calm—foggy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of tie wind and weather on Tuesday morning at nine ;clock : IMERICR-Wind E.. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. MULLIXGAR— ry ind S. E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. PLymotrrn—Winci S. E., calm. Poorz—Wind S. E., calm—cloudless. 3vviwnorr—Wind S., light airs—partially cloudy. 3mmi NGHAM— ‘ , V hid S. W. , calm—partially cloudy. 4 , f , ` 7 : ' ? - =..) 7 ;" .; '; 1 fi 41-q 4-1 76 1' , 511 , i --" ; ;71- t LONDON. TUURSDAY MARCH 25, 1852. Economy—l3t ut repeat, it—we would readily see introduced into the system of naval administration : he, rather than see this economy degenerate into merely parsimoeious retrenchment, we would exult in a c curse of absolute extrsvigance. Yes ! Rather hen witness any dangerous diminution in the funds atonally appropriated to the maritime depirtmeot, 'either than observe the enervation by this means of ~ur sea forces, rather than behold the funds hitherto devoted to the Royal Navy of England shorn away like the locks of SAmsos by the DELILAH of false economy, we would r-joice over the squandering of yet larger supplies upon the men, upon the vessels, and upon the dockyards. Bri-fly--it is not the expenditure we are disposed to quarrel with, it is simply the manner of its distribution. The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Tavistock, in the letter addressed to us in consequence of our ob servations of yesterday, intimates that, notwithstand lug the apparent diversity of our opinions, be cot jec tures that those opinions are in a great measures coin cident. Perhaps so. " I cannot believe we materi ally differ," be sap, "since you desire to see our naval force made thoroughly efficient." Precisely. And we do not conceive that the most effectual means of securing this efficiency would be the diminu tion of the naval estimates by another 2,000,000/. sterling. There is the very point upon which we are compelled to question the justice of Mr. TRELAWNY'S conclusions. He expresses an anxiety to aid in rendering the navy of Great Britain more efficient ihao hitherto, and he commences his argument upon the necessity of so doing, by demonstrating bow very easily the 5.600,C00/. and upwards could be reduced to 4 . 000,0001. —diminishing what has already undergone since 1847 a very considerable diminution by 2,000 ; 0001. additional. Now it is exactly because we do not think this to be the most reasonable method of rendering the maritime service of these islands efficient that we dissent from the deductions arrived at by the Hon. Representative for Tavistock. In stead of calling for a supplementary retrenchment of 2,000,000/. on the Naval Estimates, we should feel disposed to demand even an increase of those esti. mates, in the event of any such increase being found advisable. A gain --Mr. TEELAWNY, still insisting upon the ac curacy °. his L eccentric proposition, that 40,000 able seamen might be engaged "at 11. a week, to find themselves takes occasion to re wind US that ' arrangements in yachts orl found to in . re nut men-of-war, and halt every respect practicable. Assuredly : but y e a: a ~..,lovn sailors are notforty thousand—to say nothing of the yach t men being is fine weather jacks," drop ping into al l sorts " of agreeable ports f o r th e enjoy ment of " soft tack and green Vegetable., instead of r o ughing it tars t o th e tune o f t h e like the salt water • ng upon th e billows and the t hunder. Howev er , the Hon. Mem ber deprecates any serious reasoning matter, observing that his remark "as to what could be done, was inertly intended us the basin of an esti mate !" Pass we by the illustration therefore, w i t h the surmise that "'fore gad, %would lie a more ricket Cot her," with such ty estimate than a corne r . stone to a foundation of 4 , 000,0001. a it A 3 to the f u lly of all these arra n g ements and r e . arrangements at liyharn, we the Hon. Member for l'Avistocakg.ree t Simply horunluseY with w,uli better serve the purpose of the contractors to throw the refuse of their labours into a hollow so con tiguous as Mill-Ponds, instead of conveying it to a considerable distance beyond the breakwater, we do not think that the nation should be subjected to an annual waste of some twenty thousand pounds. Besides, of all places along that part of the coast Milibay should have been the last to have been placarded with " dry rubbish can be shot here," seeing that it afforded the advan tages of a natural harbour, and one defended more over from attack, as Mr. TEELAWNY judiciously ob serves, by Drake Island and its batteries. Everything LON DON, cilmhines, indeed, to render the bungling nature of all these proceedings at Keyham, matter for very se rious regret—regret none the less earnest from our recollections of what happened some months back to the Terrible, which, after injuring herself by grounding, was unable to be repaid except by going all the way round again to the dockyard; at Ports mouth. Alluding to the moneys squandered somewhat no toriously upon ship-building according to the present system at the Admiralty, Mr. TRELAWNY suggests, it will be perceived, that henceforth we should build by contract. Now, building ships of war by con tract is a system which has of course its particular advantages. Unfortunately, however, it must be admitted that these particular advantages are counterbalanced, if they are not actually preponderated over, by no less particular disad vantages. Does the Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Tavistock, bear is his recollection the results (with regard to this method of building by contract) of the national experience ? Has he altogether over looked the rather damning evidence afforded by those forty seventy fours, which were ultimately and not inappropriately designated the "forty thieves ?" JOHN BULL was the Ali Baba, for the occasion, but unluckily the old gentleman came not off so comfortably as his prototype, having his pockets somewhat disagreeably rifled. We would instance also the lesson preached to the nation subsequently upon the false economy of building ships of war by contract, but that the mention of the frigates furnishing the text might not be so delightful to " ears polite," by reason of the un mistakeable honesty of their soubriquet. Howbeit, the changes really desirable in our ma ritime administration would affect the navy very diffe rently indeed, we conceive, than by diminishing its estimates by 2,000,0001. In order to secure to the sea forces of England the efficiency which Mr. TRE LAWNY, no less we believe than ourselves, is really desirable of witnessing established, we .hould have to regulate otherwise the funds already placed at the disposal of the authorities at the Admiralty. Properly applied, those funds, we believe, would prove in the end sufficient, though we cane conceive that, even under the most admirable re-organization, they would be found for an insular power like England, with a commerce so extensive, and with colonies so scat tered, in any way whatever—extravagant ! Aided by these annual grants of 5,600,000/. and upwards, the Admiralty under this new system of arrange ment would be enabled to enhance the efficiency of the service by a more rational scheme of manning our ships of war ; by not dispersing at the end of every three years the experienced sailors educated during that interval in the duties of their profession; by applying the screw-pro peller more generally in the construction of new vessels, introducing it into (comparatively speaking) minnows like the Pocal-p, as well as into mammoths, like the Royal Albert ; and, among a variety of other equally rational and equally requisite innovations, by:: organizing anew, upon a larger scale and upon a better footing, the whole framework of our marine artillery. By this last-mentioned improvement, we should be effecting more at a single " move" towards the increase of the national defences than by calling out a thousand " awkward squads" of militia, or by inducing the London 'preetices to practise with pop-guns or minie rifles in the shooting gallery of the Red House at Battersea. By combining that development of our marine artillery, moreover with the changes already specified, and with the still more obvious re forms we have considered it here unnecessary to enumerate, we should be most effectually fostering the energies and securing the efficiency of that glorious service to which, under PROVIDENCE, the great maritime power of England is mainly indebted for her wealth, her grandeur, her prosperity, and her independence. It is universally admitted that a General Election must speedily take place, the only question being whether the appeal to the country will be made within a few months or a few weeks. All, then, is activity in the electioneering market. Eligible can didates are eagerly sought after and coming forward more freely than on any former occasion. The a-pirants for senatorial honours are addressing the several constituencies., and putting forward their respective opinions on topics of general interest, more especially on !natters relating to free trade and pro. tection. It is, however, remarkable, that while the advocates of unrestricted commerce speak out clearly end unequivocally, there appears to be extraordinary caution observed by those aho have heretofore been termed "Protectionists." Although speaking of the impolicy of the Act of 1846, and the distressed con dition of the agricultutists, few, if any, have ven tured to advocate a retrograde policy, or to insist on the propriety of a re-imposition of the bread-tax. Oti the contrary, men have, in the very hearts of agricul !ural constituencies, declared the impossibility of bringing back the corn laws, and yet been received as farmers' friends. And why ? Simply because ihey avow their intention, not of affording them exclusive advantages, but of remedying grievances under which they are suffering, and for which they are clearly entitled to relief. The opinion which we have expressed, that the question of a tax on food will not be even seriously brought forward in the new Parliament receives powerful confirmation from these significant facts. As with commerce, so it is with shipping. The very shipowners appear to have given up the idea of bringing back the navigation• laws, and to direct their attention solely to getting rid of the burdens which press most heavily and unfairly on their in terests. Even Mr. HERRIES, on Monday evening, declared that " the policy of 1848 was not reversible," using the quotation "vestigia nulla retrorsum." It will be found from the admirable speech of Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR to the electors of Sunderland, in serted in another part of this day's impression, that the Learned Gentleman clearly and distinctly pointed out the impolicy of attempting to bring back the old restrictive code, and that the shipowners of that im portant port acquiesced in the conclusions at which he arrived, was sufficiently attested by the rapturous and enthusiastic applause with which his brilliant and eloquent address was received by the numerous body assembled to hear his opinions. Nothing could be more clear and lucid than the masterly epitome of the rise and progress of the nevi gation-laws from their introduction by CROMWELL, in 1651,until . Their repeal, after a continuance of 197 years. The result of these impolitic enactments was that other nations imposed similar restrictions on our ves sels, until, as stated by Mr. SEYMouR, we found that American ships sailed to Liverpool in ballast, hav ing British ships in their wake laden with tobacco, rice, or cotton ; while British ships traversed the Atlantic to New York in ballast, with American ships hard in their wake laden with calicoes, cutlery, hardware, and iron." Well might the Learned Gen tlemen exclaim, " A pretty game for two great Da- Lions to play for 28 years." Reciprocity treaties became necessary to extricate us from this disgrace ful state of things, and special compacts were entered into with no less than thirty different States. The Learned Gentleman strongly illustrated the vast importance of free trade to the mer cantile marine, by showing the increased imports into this country, and the consequent increase of employment for our shipping. He com pisined, indeed, of a want of reciprocity by other nations, but he did not therefore desire a retrograde movement. On the contrary, he said, " The deed is done—the die is cast—the British shipowner is cast into competition with the whole world. There is a danger in going back to a course which has been once abandoned. In the interval which has elapsed new relations of commercial property and enterprise take place, and like a relapse in the natural body, the shock of a rea c ti on may b e a t ten d e d w ith the most perilous c onsequences to the body politic. " Thi s i s just reas on i ng and i of a reactionary policy. if as shipowner s . It t a ß p u p t i i t to he y o cannot farmers no t go as back shows the utter impossibility they may go forward. They may endeavour to ob tain the repeal of the ti mb er duty at least for ship building purposes, and also of the light dues so justly complained of. There are also a variety of local charges and jurisdictions that should be got rid of. E v ery unfair restriction on British shipowners should be strictly investigated, with a 'kW to its re- THURSDAY moval, and then Britibh ships and British soanwn may enter on the competition without heir g overweighted. There is nothing to fear with fair i-lay ; on the con trary, all will yet be well. We heartily commend Mr. SEYMOUR'S admirable address to the electors not only of Sunderland, where we believe it is already fully appreciated, but to every constituency about to exercise its high privilege, so that there may be a clear understanding of what should be expected from candidates before they can hope for a favourable reception. Mr. Sarsiouu's election iR, we believe, a matter of perfect certainty. It is such men who should be sent to the popular branch of the Legislature, who have patience to learr, and intellect to understand, and eloquence to put forward their views with respect to the leading questions of the day. The veteran Member for Mmtrose has given fx • pression to his views on the important question of the malt-tax, in a letter, which will be found in another column, and to which we invite the attention of-agri culturists. It will show that the Free• traders are really the farmers' friends in every matter where they can fairly and justly render their assistance. The Hon. Gentleman clearly and distinctly points out the objections to the tax against which he has voted on every occasion when a division has taken place during the last thirty years. He considers it a bad tax, not only "as violating the rules of political economy and of commercial policy," but also " as being injurious to the morality and social happiness of the industrious classes of the community." These are grave objections, and any impost that is really open to such charges, cannot justly be main tained, unless under an overwhelming necessity. We are aware that it has been insisted that there is such a necessity—that if the tax were abolished, we should not be in a position to liquidate the interest on the public debt, or to maintain efficiently the national establishments. This, however, we distinctly and positively deny. If a just and wise economy were practised in every department—we do not mean that there should be petty cheese-paring or stingy parsimony in dealing with the public service, but a strict avoidance of every unnecessary expense, and, above all, a strenuous determination to put down .jibs and jobbiue—much could be effected. But why should there not be a re-adjustment of taxation abolb,bing indirect imposts, and substituting direct charges on property, which could be more easily and cheaply collected. IsVeit to the charge on bread there is perhaps none more objectionable than that on "malt." It attacks the poor man's beverage, and prevents the working classes from obtaining a cheap, wholesome, and nu tritious article. It unquestionably limits the con sumption of agricultural produce, and is therefore ex ceedingly prejudicial to the farmer. But although the corn-growers have reasonable and just' ground of complaint, so far as their interests are concerned, we look upon it in a still broader point of view, and con sider it chiefly as a consumer's question, which more ,Inin doubles the price and materially de teriorates the quality of that which may be considered essential to his health and comfort. We are aware that there are many men; who, be cause they do not like fermented liquors, or perhaps because they have become teetotallers, desire the continuance of the tax. Away with the flimsy pretext ! Why should they wrong their brethren who differ in opinion from them selves, and compel them to take that which is dear and bad, in place of what is cheap and good ? Do they for a moment believe that there would be an increase of drunkenness by the change ? Far from it. They must be aware that, in wine-growing countries, where drink can be easily obtained, intoxication, or even intemperance, is of rare occurrence. It is the difficulties imposed in the way of obtaining wholesome beer that create the demand for unwholesome spirits, and stimulate the desire for drinking. If good, pure, home-brewed beer could be procured in the cottages of the poor you would not see men haunting " Jerry shops," or seduced into crime by the temptations and the bad company to which they are there exposed. The labourers would, after their day's work, remain by their own fire-sides contented and happy. Their domestic happiness would be in creased, and there would be a considerable dimi nution in the charges for gaols and prosecutions. Poaching might not flourish quite so much as at pre sent, if a vigorous exertion be made at the ensuing elections. The impost, as well as the still more obnoxious hop duty, Rill be entirely got rid of. Is it not worth an effort, then, to accomplish such ob jects ? We are convinced that every consistent Free 'rader and fi,,cal reformer will glaelly co operate, so that if the taxes be retained, it will be chiefly ascribable to those who call themselves the farmers' friends, and let it not be forgotten that the malt-tax wa s , as s t a t e d b y Mr. Hume, imposed and conti nue d i n P ar li ament, where the territorial aristocracy were in the ascen dant, and where the landlords might have got rid of it if they pleased. L-t electors understand these matters before recording their votes on the hustings. Let them clearly understand the opinions of the rival candidates on these questions, in which their healths and pockets are so deeply concerned. MARKET NE WS -(THIS DAY.) _ ____ ua4ePnilPllBY°::Tvaaadnline tolerably firm, NEVITGATE AND laukineramikzu The g..neral demand ruled heavy, as follows :—Beef, from 2,2 d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 21 61 to 38 8d; Veal, 3s 2d to 4,; Pork, 28 61 to 38 8 , 1 per gib.. by th e egre , se . HAT MARIZETS. Hay, 21 15s to 31 18* Ocl; elSovigeirTdniEttioE,L3l3l.s3Mto" 41 ° 4 W 3; and Straw, 1141 to 119 s pet a sluggish trade. M 4l e 7 a B dow late rates. d d a S y lraw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 103 pet nayt 2l 168 Od to 410 s Od; 21 15s to 31 18* 0l; i l o o Clover a aC d du l In Supply Eu moderatepii ditto, p L I A y 3 N / g D s o S — o t d o M : ; and Straw, 114 a to 1194 pet MEAT DILARILIBTS. SOUTHALL, MARCH 24, —The supplies of each kind Eirtact Trade : I l i; — taot fat stock, being large for the time of year, the general l C o l a o W d v . e li r l T T d detpand ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices. Bref, from 28 6d to 33 8d; Mutton, 2* 101 to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s 4rl to 48 Od; Pork, 33 Od to 35 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal& ROMFORD, MARCH 24 . —The trade was very dull on somewhat lower terms. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s; Pork, 2s 8d to 6d per Bibs. Quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 193 each. DAILSHAM, MARSH 24 . —Our market is very inac tive, as follows:—Beef, from 3s Od to 4$ 03; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 33 2d to 33 6d ; Purk, 3s Od to 3s 6:I per 81bs. ARUNDEL, MARCH 23 . —Prime Beasts asd Sheep were mostly disposed of at full prices, otherwise the trade was heavy. Beef, from 3s 4d to 48 Od; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4* 4d; Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 6d per 81bs. CHICHESTER, MARCH 24. —The trade is very inactive, but prices are not lower. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s Od; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 6d per 81bs. CORN AVERAGES. CENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended March 18, 1852, made up from the Returnsof the In pectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. 1 RYE. BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE .. 42s 8d 30s 3d 19s 9d 315 lld 30s 4d I 29s 10d 1 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 1. Oa is Od i s Od Is Od Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 85,125; Bar ey, 56,365 • O a ts, 2%765 ; Rye, 73; Beans, 5,161 ; Yeas, 1,813 quarters. Mr. BEULER'S ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT:— Monday next, we observe, is fixed for that entertainment by which Mr. Beuler contrives each season to amuse so many of his supporters. The present will be the sixteenth of the series since its commencement, and will take place as usual at the Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, where we doubt not Mr. Beuler's comic songs—this time relating, among other things, to " Bloomerism" and the " Great Exhibition"—will, as usual, considerably enhance the pleasure secured by the music and dancing provided for the evening. DEATH OF SIR CHARLES F. FORBES, M.D., K.C.H., K.C. Sir Charles Fergusson Forbes, Deputy In spector-General of Hospitals, died on the 22d in.t , aged 73 years. This distinguished army medical officer joined the medical staff in Portugal in 1798 and the following year was appointed assistant surgeon to the Royals. He accom panied the 2d BAtalion to the Helder, and went through the campcign in Holland, where he served under Sir Ralph Abercron.by and the D u k e o f Y or k. He accompanied the expedition to the Ferrol in 1800. to Egypt in 1801, and sub sequently he served at Malta and Gibraltar. In 18 3 he served with the Royals in the West Indies, and was pre sent at the capture of St. Lucia and Tobago. He accom panied the expedition to Portugal in 1808, and from 1809 until the end of the war in 1814 served in the Peninsula under the Duke of Wellington. The late Sir Charles Forbes was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and of the Linnxan Society. He was a Knight of the Crescent, and having in 1842 obtained the Royal licence,;accepted the ,5111 a - tinction of the Gnelphic order from the late King f 11_ nover. He had received the war medal with f ive clasps f or Egypt, Corunna, Bunco, Badajoz, and St. Sebastian. ose will be an English company. The gas pipes for the purp a gentleman pro shipped from Liverpool in a few days, and Rio de Janeiro will shortly be lighted with gas by ceeds to Rio by the next Brazilian mail packet from South ampton, to superintend the arrangements. EVENING, MARCH 95 THE SHARE MA KKETS USi IT'ram Iit.A.II.NIPBY93 rr+u..; Agua Fria Anglo CalLtornian •• .. Asuman .... • • .... • ... Australian Australian Freehold Ave Maria Blaenarvon Iron & Coal British Australian Gold British Iron Brazilian imp (is. 5/. p. - NP36 16 3 A % IA cll5. %ills par 1% dis 56 dig De. Cocacs and Cu! • 2414 1 1 4 2 Ili - IS 8 —s9l4 10 30 —ll 14 4 5 P all 934 1034 1 — 1, all I% I%p 9 13% 4 10X I 6 7 7 10 —ll all 21 .4 -2 36 1 54di9. par Do. St. John del Itey Cobre Copper • Copinpc .. • ..... • Eng. & A us tralian Copper Gold Mountain • Great Polgooth Mexican& S. American Nouveau Monde ........ .Santl ago de Cuba Tin Crott .. • • ...... • . United Mexican........ West Mariposa ..... . Ca: z-,ozNT rson's Creek, 1%. ziT O :IL l 3 NSA all 34 —:,9% 50 4754 —49 25 11% -- 12% 20 24 15 - 13 1 1 , 1 4 —17% • 20 151( 3 —3O ES .. .. Amitrala.ala .... • • • • •• British Nod L America.. Colonial ........ • • .... Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. D. New ...... • • • • • • National of Ireland Oriental Lank Corporat. Provincial of Iroland.• • • Do. New ... • • • Union of Anatralla .. Union of London ...... Union of Madrid • • 17 3 4 17 30 —31 M 43% 1.57, -- 1 6 36 .35 364 8 14% 1536 ::,'ounty, 25. iILNEOI7B. 48 49% ►don and Canada Eastern Steam ........ (ten. Steam Navigation . renin. st. Oriental Steam. Ditte ditto Royal Mail Steam We cannot be answer, will not be influenced by ICEL 8236 2s. dis. a.d 2734 - 28 t - 81 rible for th, interested 179 80% i ke errors of the Official Lists, an I correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLuCK. The sales of Cotton at Livt.rpool yesterday were esti mated at from 4,000 to 5,000 bales, ell to the trade. The market closed 'heavily, with Americm under 5*4. per lb. nearly I. per lb. below the rates of Fri• day last ; American above kid were well sup ported ; Brazil d, up, and Surat and Eygptian steady. Thr. sales c ,, mprised 150 I ) ,Tnrim and Mai anhatn at 6 , 1. to 6id., 100 Bahia at 6d., 100 Egypitan at 84d.. 500 Surat at 311. to 4111., and the rewatiider American. —The Share Market was quiet without material altera tion in prices. The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 425. 7d pt r vat ter. Tno &Lula Sea Company have lutd their half yearly meeting this morning. Thu Bund Debt is without alteration. At the public sales of C, ff-K4 this morning Costa Rica was taken in at 425. to 48s. for fine and fine fine ord, and Plantation Ceylon at 504. to 53i. for fine fine ord. There are no anetiona of Sugar. The Amsterdam Stock Market on the 23d inst. was animated, the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. being 60 1-16 to *. Spanish Bonds were brisk. Venezuela further advisncvd, and Grenada were good. The total number of steamboats now running on the Mississippi and Ohio rive-ra is Fa? imnted to exceed 600, forming an aggregate of more than 150 000 tons; ano iA is computed, in a document on the subject ordered to be printed by the United States Senate, that the net value of the trade of the western rivers, in 1849, was 256,233, 820 dollars. The value of ve4sels employ eel in this trade was stated, in the same piper, to 6 18.661,500 dollars. The English Funds are maintained at fully the pre vious rates, and there is a good deal doing in the way of investment. Consols bring 98 to for Transfer, and at present are about 984 The pre mium upon Exchequer-bills is 68s. to 705., and upon; India Bonds 78s. The letters from the Paris Bourse augur more favourably for the:!conversion, and the great capitalists, who influence their clients, having acquiesced, there is no longer any risk of failure. Foreign Stocks are much quite". Mexican have not been higher than 32i 4. Equador are 51, Grenada, 24; and Peruvian Deferred, 63.1. Spanish Five per Cents, have been done as high as 268, tindirtiow3realise 25i to The Deferred are only 198 to A, and the Certificates 24 per cent. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. have been 60A to 61. Sardinian Old Bonds are quoted 931 to 4. Railway Shares have become weaker, and the advance of the last day or two has induced parties to sell and take their profits. The French linos are steady. Paris and Strasbourg have improved, and Namur and Liege look better. The English lines which have most declined are Eastern Counties, Shrewsbury, and Bir mingham, owing to the alleged misunderstanding with the Great Western, York, and North Midland, North Western, and Lancashire and Yorkshire. The shares of the gold mine companies have been in some request at about the previous rates. A now com pany, the Australian Conaols Gold and Copper Mines Company has been announced, the particulars of which appear, or will appear, in our advertising columns, and it would seem to be brought out under highly respectable auspices and to offer fair claims to public__ favour. The company have made arrangements for the purchase of an extensive property in the Hunter River district, where gold, silver, and other metals abound. The cop per companies on the Hunter River have been obliged to iilerettse their buildings and machinery, so successful have they proved. The last week's Roil way receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as undt-r:— 1852. 1851. Great Wt skrn .£ls 043 .£13,204 North • Western South-Western 9,358 7,969 Brighton htltuland South Easti.rn North Stafford 4,828 4,740 Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Y , rkshiro York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick QUARTER TO THRhis. Console -.— .., ... 98i 4 Ditto Account, April 13 ... ... 98i i BRITISH FUZi DS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK ( From the Official List.) 8 per Cent. Console Anne............... 98%% 5,i 7 4 Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860... 6% In lia Stock — Do. Bonds, 10001 7B p Ditto under 1,0001 Canonis for Account 9 8 3 /4 X h 7,hr:quer Bills. 1 1 4 d. 1,0001.... — 70 €8 p .00z. — 71 68 70 p Small ?RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCIi Equador Bonds . . 5 1 „i Grenada, 1 1 ,E per Cent. ... ... Do. Ex Dec. Coupons 1849..... 24 M , xican Bonds, 1846, 8 per Cent .. 32% Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, b per Cent Do. Deferred .. 6 3 34 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 93,3i !.4 !Spanish Bends, per Cent,lB4o ... 261/ 8 2576 Ditto Passive Bonds 5% Ditto, New Deferred 19%% Spanish Com. Cert. Coup. not funded.. laividengs on the above payable in Londet , Dutch 2 1 ,4 per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ... 95 94% Rai*all, Aberdeen.. bergate, Nottingham. Boston, & E. Jun: ton Wolverharap.,l and Steer Valle; .. Rirkenh., Lan., & Chest. Juuc., late 831.65. Bd. Do. Chest. & P.lrkenhd., 501. &951. Consolidated. Do., do., 201. Bristol and Exeter.. . Caledonian .. Chester and Holyhead .. 'Dublin and Belfast Janet. Dundalk and Eaniskillen D -made°, Perth, and Aber leen Junction .. • - Do, New .. • Eagt Anglian (.251. L. # E. and L. & D.) •• •• Do. (181. E. & II.) •• Z v...tern Coor.ties tutern lIn!?n, class A. !Ate E. 17. sham! -• DO. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shsret. aaaL LelQ4SJIre • • • • D New quarters • • East & West India Docks and Bina. June. .. East & West York. Juno. Edinburgh and. Olasge w Edin., Perth, and Dundee' Glsog , w and South-Wort. Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A., deferred Do. halves, 4 per ct. Great Southern and Western, Ireland Great Western .. • • 4ancader and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .- • • • • Lancashire and l'orkshire Do. quarter al area Do. fifths .. • • • Do. West Hiding Union .eeds Northern Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport London and Blackwall London, Brighton, and South Coast .. •• ,ondoa and N.-Westorn De. do. quarters •• Do. fifths .. Do. 101. sh., 14.&11(c) ondon and S.- We3tiarle Do. new 501. .. .. Do. new 40i. .. • • it anchester, Buxton, and Matlock .. -tanchestn. Abell° & Lincolnshire Mauer/est-or • and Lincoln Union •• 41dland •• •• •• De. Sinning & Derby didland Gt. West. (Ire.) Jewcastle and Carlisle.• De. quarter shares .. ewmarket . -.ewport, Abergavezmy and Hereford .. • • ;urroik .. 00. New 201. shares , iorthern Counties Union 'forth British.. .. gorth Devon forth Staffordshire .. Nerth-Westorn Yorth &Sth.-West.June. :)atord, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. cottish Central .. ' , sottish Midland Do. new .. Ahrews.& Birm., Clue A Do. Class 8.. .. shrews. & Hereford.. Old •ihrewsbnry and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves .. • . Do. Osweatry ihropshire Union .. Do., A, B. C, & D. filly paid up at per cent onth Deven 4outh- Eastern .. • • iouth Wales.. .. • • loath Yorksh. and Fiver ) Ann .. .. .. .. ilheff., Roth., and Goole, Sonik Division .rtirling end Thinfermline Stockton and Hartlepool rail Vale .. Thames Haven Dock and Railway 'ale of Reath •• .. Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wax., Wick.' and Dublin .. .. West Cornwall West London York, Norm., k Bar wicis Ditto and Newcastle Extension Ditto G.N.E. purchase' fork pad North Midland LINES znas: IED AL' PXUD z: INTASS. Le4sg Business Railways. Companie in s. Paid . I N°lll2lll PriceL done to-day. Bcdf. 8n Bletch ley .. • Lon. & N.W. all Birming: & Ox ford Junction, guaranteed •• Gt. Western all 2934 30 35 3031 Do., without a guarantee .. De .. .• all 28 —29 Birm., Wolver., & Dudley, gua ranteed .. Do ;; .. all 2934 3034 Do., without a guarantee •. Do • • .. all 24 —29 Buckhighamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 1735 —lB 17% Clydesdale Jtmc Caledonian all 45 —47 E. Lin., Guar. 6 Per Cent. .. G. Northern all 35 —36 Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 2234 3 4 p Hartlepl Dock 1 Yrk, New../ and Railway L an i Ber. .5 Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 107 109 103 Do. 34 Shares Do .. all 5334 . 504 Do. % Shares Do • all 25 —27 Leeds and Bra?. Midland • • all RH 102 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern.. all 12% 1234 Do., Pref. . no all 243 y 25 34 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 per Cent. . Norfolk all It % 1735 x.d De.. 6 per cent De •• • • all .. ittiddlesbro' and Itedcar, 6p. et Stockt.& Dar all •• •I 1 & East, 6 per Cent. .E. Counties • all Do., 5 per cent. 00. • • • • all 89 —6l Do. New . iio • • •• all .. Freston and I L. Wyre •• t th l - 41 - B,l r•J 44 46 x.d Do. 34 SharesA 1)o •• • • 1 1 9 —lO p x.d Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern all 22 2234 22 % Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern 63( 8% •o. Shep. Ex.. Do • • • • all 8 % Stmt., Roth. and Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. & York Is 11 6 , iouth Stailords. Mr. M'Clean 934 1% —l% f i ls. Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. Stock.& Dar. all Do. do. .. Do .. •• 25 29 Do. do. .. Do • all wilts &Somers. Gt. Western 104 94 —95 IN.Ervit: lIIIALUNIS. Railways. Aberdeen •• •. Aberdeen. No. 2, 7 pr. ct. Caledonian 101. • • • • cheater and Holyhead .. Dund. Per. & Aber. June. East Ang. (81. 10s.) 6 P• Do., (5 , .) 7 per cent. • • Eastern Counties Eaten., per cent. No. 1 • • Do. No. 2 .• • • •• Do. WOW 6 p. cert. Stock Eastern 'Union, Scrip guaran.6 per cert. • • Do., 101. Deben. Shars. East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. E. & W. York. June. sths Edln. Per. &Dan. 5i Glasgow & S.-W. Consol Gt. Northern, 5 ger tent. Do., 5 p.c. Redeem. Scrip Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths GI.. Western Clerks and Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.) Gt. West., fixed 4,6 p. et. Do. do. .. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201 .. Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. Leeds Northern, 8 per cent., No. 1 .. Do., do. • • • No. 2 Do., do •• No. 3 Do. quarters, 1846 London, Brighton, and S. Coast, guar. 5 per et. Do. pref., S p et. 5k,1851 Do., Cony. 5 p. ct. 1352 Do. 20W guar., g per et. Lon. & N. West. (Cov. & Nuneat.) 5 per cent. .. London &S.-W., new .. London. & Ennis., 34 Sha Stanch., Sheffield, and Line., quar.shrs., No. I Do. new, 101. .. Do., 61. • . Midland Con. 6 p. o. stock Do. Consel. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent... Do., Erewash Valley. Do., Leic. & Swanning., 8 per cent. guar. .. Do., Preference • • .. Norfolk Extension •• Do. guar. SN, per cent. Do., Waveney Valley North British Oki. Wor. &IP 01.151.6p.e Shrews.&Bir., new gear. Shre*s. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent- South Devon • • • • .. South-Eastern, 434 p. et. South Yorks., 4 p. ct gd. Stock & Hart., guar. 5 p. et. until I July, e5•l Waterford and Kilkenny, 6 per cent, .. • • • • York, Newt., and Bono., Gt. N of E. Pun •. Do. York and North Midland H.. and S. Pura. .. Boulogne and Amiens C en tral of Franca (0.V.) Demerara •• •• • • Dutc h lumpish • • East Indian • • • • Do. do. do. • • Great Indian Pertiniu a • Ditto ditto • • Louvain a la Samige Luxembourg .• Ditto (Railway) Do.: • • .. • Ditto (Canal) bfaria Antonia .• " Ditto, New . . Namur and Liege .. Northern of France ~ _ _ Orleans and BordeatX Paris and Lyons .. Paris and Or!elms •• Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbousg Rouen and 'Havre Sambre and Meuse St. Andrew's & Quebc.(A) Tours and Nantes Yenrnay, Jurbise. Lan den, and Ilasselt • • west Eland 6r 1' I Paid. ail 10 all all all all Nominal Prices. 'Business dose to-day. 1 % A dia. 17 17 8% z.cl! % ccli a —a% .d 1 % flip % 12% La 13 - 13% • • • --• • 2% - 334 14%--15 1%- 1% p 836 x.d .. -.. p. •• ^- •• 1% 1 dis.x.d .. - .. p .. --- .. p 3 -3)4p. 11 -I2 11% -11% 12%-12% %- % P 136 - 138 % dig. 18% 19% b by( x.d 1 s 3,; 41, par 10 r- 10% 16 15% Itg —l4 z.it 2} —7l3i-difi'z'd .. .•••• •• .. ••••• • • 15 1 + M dis. :ctsr. 13% - 13% 22 -42 X 3 % - - 36 - p. 31( -4 3% -3% 36 6% -p6% 21% 21% 2.4 -2% p 3% p 45 -47 27% - 24 21% - 21% 11% - 11% 4% -4% 6% —6% dia. - .. 114-•2% dia. x. 41 8% I"' 3 % % 3,i 1 pm Pm 12h 13 134 % Bnalaesis dons to-day. 13% % 6 5% 90% 18% % %1 d 21% % 4% 4 9% % 83i 4% 17 17 23 z.d 6% [z.d 19% 20 z.d 36% 89% 88% % 7 2 74 14 -% 34 (x.d 16% 17 7% 4 98% 98 123% 24 123% 88 % 88 63% 64 6834 34 33 34% 34 4% 17% Is% % 73( x.d 4h x.n 21 3(36%36:.d 33'4 33 x.d Paid. Nentinal Prices. 13% to 13% IS% -6% 9% - 10 12 —ll d. x.d 16% 17)6 x.d 90 —9l IE4 —1 8 3 A 21% 22% . _ 17:-15 cl: x.d 6 - 7 4% -4% 3 -3% V% -9% 7 -7% 4%-5 17 -17)4 49)4 - 50% 28 —29 x.d 5 —5% 19% —2O x.cl l s, 14% —I4N x.d 35 —37 sall 88% —B9 77 —BO x.d l 85 —9)4p. x.d i 72i —72 U 1.(1 4% 4 d. z.d 16 —l7 7% -7% 98 -99 123 -124 4%-5 p. 3% - 4 p. 1.4 -2 p. 87 -84 6% —6 dis. 6 —5 Ms. 2% —2% z.d 3414 34% 3 1 4 —2% dig, 6331 63% 32 —34 •• .... •• .. ••••• • • 7% -8% 61 —4% dig. 31 —3i 11 0 die. 3 die. 7 8 3 7 dig. BM 3 die. % 1 p 1Y — I7K is% 16 10 1034 x.d 7 7W 4% —6% 4 3 dis, 15 —l7 Tai 14 3ii 11 —l2 3 1 4 —27 i 16 —l7 x.n 41%•- 2IN xd 33 —1336 s.d 12 die. 1 dis x.d •• - •• 'l5O 151 d.. .. is. 7 6 d 5 —5% 1734 18% 5 - 18% 18% .6% d. 3% 3 d. 23% 24 17t 100 100 au 11 13 4 100 100 42 4 2 0 100 100 47% A% 2S 11 17}4 19 3% all all all 634 16 2-3 126 5% 24 23% 3 % % 136% 137 roz: 97168 8d 8% all 1%!% HOUSE of 1,01 - WS.—(THIS DAY.) h• ir tfAs To tit appeals. The Po ra prfs.,i,t, were the d Chauci llor, Lurd Brougn,m, ar,d L.:rd Truro. LEWES U. HILLMAN. This case, which was partially opened on Monday, was an appeal againt a decree of Lord Chancellor Cot tenharo, which had a reversed a decree of the Vice-Chan cellor of England, made on a petition presented to the Court under the Act of 1847, for the better administra tion of equity in mat era of trust funds. Two queAions were rai,ed ~n this appt , al. First, whether, on a pention under this stature for the l.yment of money, secured under a deed, the Court of Chancery c .uld make a de er e e d(chirirg the deed invalid; and secondly, whethfr there was anything in the circumstances of the case to invalidate the deed, The arguments were proceeding when our report left. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAI'•) (BJors Mr. W. BCRCLIELL WALL V BRITTLEBANR. This was an action brought by the plaintiff ti recover the sum lit 3204 and interest, for money had and received by the defendant, to and for the use of the plaintiff. Mr. COOPER, for the plaintiff, said that defendant was matiagit,g cis: is to his fa: her, who was plaintiff's solicitor. In 1850 [ . .a.itititi" b,catne entitled to a large sum of money; and defendant was authorised to receive the money, g ee he received the sum inveitior with instructions to Ja y it out on toortgve. I).dendant had admitted tbitt th e money had come to his hane.f, but had not paid it or rendered anyEatisfact.ory acm•unt. o u t mission BLOWER, the plaintiff's solicitor, proved an - mission by the defendant, who said the money vitie on m•:)rtge, but he refused to execute a &duration of tv trust, as he said the money con!d be had at any Inote ent. • The jury gave a verdict for th , , amount claimed. NICHOLLS V. LEGGE. thg This was sn action to recover the sum of 191. 19t1.9 balance of an attorney's bill of 27/., for taking defe nd° through the Insolvent Court. v erdict There was no defence, and the jury gave - • far the an oust, MI VIARLBRO'-ST REE r--( T HIS DA Y') • GENTLEMANLY AMUSEMENT.— William Richar d s John case, Iwo" gentlemen," were brought before JX" Bingham, charged with beating a cat to death. Freeman, C 10, stated that this morning, about thrt a e o clock, he was on duty in New Bond-street, when .1 saw the defeLdants run after a cat, and beat i$ their walking sticks till it was dead. The witness U mediataly a ent up and to, k th. m into custody. The deft ndants did not deny the charge, and the persons who t rought ti.em up did nut teach th em th , ,t killing a cat was an act of cruelty. Mr. I3INCHAN severely censured the defendants erd the wanton set of cru-1 y they bad been guilty of' $u - fined them 3/. each. The mon. v was immediately paid. John Debbit was cviarg. , d bef• ;re Mr. Bingham W ,„ , being druek, and making use of abusive and insult" latgusge towards Dr. Taylor Gordon, 26, 13r)ao8t00* gowns. The complainant said on the previous afternoon he was proceeding along Oxford str, et, and when I s said that Barners.s!reet.. he saw the d. fendant coming t"` ca ' him with a large basket on' his shoulder. In order 1 0 . avoid acollieion witness, who was walking slowly 81° 1 got close to the kerb stone, when the defendant catne I s • contact with him with such violirice that he was 01°3 7b • knocked into the road. Complainant expostulate d O bi , the prisoner, who, instead of civilly apologising fo r ting conduct, abused him in the most vulgar and int terms. As he persisted in his abuse, witness ca ll ed constable and gave him in charge, on public g r°°- ; - alone. of the Harvey, 99 E, corroborated the latter portion• ; ;-- complainant's evidence. Defendant, who expressed his sorrow for what bel l° done, was find 104., or seven days. CRIMINAL JUDICATURE IN EGYPI. sir,— T p o er T m H it E m E e D t l o TO s n u O p F ly T a ll: DAILY nErfs• • mint last night in the House of C om om isi m io o n nsi,nardYw6htS onektoo r ieth ' m in conseque n c e o f th e o b serva ti ons o f Mr. Milnes, implying that punishments were inflicted by,, i thi n e r pachas of Egypt withou t t r i a l of t he offenders, Ieou"""" to be of importance. This is not tho case. Offenders are in the first ill' stance brought before a police magistrate, who exowinzie° into the facts, ar i d, if the offence be trifling, surnmertl disposes of it; or, it of a grave character, commits to offender for trial by the proper tribunal, called the G a ; diuieh. There the witnesses are broug ht forward, tt," the case disposed of. A record of the proceedings ck' 111 this court is sent to a court of rev i e w ca lled the Ha anieb, where the prcoeedings are reviewed, and, in co° of any defect being discovered, the matter is further it" vestigated. Finally the matter ia referred to the Puha, who di" recta such punishment as the case may seem to him to require.—l am, Sir, &c., ARTHUR ANDEBSO24 122, Leadenhall-street, March 24. TIDE GRINNELL TESTIMONIAL en The following characteristic letter treat Mrs 014°1/- . ' declining to receive the proposed national token dr-- titude, has been received by the committee, in c ons :,, (pence of which we understand that it is in cootemPi. „ lion to return to the subscribers the money received 11)1 the purpose:— " Now York , Feb. 2 4 . , " Gentlemen,—The report being confirned by tbe arrival from England of your g ene rous intention to Pre., sent me with a memorial of British gratitude 13 for tuf o efforts for the relief of Sir John Franklin, I E „g b e transmit by the first steamer my grateful sense 0 1 _, feelings which have dictated the movement. and o_ & quest most earnestly that you will dedicate to the u cos, ry of the missing navigators any sums you m a y Li collected tor the purpose. „ n of " I claim no merit for my expedition; the c-11 1 Sir John Franklin is the, cause of universal burose4e; and my country would have reaped as much adva ntage as yours had he succeeded in opening the icy g ate* - tile Arctic regions. a nd et: " I only regret that the aid was so ineffectual' earnest in hopes that the coming season will wite e he more power'ul fforts to assiec in the reco ssr y of f nrave n who h a v e periled life for the advanceolee l ° kn , ofv G l r 7 t l t g e e ft , ii t i o y bt nefir, not England alone, bu t the whole world. beg to decline r7e P e I fo r a n set which g testimonial was simply a duty, especially urgent upon the citizens of this maritime commonwealth. r iv ec in iatin . g your . honourable motives. " With sentiments of great respect, •`1 um, Gentlemen. your friends " HENBYGBINNELL. "To Sir John Ross, Sir Wm. Edward Perry, Capt. Wm. Penny, and °them" METROPOLITAN CoMMTSSIoNE to the Thom as 1 ;1 9 The Greek-street, re k Cy s m t 1 e n Commissioners i oners Soho-square. held were Mr. Edward Lewes, chairman, Major Dawson, and nil the however, cheques outstanding and unpresent . ed ble t a o r n e . h w h o n w l a d s stated be 57 t 8 h 4 1 . the len. balance 3d . There l would amount of 228/. 1 ls. 5d., the balance really , now ordered to be made, amounting to 15, , 1 be reduced to 15,556/. ss. rod. Against this,o24ovoaaly:ma_eean,trstirtwisgtehiresse, nf co balanceurs course, irrespective 5 l 6/. in handste nf t the in b a n b i i being. n I I g P , obtain. The business last meeting, they determined r fined to the bearing of sum . transacted by the Court wa o s_c a o , merely routine character. menses, and other matters t BARNSLEY.—Yesterdae o l e t atno the e () l in o 1 , 31 0 i 0 s s i i o w n ris e h ; Surrosrn MURD" e A T who ion, near the anorendasr from premises thei morning, some colliers en in ty n their work ; when about mt°w° d An • L - Annie a3cock, aged twenty" ith her daughter Emily, Barnsley,r oswtanrtdeodotros: three years, lying "'' whom had their throats ten , they found a tamale na me in her arms, both of of the child was nearly severed from its body. Deceased ci h u a e s t I cat: of Smithbee n cohabiting hav i ng : I °''' e was married about three years ago to an excavator, nstatiletdhr aw tr iphree7sLoa nasy s nc ago mic i 1 tcebdie, left him, but i i em ; , c u o n I n ne s dn e h i il, a poor wo l m t tdurrinnkpiinkge-raotaßda,masbioeyut, and te whenhundred _h poacher.e a batch of houses aajoining the Sheffield d Waked so o h emhuacbhi that 0 f i 1 l t -hues neighboursi ng ntubire his taken m fr i o n ni t 0 continuer t t o i dy. g where the bodies were found. wenty aids 13 0 mf T r:o l n i m e h y e t r :e e eb s i :o d iLeid.l3: jeeinArai a i n s . sta o t n ed m th nn a d t a la T 1 7:', as eat beenvent hiinterfered, but not so as . t . ,Yi so LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) ill-treatment. Gledhill LONDON, MARCH 25_. THE SEA EAGLF OR GREAT ERNE,--00e ,f the breeze and cloudy. largest sea ' eaglea, and of the most erf tplumage we Been, was trapped la: t week li b e A c ir p . Donald , g abrnalee PooLE, MARCH 24. Oak, New York. y 7 t fee t Robert Reid, Esq., of Glendhu , west co , —WWininddvaaritabi7e°,-11 Sid. Hearts of , 4 —Yirind E.—Arrd Apro- Th extent of it s wings outstretched DARTMOUTH, MARCH 2 . __ ..... . _ Sutherland Port, Adler 9 • ' e*hi k -1 inches; length from beak to tail, 3 feet 1 1 A inch, -c • Baltimore. MARCH 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. P, flees of leg, 8 1 / 2 inches. Beak a beautiful yellow • tail par, PLEMoUTEI, --- —U. pos Porta Plata, for Hanaburgh. Off white. Weight of the entire bird, 16 pounds. 'We true! pbrates, Calcutta. 24.—Wind N.E,—Sld. the time is now at hand when sportsmen will veto the us ° PILL, MARCH Eli zabeth, of the vermin trap for catching these magnificent t to Trinidad. Valparaiso; El Teide, E•S• E• —Arra. and will look upon a rifle shot at an eagle as equal spborirdi, shooting the finest antlered deer in the forest.--javernw GLOUCESTER —Sid. Solway, New York. QUEENsToWN, MARCH 23.—Wi el d Courier. X ,r•ra, Saldahana Bay; Juverna, CITY• REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC VEHICLES IN THE ._c gayti. —This day the new regulations adopted by is 7 feau raLLYBEGS, MARCH 23.—The Hawk, of Aldermen, to prevent obstruc ions in the City tht blares, from Livvr pool, is un shore, but expec ted Annan, from the loitering of cabs and omnibuses plying tor hi r e FALMOUTH, MARCH Wind Arrd. May po, Si'rre Leone• Jeane E , light breeze.-- is 26, on which 362 vehicles will be allowed to put for 1) , i . r t e : NEWPORT, MARCH 24 ) Emma, Honduras. The plying places for the suburban omnibuses in xt re , Ides, St. Thomas. .—Wind RE., 'group-81d. Street, Arthur -street West, and Lealienball-s•reet. GraCe - SWANSEA, MARCH 24.—Wi d N E A i• u , , rrd. Helena, church-s abolished, 'shed, and stands in lieu thereof appointed in - at treer, at the Flower-pot, Bishopsgate-street, ,_ Hardy, Cubs. King Williim-street, London-bridge, near St. Switben 5 SUNDERLAND —Sid. Stn z Men • Westrein ster, Quebec. Church, at the open space near the Obelisk, between L o rne HULL, MA RCH Wind ' T 1 bard-street iblrenuCgourtol 24. N.E. —Sid. Jut ove, . and King William-street, a' the north sid, ° _: . Davis Strait% , Saint Paul's Churchyard, and in Bridge-street, Blackfriar At each stand officers will be stationed, to regulate the del 3° !‘ DEAL, MARCH 24.—Wind calm; P. M. E.N.E., fresh.— ture of the vehicles, and afford the necessary information t° Arrd, from the River and aid. Alice Maud, tingapore; the public. Devonshire, Algoa Br Albion, Jamaica; Ceylon, ba y; I Hi, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADE OF THE lililT Fil Vannah ; Emil, Qu t.e , ; Morley, Si. Andrew. KINGDONI —Some returns were yesterday printed, by 2 . % ti l e t r LIVERPOOL MARCH 24.—W ind E.—Arrd Sophia, Rio g :-. , d r o e m s p e c t l i n o g 18x2 n or v t ai and ue e o 2 ; F os of - the House de la Won t .; F„ti,,uli, 11-.11, 51.,bi1e; Be itspore, Mobile ; trade of te 't : United C"m 11 1 1 : i n r imports into the United Ki; seas, W H o o r n l a d , N iee)i,g Y ;o l w k. ii, S irr ld . . d Ac c or a n ic , ut H t : ; v.tr e r o ia n t . ; br • 4 4 7. Dieraeli, Rio Jaueirt.; 4 1 rates of valuation, amounted to only 30,531.14 11 , an't is 1850 they reached to It 0,460,433/. In 1822 the exportoe Atric-,.; Yeoman, San Franeibeo; Johann C. Stmoni, Saute.; Helen, Put a; Koweet, La from the United Kingdom were 53,470 099/ and in 045 gdorn, calculated at the officT l Guayra; Etuurspocr, New Orleans; William Pine., ditto; they had reached to 197,309,876/. There is also an increaos! Margaret, Charleston; William Patten, Baltimore.; in the value of the articles and produce of manufacture ._I Baltic steamer. New Y ork ; Colonist, ditto ; Ticonderola, the United Kingdom exported. In 1 , 322 the real or ace.. ditto; Frances P, Sage, ditto; Pyramid, ditt o . Glared value was 36,966,6,3/., and in 1850 the value of en ' lil y 14 KINsALE, MARCH 23 . —The Am y of , nd ID, from exports amounted to 71,367,885/. There has been an prevenient in the trade of this country until it has reach ed _,..... , Honduras, struck on the south-wort side of the Seven -' Cove this m • its present Mai state as evidenced by the document Pyr . Heath' near Barry s , morning, and almr.st printed. - immediately went to pieces ; crew, except three our P Tlr , Diked . Broglie, ci devant Ambasqidor at drowned, l s the day SRIBBEREEK, MARCH 23 —The Nuovo Ideate of Court from France, and his two sons, left Brusse , , before 3 esterday, for Pi.ris. Trieste, Clalatz to Queenstown, i s on s h ore on a rem & a the between Crookhaven and mensland Channel, and is THE KING OF HANovER.—We undersoin ~0 breaking up ; cargo and five drowned. King of Hay:over is expected to arrive in this country' at tm WEsTPORT, MARCH 24.—The E rac li s (Ottoman latter end of May. • Ile ves sel), Constantinople to Queenstown or F a l mout h, I liii'le Butt, E.N., Q.C., has arrived in this city. 4 has put in very lea k h and moot discharge. l proceeds to Youghal this morning to canvass the elector " i tIA W 9110040 Onstit4tion of Tuesday, • 7 6% 1852. ~~~,-~~ CO.() Ss' by, % TS [all 8% I is gel -04