The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-01 00:00:00

RYSTAL PALACE. A GRAND PROMENADE will take place in this Building on SATURDAY next, the 3d of April, 1852, from Two till Five o'clock P.M. All the available Military Bands in and about London will (by the kind permission of the Colonels of their respective regiments)t i be nter sta- tioned in different parts of the Building , and will perform a vals, as in Kensington Gardens. The Building is open to the pub lic, free, every day in the week, except Saturdays ; on which day cards, admitting one person each, to view the interior of the Build-, ing, may be had at all the entrances, priCe Is. -ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. It ix respectfully announced that this Theatre will OPEN THIS EVENING, With (for ihe trst time at this Theatre) DONIZETTI'S OPERA OF, MARIA DE BOHAN, Maria, Mine. Fiorentini ; Armando, Mille. Ida Bertrand ; Ri cardo, Signor Calzolari ; De Fiesque, Signer Fortini (his first appear ance in this country); and Enrico, Signor Ferlotti (his first appear ance in this country). Between the acts will be presented the revived favourite Diver tissement, L'AURORE. Principal Dancers :—Madlle. Guy Stephan (who will make her rat appearance since her Engagement at Madrid), Milks. Rosa, d M. Mathieu (his Esper, Allegrini, Pascales, Lydia, Lamoure ux, an st appearance in this country). To conclude with a new Spanish Ballet Divertissement, entitled UN SALLE D CANDIL,I In which Mdlle. Guy Stephan, Mdlles. Rosa, Esper, Allegrini, La moureux, M. Di Matti a, and M. Mathieu will appear. The Opera will commence at Eight o'clock. Application. for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Opera Box-office, Colonnade, Hay market. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. First appearance of Herr ANDER. THIS EVENING, A Grand Extra Night will be given, on which occasion will be performed (for the first time these three Sears) Rossini's Grand Op.ra, GIIGLIELMO TELL. Matilda, Mme. Castellan ; Eduige, Mdlle. Cotti ; Guglielmo Tell, Sig. Ronconi (his first appearance in that characte r) ; J y (his Jemmy son), Mdlle. Bellini ; Walter, Sig. Marini (his first appearance these three years) ; Melcthal , Sig. Polonini ; Leutoldo, Sig. Romml ; Ges sler, Sig. Tagliafico ; Pevatore, Sig. Stigelli ; Rodolfo, Sig. Soldi ; and Arnoldo, Herr Ander (Principal Tenor of the Imperial Theatre of Vienna, his first appearance in England). The Dances and grand DIVERTISSEMENT in the First and Third Acts of the Opera will be sustained by Mdlles. Leblond, Bel lotti, M. Ruault, M. Flusse, M. Minard, M. Alexandre, Millie. Ko lemberg, Mdlle. Brussi, and Mdlle. Robert. Composer, Director of Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit may be had (for the Night or Season), at the Box-ofticc of the Theatre, which is open from Eleven till Five o'clock ; and of the principal librarians and musicsellers. Signor NEGRINI. The Directors have the honour to announce that the ratification of the engagement of Signor Neg,rini, principal Tenor of the Teatro della Scala, Milan, has arrived, and that the cervices of that emi nent artist ace secured exclusively to the Royal Italian Opera. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, MIX/RD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. The public is respectfully informed that as KING JOHN and the CORSICAN BROTHERS are unavoidably postponed, in consequence of the severe indisposition of Mr. Ch ales Kean, the Theatre will be Closed until Easter Monday, April 12. ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE, ADEL AIDE-ST ItEET , WEST STRAND. Continued Success—Now Pieces. Last Week before Easter. THIS F.Yr-CING, and every evening during the week, Introductory ADDRESS, by Mr. Albany Brown. After which, a new scene of Aprbpos, entitled the MANAGER'S ROOM, with Songs by Signora Barbiere Alleni and Mr. Semi Breve. To he followed by THE SWISS COTTAGE. With THE TWO GREGORIES. To conclude with the Neapolitan grotesque Divertissement 01 ARLECIIINO FORTU.NATO, with the Frolics of Saltarello and Plerrot. In the course of each Representation, a selection of Music will be performed, including the Royal Marionette Quadrilles, by M. Bosisio, and the Royal Marionette Polka, by Mr. T. Browne, composed ex pressly for this Theatre, and the Blue Bell Polka, by Herr Kcenig. A Morning Performance on Saturday next. Doors open at Half past Two, and commence at Three o'clock. On EASTE fr. MONDAY, an entirely new version of the Grand 3astern Spectacle of ALADDIN ; or, The Wonderful Lamp, which will shortly be produced with all the vast resources of this small Istablishment. Doors open at Half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock. Private Domes and Stalls to be had at tie Box-oillce of the Theatre, and of all the principal Librarians. TaRATRK ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. EVKNISki, WM be performed WOMAN'S HEART. he Marquis of Albrltzzi, Mr. Vandenhoff ; Angiolo, Mr. Barry Sulivan ; the Lady Giulia, Miss A. Vining : Isolina, Miss VandenholL To be followed by the admired Comedy of THE LADIES' BAT. TLE ; or, Un Duel en Amour. Le Baron de Montrichard, Mr. Howe ; Henri de Flavigneul, Mr. Parselle ; Gustage de Grignon, Mr. Leigh Murray; Countess de Antreval, Mrs. Stirling ; Leoine de la Villegontier. Miss A. Vining. With A KISS IN THE DARK. _ _ THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPiII. Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS F.VENINU, Will be presented the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colenel Hardy, Mr. Emery; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith; Mr. Willis, Mr. Worrell ; Phcebe, Miss Woolgar ; Eliza, Miss L. Honey. !After which WHO STOLE THE POCKET-BOOK? To conclude with THE IRISH LION. Tim Moore, Mr. H. Bed ford. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. learreti. THIS EITENCCG. Will be performed THE VICAR OF WAKE FIELD. After which AN ORGANIC AFFECTION. To be followed by THE LAST OF THE FAIRIES. I.U2ICH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATes.E. !Assam, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool- Immense attraction of the Ragged School, and Behind the Scenes. Received each Evening with great applause. ills SIVENINcs Will be performed MATRIMONIAL PROSPECTUSES. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Attwood ; Mrs. Selby, Misses Sanders, and Maskell. To be followed by GONE TO TEXAS. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Romer, Robertson ; and Mrs. W. R. Copeland. After which, THE RAGGED SCHOOL. Characters by Messrs. Rogers, Attwood, Hudspeth ; Misses Sanders and Haskell. To conclude with BEHIND THE SCENES. Messrs. Rogers, Robertson. Romer, AViwood, Hudspeth, Maskell ; Mrs. Selby, and Miss Maskell. Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, Is. Private Boxes On. Guinea and a Lan each. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. 3TLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Tinder the Palronsze of her Majesty and Ina Royal Highneu Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The most successful and popular Theatre in London. THIS EVEN LNG, Will be performed a new Grar.d Spectacle, entitled TANCRED: or. The Triumph of the Crusaders. From the pen of J. Kingdom F,aq., which has been some months in preparation, and in the pro , duction of which neither cost nor pains have been spared. To be loil ,, wed by Batty's Inimitable Scenes of the Arena. To conclude with a Laughable farce. %Is:stets to be had at the Box-office trom Eleven till Four daily. Stage Maneger. Mr. T. Thompson. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tvs DAT —Morning 11 min. after 11 I Evening 48 min after 11 To-Moviow—Moog 0 rain. after 0 Evening 16 min after 12 THE WEATHER—SITN OFFICS, TERIMOMETTS, of TUB 515 ADZ. 45—highast since noim yesterday. 36 —lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day, at noon. Box, 30.17 ; anoth er rise of nearly half an inch. w " 131) Eftaterl Y cold breeze and fine sunshiny weather, DAILY WEATSEB TABLE. Stnte of the Wind and Weatl-er at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday MO aling• -1 / 6 etatione are arranged in order of latitude. PLY - siotrrn, 7 -Wind S.E., calm--overcast. PooLE—IN Ind N., gentle breeze—overcast. BRlGHTorr—Wind N.E., ge n tl e breeze—partially cloudy. B AsTm a t —Wind N., light airs—partially cloudy. Soritrilxvirro:s—Wind W., gentle breeze--overcast. Fu lIESTO SEC C alm—overc.ait. Tms n'FircHan 'Wind 'W., calm —over cas t. G E NwicH—Wind N., gentle breeze —overcast. STaoo —Wind S.W., calm—foggy. ip A rljr.Dost—Win , l N. F.., gentle breeze—ov ercast CoixatEsTka—Wind S.W., gentle breeze —overca s t. CAM:a SIDCIE—W ind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. Tam returns from the tolluwiag places indicate the state o' the wind and weather on Tuesday morning at n i ne o'clock i Loomiair—Wind E.. calm—rain. Cminow—Wind S.W.. gentle breeze—overcast. Dfcrt,Lare.in—Wind _E., gentle breeze—overcast. PLy.uouTH—Wind Poor.,z—Wind S., gentle breeze—rain. SWL•EDON—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain. (i ) •O e SI 44 4 - . ot--..t „,,•„„..., 4 /• .41111‘- e l lY /tit LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1852. Cdinciding as it does so entirely with the sentiments expressed by ourselves yesterday in reference to the Earl of DERBY'S apparent attempt at prevarication, the argument of the Times, quoted elsewhere in our impression of this evening, appears to us cause for congratulation. Nothing can possibly be better than the tone in which our contemporary alludes to the mingled delicacy and difficulty of the position of the existing Government. It were well for all parties— it were well for the country—it were well for the inte rests of the Legislature, and even, we will add, of the Administration; if this dispassionate estimate of the farnergen Y were more generally appreciated and c comprehended. When the First Minister of the C rown , moreover, can find it in his conscience to say one thing on the, 19th of February, and diametrically the reverse on the 30th of March, we cannot believe that very good reason i 3 thereby given why the nation shoal re p o se anything like confidence in his Government. Immediately before the estimates were submitted to the House of Commons, and when from the factious peculiarity of the attitude assumed by t h e Opposition, it appeared to be not altogether impossible that the annual sup. plies might be actually s t opped the new P RIM E MP. NISTER conceived it to be • Judicious to hold out the prospect of a speedy dissolution of Pa-liament. " Only g rant us the estimates," sa id he, „ • and so soon as the absolutely necessary business of th.e io sois accom plished I will appeal to the country, that the newly elected representatives may assemble before autumn has far advanced, and thereby rel ieve nation from the chance of being placed i n a l" ' the situ a tion of embarrassment." That was literally the the speech delivered by the First Lord of thegiTtteof Bury in the middle of February. Yet, a little while longer, and "on second thoughts, " at the close of latircb, when the majority of the estimates have been granted by the Legislature, the Noble Lord deems it advisable to declare that he does not in the least anticipate that the present session will be of "unusually brief duration," and that be has no sort of intention of bringing about a speedy dissolu tion of Parliament. Is this consistent ? Is it worthy of a great statesman—worthy of a statesman en trusted with the conduct of the affairs of the British Empire—worthy of a Minister more truly " heaven born" than even PITT, if we are to credit the ravings of one of the political contributors to Blackwood? Let the judgment of the country pronounce. Let the answer to these inquiries be given at the next general election ; and we doubt not that the minority in which the leader of the Protectionists will then find himself; will suffi ciently demonstrate that he was mistaken in the re cent change of his intentions. It is true that the Earl of DERBY endeavoured to explain on Tuesday evening that his opinions expressed in March and his opinions expressed in February, contradictory though they might seem to be at a superficial glance, were in reality coincident. Neverthe less his reasoning to this end was to our selves so peculiarly shallow in its speciousness, that we are tempted to suggest as BYRON did in refer ence to the metaphysical COLERIDGE, that he would add to the obligations felt by the public he had mystified by kindly and benevolently " explaining his explanations." Throughout the whole of these proceedings on the part of Lord DERBY it must be manifest that he has not acted with a candour and manliness becoming one who has been called to the head of the British Government. Ad- mitted that the Noble Lord and his Ministerial colleagues were, so to speak, actually "surprised into power," admitted that - their position from the first moment of their consenting to take office has been one of almost unexampled embarrassment, admitted that the difficulties of their situation were at the outset very singularly enhanced by the factious and petulant bearing towards them of her MAJESTY'S Op position, yet it must, at the same time, be allowed that the moment has been rather ungenerously selected for avenging themselves upon their political antagonists, when, having obtained the voter from the House of Commons, they shrink from hastening on the crisis of a dissolution. Happily, out of their proceedings one satisfactory conclusion is deducible. The very circumstance of Lord DERBY shrinking from an im mediate appeal to the country is significant of the fact that he is by no means sanguine of the result of a general election. Were he confident of that result being in his favour, the Legislature would be dissolved before the arrival of Whitsuntide! Having once obtained the sinew 3 of war, the PRIME MINIS.. TEB. would relieve himself of the annoyances conse quent upon being in a perpetual minority in the lower branch of the Legislature. Instead of striving to act thus, however, Lord DEBBY uses every means to protract the present session for as long a period as possible : wherefore we insist that from these cir cumstances the nation is justified in drawing it s own conclusion. The Commissioners of Land-Tax for " the rest" of the county of Middlesex, viz., all the districts not in cluded within the city and liberties of Westminster, assembled yesterday at the Sessions House, Clarken• well, to hold that which, under the terms of the A c t of Parliament, should be their annual meeting, but which has practically been only the third meeting for more than a quarter of a century. From the ex tremely narrow and limited views entertained by the majority of the Commissioners it would be a matter of but trivial importance if they totally abstained from any effort, however faint, to discharge the duties confided to their charge, for they only meet to lend their sanction to that which is unanimously admitted to be gross and palpable injustice. A set of Marionettes would, in fact, be more eligible, for while they could register, with equal efficiency, the decrees, which charge one shilling in the pound, or upwards, on one division, and less than one farthing in the pound on another, they would at least be spared the blush of shame that should suffuse the brow of every man who felt himself to bs a participator in the transactions. We do not, how ever, despair of some beneficial results attending those assemblies ; already an active and intelligent opposition has been organized, and the truth is not only forced on the unwilling ears of the majority, but it finds its way into the public journals, and will be " wafted on the wings of the press throughout the length and breadth of the land." The clear and able statement of Mr. CorrocK will, there fore, produce its fruit in due season. The crying grievance will be remedied, and a fertile source of re venue rendered available to the national exchequer. We have so frequently directed attention to the abuses that have arisen in the administration of this law, originally one of the most judicious and equitable modes of collecting the imperial revenue, that it might be regarded as a work of supererogation it we now entered into any prolonged explanation on the subject. We may, however, more especially under the present circumstances of the country, and the pecu liar interest with which every fiscal question is in vested, be permitted once more to give a brief ac count of this the most politic and just of the , many imposts to which the people are subjected, and which, if fairly carried into execution, may be re garded as the proper basis for direct taxation. In the olden time, from the Conquest until the time of the Commonwealth, the national establishments— there was no public debt—were maintained out of the Royal estates ; or whenever there was a defi ciency, by contributions from the landed proprietary throughout the country. The territorial aristocracy were, however, then in the ascendant, and' they ac cordingly transferred many of the burdens from their own shoulders to those cf the industrious classes, 4/ Id the infamous Exeise duties were imposed in p l ac e of those charges which had been removed from rea l property. The Restoration afforded no relief. chains of the ta x -p ayers were ontr ?tiorlubtlehe-ricary, the v etted, and in 1665 a tax on beer and other liquids was granted us a hereditary revenue to the SOVEREIGN, as a recompense for the abolition of the "Court of Wards" and " Liveries," and " tenants in capite," &C• After the revolution t he Le g islature, however, ap peareddisposed to act m ore justly towards the oe IrOXXOi. The r equ i red funds were a uthorized to be raised by means of th e " land-tax, " a s it was termed, bat which really char ge d per sonal property, productive or unproductive. whether for a poundage on la nd, and a tax on The 4th W m . and Mary, c, 1, was the statute which gave exp li cit directions a sse lecting the am ount ; andalthough many y g sad have since been passed regulating especially the 38th G George 111 und er which Commissioners it is now levied, the "r thes, i m post, more for t h e several districts are still—we shall not say assigned actually governed by th e p roportions by the departure, however Act of 1692, from which no ot say guided —but urgently required, has ever be en a ll owed. alters' tion in the value of property has e ver been recognised, and thus we find, that while some l: the alt . _ distrie r t sed, 9 s are pay ing as much as ls. 6d., 25., or even 2s. j . pound (as for instance Shengay, in Camb r idgeshir e), others were escaping for considerably less th an a r f thing in the pound. Those best able to pay were, therefore, the lowest contributors, while depreciated property was kept up to the highest point. The entire county of Lancaster, including Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, &c., is, for instance, only as . 3essecl at 20,9891. 14s. 6d., while the City of London is charged at a valuation of 123,3991., the city and liberties of Westminster at 63,0921., and the rest of the county of Middle ' sex at 107,6021. 11P, 7d. These charges, though most enormous, when compared with the amount claimed in the county of Lancashire, do not, however, show anything like the disparity existing between the different localities. We find, for instance, that the parishes of St. Andrew's, Holborn, and St. George the Martyr, are paying more than ls. in the pound, the assessment being 9,0181., while St. Pancras escapes for 2d. in the pound, being assessed only at 1,7761. 15s. 7d. Fortunate St. Marylebone, ; l owever, distances all its metropolitan rivals, the charge being less than a farthing in the pound, the as iessment on the entire parish being only 4921., far less than the value of single dwelling• houses in that im portant locality. Liv er p ool, however, is still better off, the inhabitants of the modern Tyre only lx:ing required to pay one-sixteenth of a penny, or little more than one quarter of what the oppressed Mary lebonians are compelled to pay. These anomalies cannot much longer be permitted to exist. It is sufficient to direct the public attention strongly to the point to ensure a speedy measure of relief. We perceive that a delegation is to wait on the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE4IJER, with the view of urging the Right Honourable Gentleman to bring the subject under the con sideration of Parliament. Such proceedings were worse than useless when Sir CHARLES WOOD held the seals of office, and presided over the financial department of the Government, but with Mr. DISRAELI WO look for more auspicious results. We cannot forget that the Right Honourable Gentleman has himself complained of the hard ship to which his constituents were subjected in being compelled to pay le. sd. in the pound, while other counties, far more populous and more rich, are let off for 2d. An equal charge of ls. in the pound, while it would relieve many, would give nearly 5,000,0001. sterling to the Exchequer; or, if ex tended to personal property, according to the spirit and intention of the original statute, would give a revenue of more than 11,000,000/. sterling, an amount which, if judiciously disposed of, would not only authorise the abolition of the malt and hop duties, of the taxes on knowledge, and many other unfair and impolitic im posts, but would also allow of considerable reduc tions on tea, tobacco, wines, &e., and place the na tional burdens altogether on a sounder foundation. Let, then, the deputation do its duty, and let fiscal reformers of all classes lend their aid to the intro duction of a better system, and we shall not have long to wait for the beneficial results we have anticipated. Elsewhere will be found a very admirable article on the injustice of the taxes imposed on newspapers, extracted from the columns of the Expositor. Coin ciding cordially as we do with the argument put forward by our contemporary, we anticipate as eagerly and as confidently the dissipation, or at any rate the amelioration, of the existing evil by the Right Honourable Gentleman the CnAlicnuon of the EXCHEQUER. From him happily somewhat larger benefits may be looked for than could posasibly be the case with his predecessor : and none the less securely, in the present instance, from the circum stance of his distinction as a man of letters and his connexien at one period with periodical literature. The inequality of the system of taxation complained of is not the least intolerable portion of the grievance. As the Expositor very justly observes, it is some what unfair to impose a duty of is. 63. upon every separate advertisement in a newspaper, and yet to permit a d ver ti semen ts to appear elsewhere without any impost whatsoever. Placards may be posted up at pl easure i n any omnibus or in any rail way carriage, elegant frames containing them, adorned with glass and veneered with mahogany, may be suspended at the entrance of any warehouse; nay, large boards may be pasted over with them in public places, as in the neighbourhood of Waterloo-bridge, and all this may be done without a single one of those advertisements being subjected to taxation. It is only in the columns of a newspaper, or in the flyleaf of a magazine or a quarterly, that a duty of Is. 6d. is rigorously levied upon every single announcement. Nor is this the only extent of the inequality—the same impost, as is by this time tolerably notorious, being inflicted upon such advertisements as those without distinction, be it an advertisement of a penny pamphlet or of a guinea annual, an advertisement of a poor servant girl out of work, anxious to obtain a s ituation, or of some wealthy old " hunks," anxious to sell an estate in Wiltshire with a view to purchase another in Cumberland. These are among the in numerable evils in the way of inequality alone which demand the speedy and effectual interposition of the Legislature. Let us hope that some such in terference in regard to the taxes upon knowledge may soon be witnessed, now that the financial affairs of the country have been intrusted to a really ener getic and enlightened Chancellor of the Exchequer. A question relating to the dilapidated condition of the old, and to the propriety of constructing a new, bridge at Westminster, will be put this evening to the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests by the Hon. Baronet the representative of the University of Oxford. To-morrow we shall take occasion to enter more fully into the consideration of this matter — regarding it, as we have long done, as of very singular importance to the interests of the metro polis—and shall revert in our strictures not merely to this night's discussion in the House of Commons, but to the elaborate report of the Westminster Brilge Commission of 1851, addressed by them to the Lords Commissioners of her MAJESTY'S Treasury. Towards the close of that report we are rejoiced to observe, that the argument we ourselves have all along maintained is, at length, to the full recognised by the Commissioners—those gentlemen insisting that from the uncertain expense inevitable in maintaining the present ruinous structure, even for purposes of temporary convenience, it is obviously desirable that " the permanent bridge should be com menced and finished with as little delay as possible." This, we repeat, is so fully in accordance with our own opinions, that it will be not without peculiar sa tisfaction we shall take occasion to revert to the sub ject to• morrow, with a view to its more careful consi deration. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The United States mail steam-ship Arctic, Luce com mander, with advices from New York to the 20th inst., arrived in the Mersey shortly after 6 o'clock this even ing. She brings 56 passengers, but no specie. The Arctic has made the run in 11 days, 1 hour, 25 minutes, racral time. The Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, with the mails of :he 6',h inst., from Liverpool, arrived at Boston on the ISth inst. The steam-ship Hermann, which sailed from New York for Southampton on the 7th inst., put b.!.ck on the 17th inst., the centre shaft of the port engine having broken when four days out. The steam-ship Washington, from Southampton on the 3d inst., arrived at New York at 5 P.m. on the 18th inst. The captain of the barque Action, from Liverpool to New Orleans, had been fined 5,000 dolls. for outraging the persons of two female passengers. Late advices from Honduras received at Charleston report a fearful storm in that bay, in which five British vessels were lost; one is the barque Bathurst, of Lon don, with all on board. The names of the others are not given. Advices from Havannab, to the 15th inst., are unim portant. The damaged cargo and hull of the ship Tele mon had been valued at 37,000 dolls.; 14,000 dolls. had been awarded as salvage. Late advices from Northern Mexico received at New Orleans state that Caravajal had been taken prisoner by General Harney. Port-au-Prince advices to the 7th inst. state that all was quiet. The coronation of the Emperor is fixed to take place on the 18th of April. No change in the New York money. market. The stock-market was unsettled. A moderate business in exchange. Bills on London, 1091 to 110; Paris, 5 18! to 5 20; Amsterdam, 41 to 411. The sales of cotton since last advices were 10,000 bales, at rather lower prices. The transactions in wheat and flour very moderate, at a decline in price. Indian corn in good request for export, with sales of 100,000 bushels at enhanced prices. Iron in good demand; 80 ton s Scotch pig sold at 20 dolls. 50e, to 21 dolls. English bar 501:1 at 46 dolls.p er barrel; measurement Freights goods, 255. per ton. NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 17. Market dull. Sales to-day, 4,000 bales; strict middling, 7, 1 ,-e. per lb. Southampton; SHIP PING INTELLIGENCE. Arrived at New York—The, Sardinia and the Philo,- phia, from Liverpo ol ; the Washington steamer, from pton; the Z, fr om Glasgow; the Christiana, from Lond on; the ...A nna , from Palermo; the Emigrant, from. Newcastle. Arrived at Philadelphia — T he St. Louis, from Liver pool. Arrived at Boston—The Arna Rich, from Liverpool. LIADAIIB CE LESTE IDI AMERICA. This popular ..........o favourite has b een reaping a go ld en harvest at New O rleans, where she c onc l uded, on the 7th Marc h, o ne of the most un - precedentedly successful engag eme nts ever performed there by any arti s t e . Ti er own profits amounted to 5,040 dollars. The next city sh --''' was to visit was Mobile, then Louisville, Charleston, Cincinnati, and so on to New York, where she opens on the 31st 'May. The Royal Hotel at Slough is to be d ismantled, a sale by auction of all th e valuable and sp l en did furniture and appendages of this fa s hi onable hotel being ann ounced in our columns by Messrs. R , commencing obins May 3d. Much of the I urniture possesses considerable interest, havi n g belon g ed to Marie Antoinette, the Emp ress J osep hine, and Napoleon Bonaparte, which Dotesio, the enterprising proprietor, was al ways proud of pointing out to his visitors. The wines are very highly spoken ot ; afire opportunity will be presented to the connoisear to enrich his cellar from the stock of this far-famed hotel. A schoolmaster at Stockton, named Harker, has been committed for trial on a charge of man slaughter, in having caused the death of one of his scholars by beating. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 1 5 1852. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Moniteur contains only a few lines of the pro ceedings in the Senate and Legislative Corps yesterday. The Sonata has elected General REGNAULT DE ST. JEAN D'ANaELY and the Duke DE CANBACEUES its secretaries. The papers confirm the news of the refusal of the POPE IO allow the Prince DE CANINO to approach Rome. Tho AssembNe Nationale contains an observation on the speech of the PRINCIO-PRESIDENT which is not un worthy of attention, as coming from the organ of M. GIIIZOT and the Fusionists. It asks— ,, Will the new power which has just established itself remain within the conditions which it has marked out for itself ? We may be permitted to think, after having read the speech of the President, and without in the least calling in question the sincerity of the personal sentiments ex pressed by him, that the ' Empire is near.' It is formally indicated.—it is even declared necessary, if certain eventu alities arise. And to say out our whole mind, we will add that it appears to us so inevitably involved in the force of cir cumstances, that it would have been better to have pro claimed it now than to have exhibited it as a sort of punish ment held in reserve against the underhand intrigues of parties." In the same article we find the following well-toned and loyal observations:— " Vague feelings of uneasiness exist in Europe. It is with a kind of anxiety that the acts and the words of the chief of the French Government are watched. The name which he bears, the re-appearance of the eagle on our standard, the expectation of the proclamation or the Empire,—all these causes have spread apprehensions abroad, which we doubt not will be calmed by the speech which has just been de livered. A conflict in Europe would be for every one a ter rible adventure, and it would open for France a series of events which we will not prognosticate. Peace is necessary for all the world. It is that which Prince Louis Napoleon admits by the concluding words of his speech, when he ex presses the hope of securing internal order in a manner to assure the happiness of our country and the repose of Europe. If we really enter on an epoch of social consolidation we shall be the first to rejoice at it. We desire that the institutions which the nineteenth century has in augurated should be loyally tried, and all their good qualities tested. This trial depends more particu larly on the attitude of the Senate and of the Legislative body. While lending to the Government which has created them a firm co - operation , they owe it no less the frankness of their sentiments and of their counsels. The President , it must be admmitted, appears himself to invite them to it by the words in which he proclaimed that the Constitution was about to be carried into effect. Of the two shoals which he pointed out in the past—that of excess of despotism and ex cess of Parliamentary regime —it is not the latter which is now to be feared. Since the Chief of the State wishes that the bodies which he has created should enjoy great influence and a high consideration, it is for them to merit that in fluence and that consideration by an enlightened and real in dependence.' The Legitimatist Union, while manifestly cherishing visionary prospecls of a Bourbon restoration, does not withhold i:s approval of the sentiments of the Presi dential oration. " The language of Lours NAPOLEON," says the Union, "breathes cal mness an d reflection. Ile has appreciated the Empire as history itself judges of it—a too absolute exercise of power. It is a sort of en• gagement not to allow himself to be led away to imitate it. It is true that this resolution is s ubject to a re striction expressed by commicatory reasons." Here the Union quotes the passages of the speech in which the PRESIDENT declares the only causes which would lead him to make an appeal to the people for a higher title, and continues :—" We are plowed to think that these difli=lties are not very probable, and besides it would still be the people who would be called on to pronounce on the necessity of a new transformation of power. We do not believe in underhand proceedings of parties, be cause we are convinced that they would be without effi cacy, without power, and without result. Besides, the parties are bettor acquainted than is imagined with the necessities which ought to restrain them. They know that a now power is strengthened by imprudent aggressions, by conspiracies, or by cabals. Govern ments, whatever may be their origie, have never fallen under such attacks. It is only when public opinion reacts against the faults which they commit that th,-y see themselves totter on their base, and then, and only then, the slightest puff is sufficient to overthrow them. What is the greatest interest of the old mo narchical parties? It ns9nredly is to preserve so ciety, to strengthen order, to defend and cause the triumph of the great social virtues. Unassailable on this ground, it is their duty . to resolutely maintain themselves on it, without allowing themselves to be led away in senseless enterprises. Confident in the senti ments of France, they ought to study her wants, pro mote her interests, and offer up vows for her liberty, her glory, and her repose. In remaining unflinchingly faithful to their convictions and to their principles, in showing themselves united with all right-thinking men for all which can save our common country, they may repeat the words which Louis NAPOLEON did in 1850, GOD will do the rest.'" _ _ _ M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN, who has been allowed to return to Paris, has resumed his editorial pen in the Presse. After showing the difficulties to bo encountered by a journalist, he nevertheless concludes that he may without danger enter on his renewed enterprise; for as conspiracy could only serve the purposes of a monarchi cal restoration, to which he is opposed, he will faithfully servo a Republic that, resting on the basis of universal suffrage, must lead to future liberty. We read in the Constitutionnd :—" The three railway companies which have formed a fusion with the Orleans Company, have come to the arrangement on the follow ing conditions:—The shareholders of the Centre Rail way will receive one Orleans share in exchange for two of their shares completely paid up; those of the Bor deaux line, one Orleans share in exchange for three of their shares on which 275 f. have been paid; those of the Nantes line will receive one Orleans share in exchange for four of their shares on which 425 f. hate been paid. These exchanges will necessitate an issue of 96,333 new Orleans shares, and will carry up the num ber to 176 333. The shareholders of the Bordeaux and Nantes will have no other call to pay, and the Orleans Company takes on itself to complete the works on these two lines by means of a loan at 4i per cent., which it calculates on being able to negotiate at par." We are assured," says the Patric, " that two en voys extraordinary, charged by the Governments of France and England with a special combined mission,. are about to visit Brazil and La Plata. The object et this mission, in which the envoys will act in concert, is to open to the commerce of the world the River Li! Plata, and its tributary streams, Parana and Uruguay. The Dthats says :—" A conference is about to be held in Loudon, composed of the representatives of the five great Powers and of Sweden, in order to regulate definitively the question of the Danish succession. A convention to that effect will be signed, it is supposed, in the course of next month. The Duke of Augusten burg is to be called on to accept or refuse, with in a specified period, the offers of a very advantageous in demnity which have been made to him by the King of Denmark. All the Powers, even Prussia, enga ge the Duke of Auguatenburg to accept." PARIS BOURSE, MARCH 31. The market has been rather heavy today. Stock has been offered, and prices at the close were quoted lower than yesterday; Threes for the account at 71f., and Fives at 100 f. 25c. The market closed as follows: — Threes, for cash, 701. 90c.; for account, 71f.; Fi ve s, for cash, 100 f. 30c.; for account, 100 E 25e.; Four-and -a- Half, 101 f. 25c.; Spanish Threes, 441 . 50 e , ; Neap olitan not quoted. RAILWAYS.—Railvvay Shares have been also offered fuely, the necessities of the settlement requ irin g many who had lately been heavy buyers to sell. Prices at the close wore generally quo ted lower. Orleans closed at 1,135 f.; Rouen, 710i'. ; A v i g non, 2651.; Vierzn, 5381 75e.; Bale, 230 f.; Bordeaux, 5701; Paris and Strasburg, 548 f. 75c.; P ar i s an d Lyons, 600 f.; Nantes, 332 t. 500 ; Dieppe, 2301.; Monte roan, 165 f.; Northern, 6461.25 c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAncit 31. Boulogne and A.miens,l3 l ,4—Charleroi and Erquelines, 14 —Dutch Rhenish, 4%—Laxembourg, 44, —Orleans and Bordeaux, 13( 1 —Rouen and Havre, 111h --Western of France, 7. SPAIN. Our Madrid advices are to the 26th ult. The Herald° of that day announced positively that Lord DERBY had declintd to accept Lord HOWDEN'S proffered resignation. The English Ministry, it says, Lords on questions of horns polioy, and respecting will not require his Lordship's proxy i n the House of fo reign affairs the present Cabinet is in accord with the Noble Lord. A rumour had (according to the Epoca) gained ground that the QUEEN was aga i n in an interesting situation. MADRID BOLSI., MARCH U.—Three per Cents., 39 Exchange on London, 50 80. GERMANY. The Wanderer states that the pos tal treaty be tween England and Austri a h as b een e xtended to the whole of the Austrian d om i n i ons. The postage of letters between England an d Austr i a and the whole of Germany is now gr e atl y di m i n i s h e d. The Russian GRAND DUKE left Vienna on the 27th ult. for Munich. On the 25th ult. a hostile meeting took place, at Berlin, between MM. BISMAR K SCIIOENHAUSEN and DE VINCE., iu consequence of the words that lately passed between them in the Chamber. The duel was fought with pistols, at twel ve paces d at the same time, b u t w i thout e ff e ct, when a reconcile tion took place, and th ey shook bands , ilt the each and afterwards dined together. The Gazette de V oss s t ates h sne Electoral Hesse will s h ortly b e made public , a nd that the new States will bo summoned. t iaeeh Constitution p a rty fired for y It is thought the state of siege will not be raised till five or six weeks after the Constit u ti on i s promulgate d. The King of P russ i a arrived at Meers on the.2sth from Potsdam. On p ass i ng through M a gdeburgh lie was re ceived at th e railway st a tion by the civ il and militar y authorities. The communal counc il, headed by the bur gomaster, also paid their respects t o his Ma j esty, who received them very grac i o usly, but at the same time stated in very energetic terms that there were many par ticularities connected with their town which did not all meet his views. On reaching Mm's the Kin g was re ceived with salvo s o f wet in passing through the town was hail e d w i t h e nthusiastic cheers by the 1 '-'P i n h a bitants. ) ---utations from the surroun din g com. manes were in wa i t i ng to present their homag e . The King review e d t h e troops artillery, o t the garrison, and Cis trit medals,ated several medals, which w ere attached to the breasts of the recipi ents by the young Prince Frederick William. In th e even i ng his Majesty left for C rofeld, to proceed to Gutersloh. A letter from Ilanever inn Vienna journal states that all the journals agreed in declaring that the meet ing of the plenipotentiaries concerning the Gamma fleet hwi failed mopletely, iu cousequnee of the Cabinets represented at the Congress not agreeing together on the payment of a sum considerable enough to insure the keeping up a fleet in the North Sea. A letter from Vienna speaks of grave differences having arisen between the Minister of Financa and the Council of the Empire concerning financial matters. A change in the Ministry was looked on as imminent. A letter from Vienna, in the Independance of Brus sels, states that the remains of Marshal Marmont have been interred at Venice with all the military honours due to his rank. This was done by the express order of the Emperor of Austria himself. But the remains are hereafter to be brought to France. A treaty between Austria and Holland, for the con veyance of the Datch Ir.dia mail via Trieste, concluded on 16th February, has just been ratified. GREECE. In Athens the Rev. Mr. KING hls been sentenced to fifteen days' imprisonment, and also to banishment from Greece, for proselytising young Greeks. Mr. KING, who, as an American missionary, has been before the public on other occasions, has appealed against the sentence of banishment ; but we have not heard the result. T(• URINE Y. A letter from Constantinople of the 14th states, that the Turkish Government was anxious to improve its friendly relations with l'..torocco, and for that purpose the chamberlain of the Palace had term dispatched by the SULTAN with very rich presents for the EMPEROR. Accounts had been received fro:n Beyrout that the French consul at that place had met with some serious insults; but the reparation had been so prompt that the account of the crime and its punishment was received at the same time. EGYPT. Advices have been received from Alexandria of the 24th ultimo. The PACHA, who is residing at Muttaria, near Cairo, is much occupied now with the railroad, and has sent levies to the extent of 7,000 or 8,000 men to press on the labour on the earth work. The country being quite level, the road has to be formed by the earth thrown out of ditches cut on either side, which will afterwards suit for the conveyance of water for irrigation. When this is done, and the road sufficiently elevated to be beyond the reach of overflow during the inundation. a of brick or atones is formed to give stability to the rails and permanent way. There being no . rock to out, and t r w a e p v d e a monthsnd the g w v o e r a k t u s e im d o v c a p x n l c e e . a o T m a l t e t i n ° t n i s t s 0 9 w e t a x h r p ei e d s e p t e e r o d o m g p t r thati is will have been made. The Tanzimat affair also embarrasses him much. In stead of concession ea the part of the SULTAN, there appears to be daily increasing obstinacy, and it is now pretty certain that the " Kisas" (or withdrawal of the power of life and death from the PACHA) will be insisted on. It is seriously feared this will have the effect of dis turbing the tranquillity of the country, and affording a pretext for foreign intervention by France, or some European nation, under colour of supporting the SULTAN'S authority. Ten thousand troops are at present employed between Mecca and Akaba, clearing the great Iladj road of marauders by which it has of late been infested, and forts along the line are being built for the protection of caravans. An Eng traveller named WATSJN, who had visited Thebes with a boat party, unfortunately became involved in the quarrels of some of the boatmen, and being threatened with an attack on his boat, fired upon the assailants, and shot one min dead, and it is said wounded another. The facts are now undergoing in vestigation at Cairo, and we hope the result will exone rate Mr. WATSON from what now seems very culpable hastiness. _ _ The American flag, which has been struck for some time pending the satiafdction of a claim made upon the Egyptian euvernment for damage to property of a United States subject, was rehoisted cn the llth under a s Jute from the batteries of twenty-one guns. The English Consul•Guneral, the Hon. CHARLES AUGUSTUS MURRAY, 0.13., quits Egypt in May on leave of absence, during which his office will be filled by Co lonel ROSE, late Consul-General at Beyrout. The European Society of this place (Alexandria) is becoming fearful►y disturbed and reckless. A youth employed in an English counting•house was stabbed in the public street, about seven o'clock in the evening; and two nights before, an English subject was shot dead also in the public streets, and but a few hours more advanced in the evening. There have been ten or eleven eases of murder among the Europeans since 1852 commenced. _ The consuls cannot control their subjects, and the powers of the local authorities are paralyzed by the consular rights prevailing in the Levant. In a community a great part of which is made up of the scum of Italy, Greece, Austria, Hungary, and other places, this is a pretty prospect for the peaceably disposed. A gang of thieves, made up of some refugees, perhaps escaped con victs, has lately been discovered, and in their possession were found arms and instruments of the most terrible kind. The chief of police has addressed a circular to the consuls, begging their co-operation in checking the prevailing habit of carrying concealed arms. The Arab population are inoffensive generally, and if any European suffers from them a prompt example is made, and the fullest satisfaction rendered. The British mail steamer Oriental left Suez for Cal cutta, all well, oa the Bth inst. She took with her the passengers of the previous month, detained at Suez by the delay of the Haddingtoo, and had nearly 2bo in all. The Eist India Company's packet Akbar reached Suez at midnight of the 18th inst., with the homeward Bombay mails, and about forty passengers, among whom is Sir JOHN GREY, late Commander-in -Chief at the Bombay Presidency. ' 4 birbf V2ltitton+ EPSOM RACES• —.,- BY EXPRESS,—(THIS DAY.) The Epsom Trial Stakes. Stapleton Puritan :... Butterfly... Indio ... Italian ... ... 1 ... 2 ~. 1 ••• 2 ... 3 The City and Suburban Handicap. ••• • ••• ••• _ 18 ran. ..Won by a length. METROPOLITAN STAKES BETTING. 4 to 1 agst Stilton 5 to 1 agst Kate 7 to 1 agst Ingratitude 10 to 1 agst Joe Miller 10 to 1 aget Backbiter 10 to 1 apt Kick-up-:he-Dust MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) NEIATGELTEI AND ZMILDEDTZIALL. The general demand was exceedingly heavy, as fol lows :—Beef, from is 10d to 3s; Mutton, 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Veal, 33 to 4s; Pork, 23 4d to 3s Sc! per Bibs by the mimeo. HAW MARXETS. SMITELTIELD. — Meadow flay, 21 15s to 31 18s Od Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 43; and Straw, 11 41 to 119 s pei load. Trade rather dull, at late rates. CIINBERLAND.—Meadow flay, 21 163 Od to 410 s Od Clover ditto, 31 53 to 4/ 4s; and Straw, 11 54 to 11 103 pei load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand.. WHITECHAPEL.—MeadOW flay, 21 15a to 3/ 18s Od Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 7s; and Straw, 1145 to 1193 pei load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. MEAT DIIIIIICE3TS. SOUTHALL, ISKITCH. 31.—The demand for each kind of stock was heavy, at drooping prices. Beef, from 23 4d to 3s 4d; Miltton, 2s 10d to 4s Od; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 10d; Pork, 3s Od to 3s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offals. RONFORD, MARCH 31.—Our market is heavy, and the general quotations are quite 2d per Sibs lower. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 58; Veal, 3i 4d to 3s 10d; Pork, 3s Od to 35 8d per Blbs..Quartcr old store Pigs, 16s to 193 each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended March 25, 1852, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Tywus in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. IEARLEY.I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. PRICE 42s 2d 30s 2d 19s 6,11 30s 5d I 308 3d 29s 8d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WUEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. RTE. I BEANS. PEAS. is 04 is 0(1 is Od Is Od is Od is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 72,981; Barley, 43,601; Oats, 20,360 ; Rye, 219 ; Beans, 7,374; Peas, 1,279 quarters. FATAL ACCIDENT TO MR. PILCIIER.—On Tues• day night, about eight o'clock, information was re ceived at the terminus of the London and South-Eastern and South Coast Railways, at London-bridge, that this well known and charitable gentleman had just expired at his re sidence, from wounds he had received from being run over by an omnibus, at the bottom of the incline of these sta tions. It appeared, from information gained on the spot, that a little after ten o'clock on Monday morning, Mr. Piicher was crossing from that portion of the incline of the railway terminus adjacent to St. Thomas's Hospital to the corner of Duke-street, leading to Tooley-street, in which his extensive warehouses are situated. As soon as he got about the middle of the road, one of the Paddington omnibuses knocked him down, and before any one could render assistance the wheels of the vehicle passed over his body. No one knew the gen tleman at the time, but he was instantly picked up, and conveyed by the railway officers and other parties to St. Thomas's Hospital. He was instantly attended to by the house surgeon and his assistants, when it was discovered that he had received such severe injuries that, at his own request, he was removed home to his family, among whom he expired Tool on Tuesday night at seven o'clock. Mr. Pilcher is well known as the proprietor of extensive premises in ey-street, where he employed several hundred persons. - - HEALTH OF ME. CHARLES KEAN.---We have great pleasure in statin ,, that this celebrated artiste is fast reco vering from his late severe indisposition ; and that in a very short time, there is every reason to hope, resume his professional avocations. he will be able to DEATH OF SIR Jour; SHELLEY BART.—This venerable Baronet died on the 28th ult Fulham, at the advanced age of 83 . years. Th e deceased hi ; ; , was son of the first Baronet by at L° nsitale House , firstife, d a ughter of John Newnharn, Es ti ,of Mareslield Park, Sussex. He mar lied the only daughter and heiress of 'rhomas Winckley, Esq,, of Brockho;es, county o f L ancas ter. He succeeded his father in i78:3. Tne deceased was a magistrate, and deputy lieutenant ef Sussex, and was a claimant oh the ancient barony of Sudeley, which has been in abeyance since 180'3. The deceased held property in the counties of Sussex and Lancaster. He is succeeded by his son, John Villiers, horn in 1808, and now a candidate for Weattninister, THE SHARE MARKETS UNITISE RAILWAYS. Paid. Neminal Prices. Rai, tray 3, ATrdeen.. honborgzte, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Junction Binning., Waive:tamp., and Stonr Valley .• Birkenh., Lan., & Cheek June., late 33i. 6s. Bd.. Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 501. &251. Consolidated Do., do., 201. Bristol and Exeter.• .. Caledonian .. • • Chester and Holyhead .. Dublin ,t.nd Belfast Junet, Dundalk and Enniskillen, Daudet', Perth, and Aber leen Junction .. • • Do., New East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) .. Do, (181. E. fc II.) .. Eastern Counties Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares • • Do. do. do. .. Do. de., B & C shares Eta Lancashire .. D. New quarters .. East & West India Docks and Birm. June. .. East is West York. June. Edinburgh and Glasgew Edin., Forth, and Dundee Glasgow and South-West. Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per et. Great Southern and Western, Ireland Great Western .. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds Lancazhire ands i>rkshire Do. quarter al area .. Do. fifths .. . Do. West Riding Union Leeds Northern .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. .. •• ' London and Blackwal/ London, Brighton, and South Coast .. London and N..Westarn De. do. quarters De. fim— • • • • • sh., • M. &B (c) London and S.-Westera Do. new 501. Do. new 402. •• Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • .. Blanchester, Bheilleid, & Lincolnshire • • • . Do. Manche for and Lincoln Union • • MidlAnd • • • • • • • • Do. Birmin; & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle.. De. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • .. Newport, Aborgaveruly and licreford Norfolk .. • • • . • • Do. New 201. shares • • Forthoro Counties traion' North Mittel— • • North Devon • • • • • • North Staffordshire • • North-Wcatern .. • • North Sth :Wes t. Jane. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland Do. new .. Shrews. tt Bina., Clan A Do. Class 8.. •• • • 4hrevoB. o Hereford., Old Strowsbary and Cheater W. Min.) bo. E.:tives .. • • .• Do. Oswestry •• • • Shropshire Union •• Do., A, B, C, & D, folly paid up at per cent • • Aouth Devsn .. • • Routh-Eastern .. • • South Wales.. • • =oath Yorksh. and River Dan .. • • • • • • ?left., Ran., and Goole, South DI9iB:OPL Stirling and Danfcrmline .itockton and Hartlepool Taff Vale .. .• • • • • Thames Haven Dock and Railway •• •• • . Vale of Neath •• Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wea., Wick; and Dublin .. • . West Cornwall • • • . West Loneon •• •• York, ki ewe., & Berwick Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase To rk and North Midland 7.lzam3 3r.zas: Leasin I3usiness Ra ' awl" ' Compani g es. rail 1° 13 i 3 FriCeti ' done to-day. Bed!. & Bletch ley .. .• Lon. & N.W. all —• • Hirming: to Ox ford Junction, guaranteed • • Gt. Western all 29 36 3034 Do., without a guarantee .. De .. all 28 —29 Wolver., & Dudley, gua ranteed .. Do .. all 2934 30% Do., without a guarantee .. Do 28 —29 Buckinghamsh. Lon. & N.W. all 1734 —lB Clydesdale Junc Caledonian all 45 —47 E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. .. G. Northern all 33 —36 x. d Gloucester and Dean Forest Gt. Western 2234 3 4 p Hartlepl Dock r YOE, New, / all and Railway t ant Bar. 3 full and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 107 109 Do. 34 Shares Do • . • • all 5336 54 36 Do. 34 Shares Do ; • .. all 25 —27 Leeds and Bra 4. Midland .. all 102 103 102 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 1234 12% Do., Prof. .. Do .. all 25 —26 Lowestoft, Gd. 4 par Cent. • • Norfolk all 1634 1734 17 De- 6 per cent Do .. •• all —.• Middlestrro' and Itedcar, 6p. ct Stockt.& Dar all —•• N. & East, 6 per Cent. •. E. Connect; • all Do., 5 per cent. Do. .. .. all 59 —6l Do. Now .. Do • • • • all • • Preston and L. & N.W. Wyre t La.& Y. all 44 —46 D 0.34 Shares ADo .. •• 11 9 —lO p Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern ~ all 21 36 —22 a.d ROY. & llitchin G. Northern 634 8% 8 x.d 8% Do. Shop. Ex.. Do a ll 8% 8 g 7i Shef., Roth. and Goole, 5 per et. Lana. & York 18 11 6 South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 934 1% —l% dig. Wear Val. 6 par Cont. Pa. Stock.& Dar. all .. Do. do. .. Do .. • . 25 29 —3O Do. do. .. Do •• .. all .. Wilts &Somers. at. Western 100 94 —95 'REFER: 831,ALRE13, RF. il way S. Paid. ;Nominal Prices. Business dose to-day. ---- ----- Aberdeen 1% li dis, dig. Aberdeen, No. 2, 7 pr. et. 2% .. —.. x.d Caledonian lel. .. .. 10 8% — B % Chester and Holyhead .. all 17 17% Dund. Per. & Aber. Jane. all 5 5 !.. 2 ' East Ang. (31.105.) 6P. all 3% —3% 3l % Do., (5/.) 7 per cent... all •• —•• Eastern Counties Eaten., 5 per cent. No. 1 .. all %—I% p pm Do. Ne. 2 .. all % % P pm Do. New 6p. cent. Stook 10 12% —l3 13 Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 percent. .. all 13% 13% 13% Do., 101. Deben. Shars. all .• -- •• East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. all • • -- • • E. &W. York. June. sths all • • —• • Kiln. Per. &Dun. 5i p.ct. all 3 — 3 % Glasgow & S.-W. Consol. 100 • • —• • Gt. Northern, 5 per sent, all 14% 1 5 % Do., 5 p.c. Redsem.Scrip 9% 1% 136 P Groat 3outh. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. .. all 7h — B % Gt. Western (Barks and Hants Ex., 5 per Cent.) 6 • • —•• P• Gt. West., lined 4% p. ct. 100 •• —** Do. do. .. .. .. 80 .. •• Lancashire and York- Shire, F. 201... .. .. 6 1% —1 % die. Do. 6 per ct. Stock .. 100 .. —•• Leeds Northern, 6 per cent., No. 1.. .. 13 • • —' • P Do., do. • • No. 2 17 •• Do., do •• No. 3 5 •• —•• Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 • London, Brighton, and S. Coast, guar. 5 per et. 100 • • —— :: Do. pref., 6 p ct.Sk, lBsl 100 ••• • _ Do., Cony. sp. et. 1552 all • __ •• 143 Do. new guar., 6 per ct. 100 • • Lon. & N. West. (Cov. & )s._pw., erce h n ow t. •••• 12% ;• ...... un = 3 p. 834 1 2 Lo N ndo ea n t is L td o a n o d o o h n . : & s E h m of L I e s i . d ~ % S andh a all 11 L w, o ine n . o .n q air.r. .. .. 3 hrs.,lTo.l all 1 1 2 1 ;s i IT x i l 2 l I Do. %p Do., 61. •• •• 10 4 .. —., Midland Con. G p.c. stock Do. Consol. Bristol & 100 136 136 136 % 136 Binning., 6 per cont.• • ••-• •• oWgr.railvesi 01.151.6 P•a DDoo.,.,LEeirce.w&asshwVaimingalley.., 100 4% all 18% 19% Do., 8 0 p g e p r reeefnert.enguccar... .... 102 %-• _ . — ii . d . lB. Norfolk Extension • • Do. var. 5% per cent- all 5 —s q I —I% , _ 5 ,, — 5 4 B.d British Y . a . 110:: : 5 2 10 72 ".a par Shrews. 5t Bir., new guar. all 9% — lO l e l North oi s l . o , c . ; shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. min.) 8 per cent. all 16U 164, South Devon • • • • • • all 13 —. ''' 14 B•s h th-Eastern, 4% p. ct. 10 •• ..... .. S o uth Yorks., 4p. ct. gd. 20 21/ is -_l%clls. Stock. & Hart., guar. 5 p. ct. until 1 July, 1855 all •• . •• Waterford and Kilkenny, 6 per cent, .. .. York, Nerve., and Berw., Gt. N.et E. Pur, all 159,4 _-1" Do. .. .. . . 3% —4% York and North Midland 11. and S. f ure,y. ..1 10 % % ells. TOILE Z " . -Bt. _ 13 4 13 21 % % Boulogne and Amiens :3' as Central of Franco.(o.,V.) a u 21% Demerara • • • • • • 8 314 —3 l dis. 4% Ditch Lhandah -• • • 18 2% 3%p. 2114 East Indium " 20 •• " D o „ do. do. i • • all Miami a • • Louvain a la SamPr .. 13 4 4 1 4 4 1 ,,i Groat Indian • • • _ .. 10 3% —3% Ditto (Itaaw a Y ) .. .. .. .. 1 % —'4 Do. _ .. 2 4 —. % tolndiandirtteo ...0 :: l i4 .. 34i % —__ % ?,i. p p ... Ditto (Cana...) • • New •• .. 8 % • • • .. .. 17165841 .. —.. 6 ','i 14 g M a ap in riita ar toAn' an t c ° l ni Lt a eg e.. .. all 6% —6% Northern of Franco • • 16 21% 21% Orleans and Bordcarx .. 11 2% —2% p. 13% Paris and Lyons .. .. 6 3% 4 p FAriS and Orleans •• .. all 44 —46 Pares and Rouen • • •• all 27 1 X, —2B Paris and Strasbotr g.. IS 211; 21% 21% ..% Couen and Ilium .. ~ all 11 11% Sambre and Meuse •• all 4 1 4 —4% SLAndrew's&Quebe.(A) 2 iour: , ,nd N r,rl.e:s • • • • '7 '% —c34 Is, 10% )curne.. - ,7, •Tnrhise, Lan- j den, and Hasseit •• tall —• . West VlanderS .. .. 8% 2 —2% 2% all ri te s an of 'rauce, 7S, , •wd. Nominal Pilate. Agna Fria - .......... Anglo Californian .....• Australian Australian Freehold • • •• Ave Maria .......... Blaenarvon Iron & Coal British Australian Gold British Iron .... •• - • • Bre.zilia , i Imp. (is. 5/. p.) De. Cocaei and Cut b 3 Do. St. John dcl hey •• Cobre Copper • .... . Copiapo Eng. &.A.ustralian Copper Gold Mountain •••• •• , Great Polgooth - ••• • I Mexican& S. American Nouveau M0nde........ Santiago de Cuba Tin Croft ....... • • United Mexican•• .....• West Mariposa .. • • .... - .70 IN' Aastralasia • • • • •• British North America.. Colonial ........ ..... Commercial ef London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. De. Ai ow National of Ireland .... Oriental Bank Corporat. Frevincial of Ire Do. New .. ........ Union of Australia .... Do. Now ............ Union of London ...... Union of Liadzid ...... VEX Canada •• ............ Eastern Steam .... Gen. Steam Navigation ronin. & Oriental Steam. Ditty ditto Royal Mail Steam .. • • - % - % ie dis. dis. % % dix 131. 24% 1% - 2 11 A- 1% 40 30 —3l 14 4 5 5 'A - % P all 9% 1O 1 par 4 p all i% —1% p 9 3% 4 10 1 % 6 14 - - 7 14 P 7 10 —ll all VA —2% 1 % die. Port Philip, 1. STOCK BANNS all 38 39% 50 47% 49 25 11% 12% 20 24 —25 U, 10 18% 17% 20 29% 30 35 •• -- •• 1734 - 17 all 31 25 42% 43% all all 35 15% 6 6 31,4 234 a 334 lo all 14% 15),i .. (We cannot be answeri will not be influenced by iCEL 82% 28. lble for thi interested iItNEOI76. 48 - 49% 74 27% sod 1311511 W ad to-day 2 1 ,6 1 180 —Bl% lo errors of the Official Lists, 1,) td I correspondents.] MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS itU U C,./.4 'A. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was dull,. and closed heavily; prices, however, were very little,. changed. The sales were estimated at about s,ootlte bales (of which 1,000 American were taken for export)" comprising about 4,000 American, 180 Pernam and/ Maranham at 511 to 64(1., 30 Bahia at 64d., 500 Egypss tian at 61e 1 . to 84d., and 300 Surat at 3d. to 4d. per lb.— Railway Shares were quite, at rather lower prices. The sales of Wheat in the provincial markets that ree gulate the averages were last week 72,9 M quarters. The six weeks' averoge is 42e. 6d. per quarter. Yesterday, at the public slates of Tea, 3,446 packages passed, of which about 2,000 found buyers, including 971 packages of Assam Tea, on account of the Assam Company, and the prices obtained were quite equal to those of previous sales. The quality of these teas pro gressively improves, and while exhibiting less of the stringent high burnt character, which marked the earlier productions, possesses all the strength and aroma which make it so invaluable. The trade readily give prices for this class of Tea much above those produced for China descriptions. The following letter has scme correct points, and we quite join in the surprise expressed that Mexican Bonds' should rule so low when securities of a more dangerous character, and at an elevation in regard to price which renders them, even when the security is good, unusually dear, are so much sought atter. Peruvian is held bar v. culthy parties, and the debt is small. Of Mexicali there is a larger amount and in weaker hands. These facts best explain their relative positions, but it needs only a few strong buyers to give a tone to the latter, and some day, when least expected, this will come. The party who writes us states:— " Sir,—You commence your Stock and Money article , ' under the head of Foreign Stocks, by saying that Meat' ican are firm at 324 1, and that Peruvian Deferred ars fiat at 614. Allow me just to draw your attention to the value of three Stocks; for instance, our Three peg Cents. are 984; the Deferred Peruvian are 614, a dare per cent, stock, to commence paying 1 per cent. neeti October, then to increase to :a three per cent. stock jg six years - , so that now it is only a one per cent. stool; Next October it would take three of them to produc! three per cent., and at the present price, 614, it welsh coat 184/. Now, what think you of the value, compares ( with our own Threes, which are the highest stock is the world? The Peruvian has as far eclipsed them 11 1 the sun the moon. Look at the Mexican at 321, a Orel per cent.-paying stock, with six per cent., now to be phis on them, which reduces them to 26; this 26, at three p 5 cent., would be 12 pounds for 104, nearly twelve fl cent. You of course know this, but don't you 00' these two stocks ought to be reversed according to t be relative value? Depend on it that the assignment 011' permanent portion of the revenue of Mexico is far II fumble to the bird manufacture of guano, as there more guano taken away now in six months than 1 1, birds, if visiting the islands in millions, could accumul l in twenty years." The foreign mails bring no intelligence of importatle, and there is a delay in the arrival of the Free dispatches, owing to an accident to the South-EastO train at Edenbridge. The Funds are rather looking up again. and th e rte2 less demand for cash, the settlement s h av i ng been e on pleted. Consols have been 984 . 7 1, and are now Of:. for Transfer. The lowest p r i ce f or Account has 984 1. Exchequer-bills are 68s. prem. East In d " Bonds are 775. to 803. Foreign Securities have been dill generally, n it Mexican Bonds have taken a start upon the purchas e , : of the Hebrew p ar ty an d o f D u t c h o p era t ors . It rumoured that, vin New York, information has be e , received of 95,000 dollars being likely to coi n ; to hand for the dividends by the lA % Mexican packet. The Conway, it is to remembered, will bring the Pacific mails only. Maxie * : Bonds have been 32/ to 33, and are now 33 to 3 Buenos Ayres stock is 74 to 75. Equador Bonds ore: to 4, and Grenada Deferred has dropped to 9,1. Fare , 1 vian Old Stock is worth 1044 to 10 5 } ox. Mexican converted bonds are being dealt in. bring 264 4. Sardinian Stock is quiet at 93. Spell i , Three per Cents are 4 4 ,E to 1, and the new Deferred o ' to 4. Venezuela Bonds are 47 4 to 48 . Belgian F sgP j and-a-Half per Cents are 94 to 4, and Dutch Two-an a-Half per Cents. 604. The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up this day, aro in round figures as under: 1852. 18 5/s Great Western North-Western South-Western 9 ,263 6,0 - 6 j Brighton Midland South- Eastern North Stafford 4,780 4,7 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick 7, Great Northern Abeedt en Railway Shares have been rather looking up WOW he last half hour, but the business done is small. Gold Mines are dull, but Australian firm. QUARTER TO THRFA Censos 984 ` Ditto Account, April 13 98 ; BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCel‘ (From the Official List.) per Cent. Consols Anne. 9Byi L ong Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860... Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5,1860... India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 77 p Ditto under 1.000/....... Consols for Account ............... . Exchequer Bills. d. 1,0001. Small PRICE OF taut FOREIGN and O to ß rle eßl l r G oBrp4ne N e6ddr: s F:D ent : AT ONE O'CLOC 1,4 Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent. ... 75 74 5 altex G ic r anD E en cl i 9 3 / t Ditto Account .. per . Ditto 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds. b Per Cent. 6 0 Ditto Account ... Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent, .... per Cent. ....... n%B the Account Bonds, 5 per Cen t .....,... . 93 BB Sardinian h Ditto a for 4 B o nds. 3 per Cent 4414 Ditto, New Deferred Venezuela Bonds ........... Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent Dutch 2 1 AI per Cent., 12 G u ild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 93 92% 1"" LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DA Y S L ON DON, APRIL I.—Wi n d t hi s day at noon N.l" light bretz , , and tine clear weather. r ,.. 1 el HAYANNAII, MARCH 13.—The Fanny, New vi• e oi to Londonderry, put in leaky ; the leak was stopped , ,.,i she proceeded 12th inst. The Phoebus, from NeWr' has been aground, b ut a pp arent l y rece i ve d no dareaPoic CHARELSTON, MARCH 16.—The John Bell, Lived o to Savannah, has been abandoned at sea with sa veD, l water in her hold; crew saved by the Commerce, O r/ off this port. STOCKTON, MARCH 31.—Wind E.N.E.—SId, Perk Quebec. f vf BORDEAUX, MARCH 28.—The Numa, of St. s e at England to Rio Janeiro, has been wrecked nea r Canary Islands; crew saved. A IV QUEENSTOWN M ARCH 30.--Sld. Norma, and Ham Miles, New York. CROOKIIAYEN.—Arrd. Sophia, New Orleans, Jet'U li HOST-CK, MARCH 23,—The Cores, from Stettiol o i been wrecked e n t h e Fi sc hlande, near Wiestrow, d a gale, 25th in A t. ; crew landed, cargo expected to saved. ,hieb sail S- AALPEIIINDE, MARCH 25.—The Emilie, w- Ivuce, 19th inst., for litizenwalde, for repairs, been on shore eff Saletki 2d Fcb. ' has put back iet' l , ItuGENNTALDL, blAncs 255.--The Carolire, :1 1 , munde to pithu, is stranded of loshoft; crew Sa % re ie CORUNNA, MARCH 23.—The Eucarnet, Nowa! Bordeaux, has put in with damage, and must disVrdi i'elEssmia, MARCH 19.—lbe Demestic, from C . arrived here 14th inst. leaky. - • " . 13"._301 T.. ALTA, :VI ARcir `2i.—Thu Eat from (1413. z, bus put in Inky, and part of COO storeA thrown overboard. DEAL, DvjAkiell 31,—W ind !izht . P9Aherly brcesei Business done to-day. 14% 1 ,4 UN 6 %3i 9334 90 I"' 29X7' 14 to 14 IA -6% 9% -10 M 1254-11 M d. 16% 173 90 —9l 18% 18% 2.% 22 17 IS d. 6 - 7 4M -4% 3 % - 3 % 9IA -9% 6%--:7 4% -4% 16% - 17 Ni 50% - 51% 2S -29 4X- 5U 19% - 19% 6% -6% 14 , ,i - 14% 36% - 3714 88 -884 77 -80 834 -934 p. 71 -71}9 6%-6'4d. 4% 4 1 ,4 d. 16% 17% • • • --- • 7% -7% 98% 22% 192 ~, , ,,t 4% 5 p. 3% - 41.(p. 2 2 1 4 I). 88% 89) 6 5 din. 5 4 did. 2% -2% 33( - 3414 2 3 4 dls 63% —64 k 33 —35 -•-•• 8 8% 5% —4% die. 33 —35 It —lO dis. 3M 3 die. 814 -8% 8 7 dlii. 8 7A, dyl. .:- di?, Y 2 —I P 17'q - 17% 15 - 15% 10 - 10yi 7% 7 % 5 5 4 a db.' 15 —l7 —8% 11 —l2 3% 2X d. x.d 15%--16% 206 —211 i 32% aa% 2 1 dis 150 - 151 6% 5%d 4% 5% 17 —lB . . . —• 5 —4% dts. 18.. - % - 19 6% 614 cl. N— 3 d. 243 —25 3734 83 36 % li U P I 1 % % % 7% TS 7% 98% 99 88% 89% 89 64U % 64 8 % % 17% 34 100 1 ail 11 18 4 100 4 2 0 100 100 47% 16 2-3 126 IED A' TIZED 25 24% 11VT6.1111. 15% 16 1 s 21% X %Ln all lvA 100 100 42% all all au 634 9% % 4% % 8 % 34